Connecting the Rest to the West

Bill: 115-hr-4823
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Conaway, K. Michael [R-TX-11]
Introduced: 2018-01-18
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Roads and highways

Texas
Latest action: action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-01-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Connecting the Rest to the West</strong></p> <p>This bill amends the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to include the following named areas as part of the high priority Central Texas Corridor of the National Highway System in Texas:</p> <ul> <li>certain routes in the corridor and the I-14 system in Texas, beginning in the vicinity of State Highway 338 in Odessa, Texas, running eastward concurrent with Interstate 20, connecting to State Highway 158 in the vicinity of Midland, Texas, then following State Highway 158 eastward to US 87 and then following US 87 southeastward, passing in the vicinity of San Angelo, and connecting to US 190 in the vicinity of Brady, Texas; </li> <li>US 83 southward from the vicinity of Eden, Texas, to a logical connection to Interstate 10 at Junction, Texas.</li> </ul> <p>The corridor shall not include the section of US 190 from I-10 in Pecos County to Brady in McCullough County, Texas.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4823 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 18, 2018 Mr. Conaway 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 include certain areas in the Central Texas Corridor.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Connecting the Rest to the West . 2. Central Texas Corridor Section 1105(c)(84) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2032; 112 Stat. 190; 119 Stat. 1213) is amended by adding at the end the following: The Corridor also shall— (A) not include the section of US 190 from I–10 in Pecos County to Brady in McCullough County; (B) include the following routes in the Central Texas Corridor and the I–14 system in Texas— (i) beginning in the vicinity of State Highway 338 in Odessa, Texas, running eastward concurrent with Interstate 20, connecting to State Highway 158 in the vicinity of Midland, Texas, then following State Highway 158 eastward to US 87 and then following US 87 southeastward, passing in the vicinity of San Angelo; and (ii) connecting to US 190 in the vicinity of Brady, Texas; and (C) include US 83 southward from the vicinity of Eden, Texas, to a logical connection to Interstate 10 at Junction, Texas. .