not, pursuant to subsection (c) of section 402 of title 23, United States Code, withhold any apportionment or any funds apportioned to any State because such State is failing to implement a highway safety program approved by the Secretary in accordance with such section 402.

STEERING AXLE STUDY

SEC. 210. The Secretary of Transportation is directed to conduct an investigation into the relationship between the gross load on front steering axles of truck tractors and the safety of operation of vehicle combinations of which such truck tractors are a part. Such investigation shall be conducted in cooperation with representatives of (A) manufacturers of truck tractors and related equipment, (B) labor, and (C) users of such equipment. The Secretary shall report the results of such study to the Congress not later than July 1, 1977.

LIMITATIONS

SEC. 213. To the extent that any section of this title provides new or increased authority to enter into contracts under which outlays will be made from funds other than the Highway Trust Fund, such new or increased authority shall be effective for any fiscal year only in such amounts as are provided in appropriations Acts.

FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY ACT OF 1978

Public Law 95-599, 95th Cong., Nov. 6, 1978

AN ACT To authorize appropriations for the construction of certain highways in accordance with title 23 of the United States Code, for highway safety, for mass transportation in urban and in rural areas, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978".

TITLE I

SHORT TITLE

SEC. 101. This title may be cited as the "Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1978".

AUTHORIZATION OF USE OF COST ESTIMATES FOR APPORTIONMENT OF

INTERSTATE FUNDS

SEC. 103. The Secretary of Transportation shall apportion for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980, the sums authorized to be appropriated for

such periods by section 108(b) of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, as amended, for expenditures on the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, using the apportionment factors contained in revised table 5 of Committee Print 95-49 of the Committee on Public Works and Transportation of the House of Representatives.

HIGHWAY AUTHORIZATION

SEC. 104. (a) For the purposes of carrying out the provisions of title 23, United States Code, the following sums are hereby authorized to be appropriated:

(1) For the Federal-aid primary system in rural areas, including the extensions of the Federal-aid primary system in urban areas, and the priority primary routes, out of the Highway Trust Fund, $1,550,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, $1,700,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980, $1,800,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981, and $1,500,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982. For the Federal-aid secondary system in rural areas, out of the Highway Trust Fund, $500,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, $550,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980, $600,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981, and $400,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982.

(2) For the Federal-aid urban system, out of Highway Trust Fund, $800,000,000 per fiscal year for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1979, September 30, 1980, September 30, 1981, and September 30, 1982.

(3) For the forest highways, out of the Highway Trust Fund, $33,000,000 per fiscal year for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1979, September 30, 1980, September 30, 1981, and September 30, 1982.

(4) For public lands highways, out of the Highway Trust Fund, $16,000,000 per fiscal year for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1979, September 30, 1980, September 30, 1981, and September 30, 1982.

(5) For forest development roads and trails, $140,000,000 per fiscal year for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1979, September 30, 1980, September 30, 1981, and September 30, 1982.

(6) For public lands development roads and trails, $10,000,000 per fiscal year for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1979, September 30, 1980, September 30, 1981, and September 30, 1982.

(7) For park roads and trails, $30,000,000 per fiscal year for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1979, September 30, 1980, September 30, 1981, and September 30, 1982.

(8) For parkways, $45,000,000 per fiscal year for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1979, September 30, 1980, September 30, 1981, and September 30, 1982. The entire cost of any parkway project on any Federalaid system paid under the authorization contained in this paragraph shall be paid from the Highway Trust Fund.

(9) For Indian reservation roads and bridges, $83,000,000 per fiscal year for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1979. September 30, 1980, September 30, 1981, and September 30, 1982.

(10) For economic growth center development highways under section 143 of title 23, United States Code, out of the Highway Trust Fund, $50,000,000 per fiscal year for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1979, September 30, 1980, September 30, 1981, and September 30, 1982.

(11) For necessary administrative expenses in carrying out section 131 and section 136 of title 23, United States Code, $1,500,000 per fiscal year for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1979, September 30, 1980, September 30, 1981, and September 30, 1982.

(12) For carrying out section 215(a) of title 23, United States Code

(A) for the Virgin Islands, not to exceed $5,000,000 per fiscal year for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1979, September 30, 1980, September 30, 1981, and September 30, 1982.

(B) for Guam, not to exceed $5,000,000 per fiscal year for each of the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, September 30, 1980, September 30, 1981, and September 30, 1982.

(C) for American Samoa, not to exceed $1,000,000 per fiscal year for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1979, September 30, 1980, September 30, 1981, and September 30, 1982.

Sums authorized by this paragraph shall be available for obligation at the beginning of the period for which authorized in the same manner and to the same extent as if such sums were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code.

(13) For the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, not to exceed $1,000,000 per fiscal year for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1979, September 30, 1980. September 30, 1981, and September 30, 1982. Sums authorized by this paragraph shall be expended in the same manner as sums authorized to carry out section 215 of title 23, United States Code. Sums authorized by this paragraph shall be available for obligation at the beginning of the period for which authorized in the same manner and to the same extent as if such sums were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code.

(14) For the Northeast corridor demonstration program under section 322 of title 23, United States Code, $45,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, and $40,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980.

(15) For the Great River Road $10,000,000 per fiscal year for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1979, September 30, 1980, September 30, 1981, and September 30, 1982, for construction or reconstruction of roads not on a Federal-aid highway system; and out of the Highway Trust Fund, $25,000,000 per fiscal year for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1979, September 30, 1980, September 30, 1981, and September 30,

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1982, for construction or reconstruction of roads on a Federal-aid highway system.

(16) For control of outdoor advertising under section 131 of title 23, United States Code $30,000,000 per fiscal year for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1979, September 30, 1980, September 30, 1981, and September 30, 1982.

(17) For safer off-system roads under section 219 of title 23, United States Code, $200,000,000 per fiscal year for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1979, September 30, 1980, September 30, 1981, and September 30, 1982.

(18) For access highways under section 155 of title 23, United States Code, $15,000,000 per fiscal year for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1979, September 30, 1980, September 30, 1981, and September 30, 1982.

(b) (1) For each of the fiscal years 1980, 1981, 1982, and 1983, no State including the State of Alaska, shall receive less than one-half of 1 per centum of the total apportionment for the Interstate System under section 104(b) (5) of title 23, United States Code. Whenever amounts made available under this subsection for the Interstate System in any State exceed the estimated cost of completing that State's portion of the Interstate System, and exceed the estimated cost of necessary resurfacing, restoration, and rehabilitation of the Interstate System within such State, the excess amount shall be eligible for expenditure for those purposes for which funds apportioned under paragraphs (1), (2), (6) of such section 104(b) may be expended and shall also be available for expenditure to carry out section 152 of title 23, United States Code. In order to carry out this subsection, and section 158 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1973, there are authorized to be appropriated, out of the Highway Trust Fund, not to exceed $125,000,000 per fiscal year for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1980, September 30, 1981, September 30, 1982, and September 30, 1983.

(2) In addition to funds otherwise authorized, $85,000,000, out of the Highway Trust Fund, is hereby authorized for the purpose of completing routes designated under the urban high density traffic program prior to May 5, 1976. Such sums shall be in addition to sums previously authorized.

(c) In the case of priority primary routes, $125,000,000 per fiscal year of the sums authorized for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1979, September 30, 1980, September 30, 1981, and September 30, 1982, by subsection (a)(1) of this section for such routes, shall not be apportioned. Such $125,000,000 of each such authorized sum shall be available for obligation on the date of apportionment of funds for each such fiscal year in the same manner and to the same extent as the sums apportioned on such date, except that such $125,000,000 shall be available for obligation at the discretion of the Secretary of Transportation only for projects of unusually high cost or which require long periods of time for their construction. Any

part of such $125,000,00 not obligated by such Secretary on or before the last day of the fiscal year for which authorized shall be immediately apportioned in the same manner as funds apportioned for the next succeeding fiscal year for primary system routes, and available for obligation for the same periods as such apportionment.

(d) (1) Twenty per centum or more of the apportionment for each fiscal year to each State of the sum authorized in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this section for the Federal-aid primary system (including extensions in urban areas and priority primary routes) for such fiscal year shall be obligated in such State for projects for the resurfacing, restoration, and rehabilitation of highways on such system.

(2) Twenty per centum or more of the apportionment for each fiscal year to each State of the sum authorized in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this section for the Federal-aid secondary system for such fiscal year shall be obligated in such State for projects for the resurfacing, restoration, and rehabilitation of highways on such system.

INTERSTATE SYSTEM RESURFACING

SEC. 105. In addition to any other funds authorized to be appropriated, there is authorized to be appropriated, out of the Highway Trust Fund, not to exceed $175,000,000 per fiscal year for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1980 and September 30, 1981, and not to exceed $275,000,000 per fiscal year for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1982 and September 30, 1983. Such sums shall be obligated for projects for resurfacing, restoring, and rehabilitating those lanes on the Interstate System which have been in use for more than five years and which are not on toll roads, except that where a State certifys to the Secretary that any part of such sums are excess to the needs of such State for resurfacing, restoring or rehabilitating Interstate System lanes and the Secretary accepts such certification, such State may transfer sums apportioned to it under section 104(b) (5) (B) to its apportionment under section 104(b) (1). Such sums may also be obligated for projects for resurfacing, restoring, and rehabilitating lanes in use for more than five years on a toll road which has been designated as a part of the Interstate System if an agreement satisfactory to the Secretary of Transportation has been reached with the State highway department and any public authority with jurisdiction over such toll road prior to the approval of such project that the toll road will become free to the public upon the collection of tolls sufficient to liquidate the cost of the toll road or any bonds outstanding at the time constituting a valid lien against it, and the cost of maintenance and operation and debt service during the period of toll collections. The agreement referred to in the preceding sentence shall contain a provision requiring that if, for any reason, a toll road receiving Federal assistance under this section does not become free to the public upon collection of sufficient tolls, as specified in the preceding sentence, Federal