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(b) Paragraph (5) of subsection (g) of section 129 of title 23, United States Code, as redesignated in subsection (a) of this section, is amended to read as follows: " (5) Such ferry may be operated only within the State (including the islands which comprise the State of Hawaii) or between adjoining States. Except with respect to operations between the islands which comprise the State of Hawaii and operations between the States of Alaska and Washington, or between any two points within the State of Alaska, no part of such a ferry operation shall be in any foreign or international waters." METRO ACCESSIBILITY TO THE

Ante, p. 270.

HANDICAPPED

SEC. 140. The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to make ^f^^^l^^ll^.l'^l payments to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority in poutan Area amounts sufficient to finance 80 per centum of the cost of providing Transit Authority. such facilities for the subway and rapid rail transit system authorized D. C Code in the National Capital Transportation Act of 1969 (83 Stat. 320) as 1-1441. note. may be necessary to make such subway and system accessible by the handicapped through implementation of Public Laws 90-480 and 91-205. There is authorized to be appropriated, to carry out this sec- 8482 Stat. 718; Stat. 49. tion, not to exceed $65,000,000. 42 USC 4151. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

STATEMENTS

SEC. 141. (a) The Secretary of Transportation shall, not later than forty-five days after the date of enactment of this section, complete all necessary action on (1) the environmental impact statement pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and (2) the application for approval under the General Bridge Act of 1946, with respect to the proposal for construction by the Department of Transportation of the State of New Jersey of a bridge over the Raritan River in such State for the purpose of such State's Highway Route 18. (b) The Secretary of Transportation shall— (1) by October 1, 1973— (A) complete the draft environmental impact statement pursuant to section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act and his determination under section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act and section 138 of title 23 of the United States Code, on the project for Interstate Route Numbered 66 in the State of Virginia from the National Capital Beltway to the Potomac River, which project is described in the 1972 estimate of the cost of completing the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways as estimate section termini E 10.4.2 at the Beltway to E 10.11.1 in Rosslj^n, (B) circulate such statement to all interested Federal, State, and local agencies and to the public for comment within forty-five days, and (C) insure that notice of a public hearing on the design and location of such project is issued; (2) insure that a public hearing is held within forty-five days after issuance of the notice pursuant to paragraph (1)(C) of this subsection; and (3) not later than December 31, 1973, complete consideration of the information received at the hearing, review any comments on the statement received within the forty-five-day notice period referred to in paragraph (1)(B) of this subsection and any other

83 Stat. 42 USC 60 Stat. 33 USC note.

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82 Stat. 824. 49 USC 1653. 82 Stat. 8 2 3.

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