SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Our Nation’s Trade, 
Infrastructure, Mobility, and Efficiency Act of 2007’’ or 
the ‘‘ON TIME Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The growth in international trade, particu-
larly containerized trade, is placing pressure on the 
nation’s transportation network and influences traf-
fic congestion in the areas surrounding the major 
United States-international gateways. 
(2) From 2000 to 2005, the value of inter-
national 
trade 
rose 
from 
approximately 
$2,000,000,000,000 to $2,600,000,000,000, while 
the number of containerized trade shipments rose 
over the same period from approximately 59,000,000 
20-foot equivalent units to 81,000,000 20-foot equiv-
alent units. 
(3) Existing trade agreements, in addition to 
potential future agreements, foreshadow an even 
greater increase in international trade and further 
increases of freight shipments congestion. 
(4) In addition to being a member of the World 
Trade Organization, the United States has agreed to 
11 free trade agreements and is in various stages of 
negotiation with 4 different countries and multi-lat-
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eral organizations with regards to other potential 
free trade agreements. 
(5) Traffic congestion continues to worsen in 
United States cities of all sizes, causing Americans 
to waste 4,200,000,000 hours in traffic and to pur-
chase an extra 2,900,000,000 gallons of fuel for a 
congestion cost of $78,000,000,000 per year. 
(6) More than 200 freight bottlenecks are cost-
ing the goods movement industry $8,000,000,000 in 
economic losses annually and 243,000,000 hours of 
delay and lost productivity each year. 
(7) To simply maintain the current conditions 
and traffic levels of service of our transportation sys-
tem, all levels of government must have invested 
$235,000,000,000 
in 
2006 
and 
must 
invest 
$304,000,000,000 in 2015 and $472,000,000,000 in 
2030. 
(8) To improve the current conditions and traf-
fic levels of service of our transportation system to 
a level that benefits the Nation’s economic produc-
tivity, all levels of government must have invested 
$288,000,000,000 
in 
2006 
and 
must 
invest 
$368,000,000,000 in 2015 and $561,000,000,000 in 
2030. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are to— 
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(1) address major transportation investment 
needs in national trade gateway corridors; 
(2) reduce freight congestion along current and 
future trade corridors and provide congestion miti-
gation along surface transportation routes that are 
or will be congested as a result of current or future 
growth in international trade; and 
(3) develop corridors that will increase freight 
transportation system reliability and enhance the 
quality of life for United States citizens. 
SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT AND COLLECTION OF NATIONAL 
TRADE GATEWAY CORRIDOR FEE. 
(a) IMPORT FEE.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Transportation shall issue regulations that 
establish a national trade gateway corridor fee on 
each article that is imported into the United States 
in commerce. 
(2) AMOUNT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The amount of the fee 
on each article that is imported into the United 
States in commerce shall be equal to .075 per-
cent of the value of the article that is subject 
to the fee or $500, whichever is less. 
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(B) VALUE
DEFINED.—For purposes of 
subparagraph (A), the term ‘‘value’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 402 of the 
Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1401a). 
(3) COLLECTION.—The Secretary of Transpor-
tation, in consultation with the Secretary of Home-
land Security, shall assess and collect the fee for 
carrying out eligible projects in the transportation 
trade corridors for the Customs port of unloading of 
the article that is imported into the United States 
in commerce. 
(4) DEPOSIT.—Amounts received by the United 
States in the form of the fee shall be deposited in 
the account established by subsection (c). 
(5) TERMINATION
OF
FEE.—The fee estab-
lished under this subsection shall not apply after the 
expiration of fiscal year 2017. 
(b) EXPORT FEE.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Trans-
portation, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Homeland Security and the Secretary of Commerce, 
shall issue regulations that establish a national trade 
gateway corridor fee on each article that exported 
from the United States in commerce. 
(2) AMOUNT.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—The amount of the fee 
on each article that is exported from the United 
States in commerce shall be equal to .075 per-
cent of the value of the article that is subject 
to the fee or $500, whichever is less. 
(B) VALUE
DEFINED.—For purposes of 
subparagraph (A), the term ‘‘value’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 30.7(q) of 
title 15, Code of Federal Regulations. 
(3) COLLECTION.—The Secretary of Transpor-
tation, in consultation with the Secretary of Home-
land Security and the Secretary of Commerce, shall 
assess and collect the fee for carrying out eligible 
projects in the transportation trade corridors for the 
Customs port of loading of the article that is ex-
ported from the United States in commerce. 
(4) DEPOSIT.—Amounts received by the United 
States in the form of the fee shall be deposited in 
the account established by subsection (c). 
(5) TERMINATION
OF
FEE.—The fee estab-
lished under this subsection shall not apply after the 
expiration of fiscal year 2017. 
(c) ACCOUNT.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 
the Treasury a separate account for the deposit of 
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fees under this section, which shall be known as the 
‘‘National Trade Gateway Corridor Fund’’. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The account shall consist of 
amounts deposited into the account under sub-
sections (a) and (b). 
(3) USE.—Amounts in the account shall be 
available to the Secretary of Transportation, as pro-
vided in appropriations Acts enacted after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, for making expendi-
tures before October 1, 2018, to meet the obligations 
of the United States to carry out this Act. 
SEC. 4. APPORTIONMENT OF FUNDS. 
(a) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—The Secretary of 
Transportation shall set aside 2 percent of the amount au-
thorized to be appropriated, from the National Trade 
Gateway Corridor Fund established by section 3(c), to 
carry out this Act for each fiscal year to pay the cost of 
collecting fees on imports and exports under section 3. 
(b) APPORTIONMENT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—After the set-aside under 
subsection 
(a), 
the 
Secretary 
shall 
apportion 
amounts remaining available of the amount author-
ized to be appropriated, from the National Trade 
Gateway Corridor Fund established by section 3, for 
a fiscal year to carry out this Act to State depart-
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(5) clearly identify the basis for rating projects 
under the ratings process the State department of 
transportation developed under paragraph (4). 
SEC. 6. GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation 
may make a grant under this Act to a State department 
of transportation having jurisdiction over an area located 
in a transportation trade corridor. 
(b) SECRETARIAL APPROVAL.—A grant may only be 
made under this Act for an eligible project. 
(c) CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS.—A project to be 
carried out with assistance under this Act that is for a 
highway that is on a Federal-aid system (as defined in 
section 101 of title 23, United States Code) shall be con-
structed to the same standards that would apply if such 
project was being carried out with assistance under chap-
ter 1 of title 23, United States Code. 
(d) FEDERAL SHARE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of the 
cost of an eligible project for which a grant is made 
under this Act shall be 80 percent. 
(2) NON-FEDERAL
SHARE.—The non-Federal 
share of the cost of an eligible project for which a 
grant is made under this Act may not be provided 
from Federal funds made available under any other 
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law (including funds from the Highway Trust 
Fund). 
(e) PREVAILING RATE OF WAGE.—Section 113 of 
title 23, United States Code, shall apply to an eligible 
project being carried out with assistance provided under 
this section in the same manner and to the same extent 
as such would apply if such project was being carried out 
with assistance provided under chapter 1 of such title. 
SEC. 7. TRANSPORTATION TRADE CORRIDORS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Transpor-
tation, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, 
shall establish— 
(1) a transportation trade corridor for each 
Customs port of entry, for which fees were collected 
under section 3 in the preceding fiscal year, in ac-
cordance with subsection (b); and 
(2) the boundaries of the transportation trade 
corridor for such port of entry. 
(b) CRITERIA
FOR
ESTABLISHMENT
OF
COR-
RIDORS.—A transportation trade corridor— 
(1) may include areas in more than one State 
if the States are contiguous; 
(2) may not extend more than 300 miles from 
the Customs port of entry for which it is established; 
and 
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(3) may only include areas that are used for 
motor vehicle and cargo movements related to inter-
national trade. 
(c) MULTIPLE PORTS OF ENTRY.—The Secretary of 
Transportation may establish under this section a single 
transportation trade corridor for multiple ports of entry 
located in close proximity to one another. 
(d) DEADLINE FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF PROPOSED 
CORRIDORS.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation 
shall publish in the Federal Register the boundaries of the 
transportation trade corridors the Secretary proposes to 
establish under this section. 
(e) COMMENT PERIOD.—The Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall provide a period of 45 days for comments to 
be made to the Secretary by the public, and for holding 
such hearings as the Secretary determines are appropriate 
to receive comments, concerning the boundaries of the 
transportation trade corridors proposed by the Secretary 
under subsection (c). 
(f) DEADLINE FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF FINAL COR-
RIDORS.—Not later than one year after date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall publish 
in the Federal Register the boundaries of the transpor-
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tation trade corridors the Secretary is establishing under 
this section. 
(g) PERIODIC REVIEWS AND MODIFICATIONS.—Dur-
ing 60-day period ending on September 30 before each fis-
cal year after the first fiscal year for which funds are au-
thorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act, the Sec-
retary of Transportation may conduct such reviews, hold 
such hearings, and take such other actions as may be nec-
essary to ensure that— 
(1) there is a transportation trade corridor for 
each Customs port of entry for which fees were col-
lected under section 3 in the preceding fiscal year; 
and 
(2) the boundaries of such corridor are appro-
priate to carry out the objectives of this Act. 
SEC. 8. REGULATIONS. 
Not later than one year after date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall issue regu-
lations to carry out the objectives of this Act. 
SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated from the National Trade Gateway Corridor Fund 
established by section 3 to carry out this Act for each of 
fiscal years 2009 through 2018 such sums as were depos-
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ited in the Fund during the preceding fiscal year under 
section 3. 
(b) DATE AVAILABLE FOR OBLIGATION.—Authoriza-
tions from the separate account to carry out this Act shall 
be available for obligation on October 1 of the fiscal year 
for which they are authorized. 
(c) GRANTS
AS CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS.—A 
grant for a highway project under this Act that is ap-
proved by the Secretary is a contractual obligation of the 
Government to pay the Federal share of the cost of the 
project. 
SEC. 10. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act, the following definitions apply: 
(1) ELIGIBLE
PROJECT.—The term ‘‘eligible 
project’’ means— 
(A) a project or activity eligible for assist-
ance under chapter 1 of title 23, United States 
Code; and 
(B) a project for construction of or im-
provements to a publicly owned intermodal 
freight transfer facility, for providing access to 
such a facility, or for making operational im-
provements to such a facility (including capital 
investment for an intelligent transportation sys-
tem); except that a project located within the 
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boundaries of a port terminal shall only include 
the surface transportation infrastructure modi-
fications necessary to facilitate direct inter-
modal interchange, transfer, and access into 
and out of the port. 
(2) FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY.—The term ‘‘Fed-
eral-aid highway’’ has the meaning such term has 
under section 101 of title 23, United States Code. 
(3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means any of 
the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto 
Rico. 
(4) 
STATE
DEPARTMENT
OF
TRANSPOR-
TATION.—The term ‘‘State department of transpor-
tation’’ has the meaning such term has under sec-
tion 101 of title 23, United States Code. 
(5) 
UNITED
STATES.—The 
term 
‘‘United 
States’’ means the 50 States, the District of Colum-
bia, and Puerto Rico. 
Æ 
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