[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 430 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 430

 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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 26, 2005

 Mr. Udall of New Mexico (for himself, Mr. Moran of Kansas, Mr. Lucas, 
 Mr. Thornberry, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Reyes, and Mr. Neugebauer) 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 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; 112 Stat. 191) is amended by adding at the 
end the following:
            ``(46) The corridor extending from the point on the border 
        between the United States and Mexico at El Paso, Texas, where 
        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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