PUBLIC LAW 97-424—JAN. 6, 1983
96 STAT. 2131
UPGRADING CERTAIN INTERCHANGES
SEC. 147. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the case of any portion of a route on the Interstate System in the State of California which is open to traffic and which has less than two through lanes in either direction in the area where such route connects with a limited access highway on the Federal-aid primary system, a project to improve the portion of the Interstate route to a design of six lemes and to upgrade the interchange between such Interstate route and primary route to accommodate such design shall be eligible for funds authorized by section 108(b) of the FederalAid Highway Act of 1956, as amended, as if the costs of such project were included in the 1981 interstate cost estimate and shall be included as an eligible project in the 1983 interstate cost estimate and any later interstate cost estimate.
23 USC lOl note.
CONVICT LABOR
SEC. 148. Section 114(b) of title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting after "Convict labor" the following: "or materials produced by convict labor". PREVAILING RATE OF WAGE
SEC. 149. Section 113(a) of title 23, United States Ck>de, is amended by striking out "initial". MINIMUM ALLOCATION
SEC. 150. (a) Chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "§ 157. Minimum allocation "(a) In the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983, as soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, and in each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1984, September 30, 1985, and September 30, 1986, on October 1, the Secretary of Transportation shall allocate among the States, as defined in section 101 of this title amounts sufficient to insure that a State's percentage of the total apportionments in each such fiscal year of Interstate highway substitute, primary, secondary. Interstate, urban, bridge replacement and rehabilitation, hazard elimination, and rail-highway crossings funds under sections 103(e)(4), 104(b), 144, and 152 of this title and section 203 of the Highway Safety Act of 1973, as amended, shall not be less than 85 per centum of the percentage of estimated tax payments attributable to highway users in that State paid into the Highway Trust Fund, other than the Mass Transit Account, in the latest fiscal year for which data is available. "(b) Amounts allocated pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be available for obligation when allocated for the year authorized plus the three succeeding Hscal years, shall be subject to the provisions of this title 23 and may be obligated for Interstate highway substitute, primary, secondary, Interstate, urban, bridge replacement and rehabilitation, hazard elimination, and rail-highway crossings projects. Obligation limitations for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs established by this Act or any subsequent Act shall not apply to obligations made under
97-200 O—84—pt. 2
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23 USC 157.
23 USC 130 note.
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