23 U.S.C. § 145 : US Code - Section 145: Federal-State relationship

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(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 1702
of the SAFETEA-LU, 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)(16) of the
SAFETEA-LU, section 1101(a)(13) of the Transportation Equity Act
for the 21st Century, section 117 of this title, 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).