112 STAT. 164 PUBLIC LAW 105-178-JUNE 9, 1998 (9) demonstrated local commitment to implement and sustain continuing comprehensive border or affected port of entry planning processes and improvement programs; and (10) such other factors as the Secretary determines are appropriate to promote border transportation efficiency and safety. (d) CONSTRUCTION OF TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES.— At the request of the Administrator of General Services, in consultation with the Attorney General, the Secretary may transfer, during the period of fiscal years 1998 through 2001, not more than $10,000,000 of the amounts made available by section 1101 to carry out this section and section 1118 to the Administrator of General Services for the construction of transportation infrastructure necessary for law enforcement in border States. (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following definitions apply: (1) BORDER REGION.— The term "border region" means the portion of a border State in the vicinity of an international border with Canada or Mexico. (2) BORDER STATE. — The term **border State" means any State that has a boundary in common with Canada or Mexico. Subtitle B—General Provisions SEC. 1201. DEFINITIONS. Section 101(a) of title 23, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "(a) DEFINITIONS.— In this title, the following definitions apply: "(1) APPORTIONMENT. — The term 'apportionment' includes unexpended apportionments made under prior authorization laws. "(2) CARPOOL PROJECT. —The term *carpool project' means any project to encourage the use of carpools and vanpools, including provision of carpooling opportunities to the elderly and individuals with disabilities, systems for locating potential riders and informing them of carpool opportunities, acquiring vehicles for carpool use, designating existing highway lanes as preferential carpool highway lanes, providing related traffic control devices, and designating existing facilities for use for preferential parking for carpools. "(3) CONSTRUCTION. — The term 'construction' means the supervising, inspecting, actual building, and incurrence of all costs incidental to the construction or reconstruction of a highway, including bond costs and other costs relating to the issuance in accordance with section 122 of bonds or other debt financing instruments and costs incurred by the State in performing Federal-aid project related audits that directly benefit the Federal-aid highway program. Such term includes— "(A) locating, surveying, and mapping (including the establishment of temporary and permanent geodetic markers in accordance with specifications of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the Department of Commerce); "(B) resurfacing, restoration, and rehabilitation; "(C) acquisition of rights-of-way;
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