119-hres608

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 608 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
H. RES. 608

 Recognizing the importance of the Interstate Highway System and 
 supporting the development of an interstate through southern Ohio.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 July 23, 2025

 Mr. Taylor submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
 the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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 RESOLUTION

 Recognizing the importance of the Interstate Highway System and 
 supporting the development of an interstate through southern Ohio.

Whereas, on June 29, 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Federal-Aid 
 Highway Act of 1956 to establish a 41,000-mile National System of 
 Interstate and Defense Highways, known as the Interstate Highway System;
Whereas, in 2025, this web of superhighways, now spanning a total of 46,876 
 miles throughout the United States, has had a powerful and positive 
 impact on our national life;
Whereas the Interstate Highway System has proven vital in transporting people 
 and goods from one region to another speedily and safely;
Whereas the Interstate Highway System has brought communities throughout the 
 United States closer together and kept us connected to one another, as 
 well as the larger world;
Whereas the Interstate Highway System remains one of our country's paramount 
 assets as well as a symbol of human ingenuity and freedom;
Whereas the Interstate Highway System is vital to our national security by 
 ensuring quick transportation for our military, equipment, and critical 
 resources;
Whereas the Interstate Highway System has facilitated trade both within our 
 national borders and globally, and helped create unprecedented economic 
 expansion and opportunities for millions of Americans;
Whereas many areas in Appalachia, including in southern Ohio, have faced 
 economic hardships over recent decades, an interstate could increase 
 economic opportunities for Appalachian communities;
Whereas the development of an interstate through southern Ohio could go directly 
 past the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Pike County, Ohio;
Whereas the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant and personnel were an integral 
 part of the United States nuclear deterrent during the Cold War;
Whereas the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant is now being redeveloped, 
 restored, and reopened for businesses, some of which have already 
 started production at the site;
Whereas an American company has started enriching uranium on site, which allows 
 for the United States to become more energy independent and strengthens 
 national security;
Whereas a leading defense technology company is building an advanced 
 manufacturing facility south of Columbus, Ohio, as well;
Whereas these sites, and the entire southern Ohio region, could greatly benefit 
 from an interstate going south from Columbus, Ohio; and
Whereas Ohio legislators have already supported a resolution to study a future 
 interstate through the region to improve connectivity, safety, and 
 economic growth in the State: Now, therefore, be it
 Resolved, That the House of Representatives--

    (1) recognizes the importance of the Interstate Highway 
 System;

    (2) recognizes the economic boost and increased national 
 security that an interstate could provide to a region; and

    (3) supports the planning, designing, and development of an 
 interstate in southern Ohio going south from Columbus, Ohio.
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