National Highway Borders Act of 2005
Latest action · Feb 9, 2005 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 9, 2005
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
National Highway Borders Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish and implement a coordinated border infrastructure program under which the Secretary shall make allocations to border States (i.e., States with a common boundary with Canada or Mexico) for projects within a border region (the portion of a border State located within 100 kilometers of a land border crossing with Canada or Mexico) to improve the safe movement of people and goods at or across the U.S.-Canadian and U.S.-Mexican borders.
Permits allocations to States to be used in a border region only for specified: (1) improvements to transportation and supporting infrastructure that facilitate cross-border vehicle and cargo movement; (2) construction of highways and related safety and safety enforcement facilities; (3) operational improvements; (4) international coordination of planning, programming, and border operation; (5) projects in Canada or Mexico proposed by border States that directly and predominantly facilitate cross-border vehicle and commercial cargo movements; and (6) planning and environmental studies.
Directs the Secretary to allocate funds among border States on the basis of a specified formula. Sets the Federal cost share of projects under this Act at 80 percent.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 9, 2005 to Mar 10, 2005, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Original | Feb 9, 2005 |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Mar 10, 2005 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 9, 2005Introduced in Senate
- Feb 9, 2005Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
- Boundaries
- Canada
- Containerization
- Customs administration
- Economics and Public Finance
- Electronic data interchange
- Environmental assessment
- Environmental Protection
- Federal aid to transportation
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Government trust funds
- Highway finance
- Infrastructure
- Intermodal transportation
- International Affairs
- International cooperation
- Latin America
- Mexico
- Road construction
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Traffic accidents and safety
- Transportation and Public Works
- Transportation planning
- Trucking
- Trucks
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 9, 2005Introduced in Senate
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