An Act to authorize appropriations for the fiscal years 1964 and 1965 for the construction of certain highways in accordance with title 23 of the United States Code, and for other purposes
PL 87-866 (H.R.12135), enacted 10/23/1962

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Public Law 87-866 
AN ACT 
October 23, 1962 
[H. R. 12135] 
To authorize appropriations for the fiscal years 1964 and 1965 for the construction 
of certain highways in accordance with title 23 of the United States Code, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of RepreHentatives of the 
United States of America in Congress asseiribled^ 
SHORT TITLE 
SECTIOX 1. This Act may be cited as the "Federal-Aid Highway Act 
Federai-Aid 
o f 1 Qfi9'- 
Highway Act of 
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1962. 
AUTHORIZATIONS 
SEC. 2. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of title 23 of 
the United States Code the following sums are hereby authorized to 
be appropriated: 
(1) For the Federal-aid primary system and the Federal-aid 
secondary system and for their extension within urban areas, out of 
the Highway Trust Fund, $950,000,000 for the fiscal year ending 
June 30, 1964, and $975,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1965. The sums authorized in this paragrapli for each fiscal year 
sliall be available for expenditure as follows: 
(A) 45 per centum for projects on the Federal-aid primary 
highway system; 
(B) 30 per centum for projects on the Federal-aid secondary 
highway system; and 
(C) 25 per centum for projects on extensions of the Federal-
aid primary and Federal-aid secondary highway systems in urban 
areas. 
(2) For forest highways, $33,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 
30,1964, and $33,000,000 for the fiscal year ending Julie 30,1965. 
(3) For forest development roads and trails, an 
additional 
$10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1963, $70,000,000 for 
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1964, and $85,000,000 for the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1965. 
(4) For public lands development roads and trails, $2,000,000 for 
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1964, and $4,000,000 for the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1965. 
(5) For park roads and trails, $22,000,000 for the fiscal year ending 
June 30,1964, and $25,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30,1965. 
(6) For parkways, $16,550,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1964, and $16,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965. 
(7) For Indian reservation roads and bridges, $16,000,000 for the 
fiscal year ending June 30, 1964, and $18,000,000 for tlie fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1965. 
(8) For public lands highways, the additional sum of $6,000,000 for 
the fiscal year ending June 30,1963, and the sum of $9,000,000 for the 
fiscal year ending June 30,1964, and $9,000,000 for the fiscal year end-
ing June 30, 1965. 
T H E RAMA ROAD 
SEC. 3. That in order to provide for completion of the Kama Road 
in the Republic of Nicaragua, there is hereby authorized to be appro-
priated to the Department of State, in addition to the sums hereto-
fore authorized, the sum of $850,000, to be available until expended. Appropriation. 
for discharging the Laiited States obligation under the applicable 
agreement with the Government of Xicaragua: J^rorlded^ That the 
survey and construction Avork shall be under the general supervision 
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72 Stat. 911. 
Appropriation. 
Limitation. 
of the Secretary of Commerce: Provided further^ That funds provided 
pursuant to this authorization shall not be available for expenditure 
except under the conditions set forth in section 213 of title 23, United 
States Code, with respect to the authorization contained in that sec-
lion: Aiid proinded further, That the funds autliorized in this section 
shall be available for contract immediately upon the passage of this 
Act. 
INTER-AMERICAN JIKJH WAY 
SEC. 4. For the purpose of completing- the construction of the Inter-
American Highway, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated 
the additional sum of $32,000,000 to be exjjended in accordance with 
the provisions of section 212 of title 23 of the LTnited States Code: 
Provided, That no part of such sum shall be obligated in any country 
until that country demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, 
that it is capable of and willing to meet its commitment for mainte-
nance under the agreements entered into pursuant to the provisions 
of section 212(a) (5) of title 23, ITnited States Code. Not to exceed 
$12,000,000 of the funds authorized herein shall be available for con-
tract immediately upon enactment of this Act and complianca with such 
commitment, except that such contract authority shall be reduced by 
such amounts as are appropriated for construction of the Inter-
American Highway by the Eighty-seventh C/ongress, second session. 
ASSISTANCE FOR DISPLACED FAMILIES AND UlISINESSES 
23 use 101-132. 
SEC. 5. (a) Chapter 1 of title 23 of the United States Code is 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: 
"§ 133. Relocation assistance 
"Eligible per- 
"(a) As used in this section the term 'eligible person" means any 
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individual, family, business concern (including the operation of a 
farm) and nonprofit organization to be displaced by construction of 
a project. 
"(b) The Secretary prior to his approval of any project under 
section 106 of this title for right-of-way acquisition or actual con-
struction shall require the State highway department to give satis-
factory assurance that relocation advisory assistance shall be provided 
for the relocation of families displaced by acquisition or clearance of 
rights-of-way for any Federal-aid highway. 
•'(c) The Secretary shall approve, as a part of the cost of construc-
tion of a project on any of the Federal-aid highway systems, such 
relocation payments as may be made by a State highway department, 
or a local public agency acting as an agent for the State highway 
department for this purpose, to eligible persons for their reasonable 
and necessary moving expenses caused by their displacement from real 
property acquired for such project. However, the Secretary shall not 
require a State to pay relocation payments where not authorized by 
State law. 
" (d) Payments under this section shall be subject to such rules and 
regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary, and shall not exceed 
Limitations. 
$200 iu the case of an individual or family, or $3,000 in the case of a 
business concern (including the operation of a farm) or nonprofit 
organization. In the case of a business (including the operation of a 
farm) and in the case of a nonprofit organization, the allowable 
expenses for tn\nsportation under this subsection shall not exceed the 
cost of moving 50 miles from the point from which such business or 
organization is being displaced. 
Such rules and regulations may 
include provisions authorizing reimbursement for payments made to 
individuals and families of fixed amounts (not to exceed $200 in any 
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case) in lieu of tlieir respective reasonable and necessary moving 
expenses. 
"(e) This section shall apply only with respect to projects approved 
under section 106 of this title after the date of enactment of this 
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section." 
(b) The analysis of chapter 1 of title 23 of the United States Code 
is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: 
"133. Relocation assistance." 
PUBLIC LANDS DEVELOPMENT ROADS AND TRAILS 
SEC. 6. (a) Section 101 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting immediately after the paragraph which begins "The term 
"project agreement' means", the following: 
"The term 'public lands development roads and trails' means those 
roads or trails which the Secretary of the Interior determines are of 
primary importance for the development, protection, administration, 
and utilization of public lands and resources under his control." 
(b) Chapter 2 of title 23 of the United States Code is amended by 
23 use 201-213. 
adding at the end thereof the following new section: 
"§ 214. Public lands development roads and trails 
" (a) Funds available for public lands development roads and trails 
shall be used to pay the cost of construction and improvement of such 
roads and trails. 
"(b) Funds available for public lands development roads and trails 
shall be available for adjacent vehicular parking areas and for sani-
tary, water, and lire control facilities. 
"(c) The Secretary shall approve the location, type, and" design of 
all projects for public lands development roads and trails before any 
expenditures are made thereon and all construction thereof shall be 
under the general supervision of the Secretary." 
(c) The analysis of chapter 2 of title 23 is amended by adding at the 
end thereof the following: 
"214. Public lands development roads and trails," 
AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS—OTHER HIGHWAYS 
SEC. 7. Section 203 of title 23 of the United States Code is amended 
by inserting immediately before the phrase "park roads and trails", 
at each of the two places it appears in such section, the following: 
"public lands development roads and trails,". 
FEDERAL-AID SECONDARY H I G H W A Y SYSTEM 
URBAN AREAS 
SEC. 8. (a) The last sentence of subsection (c) of section 103 of title 
23, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "This system 
may be located both in rural and urban areas, but any extension of the 
system into urban areas shall be subject to the condition that such 
extension pass through the urban area or connect with another Fed-
eral-aid system within the urban area." 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) of this section shall 
apply to apportionments made before as well as after the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
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TRANSPORTATION PLANNING I N CERTAIN URBAN AREAS 
SEC. 9. (a) Chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 
Ante, p. 1146. 
adding immediately following section 138 the following new section: 
**% 134. Transportation planning in certain urban areas 
"It is declared to be in the national interest to encourage and pro-
mote the development of transportation systems, embracing various 
modes of transport in a manner that will serve the States and local 
communities efficiently and effectively. 
To accomplish this objective 
the Secretary shall cooperate with the States, as authorized in this 
f itle, in the development of long-range highway plans and programs 
which are properly coordinated with plans for improvements in other 
affected forms of transportation and which are formulated with due 
consideration to their probable effect on the future development of 
urban areas of more than fifty thousand population. 
After July 1, 
1965, the Secretary shall not approve under section 105 of this title any 
program for projects in any urban area of more than fifty thousand 
population unless he finds that such projects are based on a continuing 
comprehensive transportation planning process carried on coopera-
tively by States and local communities in conformance with the 
objectives stated in this section." 
(b) The analysis of chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following: 
"184. Transportation planning in certain urban ai'eas." 
RURAL DELIVERY AND STAR ROUTE MILEAGE 
72 Stat. 889; 
SEC. 10. (a) Subsectiou (b)(1) of section 104 of title 23 of the 
73 Stat. 146. 
United States Code is amended by striking out "preceding fiscal year" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "preceding calendar year". 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) of this section shall be 
applicable only with respect to apportionments made after the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
H I G H W A Y PLANNING AND RESEARCH FUNDS 
72 Stat. 913. 
SEC. 11. Subsectiou (c) of section 307 of title 23 of the United States 
Code is amended by inserting " (1)" immediately after "(c)", by strik-
ing out "any year" and inserting in lieu thereof "each fiscal year prior 
to the fiscal year 1964", and by adding at the end thereof the following: 
" (2) One and one-half per centum of the sums apportioned for each 
fiscal year beginning with the fiscal year 1964 to any State under sec-
tion 104 of this title shall be available for expenditure by the State 
highway department only for the purposes enumerated in paragraph 
(1) of this subsection. 
"(3) In addition to the percentage provided in paragraph (2) of 
this subsection, not to exceed one-half of one per centum of sums 
apportioned for each fiscal year beginning with the fiscal year 1964 
under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of section 104(b) of this title shall 
be available for expenditure upon request of the State highway depart-
ment for the purposes enumerated in paragraph (1) of this subsection. 
"(4) Sums made available under paragraphs (2) and (3) of this 
subsection shall be matched by the State in accordance with section 120 
of this title unless the Secretary determines that the interests of the 
Federal-aid highway program would be best served witliout such 
matching." 
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DEFINITIONS 
SEC. 12. For the purposes of section 2 of this Act each of the follow-
ing terms shall have the same meaning as is given it in section 101 of 
title 23 of the United States Code: 
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(1) Forest development roads and trails; 
(2) Forest highway; 
(3) Indian reservation roads and bridges; 
(4) Park roads and trails; 
(5) Parkway; 
(6) Public lands highways; 
(7) Federal-aid primary system; 
(8) Federal-aid secondary system; 
(9) Urban area; 
(10) Public lands development roads and trails. 
ALASKA HIGHWAY STUDY 
SEC. 13. (a) The Secretary of Commerce, in cooperation with the 
State of Alaska, is hereby authorized to make engineering studies 
and estimates and planning surveys relative to a highway construc-
tion program for the State of Alaska, and, in accordance with treaties 
or other agreements to be negotiated with Canada by the Secretary of 
State in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, engineering 
studies, estimates, and planning surveys relative to connecting Alaskan 
roads with Canadian roads at the International boundary. 
(b) On or before May 15, 1964, the Secretary of Commerce shall 
Report to con-
submit a report to the Congress which shall include— 
gre s s. 
(1) an analysis of the adequacy of the Federal-aid highway 
program to provide for a satisfactory program in both the popu-
lated and the undeveloped areas in Alaska; 
(2) specific recommendations as to the construction of roads 
through undeveloped areas of Alaska and connection of such 
roads with Canadian roads at the International boundary; and 
(3) a feasible program for implementing such specific recom-
mendations, including cost estimates, recommendations as to the 
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sharing of cost responsibilities, and other pertinent matters. 
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(c) From time to time, either before or after submission of the 
report provided for in subsection (b) of this section, the Secretary of 
Commerce may submit recommendations to the Congress with respect 
to the construction of particular highways to carry out the purposes 
of this section. 
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed as creating any obli-
gation in the Congress, express or implied, to carry out the recom-
mendations referred to in subsections (b) and (c). 
(e) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money 
Appropriation. 
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be available until 
expended, the sum of $800,000 for the purpose of making the studies, 
surveys, and report authorized by subsections (a) and (b) hereof. 
Approved October 23, 1962.