What This Bill Does
This bill gives official names to sections of a highway corridor that connects ports to plains regions. It designates certain routes in Texas and New Mexico as Interstate Route I-27 and creates variations with different names for specific segments.
Who It Affects
Not specified in bill text
Key Provisions
• Most routes in the Port-to-Plains Corridor are designated as Interstate Route I-27 (Sec. 2(a))
• One specific route segment is designated as Interstate Route I-27E (Sec. 2(a))
• One specific route segment is designated as Interstate Route I-27W (Sec. 2(a))
• One specific route segment is designated as Interstate Route I-127N (Sec. 2(a))
What Changes
Routes that were previously part of the future Interstate designation system now receive official Interstate Route numbers. The bill reorganizes how these routes are classified within the existing transportation law by assigning them specific numeric designations.
Important Definitions
None defined
Effective Date
Not specified in bill text
138 STAT. 457
PUBLIC LAW 118–45—MAR. 22, 2024
Public Law 118–45
118th Congress
An Act
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 Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘I–27 Numbering Act of 2023’’.
SEC. 2. NUMBERING OF DESIGNATED FUTURE INTERSTATE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1105(e)(5)(C)(i) of the Intermodal Sur-
face Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law 102–240)
is amended by inserting ‘‘The routes referred to in clause (i) (other
than subclauses (V)(aa) and (V)(bb) and subclause (IX)(aa) of that
clause) and clause (iv) of subsection (c)(38)(A) are designated as
Interstate Route I–27. The route referred to in subsection
(c)(38)(A)(i)(V)(aa) is designated as Interstate Route I–27E. The
route referred to in subsection (c)(38)(A)(i)(V)(bb) is designated as
Interstate Route I–27W. The route referred to in subsection
(c)(38)(A)(i)(IX)(aa) is designated as Interstate Route I–127N.’’
before ‘‘The route referred to in subsection (c)(45)’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 1105(c)(38)(A)(i) of the
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public
Law 102–240) is amended—
(1) in subclause (V)—
(A) by striking ‘‘Lamesa, the Corridor’’ and inserting
the following: ‘‘Lamesa—
‘‘(aa) the Corridor’’; and
(B) in item (aa) (as so redesignated), by striking ‘‘87
and, the Corridor’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘87; and
‘‘(bb) the Corridor’’; and
(2) in subclause (IX)—
(A) by striking ‘‘(IX) United States Route 287’’ and
inserting the following:
‘‘(IX)(aa) United States Route 287’’; and
114 Stat. 2763A–
201; 116 Stat.
1741.
109 Stat. 598.
I–27 Numbering
Act of 2023.
Mar. 22, 2024
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138 STAT. 458
PUBLIC LAW 118–45—MAR. 22, 2024
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 992 (H.R. 3209):
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 118–285 (Comm. on Transportation and Infrastructure) ac-
companying H.R. 3209.
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:
Vol. 169 (2023): July 27, considered and passed Senate.
Dec. 4, considered and passed House, amended.
Vol. 170 (2024): Mar. 7, Senate concurred in House amendment.
Æ
(B) in item (aa) (as so redesignated), by striking ‘‘Oklahoma,
and also United States Route 87’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘Oklahoma; and
‘‘(bb) United States Route 87’’.
Approved March 22, 2024.
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