[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2220 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2220

   To amend the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century with 
  respect to NAFTA corridor planning and development and coordinated 
                   border infrastructure and safety.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 22, 2003

   Mr. Burgess (for himself and Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                   Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century with 
  respect to NAFTA corridor planning and development and coordinated 
                   border infrastructure and safety.

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

SECTION 1. NAFTA CORRIDOR PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.

    (a) Eligibility of Corridors.--Section 1118(b) of the 
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (23 U.S.C. 101 note; 112 
Stat. 161) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(b) Eligibility of Corridors.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary may make allocations under 
        this section with respect to high priority corridors identified 
        in section 1105(c) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation 
        Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2032) that connect to the 
        border between the United States and Mexico or the United 
        States and Canada.
            ``(2) Priority.--In making allocations under this section, 
        the Secretary shall give priority consideration to corridors on 
        which traffic has increased since the date of enactment of the 
        North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act and is 
        projected to increase in the future.''.
    (b) Applicability of Title 23.--Section 1118(e) of such Act (23 
U.S.C. 101 note; 112 Stat. 162) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``by section 1101 of this Act''; and
            (2) by striking ``and section 1119''.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 1118 of such Act (23 
U.S.C. 101 note; 112 Stat. 161) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(h) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 
Account) to the Secretary to carry out this section $200,000,000 for 
each of the fiscal years 2004 through 2009.''.
    (d) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section heading.--The heading for section 1118 of such 
        Act (23 U.S.C. 101 note; 112 Stat. 161) is amended by striking 
        ``national'' and inserting ``nafta''.
            (2) Table of contents.--Section 1(b) of such Act (112 Stat. 
        107) is amended by striking the item relating to section 1118 
        and inserting the following:

        ``Sec. 1118. NAFTA corridor planning and development 
                            program.''.

SEC. 2. COORDINATED BORDER INFRASTRUCTURE.

    Section 1119 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century 
(23 U.S.C. 101 note) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) Funding.--
            ``(1) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized 
        to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than 
        the Mass Transit Account) to the Secretary to carry out this 
        section $200,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2004 through 
        2009.
            ``(2) Applicability of title 23.--Funds made available to 
        carry out this section shall be available for obligation in the 
        same manner as if such funds were apportioned under chapter 1 
        of title 23, United States Code.''.
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