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PUBLIC LAW 93-87-AUG. 13, 1973

80 Stat. 7 3 1; 84 Stat. 1740.

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applicable except in those tribal jurisdictions in which the Secretary determines such programs would not be practicable." (b) Subsection (d) of section 402 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting before the period at the end of the first sentence thereof the following: "and except that, in the case of a local highway safety program carried out by an Indian tribe, if the Secretary^ is satisfied that an Indian tribe does not have sufficient funds available to meet the non-Federal share of the cost of such program, he may increase the Federal share of the cost thereof payable under this Act to the extent necessary". DRUG U S E A N D DRIVER BEHAVIOR H I G H W A Y SAFETY RESEARCH

80 Stat. 7 3 3.

Appropriation.

SEC. 208. (a) Section 403 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting " (a) " immediately before the first sentence thereof, and by striking out "this section" each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "this subsection", and by adding at the end thereof the following new subsections: '(b) In addition to the research authorized by subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary, in consultation with such other Government and private agencies as may be necessary, is authorized to carry out safety research on the following: "(1) The relationship between the consumption and use of drugs and their effect upon highway safety and drivers of motor vehicles; and "(2) Driver behavior research, including the characteristics of driver performance, the relationships of mental and physical abilities or disabilities to the driving task, and the relationship of frequency of driver accident involvement to highway safety. "(c) The research authorized by subsection (b) of this section may be conducted by the Secretary through grants and contracts with public and private agencies, institutions, and individuals." (b) There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out the amendments made by this section by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, out of the Highway Trust Fund, the sum of $10,000,000 per fiscal year for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1974, June 30, 1975, and June 30, 1976. P R O J E C T S FOR H I G H - H A Z A R D

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p. 284.

Engineering survey.

Appropriation.

LOCATIONS

SEC. 209. (a) Chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "§ 152. Projects for high-hazard locations " (a) Each State shall conduct and systematically maintain an engineering survey of all highways to identify high-hazard locations which may constitute a danger to vehicles and to pedestrians, assign priorities for the correction of such locations, and establish and implement a schedule of projects for their improvement. " (b) For projects to eliminate or reduce the hazards at specific locations or sections of highways which have high accident experiences or high accident potentials, by the Federal Highway Administration, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of the Highway Trust Fund, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, $50,000,000, and for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1975, and June 30, 1976, the sum of $75,000,000 shall be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund. 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.

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