An Act to provide for scenic development and road beautification of the Federal-aid highway systems
Enacted by
the 89th United States Congress
Citations
Public law
89–285[1]
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate as S. 2084
Passed the House on October 8, 1965 (245-138)
Passed the Senate on September 16, 1965
Signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on October 22, 1965
In the United States, highway beautification is the subject of the Highway Beautification Act (HBA), passed in the Senate on September 16, 1965 and in the U.S. House of Representatives on October 8, 1965, and signed by the President Lyndon B. Johnson on October 22, 1965.[2] This created "23 USC 131" or Section 131 of Title 23, United States Code (1965), commonly referred to as "Title I of the Highway Beautification Act of 1965, as Amended",[3] and nicknamed "Lady Bird's Bill."[4] It was the pet project of the First Lady, Lady Bird Johnson, who believed that beauty, and generally clean streets, would make the U.S. a better place to live.[5]
The act called for control of outdoor advertising, including removal of certain types of signs, along the nation's growing Interstate Highway System and the existing federal-aid primary highway system. It also required certain junkyards along Interstate or primary highways to be removed or screened and encouraged scenic enhancement and roadside development.[2]
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