118 STAT. 478 PUBLIC LAW 108–202—FEB. 29, 2004 Public Law 108–202 108th Congress An Act To provide an extension of highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund pending enactment of a law reauthorizing the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004’’. SEC. 2. ADVANCES. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2(a) of the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2003 (23 U.S.C. 104 note; 117 Stat. 1110) is amended by inserting ‘‘and the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004’’ after ‘‘as amended by this Act’’. (b) PROGRAMMATIC DISTRIBUTIONS.— (1) ADMINISTRATION OF FUNDS.—Section 2(b)(3) of such Act (117 Stat. 1110) is amended by striking ‘‘the amendment made under subsection (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 1101(c) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century’’. (2) SPECIAL RULES FOR MINIMUM GUARANTEE.—Section 2(b)(4) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘$1,166,666,667’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,633,333,333’’. (3) EXTENSION OF OFF SYSTEM BRIDGE SETASIDE.—Section 144(g)(3) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘February 29’’ inserting ‘‘April 30’’. (c) AUTHORIZATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Section 1101(c)(1) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (117 Stat. 1111) is amended by striking ‘‘$13,483,458,333 for the period of October 1, 2003, through February 29, 2004’’ and inserting ‘‘$18,876,841,666 for the period of October 1, 2003, through April 30, 2004’’. (d) LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS.—Section 2(e) of the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2003 (117 Stat. 1111) is amended to read as follows: ‘‘(e) LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS.— ‘‘(1) DISTRIBUTION OF OBLIGATION AUTHORITY.—Subject to paragraph (2), for the period of October 1, 2003, through April 30, 2004, the Secretary shall distribute the obligation limitation made available for Federal aid highways and highway safety construction programs under the heading ‘FEDERAL AID HIGH WAYS’ in the Transportation, Treasury, and Independent Agen cies Appropriations Act, 2004 (division F of Public Law 108– 199) in accordance with section 110 of such Act; except that 23 USC 104 note. 23 USC 101 note. Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004. Feb. 29, 2004 [H.R. 3850]
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