Federal-Aid Highway Act

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The following bills in the United States have been known as the Federal-Aid Highway Act or similar names since their initial adoption in 1916. The initial adoption established Congress to authorize and provide federal funding for constructing roads. [1] There have been various amendments to the Federal-Aid Highway Act.

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Since 1978, Congress has passed highway authorization legislation as part of larger, more comprehensive, multi-year surface transportation acts, which include federal-aid transit funding and federal-aid highway programs. [2] [3]

List of Federal-Aid Highway Acts

List of Federal-Aid Highway Acts
Name of act
and/or amendment		Date
adopted		Statutes at
Large citation		Public Law
citation
Federal Aid Road Act of 1916 July 11, 191639  Stat.   355
Federal Aid Highway Act of 1921 (Phipps Act)November 9, 192142  Stat.   212
Amendment and Authorization of 1925February 12, 192543  Stat.   889
Amendment and Authorization of 1926June 22, 192644  Stat.   760
Federal Aid for Toll Bridges March 3, 192744  Stat.   1398
Amendment of 1928May 21, 192845  Stat.   683
Authorization for Forest Roads and Amendment of 1930May 5, 193046  Stat.   261
Provision for National-Park Approaches January 31, 193146  Stat.   1053
Hayden-Cartwright Act of 1934 June 18, 193448  Stat.   993
Authorization and Amendment of 1936June 16, 193649  Stat.   1519
Federal Aid Highway Act of 1938 June 16, 193649  Stat.   1519
Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1944 December 20, 194458  Stat.   838
Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1948 June 29, 194862  Stat.   1105
Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1950 September 7, 195064  Stat.   785
Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1952 June 25, 195266  Stat.   158
Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1954 May 6, 195468  Stat.   70
Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956
(National Interstate and Defense Highways Act)		June 29, 195670  Stat.   374
Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1958 August 7, 1958
Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1959 September 21, 195973  Stat.   611
Federal Highway Act of 1960 July 14, 196074  Stat.   522
Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1961 June 29, 196175  Stat.   122
Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1962 October 23, 196276  Stat.   1145 Pub. L.   87–866
Federal-Aid Highway Amendments Act of 1963 October 24, 196377  Stat.   276
Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1964 August 13, 196478  Stat.   397 Pub. L.   88–423
Joint Resolution of 1965August 28, 196579  Stat.   578
Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1966 September 13, 196680  Stat.   766 Pub. L.   89–574
Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1968 August 23, 196882  Stat.   815 Pub. L.   90–495
Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1970 December 31, 197084  Stat.   1713 Pub. L.   91–605
Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1973 August 13, 197387  Stat.   250 Pub. L.   93–87
Federal-Aid Highway Amendments of 1974 January 4, 197588  Stat.   2281
Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1976 May 5, 197690  Stat.   425 Pub. L.   94–280
Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1978 November 6, 197892  Stat.   2689 Pub. L.   95–599
Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981 December 29, 198195  Stat.   1699 Pub. L.   97–134, 23 U.S.C.   § 101
Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1982 January 6, 198396  Stat.   1611 Pub. L.   97–424
Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1987
(Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act)		April 2, 1987101  Stat.   132 Pub. L.   100–17

References

  1. ↑ "1916: Federal-Aid Road Act". Longview Daily News. August 8, 2022. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Federal Transportation Authorizations". Federal Highway Administration. Archived from the original on January 10, 2019. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Legislation, Regulations and Guidance". Federal Highway Administration. August 1, 2022. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
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