Highway Trust Fund and Federal and Highway Financing Program: Hearings, Eighty-sixth Congress, First Session, on Financing the Federal Aid Highway Program. July 22-24, 1959Considers H.R. 7939 and related bills, to raise revenue for Highway Trust Fund to finance Federal interstate highway program. Includes proposals to increase Federal taxes on gasoline, and to transfer Federal automotive excise tax revenues into the Highway Trust Fund. |
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... reason is that in 1961 a report , which has been under care- ful preparation and development since the 1956 acts , will be submitted to the Congress . This report will furnish information on both high- way user and nonuser benefits so ...
... reason is that in 1961 a report , which has been under care- ful preparation and development since the 1956 acts , will be submitted to the Congress . This report will furnish information on both high- way user and nonuser benefits so ...
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... reason is that this chart of apportionment does not show the 1965 apportionment . Of course , the 1965 apportionment would be made a year before the time it would apply . We always apportion during the fiscal year ahead . So obligations ...
... reason is that this chart of apportionment does not show the 1965 apportionment . Of course , the 1965 apportionment would be made a year before the time it would apply . We always apportion during the fiscal year ahead . So obligations ...
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... reason that I indicated in the discussion of chart 1 - A . As shown in chart 1 - B , the expenditures will drop from a high of $ 2 billion in fiscal 1960 to $ 1.8 billion in 1961 , to $ 1 billion in 1962 , and down to $ 0.8 billion in ...
... reason that I indicated in the discussion of chart 1 - A . As shown in chart 1 - B , the expenditures will drop from a high of $ 2 billion in fiscal 1960 to $ 1.8 billion in 1961 , to $ 1 billion in 1962 , and down to $ 0.8 billion in ...
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... reason to expect that this condition will continue to prevail based on present construction price levels . In October of 1957 the Secretary of Commerce made available for designation 1,102 miles of routes out of the 1,452 miles which ...
... reason to expect that this condition will continue to prevail based on present construction price levels . In October of 1957 the Secretary of Commerce made available for designation 1,102 miles of routes out of the 1,452 miles which ...
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... reasons for that is to connect the military and industrial complex in the Rocky Mountain area with the northwestern ... reason for that bypass is that the existing highway system is close to the coast , and it was felt desirable to put ...
... reasons for that is to connect the military and industrial complex in the Rocky Mountain area with the northwestern ... reason for that bypass is that the existing highway system is close to the coast , and it was felt desirable to put ...
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Page 211 - Since it is unfair and unjust to tax motor- vehicle transportation unless the proceeds of such taxation are applied to the construction, improvement, or maintenance of highways...
Page 381 - I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of the resolution passed at the Thirty-sixth Division Association Convention held at Brownwood, Tex., January 19, 20, and 21, 1946.
Page 178 - Fund (exclusive of repayments of such advances) ; or "(2) that the distribution of the tax burden among the various classes of persons using the Federal-aid highways, or otherwise deriving benefits from such highways, is not equitable, the Congress shall enact legislation in order to bring about a balance of total receipts and total expenditures, or such equitable distribution, as the case may be.
Page 271 - AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. — For the purpose of expediting the construction, reconstruction, or improvement, inclusive of necessary bridges and tunnels, of the Interstate System...
Page 412 - SEC. 6420. Gasoline used on farms — (a) Gasoline. If gasoline is used on a farm for farming purposes, the Secretary or his delegate shall pay (without interest) to the ultimate purchaser of such gasoline the amount determined by multiplying — (1) The number of gallons so used, by (2) The rate of tax on gasoline under section 4081 which applied on the date he purchased such gasoline.
Page 392 - States, and in what amounts, in order to assure, insofar as practicable, an equitable distribution of the tax burden among the various classes of persons using the Federal- Aid highways or otherwise deriving benefits from such highways.
Page 271 - System be completed as nearly as practicable over a thirteen-year period and that the entire System in all the States be brought to simultaneous completion. Because of its primary importance to the national defense, the name of such system is hereby changed to the "National System of Interstate and Defense Highways".
Page 401 - I hereby certify the foregoing to be a true and correct copy of resolution adopted by the Council of the City of Los Angeles at its meeting held July 22, 1959.
Page 456 - ... vehicle (i) which (at the time of such sale or use) is registered, or is required to be registered, for highway use under the laws of any State or foreign country, or (ii) which...
Page 224 - Alabama Petroleum Association, Inc. Arkansas Oil Marketers Association. California Petroleum Marketers Council (Jobber Division). Colorado Petroleum Marketers Association. Connecticut Petroleum Association. Empire State Petroleum Association (New York). Florida Petroleum Marketers Association, Inc. Georgia Oil Jobbers Association. Illinois Petroleum Marketers Association. Independent Oilmen's Association of New England (Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont)....