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Rep. Hamadeh, Abraham J. [R-AZ-8] · R–AZ
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Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2026-08-13 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
This bill would give a 26-mile stretch of Interstate 17 in Arizona an honorary name honoring Kayla Jean Mueller and Charles H. Keating IV. It would preserve the existing Arizona Veterans Highway designation. Drivers and nearby residents would not have to change maps, addresses, or navigation systems, and the designation would not require additional federal funding.
The 26-mile portion of Interstate 17 in the State of Arizona between milepost 237 near New River and milepost 263 at the junction with State Route 69 near Cordes Junction shall hereafter be known and designated as the Kayla Jean Mueller and Charles H. Keating IV Memorial Highway, to be commonly referred to as the Mueller-Keating Memorial Highway.
(1) shall complement, and shall not be construed to alter, replace, diminish, or otherwise affect the existing Arizona Veterans Highway designation applicable to Interstate 17; (2) shall be honorary in nature; (3) shall not require any change to existing highway names, maps, addresses, or navigation systems; and (4) shall not impose any requirement for additional Federal funding.
The proposed law would be titled the “Mueller-Keating Memorial Highway Act.” Its honorary highway name would apply between milepost 237 near New River and milepost 263 at State Route 69 near Cordes Junction.
This Act may be cited as the Mueller-Keating Memorial Highway Act.
The 26-mile portion of Interstate 17 in the State of Arizona between milepost 237 near New River and milepost 263 at the junction with State Route 69 near Cordes Junction shall hereafter be known and designated as the Kayla Jean Mueller and Charles H. Keating IV Memorial Highway, to be commonly referred to as the Mueller-Keating Memorial Highway.
The bill's findings describe Mueller as a humanitarian aid worker kidnapped in Syria and murdered in captivity, and Keating as a Navy SEAL killed while supporting operations against ISIS in Iraq. These statements explain the proposed memorial's purpose.
Congress finds the following: (1) Kayla Jean Mueller was a humanitarian aid worker from Prescott, Arizona, who devoted her life to assisting vulnerable populations in conflict zones, was kidnapped by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) while providing humanitarian assistance in Syria in August 2013, and was later murdered in captivity.
(2) Chief Petty Officer Charles H. Keating IV, a native of Phoenix, Arizona, was a United States Navy SEAL who was killed in action on May 3, 2016, while supporting operations against ISIS in Iraq as part of Operation Inherent Resolve.
(10) This designation honors two Arizonans whose lives were shaped in different communities, connected by the same corridor, and ended confronting the same evil.
The designation would be honorary. It would leave the Arizona Veterans Highway designation intact and would not require changes to existing highway names, maps, addresses, or navigation systems.
(1) shall complement, and shall not be construed to alter, replace, diminish, or otherwise affect the existing Arizona Veterans Highway designation applicable to Interstate 17; (2) shall be honorary in nature; (3) shall not require any change to existing highway names, maps, addresses, or navigation systems;
The designation would not require additional federal funding. This provision does not say that implementing the memorial would have no costs.
(4) shall not impose any requirement for additional Federal funding.
The Secretary of Transportation would have to coordinate with appropriate state and local authorities to permit suitable honorary signs and memorialization at Sunset Point Rest Area. The Secretary would also have to list the designation in the appropriate collection on the Department of Transportation website. The text requires permission for signs, rather than their installation.
The Secretary of Transportation, in coordination with appropriate State and local authorities, shall— (1) permit the installation of suitable honorary signage and permit memorialization at Sunset Point Rest Area consistent with the designation under subsection (a); and (2) include the designation in the appropriate repository on the website of the Department of Transportation.
The supplied August 20, 2026 source snapshot records introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on August 13, 2026.
Source snapshot updated 2026-08-20T13:15:06Z. 2026-08-13: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 2026-08-13: Introduced in House
A closer look
Reviewed version: Introduced in House · 2026-08-13. These findings describe provisions and who may benefit; they are not judgments of waste, corruption, or motive.
This review covers the supplied bill text. “None identified” does not rule out provisions in later versions or accompanying reports and disclosures.
Provisions outside the bill’s main subject, or policy changes attached to appropriations.
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Spending directed to particular recipients or places outside ordinary competitive or formula-based allocation.
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Narrow exceptions, exemptions, or preferential treatment that warrant a closer look.
None identified in the reviewed text
No materially narrow exemption, carve-out, or preferential benefit beyond honorary recognition was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion is limited to that version.
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