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72 Stat. 909. Department of State, n e g o t i a tions.

"Construction.

PUBLIC LAW 91-605-DEC. 31, 1970

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highway shall be known as the 'Darien Gap Highway'. Funds authorized by this section shall be obligated and expended subject to the same terms, conditions, and requirements with respect to the Darien Gap Highway as are funds authorized for the Inter-American Highway by subsection (a) of section 212 of this title. " (b) The construction authorized by this section shall be under the administration of the Secretary, who shall consult with the appropriate officials of the Department of State with respect to matters involving the foreign relations of this Government, and such negotiations with the Governments of the Republic of Panama and Colombia as may be required to carry out the purposes of this section shall be conducted through, or authorized by, the Department of State. "(c) The provisions of this section shall not create nor authorize the creation of any obligations on the part of the Government of the United States with respect to any expenditures for highway survey or construction heretofore or hereafter undertaken in Panama or Colombia, other than the expenditures authorized by the provision of this section. " (d) Appropriations made pursuant to any authorization for the Darien Gap Highway shall be available for expenditure by the Secretary for necessary administrative and engineering expenses in connection with the Darien Gap Highway program. "(e) For the purposes of this section the term 'construction' does not include any costs of rights-of-way, relocation assistance, or the elimination of hazards of railway grade crossings." (b) The analysis of chapter 2 of title 23, United States Code, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "216. Darien Gap Highway."

Appropriation.

Ante, p. 1721.

(c) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $100,000,000, to remain available until expended to enable the Secretary of Transportati(m to carry out section 216 of title 23, United States Code. ADMINISTRATION

Deputy Federal Highway Administrator. 75 Stat. 822; 78 Stat. 424. 80 Stat. 9 3 1. 49 USC 1652.

80 Stat. 460; 83 Stat. 864.

SEC. 114. (a) Subsection (a) of section 303 of title 23, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: " (a)(1) I n addition to the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration authorized by section 3(e) of the Department of Transportation Act, there shall be a Deputy Federal Highway Administrator appointed by the Secretary of Transportation, with the approval of the President. The Deputy Federal Highway Administrator shall perform such duties as the Federal Highway Administrator shall prescribe. There shall also be an Assistant Federal Highway Administrator who shall be the chief engineer of the Administration and shall be appointed, with the approval of the President, by the Secretary of Transportation under the classified civil service and who shall perform such functions, powers, and duties as the Federal Highway Administrator shall prescribe. "(2) The Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration shall be compensated at the annual rate of basic pay of level II of the Executive Schedule in section 5313 of title 5, United States Code. The Deputy Federal Highway Administrator shall be compensated at the annual rate of basic pay of level IV of the Executive Schedule in section 5315 of title 5, United States Code. The Assistant Federal Highway Administrator shall be compensated at the annual rate of basic pay of level V of the Executive Schedule in section 5316 of title 5, United States Code."

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