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(d) The provisions of this section shall apply only to projects constructed on a Federal-aid system or under the provisions of chapter 2 of this title.

Sec. 318. Highway relocation due to airport

Federal highway funds shall not be used for the reconstruction or relocation of any highway giving access to an airport constructed or extended after December 20, 1944, or for the reconstruction or relocation of any highway which has been or may be closed or the usefulness of which has been or may be impaired by the location or construction of any airport constructed or extended after December 20, 1944, unless, prior to such construction or extension, as the case may be, the State highway department and the Secretary have concurred with the officials in charge of the airport that the location of such airport or extension thereof and the consequent reconstruction or relocation of the highway are in the public interest.

Sec. 319. Landscaping and scenic enhancement

(a) The Secretary may approve as a part of the construction of Federal-aid highways the costs of landscape and roadside development, including acquisition and development of publicly owned and controlled rest and recreation areas and sanitary and other facilities reasonably necessary to accommodate the traveling public.

(b) An amount equivalent to 3 per centum of the funds apportioned to a State for Federal-aid highways for any fiscal year shall be allocated to that State out of funds appropriated under authority of this subsection, which shall be used for landscape and roadside development within the highway right-of-way and for acquision of interests in and improvement of strips of land necessary for the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of scenic beauty adjacent to such highways, including acquisition and development of publicly owned and controlled rest and recreation areas and sanitary and other facilities within or adjacent to the highway right-of-way reasonably necessary to accommodate the traveling public, without being matched by the State. The Secretary may authorize exceptions from this requirement, upon application of a State and upon a showing that such amount is in excess of the needs of the State for these purposes. Any funds not used as required by this subsection shall lapse. There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, not to exceed $120,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, and not to exceed $120,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967. No part of the Highway Trust Fund shall be available to carry out this subsection. 65a

Sec. 320. Bridges on Federal dams

(a) Each executive department, independent establishment, office, board, bureau, commission, authority, administration, corporation wholly owned or controlled by the United States, or other agency of the Government of the United States, hereinafter collectively and individually referred to as "agency", which on or after July 29, 1946,

65a Revised by sec. 301 of Public Law 89-285, Oct. 22, 1965 (79 Stat. 1032).

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has jurisdiction over and custody of any dam constructed or to be constructed and owned by or for the United States, is authorized, with any funds available to it, to design and construct any such dam in such manner that it will constitute and serve as a suitable and adequate foundation to support a public highway bridge upon and across such dam, and to design and construct upon the foundation thus provided a public highway bridge upon and across such dam. The highway department of the State in which such dam shall be located, jointly with the Secretary, shall first determine and certify to such agency that such bridge is economically desirable and needed as a link in the State or Federal-aid highway systems, and shall request such agency to design and construct such dam so that it will serve as a suitable and adequate foundation for a public highway bridge and to design and construct such public highway bridge upon and across such dam, and shall agree to reimburse such agency pursuant to subsection (d) of this section for any additional costs which it may be required to incur because of the design and construction of such damn so that it will serve as a foundation for a public highway bridge and for expenditures which it may find it necessary to make in designing and constructing such public highway bridge upon and across such dam. In no case shall the design and construction of a bridge upon and across such dam be undertaken hereunder except by the agency having jurisdiction over and custody of the dam, acting directly or through contractors employed by it, and after such agency shall determine that it will be structurally feasible and will not interfere with the proper functioning and operation of the dam.

(b) Construction of any bridge upon and across any dam pursuant to this section shall not be commenced unless and until the State in which such bridge is to be located, or the appropriate subdivision of such State, shall enter into agreement with such agency and with the Secretary to construct, or cause to be constructed, with or without the aid of Federal funds, the approach roads necessary to connect such bridge with existing public highways and to maintain, or cause to be maintained, such approach roads from and after their completion. Such agreement may also provide for the design and construction of such bridge upon and across the dam by such agency of the United States and for reimbursing such agency the costs incurred by it in the design and construction of the bridge as provided in subsection (d) of this section. Any such agency is hereby authorized to convey to the State, or to the appropriate subdivision thereof, without costs, such easements and rights-of-way in its custody or over lands of the United States in its custody and control as may be necessary, convenient, or proper for the location, construction, and maintenance of the approach roads referred to in this section including such roadside parks or recreational areas of limited size as may be deemed necessary for the accommodation of the traveling public. Any bridge constructed pursuant to this section upon and across a dam in the custody and jurisdiction of any agency of the United States, including such portion thereof, if any, as may extend beyond the physical limits of the dam, shall constitute and remain a part of said dam and be maintained by the agency. Any such agency may enter into any such contracts and agreements with the State or its subdivisions respecting public use of any bridge so located and constructed as may be deemed

appropriate, but no such bridge shall be closed to public use by the agency except in cases of emergency or when deemed necessary in the interest of national security.66

(c) All costs and expenses incurred and expenditures made by any agency in the exercise of the powers and authority conferred by this section (but not including any costs, expenses, or expenditures which would have been required in any event to satisfy a legal road or bridge relocation obligation or to meet operating or other agency needs) shall be recorded and kept separate and apart from the other costs, expenses, and expenditures of such agency, and no portion thereof shall be charged or allocated to flood control, navigation, irrigation, fertilizer production, the national defense, the development of power, or other program, purpose, or function of such agency.

(d) Not to exceed $13,000,000 of any money heretofore or hereafter appropriated for expenditure in accordance with the provisions of this title or prior Acts shall be available for expenditure by the Secretary in accordance with the provisions of this section, as an emergency fund, to reimburse any agency for any additional costs or expenditures which it may be required to incur because of the design and construction of any such dam so that it will constitute and serve as a foundation for a public highway bridge upon and across such dam and to reimburse any such agency for any costs, expenses, or expenditures which it may be required to make in designing and constructing any such bridge upon and across a dam in accordance with the provisions of this section, except such costs, expenses, or expenditures as would have been required of such agency in any event to satisfy a legal obligation to relocate a highway or bridge or to meet operating or other agency needs, and there is authorized to be appropriated any sum or sums necessary to reimburse the funds so expended by the Secretary from time to time under the authority of this section. Of each bridge constructed upon and across a dam under the provisions of this section, there may be financed wholly with Federal funds that portion thereof which is located within the physical limits of the masonry structure, or structures, of the dam, and the Secretary shall in his sole discretion determine what additional portion of the bridge, if any, may be so financed, such determination to be final and conclusive. The remainder of the bridge, and any necessary related approach roads, shall be financed by the State or its appropriate subdivision with or without the aid of Federal funds; but said portion of the bridge so financed by the State or its subdivisions, including such portion thereof, if any, as may extend beyond the physical limits of the dam, shall nevertheless be designed and constructed solely by the agency having custody and jurisdiction of the dam as provided in subsection (a) of this

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(e) In making, reviewing, or approving the design of any bridge or approach structure to be constructed under this section, the agency shall, in matters relating to roadway design, loadings, clearances and widths, and traffic safeguards, give full consideration to and be guided by the standards and advice of the Secretary.

(f) The authority conferred by this section shall be in addition to and not in limitation of authority conferred upon any agency by any other law, and nothing in this section contained shall affect or be

66 Amended by sec. 4(c) of Public Law 88-423, Aug. 13, 1964 (78 Stat. 397). 67 Amended by sec. 108 of Public Law 86-342, Sept. 21, 1959 (73 Stat. 611).

deemed to relate to any bridge, approach structure, or highway constructed or to be constructed by any such agency in furtherance of its lawful purposes and requirements or to satisfy a legal obligation incurred independently of this section.

OTHER PROVISIONS OF PUBLIC LAW 85-767, APPROVED AUGUST 27, 1958 (72 STAT. 885), NOT CODIFIED IN TITLE 23, UNITED STATES CODE

Repeal of prior acts

SEC. 2. The following Acts and portion of Acts cited by reference to the Statutes at Large, except for the provisions and sections hereinafter excepted, are hereby repealed:

1. Act of July 11, 1916 (39 Stat., ch. 241, page 355).

2. Sections 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 of Act of February 28, 1919 (40 Stat., ch. 60, page 1189 at 1200-1202).

3. Act of November 9, 1921 (42 Stat., ch. 119, page 212).

4. Section 4 of Act of June 19, 1922 (42 Stat., ch. 227, page 652

at 660-661).

5. Section 1 of Act of March 10, 1924 (43 Stat., ch. 46, page 17).

6. Act of February 12, 1925 (43 Stat., ch. 219, page 889).

7. Act of June 22, 1926 (44 Stat., ch. 648, page 760).

8. Act of March 3, 1927 (44 Stat., ch. 370, page 1398).
9. Act of May 21, 1928 (45 Stat., ch. 660, page 683).
10. Act of May 26, 1928 (45 Stat., ch. 755, page 750).
11. Act of April 4, 1930 (46 Stat., ch. 105, page 141).
12. Act of May 5, 1930 (46 Stat., ch. 226, page 261).
13. Act of June 24, 1930 (46 Stat., ch. 593, page 805).

14. Act of February 20, 1931 (46 Stat., ch. 231, page 1173).

15. Act of February 23, 1931 (46 Stat., ch. 283, page 1415).

16. Section 304 of Act of July 21, 1932 (47 Stat., ch. 520, page 709 at 722).

17. Subsection (g) of section 204 of Act of June 16, 1933 (48 Stat., ch. 90, page 195 at 204).

18. Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat., ch. 586, page 993).

19. Act of June 16, 1936 (49 Stat., ch. 582, page 1519).

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20. Act of June 23, 1936 (49 Stat., ch. 730, page 1891).

21. Act of June 8, 1938 (52 Stat., ch. 328, page 633), except the following provision: Section 4 thereof.

22. Act of July 19, 1939 (53 Stat., ch. 328, page 1066).

23. Act of September 5, 1940 (54 Stat., ch. 715, page 867).

24. Act of November 19, 1941 (55 Stat., ch. 474, page 765).

25. Act of July 2, 1942 (56 Stat., ch. 474, page 562).

26. Act of July 13, 1943 (57 Stat., ch. 236, page 560), except the following provision: Subsection (a) of section 7 thereof.

27. Act of April 4, 1944 (58 Stat., ch. 164, page 189).

28. Act of December 20, 1944 (58 Stat., ch. 626, page 838).
29. Act of July 31, 1945 (59 Stat., ch. 333, page 507).
30. Act of July 29, 1946 (60 Stat., ch. 694, page 709).
31. Act of June 21, 1947 (61 Stat., ch. 114, page 136).
32. Act of June 29, 1948 (62 Stat., ch. 732, page 1105).
33. Act of September 7, 1950 (64 Stat. 785).

34. Act of October 15, 1951 (65 Stat., ch. 501, page 421), except the following provision: Section 1 thereof.

35. Act of October 16, 1951 (65 Stat., ch. 507, page 422).

36. Act of June 25, 1952 (66 Stat., ch. 462, page 158), except the following provisions:

(a) The first two paragraphs of section 1;

(b) The first sentence of section 2;

(c) In section 3 in the first sentence the following words: "For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of section 23 of the Federal Highway Act (42 Stat. 218), as amended and supplemented, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated (1) for forest highways the sum of $22,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1954, and a like sum for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1955, and (2) for forest development roads and trails the sum of $22,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1955.";

(d) In subsection (a) of section 4 the following words: "For the construction, reconstruction, and improvement of roads and trails, inclusive of necessary bridges, in national parks, monuments, and other areas administered by the National Park Service, including areas authorized to be established as national parks and monuments, and national park and monument approach roads authorized by the Act of January 31, 1931 (46 Stat. 1053), as amended, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1955.";

(e) Subsection (b) of section 4;

(f) In subsection (c) of section 4 the following words: "For the construction, improvement, and maintenance 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 sum of $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1955.":

(g) In the first sentence of section 5 the following words: "Recognizing the mutual benefits that will accrue to the Republic of Nicaragua and to the United States from the completion of the road from San Benito to Rama in said Republic of Nicaragua, the construction of which road was begun and partially completed pursuant to an agreement between said Republic and the United States, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated $2,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1954, for the construction of such road, to be available until expended.";

(h) The first sentence of section 6;

(i) In section 8 the following words: "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 sum of $2,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1955, to remain available until expended."

(i) Section 10 to the first proviso.

37. Act of May 6, 1954 (68 Stat., ch. 181, page 70), except the following provisions:

(a) The first two paragraphs of section 1;

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