Federal Highway Beautification Assistance Act of 1979

Summary

Federal Highway Beautification Assistance Act - Amends the Highway Beautification Act of 1965 to assist states in the control of outdoor advertising in areas adjacent to the Interstate System and the primary system. Permits each State to establish its own statewide system to control outdoor advertising. Eliminates the ten percent reduction in Federal highway funds to be appropriated to such State for failure to provide for such effective control. Increases from 75 to 80 percent the Federal share of acquisition costs incurred by the State in compensating the owner of previously lawful signs, displays, or devices. Increases from 75 to 80 percent the Federal share of acquisition costs incurred by the State in compensating the owner of real property on which such signs, displays, or devices are located.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.

Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 6 February 1979

  Open at official source

Sponsors

No sponsors or actors listed by the source.

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.