DeFazio of Oregon Part B Amendment En Bloc No. 1

Moving Forward Act DIVISION A--FEDERAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021 This division extends FY2020 enacted levels through FY2021 for federal-aid highway, transit, and safety programs. It also provides additional contract authority in FY2021 for (1) the Federal Highway Administration, (2) the Federal Transit Administration, (3) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration highway safety programs, and (4) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration motor carrier safety programs. Among other provisions, the division • includes additional routes within the Central Texas Corridor, a high priority corridor on the National Highway System; • includes the Central Louisiana Corridor and the Central Mississippi Corridor as high priority corridors in such system; and • directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to report on the unique challenges that residents in areas of concentrated poverty face when riding public transportation. DIVISION B--SURFACE TRANSPORTATION This division reauthorizes for FY2022-FY2025 several surface transportation programs, including the federal-aid highway program, transit programs, highway safety, motor carrier safety, and rail programs. Among other provisions, this division • addresses climate change, including strategies to reduce the climate change impacts of the surface transportation system and conduct a vulnerability assessment to identify opportunities to enhance the resilience of the surface transportation system and ensure the efficient use of federal resources; • revises Buy America procurement requirements for highways, mass transit, and rail; • establishes a rebuild rural grant program to improve the safety, state-of-good repair, and connectivity of transportation infrastructure in rural communities; • expands the DOT highway safety high visibility enforcement program; • require DOT to carry out a safe routes to school program; • sets forth motor vehicle safety standards that require new commercial motor vehicles to be equipped with an automatic emergency braking system, establishes performance requirements for such braking systems, and requires the systems to be used while the commercial vehicles are in operation; • directs DOT to establish a pilot program to demonstrate a national motor vehicle per-mile user fee to restore and maintain the long-term solvency of the Highway Trust Fund and achieve and maintain a state of good repair in the surface transportation system; • modifies requirements for the national multimodal freight policy and state freight plans to include further consideration of environmental and equity impacts; and • revises the transportation infrastructure finance and innovation (TIFIA) program of DOT to include an expedited decision time line for public agency borrowers seeking secured loans. The effective date of this division applies beginning on October 1, 2021. DIVISION C--HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TRANSPORTATION This division addresses provisions related to hazardous materials transportation, including provisions to reauthorize through FY2025 the hazardous materials programs of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA). Among other provisions, this division • repeals certain requirements related to lithium cells and batteries; • directs the Federal Railroad Administration to initiate an evaluation of the safety, security, and environmental risks of transporting liquefied natural gas by rail; • provides grants to nonprofit organizations to develop hazardous materials response training for emergency responders and make such training available electronically or in person; and • requires DOT to ensure that the PHMSA shares with all relevant stakeholders, including state and local governments, all materials and information received, reviewed, or produced related to pipeline leaks, damage, or disruption. DIVISION D--RAIL This division addresses various rail related provisions, including the National Rail Passenger Cor…