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[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 476 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 476

   To amend title 23, United States Code, to eliminate the national 
              maximum speed limit, and for other purposes.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            February 27 (legislative day, February 22), 1995

  Mr. Nickles (for himself, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Helms, Mr. 
Ashcroft, and Mrs. Hutchison) introduced the following bill; which was 
  read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public 
                                 Works

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                                 A BILL

 
   To amend title 23, United States Code, to eliminate the national 
              maximum speed limit, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REPEAL OF NATIONAL MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT.

    (a) In General.--Section 154 of title 23, United States Code, is 
repealed.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) The analysis for chapter 1 of the title is amended by 
        striking the item relating to section 154.
            (2) Section 141 of the title is amended--
                    (A) by striking subsection (a);
                    (B) by redesignating subsections (b), (c), and (d) 
                as subsections (a), (b), and (c), respectively; and
                    (C) in subsection (b) (as so redesignated), by 
                striking ``subsection (b)'' each place it appears and 
                inserting ``subsection (a)''.
            (3) Section 123(c)(3) of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 
        1978 (Public Law 95-599; 23 U.S.C. 141 note) is amended by 
        striking ``section 141(b)'' and inserting ``section 141(a)''.
            (4) Section 153(i)(2) of title 23, United States Code, is 
        amended to read as follows:
            ``(2) Motor vehicle.--The term `motor vehicle' means any 
        vehicle driven or drawn by mechanical power manufactured 
        primarily for use on public highways, except any vehicle 
        operated exclusively on a rail or rails.''.
            (5) Section 1029 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation 
        Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-240; 23 U.S.C. 154 note) 
        is amended--
                    (A) by striking subsection (d); and
                    (B) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), and (g) 
                as subsections (d), (e), and (f), respectively.
            (6) Section 157(d) of title 23, United States Code, is 
        amended by striking ``154(f) or''.
            (7) Section 410(i)(3) of the title is amended to read as 
        follows:
            ``(3) Motor vehicle.--The term `motor vehicle' means any 
        vehicle driven or drawn by mechanical power manufactured 
        primarily for use on public highways, except any vehicle 
        operated exclusively on a rail or rails.''.
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