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Emergency Highway Energy Conservation Act

U.S. law of 2 January 1974 that set a national maximum highway speed limit of 55 miles per hour.

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2 Jan 1974
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  • Richard Nixon Primary record 3

    He asked Congress on 7 November for authority to reduce speed limits nationwide.

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  1. 2 Jan 1974 Emergency Highway Energy Conservation Act
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  1. Oil Embargo, 1973–1974 (Milestones in the History of U.S. Foreign Relations), U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Primary record
    These measures included the creation of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, a national 55-mile-per-hour speed limit on U.S. highways, and later, President Gerald R. Ford’s administration’s imposition of fuel economy standards.
  2. Public Law 93-239, Emergency Highway Energy Conservation Act (87 Stat. 1046), U.S. Government Publishing Office, 2 Jan 1974. Primary record
  3. Address to the Nation About Policies To Deal With the Energy Shortages, 7 November 1973 (excerpt), Yale Program on Energy History, 7 Nov 1973. Primary record
    Fifth, it would provide the Federal Government with authority to reduce highway speed limits throughout the Nation.
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  1. Add The Oil Weapon: the 1973 oil embargo, from OPEC's founding to the Strategic Petroleum ReserveAlibekb19881d

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