emergency relief

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 emergency 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 reconstruction 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.” 84 Stat. 1719 (b) Section 120(f) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 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 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.”