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PUBLIC LAW 85-381-APR. 16, 1958

[72 S T A T.

proposed construction or reconstruction of a timber access road, advisory public hearings may be held at a place convenient or adjacent to the area of construction or reconstruction with notice and reasonable opportunity for interested persons to present their views as to the practicability and feasibility of such construction or reconstruction: Provided further, That hereafter funds available for forest highways and forest development roads and trails shall also be available for adjacent vehicular parking areas and for sanitary, water, and fire control facilities: Provided further, That the additional sum authorized under this subsection for forest highways for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1959, shall be apportioned for expenditure in each State, Alaska, and Puerto Rico immediately upon enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the additional amount herein authorized for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1959, and the amounts authorized herein for forest highways for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1960, and June 30, 1961, shall be apportioned for expenditure in each State, Alaska, and Puerto Rico in the same percentage as the amounts apportioned for expenditure in each State, Alaska, and Puerto Rico from funds authorized for forest highways for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1958: And provided further, That when approved by the Secretary of Commerce, a State may use not to exceed the lesser of $500,000 or 5 per centum of the amounts apportioned to such State under section 1 hereof for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1960, and June 30, 1961, for the construction, reconstruction, or improvement of forest highways on any of the Federal-aid highway systems and such sums may be expended in the same manner as funds authorized by this section. (b) FOREST HIGHWAYS STUDY.—The Secretary of Commerce, in co-

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16 USC 8a-8c.

operation with the Secretary of Agriculture and the appropriate officers of each State containing a national forest, the Connnonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the Territory of Alaska, shall make a study to determine— (1) the roads of primary importance to a State, county, or community which are within, adjoining, or adjacent to a national forest and have not been designated as forest highways; (2) the amount necessary to complete construction of all designated forest highways; (3) thhe amounts necessary for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1962, and for each of the nine succeeding fiscal years to survey, construct, reconstruct, and maintain (A) roads described in paragraph (1) of this subsection if such roads were forest highways, and (B) roads designated as forest highways, in accordance with a program to be recommended by the Secretary of Commerce after consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture; and (4) the method by which the amounts determined pursuant to paragraph (3) oi this subsection should be apportioned for expenditure in the several States, Alaska, and Puerto Rico. The Secretary of Commerce shall report the results of such study to the President and the Congress on or before January 1, 1960. SEC. 4. ROADS AND TRAILS IN NATIONAL PARKS, ETC. (a) NATIONAL PARKS, ETC.—For the construction, reconstruction, and improvement of roads and trails, inclusive of necessary bridges, in national parks, monuments, and other areas administered by the National Park Service, including areas authorized to be established as national parks and monuments, and national park and monument approach roads authorized by the Act of January 31, 1931 (46 Stat. 1053), as amended, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $18,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1960, and a like sum for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1961.

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