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62 repair of roads of the States or their subdivisions and to certify the cost to Congress for repayment out of appropriations to be made for the purpose. It also made the provisions recommended for (1) incorporation of main lines of the strategic network in the Federal-aid system, (2) use of available Federal-aid secondary road funds on lines not included in the Federal-aid system, and (3) Federal payment of part of the cost of strategic network right-of-way acquisition.

Finally, the act also included an authorization of $10,000,000 for the construction of flight strips adjacent to public highways to facilitate the landing and take-off of aircraft.

SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS

During the course of the war this first of the wartime highway measures was thrice amended to increase financial provisions initially made, and all provisions were finally repealed by a joint resolution, approved July 25, 1947. The totals of funds authorized for each of the purposes originally recommended and the amounts of each au- thorization expended are shown in table 2, where they are compared with the appropriations recommended for each purpose by the report of February 1, 1941, Highways for the National Defense.