Sonoran Corridor Interstate Development Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1649
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2015-06-23
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Arizona

Roads and highways

Transportation programs funding
Latest action: action_date: 2015-06-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-06-23
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Sonoran Corridor Interstate Development Act of 2015</strong></p> <p>This bill amends the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to designate the State Route 410, the Sonoran Corridor connecting Interstate 19 to Interstate 10 south of the Tucson International Airport in Arizona, as a high priority corridor on the National Highway System and a future part of the Interstate System.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1649 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 23, 2015 Mr. McCain (for himself and Mr. Flake ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works A BILL To amend the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to designate the Sonoran Corridor connecting Interstate 19 to Interstate 10 south of the Tucson International Airport, as a future part of the Interstate System.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Sonoran Corridor Interstate Development Act of 2015 . 2. Findings Congress finds that the designation of the Sonoran Corridor Interstate connecting Interstate 19 to Interstate 10 south of the Tucson International Airport as a future part of the Interstate System would— (1) enhance direct linkage between major trading routes connecting growing ports, agricultural regions, infrastructure and manufacturing centers, and existing high priority corridors of the National Highway System; and (2) significantly improve connectivity on the future Interstate 11 and the CANAMEX Corridor, a route directly linking the United States with Mexico and Canada. 3. Route designation (a) High priority corridors on National Highway System Section 1105(c) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2032; 119 Stat. 1210) is amended by adding at the end the following: (81) State Route 410, the Sonoran Corridor connecting Interstate 19 to Interstate 10 south of the Tucson International Airport. . (b) Future parts of Interstate System Section 1105(e)(5)(A) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2033; 119 Stat. 1213) is amended in the first sentence by striking and subsection (c)(57) and inserting subsection (c)(57), and subsection (c)(81) .