§308 Cooperation with Federal and State Agencies and Foreign Countries

Summary

The Secretary may provide engineering and other services for highway surveys, construction, maintenance, and improvements for other federal agencies, cooperating foreign countries, and State cooperating agencies. These services can include work covered by section 214 of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970. Payments for these services, including equipment depreciation, must be returned to the proper appropriation. Even if other laws say otherwise, the Secretary may use any contracting method a State can use under this title, including at least six methods such as project bundling, bridge bundling, design‑build, two‑phase contracting, long‑term concession agreements, and other methods tested in experimental contracting programs. Appropriations for the Federal Highway Administration can pay for warehouse upkeep and for buying, storing, and handling supplies, materials, and equipment. Those items can be sent to FHWA projects or sold or given to other government agencies, cooperating foreign countries, and State cooperating agencies, and the cost or value of the items, including transportation and handling, may be repaid to the same appropriations.