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all expenditures made under the provisions of this section for materials, equipment, and supplies, shall, whenever practicable, be made for products of the United States or of the Republic of Nicaragua. (c) The survey and construction work undertaken pursuant to this section shall be under the general supervision of the Secretary. CHAPTER 3. GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 301. 302. 303. 304. 305. 306. 307. 308. 309. 310. 311. 312. 313. 314. 315. 316. 317.

Freedom from tolls. State highway department. Bureau organization. Participation by small-business enterprises, Archeological and paleontological salvage. Mapping. Research and planning. Cooperation with Federal and State agencies and foreign countries.. Cooperation with other American Republics. Civil Defense. Highway improvements strategically important to the national defense. Detail of Army, Navy, and Air Force officers. Highway Safety Conference. Relief of employees in hazardous work. Rules, regulations, and recommendations. Consent by United States to conveyance of property. Appropriation for highway purposes of lands or interests in lands owned by the United States. 318. Highway relocation due to airport. 819. Landscaping. 320. Bridges on Federal dams.

§ 301. Freedom from tolls Except as provided in section 129 of this title with respect to certain toll bridges and toll tunnels, all highways constructed under the provisions of this title shall be free from tolls of all kinds. §302. State highway department (a) Any State desiring to avail itself of the provisions of this title shall have a State highway department which shall have adequate powers, and be suitably equipped and organized to discharge to the satisfaction of the Secretary the duties required by this title. Among other things, the organization shall include a secondary road unit. (b) The State highway department may arrange with a county or group of counties for competent highway engineering personnel suitably organized and equipped to the satisfaction of the State highway department, to supervise construction and maintenance on a county-unit or group-unit basis, for the construction of projects on the Federal-aid secondary system, financed with secondary funds, and for the maintenance thereof. § 303. Bureau organization (a) The Bureau of Public Roads shall be in the Department of Commerce as a primary unit administered by the Federal Highway Administrator, appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Administrator shall receive basic compensation at the rate prescribed by law for Assistant Secretaries of executive departments and shall perform such duties as the Secretary of Commerce may prescribe or as may be required by law. There shall be a Commissioner of Public Roads in the Bureau of Public Roads who shall be appointed by the Secretary and perform such duties as may be prescribed by the Federal Highway Administrator. The Commissioner of Public Roads shall receive basic compensation at the rate of $17,500 per annum.

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