rail-highway crossings

rail-highway crossings Sec. 203. (a) Subsections (b) and (c) of section 203 of the Highway Safety Act of 1973 (Public Law 93–87) are hereby amended to read as follows: “(b) (1) In addition to funds which may be otherwise available to carry out section 130 of title 23, United States Code, there is authorized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund for projects for the elimination of hazards of railway-highway crossings, $25,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974. $75,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, $75,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, $125,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1977, and $125,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978. At least half of the funds authorized and expended under this section shall be available for the installation of protective devices at railway-highway crossings. Sums authorized to be appropriated by this subsection shall be available for obligation in the same manner as funds apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23. United States Code. “(2) Funds authorized by this subsection shall be available solely for expenditure for projects on any Federal-aid system (other than the Interstate System). “(c) There is authorized to be appropriated for projects for the elimination of hazards of railway-highway crossings on roads other than those on any Federal-aid system $18,750,000 for the three-month period ending September 30, 1976, $75,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1977, and $75,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978. Sums apportioned under this section for projects under this subsection shall be subject to all of the provisions of chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, applicable to highways on the Federal-aid system, except, the formula for apportionment, the requirement that these roads be on the Federal-aid system, and those other provisions determined by the Secretary to be inconsistent with this section.”. (b) Subsection (d) of section 203 of the Highway Safety Act of 1973 is amended by adding immediately before the first sentence thereof the following new sentence: “50 per centum of the funds made available in accordance with subsection (b) shall be apportioned to the States in the same manner as sums authorized to be appropriated under subsection (a)(1) of section 104 of the Federal-aid Highway Act of 1973 and 50 per centum of the funds made available in accordance with subsection (h) shall be apportioned to the States hi the same manner as sums authorized to be appropriated under subsection (a)(2) of section 104 of the Federal-aid Highway Act of 1973.”.