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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Sep 19, 2002
Tribal Transportation Program Improvement Act of 2002 - Amends the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century to authorize appropriations for Indian reservation roads under the Federal Lands Highways Program through FY 2009.Prohibits the Secretary of Transportation from distributing, for years after FY 2003, any amount of obligation authority made available for Indian reservation road bridges and roads.Authorizes appropriations to carry out the planning, design, engineering, construction, and inspection of certain projects concerning deficient Indian reservation road bridges through FY 2009.Raises from two percent to four percent the ceiling for the amount of funds made available for Indian reservation roads for each fiscal year that may be allocated to Indian tribal governments applying for transportation planning pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act.Directs the Secretary of Transportation to issue grants to Indian tribes to establish rural transit programs on reservations or other land under the jurisdiction of the tribes. Authorizes appropriations.Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the maintenance of roads on Indian reservations is a responsibility of the Bureau of Indian Affairs; and (2) Congress should annually provide to the Bureau such funding as is necessary to carry out all maintenance of roads on Indian reservations.
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Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] · D–NM
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8929-8930)
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8927-8929)
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