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[82 STAT. 823]
PUBLIC LAW 90-000—MMMM. DD, 1968
[82 STAT. 823]

82 STAT. ]

PUBLIC LAW 90-495-AUG. 23, 1968

eluding the Bureau of Public Roads) which are incurred under this title and are attributable to Federal-aid highways. No funds authorized to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund shall be used to pay the administrative expenses of any other Federal department, agency, office, or instrumentality, or any other agency, instrumentality, or entity established by Federal law, executive order, or otherwise by the Federal Government, either by transfer or funds, reassignment of personnel or activities, contract, or otherwise, unless the expenditures are to meet obligations incurred under this title, which are attributable to Federal^aid highways and are— " (1) contracted for in accordance with the Act of March 4, 1915, as amended (31 U.S.C. 686) and (A) relate to work or services of a type not usually performed by the Federal Highway Administration or (B) relate to the furnishing of materials, supplies, or equipment; or "(2) are specifically identified in the budget and included in an appropriation Act." ADDITIONS TO THE I N T E R S T A T E

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SYSTEM

SEC. 16. (a) Chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended 23 USC 101by adding at the end thereof the following new section: PoJt, pp^'sle, ' "§ 139. Additions to Interstate System ^^^ "Wlienever the Secretary determines that a highway on the Federalaid primary system meets all of the standards of a highway on the Interstate System and that such highway is a logical addition or connection to the Interstate System, he may, upon the affirmative recommendation of the State or States involved, designate such highway as a part of the Interstate System. The mileage of any highway designated as part of the Interstate System under this section shall not be charged against the limitation established by the first sentence of section 103(d) of this title. The designation of a highway as part of ^"'e. p. 822. the Interstate System under this section shall create no Federal financial responsibility with respect to such highway." (b) The analysis of chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: '•139. Additions to Interstate System." F U N C T I O N A L H I G H W A Y CLASSIFICATION

STUDY

SEC. 17. The Secretary of Transportation shall, in the report to Congress required to be submitted by January 1970 by section 3 of the Act of August 28, 1965 (79 Stat. 578; Public Law 89-139), include ^^22 USC 101 the results of a systematic nationwide functional highway classification study to be made in cooperation with the State highway departments and local governments with particular attention to the establishment of highway system categories, rural and urban, according to the functional importance of routes, desirable as one of the bases for realigning Federal highway programs to better meet future needs and priorities. PRESERVATION OF P A R K L A N D S

SEC. 18. (a) Section 138 of title 23, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:

    • § 138. Preservation of parklands

" I t is hereby declared to be the national policy that special effort should be made to preserve the natural beauty of the countryside and public park and recreation lands^ wildlife and waterfowl refuges, and historic sites. The Secretary of Transportation shall cooperate

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8° Stat. 771.