LegHist.PL89-563.Volume.ONE.Sec.Ten.and

Both bllls provlde fqr r{encle$ rnd rd-
Elnlstrators.
l,sst March ? the Prcddent Esld ln hls
tEra8age on tran8portstlon. that he, by
hecutlve order, srogld qld6y erlrtJns lBw
coordlnate ell Eafety Bctlvltlc8 ln the Dep8rtment
ol Comrderce. Now. 16,000
deaths later, the executlve departsent
htrs not Eoyed. Nottllng lnesnlngful hEs
betn done about $blch we heve euy
knowledge.
I belleve lt ls the duty of thts Congre$s,
therefore, tn see to lt th4t we dsstgn
speclflc responslbtllty, \ilhen re lly on
an alrcrelt we know thBt the PAA Bnd
the FAA Adminlstretdr sre vetchlng
over the totEl envlroment lot the sfety
ol evefy alt treveler- we Eut, by
anslogy. E8algfl respon$tblllty lor en
agency to watch over the totsl treflc
envlrcnEent
ln lt.
and conaldEr every clenent
I predlct that unless the Congre8s assigro
expllclt responslblllty to en egency
end admlnlstrator under thls blu. or
under the Department of TYf,roportatlon,
this Rne le8lsls.tlon wlll not tr€ lmplemehted
and e*ecuted.
I belleve ttlrt whgt we should do, today
and tomorrqw, ls p6rs thest bllls, end
then lollow throuah on ouf rEsponslbll-
Ity, which l.s to make etrectlve leBlsletlve
aslgment ol re8porElblllty td edmlnlster
the$d ttefrc salety me&sures ln the
executlve department.
Therclore, Mr. Chrlman, I support
and urge the passEBe of H.R. 13228 Euthored
by cheltman STAGGER5 End en-
tltled
"Nstlonel Trafrc f,nd Motor vehl-
cle Safety Act of 1966." It ls not E p€rfect
blll but lt ls a good btll and corstitut6
tv,o-tlrlrds of T'bat many at u
deem to be E ptop€f besls tor B mtlon-
El attack on tratnc rrcldents. The other
thlrd of the progEln ls encompd$scd ln
H.R. 13290 ruthored by ehalrman F^L-
LoN End ef,tltled ''Highway S8fety Act of
1906.' I strongly support thEt measure
alsc.
The StagErers blll provldes for the ertabllshment
end enforcement of E8fety
pfrformEnce Etanderds for Ell motor vehlcles,
And lt provldes for an accldent
h.nd lnJury reseerch ancl test faclllty.
It Lrcorporates e tlile on tire sflfety and
prolldes for the contlnuance of seht b€lt
and brake fiuid standards, lhese lattf
r pro?iriions deal sp€cifically wlth matters
thel will of necessity b€ lncluded in
6.ny llst of safety performance standards
developerl under tltle f. They have bf,en
trexted specially because they are three
crltical factfrs ln automoblle safety
which hAd attrected the attentlon of
Consress bsfore thE blg safety push of
1866 began.
The Fallon blll provldm for B program
of grant$-in-Ald to the $tates and lesser
Polltlcdl suballvlBlons to develop a ssfer
Bnd more unlform tralllc envlronment.
Speclfic provlslon ls mEde tor asslst8nce
to St€tes In developlng End lrnFrovtng
hlghwEy sfety progBms through: lmproved
drlver eductrtlon; lmproved pedc8trlan
performBnce; efiectlve record
Eystems of rccldents and accldent tnvc6tl8r&tloro
to detemlne tbe prtDEble
House Debate
crues of lccldents, lnlurles, rnd dcAtbri
ulfortrl vctrlcle rtglEtEtlon nnd lEpcctton;
rughray dBlgn end mBlntr'lsnce
End det€ction ud correctlon of blgh
Mcldent lo+ntJoro; Eore urllorE trrfllc
control Sgnr; more rlrlllorE trfEc
codes; End prcv|Jlorl lor brtt€r trilcrgency
s€rvlccE whcn accldenta ocflrr.
Both bllls ftfdgtllre the tr€€d lor t.hc
expliclt $dSnEent ot responglblllty to
an agency rnd lor an Ed-trrlnlEtntor.
Both blUs provlde Bdvlsory counclls to
Bsuft the lnyolv€ment of rpprwrlrtc
ht€re$t$ End lndlvlduBls ln tjle lorEuJBtlon
of sten