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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Feb 13, 2025
This bill designates U.S. Route 74 from Columbus, North Carolina, to Kings Mountain, North Carolina, as (1) a high priority corridor on the National Highway System, and (2) a future part of the Interstate System.
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Rep. Moore, Tim [R-NC-14] · R–NC
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
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 · 2025-02-13 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 add U.S. Route 74 from Columbus to Kings Mountain, North Carolina, to the high-priority corridor list and add a reference to that corridor in an existing statutory provision under an amendment labeled “Designation as future interstate.” The underlying provision is not supplied, so its legal effect and applicable conditions cannot be verified from this source set. The supplied text does not establish when construction or conversion to an Interstate would occur.
(a) Designation as high priority corridor Section 1105(c) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law 102–240) is amended by adding at the end the following: (103) United States Route 74 from Columbus, North Carolina to Kings Mountain, North Carolina.
(b) Designation as future interstate Section 1105(e)(5)(A) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 is amended by striking and subsection (c)(102) and inserting subsection (c)(102), and subsection (c)(103).
Section 1(a) would add the specified U.S. Route 74 segment to the 1991 transportation law’s high-priority corridor list as corridor 103.
(a) Designation as high priority corridor Section 1105(c) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law 102–240) is amended by adding at the end the following: (103) United States Route 74 from Columbus, North Carolina to Kings Mountain, North Carolina.
Section 1(b), labeled “Designation as future interstate,” would add a reference to the new corridor 103 in section 1105(e)(5)(A) of the existing law. The underlying statutory provision is not reproduced, so its legal effect and applicable conditions cannot be verified from this source set.
(b) Designation as future interstate Section 1105(e)(5)(A) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 is amended by striking and subsection (c)(102) and inserting subsection (c)(102), and subsection (c)(103).
The official-actions snapshot updated March 27, 2025, records introduction in the House and referrals to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and its Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, all dated February 13, 2025. This snapshot does not establish subsequent action or enactment.
Source snapshot updated 2025-03-27T08:07:36Z. 2025-02-13: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. 2025-02-13: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 2025-02-13: Introduced in House
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Geographically narrow statutory treatment warrants scrutiny as a targeted benefit. This classification does not establish a financial benefit or improper purpose.
The U.S. Route 74 segment from Columbus to Kings Mountain, North Carolina, is singled out for high-priority corridor designation as corridor 103 and a new reference in section 1105(e)(5)(A), through an amendment labeled “Designation as future interstate.” This geographically narrow treatment is the bill’s main policy. The underlying provision is absent, so the legal effect and conditions of the added reference cannot be verified. The supplied text does not award money to a named recipient.
(a) Designation as high priority corridor Section 1105(c) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law 102–240) is amended by adding at the end the following: (103) United States Route 74 from Columbus, North Carolina to Kings Mountain, North Carolina.
(b) Designation as future interstate Section 1105(e)(5)(A) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 is amended by striking and subsection (c)(102) and inserting subsection (c)(102), and subsection (c)(103).
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