Title: To amend the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to designate a portion of United States Route 15 in Pennsylvania as part of the Interstate System, and for other purposes.
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
This bill amends the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to designate U.S. Route 15 in Pennsylvania from its intersection with Interstate Route 180 to the New York border as part of a high priority corridor on the National Highway System. Pennsylvania shall erect signs identifying such corridor as Interstate Route 99.
The Department of Transportation is authorized to make grants to Pennsylvania for projects to:
The bill permits vehicles that could operate legally on such segment before its designation as part of the IS to continue to operate on such segment without regard to IS vehicle weight limitations.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1859 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1859

 To amend the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 
  to designate a portion of United States Route 15 in Pennsylvania as 
         part of the Interstate System, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 3, 2017

  Mr. Marino introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 
  to designate a portion of United States Route 15 in Pennsylvania as 
         part of the Interstate System, 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. DESIGNATION OF HIGH PRIORITY CORRIDOR ON NATIONAL HIGHWAY 
              SYSTEM.

    (a) In General.--Section 1105(c)(9) of the Intermodal Surface 
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-240) is amended 
by inserting before the period at the end the following: ``and 
including United States Route 15 in Pennsylvania from its intersection 
with Interstate Route 180 to the New York border''.
    (b) Designation; Signs.--
            (1) In general.--Section 1105(e)(5)(C)(i) of such Act is 
        amended--
                    (A) in the first sentence by inserting before the 
                period at the end the following: ``, including United 
                States Route 15 in Pennsylvania from its intersection 
                with Interstate Route 180 to the New York border''; and
                    (B) by inserting after the first sentence the 
                following: ``The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall 
                erect signs identifying the route referred to in 
                subsection (c)(9) as Interstate Route 99, including 
                United States Route 15 in Pennsylvania from its 
                intersection with Interstate Route 180 to the New York 
                border.''.
            (2) Deadline.--The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall erect 
        signs in accordance with the amendment made by paragraph (1) 
        not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this 
        Act.
            (3) Grants.--
                    (A) In general.--The Secretary of Transportation 
                may make grants to the State of Pennsylvania for 
                projects--
                            (i) to erect signs along United States 
                        Route 15 in Pennsylvania from its intersection 
                        with Interstate Route 180 to the New York 
                        border identifying that highway segment as part 
                        of the Interstate System; and
                            (ii) to make such improvements as may be 
                        necessary for that highway segment to conform 
                        with standards applicable to the Interstate 
                        System.
                    (B) Authorization of appropriations.--There is 
                authorized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust 
                Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) such sums as 
                may be necessary to carry out this paragraph.
    (c) Vehicle Weight Limitations on Interstate System.--Section 127 
of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(u) Vehicles on Highway Segment in Pennsylvania.--
            ``(1) In general.--If a vehicle could operate legally on 
        the highway segment described in paragraph (2) on the day 
        before the segment was designated as part of the Interstate 
        System, the vehicle may continue to operate on that segment 
        without regard to any requirement under this section.
            ``(2) Description.--The highway segment described in this 
        paragraph is the portion of Interstate Route 99 in Pennsylvania 
        between Interstate Route 180 and the New York border, formerly 
        known as United States Route 15.''.
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