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(b) PARKWAYS.—For the construction, reconstruction, and improvement of parkways, authorized by Acts of Congress, on lands to which title is vested in the United States, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $16,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1960, and a like sum for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1961. (c) INDIAN RESERVATIONS AND LANDS.—For the construction, recon-
struction, and improvement of Indian reservation roads and bridges and roads and bridges to provide access to Indian reservations and Indian lands under the provisions of the Act approved May 26, 1928 (45 Stat. 750), there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the 25 USC 31 sa. sum of $12,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1960, and a like sum for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1961: Provided, That the location, type, and design of all roads and bridges constructed shall be approved by the Secretary of Commerce before any expenditures are made thereon, and all such construction shall be under the general supervision of the Secretary of Commerce. SEC. 5. PUBLIC LANDS HIGHWAYS. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of section 10 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1950 (64 Stat. 785), there is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the survey, construction, reconstruction, and maintenance of main roads through unappropriated or unreserved public lands, nontaxable Indian lands, or other Federal reservations the additional sum of $1,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1959, and the sum of $3,000,000 for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1960, and June 30, 1961. SEC. 6. SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR FEDERAL DOMAIN ROADS, ETC. Any funds authorized herein for forest highways, forest development roads and trails, park roads and trails, parkways, Indian roads, and public lands highways shall be available for contract upon apportionment, or a date not earlier than one year preceding the beginning of the fiscal year for which authorized if no apportionment is required: Provided, That any amount remaining unexpended two years after the close of the fiscal year for which authorized shall lapse. The Secretary of the department charged with the administration of such funds is hereby granted authority to incur obligations, approve projects, and enter into contracts under such authorizations, and his action in doing so shall be deemed a contractual obligation of the Federal Government for the payment of the cost thereof, and such funds shall be deemed to have been expended when so obligated. Any funds heretofore, herein, or hereafter authorized for?a\y fiscal year for forest highways, forest development roads and trails, park roads and trails, parkways, Indian roads, and public lands highways shall be deemed to have been expended if a sum equal to the total of the sums authorized for such fiscal year and previous fiscal years since and including the fiscal year ending June 30, 1955, shall have been obligated. Any of such funds released by payment of final voucher or modification of project authorization shall be credited to the balance of unobligated authorizations and be immediately available for expenditure. SEC. 7. (a)
AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR INTERSTATE
SYSTEM.—Section 108(b) of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 (70 Stat. 374) is hereby amended to read as follows: " (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the purpose of expediting the construction, reconstruction, or improvement, inclusive of necessary bridges and tunnels, of the Interstate System, including extensions thereof through urban areas, designated in accordance with the provisions of section 7 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1944 (58 Stat. 838)', there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the additional sum of $1,000,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30,
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