Bureau of Public Roads

Bureau of Public Roads limitation on general administrative expenses Necessary expenses of administration and research (not to exceed $43,800,000), including maintenance of a National Register of Revoked Motor Vehicle Operators’ Licenses, as authorized by law (74 Stat. 526), and purchase of fifty passenger motor vehicles of which forty-four shall be for replacement only, shall be paid, in accordance with law, from appropriations made available by this Act to the Bureau of Public Roads and from advances and reimbursements received by the Bureau of Public Roads. Of the total amount available from appropriations of the Bureau of Public Roads for general administrative and research expenses pursuant to the provisions of title 23. United States Code, section 104 (a), $100,000 shall be available for carrying out the provisions of title 23, United States Code, section 309. 77 Stat. 792 federal-aid highways (trust fund) For carrying out the provisions of title 23, United States Code, which are attributable to Federal-aid highways, to remain available until expended, $3,249,150,000, or so much thereof as may be available in and derived from the “Highway trust fund”; which sum is composed of $1,339,157,314, the balance of the amount authorized for the fiscal year 1962, and $1,907,494,772 (or so much thereof as may be available in and derived from the “Highway trust fund”), a part of the amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1963, $2,261,713 for reimbursement of the sum expended for the repair or reconstruction of highways and bridges which have been damaged or destroyed by floods, hurricanes, or landslides, as provided by title 23, United States Code, section 125, and $236,201 for reimbursement of the sums expended for the design and construction of bridges upon and across dams, as provided by title 23, United States Code, section 320. improvement of the pentagon road network (trust fund) For expenses necessary for the improvement of routes on the Pentagon Road Network, to be conveyed to the Commonwealth of Virginia, as authorized by the Act of September 26, 1961 (75 Stat. 670), to remain available until expended, $500,000. to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund. forest highways (liquidation of contract authorization) For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions of title 23, United States Code, section 204, pursuant to contract authorization granted by title 23, United States Code, section 203, to remain available until expended, $33,000,000, which sum is composed of $3,950,000, the balance of the amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1962, and $29,050,000, a part of the amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1963: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for the rental, purchase, construction, or alteration of buildings and sites necessary for the storage and repair of equipment and supplies used for road construction and maintenance but the total cost of any such item under this authorization shall not exceed $15,000. public lands highways (liquidation of contract authorization) For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions of title 23, United States Code, section 209, pursuant to the contract authorization granted by title 23, United States Code, section 203, to remain available until expended, $4,000,000, which sum is a part of the amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1963. inter-american highway For necessary expenses for construction of the Inter-American Highway, in accordance with the provisions of section 212 of title 23 of the United States Code, to remain available until expended, $15,000,000, of which $6,000,000 is for liquidation of obligations incurred pursuant to the contract authorization granted by section 4 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1962 (76 Stat. 1146). 77 Stat. 793 general provisions bureau of public roads Not to exceed $10,000 may be expended during the current fiscal year for services of individuals employed pursuant to section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), at rates in excess of $50 per diem.