Volume 49
Public Law 74–732
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate and report on traffic conditions, with recommendations for corrective legislation.
Approved June 23, 1936
Statutory text
AN ACT
To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate and report on traffic conditions, with recommendations for corrective legislation.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of American in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized and directed to use during the fiscal years ending June 30, 1936, and June 30, 1937, such part as may be necessary of the administrative fund of the Bureau of Public Roads, but not to exceed a total of $75,000, for study and research
Cooperation with States, etc.
of traffic conditions and measures for their improvement, and to cooperate with Federal, State, District of Columbia, and municipal authorities, and other agencies, in coimection with such study and
Proviso.
Amount for printing.
research: Provided, That not to exceed $5,000 of the said sum may be used for printing necessary for the purposes of the work authorized and directed by this paragraph.
Sec. 2.
The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized and directed to make a preliminary report to Congress within the next nine months of the results of the above study and research, and of the status of uniform motor-vehicle traffic laws throughout the country, and not later than J une 30, 1937, to make a complete report with his recommendations, including suggestions for legislation, which will promote the necessary uniformity in such laws.
Approved, June 23, 1936.