transition quarter authorization

transition quarter authorization Sec. 104. (a) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of the Highway Trust Fund, $1,637,390,000 for the transition quarter ending September 30, 1976, for those projects authorized by title 23 of the United. States Code, the approval of which creates a contractual obligation of the United States for payment out of the Highway Trust Fund of the Federal share of such projects except those authorized by section 142 of such title, and those on the Interstate System (other than as permitted in subsection (b)). Such sums shall be apportioned or allocated on the date of enactment of this Act among the States, as follows: (1) 60 per centum according to the formula established under section 104(b)(1) of title 23, United States Code, as such section is in effect on the day preceding the date of enactment of this Act. (2) 40 per centum in the ratio which the population of each State bears to the total population of all the States shown by the latest available Federal census. (b) Any State which received less than one-half of 1 per centum of the apportionment made under section 104(b)(5) of title 23, United States Code, for the Interstate System for fiscal year 1977 may expend all or any part of its apportionment under this section for projects on the Interstate System in such State. (c) There is hereby authorized to lie appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund, for the transition quarter ending September 30, 1976, $8,250,000 for forest highways, and $4,000,000 for public lands highways. Such sums shall be apportioned or allocated on the date of enactment, of this Act in accordance with section 202 of title 23, United States Code. (d) There is authorized to be appropriated, out of the Highway Trust Fund, for the transition quarter ending September 30, 1976, $120,000 to the Virgin Islands, $120,000 to Guam, and $120,000 to American Samoa, for projects and programs under sections 152, 153, and 402 of title 23, United States Code, such sums shall be apportioned on the date of enactment of this Act in accordance with section 402(c) of title 23, United States Code.