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I–47 Future Interstate Act of 2026
To amend the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to designate United States Route 287 as Interstate Route I-47, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill designates United States Route 287 as Interstate Route I-47, upgrading the existing highway to interstate status. The route extends from State Highway 87 in Port Arthur, Texas to United States Route 89 in Choteau, Montana. The bill amends the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to add this highway as a high priority corridor and provides for its redesignation and numbering as part of the Interstate Highway System.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] (R-TX)
1 cosponsor
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to John Cornyn’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- CAPITAL GROUP $22,500
- ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ $16,500
- PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES $13,686
- WINKLEVOSS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT $13,200
- BLACKSTONE $12,600
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Actions (2)
- May 11, 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. · senate
- May 11, 2026 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 11, 2026
Mr. Cornyn (for himself and Ms. Lummis) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works
A BILL
To amend the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to designate United States Route 287 as Interstate Route I-47, and for other purposes.
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 “I-47 Future Interstate Act of 2026”.
SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF INTERSTATE ROUTE I-47.
(a) Designation as High Priority Corridor.—Section 1105(c) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-240; 105 Stat. 2032; 135 Stat. 596) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(103) United States Route 287 from State Highway 87 in Port Arthur, Texas, to United States Route 89 in Choteau, Montana.”.
(b) Designation and Numbering as Interstate.—Section 1105(e)(5) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-240; 109 Stat. 597; 135 Stat. 598) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A), in the first sentence, by striking “and subsection (c)(102)” and inserting “subsection
(c)(102), and subsection (c)(103)”; and
(2) in subparagraph (C)(i), by adding at the end the following: “The route referred to in subsection (c)(103) is designated as Interstate Route I-47.”. <all>
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