SURVEYS AND PLANS For advance engineering surveys and plans for future development of the strategic network of highways and bypasses around and extension into and through municipalities and metropolitan areas, in accordance with the provisions of section 9 of the Defense Highway Act of 1941 (55 Stat. 767), $3,000,000, to be immediately available and to remain available during the continuance of the emergency declared by the President on May 27, 1941. Approved June 26, 1943. APPROPRIATION OF JULY 12, 1943 [57 Stat. 392] AN ACT Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30. 1944, and for other purposes FOREST ROADS AND TRAILS For carrying out the provisions of section 23 of the Federal Highway Act approved November 9, 1921 (23 U. S. C. 23), and for the construction, reconstruction, and maintenance of roads and trails on experimental areas under Forest Service administration, including not to exceed $59,500 for personal services in the District of Columbia, $2,537,168 for forest development roads and trails, representing the balance of the amount authorized to be appropriated therefor for the fiscal year 1943 by the Act of September 5, 1940 (54 Stat. 867), together with $1,241,555 from the unobligated balances of previous appropriations for forest highways which is hereby reappropriated for forest development roads and trails; in all, $3,778,723, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for the rental, purchase, or construction of buildings necessary for the storage and repair 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 $7,500. Approved July 12, 1943. APPROPRIATION OF JUNE 27, 1944 [58 Stat. 361] AN ACT Making appropriations for the Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, and for other purposes. FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY SYSTEM For carrying out the provisions of "An Act to provide that the United States shall aid the States in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes", as amended (23 U. S. C. 1-117), to be expended in accordance with the provisions of said Act, as amended, including not to exceed $1,341,850 for departmental personal services in the District of Columbia, $40,000,000, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended, which sum is composed of $20,000,000, the remainder of the amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1942 by section 1 of the Act approved September 5, 1940 (Public Law 780), and $20,000,000, a part of the amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1943 by said section 1: 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, during the fiscal year 1945, 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 1945 the appropriations for the work of the Public Roads Administration 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 Public Roads Administration, 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, or equipment: Provided further, That the appropriations available to the Public Roads Administration may be used in emergency for medical supplies and services and other assistance necessary for the immediate relief of employees engaged on hazardous work under that Administration: Provided further, That the appropriations for the work of the Public Roads Administration shall be available for necessary expenses (not exceeding $9,000) of attendance at meetings and conferences of highway departments, associations, organizations, and other agencies concerned, and (not exceeding $15,000) for the temporary employment, by contract or otherwise, of technical consultants and experts without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, and civil service and classification laws. INTER-AMERICAN HIGHWAY For all necessary expenses to enable the President to utilize the services of the Public Roads Administration in fulfilling the obligations of the United States under the Convention on the Pan-American Highway Between the United States and Other American Republics, signed at Buenos Aires, December 23, 1936, and proclaimed September 16, 1937 (51 Stat. 152), for the continuation of cooperation with the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $31,400,000, to remain available until expended, 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 (United States Code, title 16, Section 503), and all acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, including the same objects specified under this head in the Agricultural Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1930, such sum being part of the amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1930 by the act approved May 26, 1928 (Forty-fifth Statutes, page 750). Approved, February 7, 1930. APPROPRIATION FOR FOREST ROADS AND TRAILS OF MARCH 26, 1930 [46 Stat. 99] An Act Making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1930, and prior fiscal years, to provide urgent supplemental appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1930, and June 30, 1931, and for other purposes Forest roads and trails: For an additional amount for carrying out the provisions of section 23, of the Federal Highway Act, approved November 9, 1921, including the same objects specified under this head in the Agricultural Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1930, $2,000,000. Approved, March 26, 1930. APPROPRIATIONS FOR FEDERAL-AID AND FOREST ROADS AND TRAILS OF MAY 27, 1930 [46 Stat. 426] An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1931, and for other purposes 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 $53,563 for departmental personal services in the District of Columbia, $7,500,000, which sum is composed of $1,445,000, part of the sum of $7,500,000 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1930 by the act approved May 26, 1928 (45 Stat., p. 750), and $6,055,000, part of the amount authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1931 by the act approved May 26, 1928: Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture shall, upon the approval of this act, apportion and prorate among the several States, Alaska, and Porto Rico, as provided in section 23 of said Federal Highway Act, the sum of $7,500,000 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1931, by the act approved May 26, 1928: 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 the 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 buildings purchased or constructed under this authorization shall not exceed $1,500: 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 $120,000 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. 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 $454,900 for departmental personal services in the District of Columbia, $75,000,000, to remain available until expended, which sum is composed of $32,800,000, the remainder of the sum of $75,000,000 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, by paragraph 1 of the act approved June 22, 1926, and $42,200,000, part of the sum of $75,000,000 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1930, by paragraph 1 of the act approved May 26, 1928 (45 Stat., p. 750), and for the erection of a laboratory building in the District of Columbia or elsewhere for permanent quarters for the testing and research work of the Bureau of Public Roads, and for the acquisition, by purchase, condemnation, gift, grant, dedication, or otherwise, of such lands as he may deem necessary to provide a suitable site for such laboratory not to exceed $300,000, to be paid from the administrative funds authorized by the act approved November 9, 1921, and acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, appropriated herein. On and after the passage of this act the unexpended balance of the appropriation of $75,000 made by the act approved March 4, 1917 (U. S. Stat. L., vol. 39, p. 1161), for such a laboratory on the Arlington farm property of the United States Department of Agriculture shall cease to be available and shall be covered into the Treasury. Approved, May 27, 1930. APPROPRIATION FOR FOREST ROADS AND TRAILS OF JULY 3, 1930 [46 Stat. 872] An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1930, and prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1930, and June 80, 1931, and for other purposes Forest roads and trails: For an additional amount for carrying out the provisions of section 23 of the Federal Highway Act approved November 9, 1921, including the same objects specified under this head in the Agricultural Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1931, and including not to exceed $24,500 for departmental personal services in the District of Columbia, $3,500,000, which sum is composed of $1,445,000, part of the sum of $7,500,000 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1931 by the act approved May 26, 1928, and $2,055,000, part of the sum of $5,000,000 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1931, by the act approved May 5, 1930: Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture shall, upon the approval of this act, apportion and prorate among the several States, Alaska, and Porto Rico, as provided in section 23 of the said Federal Highway Act, the sum of $5,000,000 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1931, by the act approved May 5, 1930: 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 the total expenditures on account of any State or Territory shall at no time exceed its authorized apportionment. * Approved, July 3, 1930. APPROPRIATION OF DECEMBER 20, 1930, TO PROVIDE FOR EMERGENCY CONSTRUCTION [46 Stat. 1031] An Act Making supplemental appropriations to provide for emergency construction on certain public works during the remainder of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1931, with a view to increasing employment * 772768 0-48 -6 * * SPECIAL ROAD ITEMS National forest highways: For the construction and improvement of highways within the boundaries of the national forests, fiscal year 1931, $3,000,000. Roads on unappropriated or unreserved public lands, nontaxable Indian lands, and so forth: 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 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 June 24, 1930 (46 Stat., p. 805), fiscal year 1931, $3,000,000. 39 Federal-aid highway system: For apportionment to the several States under the provisions of the Federal Highway Act, as amended, as a temporary advance of funds to meet the provisions of such act as to State funds required on Federalaid projects, $80,000,000: Provided, That the sums so advanced shall be reimbursed to the Federal Government over a period of five years, commencing with the fiscal year 1933, by making deductions from regular apportionments made from future authorizations for carrying out the provisions of such act as amended and supplemented: Provided further, That the amounts advanced in consequence hereof shall be limited in each case to the sum actually paid out by a State under such advance for work performed before September 1, 1931, for the construction of Federal-aid projects: Provided further, That should any State fail to claim any part of its allotment hereunder the President may reapportion such unclaimed funds to States capable of using them prior to September 1, 1931. APPROPRIATION OF FEBRUARY 6, 1931 An Act Making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1931, and for prior fiscal years, to provide urgent supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1931, and for other purposes * * Federal-aid highway system: For an additional amount 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 $68,235 for departmental personal services in the District of Columbia, $34,000,000, to remain available until expended, which sum is composed of $1,400,000, the remainder of the sum of $75,000,000 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1930, and $32,600,000, part of the sum of $75,000,000 authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1931, by paragraph 1 of the act approved May 26, 1928. An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1932, and for other purposes FOREST ROADS AND TRAILS For carrying out the provisions of section 23 of the Federal Highway Act Repealed by sec. 14 of the act approved June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 993). |