[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 523 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 523

 To amend the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 
to identify a route that passes through the State of Texas, New Mexico, 
   Oklahoma, and Kansas, as a high priority corridor on the National 
                            Highway System.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 4, 2003

Mr. Udall of New Mexico (for himself, Mr. Moran of Kansas, Mr. Lucas of 
  Oklahoma, Mr. Thornberry, Mr. Pearce, and Mr. Reyes) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
                           and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 
to identify a route that passes through the State of Texas, New Mexico, 
   Oklahoma, and Kansas, as 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. SOUTHWEST PASSAGE INITIATIVE FOR REGIONAL AND INTERSTATE 
              TRANSPORTATION.

    Section 1105(c) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency 
Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2032) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
            ``(45) The corridor extending from the point on the border 
        between the United States and Mexico in the State of Texas at 
        which United States Route 54 begins, along United States Route 
        54 through the States of Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and 
        Kansas, and ending in Wichita, Kansas, to be known as the 
        `Southwest Passage-Initiative for Regional and-Interstate 
        Transportation-Corridor' or `SPIRIT Corridor'.''.
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