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1976, out of the Highway Trust Fund, the sum of $75,000,000. Such sums shall be available for obligation in the same manner and to the same extent as if such funds were apportioned under this chapter. " (f) Funds not required for pavement-marking projects author- Released funds. ized by this section may be released by the Secretary for expenditure for projects to eliminate or reduce the hazards to safety at specific locations or sections of highways which are not located on any Federal-aid system and which have high accident experiences or high accident potentials. Funds may be released by the Secretary under condition. this subsection only if the Secretary has received satisfactory assurances from the State highway department that all nonurban area highways within the State are marked in accordance with the pavement-marking standards issued or endorsed by the Federal Highway Administrator for carrying out this program. " (g) Each State shall report to the Secretary of Transportation secritT* *of not later than September 30, 1974, and not later than September 30 Transportation. of each year thereafter, on the progress being made in implementing the program and the effectiveness of the improvements made under it. Each report shall include an analysis and evaluation of the number, rate, and severity of accidents at improved locations and the costbenefit ratio of such improvements, comparing an adequate time period before and after treatment in order to properly assess the benefits occurring from such pavement markings. The Secretary of Trans- Report to portation shall submit a report to the Congress not later than Janu- *^°"^'"^^^' ary 1, 1975, and not later than January 1 of each year thereafter, on the progress being made in implementing the program and the safety benefits achieved under it." (b) The analysis of chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "151. Pavement marking demonstration program.". P A V E M E N T M A R K I N G RESEARCH A N D DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS

SEC. 206. (a) I n addition to the research authorized by section 307(a) of title 23, United States Code, the Secretary of Transporta- 72 Stat. gis; tion is authorized to conduct research and demonstration programs to ^"^ ^*^*" ^^^^* improve the effectiveness and durability of various types of pavement markings and related delineators, to develop improved equipment and techniques for applying, erecting, and maintaining such markings and delineators, and to develop new traffic control materials, devices, and related delineators to assist the traveling public during adverse weather and nighttime driving conditions. (b) There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section Appropriation. by the Federal Highway Administration, out of the Highway Trust Fund, $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975. H I G H W A Y SAFETY O N I N D I A N RESERVATIONS

SEC. 207. (a) Section 402 of title 23 of the United States Code is amended by adding a new subsection (1) as follows: " (i) For the purpose of the application of this section on Indian reservations, 'State' and 'Governor of a State' includes the Secretary of the Interior and 'political subdivision of a State' includes an Indian tribe: Provided, That, notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (C) of subsection (b)(1) hereof, 95 per centum of the funds apportioned to the Secretary of the Interior after date of enactment, shall be expended by Indian tribes to carry out highway safety programs within their jurisdictions: And 'provided further, That the provisions of subparagraph (E) of subsection (b)(1) hereof shall be

so Stat. 731

84 Stat. 1740.

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