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Ports-to-Plains Highway Act of 2021

Introduced: March 8, 2021 Introduced by: Arrington, Jodey C. Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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Mar 9, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Mar 8, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Mar 8, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Ports-to-Plains Highway Act of 2021

This bill expands and designates certain route segments on the National Highway System.

Specifically, the bill (1) designates the portion of the Heartland Expressway (relating solely to the portion from Limon, Colorado to Interstate Route I-76 in the vicinity of Brush, Colorado) and the Ports-to-Plains Corridor as future parts of the Interstate System; and (2) permits the continued operation of vehicles on any segment of the Heartland Expressway (relating solely to the portion from Limon, Colorado to I-76 in the vicinity of Brush, Colorado) and the Ports-to-Plains Corridor that is designated as a route on the Interstate System in Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, and New Mexico, without regard to vehicle weight limitation requirements.

What's happening now March 9, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 705 Identical bill Ports-to-Plains Highway Act of 2021
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 1 Republican 2
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Pfluger, August
Texas · Mar 26, 2021
Armstrong, Kelly
· Mar 8, 2021
 D
Cuellar, Henry
Texas · Mar 8, 2021
Granger, Kay
· Mar 8, 2021
 R
Jackson, Ronny
Texas · Mar 8, 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1608: Ports-to-Plains Highway Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1608/
MLA
"H.R. 1608: Ports-to-Plains Highway Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1608/.
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H.R. 1608, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1608/.
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[H.R. 1608: Ports-to-Plains Highway Act of 2021](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1608/)
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