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 96 STAT. 1784 Deepwater Port Liability Funds.

PUBLIC LAW 97-369—DEC. 18, 1982

SEC. 320. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be available for the implementation or execution of programs, the obligations for which are in excess of $50,000,000 in fiscal year 1983 for the "Deepwater Port Liability Fund". 23 USC 127 note. SEC. 321. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds authorized to be appropriated for any fiscal year under provisions of 70 Stat. 374. the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 shall hereafter be apportioned to any State which imposes a vehicle width limitation of more or less than 102 inches on any segment of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, or any other qualifying Federalaid highways as designated by the Secretary of Transportation, with traffic lanes designed to be a width of twelve feet or more: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, certain safety devices which the Secretary of Transportation determines as necessary for safe and efficient operation of motor vehicles shall not be included in the calculation of width: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law or of this paragraph, a State may grant special use permits to motor vehicles that exceed 102 inches: Provided further. That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, no withholding of apportionment shall be imposed upon a State by virtue of the provisions of this paragraph prior to October 1, 1983. Compensation SEC. 322. (a) Any air carrier having a claim for compensation claims. under section 406 or 419(a)(7)(B) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, 49 USC 1376b. decided by the Civil Aeronautics Board (hereinafter referred to as 49 USC 1376, the "Board") may bring an action directly on the claim in the 1389. United States Claims Court as provided in section 10(a) of the 41 USC 609. Contract Disputes Act of 1978 with respect to claims which have been decided by a contracting officer. Failure by the Board to issue a final decision on a final claim within one year after it was filed with the Board, or by the date of enactment of this section, whichever is later, shall be deemed to be a decision by the Board denying the claim, and will authorize an action on the claim as provided in this section. This section shall apply to any claim decided, or deemed to have been decided, by the Board after January 1, 1981, including any claim remanded to the Board by a United States court of appeals, irrespective of when the claim was filed with the Board. Any action under this section shall be filed within one hundred and twenty days after the claim has been decided or is deemed to have been decided by the Board, or within one hundred and twenty days after the date of enactment of this section, whichever is later. Any petition for review of a decision of the Board with respect to any such claim pending in a United States court of appeals on the date of enactment of this section shall be dismissed without prejudice upon motion of the petitioner. (b) Except as provided herein, the following provisions of the 41 USC 601 note. Contract Disputes Act of 1978 shall apply with respect to any claim to which this section applies as if such claim were a claim with respect to a decision of a contracting officer under section 10(a) of 41 USC 609. such Act and as if the Board were a contracting officer: 41 USC 611. (1) Section 12, relating to interest, which shall be payable by decision of the Board or the Court of Claims at the rates provided in such section, not to precede the date of enactment of the Contract Disputes Act of 1978. 41 USC 612. (2) Section 13, relating to the payment of claims and judgments. 28 USC 1491. (3) Section 14(i), relating to the jurisdiction of the United States Claims Court.

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