An Act to authorize appropriations for the fiscal years 1962 and 1963 for the construction of certain highways in accordance with title 23 of the United States Code, and for other purposes
PL 86-657 (H.R.10495), enacted 07/14/1960

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PUBLIC LAW 86-657-JULY 14, 1960 
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Public Law 86-657 
July 14, 1960 
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To authorize appropriations for the fiscal years 1982 and 1963 for the construc-
tion of certain highways in accordance with title 23 of the United States 
Code, and for other purix>ses. 
Be it enaxited hy the Senate and House of Repr-esentatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SHORT TITLE 
SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the "Federal Highway Act of 
I960". 
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AUTHORIZATIONS 
SEC. 2. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of title 23 
of the United States Code the following sums are hereby authorized 
to be appropriated: 
(1) For the Federal-aid primary system and the Federal-aid sec-
ondary system and for their extension within urban areas out of the 
Highway Trust Fund, $925,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1962, and $925,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1963. The 
sums authorized in this paragraph for each fiscal year shall be avail-
able for expenditure as follows: 
(A) 45 per centum for projects under the Federal-aid primary 
system; 
(B) 30 per centum for projects on the Federal-aid secondary 
system; 
(C) 25 per centum for projects on extensions of Federal-aid 
primary and Federal-aid secondary systems within urban areas. 
(2) For forest highways, $33,000,000 for the fiscal year ending 
June 30, 1962, and $33,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1963. 
(3) For forest development roads and trails, $35,000,000 for the 
fiscal year ending June 30, 1962, and $40,000,000 for the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1963. 
(4) For park roads and trails, $18,000,000 for the fiscal year ending 
June 30,1962, and $18,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30,1963. 
(5) For parkways, $16,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1962, and $16,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30,1963. 
(6) For Indian reservation roads and bridges, $12,000,000 for 
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1962, and $12,000,000 for the fiscal 
year ending June 30,1963. 
(7) For public lands highways, $3,500,000 for the fiscal year ending 
June 30,1962, and $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30,1963. 
FEDERAL-AID PARTICIPATION IN PUBLIC LAND STATES 
72 Stat. 898. 
SEC. 3. That section 120(a) of title 23, United States Code, is 
liereby amended by striking out "unappropriated and unreserved 
public lands and nontaxable Indian lands, individual and tribal," 
and inserting in lieu thereof, "nontaxable Indian lands, individual 
and tribal, and public domain lands (both reserved and unreserved) 
exclusive of national forests and national parks and monuments,". 
P A Y M E N T S O N F E D E R A L - A I D P R O J E C T S U N D E R T A K E N B Y A FEDERAL 
AGENCY 
SEC. 4. (a) That chapter 1 of title 23 of the United States Code 
is amended by inserting at the end thereof a new section as follows: 
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§ 132. Payments on Federal-aid projects undertaken by a Federal agency 
"Where a proposed Federal-aid project is to be undertaken by a 
Federal agency pursuant to an agreement between a State and such 
Federal agency and this State makes a deposit with or payment to 
such Federal agency as may be required in fulfillment of the State's 
obligation under such agreement for the work undertaken or to be 
undertaken by such Federal agency, the Secretary, upon execution 
of a project agreement with such State for the proposed Federal-aid 
project, may reimburse the State out of the approp)riate appropria-
tions the estimated Federal share under the provisions of this title 
of the State's obligation so deposited or paid by such State. 
Upon 
completion of such project and its acceptance by the Secretary, an 
adjustment shall be made in such Federal share payable on account 
of such project based on the final cost thereof. 
Any sums reimbursed 
to the State under this section which may be in excess of the Federal 
pro rata share under the provisions of this title of the State's share 
of the cost as set forth in the approved final voucher submitted by 
the State shall be recovered and credited to the same class of funds 
from which the Federal payment under this section was made." 
(b) The analysis of chapter 1 of title 23 of the United States Code 
is amended by inserting at the end thereof the following: 
"1.32. Payments on Federal-aid projects undertaken by a Federal agency." 
APPROACH ROADS TO FERRY FACILITIES 
SEC. 5. (a) Section 129 of title 23, United States Code, is hereby 
amended by adding thereto the following new subsection: 
"(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 301 of this title, 
the Secretary may permit Federal participation under this title in 
the construction of a project constituting an approach to a ferry, 
whether toll or free, the, route of which has been approved under 
section 103 (b) or (c) of this title as a part of one of the Federal-aid 
systems and has not been designated as a route on the Interstate 
System. 
Such ferry may be either publicly or privately owned and 
operated, but the operating authority and the amount of fares charged 
for passage shall be under the control of a State agency or official, 
and all revenues derived from publicly owned or operated ferries 
shall be applied to payment of the cost of construction or acquisition 
thereof, including debt service, and to actual and necessary costs of 
operation, maintenance, repair, and replacement." 
(b) The caption of section 129 of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
**Toll Roads, Bridges, Tunnels, and Ferries." 
REPAYMENT OF FEDERAL-AID FUNDS 
SEC. 6. (a) The amount of all Federal-aid highway funds paid on 
account of those sections of Federal-aid Interstate Route 95 in the 
States of Delaware and Maryland from a point in the vicinity of 
Farnhurst, Delaware, to a point in the vicinity of the proposed White-
marsh Interchange in Baltimore County, Maryland, proposed as the 
location for a toll express highway, shall, prior to the collection of 
tolls thereon, be repaid to the Treasurer of the United States and the 
amount so repaid shall be deposited to the credit of the appropriation 
for "Federal-Aid Highways (Trust Fund)". 
At the time of such 
repayment, the Federal-aid projects with respect to which such funds 
have been repaid and any other Federal-aid project located on such 
sections of said Interstate Route and programed for Federal-aid par-
ticipation shall be canceled and withdrawn from the Federal-aid 
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highway program. Any amount so repaid, together with the unpaid 
balance or any amount programed for expenditure on any such project, 
shall be credited to the unprogramed balance of Federal-aid'highway 
funds of the same class last apportioned to the States, respectively. 
The amount so credited shall be available for expenditure in accord-
ance with the provisions of title 23, United States Code, as fimended 
or supplemented. 
(b) Upon the repayment of Federal-aid highway funds and the 
cancellation and withdrawal from the Federal-aid highWay program 
of all projects on said sections of Federal-aid Interstate Route 95, 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 regula-
tion thereunder, with respect to the imposition and collection of tolls 
or other charges thereon or for the use thereof. 
DEFINITIONS 
SEC. 7. For the purposes of section 2 of this Act each of the follow-
ing terms shall have the same meaning as is given it in section 101 of 
title 23 of the United States Code: 
(1) Forest development roads and trails; 
(2) Forest highway; 
(3) Indian reservation roads and bridges; 
(4) Park roads and trails; 
(5) Parkway; 
(6) Public lands highways; 
(7) Federal-aid primary system; 
(8) Federal-aid secondary system; 
(9) Urban area. 
AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 23 
SEC. 8. (a) Subsectioji (c) of section 129 of tit^e 23, United States 
Code, is amended by striking out "under prior Acts". 
(b) The first sentence of section 203 of title 23, United States Code, 
is amended by striking out-"Funds now authorized" and inserting 
in lieu thereof "Funds authorized". 
(c) The second sentence of subsection (a) of section 205 of title 23, 
United States Code, is amended by striking out "construction". 
(d) Section 210 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
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"(g) .If the Secretary shall determine that it is necessary for the 
expeditious completion of any defense access road project he may 
advance to any State out of funds appropriated for defense access 
roads transferred and available to the Department of Commerce the 
Federal share of the cost of construction thereof to enable the State 
highway department to make prompt payments for acquisition of 
rights-of-way, and for the construction as it progresses. The sums so 
advanced shall be deposited in a special fund by the State official 
authorized by State law to receive such funds, to be disbursed solely 
upon vouchers approved by the State highway department for rights-
of-way which have been or are being acquired and for construction 
which has been actually performed under this section. Upon deter-
mination by the Secretary that funds advanced to any State under the 
provisions of this subsection are no longer required, the amount of 
the advance which is determined to be in excess of requirements for the 
project shall be repaid upon his demand, and such repayments shall 
be returned to the credit of the appropriation from which the funds 
were advanced." 
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(e) Section 305 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by strik-
ing out "under the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956," and inserting 
in lieu thereof "to carry out this title*'. 
(f) Subsection (a) of section 114 of title 23, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: 
"On any project where actual construction is in progress and visible 
to highway users, the State highway department shall erect such in-
formational sign or signs as prescribed by the Secretary, identifying 
the project and the respective amounts contributed therefor by the 
State and Federal Governments." 
(g) Paragraph (5) of subsection (b) of section 104 of title 23, 
United States Code, is amended by striking out the last sentence 
thereof. 
Approved July 14, 1960. 
Public Law 86-658 
AN ACT 
July 14. I960 
To amend section 22 (relating to tlie endowment and support of colleges of 
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agriculture and the mechanic arts) of the Act of June 29,1935, to incr6ase the 
authorised appropriation for resident teaching grants to land-grant institu-
tions. 
Agriculture and 
m e c h a n i c 
a r t s 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 22 of 
the Act of June 29, 1935, as amended (7 U.S.C. 329), is amended to coiiegeV." 
read as follows: 
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"SEC. 22. In order to provide for the more complete endowment 
and support of the colleges in the several States and!^ Puerto Rico en-
titled to the benefits of the Act entitled 'An Act donating public lands 
to the several States and Territories which may provide colleges for 
the benefit of agriculture and the mechanie arts,' approved July 2, 
1862, as amended and supplemented (7 U.S.C. 301-328), there are 
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hereby authorized to be appropriated annually, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the following amounts: 
"(a) For the first fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment 
of this Act, and for each fiscal year thereafter, $7,650,000; and 
"(b) For the first fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment 
of this Act, and for each fiscal year thereafter, $4,300,000. 
"The sums appropriated in pursuance of paragraph (a) shall be 
paid annually to the several States and Puerto Rico in equal shares. 
The sums appropriated in pursuance of paragraph (b) shall be in 
addition to sums appropriated in pursuance of paragraph (a) and 
shall be allotted and paid annually to each of the several States and 
Puerto Rico in the proportion to which the total population of each 
State and Puerto Rico bears to the total population of all the States 
and Puerto Rico as determined by the last preceding decennial census. 
Sums appropriated in pursuance of this section shall be in addition 
to sums appropriated or authorized under such Act of July 2, 1862, 
as amended and supplemented, and shall be applied only for the pur-
poses of the colleges defined in such Act, as amended and supple-
mented. 
The provisions of law applicable to the use and payment of 
sums under the Act entitled 'An Act to apply a portion of the proceeds 
of the public lands to the more complete endowment and support of 
the colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts 
established under the provisions of an Act of Congress approved 
July 2, 1862,' approved August 30, 1890, as amended and supple- 
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mented, shall aj)ply to the use and payment of sums appropriated in 328. 
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pursuance of this section." 
Approved July 14, 1960.