96 STAT. 2112
Annual data update. Effective date. 23 USC 144 note.
PUBLIC LAW 97-424—JAN. 6, 1983
be multiplied by the respective unit price on a State-by-State basis, as determined by the Secretary; and the total cost in each State divided by the total cost of the deficient bridges in all States shall determine the apportionment factors. No State shall receive more than 10 per centum or less than 0.25 per centum of the total apportionment for any one fiscal year. The Secretary shall make these determinations based upon the latest available data, which shall be updated annually.". (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) of this section shall take effect October 1, 1982, and shall apply with respect to each fiscal year beginning on or after such date. Notwithstanding subsection (e) of section 144 of title 23, United States Code, as soon as practical after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall apportion under such subsection (e), as amended by subsection (a) of this section, sums authorized to be appropriated to carry out such section 144 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983. HIGHWAY BRIDGE REPLACEMENT AND REHABIUTATION
Ante, p. 1612. Post, p. 2137.
Expenditure requirement, reduction.
SEC. 122. (a) Subsection (g) of section 144 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting after "(g)" the following: "(1)". Such subsection is further amended by striking out the fourth and fifth sentences and by adding at the end thereof the following: "(2) Of the amount authorized per fiscal year for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1983, September 30, 1984, September 30, 1985, and September 30, 1986, by section 5(a)(l) of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1982 and section 202(1) of the Highway Safety Act of 1982, all but $200,000,000 per fiscal year shall be apportioned as provided in subsection (e) of this section. $200,000,000 per fiscal year of the amount authorized for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1983, September 30, 1984, September 30, 1985, and September 30, 1986, shall be available for obligation on the date of each such apportionment in the same manner and to the same extent as the sums apportioned on such date, except that the obligation of such $200,000,000 shall be at the discretion of the Secretary and shall be only for projects for those highway bridges the replacement or rehabilitation cost of each of which is more than $10,000,000, and for any project for a highway bridge the replacement or rehabilitation costs of which is less than $10,000,000 if such cost is at least twice the amount apportioned to the State in which such bridge is located under subsection (e) of this section for the fiscal year in which application is made for a grant for such bridge. Not less than 15 per centum nor more than 35 per centum of the amount apportioned to each State in each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 1983, September 30, 1984, September 30, 1985, and September 30, 1986, shall be expended for projects to replace or rehabilitate highway bridges located on public roads, other than those on a Federalaid system. The Secretary after consultation with State and local officials may, with respect to a State, reduce the requirement for expenditure for bridges not on a Federal-aid system when he determines that such State has inadequate needs to justify such expenditure.". (b) Notwithstanding section 144 of title 23, United States Code, and any other provision of law, the Secretary of Transportation may approve under such section 144 (including subsection (g)) a project to relocate and replace (1) any bridge across a river located on a two-
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