Federal Aid to Transportation Act
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Federal Aid to Transportation Act - Authorizes the appropriation of the following Federal highway aid: (1) for the rural transportation assistance program, $1,300,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1977, 1978, 1979, and 1980; (2) for the urban transportation assistance program, $1,300,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1977, 1978, 1979, and 1980; (3) for the highway safety and bridge improvement program, $475,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1977, 1978, 1979, and 1980; and (4) for control of outdoor advertising and for control of junkyards, $65,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1977, 1978, 1979, and 1980. Provides that funds apportioned for the urban transportation assistance program and allocated to an urbanized area having a population of 200,000 or may not be transferred without the approval of the responsible local officials of the urbanized area. Requires that, as soon as practicable after the apportionments for the Federal-aid programs have been made for any fiscal year, the State highway agency of any State and designated recipient of urban transportation assistance program funds shall each submit to the Secretary of Transportation for his approval a program or programs of proposed projects for the utilization of specified funds apportioned to it. Requires that unless otherwise approved by the Secretary of Transportation in the event fees are charged for use of any parking facility constructed with specified Federal funding, the rate thereof shall not be in excess of that required for maintenance and operation of the facility (including compensation to any person operating the facility). Makes specified amendments to title 23 (Highways) of the United States Code.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on September 11, 1975. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on September 11, 1975: Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the House
- Passage by the Senate
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 94th Congress (1975-76), 588 of the 21,097 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 2.8 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
JEROME AMBRO (D-NY) introduced it on September 11, 1975, and 3 members have since signed on as cosponsors.
They are 3 Democrats.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on September 11, 1975, 18674 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 18674 days ago, on September 11, 1975.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 94th Congress has not finished by January 3, 1977 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- HouseIn committee, no floor vote yet
- SenateAwaits House passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers