Amend CSHB 3588 as follows:                                                  

(1)  In Article I, on page 19, between lines 5 and 6, insert 	the following:  
	(c)  The commission may not disburse money out of the state 
highway fund for the initial construction of a facility of the 
Trans-Texas Corridor unless the commission finds that the 
disbursement will reduce traffic congestion to an extent that is 
comparable to the reduction in traffic congestion that would likely 
be achieved by spending the same amount of money on the project that 
is the most reasonable alternative.
	(2)  In Article 12, add the following appropriately numbered 
SECTION and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of that article 
appropriately:
	SECTION 12.__.  Section 201.601, Transportation Code, is 
amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
	(c)  The plan must include a component that is not 
financially constrained and identifies projects designed to 
relieve congestion.  In developing that component of the plan, the 
department shall seek opinions and assistance from officials who 
have local responsibility for modes of transportation listed in 
Subsection (a).