Calendar No. 519

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4556

[Report No. 103–310]

AN ACT

Making appropriations for the Department of

purposes.year ending September 30, 1995, and for otherTransportation and related agencies for the fiscal

JULY 14 (legislative day, JUNE 11), 1994

Reported with amendments
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Calendar No. 519

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4556

[Report No. 103–310]

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JUNE 21 (legislative day, JUNE 7), 1994

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations

JULY 14 (legislative day, JULY 11), 1994

Reported by Mr. LAUTENBERG, with amendments

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]

AN ACT

Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation

and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September

30, 1995, 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, 1995, 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 $58,094,000, of which $3,962,000 shall remain available

7 until expended; and of which not to exceed $25,000 shall

8 be available as the Secretary may determine for allocation

9 within the Department for official reception and represen10 tation expenses: Provided, That notwithstanding any other

11 provision of law, funds available for the purposes of the

12 Minority Business Resource Center in this Act may be

13 used for business opportunities related to any mode of

14 transportation.

15 IMMEDIATE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

16 For necessary expenses of the Immediate Office of the

17 Secretary, $1,280,000.

18 IMMEDIATE OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY SECRETARY

19 For necessary expenses of the Immediate Office of the

20 Deputy Secretary, $583,000.

21 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General

23 Counsel, $7,876,000.
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1 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

2 TRANSPORTATION POLICY

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant

4 Secretary for Transportation Policy, $2,309,000.

5 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR AVIATION

6 AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

7 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant

8 Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs,

9 $7,887,000.

10 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR BUDGET AND

11 PROGRAMS

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant

13 Secretary for Budget and Programs, $5,100,000, including

14 not to exceed $60,000 for allocation within the Department

15 of official reception and representation expenses as the Sec16 retary may determine.

17 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

18 GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS

19 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant

20 Secretary for Governmental Affairs, $2,284,000.

21 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

22 ADMINISTRATION

23 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant

24 Secretary for Administration, $23,385,000.
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1 OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Public Affairs,

3 $1,458,000.

4 EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT

5 For necessary expenses of the Executive Secretariat,

6 $932,000.

7 CONTRACT APPEALS BOARD

8 For necessary expenses of the Contract Appeals Board,

9 $630,000.

10 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

11 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights,

12 $1,779,000. In addition to this amount and notwithstand13 ing any other provision of law, of the funds provided in

14 this or any other Act for the Department of Transportation,

15 the Secretary may transfer not to exceed $8,104,000 from

16 accounts otherwise available for carrying out civil rights

17 functions within the Department of Transportation to this

18 account for additional necessary expenses of a consolidated

19 Departmental Office of Civil Rights within the Office of the

20 Secretary: Provided, That of the amount transferred

21 $385,600 shall be available for the Office of General Counsel

22 to provide legal support to a consolidated Departmental Of23 fice of Civil Rights: Provided further, That in addition, for

24 transfer of civil rights and legal support activities related

25 to the Federal Highway Administration $3,283,000 to be
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1 derived from ‘‘Federal-aid Highways’’ subject to the ‘‘Limi2 tation on General Operating Expenses.’’

3 OFFICE OF SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS

4 UTILIZATION

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of Small and Dis6 advantaged Business Utilization, $936,000.

7 MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER

8 For necessary expenses of the Minority Business Re9 source Center, $4,000,000, of which $3,962,000 shall remain

10 available until expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding

11 any other provision of law, funds available for the purposes

12 of the Minority Business Resource Center in this or any

13 other Act may be used for business opportunities related to

14 any mode of transportation.

15 OFFICE OF INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY

16 For necessary expenses of the Office of Intelligence and

17 Security, $1,000,000.

18 OFFICE OF INTERMODALISM

19 For necessary expenses of the Office of Intermodalism,

20 $1,050,000.

21 TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND

22 DEVELOPMENT

23 For necessary expenses for conducting transportation

24 planning, research, and development activities, including
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1 the collection of national transportation statistics, to re2 main available until expended, $2,693,000 $8,293,000.

3 OFFICE OF COMMERCIAL SPACE TRANSPORTATION

4 OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

5 For necessary expenses for operations and research

6 activities related to commercial space transportation,

7 $6,060,000, of which $2,000,000 $3,833,000 shall remain

8 available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding

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

10 account up to $200,000 received from user fees established

11 for regulatory services.

12 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

13 Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital

14 outlays of the Department of Transportation Working

15 Capital Fund not to exceed $88,750,000 $94,855,000 shall

16 be paid, in accordance with law, from appropriations made

17 available by this Act and prior appropriations Acts to the

18 Department of Transportation, together with advances

19 and reimbursements received by the Department of Trans20 portation.

21 PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS

22 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

23 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

24 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

25 For liquidation of obligations incurred for payments

26 to air carriers of so much of the compensation fixed and
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1 determined under section 419 of the Federal Aviation Act

2 of 1958, as amended (49 U.S.C. 1389), as is payable

3 by the Department of Transportation, $25,600,000

4 $33,423,000, to remain available until expended and to be

5 derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund: Pro6 vided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available

7 for the implementation or execution of programs in excess

8 of $25,600,000 $33,423,000 for the Payments to Air Car9 riers program in fiscal year 1995: Provided further, That

10 none of the funds in this Act shall be used by the Sec11 retary of Transportation to make payment of compensa12 tion under section 419 of the Federal Aviation Act of

13 1958, as amended, in excess of the appropriation in this

14 Act for liquidation of obligations incurred under the ‘‘Pay15 ments to air carriers’’ program: Provided further, That

16 none of the funds in this Act shall be used for the payment

17 of claims for such compensation except in accordance with

18 this provision: Provided further, That none of the funds

19 in this Act shall be available for service to communities

20 in the forty-eight contiguous States and Hawaii that are

21 located fewer than seventy highway miles from the nearest

22 large or medium hub airport, or that require a rate of sub23 sidy per passenger in excess of $200 unless such point is

24 greater than two hundred and ten miles from the nearest

25 large or medium hub airport: Provided further, That of
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1 funds provided for ‘‘Small Community Air Service’’ by

2 Public Law 101–508, $13,000,000 $4,000,000 in fiscal

3 year 1995 is hereby rescinded.

4 RENTAL PAYMENTS

5 For necessary expenses for rental of headquarters

6 and field space and related services assessed by the Gen7 eral Services Administration, $144,419,000: Provided,

8 That of this amount, $1,872,000 $1,976,000 shall be de9 rived from the Highway Trust Fund, $38,728,000

10 $39,426,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Airway

11 Trust Fund, $678,000 $713,000 shall be derived from the

12 Pipeline Safety Fund, and $172,000 $181,000 shall be de13 rived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: Provided

14 further, That in addition, for assessments by the General

15 Services Administration related to the space needs of the

16 Federal Highway Administration, $17,688,000

17 $18,044,000, to be derived from ‘‘Federal-aid Highways’’,

18 subject to the ‘‘Limitation on General Operating Ex19 penses’’.

20 MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM

21 For the cost of direct loans, $1,500,000, as author22 ized by 49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, includ23 ing the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined

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

25 Provided further, That these funds are available to sub-
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1 sidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct

2 loans not to exceed $15,000,000. In addition, for adminis3 trative expenses to carry out the direct loan program,

4 $400,000.

5 COAST GUARD

6 OPERATING EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses for the operation and mainte8 nance of the Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for; pur9 chase of not to exceed fifteen passenger motor vehicles for

10 replacement only; payments pursuant to section 156 of

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

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

13 429(b)); and recreation and welfare; $2,580,000,000

14 $2,600,000,000, of which $25,000,000 shall be derived

15 from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; and of which

16 $25,000,000 shall be expended from the Boat Safety Ac17 count: Provided, That the number of aircraft on hand at

18 any one time shall not exceed two hundred and eighteen,

19 exclusive of aircraft and parts stored to meet future attri20 tion: Provided further, That none of the funds appro21 priated in this or any other Act shall be available for pay

22 or administrative expenses in connection with shipping

23 commissioners in the United States: Provided further,

24 That none of the funds provided in this Act shall be avail25 able for expenses incurred for yacht documentation under
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1 46 U.S.C. 12109, except to the extent fees are collected

2 from yacht owners and credited to this appropriation: Pro3 vided further, That the Commandant shall reduce both

4 military and civilian employment levels for the purpose of

5 complying with Executive Order No. 12839:–Provided fur6 ther, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available

7 for special and incentive pay under section 301 of title

8 37, United States Code, to any Coast Guard member as9 signed to a skill, rating, or specialty to which special sepa10 ration benefits under section 1174 of title 10, United

11 States Code, or voluntary separation benefits under sec12 tion 1175 of such title will be paid.

13 ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

14 For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction,

15 rebuilding, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore

16 facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related

17 thereto, $385,200,000 $370,400,000, of which

18 $32,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability

19 Trust Fund; of which $201,750,000 $185,400,000 shall be

20 available to acquire, repair, renovate or improve vessels,

21 small boats and related equipment, to remain available

22 until September 30, 1999; $14,900,000 $11,800,000 shall

23 be available to acquire new aircraft and increase aviation

24 capability, to remain available until September 30, 1997;

25 $31,500,000 $40,700,000 shall be available for other
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1 equipment, to remain available until September 30, 1997;

2 $93,050,000 $87,800,000 shall be available for shore facili3 ties and aids to navigation facilities, to remain available

4 until September 30, 1997; and $44,000,000 $44,700,000

5 shall be available for personnel compensation and benefits

6 and related costs, to remain available until September 30,

7 1995 1996: Provided, That funds received from the sale

8 of the VC–11A VC–11A and HU–25 aircraft shall be cred9 ited to this appropriation for the purpose of acquiring new

10 aircraft and increasing aviation capacity.

11 ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION

12 For necessary expenses to carry out the Coast

13 Guard’s environmental compliance and restoration func14 tions under chapter 19 of title 14, United States Code,

15 $22,000,000 $24,000,000, to remain available until ex16 pended.

17 RETIRED PAY

18 For retired pay, including the payment of obligations

19 therefor otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for

20 this purpose, and payments under the Retired Service21 man’s Family Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, and

22 for payments for medical care of retired personnel and

23 their dependents under the Dependents Medical Care Act

24 (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), $562,585,000.
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1 RESERVE TRAINING

2 For all necessary expenses for the Coast Guard Re3 serve, as authorized by law; maintenance and operation

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

5 $66,000,000 $64,981,000: Provided, That funds provided

6 under this head shall support a selected reserve force of

7 8,000 members.

8 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION

9 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

10 for applied scientific research, development, test, and eval11 uation; maintenance, rehabilitation, lease and operation of

12 facilities and equipment, as authorized by law,

13 $20,310,000, to remain available until expended, of which

14 $3,150,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability

15 Trust Fund: Provided, That there may be credited to this

16 appropriation funds received from State and local govern17 ments, other public authorities, private sources, and for18 eign countries, for expenses incurred for research, develop19 ment, testing, and evaluation.

20 BOAT SAFETY

21 (AQUATIC RESOURCES TRUST FUND)

22 For payment of necessary expenses incurred for rec23 reational boating safety assistance under Public Law 92–

24 75, as amended, $25,000,000, to be derived from the Boat

25 Safety Account and to remain available until expended.
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1 FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

2 OPERATIONS

3 For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Ad4 ministration, not otherwise provided for, including admin5 istrative expenses for research and development, the pay6 ment of obligations for the Aircraft Purchase Loan Guar7 antee Program required pursuant to guarantees issued

8 under Public Law 85–307, as amended (49 U.S.C. 1324

9 note), establishment of air navigation facilities and the op10 eration (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft,

11 and carrying out the provisions of the Airport and Airway

12 Improvement Act of 1982, as amended, or other provisions

13 of law authorizing the obligation of funds for similar pro14 grams of airport and airway development or improvement,

15 lease or purchase of four passenger motor vehicles for re16 placement only, $4,585,000,000 $4,591,440,000, of which

17 $2,450,250,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Air18 way Trust Fund: Provided, That there may be credited

19 to this appropriation funds received from States, counties,

20 municipalities, foreign authorities, other public authori21 ties, and private sources, for expenses incurred in the pro22 vision of aviation services, including the maintenance and

23 operation of air navigation facilities and for issuance, re24 newal or modification of certificates, including airman,

25 aircraft, and repair station certificates, or for tests related
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1 thereto, or for processing major repair or alteration forms:

2 Provided further, That, of the funds available under this

3 head, $23,000,000 is available only for permanent change

4 of station moves for members of the air traffic workforce:

5 Provided further, That funds may be used to enter into

6 a grant agreement with a nonprofit standard setting orga7 nization to assist in the development of aviation safety

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

9 Act shall be available for new applicants for the second

10 career training program: Provided further, That none of

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

12 pay under 5 U.S.C. 5546(a) 5545 (a), (b), or (d), or 5546

13 to any Federal Aviation Administration employee unless

14 such employee actually performed work during the time

15 corresponding to such premium pay:–Provided further,

16 That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for

17 activities under the Aircraft Purchase Loan Guarantee

18 Program the obligations for which are in excess of

19 $9,970,000 during fiscal year 1995.

20 FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

21 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

22 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

23 for acquisition, establishment, and improvement by con24 tract or purchase, and hire of air navigation and experi25 mental facilities and equipment as authorized by the Fed-
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1 eral Aviation Act of 1958, as amended (49 U.S.C. App.

2 1301 et seq.), including initial acquisition of necessary

3 sites by lease or grant; engineering and service testing in4 cluding construction of test facilities and acquisition of

5 necessary sites by lease or grant; and construction and

6 furnishing of quarters and related accommodations for of7 ficers and employees of the Federal Aviation Administra8 tion stationed at remote localities where such accommoda9 tions are not available; and the purchase, lease, or transfer

10 of aircraft from funds available under this head; to be de11 rived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund,

12 $2,176,700,000 $2,086,941,000, of which $1,968,200,000

13 $1,878,441,000 shall remain available until September 30,

14 1997, and of which $208,500,000 shall remain available

15 until September 30, 1995 1996: Provided, That there may

16 be credited to this appropriation funds received from

17 States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities,

18 and private sources, for expenses incurred in the establish19 ment and modernization of air navigation facilities: Pro20 vided further, That none of the funds under this head for

21 the Advanced Automation System may be obligated until

22 the Federal Aviation Administration submits to the House

23 and Senate Committees on Appropriations and the House

24 Committee on Public Works and Transportation and the

25 Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
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1 tation a comprehensive program plan and up to date esti2 mate of the fiscal year 1995 budget requirement for this

3 program.

4 (RESCISSION)

5 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

6 Of the total unobligated balance from appropriations

7 under this head for fiscal year 1994 and prior years,

8 $51,700,000 are rescinded.

9 RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT

10 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

11 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

12 for research, engineering, and development, in accordance

13 with the provisions of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958,

14 as amended (49 U.S.C. App. 1301 et seq.), including con15 struction of experimental facilities and acquisition of nec16 essary sites by lease or grant, $254,000,000 $264,440,000,

17 to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund

18 and to remain available until expended: Provided, That

19 there may be credited to this appropriation funds received

20 from States, counties, municipalities, other public authori21 ties, and private sources, for expenses incurred for re22 search, engineering, and development.
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1 GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS

2 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

3 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

4 For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in5 aid for airport planning and development, and for noise

6 compatibility planning and programs under the Airport

7 and Airway Improvement Act of 1982, as amended, and

8 under other law authorizing such obligations,

9 $1,500,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Air10 way Trust Fund and to remain available until expended:

11 Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be avail12 able for the planning or execution of programs the com13 mitments for which are in excess of $1,500,000,000

14 $1,450,000,000 in fiscal year 1995 for grants-in-aid for

15 airport planning and development, and noise compatibility

16 planning and programs, notwithstanding section 506(e)(4)

17 of the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982, as

18 amended.

19 AVIATION INSURANCE REVOLVING FUND

20 The Secretary of Transportation is hereby authorized

21 to make such expenditures and investments, within the

22 limits of funds available pursuant to section 1306 of the

23 Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended (49 U.S.C.

24 App. 1536), and in accordance with section 104 of the

25 Government Corporation Control Act, as amended (31
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1 U.S.C. 9104), as may be necessary in carrying out the

2 program for aviation insurance activities under title XIII

3 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958.

4 AIRPORT PURCHASE LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM

5 The Secretary of Transportation may hereafter issue

6 notes or other obligations to the Secretary of the Treasury,

7 in such forms and denominations, bearing such maturities,

8 and subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary

9 of the Treasury may prescribe. Such obligations may be is10 sued to pay any necessary expenses required pursuant to

11 any guarantee issued under the Act of September 7, 1957,

12 Public Law 85–307, as amended (49 U.S.C. 1324 note).

13 None of the funds in this Act shall be available for activities

14 under this head the obligations for which are in excess of

15 $9,970,000 during fiscal year 1995. Such obligations shall

16 be redeemed by the Secretary from appropriations author17 ized by this section. The Secretary of the Treasury shall

18 purchase any such obligations, and for such purpose he may

19 use as a public debt transaction the proceeds from the sale

20 of any securities issued under the Second Liberty Bond Act,

21 as now or hereafter in force. The purposes for which securi22 ties may be issued under such Act are extended to include

23 any purchase of notes or other obligations issued under the

24 subsection. The Secretary of the Treasury may sell any such

25 obligations at such times and price and upon such terms
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1 and conditions as he shall determine in his discretion. All

2 purchases, redemptions, and sales of such obligations by

3 such Secretary shall be treated as public debt transactions

4 of the United States.

5 FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

6 LIMITATION ON GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES

7 Necessary expenses for administration, operation, in8 cluding motor carrier safety program operations, and re9 search of the Federal Highway Administration not to ex10 ceed $524,021,000 $539,798,000 shall be paid in accord11 ance with law from appropriations made available by this

12 Act to the Federal Highway Administration together with

13 advances and reimbursements received by the Federal

14 Highway Administration: Provided, That not to exceed

15 $216,805,000 $232,615,000 of the amount provided herein

16 shall remain available until September 30, 1997.

17 HIGHWAY-RELATED SAFETY GRANTS

18 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

19 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

20 (INCLUDING RESCISSION AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out

22 the provisions of title 23, United States Code, section 402

23 administered by the Federal Highway Administration, to

24 remain available until expended, $10,000,000 $11,500,000,

25 to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund: Provided,
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1 That not to exceed $100,000 of the amount appropriated

2 herein shall be available for ‘‘Limitation on general oper3 ating expenses’’: Provided further, That none of the funds

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

5 of programs the obligations for which are in excess of

6 $10,000,000 $11,500,000 in fiscal year 1995 for ‘‘High7 way-Related Safety Grants’’: Provided further, That of the

8 funds authorized for section 402 highway safety programs

9 in section 1003(a)(7) of Public Law 102–240, $20,000,000

10 in unobligated contract authority is rescinded.

11 FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

12 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

13 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

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

15 the implementation or execution of programs the obliga16 tions for which are in excess of $17,160,000,000

17 $17,543,150,000 for Federal-aid highways and highway

18 safety construction programs for fiscal year 1995.

19 FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

20 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

21 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

22 For carrying out the provisions of title 23, United

23 States Code, that are attributable to Federal-aid high24 ways, including the National Scenic and Recreational

25 Highway as authorized by 23 U.S.C. 148, not otherwise

26 provided, including reimbursements for sums expended
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1 pursuant to the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 308,

2 $17,000,000,000 or so much thereof as may be available

3 in and derived from the Highway Trust Fund, to remain

4 available until expended.

5 RIGHT-OF-WAY REVOLVING FUND

6 (LIMITATION ON DIRECT LOANS)

7 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

8 During fiscal year 1995 and with the resources and

9 authority available, gross obligations for the principal

10 amount of direct loans shall not exceed $42,500,000.

11 MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS

12 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

13 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

14 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out

15 the provisions of section 402 of Public Law 97–424,

16 $73,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund

17 and to remain available until expended: Provided, That

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

19 implementation or execution of programs the obligations

20 for which are in excess of $74,000,000 $75,000,000 for

21 ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Grants’’.

22 SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS

23 For up to 80 percent of the expenses necessary for

24 certain highway and surface transportation projects and

25 parking facilities, including feasibility and environmental
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1 studies, that advance methods of improving safety, reduc2 ing congestion, or otherwise improving surface transpor3 tation, $299,862,000 $352,055,000, to remain available

4 until expended.

5 NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY

6 ADMINISTRATION

7 OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

8 For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of

9 the Secretary with respect to traffic and highway safety

10 under the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings

11 Act (Public Law 92–513, as amended), the National Traf12 fic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act, (Public Law 89–563,

13 as amended) $74,352,000, of which $38,327,000 shall re14 main available until September 30, 1997.

15 (RESCISSIONS)

16 Of the amounts provided under this heading in Public

17 Law 102–388, $103,929 are rescinded.

18 Of the amounts provided under this heading in Public

19 Law 101–516 and Public Law 101–164, $3,268,700 are

20 rescinded.

21 OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

22 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

23 For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of

24 the Secretary with respect to traffic and highway safety

25 under the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act

26 (Public Law 92–513, as amended) and the National Traffic
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1 and Motor Vehicle Safety Act, (Public Law 89–563, as

2 amended), 23 U.S.C. 403 and section 2006 of the Inter3 modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, to

4 be derived from the Highway Trust Fund, $46,997,000

5 $128,887,000, of which $29,891,000 $70,000,000 shall re6 main available until September 30, 1997.

7 HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS

8 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

9 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

10 For payment of obligations incurred carrying out the

11 provisions of 23 U.S.C. 153, 402, 408, and 410, section

12 211(b) of the National Driver Register Act of 1982, as

13 amended, and section 209 of Public Law 95–599, as

14 amended, to remain available until expended,

15 $151,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust

16 Fund: Provided, That, notwithstanding subsection

17 2009(b) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi18 ciency Act of 1991, none of the funds in this Act shall

19 be available for the planning or execution of programs the

20 total obligations for which, in fiscal year 1995, are in ex21 cess of $151,400,000 for programs authorized under 23

22 U.S.C. 402 and 410, as amended, of which $123,000,000

23 shall be for ‘‘State and community highway safety

24 grants’’, $3,400,000 shall be for the ‘‘National Driver

25 Register’’, and $25,000,000 shall be for section 410 ‘‘Al-
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1 cohol-impaired driving countermeasures programs’’: Pro2 vided further, That none of these funds shall be used for

3 construction, rehabilitation or remodeling costs, or for of4 fice furnishings and fixtures for State, local, or private

5 buildings or structures: Provided further, That not to ex6 ceed $5,153,000 of the funds made available for section

7 402 may be available for administering ‘‘State and com8 munity highway safety grants’’: Provided further, That not

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

10 410 may be available for technical assistance to the

11 States.

12 FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION

13 OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR

14 For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Ad15 ministration, not otherwise provided for, $13,650,000

16 $16,421,000, of which $1,300,000 $1,508,000 shall remain

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

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

19 of a program making commitments to guarantee new

20 loans under the Emergency Rail Services Act of 1970, as

21 amended, and that no new commitments to guarantee

22 loans under section 211(a) or 211(h) of the Regional Rail

23 Reorganization Act of 1973, as amended, shall be made:

24 Provided further, That, as part of the Washington Union

25 Station transaction in which the Secretary assumed the
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1 first deed of trust on the property and, where the Union

2 Station Redevelopment Corporation or any successor is

3 obligated to make payments on such deed of trust on the

4 Secretary’s behalf, including payments on and after Sep5 tember 30, 1988, the Secretary is authorized to receive

6 such payments directly from the Union Station Redevelop7 ment Corporation, credit them to the appropriation

8 charged for the first deed of trust, and make payments

9 on the first deed of trust with those funds: Provided fur10 ther, That such additional sums as may be necessary for

11 payment on the first deed of trust may be advanced by

12 the Administrator from unobligated balances available to

13 the Federal Railroad Administration, to be reimbursed

14 from payments received from the Union Station Redevel15 opment Corporation.

16 LOCAL RAIL FREIGHT ASSISTANCE

17 For necessary expenses for rail assistance under

18 section 5(q) of the Department of Transportation Act, as

19 amended, $17,000,000, to remain available until ex20 pended.

21 RAILROAD SAFETY

22 For necessary expenses in connection with railroad

23 safety, not otherwise provided for, $47,067,000

24 $48,079,000, of which $2,500,000 $2,623,000 shall remain

25 available until expended.
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1 RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

2 For necessary expenses including grants for railroad

3 research and development, $17,145,000 $20,985,000, to

4 remain available until expended.

5 NORTHEAST CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM

6 For necessary expenses related to Northeast Corridor

7 improvements authorized by title VII of the Railroad Revi8 talization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976, as amend9 ed (45 U.S.C. 851 et seq.) and the Rail Safety Improve10 ment Act of 1988, $165,000,000 $230,000,000, to remain

11 available until September 30, 1997 expended.

12 RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT

13 PROGRAM

14 The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to

15 issue to the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obli16 gations pursuant to section 512 of the Railroad Revitaliza17 tion and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–

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

19 may be necessary to pay any amounts required pursuant

20 to the guarantee of the principal amount of obligations

21 under sections 511 through 513 of such Act, such author22 ity to exist as long as any such guaranteed obligation is

23 outstanding: Provided, That no new loan guarantee com24 mitments shall be made during fiscal year 1995: Provided

25 further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law,
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1 for fiscal year 1989 and each fiscal year thereafter all

2 amounts realized from the sale of notes or securities sold

3 under authority of this section title V of such Act shall

4 be considered as current year domestic discretionary out5 lay offsets and not as ‘‘asset sales’’ or ‘‘loan prepayments’’

6 as defined by section 257(12) of the Balanced Budget and

7 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Pro8 vided further, That any underwriting fees and related ex9 penses shall be derived solely from the proceeds of the

10 sales.

11 NATIONAL MAGNETIC LEVITATION PROTOTYPE

12 DEVELOPMENT

13 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

14 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

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

16 the planning or execution of the National Magnetic Levita17 tion Prototype Development program as defined in sub18 sections 1036(b) and 1036(d)(1)(A) of the Intermodal

19 Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991.

20 NEXT GENERATION HIGH SPEED RAIL

21 For necessary expenses for Next Generation High

22 Speed Rail studies, corridor planning, development, dem23 onstration, and implementation, $20,000,000, to remain

24 available until expended: Provided, That funds under this

25 head may be made available for grants to states for high
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1 speed rail corridor design, feasibility studies, and environ2 mental analyses and track and signal improvements.

3 TRUST FUND SHARE OF NEXT GENERATION HIGH

4 SPEED RAIL

5 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

6 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

7 For grants and payment of obligations incurred in

8 carrying out the provisions of the High-Speed Ground

9 Transportation program as defined in subsections 1036(c)

10 and 1036(d)(1)(B) of the Intermodal Surface Transpor11 tation Efficiency Act of 1991, including planning and en12 vironmental analyses, $3,400,000, to be derived from the

13 Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until ex14 pended: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall

15 be available for the implementation or execution of pro16 grams the obligations for which are in excess of

17 $5,000,000.

18 GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER

19 CORPORATION

20 To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make

21 grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation

22 authorized by 45 U.S.C. 601, to remain available until ex23 pended, $771,700,000 $622,000,000, of which

24 $526,700,000 $392,000,000 shall be available for operat25 ing losses incurred by the Corporation, for mandatory pas26 senger rail service payments, and for labor protection
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1 costs, and of which $245,000,000 $230,000,000, not to be2 come available until July 1, 1995, shall be available for

3 capital improvements: Provided, That none of the funds

4 herein appropriated shall be used for lease or purchase

5 of passenger motor vehicles or for the hire of vehicle oper6 ators for any officer or employee, other than the president

7 of the Corporation, excluding the lease of passenger motor

8 vehicles for those officers or employees while in official

9 travel status: Provided further, That of the funds provided

10 under this head for operating losses, $8,000,000 is avail11 able only for the National Railroad Passenger Corpora12 tion’s share of short-term avoidable costs losses for state13 supported rail services authorized under section 403(b) of

14 the Rail Passenger Service Act, as amended.

15 MANDATORY PASSENGER RAIL SERVICE PAYMENTS

16 To enable the Secretary of Transportation to pay obli17 gations and liabilities of the National Railroad Passenger

18 Corporation, $150,000,000, to remain available until ex19 pended: Provided, That this amount is available only for

20 the payment of—

21 (1) tax liabilities under section 3221 of the In22 ternal Revenue Code of 1986 due in fiscal year 1995

23 in excess of amounts needed to fund benefits for indi24 viduals who retired from the National Railroad Pas25 senger Corporation and for their beneficiaries;
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1 (2) obligations of the National Railroad Pas2 senger Corporation under section 358(a) of title 45,

3 United States Code, due in fiscal year 1995 in excess

4 of its obligations calculated on an experience-rated

5 basis; and

6 (3) obligations of the National Railroad Pas7 senger Corporation due under section 3321 of the In8 ternal Revenue Code of 1986.

9 PENNSYLVANIA STATION REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT

10 For grants to the National Railroad Passenger Cor11 poration, $40,000,000, to remain available until expended,

12 for engineering, design and construction activities to enable

13 the James A. Farley Post Office in New York City to be

14 used as a train station and commercial center: Provided,

15 That the Secretary may retain from these funds such

16 amounts as the Secretary shall deem appropriate to under17 take the environmental and historic preservation analyses

18 associated with this project: Provided further, That none of

19 these funds may be expended for construction activities (ex20 cept for emergency and short-term and related repairs and

21 environmental restoration) until the participants have en22 tered into a binding agreement satisfactory to the Secretary

23 that contains financial and related commitments from the

24 participants sufficient to ensure the completion of the

25 project: Provided further, That no funds provided under
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1 this head shall be available for construction until the Sec2 retary submits a report to the House and Senate Commit3 tees on Appropriations regarding the financing of necessary

4 improvements to the existing Pennsylvania Station and the

5 financing of the operating and capital costs accruing to the

6 commuter rail authorities operating in said station as a

7 result of this redevelopment project.

8 FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

9 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

10 For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal

11 Transit Administration’s programs authorized by the Fed12 eral Transit Act and 23 U.S.C. chapter 1 in connection

13 with these activities, including hire of passenger motor ve14 hicles and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,

15 $43,060,000.

16 FORMULA GRANTS

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

19 of sections 9, 16(b)(2), and 18 of the Federal Transit Act,

20 to remain available until expended, $1,356,050,000

21 $1,350,000,000: Provided, That no more than

22 $2,506,050,000 $2,500,000,000 of budget authority shall

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

24 the funds provided under this head for formula grants no

25 more than $700,000,000 $730,000,000 may be used for
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1 operating assistance under section 9(k)(2) of the Federal

2 Transit Act: Provided further, That of the funds provided

3 under this head, $16,000,000 shall be available for grants

4 for the costs of planning, delivery and temporary use of

5 transit vehicles for special transportation needs of the

6 XXVth Summer Olympiad and the Xth Paralympiad for

7 the Disabled, to be held in Atlanta, Georgia, of which

8 $5,600,000 shall be available for the Paralympic Games:

9 Provided further, That in allocating the funds designated

10 in the preceding proviso, the Secretary may make grants

11 to any public body the Secretary deems appropriate, and

12 such grants shall not be subject to any local share require13 ment or limitation on operating assistance under this Act

14 or the Federal Transit Act: Provided further, That none

15 of the funds made available for the XXVth Olympiad or

16 the Xth Paralympiad for the Disabled shall be expended

17 before October 1, 1995 Provided further, That of the funds

18 made available under this head, $10,000,000 shall be trans19 ferred to the Federal Transit Administration’s Transit

20 Planning and Research account and be administered in ac21 cordance with section 26(b) of the Federal Transit Act, as

22 amended: Provided further, That 10 percent of the funds

23 apportioned to each grantee under section 9 of such act shall

24 be available for obligation only after the grantee certifies

25 to the Secretary that that portion of its funds will only be
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1 used for eligible projects that will contribute to decreased

2 traffic congestion in urban areas.

3 UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION CENTERS

4 For necessary expenses for university transportation

5 centers as authorized by section 11(b) of the Federal

6 Transit Act, to remain available until expended,

7 $6,000,000.

8 TRANSIT PLANNING AND RESEARCH

9 For necessary expenses for transit planning and re10 search as authorized by section 26 of the Federal Transit

11 Act, to remain available until expended, $92,250,000.

12 TRUST FUND SHARE OF TRANSIT PROGRAMS

13 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

14 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

15 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out

16 section 21(a) of the Federal Transit Act, $1,150,000,000,

17 to remain available until expended and to be derived from

18 the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That $1,150,000,000

19 shall be paid from the Mass Transit Account of the High20 way Trust Fund to the Federal Transit Administration’s

21 formula grants account.

22 DISCRETIONARY GRANTS

23 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

24 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

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

26 the implementation or execution of programs the obliga-
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1 tions for which are in excess of $1,725,000,000 in fiscal

2 year 1995 for grants under the contract authority in sec3 tion 21(b) of the Federal Transit Act: Provided, That not4 withstanding any provision of law, there shall be available

5 for fixed guideway modernization, $725,000,000

6 $760,000,000; there shall be available for the replacement,

7 rehabilitation, and purchase of buses and related equip8 ment and the construction of bus-related facilities,

9 $353,330,000 $370,000,000; and there shall be available

10 for new fixed guideway systems, $646,670,000

11 $595,000,000, to be available as follows:

12 $48,000,000 for the South Boston Piers

13 transitway project;

14 $50,000,000 for the Chicago central area

15 circulator project;

16 $33,770,000 for the Dallas South Oak Cliff

17 LRT project;

18 $5,000,000 for the DART North Central light

19 rail extension project;

20 $6,000,000 for the Dallas-Fort Worth

21 RAILTRAN project;

22 $20,000,000 for the Florida Tri-County com23 muter rail project;

24 $60,000,000 for the Houston Regional Bus

25 Plan program;
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1 $165,000,000 for the Los Angeles Metro Rail

2 (MOS–3) project;

3 $2,000,000 for the Miami Metrorail north cor4 ridor extension project;

5 $500,000 $146,000,000 for the New Jersey

6 Urban Core project;

7 $10,000,000 for the New Orleans Canal Street

8 Corridor project;

9 $45,000,000 $62,540,000 for the New York

10 Queens Connection project;

11 $2,400,000 for the Cincinnati Northeast/North12 ern Kentucky rail line project;

13 $10,000,000 for the Orange County Transitway

14 project;

15 $10,000,000 for the Pittsburgh Busway

16 projects;

17 $73,500,000 $111,700,000 for the Portland

18 Westside LRT project;

19 $10,000,000 for the Salt Lake City light rail

20 project: Provided, That such funding may be made

21 available for related high-occupancy vehicle lane and

22 intermodal corridor design costs: Provided further,

23 That notwithstanding the provisions of Public Law

24 103–122, funds provided for the Salt Lake City
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1 light rail project in that Act may be used for final

2 design;

3 $40,300,000 for the San Francisco BART Ex4 tension/Tasman corridor project;

5 $10,000,000 for the San Juan, Puerto Rico

6 Tren Urbano project;

7 $4,700,000 for the Seattle-Renton-Tacoma

8 commuter rail project;

9 $19,500,000 $4,690,000 for the St. Louis Metro

10 Link LRT project;

11 $10,000,000 for the Maryland Central Corridor

12 LRT project;

13 $37,300,000 for the Boston, Massachusetts to

14 Portland, Maine Transportation Corridor Program,

15 of which $3,600,000 shall be available for the Boston

16 to Portland element of the Program, and $33,700,000

17 shall be available for the Central Artery Rail Link

18 element of the Program;

19 $24,000,000 for the MARC Commuter Rail

20 project;

21 $1,000,000 for the Tampa to Lakeland com22 muter rail project;

23 $10,000,000 for the Twin Cities central cor24 ridor project;
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1 $5,000,000 for the Wisconsin central commuter

2 project; and

3 $5,000,000 for the Whitehall ferry terminal,

4 New York, New York

5 $1,100,000 for the Boston metropolitan ‘‘Urban

6 Ring’’ project;

7 $8,320,000 for the Burlington to Charlotte, Ver8 mont commuter rail project;

9 $2,500,000 for the Burlington to Gloucester, New

10 Jersey line;

11 $6,000,000 for the Dulles Corridor rail project;

12 $750,000 for the New Bedford and Fall River,

13 Massachusetts commuter rail extensions;

14 $10,000,000 for the New Orleans Riverfront LRT

15 downriver extension; and

16 $5,100,000 for the West Shore Line, New Jersey.

17 MASS TRANSIT CAPITAL FUND

18 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

19 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

20 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out

21 section 21 (b) of the Federal Transit Act, administered

22 by the Federal Transit Administration, $1,500,000,000,

23 to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund and to remain

24 available until expended.
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1 INTERSTATE TRANSFER GRANTS—TRANSIT

2 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

3 of 23 U.S.C. 103(e)(4) related to transit projects,

4 $48,030,000 $38,530,000, to remain available until ex5 pended:–Provided, That notwithstanding the formula for

6 apportionment under 23 U.S.C. 103(e)(4)(J), of the

7 amount made available under this head, only $9,500,000

8 shall be available for the substitute transit project ap9 proved under section 1045 of Public Law 102–240.

10 WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT

11 AUTHORITY

12 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

13 of section 14 of Public Law 96–184 and Public Law 101–

14 551, $200,000,000, to remain available until expended.

15 SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT

16 CORPORATION

17 The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora18 tion is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, with19 in the limits of funds and borrowing authority available

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

21 such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal

22 year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern23 ment Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be

24 necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the

25 Corporation’s budget for the current fiscal year.
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1 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

2 (HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)

3 For necessary expenses for operation and mainte4 nance of those portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway op5 erated and maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway De6 velopment Corporation, $10,271,000 $10,150,000, to be

7 derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursu8 ant to Public Law 99–662.

9 RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS

10 ADMINISTRATION

11 RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS

12 For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of

13 the Research and Special Programs Administration,

14 $26,074,000 $26,738,000, of which $185,000 shall be de15 rived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, and of which

16 $2,468,000 shall remain available until September 30,

17 1997: Provided, That up to $1,000,000 in fees collected

18 under section 106(c)(11) of the Hazardous Materials

19 Transportation Act, as amended (49 U.S.C. App.

20 1805(c)(11)) shall be deposited in the general fund of the

21 Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided further, That

22 notwithstanding any other provision of law, there may be

23 credited to this appropriation up to $1,000,000 in funds

24 received from user fees established to support the elec25 tronic tariff filing system: Provided further, That there
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1 may be credited to this appropriation funds received from

2 user fees established to defray the costs of obtaining, pre3 paring, and publishing in automatic data processing tape

4 format the United States International Air Travel Statis5 tics data base published by the Department.

6 PIPELINE SAFETY

7 (PIPELINE SAFETY FUND)

8 For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of

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

10 a pipeline safety program, as authorized by section 5 of

11 the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968, as amended,

12 and the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979,

13 as amended, and to discharge the pipeline program re14 sponsibilities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990,

15 $32,967,000 $38,877,000; of which $2,432,500 shall be

16 derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund and shall

17 remain available until September 30, 1997; and of which

18 $30,534,500 $36,445,500 shall be derived from the Pipe19 line Safety Fund, of which $14,323,000 $17,876,000 shall

20 remain available until September 30, 1997: Provided, That

21 from amounts made available herein from the Pipeline

22 Safety Fund not to exceed $1,500,000 to be available until

23 expended, the Secretary may make grants to States as well

24 as operators of one-call notification systems and non-profit

25 organizations for development, establishment, and pro-
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1 motion of pipeline damage prevention programs and one2 call notification systems.

3 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS

4 (EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND)

5 For necessary expenses to carry out section

6 117A(i)(3)(B) of the Hazardous Materials Transportation

7 Act, as amended, $400,000 to be derived from the Emer8 gency Preparedness Fund, to remain available until Sep9 tember 30, 1997: Provided, That not more than

10 $10,550,000 $11,200,000 shall be made available for obli11 gation in fiscal year 1995 from amounts made available

12 by section 117A (h)(6)(B) and (i) (1), (2) and (4) of the

13 Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, as amended:

14 Provided further, That no such funds shall be made avail15 able for obligation by individuals other than the Secretary

16 of Transportation or his designee.

17 ALASKA PIPELINE TASK FORCE

18 (RESCISSION)

19 (OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND)

20 Of the funds made available under this heading in

21 Public Law 102–388, $544,000 are rescinded.

22 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector

25 General to carry out the provisions of the Inspector Gen26 eral Act of 1978, as amended, $40,000,000 $40,500,000.
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1 TITLE II

2 RELATED AGENCIES

3 ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION

4 BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For expenses necessary for the Architectural and

7 Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, as authorized

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

9 amended, $3,350,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding

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

11 appropriation funds received for publications and training

12 expenses.

13 NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses of the National Transpor16 tation Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor ve17 hicles and aircraft; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.

18 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per

19 diem rate equivalent to the rate for a GS–18; uniforms,

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

21 5901–5902), $37,392,000 $37,046,000, of which not to ex22 ceed $1,000 may be used for official reception and rep23 resentation expenses.
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1 INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Interstate Commerce

4 Commission, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.

5 3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31

6 U.S.C. 1343(b), and not to exceed $1,500 for official recep7 tion and representation expenses, $30,302,000: Provided,

8 That joint board members and cooperating state commis9 sioners may use government transportation requests when

10 traveling in connection with their official duties as such:

11 Provided further, That $8,300,000 in fees collected in fis12 cal year 1995 by the Interstate Commerce Commission

13 pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9701 shall be made available to

14 this appropriation in fiscal year 1995.

15 PAYMENTS FOR DIRECTED RAIL SERVICE

16 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

17 None of the funds provided in this Act shall be avail18 able for the execution of programs the obligations for

19 which can reasonably be expected to exceed $475,000 for

20 directed rail service authorized under 49 U.S.C. 11125 or

21 any other Act.

22 PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION

23 PANAMA CANAL REVOLVING FUND

24 For administrative expenses of the Panama Canal

25 Commission, including not to exceed $11,000 for official
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1 reception and representation expenses of the Board; not

2 to exceed $5,000 for official reception and representation

3 expenses of the Secretary; and not to exceed $30,000 for

4 official reception and representation expenses of the Ad5 ministrator, $50,030,000, to be derived from the Panama

6 Canal Revolving Fund: Provided, That none of these funds

7 may be used for the planning or execution of

8 nonadministrative and capital programs the obligations

9 for which are in excess of $540,000,000 in fiscal year

10 1994 1995: Provided further, That funds available to the

11 Panama Canal Commission shall be available for the pur12 chase of not to exceed forty-three passenger motor vehicles

13 for replacement only (including large heavy-duty vehicles

14 used to transport Commission personnel across the Isth15 mus of Panama), the purchase price of which shall not

16 exceed $19,500 per vehicle.

17 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

18 REBATE OF SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY TOLLS

19 (HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)

20 For rebate of the United States portion of tolls paid

21 for use of the Saint Lawrence Seaway, pursuant to Public

22 Law 99–662, $9,319,000, to remain available until ex23 pended and to be derived from the Harbor Maintenance

24 Trust Fund, of which not to exceed $132,000 shall be

25 available for expenses of administering the rebates.
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1 WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT

2 AUTHORITY

3 INTEREST PAYMENTS AND REPAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL

4 For payment of obligations incurred pursuant to

5 Public Law 96–184 and the Initial Bond Repayment Par6 ticipation Agreement, $664,666,667, to remain available

7 until expended, which shall be used only to repay principal

8 to the Federal Financing Bank for the Washington Metro9 rail construction loan; and in addition, such amounts as

10 are necessary for payment to the Federal Financing Bank,

11 of accrued interest and premium, if any, for such loan.

12 TITLE III

13 GENERAL PROVISIONS

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

15 SEC. 301. During the current fiscal year applicable

16 appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall

17 be available for maintenance and operation of aircraft;

18 hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of

19 liability insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign

20 countries on official department business; and uniforms,

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

22 5901–5902).

23 SEC. 302. Funds for the Panama Canal Commission

24 may be apportioned notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1341 to

25 the extent necessary to permit payment of such pay in-
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1 creases for officers or employees as may be authorized by

2 administrative action pursuant to law that are not in ex3 cess of statutory increases granted for the same period

4 in corresponding rates of compensation for other employ5 ees of the government in comparable positions.

6 SEC. 303. Funds appropriated under this Act for ex7 penditures by the Federal Aviation Administration shall

8 be available (1) except as otherwise authorized by the Act

9 of September 30, 1950 (20 U.S.C. 236–244), for expenses

10 of primary and secondary schooling for dependents of Fed11 eral Aviation Administration personnel stationed outside

12 the continental United States at costs for any given area

13 not in excess of those of the Department of Defense for

14 the same area, when it is determined by the Secretary that

15 the schools, if any, available in the locality are unable to

16 provide adequately for the education of such dependents,

17 and (2) for transportation of said dependents between

18 schools serving the area that they attend and their places

19 of residence when the Secretary, under such regulations

20 as may be prescribed, determines that such schools are

21 not accessible by public means of transportation on a regu22 lar basis.

23 SEC. 304. Appropriations contained in this Act for

24 the Department of Transportation shall be available for

25 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for
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1 individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to

2 the rate for a Executive Level IV.

3 SEC. 305. None of the funds for the Panama Canal

4 Commission may be expended unless in conformance with

5 the Panama Canal Treaties of 1977 and any law imple6 menting those treaties.

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

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

9 expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-federal parties

10 intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings

11 funded in this Act.

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

13 shall remain available for obligation beyond the current

14 fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria15 tions, unless expressly so provided herein.

16 SEC. 308. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail17 able for the planning or implementation of any change in

18 the current federal status of the Volpe National Transpor19 tation Systems Center, and none of the funds in this Act

20 shall be available for the implementation of any change

21 in the current federal status of the Turner-Fairbank

22 Highway Research Center: Provided, That the Secretary

23 may plan for further development of the Volpe National

24 Transportation Systems Center and for other compatible

25 uses of the Center’s real property: Provided further, That
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1 any such planning does not alter the federal status of the

2 Center’s research and development operation: Provided

3 further, That employment at the Center shall not exceed 536

4 full time equivalent staff years in fiscal year 1995.

5 SEC. 309. The expenditure of any appropriation

6 under this Act for any consulting service through procure7 ment contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United

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

9 expenditures are a matter of public record and available

10 for public inspection, except where otherwise provided

11 under existing law, or under existing Executive order is12 sued pursuant to existing law.

13 SEC. 310. (a) For fiscal year 1995 the Secretary of

14 Transportation shall distribute the obligation limitation

15 for Federal-aid highways by allocation in the ratio which

16 sums authorized to be appropriated for Federal-aid high17 ways that are apportioned or allocated to each State for

18 such fiscal year bear to the total of the sums authorized

19 to be appropriated for Federal-aid highways that are ap20 portioned or allocated to all the States for such fiscal year.

21 (b) During the period October 1 through December

22 31, 1994, no State shall obligate more than 25 per centum

23 of the amount distributed to such State under subsection

24 (a), and the total of all State obligations during such pe-
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1 riod shall not exceed 15 per centum of the total amount

2 distributed to all States under such subsection.

3 (c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), the Sec4 retary shall—

5 (1) provide all States with authority sufficient

6 to prevent lapses of sums authorized to be appro7 priated for Federal-aid highways that have been ap8 portioned to a State,–except in those instances in

9 which a State indicates its intention to lapse sums

10 apportioned under section 104(b)(5)(A) of title 23,

11 United States Code;

12 (2) after August 1, 1995, revise a distribution

13 of the funds made available under subsection (a) if

14 a State will not obligate the amount distributed dur15 ing that fiscal year and redistribute sufficient

16 amounts to those States able to obligate amounts in

17 addition to those previously distributed during that

18 fiscal year giving priority to those States having

19 large unobligated balances of funds apportioned

20 under sections 103(e)(4), 104, 144, of title 23,

21 United States Code, and under sections 1013(c) and

22 1015 of Public Law 102–240;

23 (3) not distribute amounts authorized for ad24 ministrative expenses and funded from the adminis25 trative takedown authorized by section 104(a), Title
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1 23 U.S.C., the Federal lands highway program, the

2 intelligent vehicle highway systems program, and

3 amounts made available under sections 1040, 1047,

4 1064, 6001, 6005, 6006, 6023, and 6024, of Public

5 Law 102–240: Provided, That amounts made avail6 able under section 6005 of Public Law 102–240

7 shall be subject to the obligation limitation for Fed8 eral-aid highways and highway safety construction

9 programs under the head ‘‘Federal-Aid Highways’’

10 in this Act; and

11 (4) notwithstanding subsection (a), the Sec12 retary shall withhold from initial distribution the fis13 cal year 1995 Federal-aid highways obligation limi14 tation set aside for Interstate Construction Discre15 tionary projects: Provided, That the Secretary shall

16 distribute only after August 1, 1995, such obligation

17 limitation withheld in accordance with this section to

18 those States receiving Interstate Construction Dis19 cretionary allocations.

20 (d) During the period October 1 through December

21 31, 1994, the aggregate amount of obligations under sec22 tion 157 of title 23, United States Code, for projects cov23 ered under section 147 of the Surface Transportation As24 sistance Act of 1978, section 9 of the Federal-Aid High25 way Act of 1981, sections 131(b), 131(j), and 404 of Pub-
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1 lic Law 97–424, sections 1061, 1103 through 1108, 4008,

2 and 6023(b)(8) and 6023(b)(10) of Public Law 102–240,

3 and for projects authorized by Public Law 99–500 and

4 Public Law 100–17, shall not exceed $325,155,150.

5 (e) During the period August 2 through September

6 30, 1995, the aggregate amount which may be obligated

7 by all States pursuant to paragraph (d) shall not exceed

8 2.5 percent of the aggregate amount of funds apportioned

9 or allocated to all States—

10 (1) under sections 104 and 144 of title 23,

11 United States Code, and 1013(c) and 1015 of Public

12 Law 102–240, and

13 (2) for highway assistance projects under sec14 tion 103(e)(4) of title 23, United States Code,

15 which would not be obligated in fiscal year 1995 if the

16 total amount of the obligation limitation provided for such

17 fiscal year in this Act were utilized.

18 (f) Paragraph (e) shall not apply to any State which

19 on or after August 1, 1995, has the amount distributed

20 to such State under paragraph (a) for fiscal year 1995

21 reduced under paragraph (c)(2).

22 SEC. 311. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail23 able for salaries and expenses of more than one hundred

24 and ten political and Presidential appointees in the De25 partment of Transportation: Provided, That none of the
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1 personnel covered by this provision may be assigned on

2 temporary detail outside the Department of Transpor3 tation.

4 SEC. 312. Not to exceed $850,000 of the funds pro5 vided in this Act for the Department of Transportation

6 shall be available for the necessary expenses of advisory

7 committees.

8 SEC. 313. The limitation on obligations for the pro9 grams of the Federal Transit Administration shall not

10 apply to any authority under section 21 of the Federal

11 Transit Act, previously made available for obligation, or

12 to any other authority previously made available for obli13 gation under the discretionary grants program.

14 SEC. 314. None of the funds in this Act shall be used

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

16 SEC. 314. For the purpose of carrying out a dem17 onstration of the construction of highways in high priority

18 corridors, authorized by section 1105(f) of Public Law 102–

19 240, there is hereby appropriated $6,000,000 for the Sec20 retary to enter into an agreement to make a loan or loans

21 not to exceed $40,000,000 to the public entity or entities

22 with the statutory duty to construct such facilities: Pro23 vided, That such loan or loans shall be repaid by direct

24 repayment no later than the fifth Federal fiscal year follow-
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1 ing the year in which a loan was made. Funds made avail2 able by this section shall not be subject to any limitation.

3 SEC. 315. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal

4 year 1995 pay raises for programs funded in this Act shall

5 be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act or

6 from available unobligated balances.

7 SEC. 316. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail8 able to plan, finalize, or implement regulations that would

9 establish a vessel traffic safety fairway less than five miles

10 wide between the Santa Barbara Traffic Separation

11 Scheme and the San Francisco Traffic Separation

12 Scheme.

13 SEC. 317. Notwithstanding any other provision of

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

15 Federal Aviation Administration instrument landing sys16 tems (along with associated approach lighting equipment

17 and runway visual range equipment) which conform to

18 Federal Aviation Administration design and performance

19 specifications, the purchase of which was assisted by a

20 Federal airport aid program, airport development aid pro21 gram or airport improvement program grant. The Federal

22 Aviation Administration shall accept such equipment,

23 which shall thereafter be operated and maintained by the

24 Federal Aviation Administration in accordance with agen25 cy criteria.
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1 SEC. 318. 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 one year of the contract or (2) includes a cancella6 tion charge greater than $10,000,000 which at the time

7 of obligation has not been appropriated to the limits of

8 the government’s liability or (3) includes a requirement

9 that permits performance under the contract during the

10 second and subsequent years of the contract without con11 ditioning such performance upon the appropriation of

12 funds: Provided, That this limitation does not apply to a

13 contract in which the federal government incurs no finan14 cial liability from not buying additional systems, sub15 systems, or components beyond the basic contract require16 ments.

17 SEC. 319. None of the funds provided in this Act

18 shall be made available for planning and executing a pas19 senger manifest program by the Department of Transpor20 tation that only applies to United States flag carriers.

21 SEC. 320. None of the funds made available in this

22 Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the

23 provisions of section 1038(d) of Public Law 102–240.

24 SEC. 320. The Secretary of Transportation is author25 ized to transfer funds appropriated for any office of the Of-
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1 fice of the Secretary to any other Office of the Office of the

2 Secretary: Provided, That no appropriation shall be in3 creased or decreased by more than 12 per centum by all

4 such transfers: Provided further, That any such transfer

5 shall be submitted for approval to the House and Senate

6 Committees on Appropriations.

7 SEC. 321. Notwithstanding any other provision of

8 law, and except for fixed guideway modernization projects,

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

10 Administration, Discretionary grants’’ for projects speci11 fied in this Act or identified in reports accompanying this

12 Act not obligated by September 30, 1997, shall be made

13 available for other projects under section 3 of the Federal

14 Transit Act, as amended.

15 SEC. 322. Notwithstanding any other provision of

16 law, any funds appropriated before October 1, 1993, under

17 any section of the Federal Transit Act, as amended, that

18 remain available for expenditure may be transferred to

19 and administered under the most recent appropriation

20 heading for any such section.

21 SEC. 323. (a) Of the budgetary resources available

22 to the Department of Transportation (excluding the Mari23 time Administration) during fiscal year 1995,

24 $65,120,000 are permanently canceled.
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1 (b) The Secretary of Transportation shall allocate the

2 amount of budgetary resources canceled among the De3 partment’s accounts (excluding the Maritime Administra4 tion) available for procurement and procurement-related

5 expenses. Amounts available for procurement and procure6 ment-related expenses in each such account shall be re7 duced by the amount allocated to such account.

8 (c) For the purposes of this section, the definition

9 of ‘‘procurement’’ includes all stages of the process of ac10 quiring property or services, beginning with the process

11 of determining a need for a product or services and ending

12 with contract completion and closeout, as specified in 41

13 U.S.C. 403(2).

14 SEC. 324. Of the funds appropriated in Public Law

15 103–122 for railroad-highway crossings projects,

16 $20,000,000 shall be available for costs, not to exceed 80

17 percent, of a project to reduce rail-highway conflicts on

18 M–59 near Pontiac, Michigan, and a project on Bristol

19 Road near Flint, Michigan, including $500,000 which

20 shall be made available to improve and upgrade Maple

21 Road at Bishop Airport, Michigan: Provided, That of the

22 funds appropriated in Public Law 94–387 for railroad23 highway demonstration projects, $486,000 in unobligated

24 balances shall be made available for the rail relocation

25 project in Lafayette, Indiana.
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1 SEC. 324. For necessary expenses to carry out a pilot

2 project to provide direct financial assistance by contract,

3 to a community group incorporated for the purpose of pro4 tecting the scenic qualities of a designated scenic byway,

5 to demonstrate the effect of alternative highway designs on

6 the scenic and historic qualities of a scenic byway, a sum

7 of $100,000: Provided, That such amount be derived from

8 moneys available for contract programs for a national sce9 nic byways study made available by Public Law 101–164

10 (Federal Highway Administration Limitation on General

11 Operating Expenses) as further referenced by Conference

12 Report 101–315 and not expended as of the date of this

13 Act.

14 SEC. 325. None of the funds provided by this Act

15 shall be made available to any State, municipality or sub16 division thereof that diverts revenue generated by a public

17 airport in violation of the provisions of the Airport and

18 Airway Improvement Act of 1982, as amended.

19 SEC. 325. None of the funds provided in this Act for

20 the United States Coast Guard shall be available for the

21 inspection of Department of Defense vessels excluding those

22 under the Ready Reserve Force and the National Defense

23 Reserve Fleet after January 1, 1995.

24 SEC. 326. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail25 able to implement or enforce regulations that would result
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1 in the withdrawal of a slot from an air carrier at O’Hare

2 International Airport under section 93.223 of title 14 of

3 the Code of Federal Regulations in excess of the total slots

4 withdrawn from that air carrier as of October 31, 1993

5 if such additional slot is to be allocated to an air carrier

6 or foreign air carrier under section 93.217 of title 14 of

7 the Code of Federal Regulations.

8 SEC. 327. None of the funds made available by this

9 Act may be obligated or expended to design, construct,

10 erect, modify or otherwise place any sign in any State re11 lating to any speed limit, distance, or other measurement

12 on any highway if such sign establishes such speed limit,

13 distance, or other measurement using the metric system.

14 SEC. 327. Notwithstanding any other provisions of

15 law, tolls collected for motor vehicles on any bridge connect16 ing the boroughs of Brooklyn, New York, and Staten Island,

17 New York, shall continue to be collected for only those vehi18 cles exiting from such bridge in Staten Island.

19 SEC. 328. None of the funds provided by this Act

20 shall be made available for any airport development

21 project, or projects, proposed in any grant application sub22 mitted in accordance with title V of Public Law 97–248

23 (96 Stat. 671; 49 U.S.C. App. 2201 et seq.) to any public

24 agency, public authority, or public airport that imposes a

25 fee for any passenger enplaning at the airport in any in-
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1 stance where the passenger did not pay for the air trans2 portation which resulted in such enplanement, including

3 any case in which the passenger obtained the ticket for

4 the air transportation with a frequent flyer award coupon.

5 SEC. 329. None of the funds in this Act may be used

6 to continue the federally-funded research and development

7 center (FFRDC) relationship between the Federal Avia8 tion Administration and the Center for Advanced Aviation

9 Systems Development after March 31, 1995: Provided,

10 That the Federal Aviation Administration may continue

11 this work after March 31, 1995 only by full and open com12 petition among all interested parties, including the Center

13 for Advanced Aviation Systems Development.

14 SEC. 329. (a) The Secretary of Transportation may

15 enter into grants, cooperative agreements, and other trans16 actions with any person, agency, or instrumentality of the

17 United States, any unit of State or local government, any

18 educational institution, and any other entity in execution

19 of the Technology Reinvestment Project authorized under

20 the Defense Conversion, Reinvestment and Transition As21 sistance Act of 1992 and related legislation.

22 (b) The authority provided in this section may be exer23 cised without regard to section 3324 of title 31, United

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1 SEC. 330. Funds provided in this Act for the Depart2 ment of Transportation working capital fund (WCF) shall

3 be reduced by $13,253,000 $6,105,000, which limits fiscal

4 year 1995 WCF obligational authority for elements of the

5 Department of Transportation funded in this Act to no

6 more than $88,750,000 $94,855,000: Provided, That such

7 reductions from the budget request shall be allocated by

8 the Department of Transportation to each appropriations

9 account in proportion to the amount included from each

10 account for the working capital fund.

11 SEC. 331. Funds provided in this Act for bonuses and

12 cash awards for employees of the Department of Trans13 portation shall be reduced by $6,012,680 $5,169,000,

14 which limits fiscal year 1995 obligational authority to no

15 more than $25,500,000 $26,344,000: Provided, That this

16 provision shall be applied to funds for Senior Executive

17 Service bonuses, merit pay, and other bonuses and cash

18 awards.

19 SEC. 332. Section 127(a) of title 23, United States

20 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

21 ‘‘With respect to the State of Maryland, laws and regula22 tions in effect on June 1, 1993, shall be applicable for

23 the purposes of this subsection.’’.

24 SEC. 332. The Federal Aviation Administration is di25 rected to install a Terminal Doppler Weather Radar at
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1 Charlotte, North Carolina in fiscal year 1995, and to com2 mission that radar no later than December 31, 1995.

3 SEC. 333. Funds received by the Research and Special

4 Programs Administration from States, counties, munici5 palities, other public authorities, and private sources for

6 expenses incurred for training and for reports’ publication

7 and dissemination may be credited to the Research and

8 Special Programs account.

9 SEC. 334. Funds received by the Federal Highway

10 Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and Fed11 eral Railroad Administration from States, counties, mu12 nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources

13 for expenses incurred for training may be credited respec14 tively to the Federal Highway Administration’s ‘‘Limita15 tion on General Operating Expenses’’ account, the Federal

16 Transit Administration’s ‘‘Transit Planning and Re17 search’’ account, and to the Federal Railroad Administra18 tion’s ‘‘Railroad Safety’’ account, except for State rail

19 safety inspectors participating in training pursuant to sec20 tion 206 of the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970.

21 SEC. 335. (a) Subsection (b) of section 1045 of the

22 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991

23 (105 Stat. 1994) is amended to read as follows:

24 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE.—
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1 ‘‘(1) GENERAL RULE.—Upon approval of any

2 substitute project or projects under subsection (a)—

3 ‘‘(A) the costs of construction of the eligi4 ble transitway project for which such project or

5 projects are substituted shall not be eligible for

6 funds authorized under section 108(b) of the

7 Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956; and

8 ‘‘(B) a sum equal to the amount that

9 would have been apportioned to the State of

10 Wisconsin on October 1, 1994, under section

11 104(b)(5)(A) of title 23, United States Code, if

12 the Secretary had not approved such project or

13 projects shall be available to the Secretary from

14 the Highway Trust Fund to incur obligations

15 for the Federal share of the costs of such sub16 stitute project or projects.

17 ‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts made available

18 under paragraph (1)(B) shall be available for obliga19 tion on and after October 1, 1994. Amounts made

20 available under paragraph (1)(B) shall remain avail21 able until expended and shall be subject to any limi22 tation on obligations for Federal-aid highways estab23 lished by law.

24 ‘‘(3) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE 23 U.S.C.—

25 Amounts made available under paragraph (1)(B)
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1 shall be available for obligation in the same manner

2 as if such funds were apportioned under chapter 1

3 of title 23, United States Code; except that the Fed4 eral share of the cost of any project carried out with

5 such funds shall be determined in accordance with

6 section 103(e)(4)(D) of such title.’’.

7 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

8 (1) SUBSECTION (c).—The second sentence of

9 subsection (c) of section 1045 of such Act is amend10 ed by striking ‘‘the authority of section 103(e)(4) of

11 title 23, United States Code,’’ and inserting ‘‘section

12 21(a)(2) of the Federal Transit Act’’.

13 (2) SUBSECTION (d)(1).—Subsection (d)(1) of

14 section 1045 of such Act is amended by striking

15 ‘‘project for’’ and all that follows through the period

16 at the end thereof and inserting ‘‘transit project.’’.

17 (3) SUBSECTION (d).—Subsection (d) of section

18 1045 of such Act is amended by striking paragraph

19 (3) and by redesignating paragraph (4) as para20 graph (3).

21 (c) REDUCTION OF INTERSTATE CONSTRUCTION AU22 THORIZATION.—Section 108(b) of the Federal-Aid High23 way Act of 1956 is amended by striking ‘‘$1,800,000,000

24 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996’’ and insert25 ing ‘‘$1,800,000,000, reduced by the amount made avail-
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1 able under section 1045(b)(1)(B) of the Intermodal Sur2 face Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, for the fiscal

3 year ending September 30, 1996’’.

4 SEC. 335. Section 12(c)(1) of the Federal Transit Act

5 is amended by inserting ‘‘payments for the capital portions

6 of rail trackage rights agreements,’’ after ‘‘rights-of-way,’’.

7 SEC. 336. (a) FEDERAL LINE OF CREDIT.—For the

8 purpose of carrying out a demonstration of the construc9 tion of public toll roads in Orange County, California, au10 thorized by section 129(d) of title 23, United States Code,

11 there is hereby appropriated $8,000,000 for the Secretary

12 to enter into an agreement to make a line of credit avail13 able, with a principal amount not to exceed $120,000,000

14 to the public entity or entities with the statutory authority

15 to construct such facilities.

16 (b) EFFECTIVE PERIOD.—The line of credit under

17 this section shall be available for draws during the period

18 beginning on the date of completion of construction and

19 ending on the last day of the tenth calendar year following

20 the date construction of the facilities is completed.

21 (c) PURPOSES.—The line of credit under this section

22 shall be available to pay the costs of extraordinary repair

23 and replacement of the facilities, unexpected Federal or

24 State environmental restrictions, operation and mainte-
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1 nance expenses of the facilities, and debt service on tax2 exempt or taxable obligations financing the facilities.

3 (d) LIMITATIONS.—

4 (1) CAPITAL EXPENDITURES.—With respect to

5 capital expenditures, draws on the line of credit

6 under this section shall only be made if and to the

7 extent proceeds from the sale of the obligations is8 sued by the public entity or entities which otherwise

9 would be available for such purposes are exhausted,

10 or are otherwise unavailable for the payment of such

11 capital expenditures.

12 (2) EXPENSES.—With respect to expenses, in13 cluding operation and maintenance expenses and

14 debt service, a draw on the line of credit under this

15 section shall only be made if revenues from toll oper16 ations and capitalized interest are insufficient (or

17 are otherwise unavailable) for such purposes.

18 (3) PER YEAR.—No more than 10 percent of

19 the total principal amount of the line of credit under

20 this section shall be available for draws in any one

21 year.

22 (4) THIRD PARTY CREDITOR RIGHTS.—No third

23 party creditor of the public entity or entities shall

24 have any right against the Federal Government with
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1 respect to draws on the line of credit under this sec2 tion.

3 (5) AVAILABILITY FOR PARTICULAR COSTS.—

4 There is no guaranteed availability of proceeds of

5 the line of credit under this section for the payment

6 of any particular cost of the public entity or entities

7 which might be financed under this section.

8 (e) INTEREST RATE AND REPAYMENT PERIOD.—Any

9 draws (except for operation and maintenance expenses) on

10 the line of credit under this section shall accrue interest

11 at the 30-year United States Treasury bond rate begin12 ning on the date such draws are made and shall be repaid

13 in not more than 30 years; except that any draws under

14 the line of credit for operation and maintenance expenses

15 shall accrue interest at the 3-year United States Treasury

16 note rate beginning on the date such draws are made and

17 shall be repaid in not more than 3 years.

18 SEC. 337. The amount otherwise provided by this Act

19 for ‘‘DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION—OF20 FICE OF THE SECRETARY—Salaries and Expenses’’

21 is hereby increased by $26,300,000, of which amount

22 $8,300,000 shall be derived from amounts provided for in

23 this Act under the heading ‘‘INTERSTATE COM24 MERCE COMMISSION—Salaries and Expenses’’.
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1 SEC. 337. In addition to amounts otherwise provided

2 by this Act, $5,425,000 shall be available for ‘‘Interstate

3 Commerce Commission, Salaries and Expenses’’ solely for

4 the discharge of liabilities, including severance pay, under

5 title 5 of the United States Code to employees separated

6 from the Interstate Commerce Commission on or after Octo7 ber 1, 1994.

8 SEC. 338. (a) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE

9 EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS.—It is the sense of the Con10 gress that, to the greatest extent practicable, all equip11 ment and products purchased with funds made available

12 in this Act should be American-made.

13 (b) NOTICE REQUIREMENT.—In providing financial

14 assistance to, or entering into any contract with, any en15 tity using funds made available in this Act, the head of

16 each Federal agency, to the greatest extent practicable,

17 shall provide to such entity a notice describing the state18 ment made in subsection (a) by the Congress.

19 SEC. 339. SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY TOLL COLLEC20 TION.—(a) Section 13 of the Act of May 13, 1954, ch. 201

21 (33 U.S.C. 988a), added by section 805(a)(4) of Title XIV

22 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986, Public

23 Law 99–662 (100 Stat. 4272), is amended to read as fol24 lows:
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1 ‘‘SEC. 13. WAIVER OF COLLECTION OF CHARGES OR TOLLS.

2 ‘‘(a) Notwithstanding section 12 of this Act or any

3 other provision of law, the Corporation shall not collect any

4 charge or toll established pursuant to section 12 of this Act

5 with respect to a commercial vessel (as defined in section

6 4462(a)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986).

7 ‘‘(b) The Corporation will maintain a record of the

8 annual amount of each charge or toll that would have been

9 collected with respect to each such commercial vessel if it

10 were not for paragraph (a) of this section.’’.

11 (b) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter

12 19 of title 33 is amended by striking:

‘‘Sec. 988a Rebate of charges and tolls.

‘‘(a) Transfer of revenues to Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund.

‘‘(b) Certifications to Secretary of the Treasury.’’

13 and adding in lieu thereof:

‘‘Sec. 988a Waiver of Collection of Charges or Tolls.

‘‘(a) Waiver of collection of charges or tolls.

‘‘(b) Record of annual amount.’’.

14 SEC. 340. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,

15 the unspent balance of funds previously appropriated for

16 the Meadowbrook Parkway project shall be available for the

17 Loop Parkway Bridge rehabilitation project.

18 SEC. 341. Not more than $1,707,000 of funds provided

19 for Coast Guard Operating Expenses under this Act shall

20 be available for Voluntary Separation Incentive, Special

21 Separation Benefit, early retirement, and other separation

22 and transition benefits under Chapter 58 of title 10, U.S.C.
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1 for active duty members in fiscal year 1995: Provided, That

2 funds for such benefits shall only become available if author3 ized in law.

4 SEC. 342. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,

5 funds made available under Public Law 103–122, the Fis6 cal Year 1994 Transportation Appropriations Act, for the

7 domestic fuel cell development program under the Federal

8 Transit Administration’s Discretionary Grants account

9 shall be transferred to that agency’s Transit Planning and

10 Research account and be administered in accordance with

11 section 6 of the Federal Transit Act, as amended.

12 SEC. 343. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,

13 $33,700,000 of funds provided in this Act for the Portland

14 to Boston Transportation Corridor Program shall be made

15 available to the Massachusetts Executive Office of Transpor16 tation and Construction for construction of excavation sup17 port walls and right-of-way for the Central Artery Rail

18 Link connection between North and South Stations. This

19 element of the Program is separate and distinct from the

20 Transportation Corridor element, and shall not affect the

21 environmental, financial, or construction work performed

22 in connection with that element of the Program.

23 SEC. 344. Section 211(b) of the National Driver Reg24 ister Act of 1982 as amended, (23 U.S.C. 401 note), is fur-
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1 ther amended by inserting after ‘‘1994’’ ‘‘and $2,550,000

2 for fiscal year 1995.’’

3 SEC. 345. Notwithstanding 15 U.S.C. 631, et seq. and

4 10 U.S.C. 2301, et seq. as amended, the United States Coast

5 Guard acquisition of 47-foot Motor Life Boats for fiscal

6 years 1995 through 2000 shall be subject to full and open

7 competition for all U.S. shipyards. Accordingly, the Federal

8 Acquisition Regulations (FAR) (including but not limited

9 to FAR Part 19), shall not apply to the extent they are

10 inconsistent with a full and open competition.

11 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans12 portation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,

13 1995’’.

Passed the House of Representatives June 16, 1994.

Attest: DONNALD K. ANDERSON,

Clerk.

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