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PUBLIC LAW 93-87-AUG. 13, 1973

local officials of such urbanized area. The total of such transfers shall not increase the original apportionment under either of such paragraphs by more than 40 per centum." (7) The last sentence of subsection (c) is hereby repealed. (b) Notwithstanding the amendments made by subsection (a) of this section, no State (other than the District of Columbia) shall receive an apportionment for the primary system which is less than the apportionment which such State received for such system for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973. In order to carry out this subsection, there is authorized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund for the Federal-aid primary system, an additional $17,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and $15,000,000 per fiscal year for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1975, and June 30, 1976. A P P O R T I O N M E N T OF P L A N N I N G

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SEC. 112. Subsection (f) of section 104 of title 23, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 84 Stat. 1717, " (f)(1) On or before January 1 next preceding the commencement of each fiscal year, the Secretary, after making the deduction authorized by subsection (a) of this section, shall set aside not to exceed onehalf per centum of the remaining funds authorized to be appropriated for expenditure upon the Federal-aid systems, for the purpose of carrying out the requirements of section 134 of this title. ^ | 3*^*1737^*' "(2) These funds shall be apportioned to the States in the ratio 23 USC 134*. which the population in urbanized areas or parts thereof, in each State bears to the total population in such urbanized areas in all the States as shown by the latest available census, except that no State shall receive less than one-half per centum of the amount apportioned. "(3) The funds apportioned to any State under paragraph (2) of this subsection shall be made available by the State to the metropolitan planning organizations designated by the State as being responsible for carrying out the provisions of section 134 of this title. These funds shall be matched in accordance with section 120 of this title unless the 72 Stat. 898. Secretary determines that the interests of the Federal-aid highway ^^ ^^^ ^^°" program would be best served without such matching, "(4) The distribution within any State of the planning funds made available to agencies under paragraph (3) of this subsection shall be in accordance with a formula developed by each State and approved by the Secretary which shall consider but not necessarily be limited to, population, status of planning, and metropolitan area transportation needs." ADVANCE ACQUISITION OF R I G H T S - O F - W A Y

SEC. 113. (a) The last sentence of subsection (a) of section 108 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking out "seven years" and inserting in lieu thereof "ten years". (b) The first sentence of paragraph (3) of subsection (c) of section 108 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking out "seven years" and inserting in lieu thereof "ten years".

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N O I S E LEVEL STANDARDS

SEC. 114. Subsection (i) of section 109 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "The Secretary, after consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and appropriate Federal, State, and local officials, may promulgate standards for the control of highway noise levels for highways on any Federal-aid system for which project approval has been secured prior to July 1, 1972. The Secretary may

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