Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 70.djvu/430

 374

PUBLIC LAW 627-JUNE 29, 1956

Public Law 627

[70 S T A T.

CHAPTER 462

June 29, 1956 AN ACT ———L^ •—-. To amend and supplement the Federal-Aid Road Act approved July 11, 1916, to authorize appropriations for continuing the construction of highways; to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide additional revenue from the taxes on motor fuel, tires, and trucks and buses; and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives United States of America in Congress assembled,

of the

TITLE I—FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY ACT OF 1956 SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE FOR TITLE I.

This title may be cited as the "Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956". SEC. 102. FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS. (a)(1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the purpose of

carrying out the provisions of the Federal-Aid Road Act approved noSVIusc^soaf J^^y 11' 1^1^ (^^ ^t^*- ^^^)\ ^^^ ^11 ^ c t s amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1957, $125,000,000 in addition to any sums heretofore authorized for such fiscal year; the sum of $850,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1958; and the sum of $875,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1959. The sums herein authorized for each fiscal year shall be available for expenditure as follows: (A) 45 per centum for projects on the Federal-aid primary highway system. (B) 30 per centum for projects on the Federal-aid secondary highway system. (C) 25 per centum for projects on extensions of these systems within urban areas. (2) APPORTIONMENTS.—The sums aiuthorized by this section shall be apportioned among the several States in the manner now provided by law and in accordance with the formulas set forth in section 4 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1944, approved December 20, 1944 (58 Stat. 838): Provided, That the additional amount herein authorized for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1957, shall be apportioned immediately upon enactment of this Act. (b) AVAILABILITY FOR EXPENDITURE.—Any sums apportioned to any State under this section shall be available for expenditure in that State for two years after the close of the fiscal year for which such sums are authorized, and any amounts so apportioned remaining unexpended at the end of such period shall lapse: Provided, That such funds shall be deemed to have been expended if a sum equal to the total of the sums herein and heretofore apportioned to the State is covered by formal agreements with the Secretary of Commerce for construction, reconstruction, or improvement of specific projects as provided in this title and prior Acts: Provided further, That in the case of those sums heretofore, herein, or hereafter apportioned to any State for projects on the Federal-aid secondary highway system, the Secretary of Commerce may, upon the request of any State, discharge his responsibility relative to the plans, specifications, estimates, surveys, contract awards, design, inspection, and construction of such secondary road projects by his receiving and approving a certified statement by the State highway department setting forth that the plans, design, and construction for such projects are in accord with the standards and procedures of such State applicable

�