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PUBLIC LAW 85-767-AUG. 27, 1958

§311. Highway improvements strategically important to the national defense Funds made available under subsection (a) of section 104 of this title may be used to pay the entire engineering costs of the surveys, plans, specifications, estimates, and supervision of construction of projects for such urgent improvements of highways strategically important from the standpoint of the national defense as may be undertaken on the order of the Secretary and as the result of request of the Secretary of Defense or such other official as the President may designate. With the consent of a State, funds made available under subsection (b) of section 104 of this title may be used to the extent deemed necessary and advisable by the Secretary to carry out the provisions of this section. § 312. Detail of Army, Navy, and Air Force officers The Secretary of Defense, upon request of the Secretary, is authorized to make temporary details to the Bureau of Public Roads of officers of the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force, without additional compensation, for technical advice and for consultation regarding highway needs for the national defense. Travel and subsistence expenses of officers so detailed shall be paid from appropriations available to the Department of Commerce on the same basis as authorized by law and by regulations of the Department of Defense for such officers. § 313. Highway Safety Conference The Secretary is authorized and directed to assist in carrying out the action program of the President on highway safety, and to cooperate with the State highway departments and other agencies in this program to advance the cause of safety on highways. Not to exceed $150,000 out of the administrative funds made available in accordance with subsection (a) of section 104 of this title may be expended annually for the purposes of this section. §314. Relief of employees in h a z a r d o u s work The Secretary is authorized in an emergency to use appropriations to the Department of Commerce for carrying out the provisions of this title for medical supplies, services, and other assistance necessary for the immediate relief of employees of the Bureau of Public Roads engaged in hazardous work. § 315. Rules, regulations, and recommendations Except as provided in sections 204(d), 205 (a), 206 (b), 207 (b), and 208 (c) of this title, the Secretary is authorized to prescribe and promulgate all needful rules and regulations for the carrying out of the provisions of this title. The Secretary may make such recommendations to the Congress and State highway departments as he deems necessary for preserving and protecting the highways and insuring the safety of traffic thereon. § 316. Consent by United States to conveyance of property For the purposes of this title the consent of the United States is given to any railroad or canal company to convey to the State highway department of any State, or its nominee, any part of its right-ofway or other property in that State acquired by grant from the United States.

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