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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