Congress names a Texas-to-Montana highway Interstate I-47.
H.R. 10241 — I–47 Future Interstate Act of 2026 · Filed by Brian Babin (R-TX) · 6 cosponsors · Introduced Sep 3, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill renames U.S. Route 287 as Interstate Route I-47. The highway runs 1,500 miles from Port Arthur, Texas to Choteau, Montana. The new name puts it in the Interstate Highway System. This could help it get federal money in the future.
Who it affects
People who live in or drive through Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana may see highway improvements. States and cities along the route could get federal money.
One thing to notice
The bill does not give any money to build or fix the highway. It does not say how the government will check for environmental harm or ask people what they think.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
6 cosponsors: 6 Republicans.
- Sep 3, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Sep 3, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- Interstate Route I-47 — A highway system name that puts a road in the federal Interstate Highway System.
- federal money — Money from the U.S. government to pay for projects like roads.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (945 characters) on Sep 5, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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