Cord Byrd: “I rise today to introduce a critically important measure to ensure that sufficient funds will be made available over the…”

“I rise today to introduce a critically important measure to ensure that sufficient funds will be made available over the next six years to complete the Appalachian Development Highway System by the year 2003, some 38 years after the initial authorization of this vital 3,025-mile highway network. As Senators are aware, the funding authorizations for the Federal-Aid Highway program will expire at the end of fiscal year 1997. Consequently, one of the most important pieces of legislation we will take up during this congressional session will be the reauthorization of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act, or ISTEA. This legislation will provide new direction for our Federal highway and transit programs for the next six years.”