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 118 STAT. 876 PUBLIC LAW 108–280—JULY 30, 2004 Public Law 108–280 108th Congress An Act To provide an extension of highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund pending enactment of a law reauthorizing the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part IV’’. SEC. 2. ADVANCES. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2(a) of the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2003 (23 U.S.C. 104 note; 117 Stat. 1110; 118 Stat. 478; 118 Stat. 627; 118 Stat. 698) is amended by striking ‘‘and the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part III’’ and inserting ‘‘the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part III, and the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part IV’’. (b) PROGRAMMATIC DISTRIBUTIONS.— (1) SPECIAL RULES FOR MINIMUM GUARANTEE.—Section 2(b)(4) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘$2,333,333,333’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,800,000,000’’. (2) EXTENSION OF OFF SYSTEM BRIDGE SETASIDE.—Section 144(g)(3) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘2003 and in the period of October 1, 2003, through July 31, 2004,’’ and inserting ‘‘2004’’. (c) AUTHORIZATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Section 1101(c)(1) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (117 Stat. 1111; 118 Stat. 478; 118 Stat. 627; 118 Stat. 698) is amended by striking ‘‘$26,998,288,667 for the period of October 1, 2003, through July 31, 2004’’ and inserting ‘‘$30,469,806,615 for the period of October 1, 2003, through September 24, 2004’’. (d) LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS.—Section 2(e) of the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2003 (117 Stat. 1111; 118 Stat. 478; 118 Stat. 627) is amended— (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘July 31’’ and inserting ‘‘September 24’’; (2) in paragraph (1)(A)— (A) by striking ‘‘Part II, and’’ and inserting ‘‘Part II,’’; and (B) by inserting after ‘‘Part III’’ the following: ‘‘, and the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part IV’’; 23 USC 104 note. Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part IV. 23 USC 101 note. July 30, 2004 [H.R. 4916]

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