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Calendar No. 126

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1143

[Report No. 106–55]

Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related

agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other

purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MAY 27, 1999

Mr. SHELBY, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following

original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar

A BILL

Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation

and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September

30, 2000, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the

5 Department of Transportation and related agencies for

6 the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other

7 purposes, namely:
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1 TITLE I

2 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

3 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

4 IMMEDIATE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

5 For necessary expenses of the Immediate Office of

6 the Secretary, $1,900,000.

7 IMMEDIATE OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY SECRETARY

8 For necessary expenses of the Immediate Office of

9 the Deputy Secretary, $600,000.

10 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

11 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General

12 Counsel, $9,000,000.

13 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POLICY

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant

15 Secretary for Policy, $2,900,000.

16 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR AVIATION

17 AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant

19 Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs,

20 $7,700,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other

21 provision of law, there may be credited to this appropria22 tion up to $1,250,000 in funds received in user fees.
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1 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR BUDGET

2 AND PROGRAMS

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant

4 Secretary for Budget and Programs, $6,870,000, includ5 ing not to exceed $45,000 for allocation within the Depart6 ment for official reception and representation expenses as

7 the Secretary may determine.

8 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

9 GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS

10 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant

11 Secretary for Governmental Affairs, $2,000,000.

12 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

13 ADMINISTRATION

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant

15 Secretary for Administration, $18,600,000.

16 OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS

17 For necessary expenses of the Office of Public Af18 fairs, $1,800,000.

19 EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT

20 For necessary expenses of the Executive Secretariat,

21 $1,110,000.

22 BOARD OF CONTRACT APPEALS

23 For necessary expenses of the Board of Contract Ap24 peals, $560,000.
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1 OFFICE OF SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS

2 UTILIZATION

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of Small and

4 Disadvantaged Business Utilization, $1,222,000.

5 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In7 formation Officer, $5,100,000.

8 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

9 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights,

10 $7,200,000.

11 TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND

12 DEVELOPMENT

13 For necessary expenses for conducting transportation

14 planning, research, systems development, development ac15 tivities, and making grants, to remain available until ex16 pended, $3,300,000.

17 TRANSPORTATION ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE CENTER

18 Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital

19 outlays of the Transportation Administrative Service Cen20 ter, not to exceed $169,953,000, shall be paid from appro21 priations made available to the Department of Transpor22 tation: Provided, That the preceding limitation shall not

23 apply to activities associated with departmental Year 2000

24 conversion activities: Provided further, That such services

25 shall be provided on a competitive basis to entities within
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1 the Department of Transportation: Provided further, That

2 the above limitation on operating expenses shall not apply

3 to non-DOT entities: Provided further, That no funds ap4 propriated in this Act to an agency of the Department

5 shall be transferred to the Transportation Administrative

6 Service Center without the approval of the agency modal

7 administrator: Provided further, That no assessments may

8 be levied against any program, budget activity, subactivity

9 or project funded by this Act unless notice of such assess10 ments and the basis therefor are presented to the House

11 and Senate Committees on Appropriations and are ap12 proved by such Committees.

13 MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER

14 For the cost of direct loans, $1,500,000, as author15 ized by 49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, includ16 ing the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined

17 in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:

18 Provided further, That these funds are available to sub19 sidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct

20 loans not to exceed $13,775,000. In addition, for adminis21 trative expenses to carry out the direct loan program,

22 $400,000.

23 MINORITY BUSINESS OUTREACH

24 For necessary expenses of Minority Business Re25 source Center outreach activities, $2,900,000, of which
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1 $2,635,000 shall remain available until September 30,

2 2001: Provided, That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 332,

3 these funds may be used for business opportunities related

4 to any mode of transportation.

5 COAST GUARD

6 OPERATING EXPENSES

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 For necessary expenses for the operation and mainte9 nance of the Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for; pur10 chase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles for

11 replacement only; payments pursuant to section 156 of

12 Public Law 97–377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note),

13 and section 229(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.

14 429(b)); and recreation and welfare; $2,772,000,000, of

15 which $534,000,000 shall be available for defense-related

16 activities; and of which $25,000,000 shall be derived from

17 the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund: Provided, That none

18 of the funds appropriated in this or any other Act shall

19 be available for pay for administrative expenses in connec20 tion with shipping commissioners in the United States:

21 Provided further, That none of the funds provided in this

22 Act shall be available for expenses incurred for yacht docu23 mentation under 46 U.S.C. 12109, except to the extent

24 fees are collected from yacht owners and credited to this

25 appropriation: Provided further, That the Commandant
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1 shall reduce both military and civilian employment levels

2 for the purpose of complying with Executive Order No.

3 12839: Provided further, That up to $615,000 in user fees

4 collected pursuant to section 1111 of Public Law 104–

5 324 shall be credited to this appropriation as offsetting

6 collections in fiscal year 2000: Provided further, That the

7 Secretary may transfer funds to this account, from Fed8 eral Aviation Administration ‘‘Operations’’, not to exceed

9 $60,000,000 in total for the fiscal year, fifteen days after

10 written notification to the House and Senate Committees

11 on Appropriations, for the purpose of providing additional

12 funds for drug interdiction activities and/or the Office of

13 Intelligence and Security activities: Provided further, That

14 none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the

15 Coast Guard to plan, finalize, or implement any regulation

16 that would promulgate new maritime user fees not specifi17 cally authorized by law after the date of enactment of this

18 Act: Provided further, That the United States Coast Guard

19 will reimburse the Department of Transportation Inspec20 tor General $5,000,000 for costs associated with audits

21 and investigations of all Coast Guard-related issues and

22 systems.
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1 ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

3 For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction,

4 renovation, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore

5 facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related

6 thereto, $370,426,000, of which $20,000,000 shall be de7 rived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which

8 $123,560,000 shall be available to acquire, repair, ren9 ovate or improve vessels, small boats and related equip10 ment, to remain available until September 30, 2004;

11 $33,210,000 shall be available to acquire new aircraft and

12 increase aviation capability, to remain available until Sep13 tember 30, 2002; $52,726,000 shall be available for other

14 equipment, to remain available until September 30, 2002;

15 $63,800,000 shall be available for shore facilities and aids

16 to navigation facilities, to remain available until Sep17 tember 30, 2002; $52,930,000 shall be available for per18 sonnel compensation and benefits and related costs, to re19 main available until September 30, 2001; and

20 $44,200,000 shall be deposited in the Deepwater Replace21 ment Project Revolving Fund to remain available until ex22 pended: Provided, That funds received from the sale of

23 HU–25 aircraft shall be credited to this appropriation for

24 the purpose of acquiring new aircraft and increasing avia25 tion capacity: Provided further, That the Commandant of
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1 the Coast Guard is authorized to and may dispose of by

2 sale at fair market value all rights, title, and interests of

3 any United States entity on behalf of the Coast Guard

4 in and to the land of, and improvements to, South Haven,

5 Michigan; ESMT Manasquan, New Jersey; Petaluma,

6 California; ESMT Portsmouth, New Hampshire; Station

7 Clair Flats, Michigan; and, Aids to navigation team

8 Huron, Ohio: Provided further, That there is established

9 in the Treasury of the United States a special account

10 to be known as the Deepwater Replacement Project Re11 volving Fund and proceeds from the sale of said specified

12 properties and improvements shall be deposited in that ac13 count, from which the proceeds shall be available until ex14 pended for the purposes of replacing or modernizing Coast

15 Guard ships, aircraft, and other capital assets necessary

16 to conduct its deepwater statutory responsibilities: Pro17 vided further, That, if balances in the Deepwater Replace18 ment Project Revolving Fund permit, the Commandant of

19 the Coast Guard is authorized to obligate up to

20 $60,000,000.

21 ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION

22 For necessary expenses to carry out the Coast

23 Guard’s environmental compliance and restoration func24 tions under chapter 19 of title 14, United States Code,

25 $12,450,000, to remain available until expended.
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1 ALTERATION OF BRIDGES

2 For necessary expenses for alteration or removal of

3 obstructive bridges, $14,000,000, to remain available until

4 expended.

5 RETIRED PAY

6 For retired pay, including the payment of obligations

7 therefor otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for

8 this purpose, and payments under the Retired Service9 man’s Family Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, and

10 for payments for medical care of retired personnel and

11 their dependents under the Dependents Medical Care Act

12 (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), $730,327,000.

13 RESERVE TRAINING

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 For all necessary expenses of the Coast Guard Re16 serve, as authorized by law; maintenance and operation

17 of facilities; and supplies, equipment, and services;

18 $72,000,000: Provided, That no more than $20,000,000

19 of funds made available under this heading may be trans20 ferred to Coast Guard ‘‘Operating expenses’’ or otherwise

21 made available to reimburse the Coast Guard for financial

22 support of the Coast Guard Reserve: Provided further,

23 That none of the funds in this Act may be used by the

24 Coast Guard to assess direct charges on the Coast Guard
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1 Reserves for items or activities which were not so charged

2 during fiscal year 1997.

3 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION

4 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

5 for applied scientific research, development, test, and eval6 uation; maintenance, rehabilitation, lease and operation of

7 facilities and equipment, as authorized by law,

8 $17,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which

9 $3,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability

10 Trust Fund: Provided, That there may be credited to and

11 used for the purposes of this appropriation funds received

12 from State and local governments, other public authori13 ties, private sources, and foreign countries, for expenses

14 incurred for research, development, testing, and evalua15 tion.

16 FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

17 OPERATIONS

18 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

19 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for nec20 essary expenses of the Federal Aviation Administration,

21 not otherwise provided for, including operations and re22 search activities related to commercial space transpor23 tation, administrative expenses for research and develop24 ment, establishment of air navigation facilities, the oper25 ation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, sub-
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1 sidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold to

2 the public, and carrying out the provisions of subchapter

3 I of chapter 471 of title 49, United States Code, or other

4 provisions of law authorizing the obligation of funds for

5 similar programs of airport and airway development or im6 provement, lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles

7 for replacement only, in addition to amounts made avail8 able by Public Law 104–264, $5,857,450,000 from the

9 Airport and Airway Trust Fund: Provided, That none of

10 the funds in this Act shall be available for the Federal

11 Aviation Administration to plan, finalize, or implement

12 any regulation that would promulgate new aviation user

13 fees not specifically authorized by law after the date of

14 enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the Sec15 retary may transfer funds to this account, from Coast

16 Guard ‘‘Operating expenses’’, not to exceed $60,000,000

17 in total for the fiscal year, fifteen days after written notifi18 cation to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria19 tions, solely for the purpose of providing additional funds

20 for air traffic control operations and maintenance to en21 hance aviation safety and security, and/or the Office of

22 Intelligence and Security activities: Provided further, That

23 there may be credited to this appropriation funds received

24 from States, counties, municipalities, foreign authorities,

25 other public authorities, and private sources, for expenses
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1 incurred in the provision of agency services, including re2 ceipts for the maintenance and operation of air navigation

3 facilities, and for issuance, renewal or modification of cer4 tificates, including airman, aircraft, and repair station cer5 tificates, or for tests related thereto, or for processing

6 major repair or alteration forms: Provided further, That

7 of the funds appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000

8 shall be for the contract tower cost-sharing program: Pro9 vided further, That funds may be used to enter into a

10 grant agreement with a nonprofit standard-setting organi11 zation to assist in the development of aviation safety

12 standards: Provided further, That none of the funds in this

13 Act shall be available for new applicants for the second

14 career training program: Provided further, That none of

15 the funds in this Act shall be available for paying premium

16 pay under 5 U.S.C. 5546(a) to any Federal Aviation Ad17 ministration employee unless such employee actually per18 formed work during the time corresponding to such pre19 mium pay: Provided further, That none of the funds in

20 this Act may be obligated or expended to operate a

21 manned auxiliary flight service station in the contiguous

22 United States: Provided further, That none of the funds

23 in this Act may be used for the Federal Aviation Adminis24 tration to enter into a multiyear lease greater than five

25 years in length or greater than $100,000,000 in value un-
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1 less such lease is specifically authorized by the Congress

2 and appropriations have been provided to fully cover the

3 Federal Government’s contingent liabilities: Provided fur4 ther, That the Federal Aviation Administration will reim5 burse the Department of Transportation Inspector Gen6 eral $19,000,000 for costs associated with audits and in7 vestigations of all aviation-related issues and systems: Pro8 vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of

9 law, the FAA Administrator may contract out the entire

10 function of Oceanic flight services.

11 FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

12 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

13 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for nec14 essary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for acquisi15 tion, establishment, and improvement by contract or pur16 chase, and hire of air navigation and experimental facili17 ties and equipment as authorized under part A of subtitle

18 VII of title 49, United States Code, including initial acqui19 sition of necessary sites by lease or grant; engineering and

20 service testing, including construction of test facilities and

21 acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; and con22 struction and furnishing of quarters and related accom23 modations for officers and employees of the Federal Avia24 tion Administration stationed at remote localities where

25 such accommodations are not available; and the purchase,
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1 lease, or transfer of aircraft from funds available under

2 this head; to be derived from the Airport and Airway

3 Trust Fund, $2,045,652,000, of which $1,721,086,000

4 shall remain available until September 30, 2002, and of

5 which $274,566,000 shall remain available until Sep6 tember 30, 2000: Provided, That there may be credited

7 to this appropriation funds received from States, counties,

8 municipalities, other public authorities, and private

9 sources, for expenses incurred in the establishment and

10 modernization of air navigation facilities.

11 FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

12 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

13 (RESCISSIONS)

14 Of the amounts provided under this heading in Public

15 Law 104–205, $17,500,000 are rescinded: Provided, That

16 of the amounts provided under this heading in Public Law

17 105–66, $282,000,000 are rescinded.

18 RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT

19 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

20 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for nec21 essary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for research,

22 engineering, and development, as authorized under part

23 A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, including

24 construction of experimental facilities and acquisition of

25 necessary sites by lease or grant, $150,000,000, to be de26 rived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to re-
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1 main available until September 30, 2002: Provided, That

2 there may be credited to this appropriation funds received

3 from States, counties, municipalities, other public authori4 ties, and private sources, for expenses incurred for re5 search, engineering, and development.

6 GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS

7 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

8 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

9 For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in10 aid for airport planning and development, and for noise

11 compatibility planning and programs as authorized under

12 subchapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter

13 475 of title 49, United States Code, and under other law

14 authorizing such obligations, and for administration of

15 such programs, $1,750,000,000, to be derived from the

16 Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to remain available

17 until expended: Provided, That none of the funds under

18 this heading shall be available for the planning or execu19 tion of programs the obligations for which are in excess

20 of $2,000,000,000 in fiscal year 2000, notwithstanding

21 section 47117(h) of title 49, United States Code: Provided

22 further, That discretionary grant funds available for noise

23 planning and mitigation shall not exceed $60,000,000:

24 Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provi25 sion of law, not more than $47,891,000 of the funds lim-
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1 ited under this heading shall be obligated for administra2 tion.

3 GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS

4 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

5 The obligation limitation under this heading in Public

6 Law 105–277 is hereby reduced by $290,000,000.

7 AVIATION INSURANCE REVOLVING FUND

8 The Secretary of Transportation is hereby authorized

9 to make such expenditures and investments, within the

10 limits of funds available pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 44307, and

11 in accordance with section 104 of the Government Cor12 poration Control Act, as amended (31 U.S.C. 9104), as

13 may be necessary in carrying out the program for aviation

14 insurance activities under chapter 443 of title 49, United

15 States Code.

16 AIRCRAFT PURCHASE LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM

17 None of the funds in this Act shall be available for

18 activities under this heading during fiscal year 2000.

19 FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

20 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

21 Necessary expenses for administration and operation

22 of the Federal Highway Administration not to exceed

23 $370,000,000 shall be paid in accordance with law from

24 appropriations made available by this Act to the Federal

25 Highway Administration together with advances and reim-
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1 bursements received by the Federal Highway Administra2 tion: Provided further, That $55,418,000 shall be available

3 to carry out the functions and operations of the office of

4 motor carriers: Provided further, That, notwithstanding

5 Public Law 105–178 or any other provision of law,

6 $14,500,000 of the funds available under section 104(a)

7 of title 23, United States Code, shall be made available

8 and transferred to the National Highway Traffic Safety

9 Administration operations and research to carry out the

10 provisions of chapter 301 of title 49, United States Code,

11 part C of subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code, and

12 section 405(b) of title 23, United States Code: Provided

13 further, That of the $14,500,000 made available for traffic

14 and highway safety programs, $8,300,000 shall be made

15 available to carry out the provisions of chapter 301 of title

16 49, United States Code and $6,200,000 shall be made

17 available to carry out the provisions of part C of subtitle

18 VI of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That

19 $7,500,000, of the funds available under section 104(a)

20 of title 23, United States Code, shall be made available

21 and transferred to the National Highway Traffic Safety

22 Administration, Highway Traffic Safety Grants, for

23 ‘‘Child Passenger Protection Education Grants’’ under

24 section 405(b) of title 23, United States Code: Provided

25 further, That, the Federal Highway Administration will re-
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1 imburse the Department of Transportation Inspector Gen2 eral $9,000,000 from funds available within this limitation

3 on obligations for costs associated with audits and inves4 tigations of all highway-related issues and systems.

5 FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

6 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

7 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

8 None of the funds in this Act shall be available for

9 the implementation or execution of programs, the obliga10 tions for which are in excess of $27,701,350,000 for Fed11 eral-aid highways and highway safety construction pro12 grams for fiscal year 2000: Provided, That, notwith13 standing any other provision of law, within the

14 $27,701,350,000 obligation limitation on Federal-aid

15 highways and highway safety construction programs, not

16 more than $391,450,000 shall be available for the imple17 mentation or execution of programs for transportation re18 search (Sections 502, 503, 504, 506, 507, and 508 of title

19 23, United States Code, as amended; section 5505 of title

20 49, United States Code, as amended; and sections 5112

21 and 5204–5209 of Public Law 105–178) for fiscal year

22 2000; not more than $20,000,000 shall be available for

23 the implementation or execution of programs for the Mag24 netic Levitation Transportation Technology Deployment

25 Program (Section 1218 of Public Law 105–178) for fiscal

26 year 2000, of which not to exceed $500,000 shall be avail-
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1 able to the Federal Railroad Administration for adminis2 trative expenses and technical assistance in connection

3 with such program; not more than $31,000,000 shall be

4 available for the implementation or execution of programs

5 for the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (Section 111

6 of title 49, United States Code) for fiscal year 2000: Pro7 vided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision

8 of law, of the funds made available in fiscal year 2000

9 to carry out section 144(g)(1) of title 23, United States

10 Code, $10,000,000 shall be made available to carry out

11 section 1224 of Public Law 105–178: Provided further,

12 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, within

13 the $27,701,350,000 obligation limitation, of the amounts

14 made available as contract authority under section

15 1221(e) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st

16 Century (Public Law 105–178), $6,000,000 shall be made

17 available to carry out section 5113 of that Act and

18 $5,000,000 shall be made available to carry out the Na19 tionwide Differential Global Positioning System program:

20 Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provi21 sion of law, within the $211,200,000 obligation limitation

22 on Intelligent Transportation Systems, not less than the

23 following sums shall be made available for Intelligent

24 Transportation system projects in the following specified

25 areas:
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Committee

ITS deployment projects recommendation

Southeast Michigan .................................................................. $4,000,000

Salt Lake City, UT ................................................................... 6,500,000

Branson, MO ............................................................................ 1,500,000

St.Louis, MO ............................................................................ 2,000,000

Shreveport, LA ......................................................................... 2,000,000

State of Montana ...................................................................... 3,500,000

State of Colorado ...................................................................... 4,000,000

Arapahoe County, CO ............................................................... 2,000,000

Grand Forks, ND ..................................................................... 500,000

State of Idaho ........................................................................... 2,000,000

Columbus, OH .......................................................................... 2,000,000

Inglewood, CA ........................................................................... 2,000,000

Fargo, ND ................................................................................ 2,000,000

Albuquerque/State of New Mexico interstate projects ............. 2,000,000

Dothan/Port Saint Joe ............................................................. 2,000,000

Santa Teresa, NM .................................................................... 1,500,000

State of Illinois ......................................................................... 4,800,000

Charlotte, NC ........................................................................... 2,500,000

Nashville, TN ............................................................................ 2,000,000

Tacoma Puyallup, WA .............................................................. 500,000

Spokane, WA ............................................................................ 1,000,000

Puget Sound, WA ..................................................................... 2,200,000

State of Washington ................................................................. 4,000,000

State of Texas ........................................................................... 6,000,000

Corpus Christi, TX ................................................................... 2,000,000

State of Nebraska ..................................................................... 1,500,000

State of Wisconsin rural systems ............................................. 1,000,000

State of Wisconsin .................................................................... 2,400,000

State of Alaska ......................................................................... 3,700,000

Cargo Mate, Northern NJ ........................................................ 2,000,000

Statewide Transcom/Transmit upgrades, NJ .......................... 6,000,000

State of Vermont rural systems ............................................... 2,000,000

State of Maryland ..................................................................... 4,500,000

Washoe County, NV ................................................................. 2,000,000

State of Delaware ..................................................................... 2,000,000

Reno/Tahoe, CA/NV ................................................................. 1,000,000

Towamencin, PA ....................................................................... 1,100,000

State of Alabama ...................................................................... 1,300,000

Huntsville, AL .......................................................................... 3,000,000

Silicon Valley, CA ..................................................................... 2,000,000

Greater Yellowstone, MT .......................................................... 2,000,000

Pennslyvania Turnpike, PA ...................................................... 7,000,000

Portland, OR ............................................................................ 1,500,000

Delaware River, PA .................................................................. 1,500,000

Kansas City, MO ...................................................................... 1,000,000:

1 Provided further, That, notwithstanding Public Law 105–

2 178 as amended, or any other provision of law, funds au3 thorized under section 110 of title 23, United States Code,

4 for fiscal year 2000 shall be apportioned based on each
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1 State’s percentage share of funding provided for under

2 section 105 of title 23, United States Code, for fiscal year

3 2000. Of these funds to be apportioned under section 110

4 for fiscal year 2000, the Secretary shall ensure that such

5 funds are apportioned for the Interstate Maintenance pro6 gram, the National Highway System program, the bridge

7 program, the surface transportation program, and the

8 congestion mitigation and air quality improvement pro9 gram in the same ratio that each State is apportioned

10 funds for such programs in fiscal year 2000 but for this

11 section.

12 FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

13 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

14 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

15 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for car16 rying out the provisions of title 23, U.S.C., that are attrib17 utable to Federal-aid highways, including the National

18 Scenic and Recreational Highway as authorized by 23

19 U.S.C. 148, not otherwise provided, including reimburse20 ment for sums expended pursuant to the provisions of 23

21 U.S.C. 308, $26,300,000,000 or so much thereof as may

22 be available in and derived from the Highway Trust Fund,

23 to remain available until expended.
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1 NATIONAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY PROGRAM

2 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

3 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

4 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

5 For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C.

6 31102, $50,000,000 to be derived from the Highway

7 Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: Pro8 vided, That no more than $155,000,000 of budget author9 ity shall be available for these purposes: Provided further,

10 That notwithstanding any other provision of law,

11 $105,000,000 is for payment of obligations incurred in

12 carrying out 49 U.S.C. 31102 to be derived from the

13 Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until ex14 pended.

15 NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY

16 ADMINISTRATION

17 OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

18 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

19 For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of

20 the Secretary, to be derived from the Highway Trust

21 Fund, $72,900,000 for traffic and highway safety under

22 chapter 301 of title 49, United States Code, of which

23 $48,843,000 shall remain available until September 30,

24 2001: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated by

25 this Act may be obligated or expended to plan, finalize,

26 or implement any rulemaking to add to section 575.104
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1 of title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations any require2 ment pertaining to a grading standard that is different

3 from the three grading standards (treadwear, traction,

4 and temperature resistance) already in effect: Provided

5 further, That none of the funds made available under this

6 Act may be obligated or expended to implement section

7 656(b) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant

8 Responsibility Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 405 note).

9 OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

10 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

11 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

12 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

13 Notwithstanding Public Law 105–178 or any other

14 provision of law, for payment of obligations incurred in

15 carrying out the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 403, to remain

16 available until expended, $72,000,000, to be derived from

17 the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That none of the

18 funds in this Act shall be available for the planning or

19 execution of programs the total obligations for which, in

20 fiscal year 2000, are in excess of $72,000,000 for pro21 grams authorized under 23 U.S.C. 403.

22 NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER

23 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

24 For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of

25 the Secretary with respect to the National Driver Register

26 under chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code,
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1 $2,000,000 to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund,

2 and to remain available until expended.

3 HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS

4 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

5 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

6 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

7 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for pay8 ment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions

9 of 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, 410, and 411 to remain available

10 until expended, $206,800,000, to be derived from the

11 Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That none of the funds

12 in this Act shall be available for the planning or execution

13 of programs the total obligations for which, in fiscal year

14 2000, are in excess of $206,800,000 for programs author15 ized under 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, 410, and 411 of which

16 $152,800,000 shall be for ‘‘Highway Safety Programs’’

17 under 23 U.S.C. 402, $10,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Occupant

18 Protection Incentive Grants’’ under 23 U.S.C. 405,

19 $36,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Alcohol-Impaired Driving Coun20 termeasures Grants’’ under 23 U.S.C. 410, $8,000,000

21 shall be for the ‘‘State Highway Safety Data Grants’’

22 under 23 U.S.C. 411: Provided further, That none of these

23 funds shall be used for construction, rehabilitation, or re24 modeling costs, or for office furnishings and fixtures for

25 State, local, or private buildings or structures: Provided

26 further, That not to exceed $7,500,000 of the funds made
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1 available for section 402, not to exceed $500,000 of the

2 funds made available for section 405, not to exceed

3 $1,750,000 of the funds made available for section 410,

4 and not to exceed $223,000 of the funds made available

5 for section 411 shall be available to NHTSA for admin6 istering highway safety grants under Chapter 4 of title

7 23, U.S.C.: Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000

8 of the funds made available for section 410 ‘‘Alcohol-Im9 paired Driving Countermeasures Grants’’ shall be avail10 able for technical assistance to the States.

11 FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION

12 SAFETY AND OPERATIONS

13 For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Ad14 ministration, not otherwise provided for, $91,789,000, of

15 which $6,700,000 shall remain available until expended:

16 Provided, That, as part of the Washington Union Station

17 transaction in which the Secretary assumed the first deed

18 of trust on the property and, where the Union Station Re19 development Corporation or any successor is obligated to

20 make payments on such deed of trust on the Secretary’s

21 behalf, including payments on and after September 30,

22 1988, the Secretary is authorized to receive such payments

23 directly from the Union Station Redevelopment Corpora24 tion, credit them to the appropriation charged for the first

25 deed of trust, and make payments on the first deed of
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1 trust with those funds: Provided further, That such addi2 tional sums as may be necessary for payment on the first

3 deed of trust may be advanced by the Administrator from

4 unobligated balances available to the Federal Railroad Ad5 ministration, to be reimbursed from payments received

6 from the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation: Pro7 vided further, That the Federal Railroad Administration

8 will reimburse the Department of Transportation Inspec9 tor General $1,000,000 for costs associated with audits

10 and investigations of all rail-related issues and systems:

11 Provided further, That the Administrator of the Federal

12 Railroad Administration is authorized to transfer funds

13 appropriated for any office under this heading to any

14 other office funded under this heading: Provided further,

15 That no appropriation shall be increased or decreased by

16 more than 10 percent by such transfers unless it is ap17 proved by both the House and Senate Committees on Ap18 propriations.

19 RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

20 For necessary expenses for railroad research and de21 velopment, $22,364,000, to remain available until ex22 pended.
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1 RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT

2 PROGRAM

3 The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to

4 issue to the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obli5 gations pursuant to section 512 of the Railroad Revitaliza6 tion and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–

7 210), as amended, in such amounts and at such times as

8 may be necessary to pay any amounts required pursuant

9 to the guarantee of the principal amount of obligations

10 under sections 511 through 513 of such Act, such author11 ity to exist as long as any such guaranteed obligation is

12 outstanding: Provided, That pursuant to section 502 of

13 such Act, as amended, no new direct loans or loan guar14 antee commitments shall be made using Federal funds for

15 the credit risk premium during fiscal year 2000.

16 NEXT GENERATION HIGH-SPEED RAIL

17 For necessary expenses for the Next Generation

18 High-Speed Rail program as authorized under 49 United

19 States Code sections 26101 and 26102, $20,500,000, to

20 remain available until expended.

21 ALASKA RAILROAD REHABILITATION

22 To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make

23 grants to the Alaska Railroad, $14,000,000 shall be for

24 capital rehabilitation and improvements benefiting its pas25 senger operations, to remain available until expended.
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1 RHODE ISLAND RAIL DEVELOPMENT

2 For the costs associated with construction of a third

3 track on the Northeast Corridor between Davisville and

4 Central Falls, Rhode Island, with sufficient clearance to

5 accommodate double stack freight cars, $10,000,000 to be

6 matched by the State of Rhode Island or its designee on

7 a dollar-for-dollar basis and to remain available until ex8 pended.

9 CAPITAL GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD

10 PASSENGER CORPORATION

11 For necessary expenses of capital improvements of

12 the National Railroad Passenger Corporation as author13 ized by U.S.C. 24104(a), $571,000,000, to remain avail14 able until expended.

15 FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

16 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

17 For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal

18 Transit Administration’s programs authorized by chapter

19 53 of title 49, United States Code, $12,000,000, to remain

20 available until expended: Provided, That no more than

21 $60,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for

22 these purposes: Provided further, That the Federal Transit

23 Administration will reimburse the Department of Trans24 portation Inspector General $9,000,000 for costs associ-
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1 ated with audits and investigations of all transit-related

2 issues and systems.

3 FORMULA GRANTS

4 For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5307,

5 5308, 5310, 5311, 5327, and section 3038 of Public Law

6 105–178, $619,600,000, to remain available until ex7 pended: Provided, That no more than $3,098,000,000 of

8 budget authority shall be available for these purposes.

9 UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH

10 For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5505,

11 $1,200,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,

12 That no more than $6,000,000 of budget authority shall

13 be available for these purposes.

14 TRANSIT PLANNING AND RESEARCH

15 For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5303,

16 5304, 5305, 5311(b)(2), 5312, 5313(a), 5314, 5315, and

17 5322, $21,000,000, to remain available until expended:

18 Provided, That no more than $107,000,000 of budget au19 thority shall be available for these purposes: Provided fur20 ther, That $5,250,000 is available to provide rural trans21 portation assistance (49 U.S.C. 5311(b)(2)); $4,000,000

22 is available to carry out programs under the National

23 Transit Institute (49 U.S.C. 5315); $8,250,000 is avail24 able to carry out transit cooperative research programs

25 (49 U.S.C. 5313(a)); $49,632,000 is available for metro-
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1 politan planning (49 U.S.C. 5303, 5304, and 5305);

2 $10,368,000 is available for state planning (49 U.S.C.

3 5313(b)); and $29,500,000 is available for the national

4 planning and research program (49 U.S.C. 5314): Pro5 vided further, That of the total budget authority made

6 available for the national planning and research program,

7 the Federal Transit Administration shall provide the fol8 lowing amounts for the projects and activities listed below:

9 Zinc-air battery bus technology demonstration,

10 $1,500,000;

11 Electric vehicle information sharing and tech12 nology transfer program, $1,000,000;

13 Portland, ME independent transportation net14 work, $500,000;

15 Wheeling, WV mobility study, $250,000;

16 Utah advanced traffic management system,

17 transit component, $3,000,000;

18 Project ACTION, $3,000,000;

19 Trans-Hudson tunnel feasibility study,

20 $5,000,000;

21 Washoe County, NV transit technology,

22 $1,250,000;

23 Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority advanced

24 electric transit buses and related infrastructure,

25 $1,500,000;
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1 Palm Springs, CA fuel cell buses, $1,500,000;

2 Gloucester, MA intermodal technology center,

3 $1,500,000;

4 Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority

5 advanced propulsion control system, $3,000,000;

6 and

7 Advanced transit systems and electric vehicle

8 program (CALSTART), $1,000,000.

9 TRUST FUND SHARE OF EXPENSES

10 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

11 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

12 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for pay13 ment of obligations incurred in carrying out 49 U.S.C.

14 5303–5308, 5310–5315, 5317(b), 5322, 5327, 5334,

15 5505, and sections 3037 and 3038 of Public Law 105–

16 178, $4,638,000,000, to remain available until expended

17 of which $4,638,000,000 shall be derived from the Mass

18 Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund: Provided,

19 That $2,478,400,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit

20 Administration’s formula grants account: Provided fur21 ther, That $86,000,000 shall be paid to the Federal Tran22 sit Administration’s transit planning and research ac23 count: Provided further, That $48,000,000 shall be paid

24 to the Federal Transit Administration’s administrative ex25 penses account: Provided further, That $4,800,000 shall

26 be paid to the Federal Transit Administration’s university
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1 transportation research account: Provided further, That

2 $60,000,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Adminis3 tration’s job access and reverse commute grants program:

4 Provided further, That $1,960,800,000 shall be paid to the

5 Federal Transit Administration’s Capital Investment

6 Grants account.

7 CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5308,

10 5309, 5318, and 5327, $490,200,000, to remain available

11 until expended: Provided, That no more than

12 $2,451,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for

13 these purposes: Provided further, That there shall be avail14 able for fixed guideway modernization, $980,400,000;

15 there shall be available for the replacement, rehabilitation,

16 and purchase of buses and related equipment and the con17 struction of bus-related facilities, $490,200,000; and there

18 shall be available for new fixed guideway systems

19 $980,400,000: Provided further, That, within the total

20 funds provided for buses and bus-related facilities to carry

21 out 49 U.S.C. section 5309, the following projects shall

22 be considered eligible for these funds: Provided further,

23 That the Administrator of the Federal Transit Adminis24 tration shall, not later than 60 days after the enactment

25 of this Act, individually submit to the House and Senate
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1 Committees on Appropriations the recommended grant

2 funding levels for the respective projects, from the fol3 lowing projects here listed:

4 2001 Special Olympics Winter Games buses

5 and facilities, Anchorage, Alaska

6 Adrian buses and bus facilities, Michigan

7 Alabama statewide rural bus needs, Alabama

8 Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District Project,

9 California

10 Albany train station/intermodal facility, New

11 York

12 Albuquerque SOLAR computerized transit

13 management system, New Mexico

14 Albuquerque Westside transit maintenance fa15 cility, New Mexico

16 Albuquerque, buses, paratransit vehicles, and

17 bus facility, New Mexico

18 Alexandria Union Station transit center, Vir19 ginia

20 Alexandria, bus maintenance facility and Crys21 tal City canopy project, Virginia

22 Allegheny County buses, Pennsylvania

23 Altoona bus testing facility, Pennsylvania

24 Altoona, Metro Transit Authority buses and

25 transit system improvements, Pennsylvania
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1 Ames transit facility expansion, Iowa

2 Anchorage Ship Creek intermodal facility, Alas3 ka

4 Arkansas Highway and Transit Department

5 buses, Arkansas

6 Arkansas state safety and preventative

7 maintenace facility, Arkansas

8 Armstrong County-Mid-County, PA bus facili9 ties and buses, Pennsylvania

10 Atlanta, MARTA buses, Georgia

11 Attleboro intermodal transit facility, Massachu12 setts

13 Austin buses, Texas

14 Babylon Intermodal Center, New York

15 Baldwin Rural Area Transportation System

16 buses, Alabama

17 Ballston Metro access improvements, Virginia

18 Bay/Saginaw buses and bus facilities, Michigan

19 Beaumont Municipal Transit System buses and

20 bus facilities, Texas

21 Beaver County bus facility, Pennsylvania

22 Ben Franklin transit buses and bus facilities,

23 Richland, Washington

24 Billings buses and bus facilities, Montana

25 Birmingham intermodal facility, Alabama
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1 Birmingham-Jefferson County buses, Alabama

2 Blue Water buses and bus facilities, Michigan

3 Boston Government Center transit center, Mas4 sachusetts

5 Boston Logan Airport intermodal transit con6 nector, Massachusetts

7 Boulder/Denver, RTD buses, Colorado

8 Brazos Transit Authority buses and bus facili9 ties, Texas

10 Brea shuttle buses, California

11 Bremerton multimodal center—Sinclair’s Land12 ing, Washington

13 Brigham City and Payson regional park and

14 ride lots/transit centers, Utah

15 Brockton intermodal transportation center,

16 Massachusetts

17 Buffalo, Auditorium Intermodal Center, New

18 York

19 Burlington ferry terminal improvements,

20 Vermont

21 Burlington multimodal center, Vermont

22 Cambria County, bus facilities and buses, Penn23 sylvania

24 Cedar Rapids intermodal facility, Iowa
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1 Central Ohio Transit Authority vehicle locator

2 system, Ohio

3 Centre Area Transportation Authority buses,

4 Pennsylvania

5 Chattanooga Southern Regional Alternative fuel

6 bus program, Georgia

7 Chester County, Paoli Transportation Center,

8 Pennsylvania

9 Chittenden County Transportation Authority

10 buses, Vermont

11 Clallam Transit multimodal center, Sequim,

12 Washington

13 Clark County Regional Transportation Commis14 sion buses and bus facilities, Nevada

15 Cleveland, Triskett Garage bus maintenance fa16 cility, Ohio

17 Clinton transit facility expansion, Iowa

18 Colorado buses and bus facilities, Colorado

19 Columbia Bus replacement, South Carolina

20 Columbia buses and vans, Missouri

21 Compton Renaissance Transit System shelters

22 and facilities, California

23 Corpus Christi Regional Transportation Au24 thority buses and bus facilities, Texas
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1 Corvallis buses and automated passenger infor2 mation system, Oregon

3 Culver City, CityBus buses, California

4 Dallas Area Rapid Transit buses, Texas

5 Davis, Unitrans transit maintenance facility,

6 California

7 Dayton, Multimodal Transportation Center,

8 Ohio

9 Daytona Beach, Intermodal Center, Florida

10 Deerfield Valley Transit Authority buses,

11 Vermont

12 Denver 16th Street Intermodal Center

13 Denver, Stapleton Intermodal Center, Colorado

14 Des Moines transit facilities, Iowa

15 Detroit buses and bus facilities, Michigan

16 Dothan Wiregrass Transit Authority vehicles

17 and transit facility, Alabama

18 Dulles Corridor park and ride, Virginia

19 Duluth, Transit Authority community circula20 tion vehicles, Minnesota

21 Duluth, Transit Authority intelligent transpor22 tation systems, Minnesota

23 Duluth, Transit Authority Transit Hub, Min24 nesota
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1 Dutchess County, Loop System buses, New

2 York

3 El Paso Sun Metro buses, Texas

4 Elliott Bay Water Taxi ferry purchase, Wash5 ington

6 Erie, Metropolitan Transit Authority buses,

7 Pennsylvania

8 Escambia County buses and bus facility, Ala9 bama

10 Essex Junction multimodal station rehabilita11 tion, Vermont

12 Everett transit bus replacement, Washington

13 Everett, Multimodal Transportation Center,

14 Washington

15 Fairbanks intermodal rail/bus transfer facility,

16 Alaska

17 Fairfield Transit, Solano County buses, Cali18 fornia

19 Fayette County, intermodal facilities and buses,

20 Pennsylvania

21 Fayetteville, University of Arkansas Transit

22 System buses, Arkansas

23 Flint buses and bus facilities, Michigan

24 Florence, University of North Alabama pedes25 trian walkways, Alabama
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1 Folsom multimodal facility, California

2 Fort Dodge, Intermodal Facility (Phase II),

3 Iowa

4 Fort Worth bus and paratransit vehicle project,

5 Texas

6 Fort Worth Transit Authority Corridor Rede7 velopment Program, Texas

8 Franklin County buses and bus facilities, Mis9 souri

10 Fuel cell bus and bus facilities program,

11 Georgetown University, District/Columbia

12 Gainesville buses and equipment, Florida

13 Galveston buses and bus facilities, Texas

14 Gary, Transit Consortium buses, Indiana

15 Georgia Regional Transportation Authority

16 buses, Georgia

17 Georgia statewide buses and bus-related facili18 ties, Georgia

19 Gloucester intermodal transportation center,

20 Massachusetts

21 Grand Rapids Area Transit Authority down22 town transit transfer center, Michigan

23 Greensboro multimodal center, North Carolina

24 Greensboro, Transit Authority buses, North

25 Carolina
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1 Harrison County multimodal center, Mississippi

2 Hawaii buses and bus facilities

3 Healdsburg, intermodal facility, California

4 Hillsborough Area Regional Transity Authority,

5 Ybor buses and bus facilities, Florida

6 Honolulu, bus facility and buses, Hawaii

7 Hot Springs, transportation depot and plaza,

8 Arkansas

9 Houston buses and bus facilities, Texas

10 Huntington Beach buses and bus facilities,

11 California

12 Huntington intermodal facility, West Virginia

13 Huntsville Airport international intermodal cen14 ter, Alabama

15 Huntsville Space and Rocket Center intermodal

16 center, Alabama

17 Huntsville, transit facility, Alabama

18 Hyannis intermodal transportation center, Mas19 sachusetts

20 I–5 Corridor intermodal transit centers, Cali21 fornia

22 Illinois statewide buses and bus-related equip23 ment, Illinois

24 Indianapolis buses, Indiana
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1 Inglewood Market Street bus facility/LAX shut2 tle service, California

3 Iowa City multi-use parking facility and transit

4 hub, Iowa

5 Iowa statewide buses and bus facilities, Iowa

6 Iowa/Illinois Transit Consortium bus safety and

7 security, Iowa

8 Isabella buses and bus facilities, Michigan

9 Ithaca intermodal transportation center, New

10 York

11 Ithaca, TCAT bus technology improvements,

12 New York

13 Jackson County buses and bus facilities, Mis14 souri

15 Jackson J-TRAN buses and facilities, Mis16 sissippi

17 Jacksonville buses and bus facilities, Florida

18 Juneau downtown mass transit facility, Alaska

19 Kalamazoo downtown bus transfer center,

20 Michigan

21 Kansas City Area Transit Authority buses and

22 Troost transit center, Missouri

23 Kansas Public Transit Association buses and

24 bus facilities, Kansas
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1 Killington-Sherburne satellite bus facility,

2 Vermont

3 King Country Metro King Street Station,

4 Washington

5 King County Metro Atlantic and Central buses,

6 Washington

7 King County park and ride expansion, Wash8 ington

9 Lackawanna County Transit System buses,

10 Pennsylvania

11 Lake Tahoe CNG buses, Nevada

12 Lake Tahoe/Tahoe Basin buses and bus facili13 ties, California

14 Lakeland, Citrus Connection transit vehicles

15 and related equipment, Florida

16 Lane County, Bus Rapid Transit, Oregon

17 Lansing, CATA buses, Michigan

18 Las Cruces buses and bus facilities, New Mex19 ico

20 Las Cruces intermodal transportation plaza,

21 New Mexico

22 Las Vegas intermodal transit transfer facility,

23 Nevada

24 Las Vegas South Strip intermodal facility, Ne25 vada
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1 Lincoln County Transit District buses, Oregon

2 Lincoln Star Tran bus facility, Nebraska

3 Little Rock River Market and College Station

4 transfer facility, Arkansas

5 Little Rock, Central Arkansas Transit buses,

6 Arkansas

7 Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority

8 buses, California

9 Livermore automatic vehicle locator program,

10 California

11 Long Island, CNG transit vehicles and facilities

12 and bus replacement, New York

13 Los Angeles County Metropolitan transpor14 tation authority buses, California

15 Los Angeles Foothill Transit buses and bus fa16 cilities, California

17 Los Angeles Municipal Transit Operators Coali18 tion, California

19 Los Angeles, Union Station Gateway Inter20 modal Transit Center, California

21 Louisiana statewide buses and bus-related fa22 cilities, Louisiana

23 Lowell performing arts center transit transfer

24 facility, Massachusetts

25 Lufkin intermodal center, Texas
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1 Maryland statewide alternative fuel buses,

2 Maryland

3 Maryland statewide bus facilities and buses,

4 Maryland

5 Mason City Region 2 office and maintenance

6 transit facility, Iowa

7 Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

8 buses, Massachusetts

9 Merrimack Valley Regional Transit Authority

10 bus facilities, Massachusetts

11 Miami Beach multimodal transit center, Florida

12 Miami Beach, electric shuttle service, Florida

13 Miami-Dade Northeast transit center, Florida

14 Miami-Dade Transit buses, Florida

15 Michigan State University campus boarding

16 centers, Michigan

17 Michigan statewide buses, Michigan

18 Mid-Columbia Council of Governments

19 minivans, Oregon

20 Milwaukee County, buses, Wisconsin

21 Mineola/Hicksville, LIRR intermodal centers,

22 New York

23 Missoula buses and bus facilities, Montana

24 Missouri statewide bus and bus facilities, Mis25 souri
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1 Mobile buses, Alabama

2 Mobile waterfront terminal complex, Alabama

3 Modesto, bus maintenance facility, California

4 Monterey, Monterey-Salinas buses, California

5 Monterey, Monterey-Salinas transit refueling

6 facility, California

7 Montgomery Moulton Street intermodal center,

8 Alabama

9 Montgomery Union Station intermodal center

10 and buses, Alabama

11 Mount Vernon, buses and bus related facilities,

12 Washington

13 Mukilteo multimodal terminal ferry and transit

14 project, Washington

15 New Castle County buses and bus facilities,

16 Delaware

17 New Hampshire statewide transit systems, New

18 Hampshire

19 New Haven bus facility, Connecticut

20 New Jersey Transit alternative fuel buses, New

21 Jersey

22 New Jersey Transit jitney shuttle buses, New

23 Jersey

24 New Mexico State University park and ride fa25 cilities, New Mexico
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1 New York City Midtown West 38th Street

2 Ferry Terminal, New York

3 New York, West 72nd St. Intermodal Station,

4 New York

5 Newark Passaic River bridge and arena pedes6 trian walkway, New Jersey

7 Newark, Morris & Essex Station access and

8 buses, New Jersey

9 Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority

10 buses, New York

11 North Carolina statewide buses and bus facili12 ties, North Carolina

13 North Dakota statewide buses and bus-related

14 facilities, North Dakota

15 North San Diego County transit district buses,

16 California

17 North Star Borough intermodal facility, Alaska

18 Northern New Mexico Transit Express/Park

19 and Ride buses, New Mexico

20 Northstar Corridor, Intermodal Facilities and

21 buses, Minnesota

22 Norwich buses, Connecticut

23 OATS Transit, Missouri

24 Ogden Intermodal Center, Utah
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1 Ohio Public Transit Association buses and bus

2 facilities, Ohio

3 Oklahoma statewide bus facilities and buses,

4 Oklahoma

5 Olympic Peninsula International Gateway

6 Transportation Center, Washington

7 Omaha Missouri River transit pedestrian facil8 ity, Nebraska

9 Ontonagon buses and bus facilities, Michigan

10 Orlando Intermodal Facility, Florida

11 Orlando, Lynx buses and bus facilities, Florida

12 Palm Beach County Palmtran buses, Florida

13 Palmdale multimodal center, California

14 Park City Intermodal Center, Utah

15 Pee Dee buses and facilities, South Carolina

16 Penn’s Landing ferry vehicles, Pennsylvania

17 Pennsylvania Commonwealth combined bus and

18 facilities, Pennsylvania

19 Perris bus maintenance facility, California

20 Philadelphia, Frankford Transportation Center,

21 Pennsylvania

22 Philadelphia, Intermodal 30th Street Station,

23 Pennsylvania

24 Philadelphia, PHLASH shuttle buses, Pennsyl25 vania
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1 Philadelphia, SEPTA Center City improve2 ments, Pennsylvania

3 Philadelphia, SEPTA Paoli transportation cen4 ter, Pennsylvania

5 Philadelphia, SEPTA Girard Avenue inter6 modal transportation centers, Pennsylvania

7 Phoenix bus and bus facilities, Arizona

8 Pierce County Transit buses and bus facilities,

9 Washington

10 Pittsfield intermodal center, Massachusetts

11 Port of Corpus Christi ferry infrastructure and

12 ferry purchase, Texas

13 Port of St. Bernard intermodal facility, Lou14 isiana

15 Portland, Tri-Met bus maintenance facility, Or16 egon

17 Portland, Tri-Met buses, Oregon

18 Prince William County bus replacement, Vir19 ginia

20 Providence, buses and bus maintenance facility,

21 Rhode Island

22 Reading, BARTA Intermodal Transportation

23 Facility, Pennsylvania

24 Rensselaer intermodal bus facility, New York
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1 Rhode Island Public Transit Authority buses,

2 Rhode Island

3 Richmond, GRTC bus maintenance facility, Vir4 ginia

5 Riverside Transit Agency buses and facilities,

6 California

7 Robinson, Towne Center Intermodal Facility,

8 Pennsylvania

9 Sacramento CNG buses, California

10 Salem Area Mass Ttransit System buses, Or11 egon

12 Salt Lake City hybrid electric vehicle bus pur13 chase, Utah

14 Salt Lake City International Airport transit

15 parking and transfer center, Utah

16 Salt Lake City Olympics bus facilities, Utah

17 Salt Lake City Olympics regional park and ride

18 lots, Utah

19 Salt Lake City Olympics transit bus loan

20 project, Utah

21 San Bernardino buses, California

22 San Bernardino County Mountain area Re23 gional Transit Authority fueling stations, California

24 San Diego MTD buses and bus facilities, Cali25 fornia
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1 San Francisco, Islais Creek maintenance facil2 ity, California

3 San Joaquin buses and bus facilities, Stockton,

4 California

5 San Juan Intermodal access, Puerto Rico

6 San Marcos Capital Area Rural Transportation

7 System (CARTS) intermodal project, Texas

8 Sandy buses, Oregon

9 Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit district

10 bus facilities, California

11 Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority

12 buses and bus facilities, California

13 Santa Clarita buses, California

14 Santa Cruz metropolitan bus facilities, Cali15 fornia

16 Santa Fe CNG buses, New Mexico

17 Santa Fe paratransit/computer systems, New

18 Mexico

19 Santa Marie organization of transportation

20 helpers minibuses, California

21 Savannah/Chatham Area transit bus transfer

22 centers and buses, Georgia

23 Seattle Sound Transit buses and bus facilities,

24 Washington
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1 Seattle, intermodal transportation terminal,

2 Washington

3 SMART buses and bus facilities, Michigan

4 Snohomish County, Community Transit buses,

5 equipment and facilities, Washington

6 Solano Links intercity transit OTR bus pur7 chase, California

8 Somerset County bus facilities and buses, Penn9 sylvania

10 South Amboy, Regional Intermodal Transpor11 tation Initiative, New Jersey

12 South Bend, Urban Intermodal Transportation

13 Facility, Indiana

14 South Carolina statewide bus and bus facility.

15 South Carolina Virtual Transit Enterprise,

16 South Carolina

17 South Dakota statewide bus facilities and

18 buses, South Dakota

19 South Metro Area Rapid Transit (SMART)

20 maintenance facility, Oregon

21 Southeast Missouri transportation service rural,

22 elderly, disabled service, Missouri

23 Springfield Metro/VRE pedestrian link, Virginia

24 Springfield, Union Station, Massachusetts

25 St. Joseph buses and vans, Missouri
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1 St. Louis, Bi-state Intermodal Center, Missouri

2 St. Louis Bi-state Metro Link buses

3 Sunset Empire Transit District intermodal

4 transit facility, Oregon

5 Syracuse CNG buses and facilities, New York

6 Tacoma Dome, buses and bus facilities, Wash7 ington

8 Tennessee statewide buses and bus facilities,

9 Tennessee

10 Texas statewide small urban and rural buses,

11 Texas

12 Topeka Transit offstreet transit transfer center,

13 Kansas

14 Towamencin Township, Intermodal Bus Trans15 portation Center, Pennsylvania

16 Transit Authority of Northern Kentucky

17 (TANK) buses, Kentucky

18 Tucson buses, Arizona

19 Twin Cities area metro transit buses and bus

20 facilities, Minnesota

21 Utah Transit Authority buses, Utah

22 Utah Transit Authority, intermodal facilities,

23 Utah

24 Utah Transit Authority/Park City Transit,

25 buses, Utah
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1 Utica Union Station, New York

2 Valley bus and bus facilities, Alabama

3 Vancouver Clark County (SEATRAN) bus fa4 cilities, Washington

5 Washington County intermodal facilities, Penn6 sylvania

7 Washington State DOT combined small transit

8 system buses and bus facilities, Washington

9 Washington, D.C. Intermodal Transportation

10 Center, District/Columbia

11 Washoe County transit improvements, Nevada

12 Waterbury, bus facility, Connecticut

13 West Falls Church Metro station improvements,

14 Virginia

15 West Lafayette bus transfer station/terminal

16 (Wabash Landing), Indiana

17 West Virginia Statewide Intermodal Facility

18 and buses, West Virginia

19 Westchester County DOT, articulated buses,

20 New York

21 Westchester County, Bee-Line transit system

22 fareboxes, New York

23 Westchester County, Bee-Line transit system

24 shuttle buses, New York

25 Westminster senior citizen vans, California
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1 Westmoreland County, Intermodal Facility,

2 Pennsylvania

3 Whittier intermodal facility and pedestrian

4 overpass, Alaska

5 Wilkes-Barre, Intermodal Facility, Pennsyl6 vania

7 Williamsport bus facility, Pennsylvania

8 Wisconsin statewide bus facilities and buses,

9 Wisconsin

10 Worcester, Union Station Intermodal Transpor11 tation Center, Massachusetts

12 Yuma paratransit buses, Arizona:

13 Provided further, That within the total funds provided for

14 new fixed guideway systems to carry out 49 U.S.C. section

15 5309, the following projects shall be considered eligible for

16 these funds: Provided further, That the Administrator of

17 the Federal Transit Administration shall, not later than

18 60 days after the enactment of this Act, individually sub19 mit to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria20 tions the recommended grant funding levels for the respec21 tive projects.

22 The following new fixed guideway systems and exten23 sions to existing systems are eligible to receive funding for

24 final design and construction:

25 Alaska or Hawaii ferries;
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1 Albuquerque/Greater Albuquerque mass transit

2 project;

3 Atlanta North Line Extension;

4 Austin Capital Metro Northwest/North Central

5 Corridor project;

6 Baltimore Central Light Rail double tracking

7 project;

8 Boston North-South Rail Link;

9 Boston Piers Transitway phase 1;

10 Charlotte North-South corridor transitway

11 project;

12 Chicago Metra commuter rail extensions;

13 Chicago Transit Authority Ravenswood and

14 Douglas branch line projects;

15 Cleveland Euclid Corridor;

16 Dallas Area Rapid Transit North Central LRT

17 extension;

18 Dane County, WI commuter rail project;

19 Denver Southeast Corridor project;

20 Denver Southwest LRT project;

21 Fort Lauderdale Tri-Rail commuter rail

22 project;

23 Galveston rail trolley extension project;

24 Houston Regional Bus Plan;

25 Lahaina Harbor, Maui ferries;
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1 Las Vegas Corridor/Clark County regional fixed

2 guideway project;

3 Little Rock River Rail project;

4 Long Island Rail Road East Side Access

5 project;

6 Los Angeles Metro Rail—MOS 3 and Eastside/

7 Mid City corridors;

8 MARC expansion programs: Silver Spring inter9 modal center and Penn-Camden rail connection;

10 Memphis Area Transit Authority medical center

11 extension;

12 Miami East-West Corridor project;

13 Miami North 27th Avenue corridor;

14 New Orleans Airport-CBD commuter rail

15 project;

16 New Orleans Canal Streetcar Spine;

17 New Orleans Desire Streetcar;

18 Newark-Elizabeth rail link project;

19 Norfolk-Virginia Beach Corridor project;

20 Northern New Jersey—Hudson-Bergen LRT

21 project;

22 Orange County Transitway project;

23 Orlando I–4 Central Florida LRT project;

24 Philadelphia Schuykill Valley Metro;
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1 Phoenix—Central Phoenix/East Valley Cor2 ridor;

3 Pittsburgh Airborne Shuttle System;

4 Pittsburgh North Shore—Central Business Dis5 trict corridor;

6 Pittsburgh State II light rail project;

7 Port McKenzie-Ship Creek, AK ferry project;

8 Portland Westside-Hillsboro Corridor project;

9 Providence-Boston commuter rail;

10 Raleigh-Durham—Research Triangle regional

11 rail;

12 Sacramento South Corridor LRT project;

13 Salt Lake City South LRT Olympics capacity

14 improvements;

15 Salt Lake City South LRT project;

16 Salt Lake City/Airport to University (West17 East) light rail project;

18 Salt Lake City-Ogden-Provo commuter rail

19 project;

20 San Bernardino MetroLink extension project;

21 San Diego Mid Coast Corridor;

22 San Diego Mission Valley East LRT extension

23 project;

24 San Diego Oceanside-Escondido passenger rail

25 project;
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1 San Francisco BART to Airport extension;

2 San Jose Tasman LRT project;

3 San Juan—Tren Urbano;

4 Seattle Sound Move Link LRT project;

5 Spokane South Valley Corridor light rail

6 project;

7 St. Louis—St. Clair County, Illinois LRT

8 project;

9 Tacoma-Seattle Sounder commuter rail project;

10 Tampa Bay regional rail system; and the

11 Twin Cities Transitways Corridors projects.

12 The following new fixed guideway systems and exten13 sions to existing systems are eligible to receive funding for

14 alternatives analysis and preliminary engineering:

15 Atlanta—Lindbergh Station to MARTA West

16 Line feasibility study;

17 Atlanta MARTA South DeKalb comprehensive

18 transit program;

19 Baltimore Central Downtown MIS;

20 Bergen County, NJ/Cross County light rail

21 project;

22 Birmingham, Alabama transit corridor;

23 Boston North Shore Corridor and Blue Line ex24 tension to Beverly;

25 Boston Urban Ring project;
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1 Bridgeport Intermodal Corridor project, Con2 necticut;

3 Calais, ME Branch Rail Line regional transit

4 program;

5 Charleston, SC Monobeam corridor project;

6 Cincinnati Northeast/Northern Kentucky rail

7 line project;

8 Colorado—Roaring Fork Valley Rail;

9 Detroit—commuter rail to Detroit metropolitan

10 airport feasibility study;

11 El Paso—Juarez international fixed guideway;

12 Girdwood, Alaska commuter rail project;

13 Harrisburg-Lancaster Capitol Area Transit

14 Corridor 1 commuter rail;

15 Houston Advanced Transit Program;

16 Indianapolis Northeast Downtown Corridor

17 project;

18 Jacksonville fixed guideway corridor;

19 Johnson County, Kansas I–35 commuter rail

20 project;

21 Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee rail extension

22 project;

23 Knoxville to Memphis commuter rail feasibility

24 study;
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1 Los Angeles/City of Sepulveda Douglas Street

2 Green Line connection;

3 Miami Metrorail Palmetto extension;

4 Montpelier-St. Albans, VT commuter rail study;

5 Nashua, NY-Lowell, MA commuter rail project;

6 New Jersey Trans-Hudson midtown corridor

7 study;

8 New London waterfront access project;

9 New York Second Avenue Subway feasibility

10 study;

11 Northern Indiana South Shore commuter rail

12 project;

13 Old Saybrook—Hartford Rail Extension;

14 Philadelphia SEPTA commuter rail, R–3 con15 nection—Elwyn to Wawa;

16 Philadelphia SEPTA Cross County Metro;

17 Salt Lake City light rail extensions;

18 Santa Fe/El Dorado rail link;

19 Stamford fixed guideway connector;

20 Stockton Altamont Commuter Rail;

21 Virginia Railway Express Woodbridge transit

22 access station improvements project;

23 Washington, D.C. Dulles Corridor extension

24 project;
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1 Washington Metro Blue Line extension—

2 Addison Road;

3 Western Montana regional transportation/com4 muter rail study; and the

5 Wilsonville to Washington County, OR connec6 tion to Westside.

7 DISCRETIONARY GRANTS

8 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

9 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND, MASS TRANSIT ACCOUNT)

10 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for pay11 ment of previous obligations incurred in carrying out 49

12 U.S.C. 5338(b), $1,500,000,000, to remain available until

13 expended and to be derived from the Mass Transit Ac14 count of the Highway Trust Fund.

15 JOB ACCESS AND REVERSE COMMUTE GRANTS

16 For necessary expenses to carry out section 3037 of

17 the Federal Transit Act of 1998, $15,000,000, to remain

18 available until expended: Provided, That no more than

19 $75,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for

20 these purposes.

21 SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT

22 CORPORATION

23 SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT

24 CORPORATION

25 The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora26 tion is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, with-
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1 in the limits of funds and borrowing authority available

2 to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make

3 such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal

4 year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern5 ment Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be

6 necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the

7 Corporation’s budget for the current fiscal year.

8 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

9 (HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)

10 For necessary expenses for operations and mainte11 nance of those portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway op12 erated and maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway De13 velopment Corporation, $11,496,000, to be derived from

14 the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public

15 Law 99–662.

16 RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS

17 ADMINISTRATION

18 RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS

19 For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of

20 the Research and Special Programs Administration,

21 $30,752,000, of which $575,000 shall be derived from the

22 Pipeline Safety Fund, and of which $3,500,000 shall re23 main available until September 30, 2002: Provided, That

24 up to $1,200,000 in fees collected under 49 U.S.C.

25 5108(g) shall be deposited in the general fund of the
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1 Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided further, That

2 there may be credited to this appropriation, to be available

3 until expended, funds received from States, counties, mu4 nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources

5 for expenses incurred for training, for reports publication

6 and dissemination, and for travel expenses incurred in per7 formance of hazardous materials exemptions and approv8 als functions.

9 PIPELINE SAFETY

10 (PIPELINE SAFETY FUND)

11 (OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND)

12 For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of

13 the pipeline safety program, for grants-in-aid to carry out

14 a pipeline safety program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C.

15 60107, and to discharge the pipeline program responsibil16 ities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $36,104,000, of

17 which $4,704,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li18 ability Trust Fund and shall remain available until Sep19 tember 30, 2002; and of which $30,000,000 shall be de20 rived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which

21 $16,500,000 shall remain available until September 30,

22 2001: Provided, That in addition to amounts made avail23 able for the Pipeline Safety Fund, $1,400,000 shall be

24 available for grants to States for the development and es25 tablishment of one-call notification systems and public
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1 education activities, and shall be derived from amounts

2 previously collected under 49 U.S.C. 60301.

3 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS

4 (EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND)

5 For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C.

6 5127(c), $200,000, to be derived from the Emergency

7 Preparedness Fund, to remain available until September

8 30, 2002: Provided, That none of the funds made available

9 by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i) and 5127(d) shall be made available

10 for obligation by individuals other than the Secretary of

11 Transportation, or his designee.

12 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

16 General to carry out the provisions of the Inspector Gen17 eral Act of 1978, as amended, $48,000,000, of which

18 $43,000,000 shall be derived from transfers of funds from

19 the United States Coast Guard, the Federal Aviation Ad20 ministration, the Federal Highway Administration, the

21 Federal Railroad Administration, and the Federal Transit

22 Administration.
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1 SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Surface Transpor4 tation Board, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C.

5 3109, $15,400,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any

6 other provision of law, not to exceed $1,600,000 from fees

7 established by the Chairman of the Surface Transpor8 tation Board shall be credited to this appropriation as off9 setting collections and used for necessary and authorized

10 expenses under this heading: Provided further, That any

11 fees received in excess of $1,600,000 in fiscal year 2000

12 shall remain available until expended, but shall not be

13 available for obligation until October 1, 2000.

14 TITLE II

15 RELATED AGENCIES

16 ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION

17 BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For expenses necessary for the Architectural and

20 Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, as authorized

21 by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as

22 amended, $4,500,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding

23 any other provision of law, there may be credited to this

24 appropriation funds received for publications and training

25 expenses.
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1 NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the National Transpor4 tation Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor ve5 hicles and aircraft; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.

6 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per

7 diem rate equivalent to the rate for a GS–15; uniforms,

8 or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C.

9 5901–5902), $51,500,000, of which not to exceed $2,000

10 may be used for official reception and representation ex11 penses.

12 EMERGENCY FUND

13 For necessary expenses of the National Transpor14 tation Safety Board for accident investigations, including

15 hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; services as

16 authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals

17 not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for

18 a GS–15; uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized

19 by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902), $1,000,000, to remain

20 available until expended.

21 TITLE III

22 GENERAL PROVISIONS

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

24 SEC. 301. During the current fiscal year applicable

25 appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall
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1 be available for maintenance and operation of aircraft;

2 hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of

3 liability insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign

4 countries on official department business; and uniforms,

5 or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C.

6 5901–5902).

7 SEC. 302. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal

8 year 2000 pay raises for programs funded in this Act shall

9 be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act or

10 previous appropriations Acts.

11 SEC. 303. Funds appropriated under this Act for ex12 penditures by the Federal Aviation Administration shall

13 be available: (1) except as otherwise authorized by title

14 VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of

15 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), for expenses of primary

16 and secondary schooling for dependents of Federal Avia17 tion Administration personnel stationed outside the conti18 nental United States at costs for any given area not in

19 excess of those of the Department of Defense for the same

20 area, when it is determined by the Secretary that the

21 schools, if any, available in the locality are unable to pro22 vide adequately for the education of such dependents; and

23 (2) for transportation of said dependents between schools

24 serving the area that they attend and their places of resi25 dence when the Secretary, under such regulations as may
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1 be prescribed, determines that such schools are not acces2 sible by public means of transportation on a regular basis.

3 SEC. 304. Appropriations contained in this Act for

4 the Department of Transportation shall be available for

5 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for

6 individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to

7 the rate for an Executive Level IV.

8 SEC. 305. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail9 able for salaries and expenses of more than 100 political

10 and Presidential appointees in the Department of Trans11 portation: Provided, That none of the personnel covered

12 by this provision may be assigned on temporary detail out13 side the Department of Transportation.

14 SEC. 306. None of the funds in this Act shall be used

15 for the planning or execution of any program to pay the

16 expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties

17 intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings

18 funded in this Act.

19 SEC. 307. None of the funds appropriated in this Act

20 shall remain available for obligation beyond the current

21 fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria22 tions, unless expressly so provided herein.

23 SEC. 308. The Secretary of Transportation may enter

24 into grants, cooperative agreements, and other trans25 actions with any person, agency, or instrumentality of the
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1 United States, any unit of State or local government, any

2 educational institution, and any other entity in execution

3 of the Technology Reinvestment Project authorized under

4 the Defense Conversion, Reinvestment and Transition As5 sistance Act of 1992 and related legislation: Provided,

6 That the authority provided in this section may be exer7 cised without regard to section 3324 of title 31, United

8 States Code.

9 SEC. 309. The expenditure of any appropriation

10 under this Act for any consulting service through procure11 ment contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United

12 States Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such

13 expenditures are a matter of public record and available

14 for public inspection, except where otherwise provided

15 under existing law, or under existing Executive order

16 issued pursuant to existing law.

17 SEC. 310. (a) For fiscal year 2000, the Secretary of

18 Transportation shall—

19 (1) not distribute from the obligation limitation

20 for Federal-aid Highways amounts authorized for

21 administrative expenses and programs funded from

22 the administrative takedown authorized by section

23 104(a) of title 23, United States Code, and amounts

24 authorized for the highway use tax evasion program

25 and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
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1 (2) not distribute an amount from the obliga2 tion limitation for Federal-aid Highways that is

3 equal to the unobligated balance of amounts made

4 available from the Highway Trust Fund (other than

5 the Mass Transit Account) for Federal-aid highways

6 and highway safety programs for the previous fiscal

7 year the funds for which are allocated by the Sec8 retary;

9 (3) determine the ratio that—

10 (A) the obligation limitation for Federal11 aid Highways less the aggregate of amounts not

12 distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), bears

13 to

14 (B) the total of the sums authorized to be

15 appropriated for Federal-aid highways and

16 highway safety construction programs (other

17 than sums authorized to be appropriated for

18 sections set forth in paragraphs (1) through (7)

19 of subsection (b) and sums authorized to be ap20 propriated for section 105 of title 23, United

21 States Code, equal to the amount referred to in

22 subsection (b)(8)) for such fiscal year less the

23 aggregate of the amounts not distributed under

24 paragraph (1) of this subsection;
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1 (4) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed2 eral-aid Highways less the aggregate amounts not

3 distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) for section

4 117 of title 23, United States Code (relating to high

5 priority projects program), section 201 of the Appa6 lachian Regional Development Act of 1965, the

7 Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge Authority Act of

8 1995, and $2,000,000,000 for such fiscal year under

9 section 105 of the Transportation Equity Act for the

10 21st Century (relating to minimum guarantee) so

11 that the amount of obligation authority available for

12 each of such sections is equal to the amount deter13 mined by multiplying the ratio determined under

14 paragraph (3) by the sums authorized to be appro15 priated for such section (except in the case of sec16 tion 105, $2,000,000,000) for such fiscal year;

17 (5) distribute the obligation limitation provided

18 for Federal-aid Highways less the aggregate

19 amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) and

20 (2) and amounts distributed under paragraph (4)

21 for each of the programs that are allocated by the

22 Secretary under title 23, United States Code (other

23 than activities to which paragraph (1) applies and

24 programs to which paragraph (4) applies) by multi25 plying the ratio determined under paragraph (3) by
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1 the sums authorized to be appropriated for such pro2 gram for such fiscal year; and

3 (6) distribute the obligation limitation provided

4 for Federal-aid Highways less the aggregate

5 amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) and

6 (2) and amounts distributed under paragraphs (4)

7 and (5) for Federal-aid highways and highway safety

8 construction programs (other than the minimum

9 guarantee program, but only to the extent that

10 amounts apportioned for the minimum guarantee

11 program for such fiscal year exceed $2,639,000,000,

12 and the Appalachian development highway system

13 program) that are apportioned by the Secretary

14 under title 23, United States Code, in the ratio

15 that—

16 (A) sums authorized to be appropriated for

17 such programs that are apportioned to each

18 State for such fiscal year, bear to

19 (B) the total of the sums authorized to be

20 appropriated for such programs that are appor21 tioned to all States for such fiscal year.

22 (b) EXCEPTIONS FROM OBLIGATION LIMITATION.—

23 The obligation limitation for Federal-aid Highways shall

24 not apply to obligations (1) under section 125 of title 23,

25 United States Code; (2) under section 147 of the Surface
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1 Transportation Assistance Act of 1978; (3) under section

2 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981; (4) under sec3 tions 131(b) and 131(j) of the Surface Transportation As4 sistance Act of 1982; (5) under sections 149(b) and

5 149(c) of the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relo6 cation Assistance Act of 1987; (6) under section 1103

7 through 1108 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation

8 Efficiency Act of 1991; (7) under section 157 of title 23,

9 United States Code, as in effect on the day before the date

10 of enactment of the Transportation Equity Act for the

11 21st Century; and (8) under section 105 of title 23,

12 United States Code (but, only in an amount equal to

13 $639,000,000 for such fiscal year).

14 (c) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED OBLIGATION AU15 THORITY.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary

16 shall after August 1 for such fiscal year revise a distribu17 tion of the obligation limitation made available under sub18 section (a) if a State will not obligate the amount distrib19 uted during that fiscal year and redistribute sufficient

20 amounts to those States able to obligate amounts in addi21 tion to those previously distributed during that fiscal year

22 giving priority to those States having large unobligated

23 balances of funds apportioned under sections 104 and 144

24 of title 23, United States Code, section 160 (as in effect

25 on the day before the enactment of the Transportation Eq-
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1 uity Act for the 21st Century) of title 23, United States

2 Code, and under section 1015 of the Intermodal Surface

3 Transportation Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 1943–1945).

4 (d) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS TO

5 TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PROGRAMS.—The obliga6 tion limitation shall apply to transportation research pro7 grams carried out under chapters 3 and 5 of title 23,

8 United States Code, except that obligation authority made

9 available for such programs under such limitation shall re10 main available for a period of 3 fiscal years.

11 (e) REDISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN AUTHORIZED

12 FUNDS.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the dis13 tribution of obligation limitation under subsection (a), the

14 Secretary shall distribute to the States any funds (1) that

15 are authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal year for

16 Federal-aid highways programs (other than the program

17 under section 160 of title 23, United States Code) and

18 for carrying out subchapter I of chapter 311 of title 49,

19 United States Code, and chapter 4 of title 23, United

20 States Code, and (2) that the Secretary determines will

21 not be allocated to the States, and will not be available

22 for obligation, in such fiscal year due to the imposition

23 of any obligation limitation for such fiscal year. Such dis24 tribution to the States shall be made in the same ratio

25 as the distribution of obligation authority under sub-
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1 section (a)(6). The funds so distributed shall be available

2 for any purposes described in section 133(b) of title 23,

3 United States Code.

4 (f) SPECIAL RULE.—Obligation limitation distributed

5 for a fiscal year under subsection (a)(4) for a section set

6 forth in subsection (a)(4) shall remain available until used

7 for obligation of funds for such section and shall be in

8 addition to the amount of any limitation imposed on obli9 gations for Federal-aid highway and highway safety con10 struction programs for future fiscal years.

11 SEC. 311. The limitations on obligations for the pro12 grams of the Federal Transit Administration shall not

13 apply to any authority under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously

14 made available for obligation, or to any other authority

15 previously made available for obligation.

16 SEC. 312. None of the funds in this Act shall be used

17 to implement section 404 of title 23, United States Code.

18 SEC. 313. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail19 able to plan, finalize, or implement regulations that would

20 establish a vessel traffic safety fairway less than five miles

21 wide between the Santa Barbara Traffic Separation

22 Scheme and the San Francisco Traffic Separation

23 Scheme.

24 SEC. 314. Notwithstanding any other provision of

25 law, airports may transfer, without consideration, to the
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1 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) instrument land2 ing systems (along with associated approach lighting

3 equipment and runway visual range equipment) which

4 conform to FAA design and performance specifications,

5 the purchase of which was assisted by a Federal airport6 aid program, airport development aid program or airport

7 improvement program grant. The FAA shall accept such

8 equipment, which shall thereafter be operated and main9 tained by the FAA in accordance with agency criteria.

10 SEC. 315. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail11 able to award a multiyear contract for production end

12 items that: (1) includes economic order quantity or long

13 lead time material procurement in excess of $10,000,000

14 in any one year of the contract; (2) includes a cancellation

15 charge greater than $10,000,000 which at the time of obli16 gation has not been appropriated to the limits of the Gov17 ernment’s liability; or (3) includes a requirement that per18 mits performance under the contract during the second

19 and subsequent years of the contract without conditioning

20 such performance upon the appropriation of funds: Pro21 vided, That this limitation does not apply to a contract

22 in which the Federal Government incurs no financial li23 ability from not buying additional systems, subsystems, or

24 components beyond the basic contract requirements.
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1 SEC. 316. (a) No part of any appropriation contained

2 in this Act shall be used, other than for normal and recog3 nized executive-legislative relationships, for publicity or

4 propaganda purposes, for the preparation, distribution, or

5 use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, tele6 vision, or video presentation designed to support or defeat

7 legislation pending before the Congress or any State legis8 lature, except in presentation to the Congress or any State

9 legislature itself.

10 (b) No part of any appropriation contained in this

11 Act shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of any

12 grant or contract recipient, or agent acting for such recipi13 ent, related to any activity designed to influence legislation

14 or appropriations pending before the Congress or any

15 State legislature.

16 SEC. 317. Notwithstanding any other provision of

17 law, and except for fixed guideway modernization projects,

18 funds made available by this Act under ‘‘Federal Transit

19 Administration, Capital investment grants’’ for projects

20 specified in this Act or identified in reports accompanying

21 this Act not obligated by September 30, 2002, and other

22 recoveries, shall be made available for other projects under

23 49 U.S.C. 5309.

24 SEC. 318. Notwithstanding any other provision of

25 law, any funds appropriated before October 1, 1999, under
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1 any section of chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code,

2 that remain available for expenditure may be transferred

3 to and administered under the most recent appropriation

4 heading for any such section.

5 SEC. 319. Funds provided in this Act for the Trans6 portation Administrative Service Center (TASC) shall be

7 reduced by $60,000,000, which limits fiscal year 2000

8 TASC obligational authority for elements of the Depart9 ment of Transportation funded in this Act to no more

10 than $169,953,000: Provided, That such reductions from

11 the budget request shall be allocated by the Department

12 of Transportation to each appropriations account in pro13 portion to the amount included in each account for the

14 Transportation Administrative Service Center.

15 SEC. 320. Funds received by the Federal Highway

16 Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and Fed17 eral Railroad Administration from States, counties, mu18 nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources

19 for expenses incurred for training may be credited respec20 tively to the Federal Highway Administration’s Federal

21 aid-highway account, the Federal Transit Administra22 tion’s ‘‘Transit Planning and Research’’ account, and to

23 the Federal Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Oper24 ations’’ account, except for State rail safety inspectors

25 participating in training pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 20105.
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1 SEC. 321. Notwithstanding any other provision of

2 law, no state shall receive more than 12.5 percent of the

3 total budget resources made available by this Act to carry

4 out 49 U.S.C. 5307, 5309, 5310 and 5311: Provided, That

5 for purposes of this calculation the Federal Transit Ad6 ministration shall include the appropriate state distribu7 tion of the funding provided to urbanized areas: Provided

8 further, That the amounts recovered from such reductions

9 shall be distributed equally: Provided further, That such

10 reductions and increases shall be made only to the formula

11 apportionments.

12 SEC. 322. Section 3021 of Public Law 105–178 is

13 amended—

14 (1) in subsection (a)—

15 (a) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘sin16 gle-State’’;

17 (b) in the second sentence, by striking

18 ‘‘Any’’ and all that follows through ‘‘United

19 States Code’’ and inserting ‘‘The funds made

20 available to the State of Oklahoma and the

21 State of Vermont to carry out sections 5307

22 and 5311 of title 49, United States Code and

23 sections 133 and 149 of title 23, United States

24 Code’’; and
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1 (2) by adding at the end of section 3021, the

2 following new subsection (c)—

3 ‘‘(c) GRANT REQUIREMENTS.—Notwithstanding any

4 other provision of law, the Amtrak employees employed

5 in the railroad passenger service authorized by this section

6 shall be afforded the same labor protections afforded other

7 Amtrak employees under the terms of their employment

8 contracts.’’.

9 SEC. 323. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re10 ceived by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the

11 sale of data products, for necessary expenses incurred pur12 suant to 49 U.S.C. 111 may be credited to the Federal13 aid highways account for the purpose of reimbursing the

14 Bureau for such expenses: Provided, That such funds shall

15 be subject to the obligation limitation for Federal-aid

16 highways and highway safety construction.

17 SEC. 324. Not to exceed $1,000,000 of the funds pro18 vided in this Act for the Department of Transportation

19 shall be available for the necessary expenses of advisory

20 committees: Provided, That this limitation shall not apply

21 to advisory committees established for the purpose of con22 ducting negotiated rulemaking in accordance with the Ne23 gotiated Rulemaking Act, 5 U.S.C. 561–570a, or the

24 Coast Guard’s advisory council on roles and missions.
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1 SEC. 325. No funds other than those appropriated

2 to the Surface Transportation Board or fees collected by

3 the Board shall be used for conducting the activities of

4 the Board.

5 SEC. 326. Hereafter, notwithstanding any other pro6 vision of law, receipts, in amounts determined by the Sec7 retary, collected from users of fitness centers operated by

8 or for the Department of Transportation shall be available

9 to support the operation and maintenance of those facili10 ties.

11 SEC. 327. Capital Investment grants funds made

12 available in this Act and in Public Law 105–277 and in

13 Public Law 105–66 and its accompanying conference re14 port for the Charleston, South Carolina Monobeam cor15 ridor project shall be used to fund any aspect of the

16 Charleston, South Carolina Monobeam corridor project.

17 SEC. 328. Hereafter, notwithstanding 49 U.S.C.

18 41742, no essential air service subsidies shall be provided

19 to communities in the 48 contiguous States that are lo20 cated fewer than 70 highway miles from the nearest large

21 or medium hub airport, or that require a rate of subsidy

22 per passenger in excess of $200 unless such point is great23 er than 210 miles from the nearest large or medium hub

24 airport.
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1 SEC. 329. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments,

2 minor fees and other funds received by the Department

3 from travel management centers, charge card programs,

4 the subleasing of building space, and miscellaneous

5 sources are to be credited to appropriations of the Depart6 ment and allocated to elements of the Department using

7 fair and equitable criteria and such funds shall be avail8 able until December 31, 2000.

9 SEC. 330. Notwithstanding any other provision of

10 law, rule or regulation, the Secretary of Transportation

11 is authorized to allow the issuer of any preferred stock

12 heretofore sold to the Department to redeem or repur13 chase such stock upon the payment to the Department of

14 an amount determined by the Secretary.

15 SEC. 331. For necessary expenses of the Amtrak Re16 form Council authorized under section 203 of Public Law

17 105–134, $950,000, to remain available until September

18 30, 2001: Provided, That the duties of the Amtrak Reform

19 Council described in section 203(g)(1) of Public Law 105–

20 134 shall include the identification of Amtrak routes

21 which are candidates for closure or realignment, based on

22 performance rankings developed by Amtrak which incor23 porate information on each route’s fully allocated costs

24 and ridership on core intercity passenger service, and

25 which assume, for purposes of closure or realignment can-
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1 didate identification, that federal subsidies for Amtrak will

2 decline over the 4-year period from fiscal year 1999 to

3 fiscal year 2002: Provided further, That these closure or

4 realignment recommendations shall be included in the Am5 trak Reform Council’s annual report to the Congress re6 quired by section 203(h) of Public Law 105–134.

7 SEC. 332. The Secretary of Transportation is author8 ized to transfer funds appropriated for any office of the

9 Office of the Secretary to any other office of the Office

10 of the Secretary: Provided, That no appropriation shall be

11 increased or decreased by more than 12 per centum by

12 all such transfers: Provided further, That any such trans13 fer shall be submitted for approval to the House and Sen14 ate Committees on Appropriations.

15 SEC. 333. None of the Funds made available

16 under this Act or any other Act, may be used to imple17 ment, carry out, or enforce any regulation issued under

18 section 41705 of title 49, United States Code, including

19 any regulation contained in part 382 of title 14, Code of

20 Federal Regulations, or any other provision of law (in21 cluding any Act of Congress, regulation, or Executive

22 order or any official guidance or correspondence thereto),

23 that requires or encourages an air carrier (as that term

24 is defined in section 40102 of title 49, United States

25 Code) to, on intrastate or interstate air transportation
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1 (as those terms are defined in section 40102 of title 49,

2 United States Code)—

3 (1) provide a peanut-free buffer zone or any

4 other related peanut-restricted area; or

5 (2) restrict the distribution of peanuts,

6 until 90 days after submission to the Congress and the

7 Secretary of a peer-reviewed scientific study that deter8 mines that there are severe reactions by passengers to pea9 nuts as a result of contact with very small airborne peanut

10 particles of the kind that passengers might encounter in

11 an aircraft.

12 SEC. 334. For purposes of funding in this Act for

13 the Salt Lake City/Airport to University (West-East) light

14 rail project, the non-governmental share for these funds

15 shall be determined in accordance with Section

16 3030(c)(2)(B)(ii) of the Transportation Equity Act for the

17 21st Century, as amended (Public Law 105–178).

18 SEC. 335. Section 5309(g)(1)(B) of title 49, United

19 States Code, is amended by inserting after ‘‘Committee

20 on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate’’

21 the following: ‘‘and the House and Senate Committees on

22 Appropriations’’.

23 SEC. 336. Section 1212(g) of the Transportation Eq24 uity Act for the 21st Century (Public Law 105–178), as

25 amended, is amended—
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1 (1) in the subsection heading, by inserting ‘‘and

2 New Jersey’’ after ‘‘Minnesota’’; and

3 (2) by inserting ‘‘or the State of New Jersey’’

4 after ‘‘Minnesota’’.

5 SEC. 337. The Secretary of Transportation shall exe6 cute a demonstration program, to be conducted for a pe7 riod not to exceed eighteen months, of the ‘‘fractional own8 ership’’ concept in performing administrative support

9 flight missions, the purpose of which would be to deter10 mine whether cost savings, as well as increased operational

11 flexibility and aircraft availability, can be realized through

12 the use by the government of the commercial fractional

13 ownership concept or report to the Committee the reason

14 for not conducting such an evaluation: Provided, That the

15 Secretary shall ensure the competitive selection for this

16 demonstration of a fractional ownership concept which

17 provides a suite of aircraft capable of meeting the Depart18 ment’s varied needs, and that the Secretary shall ensure

19 the demonstration program encompasses a significant and

20 representative portion of the Department’s administrative

21 support missions (to include those performed by the Coast

22 Guard, the Federal Aviation Administration, and the Na23 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration, whose air24 craft are currently operated by the FAA): Provided fur25 ther, That the Secretary shall report to the House and
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1 Senate Committees on Appropriations on results of this

2 evaluation of the fractional ownership concept in the per3 formance of the administrative support mission no later

4 than twenty-four months after final passage of this Act

5 or within 60 days of enactment of this Act if the Secretary

6 decides not to conduct such a demonstration for evaluation

7 including an explanation for such a decision.

8 SEC. 338. (a) REQUIREMENT TO CONVEY.—The

9 Commandant of the Coast Guard shall convey, without

10 consideration, to the University of New Hampshire (in

11 this section referred to as the ‘‘University’’) all right, title,

12 and interest of the United States in and to a parcel of

13 real property (including any improvements thereon) lo14 cated in New Castle, New Hampshire, consisting of ap15 proximately five acres and including a pier.

16 (b) IDENTIFICATION OF PROPERTY.—The Com17 mandant shall determine, identify, and describe the prop18 erty to be conveyed under this section.

19 (c) EASEMENTS, RIGHTS-OF-WAY, AND RIGHTS.—

20 (1) The Commandant shall, in connection with the convey21 ance required by subsection (a), grant to the University

22 such easements and rights-of-way as the Commandant

23 considers necessary to permit access to the property con24 veyed under that subsection.
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1 (2) The Commandant shall, in connection with such

2 conveyance, reserve in favor of the United States such

3 easements and rights as the Commandant considers nec4 essary to protect the interests of the United States, includ5 ing easements or rights regarding access to property and

6 utilities.

7 (d) CONDITIONS OF CONVEYANCE.—The conveyance

8 required by subsection (a) shall be subject to the following

9 conditions:

10 (1) That the University not convey, assign, ex11 change, or encumber the property conveyed, or any

12 part thereof, unless such conveyance, assignment,

13 exchange, or encumbrance—

14 (A) is made without consideration; or

15 (B) is otherwise approved by the Com16 mandant.

17 (2) That the University not interfere or allow

18 interference in any manner with the maintenance or

19 operation of Coast Guard Station Portsmouth Har20 bor, New Hampshire, without the express written

21 permission of the Commandant.

22 (3) That the University use the property for

23 educational, research, or other public purposes.

24 (e) MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTY.—The University,

25 or any subsequent owner of the property conveyed under
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1 subsection (a) pursuant to a conveyance, assignment, or

2 exchange referred to in subsection (d)(1), shall maintain

3 the property in a proper, substantial, and workmanlike

4 manner, and in accordance with any conditions established

5 by the Commandant, pursuant to the National Historic

6 Preservation Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.), and

7 other applicable laws.

8 (f) REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—All right, title, and

9 interest in and to the property conveyed under this section

10 (including any improvements thereon) shall revert to the

11 United States, and the United States shall have the right

12 of immediate entry thereon, if—

13 (1) the property, or any part thereof, ceases to

14 be used for educational, research, or other public

15 purposes by the University;

16 (2) the University conveys, assigns, exchanges,

17 or encumbers the property conveyed, or part thereof,

18 for consideration or without the approval of the

19 Commandant;

20 (3) the Commandant notifies the owner of the

21 property that the property is needed the national se22 curity purposes and a period of 30 days elapses after

23 such notice; or
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1 (4) any other term or condition established by

2 the Commandant under this section with respect to

3 the property is violated.

4 SEC. 339. (a) PROHIBITION.—Except as provided in

5 subsection (c), no recipient of funds made available under

6 this Act may sell, or otherwise provide to another person

7 or entity, personal information (as defined in 18 U.S.C.

8 Section 2725(3)) contained in a driver’s license, or in any

9 motor vehicle record (as defined in 18 U.S.C. Section

10 2725(1)) without the express written consent of the indi11 vidual to whom the information pertains.

12 (b) CONSENT.—No recipient of funds made available

13 under this Act may condition or burden in any way the

14 issuance of a motor vehicle record (as defined in 19 U.S.C.

15 Section 2725(1)) upon the receipt of consent described in

16 subsection (a).

17 (c) LAW ENFORCEMENT.—Subsection (a) does not

18 apply to a law enforcement agency in any case in which

19 the application of that subsection would hinder the ability

20 of that law enforcement agency, acting in accordance with

21 applicable law, to gain access to a driver’s license or photo22 graph of an individual.

23 SEC. 340. Notwithstanding any other provision of

24 law, from funds provided in the Act, $10,000,000 shall
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1 be made available for completion of the National Advanced

2 Driving Simulator (NADS).

3 SEC. 341. Notwithstanding any other provision of

4 law, section 1107(b) of Public Law 102–240 is amended

5 by striking ‘‘Construction of a replacement bridge at

6 Watervale Bridge #63, Harford County, MD’’ and insert7 ing in lieu thereof the following: ‘‘For improvements to

8 Bottom Road Bridge, Vinegar Hill Road Bridge and

9 Southampton Road Bridge, Harford County, MD’’.

10 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans11 portation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,

12 2000’’.
Calendar No. 126

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1143

[Report No. 106–55]

A BILL

Making appropriations for the Department of

purposes.year ending September 30, 2000, and for otherTransportation and related agencies for the fiscal

MAY 27, 1999

Read twice and placed on the calendar