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 90 STAT. 426

PUBLIC LAW 94-280—MAY 5, 1976

(c) No part of the funds authorized by section 108(b) of the Fed23 USC 101 note. eral-Aid Highway Act of 1956, as amended, for the Interstate System, shall be obligated for any project for resurfacing, restoring, or rehabilitating any portion of the Interstate System. AUTHORIZATION OF USE OF COST ESTIMATES FOR APPORTIGlSrMENT OF INTERSTATE FUNDS

23 USC 101 note.

SEC. 103. The Secretary of Transportation shall apportion for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, the sums authorized to be appropriated for such periods by section 108(b) of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, as amended, for expenditures on the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, using the apportionment factors contained in revised table 5 of Committee Print 94-38 of the Committee on Public Works and Transportation of the House of Representatives. TRANSITION QUARTER AUTHORIZATION

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23 USC 142.

SEC. 104. (a) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of the Highway Trust Fund, $1,637,390,000 for the transition quarter ending September 30, 1976, for those projects authorized by title 23 of the United States Code, the approval of which creates a contractual obligation of the United States for payment out of the Highway Trust Fund of the Federal share of such projects except those authorized by section 142 of such title, and those on the Interstate System (other than as permitted in subsection (b)). Such sums shall be apportioned or allocated on the date of enactment of this Act among the States, as follows: (1) 60 per centum according to the formula established under section 104(b)(1) of title 23, United States Code, as such section is in effect on the day preceding the date of enactment of this Act. (2) 40 per centum in the ratio which the population of each State bears to the total population of all the States shown by the latest available Federal census. (b) Any State which received less than one-half of 1 per centum of the apportionment made under section 104(b)(5) of title 23, United States Code, for the Interstate System for fiscal year 1977 may expend all or any part of its apportionment under this section for projects on the Interstate System in such State. (c) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund, for the transition quarter ending September 30, 1976, $8,250,000 for forest highways, and $4,000,000 for public lands highways. Such sums shall be apportioned or allocated on the date of enactment of this Act in accordance with section 202 of title 23, United States Code. (d) There is authorized to be appropriated, out of the Highway Trust Fund, for the transition quarter ending September 30, 1976, $120,000 to the Virgin Islands, $120,000 to Guam, and $120,000 to American Samoa, for projects and programs under sections 152. 153, and 402 of title 23, United States Code, such sums shall be apportioned on the date of enactment of this Act in accordance with section 402(c) of title 23, United States Code.

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