• *^^^SK'*"'"?' PUBLIC LAW 105-178-JUNE 9, 1998 112 STAT. 345 (A) by inserting after "employees," the following: "freight shippers, providers of freight transportation services,"; and (B) by inserting after "private providers of transportation," the following: "representatives of users of public transit,"; (4) in paragraph (5)(A) by inserting "published or otherwise" before "made readily available"; (5) in the subsection heading by striking "LONG-RANGE PLANS" and inserting "LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLANS"; and (6) by striking "long-range plans" each place it appears and inserting "long-range transportation plans". SEC. 3005. TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. (a) DEVELOPMENT AND UPDATE.— The second sentence of section 5304(a) is amended— (1) by striking "the organization" and inserting "the metropolitan planning organization, in cooperation with the chief executive officer of the State and any affected mass transportation operator,"; (2) by inserting after "employees," the following: "other affected employee representatives, freight shippers, providers of freight transportation services,"; and (3) by inserting after "private providers of transportation," the following: "representatives of users of public transit,". (b) CONTENTS.—Section 5304(b)(2) is amended by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the following: "(C) identifies innovative financing techniques to finance projects, programs, and strategies, which may include, for illustrative purposes, additional projects that would be included in the approved transportation improvement program if reasonable additional resources beyond those identified in the financial plan were available.". (c) PROJECT SELECTION. — Section 5304(c) is amended— (1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following: "(1) Except as otherwise provided in section 5305(d)(1) and in addition to the transportation improvement program development required under subsection (b), the selection of federally funded projects for implementation in metropolitan areas shall be carried out, from the approved transportation improvement program— " (A)by— "(i) in the case of projects under title 23, the State; and "(ii) in the case of projects under this chapter, the designated transit funding recipients; and "(B) in cooperation with the metropolitan planning organization."; and (2) by adding at the end the following: "(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, action by the Secretary shall not be required to advance a project included in the approved transportation improvement program in place of another project in the program. " (4) SELECTION OF PROJECTS FROM ILLUSTRATIVE LIST.—Notwithstanding subsection (b)(2)(C), a State or metropolitan planning organization shall not be required to select any project from the
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