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PUBLIC LAW 93-87-AUG. 13, 1973

[87 STAT.

P R O H I B I T I O N OF D I S C R I M I N A T I O N O N THE BASIS OF SEX Ante,

p. 273.

78 Stat. 252. 42 USC 2000d.

SEC. 162. (a) Chapter 3 of title 23, United States Code is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "§ 324. Prohibition of discrimination on the basis of sex "No person shall on the ground of sex be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal assistance under this title or carried on under this title. This provision will be enforced through agency provisions and rules similar to those already established, with respect to racial and other discrimination, under title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. However, this femedy is not exclusive and will not prejudice or cut off any other legal remedies available to a discriminatee." (b) The analysis of chapter 3, title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "324. Prohibition of discrimination on the basis of sex.". DEMONSTRATION PROJECT—^RAlLROAlD-HIGHWAY CROSSINGS

SEC. 163. (a) The Secretary of Transportation shall enter into such arrangements as may be necessary to carry out demonstration projects in Lincoln, Nebraska, Wheeling, West Virginia, and Elko, Nevada, for the relocation of railroad lines from the central area of the cities in conformance with the methodology developed under proposals submitted to the Secretary by the respective cities. The cities shall (1) have a local agency with legal authority to relocate railroad facilities, levy taxes for such purpose, and a record of prior accomplishment; and (2) have a current relocation plan for such lines which has a favorable benefit-cost ratio involving and having the unanimous approval of three or more class 1 railroads in Lincoln, Nebraska, and the two class 1 railroads in Wheeling, West Virginia, and Elko, Nevada, and multicivic, local, and State agencies, and which provides for the elimination of a substantial number of the existing railwayroad conflict points within the city. (b) The Secretary of Transportation shall carry out a demonstration project for the elimination or protection of certain public groundlevel rail-highway crossings in, or in the vicinity of, Springfield, Illinois. (c) The Secretary of Transportation shall enter into such arrangements as may be necessary to carry out demonstration projects in Brownsville, Texas, and Matamoros, Mexico, for the relocation of railroad lines from the central area of the cities in conformance with the methodology developed under proposals submitted to the Secretary by the Brownsville Navigation District, providing for the construction of an international bridge and for the elimination of a substantial number of existing railway-road conflict points within the cities. (d) The Secretary of Transportation shall enter into such arrangements as may be necessary to carry out a demonstration project in East Saint Louis, Illinois, for the relocation of rail lines between Thirteenth and Forty-third Streets, in accordance with methodology approved by the Secretary. The Secretary of Transportation shall carry out a demonstration project for the relocation of rail lines in the vicinity of Carbondale, Illinois. (e) The Secretary of Transportation shall enter into such arrangements as may be necessary to carry out a demonstration project in New Albany, Indiana, for the elimination of the existing rail loop and relocation of rail lines to a location between Vincennes Street and East

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