[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 290 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 290

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 4, 2003

Mr. Bingaman (for himself, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Inhofe, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. 
 Domenici, and Mr. Brownback) 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 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 
   to identify a route that passes through the States 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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