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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 5394

Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related

agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other

purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

OCTOBER 5, 2000

Mr. WOLF introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee

on Appropriations

A BILL

Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation

and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September

30, 2001, 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, 2001, and for other

7 purposes, namely:
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1 TITLE I

2 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

3 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary,

6 $63,245,000: Provided, That not more than 52 percent

7 of the funds made available under this heading shall be

8 obligated and not more than 224 full time equivalent staff

9 years funded through the end of the second quarter of fis10 cal year 2001: Provided further, That funds in excess of

11 52 percent and 224 full time equivalent staff years shall

12 be available only if the Secretary transmits a request to

13 the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations for

14 these additional funds: Provided further, That not to ex15 ceed $60,000 for allocation within the Department for of16 ficial reception and representation expenses as the Sec17 retary may determine: Provided further, That not more

18 than $15,000 of the official reception and representation

19 funds shall be available for obligation prior to January 20,

20 2001.

21 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights,

23 $8,140,000.
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1 TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND

2 DEVELOPMENT

3 For necessary expenses for conducting transportation

4 planning, research, systems development, development ac5 tivities, and making grants, to remain available until ex6 pended, $11,000,000.

7 TRANSPORTATION ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE CENTER

8 Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital

9 outlays of the Transportation Administrative Service Cen10 ter, not to exceed $126,887,000, shall be paid from appro11 priations made available to the Department of Transpor12 tation: Provided, That such services shall be provided on

13 a competitive basis to entities within the Department of

14 Transportation: Provided further, That the above limita15 tion on operating expenses shall not apply to non-DOT

16 entities: Provided further, That no funds appropriated in

17 this Act to an agency of the Department shall be trans18 ferred to the Transportation Administrative Service Cen19 ter without the approval of the agency modal adminis20 trator: Provided further, That no assessments may be lev21 ied against any program, budget activity, subactivity or

22 project funded by this Act unless notice of such assess23 ments and the basis therefor are presented to the House

24 and Senate Committees on Appropriations and are ap25 proved by such Committees.
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1 MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM

2 For the cost of guaranteed loans, $1,500,000, as au3 thorized by 49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, in4 cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de5 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of

6 1974: Provided further, That these funds are available to

7 subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be

8 guaranteed, not to exceed $13,775,000. In addition, for

9 administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan

10 program, $400,000.

11 MINORITY BUSINESS OUTREACH

12 For necessary expenses of Minority Business Re13 source Center outreach activities, $3,000,000, of which

14 $2,635,000 shall remain available until September 30,

15 2002: Provided, That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 332,

16 these funds may be used for business opportunities related

17 to any mode of transportation.

18 COAST GUARD

19 OPERATING EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses for the operation and mainte21 nance of the Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for; pur22 chase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles for

23 replacement only; payments pursuant to section 156 of

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

25 and section 229(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
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1 429(b)); and recreation and welfare, $3,192,000,000, of

2 which $341,000,000 shall be available for defense-related

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

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

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

6 be available for pay for administrative expenses in connec7 tion with shipping commissioners in the United States:

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

9 Act shall be available for expenses incurred for yacht docu10 mentation under 46 U.S.C. 12109, except to the extent

11 fees are collected from yacht owners and credited to this

12 appropriation: Provided further, That none of the funds

13 in this Act shall be available for the Coast Guard to plan,

14 finalize, or implement any regulation that would promul15 gate new maritime user fees not specifically authorized by

16 law after the date of the enactment of this Act.

17 ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

18 For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction,

19 renovation, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore

20 facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related

21 thereto, $415,000,000, of which $20,000,000 shall be de22 rived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which

23 $156,450,000 shall be available to acquire, repair, ren24 ovate or improve vessels, small boats and related equip25 ment, to remain available until September 30, 2005;
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1 $37,650,000 shall be available to acquire new aircraft and

2 increase aviation capability, to remain available until Sep3 tember 30, 2003; $60,113,000 shall be available for other

4 equipment, to remain available until September 30, 2003;

5 $63,336,000 shall be available for shore facilities and aids

6 to navigation facilities, to remain available until Sep7 tember 30, 2003; $55,151,000 shall be available for per8 sonnel compensation and benefits and related costs, to re9 main available until September 30, 2002; and

10 $42,300,000 for the Integrated Deepwater Systems pro11 gram, to remain available until September 30, 2003: Pro12 vided, That the Commandant of the Coast Guard is au13 thorized to dispose of surplus real property, by sale or

14 lease, and the proceeds shall be credited to this appropria15 tion as offsetting collections and made available only for

16 the National Distress and Response System Moderniza17 tion program, to remain available for obligation until Sep18 tember 30, 2003: Provided further, That upon initial sub19 mission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2002 President’s

20 budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to

21 the Congress a comprehensive capital investment plan for

22 the United States Coast Guard which includes funding for

23 each budget line item for fiscal years 2002 through 2006,

24 with total funding for each year of the plan constrained

25 to the funding targets for those years as estimated and
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1 approved by the Office of Management and Budget: Pro2 vided further, That the amount herein appropriated shall

3 be reduced by $100,000 per day for each day after initial

4 submission of the President’s budget that the plan has not

5 been submitted to the Congress: Provided further, That

6 the Commandant shall transfer $5,800,000 to the City of

7 Homer, Alaska, for the construction of a municipal pier

8 and other harbor improvements, contingent upon the City

9 of Homer entering into an agreement with the United

10 States to accommodate Coast Guard vessels and to sup11 port Coast Guard operations at Homer, Alaska.

12 ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION

13 For necessary expenses to carry out the Coast

14 Guard’s environmental compliance and restoration func15 tions under chapter 19 of title 14, United States Code,

16 $16,700,000, to remain available until expended.

17 ALTERATION OF BRIDGES

18 For necessary expenses for alteration or removal of

19 obstructive bridges, $15,500,000, to remain available until

20 expended.

21 RETIRED PAY

22 For retired pay, including the payment of obligations

23 therefor otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for

24 this purpose, and payments under the Retired Service25 man’s Family Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, and
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1 for payments for medical care of retired personnel and

2 their dependents under the Dependents Medical Care Act

3 (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), $778,000,000.

4 RESERVE TRAINING

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For all necessary expenses of the Coast Guard Re7 serve, as authorized by law; maintenance and operation

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

9 $80,375,000: Provided, That no more than $22,000,000

10 of funds made available under this heading may be trans11 ferred to Coast Guard ‘‘Operating expenses’’ or otherwise

12 made available to reimburse the Coast Guard for financial

13 support of the Coast Guard Reserve: Provided further,

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

15 Coast Guard to assess direct charges on the Coast Guard

16 Reserves for items or activities which were not so charged

17 during fiscal year 1997.

18 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION

19 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

20 for applied scientific research, development, test, and eval21 uation; maintenance, rehabilitation, lease and operation of

22 facilities and equipment, as authorized by law,

23 $21,320,000, to remain available until expended, of which

24 $3,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability

25 Trust Fund: Provided, That there may be credited to and
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1 used for the purposes of this appropriation funds received

2 from State and local governments, other public authori3 ties, private sources, and foreign countries, for expenses

4 incurred for research, development, testing, and evalua5 tion.

6 FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

7 OPERATIONS

8 For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Ad9 ministration, not otherwise provided for, including oper10 ations and research activities related to commercial space

11 transportation, administrative expenses for research and

12 development, establishment of air navigation facilities, the

13 operation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft,

14 subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold

15 to the public, lease or purchase of passenger motor vehi16 cles for replacement only, in addition to amounts made

17 available by Public Law 104–264, $6,544,235,000, of

18 which $4,414,869,000 shall be derived from the Airport

19 and Airway Trust Fund, of which $5,200,274,000 shall

20 be available for air traffic services program activities;

21 $694,979,000 shall be available for aviation regulation

22 and certification program activities; $139,301,400 shall be

23 available for civil aviation security program activities;

24 $189,988,000 shall be available for research and acquisi25 tion program activities; $12,000,000 shall be available for
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1 commercial space transportation program activities;

2 $48,443,600 shall be available for Financial Services pro3 gram activities; $54,864,000 shall be available for Human

4 Resources program activities; $99,347,000 shall be avail5 able for Regional Coordination program activities; and

6 $105,038,000 shall be available for Staff Offices program

7 activities: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act

8 shall be available for the Federal Aviation Administration

9 to plan, finalize, or implement any regulation that would

10 promulgate new aviation user fees not specifically author11 ized by law after the date of the enactment of this Act:

12 Provided further, That there may be credited to this appro13 priation funds received from States, counties, municipali14 ties, foreign authorities, other public authorities, and pri15 vate sources, for expenses incurred in the provision of

16 agency services, including receipts for the maintenance

17 and operation of air navigation facilities, and for issuance,

18 renewal or modification of certificates, including airman,

19 aircraft, and repair station certificates, or for tests related

20 thereto, or for processing major repair or alteration forms:

21 Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under

22 this heading, not less than $5,000,000 shall be for the

23 contract tower cost-sharing program and not less than

24 $750,000 shall be for the Centennial of Flight Commis25 sion: Provided further, That funds may be used to enter
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1 into a grant agreement with a nonprofit standard-setting

2 organization to assist in the development of aviation safety

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

4 Act shall be available for new applicants for the second

5 career training program: Provided further, That none of

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

7 pay under 5 U.S.C. 5546(a) to any Federal Aviation Ad8 ministration employee unless such employee actually per9 formed work during the time corresponding to such pre10 mium pay: Provided further, That none of the funds in

11 this Act may be obligated or expended to operate a

12 manned auxiliary flight service station in the contiguous

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

14 in this Act may be used for the Federal Aviation Adminis15 tration to enter into a multiyear lease greater than 5 years

16 in length or greater than $100,000,000 in value unless

17 such lease is specifically authorized by the Congress and

18 appropriations have been provided to fully cover the Fed19 eral Government’s contingent liabilities: Provided further,

20 That none of the funds in this Act for aeronautical chart21 ing and cartography are available for activities conducted

22 by, or coordinated through, the Transportation Adminis23 trative Service Center.
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1 FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

2 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

3 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

4 for acquisition, establishment, and improvement by con5 tract or purchase, and hire of air navigation and experi6 mental facilities and equipment as authorized under part

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

8 initial acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; en9 gineering and service testing, including construction of

10 test facilities and acquisition of necessary sites by lease

11 or grant; and construction and furnishing of quarters and

12 related accommodations for officers and employees of the

13 Federal Aviation Administration stationed at remote local14 ities where such accommodations are not available; and

15 the purchase, lease, or transfer of aircraft from funds

16 available under this head; to be derived from the Airport

17 and Airway Trust Fund, $2,656,765,000, of which

18 $2,334,112,400 shall remain available until September 30,

19 2003, and of which $322,652,600 shall remain available

20 until September 30, 2001: Provided, That there may be

21 credited to this appropriation funds received from States,

22 counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and pri23 vate sources, for expenses incurred in the establishment

24 and modernization of air navigation facilities: Provided

25 further, That upon initial submission to the Congress of
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1 the fiscal year 2002 President’s budget, the Secretary of

2 Transportation shall transmit to the Congress a com3 prehensive capital investment plan for the Federal Avia4 tion Administration which includes funding for each budg5 et line item for fiscal years 2002 through 2006, with total

6 funding for each year of the plan constrained to the fund7 ing targets for those years as estimated and approved by

8 the Office of Management and Budget: Provided further,

9 That the amount herein appropriated shall be reduced by

10 $100,000 per day for each day after initial submission of

11 the President’s budget that the plan has not been sub12 mitted to the Congress: Provided further, That none of the

13 funds in this Act may be used for the Federal Aviation

14 Administration to enter into a capital lease agreement un15 less appropriations have been provided to fully cover the

16 Federal Government’s contingent liabilities at the time the

17 lease agreement is signed.

18 RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT

19 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

20 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

21 for research, engineering, and development, as authorized

22 under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States

23 Code, including construction of experimental facilities and

24 acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant,

25 $187,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway
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1 Trust Fund and to remain available until September 30,

2 2003: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro3 priation funds received from States, counties, municipali4 ties, other public authorities, and private sources, for ex5 penses incurred for research, engineering, and develop6 ment.

7 GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS

8 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

9 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

10 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

11 For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in12 aid for airport planning and development, and noise com13 patibility planning and programs as authorized under sub14 chapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475

15 of title 49, United States Code, and under other law au16 thorizing such obligations; for administration of such pro17 grams; for administration of programs under section

18 40117; for procurement, installation, and commissioning

19 of runway incursion prevention devices and systems at air20 ports; and for inspection activities and administration of

21 airport safety programs, including those related to airport

22 operating certificates under section 44706 of title 49,

23 United States Code, $3,200,000,000, to be derived from

24 the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to remain avail25 able until expended: Provided, That none of the funds

26 under this heading shall be available for the planning or
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1 execution of programs the obligations for which are in ex2 cess of $3,200,000,000 in fiscal year 2001, notwith3 standing section 47117(h) of title 49, United States Code:

4 Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi5 sion of law, not more than $53,000,000 of funds limited

6 under this heading shall be obligated for administration.

7 GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS

8 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

9 (RESCISSION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

10 Of the unobligated balances authorized under 49

11 U.S.C. 48103, as amended, $579,000,000 are rescinded.

12 AVIATION INSURANCE REVOLVING FUND

13 The Secretary of Transportation is hereby authorized

14 to make such expenditures and investments, within the

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

16 in accordance with section 104 of the Government Cor17 poration Control Act, as amended (31 U.S.C. 9104), as

18 may be necessary in carrying out the program for aviation

19 insurance activities under chapter 443 of title 49, United

20 States Code.

21 FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

22 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

23 Necessary expenses for administration and operation

24 of the Federal Highway Administration not to exceed

25 $295,119,000 shall be paid in accordance with law from

26 appropriations made available by this Act to the Federal
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1 Highway Administration together with advances and reim2 bursements received by the Federal Highway Administra3 tion: Provided, That of the funds available under section

4 104(a) of title 23, United States Code: $4,000,000 shall

5 be available for Commercial Remote Sensing Products and

6 Spatial Information Technologies under section 5113 of

7 Public Law 105–178, as amended; $10,000,000 shall be

8 available for the National Historic Covered Bridge Preser9 vation Program under section 1224 of Public Law 105–

10 178, as amended; $5,000,000 shall be available for the

11 construction and improvement of the Alabama State

12 Docks, and shall remain available until expended;

13 $10,000,000 shall be available to Auburn University for

14 research activities at the Center for Transportation Tech15 nology and to construct a building to house the center,

16 and shall remain available until expended; $7,500,000

17 shall be available for ‘‘Child Passenger Protection Edu18 cation Grants’’ under section 2003(b) of Public Law 105–

19 178, as amended; and $25,000,000 shall be available for

20 the Transportation and Community and System Preserva21 tion Program under section 1221 of Public Law 105–178,

22 as amended.
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1 FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

2 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

3 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

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

5 the implementation or execution of programs, the obliga6 tions for which are in excess of $29,661,806,000 for Fed7 eral-aid highways and highway safety construction pro8 grams for fiscal year 2001: Provided, That within the

9 $29,661,806,000 obligation limitation on Federal-aid

10 highways and highway safety construction programs, not

11 more than $437,250,000 shall be available for the imple12 mentation or execution of programs for transportation re13 search (sections 502, 503, 504, 506, 507, and 508 of title

14 23, United States Code, as amended; section 5505 of title

15 49, United States Code, as amended; and sections 5112

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

17 2001; not more than $25,000,000 shall be available for

18 the implementation or execution of programs for the Mag19 netic Levitation Transportation Technology Deployment

20 Program (section 1218 of Public Law 105–178) for fiscal

21 year 2001, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be

22 available to the Federal Railroad Administration for ad23 ministrative expenses and technical assistance in connec24 tion with such program, of which not to exceed $1,500,000

25 shall be available to the Federal Railroad Administration

26 for ‘‘Safety and operations’’, and, notwithstanding section
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1 1218(c)(4) of Public Law 105–178, of which $1,000,000

2 shall be available for low speed magnetic levitation re3 search and development; not more than $31,000,000 shall

4 be available for the implementation or execution of pro5 grams for the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (section

6 111 of title 49, United States Code) for fiscal year 2001:

7 Provided further, That within the $218,000,000 obligation

8 limitation on Intelligent Transportation Systems, the fol9 lowing sums shall be made available for Intelligent Trans10 portation System projects in the following specified areas:

11 State of Alaska, $2,350,000;

12 Alameda-Contra Costa, California, $500,000;

13 Aquidneck Island, Rhode Island, $500,000;

14 Austin, Texas, $250,000;

15 Automated crash notification system, UAB,

16 $1,000,000;

17 Baton Rouge, Louisiana, $1,000,000;

18 Bay County, Florida, $1,500,000;

19 Beaumont, Texas, $150,000;

20 Bellingham, Washington, $350,000;

21 Bloomington Township, Illinois, $400,000;

22 Calhoun County, Michigan, $750,000;

23 Carbondale, Pennsylvania, $2,000,000;

24 Cargo Mate, New Jersey, $750,000;

25 Charlotte, North Carolina, $625,000;
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1 College Station, Texas, $1,800,000;

2 Commonwealth of Virginia, $5,500,000;

3 Corpus Christi, Texas (vehicle dispatching),

4 $1,000,000;

5 Delaware River Port Authority, $1,250,000;

6 DuPage County, Illinois, $500,000;

7 Fargo, North Dakota, $1,000,000;

8 Fort Collins, Colorado, $1,250,000;

9 Hattiesburg, Mississippi, $500,000;

10 Huntington Beach, California, $1,250,000;

11 Huntsville, Alabama, $3,000,000;

12 I–70 West project, Colorado, $750,000;

13 Inglewood, California, $600,000;

14 Jackson, Mississippi, $1,000,000;

15 Jefferson County, Colorado, $4,250,000;

16 Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania, $1,500,000;

17 Kansas City, Missouri, $1,250,000;

18 Lake County, Illinois, $450,000;

19 Lewis & Clark Trail, Montana, $625,000;

20 Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, $2,000,000;

21 Moscow, Idaho, $875,000;

22 Muscle Shoals, Alabama, $1,000,000;

23 Nashville, Tennessee, $500,000;

24 New Jersey regional integration/TRANSCOM,

25 $3,000,000;
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1 North Central Pennsylvania, $750,000;

2 North Las Vegas, Nevada, $1,800,000;

3 Norwalk and Santa Fe Springs, California,

4 $500,000;

5 Oakland and Wayne Counties, Michigan,

6 $1,500,000;

7 Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission,

8 $1,500,000;

9 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, $500,000;

10 Puget Sound regional fare collection, Wash11 ington, $2,500,000;

12 Rensselaer County, New York, $500,000;

13 Rochester, New York, $1,500,000;

14 Sacramento County, California, $875,000;

15 Sacramento to Reno, I–80 corridor, $100,000;

16 Sacramento, California, $500,000;

17 Salt Lake City (Olympic Games), Utah,

18 $1,000,000;

19 San Antonio, Texas, $100,000;

20 Santa Teresa, New Mexico, $500,000;

21 Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, $400,000;

22 Seabrook, Texas, $1,200,000;

23 Shreveport, Louisiana, $1,000,000;

24 South Dakota commercial vehicle, ITS,

25 $1,250,000;
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1 Southeast Michigan, $500,000;

2 Southhaven, Mississippi, $150,000;

3 Spokane County, Washington, $1,000,000;

4 Springfield-Branson, Missouri, $750,000;

5 St. Louis, Missouri, $500,000;

6 State of Arizona, $1,000,000;

7 State of Connecticut, $3,000,000;

8 State of Delaware, $1,000,000;

9 State of Illinois, $1,000,000;

10 State of Indiana (SAFE–T), $1,000,000;

11 State of Iowa (traffic enforcement and transit),

12 $2,750,000;

13 State of Kentucky, $1,500,000;

14 State of Maryland, $3,000,000;

15 State of Minnesota, $6,500,000;

16 State of Missouri (rural), $750,000;

17 State of Montana, $750,000;

18 State of Nebraska, $2,600,000;

19 State of New Mexico, $750,000;

20 State of North Carolina, $1,500,000;

21 State of North Dakota, $500,000;

22 State of Ohio, $2,000,000;

23 State of Oklahoma, $1,000,000;

24 State of Oregon, $750,000;

25 State of South Carolina statewide, $2,000,000;
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1 State of Tennessee, $1,850,000;

2 State of Utah, $1,500,000;

3 State of Vermont, $500,000;

4 State of Wisconsin, $1,000,000;

5 Texas border phase I, Houston, Texas,

6 $500,000;

7 Tuscaloosa, Alabama, $2,000,000;

8 Tuscon, Arizona, $1,250,000;

9 Vermont rural ITS, $1,500,000;

10 Washington, DC area, $1,250,000;

11 Washoe County, Nevada, $200,000;

12 Wayne County, Michigan, $5,000,000;

13 Williamson County/Round Rock, Texas,

14 $250,000:

15 Provided further, That, notwithstanding Public Law 105–

16 178, as amended, funds authorized under section 110 of

17 title 23, United States Code, for fiscal year 2001 shall

18 be apportioned based on each State’s percentage share of

19 funding provided for under section 105 of title 23, United

20 States Code, for fiscal year 2001, except that before such

21 apportionments are made, $156,486,491 shall be set aside

22 for projects authorized under section 1602 of Public Law

23 105–178, as amended; $25,000,000 shall be set aside for

24 the Indian Reservation Roads Program under section 204

25 of title 23, United States Code; $18,467,857 shall be set
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1 aside for the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge project

2 authorized by section 404 of the Woodrow Wilson Memo3 rial Bridge Authority Act of 1995, as amended;

4 $10,000,000 shall be set aside for the commercial driver’s

5 license program under motor carrier safety grants author6 ized by section 31102 of title 49, United States Code; and

7 $1,735,039 shall be set aside for the Alaska Highway au8 thorized by section 218 of title 23, United States Code.

9 Of the funds to be apportioned under section 110 for fiscal

10 year 2001, the Secretary shall ensure that such funds are

11 apportioned for the Interstate Maintenance program, the

12 National Highway system program, the bridge program,

13 the surface transportation program, and the congestion

14 mitigation and air quality program in the same ratio that

15 each State is apportioned funds for such program in fiscal

16 year 2001 but for this section: Provided, That, notwith17 standing any other provision of law, of the funds appor18 tioned to the State of Oklahoma under section 110 of title

19 23, United States Code, for fiscal year 2001, $8,000,000

20 shall be available only for the widening of US 177 from

21 SH–33 to 32nd Street in Stillwater, Oklahoma;

22 $4,300,000 shall be available only for the reconstruction

23 of US 177 in the vicinity of Cimarron River, Oklahoma;

24 $1,500,000 shall be available only for the reconstruction

25 of US 70 from Broken Bow, Oklahoma to the Arkansas
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1 state line; $1,000,000 shall be available only to improve

2 Battiest-Pickens Road between Battiest and Pickens,

3 Oklahoma; $140,000 shall be available only to conduct a

4 feasibility study of increasing lanes or adding passing

5 lanes on SH 3 in McCurtain, Pushmataha and Atoka

6 Counties, Oklahoma; and $100,000 shall be available only

7 for the reconstruction of US 70 in Marshall and Bryan

8 Counties, Oklahoma: Provided further, That, notwith9 standing any other provision of law, of the funds appor10 tioned to the State of Mississippi under section 110 of title

11 23, United States Code, for fiscal year 2001, $24,600,000

12 may be available for construction of an interchange for

13 a connector road from the interchange to U.S. Highway

14 51, between mile markers 115 and 120 on I–55 in Mis15 sissippi: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other

16 provision of law, of the funds apportioned to the State of

17 New York under section 110 of title 23, United States

18 Code, for fiscal year 2001, $4,000,000 shall be available

19 only to upgrade and improve the Albany to North Creek

20 intermodal transportation corridor: Provided further,

21 That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the

22 funds apportioned to the State of Nebraska under section

23 110 of title 23, United States Code, for fiscal year 2001,

24 $3,500,000 shall be available only for the construction of

25 a pedestrian overpass in Lincoln: Provided further, That,
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1 notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds

2 apportioned to the State of Alabama under section 110

3 of title 23, United States Code, for fiscal year 2001,

4 $8,000,000 shall be available only for construction of the

5 Patton Island bridge in Lauderdale County, Alabama:

6 Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provi7 sion of law, of the funds apportioned to the State of Cali8 fornia under section 110 of title 23, United States Code,

9 for fiscal year 2001, $46,000,000 shall be available only

10 for traffic mitigation and other improvements to existing

11 SR710 in South Pasadena, Pasadena and El Serano: Pro12 vided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision

13 of law, the obligation limitation distributed for specific

14 projects described herein shall remain available until ex15 pended and shall be in addition to the amount of any obli16 gation limitation imposed on obligations for Federal-aid

17 highway and highway safety construction programs for fu18 ture fiscal years.

19 FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

20 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

21 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

22 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for car23 rying out the provisions of title 23, United States Code,

24 that are attributable to Federal-aid highways, including

25 the National Scenic and Recreational Highway as author26 ized by 23 U.S.C. 148, not otherwise provided, including
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1 reimbursement for sums expended pursuant to the provi2 sions of 23 U.S.C. 308, $28,000,000,000 or so much

3 thereof as may be available in and derived from the High4 way Trust Fund, to remain available until expended.

5 EMERGENCY RELIEF PROGRAM

6 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

7 For an additional amount for the Emergency Relief

8 Program for emergency expenses resulting from floods

9 and other natural disasters, as authorized by section 125

10 of title 23, United States Code, $720,000,000, to be de11 rived from the Highway Trust Fund and to remain avail12 able until expended: Provided, That the entire amount is

13 designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement

14 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget

15 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended:

16 Provided further, That the entire amount shall be available

17 only to the extent that an official budget request for

18 $720,000,000 that includes designation of the entire

19 amount of the request as an emergency requirement as

20 defined in the Balanced Budget and Deficit Control Act

21 of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to

22 the Congress.
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1 FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY

2 ADMINISTRATION

3 MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY

4 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses for administration of motor

6 carrier safety programs and motor carrier safety research,

7 pursuant to section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code,

8 not to exceed $92,194,000 shall be paid in accordance

9 with law from appropriations made available by this Act

10 and from any available take-down balances to the Federal

11 Motor Carrier Safety Administration, together with ad12 vances and reimbursements received by the Federal Motor

13 Carrier Safety Administration: Provided, That such

14 amounts shall be available to carry out the functions and

15 operations of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Adminis16 tration.

17 NATIONAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY PROGRAM

18 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

19 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

20 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

21 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out

22 49 U.S.C. 31102, $177,000,000, to be derived from the

23 Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until ex24 pended: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall

25 be available for the implementation or execution of pro-
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1 grams the obligations for which are in excess of

2 $177,000,000 for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Grants’’.

3 NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY

4 ADMINISTRATION

5 OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

6 For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of

7 the Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety

8 under chapter 301 of title 49, United States Code, and

9 part C of subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code,

10 $116,876,000 of which $85,321,000 shall remain available

11 until September 30, 2003: Provided, That none of the

12 funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated or ex13 pended to plan, finalize, or implement any rulemaking to

14 add to section 575.104 of title 49 of the Code of Federal

15 Regulations any requirement pertaining to a grading

16 standard that is different from the three grading stand17 ards (treadwear, traction, and temperature resistance) al18 ready in effect: Provided further, That none of the funds

19 appropriated in this Act may be obligated or expended to

20 purchase a vehicle to conduct New Car Assessment Pro21 gram crash testing at a price that exceeds the manufactur22 er’s suggested retail price, unless the Secretary submits

23 a request for a waiver that is approved by the House and

24 Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided further,

25 That the Department of Transportation shall fund a study
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1 with the National Academy of Sciences on whether the

2 static stability factor is a scientifically valid measurement

3 that presents practical, useful information to the public

4 including a comparison of the static stability factor test

5 versus a test with rollover metrics based on dynamic driv6 ing conditions that may induce rollover events: Provided

7 further, That nothing in this provision prohibits NHTSA

8 from completing action on its proposal to provide rollover

9 rating information to the public while the National Acad10 emy of Sciences conducts this study: Provided further,

11 That to the extent NHTSA continues action on its rollover

12 ratings proposal during the study, the agency shall con13 sider any available preliminary deliberations or conclu14 sions available from the National Academy of Sciences be15 fore completing action on its proposal, and shall consider

16 coordinating any final action on its proposal with the com17 pletion of the National Academy of Sciences study: Pro18 vided further, That the National Academy of Sciences shall

19 complete this study and issue a report to the House and

20 Senate Committees on Appropriations not later than nine

21 months after the date of enactment of this Act: Provided

22 further, That after the National Academy of Sciences sub23 mits its findings to the Congress and the National High24 way Traffic Safety Administration, the National Highway

25 Traffic Safety Administration shall formally review and
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1 respond within thirty days to the study findings and pro2 pose any appropriate revisions to the consumer informa3 tion program based on that review.

4 OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

5 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

6 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

7 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

8 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out

9 the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 403, to remain available until

10 expended, $72,000,000, to be derived from the Highway

11 Trust Fund: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act

12 shall be available for the planning or execution of pro13 grams the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 2001,

14 are in excess of $72,000,000 for programs authorized

15 under 23 U.S.C. 403.

16 NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER

17 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

18 For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of

19 the Secretary with respect to the National Driver Register

20 under chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code,

21 $2,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund,

22 and to remain available until expended.
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1 HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS

2 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

3 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

4 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

5 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for pay6 ment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions

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

8 until expended, $213,000,000, to be derived from the

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

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

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

12 2001, are in excess of $213,000,000 for programs author13 ized under 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, 410, and 411 of which

14 $155,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Highway Safety Programs’’

15 under 23 U.S.C. 402, $13,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Occupant

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

17 $36,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Alcohol-Impaired Driving Coun18 termeasures Grants’’ under 23 U.S.C. 410, and

19 $9,000,000 shall be for the ‘‘State Highway Safety Data

20 Grants’’ under 23 U.S.C. 411: Provided further, That

21 none of these funds shall be used for construction, reha22 bilitation, or remodeling costs, or for office furnishings

23 and fixtures for State, local, or private buildings or struc24 tures: Provided further, That not to exceed $7,750,000 of

25 the funds made available for section 402, not to exceed

26 $650,000 of the funds made available for section 405, not
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1 to exceed $1,800,000 of the funds made available for sec2 tion 410, and not to exceed $450,000 of the funds made

3 available for section 411 shall be available to NHTSA for

4 administering highway safety grants under chapter 4 of

5 title 23, United States Code: Provided further, That not

6 to exceed $500,000 of the funds made available for section

7 410 ‘‘Alcohol-Impaired Driving Countermeasures Grants’’

8 shall be available for technical assistance to the States.

9 FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION

10 SAFETY AND OPERATIONS

11 For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Ad12 ministration, not otherwise provided for, $101,717,000, of

13 which $5,899,000 shall remain available until expended:

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

15 transaction in which the Secretary assumed the first deed

16 of trust on the property and, where the Union Station Re17 development Corporation or any successor is obligated to

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

19 behalf, including payments on and after September 30,

20 1988, the Secretary is authorized to receive such payments

21 directly from the Union Station Redevelopment Corpora22 tion, credit them to the appropriation charged for the first

23 deed of trust, and make payments on the first deed of

24 trust with those funds: Provided further, That such addi25 tional sums as may be necessary for payment on the first
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1 deed of trust may be advanced by the Administrator from

2 unobligated balances available to the Federal Railroad Ad3 ministration, to be reimbursed from payments received

4 from the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation.

5 RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

6 For necessary expenses for railroad research and de7 velopment, $25,325,000, to remain available until ex8 pended.

9 RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT

10 PROGRAM

11 The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to

12 issue to the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obli13 gations pursuant to section 512 of the Railroad Revitaliza14 tion and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–

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

16 may be necessary to pay any amounts required pursuant

17 to the guarantee of the principal amount of obligations

18 under sections 511 through 513 of such Act, such author19 ity to exist as long as any such guaranteed obligation is

20 outstanding: Provided, That pursuant to section 502 of

21 such Act, as amended, no new direct loans or loan guar22 antee commitments shall be made using Federal funds for

23 the credit risk premium during fiscal year 2001.
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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, $17,000,000 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 NEXT GENERATION HIGH-SPEED RAIL

10 For necessary expenses for the Next Generation

11 High-Speed Rail program as authorized under 49 U.S.C.

12 26101 and 26102, $25,100,000, to remain available until

13 expended.

14 ALASKA RAILROAD REHABILITATION

15 To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make

16 grants to the Alaska Railroad, $20,000,000 shall be for

17 capital rehabilitation and improvements benefiting its pas18 senger operations, to remain available until expended.

19 WEST VIRGINIA RAIL DEVELOPMENT

20 For capital costs associated with track, signal, and

21 crossover rehabilitation and improvements on the MARC

22 Brunswick line in West Virginia, $15,000,000, to remain

23 available until expended.
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1 CAPITAL GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD

2 PASSENGER CORPORATION

3 For necessary expenses of capital improvements of

4 the National Railroad Passenger Corporation as author5 ized by 49 U.S.C. 24104(a), $521,476,000, to remain

6 available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary

7 shall not obligate more than $208,590,000 prior to Sep8 tember 30, 2001.

9 FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

10 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

11 For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal

12 Transit Administration’s programs authorized by chapter

13 53 of title 49, United States Code, $12,800,000: Provided,

14 That no more than $64,000,000 of budget authority shall

15 be available for these purposes: Provided further, That of

16 the funds in this Act available for the execution of con17 tracts under section 5327(c) of title 49, United States

18 Code, $1,000,000 shall be transferred to the Department

19 of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General for costs

20 associated with the audit and review of new fixed guideway

21 systems: Provided further, That not to exceed $2,500,000

22 for the National Transit Database shall remain available

23 until expended.
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1 FORMULA GRANTS

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

3 5308, 5310, 5311, 5327, and section 3038 of Public Law

4 105–178, $669,000,000, to remain available until ex5 pended: Provided, That no more than $3,345,000,000 of

6 budget authority shall be available for these purposes: Pro7 vided further, That of the funds provided under this head8 ing, $60,000,000 shall be available for grants for the costs

9 of planning, delivery, and temporary use of transit vehicles

10 for special transportation needs and construction of tem11 porary transportation facilities for the XIX Winter Olym12 piad and the VIII Paralympiad for the Disabled, to be held

13 in Salt Lake City, Utah: Provided further, That in allo14 cating the funds designated in the preceding proviso, the

15 Secretary shall make grants only to the Utah Department

16 of Transportation, and such grants shall not be subject

17 to any local share requirement or limitation on operating

18 assistance under this Act or the Federal Transit Act, as

19 amended: Provided further, That notwithstanding section

20 3008 of Public Law 105–178, the $50,000,000 to carry

21 out 49 U.S.C. 5308 shall be transferred to and merged

22 with funding provided for the replacement, rehabilitation,

23 and purchase of buses and related equipment and the con24 struction of bus-related facilities under ‘‘Federal Transit

25 Administration, Capital investment grants’’.
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1 UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH

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

3 $1,200,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,

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

5 be available for these purposes.

6 TRANSIT PLANNING AND RESEARCH

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

8 5304, 5305, 5311(b)(2), 5312, 5313(a), 5314, 5315, and

9 5322, $22,200,000, to remain available until expended:

10 Provided, That no more than $110,000,000 of budget au11 thority shall be available for these purposes: Provided fur12 ther, That $5,250,000 is available to provide rural trans13 portation assistance (49 U.S.C. 5311(b)(2)), $4,000,000

14 is available to carry out programs under the National

15 Transit Institute (49 U.S.C. 5315), $8,250,000 is avail16 able to carry out transit cooperative research programs

17 (49 U.S.C. 5313(a)), $52,113,600 is available for metro18 politan planning (49 U.S.C. 5303, 5304, and 5305),

19 $10,886,400 is available for State planning (49 U.S.C.

20 5313(b)); and $29,500,000 is available for the national

21 planning and research program (49 U.S.C. 5314).

22 TRUST FUND SHARE OF EXPENSES

23 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

24 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

25 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for pay26 ment of obligations incurred in carrying out 49 U.S.C.
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1 5303–5308, 5310–5315, 5317(b), 5322, 5327, 5334,

2 5505, and sections 3037 and 3038 of Public Law 105–

3 178, $5,016,600,000, to remain available until expended,

4 and to be derived from the Mass Transit Account of the

5 Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That $2,676,000,000

6 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Administration’s for7 mula grants account: Provided further, That $87,800,000

8 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Administration’s tran9 sit planning and research account: Provided further, That

10 $51,200,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Adminis11 tration’s administrative expenses account: Provided fur12 ther, That $4,800,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit

13 Administration’s university transportation research ac14 count: Provided further, That $80,000,000 shall be paid

15 to the Federal Transit Administration’s job access and re16 verse commute grants program: Provided further, That

17 $2,116,800,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Ad18 ministration’s capital investment grants account.

19 CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS

20 INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS

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

22 5309, 5318, and 5327, $529,200,000, to remain available

23 until expended: Provided, That no more than

24 $2,646,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for

25 these purposes: Provided further, That notwithstanding
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1 any other provision of law, there shall be available for

2 fixed guideway modernization, $1,058,400,000; there shall

3 be available for the replacement, rehabilitation, and pur4 chase of buses and related equipment and the construction

5 of bus-related facilities, $529,200,000 together with

6 $50,000,000 transferred from ‘‘Federal Transit Adminis7 tration, Formula grants’’; and there shall be available for

8 new fixed guideway systems $1,058,400,000, together

9 with $4,983,828 made available for the Pittsburgh airport

10 busway project under Public Law 105–66, together with

11 $1,488,750 made available for the Burlington to Glouces12 ter, New Jersey line under Public Law 103–331, together

13 with $20,521,470 previously appropriated for the Orlando

14 Lynx light rail project remaining unobligated as of or

15 deobligated after September 30, 2000; to be available as

16 follows:

17 $10,400,000 for Alaska or Hawaii ferry

18 projects;

19 $500,000 for the Albuquerque/Greater Albu20 querque mass transit project;

21 $25,000,000 for the Atlanta, Georgia, North

22 line extension project;

23 $1,000,000 for the Austin, Texas, capital metro

24 light rail project;
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1 $3,000,000 for the Baltimore central LRT dou2 ble track project;

3 $5,000,000 for the Birmingham, Alabama,

4 transit corridor;

5 $25,000,000 for the Boston South Boston Piers

6 transitway project;

7 $1,000,000 for the Boston Urban Ring project;

8 $2,000,000 for the Burlington-Bennington

9 (ABRB), Vermont, commuter rail project;

10 $1,000,000 for the Calais, Maine, branch line

11 regional transit program;

12 $2,000,000 for the Canton-Akron-Cleveland

13 commuter rail project;

14 $3,000,000 for the Central Florida commuter

15 rail project;

16 $5,000,000 for the Charlotte, North Carolina,

17 north corridor and south corridor transitway

18 projects;

19 $35,000,000 for the Chicago METRA com20 muter rail projects;

21 $15,000,000 for the Chicago Ravenswood and

22 Douglas branch reconstruction projects;

23 $1,500,000 for the Clark County, Nevada, RTC

24 fixed guideway project;
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1 $4,000,000 for the Cleveland Euclid corridor

2 improvement project;

3 $1,000,000 for the Colorado Roaring Fork Val4 ley project;

5 $70,000,000 for the Dallas north central light

6 rail extension project;

7 $3,000,000 for the Denver Southeast corridor

8 project;

9 $20,200,000 for the Denver Southwest corridor

10 project;

11 $500,000 for the Detroit, Michigan, metropoli12 tan airport light rail project;

13 $50,000,000 for the Dulles corridor project;

14 $15,000,000 for the Fort Lauderdale, Florida,

15 Tri-County commuter rail project;

16 $1,000,000 for the Galveston, Texas, rail trolley

17 extension project;

18 $15,000,000 for the Girdwood to Wasilla, Alas19 ka, commuter rail project;

20 $500,000 for the Harrisburg-Lancaster capital

21 area transit corridor 1 commuter rail project;

22 $1,000,000 for the Hollister/Gilroy branch line

23 rail extension project;

24 $2,500,000 for Honolulu, Hawaii, bus rapid

25 transit project;
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1 $2,500,000 for the Houston advanced transit

2 project;

3 $10,750,000 for the Houston regional bus

4 project;

5 $3,000,000 for the Indianapolis, Indiana,

6 northeast-downtown corridor project;

7 $1,000,000 for the Johnson County, Kansas, I–

8 35 commuter rail project;

9 $3,500,000 for Kansas City, Missouri,

10 Southtown corridor project;

11 $4,000,000 for the Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee

12 rail extension project;

13 $3,000,000 for the Little Rock, Arkansas, river

14 rail project;

15 $8,000,000 for the Long Island Railroad East

16 Side access project;

17 $2,000,000 for the Los Angeles Mid-City and

18 East Side corridors projects;

19 $50,000,000 for the Los Angeles North Holly20 wood extension project;

21 $3,000,000 for the Los Angeles-San Diego

22 LOSSAN corridor project;

23 $2,000,000 for the Lowell, Massachusetts24 Nashua, New Hampshire commuter rail project;
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1 $10,000,000 for the MARC expansion

2 projects—Penn-Camden lines connector and midday

3 storage facility;

4 $1,000,000 for the Massachusetts North Shore

5 corridor project;

6 $6,000,000 for the Memphis, Tennessee, Med7 ical Center rail extension project;

8 $6,000,000 for the Nashville, Tennessee, re9 gional commuter rail project;

10 $121,000,000 for the New Jersey Hudson Ber11 gen project;

12 $7,000,000 for the Newark-Elizabeth rail link

13 project;

14 $2,000,000 for the Northern Indiana south

15 shore commuter rail project;

16 $1,000,000 for the Northwest New Jersey17 Northeast Pennsylvania passenger rail project;

18 $10,000,000 for the Oceanside-Escondido, Cali19 fornia, light rail extension project;

20 $2,000,000 for the Orange County, California,

21 transitway project;

22 $10,000,000 for the Philadelphia-Reading

23 SETPA Schuylkill Valley metro project;

24 $2,000,000 for the Philadelphia SEPTA Cross

25 County metro project;
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1 $10,000,000 for the Phoenix metropolitan area

2 transit project;

3 $5,000,000 for the Pittsburgh North Shore-cen4 tral business district corridor project;

5 $12,000,000 for the Pittsburgh stage II light

6 rail project;

7 $7,500,000 for the Portland-Interstate MAX

8 LRT extension project;

9 $2,000,000 for the Portland, Maine, marine

10 highway program;

11 $5,000,000 for the Puget Sound RTA Sounder

12 commuter rail project;

13 $10,000,000 for the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel

14 Hill Triangle transit project;

15 $500,000 for the Rhode Island-Pawtucket and

16 T.F. Green commuter rail and maintenance facility;

17 $35,200,000 for the Sacramento, California,

18 south corridor LRT project;

19 $2,000,000 for the Salt Lake City-University

20 light rail line project;

21 $1,000,000 for the San Bernardino, California,

22 Metrolink project;

23 $31,500,000 for the San Diego Mission Valley

24 East light rail project;
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1 $80,000,000 for the San Francisco BART ex2 tension to the airport project;

3 $12,250,000 for the San Jose Tasman West

4 light rail project;

5 $75,000,000 for the San Juan Tren Urbano

6 project;

7 $1,500,000 for the Santa Fe-Eldorado, New

8 Mexico, rail link project;

9 $50,000,000 for the Seattle, Washington, cen10 tral link LRT project;

11 $4,000,000 for the Spokane, Washington,

12 South Valley corridor light rail project;

13 $1,000,000 for the St. Louis, Missouri,

14 MetroLink Cross County connector project;

15 $60,000,000 for the St. Louis-St. Clair

16 MetroLink extension project;

17 $8,000,000 for the Stamford, Connecticut, fixed

18 guideway corridor;

19 $6,000,000 for the Stockton, California,

20 Altamont commuter rail project;

21 $5,000,000 for the Twin Cities Transitways

22 projects;

23 $50,000,000 for the Twin Cities Transitways—

24 Hiawatha corridor project;
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1 $3,000,000 for the Virginia Railway Express

2 commuter rail project;

3 $7,500,000 for the Washington Metro-Blue

4 Line extension-Addison Road (Largo) project;

5 $2,000,000 for the West Trenton, New Jersey,

6 rail project;

7 $2,500,000 for the Whitehall and St. George

8 ferry terminal projects;

9 $5,000,000 for the Wilmington, Delaware,

10 downtown transit corridor project; and

11 $1,000,000 for the Wilsonville to Washington

12 County, Oregon, commuter rail project:

13 Provided further, That any funds previously appropriated

14 for the Miami-Dade Transit east-west multimodal corridor

15 project and the Miami Metro-Dade North 27th Avenue

16 corridor project remaining unobligated as of or

17 deobligated after September 30, 2000, are to be made

18 available for the South Miami-Dade Busway Extension

19 project: Provided further, That funds made available under

20 the heading ‘‘Capital investment grants’’ in Division A,

21 Section 101(g) of Public Law 105–277 for the ‘‘Colorado22 North Front Range corridor feasibility study’’ are to be

23 made available for ‘‘Colorado-Eagle Airport to Avon light

24 rail system feasibility study’’; and that funds made avail25 able in Public Law 106–69 under ‘‘Capital investment
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1 grants’’ for buses and bus-related facilities that were des2 ignated for projects numbered 14 and 20 shall be made

3 available to the State of Alabama for buses and bus-re4 lated facilities.

5 DISCRETIONARY GRANTS

6 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

7 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

8 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for pay9 ment of previous obligations incurred in carrying out 49

10 U.S.C. 5338(b), $350,000,000, to remain available until

11 expended and to be derived from the Mass Transit Ac12 count of the Highway Trust Fund.

13 JOB ACCESS AND REVERSE COMMUTE GRANTS

14 Notwithstanding section 3037(l)(3) of Public Law

15 105–178, as amended, for necessary expenses to carry out

16 section 3037 of the Federal Transit Act of 1998,

17 $20,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro18 vided, That no more than $100,000,000 of budget author19 ity shall be available for these purposes: Provided further,

20 That up to $250,000 of the funds provided under this

21 heading may be used by the Federal Transit Administra22 tion for technical assistance and support and performance

23 reviews of the Job Access and Reverse Commute Grants

24 program.
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1 SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT

2 CORPORATION

3 SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT

4 CORPORATION

5 The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora6 tion is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, with7 in the limits of funds and borrowing authority available

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

9 such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal

10 year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern11 ment Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be

12 necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the

13 Corporation’s budget for the current fiscal year.

14 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

15 (HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)

16 For necessary expenses for operations and mainte17 nance of those portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway op18 erated and maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway De19 velopment Corporation, $13,004,000, to be derived from

20 the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public

21 Law 99–662.
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1 RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS

2 ADMINISTRATION

3 RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS

4 For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of

5 the Research and Special Programs Administration,

6 $36,373,000, of which $645,000 shall be derived from the

7 Pipeline Safety Fund, and of which $4,707,000 shall re8 main available until September 30, 2003: Provided, That

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

10 5108(g) shall be deposited in the general fund of the

11 Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided further, That

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

13 until expended, funds received from States, counties, mu14 nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources

15 for expenses incurred for training, for reports publication

16 and dissemination, and for travel expenses incurred in per17 formance of hazardous materials exemptions and approv18 als functions.

19 PIPELINE SAFETY

20 (PIPELINE SAFETY FUND)

21 (OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND)

22 For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of

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

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

25 60107, and to discharge the pipeline program responsibil26 ities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $47,044,000, of
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1 which $7,488,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li2 ability Trust Fund and shall remain available until Sep3 tember 30, 2003; of which $36,556,000 shall be derived

4 from the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which $23,837,000

5 shall remain available until September 30, 2003; and of

6 which $3,000,000 shall be derived from amounts pre7 viously collected under 49 U.S.C. 60301: Provided, That

8 amounts previously collected under 49 U.S.C. 60301 shall

9 be available for damage prevention grants to States.

10 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS

11 (EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND)

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

13 5127(c), $200,000, to be derived from the Emergency

14 Preparedness Fund, to remain available until September

15 30, 2003: Provided, That not more than $14,300,000 shall

16 be made available for obligation in fiscal year 2001 from

17 amounts made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i) and

18 5127(d): Provided further, That none of the funds made

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

20 available for obligation by individuals other than the Sec21 retary of Transportation, or his designee.

22 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

25 General to carry out the provisions of the Inspector Gen-
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1 eral Act of 1978, as amended, $48,450,000: Provided,

2 That the Inspector General shall have all necessary au3 thority, in carrying out the duties specified in the Inspec4 tor General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3) to inves5 tigate allegations of fraud, including false statements to

6 the government (18 U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity

7 that is subject to regulation by the Department: Provided

8 further, That the funds made available under this heading

9 shall be used to investigate, pursuant to section 41712 of

10 title 49, United States Code: (1) unfair or deceptive prac11 tices and unfair methods of competition by domestic and

12 foreign air carriers and ticket agents; and (2) the compli13 ance of domestic and foreign air carriers with respect to

14 item (1) of this proviso.

15 SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses of the Surface Transpor18 tation Board, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C.

19 3109, $17,954,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any

20 other provision of law, not to exceed $900,000 from fees

21 established by the Chairman of the Surface Transpor22 tation Board shall be credited to this appropriation as off23 setting collections and used for necessary and authorized

24 expenses under this heading: Provided further, That the

25 sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be
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1 reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting col2 lections are received during fiscal year 2001, to result in

3 a final appropriation from the general fund estimated at

4 no more than $17,054,000.

5 TITLE II

6 RELATED AGENCIES

7 ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION

8 BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For expenses necessary for the Architectural and

11 Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, as authorized

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

13 amended, $4,795,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding

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

15 appropriation funds received for publications and training

16 expenses.

17 NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses of the National Transpor20 tation Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor ve21 hicles and aircraft; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.

22 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per

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

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

25 5901–5902) $62,942,000, of which not to exceed $2,000
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1 may be used for official reception and representation ex2 penses.

3 TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

5 SEC. 301. During the current fiscal year applicable

6 appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall

7 be available for maintenance and operation of aircraft;

8 hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of

9 liability insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign

10 countries on official department business; and uniforms,

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

12 5901–5902).

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

14 year 2001 pay raises for programs funded in this Act shall

15 be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act or

16 previous appropriations Acts.

17 SEC. 303. Hereafter, funds appropriated under this

18 or any other Act for expenditures by the Federal Aviation

19 Administration shall be available: (1) except as otherwise

20 authorized by title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary

21 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), for ex22 penses of primary and secondary schooling for dependents

23 of Federal Aviation Administration personnel stationed

24 outside the continental United States at costs for any

25 given area not in excess of those of the Department of
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1 Defense for the same area, when it is determined by the

2 Secretary that the schools, if any, available in the locality

3 are unable to provide adequately for the education of such

4 dependents; and (2) for transportation of said dependents

5 between schools serving the area that they attend and

6 their places of residence when the Secretary, under such

7 regulations as may be prescribed, determines that such

8 schools are not accessible by public means of transpor9 tation on a regular basis.

10 SEC. 304. Appropriations contained in this Act for

11 the Department of Transportation shall be available for

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

13 individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to

14 the rate for an Executive Level IV.

15 SEC. 305. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail16 able for salaries and expenses of more than 104 political

17 and Presidential appointees in the Department of Trans18 portation: Provided, That none of the personnel covered

19 by this provision or political and Presidential appointees

20 in an independent agency funded in this Act may be as21 signed on temporary detail outside the Department of

22 Transportation or such independent agency.

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

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

25 expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties
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1 intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings

2 funded in this Act.

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

4 shall remain available for obligation beyond the current

5 fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria6 tions, unless expressly so provided herein.

7 SEC. 308. The expenditure of any appropriation

8 under this Act for any consulting service through procure9 ment contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United

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

11 expenditures are a matter of public record and available

12 for public inspection, except where otherwise provided

13 under existing law, or under existing Executive order

14 issued pursuant to existing law.

15 SEC. 309. (a) No recipient of funds made available

16 in this Act shall disseminate personal information (as de17 fined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(3)) obtained by a State depart18 ment of motor vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle

19 record as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1), except as provided

20 in 18 U.S.C. 2721 for a use permitted under 18 U.S.C.

21 2721.

22 (b) 18 U.S.C. 2725 is amended by: In paragraph (2)

23 striking the word ‘‘and’’; and inserting after paragraph

24 3:
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1 ‘‘(4) ‘highly restricted personal information’

2 means an individual’s photograph or image, social

3 security number, medical or disability information;

4 and

5 ‘‘(5) ‘express consent’ means consent in writing,

6 including consent conveyed electronically that bears

7 an electronic signature as defined in section 106(5)

8 of Public Law 106–229.’’.

9 (c) 18 U.S.C. 2721(a) is amended to read as follows:

10 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A State department of motor ve11 hicles, and any officer, employee, or contractor thereof,

12 shall not knowingly disclose or otherwise make available

13 to any person or entity:

14 ‘‘(1) personal information, as defined in 18

15 U.S.C. 2725(3), about any individual obtained by

16 the department in connection with a motor vehicle

17 record, except as provided in subsection (b) of this

18 section; or

19 ‘‘(2) highly restricted personal information, as

20 defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(4), about any individual

21 obtained by the department in connection with a

22 motor vehicle record, without the express consent of

23 the person to whom such information applies, except

24 uses permitted in subsections (b)(1), (b)(4), (b)(6),

25 and (b)(9): Provided, That subsection (a)(2) shall
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1 not in any way affect the use of organ donation in2 formation on an individual’s driver’s license or affect

3 the administration of organ donation initiatives in

4 the States.’’.

5 (d) 18 U.S.C. 2721(b) is amended by inserting before

6 ‘‘may be disclosed’’ ‘‘, subject to subsection (a)(2),’’.

7 (e) 18 U.S.C. 2721 is amended by inserting after sub8 section (d):

9 ‘‘(e) PROHIBITION ON CONDITIONS.—No State may

10 condition or burden in any way the issuance of an individ11 ual’s motor vehicle record as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1)

12 to obtain express consent. Nothing in this paragraph shall

13 be construed to prohibit a State from charging an admin14 istrative fee for issuance of a motor vehicle record.’’.

15 (f) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary

16 shall not withhold funds provided in this Act for any

17 grantee if a State is in noncompliance with this provision.

18 SEC. 310. (a) For fiscal year 2001, the Secretary of

19 Transportation shall—

20 (1) not distribute from the obligation limitation

21 for Federal-aid Highways amounts authorized for

22 administrative expenses and programs funded from

23 the administrative takedown authorized by section

24 104(a) of title 23, United States Code, and para25 graph (7) of this section, for the highway use tax
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1 evasion program, and amounts provided under sec2 tion 110 of title 23, United States Code, excluding

3 $128,752,000 pursuant to subsection (e) of section

4 110 of title 23, as amended, and for the Bureau of

5 Transportation Statistics;

6 (2) not distribute an amount from the obliga7 tion limitation for Federal-aid Highways that is

8 equal to the unobligated balance of amounts made

9 available from the Highway Trust Fund (other than

10 the Mass Transit Account) for Federal-aid highways

11 and highway safety programs for the previous fiscal

12 year the funds for which are allocated by the Sec13 retary;

14 (3) determine the ratio that—

15 (A) the obligation limitation for Federal16 aid Highways less the aggregate of amounts not

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

18 to

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

20 appropriated for Federal-aid highways and

21 highway safety construction programs (other

22 than sums authorized to be appropriated for

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

24 of subsection (b) and sums authorized to be ap25 propriated for section 105 of title 23, United
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1 States Code, equal to the amount referred to in

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

3 aggregate of the amounts not distributed under

4 paragraph (1) of this subsection;

5 (4) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed6 eral-aid Highways less the aggregate amounts not

7 distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of section

8 117 of title 23, United States Code (relating to high

9 priority projects program), section 201 of the Appa10 lachian Regional Development Act of 1965, the

11 Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge Authority Act of

12 1995, and $2,000,000,000 for such fiscal year under

13 section 105 of title 23, United States Code (relating

14 to minimum guarantee) so that the amount of obli15 gation authority available for each of such sections

16 is equal to the amount determined by multiplying

17 the ratio determined under paragraph (3) by the

18 sums authorized to be appropriated for such section

19 (except in the case of section 105, $2,000,000,000)

20 for such fiscal year;

21 (5) distribute the obligation limitation provided

22 for Federal-aid Highways less the aggregate

23 amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) and

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

25 for each of the programs that are allocated by the
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1 Secretary under title 23, United States Code (other

2 than activities to which paragraph (1) applies and

3 programs to which paragraph (4) applies) by multi4 plying the ratio determined under paragraph (3) by

5 the sums authorized to be appropriated for such pro6 gram for such fiscal year;

7 (6) distribute the obligation limitation provided

8 for Federal-aid Highways less the aggregate

9 amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) and

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

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

12 construction programs (other than the minimum

13 guarantee program, but only to the extent that

14 amounts apportioned for the minimum guarantee

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

16 and the Appalachian development highway system

17 program) that are apportioned by the Secretary

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

19 that—

20 (A) sums authorized to be appropriated for

21 such programs that are apportioned to each

22 State for such fiscal year, bear to

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

24 appropriated for such programs that are appor25 tioned to all States for such fiscal year; and
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1 (7) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,

2 after determining the amount of funds to be allo3 cated to the surface transportation program, to the

4 bridge program, to the congestion mitigation and air

5 quality improvement program, and to the Interstate

6 and National Highway System program, under sec7 tion 110 of title 23, United States Code, deduct a

sum, in an amount not to exceed 11 8 ⁄6 percent of the

9 sum made available to each program, to administer

10 the provisions of law to be financed from appropria11 tions for the Federal-aid highways program.

12 (b) EXCEPTIONS FROM OBLIGATION LIMITATION.—

13 The obligation limitation for Federal-aid Highways shall

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

15 United States Code; (2) under section 147 of the Surface

16 Transportation Assistance Act of 1978; (3) under section

17 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981; (4) under sec18 tions 131(b) and 131( j) of the Surface Transportation As19 sistance Act of 1982; (5) under sections 149(b) and

20 149(c) of the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relo21 cation Assistance Act of 1987; (6) under sections 1103

22 through 1108 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation

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

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

25 of the enactment of the Transportation Equity Act for the
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1 21st Century; and (8) under section 105 of title 23,

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

3 $639,000,000 for such fiscal year).

4 (c) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED OBLIGATION AU5 THORITY.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary

6 shall after August 1 for such fiscal year revise a distribu7 tion of the obligation limitation made available under sub8 section (a) if a State will not obligate the amount distrib9 uted during that fiscal year and redistribute sufficient

10 amounts to those States able to obligate amounts in addi11 tion to those previously distributed during that fiscal year

12 giving priority to those States having large unobligated

13 balances of funds apportioned under sections 104 and 144

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

15 on the day before the enactment of the Transportation Eq16 uity Act for the 21st Century) of title 23, United States

17 Code, and under section 1015 of the Intermodal Surface

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

19 (d) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS TO

20 TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PROGRAMS.—The obliga21 tion limitation shall apply to transportation research pro22 grams carried out under chapter 5 of title 23, United

23 States Code, except that obligation authority made avail24 able for such programs under such limitation shall remain

25 available for a period of 3 fiscal years.
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1 (e) REDISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN AUTHORIZED

2 FUNDS.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the dis3 tribution of obligation limitation under subsection (a), the

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

5 are authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal year for

6 Federal-aid highways programs (other than the program

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

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

9 United States Code, and highway-related programs under

10 chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code; and (2) that

11 the Secretary determines will not be allocated to the

12 States, and will not be available for obligation, in such

13 fiscal year due to the imposition of any obligation limita14 tion for such fiscal year. Such distribution to the States

15 shall be made in the same ratio as the distribution of obli16 gation authority under subsection (a)(6). The funds so

17 distributed shall be available for any purposes described

18 in section 133(b) of title 23, United States Code.

19 (f) SPECIAL RULE.—Obligation limitation distributed

20 for a fiscal year under subsection (a)(4) of this section

21 for a section set forth in subsection (a)(4) shall remain

22 available until used and shall be in addition to the amount

23 of any limitation imposed on obligations for Federal-aid

24 highway and highway safety construction programs for fu25 ture fiscal years.
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1 SEC. 311. The limitations on obligations for the pro2 grams of the Federal Transit Administration shall not

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

4 made available for obligation, or to any other authority

5 previously made available for obligation.

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

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

8 SEC. 313. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail9 able to plan, finalize, or implement regulations that would

10 establish a vessel traffic safety fairway less than five miles

11 wide between the Santa Barbara Traffic Separation

12 Scheme and the San Francisco Traffic Separation

13 Scheme.

14 SEC. 314. Notwithstanding any other provision of

15 law, airports may transfer, without consideration, to the

16 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) instrument land17 ing systems (along with associated approach lighting

18 equipment and runway visual range equipment) which

19 conform to FAA design and performance specifications,

20 the purchase of which was assisted by a Federal airport21 aid program, airport development aid program or airport

22 improvement program grant. The Federal Aviation Ad23 ministration shall accept such equipment, which shall

24 thereafter be operated and maintained by FAA in accord25 ance with agency criteria.
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1 SEC. 315. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail2 able to award a multiyear contract for production end

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

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

5 in any 1 year of the contract; (2) includes a cancellation

6 charge greater than $10,000,000 which at the time of obli7 gation has not been appropriated to the limits of the Gov8 ernment’s liability; or (3) includes a requirement that per9 mits performance under the contract during the second

10 and subsequent years of the contract without conditioning

11 such performance upon the appropriation of funds: Pro12 vided, That this limitation does not apply to a contract

13 in which the Federal Government incurs no financial li14 ability from not buying additional systems, subsystems, or

15 components beyond the basic contract requirements.

16 SEC. 316. 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, 2003, and other

22 recoveries, shall be made available for other projects under

23 49 U.S.C. 5309.

24 SEC. 317. Notwithstanding any other provision of

25 law, any funds appropriated before October 1, 2000, 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. 318. None of the funds in this Act may be used

6 to compensate in excess of 335 technical staff-years under

7 the federally funded research and development center con8 tract between the Federal Aviation Administration and the

9 Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development dur10 ing fiscal year 2001.

11 SEC. 319. Funds received by the Federal Highway

12 Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and Fed13 eral Railroad Administration from States, counties, mu14 nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources

15 for expenses incurred for training may be credited respec16 tively to the Federal Highway Administration’s ‘‘Federal17 Aid Highways’’ account, the Federal Transit Administra18 tion’s ‘‘Transit Planning and Research’’ account, and to

19 the Federal Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Oper20 ations’’ account, except for State rail safety inspectors

21 participating in training pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 20105.

22 SEC. 320. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail23 able to prepare, propose, or promulgate any regulations

24 pursuant to title V of the Motor Vehicle Information and

25 Cost Savings Act (49 U.S.C. 32901 et seq.) prescribing
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1 corporate average fuel economy standards for automobiles,

2 as defined in such title, in any model year that differs

3 from standards promulgated for such automobiles prior to

4 the enactment of this section.

5 SEC. 321. Funds made available for Alaska or Hawaii

6 ferry boats or ferry terminal facilities pursuant to 49

7 U.S.C. 5309(m)(2)(B) may be used to construct new ves8 sels and facilities, or to improve existing vessels and facili9 ties, including both the passenger and vehicle-related ele10 ments of such vessels and facilities, and for repair facili11 ties: Provided, That not more than $3,000,000 of the

12 funds made available pursuant to 49 U.S.C.

13 5309(m)(2)(B) may be used by the State of Hawaii to

14 initiate and operate a passenger ferryboat services dem15 onstration project to test the viability of different intra16 island and inter-island ferry routes.

17 SEC. 322. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re18 ceived by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the

19 sale of data products, for necessary expenses incurred pur20 suant to 49 U.S.C. 111 may be credited to the Federal21 aid highways account for the purpose of reimbursing the

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

23 be subject to the obligation limitation for Federal-aid

24 highways and highway safety construction.
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1 SEC. 323. None of the funds in this Act may be obli2 gated or expended for employee training which: (a) does

3 not meet identified needs for knowledge, skills and abilities

4 bearing directly upon the performance of official duties;

5 (b) contains elements likely to induce high levels of emo6 tional response or psychological stress in some partici7 pants; (c) does not require prior employee notification of

8 the content and methods to be used in the training and

9 written end of course evaluations; (d) contains any meth10 ods or content associated with religious or quasi-religious

11 belief systems or ‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in

12 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Notice N–

13 915.022, dated September 2, 1988; (e) is offensive to, or

14 designed to change, participants’ personal values or life15 style outside the workplace; or (f) includes content related

16 to human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune defi17 ciency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) other than that necessary

18 to make employees more aware of the medical ramifica19 tions of HIV/AIDS and the workplace rights of HIV-posi20 tive employees.

21 SEC. 324. None of the funds in this Act shall, in the

22 absence of express authorization by Congress, be used di23 rectly or indirectly to pay for any personal service, adver24 tisement, telegraph, telephone, letter, printed or written

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1 communications, or other device, intended or designed to

2 influence in any manner a Member of Congress or of a

3 State legislature to favor or oppose by vote or otherwise,

4 any legislation or appropriation by Congress or a State

5 legislature after the introduction of any bill or resolution

6 in Congress proposing such legislation or appropriation,

7 or after the introduction of any bill or resolution in a State

8 legislature proposing such legislation or appropriation:

9 Provided, That this shall not prevent officers or employees

10 of the Department of Transportation or related agencies

11 funded in this Act from communicating to Members of

12 Congress or to Congress, on the request of any Member,

13 or to members of State legislature, or to a State legisla14 ture, through the proper official channels, requests for leg15 islation or appropriations which they deem necessary for

16 the efficient conduct of business.

17 SEC. 325. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds

18 made available in this Act may be expended by an entity

19 unless the entity agrees that in expending the funds the

20 entity will comply with the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C.

21 10a–10c).

22 (b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT RE23 GARDING NOTICE.—

24 (1) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT

25 AND PRODUCTS.—In the case of any equipment or
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1 product that may be authorized to be purchased

2 with financial assistance provided using funds made

3 available in this Act, it is the sense of the Congress

4 that entities receiving the assistance should, in ex5 pending the assistance, purchase only American6 made equipment and products to the greatest extent

7 practicable.

8 (2) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—

9 In providing financial assistance using funds made

10 available in this Act, the head of each Federal agen11 cy shall provide to each recipient of the assistance

12 a notice describing the statement made in paragraph

13 (1) by the Congress.

14 (c) PROHIBITION OF CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS

15 FALSELY LABELING PRODUCTS AS MADE IN AMERICA.—

16 If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal

17 agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bear18 ing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscription

19 with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped

20 to the United States that is not made in the United

21 States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any con22 tract or subcontract made with funds made available in

23 this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineli24 gibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through

25 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
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1 SEC. 326. In addition to the funds limited in this Act,

2 $54,963,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund

3 (other than the Mass Transit Account), shall be available

4 for section 1069(y) of Public Law 102–240.

5 SEC. 327. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments,

6 minor fees and other funds received by the Department

7 from travel management centers, charge card programs,

8 the subleasing of building space, and miscellaneous

9 sources are to be credited to appropriations of the Depart10 ment and allocated to elements of the Department using

11 fair and equitable criteria and such funds shall be avail12 able until December 31, 2001.

13 SEC. 328. Notwithstanding any other provision of

14 law, rule or regulation, the Secretary of Transportation

15 is authorized to allow the issuer of any preferred stock

16 heretofore sold to the Department to redeem or repur17 chase such stock upon the payment to the Department of

18 an amount determined by the Secretary.

19 SEC. 329. For necessary expenses of the Amtrak Re20 form Council authorized under section 203 of Public Law

21 105–134, $750,000, to remain available until September

22 30, 2002: Provided, That the duties of the Amtrak Reform

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

24 134 shall include the identification of Amtrak routes

25 which are candidates for closure or realignment, based on
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1 performance rankings developed by Amtrak which incor2 porate information on each route’s fully allocated costs

3 and ridership on core intercity passenger service, and

4 which assume, for purposes of closure or realignment can5 didate identification, that Federal subsidies for Amtrak

6 will decline over the 4-year period from fiscal year 1999

7 to fiscal year 2002: Provided further, That these closure

8 or realignment recommendations shall be included in the

9 Amtrak Reform Council’s annual report to the Congress

10 required by section 203(h) of Public Law 105–134.

11 SEC. 330. Item number 1473 in the table contained

12 in section 1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for the

13 21st Century (112 Stat. 311) is amended by striking

14 ‘‘Stony’’ and inserting ‘‘Commerce’’.

15 SEC. 331. None of the funds in this Act may be used

16 to make a grant unless the Secretary of Transportation

17 notifies the House and Senate Committees on Appropria18 tions not less than three full business days before any dis19 cretionary grant award, letter of intent, or full funding

20 grant agreement totaling $1,000,000 or more is an21 nounced by the department or its modal administrations

22 from: (1) any discretionary grant program of the Federal

23 Highway Administration other than the emergency relief

24 program; (2) the airport improvement program of the

25 Federal Aviation Administration; or (3) any program of
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1 the Federal Transit Administration other than the for2 mula grants and fixed guideway modernization programs:

3 Provided, That no notification shall involve funds that are

4 not available for obligation.

5 SEC. 332. Of the funds provided for fiscal year 2001

6 in section 232 of the Miscellaneous Appropriations Act,

7 2000, as enacted by section 1000(a)(5) of the Consoli8 dated Appropriations Act, 2000, $20,000,000 shall be

9 available only for fire and life safety improvements to en10 able the James A. Farley Post Office in New York City

11 to be used as a train station and commercial center.

12 SEC. 333. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail13 able for planning, design, or construction of a light rail

14 system in Houston, Texas.

15 SEC. 334. Section 3030(b) of the Transportation Eq16 uity Act for the 21st Century (Public Law 105–178) is

17 amended by adding at the end the following:

18 ‘‘(72) Wilmington Downtown transit corridor.

19 ‘‘(73) Honolulu Bus Rapid Transit project.’’.

20 SEC. 335. None of the funds appropriated or made

21 available by this Act or any other Act shall be used (1)

22 to adopt any proposed rule or proposed amendment to a

23 rule contained in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

24 issued on April 24, 2000 (Docket No. FMCSA–97–2350–

25 953), (2) to adopt any rule or amendment to a rule similar
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1 in substance to a proposed rule or proposed amendment

2 to a rule contained in such Notice, or (3) if any such pro3 posed rule or proposed amendment to a rule has been

4 adopted prior to enactment of this section, to enforce such

5 rule or amendment to a rule: Provided, That nothing in

6 this section shall apply to issuing and proceeding, through

7 all stages of rulemaking other than adoption of a final

8 rule, under subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5, United

9 States Code on a supplemental notice of proposed rule10 making to be issued in Docket No. FMCSA–97–2350–953

11 that contains proposed rules and proposed amendments to

12 rules that take appropriate account of the information re13 ceived for filing in the docket on the Notice of Proposed

14 Rulemaking (Docket No. FMCSA–97–2350–953).

15 SEC. 336. Section 3038(e) of Public Law 105–178

16 is amended by striking ‘‘50’’ and inserting ‘‘90’’.

17 SEC. 337. Item number 273 in the table contained

18 in section 1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for the

19 21st Century (Public Law 105–178) is amended by strik20 ing ‘‘Reconstruct I–235 and improve the interchange for

21 access to the MLKing Parkway.’’ and inserting ‘‘Con22 struction of the north-south segments of the Martin Lu23 ther King Jr. Parkway in Des Moines.’’.

24 SEC. 338. Item number 328 in the table contained

25 in section 1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for the
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1 21st Century (Public Law 105–178) is amended by insert2 ing before ‘‘of’’ the following: ‘‘or construction’’.

3 SEC. 339. Section 1602 of the Transportation Equity

4 Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 256) is amended—

5 (1) by striking item number 63, relating to

6 Ohio; and

7 (2) in item number 186, relating to Ohio, by

8 striking ‘‘3.75’’ and inserting ‘‘7.5’’.

9 SEC. 340. (a) Of the funds apportioned to the Com10 monwealth of Massachusetts under each of subsections

11 (b)(1), (b)(2), (b)(3), and (b)(4) of section 104 and sec12 tion 105 of title 23, United States Code, the Secretary

13 shall withhold obligation of Federal funds and all project

14 approvals for the Central Artery/Tunnel project in fiscal

15 year 2001 and each fiscal year thereafter unless the Sec16 retary of the Department of Transportation determines

17 that the Commonwealth meets each of the following cri18 teria:

19 (1) The Commonwealth is in full compliance

20 with the partnership agreement that was executed

21 on June 22, 2000, between the Federal Highway

22 Administration, the Massachusetts Turnpike Author23 ity, the Massachusetts Highway Department, and

24 the Massachusetts Executive Office of Transpor25 tation and Construction.
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1 (2) The Commonwealth is in full compliance

2 with the balanced statewide program memorandum

3 of understanding entered into by the Massachusetts

4 Highway Department, the Executive Office of

5 Transportation and Construction, and metropolitan

6 planning organizations in the Commonwealth of

7 Massachusetts.

8 (3) The Commonwealth of Massachusetts shall

9 spend no less than $400,000,000 each year for con10 struction activities and specific transportation

11 projects as defined in the Balanced Statewide Pro12 gram Memorandum of Understanding on projects

13 other than the Central Artery/Tunnel project.

14 (b) After June 22, 2000, the Secretary of Transpor15 tation shall not approve new net advance construction for

16 the Central Artery/Tunnel project in an amount greater

17 than $222,000,000 and no conversion of advance con18 struction to obligation authority shall cause the Federal

19 share of funding for the Central Artery/Tunnel project to

20 exceed $8,549,000,000.

21 (c) Of the funds apportioned to the Commonwealth

22 of Massachusetts under each of subsections (b)(1), (b)(2),

23 (b)(3), and (b)(4) of section 104 and section 105 of title

24 23, United States Code, the Secretary shall withhold obli25 gation of Federal funds and all project approvals for the
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1 Central Artery/Tunnel project in fiscal year 2001 and each

2 fiscal year thereafter until the Inspector General of the

3 Department of Transportation finds the annual update of

4 the Central Artery/Tunnel project finance plan consistent

5 with Federal Highway Administration financial plan guid6 ance and the Secretary of the Department of Transpor7 tation approves the annual update of the finance plan, ex8 cept for fiscal year 2001 when approval of the annual up9 date of the finance plan will not be required until Decem10 ber 1, 2000.

11 (d) Total Federal contributions to the Central Artery/

12 Tunnel project shall not exceed $8,549,000,000.

13 (e) Should the Secretary withhold Federal funds ap14 portioned to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts under

15 subsections (b)(1), (b)(2), (b)(3), and (b)(4) of section

16 104 and section 105 of title 23, United States Code, for

17 the Central Artery/Tunnel project in any fiscal year for

18 noncompliance with this section, such funds shall be avail19 able to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for projects

20 other than the Central Artery/Tunnel project in that fiscal

21 year.

22 (f) This section shall be in effect for each fiscal year

23 in which any Federal funds are made available to con24 struct the Central Artery/Tunnel project in Boston, Mas25 sachusetts.
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1 (g) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this

2 section to the contrary, the Secretary is authorized to ap3 prove conversion of advance construction to obligation au4 thority and otherwise make Federal funds available to the

5 Commonwealth of Massachusetts without regard to the re6 quirements of this section, other than subsection (d), if

7 and only if to the extent necessary, as evidenced by a cer8 tificate of the Secretary of Administration and Finance

9 of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts satisfactory to the

10 Secretary, to enable the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

11 to pay all or any portion of the principal amount of notes

12 issued by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts pursuant

13 to section 9 through 10D of chapter 11 of the Massachu14 setts acts of 1997, as amended, to finance costs of the

15 Central Artery/Tunnel project in anticipation of the re16 ceipts of Federal funds: Provided, That no funds derived

17 from the sale of grant anticipation notes shall be used to

18 exceed the caps described in subsections (b) and (d).

19 SEC. 341. Section 3027(c)(3) of the Transportation

20 Equity Act for the 21st Century (49 U.S.C. 5307 note;

21 112 Stat. 2681–477), relating to services for elderly and

22 persons with disabilities, is amended by striking

23 ‘‘$1,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,444,000’’.

24 SEC. 342. Notwithstanding any other provision of

25 law, unobligated balances from section 149(a)(45) and
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1 section 149(a)(63) of Public Law 100–17 and the

2 Ebensburg Bypass Demonstration Project of Public Law

3 101–164 may be used for improvements along Route 56

4 in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, including the construc5 tion of a parking facility in the vicinity.

6 SEC. 343. None of the funds in this Act shall be used

7 for the planning, development, or construction of Cali8 fornia State Route 710 freeway extension project through

9 South Pasadena, California.

10 SEC. 344. None of the funds made available in this

11 Act may be used for engineering work related to an addi12 tional runway at New Orleans International Airport.

13 SEC. 345. Notwithstanding any other provision of

14 law, up to $800,000 of unobligation balances from capital

15 investement grants available for Fayette County, Pennsyl16 vania intermodal facilities and buses in the Department

17 of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations

18 Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277) and the Department of

19 Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,

20 2000 (Public Law 106–69) may be made available for an

21 intermodal parking facility in Cambria County, Pennsyl22 vania.

23 SEC. 346. None of the funds appropriated by this Act

24 shall be used to propose or issue rules, regulations, de25 crees, or orders for the purpose of implementation, or in
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1 preparation for implementation, of the Kyoto Protocol

2 which was adopted on December 11, 1997, in Kyoto,

3 Japan at the Third Conference of the Parties to the

4 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate

5 Change, which has not been submitted to the Senate for

6 advice and consent to ratification pursuant to article II,

7 section 2, clause 2, of the United States Constitution, and

8 which has not entered into force pursuant to article 25

9 of the Protocol.

10 SEC. 347. None of the funds appropriated by this Act

11 or any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and

12 expenses of personnel who prepare or submit appropria13 tions language as part of the President’s Budget submis14 sion to the Congress of the United States for programs

15 under the jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommit16 tees on Department of Transportation and Related Agen17 cies that assumes revenues or reflects reductions from the

18 previous year due to user fee proposals that have not been

19 enacted into law prior to the submission of the budget un20 less such budget submission identifies which additional

21 spending reductions should occur in the event the user fee

22 proposals are not enacted prior to the date of the con23 vening of a committee of conference for the fiscal year

24 2002 appropriations Act.
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1 SEC. 348. In addition to the authority provided in

2 section 636 of the Treasury, Postal Service, and General

3 Government Appropriations Act, 1997, as included in

4 Public Law 104–208, title I, section 101(f), as amended,

5 beginning in fiscal year 2001 and thereafter, amounts ap6 propriated for salaries and expenses for the Department

7 of Transportation may be used to reimburse an employee

8 whose position is that of safety inspector for not to exceed

9 one-half the costs incurred by such employee for profes10 sional liability insurance. Any payment under this section

11 shall be contingent upon the submission of such informa12 tion or documentation as the Department may require.

13 SEC. 349. None of the funds in this Act shall be used

14 to pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring air15 port sponsors to provide to the Federal Aviation Adminis16 tration without cost building construction, maintenance,

17 utilities and expenses, or space in airport sponsor-owned

18 buildings for services relating to air traffic control, air

19 navigation or weather reporting. The prohibition of funds

20 in this section does not apply to negotiations between the

21 Agency and airport sponsors to achieve agreement on

22 ‘‘below-market’’ rates for these items or to grant assur23 ances that require airport sponsors to provide land without

24 cost to the FAA for air traffic control facilities.
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1 SEC. 350. None of the funds provided in this Act or

2 prior Appropriations Acts for Coast Guard ‘‘Acquisition,

3 construction, and improvements’’ shall be available after

4 the fifteenth day of any quarter of any fiscal year begin5 ning after December 31, 2000, unless the Commandant

6 of the Coast Guard first submits a quarterly report to the

7 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on all

8 major Coast Guard acquisition projects including projects

9 executed for the Coast Guard by the United States Navy

10 and vessel traffic service projects: Provided, That such re11 ports shall include an acquisition schedule, estimated cur12 rent and year funding requirements, and a schedule of an13 ticipated obligations and outlays for each major acquisi14 tion project: Provided further, That such reports shall rate

15 on a relative scale the cost risk, schedule risk, and tech16 nical risk associated with each acquisition project and in17 clude a table detailing unobligated balances to date and

18 anticipated unobligated balances at the close of the fiscal

19 year and the close of the following fiscal year should the

20 Administration’s pending budget request for the acquisi21 tion, construction, and improvements account be fully

22 funded: Provided further, That such reports shall also pro23 vide abbreviated information on the status of shore facility

24 construction and renovation projects: Provided further,
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1 That all information submitted in such reports shall be

2 current as of the last day of the preceding quarter.

3 SEC. 351. Notwithstanding any other provision of

4 law, beginning in fiscal year 2004, the Secretary shall

5 withhold 2 percent of the amount required to be appor6 tioned for Federal-aid highways to any State under each

7 of paragraphs (1), (3), and (4) of section 104(b) of title

8 23, United States Code, if a State has not enacted and

9 is not enforcing a provision described in section 163(a)

10 of chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, in fiscal year

11 2005, the Secretary shall withhold 4 percent of the

12 amount required to be apportioned for Federal-aid high13 ways to any State under each of paragraphs (1), (3), and

14 (4) of section 104(b) of title 23, United States Code, if

15 a State has not enacted and is not enforcing a provision

16 described in section 163(a) of title 23, United States Code;

17 in fiscal year 2006, the Secretary shall withhold 6 percent

18 of the amount required to be apportioned for Federal-aid

19 highways to any State under each of paragraphs (1), (3),

20 and (4) of section 104(b) of title 23, United States Code,

21 if a State has not enacted and is not enforcing a provision

22 described in section 163(a) of title 23, United States Code;

23 and beginning in fiscal year 2007, and in each fiscal year

24 thereafter, the Secretary shall withhold 8 percent of the

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1 ways to any State under each of paragraphs (1), (3), and

2 (4) of section 104(b) of title 23, United States Code, if

3 a State has not enacted and is not enforcing a provision

4 described in section 163(a) of title 23, United States Code.

5 If within four years from the date the apportionment for

6 any State is reduced in accordance with this section the

7 Secretary determines that such State has enacted and is

8 enforcing a provision described in section 163(a) of chap9 ter 1 of title 23, United States Code, the apportionment

10 of such State shall be increased by an amount equal to

11 such reduction. If at the end of such four-year period, any

12 State has not enacted and is not enforcing a provision de13 scribed in section 163(a) of title 23, United States Code,

14 any amounts so withheld shall lapse.

15 SEC. 352. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any

16 other provision of law, including the Surplus Property Act

17 of 1944 (58 Stat. 765, chapter 479; 50 U.S.C. App. 1622

18 et seq.), the Secretary of Transportation (or the appro19 priate Federal officer) may waive, without charge, any of

20 the terms contained in any deed of conveyance described

21 in subsection (b) that restrict the use of any land de22 scribed in such a deed that, as of the date of enactment

23 of this Act, is not being used for the operation of an air24 port or for air traffic. A waiver made under the preceding
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1 sentence shall be deemed to be consistent with the require2 ments of section 47153 of title 49, United States Code.

3 (b) DEED OF CONVEYANCE.—A deed of conveyance

4 referred to in subsection (a) is a deed of conveyance issued

5 by the United States before the date of enactment of this

6 Act for the conveyance of lands to a public institution of

7 higher education in Oklahoma.

8 (c) USE OF LANDS SUBJECT TO WAIVER.—

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other

10 provision of law, the lands subject to a waiver under

11 subsection (a) shall not be subject to any term, con12 dition, reservation, or restriction that would other13 wise apply to that land as a result of the conveyance

14 of that land by the United States to the institution

15 of higher education.

16 (2) USE OF LANDS.—An institution of higher

17 education that is issued a waiver under subsection

18 (a) may use revenues derived from the use, oper19 ation, or disposal of that land only for weather-re20 lated and educational purposes that include benefits

21 for aviation.

22 (d) GRANTS.—

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other

24 provision of law, if an institution of higher education

25 that is subject to a waiver under subsection (a) re-
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1 ceived financial assistance in the form of a grant

2 from the Federal Aviation Administration or a pred3 ecessor agency before the date of enactment of this

4 Act, then the Secretary of Transportation may waive

5 the repayment of the outstanding amount of any

6 grant that the institution of higher education would

7 otherwise be required to pay.

8 (2) ELIGIBILITY TO RECEIVE SUBSEQUENT

9 GRANTS.—Nothing in paragraph (1) shall affect the

10 eligibility of an institution of higher education that

11 is subject to that paragraph from receiving grants

12 from the Secretary of Transportation under chapter

13 471 of title 49, United States Code, or under any

14 other provision of law relating to financial assistance

15 provided through the Federal Aviation Administra16 tion.

17 SEC. 353. The table contained in section 1602 of the

18 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century is amend19 ed in item 1006 (112 Stat. 294) by striking ‘‘Extend NW

20 86th Street from NW 70th Street’’ and inserting ‘‘Con21 struct a road from State Highway 141’’.

22 SEC. 354. For the purpose of constructing an under23 pass to improve access and enhance highway/rail safety

24 and economic development along Star Landing Road in

25 DeSoto County, Mississippi, the State of Mississippi may
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1 use funds previously allocated to it under the transpor2 tation enhancements program, if available.

3 SEC. 355. Section 1214 of Public Law 105–178, as

4 amended, is further amended by adding a new subsection

5 to read as follows:

6 ‘‘(s) Notwithstanding section 117 (c) of title 23,

7 United States Code, for project number 1646 in section

8 1602 of Public Law 105–178, the non-Federal share of

9 the project may be funded by Federal funds from an agen10 cy or agencies not part of the United States Department

11 of Transportation.’’.

12 SEC. 356. Hereafter, the New Jersey Transit com13 muter rail station to be located at the intersection of the

14 Main/Bergen line and the Northeast Corridor line in the

15 State of New Jersey shall be known and designated as

16 the ‘‘Frank R. Lautenberg Station’’: Provided, That the

17 Secretary of Transportation shall ensure that any and all

18 applicable reference in law, map, regulation, documenta19 tion, and all appropriate signage shall make reference to

20 the ‘‘Frank R. Lautenberg Station’’.

21 SEC. 357. None of the funds in this Act may be avail22 able for the planning, development or construction of a

23 multi-lane, limited access expressway at section 800,

24 Pennsylvania Route 202 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
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1 SEC. 358. Item 131 in the table under ‘‘Federal

2 Transit Administration, Capital investment grants’’ in

3 Public Law 106–69 is amended by adding after ‘‘buses’’

4 the following: ‘‘, bus-related equipment and bus facilities’’.

5 SEC. 359. Each executive agency shall establish a pol6 icy under which eligible employees of the agency may par7 ticipate in telecommuting to the maximum extent possible

8 without diminished employee performance. Not later than

9 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the

10 Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall pro11 vide that the requirements of this section are applied to

12 25 percent of the Federal workforce, and to an additional

13 25 percent of such workforce each year thereafter.

14 SEC. 360. Notwithstanding any other provision of

15 law, new fixed guideway system funds available for the

16 Jackson, Mississippi, Intermodal Corridor in the Depart17 ment of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropria18 tions Act, 1998, Public Law 105–66, may be made avail19 able for obligation during this fiscal year for studies to

20 evaluate and define transportation alternatives for this

21 project, including an intermodal facility at Jackson Inter22 national Airport, and for related preliminary engineering,

23 final design or construction.

24 SEC. 361. Notwithstanding any other provision of

25 law, up to $499,000 of the funds made available in item
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1 760 of section 1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for

2 the 21st Century shall be available for corridor planning

3 studies between western Baldwin County and Mobile Mu4 nicipal Airport.

5 SEC. 362. Item number 78 in section 1107(b) of the

6 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991

7 (Public Law 102–240) is amended by inserting ‘‘Akron

8 Innerbelt (State Route 59) corridor, Broadway viaduct re9 placement, and High Street viaduct replacement,’’ after

10 ‘‘extension,’’.

11 SEC. 363. Section 117(c) of title 23, United States

12 Code, is amended by inserting before the period at the

13 end the following: ‘‘; except that the Federal share on ac14 count of the project to be carried out under item 1419

15 of the table contained in section 1602 of the Transpor16 tation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 309),

17 relating to reconstruction of a road and causeway in Shi18 loh Military Park in Hardin County, Tennessee, shall be

19 100 percent of the total cost thereof’’.

20 SEC. 364. Section 30118 of title 49, United States

21 Code, is amended—

22 (1) in subsections (a), (b)(1), and (c), by insert23 ing ‘‘, original equipment,’’ before ‘‘or replacement

24 equipment’’ each place it appears; and

25 (2) in subsection (c)—
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1 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and

2 (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively,

3 and indenting appropriately;

4 (B) by striking ‘‘A manufacturer’’ and in5 serting the following: ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A

6 manufacturer’’; and

7 (C) by adding at the end the following:

8 ‘‘(2) DUTY OF MANUFACTURERS.—For the pur9 poses of paragraph (1), a manufacturer of a motor

10 vehicle, original equipment, or replacement equip11 ment shall have a duty to review and consider infor12 mation, including information received from any for13 eign source, to learn whether the vehicle or equip14 ment contains a defect or does not comply with an

15 applicable motor vehicle safety standard.’’.

16 SEC. 365. Funds appropriated to the Federal Transit

17 Administration under the heading ‘‘Transit planning and

18 research’’ for international activities in Public Law 106–

19 69 shall be transferred to and administered by the Agency

20 for International Development for transportation needs in

21 the frontline states to the Kosovo conflict, as determined

22 to be appropriate by the Administrator of the Agency for

23 International Development.

24 SEC. 366. Under the heading ‘‘Discretionary Grants’’

25 in Public Law 105–66, ‘‘$4,000,000 for the Salt Lake
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1 City regional commuter system project;’’ is amended to

2 read ‘‘$4,000,000 for the transit and other transportation3 related portions of the Salt Lake City regional commuter

4 system and Gateway intermodal terminal;’’.

5 SEC. 367. Of the amounts to be made available in

6 fiscal year 2001 under section 1404 (safety incentives to

7 prevent operation of motor vehicles by intoxicated persons)

8 of Public Law 105–178, $2,492,121 shall be made avail9 able to the Commonwealth of Kentucky for adopting a

10 0.08 blood alcohol content standard. Thereafter the re11 maining funds shall be distributed by formula to the eligi12 ble states, including Kentucky.

13 SEC. 368. Notwithstanding any other provision of

14 law, the Secretary of Transportation shall waive repay15 ment of any Federal-aid highway funds expended by the

16 City of Spokane, Washington on the Lincoln Street Bridge

17 Project.

18 SEC. 369. Items 218 and 219 in the table under

19 ‘‘Federal Transit Administration, Capital investment

20 grants’’ in Division A, section 101(g) of Public Law 105–

21 277 and items 222 and 223 in the table under ‘‘Federal

22 Transit Administration, Capital investment grants’’ in

23 Public Law 106–69 are amended by inserting ‘‘and bus

24 and bus facilities’’ at the end of each item.
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1 SEC. 370. Item number 6 in the table contained in

2 section 1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for the

3 21st Century (Public Law 105–178) is amended by insert4 ing after ‘‘Kaysville’’, ‘‘and within the amount provided,

5 $2,000,000 for repair and reconstruction of the North

6 Ogden Divide Highway’’.

7 SEC. 371. Notwithstanding any other provision of

8 law, States may use funds provided in this Act under sec9 tion 402 of title 23, United States Code, to produce and

10 place highway safety public service messages in television,

11 radio, cinema, and print media, and on the Internet in

12 accordance with guidance issued by the Secretary of

13 Transportation. Any State that uses funds for such public

14 service messages shall submit to the Secretary a report

15 describing and assessing the effectiveness of the messages.

16 SEC. 372. Notwithstanding section 402 of the De17 partment of Transportation and Related Agencies Appro18 priations Act, 1982 (49 U.S.C. 10903 nt), Mohall Rail19 road, Inc. may abandon track from milepost 5.25 near

20 Granville, North Dakota, to milepost 35.0 at Lansford,

21 North Dakota, and the track so abandoned shall not be

22 counted against the 350-mile limitation contained in that

23 section.

24 SEC. 373. Item number 163 in the table contained

25 in section 1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for the
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1 21st Century (Public Law 105–178) is amended by insert2 ing before the numeral ‘‘which includes the study, design,

3 and construction related to local street improvements

4 needed to complement the extension of Kapkowski Road’’.

5 SEC. 374. Item number 331 in the table contained

6 in section 1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for the

7 21st Century (112 Stat. 269) is amended by striking

8 ‘‘highway access’’ and inserting ‘‘highway and freight rail

9 access’’.

10 SEC. 375. For capital costs associated with track re11 location, track construction and rehabilitation, highway12 rail separation construction activities including right-of13 way acquisition and utility relocation, and signal improve14 ments in Muscle Shoals, Tuscumbia, and Sheffield, Ala15 bama, $5,000,000 to the Alabama Department of Trans16 portation, to remain available until expended: Provided,

17 That obligation of federal funds is contingent upon a

18 match of no less than 75 percent from non-federal sources.

19 SEC. 376. For capital costs associated with track ac20 quisition and rehabilitation between Strasburg Junction

21 and Shenandoah Caverns, Virginia, $1,000,000 to Valley

22 Trains and Tours, to remain available until expended: Pro23 vided, That the obligation of federal funds is contingent

24 upon an agreement with Norfolk Southern Corporation on
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1 track usage and financial support by the Commonwealth

2 of Virginia.

3 SEC. 377. Item 1135 of the table contained in section

4 1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Cen5 tury (112 Stat. 298) is amended by striking ‘‘Replace

6 Barton Road/M 14 interchange, Ann Arbor’’ and inserting

7 ‘‘Conduct a study of all possible alternatives to the current

8 M–14/Barton Drive interchange in Ann Arbor, including

9 relocation of M–14/U.S. 23 from Maple Road to Plymouth

10 Road, mass transit options, and other means of reducing

11 commuter traffic and improving highway safety’’.

12 SEC. 378. Notwithstanding any other provision of

13 law, in addition to amounts made available in this Act or

14 any other Act, the following sums shall be made available

15 from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Tran16 sit Account): $50,000,000 for the intelligent transpor17 tation infrastructure program as authorized by section

18 5117(b)(3) of Public Law 105–178; $8,500,000 for con19 struction of, and improvements to, 17th Avenue and 23rd

20 Avenue highway ramps in Denver, Colorado; $1,000,000

21 for engineering, construction of, and improvements to, the

22 Cascade Gateway Border Project in Whatcom County,

23 Washington; $100,000,000 for construction of, and im24 provements to, Corridor D on the Appalachian develop25 ment highway system in the State of West Virginia;
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1 $1,500,000 for construction of, and improvements to, the

2 Alameda Corridor-East Gateway to American Trade cor3 ridor project, California; $4,000,000 for construction of,

4 and improvements to, Avenue G viaduct and connector

5 roads in Council Bluffs, Iowa; $34,100,000 for design and

6 construction of the Birmingham, Alabama Northern Belt7 line; $13,500,000 for construction of, and improvements

8 to, US 231 from Bowling Green to Scottsville, Kentucky;

9 $150,000 for improvements to the Broad Street and

10 Wyckoff Road intersection, including traffic light up11 grades, in the Borough of Eatontown, New Jersey;

12 $12,000,000 for construction of road expansion and im13 provements to, the Broad Street Parkway in Nashua, New

14 Hampshire; $10,000,000 to construct interchanges US

15 281 at FM 2812, FM 162, FM 490, SP 122, and SH

16 186 in Texas; $12,500,000 to construct interchanges US

17 77 at Business 77 North, FM 3186, FM 490, SP 122,

18 and SP 413 in Texas; $30,000,000 for construction of,

19 and improvements to, the Cooper River Bridge in South

20 Carolina; $100,000,000 for construction of, and improve21 ments to, Corridor X on the Appalachian development

22 highway system in the State of Alabama; $4,000,000 for

23 construction, including related activities, of an interchange

24 at County Highway J and US 10 and to upgrade a seg25 ment of US 10 to a four-lane highway in Portage County,
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1 Wisconsin; $5,000,000 for construction, including related

2 activities, of the Craig Road overpass between I–15 and

3 Lossee Road in the City of North Las Vegas, Nevada;

4 $30,200,000 for construction of, and improvements to,

5 bridges and other projects on the Dalton Highway, Alaska;

6 $3,200,000 for improvements to Dayton Road in Ames,

7 Iowa; $15,000,000 for construction of, and improvements

8 to, the Detroit, Michigan Ambassador Bridge Gateway

9 project; $24,000,000 for construction of, and improve10 ments to, FAST Corridor in Washington; $10,000,000 for

11 construction of, and improvements to, the Fort Wash12 ington Way reconfiguration project, Cincinnati, Ohio;

13 $35,000,000 for construction of, and improvements to, the

14 Four Bears Bridge in North Dakota; $50,000,000 for con15 struction of, and improvements to, the Glen Highway/

16 George Parks Highway interchange in Alaska; $8,000,000

17 for preliminary design of the Interstate Route 69 Great

18 River Bridge crossing the Mississippi at Bolivar County,

19 Mississippi; $8,000,000 for reconstruction of, and other

20 improvements to, Halls Mill Road in Freehold Township

21 and Monmouth County, New Jersey; $4,500,000 for con22 struction of, and improvements to, Hamakua-Hilo corridor

23 road and bridge projects, Hawaii; $35,000,000 for con24 struction, including related activities, of an extension of

25 Highway 180 from the City of Mendota to I–5 in Fresno
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1 County, California; $10,000,000 to upgrade Highway 36

2 in Marion County, Missouri, to four-lane divided highway;

3 $9,750,000 for widening, relocation of, and other improve4 ments to South Carolina Highway 5, including the re5 moval and relocation of municipal utilities, between Inter6 state 85 in Cherokee County, South Carolina and Inter7 state 77 in York County, South Carolina; $10,000,000 for

8 upgrading Highway 60 in Shannon and Carter counties,

9 Missouri, to four-lane divided highway; $6,400,000 for

10 Hoeven Valley corridor, Sioux City, road, intersection, and

11 rail crossing improvements in Iowa; $20,000,000 for envi12 ronmental work, design, and construction of the Hoover

13 Dam bypass four-lane bridge; $13,500,000 for construc14 tion of, and improvements to, I–15 between milepost 0 and

15 milepost 16, from the Utah border to Deep Creek, Idaho;

16 $10,000,000 for construction of, and improvements to, the

17 I–15 Southbound project, Nevada; $10,000,000 for con18 struction of, and improvements to, I–195 in Rhode Island;

19 $6,400,000 for municipality relocation costs for I–235 in

20 Polk County, Iowa; $12,000,000 for environmental work,

21 preliminary survey and design, and reconstruction of I–

22 35 from Des Moines to Ankeny, Iowa; $36,000,000 for

23 construction, including related activities, of the I–39/US

24 51/SH 29 corridor (Wausau Beltline) in and around

25 Wausau, Wisconsin; $94,000,000 for construction of, and
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1 improvements to, I–49 in the State of Arkansas;

2 $18,400,000 for environmental work, preliminary survey

3 and design of I–69 in Tennessee; $10,000,000 for con4 struction of, and improvements to, the I–80/US 395 inter5 change, in Reno, Nevada; $2,800,000 for border crossing

6 improvements on I–87, in New York; $8,000,000 for con7 struction of, and improvements to, the I–95 to Transitway

8 access project in Stamford, Connecticut; $4,000,000 for

9 construction of, and improvements to, U.S. Department

10 of Transportation structure numbered 289–961–H at

11 FAS Route 37 in Illinois; $250,000 for improvements at

12 the Rosedale Road and Provinceline Road intersection in

13 the Township of Princeton, New Jersey; $1,200,000 for

14 improvements to County Route 605 in Delaware Township

15 and West Amwell Township Hunterdon County, New Jer16 sey; $2,500,000 for improvements to the Route 9 and

17 Route 520 intersection in Marlboro Township, New Jer18 sey; $5,000,000 for improvements to US 73 from State

19 Avenue North to Marxen Road in Wyandotte County,

20 Kansas; $5,000,000 for installation of sound barriers

21 along the Route 309 Expressway between Limekiln Pike

22 and State Route 63 in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania;

23 $8,700,000 for construction, including related activities,

24 of a new interchange on I–435 at Donahoo Road in Wyan25 dotte County, Kansas; $15,000,000 for construction of,
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1 and improvements to, the intersection at 27th Street and

2 Airport Road in Billings, Montana; $5,000,000 for con3 struction of, and improvements to, Kahuku Bridges, Ha4 waii; $5,500,000 for construction of, and improvements

5 to, the Kansas Lane Connector Road alignment project

6 in Monroe, Louisiana; $4,000,000 for construction of, and

7 improvements to, Kekaha, Kauai access roads, Hawaii;

8 $10,000,000 for planning, environmental work, and pre9 liminary engineering of highway, pedestrian, vehicular,

10 and bicycle access to the John F. Kennedy Center for the

11 Performing Arts in the District of Columbia; $2,500,000

12 for construction of, and improvements to, Kihei Road, Ha13 waii; $10,000,000 for Lafayette Street access improve14 ments from the US 202 Dannehower Bridge to the Penn15 sylvania Turnpike, including extension of Lafayette Street

16 to the Conshohocken Road, intersection improvements and

17 bridge reconstruction, in Norristown, Pennsylvania;

18 $12,400,000 for widening and overlay/guard rail work on

19 SR 789 between Lander and Hudson, Wyoming; $500,000

20 for reconstruction of Lewisville Road in Lawrence Town21 ship, New Jersey; $3,200,000 for construction of, and im22 provements to, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Bridge in To23 ledo, Ohio; $9,300,000 for construction of, and improve24 ments to, the Midtown West intermodal ferry terminal,

25 New York City, New York; $5,000,000 for construction,
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1 including related activities, of an extension of Mississippi

2 Highway 44, including a bridge over the Pearl River, in

3 Lawrence County, Mississippi; $13,000,000 for construc4 tion of, and improvements to, the Missouri River pedes5 trian crossing in Omaha, Nebraska; $5,000,000 for the

6 NJCDC Training Facility Project in Paterson, New Jer7 sey; $16,000,000 for construction of, and improvements

8 to, North Shore Road in Swain County, North Carolina;

9 $3,500,000 for construction of, and improvements to, the

10 Norwich, Connecticut intermodal facility project;

11 $1,500,000 for construction of, and improvements to,

12 Padanaram and Little River Road bridge projects in Dart13 mouth, Massachusetts; $11,000,000 for reconstruction ac14 tivities on the Potee Street Bridge in Baltimore, Mary15 land; $250,000 for reconstruction of Institute Street,

16 Lockwood Avenue, First Street, Second Street, Third

17 Street, Ford Avenue, Liberty Street and Bond Street in

18 the Borough of Freehold, New Jersey; $4,200,000 for re19 location and related construction activities thereto of Mac20 Arthur Boulevard in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma;

21 $1,200,000 for grade crossing eliminations along Route

22 17 in Chemung County, New York; $4,000,000 for con23 struction of, and improvements to, Route 2 between St.

24 Johnsbury, Vermont and the New Hampshire State Line;

25 $500,000 for improvements to Route 35 at Clinton Ave-
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1 nue and other intersections in the Borough of Eatontown,

2 New Jersey; $500,000 for Route 35 corridor improve3 ments, including signal upgrades, in the Borough of

4 Eatontown, New Jersey; $2,600,000 for construction of,

5 and improvements to, the Niangua Bridge on Route 5 in

6 Camden County, Missouri; $1,000,000 for improvements

7 to Route 641 in Hunterdon County, New Jersey;

8 $25,000,000 for construction, including related activities,

9 of the Route 7 North bypass in Brookfield, Connecticut;

10 $6,000,000 for construction of, and improvements to, the

11 Route 9 Bennington Bypass, Vermont; $5,000,000 for

12 construction of, and improvements to, Saddle Road, Ha13 waii; $1,200,000 for reconstruction of School Road East

14 in Marlboro Township, New Jersey; $29,000,000 for con15 struction of, and improvements to, a Southeast Connector

16 Route between I–90 and SD 79 in South Dakota;

17 $5,000,000 for improvements, including traffic signal sys18 tem upgrades, to State Route 99 in Shoreline, Wash19 ington; $500,000 for the Township of Princeton, New Jer20 sey municipal complex road improvements, including im21 provements to the Valley, Mount Lucas, Terhune and

22 Cherry Hill roadways in the Township of Princeton, New

23 Jersey; $23,600,000 for construction of, and improve24 ments to, US 12 between Aberdeen and I–29 in South

25 Dakota; $40,000,000 for construction of, and improve-
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1 ments to, US 19 in Pinellas County, Florida; $25,000,000

2 for construction of, and improvements to, US 50 Parkers3 burg bypass in West Virginia; $10,000,000 for construc4 tion of, and improvements to, US 63 in Jonesboro, Arkan5 sas; $5,000,000 for construction of, and improvements to,

6 US 101 in Oregon; $4,000,000 for construction of, and

7 improvements to, US 54 in Kansas; $100,000,000 for con8 struction of, and improvements to, the US 82 bridge over

9 the Mississippi River at Greenville, Mississippi;

10 $10,000,000 for construction of, and improvements to, in11 cluding widening, of US 95 between Laughlin Cutoff and

12 Railroad Pass, Nevada; $1,000,000 for improvements to

13 the Van Wyck Expressway, Queens County, New York;

14 and $20,000,000 for widening US 53 from two lanes to

15 four lanes from Minnesota Highway 169 north of Virginia,

16 Minnesota to Cook, Minnesota: Provided, That the

17 amounts appropriated in this section shall remain avail18 able until expended and shall not be subject to, or com19 puted against, any obligation limitation or contract au20 thority set forth in this Act or any other Act.

21 SEC. 379. (a) Section 412(a) of the Woodrow Wilson

22 Memorial Bridge Authority Act of 1995 (109 Stat. 627;

23 112 Stat. 159) is amended—

24 (1) in paragraph (1)—
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1 (A) by striking ‘‘There is’’ and inserting

2 the following:

3 ‘‘(A) HIGHWAY TRUST FUND.—There is’’;

4 and

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

6 ‘‘(B) GENERAL FUND.—

7 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In addition to

8 amounts made available under subpara9 graph (A), there is appropriated to pay the

10 costs described in subparagraph (A)

11 $600,000,000 for fiscal year 2001.

12 ‘‘(ii) CONDITION.—Notwithstanding

13 any other provision of law, the additional

14 funds made available by clause (i) shall be

15 made available only when 1 or more of the

16 Capital Region jurisdictions accepts con17 veyance from the Secretary of all right,

18 title, and interest of the United States in

19 and to the new Bridge.

20 ‘‘(iii) MANNER OF USE.—The use of

21 the additional funds made available by

22 clause (i) shall be subject to title 23,

23 United States Code.’’;

24 (2) in paragraph (2)—
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1 (A) by striking ‘‘Funds’’ and inserting

2 ‘‘Except as provided in paragraph (3), funds’’;

3 and

4 (B) by striking ‘‘this section’’ and insert5 ing ‘‘paragraph (1)(A)’’; and

6 (3) by striking ‘‘Code; except that—’’ and in7 serting the following: ‘‘Code.

8 ‘‘(3) CONDITIONS.—With respect to funds au9 thorized or appropriated by this section—’’.

10 (b) Section 412 of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial

11 Bridge Authority Act of 1995 (109 Stat. 627; 112 Stat.

12 159) is amended by adding at the end the following:

13 ‘‘(d) LIMITATION ON FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION.—

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para15 graph (2), the aggregate of the amounts made avail16 able from the Highway Trust Fund and the general

17 fund of the Treasury under this section shall not ex18 ceed $1,500,000,000.

19 ‘‘(2) EXCLUDED AMOUNTS.—Amounts made

20 available for the Project under section 110 of title

21 23, United States Code, shall be excluded from the

22 limitation established by paragraph (1).’’.

23 SEC. 380. Section 5309(g)(4) of title 49 United

24 States Code is amended by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(4)’’

25 and by adding at the end the following:
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1 ‘‘(B) For fiscal year 2001 and thereafter, the

2 amount equivalent to the last 2 fiscal years of fund3 ing authorized under section 5338(b) for new fixed

4 guideway systems and extensions to existing fixed

5 guideway systems referred to in subparagraph (A)

6 shall be the amount equivalent to the last 3 fiscal

7 years of such authorized funding.

8 ‘‘(C) Any increase in the total estimated

9 amount of future obligations of the Government and

10 contingent commitments to incur obligations covered

11 by all outstanding letters of intent, full funding

12 grant agreements, and early systems work agree13 ments as a result of application of subparagraph (B)

14 instead of subparagraph (A) shall be available as fol15 lows:

16 ‘‘(1) $269,100,000 for the Chicago, Illinois

17 Metra commuter rail project, that consists of

18 the following elements: the Kane County exten19 sion; the North Central double-tracking project;

20 and the Southwest corridor extension.

21 ‘‘(2) $565,600,000 for the Chicago Transit

22 Authority project that consists of the following

23 elements: Ravenswood Branch station and line

24 improvements and the Douglas Branch recon25 struction project.
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1 ‘‘(3) For new fixed guideways and exten2 sions to existing fixed guideway systems other

3 than for projects referred to in paragraphs (1)

4 and (2); except that for fiscal year 2001, such

5 increase under this paragraph shall not be

6 available for allocation by the department or for

7 making future obligations of the Government

8 and contingent commitments until April 1,

9 2001.

10 ‘‘(D) Of the amount that would be available

11 under subparagraph (A) if subparagraph (B) were

12 not in effect and would have otherwise been allo13 cated by the Federal Transit Administration to

14 those projects referred to in subparagraphs (C)(1)

15 and (C)(2) shall be available as follows:

16 ‘‘(1) $60,000,000 for the Minneapolis Hia17 watha corridor light rail project, which shall be

18 in addition to amounts otherwise allocated

19 under subparagraph (A), for a total of

20 $334,300,000.

21 ‘‘(2) $217,800,000 for the Dulles corridor

22 bus rapid transit project, that consists of a

23 light rail extension from the West Falls Church

24 metrorail station to Tysons Corner, Virginia
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1 and bus rapid transit from Tysons Corner to

2 the Dulles International Airport.

3 ‘‘(E) Any amount that would be available under

4 subparagraph (A) if subparagraph (B) were not in

5 effect and would have otherwise been allocated by

6 the Federal Transit Administration to those projects

7 referred to in subparagraphs (C)(1) and (C)(2),

8 shall not be available for allocation by the depart9 ment or for making future obligations of the Govern10 ment and contingent commitments until April 1,

11 2001, except for those projects referred to in sub12 paragraph (D)(1) and (D)(2).

13 ‘‘(F) Future obligations of the Government and

14 contingent commitments made against the contin15 gent commitment authority under section 3032(g)(2)

16 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency

17 Act of 1991 for the San Francisco BART to the

18 Airport project for fiscal years 2002, 2003, 2004,

19 2005 and 2006 shall be charged against section

20 3032(g)(2) of the Intermodal Surface Transpor21 tation Efficiency Act of 1991.

22 ‘‘(G) Any amount that would be available under

23 subparagraph (A) if subparagraph (F) were not in

24 effect and would otherwise have been allocated by

25 the Federal Transit Administration to the project in
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1 subparagraph (F) shall not be available for alloca2 tion by the department or for making future obliga3 tions of the Government and contingent commit4 ments until April 1, 2001.’’.

5 SEC. 381. Notwithstanding any other provision of

6 law, within one week from the date of enactment of this

7 Act, the Federal Transit Administrator shall sign a Full

8 Funding Grant Agreement for the MOS–2 segment of the

9 New Jersey Urban Core—Hudson Bergen project.

10 SEC. 382. None of the funds appropriated in this or

11 any other Act may be used to adjust the boundary of the

12 Point Retreat Light Station or to otherwise limit the prop13 erty at the Point Retreat Light Station currently under

14 lease to the Alaska Lighthouse Association: Provided,

15 That any modifications to the boundary of the Point Re16 treat Light Station made after January 1, 1998 is hereby

17 declared null and void.

18 TITLE IV

19 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

20 BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT

21 GIFTS TO THE UNITED STATES FOR REDUCTION OF THE

22 PUBLIC DEBT

23 For deposit of an additional amount into the account

24 established under section 3113(d) of title 31, United

25 States Code, to reduce the public debt, $5,000,000,000.
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1 TITLE V

2 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

3 DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For an additional amount in support of the Nation’s

6 counterterrorism efforts, $6,424,000: Provided, That

7 these funds shall be for establishing a new interagency Na8 tional Terrorist Asset Tracking Center in the Office of

9 Foreign Assets Control: Provided further, That these

10 funds may be used to reimburse any Department of the

11 Treasury organization for costs of providing support for

12 this effort.

13 DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL

14 INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For an additional amount for the integrated Treasury

17 wireless network, $15,000,000, to remain available until

18 expended: Provided, That these funds shall be transferred

19 to accounts and in amounts as necessary to satisfy the

20 requirements of the Department’s offices, bureaus, and

21 other organizations: Provided further, That this transfer

22 authority shall be in addition to any other transfer author23 ity provided: Provided further, That none of the funds ap24 propriated shall be used to support or supplement the In-
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1 ternal Revenue Service appropriations for Information

2 Systems.

3 EXPANDED ACCESS TO FINANCIAL SERVICES

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For an additional amount to develop and implement

6 programs to expand access to financial services for low7 and moderate-income individuals, $8,000,000, to remain

8 available until expended: Provided, That of these funds,

9 such sums as may be necessary may be transferred to ac10 counts of the Department’s offices, bureaus, and other or11 ganizations: Provided further, That this transfer authority

12 shall be in addition to any other transfer authority pro13 vided.

14 FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For an additional amount to establish and operate

17 a metropolitan area law enforcement training center for

18 the Department of the Treasury, other Federal agencies,

19 the United States Capitol Police, and the Washington,

20 D.C., Metropolitan Police Department, $5,000,000: Pro21 vided, That the principal function of the center shall be

22 for firearms and vehicle operation requalification: Pro23 vided further, That use of the center for training for other

24 state and local law enforcement agencies may be provided

25 on a space-available basis: Provided further, That the Fed-
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1 eral Law Enforcement Training Center is authorized to

2 obligate funds in anticipation of reimbursement from

3 agencies receiving training sponsored by the Federal Law

4 Enforcement Training Center, except that total obliga5 tions at the end of the fiscal year shall not exceed total

6 budgetary resources available at the end of the fiscal year:

7 Provided further, That the costs of transportation to and

8 from the center, ammunition, vehicles, and instruction at

9 the center shall be funded either directly by participating

10 law enforcement agencies, or through reimbursement of

11 actual costs to this appropriation: Provided further, That

12 of the funds provided, no more than $1,500,000 may be

13 obligated until a funding plan for the center has been sub14 mitted to the Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur15 ther, That all Federal property in the National Capital Re16 gion that is in the surplus property inventory of the Gen17 eral Services Administration shall be available for selection

18 and use by the Secretary of the Treasury as the site of

19 such a metropolitan area law enforcement training center.

20 If the Secretary of the Treasury identifies a parcel of such

21 property that is appropriate for use for such a center, the

22 property shall not be treated as excess property or surplus

23 property (as those terms are used in the Federal Property

24 and Administrative Services Act of 1949) and administra-
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1 tive jurisdiction over the property shall be transferred to

2 the Secretary for use for such a center.

3 ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND

4 RELATED EXPENSES

5 For an additional amount for design and construction

6 of a metropolitan area law enforcement training center,

7 including firearms and vehicle operations requalification

8 facilities, $25,000,000, to remain available until expended:

9 Provided, That of the funds provided, no more than

10 $3,000,000 may be obligated until a design and construc11 tion plan has been submitted to the Committees on Appro12 priations.

13 BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For an additional amount, $4,148,000, for participa16 tion in Joint Terrorism Task Forces.

17 UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For an additional amount, $18,934,000: Provided,

20 That $10,000,000 shall be for technology and infrastruc21 ture along the northern border: Provided further, That

22 $6,600,000 shall be for hiring counterterrorism agents for

23 deployment along the northern border: Provided further,

24 That none of the funds provided for the northern border

25 shall be obligated until the Commissioner of the Customs

26 Service submits for approval to the Committees on Appro-
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1 priations a plan for the deployment of the resources and

2 personnel: Provided further, That $2,334,000 shall be for

3 participation in Joint Terrorism Task Forces.

4 INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

5 TAX LAW ENFORCEMENT

6 For an additional amount, $7,974,000: Provided,

7 That $3,135,000 shall be in support of the money laun8 dering strategy: Provided further, That $4,839,000 shall

9 be for participation in Joint Terrorism Task Forces.

10 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS

11 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv12 ice, $71,751,000, to remain available until September 30,

13 2003, for the capital asset acquisition of information tech14 nology systems, including management and related con15 tractual costs of said acquisitions, including contractual

16 costs associated with operations authorized by 5 U.S.C.

17 3109: Provided, That none of these funds may be obli18 gated until the Internal Revenue Service submits to the

19 Committees on Appropriations, and such Committees ap20 prove, a plan for expenditure that (1) meets the capital

21 planning and investment control review requirements es22 tablished by the Office of Management and Budget, in23 cluding Circular A–11 part 3; (2) complies with the Inter24 nal Revenue Service’s enterprise architecture, including

25 the modernization blueprint; (3) conforms with the Inter26 nal Revenue Service’s enterprise life cycle methodology;
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1 (4) is approved by the Internal Revenue Service, the De2 partment of the Treasury, and the Office of Management

3 and Budget; (5) has been reviewed by the General Ac4 counting Office; and (6) complies with the acquisition

5 rules, requirements, guidelines, and systems acquisition

6 management practices of the Federal Government.

7 STAFFING TAX ADMINISTRATION FOR BALANCE AND

8 EQUITY

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv11 ice related to the hiring of new staff, $141,000,000: Pro12 vided, That these funds shall be transferred to the appro13 priations accounts for ‘‘Processing, Assistance, and Man14 agement’’, ‘‘Tax Law Enforcement’’, and ‘‘Information

15 Systems’’ in accordance with a staffing plan approved by

16 the Department of the Treasury and the Office of Man17 agement and Budget: Provided further, That none of these

18 funds may be transferred or obligated until such staffing

19 plan is submitted to, and approved by, the Committees

20 on Appropriations: Provided further, That this transfer au21 thority shall be in addition to any other transfer authority

22 provided.

23 UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE

24 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

25 For an additional amount, $2,904,000, for participa26 tion in Joint Terrorism Task Forces.
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1 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND

2 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

3 OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY

4 COUNTERDRUG TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT CENTER

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For an additional amount, $7,000,000: Provided,

7 That $5,000,000 shall be available for continued operation

8 of the technology transfer program: Provided further, That

9 $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be

10 available for counternarcotics research and development

11 projects, to be used for the continued development of a

12 wireless interoperability communication project in Colo13 rado.

14 UNANTICIPATED NEEDS

15 For expenses necessary to enable the President to

16 meet unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national

17 interest, security, or defense which may arise at home or

18 abroad during the current fiscal year, as authorized by

19 3 U.S.C. 108, $3,500,000: Provided, That, of such

20 amount, $2,500,000 shall become available on March 31,

21 2001, and shall be provided to the Elections Commission

22 of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico as a transfer to be

23 used for objective, nonpartisan citizens’ education and a

24 choice by voters regarding the islands’ future status: Pro25 vided further, That none of the funds described in the pre26 ceding proviso may be obligated until 45 days after the
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1 Elections Commission of the Commonwealth of Puerto

2 Rico submits to the Committees on Appropriations for ap3 proval an expenditure plan developed jointly by the Pop4 ular Democratic Party, the New Progressive Party, and

5 the Puerto Rican Independence Party: Provided further,

6 That the Elections Commission of the Commonwealth of

7 Puerto Rico shall include in the expenditure plan addi8 tional views from any party that does not agree with the

9 plan.

10 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

11 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

12 REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES

13 FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND

14 LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For an additional amount to be deposited in, and to

17 be used for the purposes of, the Fund established pursu18 ant to section 210(f) of the Federal Property and Admin19 istrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C.

20 490(f)), $11,350,000: Provided, That $3,000,000 shall be

21 available for nonprospectus construction: Provided further,

22 That $8,350,000, to remain available until expended, shall

23 be available for repairs and alterations.

24 POLICY AND OPERATIONS

25 For an additional amount, $13,789,000 of which

26 $2,060,000 shall be for the electronic government initia-
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1 tive, of which $2,000,000 shall be for the regulatory infor2 mation service center, of which $2,000,000 shall be for

3 facilitating post conveyance remediation to be performed

4 by the City of Waltham, Massachusetts, of which

5 $2,000,000 shall be for a grant to the Institute for Bio6 medical Science and Biotechnology, of which $2,000,000

7 shall be for a grant to the Center for Agricultural Policy

8 and Trade Studies, of which $1,000,000 shall be for a

9 grant to the Berwick, Pennsylvania Industrial Develop10 ment Authority, of which $1,000,000 shall be a grant to

11 Ewing-Lawrence Sewerage Authority in Ewing Township,

12 New Jersey, of which $750,000 shall be for logistical sup13 port of the World Police and Fire Games in Indiana, and

14 of which $979,000 shall be for base operations.

15 NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

16 REPAIRS AND RESTORATION

17 For an additional amount for repairs to the John F.

18 Kennedy Presidential Library, $6,610,000, to remain

19 available until expended.

20 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE

21 SEC. 501. (a) PROHIBITION OF FEDERAL AGENCY

22 MONITORING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION ON USE OF

23 INTERNET.—None of the funds made available in the

24 Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act,

25 2001 may be used by any Federal agency—
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1 (1) to collect, review, or create any aggregate

2 list, derived from any means, that includes the col3 lection of any personally identifiable information re4 lating to an individual’s access to or use of any Fed5 eral government Internet site of the agency; or

6 (2) to enter into any agreement with a third

7 party (including another government agency) to col8 lect, review, or obtain any aggregate list, derived

9 from any means, that includes the collection of any

10 personally identifiable information relating to an in11 dividual’s access to or use of any nongovernmental

12 Internet site.

13 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations established in

14 subsection (a) shall not apply to—

15 (1) any record of aggregate data that does not

16 identify particular persons;

17 (2) any voluntary submission of personally iden18 tifiable information;

19 (3) any action taken for law enforcement, regu20 latory, or supervisory purposes, in accordance with

21 applicable law; or

22 (4) any action described in subsection (a)(1)

23 that is a system security action taken by the oper24 ator of an Internet site and is necessarily incident

25 to the rendition of the Internet site services or to the
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1 protection of the rights or property of the provider

2 of the Internet site.

3 (c) RELATION TO OTHER PROVISION.—Section 644

4 of the Treasury and General Government Appropriations

5 Act, 2001 (relating to Federal agency monitoring of per6 sonal information on use of the Internet) shall not have

7 effect.

8 (d) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section:

9 (1) The term ‘‘regulatory’’ means agency ac10 tions to implement, interpret or enforce authorities

11 provided in law.

12 (2) The term ‘‘supervisory’’ means examina13 tions of the agency’s supervised institutions, includ14 ing assessing safety and soundness, overall financial

15 condition, management practices and policies and

16 compliance with applicable standards as provided in

17 law.

18 SEC. 502. (a) CLARIFICATION OF PERMISSIBLE USE

19 OF FACSIMILE MACHINES AND ELECTRONIC MAIL TO

20 FILE INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE STATEMENTS.—Sec21 tion 304 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971

22 (2 U.S.C. 434) is amended by adding at the end the fol23 lowing new subsection:

24 ‘‘(d)(1) Any person who is required to file a state25 ment under subsection (c) of this section, except state-
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1 ments required to be filed electronically pursuant to sub2 section (a)(11)(A)(i) may file the statement by facsimile

3 device or electronic mail, in accordance with such regula4 tions as the Commission may promulgate.

5 ‘‘(2) The Commission shall make a document which

6 is filed electronically with the Commission pursuant to this

7 paragraph accessible to the public on the Internet not later

8 than 24 hours after the document is received by the Com9 mission.

10 ‘‘(3) In promulgating a regulation under this para11 graph, the Commission shall provide methods (other than

12 requiring a signature on the document being filed) for

13 verifying the documents covered by the regulation. Any

14 document verified under any of the methods shall be treat15 ed for all purposes (including penalties for perjury) in the

16 same manner as a document verified by signature.’’.

17 (b) TREATMENT OF LINES OF CREDIT OBTAINED BY

18 CANDIDATES AS COMMERCIALLY REASONABLE LOANS.—

19 Section 301(8)(B) of such Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C.

20 431(8)(B)) is amended—

21 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (xiii);

22 (2) by striking the period at the end of clause

23 (xiv) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

24 (3) by adding at the end the following new

25 clause:
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1 ‘‘(xv) any loan of money derived from an ad2 vance on a candidate’s brokerage account, credit

3 card, home equity line of credit, or other line of

4 credit available to the candidate, if such loan is

5 made in accordance with applicable law and under

6 commercially reasonable terms and if the person

7 making such loan makes loans derived from an ad8 vance on the candidate’s brokerage account, credit

9 card, home equity line of credit, or other line of

10 credit in the normal course of the person’s busi11 ness.’’.

12 (c) REQUIRING ACTUAL RECEIPT OF CERTAIN INDE13 PENDENT EXPENDITURE REPORTS WITHIN 24 HOURS.—

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 304(c)(2) of such

15 Act (2 U.S.C. 434(c)(2)) is amended in the matter

16 following subparagraph (C)—

17 (A) by striking ‘‘shall be reported’’ and in18 serting ‘‘shall be filed’’; and

19 (B) by adding at the end the following new

20 sentence: ‘‘Notwithstanding subsection (a)(5),

21 the time at which the statement under this sub22 section is received by the Secretary, the Com23 mission, or any other recipient to whom the no24 tification is required to be sent shall be consid-
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1 ered the time of filing of the statement with the

2 recipient.’’.

3 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section

4 304(a)(5) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 434(a)(5)) is

5 amended by striking ‘‘or (4)(A)(ii)’’ and inserting

6 ‘‘or (4)(A)(ii), or the second sentence of subsection

7 (c)(2)’’.

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

9 this section shall apply with respect to elections occurring

10 after January 2001.

11 SEC. 503. Of the amounts provided to the Office of

12 National Drug Control Policy for fiscal year 2001 for the

13 anti-doping efforts of the United States Olympic Com14 mittee, the Director of such Office shall make direct pay15 ment of $3,300,000 to The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, In16 corporated, for the conduct of anti-doping activities: Pro17 vided, That these funds shall be provided not later than

18 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act: Pro19 vided further, That of the funds made available for this

20 effort, The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency shall have the sole

21 authority to obligate these funds for the promotion of anti22 doping efforts relating to United States athletes in the

23 Olympic, Pan American, and Paralympic Games.
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1 SEC. 504. Section 640 of the Treasury and General

2 Government Appropriations Act, 2001 (relating to Civil

3 Service Retirement System) shall not have effect.

4 SEC. 505. (a) CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYS5 TEM.—The table under section 8334(c) of title 5, United

6 States Code, is amended—

7 (1) in the matter relating to an employee by

8 striking:

‘‘7.5 ...... January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2002.

7 ........... After December 31, 2002.’’

9 and inserting the following:

‘‘7 ........... After December 31, 2000.’’;

10 (2) in the matter relating to a Member or em11 ployee for Congressional employee service by strik12 ing:

‘‘8 ......... January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2002.

7.5 ........ After December 31, 2002.’’

13 and inserting the following:

‘‘7.5 ........ After December 31, 2000.’’;

14 (3) in the matter relating to a law enforcement

15 officer for law enforcement service and firefighter

16 for firefighter service by striking:

‘‘8 ......... January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2002.

7.5 ........ After December 31, 2002.’’

17 and inserting the following:

‘‘7.5 ........ After December 31, 2000.’’;
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1 (4) in the matter relating to a bankruptcy judge

2 by striking:

‘‘8.5 ...... January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2002.

8 ........... After December 31, 2002.’’

3 and inserting the following:

‘‘8 ........... After December 31, 2000.’’;

4 (5) in the matter relating to a judge of the

5 United States Court of Appeals for the Armed

6 Forces for service as a judge of that court by strik7 ing:

‘‘8.5 ...... January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2002.

8 ........... After December 31, 2002.’’

8 and inserting the following:

‘‘8 ........... After December 31, 2000.’’;

9 (6) in the matter relating to a United States

10 magistrate by striking:

‘‘8.5 ...... January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2002.

8 ........... After December 31, 2002.’’

11 and inserting the following:

‘‘8 ........... After December 31, 2000.’’;

12 (7) in the matter relating to a Court of Federal

13 Claims judge by striking:

‘‘8.5 ...... January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2002.

8 ........... After December 31, 2002.’’

14 and inserting the following:

‘‘8 ........... After December 31, 2000.’’;
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1 (8) in the matter relating to a member of the

2 Capitol Police by striking:

‘‘8 ......... January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2002.

7.5 ........ After December 31, 2002.’’

3 and inserting the following:

‘‘7.5 ........ After December 31, 2000.’’;

4 and

5 (9) in the matter relating to a nuclear materials

6 courier by striking:

‘‘8 ......... January 1, 2001 to December 31, 2002.

7.5 ........ After December 31, 2002.’’

7 and inserting the following:

‘‘7.5 ........ After December 31, 2000.’’.

8 (b) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 8422(a) of title 5,

10 United States Code, is amended by striking para11 graph (3) and inserting the following:

12 ‘‘(3) The applicable percentage under this paragraph

13 for civilian service shall be as follows:

‘‘Employee .................................................................... 7 .............. January 1, 1987, to December

31, 1998.

7.25 ......... January 1, 1999, to December

31, 1999.

7.4 ........... January 1, 2000, to December

31, 2000.

7 .............. After December 31, 2000.

Congressional employee ................................................ 7.5 ........... January 1, 1987, to December

31, 1998.

7.75 ......... January 1, 1999, to December

31, 1999.

7.9 ........... January 1, 2000, to December

31, 2000.

7.5 ........... After December 31, 2000.

Member ........................................................................ 7.5 ........... January 1, 1987, to December

31, 1998.

7.75 ......... January 1, 1999, to December

31, 1999.

7.9 ........... January 1, 2000, to December

31, 2000.
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8 .............. January 1, 2001, to December

31, 2002.

7.5 ........... After December 31, 2002.

Law enforcement officer, firefighter, member of the

Capitol Police, or air traffic controller.

7.5 ........... January 1, 1987, to December

31, 1998.

7.75 ......... January 1, 1999, to December

31, 1999.

7.9 ........... January 1, 2000, to December

31, 2000.

7.5 ........... After December 31, 2000.

Nuclear materials courier ............................................. 7 .............. January 1, 1987, to October

16, 1998.

7.5 ........... October 17, 1998, to December 31, 1998.

7.75 ......... January 1, 1999, to December

31, 1999.

7.9 ........... January 1, 2000, to December

31, 2000.

7.5 ........... After December 31, 2000.’’.

1 (2) MILITARY SERVICE.—Section 8422(e)(6) of

2 title 5, United States Code, is amended—

3 (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting

4 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon;

5 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘;

6 and’’ and inserting a period; and

7 (C) by striking subparagraph (C).

8 (3) VOLUNTEER SERVICE.—Section 8422(f)(4)

9 of title 5, United States Code, is amended—

10 (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting

11 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon;

12 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘;

13 and’’ and inserting a period; and

14 (C) by striking subparagraph (C).

15 (c) CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT

16 AND DISABILITY SYSTEM.—

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 7001(c)(2) of the

18 Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (50 U.S.C. 2021 note)

19 is amended—
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1 (A) in the matter before the colon, by

2 striking ‘‘December 31, 2002’’ and inserting

3 ‘‘December 31, 2000’’; and

4 (B) in the matter after the colon, by strik5 ing all that follows ‘‘December 31, 2000.’’.

6 (2) MILITARY SERVICE.—Section 252(h)(1)(A)

7 of the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act

8 (50 U.S.C. 2082(h)(1)(A)), is amended—

9 (A) in the matter before the colon, by

10 striking ‘‘December 31, 2002’’ and inserting

11 ‘‘December 31, 2000’’; and

12 (B) in the matter after the colon, by strik13 ing all that follows ‘‘December 31, 2000.’’.

14 (d) FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DIS15 ABILITY SYSTEM.—

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 7001(d)(2) of the

17 Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (22 U.S.C. 4045 note)

18 is amended—

19 (A) in subparagraph (A)—

20 (i) in the matter before the colon, by

21 striking ‘‘December 31, 2002’’ and insert22 ing ‘‘December 31, 2000’’; and

23 (ii) in the matter after the colon, by

24 striking all that follows ‘‘December 31,

25 2000.’’; and
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1 (B) in subparagraph (B)—

2 (i) in the matter before the colon, by

3 striking ‘‘December 31, 2002’’ and insert4 ing ‘‘December 31, 2000’’; and

5 (ii) in the matter after the colon, by

6 striking all that follows ‘‘December 31,

7 2000.’’.

8 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section

9 805(d)(1) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22

10 U.S.C. 4045(d)(1)) is amended, in the table in the

11 matter following subparagraph (B), by striking:

‘‘January 1, 2001, through December 31, 2002, inclusive .. 7.5

After December 31, 2002 ..................................................... 7’’

12 and inserting the following:

‘‘After December 31, 2000 ................................................... 7’’.

13 (e) FOREIGN SERVICE PENSION SYSTEM.—

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 856(a)(2) of the

15 Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C.

16 4071e(a)(2)) is amended by striking all that follows

17 ‘‘December 31, 2000.’’ and inserting the following:

‘‘7.5 ...... After December 31, 2000.’’.

18 (2) VOLUNTEER SERVICE.—Section 854(c)(1)

19 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C.

20 4071c(c)(1)) is amended—
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1 (A) in the matter before the colon, by

2 striking ‘‘December 31, 2002’’ and inserting

3 ‘‘December 31, 2000’’; and

4 (B) in the matter after the colon, by strik5 ing all that follows ‘‘December 31, 2000.’’.

6 (f) CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—Notwith7 standing section 8334 (a)(1) or (k)(1) of title 5, United

8 States Code, during the period beginning on October 1,

9 2002, through December 31, 2002, each employing agency

10 (other than the United States Postal Service or the Metro11 politan Washington Airports Authority) shall contribute—

12 (1) 7.5 percent of the basic pay of an employee;

13 (2) 8 percent of the basic pay of a congres14 sional employee, a law enforcement officer, a mem15 ber of the Capitol police, a firefighter, or a nuclear

16 materials courier; and

17 (3) 8.5 percent of the basic pay of a Member

18 of Congress, a Court of Federal Claims judge, a

19 United States magistrate, a judge of the United

20 States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, or a

21 bankruptcy judge,

22 in lieu of the agency contributions otherwise required

23 under section 8334(a)(1) of such title 5.

24 (g) CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT

25 AND DISABILITY SYSTEM.—Notwithstanding section
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1 211(a)(2) of the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement

2 Act (50 U.S.C. 2021(a)(2)), during the period beginning

3 on October 1, 2002, through December 31, 2002, the Cen4 tral Intelligence Agency shall contribute 7.5 percent of the

5 basic pay of an employee participating in the Central In6 telligence Agency Retirement and Disability System in lieu

7 of the agency contribution otherwise required under sec8 tion 211(a)(2) of such Act.

9 (h) FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DIS10 ABILITY SYSTEM.—Notwithstanding any provision of sec11 tion 805(a) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C.

12 4045(a)), during the period beginning on October 1, 2002,

13 through December 31, 2002, each agency employing a

14 participant in the Foreign Service Retirement and Dis15 ability System shall contribute to the Foreign Service Re16 tirement and Disability Fund—

17 (1) 7.5 percent of the basic pay of each partici18 pant covered under section 805(a)(1) of such Act

19 participating in the Foreign Service Retirement and

20 Disability System; and

21 (2) 8 percent of the basic pay of each partici22 pant covered under paragraph (2) or (3) of section

23 805(a) of such Act participating in the Foreign

24 Service Retirement and Disability System,
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1 in lieu of the agency contribution otherwise required under

2 section 805(a) of such Act.

3 (i) The amendments made by this section shall take

4 effect upon the close of calendar year 2000, and shall

5 apply thereafter.

6 SEC. 506. Of the amount provided to the United

7 States Secret Service for fiscal year 2001 and specified

8 for activities related to investigations of exploited children,

9 $2,000,000 shall be available to the United States Secret

10 Service for forensic and related support of investigations

11 of missing and exploited children and shall remain avail12 able until September 30, 2001.

13 SEC. 507. (a) Section 108 of the Legislative

14 Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 is amended to read as

15 follows:

16 ‘‘SEC. 108. CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER.—

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be within the Capitol Po18 lice an Office of Administration to be headed by a Chief

19 Administrative Officer as follows:

20 ‘‘(1) Not later than 60 days after the date of the

21 enactment of this Act, the Chief Administrative Offi22 cer shall be appointed by the Chief of the Capitol

23 Police after consultation with the Capitol Police

24 Board and the Comptroller General, and shall report
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1 to and serve at the pleasure of the Chief of the Cap2 itol Police.

3 ‘‘(2) The Comptroller General shall evaluate the

4 performance of the Chief Administrative Officer in

5 carrying out the duties and responsibilities of the

6 Office of Administration as outlined in this section.

7 The Comptroller General shall meet with the Chief

8 of the Capitol Police and the Capitol Police Board

9 at least quarterly to provide an analysis of the per10 formance of the Chief Administrative Officer. The

11 Comptroller General shall report the results of the

12 evaluation to the Chief of the Capitol Police, the

13 Capitol Police Board, the Committees on Appropria14 tions of the House of Representatives and Senate,

15 the Committee on House Administration of the

16 House of Representatives, and the Committee on

17 Rules and Administration of the Senate.

18 ‘‘(3) The Chief of the Capitol Police shall appoint

19 as Chief Administrative Officer an individual with

20 the knowledge and skills necessary to carry out the

21 responsibilities for budgeting, financial management,

22 information technology, and human resource man23 agement described in this section.

24 ‘‘(4) The Chief Administrative Officer shall re25 ceive basic pay at a rate determined by the Capitol
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1 Police Board, but not to exceed the annual rate of

2 basic pay payable for ES–2 of the Senior Executive

3 Service, as established under subchapter VIII of

4 chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code (taking

5 into account any comparability payments made

6 under section 5304(h) of such title).

7 ‘‘(5) The Capitol Police shall reimburse from

8 available appropriations any costs incurred by the

9 Comptroller General under this section, which shall

10 be deposited to the appropriation of the General Ac11 counting Office then available and remain available

12 until expended.

13 ‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Chief Administra14 tive Officer shall have the following areas of responsi15 bility:

16 ‘‘(1) BUDGETING.—The Chief Administrative

17 Officer shall—

18 ‘‘(A) prepare and submit to the Capitol

19 Police Board an annual budget for the Capitol

20 Police; and

21 ‘‘(B) execute the budget and monitor

22 through periodic examinations the execution of

23 the Capitol Police budget in relation to actual

24 obligations and expenditures.
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1 ‘‘(2) FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT.—The Chief Ad2 ministrative Officer shall—

3 ‘‘(A) oversee all financial management ac4 tivities relating to the programs and operations

5 of the Capitol Police;

6 ‘‘(B) develop and maintain an integrated

7 accounting and financial system for the Capitol

8 Police, including financial reporting and inter9 nal controls, which—

10 ‘‘(i) complies with applicable account11 ing principles, standards, and require12 ments, and internal control standards;

13 ‘‘(ii) complies with any other require14 ments applicable to such systems; and

15 ‘‘(iii) provides for—

16 ‘‘(I) complete, reliable, con17 sistent, and timely information which

18 is prepared on a uniform basis and

19 which is responsive to financial infor20 mation needs of the Capitol Police;

21 ‘‘(II) the development and report22 ing of cost information;

23 ‘‘(III) the integration of account24 ing and budgeting information; and
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1 ‘‘(IV) the systematic measure2 ment of performance;

3 ‘‘(C) direct, manage, and provide policy

4 guidance and oversight of Capitol Police finan5 cial management personnel, activities, and oper6 ations, including—

7 ‘‘(i) the recruitment, selection, and

8 training of personnel to carry out Capitol

9 Police financial management functions;

10 and

11 ‘‘(ii) the implementation of Capitol

12 Police asset management systems, includ13 ing systems for cash management, debt

14 collection, and property and inventory

15 management and control; and

16 ‘‘(D) shall prepare annual financial state17 ments for the Capitol Police and provide for an

18 annual audit of the financial statements by an

19 independent public accountant in accordance

20 with generally accepted government auditing

21 standards.

22 ‘‘(3) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.—The Chief

23 Administrative Officer shall—
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1 ‘‘(A) direct, coordinate, and oversee the ac2 quisition, use, and management of information

3 technology by the Capitol Police;

4 ‘‘(B) promote and oversee the use of infor5 mation technology to improve the efficiency and

6 effectiveness of programs of the Capitol Police;

7 and

8 ‘‘(C) establish and enforce information

9 technology principles, guidelines, and objectives,

10 including developing and maintaining an infor11 mation technology architecture for the Capitol

12 Police.

13 ‘‘(4) HUMAN RESOURCES.—The Chief Adminis14 trative Officer shall—

15 ‘‘(A) direct, coordinate, and oversee human

16 resources management activities of the Capitol

17 Police;

18 ‘‘(B) develop and monitor payroll and time

19 and attendance systems and employee services;

20 and

21 ‘‘(C) develop and monitor processes for re22 cruiting, selecting, appraising, and promoting

23 employees.

24 ‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.—
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1 ‘‘(1) PERSONNEL.—The Chief Administrative

2 Officer is authorized to select, appoint, employ, and

3 discharge such officers and employees as may be

4 necessary to carry out the functions, powers, and

5 duties of the Office of Administration, but shall not

6 have the authority to hire or discharge uniformed

7 and operational police force personnel.

8 ‘‘(2) RESOURCES OF OTHER AGENCIES.—The

9 Chief Administrative Officer may utilize resources of

10 another agency on a reimbursable basis to be paid

11 from available appropriations of the Capitol Police.

12 ‘‘(d) PLAN.—No later than 180 days after appoint13 ment, the Chief Administrative Officer shall prepare and

14 submit to Chief of the Capitol Police, the Capitol Police

15 Board, and the Comptroller General, a plan—

16 ‘‘(1) describing the policies, procedures, and ac17 tions the Chief Administrative Officer will take in

18 carrying out the responsibilities assigned under this

19 section;

20 ‘‘(2) identifying and defining responsibilities

21 and roles of all offices, bureaus, and divisions of the

22 Capitol Police for budgeting, financial management,

23 information technology, and human resources man24 agement; and
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1 ‘‘(3) detailing mechanisms for ensuring that the

2 offices, bureaus, and divisions perform their respon3 sibilities and roles in a coordinated and integrated

4 manner.

5 ‘‘(e) REPORT.—No later than September 30, 2001,

6 the Chief Administrative Officer shall prepare and submit

7 to the Chief of the Capitol Police, the Capitol Police

8 Board, and the Comptroller General, a report on the Chief

9 Administrative Officer’s progress in implementing the

10 plan described in subsection (d) and recommendations to

11 improve the budgeting, financial, information technology,

12 and human resources management of the Capitol Police,

13 including organizational, accounting and administrative

14 control, and personnel changes.

15 ‘‘(f) SUBMISSION TO COMMITTEES.—The Chief of the

16 Capitol Police shall submit the plan required in subsection

17 (d) and report required in subsection (e) to the Commit18 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives

19 and of the Senate, the Committee on House Administra20 tion of the House of Representatives, and the Committee

21 on Rules and Administration of the Senate.

22 ‘‘(g) TERMINATION OF ROLE.—As of October 1,

23 2002, the role of the Comptroller General, as established

24 by this section, will cease.’’.
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1 (b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall

2 take effect as if included in the enactment of the Legisla3 tive Branch Appropriations Act, 2001.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans5 portation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,

6 2001’’.

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