HIGHWAY SAFETY STUDY.

SEC. 117. HIGHWAY SAFETY STUDY. The Secretary of Commerce is authorized and directed to make a full and complete investigation and study for the purpose of determining what action can be taken by the Federal Government to promote the public welfare by increasing highway safety in the United States. In making such investigation and study the Secretary of Commerce shall give consideration to— (1) the need for Federal assistance to State and local governments in the enforcement of necessary highway safety and speed requirements and the forms such assistance should take; (2) the advisability and practicability of uniform State and local highway safety and speed laws and what steps should be taken by the Federal Government to promote the adoption of such uniform laws; (3) possible means of promoting highway safety in the manufacture of the various types of vehicles used on the highways; (4) educational programs to promote highway safety; (5) the design and physical characteristics of highways; and (6) such other matters as it may deem advisable and appropriate. The Secretary of Commerce shall report his findings, together with such recommendations as he may deem advisable, to the Congress not later than March 1, 1959. The Secretary of Commerce shall conduct such study and investigation under the general authority contained in section 10 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1954; except that the amount expended for the purposes of this section shall not exceed $200,000.