§308 Cooperation with Federal and State Agencies and Foreign Countries

Summary

The Secretary may provide engineering and other highway work, by contract or otherwise, for other Federal agencies, cooperating foreign countries, and State cooperating agencies. That work can include activities under section 214 of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970. Money paid back for these services, including depreciation on engineering and road‑building equipment, must go into the right appropriation. Even if other laws would limit it (including the Federal Acquisition Regulation), the Secretary may use any contracting method a State could use under this title, including project bundling, bridge bundling, design‑build, two‑phase contracting, long‑term concession agreements, and other tested or testable experimental methods. Funds for the Federal Highway Administration can be used to run warehouses and buy, store, and handle supplies and equipment for FHWA projects or to sell or give to other government agencies, cooperating foreign countries, and State cooperating agencies. The cost or value of those items, including transport and handling, may be returned to the current appropriation.