Report Submitted [to The] Committee on Public Works: House of Representatives, Eighty-fourth Congress, by the Secretary of Commerce Pursuant to Section 12 of the Federal-aid-highway Act of 1954, and Proposed Bill to Revise and Clarify Existing Highway LegislationU.S. Government Printing Office, 1955 - 111 pages |
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administrative agency apportionment appropriations available Federal census available for expenditure Bureau of Public centum certified Commissioner of Public contract cooperation cost of construction December 20 design and construction exceed existing law expended Federal funds Federal Highway Act Federal share payable Federal Works Administrator Federal-aid primary system Federal-aid secondary system Federal-aid system forest highways grade crossing hereafter highway construction highway department Inter-American Highway interstate system June 30 latest available Federal located ment national forests national parks nontaxable Indian lands November 9 obligation parkways payment portion thereof prior acts PRIOR LAWS project agreement proposed bill proviso Provided public highway bridge public lands highways Public Roads purposes railway-highway crossings reconstruction relocation right-of-way roads and trails Secretary is authorized Secretary of Agriculture Secretary of Commerce section 102 SOURCES IN PRIOR star routes subdivision thereof sums apportioned thereto tion toll toll tunnel United urban areas vehicles or persons
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Page 5 - One-third in the ratio which the area of each State bears to the total area of all the States; one-third in the ratio which the population of each State bears to the total population of all the States, as shown by the...
Page 33 - Stat. 805), there is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the survey, construction, reconstruction, and maintenance of main roads through unappropriated or unreserved public lands, nontaxable Indian lands, or other Federal reservations...
Page 23 - State funds, for engineering and economic surveys and investigations; for the planning of future highway programs and the financing thereof; for studies of the economy, safety, and convenience of highway usage and the desirable regulation and equitable taxation thereof; and for research and development, necessary in connection with the planning, design, construction, and maintenance of highways and highway systems, and the regulation and taxation of their use.
Page 18 - If such estimated cost is less than $5,000 per mile, or if, after proper advertising, no acceptable bid is received, or the bids are deemed excessive, the work may be done by the Secretary of Agriculture on his own account...
Page 9 - State to acquire title to, or control of, any marginal land along the proposed highway in addition to that reasonably necessary for road surfaces, median strips, gutters, ditches, and side slopes, and of sufficient width to provide service roads for adjacent property to permit safe access at controlled locations in order to expedite traffic, promote safety, and minimize roadside parking.
Page 13 - State fish and game department and authorized under the laws of the State to receive public funds of the State.
Page 16 - Rico, according to the area and value of the land owned by the Government within the national forests...
Page 10 - Construction (a) The construction of any highways or portions of highways located on a Federal-aid system shall be undertaken by the respective State highway departments or under their direct supervision. Except as provided in section 117 of this title, such construction shall be subject to the inspection and approval of the Secretary. The construction work and labor in each State shall be performed under the direct supervision of the State highway department and in accordance with the laws of that...
Page 14 - Army may allot, from existing flood-control appropriations, such sums as may be necessary for the immediate prosecution of the work herein authorized, such appropriations to be reimbursed from the appropriation herein authorized when made...
Page 32 - For the construction, improvement, and maintenance of Indian reservation roads and bridges and roads and bridges to provide access to Indian reservations and Indian lands under the provisions of the Act approved May 26, 1928 (45 Stat.