[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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