EXEMPTION FROM NATIONAL STANDARDS OF CERTAIN AREAS ADJACENT TO THE INTERSTATE SYSTEM.

SEC. 106. EXEMPTION FROM NATIONAL STANDARDS OF CERTAIN AREAS ADJACENT TO THE INTERSTATE SYSTEM.That subsection (b) of title 23, section 131 of the United States Code is amended by striking therefrom the following language: “Upon application of the State, any such agreement may, within the discretion of the Secretary of Commerce consistent with the national policy, provide for excluding from application of the national standards segments of the Interstate System which traverse incorporated municipalities wherein the use of real property adjacent to the Interstate System is subject to municipal regulation or control, or which traverse other areas where the land use is clearly established by State law as industrial or commercial:” and substituting therefor the following language: “Agreements entered into between the Secretary of Commerce and State highway departments under this section shall not apply to those segments of the Interstate System which traverse commercial or industrial zones within the presently existing boundaries of incorporated municipalities wherein the use of real property adjacent to the Interstate System is subject to municipal regulation or control, or which traverse other areas where the land use, as of the date of approval of this Act, is clearly established by State law as industrial or commercial:”