[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2743 Introduced in House (IH)]


104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2743

  To establish a source of funding for certain border infrastructure 
  projects necessary to accommodate increased traffic resulting from 
  implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 7, 1995

  Mr. Filner introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
  To establish a source of funding for certain border infrastructure 
  projects necessary to accommodate increased traffic resulting from 
  implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Border Infrastructure Improvements 
Act of 1995''.

SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Transportation may make grants to 
States, cities, and counties for highway, railroad, bridge, and border 
crossing construction projects--
            (1) that are located in the United States in the vicinity 
        of the border between the United States and Mexico and the 
        border between the United States and Canada; and
            (2) that are necessary to accommodate increased traffic 
        resulting from implementation of the North American Free Trade 
        Agreement.
    (b) Selection Criteria.--The Secretary shall select projects for 
grant assistance under this section on the basis of the demonstrated 
need for assistance to accommodate increased traffic resulting from 
implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
    (c) Federal Share.--The Federal share of the cost of projects for 
which grants are made under this section shall be 80 percent.

SEC. 3. GRANTS AS CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS.

    A grant approved by the Secretary under this section shall be a 
contractual obligation of the United States to pay the Federal share of 
the cost of the project.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act for 
each fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1996, $400,000,000 from 
the Highway Trust Fund (other than Mass Transit Account). Such sums 
shall remain available until expended. Funds authorized by this section 
shall not be subject to any obligation limitation.
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