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

eport to the congregs hls recomnendatlons
for B lormula for futrd apportlonrf,ent
ln future yeBr8. A Btste's hlshway
lunds mey tt€ reduced l0 percent efter
Jenuery t. 1008, It the StEte herr not
Etoved to lnltltute B progrem lor hlghwBy
EBlety under thlE tlt'le.
In developlns the unlform performance
rtenalsrds end crltefla, the Eecreteiy l8
r€qulred to work rtlttr 8t8te offclals bnd
other lntete8tcd publlc 6nd prlvate qrgenlzrtlont.
Other Feder8l aEencle8 EEy
Elso be con8ulted.
The Eecretary ts dlrtct€d to u8e fund!
mfide avEllable lor the purpo8e ln m$klng
grsnts to promote teteerch lh Eafew
to Btete, prlvBt€, or Fbderrl aEencles entl
orronlzetlons. IVpeB of prolecta lor
whlch funde wlll be avallable lnclude:
Plr8t, rer€arch fellowshlps; Eecond, tr8lnlru
of lrlshwril lsfety peftonnel; rnd
thlid dehorrrtrrtlon proJectt.
A NBtlon8l Hlghw8y Etsletv Advhorv
Comhltt€€ b stabltshed ln tlre D€pertment
of Commerce. the El€cretary 18
chatmran; ?0 members, apPolnted bY
t'he Pr€stdent. sre to be selected ae lollows:
6 Govetnors, or [rfyor8 of Ef,Jor
clue6, t pubuc EtlmlnlsSrf,tor8 ln the fleld,
{ from afiected lndustrlff, I auto englneer,
I hlghway englner, I trst0c cnglne€r.
4 re8eBrch eientlsts, and I flom
the generel publlc. The Commlttee will
Bdvlse, oonrult wlth, bnd mBke recommendauon8
to the Eecretary, review re-
8€anch pro8tatns, snd revlew prlor to
lggrr,*nce t'tl€ Ferlodnsnce $t8ndBrds f,ird
crlt€ili the 8€ctetery lE requlred to
The APEAKER pru temporr. mthdut
objcctlo,n, the prevlous queltlon lE ordered.
T116 r€Boluflon sas agreed to.
A motlon to recon8ldet ses letd on the
trble.
NATTONAL TR,AFFIC IIND M€TIDR,
VEITISI,E SAFETY AgT OP IOOO
Mr. EtTAgGmA. Mr. Speeker.I movc
ttrst the Houae rcrolve ltrell lnto thc
Cohmlttee ol tJre Whole Houte on tlre
Btete ol the IInIur lor tJre oorr8ldet8tlon
of the blu (II.R'. 13228) to pmvlde lot
I coofltlnated nstlonBl Eafety
edt6bU8h.
Authorlzstlonr under thla new chapter
ar€;
Flr!t,. For the ettlng up ol Etat€
iltety progr8ms and ttle aettlru of
stsndards ol crlterlai 155 Ellllon lor
tlac8l 196?: 180 mlllton tor RBcal 1008;
*80 hlluon lor nscal 1969.
ftmond, For the ptotrbtr ol 8ttnt8 ln
the neldr ol rcrcsroh 8nd trElnthg: ll0
mtluon lor nscel 106?; 120 mllllon lor
flrc8l l06E: 125 mlulon for flrcBl 1009.
Tte hlchwsy trust rund cf,nnot be
used to piovlde lunds tor the progrEm ln
rn f,bount whlch erc€eds I percent ol
tlrc cuffent erclsG t8r on motor vehlcleg
plus rddltlonal a'urount , ell ol whlah ere
rpproprtstcd ttom ttrE gen€rsl lund to
ttrrG bl8hTtf, trult lund lor anch Dur-
DOrCr.
An fnnuEl rtsott to tltc Congr6lt on
Maich I lr requlred.
Ttrere are no rrrlnorlty or salalltlon8l
Ylew8.
I would tltc to comment rt thlr potnt,
te the EentlemBn rrom Clllfomla dld,
ttrat I belleve we art ln t.he rl8ht dlrtct'ton
wtth thlE blll 8nd loohlnc lotward
to havttll stand,rr{&€d 8p€Gd Umtts ltt *U
ol our 8tstd8. Thcre I pcrson lGf,vlng 6a6
BtBt6 Bnd dflvln8 on the Int€Etatr 8yttan
csn bc Scrr€d to B Ertsln 8ptrd.
Ttrle ln my oDlnlon wUI promote tr8^f,c
sslcty End rtducc atrldenta. ThlE 1,8
spplloable not only to psdscnger ctr8 but
to tructsr e3 well'
Mr. Bpe0kcr, I know ol no obJectlon
to th6 nrl6, and I ursc tbat lt bc Bdopt€d.
Fffervlfls the balance ol my tlme, I hEve
no lurttrcr reque8ts fot tlrne.
Mr, BIE|E, Mr. Bp€Bker, f ur8e adoptlon
of the Esolutlon. I move the prevtou8
questlon.
progrEm
and e8tobltshment of rsfety standard!
tor rDotor yehlcles tn lntcrrtatc commerce
td reduce tr8lnc 0dctal6nts Bnd tbc
dertltr, lnjurtca, ffid prop€rw drnrEsG
$hlctr mcur ln such [ccldehts.
The EPEAKEI3 pno tempoE. Is theru
objectlon to tfie rcquest of the FentlemEn
fm West Vlrelnls?
There wro no objectlon.
Th6 SPEAI(ER pm tc|EFort. ThG
questlon ls on the motlon of,ercd by thc
gentletnen from Weat vlrglnle,
Tlre tnotlon wtr lgrftd to.
Itr THE COIXIIEE d 'gI SHru
AccordlnRly, the Houe reslved lt8cll
lnto the Cmmltt€e of the Whole Hou3e
on the StBtc of the Unlon tor th€ conslderatlon
of the bul H.R. l3l?8. wtth
Mr. DArrDARro ln the chelr.
The Ckrk EEd the tttle ot the blU.
By unEnlmoua consent, the llrst ftidlng
of the blll wra dkp€n8ed wlth,
The CHAIRMAN. Under the rule, thc
gentlemen f rom f,Iegt vlrFlnlE tMr.
BTAcdERsl wul bf roeofrltzed lor l|6
hours end the gentlemEn lrom llllnol!
lMr. EpRrNcf,R.l wlll b€ recoanlzed for
I rA hour8,
Tt€ Chalr rucoFnlzea thc BentlertrBn
lrom ltrlest Vlrglnla.
Mr, $TAOgE{t, Mr. Chslrzrrn, I
yleld iny8€lf l0 mlnuter,
Mr. Ctralman End MeEberr of th6
Comnrltter, I mtgbt sarr nr8t th8t thls btU
csme out of our commltt€€ glth s unanlmous
vot6. We hsd l8 dByB of heafln8!
and l? dByB of executlve se8alont marklnc
up the blu. I beueve that 6very 8ent€nce
and svery sotu Tea gone over very
c*retully.
Tt|e comElttce cams out wlttr I bUI th6
members thou8ht wBB B sood blll fot thl!
land ol outB.
Meny thlhg8 hrye b€€n sald about tho
blll. but rone ol thogc who talt sbflrt lt
do not understand thEt lt ls E peckra6
prograrn- Ttle other pErt comeB out ol
the Pubuc WorEB CoEJmlit€e and lollows
thl8 bUl. OrlElnsuy, when lt came to the
Htll. thl8 w85 connEctcd wlth our blll, but
tt wsE dlvlded up by the ParU8mentarlBn'
becsuEe ol the dlilerent Ereas of Jurkdlc'
tlon. REAUy, tDls lE a packaae tr be conrldered
togettrer.
The btll we pre*Et to the Commlttts
toclsy prlmerlly hs to do wlth ttre Banuracture
ol caE End thelr perfoflnr.ooc.
Eomeone hes sslal lt has to do wlth aleslgn.
but we do not wBnt to 8et the de8lsrl
Te w&nt to requltt the Secretary to Edt
p€rf oilrEnce stand8r(ls.
f commend the blll to the Commlttee
Bnd to the Memb€rs. becsu8e I belleve lt
ha.$ been carefully worhed upon.
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