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23 U.S.C. § 311 — Highway improvements strategically important to the national defense

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23 U.S.C. § 311 — Highway improvements strategically important to the national defense

Funds made available under subsection (a) of [section 104 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title23-section104&num=0&edition=prelim) may be used to pay the entire engineering costs of the surveys, plans, specifications, estimates, and supervision of construction of projects for such urgent improvements of highways strategically important from the standpoint of the national defense as may be undertaken on the order of the Secretary and as the result of request of the Secretary of Defense or such other official as the President may designate. With the consent of a State, funds made available under subsection (b) of [section 104 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title23-section104&num=0&edition=prelim) may be used to the extent deemed necessary and advisable by the Secretary to carry out the provisions of this section.

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Funds made available under subsection (a) of [section 104 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title23-section104&num=0&edition=prelim) may be used to pay the entire engineering costs of the surveys, plans, specifications, estimates, and supervision of construction of projects for such urgent improvements of highways strategically important from the standpoint of the national defense as may be undertaken on the order of the Secretary and as the result of request of the Secretary of Defense or such other official as the President may designate. With the consent of a State, funds made available under subsection (b) of [section 104 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title23-section104&num=0&edition=prelim) may be used to the extent deemed necessary and advisable by the Secretary to carry out the provisions of this section.

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23 U.S.C. § 104 — Apportionment

**(a) Administrative Expenses.—** (1) **In general.—** — There is authorized to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) to be made available to the Secretary for administrative expenses of the Federal Highway Administration— (A) $490,964,697 for fiscal year 2022; (B) $500,783,991 for fiscal year 2023; (C) $510,799,671 for fiscal year 2024; (D) $521,015,664 for fiscal year 2025; and (E) $531,435,977 for fiscal year 2026. (2) **Purposes.—** — The amounts authorized to be appropriated by this subsection shall be used— (A) to administer the provisions of law to be funded from appropriations for the Federal-aid highway program and programs authorized under chapter 2; (B) to make transfers of such sums as the Secretary determines to be appropriate to the Appalachian Regional Commission for administrative activities associated with the Appalachian development highway system; and (C) to reimburse, as appropriate, the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Transportation for the conduct of annual audits of financial statements in accordance with [section 3521 of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section3521&num=0&edition=prelim). (3) **Availability.—** — The amounts made available under paragraph (1) shall remain available until expended. **(b) Division Among Programs of State’s Share of Base Apportionment.—** The Secretary shall distribute the amount of the base apportionment apportioned to a State for a fiscal year under subsection (c) among the national highway performance program, the surface transportation block grant program, the highway safety improvement program, the congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program, the national highway fr

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23 U.S.C. § 103 — National Highway System

**(a) In General.—** For the purposes of this title, the Federal-aid system is the National Highway System, which includes the Interstate System. **(b) National Highway System.—** (1) **Description.—** — The National Highway System consists of the highway routes and connections to transportation facilities that shall— (A) serve major population centers, international border crossings, ports, airports, public transportation facilities, and other intermodal transportation facilities and other major travel destinations; (B) meet national defense requirements; and (C) serve interstate and interregional travel and commerce. (2) **Components.—** — The National Highway System described in paragraph (1) consists of the following: (A) The National Highway System depicted on the map submitted by the Secretary of Transportation to Congress with the report entitled “Pulling Together: The National Highway System and its Connections to Major Intermodal Terminals” and dated May 24, 1996, and modifications approved by the Secretary before the date of enactment of the MAP–21. (B) Other urban and rural principal arterial routes, and border crossings on those routes, that were not included on the National Highway System before the date of enactment of the MAP–21. (C) Other connector highways (including toll facilities) that were not included in the National Highway System before the date of enactment of the MAP–21 but that provide motor vehicle access between arterial routes on the National Highway System and a major intermodal transportation facility. (D) A strategic highway network that— (i) consists of a network of highways that are important to the United States strategic defense policy, that provide defense access, continuity, and emergency capabilities f

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23 U.S.C. § 311 — Highway improvements strategically im-

Page 352 TITLE 23—HIGHWAYS § 311 22, 1961 (75 Stat. 630; 42 U.S.C. 5195 note). Office redesig- nated Office of Emergency Preparedness by act Oct. 21, 1968 (82 Stat. 1194; 42 U.S.C. 5195 note). Office of Emer- gency Preparedness including office of Director abol- ished and functions thereof transferred to President by Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1973, set out as a note under sec- tion 5195 of Title 42. § 311. Highway improvements strategically im- portant to the national defense Funds made available under subsection (a) of section 104 of this title may be used to pay the entire engineering costs of the surveys, plans, specifications, estimates, and supervision of construction of projects for such urgent im- provements of highways strategically important from the standpoint of the national defense as may be undertaken on the order of the Sec- retary and as the result of request of the Sec- retary of Defense or such other official as the President may designate. With the consent of a State, funds made available under subsection (b) of section 104 of this title may be used to the ex- tent deemed necessary and advisable by the Sec- retary to carry out the provisions of this sec- tion. (Pub. L. 85–767, Aug. 27, 1958, 72 Stat. 915.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries NATIONAL DEFENSE HIGHWAYS LOCATED OUTSIDE UNITED STATES Pub. L. 102–240, title I, § 1006(h), Dec. 18, 1991, 105 Stat. 1927, provided that: ‘‘(1) RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.—If the Secretary de- termines, after consultation with the Secretary of De- fense, that a highway, or portion of a highway, located outside the United States is important to the national defense, the Secretary may carry out a project for the reconstruction of such highway or portion of highway. ‘‘(2) FUNDING.—The Secretary ma

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