Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act

The Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987 (Pub.

The bill was introduced in House by Glenn Anderson (D-CA) on January 6, 1987.

The bill nominally gave power to apportion money to the Secretary of Transportation.

[1] It also allowed states to raise the speed limit to 65 miles per hour (105 km/h) on rural Interstate highways (101 Stat.

Ronald Reagan notably vetoed this bill, shortly after the Tower commission report on the Iran-Contra incident came out, and he attempted to use the veto override vote as a show of his continued strength and influence over the senate.