[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4823 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4823

 To amend the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 
        to include certain areas in the Central Texas Corridor.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 18, 2018

 Mr. Conaway 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 include certain areas in the Central Texas Corridor.

    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 ``Connecting the Rest to the West''.

SEC. 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.''.
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