Fixing Our Country Roads Act
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to establish the total number of miles that may be authorized for the expansion of the Appalachian development highway system.
To amend title 40, United States Code, to authorize the expansion of 
              the Appalachian development highway system.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fixing Our Country Roads Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAY SYSTEM.

    Section 14501 of title 40, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), in the second sentence, by striking 
        ``three thousand and ninety miles'' and inserting ``the total 
        number of miles established by the Secretary under subsection 
        (h)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(h) Expansion of the Appalachian Development Highway System.--As 
soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this subsection, the 
Secretary shall establish the total number of miles that is authorized 
to be constructed for the Appalachian development highway system under 
subsection (a) based on--
            ``(1) a report prepared by the Secretary before the date of 
        enactment of this subsection in which the Secretary describes 
        the total number of miles that should be authorized to be 
        constructed for the Appalachian development highway system 
        under subsection (a); or
            ``(2) if the Secretary determines that there is not an 
        existing report that addresses the matters described in 
        paragraph (1), a report prepared by the Secretary, in 
        consultation with the Appalachian Regional Commission and 
        applicable State departments of transportation, as soon as 
        practicable after the date of enactment of this subsection, 
        that describes the total number of miles that should be 
        authorized to be constructed for the Appalachian development 
        highway system under subsection (a).''.
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Fixing Our Country Roads Act
A bill to amend title 40, United States Code, to authorize the expansion of the Appalachian development highway system.
Fixing Our Country Roads Act
Sen. Manchin, Joe, III