[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2979 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2979

  To identify certain routes in the States of Colorado, Nebraska, and 
   South Dakota as part of the Heartland Expressway, a high priority 
                corridor on the National Highway System.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 19, 2002

    Mr. Allard (for himself, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, and Mr. Hagel) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
               Committee on Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
  To identify certain routes in the States of Colorado, Nebraska, and 
   South Dakota as part of the Heartland Expressway, 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 HEARTLAND EXPRESSWAY HIGH PRIORITY 
              CORRIDOR ROUTES.

    Section 1105(c)(14) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation 
Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2032) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(A)'' after ``(14)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(B) In the State of Colorado, the Heartland Expressway 
        shall generally follow--
                    ``(i) Interstate Route 76 from Denver to Brush; and
                    ``(ii)(I) State Highway 71 south from Brush to 
                Limon, connecting to the Ports-to-Plains Corridor 
                identified in paragraph (38); and
                    ``(II) State Highway 71 north from Brush to the 
                border between the States of Colorado and Nebraska.
            ``(C) In the State of Nebraska, the Heartland Expressway 
        shall generally follow--
                    ``(i) State Highway 71 from the border between the 
                States of Colorado and Nebraska to Scottsbluff;
                    ``(ii) United States Route 26 from Scottsbluff to 
                the intersection with State Highway L62A;
                    ``(iii) State Highway L62A from the intersection 
                with United States Route 26 to United States Route 385 
                north of Bridgeport; and
                    ``(iv) United States Route 385 to the border 
                between the States of Nebraska and South Dakota.
            ``(D) In the State of South Dakota, the Heartland 
        Expressway shall generally follow--
                    ``(i) United States Route 385 from the border 
                between the States of Nebraska and South Dakota to the 
                intersection with State Highway 79; and
                    ``(ii) State Highway 79 from the intersection with 
                United States Route 385 to Rapid City.''.
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