certification acceptance

certification acceptance Sec. 116. (a) Subsection (a) of section 117 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking out “establishing requirements at least equivalent to those contained in, or issued pursuant to, this title.” and inserting in lieu thereof “which will accomplish the policies and objectives contained in or issued pursuant to this title.”. (b) Section 117 of title 23 of the United States Code is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: “(f) (1) In the case of the Federal-aid secondary system, in lieu of discharging his responsibilities in accordance with subsections (a) through (d) of this section, the Secretary may, upon the request of any State highway department, discharge his responsibility relative to the plans, specifications, estimates, surveys, contract awards, design, inspection, and construction of all projects on the Federal-aid secondary system by his receiving and approving a certified statement by the State highway department setting forth that the plans, design, and construction for each such project are in accord with those standards and procedures which (A) were adopted by such State highway department, (B) were applicable to projects in this category, and (C) were approved by him. “(2) The Secretary shall not approve such standards and procedures unless they are in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of section 105, subsection (b) of section 106, and subsection (c) of section 109, of this title. “(3) Paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection shall not be construed to relieve the Secretary of his obligation to make a final inspection of each project after construction and to require an adequate showing of the estimated cost of construction and the actual cost of construction.”.