[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
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[S. 1099 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1099

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 21, 2003

 Mrs. Hutchison (for herself, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Kyl, and 
  Mr. Cornyn) 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 amend the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century with 
 respect to national 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) In General.--Section 1118 of the Transportation Equity Act for 
the 21st Century (23 U.S.C. 101 note) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``The Secretary shall provide 
        consideration to corridors where 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.'' in subsection (a) after ``trade.'';
            (2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:
    ``(b) Eligibility of Corridors.--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 that connect to the border between the United States and 
Mexico or the United States and Canada.''.
            (3) by striking ``and section 1119'' in subsection (e); and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(h) Funding.--Fifty percent of the funds made available by 
section 1101 of this Act to carry out section 1119 and this section for 
each of fiscal years 2004 through 2009 shall be--
            ``(1) available for obligation to carry out this section; 
        and
            ``(2) made available for obligation in the same manner as 
        if such funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, 
        United States Code.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section heading.--Section 1118 of that Act is amended 
        by striking ``NATIONAL'' in the section heading and inserting 
        ``NAFTA''.
            (2) Table of contents.--Section 1(b) of that Act 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.

    (a) In General.--Section 1101(a)(9) is amended by striking 
``2003.'' and inserting ``2003, and such sums as may be necessary for 
each of fiscal years 2004 through 2009.''.
    Section 1119 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century 
(23 U.S.C. 101 note) is amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (d) and redesignating subsection 
        (e) as subsection (d); and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) Funding.--Fifty percent of the funds made available by 
section 1101 of this Act to carry out section 1118 and this section for 
each of fiscal years 2004 through 2009 shall be--
            ``(1) available for obligation to carry out this section; 
        and
            ``(2) made 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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