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U.S. Department of Transportation Office of the Secretary of Transportation |
1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, DC 20590 |
Grant Advance Notice
| Date: | 07/30/2012 |
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NOTICE TO CONGRESS OF DOT DISCRETIONARY GRANT AWARDS: This notification is provided to the Committee pursuant to one of the following requirements governing the public announcement of a Department of Transportation discretionary grant, letter of intent, or Federal Transit Administration full funding grant agreement: (1) Currently applicable General Provision of the Appropriations Act or Continuing Resolution governing Department of Transportation appropriations, containing a prohibition on the use of funds made available unless the Secretary notifies the House and Senate Committees on Appropriation not less than three full business days before any discretionary grant award, letter of intent, or full funding grant agreement totaling $1,000,000 or more is announced by the Department or its modal administrations (A) any discretionary grant program of the Federal Highway Administration including the emergency relief program; (B) the Airport Improvement Program of the Federal Aviation Administration; (C) any grant from the Federal Railroad Administration; or (D) and program of the Federal Transit Administration other than formula grants and fixed guideway modernization programs. (2) Section 159(b) of the Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century (AIR-21). (3) Section 5334(k) of title 49, United States Code. |
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| Title: | 2012 PLHD Going to the Sun Road Rehabilitation, Glacier National Park, Siyeh Bend to St. Mary |
| Grant Amount: | $ 3,000,945.00 |
| Description: The purpose of the program is to provide funding for transportation planning, research, and engineering and construction of highways, roads, parkways, and transit facilities that are within, adjacent to, or provide access to Indian reservations and Federal public lands, including national parks, refuges, forests, recreation areas, and grasslands. The PLHD Program funds can be used for any type of Title 23 transportation project providing access to or within Federal or Indian lands as well as for operation and maintenance of transit facilities located on Federal public lands. The PLHD Program funds may be used for the State/local matching share for apportioned Federal-aid highway funds. There is no matching requirement. Funds may be used to carry out eligible projects that include: Transportation planning for tourism and recreational travel, including the National Forest Scenic Byways Program, Bureau of Land Management Back Country Byways Program, National Trail System Program, and other similar Federal programs that benefit recreational development; Adjacent vehicular parking areas; Interpretive signage; Acquisition of necessary scenic easements and scenic or historic sites; Provision for pedestrians and bicycles; Construction and reconstruction of roadside rest areas, including sanitary and water facilities; Other appropriate public road facilities such as visitor centers as determined by the Secretary; A project to build a replacement of the federally owned bridge over the Hoover Dam in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area between Nevada and Arizona. |
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Congressional members affected: Steve Daines |
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Senators affected: Max Baucus Jon Tester |