§ 145. — FederalState relationship.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[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;
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).
