Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 111 Part 3.djvu/467

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PUBLIC LAW 105-130—DEC. 1, 1997 111 STAT. 2555 ON OBLIGATIONS)" under the heading "FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS" in title I of the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 (Public Law 105-66). SEC. 3. TRANSFERS OF UNOBLIGATED APPORTIONMENTS. (a) IN GENERAL. —In addition to any other authority of a State to transfer funds, for fiscal year 1998, a State may transfer any funds apportioned to the State for any program under section 104 (including amounts apportioned under section 104(b)(3) or set aside or suballocated under section 133(d)), 144, or 402 of title 23, United States Code, before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act, granted to the State for any program under section 410 of that title before, on, or after such date of enactment, or allocated to the State for any program under chapter 311 of title 49, United States Code, before, on, or after such date of enactment, that are subject to any limitation on obligations, and that are not obligated, to any other of those programs. (b) TREATMENT OF TRANSFERRED FUNDS. —Any funds transferred to another program under subsection (a) shall be subject to the provisions of the program to which the funds are transferred, except that funds transferred to a program under section 133 (other than subsections (d)(1) and (d)(2)) of title 23, United States Code, shall not be subject to section 133(d) of that title. (c) RESTORATION OF APPORTIONMENTS. — (1) IN GENERAL.— As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of a law reauthorizing the Federal-aid highway program enacted after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall restore any funds that a State transferred under subsection (a) for any project not eligible for the funds but for this section to the program category from which the funds were transferred. (2) PROGRAM CATEGORY RECONCiLiATiON.The Secretary may establish procedures under which funds transferred under subsection (a) from a program category for which funds are not authorized may be restored to the Federal-aid highway, highway safety, and motor carrier safety programs. (3) LIMITATION ON STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION. — No pr6vision of law, except a statute enacted after the date of enactment of this Act that expressly limits the application of this subsection, shall impair the authority of the Secretary to restore funds pursuant to this subsection. (d) GUIDANCE. — The Secretary may issue guidance for use in carrying out this section. SEC. 4, ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES. (a) EXPENSES OF FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION.— (1) AUTHORITY TO BORROW.— (A) FROM UNOBLIGATED FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR DISCRE- TIONARY ALLOCATIONS. —If unobligated balances of funds deducted by the Secretary under section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code, for administrative and research expenses of the Federal-aid highway program are insufficient to pay those expenses for fiscal year 1998, the Secretary may borrow to pay those expenses not to exceed $60,000,000 from unobligated funds available to the Secretary for discretionary allocations. (B) REQUIREMENT TO REIMBURSE. — Funds borrowed under subparagraph (A) shall be reimbursed from amounts