plemented, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated (1) for forest highways the sum of $25,000,000 for the first post-war fiscal year and a like amount for each of the second and third post-war fiscal years; and (2) for forest development roads and trails the sum of $12,500,000 for the first post-war fiscal year and a like amount for each of the second and third post-war fiscal years: Provided, That the apportionment for forest highways in Alaska shall be for each year $1,500,000 and that such additional amount as otherwise would have been apportioned to Alaska for each of said years shall be apportioned among those States, including Puerto Rico, whose forest highway apportionment for such year otherwise would be less than 1 per centum of the entire apportionment for forest highways for that year. SEC. 10. (a) For the construction, reconstruction, improvement, and maintenance of roads and trails, inclusive of necessary bridges, in 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 $12,750,000, to become available at the rate of $4,250,000 a year for each of the three successive post-war fiscal years. (b) 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 $30,000,000, to become available at the rate of $10,000,000 a year for each of the three successive post-war fiscal years. (c) 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. 750), there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $6,000,000 for the first post-war fiscal year and a like amount for each of the second and third post-war fiscal years: Provided, That the location, type, and design of all roads and bridges constructed shall be approved by the Public Roads Administration before any expenditures are made thereon, and all such construction shall be under the general supervision of the Public Roads Administration. SEC. 11. Federal highway funds shall not be used for the reconstruction or relocation of any highway giving access to an airport (if such airport has been constructed or extended after the date of enactment of this Act), or for the reconstruction or relocation of any highway which has been or may be closed or the usefulness of which has been or may be impaired by the location or construction of any airport (if such airport has been constructed or extended after the date of enactment of this Act), unless, prior to such extension or construction, as the case may be, the State highway department and the Public Roads Administration have concurred with the officials in charge of the airport that the location of such airport or extension thereof and the consequent reconstruction or relocation of the highway are in the public interest. SEC. 12. On any highway or street hereafter constructed with Fed eral aid in any State, the location, form, and character of informational, regulatory, and warning signs, curb and pavement or other markings, and traffic signals installed or placed by any public authority, or other agency, shall be subject to the approval of the State highway department with the concurrence of the Public Roads Administration; and the Commissioner of Public Roads is hereby directed to concur only in such installations as will promote the safe and efficient utilization of the highways. SEC. 13. If any section, subsection, or other provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of this Act and the application of such section, subsection, or other provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. SEC. 14. This Act may be cited as the "Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1944". Approved December 20, 1944. AMENDMENT OF JUNE 21, 1947 [61 Stat. 136] AN ACT To amend 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, 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 paragraph (d) of section 4 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1944, Public Law 521, Seventy-eighth Congress, approved December 20, 1944, is hereby amended by striking out the term "one year" where it appears in said paragraph and inserting in lieu thereof the term "two years". Approved June 21, 1947. FIRST POSTWAR FISCAL YEAR [59 Stat. 846, Part 2] CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Be it resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That for the purposes only as specified in section 2 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1944 (Public Law 521, Seventy-eighth Congress), it is hereby found as a fact that the war emergency has been relieved to an extent that will justify proceeding with the highwayconstruction program provided for by said Act, and for the purposes of said Act the first postwar fiscal year referred to therein shall be the fiscal year ending June 30, 1946. Passed the House of Representatives September 27, 1943. AMENDMENT OF JULY 31, 1945 [59 Stat. 507] AN ACT To amend section 8 of the Act entitled "An Act to amend 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, as amended and supplemented, and for other purposes", approved July 13, 1943. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in the case of each and every State which, prior to January 1, 1947, shall have constructed or acquired any toll bridges, including interstate toll bridges, serving the approved system of Federal-aid highways, and which has caused or, prior to January 1, 1947, shall cause any such toll bridge or toll bridges to be made free, the Federal Works Administrator shall be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay out of the regular and secondary Federal-aid road funds apportioned to such State not to exceed 50 per centum of such amount as may be approved by the Federal Works Administrator as the current reasonable value of the physical property, exclusive of rights-of-way, of any such bridge, or not to exceed 50 per centum of the bonds or other obligations created and issued for the construction of such bridge which shall remain unpaid and outstanding, or such percentage of the amount by which such outstanding bonds or other obligations shall exceed any funds accumulated or provided for their amortization, on the date such bridge is made free, whichever shall be least: Provided, That no payment of Federal funds shall be made on account of any such bridge which was not constructed in accordance with plans and specifications which would meet the standards required under the Federal Highway Act at the time such bridge was constructed: Provided further, That no such payment shall be made which will exceed 50 per centum of the current reasonable value of the physical properties of any such bridge, nor shall such payment in the case of any bridge which was constructed or acquired with the aid of Federal funds or with the aid of a grant from the Federal Government exceed 50 per centum of the current reasonable value of the physical properties of such bridge which remains after deducting therefrom the share of cost or of grant already paid by the Federal Government, or shall not exceed 50 per centum of the bonds or other obligations created and issued for the construction of such bridge which shall remain unpaid and outstanding, or such percentage of the amount by which such outstanding bonds or other obligations shall exceed any funds accumulated or provided for their amortization, on the date such bridge is made free, whichever shall be least, and any amount so paid on account of any such bridge from regular Federal-aid road funds shall be used for matching unobligated regular Federal-aid road funds available to the State for expenditure in the improvement of highways on the system of Federal-aid highways, and any amount so paid on account of any such bridge from secondary Federal-aid road funds shall be used for matching unobligated secondary Federal-aid road funds available to the State for expenditure in the improvement of secondary or feeder roads. Approved July 31, 1945. APPROPRIATIONS (Certain of the laws included in the preceding section, Controlling Legislation, also provide appropriations for Federal-aid highway construction. These are the acts approved July 11, 1916 (39 Stat. 355), Feb. 28, 1919 (40 Stat. 1200), Nov. 9, 1921 (42 Stat. 212), Feb. 23, 1931 (46 Stat. 1415), July 21, 1932 (47 Stat. 709), and Apr. 8, 1935 (49 Stat. 115).) DEFICIENCY APPROPRIATION ACT OF JANUARY 22, 1923 [42 STAT. 1157] An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1923, and prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1923, and for other purposes 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, and all acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, to be expended in accordance with the provisions of such act as amended, $25,000,000, to remain available until expended, being part of the sum of $50,000,000 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1923, by paragraph 1 of section 4 of the act making appropriations for the Post Office Department for the fiscal year 1923, approved June 19, 1922: Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture shall act upon projects submitted to him under his apportionment of such authorization of $50,000,000, and his approval of any such project within three years shall be deemed a contractual obligation of the Federal Government for the payment of its proportional contribution thereto: Provided further, That the appropriations heretofore and hereafter made for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of such act of July 11, 1916, and the acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto shall be considered available for the purpose of discharging the obligations created by the approval of projects. Approved, January 22, 1923. AGRICULTURAL APPROPRIATION ACT OF FEBRUARY 26, 1923 [42 STAT. 1321] An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, and for other purposes SPECIAL ITEMS Forest roads and trails: For carrying out the provisions of section 23 of the Federal highway act approved November 9, 1921, $3.000,000, to be available until expended, being part of the sum of $6.500,000 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, by paragraph 2 of section 4 of the act making appropriations for the Post Office Department for the fiscal year 1923, approved June 19, 1922: Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized, immediately upon the approval of this act, also to apportion and prorate among the several States, Alaska, and Porto Rico, as provided in section 23 of said Federal highway act, the sum of 64 $3,500,000, constituting the remainder of the said authorization of $6,500,000: Provided further. That the Secretary of Agriculture may 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 of the Federal Government for the payment of the cosi thereof: Provided further, That the appropriations heretofore, herein, and hereafter made for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of section 8 of the act of July 11, 1916, and of section 23 of the Federal highway act of November 9, 1921, and acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, shall be considered available for the purpose of discharging the obligations created hereunder in any State or Territory: Provided further, That the total expenditures on account of any State or Territory shall at no time exceed its authorized apportionment. Cooperative construction of rural post roads: 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, and all acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, to be expended in accordance with the provisions of said act as amended, $29,300,000, to be available until expended, being part of the sum of $65,000,000 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, by paragraph 1 of section 4 of the act making appropriations for the Post Office Department for the fiscal year 1923, approved June 19, 1922: Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized, immediately upon the passage of this act, to apportion among the several States, as provided in section 21 of the Federal highway act approved November 9, 1921, the sum of $65,000,000 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, by said paragraph 1 of section 4 of the act approved June 19, 1922: Provided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture shall act upon projects submitted to him under his apportionment of this authorization, and his approval of any such project within three years shall be deemed a contractual obligation of the Federal Government for the payment of its proportional contribution thereto. Total, Department of Agriculture, $69,536,653. AGRICULTURAL APPROPRIATION ACT OF JUNE 5, 1924 [43 STAT. 460] An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925, and for other purposes SPECIAL ITEMS Forest roads and trails: For carrying out the provisions of section 23 of the Federal highway act approved November 9, 1921, $6,000,000 to be available until expended, being the remainder of the sum of $6,500,000 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, and part of the sum authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925, by paragraph 2 of section 4 of the act making appropriations for the Post Office Department for the fiscal year 1923, approved June 19, 1922: Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized, immediately upon the approval of this act, also to apportion and prorate among the several States, Alaska, and Porto Rico, as provided in section 23 of said Federal highway act, the sum of $4,000,000, constituting the remainder of the sum authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925: Provided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture may 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 of the Federal Government for the payment of the cost thereof: Provided further, That the appropriations heretofore, herein, and hereafter made for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of section 8 of the act of July 11, 1916, and of section 23 of the Federal highway act of November 9, 1921, and acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, shall be considered avail |