; and (F) the use of registered apprenticeship programs and prevailing wages, as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code. (4) Environmental review Any project to site, construct, or modify transmission facilities that is conducted to comply with the reliability standard described in paragraph (1) shall be subject to the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. ) and the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ( 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. ). (c) Consideration for national interest electric transmission corridor In carrying out section 216 of the Federal Power Act ( 16 U.S.C. 824p ), the Secretary of Energy shall consider designating as a national interest electric transmission corridor any area in which transmission facilities will be sited and constructed or modified pursuant to this section. 4. Increased borrowing authority under the Transmission Facilitation Program Section 40106(d)(2) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act ( 42 U.S.C. 18713(d)(2) ) is amended by striking $2,500,000,000 and inserting $13,500,000,000 . 5. Study on benefits of interconnection with Mexico Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall conduct a study and submit to Congress a report on the reliability, climate, and cost benefits of interconnection of facilities for the generation, transmission, and sale of electric energy with such facilities in Mexico and the siting and construction, or modification, of such facilities that will bring the most cumulative benefits. 6. Definitions In this Act: (1) Abandoned mine land The term abandoned mine land means land, water, or a watershed that is contaminated or scarred by extraction, beneficiation, or processing of ores or minerals (which may include phosphate, but does not include coal). (2) Brownfield site The term brownfield site has the meaning given such term in section 101(39) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,