[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 137 (Monday, August 2, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5681-S5682]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2300. Mr. CRUZ (for himself and Mr. Warnock) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr. 
Schumer (for Ms. Sinema (for herself, Mr. Portman, Mr. Manchin, Mr. 
Cassidy, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Collins, Mr. Tester, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. 
Warner, and Mr. Romney)) to the bill H.R. 3684, to authorize funds for 
Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, 
and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       Beginning on page 440, strike line 19 and all that follows 
     through page 443, line 14, and insert the following:
       (a) High Priority Corridors.--Section 1105(c) of the 
     Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 
     (Public Law 102-240; 105 Stat. 2032; 133 Stat. 3018) is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking paragraph (84) and inserting the following:
       ``(84) The Central Texas Corridor, including the route--
       ``(A) commencing in the vicinity of Texas Highway 338 in 
     Odessa, Texas, running eastward generally following 
     Interstate Route 20, connecting to Texas Highway 158 in the 
     vicinity of Midland, Texas, then following Texas Highway 158 
     eastward to United States Route 87 and then following United 
     States Route 87 southeastward, passing in the vicinity of San 
     Angelo, Texas, and connecting to United States Route 190 in 
     the vicinity of Brady, Texas;
       ``(B) commencing at the intersection of Interstate Route 10 
     and United States Route 190 in Pecos County, Texas, and 
     following United States Route 190 to Brady, Texas;
       ``(C) following portions of United States Route 190 
     eastward, passing in the vicinity of Fort Hood, Killeen, 
     Belton, Temple, Bryan, College Station, Huntsville, 
     Livingston, Woodville, and Jasper, to the logical terminus of 
     Texas Highway 63 at the Sabine River Bridge at Burrs Crossing 
     and including a loop generally encircling Bryan/College 
     Station, Texas;
       ``(D) following United States Route 83 southward from the 
     vicinity of Eden, Texas, to a logical connection to 
     Interstate Route 10 at Junction, Texas;
       ``(E) following United States Route 69 from Interstate 
     Route 10 in Beaumont, Texas, north to United States Route 190 
     in the vicinity of Woodville, Texas;
       ``(F) following United States Route 96 from Interstate 
     Route 10 in Beaumont, Texas, north to United States Route 190 
     in the vicinity of Jasper, Texas; and
       ``(G) following United States Route 190, State Highway 305, 
     and United States Route 385 from Interstate Route 10 in Pecos 
     County, Texas, to Interstate 20 at Odessa, Texas.''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(92) United States Route 421 from the interchange with 
     Interstate Route 85 in Greensboro, North Carolina, to the 
     interchange with Interstate Route 95 in Dunn, North Carolina.
       ``(93) The South Mississippi Corridor from the Louisiana 
     and Mississippi border near Natchez, Mississippi, to 
     Gulfport, Mississippi, shall generally follow--
       ``(A) United States Route 84 from the Louisiana border at 
     the Mississippi River passing in the vicinity of Natchez, 
     Brookhaven, Monticello, Prentiss, and Collins, Mississippi, 
     to the logical terminus with Interstate Route 59 in the 
     vicinity of Laurel, Mississippi, and continuing on Interstate 
     Route 59 south to the vicinity of Hattiesburg, Mississippi; 
     and
       ``(B) United States Route 49 from the vicinity of 
     Hattiesburg, Mississippi, south to Interstate Route 10 in the 
     vicinity of Gulfport, Mississippi, following Mississippi 
     Route 601 south and terminating near the Mississippi State 
     Port at Gulfport.
       ``(94) The Kosciusko to Gulf Coast corridor commencing at 
     the logical terminus of Interstate Route 55 near Vaiden, 
     Mississippi, running south and passing east of the vicinity 
     of the Jackson Urbanized Area, connecting to United States 
     Route 49 north of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and generally 
     following United States Route 49 to a logical connection with 
     Interstate Route 10 in the vicinity of Gulfport, Mississippi.
       ``(95) The Interstate Route 22 spur from the vicinity of 
     Tupelo, Mississippi, running south generally along United 
     States Route 45 to the vicinity of Shannon, Mississippi.
       ``(96) The route that generally follows United States Route 
     412 from its intersection with Interstate Route 35 in Noble 
     County, Oklahoma, passing through Tulsa, Oklahoma, to its 
     intersection with Interstate Route 49 in Springdale, 
     Arkansas.
       ``(97) The Louie B. Nunn Cumberland Expressway from the 
     interchange with Interstate Route 65 in Barren County, 
     Kentucky, east to the interchange with United States Highway 
     27 in Somerset, Kentucky.
       ``(98) The route that generally follows State Route 7 from 
     Grenada, Mississippi, to Holly Springs, Mississippi, passing 
     in the vicinity of Coffeeville, Water Valley, Oxford, and 
     Abbeville, Mississippi, to its logical connection with 
     Interstate Route 22 in the vicinity of Holly Springs, 
     Mississippi.
       ``(99) The Central Louisiana Corridor commencing at the 
     logical terminus of Louisiana Highway 8 at the Sabine River 
     Bridge at Burrs Crossing and generally following portions of 
     Louisiana Highway 8 to Leesville, Louisiana, and then 
     eastward on Louisiana Highway 28, passing in the vicinity of 
     Alexandria, Pineville, Walters, and Archie, to the logical 
     terminus of United States Route 84 at the Mississippi River 
     Bridge at Vidalia, Louisiana.
       ``(100) The Central Mississippi Corridor, including the 
     route--
       ``(A) commencing at the logical terminus of United States 
     Route 84 at the Mississippi River and then generally 
     following portions of United States Route 84 passing in the 
     vicinity of Natchez, Brookhaven, Monticello, Prentiss, and 
     Collins, to Interstate Route 59 in the vicinity of Laurel, 
     Mississippi, and continuing on Interstate Route 59 north to 
     Interstate Route 20 and on Interstate Route 20 to the 
     Mississippi-Alabama State border; and
       ``(B) commencing in the vicinity of Laurel, Mississippi, 
     running south on Interstate Route 59 to United States Route 
     98 in the vicinity of Hattiesburg, connecting to United 
     States Route 49 south then following United States Route 49 
     south to Interstate Route 10 in the vicinity of Gulfport and 
     following Mississippi Route 601 southerly terminating near 
     the Mississippi State Port at Gulfport.
       ``(101) The Middle Alabama Corridor including the route--
       ``(A) beginning at the Alabama-Mississippi border generally 
     following portions of I-20 until following a new interstate 
     extension paralleling United States Highway 80, 
     specifically--
       ``(B) crossing Alabama Route 28 near Coatopa, Alabama, 
     traveling eastward crossing United States Highway 43 and 
     Alabama Route 69 near Selma, Alabama, traveling eastwards 
     closely paralleling United States Highway 80 to the south 
     crossing over Alabama Routes 22, 41, and 21, until its 
     intersection with I-65 near Hope Hull, Alabama;
       ``(C) continuing east along the proposed Montgomery Outer 
     Loop south of Montgomery, Alabama where it would next join 
     with I-85 east of Montgomery, Alabama;
       ``(D) continuing along I-85 east bound until its 
     intersection with United States Highway 280 near Opelika, 
     Alabama or United States Highway 80 near Tuskegee, Alabama;
       ``(E) generally following the most expedient route until 
     intersecting with existing United States Highway 80 (JR Allen 
     Parkway) through Phenix City until continuing into Columbus, 
     Georgia.
       ``(102) The Middle Georgia Corridor including the route--
       ``(A) beginning at the Alabama-Georgia Border generally 
     following the Fall Line Freeway from Columbus, Georgia to 
     Augusta, Georgia, specifically--
       ``(B) travelling along United States Route 80 (JR Allen 
     Parkway) through Columbus, Georgia and near Fort Benning, 
     Georgia, east to Talbot County, Georgia where it would follow 
     Georgia Route 96, then commencing on Georgia Route 49C (Fort 
     Valley Bypass) to Georgia Route 49 (Peach Parkway) to its 
     intersection with Interstate Route 75 in Byron, Georgia;
       ``(C) continuing north along Interstate Route 75 through 
     Warner Robins and Macon, Georgia where it would meet 
     Interstate Route 16, then following Interstate Route 16 east 
     it would next join United States Route 80 and then onto State 
     Route 57;
       ``(D) commencing with State Route 57 which turns into State 
     Route 24 near Milledgeville, Georgia would then bypass Wrens, 
     Georgia with a newly constructed bypass, and after the bypass 
     it would join United States Route 1 near Fort Gordon into 
     Augusta, Georgia where it will terminate at Interstate Route 
     520.''.
       (b) Designation as Future Interstates.--Section 
     1105(e)(5)(A) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation 
     Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-240; 109 Stat. 597; 
     133 Stat. 3018) is amended in the first sentence--
       (1) by inserting ``subsection (c)(84),'' after ``subsection 
     (c)(83),''; and
       (2) by striking ``and subsection (c)(91)'' and inserting 
     ``subsection (c)(91), subsection (c)(92), subsection 
     (c)(93)(A), subsection (c)(94), subsection (c)(95), 
     subsection (c)(96), subsection (c)(97), subsection (c)(99), 
     subsection (c)(100), subsection (c)(101), and subsection 
     (c)(102)''.
       (c) Numbering of Parkway.--Section 1105(e)(5)(C)(i) of the 
     Intermodal Surface

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     Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-240; 
     109 Stat. 598; 133 Stat. 3018) is amended--
       (1) by striking the fifteenth sentence and inserting the 
     following: ``The route referred to in subsection (c)(84)(A) 
     is designated as Interstate Route I-14 North. The route 
     referred to in subsection (c)(84)(B) is designated as 
     Interstate Route I-14 South. The Bryan/College Station, Texas 
     loop referred to in subsection (c)(84)(C) is designated as 
     Interstate Route I-214.''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following: ``The route 
     referred to in subsection (c)(97) is designated as Interstate 
     Route I-365. The routes referred to in subsections 
     (c)(84)(C), (c)(99), (c)(100), (c)(101), and (c)(102) are 
     designated as Interstate Route I-14. The routes referred to 
     in subparagraphs (D), (E), (F), and (G) of subsection (c)(84) 
     and subparagraph (B) of subsection (c)(100) shall each be 
     given separate Interstate route numbers.''.
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