49 U.S.C. § 104 — Federal Highway Administration

(a) The Federal Highway Administration is an agency inside the Department of Transportation. (b) (1) The Administrator, who leads the Administration, is appointed by the President with the Senate's approval, and reports directly to the Secretary of Transportation. (2) The Administration also has a Deputy Administrator, appointed by the Secretary with the President's approval, who carries out duties the Administrator assigns. (3) The Administration also has an Assistant Administrator, appointed to the competitive civil service by the Secretary with the President's approval. The Assistant Administrator serves as the Administration's chief engineer and carries out duties the Administrator assigns. (c) The Administrator must carry out: (1) the Secretary's duties under chapter 4 of title 23 for highway safety programs and research related to highway design, construction, maintenance, traffic control devices, spotting accident-prone locations, and pedestrian safety; and (2) any other duties the Secretary assigns. (d) Even though sections 101(d) and 144 of title 23 normally apply, highway bridges found to unreasonably block navigation under the Truman-Hobbs Act may be funded from money set aside for the discretionary bridge program. The Secretary must hand over both that funding and the job of running it to the United States Coast Guard.