Senate Joint Resolution No. 20--Committee on Transpo
    rtation

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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION--Urging Congress to approve the 
       designation of the National Highway System.


  WHEREAS, The present interstate highway system 
in the United States will be inadequate to meet the needs of 
local and interstate commerce in the 21st century; and
  WHEREAS, The Secretary of Transportation has 
submitted a proposal to Congress for the designation of the 
National Highway System; and
  WHEREAS, More than $6.5 billion in federal 
funding for highways will not be allocated to the states 
unless the designation of the National Highway System is 
approved by Congress not later than September 30, 1995; and
  WHEREAS, The National Highway System will 
consist of a network of highways which are vitally important 
to the strategic defense policy of the United States; and
  WHEREAS, The National Highway System will 
reduce traffic congestion which presently costs travelers 
approximately $1 billion each year in lost productivity in 
each of the nation's eight largest metropolitan areas; and
  WHEREAS, The National Highway System will 
connect important urban areas which are not presently served 
by an interstate highway; and
  WHEREAS, The National Highway System will 
benefit consumers by reducing the cost of transporting goods 
within the United States; and
  WHEREAS, The National Highway System will 
include the entire 545 miles of the interstate highway 
system in Nevada; and
  WHEREAS, Although only 4.7 percent of the 
highways in Nevada will be included in the National Highway 
System, those highways will account for approximately 66 
percent of the motor vehicle traffic in Nevada; and
  WHEREAS, The National Highway System will 
improve access for visitors to such destinations as Lake 
Tahoe, Lake Mead and Jackpot, Nevada; now, therefore, be it
  RESOLVED BY THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF 
NEVADA, JOINTLY, That the Nevada Legislature hereby 
urges Congress to approve the designation of the National 
Highway System; and be it further
  RESOLVED, That the Secretary of the Senate 
prepare and transmit a copy of this resolution to the Vice 
President of the United States as the presiding officer of 
the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and 
each member of the Nevada Congressional Delegation; and be 
it further
  RESOLVED, That this resolution becomes 
effective upon passage and approval.

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