methods to other highway projects, and any changes to existing law which may be necessary to permit more widespread use of expanded certification acceptance.

(g)(1) The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to carry out demonstration projects in and around Devils Lake, North Dakota, for the purpose of demonstrating construction techniques to prevent wave erosion on closed basin lakes with grade level highway crossings.

(2) The Secretary is authorized to reimburse from funds authorized by paragraph (3) the State of North Dakota for funds previously expended on projects described in paragraph (1).

(3) There is authorized to be appropriated, out of the Highway Trust Fund, to carry out this subsection not to exceed $4,500,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983.

(4) Funds authorized by this subsection shall be available for obligation in the same manner and to the same extent as if such funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, except that the Federal share of the cost of any project under this subsection shall not exceed 75 per centum of the total cost thereof and such fund shall remain available until expended.

(h)(1) The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to carry out a demonstration project on the Federal-aid urban system for the construction of a high level bridge over a high volume intercoastal waterway segment. The project shall demonstrate the reduced congestion resulting in the downtown area from the construction of such bridge which serves a major port. Such project shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, applicable to highway projects on the Federal-aid system.

(2) There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection, out of the Highway Trust Fund, not to exceed $23,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983. Such sums shall remain available until expended.

(3) In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of the Army and the Commandant of the Coast Guard concerning permit procedures which will expedite completion of this bridge.

(4) The Secretary shall report to Congress upon completion of this project the results of this demonstration project, together with any recommendations the Secretary deems necessary.

(i)(1) The Secretary of Transportation, in cooperation with the State of Idaho, shall conduct a demonstration project on a primary segment of highway experiencing a high incidence of truck accidents and a project to demonstrate cooperation between two railroads and a small urban area. The highway project shall include an analysis of factors contributing to truck accidents such as weather conditions, sight distance, road curvature, roadway width, and gradient and shall also include an analysis of the benefit-cost ratio of certain safety improve

ments implemented to correct hazards contributing to truck accidents. The railroad crossing project shall demonstrate the benefits of having no railroad through the center of a small urban community.

(2) There is authorized to be appropriated, out of the Highway Trust Fund, to carry out this subsection not to exceed $8,500,000.

(3) Funds authorized by this subsection shall be available for obligation in the same manner and to the same extent as if such funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, except that the Federal share of the cost of any project under this subsection shall be 100 per centum of the total cost thereof and such funds shall remain available until expended.

(4) The Secretary of Transportation shall submit to Congress a report on the results of the demonstration project not later than 180 days after completion of such project.

(j)(1) The Secretary of Transportation shall conduct a demonstration project in the State of Illinois for the purpose of demonstrating the benefits of constructing usable segments of high-volume facilities, developing methods to achieve the effective implementation of massive capital investments made under Federal programs being discontinued.

(2) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection, out of the Highway Trust Fund, $25,000,000 for each fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1982, and ending before October 1, 1986. Such sums shall be available until expended, shall be available for obligation in the same manner and to the same extent as if apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, and shall not be subject to any obligation limitation. The Federal share of the cost of any project under this subsection shall be 50 per centum of the total cost thereof.

FEDERAL SHARE OF BRIDGE PROJECTS

SEC. 132. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during the two-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this section, with respect to any project in the State of Tennessee for the replacement or rehabilitation of a bridge which is wholly funded from state and local sources, is eligible for Federal funds under section 144 of title 23, United States Code, is certified by the State to have been carried out in accordance with all standards applicable to such projects under such section 144, and is determined by the Secretary upon completion to be no longer a deficient bridge, any amount expended after July 1, 1982, from such State and local sources for such project in excess of 20 per centum of the cost of construction thereof may be credited to the non-Federal share of the cost of other projects in such State which are eligible for Federal funds under such section 144, in accordance with procedures established by the Secretary.

MARTIN LUTHER KING BRIDGE

SEC. 134. The Martin Luther King Bridge which crosses the Mississippi River between St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois, and is not on a Federal-aid system shall be eligible for assistance under section 144 of title 23, United States Code, to the same extent that any other bridge which is not on a Federal-aid system is eligible for assistance under such section, except that no such assistance shall be made available with respect to such bridge until such bridge

(1) has been transferred to one or both of the States of Missouri and Illinois;

(2) is freed from tolls; and

(3) otherwise meets the eligibility requirements of such section, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

MANPOWER STUDY

SEC. 135. The Secretary of Transportation shall undertake to enter into appropriate arrangements with the National Academy of Sciences' Transportation Research Board to conduct a comprehensive study and investigation of future transportation professional manpower needs, including but not limited to prevailing methods of recruitment, training, and financial and other incentives and disincentives which encourage or discourage retention in service of such professional manpower by Federal, State, and local governments. In entering into any arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences for conducting such study and investigation, the Secretary shall request the National Academy of Sciences to report to the Secretary and the Congress not later than two years after the enactment of this Act on the results of such study and investigation, together with its recommendations. The Secretary shall furnish to the Academy at its request any information which the Academy deems necessary for the purpose of conducting the study and investigation authorized by this section.

FERRYBOAT STUDY

SEC. 136. The Office of Technology Assessment shall conduct a comprehensive investigation and study of the feasibility of a high speed ferryboat operation over the waters of the Caribbean Sea between Saint Croix and Saint Thomas in the Virgin Islands in accordance with this section. The Department of Transportation, the Army Corps of Engineers, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and all other agencies, offices, and instrumentalities of the United States shall assist the Office in conducting an objective investigation and study of such projected operation. The Office shall evaluate this projected operation for its feasibility under various degrees of commercial and government sponsorship. The Office shall complete and transmit a report

on such investigation and study to the Congress no later than January 1, 1984.

STUDY OF FACTORS IN APPORTIONMENT FORMULAS

SEC. 137. (a) The Secretary of Transportation shall study and determine the need for including weather-related factors, particularly the effects of freezing and thawing, in the apportionment formulas for Federal-aid highways under section 104 of title 23, United States Code. The Secretary shall report to Congress not later than four months after the date of enactment of this Act on the results of such study and shall include in such report specific recommendations for changing such apportionment formulas to take into account weather-related factors.

(b)(1) The Secretary of Transportation shall make a full and complete study regarding the procedures for distributing Federal financial assistance for resurfacing, restoring, rehabilitating, and reconstructing routes on the Interstate System in order to maintain a high level of transportation service. The study shall analyze current conditions and factors including, but not limited to, volume and mix of traffic, weight and size of vehicles, environmental, geographical, and meteorological conditions in various States, and other pertinent factors that can be utilized to determine the most equitable and efficient method of apportioning such Federal financial assistance to the several States. In conducting the study the Secretary shall consider such criteria as need, national importance, impact on individual State highway programs, structural and operational integrity, and any other relevant criteria, to determine the most equitable method of distribution.

(2) In conducting this study the Secretary shall consult with other agencies of the Federal Government, the States and their political subdivisions, and other interested private organizations, groups, and individuals.

(3) The Secretary shall report to Congress not later than four months after the date of enactment of this section the results of such study together with recommendations for necessary legislation.

REPORT REGARDING LONGER COMBINATION COMMERCIAL MOTOR

VEHICLES

SEC. 138. (a) Within one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation, after consultation with the transportation officials and Governors of the several States and after an opportunity for public comment, shall submit to Congress a detailed report on the potential benefits and costs, if any, to shippers, receivers, operators of commercial motor vehicles, and the general public, that reasonably may be anticipated from the establishment of a national intercity truck route network for the operation of a special class of longer combination commercial motor vehicles.

(b) For the purposes of this section

(1) the term "longer combination commercial motor vehicles" means multiple-trailer combinations consisting of (A) truck tractorsemitrailer-full trailer, and (B) truck tractor-semitrailer-full trailerfull trailer combinations with an overall length not in excess of one hundred and ten feet; and

(2) the term "national intercity truck route network" means a network consisting of a number of controlled-access, interconnecting segments of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways and other highways of comparable design and traffic capacity including, but not limited to, all such highways where the operation of longer combination commercial motor vehicles is authorized on the date of enactment of this Act.

(c) The detailed report mandated by this section shall include, but need not be limited to, the following:

(1) a specific plan for the establishment of a national intercity truck route network, including the designation of those specific highway segments which would be required to connect the major distribution centers and markets for long-haul intercity freight service; except that the Secretary of Transportation shall not include in the plan any highway segment which, because of design limitations or other factors, cannot accommodate the safe operation of longer combination commercial motor vehicles;

(2) an analysis of the intercity motor freight volume that reasonably can be anticipated to be transported by longer combination commercial motor vehicles over the national intercity truck route network if such network is established by Congress;

(3) an analysis of the fuel savings that reasonably can be anticipated in the transportation of freight by commercial motor vehicle if such network is established by Congress;

(4) an analysis of the productivity gains that reasonably can be anticipated to be achieved in the transportation of freight by commercial motor vehicle if such network is established by Congress; (5) an analysis of the fuel conservation and productivity gains. historically achieved by operators of longer combination commercial motor vehicles;

(6) an analysis of the safety record of longer combination commercial motor vehicle operations that have been conducted prior to the date of enactment of this Act; and

(7) an analysis of the effect of the size and weight limitations as in effect after the date of enactment of this Act.

(d) In making the findings and determinations required by subsection (c) of this section, and in making the detailed report to Congress required by this section, the Secretary of Transportation shall assume that the longer combination commercial motor vehicles operating on the national intercity truck route network, if and when established by