Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 92 Part 3.djvu/82

 92 STAT. 2714

PUBLIC LAW 95-599—NOV. 6, 1978 of Maine. The amount so credited shall be in addition to all other funds then apportioned to such State and shall be available for expenditure in accordance with the provisions of title 23, United States Code. (b) The State of Maine and the Maine Turnpike Authority are deemed to be in compliance with section 129(c) of title 23, United States Code: Provided, That the conditions of subsection (a) are satisfied and that no toll shall be imposed or collected three years after repayment of bonds outstanding with respect to the Maine Turnpike by the State of Maine or the Maine Turnpike Authority for the use of the following interchange or connection with the Maine Turnpike: The segment of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways in South Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, and Scarborough, Cumberland County, Maine, and identified as Interstate 295, connecting Interstate 295 and the Maine Turnpike. FOREIGN BUILT H0\TERCRAFT IN^ ALASKA

46 USC 883 note. 46 USC 883.

"Hovercraft."

SEC. 146. (a) Effective during the five-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, nothing in section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1920, or any other provision of law restricting the coastwise trade to vessels of the United States shall prohibit the transportation within the State of Alaska of merchandise or passengers by foreign built hovercraft. (b) For the purpose of this section the term "hovercraft" means a vehicle which travels over land or water in a cushion of air generated by such vehicle. ACCELERATION OF BRIDGE PROJECTS

23 USC 144 note.

Apportionment set aside. Post, p. 2728.

23 USC 101 et seq. Federal share. Report to Congress.

SEC. 147. The Secretary of Transportation shall carry out two projects to construct or replace high traffic volume bridges located on the Federal-aid system and which traverse major bodies of water in order to demonstrate the feasibility of reducing the time required to replace unsafe bridges. One project shall demonstrate the feasibility of reducing the time required from the time of a request for project approval through completion of construction. The other project shall demonstrate the feasibility of reducing the time to complete construction of bridge projects on which all Federal environmental and navigational reviews and assessments have been completed. Not to exceed $54,000,000 of the amount authorized for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, by section 202(6) of the Highway Safety Act of 1978 to be apportioned under section 144(e) of title 23, United States Code, shall be set aside before any such apportionment and shall be available for obligation to carry out this section in the same manner and to the same extent as if such funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, except that such funds shall be available until expended. The Federal share of the projects authorized by this section shall be that provided in section 120(c) of title 23, United States Code. Not later than six months after completion of each such project, the Secretary of Transportation shall submit a report to Congress which includes, but is not limited to, a description of the methods used to reduce the time necessary for the completion of such bridge project, recommendations for applying such methods to other bridge projects, and any changes which may be necessary to existing laws to permit further reductions in the time necessary to complete bridge projects.

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