Appendix 2-Precedent for special study authority provided in section 4(g) of the Department of Transportation bill... Appendix 3-Analysis of section 7-The use of standards and criteria in the formulation and evaluation of Federal transportation investments - - Appendix 4-Government activities relating to the airport noise problem. Appendix 5-Department of Transportation-Organization of accident in- vestigation and safety functions_ Appendix 6-Letter from F. A. Mechling, chairman, legislative committee, and Braxton B. Carr, president, The American Waterways Operators, Inc., to Hon. Chet Holifield, submitting amendments to proposed legis- CREATING A DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1966 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, REORGANIZATION SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met at 10 a.m., pursuant to notice, in room 2154, Rayburn Office Building, Hon. William L. Dawson (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Present: Representatives William L. Dawson, Florence P. Dwyer, Chet Holifield, Henry S. Reuss, Benjamin S. Rosenthal, Edward A. Garmatz, John N. Erlenborn, and Clarence J. Brown, Jr. Also present: Elmer W. Henderson, subcommittee counsel; James A. Lanigan, general counsel, Committee on Government Operations; Herbert Roback, assistant to Representative Holifield; and J. Philip Carlson and William H. Copenhaver, minority counsels. Chairman DAWSON. This meeting of the subcommittee has been called to consider H.R. 13200, introduced by our colleague, Congressman Chet Holifield, to carry out a recommendation to Congress by President Lyndon B. Johnson to establish an executive Department of Transportation to become the 12th Cabinet office of the Government. (The bill, H.R. 13200, follows:) 1 89TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 13200 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 2, 1966 Mr. HOLIFIELD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Government Operations A BILL To establish a Department of Transportation, and for other 1 purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa 2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That this Act may be cited as the "Department of Trans4 portation Act." 5 DECLARATION OF PURPOSE 6 SEC. 2. The Congress hereby declares that the general 7 welfare, the economic growth and stability of the Nation 8 and its security require the development and implementation 9 of national transportation policies and programs conducive to the provision of fast, safe, efficient, and convenient trans11 portation at the lowest cost consistent therewith and with 10 2 1 other national objectives, including the efficient utilization 2 and conservation of the Nation's resources. 3 The Congress therefore finds that the establishment of 4 a Department of Transportation is necessary in the public 5 interest and to assure the coordinated, effective administra6 tion of the transportation programs of the Federal Gov7 ernment; to facilitate the development and improvement of 8 coordinated transportation service, to be provided by private 9 enterprise to the maximum extent feasible; to encourage co10 operation of Federal, State, and local governments, carriers, 11 labor, and other interested parties toward the achievement 12 of national transportation objectives; to stimulate technologi13 cal advances in transportation; to provide general leadership 14 in the identification and solution of transportation problems; 15 and to develop and recommend national transportation 16 policies and programs to accomplish these objectives with 17 full and appropriate consideration of the needs of the pub18 lic, users, carriers, industry, labor, and the national defense. 19 ESTABLISHMENT OF DEPARTMENT 20 SEC. 3. (a) There is hereby established at the seat of 21 government an executive department to be known as the 22 Department of Transportation (hereinafter referred to as the 23 "Department"). There shall be at the head of the Depart ment a Secretary of Transportation (hereinafter referred to |