Reorganization Plan No. IV (1940)
Text of Reorganization Plan No. IV submitted to the Congress on April 11, 1940 and allowed to take effect on June 30, 1940. Section 7 of this plan moved the Civil Aeronautics Authority and its…
1975 Bill to Establish an Independent FAA
Text of the bill S. 2434 (94th Congress), introduced by Sen. Barry Goldwater (R-AZ) on September 30, 1975, to remove the Federal Aviation Administration from DOT control and re-establish it as an independent Federal Aviation…
1976 Bill to Create Independent U.S. Air Traffic Services Corporation
Text of the bill H.R. 12165 (94th Congress), introduced by Rep. Teno Roncalio on February 26, 1976, creating a new United States Air Traffic Services Corporation to handle air traffic control.
1946 Draft Reorganization Plan Creating A Federal Transportation Agency
Draft Reorganization Plan from the Truman Administration creating a Federal Transportation Agency to include all functions currently exercised by the Public Roads Administration, the Coast Guard, the Civil Aeronautics Administration, the Civil Aeronautics Board, the…
Statement of Administration Policy on H.R. 3566 (Revised ISTIA) – October 22, 1991
White House Statement of Administration Policy on H.R. 3566 (102nd Congress). H.R. 3566 was a revised version of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Infrastructure Act (H.R. 2950) without the 5 cent per gallon gas tax increase…
Statement of Administration Policy on S. 1204 (STEA) – June 11, 1991
Statement of Administration Policy from the White House detailing a veto threat against the Senate’s version of the 1991 surface transportation reauthorization (S. 1204). Dated June 11, 1991.
Statement of Administration Policy on H.R. 2950 (ISTIA) – August 1, 1991
Statement of Administration Policy from the White House detailing a veto threat against the initial House Public Works and Transportation Committee version of the 1991 surface transportation legislation (H.R. 2950).
Moving America: New Directions, New Opportunities – Vol. 2 – A Statement of National Transportation Policy – Strategies for Action
The final volume of the George H.W. Bush Administration’s National Transportation Policy process, this February 1990 report from the U.S. Department of Transportation summarizes the national transportation policy themes and goals of the Bush Administration,…
Moving America: New Directions, New Opportunities – Vol. 1 – Building the National Transportation Policy
Volume 1 of the George H.W. Bush Administration’s National Transportation Policy process, this July 1989 report from the U.S. Department of Transportation “is an overview of our current situation, a snapshot of the current transportation…
1991 ISTEA Signing Speeches and Statements
President George H.W. Bush’s speeches and signing statements for the ISTEA law on December 18, 1991.
Transportation Policy History – Archive of Etw Articles
Someone once asked me if all of the transportation policy history articles I have written for ETW were collected in one place. They were not, so now they are. Multi-Part Series: A Conversation With Alan Boyd, the First U.S. Secretary of Transportation Part 1 (February…
Surface Transportation Policy Partnership Archive
For over a quarter century, the Surface Transportation Policy Project (STPP) worked to ensure safer communities and smarter transportation choices that enhance the economy, improve public health, promote social equity, and protect the environment. From its earliest days impacting the landmark Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, STPP was always on the vanguard of transportation reform in the United States.
Eno is proud to host the archive of STPP’s website which contains a repository of STPP reports, information, and activities.