A bill to apportion certain funds for construction of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways for fiscal year 1985 and to increase the amount authorized to be expended for emergency relief under title 23, United States Code, and for other purposes.
PL 98-229 (H.R.4957), enacted 03/09/1984

PUBLIC LAW 98-229—MAR. 9, 1984 
STAT. 55 
Public Law 98-229 
98th Congress 
An Act 
To apportion certain funds for construction of the National System of Interstate and 
Defense Highways for fiscal year 1985 and to increase the amount authorized to be 
expended for emergency relief under title 23, United States Code, and for other 
purposes. 
Mar. 9, 1984 
[H.R. 4957] 
Appropriation 
authorization. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary 23 USC104 note. 
of Transportation shall apportion for the fiscal year ending Septem-
ber 30, 1985, one-half of the sums authorized to be appropriated for 
such year by section 108(b) of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, 
as amended, for expenditures on the National System of Interstate 23 use loi note. 
and Defense Highways, using the apportionment factors contained 
in revised table 5 of the committee print numbered 98-10 of the 
Committee on Public Works and Transportation of the House of 
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Representatives. 
SEC. 2. The Secretary of Transportation shall apportion for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 1984, one-half of the sums to be 
apportioned for such year under section 103(eX4) of title 23, United 
States Code, for expenditure on substitute highway and transit 
projects, using the apportionment factors contained in the commit-
tee print numbered 98-11 of the Committee on Public Works and 
Transportation of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 3. In addition to any amounts authorized to be appropriated 
by section 125 of title 23, United States Code, for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1984, there is authorized to be appropriated, 
out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 
Account), for such fiscal year $150,000,000 to carry out such section. 
SEC. 4. The proviso in the first sentence of subsection (b) of section 
125 of title 23, United States Code, limiting the aggregate amount of 
obligations for projects under such section, shall not apply to funds 
authorized to be appropriated by section 3 of this Act. 
SEC. 5. A project to alleviate flooding conditions caused by an 
inadequate box culvert under an Interstate highway in the vicinity 
of Carencro, Louisiana— 
(1) by removal of such box culvert and construction of one or 
more bridges, or 
(2) by construction of drainage ditches, 
at a cost not to exceed $2,000,000, shall be eligible for assistance 
under section 125 of title 23, United States Code. 
SEC. 6. A project to repair or reconstruct any portion of a Federal- California. 
aid primary route in San Mateo County, California, which was 
destroyed as a result of a combination of storms in the winter of 
1982-1983 and a mountain slide and which, until its destruction, had 
served as the only reasonable access between two cities and as the 
designated emergency evacuation route of one of such cities shall be 
eligible for assistance under section 125 of title 23, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 7. Upon application by the State of Maryland, and after Maryland. 
approval of withdrawal by the Secretary of Transportation of 
Flood control. 
Louisiana. 
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Bridges. 
Illinois. 
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unbuilt portions of Interstate route 1-83 in Baltimore, Maryland, 
under section 103(eX4) of title 23, United States Code, the Secretary 
shall transfer $100,000,000 from the apportionment of such State 
under section 104(bX5XA) of such title to the apportionment of such 
State under section 104(bX5XB) of such title. Upon transfer of such 
funds, the estimate of the cost of completing substitute highway 
projects in such State prepared under section 103(eX4) of such title 
shall be reduced by $100,000,000. Of funds apportioned to such State 
under section 104(bX5XB) of such title, $100,000,000 shall be obli-
gated for resurfacing, restoring, rehabilitating, and reconstructing 
portions of such Interstate route open to traffic. Any funds trans-
ferred under this section shall continue to be available for expendi-
ture in such State until the last day of the second fiscal year 
following the fiscal year in which such transfer is made. Any 
amount of funds so transferred which have not been obligated by 
such last day shall lapse and shall be made available by the Secre-
tary for projects under section 118(bX3) of such title. 
SEC. 8. (a) The last sentence of section 139(a) and the fourth 
sentence of section 139(b) of title 23, United States Code, are 
amended to read as follows: "The designation of a highway as part of 
the Interstate System under this subsection shall create no Federal 
financial responsibility with respect to such highway; except that 
any State may use funds available to it under sections 104(bXl) and 
104(bX5XB) of this title for the resurfacing, restoring, rehabilitating, 
and reconstructing of any highway designated as a route on the 
Interstate System under this subsection before the date of enact-
ment of this sentence.". 
(b) Subsection (a) of section 119 of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
"(a) The Secretary may approve projects for resurfacing, restoring, 
rehabilitating, and reconstructing routes on the Interstate System 
designated under sections 103 and 139(c) of this title and routes on 
the Interstate System designated before the date of enactment of 
this sentence under section 139 (a) and (b) of this title; except that 
the Secretary may only approve a project pursuant to this subsec-
tion on a toll road if such road is subject to a Secretarial agreement 
provided for in section 105 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1978. 
Sums authorized to be appropriated for this section shall be out of 
the Highway Trust Fund and shall be apportioned in accordance 
with section 104(b)(5XB) of this title. The Federal share for any 
project under this subsection shall be that set forth in section 120(c) 
of this title.". 
SEC. 9. Construction of any bridge— 
(1) which will be part of a four-lane expressway on the 
Federal-aid primary system in the vicinity of Valley City, Illi-
nois, and Florence, Illinois; 
(2) construction of which received discretionary funding in 
fiscal year 1979 under the third sentence of section 144(g) of title 
23, United States Code; and 
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(3) construction of which, on May 1, 1983, was prohibited by 
judicial injunction; 
shall be eligible for assistance under section 144 of such title. 
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SEC. 10. Section 165(a) of the Surface Transportation Assistance 
Act of 1982 is amended by striking out", cement,". 
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I Approved March 9, 1984. 
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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 4957: 
eONGRESSIONAL REeORD, Vol. 130 (1984): 
Feb. 29, considered and passed House. 
Mar. 2, considered and passed Senate.