ROADS AND HIGHWAYS

Addresses

Insurance Industry Perspective on Auto Safety: Robert McDermott, 31416-31417 [8NO]

Public Transportation, Tom Bradley, 5185 [14MR]

Women's Transportation Seminar, Sec. of Transportation Dole, 12678-12681 [17MY]

Amendments

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3329), 22444, 22445 [3AU]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3329), conference report, 22521 [3AU]

Surface Transportation Assistance Act: enact (H.R. 3103), 29139, 29153, 29157, 29160, 29163, 29165-29168 [25OC]

Virginia: improve highway transportation system (S.J. Res. 199), 32900, 32978 [16NO], 33294 [17NO]

Analyses

S. 48, Transportation Improvement Act, 593 [26JA]

S. 1030, Appalachian Development Highway System Act Amendments, 8027 [12AP]

Articles and editorials

America First Committee (sundry), 26-27 [3JA]

Averting Another Tragedy, 27865 [7OC]

Building Costs on Highways Are Declining, 8485 [13AP]

55-mph Speed Limit Was Stupid To Begin With—Now It's Ridiculous, 9497 [21AP]

Foregone Conclusion, 17307 [27JN]

HOV Restrictions (sundry), 30281, 30283 [1NO]

Misunderstood and Controversial Topic, 13399-13403 [23MY], 16289 [16JN]

Requiem for the Highway Beautification Act-11534 [9MY]

Should Billboards Be Subject to Road User Fees, 11535-11537 [9MY]

State Officials Agree To Widen Biscayne Boulevard, 7869 [7AP]

Surface Transportation Assistance Act, 1755-1757 [3FE], 29154 [25OC]

Tandem Truck Amendments (sundry), 8328 [13AP]

That Crumbling Infrastructure, 11468 [9MY]

Traffic Deaths Are Traced to Quaaludes, 2144 [14FE]

Transit Betrayed, 5067 [11MR]

Bills and resolutions

Access highways: authorize funds to construct (see S. 2188)

Alaska: include under road construction credit provisions (see S. 303)

Appalachian Development Highway System: transfer (see H.R. 2688)

———transfer certain functions (see S. 1030)

Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreation Area: highway repair (see S. 565)

Chicago-Calumet Skyway: designate as part of Interstate System (see H.R. 4011)

Convict labor: remove limitation on use of construction materials (see S. 693; H.R. 2723)

Drunken driving: establish nationwide maximum standard of blood alcohol content (see S. 1394)

———prevent (see H.R. 2886)

Emergency relief: authorize appropriations (see S. 1354; H.R. 3103)

———interstate cost estimate (see S.J. Res. 195)

Federal responsibilities: devolution to the States (see H.R. 2649)

Federal-aid highway system: use of materials produced by convict labor (see S. 693; H.R. 2723)

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Va.: construct additional lanes (see S. 802; H.R. 1931)

Gladys Noon Spellman Parkway: designate (see S. 680; H.R. 174)

Greenwich, Conn.: make certain bridge repairs eligible for emergency relief (see H.R. 3496, 3571)

Highway Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program: print report entitled (see S. Res. 178; H. Res. 178)

Highway bridge replacement and rehabilitation program: Federal share (see H.R. 1145)

———improve (see S. 1575)

Highway programs: devolution of responsibilities from Federal Government to the States (see H.R. 2649)

Highway Revenue Act (see S. 138; H.R. 1436)

Highway Safety Act: enact (see S. 1108; H.R. 2693)

Highway use tax (see H.R. 2401)

———exempt farm trucks (see S. 1596)

———reduce (see S. 343)

———repeal (see S. 1475; H.R. 2124, 3534)

———repeal increase (see S. 103, 113, 138; H.R. 1067, 1436, 1447, 1481, 1525, 1537, 2301, 2384)

Highways: completion of certain primary projects (see S. 2025; H.R. 4264)

———interstate cost estimate for emergency road relief program (see S.J. Res. 195)

Illinois: construct highway bridge near Valley City and Florence (see H.R. 3126)

International bridges and toll roads: prevent entry of aliens (see H.R. 2680)

Interstate highways: amend U.S. Code (see H.R. 4006)

———approve cost estimate (see S.J. Res. 195)

———double bottom trucks (see H.R. 2530)

———extend deadline for withdrawal (see H.R. 3572)

———modify apportionment formula for reconstructing (see S. 1498)

Inventory: conduct (see S. 23; H.R. 2639)

Long Island Expressway: designate as part of Interstate Highway System (see S. 1044; H.R. 2580)

Multimodal Transportation Improvement Act: enact (see S. 1445)

National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week (see S.J. Res. 119)

National speed limit: repeal (see S. 1121; H.R. 785, 2826)

National Traffic Safety Administration: establish (see S. 2173; H.R. 4519)

Ohio Turnpike: tolls (see H.R. 3301)

Safety: promote (see S. 1108; H.R. 2693)

Speed limit: 55 miles per hour (see H.R. 851)

Springfield, Va.: redesign and reconstruct a certain highway interchange (see H.R. 2334)

States: responsibilities for highway programs (see H.R. 2649)

Tandem trailer trucks: delay implementation requirement (see H.R. 2497)

———guidelines and standards (see S. 1048)

Toll roads: Federal participation in construction (see S. 524; H.R. 2102, 3736)

Transportation projects: Federal assistance (see S. 1445)

Trucking: reduce regulation (see S. 2038)

Trucks: uniform width (see S. 926)

Virginia: continue tolls on Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike (see S. 2073)

———I-66 demonstration project (see H.R. 4370, 4398, 4399)

———improvements (see S.J. Res. 199)

———reduce high occupancy vehicle restrictions on I-66 (see S. 2074)

———Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike (see H.R. 4399)

Washington: construct bridge approach in Clarkston (see S. 1254)

Broadcasts

Infrastructure—the future is now, KFWB-Radio, Los Angeles, Calif., 21049 [26JY]

Explanations

Emergency relief appropriations (H.R. 3103), 30276-30277 [1NO]

Letters

Federal participation in construction of toll roads, Du Page County, Ill., Board, 2460 [17FE]

Improve Virginia's highway transportation system, 32900 [16NO]

Interstate System resurfacing, restoration, rehabilitation, and reconstruction amendments (S. 1498): Coalition of Northeastern Governors, 16323 [20JN]

Operation of Interstate I-66 inside Washington Capital Beltway (sundry Members of Congress), 12653 [17MY]

Repealing the increase in truck user fees (sundry), 3881-3882 [3MR]

Rid highways of drunken drivers, Frank and Elizabeth Morris, 14438 [3JN]

States authority to prohibit use of double-bottom trucks, Michele C. Lacobelle, 17198 [23JN]

Surface Transportation Assistance Act (H.R. 3103): Sec. of Transportation Dole, 29147 [25OC]

———sundry Senators and Representatives, 29155-29157 [25OC]

Surface Transportation Technical Corrections Act: Sec. of Transportation Dole, 31388 [8NO]

Trucking tax, Marjorie Carter, 6019 [17MR]

Uniform standards for commercial motor vehicle width (S. 926): Brae Corp., 7269 [24MR]

———Fruehauf Corp., 7269 [24MR]

———Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association, 7269 [24MR]

Lists

Highway projects priority primary routes, 29801 [28OC]

Memorials of legislature

Agricultural truck carriers highway tax: California, 26067 [28SE]

Elimination of certain railroad crossings: Nevada, 16185 [16JN]

55-mile per hour speed limit: Massachusetts, 31387 [8NO]

———Kansas, 7604 [5AP]

Fuller Road, Quantico: Virginia, 8219 [12AP]

Highway Revenue Act: Arkansas, 7159 [24MR]

Interstate 40 dedication: Oklahoma, 19174 [14JY]

Long Island Expressway: New York, 13007 [19MY], 15272 [9JN]

Surface Transportation Assistance Act: Virginia, 3250 [1MR]

Tractor-trailer length and width regulations: Virginia, 3113 [28FE]

Trucking: California, 24217 [14SE]

Papers

Transportation Policy and Economic Development: Elliot Sclar, 34832-34834 [18NO]

Petitions

Federal highway system funds: Los Angeles County, Calif., Board of Supervisors, 20350 [21JY]

Federal participation in construction of toll roads: Du Page County, Ill., Mayors and Managers Conference, 2460 [17FE]

Jefferson Freeway, Ky., construction: Interim Joint Committee on Transportation, Ky., 5250 [15MR]

Long Island Expressway designation as interstate highway: Suffolk County, N.Y., Legislature, 13111 [19MY]

State emergency road relief: Los Angeles, Calif., Board of Supervisors, 18474 [11JY]

Polls of opinion

Virginia: high-occupancy vehicles, 30281 [1NO]

Remarks in House

American Conservation Corps: establish (H.R. 999), 2822 [23FE]

Avalanche control: sale of Army ammunition (H.R. 1054), 27059 [4OC]

Cape Hatteras National Seashore: transportation improvements (H.R. 2644), 9314 [20AP], 32745 [15NO]

Child Highway Safety Act: introduction (H.R. 3483), 18414 [30JN]

Child passenger safety programs: implement State laws (H. Con. Res. 60), 2387 [17FE]

Cianbro Corp.: tribute, 27161 [4OC]

Connecticut: bridge collapse, 17673 [28JN]

Convict labor: remove limitation on use of construction materials in construction of federally subsidized highways (H.R. 2723), 9609 [25AP]

Dade County, Fla.: Biscayne Boulevard, 7869 [7AP]

Dedicated revenue: provide budget process incentives (H.R. 1144)-1355-1356 [1FE]

Dept. of Justice: investigation of bid-fixing on highway construction projects, 8485 [13AP]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3329), 16838 [23JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3329), conference report, 22255 [3AU], 22256, 23373 [4AU]

Deterioration: funds to repair, 17673 [28JN]

Dole, Elizabeth: Secretary-designate, Dept. of Transportation, 311 [25JA]

Emergency relief: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3103), Senate amendment, 30272-30276, 30277-30284 [1NO]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3103), Senate amendment, appointment of conferees, 30284 [1NO]

Express lanes: utilize capacity, 10411 [28AP]

Federal Capital Investment Budget Act: introduction (H.R. 1244), 1775 [3FE]

Federal Highway Administration: making appropriations (H.R. 3329), 16812 [22JN]

Gladys Noon Spellman Parkway: designate (H.R. 174), 4205 [8MR]

Heavy trucking: repeal highway use fee (H.R. 2124), 5854 [16MR]

High-occupancy vehicles regulations: demonstration project, 30272-30276, 30277-30284 [1NO]

Highway construction materials: remove limitation on use of materials produced by convict labor in Federal-aid highway systems (H.R. 2723), 9609 [25AP]

Highway Safety Act: enact (H.R. 2693), 29253 [25OC]

Highway trust fund: tax payments (H.R. 3842), 23233 [4AU]

Highway user tax: repeal increase (H.R. 1436), 2191 [15FE]

Independent truckers: strike, 1774 [3FE]

Infrastructure: proposed commission to study, 1202 [31JA]

———rehabilitation, 21049 [26JY]

Maintenance funds, 11468 [9MY]

Motor vehicles: bumper impact standards (H.R. 3469), 18368 [30JN]

———bumper standards, 18567 [11JY]

———establish uniform national standards for regulation of widths on interstate highways (S. 926), 7329 [24MR]

———title and inspection requirements (H.R. 2110), 5243 [15MR]

National Commission on the Rebuilding of America: establish (H.R. 1144), 1355 [1FE]

National Development Investment Act: introduction (H.R. 10), 61 [3JA]

National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 345), 23132 [4AU]

———designate (S.J. Res. 119), 24331 [15SE]

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: making appropriations (H.R. 3329), 16812 [22JN]

———payment to a consultant for letter writing, 3885 [3MR]

National Transportation Week: observance, 12678 [17MY]

Passenger cars: bumper standards, 1208 [31JA]

———encourage use of safety restraints (H.R. 4175), 29070 [24OC]

———install high-mounted stop lights (H.R. 947), 893 [26JA]

———prevention of odometer tampering (H.R. 1320), 1987 [8FE]

Passive restraint systems: standards, 18420 [30JN]

Port authority bridge: declare lawful (H.R. 1252), 1787 [3FE]

Quaaludes: factor in automobile accidents, 2144 [14FE]

Repair and construction programs: implement to create jobbs, 1879 [8FE]

San Mateo County, Calif.: update coastal roadway, 15746 [14JN]

Sierra Nevada Mountains: unexploded cannon shells fired for avalanche control, 27059 [4OC]

Single-Line Prohibition Extension Amendment—Motor Carriers of Property Act: introduction (H.R. 3260), 16289, 16291 [16JN]

Spellman, Gladys Noon: dedicate Baltimore-Washington Parkway in honor (S. 680), 18183 [29JN]

Stanley, James: tribute, 27438 [5OC], 27924 [7OC]

States: restrict Federal funding for lack of drunk driving laws (H.R. 2886), 11138 [4MY]

Surface Transportation Act: restatement of intent of buy American provision, 1879 [8FE]

Surface Transportation Assistance Act: restore to the States authority to prohibit use of double-bottom trucks (H.R. 2438), 17198 [23JN]

Tandem trailer trucks: operation on certain roads and interstate highways (H.R. 2497), 8097, 8098 [12AP], 9231 [20AP]

Tandem-trailer trucks: State decision relative to safety (H.R. 2438), 11750 [10MY]

Theodore Roosevelt Bridge, Washington, D.C.: authorize an additional lane (H.R. 3199), 14365 [2JN]

Toll roads: Federal participation in construction (H.R. 3736), 23330 [4AU]

Truck use tax: repeal increase (H.R. 1436), 2191 [15FE]

Truckers Equity Act: introduction (H.R. 1436), 2191 [15FE]

Trucking: repeal highway use tax (H.R. 2124), 6052 [17MR]

Trucks: impact of heavy trucks on roads, 17673 [28JN]

Virginia: improve highway transportation system (S.J. Res. 199), 33293 [17NO]

Washington metropolitan area: utilize express lanes and improve transportation facilities, 10411 [28AP]

William Viaduct, Lynchburg, Va.: replacement funds, 16818 [22JN]

Youth: national drinking age, 7876 [7AP]

Remarks in Senate

Appalachian Development Highway System Act: amend (S. 1030), 8027 [12AP]

Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area, N.C.: road repair and maintenance (S. 565), 2764 [23FE]

Central Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact: congressional consent (S. 1581), 18007 [29JN]

Clarkston, Wash.: bridge approach (S. 1254), 11700 [10MY]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3329), 22442-22450 [3AU]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3329), conference report, 22179 [2AU], 22442 [3AU]

Emergency Road Relief program: increase authorization (S. 1354), 13499 [24MY]

Farm Truck Tax Exemption Act: introduction (S. 1596), 18497 [11JY]

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Va.: additional lanes (S. 802), 5144 [14MR]

Gladys Noon Spellman Parkway: dedicate (S. 680), 3833 [3MR], 15955 [15JN]

Highway projects: funding for completion of certain projects (S. 2025), 29801 [28OC]

Highway Safety Act: enact (S. 1108), 27865 [7OC]

———introduction (S. 1108), 9182-9186, 9193 [20AP]

Highway Tax Equity Act: introduction (S. 113), 754 [26JA]

Highway Use Tax Equalization Act: introduction (S. 1475), 15933-15935 [15JN]

Highway user fees: impact on trucking industry, 15945 [15JN]

Highway user tax: repeal (S. 138), 801 [26JA]

Interstate highways and mass transit: joint referral of Executive Communication 1670, 25833 [27SE]

Interstate System resurfacing, restoration, rehabilitation, and reconstruction amendments: introduction (S. 1498), 16323 [20JN]

Long Island Expressway: designate as part of the Interstate Highway System (S. 1044), 8322 [13AP]

Motor Carrier Safety Act: introduction (S. 2174), 34505 [18NO]

Motor vehicles: establishment of uniform commercial width (S. 926), 7269 [24MR]

National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 119), 19547 [16JY]

National maximum speed limit: repeal (S. 1121), 9497 [21AP]

National Traffic Safety Improvement Act: introduction (S. 2173), 34509 [18NO]

Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C.: roadway construction, 6223 [21MR]

Public Capital Investment Act: introduction (S. 2151), 34467 [18NO]

Rebuilding of America Act: introduction (S. 23), 519 [26JA]

Recreation areas: provide highway access (S. 2188), 34538 [18NO]

Safety: promote, 27865 [7OC]

Surface Transportation Assistance Act: enact (H.R. 3103), 29139-29169, 29171-29177 [25OC]

———repeal (S. 15), 1755 [3FE]

Surface Transportation Technical Corrections Act: enact (H.R. 3103), House amendments, 31388 [8NO]

Tandem truck amendments: introduction (S. 1048), 8327 [13AP]

Tennessee: obligation of Federal highway funds, 18581 [12JY]

Toll roads: Federal participation in construction (S. 524), 2459, 2460 [17FE]

Transportation Improvement Act: introduction (S. 48), 593 [26JA]

Truck size and weight: limits, 17307 [27JN]

United Services Automobile Association: replacement with airbag-equipped vehicles, 31416 [8NO]

Virginia: improve highway transportation system (S.J. Res. 199), 32647 [15NO], 32899 [16NO]

———improvement of highway transportation system (S. 2073, 2074), 31692 [9NO]

Reports

Beyond the Surface Transportation Assistance Act, Burson-Marsteller, 19348 [14JY]

OPM Regulatory Proposals—Dept. of Transportation Appropriations (H.R. 3329), 22449 [3AU]

Tandem-Trailer Truck Accidents, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (excerpt), 11750 [10MY]

Resolutions by organizations

Interstate System resurfacing, restoration, rehabilitation, and reconstruction amendments (S. 1498): Northeast Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, 16323 [20JN]

Statements

Operation of Interstate I-66 Inside Washington Capital Beltway (sundry), 12653 [17MY]

Safe Drivers Legislative Award to Representative Oberstar, Citizens for Safe Drivers Against Drunk Drivers and Chronic Offenders, 23405 [4AU]

Studies

Economics of Completing the Interstate Highway System, 6306-6310 [21MR]

Summaries

H.R. 10, National Development Investment Act, 61 [3JA]

S. 23, Rebuilding of America Act, 520 [26JA]

S. 1575, National Bridge Improvement Act, 18001 [29JN]

Tables

Estimated Federal funds required to complete substitute highway projects and apportionment factors (sundry), 29147 [25OC]

Highway project funds (selected data), 6470 [22MR]

Highway user tax comparison of proposals (selected data), 802 [26JA]

Overall employment impacts due to toll road construction, 23330 [4AU]

Taxpayer subsidy for interstate projects, 6308-6310 [21MR]

Transportation subcommittee spending totals—conference agreement (H.R. 3329), 22444 [3AU]

Violations of the ``Buy American'' requirements, 22070 [1AU]

Testimonies

Convict Labor Highway Construction Materials, Alan Breed, National Institute of Corrections (excerpt), 9609 [25AP]

Texts of

H.J. Res. 137, designate National Schoolbus Safety Week, 25942 [27SE]

H.R. 174, designate the Gladys Noon Spellman Parkway, 4205 [8MR]

H.R. 1436, repeal increase in truck use tax and diesel fuel tax, 2191 [15FE]

H.R. 1702, reciprocal State handicapped parking privileges, 3199 [28FE]

H.R. 1931, improve approach to the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge, Washington, DC, 14365 [2JN]

H.R. 2644, Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area highway repair, 32745 [15NO]

H.R. 3103, emergency highway relief, 26413-26415 [29SE]

H.R. 3199, authorizing an additional lane on the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge, Washington, DC, 14365 [2JN]

H.R. 3483, Child Highway Safety Act, 18415 [30JN]

H.R. 4175, provisions (excerpt), 29070 [24OC]

S. 15, repeal the Surface Transportation Assistance Act, 1755 [3FE]

S. 23, Rebuilding of America Act, 521 [26JA]

S. 48, Transportation Improvement Act, 594-596 [26JA]

S. 113, Highway Tax Equity Act, 754 [26JA]

S. 138, repeal of highway user tax, 802 [26JA]

S. 524, Federal participation in construction of toll roads, 2459 [17FE]

S. 565, road repair and maintenance for the Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area, N.C., 2765 [23FE]

S. 680, Gladys Noon Spellman Parkway, Md., 3833 [3MR]

S. 926, uniform standards for commercial motor vehicle width, 7270 [24MR], 7331 [24MR]

S. 1048, Tandem truck amendments, 8328 [13AP]

S. 1108, Highway Safety Act, 9186-9193 [20AP]

S. 1254, constructing bridge approach at Clarkston, Wash., 11700 [10MY]

S. 1354, increase authorization for the Emergency Road Relief program, 13500 [24MY]

S. 1475, Highway Use Tax Equalization Act, 15934 [15JN]

S. 1498, Interstate System resurfacing, restoration, rehabilitation, and reconstruction amendments, 16323 [20JN]

S. 1575, National Bridge Improvement Act, 18000 [29JN]

S. 1596, Farm Truck Tax Exemption Act, 18497 [11JY]

S. 2151, Public Capital Investment Act, 34467 [18NO]

S. 2173, National Traffic Safety Improvement Act, 34509 [18NO]

S. 2174, Motor Carrier Safety Act, 34506-34509 [18NO]

S. Con. Res. 51, handicapped parking, 18499 [11JY]

S.J. Res. 119, designate National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week, 19548 [16JY], 24332 [15SE]

S.J. Res. 199, improve Virginia's highway transportation system, 32901 [16NO], 33293 [17NO]