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H.R. 3389 (101st)

Billboard Control Act of 1989

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Introduced

2 October 1989

Last action

16 October 1989 · Referred

Status

Executive Comment Requested from DOT, OMB.

Sponsors

Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5], Rep. Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [R-FL-22], Rep. Pelosi, Nancy [D-CA-11], Rep. Scheuer, James H. [D-NY-8], Rep. Schneider, Claudine [R-RI-2], Rep. Kostmayer, Peter H. [D-PA-8], Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL], Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13], Rep. Andrews, Michael [D-TX-25], Rep. Wolpe, Howard E. [D-MI-3], Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10], Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4], Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4], Rep. Machtley, Ronald K. [R-RI-1], Rep. Kleczka, Gerald D. [D-WI-4], Rep. Smith, Peter [R-VT-At Large], Rep. Vento, Bruce F. [D-MN-4], Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5], Rep. Beilenson, Anthony C. [D-CA-24], Rep. Mazzoli, Romano L. [D-KY-3], Rep. Kolbe, Jim [R-AZ-8], Rep. Bilirakis, Michael [R-FL-9], Rep. Ravenel, Arthur, Jr. [R-SC-1], Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11], Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA], Rep. Solarz, Stephen J. [D-NY-13], Rep. Crockett, George W., Jr. [D-MI-13], Rep. Dixon, Julian C. [D-CA-32], Del. Fauntroy, Walter E. [D-DC-At Large], Rep. Traficant, James A., Jr. [D-OH-17], Rep. Dellums, Ronald V. [D-CA-9], Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10], Rep. Atkins, Chester G. [D-MA-5], Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-20], Rep. McCollum, Bill [R-FL-8], Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-11], Rep. Brown, George E., Jr. [D-CA-42], Rep. James, Craig T. [R-FL-4], Rep. Morella, Constance A. [R-MD-8], Rep. Bates, Jim [D-CA-44], Rep. Gibbons, Sam [D-FL-11], Rep. Udall, Morris K. [D-AZ-2], Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28], Rep. Moody, Jim [D-WI-5], Rep. Mfume, Kweisi [D-MD-7], Rep. Lewis, Thomas F. [R-FL-12], Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA], Rep. Ireland, Andrew P. [R-FL-10]

Subjects

Transport

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26 August 2025

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Summary

Billboard Control Act of 1989 - Revises Federal provisions with respect to restrictions on outdoor advertising adjacent to interstate and Federal-aid primary highways. Specifies that a State shall be treated as failing to provide effective control of the erection and maintenance of outdoor advertising signs, displays, and devices (signs): (1) unless the State submits to the Secretary of Transportation by December 1st of each year an inventory of conforming and non-conforming signs in such State; and (2) if the State allows vegetation located on any land on which the State owns a right-of-way for a highway to be cut to improve the visibility of such signs. Requires the Secretary to submit to the Congress a detailed annual report on the extent to which each State has complied with the requirements of this Act, including a compilation of inventories and a description of the Secretary's efforts to assure that necessary directional information about facilities providing goods and services of interest to the traveling public is available to motorists. Makes exceptions to restrictions under this Act for signs which are lawfully in existence on September 1, 1989, and those located in industrial or commercial areas.

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Timeline

  1. 2 October 1989

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on Public Works + Transportation.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 2 October 1989

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 2 October 1989

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 16 October 1989

    Committee

    Executive Comment Requested from DOT, OMB.

    Source: Committee

  5. 16 October 1989

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation.

    Source: Committee

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