Territorial and Puerto Rico highway program

Of funds made available in a fiscal year for the territorial and Puerto Rico highway program— for the Puerto Rico highway program under subsection (b)— for the territorial highway program under subsection (c)— Amounts made available to carry out this subsection for a fiscal year shall be administered as follows: For the purpose of imposing any penalty under this title or title 49, the amounts shall be treated as being apportioned to Puerto Rico under sections 104(b) and 144 (as in effect for fiscal year 1997) for each program funded under those sections in an amount determined by multiplying— the proportion that— Of amounts allocated to Puerto Rico for the Puerto Rico Highway Program for a fiscal year— In this subsection, the term “territory” means any of the following territories of the United States: Recognizing the mutual benefits that will accrue to the territories and the United States from the improvement of highways in the territories, the Secretary may carry out a program to assist each government of a territory in the construction and improvement of a system of arterial and collector highways, and necessary inter-island connectors, that is— To continue a long-range highway development program, the Secretary may provide technical assistance to the governments of the territories to enable the territories, on a continuing basis— Except as provided in subparagraph (D), none of the funds made available under this subsection shall be available for obligation or expenditure with respect to any territory until the chief executive officer of the territory has entered into an agreement (including an agreement entered into under section 215 as in effect on the day before the enactment of this section) with the Secretary providing that the government of the territory shall— design and construct a system of arterial and collector highways, including necessary inter-island connectors, in accordance with standards that are— The agreement required by subparagraph (A) shall— With respect to an agreement under this subsection or an agreement entered into under section 215 of this title as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this subsection— Funds made available under this subsection may be used only for the following projects and activities carried out in a territory: