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

Congressional Record-Houee
August 17, 1966, 19625- f9674
NATIONAI, TNAFEIC AND MCIITOR'
\ITTIICLE EAFEIY AgT OF IO86
Mr. MADDtItl. Mr, Bp€tker, by dlructlon
of the CM.Blttse on Rulcs. I Cill
up Hou$e Rtsolutlon 96S 8nd ask lor lts
l-ErBedlst€ curslderutlon.
Ttre Clerk teed the reeolutlon, as fol-
Iowa:
E. RB. 066
Rcrcl"ed, That upon thc ado'puon dl tbl!
ffiolutlon lt Ghall be in order to mov6 thai
thG IIol& rerolv6 lkelf lnk) the Comltteo
ol ths Wbole Hous on the Strte of the
Unlon lor the corrElderstlon ol the blll (H.R.
13t18) to provldc lor a coordlnoted natl()nol
slety pros?Bm and Htabllshmenn ol Ealcty
atendarda lor motor vehlcles ln inkratate
ffimtrce td reduce fafrc accldonts arld the
d6athr, InrurleE, snd property damagG whlch
ecw ln Eucn Eccldents. Alts Eenclal deb*te,
whlch Ehall be snined to the bul snd
Bhall Ftlttnue not to excecd threo houfr, td
bc Gqually dlvlded Bnd controllcd by th6
ch8lrman and t*hhln8 mlnorlty member Oi
th€ Cl}rrmltteG oil lhter8tst€ and Forel8n
Ooffiorce. thc blll Ehall t)e rstd lor ffiendmont
under the nvc-mlDut4 rult. It Ehi{ll
bo ln ofder [o conclder tllo cubstltulo trmrndmeDt
rHotnrtrended by the Comltt€e oD Intent8tc
and Forel8n Commefct now lh thc
bllt fnd ruoh rubrututr lof tha pufpm of
Em6ndm6nt rhBll be conslderBd under the
flvc-mlnutp lule &a an orlBlnal blll. At the
conclualoh of Errch conslderatlon the Comhlttee
Bhall rlae and report the blll to the
Hou6 wltll luch amendments aa may have
lftn adopted, and aAy Meml*r may derurnd
B BepatEte vote ln the IIouft on any of the
mendments adopted ln th6 Commltteo ol
tho U/hol6 to th6 blll or cohmltt4o !ub8tltut€.
Tht pretloua questlon rbtll be conBtdtred
u ordeied on the blll and amendmGnb
thoroto to flnBl Pffi*8e slthout intervonlnB
hotlon ercepi one motton to rem|Imtt wlth
or $lthout lnstructlonr. Alter the ps$Ege
ol H.R. 132?8. tbe Commlttee on Int8Etab
and ForGlEn CoEherce shall be dl*hsBcd
lroh tho lurther mnaldffatlon ol the blll
(S- 3006). and lt shsll then be ln order ln
tlb Hou8s to move b Etrlke out atl arter Ult
eD4ctln8 clauae of sld tienste bul and ln-
Ert ln lltu thereql the provlElonr @DhlnGd
ln H.R. 13118 u puGd the Hou*.
The APEAIiER. The Eentlemf,n froE
InrllenB ls reco8nlzed for I hour.
Mr. MA.DDEN. Mr. sp€Eker, I Yleld
30 mlnutes to the centleman lrom Tennesee
[Mr. QurLLENl, pendlru whlch I
yleld mysll Euch time ag I mey consume.
Mr. BrEBker, HolH FleBolution 985
provldes for conslderatlon of II.R'. 13228,
I blU to provide for a coordlnated natlonrl
Bsfety progratn and estBbllshment
ol Bslety Btandard8 for motor vehlcles
h lnterstBte commerce. Its enMtment
wlll retluce trEllc Bccldents, deathr, ln-
Jurlee, end property tla,mtSe whlch occut
ln such eEcldeutr, Th6 re8olutlon
provldes Bn open rule wlth 3 hour8 ol
EGncral alebqte, rrrEklna lt ln order to
consldor ttre Eub8tltute E6 ln orlglnrl
blll tor tlrr purpo!6 ol a|n6ndmcnt. Ttc
resdlutlon al8o me'he8 lt ln order to dlscheJse
tbe Comrnlttee on hterrt8t€ end
Eorelan Corlrtnerce lfom lurther con-
718
{lderetlon ol B. 3005, strlEo out all alter
tlre enactln8 cl8use Bnd lrucrt tlre lrnfuBge
ol the House bul.
It h$B been rellsbly oEtlmated th8t
over 30,000 persons wlll dle on orrf hlghway8
ln 1968 snd urue8s e bro8d-scsle
rttach 18 promDtly dlrectrd at thls ptobl€h,
lt Bppesrs JuBt as certaln tlrat somc
100,000 AEretlcsnt wlll dle ia the rerult
ol trefrc Bcclllent ln 191S,
Durlng thc h€iflncs before the leglslatlve
co[|mltt€. lt E'er Folnt6d out thrt
dlrcG 196l TG hETe lst rbout fouf, tlEct
J.E8qy
|tr tfanc
Eenbers
accldents
of the irued tervlcc!
es Ere have ln coEbf,t
In VletDdrr.
In illdltlon
rrilllotrs who
!o the deaths, there Efc
have sufiered $evere and
Fcmanent lnjurle6,
of la.st yebi'E trBflc
Ttle cct in dollaf8
adcldents hro been
e8timrted Bt S8 blUlon End the cost ld
terms of grlel and sufierlng ls lmmeaeursble,
Passehgers ilding In vehlcles movlng
et speeds of 60 End ?0 miles per horu'
or even higher speerl nee