H. R. 4556

One Hundred Third Congress

of the

United States of America

AT THE SECOND SESSION

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,

the twenty-fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-four

An Act

Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related agencies

for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of

the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the

following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury

not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of Transportation

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

and for other purposes, namely:

TITLE I

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary,

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

expended; and of which not to exceed $40,000 shall be available

as the Secretary may determine for allocation within the Department for official reception and representation expenses: Provided,

That in addition to this amount and notwithstanding any other

provision of law, of the funds provided in this or any other Act

for the Department of Transportation, the Secretary may transfer

not to exceed $5,376,000 from accounts otherwise available for

carrying out civil rights functions within the Department of

Transportation to this account for carrying out internal civil rights

functions through a consolidated departmental Office of Civil Rights

within the Office of the Secretary: Provided further, That in addition, for transfer of civil rights and legal support activities related

to the Federal Highway Administration, $809,000 to be derived

from ‘‘Federal-aid Highways’’ subject to the ‘‘Limitation on General

Operating Expenses’’: Provided further, That notwithstanding any

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

Minority Business Resource Center in this Act may be used for

business opportunities related to any mode of transportation.

TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND DEVELOPMENT

For necessary expenses for conducting transportation planning,

research, and development activities, including the collection of

national transportation statistics, to remain available until

expended, $8,293,000.
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OFFICE OF COMMERCIAL SPACE TRANSPORTATION

OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

For necessary expenses for operations and research activities related to commercial space transportation, $6,060,000, of which

$3,833,000 shall remain available until expended.

WORKING CAPITAL FUND

Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital outlays of

the Department of Transportation Working Capital Fund not to

exceed $93,000,000 shall be paid, in accordance with law, from

appropriations made available by this Act and prior appropriations

Acts to the Department of Transportation, together with advances

and reimbursements received by the Department of Transportation.

PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS

(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

For liquidation of obligations incurred for payments to air carriers of so much of the compensation fixed and determined under

section 419 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended (49

U.S.C. 1389), as is payable by the Department of Transportation,

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

from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund: Provided, That none

of the funds in this Act shall be available for the implementation

or execution of programs in excess of $33,423,000 for the Payments

to Air Carriers program in fiscal year 1995: Provided further, That

none of the funds in this Act shall be used by the Secretary

of Transportation to make payment of compensation under section

419 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended, in excess

of the appropriation in this Act for liquidation of obligations

incurred under the ‘‘Payments to air carriers’’ program: Provided

further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be used for

the payment of claims for such compensation except in accordance

with this provision: Provided further, That none of the funds in

this Act shall be available for service to communities in the fortyeight contiguous States that are located fewer than seventy highway

miles from the nearest large or medium hub airport, or that require

a rate of subsidy per passenger in excess of $200 unless such

point is greater than two hundred and ten miles from the nearest

large or medium hub airport: Provided further, That of funds provided for ‘‘Small Community Air Service’’ by Public Law 101–508,

$4,000,000 in fiscal year 1995 is hereby rescinded.

RENTAL PAYMENTS

For necessary expenses for rental of headquarters and field space

and related services assessed by the General Services Administration, $144,419,000: Provided, That of this amount, $1,976,000 shall

be derived from the Highway Trust Fund, $39,426,000 shall be

derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, $713,000 shall

be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, and $181,000 shall be
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derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: Provided further,

That in addition, for assessments by the General Services Administration related to the space needs of the Federal Highway Administration, $18,044,000, to be derived from ‘‘Federal-aid Highways’’,

subject to the ‘‘Limitation on General Operating Expenses’’.

MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM

For the cost of direct loans, $1,500,000, as authorized by 49

U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modify- ing such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these funds

are available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount

of direct loans not to exceed $15,000,000. In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan program, $400,000.

COAST GUARD

OPERATING EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for the operation and maintenance of

the Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for; purchase of not to

exceed fifteen passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377, as amended

(42 U.S.C. 402 note), and section 229(b) of the Social Security

Act (42 U.S.C. 429(b)); and recreation and welfare; $2,598,000,000,

of which $25,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability

Trust Fund; and of which $25,000,000 shall be expended from

the Boat Safety Account: Provided, That the number of aircraft

on hand at any one time shall not exceed two hundred and eighteen,

exclusive of aircraft and parts stored to meet future attrition: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in this or any

other Act shall be available for pay or administrative expenses

in connection with shipping commissioners in the United States:

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

shall be available for expenses incurred for yacht documentation

under 46 U.S.C. 12109, except to the extent fees are collected

from yacht owners and credited to this appropriation: Provided

further, That the Commandant shall reduce both military and

civilian employment levels for the purpose of complying with Executive Order No. 12839.

ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction, rebuilding,

and improvement of aids to navigation, shore facilities, vessels,

and aircraft, including equipment related thereto, $362,950,000,

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

Trust Fund; of which $187,900,000 shall be available to acquire,

repair, renovate or improve vessels, small boats and related equipment, to remain available until September 30, 1999; $11,800,000

shall be available to acquire new aircraft and increase aviation

capability, to remain available until September 30, 1997;

$29,700,000 shall be available for other equipment, to remain available until September 30, 1997; $89,350,000 shall be available for

shore facilities and aids to navigation facilities, to remain available

until September 30, 1997; and $44,200,000 shall be available for

personnel compensation and benefits and related costs, to remain
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available until September 30, 1995: Provided, That funds received

from the sale of the VC–11A and HU–25 aircraft shall be credited

to this appropriation for the purpose of acquiring new aircraft

and increasing aviation capacity.

ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION

For necessary expenses to carry out the Coast Guard’s environ- mental compliance and restoration functions under chapter 19 of

title 14, United States Code, $23,500,000, to remain available until

expended.

RETIRED PAY

For retired pay, including the payment of obligations therefor otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this purpose,

and payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection

and Survivor Benefits Plans, and for payments for medical care

of retired personnel and their dependents under the Dependents

Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), $562,585,000.

RESERVE TRAINING

For all necessary expenses for the Coast Guard Reserve, as authorized by law; maintenance and operation of facilities; and

supplies, equipment, and services; $64,981,000: Provided, That

funds provided under this head shall support a selected reserve

force of 8,000 members.

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for applied scientific research, development, test, and evaluation; maintenance,

rehabilitation, lease and operation of facilities and equipment, as

authorized by law, $20,310,000, to remain available until expended,

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

Trust Fund: Provided, That there may be credited to this appropriation funds received from State and local governments, other public

authorities, private sources, and foreign countries, for expenses

incurred for research, development, testing, and evaluation.

BOAT SAFETY

(AQUATIC RESOURCES TRUST FUND)

For payment of necessary expenses incurred for recreational

boating safety assistance under Public Law 92–75, as amended,

$25,000,000, to be derived from the Boat Safety Account and to

remain available until expended.

FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

OPERATIONS

For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Administration,

not otherwise provided for, including administrative expenses for

research and development, establishment of air navigation facilities

and the operation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft,

and carrying out the provisions of the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982, as amended, or other provisions of law authorizing
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the obligation of funds for similar programs of airport and airway

development or improvement, lease or purchase of four passenger

motor vehicles for replacement only, $4,595,394,000, of which

$2,450,250,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust

Fund: Provided, That there may be credited to this appropriation

funds received from States, counties, municipalities, foreign authorities, other public authorities, and private sources, for expenses

incurred in the provision of aviation services, including the maintenance and operation of air navigation facilities and for issuance,

renewal or modification of certificates, including airman, aircraft,

and repair station certificates, or for tests related thereto, or for

processing major repair or alteration forms: Provided further, That,

of the funds available under this head, $17,500,000 is available

only for permanent change of station moves for members of the

air traffic workforce: Provided further, That funds may be used

to enter into a grant agreement with a nonprofit standard setting

organization to assist in the development of aviation safety standards: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall

be available for new applicants for the second career training program: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall

be available for paying premium pay under 5 U.S.C. 5546(a) to

any Federal Aviation Administration employee unless such

employee actually performed work during the time corresponding

to such premium pay.

FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for acquisition, establishment, and improvement by contract or purchase, and

hire of air navigation and experimental facilities and equipment

as authorized by the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended

(49 U.S.C. App. 1301 et seq.), including initial acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; engineering and service testing

including construction of test facilities and acquisition of necessary

sites by lease or grant; and construction and furnishing of quarters

and related accommodations for officers and employees of the Federal Aviation Administration stationed at remote localities where

such accommodations are not available; and the purchase, lease,

or transfer of aircraft from funds available under this head; to

be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, $2,087,489,000,

of which $1,878,989,000 shall remain available until September

30, 1997, and of which $208,500,000 shall remain available until

September 30, 1996: Provided, That there may be credited to this

appropriation funds received from States, counties, municipalities,

other public authorities, and private sources, for expenses incurred

in the establishment and modernization of air navigation facilities:

Provided further, That none of the funds under this head for the

Advanced Automation System may be obligated until the Federal

Aviation Administration submits to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and the House Committee on Public Works

and Transportation and the Senate Committee on Commerce,

Science, and Transportation a comprehensive program plan and

up to date estimate of the fiscal year 1995 budget requirement

for this program.
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RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT

(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for research, engineering, and development, in accordance with the

provisions of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended (49

U.S.C. App. 1301 et seq.), including construction of experimental

facilities and acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant,

$259,192,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust

Fund and to remain available until expended: Provided, That there

may be credited to this appropriation funds received from States,

counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and private

sources, for expenses incurred for research, engineering, and development.

GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS

(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in-aid for air- port planning and development, and for noise compatibility planning

and programs under the Airport and Airway Improvement Act

of 1982, as amended, and under other law authorizing such obligations, $1,500,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway

Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: Provided, That

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

or execution of programs the commitments for which are in excess

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

planning and development, and noise compatibility planning and

programs, notwithstanding section 506(e)(4) of the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982, as amended.

AVIATION INSURANCE REVOLVING FUND

The Secretary of Transportation is hereby authorized to make

such expenditures and investments, within the limits of funds available pursuant to section 1306 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958,

as amended (49 U.S.C. App. 1536), and in accordance with section

104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, as amended (31

U.S.C. 9104), as may be necessary in carrying out the program

for aviation insurance activities under title XIII of the Federal

Aviation Act of 1958.

AIRCRAFT PURCHASE LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM

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

under this head the obligations for which are in excess of $9,970,000

during fiscal year 1995.

FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

LIMITATION ON GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES

Necessary expenses for administration, operation, including

motor carrier safety program operations, and research of the Federal

Highway Administration not to exceed $525,341,000 shall be paid

in accordance with law from appropriations made available by
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this Act to the Federal Highway Administration together with

advances and reimbursements received by the Federal Highway

Administration: Provided, That not to exceed $218,158,000 of the

amount provided herein shall remain available until September

30, 1997.

HIGHWAY-RELATED SAFETY GRANTS

(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

(INCLUDING RESCISSION AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions of title 23, United States Code, section 402 administered

by the Federal Highway Administration, to remain available until

expended, $10,800,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund:

Provided, That not to exceed $100,000 of the amount appropriated

herein shall be available for ‘‘Limitation on general operating

expenses’’: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act

shall be available for the planning or execution of programs the

obligations for which are in excess of $10,800,000 in fiscal year

1995 for ‘‘Highway-Related Safety Grants’’: Provided further, That

of the funds authorized for section 402 highway safety programs

in section 1003(a)(7) of Public Law 102–240, $20,000,000 in unobligated contract authority is rescinded.

FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

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

implementation or execution of programs the obligations for which

are in excess of $17,160,000,000 for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs for fiscal year 1995.

FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

For carrying out the provisions of title 23, United States Code,

that are attributable to Federal-aid highways, including the

National Scenic and Recreational Highway as authorized by 23

U.S.C. 148, not otherwise provided, including reimbursements for

sums expended pursuant to the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 308,

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

derived from the Highway Trust Fund, to remain available until

expended.
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RIGHT-OF-WAY REVOLVING FUND

(LIMITATION ON DIRECT LOANS)

(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

During fiscal year 1995 and with the resources and authority

available, gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans

shall not exceed $42,500,000.

MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS

(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions of section 402 of Public Law 97–424, $73,000,000, to be

derived from the Highway Trust Fund and to remain available

until expended: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall

be available for the implementation or execution of programs the

obligations for which are in excess of $74,000,000 for ‘‘Motor Carrier

Safety Grants’’.

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS

For up to 80 percent or as specified in authorizing legislation,

of the expenses necessary for certain highway and surface transportation projects and parking facilities, including feasibility and

environmental studies, that advance methods of improving safety,

reducing congestion, or otherwise improving surface transportation,

$352,055,000, to remain available until expended.

NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the Secretary with respect to traffic and highway safety under the Motor

Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act (Public Law 92–513,

as amended) and the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety

Act (Public Law 89–563, as amended), $79,556,000, of which

$42,965,000 shall remain available until September 30, 1997.

OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the Secretary with respect to traffic and highway safety under 23 U.S.C.

403 and section 2006 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation

Efficiency Act of 1991, to be derived from the Highway Trust

Fund, $46,997,000, of which $30,310,000 shall remain available

until September 30, 1997.
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HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS

(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

For payment of obligations incurred carrying out the provisions

of 23 U.S.C. 153, 402, 408, and 410, section 211(b) of the National

Driver Register Act of 1982, as amended, and section 209 of Public

Law 95–599, as amended, to remain available until expended,

$151,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund: Provided,

That, notwithstanding subsection 2009(b) of the Intermodal Surface

Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, none of the funds in this

Act shall be available for the planning or execution of programs

the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 1995, are in excess

of $151,400,000 for programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 402 and

410, as amended, of which $123,000,000 shall be for ‘‘State and

community highway safety grants’’, $3,400,000 shall be for the

‘‘National Driver Register’’, and $25,000,000 shall be for section

410 ‘‘Alcohol-impaired driving countermeasures programs’’: Provided further, That none of these funds shall be used for construction, rehabilitation or remodeling costs, or for office furnishings

and fixtures for State, local, or private buildings or structures:

Provided further, That not to exceed $5,153,000 of the funds made

available for section 402 may be available for administering ‘‘State

and community highway safety grants’’: Provided further, That

not to exceed $500,000 of the funds made available for section

410 may be available for technical assistance to the States.

FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION

OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR

For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Administration,

not otherwise provided for, $13,090,000, of which $1,508,000 shall

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

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

a program making commitments to guarantee new loans under

the Emergency Rail Services Act of 1970, as amended, and that

no new commitments to guarantee loans under section 211(a) or

211(h) of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, as amended,

shall be made: Provided further, That, as part of the Washington

Union Station transaction in which the Secretary assumed the

first deed of trust on the property and, where the Union Station

Redevelopment Corporation or any successor is obligated to make

payments on such deed of trust on the Secretary’s behalf, including

payments on and after September 30, 1988, the Secretary is authorized to receive such payments directly from the Union Station

Redevelopment Corporation, credit them to the appropriation

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

first deed of trust with those funds: Provided further, That such

additional sums as may be necessary for payment on the first

deed of trust may be advanced by the Administrator from unobligated balances available to the Federal Railroad Administration,

to be reimbursed from payments received from the Union Station

Redevelopment Corporation.
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LOCAL RAIL FREIGHT ASSISTANCE

For necessary expenses for rail assistance under section 5(q)

of the Department of Transportation Act, as amended, $17,000,000,

to remain available until expended.

RAILROAD SAFETY

For necessary expenses in connection with railroad safety, not

otherwise provided for, $47,729,000, of which $2,600,000 shall

remain available until expended.

RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

For necessary expenses including grants for railroad research

and development, $20,500,000, to remain available until expended.

NORTHEAST CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM

For necessary expenses related to Northeast Corridor improvements authorized by title VII of the Railroad Revitalization and

Regulatory Reform Act of 1976, as amended (45 U.S.C. 851 et

seq.) and the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 1988, $200,000,000,

to remain available until September 30, 1997.

RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM

The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to issue to the

Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obligations pursuant to

section 512 of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform

Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–210), as amended, in such amounts

and at such times as may be necessary to pay any amounts required

pursuant to the guarantee of the principal amount of obligations

under sections 511 through 513 of such Act, such authority to

exist as long as any such guaranteed obligation is outstanding:

Provided, That no new loan guarantee commitments shall be made

during fiscal year 1995: Provided further, That, notwithstanding

any other provision of law, for fiscal year 1989 and each fiscal

year thereafter all amounts realized from the sale of notes or

securities sold under authority of title V of such Act shall be

considered as current year domestic discretionary outlay offsets

and not as ‘‘asset sales’’ or ‘‘loan prepayments’’ as defined by section

257(12) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control

Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That any underwriting

fees and related expenses shall be derived solely from the proceeds

of the sales.

NATIONAL MAGNETIC LEVITATION PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT

(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

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

or execution of the National Magnetic Levitation Prototype Development program as defined in subsections 1036(b) and 1036(d)(1)(A)

of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991.
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NEXT GENERATION HIGH SPEED RAIL

For necessary expenses for Next Generation High Speed Rail

studies, corridor planning, development, demonstration, and

implementation, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended:

Provided, That funds under this head may be made available for

grants to states for high speed rail corridor design, feasibility

studies, environmental analyses and track and signal

improvements.

TRUST FUND SHARE OF NEXT GENERATION HIGH SPEED RAIL

(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

For grants and payment of obligations incurred in carrying

out the provisions of the High-Speed Ground Transportation program as defined in subsections 1036(c) and 1036(d)(1)(B) of the

Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, including

planning and environmental analyses, $3,400,000, to be derived

from the Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until

expended: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be

available for the implementation or execution of programs the

obligations for which are in excess of $5,000,000.

GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION

To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to

the National Railroad Passenger Corporation authorized by 45

U.S.C. 601, to remain available until expended, $772,000,000, of

which $542,000,000 shall be available for operating losses incurred

by the Corporation, for mandatory passenger rail service payments,

and for labor protection costs, and of which $230,000,000, not to

become available until July 1, 1995, shall be available for capital

improvements: Provided, That none of the funds herein appropriated shall be used for lease or purchase of passenger motor

vehicles or for the hire of vehicle operators for any officer or

employee, other than the president of the Corporation, excluding

the lease of passenger motor vehicles for those officers or employees

while in official travel status: Provided further, That of the funds

provided under this head for operating losses, $8,000,000 is available only for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation’s share

of short-term avoidable losses for state-supported rail services

authorized under section 403(b) of the Rail Passenger Service Act,

as amended.

RHODE ISLAND RAIL DEVELOPMENT

For the costs associated with construction of a third track

on the Northeast Corridor between Davisville and Central Falls,

Rhode Island, with sufficient clearance to accommodate double stack

freight cars, $5,000,000, to be matched by the State of Rhode

Island or its designee on a dollar for dollar basis and to remain

available until expended: Provided, That as a condition of accepting

such funds, the Providence and Worcester (P&W) Railroad shall

enter into an agreement with the Secretary to reimburse Amtrak

and/or the Federal Railroad Administration, on a dollar for dollar

basis, up to the first $5,000,000 in damages resulting from any
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legal action initiated by the P&W Railroad under its existing contracts with Amtrak relating to the provision of vertical clearances

between Davisville and Central Falls in excess of those required

for present freight operations.

PENNSYLVANIA STATION REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT

For grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, $40,000,000, to remain available until expended, for engineering,

design and construction activities to enable the James A. Farley

Post Office in New York City to be used as a train station and

commercial center: Provided, That the Secretary may retain from

these funds such amounts as the Secretary shall deem appropriate

to undertake the environmental and historic preservation analyses

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

funds may be expended for construction activities (except for emergency and short-term and related repairs and environmental restoration) until the participants have entered into a binding

agreement satisfactory to the Secretary that contains financial and

related commitments from the participants sufficient to ensure

the completion of the project: Provided further, That no funds

provided under this head shall be available until authorized by

law.

FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal Transit

Administration’s programs authorized by the Federal Transit Act

and 23 U.S.C. chapter 1 in connection with these activities, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized

by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $43,060,000.

FORMULA GRANTS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of sections 9, 16(b)(2), and 18 of the Federal Transit Act, to remain available

until expended, $1,350,000,000: Provided, That no more than

$2,500,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for these

purposes: Provided further, That of the funds provided under this

head for formula grants no more than $710,000,000 may be used

for operating assistance under section 9(k)(2) of the Federal Transit

Act: Provided further, That of the funds provided under this head,

$16,000,000 shall be available for grants for the costs of planning,

delivery and temporary use of transit vehicles for special transportation needs of the XXVth Summer Olympiad and the Xth

Paralympiad for the Disabled, to be held in Atlanta, Georgia, of

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

Provided further, That in allocating the funds designated in the

preceding proviso, the Secretary may make grants to any public

body the Secretary deems appropriate, and such grants shall not

be subject to any local share requirement or limitation on operating

assistance under this Act or the Federal Transit Act: Provided

further, That of the funds made available under this head,

$8,000,000 shall be transferred to the Federal Transit Administration’s Transit Planning and Research account and be administered
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in accordance with section 26(b) of the Federal Transit Act, as

amended.

UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION CENTERS

For necessary expenses for university transportation centers as authorized by section 11(b) of the Federal Transit Act, to remain

available until expended, $6,000,000.

TRANSIT PLANNING AND RESEARCH

For necessary expenses for transit planning and research as

authorized by section 26 of the Federal Transit Act, to remain

available until expended, $92,250,000.

TRUST FUND SHARE OF TRANSIT PROGRAMS

(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out section 21(a) of the Federal Transit Act, $1,150,000,000, to remain available

until expended and to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund:

Provided, That $1,150,000,000 shall be paid from the Mass Transit

Account of the Highway Trust Fund to the Federal Transit Administration’s formula grants account.

DISCRETIONARY GRANTS

(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

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

implementation or execution of programs the obligations for which

are in excess of $1,725,000,000 in fiscal year 1995 for grants under

the contract authority in section 21(b) of the Federal Transit Act:

Provided, That notwithstanding any provision of law, there shall

be available for fixed guideway modernization, $725,000,000; there

shall be available for the replacement, rehabilitation, and purchase

of buses and related equipment and the construction of bus-related

facilities, $353,330,000; and there shall be available for new fixed

guideway systems, $646,670,000, to be available as follows:

$24,000,000 for the South Boston Piers transitway project;

$25,000,000 for the Chicago central area circulator project;

$16,925,000 for the Dallas South Oak Cliff LRT project;

$2,500,000 for the DART North Central light rail extension

project;

$3,000,000 for the Dallas-Fort Worth RAILTRAN project;

$10,000,000 for the Florida Tri-County commuter rail

project;

$30,000,000 for the Houston Regional Bus Plan program;

$165,000,000 for the Los Angeles Metro Rail (MOS–3)

project;

$1,000,000 for the Miami Metrorail north corridor extension

project;

$107,000,000 for the New Jersey Urban Core project;

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

project;
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$55,000,000 for the New York Queens Connection project;

$1,200,000 for the Cincinnati Northeast/Northern Kentucky

rail line project;

$5,000,000 for the Orange County Transitway project;

$10,000,000 for the Pittsburgh Busway projects;

$98,000,000 for the Portland Westside LRT project;

$5,000,000 for the Salt Lake City light rail project: Provided, That such funding may be made available for related

high-occupancy vehicle lane and intermodal corridor design

costs: Provided further, That notwithstanding the provisions

of Public Law 103–122, funds provided for the Salt Lake City

light rail project in that Act may be used for final design;

$20,150,000 for the San Francisco BART Extension/Tasman

corridor project;

$5,000,000 for the San Juan, Puerto Rico Tren Urbano

project;

$2,350,000 for the Seattle-Renton-Tacoma commuter rail

project;

$12,095,000 for the St. Louis Metro Link LRT project;

$3,000,000 for the Maryland Central Corridor LRT project;

$3,600,000 for the Boston, Massachusetts to Portland,

Maine Transportation Corridor Program;

$14,000,000 for the MARC Commuter Rail project;

$500,000 for the Tampa to Lakeland commuter rail project;

$5,000,000 for the Twin Cities central corridor project;

$2,500,000 for the Wisconsin central commuter project;

$2,500,000 for the Whitehall ferry terminal, New York,

New York.

$1,100,000 for the Boston metropolitan ‘‘Urban Ring’’

project;

$1,500,000 for the Burlington to Gloucester, New Jersey

line;

$750,000 for the New Bedford and Fall River, Massachusetts commuter rail extensions; and

$4,000,000 for the West Shore Line, New Jersey.

MASS TRANSIT CAPITAL FUND

(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out section

21(b) of the Federal Transit Act, administered by the Federal Transit Administration, $1,500,000,000, to be derived from the Highway

Trust Fund and to remain available until expended.

INTERSTATE TRANSFER GRANTS—TRANSIT

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 23 U.S.C.

103(e)(4) related to transit projects, $48,030,000, to remain available

until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding the formula for

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

available under this head, only $9,500,000 shall be available for

the substitute transit project approved under section 1045 of Public

Law 102–240.
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WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 14 of Public Law 96–184 and Public Law 101–551, $200,000,000,

to remain available until expended.

SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation is

hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits

of funds and borrowing authority available to the Corporation,

and in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by

section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set forth

in the Corporation’s budget for the current fiscal year.

OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

(HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)

For necessary expenses for operation and maintenance of those

portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway operated and maintained

by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation,

$10,251,000, to be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust

Fund, pursuant to Public Law 99–662.

RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS

For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the

Research and Special Programs Administration, $26,238,000, of

which $185,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund,

and of which $2,468,000 shall remain available until September

30, 1997: Provided, That up to $1,000,000 in fees collected under

section 106(c)(11) of the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act,

as amended (49 U.S.C. App. 1805(c)(11)) shall be deposited in

the general fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided

further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, there

may be credited to this appropriation up to $1,000,000 in funds

received from user fees established to support the electronic tariff

filing system: Provided further, That there may be credited to

this appropriation funds received from user fees established to

defray the costs of obtaining, preparing, and publishing in automatic

data processing tape format the United States International Air

Travel Statistics data base published by the Department.

PIPELINE SAFETY

(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND)

For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of the pipeline

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

program, as authorized by section 5 of the Natural Gas Pipeline

Safety Act of 1968, as amended, and the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline

Safety Act of 1979, as amended, and to discharge the pipeline

program responsibilities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990,

$37,424,000; of which $2,432,500 shall be derived from the Oil
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Spill Liability Trust Fund and shall remain available until September 30, 1997; and of which $34,991,500 shall be derived from

the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which $16,317,500 shall remain available until September 30, 1997: Provided, That from amounts made

available herein from the Pipeline Safety Fund, not to exceed

$750,000 shall be available for grants to States for the development

and establishment of one-call notification systems.

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS

(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND)

For necessary expenses to carry out section 117A(i)(3)(B) of

the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, as amended, $400,000

to be derived from the Emergency Preparedness Fund, to remain

available until September 30, 1997: Provided, That not more than

$10,800,000 shall be made available for obligation in fiscal year

1995 from amounts made available by section 117A(h)(6)(B) and

(i) (1), (2) and (4) of the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act,

as amended: Provided further, That no such funds shall be made

available for obligation by individuals other than the Secretary

of Transportation, the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, or their designees.

ALASKA PIPELINE TASK FORCE

(RESCISSION)

(OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND)

Of the funds made available under this heading in Public

Law 102–388, $544,000 are rescinded.

OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector General

to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978,

as amended, $40,000,000: Provided, That of such amount, $180,000

shall be available for employment by the Inspector General of

independent legal counsel at the Department of Transportation.

TITLE II

RELATED AGENCIES

ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS

COMPLIANCE BOARD

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary for the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, as authorized by section 502

of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, $3,350,000: Provided,

That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, there may be

credited to this appropriation funds received for publications and

training expenses.
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NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the National Transportation Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft;

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

not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for a GS–

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

5901–5902), $37,392,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 may be

used for official reception and representation expenses.

INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Interstate Commerce Commission, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and hire

of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b),

$30,302,000: Provided, That $8,300,000 in fees collected in fiscal

year 1995 by the Interstate Commerce Commission pursuant to

31 U.S.C. 9701 shall be made available to this appropriation in

fiscal year 1995.

PAYMENTS FOR DIRECTED RAIL SERVICE

(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

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

the execution of programs the obligations for which can reasonably

be expected to exceed $475,000 for directed rail service authorized

under 49 U.S.C. 11125 or any other Act.

PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION

PANAMA CANAL REVOLVING FUND

For administrative expenses of the Panama Canal Commission,

including not to exceed $11,000 for official reception and representation expenses of the Board; not to exceed $5,000 for official reception

and representation expenses of the Secretary; and not to exceed

$30,000 for official reception and representation expenses of the

Administrator, $50,030,000, to be derived from the Panama Canal

Revolving Fund: Provided, That none of these funds may be used

for the planning or execution of nonadministrative and capital

programs the obligations for which are in excess of $540,000,000

in fiscal year 1995: Provided further, That funds available to the

Panama Canal Commission shall be available for the purchase

of not to exceed forty-three passenger motor vehicles for replacement

only (including large heavy-duty vehicles used to transport Commission personnel across the Isthmus of Panama), the purchase price

of which shall not exceed $19,500 per vehicle.

WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY

INTEREST PAYMENTS AND REPAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL

For payment of obligations incurred pursuant to Public Law

96–184 and the Initial Bond Repayment Participation Agreement,
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$664,666,667, to remain available until expended, which shall be

used only to repay principal to the Federal Financing Bank for

the Washington Metrorail construction loan; and in addition, such

amounts as are necessary for payment to the Federal Financing

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

TITLE III

GENERAL PROVISIONS

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

SEC. 301. During the current fiscal year applicable appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall be available for

maintenance and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor

vehicles and aircraft; purchase of liability insurance for motor

vehicles operating in foreign countries on official department business; and uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by law

(5 U.S.C. 5901–5902).

SEC. 302. Funds for the Panama Canal Commission may be

apportioned notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1341 to the extent necessary

to permit payment of such pay increases for officers or employees

as may be authorized by administrative action pursuant to law

that are not in excess of statutory increases granted for the same

period in corresponding rates of compensation for other employees

of the government in comparable positions.

SEC. 303. Funds appropriated under this Act for expenditures

by the Federal Aviation Administration shall be available (1) except

as otherwise authorized by the Act of September 30, 1950 (20

U.S.C. 236–244), for expenses of primary and secondary schooling

for dependents of Federal Aviation Administration personnel stationed outside the continental United States at costs for any given

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

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

if any, available in the locality are unable to provide adequately

for the education of such dependents, and (2) for transportation

of said dependents between schools serving the area that they

attend and their places of residence when the Secretary, under

such regulations as may be prescribed, determines that such schools

are not accessible by public means of transportation on a regular

basis.

SEC. 304. Appropriations contained in this Act for the Department of Transportation shall be available for services as authorized

by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the

per diem rate equivalent to the rate for an Executive Level IV.

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

may be expended unless in conformance with the Panama Canal

Treaties of 1977 and any law implementing those treaties.

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

the planning or execution of any program to pay the expenses

of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties intervening in

regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act.

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

remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, nor

may any be transferred to other appropriations, unless expressly

so provided herein.
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SEC. 308. None of the funds in this Act shall be available

for the planning or implementation of any change in the current

Federal status of the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, and none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the

implementation of any change in the current Federal status of

the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center: Provided, That

the Secretary may plan for further development of the Volpe

National Transportation Systems Center and for other compatible

uses of the Center’s real property: Provided further, That any such

planning does not alter the Federal status of the Center’s research

and development operation: Provided further, That employment

at the Center shall not exceed 550 full-time equivalent staff years

in fiscal year 1995

SEC. 309. The expenditure of any appropriation under this

Act for any consulting service through procurement contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, shall be limited

to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public

record and available for public inspection, except where otherwise

provided under existing law, or under existing Executive order

issued pursuant to existing law.

SEC. 310. (a) For fiscal year 1995 the Secretary of Transportation shall distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways by allocation in the ratio which sums authorized to be

appropriated for Federal-aid highways that are apportioned or allocated to each State for such fiscal year bear to the total of the

sums authorized to be appropriated for Federal-aid highways that

are apportioned or allocated to all the States for such fiscal year.

(b) During the period October 1 through December 31, 1994,

no State shall obligate more than 25 per centum of the amount

distributed to such State under subsection (a), and the total of

all State obligations during such period shall not exceed 15 per

centum of the total amount distributed to all States under such

subsection.

(c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), the Secretary

shall—

(1) provide all States with authority sufficient to prevent

lapses of sums authorized to be appropriated for Federal-aid

highways that have been apportioned to a State;

(2) after August 1, 1995, revise a distribution of the funds

made available under subsection (a) if a State will not obligate

the amount distributed during that fiscal year and redistribute

sufficient amounts to those States able to obligate amounts

in addition to those previously distributed during that fiscal

year giving priority to those States having large unobligated

balances of funds apportioned under sections 103(e)(4), 104,

and 144, of title 23, United States Code, and under sections

1013(c) and 1015 of Public Law 102–240;

(3) not distribute amounts authorized for administrative

expenses and funded from the administrative takedown authorized by section 104(a), title 23 U.S.C., the Federal lands highway program, the intelligent vehicle highway systems program,

and amounts made available under sections 1040, 1047, 1064,

6001, 6005, 6006, 6023, and 6024, of Public Law 102–240:

Provided, That amounts made available under section 6005

of Public Law 102–240 shall be subject to the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction
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programs under the head ‘‘Federal-Aid Highways’’ in this Act;

and

(4) notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall withhold from initial distribution the fiscal year 1995 Federalaid highways obligation limitation set aside for Interstate

Construction Discretionary projects: Provided, That the Secretary shall distribute only after August 1, 1995, such obligation

limitation withheld in accordance with this section to those

States receiving Interstate Construction Discretionary allocations.

(d) During the period October 1 through December 31, 1994,

the aggregate amount of obligations under section 157 of title

23, United States Code, for projects covered under section 147

of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978, section 9

of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981, sections 131(b), 131(j),

and 404 of Public Law 97–424, sections 1061, 1103 through 1108,

4008, and 6023(b)(8) and 6023(b)(10) of Public Law 102–240, and

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

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

(e) During the period August 2 through September 30, 1995,

the aggregate amount which may be obligated by all States pursuant to paragraph (d) shall not exceed 2.5 percent of the aggregate

amount of funds apportioned or allocated to all States—

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

Code, and 1013(c) and 1015 of Public Law 102–240, and

(2) for highway assistance projects under section 103(e)(4)

of title 23, United States Code,

which would not be obligated in fiscal year 1995 if the total amount

of the obligation limitation provided for such fiscal year in this

Act were utilized.

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

after August 1, 1995, has the amount distributed to such State

under paragraph (a) for fiscal year 1995 reduced under paragraph

(c)(2).

SEC. 311. None of the funds in this Act shall be available

for salaries and expenses of more than one hundred and ten political

and Presidential appointees in the Department of Transportation:

Provided, That none of the personnel covered by this provision

may be assigned on temporary detail outside the Department of

Transportation.

SEC. 312. Not to exceed $850,000 of the funds provided in

this Act for the Department of Transportation shall be available

for the necessary expenses of advisory committees.

SEC. 313. The limitation on obligations for the programs of

the Federal Transit Administration shall not apply to any authority

under section 21 of the Federal Transit Act, previously made available for obligation, or to any other authority previously made available for obligation under the discretionary grants program.

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

implement section 404 of title 23, United States Code.

SEC. 314A. For the purpose of carrying out a demonstration

of the construction of highways in high priority corridors, authorized

by section 1105(f) of Public Law 102–240, there is hereby appropriated $6,000,000 for the Secretary to enter into an agreement

to make a loan or loans not to exceed $40,000,000 to the public

entity or entities with the statutory duty to construct such facilities:

Provided, That such loan or loans shall be repaid by direct repay-
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ment no later than the fifth Federal fiscal year following the year

in which a loan was made. Funds made available by this section

shall not be subject to any limitation.

SEC. 315. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1995

pay raises for programs funded in this Act shall be absorbed within

the levels appropriated in this Act.

SEC. 316. None of the funds in this Act shall be available

to plan, finalize, or implement regulations that would establish

a vessel traffic safety fairway less than five miles wide between

the Santa Barbara Traffic Separation Scheme and the San Francisco

Traffic Separation Scheme.

SEC. 317. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, airports

may transfer, without consideration, to the Federal Aviation

Administration instrument landing systems (along with associated

approach lighting equipment and runway visual range equipment)

which conform to Federal Aviation Administration design and

performance specifications, the purchase of which was assisted by

a Federal airport aid program, airport development aid program

or airport improvement program grant. The Federal Aviation

Administration shall accept such equipment, which shall thereafter

be operated and maintained by the Federal Aviation Administration

in accordance with agency criteria.

SEC. 318. None of the funds in this Act shall be available

to award a multiyear contract for production end items that (1)

includes economic order quantity or long lead time material procurement in excess of $10,000,000 in any one year of the contract

or (2) includes a cancellation charge greater than $10,000,000 which

at the time of obligation has not been appropriated to the limits

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

permits performance under the contract during the second and

subsequent years of the contract without conditioning such performance upon the appropriation of funds: Provided, That this limitation

does not apply to a contract in which the Federal Government

incurs no financial liability from not buying additional systems,

subsystems, or components beyond the basic contract requirements.

SEC. 319. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be

made available for planning and executing a passenger manifest

program by the Department of Transportation that only applies

to United States flag carriers.

SEC. 320. None of the funds made available in this Act may

be used to implement, administer, or enforce the provisions of

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

SEC. 321. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and

except for fixed guideway modernization projects, funds made available by this Act under ‘‘Federal Transit Administration, Discretionary grants’’ for projects specified in this Act or identified in

reports accompanying this Act not obligated by September 30, 1997,

shall be made available for other projects under section 3 of the

Federal Transit Act, as amended.

SEC. 322. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any

funds appropriated before October 1, 1993, under any section of

the Federal Transit Act, as amended, that remain available for

expenditure may be transferred to and administered under the

most recent appropriation heading for any such section.

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

Department of Transportation (excluding the Maritime Administration) during fiscal year 1995, $65,120,000 are permanently canceled.
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(b) The Secretary of Transportation shall allocate the amount

of budgetary resources canceled among the Department’s accounts

(excluding the Maritime Administration) available for procurement

and procurement-related expenses. Amounts available for procurement and procurement-related expenses in each such account shall

be reduced by the amount allocated to such account.

(c) For the purposes of this section, the definition of ‘‘procurement’’ includes all stages of the process of acquiring property or

services, beginning with the process of determining a need for

a product or services and ending with contract completion and

closeout, as specified in 41 U.S.C. 403(2).

SEC. 324. Of the funds appropriated in Public Law 103–122

for railroad-highway crossings projects, $20,000,000 shall be available for costs, not to exceed 80 percent, of a project to reduce

rail-highway conflicts on M–59 near Pontiac, Michigan, and a

project on Bristol Road near Flint, Michigan, including $500,000

which shall be made available to improve and upgrade Maple

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

appropriated in Public Law 94–387 for railroad-highway demonstration projects, $486,000 in unobligated balances shall be made available for the rail relocation project in Lafayette, Indiana.

SEC. 324A. For necessary expenses to carry out a pilot project

to provide direct financial assistance by contract, to a community

group incorporated for the purpose of protecting the scenic qualities

of a designated scenic byway, to demonstrate the effect of alternative highway designs on the scenic and historic qualities of a

scenic byway, a sum of $100,000: Provided, That such amount

be derived from moneys available for contract programs for a

national scenic byways study made available by Public Law 101–

164 (Federal Highway Administration Limitation on General

Operating Expenses) as further referenced by Conference Report

101–315 and not expended as of the date of this Act.

SEC. 325. None of the funds provided by this Act shall be

made available to any State, municipality or subdivision thereof

that diverts revenue generated by a public airport in violation

of the provisions of the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of

1982, as amended.

SEC. 326. None of the funds in this Act shall be available

to implement or enforce regulations that would result in the withdrawal of a slot from an air carrier at O’Hare International Airport

under section 93.223 of title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations

in excess of the total slots withdrawn from that air carrier as

of October 31, 1993 if such additional slot is to be allocated to

an air carrier or foreign air carrier under section 93.217 of title

14 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

SEC. 327. None of the funds made available by this Act may

be obligated or expended to design, construct, erect, modify or

otherwise place any sign in any State relating to any speed limit,

distance, or other measurement on any highway if such sign establishes such speed limit, distance, or other measurement using the

metric system.

SEC. 327A. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, tolls

collected for motor vehicles on any bridge connecting the boroughs

of Brooklyn, New York, and Staten Island, New York, shall continue

to be collected for only those vehicles exiting from such bridge

in Staten Island.
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SEC. 328. None of the funds provided by this Act shall be

made available for any airport development project, or projects,

proposed in any grant application submitted in accordance with

title V of Public Law 97–248 (96 Stat. 671; 49 U.S.C. App. 2201

et seq.) to any public agency, public authority, or public airport

that imposes a fee for any passenger enplaning at the airport

in any instance where the passenger did not pay for the air

transportation which resulted in such enplanement, including any

case in which the passenger obtained the ticket for the air transportation with a frequent flyer award coupon.

SEC. 329. None of the funds in this Act may be used to compensate in excess of 335 technical staff years under the federallyfunded research and development center contract between the

Federal Aviation Administration and the Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development during fiscal year 1995.

SEC. 329A. The Secretary of Transportation may enter into

grants, cooperative agreements, and other transactions with any

person, agency, or instrumentality of the United States, any unit

of State or local government, any educational institution, and any

other entity in execution of the Technology Reinvestment Project

authorized under the Defense Conversion, Reinvestment and

Transition Assistance Act of 1992 and related legislation: Provided,

That the authority provided in this section may be exercised without

regard to section 3324 of title 31, United States Code.

SEC. 330. Funds provided in this Act for the Department of

Transportation working capital fund (WCF) shall be reduced by

$7,000,000, which limits fiscal year 1995 WCF obligational authority

for elements of the Department of Transportation funded in this

Act to no more than $93,000,000: Provided, That such reductions

from the budget request shall be allocated by the Department

of Transportation to each appropriations account in proportion to

the amount included from each account for the working capital

fund.

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

awards for employees of the Department of Transportation shall

be reduced by $5,590,000, which limits fiscal year 1995 obligational

authority to no more than $25,922,000: Provided, That this provision shall be applied to funds for Senior Executive Service bonuses,

merit pay, and other bonuses and cash awards.

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

amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘With respect to

the State of Maryland, laws and regulations in effect on June

1, 1993, shall be applicable for the purposes of this subsection.’’.

SEC. 332A. The Federal Aviation Administration is directed

to install a Terminal Doppler Weather Radar at Charlotte, North

Carolina in fiscal year 1995, and to commission that radar no

later than December 31, 1995.

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

Administration from States, counties, municipalities, other public

authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for training

and for reports’ publication and dissemination may be credited

to the Research and Special Programs account.

SEC. 334. Funds received by the Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and Federal Railroad

Administration from States, counties, municipalities, other public

authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for training

may be credited respectively to the Federal Highway Administra-
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tion’s ‘‘Limitation on General Operating Expenses’’ account, the

Federal Transit Administration’s ‘‘Transit Planning and Research’’

account, and to the Federal Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Railroad

Safety’’ account, except for State rail safety inspectors participating

in training pursuant to section 206 of the Federal Railroad Safety

Act of 1970.

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

Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 1994) is

amended to read as follows:

‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE.—

‘‘(1) GENERAL RULE.—Upon approval of any substitute

project or projects under subsection (a)—

‘‘(A) the costs of construction of the eligible transitway

project for which such project or projects are substituted

shall not be eligible for funds authorized under section

108(b) of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956; and

‘‘(B) a sum equal to the amount that would have been

apportioned to the State of Wisconsin on October 1, 1994,

under section 104(b)(5)(A) of title 23, United States Code,

if the Secretary had not approved such project or projects

shall be available to the Secretary from the Highway Trust

Fund to incur obligations for the Federal share of the

costs of such substitute project or projects.

‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts made available under paragraph (1)(B) shall be available for obligation on and after October 1, 1994. Amounts made available under paragraph (1)(B)

shall remain available until expended and shall be subject

to any limitation on obligations for Federal-aid highways established by law.

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

available under paragraph (1)(B) shall be available for obligation in the same manner as if such funds were apportioned

under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code; except that

the Federal share of the cost of any project carried out with

such funds shall be determined in accordance with section

103(e)(4)(D) of such title.’’.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

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

of section 1045 of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘the authority of section 103(e)(4) of title 23, United States Code,’’ and

inserting ‘‘section 21(a)(2) of the Federal Transit Act’’.

(2) SUBSECTION (d)(1).—Subsection (d)(1) of section 1045

of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘project for’’ and all that

follows through the period at the end thereof and inserting

‘‘transit project.’’.

(3) SUBSECTION (d).—Subsection (d) of section 1045 of such

Act is amended by striking paragraph (3) and by redesignating

paragraph (4) as paragraph (3).

(c) REDUCTION OF INTERSTATE CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION.—Section 108(b) of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 is

amended by striking ‘‘$1,800,000,000 for the fiscal year ending

September 30, 1996’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,800,000,000, reduced by

the amount made available under section 1045(b)(1)(B) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, for the fiscal

year ending September 30, 1996’’.
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SEC. 335A. Section 5302(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code,

is amended by inserting ‘‘payments for the capital portions of rail

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

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

carrying out a demonstration of the construction of public toll

roads in Orange County, California, authorized by section 129(d)

of title 23, United States Code, there is hereby appropriated

$8,000,000 for the Secretary to enter into an agreement to make

a line of credit available, with a principal amount not to exceed

$120,000,000 to the public entity or entities with the statutory

authority to construct such facilities.

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

shall be available for draws during the period beginning on the

date of completion of construction and ending on the last day

of the tenth calendar year following the date construction of the

facilities is completed.

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

available to pay the costs of extraordinary repair and replacement

of the facilities, unexpected Federal or State environmental restrictions, operation and maintenance expenses of the facilities, and

debt service on tax-exempt or taxable obligations financing the

facilities.

(d) LIMITATIONS.—

(1) CAPITAL EXPENDITURES.—With respect to capital

expenditures, draws on the line of credit under this section

shall only be made if and to the extent proceeds from the

sale of the obligations issued by the public entity or entities

which otherwise would be available for such purposes are

exhausted, or are otherwise unavailable for the payment of

such capital expenditures.

(2) EXPENSES.—With respect to expenses, including operation and maintenance expenses and debt service, a draw on

the line of credit under this section shall only be made if

revenues from toll operations and capitalized interest are

insufficient (or are otherwise unavailable) for such purposes.

(3) PER YEAR.—No more than 10 percent of the total principal amount of the line of credit under this section shall

be available for draws in any one year. (4) THIRD PARTY CREDITOR RIGHTS.—No third party creditor

of the public entity or entities shall have any right against

the Federal Government with respect to draws on the line

of credit under this section.

(5) AVAILABILITY FOR PARTICULAR COSTS.—There is no

guaranteed availability of proceeds of the line of credit under

this section for the payment of any particular cost of the public

entity or entities which might be financed under this section.

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

(except for operation and maintenance expenses) on the line of

credit under this section shall accrue interest at the 30-year United

States Treasury bond rate beginning on the date such draws are

made and shall be repaid in not more than 30 years; except that

any draws under the line of credit for operation and maintenance

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

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

be repaid in not more than 3 years.

SEC. 337. In addition to amounts otherwise provided by this

Act, $2,900,000 shall be available for ‘‘Interstate Commerce
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Commission, Salaries and Expenses’’ for the discharge of liabilities,

including severance pay, under title 5 of the United States Code

to employees separated from the Interstate Commerce Commission

on or after October 1, 1994.

SEC. 338. (a) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT AND

PRODUCTS.—It is the sense of the Congress that, to the greatest extent practicable, all equipment and products purchased with

funds made available in this Act should be American-made.

(b) NOTICE REQUIREMENT.—In providing financial assistance to, or entering into any contract with, any entity using funds

made available in this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to

the greatest extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a notice

describing the statement made in subsection (a) by the Congress.

SEC. 339. SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY TOLL COLLECTION.—(a)

Section 13 of the Act of May 13, 1954, ch. 201 (33 U.S.C. 988a),

added by section 805(a)(4) of title XIV of the Water Resources

Development Act of 1986, Public Law 99–662 (100 Stat. 4272),

is amended to read as follows:

‘‘SEC. 13. WAIVER OF COLLECTION OF CHARGES OR TOLLS.

‘‘(a) Notwithstanding section 12 of this Act or any other provi- sion of law, the Corporation shall not collect any charge or toll

established pursuant to section 12 of this Act with respect to a

commercial vessel (as defined in section 4462(a)(4) of the Internal

Revenue Code of 1986).

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

amount of each charge or toll that would have been collected with

respect to each such commercial vessel if it were not for paragraph

(a) of this section.’’.

(b) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 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.’’

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.’’.

SEC. 340. The unspent balance of funds previously appropriated

for the Meadowbrook Parkway project shall be available for the

Loop Parkway Bridge rehabilitation project.

SEC. 341. Amounts not to exceed $3,000,000 available in the

obligation guarantee fund established under section 511 of the

Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public

Law 94–210), as amended, and received from the Delaware and

Hudson Railroad, shall be transferred to the Federal Railroad

Administration, ‘‘Office of the administrator’’ for necessary expenses

of the Federal Railroad Administration.

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

made available under Public Law 103–122, the Fiscal Year 1994

Transportation Appropriations Act, for the domestic fuel cell development program under the Federal Transit Administration’s Discretionary Grants account shall be transferred to that agency’s Transit

Planning and Research account and be administered in accordance

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

SEC. 343. Section 30308(a) of title 49, United States Code,

is amended by inserting after ‘‘1994’’ ‘‘and $2,550,000 for fiscal

year 1995’’.
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SEC. 344. Notwithstanding 15 U.S.C. 631, et seq. and 10 U.S.C.

2301, et seq. as amended, the United States Coast Guard acquisition

of 47-foot Motor Life Boats for fiscal years 1995 through 2000

shall be subject to full and open competition for all U.S. shipyards.

Accordingly, the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) (including

but not limited to FAR Part 19), shall not apply to the extent

they are inconsistent with a full and open competition.

SEC. 345. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may

be used for planning, engineering, design, or construction of a

sixth runway at the new Denver International Airport, Denver,

Colorado: Provided, That this provision shall not apply in any

case where the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration determines, in writing, that safety conditions warrant obligation of such funds.

SEC. 346. (a) UNIFORM HOV–2 DEMONSTRATION PROJECT ON

I–66 IN VIRGINIA.—Notwithstanding any other law or any prior

decision of the Secretary of Transportation, the Governor of Virginia

shall have the authority to carry out a 1-year demonstration project

on Interstate Highway 66 (I–66) inside the Capital Beltway, to

determine the impact of applying a uniform high-occupancy vehicle

restriction to the portion of I–66 that is between the District of

Columbia and Interstate Highway 495 (I–495) and the portion

of I–66 that is west of I–495.

(b) PROJECT REQUIREMENTS.—

(1) UNIFORM HOV RESTRICTION.—Except as provided in

paragraph (2), under the demonstration project established

under this section, the uniform high-occupancy vehicle restriction applied to the two portions of I–66 described in subsection

(a) shall be vehicles carrying two or more persons. (2) AUTHORITY OF GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA.—During the 1-

year demonstration period under this section, the Governor

of Virginia shall retain the flexibility to return the high-occupancy vehicle restriction applicable to the portion of I–66 that

is between the District of Columbia and I–495 to vehicles

carrying three or more persons, or to make any other revisions

in the demonstration project that the Governor determines

are necessary. (3) APPROVAL.—The 1-year demonstration shall begin after

approval by the Virginia delegation of the National Capital

Region Transportation Planning Board, based on a one-member,

one-vote process with the allowance for authorized alternates

if necessary and inclusion of the general manager of the

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, but not

before January 1, 1995.

(c) STUDY AND REPORT.—If the Governor of Virginia makes

use of the authority granted in subsection (a), the Governor shall—

(1) consult with interested parties to develop level of service

standards, enforcement standards and assessment criteria;

(2) carry out an assessment of the effects of the uniform

high-occupancy vehicle restriction under the demonstration

project established under this section;

(3) carry out a study and assessment of the enforcement

of the modified high-occupancy vehicle restriction under the

demonstration project established under this section;

(4) within 6 months from beginning the demonstration

project provide an interim assessment of the effects of the

demonstration project to interested parties; and
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(5) upon completion of the assessment, submit to the Congress and to the Secretary of Transportation a report setting

forth the results of the assessment and the demonstration

project.

(d) UNIFORM HOV–2 RESTRICTION.—Upon completion of the

assessment described in subsection (c), the Governor of Virginia

shall have the authority to apply a uniform HOV–2 restriction

to Interstate 66 on a permanent basis following the formal approval

process.

SEC. 347. The Eastport Port Authority facility at Estes Head

in Eastport, Maine, is eligible for funding under section 1064 of

Public Law 102–240.

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Transportation

and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995’’.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.