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 PUBLIC LAW 97-424—JAN. 6, 1983 this subsection shall be 100 per centum of the total cost thereof and such funds shall remain available until expended. (4) The Secretary of Transportation shall submit to Congress a report on the results of the demonstration project not later than 180 days after completion of such project. (j)(1) The Secretary of Transportation shall conduct a demonstration project in the State of Illinois for the purpose of demonstrating the benefits of constructing usable segments of high-volume facilities, developing methods to achieve the effective implementation of massive capital investments made under Federal programs being discontinued. (2) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection, out of the Highway Trust Fund, $25,000,000 for each fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1982, and ending before October 1, 1986. Such sums shall be available until expended, shall be available for obligation in the same manner and to the same extent as if apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, and shall not be subject to any obligation limitation. The Federal share of the cost of any project under this subsection shall be 50 per centum of the total cost thereof.

96 STAT. 2123

Report to Congress.

Appropriation authorization.

23 USC 101 et seq.

FEDERAL SHARE OF BRIDGE PROJECTS

SEC. 132. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during the two-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this section, with respect to gmy project in the State of Tennessee for the replacement or rehabilitation of a bridge which is wholly funded from state and local sources, is eligible for Federal funds under section 144 of title 23, United States Code, is certified by the State to have been carried out in accordance with all standards applicable to such projects under such section 144, and is determined by the Secretary upon completion to be no longer a deficient bridge, any amount expended after July 1, 1982, from such State and local sources for such project in excess of 20 per centum of the cost of construction thereof may be credited to the non-Federal share of the cost of other projects in such State which are eligible for Federal funds under such section 144, in accordance with procedures established by the Secretary. VEHICLE WEIGHT, LENGTH, AND WIDTH LIMITATIONS

SEC. 133. (a) Section 127 of title 23 of the United States Code is amended to read: "§ 127. Vehicle weight limitations—Interstate System "(a) No funds authorized to be appropriated for any fiscal year under provisions of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 shall be apportioned to any State which does not permit the use of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways within its boundaries by vehicles with a weight of twenty thousand pounds carried on any one axle, including enforcement tolerances, or with a tandem axle weight of thirty-four thousand pounds, including enforcement tolerances, or a gross weight of at least eighty thousand pounds for vehicle combinations of five axles or more. However, the maximum gross weight to be allowed by any State for vehicles using the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways shall be twenty thousand pounds carried on one axle, including enforcement

70 Stat. 374.

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