An original bill to approve the Interstate Cost Estimate and Interstate Substitute Cost Estimate.
Public Law 99-104 · S. 1514 · 99th Congress · began in the Senate
Signed by Ronald Reagan (R) on Sep 30, 1985 · Transportation and Public Works
Sponsor: Sen. Steven Symms (R-ID)
Cosponsors: None
Passage votes
- HouseVoice vote
- SenateVoice vote
Data notes
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Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to apportion for expenditure on the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways the sums authorized to be appropriated in accordance with the interstate cost estimate for FY 1987.
Directs the Secretary to apportion for FY 1986 the sums to be apportioned for expenditure on substitute highway and mass transit projects.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Data notes
A committee links to its page only where it exists in the current Congress; older and renamed committees are named without a link.
Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 9 actions.
- Sep 30, 1985Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 99-104.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Sep 26, 1985PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Sep 19, 1985FloorFloor · Passed House by Voice Vote.
- FloorFloor · Called up by House by Unanimous Consent.
- Jul 30, 1985FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
- Jul 29, 1985CommitteeCommittee · Reported original measure by Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
- CommitteeCommittee · Markup by Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the Senate
Data notes
Shows the introduction, each committee and subcommittee step the source dates (referral, hearings, markup, report, discharge), and the floor, conference, presidential and became-law steps. Calendar placements, messages between the chambers, amendments and committee report numbers are not shown for laws before the 108th Congress. Two entries the source lists twice are shown once.
Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.