A bill to identify certain routes in the States of Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, and New Mexico as part of the Ports-to-Plains Corridor, a high priority corridor on the National Highway System.
Public Law 107-259 · S. 1646 · 107th Congress · began in the Senate
Signed by George W. Bush (R) on Oct 29, 2002 · Transportation and Public Works
Sponsor: Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)
Cosponsors (5): Sen. Pete Domenici, Sen. Jim Inhofe,
Passage votes
- HouseUnanimous consent
- SenateUnanimous consent
Data notes
The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Amends the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to identify specified routes in Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, and New Mexico as part of the Ports-to-Plains Corridor of the National Highway System.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Data notes
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Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 14 actions.
- Oct 29, 2002Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 107-259.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Oct 23, 2002PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Oct 17, 2002CommitteeCommittee · Discharged from House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
- Oct 16, 2002FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- FloorFloor · On passage Passed without objection.
- FloorFloor · Considered by unanimous consent.
- FloorFloor · Mr. Armey asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
- Jun 27, 2002CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
- Jun 26, 2002FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- Jun 19, 2002CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
- Apr 25, 2002CommitteeCommittee · Markup by Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
- Nov 7, 2001CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the Senate
Data notes
Shows the introduction, each committee and subcommittee step the source dates (referral, hearings, markup, report, discharge), and the floor, conference, presidential and became-law steps. Calendar placements, messages between the chambers, amendments and committee report numbers are not shown for laws before the 108th Congress. Two entries the source lists twice are shown once.
Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.