[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4638 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4638

  To amend title 23, United States Code, to require States to provide 
Federal highway funds for projects in high priority corridors, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 12, 2000

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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 23, United States Code, to require States to provide 
Federal highway funds for projects in high priority corridors, 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 ``Priority Corridor Equity Act of 
2000''.

SEC. 2. REVENUE ALIGNED BUDGET AUTHORITY.

    Subsection (c) of section 110 of title 23, United States Code, 
relating to revenue aligned budget authority, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Of the funds'' and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(1) In general.--Of the funds'';
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Special rule.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1), if, in 
        a fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1999, a State has 
        within its boundaries 1 or more high priority corridors 
        identified in section 1105(c) of the Intermodal Surface 
        Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 and the State does not 
        obligate on projects described in section 103(b)(6)(A) an 
        aggregate amount that equals or exceeds the lesser of 10 
        percent of the aggregate amount of funds apportioned to the 
        State under this chapter or the total amount necessary to 
        complete construction of any incomplete projects described in 
        section 103(b)(6)(A) in such corridors, the State may only 
        obligate funds allocated to the State under subsection (b)(4) 
        for the succeeding fiscal year on projects described in section 
        103(b)(6)(A) in such corridors.''; and
            (3) by aligning the remainder of paragraph (1) (as 
        designated by paragraph (1) of this section) with paragraph (2) 
        of such subsection (as added by paragraph (2) of this section).
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