Federal Highway Administration

Federal Highway Administration federal-aid highways emergency relief program (highway trust fund) For an additional amount for the Emergency Relief Program for emergency expenses resulting from floods and other natural disasters, as authorized by 23 U.S.C. 125, $259,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: Provided, That the entire amount is designated 112 STAT. 75by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further That of such amount, $35,000,000 shall be available only to the extent that an official budget request for a specific dollar amount that includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in such Act is transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided further, That any obligations for the Emergency Relief Program shall not be subject to the prohibition against obligations in section 2(e)(3)(A) and (D) of the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 1997: Provided further, That 23 U.S.C. 125(b)(1) shall not apply to projects resulting from flooding during the fall of 1997 through the winter of 1998 in California: Provided further, That if sufficient carryover balances for the necessary expenses for administration and operation (including motor carrier safety program operations) of the Federal Highway Administration, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics are not available, and pending the reauthorization of the Federal-aid highways program, the Secretary of Transportation may borrow such sums as may be necessary for such expenses from the unobligated balances of discretionary allocations for the Federal-aid highways program made available by this Act.