To amend title 23, United States Code, to increase the national maximum speed limit on any highway which is located outside an urbanized area with a population of 50,000 or more, which is constructed to interstate standards, and which is not connected to the Interstate System, and for other purposes.

Prohibits the Secretary of Transportation from approving certain highway-related projects in any State which has a maximum speed limit in excess of 65 miles per hour (mph) on any highway which is located outside an urbanized area with a population of 50,000 or more and is constructed to interstate standards. (Eliminates the further condition under existing law that the highway is connected to the Interstate System.)

Directs the Secretary to study and report to the Congress on the effects on highway safety of increasing (under this Act) the maximum speed limit above 55 mph on highways with four lanes or more open to traffic.

[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]
[H.R. 2378 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2378

To amend title 23, United States Code, to increase the national maximum 
 speed limit on any highway which is located outside an urbanized area 
 with a population of fifty thousand or more, which is constructed to 
  interstate standards, and which is not connected to the Interstate 
                    System, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 10, 1993

Mr. Lancaster (for himself, Mr. Bereuter, Mr. Fingerhut, Mr. Geren, Mr. 
  Minge, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Sisisky, Mr. 
  Solomon, Mrs. Vucanovich, and Mr. Wilson) introduced the following 
     bill; which was referred to the Committee on Public Works and 
                             Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 23, United States Code, to increase the national maximum 
 speed limit on any highway which is located outside an urbanized area 
 with a population of fifty thousand or more, which is constructed to 
  interstate standards, and which is not connected to the Interstate 
                    System, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. NATIONAL MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT.

    Section 154(a)(3)(A) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``and connected to a highway on the Interstate System''.

SEC. 2. EFFECTS ON HIGHWAY SAFETY.

    (a) Study.--The Secretary of Transportation shall conduct a study 
of the effects on highway safety of increasing under the amendment made 
by section 1 of this Act the maximum speed limit above fifty-five miles 
per hour on highways with four lanes or more open to traffic.
    (b) Report.--Not later than two years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall transmit 
to Congress a report on the results of the study conducted under this 
section.

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