HR 1535 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

To amend the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 with respect to the identification of high priority corridors and the inclusion of certain route segments on the Interstate System, and for other purposes.

Introduced Apr 14, 2011 Originated House Sponsor Blake Farenthold R-TX

Latest action · Apr 15, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedApr 14, 2011
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Amends the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to include U.S. Route 83 from U.S. Route 281 to U.S. Route 77 as part of the high priority Lower Rio Grande Valley Corridor of the National Highway System in Texas.

Declares that the requirement of connection to an existing Interstate System segment shall not apply to segments of the Lower Rio Grande Valley Corridor or to the U.S. Route 59 Corridor from Laredo through Houston to near Texarkana, Texas.

Cosponsors 31

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Apr 14, 2011.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-TX	Al Green	Original	Apr 14, 2011
R-TX	Bill Flores	Original	Apr 14, 2011
D-TX	Charles A. Gonzalez	Original	Apr 14, 2011
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson	Original	Apr 14, 2011
R-TX	Francisco "Quico" Canseco	Original	Apr 14, 2011
D-TX	Gene Green	Original	Apr 14, 2011
D-TX	Henry Cuellar	Original	Apr 14, 2011
R-TX	Jeb Hensarling	Original	Apr 14, 2011
R-TX	Joe Barton	Original	Apr 14, 2011
R-TX	John Abney Culberson	Original	Apr 14, 2011
R-TX	John R. Carter	Original	Apr 14, 2011
R-TX	K. Michael Conaway	Original	Apr 14, 2011
R-TX	Kay Granger	Original	Apr 14, 2011
R-TX	Kenny Marchant	Original	Apr 14, 2011
R-TX	Kevin Brady	Original	Apr 14, 2011
R-TX	Lamar Smith	Original	Apr 14, 2011
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett	Original	Apr 14, 2011
R-TX	Louie Gohmert	Original	Apr 14, 2011
R-TX	Mac Thornberry	Original	Apr 14, 2011
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess	Original	Apr 14, 2011
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul	Original	Apr 14, 2011
R-TX	Pete Olson	Original	Apr 14, 2011
R-TX	Pete Sessions	Original	Apr 14, 2011
R-TX	Ralph M. Hall	Original	Apr 14, 2011
R-TX	Randy Neugebauer	Original	Apr 14, 2011
R-TX	Ron Paul	Original	Apr 14, 2011
D-TX	Ruben Hinojosa	Original	Apr 14, 2011
R-TX	Sam Johnson	Original	Apr 14, 2011
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee	Original	Apr 14, 2011
D-TX	Silvestre Reyes	Original	Apr 14, 2011
R-TX	Ted Poe	Original	Apr 14, 2011

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Transportation and Infrastructure Committee	Referred Apr 14, 2011
	Highways and Transit Subcommittee	Referred Apr 15, 2011

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Apr 15, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Apr 14, 2011Introduced in House
Apr 14, 2011Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H2856.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1037	A bill to amend the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 with respect to the identification of high priority corridors and the inclusion of certain route segments on the Interstate System, and for other purposes.	Identical bill	May 19, 2011

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 with respect to the identification of high priority corridors and the inclusion of certain route segments on the Interstate System, and for other purposes.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Apr 14, 2011Introduced in House

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