Section 23. Expiration of authorization and appropriation.
(a) General rule.--The authorization and appropriation for the additional capital projects itemized in sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 for which construction contracts have not been executed within four years of the effective date of this act shall expire upon such date and shall be considered repealed. The Secretary of the Budget may extend an expired project for up to one year upon written notification of the majority chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the majority chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives. Upon expiration of the extension period, an extended project may not be subsequently extended.
(b) Reports.--Whenever the authorization and appropriation for the additional capital projects itemized under this act shall expire pursuant to subsection (a) or whenever the authorization and appropriation for the additional capital projects itemized under the act of October 10, 1997 (P.L.392, No.47), known as the Capital Budget Project Itemization Act for 1996-1997, shall expire pursuant to section 20 of said act, the Secretary of the Budget shall, within 30 days of the date of expiration, provide to the majority and minority chairmen of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the majority and minority chairmen of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives a report itemizing all capital projects which have expired. Such report shall contain specific references to the section of the act wherein the projects were itemized and shall include the project location, project description and authorized project amount. The report shall also aggregate the total dollar amount of expired projects by capital project category.