Summary
# Plain English Summary: H.R. 1821, I-27 Numbering Act of 2023
## WHAT THIS BILL DOES
This bill changes the names of certain highway routes in Texas and New Mexico. It amends a 1991 law that governs how interstate highways are numbered and designated. The bill gives specific interstate route numbers to segments of the Port-to-Plains Corridor, which is a planned future highway corridor.
## WHO IT AFFECTS
* The Department of Transportation (the federal agency that manages highways)
* States of Texas and New Mexico
* Drivers and travelers using the Port-to-Plains Corridor routes
## KEY PROVISIONS
* Most routes referred to in the existing law are designated as Interstate Route I-27 (Sec. 2(a))
* One specific route is designated as Interstate Route I-227 (Sec. 2(a))
* Another specific route is designated as Interstate Route I-327 (Sec. 2(a))
* The bill makes technical corrections to how these routes are organized in the existing law (Sec. 2(b))
## WHAT CHANGES
The Port-to-Plains Corridor highway segments in Texas and New Mexico receive official interstate route numbers instead of remaining designated as a future, unnamed corridor. The specific segments will be called I-27, I-227, or I-327 depending on which part of the corridor they represent.
## IMPORTANT DEFINITIONS
* **Port-to-Plains Corridor:** A planned highway corridor mentioned in the 1991 law (specific start and end points not stated in this bill text)
* **Interstate route:** A major highway that connects different states
## EFFECTIVE DATE
Not specified in bill text
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118TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 1821
To amend the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991
to designate the Texas and New Mexico portions of the future Interstate-
designated segments of the Port-to-Plains Corridor as Interstate Route
27, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 28, 2023
Mr. ARRINGTON (for himself and Mr. CUELLAR) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To amend the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency
Act of 1991 to designate the Texas and New Mexico
portions of the future Interstate-designated segments of
the Port-to-Plains Corridor as Interstate Route 27, and
for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘I–27 Numbering Act
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of 2023’’.
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SEC. 2. NUMBERING OF DESIGNATED FUTURE INTERSTATE.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1105(e)(5)(C)(i) of the
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Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991
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(Public Law 102–240; 109 Stat. 598; 133 Stat. 3018) is
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amended by inserting after the tenth sentence the fol-
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lowing: ‘‘The routes referred to in clause (i) (other than
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subclause (V)(bb) and subclause (IX)(aa) of that clause)
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and clause (iv) of subsection (c)(38)(A) are designated as
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Interstate Route I–27. The route referred to in subsection
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(c)(38)(A)(i)(V)(bb) is designated as Interstate Route I–
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227.
The
route
referred
to
in
subsection
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(c)(38)(A)(i)(IX)(aa) is designated as Interstate Route I–
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327.’’.
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(b)
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section
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1105(c)(38)(A)(i) of the Intermodal Surface Transpor-
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tation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law 102–240; 105
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Stat. 2032; 114 Stat. 2763A–201; 116 Stat. 1741) is
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amended—
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(1) in subclause (V)—
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(A) by striking ‘‘Lamesa, the Corridor’’
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and inserting the following: ‘‘Lamesa—
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‘‘(aa) the Corridor’’; and
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(B) in item (aa) (as so redesignated), by
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striking ‘‘87 and, the Corridor’’ and inserting
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the following: ‘‘87; and
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‘‘(bb) the Corridor’’; and
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(2) in subclause (IX)—
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(A) by striking ‘‘(IX) United States Route
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287’’ and inserting the following:
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‘‘(IX)(aa) United States Route
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287’’; and
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(B) in item (aa) (as so redesignated), by
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striking ‘‘Oklahoma, and also United States
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Route 87’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘Okla-
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homa; and
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‘‘(bb) United States Route 87’’.
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