To amend title 23, United States Code, to eliminate a reduction of the apportionment of Federal-aid highway funds to certain States, and for other purposes.

Amends Federal-aid highway law to repeal: (1) the requirement that each State certify that it is enforcing all speed limits on public highways in accordance with the national prescribed speed limit of 55 miles per hour; and (2) the prohibition against approval by the Secretary of Transportation of highway projects in any State in which such certification has not been forthcoming.

Prohibits the Secretary from approving Federal aid for a State highway construction project if such State fails to certify that: (1) public highways constructed with Federal-aid highway funds have been designed and constructed according to standards appropriate for the speed permitted on such highways; and (2) that the State has been enforcing speed limits on public roads posted at 55 miles per hour or higher.

Requires States to report speed monitoring data on any public highway with speed limits posted at 55 miles per hour or higher.

Precludes the Secretary from approving proposed highway project plans and specifications on a Federal-aid system the speed limit for which is to be posted at greater than 55 miles per hour, unless such plans provide for a facility constructed for a speed limit equal to or greater than that to be posted upon completion.

 
HR 284 IH
101st CONGRESS
1st Session
 H. R. 284
To amend title 23, United States Code, to eliminate a reduction of the
apportion- ment of Federal-aid highway funds to certain States, and for
other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 3, 1989
Mr. MCEWEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Public Works and Transportation
A BILL
To amend title 23, United States Code, to eliminate a reduction of the
apportionment of Federal-aid highway funds to certain States, and for other
purposes.
  Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
  States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ENFORCEMENT OF SPEED LIMIT REQUIREMENTS.
  Section 141 of title 23, United States Code, is amended--
  (1) by striking out subsection (a),
  (2) by redesignating subsections (b), (c), and (d) as subsections (a),
  (b), and (c), respectively, and
  (3) by striking out `subsection (b)' each place it appears in subsection
  (b), as redesignated by paragraph (2), and inserting in lieu thereof
  `subsection (a)'.
SEC. 2. NATIONAL MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT.
  (a) ENFORCEMENT- Subsection (c) of section 154 of title 23, United States
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
  `(c) ENFORCEMENT- The Secretary shall not approve any project under section
  106 in any State that fails to certify to the Secretary by January 1 of
  each calendar year (1) that any public highway within the State posted at
  a maximum speed limit of 55 miles per hour or higher and constructed with
  Federal-aid highway funds has been designed and constructed to standards
  applicable at the time of construction which are appropriate for the speed
  permitted on such highway, and (2) that the State has been enforcing,
  during the 1-year period ending on September 30 of each calendar year,
  the speed limits on public roads within the State posted at 55 miles per
  hour or higher. Such certification shall include a statement certifying
  that the posted maximum speed limits on public highways in the State do
  not exceed the speed limits allowed under subsection (a).'.
  (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS- Section 154 of title 23, United States Code,
  is amended by striking out subsections (e), (f), (g), and (h).
SEC. 3. MONITORING REPORTS.
  Each State shall report to the Secretary speed monitoring data on any
  public highway with speed limits posted at 55 miles per hour or higher in
  the same manner and in the same form as such data on public highways with
  speed limits posted at 55 miles per hour was submitted to the Secretary for
  the fiscal year immediately preceding the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 4. CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS.
  Section 109 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the
  end thereof the following new subsection:
  `(p) STANDARDS FOR NATIONAL MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT HIGHWAYS- The Secretary
  shall not approve plans and specifications for any proposed highway project
  on a Federal-aid system which is to be posted at a maximum speed limit
  of 55 miles per hour or higher if such plans and specifications fail to
  provide for a facility designed and constructed for a speed limit equal
  to or greater than that to be posted upon completion. Nothing in this
  subsection is intended to prohibit or restrict the use of advisory speed
  signs in accordance with accepted practices.'.