TERRITORIAL HIGHWAY PROGRAM

SEC. 112.

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(c) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated for carrying out subsection (a) of section 215 of title 23, United States Code, out of any sums in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated

(1) not to exceed $2,000,000 per fiscal year for the Virgin Islands, for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1971, June 30, 1972, and June 30, 1973.

(2) not to exceed $2,000,000 per fiscal year for Guam for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1971, June 30, 1972, and June 30, 1973.

(3) not to exceed $500,000 per fiscal year for American Samoa for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1971, June 30, 1972, and June 30, 1973. (d) Sums authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, shall be available for obligation immediately upon enactment of this section in the same manner and to the same extent as if such sums were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code. Sums authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, shall be available for obligation at the beginning of the fiscal year for which authorized in the same manner and to the same extent as if such sums were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code.

SEC. 113.

DARIEN GAP HIGHWAY

(c) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $100,000,000, to remain available until expended to enable the Secretary of Transportation to carry out section 216 of title 23, United States Code.

ADMINISTRATION

SEC. 114.

(b) All provisions of law enacted before the date of enactment of this Act which are inconsistent with the amendment made by subsection (a) of this section are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.

(c) The President may authorize any person who immediately before the date of enactment of this Act held the office of Director of Public Roads to act as Deputy Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration created by the amendment made by subsection (a) of this section until the first Deputy Administrator is appointed in accordance with such amendment. The President may authorize any person acting as Deputy Administrator

in accordance with this subsection to receive compensation at the rate authorized for the Office of Deputy Administrator. Such compensation, if authorized, shall be in lieu of, and not in addition to, any other compensation from the United States to which such person may be entitled.

BRIDGES ON FEDERAL DAMS

SEC. 116.

(b) All sums appropriated under authority of the increased authorization of $3,761,000 established by the amendment made by subsection (a) of this section shall be available for expenditure only in connection with the construction of a bridge across Markland Dam on the Ohio River near Markland, Indiana, and Warsaw, Kentucky. No such sums shall be appropriated until all applicable requirements of section 320 of title 23 of the United States Code have been complied with by the appropriate Federal agency, the Secretary of Transportation, and the States of Kentucky and Indiana.

ALASKA HIGHWAY

SEC. 119. (a) The President, acting through the Secretaries of State and Transportation, is authorized to undertake negotiations with the Government of Canada for the purpose of entering into a suitable agreement authorizing paving and reconstructing the Alaska Highway from Dawson Creek, Canada (including a connecting highway to Haines, Alaska), to the Alaska border, including, but not limited to, necessary highway realinement.

(b) The President shall report to Congress not later than one year after the date of enactment of this section the results of his negotiations under this section.

FUTURE FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY PROGRAM

SEC. 121. (a) The Secretary of Transportation shall develop and include in the report of Congress required to be submitted in January 1972, by section 3 of the Act of August 28, 1965 (79 Stat. 578; Public Law 89-139), specific recommendations for the functional realinement of the Federal-aid systems. These recommendations shall be based on the functional classification study made in cooperation with the State highway departments and local governments as required by the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1968 and submitted to the Congress in 1970, and the functional classification study now underway of the Federal-aid systems in 1990.

(b) As a part of the future highway needs report to be submitted to Congress in January 1972, the Secretary shall also make recommendations

to the Congress for a continuing Federal-aid highway program for the period 1976 to 1990. The needs estimates to be used in developing such programs shall be in conformance with the functional classification studies referred to in subsection (a) of this section and the recommendations for the functional realinement required by such subsection.

(c) The recommendations required by subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall be determined on the basis of studies now being conducted by the Secretary in cooperation with the State highway departments and local governments, and, in urban areas of more than fifty thousand population, utilizing the cooperative continuing comprehensive transportation planning process conducted in accordance with section 134 of title 23, United States Code. The highway needs estimates prepared by the States in connection with this report to Congress shall be submitted to Congress by the Secretary, together with his recommendations.

(d) As a part of the future highway needs report to be submitted to Congress in January 1972, the Secretary shall report to Congress the Federal-aid urban system as designated, and the cost of its construction.

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HIGHWAY BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION

SEC. 123. (a) There is hereby established a commission to be known as the Commission on Highway Beautification, hereinafter referred to as the "Commission".

(b) The Commission shall be comprised of eleven members as follows: (1) two majority and two minority members of the Senate Committee on Public Works to be appointed by the President of the Senate; (2) two majority and two minority members of the House Committee on Public Works to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;

(3) three persons to be appointed by the President of the United States from among persons who are not officers or employees of the United States.

(c) The Chairman shall be elected from among the members of the Commission by a majority vote of such members. Any vacancy which may occur on the Commission shall not affect its powers or functions but shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment was made.

(d) The organization meeting of the Commission shall be held at such time and place as may be specified in a call issued jointly by the senior member appointed by the President of the Senate and the senior member appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

(e) Six members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum, but a smaller number, as determined by the Commission, may conduct hearings. (f) Members of Congress who are members of the Commission shall serve without compensation in addition to that received for their services

as Members of Congress; but they shall be reimbursed for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of the duties vested in the Commission.

(g) Members of the Commission who are not Members of Congress or officers or employees in the executive branch shall each receive $100 per diem when engaged in the actual performance of duties vested in the Commission, plus reimbursement for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of such duties.

(h) The Commission shall (1) study existing statutes and regulations governing the control of outdoor advertising and junkyards in areas adjacent to the Federal-aid highway system; (2) review the policies and practices of the Federal and State agencies charged with administrative jurisdiction over such highways insofar as such policies and practices relate to governing the control of outdoor advertising and junkyards; (3) compile data necessary to understand and determine the requirements for such control which may now exist or are likely to exist within the foreseeable future; (4) study problems relating to the control of on-premise outdoor advertising signs, promotional signs, directional signs, and signs providing information that is essential to the motoring public; (5) study methods of financing and possible sources of Federal funds, including use of the Highway Trust Fund, to carry out a highway beautification program; and (6) recommend such modifications or additions to existing laws, regulations, policies, practices, and demonstration programs as will, in the judgment of the Commission, achieve a workable and effective highway beautification program and best serve the public interest.

(i) The Commission shall not later than December 31, 1973, submit to the President and the Congress its final report. It shall cease to exist six months after submission of said report. All records and papers of the Commission shall thereupon be delivered to the Administrator of General Services for deposit in the Archives of the United States.20

(j) The Chairman of the Commission shall request the head of each Fedderal department or independent agency which has an interest in or responsibility with respect to the control of outdoor advertising and of junkyards to appoint, and the head of such department or agency shall appoint, a liaison officer who shall work closely with the Commission and its staff in matters pertaining to this section.

(k) In carrying out its duties the Commission shall seek the advice of various groups interested in the problems relating to the control of outdoor advertising and junkyards including, but not limited to, State and local governments, public and private organizations working in the fields of environmental protection and conservation, communications media, commercial advertising interests, industry, education, and labor.

(1) The Commission or, on authorization of the Commission, any com

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Amended by Public Law 93-6, Feb. 16, 1973 (87 Stat. 6).

mittee of two or more members may, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section, hold such hearings and sit and act at such times and places as the Commission or such authorized committee may deem advisable. Subpenas for the attendance and testimony of witnesses or the production of written or other matter may be issued only on the authority of the Commission and shall be served by anyone designated by the Chairman of the Commission.

(m) The Commission is authorized to secure from any department, agency, or individual instrumentality of the executive branch of the Government any information it deems necessary to carry out its functions under this section and each such department, agency, and instrumentality is authorized and directed to furnish such information to the Commission upon request made by the Chairman.

(n) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums, but not more than $450,000, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section and such moneys as may be appropriated shall be available to the Commission until expended.21

(0) The Commission is authorized to appoint and fix the compensation of a staff director, and such additional personnel as may be necessary to enable it to carry out its functions. The Director and personnel may be appointed without regard to provisions of title 5, United States Code, covering appointments in the competitive service, and may be paid without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates. Any Federal employees subject to the civil service laws and regulations who may be employed by the Commission shall retain civil service status without interruption or loss of status or privilege. In no event shall the staff director or any other employee receive as compensation an amount in excess of the maximum rate for GS-18 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of title 5, United States Code. In addition, the Commission is authorized to obtain the services of experts and consultants in accordance with section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, but at rates not to exceed $100 per diem for individuals.

(p) The Commission is authorized to enter into contracts or agreements for studies and surveys with public and private organizations and, if necessary, to transfer funds to Federal agencies from sums appropriated pursuant to this section to carry out such of its duties as the Commission determines can best be carried out in that manner.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA*

SEC. 129. (a) In the case of the following routes on the Interstate System in the District of Columbia authorized for construction by section 23 of the

"Amended by Public Law 93-6, Feb. 16, 1973 (87 Stat. 6).

*See the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1968, sec. 23 of Public Law 90-495, Aug. 23, 1968 (82 Stat. 815).