1718 82 Stat. 835; Infra.
82 Stat. 820; Post, 1729.
PUBLIC LAW 91-605-DEC. 31, 1970
[84 STAT.
(f) Subsection (a) of section 120 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking out "and the Federal-aid secondary system" and inserting in lieu thereof a comma and the following: "the Federal-aid secondary system, and the Federal-aid urban system". (g) Subsection (b) of section 135 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by inseiting after "urban areas" the following: "and on the Federal-aid urban system". PROHIBITION OF I M P O U N D M E N T OF APPORTIONMENTS A N D DIVERSION OF FUNDS
82 Stat. 822.
SEC. 107. Subsections (c) and (d) of section 101 of title 23, United States Code, are amended to read as follows: "(c) I t is the sense of Congress that under existing law no part of any sums authorized to be appropriated for expenditure upon any Federal-aid system which has been apportioned pursuant to the provisions of this title shall be impounded or withheld from obligation, for purposes and projects as provided in this title, by any officer or employee in the executive branch of the Federal Government, except such specific sums as may be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, after consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, are necessary to be withheld from obligation for specific periods of time to assure that sufficient amounts will be available in the Highway Trust F u n d to defray the expenditures which will be required to be made from such fund. " (d) No funds authorized to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund shall be expended by or on behalf of any Federal department, agency, or instrumentality other than the Federal Highway Administration unless funds for such expenditure are identified and included as a line item in an appropriation Act and are to meet obligations of the United States heretofore or hereafter incurred under this title attributable to the construction of Federal-aid highways or highway planning, research, or development, or as otherwise specifically authorized to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund by Federal-aid highway legislation." INCREASED FEDERAL SHARE
72 Stat. 898; 78 Stat. 1090.
Effective date.
SEC. 108. (a) Section 120 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking out "50 per centum" each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof at each such place the following: "70 per centum". (b) The amendments made by subsection (a) of this section shall take effect with respect to authorizations for appropriations for fiscal years beginning after June 30, 1973. EMERGENCY RELIEF
82 Stat. 829.
Supra; Post, pp. 1719, 1731.
SEC. 109. (a) The first sentence of subsection (a) of section 125 of title 23, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "An emergency fund is authorized for expenditure by the Secretary, subject to the provisions of this section and section 120 of this title, for (1) the repair or reconstruction of highways, roads, and trails which he shall find have suffered serious damage as the result of (A) natural disaster over a wide area such as by floods, hurricanes, tidal waves, earthquakes, severe storms, or landslides, or (B) catastrophic failures from any cause, in any part of the United States, and (2) the repair or reconstruction of bridges which have been permanently closed to all vehicular traffic by the State after December 31, 1967, and prior to December 31, 1970, because of imminent danger of collapse due to structural deficiencies or physical deterioration."
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