Federal Aid Highway Act of 1978: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Transportation of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, First SessionU.S. Government Printing Office, 1978 |
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Page 507 - Secretary, but not exceeding $100 per day, including travel time, and while so serving away from their homes or regular places of business they may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946 (5 USC 73b-2) for persons in the Government service employed intermittently.
Page 491 - Each state shall have a highway safety program approved by the Secretary, designed to reduce traffic accidents and deaths, injuries, and property damage resulting therefrom.
Page 496 - For the purposes of this subsection, a "public road" means any road under the jurisdiction of and maintained by a public authority and open to public travel.
Page 507 - Council is authorized (1) to review research projects or programs submitted to or initiated by it in the field of mental health and recommend to the Surgeon General, for prosecution under this Act, any such projects...
Page 491 - ... accident investigations to determine the probable causes of accidents, injuries, and deaths, vehicle registration, operation, and inspection, highway design and maintenance (including lighting, markings, and surface treatment), traffic control, vehicle codes and laws, surveillance of traffic for detection and correction of high or potentially high accident locations, and emergency services.
Page 496 - ... After December 31, 1968, the Secretary shall not apportion any funds under this subsection to any State which is not implementing a highway safety program approved by the Secretary in accordance with this section.
Page 507 - Committee or of any technical advisory committee appointed under this section, who are not regular full-time employees of the United States, shall, while attending meetings or conferences of such committee or otherwise engaged on business of such committee...
Page 1147 - Such tolls shall be so fixed and adjusted as to provide a fund sufficient with other revenues, if any, to pay...
Page 499 - Such departments and agencies are directed to cooperate in such preparation and administration, on a reimbursable basis. " (g) Nothing in this section authorizes the appropriation or expenditure of funds for (1) highway construction, maintenance, or design (other than design of safety features of highways to be incorporated into standards) or (2) any purpose for which funds are authorized by section 403 of this title.
Page 496 - One-third in the ratio which the area of each State bears to the total area of all the States...