23 U.S.C. § 203 : US Code - Section 203: Availability of funds

Search 23 U.S.C. § 203 : US Code - Section 203: Availability of funds

Funds authorized for forest development roads and trails, public
lands development roads and trails, park road, parkways, refuge
roads, Indian reservation roads, and public lands highways shall be
available for contract upon apportionment, or on October 1, of the
fiscal year for which authorized if no apportionment is required.
Any amount remaining unexpended for a period of three years after
the close of the fiscal year for which authorized shall lapse. The
Secretary of the Department charged with the administration of such
funds is granted authority to incur obligations, approve projects,
and enter into contracts under such authorizations and his action
in doing so shall be deemed a contractual obligation of the United
States for the payment of the cost thereof and such funds shall be
deemed to have been expended when so obligated. Any funds
heretofore or hereafter authorized for any fiscal year for forest
development roads and trails, public lands development roads and
trails, park road, parkways, refuge roads, Indian roads, and public
lands highways shall be deemed to have been expended if a sum equal
to the total of the sums authorized for such fiscal year and
previous fiscal years since and including the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1955, shall have been obligated. Any of such funds
released by payment of final voucher or modification of project
authorizations shall be credited to the balance of unobligated
authorizations and be immediately available for expenditure.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the authorization by
the Secretary of engineering and related work for a Federal lands
highways program project, or the approval by the Secretary of
plans, specifications, and estimates for construction of a Federal
lands highways program project, shall be deemed to constitute a
contractual obligation of the Federal Government to pay the Federal
share of the cost of the project.