[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3181 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3181

   To amend title 23, United States Code, to permit border States to 
  designate certain funds for border infrastructure projects, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 23, 2015

Mr. Hurd of Texas (for himself, Mr. Cuellar, and Mr. McCaul) introduced 
      the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                   Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 23, United States Code, to permit border States to 
  designate certain funds for border infrastructure projects, and for 
                            other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. BORDER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.

    Section 133 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(i) Border States.--
            ``(1) In general.--After consultation with relevant 
        transportation planning organizations, the Governor of a State 
        that shares a land border with Canada or Mexico may designate 
        each fiscal year not more than 5 percent of funds made 
        available to the State under subsection (d)(1)(B) for border 
        infrastructure projects eligible under section 1303 of SAFETEA-
        LU (23 U.S.C. 101 note; Public Law 109-59).
            ``(2) Use of funds.--Funds designated under this subsection 
        shall be available under the requirements of section 1303 of 
        SAFETEA-LU (23 U.S.C. 101 note; Public Law 109-59).
            ``(3) Certification.--Before making a designation under 
        paragraph (1), the Governor shall certify that the designation 
        is consistent with transportation planning requirements under 
        this title.
            ``(4) Notification.--Not later than 30 days after making a 
        designation under paragraph (1), the Governor shall submit to 
        the relevant transportation planning organizations within the 
        border region a written notification of any suballocated or 
        distributed amount of funds available for obligation by 
        jurisdiction.
            ``(5) Limitation.--This subsection applies only to funds 
        apportioned to a State after the date of reauthorization of the 
        Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (Public Law 
        112-141).
            ``(6) Deadline for designation.--A designation under 
        paragraph (1) shall--
                    ``(A) be submitted to the Secretary not later than 
                30 days before the beginning of the fiscal year for 
                which the designation is being made; and
                    ``(B) remain in effect for the funds designated 
                under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year until the 
                Governor of the State notifies the Secretary of the 
                termination of such designation.
            ``(7) Termination of designation.--On the date of a 
        termination under paragraph (6)(B), all remaining unobligated 
        funds that had been designated under paragraph (1) for the 
        fiscal year for which the designation is being terminated shall 
        be made available to the State for the purposes under 
        subsection (d)(1)(B).''.
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