PORTLAND — A committee of government officials and other leaders from across the region signed off on Oregon’s plans to toll limited sections of Interstates 5 and 205 in the Portland metro area as part of a strategy to relieve congestion.

The decision made Monday by the Portland Region Value Pricing Advisory Committee is another step in a yearslong process that still needs to be approved by the federal government.

While the decision could mean a more expensive commute for Clark County residents, the committee was split on a more ambitious tolling scheme. The committee also adopted some conciliatory measures for Clark County after residents and officials complained that the plan treated them as Oregon’s piggy bank.

“I know that people in Vancouver want to spend time in traffic no less than people in Portland or anywhere else in the region,” said Oregon Transportation Commissioner Sean O’Hollaren, who noted that Clark County residents are “part of the community.”

“But the problems we have can’t be addressed without investment, and we all need to have skin in the game. It has to be a user-fee-based system. It isn’t free,” he said.