76 62 Stat. 753.
23 USC 9a note.
23 USC 60-63, 21» 23c, 3a note.
16 USC 8b.
Separability.
Effective date.
Connecticut.
23 USC 1 note.
PUBLIC LAW 350-MAY 6, 1954
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STA T.
SEC. 18. Section 1020 of title 18 of the United States Code is amended to read as follows: "§ 1020. Highway projects "Whoever, being an officer, agent, or employee of the United States, or of any State or Territory, or whoever, whether a person, association, firm, or corporation, knowingly makes any false statement, false representation, or false report as to the character, quality, quantity, or cost of the material used or to be used, or the quantity or quality of the work performed or to be performed, or the costs thereof in connection with the submission of plans, maps, specifications, contracts, or costs of construction of any highway or related project submitted for approval to the Secretary of Commerce; or "Whoever knowingly makes any false statement, false representation, false report, or false claim with respect to the character, quality, quantity, or cost of any work performed or to be performed, or materials furnished or to be furnished, in connection with the construction of any highway or related project approved by the Secretary of Commerce; or "Whoever knowingly makes any false statement or false representation as to a material fact in any statement, certificate, or report submitted pursuant to the provisions of the Federal-Aid Eoad Act approved July 11, 1916 (39 Stat. 355), as amended and supplemented, "Shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both." SEC. 19. All provisions of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1944, approved December 20, 1944 (58 Stat. 838); the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1948, approved June 29, 1948 (62 Stat. 1105); and the FederalAid Highway Act of 1950, approved September 7, 1950 (64 Stat. 785); and the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1952, approved June 25, 1952 (66 Stat. 158), not inconsistent with this Act, shall remain in full force and effect. SEC. 20. If any section, subsection, or other provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of this Act and the application of such section, subsection, or other provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. SEC. 21. All Acts or parts of Acts in any way inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, and this Act shall take effect on its passage. SEC. 22. (a) That all Federal-aid road funds heretofore paid on the section of Federal-Aid Primary Eoute Numbered 39 included in Federal-aid project UI-147 in the State of Connecticut, which section is to be made a part of a highway from the New York State line at Greenwich to the Rhode Island State line at Killingly, planned as an expressway authorized by chapter 107, part IV, General Statutes of Connecticut, 1953 Supplement, shall, prior to the collection of any tolls on said section, be repaid to the Treasurer of the United States, and the amount so repaid shall be deposited to the credit of the appropriation for Federal-aid highways. At the time of such repayment, the project agreement with respect to said Federal-aid project UI-147 shall be cancelled. Any amount so repaid, together with the unpaid balance of any amount programed for expenditure on said project, shall be credited to the unprogramed balance of Federal-aid road funds of the same class last apportioned to the State of Connecticut. The amount so credited shall be in addition to all other funds then apportioned to said State and shall be available for expenditure in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Highway Act (42 Stat. 212), as now or hereafter amended and supplemented.
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