A bill to amend the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century with respect to national corridor planning and development and coordinated border infrastructure and safety.
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Latest Action · May 21, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6863-6864)
Amends the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century to require the Secretary of Transportation, in implementing the national corridor planning and development program (which allocates Federal highway funds to States and metropolitan planning organizations for construction of corridors of national significance, economic growth, and international or interregional trade), to provide consideration to corridors where traffic has increased since enactment of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Implementation Act and is projected to increase in the future. Revises corridor eligibility requirements to authorize the Secretary to make allocations with respect to certain identified high priority corridors that connect to the border between the United States and Mexico or the United States and Canada.
Authorizes necessary funding for the national corridor planning and development and coordinated border infrastructure programs.
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