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PUBLIC LAW 8 6 - 3 4 2 - S E P T. 21, 1959

[73 S T A T.

SEC. 104. PARKWAYS.

For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of section 4(b) of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 93), there is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the construction, reconstruction, and improvement of parkways, authorized by Acts of Congress, on lands to which title is vested in the United States, the additional sum of $2,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1960. SEC. 105. NATIONAL SYSTEM OF INTERSTATE AND DEFENSE HIGHWAY MILEAGE STUDY FOR ALASKA AND HAWAIL

Report to Congress.

The Secretary of Commerce is authorized and directed to make a study of the need for the extension of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways within the States of Alaska and Hawaii, and report the results of such study to the Congress within ten days subsequent to January 4, 1960. The report shall include recommendations as to the approximate routes and mileages thereof which should be included in such system within those States. SEC. 106. EXEMPTION FROM NATIONAL STANDARDS OF CERTAIN AREAS ADJACENT TO THE INTERSTATE SYSTEM.

72 Stat. 905.

That subsection (b) of title 23, section 131 of the United States Code is amended by striking therefrom the following language: "Upon application of the State, any such agreement may, within the discretion of the Secretary of Commerce consistent with the national policy, provide for excluding from application of the national standards segments of the Interstate System which traverse incorporated municipalities wherein the use of real property adjacent to the Interstate System is subject to municipal regulation or control, or which traverse other areas where the land use is clearly established by State law as industrial or commercial:" and substituting therefor the following language: "Agreements entered into between the Secretary of Commerce and State highway departments under this section shall not apply to those segments of the Interstate System which traverse commercial or industrial zones within the presently existing boundaries of incorporated municipalities wherein the use of real property adjacent to the Interstate System is subject to municipal regulation or control, or which traverse other areas where the land use, as of the date of approval of this Act, is clearly established by State law as industrial or commercial:" SEC. 107. EMERGENCY RELIEF.

72 Stat. 9 0 1.

(a) That section 125 of title 23, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "§ 125. Emergency relief "(a) An emergency fund is authorized for expenditure by the Secretary, subject to the provisions of this section and section 120, for the repair or reconstruction of highways, roads, and trails which he shall find have suffered serious damage as the result of disaster over a wide area, such as by floods, hurricanes, tidal waves, earthquakes, severe storms, landslides, or other catastrophes in any part of the United States. The appropriation of such moneys, not to exceed $30,000,000, as may be necessary for the initial establishment of this fund and for its replenishment on an annual basis is authorized. Pending such appropriation or replenishment the Secretary may expend from any funds heretofore or hereafter appropriated for expenditure in accordance with the provisions of this title, including existing Federal-aid appropriations, such sums as may be necessary for the immediate prosecution of the work herein authorized, such appropriations to be reimbursed from the appropriations herein authorized when made.

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