3.0.0 325 2018-02-03T19:36:04Z 2018-02-05T15:28:18Z Senate S S 2005-02-09 109 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-02-09T16:18:34Z 2005-02-09 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2005-02-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000261 Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] CARL LEVIN D MI MILTON N C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2005-02-09 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2005-03-10 False Transportation and Public Works Boundaries Canada Containerization Customs administration Economics and Public Finance Electronic data interchange Environmental Protection Environmental assessment Federal aid to transportation Foreign Trade and International Finance Government trust funds Highway finance Infrastructure Intermodal transportation International Affairs International cooperation Latin America Mexico Road construction Science, Technology, Communications Traffic accidents and safety Transportation planning Trucking Trucks Transportation and Public Works 00 2005-02-09 Introduced in Senate 2005-02-16T21:12:51Z National Highway Borders Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish and implement a coordinated border infrastructure program under which the Secretary shall make allocations to border States (i.e., States with a common boundary with Canada or Mexico) for projects within a border region (the portion of a border State located within 100 kilometers of a land border crossing with Canada or Mexico) to improve the safe movement of people and goods at or across the U.S.-Canadian and U.S.-Mexican borders.

Permits allocations to States to be used in a border region only for specified: (1) improvements to transportation and supporting infrastructure that facilitate cross-border vehicle and cargo movement; (2) construction of highways and related safety and safety enforcement facilities; (3) operational improvements; (4) international coordination of planning, programming, and border operation; (5) projects in Canada or Mexico proposed by border States that directly and predominantly facilitate cross-border vehicle and commercial cargo movements; and (6) planning and environmental studies.

Directs the Secretary to allocate funds among border States on the basis of a specified formula. Sets the Federal cost share of projects under this Act at 80 percent.

]]> National Highway Borders Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced National Highway Borders Act of 2005 Display Title National Highway Borders Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to establish programs to facilitate international and interstate trade. Introduced in Senate 2005-02-09T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s325is/xml/BILLS-109s325is.xml 2005-02-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.