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[83 STAT. 462]
PUBLIC LAW 91-000—MMMM. DD, 1969
[83 STAT. 462]

462

Ante, p. 320. 40 USC 681 note.

PUBLIC LAW 91-168-DEC. 26, 1969

[83 STAT.

and equip a rail rapid transit system, as authorized by the National Capital Transportation Act of 1965, as amended (79 Stat. 663; 80 Stat. 1352; 81 Stat. 670), including acquisition of rights-of-way, land and interests therein, $43,173,000 to remain available until expended. TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS

80 Stat. 508; 81 Stat. 206. Sonic boom d a m a g e s; payment of c l a i m s.

Jet airplanes. L e a s e purchase contract payments.

E v e r g l a d e s National Park, Fla. Ecology study.

Short title.

SEC. 301. During the current fiscal year applicable appropriations to the Federal Aviation Administration shall be available for maintenance and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; and uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902). SEC. 302. Funds appropriated under this Act for expenditure by the Federal Aviation Administration may be expended for reimbursement of other Federal agencies for expenses incurred, on behalf of the Federal Aviation Administration, in the settlement of claims for damages resulting from sonic boom in connection with research conducted as part of the civil supersonic aircraft development. SEC. 303. None of the funds provided under this Act shall be available for the planning or execution of programs the obligations for which are in excess of $16,100,000 for "Highway Beautification in fiscal year 1970, SEC. 304. None of the funds provided under this Act shall be available for the planning or execution of programs the obligations for which are in excess of $70,000,000 in fiscal year 1970 for "State and Community Highway Safety". SEC. 305. None of the funds provided under this Act shall be available for the planning or execution of programs the obligations for which are in excess of $18,000,000, exclusive of the reimbursable program, in fiscal year 1970 for "Forest Highways". SEC. 306. None of the funds provided under this Act shall be available for the planning or execution of programs the obligations for which are in excess of $8,000,000 in fiscal year 1970 for "Public Lands Highways". SEC. 307. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. SEC. 308. None of the money appropriated hereby shall be used to make any payment on any lease purchase contract for jet airplanes to be used by the Federal Aviation Administration wherein the total cost of the lease payments plus the amount needed to exercise the purchase option exceeds the purchase price of the aircraft (which would have been charged were the aircraft to be purchased by normal appropriations) by more than 20 per centum. SEC. 309. None of the funds provided under this Act shall be available for the planning or execution of programs for any further construction of the Miami jetport or of any other air facility in the State of Florida lying south of the Okeechobee Waterway and in the drainage basins contributing water to the Everglades National Park until it has been shown by an appropriate study made jointly by the Department of the Interior and the Department of Transportation that such an airport will not have an adverse environmental effect on the ecology of the Everglades. This Act may be cited as the "Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1970". Approved December 26, 1969.