Public Law 73–586

That for the purpose

Emergency construction of public highways, etc.

Appropriation authorized.

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of increasing employment by providing for emergency construction of public highways and other related projects there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $200,000,000, which shall be apportioned by the Secretary of Agriculture immediately

Apportionment of, among the several States.

Ante, p. 203.

upon the passage of tins Act under the provisions of section 204 of the National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933 (in addition to any sums heretofore allocated under such section), in making grants under said section to the several States to be expended

Expenditure.

by their highway departments pursuant to the provisions of such section, and to remain available until expended: Provided, That

Provisos.

Approval by Secretary of Agriculture; effect.

the Secretary of Agriculture shall act upon projects submitted to him under his apportionment of this authorization, and his approval of any such project shall be deemed a contractual obligation of the Federal Government for the payment of its proportional contribution thereto: Provided further, That not less than 25 per centum

Amount for secondary and feeder roads.

of the apportionment to any State shall be applied to secondary or feeder roads, including farm to market roads, rural free delivery mail roads, and public-school bus routes, except that the Secretary of Agriculture, upon request and satisfactory showing from the highway department of any State, may fix a less percentage of the apportionment of such State for expenditure on secondary or feeder roads: And provided further, That any funds allocated under the

Constructing safer traffic facilities, etc.

provisions of section 204 (a) (2) of such Act shall also be available for the cost of any construction that will provide safer traffic facilities or definitely eliminate existing hazards to pedestrian or vehicular traffic.

Sec. 2.

To further increase employment by providing for emergency construction of public highways and other related projects, there is hereby also authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $24,000,000 for allotment under the provisions of section 205 (a) of the National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16, 1933 (in addition to any sums heretofore allotted under such section), to be expended for the survey, construction, reconstruction, and maintenance of highways, roads, trails, bridges, and related projects in national parks and monuments (including areas transferred to the National

Executive Order No. 6166.

Park Service for administration by Executive order dated June 10, 1933), national forests, Indian reservations, and public lands, pursuant to the provisions of such section, and to remain available until expended.

Sec. 3.

Not to exceed $10,000,000 of any money heretofore, herein, or hereafter appropriated for expenditure in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Highway Act shall be available for expenditure by the Secretary of Agriculture, in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Highway Act, as an emergency relief fund, after receipt of an application therefor from the highway department of any State, in the repair or reconstruction of highways and bridges on the system of Federal-aid highways, which he finds, after investigation, have been damaged or destroyed by floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, or landslides, and there is hereby authorized to be appropriated any sum or sums necessary to reimburse the funds so expended from time to time under the authority of this section.

Sec. 4.

For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to provide that the United States shall aid the States in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes ”, approved July 11, 1916, and all Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the following sums, to be expended according to the provisions of such Act as amended: The sum of $125,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936; and the sum of $125,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1937.

Availability; reapportionment of balance among States.

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All sums authorized in this section and apportioned to the States shall be available for expenditure for one year after the close of the fiscal year for which said sums, respectively, are authorized, and any sum remaining unexpended at the end of the period during which it is available for expenditure shall be reapportioned among the States as provided in section 21 of the Federal Highway Act.

Sec. 5.

For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of section 23 of the Federal Highway Act, approved November 9, 1921, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated for forest highways, roads, and trails, the following sums, to be available until expended in accordance with the provisions of said section 23: The sum of $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936; the sum of $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1937.

Sec. 6.

For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of section 3 of the Federal Highway Act, approved November 9, 1921, as amended June 24, 1930 (46 Stat. 805), there is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the survey, construction, reconstruction, and

Maintenance of main roads.

maintenance of main roads through unappropriated or unreserved public lands, nontaxable Indian lands, or other Federal reservations other than the forest reservations, the sum of $2.500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, and the sum of $2,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1937, to remain available until expended.

Sec. 7.

For the construction, reconstruction, and improvement of

Road Systems in national parks, etc.

Vol. 46, p. 1053.

roads and trails, inclusive of necessary bridges, in the 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 $7,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, and the sum of $7,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1937.

Sec. 8.

For construction and improvement of Indian reservation

Indian reservations.

Constructing roads in, not eligible, under Federal Highway Act.

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roads under the provisions of the Act approved May 26, 1928 (45 Stat. 750), there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $4,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, and the sum of $4,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1937.

Sec. 9.

The term “ highway ” as defined in the Federal Highway

“Highway” defined.

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Act, approved November 9, 1921, as amended and supplemented, shall for the period covered by this Act be deemed to include such main parkways as may be designated by the State and approved by the Secretary of Agriculture as part of the Federal-aid highway system.

Sec. 10.

Section 19 of the Federal Highway Act, approved November

Vol. 42, p. 216.

9, 1921, is hereby amended to read as follows:

“ Sec. 19.

That on or before the first Monday in January of each

Annual detailed statements from Secretary.

year the Secretary of Agriculture shall make a report to Congress, which shall include a detailed statement of the work done, the status of each project undertaken, the allocation of appropriations, an itemized statement of the expenditures and receipts during the preceding fiscal year under this Act, and itemized statement of the traveling and other expenses, including a list of employees, their duties, salaries, and traveling expenses, if any, and his recommendations,

Special reports.

if any, for new legislation amending or supplementing this Act. The Secretary of Agriculture shall also make such special reports as Congress may request.”

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Sec. 11.

With the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture, not

Surveys, plans, and engineering investigations.

to exceed 1½ per centum of the amount apportioned for any year to any State under sections 1 and 4 of this Act may lie used for surveys, plans, and engineering investigations of projects for future construction in such State, either on the Federal-aid highway system and extensions thereof or on secondary or feeder roads.

Sec. 12.

Since it is unfair and unjust to tax motor-vehicle transportation

Diversion of motor tax and gasoline taxes from highway maintenance, etc., restricted.

unless the proceeds of such taxation are applied to the construction, improvement, or maintenance of highways, after June 30, 1935, Federal aid for highway construction shall be extended only to those States that use at least the amounts now provided by law for such purposes in each State from State motor vehicle registration fees, licenses, gasoline taxes, and other special taxes on motor-vehicle owners and operators of all kinds for the construction, improvement, and maintenance of highways and administrative expenses in connection therewith, including the retirement of bonds

Retirement of bonds.

for the payment of which such revenues have been pledged, and for no other purposes, under such regulations as the Secretary of Agriculture shall promulgate from time to time: Provided, That in no

Proviso.

No State deprived of more than one-third its allocation thereby.

case shall the provisions of this section operate to deprive any State of more than one-third of the amount to which: that State would be entitled under any apportionment hereafter made, for the fiscal year for which the apportionment is made.

Sec. 13.

The limitations in the Federal Highway Act, approved

Limitations in Federal Highway Act as to highway and bridge construction not to apply herein.

November 9, 1921, as amended and supplemented, upon highway construction, reconstruction, and bridges within municipalities and upon payments per mile which may be made from Federal funds, shall hereafter not apply.

Sec. 14.

No deductions shall hereafter be made on account of prior advances and/or loans to the States for the construction of roads under the requirements of the Federal Highway Act or on account of amounts paid under the provisions of title I of the Emergency Belief and Construction Act of 1932 for furnishing relief and work relief to needy and distressed people.

Sec. 15.

To provide for the continuation of the cooperative recon-naissance surveys for a proposed inter-American highway as provided in Public Resolution Numbered 104, approved Maren 4, 1929 (45 Stat. 1697), and for making location surveys, plans, and estimates for such highway, the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to expend not more than $75,000 to pay all costs hereafter incurred for such work from any moneys available from the

Vol. 42, p. 217.

U.S.C., p. 667.

administrative funds provided under the Act of July 11, 1916 (U.S.C., title 23, sec. 21), as amended, or as otherwise provided.

Sec. 16.

Acts or parts of Acts in any way inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed and this Act shall take effect on its passage.