1978 STAA – Enrolled Bill Memo
Memo presented to President Carter on November 5, 1978 expressing the views of Administration agencies on the enrolled bill H.R. 11733, the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978.
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1987 STURAA – Enrolled Bill Memo
Memo presented to President Reagan on March 27, 1987 expressing the views of Administration agencies on the enrolled bill H.R. 2, the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987, recommending he veto the…
1968 Federal-Aid Highway Act – Enrolled Bill Memo
A series of memos presented to President Johnson in August 1968 pertaining to the enrolled bill S. 3418, the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1968. The President gave serious consideration to vetoing, or pocket vetoing, the…
1966 Federal-Aid Highway Act – Enrolled Bill Memo
Letters and cover memo presented to President Johnson on September 8, 1966 expressing the views of the various federal agencies on the enrolled bill S. 3155, the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1966, recommending that the…
1964 Federal-Aid Highway Act – Enrolled Bill Memo
Documents presented to President Johnson on August 6, 1964 giving the views of his Administration on the enrolled bill H.R. 10503, the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1964, and recommending that he sign the bill into…
1982 STAA White House Enrolled Bill Memo
Series of memos and letters presented to President Reagan on January 6, 1983 expressing the views of the Administration on the enrolled bill H.R. 6211, the Surface Transportation Assistance Act, including a 5 cent per…
1981 (Dec. 15) White House Legislative Strategy Group Federalism/Excise Tax Memo
December 15, 1981 memo from Richard Darman to the White House Legislative Strategy Group (headed by White House chief of staff James Baker) asking “Could an initiative that combines federalist initiatives (including blocs and role-sorting)…
1981 Drew Lewis Cabinet Memo Advocating Gas Tax Increase
December 15, 1981 memo from Transportation Secretary Drew Lewis to the Cabinet Council on Economic Affairs advocating a revenue increase equivalent to 5 cents per gallon of gasoline tax increase to pay for increased highway…
1981 (Dec. 8) White House Draft Federalism Initiative
Early iteration of the first Reagan Administration federalism plan – this one contemplated turning all non-Interstate highway programs and airport development back to states, along with excise tax receipts.
1981 (Oct. 29) Treasury Tax Analysis of Excise Tax Increases
October 29, 1981 memo from Greg Ballantine, Deputy Assistant Treasury Secretary (Tax Analysis) to Secretary Regan discussing the philosophical justifications of excise taxes and estimating the effect of a range of excise tax increases (including…
1981 Oct. 20 Cabinet Council on Economic Affairs Discussion of Gas Tax Increase
Memo from Roger Porter, CCEA coordinator, to Treasury Secretary Donald Regan regarding the October 20, 1981 meeting of the CCEA to discuss revenue enhancement measures. The discussion included Transportation Secretary Drew Lewis, HHS Secretary Richard…
1980 Reagan Transition Transportation Issues Task Force Report
November 28, 1980 report by the Transportation Issues Task Force of the Reagan transition team. Former Transportation Secretary Claude Brinegar was the head of the Task Force, and one of the Task Force members was…