That not to exceed $45,000 of the funds provided for carrying out the provisions of the Federal Highway Act of November 9, 1921 (U. S. C., title 23, secs. 21 and 23), shall be available for the purchase of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles necessary for carrying out the provisions of said Act, including the replacement of not to exceed one such vehicle for use in the administrative work of the Bureau of Public Roads in the District of Columbia: Provided further, That, during the fiscal year 1936, whenever performing authorized engineering or other services in connection with the survey, construction, and maintenance, or improvement of roads for other Government agencies the charge for such services may include depreciation on engineering and road-building equipment used, and the amounts received on account of such charges shall be credited to the appropriation concerned: Provided further, That not to exceed $140,000 from the administrative funds authorized by the Act approved November 9, 1921, and Acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, in addition to the amount remaining available under the authorization contained in the Agricultural Appropriation Act approved May 27, 1930, shall be available for the construction of a laboratory, on a site already acquired, for permanent quarters for the testing and research work of the Bureau of Public Roads.

For the survey, construction, reconstruction, and maintenance of main roads through unappropriated or unreserved public lands, nontaxable Indian lands, or other Federal reservations other than the forest reservations, under the provisions of the Act of June 24, 1930 (46 Stat. 805), and as authorized by section 6 of the Highway Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 994), $2,500,000, to be immediately available and remain available until expended.

NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY HIGHWAY FUNDS

For emergency construction of public highways and other related projects in accordance with section 1 of the Act entitled "An Act to increase employment by authorizing an appropriation to provide for emergency construction of public highways and related projects, and to amend the Federal Aid Road Act, approved July 11, 1916, as amended and supplemented, and for other purposes", approved June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 993), the sum of $100,000,000 (being the remainder of the amount of $200,000,000 authorized to be appropriated by section I of such Act) shall be made immediately available for the foregoing purposes from the appropriation in section 1 of the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 and continue available until expended.

The appropriation of $2,000,000 for roads on unappropriated or unreserved public lands, nontaxable Indian lands, and so forth, contained in the Act entitled "An Act to relieve destitution, to broaden the lending powers of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, and to create employment by providing for and expediting a public-works program", approved July 21, 1932, is hereby continued available during the fiscal year 1936, and not to exceed $4,760 may be used for personal services in the District of Columbia.

For carrying out the provisions of section 23 of the Federal Highway Act approved November 9, 1921 (U. S. C., title 23, sec. 23), including not to exceed $82,320 for departmental personal services in the District of Columbia, $7,082,600, which sum is composed of $582,600, the balance of the amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1933 by the Act approved May 5, 1930, and $6,500,000, part of the sum of $10,000,000 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1936 by the Act approved June 18, 1934: Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture shall, upon the approval of this Act, apportion and prorate among the several States, Alaska, and Puerto Rico, as provided in section 23 of said Federal Highway Act, the sum of $10,000,000 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, by the Act approved June 18, 1934: Provided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture shall incur obligations, approve projects, or enter into contracts under his apportionment and prorating of this authorization, and his action in so doing shall be deemed a contractual obligation on the part of the Federal Government for the payment of the cost thereof: Provided further, That total expenditures on account of any Sate or Territory shall at no time exceed its authorized apportionment: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available

for the rental, purchase, or construction of buildings necessary for the storage of equipment and supplies used for road and trail construction and maintenance, but the total cost of any such building purchased or constructed under this authorization shall not exceed $2,500: Provided further, That during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, the expenditures on forest highways in Alaska from the amount herein appropriated shall not exceed $250,000: Provided further, That there shall be available from this appropriation not to exceed $15,000 for the acquisition by purchase, condemnation, gift, grant, dedication, or otherwise of land and not to exceed $200,000 for the acquisition by purchase or construction of a building or buildings for the storage and repair of Government equipment for use in the construction and maintenance of roads. Approved, May 17, 1935.

AGRICULTURAL APPROPRIATION ACT OF JUNE 4, 1936

[PUBLIC NO. 637-74тH CONGRESS]

AN ACT

Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture and for the Farm Credit Administration for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1937, and for other purposes

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FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY SYSTEM

For carrying out the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide that the United States shall aid the States in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes", approved July 11, 1916 (39 Stat., pp. 355-359), and all Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, to be expended in accordance with the provisions of said Act, as amended, including not to exceed $556,000 for departmental personal services in the District of Columbia, $60,000,000, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended, which sum is part of the sum of $125,000,000 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1936, by section 4 of the Act approved June 18, 1934 (48 Stat., 994): Provided, That none of the money herein appropriated shall be paid to any State on account of any project on which convict labor shall be employed, except this provision shall not apply to convict labor performed by convicts on parole or probation: Provided further, That not to exceed $45,000 of the funds provided for carrying out the provisions of the Federal Highway Act of November 9, 1921 (U. S. C., title 23, secs. 21 and 23), shall be available for the purchase of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles necessary for carrying out the provisions of said Act, including the replacement of not to exceed one such vehicle for use in the administrative work of the Bureau of Public Roads in the District of Columbia: Provided further, That, during the fiscal year 1937, whenever performing authorized engineering or other services in connection with the survey, construction, and maintenance, or improvement of roads for other Government agencies the charge for such services may include depreciation on engineering and road-building equipment used, and the amounts received on account of such charges shall be credited to the appropriation concerned: Provided further, That during the fiscal year 1937 the appropriations for the work of the Bureau of Public Roads shall be available for meeting the expenses of warehouse maintenance and the procurement, care, and handling of supplies, materials, and equipment stored therein for distribution to projects under the supervision of the Bureau of Public Roads, and for sale and distribution to other Government activities, the cost of such supplies and materials or the value of such equipment (including the cost of transportation and handling), to be reimbursed to appropriations current at the time additional supplies, materials, or equipment are procured, from the appropriation chargeable with the cost or value of such supplies, materials, and equipment: Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 from the administrative funds authorized by the Act approved November 9, 1921, and Acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, in addition to the amount remaining available under the authorizations contained in the Agricultural Appropriation Acts approved May 27, 1930, and May 17, 1935, shall be available for the construction of a laboratory, on a site already acquired, for permanent quarters for the testing and research work of the Bureau of Public Roads.

The authorization of $2,500,000 for the survey, construction, reconstruction, and maintenance of main roads through unappropriated or unreserved public lands, nontaxable Indian lands, or other Federal reservations other than the forest reservations, under the provisions of the Act of June 24, 1930 (46 Stat.. p. 805), provided for by section 6 of the Highway Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat., p. 994), for the fiscal year 1937, is hereby canceled for said fiscal year and made applicable to the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938.

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FOREST ROADS AND TRAILS

For carrying out the provisions of section 23 of the Federal Highway Act approved November 9, 1921 (U. S. C., title 23, sec. 23), including not to exceed $95,240 for departmental personal services in the District of Columbia, $8,000,000, which sum is composed of $3,500,000, the balance of the amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1936, by the Act approved June 18, 1934, and $4,500,000, part of the sum of $10,000,000 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1937 by the Act approved June 18, 1934: Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture shall, upon the approval of this Act, apportion, and prorate among the several States, Alaska, and Puerto Rico, as provided in section 23 of said Federal Highway Act, the sum of $10,000,000 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1937, by the Act approved June 18, 1934: Provided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture shall incur obligations, approve projects, or enter into contracts under his apportionment and prorating of this authorization, and his action in so doing shall be deemed a contractual obligation on the part of the Federal Government for the payment of the cost thereof: Provided further, That total expenditures on account of any State or Territory shall at no time exceed its authorized apportionment: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available for the rental, purchase, or construction of buildings necessary for the storage of equipment and supplies used for road and trail construction and maintenance, but the total cost of any such building purchased or constructed under this authorization shall not exceed $2,500: Provided further, That during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1937, the expenditures on forest highways in Alaska from the amount herein appropriated shall not exceed $250,000. This title may be cited as the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1937.

Approved June 4, 1936.

AUTHORIZATION AND AMENDMENT OF JUNE 16, 1936

[PUBLIC NO. 686-74TH CONGRESS]

[H. R. 11687]

AN ACT

To amend the Federal Aid Highway Act, approved July 11, 1916, as amended and supplemented, and for other purposes

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide that the United States shall aid the States in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes", approved July 11, 1916, and all Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the following sums, to be expended according to the provisions of such Act as amended: The sum of $125,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938, and the sum of $125,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939.

(a) All sums authorized in this section and apportioned to the States shall be available for expenditure for one year after the close of the fiscal year for for which said sums, respectively, are authorized, and any sum remaining unexpended at the end of the period during which it is available for expenditure shall be reapportioned among the States as provided in section 21 of the Federal Highway Act of 1921 (42 Stat. 212).

(b) on or before January 1 of each year, the Secretary of Agriculture shall apportion among the several States, as provided in section 21 of the Federal Highway Act of 1921, the sums authorized for the fiscal year immediately following. When said apportionment has been made for any fiscal year, the State highway departments may submit projects to the Secretary of Agriculture for his approval. The Secretary of Agriculture shall act upon projects submitted to him under any such apportionment and his approval of any such project shall be deemed a contractual obligation of the Federal Government for the payment of its proportional contribution thereto: Provided, That projects approved under any apportionment before the beginning of the fiscal year for which such apportionment has been made may be contracted for by the States and construction thereon may be begun, but the total reimbursements to any State or Territory before the beginning of such fiscal year shall not exceed the total of all previous apportionments to such State or Territory.

(c) The term "highway" as defined in the Federal Highway Act, approved November 9, 1921, as amended and supplemented, shall be deemed to include such main parkways as may be designated by the State and approved by the Secretary of Agriculture as part of the Federal-aid highway system.

(d) If within the fiscal years 1936 or 1937 the Secretary of Agriculture shall find with respect to any State that the proceeds of all special taxes on motor-vehicle transportation, as referred to in section 12 of the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 993), are applied to highway purposes as defined in said section and shall further find that after having so applied such proceeds to such highway purposes other than construction there will be insufficient balance remaining for construction with which to match all, or any part, of the regular Federal-aid road funds apportioned to such State for either or both said years, respectively, in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Highway Act of 1921, as amended and supplemented, all, or such portion, of such apportionment as the State is unable to match shall be available for expenditure in such State in accordance with said Federal Highway Act without being matched by the State with State funds.

SEC. 2. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of section 23 of the Federal Highway Act of 1921 there is hereby authorized to be appropriated for forest highways, roads, and trails the following sums, to be available until expended in accordance with the provisions of said section 23: The sum of $14,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938; the sum of $14,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939: Provided, That_one-third, but not less than $3,000,000, of the appropriation made for any fiscal year for carrying out the provisions of said section 23 may hereafter be expended for the purposes enumerated in the first paragraph of clause (a) of said section 23: And provided further, That on or before January 1 of each year the Secretary of Agriculture shall apportion and prorate among the several States, Alaska, and Puerto Rico, as provided in said section 23, the sum authorized for the fiscal year immediately following and the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to approve projects under any such apportionment, and to incur obligations or enter into contracts under his apportionment and prorating of the authorization, and his action in so doing shall be deemed a contractual obligation on the part of the Federal Government for the payment of the cost thereof.

SEC. 3. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of section 3 of the Federal Highway Act of 1921, as amended June 24, 1930 (46 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 other than the forest reservations, the sum of $2,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938, and the sum of $2,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939, to remain available until expended.

SEC. 4. For the construction, reconstruction, and improvement of roads and trails, inclusive of necessary bridges, in the national parks, monuments, and other areas administered by the National Park Service, including areas authorized to be established as national parks and monuments, and national park and monument approach roads authorized by the Act of January 31, 1931 (46 Stat. 1053), as amended, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $7,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938, and the sum of $7,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939.

SEC. 5. For the construction and maintenance of parkways, to give access to national parks, and national monuments, or to become connecting sections of a national parkway plan, over lands to which title has been transferred to the United States by the States or by private individuals, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938, and the sum of $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939: Provided, That the location of such parkways upon public lands, national forests, or other Federal reservations shall be determined by agreement between the department having jurisdiction over such lands and the National Park Service.

SEC. 6. For construction and improvement of Indian reservation roads under the provisions of the Act approved May 26, 1928 (45 Stat. 750), there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $4,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938, and the sum of $4,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939: Provided, That hereafter the location, type, and design of all roads constructed under the provisions of said Act of May 26, 1928, shall be approved by the Bureau of Public Roads before any expenditures are made thereon, and all such construction done by contract shall be under the general supervision of said Bureau.

SEC. 7. In addition to any other authorizations which have been made, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the several States to be apportioned and expended under the provisions of the Federal Highway Act of 1921, as amended and supplemented: The sum of $25,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938; the sum of $25,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939: Provided, That the sums herein authorized shall be applied to secondary or feeder roads, including farm-to-market roads, rural free delivery mail roads, and public-school bus routes.

SEC. 8. For the elimination of hazards to life at railroad grade crossings, including the separation or protection of grades at crossings, the reconstruction of existing railroad grade-crossing structures, and the relocation of highways to eliminate grade crossings, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, to be apportioned on or before the 1st day of January of each year preceding the fiscal year for which it is authorized among the several States (including the Territory of Hawaii and the District of Columbia) in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Highway Act of 1921, as amended and supplemented, except that such apportionment shall be one-half on population as shown by the latest decennial census, one-fourth on the mileage of the Federal-aid highway system as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture, and one-fourth on the railroad mileage as determined by the Interstate Commerce Commission, and to be expended in accordance with said Federal Highway Act, as amended and supplemented, except that no part of such funds apportioned to any State need be matched by the State: The sum of $50,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938; the sum of $50,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939: Provided, That no part of the appropriations hereafter made for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Federal Highway Act, or any Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, shall be approved for expenditure on any highway unless proper safety protective devices shall be installed or be in operation at any highway and railroad grade crossing or draw-bridge on that portion of the highway with respect to which such expenditures are to be made and said devices shall comply with the safety standards determined by the United States Bureau of Public Roads at that time as being adequate.

SEC. 9. With the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture, not to exceed 11⁄2 per centum of the amount apportioned for any year to any State under sections 1, 7, and 8 of this Act may be used for surveys, plans, engineering, and economic investigations of projects for future construction in such State, either on the Federal-aid highway system and extensions thereof or on secondary or feeder roads.

SEO. 10. (a) That all taxes levied by any State, Territory, or the District of Columbia upon sales of gasoline and other motor vehicle fuels may be levied, in the same manner and to the same extent, upon such fuels when sold by or through post exchanges, ship stores, ship service stores, commissaries, filling stations, licensed traders, and other similar agencies, located on United States military or other reservations, when such fuels are not for the exclusive use of the United States. Such taxes, so levied, shall be paid to the proper taxing authorities of the State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, within whose borders the reservation affected may be located.