I 112th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 761 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 17, 2011 Mr. Nunes (for himself, Mr. McCarthy of California, and Mr. Denham) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To allow certain Federal funding provided to the State of California to be used for a project or activity to improve or maintain California State Route 99, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the San Joaquin Valley Transportation Enhancement Act of 2011.

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Funding for California State Route 99

(a)

In general

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including the terms of any grant agreement, covered Federal funding made available to the State of California may be used by that State for any project or activity to improve or maintain California State Route 99 between the cities of Sacramento and Bakersfield. (b)

Covered Federal funding defined

In this section, the term covered Federal funding means any Federal funding made available to a State as a result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5) for the purpose of developing high-speed rail service. (c)

Applicability

This section shall apply to all covered Federal funding made available to the State of California after the date of enactment of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5).