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On the recordApril 18, 2012
I am opposed in its current form. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Polis moves to recommit the bill H.R. 4348 to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure with instructions to report the same back to the House forthwith with the following amendment: At the end of subtitle A of title I of the bill, add the following (and conform the table of contents accordingly): SEC. 112. PROHIBITION AGAINST CONSTRUCTION OF HIGHWAYS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. (a) In General.--None of the funds made available under this Act may be used for the construction of a highway outside of a State (as defined in section 101(a) of title 23, United States Code) or a territory (as defined in section 215(a) of that title). (b) Removal of Existing Authority to Use Highway Trust Fund Revenues to Construct a Highway in a Foreign Country.-- (1) Repeal.--Section 218 of title 23, United States Code, and the item relating to that section in the analysis for chapter 2 of that title, are repealed. (2) NHS apportionments.--Section 104(b)(1)(A) of title 23, United States Code, is amended in the matter preceding clause (i) by striking ``, $30,000,000'' and all that follows through ``Highway,''. (c) Rescission.--Of the unobligated balances of funds made available for the Alaska Highway under section 104(b)(1)(A) of title 23, United States Code, $12,289,131 is rescinded. SEC. 113.…
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