123STA T . 3 047PUBLIC LA W 111 – 117 —DE C.1 6, 200 9ap p orti o nedu nder s e c tions 104 and 144 o f tit l e 23,U nited S tates C ode .( d )AP P LICAB ILI TYOFO BLI G ATIO NL I M ITATION S TO TR ANSPOR - TATION RE SEARC HP ROGRAMS. — T h eo b li g ation li m itation shall appl y to transportation research programs carried out under chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code, and title V (research title) of the Safe, Accountable, F le x ible, E fficient Transportation E q uity Act
A Legacy for Users, except that obligation authority made a v ailable for such programs under such limitation shall remain available for a period of 3 fiscal years and shall be in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed on obligations for Federal-aid high w ay and highway safety construction programs for future fiscal years. (e) RE D ISTRIB U TION OF CERTAIN AUTHORI Z ED FUNDS.— (1) I N GENERAL.— N ot later than 30 days after the date of the distribution of obligation limitation under subsection (a), the Secretary shall distribute to the States any funds that— (A) are authori z ed to be appropriated for such fiscal year for Federal-aid highways programs
and ( B ) the Secretary determines will not be allocated to the States, and will not be available for obligation, in such fiscal year due to the imposition of any obligation limitation for such fiscal year. (2) RATIO.—Funds shall be distributed under paragraph (1) in the same ratio as the distribution of obligation authority under subsection (a)( 6 ). (3) A V AILABILITY.—Funds distributed under paragraph (1) shall be available for any purposes described in section 133(b) of title 23, United States Code. (f) SPECIAL LIMITATION CHARACTERISTICS.—Obligation limita- tion distributed for a fiscal year under subsection (a)(4) for the provision specified in subsection (a)(4) shall— (1) remain available until used for obligation of funds for that provision; and (2) be in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed on obligations for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs for future fiscal years. (g) H IGH PRIORITY PRO J ECT FLE X IBILITY.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Sub j ect to paragraph (2), obligation authority distributed for such fiscal year under subsection (a)(4) for each project numbered 1 through 36 7 6 listed in the table contained in section 1702 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users may be obligated for any other project in such section in the same State. (2) RESTORATION.—Obligation authority used as described in paragraph (1) shall be restored to the original purpose on the date on which obligation authority is distributed under this section for the next fiscal year following obligation under paragraph (1). (h) LIMITATION ON STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the distribution of obligation authority under subsection (a)(4)(A) for each of the individual projects numbered greater than 3676 listed in the table contained in section 1702 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users. Deadlin e .
