Amend CSHB 1 (house committee printing) in Article VII of the bill, following the appropriations to the Department of Transportation (page VII-31), by adding the following appropriately numbered rider:

____.  Unified Transportation Program: Consideration of Key Strategic Highway Corridors. It is the intent of the legislature that, in planning for projects to support in preparation for inclusion in the Unified Transportation Program, the Department of Transportation give extra consideration to projects located on key strategic highway corridors, as well as, SH 158 between Sterling City and Midland and SH 349 between Midland and Lamesa as Energy Sector Corridors identified by the department, on the Ports-to-Plains Corridor as defined by Section 1105(c)(38)(A)(i) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Pub. L. No. 102-240), as amended. The Department of Transportation should take into consideration all available funding sources.