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ACCELERATION OF EMERGENCY CONSTRUCTION

Sec. 9. For the purpose of preventing enemployment during periods of business
 depression and of permitting the Government to avail itself of opportunity
for speedy, efficient, and economical construction during such periods the President
 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 construction
 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 floodcontrol
 works and projeets and public-building projects by means (1) of preliminary
 reports, made under the subsequent provisions of this act or existing
law, as to the desirability of the project; (2) of annual authorizations of projects,
 the total estimates for which are sufficiently in excess of the annual appropriations
 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 uncompleted
 projects for the expenditure of money so appropriated may be immediately
 available at the time such appropriation is made. If the amount apportioned
 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 appropriations
 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 appropriations,
 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 caleulated
 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 payment
 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