Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 119.djvu/1225

 PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005

No. 28.

119 STAT. 1207

State

Project Description

Amount

LA

Construction of I–49 North from Shreveport, Louisiana to Arkansas State line (I–220 to AR Line) .....................................................................

$27,500,000

29.

LA

Transportation improvements to I–49 South .......

$27,500,000

30.

OK

Ports to Plain Corridor in Oklahoma ...................

$35,000,000

31.

TN

For design, ROW and construction of Interstate 69 .........................................................................

$100,000,000

32.

CO

U.S. 287, Ports-to-Plains Corridor ........................

$3,000,000

33.

OK

State of Oklahoma I–44 from Riverside to Yale Avenue in Tulsa ..................................................

$110,000,000

SEC. 1303. COORDINATED BORDER INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM.

23 USC 101 note.

(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—The Secretary shall implement a coordinated border infrastructure program under which the Secretary shall distribute funds to border States to improve the safe movement of motor vehicles at or across the border between the United States and Canada and the border between the United States and Mexico. (b) ELIGIBLE USES.—Subject to subsection (d), a State may use funds apportioned under this section only for— (1) improvements in a border region to existing transportation and supporting infrastructure that facilitate cross-border motor vehicle and cargo movements; (2) construction of highways and related safety and safety enforcement facilities in a border region that facilitate motor vehicle and cargo movements related to international trade; (3) operational improvements in a border region, including improvements relating to electronic data interchange and use of telecommunications, to expedite cross border motor vehicle and cargo movement; (4) modifications to regulatory procedures to expedite safe and efficient cross border motor vehicle and cargo movements; and (5) international coordination of transportation planning, programming, and border operation with Canada and Mexico relating to expediting cross border motor vehicle and cargo movements. (c) APPORTIONMENT OF FUNDS.—On October 1 of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall apportion among border States sums authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section for such fiscal year as follows: (1) 20 percent in the ratio that— (A) the total number of incoming commercial trucks that pass through the land border ports of entry within the boundaries of a border State, as determined by the Secretary; bears to (B) the total number of incoming commercial trucks that pass through such ports of entry within the boundaries of all the border States, as determined by the Secretary. (2) 30 percent in the ratio that—

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