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PUBLIC LAW 91-605-DEC. 31, 1970

(b) Section 120(f) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding before the last sentence thereof the following new sentence: "As used in this section with respect to bridges and in section 144 of this title, 'a comparable facility' shall mean a facility which meets the current geometric and construction standards required for the types and volume of traffic which such facility will carry over its design life."

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TRAINING PROGRAMS

SEC. 110. Section 140 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by ^2 Stat. 826. inserting " (a) " immediately before "Prior" and by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(b) The Secretary, in cooperation with any other department or agency of the Government, State agency, authority, association, institution, corporation (profit or nonprofit), or any other organization or person, is authorized to develop, conduct, and administer highway construction training, including skill improvement programs. Whenever an apportionment is made under subsections 104(b)(1), (b)(2), (b)(3), (b)(5), and (b)(6) of this title of the sums authorized to be 82ltS!'8i6f' appropriated for expenditure upon the Federal-aid primary and sec- Ante, pp. 1714, ondary systems, and their extensions within urban areas, the Inter- ^'^^'^• state System, and the Federal-aid urban system for the fiscal years 1972 and 1973 the Secretary shall deduct such sums as he may deem necessary not to exceed $5,000,000 per fiscal year, for administering the provisions of this subsection to be financed from the appropriation for the Federal-aid systems. Such sums so deducted shall remain available until expended. The provisions of section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (41 U.S.C. 5), shall not be applicable to contracts and agreements made under the authority herein granted to the Secretary." URBAN HIGHWAY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

SEC. 111. (a) Chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof a new section as follows: "§ 142. Urban highway public transportation " (a) To encourage the development, improvement, and use of public mass transportation systems operating motor vehicles on highways, other than on rails, for the transportation of passengers (hereinafter in this section referred to as 'buses') within urbanized areas so as to increase the traffic capacity of the Federal-aid systems, sums apportioned in accordance with paragraphs (3), (5), and (6) of subsection (b) of section 104 of this title shall be available to finance the Federal share of the costs of projects for the construction of exclusive or preferential bus lanes, highway traffic control devices, bus passenger loading areas and facilities, including shelters, and fringe and transportation corridor parking facilities to serve bus and other public mass transportation passengers. " (b) The establishment of routes and schedules of such public mass transportation systems shall be based upon a continuing comprehensive transportation planning process carried on in accordance with section 134 of title 23, United States Code. "(c) For all purposes of this title, a project authorized by subsection (a) of this section shall be deemed to be a highway project, and, except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, the Federal share payable on account of such project shall be that provided in section 120 of this

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