Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1982
PL 97-327 (S.2574), enacted 10/15/1982

PUBLIC LAW 97-327—OCT. 15, 1982 
96 STAT. 1611 
Public Law 97-327 
97th Congress 
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 of tfie 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may 
be cited as the "Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1982". 
SEC. 2. Subsection (b) of section 108 of the Federal-Aid Highway 
Act of 1956, as amended, is amended by striking out "the additional 
sum of $3,625,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30,1984," 
and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "the additional sum of 
$3,225,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30,1984,". 
SEC. 3. The Secretary of Transportation shall apportion for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 1984, the sums authorized to be 
apportioned for such year by section 108(b) of the Federal-Aid 
Highway Act of 1956, as amended, for expenditures on the National 
System of Interstate and Defense Highways, using the apportion-
ment factors contained in revised table 5 of the committee print 
numbered 97-53 of the Committee on Public Works and Transporta-
tion of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 4. (a) For the purpose of canying out the provisions of title 
23, United States Code, the following sums (multiplied by a factor 
determined by dividing the maximum number of days in the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1983, for which funds are appropriated 
by a joint resolution making continuing appropriations for such 
fiscal year, by 365 days) are hereby authorized to be appropriated: 
(1) For the Federal-aid primary system in rural areas, includ-
ing the extensions of the Federal-aid primary system in urban 
areas, and the priority primary routes, out of the Highway 
Trust Fund, $1,500,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 1983, For the Federal-aid secondary system in rural areas, 
out of the Highway Trust Fund, $400,000,000 for the fiscal year 
ending September 30,1983. 
(2) For the Federal-aid urban system, out of the Highway 
Trust Fund, $800,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 
30.1983. 
(3) For the forest highways, out of the Highway Trust Fund, 
$33,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30,1983. 
(4) For public lands highways, out of the Highway Trust Fund, 
$16,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30,1983. 
(5) For economic growth center development highways under 
section 143 of title 23, United States Code, out of the Highway 
Trust Fund, $50,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1983. 
(6) For the Great River Road, out of the Highway Trust Fund, 
$25,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983, for 
construction or reconstruction of roads on a Federal-aid high-
way system. 
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funds. 
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authorization. 
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funds. 
(b) For fiscal year 1984, no State, including the State of Alaska, 
shall receive less than one-half of 1 per centum of the total appor-
tionment for the Interstate System under section 104(bX5XA) of title 
23, United States Code. Whenever amounts made available under 
this subsection for the Interstate System in any State exceed the 
estimated cost of completing that State's portion of the Interstate 
System, and exceed the estimated cost of necessary resurfacing, 
restoration, rehabilitation, and reconstruction of the Interstate 
System within such State, the excess amount shall be eligible for 
expenditure for those purposes for which funds apportioned under 
paragraphs (1), (2), and (6) of such section 104(b) may be expended 
and shall also be available for expenditure to carry out section 152 
of title 23, United States Code. 
(c) In the case of priority primary routes, $125,000,000 (multiplied 
by the factor determined under subsection (a) of this section) of the 
sums authorized for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983, by 
subsection (aXD of this section for such routes, shall not be appor-
tioned. Such $125,000,000 (multiplied by such factor) shall be avail-
able for obligation on the date of apportionment of funds for such 
fiscal year, in the same manner and to the same extent as the sums 
apportioned on such date, except that such $125,000,000 (multiplied 
by such factor) shall be available for obligation at the discretion of 
the Secretary of Transportation only for projects of unusually high 
cost or which require long periods of time for their construction. 
Any part of such $125,000,000 (multiplied by such factor) not obli-
gated by such Secretary on or before the last day of such fiscal year 
shall be immediately apportioned in the same manner as funds 
apportioned for the next succeeding fiscal year for primary system 
routes, and available for obligation for the same periods as such 
apportionment. 
SEC. 5. (a) The following sums are hereby authorized to be 
appropriated: 
(1) For bridge replacement and rehabilitation under section 
144 of title 23, United States Code, out of the Highway Trust 
Fund, $900,00(),000 (multiplied by the factor determined under 
section 4(a) of this Act) for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1983. 
(2) For projects for elimination of hazards under section 152 of 
title 23, United States Code, out of the Highway Trust Fund, 
$200,000,000 (multiplied by the factor determined under section 
4(a) of this Act) for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983. 
(b) Section 203(b) of the Highway Safety Act of 1973, as amended, 
is amended by striking out "and $190,000,000" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "$190,000,000'^ and by inserting after "September 30, 1982" 
the following: ", and $190,000,000 (multiplied by the factor deter-
mined under section 4(a) of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1982) for 
the fiscal year ending September 30,1983". 
(cXD Section 144(e) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 
striking out "and September 30, 1982" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"September 30,1982, and September 30,1983". 
(2) Section 144(g) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting after the third sentence the following new sentences: "Of 
the amount authorized for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1983, by paragraph (1) of section 5(a) of the Federal-Aid Highway 
Act of 1982, all but $200,000,000 (multiplied by the factor deter-
mined under section 4(a) of such Act) shall be apportioned as 
provided in subsection (e) of this section. $200,000,000 (multiplied by 
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such factor) of the amount authorized for such fiscal year shall be 
available for obligation on the date of each such apportionment in 
the same manner and to the same extent as the sums apportioned 
on such date except that the obligation of such $200,000,000 (multi-
plied by such factor) shall be at the discretion of the Secretary and 
shall be only for projects for those highway bridges the replacement 
or rehabilitation cost of each of which is more than $10,000,000, and 
for any project for a highway bridge the replacement or rehabilita-
tion costs of which is less than $10,000,000 if such cost is at least 
twice the amount apportioned to the State in which such bridge is 
located under subsection (e) of this section for the fiscal year in 
which application is made for a grant for such bridge.". 
SEC. 6. Section 401(a) of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act 23 use 101 
of 1978 is amended by inserting after "or by any Act amended by 
this Act" the following: "or, after the date of enactment of this Act, 
any funds authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act, title 
23, United States Code, or the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 
1964". 
Approved October 15, 1982. 
note. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 2574: 
SENATE REPORT No. 97-421 (Comm. on Environment and Public Works). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 128 (1982): 
Oct. 1, considered and passed Senate; considered and passed House, amended; 
Senate concurred in House amendment.