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

• Federal Aid Road Act of 1916: July 11, 1916, ch. 241, 39 Stat. 355 (first)
• Federal Aid Highway Act of 1921 (Phipps Act): November 9, 1921, 42 Stat. 212
• Amendment and Authorization of 1925: merely continued existing funding, 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 8, 1938, ch. 328, 52 Stat. 633
• 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: Pub. L. 87–866, October 23, 1962, 76 Stat. 1145
• Federal-Aid Highway Amendments Act of 1963: October 24, 1963, 77 Stat. 276
• Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1964: Pub. L. 88–423, August 13, 1964, 78 Stat. 397
• Joint Resolution of 1965: August 28, 1965, 79 Stat. 578
• Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1966: Pub. L. 89–574, September 13, 1966, 80 Stat. 766
• Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1968: Pub. L. 90–495, August 23, 1968, 82 Stat. 815
• Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1970: Pub. L. 91–605, title I, December 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 1713
• Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1973: Pub. L. 93–87, title I, August 13, 1973, 87 Stat. 250
• Federal-Aid Highway Amendments of 1974: January 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2281
• Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1976: Pub. L. 94–280, title I, May 5, 1976, 90 Stat. 425
• Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1978: Pub. L. 95–599, title I, November 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2689
• Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981: December 29, 1981, Pub. L. 97–134, 95 Stat. 1699, 23 U.S.C. § 101
• Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1982: Pub. L. 97–424, title I, January 6, 1983, 96 Stat. 1611
• Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1986: reached Senate, S.2405
• Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1987 (Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act): Pub. L. 100–17, title I, April 2, 1987, 101 Stat. 132