26 Supplies and materials.. 235 261 31 Equipment.. 28 31 41 Grants, subsidies, and contributions.... 1 6,536 699 725 Average number of all employees.. 721 690 721 Number of employees at end of year. Average GS grade.. Average GS salary.. 9.4 $8,577 Average salary, grades established by Public Law 80-313 (61 Stat. 715). Average salary, grades established by Secretary of Commerce... Average salary of ungraded positions. 202 6,750 1 Selected resources as of June 30 are as follows: Unpaid undelivered orders, 1961, $648 thousand; 1962, $615 thousand; 1963, $615 thousand; 1964, $615 thousand. Expenses for administration of the Federal-aid highway programs and for carrying on highway research are met by deductions from Federal-aid authorizations. Administrative services for other programs of the Bureau of Public Roads and for road construction programs of other Federal agencies are initially financed from this activity, and reimbursements of their pro rata share of administrative costs are collected periodically from these programs. Increases provide additional staff to permit more adequate field review of State highway department construction and right-of-way operations and to strengthen research and development, planning, and safety activities of the $18,013 $18,013 Bureau. Funds are provided for additional contract research and development projects and for headquarters rent $7,550 $7.550 formerly funded by the General Services Administration. 1. Engineering and administration.-Provides for direction and management of field operations and development of policies and procedures to implement highway legislation. The field operations are organized in 10 regions with division offices in each of the States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. These offices are responsible for administering the Federal-aid highway programs within the States; assisting in developing adequate State programs for highway planning, research, engineering construction, and maintenance; and carrying out direct Federal highway projects. $7,301 BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADS LIMITATION ON GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES (Trust fund) $5,528 Necessary expenses of administration and research (not to exceed [$36,800,000 $44,650,000), including maintenance of a National Register of Revoked Motor Vehicle Operators' Licenses, as authorized by law (74 Stat. 526), and purchase of [forty-seven] fifty-one passenger motor vehicles of which [forty-four] forty shall be for replacement only, shall be paid, in accordance with law, from appropriations made available by this Act to the Bureau of Public Roads and from advances and reimbursements received by the Bureau of Public Roads. of Public Roads for general administrative and research expenses Of the total amount available from appropriations of the Bureau pursuant to the provisions of title 23, United States Code, section 104(a), $100,000 shall be available for carrying out the provisions of title 23, United States Code, section 309. (23 U.S.C. 303, 307, 313; Department of Commerce Appropriation Act, 1963.) 2. Highway planning.-Provides for systematic current and long-range planning, and broad programing in highway development, and supervision of State planning accomplished with 1%% grant funds provided under 23 U.S.C. 307b. 3. Highway research and development.-Provides for direct and cooperative research and development projects. Supervision is exercised in coordinating research carried TRANSPORTATION-Continued BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADS-Continued LIMITATION ON GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES-continued out with 1% grant funds provided the States. 4. Promotion of highway safety. Provides leadership and support for highway safety activities designed to assist in reducing the large human and economic loss to the Nation through highway accidents. Support of the National Driver Register Service, the President's Committee on Traffic Safety, and the Interdepartmental Highway Safety Board is provided under this activity. 5. Training program.-Provides for recruitment, assignment to training courses, and the placement within the organization of college graduates. Object Classification (in thousands of dollars) 2. Administration and research. Total, direct program costs, funded.. 40,630 239 246 484 12 Personnel benefits... 21 Travel and transportation of persons. 2. Administration and research: 22 Transportation of things.. Commerce: Bureau of Public Roads: 24 Printing and reproduction.. 25 Other services__ Services of other agencies. Public lands highways. 120 520 402 26 Supplies and materials. 31 Equipment... 32 Lands and structures. Miscellaneous accounts. Defense. 5 Total costs. 42 Insurance claims and indemnities. Change in selected resources.. Miscellaneous: 2 Non-Federal sources. 18 44,650 -33 Total, reimbursable program Total obligations.. costs. 3,786 Financing: 103 47 47 Average number of all employees. Number of employees at end of year. Average GS grade.. 8.8 FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS (TRUST FUND) For carrying out the provisions of title 23, United States Code, which are attributable to Federal-aid highways, to remain available until expended, [$3,249,200,000] $3,250,000,000, or SO much thereof as may be available in and derived from the "Highway trust fund"; which sum is composed of [$1,508,261,397] $1,339,157,314, the balance of the amount authorized for the fiscal year [1961, and $1,735,000,000] 1962, and $1,909,344,772 (or so much thereof as may be available in and derived from the "Highway trust fund"), a part of the amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year [1962] 1963, [$4,938,603] $2,261,713 for reimbursement of the sums expended for the repair or reconstruction of highways and bridges which have been damaged or destroyed by floods, hurricanes, or landslides, as provided by title Non-Federal sources (23 U.S.C. 308 (a-b)).. (-): Additional authorization for primary, secondary, and urban sys tems.. -177 -3 3,069,056 2,762,021 2,644,371 26,544 Contract authorization... 3,355,003 24,535 3,580,000 25,000 3,705,000 Grants are made to States for construction and improvement of Federal-aid highways. Authorizations are provided in the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 to cover 90% of the costs of completing the 41,000-mile National System of Interstate and Defense Highways and to match State funds on a 50-50 basis for the primary, secondary, and urban programs. The Federal share of the cost is increased in those States with large areas of public domain. Payments to the States are made out of transfers from the Highway trust fund into which are deposited certain percentages of tax receipts on motor fuel, tires and tubes, tread rubber, trucks, buses, trailers, and truck use. The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1961 authorized additional appropriations for the Interstate program which, based upon the latest estimated cost to complete the system, will insure the orderly prosecution of the program and completion by 1972 as was intended by the Congress in enacting the 1956 Highway Act. The 1961 Act also provided increased revenues to finance these increased authorizations. Additional annual authorizations of $950 million for 1964 and $975 million for 1965 were authorized by the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1962 to provide for the continuation of the Federal-aid primary, secondary and urban programs. These authorizations are available for use in the year prior to the year for which authorized. As of October 1, 1962, more than 13,000 miles of the 41,000-mile Interstate System were open to traffic. Approximately 66% (8,607 miles) was built or improved under the Federal-aid Interstate program, most of it under the 90% Federal, 10% State matching program launched in 1956. Toll roads, bridges, and tunnels incorporated in the system totaled 2,302 miles. In addition to the sections open to traffic, 4,894 miles were under construction with Interstate funds, and engineering and right-of-way acquisition was in progress on another 10,785 miles. Thus, some form of work was underway or completed on 28,808 miles of the 41,000-mile system-about 71% of the total system mileage. Construction projects involving 137,465 miles in the regular Federal-aid program (primary, secondary, and urban) have been completed since July 1, 1956, at a total cost of $9 billion, and contracts involving 25,827 miles at a cost of $3 billion were authorized or underway as of July 1, 1962. In addition, $633 million of engineering and right-of-way acquisition work had been completed and $490 million was underway. Actual and estimated progress of Federal-aid programs are summarized in the following table: TRANSPORTATION-Continued BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADS-Continued FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS (TRUST FUND)-continued NATIONAL SYSTEM OF INTERSTATE AND DEFENSE HIGHWAYS-STATUS OF PROGRAM AS OF DECEMBER 1, 1962 FOREST HIGHWAYS (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions of title 23, United States Code, section 204, pursuant to contract authorization granted by title 23, United States Code, section 203, to remain available until expended, [$32,000,000] $33,000,000, which sum is composed of [$7,850,000] $3,850,000, the balance of the amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year [1961, and $24,150,000] 1962, and $29,150,000, a part of the amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year [1962] 1963: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for the rental, purchase, construction, or alteration of buildings and sites necessary for the storage and repair of equipment and supplies used for road construction and maintenance but the total cost of any such item under this authorization shall not exceed $15,000. (Department of Commerce Appropriation Act, 1963; Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1962 (76 Stat. 1145).) |