Key Votes
S 440 - National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 - Key Vote
National Key Votes
Stages
- Nov. 28, 1995 Executive Signed
- Nov. 18, 1995 House Conference Report Adopted
- Nov. 17, 1995 Senate Conference Report Adopted
- Sept. 20, 1995 House Bill Passed
- June 22, 1995 Senate Bill Passed
- Feb. 16, 1995 Introduced
Family
- S 440 -
- S Amdt 1427 - Commercial Vehicle Speed Limit Amendment
- S Amdt 1437 - Motorcycle Helmet Amendment
- S Amdt 1446 - Drinking and Driving Minors Amendment
- S Amdt 112 - Prioritizing Payment of Public Debt
Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Signed (Executive) - Became Public Law No. 104-59 - Nov. 28, 1995
Legislation - Conference Report Adopted (House) - Nov. 18, 1995
Note:
NOTE: THIS VOTE PASSED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, MEANING NO MEMBER OBJECTED TO THE PASSAGE OF THE VOTE. THIS DOES NOT NECESSARILY INDICATE THAT ALL MEMBERS FAVORED THE VOTE'S OUTCOME.
Legislation - Conference Report Adopted (Senate) (80-16) - Nov. 17, 1995 (Key vote)
Title: National Highway System Designation Act of 1995
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to adopt a conference report that revises United States transportation law to designate the National Highway System, and repeals the national speed limit, among other purposes.
Highlights:
- Designates up to 178,250 miles as the National Highway System.
- Repeals the national maximum speed limit compliance program.
- Mandates that no individual under the age of 21 can have a blood alcohol concentration of .02 or higher while operating a motor vehicle, and withholds five percent of funds from states that do not enforce the law the first year and ten percent of funds for each following year.
- Eliminates the national motorcycle helmet laws.
- Creates the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Pilot Program to exempt most commercial vehicles between 10,000 and 26,000 pounds from certain safety requirements.
- Repeals mandatory pre-employment substance testing requirements for certain mass transit employees.
- Allows States to place signage along roads by excluding sections of road from scenic byway laws.
- Places a moratorium on emissions testing requirements for states, but allows the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to approve a program if a state chooses to adopt one.
- Repeals a mandate from the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA) requiring states to use a percentage of recycled rubber in asphalt pavement.
- Stipulates that States are not required to use funds to modify or construct metric system highway signs.
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) - Sept. 20, 1995
Note:
NOTE: THIS IS A SUBSTITUTE BILL, MEANING THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORIGINAL BILL HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE SUBSTITUTE BILL TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE TEXT CAN VARY GREATLY.
NOTE: THIS VOTE PASSED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, MEANING NO MEMBER OBJECTED TO THE PASSAGE OF THE VOTE. THIS DOES NOT NECESSARILY INDICATE THAT ALL MEMBERS FAVORED THE VOTE'S OUTCOME.
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) - June 22, 1995
Legislation - Introduced (Senate) - Feb. 16, 1995
Title: National Highway System Designation Act of 1995
Sponsors
- John William Warner (VA - R) (Out Of Office)
Co-sponsors
- John D. Ashcroft (MO - ) (Out Of Office)
- Max S. Baucus (MT - D)
- Jeff Bingaman (NM - D) (Out Of Office)
- Christopher S. 'Kit' Bond (MO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Barbara Boxer (CA - D)
- John B. Breaux (LA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Richard H. Bryan (NV - D) (Out Of Office)
- John H. Chafee (RI - R) (Out Of Office)
- Daniel R. Coats (IN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Thad Cochran (MS - R)
- Thomas A. 'Tom' Daschle (SD - ) (Out Of Office)
- Robert 'Bob' Dole (KS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Byron L. Dorgan (ND - D) (Out Of Office)
- Jim Exon (NE - D) (Out Of Office)
- Duncan McLauchlin 'Lauch' Faircloth (NC - R) (Out Of Office)
- Wendell H. Ford (KY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Daniel Robert 'Bob' Graham (FL - ) (Out Of Office)
- Kay Bailey Hutchison (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- James M. 'Jim' Inhofe (OK - R)
- J. Bennett Johnston (LA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID - R) (Out Of Office)
- Frank R. Lautenberg (NJ - D) (Out Of Office)
- Joseph I. 'Joe' Lieberman (CT - I) (Out Of Office)
- Chester Trent Lott Sr. (MS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Richard G. 'Dick' Lugar (IN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Mitch McConnell (KY - R)
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Frank H. Murkowski (AK - ) (Out Of Office)
- Claiborne Pell (RI - D) (Out Of Office)
- Harry M. Reid (NV - D)
- Charles S. Robb (VA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Alan K. Simpson (WY - R) (Out Of Office)
- Robert Clinton 'Bob' Smith (NH - R) (Out Of Office)
