106 STAT. 252 PUBLIC LAW 102-302—JUNE 22, 1992 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION 49 USC app. For fisceil years 1992 and 1993, funds provided under section 1607a note. 9 ^f ^Q Federal Transit Act shall be exempt from requirements for any non-Federal share, in the same manner as specified in section 1054 of Public Law 102-240. GENERAL PROVISIONS SEC. 101. EMERGENCY RELIEF. Subsection (b) of section 125 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking "on the Federal-aid highway systems including the Interstate System" in two places and inserting in each place "on Federal-aid highways". SEC. 102. RURAL AGRICULTURAL DISASTERS. (a) FINDINGS.— Congress finds that— (1) Hke the residents of Chicago and Los Angeles who have suffered severe losses due to recent disasters, agricultural producers suffered severe losses as a result of natural disasters
- during the 1990 through 1992 crop years;
(2) repeated operating losses due to natured disasters have placed agricultural producers in financial stress and have caused increased loan deUnquencies to agricultural lenders; (3) the economics of communities in affected areas have been depressed as a result of crop failures; and C4) the matter under the heading "COMMODITY CREDIT COR- PORATION" of chapter III of title I of Public Law 102-229 (105 Stat. 1712) grants the President the authority to declare $755,000,000 as emergency appropriations for agricultural disasters during the 1990 through 1992 crop years. (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS. —It is the sense of Congress that the President should exercise the authority referred to in subsection (a)(4) to make emergency designations for rural agricultural disasters, as well as the urban disasters in Chicago and Los Angeles. SEC. 103. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. Section 115 of title 23, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking the heading of subsection (a) and inserting the following new heading: "SUBSTITUTE, CONGESTION MITIGA- TION AND AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT, SURFACE TRANSPOR- TATION, BRIDGE, PLANNING, AND RESEARCH PROJECTS"; (2) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking clause (i) of paragraph (1)(A) and inserting the following new clause: "(i) has obligated all funds apportioned or allocated to it under section 103(e)(4)(H), 104(b)(2), 104(b)(3), 104(f), 144, or 307 of this title, or"; (B) by striking subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) and inserting the following new subparagraph: "(A) prior to commencement of the project the Secretary approves the project in the same manner as the Secretary approves other projects, and"; and (C) by striking paragraph (3); (3) in the heading of subsection (b), by striking "PRIMARY" and inserting "NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM";
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