(a) The Secretary of Transportation shall transfer to the State of Alaska by appropriate conveyance without compensation, but upon such terms and conditions as he may deem desirable, all lands or interests in lands, including buildings and fixtures, all personal property, including machinery, office equipment, and supplies, and all records pertaining to roads in Alaska, which are owned, held, administered by, or used by the Secretary in connection with the activities of the Bureau of Public Roads in Alaska, (i) except such lands or interests in lands, including buildings and fixtures, personal property, including machinery, office equipment, and supplies, and records as the Secretary may determine are needed for the operations, activities, and functions of the Bureau of Public Roads in Alaska after such transfer, including services or functions performed pursuant to section 44 of this Act; and (ii) except such lands or interests in lands as he or the head of any other Federal agency may determine are needed for continued retention in Federal ownership for purposes other than or in addition to road purposes.
“(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, any contract entered into by the Federal Government in connection with the activities of the Bureau of Public Roads in Alaska which has not been completed on the date of the transfer provided under subsection (a) hereof may be completed according to the terms thereof.
“(c)(1) The State of Alaska shall be responsible for the maintenance of roads, including bridges, tunnels, and ferries, transferred to it under subsection (a) of this section, as long as any such road is needed for highway purposes.
“(2) Federal-aid funds apportioned to Alaska under title 23, United States Code, for fiscal year 1960 and prior fiscal years, and unobligated on the date of enactment of this Act, may be used for maintenance of highways on the Federal-aid systems in Alaska.
“(d) Effective July 1, 1959, the following provisions of law are repealed:“(1) Title 23, United States Code, section 103(f);
“(2) Title 23, United States Code, section 116(d) [now 23 U.S.C. 116(e)];
“(3) Title 23, United States Code, section 119;
“(4) Title 23, United States Code, section 120(h) [now 23 U.S.C. 120(g)], except that the portion of the first sentence thereof relating to the percentage of funds to be contributed by Alaska shall continue to apply to funds apportioned to Alaska for fiscal year 1960 and prior fiscal years;
“(5) Sections 107(b) and (d) of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 (70 Stat. 374, 377, 378);
“(6) Section 2 of the Act of January 27, 1905 (33 Stat. 616), as amended (48 U.S.C. 322 and the following); and
“(7) The Act of June 30, 1932 (47 Stat. 446), as amended (48 U.S.C. 321(a) and the following).
“(e) Effective on July 1, 1959, the following provisions of law are amended:“(1) The definition of the term ‘State’ in title 23, United States Code, section 101(a), is amended to read as follows:“ ‘The term “State” means any one of the forty-nine States, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, or Puerto Rico.’;
“(2) Title 23, United States Code, section 104(b), is amended by deleting the phrase ‘, except that only one-third of the area of Alaska shall be included’ where it appears in paragraphs (1) and (2) of said section 104(b);
“(3) Title 23, United States Code, section 116(a) [now 23 U.S.C. 116(b)], is amended by deleting the phrase ‘Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section,’ and by capitalizing the word ‘it’ immediately following such phrase; and
“(4) Title 23, United States Code, section 120(a), is amended by deleting the phrase ‘subsection (d) and (h)’ and by inserting in lieu thereof the phrase ‘subsection (d)’.
“(f) Notwithstanding the limitation contained in subsection (f) of section 120 of Title 23, United States Code, the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to make expenditures from the emergency fund under section 125 of such title for the repair or reconstruction of highways on the Federal-aid highway systems of Alaska which have been damaged or destroyed by the 1964 earthquake and subsequent seismic waves, in accordance with the Federal share payable under subsection (a) of section 120 of such title. The increase in expenditures resulting from the difference between the Federal share authorized by this subsection and that authorized by subsection (f) of section 120 of such title shall be reimbursed to the emergency fund by an appropriation from the general fund of the Treasury: Provided, That such increase in expenditures shall not exceed $15,000,000 in the aggregate. (As amended Pub. L. 88–451, § 3, Aug. 19, 1964, 78 Stat. 505; Pub. L. 97–449, § 2(a), Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2439.)