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 91-605 (H.R.19504), enacted 12/31/1970

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(c) (1) Section 302(a) of the Clean Air Act is amended to read as 
follows: 
"(a) The term 'Administrator' means the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency." 
(2) The Clean Air Act is amended by striking out "Secretary" 
wherever it appears (except in reference to the Secretary of a depart-
ment other than the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare) 
and inserting in lieu thereof "Administrator"; by striking out "Secre-
tary of Health, Education, and Welfare" wherever it appears, and 
inserting in lieu thereof "Administrator"; and by striking out 
"Department of Health, Education, and Welfare" wherever it appears, 
and inserting in lieu thereof "Environmental Protection Agency". 
81 
42 
Stat. 
use 
504. 
1857h, 
"Administra-
tor.»» 
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SAVINGS PROVISIONS 
SEC. 16. (a) (1) Any implementation plan adopted by any State and 
submitted to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, or to 
the Administrator pursuant to the Clean Air Act prior to enactment 
of this Act may be approved under section 110 of the Clean Air Act 
(as amended by this Act) and shall remain in effect, unless the Admin-
istrator determines that such implementation plan, or any portion 
thereof, is not consistent with the applicable requirements of the Clean 
Air Act (as amended by this Act) and will not provide for the attain-
ment of national primary ambient air quality standards in the time 
required by such Act. If the Administrator so determines, he shall, 
within 90 days after promulgation of any national ambient air quality 
standards pursuant to section 109(a) of the Clean Air Act, notify the 
State and specify in what respects changes are needed to meet the 
additional requirements of such Act, including requirements to imple-
ment national secondary ambient air quality standards. If such changes 
are not adopted by the State after public hearings and within six 
months after such notification, the Administrator shall promulgate 
such changes pursuant to section 110 (c) of such Act. 
(2) The amendments made by section 4(b) shall not be construed as 
repealing or modifying the powers of the Administrator with respect 
to any conference convened under section 108 (d) of the Clean Air Act 
before the date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) Regulations or standards issued under title I I of the Clean Air 
Act prior to the enactment of this Act shall continue in effect until 
revised by the Administrator consistent with the purposes of such Act. 
Approved December 31, 1970. 
Ante, 
p. 1680. 
Ante, 
p. 1679. 
Ante, 
p. 1678. 
81 Stat. 499. 
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Public Law 91-605 
AN ACT 
December 31, 1970 
To authorize appropriations for the construction of certain highways in accord- 
[H. R. 19504] 
ance with title 23 of the United States Code, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Ilmise of Representatives 
of the 
United States of Am-erica In Congress assembled. 
Highway con-
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struction and 
safety. 
'T'TnnT "pi T 
Appropriation 
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authorization. 
SHORT TITLE 
SEC. 101. Tliis title may be cited as the "Federal-Aid Hiffhwav Act 
of 1970". 
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[84 STAT. 
RE\'ISION OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR INTERSTATE 
SYSTEM 
SEC. 102. Subsection (b) of section 108 of the Federal-Aid Highway 
82 Stat. 815. 
Act of 1956, as amended, is amended by striking out "and the addi-
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^-^j^^j sum of $2,225,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974" 
and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "the additional sum of 
$4,000,0(X),000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, the additional 
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". 
AUTHORIZATION OF USE OF COST ESTIMATE FOR APPORTIONMENT OF 
INTERSTATE FUNDS 
SEC. 103. The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to make the 
apportionment for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1972, and June 30, 
1973, of 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 revised table 5, 
House Document Numbered 91-317. 
E X T E N S I O N 
O F TIME FOR COMPLETION OF SYSTEM 
SEC. 104. (a) The second paragraph of section 101(b) of title 23, 
82 Stat. 816. 
United States Code, is amended by striking out "eig:hteen years" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "twenty years" and by striking out "June 30, 
1974" and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30, 1976". 
(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 "1974" each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof 
at each such place "1976". 
(2) Such section 104(b) (5) is further amended by striking out the 
two sentences preceding the last sentence and inserting in lieu thereof 
Estimates, 
the followiug I "The Secretary shall make a revised estimate of the cost 
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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 on April 20,1970. Upon the approval by 
the Congress, the Secretary shall use the Federal share of such 
approved estimate in making apportionments for the fiscal years end-
ing June 30, 1972, and June 30, 1973. The Secretary shall make a 
revised estimate of the cost of completing the then designated Inter-
state 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, 1972. Upon the approval by 
the Congress, the Secretary shall use the Federal share of such 
approved estimate in making apportionments for the fiscal years end-
ing June 30,1974, and June 30,1975. The Secretary shall make a revised 
estimate of the cost of completing the then designated Interstate Sys-
tem 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 subse-
quent to January 2, 1974. Upon the approval by the Congress, the 
Secretary shall use the Federal share of such approved estimate in 
making apportionments for the fiscal year ending June 30,1976." 
72 Stat. 885, 
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H I G H W A Y 
AUTHORIZATIONS 
SEC. 105. (a) For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of title 
23, United States Code, the following sums are hereby authorized to 
be appropriated: 
(1) For the Federal-aid primary system and the Federal-aid sec-
ondary system and for their extension within urban areas, out of the 
Highway Trust Fund, $1,100,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1972, and $1,100,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973. The 
sums authorized in this paragraph for each fiscal year shall 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 the Federal-aid primary system and the Federal-aid sec-
ondary system, exclusive of their extensions in urban areas, out of the 
Highway Trust Fund, $125,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1972, and $125,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, such 
sums to be in addition to the sums authorized in paragraph (1) of this 
subsection. The sums authorized in this paragraph for each fiscal year 
shall be available for expenditure as follows: 
(A) 60 per centum for projects on the Federal-aid primary 
highway system; and 
(B) 40 per centum for projects on the Federal-aid secondary 
system. 
(3) For the Federal-aid urban system, out of the Highway Trust 
Fund, $100,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and 
$100,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30,1973. 
(4) For traffic operation projects in urban areas as authorized in 
section 135 of title 23, United States Code, out of the Highwav Trust 
82 stat. 82o. 
Fund, $100,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 19t2, and 
$100,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973. 
(5) For forest highways, out of the Highway Trust Fund, $33,000,000 
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and $33,000,000 for the fiscal 
year ending June 30,1973. 
(6) For public lands highways, out of the Highway Trust Fund, 
$16,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and $16,000,000 
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973. 
(7) For forest development roads and trails, $170,000,000 for the 
fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and $170,000,000 for the fiscal year 
ending June 30,1973. 
(8) For public lands development roads and trails, $5,000,000 for 
the fiscal year ending June 30,1972, and $10,000,000 for the fiscal year 
ending June 30,1973. 
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[84 STAT. 
79 Stat. 1032; 
82 Stat. 818. 
80 Stat. 731. 
23 u s e 401. 
72 Stat. 890; 
Ante. p . 1714. 
Report to 
Congress. 
(9) For park roads and trails, $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending 
June 30,1973. 
(10) For parkways, $20,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1972, and $20,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973. 
(11) For Indian reservation roads and bridges, $30,000,000 for the 
fiscal year eliding June 30,1972, and $30,000,000 for the fiscal year end-
ing June 30,1973. 
(12) For carrying out section 319(b) of title 23, United States Code 
(relating to landscaping and scenic enhancement), $1,500,000 for fiscal 
year ending June 30, 1972, and $10,000,000 for fiscal year ending 
June 30,1973. 
(13) For necessary administrative expenses in carrying out section 
131, section 136 and section 319(b) of title 23, United States Code, 
$1,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, $1,500,000 for the 
fiscal year ending June 30,1972, and $3,000,000 for the fiscal year end-
ing June 30,1973. 
(14) Nothing in the first eleven paragraphs of this section shall be 
construed to authorize the appropriation of any sums to carry out sec-
tion 131,136, 319 (b), or chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code. 
(b) (1) No State shall receive less than one-half of 1 per centum 
of the total apportionment for each of the fiscal years 1972 and 1973 
under paragraph (5) of subsection (b) of section 104 of title 23, 
LTnited States Code. In addition.to all other authorizations for the 
Interstate System for the two fiscal years ending June 30, 1972, and 
June 30,1973, there is authorized to be appropriated out of the High-
way Trust Fund not to exceed $55,000,000 for each such fiscal year 
for such System. Such authorization shall be apportioned to each of 
the States receiving apportionments under section 103 of this Act of 
less than one-half of 1 per centum for each such fiscal year, so as to 
ensure that each such State will receive for each such fiscal year an 
amount equal to one-half of 1 per centum of the total apportionment 
for each such fiscal year under section 103 of this Act, as required by 
the first sentence of this paragraph. 
(2) By January 1, 1972, the Secretary shall report to Congress on 
his recommendation for the apportionment of funds and matching 
requirements for work on Federal-aid highways in States which have 
completed, or are nearing completion, of construction on Interstate 
System mileage located in their State, and for all States after com-
pletion of the Interstate System. 
72 Stat. 885; 
Post, pp. 1724, 
1732, 1737. 
"Urbanized 
area." 
"Federal-aid 
urban system." 
Post, p. 1717. 
"Interstate 
System." 
Infra, 
FEDERAL-AID URBAN 
SYSTEM 
SEC. 106. (a) Subsection (a) of section 101 of title 23, United States 
Code, is amended as follows: 
(1) After the definition of the term "Secretary" add the following 
new paragraph: 
"The term 'urbanized area' means an area so designated by the 
Bureau of the Census." 
(2) After the definition of the term "Federal-aid secondary sys-
tem" add the following new paragraph: 
"The term 'Federal-aid urban system' means the Federal-aid high-
way system described in subsection (d) of section 103 of this title." 
(3) The definition of the term "Interstate System" is amended to 
read as follows: 
"The term 'Interstate System' means the National System of Inter-
state and Defense Highways described in subsection (e) of section 103 
of this title." 
(b) (1) Subsections (d) and (e) of section 103 of title 23, United 
States Code, are relettered (e) and (f), respectively, including all ref-
Ante, p, 1716, 
Infra, 
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erences thereto, and section 103 is further amended by adding imme- 76^stau\'i4T' 
diately after subsection (c) the following subsection (d) : 
"(d) The Federal-aid urban system shall be established in each 
urbanized area. The system shall be so located as to serve the major 
centers of activity, and designed taking into consideration the highest 
traffic volume corridors, and the longest trips within such area and 
shall be selected so as to best serve the goals and objectives of the com-
munity as determined by the responsible local officials of such urban-
ized area based upon the planning process required pursuant to the 
provisions of section 134 of this title. No route on the Federal-aid 
urban system shall also be a route on any other Federal-aid system. 
Each route of the system shall connect w^ith another route on a Federal-
aid system. Routes on the Federal-aid urban system shall be selected 
by the appropriate local officials and the State highway departments in 
cooperation with each other subject to the approval of the Secretary as 
provided in subsection (f) of this section. The provisions of chapters 1, 
3, and 5 of this title that are applicable to Federal-aid primary high-
ways shall apply to the Federal-aid urban system except as determined 
by the Secretary to be inconsistent with this subsection." 
(2) Relettered subsection (f) of section 103 of title 23, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting after "the Federal-aid secondary sys-
tem,'* the following: "the Federal-aid urban system,". 
(3) Subsection (a) of section 103 of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
"(a) For the purposes of this title, the four Federal-aid systems, 
the primary system, the urban system, the secondary system, and the 
Interstate System, are established and continued pursuant to the pro-
visions of this section." 
(c) (1) Section 104 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 
7 2 stat. 889. 
adding at the end thereof the following: 
"(f) Not to exceed 50 per centum of the amounts apportioned in 
accordance with paragraph (3) of subsection (b) of this section may 
^7 stat. 276. 
be expended for projects on the Federal-aid urban system." 
(2) Subsection (b) of section 104 of title 23, United States Code, is 
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amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: 
"(6) For the Federal-aid urban system: 
"In the ratio which the population in urbanized areas, or parts 
thereof, in each State bears to the total population in such urban-
ized areas, or parts thereof, in all the States as shown by the latest 
available Federal census." 
(d) Subsections (d) and (e) of section 105 of title 23, United States 
Code, are relettered (e) and (f), respectively, including all references 
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thereto, and section 105 is further amended by adding immediately 
after subsection (c) a new subsection (d) : 
"(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 and the State highway department in 
cooperation with each other." 
(e) Subsection (b) of section 106 of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
"(b) In addition to the approval required under subsection (a) of 
this section, proposed specifications for projects for construction on 
(1) the Federal-aid secondary system, except in States where all public 
roads and highways are under the control and supervision of the State 
highway department, and (2) the Federal-aid urban system, shall be 
determined by the State highway department and the appropriate local 
road officials in cooperation with each other." 
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[84 STAT. 
82 Stat. 835; 
Infra. 
82 Stat. 820; 
Post, 
1729. 
(f) Subsection (a) of section 120 of title 23, United States CJode, is 
amended by striking out "and the Federal-aid secondary system" and 
inserting in lieu thereof a comma and the following: "the Federal-aid 
secondary system, and the Federal-aid urban system". 
(g) Subsection (b) of section 135 of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended by inseitmg after "urban areas" the following: "and on the 
Federal-aid urban system". 
82 Stat. 822. 
PROHIBITION OF IMPOUNDMENT OF APPORTIONMENTS AND DIVERSION OF 
FUNDS 
SEC. 107. Subsections (c) and (d) of section 101 of title 23, United 
States Code, are amended to read as follows: 
"(c) It is the sense of Congress that under existing law no part of 
any sums authorized to be appropriated for expenditure upon any 
Federal-aid system which has been apportioned pursuant to the j)ro-
visions of this title shall be impounded or withheld from obligation, 
for purposes and projects as provided in this title, by any officer or 
employee in the executive branch of the Federal Government, except 
such specific sums as may be determined by the Secretary of the 
Treasury, after consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, 
are necessary to be withheld from obligation for specific periods of 
time to assure that sufficient amounts will be available in the High-
way Trust Fund to defray the expenditures which will be required 
to be made from such fund. 
"(d) No funds authorized to be appropriated from the Highway 
Trust Fund shall be expended by or on behalf of any Federal depart-
ment, agency, or instrumentality other than the Federal Highway 
Administration unless funds for such expenditure are identified and 
included as a line item in an appropriation Act and are to meet obli-
gations of the United States heretofore or hereafter incurred under 
this title attributable to the construction of Federal-aid highways or 
highway planning, research, or development, or as otherwise specifi-
cally authorized to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund 
by Federal-aid highway legislation." 
72 Stat. 898; 
78 Stat. 1090. 
Effective date. 
INCREASED FEDERAL SHARE 
SEC. 108. (a) Section 120 of title 23, United States Code, is amended 
by striking out "50 per centum" each place it appears and inserting 
in lieu thereof at each such place the following: "70 per centum". 
(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) of this section shall 
take effect with respect to authorizations for appropriations for fiscal 
years beginning after June 30,1973. 
82 Stat. 829. 
Supra; Post, 
pp. 1719, 1731. 
EMERGENCY RELIEF 
SEC. 109. (a) The first sentence of subsection (a) of section 125 of 
title 23, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "An emer-
gency fund is authorized for expenditure by the Secretary, subject to 
the provisions of this section and section 120 of this title, for (1) the 
repair or reconstruction of highways, roads, and trails which he shall 
find have suffered serious damage as the result of (A) natural disaster 
over a wide area such as by floods, hurricanes, tidal waves, earthquakes, 
severe storms, or landslides, or (B) catastrophic failures from any 
cause, in any part of the United States, and (2) the repair or recon-
struction of bridges which have been permanently closed to all 
vehicular traffic by the State after December 31, 1967, and prior to 
December 31, 1970, because of imminent danger of collapse due to 
structural deficiencies or physical deterioration." 
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(b) Section 120(f) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 
^s stat. 1090. 
adding before the last sentence thereof the following new sentence: "As 
used in this section with respect to bridges and in section 144 of this 
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title, 'a comparable facility' shall mean a facility which meets the 
current geometric and construction standards required for the types 
and volume of traffic which such facility will carry over its design life." 
TRAINING PROGRAMS 
SEC. 110. Section 140 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 
^2 stat. 826. 
inserting " ( a ) " immediately before "Prior" and by adding at the end 
thereof the following new subsection: 
"(b) The Secretary, in cooperation w^ith any other department or 
agency of the Government, State agency, authority, association, insti-
tution, corporation (profit or nonprofit), or any other organization or 
person, is authorized to develop, conduct, and administer highway con-
struction training, including skill improvement programs. Whenever 
an apportionment is made under subsections 104 (b)(1), (b)(2), 
(b) (3), (b) (5), and (b) (6) of this title of the sums authorized to be 82ltS!'8i6f' 
appropriated for expenditure upon the Federal-aid primary and sec- Ante, pp. 1714, 
ondary systems, and their extensions within urban areas, the Inter- ^'^^'^• 
state System, and the Federal-aid urban system for the fiscal years 
1972 and 1973 the Secretary shall deduct such sums as he may deem 
necessary not to exceed $5,000,000 per fiscal year, for administering 
the provisions of this subsection to be financed from the appropriation 
for the Federal-aid systems. Such sums so deducted shall remain avail-
able until expended. The provisions of section 3709 of the Revised Stat-
utes, as amended (41 U.S.C. 5), shall not be applicable to contracts and 
agreements made under the authority herein granted to the Secretary." 
URBAN HIGHWAY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 111. (a) Chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended 
82 stat. 836. 
by adding at the end thereof a new section as follows: 
"§ 142. Urban highway public transportation 
" (a) To encourage the development, improvement, and use of public 
mass transportation systems operating motor vehicles on highways, 
other than on rails, for the transportation of passengers (hereinafter 
in this section referred to as 'buses') within urbanized areas so as to 
increase the traffic capacity of the Federal-aid systems, sums appor-
tioned in accordance with paragraphs (3), (5), and (6) of subsection 
(b) of section 104 of this title shall be available to finance the Federal 
share of the costs of projects for the construction of exclusive or 
preferential bus lanes, highway traffic control devices, bus passenger 
loading areas and facilities, including shelters, and fringe and trans-
portation corridor parking facilities to serve bus and other public 
mass transportation passengers. 
"(b) The establishment of routes and schedules of such public mass 
transportation systems shall be based upon a continuing comprehensive 
transportation planning process carried on in accordance with section 
134 of title 23, United States Code. 
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"(c) For all purposes of this title, a project authorized by subsection 
(a) of this section shall be deemed to be a highway project, and, except 
as provided in subsection (d) of this section, the Federal share payable 
on account of such project shall be that provided in section 120 of this 
title. 
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[34 STAT. 
"(d) Xo project authorized by this section, other than a project for 
fringe or transportation corridor parking facilities, shall be approved 
vmless— 
"(1) such project (A) will avoid the construction of a highway 
project under this title which increases automobile traffic capacity, 
(B) will provide a capacity for the movement of persons at least 
equal to tnat which would be provided by the avoided highway 
project, and (C) will not exceed in the amount of the Federal 
share, the Federal share of the cost of the avoided highway 
project; or 
"(2) no other feasible or prudent highway project can provide 
the additional capacity for the movement of persons by motor 
vehicles on highways (other than on rails) provided by this 
project. 
"(e) Xo 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 
have adequate capability to fully utilize the proposed project." 
(b) The analysis of chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following: 
"142. Urban highway public trausiwrtation." 
72 Stat 
76 Stat. 1147. 
TERRITORIAL H I G H W A Y PROGRAM 
f06; 
SEC. 112. (a) Chapter 2 of title 23, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end thereof the following new section: 
"§ 215. Territorial highway program 
" (a) Recognizing the mutual benefits that will accrue to the Virgin 
Islands, Guam, and American Samoa, and to the United States from 
the improvement of highways in such territories of the United States, 
the Secretary is authorized to assist each such territorial government in 
n program for the construction and improvement of a system of arterial 
highways, and necessary interisland connectors designated by the 
Governor of such territory and approved by the Secretary. Federal 
financial assistance shall be granted under this subsection to such ter-
ritories upon the basis of a Federal contribution of 70 per centum of 
the cost of any project. 
"(b) In order to establish a long-range highway development pro-
gram, the Secretary is authorized to provide technical assistance for 
the establishment of an appropriate agency to administer on a con-
tinuing basis highway planning, design, construction and mainte-
nance operations, the development of a system of arterial and collector 
highways, including necessary interisland connectors, and the estab-
lishment of advance acquisition of right-of-way and relocation assist-
ance programs. 
"(c) Xo part of the appropriations authorized under this section 
shall be available for obligation or expenditure with respect to any 
territory until the Governor enters into an agreement with the Secre-
tary providing that the government of such territory (1) will design 
and construct a system of arterial and collector highways, including 
necessary interisland connectors, built in accordance with standards 
approved by the Secretary; (2) will not impose any toll, or permit any 
such toll to be charged, for use by vehicles or persons of any portion 
of the facilities constructed or operated under the provisions of this 
section; (3) will provide for the maintenance of such facilities in a 
condition to adequately serve the needs of present and future traffic; 
(4) will implement standards for traffic operations and uniform traffic 
control devices which are approved by the Secretary. 
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"(d)(1) Three per centum of the sums authorized to be appro-
priated for each fiscal year for carrying out subsection (a) of this 
section shall be available for expenditure only for engineering and 
economic surveys and investigations, for the planning of future high-
way programs and the financing thereof, for studies of the economy, 
safety, and convenience of highway usage and the desirable regulation 
and equitable taxation thereof, and for research and development, 
necessary in connection with the planning, design, and maintenance 
of the highway system, and the regulation and taxation of their use. 
"(2) In addition to the percentage provided in paragraph (1) 
of the subsection, not to exceed 2 per centum of sums authorized to 
be appropriated for each fiscal year for carrying out subsection (a) 
of this section may be expended upon request of the Governor and 
with the approval of the Secretary for the purposes enumerated in 
paragraph (1) of this subsection. 
"(e) None of the funds authorized to be appropriated for carrying 
out this section shall be obligated or expended for maintenance of the 
highway system, 
"(f) The provisions of chapters 1 and 5 of this title that are appli- 
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cable to Federal-aid primary highway funds, other than provisions 
§2 stat. 83o. 
relating to the apportionment formula and provisions limiting the 
23 use soi. 
expenditure of such funds to the Federal-aid systems, shall apply to the 
funds authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, except 
as determined by the Secretary to be inconsistent with this section." 
(b) The analysis of chapter 2 of title 23, LTnited States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following: 
"215. Territories highway development program." 
(c) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated for carrying 
Appropriation. 
out subsection (a) of section 215 of title 23, United States Code, out of 
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any sums in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated— 
(1) not to exceed $2,000,000 per fiscal year for the Virgin 
Islands, for the fiscal years ending June 30,1971, June 30,1972, and 
June 30,1973. 
(2) not to exceed $2,000,000 per fiscal year for Guam for the 
fiscal years ending June 30,1971, June 30,1972, and June 30,1973. 
(3) not to exceed $500,000 per fiscal year for American Samoa 
for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1971, June 30, 1972, and 
June 30,1973. 
(d) Sums authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending 
June 30, 1971, shall be available for obligation immediately upon 
enactment of this section in the same manner and to the same extent 
as if such sums were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United 
States Code. Sums authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 
ending June 30,1972, and the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, 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 under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code. 
DARIEN GAP H I G H W A Y 
SEC. 113. (a) Chapter 2 of title 23, United States Code, is further 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: 
*
*
§ 216. Darien Gap Highway 
"(a) The United States shall cooperate with the Government of 
the Republic of Panama and with the Government of Colombia in the 
construction of approximately two hundred and fifty miles of highway 
in such countries in the location known as the 'Darien Gap' to connect 
the Inter-American Highway authorized by section 212 of this title 
^^ ^'^*- ^°^-
with the Pan American Highway System of South America. Such 
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[84 STAT. 
72 Stat. 909. 
Department of 
State, negotia-
tions. 
"Construction. 
Appropriation. 
Ante, p. 1721. 
Deputy Federal 
Highway Admin-
istrator. 
75 Stat. 822; 
78 Stat. 424. 
80 Stat. 931. 
49 u s e 1652. 
80 Stat. 460; 
83 Stat. 864. 
highway shall be known as the 'Darien Gap Highway'. Funds author-
ized by this section shall be obligated and expended subject to the 
same terms, conditions, and requirements with respect to the Darien 
Gap Highway as are funds authorized for the Inter-American High-
way by subsection (a) of section 212 of this title. 
"(b) The construction authorized by this section shall be under 
the administration of the Secretary, who shall consult with the appro-
priate officials of the Department of State with respect to matters 
involving the foreign relations of this Government, and such negotia-
tions with the Governments of the Republic of Panama and Colombia 
as may be required to carry out the purposes of this section shall be 
conducted through, or authorized by, the Department of State. 
"(c) The provisions of this section shall not create nor authorize 
the creation of any obligations on the part of the Government of the 
United States with respect to any expenditures for highway survey or 
construction heretofore or hereafter undertaken in Panama or Colom-
bia, other than the expenditures authorized by the provision of this 
section. 
"(d) Appropriations made pursuant to any authorization for the 
Darien Gap Highway shall be available for expenditure by the Secre-
tary for necessary administrative and engineering expenses in connec-
tion with the Darien Gap Highway program. 
"(e) For the purposes of this section the term 'construction' does 
not include any costs of rights-of-way, relocation assistance, or the 
elimination of hazards of railway grade crossings." 
(b) The analysis of chapter 2 of title 23, United States Code, is 
liereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following: 
"216. Darien Gap Highway." 
(c) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated not to exceed 
$100,000,000, to remain available until expended to enable the Secre-
tary of Transportati(m to carry out section 216 of title 23, United 
States Code. 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 114. (a) Subsection (a) of section 303 of title 23, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows: 
"(a) (1) In addition to the Administrator of the Federal Highway 
Administration authorized by section 3(e) of the Department of 
Transportation Act, there shall be a Deputy Federal Highway Admin-
istrator appointed by the Secretary of Transportation, with the 
approval of the President. The Deputy Federal Highway Administra-
tor shall perform such duties as the Federal Highway Administrator 
shall prescribe. There shall also be an Assistant Federal Highway 
Administrator who shall be the chief engineer of the Administration 
and shall be appointed, with the approval of the President, by the 
Secretary of Transportation under the classified civil service and who 
shall perform such functions, powers, and duties as the Federal High-
way Administrator shall prescribe. 
"(2) The Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration 
shall be compensated at the annual rate of basic pay of level I I of 
the Executive Schedule in section 5313 of title 5, United States Code. 
The Deputy Federal Highway Administrator shall be compensated 
at the annual rate of basic pay of level IV of the Executive Schedule 
in section 5315 of title 5, United States Code. The Assistant Federal 
Highway Administrator shall be compensated at the annual rate of 
basic pay of level V of the Executive Schedule in section 5316 of 
title 5, United States Code." 
84 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 91-605-DEC. 31, 1970 
1723 
(b) All provisions of law enacted before the date of enactment of 
Repeal, 
this Act which are inconsistent with the amendment made by sub-
section (a) of this section are hereby repealed to the extent of such 
inconsistency. 
(c) The President may authorize any person who immediately 
before the date of enactment of this Act held the office of Director of 
Public Roads to act as Deputy Administrator of the Federal Highway 
Administration created by the amendment made by subsection (a) 
of this section until the first Deputy Administrator is appointed 
in accordance with such amendment. The President may authorize 
any person acting as Deputy Administrator in accordance with this 
subsection to receive compensation at the rate authorized for the 
Office of Deputy Administrator. Such compensation, if authorized, 
shall be in lieu of, and not in addition to, any other compensation 
from the L'nited States to which such person may be entitled. 
TRAINING AND RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS 
SEC. 115. (a) Chapter 3 of title 23 of the United States Code is 
^2 stat. 912. 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: 
"§ 321. National Highway Institute 
"(a) The Secretary is authorized and directed to establish and oper-
ate in the Federal Highway Administration a National Highway 
Institute hereafter referred to as the 'Institute'. The Institute shall 
develop and administer, in cooperation with the State highway 
departments, training programs of instruction for Federal Highway 
Administration and State and local highway department employees 
engaged or to be engaged in Federal-aid highway work. Such programs 
may include, but not be limited to, courses in modern developments, 
techniques, and procedures, relating to highway planning, environ-
mental factors, acquisition of rights-of-way, engineering, construction, 
maintenance, contract administration, and inspection. The Secretary 
shall administer all authority vested in him by this title or by any other 
provision of law for the development and conduct of educational and 
training programs relating to highways through the Institute. Sums 
authorized to be deducted for administrative purposes by subsection 
(a) of section 104 of this title shall be available for carrying out this 
^^ ^'^*- ^^^• 
subsection. 
" (b) Not to exceed one-half of 1 per centum of all funds apportioned 
for any fiscal year beginning after June 30, 1970, to any State under 
paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (6) of section 104(b) of this title 
j^m'^'\^lj'' 
shall be available for expenditure by the State highway department, 
subject to approval by the Secretary, for payment of not to exceed 
70 per centum of the cost of tuition and direct educational expenses 
(but not travel, subsistence, or salaries) in connection with the educa-
tion and training of State and local highway department employees as 
provided in this section. 
"(c) Education and training of Federal, State, and local highway 
employees authorized by this section may be provided by the Secretary, 
or, in the case where such education and training is to be paid for under 
subsection (b) of this section, by the State, subject to the approval of 
the Secretary, through grants and contracts with public and private 
agencies, institutions, and individuals." 
(b) The analysis of chapter 3 of title 23 of the United States Code 
is amended by adding at the end thereof : 
"321. National Highway Institute." 
(c) Section 307(a) of title 23 of the United States Code is amended 
by inserting immediately after the period at the end of the third sen-
tence thereof the following new sentence: "The Secretary is also 
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[84 STAT. 
authorized, acting independently or in cooperation with other Federal 
departments, agencies, or instrumentalities, to make grants for research 
fellowships for any purpose for which research is otherwise author-
ized by this section." 
BRIDGES ON FEDERAL DAMS 
73 Stat. 613. 
SEC. 116. (a) Section 320(d) of title 23 of the United States Cod© 
is amended by striking out "$13,000,000" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"$16,761,000". 
Restriction. 
Qy^ ^jj sums appropriated under authority of the increased author-
ization of $3,761,000 established by the amendment made by subsection 
(a) of this section shall be available for expenditure only in connec-
tion with the construction of a bridge across Markland Dam on the 
Ohio River near Markland, Indiana, and Warsaw, Kentucky. No 
such sums shall be appropriated until all applicable requirements of 
72 Stat. 917. 
sectlou 320 of title 23 of the United States Code have been complied 
with by the appropriate Federal agency, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation, and the States of Kentucky and Indiana. 
CONSTRUCTION OF REPLACEMENT HOUSING 
^82 Stat. 834. 
^ SEC. 117. (a) Sectlous 510 and 511 of title 23, United States Code 
igol'.^^'^^^^' 
including all references thereto are hereby renumbered as sections 
511 and 512 respectively. 
(b) Chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting immediatiely after section 509 the following new section: 
"§ 510. Construction of replacement housing 
"(a) The Secretary may approve as a part of the cost of construc-
tion of any project on any Federal-aid system the cost of (A) 
constructing new housing, (B) acquiring existing housing, (C) reha-
bilitating existing housing, and (D) r^ocating existing housing, as 
replacement housing for individuals and families where a proposed 
project on the Federal-aid system cannot proceed to actual construc-
tion because replacement housing is not available and cannot otherwise 
be made available as required by section 502 of this title. For the 
"Housing." 
purposes of this subsection the term 'housing' includes all appurte-
nances thereto. 
"(b) State highway departments shall, wherever practicable, utilize 
the services of State or local governmental housing agencies in carry-
ing out this section." 
(c) The analysis of chapter 5 of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended by adding after 
"509. Relocation assistance programs on Federal highway projects." 
the following: 
"510. Construction of replacement housing." 
(d) The definition of the term "construction" in section 101(a) of 
title 23, United States Code, 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 (includ-
ing the establishment of temporary and permanent geodetic markers in 
accordance with specifications of the Coast and Geodetic Survey in the 
Department of Commerce), acquisition of rights-of-way, relocation 
assistance, elimination of hazards of railway grade crossings, acquisi-
tion of replacement housing sites, and acquisition, and rehabilitation, 
relocation, and construction of replacement housing." 
"Construction." 
Ante, p . 1716, 
84 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 91-605-DEC. 31, 1970 
1725 
BRIDGE ALTERATION PROGRESS PAYMENTS 
SEC. 118. Section 7 of the Act of June 21, 1940 (54 Stat. 497), as 
amended (33 U.S.C. 517) is amended as follows: 
(1) In the first sentence strike all after "Following" to and includ-
ing "Chief of Engineers" and insert in lieu thereof "service of the 
order requiring alteration of the bridge, the Secretary of Trans-
portation". 
(2) In the second sentence insert "of Transportation" between "Sec-
retary" and "may". 
(3) In the third sentence strike out the last word and insert in lieu 
thereof "Transportation". 
72 Stat. 596. 
ALASKA 
H I G H W A Y 
SEC. 119. (a) The President, acting through the Secretaries of State 
and Transportation, is authorized to undertake negotiations with the 
Government of Canada for the purpose of entering into a suitable 
agreement authorizing paving and reconstructing the Alaska Highway 
from Daw^son Creek, Canada (including a connecting highway to 
Haines, Alaska), to the Alaska border, including, but not limited to, 
necessary highway realinement. 
(b) The President shall report to Congress not later than one year 
after the date of enactment of this section the results of his negotia-
tions under this section. 
Report to 
:;ongress. 
EFFECTIVE DATE OF RELOCATION 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 120. Section 37 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1968 is 
amended to read as follows: 
82 Stat. 836. 
23 u s e 502 
note. 
"EFFECTIVE DATE 
"SEC. 37. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this 
section, this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect 
on the date of its enactment, except that until July 1, 1970, sections 
502, 505, 506, 507, and 508 of title 23, United States Code, as added by 
this Act, shall be applicable to a State only to the extent that such State 
is able under its laws to comply with such sections. Except as otherwise 
provided in subsection (b) of this section, after July 1, 1970, such sec-
tions shall be completely applicable to all States. Section 133 of title 
23, United States Code, shall not apply to any State if sections 502, 
505, 506, 507, and 508 of title 23, United States Code, are applicable 
in that State, and effective July 1, 1970, such section 133 is repealed, 
except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section. 
"(b) In the case of any State (1) which is required to amend its 
constitution to comply with sections 502, 505, 506, 507, and 508 of 
title 23, United States Code, and (2) which cannot submit the required 
constitutional amendment for ratification prior to July 1, 1970, the 
date of July 1, 1970, contained in subsection (a) of this section shall 
be extended to July 1, 1972." 
Repeal; effec-
tive date. 
76 Stat. 1146. 
82 Stat. 830; 
Post, pp. 1735,. 
1903. 
Extension. 
FUTURE FEDERAL-AID H I G H W A Y PROGRAM 
SEC. 121. (a) The Secretary of Transportation shall develop and 
include in the report of Congress required to be submitted in Janu-
ary 1972, by section 3 of the Act of August 28, 1965 (79 Stat. 578; 
Public Law 89-139), specific recommendations for the functional 
realinement of the Federal-aid systems. These recommendations shall 
be based on the functional classification study made in cooperation 
Recommenda-
tions to Congress. 
23 u s e 101 
note. 
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[84 STAT. 
82 Stat. 823. 
23 u s e 101 
Post, p. 1737. 
Report to 
Congress. 
82 Stat. 817. 
82 Stat. 818. 
with the State highway departments and local governments as 
required by the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1968 and submitted to 
the Congress in 1970, and the functional classification study now 
underway of the Federal-aid systems in 1990. 
(b) As a part of the future highway needs report to be submitted 
to Congress in January 1972, the Secretary shall also make recom-
mendations to the Congress for a continuing Federal-aid highway 
program for the period 1976 to 1990. The needs estimates to be used 
in developing such programs shall be in conformance with the func-
tional classification studies referred to in subsection (a) of tliis 
section and the recommendations for the functional 
realinement 
required by such subsection. 
(c) The recommendations required by subsections (a) and (b) of 
this section shall be determined on the basis of studies now being con-
ducted by the Secretary in cooperation with the State highway 
departments and local governments, and, in urban areas of more than 
fifty thousand population, utilizing the cooperative continuing com-
prehensive transportation planning process conducted in accordance 
with section 134 of title 23, United States Code. The highway needs 
estimates prepared by the States in connection with this report to 
Congress shall be submitted to Congress by the Secretary, together 
with his recommendations. 
(d) As a part of the future highway needs report to be submitted 
to Congress m January 1972, the- Secretary shall report to Congress 
the Federal-aid urban system as designated, and the cost of its con-
struction. 
H I G H W A Y BEAUTIFICATIOX AUTHORIZATIOXS 
SEC. 122. (a) Section 131 (m) of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
" (m) There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out the pro-
visions of this section, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, not to exceed $20,000,000 for the fiscal year ending 
June 30, 1966, not to exceed $20,000,000 for the fiscal year ending 
June 30,1967, not to exceed $2,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1970, not to exceed $27,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30,1971, 
not to exceed $20,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30,1972, and 
not to exceed $50,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June ,30, 1973. 
The provisions of this chapter relating to the obligation, period of 
availability and expenditure of Federal-aid primary highway funds 
shall apply to the funds authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this section after June 30, 1967." 
(b) Section 136 (m) of title 23, United States Code, is amended 
to read as follows: 
"(m) There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this sec-
tion, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, not 
to exceed $20,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, not to 
exceed $20,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30,1967, not to exceed 
$3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, not to exceed 
$3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, not to exceed 
$3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and not to exceed 
$5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973. The provisions of 
this chapter relating to the obligation, period of availability, and 
expenditure of Federal-aid primary highway funds shall apply to the 
funds authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section after 
June 30,1967." 
84 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 91-605-DEC. 31, 1970 
1727 
Chairman. 
Members, com-
pensation. 
HIGHWAY BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION 
SEC. 123. (a) There is hereby established a commission to be known 
as the Commission on Highway Beautification, hereinafter referred to 
as the "Commission". 
(b) The Commission shall be comprised of eleven members as 
Membership. 
follows: 
(1) two majority and two minority members of the Senate 
Committee on Public Works to be appointed by the President of 
the Senate; 
(2) two ma3 ority and two minority members of the House Com-
mittee on Public Works to be appointed by the Speaker of the 
House of Representatives; 
(3) three persons to be appointed by the President of the 
LTnited States from among persons Avho are not officers or 
employees of the United States. 
(c) The Chairman shall be elected from among the members of the 
(Commission by a majority vote of such members. Any vacancy which 
may occur on the Commission shall not affect its powers or fimctions 
but shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appoint-
ment was made. 
(d) The organization meeting of the Commission shall be held at 
such time and place as may be specified in a call issued jointly by the 
senior member appointed by the President of the Senate and the senior 
member appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
(e) Six membei-s of the Commission shall constitute a quorum, but 
Quorum. 
a smaller number, as determined by the Commission, may conduct 
hearings. 
(f) Members of Congress who are members.of the Commission shall 
serve without compensation in addition to that received for their 
services as Members of Congress; but they shall be reimbursed for 
travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by them 
in the performance of the duties vested in the Commission. 
(g) Members of the Commission who ai-e not Members of Congress 
or officers or employees in the executive branch shall each receive $100 
per diem when engaged in the actual performance of duties vested in 
the Commission, plus reimbursement for travel, subsistence, and other 
necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of such 
duties. 
(h) The Commission shall (1) study existing statutes and regula-
tions governing the control of outdoor advertising and junkyards 
in areas adjacent to the Federal-aid highway system; (2) review the 
policies and practices of the Federal and State agencies charged with 
administrative jurisdiction over such highways insofar as such policies 
and practices relate to governing the control of outdoor advertising 
and junkyards; (3) compile data necessary to understand and deter-
mine the requirements for such control which may now exist or are 
likely to exist within the foreseeable future; (4) study problems 
relating to the control of on-premisie outdoor advertising signs, promo-
tional signs, directional signs, and signs providing information that 
is essential to the motoring public; (5) study methods of financing 
and possible sources of Federal funds, including use of the Highway 
Trust Fund, to carry out a highway beautification program; and (6) 
recommend such modifications or additions to existing laws, regula-
tions, policies, practices, and demonstration programs as will, in the 
judgment of the Commission, achieve a workable and effective highway 
beautification program and best serve the public interest. 
(i) The Commission shall, not later than one year after the funding 
of this section submit to the President and the Congress its final 
Report, termi-
nation. 
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[84 STAT. 
Records, de-
posit in Archives. 
Hearings, 
Subpenas. 
Appropriation. 
Staff director, 
personnel, con-
sultants, compen-
sation. 
80 Stat. 443, 
467. 
5 u s e 5101, 
5331, 
Ante, p. 198-1. 
80 Stat. 416. 
Studies, con-
tract power; fund 
transfer. 
report. It shall cease to exist six months after submission of said report. 
All records and papers of the Commission shall thereupon be delivered 
to the Administrator of General Services for deposit in the Archives 
of the United States. 
(j) The Chairman of the Commission shall reo[uest the head of 
each Federal department or independent agency which has an interest 
in or responsibility with respect to the control of outdoor advertising 
and of junkyards to appoint, and the head of such department or 
agency shall appoint, a liaison officer who shall work closely with the 
Commission and its staff in matters pertaining to this section. 
(k) In carrying out its duties the Commission shall seek the advice 
of various groups interested in the problems relating to the control 
of outdoor advertising and junkyards including, but not limited to, 
State and local governments, public and private organizations work-
ing in the fields of environmental protection and conservation, com-
munications media, commercial 
advertising 
interests, 
industry, 
education, and labor. 
(1) The Commission or, on authorization of the Commission, any 
committee of two or more members may, for the purpose of carrying 
out the i^rovisions of this section, hold such hearings and sit and act 
at such times and places as the Commission or such authorized com-
mittee may deem advisable. Subpenas for the attendance and testimony 
of witnesses or the production of written or other matter may be issued 
only on the authority of the Commission an^ shall be served by anyone 
designated by the Chairman of the Commission. 
(m) The Commission is authorized to secure from any department, 
agency, or individual instrumentality of the executive branch of the 
Government any information it deems necessary to carry out its func-
tions under this section and each such department, agency, and instru-
mentality is authorized and directed to furnish such information to 
the Commission upon request made by the Chairman. 
(n) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums, 
but not more than $200,000, as may be necessary to carry out the 
provisions of this section and such moneys as may be appropriated 
shall be available to the Commission until expended. 
(o) The Commission is authorized to appoint and fix the compensa-
tion of a staff director, and such additional personnel as may be nec-
essary to enable it to carry out its functions. The Director and 
personnel may be appointed without regard to provisions of title 5, 
United States Code, covering appointments in the competitive service, 
and may be paid without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and 
subchapter I I I of chapter 53 of such title relating to classification and 
General Schedule pay rates. Any Federal employees subject to the 
civil service laws and regulations who may be employed by the Com-
mission shall retain civil service status without interruption or loss of 
status or privilege. In no event shall the staff director or any other 
employee receive as compensation an amount in excess of the maxi-
mum rate for GS-18 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of 
title 5, United States Code. In addition, the Commission is authorized 
to obtain the services of experts and consultants in accordance with 
section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, but at rates not to exceed 
$100 per diem for individuals. 
(p) The Commission is authorized to enter into contracts or agree-
ments for studies and surveys with public and private organizations 
and, if necessary, to transfer funds to Federal agencies from sums 
appropriated pursuant to this section to carry out such of its duties 
as the Commission determines can best be carried out in that manner. 
84 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 91-605-DEC. 31, 1970 
1729 
ELIMINATION OF SEGMENTS OF INTERSTATE SYSTEM NOT TO BE 
CONSTRUCTED 
SEC. 124. Section 103 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 
^"'^' P- ^''^^^ 
adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(g) The Secretary, on July 1, 1973, shall remove from designation 
as a part of the Interstate System every segment of such System for 
which a State has not established a schedule for the expenditure of 
funds for completion of construction of such segment within the period 
of availability of funds authorized to be appropriated 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. Nothing in the preceding sentence shall be con-
strued to prohibit the substitution prior to July 1,1973, of alternative 
segments of the Interstate System which will meet the requirements of 
this title. Any segment of the Interstate System with respect to wfhich a 
State has not submitted plans, specifications, and estimates for 
approval by the Secretary by July 1,1975, shall be removed from desig-
nation as a part of the Interstate System. No segment of the Interstate 
System removed under authority of the preceding sentence shall there-
after be designated as a part of the Interstate System." 
URBAN AREA TRAFFIC OPERATIONS IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS 
SEC. 125. Subsection (b) of section 135 of title 23, United States 
Ante. p. iris. 
Code, is amended by striking out", if such project" and all that follows 
down through and including the period at the end of such subsection 
and inserting in lieu thereof a period and the following: "If such proj-
ect is located in an urban area of more than fifty thousand population, 
such project shall be based on a continuing comprehensive transporta-
tion planning process carried on in accordance with section 134 of 
this title." 
pos^ p. 1737. 
AUTHORITY FOR DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS 
SEC. 126. Subsection (c) (3) of section 307 of title 23, United States 
Code, is amended by striking out the period at the end thereof and 
^^ ^*^*- ^^'^s. 
inserting in lieu thereof a comma and the following: "including dem-
onstration projects in connection wath such purposes." 
ECONOMIC GROWTH CENTER DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAYS 
SEC. 127. (a) Chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is fur-
ther amended by adding after section 142 thereof a new section as 
^"^^'P- I719. 
follows: 
"§ 143. Economic growth center development highways 
"(a) In order to demonstrate the role that highways can play to ^
o e'^°r^"^^*'°" 
promote the desirable development of the Nation's natural resources, 
to revitalize and diversify the economy of rural areas and smaller 
communities, to enhance and disperse industrial growth, to encourage 
more balanced population patterns, to check, and, where possible, 
to reverse current migratory trends from rural areas and smaller 
communities, and to improve living conditions and the quality of the 
environment, the Secretary is authorized to make grants to States 
for demonstration projects for the construction, reconstruction, and 
improvement of development highways on the Federal-aid primary 
system to serve and promote the development of economic growth 
centers and surrounding areas, encourage the location of business 
and industry in rural areas, facilitate the mobility of labor in sparsely 
populated areas, and provide rural citizens with improved highways 
1730 
PUBLIC LAW 91-605-DEC. 31, 1970 
[84 STAT. 
Applicability. 
Ante, p. 1717; 
Post, pp. 1732, 
1737. 
Prohibition. 
Limitation. 
Approval, cri-
teria. 
Appalachian 
region; economic 
development 
region. 
79 Stat. 21; 
81 Stat. 266. 
40 u s e app. 
403. 
79 Stat. 564; 
83 Stat. 218. 
42 u s e 3181. 
to such public and private services as health care, recreation, employ-
ment, education, and cultural activities, or otherwise encourage the 
social and economic development of rural communities, and for plan-
ning, surveys, and investigations in connection therewith. 
"(Jb) Each Governor may transmit to the Secretary his recommen-
dations for (1) the selection of economic growth centers within the 
State, (2) priorities for the construction of development highways on 
the Federal-aid primary system to serve such centers, and (3) such 
other information as may be required by the Secretary, for his con-
sideration in approving the selection of economic growth centers for 
demonstration proj ects. 
"(c) L'pon the application of the State highway department of 
any State in which an economic growth center approved by the Secre-
tary as eligible for a demonstration project is located, the Secretary 
is authorized to pay up to 100 per centum of the cost of engineering 
and economic surveys or other investigations necessary for the plan-
ning and design of development highways on the Federal-aid primary 
system needed to provide appropriate access to such growth center, 
including publicly owned airport facilities and public ports for water 
transportation which may be established to serve it, in order to carry 
out the purposes of this section. 
"(d) Except as otherwise provided in this section, all of the pro-
visions of this title applicable to Federal-aid primary highways 
except those w^hich the Secretary determines are inconsistent with 
this section shall apply to development highways and to funds author-
ized to carry out this section. For the purposes of sections 105, 106, 
and 118 of this title, funds authorized to carry out this section shall 
be deemed to be apportioned on January 1 next preceding the com-
mencement of the hscal year for which authorized. No State shall 
receive in any fiscal year more than 15 per centum of the funds 
authorized to carry out this section for such fiscal year. 
"(e) The Federal share of the cost of any project for construction, 
reconstruction, or improvement of a development highway under this 
section shall be increased by not to exceed an additional 20 per centum 
of the cost of such project, except that in no case shall the Federal 
share exceed 95 per centum of the cost of such project. 
"(f) (1) Except in the case of a project subject to paragraph (2) 
of this subsection, no project shall be approved by the Secretary under 
this section until he has determined that such project will promote the 
aims and purposes set forth in subsection (a) of this section and that 
the economic growth center to be benefited will meet such criteria as he, 
after consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, deems necessary, 
including, but not limited to, the following: (1) growth centers shall 
be geographically and economically capable of contributing signifi-
cantly to the development of the area, and (2) growth centers shall 
have a population not in excess of one hundred thousand according to 
the latest available Federal census. In approving projects the Secre-
tary shall give preference to those areas offering the most potential 
for future economic growth. 
"(2) In the case of a project j)roposed to be conducted within the 
Appalachian region as defined in section 403 of the Appalachian 
Regional Development Act of 1965, no project shall be approved by 
the Secretary under this section until he shall have consulted with 
the Federal Cochairman of the Appalachian Regional Commission. 
In the case of a project proposed to be conducted within an economic 
development region as defined in title V of the Public Works and 
Economic Development Act of 1965, no project shall be approved by 
the Secretary under this section until he shall have consulted with 
the Federal Cochairman for such region and the Secretary of Com-
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1731 
merce. In consultation with the appropriate official, the Secretary 
shall establish criteria for the selection of growth centers eligible for 
assistance under this section such that the aims and purposes set 
forth in subsection (a) of this section will be promoted. Such criteria 
shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) growth centers 
shall be geographically and economically capable of contributing signi-
ficantly to the development of the area, (2) growth centers shall have 
a population not in excess of one hundred thousand persons according 
to the latest available Federal census, and (3) the selection of such 
grow^th centers within the Appalachian region and the economic 
development regions shall take into account the purposes of the Appa-
lachian Regional Development Act of 1965 and the Public Works and 
Economic Development Act of 1965. In approving projects the Secre-
tary shall give preference to those areas offering the most potential for 
future economic growth and he shall make arrangements for close 
coordination throughout the development and implementation of the 
project with the Federal Cochairman of the Appalachian Regional 
Commission, or with the appropriate Federal Cochairman of an eco-
nomic development region, and the Secretary of Commerce, as the 
case may be. 
"(g) There is authorized to be appropriated out of the Highway 
Trust Fund not to exceed $50,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1972, and not to exceed $50,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1973." 
(b) The analysis of chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following: 
"143. Economic growth center development highways." 
Selection for 
assistance, cri-
teria. 
79 Stat. 5. 
40 u s e app. 1. 
79 Stat. 552. 
42 u s e 3121 
note. 
Appropriation. 
FEDERAL SHARE OF ENGINEERING 
COSTS 
SEC. 128. Section 120 of title 23, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(h) At the request of any State, the Secretary may from time to 
time enter into agreements with such State to reimburse the State for 
the Federal share of the costs of preliminary and construction engineer-
ing at an agreed percentage of actual construction costs for each 
project, in lieu of the actual engineering costs for such project. The 
Secretary shall annually review each such agreement to insure that 
such percentage reasonably represents the engineering costs actually 
incurred by such State." 
72 Stat. 899; 
73 Stat. 145. 
AnnuaJ review. 
DISTRICT OF 
COLUMBIA 
SEC. 129. (a) In the case of the following routes on the Interstate 
System in the District of Columbia authorized for construction by 
section 23 of the Federal-aid Highway Act of 1968, the government 
of the District of Columbia and the Secretary of Transportation shall 
restudy such projects and report to Congress not later than 12 months 
after the date of enactment of this subsection their recommendations 
with respect to such projects, including any alternative routes or plans: 
(1) East Leg of the Inner Loop, beginning at Bladensburg 
Road, 1-295 (section C4.1 to C6), 
(2) North Central and Northeast Freeways, 1-95 (section C7 
to C13) and I-70S (section CI to C2). 
(b) The government of the District of Columbia and the Secretary 
of Transportation shall study the project for the North Leg of the 
Inner Loop from point A3.3 on 1-66 to point C7 on 1-95, as desig-
nated in the "1968 Estimate of the Cost of Completion of the National 
System of Interstate and Defense Highways in the District of 
Report to 
Congress. 
82 Stat. 827. 
D.C. Code 7-
and note. 
47-348 O - 72 - 26 (Pt. 2) 
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[84 STAT. 
Columbia'', and shall report to Congress not later than 12 months after 
the date of enactment of this subsection their recommendations with 
respect to such project including any recommended alternative routes 
or plans. 
INDIAN RESERVATION ROADS AND 
BRIDGES 
Ante, p. 1716. 
SEC. 180. The definition of the term "Indian reservation roads and 
bridges" in section 101(a) of title 23, United States Code, 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 Govern-
ment on which Indians reside whom the Secretary of the Interior has 
determined to be eligible for services generally available to Indians 
under Federal laws specifically applicable to Indians." 
RICHMOND-PETERSBURG 
T U R N P I K E 
SEC. 131. The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to amend 
any agreement heretofore entered into under the provisions of section 
72 Stat. 902. 
129(d) of title 23, United States Code, in order to permit the con-
tinuation of tolls on the existing Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike to 
finance the construction within the existing termini of such turnpike 
of two lanes thereon in addition to the lanes in existence on the date 
of enactment of this section necessary to meet traffic and highway 
safety requirements. Any amended agreement entered into for such 
purposes shall provide assurances that the existing turnpike (includ-
ing the additional lanes) shall become free to the public upon the 
collection of tolls sufficient to liquidate all construction costs, and the 
costs of maintenance, operation, and debt service during the period 
of toll collections to liquidate such construction costs, but in no event 
shall tolls be collected after date of maturity of those bonds outstand-
ing on the date of enactment of this section issued for construction 
of such turnpike having the latest maturity date. 
Ante, p. 1717. 
AIRPORT AND WATERPORT 
ACCESS 
SEC. 132. Section 105 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(g) In preparing programs to submit in accordance with sub-
section (a) of this section, the State highway departments shall give 
consideration to projects providing direct and convenient public 
access to public airports and public ports for water transportation, 
and in approving such programs the Secretary shall give considera-
tion to such projects." 
FEDERAL PARTICIPATION I N T H E IMPROVEMENT OF TOLL, ROADS 
Post ^*^*'i736^' 
^ ^ - ^^^' Section 129 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 
°^'^' 
• 
redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f), including any refer-
ence thereto, and by inserting immediately before such redesignated 
subsection (f) the following: 
"(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b) of this 
82 Stat. 829. 
sectiou, the Secretary may permit Federal participation in the recon-
struction and improvement of any toll road providing for only two 
lanes of traffic, which is desi^ated part of the Interstate System 
on the date of enactment of this subsection as he may find necessary 
to bring such two lane toll road to the geometric and construction 
standards for the Interstate System in order to provide for the safe 
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1733 
use of such highway as part of the Interstate System and to facilitate 
the removal of tolls therefrom. Federal participation in such recon-
struction and improvement shall be on the same basis and in the 
same manner as in the construction of free Interstate System highways 
under this chapter. No Federal participation shall be permitted 
Exception. 
pursuant to this subsection except on two lane toll roads which were 
designated as a part of the Interstate System on or before June 30, 
1968. Before Federal participation under this subsection, the State 
highway department and the toll road authority involved shall enter 
into an agreement with the Secretary w^hich shall provide that— 
"(1) no indebtedness which is to be liquidated by the collection 
of tolls (in addition to indebtedness in existence on date of 
enactment in this subsection) shall be incurred after the date of 
enactment of this subsection; 
"(2) all tolls received from the operation of the toll road, less 
the actual cost of such operation and maintenance, shall be applied 
to the repayment of only those bonds outstanding on the date 
of enactment of this subsection constituting a valid lien against 
such toll road and its maintenance and operation and debt service 
during the period of toll collection; 
" (3) the toll road shall become free to the public upon collection 
of tolls sufficient to liquidate all such bonds." 
FRINGE AND CXDRRIDOR PARKING FACILITIES 
SBO. 134. (a) Section 137 of title 23, United States Code, is amended 
«° ^'^'- ^^s-
to read as follows: 
"§ 137. Fringe and corridor parking facilities 
"(a) The Secretary may approve as a project on the Federal-aid 
urban system the acquisition of land adjacent to the right-of-way 
outside a central business district, as defined by the Secretary, and 
the construction of publicly owned parking facilities thereon or with-
in such right-of-way, including the use of the air space above and 
below the established grade line of the highway pavement, to serve 
an urban area of fifty thousand population or more. Such parking 
facility shall be located and designed in conjunction with existing or 
planned public transportation facilities. In the event fees are charged 
for the use of any such facility, the rate thereof shall not be in excess 
of that required for maintenance and operation (including compen-
sation to any person for operating such facility). 
"(b) The Secretary shall not approve any project under this sec- diuons"^^^'''°" 
tion until— 
"(1) he has determined that the State, or the political sub-
division thereof, where such project is to be located, or any 
agency or instrumentality of such State or political subdivision, 
has the authority and capability of constructing, maintaining, 
and operating the facility; 
"(2) he has entered into an agreement governinq- the financing, 
maintenance, and operation of the parking facility with such 
State, political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, including 
necessary requirements to insure that adequate public transporta^ 
tion services will be available to persons using such facility; and 
"(3) he has approved design standards for constructing such 
facility 
developed in cooperation with the State 
highway 
department. 
"(c) The term 'parking facilities' for purposes of this section shall facim-es"" 
include access roads, buildings, structures, equipment, improvements, 
and interests in lands. 
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[84 STAT. 
Post, pp. 1737, 
1738. 
Repeal. 
82 Stat. 820. 
23 u s e 134 
note. 
72 Stat, 902; 
52 Stat. 828. 
"(d) Nothing in this section, or in any rule or regulation issued 
under this section, or in any agreement required by this section, shall 
prohibit (1) any State, political subdivision, or agency or instrumen-
tality thereof, from contracting with any person to operate any park-
ing facility constructed under this section, or (2) any such person 
from so operating such facility. 
"(e) The Secretary shall not approve any project under this sec-
tion unless he determines that it is based on a continuing comprehensive 
transportation planning process carried on in accordance with section 
134 of this title." 
(b) The analysis of chapter 1 of such title is amended by striking 
out the matter relating to section 137 and inserting in lieu thereof the 
following: 
"137. Fringe and corridor parking facilities." 
(c) Section 11 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1968 is hereby 
repealed. 
PUBLIC HEARINGS 
SEC. 135. (a) Subsection (a) of section 128 of title 23, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new 
sentence: "Such certification shall be accompanied by a report which 
indicates the consideration given to the economic, social, environ-
mental, and other effects of the plan or highway location or design 
and various alternatives which w^ere raised during the hearing or 
which were otherwise considered." 
(b) Subsection (b) of such section 128 is amended by striking out 
the period at the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the follow-
ing : "and report." 
80 Stat. 771. 
Soil erosion. 
Guidelines, sub-
mission to Con-
gress, promulga-
tion. 
ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND OTHER IMPACT 
SEC. 136. (a) Section 109(g) of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
"(g) The Secretary shall issue within 30 days after the day of 
enactment of the Federal-Aid Highway Ret of 1970 guidelines for 
minimizing possible soil erosion from highw^ay construction. Such 
guidelines shall apply to all proposed projects with respect to which 
plans, specifications, and estimates are approved by the Secretary after 
the issuance of such guidelines." 
(b) Such section 109 is further amended by adding at the end thereof 
the following: 
"(h) Not later than July 1, 1972, the Secretary, after consultation 
with appropriate Federal and State officials, shall submit to Congress, 
and not later than 90 days after such submission, promulgate guide-
lines designed to assure that possible adverse economic, social, and 
environmental effects relating to any proposed project on any Federal-
aid system have been fully considered in developing such project, 
and that the final decisions on the project are made in the best overall 
public interest, taking into consideration the need for fast, safe and 
eificient transportation, public services, and the costs of eliminating or 
minimizing such adverse effects and the following: 
"(1) air, noise, and water pollution; 
"(2) destruction or disruption of man-made and natural 
resources, aesthetic values, community cohesion and the avail-
ability of public facilities and services; 
"(3) adverse employment effects, and tax and property value 
losses; 
"(4) injurious displacement of people, businesses and farms; 
and 
84 
STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 91-605-DEC. 31, 1970 
1735 
"(5) disruption of desirable community and regional growth. 
Such guidelines shall apply to all proposed projects with respect to 
which plans, specifications, and estimates are approved hj the Secre-
tary after the issuance of such guidelines. 
"(i) The Secretary, after consultation with appropriate Federal, 
State, and local officials, shall develop and promulgate standards for 
highway noise levels compatible with different land uses and after 
July 1, 1972, shall not approve plans and specifications for any pro-
posed project on any Federal-aid system for which location approval 
has not yet been secured unless he determines that such plans and 
specifications include adequate measures to implement the appropriate 
noise level standards. 
"(j) The Secretary, after consultation with the Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency, shall develop and promulgate 
guidelines to assure that highways constructed pursuant to this title 
are consistent with any approved plan for the implementation of any 
ambient air quality standard for any air quality control region desig-
nated pursuant to the Clean Air Act, as amended." 
(c) Subsection (b) of section 307 of title 23, United States Code, 
is amended by adding the following sentence: "The highway research 
program herein authorized shall also include studies to identify and 
measure, quantitatively and qualitatively, those factors which relate 
to economic, social, environmental, and other impacts of highway 
projects." 
Noise level 
standards. 
Air quality 
standards. 
81 Stat. 485. 
42 u s e 1857 
note. 
72 Stat. 913. 
INTEREST PxVYMENTS FOR REPLACEMENT 
HOUSING 
SEC. 137. Section 506 of title 23, United States Code is amended by 
redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c) and inserting a new 
subsection (b) as follows: 
"(b) (1) In addition to the amoimts otherwise authorized by this 
title, the State agency shall make an interest payment to compensate 
such owner for any increased rate of interest which such owner is 
required to pay for financing such replacement dwelling. 
"(2) This interest payment shall be computed and allowed only 
if there was an existing mortgage against the dwelling transferred 
to the State and such mortgage was a valid lien on said premises for 
at least one year prior to the institution of negotiations for the acquisi-
tion of sudi property, and if the mortgage for the replacement dwelling 
bears a higher rate of interest than the interest rate on the mortgage 
of the transferred dwelling; but, in no event shall such interest on 
the replacement dwelling be greater than the maximum interest allow-
able under State law. 
"(3) The value of the interest payment shall be the difference in 
the interest rate existing on the balance of any mortgage on a trans-
ferred dwelling and the interest rate on the mortgage of the replace-
ment dwelling for the remainder of the term of any such mortgage 
on such transferred dwelling reduced to discounted present value. 
"(4) The discount rate as above provided shall be the maximum 
rate of interest permitted to be paid on savings deposits by any savings 
bank within the State pursuant to the rules and regulations of the 
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation." 
82 Stat. 832; 
Post, p. 1903, 
Limitation. 
ALASKAN 
ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 138. (a) Subsection (b) of section 7 of the Federal Aid High-
way Act of 1966 is amended to read as follows: 
"(b) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for construc-
tion of Federal-aid highways of the State of Alaska, out of the High-
80 Stat. 768. 
Appropriation. 
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[84 STAT. 
way Trust Fund and in addition to funds otherwise made available 
23 ?sc fof • 
*^ ^
^
^
® ^^^^^ ^* Alaska under title 23, United States Code, $20,000,000 
for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1972 and June 30,1973." 
(b) Any right-of-way for roads, roadways, highways, tramways, 
trails, bridges, and appurtenant structures reserved by section 321(d) 
of title 48, United States Code (61 Stat. 418,1947), not utilized by the 
United States or by the State or territory of Alaska prior to the date 
of enactment hereof, shall be and hereby is vacated and relinquished 
by the United States to the end and intent that such reservation shall 
merge with the fee and be forever extinguished. 
73 Stat. 146. 
72 Stat. 912. 
23 u s e 301. 
FERRY BOATS 
Ante. p. 1732. 
SEC. 139. Sectlou 129 of title 23, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end thereof the following: 
"(f) Notwithstanding section 301 of this title, the Secretary may 
])ermit Federal participation under this title in the construction of 
ferry boats, whether toll or free, subject to the following conditions: 
"(1) It is not feasible to build a bridge, tunnel, combination 
thereof, or other normal highway structure in lieu of the use of 
such ferry. 
"(2) The operation of the ferry shall be on a route which has 
72 Stat. 887. 
h^Q,Yv approved under section 103 (b) or (c) of this title as a part 
of one of the Federal-aid systems within the State and has not 
been designated as a route on the Interstate System. 
" (3) Such ferry shall be publicly owned and operated. 
"(4) The operating authority and the amount of fares charged 
for passage on such ferry shall be under the control of the State, 
and all revenues derived therefrom shall be applied to actual and 
necessary costs of operation, maintenance, and repair. 
wit'err^"ohU)\- 
"(^) ^uch ferry shall be operated only within the State or 
tion. ' 
between adjoining States, and no part of its operation shall be in 
any foreign or international waters. 
Disposal. 
u^g^ j^Q Buoh. ferry shall be sold, leased, or otherwise disposed 
of without the approval of the Secretary. The Federal share of 
any proceeds from such a disposition shall be credited to the 
unprogramed balance of Federal-aid highway funds of the same 
class last apportioned to such State. Any amount so credited shall 
be in addition to all other funds then apportioned to such State 
and available for expenditure in accordance wnth the provisions 
of this title." 
FUTURE ADDITIOIirS TO INTERSTATE 
SYSTEM 
SEC. 140. The existing language of section 139 of title 23, United 
82 Stat. 823. 
States Code, shall be designated as subsection (a) and a new sub-
section (b) added as follows: 
"(b) Whenever the Secretary determines that a highway on the 
Federal-aid primary system would be a logical addition or connection 
to the Interstate System and would qualify for designation as a route 
on that system in the same manner as set forth in paragraph 1 of 
subsection (d) of section 103 of this title, he may upon the affirmative 
recommendation of the State or States involved designate such high-
way as a future part of the Interstate System. Such designation shall 
be made only upon the written agreement of the State or States 
involved that such highway will be constructed to meet all the stand-
ards of a highway on the Interstate System within twelve years of the 
date of the agreement between the Secretary and the State or States 
involved. The mileage of any highway designated as a future part of 
Ante, p. 1717. 
Ante, p. 1717. 
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PUBLIC LAW 91-605-DEC. 31, 1970 
1737 
the Interstate System under this subsection shall not he charged 
against the limitations established by the first sentence of section 
103(d) of this title. The designation of a highway as a future part of 
the Interstate System under this subsection shall create no Federal 
financial responsibility with respect to such highway except that 
Federal-aid highway funds otherwise available to the State or States 
involved for the construction of Federal-aid primary system high-
ways may be used for the reconstruction of a highway designated 
as a route on the Interstate System under this subsection. In the 
event that the State or States involved haA'e not substantially com-
pleted the construction of any highway designated under this sub-
section within the time provided for in the agreement between the 
Secretary and State or States involved, the Secretary shall remove 
the designation of such highAvay as a future part of the Interstate 
System. Removal of such designation as result of failure to comply 
M'itli the agreement provided for in this subsection shall in no way 
prohibit the Secretary from designating such route as part of the 
Interstate System pursuant to subsection (a) of this section or under 
^2 stat. 823. 
any other provision of law providing for addition to the Interstate 
System. No law, rule, regulation, map, document, or other record 
of the United States, or of any State or political subdivision thereof, 
shall refer to any highway under this section, nor shall any such 
hig'hway be signed or marked, as a highway on the Interstate System 
until such time as such highway is constructed to the geometric and 
construction standards for the Interstate System and has been desig-
nated as a part of the Interstate System." 
DEFINITIONS 
SEC. 141. Section 101 (a) of title 23, United States Code, is amended 
^"'^' P- ^^^^• 
as follows: 
(1) The definition of the term "forest highway'' is amended by 
striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof 
a comma and the following: "and which is on a Federal-aid system." 
(2) The definition of the term "public lands highways" is amended 
by striking out "means" and inserting in lieu thereof "means those" 
and by striking out the period at the end of such definition and insert-
ing in lieu thereof a comma and the following: "which are on the 
Federal-aid systems." 
COST REDUCTION 
SEC. 142. Section 106 of title 23, United States Code, is amended 
yj''l^'%l^^'' 
by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
Ante^p. 
171*7. 
"(d) In such cases as the Secretary determines advisable, plans, 
specifications, and estimates for proposed projects on any Federal-aid 
system shall be accompanied by a value engineering or other cost 
reduction analysis." 
URBAN 
TRANSPORTATION 
P L A N N I N G 
SEC. 143. (a) Section 134 of title 23, United States Code, is 
76 stat. ii48. 
amended by inserting " ( a ) " at the beginning of the first paragraph 
thereof and by adding at the end thereof the following: 
"No highway project may be constructed in any urban area of fifty 
thousand population or more unless the responsible public officials of 
such urban area in which the project is located have been consulted 
and their views considered with respect to the corridor, the location 
and the design of the project." 
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[84 STAT. 
76 Stat. 1148. 
Critical trans-
portation regions. 
Appropriation. 
(b) Section 134 of title 23, United States Code, is further amended 
by adding at the end thereof a new subsection as follows: 
"(b) The Secretary may define those contiguous interstate areas 
of the Nation in which the movement of persons and goods between 
principal metropolitan areas, cities, and industrial centers has reached, 
or is expected to reach, a critical volume in relation to the capacity 
of existing and planned transportation systems to efficiently accom-
modate present transportation demands and future growth. After 
consultation with the Governors and responsible local officials of 
affected States, the Secretary may by regulation designate, for admin-
istrative and planning purposes, as a critical transportation region 
or a critical transportation corridor each of those areas which he deter-
mines most urgently require the accelerated development of transpor-
tation systems embracing various modes of transport, in accordance 
with purposes of this section. The Secretary shall immediately notify 
such Governors and local officials of such designation. The Secretary 
may, after consultation with the Governors and responsible local 
officials of the affected States, provide by regulation for the establish-
ment of planning bodies to assist in the development of coordinated 
transportation planning, including highway planning, to meet the 
needs of such regions or corridors, composed of representatives of the 
affected States and metropolitan areas, and may provide assistance 
including financial assistance to such bodies. There is authorized to be 
appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, not to exceed $500,000 to carry out this subsection." 
Report to 
Congress. 
STUDY OF RELATIONSHIP OP H I G H W A Y CONSTRUCTION TO PUBLIC 
TRANSPORTATION 
SERVICES 
SEC. 144. The Secretary is authorized and directed to undertake a 
study and analysis of the use of existing highway facilities for high-
way public transportation service, the need for additional highway 
facilities or the adjustment of existing facilities to accommodate such 
service, and the appropriate funding of such additional highway 
facilities and to report to the Congress his findings and recommenda-
tions not later than January 1,1972. 
72 Stat. 885. 
23 u s e 101. 
SAINT CLAIR RIVER BRIDGE 
SEC. 145. The amount of Federal Aid Highway funds paid to the 
State of Michigan for the construction of the bridge and approaches 
thereto over the Saint Clair River at Port Huron, Michigan, shall, 
prior to the collection of any tolls thereon be repaid to the Treasurer 
of the United States. The amount to be repaid shall be deposited to the 
credit of the appropriation for "Federal Aid Highways (Trust 
Fund)". Such repayment shall be credited to the unprogrammed 
balance of Federal Aid Highway funds of the same class last appor-
tioned to the State of Michigan. 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 provisions of title 23, 
United States Code, as amended. 
(2) Upon the repayment by the State of Michigan of the Federal-
Aid Highway funds received for such bridge project, the bridge 
and its approaches shall be free of all restrictions with respect to the 
imposition and collection of tolls or other charges thereon or for the 
use thereof, contained in (A) title 23, United States Code, or in any 
regulation or agreement thereunder, and (B) subsection (d) of section 
17 of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the construction of 
certain bridges and to extend the times for commencing and/or com-
pleting the construction of other bridges over the navigable waters of 
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PUBLIC LAW 91-605-DEC. 31,1970 
1739 
the United States, and for other purposes", approved August 30,1935, 
as amended (49 Stat. 1051), or in any regulation or agreement there-
under. Tolls or charges imposed and collected on such bridge or for 
the use thereof shall not exceed the amount necessary for the proper 
maintenance, repair, and operation of the bridge and its approaches 
under economical management. 
49 Stat. 1068. 
BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON 
PARKWAY 
SEC. 146. (a) There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 
of Transportation, out of the Highway Trust Fund, not to exceed 
$65,000,000 for reconstructing to six lanes the section of the Baltimore-
Washington Parkway in the State of Maryland under the jurisdiction 
of the Secretary of the Interior to the geometric and construction 
standards for the National System of Interstate and 
Defense 
Highways. 
(b) No funds authorized by this section shall be expended until 
the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of the Interior, and 
the State highway department of the State of Maryland shall enter 
into an agreement that— 
(1) upon completion of reconstruction the Secretary of the 
Interior will convey without monetary consideration such section 
of such parkway to the State of Maryland, and 
(2) the State of Maryland shall put such section of the Parkway 
on the Federal-aid primary system prior to expenditure of funds 
authorized by this section, and for such purpose the mileage 
limitation on such system in such State imposed by section 103 (b) 
of title 23, United States Code, is hereby waived, and such State 
shall thereafter retain such section on such system. 
SEC. 147. The amendments made by sections 117, 120, and 137 of 
this Act shall not take effect if before the effective date of this Act 
the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Land Acquisition Policies 
Act of 1970 has been enacted into law. 
Appropriation. 
72 Stat. 887. 
Post, p. 1894. 
TITLE II 
SHORT TITLE 
Citation of title. 
SEC. 201. This title may be cited as the "Highway Safety Act of 
1970". 
H I G H W A Y 
SAFETY 
SEC. 202. (a) Section 201 of the Highway Safety Act of 1966 (80 
Stat. 735) is amended to read as follows: 
no?^.''^'' ^°' 
"SEC. 201. (a) There is hereby established within the Department 
National High-
of Transportation a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Admillstriuon^'*^ 
(hereafter in this section referred to as the 'Administration'). The establishment.' 
Administration shall be headed by an Administrator who shall be 
appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of 
the Senate, and shall be compensated at the annual rate of basic pay 
of level I I I of the Executive Schedule in section 5314 of title 5, United 
States Code. There shall be a Deputy Administrator of the National 
Highway Traffic Safety Administration who shall be appointed by 
the Secretary of Transportation, with the approval of the President, 
and who shall be compensated at the annual rate of basic pay of level 
V of the Executive Schedule in section 5316 of title 5, United States 
Code. The Administrator shall perform such duties as are delega;ted 
to him by the Secretary. On all matters pertaining to the design, 
construction, maintenance, and operation of highways, the Adminis-
trator shall consult with the Federal Highway Administrator. 
80 Stat. 460; 
83 Stat. 864. 
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[84 STAT. 
80 Stat. 731, 
23 u s e 401 
note. 
15 u s e 1381 
note. 
Repeal. 
82 Stat. 822. 
"Public road." 
Uniform safety 
standards, prior 
submission to 
Congress. 
"(b) (1) The Secretary shall carry out through the Federal High-
way Administration those provisions of the Highway Safety Act of 
1966 (including chapter 4 of title 23, L^nited States Code) for high-
way safety programs, research, and aevelopment relating to highway 
design, construction and maintenance, traffic control devices, identifi-
cation and surveillance of accident locations, and highway-related 
aspects of pedestrian safety. 
"(2) The Secretary shall carry out, through the Administration, all 
other provisions of such Act (including chapter 4 of title 23, United 
States Code) for highway safety programs, research and develop-
ment not specifically referred to in paragraph (1) of this subsection. 
"(c) The Secretary is authorized to carry out the provisions of the 
National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 (80 Stat. 718) 
through the Administration and Administrator authorized by this 
section. 
"(d) All provisions of law enacted before the date of enactment of 
the Highway Safety Act of 1970 which are inconsistent with this sec-
tion as amended by such Act of 1970 are hereby repealed to the extent 
of such inconsistency." 
(b) The President may authorize any person who immediately 
before the date of enactment of this Act held the office of Director 
of the National Highway Safety Bureau to act as Administrator of 
the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration created by the 
amendment made by subsection (a) of this section until the first 
Administrator is appointed in accordance with such amendment. The 
President may authorize any person serving as Acting Administrator 
in accordance with this subsection to receive compensation at the rate 
authorized for the office of Administrator. Such compensation, if 
authorized, shall be in lieu of, and not in addition to, any other com-
pensation from the United States to which such person may be entitled. 
(c) Subsection (c) of section 402 of title 23, United States Code, 
is amended by striking out beginning in the second sentence thereof 
"as Congress, by law enacted hereafter," and all that follows down 
through and including the period at the end of the third sentence 
thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "75 per centum in 
the ratio which the population of each State bears to the total popula-
tion of all the States, as shown by the latest available Federal census, 
and 25 per centum in the ratio which the public road mileage in each 
State bears to the total public road mileage in all States. For the pur-
poses of this subsection, a 'public road' means any road under the 
jurisdiction of and maintained by a public authority and open to 
public travel. The annual apportionment to each State shall not be 
less than one-third of 1 per centum of the total apportionment." 
(d) The first sentence of subsection (d) of section 402 of title 23, 
United States Code, is amended by striking out the period at the end 
thereof and inserting in lieu thereof a comma and the following: "and 
except that the aggregate of all expenditures made during any fiscal 
year by a State and its political subdivisions (exclusive of Federal 
funds) for carrying out the State highway safety program shall be 
available for the purpose of crediting such State during such fiscal 
year for the non-Federal share of the cost of any project under this 
section without regard to whether such expenditures were actually 
made in connection with such project." 
(e) Section 402 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(h) Except in the case of those State safety program elements 
with respect to which uniform standards have been promulgated by 
the Secretary before December 31, 1970, the Secretary shall not pro-
mulgate any other uniform safety standard under this section unless 
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Appropriation. 
80 Stat. 731; 
Ante, p. 1740. 
at least 90 days prior to the effective date of such standard he shall 
have submitted such standard to Congress." 
(f) The following sums are hereby authorized to be appropriated: 
(1) For carrying out section 402 of title 23, United States Code 
(relating to highway safety programs) by the National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration, $75,000,000 for the fiscal year ending 
June 30, 1972, and $100,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1973, except that two-thirds of all funds authorized and expended 
under authority of this paragraph for such section 402 in any fiscal 
year shall be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund. 
(2) For carrying out section 403 of title 23, LTnited States Code 
(relating to highway safety research and development), by the 
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, $70,000,000 for the 
fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and $115,000,000 for the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1973, except that two-thirds of all funds authorized 
and expended under authority of this paragraph for such section 403 
in any fiscal year shall be appropriated out of the Highway Trust 
Fund. 
(3) For carrying out section 402 of title 23, United States Code 
(relating to highway safety programs), by the Federal Highway 
Administration for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1972, and 
June 30, 1973, $30,000,000 per fiscal year, except that two-thirds of all 
funds authorized and expended under authority of this paragraph for 
such section 402 in any fiscal year shall be appropriated out of the 
Highway Trust Fund. 
(4) For carrying out sections 307(a) and 403 of title 23, United 
States Code (relating to highway safety research and development), 
by the Federal Hiffhway Administration, for each of the fiscal years 
ending June 30, 1972, and June 30,1973, not to exceed $10,000,000 per 
fiscal year, except that two-thirds of all funds authorized and expended 
under authority of this paragraph for such sections 307(a) and 403 
in any fiscal year shall be appropriated out of the Highway Trust 
Fund. 
(5) Paragraph (10) of section 5 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 
repeal. 
1968 (relating to authorizations for carrying out section 402 of title 
^^ ^*^'' ^^^• 
23, United States Code), is hereby repealed. 
H I G H W A Y SAFETY PROGRAMS 
SEC. 203. (a) Section 402(b) (1) (A) of title 23, United States Code, 
is amended by striking out the period at the end thereof and insert-
ing in lieu thereof the following: "through a State agency which shall 
have adequate powers, and be suitably equipped and organized to 
carry out, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, such program." 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) of this section shall 
Effective date,, 
take effect December 31,1971. 
72 Stat. 913; 
Ante, 
p. 1723. 
BRIDGE RECONSTRUCTION AND REPLACEMENT 
SEC. 204. (a) Chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end thereof a new section as follows: 
"§ 144. Special bridge replacement program 
" (a) Congress hereby finds and declares it to be in the vital interest 
of the Nation that a special bridge replacement program be established 
to enable the several States to replace bridges over waterways or other 
topographical barriers when the States and the Secretary finds that 
the bridge is significantly important and is unsafe because of structural 
deficiencies, physical deterioration, or functional obsolescence. 
Ante, p. 1729. 
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[84 STAT. 
Priority system. 
Cost, Federal 
share, limitation. 
Appropriation. 
Applicability. 
60 Stat. 847. 
Annual report. 
"(b) The Secretary in consultation with the States shall (1) inven-
tory all bridges located on any of the Federal-aid systems over water-
ways and other tojwgraphical barriers of the United States; (2) 
classify them according to their serviceability, safety, and essentiality 
for public use; and (3) based on that classification, assign each a pri-
ority for replacement. 
"(c) Whenever any State or States make application to the Secre-
tary for assistance in replacing a bridge w^hioh the priority system, 
established under subsection (b) of this section, show-s to be eligible, 
the Secretary may approve Federal participation in the reconstruction 
of a comparable facility. In approving projects under this section, the 
Secretary shall give consideration to those projects which will remove 
from service bridges which are most in danger of failure and give con-
sideration to the economy of the area involved. Approval of projects 
and allocation of funds under this section shall be without regard to 
allocation or apportionment formulas otherwise established under 
this title. 
"(d) The Federal share payable on account of any bridge replace-
ment under this section shall not exceed 75 per centum of the cost 
thereof. 
"(e) For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section, 
there are hereby authorized to be appropriated out of the Highway 
Trust Fund, $100,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30,1972; and 
$150,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, to be available 
until expended. Such funds 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 funds were apportioned under this 
chapter. 
"(f) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law the General 
Bridge Act of 1946 (33 U.S.C. 525-533) shall apply to bridges author-
ized to be reconstructed and bridges constructed to replace unsafe 
bridges under this section. 
"(g) The Secretary shall report annually on projects approved 
under this section with any recommendations he may have for further 
miprovement in the special bridge replacement program authorized 
in accordance with this section." 
(b) The analysis of chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following: 
"144. Special bridge replacement program." 
Ante, p. 1723. 
79 Stat. 893. 
Cost, Federal 
share. 
RAIL 
CROSSINGS 
SEC. 205. (a) Chapter 3 of title 23, ITnited States Code, is further 
amended by adding after section 321 the following new section: 
"§ 322. Demonstration project—rail crossings 
"(a) The Secretary sihall carry out a demonstration project for the 
elimination of all public ground-level rail-highway crossings along 
the route of the high-speed ground transportation demonstration proj-
ects between Washington, District of Columbia, and Boston, Massa-
chusetts, conducted under authority of the Act entitled 'An Act to 
authorize the Secretary of Commerce to undertake research and devel-
opment in high-speed ground transportation, and for other purposes', 
approved September 30,1965 (49 U.S.C. 1631 et seq.). 
"(b) the Secretary shall carry out a demonstration project for the 
elimination or protection of certain public ground-leveJ rail-highway 
crossings in, or in the vicinity of. Greenwood, South Carolina. 
"(c) (1) If the highway involved is on any Federal-aid system, the 
Federal share of the cost of such work shall be 90 per centum and the 
railroad's share of such cost shall be 10 per centum. 
84 
STAT.] 
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"(2) If the highway involved is not on any Federal-aid system, the 
Federal share of the cost of such work shall be 80 per centum and the 
railroad's share of such cost shall be 10 per centum and the remaining 
10 per centum of such cost shall be paid by the State in which such 
crossing is located. 
"(d) Before paying any part of the cost of the demonstration proj-
ects authorized by this section, the Secretary shall enter into such 
agreements with the States and railroads involved to insure that all 
non-Federal costs will be provided as required by this section. 
"(e) The Secretary, in cooperation with State highway departments, 
shall conduct a full and complete investigation and study of the 
problem of providing increasied highway safety at public and private 
ground-level rail-highway crossings on a nationwide basis through 
the elimination of such crossings or otherwise, including specifically 
high-speed rail operations in all parts of the country, and report to 
Congress his recommendations resulting from such investigation and 
study not later than July 1, 1972, including an estimate of the cost 
of such a program. Funds authorized to carry out section 307 of this 
title are authorized to be used to carry out the investigation and 
study required by this subsection. 
"(f) There is authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $9,000,000 
from the Highway Trust Fund to carry out paragraph (1) of subsec-
tion (c) of this section. There is authorized to be appropriated out of 
the general fund not to exceed $22,000,000 to carry out paragraph 
(2) of subsection (c) of this section." 
(b) The analysis of chapter 3 of title 23, United States Oode, is 
amended by adding at the end thereof: 
'"322. Demonstration project—rail crossings." 
study, report 
to Congress. 
72 Stat. 913; 
Ante, 
pp. 1723, 
1729, 1735. 
Appropriation. 
TITLE III—EXTENSION OF HIGHWAY 
TRUST FUND AND CERTAIN RELATED 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. HIGHWAY TRUST FUND. 
Subsections (c), (e), and (f) of section 209 of the Highway Revenue 
Act of 1956 (relating to the Highway Trust Fund; 23 U.S.C. 120 
note) are amended— 
(1) by striking out "1972" each place it appears and inserting 
in lieu thereof "1977''; and 
(2) by striking out "1973*' each place it appears and inserting 
in lieu thereof "1978". 
SEC. 302. TRANSFER FROM LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND. 
Subsection (b) of section 201 of the Land and Water Conservation 
Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 4601-11) is amended— 
(1) by striking out "1972" and inserting in lieu thereof "1977"; 
and 
(2) by striking out "1973" each place it appears and inserting 
in lieu thereof "1978". 
SEC. 303. POSTPONEMENT OF CERTAIN EXCISE TAX REDUCTIONS. 
(a) The following provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 
are amended by striking out "1972" each place it appears and inserting 
in lieu thereof "1977": 
(1) Section 4041(c)(3) (relating to rate of tax on fuel for 
noncommercial aviation). 
(2) Section 4041(e) (relating to rate reduction). 
(3) Section 4061 (a) (1) (relating to imposition of tax on trucks, 
buses, etc.). 
70 Stat. 397; 
75 Stat. 128. 
78 Stat. 904. 
16 u s e 460Z-11. 
Ante, 
p. 237. 
75 Stat. 126. 
26 u s e 4061. 
75 Stat. 123. 
Ante, p. 245. 
75 Stat. 127. 
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[84 STAT. 
26 use 4
0
6
^
1 
(^) Section 4061(b) (1) (relating to imposition of tax on parts 
and accessories). 
70 Stat. 388; 
(5) Scction 4071(d) (relating to imposition of tax on tires 
80 otst • 3 3 1 . 
I l l 
\ 
and tubes). 
(6) Section 4081 (b) (relating to imposition of tax on gasoline). 
(7) Section 4481(a) (relating to imposition of tax on use of 
highway motor vehicles). 
^8) Section 4481(e) (relating to period tax in effect). 
(9) Section 4482(c) (4) (defining taxable period). 
(10) Section 6156(e) (2) (relating to installment payments of 
tax on use of highway motor vehicles). 
(11) Section 6421(h) (relating to tax on gasoline used for 
certain nonhighway purposes or by local transit systems). 
(b) Section 6412(a) (2) of such Code (relating to floor stock refunds) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking out "1972" each place it appears and inserting 
in lieu thereof "1977"; 
(2) by striking out "January 1,1973" each place it appears and 
inserting in lieu thereof "January 1, 1978"; and 
(3) by striking out "February 10, 1973" each place it appears 
and mserting in lieu thereof "March 31, 1978". 
Approved December 31, 1970. 
Public Law 91-606 
December 31, 1970 
A N A C T 
[S.3619] 
To revise and expand Federal programs for relief from the effects of major 
disasters, and for other purposes;. 
Be if enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
A^t^l(^i97o^^^^^^ fww^^e^/ States of America in Congress assembled.. That this Act may 
l)e cited as the "Disaster Relief Act of 1970". 
TITLE I—FINDINGS AND DECLARATIONS; DEFINITIONS 
FINDINGS AND DECLARATIONS 
SEC. 101. (a) The Congress hereby finds and declares that— 
(1) because loss of life, human suffering, loss of incomie, and 
property loss and damage result from major disasters such as 
hurricanes, tornadoes, storms, floods, high waters, wind-driven