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.
PL 93-87 (S.502), enacted 08/13/1973

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[87 STAT. 
86 Stat. 1329. 
42 u s e 401 
note. 
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. 
August 13, 1973 
[S. 502] 
Highway con-
struction and 
safety. 
Appropriation 
authorization. 
Public Law 93-87 
AN ACT 
To authorize appropriations for the construction of certain highways in accord-
ance with title 23 of the United States Code, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representaiives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress asserribled^ 
TITLE I 
SHORT 
TITLE 
SEC. 101. This title may be cited as the "Federal-Aid Highway Act 
of 1973". 
82 Stat. 815; 
84 Stat. 1714. 
23 u s e 101 
note. 
REVISION OF AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATIONS FOR T H E INTERSTATE 
SYSTEM 
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 addi-
tional 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 USE OF COST ESTIMATES FOR APPORTIONMENT OF 
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 High-
ways, 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. 
23 u s e 101 et 
seq. 
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HIGHWAY A U T H O R I Z A T I O N S 
SEC. 104. (a) For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of 
title 23, United States Code, the following sums are hereby authorized 
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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 Federal-
aid 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. 
84 Stat. 1720. 
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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 sec-
Post. 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 end-
ing June 30, 1976. 
(12) For carrying out section 215(a) of title 23, United States 
Code— 
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, 
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(A) for the Virgin Islands, not to exceed $5,000,000 for the fis-
cal year ending June 30, 1974, not to exceed $5,000,000 for the fis-
cal 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 end-
ing June 30,1974, not to exceed $2,000,000 for the fiscal year end-
ing 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 
23 use 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 
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 
(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 pur-
pose of carrying out this subsection, there are authorized to be appro-
priated 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 end-
ing June 30, 1975, and $50,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1976. It is the sense of the Congress that this subsection is an interim 
provision to be reconsidered at the expiration of this authorization. 
72 Stat. 885. 
Post, 
p. 254. 
Post, 
p. 256. 
84 Stat. 1716. 
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DEFINITIONS 
SEC. 105. Subsection (a) of section 101 of title 23 of the United 
States Code is amended as follows: 
72 stat. 885; 
(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 reconstruc-
tion 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), acqui-
sition 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 replace-
ment 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 reserva-
tion 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 Inte-
rior 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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EXTENSION OP TIME FOR COMPLETION 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 
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cost oi Completing the then designated Interstate 
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stem alter taking 
into account all previous apportionments made under this section in 
the same manner as stated above, and transmit the same to the Senate 
and the House of Representatives within ten days subsequent to Janu-
ary 2, 1975. Upon the approval by Congress, the Secretary shall use 
the Federal share of such approved estimate in making apportion-
ments for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1977, and June 30, 1978. 
The Secretary shall make a revised estimate of the cost of completing 
the then designated Interstate System after taking into account all 
previous apportionments made under this section in the same manner 
as stated above, and transmit the same to the Senate and the House of 
Representatives within ten days subsequent to January 2, 1977. Upon 
the approval by Congress, the Secretary shall use the Federal share of 
such approved estimates in making apportionments for the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1979. Whenever the Secretary, pursuant to this sub-
section, requests and receives estimates of cost from the State highway 
departments, he shall furnish copies of such estimates at the same time 
to the Senate and the House of Representatives." 
DECLARATION OF POLICY 
SEC. 107. Subsection (b) of section 101 of title 23, United States 
72 Stat. 885. 
Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new 
paragraph: 
"It 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 maxi-
mum extent." 
87 STAT.] 
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MINIMIZATION OF REDTAPE 
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) It 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 minimiza-
tion of paperwork and interagency decision procedures and the best 
use of available manpower and funds so as to prevent needless dupli-
cation 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 
84 stat. i7i6; 
sentences and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "The Federal- 
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aid urban system shall be established in each urbanized area, and in 
such other urban areas as the State highway department may desig-
nate. 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 depart-
ments, and, in urbanized areas, also in accordance with the planning 
process under section 134 of this title. Designation of the Federal- 
^^ stat. lus; 
aid 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, 
^^ stat. 1717. 
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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REMOVAL OF DESIGNATED SEGMENTS OF THE INTERSTATE SYSTEM 
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 seg-
ment 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 appropri-
ated 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 designa-
tion 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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[87 STAT. 
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 appli-
cable to any segment of the Interstate System referred to in section 
D^c'Code 7-135 ^^^^^ ^^ ^^? Fcderal-Aid Highway Act of 1968." 
note. • ° ^ ' 
. ( b ) Section 103 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by add-
72 Stat. 887; 
ing at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
Ante, p. 255. 
"(h) Notwithstanding subscctions (e)(2) and (g) of this section, 
in any case where a segment of the Interstate System was a designated 
part of such System on June 1,1973, and is entirely within the bound-
aries of an incorporated city and such city enters into an agreement 
w^th 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 sec-
tion shall take effect June 30,1973. 
72 Stat. 889. 
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 insert-
ing 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". 
84 Stat. 1717. 
(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." 
72 Stat. 891. 
(5) Subscctiou (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 "para-
graph (1), (2), or (3)" and inserting in lieu thereof "paragraph (1) 
or (2)". 
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(6) Subscctlon (d) is amended to read as follows: 
apportionment. 
a ^^^ ;^Q^ more tliau 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 apportion-
ment under one paragraph to the apportionment under the other para-
graph 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 
para*graph (6) of subsection (b) of this section shall not be trans-
ferred from their allocation to any urbanized area of 200,000 popula-
tion or more under section 150 of this title, without the approval of the 
Additional 
appropriations. 
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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 para-
graphs by more than 40 per centum." 
(7) The last sentence of subsection (c) is hereby repealed. 
fa^s^a^* 891 
(b) Notwithstanding the amendments made by subsection (a) of 
23usc'io4.' 
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. 
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APPORTIONMENT OF PLANNING 
FUNDS 
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 author-
ized by subsection (a) of this section, shall set aside not to exceed one-
half per centum of the remaining funds authorized to be appropriated 
for expenditure upon the Federal-aid systems, for the purpose of car-
rying out the requirements of section 134 of this title. 
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"(2) These funds shall be apportioned to the States in the ratio 
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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 transporta-
tion needs." 
ADVANCE ACQUISITION OF RIGHTS-OF-WAY 
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" 
73 stat. 62. 
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 
82 stat. sis. 
years" and inserting in lieu thereof "ten years". 
NOISE LEVEL STANDARDS 
SEC. 114. Subsection (i) of section 109 of title 23, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "The 
s^ stat. 1735. 
Secretary, after consultation with the Administrator of the Environ-
mental 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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[87 STAT. 
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 PROJECT SITE 
SEC. 115. The last sentence of subsection (a) of section 114 of title 
74 Stat. 525. 
£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 con-
forming with standards developed by the Secretary of Transporta-
tion." 
CERTinCATIOX 
ACCEPTANCE 
72 Stat. 897. 
g^^,^ ^ g 
(a) Scctiou 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 cer-
tification 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 accord-
ance with State laws, regulations, directives, and standards establish-
ing 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 alter-
native 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 responsi-
bility 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 
82 Stat. 824. 
U.S.C. 1653(f)), title VI of the Civil Eights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 
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2000(d), ct seq.), title VIII of the Act of April 11, 1968 (Public Law 
82 Stat. 81. ' 
90-284, 42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.), and the Uniform Eelocation Assistance 
84 Stat. 1894. 
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." 
and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
"117. Certification acceptance.". 
83 Stat. 852. 
84 Stat. 1732. 
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MATERIALS AT OFF-SITE LOCATIONS 
SEC. 117. Section 121(a) of title 23 of the United States Code is 
72 stat. 899. 
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." 
TOLL ROADS, BRIDGES, TUNNELS, AND 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-
ment of this subsection". The third sentence of subsection (e) of sec-
tion 129 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking out 
"1968" and inserting in lieu thereof "1973". 
URBAN AREA TRAFFIC OPERATIONS IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS 
SEC. 119. Subsection (c) of section 135 of title 23, United States 
R^P^^^-
Code, is hereby repealed and existing subsection (d) is relettered as 
^2 stat. 820. 
subsection (c), including any references thereto. 
TRAINING 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," 
84 stat. 1719. 
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 
TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 121. (a) Section 142 of title 23, United States Code, is amended 
^^ stat. 1719. 
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 pas-
sengers (hereafter in this section referred to as 'buses'), so as to 
increase the traffic capacity of the Federal-aid systems for the move-
ment 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 
^"'e. P- 256. 
shall be available to finance the cost of projects under this paragraph. 
" (2) In 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 
77 Stat. 277. 
23 u s e 109. 
76 Stat. 1148 
84 Stat. 1737, 
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[87 STAT. 
Anifp!*2 56^.^^' 
apportioned under section 104(b) (6) of this title, the purchase of 
23 use 104. 
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 construc-
tion, 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 sub-
Ante, p. 254. 
section (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 sub-
section 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 plan-
ning process under section 134 of this title and is entitled to priority 
1738. ' ' " 
under such planning process, such public mass transit project shall be 
23 use 134. 
submitted for approval to the Secretary. Approval of tlie 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) 
82 Stat. 835; 
of tMs title. Fuuds previously apportioned to such State under section 
23*use i2o". 
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 sub-
section (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 deter-
mined 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) In 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 
Ante, p 259. 
Highway Trust 
Fund. 
70 Stat. 
23 use 
note. 
397. 
120 
87 STAT.] 
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261 
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 subsec-
tion (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 supple-
mentary 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 use 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.". 
84 Stat. 1729. 
ECONOMIC GROWTH CENTER DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAYS 
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 "demonstra-
tion project" each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof in each 
such place "project", by striking out "the Federal-aid primary sys-
tem" 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, recon-
struction, or improvement of a development highway under this sec-
tion shall be the same as that provided under this title for any other 
project on the Federal-aid system on which such development high-
way 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". 
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 use 101'. 
*
*
§ 145. Federal-State relationship 
"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 
262 
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[87 STAT. 
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 AND PEDESTRIAN 
WALKWAYS 
g^72^stau^906; 
g^c. 124. (a) Chapter 2 of title 23, United States Code, is amended 
23 use 201*. 
by adding at the end thereof the following new section: 
*
*
§ 217. Bicycle transportation and pedestrian walkways 
"(a) To encourage the multiple use of highway rights-of-way, 
including the development, improvement, and use of bicycle trans-
portation and the development and improvement of pedestrian walk-
ways on or in conjunction with highway rights-of-way, the States 
may, on Federal-aid highway projects, include to the extent practi-
cable, suitable, and feasible, the construction of separate or prefer-
ential 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 Federal-
aid highways. Sums apportioned in accordance with paragraphs (1), 
"^sla^t' 2
* ^^^' 
(^)' ^^^' ^^^ (^) ^* section 104(b) of this title shall be available for 
bicycle projects and pedestrian walkways authorized under this sec-
tion 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 
72 Stat. 898. 
sectlou 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 high-
ways 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 walk-
ways 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 appropri-
ated 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 URBAN H I G H DENSITY TRAFFIC PROGRAM 
Ante. p. 261. 
§^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: 
*
*
§ 146. Special urban high density traffic program 
Appropriation. 
"(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 
Supra. 
87 
STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 93-87-AUG. 13, 1973 
263 
$50,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, for the construc-
tion 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 alloca-
tion 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 popu-
lation and heavy traffic congestion. 
"(3) Routes designated shall serve the urgent needs of com-
mercial, 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 alterna-
tive 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 recom-
mendation of the State and responsible local officials. 
"(9) No more than one route in any one State shall be desig-
nated 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 author-
ized 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: 
"146. Special urban high density traffic program." 
Route desig:na-
tion and fund 
allocation, guide-
lines and 
standards. 
76 Stat. 1148; 
84 Stat. 1737. 
23 u s e 134. 
82 Stat. 823. 
23 u s e 138. 
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 here-
after 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. 
Federal share, 
82 Stat. 835; 
84 Stat. 1718. 
23 u s e 120. 
Ante, p. 256. 
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[87 STAT. 
77 Stat. 276. 
23 u s e 104. 
Report to 
Congress. 
Appropriation. 
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 end-
ing 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.". 
Ante, p. 262. 
Canada and 
U.S. agreement 
requirement. 
Appropriation. 
Supra. 
ALASKA 
H I G H W A Y 
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 High-
way 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 appro-
priated for the purpose of this section to provide for necessary recon-
struction 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 Govern-
ment 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 per-
sons 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 appro-
priated 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. 
87 STAT. ] 
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265 
BRIDGES ON FEDERAL DAMS 
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 author-
ization 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, Ten-
nessee, in the amount of $6,400,000. No such sums shall be appropri-
ated until all applicable requirements of section 320 of title 23 of the 
United States Code have been complied with by the appropriate Fed-
eral agency, the Secretary of Transportation, and the State of Arkan-
sas for the Fort Smith project, and the State of Tennessee for the 
Chattanooga project. 
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: 
*'§ 148. Development of a national scenic and recreational highway 
"(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 inter-
est, necessary easements for scenic purposes, and the construction or 
reconstruction of roadside rest areas (including appropriate recre-
ational facilities), scenic viewing areas, and other appropriate facil-
ities 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 Missis-
sippi River on the basis of their relative needs as determined by the 
Secretary for payments to carry out this section. 
73 Stat. 613; 
84 Stat. 1724. 
23 u s e 320. 
Limitation. 
78 Stat. 1092, 
Ante, 
p. 263, 
Great River 
Road. 
79 Stat. 1028. 
23 u s e 131. 
72 Stat. 902. 
23 u s e 129. 
'eonstruction. 
Post, 
p. 266. 
Apportionment. 
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[87 STAT. 
Federal share. 
u (^^ rj^^i^ Federal share of the cost of any project for any construc-
tion or reconstruction pursuant to the precedinj^ subsections of this 
23 u*sc u^o' 
section shall be that provided in section 120 of this title for the Fed-
eral-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 arrange-
ments for necessary construction or reconstruction of highways on 
such lands to carry out this section. Highways constructed or recon-
structed by a State pursuant to this section which are not on a Federal-
aid system, and highways constructed or reconstructed under this 
subsection, shall be subject to the criteria applicable to highways con-
structed 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 sen-
tence of this subsection. 
Appropriation. 
"(g) There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this sec-
tion, out of the Highway Trust Fund, for construction or reconstruc-
tion 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 end-
ing 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 
ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 130. Subsection (b) of section 7 of the Federal-Aid Highway 
84 Stat. 1735. 
^(>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 
HAMPSHIRE 
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 
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 said sections of such toll road and programed 
for expenditure on any such project, shall be credited to the unpro-
gramed 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 provi-
72 Stat. 885. 
sious of title 23, United States Code, as amended or supplemented. 
seq. ^^^ ^°^ ^^ 
(b) Upon the repayment of Federal-aid highway funds and the can-
cellation 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 Brent-
wood Corners, a distance of approximately two and thirty one-hun-
dredths centerline miles. 
(2) That section of Route 101 in the vicinity of Sells Corner in 
Auburn, beginning approximately two and forty one-hundredths cen-
terline miles east of the junction of Interstate Route 93 and running 
easterly approximately two miles. 
FREEING INTERSTATE 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 con-
structed 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 appor-
tioned 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 attrib-
utable 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 obliga-
tions 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 strtulerLd re 
directed to undertake a full and complete investigation and study of lations, investi-
existing Federal statutes and regulations governing toll bridges over gation and study. 
the navigable waters of the United States for the purpose of deter-
mining what action can and should be taken to assure just and rea-
sonable tolls nationwide. The Secretary shall submit a report of the p^^^"'* *° 
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 sub-
mit a report to the Congress not later than December 31,1973. 
(b) The Secretary of Transportation shall promulgate regulations 
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. 
"°33*usc 525 
note. 
268 
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[87 STAT. 
Report to 
Congress, 
Appropriation. 
Parks and 
recreation areas, 
user access 
study. 
Report to 
Congress. 
NATIONAL SCENIC H I G H W A Y SYSTEM 
STUDY 
SEC. 134 (a) The Secretary of Transportation shall make a full 
and complete investigation and studj^ 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. In 
the conduct of such investigation and study, the Secretary shall cooper-
ate 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 recommenda-
tions 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 feasi-
bility 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 rec-
reation resources, including mass transit; and special problems of safe 
access to urban and metropolitan parks and recreation resources. In 
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 Janu-
ary 1, 1975, including an estimate of the cost of implementing any 
suggested programs. 
DISTRICT OF 
COLUMBIA 
Nonapplica-
bility. 
D.C. Code 
7-108. 
SEC. 135. None of the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to pro-
vide 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. 
Reports. 
CORRIDOR HEARINGS 
'vrxi 
SEC. 136. (a) The Secretary of Transportation shall permit no fur-
ther 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. 
81 Stat. 772; 
84 Stat. 1716. 
INTERSTATE 
SYSTEM 
SEC. 137. (a) Paragraph (2) of subsection (e) of section 103 of title 
23, United States Code, is amended as follows: 
87 STAT. ] 
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269 
(1) The first sentence is amended by striking out "additional mile-
age lor the Interstate System of two hundred miles, to be used in mak-
ing 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 Inter-
state 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 
Keport 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 gov-
ernments concerned, the Secretary may withdraw his approval of any 
route or portion thereof on the Interstate System within any urban-
ized 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 rea-
son 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 pur-
chase 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 plan-
ning 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, speci-
fications, 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 Transporta-
tion 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 Inter-
state 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 
270 
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[87 STAT. 
80 Stat. 403. 
5 u s e 1501. 
78 Stat. 302. 
49 use 1601 
note. 
49 use 1602. 
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 trans-
portation systems will fully utilize the proposed project. The provi-
sion 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 func-
tions) to whom such chapter is otherwise inapplicable. Funds avail-
able 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." 
Evaluation. 
Report to 
eongress. 
Tax revenues, 
study. 
Appropriation. 
84 Stat. 1736. 
rUBLIC MASS TRANSPORTATION STUDIES 
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 transpor-
tation 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 poten-
tial 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 
SEC. 139. (a) The last subsection of section 129 of title 23, United 
States Code, is hereby redesignated as subsection (g). 
87 
STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 93-87-AUG. 13, 1973 
271 
(b) Paragraph (5) of subsection (g) of section 129 of title 23, 
United States Code, as redesignated in subsection (a) of this section, 
Ante, p. 270. 
is amended to read as follows: 
" (5) Such ferry may be operated only within the State (includ-
ing 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 T H E 
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 
in the National Capital Transportation Act of 1969 (83 Stat. 320) as 
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-
tion, not to exceed $65,000,000. 
D.C. Code 
1-1441 note. 
82 Stat. 718; 
84 Stat. 49. 
42 u s e 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 pur-
suant 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 Environmen-
tal 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 Inter-
state Route Numbered 66 in the State of Virginia from the 
National Capital Beltway to the Potomac River, which proj-
ect 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. 853. 
42 u s e 4332. 
60 Stat. 847. 
33 u s e 525 
note. 
82 Stat. 824. 
49 u s e 1653. 
82 Stat. 823. 
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[87 STAT. 
iiiforinatioii received by the end of siicli forty-tive-day period and 
tile the final version of such statement on the basis of such com-
ments and information, together with any other final determina-
tion 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 LANES 
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 : 
* § 149. Truck lanes 
"The Secretary may approve as a project on any Federal-aid sys-
tem 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 
STUDIES 
coiTg^es^s!" 
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 following-
routes : 
(1) A route fi-om 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, Tennes-
see; Batesville or Jonesboro, Arkansas; and Springfield, Missouri. 
(2) A route from Kansas City, Missouri, or its vicinity, to Chi-
cago, 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 inter-
mediate 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 Intei'state Highway 380 from Waterloo. Iowa, 
via Dubuque, Iowa, to Interstate Highway 90 at Rockford, Illi-
nois; and an extension of Interstate Highway 74 from the Daven-
port, lowa-Moline, Illinois, area through DubiKjue. Iowa, to 
Inter-state 90 at LaCrosse. Wisconsin. 
87 STAT. ] 
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273 
(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 Tucum-
cari. 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 use 301". 
"§323. Donations 
"Nothing in this title, or in any other provision of law, shall be con-
strued 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 Inter-
national Airport, Virginia. Such study and demonstration shall utilize 
exclusive bus transportation lanes between points of origin and termi-
nation of such service, and include, where necessary, the construction 
of such exclusive bus transportation lanes as well as terminal and park-
ing 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 
274 
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[87 STAT. 
RURAL HIGHWAY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION DEMONSTRATION 
PROGRAM 
Appropriation. 
s^c. 147. To eiicourage the development, improvement, and use 
of public mass transportation systems operating vehicles on high-
ways 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 cor-
ridor parking facilities to serve bus and other public mass transporta-
tion passengers, and the purchase of passenger equipment other than 
rolling stock for fixed rail. 
72 Stat. 887. 
72 Stat. 888; 
76 Stat. 1147. 
Ante, 
p. 255. 
84 Stat. 1716. 
76 Stat. 1148; 
84 Stat. 1737. 
23 u s e 134. 
Supra. 
FEDERAL-AID 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 Federal-
aid 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 subsec-
ion (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 sub-
section (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 Fed-
eral-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 proc-
ess required pursuant to the provisions of section 134 of this title." 
(d) Federal-aid systems realignment shall be based upon antici-
pated 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,". 
87 STAT. ] 
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:275 
TOLL ROAD REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM 
SEC. 149. (a) Whenever the State of Louisiana has received its final 
apportionment of sums authorized to be appropriated for expenditure 
on the Interstate System, or on or after July 1, 1977, whichever first 
occurs, the Secretary shall, notwithstanding the provisions of subsec-
tion (b) of section 129 of title 23 of the United States Code, reimburse 
^"'«' P- 259. 
the Federal share of the actual cost of construction of new toll high-
ways or improvements to existing toll highways in that State, con-
struction of which highways or improvement is begun after July 1, 
1973, but not including the cost of toll collection and service facilities, 
on the same basis and in the same manner as in the construction of free 
highways under chapter 1 of title 23 of the United States Code upon 
^^ sta^. sss. 
compliance with the conditions contained in this section. 
(b) The Secretary shall reimburse the Federal share of the costs of 
construction as applicable to a project under section 120(a) of title 23 
of the United States Code from funds apportioned to such State pur- g/statfVr^is!' 
suant to paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of section 104 of title 23 
of the United States Code whenever the State enters into an agreement 
Ante, p. 256,. 
with the Secretary whereby it undertakes performance of the foUow-
ing obligations: 
(1) to provide for the construction of such highway in accord-
ance with standards approved by the Secretary; 
(2) all tolls received from the operation of such highway, less 
the actual cost of such operation and maintenance, shall be applied 
by the State to the repayment of the actual costs of construction, 
except for an amount equal to the Federal share payable of such 
actual costs of a project; and 
(3) no tolls shall be charged for the use of such highway 
after the Federal share has been paid and the highway shall be 
maintained and operated as a free highway. 
Upon the enactment of this section the Secretary shall, at the request of 
the State of Louisiana, enter into an agreement with that State if such 
agreement meets the requirements of this subsection. Reimbursements 
shall not be made until after the State receives its final apportionment 
of sums authorized to be appropriated for expenditure on the Inter-
state System or July 1, 1977, whichever first occurs. 
(c) Such highway shall be designated as a part of the Federal-aid 
primary system, other than the Interstate System, before the payment 
of any Federal funds under this section, notwithstanding the mileage 
limitations in subsection (b) of section 103 of title 23 of the United 
States Code. 
Ante, p. 274. 
(d) The Federal share payable of such actual cost of the project 
shall be made in not more than fifteen equal annual installments, from 
the funds apportioned to the State pursuant to paragraph (1) of sub-
section (b) of section 104 of title 23 of the United States Code, with 
the first installment being made either (1) one year after the project 
agreement has been entered into between the Secretary and the State 
highway department or (2) either one year after the State receives 
its final apportionment of sums authorized to be appropriated for 
expenditure on the Interstate System, or July 1,1977, whichever first 
occurs, whichever of such clause (1) or (2) is last to occur. Such pay-
ment shall be applied against the outstanding obligations of the 
project. 
PARKWAYS 
SEC. 150. (a) Subsection (a) of section 207 of title 23, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows: 
72 stat. 908. 
276 
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[87 STAT. 
"(a) Funds available for parkways shall be used to pay for the 
cost of construction and improvement thereof, including the acquisi-
tion of rights-of-way and related scenic easements." 
Ante. p. 275. 
^i^^ Sectiou 207 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by add-
ing at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(d) Any parkway project on a Federal-aid system shall be subject 
to all of the requirements of this title and of any other law applicable 
to highways on such system." 
RESEARCH AND 
PLANNING 
SEC. 151. Subsection (c) (1) of section 307 of title 28, United States 
77 Stat. 277. 
Code, is amended to read as follows: 
"(c) (1) Not to exceed 11^ per centum of the sums apportioned for 
each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 1974 to any State under sec-
Ante, p. 256. 
tion 104 of this title shall be available for expenditure upon request of 
the State highway department, with the approval of the Secretary, 
with or without State funds, for engineering and economic surveys 
and investigations; for the planning of future highway programs and 
local public transportation systems and for planning for the financing 
thereof; for studies of the economy, safety, and convenience of high-
way usage and the desirable regulation and equitable taxation thereof; 
and for research and development, necessary in connection with the 
planning, design, construction, and maintenance of highways and 
highway systems, and the regulation and taxation of their use." 
TEC^HNICAL AMENDMENTS 
SEC. 152. Title 23, United States Code, is amended as follows: 
72 Stat. 885. 
(1) Section 101(a) is amended by striking out "Secretary of (Com-
merce" and inserting in lieu thereof "Secretary of Transportation". 
(2) Section 109(g) is amended by striking out "Ret" and inserting 
in lieu thereof "Act". 
7
^
2 Stat. 901, 
(3) Sections 126(a) and 310 are amended by striking out "Com-
merce" each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "Transpor-
tation". 
(4) The heading of section 303 is amended to read: 
"Administration organization.*' 
(5) Sections 308(b), 309, 312, and 314 are amended by striking out 
"Bureau of Public Roads" each place it appears and inserting in lie\i 
thereof "Federal Highway Administration". 
(6) Sections 312 and 314 are amended by striking out "(^ommerce" 
each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "Transportation". 
INCREASED FEDERAL SHARE—EFFECTIVE DATE 
SEC. 153. Subsection (b) of section 108 of the Federal-Aid Highway 
^i ^*^*-/Ji^- 
Act of 1970 is amended to read as follows: 
OO TTCf^ 1 2 0 
• 
• 
• 
note. 
"(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) of this section shall 
take effect with respect to all obligations incurred after June 30,1973." 
TERMINATION OF FEDERAL-AID 
RELATIONSHIP 
SEC. 154. (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of Federal law 
or any court decision to the contrary, the contractual relationship 
between the Federal and State Governments shall be ended with 
respect to all portions of the San Antonio North Expressway between 
Interstate Highway 35 and Interstate Tjoop 410, and the expressway 
shall cease to be a Federal-aid project. 
84 Stat. 1734. 
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277 
(b) The amount of all Federal-aid highway funds paid on account 
of sections of the San Antonio North Expressway in Bexar County, 
Texas (Federal-aid projects numbered U 244(7), U 244(10), UG 
244(9), U 244(8), and U 244(11)), shall 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 funds have been repaid and any other Federal-aid 
projects located on such expressway and programed for expenditure 
on such project, if any, shall be canceled and withdrawn from the 
Federal-aid highway program. Any amount so repaid, together with 
the unpaid balance of 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 accordance with the provisions of title 23, United States Code, as 
^2 st^^. sss 
amended. 
H I G H W A Y LITTER STUDY 
23 u s e 101 et 
eq. 
SEC. 155. (a) The Secretary is directed to undertake a study of litter 
accumulation within the rights-of-way of the Federal-aid highway 
systems and recommend improved procedures to be used by the sev-
eral States to prevent and clean up such highway litter on a regular 
basis. The Secretary shall report his findings and recommendations to (.^^^"gg'" 
the Congress by June 30,1974. 
(b) For the purposes of this section, the term "litter" means bev-
erage and food containers, food wastes, paper products, smoking mate-
rials or packaging, and any other materials which the Secretary finds 
are commonly used and discarded by the traveling public and which, 
when discarded along highway rights-of-way, cause an unsightly 
appearance, a danger to public health or safety, or an unreasonable 
expenditure of public funds. 
(c) Funds authorized to carry out section 307 of title 23, United 
States Code, are authorized to be used to carry out the investigation 
72 stat. 913. 
and study required by this section. 
BRIDGE APPROACH 
STANDARDS 
SEC. 156. Section 109 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 
^'^ ^'^'' ^^^''^• 
adding at the end thereof the following subsection: 
"(k) 
The Secretary shall not approve any project involving 
approaches to a bridge under this title, if such project and bridge will 
significantly affect the traffic volume and the highway system of a 
contiguous State without first taking into full consideration the views 
of that State." 
ALLOCATION OF URBAN SYSTEM 
FUNDS 
SEC. 157. (a) Chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended 
^"'^' P- 272. 
by adding at the end thereof the following new section; 
"§ 150. Allocation of urban system funds 
"The funds apportioned to any State under paragraph (6) of sub-
section (b) of section 104 of this title that are attributable to urbanized 
84 stat. 1717. 
areas of 200,000 population or more shall be made available for expend- 
23 use io4. 
iture in such urbanized areas for projects in programs approved 
under subsection (d) of section 105 of this title in accordance with a 
Ante. p. 255. 
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 
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[87 STAT. 
approved for a State, the funds apportioned to any State under para-
Ante, p. 256. 
graph (6) of subsectiou (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 Avithin 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." 
(b) The table of contents of chapter 1 of title 23, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: 
"150. Allocation of urban system funds.". 
FRANCONIA NOTCH, N E W 
HAMPSHIRE 
77 Stat. 277; 
80 Stat. 767. 
SEC. 158. Notwithstanding section 109(b) of title 23 of the United 
States Code, the Secretary of Transportation is authorized, upon appli-
cation of the Governor of the State, to approve construction of that 
section of Interstate Koute 93 from B20.6 an interchange with State 
route 3A in North Woodstock, New Hampshire, to B22.1 an inter-
change with U.S. Route 3 in Franconia, New Hampshire, approxi-
mately twelve miles in length, as a parkway type highway to geometric 
and construction standards (whether or not in accordance with sec-
tion 109(b)) which the Secretary determines are necessary for the 
safety of the traveling public, for the protection of the environment, 
and for the preservation of the park-like and historic character of the 
Franconia Notch area adjacent to the highway. The State of New 
Hampshire, with the concurrence of the vSecretary, is authorized to 
permit the use of the above section of highway to specified types of 
vehicles during specified times of the day and of the year. 
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER 
H I G H W A Y 
SEC. 159. (a) The following segments of the National System of 
Interstate and Defense Highways which form a continuous interstate 
highway link from coast to coast are hereby designated as the "Dwight 
D. Eisenhower Highway": 
(1) Interstate Route 70 between Washington, District of 
Columbia, and Denver, Colorado; 
(2) Interstate Route 25 between Denver, Colorado, and Chey-
enne, Wyoming; and 
(3) Interstate Route 80 between Cheyenne, Wyoming, and San 
Francisco, California. 
(b) Any law, regulation, map, document, record, or other paper of 
the United States in which such segments are designated or referred 
to shall be held to designate or refer to such segments as the "Dwight 
D. Eisenhower Highway". 
CUMBERLAND GAP NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK 
SEC. 160. (a) Notwithstanding the definition of parkways in sub-
72 Stat. 885. 
sectiou (a) of section 101, funds available for parkways shall be avail-
able to finance the cost of reconstruction and relocation of Route 25E 
through the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, including 
construction of a tunnel and the approaches thereto, so as to permit 
restoration of the Gap and provide adequate traffic capacity. 
(b) Upon construction, such highway and tunnel and all associated 
lands and rights-of-way shall be transferred to the National Park 
Service and managed as part of the Cumberland Gap National Histori-
cal Park. 
87 
STAT.] 
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!279 
Ante, p. 274. 
Land acquisi-
tion. 
HIGHLAND SCENIC HIGHWAY 
SEC. 161. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture (acting through the 
Forest Service) is authorized to develop and construct as a parkway 
the Highland Scenic Highway from West Virginia State Route 39 to 
U.S. 250 near Barton Knob. Notwithstanding subsection (c) of sec-
tion 103 of title 23, United States Code, such parkway shall be a route 
on the Federal-aid secondary system. 
(b) The route from Richwood, West Virginia, to U.S. 250 near 
Barton Knob, via West Virginia State Route 39 and the parkway 
authorized by subsection (a) of this section shall be designated as the 
Highland Scenic Highway, 
(c) The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to acquire rights-
of-way, land containing such rights-of-way, and interests in land, 
including scenic easements and mineral rights, necessary to carry out 
the purpose of a scenic highway. In addition to the acquisition of such 
lands and interests in lands, funds available for parkways shall be 
available for the reclamation of lands within the scenic corridor of the 
Highland Scenic Highway. 
(d) Funds available for parkways shall be available for signs on 
Interstate highways, Appalachian highways and other appropnate 
highways at natural points of access to such geographic area, indicat-
ing the direction and distance to the Highland Scenic Highway and to 
Richwood as "Gateway to the Highland Scenic Highway". 
(e) Funds available for parkways shall be available for upgrading 
that portion of West Virginia State Route 39 designated as the High-
land Scenic Highway to appropriate standards for a scenic and recrea-
tional highway, including the construction of vistas and other scenic 
improvements. 
(f) The Highland Scenic Highway as authorized by subsection (a) 
of this section and all associated lands and rights-of-way shall be man-
aged as part of the Monongahela National Forest, solely for scenic and 
recreational use and passenger car travel. 
(g) The Highland Scenic Highway as authorized by subsection (a) 
of this section shall be designed and constructed in accordance with 
standards appropriate for a scenic highway, providing for moderate 
speeds and minimizing modification to topographic contours and 
natural drainage. 
(h) Construction of the portion of the Highland Scenic Highway 
as authorized by subsection (a) of this section which is proposed to po/t 
be constructed through the upper Shavers Fork watershed shall not struction condi 
be initiated until— 
(1) the Forest Service has acquired sufficient lands and inter-
ests in land (including mineral rights) in such watershed to assure 
an adequate scenic corridor for the Highland Scenic Highway 
and the control of water quality in Shavers Fork; and 
(2) the completion of a geological and soil survey of any pro-
posed route, conducted in cooperation with the Division of Water 
Resources of the West Virginia Department of Natural Resources. 
(i) Any parkway authorized in the future to proceed southward in 
such area shall begin in the immediate vicinity of Richwood, West 
Vira:inia. 
(j) Any connection of the Highland Scenic Highway as authorized 
by subsection (a) of this section with Corridor H of the Appalachian 
Development Highway System or any more northerly segment of the 
Highland Scenic Highway shall utilize existing routes and not involve 
construction through the Monongahela National Forest between U.S. 
250 and Cunningham Knob. 
Design and 
construction 
standards. 
Upper Shavers 
Fork watershed 
tion, con-
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[87 STAT. 
Ante, p. 273. 
78 Stat. 252. 
42 u s e 2000d. 
PROHIBITION OF DISCRIMINATION ON T H E BASIS OF SEX 
SEC. 162. (a) Chapter 3 of title 23, United States Code is amended 
by adding at the end thereof the following new section: 
"§ 324. Prohibition of discrimination on the basis of sex 
"No person shall on the ground of sex be excluded from participa-
tion in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination 
under any program or activity receiving Federal assistance under 
this title or carried on under this title. This provision will be enforced 
through agency provisions and rules similar to those already estab-
lished, with respect to racial and other discrimination, under title VI 
of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. However, this femedy is not exclusive 
and will not prejudice or cut off any other legal remedies available to 
a discriminatee." 
(b) The analysis of chapter 3, title 23, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following: 
"324. Prohibition of discrimination on the basis of sex.". 
DEMONSTRATION PROJECT—^RAlLROAlD-HIGHWAY CROSSINGS 
SEC. 163. (a) The Secretary of Transportation shall enter into such 
arrangements as may be necessary to carry out demonstration projects 
in Lincoln, Nebraska, Wheeling, West Virginia, and Elko, Nevada, for 
the relocation of railroad lines from the central area of the cities in 
conformance with the methodology developed under proposals sub-
mitted to the Secretary by the respective cities. The cities shall (1) 
have a local agency with legal authority to relocate railroad facilities, 
levy taxes for such purpose, and a record of prior accomplishment; 
and (2) have a current relocation plan for such lines which has a 
favorable benefit-cost ratio involving and having the unanimous 
approval of three or more class 1 railroads in Lincoln, Nebraska, and 
the two class 1 railroads in Wheeling, West Virginia, and Elko, 
Nevada, and multicivic, local, and State agencies, and which provides 
for the elimination of a substantial number of the existing railway-
road conflict points within the city. 
(b) The Secretary of Transportation shall carry out a demonstra-
tion project for the elimination or protection of certain public ground-
level rail-highway crossings in, or in the vicinity of, Springfield, 
Illinois. 
(c) The Secretary of Transportation shall enter into such arrange-
ments as may be necessary to carry out demonstration projects in 
Brownsville, Texas, and Matamoros, Mexico, for the relocation of rail-
road lines from the central area of the cities in conformance with the 
methodology developed under proposals submitted to the Secretary by 
the Brownsville Navigation District, providing for the construction of 
an international bridge and for the elimination of a substantial num-
ber of existing railway-road conflict points within the cities. 
(d) The Secretary of Transportation shall enter into such arrange-
ments as may be necessary to carry out a demonstration project in 
East Saint Louis, Illinois, for the relocation of rail lines between 
Thirteenth and Forty-third Streets, in accordance with methodology 
approved by the Secretary. The Secretary of Transportation shall 
carry out a demonstration project for the relocation of rail lines in 
the vicinity of Carbondale, Illinois. 
(e) The Secretary of Transportation shall enter into such arrange-
ments as may be necessary to carry out a demonstration project in 
New Albany, Indiana, for the elimination of the existing rail loop and 
relocation of rail lines to a location between Vincennes Street and East 
87 
STAT.] 
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:281 
72 Stat. 898., 
23 u s e 120. 
Reports to 
President and 
Congress. 
Appropriation. 
Eighth Street, in accordance with methodology approved by the 
Secretary. 
(f) The Secretary of Transportation shall carry out demonstration 
projects for the construction of an overpass at the rail-highway grade 
crossing on Cottage Grove Avenue between One Hundred Forty-
second Street and One Hundred Thirty-eighth Street in the village 
of Dolton, Illinois, and the construction of an overpass at the rail-
highway grade crossing at Vermont Street and the Rock Island 
Railroad tracks in the city of Blue Island, Illinois. 
(g) The Secretary of Transportation shall carry out a demonstra-
tion project for the elimination of the ground level railroad highway 
crossing on United States Route 69 in Greenville, Texas. 
(h) The Secretary of Transportation shall carry out a demonstra-
tion project in Anoka, Minnesota, for the construction of an underpass 
at the Seventh Avenue and County Road 7 railroad-highway grade 
crossing. 
(i) The Federal share payable on account of such projects shall be 
that provided in section 120 of this title. 
(j) The Secretary shall make annual reports and a final report to 
the President and the Congress with respect to his activities pursuant 
to this section. 
(k) There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
(other than subsection (1)) not to exceed $15,000,000 for the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1974, $25,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1975, and $50,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, except 
that two-thirds of all funds authorized and expended under authority 
of this section in any fiscal year shall be appropriated out of the High-
way Trust fund. 
(1) The Secretary, in cooperation with State highway departments 
and local officials, shall conduct a full and complete investigation and 
study of the problem of providing increased highway safety by the 
relocation of railroad lines from the central area of cities on a nation-
wide basis, and report to the Congress his recommendations resulting 
from such investigation and study not later than July 1,1975, includ-
ing an estimate of the cost of such a program. Funds authorized to 
carry out section 307 of title 23, United States Code, are authorized to 
be used to carry out the investigation and study required by this 
subsection. 
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AGREEMENTS 
SEC. 164. (a) No Federal financial assistance shall be provided under 
(1) subsection (a) or (c) of section 142, title 23, United States Code, 
-^"J^' P- ^SS-
(2) paragraph (4) of subsection (e) of section 103, title 23, United 
' "' 
States Code, or (3) the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, for 
78 stat. 302. 
the purchase of buses to any applicant for such assistance unless such note."^*^ ^^°^ 
applicant and the Secretary of Transportation shall have first entered 
into an agreement that such applicant will not engage in charter bus 
operations in competition with private bus operators outside of the 
area within which such applicant provides regularly scheduled mass 
transportation service. A violation of such agreement shall bar such 
applicant from receiving any other Federal financial assistance under 
those provisions of law referred to in clauses (1), (2), and (3) of this 
subsection. 
(b) No Federal financial assistance shall be provided under (1) 
subsection (a) or (c) of section 142, title 23, United States Code, (2) 
paragraph (4) of subsection (e) of section 103, title 23, United States 
Code, or (3) the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, for the pur-
chase of buses to any applicant for such assistance unless such appli-
cant and the Secretary of Transportation shall have first entered into 
Highway safety 
study. 
Report to 
Congress. 
72 Stat, 913. 
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[87 STAT. 
an agreement that such applicant will not engage in school bus opera-
tions, exclusively for the transportation of students and school 
personnel, in competition with private school bus operators. This sub-
section shall not apply to an applicant with respect to operation of a 
school bus program if the applicant operates a school system in the 
area to be served and operates a separate and exclusive school bus 
program for this school system. This subsection shall not apply unless 
private school bus operators are able to provide adequate transporta-
tion, at reasonable rates, and in conformance with applicable safety 
standards, and this subsection shall not apply with respect to any 
State or local public body or agency thereof if it (or a direct predeces-
sor in interest from which it acquired the function of so transporting 
school children and personnel along with facilities to be used there-
for) was so engaged in school bus operations any time during the 
twelve-month period immediately prior to the date of the enactment of 
this subsection. A violation of an agreement under this subsection shall 
bar such applicant from receiving any other Federal financial assist-
ance under those provisions of law referred to in clauses (1), (2), and 
(3) of this subsection. 
Ante, 
p. 259. 
Ante, p. 269. 
Ante, p. 274. 
84 Stat. 1690. 
42 u s e 1857f-l, 
86 Stat. 1237. 
42 u s e 4905. 
84 Stat. 1700. 
42 u s e 1857f-
86 Stat. 1245. 
42 u s e 4914. 
BUS AND OTHER PROJECT STANDARDS 
SEC. 165. (a) The Secretary of Transportation shall require that 
buses acquired with Federal financial assistance under (1) subsection 
(a) or (c) of section 142 of title 23, United States Code, (2) paragraph 
(4) of subsection (e) of section 103, title 23, United States Code, or 
(3) section 147 of the Federal-aid Highway Act of 1973 meet the 
standards prescribed by the Administrator of the Environmental Pro-
tection Agency under section 202 of the Clean Air Act, and under sec-
tion 6 of of the Noise Control Act of 1972, and shall authorize the 
acquisition, wherever practicable, of buses which meet the special 
criteria for low-emission vehicles set forth in section 212 of the Clean 
Air Act, and for low-noise-emission products set forth in section 15 
of the noise Control Act of 1972. 
(b) The Secretary of Transportation shall assure that projects 
receiving Federal financial assistance under (1) subsection (a) or (c) 
of section 142 of title 23, United States Code, (2) paragraph (4) of 
subsection (e) of section 103, title 23, United States Code, or (3) sec-
tion 147 of the Federal-aid Highway Act of 1973 shall be planned and 
designed so that mass transportation facilities and services can effec-
tively be utilized by elderly and handicapped persons who, by reason 
of illness, injury, age, congenital malfunction, or other permanent or 
temporary incapacity or disability are unable without special facilities 
or special planning or design to utilize such facilities and services as 
effectively as persons not so affected. 
TITLE I I 
Appropriation. 
Post, p. 290. 
SHORT TITLE 
SEC. 201. This title may be cited as the "Highway Safety Act of 
1973". 
H I G H W A Y 
SATETY 
SEC. 202. The following sums are hereby authorized to be appro-
priated : 
(1) For carrying out section 402 of title 23, United States Code 
(relating to highway safety programs), by the National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration, out of the Highway Trust Fund, 
$100,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, ^125,000,000 for 
87 STAT. ] 
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283 
the liscal year ending June 80, 1975, and $150,()()(),()0() for the fiscal 
year ending June 30,1976. 
(2) For carrying out section 403 of title 28, United States Code 
(relating to highway safety research and development), by the 
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, out of the Highway 
Trust Fund, $42,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, 
$55,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1975, and $65,000,000 
for the fiscal year ending June 30,1976. 
(3) For carrying out section 402 of title 28, United States Code 
(relating to highway safety programs), by the Federal Highway 
Administration, out of the Highway Trust Fund, $25,000,000 for the 
fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending: 
June 30, 1975, and $35,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30,1976. 
(4) For carrying out sections 307(a) and 403 of title 23, United 
States (^ode (relating to highway safety research and development), 
by the Federal Highway Administration, out of the Highway Trust 
Fund, for each of the fiscal years ending June 30,1974, June 80,1975. 
and June 80, 1976, not to exceed $10,000,000 per fiscal vear. 
Post, p. 286. 
Post, p. 290.. 
72 Stat. 913; 
84 Stat. 1723. 
RAIL-HIGHWAY CROSSINGS 
SEC. 208, (a) Each State shall conduct and systematically main-
tain a survey of all highways to identify those railroad crossings 
which may require separation, relocation, or protective devices, and 
establish and implement a schedule of projects for this purpose. At a 
minimum, such a schedule shall provide signs for all railroad-highway 
crossings. 
(b) In addition to funds which may be otherwise available to carry 
out section 180 of title 28, United States Code, there is authorized to 
be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund for projects for the 
elimination of hazards of railway-highway crossings $25,000,000 for 
the fiscal year ending June 30,1974, $75,000,000 for the fiscal year end-
ing June 80, 1975, and $75,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 80, 
1976. At least half of the funds authorized and expended under this 
section shall be available for the installation of protective devices at 
railway-highway crossings. Such sums shall be available for obligation 
in the same manner, and to the same extent as if such funds were 
apportioned under this chapter. 
(c) Funds authorized by this section shall be available solely for 
expenditure for projects on any Federal-aid system (other than the 
Interstate System). 
(d) 50 percent of the funds made available in accordance with sub-
section (c) shall be apportioned to the States in the same manner as 
sums authorized to be appropriated under subsection (a) (1) of section 
104 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1978 and 50 percent of the 
funds made available in accordance with subsection (c) shall be 
apportioned to the States in the same manner as sums authorized to be 
appropriated under subsection (a) (2) of section 104 of the Federal-
Aid Highway Act of 1973. The Federal share payable on account of 
any such project shall be 90 per centum of the cost thereof. 
(e) Each State shall report to the Secretary of Transportation not 
later than September 30,1974, and not later than September 30 of each 
year thereafter, on the progress being made to implement the railroad-
highway crossings program authorized by this section and the effec-
tiveness of such improvements. Each State report shall contain an 
assessment of the costs of the various treatments employed and subse-
quent accident experience at improved locations. The Secretary of 
Transportation shall submit a report to the Congress not later than 
January 1, 1975, and not later than January 1, of each year thereafter, 
state survey. 
Signs. 
Hazard elimina-
tion, additional 
appropriation. 
72 Stat. 903. 
Protective 
devices. 
Funds, restric-
tion. 
State appor-
tionment. 
Ante, p. 251. 
Report to 
Secretary of 
Transportation. 
Report to 
Congress. 
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[87 STAT. 
Matching funds. 
on the progress being made by the States in implementing projects to 
improve railroad-highway crossings. The report shall include, but not 
be limited to, the number of projects undertaken, their distribution by 
cost range, road system, nature of treatment, and subsequent accident 
experience at improved locations. In addition, the Secretary's report 
shall analyze and evaluate each State program, identify any State 
found not to be in compliance with the schedule of improvements 
required by subsection (a), and include recommendation for future 
implementation of the railroad-highway crossings program. 
(f) Funds authorized by this section may be used to provide local 
government with funds to be used on a matching basis when State 
funds are available which may only be spent when local government 
produces matching funds for the improvement of railroad crossings. 
84 Stat. 1741. 
Funds, restric-
tion. 
BRIDGE RECONSTRUCTION AND 
REPLACEMENT 
SEC. 204. (a) Subsection (e) of section 144 of title 23, United States 
Code, is amended by striking out "1972; and" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "1972,"; by inserting immediately after "1973," the following: 
"$25,000,000 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". 
(b) Subsection (f) of section 144 of title 23, United States Code, is 
relettered as subsection (g) (including references thereto); and imme-
diately after subsection (e) the following new subsection (f) is 
inserted: 
"(f) Funds authorized by this section shall be available solely for 
expenditure for projects on any Federal-aid system." 
(c) Existing subsection (g) of section 144 of title 23, United States 
Code, is relettered as subsection (h) (including references thereto). 
Ante, p. 277. 
72 Stat. 891, 
23 u s e 105. 
Appropriation. 
PAVEMENT MARKING DEMONSTRATION 
PROGRAM 
SEC. 205. (a) Chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end thereof the following new section: 
"§ 151. Pavement marking demonstration program 
" (a) Congress hereby finds and declares it to be in the vital interest 
of the Nation that a pavement marking demonstration program be 
established to enable the several States to improve the pavement mark-
ing of all highways to provide for greater vehicle and pedestrian 
safety. 
"(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of the last sentence of sub-
section (a) of section 105 of this title, the Secretary may approve 
under this section such pavement marking projects on any highway 
whether or not on any Federal-aid system, but not included in the 
Interstate System, as he may find necessary to bring such highway to 
the pavement markinjor standards issued or endorsed by the Federal 
Highwav Administrator. 
"(c) In approving projects under this section, the Secretary shall 
give priority to those projects which are located in rural areas and 
which are either on the Federal-aid secondary system or are not 
included on any Federal-aid system. 
"(d) The entire cost of projects approved under subsections (b) 
and (f) of this section shall be paid from sums authorized to carry out 
this section. 
"(e) For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section 
by the Federal Highway Administration, there is hereby authorized 
to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30,1974, $25,000,000, 
and for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1975, and June 30, 
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285 
1976, out of the Highway Trust Fund, the sum of $75,000,000. Such 
sums shall be available for obligation in the same manner and to the 
same extent as if such funds were apportioned under this chapter. 
"(f) Funds not required for pavement-marking projects author- 
Released funds. 
ized by this section may be released by the Secretary for expenditure 
for projects to eliminate or reduce the hazards to safety at specific 
locations or sections of highways which are not located on any 
Federal-aid system and which have high accident experiences or high 
accident potentials. Funds may be released by the Secretary under 
condition. 
this subsection only if the Secretary has received satisfactory assur-
ances from the State highway department that all nonurban area 
highways within the State are marked in accordance with the 
pavement-marking standards issued or endorsed by the Federal High-
way Administrator for carrying out this program. 
"(g) Each State shall report to the Secretary of Transportation secritT* *
o
f 
not later than September 30, 1974, and not later than September 30 Transportation. 
of each year thereafter, on the progress being made in implementing 
the program and the effectiveness of the improvements made under it. 
Each report shall include an analysis and evaluation of the number, 
rate, and severity of accidents at improved locations and the cost-
benefit ratio of such improvements, comparing an adequate time period 
before and after treatment in order to properly assess the benefits 
occurring from such pavement markings. The Secretary of Trans- 
Report to 
portation shall submit a report to the Congress not later than Janu- *^°"^'"^^^' 
ary 1, 1975, and not later than January 1 of each year thereafter, on 
the progress being made in implementing the program and the safety 
benefits achieved under it." 
(b) The analysis of chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code is 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following: 
"151. Pavement marking demonstration program.". 
PAVEMENT MARKING RESEARCH AND DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS 
SEC. 206. (a) In addition to the research authorized by section 
307(a) of title 23, United States Code, the Secretary of Transporta- 
72 stat. gis; 
tion is authorized to conduct research and demonstration programs to ^
"
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^
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" ^^^^* 
improve the effectiveness and durability of various types of pavement 
markings and related delineators, to develop improved equipment and 
techniques for applying, erecting, and maintaining such markings 
and delineators, and to develop new traffic control materials, devices, 
and related delineators to assist the traveling public during adverse 
weather and nighttime driving conditions. 
(b) There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
Appropriation. 
by the Federal Highway Administration, out of the Highway Trust 
Fund, $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and 
$10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975. 
H I G H W A Y SAFETY ON INDIAN RESERVATIONS 
SEC. 207. (a) Section 402 of title 23 of the United States Code is 
so stat. 731 
amended by addmg a new subsection (1) as follows: 
"(i) For the purpose of the application of this section on Indian 
reservations, 'State' and 'Governor of a State' includes the Secretary 
of the Interior and 'political subdivision of a State' includes an Indian 
tribe: Provided, 
That, notwithstanding the provisions of subpara-
graph (C) of subsection (b) (1) hereof, 95 per centum of the funds 
apportioned to the Secretary of the Interior after date of enactment, 
shall be expended by Indian tribes to carry out highway safety pro-
grams within their jurisdictions: And 'provided further, 
That the 
provisions of subparagraph (E) of subsection (b) (1) hereof shall be 
84 Stat. 1740. 
Post, p. 294. 
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[87 STAT. 
80 Stat. 731; 
84 Stat. 1740. 
applicable except in those tribal jurisdictions in which the Secretary 
determines such programs would not be practicable." 
(b) Subsection (d) of section 402 of title 23, United States Code, 
is amended by inserting before the period at the end of the first sen-
tence thereof the following: "and except that, in the case of a local 
highway safety program carried out by an Indian tribe, if the Secre-
tary^ is satisfied that an Indian tribe does not have sufficient funds 
available to meet the non-Federal share of the cost of such program, 
he may increase the Federal share of the cost thereof payable under 
this Act to the extent necessary". 
80 Stat. 733. 
Appropriation. 
DRUG USE AND DRIVER BEHAVIOR H I G H W A Y SAFETY RESEARCH 
SEC. 208. (a) Section 403 of title 23, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting " ( a ) " immediately before the first sentence thereof, and 
by striking out "this section" each place it appears and inserting in lieu 
thereof "this subsection", and by adding at the end thereof the follow-
ing new subsections: 
'(b) In addition to the research authorized by subsection (a) of this 
section, the Secretary, in consultation with such other Government 
and private agencies as may be necessary, is authorized to carry out 
safety research on the following: 
"(1) The relationship between the consumption and use of 
drugs and their effect upon highway safety and drivers of motor 
vehicles; and 
"(2) Driver behavior research, including the characteristics of 
driver performance, the relationships of mental and physical abil-
ities or disabilities to the driving task, and the relationship of fre-
quency of driver accident involvement to highway safety. 
"(c) The research authorized by subsection (b) of this section may 
be conducted by the Secretary through grants and contracts with pub-
lic and private agencies, institutions, and individuals." 
(b) There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out the amend-
ments made by this section by the National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration, out of the Highway Trust Fund, the sum of 
$10,000,000 per fiscal year for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 
1974, June 30,1975, and June 30,1976. 
Ante, p. 284. 
Engineering 
survey. 
Appropriation. 
PROJECTS FOR HIGH-HAZARD 
LOCATIONS 
SEC. 209. (a) Chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end thereof the following new section: 
"§ 152. Projects for high-hazard locations 
"(a) Each State shall conduct and systematically maintain an 
engineering survey of all highways to identify high-hazard locations 
which may constitute a danger to vehicles and to pedestrians, assign 
priorities for the correction of such locations, and establish and imple-
ment a schedule of projects for their improvement. 
"(b) For projects to eliminate or reduce the hazards at specific loca-
tions or sections of highways which have high accident experiences or 
high accident potentials, by the Federal Highway Administration, 
there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of the Highway 
Trust Fund, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, $50,000,000, and 
for each of the fiscal years ending June 30,1975, and June 30,1976, the 
sum of $75,000,000 shall be appropriated out of the Highway Trust 
Fund. Such sums shall be available for obligation in the same manner 
and to the same extent as if such funds were apportioned under this 
chapter. 
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"(c) Funds authorized by this section shall be available solely for ^j^""'^^' '•''^*"*=' 
expenditure for projects on any Federal-aid system (other than the 
Interstate System) except in the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American 
Samoa. 
"(d) Funds made available in accordance with subsection (b) shall 
be apportioned to the States in the same manner as is provided in sec-
tion 492(c) of this title, and the Federal share payable on account of 
^°®^ P- 290. 
any such project shall be 90 per centum of the cost thereof. 
"(e) Each State shall report to the Secretary of Transportation not 
Report to 
later than September 30,1974, and not later than September 30 of each T^ans*porta/ion. 
year thereafter, on the progress being made to implement projects for 
high-hazard locations and the effectiveness of such improvements. 
Each State report shall contain an assessment of the cost of, and safety 
benefits derived from, the various means and methods used to mitigate 
or eliminate hazards and the previous and subsequent accident experi-
ence at these locations. The Secretary of Transportation shall submit 
Report to 
a report to the Congress not later than January 1, 1975, and not later 
°"^'^^^^-
than January 1 of each year thereafter, on the progress being made by 
the States in implementing projects for improvements at high-hazard 
locations. The report shall include, but not be limited to, the number of 
projects undertaken, their distribution by cost range, road system, 
means and methods used, and the previous and subsequent accident 
experience at improved locations. In addition, the Secretary's report 
shall analyze and evaluate each State program, identify any State 
found not to be in compliance with the schedule of improvements 
required by subsection (a) and include recommendations for future 
implementation of the spot improvements program." 
(b) The analysis of chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following: 
"152. Projects for high-hazard locations.". 
PROGRAM FOR T H E ELIMINATION OF ROADSIDE OBSTACLES 
SEC. 210. (a) Chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended 
^"'^' P- 2^^-
by adding at the end thereof the following new section: 
*^§ 153. Program for the elimination of roadside obstacles 
"(a) Each State shall conduct and systematically maintain an 
Engineering 
engineering survey of all highways to identify roadside obstacles ^"'•''^^* 
which may constitute a hazard to vehicles and to pedestrians, assign 
priorities for the correction of such obstacles and establish and imple-
ment a schedule of projects for their elimination. Such a schedule 
shall provide for the replacement, to the extent necessary, of existing 
sign and light supports which are not designed to yield or break away 
upon impact. Yielding or breakaway sign and light supports shall be 
used, where appropriate, on all new construction or reconstruction of 
highways. 
"(b) For projects to correct roadside hazards by the Federal High- 
Appropriation. 
way Administration, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, 
out of the Highway Trust Fund, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1974, $25,000,000, and for each of the fiscal years ending June 30,1975, 
and June 30, 1976, the sum of $75,000,000. Such sums shall be avail-
able for obligation in the same manner and to the siame extent as if 
such funds were apportioned under this chapter. 
"(c) Funds authorized by this section shall be available solely for 
Funds, restric-
expenditure for projects on any Federal-aid system (other than the 
Interstate System) except in the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American 
Samoa. 
tion. 
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[87 STAT. 
Report to 
Secretary of 
Transportation. 
Report to 
Congress. 
"(d) Funds made available in accordance with subsection (c) shall 
be apportioned to the States in the same manner as is j)rovided in sec-
tion 402(c) of this title, and the Federal share payable on account of 
any such project shall be 90 per centum of the cost thereof. 
"(e) Each State shall report to the Secretary of Transportation not 
later than September 30, 1974, and not later than September 30 of 
each year thereafter, on the progress being made in implementing the 
program for the removal of roadside obstacles and the eifectiveness of 
such improvements. Each report shall contain an assessment of the 
costs and safety benefits of the various means and methods used to 
mitigate or eliminate roadside obstacles. The Secretary of Transporta-
tion shall submit a report to the Congress not later than January 1, 
1975, and not later than January 1 of each year thereafter, on the 
progress being made by the States in eliminating roadside obstacles 
and the effectiveness of the improvements made under this program. 
The Secretary's report shall include, but not be limited to, an analysis 
and evaluation of each State program, identification of any State 
found not to be in compliance with the schedule of improvements 
required by subsection (a) and shall include recommendations for 
fu<"ure implementation of the roadside obstacle removal program. In 
addition, to assess the safety benefits of varying roadside obstacle 
treatments, the report shall contain an assessment of the costs and 
safety benefits of the various means and methods used to mitigate or 
eliminate roadside obstacles." 
(b) The analvsis of chapter 1 of title 23, Ignited States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following: 
"1.53. Program for the elimination of roadside obstacles.". 
Report to 
Congress. 
Appropriation. 
Appropriation. 
H I G H W A Y SAFETY EDUC^ATIONAL PR()(JRAMIX(} AND STUDY 
SEC. 211. (a) The Secretary of Transportation, in cooperation Avith 
interested government and nongovernment authorities, agencies, orga-
nizations, institutions, businesses, and individuals, shall conduct a 
full and complete investigation and study of the use of mass media 
for informing and educating the public of w^ays and means for reduc-
ing the number and severity of highway accidents. Such a study shall 
include, but not be limited to, ways and means for encouraging the 
participation and cooperation of television and radio station licensees, 
for measuring audience reactions to current educational programs, for 
evaluating the effectiveness of such programs, and for developing new 
programs for the promotion of highw^ay safety. The Secretary shall 
T'eport to the Congress his findings and recommendations by June 30, 
(b) For the purpose of carrying out subsection (a) of this section, 
there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $1,000,000 
out of the Highway Trust Fund. 
(c) The Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with State and 
local highway safety officials, shall develop a series of highway safety 
television programs of varying length, up to and including five min-
utes, for use in accordance with the provisions of the Communica-
tions Act of 1934. At least 50 per centum of the funds authorized and 
expended under subsection (d) of this section shall be allocated to the 
States at the discretion of the Secretary for approved programing 
projects. To the maximum extent feasible, the services of private indi-
viduals shall be utilized in carrying out this subsection. 
(d) For the purpose of carrying out subsection (c) of this section, 
there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $4,000,000 out 
of the Highway Trust Fund. 
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289 
CITIZEN i-AKTICIPATION 
STUDY 
SEC. 212. (a) The Secretary of Transportation, in cooperation with 
State and local highway safety authorities, shall conduct a full and 
complete investigation and study of ways and means for encouraging 
greater citizen participation and involvement in highway safety pro-
grams, with particular emphasis on traflSlc enforcement and accident 
detection, response, and reporting, including, but not limited to, the 
creation of citizen adjuncts to assist professional traffic enforcement 
agencies and highway rescue agencies in the performance of their 
duties. The Secretary shall report to the Congress his findings and 
recommendations by June 30,1974. 
(b) For the purposes of carrying out this section, there is authorized 
to be appropriated the sum of $1,000,000 out of the Highway Trust 
Fund. 
Report to 
Congress. 
Appropriation. 
FEASIBILITY STUDY—NATIONAL CENTER FOR STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF 
H I G H W A Y 
OPERATIONS 
SEC 213. (a) The Secretary of Transportation shall make a study 
of the feasibility of establishing a National Center for Statistical 
Analysis of Highway Operations designed to acquire, store, and 
retrieve highway accident data and standardize the information and 
procedures for reporting accidents on a nationwide basis. Such study 
should include, but not be limited to, an estimate of the cost of estab-
lishing and maintaining suph a center, including the means of acquir-
ing the accident information to be stored therein, the methods to be 
used for its evaluation and the criteria needed to assure its proper 
utilization by appropriate public and private agencies and groups. 
The Secretary shall report to the Congress his findings and recom-
mendations not later than January 1,1975. 
(b) For the purpose of carrymg out this section, there is author-
ized to be appropriated the sum of $5,000,000 out of the Highway 
Trust Fund. 
PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE SAFETY STUDY 
SEC. 214. (a) The Secretary of Transportation shall make a full 
and complete investigation and study of pedestrian and bicycle safety. 
Such an investigation and study shall include, but not be limited to, 
the following: 
(1) A review and evaluation of State and local ordinances, 
regulations, and laws and the enforcement policies, procedures, 
methods, practices, and capabilities for enforcing them. 
(2) The relationship between alcohol and pedestrian and 
bicycle safety, with special emphasis on problem drinkers, both 
drivers and pedestrians. 
(3) An evaluation of ways and means of improving pedestrian 
and bicycle safety programs. 
(4) An analysis of present funding allocations for pedestrian 
and bicycle safety programs and an assessment of the capabilities 
of Federal, State, and local governments to fund such activities 
and programs. 
In the conduct of such investigation and study, the Secretary shall 
cooperate and consult with other agencies of the Federal Government, 
the States, and their political subdivisions, and other interested private 
organizations, groups, and individuals. 
(b) The Secretary shall, not later than January 31, 1975, report 
to the Congress the, results of this investigation and study together 
with his conclusions and recommendations for appropriate legislation. 
Report to 
Congress. 
Appropriation. 
Report to 
Congress. 
22-150 O - 75 - 21 
290 
Appropriation. 
80 Stat. 731, 
84 Stat. 1740. 
50 Stat. 731. 
'State." 
Ante, p. 285. 
Incentive 
grants. 
Appropriation. 
Additional 
grants. 
[87 STAT. 
(c) There is hereby authorized not to exceed $5,000,000 from the 
PUBLIC L
A
W 93-87-AUG. 13, 1973 
hereby authorized not to exceed 
Highway Trust Fund to carry out this section. 
MANPOWER TRAINING AND DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS 
SEC. 215. The first sentence of subsection (c) of section 402 of 
title 23, United States Code, is amended hj inserting immediately 
after "approved in accordance with subsection (a)," the following: 
"including development and implementation of manpower training 
programs, and of demonstration programs that the Secretary deter-
mines will contribute directly to the reduction of accidents, and deaths 
and injuries resulting therefrom. Such funds". 
PUBLIC ROAD MILEAGE 
SEC. 216. Subsection (c) of section 402 of title 23, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting immediately after the third sentence 
the following: "Public road mileage as used in this subsection shall 
be determined as of the end of the calendar year preceding the year 
in which the funds are apportioned and shall be certified to by the 
Governor of the State and subject to approval by the Secretary." 
MINIMUM 
APPORTIONMENT 
SEC, 217. Subsection (c) of section 402 of title 23, United States 
Code, is amended by striking "one-third of 1 per centum" in the fifth 
sentence thereof, and inserting "one-half of 1 per centum". 
HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAM APPLICABILITY 
SEC. 218. Section 401, title 23, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end thereof the following: "For the purposes of this 
chapter, the term 'State' means any one of the fifty States, the District 
of Columbia, Puerto Kico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American 
Samoa, except that all expenditures for carrying out this chapter in 
the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa shall be paid out of 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated." 
INCENTIVES FOR COMPLIANCE WITH HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAMS 
SEC. 219. Section 402 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 
adding the following new subsection: 
"(j) (1) In addition to other grants authorized by this section, the 
Secretary may make incentive grants in each fiscal year to those States 
which have adopted legislation requiring the use of seatbelts in accord-
ance with criteria which the Secretary shall establish and publish. 
Such grants may only be used by recipient States to further the pur-
poses of this chapter. Such grants shall be in addition to other funds 
authorized by this section. There is hereby authorized to be appropri-
ated to carry out this paragraph, out of the Highway Trust Fund, not 
to exceed $25,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, not to 
exceed $32,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30,1975, and not to 
exceed $37,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30,1976. 
" (2) In addition to other grants authorized by this section, the Sec-
retary may make additional incentive grants to those States which 
have made the most significant progress in reducing traffic fatalities 
based on the reduction in the rate of such fatalities per one hundred 
million-vehicle miles during the calendar year immediately preceding 
the fiscal year for which sudi incentive funds are authorized compared 
with the average annual rate of such fatalities for the four calendar 
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291 
year period preceding such calendar year. Such incentive grants shall 
be made in accordance with criteria which the Secretary shall estab-
lish and publish. Such grants may only be used by recipient States to 
further the purposes of this chapter. Such grants shall be in addition 
to other funds authorized by this section. There is hereby authorized 
to be appropriated to carry out this paragraph, out of the Highway 
Trust Fund, not to exceed $12,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 
30, 1974, not to exceed $16,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1975, and not to exceed $19,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1976. 
"(3) Incentive awards authorized by this section shall not exceed 25 
per centum of each State's apportionment as authorized by this 
chapter." 
H I G H W A Y SAFETY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
SEC. 220. The second sentence of subsection (a) of section 403 of title 
23, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "In addition, 
the Secretary may use the funds appropriated to carry out this section, 
either independently or in cooperation with other Federal depart-
ments or agencies, for making grants to or contracting with State or 
local agencies, institutions, and individuals for (1) training or 
education of highway safety personnel, (2) research fellowships in 
highway safety, (3) development of improved accident investigation 
procedures, (4) emergency service plans, (5) demonstration projects, 
and (6) related activities which the Secretary deems will promote the 
purposes of this section. The Secretary shall assure that no fees are 
charged for any meetings or services attendant thereto or other activi-
ties relating to training and education of highway safety personnel." 
Appropriation. 
Limitation. 
Ante, p. 286. 
TRANSFER OF DEMONSTRATION PROJECT 
EQUIPMENT 
SEC. 221. Section 403 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(d) The Secretary may, where he deems it to be in furtherance of 
the purposes of section 402 of this title, vest in State or local agencies, 
on such terms and conditions as he deems appropriate, title to equip-
ment purchased for demonstration projects with funds authorized by 
this section." 
Ante, 
p. 290. 
ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUDICATION OF TRAFFIC 
INFRACTIONS 
SEC. 222. Section 403 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(e) In addition to the research authorized by subsection (a) of 
this section, the Secretary shall, either independently or in coopera-
tion with other Federal departments or agencies, conduct research 
into, and make grants to or contracts with State or local agencies, 
institutions, and individuals for projects to demonstrate the adminis-
trative adjudication 
of traffic infractions. 
Such 
administrative 
adjudication demonstration projects shall be designed to improve high-
way safety by developing fair, efficient, and effective processes and 
procedures for traffic infraction adjudication, utilizing appropriate 
punishment, training, and rehabilitative measures for traffic offenders. 
The Secretary shall report to Congress by July 1,1975, and each year 
thereafter during the continuance of the program, on the research and 
demonstration projects authorized by this subsection, and shall include 
in such report a comparison of the fairness, efficiency, and effective-
ness of administrative adjudication of traffic infractions with other 
methods of handling such infractions." 
Supra. 
Report to 
Congress. 
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[87 STAT. 
81 Stat. 507. 
23 u s e 401 
note. 
NATIONAL H I G H W A Y SAFETY ADVISORY 
COMMITTEE 
SEC. 223. Subsection (a) (1) of section 404 of title 23, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting immediately after "Federal Highway 
Administrator," the following: "the National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administrator,". 
DATE o r 
A N N U A L 
REPORT 
SEC. 224. The first sentence of subsection (a) of section 202 of the 
Highway Safety Act of 1966 (80 Stat. 736) is amended by deleting 
"March 1" and substituting in lieu thereof the following: "July 1". 
72 Stat. 885. 
23 u s e 101 et 
seq. 
Estimates and 
recommendations, 
submittal to 
Congress. 
Ante, 
p. 291. 
Report to 
Congress. 
Appropriation. 
H I G H W A Y SAFETY NEEDS STUDY 
, 
SEC. 225. In order to provide the basis for evaluating the continuing 
highway safety programs authorized in title 23, United States Code, 
and to furnish Congress with the information necessary for the author-
ization of appropriations for such programs, the Secretary of Trans-
portation, in cooperation with the Governors and appropriate State 
and local highway officials, shall make a full and complete study of 
highway safety needs and shall prepare recommendations and esti-
mates of the costs for meeting such needs. Such estimates and recom-
mendations shall identify the requirements to meet highway safety 
needs of the States, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia and 
would also consider those of Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin 
Islands and such other United States territories as the Secretary shall 
determine. The Secretary shall submit such detailed estimates and 
recommendations to the Congress not later than January 10, 1976. 
DRIVER EDUCATION EVALUATION 
PROGRAM 
SEC. 226. (a) Section 403 of title 23, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(f) In addition to the research authorized by subsection (a) of 
this section, the Secretary shall carry out research, development, and 
demonstration projects to improve and evaluate the effectiveness of 
various types of driver education programs in reducing traffic acci-
dents and deaths, injuries, and property damage resulting therefrom. 
The research, development, and demonstration projects authorized by 
this subsection may be carried out by the Secretary through grants 
and contracts with public and private agencies, institutions, and indi-
viduals. The Secretary shall report to the Congress by July 1, 1975, 
and each year thereafter during the continuance of the program, on 
the research, development, and demonstration projects authorized by 
this subsection, and shall include in such report an evaluation of the 
effectiveness of driver education programs in reducing traffic accidents 
and deaths, injuries, and property damage resulting therefrom." 
(b) For the purpose of carrying out the amendment made by sub-
section (a) of this section, there is authorized to be appropriated 
$10,000,000 out of the Highway Trust Fund. 
Ante, 
p. 257. 
84 Stat. 1741; 
Ante, 
pp. 286, 
287, 283. 
TRANSFER OF FUNDS AMONG H I G H W A Y 
SAFETY 
PROGRAMS 
SEC. 227. Section 104 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(g) Not more than 30 per centum of the amount apportioned in 
any fiscal year to each State in accordance with sections 144,152, and 
153 of this title, or section 203(d) of the Highway Safety Act of 1973, 
87 STAT. ] 
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293 
may be transferred from the apportionment under one section to the 
apportionment under any other of such sections if such a transfer is 
requested by the State highway department and is approved by the 
Secretary as being in the public interest. The Secretary may approve 
such transfer only if he has received satisfactory assurances from the 
State highway department that the purposes of the program from 
which such funds are to be transferred have been met." 
CURB RAMPS FOR T H E HANDICAPPED 
SEC. 228. Paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of section 402 of title 23, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the 
sostat. 731. 
following: 
"(F) provide adequate and reasonable access for the safe and 
convenient movement of physically handicapped persons, includ-
ing those in wheelchairs, across curbs constructed or replaced on 
or after July 1, 1976, at all pedestrian crosswalks throughout the 
State." 
H I G H W A Y SAFETY STANDARDS 
84 Stat. 1740. 
SEC. 229. Subsection (h) of section 402 of title 23, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows: 
"(h) Each uniform safety standard promulgated under this section 
on or before July 1, 1973, shall continue in effect unless otherwise 
specifically provided by law enacted after the date of enactment of the 
Federal-aid Highway Act of 1973. The Secretary shall not promulgate 
any other uniform safety standard under this section (including by 
revision of a standard continued in effect by the preceding sentence) 
unless otherwise specifically provided by law enacted after the date 
of enactment of the Federal-aid Highway Act of 1973." 
FEDERAL-AID SAFER ROADS DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM 
SEC. 230. (a) Chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code, is amended 
8° ITc'lol 
by adding at the end thereof the following new section: 
"§ 405. Federal-aid safer roads demonstration program 
"(a) The Federal-aid safer roads demonstration program shall con-
sist of all public roads or segments thereof not on a Federal-aid system 
needing improvements to correct safety hazards selected or designated 
by each State subject to the approval of the Secretary. 
"(b) Not later than June 30,1974, each State shall identify projects 
for the Federal-aid safer roads demonstration program for all public 
roads in such State not on the Federal-aid system, including projects 
to improve highway marking and signing, to eliminate roadside obsta-
cles, to eliminate hazards at railroad-highway grade crossings, and 
to correct high-hazard locations, identified by accident reporting, 
traffic records and hazards analysis systems established in accordance 
with standards promulgated under subsection (a) of section 402 of 
this title. Each State shall assign priorities for and undertake the 
Post, p. 294. 
systematic correction of identified hazards, to provide for the most 
effective improvement in highway safety. 
"(c) There is authorized to be appropriated for the Federal-aid 
Appropriation. 
safer roads demonstration program for projects on public roads not 
on the Federal-aid system for the removal of roadside obstacles, the 
elimination of hazards at railroad-highway grade crossings, and the 
proper marking and signing of highways in accordance with subsec-
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[87 STAT. 
tion (b) of this section, out of the Highway Trust Fund, $50,000,000 
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and $100,000,000 per fiscal 
year for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1975, and June 30, 
1976. Such sums shall be apportioned amon^ the States in accordance 
with the formula established under subsection (c) of section 402 of 
Ante, p. 290. 
this title. The Federal share payable on account of any such project 
shall he 90 per centum of the cost thereof. The provisions of chapter 1 
of this title relating to the obligation, period of availability, and 
expenditure for Federal-aid primary highway funds shall apply to 
funds apportioned to carry out this subsection. Prior to June 30,1974, 
funds shall be available for such projects as determined by the State, 
subject to the approval of the Secretary. 
"(d) For the purposes of this section, the term 'public road' means 
any road under the jurisdiction of and maintained by a public author-
ity and open to public travel and which is not on a Federal-aid 
system. 
"(e) It shall be the responsibility of each State to maintain ade-
quate pavement markings on any public road marked with funds 
available under this section in such State. 
"(f) In any State wherein the State is without legal authority to 
construct or maintain a project under this section, such State shall 
enter into a formal agreement for such construction or maintenance 
with the appropriate local officials of the county or municipality in 
which such project is located. 
"(g) In carrying out the Federal-aid safer roads demonstration 
program authorized by this section, the Secretary shall coordinate 
such program with the programs and projects authorized in sections 
84 Stat. 1741; 
144, 152, aud 153, of this title and section 203(d) of the Highway 
Ante. pp. 286, 
Safety Act of 1973. 
Ante, p. 283. 
"(hi) The Secretary shall file an interim report with the Congress 
cc^^^es's^ *° 
on January 1, 1975, concerning the progress being made under the 
demonstration program authorized by this section and its effectiveness. 
The Secretary shall report to Congress on or before January 1, 1976, 
a comprehensive report on the program authorized by this section. 
Such reports shall include, but not be limited to, the number of projects 
undertaken, their distribution by cost range, roads system, means and 
methods used, and previous and subsequent accident experience at 
improved locations. In addition such reports shall analyze and evalu-
ate the program State by State, and shall include such recommenda-
tions as he determines necessary for the further implementation of this 
program." 
(b) The table of contents of chapter 4 of title 23, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof: 
"405. Federal-aid safer roads demonstration program.". 
BICYCLE 
SAFETY 
SEC. 231. (a) The fourth sentence of subsection (a) of section 402 of 
80 Stat. 731. 
title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking out the period at 
the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "and 
(b) Paragraph (b) (1) (E) of section 402 of title 23, United States 
Code, is amended by striking out "and" before "(5)" and by striking 
out the period at the end of such paragraph and inserting in lieu 
thereof a comma and the following: "and (6) driver education pro-
grams, including research, that will assure greater safety for bicyclists 
using public roads in such State." 
87 STAT. ] 
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TITLE III 
295 
URBAN" MASS TRANSPORTATION ACT OP 1 0 6 4 
SEC. 301. (a) The fifth sentence of section 4(a) of the Urban Mass 
Transportation Act of 1964 is amended to read as follows "The Fed-
eral grant for any such project to be assisted under section 3 shall be 
in an amount equal to 80 per centum of the net project cost." 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply only with 
respect to projects which were not subject to administrative reserva-
tion on or before July 1,1973. 
(c) Section 4(c) of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 is 
amended by striking out "$3,100,000,000" in the first and third sen-
tences and inserting in lieu thereof "$6,100,000,000". 
(d) Section 9 of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 is 
amended— 
(1) by striking out "to make grants" in the first sentence and 
inserting in lieu thereof "to contract for and make grants"; 
(2) by striking out "and designing" in the first sentence and 
inserting in lieu thereof "designing, and evaluation"; 
(3) by striking out "and (3)*' in the second sentence and insert-
ing in lieu thereof "(3) evaluation of previously funded projects; 
and (4)"; 
(4) by inserting "or contract" after "A grant" in the third sen-
t-ence; and 
(5) by striking out all that follows "Secretary" in the third 
sentence and inserting in lieu thereof a period. 
(e) The provision of assistance under the amendments made by 
this section 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. 
(f) Section 12 of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 is 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(f) No person snail on the ground of sex be excluded from partici-
pation in, be denied the benefits ofj or be subjected to discrimination 
under any program or activity receiving Federal assistance under this 
Act or carried on under this Act. This provision will be enforced 
through agency provisions and rules similar to those already estab-
lished, witn respect to racial and other discrimination, under title VI 
of the Civil Riglits Act of 1964. However, this remedy is not exclusive 
and will not prejudice or cut off any other legal remedies available to a 
discriminatee." 
(g) Section 16(b) of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 
is amended to read as follows: 
"(b) In addition to the grants and loans otherwise provided for 
under this Act, the Secretary is authorized to make grants and loans— 
"(1) to States and local public bodies and agencies thereof for 
the specific purpose of assisting them in providing mass trans-
portation services which are planned, designed, and carried out 
so as to meet the special needs of elderly and nandicapped persons, 
with such grants and loans bein|^ subject to all of the terms, con-
ditions, requirements, and provision's applicable to grants and 
loans made under section 3(a) and being considered ftr the pur-
poses of all other laws to have been made under such section; and 
78 Stat. 304. 
49 u s e 1603. 
Limitation. 
Appropriation. 
84 Stat. 965. 
80 Stat. 715. 
49 u s e 1607ia. 
80 Stat. 403. 
5 u s e 1501. 
Diicrimlnation 
prohibition. 
78 Stat. 306; 
79 Stat. 507; 
80 Stat. 715. 
49 u s e 1608. 
78 Stat. 252. 
42 u s e 2000d. 
Additional 
grant! and loana, 
84 Stat. 967. 
49 u s e 1612. 
84 Stat. 962. 
49 u s e 1602. 
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[87 STAT. 
"(2) to private nonprofit corporations and associations for the 
specific purpose of assisting them in providing transportation 
services meeting the special needs of elderly and handicapped per-
sons^ for whom mass transportation services planned, designed, 
and carried out under paragraph (1) are unavailable, insufficient, 
or inappropriate, with such grants and loans being subject to such 
terms, conditions, requirements, and provisions (similar insofar 
as may be appropriate to those applicable to grants and loans 
under paragraph (1)) as the Secretary may determine to be neces-
sary or appropriate for purposes of this paragraph. 
Of the total amount of the obligations which the Secretary is author-
ized to incur on behalf of the United States under the first sentence of 
An^e, p. 295. 
sectioH 4(c), 2 per centum may be set aside and used exclusively to 
finance the programs and activities authorized by this subsection 
(including administrative costs)." 
TITLE IV 
INAPPLICABILITT OF TIME REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 401. The time requirements in section 104(b) of title 23, United 
Ante, p. 256. 
States Code, shall not be applicable to the apportionment of sums 
authorized for the fiscal year ending June 30,1974, in any title of this 
Act, and the Secretary shall apportion such sums for such fiscal year 
as soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act. 
CONFORMING ADJUSTMENTS 
Ante, p. 145. 
SEC. 402. All sums authorized in Public Law 93-61 are included 
within the authorizations contained in this Act for the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1974, and the Secretary shall make such adjustments 
in apportionments made under Public Law 93-61 as may be necessary 
to conform such apportionments to this Act. 
Approved August 13, 1973. 
Public Law 93-88 
August 14, 1973 
-^N ACT 
[s. 1993] 
To amend the EURATOM Cooperation Act of 1958, as amended. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Dpe^^itl A^^t^or 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 5 of 
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! amendment, thc EURATOM Cooperation Act of 1958, as amended, is amended by 
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deleting the words "two hundred fifteen thousand kilograms of con-
tained uranium 235" and substituting therefor the words "an amount 
of contained uranium 235 which does not exceed that necessary to 
support the fuel cycle of power reactors located within the Community 
having a total installed capacity of thirty-five thousand megawatts of 
electric energy, together with twenty-five thousand kilograms of con-
tained uranium 235 for other purposes". 
Approved August 14, 1973.