[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 842 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 842

 To amend the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 
                     to extend Interstate Route 11.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 24, 2015

     Mr. Heller (for himself, Mr. Reid, Mr. Flake, and Mr. McCain) 
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 extend Interstate Route 11.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Intermountain West Corridor 
Development Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) Interstate Route 11 would significantly enhance for the 
        Western United States--
                    (A) commerce;
                    (B) tourism;
                    (C) international trade;
                    (D) economic vitality; and
                    (E) competitiveness on the global stage;
            (2) Interstate Route 11 would connect communities and 
        economic systems in the States of Arizona and Nevada, 
        including--
                    (A) the 2 largest cities in the United States 
                without an Interstate connection;
                    (B) major trade hubs;
                    (C) existing and future domestic and international 
                deep-water ports; and
                    (D) transcontinental roadways and railroad 
                corridors;
            (3) Interstate Route 11 would improve safety and travel 
        time in north-south corridors of the Western United States; and
            (4) the establishment of Interstate Route 11 from the State 
        of Arizona-Mexico border through the State of Nevada and, 
        ultimately integrating into existing high priority corridors of 
        the National Highway System leading to the Canadian border, 
        would enhance the economic vitality of the Western United 
        States.

SEC. 3. ROUTE DESIGNATION.

    Section 1105 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency 
Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2031) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (68) (105 
        Stat. 2032; 119 Stat. 1213) and inserting the following:
            ``(68) The Washoe County Corridor and the Intermountain 
        West Corridor shall generally follow--
                    ``(A) in the case of the Washoe County Corridor, 
                along Interstate Route 580/United States Route 95/
                United States Route 95A, from Reno, Nevada, to Las 
                Vegas, Nevada; and
                    ``(B) in the case of the Intermountain West 
                Corridor, from the vicinity of Las Vegas extending 
                north along United States Route 95, terminating at 
                Interstate Route 80.''; and
            (2) in subsection (e)(5)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A) (109 Stat. 597; 118 Stat. 
                293; 119 Stat. 1213), in the first sentence--
                            (i) by inserting ``subparagraphs (A) and 
                        (B)(i) of subsection (c)(26),'' after 
                        ``(c)(20),''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``and subsection (c)(57)'' 
                        and inserting ``subsection (c)(57), and 
                        subsection (c)(68)(B)''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (C)(i) (109 Stat. 598; 126 
                Stat. 427), in the last sentence by inserting ``, and 
                subsection (c)(68)(B), extending south from the 
                vicinity of Wickenburg to Interstate Route 10 and 
                continuing south toward the Tucson vicinity to the 
                Nogales, Arizona region, establishing an international 
                trade corridor by employing Interstates in existence on 
                the date of enactment of the Intermountain West 
                Corridor Development Act of 2015 or new alignments to 
                be determined through appropriate studies, and 
                extending north from the vicinity of Las Vegas along 
                United States Route 95, following alignments to be 
                determined by further study, terminating at Interstate 
                Route 80,'' after ``subsection (c)(26)''.
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