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except that the Secretary may not fund any project for

more than 3 years.

‘‘(3) Revenues generated by any pilot project under

this subsection must be applied to projects eligible

under such title.

‘‘(4) Notwithstanding sections 129 and 301 of title 23,

United States Code, the Secretary shall allow the use

of tolls on the Interstate System as part of a pilot program under this section [amending section 129 of this

title and enacting provisions set out as a note under

section 129 of this title], but not on more than 3 of such

programs.

‘‘(5) The Secretary shall monitor the effect of such

projects for a period of at least 10 years, and shall report to the Committee on Environment and Public

Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives every 2 years on the effects such programs are

having on driver behavior, traffic, volume, transit ridership, air quality, and availability of funds for transportation programs.

‘‘(6) Of the sums made available to the Secretary pursuant to section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code,

not to exceed $25,000,000 shall be made available each

fiscal year to carry out the requirements of this subsection. Not more than $15,000,000 of such amounts shall

be made available to carry out each pilot project under

this section.’’

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 117 of this title.

§ 150. Allocation of urban system funds

The funds apportioned to any State under

paragraph (6) of subsection (b) of section 104 of

this title that are attributable to urbanized

areas of 200,000 population or more shall be made

available for expenditure in such urbanized

areas for projects in programs approved under

subsection (d) of section 105 of this title in accordance with a fair and equitable formula developed by the State which formula has been approved by the Secretary. Such formula shall

provide for fair and equitable treatment of incorporated municipalities of 200,000 or more population. Whenever such a formula has not been

developed and approved for a State, the funds

apportioned to any State under paragraph (6) of

subsection (b) of section 104 of this title which

are attributable to urbanized areas having a

population of 200,000 or more shall be allocated

among such urbanized areas within such State

for projects in programs approved under subsection (d) of section 105 of this title in the ratio

that the population within each such urbanized

area bears to the population of all such urbanized areas, or parts thereof, within such State.

In the expenditure of funds allocated under the

preceding sentence, fair and equitable treatment

shall be accorded incorporated municipalities of

200,000 or more population. Funds allocated to

an urbanized area under the provisions of this

section may, at the request of the Governor and

upon approval of the appropriate local officials

of the area and the Secretary, be transferred to

the allocation of another such area in the State

or to the State for use in any urban area.

(Added Pub. L. 93–87, title I, §157(a), Aug. 13,

1973, 87 Stat. 277; amended Pub. L. 97–424, title I,

§124, Jan. 6, 1983, 96 Stat. 2113.)

AMENDMENTS

1983—Pub. L. 97–424 inserted provision at end that

funds allocated to an urbanized area under the provisions of this section may, at the request of the Governor and upon approval of the appropriate local officials of the area and the Secretary, be transferred to

the allocation of another such area in the State or to

the State for use in any urban area.

§ 151. National bridge inspection program

(a) NATIONAL BRIDGE INSPECTION STANDARDS.—

The Secretary, in consultation with the State

highway departments and interested and knowledgeable private organizations and individuals,

shall establish national bridge inspection standards for the proper safety inspection and evaluation of all highway bridges.

(b) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF INSPECTION

STANDARDS.—The standards established under

subsection (a) shall, at a minimum—

(1) specify, in detail, the method by which

such inspections shall be carried out by the

States;

(2) establish the maximum time period between inspections;

(3) establish the qualification for those

charged with carrying out the inspections;

(4) require each State to maintain and make

available to the Secretary upon request—

(A) written reports on the results of highway bridge inspections together with notations of any action taken pursuant to the

findings of such inspections; and

(B) current inventory data for all highway

bridges reflecting the findings of the most

recent highway bridge inspections conducted; and

(5) establish a procedure for national certification of highway bridge inspectors.

(c) TRAINING PROGRAM FOR BRIDGE INSPECTORS.—The Secretary, in cooperation with the

State highway departments, shall establish a

program designed to train appropriate governmental employees to carry out highway bridge

inspections. Such training program shall be revised from time to time to take into account

new and improved techniques.

(d) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—To carry out this

section, the Secretary may use funds made

available pursuant to the provisions of section

104(a), section 307(a), and section 144 of this

title.

(Added Pub. L. 100–17, title I, §125(a), Apr. 2,

1987, 101 Stat. 166.)

PRIOR PROVISIONS

A prior section 151, added Pub. L. 93–87, title II,

§205(a), Aug. 13, 1973, 87 Stat. 284; amended Pub. L.

94–280, title II, §207, May 5, 1976, 90 Stat. 454; Pub. L.

95–599, title I, §127, Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2707; Pub. L.

96–470, title II, §209(c), Oct. 19, 1980, 94 Stat. 2245; Pub.

L. 97–375, title I, §111(a), Dec. 21, 1982, 96 Stat. 1821, related to a pavement marking demonstration program,

prior to repeal by Pub. L. 100–17, title I, §125(a), Apr. 2,

1987, 101 Stat. 166.

§ 152. Hazard elimination program

(a) Each State shall conduct and systematically maintain an engineering survey of all public roads to identify hazardous locations, sections, and elements, including roadside obstacles and unmarked or poorly marked roads,

which may constitute a danger to motorists and

pedestrians, assign priorities for the correction