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  SA 1572. Mr. LEVIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1515 proposed by Mr. Reid (for Mr. Johnson of South Dakota 
(for himself and Mr. Shelby)) to the bill S. 1813, to reauthorize 
Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       In division D, on page 164, after line 24, add the 
     following:
       ``(9) Programs of projects with significant private 
     funding.--For purposes of determining whether a group of 
     projects is a program of interrelated projects under 
     subsection (a)(5), the Secretary shall deem a project to be 
     developed simultaneously with another project in the group 
     if--
       ``(A) the project is funded primarily with private 
     contributions;
       ``(B) the planning and project development process overlaps 
     for all program elements; and
       ``(C) the significant private contributions have allowed 
     the project to proceed more rapidly and reach a more advanced 
     phase than the other project at the time of submission under 
     paragraph (1).
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