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.{{cite web |access-date=June 8, 2023 |title=1916: Federal-Aid Road Act |url=https://tdn.com/news/1916-federal-aid-road-act/image_4f8e8eee-0440-5803-b1e6-bd3ce6da94ec.html |date=August 8, 2022 |website=Longview Daily News}} There have been various amendments to the Federal-Aid Highway Act.
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.{{cite web |url=https://www.environment.fhwa.dot.gov/legislation/federal_transportation_auth.aspx |title=Federal Transportation Authorizations
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List of Federal-Aid Highway Acts
- Federal Aid Road Act of 1916: July 11, 1916, ch. 241, {{USStat|39|355}} (first)
- Federal Aid Highway Act of 1921 (Phipps Act): November 9, 1921, {{USStat|42|212}}
- Amendment and Authorization of 1925: merely continued existing funding, February 12, 1925, {{USStat|43|889}}
- Amendment and Authorization of 1926: June 22, 1926, {{USStat|44|760}}
- Federal Aid for Toll Bridges: March 3, 1927, {{USStat|44|1398}}
- Amendment of 1928: May 21, 1928, {{USStat|45|683}}
- Authorization for Forest Roads and Amendment of 1930: May 5, 1930, {{USStat|46|261}}
- Provision for National-Park Approaches: January 31, 1931, {{USStat|46|1053}}
- Hayden-Cartwright Act of 1934: June 18, 1934, {{USStat|48|993}}
- Authorization and Amendment of 1936: June 16, 1936, {{USStat|49|1519}}
- Federal Aid Highway Act of 1938: June 8, 1938, ch. 328, {{USStat|52|633}}
- Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1944: December 20, 1944, {{USStat|58|838}}
- Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1948: June 29, 1948, {{USStat|62|1105}}
- Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1950: September 7, 1950, {{USStat|64|785}}
- Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1952: June 25, 1952, {{USStat|66|158}}
- Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1954: May 6, 1954, {{USStat|68|70}}
- Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 (National Interstate and Defense Highways Act): June 29, 1956, {{USStat|70|374}}
- Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1958: August 7, 1958
- Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1959: September 21, 1959, {{USStat|73|611}}
- Federal Highway Act of 1960: July 14, 1960, {{USStat|74|522}}
- Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1961: June 29, 1961, {{USStat|75|122}}
- Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1962: {{USPL|87|866}}, October 23, 1962, {{USStat|76|1145}}
- Federal-Aid Highway Amendments Act of 1963: October 24, 1963, {{USStat|77|276}}
- Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1964: {{USPL|88|423}}, August 13, 1964, {{USStat|78|397}}
- Joint Resolution of 1965: August 28, 1965, {{USStat|79|578}}
- Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1966: {{USPL|89|574}}, September 13, 1966, {{USStat|80|766}}
- Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1968: {{USPL|90|495}}, August 23, 1968, {{USStat|82|815}}
- Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1970: {{USPL|91|605}}, title I, December 31, 1970, {{USStat|84|1713}}
- Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1973: {{USPL|93|87}}, title I, August 13, 1973, {{USStat|87|250}}
- Federal-Aid Highway Amendments of 1974: January 4, 1975, {{USStat|88|2281}}
- Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1976: {{USPL|94|280}}, title I, May 5, 1976, {{USStat|90|425}}
- Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1978: {{USPL|95|599}}, title I, November 6, 1978, {{USStat|92|2689}}
- Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981: December 29, 1981, {{USPL|97|134}}, {{USStat|95|1699}}, {{USC|23|101}}
- Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1982: {{USPL|97|424}}, title I, January 6, 1983, {{USStat|96|1611}}
- Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1986: reached Senate, [https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/2405 S.2405]
- Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1987 (Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act): {{USPL|100|17}}, title I, April 2, 1987, {{USStat|101|132}}
References
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- Federal Highway Administration, America's Highways: 1776–1976, pp. 546–547