To amend the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 with respect to the identification of high priority corridors and the inclusion of certain route segments on the Interstate System, and for other purposes.

Amends the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to include U.S. Route 83 from U.S. Route 281 to U.S. Route 77 as part of the high priority Lower Rio Grande Valley Corridor of the National Highway System in Texas.

Declares that the requirement of connection to an existing Interstate System segment shall not apply to segments of the Lower Rio Grande Valley Corridor or to the U.S. Route 59 Corridor from Laredo through Houston to near Texarkana, Texas.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1535 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1535

 To amend the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 
 with respect to the identification of high priority corridors and the 
 inclusion of certain route segments on the Interstate System, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 14, 2011

  Mr. Farenthold (for himself, Mr. Olson, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Hall, Ms. 
 Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Al Green 
   of Texas, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas, Mr. 
    Cuellar, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Doggett, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Carter, Ms. 
Granger, Mr. Barton of Texas, Mr. Neugebauer, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, 
  Mr. Thornberry, Mr. Canseco, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr. Culberson, Mr. 
Burgess, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Marchant, Mr. Poe of Texas, Mr. Conaway, Mr. 
 Brady of Texas, Mr. Flores, Mr. Hensarling, and Mr. Paul) introduced 
      the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                   Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 
 with respect to the identification of high priority corridors and the 
 inclusion of certain route segments on the Interstate System, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. IDENTIFICATION OF HIGH PRIORITY CORRIDORS AND INCLUSION OF 
              CERTAIN ROUTE SEGMENTS ON INTERSTATE SYSTEM.

    (a) Identification of High Priority Corridors on National Highway 
System.--Section 1105(c)(18)(D) of the Intermodal Surface 
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-240) is amended--
            (1) in clause (ii) by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in clause (iii) by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(iv) include United States Route 83 from 
                        United States Route 281 to United States Route 
                        77.''.
    (b) Inclusion of Certain Route Segments on Interstate System.--
Section 1105(e)(5)(A)(ii) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation 
Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-240) is amended by inserting 
before the period at the end the following: ``(except that this clause 
does not apply to any segment of a portion of a route referred to in 
paragraph (18)(D) or (20) of subsection (c))''.
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