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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4556

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JULY 21 (legislative day, JULY 20), 1994

Ordered to be printed with the amendments of the Senate numbered

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 Ω1æSALARIES 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 Ω2æIMMEDIATE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

16 For necessary expenses of the Immediate Office of the

17 Secretary, $1,280,000.

18 Ω3æIMMEDIATE OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY SECRETARY

19 For necessary expenses of the Immediate Office of the

20 Deputy Secretary, $583,000.

21 Ω4æOFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General

23 Counsel, $7,876,000.
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1 Ω5æOFFICE 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 Ω6æOFFICE 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 Ω7æOFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR BUDGET

11 AND 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 Ω8æOFFICE 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 Ω9æOFFICE 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 Ω10æOFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Public Affairs,

3 $1,458,000.

4 Ω11æEXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT

5 For necessary expenses of the Executive Secretariat,

6 $932,000.

7 Ω12æCONTRACT APPEALS BOARD

8 For necessary expenses of the Contract Appeals Board,

9 $630,000.

10 Ω13æOFFICE 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 Ω14æOFFICE OF SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS

4 UTILIZATION

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

7 Ω15æMINORITY 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 Ω16æOFFICE OF INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY

16 For necessary expenses of the Office of Intelligence and

17 Security, $1,000,000.

18 Ω17æOFFICE 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

25 the collection of national transportation statistics, to re-
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1 main available until expended, Ω18æ$2,693,000

2 $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 Ω19æ$2,000,000 $3,833,000 shall re8 main available until expendedΩ20æ: Provided, That not9 withstanding any other provision of law, there may be cred10 ited to this account up to $200,000 received from user fees

11 established 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 Ω21æ$88,750,000 $94,855,000

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

17 made available by this Act and prior appropriations Acts

18 to the Department of Transportation, together with ad19 vances and reimbursements received by the Department

20 of Transportation.

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, Ω22æ$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 Ω23æ$25,600,000 $33,423,000 for the Payments to Air

9 Carriers program in fiscal year 1995: Provided further,

10 That none of the funds in this Act shall be used by the

11 Secretary of Transportation to make payment of com12 pensation under section 419 of the Federal Aviation Act

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

14 this Act for liquidation of obligations incurred under the

15 ‘‘Payments to air carriers’’ program: Provided further,

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

17 payment of claims for such compensation except in accord18 ance with this provision: Provided further, That none of

19 the funds in this Act shall be available for service to com20 munities in the forty-eight contiguous States Ω24æand

21 Hawaii that are located fewer than seventy highway miles

22 from the nearest Ω25ælarge or medium hub airport, or

23 that require a rate of subsidy per passenger in excess of

24 $200 Ω26æunless such point is greater than two hundred

25 and ten miles from the nearest large or medium hub air-
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1 port: Provided further, That of funds provided for ‘‘Small

2 Community Air Service’’ by Public Law 101–508,

3 Ω27æ$13,000,000 $4,000,000 in fiscal year 1995 is hereby

4 rescinded.

5 RENTAL PAYMENTS

6 For necessary expenses for rental of headquarters

7 and field space and related services assessed by the Gen8 eral Services Administration, $144,419,000: Provided,

9 That of this amount, Ω28æ$1,872,000 $1,976,000 shall be

10 derived from the Highway Trust Fund, Ω29æ$38,728,000

11 $39,426,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Airway

12 Trust Fund, Ω30æ$678,000 $713,000 shall be derived

13 from the Pipeline Safety Fund, and Ω31æ$172,000

14 $181,000 shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance

15 Trust Fund: Provided further, That in addition, for assess16 ments by the General Services Administration related to

17 the space needs of the Federal Highway Administration,

18 Ω32æ$17,688,000 $18,044,000, to be derived from ‘‘Fed19 eral-aid Highways’’, subject to the ‘‘Limitation on General

20 Operating Expenses’’.

21 MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM

22 For the cost of direct loans, $1,500,000, as author23 ized by 49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, includ24 ing the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined

25 in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:
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1 Provided further, That these funds are available to sub2 sidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct

3 loans not to exceed $15,000,000. In addition, for adminis4 trative expenses to carry out the direct loan program,

5 $400,000.

6 COAST GUARD

7 OPERATING EXPENSES

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

11 replacement only; payments pursuant to section 156 of

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

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

14 429(b)); and recreation and welfare; Ω33æ$2,580,000,000

15 $2,600,000,000, of which $25,000,000 shall be derived

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

17 $25,000,000 shall be expended from the Boat Safety Ac18 count: Provided, That the number of aircraft on hand at

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

20 exclusive of aircraft and parts stored to meet future attri21 tion: Provided further, That none of the funds appro22 priated in this or any other Act shall be available for pay

23 or administrative expenses in connection with shipping

24 commissioners in the United States: Provided further,

25 That none of the funds provided in this Act shall be avail-
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1 able for expenses incurred for yacht documentation under

2 46 U.S.C. 12109, except to the extent fees are collected

3 from yacht owners and credited to this appropriation: Pro4 vided further, That the Commandant shall reduce both

5 military and civilian employment levels for the purpose of

6 complying with Executive Order No. 12839Ω34æ:–Pro7 vided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be

8 available for special and incentive pay under section 301

9 of title 37, United States Code, to any Coast Guard mem10 ber assigned to a skill, rating, or specialty to which special

11 separation benefits under section 1174 of title 10, United

12 States Code, or voluntary separation benefits under sec13 tion 1175 of such title will be paid.

14 ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

15 For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction,

16 rebuilding, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore

17 facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related

18 thereto, Ω35æ$385,200,000 $370,400,000, of which

19 $32,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability

20 Trust Fund; of which Ω36æ$201,750,000 $185,400,000

21 shall be available to acquire, repair, renovate or improve

22 vessels, small boats and related equipment, to remain

23 available until September 30, 1999; Ω37æ$14,900,000

24 $11,800,000 shall be available to acquire new aircraft and

25 increase aviation capability, to remain available until Sep-
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1 tember 30, 1997; Ω38æ$31,500,000 $40,700,000 shall be

2 available for other equipment, to remain available until

3 September 30, 1997; Ω39æ$93,050,000 $87,800,000 shall

4 be available for shore facilities and aids to navigation fa5 cilities, to remain available until September 30, 1997; and

6 Ω40æ$44,000,000 $44,700,000 shall be available for per7 sonnel compensation and benefits and related costs, to re8 main available until September 30, Ω41æ1995 1996: Pro9 vided, That funds received from the sale of the Ω42æVC–

10 11A VC–11A and HU–25 aircraft shall be credited to this

11 appropriation for the purpose of acquiring new aircraft

12 and increasing aviation capacity.

13 ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION

14 For necessary expenses to carry out the Coast

15 Guard’s environmental compliance and restoration func16 tions under chapter 19 of title 14, United States Code,

17 Ω43æ$22,000,000 $24,000,000, to remain available until

18 expended.

19 RETIRED PAY

20 For retired pay, including the payment of obligations

21 therefor otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for

22 this purpose, and payments under the Retired Service23 man’s Family Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, and

24 for payments for medical care of retired personnel and
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1 their dependents under the Dependents Medical Care Act

2 (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), $562,585,000.

3 RESERVE TRAINING

4 For all necessary expenses for the Coast Guard Re5 serve, as authorized by law; maintenance and operation

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

7 Ω44æ$66,000,000 $64,981,000Ω45æ: Provided, That funds

8 provided under this head shall support a selected reserve

9 force of 8,000 members.

10 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION

11 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

12 for applied scientific research, development, test, and eval13 uation; maintenance, rehabilitation, lease and operation of

14 facilities and equipment, as authorized by law,

15 $20,310,000, to remain available until expended, of which

16 $3,150,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability

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

18 appropriation funds received from State and local govern19 ments, other public authorities, private sources, and for20 eign countries, for expenses incurred for research, develop21 ment, testing, and evaluation.

22 BOAT SAFETY

23 (AQUATIC RESOURCES TRUST FUND)

24 For payment of necessary expenses incurred for rec25 reational boating safety assistance under Public Law 92–
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1 75, as amended, $25,000,000, to be derived from the Boat

2 Safety Account and to remain available until expended.

3 FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

4 OPERATIONS

5 For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Ad6 ministration, not otherwise provided for, including admin7 istrative expenses for research and development, Ω46æthe

8 payment of obligations for the Aircraft Purchase Loan

9 Guarantee Program required pursuant to guarantees is10 sued under Public Law 85–307, as amended (49 U.S.C.

11 1324 note), establishment of air navigation facilities and

12 the operation (including leasing) and maintenance of air13 craft, and carrying out the provisions of the Airport and

14 Airway Improvement Act of 1982, as amended, or other

15 provisions of law authorizing the obligation of funds for

16 similar programs of airport and airway development or im17 provement, lease or purchase of four passenger motor ve18 hicles for replacement only, Ω47æ$4,585,000,000

19 $4,591,440,000, of which $2,450,250,000 shall be derived

20 from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund: Provided, That

21 there may be credited to this appropriation funds received

22 from States, counties, municipalities, foreign authorities,

23 other public authorities, and private sources, for expenses

24 incurred in the provision of aviation services, including the

25 maintenance and operation of air navigation facilities and
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1 for issuance, renewal or modification of certificates, in2 cluding airman, aircraft, and repair station certificates, or

3 for tests related thereto, or for processing major repair

4 or alteration formsΩ48æ: Provided further, That, of the

5 funds available under this head, $23,000,000 is available

6 only for permanent change of station moves for members

7 of the air traffic workforce: Provided further, That funds

8 may be used to enter into a grant agreement with a non9 profit standard setting organization to assist in the devel10 opment of aviation safety standards: Provided further,

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

12 new applicants for the second career training program:

13 Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall

14 be available for paying premium pay under 5 U.S.C.

15 Ω49æ5546(a) 5545 (a), (b), or (d), or 5546 to any Federal

16 Aviation Administration employee unless such employee

17 actually performed work during the time corresponding to

18 such premium payΩ50æ:–Provided further, That none of

19 the funds in this Act shall be available for activities under

20 the Aircraft Purchase Loan Guarantee Program the obli21 gations for which are in excess of $9,970,000 during fiscal

22 year 1995.
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1 FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

2 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

3 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

4 for acquisition, establishment, and improvement by con5 tract or purchase, and hire of air navigation and experi6 mental facilities and equipment as authorized by the Fed7 eral Aviation Act of 1958, as amended (49 U.S.C. App.

8 1301 et seq.), including initial acquisition of necessary

9 sites by lease or grant; engineering and service testing in10 cluding construction of test facilities and acquisition of

11 necessary sites by lease or grant; and construction and

12 furnishing of quarters and related accommodations for of13 ficers and employees of the Federal Aviation Administra14 tion stationed at remote localities where such accommoda15 tions are not available; and the purchase, lease, or transfer

16 of aircraft from funds available under this head; to be de17 rived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund,

18 Ω51æ$2,176,700,000 $2,086,941,000, of which

19 Ω52æ$1,968,200,000 $1,878,441,000 shall remain avail20 able until September 30, 1997, and of which

21 $208,500,000 shall remain available until September 30,

22 Ω53æ1995 1996: Provided, That there may be credited to

23 this appropriation funds received from States, counties,

24 municipalities, other public authorities, and private

25 sources, for expenses incurred in the establishment and
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1 modernization of air navigation facilities: Provided further,

2 That none of the funds under this head for the Advanced

3 Automation System may be obligated until the Federal

4 Aviation Administration submits to the House and Senate

5 Committees on Appropriations and the House Committee

6 on Public Works and Transportation and the Senate Com7 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation a com8 prehensive program plan and up to date estimate of the

9 fiscal year 1995 budget requirement for this program.

10 Ω54æ(RESCISSION)

11 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

12 Of the total unobligated balance from appropriations

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

14 $51,700,000 are rescinded.

15 RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT

16 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

17 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

18 for research, engineering, and development, in accordance

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

20 as amended (49 U.S.C. App. 1301 et seq.), including con21 struction of experimental facilities and acquisition of nec22 essary sites by lease or grant, Ω55æ$254,000,000

23 $264,440,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway

24 Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: Pro25 vided, That there may be credited to this appropriation
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1 funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other

2 public authorities, and private sources, for expenses in3 curred for research, engineering, and development.

4 GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS

5 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

6 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

7 For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in8 aid for airport planning and development, and for noise

9 compatibility planning and programs under the Airport

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

11 under other law authorizing such obligations,

12 $1,500,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Air13 way Trust Fund and to remain available until expended:

14 Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be avail15 able for the planning or execution of programs the com16 mitments for which are in excess of Ω56æ$1,500,000,000

17 $1,450,000,000 in fiscal year 1995 for grants-in-aid for

18 airport planning and development, and noise compatibility

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

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

21 amended.

22 AVIATION INSURANCE REVOLVING FUND

23 The Secretary of Transportation is hereby authorized

24 to make such expenditures and investments, within the

25 limits of funds available pursuant to section 1306 of the
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1 Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended (49 U.S.C.

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

3 Government Corporation Control Act, as amended (31

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

5 program for aviation insurance activities under title XIII

6 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958.

7 Ω57æAIRPORT PURCHASE LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM

8 The Secretary of Transportation may hereafter issue

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

10 in such forms and denominations, bearing such maturities,

11 and subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary

12 of the Treasury may prescribe. Such obligations may be is13 sued to pay any necessary expenses required pursuant to

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

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

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

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

18 $9,970,000 during fiscal year 1995. Such obligations shall

19 be redeemed by the Secretary from appropriations author20 ized by this section. The Secretary of the Treasury shall

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

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

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

24 as now or hereafter in force. The purposes for which securi25 ties may be issued under such Act are extended to include
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1 any purchase of notes or other obligations issued under the

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

3 obligations at such times and price and upon such terms

4 and conditions as he shall determine in his discretion. All

5 purchases, redemptions, and sales of such obligations by

6 such Secretary shall be treated as public debt transactions

7 of the United States.

8 FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

9 LIMITATION ON GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES

10 Necessary expenses for administration, operation, in11 cluding motor carrier safety program operations, and re12 search of the Federal Highway Administration not to ex13 ceed Ω58æ$524,021,000 $539,798,000 shall be paid in ac14 cordance with law from appropriations made available by

15 this Act to the Federal Highway Administration together

16 with advances and reimbursements received by the Fed17 eral Highway Administration: Provided, That not to ex18 ceed Ω59æ$216,805,000 $232,615,000 of the amount pro19 vided herein shall remain available until September 30,

20 1997.
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1 HIGHWAY-RELATED SAFETY GRANTS

2 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

3 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

4 (INCLUDING Ω60æRESCISSION AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out

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

7 administered by the Federal Highway Administration, to

8 remain available until expended, Ω61æ$10,000,000

9 $11,500,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund:

10 Provided, That not to exceed $100,000 of the amount ap11 propriated herein shall be available for ‘‘Limitation on

12 general operating expenses’’: Provided further, That none

13 of the funds in this Act shall be available for the planning

14 or execution of programs the obligations for which are in

15 excess of Ω62æ$10,000,000 $11,500,000 in fiscal year

16 1995 for ‘‘Highway-Related Safety Grants’’Ω63æ: Pro17 vided further, That of the funds authorized for section 402

18 highway safety programs in section 1003(a)(7) of Public

19 Law 102–240, $20,000,000 in unobligated contract author20 ity is rescinded.

21 FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

22 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

23 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

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

25 the implementation or execution of programs the obliga-
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1 tions for which are in excess of Ω64æ$17,160,000,000

2 $17,543,150,000 for Federal-aid highways and highway

3 safety construction programs for fiscal year 1995.

4 FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

5 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

6 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

7 For carrying out the provisions of title 23, United

8 States Code, that are attributable to Federal-aid high9 ways, including the National Scenic and Recreational

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

11 provided, including reimbursements for sums expended

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

13 $17,000,000,000 or so much thereof as may be available

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

15 available until expended.

16 RIGHT-OF-WAY REVOLVING FUND

17 (LIMITATION ON DIRECT LOANS)

18 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

19 During fiscal year 1995 and with the resources and

20 authority available, gross obligations for the principal

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

22 MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS

23 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

24 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

25 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out

26 the provisions of section 402 of Public Law 97–424,
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1 $73,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund

2 and to remain available until expended: Provided, That

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

4 implementation or execution of programs the obligations

5 for which are in excess of Ω65æ$74,000,000 $75,000,000

6 for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Grants’’.

7 SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS

8 For up to 80 percent of the expenses necessary for

9 certain highway and surface transportation projects and

10 parking facilities, including feasibility and environmental

11 studies, that advance methods of improving safety, reduc12 ing congestion, or otherwise improving surface transpor13 tation, Ω66æ$299,862,000 $352,055,000, to remain avail14 able until expended.

15 NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY

16 ADMINISTRATION

17 Ω67æOPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

18 For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of

19 the Secretary with respect to traffic and highway safety

20 under the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings

21 Act (Public Law 92–513, as amended), the National Traf22 fic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act, (Public Law 89–563,

23 as amended) $74,352,000, of which $38,327,000 shall re24 main available until September 30, 1997.
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1 Ω68æ(RESCISSIONS)

2 Of the amounts provided under this heading in Public

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

4 Of the amounts provided under this heading in Public

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

6 rescinded.

7 OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

8 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

9 For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of

10 the Secretary with respect to traffic and highway safety

11 under Ω69æthe Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Sav12 ings Act (Public Law 92–513, as amended) and the Na13 tional Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act, (Public Law

14 89–563, as amended), 23 U.S.C. 403 and section 2006 of

15 the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of

16 1991, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund,

17 Ω70æ$46,997,000 $128,887,000, of which

18 Ω71æ$29,891,000 $70,000,000 shall remain available until

19 September 30, 1997.

20 HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS

21 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

22 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

23 For payment of obligations incurred carrying out the

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

25 211(b) of the National Driver Register Act of 1982, as
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1 amended, and section 209 of Public Law 95–599, as

2 amended, to remain available until expended,

3 $151,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust

4 Fund: Provided, That, notwithstanding subsection

5 2009(b) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi6 ciency Act of 1991, none of the funds in this Act shall

7 be available for the planning or execution of programs the

8 total obligations for which, in fiscal year 1995, are in ex9 cess of $151,400,000 for programs authorized under 23

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

11 shall be for ‘‘State and community highway safety

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

13 Register’’, and $25,000,000 shall be for section 410 ‘‘Al14 cohol-impaired driving countermeasures programs’’: Pro15 vided further, That none of these funds shall be used for

16 construction, rehabilitation or remodeling costs, or for of17 fice furnishings and fixtures for State, local, or private

18 buildings or structures: Provided further, That not to ex19 ceed $5,153,000 of the funds made available for section

20 402 may be available for administering ‘‘State and com21 munity highway safety grants’’: Provided further, That not

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

23 410 may be available for technical assistance to the

24 States.
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1 FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION

2 OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR

3 For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Ad4 ministration, not otherwise provided for,

5 Ω72æ$13,650,000 $16,421,000, of which Ω73æ$1,300,000

6 $1,508,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro7 vided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available

8 for the planning or execution of a program making com9 mitments to guarantee new loans under the Emergency

10 Rail Services Act of 1970, as amended, and that no new

11 commitments to guarantee loans under section 211(a) or

12 211(h) of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973,

13 as amended, shall be made: Provided further, That, as part

14 of the Washington Union Station transaction in which the

15 Secretary assumed the first deed of trust on the property

16 and, where the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation

17 or any successor is obligated to make payments on such

18 deed of trust on the Secretary’s behalf, including pay19 ments on and after September 30, 1988, the Secretary

20 is authorized to receive such payments directly from the

21 Union Station Redevelopment Corporation, credit them to

22 the appropriation charged for the first deed of trust, and

23 make payments on the first deed of trust with those funds:

24 Provided further, That such additional sums as may be

25 necessary for payment on the first deed of trust may be
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1 advanced by the Administrator from unobligated balances

2 available to the Federal Railroad Administration, to be re3 imbursed from payments received from the Union Station

4 Redevelopment Corporation.

5 LOCAL RAIL FREIGHT ASSISTANCE

6 For necessary expenses for rail assistance under

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

8 amended, $17,000,000, to remain available until ex9 pended.

10 RAILROAD SAFETY

11 For necessary expenses in connection with railroad

12 safety, not otherwise provided for, Ω74æ$47,067,000

13 $48,079,000, of which Ω75æ$2,500,000 $2,623,000 shall re14 main available until expended.

15 RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

16 For necessary expenses Ω76æincluding grants for rail17 road research and development, Ω77æ$17,145,000

18 $20,985,000, to remain available until expended.

19 NORTHEAST CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM

20 For necessary expenses related to Northeast Corridor

21 improvements authorized by title VII of the Railroad Revi22 talization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976, as amend23 ed (45 U.S.C. 851 et seq.) and the Rail Safety Improve24 ment Act of 1988, Ω78æ$165,000,000 $230,000,000, to re25 main available until Ω79æSeptember 30, 1997 expended.
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1 RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT

2 PROGRAM

3 The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to

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

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

8 may be necessary to pay any amounts required pursuant

9 to the guarantee of the principal amount of obligations

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

12 outstanding: Provided, That no new loan guarantee com13 mitments shall be made during fiscal year 1995: Provided

14 further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law,

15 for fiscal year 1989 and each fiscal year thereafter all

16 amounts realized from the sale of notes or securities sold

17 under authority of Ω80æthis section title V of such Act shall

18 be considered as current year domestic discretionary out19 lay offsets and not as ‘‘asset sales’’ or ‘‘loan prepayments’’

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

21 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Pro22 vided further, That any underwriting fees and related ex23 penses shall be derived solely from the proceeds of the

24 sales.
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1 NATIONAL MAGNETIC LEVITATION PROTOTYPE

2 DEVELOPMENT

3 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

4 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

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

6 the planning or execution of the National Magnetic Levita7 tion Prototype Development program as defined in sub8 sections 1036(b) and 1036(d)(1)(A) of the Intermodal

9 Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991.

10 NEXT GENERATION HIGH SPEED RAIL

11 For necessary expenses for Next Generation High

12 Speed Rail studies, corridor planning, development, dem13 onstration, and implementation, $20,000,000, to remain

14 available until expended: Provided, That funds under this

15 head may be made available for grants to states for high

16 speed rail corridor design, feasibility studies, Ω81æand en17 vironmental analyses Ω82æand track and signal improve18 ments.

19 TRUST FUND SHARE OF NEXT GENERATION HIGH

20 SPEED RAIL

21 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

22 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

23 For grants and payment of obligations incurred in

24 carrying out the provisions of the High-Speed Ground

25 Transportation program as defined in subsections 1036(c)

26 and 1036(d)(1)(B) of the Intermodal Surface Transpor-
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1 tation Efficiency Act of 1991, including planning and en2 vironmental analyses, $3,400,000, to be derived from the

3 Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until ex4 pended: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall

5 be available for the implementation or execution of pro6 grams the obligations for which are in excess of

7 $5,000,000.

8 GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER

9 CORPORATION

10 To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make

11 grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation

12 authorized by 45 U.S.C. 601, to remain available until ex13 pended, Ω83æ$771,700,000 $622,000,000, of which

14 Ω84æ$526,700,000 $392,000,000 shall be available for op15 erating losses incurred by the Corporation, Ω85æfor man16 datory passenger rail service payments, and for labor pro17 tection costs, and of which Ω86æ$245,000,000

18 $230,000,000, not to become available until July 1, 1995,

19 shall be available for capital improvements: Provided, That

20 none of the funds herein appropriated shall be used for

21 lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles or for the

22 hire of vehicle operators for any officer or employee, other

23 than the president of the Corporation, excluding the lease

24 of passenger motor vehicles for those officers or employees

25 while in official travel status: Provided further, That of
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1 the funds provided under this head for operating losses,

2 $8,000,000 is available only for the National Railroad

3 Passenger Corporation’s share of short-term avoidable

4 Ω87æcosts losses for state-supported rail services author5 ized under section 403(b) of the Rail Passenger Service

6 Act, as amended.

7 Ω88æMANDATORY PASSENGER RAIL SERVICE PAYMENTS

8 To enable the Secretary of Transportation to pay obli9 gations and liabilities of the National Railroad Passenger

10 Corporation, $150,000,000, to remain available until ex11 pended: Provided, That this amount is available only for

12 the payment of—

13 (1) tax liabilities under section 3221 of the In14 ternal Revenue Code of 1986 due in fiscal year 1995

15 in excess of amounts needed to fund benefits for indi16 viduals who retired from the National Railroad Pas17 senger Corporation and for their beneficiaries;

18 (2) obligations of the National Railroad Pas19 senger Corporation under section 358(a) of title 45,

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

21 of its obligations calculated on an experience-rated

22 basis; and

23 (3) obligations of the National Railroad Pas24 senger Corporation due under section 3321 of the In25 ternal Revenue Code of 1986.
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1 Ω89æPENNSYLVANIA STATION REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT

2 For grants to the National Railroad Passenger Cor3 poration, $40,000,000, to remain available until expended,

4 for engineering, design and construction activities to enable

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

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

7 That the Secretary may retain from these funds such

8 amounts as the Secretary shall deem appropriate to under9 take the environmental and historic preservation analyses

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

11 these funds may be expended for construction activities (ex12 cept for emergency and short-term and related repairs and

13 environmental restoration) until the participants have en14 tered into a binding agreement satisfactory to the Secretary

15 that contains financial and related commitments from the

16 participants sufficient to ensure the completion of the

17 project: Provided further, That no funds provided under

18 this head shall be available for construction until the Sec19 retary submits a report to the House and Senate Commit20 tees on Appropriations regarding the financing of necessary

21 improvements to the existing Pennsylvania Station and the

22 financing of the operating and capital costs accruing to the

23 commuter rail authorities operating in said station as a

24 result of this redevelopment project.
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1 FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

2 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

3 For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal

4 Transit Administration’s programs authorized by the Fed5 eral Transit Act and 23 U.S.C. chapter 1 in connection

6 with these activities, including hire of passenger motor ve7 hicles and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,

8 $43,060,000.

9 FORMULA GRANTS

10 Ω90æ(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

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

13 to remain available until expended, Ω91æ$1,356,050,000

14 $1,350,000,000: Provided, That no more than

15 Ω92æ$2,506,050,000 $2,500,000,000 of budget authority

16 shall be available for these purposes: Provided further,

17 That of the funds provided under this head for formula

18 grants no more than Ω93æ$700,000,000 $730,000,000 may

19 be used for operating assistance under section 9(k)(2) of

20 the Federal Transit Act: Provided further, That of the

21 funds provided under this head, $16,000,000 shall be

22 available for grants for the costs of planning, delivery and

23 temporary use of transit vehicles for special transportation

24 needs of the XXVth Summer Olympiad and the Xth

25 Paralympiad for the Disabled, to be held in Atlanta, Geor-
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1 gia, of which $5,600,000 shall be available for the

2 Paralympic Games: Provided further, That in allocating

3 the funds designated in the preceding proviso, the Sec4 retary may make grants to any public body the Secretary

5 deems appropriate, and such grants shall not be subject

6 to any local share requirement or limitation on operating

7 assistance under this Act or the Federal Transit Act

8 Ω94æ:–Provided further, That none of the funds made

9 available for the XXVth Olympiad or the Xth Paralympiad

10 for the Disabled shall be expended before October 1, 1995

11 Ω95æ: Provided further, That of the funds made available

12 under this head, $10,000,000 shall be transferred to the Fed13 eral Transit Administration’s Transit Planning and Re14 search account and be administered in accordance with sec15 tion 26(b) of the Federal Transit Act, as amendedΩ96æ:

16 Provided further, That 10 percent of the funds apportioned

17 to each grantee under section 9 of such Act shall be available

18 for obligation only after the grantee certifies to the Sec19 retary that that portion of its funds will only be used for

20 eligible projects that will contribute to decreased traffic con21 gestion in urban areas.

22 UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION CENTERS

23 For necessary expenses for university transportation

24 centers as authorized by section 11(b) of the Federal
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1 Transit Act, to remain available until expended,

2 $6,000,000.

3 TRANSIT PLANNING AND RESEARCH

4 For necessary expenses for transit planning and re5 search as authorized by section 26 of the Federal Transit

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

7 TRUST FUND SHARE OF TRANSIT PROGRAMS

8 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

9 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

10 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out

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

12 to remain available until expended and to be derived from

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

14 shall be paid from the Mass Transit Account of the High15 way Trust Fund to the Federal Transit Administration’s

16 formula grants account.

17 DISCRETIONARY GRANTS

18 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

19 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

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

21 the implementation or execution of programs the obliga22 tions for which are in excess of $1,725,000,000 in fiscal

23 year 1995 for grants under the contract authority in sec24 tion 21(b) of the Federal Transit Act: Provided, That not25 withstanding any provision of law, there shall be available

26 for fixed guideway modernization, Ω97æ$725,000,000
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1 $760,000,000; there shall be available for the replacement,

2 rehabilitation, and purchase of buses and related equip3 ment and the construction of bus-related facilities,

4 Ω98æ$353,330,000 $370,000,000; and there shall be avail5 able for new fixed guideway systems, Ω99æ$646,670,000

6 $595,000,000, to be available as follows:

7 Ω100æ$48,000,000 for the South Boston Piers

8 transitway project;

9 Ω101æ$50,000,000 for the Chicago central area

10 circulator project;

11 Ω102æ$33,770,000 for the Dallas South Oak

12 Cliff LRT project;

13 Ω103æ$5,000,000 for the DART North Central

14 light rail extension project;

15 Ω104æ$6,000,000 for the Dallas-Fort Worth

16 RAILTRAN project;

17 Ω105æ$20,000,000 for the Florida Tri-County

18 commuter rail project;

19 Ω106æ$60,000,000 for the Houston Regional

20 Bus Plan program;

21 $165,000,000 for the Los Angeles Metro Rail

22 (MOS–3) project;

23 Ω107æ$2,000,000 for the Miami Metrorail

24 north corridor extension project;
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1 Ω108æ$500,000 $146,000,000 for the New Jer2 sey Urban Core project;

3 Ω109æ$10,000,000 for the New Orleans Canal

4 Street Corridor project;

5 Ω110æ$45,000,000 $62,540,000 for the New

6 York Queens Connection project;

7 Ω111æ$2,400,000 for the Cincinnati Northeast/

8 Northern Kentucky rail line project;

9 Ω112æ$10,000,000 for the Orange County

10 Transitway project;

11 Ω113æ$10,000,000 for the Pittsburgh Busway

12 projects;

13 Ω114æ$73,500,000 $111,700,000 for the Port14 land Westside LRT project;

15 Ω115æ$10,000,000 for the Salt Lake City light

16 rail project:–Provided, That such funding may be

17 made available for related high-occupancy vehicle

18 lane and intermodal corridor design costs: Provided

19 further, That notwithstanding the provisions of Pub20 lic Law 103–122, funds provided for the Salt Lake

21 City light rail project in that Act may be used for

22 final design;

23 Ω116æ$40,300,000 for the San Francisco

24 BART Extension/Tasman corridor project;
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1 Ω117æ$10,000,000 for the San Juan, Puerto

2 Rico Tren Urbano project;

3 Ω118æ$4,700,000 for the Seattle-Renton-Ta4 coma commuter rail project;

5 Ω119æ$19,500,000 $4,690,000 for the St. Louis

6 Metro Link LRT project;

7 Ω120æ$10,000,000 for the Maryland Central

8 Corridor LRT project;

9 Ω121æ$37,300,000 for the Boston, Massachusetts

10 to Portland, Maine Transportation Corridor Pro11 gram, of which $3,600,000 shall be available for the

12 Boston to Portland element of the Program, and

13 $33,700,000 shall be available for the Central Artery

14 Rail Link element of the Program;

15 Ω122æ$24,000,000 for the MARC Commuter

16 Rail project;

17 Ω123æ$1,000,000 for the Tampa to Lakeland

18 commuter rail project;

19 Ω124æ$10,000,000 for the Twin Cities central

20 corridor project;

21 Ω125æ$5,000,000 for the Wisconsin central

22 commuter project; and

23 Ω126æ$5,000,000 for the Whitehall ferry termi24 nal, New York, New York
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1 Ω127æ$1,100,000 for the Boston metropolitan

2 ‘‘Urban Ring’’ project;

3 Ω128æ$8,320,000 for the Burlington to Char4 lotte, Vermont commuter rail project;

5 Ω129æ$2,500,000 for the Burlington to Glouces6 ter, New Jersey line;

7 Ω130æ$6,000,000 for the Dulles Corridor rail

8 project;

9 Ω131æ$750,000 for the New Bedford and Fall

10 River, Massachusetts commuter rail extensions;

11 Ω132æ$10,000,000 for the New Orleans

12 Riverfront LRT downriver extension; and

13 Ω133æ$5,100,000 for the West Shore Line, New

14 Jersey.

15 MASS TRANSIT CAPITAL FUND

16 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

17 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

18 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out

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

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

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

22 available until expended.

23 INTERSTATE TRANSFER GRANTS—TRANSIT

24 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

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

26 Ω134æ$48,030,000 $38,530,000, to remain available until
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1 expendedΩ135æ:–Provided, That notwithstanding the for2 mula for apportionment under 23 U.S.C. 103(e)(4)(J), of

3 the amount made available under this head, only

4 $9,500,000 shall be available for the substitute transit

5 project approved under section 1045 of Public Law 102–

6 240.

7 WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT

8 AUTHORITY

9 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

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

11 551, $200,000,000, to remain available until expended.

12 SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT

13 CORPORATION

14 The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora15 tion is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, with16 in the limits of funds and borrowing authority available

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

18 such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal

19 year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern20 ment Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be

21 necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the

22 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, Ω136æ$10,271,000 $10,150,000,

7 to be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund,

8 pursuant 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 Ω137æ$26,074,000 $26,738,000, of which $185,000 shall

15 be derived 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 Ω138æ$32,967,000 $38,877,000; of which $2,432,500 shall

16 be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund and

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

18 which Ω139æ$30,534,500 $36,445,500 shall be derived

19 from the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which

20 Ω140æ$14,323,000 $17,876,000 shall remain available

21 until September 30, 1997Ω141æ: Provided, That from

22 amounts made available herein from the Pipeline Safety

23 Fund not to exceed $1,500,000 to be available until ex24 pended, the Secretary may make grants to States as well

25 as operators of one-call notification systems and non-profit
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1 organizations for development, establishment, and pro2 motion of pipeline damage prevention programs and one3 call notification systems.

4 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS

5 (EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND)

6 For necessary expenses to carry out section

7 117A(i)(3)(B) of the Hazardous Materials Transportation

8 Act, as amended, $400,000 to be derived from the Emer9 gency Preparedness Fund, to remain available until Sep10 tember 30, 1997: Provided, That not more than

11 Ω142æ$10,550,000 $11,200,000 shall be made available

12 for obligation in fiscal year 1995 from amounts made

13 available by section 117A (h)(6)(B) and (i) (1), (2) and

14 (4) of the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, as

15 amended: Provided further, Ω143æThat no such funds

16 shall be made available for obligation by individuals other

17 than the Secretary of Transportation or his designee That

18 such amounts shall only be available to the Secretary of

19 Transportation and the National Institute of Environ20 mental Health Sciences.

21 Ω144æAlaska Pipeline Task Force

22 (RESCISSION)

23 (OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND)

24 Of the funds made available under this heading in

25 Public Law 102–388, $544,000 are rescinded.
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1 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector

4 General to carry out the provisions of the Inspector Gen5 eral Act of 1978, as amended, Ω145æ$40,000,000

6 $40,500,000Ω146æ: Provided, That of such amount,

7 $180,000 shall be available for employment by the Inspector

8 General of independent legal counsel at the Deaprtment of

9 Transportation .

10 TITLE II

11 RELATED AGENCIES

12 ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION

13 BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For expenses necessary for the Architectural and

16 Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, as authorized

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

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

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

20 appropriation funds received for publications and training

21 expenses.

22 NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the National Transpor25 tation Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor ve-
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1 hicles and aircraft; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.

2 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per

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

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

5 5901–5902), Ω147æ$37,392,000 $37,046,000, of which

6 not to exceed $1,000 may be used for official reception

7 and representation expenses.

8 INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 Ω148æFor necessary expenses of the Interstate Com11 merce Commission, including services as authorized by 5

12 U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized

13 by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b), and not to exceed $1,500 for official

14 reception and representation expenses, $30,302,000: Pro15 vided, That joint board members and cooperating state com16 missioners may use government transportation requests

17 when traveling in connection with their official duties as

18 such: Provided further, That $8,300,000 in fees collected

19 in fiscal year 1995 by the Interstate Commerce Commis20 sion pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9701 shall be made available

21 to this appropriation in fiscal year 1995.

22 PAYMENTS FOR DIRECTED RAIL SERVICE

23 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

24 None of the funds provided in this Act shall be avail25 able for the execution of programs the obligations for
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1 which can reasonably be expected to exceed $475,000 for

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

3 any other Act.

4 PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION

5 PANAMA CANAL REVOLVING FUND

6 For administrative expenses of the Panama Canal

7 Commission, including not to exceed $11,000 for official

8 reception and representation expenses of the Board; not

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

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

11 official reception and representation expenses of the Ad12 ministrator, $50,030,000, to be derived from the Panama

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

14 may be used for the planning or execution of

15 nonadministrative and capital programs the obligations

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

17 Ω149æ1994 1995: Provided further, That funds available

18 to the Panama Canal Commission shall be available for

19 the purchase of not to exceed forty-three passenger motor

20 vehicles for replacement only (including large heavy-duty

21 vehicles used to transport Commission personnel across

22 the Isthmus of Panama), the purchase price of which shall

23 not exceed $19,500 per vehicle.
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1 Ω150æDEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

2 REBATE OF SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY TOLLS

3 (HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)

4 For rebate of the United States portion of tolls paid

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

6 Law 99–662, $9,319,000, to remain available until ex7 pended and to be derived from the Harbor Maintenance

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

9 available for expenses of administering the rebates.

10 WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT

11 AUTHORITY

12 INTEREST PAYMENTS AND REPAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL

13 For payment of obligations incurred pursuant to

14 Public Law 96–184 and the Initial Bond Repayment Par15 ticipation Agreement, $664,666,667, to remain available

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

17 to the Federal Financing Bank for the Washington Metro18 rail construction loan; and in addition, such amounts as

19 are necessary for payment to the Federal Financing Bank,

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

21 TITLE III

22 GENERAL PROVISIONS

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

24 SEC. 301. During the current fiscal year applicable

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

2 hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of

3 liability insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign

4 countries on official department business; and uniforms,

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

6 5901–5902).

7 SEC. 302. Funds for the Panama Canal Commission

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

9 the extent necessary to permit payment of such pay in10 creases for officers or employees as may be authorized by

11 administrative action pursuant to law that are not in ex12 cess of statutory increases granted for the same period

13 in corresponding rates of compensation for other employ14 ees of the government in comparable positions.

15 SEC. 303. Funds appropriated under this Act for ex16 penditures by the Federal Aviation Administration shall

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

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

19 of primary and secondary schooling for dependents of Fed20 eral Aviation Administration personnel stationed outside

21 the continental United States at costs for any given area

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

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

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

25 provide adequately for the education of such dependents,
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1 and (2) for transportation of said dependents between

2 schools serving the area that they attend and their places

3 of residence when the Secretary, under such regulations

4 as may be prescribed, determines that such schools are

5 not accessible by public means of transportation on a regu6 lar basis.

7 SEC. 304. Appropriations contained in this Act for

8 the Department of Transportation shall be available for

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

10 individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to

11 the rate for a Executive Level IV.

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

13 Commission may be expended unless in conformance with

14 the Panama Canal Treaties of 1977 and any law imple15 menting those treaties.

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

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

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

19 intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings

20 funded in this Act.

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

22 shall remain available for obligation beyond the current

23 fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria24 tions, unless expressly so provided herein.
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1 SEC. 308. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail2 able for the planning or implementation of any change in

3 the current federal status of the Volpe National Transpor4 tation Systems Center, and none of the funds in this Act

5 shall be available for the implementation of any change

6 in the current federal status of the Turner-Fairbank

7 Highway Research Center: Provided, That the Secretary

8 may plan for further development of the Volpe National

9 Transportation Systems Center and for other compatible

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

11 any such planning does not alter the federal status of the

12 Center’s research and development operationΩ151æ: Pro13 vided further, That employment at the Center shall not ex14 ceed 536 full time equivalent staff years in fiscal year 1995.

15 SEC. 309. The expenditure of any appropriation

16 under this Act for any consulting service through procure17 ment contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United

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

19 expenditures are a matter of public record and available

20 for public inspection, except where otherwise provided

21 under existing law, or under existing Executive order is22 sued pursuant to existing law.

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

24 Transportation shall distribute the obligation limitation

25 for Federal-aid highways by allocation in the ratio which
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1 sums authorized to be appropriated for Federal-aid high2 ways that are apportioned or allocated to each State for

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

4 to be appropriated for Federal-aid highways that are ap5 portioned or allocated to all the States for such fiscal year.

6 (b) During the period October 1 through December

7 31, 1994, no State shall obligate more than 25 per centum

8 of the amount distributed to such State under subsection

9 (a), and the total of all State obligations during such pe10 riod shall not exceed 15 per centum of the total amount

11 distributed to all States under such subsection.

12 (c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), the Sec13 retary shall—

14 (1) provide all States with authority sufficient

15 to prevent lapses of sums authorized to be appro16 priated for Federal-aid highways that have been ap17 portioned to a StateΩ152æ,–except in those instances

18 in which a State indicates its intention to lapse sums

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

20 United States Code;

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

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

23 a State will not obligate the amount distributed dur24 ing that fiscal year and redistribute sufficient

25 amounts to those States able to obligate amounts in
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1 addition to those previously distributed during that

2 fiscal year giving priority to those States having

3 large unobligated balances of funds apportioned

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

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

6 1015 of Public Law 102–240;

7 (3) not distribute amounts authorized for ad8 ministrative expenses and funded from the adminis9 trative takedown authorized by section 104(a), Title

10 23 U.S.C., the Federal lands highway program, the

11 intelligent vehicle highway systems program, and

12 amounts made available under sections 1040, 1047,

13 1064, 6001, 6005, 6006, 6023, and 6024, of Public

14 Law 102–240: Provided, That amounts made avail15 able under section 6005 of Public Law 102–240

16 shall be subject to the obligation limitation for Fed17 eral-aid highways and highway safety construction

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

19 in this Act; and

20 (4) notwithstanding subsection (a), the Sec21 retary shall withhold from initial distribution the fis22 cal year 1995 Federal-aid highways obligation limi23 tation set aside for Interstate Construction Discre24 tionary projects: Provided, That the Secretary shall

25 distribute only after August 1, 1995, such obligation
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1 limitation withheld in accordance with this section to

2 those States receiving Interstate Ω153æConstruction

3 Discretionary allocations.

4 (d) During the period October 1 through December

5 31, 1994, the aggregate amount of obligations under sec6 tion 157 of title 23, United States Code, for projects cov7 ered under section 147 of the Surface Transportation As8 sistance Act of 1978, section 9 of the Federal-Aid High9 way Act of 1981, sections 131(b), 131(j), and 404 of Pub10 lic Law 97–424, sections 1061, 1103 through 1108, 4008,

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

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

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

14 (e) During the period August 2 through September

15 30, 1995, the aggregate amount which may be obligated

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

17 2.5 percent of the aggregate amount of funds apportioned

18 or allocated to all States—

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

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

21 Law 102–240, and

22 (2) for highway assistance projects under sec23 tion 103(e)(4) of title 23, United States Code,
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1 which would not be obligated in fiscal year 1995 if the

2 total amount of the obligation limitation provided for such

3 fiscal year in this Act were utilized.

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

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

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

7 reduced under paragraph (c)(2).

8 SEC. 311. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail9 able for salaries and expenses of more than one hundred

10 and ten political and Presidential appointees in the De11 partment of Transportation: Provided, That none of the

12 personnel covered by this provision may be assigned on

13 temporary detail outside the Department of Transpor14 tation.

15 SEC. 312. Not to exceed $850,000 of the funds pro16 vided in this Act for the Department of Transportation

17 shall be available for the necessary expenses of advisory

18 committees.

19 SEC. 313. The limitation on obligations for the pro20 grams of the Federal Transit Administration shall not

21 apply to any authority under section 21 of the Federal

22 Transit Act, previously made available for obligation, or

23 to any other authority previously made available for obli24 gation under the discretionary grants program.
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1 Ω154æSEC. 314. None of the funds in this Act shall

2 be used to implement section 404 of title 23, United

3 States Code.

4 SEC. 314. For the purpose of carrying out a dem5 onstration of the construction of highways in high priority

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

7 240, there is hereby appropriated $6,000,000 for the Sec8 retary to enter into an agreement to make a loan or loans

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

10 with the statutory duty to construct such facilities: Pro11 vided, That such loan or loans shall be repaid by direct

12 repayment no later than the fifth Federal fiscal year follow13 ing the year in which a loan was made. Funds made avail14 able by this section shall not be subject to any limitation.

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

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

17 be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act

18 Ω155æor from available unobligated balances.

19 SEC. 316. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail20 able to plan, finalize, or implement regulations that would

21 establish a vessel traffic safety fairway less than five miles

22 wide between the Santa Barbara Traffic Separation

23 Scheme and the San Francisco Traffic Separation

24 Scheme.
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1 SEC. 317. Notwithstanding any other provision of

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

3 Federal Aviation Administration instrument landing sys4 tems (along with associated approach lighting equipment

5 and runway visual range equipment) which conform to

6 Federal Aviation Administration design and performance

7 specifications, the purchase of which was assisted by a

8 Federal airport aid program, airport development aid pro9 gram or airport improvement program grant. The Federal

10 Aviation Administration shall accept such equipment,

11 which shall thereafter be operated and maintained by the

12 Federal Aviation Administration in accordance with agen13 cy criteria.

14 SEC. 318. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail15 able to award a multiyear contract for production end

16 items that (1) includes economic order quantity or long

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

18 in any one year of the contract or (2) includes a cancella19 tion charge greater than $10,000,000 which at the time

20 of obligation has not been appropriated to the limits of

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

22 that permits performance under the contract during the

23 second and subsequent years of the contract without con24 ditioning such performance upon the appropriation of

25 funds: Provided, That this limitation does not apply to a
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1 contract in which the federal government incurs no finan2 cial liability from not buying additional systems, sub3 systems, or components beyond the basic contract require4 ments.

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

6 shall be made available for planning and executing a pas7 senger manifest program by the Department of Transpor8 tation that only applies to United States flag carriers.

9 Ω156æSEC. 320. None of the funds made available

10 in this Act may be used to implement, administer, or en11 force the provisions of section 1038(d) of Public Law 102–

12 240.

13 SEC. 320. The Secretary of Transportation is author14 ized to transfer funds appropriated for any office of the Of15 fice of the Secretary to any other Office of the Office of the

16 Secretary: Provided, That no appropriation shall be in17 creased or decreased by more than 12 per centum by all

18 such transfers: Provided further, That any such transfer

19 shall be submitted for approval to the House and Senate

20 Committees on Appropriations.

21 SEC. 321. Notwithstanding any other provision of

22 law, and except for fixed guideway modernization projects,

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

24 Administration, Discretionary grants’’ for projects speci25 fied in this Act or identified in reports accompanying this
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1 Act not obligated by September 30, 1997, shall be made

2 available for other projects under section 3 of the Federal

3 Transit Act, as amended.

4 SEC. 322. Notwithstanding any other provision of

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

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

7 remain available for expenditure may be transferred to

8 and administered under the most recent appropriation

9 heading for any such section.

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

11 to the Department of Transportation (excluding the Mari12 time Administration) during fiscal year 1995,

13 $65,120,000 are permanently canceled.

14 (b) The Secretary of Transportation shall allocate the

15 amount of budgetary resources canceled among the De16 partment’s accounts (excluding the Maritime Administra17 tion) available for procurement and procurement-related

18 expenses. Amounts available for procurement and procure19 ment-related expenses in each such account shall be re20 duced by the amount allocated to such account.

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

22 of ‘‘procurement’’ includes all stages of the process of ac23 quiring property or services, beginning with the process

24 of determining a need for a product or services and ending
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1 with contract completion and closeout, as specified in 41

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

3 Ω157æSEC. 324. Of the funds appropriated in Public

4 Law 103–122 for railroad-highway crossings projects,

5 $20,000,000 shall be available for costs, not to exceed 80

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

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

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

9 shall be made available to improve and upgrade Maple

10 Road at Bishop Airport, Michigan:–Provided, That of the

11 funds appropriated in Public Law 94–387 for railroad12 highway demonstration projects, $486,000 in unobligated

13 balances shall be made available for the rail relocation

14 project in Lafayette, Indiana.

15 SEC. 324. For necessary expenses to carry out a pilot

16 project to provide direct financial assistance by contract,

17 to a community group incorporated for the purpose of pro18 tecting the scenic qualities of a designated scenic byway,

19 to demonstrate the effect of alternative highway designs on

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

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

22 moneys available for contract programs for a national sce23 nic byways study made available by Public Law 101–164

24 (Federal Highway Administration Limitation on General

25 Operating Expenses) as further referenced by Conference
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1 Report 101–315 and not expended as of the date of this

2 Act.

3 Ω158æSEC. 325. None of the funds provided by this

4 Act shall be made available to any State, municipality or

5 subdivision thereof that diverts revenue generated by a

6 public airport in violation of the provisions of the Airport

7 and Airway Improvement Act of 1982, as amended.

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

9 the United States Coast Guard shall be available for the

10 inspection of Department of Defense vessels excluding those

11 under the Ready Reserve Force and the National Defense

12 Reserve Fleet after January 1, 1995.

13 SEC. 326. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail14 able to implement or enforce regulations that would result

15 in the withdrawal of a slot from an air carrier at O’Hare

16 International Airport under section 93.223 of title 14 of

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

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

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

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

21 the Code of Federal Regulations.

22 Ω159æSEC. 327. None of the funds made available

23 by this Act may be obligated or expended to design, con24 struct, erect, modify or otherwise place any sign in any

25 State relating to any speed limit, distance, or other meas-
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1 urement on any highway if such sign establishes such

2 speed limit, distance, or other measurement using the met3 ric system.

4 SEC. 327. Notwithstanding any other provisions of

5 law, tolls collected for motor vehicles on any bridge connect6 ing the boroughs of Brooklyn, New York, and Staten Island,

7 New York, shall continue to be collected for only those vehi8 cles exiting from such bridge in Staten Island.

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

10 shall be made available for any airport development

11 project, or projects, proposed in any grant application sub12 mitted in accordance with title V of Public Law 97–248

13 (96 Stat. 671; 49 U.S.C. App. 2201 et seq.) to any public

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

15 fee for any passenger enplaning at the airport in any in16 stance where the passenger did not pay for the air trans17 portation which resulted in such enplanement, including

18 any case in which the passenger obtained the ticket for

19 the air transportation with a frequent flyer award coupon.

20 Ω160æSEC. 329. None of the funds in this Act may

21 be used to continue the federally-funded research and de22 velopment center (FFRDC) relationship between the Fed23 eral Aviation Administration and the Center for Advanced

24 Aviation Systems Development after March 31, 1995:–

25 Provided, That the Federal Aviation Administration may
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1 continue this work after March 31, 1995 only by full and

2 open competition among all interested parties, including

3 the Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development.

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

5 enter into grants, cooperative agreements, and other trans6 actions with any person, agency, or instrumentality of the

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

8 educational institution, and any other entity in execution

9 of the Technology Reinvestment Project authorized under

10 the Defense Conversion, Reinvestment and Transition As11 sistance Act of 1992 and related legislation.

12 (b) The authority provided in this section may be exer13 cised without regard to section 3324 of title 31, United

14 States Code.

15 SEC. 330. Funds provided in this Act for the Depart16 ment of Transportation working capital fund (WCF) shall

17 be reduced by Ω161æ$13,253,000 $6,105,000, which limits

18 fiscal year 1995 WCF obligational authority for elements

19 of the Department of Transportation funded in this Act

20 to no more than Ω162æ$88,750,000 $94,855,000: Pro21 vided, That such reductions from the budget request shall

22 be allocated by the Department of Transportation to each

23 appropriations account in proportion to the amount in24 cluded from each account for the working capital fund.
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1 SEC. 331. Funds provided in this Act for bonuses and

2 cash awards for employees of the Department of Trans3 portation shall be reduced by Ω163æ$6,012,680

4 $5,169,000, which limits fiscal year 1995 obligational au5 thority to no more than Ω164æ$25,500,000 $26,344,000:

6 Provided, That this provision shall be applied to funds for

7 Senior Executive Service bonuses, merit pay, and other bo8 nuses and cash awards.

9 Ω165æSEC. 332. Section 127(a) of title 23, United

10 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the follow11 ing: ‘‘With respect to the State of Maryland, laws and reg12 ulations in effect on June 1, 1993, shall be applicable for

13 the purposes of this subsection.’’.

14 SEC. 332. The Federal Aviation Administration is di15 rected to install a Terminal Doppler Weather Radar at

16 Charlotte, North Carolina in fiscal year 1995, and to com17 mission that radar no later than December 31, 1995.

18 SEC. 333. Funds received Ω166æby the Research and

19 Special Programs Administration from States, counties,

20 municipalities, other public authorities, and private

21 sources for expenses incurred for training and for reports’

22 publication and dissemination may be credited to the Re23 search and Special Programs account.

24 SEC. 334. Funds received Ω167æby the Federal High25 way Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and
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1 Federal Railroad Administration from States, counties,

2 municipalities, other public authorities, and private

3 sources for expenses incurred for training may be credited

4 Ω168ærespectively to the Federal Highway Administra5 tion’s ‘‘Limitation on General Operating Expenses’’ ac6 count, the Federal Transit Administration’s ‘‘Transit

7 Planning and Research’’ account, and to the Federal Rail8 road Administration’s ‘‘Railroad Safety’’ account, except

9 for State rail safety inspectors participating in training

10 pursuant to section 206 of the Federal Railroad Safety

11 Act of 1970.

12 Ω169æSEC. 335. (a) Subsection (b) of section 1045

13 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act

14 of 1991 (105 Stat. 1994) is amended to read as follows:

15 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE.—

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

17 substitute project or projects under subsection (a)—

18 ‘‘(A) the costs of construction of the eligi19 ble transitway project for which such project or

20 projects are substituted shall not be eligible for

21 funds authorized under section 108(b) of the

22 Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956; and

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

24 would have been apportioned to the State of

25 Wisconsin on October 1, 1994, under section
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1 104(b)(5)(A) of title 23, United States Code, if

2 the Secretary had not approved such project or

3 projects shall be available to the Secretary from

4 the Highway Trust Fund to incur obligations

5 for the Federal share of the costs of such sub6 stitute project or projects.

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

8 under paragraph (1)(B) shall be available for obliga9 tion on and after October 1, 1994. Amounts made

10 available under paragraph (1)(B) shall remain avail11 able until expended and shall be subject to any limi12 tation on obligations for Federal-aid highways estab13 lished by law.

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

15 Amounts made available under paragraph (1)(B)

16 shall be available for obligation in the same manner

17 as if such funds were apportioned under chapter 1

18 of title 23, United States Code; except that the Fed19 eral share of the cost of any project carried out with

20 such funds shall be determined in accordance with

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

22 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

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

24 subsection (c) of section 1045 of such Act is amend25 ed by striking ‘‘the authority of section 103(e)(4) of
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1 title 23, United States Code,’’ and inserting ‘‘section

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

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

4 section 1045 of such Act is amended by striking

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

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

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

8 1045 of such Act is amended by striking paragraph

9 (3) and by redesignating paragraph (4) as para10 graph (3).

11 (c) REDUCTION OF INTERSTATE CONSTRUCTION AU12 THORIZATION.—Section 108(b) of the Federal-Aid High13 way Act of 1956 is amended by striking ‘‘$1,800,000,000

14 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996’’ and insert15 ing ‘‘$1,800,000,000, reduced by the amount made avail16 able under section 1045(b)(1)(B) of the Intermodal Sur17 face Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, for the fiscal

18 year ending September 30, 1996’’.

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

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

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

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

23 purpose of carrying out a demonstration of the construc24 tion of public toll roads in Orange County, California, au25 thorized by section 129(d) of title 23, United States Code,
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1 there is hereby appropriated $8,000,000 for the Secretary

2 to enter into an agreement to make a line of credit avail3 able, with a principal amount not to exceed $120,000,000

4 to the public entity or entities with the statutory authority

5 to construct such facilities.

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

7 this section shall be available for draws during the period

8 beginning on the date of completion of construction and

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

10 the date construction of the facilities is completed.

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

12 shall be available to pay the costs of extraordinary repair

13 and replacement of the facilities, unexpected Federal or

14 State environmental restrictions, operation and mainte15 nance expenses of the facilities, and debt service on tax16 exempt or taxable obligations financing the facilities.

17 (d) LIMITATIONS.—

18 (1) CAPITAL EXPENDITURES.—With respect to

19 capital expenditures, draws on the line of credit

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

21 extent proceeds from the sale of the obligations is22 sued by the public entity or entities which otherwise

23 would be available for such purposes are exhausted,

24 or are otherwise unavailable for the payment of such

25 capital expenditures.
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1 (2) EXPENSES.—With respect to expenses, in2 cluding operation and maintenance expenses and

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

4 section shall only be made if revenues from toll oper5 ations and capitalized interest are insufficient (or

6 are otherwise unavailable) for such purposes.

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

8 the total principal amount of the line of credit under

9 this section shall be available for draws in any one

10 year.

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

12 party creditor of the public entity or entities shall

13 have any right against the Federal Government with

14 respect to draws on the line of credit under this sec15 tion.

16 (5) AVAILABILITY FOR PARTICULAR COSTS.—

17 There is no guaranteed availability of proceeds of

18 the line of credit under this section for the payment

19 of any particular cost of the public entity or entities

20 which might be financed under this section.

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

22 draws (except for operation and maintenance expenses) on

23 the line of credit under this section shall accrue interest

24 at the 30-year United States Treasury bond rate begin25 ning on the date such draws are made and shall be repaid
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1 in not more than 30 years; except that any draws under

2 the line of credit for operation and maintenance expenses

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

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

5 shall be repaid in not more than 3 years.

6 Ω170æSEC. 337. The amount otherwise provided by

7 this Act for ‘‘DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPOR8 TATION—OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY—Salaries

9 and Expenses’’ is hereby increased by $26,300,000, of

10 which amount $8,300,000 shall be derived from amounts

11 provided for in this Act under the heading ‘‘INTER12 STATE COMMERCE COMMISSION—Salaries and Ex13 penses’’.

14 SEC. 337. In addition to amounts otherwise provided

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

16 Commerce Commission, Salaries and Expenses’’ solely for

17 the discharge of liabilities, including severance pay, under

18 title 5 of the United States Code to employees separated

19 from the Interstate Commerce Commission on or after Octo20 ber 1, 1994.

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

22 EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS.—It is the sense of the Con23 gress that, to the greatest extent practicable, all equip24 ment and products purchased with funds made available

25 in this Act should be American-made.
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1 (b) NOTICE REQUIREMENT.—In providing financial

2 assistance to, or entering into any contract with, any en3 tity using funds made available in this Act, the head of

4 each Federal agency, to the greatest extent practicable,

5 shall provide to such entity a notice describing the state6 ment made in subsection (a) by the Congress.

7 Ω171æSEC. 339. SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY TOLL

8 COLLECTION.—(a) Section 13 of the Act of May 13, 1954,

9 ch. 201 (33 U.S.C. 988a), added by section 805(a)(4) of

10 Title XIV of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986,

11 Public Law 99–662 (100 Stat. 4272), is amended to read

12 as follows:

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

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

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

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

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

18 4462(a)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986).

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

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

21 collected with respect to each such commercial vessel if it

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

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

24 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.’’
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1 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.’’.

2 Ω172æSEC. 340. Notwithstanding any other provision

3 of law, the unspent balance of funds previously appro4 priated for the Meadowbrook Parkway project shall be

5 available for the Loop Parkway Bridge rehabilitation

6 project.

7 Ω173æSEC. 341. Not more than $1,707,000 of funds

8 provided for Coast Guard Operating Expenses under this

9 Act shall be available for Voluntary Separation Incentive,

10 Special Separation Benefit, early retirement, and other sep11 aration and transition benefits under Chapter 58 of title

12 10, U.S.C. for active duty members in fiscal year 1995: Pro13 vided, That funds for such benefits shall only become avail14 able if authorized in law.

15 Ω174æSEC. 342. Notwithstanding any other provision

16 of law, funds made available under Public Law 103–122,

17 the Fiscal Year 1994 Transportation Appropriations Act,

18 for the domestic fuel cell development program under the

19 Federal Transit Administration’s Discretionary Grants ac20 count shall be transferred to that agency’s Transit Planning

21 and Research account and be administered in accordance

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

23 Ω175æSEC. 343. Notwithstanding any other provision

24 of law, $33,700,000 of funds provided in this Act for the
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1 Portland to Boston Transportation Corridor Program shall

2 be made available to the Massachusetts Executive Office of

3 Transportation and Construction for construction of exca4 vation support walls and right-of-way for the Central Ar5 tery Rail Link connection between North and South Sta6 tions. This element of the Program is separate and distinct

7 from the Transportation Corridor element, and shall not

8 affect the environmental, financial, or construction work

9 performed in connection with that element of the Program.

10 Ω176æSEC. 344. Section 211(b) of the National Driver

11 Register Act of 1982 as amended, (23 U.S.C. 401 note), is

12 further amended by inserting after ‘‘1994’’ ‘‘and $2,550,000

13 for fiscal year 1995’’.

14 Ω177æSEC. 345. Notwithstanding 15 U.S.C. 631, et

15 seq. and 10 U.S.C. 2301, et seq. as amended, the United

16 States Coast Guard acquisition of 47-foot Motor Life Boats

17 for fiscal years 1995 through 2000 shall be subject to full

18 and open competition for all U.S. shipyards. Accordingly,

19 the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) (including but

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

21 they are inconsistent with a full and open competition.

22 Ω178æSEC. 346. (a) Notwithstanding section 31136(e)

23 of title 49, United States Code, and in order to further sub24 stantiate research carried out by the Secretary of Transpor25 tation in fiscal year 1992 under the Vision Waiver Study
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1 Program, the Secretary shall use funds available to the Sec2 retary in the Highway Research Development and Tech3 nology account of the Federal Highway Administration to

4 carry out a follow-up study to such study program.

5 (b) In carrying out the follow-up study, the Secretary

6 shall apply the same criteria and conditions to the study

7 as the Secretary applied in carrying out research under the

8 Vision Waiver Study Program.

9 Ω179æSEC. 347. Of the funds appropriated in the De10 partment of Transportation and Related Agencies Appro11 priation Act, 1977 (Public Law 94–387; 90 Stat. 1171) for

12 railroad-highway demonstration projects, $486,000 in un13 obligated balances shall be made available for the rail relo14 cation project in Lafayette, Indiana.

15 Ω180æSEC. 348. The Eastport Port Authority facility

16 at Estes Head in Eastport, Maine, is eligible for funding

17 under section 1064 of Public Law 102–240.

18 Ω181æSEC. 349. No money may be expended by the

19 Department of Transportation in fiscal year 1995 to imple20 ment or enforce regulatory actions to restrict overflights and

21 landings on National Parks system units, National Forest

22 systems, Fish and Wildlife refuges, and other public lands

23 in the State of Alaska. The term aircraft refers to fixed wing

24 aircraft and helicopters of general, commercial, or military

25 nature.
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1 Ω182æSEC. 350. No funds under this Act for fiscal

2 1995 may be used to implement recommendations of the

3 Flight Service Modernization Program to close or reduce

4 services in flight servicestations in Alaska.

Passed the House of Representatives June 16, 1994.

Attest: DONNALD K. ANDERSON,

Clerk.

Passed the Senate July 21 (legislative day, July 20),

1994

Attest: MARTHA S. POPE,

Secretary.

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