Outdoor advertising control along federal-aid highways

The original legislation created a Federal program to control advertising along federally funded highways was enacted in 1958, but major restructuring occurred in 1965 trhough enactment of Highway Beautification act. Current proposals now before Congress, if enacted, may remove some of the obstacles which have slowed the removal of billboards along Federal-aid highways. This report reviews the Federal program for controlling outdoor advertising along Federal-aid highways: the status of the current program, its evolution, and proposed amendments.,Current Program -- Before the Highway Beautification Act of 1965 -- Highway Beautification Act. 1968 Amendments ; 1974 Amendments ; 1978 Amendments -- Status of Removal Program -- Proposals for Change. Administration Bills ; Gorton Bill.,Malcolm M. Simmons, Specialist, Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division.,CRS 86-605 ENR,"May 2, 1986.",SuDoc# 14. 18/3