[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 23, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 23CFR420.119]

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                           TITLE 23--HIGHWAYS
 
 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 420--PLANNING AND RESEARCH PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION--Table of Contents
 
      Subpart A--Administration of FHWA Planning and Research Funds
 
Sec. 420.119  Fiscal procedures.

    (a) SPR funds shall be administered and accounted for as a single 
fund regardless of the category of Federal-aid highway funds from which 
they are derived.
    (b) PL funds shall be administered and accounted for as a single 
fund.
    (c) Optional funds authorized under 23 U.S.C. 104(b)(1), 104(b)(3), 
and 157(c) used for eligible planning and RD&T purposes shall be 
identified separately in the work program(s) and shall be administered 
and accounted for separately for fiscal purposes. The statewide and, if 
appropriate, metropolitan transportation improvement program provisions 
of 23 CFR Part 450 must be met for the use of NHS, STP, or minimum 
allocation funds for planning or RD&T purposes.
    (d) The maximum rate of Federal participation with funds identified 
in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this section shall be as prescribed in 
title 23, U.S.C., for the specific class of funds; unless, for funds 
identified under paragraph (a) or (b) of this section, the FHWA 
determines that the interests of the Federal-aid highway program would 
be best served without such match in accordance with 23 U.S.C. 307(c)(3) 
or 23 U.S.C. 104(f)(3). The FHWA also may waive the requirement for 
matching funds if national or regional high priority planning or RD&T 
problems can be more effectively addressed if several States and/or MPOs 
pool their funds. Requests for 100 percent Federal funding must be 
submitted to the FHWA Division Office for approval by the Associate 
Administrator for Program Development (for planning activities) or the 
Associate Administrator Research and Development (for RD&T activities).
    (e) The provisions of 49 CFR 18.24 are applicable to any necessary 
matching of FHWA planning and research funds.

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    (f) Payment shall be made in accordance with the provisions of 49 
CFR 18.21.