Amend CSHB 1 (house committee printing) in Article XI of the bill by adding the following appropriately numbered rider under the items for the Department of Transportation (page XI-18):

____.  Ports-to-Plains Corridor Segment 3. In addition to other amounts appropriated under Article VII to the Department of Transportation, the amount of $325,000,000 is appropriated to the Department of Transportation from the General Revenue Fund for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2025, for preparatory activities, including planning, feasibility studies or analysis, public involvement, schematics, and environmental assessments, relating to upgrading to interstate highway standards the portions of U.S. Highways 277 and 83 from the intersection of U.S. Highway 277 and Interstate Highway 10 in Sonora to the port of entry in Laredo, including the ports of entry in Eagle Pass and Del Rio.