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[CITE: 23USC145]

 
                           TITLE 23--HIGHWAYS
 
                     CHAPTER 1--FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 145. Federal-State relationship

    (a) Protection of State Sovereignty.--The authorization of the 
appropriation of Federal funds or their availability for expenditure 
under this chapter shall in no way infringe on the sovereign rights of 
the States to determine which projects shall be federally financed. The 
provisions of this chapter provide for a federally assisted State 
program.
    (b) Purpose of Projects.--The projects described in section 1602 of 
the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, sections 1103 
through 1108 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 
1991 (105 Stat. 2027 et seq.), and section 149(a) of the Surface 
Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987 (101 Stat. 
181 et seq.) are intended to establish eligibility for Federal-aid 
highway funds made available for such projects by section 1101(a)(13) of 
the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, 117 \1\ of title 23, 
United States Code, sections 1103 through 1108 of the Intermodal Surface 
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, and subsections (b), (c), and (d) 
of section 149 of the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation 
Assistance Act of 1987, respectively, and are not intended to define the 
scope or limits of Federal action in a manner inconsistent with 
subsection (a).
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    \1\ So in original. Probably should be preceded by ``section''.
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(Added Pub. L. 93-87, title I, Sec. 123(a), Aug. 13, 1973, 87 Stat. 261; 
(As amended Pub. L. 105-178, title I, Sec. 1601(b), June 9, 1998, 112 
Stat. 256.)

                       References in Text

    Section 1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, 
referred to in subsec. (b), is section 1602 of Pub. L. 105-178, title I, 
June 9, 1998, 112 Stat. 256, which is not classified to the Code.
    Sections 1103 through 1108 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation 
Efficiency Act of 1991, referred to in subsec. (b), are sections 1103 to 
1108 of Pub. L. 102-240, title I, Dec. 18, 1991, 105 Stat. 2027-2063. 
See Tables for classification.
    Section 149(a) of the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation 
Assistance Act of 1987, referred to in subsec. (b), is section 149(a) of 
Pub. L. 100-17, title I, Apr. 2, 1987, 101 Stat. 181, which is not 
classified to the Code.
    Section 1101(a)(13) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st 
Century, referred to in subsec. (b), is section 1101(a)(13) of Pub. L. 
105-178, title I, June 9, 1998, 112 Stat. 113, which is not classified 
to the Code.


                               Amendments

    1998--Pub. L. 105-178 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), 
inserted heading, and added subsec. (b).
