America's Highways 1776–1976: A History of the Federal-Aid Program/Legislation
HIGHWAY RELATED LEGISLATION
The following is a chronological list of national laws which have had a significant impact on the growth and development of the Federal-Aid Highway System. The full title, date of passage and citation number are given for each reference.
| Title | Date | Number |
| Land Grant to Ohio Act of 1823 | Feb. 28, 1823 | 3 Stat 727 |
| Agriculture Appropriation Act of 1894 | Mar. 3, 1893 | 27 Stat 134 |
| Agriculture Appropriation Act of 1895 | Aug. 8, 1894 | 28 Stat 264 |
| Agriculture Appropriation Act of 1896 | Mar. 2, 1895 | 28 Stat 727 |
| Agriculture Appropriation Act of 1897 | Apr. 25, 1896 | 29 Stat 99 |
| Agriculture Appropriation Act of 1898 | Apr. 28, 1897 | 30 Stat 1 |
| Agriculture Appropriation Act of 1899 | Mar. 22, 1898 | 30 Stat 30 |
| Agriculture Appropriation Act of 1900 | Mar. 1, 1899 | 30 Stat 47 |
| Agriculture Appropriation Act of 1901 | May 25, 1900 | 31 Stat 191 |
| Agriculture Appropriation Act of 1902 | Mar. 2, 1901 | 31 Stat 22 |
| Agriculture Appropriation Act of 1903 | June 3, 1902 | 32 Stat 286 |
| Agriculture Appropriation Act of 1904 | Mar. 3, 1903 | 32 Stat 1147 |
| Agriculture Appropriation Act of 1905 | Apr. 23, 1904 | 33 Stat 226 |
| Agriculture Appropriation Act of 1906 | Mar. 3, 1905 | 33 Stat 361 |
| Agriculture Appropriation Act of 1907 | June 30, 1906 | 34 Stat 369 |
| Agriculture Appropriation Act of 1908 | Mar. 4, 1907 | 34 Stat 2256 |
| Agriculture Appropriation Act of 1909 | May 23, 1908 | 35 Stat 251 |
| Agriculture Appropriation Act of 1910 | Mar. 4, 1909 | 35 Stat 1039 |
| Agriculture Appropriation Act of 1911 | May 26, 1910 | 36 Stat 416 |
| Agriculture Appropriation Act of 1912 | Mar. 4, 1911 | 36 Stat 1235 |
| Post Office Appropriation Act of 1913 | Aug. 24, 1912 | 37 Stat 551 |
| Agriculture Appropriation Act of 1914 | Mar. 4, 1913 | 37 Stat 828 |
| Agriculture Appropriation Act of 1915 | June 30, 1914 | 38 Stat 415 |
| Agriculture Appropriation Act of 1916 | Mar. 4, 1915 | 38 Stat 1088 |
| Federal Aid Road Act of 1916 | July 11, 1916 | 39 Stat 355 |
| Post Office Appropriation Act of 1917 | July 28, 1916 | 39 Stat 412 |
| Agriculture Appropriation Act of 1917 | Aug. 11, 1916 | 39 Stat 446 |
| Agriculture Appropriation Act of 1918 | Mar. 4, 1917 | 39 Stat 1134 |
| Post Office Appropriation Act of 1919 | July 2, 1918 | 40 Stat 742 |
| Agriculture Appropriation Act of 1919 | Oct. 1, 1918 | 40 Stat 973 |
| Post Office Appropriation Act of 1920 | Feb. 28, 1919 | 40 Stat 1189 |
| Army Appropriation Act of 1919 | July 11, 1919 | 41 Stat 105 |
| Agriculture Appropriation Act of 1920 | July 24, 1919 | 41 Stat 234 |
| Wadsworth-Kahn Act of 1920 | Mar. 15, 1920 | 41 Stat 530 |
| Agriculture Appropriation Act of 1921 | May 31, 1920 | 41 Stat 694 |
| Agriculture Appropriation Act of 1922 | Mar. 3, 1921 | 41 Stat 1315 |
| Budget and Accounting Act | June 10, 1921 | 42 Stat 207 |
| Federal Highway Act of 1921 | Nov. 9, 1921 | 42 Stat 22 |
| Post Office Appropriation Act of 1923 | June 19, 1922 | 42 Stat 660 |
| Federal- Aid Highway Amendment of 1925 | Feb. 12, 1925 | 43 Stat 889 |
| Federal-Aid Highway Amendment of 1926 | June 22, 1926 | 44 Stat 760 |
| Agriculture Appropriation Act of 1928 | Jan. 18, 1927 | 44 Stat 976 |
| Federal-Aid Highway Amendment 1927 | Mar. 3, 1927 | 44 Stat 1398 |
| Federal-Aid Highway Amendment 1928 | May 21, 1928 | 45 Stat 683 |
| Federal-Aid Highway Amendment 1930 | May 5, 1930 | 46 Stat 261 |
| George Washington Memorial Parkway Act 1930 | May 29, 1930 | 46 Stat 482 |
| Emergency Construction Act of 1930 | Dec. 20, 1930 | 46 Stat 1030 |
| Federal-Aid Highway Amendment 1931 | Jan. 31, 1931 | 46 Stat 1053 |
| Emergency Relief and Construction Act 1932 | July 21, 1932 | 47 Stat 709 |
| National Industrial Recovery Act | June 16, 1933 | 48 Stat 195 |
| Hayden-Cartwright Act of 1934 | June 18, 1934 | 48 Stat 993 |
| Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 | Apr. 8, 1935 | 49 Stat 115 |
| Davis-Bacon Act 1935 | Apr. 30, 1935 | 49 Stat 1011 |
| Federal-Aid Highway Act Amendment 1937 | June 16, 1936 | 49 Stat 1519 |
| Federal-Aid Highway Act 1938 | June 8, 1938 | 52 Stat 633 |
| Defense Highway Act 1941 | Nov. 19, 1941 | 55 Stat 765 |
| Inter-American Highway Act 1941 | Dec. 26, 1941 | 55 Stat 860 |
| Defense Highway Act Amendment 1942 | July 2, 1942 | 56 Stat 562 |
| Federal-Aid Highway Amendment 1943 | July 13, 1943 | 57 Stat 560 |
| Federal-Aid Highway Act 1944 | Dec. 20, 1944 | 58 Stat 838 |
| Federal-Aid Highway Amendment 1945 | July 31, 1945 | 59 Stat 507 |
| Philippine Rehabilitation Act 1946 | Apr. 30, 1946 | 60 Stat 128 |
| Federal-Aid Highway Amendment 1946 | July 29, 1946 | 60 Stat 709 |
| Federal-Aid Highway Amendment 1947 | June 21, 1947 | 61 Stat 136 |
| Federal-Aid Highway Act 1948 | June 29, 1948 | 62 Stat 1105 |
| Federal-Aid Highway Act 1950 | Sept. 7, 1950 | 64 Stat 785 |
| Budget and Accounting Procedures Act | Sept. 12, 1950 | 64 Stat 832 |
| Federal-Aid Highway Act 1952 | June 25, 1952 | 66 Stat 158 |
| Departments of State, Justice and Commerce Appropriation Act 1954 | Aug. 5, 1953 | 67 Stat 367 |
| Federal-Aid Highway Act 1954 | May 6, 1954 | 68 Stat 70 |
| Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriation Act 1956 | June 30, 1955 | 69 Stat 226 |
| Inter-American Highway Appropriation Act | July 1, 1955 | 69 Stat 244 |
| Supplemental Appropriation Act 1956 | Aug. 4, 1955 | 69 Stat 450 |
| Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 | June 29, 1956 | 70 Stat 374 |
| Highway Revenue Act of 1956 | June 29, 1956 | 70 Stat 387 |
| Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1958 | Aug. 7, 1958 | 72 Stat 389 |
| Alaska Statehood Act | Apr. 16, 1958 | 72 Stat 89 |
| Alaska Omnibus Act | June 25, 1959 | 73 Stat 141 |
| Federal-Aid Highway Act 1959 | Sept. 21, 1959 | 73 Stat 611 |
| Mutual Security Appropriation Act 1960 | Sept. 28, 1959 | 73 Stat 717 |
| Federal-Aid Highway Act 1960 | July 14, 1960 | 74 Stat 522 |
| National Driver Register Service Act | Aug. 14, 1960 | 74 Stat 526 |
| Federal-Aid Highway Act 1961 | June 29, 1961 | 75 Stat 122 |
| Federal-Aid Highway Act 1962 | Oct. 23, 1962 | 76 Stat 1145 |
| Federal-Aid Highway Amendments Act 1963 | Oct. 24, 1963 | 77 Stat 276 |
| Urban Mass Transportation Act 1964 | July 9, 1964 | 78 Stat 302 |
| Federal-Aid Highway Act 1964 | Aug. 13, 1964 | 78 Stat 397 |
| Government Employees Salary Reform Act of 1964 | Aug. 14, 1964 | 78 Stat 400 |
| Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 Amendments 1965 | Aug. 28, 1965 | 79 Stat 578 |
| Highway Beautiflcation Act of 1965 | Oct. 22, 1965 | 79 Stat 1028 |
| National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act 1966 | Sept. 9, 1966 | 80 Stat 718 |
| Highway Safety Act 1966 | Sept. 9, 1966 | 80 Stat 731 |
| Federal-Aid Highway Act 1966 | Sept. 13, 1966 | 80 Stat 766 |
| Historic Preservation Act 1966 | Oct. 15, 1966 | 80 Stat 915 |
| Department of Transportation Act 1966 | Oct. 15, 1966 | 80 Stat 931 |
| Highway Interstate Systems Modification Act 1968 | Jan. 2, 1968 | 81 Stat 772 |
| Federal-Aid Highway Act 1968 | Aug. 23, 1968 | 82 Stat 815 |
| National Environmental Policy Act 1969 | Jan. 1, 1970 | 83 Stat 852 |
| Clean Air Amendments of 1970 | Dec. 31, 1970 | 84 Stat 1676 |
| Federal-Aid Highway Act 1970 | Dec. 31, 1970 | 84 Stat 1713 |
| Highway Safety Act 1970 | Dec. 31, 1970 | 84 Stat 1739 |
| Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 | Jan. 2, 1971 | 84 Stat 1894 |
| Noise Control Act of 1972 | Oct. 27, 1972 | 86 Stat 1234 |
| Federal-Aid Highway Act 1973 | Aug. 13, 1973 | 87 Stat 250 |
| Emergency Highway Energy Conservation Act 1974 | Jan. 2, 1974 | 87 Stat 1046 |
| National Mass Transportation Assistance Act 1974 | Nov. 26, 1974 | 88 Stat 1565 |
| Federal-Aid Highway Amendments of 1974 | Jan. 4, 1975 | 88 Stat 2281 |
| Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1976 | May 5, 1976 | 90 Stat 425 |