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106TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 106–940

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

AND RELATED AGENCIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER

30, 2001, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

OCTOBER 5, 2000.—Ordered to be printed

Mr. WOLF, from the committee of conference,

submitted the following

CONFERENCE REPORT

[To accompany H.R. 4475]

The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the

two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 4475)

‘‘making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and

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

for other purposes’’, having met, after full and free conference, have

agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses

as follows:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate, and agree to the same with an amendment, as

follows:

In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said amendment,

insert: That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money

in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of

Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes, namely:

Section 101. (a) The provisions of the following bill are hereby

enacted into law, H.R. 5394 of the 106th Congress, as introduced

on October 5, 2000.

(b) In publishing the Act in slip form and in the United States

Statutes at Large pursuant to section 112, of title 1, United States

Code, the Archivist of the United States shall include after the date

of approval at the end an appendix setting forth the text of the bill

referred to in subsection (a) of this section.

And the Senate agree to the same.

FRANK R. WOLF,

TOM DELAY,

RALPH REGULA,

HAROLD ROGERS,

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RON PACKARD, SONNY CALLAHAN, TODD TIAHRT, ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, KAY GRANGER, C.W. BILL YOUNG, MARTIN OLAV SABO

(except for provisions to

withhold highway funds

from states that do not

adopt 0.08 blood alcohol

concentration laws),

JOHN W. OLVER, ED PASTOR, CAROLYN C. KILPATRICK

(except for provisions to

withhold highway funds

from states that do not

adopt 0.08 blood alcohol

concentration laws),

JOSE ́ E. SERRANO, MICHAEL P. FORBES, DAVID R. OBEY

(with exception to denial of

funds to states without

0.08 BAC),

Managers on the Part of the House.

RICHARD C. SHELBY,

PETE V. DOMENICI (except for

Wilson Bridge),

ARLEN SPECTER,

CHRISTOPHER S. BOND,

SLADE GORTON,

ROBERT F. BENNETT,

BEN NIGHTHORSE CAMPBELL,

TED STEVENS,

FRANK R. LAUTENBERG,

ROBERT C. BYRD,

BARBARA A. MIKULSKI,

HARRY REID,

HERB KOHL,

PATTY MURRAY,

DANIEL K. INOUYE,

Managers on the Part of the Senate.

(3)

JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF

CONFERENCE

The managers on the part of the House of Representatives and

the Senate at the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two

Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 4475)

making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and

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

for other purposes, submit the following joint statement to the

House of Representatives and the Senate in explanation of the effect of the action agreed upon by the managers and recommended

in the accompanying conference report.

The Senate deleted the entire House bill after the enacting

clause and inserted the Senate bill.

The conference agreement would enact the provisions of H.R.

5394 as introduced on October 5, 2000. The text of that bill follows:

A BILL Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related

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

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following

sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and

for other purposes, namely:

TITLE I

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary,

$63,245,000: Provided, That not more than 52 percent of the funds

made available under this heading shall be obligated and not more

than 224 full time equivalent staff years funded through the end of

the second quarter of fiscal year 2001: Provided further, That funds

in excess of 52 percent and 224 full time equivalent staff years shall

be available only if the Secretary transmits a request to the House

and Senate Committees on Appropriations for these additional

funds: Provided further, That not to exceed $60,000 for allocation

within the Department for official reception and representation expenses as the Secretary may determine: Provided further, That not

more than $15,000 of the official reception and representation funds

shall be available for obligation prior to January 20, 2001.

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OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, $8,140,000.

TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND DEVELOPMENT

For necessary expenses for conducting transportation planning,

research, systems development, development activities, and making

grants, to remain available until expended, $11,000,000.

TRANSPORTATION ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE CENTER

Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital outlays of the

Transportation Administrative Service Center, not to exceed

$126,887,000, shall be paid from appropriations made available to

the Department of Transportation: Provided, That such services

shall be provided on a competitive basis to entities within the Department of Transportation: Provided further, That the above limitation on operating expenses shall not apply to non-DOT entities:

Provided further, That no funds appropriated in this Act to an

agency of the Department shall be transferred to the Transportation

Administrative Service Center without the approval of the agency

modal administrator: Provided further, That no assessments may be

levied against any program, budget activity, subactivity or project

funded by this Act unless notice of such assessments and the basis

therefor are presented to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and are approved by such Committees.

MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM

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

49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of

modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these funds

are available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is

to be guaranteed, not to exceed $13,775,000. In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan program,

$400,000.

MINORITY BUSINESS OUTREACH

For necessary expenses of Minority Business Resource Center outreach activities, $3,000,000, of which $2,635,000 shall remain

available until September 30, 2002: Provided, That notwithstanding

49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be used for business opportunities

related to any mode of transportation.

COAST GUARD

OPERATING EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for the operation and maintenance of the

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

five passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377, as amended (42 U.S.C.

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

429(b)); and recreation and welfare, $3,192,000,000, of which

$341,000,000 shall be available for defense-related activities; and of

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

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

or any other Act shall be available for pay for administrative expenses in connection with shipping commissioners in the United

States: Provided further, That none of the funds provided in this

Act shall be available for expenses incurred for yacht documentation

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

yacht owners and credited to this appropriation: Provided further,

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

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

promulgate new maritime user fees not specifically authorized by

law after the date of the enactment of this Act.

ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction, renovation,

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

aircraft, including equipment related thereto, $415,000,000, of

which $20,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability

Trust Fund; of which $156,450,000 shall be available to acquire, repair, renovate or improve vessels, small boats and related equipment, to remain available until September 30, 2005; $37,650,000

shall be available to acquire new aircraft and increase aviation capability, to remain available until September 30, 2003; $60,113,000

shall be available for other equipment, to remain available until

September 30, 2003; $63,336,000 shall be available for shore facilities and aids to navigation facilities, to remain available until September 30, 2003; $55,151,000 shall be available for personnel compensation and benefits and related costs, to remain available until

September 30, 2002; and $42,300,000 for the Integrated Deepwater

Systems program, to remain available until September 30, 2003:

Provided, That the Commandant of the Coast Guard is authorized

to dispose of surplus real property, by sale or lease, and the proceeds

shall be credited to this appropriation as offsetting collections and

made available only for the National Distress and Response System

Modernization program, to remain available for obligation until

September 30, 2003: Provided further, That upon initial submission

to the Congress of the fiscal year 2002 President’s budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to the Congress a comprehensive capital investment plan for the United States Coast

Guard which includes funding for each budget line item for fiscal

years 2002 through 2006, with total funding for each year of the

plan constrained to the funding targets for those years as estimated

and approved by the Office of Management and Budget: Provided

further, That the amount herein appropriated shall be reduced by

$100,000 per day for each day after initial submission of the President’s budget that the plan has not been submitted to the Congress:

Provided further, That the Commandant shall transfer $5,800,000

to the City of Homer, Alaska, for the construction of a municipal

pier and other harbor improvements, contingent upon the City of

Homer entering into an agreement with the United States to accommodate Coast Guard vessels and to support Coast Guard operations

at Homer, Alaska.

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ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION

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

title 14, United States Code, $16,700,000, to remain available until

expended.

ALTERATION OF BRIDGES

For necessary expenses for alteration or removal of obstructive bridges, $15,500,000, to remain available until expended.

RETIRED PAY

For retired pay, including the payment of obligations therefor

otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this purpose, and

payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection and

Survivor Benefits Plans, and for payments for medical care of retired personnel and their dependents under the Dependents Medical

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

RESERVE TRAINING

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For all necessary expenses of the Coast Guard Reserve, as authorized by law; maintenance and operation of facilities; and supplies, equipment, and services, $80,375,000: Provided, That no more

than $22,000,000 of funds made available under this heading may

be transferred to Coast Guard ‘‘Operating expenses’’ or otherwise

made available to reimburse the Coast Guard for financial support

of the Coast Guard Reserve: Provided further, That none of the

funds in this Act may be used by the Coast Guard to assess direct

charges on the Coast Guard Reserves for items or activities which

were not so charged during fiscal year 1997.

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for applied

scientific research, development, test, and evaluation; maintenance,

rehabilitation, lease and operation of facilities and equipment, as

authorized by law, $21,320,000, to remain available until expended,

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

Trust Fund: Provided, That there may be credited to and used for

the purposes of this appropriation funds received from State and

local governments, other public authorities, private sources, and foreign countries, for expenses incurred for research, development, testing, and evaluation.

FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

OPERATIONS

For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Administration,

not otherwise provided for, including operations and research activities related to commercial space transportation, administrative expenses for research and development, establishment of air navigation facilities, the operation (including leasing) and maintenance of

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aircraft, subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold

to the public, lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, in addition to amounts made available by Public

Law 104–264, $6,544,235,000, of which $4,414,869,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, of which

$5,200,274,000 shall be available for air traffic services program activities; $694,979,000 shall be available for aviation regulation and

certification program activities; $139,301,400 shall be available for

civil aviation security program activities; $189,988,000 shall be

available for research and acquisition program activities;

$12,000,000 shall be available for commercial space transportation

program activities; $48,443,600 shall be available for Financial

Services program activities; $54,864,000 shall be available for

Human Resources program activities; $99,347,000 shall be available for Regional Coordination program activities; and

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

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

the Federal Aviation Administration to plan, finalize, or implement

any regulation that would promulgate new aviation user fees not

specifically authorized by law after the date of the enactment of this

Act: Provided further, That there may be credited to this appropriation funds received from States, counties, municipalities, foreign authorities, other public authorities, and private sources, for expenses

incurred in the provision of agency services, including receipts for

the maintenance and operation of air navigation facilities, and for

issuance, renewal or modification of certificates, including airman,

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

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

That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than

$5,000,000 shall be for the contract tower cost-sharing program and

not less than $750,000 shall be for the Centennial of Flight Commission: Provided further, That funds may be used to enter into a

grant agreement with a nonprofit standard-setting organization to

assist in the development of aviation safety standards: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for new

applicants for the second career training program: Provided further,

That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for paying premium pay under 5 U.S.C. 5546(a) to any Federal Aviation Administration employee unless such employee actually performed work during the time corresponding to such premium pay: Provided further,

That none of the funds in this Act may be obligated or expended to

operate a manned auxiliary flight service station in the contiguous

United States: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act

may be used for the Federal Aviation Administration to enter into

a multiyear lease greater than 5 years in length or greater than

$100,000,000 in value unless such lease is specifically authorized by

the Congress and appropriations have been provided to fully cover

the Federal Government’s contingent liabilities: Provided further,

That none of the funds in this Act for aeronautical charting and

cartography are available for activities conducted by, or coordinated

through, the Transportation Administrative Service Center.

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FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

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

hire of air navigation and experimental facilities and equipment as

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

Code, including initial acquisition of necessary sites by lease or

grant; engineering and service testing, including construction of test

facilities and acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; and

construction and furnishing of quarters and related accommodations for officers and employees of the Federal Aviation Administration stationed at remote localities where such accommodations are

not available; and the purchase, lease, or transfer of aircraft from

funds available under this head; to be derived from the Airport and

Airway Trust Fund, $2,656,765,000, of which $2,334,112,400 shall

remain available until September 30, 2003, and of which

$322,652,600 shall remain available until September 30, 2001: Provided, That there may be credited to this appropriation funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities,

and private sources, for expenses incurred in the establishment and

modernization of air navigation facilities: Provided further, That

upon initial submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2002

President’s budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to

the Congress a comprehensive capital investment plan for the Federal Aviation Administration which includes funding for each budget line item for fiscal years 2002 through 2006, with total funding

for each year of the plan constrained to the funding targets for those

years as estimated and approved by the Office of Management and

Budget: Provided further, That the amount herein appropriated

shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for each day after initial submission of the President’s budget that the plan has not been submitted to the Congress: Provided further, That none of the funds in

this Act may be used for the Federal Aviation Administration to

enter into a capital lease agreement unless appropriations have been

provided to fully cover the Federal Government’s contingent liabilities at the time the lease agreement is signed.

RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT

(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for research,

engineering, and development, as authorized under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, including construction of experimental facilities and acquisition of necessary sites by lease or

grant, $187,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway

Trust Fund and to remain available until September 30, 2003: Provided, That there may be credited to this appropriation funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities,

and private sources, for expenses incurred for research, engineering,

and development.

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GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS

(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

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

and programs as authorized under subchapter I of chapter 471 and

subchapter I of chapter 475 of title 49, United States Code, and

under other law authorizing such obligations; for administration of

such programs; for administration of programs under section

40117; for procurement, installation, and commissioning of runway

incursion prevention devices and systems at airports; and for inspection activities and administration of airport safety programs,

including those related to airport operating certificates under section 44706 of title 49, United States Code, $3,200,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds under this

heading shall be available for the planning or execution of programs the obligations for which are in excess of $3,200,000,000 in

fiscal year 2001, notwithstanding section 47117(h) of title 49,

United States Code: Provided further, That notwithstanding any

other provision of law, not more than $53,000,000 of funds limited

under this heading shall be obligated for administration.

GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS

(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

(RESCISSION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

Of the unobligated balances authorized under 49 U.S.C. 48103,

as amended, $579,000,000 are rescinded.

AVIATION INSURANCE REVOLVING FUND

The Secretary of Transportation is hereby authorized to make

such expenditures and investments, within the limits of funds available pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 44307, and in accordance with section

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

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

aviation insurance activities under chapter 443 of title 49, United

States Code.

FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

Necessary expenses for administration and operation of the Federal Highway Administration not to exceed $295,119,000 shall be

paid in accordance with law from appropriations made available by

this Act to the Federal Highway Administration together with advances and reimbursements received by the Federal Highway Administration: Provided, That of the funds available under section

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

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for Commercial Remote Sensing Products and Spatial Information

Technologies under section 5113 of Public Law 105–178, as amended; $10,000,000 shall be available for the National Historic Covered

Bridge Preservation Program under section 1224 of Public Law

105–178, as amended; $5,000,000 shall be available for the construction and improvement of the Alabama State Docks, and shall

remain available until expended; $10,000,000 shall be available to

Auburn University for research activities at the Center for Transportation Technology and to construct a building to house the center,

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

available for ‘‘Child Passenger Protection Education Grants’’ under

section 2003(b) of Public Law 105–178, as amended; and

$25,000,000 shall be available for the Transportation and Community and System Preservation Program under section 1221 of Public

Law 105–178, as amended.

FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

None of the funds in this Act shall be available for the implementation or execution of programs, the obligations for which are

in excess of $29,661,806,000 for Federal-aid highways and highway

safety construction programs for fiscal year 2001: Provided, That

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

highways and highway safety construction programs, not more than

$437,250,000 shall be available for the implementation or execution

of programs for transportation research (sections 502, 503, 504, 506,

507, and 508 of title 23, United States Code, as amended; section

5505 of title 49, United States Code, as amended; and sections 5112

and 5204–5209 of Public Law 105–178) for fiscal year 2001; not

more than $25,000,000 shall be available for the implementation or

execution of programs for the Magnetic Levitation Transportation

Technology Deployment Program (section 1218 of Public Law 105–

178) for fiscal year 2001, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be

available to the Federal Railroad Administration for administrative

expenses and technical assistance in connection with such program,

of which not to exceed $1,500,000 shall be available to the Federal

Railroad Administration for ‘‘Safety and operations’’, and, notwithstanding section 1218(c)(4) of Public Law 105–178, of which

$1,000,000 shall be available for low speed magnetic levitation research and development; not more than $31,000,000 shall be available for the implementation or execution of programs for the Bureau

of Transportation Statistics (section 111 of title 49, United States

Code) for fiscal year 2001: Provided further, That within the

$218,000,000 obligation limitation on Intelligent Transportation

Systems, the following sums shall be made available for Intelligent

Transportation System projects in the following specified areas:

State of Alaska, $2,350,000;

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

Aquidneck Island, Rhode Island, $500,000;

Austin, Texas, $250,000;

Automated crash notification system, UAB, $1,000,000;

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

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

Beaumont, Texas, $150,000;

Bellingham, Washington, $350,000;

Bloomington Township, Illinois, $400,000;

Calhoun County, Michigan, $750,000;

Carbondale, Pennsylvania, $2,000,000;

Cargo Mate, New Jersey, $750,000;

Charlotte, North Carolina, $625,000;

College Station, Texas, $1,800,000;

Commonwealth of Virginia, $5,500,000;

Corpus Christi, Texas (vehicle dispatching), $1,000,000;

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

DuPage County, Illinois, $500,000;

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

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

Hattiesburg, Mississippi, $500,000;

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

Huntsville, Alabama, $3,000,000;

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

Inglewood, California, $600,000;

Jackson, Mississippi, $1,000,000;

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

Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania, $1,500,000;

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

Lake County, Illinois, $450,000;

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

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

Moscow, Idaho, $875,000;

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

Nashville, Tennessee, $500,000;

New Jersey regional integration/TRANSCOM, $3,000,000;

North Central Pennsylvania, $750,000;

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

Norwalk and Santa Fe Springs, California, $500,000;

Oakland and Wayne Counties, Michigan, $1,500,000;

Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, $1,500,000;

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, $500,000;

Puget Sound regional fare collection, Washington,

$2,500,000;

Rensselaer County, New York, $500,000;

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

Sacramento County, California, $875,000;

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

Sacramento, California, $500,000;

Salt Lake City (Olympic Games), Utah, $1,000,000;

San Antonio, Texas, $100,000;

Santa Teresa, New Mexico, $500,000;

Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, $400,000;

Seabrook, Texas, $1,200,000;

Shreveport, Louisiana, $1,000,000;

South Dakota commercial vehicle, ITS, $1,250,000;

Southeast Michigan, $500,000;

Southhaven, Mississippi, $150,000;

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

Springfield-Branson, Missouri, $750,000;

St. Louis, Missouri, $500,000;

State of Arizona, $1,000,000;

State of Connecticut, $3,000,000;

State of Delaware, $1,000,000;

State of Illinois, $1,000,000;

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

State of Iowa (traffic enforcement and transit), $2,750,000;

State of Kentucky, $1,500,000;

State of Maryland, $3,000,000;

State of Minnesota, $6,500,000;

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

State of Montana, $750,000;

State of Nebraska, $2,600,000;

State of New Mexico, $750,000;

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

State of North Dakota, $500,000;

State of Ohio, $2,000,000;

State of Oklahoma, $1,000,000;

State of Oregon, $750,000;

State of South Carolina statewide, $2,000,000;

State of Tennessee, $1,850,000;

State of Utah, $1,500,000;

State of Vermont, $500,000;

State of Wisconsin, $1,000,000;

Texas border phase I, Houston, Texas, $500,000;

Tuscaloosa, Alabama, $2,000,000;

Tuscon, Arizona, $1,250,000;

Vermont rural ITS, $1,500,000;

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

Washoe County, Nevada, $200,000;

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

Williamson County/Round Rock, Texas, $250,000:

Provided further, That, notwithstanding Public Law 105–178, as

amended, funds authorized under section 110 of title 23, United

States Code, for fiscal year 2001 shall be apportioned based on each

State’s percentage share of funding provided for under section 105

of title 23, United States Code, for fiscal year 2001, except that before such apportionments are made, $156,486,491 shall be set aside

for projects authorized under section 1602 of Public Law 105–178,

as amended; $25,000,000 shall be set aside for the Indian Reservation Roads Program under section 204 of title 23, United States

Code $18,467,857 shall be set aside for the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge project authorized by section 404 of the Woodrow Wilson

Memorial Bridge Authority Act of 1995, as amended; $10,000,000

shall be set aside for the commercial driver’s license program under

motor carrier safety grants authorized by section 31102 of title 49,

United States Code; and $1,735,039 shall be set aside for the Alaska

Highway authorized by section 218 of title 23, United States Code.

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

2001, the Secretary shall ensure that such funds are apportioned for

the Interstate Maintenance program, the National Highway system

program, the bridge program, the surface transportation program,

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and the congestion mitigation and air quality program in the same

ratio that each State is apportioned funds for such program in fiscal year 2001 but for this section: Provided, That, notwithstanding

any other provision of law, of the funds apportioned to the State of

Oklahoma under section 110 of title 23, United States Code, for fiscal year 2001, $8,000,000 shall be available only for the widening

of US 177 from SH–33 to 32nd Street in Stillwater, Oklahoma;

$4,300,000 shall be available only for the reconstruction of US 177

in the vicinity of Cimarron River, Oklahoma; $1,500,000 shall be

available only for the reconstruction of US 70 from Broken Bow,

Oklahoma to the Arkansas state line; $1,000,000 shall be available

only to improve Battiest-Pickens Road between Battiest and Pickens,

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

study of increasing lanes or adding passing lanes on SH 3 in

McCurtain, Pushmataha and Atoka Counties, Oklahoma; and

$100,000 shall be available only for the reconstruction of US 70 in

Marshall and Bryan Counties, Oklahoma: Provided further, That,

notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds apportioned to the State of Mississippi under section 110 of title 23,

United States Code, for fiscal year 2001, $24,600,000 may be available for construction of an interchange for a connector road from the

interchange to U.S. Highway 51, between mile markers 115 and 120

on I–55 in Mississippi: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any

other provision of law, of the funds apportioned to the State of New

York under section 110 of title 23, United States Code, for fiscal

year 2001, $4,000,000 shall be available only to upgrade and improve the Albany North Creek intermodal transportation corridor:

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

of the funds apportioned to the State of Nebraska under section 110

of title 23, United States Code, for fiscal year 2001, $3,500,000 shall

be available only for the construction of a pedestrian overpass in

Lincoln: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds apportioned to the State of Alabama under

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

$8,000,000 shall be available only for construction of the Patton Island bridge in Lauderdale County, Alabama: Provided further,

That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds apportioned to the State of California under section 110 of title 23,

United States Code, for fiscal year 2001, $46,000,000 shall be available only for traffic mitigation and other improvements to existing

SR710 in South Pasadena, Pasadena and El Serano: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the obligation limitation distributed for specific projects described herein shall

remain available until expended and shall be in addition to the

amount of any obligation limitation imposed on obligations for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs for future fiscal years.

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FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for carrying out

the provisions of title 23, United States Code, that are attributable

to Federal-aid highways, including the National Scenic and Recreational Highway as authorized by 23 U.S.C. 148, not otherwise

provided, including reimbursement for sums expended pursuant to

the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 308, $28,000,000,000 or so much thereof

as may be available in and derived from the Highway Trust Fund,

to remain available until expended.

EMERGENCY RELIEF PROGRAM

(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

For an additional amount for the Emergency Relief Program

for emergency expenses resulting from floods and other natural disasters, as authorized by section 125 of title 23, United States Code,

$720,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund and to

remain available until expended: Provided, That the entire amount

is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency

Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That the

entire amount shall be available only to the extent that an official

budget request for $720,000,000, that includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined

in the Balanced Budget and Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress.

FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY

LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

For necessary expenses for administration of motor carrier safety programs and motor carrier safety research, pursuant to section

104(a) of title 23, United States Code, not to exceed $92,194,000

shall be paid in accordance with law from appropriations made

available by this Act and from any available take-down balances to

the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, together with advances and reimbursements received by the Federal Motor Carrier

Safety Administration: Provided, That such amounts shall be available to carry out the functions and operations of the Federal Motor

Carrier Safety Administration.

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NATIONAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY PROGRAM

(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 49 U.S.C.

31102, $177,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund

and to remain available until expended: Provided, That none of the

funds in this Act shall be available for the implementation or execution of programs the obligations for which are in excess of

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

NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety under chapter 301

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

United States Code, $116,876,000 of which $85,321,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2003: Provided, That none of

the funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated or expended to

plan, finalize, or implement any rulemaking to add to section

575.104 of title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations any requirement pertaining to a grading standard that is different from the

three grading standards (treadwear, traction, and temperature resistance) already in effect: Provided further, That none of the funds

appropriated in this Act may be obligated or expended to purchase

a vehicle to conduct New Car Assessment Program crash testing at

a price that exceeds the manufacturer’s suggested retail price, unless

the Secretary submits a request for a waiver that is approved by the

House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided further,

That the Department of Transportation shall fund a study with the

National Academy of Sciences on whether the static stability factor

is a scientifically valid measurement that presents practical, useful

information to the public including a comparison of the static stability factor test versus a test with rollover metrics based on dynamic driving conditions that may induce rollover events: Provided

further, That nothing in this provision prohibits NHTSA from completing action on its proposal to provide rollover rating information

to the public while the National Academy of Sciences conducts this

study: Provided further, That to the extent NHTSA continues action

on its rollover ratings proposal during the study, the agency shall

consider any available preliminary deliberations or conclusions

available from the National Academy of Sciences before completing

action on its proposal, and shall consider coordinating any final action on its proposal with the completion of the National Academy

of Sciences study: Provided further, That the National Academy of

Sciences shall complete this study and issue a report to the House

and Senate Committees on Appropriations not later than nine

months after the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further,

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tion, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shall formally review and respond within thirty days to the study findings

and propose any appropriate revisions to the consumer information

program based on that review.

OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 403, to remain available until expended,

$72,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund: Provided,

That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the planning or execution of programs the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 2001, are in excess of $72,000,000 for programs authorized

under 23 U.S.C. 403.

NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER

(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the Secretary with respect to the National Driver Register under chapter

303 of title 49, United States Code, $2,000,000, to be derived from

the Highway Trust Fund, and to remain available until expended.

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS

(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 402,

405, 410, and 411 to remain available until expended,

$213,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the

planning or execution of programs the total obligations for which,

in fiscal year 2001, are in excess of $213,000,000 for programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, 410, and 411 of which

$155,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Highway Safety Programs’’ under 23

U.S.C. 402, $13,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Occupant Protection Incentive

Grants’’ under 23 U.S.C. 405, $36,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Alcohol-Impaired Driving Countermeasures Grants’’ under 23 U.S.C. 410, and

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

under 23 U.S.C. 411: Provided further, That none of these funds

shall be used for construction, rehabilitation, or remodeling costs, or

for office furnishings and fixtures for State, local, or private buildings or structures: Provided further, That not to exceed $7,750,000

of the funds made available for section 402, not to exceed $650,000

of the funds made available for section 405, not to exceed $1,800,000

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able to NHTSA for administering highway safety grants under

chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code: Provided further, That not

to exceed $500,000 of the funds made available for section 410 ‘‘Alcohol-Impaired Driving Countermeasures Grants’’ shall be available

for technical assistance to the States.

FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION

SAFETY AND OPERATIONS

For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Administration,

not otherwise provided for, $101,717,000, of which $5,899,000 shall

remain available until expended: Provided, That, as part of the

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

Station Redevelopment Corporation or any successor is obligated to

make payments on such deed of trust on the Secretary’s behalf, including payments on and after September 30, 1988, the Secretary is

authorized to receive such payments directly from the Union Station

Redevelopment Corporation, credit them to the appropriation

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

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

trust may be advanced by the Administrator from unobligated balances available to the Federal Railroad Administration, to be reimbursed from payments received from the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation.

RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

For necessary expenses for railroad research and development,

$25,325,000, to remain available until expended.

RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM

The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to issue to the

Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obligations pursuant to section 512 of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act

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

such times as may be necessary to pay any amounts required pursuant to the guarantee of the principal amount of obligations under

sections 511 through 513 of such Act, such authority to exist as long

as any such guaranteed obligation is outstanding: Provided, That

pursuant to section 502 of such Act, as amended, no new direct

loans or loan guarantee commitments shall be made using Federal

funds for the credit risk premium during fiscal year 2001.

RHODE ISLAND RAIL DEVELOPMENT

For the costs associated with construction of a third track on

the Northeast Corridor between Davisville and Central Falls, Rhode

Island, with sufficient clearance to accommodate double stack

freight cars, $17,000,000 to be matched by the State of Rhode Island

or its designee on a dollar-for-dollar basis and to remain available

until expended.

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NEXT GENERATION HIGH-SPEED RAIL

For necessary expenses for the Next Generation High-Speed Rail

program as authorized under 49 U.S.C. 26101 and 26102,

$25,100,000, to remain available until expended.

ALASKA RAILROAD REHABILITATION

To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to the Alaska Railroad, $20,000,000 shall be for capital rehabilitation and

improvements benefiting its passenger operations, to remain available until expended.

WEST VIRGINIA RAIL DEVELOPMENT

For capital costs associated with track, signal, and crossover rehabilitation and improvements on the MARC Brunswick line in

West Virginia, $15,000,000, to remain available until expended.

CAPITAL GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER

CORPORATION

For necessary expenses of capital improvements of the National

Railroad Passenger Corporation as authorized by 49 U.S.C.

24104(a), $521,476,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary shall not obligate more than $208,590,000

prior to September 30, 2001.

FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal Transit

Administration’s programs authorized by chapter 53 of title 49,

United States Code, $12,800,000: Provided, That no more than

$64,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for these purposes: Provided further, That of the funds in this Act available for

the execution of contracts under section 5327(c) of title 49, United

States Code, $1,000,000 shall be transferred to the Department of

Transportation’s Office of Inspector General for costs associated

with the audit and review of new fixed guideway systems: Provided

further, That not to exceed $2,500,000 for the National Transit

Database shall remain available until expended.

FORMULA GRANTS

For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5307, 5308, 5310, 5311, 5327, and section 3038 of Public Law 105–178, $669,000,000,

to remain available until expended: Provided, That no more than

$3,345,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for these purposes: Provided further, That of the funds provided under this heading, $60,000,000 shall be available for grants for the costs of planning, delivery, and temporary use of transit vehicles for special

transportation needs and construction of temporary transportation

facilities for the XIX Winter Olympiad and the VIII Paralympiad

for the Disabled, to be held in Salt Lake City, Utah: Provided further, That in allocating the funds designated in the preceding proviso, the Secretary shall make grants only to the Utah Department

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of Transportation, and such grants shall not be subject to any local

share requirement or limitation on operating assistance under this

Act or the Federal Transit Act, as amended: Provided further, That

notwithstanding section 3008 of Public Law 105–178, the

$50,000,000 to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5308 shall be transferred to and

merged with funding provided for the replacement, rehabilitation,

and purchase of buses and related equipment and the construction

of bus-related facilities under ‘‘Federal Transit Administration,

Capital investment grants’’.

UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH

For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5505, $1,200,000,

to remain available until expended: Provided, That no more than

$6,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for these purposes.

TRANSIT PLANNING AND RESEARCH

For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5303, 5304, 5305,

5311(b)(2), 5312, 5313(a), 5314, 5315, and 5322, $22,200,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That no more than

$110,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for these purposes: Provided further, That $5,250,000 is available to provide

rural transportation assistance (49 U.S.C. 5311(b)(2)), $4,000,000 is

available to carry out programs under the National Transit Institute (49 U.S.C. 5315), $8,250,000 is available to carry out transit

cooperative research programs (49 U.S.C. 5313(a)), $52,113,600 is

available for metropolitan planning (49 U.S.C. 5303, 5304, and

5305), $10,886,400 is available for State planning (49 U.S.C.

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

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

TRUST FUND SHARE OF EXPENSES

(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 49 U.S.C. 5303–5308, 5310–5315,

5317(b), 5322, 5327, 5334, 5505, and sections 3037 and 3038 of

Public Law 105–178, $5,016,600,000, to remain available until expended, and to be derived from the Mass Transit Account of the

Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That $2,676,000,000 shall be paid

to the Federal Transit Administration’s formula grants account:

Provided further, That $87,800,000 shall be paid to the Federal

Transit Administration’s transit planning and research account:

Provided further, That $51,200,000 shall be paid to the Federal

Transit Administration’s administrative expenses account: Provided

further, That $4,800,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Administration’s university transportation research account: Provided

further, That $80,000,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Administration’s job access and reverse commute grants program: Provided further, That $2,116,800,000 shall be paid to the Federal

Transit Administration’s capital investment grants account.

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CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5308, 5309, 5318, and 5327, $529,200,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That no more than $2,646,000,000 of budget authority shall

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

fixed guideway modernization, $1,058,400,000; there shall be available for the replacement, rehabilitation, and purchase of buses and

related equipment and the construction of bus-related facilities,

$529,200,000, together with $50,000,000 transferred from ‘‘Federal

Transit Administration, formula grants’’; and there shall be available for new fixed guideway systems $1,058,400,000, together with

$4,983,828 made available for the Pittsburgh airport busway project

under Public Law 105–66, together with $1,488,750 made available

for the Burlington to Gloucester, New Jersey line under Public Law

103–331, together with $20,521,470 previously appropriated for the

Orlando Lynx light rail project remaining unobligated as of or

deobligated after September 30, 2000; to be available as follows: $10,400,000 for Alaska or Hawaii ferry projects;

$500,000 for the Albuquerque/Greater Albuquerque mass

transit project;

$25,000,000 for the Atlanta, Georgia, North line extension

project;

$1,000,000 for the Austin, Texas, capital metro light rail

project;

$3,000,000 for the Baltimore central LRT double track

project;

$5,000,000 for the Birmingham, Alabama, transit corridor;

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

project;

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

$2,000,000 for the Burlington-Bennington (ABRB),

Vermont, commuter rail project; $1,000,000 for the Calais, Maine, branch line regional

transit program;

$2,000,000 for the Canton-Akron-Cleveland commuter rail

project;

$3,000,000 for the Central Florida commuter rail project;

$5,000,000 for the Charlotte, North Carolina, north-south

corridor transitway projects;

$35,000,000 for the Chicago METRA commuter rail

projects;

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

branch reconstruction projects;

$1,500,000 for the Clark County, Nevada, RTC fixed guideway project;

$4,000,000 for the Cleveland Euclid corridor improvement

project;

$1,000,000 for the Colorado Roaring Fork Valley project;

$70,000,000 for the Dallas north central light rail extension

project;

$3,000,000 for the Denver Southeast corridor project;

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$20,200,000 for the Denver Southwest corridor project;

$500,000 for the Detroit, Michigan, metropolitan airport

light rail project; $50,000,000 for the Dulles corridor project;

$15,000,000 for the Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Tri-County

commuter rail project; $1,000,000 for the Galveston, Texas, rail trolley extension

project; $15,000,000 for the Girdwood to Wasilla, Alaska, commuter

rail project; $500,000 for the Harrisburg-Lancaster capital area transit

corridor 1 commuter rail project; $1,000,000 for the Hollister/Gilroy branch line rail extension project; $2,500,000 for Honolulu, Hawaii, bus rapid transit project;

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

$10,750,000 for the Houston regional bus project;

$3,000,000 for the Indianapolis, Indiana, northeast-downtown corridor project; $1,000,000 for the Johnson County, Kansas, I–35 commuter

rail project; $3,500,000 for Kansas City, Missouri, Southtown corridor

project; $4,000,000 for the Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee rail extension project; $3,000,000 for the Little Rock, Arkansas, river rail project;

$8,000,000 for the Long Island Railroad East Side access

project; $2,000,000 for the Los Angeles Mid-City and East Side corridors projects; $50,000,000 for the Los Angeles North Hollywood extension

project; $3,000,000 for the Los Angeles-San Diego LOSSAN corridor project;

$2,000,000 for the Lowell, Massachusetts-Nashua, New

Hampshire commuter rail project;

$10,000,000 for the MARC expansion projects—Penn-Camden lines connector and midday storage facility;

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

project;

$6,000,000 for the Memphis, Tennessee, medical center rail

extension project;

$6,000,000 for the Nashville, Tennessee, regional commuter

rail project;

$121,000,000 for the New Jersey Hudson Bergen project;

$7,000,000 for the Newark-Elizabeth rail link project;

$2,000,000 for the Northern Indiana south shore commuter

rail project;

$1,000,000 for the Northwest New Jersey-Northeast Pennsylvania passenger rail project;

$10,000,000 for the Oceanside-Escondido, California, light

rail extension project;

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

project;

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$10,000,000 for the Philadelphia-Reading SETPA Schuylkill Valley metro project; $2,000,000 for the Philadelphia SEPTA Cross County

metro project; $10,000,000 for the Phoenix metropolitan area transit

project; $5,000,000 for the Pittsburgh North Shore-central business

district corridor project; $12,000,000 for the Pittsburgh stage II light rail project;

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

project; $2,000,000 for the Portland, Maine, marine highway program; $5,000,000 for the Puget Sound RTA Sounder commuter

rail project; $10,000,000 for the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Triangle

transit project; $500,000 for the Rhode Island-Pawtucket and T.F. Green

commuter rail and maintenance facility; $35,200,000 for the Sacramento, California, south corridor

LRT project; $2,000,000 for the Salt Lake City-University light rail line

project; $1,000,000 for the San Bernardino, California, Metrolink

project; $31,500,000 for the San Diego Mission Valley East light

rail project; $80,000,000 for the San Francisco BART extension to the

airport project; $12,250,000 for the San Jose Tasman West light rail

project; $75,000,000 for the San Juan Tren Urbano project;

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

link project;

$50,000,000 for the Seattle, Washington, central link LRT

project;

$4,000,000 for the Spokane, Washington, South Valley corridor light rail project;

$1,000,000 for the St. Louis, Missouri, MetroLink Cross

County connector project;

$60,000,000 for the St. Louis-St. Clair MetroLink extension

project;

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

corridor;

$6,000,000 for the Stockton, California, Altamont commuter rail project;

$5,000,000 for the Twin Cities Transitways projects;

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

corridor project;

$3,000,000 for the Virginia Railway Express commuter rail

project;

$7,500,000 for the Washington Metro-Blue Line extensionAddison Road (Largo) project;

$2,000,000 for the West Trenton, New Jersey, rail project;

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

projects;

$5,000,000 for the Wilmington, Delaware, downtown transit corridor project; and

$1,000,000 for the Wilsonville to Washington County, Oregon, commuter rail project:

Provided further, That any funds previously appropriated for the

Miami-Dade Transit east-west multimodal corridor project and the

Miami Metro-Dade North 27th Avenue corridor project remaining

unobligated as of or deobligated after September 30, 2000, are to be

made available for the South Miami-Dade Busway Extension

project: Provided further, That funds made available under the

heading ‘‘Capital investment grants’’ in Division A, Section 101(g)

of Public Law 105–277 for the ‘‘Colorado-North Front Range corridor feasibility study’’ are to be made available for ‘‘Colorado-Eagle

Airport to Avon light rail system feasibility study’’; and that funds

made available in Public Law 106–69 under ‘‘Capital investment

grants’’ for buses and bus-related facilities that were designated for

projects numbered 14 and 20 shall be made available to the State

of Alabama for buses and bus-related facilities.

DISCRETIONARY GRANTS

(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for payment of previous obligations incurred in carrying out 49 U.S.C. 5338(b),

$350,000,000, to remain available until expended and to be derived

from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund.

JOB ACCESS AND REVERSE COMMUTE GRANTS

Notwithstanding section 3037(l)(3) of Public Law 105–178, as

amended, for necessary expenses to carry out section 3037 of the

Federal Transit Act of 1998, $20,000,000, to remain available until

expended: Provided, That no more than $100,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for these purposes: Provided further, That

up to $250,000 of the funds provided under this heading may be

used by the Federal Transit Administration for technical assistance

and support and performance reviews of the Job Access and Reverse

Commute Grants program.

SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation is hereby

authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds

and borrowing authority available to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of

the Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be

necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the Corporation’s

budget for the current fiscal year.

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OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

(HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)

For necessary expenses for operations and maintenance of those

portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway operated and maintained by

the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, $13,004,000,

to be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant

to Public Law 99–662.

RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS

For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the Research and Special Programs Administration, $36,373,000, of which

$645,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, and of

which $4,707,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2003:

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

5108(g) shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided further, That there may be credited to this

appropriation, to be available until expended, funds received from

States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for training, for reports publication and dissemination, and for travel expenses incurred in performance of hazardous materials exemptions and approvals functions.

PIPELINE SAFETY

(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND)

(OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND)

For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of the pipeline

safety program, for grants-in-aid to carry out a pipeline safety program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 60107, and to discharge the pipeline program responsibilities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990,

$47,044,000, of which $7,488,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill

Liability Trust Fund and shall remain available until September

30, 2003; of which $36,556,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline

Safety Fund, of which $23,837,000 shall remain available until

September 30, 2003; and of which $3,000,000 shall be derived from

amounts previously collected under 49 U.S.C. 60301: Provided, That

amounts previously collected under 49 U.S.C. 60301 shall be available for damage prevention grants to States.

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS

(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND)

For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5127(c), $200,000,

to be derived from the Emergency Preparedness Fund, to remain

available until September 30, 2003: Provided, That not more than

$14,300,000 shall be made available for obligation in fiscal year

2001 from amounts made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i) and

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gation by individuals other than the Secretary of Transportation, or

his designee.

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General to

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

amended, $48,450,000: Provided, That the Inspector General shall

have all necessary authority, in carrying out the duties specified in

the Inspector General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3) to investigate allegations of fraud, including false statements to the government (18 U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity that is subject to regulation by the Department: Provided further, That the funds made

available under this heading shall be used to investigate, pursuant

to section 41712 of title 49, United States Code: (1) unfair or deceptive practices and unfair methods of competition by domestic and

foreign air carriers and ticket agents; and (2) the compliance of domestic and foreign air carriers with respect to item (1) of this proviso.

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation Board, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $17,954,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed $900,000 from fees established by the Chairman of the Surface

Transportation Board shall be credited to this appropriation as offsetting collections and used for necessary and authorized expenses

under this heading: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal

year 2001, to result in a final appropriation from the general fund

estimated at no more than $17,054,000.

TITLE II

RELATED AGENCIES

ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS

COMPLIANCE BOARD

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary for the Architectural and Transportation

Barriers Compliance Board, as authorized by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, $4,795,000: Provided, That,

notwithstanding any other provision of law, there may be credited

to this appropriation funds received for publications and training

expenses.

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NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the National Transportation Safety

Board, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not

to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for a GS–15; uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–

5902) $62,942,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 may be used for

official reception and representation expenses.

TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

maintenance and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of liability insurance for motor vehicles

operating in foreign countries on official department business; and

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

5901–5902).

SEC. 302. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2001

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

the levels appropriated in this Act or previous appropriations Acts.

SEC. 303. Hereafter, funds appropriated under this or any other

Act for expenditures by the Federal Aviation Administration shall

be available: (1) except as otherwise authorized by title VIII of the

Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7701

et seq.), for expenses of primary and secondary schooling for dependents of Federal Aviation Administration personnel stationed outside

the continental United States at costs for any given area not in excess of those of the Department of Defense for the same area, when

it is determined by the Secretary that the schools, if any, available

in the locality are unable to provide adequately for the education of

such dependents; and (2) for transportation of said dependents between schools serving the area that they attend and their places of

residence when the Secretary, under such regulations as may be prescribed, determines that such schools are not accessible by public

means of transportation on a regular basis.

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

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

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

SEC. 305. None of the funds in this Act shall be available for

salaries and expenses of more than 104 political and Presidential

appointees in the Department of Transportation: Provided, That

none of the personnel covered by this provision or political and Presidential appointees in an independent agency funded in this Act

may be assigned on temporary detail outside the Department of

Transportation or such independent agency.

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

planning or execution of any program to pay the expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties intervening in regulatory or

adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act.

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SEC. 307. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, nor

may any be transferred to other appropriations, unless expressly so

provided herein.

SEC. 308. The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act

for any consulting service through procurement contract pursuant to

section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, shall be limited to those

contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record and

available for public inspection, except where otherwise provided

under existing law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.

SEC. 309. (a) No recipient of funds made available in this Act

shall disseminate personal information (as defined in 18 U.S.C.

2725(3)) obtained by a State department of motor vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle record as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1), except as provide in 18 U.S.C. 2721 for a use permitted under 18

U.S.C. 2721.

(b) 18 U.S.C. 2725 is amended by:

In paragraph (2) striking the word ‘‘and’’; and inserting after

paragraph 3:

‘‘(4) ‘highly restricted personal information’ means an individual’s photograph or image, social security number, medical

or disability information; and

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

consent conveyed electronically that bears an electronic signature as defined in section 106(5) of Public Law 106–229.’’

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

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A State department of motor vehicles, and

any officer, employee, or contractor thereof, shall not knowingly disclose or otherwise make available to any person or entity:

‘‘(1) personal information, as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(3),

about any individual obtained by the department in connection

with a motor vehicle record, except as provided in subsection (b)

of this section; or

‘‘(2) highly restricted personal information, as defined in 18

U.S.C. 2725(4), about any individual obtained by the department in connection with a motor vehicle record, without the express consent of the person to whom such information applies,

except uses permitted in subsections (b)(1), (b)(4), (b)(6), and

(b)(9): Provided, That subsection (a)(2) shall not in any way affect the use of organ donation information on an individual’s

driver’s license or affect the administration of organ donation

initiatives in the States.’’

(d) 18 U.S.C. 2721(b) is amended by inserting before ‘‘may be

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

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

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

burden in any way the issuance of an individual’s motor vehicle

record as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1) to obtain express consent.

Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prohibit a State

from charging an administrative fee for issuance of a motor vehicle

record.’’

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(f) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall not withhold funds provided in this Act for any grantee if a State is in noncompliance with this provision.

SEC. 310. (a) For fiscal year 2001, the Secretary of Transportation shall—

(1) not distribute from the obligation limitation for Federalaid Highways amounts authorized for administrative expenses

and programs funded from the administrative takedown authorized by section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code, and

paragraph (7) of this section, for the highway use tax evasion

program, and amounts provided under section 110 of title 23,

United States Code, excluding $128,752,000 pursuant to subsection (e) of section 110 of title 23, as amended, and for the

Bureau of Transportation Statistics;

(2) not distribute an amount from the obligation limitation

for Federal-aid Highways that is equal to the unobligated balance of amounts made available from the Highway Trust Fund

(other than the Mass Transit Account) for Federal-aid highways

and highway safety programs for the previous fiscal year the

funds for which are allocated by the Secretary;

(3) determine the ratio that—

(A) the obligation limitation for Federal-aid Highways

less the aggregate of amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), bears to

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

for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction

programs (other than sums authorized to be appropriated

for sections set forth in paragraphs (1) through (7) of subsection (b) and sums authorized to be appropriated for section 105 of title 23, United States Code, equal to the

amount referred to in subsection (b)(8)) for such fiscal year

less the aggregate of the amounts not distributed under

paragraph (1) of this subsection;

(4) distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid

Highways less the aggregate amounts not distributed under

paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 117 of title 23, United States

Code (relating to high priority projects program), section 201 of

the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge Authority Act of 1995, and

$2,000,000,000 for such fiscal year under section 105 of title 23,

United States Code (relating to minimum guarantee) so that the

amount of obligation authority available for each of such sections is equal to the amount determined by multiplying the

ratio determined under paragraph (3) by the sums authorized

to be appropriated for such section (except in the case of section

105, $2,000,000,000) for such fiscal year;

(5) distribute the obligation limitation provided for Federal-aid Highways less the aggregate amounts not distributed

under paragraphs (1) and (2) and amounts distributed under

paragraph (4) for each of the programs that are allocated by the

Secretary under title 23, United States Code (other than activities to which paragraph (1) applies and programs to which

paragraph (4) applies) by multiplying the ratio determined

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under paragraph (3) by the sums authorized to be appropriated

for such program for such fiscal year;

(6) distribute the obligation limitation provided for Federal-aid Highways less the aggregate amounts not distributed

under paragraphs (1) and (2) and amounts distributed under

paragraphs (4) and (5) for Federal-aid highways and highway

safety construction programs (other than the minimum guarantee program, but only to the extent that amounts apportioned

for the minimum guarantee program for such fiscal year exceed

$2,639,000,000, and the Appalachian development highway system program) that are apportioned by the Secretary under title

23, United States Code, in the ratio that—

(A) sums authorized to be appropriated for such programs that are apportioned to each State for such fiscal

year, bear to

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

for such programs that are apportioned to all States for

such fiscal year; and

(7) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, after determining the amount of funds to be allocated to the surface transportation program, to the bridge program, to the congestion

mitigation and air quality improvement program, and to the

Interstate and National Highway System program, under section 110 of title 23, United States Code, deduct a sum, in an

amount not to exceed 11⁄6 percent of the sum made available to

each program, to administer the provisions of law to be financed from appropriations for the Federal-aid highways program.

(b) EXCEPTIONS FROM OBLIGATION LIMITATION.—The obligation

limitation for Federal-aid Highways shall not apply to obligations:

(1) under section 125 of title 23, United States Code; (2) under section 147 of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978; (3)

under section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981; (4) under

sections 131(b) and 131( j) of the Surface Transportation Assistance

Act of 1982; (5) under sections 149(b) and 149(c) of the Surface

Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987; (6)

under sections 1103 through 1108 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991; (7) under section 157 of title 23,

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

enactment of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century;

and (8) under section 105 of title 23, United States Code (but, only

in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for such fiscal year).

(c) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED OBLIGATION AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall after August 1 for

such fiscal year revise a distribution of the obligation limitation

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

amount distributed during that fiscal year and redistribute sufficient amounts to those States able to obligate amounts in addition

to those previously distributed during that fiscal year giving priority

to those States having large unobligated balances of funds apportioned under sections 104 and 144 of title 23, United States Code,

section 160 (as in effect on the day before the enactment of the

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century) of title 23, United

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States Code, and under section 1015 of the Intermodal Surface

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

(d) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS TO TRANSPOR- TATION RESEARCH PROGRAMS.—The obligation limitation shall

apply to transportation research programs carried out under chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code, except that obligation authority

made available for such programs under such limitation shall remain available for a period of 3 fiscal years.

(e) REDISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN AUTHORIZED FUNDS.—Not

later than 30 days after the date of the distribution of obligation

limitation under subsection (a), the Secretary shall distribute to the

States any funds: (1) that are authorized to be appropriated for such

fiscal year for Federal-aid highways programs (other than the program under section 160 of title 23, United States Code) and for carrying out subchapter I of chapter 311 of title 49, United States

Code, and highway-related programs under chapter 4 of title 23,

United States Code; and (2) that the Secretary determines will not

be allocated to the States, and will not be available for obligation,

in such fiscal year due to the imposition of any obligation limitation

for such fiscal year. Such distribution to the States shall be made

in the same ratio as the distribution of obligation authority under

subsection (a)(6). The funds so distributed shall be available for any

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

(f) SPECIAL RULE.—Obligation limitation distributed for a fiscal

year under subsection (a)(4) of this section for a section set forth in

subsection (a)(4) shall remain available until used and shall be in

addition to the amount of any limitation imposed on obligations for

Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs for

future fiscal years.

SEC. 311. The limitations on obligations for the programs of the

Federal Transit Administration shall not apply to any authority

under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously made available for obligation, or

to any other authority previously made available for obligation.

SEC. 312. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to implement section 404 of title 23, United States Code.

SEC. 313. None of the funds in this Act shall be available to

plan, finalize, or implement regulations that would establish a vessel traffic safety fairway less than five miles wide between the Santa

Barbara Traffic Separation Scheme and the San Francisco Traffic

Separation Scheme.

SEC. 314. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, airports

may transfer, without consideration, to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) instrument landing systems (along with associated

approach lighting equipment and runway visual range equipment)

which conform to FAA design and performance specifications, the

purchase of which was assisted by a Federal airport-aid program,

airport development aid program or airport improvement program

grant. The Federal Aviation Administration shall accept such equipment, which shall thereafter be operated and maintained by FAA in

accordance with agency criteria.

SEC. 315. None of the funds in this Act shall be available to

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cludes a cancellation charge greater than $10,000,000 which at the

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

Government’s liability; or (3) includes a requirement that permits

performance under the contract during the second and subsequent

years of the contract without conditioning such performance upon

the appropriation of funds: Provided, That this limitation does not

apply to a contract in which the Federal Government incurs no financial liability from not buying additional systems, subsystems, or

components beyond the basic contract requirements.

SEC. 316. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and except for fixed guideway modernization projects, funds made available by this Act under ‘‘Federal Transit Administration, Capital investment grants’’ for projects specified in this Act or identified in reports accompanying this Act not obligated by September 30, 2003,

and other recoveries, shall be made available for other projects

under 49 U.S.C. 5309.

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

funds appropriated before October 1, 2000, under any section of

chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, that remain available for

expenditure may be transferred to and administered under the most

recent appropriation heading for any such section.

SEC. 318. None of the funds in this Act may be used to compensate in excess of 335 technical staff-years under the federally

funded research and development center contract between the Federal Aviation Administration and the Center for Advanced Aviation

Systems Development during fiscal year 2001.

SEC. 319. Funds received by the Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and Federal Railroad Administration from States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for training may be

credited respectively to the Federal Highway Administration’s ‘‘Federal-Aid Highways’’ account, the Federal Transit Administration’s

‘‘Transit Planning and Research’’ account, and to the Federal Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Operations’’ account, except for

State rail safety inspectors participating in training pursuant to 49

U.S.C. 20105.

SEC. 320. None of the funds in this Act shall be available to

prepare, propose, or promulgate any regulations pursuant to title V

of the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act (49 U.S.C.

32901 et seq.) prescribing corporate average fuel economy standards

for automobiles, as defined in such title, in any model year that differs from standards promulgated for such automobiles prior to the

enactment of this section.

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

boats or ferry terminal facilities pursuant to 49 U.S.C.

5309(m)(2)(B) may be used to construct new vessels and facilities,

or to improve existing vessels and facilities, including both the passenger and vehicle-related elements of such vessels and facilities,

and for repair facilities: Provided, That not more than $3,000,000

of the funds made available to Hawaii pursuant to 49 U.S.C.

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

operate a passenger ferryboat services demonstration project to test

the viability of different intra-island and inter-island ferry routes.

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SEC. 322. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received by

the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the sale of data products, for necessary expenses incurred pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 111 may

be credited to the Federal-aid highways account for the purpose of

reimbursing the Bureau for such expenses: Provided, That such

funds shall be subject to the obligation limitation for Federal-aid

highways and highway safety construction.

SEC. 323. None of the funds in this Act may be obligated or expended for employee training which: (a) does not meet identified

needs for knowledge, skills and abilities bearing directly upon the

performance of official duties; (b) contains elements likely to induce

high levels of emotional response or psychological stress in some

participants; (c) does not require prior employee notification of the

content and methods to be used in the training and written end of

course evaluations; (d) contains any methods or content associated

with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or ‘‘new age’’ belief

systems as defined in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Notice N–915.022, dated September 2, 1988; (e) is offensive to, or designed to change, participants’ personal values or lifestyle outside

the workplace; or (f) includes content related to human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS)

other than that necessary to make employees more aware of the

medical ramifications of HIV/AIDS and the workplace rights of

HIV-positive employees.

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

of express authorization by Congress, be used directly or indirectly

to pay for any personal service, advertisement, telegraph, telephone,

letter, printed or written material, radio, television, video presentation, electronic communications, or other device, intended or designed to influence in any manner a Member of Congress or of a

State legislature to favor or oppose by vote or otherwise, any legislation or appropriation by Congress or a State legislature after the introduction of any bill or resolution in Congress proposing such legislation or appropriation, or after the introduction of any bill or resolution in a State legislature proposing such legislation or appropriation: Provided, That this shall not prevent officers or employees of

the Department of Transportation or related agencies funded in this

Act from communicating to Members of Congress or to Congress, on

the request of any Member, or to members of State legislature, or

to a State legislature, through the proper official channels, requests

for legislation or appropriations which they deem necessary for the

efficient conduct of business.

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

in this Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees

that in expending the funds the entity will comply with the Buy

American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c).

(b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT REGARDING NOTICE.—

(1) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS.—In the case of any equipment or product that may be authorized to be purchased with financial assistance provided

using funds made available in this Act, it is the sense of the

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pending the assistance, purchase only American-made equipment and products to the greatest extent practicable.

(2) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—In providing financial assistance using funds made available in this Act, the

head of each Federal agency shall provide to each recipient of

the assistance a notice describing the statement made in paragraph (1) by the Congress.

(c) PROHIBITION OF CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS FALSELY LABEL- ING PRODUCTS AS MADE IN AMERICA.—If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal agency that any person intentionally

affixed a label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscription with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped

to the United States that is not made in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any contract or subcontract made

with funds made available in this Act, pursuant to the debarment,

suspension, and ineligibility procedures described in sections 9.400

through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.

SEC. 326. In addition to the funds limited in this Act, $54,963,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other

than the Mass Transit Account), shall be available for section

1069(y) of Public Law 102–240.

SEC. 327. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, minor fees and

other funds received by the Department from travel management

centers, charge card programs, the subleasing of building space,

and miscellaneous sources are to be credited to appropriations of the

Department and allocated to elements of the Department using fair

and equitable criteria and such funds shall be available until December 31, 2001.

SEC. 328. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule or

regulation, the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to allow

the issuer of any preferred stock heretofore sold to the Department

to redeem or repurchase such stock upon the payment to the Department of an amount determined by the Secretary.

SEC. 329. For necessary expenses of the Amtrak Reform Council

authorized under section 203 of Public Law 105–134, $750,000, to

remain available until September 30, 2002: Provided, That the duties of the Amtrak Reform Council described in section 203(g)(1) of

Public Law 105–134 shall include the identification of Amtrak

routes which are candidates for closure or realignment, based on

performance rankings developed by Amtrak which incorporate information on each route’s fully allocated costs and ridership on core

intercity passenger service, and which assume, for purposes of closure or realignment candidate identification, that Federal subsidies

for Amtrak will decline over the 4-year period from fiscal year 1999

to fiscal year 2002: Provided further, That these closure or realignment recommendations shall be included in the Amtrak Reform

Council’s annual report to the Congress required by section 203(h)

of Public Law 105–134.

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

1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112

Stat. 311) is amended by striking ‘‘Stony’’ and inserting ‘‘Commerce’’.

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

a grant unless the Secretary of Transportation notifies the House

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and Senate Committees on Appropriations not less than three full

business days before any discretionary grant award, letter of intent,

or full funding grant agreement totaling $1,000,000 or more is announced by the department or its modal administrations from: (1)

any discretionary grant program of the Federal Highway Administration other than the emergency relief program; (2) the airport improvement program of the Federal Aviation Administration; or (3)

any program of the Federal Transit Administration other than the

formula grants and fixed guideway modernization programs: Provided, That no notification shall involve funds that are not available for obligation.

SEC. 332. Of the funds provided for fiscal year 2001 in section

232 of the Miscellaneous Appropriations Act, 2000, as enacted by

section 1000(a)(5) of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2000,

$20,000,000 shall be available only for fire and life safety improvements to enable the James A. Farley Post Office in New York City

to be used as a train station and commercial center.

SEC. 333. None of the funds in this Act shall be available for

planning, design, or construction of a light rail system in Houston,

Texas.

SEC. 334. Section 3030(b) of the Transportation Equity Act for

the 21st Century (Public Law 105–178) is amended by adding at the

end the following:

‘‘(72) Wilmington Downtown transit corridor.

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

SEC. 335. None of the funds appropriated or made available by

this Act or any other Act shall be used (1) to adopt any proposed

rule or proposed amendment to a rule contained in the Notice of

Proposed Rulemaking issued on April 24, 2000 (Docket No.

FMCSA–97–2350–953), (2) to adopt any rule or amendment to a

rule similar in substance to a proposed rule or proposed amendment

to a rule contained in such Notice, or (3) if any such proposed rule

or proposed amendment to a rule has been adopted prior to enactment of this section, to enforce such rule or amendment to a rule:

Provided, That nothing in this section shall apply to issuing and

proceeding, through all stages of rulemaking other than adoption of

a final rule, under subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5, United

States Code on a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking to be

issued in Docket No. FMCSA–97–2350–953 that contains proposed

rules and proposed amendments to rules that take appropriate account of the information received for filing in the docket on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Docket No. FMCSA–97–2350–953).

SEC. 336. Section 3038(e) of Public Law 105–178 is amended by

striking ‘‘50’’ and inserting ‘‘90’’.

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

1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (Public

Law 105–178) is amended by striking ‘‘Reconstruct I–235 and improve the interchange for access to the MLKing Parkway.’’ and inserting ‘‘Construction of the north-south segments of the Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway in Des Moines.’’.

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

1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (Public

Law 105–178) is amended by inserting before ‘‘of’’ the following: ‘‘or

construction’’.

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SEC. 339. Section 1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for the

21st Century (112 Stat. 256) is amended—

(1) by striking item number 63, relating to Ohio; and

(2) in item number 186, relating to Ohio, by striking ‘‘3.75’’

and inserting ‘‘7.5’’.

SEC. 340. (a) Of the funds apportioned to the Commonwealth

of Massachusetts under each of subsections (b)(1), (b)(2), (b)(3), and

(b)(4) of section 104 and section 105 of title 23, United States Code,

the Secretary shall withhold obligation of Federal funds and all

project approvals for the Central Artery/Tunnel project in fiscal

year 2001 and each fiscal year thereafter unless the Secretary of the

Department of Transportation determines that the Commonwealth

meets each of the following criteria:

(1) The Commonwealth is in full compliance with the partnership agreement that was executed on June 22, 2000, between

the Federal Highway Administration, the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, the Massachusetts Highway Department, and

the Massachusetts Executive Office of Transportation and Construction.

(2) The Commonwealth is in full compliance with the balanced statewide program memorandum of understanding entered into by the Massachusetts Highway Department, the Executive Office of Transportation and Construction, and metropolitan planning organizations in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

(3) The Commonwealth of Massachusetts shall spend no less than $400,000,000 each year for construction activities and

specific transportation projects as defined in the Balanced

Statewide Program Memorandum of Understanding on projects

other than the Central Artery/Tunnel project.

(b) After June 22, 2000, the Secretary of Transportation shall

not approve new net advance construction for the Central Artery/

Tunnel project in an amount greater than $222,000,000 and no conversion of advance construction to obligation authority shall cause

the Federal share of funding for the Central Artery/Tunnel project

to exceed $8,549,000,000.

(c) Of the funds apportioned to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts under each of subsections (b)(1), (b)(2), (b)(3), and (b)(4) of

section 104 and section 105 of title 23, United States Code, the Secretary shall withhold obligation of Federal funds and all project approvals for the Central Artery/Tunnel project in fiscal year 2001

and each fiscal year thereafter until the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation finds the annual update of the Central

Artery/Tunnel project finance plan consistent with Federal Highway Administration financial plan guidance and the Secretary of

the Department of Transportation approves the annual update of

the finance plan, except for fiscal year 2001 when approval of the

annual update of the finance plan will not be required until December 1, 2000.

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

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

(e) Should the Secretary withhold Federal funds apportioned to

the Commonwealth of Massachusetts under subsections (b)(1), (b)(2),

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

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States Code, for the Central Artery/Tunnel project in any fiscal year

for noncompliance with this section, such funds shall be available

to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for projects other than the

Central Artery/Tunnel project in that fiscal year.

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

any Federal funds are made available to construct the Central Artery/Tunnel project in Boston, Massachusetts.

(g) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section to

the contrary, the Secretary is authorized to approve conversion of

advance construction to obligation authority and otherwise make

Federal funds available to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

without regard to the requirements of this section, other than subsection (d), if and only if to the extent necessary, as evidenced by

a certificate of the Secretary of Administration and Finance of the

Commonwealth of Massachusetts satisfactory to the Secretary, to enable the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to pay all or any portion

of the principal amount of notes issued by the Commonwealth of

Massachusetts pursuant to sections 9 through 10D of chapter 11 of

the Massachusetts acts of 1997, as amended, to finance costs of the

Central Artery/Tunnel project in anticipation of the receipts of Federal funds: Provided, That no funds derived from the sale of grant

anticipation notes shall be used to exceed the caps described in subsections (b) and (d).

SEC. 341. Section 3027(c)(3) of the Transportation Equity Act

for the 21st Century (49 U.S.C. 5307 note; 112 Stat. 2681–477), relating to services for elderly and persons with disabilities, is amended by striking ‘‘$1,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,444,000’’.

SEC. 342. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, unobligated balances from section 149(a)(45) and section 149(a)(63) of

Public Law 100–17 and the Ebensburg Bypass Demonstration

Project of Public Law 101–164 may be used for improvements along

Route 56 in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, including the construction of a parking facility in the vicinity.

SEC. 343. None of the funds in this Act shall be used for the

planning, development, or construction of California State Route

710 freeway extension project through South Pasadena, California.

SEC. 344. None of the funds made available in this Act may be

used for engineering work related to an additional runway at New

Orleans International Airport.

SEC. 345. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, up to

$800,000 of unobligated balances from capital investment grants

available for Fayette County, Pennsylvania intermodal facilities and

buses in the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies

Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277) and the Department

of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000

(Public Law 106–69) may be made available for an intermodal

parking facility in Cambria County, Pennsylvania.

SEC. 346. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be

used to propose or issue rules, regulations, decrees, or orders for the

purpose of implementation, or in preparation for implementation, of

the Kyoto Protocol which was adopted on December 11, 1997, in

Kyoto, Japan at the Third Conference of the Parties to the United

Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which has not

been submitted to the Senate for advice and consent to ratification

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pursuant to article II, section 2, clause 2, of the United States Constitution, and which has not entered into force pursuant to article

25 of the Protocol.

SEC. 347. None of the funds appropriated by this Act or any

other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel

who prepare or submit appropriations language as part of the President’s Budget submission to the Congress of the United States for

programs under the jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommittees on Department of Transportation and Related Agencies that assumes revenues or reflects reductions from the previous year due to

user fee proposals that have not been enacted into law prior to the

submission of the budget unless such budget submission identifies

which additional spending reductions should occur in the event the

user fee proposals are not enacted prior to the date of the convening

of a committee of conference for the fiscal year 2002 appropriations

Act.

SEC. 348. In addition to the authority provided in section 636

of the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1997, as included in Public Law 104–208, title I, section 101(f), as amended, beginning in fiscal year 2001 and thereafter, amounts appropriated for salaries and expenses for the Department of Transportation may be used to reimburse an employee

whose position is that of safety inspector for not to exceed one-half

the costs incurred by such employee for professional liability insurance. Any payment under this section shall be contingent upon the

submission of such information or documentation as the Department may require.

SEC. 349. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to pursue

or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring airport sponsors to provide to the Federal Aviation Administration without cost building

construction, maintenance, utilities and expenses, or space in airport sponsor-owned buildings for services relating to air traffic control, air navigation or weather reporting. The prohibition of funds

in this section does not apply to negotiations between the Agency

and airport sponsors to achieve agreement on ‘‘below-market’’ rates

for these items or to grant assurances that require airport sponsors

to provide land without cost to the FAA for air traffic control facilities.

SEC. 350. None of the funds provided in this Act or prior Appropriations Acts for Coast Guard ‘‘Acquisition, construction, and

improvements’’ shall be available after the fifteenth day of any quarter of any fiscal year beginning after December 31, 2000, unless the

Commandant of the Coast Guard first submits a quarterly report to

the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on all major

Coast Guard acquisition projects including projects executed for the

Coast Guard by the United States Navy and vessel traffic service

projects: Provided, That such reports shall include an acquisition

schedule, estimated current and year funding requirements, and a

schedule of anticipated obligations and outlays for each major acquisition project: Provided further, That such reports shall rate on

a relative scale the cost risk, schedule risk, and technical risk associated with each acquisition project and include a table detailing

unobligated balances to date and anticipated unobligated balances

at the close of the fiscal year and the close of the following fiscal

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year should the Administration’s pending budget request for the acquisition, construction, and improvements account be fully funded:

Provided further, That such reports shall also provide abbreviated

information on the status of shore facility construction and renovation projects: Provided further, That all information submitted in

such reports shall be current as of the last day of the preceding

quarter.

SEC. 351. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning in fiscal year 2004, the Secretary shall withhold 2 percent of

the amount required to be apportioned for Federal-aid highways to

any State under each of paragraphs (1), (3), and (4) of section

104(b) of title 23, United States Code, if a State has not enacted and

is not enforcing a provision described in section 163(a) of chapter

1 of title 23, United States Code; in fiscal year 2005, the Secretary

shall withhold 4 percent of the amount required to be apportioned

for Federal-aid highways to any State under each of paragraphs (1),

(3), and (4) of section 104(b) of title 23, United States Code, if a

State has not enacted and is not enforcing a provision described in

section 163(a) of title 23, United States Code; in fiscal year 2006,

the Secretary shall withhold 6 percent of the amount required to be

apportioned for Federal-aid highways to any State under each of

paragraphs (1), (3), and (4) of section 104(b) of title 23, United

States Code, if a State has not enacted and is not enforcing a provision described in section 163(a) of title 23, United States Code; and

beginning in fiscal year 2007 and in each fiscal year thereafter, the

Secretary shall withhold 8 percent of the amount required to be apportioned for Federal-aid highways to any State under each of paragraphs (1), (3), and (4) of section 104(b) of title 23, United States

Code, if a State has not enacted and is not enforcing a provision

described in section 163(a) of title 23, United States Code. If within

four years from the date that the apportionment for any State is reduced in accordance with this section the Secretary determines that

such State has enacted and is enforcing a provision described in

section 163(a) of chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, the apportionment of such State shall be increased by an amount equal

to such reduction. If at the end of such four-year period, any State

has not enacted and is not enforcing a provision described in section

163(a) of title 23, United States Code, any amounts so withheld

shall lapse.

SEC. 352. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including the Surplus Property Act of 1944 (58 Stat.

765, chapter 479; 50 U.S.C. App. 1622 et seq.), the Secretary of

Transportation (or the appropriate Federal officer) may waive, without charge, any of the terms contained in any deed of conveyance

described in subsection (b) that restrict the use of any land described in such a deed that, as of the date of enactment of this Act,

is not being used for the operation of an airport or for air traffic.

A waiver made under the preceding sentence shall be deemed to be

consistent with the requirements of section 47153 of title 49, United

States Code.

(b) DEED OF CONVEYANCE.—A deed of conveyance referred to in

subsection (a) is a deed of conveyance issued by the United States

before the date of enactment of this Act for the conveyance of lands

to a public institution of higher education in Oklahoma.

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(c) USE OF LANDS SUBJECT TO WAIVER.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of

law, the lands subject to a waiver under subsection (a) shall not

be subject to any term, condition, reservation, or restriction that

would otherwise apply to that land as a result of the conveyance

of that land by the United States to the institution of higher

education.

(2) USE OF LANDS.—An institution of higher education that

is issued a waiver under subsection (a) may use revenues derived from the use, operation, or disposal of that land only for

weather-related and educational purposes that include benefits

for aviation.

(d) GRANTS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of

law, if an institution of higher education that is subject to a

waiver under subsection (a) received financial assistance in the

form of a grant from the Federal Aviation Administration or a

predecessor agency before the date of enactment of this Act, then

the Secretary of Transportation may waive the repayment of the

outstanding amount of any grant that the institution of higher

education would otherwise be required to pay.

(2) ELIGIBILITY TO RECEIVE SUBSEQUENT GRANTS.—Nothing

in paragraph (1) shall affect the eligibility of an institution of

higher education that is subject to that paragraph from receiving grants from the Secretary of Transportation under chapter

471 of title 49, United States Code, or under any other provision of law relating to financial assistance provided through the

Federal Aviation Administration.

SEC. 353. The table contained in section 1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century is amended in item 1006 (112

Stat. 294) by striking ‘‘Extend NW 86th Street from NW 70th Street’’

and inserting ‘‘Construct a road from State Highway 141’’.

SEC. 354. For the purpose of constructing an underpass to improve access and enhance highway/rail safety and economic development along Star Landing Road in DeSoto County, Mississippi,

the State of Mississippi may use funds previously allocated to it

under the transportation enhancements program, if available.

SEC. 355. Section 1214 of Public Law 105–178, as amended, is

further amended by adding a new subsection to read as follows:

‘‘(s) Notwithstanding section 117 (c) of title 23, United States

Code, for project number 1646 in section 1602 of Public Law 105–

178, the non-Federal share of the project may be funded by Federal

funds from an agency or agencies not part of the United States Department of Transportation.’’.

SEC. 356. Hereafter, the New Jersey Transit commuter rail station to be located at the intersection of the Main/Bergen line and

the Northeast Corridor line in the State of New Jersey shall be

known and designated as the ‘‘Frank R. Lautenberg Station’’: Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation shall ensure that any

and all applicable reference in law, map, regulation, documentation, and all appropriate signage shall make reference to the ‘‘Frank

R. Lautenberg Station’’.

SEC. 357. None of the funds in this Act may be available for

the planning, development or construction of a multi-lane, limited

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access expressway at section 800, Pennsylvania Route 202 in Bucks

County, Pennsylvania.

SEC. 358. Item 131 in the table under ‘‘Federal Transit Administration, Capital investment grants’’ in Public Law 106–69 is

amended by adding after ‘‘buses’’ the following: ‘‘, bus-related equipment and bus facilities’’.

SEC. 359. Each executive agency shall establish a policy under

which eligible employees of the agency may participate in telecommuting to the maximum extent possible without diminished employee performance. Not later than 6 months after the date of the

enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall provide that the requirements of this section are applied to 25 percent of the Federal workforce, and to an additional

25 percent of such workforce each year thereafter.

SEC. 360. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, new

fixed guideway system funds available for the Jackson, Mississippi,

Intermodal Corridor in the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998, Public Law 105–66, may

be made available for obligation during this fiscal year for studies

to evaluate and define transportation alternatives for this project,

including an intermodal facility at Jackson International Airport,

and for related preliminary engineering, final design or construction.

SEC. 361. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, up to

$499,000 of the funds made available in item 760 of section 1602

of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century shall be available for corridor planning studies between western Baldwin County

and Mobile Municipal Airport.

SEC. 362. Item number 78 in section 1107(b) of the Intermodal

Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law 102–240)

is amended by inserting ‘‘Akron Innerbelt (State Route 59) corridor,

Broadway viaduct replacement, and High Street viaduct replacement,’’ after ‘‘extension,’’.

SEC. 363. Section 117(c) of title 23, United States Code, is

amended by inserting before the period at the end of the following:

‘‘; except that the Federal share on account of the project to be carried out under item 1419 of the table contained in section 1602 of

the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 309),

relating to reconstruction of a road and causeway in Shiloh Military Park in Hardin County, Tennessee, shall be 100 percent of the

total cost thereof’’.

SEC. 364. Section 30118 of title 49, United States Code, is

amended—

(1) in subsections (a), (b)(1), and (c), by inserting ‘‘, original

equipment,’’ before ‘‘or replacement equipment’’ each place it appears; and

(2) in subsection (c)—

(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and indenting appropriately;

(B) by striking ‘‘A manufacturer’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A manufacturer’’; and

(C) by adding at the end the following:

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‘‘(2) DUTY OF MANUFACTURERS.—For the purposes of paragraph (1), a manufacturer of a motor vehicle, original equipment, or replacement equipment shall have a duty to review

and consider information, including information received from

any foreign source, to learn whether the vehicle or equipment

contains a defect or does not comply with an applicable motor

vehicle safety standard.’’.

SEC. 365. Funds appropriated to the Federal Transit Administration under the heading ‘‘Transit planning and research’’ for

international activities in Public Law 106–69 shall be transferred to

and administered by the Agency for International Development for

transportation needs in the frontline states to the Kosovo conflict, as

determined to be appropriate by the Administrator of the Agency for

International Development.

SEC. 366. Under the heading ‘‘Discretionary Grants’’ in Public

Law 105–66, ‘‘$4,000,000 for the Salt Lake City regional commuter

system project;’’ is amended to read ‘‘$4,000,000 for the transit and

other transportation-related portions of the Salt Lake City regional

commuter system and Gateway intermodal terminal;’’.

SEC. 367. Of the amounts to be made available in fiscal year

2001 under section 1404 (safety incentives to prevent operation of

motor vehicles by intoxicated persons) of Public Law 105–178,

$2,492,121 shall be made available to the Commonwealth of Kentucky for adopting a 0.08 blood alcohol content standard. Thereafter

the remaining funds shall be distributed by formula to the eligible

states, including Kentucky.

SEC. 368. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Transportation shall waive repayment of any Federal-aid

highway funds expended by the City of Spokane, Washington on the

Lincoln Street Bridge Project.

SEC. 369. Items 218 and 219 in the table under ‘‘Federal Transit Administration, Capital investment grants’’ in Division A, section 101(g) of Public Law 105–277 and items 222 and 223 in the

table under ‘‘Federal Transit Administration, Capital investment

grants’’ in Public Law 106–69 are amended by inserting ‘‘and bus

and bus facilities’’ at the end of each item.

SEC. 370. Item number 6 in the table contained in section 1602

of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (Public Law

105–178) is amended by inserting after ‘‘Kaysville’’, ‘‘and within the

amount provided, $2,000,000 for repair and reconstruction of the

North Ogden Divide Highway’’.

SEC. 371. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, States

may use funds provided in this Act under section 402 of title 23,

United States Code, to produce and place highway safety public

service messages in television, radio, cinema, and print media, and

on the Internet in accordance with guidance issued by the Secretary

of Transportation. Any State that uses funds for such public service

messages shall submit to the Secretary a report describing and assessing the effectiveness of the messages.

SEC. 372. Notwithstanding section 402 of the Department of

Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1982 (49

U.S.C. 10903 nt), Mohall Railroad, Inc. may abandon track from

milepost 5.25 near Granville, North Dakota, to milepost 35.0 at

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Lansford, North Dakota, and the track so abandoned shall not be

counted against the 350 mile limitation contained in that section.

SEC. 373. Item number 163 in the table contained in section

1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (Public

Law 105–178) is amended by inserting before the numeral ‘‘which

includes the study, design, and construction related to local street

improvements needed to complement the extension of Kapkowski

Road’’.

SEC. 374. Item number 331 in the table contained in section

1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112

Stat. 269) is amended by striking ‘‘highway access’’ and inserting

‘‘highway and freight rail access’’.

SEC. 375. For capital costs associated with track relocation,

track construction and rehabilitation, highway-rail separation construction activities including right-of-way acquisition and utility relocation, and signal improvements in Muscle Shoals, Tuscumbia,

and Sheffield, Alabama, $5,000,000 to the Alabama Department of

Transportation, to remain available until expended: Provided, That

obligation of federal funds is contingent upon a match of no less

than 75 percent from non-federal sources.

SEC. 376. For capital costs associated with track acquisition

and rehabilitation between Strasburg Junction and Shenandoah

Caverns, Virginia, $1,000,000 to Valley Trains and Tours, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the obligation of federal funds is contingent upon an agreement with Norfolk Southern

Corporation on track usage and financial support by the Commonwealth of Virginia.

SEC. 377. Item 1135 of the table contained in section 1602 of

the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 298)

is amended by striking ‘‘Replace Barton Road/M 14 interchange,

Ann Arbor’’ and inserting ‘‘Conduct a study of all possible alternatives to the current M–14/Barton Drive interchange in Ann

Arbor, including relocation of M–14/U.S. 23 from Maple Road to

Plymouth Road, mass transit options, and other means of reducing

commuter traffic and improving highway safety’’.

SEC. 378. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in addition to amounts made available in this Act or any other Act, the following sums shall be made available from the Highway Trust Fund

(other than the Mass Transit Account): $50,000,000 for the intelligent transportation infrastructure program as authorized by section 5117(b)(3) of Public Law 105–178; $8,500,000 for construction

of, and improvements to, 17th Avenue and 23rd Avenue highway

ramps in Denver, Colorado; $1,000,000 for engineering, construction

of, and improvements to, the Cascade Gateway Border Project in

Whatcom County, Washington; $100,000,000 for construction of,

and improvements to, Corridor D on the Appalachian development

highway system in the State of West Virginia; $1,500,000 for construction of, and improvements to, the Alameda Corridor-East Gateway to American Trade corridor project, California; $4,000,000 for

construction of, and improvements to, Avenue G viaduct and connector roads in Council Bluffs, Iowa; $34,100,000 for design and

construction of the Birmingham, Alabama Northern Beltline;

$13,500,000 for construction of, and improvements to, US 231 from

Bowling Green to Scottsville, Kentucky; $150,000 for improvements

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to the Broad Street and Wyckoff Road intersection, including traffic

light upgrades, in the Borough of Eatontown, New Jersey;

$12,000,000 for construction of road expansion and improvements

to, the Broad Street Parkway in Nashua, New Hampshire;

$10,000,000 to construct interchanges US 281 at FM 2812, FM 162,

FM 490, SP 122, and SH 186 in Texas; $12,500,000 to construct

interchanges US 77 at Business 77 North, FM 3186, FM 490, SP

122, and SP 413 in Texas; $30,000,000 for construction of, and improvements to, the Cooper River Bridge in South Carolina;

$100,000,000 for construction of, and improvements to, Corridor X

on the Appalachian development highway system in the State of

Alabama; $4,000,000 for construction, including related activities,

of an interchange at County Highway J and US 10 and to upgrade

a segment of US 10 to a four-lane highway in Portage County, Wisconsin; $5,000,000 for construction, including related activities, of

the Craig Road overpass between I–15 and Lossee Road in the City

of North Las Vegas, Nevada; $30,200,000 for construction of, and

improvements to, bridges and other projects on the Dalton Highway,

Alaska; $3,200,000 for improvements to Dayton Road in Ames,

Iowa; $15,000,000 for construction of, and improvements to, the Detroit, Michigan Ambassador Bridge Gateway project; $24,000,000

for construction of, and improvements to, FAST Corridor in Washington; $10,000,000 for construction of, and improvements to, the

Fort Washington Way reconfiguration project, Cincinnati, Ohio;

$35,000,000 for construction of, and improvements to, the Four

Bears Bridge in North Dakota; $50,000,000 for construction of, and

improvements to, the Glenn Highway/George Parks Highway interchange in Alaska; $8,000,000 for preliminary design of the Interstate Route 69 Great River Bridge crossing the Mississippi at Bolivar County, Mississippi; $8,000,000 for reconstruction of, and other

improvements to, Halls Mill Road in Freehold Township and Monmouth County, New Jersey; $4,500,000 for construction of, and improvements to, Hamakua-Hilo corridor road and bridge projects,

Hawaii; $35,000,000 for construction, including related activities, of

an extension of Highway 180 from the City of Mendota to I–5 in

Fresno County, California; $10,000,000 to upgrade Highway 36 in

Marion County, Missouri, to four-lane divided highway; $9,750,000

for widening, relocation of, and other improvements to South Carolina Highway 5, including the removal and relocation of municipal

utilities, between Interstate 85 in Cherokee County, South Carolina

and Interstate 77 in York County, South Carolina; $10,000,000 for

upgrading Highway 60 in Shannon and Carter counties, Missouri,

to four-lane divided highway; $6,400,000 for Hoeven Valley corridor, Sioux City, road, intersection, and rail crossing improvements, in Iowa; $20,000,000 for environmental work, design, and

construction of the Hoover Dam bypass four-lane bridge;

$13,500,000 for construction of, and improvements to, I–15 between

milepost 0 and milepost 16, from the Utah border to Deep Creek,

Idaho; $10,000,000 for construction of, and improvements to, the I–

15 Southbound project, Nevada; $10,000,000 for construction of,

and improvements to, I–195 in Rhode Island; $6,400,000 for municipality relocation costs for I–235 in Polk County, Iowa;

$12,000,000 for environmental work, preliminary survey and design, and reconstruction of I–35 from Des Moines to Ankeny, Iowa;

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$36,000,000 for construction, including related activities, of the I–

39/US 51/SH 29 corridor (Wausau Beltline) in and around

Wausau, Wisconsin; $94,000,000 for construction of, and improvements to, I–49 in the State of Arkansas; $18,400,000 for environmental work, preliminary survey and design of I–69 in Tennessee;

$10,000,000 for construction of, and improvements to, the I–80/US

395 interchange in Reno, Nevada; $2,800,000 for border crossing

improvements on I–87, in New York; $8,000,000 for construction of,

and improvements to, the I–95 to Transitway access project in

Stamford, Connecticut; $4,000,000 for construction of, and improvements to, U.S. Department of Transportation structure numbered

289–961–H at FAS Route 37 in Illinois; $250,000 for improvements

at the Rosedale Road and Provinceline Road intersection in the

Township of Princeton, New Jersey; $1,200,000 for improvements to

County Route 605 in Delaware Township and West Amwell Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey; $2,500,000 for improvements

to the Route 9 and Route 520 intersection in Marlboro Township,

New Jersey; $5,000,000 for improvements to US 73 from State Avenue North to Marxen Road in Wyandotte County, Kansas;

$5,000,000 for installation of sound barriers along the Route 309

Expressway between Limekiln Pike and State Route 63 in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; $8,700,000 for construction, including related activities, of a new interchange on I–435 at Donahoo

Road in Wyandotte County, Kansas; $15,000,000 for construction of,

and improvements to, the intersection at 27th Street and Airport

Road in Billings, Montana; $5,000,000 for construction of, and improvements to, Kahuku Bridges, Hawaii; $5,500,000 for construction of, and improvements to, the Kansas Lane Connector Road

alignment project in Monroe, Louisiana; $4,000,000 for construction

of, and improvements to, Kekaha, Kauai access roads, Hawaii;

$10,000,000 for planning, environmental work, and preliminary engineering of highway, pedestrian vehicular, and bicycle access to the

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in the District of

Columbia; $2,500,000 for construction of, and improvement to,

Kihei Road, Hawaii; $10,000,000 for Lafayette Street access improvements from the US 202 Dannehower Bridge to the Pennsylvania Turnpike, including extension of Lafayette Street to the

Conshohocken Road, intersection improvements and bridge reconstruction, in Norristown, Pennsylvania; $12,400,000 for widening

and overlay/guard rail work on SR 789 between Lander and Hudson, Wyoming; $500,000 for reconstruction of Lewisville Road in

Lawrence Township, New Jersey; $3,200,000 for construction of,

and improvements to, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Bridge in Toledo,

Ohio; $9,300,000 for construction of, and improvements to, the Midtown West intermodal ferry terminal, New York City, New York;

$5,000,000 for construction, including related activities, of an extension of Mississippi Highway 44, including a bridge over the Pearl

River, in Lawrence County, Mississippi; $13,000,000 for construction of, and improvements to, the Missouri River pedestrian crossing

in Omaha, Nebraska; $5,000,000 for the NJCDC Training Facility

Project in Paterson, New Jersey; $16,000,000 for construction of,

and improvements to, North Shore Road in Swain County, North

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struction of, and improvements to, Padanaram and Little River

Road bridge projects in Dartmouth, Massachusetts; $11,000,000 for

reconstruction activities on the Potee Street Bridge in Baltimore,

Maryland; $250,000 for reconstruction of Institute Street, Lockwood

Avenue, First Street, Second Street, Third Street, Ford Avenue, Liberty Street and Bond Street in the Borough of Freehold, New Jersey;

$4,200,000 for relocation and related construction activities thereto

of MacArthur Boulevard in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; $1,200,000

for grade crossing eliminations along Route 17 in Chemung County,

New York; $4,000,000 for construction of, and improvements to,

Route 2 between St. Johnsbury, Vermont and the New Hampshire

State Line; $500,000 for improvements to Route 35 at Clinton Avenue and other intersections in the Borough of Eatontown, New Jersey; $500,000 for Route 35 corridor improvements, including signal

upgrades, in the Borough of Eatontown, New Jersey; $2,600,000 for

construction of, and improvements to, the Niangua Bridge on Route

5 in Camden County, Missouri; $1,000,000 for improvements to

Route 641 in Hunterdon County, New Jersey; $25,000,000 for construction, including related activities, of the Route 7 North bypass

in Brookfield, Connecticut; $6,000,000 for construction of, and improvements to, the Route 9 Bennington Bypass, Vermont; $5,000,000

for construction of, and improvements to, Saddle Road, Hawaii;

$1,200,000 for reconstruction of School Road East in Marlboro

Township, New Jersey; $29,000,000 for construction of, and improvements to, a Southeast Connector Route between I–90 and SD

79 in South Dakota; $5,000,000 for improvements, including traffic

signal system upgrades, to State Route 99 in Shoreline, Washington;

$500,000 for the Township of Princeton, New Jersey municipal complex road improvements, including improvements to the Valley,

Mount Lucas, Terhune and Cherry Hill roadways in the Township

of Princeton, New Jersey; $23,600,000 for construction of, and improvements to, US 12 between Aberdeen and I–29 in South Dakota;

$40,000,000 for construction of, and improvements to, US 19 in

Pinellas County, Florida; $25,000,000 for construction of, and improvements to, US 50 Parkersburg bypass in West Virginia;

$10,000,000 for construction of, and improvements to, US 63 in

Jonesboro, Arkansas; $5,000,000 for construction of, and improvements to, US 101 in Oregon; $4,000,000 for construction of, and improvements to, US 54 in Kansas; $100,000,000 for construction of,

and improvements to, the US 82 bridge over the Mississippi River

at Greenville, Mississippi; $10,000,000 for construction of, and improvements to, including widening, of US 95 between Laughlin Cutoff and Railroad Pass, Nevada; $1,000,000 for improvements to the

Van Wyck Expressway, Queens County, New York; and $20,000,000

for widening US 53 from two lanes to four lanes from Minnesota

Highway 169 north of Virginia, Minnesota to Cook, Minnesota: Provided, That the amounts appropriated in this section shall remain

available until expended and shall not be subject to, or computed

against, any obligation limitation or contract authority set forth in

this Act or any other Act.

SEC. 379. (a) Section 412(a) of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial

Bridge Authority Act of 1995 (109 Stat. 627; 112 Stat. 159) is

amended—

(1) in paragraph (1)—

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(A) by striking ‘‘There is’’ and inserting the following:

‘‘(A) HIGHWAY TRUST FUND.—There is’’; and

(B) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(B) GENERAL FUND.— ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In addition to amounts made

available under subparagraph (A), there is appropriated to pay the costs described in subparagraph (A)

$600,000,000 for fiscal year 2001.

‘‘(ii) CONDITION.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the additional funds made available by

clause (i) shall be made available only when 1 or more

of the Capital Region jurisdictions accepts conveyance

from the Secretary of all right, title, and interest of the

United States in and to the new Bridge.

‘‘(iii) MANNER OF USE.—The use of the additional

funds made available by clause (i) shall be subject to

title 23, United States Code.’’;

(2) in paragraph (2)—

(A) by striking ‘‘Funds’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in paragraph (3), funds’’; and

(B) by striking ‘‘this section’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph

(1)(A)’’; and

(3) by striking ‘‘Code; except that—’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘Code.

‘‘(3) CONDITIONS.—With respect to funds authorized or appropriated by this section—’’.

(b) Section 412 of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge Authority Act of 1995 (109 Stat. 627; 112 Stat. 159) is amended by

adding at the end the following:

‘‘(d) LIMITATION ON FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), the

aggregate of the amounts made available from the Highway

Trust Fund and the general fund of the Treasury under this

section shall not exceed $1,500,000,000.

‘‘(2) EXCLUDED AMOUNTS.—Amounts made available for the

Project under section 110 of title 23, United States Code, shall

be excluded from the limitation established by paragraph (1).’’.

SEC. 380. Section 5309(g)(4) of title 49 United States Code is

amended by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(4)’’ and by adding at the end the

following:

‘‘(B) For fiscal year 2001 and thereafter, the amount equivalent to the last 2 fiscal years of funding authorized under section 5338(b) for new fixed guideway systems and extensions to

existing fixed guideway systems referred to in subparagraph (A)

shall be the amount equivalent to the last 3 fiscal years of such

authorized funding.

‘‘(C) Any increase in the total estimated amount of future

obligations of the Government and contingent commitments to

incur obligations covered by all outstanding letters of intent,

full funding grant agreements, and early systems work agreements as a result of application of subparagraph (B) instead of

subparagraph (A) shall be available as follows:

‘‘(1) $269,100,000 for the Chicago, Illinois Metra commuter rail project, that consists of the following elements:

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the Kane County extension; the North Central double-tracking project; and the Southwest corridor extension. ‘‘(2) $565,600,000 for the Chicago Transit Authority

project that consists of the following elements: Ravenswood

Branch station and line improvements and the Douglas

Branch reconstruction project.

‘‘(3) For new fixed guideways and extensions to existing

fixed guideway systems other than for projects referred to

in paragraphs (1) and (2); except that for fiscal year 2001,

such increase under this paragraph shall not be available

for allocation by the department or for making future obligations of the Government and contingent commitments

until April 1, 2001.

‘‘(D) Of the amount that would be available under subparagraph (A) if subparagraph (B) were not in effect and would

have otherwise been allocated by the Federal Transit Administration to those projects referred to in subparagraphs (C)(1) and

(C)(2) shall be available as follows: ‘‘(1) $60,000,000 for the Minneapolis Hiawatha corridor light rail project, which shall be in addition to

amounts otherwise allocated under subparagraph (A), for a

total of $334,300,000. ‘‘(2) $217,800,000 for the Dulles corridor bus rapid

transit project, that consists of a light rail extension from

the West Falls Church metrorail station to Tysons Corner,

Virginia and bus rapid transit from Tysons Corner to the

Dulles International Airport.

‘‘(E) Any amount that would be available under subparagraph (A) if subparagraph (B) were not in effect and would

have otherwise been allocated by the Federal Transit Administration to those projects referred to in subparagraphs (C)(1) and

(C)(2), shall not be available for allocation by the department

or for making future obligations of the Government and contingent commitments until April 1, 2001, except for those projects

referred to in subparagraph (D)(1) and (D)(2).

‘‘(F) Future obligations of the Government and contingent

commitments made against the contingent commitment authority under section 3032(g)(2) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 for the San Francisco BART to

the Airport project for fiscal years 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and

2006 shall be charged against section 3032(g)(2) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991.

‘‘(G) Any amount that would be available under subparagraph (A) if subparagraph (F) were not in effect and would otherwise have been allocated by the Federal Transit Administration to the project in subparagraph (F) shall not be available

for allocation by the department or for making future obligations of the Government and contingent commitments until

April 1, 2001.’’.

SEC. 381. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, within

one week from the date of enactment of this Act, the Federal Transit

Administrator shall sign a Full Funding Grant Agreement for the

MOS–2 segment of the New Jersey Urban Core—Hudson Bergen

project.

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SEC. 382. None of the funds appropriated in this or any other

Act may be used to adjust the boundary of the Point Retreat Light

Station or to otherwise limit the property at the Point Retreat Light

Station currently under lease to the Alaska Lighthouse Association:

Provided, That any modifications to the boundary of the Point Retreat Light Station made after January 1, 1998 is hereby declared

null and void.

TITLE IV

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT

GIFTS TO THE UNITED STATES FOR REDUCTION OF THE PUBLIC DEBT

For deposit of an additional amount into the account established under section 3113(d) of title 31, United States Code, to reduce the public debt, $5,000,000,000.

TITLE V

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For an additional amount in support of the Nation’s counterterrorism efforts, $6,424,000: Provided, That these funds

shall be for establishing a new interagency National Terrorist Asset

Tracking Center in the Office of Foreign Assets Control: Provided

further, That these funds may be used to reimburse any Department

of the Treasury organization for costs of providing support for this

effort.

DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For an additional amount for the integrated Treasury wireless network, $15,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,

That these funds shall be transferred to accounts and in amounts

as necessary to satisfy the requirements of the Department’s offices,

bureaus, and other organizations: Provided further, That this transfer authority shall be in addition to any other transfer authority

provided: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated

shall be used to support or supplement the Internal Revenue Service

appropriations for Information Systems.

EXPANDED ACCESS TO FINANCIAL SERVICES

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For an additional amount to develop and implement programs

to expand access to financial services for low- and moderate-income

individuals, $8,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That of these funds, such sums as may be necessary may be

transferred to accounts of the Department’s offices, bureaus, and

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other organizations: Provided further, That this transfer authority

shall be in addition to any other transfer authority provided.

FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For an additional amount to establish and operate a metropolitan area law enforcement training center for the Department of the

Treasury, other Federal agencies, the United States Capitol Police,

and the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department,

$5,000,000: Provided, That the principal function of the center shall

be for firearms and vehicle operation requalification: Provided further, That use of the center for training for other state and local law

enforcement agencies may be provided on a space-available basis:

Provided further, That the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is authorized to obligate funds in anticipation of reimbursement

from agencies receiving training sponsored by the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, except that total obligations at the end

of the fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary resources available

at the end of the fiscal year: Provided further, That the costs of

transportation to and from the center, ammunition, vehicles, and instruction at the center shall be funded either directly by participating law enforcement agencies, or through reimbursement of actual costs to this appropriation: Provided further, That of the funds

provided, no more than $1,500,000 may be obligated until a funding plan for the center has been submitted to the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That all Federal property in the National Capital Region that is in the surplus property inventory of

the General Services Administration shall be available for selection

and use by the Secretary of the Treasury as the site of such a metropolitan area law enforcement training center. If the Secretary of the

Treasury identifies a parcel of such property that is appropriate for

use for such a center, the property shall not be treated as excess

property or surplus property (as those terms are used in the Federal

Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949) and administrative jurisdiction over the property shall be transferred to the Secretary for use for such a center.

ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND RELATED

EXPENSES

For an additional amount for design and construction of a metropolitan area law enforcement training center, including firearms

and vehicle operations requalification facilities, $25,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the funds provided, no more than $3,000,000 may be obligated until a design and

construction plan has been submitted to the Committees on Appropriations.

BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For an additional amount, $4,148,000, for participation in

Joint Terrorism Task Forces.

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UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For an additional amount, $18,934,000: Provided, That

$10,000,000 shall be for technology and infrastructure along the

northern border: Provided further, That $6,600,000 shall be for hiring counterterrorism agents for deployment along the northern border: Provided further, That none of the funds provided for the

northern border shall be obligated until the Commissioner of the

Customs Service submits for approval to the Committees on Appropriations a plan for the deployment of the resources and personnel:

Provided further, That $2,334,000 shall be for participation in Joint

Terrorism Task Forces.

INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

TAX LAW ENFORCEMENT

For an additional amount, $7,974,000: Provided, That

$3,135,000 shall be in support of the money laundering strategy:

Provided further, That $4,839,000 shall be for participation in Joint

Terrorism Task Forces.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS

For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service, $71,751,000, to remain available until September 30, 2003, for the

capital asset acquisition of information technology systems, including management and related contractual costs of said acquisitions,

including contractual costs associated with operations authorized by

5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided, That none of these funds may be obligated

until the Internal Revenue Service submits to the Committees on

Appropriations, and such Committees approve, a plan for expenditure that (1) meets the capital planning and investment control review requirements established by the Office of Management and

Budget, including Circular A–11 part 3; (2) complies with the Internal Revenue Service’s enterprise architecture, including the modernization blueprint; (3) conforms with the Internal Revenue Service’s enterprise life cycle methodology; (4) is approved by the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of the Treasury, and the Office

of Management and Budget; (5) has been reviewed by the General

Accounting Office; and (6) complies with the acquisition rules, requirements, guidelines, and systems acquisition management practices of the Federal Government.

STAFFING TAX ADMINISTRATION FOR BALANCE AND EQUITY

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service related

to the hiring of new staff, $141,000,000: Provided, That these funds

shall be transferred to the appropriations accounts for ‘‘Processing,

Assistance, and Management’’, ‘‘Tax Law Enforcement’’, and ‘‘Information Systems’’ in accordance with a staffing plan approved by the

Department of the Treasury and the Office of Management and

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proved by, the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further,

That this transfer authority shall be in addition to any other transfer authority provided.

UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For an additional amount, $2,904,000, for participation in

Joint Terrorism Task Forces.

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS

APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY

COUNTERDRUG TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT CENTER

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For an additional amount, $7,000,000: Provided, That

$5,000,000 shall be available for continued operation of the technology transfer program: Provided further, That $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be available for counternarcotics research and development projects, to be used for the continued development of a wireless interoperability communication

project in Colorado.

UNANTICIPATED NEEDS

For expenses necessary to enable the President to meet unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national interest, security, or defense which may arise at home or abroad during the current fiscal

year, as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 108, $3,500,000: Provided, That, of

such amount, $2,500,000 shall become available on March 31, 2001,

and shall be provided to the Elections Commission of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico as a transfer to be used for objective, non-partisan citizens’ education and a choice by voters regarding the islands’ future status: Provided further, That none of the funds described in the preceding proviso may be obligated until 45 days

after the Elections Commission of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

submits to the Committees on Appropriations for approval an expenditure plan developed jointly by the Popular Democratic Party,

the New Progressive Party, and the Puerto Rican Independence

Party: Provided further, That the Elections Commission of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall include the expenditure plan additional views from any party that does not agree with the plan.

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INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES

FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND

LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For an additional amount to be deposited in, and to be used for

the purposes of, the Fund established pursuant to section 210(f) of

the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as

amended (40 U.S.C. 490(f)), $11,350,000: Provided, That $3,000,000

shall be available for non-prospectus construction: Provided further,

That $8,350,000, to remain available until expended, shall be available for repairs and alterations.

POLICY AND OPERATIONS

For an additional amount, $13,789,000 of which $2,060,000

shall be for the electronic government initiative, of which $2,000,000

shall be for the regulatory information service center, of which

$2,000,000 shall be for facilitating post conveyance remediation to

be performed by the City of Waltham, Massachusetts, of which

$2,000,000 shall be for a grant to the Institute for Biomedical

Science and Biotechnology, of which $2,000,000 shall be for a grant

to the Center for Agricultural Policy and Trade Studies, of which

$1,000,000 shall be for a grant to the Berwick, Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority, of which $1,000,000 shall be a grant

to Ewing-Lawrence Sewerage Authority in Ewing Township, New

Jersey, of which $750,000 shall be for logistical support of the

World Police and Fire Games in Indiana, and of which $979,000

shall be for base operations.

NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

REPAIRS AND RESTORATION

For an additional amount for repairs to the John F. Kennedy

Presidential Library, $6,610,000, to remain available until expended.

GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE

SEC. 501. (a) PROHIBITION OF FEDERAL AGENCY MONITORING

OF PERSONAL INFORMATION ON USE OF INTERNET.—None of the

funds made available in the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2001 may be used by any Federal agency—

(1) to collect, review, or create any aggregate list, derived

from any means, that includes the collection of any personally

identifiable information relating to an individual’s access to or

use of any Federal government Internet site of the agency; or

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tion of any personally identifiable information relating to an individual’s access to or use of any nongovernmental Internet site.

(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations established in subsection (a)

shall not apply to —

(1) any record of aggregate data that does not identify particular persons;

(2) any voluntary submission of personally identifiable information;

(3) any action taken for law enforcement, regulatory, or supervisory purposes, in accordance with applicable law; or

(4) any action described in subsection (a)(1) that is a system security action taken by the operator of an Internet site and

is necessarily incident to the rendition of the Internet site services or to the protection of the rights or property of the provider

of the Internet site.

(c) RELATION TO OTHER PROVISION.—Section 644 of the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2001 (relating to

Federal agency monitoring of personal information on use of the

Internet) shall not have effect.

(d) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section:

(1) The term ‘‘regulatory’’ means agency actions to implement, interpret or enforce authorities provided in law.

(2) The term ‘‘supervisory’’ means examinations of the agency’s supervised institutions, including assessing safety and

soundness, overall financial condition, management practices

and policies and compliance with applicable standards as provided in law.

SEC. 502. (a) CLARIFICATION OF PERMISSIBLE USE OF FAC- SIMILE MACHINES AND ELECTRONIC MAIL TO FILE INDEPENDENT EX- PENDITURE STATEMENTS.—Section 304 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434) is amended by adding at the end

the following new subsection:

‘‘(d)(1) Any person who is required to file a statement under

subsection (c) of this section, except statements required to be filed

electronically pursuant to subsection (a)(11)(A)(i) may file the statement by facsimile device or electronic mail, in accordance with such

regulations as the Commission may promulgate.

‘‘(2) The Commission shall make a document which is filed electronically with the Commission pursuant to this paragraph accessible to the public on the Internet not later than 24 hours after the

document is received by the Commission.

‘‘(3) In promulgating a regulation under this paragraph, the

Commission shall provide methods (other than requiring a signature on the document being filed) for verifying the documents covered by the regulation. Any document verified under any of the

methods shall be treated for all purposes (including penalties for

perjury) in the same manner as a document verified by signature.’’.

(b) TREATMENT OF LINES OF CREDIT OBTAINED BY CANDIDATES

AS COMMERCIALLY REASONABLE LOANS.—Section 301(8)(B) of such

Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(8)(B)) is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (xiii);

(2) by striking the period at the end of clause (xiv) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

(3) by adding at the end the following new clause:

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‘‘(xv) any loan of money derived from an advance on a candidate’s brokerage account, credit card, home equity line of

credit, or other line of credit available to the candidate, if such

loan is made in accordance with applicable law and under

commercially reasonable terms and if the person making such

loan makes loans derived from an advance on the candidate’s

brokerage account, credit card, home equity line of credit, or

other line of credit in the normal course of the person’s business.’’.

(c) REQUIRING ACTUAL RECEIPT OF CERTAIN INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE REPORTS WITHIN 24 HOURS.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 304(c)(2) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

434(c)(2)) is amended in the matter following subparagraph

(C)—

(A) by striking ‘‘shall be reported’’ and inserting ‘‘shall

be filed’’; and

(B) by adding at the end the following new sentence:

‘‘Notwithstanding subsection (a)(5), the time at which the

statement under this subsection is received by the Secretary, the Commission, or any other recipient to whom the

notification is required to be sent shall be considered the

time of filing of the statement with the recipient.’’.

(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 304(a)(5) of such

Act (2 U.S.C. 434(a)(5)) is amended by striking ‘‘or (4)(A)(ii)’’

and inserting ‘‘or (4)(A)(ii), or the second sentence of subsection

(c)(2)’’.

(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply with respect to elections occurring after January 2001.

SEC. 503. Of the amounts provided to the Office of National

Drug Control Policy for fiscal year 2001 for the anti-doping efforts

of the United States Olympic Committee, the Director of such Office

shall make direct payment of $3,300,000 to The U.S. Anti-Doping

Agency, Incorporated, for the conduct of anti-doping activities: Provided, That these funds shall be provided not later than 30 days

after the date of the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That

of the funds made available for this effort, The U.S. Anti-Doping

Agency shall have the sole authority to obligate these funds for the

promotion of anti-doping efforts relating to United States athletes in

the Olympic, Pan American, and Paralympic Games.

SEC. 504. Section 640 of the Treasury and General Government

Appropriations Act, 2001 (relating to Civil Service Retirement System) shall not have effect.

SEC. 505. (a) CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—The table

under section 8334(c) of title 5, United States Code, is amended—

(1) in the matter relating to an employee by striking:

‘‘7.5 .............. January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2002.

7 .................. After December 31, 2002.’’

and inserting the following:

‘‘7 ................... After December 31, 2000.’’;

(2) in the matter relating to a Member or employee for Congressional employee service by striking:

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‘‘8 ............. January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2002.

7.5 ............ After December 31, 2002.’’

and inserting the following:

‘‘7.5 ............ After December 31, 2000.’’;

(3) in the matter relating to a law enforcement officer for

law enforcement service and firefighter for firefighter service by

striking:

‘‘8 ............. January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2002.

7.5 ............ After December 31, 2002.’’

and inserting the following:

‘‘7.5 ............ After December 31, 2000.’’;

(4) in the matter relating to a bankruptcy judge by striking:

‘‘8.5 .......... January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2002.

8 ............... After December 31, 2002.’’

and inserting the following:

‘‘8 ............... After December 31, 2000.’’;

(5) in the matter relating to a judge of the United States

Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces for service as a judge of

that court by striking:

‘‘8.5 .......... January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2002.

8 ............... After December 31, 2002.’’

and inserting the following:

‘‘8 ............... After December 31, 2000.’’;

(6) in the matter relating to a United States magistrate by

striking:

‘‘8.5 .......... January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2002.

8 ............... After December 31, 2002.’’

and inserting the following:

‘‘8 ............... After December 31, 2000.’’;

(7) in the matter relating to a Court of Federal Claims

judge by striking:

‘‘8.5 .......... January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2002.

8 ............... After December 31, 2002.’’

and inserting the following:

‘‘8 ............... After December 31, 2000.’’;

(8) in the matter relating to a member of the Capitol Police

by striking:

‘‘8 ............. January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2002.

7.5 ............ After December 31, 2002.’’

and inserting the following:

‘‘7.5 ............ After December 31, 2000.’’;

and

(9) in the matter relating to a nuclear materials courier by

striking:

‘‘8 ............. January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2002.

7.5 ............ After December 31, 2002.’’

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and inserting the following:

‘‘7.5 ............ After December 31, 2000.’’.

(b) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 8422(a) of title 5, United States

Code, is amended by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the

following:

‘‘(3) The applicable percentage under this paragraph for civilian

service shall be as follows:

‘‘Employee ................................................. 7 ............... January 1, 1987, to December 31, 1998.

7.25 .......... January 1, 1999, to December 31, 1999.

7.4 ............ January 1, 2000, to December 31, 2000.

7 ............... After December 31, 2000.

Congressional employee ........................... 7.5 ............ January 1, 1987, to December 31, 1998.

7.75 .......... January 1, 1999, to December 31, 1999.

7.9 ............ January 1, 2000, to December 31, 2000.

7.5 ............ After December 31, 2000.

Member ..................................................... 7.5 ............ January 1, 1987, to December 31, 1998.

7.75 .......... January 1, 1999, to December 31, 1999.

7.9 ............ January 1, 2000, to December 31, 2000.

8 ............... January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2002.

7.5 ............ After December 31, 2002.

Law enforcement officer, firefighter,

member of the Capitol Police, or air

traffic controller.

7.5 ............ January 1, 1987, to December 31, 1998.

7.75 .......... January 1, 1999, to December 31, 1999.

7.9 ............ January 1, 2000, to December 31, 2000.

7.5 ............ After December 31, 2000.

Nuclear materials courier ........................ 7 ............... January 1, 1987, to October 16, 1998.

7.5 ............ October 17, 1998, to December 31, 1998.

7.75 .......... January 1, 1999, to December 31, 1999.

7.9 ............ January 1, 2000, to December 31, 2000.

7.5 ............ After December 31, 2000.’’.

(2) MILITARY SERVICE.—Section 8422(e)(6) of title 5, United

States Code, is amended—

(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the

semicolon;

(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a period; and

(C) by striking subparagraph (C).

(3) VOLUNTEER SERVICE.—Section 8422(f)(4) of title 5,

United States Code, is amended—

(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the

semicolon;

(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a period; and

(C) by striking subparagraph (C).

(c) CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY SYSTEM.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 7001(c)(2) of the Balanced Budget

Act of 1997 (50 U.S.C. 2021 note) is amended—

(A) in the matter before the colon, by striking ‘‘December 31, 2002’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2000’’; and

(B) in the matter after the colon, by striking all that

follows ‘‘December 31, 2000.’’.

(2) MILITARY SERVICE.—Section 252(h)(1)(A) of the Central

Intelligence Agency Retirement Act (50 U.S.C. 2082(h)(1)(A)), is

amended—

(A) in the matter before the colon, by striking ‘‘December 31, 2002’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2000’’; and

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(B) in the matter after the colon, by striking all that

follows ‘‘December 31, 2000.’’.

(d) FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY SYSTEM.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 7001(d)(2) of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (22 U.S.C. 4045 note) is amended—

(A) in subparagraph (A)—

(i) in the matter before the colon, by striking ‘‘December 31, 2002’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2000’’;

and

(ii) in the matter after the colon, by striking all

that follows ‘‘December 31, 2000.’’; and

(B) in subparagraph (B)—

(i) in the matter before the colon, by striking ‘‘December 31, 2002’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2000’’;

and

(ii) in the matter after the colon, by striking all

that follows ‘‘December 31, 2000.’’.

(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 805(d)(1) of the

Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4045(d)(1)) is amended,

in the table in the matter following subparagraph (B), by striking:

‘‘January 1, 2001, through December 31, 2002, inclusive ........................... 7.5

After December 31, 2002 ................................................................................ 7’’

and inserting the following:

‘‘After December 31, 2000 .............................................................................. 7’’.

(e) FOREIGN SERVICE PENSION SYSTEM.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 856(a)(2) of the Foreign Service

Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4071e(a)(2)) is amended by striking all

that follows ‘‘December 31, 2000.’’ and inserting the following:

‘‘7.5 .......... After December 31, 2000.’’.

(2) VOLUNTEER SERVICE.—Section 854(c)(1) of the Foreign

Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4071c(c)(1)) is amended—

(A) in the matter before the colon, by striking ‘‘December 31, 2002’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2000’’; and

(B) in the matter after the colon, by striking all that

follows ‘‘December 31, 2000.’’.

(f) CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—Notwithstanding section 8334 (a)(1) or (k)(1) of title 5, United States Code, during the

period beginning on October 1, 2002, through December 31, 2002,

each employing agency (other than the United States Postal Service

or the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority) shall

contribute—

(1) 7.5 percent of the basic pay of an employee;

(2) 8 percent of the basic pay of a congressional employee,

a law enforcement officer, a member of the Capitol police, a firefighter, or a nuclear materials courier; and

(3) 8.5 percent of the basic pay of a Member of Congress,

a Court of Federal Claims judge, a United States magistrate,

a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed

Forces, or a bankruptcy judge,

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in lieu of the agency contributions otherwise required under section

8334(a)(1) of such title 5.

(g) CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND DIS- ABILITY SYSTEM.—Notwithstanding section 211(a)(2) of the Central

Intelligence Agency Retirement Act (50 U.S.C. 2021(a)(2)), during

the period beginning on October 1, 2002, through December 31,

2002, the Central Intelligence Agency shall contribute 7.5 percent of

the basic pay of an employee participating in the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System in lieu of the agency contribution otherwise required under section 211(a)(2) of such

Act.

(h) FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY SYSTEM.— Notwithstanding any provision of section 805(a) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4045(a)), during the period beginning on

October 1, 2002, through December 31, 2002, each agency employing

a participant in the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System shall contribute to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund—

(1) 7.5 percent of the basic pay of each participant covered

under section 805(a)(1) of such Act participating in the Foreign

Service Retirement and Disability System; and

(2) 8 percent of the basic pay of each participant covered

under paragraph (2) or (3) of section 805(a) of such Act participating in the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System,

in lieu of the agency contribution otherwise required under section

805(a) of such Act.

(i) The amendments made by this section shall take effect upon

the close of calendar year 2000, and shall apply thereafter.

SEC. 506. Of the amount provided to the United States Secret

Service for fiscal year 2001 and specified for activities related to investigations of exploited children, $2,000,000 shall be available to

the United States Secret Service for forensic and related support of

investigations of missing and exploited children and shall remain

available until September 30, 2001.

SEC. 507. (a) Section 108 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 is amended to read as follows:

‘‘SEC. 108. CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER.—(a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be within the Capitol Police an Office of Administration to be headed by a Chief Administrative Officer as follows:

‘‘(1) Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of

this Act, the Chief Administrative Officer shall be appointed by

the Chief of the Capitol Police after consultation with the Capitol Police Board and the Comptroller General, and shall report

to and serve at the pleasure of the Chief of the Capitol Police.

‘‘(2) The Comptroller General shall evaluate the performance

of the Chief Administrative Officer in carrying out the duties

and responsibilities of the Office of Administration as outlined

in this section. The Comptroller General shall meet with the

Chief of the Capitol Police and the Capitol Police Board at least

quarterly to provide an analysis of the performance of the Chief

Administrative Officer. The Comptroller General shall report

the results of the evaluation to the Chief of the Capitol Police,

the Capitol Police Board, the Committees on Appropriations of

the House of Representatives and Senate, the Committee on

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House Administration of the House of Representatives, and the

Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate.

‘‘(3) The Chief of the Capitol Police shall appoint as Chief Administrative Officer an individual with the knowledge and

skills necessary to carry out the responsibilities for budgeting,

financial management, information technology, and human resource management described in this section.

‘‘(4) The Chief Administrative Officer shall receive basic pay

at a rate determined by the Capitol Police Board, but not to exceed the annual rate of basic pay payable for ES–2 of the Senior

Executive Service, as established under subchapter VIII of

chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code (taking into account

any comparability payments made under section 5304(h) of

such title).

‘‘(5) The Capitol Police shall reimburse from available appropriations any costs incurred by the Comptroller General under

this section, which shall be deposited to the appropriation of the

General Accounting Office then available and remain available

until expended.

‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Chief Administrative Officer shall

have the following areas of responsibility:

‘‘(1) BUDGETING.—The Chief Administrative Officer shall—

‘‘(A) prepare and submit to the Capitol Police Board an

annual budget for the Capitol Police; and

‘‘(B) execute the budget and monitor through periodic

examinations the execution of the Capitol Police budget in

relation to actual obligations and expenditures.

‘‘(2) FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT.—The Chief Administrative

Officer shall—

‘‘(A) oversee all financial management activities relating to the programs and operations of the Capitol Police;

‘‘(B) develop and maintain an integrated accounting

and financial system for the Capitol Police, including financial reporting and internal controls, which—

‘‘(i) complies with applicable accounting principles,

standards, and requirements, and internal control

standards;

‘‘(ii) complies with any other requirements applicable to such systems; and

‘‘(iii) provides for—

‘‘(I) complete, reliable, consistent, and timely

information which is prepared on a uniform basis

and which is responsive to financial information

needs of the Capitol Police;

‘‘(II) the development and reporting of cost information;

‘‘(III) the integration of accounting and budgeting information; and

‘‘(IV) the systematic measurement of performance;

‘‘(C) direct, manage, and provide policy guidance and

oversight of Capitol Police financial management personnel, activities, and operations, including—

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‘‘(i) the recruitment, selection, and training of personnel to carry out Capitol Police financial management functions; and

‘‘(ii) the implementation of Capitol Police asset

management systems, including systems for cash management, debt collection, and property and inventory

management and control; and

‘‘(D) shall require annual financial statements for the

Capitol Police and provide for an annual audit of the financial statements by an independent public accountant in

accordance with generally accepted government auditing

standards.

‘‘(3) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.—The Chief Administrative

Officer shall—

‘‘(A) direct, coordinate, and oversee the acquisition, use,

and management of information technology by the Capitol

Police;

‘‘(B) promote and oversee the use of information technology to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of programs of the Capitol Police; and

‘‘(C) establish and enforce information technology principles, guidelines, and objectives, including developing and

maintaining an information technology architecture for the

Capitol Police.

‘‘(4) HUMAN RESOURCES.—The Chief Administrative Officer

shall—

‘‘(A) direct, coordinate, and oversee human resources management activities of the Capitol Police;

‘‘(B) develop and monitor payroll and time and attendance systems and employee services; and

‘‘(C) develop and monitor processes for recruiting, selecting, appraising, and promoting employees.

‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.— ‘‘(1) PERSONNEL.—The Chief Administrative Officer is authorized to select, appoint, employ, and discharge such officers and employees as may be necessary to carry out the functions, powers, and

duties of the Office of Administration, but shall not have the authority to hire or discharge uniformed and operational police force personnel.

‘‘(2) RESOURCES OF OTHER AGENCIES.—The Chief Administrative Officer may utilize resources of another agency on a reimbursable basis to be paid from available appropriations of the Capitol

Police.

‘‘(d) PLAN.—No later than 180 days after appointment, the

Chief Administrative Officer shall prepare and submit to the Chief

of the Capitol Police, the Capitol Police Board, and the Comptroller

General, a plan—

‘‘(1) describing the policies, procedures, and actions the Chief

Administrative Officer will take in carrying out the responsibilities

assigned under this section;

‘‘(2) identifying and defining responsibilities and roles of all offices, bureaus, and divisions of the Capitol Police for budgeting, financial management, information technology, and human resources

management; and

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‘‘(3) detailing mechanisms for ensuring that the offices, bureaus,

and divisions perform their responsibilities and roles in a coordinated and integrated manner.

‘‘(e) REPORT.—No later than September 30, 2001, the Chief Administrative Officer shall prepare and submit to the Chief of the

Capitol Police, the Capitol Police Board, and the Comptroller General, a report on the Chief Administrative Officer’s progress in implementing the plan described in subsection (d) and recommendations to improve the budgeting, financial, information technology,

and human resources management of the Capitol Police, including

organizational, accounting and administrative control, and personnel changes.

‘‘(f) SUBMISSION TO COMMITTEES.—The Chief of the Capitol Police shall submit the plan required in subsection (d) and the report

required in subsection (e) to the Committees on Appropriations of

the House of Representatives and of the Senate, the Committee on

House Administration of the House of Representatives, and the

Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate.

‘‘(g) TERMINATION OF ROLE.—As of October 1, 2002, the role of

the Comptroller General, as established by this section, will cease.’’.

(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect as

if included in the enactment of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001.

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

and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001’’.

Following is explanatory language on H.R. 5394, as introduced

on October 5, 2000.

The conferees on H.R. 4475 agree with the matter included in

H.R. 5394 and enacted in this conference report by reference and

the following description of it. This bill was developed through negotiations by the conferees on the differences in H.R. 4475. References in the following description to the ‘‘conference agreement’’

means the matter included in the introduced bill enacted by this

conference report.

CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTIVES

The conferees agree that Executive Branch propensities cannot

substitute for Congress’ own statements concerning the best evidence of Congressional intentions; that is, the official reports of the

Congress. The committee of conference approves report language

included by the House (House Report 106–622) or the Senate (Senate Report 106–309 accompanying the companion measure S. 2720)

that is not changed by the conference. The statement of the managers, while repeating some report language for emphasis, is not

intended to negate the language referred to above unless expressly

provided herein.

PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY

During fiscal year 2001, for the purposes of the Balanced

Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 99–

177), as amended, with respect to funds provided for the Department of Transportation and related agencies, the terms ‘‘program,

project, and activity’’ shall mean any item for which a dollar

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amount is contained in an appropriations Act (including joint resolutions providing continuing appropriations) or accompanying reports of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, or

accompanying conference reports and joint explanatory statements

of the committee of conference. In addition, the reductions made

pursuant to any sequestration order to funds appropriated for

‘‘Federal Aviation Administration, Facilities and equipment’’ and

for ‘‘Coast Guard, Acquisition, construction, and improvements’’

shall be applied equally to each ‘‘budget item’’ that is listed under

said accounts in the budget justifications submitted to the House

and Senate Committees on Appropriations as modified by subsequent appropriations Acts and accompanying committee reports,

conference reports, or joint explanatory statements of the committee of conference. The conferees recognize that adjustments to

the above allocations may be required due to changing program requirements or priorities. The conferees expect any such adjustment, if required, to be accomplished only through the normal reprogramming process.

STAFFING INCREASES PROVIDED BY CONGRESS

The conferees direct the Department of Transportation to fill

expeditiously any positions added in the conference agreement,

without regard to agency-specific staffing targets which may have

been previously established to meet the mandated governmentwide staffing reductions.

TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conference agreement provides a total of $63,245,000 for

salaries and expenses of the various offices comprising the office of

the secretary. Though both the House and Senate had proposed to

provide separate appropriations for the individual offices within the

office of the secretary, the conference agreement provides a single,

consolidated appropriation. The conferees believe that the new administration may wish to reorganize the offices of the secretary to

delete redundant and duplicative activities that may be performed

by other elements of the department or may be of limited benefit

to the office of the secretary; a consolidated appropriation for the

salaries and expenses for the offices within the office of the secretary will provide the new secretary greater flexibility to reorganize the office.

The following table summarizes the fiscal year 2001 appropriation for each OST office:

Conference

agreement

Immediate Office of the Secretary ........................................................ $1,827,000

Immediate Office of the Deputy Secretary .......................................... 587,000

Office of the General Counsel ............................................................... 9,972,000

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy ......................................... 3,011,000

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs ..................................................................................................... 7,289,000

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs .............. 7,362,000

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs ............... 2,150,000

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Conference

agreement

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration ......................... 19,020,000

Office of Public Affairs .......................................................................... 1,674,000

Executive Secretariat ............................................................................ 1,181,000

Board of Contract Appeals .................................................................... 496,000

Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization ................... 1,192,000

Office of Intelligence and Security ....................................................... 1,262,000

Office of the Chief Information Officer ................................................ 6,222,000

Total, salaries and expenses, office of the secretary ................ 63,245,000

Reprogramming guidelines.—While providing a consolidation of

office-by-office appropriations for OST, the conferees still want to

ensure that adequate Congressional oversight and control is maintained over these expenses. Therefore, the Secretary of Transportation is directed to notify the House and Senate Committees on

Appropriations in writing of any change in funding greater than

five percent from the office-by-office levels approved by Congress

for this appropriation. The Secretary is further directed not to

make such a change without the approval of the House and Senate

Committees on Appropriations.

The conference agreement includes a provision that limits the

availability of funds appropriated under this heading to no more

than 52 percent and not more than 224 full-time equivalent staff

years funded through the end of the second quarter of fiscal year

2001.

Reception and representation activities.—The conference agree- ment includes a provision that increases to $60,000 the amount of

funds to be available for official reception and representation activities. The conference agreement includes a provision, as proposed by

the Senate, that limits to $15,000 the amount of funds that may

be obligated for official reception and representation costs prior to

January 20, 2001.

Monthly reporting requirement.—The conferees direct the office

of the secretary to report monthly on the status of all outstanding

reports and reporting requirements, including the status of delinquent Congressional mandated or requested reports and an estimated completion and delivery date.

Administrative directives.—The conferees direct that the department submit its fiscal year 2002 congressional justification materials for the salaries and expenses of the offices of the secretary

at the same level of detail provided in the Congressional justifications presented in fiscal year 2001.

The conferees direct that assessments charged by the office of

the secretary to the modal administrations shall be for administrative activities, not policy initiatives.

Immediate office of the secretary.—The conference agreement

provides a total of $1,827,000 for expenses of the immediate office

of the secretary for fiscal year 2001. Funds to support a second

deputy chief of staff or a contractor to perform similar duties are

deleted by this agreement (¥$150,000).

Office of the general counsel.—The conference agreement provides a total of $9,972,000 for expenses of the office of the general

counsel. Within the funds provided, no more than 5 FTEs and

$500,000 shall be available to support the department’s proposed

‘‘Accessibility for All America’’ initiative. Further, the conference

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agreement provides sufficient resources for advisory or referral activities related to aviation competition guidelines on the part of the

department.

Office of aviation and international affairs.—The conference

agreement disallows funding as proposed by the House for a new

position of special assistant to the assistant secretary for aviation

and international affairs (¥$120,000). Funding is provided to hire

up to two additional transportation industry analysts in fiscal year

2001.

The conferees are aware of, and applaud, the department’s efforts to promote foreign air carrier service to and through Alaska.

Alaska is uniquely positioned as an international air cargo hub for

efficient sorting and consolidation of cargo moving between multiple United States and foreign points. The conferees encourage the

department to explore using Alaska as a testing ground for even

greater liberalization of foreign and domestic air carriers’ rights to

carry international air cargo on route legs between Alaska and

other United States points. Such liberalization would optimize the

geographic advantage of Alaska for air cargo transfer. In addition,

such steps would also optimize the flexibility that the department

has sought for Alaska as an international aviation hub. Without

vigorous initiative on the part of the department, the United States

stands to lose to foreign airports the economic activity for labor, industry, and consumers that increased domestic and foreign transfer

authority could generate for the United States.

Office of the assistant secretary for budget and programs.—A

total of $7,362,000 is provided for the office of the assistant secretary for budget and programs. Within the funds provided, not

more than $100,000 is available for workforce training activities to

supplement existing training expenditures.

Office of the assistant secretary for administration.—Consistent

with the actions of both the House and Senate, the conference

agreement does not provide funding for employee development

training (¥$1,160,000); however, limited funds have been provided

to supplement existing training activities, as discussed in the preceding paragraph.

Office of intelligence and security.—Funding provided for the

office of intelligence and security totals $1,262,000 and excludes resources for infrastructure protection activities. The conference

agreement includes funds for these activities within amounts appropriated to the Research and Special Programs Administration.

Office of the chief information officer.—The conference agreement provides a total of $6,222,000 for salaries and expenses of the

office of the chief information officer (CIO). Funding is not provided

to implement in fiscal year 2002 a pilot project that has yet to be

defined or determined by the department’s architecture working

group. Such funding should be considered in the context of the department’s fiscal year 2002 appropriations request.

The conferees concur with the directions of the House that no

major information technology (IT) procurement within the department occur until after a review by the CIO has been conducted to

determine system deficiencies, vulnerabilities, compatibility with,

and relative need of such systems compared to other departmental

systems requirements. Furthermore, the conferees direct the CIO

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to approve all IT and telecommunications infrastructure items and

expenditures for all systems that are non-mode specific (e.g., common grants systems).

Office of intermodalism.—Funding for the office of intermodalism is provided within amounts made available to the Federal

Highway Administration, as proposed by the House.

Fractional ownership demonstration program.—The conferees

encourage the Secretary of Transportation to execute a demonstration program, to be conducted for a period of not to exceed eighteen

months, of the fractional ownership concept for performing administrative support flight missions. The purpose of this demonstration

is to determine whether cost savings, increased operational flexibility, and aircraft availability can be realized by DOT through

fractional ownership compared to in-house ownership of aircraft.

This demonstration shall be competitive, and encompass a suite of

aircraft covering a majority of the department’s support missions,

including those by the Coast Guard, FAA, and NASA (to the extent

those aircraft are currently operated by the FAA). The Secretary is

directed to report the results of this project to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations within three months of completing the evaluation. If the Secretary does not conduct such an

evaluation, the Secretary is directed to submit a report to the

House and Senate Committees on Appropriations providing a detailed explanation of that decision.

OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

The conference agreement provides $8,140,000 for the office of

civil rights as proposed by the House instead of $8,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND DEVELOPMENT

The conference agreement provides $11,000,000 for transportation planning, research, and development instead of $3,300,000

as proposed by the House and $5,300,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees, however, agree with the reductions from the

budget request proposed by the House. Funding provided under

this heading shall be available for the following activities:

2001 Special Winter Olympics .............................................................. $1,400,000

Ensuring consumer information and choice in the airline industry 1,000,000

Transportation management planning for the Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games (section 1223 of TEA21) ................................... 2,000,000

Automotive workforce training ............................................................. 3,000,000

The conferees encourage the secretary and each of the modal

administrations to work with the National Center for Missing and

Exploited Children and the transportation industry to identify and

implement initiatives to maximize the transportation sector’s involvement in the effort to relocate missing children.

Transportation management planning for the Salt Lake City

2002 Winter Olympic Games.—The conference agreement includes

$2,000,000 for transportation management planning for the Salt

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structure investments based on the transportation management

plan approved by the Secretary.

Radionavigation and positioning initiatives.—No funding is

provided for additional study activities described under ‘‘GPS vulnerability study follow-on requirements’’ and ‘‘technical support of

GPS spectrum protection and coordination’’ of the congressional

justification as additional funding and guidance is provided for

similar initiatives and activities elsewhere in the department. Reprogramming requests in this area will be reviewed if submitted

and justified appropriately.

Automotive workforce training.—The conference agreement includes $3,000,000 for development and implementation of a workforce training program designed for specific issues related to the

automotive manufacturing industry.

Telework.—The Secretary shall conduct an assessment of the

existing practices and infrastructure involved with telework efforts

in the greater New York metropolitan area and determine if a

telework program, supported by the federal government, could provide significant incentives for increasing the use of telework, thereby reducing vehicle miles traveled and improving air quality. The

assessment should identify representatives from local government,

environmental organizations and transportation agencies who

would comprise a New York City design team for implementing a

telework program. Within six months, the Secretary shall report to

Congress on the findings of this study. To carry out these activities,

the conference agreement includes $300,000.

TRANSPORTATION ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE CENTER

The conference agreement includes a limitation of

$126,887,000 on activities of the transportation administrative

service center (TASC) instead of $119,387,000 as proposed by the

House and $173,278,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees

concur in the recommendations of the House to disallow the proposed transfer of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of Aeronautical Charting and Cartography to the

TASC (¥$43,963,000) and to disallow proposed new staffing increases (¥$461,000). The increase of $7,500,000 above the Housepassed level has been provided to accommodate solely the anticipated increased workload stemming from creation of the Federal

Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM

The conference agreement includes a limitation on guaranteed loans of $13,775,000, as proposed by the House, instead of a limitation of $13,775,000 on direct loans as proposed by the Senate. Further, the conference agreement provides subsidy and administrative costs totaling $1,900,000, as proposed by both the House and

the Senate.

MINORITY BUSINESS OUTREACH

The conference agreement provides $3,000,000 for minority

business outreach activities, as proposed by both the House and the

Senate.

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COAST GUARD

OPERATING EXPENSES

The conference agreement provides $3,192,000,000 for Coast

Guard operating expenses as proposed by the House instead of

$3,039,460,000 as proposed by the Senate. The agreement specifies

that $341,000,000 of the total is available only for defense-related

activities, as proposed by the House, instead of $641,000,000 proposed by the Senate. The agreement does not include language proposed by the Senate which would have allowed a transfer of up to

$100,000,000 from the FAA’s operating budget to augment the

Coast Guard’s drug interdiction activities or OST’s Office of Intelligence and Security. The bill also does not include language proposed by the Senate which would have required the Coast Guard

to reimburse the Office of Inspector General for Coast Guard-related audits and investigations.

Specific adjustments.—The following table summarizes the

House and Senate’s proposed adjustments to the Coast Guard’s

budget request and the final conference agreement:

Item and recommendation House

recommended

Senate

recommended

Conference

agreement

Repricing of civilian PC&B ................................................................... +$2,051,000 .......................... ..........................

Polar icebreaker reimbursement ........................................................... +3,800,000 +$7,734,000 +7,734,000

International Maritime Information Safety System (IMISS)—defer ..... ¥398,000 ¥398,000 ¥398,000

MTS leadership and coordination—defer ............................................ ¥801,000 ¥801,000 ¥801,000

CG workstation support—defer ............................................................ ¥750,000 .......................... ..........................

NTIA fees—defer increase .................................................................... ¥426,000 .......................... ..........................

‘‘One DOT’’ initiatives—defer .............................................................. ¥304,000 .......................... ¥304,000

Aviation detachment support—defer ................................................... ¥3,904,000 .......................... ¥3,904,000

Nonpay COLA—smaller increase .......................................................... ¥6,268,000 .......................... ¥1,363,000

Military pay and benefits ..................................................................... .......................... ¥1,004,000 ..........................

Military health care .............................................................................. .......................... ¥105,000 ..........................

Permanent change of station ............................................................... .......................... ¥8,785,000 ¥3,000,000

Training and education ........................................................................ .......................... ¥7,484,000 ¥2,065,000

Atlantic area command ........................................................................ .......................... ¥193,000 ¥193,000

Headquarters directorates .................................................................... .......................... ¥125,000 ¥

Headquarters-managed units ............................................................... .......................... ¥1,760,000 ¥706,000

Aircraft maintenance ............................................................................ .......................... ¥13,075,000 ..........................

Electronic maintenance ........................................................................ .......................... ¥1,500,000 ..........................

Shore facility maintenance ................................................................... .......................... ¥5,000,000 ¥2,000,000

Vessel maintenance .............................................................................. .......................... ¥4,315,000 ..........................

Undistributed reduction ........................................................................ .......................... ¥122,729,000 ..........................

Total ......................................................................................... ¥7,000,000 ¥159,540,000 ¥7,000,000

Pilot project on occupational and health hazards of Coast

Guard personnel.—The conferees agree to provide $1,000,000 for

the pilot project, proposed by the Senate, regarding the unique occupational and health hazards of Coast Guard personnel. This

project shall be conducted in coordination with Tulane University

and the University of Alabama—Birmingham.

Boatracs systems.—The conferees understand that the Coast

Guard has purchased several ‘‘boatracs’’ systems in an effort to address communications problems within the eighth district. This

text communications system is often the only form of communication between the district headquarters and cutters on patrol performing search and rescue missions. This system could be used as

an interim measure, before full implementation of the National

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Distress and Response System Modernization Project, which could

save lives by providing consistent and reliable communications

among Coast Guard assets. The Coast Guard is encouraged to

evaluate the boatracs system on this basis during fiscal year 2001.

Assessment of progress to replace single hull tanker fleet with

double hull ships.—The conferees direct the United States Coast

Guard, in consultation with the Maritime Administration, to assess

the status of replacement of single hull tank vessels with double

hull tank vessels, and report the findings of this assessment to the

House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. This report

should include: (1) a list of double hull vessels and their carrying

capacity in the U.S.-flag fleet; (2) a list of single hull vessels and

their carrying capacity and the year in which each single hull vessel is scheduled to be phased out of service under the Oil Pollution

Act; and (3) the amount of oil transported each year by domestic

U.S.-flag tank vessels to meet the energy needs of the United

States. This report shall be submitted by February 1, 2001.

Search and rescue station staffing.—The conferees are concerned that, in the wake of the National Transportation Safety

Board report on the sinking of the sailboat Morning Dew, the Coast

Guard has still not implemented needed staffing improvements at

the nation’s search and rescue (SAR) stations. Even though a recent Coast Guard analysis concluded that an additional 109 personnel were needed at these centers, the Coast Guard advised the

House that the service ‘‘does not believe additional operation center

staffing is required in fiscal year 2001 and has not requested any

be provided’’. The conferees reiterate the concerns expressed in the

House report regarding deficiencies in the Coast Guard’s search

and rescue posture, and strongly encourage the service to address

the personnel shortfalls at search and rescue stations within the

funding levels provided for fiscal year 2001. In addition, the conferees direct the Office of Inspector General, in consultation with

the National Transportation Safety Board, to conduct a thorough

review of readiness of the nation’s SAR stations, including personnel shortfalls, equipment adequacy, training adequacy, and the

relative support for SAR programs and activities in the Coast

Guard command structure. The conferees direct that this report be

completed and submitted to the appropriate committees of the Congress no later than March 1, 2001.

Indonesian Coast Guard.—The conferees do not agree with direction in the Senate report for the Coast Guard to work with representatives of the Indonesian government on officer training and

to study turning over surplus vessels to improve the capability of

the Indonesian Coast Guard.

ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

The conference agreement includes $415,000,000 for acquisition, construction, and improvement programs of the Coast Guard

instead of $515,000,000 as proposed by the House and

$407,747,660 as proposed by the Senate. Consistent with past

years and the House and Senate bills, the conference agreement

distributes funds in the bill by budget activity.

Great Lakes Icebreaker.—No procurement funding or direction

is provided in this Act for the Great Lakes Icebreaker (Mackinaw

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replacement) project, as the full estimated cost of this vessel has

been provided in prior appropriations Acts.

A table showing the distribution of this appropriation by

project as included in the fiscal year 2001 House bill, Senate bill,

and the conference agreement follows:

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ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION

The conference agreement includes $16,700,000 for environmental compliance and restoration as proposed by both the House

and Senate.

ALTERATION OF BRIDGES

The conference agreement includes $15,500,000 for alteration

of bridges deemed hazardous to marine navigation as proposed by

the Senate instead of $14,740,000 proposed by the House. The conference agreement distributes these funds as follows:

Conference

Bridge and location agreement

New Orleans, LA, Florida Avenue RR/HW Bridge ............................. $3,925,000

Brunswick, GA, Sidney Lanier Highway Bridge ................................. 3,000,000

Charleston, SC, Limehouse Bridge ...................................................... 2,000,000

Mobile, AL, Fourteen Mile Bridge ........................................................ 3,000,000

Morris, IL, EJ&E Railroad Bridge ....................................................... 3,000,000

Oshkosh, WI, Fox River Bridge ............................................................ 575,000

Total ............................................................................................. 15,500,000

Florida Avenue Bridge.—The conferees agree to provide

$3,925,000 for this project, and direct that $500,000 of this funding

shall be made available to the Port of New Orleans to cover the

federal portion of a study of the feasibility of development of the

Millenium Port in south Louisiana.

Fox River Bridge.—Funding of $575,000 is provided for removal of the bridge across the Fox River at mile point 56.9 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

RETIRED PAY

The conference agreement includes $778,000,000 for Coast

Guard retired pay as proposed by both the House and the Senate.

This is scored as a mandatory program for federal budget purposes.

The conference agreement deletes language proposed by the House

authorizing these funds for the payment of fifteen-year career status bonuses. The conferees do not believe that retention bonuses

paid to active duty personnel are consistent with the purposes of

this program, and have seen no evidence that these payments constitute mandatory expenditures of the Coast Guard, as are the

other elements of this mandatory appropriation. Sufficient funding

is provided under ‘‘Operating expenses’’ for payment of these bonuses to qualified personnel.

RESERVE TRAINING

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

The conference agreement provides $80,375,000 for reserve

training as proposed by the House instead of $80,371,000 as proposed by the Senate. The agreement allows the Reserves to reimburse the Coast Guard operating account up to $22,000,000 for

Coast Guard support of Reserve activities, as proposed by the Senate, instead of $21,500,000 as proposed by the House.

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RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION

The conference agreement provides $21,320,000 for Coast

Guard research, development, test, and evaluation as proposed by

the Senate instead of $19,691,000 as proposed by the House. The

conferees agree that within the funding provided, $500,000 is to address ship ballast water exchange issues, instead of $1,000,000 as

proposed by the Senate.

FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

OPERATIONS

The conference agreement provides $6,544,235,000 for operating expenses of the Federal Aviation Administration as proposed

by the House instead of $6,350,250,000 as proposed by the Senate.

These funds are in addition to amounts made available as a mandatory appropriation of user fees in the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–264). Of the

total amount provided, $4,414,869,000 is to be derived from the airport and airway trust fund, consistent with Public Law 106–181.

The total funding provided is $569,235,000 (9.5 percent) above the

fiscal year 2000 enacted level.

Contract tower program funding.—The conference agreement

provides $55,300,000 for the contract tower program, which is the

amount assumed in the budget estimate. FAA is directed not to reprogram these funds to any other activity or to reduce them to satisfy budget shortfalls which may develop throughout the fiscal

year. In addition, the conference agreement includes $5,000,000 for

the contract tower cost-sharing program.

Contract tower program extension.—The conferees agree with

Senate direction to the FAA Administrator to submit the overdue

report on this program, but do not agree with the Senate direction

that this report should include a timeline for expanding the program. In addition, the report should address recent findings and

recommendations of the DOT Inspector General regarding expansion of the contract tower program.

Criteria for contract tower program eligibility.—The conferees

believe that FAA’s contract tower program has worked well from

both the government’s perspective and the users’ perspective.

Through this program, many aircraft are able to operate more efficiently and safely into airports with contract towers, where FAAoperated towers would otherwise not be available due to prohibitive

costs. The conferees are concerned, however, that the traffic counts

used to establish eligibility for the contract tower program, and for

establishment of certain navigation aids, are erroneous in that certain part 121 operations, including regional jets, are not being classified as air carrier operations. After promulgation of FAA’s ‘‘one

level of safety’’ rule, the conferees believe that such a distinction

is no longer justified. The FAA is urged to change promptly its traffic count methodology to conform to the changes in operator classification brought about by the one level of safety rulemaking.

Specific designations for the contract tower program.—The conferees do not agree with Senate direction to include certain airports

in the contract tower program. However, the conferees understand

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that the Boca Raton, Olive Branch, Henderson, and Tupelo Municipal airports are eligible for this program, and encourage FAA to

include those airports in the program if they meet eligibility criteria.

Implementation of the whistleblower protection program.—The

conferees direct that, not later than eighteen months after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation, in conjunction

with the Secretary of Labor, report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on measures to assure effective implementation of section 519 of Public Law 106–181. This report shall

include a description of the initial implementation of the whistleblower protection program and recommendations to strengthen the

enforcement of such provisions. The study shall be performed by a

firm with recent experience analyzing employee protection provisions in the transportation sector.

Civil aviation security activities and operations.—Continuing

reports of the General Accounting Office, the DOT Office of Inspector General, and the Surveys and Investigations staff of the House

Appropriations Committee highlight a number of serious problems

in FAA’s civil aviation security activities which need to be addressed. A lack of strong management and planning has led to a

haphazard and minimal deployment of explosive detection systems

at our nation’s airports, as well as underutilization of the machines

which are deployed; specifications for bomb detection equipment

driven by political considerations rather than security expertise;

unnecessary tension between FAA and airport security officials in

some locations; and lack of management attention and corrective

action after field tests, including safety issues raised by FAA’s special ‘‘red team’’ conducting undercover assessments at major airports. The conferees cannot provide the entire funding increase requested by this organization in the face of these continuing problems, and expects FAA to address these management issues expeditiously. The conference agreement also directs FAA to submit a

comprehensive strategic plan for the civil aviation security program, as proposed by the Senate. The FAA is encouraged to include

comprehensive details in this plan regarding specific goals and objectives for the program for each of the next five years.

GPS implementation and procedures.—The conferees agree to

transfer to this account $2,200,000 from ‘‘Facilities and equipment’’. This funding was budgeted for the development of GPS approach procedures as part of the GPS wide area augmentation system (WAAS) program. However, this activity is apparently not related to development of WAAS, but is a routine operating expense

of the agency. As such, these expenditures should be contained in

the agency’s operating budget. In addition, the conference agreement includes $3,000,000 only for implementation of a navigation

database with internet access for users.

Administration of potential shortfall due to EAS transfer.—The

conferees do not agree with House direction specifying that any

shortfall in operations funding due to transfer of funds to the essential air service (EAS) program should be borne by the ‘‘Facilities

and equipment’’ appropriation.

Regulation of flight crew operating environment.—The conferees are pleased that the FAA and the Occupational Safety and

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Health Administration (OSHA) recently initiated a joint effort to

consider whether OSHA workplace safety standards can be applied

to airline crewmembers during flight operations. Enhancing workplace safety for flight crewmembers is, of course, desirable. While

the conferees recognize the importance of FAA and OSHA working

together to ensure that one agency does not unnecessarily block application of the other’s regulations, the conferees believe it is imperative that FAA maintain exclusive responsibility for the regulation and enforcement of policies which affect the safety of flight operations. If, in the FAA’s view, an OSHA-proposed workplace safety

and health regulation would compromise the safe operation of aircraft, in the overriding interest of aviation safety, the FAA’s view

should predominate.

Airspace redesign.—The conference agreement includes $8,500,000 for the New York/New Jersey airspace redesign and

concurs in the directive of the Senate regarding the reprogramming

of these funds.

The following table compares the conference agreement to the

levels proposed in the House and Senate bills by budget activity:

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FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

The conference agreement provides $2,656,765,000 for facilities

and equipment as proposed by the House and the Senate. This is

the level authorized by Public Law 106–181, and represents an increase of $581,765,000 (28 percent) above the fiscal year 2000 enacted level.

The following table provides a breakdown of the House and

Senate bills and the conference agreement by program:

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Advanced technology development and prototyping.—The conference agreement includes $56,480,000 for advanced technology

development and prototyping, to be distributed as follows:

Item House recommended

Senate

recommended

Conference

agreement

Items in budget .................................................................................... $40,620,000 $28,868,000 $40,000,000

Airport research .................................................................................... 7,380,000 7,380,000 7,380,000

Concrete pavement research ................................................................ 2,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000

UWB/GPS ............................................................................................... 0 2,600,000 2,600,000

GPS anti-jamming ................................................................................ 0 1,000,000 1,000,000

Runway incursion activities .................................................................. 0 0 3,500,000

Total ......................................................................................... 50,000,000 45,848,000 56,480,000

The conference agreement includes $5,000,000 for the runway

incursion reduction program, compared to $1,500,000 in the budget

estimate. The additional funds are needed to address nationwide

technology initiatives recommended by the National Runway Safety

Summit in June 2000, and should not be reprogrammed to any

other project or activity. Of the funds provided under ‘‘Airport research’’, $2,000,000 is for airfield pavement improvement activities

authorized under sections 905 and 743 of Public Law 106–181.

The $2,600,000 for ultra-wide band (UWB)/GPS work is provided to assess the vulnerability of aviation uses of the GPS signal

to interference from electronic devices. New initiatives in this area

should be coordinated with all appropriate stakeholders in industry, the National Telecommunications and Information Agency, the

Department of Defense, the U.S. Congress, and the Federal Communications Commission. In addition, $1,000,000 is available for

anti-jamming initiatives, to improve the resilience of the GPS signal to jamming through improved antennae, signal processing technology, or other means.

Safe flight 21.—The conference agreement provides

$35,000,000 for the safe flight 21 program, as proposed by the Senate, and agrees to the Senate’s allocation of those additional funds.

The conferees direct that, of the funds provided for the Ohio Valley

portion of this program, not less than $1,000,000 shall be for a

safety study assessing the relative safety benefits of ADS–B technology, including an assessment of the use of ADS–B for conflict

detection and resolution. In addition, the conferees encourage FAA

to schedule a near-term evaluation of the potential use of ADS–B

technology to address the runway incursion problem.

Aviation weather services improvements.—The additional

$3,000,000 provided for this program is to support the collaborative

effort between FAA and NOAA’s National Severe Storms Laboratory to continue research and testing of phased array radar technology and to incorporate airport/aircraft tracking and weather information. Funding of $10,000,000 was provided for this program

in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000.

Aeronautical datalink applications.—The conferees do not

agree with Senate direction regarding the qualifications for a contractor for air-to-ground communications.

Static transfer switches.—The conferees understand that the

FAA administrator has identified funding to complete procurement

under the existing contract to supply en route centers with static

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transfer switches. These switches enable the centers to switch in

back-up power quickly enough to prevent computers from ‘‘crashing,’’ and replace equipment which lacks this important capability.

The conferees support funding for this procurement.

Free flight phase one.—Of the funds provided for this program, $3,000,000 is to implement the departure spacing program (DSP)

to support Dulles International Airport, as proposed by the House,

and $4,500,000 is for the program proposed by the Senate to implement DSP for the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area. The

amount provided includes the sums necessary for the installation

of bar-coded strips at the airports identified in the Senate report.

DSP funds should not be reprogrammed to other regions or activities.

Terminal automation.—The conference agreement provides $117,000,000 for this program, instead of $114,850,000 proposed by

the House and $116,850,000 proposed by the Senate. Funding is included to install and commission DBRITE systems at Mid-Delta

Airport in Mississippi, and at Gainesville Regional and Boca Raton

airports in Florida. The conferees understand that existing

DBRITE systems are available for redeployment to new sites as a

result of other modernization activities.

Distance measuring equipment (DME).—The amount provided

above the request for this program shall be for the installation of

DME on runway 11 at Newark International Airport.

En route communications and control facilities.—Of the funds

provided, $3,200,000 is only for relocation of RTR–A and RTR–D

radar facilities at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport in Missouri.

Air traffic control tower and Tracon improvements.—Of the

funds provided, $1,500,000 is to continue the cable loop relocation

project at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport in Missouri.

Instrument landing system establishment/upgrade.—Funding

provided for instrument landing systems (ILS) shall be distributed

as follows:

Location Amount

Activities in President’s budget ............................................................ $16,000,000

National replacement program (categories I/II/III) ............................ 22,325,000

Lonesome Pine Airport, VA .................................................................. 1,000,000

Jimmy Stewart Airport, PA .................................................................. 855,000

Lafayette Regional Airport, LA ............................................................ 1,000,000

Statesboro-Bulloch County Airport, GA ............................................... 1,797,000

Buffalo Niagara, NY (ILS/MALSR) ...................................................... 3,798,000

Searcy Airport, AR ................................................................................. 2,000,000

Dulles International, VA (DME) ........................................................... 300,000

Wichita MidContinent, KS .................................................................... 1,100,000

Colonel James Jabara Airport, KS ....................................................... 1,100,000

Cleveland Hopkins International, OH ................................................. 4,000,000

Orlando International, FL (install category III) ................................. 2,000,000

Meridian/Key Field, MS ........................................................................ 2,000,000

Atlanta Hartsfield International, GA (5th runway) ........................... 4,000,000

Evanston Airport, WY ........................................................................... 2,500,000

Muscatine Municipal Airport, IA ......................................................... 1,600,000

Kalealoa Airport, HI .............................................................................. 2,300,000

Decatur Airport, AL ............................................................................... 1,000,000

Gulf Shores Municipal, AL ................................................................... 1,300,000

Lehigh Valley International, PA .......................................................... 2,000,000

Klawock Airport, AK ............................................................................. 1,000,000

Mexico Airport, MO ............................................................................... 2,000,000

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Location Amount

Harry Browne Airport, MI .................................................................... 1,000,000

Wexford County Airport, MI ................................................................. 1,500,000

London-Corbin Airport, KY ................................................................... 2,000,000

Somerset Airport, KY (localizer/NDB) ................................................. 500,000

Newport News-Williamsburg Airport, VA ........................................... 2,000,000

Sierra Blanca Regional Airport, NM .................................................... 350,000

Minneapolis-St. Paul International, MN (localizer/glideslope) .......... 675,000

Total ............................................................................................. 85,000,000

The FAA recently signed a multiyear contract for additional instrument landing systems. The conferees direct FAA to initiate no

less than two ILS demonstration projects which permit the manufacturer and airports expedited and full procurement, project management, and installation authority. This type of ‘‘turnkey’’ approach will allow an assessment of the potential for added cost savings and schedule efficiencies compared to traditional FAA acquisitions.

Runway visual range.—Of the $8,000,000 provided for this program, $1,300,000 is for items cited in the Senate report, $250,000

is for RVR equipment at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International

Airport in Minnesota, and $5,000,000 is for continued acquisition

of next generation RVR systems.

Voice switching and control system (VSCS).—The conference

agreement provides $2,700,000 in this budget line for activities to

address the audio clipping, automatic gain control, and tone notching problems found in FAA voice switches. The funding is designed,

in part, to address recommendations of FAA’s AOS–510 organization in Oklahoma City concerning the rapid deployment voice

switch (RDVS), as well as provide solutions for these problems in

the ICSS, ETVS, and VSCS switching systems. The conferees understand that a single, commercial-off-the-shelf system may be

available to address these problems in all of the systems mentioned.

Precision runway monitors.—The conference agreement does

not include funding to install a precision runway monitor (PRM) at

Newark International Airport as proposed by the Senate. The conferees recognize that the procurement of this equipment is premature at this time. The conferees note, however, that one of the

Administrator’s new ‘‘choke point’’ initiatives includes measures to

increase the efficiency of air traffic flows and reduce airspace complexity for aircraft destined to New York and New Jersey. This initiative will facilitate the development of arrival procedures at Newark International that could reduce ATC delays once a PRM with

accompanying LDA and glideslope is installed. As such, the conferees direct the Administrator to continue to work with the relevant aviation authorities in the region toward the installation of

a PRM and LDA with glideslope at Newark International Airport

once the ‘‘choke points’’ initiative is fully implemented. Toward that

end, the conferees expect the Administrator to continue to work toward the completion of all necessary environmental analyses so

that this installation can take place as soon as possible.

Terminal voice switch replacement.—The conferees agree to

provide $14,000,000 for this program, and direct FAA not to reprogram any of those resources without Congressional approval.

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Houston area air traffic system.—The conference agreement in- cludes $12,000,000 in initial funding for the Houston area air traffic system (HAATS). These funds shall be under administrative

control of the FAA Southwest Region, which is the charter holder

for this important capacity enhancement program. Funds are intended for instrument landing systems and other facilities and

equipment necessary to carry out the program, and shall not be reprogrammed without Congressional approval. The conferees are

aware that FAA has approved the record of decision for a major capacity expansion at Houston area airports. To ensure that the required navigation and landing aids, radar positions, and related

equipment is provided in a timely manner, FAA established a special charter for this program, giving overall program responsibility

to the Southwest Region. This is similar to past charter programs

in Dallas, Atlanta, Austin, and Northern Virginia. In the case of

Houston, however, the FAA has neglected to provide funding for

the program. The conference agreement corrects this oversight.

Low-cost airport surface detection equipment.—The conferees

agree to provide $8,400,000 for the low-cost airport surface detection equipment (ASDE) program as proposed by the Senate, instead

of $15,000,000 as proposed by the House, and do not agree with

House direction regarding contracting strategies for this program.

The conferees agree with the House that runway incursions are an

urgent safety issue which should be rapidly addressed, in part,

through the application of modern technology. Disappointingly,

however, the FAA has not put forward a viable or affordable program worthy of Congressional support. In response to Congressional direction to develop a low-cost alternative to today’s ASDE–

3 system, the agency proposes one twice as expensive and designed

for lower-activity airports. In response to direction requiring ten

systems in the field by September 2002, the agency proposes one

reaching that capability three years later. In addition to these programmatic concerns, the conferees are not convinced of the agency’s

commitment to this program. Although the FAA Administrator announced in June 2000 that 25 low-cost ASDE systems would be acquired, the agency’s five-year capital plan submitted two months

later provides less than half the resources necessary to accomplish

that goal. In addition, the agency has steadfastly refused to support the additional funding recommended by the House for the

coming fiscal year. The conferees cannot responsibly provide additional first-year funding for this program until the agency demonstrates the long-term commitment of resources and the leadership needed to carry it to fruition. In lieu of funds for an acquisition which the agency does not yet support, the conferees have provided an additional $3,500,000 in advanced development funds for

runway incursion technology initiatives.

Terminal air traffic control facilities replacement.—The conference agreement includes $145,492,606 for replacement of air

traffic control towers and other terminal facilities. The agreement

distributes these funds as follows:

Location and Amount

Vero Beach, FL ...................................................................................... $5,600,000

Albert Whitted, FL ................................................................................ 75,000

Dayton International, OH ..................................................................... 4,000,000

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WK Kellogg, MI ..................................................................................... 2,000,000

Sky Harbor, AZ ...................................................................................... 9,000,000

Cleveland, OH ........................................................................................ 3,000,000

Richmond, VA ........................................................................................ 5,700,000

Martin State, MD .................................................................................. 1,000,000

Medford, OR ........................................................................................... 1,000,000

Billings Logan, MT ................................................................................ 2,000,000

Grand Canyon, AZ ................................................................................. 267,000

Missoula, MT .......................................................................................... 500,000

Pangborn, WA ........................................................................................ 1,000,000

Paine Field, WA ..................................................................................... 1,000,000

McArthur Airport, NY ........................................................................... 750,000

Rogue Valley, OR ................................................................................... 1,425,500

Fort Wayne, IN ...................................................................................... 2,000,000

Cheyenne, WY ........................................................................................ 1,450,000

Morristown, NJ ...................................................................................... 2,500,000

Oakland, CA ........................................................................................... 23,912,347

LaGuardia, NY ....................................................................................... 23,440,000

Boston, MA ............................................................................................. 24,936,914

Savannah, GA ........................................................................................ 7,741,015

Topeka, KS ............................................................................................. 4,361,840

St. Louis, MO ......................................................................................... 3,317,000

Newark, NJ ............................................................................................ 2,407,500

Roanoke, VA ........................................................................................... 2,140,000

Birmingham, AL .................................................................................... 1,359,540

Pt. Columbus, OH .................................................................................. 1,000,000

Wilkes-Barre, PA ................................................................................... 959,200

Houston Hobby, TX ............................................................................... 818,550

Champaign, IL ....................................................................................... 749,000

Little Rock, AR ....................................................................................... 642,000

Bedford, MA ........................................................................................... 535,000

Newburgh, NY ....................................................................................... 1,000,000

Merrill Field, AK ................................................................................... 321,000

Wilmington, DE ..................................................................................... 305,000

Salina, KS ............................................................................................... 267,500

N. Las Vegas, NV .................................................................................. 214,000

Orlando, FL ............................................................................................ 177,900

Atlanta, GA ............................................................................................ 167,900

Chantilly, VA ......................................................................................... 75,000

Gulfport, MS .......................................................................................... 75,000

Kalamazoo, MI ....................................................................................... 75,000

Deer Valley, AZ ...................................................................................... 75,000

Broomfield, CO ....................................................................................... 75,000

Miami, FL ............................................................................................... 51,900

Seattle, WA ............................................................................................ 25,000

Total ................................................................................................. 145,492,606

Richmond airport traffic control tower, VA.—The Richmond

International Airport is in the midst of a terminal expansion program which requires a new airport control tower to be operational

by 2002. While the FAA supports construction of a new tower, the

agency estimates that, using its normal procedures, the agency

would not complete the tower until the year 2004, delaying the capacity expansion program by two years. Since Richmond believes it

can meet the schedule if it manages this project, the conferees direct FAA to explore construction of the replacement tower under a

construction agreement or other transaction authority with the

Richmond International Airport, pursuant to which the airport

would construct the tower, using predominantly FAA funding, and

FAA would own, operate, and maintain the facility.

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port. The conferees recognize that the current tower is deteriorating rapidly and needs to be replaced as soon as possible. Toward

that end, the conferees direct the FAA Administrator to enter into

a reimbursable agreement with the airport through which the remaining construction costs borne by the airport will be reimbursed

by the FAA over the next few years.

Airport surveillance radar (ASR–9).—The conferees provide $11,122,000 for this program as proposed by the House, of which

$4,000,000 is for the radar system specified in the House report for

Palm Springs Airport in California. The conferees agree not to

specify additional systems for acquisition at this time, but direct

the FAA to initiate or continue preliminary site surveys and other

necessary studies for locations cited in the Senate report as well as

Cherry Capital Airport in Michigan, Gainesville Regional Airport

in Florida, and Jackson Hole Airport in Wyoming. Funds for these

studies may be derived either from this budget line or from funds

provided for terminal digital radar (ASR–11) implementation. The

conferees understand that the FAA has committed to installing a

TARDIS unit at the Gainesville Regional Airport and direct the

FAA to move expeditiously to install this equipment as an interim

solution to the airport’s radar needs. In addition, $2,400,000 of the

funding provided is for removal and relocation of the existing ASR–

9 radar system at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport in Missouri.

Puget Sound radar shortcomings.—The conferees direct the

FAA Administrator to conduct a study assessing the best means of

correcting shortcomings related to deficient radar coverage in the

southern Puget Sound airspace in the State of Washington.

Voice recorder replacement program.—The conference agree- ment provides $3,632,000 for this program as proposed by the Senate instead of $2,632,000 as proposed by the House. With these additional funds, the FAA is directed to conduct the study cited in the

Senate report regarding deployable flight data recorders and support the FAA Technical Center’s ‘‘integrated aircraft data collection

and reporting’’ project to develop an improved method of collecting,

storing, and analyzing critical aircraft flight data by ground-based

means.

Automated surface observing system (ASOS).—The conferees

agree to provide $11,500,000 for this program instead of $8,213,900

proposed by the House and $13,213,900 proposed by the Senate. Of

the funds provided, $80,000 is for installation of an automated

weather observing system at Monticello Airport in Wayne County,

Kentucky and $100,000 is for installation of an AWOS III system

at Dexter Airport in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. Funding is also included for installation of an automated weather sensor system

(AWSS) for Owensboro-Daviess County Airport in Kentucky.

Approach lighting system improvement program (ALSIP).—The

conference agreement provides $30,000,000 for this program, to be

distributed as follows:

Location House Senate Agreement

Activities in President’s budget ........................................................... $1,040,000 $1,100,000 $1,040,000

ALSF–2 acquisition ............................................................................... 9,575,000 .......................... 3,400,000

MALSR acquisition ................................................................................ 3,500,000 .......................... 2,025,000

ALSIP Newport & North Bend, OR ........................................................ 4,000,000 3,500,000 3,500,000

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Location House Senate Agreement

ALSF–2 Cleveland Intl, OH ................................................................... 3,000,000 .......................... 3,000,000

ALSF–2 Minneapolis-St. Paul Intl, MN ................................................. .......................... .......................... 1,500,000

MALSR Starkville, MS ............................................................................ 560,000 .......................... 560,000

MALSR, Millington, TN .......................................................................... 425,000 .......................... 425,000

MALSR install runway 34L, Salt Lake City, UT .................................... 3,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000

MALSR/REIL Monroe Cty, NC ................................................................. 1,000,000 .......................... 1,000,000

Meridian/Key Field MALSR, MS ............................................................. .......................... 2,300,000 2,300,000

Atlanta Hartsfield, GA ........................................................................... .......................... 2,300,000 1,500,000

Juneau Airport, AK ................................................................................ .......................... 2,000,000 1,500,000

Las Cruces International, NM ............................................................... .......................... 2,750,000 1,600,000

Bethel Airport, AK ................................................................................. .......................... 2,000,000 1,500,000

Saginaw MBS Intl, MI ........................................................................... .......................... 500,000 500,000

MALSR, Baton Rouge, LA ...................................................................... .......................... 2,000,000 1,500,000

Taxiway lighting system, Gadsden Airport Industrial Park, AL ............ .......................... .......................... 150,000

Total ......................................................................................... 26,100,000 21,450,000 30,000,000

Aviation access, remote locations in Alaska.—The conferees

note that most remote Alaska villages do not have access to hospitals or clinics because they are not connected to the road system.

Therefore, they must rely on aircraft medevacs in the event of a

medical emergency. The conferees have been informed that an air

evacuation of a heart attack victim was delayed for three days because the village of Hoonah lacked navigational aids, and that

medevacs in winter months are restricted to just a few hours of

daylight because communities lack runway lights. The Administrator is directed to work with the Indian Health Service and the

Coast Guard to determine the extent of this problem, and similar

access problems in other remote communities, and make recommendations to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations by March 1, 2001 on what steps should be taken.

Explosive detection systems.—The conferees agree to provide

$99,500,000 for the acquisition and deployment of explosive detection systems at airports as proposed by the Senate instead of

$136,417,606 as proposed by the House. The conference agreement

distributes funds as shown below:

Activity FY 2001 budget es- timate

Conference agree- ment

Bulk EDS systems ............................................................................................................ $31,200,000 $40,000,000

Trace detection systems .................................................................................................. 15,200,000 12,000,000

Threat image projection (TIP) systems ........................................................................... 25,320,000 22,000,000

Threat containment units ................................................................................................ 750,000 ............................

Computer-based training (CBT) systems ........................................................................ ............................ 2,000,000

System integration ........................................................................................................... 25,030,000 21,500,000

SAFPAS ............................................................................................................................. ............................ 2,000,000

Total ................................................................................................................... 97,500,000 99,500,000

Bulk explosive detection systems.—The conferees agree with the

concern of the House that FAA has not been successful at developing a viable second source for the acquisition of bulk EDS systems, several years after the program was initiated. Competition

among vendors is critical for minimizing government costs and lowering technical risk, and FAA’s lack of enthusiasm for second

source development continues to be disappointing. A recent investigation of the House Appropriations Committee’s Surveys and Investigations staff concluded that FAA has failed to use consistent

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criteria in evaluating different vendors; has failed to formally document test criteria and the basis for test decisions; and has applied

different performance standards to different vendors. Some vendors

have been allowed to deploy equipment to airports without FAA

certification; some have been required to receive certification; and

still others have not been approved until completion of post-certification operational tests. In all, it is clear that FAA has neither effectively promoted competition nor evaluated different vendors fairly against a single performance and testing standard. This has resulted in a single vendor receiving contracts for an overwhelming

majority of systems, several years after attempts were begun to develop a second source. The conferees will not continue to provide

funding for these important machines unless a level playing field

is established. Although the conference agreement includes

$40,000,000 for bulk explosive detection systems, an increase of

$8,800,000 above the budget estimate, the conferees direct that

these funds shall be made available in equal amounts to procure

explosive detection systems from both certified sources. Further,

the FAA shall not unduly delay contract awards to either vendor,

by ensuring that the timing of contract awards to the two vendors

are paired to the greatest extent practicable.

Strategic Alliance for Passenger Airline Safety.—As proposed by the Senate, the conference agreement includes $2,000,000 for

the Strategic Alliance for Passenger Airline Safety (SAFPAS) to

conduct development, integration, evaluation, and testing of the

concept of remote airline passenger check-in and baggage drop-off.

If successful, this could enhance airline passenger check-in efficiency as well as enhance security by distributing the baggage

screening load across time and locations, allow for a more measured flow of baggage and more time per bag for screening. This

could also reduce the pressure at airport security checkpoints by

reducing the number of bags being presented immediately before

flight departures.

Center for advanced aviation systems development.—Within the

amount made available for this activity, adequate funding has been

provided to continue development of flight management system

procedures for Newark and Teterboro airports, New Jersey.

RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT

(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

The conference agreement provides $187,000,000 for FAA re- search, engineering, and development instead of $184,366,000 as

proposed by the House and $183,343,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The following table shows the distribution of funds in the

House and Senate bills and the conference agreement:

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Security research.—The conferees encourage FAA’s research organization to work with the OST Office of Intelligence and Security

to consider FAA financial support of aviation-related activities conducted through that office. The Office of Intelligence and Security

is tasked with certain responsibilities regarding critical infrastructure protection and awareness. Since the large majority of DOT’s

critical infrastructure is in the FAA, it may be appropriate for the

agency to support these activities financially.

Strobe light evaluation.—The conferees direct FAA to provide,

out of available funds, up to $500,000 to conduct a test program

comparing how various runway approach lighting systems affect a

pilot’s visual effectiveness during the landing phase. FAA data indicate that ‘‘steady burning’’ approach lights can cause temporary

changes in pilot visual acuity, which can affect the ability of the

pilot to determine objects at a distance.

Propulsion and fuel systems.—Of the funds provided,

$1,500,000 is for the minimum octane fuel research cited in the

House report and $1,500,000 is for the Specialty Metals Processing

Consortium cited in the Senate report.

Explosives and weapons detection.—The conference agreement

includes $42,606,000 as proposed by the Senate instead of

$37,460,000 as proposed by the House and included in the budget

estimate. Of this amount, $6,000,000 is to continue development of

the pulsed fast neutron analysis (PFNA) cargo inspection system,

as proposed by the Senate. No funds are allocated to the Safe Skies

initiative. Further, the conference agreement provides $1,000,000

for the FAA to fund dual use X-ray technology development at

Huntsville International Airport, Alabama, to facilitate the movement of large amounts of palletized cargo through scanning systems with very high levels of contraband and threat detection.

Aging aircraft.—The conference agreement provides

$33,384,000 for this program instead of $29,384,000 as proposed by

the House and $34,684,000 as proposed by the Senate. Of the funds

provided, $5,000,000 is for the National Institute for Aviation Research. The conferees have included an increase of $1,000,000

above the budget request for the Center for Aviation Systems Reliability (CASR); $1,000,000 above the budget request for activities

of the engine titanium consortium effort; and $10,000,000 for the

activities of the Airworthiness Assurance Center of Excellence, including research at the non-destructive inspection validation center.

GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS

(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

The conference agreement includes a liquidating cash appropriation of $3,200,000,000, as proposed by the House and the Senate.

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gram as proposed by the House and the Senate. This is the amount

authorized by Public Law 106–181.

High priority projects.—Of the funds covered by the obligation

limitation in this bill, the conferees direct FAA to provide not less

than the following funding levels, out of available discretionary resources, for the following projects in the corresponding amounts:

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The conferees further direct that the specific funding allocated

above shall not diminish or prejudice the application of a specific

airport or geographic region to receive other AIP discretionary

grants or multiyear letters of intent.

Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, OH.—The conferees

are aware of the need for further noise mitigation at Cleveland

Hopkins International Airport and of the City of Cleveland’s residential sound insulation program to address this issue. Although

the city is currently limited to caps for residential and institutional

noise set-aside funding, it is expected that these caps will be withdrawn by the FAA because of the significant increase being made

available in noise set-aside funding. Accordingly, the conferees urge

FAA to give strong consideration to the city’s request for multi-year

noise set-aside funding to address sound insulation needs for

homes and facilities around the airport.

Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, MN.—The conferees provide $10,000,000 for noise mitigation activities for the

westside of the new Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport

north/south runway, pending FAA’s review of the noise impacts of

the project.

Denver noise mitigation study.—In House report 105–648, the

House Committee on Appropriations instructed FAA to work with

the Denver International Airport Study Coordination Group, the

DIA noise abatement office, and other affected Colorado communities to identify measures, including changes in flight patterns,

which would reduce aircraft noise. In addition to considering average noise levels (particularly in communities with average noise

levels over 65 LDN), the FAA was instructed to address the specific

altitude of Colorado communities. The conferees urge FAA to continue to work with these entities to resolve their concerns. The conferees direct FAA to provide a letter report detailing its findings

and recommended actions to the House and Senate Committees on

Appropriations no later than August 1, 2001.

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport, PA.—The conference agreement provides discretionary funding of $3,000,000

only for the Joseph M. McDade terminal facility at the WilkesBarre/Scranton International Airport in Pennsylvania.

Letters of intent.—The conferees urge the FAA to award letters

of intent for multiyear capital projects at the following airports:

Location:

Memphis International, TN

Lambert-St. Louis International, MO

Clearwater-St. Petersburg International, FL

Piedmont Triad International, NC

Anchorage International, AK

George Bush Intercontinental, TX

Orlando International, FL

Baltimore-Washington International, MD

Hartsfield-Atlanta International, GA

Alliance Airport, TX

Oakland Pontiac International, MI

North Las Vegas, NV

Cherry Capital Airport, MI

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Houston area letter of intent.—The conferees urge FAA to give

priority consideration to the letter of intent application from the

City of Houston. The city has proposed a major expansion of airside

capacity, with positive effects on system delay and a favorable benefit-cost ratio, as part of a larger airport expansion program largely

financed by locally-generated funds.

Lambert-St. Louis International Airport.—The conferees encourage the FAA Administrator to award a supplemental letter of

intent for Lambert-St. Louis International Airport in Missouri and

include within the conference agreement $10,000,000 in discretionary funding for the new W–1W runway and related improvements at this airport.

Piedmont Triad International Airport runway project.—The

Conferees direct the FAA to give full and immediate consideration

to the Piedmont Triad Airport Authority’s application for a letter

of intent for construction of a parallel runway (5L–23R) and related

improvements. These improvements will provide substantial capacity, safety and economic benefits and will facilitate committed expansion of operations at the airport.

Hartsfield-Atlanta International Airport.—The conferees are

aware of the capacity and safety benefits that will accrue from the

addition of a fifth runway at Hartsfield-Atlanta International Airport. The conferees direct FAA to give full and immediate consideration to the airport authority’s application for a letter of intent for

construction of a fifth runway.

GPS approach development.—The confererence agreement does

not include the Senate’s direction to make available $4,500,000 of

administrative funds only for the development of GPS approaches.

Funding for this activity is provided in other appropriations.

GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS

(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

(RESCISSION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

The conference agreement includes a rescission of unused contract authority totaling $579,000,000, as proposed by both the

House and the Senate. These funds are above the annual obligation

ceiling for fiscal year 2000, and remain unavailable to the program.

AVIATION INSURANCE REVOLVING FUND

The conference agreement retains language authorizing expenditures and investments from the Aviation Insurance Revolving

Fund for aviation insurance activities, as proposed by both the

House and the Senate. This provision has been carried in appropriations Acts for many years.

FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

The conference agreement limits administrative expenses of

the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to $295,119,000, instead of $290,115,000 as proposed by the House and $386,658,000

as proposed by the Senate.

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The conference agreement provides that certain sums be made

available under section 104(a) of title 23, U.S.C. to carry out specified activities, as follows: $4,000,000 shall be available for commercial remote sensing products and spatial information technologies

under section 5113 of Public Law 105–178, as amended;

$10,000,000 shall be available for the national historic covered

bridge preservation program under section 1224 of Public Law

105–178, as amended; $5,000,000 shall be available for the construction and improvement of the Alabama State Docks;

$10,000,000 shall be available to Auburn University for the Center

for Transportation Technology; $7,500,000 shall be made available

for ‘‘Child Passenger Protection Education Grants’’ under section

2003(b) of Public Law 105–178, as amended; and $25,000,000 shall

be available for the transportation and community and system

preservation program under section 1221 of Public Law 105–178,

as amended.

The recommended distribution by program and activity of the

funding provided for FHWA’s administrative expenses is as follows:

FHWA administrative expenses ........................................................... $315,834,000

Undistributed reduction in administrative expenses .................. ¥1,000,000

Defer information technology increases pending CIO review ............ ¥2,400,000

Defer increases for workplace development ........................................ ¥4,330,000

Delete funding requested for rural transportation planning initiatives ..................................................................................................... ¥1,000,000

Eliminate funding for climate change center ...................................... ¥1,000,000

Deny funding for national rural development partnership program ¥500,000

Delete funding for the Garret A. Morgan program ............................. ¥688,000

Delete funding for 2 new FTE for small and disadvantaged business activities ..................................................................................... ¥230,000

Deny funding for development of regional transportation plan for

the Mississippi River Delta initiative ............................................... ¥1,000,000

Delete funding for ‘‘working better together’’ activities ...................... ¥500,000

Provide $1,000,000 for the office of intermodalism ............................. ¥317,000

Deny increases for technology transfer and sharing activities .......... ¥5,000,000

Disallow funds for the national personal transportation survey ....... ¥4,750,000

Congestion mitigation and suburban mobility initiative .................... +2,000,000

National personal transportation survey.—The conference

agreement does not include additional resources for the national

personal transportation survey within FHWA’s limitation on administrative expenses. Funds have been provided within policy research and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics to continue the

national personal transportation survey in fiscal year 2001.

International trade data systems.—The conference agreement

includes $1,620,000, as requested, for international trade data systems. The conferees agree with the direction of the House to provide the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations by February 1, 2001 a detailed cost estimate for the development and deployment of the complete system, including cost sharing by other

participating federal, state and local agencies, and a schedule for

full deployment. The conferees encourage the FHWA within the

funds provided for this activity to conduct a study on transportation issues emerging from NAFTA with the University of Texas

at El Paso and Dowling College of Long Island, New York, and to

work with the Arctic Council to identify opportunities for international cooperation and development in the circumpolar region.

Research and development administrative expenses.—The level

provided for administrative expenses of the FHWA shall include

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funding, as proposed by the House, to support various administrative activities that were requested within the research and technology programs.

Inspector General cost reimbursements.—The conference agree- ment provides up to $3,524,000 for Inspector General audit cost reimbursements. These funds are transferred from FHWA’s administrative takedown as authorized under section 104(a) of title 23 to

the office of the inspector general.

Corporate average fuel economy.—Up to $1,000,000 is provided

under this heading to conduct a study of corporate average fuel

economy standards. This study is more fully discussed under ‘‘National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Operations and research.’’

Dual logos on interstate signs.—The conferees understand that

in response to the establishment of shared facilities for restaurants

and other services along interstate highways, there is growing interest in the placement of dual logos on interstate signs to provide

information to the traveling public. The Commonwealth of Kentucky is considering a demonstration project that would allow for

the use of dual logos in one slot on interstates marking gas, food

and lodging facilities. The conferees believe this proposal has merit

and direct the FHWA to approve Kentucky’s request, should it be

submitted.

New Jersey Turnpike Tremley Point Interchange.—The conferees are aware of a proposal to construct a new truck-only interchange at exit 12A of the New Jersey Turnpike to provide commercial vehicle access and to alleviate congestion in Linden, New Jersey. The conferees stand in support of this initiative and encourage

the appropriate transportation officials in the State of New Jersey

to expedite construction of this critically needed congestion mitigation project.

Chesapeake and Delaware Canal.—The conferees direct the

Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to

remove lead-based paint from the St. Georges Bridge in Delaware,

to repaint the bridge, and to conduct an assessment for rehabilitation of the bridge using available ‘‘Operations and maintenance’’

general funds from Energy and Water Development Appropriations

Acts.

LIMITATION ON TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH

The conference agreement deletes the limitation on transpor- tation research of $437,250,000 proposed by the House. Funding for

transportation research programs and activities is included within

the overall limitation on federal-aid highways, as proposed by the

Senate.

FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

The conference agreement limits obligations for the federal-aid

highways program to $29,661,806,000 as proposed by both the

House and the Senate. The conference agreement also includes the

following limitations within the overall limitation on obligations for

the federal-aid highways program as proposed by the Senate:

$437,250,000 for transportation research; $25,000,000 for the magnetic levitation transportation technology deployment program;

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$31,000,000 for the Bureau of Transportation Statistics; and

$218,000,000 for intelligent transportation systems. Within the

funds provided for magnetic levitation, not to exceed $1,000,000

shall be available to the Federal Railroad Administration for administrative expenses associated with the program; not to exceed

$1,500,000 shall be available to the Federal Railroad Administration for ‘‘Safety and operations’’; and not more than $1,000,000

shall be available for low-speed magnetic levitation research and

development. The House bill contained no similar sub-limitations.

The conference agreement also includes a provision which, after deducting $156,486,491 for high priority projects; $25,000,000

for the Indian reservation roads program; $18,467,857 for the

Woodrow Wilson Bridge; $10,000,000 for commercial driver’s license program under motor carrier safety grants; and $1,735,039

for the Alaska Highway, distributes revenue aligned budget authority directly to the states consistent with each state’s individual

guaranteed share under section 1105 of Public Law 105–178. This

approach is similar to the policy enacted for fiscal year 2000 and

maximizes the resources flowing to individual states.

The conference agreement includes several provisions that stipulate how funds apportioned under section 110 of title 23, U.S.C.

to the states of Oklahoma, Mississippi, New York, Nebraska, Alabama and California are to be allocated within those states. The

FHWA is directed to ensure that the state departments of transportation of these states in no way diminish their annual planned

expenditures from their regular federal-aid apportionment on the

projects specified in this conference agreement.

Commonwealth of Kentucky.—The conferees expect the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet to pre-finance the right-of-way phase

for the Pennyrile Parkway Extension from Hopkinsville to I–24 in

Christian County, which is to be funded from the state’s annual allotment of federal national highway system funds.

Environmental streamlining pilot program.—The conferees direct the Secretary of Transportation to designate the New Hampshire I–93 corridor project (from Manchester to Salem) as an environmental streamlining pilot project to demonstrate timely identification and resolution of issues, flexible mitigation strategies, and

balanced decision-making. The conferees further expect the

FHWA’s New Hampshire Division Administrator, the Federal

Transit Administration’s Region 1 Administrator, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 1 Administrator, the U.S. Army

Corps of Engineers Northeast District Engineer, and the Fish and

Wildlife Service Regional Director to serve on this project’s board

of directors and as principal partners for the duration of this

project. This pilot may serve as a model for the application of

‘‘project partnering’’ to implement section 1309 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 232–234).

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH

Within the funds provided for surface transportation research,

the conference agreement includes $66,000,000 for highway research and development for the following activities:

Safety ...................................................................................................... $15,000,000

Pavements .............................................................................................. 15,000,000

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Structures ............................................................................................... 15,000,000

Environment .......................................................................................... 6,200,000

Policy ....................................................................................................... 4,600,000

Planning and real estate ....................................................................... 4,100,000

Advanced research ................................................................................. 900,000

Highway operations and asset management ....................................... 5,200,000

Total ............................................................................................. 66,000,000

Within the funds provided for highway research and develop- ment, the conferees encourage the FHWA to provide up to $250,000

for continuation of the PM–10 study.

Safety.—The conference agreement includes $15,000,000 for

safety research. FHWA is required to implement a comprehensive

research and technology program that will ensure safety R&D and

deployment activities receive at least the same amount of funds

that were provided in fiscal year 2000. Within the funds provided

for safety research, the conferees encourage the FHWA to expand

its efforts to improve traffic safety at various types of intersections.

In addition, the conferees encourage the FHWA to provide: up to

$500,000 to explore traffic striping technology improvements which

enhance reflectivity in heavy rain; up to $2,000,000 to determine

the effectiveness of Freezefree anti-icing systems; up to $2,000,000

for cooperative research at the Western Washington University Vehicle Research Institute for safety and related initiatives; and up

to $500,000 for rural bridge safety research in cooperation with the

Vermont Agency of Transportation. Lastly, the conferees encourage

the FHWA to provide up to $1,800,000 to the Transportation Research Institute at the George Washington University for multimodal crash analysis, simulation, and modeling for occupant protection and human survivability; and for advanced research into

improving performance and safety of transportation networks, including but not limited to information, communications, command

and control, and logistics at the physical, operational and information levels.

Pavements.—The conference agreement provides $15,000,000

for pavements research. Within the funds provided for pavements

research, the conferees encourage the FHWA to provide: up to

$750,000 for cement concrete pavement research at Iowa State

University’s Transportation Research and Education Center; up to

$2,000,000 for alkali silica reactivity research with lithium based

technologies; up to $2,000,000 for further research into the GSB–

88 emulsified sealer/binder treatment; up to $2,500,000 for the National Center for Asphalt Technology Pavement Research at Auburn University; up to $2,000,000 for a cooperative polymer additive demonstration involving South Carolina State University and

Clemson University; and up to $1,000,000 for geosynthetic material

pavement research at the Western Transportation Institute.

Structures.—The conference agreement provides $15,000,000

for structures research. Within the funds provided for structures

research, the conferees encourage the FHWA to provide: up to

$2,000,000 for research at the Center for Advanced Bridge Engineering at Wayne State University; up to $2,000,000 for nondestructive testing research at the Utah Transportation Center; up

to $1,500,000 for advanced sensor and inspection research at the

New Mexico State University Bridge Research Center; up to

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$2,000,000 for earthquake hazards mitigation research at the University of Missouri-Rolla; up to $2,000,000 for related engineering

research at West Virginia University; up to $2,000,000 for polymer

matrix composite research for wood structures at the University of

Maine; up to $2,000,000 for a rustproofing and paint technology

transfer project using the I–110 bridge from I–10 to U.S. 90; and

up to $1,500,000 for cooperative work with the Transportation Research Center at the Washington State University.

Environment.—The conference agreement provides $6,200,000

for environmental research. Within the funds provided for this research activity, the FHWA is encouraged to provide: up to

$1,000,000 for the Sustainable Transportation Systems Lab and

the National Center for Transportation Technology for mitigation

research for heavily-trafficked national parks; up to $1,500,000 for

a dust and persistent particulate abatement demonstration study

in Kotzebue, Alaska; and up to $1,000,000 to facilitate the air quality work at the National Environmental Respiratory Center.

Policy.—The conference agreement includes $4,600,000 for policy research. Sufficient funding provided under this activity, together with resources provided to the Bureau of Transportation

Statistics, shall allow for continued, undiminished work on the national personal transportation survey. The conference agreement

deletes funding to continue or to revise the truck size and weight

study, as well as funding requested for research cooperation with

various international organizations. Both the House and Senate

Committees on Appropriations expect to be consulted before future

international agreements are consummated by the department that

are likely to require financial support by the FHWA.

Highway operations and asset management.—The conference

agreement provides $5,200,000 for highway operations and asset

management. Within the funds provided for this activity, the conferees encourage the FHWA to provide: up to $800,000 for innovative infrastructure financing best practices research ongoing at the

University of Southern California; up to $1,000,000 for the road life

research program in New Mexico; and up to $2,000,000 for the

Center for Advanced Simulation Technology in New York and Auburn University for continued work on a transportation management plan.

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

The conference agreement includes a total of $218,000,000 for

intelligent transportation systems (ITS), of which $118,000,000 is

available for ITS deployment and $100,000,000 is for ITS research

and development. Within the funds available for intelligent transportation systems deployment, the conference agreement provides

that not less than the following sums shall be available for intelligent transportation projects in these specified areas:

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Alameda-Contra Costa, California ....................................................... $500,000

Aquidneck Island, Rhode Island ........................................................... 500,000

Austin, Texas ......................................................................................... 250,000

Automated crash notification system, UAB ........................................ 1,000,000

Baton Rouge, Louisiana ........................................................................ 1,000,000

Bay County, Florida .............................................................................. 1,500,000

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Beaumont, Texas ................................................................................... 150,000

Bellingham, Washington ....................................................................... 350,000

Bloomington Township, Illinois ............................................................ 400,000

Calhoun County, Michigan ................................................................... 750,000

Carbondale, Pennsylvania ..................................................................... 2,000,000

Cargo Mate, New Jersey ....................................................................... 750,000

Charlotte, North Carolina ..................................................................... 625,000

College Station, Texas ........................................................................... 1,800,000

Commonwealth of Kentucky ................................................................. 1,500,000

Commonwealth of Virginia ................................................................... 5,500,000

Corpus Christi, Texas (vehicle dispatching) ........................................ 1,000,000

Delaware River Port Authority ............................................................. 1,250,000

DuPage County, Illinois ........................................................................ 500,000

Fargo, North Dakota ............................................................................. 1,000,000

Fort Collins, Colorado ........................................................................... 1,250,000

Hattiesburg, Mississippi ....................................................................... 500,000

Huntington Beach, California ............................................................... 1,250,000

Huntsville, Alabama .............................................................................. 3,000,000

I–70 West project, Colorado .................................................................. 750,000

Inglewood, California ............................................................................. 600,000

Jackson, Mississippi .............................................................................. 1,000,000

Jefferson County, Colorado ................................................................... 4,250,000

Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania .................................................................. 1,500,000

Kansas City, Missouri ........................................................................... 1,250,000

Lake County, Illinois ............................................................................. 450,000

Lewis & Clark trail, Montana .............................................................. 625,000

Montgomery County, Pennsylvania ..................................................... 2,000,000

Moscow, Idaho ........................................................................................ 875,000

Muscle Shoals, Alabama ....................................................................... 1,000,000

Nashville, Tennessee ............................................................................. 500,000

New Jersey regional integration/TRANSCOM .................................... 3,000,000

North Central Pennsylvania ................................................................. 750,000

North Las Vegas, Nevada ..................................................................... 1,800,000

Norwalk and Sante Fe Springs, California ......................................... 500,000

Oakland and Wayne Counties, Michigan ............................................ 1,500,000

Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission .................................................... 1,500,000

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania .................................................................. 500,000

Puget Sound regional fare collection, Washington ............................. 2,500,000

Rensselaer County, New York .............................................................. 500,000

Rochester, New York ............................................................................. 1,500,000

Sacramento County, California ............................................................ 875,000

Sacramento to Reno, I–80 corridor ....................................................... 100,000

Sacramento, California .......................................................................... 500,000

Salt Lake City (Olympic Games), Utah ............................................... 1,000,000

San Antonio, Texas ................................................................................ 100,000

Santa Teresa, New Mexico .................................................................... 500,000

Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania .......................................................... 400,000

Seabrook, Texas ..................................................................................... 1,200,000

Shreveport, Louisiana ........................................................................... 1,000,000

South Dakota commercial vehicle, ITS ................................................ 1,250,000

Southeast Michigan ............................................................................... 500,000

Southhaven, Mississippi ........................................................................ 150,000

Spokane County, Washington ............................................................... 1,000,000

Springfield-Branson, Missouri .............................................................. 750,000

St. Louis, Missouri ................................................................................. 500,000

State of Alaska ....................................................................................... 2,350,000

State of Arizona ..................................................................................... 1,000,000

State of Connecticut .............................................................................. 3,000,000

State of Delaware .................................................................................. 1,000,000

State of Illinois ....................................................................................... 1,000,000

State of Indiana (SAFE–T) ................................................................... 1,000,000

State of Iowa (traffic enforcement and transit) ................................... 2,750,000

State of Maryland .................................................................................. 3,000,000

State of Minnesota ................................................................................. 6,500,000

State of Missouri (rural) ........................................................................ 750,000

State of Montana ................................................................................... 750,000

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State of Nebraska .................................................................................. 2,600,000

State of New Mexico .............................................................................. 750,000

State of North Carolina ......................................................................... 1,500,000

State of North Dakota ........................................................................... 500,000

State of Ohio .......................................................................................... 2,000,000

State of Oklahoma ................................................................................. 1,000,000

State of Oregon ...................................................................................... 750,000

State of South Carolina ......................................................................... 2,000,000

State of Tennessee ................................................................................. 1,850,000

State of Utah .......................................................................................... 1,500,000

State of Vermont .................................................................................... 500,000

State of Wisconsin ................................................................................. 1,000,000

Texas border phase I, Houston, Texas ................................................. 500,000

Tucson, Arizona ..................................................................................... 1,250,000

Tuscaloosa, Alabama ............................................................................. 2,000,000

Vermont rural ITS ................................................................................. 1,500,000

Washington, DC area ............................................................................ 1,250,000

Washoe County, Nevada ....................................................................... 200,000

Wayne County, Michigan ...................................................................... 5,000,000

Williamson County/Round Rock, Texas ............................................... 250,000

Projects selected for funding shall contribute to the integration

and interoperability of intelligent transportation systems, consistent with the criteria set forth in TEA21.

District of Columbia.—The conference agreement includes

$1,250,000 for intelligent transportation systems in the national

capital region. Within the amount provided, the conferees urge

funding be made available to develop with George Mason University a system which coordinates ITS responses to major capital

projects in Northern Virginia.

Commonwealth of Virginia.—Within the $5,500,000 provided

for ITS projects in the Commonwealth of Virginia, $3,000,000 shall

be for the I–81 corridor in the Shenandoah Valley and southwestern Virginia to improve safety. The conferees are encouraged

by the opportunities to improve safety with ITS programs such as

the collection and distribution of real time information, installation

of dynamic message signs and safety monitors, coordination of

emergency response, and other systems. The conferees expect the

Virginia Department of Transportation, working in partnership

with Virginia Polytechnic Institute, James Madison University, and

George Mason University, to accelerate timely solutions to improve

safety on the I–81 corridor. The conference agreement provides $100,000,000 for ITS research and development activities, to be distributed by activity as

follows:

Research and development ................................................................... $48,680,000

Operational tests ................................................................................... 11,820,000

Evaluations ............................................................................................ 7,750,000

Architecture and standards .................................................................. 13,750,000

Integration .............................................................................................. 9,000,000

Program support .................................................................................... 9,000,000

Total ............................................................................................. 100,000,000

ITS standards, research, operational tests and development.—

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search, of which $5,000,000 shall be available for the initial phase

of an operational test to advance collision avoidance technologies in

the light vehicle platform. The conference agreement deletes

$600,000 identified in the Senate report to initiate the design, engineering and installation of intelligent transportation systems at

railroad-highway crossings on rail corridors.

FERRY BOATS AND FERRY TERMINAL FACILITIES

Within the funds available for ferry boats and ferry terminal

facilities, funds are to be available for the following projects and activities:

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Baylink ferry service, Vallejo, California ............................................. $1,000,000

Broward County, Florida ...................................................................... 2,300,000

Cherry Grove, Long Island ferry boat dock, New York ...................... 360,000

Curtis vessel replacement for Rockland and Vinal Haven, Maine .... 250,000

Dorena Ferry Mississippi River Crossing, Mississippi ....................... 500,000

Gees Bend ferry, Alabama .................................................................... 1,000,000

Greenport and Sag Harbor, New York, ferry service ......................... 400,000

Jamaica Bay transportation hub, New York ....................................... 680,000

Fishers Island ferry terminal expansion, New London, Connecticut 1,250,000

Penns Landing dock improvements, Pennsylvania ............................. 800,000

Port of Corpus Christi (North Harbor) ferry facility, Texas .............. 1,000,000

Potomac river ferry, Virginia ................................................................ 660,000

Providence and Newport ferry, Rhode Island ..................................... 1,000,000

Provincetown, Massachusetts, terminal improvements ..................... 300,000

Sandusky, Ohio, river ferry .................................................................. 500,000

Savannah water taxi, Georgia .............................................................. 400,000

St. Johns River water taxi, Jacksonville, Florida ............................... 500,000

State of Ohio ferries .............................................................................. 500,000

Treasure Island ferry service initiation and pier reconstruction,

San Francisco, California .................................................................. 1,000,000

MAGNETIC LEVITATION TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT

PROGRAM

The conference agreement provides a total of $25,000,000 for

the high-speed magnetic levitation (maglev) technology deployment

program. Of this total, $1,000,000 is for the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to administer the program; $1,500,000 is transferred to FRA for safety and operations activities; and $1,000,000

is for low-speed maglev development.

The conferees direct that $21,500,000 be transferred to FRA for

the deployment of high-speed maglev projects. Of this total, the

conference agreement recommends the following amounts be made

available for pre-construction planning and environmental impact

assessments:

Port Authority of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh

International Airport link ................................................................. $5,000,000

Maryland Department of Transportation: Baltimore-Washington

International Airport-Washington, D.C. link ................................... 1,000,000

California-Nevada Super Speed Train Commission: Las Vegas, NV

to Anaheim, CA .................................................................................. 1,000,000

Georgia/Atlanta Regional Commission: Atlanta, GA to Chattanooga, TN ........................................................................................ 1,000,000

Southern California Association of Governments: Los Angeles

International Airport to March Air Force Base ............................... 1,000,000

Florida Department of Transportation ................................................ 1,000,000

Greater New Orleans Expressway Commission .................................. 1,000,000

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The remaining funding ($10,500,000) shall be reserved for the

projects that the Department of Transportation selects from among

the seven candidates to continue in fiscal year 2001.

Low-speed maglev program.—A total of $6,000,000 has been allocated for low-speed maglev programs in fiscal year 2001. This

funding is comprised of $1,000,000 transferred from the high-speed

maglev program, instead of $3,000,000 as proposed by the Senate,

and $5,000,000 from section 3015(c) of Public Law 105–178. This

funding is to be allocated as follows:

Segmented rail phased induction electric magnetic motor (SERAPHIM) project ..................................................................................... $2,000,000

Colorado Intermountain Fixed Guideway Authority Airport link

project .................................................................................................. 2,000,000

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania airborne shuttle system ............................. 2,000,000

NATIONAL CORRIDOR PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

Within the funds available for the national corridor planning

and development program, funds are to be available for the following projects and activities:

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Anniston Evacuation corridor, Calhoun County, Alabama ................ $3,000,000

Avalon Boulevard/405 Freeway interchange, Carson, California ...... 875,000

Boca Raton traffic calming, Florida ..................................................... 500,000

City of North Ridgeville, Lorain County, Ohio grade crossing improvements ......................................................................................... 600,000

Coalfields expressway Virginia ............................................................. 4,000,000

Coalfields expressway, West Virginia .................................................. 10,000,000

Downtown Fitchburg Route 12 extension, Massachusetts ................. 2,000,000

Hatcher Pass (phase I), Alaska ............................................................ 2,000,000

I–25 corridor from Alameda to Logan, Colorado ................................. 4,000,000

I–29 Port of Entry, Union County, South Dakota .............................. 2,000,000

I–35 corridor expansion, Waco, Texas .................................................. 1,325,000

I–5 South Medford interchange and Delta Park, Oregon .................. 1,000,000

I–65 upgrade, Clark County, Indiana .................................................. 1,350,000

I–66, Somerset to London, Kentucky ................................................... 5,000,000

I–69 corridor, Louisiana ........................................................................ 2,300,000

I–69 corridor, Texas ............................................................................... 3,000,000

I–74 bridge, Moline, Illinois .................................................................. 5,600,000

Madison County, KY 21 and I–75, Kentucky ...................................... 1,000,000

New Boston Road improvements, Mercer County, Illinois ................. 3,000,000

Radio Road overpass, City of Sulphur Springs, Texas ....................... 1,350,000

Route 104, Virginia ................................................................................ 1,000,000

South Shore industrial safety overpass, Indiana ................................ 4,750,000

Stevenson expressway, Illinois ............................................................. 3,800,000

US 19, Florida ........................................................................................ 10,000,000

US 25 improvements, Kentucky ........................................................... 2,000,000

US 321 and US 74, Gasden and Mecklenburg County, North Carolina ...................................................................................................... 500,000

US 395 North Spokane corridor, Washington ..................................... 1,000,000

US 43, Alabama ..................................................................................... 4,000,000

US 51 widening, Decatur, Illinois ........................................................ 1,350,000

US 95 (Milepost 522 to Canadian border), Idaho ............................... 1,900,000

US Route 2, New Hampshire ................................................................ 1,500,000

US–61 (Avenue of the Saints), Missouri .............................................. 4,000,000

WI 29 (Chippewa Falls bypass, Wisconsin) ......................................... 3,000,000

TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNITY AND SYSTEM PRESERVATION

PROGRAM

The conference agreement includes a total of $50,000,000 for

the transportation and community and system preservation program, of which $25,000,000 is derived from funds provided under

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section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code. Within the funds

made available for the transportation and community and system

preservation program, funds are to be distributed to the following

projects and activities:

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20/20 vision project in Concord, New Hampshire ............................... $500,000

Arkansas River, Wichita, Kansas, pedestrian transportation facility 1,000,000

Bangor, Maine, intermodal hub facility planning, railroad crossing

signalization, bike and pedestrian trails .......................................... 600,000

Bedford, New Hampshire, corridor planning ...................................... 250,000

Billings, Montana, open/green space improvement project ................ 775,000

Bowling Green, Kentucky, Riverfront Development transportation

enhancements ..................................................................................... 1,000,000

Buckeye Greenbelt parkway beautification, Toledo, Ohio .................. 250,000

Burlington, Vermont, North Street and Church Street improvements ................................................................................................... 1,100,000

Chantry Flats Road, Sierra Madre, California .................................... 600,000

Charleston, West Virginia, Kanawha Boulevard Walkway project ... 2,000,000

City of Angola and Steuben City, Indiana, bike path ......................... 325,000

City of Bedminster, New Jersey, bike path ......................................... 500,000

City of Coronado, California, mobility improvements ........................ 600,000

City of Ferndale, Michigan, traffic signals .......................................... 50,000

Claiborne County, Mississippi, access road from US 61 to new port

facility ................................................................................................. 400,000

Clay/Leslie County, Kentucky .............................................................. 2,000,000

Clovis, New Mexico, street revitalization ............................................ 750,000

Community and environmental transportation acceptability process, California ..................................................................................... 1,000,000

Delong Mountain Alaska, airport access and related planning ......... 300,000

Downtown Omaha, Nebraska, access and redevelopment project ..... 300,000

East Redoubt Avenue improvements, Soldotna, Alaska ..................... 725,000

El Segundo, California, intermodal facility improvements ................ 1,000,000

Elwood bicycle/pedestrian bridge, County of Santa Barbara, California ................................................................................................... 250,000

Fairbanks, Alaska, downtown transit and cultural integration planning ..................................................................................................... 450,000

Fairfax cross county trail/Potomac National Heritage Scenic Trail,

Virginia ............................................................................................... 500,000

Flint, Michigan, transportation planning and origin & destination

shipping study .................................................................................... 150,000

Fort Worth, Texas, trolley study .......................................................... 750,000

Heritage Corridor Project study, Illinois ............................................. 200,000

High capacity transportation system study, Albuquerque, New

Mexico ................................................................................................. 500,000

Houston, Texas, Main Street Connectivity Project ............................. 750,000

Hudson River Waterfront Walkway, New Jersey ............................... 2,000,000

Huffman Prairie Flying Field Pedestrian and Multimodal Gateway

Entrance, Dayton, Ohio ..................................................................... 700,000

Humboldt Greenway project, Hennepin County, Minnesota ............. 1,000,000

Jackson traffic congestion mitigation planning, Mississippi .............. 600,000

Johnstown, Pennsylvania, pedestrian and streetscape improvements ................................................................................................... 400,000

Kansas City, Missouri, Illus Davis Mall enhancements ..................... 350,000

Las Cruces, New Mexico railroad and transportation museum ........ 200,000

Lincoln Parish transportation plan, Louisiana ................................... 1,500,000

Lodge freeway pedestrian overpass, Detroit, Michigan ...................... 9,000,000

Manchester, Vermont, pedestrian initiative ........................................ 375,000

Marked Tree, Arkansas, to I–55 along U.S. Highway 63 improvements and controlled access lanes .................................................... 600,000

Minnesota Trunk Highway 610/10 interchange construction at I–94 1,650,000

Mitchell Marina development, Greenport, New York ......................... 250,000

Mobile, Alabama, GM&O intermodal center/Amtrak station ............ 650,000

Montana DOT/Western Montana College statewide geological sign

project .................................................................................................. 200,000

Montana statewide rail grade separation study and environmental

review .................................................................................................. 400,000

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New Bedford, Massachusetts, North Terminal ................................... 200,000

New Orleans, Louisiana, intermodal transportation research ........... 950,000

NW 7th Avenue corridor improvement project, Miami, Florida ........ 100,000

Ohio and Erie Canal corrdior trail development, Ohio ...................... 1,000,000

Olympic Discovery Trail, Washington .................................................. 580,000

Owensboro riverfront development project .......................................... 300,000

Palmer, Alaska, urban revitalization ................................................... 200,000

Park Avenue realignment, Borough of Flemington, New Jersey ....... 1,175,000

Pedestrian and bicycle route projects, City of Henderson, Nevada 375,000

Pedestrian improvements, Lake Cumberland Trail, Kentucky ......... 100,000

Pioneer Courthouse Square lobby renovation project, Portland Oregon ..................................................................................................... 400,000

Puget Sound freight mobility systems team project ........................... 20,000

Quincy, Illinois, 18th Street Bridge project ......................................... 300,000

Raton, New Mexico, rail depot/intermodal center redevelopment ..... 750,000

Roberto Clemente Park pedestrian improvements, Pittsburgh,

Pennsylvania ...................................................................................... 600,000

Rockville, Maryland, Town Center accessibility improvement plan 250,000

Roseville, California, historic district revitalization project ............... 500,000

Route 16 improvements, Ellenboro and Harrisville, West Virginia 250,000

Route 522 construction, Town of South Brunswick, New Jersey ...... 250,000

Satsop Development Park road improvements, Grays Harbor,

Washington ......................................................................................... 1,700,000

Soundview Greenway in the Bronx, New York, New York ................ 1,000,000

South Kingshighway business district pilot program, St. Louis Missouri ..................................................................................................... 100,000

Springfield, Missouri, center city plan ................................................. 750,000

SR 99 corridor improvements, Shoreline, Washington ....................... 1,000,000

Talkeetna, Alaska, parking lot/pedestrian safety access .................... 400,000

Tulsa/Sapula Union Railraod overpass at Oakridge Elementary

School, Oklahoma ............................................................................... 400,000

Uptown transportation management program, New Mexico ............. 500,000

Utah-Coloralo ‘‘Isolated Empire’’ rail connector study ....................... 500,000

Van Buren and Russelville, Arkansas, environmental assessments

and improvements .............................................................................. 1,000,000

Virginia Beach, Virginia, bike trail ...................................................... 400,000

Virginia weigh stations ......................................................................... 1,000,000

Walkable edgewater initiative, Chicago, Illinois ................................. 100,000

West Baden Springs preservation project, Indiana ............................ 1,000,000

Wheeling, West Virginia, Victorian Village Transportation Initiative ....................................................................................................... 500,000

Weigh stations, Virginia.—Funding has been provided in the

conference agreement for two mobile weigh stations for the Commonwealth of Virginia to curb illegal overweight trucks using U.S.

Route 50 and U.S. 17 (Crooked Run Valley) to bypass the permanent weigh station on I–81. The conferees expect that one such

portable weigh station will be used in this region, which includes

Fauquier, Clarke and Loudoun counties.

BRIDGE DISCRETIONARY PROGRAM

Within the funds available for the bridge discretionary program, funds are to be available for the following projects and activities:

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14th Street Bridge, Virginia ................................................................. $5,000,000

Chouteau Bridge, Jackson County, Missouri ...................................... 5,000,000

Clement C. Clay Bridge replacement, Morgan/Madison counties,

Alabama .............................................................................................. 1,000,000

Fairfield-Benton-Kennecbec River Bridge, Maine ............................... 4,000,000

Florida Memorial Bridge, Florida ......................................................... 10,000,000

Historic Woodrow Wilson Bridge, Mississippi ..................................... 3,200,000

Missisquoi Bay Bridge, Vermont .......................................................... 3,500,000

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Oaklawn Bridge, South Pasadena, California ..................................... 500,000

Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge replacement, Connecticut ................. 3,200,000

Powell County Bridge, Montana ........................................................... 1,500,000

Santa Clara Bridge, Oxnard, California .............................................. 6,500,000

Star City Bridge, West Virginia ........................................................... 6,500,000

US 231 bridge over Tennessee River, Alabama .................................. 8,900,000

US 54/US 69 Bridge, Kansas ................................................................ 2,000,000

Waimalu Bridge replacement on I–1, Hawaii ..................................... 3,400,000

Washington Bridge, Rhode Island ........................................................ 6,000,000

FEDERAL LANDS

Within the funds available for the federal lands program,

funds are to be available for the following projects and activities:

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14th Street Bridge, Washington DC/Virginia ...................................... $2,500,000

Acadia National Park trails and road projects .................................... 500,000

Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge access road ................................... 950,000

Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refugee paving project ...................... 2,500,000

Broughton Bridge, Clay County, Kansas ............................................. 100,000

Charles M. Russell/Fort Peck Roads coalition access project ............. 500,000

Chincoteague Refuge, Virginia ............................................................. 500,000

Chugach Road, Alaska .......................................................................... 250,000

Clark Fork River bridge replacement, phase 2, Idaho ....................... 1,500,000

Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge access road, Nebraska ....... 500,000

Cumberland Gap, Kentucky ................................................................. 900,000

Daniel Boone Parkway, Kentucky ........................................................ 1,000,000

Delaware Water Gap Recreational Area .............................................. 1,000,000

Forest Highway 26 ................................................................................ 650,000

Fort Baker, California ........................................................................... 100,000

Giant Springs Road relocation L&C interpretive center, Great

Falls, Montana ................................................................................... 800,000

Highway 323 between Elzada and Ekalaka ........................................ 1,000,000

Highway 419 reconstruction ................................................................. 2,600,000

Historic Kelso depot, Mojave National Preservation, California ....... 2,500,000

Iditarod (Millenium trail) ...................................................................... 1,100,000

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and Hanalei Valley Scenic Lookout on Kauai ....................................................................................... 1,500,000

Lake Cumberland access road and improvements .............................. 750,000

Lake Tahoe Binwall repair and drainage improvement ..................... 500,000

Lowell National Historic Park, western canal walkway improvements ................................................................................................... 500,000

Manassas Battlefield access .................................................................. 500,000

Metlakatla/Walden Point Road ............................................................. 1,250,000

Milford Lake replacement bridge (Corps of Engineers lake) ............. 250,000

Mongap Visitor Center—Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational

River .................................................................................................... 900,000

Mount Saint Helen’s National Park access from Coldwater’s visitor’s center to US 12, Randall, Washington ..................................... 100,000

Natchez Trace Parkway multi-use trail ............................................... 300,000

New Mexico Route 4 Jemez Pueblo Bypass ......................................... 300,000

New River Gorge National River road and safety improvements ..... 3,000,000

Old Lock I park access road .................................................................. 1,000,000

Pasagshak Road realignment and improvement ................................. 500,000

Rampart Road Eureka connector ......................................................... 500,000

Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge visitor’s center, Clark County,

Washington ......................................................................................... 200,000

Route 600, Virginia ................................................................................ 1,550,000

Sawtooth National Forest access (phase 2), Idaho ............................. 500,000

SD 240 loop, Cedar Pass landslide stabilization, Badlands National

Monument ........................................................................................... 1,700,000

Second access road for Fort Eustis, Virginia ....................................... 1,750,000

Silvio Conte National Wildlife Refuge public roads ............................ 500,000

Soldier Hallow, Utah ............................................................................. 1,200,000

Teton Trail Pass (phase 3), Idaho ........................................................ 500,000

Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve, Florida .......................... 450,000

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Traffic circle at Mount Vernon, Virginia ............................................. 250,000

US 26 upgrade, Oregon ......................................................................... 1,500,000

Utah Trail, Joshua Tree National Park, California ............................ 1,500,000

The conferees direct that the funds allocated above are to be

derived from the FHWA’s public lands discretionary program, and

not from funds allocated to the Fish and Wildlife Service’s and National Park Service’s regions.

BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS

The conference agreement provides $31,000,000 for the Bureau

of Transportation Statistics (BTS), as proposed by both the House

and the Senate. Within the funds provided to BTS, $600,000 shall

be available for statistical analysis of the National Quality Initiative, and up to $4,750,000 may be allocated for the national personal transportation survey. As noted earlier in this report, the

funding provided herein, supplemented with funding provided

within the policy research activity, shall be sufficient to continue

work on the national personal transportation survey in fiscal year

2001.

FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

The conference agreement provides a liquidating cash appropriation of $28,000,000,000 for the federal-aid highways program

as proposed by both the House and the Senate.

EMERGENCY RELIEF HIGHWAYS

(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

The conference agreement includes an appropriation of $720,000,000 to fund the backlog of requests for damage repairs

necessary due to disasters. Since the beginning of fiscal year 1999,

the emergency relief program has been facing heavy demand for

on-going funding needs from events in prior years. This, coupled

with requests for funding to address events which occurred in fiscal

year 1999 such as Hurricanes Floyd and Dennis, has led to the current backlog of requests. The funding needs far exceed the annual

authorization of $100,000,000 for the emergency relief program.

Consistent with the purpose of these funds, the entire amount has

been designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as

amended.

APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAY SYSTEM

(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

The conference agreement under title III provides an appropriation of $54,963,000 from the highway trust fund for the Appalachian development highway system. The following table reflects

the estimated distribution of funds by state:

Alabama .................................................................................................. $6,051,799

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Georgia ................................................................................................... 2,418,532

Kentucky ................................................................................................ 5,551,582

Maryland ................................................................................................ 946,351

Mississippi .............................................................................................. 678,682

New York ................................................................................................ 1,304,379

North Carolina ....................................................................................... 3,563,079

Ohio ......................................................................................................... 2,729,017

Pennsylvania .......................................................................................... 14,797,439

South Carolina ....................................................................................... 296,470

Tennessee ............................................................................................... 6,784,784

Virginia ................................................................................................... 1,426,067

West Virginia ......................................................................................... 8,414,819

FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY

LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

The conference agreement includes $92,194,000 for administrative expenses of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

as proposed by both the House and the Senate. Of this total,

$82,344,000 is for operating expenses and $9,850,000 is for research. The following adjustments are made to the budget request:

High-risk, intrastate carrier information ............................................ ¥$500,000

Contract for vision exemption program ............................................... ¥638,000

Personnel adjustments .......................................................................... +38,000

Crash collection data (section 225e) ..................................................... +225,000

Operation Respond ................................................................................ +375,000

Research and technology ....................................................................... +200,000

Motor carrier safety advisory committee ............................................. +100,000

Uniform carrier registration ................................................................. +200,000

High-risk, intrastate carrier information.—The conference

agreement deletes funding for the high-risk intrastate carrier information program under the operating expense account and recommends funding for this activity under the national motor carrier

safety grant program because of its direct relevance to state motor

carrier safety.

Personnel adjustments.—A total of 119 new, full-time employees (FTE) have been approved for fiscal year 2001, one FTE more

than requested. Changes to the personnel budget request are as

follows: vision exemption specialists (+3), information systems analysts (+1), international specialist (¥1), technology specialist (¥1),

motor carrier safety grant personnel (+1), and executive secretariat

(¥2). Also, the conference agreement approves the 20 new border

inspectors requested in the budget.

Crash collection data.—The conference agreement provides

$2,975,000 to ensure that FMCSA fully implements section 225(e)

of the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999. These funds

should be used to improve data collection on motor carrier crashes,

strengthen data analysis, link driver citation information with

other information databases, help train state employees and motor

carrier safety enforcement officials, and ensure an increased focus

on problem drivers through the integration of driver and crash

data.

Research and technology.—A total of $9,850,000 has been provided for research and technology initiatives, an increase of

$200,000 above the budget request. The additional funding permits

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an increased effort on the ‘‘share the road’’ and ‘‘no-zone’’ initiatives.

School transportation study.—FMCSA shall continue funding

the school transportation study required by section 4030 of TEA21

at the same level provided in fiscal year 2000.

Motorcoach driver fatigue.—The conferees note that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has acknowledged in its

notice of proposed rulemaking on trucking hours-of-service that little is known about the operations of over-the-road buses and

motorcoaches. The conferees believe that there should be additional

study of the operations, driver practices and driver fatigue issues

specific to over-the-road buses before any revisions to the existing

trucking hours-of-service rules are finalized, and encourage the

Secretary to conduct such studies to inform additional regulatory

proposals in this area.

NATIONAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY PROGRAM

(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

The conference agreement provides a liquidating cash appropriation of $177,000,000 for the national motor carrier safety program as proposed by the House and the Senate.

NATIONAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY PROGRAM

(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

The conference agreement includes a limitation on obligations

of $177,000,000 for motor carrier safety grants proposed by the

House and the Senate. This agreement allocates funding in the following manner:

Basic motor carrier safety grants ......................................................... $130,000,000

Performance-based incentive grants .................................................... 7,500,000

Border assistance ................................................................................... 8,000,000

Priority initiatives ................................................................................. 8,000,000

State training and administration ....................................................... 1,500,000

Crash causation (section 224f) .............................................................. 5,000,000

Information systems and strategic safety initiatives .......................... 17,000,000

Information systems .............................................................................. (3,700,000)

Motor carrier analysis ........................................................................... (2,300,000)

Implementation of PRISM .................................................................... (5,000,000)

Driver programs ..................................................................................... (1,000,000)

Data collection and analysis ................................................................. (5,000,000)

Total ............................................................................................. 177,000,000

Commercial driver’s license (CDL) program.—In addition to the

funding provided under this account, a total of $10,000,000 has

been provided from funds authorized under section 104(a) of title

23, U.S.C. This funding shall only be available for the commercial

driver’s license program. Within the funds provided, FMCSA

should work with the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, lead MCSAP

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ment and drivers licensing agencies to explore new and innovative

ways to ensure that drivers who have been convicted of a disqualifying offense do not operate during the period of suspension or revocation. Finally, FMCSA should continue to support the judicial

and prosecutorial outreach effort. FMCSA shall submit a letter to

both the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations by April

1, 2001 summarizing efforts to increase quality control in the CDL

program and efforts taken to provide technical and training assistance to the states.

Automated brake testing equipment.— According to 1999 data,

the most common out-of-service violations were brake-related (37

percent). Virginia has been researching and exploring opportunities

to use infrared brake inspection equipment and has found one new

technology that could significantly help to identify brake deficiencies in a timely manner. Within the high priority allocation,

sufficient funding should be provided for the Commonwealth of Virginia to install and test infrared brake inspection equipment (both

fixed and hand held) at a few weigh stations.

Covert operations.—Within funding provided for high priority activities, $500,000 shall be used to conduct covert operations and

survey the extent of this problem. FMCSA shall report on the survey results by May 1, 2001, outlining the extent to which out-ofservice notices are being violated. This survey should be conducted

on a sufficiently large sample size so that the scope and nature of

the challenge are fully made known to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.

NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

The conference agreement provides $116,876,000 from the general fund for highway and traffic safety activities instead of

$107,876,000 as proposed by the House. The Senate did not provide

a general fund appropriation for NHTSA’s operations and research

activities. Instead, the Senate provided the same amount

($107,876,000) from the highway trust fund for these activities.

The additional $9,000,000 provided above the House and Senate

levels shall be available to supplement the Office of Safety Defects

and for other tire-related initiatives in the wake of the Firestone

recall.

A total of $85,321,000 shall remain available until September

30, 2003 instead of $77,671,000 as proposed by the House and

$77,670,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The agreement includes a provision carried since fiscal year

1996 that prohibits NHTSA from obligating or expending funds to

plan, finalize, or implement any rulemakings that would add requirements pertaining to tire grading standards that are not related to safety performance. This provision was contained in both

the House and Senate bills.

The conference agreement includes a provision that prohibits

NHTSA from purchasing a vehicle to conduct new car assessment

program crash testing at a price that exceeds the manufacturer’s

suggested retail price, as proposed by the Senate. The House bill

contained no similar provision. If this provision unduly limits

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NHTSA’s ability to test a new vehicle expeditiously, the Secretary

may seek a waiver of this language from the House and Senate

Committees on Appropriations.

The conference agreement modifies a provision proposed by the

Senate that would have prohibited rollover testing using static stability factors. The agreement allows NHTSA to move forward with

the rollover rating proposal while the National Academy of

Sciences (NAS) studies static versus dynamic testing. NHTSA shall

then be required to review the findings of the NAS study and propose any appropriate revisions to its testing procedures within 30

days of receiving the study.

OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

The conference agreement provides $72,000,000 from the highway trust fund to carry out provisions of 23 U.S.C. 403 as proposed

by both the House and the Senate.

The following table summarizes the conference agreement for

operations and research (general fund and highway trust fund combined) by budget activity:

Salaries and benefits ............................................................................. $57,130,000

Travel ...................................................................................................... 1,276,000

Operating expenses ............................................................................... 19,810,000

Contract programs:

Safety performance ......................................................................... 7,366,000

Safety assurance ............................................................................. 15,987,000

Highway safety programs .............................................................. 41,776,000

Research and analysis .................................................................... 57,536,000

General administration .................................................................. 645,000

Grant administration reimbursements ................................................ ¥10,650,000

Total ............................................................................................. 190,876,000

Operating expenses.—A total of $19,810,000 has been provided

for operating expenses. Within this total, sufficient funds should be

provided for computer-related expenses for all administrative functions, including civil rights, public affairs, counsel, planning and

policy, and administration. However, computer support should be

funded at the fiscal year 2000 level. The conferees believe that this

level of funding is adequate, and urge NHTSA to adopt a more

cost-effective approach to managing computer support expenses. A

detailed report on fiscal year 2000 computer support expenditures,

as requested by the House, shall be provided to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations by December 31, 2000.

New car assessment program (NCAP).—The conference agreement provides $5,556,000 for the new car assessment program.

This fully funds the budget request for this program, except for the

small dummy component, and provides sufficient funding to support a National Academy of Sciences study of the proposed rollover

rating based on the static stability factor. A total of $500,000 has

been included in the research and analysis contract program to

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torily developed for compliance testing associated with the new air

bag rule in 2004. The agency has informed the House and Senate

Committees on Appropriations that it will not release the results

of crashes conducted to test the small stature dummy as part of

NCAP.

Safety defects.—The conference agreement defers $145,000 requested to monitor and investigate recreational, transit, and emergency vehicles, as proposed by the Senate.

Auto hotline.—A total of $1,232,000 has been provided for the

auto safety hotline, consistent with actions in the House and Senate reports.

Safe communities.—Funding has been deleted for the safe communities program, consistent with action taken by both the House

and the Senate.

National occupant protection program.—The conference agreement provides $11,000,000 for the national occupant protection program. Within the funds provided, $1,000,000 shall be used to implement an innovative demonstration program for locally developed

initiatives to increase seat belt usage, as proposed by the Senate.

The conferees direct the department’s Inspector General to

analyze the effectiveness and efficiency of the occupant protection

program managed by the office of traffic safety programs. This review should consider the scope and direction of NHTSA’s efforts to

increase seat belt use rates and whether the agency is allocating

funds to partnerships, demonstration projects, and other activities

that are most likely to achieve the department’s performance goals.

The review also should consider the quality and nature of the technical assistance provided by NHTSA’s regional staff to states and

local governments that benefit from highway traffic safety grants

programs.

Section 157 program.—NHTSA shall conduct a review of the

procedures and processes used to administer the section 157 innovative grant program and submit a report to the House and Senate

Committees on Appropriations by December 1, 2000, that details

how grant administration will be improved and grant awards made

more expeditiously within the constraints of existing law.

Emergency medical services head injury research.—A total of

$2,250,000 has been provided for emergency medical services. Of

this amount, $750,000 shall be provided to the Brain Trauma

Foundation to continue phase three of the guidelines for pre-hospital management of traumatic brain injury.

Aggressive driving.—A total of $750,000 has been provided to

develop and implement a regional education and driver modification program to combat aggressive driving in Maryland, Virginia,

and the District of Columbia. Funding should be allocated as specified in the House report.

Rural trauma.—The conference agreement allocates $250,000

to the University of Vermont’s College of Medicine and Fletcher

Allen Health Care to determine if the survival rate of rural vehicular accidents could be improved through the application of advanced mobile video telecommunications links between a level 1

trauma center and ambulance crews, as proposed by the Senate.

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The agreement also includes $500,000 to continue a project at

the University of South Alabama on rural vehicular trauma victims, as proposed by the Senate.

School bus occupant protection.—Within contract funds,

$250,000 is allocated to Mercer University Research Center to support a school bus safety initiative, as proposed by the Senate. The

House contained no similar provision.

Biomechanics.—At a minimum, NHTSA should continue to

support the biomechanics program at the fiscal year 2000 level.

The conferees are very supportive of the work being conducted by

the crash injury research and engineering network (CIREN) and

are encouraged that private sector interests have agreed to fund

two additional CIREN centers. Because of this commitment, no federal funding should be provided to expand the number of federally

funded centers in fiscal year 2001. In addition, the conferees agree to provide $1,000,000 to the

Injury Control Research Center at the University of Alabama to

conduct research related to cervical spine and paralyzing neck injuries that result from motor vehicle accidents.

Special crash investigations.—The private sector has agreed to

fund 300 special crash investigations per year to collect and analyze real world crash data as proposed by National Transportation

Safety Board. This will double the number of investigations conducted in fiscal year 2000. However, the conferees agree that, despite where such contributions are derived (i.e. from the public or

private sector) to conduct these investigations, the results are to be

treated as public data and no conditions shall be attached to their

release.

Side glazing.—In 1991, NHTSA was required to address

deaths and injuries resulting from accidents caused by motor vehicle rollovers, primarily focusing on the use of advanced glazing for

vehicle windows, to prevent occupant ejection during rollovers.

Since 1991, NHTSA has issued two interim reports concluding that

advanced side glazing in passenger vehicles could save up to 1,300

lives per year, but NHTSA has yet to complete a final report.

Therefore, the conferees direct NHTSA to complete and issue a

final report on advanced side glazing by the end of calendar year

2000.

Grant administration.—Under TEA21, NHTSA may withhold

up to five percent of the funding for the grant program for administrative costs. The conference agreement reflects a five percent draw

down (¥$10,650,000).

CAFE language.—A general provision (Sec. 320) is included

that prohibits the use of funds to prepare, prescribe, or promulgate

corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards for automobiles

that differ from those previously enacted. In addition, the conferees

request the National Academy of Sciences, in consultation with the

Department of Transportation, to conduct a study to evaluate the

effectiveness and impacts of CAFE standards. The study shall examine, among other factors, those considerations outlined in 49

U.S.C. section 32902(F); the impact of CAFE standards on motor

vehicle safety; disparate impacts on the U.S. automotive sector; the

effect on U.S. employment in the automotive sector; and the effect

of requiring CAFE calculations for domestic and non-domestic

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fleets. The National Academy of Sciences shall complete this study

no later than July 1, 2001, and submit it to the appropriate committees of the Congress and the Department of Transportation.

Section 320 of this Act should not be interpreted as preventing the

Department of Transportation from providing the National Academy of Sciences with pertinent data and technical guidance and expertise, as necessary. As noted previously in the Federal Highway

Administration’s ‘‘Limitation on administrative expenses’’, up to

$1,000,000 has been allocated for this study.

NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER

(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

The conference agreement provides $2,000,000 for the National

Driver Register as proposed by both the House and the Senate. Of

this funding, up to $250,000 may be used for the technology assessment authorized under section 2006 of TEA21.

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS

(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

The conference agreement provides $213,000,000 to liquidate

contract authorizations for highway traffic safety grants, as proposed by both the House and the Senate.

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS

(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

The conference agreement limits obligations for highway traffic

safety grants to $213,000,000 as proposed by both the House and

the Senate. A total of $10,650,000 has been provided for administration of the grant programs as proposed by both the House and

the Senate. Of this total, not more than $7,750,000 of the funds

made available for section 402; not more than $650,000 of the

funds made available for section 405; not more than $1,800,000 of

the funds made available for section 410; and not more than

$450,000 of the funds made available for section 411 shall be available to NHTSA for administering highway safety grants under

chapter 4 of title 23. This language is necessary to ensure that

each grant program does not contribute more than five percent of

the total administrative costs.

As noted within the Federal Highway Administration, the conference agreement provides $7,500,000 for child passenger protection education grants. The amount is the same as proposed by the

House. The Senate proposed no similar appropriation.

The conference agreement retains bill language, proposed by

both the House and Senate, that limits technical assistance to

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nishings and fixtures for state, local, or private buildings or structures, as proposed by both the House and the Senate.

The bill includes separate obligation limitations with the following funding allocations:

State and community grants ................................................................ $155,000,000

Occupant protection incentive grants .................................................. 13,000,000

Alcohol incentive grants ........................................................................ 36,000,000

State highway safety data grants ........................................................ 9,000,000

FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION

SAFETY AND OPERATIONS

The conference agreement appropriates $101,717,000 for safety and operations instead of $102,487,000 as proposed by the House

and $99,390,000 as proposed by the Senate. None of this funding

is to be offset from user fees. Of the total amount, $5,899,000 shall

remain available until expended instead of $5,249,000 as proposed

by the House and $4,957,000 as proposed by the Senate.

In addition to the funding provided for safety and operations, $2,500,000 is provided to the Federal Railroad Administration from

funds made available under section 1218 of Public Law 105–178.

These funds shall be used to administer the magnetic levitation

program, for Operation Lifesaver, for Alaska Railroad liabilities,

and for track inspection activities. Of this total, no more than

$1,000,000 shall be for administration of the maglev program.

The following adjustments were made to the budget estimate:

Deny new staff positions ....................................................................... ¥$564,000

Reduce funding for travel ...................................................................... ¥250,000

Reduce information technology initiative ............................................ ¥594,000

Decrease new employee development funding .................................... ¥360,000

Deny new outreach initiative ................................................................ ¥500,000

Decrease funding for program evaluation ........................................... ¥200,000

Operation Respond ................................................................................ ¥100,000

Operation Lifesaver ............................................................................... +425,000

Southeast transportation center ........................................................... +350,000

Fatigue countermeasures program ....................................................... +200,000

Blakeley Island connector study ........................................................... +100,000

Operation Lifesaver.—A total of $1,025,000 has been provided

to Operation Lifesaver. Of this total, not less than $300,000 shall

be used to deploy its national public service campaign.

Southeast transportation center.—The conference agreement

provides $350,000 to establish an intermodal emergency response

training center for the southeast region of the country, to be located in Meridian, Mississippi. These funds shall be used for equipment and program costs associated with establishment of the center, to include rail passenger equipment and track, a functional

rail-highway grade crossing, rail and motor carrier hazardous material vehicles and containers, and other passenger rescue and hazardous materials training facilities. Federal funds provided for the

center shall be matched with funding and in-kind contributions

from industry, local governments, and other organizations.

Fatigue countermeasures.—A total of $500,000 has been provided for fatigue countermeasures. Of this amount, $250,000 shall

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ing of controlled light eye reaction testing devices in order to establish a body of fatigue testing data and to assist in developing effective fatigue countermeasures.

Blakeley Island connector study.—The conference agreement

provides $100,000 for a grant to Alabama State Docks, a stateowned facility, for a study of the cost and economic benefits of restoring rail service on Blakeley Island in Mobile Bay.

Illinois rail-grade crossings.—The State of Illinois, and in particular, northeastern Illinois, has the largest number of rail-grade

crossings and quiet zones in the country. The conferees recognize

Illinois’ efforts to reduce accidents at these grade crossings and encourage FRA to work with communities in northeastern Illinois to

further improve rail-grade crossing safety. This work should include offering technical assistance, identifying federal funding

sources, and establishing federal-state-local task forces to improve

safety and reduce accidents in this region. FRA should pay particular attention to enforcement enhancements and improved educational outreach in its efforts to help reduce risks to motorists and

pedestrians.

The conference agreement deletes bill language contained in

the Senate bill requiring FRA to reimburse the Department of

Transportation’s Inspector General $1,500,000 for the costs associated with rail audits and investigations. The House bill contained

no similar provision.

The conference agreement includes a provision that authorizes

the Secretary to receive payments from the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation, credit them to the first deed of trust, and

make payments on the first deed of trust. These funds may be advanced by the Administrator from unobligated balances available to

the Federal Railroad Administration and must be reimbursed from

payments received by the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation. Both the House and Senate bills contained these provisions.

RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

The conference agreement provides $25,325,000 for railroad research and development instead of $26,300,000 as proposed by the

House and $24,725,000 as proposed by the Senate. None of this

funding is to be offset from user fees. The following table summarizes the conference agreement by budget activity:

Equipment, operations, and hazardous materials .............................. $11,450,000

Train occupant protection .............................................................. (5,350,000)

Rolling stock safety assurance ....................................................... (1,287,000)

Human factors ................................................................................ (2,978,000)

Hazardous materials transportation ............................................. (1,000,000)

Grade crossings—human factors ................................................... (835,000)

Track and vehicle track interaction ..................................................... 8,300,000

Track and components study ......................................................... (4,150,000)

Track-train interaction safety ....................................................... (3,050,000)

Grade crossing infrastructure ........................................................ (600,000)

Marshall/Nebraska project ............................................................. (500,000)

Railroad systems safety ........................................................................ 4,650,000

Safety of high-speed ground transportation ................................. (4,400,000)

Performance-based regulations ..................................................... (250,000)

Research and development facilities and equipment .......................... 925,000

T–6 vehicle ...................................................................................... (500,000)

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Transportation Test Center ........................................................... (425,000)

Total ................................................................................................. 25,325,000

Higher capacity rail cars on light density tracks.—Within the

funds provided, FRA should continue to conduct a study on track

and bridge requirements for the handling of 286,000-pound rail

cars as specified in the House report.

RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM

The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by

both the House and Senate specifying that no new direct loans or

loan guarantee commitments shall be made using federal funds for

the payment of any credit premium amount during fiscal year

2001. No federal appropriation is required since a non-federal infrastructure partner may contribute the subsidy amount required

by the Credit Reform Act of 1990 in the form of a credit risk premium. Once received, statutorily established investigation charges

are immediately available for appraisals and necessary determinations and findings.

RHODE ISLAND RAIL DEVELOPMENT

Appropriations for the Rhode Island rail development project in fiscal year 2001 total $17,000,000, as proposed by the House.

The Senate bill allocated, within funds available to the Department

of Transportation, $10,000,000 to the Rhode Island rail development project. With this appropriation, the federal commitment to

this project is completed.

NEXT GENERATION HIGH-SPEED RAIL

The conference agreement provides $25,100,000 for the next

generation high-speed rail program instead of $22,000,000 as proposed by the House and $24,900,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The following table summarizes the conference agreement by budget activity:

Train control projects: $11,000,000

Illinois project ................................................................................. (7,000,000)

Michigan project ............................................................................. (3,000,000)

Digital radio network vehicle tracking system ............................ (500,000)

Transportation safety research alliance ....................................... (500,000)

Non-electric locomotives: 6,800,000

Advanced locomotive propulsion system ....................................... (3,800,000)

Prototype locomotives ..................................................................... (3,000,000)

Grade crossings and innovative technologies: 4,300,000

North Carolina sealed corridor ...................................................... (700,000)

Mitigating hazards ......................................................................... (2,500,000)

Low-cost technologies ..................................................................... (1,100,000)

Track and structures ............................................................................. 1,300,000

Corridor planning activities .................................................................. 1,700,000

Total ............................................................................................. 25,100,000

Transportation safety research alliance.—The conference agreement provides $500,000 for the Transportation Safety Research Alliance (TSRA) instead of $2,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The

conferees direct FRA to ensure that TSRA uses appropriated funds

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mentation. Funding for this project should continue to be matched

on a dollar-for-dollar basis by TSRA.

Sealed corridor initiative.—A total of $700,000 has been provided for North Carolina’s sealed corridor initiative. The report and

associated funding, proposed by the Senate, has been deleted.

Cant deficiency speed study.—Within funds provided, FRA

shall analyze the safety impact from operations of passenger trains

on freight rail trackage at up to five inches of cant deficiency for

speeds between 80 and 110 miles per hour, as outlined in the Senate report. FRA should provide a report to the House and Senate

Committees on Appropriations by November 30, 2000.

Corridor planning.—A total of $1,700,000 has been provided

for corridor planning activities to be distributed as follows:

Midwest regional rail initiative, preliminary engineering and design and eligible right-of-way improvements ................................... $1,000,000

Boston, MA to Burlington, VT high-speed corridor feasibility study 200,000

Southeast corridor extension from Charlotte, NC to Macon, GA ...... 200,000

Gulf Coast high-speed rail corridor from Mobile, AL to New Orleans, LA ................................................................................................ 300,000

Rail-highway crossing hazard eliminations.—Under section

1103 of TEA21, an automatic set-aside of $5,250,000 is made available each year for the elimination of rail-highway crossing hazards.

A limited number of rail corridors are eligible for these funds. Of

these set-aside funds, the following allocations were made:

High-speed rail corridor, Washington, D.C. to Richmond, VA ........... $750,000

High-speed rail corridor, Mobile, AL to New Orleans, LA ................. 1,500,000

Salem, OR ............................................................................................... 1,500,000

Atlanta to Macon, GA ............................................................................ 125,000

Eastern San Fernando Valley, CA ....................................................... 125,000

Keystone high-speed rail corridor, Harrisburg to Philadelphia, PA 500,000

High-speed rail corridor, Milwaukee to Madison, WI ......................... 500,000

Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN to Chicago, IL high-speed rail corridor

(Minneapolis/St. Paul to LaCrescent, MN) ...................................... 250,000

ALASKA RAILROAD REHABILITATION

The conference agreement provides $20,000,000 for the Alaska

Railroad as proposed by the Senate. The House bill contained no

similar appropriation. This funding should be used to continue ongoing track rehabilitation ($10,000,000), signalized automated siding access between Wasilla and Potter Marsh, and track relocation/

highway crossing eliminations.

WEST VIRGINIA RAIL DEVELOPMENT

The conference agreement provides $15,000,000 for capital

costs associated with track, signal, and crossover rehabilitation and

improvements on the MARC Brunswick line in West Virginia, as

proposed by the Senate. The House bill contained no similar provision.

CAPITAL GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER

CORPORATION

The conference agreement provides $521,476,000 for capital

grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) as

proposed by the House instead of $521,000,000 as proposed by the

Senate. Bill language, as proposed by the House, is retained that

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limits the Secretary from obligating more than $208,590,000 of the

funding provided prior to September 30, 2001. The Senate bill limited the obligation rate to $208,400,000.

Fencing along the Northeast Corridor.—Amtrak continues to

make progress in enhancing safety along the tracks where highspeed rail will soon be operating. For example, almost 35,000 linear

feet of chain-link fencing has been installed in Massachusetts to reduce trespassing along the railroad right-of-way. Earlier this year,

the town of Mansfield asked for an additional 12,710 linear feet of

fencing to be installed (phase III). On March 15, 2000, the President of Amtrak made a commitment to complete the installation of

the fencing that has been requested before high-speed rail is operational. While the conferees recognize that Amtrak has limited

funds and must balance many competing capital investment priorities, the conferees believe Amtrak should install the remaining

12,710 feet of fencing that was requested by Mansfield prior to Amtrak’s March 15, 2000 testimony before the House Appropriations

Committee. The same kind of fencing should be installed as was installed previously. If Mansfield and Amtrak agree that there is a

need for more secure fencing within phase III, then they may seek

a waiver of this limitation from the House and Senate Committees

on Appropriations. Should the community identify additional areas

in need of fencing (phases IV and V), then those costs shall be

borne solely by these communities.

Rail service in western Virginia.—The Commonwealth of Virginia and Amtrak have been in discussions about the reestablishment of service between Washington, D.C., Bristol, Virginia, and

Richmond, Virginia. Amtrak is encouraged to continue working

with the Commonwealth of Virginia and the appropriate freight

railroads to identify and address costs, infrastructure improvements, and operational needs to initiate such a service.

Alliance, Ohio.—Amtrak shall work with the City of Alliance,

Norfolk Southern Corporation, and the State of Ohio to devise a

plan to improve accessibility, visibility, safety and information at

the Alliance, Ohio station. This report should be submitted to the

House and Senate Committees on Appropriations within 180 days

of enactment of this Act.

South end infrastructure improvements.—Amtrak is directed to

provide quarterly reports, beginning on December 31, 2000, to the

House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, the Senate Committee on Commerce, and the House Committee on Transportation

and Infrastructure regarding (1) the cost-sharing arrangements

agreed to among the users of the southern end of the Northeast

Corridor, and (2) ongoing work to implement recommendations contained in the south end corridor infrastructure improvement plan.

FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

The conference agreement provides $64,000,000 for administrative expenses of the Federal Transit Administration as proposed by

both the House and the Senate. Within the total, the conference

agreement appropriates $12,800,000 from the general fund, as proposed by both the House and the Senate.

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The conference agreement includes a provision that transfers $1,000,000 from project management oversight funds to the Inspector General for reimbursement of audit and financial reviews of

major transit projects as proposed by the House. The Senate bill

proposed that $3,000,000 from funds under this heading shall be

used to reimburse the Inspector General for costs associated with

audits and investigations of all transit-related issues and systems.

The conference agreement also includes a provision that not to exceed $2,500,000 for the National Transit Database shall remain

available until expended.

Full-time equivalent (FTE) staff years.—The conference agreement provides that the FTE level in fiscal year 2001 shall not rise

in excess of 495 FTE. Additional staffing increases may be considered by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations

through the regular reprogramming process.

Information technology activities.—The conference agreement

deletes funds requested for several technology programs pending

the office of the secretary’s chief information officer review and full

identification of out-year costs (¥$650,000). Sufficient funding has

been included under this heading for infrastructure data protection, continued operation of the transportation electronic award

and management application program, and annual electronic procurement life cycle maintenance, licenses and core operations.

Other items.—The conference agreement provides sufficient

funds for workforce planning and training and equipment and office renovation. In addition, the conferees have included $250,000

for regional and state-based grantee workshops.

National Transit Database.—Funding of $2,500,000 for operation of the National Transit Database has been included under

this heading, rather than in the research and development account

as proposed by the Senate. The conferees further direct that none

of the funds made available in this Act for project management

oversight activities may be used to supplement funds herein for the

National Transit Database.

Project management oversight.—The conferees agree that funding made available for project management oversight shall include

at least $21,900,000 for project management oversight reviews and

$4,500,000 for financial management reviews.

The conferees direct that the FTA submit to the House and

Senate Committees on Appropriations, the Inspector General and

the General Accounting Office the quarterly financial management

oversight and project management oversight reports for each

project with a full funding grant agreement.

With the likelihood of an increasing number of transit projects

requiring project oversight, the conferees are concerned that the

funds available to finance these oversight activities may soon be insufficient to monitor adequately all large-dollar projects. In fact,

the FTA anticipates that a funding shortfall of about $5,000,000

will occur in fiscal year 2002, and that it will then have to make

difficult choices as to how it will apply limited oversight funds.

FTA has yet to identify the level of funding shortfalls that may

occur beyond fiscal year 2002 and how it will address any shortfalls. In order to address FTA’s oversight needs and to protect the

federal investment in these transit projects, the conferees direct the

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FTA to develop a plan to (1) determine the amount of funds needed

to maintain an adequate level of oversight for all projects requiring

oversight and the level of funding that likely will be available for

this purpose; (2) identify options to cover any projected funding

shortfalls; and (3) identify steps to respond to any shortfalls that

may occur. The FTA should provide this plan with the 2002 budget

submission to the Congress for consideration.

Full funding grant agreements.—TEA21, as amended, requires

that the FTA notify the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations as well as the House Committee on Transportation and

Infrastructure and the Senate Committee on Banking 60 days before executing a full funding grant agreement. In its notification to

the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, the conferees

direct the FTA to include therein the following: (a) a copy of the

proposed full funding grant agreement; (b) the total and annual

federal appropriations required for that project; (c) yearly and total

federal appropriations that can be reasonably planned or anticipated for future FFGAs for each fiscal year through 2003; (d) a detailed analysis of annual commitments for current and anticipated

FFGAs against the program authorization; and (e) a financial analysis of the project’s cost and sponsor’s ability to finance, which

shall be conducted by an independent examiner and shall include

an assessment of the capital cost estimate and the finance plan,

the source and security of all public- and private-sector financial

instruments, the project’s operating plan which enumerates the

project’s future revenue and ridership forecasts, and planned contingencies and risks associated with the project.

The conferees also direct the FTA to inform the House and

Senate Committees on Appropriations before approving scope

changes in any full funding grant agreement. Correspondence relating to scope changes shall include any budget revisions or program changes that materially alter the project as originally stipulated in the full funding grant agreement, and shall include any

proposed change in rail car procurements.

FORMULA GRANTS

The conference agreement provides a total program level of

$3,345,000,000 for transit formula grants, as proposed by both the

House and the Senate. Within this total, the conference agreement

appropriates $669,000,000 from the general fund as proposed by

both the House and the Senate. The conference agreement provides

that the general fund appropriation shall be available until expended.

The conference agreement provides that funding made available for the clean fuel formula grant program under this heading

shall be transferred to and merged with funding provided for the

replacement, rehabilitation and purchase of buses and related

equipment and the construction of bus-related facilities under ‘‘Federal Transit Administration, Capital investment grants’’.

The conference agreement includes a provision that sets aside

$60,000,000 from the formula grants program to fund the Salt

Lake City Olympic transit program, instead of $40,000,000 as proposed by the House. The Senate bill contained no similar provision.

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ery, and temporary use of transit vehicles for special transportation

needs and construction of permanent and temporary transportation

facilities for the XIX Winter Olympiad and the VII Paralympiad for

the Disabled, to be held in Salt Lake City, Utah. In allocating the

funds, the Secretary shall make grants only to the Utah Department of Transportation, and such grants shall not be subject to any

local share requirement or limitation on operating assistance under

this Act or the Federal Transit Act, as amended. This appropriation is similar to one provided in support of the Summer Olympic

Games in Atlanta, Georgia in the fiscal year 1995 Department of

Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act.

The FTA, when evaluating the local financial commitment of

new rail extension or busway projects, shall consider the extent to

which projects’ sponsors have used the appreciable increases in the

formula grants apportionment for alternative analyses and preliminary engineering activities of such systems.

The conferees expect the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority to use the appreciable increases in its section 5307

apportionment and the transportation infrastructure finance and

innovation act (TIFIA) loan provided to WMATA to ensure that fire

communications are in place in WMATA’s tunnels.

UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH

The conference agreement provides a total program level of

$6,000,000 for university transportation research as proposed by

both the House and the Senate. Within the total, the conference

agreement appropriates $1,200,000 from the general fund as proposed by both the House and the Senate. The conference agreement

provides that the general fund shall be available until expended.

TRANSIT PLANNING AND RESEARCH

The conference agreement provides a total program level of

$110,000,000 for transit planning and research as proposed by both

the House and the Senate. Within the total, the conference agreement appropriates $22,200,000 from the general fund as proposed

by both the House and the Senate. The conference agreement provides that the general fund appropriation shall be available until

expended.

Within the funds appropriated for transit planning and research, $5,250,000 is provided for rural transportation assistance;

$4,000,000 is provided for the National Transit Institute;

$8,250,000 is provided for the transit cooperative research program; $52,113,600 is provided for metropolitan planning;

$10,886,400 is provided for state planning; and $29,500,000 is provided for the national planning and research program.

The conference agreement deletes a provision proposed by the

Senate that would have set aside $3,000,000 for Great Cities Universities consortium from funds made available for transit cooperative research. Funding for this activity is provided under the national planning and research account.

Transit cooperative research program.—Within the funds provided for transit cooperative research, $1,500,000 is allocated for

phase 2 redesign activities of the national transit database.

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National planning and research.—Within the funding provided

for national planning and research, the Federal Transit Administration shall make available the following amounts for the programs and activities listed below:

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Agreement

Mid-America regional council coordinated transit planning, Kansas

City metro area .................................................................................. $750,000

Sacramento area council of governments regional air quality planning and coordination study .............................................................. 250,000

West Virginia University fuel cell technology institute propulsion

and ITS testing ................................................................................... 1,000,000

University of Rhode Island, Kingston traffic congestion study component ................................................................................................. 150,000

Trans-lake Washington land use effectiveness and enhancement review ..................................................................................................... 450,000

State of Vermont electric vehicle transit demonstration .................... 500,000

Acadia Island, Maine explorer transit system experimental pilot

program ............................................................................................... 150,000

Center for Composites manufacturing ................................................. 950,000

Southern Nevada air quality study ...................................................... 800,000

Project ACTION (TEA21) ...................................................................... 3,000,000

Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority advanced propulsion

control system (TEA21) ..................................................................... 3,000,000

Fairbanks extreme temperature clean fuels research ........................ 800,000

Safety and security programs ............................................................... 6,100,000

National rural transit assistance program .......................................... 750,000

Mississippi State University bus service expansion plan ................... 100,000

CALSTART/WESTART ......................................................................... 3,000,000

Hennepin County community transportation, Minnesota .................. 1,000,000

Electric transit vehicle institute, Tennessee ....................................... 500,000

South Amboy, New Jersey transit study ............................................. 200,000

Great Cities Universities consortium ................................................... 2,000,000

Long Island, New York transportation land use projects .................. 250,000

JOBLINKS ............................................................................................. 1,050,000

The conference agreement deletes funding requested for the

Garrett A. Morgan program (¥$200,000).

Fuel cell bus and bus facilities program.—None of the funds

available under this heading shall supplement funding provided

under section 3015(b) of Public Law 105–178 for the fuel cell bus

and bus facilities program.

Safety and security programs.—The conference agreement includes $6,100,000 for safety and security programs. The conferees

direct that these funds are to be wholly administered by the office

of safety and security to advance safety programs and are not to

be transferred to other offices to support lesser priority activities.

TRUST FUND SHARE OF EXPENSES

(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

The conference agreement provides $5,016,600,000 in liquidating cash for the trust fund share of transit expenses as proposed

by both the House and the Senate.

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CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

The conference agreement provides a total program level of

$2,646,000,000 for capital investment grants, as proposed by both

the House and Senate. Within the total, the conference agreement

appropriates $529,200,000 from the general fund as proposed by

both the House and the Senate.

Within the total program level, $1,058,400,000 is provided for

fixed guideway modernization; $529,200,000 is provided for the replacement, rehabilitation, and purchase of buses and related equipment and the construction of bus-related facilities; and

$1,058,400,000 is provided for new fixed guideway systems, as proposed by both the House and the Senate. Funds derived from the

formula grants program totaling $50,000,000 are to be transferred

and merged with funds provided for the replacement, rehabilitation

and purchase of buses and related equipment and the construction

of bus-related facilities under this heading. In addition to the

$1,058,400,000 provided in this Act for new starts, the conference

agreement reallocates $26,994,048 to other new start projects contained in this Act. Reallocated funds are derived from unobligated

balances from the following new start projects:

Burlington to Gloucester, New Jersey (Public Law 103–331) ............ $1,488,750

Orlando, Florida Lynx light rail project .............................................. 20,521,470

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania airport busway project (Public Law 105–

66) ........................................................................................................ 4,983,828

The conference agreement deletes language proposed by the

Senate that would have required the Administrator of the Federal

Transit Administration, not later than February 1, 2001, to submit

individually to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations the recommended grant funding levels for the respective

buses and bus-related facilities and new fixed guideway projects

listed in the Senate bill and accompanying report. The House bill

contained no similar provisions.

The conference agreement also deletes language proposed by

the Senate that listed new fixed guideway systems and extensions

to existing systems that are eligible to receive funding for final design and construction or are eligible to receive funding for alternatives analysis and preliminary engineering. The House bill contained no similar provision.

The conference agreement includes a provision that makes

funds appropriated to the Miami-Dade east-west multimodal and

the Miami Metro-Dade North 27th Avenue corridor projects in previous Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Acts available to the Miami, Florida south busway

project.

The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by the

Senate that makes funds appropriated in Public Law 105–277 for

the Colorado-North Front Range corridor feasibility study available

for the Colorado-Eagle Airport to Avon light rail system feasibility

study. The House bill contained a provision that would have returned these funds to the new starts program for reallocation to

other new start projects in fiscal year 2001.

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The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by the

Senate that makes funds appropriated in Public Law 106–69, the

fiscal year 2000 Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, for certain bus and bus facilities projects

in the state of Alabama available to the state of Alabama for buses

and bus facilities. The House bill contained no similar provision.

Three-year availability of section 5309 discretionary funds.— The conference agreement includes a provision that permits the administrator to reallocate discretionary new start and bus facilities

funds from projects which remain unobligated after three years.

The conferees, however, direct the FTA not to reallocate funds provided in the 1997 and 1998 Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Acts for the following projects:

New starts

Burlington—Essex, Vermont commuter rail

Cleveland Berea Red Line extension

Colorado Roaring Fork Valley rail project

Jackson, Mississippi intermodal corridor

Galveston, Texas rail trolley system project

New York St. George ferry terminal project

New Orleans Canal Street corridor project

New Orleans Desire Streetcar project

North Carolina Triangle Transit project

Salt Lake City, Utah commuter rail project

San Bernardino Metrolink project

San Diego Mid-Coast project

Virginia Railway Express—Woodbridge station improvement

project

Buses and bus facilities

Arlington, Virginia Clarendon canopy project

Buena Park, California bus facilities

Burlington, Vermont multimodal center

Chatham, Georgia bus facility

Columbia, South Carolina buses and bus facilities

Corvalis, Oregon buses and bus facilities

Dulles, Virginia buses

El Paso, Texas demand response facility

Everett, Washington multimodal center

Folsom, California multimodal facility

Galveston, Texas buses and bus facilities

Jackson, Mississippi maintenance facility

King County, Washington park and ride expansion

Lake Tahoe, California intermodal transit center

Milwaukee, Wisconsin intermodal facility

Minnesota Metro Council Transit Operators, buses and bus facilities

Mobile, Alabama buses and intermodal facilities

Modesto, California bus maintenance facility

Monroe, Louisiana buses

New Castle, Delaware buses and bus facilities

New Haven, Connecticut multimodal center

North Carolina buses and bus facilities

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Red Rose Transit Authority, Pennsylvania

Rialto, California Metro Link depot

Sacramento, California bus facility

Saint Tammany Parish, buses and bus facilities

Salt Lake City, Ogden and West Valley, Utah intermodal facilities

San Joaquin, California buses and bus facilities

Santa Clara, California buses and bus facilities

Seattle, Washington Kingdome intermodal facility

Sonoma County, California park and ride facility

Staten Island, New York mobility project

Tampa, Florida buses and bus facilities

Tucson, Arizona intermodal facility

Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania mobility project

The conferees agree that when the Congress extends the availability of funds that remain unobligated after three years and

would otherwise be available for reallocation at the discretion of

the administrator, such funds are extended only for one additional

year, absent further congressional direction.

The conferees direct the FTA to reprogram funds from recoveries and previous appropriations that remain available after three

years and are available for reallocation to only those section 3 new

starts that have full funding grant agreements in place on the date

of enactment of this Act, and with respect to bus and bus facilities,

only to those bus and bus facilities projects identified in the accompanying reports of the fiscal year 2001 Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. The FTA shall notify the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 15 days

prior to any such proposed reallocation.

Bus and bus facilities.—The conference agreement provides $529,200,000, together with $50,000,000 transferred from ‘‘Federal

Transit Administration, Formula grants’’ and merged with funding

under this heading, for the replacement, rehabilitation and purchase of buses and related equipment and the construction of busrelated facilities. Funds provided for buses and bus facilities are to

be distributed as follows:

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State of Alabama:

Alabama State Docks intermodal passenger and freight facility $1,000,000

Birmingham—Jefferson County Transit Authority buses and

bus facilities ................................................................................ 1,000,000

Dothan—Wiregrass Transit Authority buses and bus facilities 750,000

Huntsville Space and Rocket Center intermodal center ............. 2,000,000

Hunstville, intermodal facility ....................................................... 500,000

Huntsville International Airport intermodal center .................... 5,000,000

Lanett, vans .................................................................................... 250,000

Mobile Waterfront Terminal .......................................................... 5,000,000

Montgomery—Moulton Street Intermodal Facility ...................... 3,000,000

Montgomery, civil rights trail trolleys .......................................... 250,000

Shelby County, vans ....................................................................... 200,000

Staewide, bus and bus facilities .................................................... 1,500,000

Tuscaloosa interdisciplinary science building parking and

intermodal facility ....................................................................... 9,500,000

University of Alabama Birmingham fuel cell buses .................... 2,000,000

University of North Alabama, bus and bus facilities .................. 2,000,000

University of South Alabama, buses and bus facilities ............... 2,500,000

State of Alaska:

Alaska State Fair park and ride and passenger shuttle system 1,000,000

Denali Depot intermodal facility ................................................... 3,000,000

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Fairbanks Bus/Rail Intermodal Facility ....................................... 3,100,000

Fairbanks parking garage and intermodal center ....................... 1,100,000

Homer Alaska Maritime Wildlife Refuge intermodal and welcome center .................................................................................. 850,000

Port McKenzie intermodal facilities .............................................. 7,500,000

Ship Creek pedestrain and bus facilities and intermodal center/parking garage ...................................................................... 5,000,000

State of Arizona:

Mesa bus maintenance facility—Regional Public Transportation Authority .......................................................................... 2,000,000

Phoenix, bus and bus facilities ...................................................... 4,500,000

South Central Avenue transit center ............................................ 2,000,000

Tucson intermodal transportation center at Union Pacific

Depot ............................................................................................ 3,000,000

Tucson, bus and bus facilities ........................................................ 1,000,000

State of Arkansas:

Central Arkansas Transit Authority, bus and bus facilities ....... 1,055,000

Hot Springs—national park intermodal parking facility ............ 500,000

Nevada County, vans and mini-vans ............................................ 90,000

Pine Bluff, buses ............................................................................. 290,000

River Market and College Station Liviable Communities Program ............................................................................................. 1,100,000

State of Arkansas, small rural and elderly and handicapped

transit buses and bus facilities .................................................. 3,000,000

State of California:

AC Transit zero-emissions fuel cell bus deployment demonstration project ................................................................................... 1,000,000

Alameda Contra Costs Transit District, buses and bus facilities 500,000

Anaheim, buses and bus facilities ................................................. 250,000

Brea, buses ...................................................................................... 150,000

Calabasas, buses ............................................................................. 500,000

Contra Costa Transit Authority (County Connection), buses ..... 500,000

City of Livemore, park and ride facility ....................................... 500,000

Commerce, buses ............................................................................ 1,000,000

Compton, buses and bus-related equipment ................................ 250,000

Culver City, buses .......................................................................... 750,000

Davis, buses .................................................................................... 1,000,000

El Dorado, buses ............................................................................. 500,000

El Segundo, Douglas Street gap closure and intermodal facility 2,100,000

Folsom, transit stations ................................................................. 1,500,000

Foothill Transit, buses and bus facilities ..................................... 2,500,000

Fresno, intermodal facilities .......................................................... 500,000

Humboldt County, buses and bus facilities .................................. 500,000

Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority,

buses ............................................................................................ 4,500,000

Marin County, bus facilities .......................................................... 910,000

Modesto, bus facility ....................................................................... 250,000

Monrovia, electric shuttles ............................................................. 580,000

Monterey Salinas Transit Authority, buses and bus facilities ... 500,000

Municipal Transit Operators Coalition, buses ............................. 2,000,000

Oceanside, intermodal facility ....................................................... 2,000,000

Placer County, buses and bus facilities ........................................ 500,000

Playa Vista, shuttle buses and bus-related equipment and facilities ........................................................................................... 3,000,000

Redlands, trolley project ................................................................ 800,000

Rialto, intermodal facility .............................................................. 550,000

Riverside County, buses ................................................................. 500,000

Sacramento, buses and bus facilities ............................................ 1,000,000

San Bernardino, intermodal facility ............................................. 1,600,000

San Bernardino, train station ....................................................... 600,000

San Diego, East Village station improvement plan ..................... 1,000,000

San Francisco, MUNI buses and bus facilities ............................ 2,000,000

Santa Barbara County, mini-buses ............................................... 240,000

Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, buses .................. 500,000

Santa Clarita, maintenance facility .............................................. 2,000,000

Santa Cruz, buses and bus facilities ............................................. 1,550,000

Sonoma County, buses and bus facilities ..................................... 1,000,000

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Sunline transit agency, buses ........................................................ 1,000,000

Temecula, bus shelters ................................................................... 200,000

Vista, bus center ............................................................................. 300,000

State of Colorado:

Statewise bus and bus facilities .................................................... 10,000,000

State of Connecticut:

Bridgeport, intermodal center ....................................................... 5,000,000

Hartford/New Britain busway ....................................................... 750,000

New Haven, trolley cars and related equipment ......................... 1,000,000

New London, parade project transit improvements .................... 2,000,000

Norwich bus terminal and pedestrian access ............................... 1,000,000

Waterbury, bus garage ................................................................... 1,000,000

State of Delaware:

Statewide bus and bus facilities .................................................... 3,500,000

State of Florida:

Statewide bus and bus facilities .................................................... 15,500,000

State of Georgia:

Atlanta, buses and bus facilities ................................................... 2,000,000

Chatham, buses and bus facilities ................................................ 2,000,000

Cobb County, buses ........................................................................ 1,250,000

Georgia Regional Transit Authority, buses and bus facilities .... 3,000,000

State of Hawaii:

Honolulu bus and bus facility improvements ............................... 6,000,000

State of Idaho:

Statewide, bus and bus facilities ................................................... 3,500,000

State of Illinois:

Harvey, intermodal facilities and related equipment .................. 250,000

Statewide, bus and bus facilities ................................................... 6,000,000

State of Indiana:

Evansville, buses and bus facilities .............................................. 1,500,000

Gary—Adam Benjamin intermodal center ................................... 800,000

Greater Lafayette Public Corporation—Wabash Landing buses

and bus facilities ......................................................................... 1,500,000

Indianapolis, buses and bus-related equipment .......................... 2,500,000

South Bend, buses .......................................................................... 3,000,000

West Lafayette, buses and bus facilities ...................................... 2,100,000

State of Iowa:

Ames maintenance facility ............................................................. 1,200,000

Cedar Rapids intermodal facility .................................................. 1,200,000

Clinton facility expansion .............................................................. 500,000

Des Moines park and ride .............................................................. 700,000

Dubuque, buses and bus facilities ................................................. 560,000

Iowa City intermodal facility ......................................................... 1,200,000

Mason City, bus facility ................................................................. 905,000

Sioux City multimodal ground transportation center ................. 2,000,000

Sioux City Trolley system .............................................................. 700,000

Statewide, bus and bus facilities ................................................... 2,500,000

Waterloo, buses and bus facilities ................................................. 537,000

State of Kansas:

Johnson County, buses ................................................................... 250,000

Kansas City, buses ......................................................................... 2,000,000

Kansas City, JOBLINKS ............................................................... 250,000

Kansas Department of Transportation, rural transit buses ....... 3,000,000

Lawrence bus and bus facilities .................................................... 500,000

Topeka, transit facility ................................................................... 600,000

Wichita, buses and ITS related equipment .................................. 3,000,000

Wyandotte County, buses .............................................................. 250,000

Commonwealth of Kentucky:

Audubon Area Community Action ................................................ 190,000

Bluegrass Community Action, buses and bus-related equipment ............................................................................................. 160,000

Central Community Action ............................................................ 100,000

Community Action of Southern Kentucky .................................... 100,000

Fulton County, vans and buses ..................................................... 140,000

Hardin County, buses .................................................................... 300,000

Kentucky Department of Transportation ..................................... 500,000

Kentucky (southern and eastern) transit vehicles ....................... 3,000,000

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Lexington, LexTran, buses and bus facilities ............................... 3,500,000

Louisville, bus and bus facilities ................................................... 3,000,000

Maysville, bus-related equipment ................................................. 64,000

Morehead, buses and bus-related equipment ............................... 39,000

Murray/Calloway County, buses and bus related equipment ..... 60,000

Northern Kentucky Transit Agency, vans .................................... 42,000

Paducah Transit Authority, bus and bus facilities ...................... 2,000,000

Pennyrile, vans and related equipment ........................................ 200,000

Pikeville, transit facility ................................................................ 2,000,000

State of Louisiana:

Lafeyette multi-modal facility ....................................................... 1,250,000

Plaquemines Panish ferry .............................................................. 1,000,000

St. Bernard Parish intermodal facilities ....................................... 1,250,000

Statewide bus and bus facilities .................................................... 2,500,000

State of Maine:

Bangor intermodal transportation center ..................................... 1,500,000

Statewide, bus, bus facilities and ferries ...................................... 4,000,000

State of Maryland:

Statewide bus and bus facilities .................................................... 8,000,000

Commonwealth of Massachusetts:

Attleboro, intermodal facilities ...................................................... 1,000,000

Berkshire, buses and bus facilities ............................................... 1,000,000

Beverly and Salem, intermodal station improvements ............... 600,000

Brockton, intermodal center .......................................................... 1,000,000

Lowell, transit hub ......................................................................... 1,250,000

Merrimack Valley Regional Transit Authority, bus facility ........ 500,000

Montachusett, bus facilities, Leominister ..................................... 250,000

Montachusett, intermodal facilty, Fitchburg ................................ 1,375,000

Pioneer Valley, Pratransit vehicles and equipment .................... 1,000,000

Springfield, intermodal facility ...................................................... 500,000

Woburn, buses and bus facilities ................................................... 250,000

State of Michigan:

Detroit, buses and bus facilities .................................................... 3,000,000

Flint, buses and bus facilities ........................................................ 500,000

Lapeer, multi-modal transportation facility ................................. 50,000

SMART community transit, buses and paratransit vehicles ...... 4,125,000

Statewide, buses and bus facilities ............................................... 11,000,000

Traverse City, transfer station ...................................................... 1,000,000

State of Minnesota:

Greater Minnesota buses and bus facilities ................................. 1,250,000

Metro Transit, buses and bus facilities ........................................ 13,500,000

St. Cloud, buses and bus facilities ................................................ 2,125,000

State of Mississippi:

Brookhaven multimodal transportation center ............................ 1,000,000

Coast Transit Authority multimodal facility and shuttle service 3,000,000

Harrison county, multimodal center ............................................. 1,500,000

Jackson, buses ................................................................................ 1,000,000

Picayune multimodal center .......................................................... 650,000

State of Mississippi rural transit vehicles and regional transit

centers .......................................................................................... 3,000,000

State of Missouri:

Bi-State Development Agency, buses ............................................ 3,000,000

Dunklin, Mississippi, Scott, Ripley, Stoddard and Cape

Ciradeau counties, buses and bus facilities .............................. 1,000,000

Excelsior Springs bus replacement ............................................... 200,000

Jefferson City van and equipment purchase ................................ 250,000

Kansas City, buses and bus facilities ........................................... 1,300,000

OATS buses and vans .................................................................... 2,000,000

Southeast Missouri Transportation Service bus and bus facilities ................................................................................................ 1,000,000

Southwest Missouri State University, intermodal facility .......... 1,000,000

St. Joseph bus replacement ........................................................... 1,000,000

State of Missouri bus and bus facilities ........................................ 3,000,000

State of Montana:

Billings buses and intermodal facility .......................................... 4,000,000

Blackfoot Indian Reservation bus facility ..................................... 500,000

Great Falls Transit district buses and bus facilities ................... 1,000,000

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Missoula Ravalli Transportation Management Association

buses ............................................................................................ 750,000

State of Nebraska:

Missouri River pedestrian crossing—Omaha ............................... 4,000,000

State of Nevada:

Clark County bus passenger intermodal facility—Henderson .... 2,000,000

Clark County, bus rapid transit .................................................... 3,500,000

Lake Tahoe CNG buses and fleet conversion ............................... 2,000,000

Reno and Sparks, buses and bus facilities ................................... 1,000,000

Washoe County buses and bus facilities ....................................... 3,000,000

State of New Jersey:

Elizabeth Ferry Project .................................................................. 500,000

New Jersey Transit alternative fuel buses ................................... 4,000,000

Newark Arena bus improvements ................................................. 4,000,000

Trenton, train/intermodal station ................................................. 5,000,000

State of New Mexico:

Albuquerque automatic vehicle monitoring system (SOLAR) .... 2,000,000

Albuquerque bus replacement ....................................................... 1,250,000

Albuquerque, transit facility .......................................................... 5,000,000

Angel Fire Bus and Bus Facilities ................................................ 750,000

Carlsbad, intermodal facilities ...................................................... 630,000

Clovis, buses and bus facility ........................................................ 1,625,000

Las Cruces, buses ........................................................................... 500,000

Santa Fe buses and bus facilities .................................................. 2,000,000

Valencia County, transportation station improvements ............. 1,250,000

State of New York:

Buffalo, buses .................................................................................. 2,000,000

Buffalo, intermodal facility ............................................................ 500,000

Eastchester, Metro North facilities ............................................... 250,000

Greenport and Sag Harbor, ferries and vans ............................... 60,000

Highbridge pedestrian walkway .................................................... 100,000

Jamaica, intermodal facilities ........................................................ 250,000

Larchmont, intermodal facility ...................................................... 1,000,000

Long Beach, bus maintenance facility .......................................... 750,000

Midtown West intermodal ferry terminal .................................... 7,000,000

Nassau County, buses .................................................................... 2,300,000

New Rochelle, intermodal transportation center ......................... 1,000,000

Oneida County, buses .................................................................... 1,000,000

Rensselaer County, intermodal facility ......................................... 500,000

Rochester, buses and bus facilities ............................................... 2,000,000

Saratoga County, buses ................................................................. 650,000

Suffolk County, senior and handicapped vans ............................. 500,000

Sullivan County, buses, bus facilities, and related equipment ... 1,250,000

Syracuse, buses ............................................................................... 3,175,000

Tompkins County, intermodal facility .......................................... 625,000

Weschester County, buses ............................................................. 1,000,000

Weschester and Duchess counties, vans ....................................... 200,000

State of North Carolina:

Statewide bus and bus facilities .................................................... 8,500,000

State of North Dakota:

Statewide bus and bus facilities .................................................... 2,500,000

State of Ohio:

Cincinnati—intermodal improvements ......................................... 1,000,000

Cincinnati Riverfront Transit Center ........................................... 3,000,000

Columbus Near East transit center .............................................. 1,000,000

Dayton—Second and Main Multimodal Transportation Center 625,000

Statewide bus and bus facilities .................................................... 14,000,000

State of Oklahoma:

Metropolitan Tulsa Transit Authority pedestrian and

streetscape improvements .......................................................... 2,500,000

Oklahoma City bus transfer center ............................................... 2,500,000

Statewide bus and bus facilities .................................................... 4,000,000

State of Oregon:

Albany bus purchase—Linn-Benton transit system .................... 200,000

Basin Transit System buses .......................................................... 160,000

Columbia County ADA buses ........................................................ 110,000

Coos County buses .......................................................................... 70,000

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Corvallis Transit System operations facility ................................ 260,000

Hood River County bus and bus facility ....................................... 240,000

Lakeview buses ............................................................................... 50,000

Lane Transit District buses and bus facility ................................ 1,000,000

Philomath buses ............................................................................. 40,000

Redmond, buses and vans .............................................................. 50,000

Rogue Valley buses ......................................................................... 960,000

Salem Area Transit District buses ................................................ 1,500,000

Sandy buses .................................................................................... 220,000

South Clackamas Transportation District bus ............................. 90,000

South Corridor Transit Center and park and ride facilities in

Clackamas County ...................................................................... 1,500,000

Sunset Empire Transit District improvements to Clatsop County Intermodal Facility ................................................................. 800,000

Tillamook County District transit facilities ................................. 160,000

Union County bus ........................................................................... 44,000

Wasco County buses ....................................................................... 96,000

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania:

Allegheny County, buses ................................................................ 250,000

Area Transit Authority, ITS related activities ............................. 1,800,000

Beaver County, buses ..................................................................... 1,000,000

Berks County, buses and bus facilities ......................................... 1,000,000

Bethlehem intermodal facility ....................................................... 1,500,000

Bradford County, buses and bus facilities .................................... 1,000,000

Bucks County, intermodal facility improvements ........................ 1,250,000

Cambria County Transit Authority, maintenance facilities ....... 750,000

Centre Area Transportation Authority, buses ............................. 1,600,000

Fayette County, maintenance facilities ........................................ 500,000

Indiana, maintenance facilities ..................................................... 350,000

Lancaster, buses ............................................................................. 1,000,000

Lycoming County, buses and bus facilities .................................. 2,000,000

Mid County Transit Authority, buses ........................................... 135,000

Mid Mon Valley Transit Authority, buses .................................... 250,000

Monroe County, buses and bus facilities ...................................... 1,000,000

Philadelphia—Frankford Transportation Center ........................ 3,500,000

Philadelphia, Callowhill bus garage ............................................. 250,000

Phoenixville, transit related improvements ................................. 1,250,000

Somerset County, ITS related equipment .................................... 100,000

Westmoreland County, buses and related equipment ................. 240,000

Wilkes-Barre intermodal transportation center ........................... 1,000,000

State of Rhode Island:

Statewide, buses and bus facilities ............................................... 4,000,000

State of South Carolina:

Statewide, buses and bus facilities ............................................... 6,675,000

State of Tennessee:

Southern Coalition for Advanced Transportation, buses ............ 2,000,000

Statewide, buses and bus facilities ............................................... 4,000,000

State of Texas:

Austin, buses ................................................................................... 500,000

Brazos Transit District, buses ....................................................... 500,000

Corpus Christi, buses and bus facilities ....................................... 1,000,000

Dallas, buses ................................................................................... 2,000,000

El Paso, buses ................................................................................. 1,000,000

Fort Worth, intermodal transportation center ............................. 3,500,000

Fort Worth, buses and bus facilities ............................................. 3,000,000

Galveston, buses and bus facilities ............................................... 250,000

Harris County, buses and bus facilities ........................................ 2,000,000

Houston Metro, Main Street Transit Corridor improvements .... 1,000,000

Lubbock, buses and bus facilities .................................................. 1,000,000

Texas Rural Transit Vehicle Fleet Replacement Program .......... 4,000,000

Waco, maintenance facility ............................................................ 1,650,000

State of Utah:

Statewide Olympic bus and bus facilities ..................................... 10,000,000

State of Vermont:

Burlington multimodal transportation center .............................. 1,500,000

Bellows Falls Multimodal .............................................................. 1,500,000

Brattleboro multimodal center ...................................................... 2,500,000

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Central Vermont Transit Authority buses and bus facilities ..... 1,500,000

Chittenden County transportation authority, buses ................... 1,000,000

Vermont Statewide paratransit ..................................................... 1,500,000

Commonwealth of Virginia:

Statewide bus and bus facilities .................................................... 15,464,000

State of Washington:

Clallam County, transportation center ......................................... 500,000

Clark County, intermodal facilities ............................................... 1,000,000

Ephrata, buses ................................................................................ 440,000

Everett, buses ................................................................................. 1,500,000

King County Metro Eastgate Park and Ride ............................... 3,000,000

King County Metro transit bus and bus facilities ....................... 2,000,000

Renton/Port Quendall transit project ............................................ 500,000

Richland, bus maintenance facility ............................................... 1,000,000

Snohomish County, buses and bus facilities ................................ 1,000,000

Sound Transit, regional express buses ......................................... 2,000,000

Statewide combined small transit system request—bus and bus

facilities ........................................................................................ 1,250,000

Thurston County, bus-related equipment ..................................... 1,250,000

State of West Virginia:

Statewide buses and bus facilities ................................................ 2,000,000

State of Wisconsin:

Statewide bus and bus facilities .................................................... 14,000,000

State of Wyoming:

Cheyenne transit and operation facility ....................................... 920,000

State of Alabama.—The conference agreement provides a total of $1,500,000 for buses and bus facilities within the State of Alabama. Within the funds provided to the state, $25,000 shall be

available for Lamar County vans.

State of Florida.—The conferees direct that the funds provided

to the State of Florida for buses and bus facilities are to be allocated to all providers within the state, including Tallahassee.

Hot Springs, Arkansas.—Up to $560,000 of the funds allocated

for the transportation depot and plaza project in Hot Springs, Arkansas in the fiscal year 2000 Department of Transportation and

Related Agencies Appropriations Act may be available for buses

and bus facilities.

Commonwealth of Kentucky.—The conference agreement includes $500,000 for buses and bus facilities for the Kentucky Department of Transportation, to be allocated as follows: $88,000 for

the city of Frankfort for minibuses; $64,000 for Community Action

of Fayette/Lexington for cutaways and lifts; and $102,400 for Lexington Red Cross for minibuses.

State of Louisiana.—The conference agreement includes

$2,500,000 for buses and bus facilities in the State of Louisiana.

These funds are to be allocated as follows: Alexandria buses and

vans, $40,000; Baton Rouge buses and bus equipment, $50,000; Jefferson Parish buses and bus related facilities, $20,000; Lafayette

buses and bus related facilities, $300,000; Louisiana Department of

Transportation and Development vans, $135,000; Monroe buses

and bus related facilities, $135,000; New Orleans bus lease-maintenance, $1,510,000; Shreveport buses, $295,000; and St. Tammany

Parish park and ride, $15,000.

State of Michigan.—The conference agreement includes

$11,000,000 for statewide buses and bus facilities. These funds are

to be allocated only for the following transit agencies: Holland,

Cadillac/Wexford, Grand Haven, Ludington, Manistee County,

Yates Township, Muskegon area transit authority, Barry County,

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Ionia, Ionia transit authority, Alma, Big Rapids, Clare County,

Crawford County transit commission, Gladwin County, Greenville,

Isabella County transit commission, Midland, Midland County,

Ogemaw County, Roscommon County, Shiawassee, Twin Cities,

Berrien County, Cass County, Dowagiac DAR, Kalamazoo County,

Van Buren County, Battle Creek, Adrian, Branch area transit authority, Eaton County, Mecosta County, Lenawee County, Bay

Metro and Saginaw.

Nassau County, New York.—The conference agreement includes $2,300,000 for bus and bus facilities in Nassau County, New

York. Of that amount, not less than $400,000 shall be made available for service to and from the Nassau County Medical Center and

its community health centers.

State of Utah.—The conference agreement includes

$10,000,000 for Olympic buses and bus facilities in the State of

Utah. These funds are to be available for temporary and permanent bus and bus facility investments to satisfy the transportation

requirements of the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. These funds are

to be allocated by the Secretary based on the approved transportation management plan for the Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympic Games and the Secretary shall make grants only to the Utah

Department of Transportation.

Commonwealth of Virginia.—The conference agreement in- cludes $15,464,000 for the Commonwealth of Virginia for buses and

bus facilities which shall be distributed as follows: Loudoun Transit

multi-modal facility, $1,500,000; Hampton Roads bus and bus facilities, $2,500,000; Prince William County fleet replacement,

$3,000,000; Fair Lakes League, $500,000; Springfield station improvements, $500,000; Fairfax County Transportation Association

of Greater Springfield, $500,000, Falls Church Bus Rapid Transit

terminus, $1,000,000; Lynchburg bus and bus facility, $1,500,000;

Jamestown/Yorktown and Williamsburg CNG bus, $1,500,000;

Danville bus replacement, $58,000; Farmville bus and bus facilities, $100,000; Charlottesville bus and bus facilities, $1,000,000;

City of Richmond bus and bus facilities, $2,000,000.

New fixed guideway systems.—In total, the conference agreement provides $1,085,394,048 for new fixed guideway systems, of

which $1,058,400,000 is from new appropriations and $26,994,048

is derived from funds made available in previous appropriations

acts that have been reprogrammed to new starts funding in fiscal

year 2001. The conference agreement provides for the following distribution of the recommended funding for new fixed guideway systems as follows:

Project Conference level

Alaska or Hawaii ferry projects ............................................................ $10,400,000

Albuquerque/Greater Albuquerque mass transit project ................... 500,000

Atlanta—MARTA north line extension project ................................... 25,000,000

Austin Capital Metro light rail project ................................................ 1,000,000

Baltimore central LRT double track project ........................................ 3,000,000

Birmingham, Alabama transit corridor ............................................... 5,000,000

Boston—South Boston Piers transitway project ................................. 25,000,000

Boston Urban Ring project .................................................................... 1,000,000

Burlington-Bennington (ABRB), Vermont commuter rail project ..... 2,000,000

Calais, Maine branch line regional transit program .......................... 1,000,000

Canton-Akron-Cleveland commuter rail project ................................. 2,000,000

Central Florida commuter rail project ................................................. 3,000,000

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Project Conference level

Charlotte, North Carolina, north corridor and south corridor

transitway projects ............................................................................. 5,000,000

Chicago—METRA commuter rail projects ........................................... 35,000,000

Chicago—Ravenswood and Douglas Branch reconstruction projects 15,000,000

Clark County, Nevada RTC fixed guideway project ........................... 1,500,000

Cleveland Euclid corridor improvement project .................................. 4,000,000

Colorado Roaring Fork Valley project .................................................. 1,000,000

Dallas north central light rail extension project ................................. 70,000,000

Denver—Southeast corridor project ..................................................... 3,000,000

Denver—Southwest corridor project .................................................... 20,200,000

Detroit, Michigan metropolitan airport light rail project ................... 500,000

Dulles corridor project ........................................................................... 50,000,000

Fort Lauderdale, Florida Tri-County commuter rail project .............. 15,000,000

Galveston rail trolley extension project ............................................... 1,000,000

Girdwood to Wasilla, Alaska commuter rail project ........................... 15,000,000

Harrisburg-Lancaster capital area transit corridor 1 commuter rail

project .................................................................................................. 500,000

Hollister/Gilroy branch line rail extension project .............................. 1,000,000

Honolulu, Hawaii bus rapid transit project ......................................... 2,500,000

Houston advanced transit project ......................................................... 2,500,000

Houston regional bus project ................................................................ 10,750,000

Indianapolis, Indiana northeast-downtown corridor project .............. 3,000,000

Johnson County, Kansas I–35 commuter rail project ......................... 1,000,000

Kansas City, Missouri Southtown corridor project ............................. 3,500,000

Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee rail extension project ............................. 4,000,000

Little Rock, Arkansas river rail project ............................................... 3,000,000

Long Island Railroad East Side access project .................................... 8,000,000

Los Angeles Mid-City and East Side corridors projects ..................... 2,000,000

Los Angeles North Hollywood extension project ................................. 50,000,000

Los Angeles—San Diego LOSSAN corridor project ............................ 3,000,000

Lowell, Massachusetts-Nashua, New Hampshire commuter rail

project .................................................................................................. 2,000,000

MARC expansion projects—Penn-Camden lines connector and midday storage facility ............................................................................. 10,000,000

Massachusetts North Shore corridor project ....................................... 1,000,000

Memphis, Tennessee Medical Center rail extension project .............. 6,000,000

Nashville, Tennessee regional commuter rail project ......................... 6,000,000

New Jersey Hudson Bergen project ..................................................... 121,000,000

Newark-Elizabeth rail link project ....................................................... 7,000,000

Northern Indiana south shore commuter rail project ......................... 2,000,000

Northwest New Jersey-Northeast Pennsylvania passenger rail

project .................................................................................................. 1,000,000

Oceanside-Escondido, California light rail extension project ............. 10,000,000

Orange County, California transitway project .................................... 2,000,000

Philadelphia-Reading SEPTA Schuylkill Valley metro project .......... 10,000,000

Philadelphia SEPTA Cross County metro project .............................. 2,000,000

Phoenix metropolitan area transit project ........................................... 10,000,000

Pittsburgh North Shore—central business district corridor project 5,000,000

Pittsburgh stage II light rail project .................................................... 12,000,000

Portland—Interstate MAX LRT extension project .............................. 7,500,000

Portland, Maine marine highway program ......................................... 2,000,000

Puget Sound RTA Sounder commuter rail project .............................. 5,000,000

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Triangle Transit project ...................... 10,000,000

Rhode Island-Pawtucket and T.F. Green commuter rail and maintenance facility ................................................................................... 500,000

Sacramento, California south corridor LRT project ............................ 35,200,000

Salt Lake City—University light rail line project ............................... 2,000,000

San Bernardino, California Metrolink project ..................................... 1,000,000

San Diego Mission Valley East light rail project ................................ 31,500,000

San Francisco BART extension to the airport project ........................ 80,000,000

San Jose Tasman West light rail project ............................................. 12,250,000

San Juan Tren Urbano project ............................................................. 75,000,000

Santa Fe-Eldorado, New Mexico rail link project ............................... 1,500,000

Seattle, Washington—Central Link LRT project ................................ 50,000,000

Spokane, Washington South Valley corridor light rail project .......... 4,000,000

St. Louis, Missouri MetroLink Cross County connector project ........ 1,000,000

St. Louis-St. Clair MetroLink extenson project .................................. 60,000,000

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Project Conference level

Stamford, Connecticut fixed guideway corridor .................................. 8,000,000

Stockton, California Altamont commuter rail project ........................ 6,000,000

Twin Cities Transitways projects ......................................................... 5,000,000

Twin Cities Transitways—Hiawatha corridor project ........................ 50,000,000

Virginia Railway Express commuter rail project ................................ 3,000,000

Washington Metro—Blue Line extension—Addison Road (Largo)

project .................................................................................................. 7,500,000

West Trenton, New Jersey rail project ................................................ 2,000,000

Whitehall and St. George ferry terminal projects ............................... 2,500,000

Wilmington, Delaware downtown transit corridor project ................. 5,000,000

Wilsonville to Washington County, Oregon commuter rail project ... 1,000,000

Austin, Texas capital metro light rail project.—The conference

agreement includes $1,000,000 for preliminary engineering work

for the north/south and southeast corridor in Austin, Texas.

Boston—South Boston Piers transitway project.—The conference agreement includes $25,000,000 for the South Boston Piers

transitway project. Because of construction delays and coordination

of this project with the Central Artery/Tunnel project, the conferees

direct that none of the funds provided in this Act for the South

Boston Piers transitway project shall be available until (1) the

project sponsor produces a finance plan that clearly delineates the

full cost-to-complete the project, as well as other planned capital

and operational requirements of the MBTA, and the manner in

which the sponsor expects to pay these costs; (2) the FHWA and

the FTA conducts a final review and accepts the plan and certifies

to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations that the

fiscal management of the project meets or exceeds accepted U.S.

government standards; (3) the General Accounting Office and the

Department of Transportation’s Inspector General conduct an independent analysis of the plans and provide such analysis to the

House and Senate Committees on Appropriations within 60 days of

FTA accepting the plan; and (4) the House and Senate Committees

on Appropriations have concluded their review of the analysis within 60 days of the transmittal of the analysis to the Committees.

Lastly, the House directs the FTA and the IG to conduct ongoing,

continual financial management reviews of this project.

Central Florida commuter rail project.—For the central Florida

commuter rail project, the conference agreement provides

$3,000,000. The conferees are aware that local agencies in Orlando,

Florida rescinded their plans to proceed with a light rail project in

the Orlando area, for which nearly $56,000,000 in previously appropriated funds were made available, and are now proceeding

with commuter rail. While the conference agreement reallocates

these balances from the Orlando light rail project to other projects

in fiscal year 2001, the conferees are mindful of the continuing

need to improve mobility in the greater Orlando area and will consider future appropriations for the central Florida commuter rail

project as plans are approved by the appropriate local, state and

federal agencies.

Chicago—METRA commuter rail projects.—The conference

agreement includes $35,000,000 for preliminary engineering, design and construction on the METRA commuter rail projects in

Chicago, Illinois.

Denver—Southeast cooridor project.—The conference agreement includes $3,000,000 for the Denver southeast corridor project,

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as proposed by the House. The conferees have provided this

amount without prejudice to the pending full funding grant agreement, while recognizing that the federal financial commitment to

the southwest line was first necessary to complete.

Dulles corridor.—The conference agreement includes $50,000,000 for preliminary engineering and design on the Dulles

corridor project.

Girdwood to Wasilla, Alaska, commuter rail project.—The conferees agree that all references in the fiscal year 2000 Department

of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act and accompanying statement of managers referring to Girdwood, Alaska,

commuter rail project and North Anchorage to Girdwood are intended to refer to the Girdwood to Wasilla, Alaska, commuter rail

project as contained in the Act.

Kansas City, Missouri southtown corridor.—The conference

agreement includes $3,500,000 for engineering and design work for

the southtown corridor light rail project in Kansas City, Missouri.

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.—The conferees expect that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority will undertake from resources available to the Authority access improvements at Ballston Metro station.

Whitehall and St. George ferry terminal projects.—The conference agreement provides $2,500,000 for the Whitehall and St.

George ferry terminal projects in the New York City area.

DISCRETIONARY GRANTS

(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

The conference agreement includes $350,000,000 in liquidating

cash for discretionary grants as proposed by both the House and

the Senate.

JOB ACCESS AND REVERSE COMMUTE GRANTS

The conference agreement includes a total program level of

$100,000,000 for job access and reverse commute grants as proposed by the House and the Senate. Within this total, the conference agreement appropriates $20,000,000 from the general fund

as proposed by the House and the Senate. The conference agreement includes a provision that waives the cap for small urban and

rural areas and provides that up to $250,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading may be used for technical assistance,

technical support and performance reviews of the job access and reverse commute grants program.

Funds appropriated for the job access and reverse commute

grants program are to be distributed as follows:

Project Conference

Alameda and Contra-Costa counties, California ................................. $500,000

Archuleta County, Colorado .................................................................. 75,000

Athol/Orange community transportation, Massachusetts .................. 400,000

Broome County Transit, New York ...................................................... 250,000

Broward County, Florida ...................................................................... 2,000,000

Buffalo, New York ................................................................................. 500,000

Capital District Authority, New York .................................................. 250,000

Central Kenai Peninsula public transportation .................................. 500,000

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Project Conference

Central Ohio ........................................................................................... 750,000

Chatham, Georgia .................................................................................. 500,000

Chicago, Illinois ..................................................................................... 1,000,000

Commonwealth of Virginia ................................................................... 4,500,000

Corpus Christi RTA, Texas ................................................................... 550,000

Des Moines, Dubuque, Sioux City, Delaware and Jackson Counties,

Iowa ..................................................................................................... 1,600,000

District of Columbia .............................................................................. 1,000,000

Dona Ana County, New Mexico ............................................................ 250,000

DuPage County, Illinois ........................................................................ 500,000

Easter Seals West Alabama work transition programs ..................... 850,000

Fresno, Tulare, Kings and Kern Counties, California ........................ 3,000,000

Greater Erie Community Action Committee, Pennsylvania .............. 400,000

Hillsborough County, Florida ............................................................... 600,000

Indianapolis, Indiana ............................................................................ 1,000,000

Kansas City, Kansas ............................................................................. 1,000,000

Las Cruces, New Mexico ....................................................................... 260,000

Los Angeles, California ......................................................................... 3,500,000

Mantanuska-Susitna borough, M.A.S.C.O.T, Alaska .......................... 60,000

Meramec Community Transit programs, Missouri ............................. 150,000

Mobile, Alabama .................................................................................... 250,000

Monterey, California .............................................................................. 150,000

Nassau County, New York .................................................................... 500,000

North Oakland County, Michigan ........................................................ 250,000

OATS job access programs, Missouri ................................................... 750,000

Pittsburgh Port Authority of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania ......... 2,000,000

Portland, Oregon .................................................................................... 1,840,000

Rhode Island community food bank transportation ........................... 100,000

Rhode Island Public Transit Authority ................................................ 1,000,000

Rochester, New York ............................................................................. 300,000

Sacramento, California .......................................................................... 1,000,000

San Francisco, California ...................................................................... 275,000

Santa Clara County, California ............................................................ 500,000

SEPTA, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania .................................................... 3,000,000

Sitka, Alaska transit expansion program ............................................ 400,000

Southern Illinois RIDES ....................................................................... 150,000

State of Alabama ................................................................................... 1,500,000

State of Arkansas .................................................................................. 4,000,000

State of Illinois ....................................................................................... 1,000,000

State of Maine ........................................................................................ 500,000

State of Maryland .................................................................................. 2,400,000

State of New Hampshire ....................................................................... 340,000

State of New Mexico .............................................................................. 2,000,000

State of Oklahoma ................................................................................. 4,500,000

State of Tennessee ................................................................................. 2,000,000

State of Vermont .................................................................................... 1,500,000

State of Washington .............................................................................. 2,000,000

State of West Virginia ........................................................................... 1,500,000

State of Wisconsin ................................................................................. 4,700,000

Suffolk County, New York .................................................................... 445,000

Sullivan County, New York .................................................................. 200,000

Tompkins County, New York ................................................................ 300,000

Troy State University, Alabama—Rosa Parks Center ....................... 2,000,000

Tucson, Arizona ..................................................................................... 1,000,000

Tysons Corner/Dulles Corridor, Virginia ............................................. 500,000

Ulster County, New York ...................................................................... 200,000

Washoe County, Nevada ....................................................................... 1,000,000

Ways to Work family loan program, Southeastern U.S. .................... 2,000,000

Western Massachusetts ......................................................................... 350,000

York County, Maine .............................................................................. 900,000

State of Tennessee.—Of the funds provided to the State of Tennessee, $500,000 shall be available to Chattanooga Area Regional

Transit Authority in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

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SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

(HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)

The conference agreement appropriates $13,004,000 for operations and maintenance of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation as proposed by the House. The Senate bill provided $12,400,000.

RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS

The conference agreement appropriates $36,373,000 for research and special programs instead of $36,452,000 as proposed by

the House and $34,370,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within this

total, $4,707,000 is available until September 30, 2003 as proposed

by the House instead $4,201,000 as proposed by the Senate. The

following adjustments are made to the budget estimate:

Slight reduction in hazardous materials international standards .... ¥$23,000

Fund 2 of 5 new emergency transportation positions ......................... ¥244,000

Reduce proposed increases for crisis response .................................... ¥300,000

Reduce funding for new transportation infrastructure program ....... ¥2,400,000

Deny funding for university marine grants ......................................... ¥2,500,000

Human centered fatigue research ........................................................ +300,000

Continue to fund Garrett Morgan program in-house ......................... ¥200,000

Reduction in business modernization .................................................. ¥564,000

Reduce employee development funding ............................................... ¥227,000

Net adjustment to budget estimate ........................................... ¥$6,158,000

Bill language is retained that permits up to $1,200,000 in fees

to be collected and deposited in the general fund of the Treasury

as offsetting receipts. Also, bill language is included that permits

funds received from states, counties, municipalities, other public

authorities and private sources for expenses incurred for training,

reports publication and dissemination, and travel expenses incurred in the performance of hazardous materials exemptions and

approval functions. Both of these provisions were contained in the

House and Senate bills.

PIPELINE SAFETY

(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND)

(OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND)

The conference agreement provides a total of $47,044,000 for

the pipeline safety program instead of $40,137,000 as proposed by

the House and $43,144,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within this

total, $23,837,000 is available until September 30, 2003 instead of

$20,713,000 as proposed by the House and $24,432,000 as proposed

by the Senate.

Of this total, the conference agreement specifies that

$7,488,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund;

$36,556,000 from the Pipeline Safety Fund; and $3,000,000 from

the reserve fund. The House bill allocated $4,263,000 from the Oil

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ty Trust Fund. The Senate bill provided $8,750,000 from the Oil

Spill Liability Trust Fund; $31,894,000 from the Pipeline Safety

Fund; and $2,500,000 from the reserve fund.

Bill language specifies that the reserve fund should be used for

damage prevention grants to states as proposed by the Senate. The

House bill contained no similar provision.

The following table reflects the total allocation for pipeline

safety in fiscal year 2001:

Budget activity Pipeline safety

fund

Oil spill liability trust fund Reserve fund 1 Total

Personnel, compensation, and benefits ........................................ $8,963,000 $900,000 .................... $9,863,000

Operating expenses ........................................................................ 3,614,000 1,345,000 .................... 4,959,000

Information systems ...................................................................... 935,000 400,000 .................... 1,335,000

Risk assessment and technical studies ....................................... 850,000 400,000 .................... 1,250,000

Compliance .................................................................................... 200,000 100,000 .................... 300,000

Training and information dissemination ....................................... 800,000 300,000 .................... 1,100,000

Emergency notification .................................................................. 100,000 .................... .................... 100,000

Public education and damage control .......................................... 300,000 200,000 .................... 500,000

Oil Pollution Act ............................................................................. .................... 2,443,000 .................... 2,443,000

Research and development ........................................................... 2,744,000 .................... .................... 2,744,000

State grants ................................................................................... 15,000,000 1,400,000 .................... 16,400,000

Risk management .......................................................................... 50,000 .................... .................... 50,000

One-call notification ...................................................................... 1,000,000 .................... .................... 1,000,000

Damage prevention grants ............................................................ 2,000,000 .................... $3,000,000 5,000,000

Total .................................................................................. 36,556,000 7,488,000 3,000,000 47,044,000

1 Funding derived from the reserve fund is not directly appropriated.

State of Washington.—Within the funds provided for operating

expenses, the conference agreement provides $800,000 to the State

of Washington to match the state legislature’s supplemental appropriation for pipeline safety activities as directed by the Senate. The

House contained no similar appropriation.

Research and development.—The budget request for research

and development has been increased by $600,000 to support airborne mapping research, technology, and engineering in support of

improved leak detection, analysis, and response by federal, state,

and industry pipeline safety officials.

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS

(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND)

The conference agreement provides $200,000 for emergency

preparedness grants as proposed by both the House and the Senate. The conference agreement includes a limitation on obligation

of $14,300,000 instead of $13,227,000 as proposed by the Senate.

The House bill carried no similar provision.

Bill language, proposed by the Senate, which delayed the registration and processing fees collected under the emergency preparedness grant program from July 1 to September 30, 2000, has

been deleted. The House bill contained no similar provision.

OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conference agreement appropriates $48,450,000 for the Of- fice of Inspector General instead of $48,050,000 as proposed by the

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House and $49,000,000 (including transfers) as proposed by the

Senate. The agreement does not include language proposed by the

Senate deriving $38,500,000 of program funding by transfer from

DOT modal administrations, and does include House language authorizing the use of funds for investigation of fraud, deceptive trade

practices, and unfair methods of competition in the airline industry.

DCAA audits.—The conferees reiterate concerns expressed by

the House and Senate over the declining modal requests for contract audits performed by the Defense Contract Audit Agency

(DCAA). These audits are a primary tool in the prevention of government waste, fraud, and abuse, and will not be neglected by the

Department of Transportation. The Committees on Appropriations

will continue to monitor this issue, and may consider mandated

set-aside funding from the modal administrations, or other strong

measures, if the lack of support continues. The Assistant Secretary

for Budget and Programs is directed to ensure that all modal administrations are reminded, in writing, of the importance of these

audits, and is requested to work with the Office of Inspector General to track formally and review DCAA audit requests on a monthly or quarterly basis throughout the coming fiscal year.

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conference agreement appropriates $17,954,000 for salaries and expenses of the Surface Transportation Board as proposed

by the House instead of $17,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. In

addition, the conference agreement includes language, proposed by

the House, which allows the Board to offset $900,000 of its appropriation from fees collected during the fiscal year. The Senate bill

allowed the Board to collect $954,000 in fees to augment its appropriation.

Union Pacific/Southern Pacific (UP/SP) merger.—On December 12, 1997, the Board granted a joint request of Union Pacific

Railroad Company and the City of Wichita and Sedgwick County,

KS (Wichita/Sedgwick) to toll the 18-month mitigation study pending in Finance Docket No. 32760. The decision indicated that, at

such time as the parties reach agreement or discontinue negotiations, the Board would take appropriate action.

By petition filed June 26, 1998, Wichita/Sedgwick and UP/SP

indicated that they had entered into an agreement, and jointly petitioned the Board to impose the agreement as a condition of the

Board’s approval of the UP/SP merger. By decision dated July 8,

1998, the Board agreed and imposed the agreement as a condition

to the UP/SP merger. The terms of the negotiated agreement remain in effect. If UP/SP or any of its divisions or subsidiaries materially changes or is unable to achieve the assumptions on which the

Board based its final environmental mitigation measures, then the

Board should reopen Finance Docket 32760 if requested by interested parties, and prescribe additional mitigation properly reflecting these changes if shown to be appropriate.

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ture of the rail network. Following the issuance of its new merger

policy, the STB shall submit to the House and Senate Committees

on Appropriations, the Senate Commerce Committee, and the

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee a report

which: (1) identifies concerns that were raised at the March 2000

hearings; (2) details the actions that the STB will undertake to address these concerns; and (3) indicates where the STB lacks the authority and/or personnel resources to effectively address these concerns. This report shall be due July 1, 2001.

TITLE II—RELATED AGENCIES

ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS COMPLIANCE

BOARD

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conference agreement provides $4,795,000 for the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board as proposed

by both the House and the Senate.

NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conference agreement appropriates $62,942,000 for salaries and expenses of the National Transportation Safety Board as

proposed by the House instead of $59,000,000 as proposed by the

Senate. Within the funds provided, NTSB should continue participating in the interagency initiative on aviation safety in Alaska.

Training center and research facility.—NTSB shall enter into

an agreement to locate its training center and research facility on

land provided by George Washington University at the Loudoun

County, Virginia campus. This new facility, sought by the NTSB,

will provide NTSB additional laboratory space, classrooms, and

conference space as well as house the wreckage of TWA flight 800.

TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

Sec. 301 allows funds for aircraft; motor vehicles; liability insurance; uniforms; or allowances, as authorized by law as proposed

by both the House and Senate.

Sec. 302 requires pay raises to be funded within appropriated

levels in this Act or previous appropriations Acts as proposed by

both the House and Senate.

Sec. 303 modifies and makes permanent the House and Senate

provision that allows funds for expenditures for primary and secondary schools and transportation for dependents of Federal Aviation Administration personnel stationed outside the continental

United States.

Sec. 304 limits appropriations for services authorized by 5

U.S.C. 3109 to the rate for an Executive Level IV as proposed by

both the House and Senate.

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partment of Transportation and includes a provision that prohibits

political and Presidential personnel to be assigned on temporary

detail outside the Department of Transportation or an independent

agency funded in this Act as proposed by both the Senate and

House.

Sec. 306 prohibits pay and other expenses for non-Federal parties in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act as

proposed by both the House and Senate.

Sec. 307 prohibits obligations beyond the current fiscal year

and prohibits transfers of funds unless expressly so provided herein

as proposed by both the House and Senate.

Sec. 308 limits consulting service expenditures of public record

in procurement contracts as proposed by both the House and Senate.

Sec. 309 modifies the Senate provision to codify prohibitions

against the release of certain personal information without express

consent of the person to whom such information pertains; and inserts a new subsection that prohibits the withholdings of funds provided in this Act for any grantee if a State is in noncompliance

with this provision. The House proposed no similar provision.

Sec. 310 modifies the distribution of the Federal-aid highways

program proposed by the Senate. The House proposed no similar

provision.

Sec. 311 exempts previously made transit obligations from limitations on obligations as proposed by both the House and Senate.

Sec. 312 prohibits funds for the National Highway Safety Advisory Commission as proposed by both the House and Senate.

Sec. 313 prohibits funds to establish a vessel traffic safety fairway less than five miles wide between Santa Barbara and San

Francisco traffic separation schemes as proposed by both the House

and Senate.

Sec. 314 allows airports to transfer to the Federal Aviation Administration instrument landing systems as proposed by both the

House and Senate.

Sec. 315 prohibits funds to award multiyear contracts for production end items that include certain specified provisions as proposed by both the House and Senate.

Sec. 316 allows funds for discretionary grants of the Federal

Transit Administration for specific projects, except for fixed guideway modernization projects, not obligated by September 30, 2003,

and other recoveries to be used for other projects under 49 U.S.C.

5309 as proposed by both the House and Senate.

Sec. 317 allows transit funds appropriated before October 1,

2000, and that remain available for expenditure to be transferred

as proposed by both the House and Senate.

Sec. 318 prohibits funds to compensate in excess of 335 technical staff years under the federally funded research and development center contract between the Federal Aviation Administration

and the Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development instead of 320 technical staff years as proposed by both the House

and Senate.

Sec. 319 allows funds received by the Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and the Federal Railroad

Administration from States, counties, municipalities, other public

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authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for training

to be credited to each agency’s respective accounts as proposed by

the House and Senate.

Sec. 320 prohibits funds to be used to prepare, propose, or promulgate any regulation pursuant to title V of the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act prescribing corporate average fuel

economy standards for automobiles as defined in such title, in any

model year that differs from standards promulgated for such automobiles prior to enactment of this section as proposed by the

House. The Senate proposed no similar provision.

Sec. 321 allows funds made available for Alaska or Hawaii

ferry boats or ferry terminal facilities to be used to construct new

vessels and facilities or to improve existing vessels and facilities,

and for repair facilities. The conference agreement includes a new

provision allowing the State of Hawaii to use not more than

$3,000,000 of the amounts it receives from this program to initiate

and operate an inter-island and intra-island demonstration project.

The Senate proposed to allow funds made available for Alaska or

Hawaii ferry boats or ferry terminal facilities to be used to construct new vessels and facilities, to provide passenger ferryboat

service, or to improve existing vessels and facilities, and for repair

facilities. The House proposed no similar provision.

Sec. 322 allows funds received by the Bureau of Transportation

Statistics to be subject to the obligation limitation for Federal-aid

highways and highway safety construction as proposed by both the

House and Senate.

Sec. 323 prohibits the use of funds for any type of training

which: (1) does not meet needs for knowledge, skills, and abilities

bearing directly on the performance of official duties; (2) could be

highly stressful or emotional to the students; (3) does not provide

prior notification of content and methods to be used during the

training; (4) contains any religious concepts or ideas; (5) attempts

to modify a person’s values or lifestyle; or (6) is for AIDS awareness training, except for raising awareness of medical ramifications

of AIDS and workplace rights as proposed by the House. The Senate proposed no similar provision.

Sec. 324 prohibits the use of funds in this Act for activities designed to influence Congress or a state legislature on legislation or

appropriations except through proper, official channels as proposed

by both the House and Senate.

Sec. 325 requires compliance with the Buy American Act as

proposed by both the House and Senate.

Sec. 326 provides an appropriation of $54,963,000 from the

Highway Trust Fund for the Appalachian development highway

system instead of providing $54,963,000 from the general fund as

proposed by the Senate. The House proposed no similar appropriation.

Sec. 327 credits to appropriations of the Department of Transportation rebates, refunds, incentive payments, minor fees and

other funds received by the Department from travel management

centers, charge card programs, the subleasing of building space,

and miscellaneous sources as proposed by both the House and Senate. Such funds received shall be available until December 31,

2001.

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Sec. 328 authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to allow

issuers of any preferred stock to redeem or repurchase preferred

stock sold to the Department of Transportation as proposed by the

House and Senate.

Sec. 329 provides $750,000 for the Amtrak Reform Council instead of $495,000 proposed by the Senate and $450,000 proposed

by the House. Sec. 329 also includes provisions that amend section

203 of Public Law 105–134 regarding the Amtrak Reform Council’s

recommendations on Amtrak routes identified for closure or realignment as proposed by both the House and Senate.

Sec. 330 amends item number 1473 in section 1602 of Public

Law 105–178 by striking ‘‘Stony’’ and inserting ‘‘Commerce’’. The

House and Senate proposed no similar provision.

Sec. 331 prohibits funds in this Act unless the Secretary of

Transportation notifies the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations not less than three full business days before any discretionary grant award, letter of intent, or full funding grant agreement totaling $1,000,000 or more is announced by the department

or its modal administrations as proposed by both the House and

Senate.

Sec. 332 specifies that $20,000,000 made available for the

James A. Farley Post Office building in fiscal year 2001 must be

spent only on fire and life safety initiatives. The conferees consider

fire and life safety improvements to include, but not be limited to,

matters concerning ventilation, vertical access, and egress. The

Pennsylvania Station Redevelopment Corporation shall be the

grantee for these funds and shall control expenditures. The House

proposed to rescind $60,000,000 for the James A. Farley Post Office

Building. The Senate bill contained no similar rescission.

Sec. 333 prohibits funds for planning, design, or construction

of a light rail system in Houston, Texas, as proposed by the House.

The Senate proposed no similar provision.

Sec. 334 amends section 3030(b) of Public Law 105–178 to authorize the Wilmington downtown transit corridor and the Honolulu bus rapid transit project as proposed by the Senate. The House

proposed no similar provision.

Sec. 335 prohibits the use of funds in this act to adopt the rulemaking on Hours of Service of Drivers; Driver Rest and Sleep for

Safe Operations (Docket No. FMCSA 97–2350–953), and includes a

provision that allows the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to proceed through all stages of the rulemaking, including

issuing a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking, except the

adoption of a final rule. The Senate proposed prohibiting the use

of funds in this act to consider, finalize, or enforce the rulemaking.

The House proposed no similar provision.

Sec. 336 amends section 3038(e) of Public Law 105–178 pertaining to the federal share of the rural transportation accessibility

incentive program as proposed by both the House and Senate.

Sec. 337 amends item number 273 of section 1602 of Public

Law 105–178 pertaining to the Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway in

Des Moines, Iowa, as proposed by the House. The Senate proposed

no similar provision.

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Sec. 338 amends item number 328 of section 1602 of Public

Law 105–178 pertaining to Louisiana Highway 30 as proposed by

the House. The Senate proposed no similar provision.

Sec. 339 amends items numbered 63 and 186 of section 1602

of Public Law 105–178 pertaining to projects in Ohio as proposed

by the House. The Senate proposed no similar provision.

Sec. 340 pertains to funds apportioned to the Commonwealth

of Massachusetts and the Central Artery/Tunnel project. The

House proposed prohibiting funds in this Act for salaries and expenses of any departmental official to authorize project approvals

or advance construction authority for the Central Artery/Tunnel

project in Boston, Massachusetts. The Senate proposed limiting the

total Federal contribution for the project to not more than

$8,549,000,000.

This provision is included in the conference agreement without

prejudice to the current administration of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority (MTA). Following years of obfuscation, the current

administration at MTA has been forthcoming with details of the

cost overruns on, and the costs-to-complete, the Central Artery/

Tunnel project, as well as identifying the means by which the Commonwealth of Massachusetts plans to finance the project’s costs.

Moreover, the MTA recently negotiated with the Federal Highway

Administration, the Massachusetts Highway Department and the

Massachusetts Executive Office of Transportation and Construction

a partnership agreement that limits federal financial participation

in the project and sets forward other terms and conditions, including the requirement that the Commonwealth undertake a balanced

statewide construction program of $400,000,000 a year in construction activities and specific transportation projects in the Commonwealth other than the Central Artery/Tunnel project. The conferees

commend the MTA for these actions. This provision is not intended

to impugn the administration of, or the recent actions taken by, the

MTA, but rather to codify the partnership agreement to ensure

that federal financial participation in the Central Artery/Tunnel

project has an upper limit, and to ensure that the Federal Highway

Administration and the Secretary of the Department of Transportation fulfill their fiduciary responsibilities to the American taxpayer.

Sec. 341 amends section 3027(c)(3) of Public Law 105–178 relating to services for the elderly and persons with disabilities as

proposed by the House. The Senate proposed no similar provision.

Sec. 342 allows unobligated balances under section 149 of Public Law 100–17 and the Ebensburg bypass demonstration project of

Public Law 101–164 to be used for improvements along Route 56

in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, as proposed by the House. The

Senate proposed no similar provision.

Sec. 343 prohibits funds in this Act for the planning, development, or construction of the California State Route 710 freeway extension project through South Pasadena, California, as proposed by

the House. The Senate proposed no similar provision.

Sec. 344 prohibits funds in this Act for engineering work related to an additional runway at New Orleans International Airport as proposed by the House. The Senate proposed no similar

provision.

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Sec. 345 provides that $800,000 from capital investment grants

in Public Law 105–277 may be available for an intermodal parking

facility in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. The House and Senate

proposed no similar provision.

Sec. 346 prohibits funds in this Act to be used for the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol prior to its ratification as proposed

by the Senate. The House proposed no similar provision.

Sec. 347 modifies the Senate provision to prohibit the submission of a budget request that assumes revenues or reflects a reduction from the previous year due to user fee proposals that have not

been enacted into law prior to the submission of the President’s

budget unless the budget submission identifies which additional

spending reductions should occur in the event the user fee proposals are not enacted prior to the date of a committee of conference for the fiscal year 2002 appropriations Act. The House proposed no similar provision.

Sec. 348 provides that amounts appropriated for salaries and

expenses for the Department of Transportation may be used to reimburse safety inspectors for not to exceed one-half the costs incurred by such employees for professional liability insurance, contingent upon the submission of required information or documentation by the Department, as proposed by the Senate. The House proposed no similar provision.

Sec. 349 prohibits funds in this Act to be used to adopt guidelines or regulations requiring airport sponsors to provide the Federal Aviation Administration ‘‘without cost’’ buildings, maintenance, or space for FAA services, as proposed by the Senate. The

prohibition does not apply to negotiations between FAA and airport

sponsors concerning ‘‘below market’’ rates for such services or to

grant assurances that require airport sponsors to provide land

without cost to the FAA for air traffic control facilities. The House

proposed no similar provision.

Sec. 350 modifies the Senate provision to require the Coast

Guard to submit quarterly reports beginning after December 31,

2000, to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on

all major Coast Guard acquisition projects. The House proposed no

similar provision.

Sec. 351 modifies the Senate provision that withholds the highway funds of States that fail to adopt a blood alcohol content level

intoxication standard of .08 by fiscal year 2004. Under the conference agreement, States that do not adopt this standard will lose

a portion of their highway funds each year, beginning in fiscal year

2004 (2 percent in 2004, 4 percent in 2005, 6 percent in 2006, and

8 percent in 2007). If States enter into compliance by the end of

2007, funds withheld by sanction are restored in the State’s apportionment. The House proposed no similar provision.

Sec. 352 allows the Federal Aviation Administration to provide

for the conveyance of airport property to an institution of higher

education in Oklahoma as proposed by the Senate. The House proposed no similar provision.

Sec. 353 amends item 1006 of section 1602 of Public Law 105–

178 regarding a highway project in Polk County, Iowa, as proposed

by the Senate. The House proposed no similar provision.

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Sec. 354 allows the State of Mississippi to use funds previously

allocated to it under the transportation enhancement program, if

available, for constructing an underpass along Star Landing Road

in DeSoto County, Mississippi, as proposed by the Senate. The

House proposed no similar provision.

Sec. 355 modifies the Senate provision that amends section

1214 of Public Law 105–178 to provide that the non-Federal share

of project number 1646 in section 1602 may be funded by Federal

funds from an agency or agencies not part of the Department of

Transportation. The Senate proposed that the Secretary shall not

delegate responsibility for carrying out the project to a State. The

House proposed no similar provision.

Sec. 356 modifies the Senate provision that designates the New

Jersey transit commuter rail station located at the intersection of

the Main/Bergen line and the Northeast Corridor line in the State

of New Jersey as the ‘‘Frank R. Lautenberg Station’’. The House

proposed no similar provision.

Sec. 357 prohibits funds in this Act for the planning, development, or construction of an expressway at section 800 on Pennsylvania Route 202 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The House and

Senate proposed no similar provision.

Sec. 358 amends Public Law 106–69 to allow funding for buses,

bus-related equipment and bus facilities in the State of Michigan.

The House and Senate proposed no similar provision.

Sec. 359 establishes a program to reduce traffic congestion that

will allow eligible employees of federal agencies to participate in

telecommuting to the maximum extent possible without diminished

employee performance. Within one year, the Office of Personnel

Management shall evaluate the effectiveness of the program and

report to Congress. Each agency participating in the program shall

develop criteria to be used in implementing such a policy and ensure that managerial, logistical, organizational, or other barriers to

full implementation and successful functioning of the policy are removed. Each agency should also provide for adequate administrative, human resources, technical, and logistical support for carrying

out the policy. Telecommuting refers to any arrangement in which

an employee regularly performs officially assigned duties at home

or other work sites geographically convenient to the residence of

the employee. Eligible employees mean any satisfactorily performing employee of the agency whose job may typically be performed at least one day per week. The House and Senate proposed

no similar provision.

Sec. 360 provides that new fixed guideway system funds previously provided in Public Law 105–66 may be used for projects in

Jackson, Mississippi. The House and Senate proposed no similar

provision.

Sec. 361 provides that funds made available in item number

760 of section 1602 of Public Law 105–178 shall be used for corridor planning studies between western Baldwin County and Mobile Municipal Airport in Alabama. The House and Senate proposed no similar provision.

Sec. 362 amends section 1107(b) of Public Law 102–240 as it

pertains to projects in Akron, Ohio. The House and Senate proposed no similar provision.

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Sec. 363 pertains to the federal share of the total cost relating

to the reconstruction of a road and causeway in the Shiloh Military

Park in Hardin County, Tennessee. The House and Senate proposed no similar provision.

Sec. 364 amends section 30118 of title 49, United States Code,

to require motor vehicle manufacturers to review and consider information from any foreign source on defects of motor vehicles,

original equipment, or replacement equipment that do not comply

with applicable motor vehicle safety standards. The House and

Senate proposed no similar provision.

Sec. 365 allows funds appropriated to the Federal Transit Administration to be transferred to the Agency for International Development for transportation needs in the Frontline states to the

Kosovo conflict. The House and Senate proposed no similar provision.

Sec. 366 allows funds provided in Public Law 105–66 for the

Salt Lake City regional commuter system project to be used for

transit and other transportation-related portions of the Salt Lake

City regional commuter system and Gateway intermodal terminal.

The House and Senate proposed no similar provision.

Sec. 367 provides funding from section 1404 of Public Law

105–178 to the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The House and Senate

proposed no similar provision.

Sec. 368 directs the Secretary of Transportation to waive repayment of any federal-aid highway funds expended on the Lincoln

Street Bridge project by the City of Spokane, Washington. The

House and Senate proposed no similar provision.

Sec. 369 amends previous appropriations Acts to allow funding

for bus and bus facilities. The House and Senate proposed no similar provision.

Sec. 370 amends item number 6 in section 1602 of Public Law

105–178 to provide within amounts previously made available

$2,000,000 for repair and reconstruction of the North Ogden Divide

Highway in Utah. The House and Senate proposed no similar provision.

Sec. 371 allows States to use highway safety program funds

(section 402 of title 23, United States Code) to produce and place

highway safety service messages in television, radio, cinema, Internet, and print media based on guidance issued by the Secretary of

Transportation; and requires States to report to the Secretary on

the use of such funds for public service messages. The House and

Senate proposed no similar provisions.

Sec. 372 provides that the Mohall Railroad, Inc. may abandon

track from Granville to Lansford, North Dakota, and that such

abandoned track will not count against the limitation contained in

section 402 of Public Law 97–102. The House and Senate proposed

no similar provision.

Sec. 373 amends item number 163 in section 1602 of Public

Law 105–178 related to the extension of Kapkowski Road in New

Jersey to allow for the study, design, and construction of local

street improvements. The House and Senate proposed no similar

provisions.

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bor Port in California to be used for highway and freight rail access. The House and Senate proposed no similar provision.

Sec. 375 appropriates $5,000,000 to the Alabama Department

of Transportation for Muscle Shoals, Tuscumbia, and Sheffield

highway-rail improvements. The House and Senate proposed no

similar appropriation.

Sec. 376 appropriates $1,000,000 to Valley Trains and Tours

for track acquisition and rehabilitation between Strasburg Junction

and Shenandoah Caverns, Virginia. This funding is contingent

upon an agreement with Norfolk Southern Corporation on track

usage. In addition, funding is contingent on financial support by

the Commonwealth of Virginia for this project. The House and Senate proposed no similar appropriation.

Sec. 377 amends item number 1135 in section 1602 of Public

Law 105–178 to allow funds to be used to study all possible alternatives to the current M–14/Barton Drive interchange in Ann

Arbor, Michigan, including relocation of M–14/U.S.23 from Maple

Road to Plymouth Road, mass transit options, and other means of

reducing commuter traffic and improving highway safety. The

House and Senate proposed no similar provision.

Sec. 378 provides necessary expenses, to be derived from the

Highway Trust Fund, for various projects within the United States.

The House and Senate proposed no similar appropriations.

Sec. 379 provides additional funding for the Woodrow Wilson

Memorial Bridge. The $1,500,000,000 limitation on federal contribution prescribed in this section is not intended to preclude

states from using federal-aid apportionments or other federal-aid

funds made available to the states for costs associated with the

Woodrow Wilson Bridge project. The House and Senate proposed no

similar appropriation.

Sec. 380 provides contingent commitment authority to the Federal Transit Administration for specific capital investment grants.

The House and Senate proposed no similar provision.

Sec. 381 requires the Federal Transit Administrator to sign a

full funding grant agreement for the MOS–2 segment of the New

Jersey Urban Core-Hudson Bergen project.

Sec. 382 prohibits funding in this or any other Act for adjusting the boundary of the Point Retreat Light Station in Alaska or

otherwise limiting property at that station currently under lease to

the Alaska Lighthouse Association. The provision also nullifies any

modifications to the boundary at that station made after January

1, 1998.

The conference agreement deletes the House and Senate provisions that reduce funding and limit obligation authority for activities of the Transportation administrative service center. The House

proposed reducing funding by $4,000,000 for activities of the center

and limiting obligation authority to $115,387,000. The Senate proposed reducing funding by $53,430,000 for activities of the center

and limiting obligation authority to $119,848,000.

The conference agreement deletes the Senate provision that

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making advisory committees or the Coast Guard’s advisory council

on roles and missions as proposed by the Senate.

The conference agreement deletes the provision proposed by

both the House and Senate that authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to transfer appropriations by no more than 12 percent

among the offices of the Office of the Secretary.

The conference agreement deletes the House and Senate provisions that prohibit funds in this Act for activities under the Aircraft Purchase Loan Guarantee Program. According to the Federal

Aviation Administration, this provision is no longer necessary.

The conference agreement deletes the Senate provision that allows the Department of Transportation to enter into a fractional

aircraft ownership demonstration. Report language is included on

this subject under title I, Office of the Secretary, Salaries and expenses.

The conference agreement deletes the Senate provision that expands the exemption from Federal axle weight restrictions presently applicable only to public transit buses to all over-the-road

buses and directs that a study and report concerning applicability

of maximum axle weight limitations to over-the-road buses and

public transit vehicles be submitted to the Congress.

The conference agreement deletes the Senate provision that

amends section 1105(c) of Public Law 102–240 to clarify the alignment of the Ports-to-Plains corridor from Laredo, Texas, to Denver,

Colorado.

The conference agreement deletes the Senate provision that expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress and the President

should immediately take steps to address the growing safety hazard associated with the lack of adequate parking space for trucks

along interstate highways.

The conference agreement deletes the Senate provision that

provides for the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study

on noise impacts of railroad operations, including idling train engines on the quality of life of nearby communities, the quality of

the environment (including consideration of air pollution), and safety.

The conference agreement deletes the Senate provision that

provides $10,000,000 within the funds made available in this Act

for the costs associated with the construction of a third track on

the Northeast Corridor between Davisville, and Central Falls,

Rhode Island; provides $2,000,000 for a joint United States-Canada

commission to study the feasibility of connecting the rail system in

Alaska to the North American continental rail system; $400,000 for

passenger rail corridor planning activities for development of the

Gulf Coast high speed rail corridor; and $250,000 to the city of Traverse City, Michigan, for a comprehensive transportation plan. The

House proposed no similar provision. Funding for these projects

was considered in title I of the conference agreement.

The conference agreement deletes the Senate provision that expresses the sense of the Senate regarding funding for Coast Guard

operations and acquisitions during fiscal years 2000 and 2001.

The conference agreement deletes the Senate provision that

prohibits non-safety related funds to be used for any airport-related

grant for the Los Angeles International Airport made to the City

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of Los Angeles, or any intergovernmental body of which it is a

member, by the Department of Transportation or the Federal Aviation Administration, until the Administration concludes the revenue diversion investigation initiated in Docket 13–95–05 and either takes action or determines that no action is warranted.

TITLE IV—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT

GIFTS TO THE UNITED STATES FOR REDUCTION OF THE PUBLIC DEBT

The conference agreement includes title IV that appropriates

$5,000,000,000 for the reduction of the public debt instead of supplemental appropriations of $12,200,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, for the reduction of the public debt proposed by the Senate. The House Bill contained no similar title.

TITLE V—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide an additional $6,424,000 to establish a new interagency National Terrorist Asset Tracking Center (NTATC), to reimburse Treasury Department law enforcement

bureaus for detailees to the Center, and for five new positions to

reinforce the analytical component of the Office of Foreign Assets

Control.

VEHICLE USAGE AND REPLACEMENT

The conferees agree with the concerns expressed by the Senate

over the lack of progress by the Department of the Treasury and

its bureaus in establishing a centralized vehicle acquisition program, despite having been provided $1,000,000 for such purposes

in fiscal year 1999. The conferees agree with the Senate that the

Department must take action before additional funding is provided.

The conferees therefore direct that no funds for new vehicle acquisition shall be obligated or expended until the Department has: (1)

developed and implemented the vehicle data warehouse, and (2)

provided the Committees with a report that confirms that policy directives and operating procedures with regard to vehicles have

been fully implemented. The conferees expect that the mandate established in section 116 of Public Law 105–277 shall remain in

force.

DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS

The conferees agree to provide an additional $15,000,000 for

the Integrated Treasury (Wireless) Network.

EXPANDED ACCESS TO FINANCIAL SERVICES

The conferees agree to provide an additional $8,000,000 for

this account.

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TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND

The conferees clarify that they have agreed to fund

$29,107,000 of the $42,500,000 that the Administration proposed to

fund in fiscal year 2001 through the Super Surplus in regular appropriations. No funds are provided for Customs Service vehicle replacement ($11,000,000) and Acquisition and Maintenance for the

Federal Law Enforcement Training Center ($2,393,000).

FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide an additional $5,000,000 to the

Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) to establish

and operate a metropolitan area law enforcement training center

for the Treasury Department, other federal agencies, the United

States Capitol Police, and the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department, primarily as a place for firearms and vehicle operation requalification. The conferees provide that $3,500,000 of such

funding would only be made available for obligation after FLETC

submits a detailed spending plan to the Committees on Appropriations.

The conferees are aware that as many as 6,000 federal law enforcement officers in the Washington area require routine skills

training, but existing facilities in the region are not meeting this

need, in particular for the Treasury Department, the Park Police,

the State Department, and the U.S. Capitol Police, The shortage of

facilities applies to local law enforcement agencies as well, in particular the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department.

The conferees are aware of the work by the Interagency Firearms Range Working Group (IFRWG) and strongly supports its

mandate to identify a site and plan for establishment and operation of a Washington, D.C. area facility, to meet the need for regular perishable skills training for federal and other law enforcement agencies. The conferees understand that such training would

include firearms requalification, driver training, and possibly other

continuous routine training. The conferees expect this facility to accommodate as well the unique in-service and agency specific training requirements of the U.S. Capitol Police.

The conferees have seen the preliminary plan developed by

FLETC for such a local facility, to include semi-enclosed and enclosed firearms facilities as well as vehicle operation courses, and

agree that such a facility, to generate the benefits of consolidated

law enforcement training, must be designed, built and operated to

meet priority needs for continuing professional training, and to

avoid needless duplication or inefficiency. The conferees understand that this facility will be for daytime training operations only,

with no residential or dining facilities. The conferees expect that

any federal agency seeking funding for new or expanded training

facilities in the capital region will participate in and coordinate

such requests through FLETC and the IFRWG, and that FLETC

will strive to accommodate, as space permits, any requests for

training from local law enforcement agencies.

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The conferees direct the Federal Law Enforcement Training

Center to work with the General Services Administration (GSA) to

identify a site for this facility within the GSA inventory of Federal

land.

ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND RELATED

EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide an additional $25,000,000 for

design and construction of a metropolitan area law enforcement

training center, including firearms and vehicle operations requalification facilities, to remain available until expended. Such funding

would include the costs of architecture and engineering plans, design and construction for firearms ranges, vehicle operation ranges,

tactical operations training facilities and related teaching facilities

such as classrooms and non-lethal shoot houses, as well as administrative and support facilities. The conferees include language

making $22,000,000 of these funds unavailable for obligation until

a complete design and construction plan with associated timelines

and cost breakouts has been submitted to the Committees on Appropriations.

BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, AND FIREARMS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide an additional $4,148,000 for 30

agents to participate in Joint Terrorism Task Forces.

UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide an additional $18,934,000 for counterterrorism activities, including $2,334,000 for 17 agents to

participate in Joint Terrorism Task Forces; $10,000,000 for northern border security infrastructure; and $6,600,000 for 48 agents to

counter-terrorist threats along the northern border. The conferees

have also included language prohibiting obligation of funds for the

northern border until a plan for the deployment of resources and

personnel has been submitted for approval to the Committees on

Appropriations.

NORTHERN BORDER SECURITY

The conferees have long agreed on the inadequacy of the federal response to smuggling and other threats facing the southern

border and ports of entry to the U.S. The security threat to the

northern border of the U.S. was made plain last winter following

the arrests of suspected terrorists attempting to enter the United

States from Canada into Washington State and Vermont. The need

for increased vigilance along our long, undefended border with

Canada is beyond dispute while at the same time commerce with

Canada, our major bilateral trading partner, grows apace.

Aging infrastructure and staffing shortages have created significant bottlenecks as well as increased vulnerability to potential

security threats at a number of northern ports of entry. Yet the

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vide the necessary personnel, facilities and related infrastructure to

keep our border crossings safe and yet facilitate the smooth movement of commerce and passengers. Shortcomings in infrastructure

are readily visible to visitors to the border, but so are the sparse

staffing levels. The northern border extends nearly 4,000 miles, but

has only about 300 agents and inspectors, while the 2,000 mile

southwest border has 8,000. In addition to increases in agents and

inspectors needed to meet the threat of terrorism, additional land

border inspectors are called for in the 1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act, which has not been fully

implemented.

The conferees therefore direct the U.S. Customs Service, working with the General Services Administration, the Immigration and

Naturalization Service, and other agencies responsible for border

inspection and facilities, to address the inadequacies that presently

exist in facilities and personnel and submit to the Congress a plan

to address them with the submission of the fiscal year 2002 budget.

RESOURCE ALLOCATION MODEL

The Customs Service told the Committees over a year ago that

the Customs staffing resource allocation model was near completion. However, the model remains under review and not operational. At the same time, the Committees have not received any

information about the characteristics of the model. Given the numerous requests to establish, expand, or preserve Customs presence at various ports, it is essential that Customs have such a

model in place to permit a more transparent and consistent basis

for making such decisions. While the conferees recognize that the

use of such a model would not by itself mechanically determine all

staffing and organizational decisions, they expect the Committees

to be able to understand and review the methodology and analysis

used by Customs as they review the methodology and analysis used

by Customs as they review future funding requests. The conferees

therefore direct Customs and the Treasury Department to expedite

completion of the model and to report to the Committees not later

than February 1, 2001 on the characteristics and application of the

model and on the status of its implementation. The conferees request that the General Accounting Office review the resource allocation model and supporting data used for this analysis, and report

to the Committees on the validity and reliability of the model and

its findings.

INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

PROCESSING, ASSISTANCE AND MANAGEMENT

ELECTRONIC TAX ADMINISTRATION

In its June 30, 2000, annual report to Congress, the Electronic

Tax Administration Advisory Committee (ETAAC) emphasized its

position that IRS should stress partnerships; not competition, with

the private sector and state and local governments in achieving its

electronic tax administration objectives. In this regard, ETAAC believes it is inappropriate for IRS to offer no-cost electronic filing

over the Internet, either by developing its own software or aligning

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directed to provide the Committees on Appropriations a report commenting on this ETAAC position as well as making any recommendations to address the concerns raised by ETAAC within

120 days of the enactment of this Act. The conferees share these

concerns and further direct the IRS to delay implementing no-cost

Internet tax filing services until such report has been submitted to

and reviewed by the Committees.

TAX LAW ENFORCEMENT

The conferees agree to provide $7,974,000, including $3,135,000 for support of the money laundering strategy, and an

additional $4,839,000 for 35 agents to participate in Joint Terrorism Task Forces.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS

The conferees agree to provide $71,751,000 for information

technology investments. The release of these funds is subject to

conditions similar to those required for funds previously appropriated for modernizing the major computer systems of the Internal

Revenue Service.

STAFFING TAX ADMINISTRATION FOR BALANCE AND EQUITY

The conferees agree to provide $141,000,000 in a new account

established to fund the hiring of additional staff by the Internal

Revenue Service (IRS). Release of these funds is subject to a staffing plan, to be approved by the Department of the Treasury, Office

of Management and Budget, and the Committees on Appropriations. The conferees are aware of the IRS’ continuing reassessment

of its specific staffing needs in light of its implementation of the

IRS Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998, as indicated by the recent IRS requests for substantive transfers of funding and positions

among its appropriations accounts. The current organizational restructuring within the IRS also has created uncertainty with respect to its specific staffing needs. The conferees look forward to

working with the Administration to ensure that balance and equity

are achieved with respect to IRS staffing requirements for tax administration.

UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conferees agree to provide an additional $2,904,000 for 21

agents to participate in Joint Terrorism Task Forces.

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED

TO THE PRESIDENT

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

The conferees urge the Office of Management and Budget to allocate at least two-thirds of the additional staff for use in supporting the management function of the Office, which is limited to

the Deputy Director for Management and the Statutory Offices—

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the Office of Federal Financial Management, the Office of Federal

Procurement Policy, and the Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs.

OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY

COUNTERDRUG TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT CENTER

The conferees agree to provide an additional $7,000,000 for the

Counterdrug Technology Assessment Center, including $5,000,000

for the continued operation of the technology transfer program and

$2,000,000 for the continued development of the wireless interoperability communication project currently underway in Colorado. This

much-needed project is in direct response to the wireless communication difficulties experienced by State and local law enforcement

during the Columbine High School tragedy.

UNANTICIPATED NEEDS

The conferees agree to provide $3,500,000 for Unanticipated

Needs of the President, including $2,500,000 as a transfer to the

Elections Commission of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for objective, non-partisan citizens’ education for a choice by voters on

the islands’ future status; the conferees make the $2,500,000 transfer available on March 21, 2001. The conferees include a provision

prohibiting the use of funds by the Elections Commission until 45

days after the Commission submits to the Committees on Appropriations for approval an expenditure plan developed jointly by the

Popular Democratic Party, the New Progressive Party, and the

Puerto Rican Independence Party. The conferees also include a provision requiring the Elections Commission to include in the expenditure plan additional views from any party that does not agree with

the plan.

INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND

CONSTRUCTION

The conferees agree to provide $3,000,000 for non-prospectus

construction projects.

SALT LAKE CITY COURTHOUSE

The conferees are aware of issues surrounding the site of the

Salt Lake City courthouse. The conferees direct GSA to examine

these issues and report to the Committees on Appropriations, the

House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and the

Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works within 120

days of enactment of this Act on the status of the site and recommendations on resolving any outstanding issues. In addition, the

conferees direct that GSA may not take any further condemnation

action prior to the Committees’ receipt of the report. The conferees

direct GSA to consult with the Administrative Office of the U.S.

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Courts and the appropriate authorities in the preparation of this

report.

REPAIRS AND ALTERATIONS

The conferees agree to provide $8,350,000 for a repair and alteration project associated with a courthouse annex in Columbia,

South Carolina

RENTAL OF SPACE

The conferees are concerned with the environmental conditions

of the Customs House at Terminal Island, California. While many

Customs employees have been temporarily moved from the Customs House to healthier work environments, the conferees are concerned about the health and safety of the remaining employees at

the facility. The conferees understand that the General Services

Administration (GSA) is working with the Customs Service to resolve the situation at the Customs House to identify permanent

space and relocate Customs personnel.

The conferees understand that GSA is working jointly with the

Customs Service to relocate the Office of the Customs Special

Agent in Charge by December 31, 2000. Other Customs employees

will be moved to a new leased location by May 31, 2001. The hightech customs laboratory will remain at Terminal Island as requested by the Customs Service. The conferees are concerned that

plans for relocation of Customs employees occur as scheduled and

direct the Customs Service and GSA to report no later than January 15, 2001, on the situation facing the Customs Service employees remaining at this facility and the status of the permanent

move.

BUILDING OPERATIONS

ACCESS TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES

The conferees are aware that significant cost savings to the

government are being achieved by the FTS 2001 and the Metropolitan Area Acquisition programs administered by GSA as a result of

increased competition among communications services. The conferees are also aware that such potential cost savings may be jeopardized by building access limitations for telecommunication providers. The conferees note that legislation has been introduced in

Congress intended to promote non-discriminatory or fair and reasonable access to telecommunications services for Federal agencies.

The conferees direct the executive branch identify building telecommunications access barriers and take necessary steps to ensure

that telecommunications providers are given fair and reasonable

access to provide service to Federal agencies in buildings where the

Federal government is the owner or tenant.

TUCSON, ARIZONA

The conferees direct the GSA to reach a mutual agreement

with the City of Tucson, Arizona regarding the use of the federally

owned property at 26–72 East Congress by October 24, 2000.

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POLICY AND OPERATIONS

The conferees agree to provide an additional $13,789,000 for

policy and operations, including $2,060,000 for the electronic government initiative, $2,000,000 for the regulatory information service center, $2,000,000 for facilitating post conveyance remediation

to be performed by the City of Waltham, Massachusetts, $2,000,000

for a grant to the Institute for Biomedical Science and Biotechnology, $2,000,000 for the Center for Agricultural Policy and

Trade Studies, $1,000,000 for a grant to the Berwick Industrial Development Authority in Pennsylvania, $1,000,000 for a grant to the

Ewing-Lawrence Sewerage Authority in Ewing Township, New Jersey, $750,000 for logistical support of the World Police and Fire

Games, and $979,000 for base operations.

NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

REPAIRS AND RESTORATION

The conferees agree to provide an additional $6,610,000 for repairs to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library.

GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE

FEDERAL INTERNET SITES

The conferees have included a new provision (Section 501) prohibiting the use of funds by agencies funded in the Treasury and

General Government Appropriations Act, 2001, to use federal Internet sites to collect, review, or create any aggregate list that includes the collection of any personally identifiable information relating to an individual’s access to or use of any federal government

Internet site of the agency. Section 644 of the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2001, shall not have effect.

FEC REFORMS

The conferees have included a new provision (Section 502) regarding certain reforms within the FEC, including a clarification of

the permissible use of fax and electronic mail, a clarification of the

treatment of lines of credit, and requiring the actual receipt of certain independent expenditure reports within 24 hours.

U.S. OLYMPIC ANTI-DOPING EFFORTS

The conferees have included a new provision (Section 503) to

clarify that the funds made available to the United States Olympic

Committee for anti-doping efforts in the Treasury and General

Government Appropriations Act, 2001 will be provided to The U.S.

Anti-Doping Agency, Incorporated (USADA). USADA, a private organization, is responsible for the anti-doping program in the United

States relating to participation by U.S. athletes in the Olympic,

Pan American, and Paralympic Games. The conferees agree to

make these funds available to USADA based on their understanding that the conduct of such anti-doping programs is the responsibility of USADA and not of any federal government agency.

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FEDERAL RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTIONS

The conferees agree to include a new provision (Section 504)

that Section 640 of the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2001 shall not have effect. The conferees further

agree to include a new provision (Section 505) regarding Civil Service retirement contributions.

UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE ASSISTANCE FOR INVESTIGATIONS

RELATED TO MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN

The conferees agree to include a new provision (Section 506)

providing that $2,000,000 of fiscal year 2001 funding for the U.S.

Secret Service that was specified for activities related to investigations of missing and exploited children shall be available for forensic and related support of such investigations, to remain available

until September 30, 2001.

SECTION 108 OF THE LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2001

The conferees have included a new provision (Section 507)

amending Section 108 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations

Act, 2001 contained in House Report 106–796. The amendment

places the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) under the direct control of the Chief of the U.S. Capitol Police, in consultation with the

Comptroller General of the United States. The Comptroller General

will monitor the performance of the CAO and report same to the

Chief the U.S. Capitol Police, the Capitol Police Board, and the appropriations and authorizing committees of the Senate and House

of Representatives. The Chief will report the CAO’s plans and

progress made in resolving the several administrative problems of

the Capitol Police to the appropriations and authorizing committees of the Senate and House of Representatives.

REVIEW OF PROPOSED CHANGES TO EXPORT THRESHOLDS FOR

COMPUTERS

The conferees expect that the assessment provided by the

Comptroller General pursuant to Section 314 of the Legislative

Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 shall include, at a minimum:

(1) An evaluation of the adequacy of the stated justification for any proposed changes to computer performance export

control thresholds given in the Presidential report referred to

in subsection (d) of section 1211 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (50 U.S.C. App. 2404

note), as amended; and

(2) An evaluation of the likely impact of any proposed

changes to computer performance export control thresholds

upon—

(A) the national security and foreign policy interests of

the United States;

(B) the security of countries friendly to, or allied with,

the United States;

(C) multilateral export control regimes of which the

United States is a member; and

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(D) United States policies designed to slow or prevent

the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction or ballistic missile technology.

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The following table provides a tabular summary of the fiscal

year 2001 Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act.

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168

169

170

171

172

173

174

175

176

177

178

179

180

181

182

183

184

185

186

187

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CONFERENCE TOTAL—WITH COMPARISONS

The total new budget (obligational) authority for the fiscal year

2001 recommended by the Committee of Conference, with comparisons to the fiscal year 2000 amount, the 2001 budget estimates,

and the House and Senate bills for 2001 follow:

[In thousands of dollars]

New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2000 ........................ $15,084,976

Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2001 16,146,737

House bill, fiscal year 2001 ................................................................... 15,773,944

Senate bill, fiscal year 2001 .................................................................. 15,295,300

Conference agreement, fiscal year 2001 .............................................. 18,492,649

Conference agreement compared with:

New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2000 ................ +3,407,673

Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal year

2001 .............................................................................................. +2,345,912

House bill, fiscal year 2001 ............................................................ +2,718,705

Senate bill, fiscal year 2001 ........................................................... +3,197,349

FRANK R. WOLF,

TOM DELAY,

RALPH REGULA,

HAROLD ROGERS,

RON PACKARD,

SONNY CALLAHAN,

TODD TIAHRT,

ROBERT B. ADERHOLT,

KAY GRANGER,

C.W. BILL YOUNG,

MARTIN OLAV SABO

(except for provisions to

withhold highway funds

from states that do not

adopt 0.08 blood alcohol

concentration laws),

JOHN W. OLVER,

ED PASTOR,

CAROLYN C. KILPATRICK

(except for provisions to

withhold highway funds

from states that do not

adopt 0.08 blood alcohol

concentration laws),

JOSE E. SERRANO,

MICHAEL P. FORBES,

DAVID R. OBEY

(with exception to denial of

funds to states without

0.08 BAC),

Managers on the Part of the House.

RICHARD C. SHELBY,

PETE DOMENICI,

ARLEN SPECTER,

CHRISTOPHER S. BOND,

SLADE GORTON,

ROBERT F. BENNETT,

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BEN NIGHTHORSE CAMPBELL, TED STEVENS, FRANK R. LAUTENBERG, ROBERT C. BYRD, BARBARA A. MIKULSKI, HARRY REID, HERB KOHL, PATTY MURRAY, DANIEL K. INOUYE, Managers on the Part of the Senate.

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