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 PUBLIC LAW 95-599—NOV. 6, 1978 (1) the Burlington Northern mainline from Beach, North Dakota to Staples, Minnesota, from Staples, Minnesota to Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota and from Staples, Minnesota to Duluth, Minnesota/Superior, Wisconsin; (2) the Burlington Northern line from Joder, Nebraska to Rulo, Nebraska; (3) the Chicago Northwestern line from Harrison, Nebraska to Blair, Nebraska; and (4) the Union Pacific line from Scottsbluff, Nebraska to Steele City, Nebraska. (c) The Secretary shall report to the Congress on the results of the investigation and study authorized by subsection (a) of this section not later than March 31, 1979. Such report shall include the information required by subsection (a) together with the Secretary's conclusions and recommendations for appropriate legislation. (d) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $350,000 to carry out this section.

92 STAT. 2721

Report and legislative recommendations to Congress. Appropriation authorization.

BRIDGE DIVERSION STUDY

SEC. 163. The Secretary of Transportation shall make a full and complete investigation and study of the need for, and ways and means of accomplishing, diverting a portion of the traffic from the bridges on the Interstate System across the Mississippi River presently operating above designed capacity to other bridges in the vicinity of any such Interstate System bridge. The Secretary shall report to Congress not later than two years after the date of enactment of this section the results of such investigations and study together with recommendations for necessary legislation.

Report and legislative recommendation s to Congress.

BONDED I N D E B T E D N E S S STUDY

SEC. 164. The Secretary of Transportation shall conduct a study to 23 USC 129 note, determine the extent of outstanding bonded indebtedness for each State as of January 1, 1979, incurred by each State or public authority within each State prior to June 29, 1956, for the construction of toll roads or portion thereof incorporated into the Interstate System. The study should determine a method of allocating bonded indebtedness between portions of toll roads which have been incorporated into the Interstate System and portions which remain free to public travel. The study should determine what specific encumbrances there are to expeditious removal of tolls and recommended alternative methods for equitable payment of debt service for the purpose of making toll roads incorporated into the Interstate System free to public travel. The Secretary shall report his findings to Congress not later than Report to July 1, 1980.

Congress. DULLES AIRPORT ACCESS H I G H W A Y STUDY

SEC. 165. The Secretary of Transportation shall, not later than ninety days after the date of enactment of this section, complete the ongoing study of commuter access to the Dulles Airport Access Highway and report the findings and recommendations to Congress.

Report to Congress.

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