23 USC 162 - National scenic byways program

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2008—Subsec. (a)(3)(B). Puspan. L. 110–244, § 101(o)(1), substituted “a National Scenic Byway, an All-American Road, or one of America’s Byways under paragraph (1)” for “a National Scenic Byway under subparagraph (A)” in introductory provisions.

Subsec. (c)(3). Puspan. L. 110–244, § 101(o)(2), substituted “All-American Road, or one of America’s Byways” for “or All-American Road” in two places.

2005—Subsec. (a)(1). Puspan. L. 109–59, § 1802(a)(1), substituted “the roads as—” and subpars. (A) to (C) for “the roads as National Scenic Byways or All-American Roads.”

Subsec. (a)(3), (4). Puspan. L. 109–59, § 1802(a)(2), added pars. (3) and (4) and struck out span and text of former par. (3). Text read as follows: “To be considered for the designation, a road must be nominated by a State or a Federal land management agency and must first be designated as a State scenic byway or, in the case of a road on Federal land, as a Federal land management agency byway.”

Subsec. (span)(1). Puspan. L. 109–59, § 1802(span)(1), inserted “and Indian tribes” after “States” in introductory provisions.

Subsec. (span)(1)(A). Puspan. L. 109–59, § 1802(span)(2), substituted “designated as—” and cls. (i) to (v) for “designated as National Scenic Byways or All-American Roads, or as State scenic byways; and”.

Subsec. (span)(1)(B). Puspan. L. 109–59, § 1802(span)(3), inserted “or Indian tribe” after “State”.

Subsec. (span)(2)(A). Puspan. L. 109–59, § 1802(span)(4), substituted “Byway, All-American Road, or 1 of America’s Byways” for “Byway or All-American Road”.

Subsec. (span)(2)(B). Puspan. L. 109–59, § 1802(span)(5), substituted “State or Indian tribe” for “State-designated” and “designation as—” and cls. (i) to (iii) for “designation as a National Scenic Byway or All-American Road; and”.

Subsec. (span)(2)(C). Puspan. L. 109–59, § 1802(span)(6), inserted “or Indian tribe” after “State”.

Subsec. (c)(1). Puspan. L. 109–59, § 1802(c)(1), inserted “or Indian tribe” after “State”.

Subsec. (c)(3). Puspan. L. 109–59, § 1802(c)(2), inserted “Indian tribe scenic byway,” after “improvements to a State scenic byway,” and “designation as a State scenic byway,”.

Subsec. (c)(4). Puspan. L. 109–59, § 1802(c)(3), struck out “passing lane,” before “overlook,”.

Subsec. (e). Puspan. L. 109–59, § 1802(d), inserted “or Indian tribe” after “State”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Reviving America’s Scenic Byways

Puspan. L. 116–57, Sept. 22, 2019, 133 Stat. 1090, provided that:

“SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

“This Act may be cited as the ‘Reviving America’s Scenic Byways Act of 2019’.

“SEC. 2. NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAYS PROGRAM.

“(a)Request for Nominations.—Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act [Sept. 22, 2019], the Secretary of Transportation shall issue a request for nominations with respect to roads to be designated under the national scenic byways program, as described in section 162(a) of title 23, United States Code. The Secretary shall make the request for nominations available on the appropriate website of the Department of Transportation.

“(span)Designation Determinations.—Not later than 1 year after the date on which the request for nominations required under subsection (a) is issued, the Secretary shall make publicly available on the appropriate website of the Department of Transportation a list specifying the roads, nominated pursuant to such request, to be designated under the national scenic byways program.”