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‘‘(1) the existence and significance of signed and
binding multijurisdictional agreements;
‘‘(2) endorsement of the study or project by ap-
plicable elected State and local representatives;
‘‘(3) prospects for early completion of the study
or project; or
‘‘(4) whether the projects to be studied or con-
structed are located on corridors identified by section
1105(c) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Ef-
ficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law 102–240; 105 Stat.
2032).
‘‘(f) PROGRAM PRIORITIES.—In administering the
program, the Secretary shall—
‘‘(1) encourage and enable States and other ju-
risdictions to work together to develop plans for
multimodal and multijurisdictional transportation
decisionmaking; and
‘‘(2) give priority to studies or projects that em-
phasize multimodal planning, including planning for
operational improvements that—
‘‘(A) increase—
‘‘(i) mobility;
‘‘(ii) freight productivity;
‘‘(iii) access to marine or inland ports;
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‘‘(iv) safety and security (including
improvements 
to 
emergency 
evacuation
routes); and
‘‘(v) reliability; and
‘‘(B) enhance the environment.
‘‘(g) FEDERAL SHARE.—Except as provided in section
120, the Federal share of the cost of a study or project car-
ried out under the program, using funds from all Federal
sources, shall be 80 percent.
‘‘(h) APPLICABILITY.—Funds authorized to be appro-
priated under section 1101(10) of the Safe, Accountable,
Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act of 2005
to carry out this section shall be available for obligation
in the same manner as if the funds were apportioned under
this chapter.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for sub-
chapter I of chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code (as
amended by section 1809(b)) is amended by adding at the
end the following:
‘‘171. Multistate corridor program.’’.
SEC. 1810. BORDER PLANNING, OPERATIONS, TECHNOLOGY,
AND CAPACITY PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 1 of title
23, United States Code (as amended by section 1809(a)),
is amended by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘§ 172. Border planning, operations, technology, and
capacity program
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
‘‘(1) BORDER STATE.—The term ‘border State’
means any of the States of Alaska, Arizona, Cali-
fornia, Idaho, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana,
New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Da-
kota, Texas, Vermont, and Washington.
‘‘(2) PROGRAM.—The term ‘program’ means the
border planning, operations, technology, and capacity
program established under subsection (b).
‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE.—The Secretary
shall establish and carry out a border planning, operations,
technology, and capacity improvement program to support
coordination and improvement in bi-national transpor-
tation planning, operations, efficiency, information ex-
change, safety, and security at the international borders of
the United States with Canada and Mexico.
‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make al-
locations under the program for projects to carry out
eligible activities described in paragraph (2) at or
near international land borders in border States.
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—A border State may
obligate funds apportioned to the border State under
this section for—
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‘‘(A) highway and multimodal planning or
environmental studies;
‘‘(B) cross-border port of entry and safety
inspection improvements, including operational
enhancements and technology applications;
‘‘(C) technology and information exchange
activities; and
‘‘(D) right-of-way acquisition, design, and
construction, as needed—
‘‘(i) to implement the enhancements or
applications described in subparagraphs
(B) and (C);
‘‘(ii) to decrease air pollution emis-
sions from vehicles or inspection facilities at
border crossings; or
‘‘(iii) to increase highway capacity at
or near international borders.
‘‘(d) OTHER PROVISIONS REGARDING ELIGIBILITY.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each project funded under
the program shall be carried out in accordance with
the continuing, cooperative, and comprehensive plan-
ning processes required by sections 134 and 135.
‘‘(2) REGIONALLY
SIGNIFICANT
PROJECTS.—To
be funded under the program, a regionally significant
project shall be included on the applicable transpor-
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tation plan and program required by sections 134
and 135.
‘‘(e) PROGRAM PRIORITIES.—Border States shall give
priority to projects that emphasize—
‘‘(1) multimodal planning;
‘‘(2) improvements in infrastructure; and
‘‘(3) operational improvements that—
‘‘(A) increase safety, security, freight capac-
ity, or highway access to rail, marine, and air
services; and
‘‘(B) enhance the environment.
‘‘(f) MANDATORY PROGRAM.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For each fiscal year, the Sec-
retary shall allocate among border States, in accord-
ance with the formula described in paragraph (2),
funds to be used in accordance with subsection (d).
‘‘(2) FORMULA.—Subject to paragraph (3), the
amount allocated to a border State under this para-
graph shall be determined by the Secretary, as fol-
lows:
‘‘(A) 25 percent in the ratio that—
‘‘(i) the average annual weight of all
cargo entering the border State by commer-
cial vehicle across the international border
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with Canada or Mexico, as the case may be;
bears to
‘‘(ii) the average annual weight of all
cargo entering all border States by commer-
cial vehicle across the international borders
with Canada and Mexico.
‘‘(B) 25 percent in the ratio that—
‘‘(i) the average trade value of all
cargo imported into the border State and
all cargo exported from the border State by
commercial vehicle across the international
border with Canada or Mexico, as the case
may be; bears to
‘‘(ii) the average trade value of all
cargo imported into all border States and
all cargo exported from all border States by
commercial vehicle across the international
borders with Canada and Mexico.
‘‘(C) 25 percent in the ratio that—
‘‘(i) the number of commercial vehicles
annually entering the border State across
the international border with Canada or
Mexico, as the case may be; bears to
‘‘(ii) the number of all commercial ve-
hicles annually entering all border States
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across the international borders with Can-
ada and Mexico.
‘‘(D) 25 percent in the ratio that—
‘‘(i) the number of passenger vehicles
annually entering the border State across
the international border with Canada or
Mexico, as the case may be; bears to
‘‘(ii) the number of all passenger vehi-
cles annually entering all border States
across the international borders with Can-
ada and Mexico.
‘‘(3) DATA SOURCE.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The data used by the
Secretary in making allocations under this sub-
section shall be based on the Bureau of Trans-
portation Statistics Transborder Surface Freight
Dataset (or other similar database).
‘‘(B) BASIS OF CALCULATION.—All formula
calculations shall be made using the average val-
ues for the most recent 5-year period for which
data are available.
‘‘(4) MINIMUM
ALLOCATION.—Notwithstanding
paragraph (2), for each fiscal year, each border State
shall receive at least 1⁄2 of 1 percent of the funds made
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available for allocation under this paragraph for the
fiscal year.
‘‘(g) FEDERAL SHARE.—Except as provided in section
120, the Federal share of the cost of a project carried out
under the program shall be 80 percent.
‘‘(h) OBLIGATION.—Funds made available under sec-
tion 1101(11) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Effi-
cient Transportation Equity Act of 2005 to carry out the
program shall be available for obligation in the same man-
ner as if the funds were apportioned under this chapter.
‘‘(i) INFORMATION EXCHANGE.—No individual project
the scope of work of which is limited to information ex-
change shall receive an allocation under the program in an
amount that exceeds $500,000 for any fiscal year.
‘‘(j) PROJECTS IN CANADA OR MEXICO.—A project in
Canada or Mexico, proposed by a border State to directly
and predominantly facilitate cross-border vehicle and com-
mercial cargo movements at an international gateway or
port of entry into the border region of the State, may be
constructed using funds made available under the program
if, before obligation of those funds, Canada or Mexico, or
the political subdivision of Canada or Mexico that is re-
sponsible for the operation of the facility to be constructed,
provides assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that any
facility constructed under this subsection will be—
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‘‘(1) constructed in accordance with standards
equivalent to applicable standards in the United
States; and
‘‘(2) properly maintained and used over the use-
ful life of the facility for the purpose for which the
Secretary allocated funds to the project.
‘‘(k) TRANSFER OF FUNDS TO THE GENERAL SERV-
ICES ADMINISTRATION.—
‘‘(1) STATE FUNDS.—At the request of a border
State, funds made available under the program may
be transferred to the General Services Administration
for the purpose of funding 1 or more specific projects
if—
‘‘(A) the Secretary determines, after con-
sultation with the State transportation depart-
ment of the border State, that the General Serv-
ices Administration should carry out the project;
and
‘‘(B) the General Services Administration
agrees to accept the transfer of, and to admin-
ister, those funds.
‘‘(2) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—A border State that
makes a request under paragraph (1) shall pro-
vide directly to the General Services Administra-
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tion, for each project covered by the request, the
non-Federal share of the cost of each project de-
scribed in subsection (f).
‘‘(B) NO
AUGMENTATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—Funds provided by a border State under
subparagraph (A)—
‘‘(i) shall not be considered to be an
augmentation of the appropriations made
available to the General Services Adminis-
tration; and
‘‘(ii) shall be—
‘‘(I) administered in accordance
with the procedures of the General
Services Administration; but
‘‘(II) available for obligation in
the same manner as if the funds were
apportioned under this chapter.
‘‘(C) OBLIGATION AUTHORITY.—Obligation
authority shall be transferred to the General
Services Administration in the same manner
and amount as the funds provided for projects
under subparagraph (A).
‘‘(3) 
DIRECT
TRANSFER
OF
AUTHORIZED
FUNDS.—
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In addition to alloca-
tions to States and metropolitan planning orga-
nizations under subsection (c), the Secretary
may transfer funds made available to carry out
this section to the General Services Administra-
tion for construction of transportation infra-
structure projects at or near the border in border
States, if—
‘‘(i) the Secretary determines that the
transfer is necessary to effectively carry out
the purposes of this program; and
‘‘(ii) the General Services Administra-
tion agrees to accept the transfer of, and to
administer, those funds.
‘‘(B) NO
AUGMENTATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—Funds transferred by the Secretary
under subparagraph (A)—
‘‘(i) shall not be considered to be an
augmentation of the appropriations made
available to the General Services Adminis-
tration; and
‘‘(ii) shall be—
‘‘(I) administered in accordance
with the procedures of the General
Services Administration; but