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PUBLIC LAW 91-605-DEC. 31, 1970

(b) All provisions of law enacted before the date of enactment of this Act which are inconsistent with the amendment made by subsection (a) of this section are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency. (c) The President may authorize any person who immediately before the date of enactment of this Act held the office of Director of Public Roads to act as Deputy Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration created by the amendment made by subsection (a) of this section until the first Deputy Administrator is appointed in accordance with such amendment. The President may authorize any person acting as Deputy Administrator in accordance with this subsection to receive compensation at the rate authorized for the Office of Deputy Administrator. Such compensation, if authorized, shall be in lieu of, and not in addition to, any other compensation from the United States to which such person may be entitled.

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Repeal,

TRAINING AND RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS

SEC. 115. (a) Chapter 3 of title 23 of the United States Code is ^2 Stat. 912. amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "§ 321. National Highway Institute " (a) The Secretary is authorized and directed to establish and operate in the Federal Highway Administration a National Highway Institute hereafter referred to as the 'Institute'. The Institute shall develop and administer, in cooperation with the State highway departments, training programs of instruction for Federal Highway Administration and State and local highway department employees engaged or to be engaged in Federal-aid highway work. Such programs may include, but not be limited to, courses in modern developments, techniques, and procedures, relating to highway planning, environmental factors, acquisition of rights-of-way, engineering, construction, maintenance, contract administration, and inspection. The Secretary shall administer all authority vested in him by this title or by any other provision of law for the development and conduct of educational and training programs relating to highways through the Institute. Sums authorized to be deducted for administrative purposes by subsection (a) of section 104 of this title shall be available for carrying out this ^^ ^'^*- ^^^• subsection. " (b) Not to exceed one-half of 1 per centum of all funds apportioned for any fiscal year beginning after June 30, 1970, to any State under paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (6) of section 104(b) of this title j^m'^'\^lj'' shall be available for expenditure by the State highway department, subject to approval by the Secretary, for payment of not to exceed 70 per centum of the cost of tuition and direct educational expenses (but not travel, subsistence, or salaries) in connection with the education and training of State and local highway department employees as provided in this section. "(c) Education and training of Federal, State, and local highway employees authorized by this section may be provided by the Secretary, or, in the case where such education and training is to be paid for under subsection (b) of this section, by the State, subject to the approval of the Secretary, through grants and contracts with public and private agencies, institutions, and individuals." (b) The analysis of chapter 3 of title 23 of the United States Code is amended by adding at the end thereof: "321. National Highway Institute."

(c) Section 307(a) of title 23 of the United States Code is amended by inserting immediately after the period at the end of the third sentence thereof the following new sentence: "The Secretary is also

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