An Act to apportion funds for the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways and to authorize funds in accordance with title 23, United States Code, for fiscal year 1974, and for other purposes.
PL 93-61 (S.1808), enacted 07/06/1973

87 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 93-61-JULY 6, 1973 
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SEC. 105. AMENDMENT OF PRIOR YEAR ACTS.—(a) Section 101 of 
Public Law 91-'273, as amended, is further amended by (1) striking-
from subsection (b) (1). project 71-1-e, g-aseous diffusion production 
^^ stat. 225. 
support facilities, the figure "$72,0^50,000" and substituting therefor 
the figure "$105,900,000", (2) strikmg from subsection (b) (1), project 
71-1-f, process equipment modifications, gaseous diffusion plants, 
the 
figure 
"$34,400,000" and substituting 
therefor 
the figure 
"$172,100,000". and (3) striking from subsection (b) (9), project 71-9. 
84 stat. ises; 
fire, safety, and adequacy of operating conditions projects, various 
^*°'' ^^ 
locations, the figure "$69,000,000" and substituting therefor the figure 
"$193,000,000". 
(b) Section 106 of Public Law 91-273, as amended, is further gs^stauVe?' 
amended by adding the following sentence at the end of the present 
text of subsection (a) thereof: 
"Notwithstanding the foregoing, authorization of additional appro-
priations for the conduct of Project Definition Phase activities suose-
quent to the execution of the aforementioned cooperative arrangement, 
in the amount of $2,000,000, is hereby authorized.". 
(c) Section 101 of Public Law 92-314 is amended by (1) striking 
from subsection (b) (1), project 73-1-d, component test facility. Oak ^^ ^'°'' 223. 
Ridge, Tennessee, the figure "$20,475,000" and substituting therefoi' 
the figure "$26,675,000", and (2) striking from subsection (b)(5), 
project 73-5-h, S8G prototype nuclear propulsion plant, West Milton. 
New York, the figure "$56,000,000" and substituting therefor the figure 
"$125,000,000". 
SEC. 106. RESCISSION.—(a) Public Law 91-273, as amended, is fui-
ther amended by rescinding therefrom authorization for a project, 
except for funds heretofore obligated, as follows: 
Project 71-5-a, addition to physics building (human radiobiology 
facility), Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, $2,000,000. 
(b) Public Law 92-314 is amended by rescinding therefrom author-
ization for a project, except for funds heretofore obligated, as follows: 
Project 73-1-i. radioactive solid waste reduction facility, Los 
Alamos Scientific Laboratory. New Mexico. $750,000, 
Approved July 6, 1973. 
Public Law 93-61 
AN ACT 
July g^ 197 3 
To apportion funds for the National System of Interstate and Defense Hijili- ___I£lii^iL_ 
ways and to authorize funds in accordance with title 23, United States Co(W, 
for fiscal year 1974, and for other purposes. 
Interstate and 
Federal-aid high-
Be it enacted by the /Senate and House of Represe7itatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That 
SECTION 1. The Secretary of Transportation shall apportion way^'sysTems 
$1,000,000,000 of the sums authorized to be apportioned for fiscal year ^.^^^^^^ ^^^°" 
1974 for immediate expenditure on the National System of Interstate '°"'"^" " 
and Defense Highways, using the apportionment factors contained in 
revised table 5, House Report Numbered 92-1443. 
SEC. 2. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of title 23, Appropriation. 
United States Code, there are hereby authorized to be appropriated, ^^^ ^^'^ ^°^ ^' 
out of the Highway Trust Fund, $500,000,000 for the Federal-aid pri- ^^"' 
mary system, the Federal-aid secondary system, and for their exten-
sions within urban areas for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974. The 
seq. 
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STAT. 
Time require-
ments. 
84 Stat. 1714. 
sums authorized in this section shall be available for expenditure as 
follows: 
(a) 45 per centum for projects on the Federal-aid primary high-
way 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. 
SKC. 3. The time requirements in section 104(b) of title 23, United 
States Code, shall not be applicable to the apportionment of sums 
authorized by this Act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and 
the Secretary shall apportion such sums for such fiscal year as soon 
as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act. 
Approved July 6, 1973. 
Public Law 93-62 
July 6, 1973 
AN ACT 
[H. R. 5857] 
rjr^ amend the National Visitor Center Facilities Act of 1968, and for other 
purposes. 
National Visitor 
Center Facilities 
Act of 1968, 
amendment. 
40 u s e 802. 
Limitation. 
40 u s e 807. 
Interpretive 
transportation 
services. Federal 
areas. 
40 u s e 804 
note. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of tlie 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the National 
Visitor Center Facilities Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 43), is amended by 
inserting after subsection (b) in section 102 the following new sub-
section : 
"(c) In addition to the alterations and construction by the company 
pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary is authorized 
to undertake, directly by competitive bidding or, if he deems it to be 
in the best interest of the United States, by negotiated contract with 
the company, its successors, agents, and assigns, such alterations and 
construction, with regard to the Union Station Building and the 
adjacent parking facility, as he deems necessary to supplement the 
activities of the company in providing adequate facilities for visitors 
under the agreements and leases referred to in subsection (a). The 
Secretary may exercise the authority under this subsection without 
regard to whether or not title to the Union Station Building or the 
airspace adjacent thereto is in the United States: Provided^ That he 
shall have entered into an agreement for a lease (but such lease need 
not have commenced) with the company incorporating the provisions 
of paragraph (5) of subsection (a) prior to the exercise of the 
authority under this subsection: And provided further^ That not to 
exceed $8,680,000 of the funds authorized to be appropriated in section 
109 shall be available for the Secretary to carry out the provisions of 
this subsection." 
SEC. 2. The National Visitor Center Facilities Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 
43) is amended by revising section 104 to read as follows: 
"SEC. 104. The Secretary is directed to utilize the authority under 
the Act of August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535), as amended and supple-
mented (16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), to provide interpretive transportation 
services between or in Federal areas within the District of Columbia 
and environs, including, but not limited to, transportation of visitors 
on, among, and between the Mall, the Ellipse, the National Visitor 
Center, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and East