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 PUBLIC LAW 105-178—JUNE 9, 1998 112 STAT. 205 460m-29a note. (c) NEW RIVER VISITOR CENTER. — West Virginia. (1) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary shall allocate to the Sec- J^^^^^, retary of the Interior amounts made available by this subsection for the planning, design, and construction of a visitor center, and such other related facilities as may be necessary, to facilitate visitor understanding and enjoyment of the scenic, historic, cultural, and recreational resources of the New River Grorge National River in the State of West Virginia. The center and related facilities shall be located at a site for which title is held by the United States in the vicinity of the 1-64 Sandstone intersection. (2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. — -There are authorized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) to carry out this subsection $1,300,000 for fiscal year 1998, $1,200,000 for fiscal year 1999, and $9,900,000 for fiscal year 2000. (3) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE 23.—Funds authorized by this subsection shall be available for obligation in the same manner as if such funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code; except that such funds shall remain available until expended. (d) ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORITY FOR 23 USC 202 note. STATES WITH INDIAN RESERVATIONS.— (1) AVAILABILITY TO STATES.— Not later than October 1 of each fiscal year, funds made available under paragraph (5) for the fiscal year shall be made available by the Secretary, in equal amounts, to each State that has within the boundaries of the State all or part of an Indian reservation having a land area of 10,000,000 acres or more. (2) AVAILABILITY TO ELIGIBLE COUNTIES. — (A) IN GENERAL. —Each fiscal year, each county that is located in a State to which funds are made available under paragraph (1), and that has in the county a public road described in subparagraph (B), shall be eligible to apply to the State for all or a portion of the funds made available to the State under this subsection to be used by the county to maintain such roads. (B) ROADS.—A public road referred to in subparagraph (A) is a public road that— (i) is within, adjacent to, or provides access to an Indian reservation described in paragraph (1); (ii) is used by a school bus to transport children to or from a school or Headstart program carried out under the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.); and (iii) is maintained by the county in which the public road is located. (C) ALLOCATION AMONG ELIGIBLE COUNTIES.— (i) IN GENERAL. —Except as provided in clause (ii), each State that receives funds under paragraph (1) shall provide directly to each county that applies for funds the amount that the county requests in the application. (ii) ALLOCATION AMONG ELIGIBLE COUNTIES. —I f the total amount of funds applied for under this subsection by eligible counties in a State exceeds the amount of funds available to the State, the State shall equitably

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