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Title 23 — Highways

Chapter 3 — General Provisions

§ 305. Archeological and paleontological salvage

Statutory text

Funds authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title to the extent approved as necessary by the highway department of any State, may be used for archeological and paleontological salvage in that State in compliance with the Act entitled “An Act for the preservation of American antiquities”, approved (34 Stat. 225), and State laws where applicable,

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 85–767 · 72 Stat. 885

    Enacted · 23 U.S.C. § 305

    Pub. L. 85–767, Aug. 27, 1958, 72 Stat. 913

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 85–767, Aug. 27, 1958, 72 Stat. 913

  2. Federal Highway Act of 1960

    Pub. L. 86–657 § 8(e) · 74 Stat. 522

    Substituted · 23 U.S.C. § 305

    Pub. L. 86–657 substituted “appropriated to carry out this title to the extent approved” for “appropriated under the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, to the extent approved”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 86–657 substituted “appropriated to carry out this title to the extent approved” for “appropriated under the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, to the extent approved”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (e) Section 305 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking out “under the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956,” and inserting in lieu thereof “to carry out this title”.

1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

References in Text

An Act for the preservation of American antiquities, referred to in text, is act June 8, 1906, ch. 3060, 34 Stat. 225, popularly known as the Antiquities Act of 1906. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

Amendments

1960—Pub. L. 86–657 substituted “appropriated to carry out this title to the extent approved” for “appropriated under the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, to the extent approved”.

Credits

1958–1960 · 2 acts
  1. 1958Pub. L. 85–767, , 72 Stat. 913
  2. 1960Pub. L. 86–657, § 8(e), , 74 Stat. 525.
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(Pub. L. 85–767, , 72 Stat. 913; Pub. L. 86–657, § 8(e), , 74 Stat. 525.)

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