[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 460 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 460

 To amend title 23, United States Code, to ensure equity in the extent 
  to which businesses located near Interstate and Federal-aid primary 
 highways may erect outdoor advertising signs, displays, and devices, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 22, 1995

   Mr. Ford introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 23, United States Code, to ensure equity in the extent 
  to which businesses located near Interstate and Federal-aid primary 
 highways may erect outdoor advertising signs, displays, and devices, 
                        and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Highway Advertising Equity Act''.

SEC. 2. ADVERTISING ALONG HIGHWAYS.

    Section 131 of title 23, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence of subsection (d), by inserting 
        after ``State law'' the following: ``as of the date of 
        enactment of the Highway Advertising Equity Act or after that 
        date, and that are not subsequently rezoned for other than 
        industrial or commercial purposes''; and
            (2) in subsection (k), by striking ``Subject to'' and all 
        that follows through ``establishing'' and inserting ``A State 
        may not establish''.
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