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PUBLIC LAW 000—MMMM. DD, 1956
[70 Stat. 387]

70 S T A T. ]

PUBLIC LAW 627-JUNE 29, 1956

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ized, such appropriations to be reimbursed from the appropriation herein authorized when made: Provided further, That no expenditures shall be made hereunder with respect to any such catastrophe in any State unless an emergency has been declared by the Governor of such State and concurred in by the Secretary of Commerce: Provided further, That the Federal share payable on account of any repair or reconstruction project provided for by funds made available under this section shall not exceed 50 per centum of the cost thereof: Arid provided further, That the funds herein authorized shall be available for use on any projects programed and approved at any time during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1956, and thereafter, which meet the provisions of this section, including projects which may have been previously approved during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1956, from any other category of funds under the Federal-Aid Road Act approved July 11, 1916, as amended and supplemented." SEC. 119. DEFINITION OF CONSTRUCTION. The definition of the term "construction" in section 1 of the FederalAid Highway Act of 1944 is hereby amended by inserting after "map- ss stau ||^«^^^^ ping" the following: "(including the establishment of temporary and permanent geodetic markers in accordance with specifications of the Coast and Geodetic Survey in the Department of Commerce)". SEC. 120. ARCHEOLOGICAL AND PALEONTOLOGICAL SALVAGE. Funds authorized by this title to be appropriated, to the extent approved as necessary by the highway department of any State, may be used for archeological and paleontological salvage in that State in compliance with the Act entitled "An Act for the preservation of American antiquities", approved June 8, 1906 (34 Stat. 225), and le use 431-433. State laws where applicable. SEC. 121. MAPPING. I n carrying out the provisions of this title the Secretary of Commerce may, wherever practicable, authorize the use of photogrammetric methods in mapping, and the utilization of commercial enterprise for such services. SEC. 122. RELATIONSHIP OF THIS TITLE TO OTHER ACTS; EFFECTIVE DATE. All provisions of the Federal-Aid Road Act approved July 11, 1916, ^9 stat^sss. ^^^ together with all Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, note; le use 503. not inconsistent with this title, shall remain in full force and effect and be applicable hereto. All Acts or parts of Acts in any way inconsistent with the provisions of this title are hereby repealed. This title shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

TITLE II—HIGHWAY REVENUE ACT OF 1956 SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE FOR TITLE II. (a) SHORT TITLE.—This title may be cited as the "Highway Revenue Act of 1956". (b) AMENDMENT OF 1954 CODE.—Whenever in this title an amendment is expressed in terms of an amendment to a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. SEC. 202. INCREASE IN TAXES ON DIESEL FUEL AND ON SPECIAL MOTOR FUELS. (a) DIESEL FUEL.—Subsection (a) of section 4041 (relating to tax on diesel fuel) is amended by striking out "2 cents a gallon" and in-

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