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Version 28 · Reported to House without amendment, Part I · Sep 22, 2010
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Directs the Secretary of Transportation, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and in cooperation with the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, to update the FHWA's research report entitled "Reduced Lighting On Freeways During Periods Of Low Traffic Density," FHWA/RD-86/018, dated August, 1985.
Requires the Secretary, based on the updated report, to issue guidance to states on reducing lighting on the federal-aid system during low traffic density periods.
People & committees
Rep. Gerlach, Jim [R-PA-6] · R–PA
Legislative record
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Committee on Science and Technology discharged.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 393.
Committee on Science and Technology discharged.
House Committee on Science and Technology Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Nov. 15, 2010.
Reported by the Committee on Transportation. H. Rept. 111-614, Part I.
Reported by the Committee on Transportation. H. Rept. 111-614, Part I.
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Discharged.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Referred to House Science and Technology
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Science and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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