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Ante. p. 275.
PUBLIC LAW 93-87-AUG. 13, 1973
" (a) Funds available for parkways shall be used to pay for the cost of construction and improvement thereof, including the acquisition of rights-of-way and related scenic easements." ^i^^ Section 207 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: " (d) Any parkway project on a Federal-aid system shall be subject to all of the requirements of this title and of any other law applicable to highways on such system." RESEARCH A N D
77 Stat. 277. Ante, p. 256.
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PLANNING
SEC. 151. Subsection (c)(1) of section 307 of title 28, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "(c)(1) Not to exceed 11^ per centum of the sums apportioned for each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 1974 to any State under section 104 of this title shall be available for expenditure upon request of the State highway department, with the approval of the Secretary, with or without State funds, for engineering and economic surveys and investigations; for the planning of future highway programs and local public transportation systems and for planning for the financing thereof; for studies of the economy, safety, and convenience of highway usage and the desirable regulation and equitable taxation thereof; and for research and development, necessary in connection with the planning, design, construction, and maintenance of highways and highway systems, and the regulation and taxation of their use." TEC^HNICAL AMENDMENTS
72 Stat. 885. 84 Stat. 1734.
72 Stat. 901, ^
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SEC. 152. Title 23, United States Code, is amended as follows: (1) Section 101(a) is amended by striking out "Secretary of (Commerce" and inserting in lieu thereof "Secretary of Transportation". (2) Section 109(g) is amended by striking out "Ret" and inserting in lieu thereof "Act". (3) Sections 126(a) and 310 are amended by striking out "Commerce" each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "Transportation". (4) The heading of section 303 is amended to read: "Administration organization.*' (5) Sections 308(b), 309, 312, and 314 are amended by striking out "Bureau of Public Roads" each place it appears and inserting in lie\i thereof "Federal Highway Administration". (6) Sections 312 and 314 are amended by striking out "Commerce" each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "Transportation". INCREASED FEDERAL S H A R E — EFFECTIVE DATE
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SEC. 153. Subsection (b) of section 108 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1970 is amended to read as follows:
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"(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) of this section shall take effect with respect to all obligations incurred after June 30, 1973." TERMINATION OF FEDERAL-AID
RELATIONSHIP
SEC. 154. (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of Federal law or any court decision to the contrary, the contractual relationship between the Federal and State Governments shall be ended with respect to all portions of the San Antonio North Expressway between Interstate Highway 35 and Interstate Tjoop 410, and the expressway shall cease to be a Federal-aid project.
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