I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2220
To amend the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century with respect 
to NAFTA corridor planning and development and coordinated border 
infrastructure and safety. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 22, 2003
Mr. BURGESS (for himself and Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Cen-
tury with respect to NAFTA corridor planning and devel-
opment and coordinated border infrastructure and safety.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. NAFTA CORRIDOR PLANNING AND DEVELOP-
MENT. 
(a) ELIGIBILITY OF CORRIDORS.—Section 1118(b) of 
the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (23 
U.S.C. 101 note; 112 Stat. 161) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY OF CORRIDORS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make 
allocations under this section with respect to high 
priority corridors identified in section 1105(c) of the 
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 
1991 (105 Stat. 2032) that connect to the border 
between the United States and Mexico or the United 
States and Canada. 
‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—In making allocations under 
this section, the Secretary shall give priority consid-
eration to corridors on which traffic has increased 
since the date of enactment of the North American 
Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act and is 
projected to increase in the future.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE 23.—Section 1118(e) 
of such Act (23 U.S.C. 101 note; 112 Stat. 162) is amend-
ed—
(1) by striking ‘‘by section 1101 of this Act’’; 
and 
(2) by striking ‘‘and section 1119’’. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
1118 of such Act (23 U.S.C. 101 note; 112 Stat. 161) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust 
Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) to the Sec-
retary to carry out this section $200,000,000 for each of 
the fiscal years 2004 through 2009.’’. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) SECTION HEADING.—The heading for sec-
tion 1118 of such Act (23 U.S.C. 101 note; 112 
Stat. 161) is amended by striking ‘‘NATIONAL’’ and 
inserting ‘‘NAFTA’’. 
(2) TABLE
OF
CONTENTS.—Section 1(b) of 
such Act (112 Stat. 107) is amended by striking the 
item relating to section 1118 and inserting the fol-
lowing:
‘‘Sec. 1118. NAFTA corridor planning and development program.’’.
SEC. 2. COORDINATED BORDER INFRASTRUCTURE. 
Section 1119 of the Transportation Equity Act for 
the 21st Century (23 U.S.C. 101 note) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) FUNDING.—
‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
There is authorized to be appropriated out of the 
Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 
Account) to the Secretary to carry out this section 
$200,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2004 
through 2009. 
‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY
OF
TITLE
23.—Funds 
made available to carry out this section shall be 
available for obligation in the same manner as if
such funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 
23, United States Code.’’.
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