§ 155. — Access highways to public recreation areas on certain lakes.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 23USC155]
TITLE 23--HIGHWAYS
CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 155. Access highways to public recreation areas on certain
lakes
(a) The Secretary is authorized to construct or reconstruct access
highways to public recreation areas on lakes in order to accommodate
present and projected traffic density. The Secretary shall develop
guidelines and standards for the designation of routes and the
allocation of funds for the purpose of this section which shall include
the following criteria:
(1) No portion of any access highway constructed or
reconstructed under this section shall exceed thirty-five miles in
length nor shall any portion of such highway be located more than
thirty-five miles from the nearest part of such recreation area.
(2) Routes shall be designated by the Secretary on the
recommendation of the State and responsible local officials, after
consultation with the head of the Federal agency (if any) having
jurisdiction over the public recreation area involved.
(b) The Federal share payable on account of any project authorized
pursuant to this section shall not exceed 75 per centum of the cost of
construction or reconstruction of such project.
(c) All of the provisions of this title applicable to highways on
the Federal-aid system (other than the Interstate System) determined
appropriate by the Secretary, except those provisions which the
Secretary determines are inconsistent with this section, shall apply to
any highway designated under this section which is not a part of the
Federal-aid system when so designated.
(d) For the purpose of this section the term ``lake'' means any
lake, reservoir, pool, or other body of water resulting from the
construction of any lock, dam, or similar structure by the Corps of
Engineers, Department of the Army, or the Bureau of Reclamation,
Department of the Interior, or the Tennessee Valley Authority, and any
multipurpose lake resulting from construction assistance of the Soil
Conservation Service, Department of Agriculture. This section shall
apply to lakes heretofore or hereafter constructed or authorized for
construction.
(e) There is authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $25,000,000
for the fiscal year 1976 to carry out this section. Amounts authorized
by this subsection for a fiscal year shall be available for that fiscal
year and for the two succeeding fiscal years.
(Added Pub. L. 93-643, Sec. 115(a), Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2287; amended
Pub. L. 95-599, title I, Sec. 129(e), Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2708.)
Amendments
1978--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95-599 substituted ``75 per centum'' for
``70 per centum''.
Effective Date of 1978 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 95-599 effective with respect to obligations
incurred after Nov. 6, 1978, see section 129(h) of Pub. L. 95-599, set
out as a note under section 120 of this title.
Appropriations; Rescission of Appropriations Authorization
Pub. L. 94-134, title I, Sec. 101, Nov. 24, 1975, 89 Stat. 703,
appropriated in part: ``For necessary expenses not otherwise provided,
to carry out the provisions of section 115(a), `Federal-Aid Highway
Amendments of 1974 [this section]'; $10,000,000, to remain available
until September 30 1978: Provided, That any authority to incur
obligations granted by section 115 of the Federal-Aid Highway Amendments
of 1974 [subsec. (e) of this section] is hereby rescinded.''
