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PUBLIC LAW 93-87-AUG. 13, 1973

(b) The amount of all Federal-aid highway funds paid on account of sections of the San Antonio North Expressway in Bexar County, Texas (Federal-aid projects numbered U 244(7), U 244(10), U G 244(9), U 244(8), and U 244(11)), shall be repaid to the Treasurer of the United States and the amount so repaid shall be deposited to the credit of the appropriation for "Federal-Aid Highways (Trust F u n d) ". At the time of such repayment the Federal-aid projects with respect to which funds have been repaid and any other Federal-aid projects located on such expressway and programed for expenditure on such project, if any, shall be canceled and withdrawn from the Federal-aid highway program. Any amount so repaid, together with the unpaid balance of any amount programed for expenditure on any such project shall be credited to the unprogramed balance of Federalaid highway funds of the same class last apportioned to the States, respectively. The amount so credited shall be available for expenditure in accordance with the provisions of title 23, United States Code, as amended.

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H I G H W A Y L I T T E R STUDY

SEC. 155. (a) The Secretary is directed to undertake a study of litter accumulation within the rights-of-way of the Federal-aid highway systems and recommend improved procedures to be used by the several States to prevent and clean up such highway litter on a regular basis. The Secretary shall report his findings and recommendations to (.^^^"gg'" the Congress by June 30, 1974. (b) For the purposes of this section, the term "litter" means beverage and food containers, food wastes, paper products, smoking materials or packaging, and any other materials which the Secretary finds are commonly used and discarded by the traveling public and which, when discarded along highway rights-of-way, cause an unsightly appearance, a danger to public health or safety, or an unreasonable expenditure of public funds. (c) Funds authorized to carry out section 307 of title 23, United States Code, are authorized to be used to carry out the investigation 72 Stat. 913. and study required by this section. BRIDGE APPROACH

STANDARDS

SEC. 156. Section 109 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following subsection: " (k) The Secretary shall not approve any project involving approaches to a bridge under this title, if such project and bridge will significantly affect the traffic volume and the highway system of a contiguous State without first taking into full consideration the views of that State." ALLOCATION

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SEC. 157. (a) Chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section; "§ 150. Allocation of urban system funds "The funds apportioned to any State under paragraph (6) of subsection (b) of section 104 of this title that are attributable to urbanized areas of 200,000 population or more shall be made available for expenditure in such urbanized areas for projects in programs approved under subsection (d) of section 105 of this title in accordance with a fair and equitable formula developed by the State which formula has been approved by the Secretary. Such formula shall provide for fair and equitable treatment of incorporated municipalities of 200,000 or more population. Whenever such a formula has not been developed and

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