San Joaquin Valley Transportation Enhancement Act of 2011

San Joaquin Valley Transportation Enhancement Act of 2011 - Allows stimulus funds made available to California for highspeed rail service development under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) to be used for any project to improve or maintain California State Route 99 between the cities of Sacramento and Bakersfield.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 761 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 761

To allow certain Federal funding provided to the State of California to 
  be used for a project or activity to improve or maintain California 
                State Route 99, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 17, 2011

  Mr. Nunes (for himself, Mr. McCarthy of California, and Mr. Denham) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                   Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To allow certain Federal funding provided to the State of California to 
  be used for a project or activity to improve or maintain California 
                State Route 99, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``San Joaquin Valley Transportation 
Enhancement Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. FUNDING FOR CALIFORNIA STATE ROUTE 99.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
including the terms of any grant agreement, covered Federal funding 
made available to the State of California may be used by that State for 
any project or activity to improve or maintain California State Route 
99 between the cities of Sacramento and Bakersfield.
    (b) Covered Federal Funding Defined.--In this section, the term 
``covered Federal funding'' means any Federal funding made available to 
a State as a result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 
2009 (Public Law 111-5) for the purpose of developing high-speed rail 
service.
    (c) Applicability.--This section shall apply to all covered Federal 
funding made available to the State of California after the date of 
enactment of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public 
Law 111-5).
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