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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3088

To provide an extension of highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, 

transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund 

pending enactment of a law reauthorizing the Transportation Equity 

Act for the 21st Century. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 16, 2003

Mr. YOUNG of Alaska (for himself, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. PETRI, Mr. LIPINSKI, 

Mr. BAKER, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. COBLE, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. PLATTS, Mr. 

COSTELLO, Mr. GRAVES, Ms. NORTON, Mr. QUINN, Mr. NADLER, Mr. 

BEREUTER, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. EHLERS, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of 

Florida, Mr. MORAN of Kansas, Mr. FILNER, Mr. LOBIONDO, Ms. EDDIE

BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi, Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mr. GILCHREST, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. MICA, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. 

BURNS, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. PORTER, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. 

HOLDEN, Mr. HAYES, Mr. LAMPSON, Mr. CHOCOLA, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. 

SIMMONS, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. CARSON of Oklahoma, Mr. 

BROWN of South Carolina, Mr. MATHESON, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. HONDA, 

Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. 

CAPUANO, Mr. DEMINT, Mr. WEINER, Mr. PEARCE, Ms. CARSON of Indiana, Mrs. KELLY, Mr. HOEFFEL, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. 

MICHAUD, Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. DAVIS of Tennessee, 

Mr. NEY, Mr. REHBERG, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. BEAUPREZ, Mr. GERLACH, 

Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. HOEKSTRA, Mr. KENNEDY of Minnesota, Mr. 

MCCRERY, and Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Resources, the Budget, Ways 

and Means, and Science, for a period to be subsequently determined by 

the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
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A BILL

To provide an extension of highway, highway safety, motor 

carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out 

of the Highway Trust Fund pending enactment of a 

law reauthorizing the Transportation Equity Act for the 

21st Century.

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Surface Transpor5 tation Extension Act of 2003’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ADVANCES. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—-The Secretary of Transportation 

8 shall apportion funds made available under section 

9 1101(c) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st 

10 Century (112 Stat. 116), as amended by this Act, to each 

11 State in the ratio that—

12 (1) the State’s total fiscal year 2003 obligation 

13 authority for funds apportioned for the Federal-aid 

14 highway program, bears to 

15 (2) all States’ total fiscal year 2003 obligation 

16 authority for funds apportioned for the Federal-aid 

17 highway program. 

18 (b) PROGRAMMATIC DISTRIBUTIONS.—

19 (1) PROGRAMS.—Of the funds to be appor20 tioned to each State under subsection (a), the Sec-
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1 retary shall ensure that the State is apportioned an 

2 amount of the funds, determined under paragraph 

3 (2), for the Interstate maintenance program, the 

4 National Highway System program, the bridge pro5 gram, the surface transportation program, the con6 gestion mitigation and air quality improvement pro7 gram, the recreational trails program, the Appa8 lachian development highway system program, and 

9 the minimum guarantee. 

10 (2) IN GENERAL.—The amount that each State 

11 shall be apportioned under this subsection for each 

12 item referred to in paragraph (1) shall be deter13 mined by multiplying—

14 (A) the amount apportioned to the State 

15 under subsection (a); by 

16 (B) the ratio that—

17 (i) the amount of funds apportioned 

18 for the item to the State for fiscal year 

19 2003, bears to 

20 (ii) the total of the amount of funds 

21 apportioned for the items to the State for 

22 fiscal year 2003. 

23 (3) ADMINISTRATION OF FUNDS.—Funds au24 thorized by the amendment made under subsection 

25 (d) shall be administered as if the funds had been 
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1 apportioned, allocated, deducted, or set aside, as the 

2 case may be, under title 23, United States Code; ex3 cept that the deductions and set-asides in the fol4 lowing sections of such title shall not apply to such 

5 funds: sections 104(a)(1)(A), 104(a)(1)(B), 

6 104(b)(1)(A), 104(d)(1), 104(d)(2), 104(f)(1), 

7 104(h)(1), 118(c)(1), 140(b), 140(c), and 144(g)(1). 

8 (4) SPECIAL RULES FOR MINIMUM GUAR9 ANTEE.—In carrying out the minimum guarantee 

10 under section 105(c) of title 23, United States Code, 

11 with funds apportioned under this section for the 

12 minimum guarantee, the $2,800,000,000 set forth in 

13 paragraph (1) of such section 105(c) shall be treated 

14 as being $1,400,000,000 and the aggregate of 

15 amounts apportioned to the States under this sec16 tion for the minimum guarantee shall be treated, for 

17 purposes of such section 105(c), as amounts made 

18 available under section 105 of such title. 

19 (5) EXTENSION OF OFF-SYSTEM BRIDGE SET20 ASIDE.—Section 144(g)(3) of title 23, United States 

21 Code, is amended by inserting after ‘‘2003’’ the fol22 lowing: ‘‘and in the period of October 1, 2003, 

23 through March 31, 2004,’’. 

24 (c) REPAYMENT FROM FUTURE APPORTION25 MENTS.—
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall reduce 

2 the amount that would be apportioned, but for this 

3 section, to a State for programs under chapter 1 of 

4 title 23, United States Code, for fiscal year 2004, 

5 under a law reauthorizing the Federal-aid highway 

6 program enacted after the date of enactment of this 

7 Act by the amount that is apportioned to each State

8 under subsection (a) and section 5(c) for each such 

9 program. 

10 (2) PROGRAM CATEGORY RECONCILIATION.—

11 The Secretary may establish procedures under which 

12 funds apportioned under subsection (a) for a pro13 gram category for which funds are not authorized 

14 under a law described in paragraph (1) may be re15 stored to the Federal-aid highway program. 

16 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—

17 Section 1101 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 

18 21st Century (112 Stat. 111–115) is amended by adding 

19 at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(c) ADVANCE AUTHORIZATION.—

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There shall be available 

22 from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass 

23 Transit Account) to carry out section 2(a) of the 

24 Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2003 
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1 $16,180,150,000 for the period of October 1, 2003, 

2 through March 31, 2004. 

3 ‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE.—Funds apportioned under 

4 section 2(a) of the Surface Transportation Exten5 sion Act of 2003 shall be subject to a limitation on 

6 obligations for Federal-aid highways and highway 

7 safety construction programs. 

8 ‘‘(3) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Funds made 

9 available by this subsection shall be available for ob10 ligation in the same manner as if such funds were 

11 apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United 

12 States Code.’’. 

13 (e) LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS.—

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 

15 for the period of October 1, 2003, through March 

16 31, 2004, the Secretary shall allocate to each State 

17 for programs funded under this section and section 

18 5(c) an amount of obligation authority made avail19 able under an Act making appropriations for the De20 partment of Transportation for fiscal year 2004 that 

21 is—

22 (A) equal to the greater of—

23 (i) the State’s unobligated balance, as 

24 of October 1, 2003, of Federal-aid highway 

25 apportionments subject to any limitation 
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1 on obligations; except that unobligated bal2 ances of contract authority from minimum 

3 guarantee and Appalachian development 

4 highway system apportionments for which 

5 obligation authority was made available 

6 until used shall not be included for pur7 poses of calculating a State’s unobligated 

8 balance of apportionments for this clause; 

9 or 

10 (ii) 50 percent of the State’s total fis11 cal year 2003 obligation authority for 

12 funds apportioned for the Federal-aid 

13 highway program; but 

14 (B) not greater than 75 percent of the 

15 State’s total fiscal year 2003 obligation author16 ity for funds apportioned for the Federal-aid 

17 highway program. 

18 (2) LIMITATION ON AMOUNT.—The total of all 

19 allocations under paragraph (1) and allocations, for 

20 programs funded under sections 4, 5 (other than 

21 subsection (c)), and 6(a) of this Act, of obligation 

22 authority made available under an Act making ap23 propriations for the Department of Transportation 

24 for fiscal year 2004 shall not exceed 

25 $16,921,500,000; except that this limitation shall 
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1 not apply to $319,500,000 in obligations for min2 imum guarantee for the period of October 1, 2003, 

3 through March 31, 2004. 

4 (3) TIME PERIOD FOR OBLIGATIONS OF

5 FUNDS.—

6 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

7 subparagraph (B), a State shall not obligate 

8 any funds for any Federal-aid highway program 

9 project after March 31, 2004, until the earlier 

10 of the date of enactment of a multiyear law re11 authorizing the Federal-aid highway program or 

12 June 30, 2004. 

13 (B) REOBLIGATION.—Subparagraph (A) 

14 shall not preclude the reobligation of previously 

15 obligated funds. 

16 (C) DISTRIBUTION OF REMAINING OBLIGA17 TION AUTHORITY.—On the earlier of the date 

18 of enactment of a law described in subpara19 graph (A) or June 1, 2004, the Secretary shall 

20 distribute to each State any remaining amounts 

21 of obligation authority for Federal-aid highways 

22 and highway safety construction programs by 

23 allocation as provided in an Act making appro24 priations for the Department of Transportation 

25 for fiscal year 2004. 
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1 (D) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—No contract 

2 authority made available to the States prior to 

3 June 30, 2004, shall be obligated after that 

4 date until such time as a multiyear law reau5 thorizing the Federal-aid highway program has 

6 been enacted.

7 (4) TREATMENT OF OBLIGATIONS.—Any obliga8 tion of an allocation of obligation authority made 

9 under this subsection shall be considered to be an 

10 obligation for Federal-aid highways and highway 

11 safety construction programs for fiscal year 2004 for 

12 the purposes of the matter under the heading 

13 ‘‘(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)’’ under the 

14 heading ‘‘FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS’’ in an Act 

15 making appropriations for the Department of Trans16 portation for fiscal year 2004. 

17 SEC. 3. TRANSFERS OF UNOBLIGATED APPORTIONMENTS. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to any other authority 

19 of a State to transfer funds, for fiscal year 2004, a State 

20 may transfer any funds apportioned to the State for any 

21 program under section 104(b) (including amounts appor22 tioned under section 104(b)(3) or set aside, made avail23 able, or suballocated under section 133(d)) or section 144 

24 of title 23, United States Code, before, on, or after the 

25 date of enactment of this Act, that are subject to any limi-
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1 tation on obligations, and that are not obligated, to any 

2 other of those programs. 

3 (b) TREATMENT OF TRANSFERRED FUNDS.—Any 

4 funds transferred to another program under subsection (a) 

5 shall be subject to the provisions of the program to which 

6 the funds are transferred, except that funds transferred 

7 to a program under section 133 (other than subsections 

8 (d)(1) and (d)(2)) of title 23, United States Code, shall 

9 not be subject to section 133(d) of that title. 

10 (c) RESTORATION OF APPORTIONMENTS.—

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after 

12 the date of enactment of a law reauthorizing the 

13 Federal-aid highway program enacted after the date 

14 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transpor15 tation shall restore any funds that a State trans16 ferred under subsection (a) for any project not eligi17 ble for the funds but for this section to the program 

18 category from which the funds were transferred. 

19 (2) PROGRAM CATEGORY RECONCILIATION.—

20 The Secretary may establish procedures under which 

21 funds transferred under subsection (a) from a pro22 gram category for which funds are not authorized 

23 may be restored to the Federal-aid highway pro24 gram. 
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1 (3) LIMITATION ON STATUTORY CONSTRUC2 TION.—No provision of law, except a statute enacted 

3 after the date of enactment of this Act that ex4 pressly limits the application of this subsection, shall 

5 impair the authority of the Secretary to restore 

6 funds pursuant to this subsection. 

7 (d) GUIDANCE.—The Secretary may issue guidance 

8 for use in carrying out this section. 

9 SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES. 

10 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—

11 There shall be available from the Highway Trust Fund 

12 (other than the Mass Transit Account) for administrative 

13 expenses of the Federal-aid highway program 

14 $225,000,000 for fiscal year 2004 . 

15 (b) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Funds made available 

16 by this section shall be available for obligation in the same 

17 manner as if such funds were apportioned under chapter 

18 1 of title 23, United States Code, and shall be subject 

19 to a limitation on obligations for Federal-aid highways and 

20 highway safety construction programs; except that such 

21 funds shall remain available until expended. 

22 SEC. 5. OTHER FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY PROGRAMS. 

23 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS UNDER

24 TITLE I OF TEA21.—

25 (1) FEDERAL LANDS HIGHWAYS.—
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1 (A) INDIAN RESERVATION ROADS.—Sec2 tion 1101(a)(8)(A) of the Transportation Eq3 uity Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 112) 

4 is amended—

5 (i) by inserting before the period at 

6 the end the following: ‘‘and $137,500,000 

7 for the period of October 1, 2003, through 

8 March 31, 2004’’; and 

9 (ii) by adding at the end the fol10 lowing: ‘‘The minimum amount made 

11 available for such period that the Sec12 retary, in cooperation with the Secretary of 

13 the Interior, shall reserve for Indian res14 ervation road bridges under section 

15 202(d)(4) of title 23, United States Code, 

16 shall be $6,500,000 instead of 

17 $13,000,000.’’. 

18 (B) PUBLIC LANDS HIGHWAYS.—Section 

19 1101(a)(8)(B) of such Act (112 Stat. 112) is 

20 amended by inserting before the period at the 

21 end the following: ‘‘and $123,000,000 for the 

22 period of October 1, 2003, through March 31, 

23 2004’’. 

24 (C) PARK ROADS AND PARKWAYS.—Sec25 tion 1101(a)(8)(C) of such Act (112 Stat. 112) 
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1 is amended by inserting before the period at the 

2 end the following: ‘‘and $82,500,000 for the pe3 riod of October 1, 2003, through March 31, 

4 2004’’. 

5 (D) REFUGE ROADS.—Section 

6 1101(a)(8)(D) of such Act (112 Stat. 112) is

7 amended by inserting before the period at the 

8 end the following: ‘‘and $10,000,000 for the pe9 riod of October 1, 2003, through March 31, 

10 2004’’. 

11 (2) NATIONAL CORRIDOR PLANNING AND DE12 VELOPMENT AND COORDINATED BORDER INFRA13 STRUCTURE PROGRAMS.—Section 1101(a)(9) of such 

14 Act (112 Stat. 112) is amended by inserting before 

15 the period at the end the following: ‘‘and 

16 $70,000,000 for the period of October 1, 2003, 

17 through March 31, 2004’’. 

18 (3) CONSTRUCTION OF FERRY BOATS AND

19 FERRY TERMINAL FACILITIES.—

20 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 1101(a)(10) of 

21 such Act (112 Stat. 113) is amended by insert22 ing before the period at the end the following: 

23 ‘‘and $19,000,000 for the period of October 1, 

24 2003, through March 31, 2004’’. 
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1 (B) SET ASIDE FOR ALASKA, NEW JERSEY, 

2 AND WASHINGTON.—To carry out section 1064 

3 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi4 ciency Act of 1991 (23 U.S.C. 129 note; 105 

5 Stat. 2005; 112 Stat. 185), of funds made 

6 available by the amendment made by subpara7 graph (A)—

8 (i) $5,000,000 shall be available for 

9 section 1064(d)(2); 

10 (ii) $2,500,000 shall be available for 

11 section 1064(d)(3); and 

12 (iii) $2,500,000 shall be available for 

13 section 1064(d)(4). 

14 (4) NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAYS PROGRAM.—

15 Section 1101(a)(11) of the Transportation Equity 

16 Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 113) is amend17 ed—

18 (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ the last place it ap19 pears; and 

20 (B) by inserting before the period at the 

21 end the following: ‘‘, and $13,750,000 for the 

22 period of October 1, 2003, through March 31, 

23 2004’’. 
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1 (5) VALUE PRICING PILOT PROGRAM.—Section 

2 1101(a)(12) of such Act (112 Stat. 113) is amend3 ed—

4 (A) by striking ‘‘and’’; and 

5 (B) by inserting before the period at the 

6 end the following: ‘‘, and $5,500,000 for the pe7 riod of October 1, 2003, through March 31, 

8 2004’’. 

9 (6) HIGHWAY USE TAX EVASION PROJECTS.—

10 Section 1101(a)(14) of such Act (112 Stat. 113) is 

11 amended by inserting before the period at the end 

12 the following: ‘‘and $2,500,000 for the period of Oc13 tober 1, 2003, through March 31, 2004’’. 

14 (7) COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO HIGH15 WAY PROGRAM.—

16 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 1101(a)(15) of 

17 such Act (112 Stat. 113) is amended by insert18 ing before the period at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘and $55,000,000 for the period of October 1, 

20 2003, through March 31, 2004’’. 

21 (B) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

22 1214(r) of such Act (112 Stat. 209) is amended 

23 by striking ‘‘2003’’ and inserting ‘‘2004’’. 

24 (8) SAFETY GRANTS.—Section 1212(i)(1)(D) of 

25 such Act (23 U.S.C. 402 note; 112 Stat. 196; 112 
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1 Stat. 840) is amended by inserting before the period 

2 at the end the following: ‘‘and $250,000 for the pe3 riod of October 1, 2003, through March 31, 2004’’. 

4 (9) TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNITY AND

5 SYSTEM PRESERVATION PILOT PROGRAM.—Section 

6 1221(e)(1) of such Act (23 U.S.C. 101 note; 112 

7 Stat. 223) is amended by inserting before the period 

8 at the end the following: ‘‘and $12,500,000 for the 

9 period of October 1, 2003, through March 31, 

10 2004’’. 

11 (10) TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE FI12 NANCE AND INNOVATION.—Section 188 of title 23, 

13 United States Code, is amended—

14 (A) in subsection (a)(1)—

15 (i) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of 

16 subparagraph (D); 

17 (ii) by striking the period at the end 

18 of subparagraph (E) and inserting ‘‘; 

19 and’’; and 

20 (iii) by adding at the end the fol21 lowing: 

22 ‘‘(F) $70,000,000 for the period of Octo23 ber 1, 2003, through March 31, 2004.’’; 

24 (B) in subsection (a)(2) by inserting after 

25 ‘‘2003’’ the following: ‘‘and $1,000,000 for the 
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1 period of October 1, 2003, through March 31, 

2 2004’’; and 

3 (C) in subsection (c)—

4 (i) by striking ‘‘2003’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘2004’’; and 

6 (ii) by striking the period at the end 

7 of the table and inserting the following:

‘‘2004 ....................................................................................$1,300,000,000 .’’.

8 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS UNDER

9 TITLE V OF TEA21.—

10 (1) SURFACE TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH.—

11 Section 5001(a)(1) of the Transportation Equity Act 

12 for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 419) is amended— 

13 (A) by striking ‘‘2002, and’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘2002,’’; and 

15 (B) by inserting after ‘‘2003’’ the fol16 lowing: ‘‘, and $52,500,000 for the period of 

17 October 1, 2003, through March 31, 2004’’. 

18 (2) TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM.—

19 Section 5001(a)(2) of such Act (112 Stat. 419) is 

20 amended—

21 (A) by striking ‘‘2002, and’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘2002,’’; and 

23 (B) by inserting after ‘‘2003’’ the fol24 lowing: ‘‘, and $27,500,000 for the period of 

25 October 1, 2003, through March 31, 2004’’. 
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1 (3) TRAINING AND EDUCATION.—Section 

2 5001(a)(3) of such Act (112 Stat. 420) is amend3 ed—

4 (A) by striking ‘‘2002, and’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘2002,’’; and 

6 (B) by inserting after ‘‘2003’’ the fol7 lowing: ‘‘, and $10,500,000 for the period of 

8 October 1, 2003, through March 31, 2004’’. 

9 (4) BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATIS10 TICS.—Section 5001(a)(4) of such Act (112 Stat. 

11 420) is amended by inserting before the period at 

12 the end the following: ‘‘, and $15,500,000 for the 

13 period of October 1, 2003, through March 31, 

14 2004’’. 

15 (5) ITS STANDARDS, RESEARCH, OPERATIONAL

16 TESTS, AND DEVELOPMENT.—Section 5001(a)(5) of 

17 such Act (112 Stat. 420) is amended—

18 (A) by striking ‘‘2002, and’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘2002,’’; and 

20 (B) by inserting after ‘‘2003’’ the fol21 lowing: ‘‘, and $57,500,000 for the period of 

22 October 1, 2003, through March 31, 2004’’. 

23 (6) ITS DEPLOYMENT.—Section 5001(a)(6) of 

24 such Act (112 Stat. 420) is amended—
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1 (A) by striking ‘‘2002, and’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘2002,’’; and 

3 (B) by inserting after ‘‘2003’’ the fol4 lowing: ‘‘, and $62,000,000 for the period of 

5 October 1, 2003, through March 31, 2004’’. 

6 (7) UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION RE7 SEARCH.—Section 5001(a)(7) of such Act (112 Stat. 

8 420) is amended—

9 (A) by striking ‘‘2002, and’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘2002,’’; and 

11 (B) by inserting after ‘‘2003’’ the fol12 lowing: ‘‘, and $13,500,000 for the period of 

13 October 1, 2003, through March 31, 2004’’. 

14 (c) METROPOLITAN PLANNING.— 

15 (1) AUTHORIZATION OF CONTRACT AUTHOR16 ITY.—There shall be available from the Highway 

17 Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) 

18 to carry out section 134 of title 23, United States 

19 Code, $120,000,000 for the period of October 1, 

20 2003, through March 31, 2004. 

21 (2) DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.—The Secretary 

22 shall distribute funds made available by this sub23 section to the States in accordance with section 

24 104(f)(2) of title 23, United States Code. 
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1 (3) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Funds made 

2 available by this subsection shall be available for ob3 ligation in the same manner as if such funds were 

4 apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United 

5 States Code, and shall be subject to a limitation on 

6 obligations for Federal-aid highways and highway 

7 safety construction programs. 

8 (d) TERRITORIES.—Section 1101 of the Transpor9 tation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 111–

10 115) is further amended by adding at the end the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(d) TERRITORIES.—

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In lieu of the amounts de14 ducted under section 104(b)(1) of title 23, United 

15 States Code, there shall be available from the High16 way Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Ac17 count) for the Virgin Islands, Guam, American 

18 Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern 

19 Mariana Islands $18,200,000 for the period of Octo20 ber 1, 2003, through March 31, 2004. 

21 ‘‘(2) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Funds made 

22 available by this subsection shall be available for ob23 ligation in the same manner as if the funds were ap24 portioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States 

25 Code, and shall be subject to a limitation on obliga-
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1 tions for Federal-aid highways and highway safety 

2 construction programs.’’. 

3 (e) ALASKA HIGHWAY.—Section 1101 of such Act is 

4 further amended by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(e) ALASKA HIGHWAY.—

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In lieu of the amounts de7 ducted under section 104(b)(1) of title 23, United 

8 States Code, there shall be available from the High9 way Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Ac10 count) for the Alaska Highway program under sec11 tion 218 of such title $9,400,000 for the period of 

12 October 1, 2003, through March 31, 2004. 

13 ‘‘(2) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Funds made 

14 available by this subsection shall be available for ob15 ligation in the same manner as if the funds were ap16 portioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States 

17 Code, and shall be subject to a limitation on obliga18 tions for Federal-aid highways and highway safety 

19 construction programs.’’. 

20 (f) OPERATION LIFESAVER.—Section 1101 of such 

21 Act is further amended by adding at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(f) OPERATION LIFESAVER.—

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In lieu of the amount set 

24 aside under section 104(d)(1) of title 23, United 

25 States Code, there shall be available from the High-
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1 way Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Ac2 count) to carry out the operation lifesaver program 

3 under such section $250,000 for the period of Octo4 ber 1, 2003, through March 31, 2004. 

5 ‘‘(2) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Funds made 

6 available by this subsection shall be available for ob7 ligation in the same manner as if the funds were ap8 portioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States 

9 Code, and shall be subject to a limitation on obliga10 tions for Federal-aid highways and highway safety 

11 construction programs.’’. 

12 (g) BRIDGE DISCRETIONARY.—Section 1101 of such 

13 Act is further amended by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(g) BRIDGE DISCRETIONARY.—

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There shall be available 

16 from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass 

17 Transit Account) $50,000,000 to the Secretary at 

18 the discretion of the Secretary to carry out section 

19 144(g) of title 23, United States Code, for the pe20 riod of October 1, 2003, through March 31, 2004. 

21 ‘‘(2) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Funds made 

22 available by this subsection shall be available for ob23 ligation in the same manner as if the funds were ap24 portioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States 

25 Code, and shall be subject to a limitation on obliga-
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1 tions for Federal-aid highways and highway safety 

2 construction programs.’’. 

3 (h) INTERSTATE MAINTENANCE.—Section 1101 of 

4 such Act is further amended by adding at the end the fol5 lowing: 

6 ‘‘(h) INTERSTATE MAINTENANCE.—

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There shall be available 

8 from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass 

9 Transit Account) $50,000,000 to the Secretary to 

10 carry out projects described in section 118(c)(1) of 

11 title 23, United States Code, for the period of Octo12 ber 1, 2003, through March 31, 2004. 

13 ‘‘(2) PROJECT SELECTION CRITERIA.—The 

14 project selection criteria in section 118(c)(2) of such 

15 title shall apply to amounts made available by this 

16 subsection. 

17 ‘‘(3) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Funds made 

18 available by this subsection shall be available for ob19 ligation in the same manner as if the funds were ap20 portioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States 

21 Code, and shall be subject to a limitation on obliga22 tions for Federal-aid highways and highway safety 

23 construction programs; except that such funds shall 

24 remain available until expended.’’. 
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1 (i) RECREATIONAL TRAILS ADMINISTRATIVE

2 COSTS.—Section 1101 of such Act is further amended by 

3 adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(i) RECREATIONAL TRAILS ADMINISTRATIVE

5 COSTS.—

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In lieu of the amount to be 

7 deducted under section 104(h)(1) of title 23, United 

8 States Code, there shall be available from the High9 way Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Ac10 count) to the Secretary to cover costs of the Sec11 retary described in such section $375,000 for the pe12 riod of October 1, 2003, through March 31, 2004. 

13 ‘‘(2) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Funds made 

14 available by this subsection shall be available for ob15 ligation in the same manner as if the funds were ap16 portioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States 

17 Code, and shall be subject to a limitation on obliga18 tions for Federal-aid highways and highway safety 

19 construction programs.’’. 

20 (j) RAILWAY-HIGHWAY CROSSING HAZARD ELIMI21 NATION IN HIGH SPEED RAIL CORRIDORS.—Section 1101 

22 of such Act is further amended by adding at the end the 

23 following: 

24 ‘‘(j) RAILWAY-HIGHWAY CROSSING HAZARD ELIMI25 NATION IN HIGH SPEED RAIL CORRIDORS.—
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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In lieu of the amount to be 

2 deducted under section 104(d)(2) of title 23, United 

3 States Code, there shall be available from the High4 way Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Ac5 count) to the Secretary for elimination of hazards 

6 of railway-highway crossings in accordance with such 

7 section $2,625,000 for the period of October 1, 

8 2003, through March 31, 2004; except that not less 

9 than $125,000 instead of $250,000 shall be avail10 able for the period of October 1, 2003, through 

11 March 31, 2004, for eligible improvements described 

12 in subparagraph (E) of such section. 

13 ‘‘(2) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Funds made 

14 available by this subsection shall be available for ob15 ligation in the same manner as if the funds were ap16 portioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States 

17 Code, and shall be subject to a limitation on obliga18 tions for Federal-aid highways and highway safety 

19 construction programs.’’. 

20 (k) NONDISCRIMINATION.—Section 1101 of such Act 

21 is further amended by adding at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(k) NONDISCRIMINATION.—

23 ‘‘(1) SKILLS TRAINING.—In lieu of the amount 

24 to be deducted under section 140(b) of title 23, 

25 United States Code, there shall be available from the 
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1 Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 

2 Account) to the Secretary for the administration of 

3 such section $5,000,000 for the period of October 1, 

4 2003, through March 31, 2004. 

5 ‘‘(2) ON-THE-JOB TRAINING.—In lieu of the 

6 amount to be deducted under section 140(c) of title 

7 23, United States Code, there shall be available from 

8 the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass 

9 Transit Account) to the Secretary for the adminis10 tration of such section $5,000,000 for the period of 

11 October 1, 2003, through March 31, 2004. 

12 ‘‘(3) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Funds made 

13 available by this subsection shall be available for ob14 ligation in the same manner as if the funds were ap15 portioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States 

16 Code, and shall be subject to a limitation on obliga17 tions for Federal-aid highways and highway safety 

18 construction programs; except that funds made 

19 available by paragraph (1) shall remain available 

20 until expended.’’. 

21 (l) ADMINISTRATION OF FUNDS.—Funds authorized 

22 by the amendments made by this section shall be adminis23 tered as if the funds had been apportioned, allocated, de24 ducted, or set aside, as the case may be, under title 23, 

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1 tions 104(a)(1)(A) and 104(a)(1)(B) of such title shall not 

2 apply to funds made available by the amendment made 

3 by subsection (a)(1) of this section. 

4 (m) REDUCTION OF ALLOCATED PROGRAMS.—The 

5 Secretary of Transportation shall reduce the amount that 

6 would be made available, but for this section, for fiscal 

7 year 2004 for allocation under a program, that is contin8 ued both by a law reauthorizing such program enacted 

9 after the date of enactment of this Act and by this section, 

10 by the amount made available for such program by this 

11 section. 

12 (n) PROGRAM CATEGORY RECONCILIATION.—The 

13 Secretary may establish procedures under which funds al14 located under this section for fiscal year 2004 for a pro15 gram category for which funds are not authorized for fis16 cal year 2004 under a multiyear law reauthorizing the 

17 Federal-aid highway program enacted after the date of en18 actment of this Act may be restored to the Federal-aid 

19 highway program.

20 SEC. 6. EXTENSION OF HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAMS. 

21 (a) CHAPTER 1 HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAMS.—

22 (1) SEAT BELT SAFETY INCENTIVE GRANTS.—

23 Section 157 of title 23, United States Code, is 

24 amended—
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1 (A) in subsection (a)(3) by striking 

2 ‘‘2001’’ and inserting ‘‘2002’’; 

3 (B) in subsection (a)(8)(B) by striking 

4 ‘‘2001’’ and inserting ‘‘2002’’; 

5 (C) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘2002’’ 

6 and inserting ‘‘2003’’; 

7 (D) in subsection (c)(1) by striking 

8 ‘‘2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2003’’; 

9 (E) in subsection (c)(2) by striking 

10 ‘‘2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2003’’; 

11 (F) in subsection (f)(4) by striking ‘‘2002’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘2003’’; 

13 (G) in subsection (g)(1)—

14 (i) by striking ‘‘and’’; and 

15 (ii) by inserting before the period at 

16 the end the following: ‘‘, and $56,000,000 

17 for the period of October 1, 2003, through 

18 March 31, 2004’’; 

19 (H) in the heading to subsection (g)(3)(B) 

20 by striking ‘‘2003’’ and inserting ‘‘2004’’; and 

21 (I) in subsection (g)(3)(B) by striking 

22 ‘‘2003’’ and inserting ‘‘2004’’. 

23 (2) PREVENTION OF INTOXICATED DRIVER IN24 CENTIVE GRANTS.—Section 163(e)(1) of such title is 

25 amended—
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1 (A) by striking ‘‘and’’; and

2 (B) by inserting before the period at the 

3 end the following: ‘‘, and $60,000,000 for the 

4 period of October 1, 2003, through March 31, 

5 2004’’. 

6 (b) CHAPTER 4 HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAMS.—Sec7 tion 2009(a)(1) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 

8 21st Century (112 Stat. 337) is amended—

9 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’; and 

10 (2) by inserting before the period at the end the 

11 following: ‘‘, and $82,500,000 for the period of Oc12 tober 1, 2003, through March 31, 2004’’. 

13 (c) HIGHWAY SAFETY RESEARCH AND DEVELOP14 MENT.—Section 2009(a)(2) of such Act (112 Stat. 337) 

15 is amended by inserting after ‘‘2003’’ the following: ‘‘, and 

16 $36,000,000 for the period of October 1, 2003, through 

17 March 31, 2004’’. 

18 (d) OCCUPANT PROTECTION INCENTIVE GRANTS.—

19 Section 2009(a)(3) of such Act (112 Stat. 337) is amend20 ed—

21 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’; and 

22 (2) by inserting before the period at the end the 

23 following: ‘‘, and $10,000,000 for the period of Oc24 tober 1, 2003, through March 31, 2004’’. 
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1 (e) ALCOHOL-IMPAIRED DRIVING COUNTER2 MEASURES INCENTIVE GRANTS.—

3 (1) EXTENSION OF PROGRAM.—Section 410 of 

4 title 23, United States Code, is amended—

5 (A) in subsection (a)(3) by striking ‘‘6’’ 

6 and inserting ‘‘7’’; and 

7 (B) in subsection (a)(4)(C) by striking 

8 ‘‘and sixth’’ and inserting ‘‘, sixth, and sev9 enth’’; and 

10 (2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

11 Section 2009(a)(4) of such Act (112 Stat. 337) is 

12 amended—

13 (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ the last place it ap14 pears; and 

15 (B) by inserting before the period at the 

16 end the following: ‘‘, and $20,000,000 for the 

17 period of October 1, 2003, through March 31, 

18 2004’’. 

19 (f) NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER.—Section 

20 2009(a)(6) of such Act (112 Stat. 338) is amended by 

21 inserting after ‘‘2003’’ the following: ‘‘, and $1,000,000 

22 for the period of October 1, 2003, through March 31, 

23 2004’’. 

24 (g) ALLOCATIONS.—Section 2009(b) of such Act 

25 (112 Stat. 338) is amended—
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1 (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘2003’’ and in2 serting ‘‘2004’’; and 

3 (2) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘2003’’ and in4 serting ‘‘2004’’. 

5 (h) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE 23.—Section 2009(c) 

6 of such Act (112 Stat. 338) is amended by striking 

7 ‘‘2003’’ and inserting ‘‘2004’’. 

8 SEC. 7. EXTENSION OF MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY PROGRAM. 

9 (a) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—There shall be available 

11 from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass 

12 Transit Account) for the Secretary of Transpor13 tation to pay administrative expenses of the Federal 

14 Motor Carrier Safety Administration $85,785,000 

15 for the period of October 1, 2003, through March 

16 31, 2004. 

17 (2) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds authorized by this 

18 subsection may be used for personnel costs; adminis19 trative infrastructure; rent; information technology; 

20 and programs for research and technology, regu21 latory development, and other operating expenses 

22 and similar matters. 

23 (b) MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ASSISTANCE PRO24 GRAM.—Section 31104(a) of title 49, United States Code, 

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1 ‘‘(7) Not more than $82,500,000 for the period 

2 of October 1, 2003, through March 31, 2004.’’. 

3 (c) INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND COMMERCIAL DRIV4 ER’S LICENSE GRANTS.—

5 (1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION.—Sec6 tion 31107(a) of such title is amended—

7 (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para8 graph (2); 

9 (B) by striking the period at the end of 

10 paragraph (3) and inserting a semicolon; 

11 (C) by striking the period at the end of 

12 paragraph (4) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

13 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(5) $10,000,000 for the period of October 1, 

15 2003 through March 31, 2004.’’. 

16 (2) EMERGENCY CDL GRANTS.—From amounts 

17 made available by section 31107(a) of title 49, 

18 United States Code, for the period of October 1, 

19 2003 through March 31, 2004, the Secretary of 

20 Transportation may make grants of up to $500,000 

21 to a State whose commercial driver’s license pro22 gram may fail to meet the compliance requirements 

23 of section 31311(a) of such title. 

24 (d) CRASH CAUSATION STUDY.—There shall be avail25 able from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass 
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1 Transit Account) for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

2 Administration to continue the crash causation study re3 quired by section 224 of the Motor Carrier Safety Im4 provement Act of 1999 (49 U.S.C. 31100 note; 113 Stat. 

5 1770–1771), $500,000 for the period of October 1, 2003 

6 through March 31, 2004. 

7 (e) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Funds made available 

8 by this section shall be available for obligation in the same 

9 manner as if such funds were apportioned under chapter 

10 1 of title 23, United States Code.

11 SEC. 8. EXTENSION OF FEDERAL TRANSIT PROGRAMS. 

12 (a) ALLOCATING AMOUNTS.—Section 5309(m) of 

13 title 49, United States Code, is amended—

14 (1) in paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘and for the 

15 period of October 1, 2003, through March 31, 

16 2004’’ after ‘‘2003’’; 

17 (2) in paragraph (2)(B) by inserting after 

18 clause (ii) the following: 

19 ‘‘(iii) OCTOBER 1, 2003 THROUGH

20 MARCH 31, 2004.—Of the amounts made 

21 available under paragraph (1)(B), 

22 $5,200,000 shall be available for the period 

23 of October 1, 2003, through March 31, 

24 2004, for capital projects described in 

25 clause (i).’’; 
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1 (3) in paragraph (3)(B) by inserting after 

2 ‘‘2003’’ the following: ‘‘(and $1,500,000 shall be 

3 available for the period October 1, 2003, through 

4 March 31, 2004)’’; and 

5 (4) in paragraph (3)(C) by inserting after 

6 ‘‘2003’’ the following: ‘‘(and $25,000,000 shall be 

7 available for the period October 1, 2003, through 

8 March 31, 2004)’’. 

9 (b) APPORTIONMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR

10 FIXED GUIDEWAY MODERNIZATION.—

11 (1) SPECIAL RULE FOR OCTOBER 1, 2003

12 THROUGH MARCH 31, 2004.—The Secretary of Trans13 portation shall determine the amount that each ur14 banized area is to be apportioned for fixed guideway 

15 modernization under section 5337 of title 49, United 

16 States Code, on a prorata basis to reflect the partial 

17 fiscal year 2004 funding made available by sections 

18 5338(b)(2)(A)(vi) and 5338(b)(2)(B)(vi) of such 

19 title. 

20 (2) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 5337 of 

21 such title is amended by striking the first subsection 

22 (e), relating to special rule. 

23 (c) FORMULA GRANTS AUTHORIZATIONS.—Section 

24 5338(a) of such title is amended—
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1 (1) in the heading to paragraph (2) by inserting 

2 ‘‘AND FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1, 2003, 

3 THROUGH MARCH 31, 2004’’ after ‘‘2003’’; 

4 (2) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraphs 

5 (2)(A)(iv) and (2)(B)(iv);

6 (3) by striking the period at the end of para7 graphs (2)(A)(v) and (2)(B)(v) and inserting ‘‘; 

8 and’’; 

9 (4) by adding at the end of paragraph (2)(A) 

10 the following: 

11 ‘‘(vi) $1,551,538,000 for the period of 

12 October 1, 2003, through March 31, 

13 2004.’’; 

14 (5) by adding at the end in paragraph (2)(B) 

15 the following: 

16 ‘‘(vi) $388,151,000 for the period of 

17 October 1, 2003, through March 31, 

18 2004.’’; and 

19 (6) in paragraph (2)(C) by inserting after ‘‘a 

20 fiscal year’’ the following: ‘‘(other than for the pe21 riod of October 1, 2003, through March 31, 2004)’’. 

22 (d) ALLOCATION OF FORMULA GRANT FUNDS FOR

23 OCTOBER 1, 2003, THROUGH MARCH 31, 2004.—Of the 

24 aggregate of amounts made available by and appropriated 

25 under section 5338(a)(2) of title 49, United States Code, 
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1 for the period of October 1, 2003, through March 31, 

2 2004—

3 (1) $2,424,975 shall be available to the Alaska 

4 Railroad for improvements to its passenger oper5 ations under section 5307 of such title; 

6 (2) $25,000,000 shall be available to carry out 

7 section 5308 of such title; and 

8 (3) of the remaining amount—

9 (A) 2.4 percent shall be available to pro10 vide transportation services to elderly individ11 uals and individuals with disabilities under sec12 tion 5310 of such title; 

13 (B) 6.37 percent shall be available to pro14 vide financial assistance for other than urban15 ized areas under section 5311 of such title; and 

16 (C) 91.23 percent shall be available to pro17 vide financial assistance for urbanized areas 

18 under section 5307 of such title. 

19 (e) CAPITAL PROGRAM AUTHORIZATIONS.—Section 

20 5338(b) of such title is amended—

21 (1) in the heading to paragraph (2) by inserting 

22 ‘‘AND FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1, 2003, 

23 THROUGH MARCH 31, 2004’’ after ‘‘2003’’; 

24 (2) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraphs 

25 (2)(A)(iv) and (2)(B)(iv); 
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1 (3) by striking the period at the end of para2 graphs (2)(A)(v) and (2)(B)(v) and inserting ‘‘; 

3 and’’; 

4 (4) by adding at the end of paragraph (2)(A) 

5 the following: 

6 ‘‘(vi) $1,227,004,000 for the period of 

7 October 1, 2003, through March 31, 

8 2004.’’; and 

9 (5) by adding at the end of paragraph (2)(B) 

10 the following: 

11 ‘‘(vi) $306,962,000 for the period of 

12 October 1, 2003, through March 31, 

13 2004.’’. 

14 (f) PLANNING AUTHORIZATIONS AND ALLOCA15 TIONS.—Section 5338(c) is amended—

16 (1) in the heading to paragraph (2) by inserting 

17 ‘‘AND FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1, 2003, 

18 THROUGH MARCH 31, 2004’’ after ‘‘2003’’; 

19 (2) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraphs 

20 (2)(A)(iv) and (2)(B)(iv); 

21 (3) by striking the period at the end of para22 graphs (2)(A)(v) and (2)(B)(v) and inserting ‘‘; 

23 and’’; 

24 (4) by adding at the end of paragraph (2)(A) 

25 the following: 
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1 ‘‘(vi) $29,564,000 for the period of 

2 October 1, 2003, through March 31, 

3 2004.’’; 

4 (5) by adding at the end of paragraph (2)(B) 

5 the following: 

6 ‘‘(vi) $7,320,000 for the period of Oc7 tober 1, 2003, through March 31, 2004.’’; 

8 and 

9 (6) in paragraph (2)(C) by inserting ‘‘or any 

10 portion of a fiscal year’’ after ‘‘fiscal year’’. 

11 (g) RESEARCH AUTHORIZATIONS.—Section 5338(d) 

12 of such title is amended—

13 (1) in the heading to paragraph (2) by inserting 

14 ‘‘AND FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1, 2003, 

15 THROUGH MARCH 31, 2004’’ after ‘‘2003’’; 

16 (2) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraphs 

17 (2)(A)(iv) and (2)(B)(iv); 

18 (3) by striking the period at the end of para19 graphs (2)(A)(v) and (2)(B)(v) and inserting ‘‘; 

20 and’’; 

21 (4) by adding at the end of paragraph (2)(A) 

22 the following: 

23 ‘‘(vi) $19,844,000 for the period of 

24 October 1, 2003, through March 31, 

25 2004.’’; 
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1 (5) by adding at the end of paragraph (2)(B) 

2 the following: 

3 ‘‘(vi) $4,914,000 for the period of Oc4 tober 1, 2003, through March 31, 2004.’’; 

5 and 

6 (6) in paragraph (2)(C) by inserting after ‘‘a 

7 fiscal year’’ the following: ‘‘(other than for the pe8 riod of October 1, 2003, through March 31, 2004)’’. 

9 (h) ALLOCATION OF RESEARCH FUNDS FOR OCTO10 BER 1, 2003, THROUGH MARCH 31, 2004.—Of the funds 

11 made available by or appropriated under section 

12 5338(d)(2) of title 49, United States Code, for the period 

13 of October 1, 2003, through March 31, 2004—

14 (1) not less than $2,625,000 shall be available 

15 for providing rural transportation assistance under 

16 section 5311(b)(2) of such title; 

17 (2) not less than $4,125,000 shall be available 

18 for carrying out transit cooperative research pro19 grams under section 5313(a) of such title; 

20 (3) not less than $2,000,000 shall be available 

21 to carry out programs under the National Transit 

22 Institute under section 5315 of such title, including 

23 not more than $500,000 shall be available to carry 

24 out section 5315(a)(16) of such title; and 
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1 (4) the remainder shall be available for carrying 

2 out national planning and research programs under 

3 sections 5311(b)(2), 5312, 5313(a), 5314, and 5322 

4 of such title. 

5 (i) UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH AU6 THORIZATIONS.—Section 5338(e) of such title is amend7 ed—

8 (1) in the heading to paragraph (2) by inserting 

9 ‘‘AND FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1, 2003, 

10 THROUGH MARCH 31, 2004’’ after ‘‘2003’’; 

11 (2) in paragraph (2)(A) by inserting after 

12 ‘‘2003’’ the following: ‘‘and $2,425,000 for the pe13 riod of October 1, 2003, through March 31, 2004’’; 

14 (3) in paragraph (2)(B) by inserting after 

15 ‘‘2003’’ the following: ‘‘and $607,000 for the period 

16 of October 1, 2003, through March 31, 2004’’; and 

17 (4) in clauses (i) and (iii) of paragraph (2)(C) 

18 by inserting after ‘‘fiscal year’’ the following: ‘‘(other 

19 than for the period of October 1, 2003, through 

20 March 31, 2004)’’. 

21 (j) ALLOCATION OF UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION

22 RESEARCH FUNDS.—

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts made avail24 able under section 5338(e)(2)(A) of title 49, United
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1 States Code, for the period October 1, 2003, 

2 through March 31, 2004—

3 (A) $1,000,000 shall be available for the 

4 center identified in section 5505(j)(4)(A) of 

5 such title; and 

6 (B) $1,000,000 shall be available for the 

7 center identified in section 5505(j)(4)(F) of 

8 such title. 

9 (2) TRAINING AND CURRICULUM DEVELOP10 MENT.—Notwithstanding section 5338(e)(2) of such 

11 title, any amounts made available under such section 

12 for such period that remain after distribution under 

13 paragraph (1), shall be available for the purposes 

14 identified in section 3015(d) of the Transportation 

15 Equity Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 857). 

16 (3) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

17 3015(d)(2) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 

18 21st Century (112 Stat. 857) is amended by insert19 ing ‘‘and in the period October 31, 2003, through 

20 March 31, 2004’’ after ‘‘2003’’. 

21 (k) ADMINISTRATION AUTHORIZATIONS.—Section 

22 5338(f) of such title is amended—

23 (1) in the heading to paragraph (2) by inserting 

24 ‘‘AND FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1, 2003, 

25 THROUGH MARCH 31, 2004’’ after ‘‘2003’’; 
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1 (2) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraphs 

2 (2)(A)(iv) and (2)(B)(iv); 

3 (3) by striking the period at the end of para4 graphs (2)(A)(v) and (2)(B)(v) and inserting ‘‘; 

5 and’’; 

6 (4) by adding at the end of paragraph (2)(A) 

7 the following: 

8 ‘‘(vi) $29,503,000 for the period of 

9 October 1, 2003, through March 31, 

10 2004.’’; and 

11 (5) by adding at the end of paragraph (2)(B) 

12 the following: 

13 ‘‘(vi) $7,381,000 for the period of Oc14 tober 1, 2003, through March 31, 2004.’’. 

15 (l) JOB ACCESS AND REVERSE COMMUTE PRO16 GRAM.—Section 3037(l) of the Transportation Equity Act 

17 for the 21st Century (49 U.S.C. 5309 note; 112 Stat. 

18 391–392) is amended—

19 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraphs 

20 (1)(A)(iv) and (1)(B)(iv); 

21 (2) by striking the period at the end of para22 graphs (1)(A)(v) and (1)(B)(v) and inserting ‘‘; 

23 and’’; 

24 (3) by adding at the end of paragraph (1)(A) 

25 the following: 
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1 ‘‘(vi) $60,623,000 for the period of 

2 October 1, 2003, through March 31, 

3 2004.’’; 

4 (4) by adding at the end of paragraph (1)(B) 

5 the following: 

6 ‘‘(vi) $15,166,000 for the period of 

7 October 1, 2003, through March 31, 

8 2004.’’; and 

9 (5) by inserting before the period at the end of 

10 paragraph (2) the following: ‘‘; except that in the pe11 riod of October 1, 2003, through March 31, 2004, 

12 $5,000,000 shall be used for such projects’’. 

13 (m) RURAL TRANSPORTATION ACCESSIBILITY IN14 CENTIVE PROGRAM.—Section 3038(g) of such Act (49 

15 U.S.C. 5310 note; 112 Stat. 393) is amended—

16 (1) by adding at the end of paragraph (1) the 

17 following: 

18 ‘‘(F) $2,625,000 for the period of October 

19 1, 2003, through March 31, 2004.’’; and 

20 (2) in paragraph (2) by inserting after ‘‘2003’’ 

21 the following: ‘‘(and $850,000 shall be available for 

22 the period of October 1, 2003, through March 31, 

23 2004)’’. 

24 (n) URBANIZED AREA FORMULA GRANTS.—Section 

25 5307(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—
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1 (1) in the heading to paragraph (2) by inserting 

2 ‘‘AND FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1, 2003, 

3 THROUGH MARCH 31, 2004’’ after ‘‘2003’’; 

4 (2) in paragraph (2)(A)—

5 (A) by inserting ‘‘and for the period of Oc6 tober 1, 2003, through March 31, 2004’’ after 

7 ‘‘2003,’’; 

8 (B) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause 

9 (ii); 

10 (C) by striking the period at the end of 

11 clause (iii) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

12 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(iv) a portion of the area was not 

14 designated as an urbanized area as deter15 mined under the 1990 Federal decennial 

16 census and received assistance under sec17 tion 5311 in fiscal year 2002.’’; 

18 (3) by adding at the end of paragraph (2)(B) 

19 the following: ‘‘Each portion of an area not des20 ignated as an urbanized area under the 1990 Fed21 eral decennial census and eligible to receive funds 

22 under subparagraph (A)(iv) shall receive an amount 

23 of funds made available to carry out this section 

24 that is no less than the amount the portion of the
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1 area received under section 5311 in fiscal year 

2 2002.’’. 

3 (o) OBLIGATION CEILING.—Section 3040 of the 

4 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112 

5 Stat. 394) is amended—

6 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 

7 (4); 

8 (2) by striking the period at the end of para9 graph (5) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

10 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(6) $3,651,000,000 for the period of October 

12 1, 2003, through March 31, 2004.’’. 

13 (p) FUEL CELL BUS AND BUS FACILITIES PRO14 GRAM.—Section 3015(b) of such Act (112 Stat. 361) is 

15 amended by inserting ‘‘(or, in the case of the period of 

16 October 1, 2003, through March 31, 2004, $2,425,000)’’ 

17 after ‘‘$4,850,000’’. 

18 (q) ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY PILOT PROJECT.—Sec19 tion 3015(c)(2) of such Act (49 U.S.C. 322 note; 112 

20 Stat. 361) is amended—

21 (1) by inserting ‘‘and for the period of October 

22 1, 2003, through March 31, 2004, after ‘‘2003,’’; 

23 and 

24 (2) by inserting ‘‘and $2,500,000 for such pe25 riod’’ after ‘‘$5,000,000 per fiscal year’’. 
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1 (r) PROJECTS FOR NEW FIXED GUIDEWAY SYSTEMS

2 AND EXTENSIONS TO EXISTING SYSTEMS.—Subsections 

3 (a), (b), and (c)(1) of section 3030 of such Act (112 Stat. 

4 373–381) are amended by inserting ‘‘and for the period 

5 of October 1, 2003, through March 31, 2004,’’ after 

6 ‘‘2003’’. 

7 (s) NEW JERSEY URBAN CORE PROJECT.—Subpara8 graphs (A), (B), and (C) of section 3031(a)(3) of the 

9 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 

10 (105 Stat. 2122; 112 Stat. 379) are amended by inserting 

11 ‘‘and for the period of October 1, 2003, through March 

12 31, 2004,’’ after ‘‘2003,’’. 

13 (t) TREATMENT OF FUNDS.—Amounts made avail14 able under the amendments made by this section shall be 

15 treated for purposes of section 1101(b) of the Transpor16 tation Equity Act for the 21st Century (23 U.S.C. 101 

17 note) as amounts made available for programs under title 

18 III of such Act.

19 SEC. 9. SPORT FISHING AND BOATING SAFETY. 

20 (a) FUNDING FOR NATIONAL OUTREACH AND COM21 MUNICATIONS PROGRAM.—Section 4(c) of the Dingell22 Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777c(c)) 

23 is amended—

24 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 

25 (4); 
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1 (2) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at 

2 the end of paragraph (5); and 

3 (3) by inserting after paragraph (5) the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(6) $5,000,000 for the period of October 1, 

6 2003, through March 31, 2004;’’. 

7 (b) CLEAN VESSEL ACT FUNDING.—Section 4(b) of 

8 such Act (16 U.S.C. 777c(b)) is amended: 

9 (1) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para10 graph (5); 

11 (2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol12 lowing: 

13 ‘‘(4) FIRST HALF OF FISCAL YEAR 2004.—For 

14 the period of October 1, 2003, through March 31, 

15 2004, of the balance of each annual appropriation 

16 remaining after making the distribution under sub17 section (a), an amount equal to $41,000,000, re18 duced by 82 percent of the amount appropriated for 

19 that fiscal year from the Boat Safety Account of the 

20 Aquatic Resources Trust Fund established by sec21 tion 9504 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 

22 carry out the purposes of section 13106(a) of title 

23 46, United States Code, shall be used as follows: 

24 ‘‘(A) $5,000,000 shall be available to the 

25 Secretary of the Interior for 3 fiscal years for 
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1 obligation for qualified projects under section 

2 5604(c) of the Clean Vessel Act of 1992 (33 

3 U.S.C. 1322 note). 

4 ‘‘(B) $4,000,000 shall be available to the 

5 Secretary of the Interior for 3 fiscal years for 

6 obligation for qualified projects under section 

7 7404(d) of the Sportfishing and Boating Safety 

8 Act of 1998 (16 U.S.C. 777g–1(d)). 

9 ‘‘(C) The balance remaining after the ap10 plication of subparagraphs (A) and (B) shall be 

11 transferred to the Secretary of Transportation 

12 and shall be expended for State recreational 

13 boating safety programs under section 13106 of 

14 title 46, United States Code.’’. 

15 (c) BOAT SAFETY FUNDS.—Section 13106(c) of title 

16 46, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

17 ‘‘(c) Of the amount transferred to the Secretary of 

18 Transportation under paragraph (4) of section 4(b) of the 

19 Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 

20 777c(b)), $2,500,000 is available to the Secretary for pay21 ment of expenses of the Coast Guard for personnel and 

22 activities directly related to coordinating and carrying out 

23 the national recreational boating safety program under 

24 this title, of which $1,000,000 shall be available to the 

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1 this title. No funds available to the Secretary under this 

2 subsection may be used to replace funding traditionally 

3 provided through general appropriations, nor for any pur4 poses except those purposes authorized by this section. 

5 Amounts made available by this subsection shall remain 

6 available until expended. The Secretary shall publish an7 nually in the Federal Register a detailed accounting of the 

8 projects, programs, and activities funded under this sub9 section.’’.

10 SEC. 10. BUDGET LIMITATIONS. 

11 (a) ADJUSTMENTS TO ANNUALIZED DISCRETIONARY

12 SPENDING LIMITS.—In the matter that precedes subpara13 graph (A) of section 251(b)(2) of the Balanced Budget 

14 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, strike 

15 ‘‘through 2002’’. 

16 (b) DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.—Section 

17 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 

18 Control Act of 1985 is amended as follows: 

19 (1) Strike paragraphs (1) through (7) and re20 designate paragraph (8) (which relates to fiscal year 

21 2004) as paragraph (1) and in such redesignated 

22 paragraph strike ‘‘(1) with respect to fiscal year 

23 2004’’, redesignate the remaining matter as sub24 paragraph (C), and before such redesignated matter 

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1 ‘‘(1) with respect to fiscal year 2004—

2 ‘‘(A) for the highway category: 

3 $31,834,000,000 in outlays; 

4 ‘‘(B) for the mass transit category: 

5 $1,462,000,000 in new budget authority and 

6 $6,629,000,000 in outlays; and’’. 

7 (2) Redesignate paragraphs (9) through (16) as 

8 paragraphs (2) through (9). 

9 (c) CATEGORY DEFINED.—Section 250(c)(4) of the 

10 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

11 1985 is amended—

12 (1) in subparagraph (B) by inserting after 

13 ‘‘Century’’ the following: ‘‘and the Surface Trans14 portation Extension Act of 2003’’; and 

15 (2) in subparagraph (C)—

16 (A) by inserting after ‘‘Century’’ the first 

17 place it appears the following: ‘‘and the Surface 

18 Transportation Extension Act of 2003’’; and 

19 (B) by striking ‘‘that Act’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘those Acts’’. 

21 (d) CONFORMANCE WITH THE CONCURRENT RESO22 LUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004.—Not23 withstanding any other provision of law, all adjustments 

24 made pursuant to section 110(a)(2) of title 23, United 

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1 the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 

2 Account) to carry out each of the Federal-aid highway and 

3 highway safety construction programs (other than emer4 gency relief) in fiscal year 2004 shall be deemed to be zero. 

5 (e) SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ADJUSTMENT TO ALIGN

6 HIGHWAY SPENDING WITH REVENUES.—It is the sense 

7 of Congress that, in any multiyear reauthorization of the 

8 Federal-aid highway program, the alignment of highway 

9 spending with revenues under section 251(b)(1)(B)(ii) of 

10 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

11 of 1985 should be restructured to minimize year-to-year 

12 fluctuations in highway spending levels and to ensure the 

13 uniform enforcement of such levels. 

14 SEC. 11. LEVEL OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS. 

15 (a) HIGHWAY CATEGORY.—Section 8103(a) of the 

16 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (2 U.S.C. 

17 901 note; 112 Stat. 492) is amended—

18 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 

19 (4); 

20 (2) by striking the period at the end of para21 graph (5) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

22 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

23 ‘‘(6) for fiscal year 2004, $34,498,000,000.’’. 

24 (b) MASS TRANSIT CATEGORY.—Section 8103(b) of 

25 such Act (2 U.S.C. 901 note; 112 Stat. 492) is amended—
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 

2 (4); 

3 (2) by striking the period at the end of para4 graph (5) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

5 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(6) for fiscal year 2004, $7,303,000,000.’’. 

7 (c) TREATMENT OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding any 

8 other provision of law, funds made available under this 

9 Act, including the amendments made by this Act, shall 

10 be deemed to be zero for the purposes of section 110 of 

11 the title 23, United States Code. 

12 SEC. 12. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF 

13 TRUST FUNDS FOR OBLIGATIONS UNDER TEA 

14 21. 

15 (a) HIGHWAY TRUST FUND.—

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 

17 9503(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 

18 amended—

19 (A) in the matter before subparagraph (A), 

20 by striking ‘‘October 1, 2003’’ and inserting 

21 ‘‘July 1, 2004’’, and 

22 (B) in the matter after subparagraph (E), 

23 by striking ‘‘TEA 21 Restoration Act’’ and in24 serting ‘‘Surface Transportation Extension Act 

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1 (2) MASS TRANSIT ACCOUNT.—Paragraph (3) 

2 of section 9503(e) of such Code is amended—

3 (A) in the matter before subparagraph (A), 

4 by striking ‘‘October 1, 2003’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘July 1, 2004’’, and 

6 (B) in the matter after subparagraph (C), 

7 by striking ‘‘TEA 21 Restoration Act’’ and in8 serting ‘‘Surface Transportation Extension Act 

9 of 2003’’. 

10 (3) EXCEPTION TO LIMITATION ON TRANS11 FERS.—Subparagraph (B) of section 9503(b)(5) of 

12 such Code is amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 

13 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘July 1, 2004’’. 

14 (b) AQUATIC RESOURCES TRUST FUND.—

15 (1) SPORT FISH RESTORATION ACCOUNT.—Sub16 paragraphs (B) and (C) of section 9504(b)(2) of the 

17 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 are each amended by 

18 striking ‘‘TEA 21 Restoration Act’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2003’’. 

20 (2) BOAT SAFETY ACCOUNT.—Subsection (c) of 

21 section 9504 of such Code is amended—

22 (A) by striking ‘‘October 1, 2003’’ and in23 serting ‘‘July 1, 2004’’, and 
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1 (B) by striking ‘‘TEA 21 Restoration Act’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘Surface Transportation Exten3 sion Act of 2003’’. 

4 (3) EXCEPTION TO LIMITATION ON TRANS5 FERS.—Paragraph (2) of section 9504(d) of such 

6 Code is amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 2003’’ and 

7 inserting ‘‘July 1, 2004’’. 

8 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

9 this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment 

10 of this Act. 

11 (d) TEMPORARY RULE REGARDING ADJUST12 MENTS.—During the period beginning on the date of the 

13 enactment of this Act and ending on March 31, 2004, for 

14 purposes of making any estimate under section 9503(d) 

15 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 of receipts of the 

16 Highway Trust Fund, the Secretary of the Treasury shall 

17 treat—

18 (1) each expiring provision of section 9503(b) 

19 of such Code which is related to appropriations or 

20 transfers to such Fund to have been extended 

21 through the end of the 24-month period referred to 

22 in section 9503(d)(1)(B) of such Code, and 

23 (2) with respect to each tax imposed under the 

24 sections referred to in section 9503(b)(1) of such 

25 Code, the rate of such tax during the 24-month pe-
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1 riod referred to in section 9503(d)(1)(B) of such 

2 Code to be the same as the rate of such tax as in 

3 effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

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