An Act to amend and supplement the Federal-Aid Road Act approved July 11, 1916 (39 Stat. 355), s amended and supplemented, to authorize appropriations for continuing the construction of highways, and for other purposes
PL 83-350 (H.R.8127), enacted 05/06/1954

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SEC. 305. The strength authorized for any grade under section 301, 
302, or 303 of this title which is not utilized for that grade may be 
utilized for any lower grade. 
SEC. 306. Whenever circumstances require that the actual strength of 
the Air Force in commissioned officers on active duty be more than 
one hundred and eighty thousand, the Secretary of the Air Force 
shall, in general conformity with the table set forth in section 301 
of this title, fix the authorized strength of each of the grades covered 
by that table. 
TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS PKOVISIONS 
Armed Forces. 
Comm 1 s s i oned 
officer personnel. 
National e m e r-
gency. 
65 Stat. 109. 
34 u s e 3e. 
61 Stat. 798. 
34 u s e 3a note. 
Report. 
SEC. 401. Subsection 631 (a), and that portion of subsection 631 
(b) occurring before the proviso of the Act of August 1,1953 (67 Stat. 
355), are repealed. 
SEC. 402. That portion of title I I of the Act of August 1, 1953, 
appearing under the heading "Retired Pay" (67 Stat. 337), is amended 
by deleting all after the word "necessary" and substituting therefor a 
period. 
SEC. 403. The President may suspend all or any part of the provi-
sions of this Act in time of war, or in time of national emergency 
hereafter declared by the Congress or by the President. 
Notwith-
standing section 426 (c) of the Officer Personnel Act of 1947, as 
amended, the President may suspend all or any part of those provi-
sions of the Officer Personnel Act of 1947, which are amended by this 
Act, which relate to grades above that of lieutenant, only in time of 
war, or in time of national emergency hereafter declared by the 
Congress or by the President. 
SEC. 404, Not later than January 30 of each year, the Secretary of 
the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary of the Air 
Force shall present to the Committees on Armed Services of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate, the estimated active-duty person-
nel requirements for his respective service for the next fiscal year, the 
estimated number of commissioned officers in each grade on active 
duty whether by permanent or temporary appointment, to be pro-
moted during the next fiscal year, and an analysis of the current dis-
tribution by grade of commissioned officers serving on active duty, 
whether by permanent or temporary appointment. 
Approved May 5, 1954. 
May 6,1954 
[H. R. 8127] 
Public Law 350 
CHAPTER 181 
AN ACT 
To amend and supplement the Federal-Aid Road Act approved July 11, 1916 
(39 Stat. 355), as amended and supplemented, to authorize appropriations 
for continuing the construction of highways, and for other purposes. 
F e d e r a l - A i d 
H i g h w a y Act of 
1954. 
23 u s e 9a note. 
^proprlation. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That, for the purpose 
of carrying out the provisions of the Federal-Aid Eoad Act approved 
July 11, 1916 (39 Stat. 355), and all Acts amendatory thereof and 
supplementary thereto, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated 
the sum of $700,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1956, and 
a like sum for the fiscal year ending June 30,1957. 
The sum herein authorized for each fiscal year shall be available for 
expenditure as follows: 
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(a) $315,000,000 for projects on the Federal-aid primary highway 
system. 
(b) $210,000,000 for projects on the Federal-aid secondary system. 
(c) $175,000,000 for projects on the Federal-aid primary highway 
system in urban areas, and for projects on approved extensions of the 
Federal-aid secondary system within urban areas. 
The sums authorized by this section for each fiscal year, respectively, 
Apportionment, 
shall be apportioned among the several States in the manner now 
provided by law and in accordance with the formulas set forth in 
section 4 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1944, approved Decem-
ber 20, 1944 (58 Stat. 838). 
Any sums apportioned to any State under the provision of this 
section shall be available for expenditure in that State for two years 
after the close of the fiscal year for which such sums are authorized, 
and any amounts so apportioned remaining unexpended at the end 
of such period shall lapse: Provided, That such funds for any fiscal 
year shall be deemed to have been expended if a sum equal to the total 
of the sums apportioned to the State for such fiscal year is covered 
by formal agreements with the Secretary of Commerce for the 
improvement of specific projects as provided by this Act: 
Provided 
further^ That in the case of those sums heretofore, herein, or hereafter 
apportioned to any State for projects on the Federal-aid secondary 
highway system, the Secretary of Commerce may, upon the request of 
any State, discharge his responsibility relative to the plans, specifica-
tions, estimates, surveys, contract aAvards, design, inspection, and 
construction of such secondary road projects by his receiving and 
approving a certified statement by the State highway department 
setting forth that the plans, design, and construction for such projects 
are in accord with the standards and procedures of such State appli-
cable to projects in this category approved by him: Provided 
further, 
That such approval shall not be given unless such standards and 
procedures are in accordance with the objectives set forth in section 
1 (b) of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1950: Provided further, 
64 stat. 786. 
That nothing contained in the foregoing provisos shall be construed to 
relieve any State of its obligation now provided by law relative to 
maintenance, nor to relieve the Secretary of Commerce of his obliga-
tion with respect to the selection of the secondary system or the loca-
tion of projects thereon, to make a final inspection after construction 
of each project, and to require an adequate showing of the estimated 
and actual cost of construction of each project: Provided further, That 
not more than 10 per centum of the amount apportioned to each State 
under subparagraphs (a), (b), or (c) of this section may be trans-
ferred from the apportionment under one subparagraph to the appor-
tionment under either of the other subparagraphs: Provided 
further, 
That such transfer is requested by the State highway department and 
is approved by the Governor of said State and the Secretary of Com-
merce as being in the public interest: Provided further, That the total 
of such transfers shall not increase the original apportionment under 
any subparagraph by more than 10 per centum: Provided 
further, 
That the transfers hereinabove permitted for funds authorized to be 
appropriated for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1956, and June 30, 
1957, shall likewise be permitted on the same basis for funds heretofore 
or hereafter authorized to be appropriated for any prior or subsequent 
fiscal year: And provided 
further. 
That nothing herein contained 
shall be deemed to alter or impair the authority contained in the last 
proviso to subparagraph (b) of section 3 of the Federal-Aid Highway 
Act of 1944. 
58 Stat. 839. 
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Interstate h i g h -
ways. 
58 Stat. 842. 
23 u s e 60. 
Apportionment. 
Federal share. 
Forest roads. 
23 u s e 23. 
64 Stat. 786. 
23 u s e 23note. 
N at i o nal-park 
roads. 
SEC. 2. (a) For the purpose of expediting the construction, recon-
struction, and improvement, inclusive of necessary bridges and tun-
nels, of the national system of interstate highways, including exten-
sions thereof through urban areas, designated in accordance with the 
provisions of section 7 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1944 (58 
Stat. 838), there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the additional 
sum of $175,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30,1956, and a like 
additional sum for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1957. The sum 
herein authorized for each fiscal year shall be apportioned among the 
several States in the following manner: one-half in the ratio which the 
population of each State bears to the total population of all the States, 
as shown by the latest available Federal census: Provided^ That no 
State shall receive less than three-fourths of 1 per centum of the money 
so apportioned; and one-half in the manner now provided by law for 
apportionment of funds for the Federal-aid primary system: Provided 
further, That the Federal share payable on account of any project on 
the national system of interstate highways provided for by funds 
made available under the provisions of this section shall be increased 
to 60 per centum of the total cost thereof, plus a percentage of the re-
maining 40 per centum of such cost in any State containing unappro-
priated and unreserved public lands and nontaxable Indian lands, 
individual and tribal, exceeding 5 per centum of the total area of all 
lands therein, eq\ial to the percentage that the area of such lands in 
such State is of its total area. 
(b) Any sums apportioned to any State under the provisions of this 
section shall be available for expenditure in that State for two years 
after the close of fiscal year for which such sums are authorized: 
Provided, That such funds shall be deemed to be expended upon execu-
tion of formal agreements with the Secretary of Commerce for the 
improvement of specific projects under this section. 
(c) Any amount apportioned to the States under the provisions of 
this section unexpended at the end of the period during which it is 
available for expenditure under the terms of subsection (b) of this 
section shall lapse. 
SEC. 3. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of section 23 
of the Federal Highway Act (42 Stat. 218), as amended and supple-
mented, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated (1) for forest 
highways the sum of $22,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1956, and a like sum for the fiscal year ending June 30,1957; and (2) 
for forest development roads and trails the sum of $24,000,000 for the 
fiscal year ending June 30, 1956, and a like sum for the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1957: Provided, That with respect to any proposed 
construction or reconstruction of a timber access road, advisory public 
liearings shall be held at a place convenient or adjacent to the area of 
construction or reconstruction w^ith notice and reasonable opportunity 
for interested persons to present their views as to the practicability 
and feasibility of such construction or reconstruction: Provided 
fur-
ther, That hereafter funds available for forest development roads and 
trails shall also be available for vehicular parking areas: Provided 
further, That the appropriation herein authorized for forest highways 
shall be apportioned by the Secretary of Commerce for expenditure 
in the several States, Alaska, and Puerto Rico in accordance with the 
provision of section 3 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1950. 
SEC. 4. (a) For the construction, reconstruction, and improvement 
of roads and trails, inclusive of necessary bridges, in national parks, 
monuments, and other areas administered by the National Park Serv-
ice, including areas authorized to be established as national parks and 
monuments, and national park and monument approach roads author-
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ized by the Act of January 31, 1931 (46 Stat. 1053), as amended, 
there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $12,500,000 
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1956, and a like sum for the fiscal 
year ending June 30,1957. 
(b) For the construction, reconstruction, and improvement of park-
ways, authorized by Acts of Congress, on lands to which title is vested 
in the United States, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated 
the sum of $11,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1956, and a 
like sum for the fiscal year ending June 30,1957. 
(c) For the construction, improvement, and maintenance of Indian 
reservation roads and bridges and roads and bridges to provide access 
to Indian reservations and Indian lands under the provisions of the 
Act approved May 26,1928 (45 Stat. 750), there is hereby authorized 
to be appropriated the sum of $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending 
June 30, 1956, and a like sum for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1957 : 
Provided^ That the location, type, and design of all roads and bridges 
constructed shall be approved by the Secretary of Commerce before 
any expenditures are made thereon, and all such construction shall be 
under the general supervision of the Secretary of Commerce. 
SEC. 5. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of section 10 of 
the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1950 (64 Stat. 785), there is hereby 
authorized to be appropriated for the survey, construction, reconstruc-
tion, and maintenance of main roads through unappropriated or un-
reserved public lands, nontaxable Indian lands, or other Federal 
reservations the sum of $1,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1956, and a like sum for the fiscal year ending June 30,1957, to remain 
available until expended. 
SEC. 6. Any funds authorized for the fiscal year ending June 30,1955, 
or herein authorized for forest highways, forest development roads and 
trails, park roads and trails, parkways, Indian roads, and public lands 
highways shall be immediately available for contract: Provided^ That 
any amount remaining unexpended two years after the close of the fis-
cal year for which authorized shall lapse. The Secretary of the De-
partment charged with the administration of such funds is hereby 
granted authority to incur obligations, approve projects, and enter into 
contracts under such authorizations and his action in doing so shall be 
deemed a contractual obligation of the Federal Government for the 
payment of the cost thereof and such funds shall be deemed to have 
been expended when so obligated. 
SEC. 7. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of section 1 
of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for cooperation with Central 
American Republics in the construction of the Inter-American High-
way", approved December 26, 1941 (55 Stat. 860), as amended by 
section 11 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1950, approved 
September 7, 1950 (64 Stat. 785), there is hereby authorized to be 
appropriated, in addition to the sums heretofore authorized, the sum 
of $8,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1955, and a like sum 
for each fiscal year thereafter up to and including the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1959, to be available until expended, to enable the 
United States to cooperate with the Governments of the American 
Republics situated in Central America—that is, with the Governments 
of the Republics of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, 
Nicaragua, and Panama—in the survey and completion of construc-
tion of the Inter-American Highway within the borders of the 
aforesaid Republics, respectively. 
Not to exceed one-third of the 
appropriation authorized for each fiscal year may be expended with-
out requiring the country or countries in which such sums may be 
expended to match any part thereof, if the Secretary of State shall 
16 u s e 8a-8c. 
Parkways. 
Indian roads. 
25 u s e 318a. 
F e d e r a l reser-
vations. 
64 Stat. 789. 
Adm in i s tration 
of funds. 
Int er-American 
Highway. 
64 Stat. 789. 
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Nicaragua. 
66 Stat. 160. 
Civil defense. 
R e s e a r c h pro-
gram. 
42 Stat. 217. 
23 u s e 21. 
Report. 
Study of utility 
relocation. 
Report. 
Federal Highway 
Act, draft of bill. 
Report, 
find that the cost of constructing said highway in such country or 
countries will be beyond their reasonable capacity to bear. 
SEC. 8. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of section 5 
of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1952 (66 Stat. 158), there is 
hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Department of State, in 
addition to the sums heretofore authorized, the sum of $2,000,000 for 
the fiscal year ending June 30,1955, and a like sum for the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1956, to be available until expended, for completing 
the United States obligation under the applicable agreement with the 
Republic of Nicaragua: Provided^ That the survey and construction 
work authorized by the said section 5 shall be under the general super-
vision of the Secretary of Commerce. 
SEC. 9. In order to assure that adequate consideration is given to civil 
defense aspects in the planning and construction of highways con-
structed or reconstructed with the aid of Federal funds, the Secretary 
of Commerce is authorized and directed to consult, from time to time, 
with the Federal Civil Defense Administrator relative to the civil de-
fense aspects of highways so constructed or reconstructed. 
SEC. 10. (a) The Secretary of Commerce is authorized in his discre-
tion to engage in research on all phases of highway construction, recon-
struction, modernization, development, design, maintenance, safety, 
financing, and traffic conditions, including the effect thereon of State 
laws, and is authorized to test, develop, or assist in the testing and 
developing of any material, invention, patented article, or process. 
The Secretary may carry out the authority granted hereby, either in-
dependently, or in cooperation with any other branch of the Govern-
ment, State agency, authority, association, institution, corporation 
(profit or nonprofit), or any other organization, or person. 
The funds 
required to carry out the provisions of this subsection shall be taken 
out of the administrative and research funds authorized by section 21 
of the Federal Highway Act (42 Stat. 212), as amended. 
The pro-
visions of section 3f09 of the Revised Statutes (41U. S. C, sec. 5) shall 
not be applicable to contracts or agreements made under the authority 
of this subsection. 
(b) The Secretary shall include in the highway research program 
herein authorized studies of economic highway geometries, structures, 
and desirable weight and size standards for vehicles using the public 
highways and of the feasibility of uniformity in State regulations 
with respect to such standards, and he shall report from time to time 
to the Committees on Public "Works of the Senate and of the House of 
Representatives on the progress and findings with respect to such 
studies. 
SEC. 11. The Secretary of Commerce is hereby directed to make a 
study in cooperation with the State highway departments and other 
parties in interest relative to the problems posed by necessary reloca-
tion and reconstruction of public utilities services resulting from high-
way improvements authorized under this Act. 
Among other things, 
such a study shall include a review and financial analysis of existing 
relationships between the State highway departments and affected 
utilities of all types, and a review of the various State statutes regu-
lating existing relationships, to the end that a full and informative 
report may be made to the President for transmittal to the Congress 
of the United States not later than February 1, 1955. 
SEC. 12. The Secretary of Commerce is authorized and directed to 
transmit to the Committees on Public Works of the Senate and of the 
House of Representatives not later than December 31,1954, a suggested 
draft of a bill or bills for a Federal Highway Act, which will mclude 
such provisions of existing law, and such changed or new provisions as 
the Secretary deems advisable. The Secretary shall also submit a 
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report commenting on the draft of bill or bills, which shall include 
specific reference to each change in, or omission of, any provision of 
existing law. 
SEG. 13. The Secretary of Commerce is authorized and directed to 
make a comprehensive study of all phases of highway 
financing, 
including a study of the costs of completing the several systems of 
highways in the several States and of the progress and feasibility of 
toll roads with particular attention to the possible effects of such toll 
roads upon the Federal-aid highway programs, and coordination 
thereof, and to make a report of his findings including recommenda-
tions with respect to Federal participation in toll roads, to be sub-
mitted to the Congress not later than February 1, 1955: Provided^ 
That not to exceed $100,000 from funds available for administrative 
expenses shall be expended for the purposes of this section. 
SEC. 14. For the purpose of expediting the interstate planning and 
coordination of a continuous Great Kiver Road and appurtenances 
thereto traversing the Mississippi Valley from Canada to the Gulf of 
Mexico in general conformity with the provisions of the Federal Aid 
Road Act of July 11, 1916, as amended and supplemented, and with 
the recommended plan set forth in the joint report submitted to the 
Congress November 28, 1951, by the Secretaries of Commerce and 
Interior pursuant to the Act of August 24, 1949 (Public Law 262, 
Eighty-first Congress), there is hereby authorized to be expended by 
the Secretary of Commerce from general administrative funds not to 
exceed $250,000; the amount expended under this section shall be 
apportioned among the ten States bordering the Mississippi River in 
proportion to the amount allocated by these respective States for the 
improvement and extension of existing sections of this highway 
project as approved by the Secretary of Commerce in cooperation 
with other public agencies concerned therewith. 
SEC. 15. The term "highway", as defined in section 2 of the Federal 
Highway Act of November 9, 1921 (42 Stat. 212), as amended and 
supplemented, shall be deemed to include "tunnels". 
SEC. 16. The Secretary of Commerce may approve as a part of the 
Federal-aid secondary system, extensions through urban areas, con-
necting points on that system, provided that Federal participation 
in projects on such extensions shall be limited to urban funds. 
SEC. 17. (a) Highway construction work performed in pursuance 
of agreements between the Secretary of Commerce and any State high-
way department which requires approval by the Secretary of Com-
merce and which is financed in whole or in part by funds authorized 
under this or succeeding Acts, shall be performed by contract awarded 
by competitive bidding under such procedures as may by regulations 
be prescribed by the Secretary of Commerce, unless the Secretary of 
Commerce shall affirmatively find that, under the circumstances relat-
ing to a given project, some other method is in the public interest. 
All such findings shall be reported promptly in writing to the 
Committees on Public Works of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives. 
(b) In any case in which approval by the Secretary of Commerce 
of any contract for such highway construction work is required, the 
Secretary shall require as a condition precedent to such approval a 
sworn statement executed by, or on behalf of, the person, firm, associa-
tion, or corporation to whom such contract is to be awarded, certifying 
that such person, firm, association, or corporation has not, either 
directly or indirectly, entered into any agreement, participated in any 
collusion, or otherwise taken any action in restraint of free competi-
tive bidding in connection with such contract. 
Highway financ-
ing, study. 
Report* 
G r e a t 
R i v e r 
Road. 
39 Stat. 355. 
23 u s e 9a note. 
63 Stat. 626« 
"Highway.»» 
23 use 2. 
Urban area ex^ 
tensions. 
Contracts, etc. 
Report. 
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62 Stat. 753. 
23 u s e 9a note. 
23 u s e 
60-63, 
21» 23c, 3a note. 
16 u s e 8b. 
Separability. 
Effective date. 
Connecticut. 
23 u s e 1 note. 
SEC. 18. Section 1020 of title 18 of the United States Code is 
amended to read as follows: 
"§ 1020. Highway projects 
"Whoever, being an officer, agent, or employee of the United States, 
or of any State or Territory, or whoever, whether a person, association, 
firm, or corporation, knowingly makes any false statement, false repre-
sentation, or false report as to the character, quality, quantity, or cost 
of the material used or to be used, or the quantity or quality of the 
work performed or to be performed, or the costs thereof in connection 
with the submission of plans, maps, specifications, contracts, or costs 
of construction of any highway or related project submitted for 
approval to the Secretary of Commerce; or 
"Whoever knowingly makes any false statement, false representa-
tion, false report, or false claim with respect to the character, quality, 
quantity, or cost of any work performed or to be performed, or 
materials furnished or to be furnished, in connection with the con-
struction of any highway or related project approved by the Secretary 
of Commerce; or 
"Whoever knowingly makes any false statement or false representa-
tion as to a material fact in any statement, certificate, or report sub-
mitted pursuant to the provisions of the Federal-Aid Eoad Act 
approved July 11,1916 (39 Stat. 355), as amended and supplemented, 
"Shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than 
five years, or both." 
SEC. 19. All provisions of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1944, 
approved December 20,1944 (58 Stat. 838) ; the Federal-Aid Highway 
Act of 1948, approved June 29,1948 (62 Stat. 1105) ; and the Federal-
Aid Highway Act of 1950, approved September 7,1950 (64 Stat. 785); 
and the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1952, approved June 25, 1952 
(66 Stat. 158), not inconsistent with this Act, shall remain in full force 
and effect. 
SEC. 20. If any section, subsection, or other provision of this Act or 
the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, 
the remainder of this Act and the application of such section, subsec-
tion, or other provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be 
affected thereby. 
SEC. 21. All Acts or parts of Acts in any way inconsistent with the 
provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, and this Act shall take effect 
on its passage. 
SEC. 22. (a) That all Federal-aid road funds heretofore paid on the 
section of Federal-Aid Primary Eoute Numbered 39 included in Fed-
eral-aid project UI-147 in the State of Connecticut, which section is to 
be made a part of a highway from the New York State line at Green-
wich to the Rhode Island State line at Killingly, planned as an ex-
pressway authorized by chapter 107, part IV, General Statutes of Con-
necticut, 1953 Supplement, shall, prior to the collection of any tolls on 
said section, 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. At the time of such repayment, the project 
agreement with respect to said Federal-aid project UI-147 shall be 
cancelled. Any amount so repaid, together with the unpaid balance of 
any amount programed for expenditure on said project, shall be cred-
ited to the unprogramed balance of Federal-aid road funds of the 
same class last apportioned to the State of Connecticut. 
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 the Federal Highway Act (42 Stat. 212), as now or 
hereafter amended and supplemented. 
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(b) By virtue of the design and plan of said highway in relation to 
the three sections of Federal-Aid Primary Eoute Numbered 1 included 
in Federal-aid projects UI-29, UI-64, and FI-145, which permit 
unrestricted use of said sections without payment of tolls, it is hereby 
declared that the incorporation of said sections into said highway 
will not violate any provision of said Federal Highway Act, as 
amended and supplemented, or any regulation thereunder. 
If at any 
time the highway commissioner of the State of Connecticut shall 
determine to impose tolls upon or for the use of any one or more of 
said sections, all Federal-aid road funds theretofore paid or pro-
gramed for expenditure on such section or sections upon which tolls 
are to be imposed, shall be transferred for programing and expendi-
ture in cooperation with the Connecticut State Highway Department 
pursuant to the provisions of said Federal Highway Act, as now or 
hereafter amended and supplemented. 
At the time of such transfer, 
the project agreement with respect to the project for which the funds 
are transferred shall be canceled. 
Upon such cancellation, the Secre-
tary of Commerce is authorized and directed to credit the Federal 
pro rata share of such project agreement to the unprogramed balance 
of Federal-aid road funds of the same class last apportioned to the 
State of Connecticut. 
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 said Federal 
Highway Act, as now or hereafter amended and supplemented. 
In 
lieu of the transfer thereof, the highway commissioner of the State of 
Connecticut may repay the Federal-aid road funds paid on any such 
section in the same manner and with the same effect as is provided with 
respect to the repayment of Federal-aid road funds in subsection (a) 
of this section. 
(c) Upon the repayment or transfer of Federal-aid road funds, as 
hereinbefore provided, any such section or sections included in the 
project with respect to which such repayment or transfer is made, 
shall become and be free from any and all restrictions contained in 
said Federal Highway Act, as amended and supplemented, or any 
regulation thereunder, with respect to the imposition and collection of 
tolls or other charges thereon or for the use thereof. 
SEC. 23. This Act may be cited as the "Federal-Aid Highway Act 
short title. 
of 1954". 
Approved May 6, 1954. 
Public Law 351 
CHAPTER 182 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
May 6, 1954 
Giving the consent of Congress to an agreement between the State of Alabama 
[H. j . Res. 347] 
and the State of Florida establishing a boundary between such States. 
Whereas the Legislature of the State of Alabama passed an Act desig-
nated as Act Numbered 440, Senate bill numbered 231, which was 
approved by the Governor of such State on August 28,1953; and 
Whereas the Legislature of the State of Florida passed an Act desig-
nated as chapter 28141, Senate bill numbered 1155, which was 
approved by the Governor of such State on June 12, 1953; and 
Whereas such Acts both provided in substance that upon ratification, 
confirmation, and adoption of such Acts by the Congress of the 
United States, the boundary between such States at the mouth of 
the Perdido Eiver, and adjacent thereto, should be as follows: 
The middle of the Perdido River at its mouth, as defined by the 
Constitutions of the States of Alabama and Florida, is at latitude