[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 130 (Thursday, July 27, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S3844]
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                       I-27 NUMBERING ACT OF 2023

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Environment and Public Works be discharged from further 
consideration of S. 992 and the Senate proceed to its immediate 
consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 992) 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.

  There being no objection, the committee was discharged, and the 
Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. SCHUMER. I ask unanimous consent that the Cruz substitute 
amendment at the desk be agreed to; the bill, as amended, be considered 
read a third time and passed, and that the motion to reconsider be 
considered made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 1090), in the nature of a substitute, was agreed 
to, as follows:

                (Purpose: In the nature of a substitute)

        Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     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 
     Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law 
     102-240; 109 Stat. 598; 133 Stat. 3018) is amended by 
     inserting after the tenth sentence the following: ``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-27N.''.
       (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 1105(c)(38)(A)(i) of 
     the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 
     (Public Law 102-240; 105 Stat. 2032; 114 Stat. 2763A-201; 116 
     Stat. 1741) 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

       (B) in item (aa) (as so redesignated), by striking 
     ``Oklahoma, and also United States Route 87'' and inserting 
     the following: ``Oklahoma; and

       ``(bb) United States Route 87''.

  The bill (S. 992), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a 
third reading, was read the third time, and passed.

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