highway authorizations

highway authorizations Sec. 104. (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 in rural areas, out of the Highway Trust Fund, $680,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, $700,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $700,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976. For the Federal-aid secondary system in rural areas, out of Highway Trust Fund, $390,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, $400,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $400,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976. (2) For the Federal-aid urban system, out of the Highway Trust Fund, $780,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, $800,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $800,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976. For the extensions of the Federal-aid primary and secondary systems in urban areas, out of the Highway Trust Fund $290,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, $300,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $300,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976. (3) For forest highways, out of the Highway Trust Fund $33,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, $33,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $33,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976. (4) For public lands highways, out of the Highway Trust Fund, $16,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, $16,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $16,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976. (5) For forest development roads and trails, $140,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, $140,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $140,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976. (6) For public lands development roads and trails, $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976. (7) For park roads and trails, $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976. (8) For parkways, $60,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, $75,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $75,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, except that the entire cost of any parkway project on any Federal-aid system paid under the authorization contained in this paragraph shall be paid from the Highway Trust Fund. 87 Stat. 252 (9) For Indian reservation roads and bridges. $75,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, $”5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $75,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976. (10) For economic growth center development highways under section 143 of title 23, United States Code, out of the Highway Trust Fiend, $50,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, $75,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $100,000,000 for the fiscal year ending, June 30, 1976, (11) 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, 1974, $1,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $1,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, (12) For carrying out section 215(a) of title 23, United States Code— (A) for the Virgin Islands, not to exceed $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, not to exceed $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and not to exceed $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976. (B) for Guam not to exceed $2,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, not to exceed $2,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and not to exceed $2,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976. (C) for American Samoa not to exceed $1,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, not to exceed $1,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and not to exceed $1,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976. Sums authorized by this paragraph 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. (13) Nothing in the first ten paragraphs or in paragraph (12) of this section shall be construed to authorize the appropriation of any sums to carry out section 131, 136, 319(b), or chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code. (14) For each of the fiscal years 1974, 1975, and 1976, no State shall receive less than one-half of 1 per centum of the total apportionment for the Interstate System under paragraph (5) of subsection (b) of section 104 of title 23, United States Code. Whenever such amounts made available for the Interstate System in any State exceed the cost of completing that State’s portion of the Interstate System, the excess amount shall be transferred to and added to the amounts apportioned to such State under paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (6) of subsection (b) of section 104 of title 23, United States Code, in the ratio which these respective amounts bear to each other in that State. For the purpose of carrying out this subsection, there are authorized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund not to exceed $50,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, $50,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, and $50,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976.. It is the sense of the Congress that this subsection is an interim provision to be reconsidered at the expiration of this authorization.