Federal lands access program

Funds made available under the Federal lands access program shall be used by the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of the appropriate Federal land management agency to pay the cost of— transportation planning, research, engineering, preventive maintenance, rehabilitation, restoration, context-sensitive solutions, construction, and reconstruction of Federal lands access transportation facilities located on or adjacent to, or that provide access to, Federal land, and— In connection with an activity described in paragraph (1), the Secretary and the Secretary of the appropriate Federal land management agency may enter into a contract or other appropriate agreement with respect to the activity with— In carrying out an activity described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall ensure that the entity carrying out the activity considers, to the maximum extent practicable— Funding made available to carry out the Federal lands access program shall be allocated among those States that have Federal land, in accordance with the following formula: 80 percent of the available funding for use in those States that contain at least 1 ½ percent of the total public land in the United States managed by the agencies described in paragraph (2), to be distributed as follows: 30 percent in the ratio that— 5 percent in the ratio that— 55 percent in the ratio that— 10 percent in the ratio that— 20 percent of the available funding for use in those States that do not contain at least 1 ½ percent of the total public land in the United States managed by the agencies described in paragraph (2), to be distributed as follows: 30 percent in the ratio that— 5 percent in the ratio that— 55 percent in the ratio that— 10 percent in the ratio that— Data necessary to distribute funding under paragraph (1) shall be provided by the following Federal land management agencies: Programming decisions shall be made within each State by a committee comprised of—