Pub. L. 108-447, div. H, tit. I, sec. 117

Sec. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever an allocation is made of the sums authorized to be appropriated for expenditure on the Federal lands highway program, and whenever an apportionment is made of the sums authorized to be appropriated for the surface transportation program, the congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program, the National Highway System, the Interstate maintenance program, the bridge program, the Appalachian development highway system, and the minimum 118 STAT. 3213 guarantee program, the Secretary of Transportation shall deduct a sum in such amount not to exceed 4.1 percent of all sums so authorized: Provided, That of the amount so deducted in accordance with this section, $25,000,000 shall be made available to make grants to support planning, highway corridor development, and highway construction projects in the area that comprises the Delta Regional Authority; and $1,211,360,000 shall be made available for surface transportation projects as identified under this section in the statement of the managers accompanying this Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law and the preceding clauses of this provision, the Secretary of Transportation may use amounts made available by this section to make grants for any surface transportation project otherwise eligible for funding under title 23 or, title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That funds made available under this section, at the request of a State, shall be transferred by the Secretary to another Federal agency: Provided further, That the Federal share payable on account of any program, project, or activity carried out with funds made available under this section shall be 100 percent: Provided further, That the sum deducted in accordance with this section shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That all funds made available under this section shall be subject to any limitation on obligations for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs set forth in this Act or any other Act: Provided further, That the obligation limitation made available for the programs, projects, and activities for which funds are made available under this section shall remain available until used and shall be in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed on obligations for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs for future fiscal years.