S. 1048, S. 1072, S. 1160, and S. 1573 BILLS RELATING TO THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY PROGRAM FEBRUARY 21, 23, 25, 28, MARCH 2, 4, 10, 11, 14, 16, 18, 22, 23, 24, 28, 29, 31, APRIL 1, 13, 14, AND 15, 1955 Printed for the use of the Committee on Public Works UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON : 1955 6103) COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS DENNIS CHAVEZ, New Mexico, Chairman ROBERT S. KERR, Oklahoma EDWARD MARTIN, Pennsylvania ALBERT GORE, Tennessee FRANCIS CASE, South Dakota STUART SYMINGTON, Missouri PRESCOTT BUSH, Connecticut STROM THERM0ND, South Carolina THOMAS H. KUCHEL, California PAT MCNAMARA, Michigan NORRIS COTTON, New Hampshire RICHARD L, NEUBERGER, Oregon ROMAN L. HRUSKA, Nebraska SUBCOMMITTEE ON PUBLIC Roads ALBERT GORE, Tennessee, Chairman STUART SYMINGTON, Missouri EDWARD MARTIN, Pennsylvania STROM THC'RMOND, South Carolina FRANCIS CASE, South Dakota PAT MCNAMARA, Michigan PRESCOTT BUSH, Connecticut RICHARD L. NEUBERGER, Oregon THOMAS H. KUCHEL, California Aitken, Hal, Executive Assistant to the Administrator of Federal Anderson, George W., executive vice president, American Transit Baker, John A., assistant to the president, National Farmers Union 113 Baldock, R. H., State highway engineer of Oregon. Bebling, Burton N., economist, Association of American Railroads. 1042 895 831 904 Bossemeyer, James L., National Association of Travel Organizations - 427 Bresnahan, William A., assistant general manager, American Truck- 954 765 Brownell, Hon. Herbert, Attorney General of the United States. Burgess, Hon. W. Randolph, l’nder Secretary of the Treasury for , Hon. Joseph, Comptroller General of the United States. 609 Chenoweth, Hon. J. Edgar, Member of Congress - Clay, Gen. Lucius D., Chairman, President's Advisory Committee on Cobo, Hon. Albert E., mayor of De roit, Mich Corleisson, H. J., chairman, Utah Road Commission.. Curtiss, Hon. C. D., Commissioner of Public Roads 46, 671, 974, 1004 Dreher, Hon. J. Clarence, Jr., mayor of Columbia, S. C. Duncan, C. Emerson II, counsel, American Public Power Association. du Pont, Hon. Francis V., special assistant to the Secretary of Com- Dwinell, Hon. Lane, Governor of New Hampshire. Ehlers, Joseph H., American Society of Civil Engineers. Talek, I dward, consulting engineer. Fritts, Carl E., vice pre ident in charge of engineering, Automoti: e Goldteck, i. T., chairman, task force No. 2, imerican Road Builders 758 Gorman . B. pre ident ! ri ate Truck Council of America Hal orson I lovd C., the National Grange Harper, John, chairman, toll roads committee, National Oil Jobbers Havcock, Stephen C., Offce of General Counsel, General Accounting 609 988 539 Johnson, Hon. Fduin, Go ernor of Colorado.. Faltenbach, Henry J., counsel, Bureau of Public Roads, Department F'efan er, Senator Estes 574 Feller, Lol ert F., Assistant to the Comptroller General of the United Fenr, Hon. William F., wavor of Kansas City, Mo. 211 249 261 merce Koss, George C., president-elect, Associated General Contractors Lawrence, John V., managing director, American Trucking Associa- 944 Long, Robert L., director of audits, General Accounting Office McCoy, George T., president, American Association of State Highway McMillan, Hon. C. R., chief commissioner, South Carolina State Millikin, Senator Eugene D. 843 486 591 455 438 789 92 927 Robertson, J. N., president, American Road Builders Association. 715 Rogers, Hon. Byron G., Member of Congress.. Ross, Bradford, U. S. Independent Telephone Association. Salditt, Frederick, chairman, task force No. 4, American Road Builders Saltonstall, Senator Leverett -- 580 936 243 Shumate, Charles E., assistant highway engineer, Colorado Highway Sours, Hal G., chairman, task force No. 1, American Road Builders Stinchcomb, William A., chairman highway committee, American Stoldt, C. A., director, Oklahoma State Department of Highways. 290 Ten Brook, John A., Édison Electric Institute.- Thomson, H. A., secretary, Pennsylvania State Association of Town- Triggs, Matt, assistant legislative director, American Farm Bureau Turner, Frank C., assistant to the Commissioner of Public Roads . 982 906 451 850 315, 455 914 West, Hon. Ben, mayor of Nashville, Tenn. Whitton, Rex, chief engineer of the Missouri State Highway Depart- Williams, Sidney J., National Safety Council. Wiseman, S. E., executive director, American Toll Ways Authority. 432 Yokley, E. C., vice chairman, Committee on Municipally Owned Yount, Maj. Gen. Paul F., Chief of Transportation, Department of NATIONAL HIGHWAY PROGRAM MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1955 UNITED STATES SENATE, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met at 10:18 a. m., in room 412, Senate Office Building, Senator Albert Gore presiding Present: Senators Gore, Thurmond, McNamara, Neuberger, Martin, Case, and Kuchel. Senator GORE. The committee will come to order. The committee has before it two bills, S. 1048 and S. 1072. S. 1048 is an increased authorization bill based upon an enlargement with change of emphasis on the present highway program. s. 1072 proposes a recodification of present highway laws. (The bills are as follows:) (S. 1048, 84th Cong., 1st sess.) A BILL To amend and supplement the Federal-Aid Road Act approved July 11, 1916 (39 Stat. 355), as amended and supplemented, to authorize appropriations for continuing the construction of highways, and for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Federal-Aid Road Act approved July 11, 1916 (39 Stat. 355), and all Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $1,100,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, and a like sum for each succeeding fiscal year thereafter up to and including the fiscal year ending June 30, 1960. The sum herein authorized for each fiscal year shall be available for expendi. ture as follows: (a) $300,000,000 for projects on the Federal-aid primary highway system. (b) $325,000,000 for projects on the Federal-aid secondary system. (c) $275,000,000 for projects on the Federal-aid primary highway system in urban areas, and for projects on approved extensions of the Federal-aid secondary system within urban areas. The sums authorized by this section for each fiscal year, respectively, shall be apportioned among the several States in the manner now provided by law and in accordance with the formulas set forth in section 4 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1944, approved December 20, 1944 (58 Stat. 838). Any sums apportioned to any State under the provision of this section shall be available for expenditure in that State for two years after the close of the fiscal year for which such sums are authorized, and any amounts so apportioned remaining unexpended at the end of such period shall lapse: Provided, That such funds for any fiscal year shall be deemed to have been expended if a sum equal to the total of the sums apportioned to the State for such fiscal year is covered by formal agreements with the Secretary of Commerce for the improve. ment of specific projects as provided by this Act: Provided further, That in the case of those sums heretofore, herein, or hereafter apportioned to any State for projects on the Federal-aid secondary highway system, the Secretary of Commerce may, upon the request of any State, discharge his responsibility relative to the plans, specifications, estimates, surveys, design, inspection, and construction of such secondary road projects by his receiving and approving a Certified statement by the State highway department setting forth that the 1 |
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