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ACCELERATION OF EMERGENCY CONSTRUCTION 
Sec. 9. For the purpose of preventing enemployment during periods of busi- 
ness depression and of permitting the Government to avail itself of opportunity 
for speedy, efficient, and economical construction during such periods the Presi- 
dent is requested to direct the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Treasury, 
and the Secretary of Agriculture to accelerate during such periods, to such extent 
as is deemed practicable, the prosecution of all public works within their control. 
ADVANCE PLANNING 
Sec. 10. It is hereby declared to the policy of Congress to arrange the construc- 
tion of public works, so far as practicable, in such manner as will assist in the 
stabilization of industry and employment through the proper timing of such 
construction, and that to further this object there shall be advance planning of 
public works to be accomplished (a) in the case of river and harbor and flood- 
control works and projeets and public-building projects by means (1) of pre- 
liminary reports, made under the subsequent provisions of this act or existing 
law, as to the desirability of the project; (2) of annual authorizations of pro- 
jects, the total estimates for which are sufficiently in excess of the annual appro- 
priations made for the work thereon to result in uncompleted projects being 
available for the expenditure of public works emergency appropriations when 
made; and (3) of advance preparation of detailed construction plans and (b) 
in the case of public-roads projects by means (1) of advance approval of projects 
in accordance with the provisions of the Federal highway act, and amendments 
and supplements thereof, and of this act, and (2) advance preparation of detailed 
construction plans. 
PUBLIC-ROADS PROJECTS 
Sec. 11. (a) In addition to the projects authorized to be approved under the 
Federal highway act, and amendments and supplements thereof, the Secretary 
of Agriculture is authorized to approve emergency Federal-aid road projects 
for the construction, reconstruction, and maintenance of Federal-aid highways, 
the share of the United States in the cost of which is to be paid primarily out 
of public works emergency appropriations made for the purpose. Such emergency 
projects may be approved in advance of any such appropriation, but only to 
such extent as the Secretary of Agriculture deems advisable, in order that un- 
completed projects for the expenditure of money so appropriated may be imme- 
diately available at the time such appropriation is made. If the amount ap- 
portioned to the State of the public works emergency appropriation made for 
the purpose is insufficient to meet the share of the United States in the cost of 
all approved emergency projects within the State, the balance of the share of 
the United ‘States shall be paid out of the amount apportioned to the State 
from any subsequent appropriations made for Federal-aid highways. 
(b) The approval of emergency projects for roads within a State shall be 
deemed a contractual obligation of the Federal Government for the payment 
of its proportional contribution to the cost of the projects only to the extent of 
the amount apportioned to the State and remaining unpaid of the public works 
emergency appropriation made for the purpose and the subsequent appropria- 
tions made for Federal-aid highways. 
{¢) The provisions of the Federal highway act in respect of the apportionment 
of Federal-aid appropriations shall not apply to public works emergency appro- 
priations, but the Secretary of Agriculture may approtion such appropriations 
among all the States or in the State in the area or areas designated by Congress 
in such a way as may be fixed by Congress or shall in his judgment be best caleu- 
lated to prevent unemployment. 
(d) For the purpose of equalizing among the several States the amount of 
Federal funds apportioned under the Federal highway act, as amended and 
supplemented, and this act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall deduct any pay- 
ment made to a State out of a public works emergency appropriation from the 
amount apportioned to the State out of any subsequent appropriation for 
Federal-aid highways. 
(e) The Secretary of Agriculture, after making the deductions authorized by 
this section, shall within 60 days thereafter reapportion the amount so deducted 
to all the States in the same manner and on the same basis and certify to the 
Secretary of the Treasury and the State highway departments in the same way 
as if it were being apportioned under the Federal highway act for the first time. 
(f) In the event that the payment received by a State under the provisions of a 
public-works emergency appropriation for Federal-aid highways exceeds the