[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1352 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1352

  To amend the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation 
 Equity Act: A Legacy for Users to include freight and passenger rail 
      among eligible uses of funding under the coordinated border 
        infrastructure program and to reauthorize that program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 13, 2011

Mrs. Gillibrand (for herself and Mr. Sanders) 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 Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation 
 Equity Act: A Legacy for Users to include freight and passenger rail 
      among eligible uses of funding under the coordinated border 
        infrastructure program and to reauthorize that program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. COORDINATED BORDER INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 1303 of the SAFETEA-LU (23 U.S.C. 101 
note; 119 Stat. 1207) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``motor vehicles'' and 
        inserting ``motor vehicles and freight and passenger rail'';
            (2) in subsection (b), in paragraphs (1), (3), (4), and 
        (5), by inserting ``, rail,'' after ``motor vehicle'' each 
        place it appears;
            (3) in subsection (d), in the matter preceding paragraph 
        (1), by inserting ``, rail,'' after ``motor vehicle''; and
            (4) in subsection (g)--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph 
                (6); and
                    (B) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:
            ``(5) Rail.--The term `rail' means railroad (as defined in 
        section 10102 of title 49, United States Code).''.
    (b) Reauthorization.--Section 1101(a)(11) of the SAFETEA-LU (119 
Stat. 1155) is amended by striking subparagraphs (A) through (E) and 
inserting the following:
                    ``(A) $230,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; and
                    ``(B) for fiscal year 2012 and each fiscal year 
                thereafter through 2015, the amount for the prior 
                fiscal year increased by the rate of inflation (as 
                measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban 
                Consumers (United States city average) published by the 
                Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of 
                Labor).''.
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