[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 783 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 783

To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a project to 
        widen Interstate Route 35 East in Denton County, Texas.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 13, 2003

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a project to 
        widen Interstate Route 35 East in Denton County, Texas.

    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 ``North Texas Mobility Improvement Act 
of 2003''.

SEC. 2. HIGH PRIORITY HIGHWAY PROJECT, DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS.

    (a) Project Authorization.--The Secretary of Transportation is 
authorized to carry out a project to widen from 4 to 6 lanes Interstate 
Route 35 East between Farm-to-Market Road 2181 and Lake Lewisville in 
Denton County, Texas.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 
Account) to carry out this section $2,500,000 for fiscal year 2004.
    (c) Treatment as High Priority Project.--Funds made available to 
carry out this section shall be available for obligation in the same 
manner as if the funds were allocated to a State under section 117 of 
title 23, United States Code, except that the allocation percentages 
specified in subsection (b) of that section shall not apply.
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