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23 U.S.C. § 401

Authority of the Secretary

United States · Title 23 — HIGHWAYS · Status: effective

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23 U.S.C. § 401, Authority of the Secretary, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/459125
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The Secretary is authorized and directed to assist and cooperate with other Federal departments and agencies, State and local governments, private industry, and other interested parties, to increase highway safety. For the purposes of this chapter, the term “State” means any one of the fifty States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Legislative history

The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.

  • Amended byPub. L. 93-87(S. 502)1973-08-13
    An Act to authorize appropriations for the construction of certain highways in accordance with title 23 of the United States Code, and for other purposes.
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 98-363(H.R. 4616)1984-07-17
    A bill to amend the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 to require States to use at least eight percent of their highway safety apportionments for developing and implementing comprehensive programs concerning the use of child restraint systems in motor vehicles, and for other purposes.
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 100-17(H.R. 2)1987-04-02
    Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally