(Anyone wanting a complete history of ISTEA would be well advised to read this article by Richard Weingroff from Public Roads magazine in 2001.)

The Administration Proposal

• The 1990 National Transportation Policy (“Moving America: New Directions, New Opportunities”).
• Video of President Bush and Secretary Skinner announcing the National Transportation Policy.
• Video of Secretary Skinner describing the National Transportation Policy in a Q&A session at the National Press Club.
• Text of the Bush Administration’s proposed bill (introduced by request in the House as H.R. 1351).
• Section-by-section summary of the Bush Administration’s proposed bill.
• Video of Secretary Skinner briefing reporters on the proposed bill.
• Video of President Bush briefing reporters on the proposed bill.
• GAO analysis of the Administration’s bill.
• Video of National Press Club roundtable on the Administration bill and the future of highways and mass transit.
• Video of APTA forum on how to get increased mass transit spending in the reauthorization process.

The Senate Bill

• Text of S. 965 (STEA) as introduced by Sen. Moynihan on April 25, 1991.
• Senate Environment and Public Works hearings on S. 965 – May 13-14, 1991.
• Text of S. 1204 (a “clean bill,” STEA) as reported in lieu of S. 965 from the Environment and Public Works Committee on June 4, 1991.
• Text of S. 1194 (mass transit) as reported from the Banking Committee on June 11, 1991 and later incorporated into S. 1204.
• White House Statement of Administration Policy on S. 1204 (June 11, 1991).
• Video of Senate floor debate on S. 1204 – June 11, June 12, June 13, June 14, June 17, June 18, and June 19, 1991.
• Congressional Record of Senate floor debate on S. 1204 – June 11, June 12, June 13, June 14, June 17, June 18, and June 19, 1991.
• Text of S. 1204 as passed by the Senate on June 19, 1991.

The House Bill

• Text of H.R. 2950 (ISTIA) as introduced in the House on July 18, 1991.
• Video of the House Public Works and Transportation Committee’s markup of H.R. 2950 on July 26, 1991.
• Text of H.R. 2950 as reported from Public Works on July 31, 1991 and then reported from Ways and Means with the revenue title.
• Video of the House Rules Committee hearing on H.R. 2950 on August 1, 1991.
• White House Statement of Administration Policy on H.R. 2950 (August 1, 1991).
• Text of H.R. 3566, the revised House ISTIA bill without the gas tax increase and with lower spending levels spread over six, instead of five, years – as introduced on October 16, 1991.
• White House Statement of Administration Policy on H.R. 3566 (October 22, 1991).
• Text of H. Res. 252, the special rule from the House Rules Committee making H.R. 3566 in order as substitute text for H.R. 2950.
• Video of House floor debate on H.R. 2950 – October 23, 1991.
• Congressional Record of House floor debate on H.R. 2950 – October 23, 1991.
• Text of H.R. 2950 as passed by the House on October 23, 1991.

The Final Legislation

• Conference report to accompany H.R. 2950 – November 27, 1991.
• Video of House floor debate on the ISTEA conference report – November 27, 1991.
• Congressional Record of House floor debate on the ISTEA conference report (this was an all-nighter – debate starts on p. 35498) – November 27 (legislative day of November 26), 1991.
• Video of Senate floor debate on the ISTEA conference report – November 27, 1991 (starts at the 52 minute mark and ends at the 5 hour, 40 minute mark).
• Congressional Record of Senate floor debate on the ISTEA conference report – November 27, 1991.
• Speeches and signing statements on H.R. 2950 – December 18, 1991.
• Senator Moynihan’s official complaint about how the Members of Congress at the signing ceremony were treated by the Secret Service (see page 1005 in the Record).
• Text of Public Law 102-240 – the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991.
• USDOT summary pamphlet explaining the ISTEA law.
• Collection of fact sheets on ISTEA programs under the jurisdiction of the Federal Highway Administration.
• Summary of ISTEA mass transit provisions.
• Summary of ISTEA environmental provisions.
• Summary of ISTEA motor carrier safety provisions.