107 STAT. 1220 PUBLIC LAW 103-122—OCT. 27, 1993 SEC. 308. None of the funds in this Act shall be available for the planning or implementation of any change in the current Federal status of the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, and none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the implementation of any change in the current Federal status of the Tumer-Fairbank Highway Research Center: Provided, That the Secretary may plan for further development of the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center and for other compatible uses of the Center's real property: Provided further. That any such planning does not alter the Federal status of the Center's research and development operation. Contracts. SEC. 309. The expenditure of any appropriation under this ^formation ^'^ ^°^ ^^^. consulting service through procurement contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law. 23 USC 104 note. SEC. 310. (a) For fiscal year 1994 the Secretary of Transportation shall distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways by allocation in the ratio which sums authorized to be appropriated for Federal-aid highways that are apportioned or allocated to each State for such fiscal year bear to the total of the sums authorized to be appropriated for Federal-aid highways that are apportioned or allocated to all the States for such fiscal year. (b) During the period October 1 through December 31, 1993, no State shall obligate more than 25 per centum of the amount distributed to such State under subsection (a), and the total of all State obligations during such period shall not exceed 15 per centum of the total amount distributed to all States under such subsection. (c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), the Secretary shall— (1) provide all States with authority sufficient to prevent lapses of sums authorized to be appropriated for Federal-aid highways that have been apportioned to a State, except in those instances in which a State indicates its intention to lapse sums apportioned under section 104(b)(5)(A) of title 23, United States Code; (2) after August 1, 1994, revise a distribution of the funds made available under subsection (a) if a State will not obligate the amount distributed during that fiscal year and redistribute sufficient amounts to those States able to obligate amounts in addition to those previously distributed during that fiscal year giving priority to those States having large unobligated balances of funds apportioned under sections 103(e)(4), 104 and 144 of title 23, United States Code, and under sections 1013(c) and 1015 of Public Law 102-240; (3) not distribute amounts authorized for administrative expenses, the Federal lands highway program, the intelligent venicle highway systems program, and amounts made available under sections 1040, 1047, 1064, 6001, 6006, 6023, and 6024 of Public Law 102-240, and not more than $1,050,000 for section 5002 of Public Law 102-240 and $458,629 for the National Commission on Intermodal Transportation authorized by section 5005 of Public Law 102-240. Amounts for section 5002 and section 5005 of Public Law 102-240 shall be deemed
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