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to the amount of any class of funds, primary, secondary, or urban, apportioned for projects on any system. (d) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share payable on account of any project provided for by funds made available under the provisions of this section shall not exceed 66% per centum of the total cost thereof plus, in any State containing unappropriated and unreserved public lands and nontaxable Indian lands, individual and tribal, exceeding 5 per centum of the total area of all lands therein, a percentage of the remaining 33l^ per centum of such cost equal to the percentage that the area of such lands in such State is of its total area: Provided, That such Federal share payable on any project in any State shall not exceed 95 per centum of the total cost of such project. (e) AUTHORIZATION or APPROPRIATION FOR INCREASING FEDERAL

SHARE,—For the purpose of assisting any State in meeting the requirements for State funds to match any sums apportioned to such State under the provisions of this section, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $115,000,000, which sum may be used by the Secretary of Commerce upon the request of any State to increase the Federal share payable on account of any project provided for by funds made available under the provisions of this section: Provided, That the amount of such increase of the Federal share shall not exceed twothirds of the State's share of the cost of such project. (f) REPAYMENT OF AMOUNTS USED To INCREASE FEDERAL SHARE.—

The total amount of such increases in the Federal share as are made pursuant to subsection (e) above, shall be repaid to the Federal Government by making deductions of sums equal to the amounts so expended for projects on the Federal-aid primary highway system, the Federal-aid secondary highway system and extensions of such systems in urban areas in two equal annual installments from the amounts available to such State for expenditure on such highways under any apportionment of funds herein or hereafter authorized to be appropriated therefor for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1961, and June 30, 1962. (g) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Approval by the Secretary of Commerce of any project on account of which the Federal share is increased under the provisions of this section shall be deemed a contractual obligation of the Federal Government for the payment of such increase in the Federal share, and its expenditure shall be governed by the provisions of subsection (b) of this section. (h) DECLARATION OF I N T E N T. — I t is hereby declared to be the in-

tent of the Congress that the sum authorized under subsection (a) of this section shall be supplementary to, and not in lieu of, any other sum heretofore or herein authorized for expenditure on the Federal-aid primary or secondary systems, including extensions of these systems within urban areas, and is made available for the purpose of immediate acceleration of the rate of highway construction on these systems beyond that being accomplished with funds heretofore authorized.

SEC. 3 FOREST HIGHWAYS AND FOREST DEVELOPMENT ROADS AND . TRAILS. (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of section 23 of the Federal Highway Act of 1921 (42 Stat. 218), as amended and supplemented, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated (1) for forest highways the additional sum of $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1959, and the sum of $33,000,000 for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1960, and June 30, 1961; and (2) for forest development roads and trails the additional sum of $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1959, and the sum of $30,000,000 for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1960, and June 30, 1961: Provided, That with respect to any

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