Federal-Aid Highway Act
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.
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
| Name of act and/or amendment |
Date adopted |
Statutes at Large citation |
Public Law citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Federal Aid Road Act of 1916 | July 11, 1916 | 39 Stat. 355 | |
| Federal Aid Highway Act of 1921 (Phipps Act) | November 9, 1921 | 42 Stat. 212 | |
| Amendment and Authorization of 1925 | February 12, 1925 | 43 Stat. 889 | |
| Amendment and Authorization of 1926 | June 22, 1926 | 44 Stat. 760 | |
| Federal Aid for Toll Bridges | March 3, 1927 | 44 Stat. 1398 | |
| Amendment of 1928 | May 21, 1928 | 45 Stat. 683 | |
| Authorization for Forest Roads and Amendment of 1930 | May 5, 1930 | 46 Stat. 261 | |
| Provision for National-Park Approaches | January 31, 1931 | 46 Stat. 1053 | |
| Hayden-Cartwright Act of 1934 | June 18, 1934 | 48 Stat. 993 | |
| Authorization and Amendment of 1936 | June 16, 1936 | 49 Stat. 1519 | |
| Federal Aid Highway Act of 1938 | June 16, 1936 | 49 Stat. 1519 | |
| Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1944 | December 20, 1944 | 58 Stat. 838 | |
| Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1948 | June 29, 1948 | 62 Stat. 1105 | |
| Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1950 | September 7, 1950 | 64 Stat. 785 | |
| Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1952 | June 25, 1952 | 66 Stat. 158 | |
| Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1954 | May 6, 1954 | 68 Stat. 70 | |
| Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 (National Interstate and Defense Highways Act) |
June 29, 1956 | 70 Stat. 374 | |
| Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1958 | August 7, 1958 | ||
| Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1959 | September 21, 1959 | 73 Stat. 611 | |
| Federal Highway Act of 1960 | July 14, 1960 | 74 Stat. 522 | |
| Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1961 | June 29, 1961 | 75 Stat. 122 | |
| Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1962 | October 23, 1962 | 76 Stat. 1145 | Pub. L. 87–866 |
| Federal-Aid Highway Amendments Act of 1963 | October 24, 1963 | 77 Stat. 276 | |
| Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1964 | August 13, 1964 | 78 Stat. 397 | Pub. L. 88–423 |
| Joint Resolution of 1965 | August 28, 1965 | 79 Stat. 578 | |
| Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1966 | September 13, 1966 | 80 Stat. 766 | Pub. L. 89–574 |
| Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1968 | August 23, 1968 | 82 Stat. 815 | Pub. L. 90–495 |
| Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1970 | December 31, 1970 | 84 Stat. 1713 | Pub. L. 91–605 |
| Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1973 | August 13, 1973 | 87 Stat. 250 | Pub. L. 93–87 |
| Federal-Aid Highway Amendments of 1974 | January 4, 1975 | 88 Stat. 2281 | |
| Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1976 | May 5, 1976 | 90 Stat. 425 | Pub. L. 94–280 |
| Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1978 | November 6, 1978 | 92 Stat. 2689 | Pub. L. 95–599 |
| Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981 | December 29, 1981 | 95 Stat. 1699 | Pub. L. 97–134, 23 U.S.C. § 101 |
| Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1982 | January 6, 1983 | 96 Stat. 1611 | Pub. L. 97–424 |
| Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1987 (Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act) |
April 2, 1987 | 101 Stat. 132 | Pub. L. 100–17 |
References
- ^ "1916: Federal-Aid Road Act". Longview Daily News. August 8, 2022. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
- ^ "Federal Transportation Authorizations". Federal Highway Administration. Archived from the original on January 10, 2019. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
- ^ "Legislation, Regulations and Guidance". Federal Highway Administration. August 1, 2022. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
- Federal Highway Administration, America's Highways: 1776–1976, pp. 546–547