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 PUBLIC LAW 97-424—JAN. 6, 1983

96 STAT. 2125

system is eligible for assistance under such section, except that no such assistance shall be made avedlable with respect to such bridge until such bridge— (1) has been transferred to one or both of the States of Missouri and Illinois; (2) is freed from tolls; and (3) otherwise meets the eligibility requirements of such section, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. MANPOWER STUDY

SEC. 135. The Secretary of Transportation shall undertake to enter 23 USC lOi note. into appropriate arrangements with the National Academy of Sciences' Transportation Research Board to conduct a comprehensive study and investigation of future transportation professional manpower needs, including but not limited to prevailing methods of recruitment, training, and financial and other incentives and disincentives which encourage or discoureige retention in service of such professional manpower by Federal, State, and loccd governments. In Report to entering into any arrangement with the National Academy of Sci- Secretary and ences for conducting such study and investigation, the Secretary Congress. shall request the National Academy of Sciences to report to the Secretary and the Congress not later than two years after the enactment of this Act on the results of such study and investigation, together with its recommendations. The Secretary shall furnish to the Academy at its request any information which the Academy deems necessary for the purpose of conducting the study and investigation authorized by this section. FERRYBOAT STUDY

SEC. 136. The Office of Technology Assessment shall conduct a comprehensive investigation and study of the feasibility of a high speed ferryboat operation over the waters of the Caribbean Sea between Saint Croix and Saint Thomas in the Virgin Islands in accordance with this section. The Department of Transportation, the Army Corps of Engineers, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and all other agencies, offices, and instrumentalities of the United States shall assist the Office in conducting an objective investigation and study of such projected operation. The Office shall evaluate this projected operation for its feasibility under various degrees of commercigd and government sponsorship. The Office shall complete and transmit a report on such investigation and study to the Congress no later than January 1, 1984.

Report to Congress.

STUDY OF FACTORS IN APPORTIONMENT FORMULAS

SEC. 137. (a) The Secretary of Transportation shall study and determine the need for including weather-related factors, particularly the effects of freezing and thawing, in the apportionment formulas for Federal-aid highways under section 104 of title 23, United States Code. The Secretary shall report to Congress not later than four months after the date of enactment of this Act on the results of such study and shall include in such report specific recommendations for changing such apportionment formulas to take into account weather-related factors.

Report to Congress.

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