107th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1118
To amend the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of
1991 to identify certain routes in New Mexico as part of the Ports-to-Plains
Corridor, a high priority corridor on the National Highway System.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 28, 2001
Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself and Mr. DOMENICI) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation
A BILL
To amend the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of
1991 to identify certain routes in New Mexico as part of the Ports-to-Plains
Corridor, a high priority corridor on the National Highway System.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. IDENTIFICATION OF PORTS-TO-PLAINS HIGH PRIORITY CORRIDOR ROUTES
IN NEW MEXICO.
Section 1105(c)(38) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act
of 1991 (105 Stat. 2032; 114 Stat. 2763A-201) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A), by redesignating clauses (i) through (viii) as
subclauses (I) through (VIII), respectively;
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (A) as clause (i);
(3) by striking `(38) The' and inserting `(38)(A) The';
(4) in subparagraph (A) (as designated by paragraph (3))--
(A) in clause (i) (as redesignated by paragraph (2))--
(i) in subclause (VII) (as redesignated by paragraph (1)), by striking
`and' at the end;
(ii) in subclause (VIII) (as redesignated by paragraph (1)), by striking
the period at the end and inserting `; and'; and
(iii) by adding at the end the following:
`(IX) United States Route 87 from Dumas to the border between the States
of Texas and New Mexico.'; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
`(ii) In the States of New Mexico and Colorado, the Ports-to-Plains Corridor
shall generally follow--
`(I) United States Route 87 from the border between the States of Texas
and New Mexico to Raton, New Mexico; and
`(II) Interstate Route 25 from Raton, New Mexico, to Denver, Colorado.';
and
(5) by striking `(B) The corridor designation contained in paragraph (A)'
and inserting the following:
`(B) The corridor designation contained in subclauses (I) through (VIII)
of subparagraph (A)(i)'.
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