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H.R. 4823: Connecting the Rest to the West

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H.R. 4823: Connecting the Rest to the West

115th Congress · introduced 2018-01-18 · Transportation and Public Works · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2018-01-18 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Conaway, K. Michael [R-TX-11] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Connecting the Rest to the West

Plain summary

Connecting the Rest to the West 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: 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; US 83 southward from the vicinity of Eden, Texas, to a logical connection to Interstate 10 at Junction, Texas. The corridor shall not include the section of US 190 from I-10 in Pecos County to Brady in McCullough County, Texas.

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Official text

Connecting the Rest to the West

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Conaway, K. Michael [R-TX-11] · 0 cosponsors

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr4823 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115