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Calendar No. 596

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2720

Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related

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

purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JUNE 13, 2000

Mr. SHELBY, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following

original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar

A BILL

Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation

and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September

30, 2001, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the

5 Department of Transportation and related agencies for

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

7 purposes, namely:
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1 TITLE I

2 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

3 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

4 IMMEDIATE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

5 For necessary expenses of the Immediate Office of

6 the Secretary, $1,800,000.

7 IMMEDIATE OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY SECRETARY

8 For necessary expenses of the Immediate Office of

9 the Deputy Secretary, $500,000.

10 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

11 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General

12 Counsel, $9,000,000.

13 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POLICY

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant

15 Secretary for Policy, $2,500,000.

16 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR AVIATION

17 AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant

19 Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs,

20 $7,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other

21 provision of law, there may be credited to this appropria22 tion up to $1,250,000 in funds received in user fees.
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1 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR BUDGET

2 AND PROGRAMS

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant

4 Secretary for Budget and Programs, $6,500,000, includ5 ing not to exceed $60,000 for allocation within the Depart6 ment for official reception and representation expenses as

7 the Secretary may determine: Provided, That not more

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

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

10 2001.

11 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

12 GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant

14 Secretary for Governmental Affairs, $2,000,000.

15 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

16 ADMINISTRATION

17 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant

18 Secretary for Administration, $17,800,000.

19 OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS

20 For necessary expenses of the Office of Public Af21 fairs, $1,500,000.

22 EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT

23 For necessary expenses of the Executive Secretariat,

24 $1,181,000.
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1 BOARD OF CONTRACT APPEALS

2 For necessary expenses of the Board of Contract Ap3 peals, $496,000.

4 OFFICE OF SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS

5 UTILIZATION

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of Small and

7 Disadvantaged Business Utilization, $1,192,000.

8 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

9 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In10 formation Officer, $6,000,000.

11 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights,

13 $8,000,000.

14 TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND

15 DEVELOPMENT

16 For necessary expenses for conducting transportation

17 planning, research, systems development, development ac18 tivities, and making grants, to remain available until ex19 pended, $5,300,000, of which $1,400,000 shall only be

20 available for planning for the 2001 Special Winter Olym21 pics; and $2,000,000 shall only be available for the pur22 pose of section 228 of Public Law 106–181.

23 TRANSPORTATION ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE CENTER

24 Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital

25 outlays of the Transportation Administrative Service Cen-
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1 ter, not to exceed $173,278,000, shall be paid from appro2 priations made available to the Department of Transpor3 tation: Provided, That such services shall be provided on

4 a competitive basis to entities within the Department of

5 Transportation: Provided further, That the above limita6 tion on operating expenses shall not apply to non-DOT

7 entities: Provided further, That no funds appropriated in

8 this Act to an agency of the Department shall be trans9 ferred to the Transportation Administrative Service Cen10 ter without the approval of the agency modal adminis11 trator: Provided further, That no assessments may be lev12 ied against any program, budget activity, subactivity or

13 project funded by this Act unless notice of such assess14 ments and the basis therefor are presented to the House

15 and Senate Committees on Appropriations and are ap16 proved by such Committees.

17 MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM

18 For the cost of direct loans, $1,500,000, as author19 ized by 49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, includ20 ing the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined

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

22 Provided further, That these funds are available to sub23 sidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct

24 loans not to exceed $13,775,000. In addition, for adminis-
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1 trative expenses to carry out the direct loan program,

2 $400,000.

3 MINORITY BUSINESS OUTREACH

4 For necessary expenses of Minority Business Re5 source Center outreach activities, $3,000,000, of which

6 $2,635,000 shall remain available until September 30,

7 2002: Provided, That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 332,

8 these funds may be used for business opportunities related

9 to any mode of transportation.

10 COAST GUARD

11 OPERATING EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses for the operation and mainte13 nance of the Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for; pur14 chase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles for

15 replacement only; payments pursuant to section 156 of

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

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

18 429(b)); and recreation and welfare; $3,039,460,000, of

19 which $641,000,000 shall be available only for defense20 related activities; and of which $25,000,000 shall be de21 rived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund: Provided,

22 That none of the funds appropriated in this or any other

23 Act shall be available for pay for administrative expenses

24 in connection with shipping commissioners in the United

25 States: Provided further, That none of the funds provided
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1 in this Act shall be available for expenses incurred for

2 yacht documentation under 46 U.S.C. 12109, except to

3 the extent fees are collected from yacht owners and cred4 ited to this appropriation: Provided further, That the Com5 mandant shall reduce both military and civilian employ6 ment levels for the purpose of complying with Executive

7 Order No. 12839: Provided further, That up to $615,000

8 in user fees collected pursuant to section 1111 of Public

9 Law 104–324 shall be credited to this appropriation as

10 offsetting collections in fiscal year 2001: Provided further,

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

12 the Coast Guard to plan, finalize, or implement any regu13 lation that would promulgate new maritime user fees not

14 specifically authorized by law after the date of the enact15 ment of this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary may

16 transfer funds to this account, from Federal Aviation Ad17 ministration ‘‘Operations’’, not to exceed $100,000,000 in

18 total for the fiscal year, fifteen days after written notifica19 tion to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria20 tions, for the purpose of providing additional funds for

21 drug interdiction activities and/or the Office of Intelligence

22 and Security activities: Provided further, That the United

23 States Coast Guard will reimburse the Department of

24 Transportation Inspector General $5,000,000 for costs as-
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1 sociated with audits and investigations of all Coast Guard2 related issues and systems.

3 ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

4 For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction,

5 renovation, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore

6 facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related

7 thereto, $407,747,660, of which $20,000,000 shall be de8 rived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which

9 $145,936,660 shall be available to acquire, repair, ren10 ovate or improve vessels, small boats and related equip11 ment, to remain available until September 30, 2005;

12 $41,650,000 shall be available to acquire new aircraft and

13 increase aviation capability, to remain available until Sep14 tember 30, 2003; $54,304,000 shall be available for other

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

16 $68,406,000 shall be available for shore facilities and aids

17 to navigation facilities, to remain available until Sep18 tember 30, 2003; $55,151,000 shall be available for per19 sonnel compensation and benefits and related costs, to re20 main available until September 30, 2002; and

21 $42,300,000 for the Integrated Deepwater Systems pro22 gram, to remain available until September 30, 2003: Pro23 vided, That the Commandant may dispose of surplus real

24 property by sale or lease and the proceeds shall be credited

25 to this appropriation and remain available until expended,
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1 but shall not be available for obligation until October 1,

2 2001: Provided further, That none of the funds provided

3 for the Integrated Deepwater Systems program shall be

4 available for obligation until the submission of a com5 prehensive capital investment plan for the United States

6 Coast Guard as required by Public Law 106–69: Provided

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

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

9 municipal pier and other harbor improvements: Provided

10 further, That the City of Homer enters into an agreement

11 with the United States to accommodate Coast Guard ves12 sels and to support Coast Guard operations at Homer,

13 Alaska: Provided further, That the Commandant is hereby

14 granted the authority to enter into a contract for the

15 Great Lakes Icebreaker (GLIB) Replacement which shall

16 be funded on an incremental basis: Provided further, That

17 upon initial submission to the Congress of the fiscal year

18 2002 President’s budget, the Secretary of Transportation

19 shall transmit to the Congress a comprehensive capital in20 vestment plan for the United States Coast Guard which

21 includes funding for each budget line item for fiscal years

22 2002 through 2006, with total funding for each year of

23 the plan constrained to the funding targets for those years

24 as estimated and approved by the Office of Management

25 and Budget.
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1 ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION

2 For necessary expenses to carry out the Coast

3 Guard’s environmental compliance and restoration func4 tions under chapter 19 of title 14, United States Code,

5 $16,700,000, to remain available until expended.

6 ALTERATION OF BRIDGES

7 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

8 For necessary expenses for alteration or removal of

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

10 expended.

11 RETIRED PAY

12 For retired pay, including the payment of obligations

13 therefor otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for

14 this purpose, and payments under the Retired Service15 man’s Family Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, and

16 for payments for medical care of retired personnel and

17 their dependents under the Dependents Medical Care Act

18 (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), $778,000,000.

19 RESERVE TRAINING

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For all necessary expenses of the Coast Guard Re22 serve, as authorized by law; maintenance and operation

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

24 $80,371,000: Provided, That no more than $22,000,000

25 of funds made available under this heading may be trans-
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1 ferred to Coast Guard ‘‘Operating expenses’’ or otherwise

2 made available to reimburse the Coast Guard for financial

3 support of the Coast Guard Reserve: Provided further,

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

5 Coast Guard to assess direct charges on the Coast Guard

6 Reserves for items or activities which were not so charged

7 during fiscal year 1997.

8 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION

9 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

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

12 facilities and equipment, as authorized by law,

13 $21,320,000, to remain available until expended, of which

14 $3,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability

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

16 used for the purposes of this appropriation funds received

17 from State and local governments, other public authori18 ties, private sources, and foreign countries, for expenses

19 incurred for research, development, testing, and evalua20 tion.

21 FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

22 OPERATIONS

23 For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Ad24 ministration, not otherwise provided for, including oper25 ations and research activities related to commercial space
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1 transportation, administrative expenses for research and

2 development, establishment of air navigation facilities, the

3 operation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft,

4 subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold

5 to the public, and carrying out the provisions of sub6 chapter I of chapter 471 of title 49, United States Code,

7 or other provisions of law authorizing the obligation of

8 funds for similar programs of airport and airway develop9 ment or improvement, lease or purchase of passenger

10 motor vehicles for replacement only, in addition to

11 amounts made available by Public Law 104–264,

12 $6,350,250,000, of which $4,414,869,000 shall be derived

13 from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, of which

14 $5,039,391,000 shall be available for air traffic services

15 program activities; $691,979,000 shall be available for

16 aviation regulation and certification program activities;

17 $138,462,000 shall be available for civil aviation security

18 program activities; $182,401,000 shall be available for re19 search and acquisition program activities; $10,000,000

20 shall be available for commercial space transportation pro21 gram activities; $43,000,000 shall be available for Finan22 cial Services program activities; $49,906,000 shall be

23 available for Human Resources program activities;

24 $99,347,000 shall be available for Regional Coordination

25 program activities; and $95,764,000 shall be available for
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1 Staff Offices program activities: Provided, That none of

2 the funds in this Act shall be available for the Federal

3 Aviation Administration to plan, finalize, or implement

4 any regulation that would promulgate new aviation user

5 fees not specifically authorized by law after the date of

6 the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That there

7 may be credited to this appropriation funds received from

8 States, counties, municipalities, foreign authorities, other

9 public authorities, and private sources, for expenses in10 curred in the provision of agency services, including re11 ceipts for the maintenance and operation of air navigation

12 facilities, and for issuance, renewal or modification of cer13 tificates, including airman, aircraft, and repair station cer14 tificates, or for tests related thereto, or for processing

15 major repair or alteration forms: Provided further, That

16 of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less

17 than $5,000,000 shall be for the contract tower cost-shar18 ing program and not less than $55,300,000 shall be for

19 the contract tower program within the air traffic services

20 program activities: Provided further, That funds may be

21 used to enter into a grant agreement with a nonprofit

22 standard-setting organization to assist in the development

23 of aviation safety standards: Provided further, That none

24 of the funds in this Act shall be available for new appli25 cants for the second career training program: Provided
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1 further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be avail2 able for paying premium pay under 5 U.S.C. 5546(a) to

3 any Federal Aviation Administration employee unless such

4 employee actually performed work during the time cor5 responding to such premium pay: Provided further, That

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

7 to operate a manned auxiliary flight service station in the

8 contiguous United States: Provided further, That none of

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

10 Administration to enter into a multiyear lease greater

11 than 5 years in length or greater than $100,000,000 in

12 value unless such lease is specifically authorized by the

13 Congress and appropriations have been provided to fully

14 cover the Federal Government’s contingent liabilities: Pro15 vided further, That none of the funds in this Act may be

16 used for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to

17 sign a lease for satellite services related to the global posi18 tioning system (GPS) wide area augmentation system

19 until the administrator of FAA certifies in writing to the

20 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations that

21 FAA has conducted a lease versus buy analysis which indi22 cates that such lease will result in the lowest overall cost

23 to the agency: Provided further, That notwithstanding any

24 other provision of law, the FAA Administrator may con25 tract out the entire function of Oceanic flight services:
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1 Provided further, That the Secretary may transfer funds

2 to this account, from Coast Guard ‘‘Operating expenses’’,

3 not to exceed $100,000,000 in total for the fiscal year,

4 fifteen days after written notification to the House and

5 Senate Committees on Appropriations, solely for the pur6 pose of providing additional funds for air traffic control

7 operations and maintenance to enhance aviation safety

8 and security, and/or the Office of Intelligence and Security

9 activities: Provided further, That the Federal Aviation Ad10 ministration will reimburse the Department of Transpor11 tation Inspector General $19,000,000 for costs associated

12 with audits and investigations of all aviation-related issues

13 and systems.

14 FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

15 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

16 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

17 for acquisition, establishment, and improvement by con18 tract or purchase, and hire of air navigation and experi19 mental facilities and equipment as authorized under part

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

21 initial acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; en22 gineering and service testing, including construction of

23 test facilities and acquisition of necessary sites by lease

24 or grant; and construction and furnishing of quarters and

25 related accommodations for officers and employees of the
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1 Federal Aviation Administration stationed at remote local2 ities where such accommodations are not available; and

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

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

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

6 $2,334,112,400 shall remain available until September 30,

7 2003, and of which $322,652,600 shall remain available

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

9 credited to this appropriation funds received from States,

10 counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and pri11 vate sources, for expenses incurred in the establishment

12 and modernization of air navigation facilities: Provided

13 further, That upon initial submission to the Congress of

14 the fiscal year 2002 President’s budget, the Secretary of

15 Transportation shall transmit to the Congress a com16 prehensive capital investment plan for the Federal Avia17 tion Administration which includes funding for each budg18 et line item for fiscal years 2002 through 2006, with total

19 funding for each year of the plan constrained to the fund20 ing targets for those years as estimated and approved by

21 the Office of Management and Budget: Provided further,

22 That none of the funds in this Act may be used for the

23 Federal Aviation Administration to enter into a capital

24 lease agreement unless appropriations have been provided
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1 to fully cover the Federal Government’s contingent liabil2 ities at the time the lease agreement is signed.

3 RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT

4 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

5 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

6 for research, engineering, and development, as authorized

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

8 Code, including construction of experimental facilities and

9 acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant,

10 $183,343,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway

11 Trust Fund and to remain available until September 30,

12 2003: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro13 priation funds received from States, counties, municipali14 ties, other public authorities, and private sources, for ex15 penses incurred for research, engineering, and develop16 ment.

17 GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS

18 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

19 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

20 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

21 For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in22 aid for airport planning and development, and noise com23 patibility planning and programs as authorized under sub24 chapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475

25 of title 49, United States Code, and under other law au26 thorizing such obligations; for administration of such pro-
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1 grams and air traffic services program activities; for ad2 ministration of programs under section 40117; and for in3 spection activities and administration of airport safety

4 programs, including those related to airport operating cer5 tificates under section 44706 of title 49, United States

6 Code, $3,200,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and

7 Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until ex8 pended: Provided, That none of the funds under this head9 ing shall be available for the planning or execution of pro10 grams the obligations for which are in excess of

11 $3,200,000,000 in fiscal year 2001, notwithstanding sec12 tion 47117(h) of title 49, United States Code: Provided

13 further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,

14 not more than $173,000,000 of funds limited under this

15 heading shall be obligated for administration and air traf16 fic services program activities if such funds are necessary

17 to maintain aviation safety.

18 GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS

19 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

20 (RESCISSION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

21 Of the unobligated balances authorized under 49

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

23 AVIATION INSURANCE REVOLVING FUND

24 The Secretary of Transportation is hereby authorized

25 to make such expenditures and investments, within the

26 limits of funds available pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 44307, and
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1 in accordance with section 104 of the Government Cor2 poration Control Act, as amended (31 U.S.C. 9104), as

3 may be necessary in carrying out the program for aviation

4 insurance activities under chapter 443 of title 49, United

5 States Code.

6 FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

7 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

8 Necessary expenses for administration and operation

9 of the Federal Highway Administration not to exceed

10 $386,657,840 shall be paid in accordance with law from

11 appropriations made available by this Act to the Federal

12 Highway Administration together with advances and reim13 bursements received by the Federal Highway Administra14 tion: Provided, That $10,000,000 shall be available for

15 National Historic Covered Bridge Preservation Program

16 under section 1224 of Public Law 105–178, as amended,

17 $33,588,500 shall be available for the Indian Reservation

18 Roads Program under section 204 of title 23, $30,046,440

19 shall be available for the Public Lands Highway Program

20 under section 204 of title 23, $20,153,100 shall be avail21 able for the Park Roads and Parkways Program under

22 section 204 of title 23, and $2,442,800 shall be available

23 for the Refuge Roads program under section 204 of title

24 23: Provided further, That the Federal Highway Adminis25 tration will reimburse the Department of Transportation
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1 Inspector General $10,000,000 from funds available with2 in this limitation for costs associated with audits and in3 vestigations of all highway-related issues and systems.

4 FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

5 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

6 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

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

8 the implementation or execution of programs, the obliga9 tions for which are in excess of $29,661,806,000 for Fed10 eral-aid highways and highway safety construction pro11 grams for fiscal year 2001: Provided, That within the

12 $29,661,806,000 obligation limitation on Federal-aid

13 highways and highway safety construction programs, not

14 more than $437,250,000 shall be available for the imple15 mentation or execution of programs for transportation re16 search (sections 502, 503, 504, 506, 507, and 508 of title

17 23, United States Code, as amended; section 5505 of title

18 49, United States Code, as amended; and sections 5112

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

20 2000; not more than $25,000,000 shall be available for

21 the implementation or execution of programs for the Mag22 netic Levitation Transportation Technology Deployment

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

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

25 available to the Federal Railroad Administration for ad26 ministrative expenses and technical assistance in connec-
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1 tion with such program; not more than $31,000,000 shall

2 be available for the implementation or execution of pro3 grams for the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (section

4 111 of title 49, United States Code) for fiscal year 2001:

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

6 limitation on Intelligent Transportation Systems, the fol7 lowing sums shall be made available for Intelligent Trans8 portation System projects in the following specified areas:

Calhoun County, MI ................................................................. $500,000

Wayne County, MI .................................................................... 1,500,000

Southeast Michigan .................................................................. 1,000,000

Indiana Statewide (SAFE–T) .................................................. 1,500,000

Salt Lake City (Olympic Games) ............................................. 2,000,000

State of New Mexico ................................................................. 1,500,000

Santa Teresa, NM .................................................................... 1,000,000

State of Missouri (Rural) ......................................................... 1,000,000

Springfield-Branson, MO .......................................................... 1,500,000

Kansas City, MO ...................................................................... 2,500,000

Inglewood, CA ........................................................................... 1,200,000

Lewis & Clark trail, MT ........................................................... 1,250,000

State of Montana ...................................................................... 1,500,000

Fort Collins, CO ....................................................................... 2,000,000

Arapahoe County, CO ............................................................... 1,000,000

I–70 West project, CO .............................................................. 1,000,000

I–81 Safety Corridor, VA ......................................................... 1,000,000

Aquidneck Island, RI ................................................................ 750,000

Hattiesburg, MS ....................................................................... 1,000,000

Jackson, MS ............................................................................. 1,000,000

Fargo, ND ................................................................................ 1,000,000

Moscow, ID ............................................................................... 1,750,000

State of Ohio ............................................................................ 2,500,000

State of Connecticut ................................................................. 3,000,000

Illinois Statewide ...................................................................... 2,000,000

Charlotte, NC ........................................................................... 1,250,000

Nashville, TN ............................................................................ 1,000,000

State of Tennessee .................................................................... 2,600,000

Spokane, WA ............................................................................ 1,000,000

Bellingham, WA ........................................................................ 700,000

Puget Sound Regional Fare Coordination ................................ 2,000,000

Bay County, FL ....................................................................... 1,000,000

Iowa statewide (traffic enforcement) ........................................ 3,000,000

State of Nebraska ..................................................................... 2,600,000

State of North Carolina ............................................................ 3,000,000

South Carolina statewide .......................................................... 2,000,000

San Antonio, TX ...................................................................... 200,000

Beaumont, TX .......................................................................... 300,000
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Corpus Christi, TX (vehicle dispatching) ................................. 1,500,000

Williamson County/Round Rock, TX ....................................... 500,000

Austin, TX ................................................................................ 500,000

Texas Border Phase I Houston, TX ........................................ 1,000,000

Oklahoma statewide .................................................................. 2,000,000

Vermont statewide .................................................................... 1,000,000

Vermont rural ITS ................................................................... 1,500,000

State of Wisconsin .................................................................... 3,600,000

Tucson, AZ ............................................................................... 2,500,000

Cargo Mate, NJ ........................................................................ 1,000,000

New Jersey regional integration/TRANSCOM ........................ 4,000,000

State of Kentucky ..................................................................... 2,000,000

State of Maryland ..................................................................... 4,000,000

Sacramento to Reno, I–80 corridor .......................................... 200,000

Washoe County, NV ................................................................. 200,000

North Las Vegas, NV ............................................................... 1,800,000

Delaware statewide ................................................................... 1,000,000

North Central Pennsylvania ..................................................... 1,500,000

Delaware River Port Authority ................................................ 3,500,000

Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission ......................................... 3,000,000

Huntsville, AL .......................................................................... 2,000,000

Tuscaloosa/Muscle Shoals ......................................................... 3,000,000

Automated crash notification system, UAB ............................. 2,000,000

Oregon statewide ...................................................................... 1,500,000

Alaska statewide ....................................................................... 4,200,000

South Dakota commercial vehicle ITS ..................................... 1,500,000:

1 Provided further, That, notwithstanding Public Law 105–

2 178 as amended, funds authorized under section 110 of

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

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

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

6 States Code, for fiscal year 2001. Of the funds to be ap7 portioned under section 110 for fiscal year 2001, the Sec8 retary shall ensure that such funds are apportioned for

9 the Interstate Maintenance program, the National High10 way system program, the bridge program, the surface

11 transportation program, and the congestion mitigation

12 and air quality program in the same ratio that each State
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1 is apportioned funds for such program in fiscal year 2001

2 but for this section.

3 FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

4 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

5 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

6 For carrying out the provisions of title 23, United

7 States Code, that are attributable to Federal-aid high8 ways, including the National Scenic and Recreational

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

10 provided, including reimbursement for sums expended

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

12 $28,000,000,000 or so much thereof as may be available

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

14 available until expended.

15 FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY

16 ADMINISTRATION

17 MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY

18 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses for administration of motor

20 carrier safety programs and motor carrier safety research,

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

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

23 with law from appropriations made available by this Act

24 to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, to25 gether with advances and reimbursements received by the

26 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration: Provided,
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1 That such amounts shall be available to carry out the

2 functions and operations of the Federal Motor Carrier

3 Safety Administration.

4 NATIONAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY PROGRAM

5 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

6 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

7 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

8 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out

9 49 U.S.C. 31102, $177,000,000, to be derived from the

10 Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until ex11 pended: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall

12 be available for the implementation or execution of pro13 grams the obligations for which are in excess of

14 $177,000,000 for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Grants’’.

15 NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY

16 ADMINISTRATION

17 OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

18 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

19 For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of

20 the Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety

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

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

23 $107,876,000 of which $77,670,000 shall remain available

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

25 funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated or ex26 pended to plan, finalize, or implement any rulemaking to
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1 add to section 575.104 of title 49 of the Code of Federal

2 Regulations any requirement pertaining to a grading

3 standard that is different from the three grading stand4 ards (treadwear, traction, and temperature resistance) al5 ready in effect: Provided further, That none of the funds

6 appropriated in this Act may be obligated or expended to

7 purchase a vehicle to conduct New Car Assessment Pro8 gram crash testing at a price that exceeds the manufactur9 er’s suggested retail price: Provided further, That none of

10 the funds appropriated in this Act may be obligated or

11 expended to plan, finalize, or implement regulations that

12 would add the static stability factor to the New Car As13 sessment Program until the National Academy of Sciences

14 reports to the House and Senate Committees on Appro15 priations not later than nine months after the date of en16 actment of this Act that the static stability factor is a sci17 entifically valid measurement and presents practical, use18 ful information to the public; a comparison of the static

19 stability factor test versus a test with rollover metrics

20 based on dynamic driving conditions that induce rollover

21 events; and the validity of the NHTSA proposed system

22 for placing its rollover rating information on the web com23 pared to making rollover information available at the point

24 of sale.
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1 OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

2 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

3 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

4 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

5 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out

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

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

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

9 shall be available for the planning or execution of pro10 grams the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 2001

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

12 under 23 U.S.C. 403.

13 NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER

14 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

15 For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of

16 the Secretary with respect to the National Driver Register

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

18 $2,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund

19 and to remain available until expended.

20 HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS

21 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

22 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

23 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

24 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for pay25 ment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions

26 of 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, 410, and 411 to remain available
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1 until expended, $213,000,000, to be derived from the

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

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

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

5 2001, are in excess of $213,000,000 for programs author6 ized under 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, 410, and 411 of which

7 $155,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Highway Safety Programs’’

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

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

10 $36,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Alcohol-Impaired Driving Coun11 termeasures Grants’’ under 23 U.S.C. 410, $9,000,000

12 shall be for the ‘‘State Highway Safety Data Grants’’

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

14 funds shall be used for construction, rehabilitation, or re15 modeling costs, or for office furnishings and fixtures for

16 State, local, or private buildings or structures: Provided

17 further, That not to exceed $7,750,000 of the funds made

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

19 funds made available for section 405, not to exceed

20 $1,800,000 of the funds made available for section 410,

21 and not to exceed $450,000 of the funds made available

22 for section 411 shall be available to NHTSA for admin23 istering highway safety grants under chapter 4 of title 23,

24 United States Code: Provided further, That not to exceed

25 $500,000 of the funds made available for section 410 ‘‘Al-
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1 cohol-Impaired Driving Countermeasures Grants’’ shall be

2 available for technical assistance to the States.

3 FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION

4 SAFETY AND OPERATIONS

5 For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Ad6 ministration, not otherwise provided for, $99,390,000, of

7 which $4,957,000 shall remain available until expended:

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

9 transaction in which the Secretary assumed the first deed

10 of trust on the property and, where the Union Station Re11 development Corporation or any successor is obligated to

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

13 behalf, including payments on and after September 30,

14 1988, the Secretary is authorized to receive such payments

15 directly from the Union Station Redevelopment Corpora16 tion, credit them to the appropriation charged for the first

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

18 trust with those funds: Provided further, That such addi19 tional sums as may be necessary for payment on the first

20 deed of trust may be advanced by the Administrator from

21 unobligated balances available to the Federal Railroad Ad22 ministration, to be reimbursed from payments received

23 from the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation: Pro24 vided further, That the Federal Railroad Administration

25 will reimburse the Department of Transportation Inspec-
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1 tor General $1,500,000 for costs associated with audits

2 and investigations of all rail-related issues and systems.

3 RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

4 For necessary expenses for railroad research and de5 velopment, $24,725,000, to remain available until ex6 pended.

7 RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT

8 PROGRAM

9 The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to

10 issue to the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obli11 gations pursuant to section 512 of the Railroad Revitaliza12 tion and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–

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

14 may be necessary to pay any amounts required pursuant

15 to the guarantee of the principal amount of obligations

16 under sections 511 through 513 of such Act, such author17 ity to exist as long as any such guaranteed obligation is

18 outstanding: Provided, That pursuant to section 502 of

19 such Act, as amended, no new direct loans or loan guar20 antee commitments shall be made using Federal funds for

21 the credit risk premium during fiscal year 2001.

22 NEXT GENERATION HIGH-SPEED RAIL

23 For necessary expenses for the Next Generation

24 High-Speed Rail program as authorized under 49 U.S.C.
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1 26101 and 26102, $24,900,000, to remain available until

2 expended.

3 ALASKA RAILROAD REHABILITATION

4 To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make

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

6 capital rehabilitation and improvements benefiting its pas7 senger operations, to remain available until expended.

8 WEST VIRGINIA RAIL DEVELOPMENT

9 For capital costs associated with track, signal, and

10 crossover rehabilitation and improvements on the MARC

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

12 available until expended.

13 CAPITAL GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD

14 PASSENGER CORPORATION

15 For necessary expenses of capital improvements of

16 the National Railroad Passenger Corporation as author17 ized by 49 U.S.C. 24104(a), $521,000,000 to remain

18 available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary

19 shall not obligate more than $208,400,000 prior to Sep20 tember 30, 2001.

21 FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

22 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

23 For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal

24 Transit Administration’s programs authorized by chapter

25 53 of title 49, United States Code, $12,800,000: Provided,
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1 That no more than $64,000,000 of budget authority shall

2 be available for these purposes: Provided further, That the

3 Federal Transit Administration will reimburse the Depart4 ment of Transportation Inspector General $3,000,000 for

5 costs associated with audits and investigations of all tran6 sit-related issues and systems

7 FORMULA GRANTS

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

9 5308, 5310, 5311, 5327, and section 3038 of Public Law

10 105–178, $669,000,000, to remain available until ex11 pended: Provided, That no more than $3,345,000,000 of

12 budget authority shall be available for these purposes.

13 UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH

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

15 $1,200,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,

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

17 be available for these purposes.

18 TRANSIT PLANNING AND RESEARCH

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

20 5304, 5305, 5311(b)(2), 5312, 5313(a), 5314, 5315, and

21 5322, $22,200,000, to remain available until expended:

22 Provided, That no more than $110,000,000 of budget au23 thority shall be available for these purposes: Provided fur24 ther, That $5,250,000 is available to provide rural trans25 portation assistance (49 U.S.C. 5311(b)(2)); $4,000,000
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1 is available to carry out programs under the National

2 Transit Institute (49 U.S.C. 5315); $8,250,000 is avail3 able to carry out transit cooperative research programs

4 (49 U.S.C. 5313(a)), of which $3,000,000 is available for

5 transit-related research conducted by the Great Cities

6 Universities research consortia; $52,113,600 is available

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

8 5305); $10,886,400 is available for State planning (49

9 U.S.C. 5313(b)); and $29,500,000 is available for the na10 tional planning and research program (49 U.S.C. 5314):

11 Provided further, That of the total budget authority made

12 available for the national planning and research program,

13 the Federal Transit Administration shall provide the fol14 lowing amounts for the projects and activities listed below:

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

Salt Lake Olympics Committee multimodal transportation

planning ................................................................................ 1,200,000

West Virginia University fuel cell technology institute propulsion and ITS testing ............................................................. 1,000,000

University of Rhode Island, Kingston traffic congestion

study ..................................................................................... 150,000

Georgia Regional Transportation Authority regional transit

study ..................................................................................... 350,000

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

Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority advanced propulsion control system .......................................................... 3,000,000

Fairbanks extreme temperature clean fuels research ............... 800,000

National Transit Database ....................................................... 2,500,000

Safety and Security .................................................................. 6,100,000

National Rural Transit Assistance Program ............................ 750,000
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Mississippi State University bus service expansion plan .......... 100,000

Bus Rapid Transit administration, data collection and analysis ........................................................................................ 1,000,000

Project ACTION ....................................................................... 3,000,000

1 TRUST FUND SHARE OF EXPENSES

2 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

3 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

4 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for pay5 ment of obligations incurred in carrying out 49 U.S.C.

6 5303–5308, 5310–5315, 5317(b), 5322, 5327, 5334,

7 5505, and sections 3037 and 3038 of Public Law 105–

8 178, $5,016,600,000, to remain available until expended,

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

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

11 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Administration’s for12 mula grants account: Provided further, That $87,800,000

13 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Administration’s tran14 sit planning and research account: Provided further, That

15 $51,200,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Adminis16 tration’s administrative expenses account: Provided fur17 ther, That $4,800,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit

18 Administration’s university transportation research ac19 count: Provided further, That $80,000,000 shall be paid

20 to the Federal Transit Administration’s job access and re21 verse commute grants program: Provided further, That

22 $2,116,800,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Ad23 ministration’s capital investment grants account.
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1 CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS

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

3 5309, 5318, and 5327, $529,200,000, to remain available

4 until expended: Provided, That no more than

5 $2,646,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for

6 these purposes: Provided further, That notwithstanding

7 any other provision of law, there shall be available for

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

9 be available for the replacement, rehabilitation, and pur10 chase of buses and related equipment and the construction

11 of bus-related facilities, $529,200,000; and there shall be

12 available for new fixed guideway systems $1,058,400,000:

13 Provided further, That, within the total funds provided for

14 buses and bus-related facilities to carry out 49 U.S.C. sec15 tion 5309, the following projects shall be considered eligi16 ble for these funds: Provided further, That the Adminis17 trator of the Federal Transit Administration shall, not

18 later than February 1, 2001, individually submit to the

19 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations the rec20 ommended grant funding levels for the respective projects,

21 from the bus and bus-related facilities projects listed in

22 the accompanying Senate report: Provided further, That

23 within the total funds provided for new fixed guideway

24 systems to carry out 49 U.S.C. section 5309, the following

25 projects shall be considered eligible for these funds: Pro-
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1 vided further, That the Administrator of the Federal Tran2 sit Administration shall, not later than February 1, 2001,

3 individually submit to the House and Senate Committees

4 on Appropriations the recommended grant funding levels

5 for the respective projects.

6 The following new fixed guideway systems and exten7 sions to existing systems are eligible to receive funding for

8 final design and construction:

9 2002 Winter Olympics spectator transportation

10 systems and facilities;

11 Alaska or Hawaii ferry projects;

12 Atlanta-MARTA North Line extension comple13 tion;

14 Austin Capital Metro Light Rail;

15 Baltimore Central Light Rail double tracking;

16 Boston North-South Rail Link;

17 Boston-South Boston Piers Transitway;

18 Canton-Akron-Cleveland commuter rail line;

19 Charlotte North-South Transitway project;

20 Chicago METRA commuter rail consolidated

21 request;

22 Chicago Transit Authority Ravenswood Brown

23 Line capacity expansion;

24 Chicago Transit Authority Douglas Blue Line;
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1 Clark County, Nevada RTC fixed guideway

2 project;

3 Cleveland Euclid Corridor improvement project;

4 Dallas Area Rapid Transit North Central light

5 rail;

6 Denver Southeast corridor project;

7 Denver Southwest corridor project;

8 Fort Lauderdale Tri-County commuter rail

9 project;

10 Fort Worth Railtran corridor commuter rail

11 project;

12 Galveston Rail Trolley extension;

13 Girdwood to Wasilla, Alaska commuter rail

14 project;

15 Houston Metro Regional Bus Plan;

16 Kansas City Southtown corridor;

17 Little Rock, Arkansas River Rail project;

18 Long Island Rail Road East Side access

19 project;

20 Los Angeles Mid-city and Eastside corridors;

21 Los Angeles North Hollywood extension;

22 MARC expansion projects—Penn-Camden lines

23 connector and midday storage facility;

24 MARC-Brunswick line in West Virginia, signal

25 and crossover improvements;
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1 Memphis Medical Center extension project;

2 Minneapolis-Twin Cities Transitways corridor

3 projects;

4 Nashua, New Hampshire to Lowell, Massachu5 setts commuter rail;

6 Nashville regional commuter rail;

7 New Jersey Hudson-Bergen Light Rail;

8 New Orleans Canal Street Streetcar corridor

9 project;

10 New Orleans Desire Street corridor project;

11 Newark-Elizabeth rail link;

12 Oceanside-Escondido, California light rail;

13 Orange County, California transitway project;

14 Philadelphia-Reading SEPTA Schuylkill Valley

15 metro project;

16 Phoenix metropolitan area transit project;

17 Pittsburgh North Shore-central business dis18 trict corridor project;

19 Pittsburgh Stage II Light Rail transit;

20 Portland Interstate MAX light rail transit;

21 Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill regional rail

22 service;

23 Rhode Island-Pawtucket and T.F. Green com24 muter rail and maintenance facility;

25 Sacramento south corridor light rail extension;
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1 Salt Lake City-University light rail line;

2 Salt Lake City North/South light rail project;

3 Salt Lake-Ogden-Provo regional commuter rail;

4 San Bernardino MetroLink;

5 San Diego Mission Valley East light rail;

6 San Francisco BART extension to the airport

7 project;

8 San Jose Tasman West light rail project;

9 San Juan-Tren Urbano;

10 Seattle-Sound Transit Central Link light rail

11 project;

12 Seattle-Puget Sound RTA Sounder commuter

13 rail project;

14 Spokane-South Valley Corridor light rail

15 project;

16 St. Louis Metrolink Cross County connector;

17 St. Louis/St. Clair County Metrolink light rail

18 extension;

19 Stamford Urban Transitway, Connecticut;

20 Tampa Bay regional rail project;

21 Washington Metro Blue Line-Largo extension;

22 West Trenton, New Jersey rail project.

23 The following new fixed guideway systems and exten24 sions to existing systems are eligible to receive funding for

25 alternatives analysis and preliminary engineering:
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1 Albuquerque/Greater Albuquerque mass transit

2 project;

3 Atlanta-MARTA West Line extension study;

4 Ballston, Virginia Metro access improvements;

5 Baltimore regional rail transit system;

6 Birmingham, Alabama transit corridor;

7 Boston Urban Ring;

8 Burlington-Bennington, Vermont commuter rail

9 project;

10 Calais, Maine Branch Line regional transit pro11 gram;

12 Colorado/Eagle Airport to Avon light rail sys13 tem;

14 Colorado/Roaring Fork Valley rail project;

15 Columbus-Central Ohio Transit Authority north

16 corridor;

17 Dallas Area Rapid Transit Southeast Corridor

18 Light Rail;

19 Des Moines commuter rail;

20 Detroit Metropolitan Airport light rail project;

21 Draper, West Jordan, West Valley City and

22 Sandy City, Utah light rail extensions;

23 Dulles Corridor, Virginia innovative intermodal

24 system;

25 El Paso/Juarez People mover system;
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1 Fort Worth trolley system;

2 Harrisburg-Lancaster capital area transit cor3 ridor 1 regional light rail;

4 Hollister/Gilroy Branch Line extension;

5 Honolulu bus rapid transit;

6 Houston advanced transit program;

7 Indianapolis Northeast-Downtown corridor

8 project;

9 Johnson County, Kansas I–35 Commuter Rail

10 Project;

11 Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter rail ex12 tension;

13 Los Angeles San Fernando Valley Corridor;

14 Los Angeles San Diego LOSSAN corridor

15 project;

16 Massachusetts North Shore Corridor project;

17 Miami south busway extension;

18 New Orleans commuter rail from Airport to

19 downtown;

20 New York City 2nd Avenue Subway study;

21 Northern Indiana south shore commuter rail;

22 Northwest New Jersey-Northeast Pennsylvania

23 passenger rail project;

24 Potomac Yards, Virginia transit study;

25 Philadelphia SEPTA Cross County Metro;
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1 Portland, Maine marine highway program;

2 San Francisco BART to Livermore extension;

3 San Francisco MUNI 3rd Street light rail ex4 tension;

5 Santa Fe-Eldorado rail link project;

6 Stockton, California Altamont commuter rail

7 project;

8 Vasona light rail corridor;

9 Virginia Railway Express commuter rail;

10 Whitehall ferry terminal project;

11 Wilmington, Delaware downtown transit con12 nector; and

13 Wilsonville to Beaverton commuter rail:

14 Provided further, That funds made available under the

15 heading ‘‘Capital Investment Grants’’ in Division A, Sec16 tion 101(g) of Public Law 105–277 for the ‘‘Colorado17 North Front Range corridor feasibility study’’ are to be

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

19 rail system feasibility study’’; and that funds made avail20 able in Public Law 106–69 under ‘‘Capital Investment

21 Grants’’ for buses and bus-related facilities that were des22 ignated for projects numbered 14 and 20 shall be made

23 available to the State of Alabama for buses and bus-re24 lated facilities.
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1 DISCRETIONARY GRANTS

2 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

3 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

4 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for pay5 ment of previous obligations incurred in carrying out 49

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

7 expended and to be derived from the Mass Transit Ac8 count of the Highway Trust Fund.

9 JOB ACCESS AND REVERSE COMMUTE GRANTS

10 For necessary expenses to carry out section 3037 of

11 the Federal Transit Act of 1998, $20,000,000, to remain

12 available until expended: Provided, That no more than

13 $100,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for

14 these purposes.

15 SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT

16 CORPORATION

17 SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT

18 CORPORATION

19 The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora20 tion is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, with21 in the limits of funds and borrowing authority available

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

23 such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal

24 year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern25 ment Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be
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1 necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the

2 Corporation’s budget for the current fiscal year.

3 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

4 (HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)

5 For necessary expenses for operations and mainte6 nance of those portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway op7 erated and maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway De8 velopment Corporation, $12,400,000, to be derived from

9 the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public

10 Law 99–662.

11 RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS

12 ADMINISTRATION

13 RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS

14 For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of

15 the Research and Special Programs Administration,

16 $34,370,000, of which $645,000 shall be derived from the

17 Pipeline Safety Fund, and of which $4,201,000 shall re18 main available until September 30, 2003: Provided, That

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

20 5108(g) shall be deposited in the general fund of the

21 Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided further, That

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

23 until expended, funds received from States, counties, mu24 nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources

25 for expenses incurred for training, for reports publication
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1 and dissemination, and for travel expenses incurred in per2 formance of hazardous materials exemptions and approv3 als functions.

4 PIPELINE SAFETY

5 (PIPELINE SAFETY FUND)

6 (OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND)

7 For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of

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

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

10 60107, and to discharge the pipeline program responsibil11 ities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $43,144,000, of

12 which $8,750,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li13 ability Trust Fund and shall remain available until Sep14 tember 30, 2003; of which $31,894,000 shall be derived

15 from the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which $24,432,000

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

17 which $2,500,000 shall be derived from amounts pre18 viously collected under 49 U.S.C. 60301: Provided, That

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

20 be available for damage prevention grants to States.

21 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS

22 (EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND)

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

24 5127(c), $200,000, to be derived from the Emergency

25 Preparedness Fund, to remain available until September

26 30, 2003: Provided, That not more than $13,227,000 shall
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1 be made available for obligation in fiscal year 2001 from

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

3 5127(d): Provided further, That none of the funds made

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

5 available for obligation by individuals other than the Sec6 retary of Transportation, or his designee: Provided further,

7 That the deadline for the submission of registration state8 ments and the accompanying registration and processing

9 fees for the July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2001 registration

10 year described under sections 107.608, 107.612, and

11 107.616 of the Department of Transportation’s final rule

12 docket number RSPA–99–5137 is amended to not later

13 than September 30.

14 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

17 General to carry out the provisions of the Inspector Gen18 eral Act of 1978, as amended, $49,000,000 of which

19 $38,500,000 shall be derived from transfers of funds from

20 the United States Coast Guard, the Federal Aviation Ad21 ministration, the Federal Highway Administration, the

22 Federal Railroad Administration, and the Federal Transit

23 Administration.
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1 SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Surface Transpor4 tation Board, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C.

5 3109, $17,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any

6 other provision of law, not to exceed $954,000 from fees

7 established by the Chairman of the Surface Transpor8 tation Board shall be credited to this appropriation as off9 setting collections and used for necessary and authorized

10 expenses under this heading.

11 TITLE II

12 RELATED AGENCIES

13 ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION

14 BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For expenses necessary for the Architectural and

17 Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, as authorized

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

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

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

21 appropriation funds received for publications and training

22 expenses.
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1 NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the National Transpor4 tation Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor ve5 hicles and aircraft; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.

6 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per

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

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

9 5901–5902) $59,000,000, of which not to exceed $2,000

10 may be used for official reception and representation ex11 penses.

12 TITLE III

13 GENERAL PROVISIONS

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

15 SEC. 301. During the current fiscal year applicable

16 appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall

17 be available for maintenance and operation of aircraft;

18 hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of

19 liability insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign

20 countries on official department business; and uniforms,

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

22 5901–5902).

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

24 year 2001 pay raises for programs funded in this Act shall
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1 be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act or

2 previous appropriations Acts.

3 SEC. 303. Funds appropriated under this Act for ex4 penditures by the Federal Aviation Administration shall

5 be available: (1) except as otherwise authorized by title

6 VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of

7 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), for expenses of primary

8 and secondary schooling for dependents of Federal Avia9 tion Administration personnel stationed outside the conti10 nental United States at costs for any given area not in

11 excess of those of the Department of Defense for the same

12 area, when it is determined by the Secretary that the

13 schools, if any, available in the locality are unable to pro14 vide adequately for the education of such dependents; and

15 (2) for transportation of said dependents between schools

16 serving the area that they attend and their places of resi17 dence when the Secretary, under such regulations as may

18 be prescribed, determines that such schools are not acces19 sible by public means of transportation on a regular basis.

20 SEC. 304. Appropriations contained in this Act for

21 the Department of Transportation shall be available for

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

23 individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to

24 the rate for an Executive Level IV.
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1 SEC. 305. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail2 able for salaries and expenses of more than 104 political

3 and Presidential appointees in the Department of Trans4 portation: Provided, That none of the personnel covered

5 by this provision or political and Presidential appointees

6 in an independent agency funded in this Act may be as7 signed on temporary detail outside the Department of

8 Transportation or such independent agency.

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

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

11 expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties

12 intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings

13 funded in this Act.

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

15 shall remain available for obligation beyond the current

16 fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria17 tions, unless expressly so provided herein.

18 SEC. 308. The expenditure of any appropriation

19 under this Act for any consulting service through procure20 ment contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United

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

22 expenditures are a matter of public record and available

23 for public inspection, except where otherwise provided

24 under existing law, or under existing Executive order

25 issued pursuant to existing law.
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1 SEC. 309. (a) No recipient of funds made available

2 in this Act shall disseminate driver’s license personal in3 formation as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(3) except as pro4 vided in subsection (b) of this section or motor vehicle

5 records as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1) for any use not

6 permitted under 18 U.S.C. 2721.

7 (b) No recipient of funds made available in this Act

8 shall disseminate a person’s driver’s license photograph,

9 social security number, and medical or disability informa10 tion from a motor vehicle record as defined in 18 U.S.C.

11 2725(1) without the express consent of the person to

12 whom such information pertains, except for uses permitted

13 under 18 U.S.C. 2721(1), 2721(4), 2721(6), and 2721(9):

14 Provided, That subsection (b) shall not in any way affect

15 the use of organ donation information on an individual’s

16 driver’s license or affect the administration of organ dona17 tion initiatives in the States.

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

19 Transportation shall—

20 (1) not distribute from the obligation limitation

21 for Federal-aid Highways amounts authorized for

22 administrative expenses and programs funded from

23 the administrative takedown authorized by section

24 104(a) of title 23, United States Code, for the high25 way use tax evasion program, and amounts provided
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1 under section 110 of title 23, United States Code,

2 excluding $128,752,000 pursuant to subsection (e)

3 of section 110 of title 23, as amended, and for the

4 Bureau of Transportation Statistics;

5 (2) not distribute an amount from the obliga6 tion limitation for Federal-aid Highways that is

7 equal to the unobligated balance of amounts made

8 available from the Highway Trust Fund (other than

9 the Mass Transit Account) for Federal-aid highways

10 and highway safety programs for the previous fiscal

11 year the funds for which are allocated by the Sec12 retary;

13 (3) determine the ratio that—

14 (A) the obligation limitation for Federal15 aid Highways less the aggregate of amounts not

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

17 to

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

19 appropriated for Federal-aid highways and

20 highway safety construction programs (other

21 than sums authorized to be appropriated for

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

23 of subsection (b) and sums authorized to be ap24 propriated for section 105 of title 23, United

25 States Code, equal to the amount referred to in
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1 subsection (b)(8)) for such fiscal year less the

2 aggregate of the amounts not distributed under

3 paragraph (1) of this subsection;

4 (4) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed5 eral-aid Highways less the aggregate amounts not

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

7 117 of title 23, United States Code (relating to high

8 priority projects program), section 201 of the Appa9 lachian Regional Development Act of 1965, the

10 Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge Authority Act of

11 1995, and $2,000,000,000 for such fiscal year under

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

13 to minimum guarantee) so that the amount of obli14 gation authority available for each of such sections

15 is equal to the amount determined by multiplying

16 the ratio determined under paragraph (3) by the

17 sums authorized to be appropriated for such section

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

19 for such fiscal year;

20 (5) distribute the obligation limitation provided

21 for Federal-aid Highways less the aggregate

22 amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) and

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

24 for each of the programs that are allocated by the

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

2 programs to which paragraph (4) applies) by multi3 plying the ratio determined under paragraph (3) by

4 the sums authorized to be appropriated for such pro5 gram for such fiscal year; and

6 (6) distribute the obligation limitation provided

7 for Federal-aid Highways less the aggregate

8 amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) and

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

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

11 construction programs (other than the minimum

12 guarantee program, but only to the extent that

13 amounts apportioned for the minimum guarantee

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

15 and the Appalachian development highway system

16 program) that are apportioned by the Secretary

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

18 that—

19 (A) sums authorized to be appropriated for

20 such programs that are apportioned to each

21 State for such fiscal year, bear to

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

23 appropriated for such programs that are appor24 tioned to all States for such fiscal year.
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1 (b) EXCEPTIONS FROM OBLIGATION LIMITATION.—

2 The obligation limitation for Federal-aid Highways shall

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

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

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

6 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981; (4) under sec7 tions 131(b) and 131( j) of the Surface Transportation As8 sistance Act of 1982; (5) under sections 149(b) and

9 149(c) of the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relo10 cation Assistance Act of 1987; (6) under sections 1103

11 through 1108 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation

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

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

14 of the enactment of the Transportation Equity Act for the

15 21st Century; and (8) under section 105 of title 23,

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

17 $639,000,000 for such fiscal year).

18 (c) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED OBLIGATION AU19 THORITY.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary

20 shall after August 1 for such fiscal year revise a distribu21 tion of the obligation limitation made available under sub22 section (a) if a State will not obligate the amount distrib23 uted during that fiscal year and redistribute sufficient

24 amounts to those States able to obligate amounts in addi25 tion to those previously distributed during that fiscal year
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1 giving priority to those States having large unobligated

2 balances of funds apportioned under sections 104 and 144

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

4 on the day before the enactment of the Transportation Eq5 uity Act for the 21st Century) of title 23, United States

6 Code, and under section 1015 of the Intermodal Surface

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

8 (d) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS TO

9 TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PROGRAMS.—The obliga10 tion limitation shall apply to transportation research pro11 grams carried out under chapter 5 of title 23, United

12 States Code, except that obligation authority made avail13 able for such programs under such limitation shall remain

14 available for a period of 3 fiscal years.

15 (e) REDISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN AUTHORIZED

16 FUNDS.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the dis17 tribution of obligation limitation under subsection (a), the

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

19 are authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal year for

20 Federal-aid highways programs (other than the program

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

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

23 United States Code, and highway-related programs under

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

25 the Secretary determines will not be allocated to the
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1 States, and will not be available for obligation, in such

2 fiscal year due to the imposition of any obligation limita3 tion for such fiscal year. Such distribution to the States

4 shall be made in the same ratio as the distribution of obli5 gation authority under subsection (a)(6). The funds so

6 distributed shall be available for any purposes described

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

8 (f) SPECIAL RULE.—Obligation limitation distributed

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

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

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

12 of any limitation imposed on obligations for Federal-aid

13 highway and highway safety construction programs for fu14 ture fiscal years.

15 SEC. 311. The limitations on obligations for the pro16 grams of the Federal Transit Administration shall not

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

18 made available for obligation, or to any other authority

19 previously made available for obligation.

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

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

22 SEC. 313. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail23 able to plan, finalize, or implement regulations that would

24 establish a vessel traffic safety fairway less than five miles

25 wide between the Santa Barbara Traffic Separation
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1 Scheme and the San Francisco Traffic Separation

2 Scheme.

3 SEC. 314. Notwithstanding any other provision of

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

5 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) instrument land6 ing systems (along with associated approach lighting

7 equipment and runway visual range equipment) which

8 conform to FAA design and performance specifications,

9 the purchase of which was assisted by a Federal airport10 aid program, airport development aid program or airport

11 improvement program grant. The Federal Aviation Ad12 ministration shall accept such equipment, which shall

13 thereafter be operated and maintained by FAA in accord14 ance with agency criteria.

15 SEC. 315. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail16 able to award a multiyear contract for production end

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

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

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

20 charge greater than $10,000,000 which at the time of obli21 gation has not been appropriated to the limits of the Gov22 ernment’s liability; or (3) includes a requirement that per23 mits performance under the contract during the second

24 and subsequent years of the contract without conditioning

25 such performance upon the appropriation of funds: Pro-
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1 vided, That this limitation does not apply to a contract

2 in which the Federal Government incurs no financial li3 ability from not buying additional systems, subsystems, or

4 components beyond the basic contract requirements.

5 SEC. 316. Notwithstanding any other provision of

6 law, and except for fixed guideway modernization projects,

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

8 Administration, Capital investment grants’’ for projects

9 specified in this Act or identified in reports accompanying

10 this Act not obligated by September 30, 2003, and other

11 recoveries, shall be made available for other projects under

12 49 U.S.C. 5309.

13 SEC. 317. Notwithstanding any other provision of

14 law, any funds appropriated before October 1, 2000, under

15 any section of chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code,

16 that remain available for expenditure may be transferred

17 to and administered under the most recent appropriation

18 heading for any such section.

19 SEC. 318. None of the funds in this Act may be used

20 to compensate in excess of 320 technical staff-years under

21 the federally funded research and development center con22 tract between the Federal Aviation Administration and the

23 Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development dur24 ing fiscal year 2001.
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1 SEC. 319. Funds provided in this Act for the Trans2 portation Administrative Service Center (TASC) shall be

3 reduced by $53,430,000, which limits fiscal year 2001

4 TASC obligational authority for elements of the Depart5 ment of Transportation funded in this Act to no more

6 than $119,848,000: Provided, That such reductions from

7 the budget request shall be allocated by the Department

8 of Transportation to each appropriations account in pro9 portion to the amount included in each account for the

10 Transportation Administrative Service Center. In addition

11 to the funds limited in this Act, $54,963,000 shall be

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

13 SEC. 320. Funds received by the Federal Highway

14 Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and Fed15 eral Railroad Administration from States, counties, mu16 nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources

17 for expenses incurred for training may be credited respec18 tively to the Federal Highway Administration’s ‘‘Federal19 Aid Highways’’ account, the Federal Transit Administra20 tion’s ‘‘Transit Planning and Research’’ account, and to

21 the Federal Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Oper22 ations’’ account, except for State rail safety inspectors

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

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

25 ferry boats or ferry terminal facilities pursuant to 49
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1 U.S.C. 5309(m)(2)(B) may be used to construct new ves2 sels and facilities, to provide passenger ferryboat service,

3 or to improve existing vessels and facilities, including both

4 the passenger and vehicle-related elements of such vessels

5 and facilities, and for repair facilities.

6 SEC. 322. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re7 ceived by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the

8 sale of data products, for necessary expenses incurred pur9 suant to 49 U.S.C. 111 may be credited to the Federal10 aid highways account for the purpose of reimbursing the

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

12 be subject to the obligation limitation for Federal-aid

13 highways and highway safety construction.

14 SEC. 323. None of the funds in this Act shall, in the

15 absence of express authorization by Congress, be used di16 rectly or indirectly to pay for any personal service, adver17 tisement, telegraph, telephone, letter, printed or written

18 material, radio, television, video presentation, electronic

19 communications, or other device, intended or designed to

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

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

22 any legislation or appropriation by Congress or a State

23 legislature after the introduction of any bill or resolution

24 in Congress proposing such legislation or appropriation,

25 or after the introduction of any bill or resolution in a State
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1 legislature proposing such legislation or appropriation:

2 Provided, That this shall not prevent officers or employees

3 of the Department of Transportation or related agencies

4 funded in this Act from communicating to Members of

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

6 or to members of State legislature, or to a State legisla7 ture, through the proper official channels, requests for leg8 islation or appropriations which they deem necessary for

9 the efficient conduct of business.

10 SEC. 324. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds

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

12 unless the entity agrees that in expending the funds the

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

14 10a–10c).

15 (b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT RE16 GARDING NOTICE.—

17 (1) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT

18 AND PRODUCTS.—In the case of any equipment or

19 product that may be authorized to be purchased

20 with financial assistance provided using funds made

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

22 that entities receiving the assistance should, in ex23 pending the assistance, purchase only American24 made equipment and products to the greatest extent

25 practicable.
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1 (2) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—

2 In providing financial assistance using funds made

3 available in this Act, the head of each Federal agen4 cy shall provide to each recipient of the assistance

5 a notice describing the statement made in paragraph

6 (1) by the Congress.

7 (c) PROHIBITION OF CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS

8 FALSELY LABELING PRODUCTS AS MADE IN AMERICA.—

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

10 agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bear11 ing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscription

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

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

14 States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any con15 tract or subcontract made with funds made available in

16 this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineli17 gibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through

18 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.

19 SEC. 325. Not to exceed $1,500,000 of the funds pro20 vided in this Act for the Department of Transportation

21 shall be available for the necessary expenses of advisory

22 committees: Provided, That this limitation shall not apply

23 to advisory committees established for the purpose of con24 ducting negotiated rulemaking in accordance with the Ne-
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1 gotiated Rulemaking Act, 5 U.S.C. 561–570a, or the

2 Coast Guard’s advisory council on roles and missions.

3 SEC. 326. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments,

4 minor fees and other funds received by the Department

5 from travel management centers, charge card programs,

6 the subleasing of building space, and miscellaneous

7 sources are to be credited to appropriations of the Depart8 ment and allocated to elements of the Department using

9 fair and equitable criteria and such funds shall be avail10 able until December 31, 2001.

11 SEC. 327. Notwithstanding any other provision of

12 law, rule or regulation, the Secretary of Transportation

13 is authorized to allow the issuer of any preferred stock

14 heretofore sold to the Department to redeem or repur15 chase such stock upon the payment to the Department of

16 an amount determined by the Secretary.

17 SEC. 328. For necessary expenses of the Amtrak Re18 form Council authorized under section 203 of Public Law

19 105–134, $495,000, to remain available until September

20 30, 2002: Provided, That the duties of the Amtrak Reform

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

22 134 shall include the identification of Amtrak routes

23 which are candidates for closure or realignment, based on

24 performance rankings developed by Amtrak which incor25 porate information on each route’s fully allocated costs
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1 and ridership on core intercity passenger service, and

2 which assume, for purposes of closure or realignment can3 didate identification, that Federal subsidies for Amtrak

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

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

6 or realignment recommendations shall be included in the

7 Amtrak Reform Council’s annual report to the Congress

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

9 SEC. 329. The Secretary of Transportation is author10 ized to transfer funds appropriated for any office of the

11 Office of the Secretary to any other office of the Office

12 of the Secretary: Provided, That no appropriation shall be

13 increased or decreased by more than 12 percent by all

14 such transfers: Provided further, That any such transfer

15 shall be submitted for approval to the House and Senate

16 Committees on Appropriations.

17 SEC. 330. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail18 able for activities under the Aircraft Purchase Loan Guar19 antee Program during fiscal year 2001.

20 SEC. 331. Section 3038(e) of Public Law 105–178

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

22 SEC. 332. The Secretary of Transportation shall exe23 cute a demonstration program, to be conducted for a pe24 riod not to exceed eighteen months, of the ‘‘fractional own25 ership’’ concept in performing administrative support
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1 flight missions, the purpose of which would be to deter2 mine whether cost savings, as well as increased operational

3 flexibility and aircraft availability, can be realized through

4 the use by the government of the commercial fractional

5 ownership concept or report to the Committee the reason

6 for not conducting such an evaluation: Provided, That the

7 Secretary shall ensure the competitive selection for this

8 demonstration of a fractional ownership concept which

9 provides a suite of aircraft capable of meeting the Depart10 ment’s varied needs, and that the Secretary shall ensure

11 the demonstration program encompasses a significant and

12 representative portion of the Department’s administrative

13 support missions (to include those performed by the Coast

14 Guard, the Federal Aviation Administration, and the Na15 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration, whose air16 craft are currently operated by the FAA): Provided fur17 ther, That the Secretary shall report to the House and

18 Senate Committees on Appropriations on results of this

19 evaluation of the fractional ownership concept in the per20 formance of the administrative support mission no later

21 than twelve months after final passage of this Act or with22 in 60 days of enactment of this Act if the Secretary de23 cides not to conduct such a demonstration for evaluation

24 including an explanation for such a decision and proposed

25 statutory language to exempt the Department of Trans-
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1 portation from Office of Management and Budget guide2 lines regarding the use of aircraft.

3 SEC. 333. None of the funds in this Act may be used

4 to make a grant unless the Secretary of Transportation

5 notifies the House and Senate Committees on Appropria6 tions not less than three full business days before any dis7 cretionary grant award, letter of intent, or full funding

8 grant agreement totaling $1,000,000 or more is an9 nounced by the department or its modal administrations

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

11 Highway Administration other than the emergency relief

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

13 Federal Aviation Administration; or (3) any program of

14 the Federal Transit Administration other than the for15 mula grants and fixed guideway modernization programs:

16 Provided, That no notification shall involve funds that are

17 not available for obligation.

18 SEC. 334. Section 3030(b) of the Transportation Eq19 uity Act for the 21st Century (Public Law 105–178) is

20 amended by adding at the end the following:

21 ‘‘(72) Wilmington Downtown transit corridor.

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

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

24 available by this Act or any other Act or hereafter shall

25 be used (1) to consider or adopt any proposed rule or pro-
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1 posed amendment to a rule contained in the Notice of Pro2 posed Rulemaking issued on April 24, 2000 (Docket No.

3 FMCSA–97–2350–953), (2) to consider or adopt any rule

4 or amendment to a rule similar in substance to a proposed

5 rule or proposed amendment to a rule contained in such

6 Notice, or (3) if any such proposed rule or proposed

7 amendment to a rule has been adopted prior to enactment

8 of this Section, to enforce such rule or amendment to a

9 rule.

10 SEC. 336. Section 1023(h) of the Intermodal Surface

11 Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (23 U.S.C. 127

12 note) is amended—

13 (1) in the subsection heading, by inserting

14 ‘‘OVER-THE-ROAD BUSES AND’’ before ‘‘PUBLIC’’;

15 (2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘to any vehi16 cle which’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘to—

17 ‘‘(A) any over-the-road bus; or

18 ‘‘(B) any vehicle that’’; and

19 (3) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and in20 serting the following:

21 ‘‘(2) STUDY AND REPORT CONCERNING APPLI22 CABILITY OF MAXIMUM AXLE WEIGHT LIMITATIONS

23 TO OVER-THE-ROAD BUSES AND PUBLIC TRANSIT

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1 ‘‘(A) STUDY AND REPORT.—Not later than

2 July 31, 2002, the Secretary shall conduct a

3 study of, and submit to Congress a report on,

4 the maximum axle weight limitations applicable

5 to vehicles using the Dwight D. Eisenhower Na6 tional System of Interstate and Defense High7 ways established under section 127 of title 23,

8 United States Code, or under State law, as the

9 limitations apply to over-the-road buses and

10 public transit vehicles.

11 ‘‘(B) DETERMINATION OF APPLICABILITY

12 OF VEHICLE WEIGHT LIMITATIONS.—

13 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The report shall

14 include—

15 ‘‘(I) a determination concerning

16 how the requirements of section 127

17 of that title should be applied to over18 the-road buses and public transit vehi19 cles; and

20 ‘‘(II) short-term and long-term

21 recommendations concerning the ap22 plicability of those requirements.

23 ‘‘(ii) CONSIDERATIONS.—In making

24 the determination described in clause

25 (i)(I), the Secretary shall consider—
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1 ‘‘(I) vehicle design standards;

2 ‘‘(II) statutory and regulatory re3 quirements, including—

4 ‘‘(aa) the Clean Air Act (42

5 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.);

6 ‘‘(bb) the Americans with

7 Disabilities Act of 1990 (42

8 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.); and

9 ‘‘(cc) motor vehicle safety

10 standards prescribed under chap11 ter 301 of title 49, United States

12 Code; and

13 ‘‘(III)(aa) the availability of

14 lightweight materials suitable for use

15 in the manufacture of over-the-road

16 buses;

17 ‘‘(bb) the cost of those light18 weight materials relative to the cost of

19 heavier materials in use as of the date

20 of the determination; and

21 ‘‘(cc) any safety or design consid22 erations relating to the use of those

23 materials.

24 ‘‘(C) ANALYSIS OF MEANS OF ENCOUR25 AGING DEVELOPMENT AND MANUFACTURE OF
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1 LIGHTWEIGHT BUSES.—The report shall include

2 an analysis of, and recommendations con3 cerning, means to be considered to encourage

4 the development and manufacture of light5 weight buses, including an analysis of—

6 ‘‘(i) potential procurement incentives

7 for public transit authorities to encourage

8 the purchase of lightweight public transit

9 vehicles using grants from the Federal

10 Transit Administration; and

11 ‘‘(ii) potential tax incentives for man12 ufacturers and private operators to encour13 age the purchase of lightweight over-the14 road buses.

15 ‘‘(D) ANALYSIS OF CONSIDERATION IN

16 RULEMAKINGS OF ADDITIONAL VEHICLE

17 WEIGHT.—The report shall include an analysis

18 of, and recommendations concerning, whether

19 Congress should require that each rulemaking

20 by an agency of the Federal Government that

21 affects the design or manufacture of motor ve22 hicles consider—

23 ‘‘(i) the weight that would be added to

24 the vehicle by implementation of the pro25 posed rule;
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1 ‘‘(ii) the effect that the added weight

2 would have on pavement wear; and

3 ‘‘(iii) the resulting cost to the Federal

4 Government and State and local govern5 ments.

6 ‘‘(E) COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS.—The re7 port shall include an analysis relating to the

8 axle weight of over-the-road buses that

9 compares—

10 ‘‘(i) the costs of the pavement wear

11 caused by over-the-road buses; with

12 ‘‘(ii) the benefits of the over-the-road

13 bus industry to the environment, the econ14 omy, and the transportation system of the

15 United States.

16 ‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection:

17 ‘‘(A) OVER-THE-ROAD BUS.—The term

18 ‘over-the-road bus’ has the meaning given the

19 term in section 301 of the Americans with Dis20 abilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12181).

21 ‘‘(B) PUBLIC TRANSIT VEHICLE.—The

22 term ‘public transit vehicle’ means a vehicle de23 scribed in paragraph (1)(B).’’.

24 SEC. 337. None of the funds appropriated by this Act

25 shall be used to propose or issue rules, regulations, de-
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1 crees, or orders for the purpose of implementation, or in

2 preparation for implementation, of the Kyoto Protocol

3 which was adopted on December 11, 1997, in Kyoto,

4 Japan at the Third Conference of the Parties to the

5 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate

6 Change, which has not been submitted to the Senate for

7 advice and consent to ratification pursuant to article II,

8 section 2, clause 2, of the United States Constitution, and

9 which has not entered into force pursuant to article 25

10 of the Protocol.

11 SEC. 338. None of the funds appropriated by this Act

12 or any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and

13 expenses of personnel who prepare or submit appropria14 tions language as part of the President’s Budget submis15 sion to the Congress of the United States for programs

16 under the jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommit17 tees on Department of Transportation and Related Agen18 cies that assumes revenues or reflects a reduction from

19 the previous year due to user fees proposals that have not

20 been enacted into law prior to the submission of the Budg21 et unless such Budget submission identifies which addi22 tional spending reductions should occur in the event the

23 users fees proposals are not enacted prior to the date of

24 the convening of a committee of conference for the fiscal

25 year 2001 appropriations Act.
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1 SEC. 339. In addition to the authority provided in

2 section 636 of the Treasury, Postal Service, and General

3 Government Appropriations Act, 1997, as included in

4 Public Law 104–208, title I, section 101(f), as amended,

5 beginning in fiscal year 2001 and thereafter, amounts ap6 propriated for salaries and expenses for the Department

7 of Transportation may be used to reimburse an employee

8 whose position is that of safety inspector for not to exceed

9 one-half the costs incurred by such employee for profes10 sional liability insurance. Any payment under this section

11 shall be contingent upon the submission of such informa12 tion or documentation as the Department may require.

13 SEC. 340. None of the funds in this Act shall be used

14 to pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring air15 port sponsors to provide to the Federal Aviation Adminis16 tration without cost building construction, maintenance,

17 utilities and expenses, or space in airport sponsor-owned

18 buildings for services relating to air traffic control, air

19 navigation or weather reporting. The prohibition of funds

20 in this section does not apply to negotiations between the

21 Agency and airport sponsors to achieve agreement on

22 ‘‘below-market’’ rates for these items or to grant assur23 ances that require airport sponsors to provide land without

24 cost to the FAA for ATC facilities.
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1 SEC. 341. None of the funds provided in this Act or

2 prior Appropriations Acts for Coast Guard Acquisition,

3 Construction, and Improvements shall be available after

4 the fifteenth day of any quarter of any fiscal year begin5 ning after December 31, 1999, unless the Commandant

6 of the Coast Guard first submits a quarterly report to the

7 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on all

8 major Coast Guard acquisition projects including projects

9 executed for the Coast Guard by the United States Navy

10 and vessel traffic service projects: Provided, That such re11 ports shall include an acquisition schedule, estimated cur12 rent and year funding requirements, and a schedule of an13 ticipated obligations and outlays for each major acquisi14 tion project: Provided further, That such reports shall rate

15 on a relative scale the cost risk, schedule risk, and tech16 nical risk associated with each acquisition project and in17 clude a table detailing unobligated balances to date and

18 anticipated unobligated balances at the close of the fiscal

19 year and the close of the following fiscal year should the

20 Administration’s pending budget request for the acquisi21 tion, construction, and improvements account be fully

22 funded: Provided further, That such reports shall also pro23 vide abbreviated information on the status of shore facility

24 construction and renovation projects: Provided further,
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1 That all information submitted in such reports shall be

2 current as of the last day of the preceding quarter.

3 SEC. 342. Notwithstanding any other provision of

4 law, beginning in fiscal year 2004, the Secretary shall

5 withhold 5 percent of the amount required to be appor6 tioned for Federal-aid highways to any State under each

7 of paragraphs (1), (3), and (4) of section 104(b) of title

8 23, United States Code, if a State is not eligible for assist9 ance under section 163(a) of chapter 1 of title 23, United

10 States Code, and beginning in fiscal year 2005, and in

11 each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary shall withhold

12 10 percent of the amount required to be apportioned for

13 Federal-aid highways to any State under each of para14 graphs (1), (3), and (4) of section 104(b) of title 23,

15 United States Code, if a State is not eligible for assistance

16 under section 163(a) of title 23, United States Code. If

17 within three years from the date that the apportionment

18 for any State is reduced in accordance with this subsection

19 the Secretary determines that such State is eligible for as20 sistance under section 163(a) of chapter 1 of title 23,

21 United States Code, the apportionment of such State shall

22 be increased by an amount equal to such reduction. If at

23 the end of such three-year period, any State remains ineli24 gible for assistance under section 163(a) of title 23,

25 United States Code, any amounts so withheld shall lapse.
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1 SEC. 343. CONVEYANCE OF AIRPORT PROPERTY TO

2 AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN OKLAHOMA.

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision

4 of law, including the Surplus Property Act of 1944 (58

5 Stat. 765, chapter 479; 50 U.S.C. App. 1622 et seq.), and

6 subject to the requirements of this section, the Secretary

7 (or the appropriate Federal officer) may waive, without

8 charge, any of the terms contained in any deed of convey9 ance described in subsection (b) that restrict the use of

10 any land described in such a deed that, as of the date

11 of enactment of this Act, is not being used for the oper12 ation of an airport or for air traffic. A waiver made under

13 the preceding sentence shall be deemed to be consistent

14 with the requirements of section 47153 of title 49, United

15 States Code.

16 (b) DEED OF CONVEYANCE.—A deed of conveyance

17 referred to in subsection (a) is a deed of conveyance issued

18 by the United States before the date of enactment of this

19 Act for the conveyance of lands to a public institution of

20 higher education in Oklahoma.

21 (c) USE OF LANDS SUBJECT TO WAIVER.—

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other

23 provision of law, the lands subject to a waiver under

24 subsection (a) shall not be subject to any term, con25 dition, reservation, or restriction that would other-
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1 wise apply to that land as a result of the conveyance

2 of that land by the United States to the institution

3 of higher education.

4 (2) USE OF REVENUES.—An institution of

5 higher education that is issued a waiver under sub6 section (a) shall use revenues derived from the use,

7 operation, or disposal of that land—

8 (A) for the airport; and

9 (B) to the extent that funds remain avail10 able, for weather-related and educational pur11 poses that primarily benefit aviation.

12 (d) CONDITION.—An institution of higher education

13 that is issued a waiver under subsection (a), shall agree

14 that, in leasing or conveying any interest in land to which

15 the deed of conveyance described in subsection (b) relates,

16 the institution will receive an amount that is equal to the

17 fair lease value or the fair market value, as the case may

18 be, as determined pursuant to regulations issued by the

19 Secretary.

20 (e) GRANTS.—

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other

22 provision of law, if an institution of higher education

23 that is subject to a waiver under subsection (a) re24 ceived financial assistance in the form of a grant

25 from the Federal Aviation Administration or a pred-
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1 ecessor agency before the date of enactment of this

2 Act, then the Secretary may waive the repayment of

3 the outstanding amount of any grant that the insti4 tution of higher education would otherwise be re5 quired to pay.

6 (2) ELIGIBILITY TO RECEIVE SUBSEQUENT

7 GRANTS.—Nothing in paragraph (1) shall affect the

8 eligibility of an institution of higher education that

9 is subject to that paragraph from receiving grants

10 from the Secretary under chapter 471 of title 49,

11 United States Code, or under any other provision of

12 law relating to financial assistance provided through

13 the Federal Aviation Administration.

14 SEC. 344. Section 1105(c) of the Intermodal Surface

15 Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2032–

16 2033) is amended by striking paragraph (38) and replac17 ing it with the following—

18 ‘‘(38) The Ports-to-Plains Corridor from La19 redo, Texas to Denver, Colorado as follows:

20 ‘‘(A) In the State of Texas the Ports-to21 Plains Corridor shall generally follow—

22 ‘‘(i) I–35 from Laredo to United

23 States Route 83 at Exit 18;

24 ‘‘(ii) United States Route 83 from

25 Exit 18 to Carrizo Springs;
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1 ‘‘(iii) United States Route 277 from

2 Carrizo Springs to San Angelo;

3 ‘‘(iv) United States Route 87 from

4 San Angelo to Sterling City;

5 ‘‘(v) From Sterling City to Lamesa,

6 the Corridor shall follow United States

7 Route 87 and, the corridor shall also follow

8 Texas Route 158 from Sterling City to I–

9 20, then via I–20 West to Texas Route

10 349 and, Texas Route 349 from Midland

11 to Lamesa;

12 ‘‘(vi) United States Route 87 from

13 Lamesa to Lubbock;

14 ‘‘(vii) I–27 from Lubbock to Amarillo;

15 and

16 ‘‘(viii) United States Route 287 from

17 Amarillo to the Oklahoma border.

18 ‘‘(B) In the State of Oklahoma, the Ports19 to-Plains Corridor shall generally follow United

20 States Route 287 from the Texas border to the

21 Colorado border. The Corridor shall then pro22 ceed into Colorado.’’.

23 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans24 portation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,

25 2001’’.

Calendar No. 596

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2720

A BILL

Making appropriations for the Department of

Transportation and related agencies for the fiscalyear ending September 30, 2001, and for otherpurposes.

JUNE 13, 2000

Read twice and placed on the calendar