Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 105 Part 3.djvu/90

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105 STAT. 1974 PUBLIC LAW 102-240—DEC. 18, 1991 SEC. 1032. FEDERAL LANDS HIGHWAYS PROGRAM. (a) ALLOCATIONS. —Section 202 of title 23, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking subsection (a); (2) by redesignating subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e) as subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d), respectively; (3) by inserting after "allocate" in subsection (b), as so redesignated, "34 percent of; and (4) by striking the period at the end of subsection (b), as so redesignated, and inserting the following: "which are proposed by a State which contains at least 3 percent of the total public lands in the Nation. The Secretary shall allocate 66 percent of the remainder of the authorization for public lands highways for each fiscal year as is provided in section 134 of the Federal- Aid Highway Act of 1987, and with respect to these allocations the Secretary shall give equal consideration to projects that provide access to and within the National Forest System, as identified by the Secretary of Agriculture through renewable resources and land use planning and the impact of such planning on existing transportation facilities.". (b) PROJECTS.— Section 204 of such title is amended— (1) in subsection (a) by striking "forest highways," and by adding at the end of such subsection the following new sentences: "The Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, shall develop appropriate transportation planning procedures and safety, bridge, and pavement management systems for roads funded under the Federal Lands Highway Program. Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, no public lands highway project may be undertaken in any State pursuant to this section unless the State concurs in the selection and planning of the project."; (2) in subsection (b)— (A) by striking "construction and improvements thereof and inserting "planning, research, engineering and construction thereof; (B) by striking "forest highways and"; and (C) by adding at the end the following new sentence: "Funds available for each class of Federal lands highways shall be available for any kind of transportation project eligible for assistance under this title that is within or adjacent to or provides access to the areas served by the particular class of Federal lands highways."; (3) in subsection (c) by striking "on a Federal-aid system" and inserting "eligible for funds apportioned under section 104 or section 144 of this title"; and (4) by striking subsection (h) and inserting the following new subsections: "(h) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS. — Funds available for each class of Federal lands highways may be available for the following: "(1) Transportation planning for tourism and recreational travel including the National Forest Scenic Byways Program, Bureau of Land Management Back Country B5rways Program, National Trail System Program, and other similar Federal programs that benefit recreational development. "(2) Adjacent vehicular parking areas. "(3) Interpretive signage.