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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 732-JUNE 29, 1948 covered by formal agreements with the Commissioner of Public Roads for the improvement of specific projects as provided by this Act. Cooperation in SEC. 2. The Commissioner of Public Roads is hereby directed to cooperate with the State highway departments in a study of the status of improvement of the National System of Interstate High- ways, designated in accordance with the provisions of section 7 of a8Stat. 842. the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1944; to invite the cooperation and suggestions of the Secretary of Defense and the National Security Resources Board as to their indicated or potential needs for improved Supplemental re- highways for the national defense; and to supplement, not later than April 1, 1949, the report dated February 1, 1941, entitled "Highways for the National Defense" (Seventy-seventh Congress, first session), to reflect current conditions and deficiencies. tApopriation - SEC. 3. (a) For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of 23U.S. C.23. section 23 of the Federal Highway Act (42 Stat. 218), as amended and supplemented, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated (1) Forest highways, for forest highways the sum of $20,000,000 for the fiscal year ending etc. June 30, 1950, and a like sum for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1951, subject to the provision of section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway 58 Stat.s4 Act of 1944 respecting the apportionment for forest highways in Alaska; and (2) for forest development roads and trails the sum of $17,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1950, and a like sum Apportionment for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1951: Provided, That immediately upon the passage of this Act the appropriation herein authorized for forest highways for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1950, shall be apportioned by the Federal Works Administrator for expenditure in the several States, Alaska, and Puerto Rico, according to the area and value of the land owned by the Government within the national forests therein which the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby directed to determine and certify to him from such information, sources, and departments as the Secretary of Agriculture may deem most accurate, and hereafter, on or before January 1 next preceding the commence- ment of each succeeding fiscal year the Federal Works Administrator shall make like apportionment of the appropriation authorized for Contracts. such fiscal year: Provided further, That the Commissioner of Public Roads may incur obligations, approve projects, and enter into con- tracts under the apportionment of such authorizations, and his action in so doing shall be deemed a contractual obligation of the Federal Availability of ap Government for the payment of the cost thereof: Provided further, That the appropriations made pursuant to authorizations heretofore, herein, and hereafter enacted for forest highways shall be considered available to the Commissioner of Public Roads for the purpose of discharging the obligations created hereunder in any State or Ter- Limitation. ritory: Provided further, That the total expenditures on account of any State or Territory shall at no time exceed its authorized appor- tionment: Provided further,That appropriations for forest highways shall be administered in conformity with regulations jointly approved by the Federal Works Administrator and the Secretary of Agricul- Tra,:er of funds. ture: Provided further, That the Commissioner of Public Roads shall transfer to the Chief of the Forest Service from appropriations for forest highways such amounts as may be needed to cover necessary administrative expenses of the Forest Service in connection with the forest-highway program. (b) The authorization in section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway 58 Stat. 842 . Act of 1944 for forest highways for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, is hereby canceled. bid.a t for (C) Hereafter, construction work on forest-development roads and trails, pursuant to the provisions of section 28 of the Federal Highway [62 STAT.

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