PUBLIC LAW 102-240—DEC. 18, 1991 105 STAT. 1917 (6) under section 404 of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982; and (7) under sections 1103 through 1108 of this Act. Such limitations shall also not apply to obligations of funds made available by subsections 0^) and (c) of section 149 of the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987. (c) DISTRIBUTION OF OBLIGATION AUTHORITY. — (1) GENERAL RULE.— For each of fiscal years 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997, the Secretary shall distribute the limitation imposed by subsection (a) by allocation in the ratio which sums authorized to be appropriated for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction which are apportioned or allocated to each State for such fiscal year bears to the total of the sums authorized to be appropriated for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction which are apportioned or allocated to all the States for such fiscal year. (2) SPECIAL RULE FOR MASSACHUSETTS.— For purposes of this section, funds apportioned to the State of Massachusetts pursuant to the next to the last sentence of section 10403X5XA) of title 23, United States Code, shall be treated as if such funds were allocated to such State under such title. If, before October 1 of each of fiscal years 1992, 1993, 1994, and 1995, the State of Massachusetts indicates it will not obligate a portion of the amount which would be distributed to such State under the preceding sentence, the Secretary shall distribute such portion to the other States under paragraph (1). (d) LIMITATION ON OBLIGATION AUTHORITY.— During the period October 1 through December 31 of each of fiscal years 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997, no State shall obligate more than 35 percent of the amount distributed to such State under subsection (c) for such fiscal year, and the total of all State obligations during such period shall not exceed 25 percent of the total amount distributed to all States under such subsection for such fiscal year. (e) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED OBLIGATION AUTHORITY. — Notwithstanding subsections (c) and (d), the Secretary shall— (1) provide all States with authority sufficient to prevent lapses of sums authorized to be appropriated for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction which have been apportioned or allocated to a State, except in those instances in which a State indicates its intention to lapse sums apportioned under section 104(b)(5)(A) of title 23, United States Code; (2) after August 1 of each of fiscal years 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997, revise a distribution of the funds made available under subsection (c) for such fiscal year if a State will not obligate the amount distributed during such fiscal year and redistribute sufficient amounts to those States able to obligate amounts in addition to those previously distributed during such fiscal year giving priority to those States having large unobligated balances of funds apportioned under sections 104 and 144 of title 23, United States Code; and (3) not distribute amounts authorized for administrative expenses, Federal lands highways programs, and the national high speed ground transportation programs and amounts made available under section 149(d) of the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987. (f) ADDITIONAL OBLIGATION AUTHORITY. —
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