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(e) Section 5(c) of the Food Stamp Act of 1964 (7 U.S.C. 2014(c)) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "For the purposes of this section, the term 'able-bodied adult person' shall not mclude any narcotics addict or alcoholic who regularly participates, as a resident or nonresident, in any drug addiction or alcoholic treatment and rehabilitation program." (f) Section 10 of the Food Stamp Act of 1964 (7 U.S.C. 2019) is amended by inserting at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(i) Subject to such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the Secretary in the regulations pursuant to this Act, members of an eligible household who are narcotics addicts or alcoholics and regularly participate in a drug addiction or alcoholic treatment and rehabilitation program may use coupons issued to them to purchase food prepared for or served to them during the course of such program by a private nonprofit organization or institution which meets requirements (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (h) above. Meals served pursuant to this subsection shall be deemed 'food' for the purposes of this Act." (g) Section 5(b) is amended by inserting the following before the period at the end of the second sentence: ": Provided, That such standards shall take into account payments in kind received from an employer by members of a household, if such payments are in lieu of or supplemental to household income: Provided further, That such payments in kind shall be limited only to housing provided by such employer to such employee and shall be the actual value of such housing but in no event shall such value be considered to be in excess of the sum of $25.00 per month". (h) The fourth sentence of section 5(b) is amended to read as follows: "The Secretary may also establish temporary emergency standards of eligibility for the duration of the emergency, without regard to income and other financial resources, for households that are the victims of a mechanical disaster which disrupts the distribution of coupons, and for households that are victims of a disaster which disrupted commercial channels of food distribution when he determines that such households are in need of temporary food assistance, and that commercial channels of food distribution have again become available to meet the temporary food needs of such households: Provided, That the Secretary shall m the case of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands, establish special standards of eligibility and coupon allotment schedules which reflect the average per capita income and cost of obtaining a nutritionally adequate diet in Puerto Rico and the respective territories; except that in no event shall the standards of eligibility or coupon allotment schedules so used exceed those in the fifty States." (i) Section 10(e) is amended by striking out "and (6) " and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "(6) issuance of coupon allotments no less often than two times per month; (7) notwithstanding any other provision of law, the institution of procedures under which any household participating in the program shall be entitled, if it so elects, to have the charges, if any, for its coupon allotment deducted from any grant or payment such household may be entitled to receive under title TV of the Social Security Act and have its coupon allotment distributed to it with such grant or payment; and (8) "; and (2) by adding at the end thereof the following: "The State agency is required to submit, prior to January 1, 1974, for approval, a plan of

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operation specifying the manner in whicla such State agency intends to conduct the program in every political subdivision in the State, unless such State agency can demonstrate that for any political subdivision it is impossible or impracticable to extend the program to such subdivision. The Secretary shall make a determination of approval or disapproval of a plan of operation submitted by a State agency in sufficient time to permit institution of such plan by no later than June 30, 1974." (j) Section 16(a) is amended by striking out in the first sentence "June 30, 1972, and June 30, 1973" and substituting "June 30, 1972, through June 30, 1977", and by inserting at the end of the first sentence of subsection (a) the following new sentence: "Sums appropriated under the provisions of this Act shall, notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, continue to remain available until expended." (k) Section 10(h) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "Subject to such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the Secretary, in the regulations issued pursuant to this Act, members of an eligible household who are sixty years of age or over or elderly persons and their spouses may also use coupons issued to them to purchase meals prepared by senior citizens' centers, apartment buildings occupied primarily by elderly persons, any public or nonprofit private school which prepares meals especially for elderly persons, any public or nonprofit private eating establishment which prepares meals especially for elderly persons during special hours, and any other public or nonprofit private establishment approved for such purpose by the Secretary. When an appropriate State or local agency contracts with a private establishment to offer, at concessional prices, meals prepared especially for elderly persons during regular or special hours, the Secretary shall permit eligible households who are sixty years of age or over or elderly persons and their spouses to use coupons issued to them to purchase such meals." (1) Section 3(b) of the Food Stamp Act of 1964 (7 U.S.C. 2012(b)) is amended to read as follows: "The t«rm 'food' means any food or food product for home consumption except alcoholic beverages and tobacco and shall also include seeds and plants for use in gardens to produce food for the personal consumption of the eligible household." (m) Section 7(a) of the Food Stamp Act of 1964 (7 U.S.C. 2016 (a)) is amended to read as follows: " (a) The face value of the coupon allotment which State agencies shall be authorized to issue to any households certified as eligible to participate in the food stamp program shall be in such amount as the Secretary determines to be the cost of a nutritionally adequate diet, adjusted semiannually by the nearest dollar increment that is a multiple of two to reflect changes in the prices of food published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the Department of Labor to be implemented commencing with the allotments of January 1, 1974, incorporating the changes in the prices of food through August 31, 1973, but in no event shall such adjustments be made for value of the coupon allotment for such households, as calculated above, is a minimum of $2.00." (n) The following new section is added at the end of such Act: "SEC. 17. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, members of eligible households living in the State of Alaska shall be permitted in accordance with such rules and regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, to purchase hunting and fishing equipment for the purpose of procuring food for the household except firearms, ammunition.

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and other explosives, with coupons issued under this Act if the Secretary determines that (1) such households are located in an area of the State which makes it extremely difficult for members of such households to reach retail food stores, and (2) such households depend to a substantial extent on hunting and fishing for subsistence purposes." (o) Section 3(f) of the Food Stamp Act of 1964 (7 U.S.C. 2012(f)) is amended by striking the second sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following new sentence: " I t shall also mean a political subdivision or a private nonprofit organization or institution that meets the requirements of section 10(h) or 10 (i) of this Act." (p) Section 3(e) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "Eesidents of federally subsidized housing for the elderly, built under either section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. iTOlq), or section 236 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 17l5z-l) shall not be considered residents of an institution or boarding house for purposes of eligibility for food stamps under this Act."

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COMMODITY D I S T E I B U T I O N P R O G R A M SEC. 4. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized until July 1, 1974 (1) to use funds available to carry out the provisions of section 32 of Public Law No. 320, Seventy-fourth Congress, as amended (7 U.S.C. 612c), and 49 Stat. 774. not expended or needed for such purpose to purchase, without regard to the provisions of existing law governing the expenditure of public funds, agricultural commodities and their products of the types customarily purchased under section 32 for donation to maintain the annually programmed level of assistance for schools, domestic relief distribution, and such other domestic food assistance programs as are authorized by law, and (2) if stocks of the Commodity Credit Corporation are not available, to use the funds of the Corporation to purchase agricultural commodities and the products thereof of the types customarily available under section 416 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 to meet such requirements. 86^stat^\'49^2^' (b) The Secretary is prohibited from furnishing commodities to 7 USC 1431'. summer camps as authorized under section 416 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, section 32 of Public Law 74-320, and section 709 of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1965 if the number of adults participat79 Stat. 1212. ing in the activities of such camp is in excess of one for each five chil- ^ ^^^ i446a-i. dren under 18 years of age participating in such activities. (c) No individual who receives supplemental security income benefits under title X VI of the Social Security Act shall be considered to «| Stat. i465. be a member of a household for any purpose of the Food Distribution Program for families under section 32 of Public Law 74-320, section 416 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, or other law for any month if such person receives for such month, as part of his supplemental security income benefits or payments described in section 1616(a) of the Social Security Act (if any), an amount equal to the bonus value 86 Stat. 1474. of food stamps (according to the Food Stamp Schedule effective for '^^ ^^^ i382e. July 1973) in addition to the amount of assistance such individual would be entitled to receive for such month under the provisions of the plan of the State approved under title I, X, X IV, or X VI, as laoi^fsSf^i^asi appropriate, in effect for December 1973, assuming such plan were in effect for such month and such individual were aged, blind, or disabled, as the case may be, under the provisions of such State plan or under

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Public Law 92-603 as amended. The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall issue regulations for the implementation of the foregoing sentence after consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture. SHOKT TITLE SEC. 5. This Act may be cited as the "Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973". Approved August 10, 1973. Public Law 93-87

August 13, 1973 [S. 502]

Highway construction and safety. Appropriation authorization.

AN ACT To authorize appropriations for the construction of certain highways in accordance with title 23 of the United States Code, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives United States of America in Congress assembled,

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82 Stat. 815; 84 Stat. 1714. 23 USC 101 note.

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SEC. 102. Subsection (b) of section 108 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, as amended, is amended by striking out "the additional sum of $4,000,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, the additional sum of $4,000,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and the additional sum of $4,000,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976", and by inserting in lieu thereof the following: "the additional sum of $2,600,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, the additional sum of $3,000,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, the additional sum of $3,000,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, the additional sum of $3,250,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1977, the additional sum of $3,250,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1978, and the additional sum of $3,250,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1979." AUTHORIZATION OF U S E OF COST E S T I M A T E S FOR A P P O R T I O N M E N TO F INTERSTATE FUNDS

SEC. 103. The Secretary of Transportation shall apportion for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1974, June 30, 1975, and June 30, 1976, the sums authorized to be appropriated for such years for expenditures on the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, using the apportionment factors contained in table 5, of House Public Works Committee Print Numbered 92-29, as revised in House Report Numbered 92-1443.

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SEC. 104. (a) For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of title 23, United States Code, the following sums are hereby authorized to be appropriated: (1) For the Federal-aid primary system in rural areas, out of the Highway Trust Fund, $680,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, $700,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $700,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976. For the Federalaid secondary system in rural areas, out of Highway Trust Fund, $390,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, ^00,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $400,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976. (2) For the Federal-aid urban system, out of the Highway Trust Fund, $780,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, $800,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $800,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976. For the extensions of the Federal-aid primary and secondary svstems in urban areas, out of the Highway Trust Fund $290,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, $300,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $300,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976. (3) For forest highways, out of the Highway Trust Fund $33,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, $33,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $33,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976. (4) For public lands highways, out of the Highway Trust Fund, $16,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, $16,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $16,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976. (5) For forest development roads and trails, $140,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, $140,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $140,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976. (6) For public lands development roads and trails, $10,000,000 for the fiscal year endinor June 30, 1974, $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976. (7) For park roads and trails, $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976. (8) For parkways, $60,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, $75,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $75,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, except that the entire cost of any parkway project on any Federal-aid system paid under the authorization contained in this paragraph shall be paid from the Highway Trust Fund.

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(9) For Indian reservation roads and bridges, $75,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, $75,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $75,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976. (10) For economic growth center development highways under secPost. p. 261. tion 143 of title 23, United States Code, out of the Highway Trust Fund, $50,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, $75,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $100,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976. (11) For necessary administrative expenses in carrying out section io?o^io32^°^^' 1^1' section 136, and section 319(b) of title 23, United States Code, 82 Stat. 817, 818. $1,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, $1,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $1,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976. (12) For carrying out section 215(a) of title 23, United States 84 Stat. 1720. Code— „, ^ (A) for the Virgin Islands, not to exceed $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, not to exceed $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and not to exceed $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976. (B) for Guam not to exceed $2,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, not to exceed $2,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and not to exceed $2,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976. (C) for American Samoa not to exceed $1,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, not to exceed $1,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and not to exceed $1,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976. Sums authorized by this paragraph shall be available for obligation at the beginning of the fiscal year for which authorized in the same manner and to the same extent as if such sums were apportioned 72 Stat. 885. 23 USC Tor." under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code. (13) Nothing in the first ten paragraphs or in paragraph (12) of this section shall be construed to authorize the appropriation of any sums to carry out section 131, 136, 319(b), or chapter 4 of title 23, 2? use loi: United States Code. (b) For each of the fiscal years 1974, 1975, and 1976, no State shall receive less than one-half of 1 per centum of the total apportionment for the Interstate System under paragraph (5) of subsection (b) of Post, p. 254. section 104 of title 23, United States Code. Whenever such amounts made available for the Interstate System in any State exceed the cost of completing that State's portion of the Interstate System, the excess amount shall be transferred to and added to the amounts apportioned to such State under paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (6) of subsection Post, p. 256. (b) of section 104 of title 23, United States Code, in the ratio which these respective amounts bear to each other in that State. For the purpose of carrying out this subsection, there are authorized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund not to exceed $50,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, $50,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $50,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976. I t is the sense of the Congress that this subsection is an interim provision to be reconsidered at the expiration of this authorization.

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SEC. 105. Subsection (a) of section 101 of title 23 of the United States Code is amended as follows: 72 Stat. 885; 84 Stat. 1716. (1) The definition of the term "construction" is amended to read as follows: "The term 'construction' means the supervising, inspecting, actual building, and all expenses incidental to the construction or reconstruction of a highway, including locating, surveying, and mapping (including the establishment of temporary and permanent geodetic markers in accordance with specifications of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the Department of Commerce), acquisition of rights-of-way, relocation assistance, elimination of hazards of railway grade crossings, acquisition of replacement housing sites, acquisition and rehabilitation, relocation, and construction of replacement housing, and improvements which directly facilitate and control traffic flow, such as grade separation of intersections, widening of lanes, channelization of traffic, traffic control systems, and passenger loading and unloading areas." (2) The definition of the term "urban area" is amended to read as follows: "The term 'urban area' means an urbanized area or, in the case of an urbanized area encompassing more than one State, that part of the urbanized area in each such State, or an urban place as designated by the Bureau of the Census having a population of five thousand or more and not within any urbanized area, within boundaries to be fixed by responsible State and local officials in cooperation with each other, subject to approval by the Secretary. Such boundaries shall, as a minimum, encompass the entire urban place designated by the Bureau of the Census." (3) The definition of the term "Indian reservation roads and bridges" is amended to read as follows: "The term 'Indian reservation roads and bridges' means roads and bridges that are located within or provide access to an Indian reservation or Indian trust land or restricted Indian land which is not subject to fee title alienation without the approval of the Federal Government, or Indian and Alaska Native villages, groups, or communities in which Indians and Alaskan Natives reside, whom the Secretary of the Interior has determined are eligible for services generally available to Indians under Federal laws specifically applicable to Indians." (4) The definition of "urbanized area" is amended to read as follows: "The term 'urbanized area' means an area so designated by the Bureau of the Census, within boundaries to be fixed by responsible State and local officials in cooperation with each other, subject to approval by the Secretary. Such boundaries shall, as a minimum, encompass the entire urbanized area within a State as designated by the Bureau of the Census."

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E X T E N S I O N O P T I M E FOR C O M P L E T I O N OE SYSTEM

SEC. 106. (a) The second paragraph of section 101(b) of title 23, 84 Stat. 1714. United States Code, is amended by striking out "twenty years" and inserting in lieu thereof "twenty-three years" and by striking out "June 30, 1976", and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30, 1979". (b)(1) The introductory phrase and the second and third sentences of section 104(b)(5) of title 23, United States Code, are amended by striking out "1976" each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof at each such place "1979". 72 Stat. 889; (2) The last four sentences of such section 104(b)(5) are amended to read as follows: "Upon the approval by Congress, the Secretary shall use the Federal share of such approved estimate in making apportionments for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1974, June 30, 1975, Cost estimates, ^^ Juue 30, 1976. The Secretary shall make a revised estimate of the transmittal to

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72 Stat. 885.

SEC. 107. Subsection (b) of section 101 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: " I t is further declared that since the Interstate System is now in the final phase of completion it shall be the national policy that increased emphasis be placed on the construction and reconstruction of the other Federal-aid systems in accordance with the first paragraph of this subsection, in order to bring all of the Federal-aid systems up to standards and to increase the safety of these systems to the maximum extent."

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SEC. 108. Section 101 of title 23 of the United States Code is amended g/staSfVyfs!' by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(e) I t is the national policy that to the maximum extent possible the procedures to be utilized by the Secretary and all other aflfected heads of Federal departments, agencies, and instrumentalities for carrying out this title and any other provision of law relating to the Federal highway programs shall encourage the substantial minimization of paperwork and interagency decision procedures and the best use of available manpower and funds so as to prevent needless duplication and unnecessary delays at all levels of government." FEDERAL-AID URBAN SYSTEM

SEC. 109. (a) Subsection (d) of section 103 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth sentences and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "The Federalaid urban system shall be established in each urbanized area, and in such other urban areas as the State highway department may designate. The system shall be so located as to serve the major centers of activity, and shall include high traffic volume arterial and collector routes, including access roads to airports and other transportation terminals. No route on the Federal-aid urban system shall also be a route on any other Federal-aid system. Each route of the system to the extent feasible shall connect with another route on a Federal-aid system. Routes on the Federal-aid urban system shall be selected by the appropriate local officials so as to serve the goals and objectives of the community, with the concurrence of the State highway departments, and, in urbanized areas, also in accordance with the planning process under section 134 of this title. Designation of the Federalaid urban system shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary as provided in subsection (f) of this section." (b) Subsection (d) of section 105 of title 23, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: " (d) In approving programs for projects on the Federal-aid urban system, the Secretary shall require that such projects be selected by the appropriate local officials with the concurrence of the State highway department of each State and, in urbanized areas, also in accordance with the planning process required pursuant to section 134 of this title."

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SEC. 110. (a) Section 103(g) of title 23, United States Code, is 84 Stat. 1729. amended to read as follows: " (g) The Secretary, on July 1, 1974, shall remove from designation as a part of the Interstate System each segment of such system for which a State has not notified the Secretary that such State intends to construct such segment, and which the Secretary finds is not essential to completion of a unified and connected Interstate System. Any segment of the Interstate System, with respect to which a State has not submitted by July 1, 1975, a schedule for the expenditure of funds for completion of construction of such segment or alternative segment within the period of availability of funds authorized to be appropriated for completion of the Interstate System, and with respect to which the State has not provided the Secretary with assurances satisfactory to him that such schedule will be met, shall be removed from designation as a part of the Interstate System. No segment of the Interstate System removed under the authority of the preceding sentence shall

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thereafter be designated as a part of the Interstate System except as the Secretary finds necessary in the interest of national defense or for other reasons of national interest. This subsection shall not be applicable to any segment of the Interstate System referred to in section D^c'Code 7-135 ^^^^^ ^^ ^^? Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1968." note. • ° ^ ' . (b) Section 103 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by add72 Stat. 887; ing at the end thereof the following new subsection: Ante, p. 255. " (h) Notwithstanding subsections (e)(2) and (g) of this section, in any case whereasement of the Interstate System was a designated part of such System on June 1, 1973, and is entirely within the boundaries of an incorporated city and such city enters into an agreement wth the Secretary to pay all non-Federal costs of construction of such segment, such segment shall be constructed." Effective date. (c) The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall take effect June 30, 1973. APPORTIONMENT 72 Stat. 889.

84 Stat. 1717.

72 Stat. 891.

Transfer of apportionment.

SEC. 111. (a) Section 104 of title 23, United States Code, is amended as follows: (1) Paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b) are amended by striking the words "star routes" each time they appear and inserting in lieu thereof "intercity mail routes where service is performed by motor vehicles". (2) Paragraph (1) of subsection (b) is amended by striking out "one-third in the ratio which the population of each State bears to the total population of all the States" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "one-third in the ratio which the population of rural areas of each State bears to the total population of rural areas of all the States". The last sentence of such paragraph is amended by inserting " (other than the District of Columbia)" immediately after "No State". (3) Paragraph (2) of subsection (b) is amended by striking out "one-third in the ratio which the rural population of each State bears to the total rural population of all the States" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "one-third in the ratio which the population of rural areas of each State bears to the total population of rural areas of all of the States". The last sentence of such paragraph is amended by inserting "(other than the District of Columbia)" immediately after "No State". (4) Paragraph (6) of subsection (b) is amended by striking the word "urbanized" wherever it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "urban", and by adding at the end thereof the following: "No State shall receive less than one-half of 1 per centum of each year's apportionment." (5) Subsection (c) is amended by striking out "20 per centum" in each of the two places it appears and inserting in lieu thereof in each such place the following: "40 per centum" and by striking out "paragraph (1), (2), or (3) " and inserting in lieu thereof "paragraph (1) or (2)". (6) Subsection (d) is amended to read as follows: a ^^^;^Q^ more thau 40 per centum of the amount apportioned in any fiscal year to each State in accordance with paragraph (3) or (6) of subsection (b) of this section may be transferred from the apportionment under one paragraph to the apportionment under the other paragraph if such transfer is requested by the State highway department and is approved by the Governor of such State and the Secretary as beino- in the public interest. Funds apportioned in accordance with paragraph (6) of subsection (b) of this section shall not be transferred from their allocation to any urbanized area of 200,000 population or more under section 150 of this title, without the approval of the

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local officials of such urbanized area. The total of such transfers shall not increase the original apportionment under either of such paragraphs by more than 40 per centum." (7) The last sentence of subsection (c) is hereby repealed. (b) Notwithstanding the amendments made by subsection (a) of this section, no State (other than the District of Columbia) shall receive an apportionment for the primary system which is less than the apportionment which such State received for such system for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973. In order to carry out this subsection, there is authorized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund for the Federal-aid primary system, an additional $17,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and $15,000,000 per fiscal year for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1975, and June 30, 1976. A P P O R T I O N M E N T OF P L A N N I N G

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SEC. 112. Subsection (f) of section 104 of title 23, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 84 Stat. 1717, " (f)(1) On or before January 1 next preceding the commencement of each fiscal year, the Secretary, after making the deduction authorized by subsection (a) of this section, shall set aside not to exceed onehalf per centum of the remaining funds authorized to be appropriated for expenditure upon the Federal-aid systems, for the purpose of carrying out the requirements of section 134 of this title. ^ | 3*^*1737^*' "(2) These funds shall be apportioned to the States in the ratio 23 USC 134*. which the population in urbanized areas or parts thereof, in each State bears to the total population in such urbanized areas in all the States as shown by the latest available census, except that no State shall receive less than one-half per centum of the amount apportioned. "(3) The funds apportioned to any State under paragraph (2) of this subsection shall be made available by the State to the metropolitan planning organizations designated by the State as being responsible for carrying out the provisions of section 134 of this title. These funds shall be matched in accordance with section 120 of this title unless the 72 Stat. 898. Secretary determines that the interests of the Federal-aid highway ^^ ^^^ ^^°" program would be best served without such matching, "(4) The distribution within any State of the planning funds made available to agencies under paragraph (3) of this subsection shall be in accordance with a formula developed by each State and approved by the Secretary which shall consider but not necessarily be limited to, population, status of planning, and metropolitan area transportation needs." ADVANCE ACQUISITION OF R I G H T S - O F - W A Y

SEC. 113. (a) The last sentence of subsection (a) of section 108 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking out "seven years" and inserting in lieu thereof "ten years". (b) The first sentence of paragraph (3) of subsection (c) of section 108 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking out "seven years" and inserting in lieu thereof "ten years".

73 Stat. 62. 82 Stat. sis.

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SEC. 114. Subsection (i) of section 109 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "The Secretary, after consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and appropriate Federal, State, and local officials, may promulgate standards for the control of highway noise levels for highways on any Federal-aid system for which project approval has been secured prior to July 1, 1972. The Secretary may

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approve any project on a Federal-aid system to which noise-level standards are made applicable under the preceding sentence for the purpose of carrying out such standards. Such project may include, but is not limited to, the acquisition of additional rights-of-way, the construction of physical barriers, and landscaping. Sums apportioned for the Federal-aid system on which such project will be located shall be available to finance the Federal share of such project. Such project shall be deemed a highway project for all purposes of this title." SIGNS ON P R O J E C T

74 Stat. 525.

SEC. 115. The last sentence of subsection (a) of section 114 of title £3, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "After July 1, 1973, the State highway department shall not erect on any project where actual construction is in progress and visible to highway users any informational signs other than official traffic control devices conforming with standards developed by the Secretary of Transportation." CERTinCATIOX

72 Stat. 897.

83 Stat. 852.

82 Stat. 824. 78 stau 2^s^2^^ 82 Stat. 81. ' 84 Stat. 1894.

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g^^,^ ^ g (a) Section 117 of title 23 of the United States Code is amended to read as follows: "§ 117. Certification acceptance " (a) The Secretary may discharge any of his responsibilities under this title relative to projects on Federal-aid systems, except the Interstate System, upon the request of any State, by accepting a certification by the State highway department, or that department, commission, board, or official of any State charged by its laws with the responsibility for highway construction, of its performance of such responsibilities, if he finds such projects will be carried out in accordance with State laws, regulations, directives, and standards establishing requirements at least equivalent to those contained in, or issued pursuant to, this title. "(b) The Secretary shall make a final inspection of each such project upon its completion and shall require an adequate report of the estimated, and actual, cost of construction as well as such other information as he determines necessar3^ "(c) The procedure authorized by this section shall be an alternative to that otherwise prescribed in this title. The Secretary shall promulgate such guidelines and regulations as may be necessary to carry out this section. " (d) Acceptance by the Secretary of a State's, certification under this section may be rescinded by the Secretary at any time if, in his opinion, it is necessary to do. "(e) Nothing in this section shall affect or discharge any responsibility or obligation of the Secretary under any Federal law, including the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321, et seq.), section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. 1653(f)), title VI of the Civil Eights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000(d), ct seq.), title VIII of the Act of April 11, 1968 (Public Law 90-284, 42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.), and the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Land Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (42 U.g.C. 4601, et seq.), other than this title." (b) The analysis of chapter 1, of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking out "117. Secondary road responsibilities."

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MATERIALS AT O F F - S I T E LOCATIONS

SEC. 117. Section 121(a) of title 23 of the United States Code is amended by inserting after the period at the end thereof the following: "Such payments may also be made in the case of any such materials not in the vicinity of such construction if the Secretary determines that because of required fabrication at an off-site location the materials cannot be stockpiled in such vicinity."

72 Stat. 899.

TOLL ROADS, BRIDGES, T U N N E L S, A N D FERRIES

SEC. 118. (a) After the second sentence of section 129(b) of title 23, United States Code, insert the following: "When any such toll road ^2 Stat. 902; which the Secretary has approved as a part of the Interstate System is made a toll-free facility, Federal-aid highway funds apportioned under section 104(b)(5) of this title may be expended for the con- ^"'*' P- 254. struction, reconstruction, or improvement of that road to meet the standards adopted for the improvement of projects located on the Interstate System." (b) The first sentence of subsection (e) of section 129, title 23. United States Code, is amended by striking out "on the date of enact- 84 Stat. 1732. ment of this subsection". The third sentence of subsection (e) of section 129 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking out "1968" and inserting in lieu thereof "1973". U R B A N AREA T R A F F I C OPERATIONS IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS

119. Subsection (c) of section 135 of title 23, United States Code, is hereby repealed and existing subsection (d) is relettered as subsection (c), including any references thereto. SEC.

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^2 Stat. 820.

T R A I N I N G PROGRAMS

SEC. 120. Subsection (b) of section 140 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking out in the second sentence "and 1973," and inserting in lieu thereof ", 1973, 1974, 1975, and 1976," and by striking out "$5,000,000 per fiscal year" and inserting in lieu thereof "$5,000,000 per fiscal year for the fiscal years 1972 and 1973, and $10,000,000 per fiscal year for the fiscal years 1974, 1975, and 1976,". PUBLIC

84 Stat. 1719.

TRANSPORTATION

SEC. 121. (a) Section 142 of title 23, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "§ 142. Public Transportation " (a)(1) To encourage the development, improvement, and use of public mass transportation systems operating motor vehicles (other than on rail) on Federal-aid highways for the transportation of passengers (hereafter in this section referred to as 'buses'), so as to increase the traffic capacity of the Federal-aid systems for the movement of persons, the Secretary may approve as a project on any Federal-aid system the construction of exclusive or preferential bus lanes, highway traffic control devices, bus passenger loading areas and facilities (including shelters), and fringe and transportation corridor parking facilities to serve bus and other public mass transportation passengers, and sums apportioned under section 104(b) of this title shall be available to finance the cost of projects under this paragraph. " (2) I n addition to the projects under paragraph (1), the Secretary may, beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, approve as a project on the Federal-aid urban system, for payment from sums

^^ Stat. 1719.

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Anifp!*2 56^.^^' 23 USC 104.

Ante, p. 254.

77 Stat. 277. 23 USC 109.

76 Stat. 1148 84 Stat. 1737,

1738. ' ' " 23 USC 134.

82 Stat. 835; 23*use i2o".

Ante, p 259. Highway Trust Fund. 70 Stat. 397.

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apportioned under section 104(b)(6) of this title, the purchase of buses, and, beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, approve as a prQJect on the Federal-aid urban system, for payment from sums apportioned under section 104(b)(6) of this title, the construction, reconstruction, and improvement of fixed rail facilities, including the purchase of rolling stock for fixed rail, except that not more than $200,000,000 of all sums apportioned for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, under section 104(b)(6) shall be available for the payment of the Federal share of projects for the purchase of buses. " (b) Sums apportioned in accordance with paragraph (5) of subsection (b) of section 104 of this title shall be available to finance the Federal share of projects for exclusive or preferential bus, truck, and emergency venicle routes or lanes. Routes constructed under this subsection shall not be subject to the third sentence of section 109(b) of this title, "(c) Whenever responsible local officials of an urbanized area notify the State highway department that, in lieu of a highway project the Federal share of which is to be paid from funds apportioned under section 104(b)(6) of this title for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1974, and June 30, 1975, their needs require a nonhighway public mass transit project involving the construction of fixed rail facilities, or the purchase of passenger equipment, including rolling stock for any mode of mass transit, or both, and the State highway department determines that such public mass transit project is in accordance with the planning process under section 134 of this title and is entitled to priority under such planning process, such public mass transit project shall be submitted for approval to the Secretary. Approval of the plans, specifications,, and estimates for such project by the Secretary shall be deemed a contractual obligation of the United States for payment out of the general funds of its proportional share of the cost of such project in an amount equal to the Federal share which would have been paid if such project were a highway project under section 120(a) of tMs title. Fuuds previously apportioned to such State under section 104(b)(6) of this title shall be reduced by an amount equal to such Federal share. " (d) The establishment of routes and schedules of such public mass transportation systems in urbanized areas shall be based upon a continuing comprehensive transportation planning process carried on in accordance with section 134 of this title. "(e)(1) For all purposes of this title, a project authorized by subsection (a)(1) of this section shall be deemed to be a highway project. "(2) Notwithstanding section 209(f)(1) of the Highway Revenue Act of 1956, the Highway Trust Fund shall be available for making expenditures to meet obligations resulting from projects authorized by subsection (a)(2) of this section and such projects shall be subject to, and governed in accordance with, all provisions of this title applicable to projects on the Federal-aid urban system, except to the extent determined inconsistent by the Secretary. "(3) The Federal share payable on account of projects authorized by subsection (a) of this section shall be that provided in section 120 of this section. "(f) No project authorized by this section shall be approved unless the Secretary of Transportation has received assurances satisfactory to him from the State that public mass transportation systems will fully utilize the proposed project. " (g) I n any case where sufficient land exists within the publicly acquired rights-of-way of any Federal-aid highway to accommodate needed rail or nonhighway public mass transit facilities and where this can be accomplished without impairing automotive safety or

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future highway improvements, the Administrator may authorize a State to make such lands and rights-of-way available without charge to a publicly owned mass transit authority for such purposes wherever he may deem that the public interest will be served thereby. " (h) The provision of assistance under subsection (a)(2) or subsection (c) of this section shall not be construed as bringing within the ^"'®' P" '^^^• application of chapter 15 of title 5, United States Code, any non- so Stat. 403. supervisory employee of an urban mass transportation system (or of ^ "^^ ^^°^' any other agency or entity performing related functions) to whom such chapter is otherwise inapplicable. " (i) Funds available for expenditure to carry out the purposes of subsection (a)(2) and subsection (c) of this section shall be supplementary to and not in substitution for funds authorized and available for obligation pursuant to the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 as amended. ^^ ^*^t- ^o^. " ( ]) The provisions of section 3(e)(4) of the Urban Mass Trans- J^l^^^ ^^°^ portation Act of 1964, as amended, shall apply in carrying out sub- 49 USC 1602. section (a)(2) and subsection (c) of this section. " (k) The Secretary shall not approve any project under subsection (a)(2) of this section in any fiscal year when there has been enacted an Urban Transportation Trust Fund or similar assured funding for both highway and public transportation." (b) The analysis of chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking out "142. Urban highway public transportation."

and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "142. Public transportation.". E C O N O M I C GROWTH CENTER DEVELOPMENT H I G H W A Y S

SEC. 122. (a) Section 143 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking out "demonstration projects" each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "projects", and by striking out "demonstration project" each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof in each such place "project", by striking out "the Federal-aid primary system" in each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof in each such place "a Federal-aid system (other than the Interstate System)", and in subsection (d) by striking out "Federal-aid primary highways" and inserting in lieu thereof "highways on the Federal-aid system on which such development highway is located". (b) Section 143(e) of title 23, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "(e) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this section, the Federal share of the cost of any project for construction, reconstruction, or improvement of a development highway under this section shall be the same as that provided under this title for any other project on the Federal-aid system on which such development highway is located." (c) Section 143(a) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking out "to demonstrate the role that highways can play".

84 Stat. 1729.

FEDERAL-STATE, RELATIONSHIP

SEC. 123. (a) Chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended 8/st^t^\-74?' by adding at the end thereof the following new section: 23 USC 101'. "The authorization of the appropriation of Federal funds or their availability for expenditure under this chapter shall in no way infringe on the sovereign rights of the States to determine which
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projects shall be federall;y^ financed. The provisions of this chapter provide for a federally assisted State program." (b) The analysis of chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "145. Federal-state relationship." BICYCLE TRANSPGRTATIGlSr A N D PEDESTRIAN

g^72^stau^906; 23 USC 201*.

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72 Stat. 898.

Supra.

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g^c. 124. (a) Chapter 2 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: " (a) To encourage the multiple use of highway rights-of-way, including the development, improvement, and use of bicycle transportation and the development and improvement of pedestrian walkways on or in conjunction with highway rights-of-way, the States may, on Federal-aid highway projects, include to the extent practicable, suitable, and feasible, the construction of separate or preferential bicycle lanes or paths, bicycle traffic control devices, shelters and parking facilities to serve bicycles and persons using bicycles, and pedestrian walkways in conjunction or connection with Federalaid highways. Sums apportioned in accordance with paragraphs (1), ( ^)' ^^^' ^^^ (^) ^* section 104(b) of this title shall be available for bicycle projects and pedestrian walkways authorized under this section and such projects shall be located and designed pursuant to an overall plan which will provide due consideration for safety and contiguous routes. "(b) For all purposes of this title, a bicycle or pedestrian walkway project authorized by subsection (a) of this section shall be deemed to be a highway project, and the Federal share payable on account of such bicycle project or pedestrian walkway shall be that provided in section 120 of tMs title. "(c) Funds authorized for forest highways, forest development roads and trails, public lands development roads and trails, park roads and trails, parkways, Indian reservation roads, and public lands highways shall be available, at the discretion of the department charged with the administration of such funds, for the construction of bicycle and pedestrian routes in conjunction with such trails, roads, highways, and parkways. " (d) No motorized vehicles shall be permitted on trails and walkways authorized under this section except for maintenance purposes and, when snow conditions and State or local regulations permit, snowmobiles. " (e) Not more than $40,000,000 of funds authorized to be appropriated in any fiscal year may be obligated for projects authorized by subsections (a) and (c) of this section, and no State shall obligate more than $2,000,000 for such projects in any fiscal year." (b) The analysis of chapter 2, title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting at the end thereof the following: "217. Bicycle transportation and pedestrian walkways." SPECIAL U R B A N H I G H D E N S I T Y TRAFFIC PROGRAM
 * § 217. Bicycle transportation and pedestrian walkways

Ante. p. 261.

Appropriation.

§^0. 125. (a) Chapter 1 of title 23 of the United States Code is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: " (a) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund $50,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, $50,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and
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$50,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, for the construction of highways connected to the Interstate System in portions of urbanized areas with high traffic density. The Secretary shall develop guidelines and standards for the designation of routes and the allocation of funds for this purpose which include the following criteria: "(1) Eoutes designated by the Secretary shall not be longer than ten miles. " (2) Routes designated shall serve areas of concentrated population and heavy traffic congestion. "(3) Routes designated shall serve the urgent needs of commercial, industrial, airport, or national defense installations. "(4) Any routes shall connect with existing routes on the Interstate System. "(5) Routes designated under this section shall have been approved through the planning process required under section 134 of this title and determined to be essential by responsible local officials. "(6) A route shall be designated under this section only where the Secretary determines that no feasible or practicable alternative mode of transportation which could meet the needs of the area to be served is now available or could become available in the foreseeable future. "(7) The designation of routes under this section shall comply with section 138 of this title, and no route shall be designated which substantially damages or infringes upon any residential area. "(8) Routes shall be designated by the Secretary on the recommendation of the State and responsible local officials. "(9) No more than one route in any one State shall be designated by the Secretary. "(10) Any route designated by the Secretary under this section must be on a Federal-aid system. " (b) The Federal share payable on account of any project authorized pursuant to this section shall not exceed 90 per centum of the cost of construction of such project." (b) The table of contents of chapter 1 of title 23 of the United States Code is amended by adding at the end thereof the following:

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Route designation and fund allocation, guidelines and standards.

76 Stat. 1148; 84 Stat. 1737. 23 USC 134.

82 Stat. 823. 23 USC 138.

"146. Special urban high density traffic program." PRIORITY PRIMARY ROUTES

SEC. 126. (a) Chapter 1 of title 23 of the United States Code is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "§ 147. Priority primary routes " (a) High traffic sections of highways on the Federal-aid primary system which connect to the Interstate System shall be selected by each State highway department, in consultation with appropriate local officials, subject to approval by the Secretary, for priority of improvement to supplement the service provided by the Interstate System by furnishing needed adequate traffic collector and distributor facilities. For the purpose of this section such highways shall hereafter in this section be referred to as 'priority primary routes'. " (b) The Federal share of any project on a priority primary route shall be that provided in section 120(a) of this title. All provisions of this title applicable to the Federal-aid primary system shall be applicable to priority primary routes selected under this section except that one-half of such funds shall be apportioned among the States in accordance with section 104(b)(1) of this title, and one-half shall be

Ante, p. 262.

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Appropriation.

p. 262.

Canada and U.S. agreement requirement.

Appropriation.

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apportioned among the States in accordance with section 104(b)(3) of this title. Funds authorized to carry out this section shall be deemed to be apportioned on January 1 next preceding the commencement of the fiscal year for which authorized. "(c) The initial selection of the priority primary routes and the estimated cost of completing such routes shall be reported to Congress on or before July 1, 1974. " (d) There is authorized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund to carry out this section not to exceed $100,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, $200,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $300,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976." (b) The table of contents of chapter 1 of title 23 of the United States Code is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "147. Priority primary routes.". ALASKA

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SEC. 127. (a)(1) Chapter 2 of title 23 of the United States Code is amended by inserting at the end thereof a new section as follows: "§ 218. Alaska Highway " (a) Recognizing the benefits that will accrue to the State of Alaska and to the United States from the reconstruction of the Alaska Highway from the Alaskan border to Haines Junction in Canada and the Hames Cutoff Highway from Haines Junction in Canada to the south Alaskan border, the Secretary is authorized out of the funds appropriated for the purpose of this section to provide for necessary reconstruction of such highway. Such appropriations shall remain available until expended. No expenditures shall be made for the construction of such highways until an agreement has been reached by the Government ot Canada and the Government of the United States which shall provide, in part, that the Canadian Government— "(1) will provide, without participation of funds authorized under this title all necessary right-of-way for the reconstruction of such highways, which right-of-way shall forever be held inviolate as a part of such highways for public use; "(2) will not impose any highway toll, or permit any such toll to be charged for the use of such highways by vehicles or persons; "(3) will not levy or assess, directly or indirectly, any fee, tax, or other charge for the use of such highways by vehicles or persons from the United States that does not apply equally to vehicles or persons of Canada; "(4) will continue to grant reciprocal recognition of vehicle registration and drivers' licenses in accordance with agreements between the United States and Canada; and "(5) will maintain such highways after their completion in proper condition adequately to serve the needs of present and future traffic. " (b) The survey and construction work undertaken pursuant to this section shall be under the general supervision of the Secretary." (2) The analysis of chapter 2 of title 23 of the United States Code is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "218. Alaska Highway." (b) For the purpose of completing necessary reconstruction of the Alaska Highway from the Alaskan border to Haines Junction in Canada and the Haines Cutoff Highway from Haines Junction in Canada to the south Alaskan border there is authorized to be appropriated the sum of $68,670,000 to be expended in accordance with the provisions of section 218 of title 23 of the United States Code.

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SEC. 128. (a) Section 320(d) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking out "$16,761,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$25,261,000". (b) All sums appropriated under authority of the increased authorization of $8,500,000 established by the amendment made by subsection (a) of this section shall be available for expenditure only in connection with the construction of a bridge across lock and dam numbered 18 on the Arkansas River near Fort Smith, Arkansas, in the amount of $2,100,000 and in connection with reconstruction of a bridge across the Chickamauga Dam on the Tennessee River near Chattanooga, Tennessee, in the amount of $6,400,000. No such sums shall be appropriated until all applicable requirements of section 320 of title 23 of the United States Code have been complied with by the appropriate Federal agency, the Secretary of Transportation, and the State of Arkansas for the Fort Smith project, and the State of Tennessee for the Chattanooga project.

73 Stat. 613; 84 Stat. 1724. 23 USC 320. Limitation.

GREAT RIVER ROAD

SEC. 129. (a) Section 14 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1954, as amended (68 State. 70; Public Law 83-350), is amended by striking out "$500,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$600,000". (b) Chapter 1 of title 23 of the United States Code is amended by inserting at the end thereof a new section as follows: " (a) As soon as possible after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall establish criteria for the location and construction or reconstruction of the Great River Road by the ten States bordering the Mississippi River. Such criteria shall include requirements that— "(1) priority be given in the location of the Great River Road near or easily accessible to the larger population centers of the State and further priority be given to the construction and improvement of the Great River Road in the proximity of the confluence of the Mississippi River and the Wisconsin River; "(2) the Great River Road be connected with other Federal-aid highways and preferably with the Interstate System; " (3) the Great River Road be marked with uniform identifying signs; "(4) effective control, as defined in section 131 of this title, of signs, displays, and devices will be provided along the Great River Road; " (5) the provisions of section 129(a) of this title shall not apply to any bridge or tunnel on the Great River Road and no fees shall be charged for the use of any facility constructed with assistance under this section. " (b) For the purpose of this section, the term 'construction' includes the acquisition of areas of historical, archeological, or scientific interest, necessary easements for scenic purposes, and the construction or reconstruction of roadside rest areas (including appropriate recreational facilities), scenic viewing areas, and other appropriate facilities as determined by the Secretary. " (c) Highways constructed or reconstructed pursuant to this section (except subsection (f)) shall be part of the Federal-aid system. " (d) Funds appropriated for each fiscal year pursuant to subsection (g) shall be apportioned among the ten States bordering the Mississippi River on the basis of their relative needs as determined by the Secretary for payments to carry out this section.
 * '§ 148. Development of a national scenic and recreational highway

78 Stat. 1092, Ante,

p. 263,

Great River Road.

79 Stat. 1028. 23 USC 131. 72 Stat. 902. 23 USC 129.

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u (^^ rj^^i^ Federal share of the cost of any project for any construction or reconstruction pursuant to the precedinj^ subsections of this section shall be that provided in section 120 of this title for the Federal-aid system on which such project is located, and if such project is not on such a system, such share shall be 70 per centum of such cost. " (f) The Secretary is authorized to consult with the heads of other Federal departments and agencies having jurisdiction over Federal lands open to the public in order to enter into appropriate arrangements for necessary construction or reconstruction of highways on such lands to carry out this section. Highways constructed or reconstructed by a State pursuant to this section which are not on a Federalaid system, and highways constructed or reconstructed under this subsection, shall be subject to the criteria applicable to highways constructed or reconstructed pursuant to subsection (c) of this section. Funds authorized pursuant to subsection (g) shall be used to pay the entire cost of construction or reconstruction pursuant to the first sentence of this subsection. " (g) There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, out of the Highway Trust Fund, for construction or reconstruction of roads on a Federal-aid highway system, not to exceed $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, $25,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $25,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, for allocations to the States pursuant to this section, and there is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, not to exceed $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1974, June 30, 1975, and June 30, 1976, for construction and reconstruction of roads not on a Federal-aid highway system." (c) The table of contents of chapter 1 of title 23 of the United States Code is amended by inserting at the end thereof the following: "148. Development of a national scenic and recreational highway.". ALASKAN

84 Stat. 1735.

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SEC. 130. Subsection (b) of section 7 of the Federal-Aid Highway ^(>t of 1966 Is amended by striking out at the end of the last sentence "June 30, 1972 and June 30, 1973." and substituting "June 30, 1972, June 30, 1973, June 30, 1974, June 30, 1975, and June 30, 1976." ROUTE 1 0 1 I N N E W

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SEC. 131. (a) The amount of all Federal-aid highway funds paid on account of those sections of Route 101 in the State of New Hampshire referred to in subsection (c) of this section shall, prior to the collection of any tolls thereon, be repaid to the Treasurer of the United States on or before October 1, 1977. The amount so repaid shall be deposited to the credit of the appropriation for "Federal-Aid Highways (Trust F u n d) ". At the time of such repayment, the Federal-aid projects with respect to which such funds have been repaid and any other Federalaid project located on said sections of such toll road and programed for expenditure on any such project, shall be credited to the unprogramed balance of Federal-aid highways funds of the same class last apportioned to the State of New Hampshire. The amount so credited shall be in addition to all other funds then apportioned to said State and shall be available for expenditure in accordance with the provisions of title 23, United States Code, as amended or supplemented. (b) Upon the repayment of Federal-aid highway funds and the cancellation and withdrawal from the Federal-aid highway program of

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the projects on said sections of Route 101 as provided in subsection (a) of this section, such sections of said route shall become and be free of any and all restrictions contained in title 23, United States Code, as amended or supplemented, or in any regulation thereunder, with ^2 Stat. sss. respect to the imposition and collection of tolls or other charges seq. thereon or for the use thereof. (c) The provisions of this section shall apply to the following Appiicabinty. sections: (1) That section of Route 101 from Route 125 in Epping to Brentwood Corners, a distance of approximately two and thirty one-hundredths centerline miles. (2) That section of Route 101 in the vicinity of Sells Corner in Auburn, beginning approximately two and forty one-hundredths centerline miles east of the junction of Interstate Route 93 and running easterly approximately two miles. F R E E I N G I N T E R S T A T E TOLL BRIDGES

SEC. 132. Section 129, title 23, United States Code, as amended by section 139 of this Act, is amended by adding at the end thereof the ^°^*' P- 2^°following new subsection: " (h) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 301 of this title, in 72 Stat. 912. the case of each State which, before January 1, 1975, shall have constructed or acquired any interstate toll bridge (including approaches thereto), which before January 1, 1975, caused such toll bridge to be made free, which bridge is owned and maintained by such State or by a political subdivision thereof, and which bridge is on the Federal-aid primary system (other than the Interstate System), sums apportioned to such State in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (3) of subsection (b) of section 104 of this title shall be available to pay -J*"'®' %l^^'' the Federal share of a project under this subsection of (1) such a.mount as the Secretary determines to be the reasonable value of such bridge after deducting therefrom that portion of such value attributable to any grant or contribution previously paid by the United States in connection with the construction or acquisition of such bridge, and exclusive of rights-of-way, or (2) the amount by which the principal amount of the outstanding unpaid bonds or other obligations created and issued for the construction or acquisition of such bridge exceeds the amount of any funds accumulated or provided for their amortization, on the date such bridge is made free, whichever is the lesser amount." STUDY OF TOLL BRIDGE

AUTHORITY

SEC. 133. (a) The Secretary of Transportation is authorized and directed to undertake a full and complete investigation and study of existing Federal statutes and regulations governing toll bridges over the navigable waters of the United States for the purpose of determining what action can and should be taken to assure just and reasonable tolls nationwide. The Secretary shall submit a report of the findings of such study and investigation to the Congress not later than July 1, 1974, together with his recommendations for modifications or additions to existing laws, regulations, and policies, except that in the case of the toll bridge at Chester, Illinois, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Congress not later than December 31, 1973. (b) The Secretary of Transportation shall promulgate regulations establishing guidelines governing any increase in tolls for use of any bridge constructed pursuant to either the General Bridge Act of 1906 or the General Bridge Act of 1946.

strtulerLd re lations, investigation and study. p^^^"'* *° °"^'^®^-

Regulations, ^^ ^^^ '^^^ "°33 USC 525 note.

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Report to Congress, Appropriation.

P a r k s and recreation a r e a s, user access study.

Report to Congress.

D.C. Code 7-108.

SEC. 135. None of the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide a permanent system of highways in that part of the District of Columbia lying outside of cities", approved March 2, 1893 (27 Stat. 532), as amended, shall apply to any segment of the Interstate System within the District of Columbia. 'vrxi

SEC. 136. (a) The Secretary of Transportation shall permit no further action on Interstate Route 1-287 between Montville and Mahwah, New Jersey, until new corridor hearings are held. (b) The Secretary of Transportation shall permit no further action on the Corporation Freeway, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, until new corridor hearings are held. (c) The new corridor hearings required by this section shall be held and the reports thereon shall be made no later than one year after the date of enactment of this section. INTERSTATE

81 Stat. 772; 84 Stat. 1716.

STUDY

COLUMBIA

CORRIDOR H E A R I N G S

Reports.

STAT.

SEC. 134 (a) The Secretary of Transportation shall make a full and complete investigation and study to determine the feasibility of establishing a national system of scenic highways to link together and make more accessible to the American people recreational, historical, scientific, and other similar areas of scenic interest and importance. I n the conduct of such investigation and study, the Secretary shall cooperate and consult with other agencies of the Federal Government, the Commission on Highway Beautification, the States and their political subdivisions, and other interested private organizations, groups, and individuals. The Secretary shall report his findings and recommendations to the Congress not later than July 1, 1974, including an estimate of the cost of implementing such a program. There is authorized to be appropriated $250,000 from the Highway Trust Fund to carry out this subsection. (b) The Secretary of Transportation shall make a full and complete investigation and study to examine problems of user access to parks, recreation areas (including public recreation areas on Federal lakes), historic sites and wildlife refuges. Such study and investigation shall include, but not be limited to, an analysis of the desirability and feasibility of a national scenic road and parkways system referred to in subsection (a) including benefits to the user if any and the total long range environmental impact of such system on the Nation's recreation resources; alternatives to private automobile access to parks and recreation resources, including mass transit; and special problems of safe access to urban and metropolitan parks and recreation resources. I n the conduct of such investigations and study, the Secretary shall cooperate and consult with other agencies of the Federal Government, the States and their political subdivisions, and interested private organizations, groups and individuals. The Secretary shall report his findings and recommendations to the Congress not later than January 1, 1975, including an estimate of the cost of implementing any suggested programs. DISTRICT OF

Nonapplicability.

SYSTEM

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(1) The first sentence is amended by striking out "additional mileage lor the Interstate System of two hundred miles, to be used in making modifications" and inserting in lieu thereof "additional mileage for the Interstate System of five hundred miles, to be used in making modifications". (2) The fourth sentence is amended by striking out "the 1968 Interstate System cost estimate set forth in House Document Numbered 199, Ninetieth Congress, as revised," and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "the 1972 Interstate System cost estimate set forth in House Public Works Committee Print Numbered 92-29, as revised in House Report Numbered 92-1443." (3) The fifth sentence is amended by striking out "due regard" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "preference, along with due regard for interstate highway type needs on a nationwide basis,". (b) Subsection (e) of section 103 of title 23, United States Code, is ^"^«' P- 268.. amended by adding the following: "(4) Upon the joint request of a State Governor and the local governments concerned, the Secretary may withdraw his approval of any route or portion thereof on the Interstate System within any urbanized area in that State selected and approved in accordance with this title prior to the enactment of this paragraph, if he determines that such route or portion thereof is not essential to completion of a unified and connected Interstate System or will no longer be essential by reason of the application of this paragraph and will not be constructed as a part of the Interstate System, and if he receives assurances that the State does not intend to construct a toll road in the traffic corridor which would be served by such route or portion thereof. The mileage of the route or portion thereof approval of which is withdrawn under this paragraph shall be available for designation on the Interstate System in any other State in accordance with paragraph (1) of this subsection. After the Secretary has withdrawn his approval of any such route or portion thereof, whenever responsible local officials of such urbanized area notify the State highway department that, in lieu of a route or portion thereof approval for which is withdrawn under this paragraph, their needs require a nonhighway public mass transit project involving the construction of fixed rail facilities, or the purchase of passenger equipment, including rolling stock for any mode of mass transit, or both, and the State highway department determines that such public mass transit project is in accordance with the planning process under section 134 of this title and is entitled to priority 76 Stat. IMS; under such planning process, such public mass transit project shall be ^'*2rusc^i34'. submitted for approval to the Secretary. Approval of the plans, specifications, and estimates for such project by the Secretary shall be deemed a contractual obligation of the United States for payment out of the general funds in the Treasury of its proportional share of the cost of such project in an amount equal to the Federal share which would be paid for such a project under the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, except that the total Federal cost of all such projects ^8 Stat. 302. under this paragraph with respect to such route or portion thereof note.'^^*^ ^^°^ approval of which is withdrawn under this paragraph, shall not exceed the Federal share of the cost which would have been paid for such route or portion thereof, as such cost is included in the 1972 Interstate System cost estimate set forth in table 5 of House Public Works Committee Print Numbered 92-29, as revised in House Report Numbered 92-1443. Funds apportioned to such State for the Interstate System, which apportionment is based upon an Interstate System cost estimate that includes a route or portion thereof approval of which is withdrawn under this paragraph, shall be reduced by an amount equal to the Federal share of such project as such share

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78 Stat. 302. 49 USC 1601 note. 49 USC 1602.

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becomes a contractual obligation of the United States. No general funds shall be obligated under authority of this paragraph after June 30, 1981. No nonhighway public mass transit project shall be approved under this paragraph unless the Secretary has received assurances satisfactory to him from the State that public mass transportation systems will fully utilize the proposed project. The provision of assistance under this paragraph shall not be construed as bringing within the application of chapter 15 of title 5, United States Code, any nonsupervisory employee of an urban mass transportation system (or of any other agency or entity performing related functions) to whom such chapter is otherwise inapplicable. Funds available for expenditure to carry out the purposes of this paragraph shall be supplementary to and not in substitution for funds authorized and available for obligation pursuant to the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as amended. The provisions of section 3(e)(4) of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as amended, shall apply in carrying out this paragraph." rUBLIC MASS TRANSPORTATION STUDIES

Evaluation.

Report to Congress. Tax revenues, study.

Appropriation.

SEC. 138. (a) The Secretary shall, in cooperation with the Governor of each State and appropriate local officials, make an evaluation of that portion of the 1972 National Transportation Report, pertaining to public mass transportation. Such evaluation shall include all urban areas. The evaluation shall include but not be limited to the following: (1) I^etining the public mass transportation needs contained in such report. (2) Developing a program to accomplish the needs of each urban area for public mass transportation. (3) Analyzing the existing funding capabilities of Federal, State, and local governments for meeting such needs. (4) Analyzing other funding capabilities of Federal, State, and local governments for meeting such needs. (5) Determining the operating and maintenance costs relating to the public mass transportation system. (6) Determining and comparing fare structures of all public mass transportation systems. The Secretar}^ shall, not later than July 1, 1974, report to Congress the results of this evaluation together with his recommendations for necessary legislation. (b) The Secretary shall conduct a study of revenue mechanisms, including a tax on fuels used in the provision of urban mass transportation service, and an additional gasoline tax imposed in urban areas, which could be used now or in the future to finance transportation activities receiving financial assistance from the Highway Trust Fund. Such study shall include an analysis of the magnitude of the various potential sources of user tax revenues, the rates at which such taxes could be levied (including possible differential rates), the mechanisms for collection of such taxes, the incidence of such taxes, and the potential impact on transit usage caused by such taxes. The Secretary shall report to the Congress the findings of his studj?^ by no later than the 180th day after the date of enactment of this section. (c) There is hereby auhorized not to exceed $10,000,000 to carry out this section. FERRY OPERATIONS

84 Stat. 1736.

SEC. 139. (a) The last subsection of section 129 of title 23, United States Code, is hereby redesignated as subsection (g).

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(b) Paragraph (5) of subsection (g) of section 129 of title 23, United States Code, as redesignated in subsection (a) of this section, is amended to read as follows: " (5) Such ferry may be operated only within the State (including the islands which comprise the State of Hawaii) or between adjoining States. Except with respect to operations between the islands which comprise the State of Hawaii and operations between the States of Alaska and Washington, or between any two points within the State of Alaska, no part of such a ferry operation shall be in any foreign or international waters." METRO ACCESSIBILITY TO THE

Ante, p. 270.

HANDICAPPED

SEC. 140. The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to make ^f^^^l^^ll^.l'^l payments to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority in poutan Area amounts sufficient to finance 80 per centum of the cost of providing Transit Authority. such facilities for the subway and rapid rail transit system authorized D. C Code in the National Capital Transportation Act of 1969 (83 Stat. 320) as 1-1441. note. may be necessary to make such subway and system accessible by the handicapped through implementation of Public Laws 90-480 and 91-205. There is authorized to be appropriated, to carry out this sec- 8482 Stat. 718; Stat. 49. tion, not to exceed $65,000,000. 42 USC 4151. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

STATEMENTS

SEC. 141. (a) The Secretary of Transportation shall, not later than forty-five days after the date of enactment of this section, complete all necessary action on (1) the environmental impact statement pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and (2) the application for approval under the General Bridge Act of 1946, with respect to the proposal for construction by the Department of Transportation of the State of New Jersey of a bridge over the Raritan River in such State for the purpose of such State's Highway Route 18. (b) The Secretary of Transportation shall— (1) by October 1, 1973— (A) complete the draft environmental impact statement pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act and his determination under section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act and section 138 of title 23 of the United States Code, on the project for Interstate Route Numbered 66 in the State of Virginia from the National Capital Beltway to the Potomac River, which project is described in the 1972 estimate of the cost of completing the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways as estimate section termini E 10.4.2 at the Beltway to E 10.11.1 in Rosslj^n, (B) circulate such statement to all interested Federal, State, and local agencies and to the public for comment within forty-five days, and (C) insure that notice of a public hearing on the design and location of such project is issued; (2) insure that a public hearing is held within forty-five days after issuance of the notice pursuant to paragraph (1)(C) of this subsection; and (3) not later than December 31, 1973, complete consideration of the information received at the hearing, review any comments on the statement received within the forty-five-day notice period referred to in paragraph (1)(B) of this subsection and any other

83 Stat. 42 USC 60 Stat. 33 USC note.

853. 4332. 847. 525

82 Stat. 824. 49 USC 1653. 82 Stat. 8 2 3.

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iiiforination received by the end of such forty-tive-day period and tile the final version of such statement on the basis of such comments and information, together with any other final determination which he is required by law to make in order to permit the construction of such project to proceed. The determination of the Secretary shall be conclusive with respect to all issues of fact. U'RITCK L A N E S

Ante. p. 265.

s^j..^,^ ^^ (a) Chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding to the end thereof the following new section: "The Secretary may approve as a project on any Federal-aid system the construction of exclusive or preferential truck lanes." (b) The analysis of chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: ••14i). Truck lanes.". HKIHWAY
 * § 149. Truck lanes

coiTg^es^s!"

STUDIES

y^Y-.v.. 143. The Secretary of Transportation shall report to (\)ngress by flanuar-y 1, 1975, on the feasibility and necessity for constructing to appropriate standards proposed highways along the followingroutes: (1) A route from Brunswick, Geor-gia, or its vicinity, to Kansas City, Missouri, or its vicinity, so aligned to serve the following intermediate locations, or vicinities thereof: Columbus. Georgia; Birmingham, Alabama; Tupelo, Mississippi; Memphis, Tennessee; Batesville or Jonesboro, Arkansas; and Springfield, Missouri. (2) A route from Kansas City, Missouri, or its vicinity, to Chicago, Illinois, or its vicinity, so aligned as to cross the Mississippi River at a point between Xauvoo, Illinois, on the north, and Hannibal, Missouri, on the south. (3) A route from Amarillo, Texas, or its vicinity to Las Cruces, New Mexico, or its vicinity, so aligned as to serve the following intermediate locations, or vicinities thereof: Hereford, Texas; Clovis, New Mexico; Portales, Xew Mexico; Roswell, New Mexico; Ruidoso, New Mexico; Tularosa, New Mexico; and Alamogordo, New Mexico together with a branch route from Alamogordo, New Mexico, or its vicinity, to El Paso, Texas, or its vicinity, to connect with Interstate Route No. 10 and the port of entry with Mexico. (4) A route from the Port of Catoosa, Catoosa, Oklahoma, or its vicinity, to Interstate Route No. 35 to Ponca City, Oklahoma, or its vicinity. (5) Extension of Interstate Highway 7 from Cove Fort, Utah, or its vicinity, in a westerly direction, so aligned to serve the intermediate locations of Ely and Carson City, Nevada, or their vicinities. (6) A route from Kansas City. Missouri, or its vicinity, to l^aton Rouge. Louisiana, or its vicinity, so aligned to ser-ve one or both of the following intermediate locations or vicinities thereof: Fayetteville, Fort Smith, and Texarkana, Arkansas; or Little Rock, Arkansas, or- any other route through the State of Arkansas determined feasible by such State and the Secretary. (7) A route from Interstate Highway 380 from Waterloo. Iowa, via Dubuque, Iowa, to Interstate Highway 90 at Rockford, Illinois; and an extension of Interstate Highway 74 from the Davenport, lowa-Moline, Illinois, area through DubiKjue. Iowa, to Inter-state 90 at LaCrosse. Wisconsin.

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(8) Extension of Interstate Highway 27 from Lubbock, Texas, or its vicinity in a southerly direction to intersect with Interstate 20 and, proceeding further, to intersect with Interstate 10. (9) A route from Salina, Kansas, or its vicinity, in a northerly direction to intersect with Interstate 80 in the vicinity of York, Nebraska, and, proceeding further, to Interstate 29 in the vicinity of Watertown, South Dakota. (10) A route from Wichita, Kansas, or its vicinity to Tucumcari. New Mexico, or its vicinity, so aligned to serve the following intermediate locations or vicinities thereof: Pratt, Kansas; Meade, Kansas; Liberal, Kansas; Guymon, Oklahoma; Stafford, Texas; Dalhart, Texas; and Logan, New Mexico; or any other route through the State of Kansas determined feasible by such State and the Secretary. INTER-AMERICAN HIGHWAY

SEC. 144. Section 4 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1962 (Public Law 87-866; 76 Stat. 1145) is amended by striking out "$82,000,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$42,000,000". DONATIONS

SEC, 145. (a) Chapter 3 of title 23 of the United States Code is ^^^l,l\%%^amended by adding at the end thereof the following: 23 USC 301". "§323. Donations "Nothing in this title, or in any other provision of law, shall be construed to prevent a person whose real property is being acquired in connection with a project under this title, after he has been tendered the full amount of the estimated just compensation as established by an approved appraisal of the fair market value of the subject real property, from making a gift or donation of such property, or any part thereof, or of any of the compensation paid therefor, to a Federal agency, a State or a State agency, or a political subdivision of a State, as said person shall determine." (b) The analysis of chapter 3 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "323. Donations.". H I G H - S P E E D TRANSPORTATION DEMONSTRATION

SEC. 146. The Secretary is authorized to undertake a study and High-speed bus demonstration program for high-speed bus service from collection ^^••^''=^' study. points in the Washington, District of Columbia area to Dulles International Airport, Virginia. Such study and demonstration shall utilize exclusive bus transportation lanes between points of origin and termination of such service, and include, where necessary, the construction of such exclusive bus transportation lanes as well as terminal and parking facilities. Such study and demonstration shall also include the purchase of high-speed buses. As necessary to implement this section, the Secretary shall undertake research into the development of buses designed to maintain high-speed, safe transportation. Not to exceed $10,000,000 of the amount authorized to be apportioned under section 104(b)(6) of title 23, United States Code, for the fiscal year ending ^"'«' P- 256. June 30, 1975, shall be available to the Secretary to carry out this section and such sum shall be set aside for such purpose prior to the apportionment of such amount for such fiscal year. 22-150 0 - 7 5 - 2 0

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Appropriation.

HIGHWAY

P U B L I C TRANSPORTATION

72 Stat. 888; 76 Stat. 1147.

Ante,

p. 255.

84 Stat. 1716. 76 Stat. 1148; 84 Stat. 1737. 23 USC 134.

Supra.

PROGRAM

s^c. 147. To eiicourage the development, improvement, and use of public mass transportation systems operating vehicles on highways for transportation of passengers within rural areas, in order to enhance access of rural populations to employment, health care, retail centers, education, and public services, there are authorized to be appropriated $30,000,000 for the two-fiscal-year period ending June 30, 1976, of which $20,000,000 shall be out of the Highway Trust Fund, to the Secretary of Transportation to carry out demonstration projects for public mass transportation on highways in rural areas. Projects eligible for Federal funds under this section shall include highway traffic control devices, the construction of passenger loading areas and facilities, including shelters, fringe and transportation corridor parking facilities to serve bus and other public mass transportation passengers, and the purchase of passenger equipment other than rolling stock for fixed rail. FEDERAL-AID

72 Stat. 887.

DEMONSTRATION

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SYSTEMS

REALIGNMENT

SEC. 148. (a) Section 103(b) of title 23, United States Code, is renumbered as section 103(b)(1) and a new section 103(b)(2) is added to read as follows: "(2) After June 30, 1976, the Federal-aid primary system shall consist of an adequate system of connected main roads important to interstate, statewide, and regional travel, consisting of rural arterial routes and their extensions into or through urban areas. The Federalaid primary system shall be designated by each State acting through its State highway department and where appropriate, shall be in accordance with the planning process pursuant to section 134 of this title, subject to the approval of the Secretary as provided by subsecion (f) of this section." (b) Section 103(c) of title 23, United States Code, is renumbered as section 103(c)(1) and a new subsection 103(c)(2) is added to read as follows: "(2) After June 30, 1976, the Federal-aid secondary system shall consist of rural major collector routes. The Federal-aid secondary system shall be designated by each State through its State highway department and appropriate local officials in cooperation with each other, subject to the approval of the Secretary as provided in subsection (f) of this section." (c) Section 103(d) of title 23, United States Code, is renumbered as section 103(d)(1) and a new subsection 103(d)(2) is added to read as follows: "(2) After June 30, 1976, the Federal-aid urban system shall be located in each urbanized area and such other urban areas as the State highway departments may designate and shall consist of arterial routes and collector routes, exclusive of urban extensions of the Federal-aid primary system. The routes on the Federal-aid urban system shall be designated by appropriate local officials, with the concurrence of the State highway departments, subject to the approval of the Secretary as provided in subsection (f) of this section, and in the case of urbanized areas shall also be in accordance with the planning process required pursuant to the provisions of section 134 of this title." (d) Federal-aid systems realignment shall be based upon anticipated functional usage in the year 1980 or a planned connected system. (e) In addition to the foregoing amendments, the second sentence of section 103(c)(1) of title 23, United States Code, is amended to insert, after the words "local rural roads," the phrase, "access roads to airports,".

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