A BILL TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT THE FEDERAL-AID JANUARY 28, 29, 30 AND FEBRUARY 4, 1958 Printed for the use of the Committee on Public Works CONTENTS Bartelsmeyer, R. R., chief highway engineer, Illinois Department of Highways, vice president, American Association of State Highway Cliff, Edward P., Assistant Chief, Forest Service, Department of Greer, D. C., State highway engineer, State of Texas.. Prentiss, Maj. Gen. Louis W., United States Army, retired, executive vice president; accompanied by Burton F. Miller, deputy executive vice president, American Road Builders Association. Rothschild, Louis S., Under Secretary of Commerce for Transporta- American Association of State Highway Officials: Current official policy statement.. Telegrams from various States__ American Automobile Association, relating to Federal-aid highways, American Municipal Association, policy and objectives for 1958. Causes for the increased cost reflected in this report, excerpt from 26 Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, letter, March 7, 1958, 140 Rothschild, Louis S., Under Secretary of Commerce for Transporta- Steelman, Julien, telegram, January 30, 1958. 106 III ซึ่ง FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY ACT OF 1958 TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1958 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Washington, D. C. The committee met, pursuant to call, at 10: 15 a. m., in room 1302, New House Office Building, Hon. George H. Fallon presiding. Mr. FALLON. Members of the committee and our guests here today: This committee meeting was called today for the consideration of H. R. 9821. This is known as the regular Federal-Aid Highway Act. This bill is necessary to be enacted every 2 years. The bill that we are considering is identical to the bill that was passed in 1956 for the ABC roads, with the exception, of course, that the dates are changed and the amounts are changed. (H. R. 9821 is as follows:) [H. R. 9821, 85th Cong., 2d sess.] A BILL To amend and supplement the Federal-Aid Road Act approved July 11, 1916, to authorize appropriations for continuing the construction of highways Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS SECTION 1. (a) (1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.-For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Federal-Aid Road Act approved July 11, 1916 (39 Stat. 355), and all Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $900,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1960; and the sum of $925,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1961. The sums herein authorized for each fiscal year shall be available for expenditure as follows: (A) 45 per centum for projects on the Federal-aid primary highway system. (B) 30 per centum for projects on the Federal-aid secondary highway system. (C) 25 per centum for projects on extensions of these systems within urban areas. (2) APPORTIONMENTS.-The sums authorized by this section shall be apportioned among the several States in the manner now provided by law and in accordance with the formulas set forth in section 4 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1944, approved December 20, 1944 (58 Stat. 838). (b) AVAILABILITY FOR EXPENDITURE.—Any sums apportioned to any State under this section shall be available for expenditure in that State for two years after the close of the fiscal year for which such sums are authorized, and any amounts so apportioned remaining unexpended at the end of such period shall lapse: Provided, That such funds shall be deemed to have been expended if a sum equal to the total of the sums herein and heretofore apportioned to the State is covered by formal agreements with the Secretary of Commerce for construction, reconstruction, or improvement of specific projects as provided in this title and prior Acts: Provided further, That in the case of those sums heretofore, herein, or herafter apportioned to any State for projects on the Federal-aid secondary highway system, the Secretary of Commerce may, upon the request of any State, discharge his responsibility relative to the plans, specifica 1 |