SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Our Nation’s Trade, 
Infrastructure, Mobility, and Efficiency Act’’ or the ‘‘ON 
TIME Act’’. 
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) United States freight gateways handled 
more than $3.4 trillion of international merchandise 
trade in 2008, an increase of 9 percent from 2007. 
(3) From 1990 to 2008, the value of United 
States international merchandise trade grew from 
$889 billion to $3.4 trillion, increasing at an average 
annual rate of 8 percent per year. 
(4) Since 1990, the value of United States land 
trade with Canada and Mexico has grown at an av-
erage annual rate of 8.1 percent per year. 
(5) Existing trade agreements, in addition to 
potential future agreements, foreshadow an even 
greater increase in international trade and further 
increases of freight shipments congestion. 
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(6) 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-
eral organizations with regards to other potential 
free trade agreements. 
(7) In 2009, traffic congestion caused Ameri-
cans to travel an additional 4.8 billion hours and to 
purchase an extra 3.9 billion gallons of fuel for a 
congestion cost of $115 billion according to the 
Texas Transportation Institute’s 2010 Urban Mobil-
ity Study. 
(8) The average cost of traffic congestion per 
commuter was $808 in 2009 compared to an infla-
tion-adjusted $351 per commuter in 1982. 
(9) Traffic congestion in 2009 resulted in $33 
billion in additional costs to trucks carrying our Na-
tion’s goods to suppliers, manufacturers, and mar-
kets. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are to— 
(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 
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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. 
(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). 
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(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 2022. 
(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.— 
(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-
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cent of the export value of the article that is 
subject to the fee or $500, whichever is less. 
(B) EXPORT VALUE DEFINED.—For pur-
poses of subparagraph (A), the term ‘‘export 
value’’ has the meaning given the term in sec-
tion 30.1 of title 15, Code of Federal Regula-
tions. 
(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 2022. 
(c) ACCOUNT.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 
the Treasury a separate account for the deposit of 
fees under this section, which shall be known as the 
‘‘National Trade Gateway Corridor Fund’’. 
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(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, 2021, 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-
ments of transportation in the form of grants for 
carrying out eligible projects in the transportation 
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trade corridors for the Customs ports of entry with 
respect to which fees were collected under section 3 
in the preceding fiscal year in the ratio that— 
(A) the amount the fees collected for each 
Customs port of entry under section 3 during 
the preceding fiscal year; bears to 
(B) the aggregate amount of fees collected 
for all Customs ports of entry under section 3 
during the preceding fiscal year. 
(2) CORRIDOR TO MORE THAN ONE STATE.—If 
a transportation trade corridor is within the bound-
aries of more than one State, the Secretary shall ap-
portion the funds apportioned under paragraph (1) 
for carrying out eligible projects in such corridor 
among such States as follows: 
(A) Fifty percent of the apportionment in 
the ratio that— 
(i) the total lane miles of Federal-aid 
highways in the transportation trade cor-
ridor in each of such States; bears to 
(ii) the total lane miles of Federal-aid 
highways in the transportation trade cor-
ridor in all of such States. 
(B) Fifty percent of the apportionments in 
the ratio that— 
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(i) the total vehicle miles traveled on 
lanes on Federal-aid highways in the 
transportation trade corridor in each of 
such States; bears to 
(ii) the total vehicle miles traveled on 
lanes on Federal-aid highways in the 
transportation trade corridor in all of such 
States. 
(3) 
PERIOD
OF
AVAILABILITY.—Amounts 
granted to a State department of transportation for 
carrying out an eligible project in a transportation 
trade corridor from amounts apportioned under this 
subsection shall remain available for obligation for a 
period of 6 years after the last day of the fiscal year 
for which the funds are authorized to be appro-
priated. Any amounts so apportioned that remain 
unobligated at the end of that period shall be allo-
cated to other States for the purpose of funding eli-
gible projects located in transportation trade cor-
ridors at the discretion of the Secretary. 
SEC. 5. PROJECT SELECTION AND ELIGIBILITY. 
(a) SELECTION PROCESS GUIDELINES.—Not later 
than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Transportation shall issue project selec-
tion guidelines for a State department of transportation 
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to follow in selecting eligible projects for which grants may 
be made under this Act. 
(b) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.—The selection guide-
lines issued by the Secretary under this section shall in-
clude a requirement that a State department of transpor-
tation— 
(1) consult with local governments, port au-
thorities, regional planning organizations, public and 
private freight shippers, and providers of freight 
transportation services during the project selection 
process; 
(2) adhere to applicable metropolitan and state-
wide planning processes, including sections 134 and 
135 of title 23, United States Code, in selecting 
projects for which grants may be made under this 
Act; 
(3) develop and implement a selection process 
that is in writing and available to the public; 
(4) develop and implement a process for rating 
proposed projects for which grants may be made 
under this Act in accordance with the purposes of 
this Act; and 
(5) clearly identify the basis for rating projects 
under the ratings process the State department of 
transportation developed under paragraph (4). 
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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 
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 
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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 
(3) may only include areas that are used for 
motor vehicle and cargo movements related to inter-
national trade. 
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(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-
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-
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