SEC. 23. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, or any court decision or administrative action to the contrary, the Secretary of Transportation and the government of the District of Columbia shall, in addition to those routes already under construction, construct all routes on the Interstate System within the District of Columbia as set forth in the document entitled "1968 Estimate of the Cost of Completion of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways in the District of Columbia" submitted to Congress by the Secretary of Transportation with, and as a part of, "The 1968 Interstate System Cost Estimate" printed as House Document Numbered 199, Ninetieth Congress. Such construction shall be undertaken as soon as possible after the date of enactment of this Act, except as otherwise provided in this section, and shall be carried out in accordance with all applicable provisions of title 23 of the United States Code.

(b) Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this section the government of the District of Columbia shall commence work on the following projects:

(1) Three Sisters Bridge, I-266 (Section B1 to B2).

(2) Potomac River Freeway, I-266 (Section B2 to B4).

(3) Center Leg of the Inner Loop, I-95 (Section A6 to C4), terminating at New York Avenue.

(4) East Leg of the Inner Loop, I-295 (Section C1 to C4), terminating at Bladensburg Road.

(c) The government of the District of Columbia and the Secretary of Transportation shall study those projects on the Interstate System set forth in "The 1968 Interstate System Cost Estimate", House Document Numbered 199, Ninetieth Congress, within the District of Columbia which are not specified in subsection (b) and shall report to Congress not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this section their recommendations with respect to such projects including any recommended alternative routes or plans, and if no such recommendations are submitted within such 18-month period then the Secretary of Transportation and the government of the District of Columbia shall construct such routes, as soon as possible thereafter, as required by subsection (a) of this section.

(d) For the purpose of enabling the District of Columbia to have its Federal-aid highway projects approved under section 106 or 117 of title 23, United States Code, the Commissioner of the District of Columbia may, in connection with the acquisition of real property in the District of Columbia for any Federal-aid highway project, provide the pay

* See the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1970, sec. 129, Public Law 91-605, Dec. 31, 1970 (84 Stat. 1713).

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ments and services described in sections 505, 506, 507, and 508 of title 23, United States Code.

(e) The Commissioner of the District of Columbia is authorized to acquire by purchase, donation, condemnation or otherwise, real property for transfer to the Secretary of the Interior in exchange or as replacement for park, parkway, and playground lands transferred to the District of Columbia for a public purpose pursuant to section 1 of the Act of May 20, 1932 (47 Stat. 161; D.C. Code, sec. 8-115) and the Commissioner is further authorized to transfer to the United States title to property so acquired.

(f) Payments are authorized to be made by the Commissioner, and received by the Secretary of the Interior, in lieu of property transferred pursuant to subsection (e) of this section. The amount of such payment shall represent the cost to the Secretary of the Interior of acquiring real property suitable for replacement of the property so transferred as agreed upon between the Commissioner and the head of said agency and shall be available for the acquiring of the replacement property.

EMERGENCY RELIEF

SEC. 27.

(c) The amendments made by this section shall be applicable to repair or reconstruction with respect to which project agreements have been entered into on or after January 1, 1968.

HIGHWAY STUDY-GUAM, AMERICAN SAMOA, AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS

SEC. 29. (a) The Secretary of Transportation, in cooperation with the government of Guam, the government of American Samoa, and the government of the Virgin Islands, shall make studies of the need for, and estimates and planning surveys relative to, highway construction programs for Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands.

(b) on or before April 1, 1969, the Secretary of Transportation shall submit a report to the Congress which shall include

(1) an analysis of the adequacy of present highway programs to provide satisfactory highways in both the rural and urban areas in Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands;

(2) specific recommendations as to a program for the construction of highways throughout Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands; and

(3) a feasible program for implementing such specific recommendations, including cost estimates, recommendations as to the inclusion of all or parts of such highways on the Federal-aid systems

and as to the sharing of cost responsibilities, and other pertinent matters.

(c) Costs of the studies required by this section shall be paid from funds made available to the Secretary under section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code.

SMALL BUSINESS ACT

SEC. 31. Paragraph (3) of section 7(b) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)(3)) is amended to read as follows:

(3) to make such loans (either directly or in cooperation with banks or other lending institutions through agreements to participate on an immediate or deferred basis) as the Administration may determine to be necessary or appropriate to assist any small business concern in continuing in business at its existing location, in reestablishing its business, in purchasing a business, or in establishing a new business, if the Administration determines that such concerned has suffered substantial economic injury as the result of its displacement by, or location in, adjacent to, or near, a federally aided urban renewal program or a highway project or any other construction constructed by or with funds provided in whole or in part by the Federal Government; and the purpose of a loan made pursuant to such project or program may, in the discretion of the Administration, include the purchase or construction of other premises whether or not the borrower owned the premises occupied by the business; and.

SEC. 36. If any provision of this Act (including the amendments made by this Act), or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of this Act and the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

17, 18 Repealed by sec. 220 of Public Law 91-646, Jan. 2, 1971 (84 Stat. 1894)— effective no later than July 1, 1972.

EFFECTIVE DATE

SEC. 37. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the date of its enactment, except that until July 1, 1970, sections 502, 505, 506, 507, and 508 of title 23, United States Code, as added by this Act, shall be applicable to a State only to the extent that such State is able under its laws to comply with such sections. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, after July 1, 1970, such sections shall be completely applicable to all States. Section 133 of title 23, United States Code, shall not apply to any State if sections 502, 505, 506, 507, and 508 of title 23, United States Code, are applicable in that State, and effective July 1, 1970, such section 133 is repealed, except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section.

(b) In the case of any State (1) which is required to amend its constitution to comply with sections 502, 505, 506, 507, and 508 of title 23, United States Code, and (2) which cannot submit the required constitutional amendment for ratification prior to July 1, 1970, the date of July 1, 1970, contained in subsection (a) of this section shall be extended to July 1, 1972. 19

FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY ACT OF 1970

Public Law 91-605, 91st Cong., Dec. 31, 1970 (84 Stat. 1713) To authorize appropriations for the construction of certain highways in accordance with title 23 of the United States Code, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

TITLE I

SHORT TITLE

SEC. 101. This title may be cited as the "Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1970".

AUTHORIZATION OF USE OF COST ESTIMATE FOR APPORTIONMENT OF INTERSTATE FUNDS

SEC. 103. The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to make the apportionment for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1972, and June 30, 1973, of the sums authorized to be appropriated for such years for expenditures on the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, using the apportionment factors contained in revised table 5, House Document Numbered 91-317.

19 Amended by sec. 120 of Public Law 91-605, Dec. 31, 1970 (84 Stat. 1717).

HIGHWAY AUTHORIZATIONS

SEC. 105. (a) For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of title 23, United States Code, the following sums are hereby authorized to be appropriated:

(1) For the Federal-aid primary system and the Federal-aid secondary system and for their extension within urban areas, out of the Highway Trust Fund, $1,100,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and $1,100,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973. The sums authorized in this paragraph for each fiscal year shall be available for expenditure as follows:

(A) 45 per centum for projects on the Federal-aid primary highway system;

(B) 30 per centum for projects on the Federal-aid secondary highway system; and

(C) 25 per centum for projects on extensions of the Federal-aid primary and Federal-aid secondary highway systems in urban

areas.

(2) For the Federal-aid primary system and the Federal-aid secondary system, exclusive of their extensions in urban areas, out of the Highway Trust Fund, $125,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and $125,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, such sums to be in addition to the sums authorized in paragraph (1) of this subsection. The sums authorized in this paragraph for each fiscal year shall be available for expenditure as follows:

(A) 60 per centum for projects on the Federal-aid primary highway system; and

(B) 40 per centum for projects on the Federal-aid secondary system.

(3) For the Federal-aid urban system, out of the Highway Trust Fund, $100,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and $100,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973.

(4) For traffic operation projects in urban areas as authorized in section 135 of title 23, United States Code, out of the Highway Trust Fund, $100,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and $100,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973.

(5) For forest highways, out of the Highway Trust Fund, $33,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and $33,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973.

(6) For public lands highways, out of the Highway Trust Fund, $16,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and $16,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973.

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