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repair of roads of the States or their subdivisions and to certify the cost to Congress for repayment out of appropriations to be made for the purpose. It also made the provisions recommended for (1) incorporation of main lines of the strategic network in the Federal-aid system, (2) use of available Federal-aid secondary road funds on lines not included in the Federal-aid system, and (3) Federal payment of part of the cost of strategic network right-of-way acquisition.

Finally, the act also included an authorization of $10,000,000 for the construction of flight strips adjacent to public highways to facilitate the landing and take-off of aircraft.

SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS

During the course of the war this first of the wartime highway measures was thrice amended to increase financial provisions initially made, and all provisions were finally repealed by a joint resolution, approved July 25, 1947. The totals of funds authorized for each of the purposes originally recommended and the amounts of each au- thorization expended are shown in table 2, where they are compared with the appropriations recommended for each purpose by the report of February 1, 1941, Highways for the National Defense.

Table 2.—Appropriations recommended by the report of Feb. 1, 1941, appropriations subsequently authorized, and amounts of such appropriations allotted to projects

Purpose	Appropriation recommended by report of Feb. 1, 1941	Appropriation authorized		Net amount allotted to projects
Strategic network:
Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	$100,000,000	$50,000,000		$46,761,974
Surveys and plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	[1]12,000,000	10,000,000		9,641,828
Access roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	150,000,000	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	[2]150,000,000	268,977,283
			[3]110,000,000
			[4]25,000,000
			[5]285,000,000
Tactical roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	[1]25,000,000	[6]5,000,000		[7]13,959,835

1. These sums recommended for appropriation; requirements not estimated in detail.
2. Act of Nov. 19, 1941.
3. Act of July 2, 1942.
4. Act of Apr. 4, 1944.
5. Total amount authorized for access roads was $290,000,000. This included authority to use $5,000,000 for road construction in maneuver areas, which has been deducted (see footnote 6).
6. Included in $290,000,000 authorized for access roads.
7. Includes amount allotted to the construction of roads in maneuver areas and approved claims for reimbursement of road-repair costs incurred by local governments.