A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Transportation to withhold the apportionment of certain Federal-aid highway funds to any State that does not establish parking privileges for handicapped persons, and for other purposes.

Summary

Requires each State to: (1) establish parking privileges for handicapped persons (whether drivers or passengers); (2) grant handicapped non-residents the same parking privileges as handicapped residents; (3) establish the international access symbol as the exclusive identifier for handicapped parking and vehicles; and (4) certify to the Secretary of Transportation by a specified date that parking privileges for the handicapped are being enforced. Prohibits the Secretary from approving the State highway department project plans of any State which has failed to establish handicapped parking privileges under this Act. Requires the Secretary to withhold certain Federal-aid highway funds from a non-compliant State.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 3 December 1985

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