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PUBLIC LAW 85-767-AUG. 27, 1958

[72 S T A T.

CHAPTER 2—OTHER HIGHWAYS Sec.

201. 202. 203. 204. 205. 206. 207. 208. 209. 210. 211. 212. 213.

Authorizations. Apportionment or allocation. Availability of funds. Forest highways. Forest development roads and trails. Park roads and trails. Parkways. Indian reservation roads. Public lands highways. Defense access roads. Timber access road hearings. Inter-American Highway. Rama Road.

§201. Authorizations The provisions of this title shall apply to all unappropriated authorizations contained in prior Acts, and also to all unexpended appropriations heretofore made, providing for the expenditure of Federal funds on the following classes of highways: Forest highways, forest development roads and trails, park roads and trails, parkways, Indian reservation roads, public lands highways, and defense access roads. All such authorizations and appropriations shall continue in full force and effect, but hereafter obligations entered into and expenditures made pursuant thereto shall be subject to the provisions of this title. §202. Apportionment or allocation (a) On or before January 1 next preceding the commencement of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall apportion the sums authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal year for forest highways in the several States, according to the area and value of the land owned by the United States within the national forests therein, which the Secretary of Agriculture is directed to determine and certify to the Secretary from such information, sources, and departments as the Secretary of Agriculture may deem most accurate. (b) Sums authorized to be appropriated for forest development roads and trails shall be allocated by the Secretary of Agriculture according to the relative needs of the various national forests, taking into consideration the existing transportation facilities, value of timber or other resources served, relative fire danger, and comparative difficulties of road and trail construction. (c) Sums a u t h o r i ^ d to be appropriated for public lands highways shall be allocated by the Secretary among those States having unappropriated or unreserved public lands, nontaxable Indian lands, or other Federal reservations, on the basis of need in such States, respectively, as determined by the Secretary upon application of the State highway departments of the respective States. Preference shall be given to those projects which are located on a Federal-aid system. § 203. Availability of funds Funds now authorized for forest highways, forest development roads and trails, park roads and trails, parkways, Indian reservation roads, and public lands highways shall be available for contract upon apportionment, or a date not earlier than one year preceding the beginning of the fiscal year for which authorized if no apportionment is required. Any amount remaining unexpended for a period of two years after the close of the fiscal year for which authorized shall lapse. The Secretary of the Department charged with the administration of such funds is granted authority to incur obligations, approve, projects, and enter into contracts under such authorizations and his action in doing so shall be deemed a contractual obligation of

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