This title was enacted by Pub. L. 85–767, § 1, Aug. 27, 1958, 72 Stat. 885

Chap.

Sec.

1.

Federal Aid Highways [1]

101

2.

Other Highways

201

3.

General Provisions

301

4.

Highway Safety

401

5.

Research, Technology, and Education

501

6.

Infrastructure Finance

601

Amendments

2005—Pub. L. 109–59, title I, § 1602(e)(2), title V, 5201(a)(1), Aug. 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 1248, 1780, added items for chapters 5 and 6 and struck out item for former chapter 5 “Research and Technology”.

1998—Pub. L. 105–178, title V, § 5101(1), June 9, 1998, 112 Stat. 422, added item for chapter 5.

1966—Pub. L. 89–564, title I, § 102(b)(3), Sept. 9, 1966, 80 Stat. 735, added item for chapter 4.

Table Showing Disposition of All Sections of Former Title 23 Title 23 Former Sections Title 23 New Sections 1Rep. 2101 2a101(a) 2b101(a) 3Rep. 3aRep. 3bRep. 4Rep. 5Rep. 6103(b), (e), 105(c), 121(c) 6–1103(c) 6a103(d) 6a–1105(d) 6a–2310 6bRep. 6cRep. 7110(a) 8109(a) 8a109(a), 112(a) 9301 9a129(a) 9a–1Rep. 9b129(a) 10109(a) 10aRep. 10bRep. 10cRep. 11Rep. 12105(a), 106(a), (c), 121(d) 12a121(c) 12bRep. 13114(a) 13–1112(b), (c) 13aRep. 13b103(d) 14121(a), (b), (e) 14aElim. 15Rep. 16Rep. 17316 18317(a)–(c) 19315 20Rep. 20aRep. 21104(a), (b)(1) 21–1307(a), (b) 21a104(b), 105(a), 106(a), 114(a), 118(a), (c) 21a–1Rep. 21a–2Elim. 21bRep. 21c311 21dRep. 21e122 22104(e) 23101(a), 202(b), 204(a)–(c), 205(a)–(c) 23aRep. 23bRep. 23b–1Rep. 23c205(c) 24Rep. 24a109(e) 25Rep. 26Rep. 41101(a), 105(e) 41a101(a), 103(b) 41b101(a), 103(b) 42Rep. 43Rep. 44Rep. 45Elim. 46See T. 18 § 1020 47–53Rep. 54Elim. 54aRep. 54bElim. 55126 55aRep. 55b126(b) 56Rep. 57314 58Elim. 59Elim. 59aRep. 60103(d) 61307(c) 62318 63109(d) 64320(a) 65320(b) 66320(c) 67320(d) 68320(e) 69320(f) 70313 71303(a) 72303 note 73303(a) 101Rep. 101aRep. 102Rep. 103Rep. 104Rep. 105Rep. 106210(a), (b) 107Rep. 108Rep. 109Rep. 110Rep. 111Rep. 112Rep. 113Rep. 114210(e) 115308(a) 116Rep. 117312 151(a)104 note 151(b), (c)104(c), 117(a)–(c), 118(b) 152204(f), 205(d) 153206(a), 207(a), 208(a), (b) 154209(a) 155203 156101(b), 103(f), 104(b)(1), 116(d), 119(a), (b), 120(h) 157103(d) 158(a)101(b) 158(b)101 note 158(c)104(b)(4) 158(d)104(b)(5) 158(d)104 note 158(e)120(c) 158(f), (g)118(c) 158(h)115 158(i)109(b) 158(j)127 158(k)307 note 159107 160108 161124 162123 163111 164129(b)–(d) 165Elim. 166113 167101(b), 128(a), (b), 304 168Elim. 169 (less last proviso)Rep. 169 (last proviso)Elim. 170305 171306 172Rep. 173120 note 174307 note 175Elim.

Citation

Section 1 of Pub. L 85–767, Aug. 27, 1958, 72 Stat. 885, provided in part that this title may be cited as “Title 23, United States Code, § —”.

Repeals

Section 2 of Pub. L. 85–767, Aug. 27, 1958, 72 Stat. 919, repealed the sections or parts of sections of the Revised Statutes or Statutes at Large covering provisions codified in this title.

Construction

Section 3 of Pub. L. 85–767, Aug. 27, 1958, 72 Stat. 921, provided that:

“(a) If any provision of title 23, as enacted by section 1 of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the title and the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

“(b) The provisions of this Act shall be subject to Reorganization Plan Numbered 5 of 1950 (64 Stat. 1263) [set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees].”

Savings Provision

Section 4 of Pub. L. 85–767, Aug. 27, 1958, 72 Stat. 921, provided that: “Any rights or liabilities now existing under prior Acts or portions thereof shall not be affected by the repeal of such prior Acts or portions under section 2 of this Act.”

Recodification of Title 23

Pub. L. 104–59, title III, § 357(a), Nov. 28, 1995, 109 Stat. 625, provided that: “The Secretary [of Transportation] shall, by March 31, 1997, prepare and submit to Congress a draft legislative proposal of necessary technical and conforming amendments to title 23, United States Code, and related laws.”

Pub. L. 102–240, title I, § 1066, Dec. 18, 1991, 105 Stat. 2006, provided that the Secretary of Transportation was to have prepared, by Oct. 1, 1993, a proposed recodification of title 23, United States Code, and related laws for submission to Congress for consideration, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 104–59, title III, § 357(b), Nov. 28, 1995, 109 Stat. 625.