[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1118 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1118

 To amend the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 
to identify certain routes in New Mexico as part of the Ports-to-Plains 
   Corridor, a high priority corridor on the National Highway System.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 28, 2001

 Mr. Bingaman (for himself and Mr. Domenici) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
                      Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 
to identify certain routes in New Mexico as part of the Ports-to-Plains 
   Corridor, a high priority corridor on the National Highway System.

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

SECTION 1. IDENTIFICATION OF PORTS-TO-PLAINS HIGH PRIORITY CORRIDOR 
              ROUTES IN NEW MEXICO.

    Section 1105(c)(38) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation 
Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2032; 114 Stat. 2763A-201) is 
amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by redesignating clauses (i) 
        through (viii) as subclauses (I) through (VIII), respectively;
            (2) by redesignating subparagraph (A) as clause (i);
            (3) by striking ``(38) The'' and inserting ``(38)(A) The'';
            (4) in subparagraph (A) (as designated by paragraph (3))--
                    (A) in clause (i) (as redesignated by paragraph 
                (2))--
                            (i) in subclause (VII) (as redesignated by 
                        paragraph (1)), by striking ``and'' at the end;
                            (ii) in subclause (VIII) (as redesignated 
                        by paragraph (1)), by striking the period at 
                        the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(IX) United States Route 87 from Dumas to 
                        the border between the States of Texas and New 
                        Mexico.''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(ii) In the States of New Mexico and Colorado, 
                the Ports-to-Plains Corridor shall generally follow--
                            ``(I) United States Route 87 from the 
                        border between the States of Texas and New 
                        Mexico to Raton, New Mexico; and
                            ``(II) Interstate Route 25 from Raton, New 
                        Mexico, to Denver, Colorado.''; and
            (5) by striking ``(B) The corridor designation contained in 
        paragraph (A)'' and inserting the following:
            ``(B) The corridor designation contained in subclauses (I) 
        through (VIII) of subparagraph (A)(i)''.
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