Calendar No. 181

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2084

AN ACT

Making appropriations for the Department of

purposes.year ending September 30, 2000, and for otherTransportation and related agencies for the fiscal

JUNE 28, 1999

Received; read twice and placed on the calendar
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Calendar No. 181

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2084

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JUNE 28, 1999

Received; read twice and placed on the calendar

AN ACT

Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation

and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September

30, 2000, 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,
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1 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any

2 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the

3 Department of Transportation and related agencies for

4 the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other

5 purposes, namely:

6 TITLE I

7 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

8 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

9 IMMEDIATE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

10 For necessary expenses of the Immediate Office of

11 the Secretary, $1,867,000.

12 IMMEDIATE OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY SECRETARY

13 For necessary expenses of the Immediate Office of

14 the Deputy Secretary, $612,000.

15 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

16 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General

17 Counsel, $9,000,000.

18 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR AVIATION

19 AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

20 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant

21 Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs,

22 $7,632,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other

23 provision of law, there may be credited to this appropria24 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, $6,770,000, includ5 ing not to exceed $40,000 for allocation within the Depart6 ment for official reception and representation expenses as

7 the Secretary may determine.

8 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

9 GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS

10 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant

11 Secretary for Governmental Affairs, $2,039,000.

12 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

13 ADMINISTRATION

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant

15 Secretary for Administration, $17,767,000.

16 OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS

17 For necessary expenses of the Office of Public Af18 fairs, $1,836,000.

19 EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT

20 For necessary expenses of the Executive Secretariat,

21 $1,102,000.

22 BOARD OF CONTRACT APPEALS

23 For necessary expenses of the Board of Contract Ap24 peals, $520,000.
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1 OFFICE OF SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS

2 UTILIZATION

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of Small and

4 Disadvantaged Business Utilization, $1,222,000.

5 OFFICE OF INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of Intelligence

7 and Security, $1,454,000.

8 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

9 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In10 formation Officer, $5,000,000.

11 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

12 TRANSPORTATION POLICY AND INTERMODALISM

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant

14 Secretary for Transportation Policy and Intermodalism,

15 $3,781,000.

16 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

17 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights,

18 $7,742,000.

19 TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND

20 DEVELOPMENT

21 For necessary expenses for conducting transportation

22 planning, research, systems development, development ac23 tivities, and making grants, to remain available until ex24 pended, $2,950,000.
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1 TRANSPORTATION ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE CENTER

2 Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital

3 outlays of the Transportation Administrative Service Cen4 ter, not to exceed $157,965,000, shall be paid from appro5 priations made available to the Department of Transpor6 tation: Provided, That the preceding limitation shall not

7 apply to activities associated with departmental Year 2000

8 conversion activities: Provided further, That such services

9 shall be provided on a competitive basis to entities within

10 the Department of Transportation: Provided further, That

11 the above limitation on operating expenses shall not apply

12 to non-DOT entities: Provided further, That no funds ap13 propriated in this Act to an agency of the Department

14 shall be transferred to the Transportation Administrative

15 Service Center without the approval of the agency modal

16 administrator: Provided further, That no assessments may

17 be levied against any program, budget activity, subactivity

18 or project funded by this Act unless notice of such assess19 ments and the basis therefor are presented to the House

20 and Senate Committees on Appropriations and are ap21 proved by such Committees.

22 MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER

23 For the cost of direct loans, $1,500,000, as author24 ized by 49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, includ25 ing the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined
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1 in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:

2 Provided further, That these funds are available to sub3 sidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct

4 loans not to exceed $13,775,000. In addition, for adminis5 trative expenses to carry out the direct loan program,

6 $400,000.

7 MINORITY BUSINESS OUTREACH

8 For necessary expenses of Minority Business Re9 source Center outreach activities, $2,900,000, of which

10 $2,635,000 shall remain available until September 30,

11 2001: Provided, That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 332,

12 these funds may be used for business opportunities related

13 to any mode of transportation.

14 COAST GUARD

15 OPERATING EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses for the operation and mainte17 nance of the Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for; pur18 chase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles for

19 replacement only; payments pursuant to section 156 of

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

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

22 429(b)); and recreation and welfare, $2,791,000,000, of

23 which $300,000,000 shall be available for defense-related

24 activities; and of which $25,000,000 shall be derived from

25 the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund: Provided, That none
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1 of the funds appropriated in this or any other Act shall

2 be available for pay or administrative expenses in connec3 tion with shipping commissioners in the United States:

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

5 Act shall be available for expenses incurred for yacht docu6 mentation under 46 U.S.C. 12109, except to the extent

7 fees are collected from yacht owners and credited to this

8 appropriation: Provided further, That the Commandant

9 shall reduce both military and civilian employment levels

10 for the purpose of complying with Executive Order No.

11 12839: Provided further, That up to $615,000 in user fees

12 collected pursuant to section 1111 of Public Law 104–

13 324 shall be credited to this appropriation as offsetting

14 collections in fiscal year 2000: Provided further, That none

15 of the funds in this Act shall be available for the Coast

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

17 would promulgate new maritime user fees not specifically

18 authorized by law after the date of enactment of this Act.

19 ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

20 For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction,

21 renovation, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore

22 facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related

23 thereto, $410,000,000, of which $20,000,000 shall be de24 rived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which

25 $205,560,000 shall be available to acquire, repair, ren-
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1 ovate or improve vessels, small boats and related equip2 ment, to remain available until September 30, 2004,

3 $38,310,000 shall be available to acquire new aircraft and

4 increase aviation capability, to remain available until Sep5 tember 30, 2002, $59,400,000 shall be available for other

6 equipment, to remain available until September 30, 2002,

7 $55,800,000 shall be available for shore facilities and aids

8 to navigation facilities, to remain available until Sep9 tember 30, 2002; and $50,930,000 shall be available for

10 personnel compensation and benefits and related costs, to

11 remain available until September 30, 2001: Provided,

12 That the Commandant may dispose of surplus real prop13 erty by sale or lease and the proceeds shall be credited

14 to this appropriation: Provided further, That upon initial

15 submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2001 Presi16 dent’s budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall trans17 mit to the Congress a comprehensive capital investment

18 plan for the United States Coast Guard which includes

19 funding for each budget line item for fiscal years 2001

20 through 2005, with total funding for each year of the plan

21 constrained to the funding targets for those years as esti22 mated and approved by the Office of Management and

23 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 $18,000,000, to remain available until expended.

6 ALTERATION OF BRIDGES

7 For necessary expenses for alteration or removal of

8 obstructive bridges, $15,000,000, to remain available until

9 expended.

10 RETIRED PAY

11 For retired pay, including the payment of obligations

12 therefor otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for

13 this purpose, and payments under the Retired Service14 man’s Family Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, and

15 for payments for medical care of retired personnel and

16 their dependents under the Dependents Medical Care Act

17 (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), $721,000,000.

18 RESERVE TRAINING

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For all necessary expenses of the Coast Guard Re21 serve, as authorized by law; maintenance and operation

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

23 $72,000,000: Provided, That no more than $23,000,000

24 of funds made available under this heading may be trans25 ferred to Coast Guard ‘‘Operating expenses’’ or otherwise
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1 made available to reimburse the Coast Guard for financial

2 support of the Coast Guard Reserve: Provided further,

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

4 Coast Guard to assess direct charges on the Coast Guard

5 Reserves for items or activities which were not so charged

6 during fiscal year 1997.

7 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION

8 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

9 for applied scientific research, development, test, and eval10 uation; maintenance, rehabilitation, lease and operation of

11 facilities and equipment, as authorized by law,

12 $21,039,000, to remain available until expended, of which

13 $3,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability

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

15 used for the purposes of this appropriation funds received

16 from State and local governments, other public authori17 ties, private sources, and foreign countries, for expenses

18 incurred for research, development, testing, and evalua19 tion.

20 FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

21 FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

22 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

23 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

24 for acquisition, establishment, and improvement by con25 tract or purchase, and hire of air navigation and experi-
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1 mental facilities and equipment as authorized under part

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

3 initial acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; en4 gineering and service testing, including construction of

5 test facilities and acquisition of necessary sites by lease

6 or grant; and construction and furnishing of quarters and

7 related accommodations for officers and employees of the

8 Federal Aviation Administration stationed at remote local9 ities where such accommodations are not available; and

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

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

12 and Airway Trust Fund, $2,200,000,000, of which

13 $1,917,000,000 shall remain available until September 30,

14 2002, and of which $283,000,000 shall remain available

15 until September 30, 2000: Provided, That there may be

16 credited to this appropriation funds received from States,

17 counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and pri18 vate sources, for expenses incurred in the establishment

19 and modernization of air navigation facilities: Provided

20 further, That upon initial submission to the Congress of

21 the fiscal year 2001 President’s budget, the Secretary of

22 Transportation shall transmit to the Congress a com23 prehensive capital investment plan for the Federal Avia24 tion Administration which includes funding for each budg25 et line item for fiscal years 2001 through 2005, with total
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1 funding for each year of the plan constrained to the fund2 ing targets for those years as estimated and approved by

3 the Office of Management and Budget: Provided further,

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

5 Federal Aviation Administration to enter into a capital

6 lease agreement unless appropriations have been provided

7 to fully cover the Federal Government’s contingent liabil8 ities at the time the lease agreement is signed.

9 RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT

10 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

11 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for nec12 essary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for research,

13 engineering, and development, as authorized under part

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

15 construction of experimental facilities and acquisition of

16 necessary sites by lease or grant, $173,000,000, to be de17 rived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to re18 main available until September 30, 2002: Provided, That

19 there may be credited to this appropriation funds received

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

2 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

3 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

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

6 compatibility planning and programs as authorized under

7 subchapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter

8 475 of title 49, United States Code, and under other law

9 authorizing such obligations, $1,867,000,000, to be de10 rived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to re11 main available until expended: Provided, That none of the

12 funds in this Act shall be available for the planning or

13 execution of programs the obligations for which are in ex14 cess of $2,250,000,000 in fiscal year 2000 for grants-in15 aid for airport planning and development, and noise com16 patibility planning and programs, notwithstanding section

17 47117(h) of title 49, United States Code.

18 GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS

19 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

20 (RESCISSION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

21 Of the unobligated balances authorized under section

22 48103 of title 49, United States Code, $300,000,000 are

23 rescinded.
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1 FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

2 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

3 Necessary expenses for administration and operation

4 of the Federal Highway Administration, not to exceed

5 $356,380,000, shall be paid in accordance with law from

6 appropriations made available by this Act to the Federal

7 Highway Administration together with advances and reim8 bursements received by the Federal Highway Administra9 tion: Provided, That $70,484,000 shall be available to

10 carry out the functions and operations of the office of

11 motor carriers.

12 LIMITATION ON TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH

13 Necessary expenses for transportation research of the

14 Federal Highway Administration, not to exceed

15 $422,450,000 shall be paid in accordance with law from

16 appropriations made available by this Act to the Federal

17 Highway Administration: Provided, That this limitation

18 shall not apply to any authority previously made available

19 for obligation.

20 FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

21 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

22 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

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

24 the implementation or execution of programs, the obliga25 tions for which are in excess of $27,701,350,000 for Fed-
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1 eral-aid highways and highway safety construction pro2 grams for fiscal year 2000.

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 $26,125,000,000 or so much thereof as may be available

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

14 available until expended.

15 MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS

16 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

17 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

18 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out

19 49 U.S.C. 31102, $105,000,000, to be derived from the

20 Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until ex21 pended: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall

22 be available for the implementation or execution of pro23 grams the obligations for which are in excess of

24 $105,000,000 for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Grants’’.
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1 NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY

2 ADMINISTRATION

3 OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

4 For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of

5 the Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety

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

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

8 $87,400,000 of which $62,928,000 shall remain available

9 until September 30, 2002: Provided, That none of the

10 funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated or ex11 pended to plan, finalize, or implement any rulemaking to

12 add to section 575.104 of title 49 of the Code of Federal

13 Regulations any requirement pertaining to a grading

14 standard that is different from the three grading stand15 ards (treadwear, traction, and temperature resistance) al16 ready in effect.

17 OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

18 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

19 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

20 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

21 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out

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

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

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

25 shall be available for the planning or execution of pro26 grams the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 2000
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1 are in excess of $72,000,000 for programs authorized

2 under 23 U.S.C. 403.

3 NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER

4 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

5 For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of

6 the Secretary with respect to the National Driver Register

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

8 $2,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund

9 and to remain available until expended.

10 HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS

11 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

12 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

13 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

14 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out

15 the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, 410, and 411, to

16 remain available until expended, $206,800,000, to be de17 rived from the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That none

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

19 or execution of programs the total obligations for which,

20 in fiscal year 2000, are in excess of $206,800,000 for pro21 grams authorized under 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, 410, and

22 411, of which $152,800,000 shall be for ‘‘Highway Safety

23 Programs’’ under 23 U.S.C. 402, $10,000,000 shall be for

24 ‘‘Occupant Protection Incentive Grants’’ under 23 U.S.C.

25 405, $36,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Alcohol-Impaired Driving

26 Countermeasures Grants’’ under 23 U.S.C. 410,
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1 $8,000,000 shall be for the ‘‘State Highway Safety Data

2 Grants’’ under 23 U.S.C. 411: Provided further, That

3 none of these funds shall be used for construction, reha4 bilitation, or remodeling costs, or for office furnishings

5 and fixtures for State, local, or private buildings or struc6 tures: Provided further, That not to exceed $7,500,000 of

7 the funds made available for section 402, not to exceed

8 $500,000 of the funds made available for section 405, not

9 to exceed $1,750,000 of the funds made available for sec10 tion 410, and not to exceed $223,000 of the funds made

11 available for section 411 shall be available to NHTSA for

12 administering highway safety grants under Chapter 4 of

13 title 23, United States Code: Provided further, That not

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

15 410 ‘‘Alcohol-Impaired Driving Countermeasures Grants’’

16 shall be available for technical assistance to the States.

17 FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION

18 SAFETY AND OPERATIONS

19 For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Ad20 ministration, not otherwise provided for, $94,448,000, of

21 which $6,800,000 shall remain available until expended:

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

23 transaction in which the Secretary assumed the first deed

24 of trust on the property and, where the Union Station Re25 development Corporation or any successor is obligated to
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1 make payments on such deed of trust on the Secretary’s

2 behalf, including payments on and after September 30,

3 1988, the Secretary is authorized to receive such payments

4 directly from the Union Station Redevelopment Corpora5 tion, credit them to the appropriation charged for the first

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

7 trust with those funds: Provided further, That such addi8 tional sums as may be necessary for payment on the first

9 deed of trust may be advanced by the Administrator from

10 unobligated balances available to the Federal Railroad Ad11 ministration, to be reimbursed from payments received

12 from the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation.

13 RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

14 For necessary expenses for railroad research and de15 velopment, $21,300,000, to remain available until ex16 pended.

17 RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT

18 PROGRAM

19 The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to

20 issue to the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obli21 gations pursuant to section 512 of the Railroad Revitaliza22 tion and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–

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

24 may be necessary to pay any amounts required pursuant

25 to the guarantee of the principal amount of obligations
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1 under sections 511 through 513 of such Act, such author2 ity to exist as long as any such guaranteed obligation is

3 outstanding: Provided, That pursuant to section 502 of

4 such Act, as amended, no new direct loans or loan guar5 antee commitments shall be made using Federal funds for

6 the credit risk premium during fiscal year 2000.

7 NEXT GENERATION HIGH-SPEED RAIL

8 For necessary expenses for the Next Generation

9 High-Speed Rail program as authorized under 49 U.S.C.

10 26101 and 26102, $22,000,000, to remain available until

11 expended.

12 RHODE ISLAND RAIL DEVELOPMENT

13 For the costs associated with construction of a third

14 track on the Northeast Corridor between Davisville and

15 Central Falls, Rhode Island, with sufficient clearance to

16 accommodate double stack freight cars, $10,000,000, to

17 be matched by the State of Rhode Island or its designee

18 on a dollar-for-dollar basis and to remain available until

19 expended.

20 CAPITAL GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD

21 PASSENGER CORPORATION

22 For necessary expenses of capital improvements of

23 the National Railroad Passenger Corporation as author24 ized by 49 U.S.C. 24104(a), $570,976,000 to remain

25 available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary
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1 shall not obligate more than $228,400,000 prior to Sep2 tember 30, 2000.

3 FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

4 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

5 For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal

6 Transit Administration’s programs authorized by chapter

7 53 of title 49, United States Code, $12,000,000: Provided,

8 That no more than $60,000,000 of budget authority shall

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

10 the funds in this Act available for the execution of con11 tracts under section 5327(c) of title 49, United States

12 Code, $800,000 shall be transferred to the Department

13 of Transportation Inspector General for costs associated

14 with the audit and review of new fixed guideway systems.

15 FORMULA GRANTS

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

17 5308, 5310, 5311, 5327, and section 3038 of Public Law

18 105–178, $619,600,000, to remain available until ex19 pended: Provided, That no more than $3,098,000,000 of

20 budget authority shall be available for these purposes.

21 UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH

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

23 $1,200,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,

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

25 be available for these purposes.
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1 TRANSIT PLANNING AND RESEARCH

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

3 5304, 5305, 5311(b)(2), 5312, 5313(a), 5314, 5315, and

4 5322, $21,000,000, to remain available until expended:

5 Provided, That no more than $107,000,000 of budget au6 thority shall be available for these purposes: Provided fur7 ther, That $5,250,000 is available to provide rural trans8 portation assistance (49 U.S.C. 5311(b)(2)), $4,000,000

9 is available to carry out programs under the National

10 Transit Institute (49 U.S.C. 5315), $8,250,000 is avail11 able to carry out transit cooperative research programs

12 (49 U.S.C. 5313(a)), $49,632,000 is available for metro13 politan planning (49 U.S.C. 5303, 5304, and 5305),

14 $10,368,000 is available for state planning (49 U.S.C.

15 5313(b)); and $29,500,000 is available for the national

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

17 TRUST FUND SHARE OF EXPENSES

18 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

19 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

20 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out

21 49 U.S.C. 5303–5308, 5310–5315, 5317(b), 5322, 5327,

22 5334, 5505, and sections 3037 and 3038 of Public Law

23 105–178, $4,638,000,000, to remain available until ex24 pended, and to be derived from the Mass Transit Account

25 of the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That

26 $2,478,400,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Ad-
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1 ministration’s formula grants account: Provided further,

2 That $86,000,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Ad3 ministration’s transit planning and research account: Pro4 vided further, That $48,000,000 shall be paid to the Fed5 eral Transit Administration’s administrative expenses ac6 count: Provided further, That $4,800,000 shall be paid to

7 the Federal Transit Administration’s university transpor8 tation research account: Provided further, That

9 $60,000,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Adminis10 tration’s job access and reverse commute grants program:

11 Provided further, That $1,960,800,000 shall be paid to the

12 Federal Transit Administration’s Capital Investment

13 Grants account.

14 CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

17 5309, 5318, and 5327, $490,200,000, to remain available

18 until expended: Provided, That no more than

19 $2,451,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for

20 these purposes: Provided further, That there shall be avail21 able for fixed guideway modernization, $980,400,000;

22 there shall be available for the replacement, rehabilitation,

23 and purchase of buses and related equipment and the con24 struction of bus-related facilities, $490,200,000; and there
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1 shall be available for new fixed guideway systems,

2 $980,400,000, to be available as follows:

3 $10,400,000 for Alaska or Hawaii ferry

4 projects;

5 $45,142,000 for the Atlanta, Georgia, North

6 line extension project;

7 $5,000,000 for the Baltimore central LRT dou8 ble track project;

9 $4,000,000 for the Canton-Akron-Cleveland

10 commuter rail project;

11 $3,000,000 for the Charlotte, North Carolina,

12 north-south corridor transitway project;

13 $25,000,000 for the Chicago METRA com14 muter rail project;

15 $2,000,000 for the Chicago Transit Authority

16 Douglas branch line project;

17 $2,000,000 for the Chicago Transit Authority

18 Ravenswood branch line project;

19 $2,000,000 for the Cincinnati northeast/north20 ern Kentucky corridor project;

21 $2,000,000 for the Clark County, Nevada, fixed

22 guideway project;

23 $1,000,000 for the Cleveland Euclid corridor

24 improvement project;
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1 $1,000,000 for the Colorado Roaring Fork Val2 ley project;

3 $35,000,000 for the Dallas north central light

4 rail extension project;

5 $1,000,000 for the Dayton, Ohio, light rail

6 study;

7 $35,000,000 for the Denver Southwest corridor

8 project;

9 $25,000,000 for the Dulles corridor project;

10 $12,000,000 for the Fort Lauderdale, Florida

11 Tri-County commuter rail project;

12 $4,000,000 for the Houston advanced transit

13 program;

14 $52,770,000 for the Houston regional bus

15 project;

16 $1,000,000 for the Johnson County, Kansas, I–

17 35 commuter rail project;

18 $1,000,000 for the Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee

19 rail extension project;

20 $4,000,000 for the Long Island Railroad East

21 Side access project;

22 $5,000,000 for the Los Angeles Mid-City and

23 East side corridors projects;

24 $50,000,000 for the Los Angeles North Holly25 wood extension project;
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1 $1,000,000 for the Los Angeles-San Diego

2 LOSSAN corridor project;

3 $703,000 for the MARC commuter rail project;

4 $1,000,000 for the Massachusetts North Shore

5 corridor project;

6 $5,000,000 for the Memphis, Tennessee, Med7 ical Center rail extension project;

8 $3,000,000 for the Miami-Dade Transit east9 west multimodal corridor project;

10 $3,000,000 for the Miami-Dade Transit North

11 27th corridor project;

12 $1,000,000 for the Nashville, Tennessee, com13 muter rail project;

14 $99,000,000 for the New Jersey Hudson Ber15 gen project;

16 $2,000,000 for the New Orleans Canal Street

17 corridor project;

18 $6,000,000 for the Newark rail link MOS–1

19 project;

20 $1,000,000 for the Norfolk-Virginia Beach cor21 ridor project;

22 $4,000,000 for the Northern Indiana south

23 shore commuter rail project;

24 $2,000,000 for the Oceanside-Escondido, Cali25 fornia light rail system;
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1 $5,000,000 for Olympic transportation infra2 structure investments: Provided, That these funds

3 shall be allocated by the Secretary based on the ap4 proved transportation management plan for the Salt

5 Lake City 2002 Winter Olympic Games: Provided

6 further, That none of these funds shall be made

7 available for the Salt Lake City west-east light rail

8 project, any segment thereof, or a downtown con9 nector in Salt Lake City, Utah;

10 $1,000,000 for the Orange County, California,

11 transitway project;

12 $20,000,000 for the Orlando Lynx light rail

13 project (phase 1);

14 $1,000,000 for the Philadelphia-Reading

15 SETPA Schuylkill Valley metro project;

16 $7,000,000 for the Phoenix metropolitan area

17 transit project;

18 $3,000,000 for the Pinellas County, Florida,

19 mobility initiative project;

20 $11,062,000 for the Portland Westside light

21 rail transit project;

22 $2,000,000 for the Puget Sound RTA Link

23 light rail project;

24 $12,000,000 for the Puget Sound RTA Sound25 er commuter rail project;
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1 $12,000,000 for the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel

2 Hill Triangle transit project;

3 $25,000,000 for the Sacramento south corridor

4 LRT project;

5 $1,000,000 for the San Bernardino, California

6 Metrolink project;

7 $7,000,000 for the San Diego Mid Coast cor8 ridor project;

9 $23,000,000 for the San Diego Mission Valley

10 East light rail transit project;

11 $84,000,000 for the San Francisco BART ex12 tension to the airport project;

13 $20,000,000 for the San Jose Tasman West

14 light rail project;

15 $82,000,000 for the San Juan Tren Urbano

16 project;

17 $53,962,000 for the South Boston piers

18 transitway;

19 $1,000,000 for the South DeKalb-Lindbergh,

20 Georgia, corridor project;

21 $3,000,000 for the Spokane, Washington,

22 South Valley corridor light rail project;

23 $3,000,000 for the St. Louis, Missouri,

24 MetroLink cross county corridor project;
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1 $50,000,000 for the St. Louis-St. Clair County

2 MetroLink light rail (phase II) extension project;

3 $1,000,000 for the Tampa Bay regional rail

4 project;

5 $5,433,000 for the Twin Cities Transitways

6 projects;

7 $46,000,000 for the Twin Cities Transitways—

8 Hiawatha corridor project;

9 $37,928,000 for the Utah north/south light rail

10 project;

11 $2,000,000 for the Virginia Railway Express

12 Woodbridge station improvements project;

13 $1,000,000 for the West Trenton, New Jersey,

14 rail project; and

15 $3,000,000 for the Whitehall terminal recon16 struction project.

17 DISCRETIONARY GRANTS

18 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

19 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

20 For payment of previous obligations incurred in car21 rying out 49 U.S.C. 5338(b), $1,500,000,000, to remain

22 available until expended and to be derived from the Mass

23 Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund.

24 JOB ACCESS AND REVERSE COMMUTE GRANTS

25 For necessary expenses to carry out section 3037 of

26 the Federal Transit Act of 1998, $15,000,000, to remain
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1 available until expended: Provided, That no more than

2 $75,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for

3 these purposes.

4 SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT

5 CORPORATION

6 SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT

7 CORPORATION

8 The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora9 tion is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, with10 in the limits of funds and borrowing authority available

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

12 such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal

13 year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern14 ment Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be

15 necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the

16 Corporation’s budget for the current fiscal year.

17 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

18 (HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)

19 For necessary expenses for operations and mainte20 nance of those portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway op21 erated and maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway De22 velopment Corporation, $12,042,000, to be derived from

23 the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public

24 Law 99–662.
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1 RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS

2 ADMINISTRATION

3 RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS

4 For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of

5 the Research and Special Programs Administration,

6 $32,361,000, of which $645,000 shall be derived from the

7 Pipeline Safety Fund, and of which $3,704,000 shall re8 main available until September 30, 2002: Provided, That

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

10 5108(g) shall be deposited in the general fund of the

11 Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided further, That

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

13 until expended, funds received from States, counties, mu14 nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources

15 for expenses incurred for training, for reports publication

16 and dissemination, and for travel expenses incurred in per17 formance of hazardous materials exemptions and approv18 als functions.

19 PIPELINE SAFETY

20 (PIPELINE SAFETY FUND)

21 (OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND)

22 For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of

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

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

25 60107, and to discharge the pipeline program responsibil26 ities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $36,092,000, of
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1 which $5,494,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li2 ability Trust Fund and shall remain available until Sep3 tember 30, 2002; and of which $30,598,000 shall be de4 rived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which

5 $17,074,000 shall remain available until September 30,

6 2002: Provided, That in addition to amounts made avail7 able from the Pipeline Safety Fund, $1,300,000 shall be

8 available for grants to States for the development and es9 tablishment of one-call notification systems, emergency

10 notification, damage prevention, and public education ac11 tivities, and shall be derived from amounts previously col12 lected under 49 U.S.C. 60301.

13 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS

14 (EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND)

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

16 5127(c), $200,000, to be derived from the Emergency

17 Preparedness Fund, to remain available until September

18 30, 2002: Provided, That not more than $14,300,000 shall

19 be made available for obligation in fiscal year 2000 from

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

21 5127(d): Provided further, That none of the funds made

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

23 available for obligation by individuals other than the Sec24 retary of Transportation, or his designee.
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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

4 General to carry out the provisions of the Inspector Gen5 eral Act of 1978, as amended, $44,840,000.

6 SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the Surface Transpor9 tation Board, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C.

10 3109, $17,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any

11 other provision of law, not to exceed $1,600,000 from fees

12 established by the Chairman of the Surface Transpor13 tation Board shall be credited to this appropriation as off14 setting collections and used for necessary and authorized

15 expenses under this heading: Provided further, That the

16 sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be

17 reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting col18 lections are received during fiscal year 2000, to result in

19 a final appropriation from the general fund estimated at

20 no more than $15,400,000.
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1 TITLE II

2 RELATED AGENCIES

3 ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION

4 BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For expenses necessary for the Architectural and

7 Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, as authorized

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

9 amended, $4,633,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding

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

11 appropriation funds received for publications and training

12 expenses.

13 NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

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

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

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

21 5901–5902) $57,000,000, of which not to exceed $2,000

22 may be used for official reception and representation ex23 penses.
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1 TITLE III

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 301. During the current fiscal year applicable

5 appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall

6 be available for maintenance and operation of aircraft;

7 hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of

8 liability insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign

9 countries on official department business; and uniforms,

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

11 5901–5902).

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

13 year 2000 pay raises for programs funded in this Act shall

14 be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act or

15 previous appropriations Acts.

16 SEC. 303. Funds appropriated under this Act for ex17 penditures by the Federal Aviation Administration shall

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

19 VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of

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

21 and secondary schooling for dependents of Federal Avia22 tion Administration personnel stationed outside the conti23 nental United States at costs for any given area not in

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

25 area, when it is determined by the Secretary that the
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1 schools, if any, available in the locality are unable to pro2 vide adequately for the education of such dependents; and

3 (2) for transportation of said dependents between schools

4 serving the area that they attend and their places of resi5 dence when the Secretary, under such regulations as may

6 be prescribed, determines that such schools are not acces7 sible by public means of transportation on a regular basis.

8 SEC. 304. Appropriations contained in this Act for

9 the Department of Transportation shall be available for

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

11 individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to

12 the rate for an Executive Level IV.

13 SEC. 305. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail14 able for salaries and expenses of more than 100 political

15 and Presidential appointees in the Department of Trans16 portation: Provided, That none of the personnel covered

17 by this provision may be assigned on temporary detail out18 side the Department of Transportation.

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

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

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

22 intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings

23 funded in this Act.

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

25 shall remain available for obligation beyond the current
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1 fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria2 tions, unless expressly so provided herein.

3 SEC. 308. The Secretary of Transportation may enter

4 into grants, cooperative agreements, and other trans5 actions with any person, agency, or instrumentality of the

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

7 educational institution, and any other entity in execution

8 of the Technology Reinvestment Project authorized under

9 the Defense Conversion, Reinvestment and Transition As10 sistance Act of 1992 and related legislation: Provided,

11 That the authority provided in this section may be exer12 cised without regard to section 3324 of title 31, United

13 States Code.

14 SEC. 309. The expenditure of any appropriation

15 under this Act for any consulting service through procure16 ment contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United

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

18 expenditures are a matter of public record and available

19 for public inspection, except where otherwise provided

20 under existing law, or under existing Executive order

21 issued pursuant to existing law.

22 SEC. 310. The limitations on obligations for the pro23 grams of the Federal Transit Administration shall not

24 apply to any authority under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously
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1 made available for obligation, or to any other authority

2 previously made available for obligation.

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

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

5 SEC. 312. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail6 able to plan, finalize, or implement regulations that would

7 establish a vessel traffic safety fairway less than five miles

8 wide between the Santa Barbara Traffic Separation

9 Scheme and the San Francisco Traffic Separation

10 Scheme.

11 SEC. 313. Notwithstanding any other provision of

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

13 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) instrument land14 ing systems (along with associated approach lighting

15 equipment and runway visual range equipment) which

16 conform to FAA design and performance specifications,

17 the purchase of which was assisted by a Federal airport18 aid program, airport development aid program or airport

19 improvement program grant. The FAA shall accept such

20 equipment, which shall thereafter be operated and main21 tained by the FAA in accordance with agency criteria.

22 SEC. 314. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail23 able to award a multiyear contract for production end

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

25 lead time material procurement in excess of $10,000,000
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1 in any one year of the contract; (2) includes a cancellation

2 charge greater than $10,000,000 which at the time of obli3 gation has not been appropriated to the limits of the Gov4 ernment’s liability; or (3) includes a requirement that per5 mits performance under the contract during the second

6 and subsequent years of the contract without conditioning

7 such performance upon the appropriation of funds: Pro8 vided, That this limitation does not apply to a contract

9 in which the Federal Government incurs no financial li10 ability from not buying additional systems, subsystems, or

11 components beyond the basic contract requirements.

12 SEC. 315. Notwithstanding any other provision of

13 law, and except for fixed guideway modernization projects,

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

15 Administration, Capital investment grants’’ for projects

16 specified in this Act or identified in reports accompanying

17 this Act not obligated by September 30, 2002, and other

18 recoveries, shall be made available for other projects under

19 49 U.S.C. 5309.

20 SEC. 316. Notwithstanding any other provision of

21 law, any funds appropriated before October 1, 1999, under

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

23 that remain available for expenditure may be transferred

24 to and administered under the most recent appropriation

25 heading for any such section.
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1 SEC. 317. None of the funds in this Act may be used

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

3 the federally funded research and development center con4 tract between the Federal Aviation Administration and the

5 Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development dur6 ing fiscal year 2000.

7 SEC. 318. Funds provided in this Act for the Trans8 portation Administrative Service Center (TASC) shall be

9 reduced by $10,000,000, which limits fiscal year 2000

10 TASC obligational authority for elements of the Depart11 ment of Transportation funded in this Act to no more

12 than $147,965,000: Provided, That such reductions from

13 the budget request shall be allocated by the Department

14 of Transportation to each appropriations account in pro15 portion to the amount included in each account for the

16 Transportation Administrative Service Center.

17 SEC. 319. Funds received by the Federal Highway

18 Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and Fed19 eral Railroad Administration from States, counties, mu20 nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources

21 for expenses incurred for training may be credited respec22 tively to the Federal Highway Administration’s ‘‘Federal23 Aid Highways’’ account, the Federal Transit Administra24 tion’s ‘‘Transit Planning and Research’’ account, and to

25 the Federal Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Oper-
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1 ations’’ account, except for State rail safety inspectors

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

3 SEC. 320. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail4 able to prepare, propose, or promulgate any regulations

5 pursuant to title V of the Motor Vehicle Information and

6 Cost Savings Act (49 U.S.C. 32901 et seq.) prescribing

7 corporate average fuel economy standards for automobiles,

8 as defined in such title, in any model year that differs

9 from standards promulgated for such automobiles prior to

10 enactment of this section.

11 SEC. 321. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re12 ceived by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the

13 sale of data products, for necessary expenses incurred pur14 suant to 49 U.S.C. 111 may be credited to the Federal15 aid highways account for the purpose of reimbursing the

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

17 be subject to the obligation limitation for Federal-aid

18 highways and highway safety construction.

19 SEC. 322. None of the funds in this Act may be obli20 gated or expended for employee training which: (a) does

21 not meet identified needs for knowledge, skills and abilities

22 bearing directly upon the performance of official duties;

23 (b) contains elements likely to induce high levels of emo24 tional response or psychological stress in some partici25 pants; (c) does not require prior employee notification of
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1 the content and methods to be used in the training and

2 written end of course evaluations; (d) contains any meth3 ods or content associated with religious or quasi-religious

4 belief systems or ‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in

5 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Notice N–

6 915.022, dated September 2, 1988; (e) is offensive to, or

7 designed to change, participants’ personal values or life8 style outside the workplace; or (f) includes content related

9 to human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune defi10 ciency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) other than that necessary

11 to make employees more aware of the medical ramifica12 tions of HIV/AIDS and the workplace rights of HIV-posi13 tive employees.

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, telegram, telephone, letter, printed or written

18 matter, or other device, intended or designed to influence

19 in any manner a Member of Congress, to favor or oppose,

20 by vote or otherwise, any legislation or appropriation by

21 Congress, whether before or after the introduction of any

22 bill or resolution proposing such legislation or appropria23 tion: Provided, That this shall not prevent officers or em24 ployees of the Department of Transportation or related

25 agencies funded in this Act from communicating to Mem-
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1 bers of Congress on the request of any Member or to Con2 gress, through the proper official channels, requests for

3 legislation or appropriations which they deem necessary

4 for the efficient conduct of the public business.

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

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

7 unless the entity agrees that in expending the funds the

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

9 10a–10c).

10 (b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT RE11 GARDING NOTICE.—

12 (1) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT

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

14 product that may be authorized to be purchased

15 with financial assistance provided using funds made

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

17 that entities receiving the assistance should, in ex18 pending the assistance, purchase only American19 made equipment and products to the greatest extent

20 practicable.

21 (2) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—

22 In providing financial assistance using funds made

23 available in this Act, the head of each Federal agen24 cy shall provide to each recipient of the assistance
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1 a notice describing the statement made in paragraph

2 (1) by the Congress.

3 (c) PROHIBITION OF CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS

4 FALSELY LABELING PRODUCTS AS MADE IN AMERICA.—

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

6 agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bear7 ing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscription

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

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

10 States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any con11 tract or subcontract made with funds made available in

12 this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineli13 gibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through

14 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.

15 SEC. 325. Notwithstanding any other provision of

16 law, receipts, in amounts determined by the Secretary, col17 lected from users of fitness centers operated by or for the

18 Department of Transportation shall be available to sup19 port the operation and maintenance of those facilities.

20 SEC. 326. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail21 able to implement or enforce regulations that would result

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

23 International Airport under section 93.223 of title 14 of

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

25 withdrawn from that air carrier as of October 31, 1993
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1 if such additional slot is to be allocated to an air carrier

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

3 the Code of Federal Regulations.

4 SEC. 327. Notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 41742, no es5 sential air service subsidies shall be provided to commu6 nities in the 48 contiguous States that are located fewer

7 than 70 highway miles from the nearest large or medium

8 hub airport, or that require a rate of subsidy per pas9 senger in excess of $200 unless such point is greater than

10 210 miles from the nearest large or medium hub airport.

11 SEC. 328. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments,

12 minor fees and other funds received by the Department

13 from travel management centers, charge card programs,

14 the subleasing of building space, and miscellaneous

15 sources are to be credited to appropriations of the Depart16 ment and allocated to elements of the Department using

17 fair and equitable criteria and such funds shall be avail18 able until December 31, 2000.

19 SEC. 329. Notwithstanding any other provision of

20 law, rule or regulation, the Secretary of Transportation

21 is authorized to allow the issuer of any preferred stock

22 heretofore sold to the Department to redeem or repur23 chase such stock upon the payment to the Department of

24 an amount determined by the Secretary.
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1 SEC. 330. For necessary expenses of the Amtrak Re2 form Council authorized under section 203 of Public Law

3 105–134, $750,000, to remain available until September

4 30, 2001.

5 SEC. 331. The Secretary of Transportation is author6 ized to transfer funds appropriated for any office of the

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

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

9 increased or decreased by more than 12 percent by all

10 such transfers: Provided further, That any such transfer

11 shall be submitted for approval to the House and Senate

12 Committees on Appropriations.

13 SEC. 332. None of the funds appropriated by this Act

14 may be used to issue a final standard under docket num15 ber NHTSA 98–3945 (relating to section 656(b) of the

16 Illegal Immigration Reform and Responsibility Act of

17 1996).

18 SEC. 333. (a) section 110(b)(2) of the Arctic Re19 search and Policy Act of 1984 (15 U.S.C. 4109(b)(2)) is

20 amended by striking all that follows ‘‘research’’ and in21 serting a period.

22 (b) section 312 of the Arctic Marine Living Resources

23 Convention Act of 1984 (16 U.S.C. 2441) is amended by

24 striking subsection (c).
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1 SEC. 334. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail2 able for activities under the Aircraft Purchase Loan Guar3 antee Program during fiscal year 2000.

4 SEC. 335. None of the funds in this Act may be used

5 to carry out the functions and operations of the office of

6 motor carriers within the Federal Highway Administra7 tion.

8 SEC. 336. section 3027 of the Transportation Equity

9 Act for the 21st Century (49 U.S.C. 5307 note; 112 Stat.

10 336) is amended by adding at the end the following:

11 ‘‘(e) GOVERNMENT SHARE FOR OPERATING ASSIST12 ANCE TO CERTAIN SMALLER URBANIZED AREAS.—Not13 withstanding 49 U.S.C. 5307(e), a grant of the Govern14 ment for operating expenses of a project under 49 U.S.C.

15 5307(b) in fiscal years 1999 and 2000 to any recipient

16 that is providing transit services in an urbanized area with

17 a population between 128,000 and 128,200, as determined

18 in the 1990 census, and that had adopted a five-year tran19 sit plan before September 1, 1998, may not be more than

20 80 percent of the net project cost.’’.

21 SEC. 337. Funds provided in Public Law 104–205

22 for the Griffin light rail project shall be available for alter23 native analysis and environmental impact studies for other

24 transit alternatives in the Griffin corridor from Hartford

25 to Bradley International Airport.
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1 SEC. 338. section 3030(c)(1)(A)(v) of the Transpor2 tation Equity Act for the 21st Century (Public Law 105–

3 178) is amended by deleting ‘‘Light Rail’’.

4 SEC. 339. Notwithstanding any other provision of

5 law, the Federal share of projects funded under section

6 3038(g)(1)(B) of Public Law 105–178 shall not exceed

7 90 percent of the project cost.

8 SEC. 340. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail9 able to execute a letter of no prejudice, letter of intent

10 or full funding grant agreement for the Salt Lake City

11 west-east light rail line, any segment thereof, or a down12 town connector in Salt Lake City, Utah.

13 SEC. 341. Of the funds made available to the Coast

14 Guard in this Act under ‘‘Acquisition, construction, and

15 improvements’’, $10,000,000 is only for necessary ex16 penses to support a portion of the acquisition costs, cur17 rently estimated at $128,000,000, of a multi-mission ves18 sel to replace the Mackinaw icebreaker in the Great Lakes,

19 to remain available until September 30, 2005.

20 SEC. 342. None of the funds in this Act may be ex21 pended to review or issue a waiver for a vessel deemed

22 to be equipped with a double bottom or double sides.

23 SEC. 343. Funds provided in this Act for the Trans24 portation Administrative Service Center (TASC) shall be

25 further reduced by $1,000,000.
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1 SEC. 344. The amount otherwise provided by section

2 330 for the Amtrak Reform Council is hereby reduced by

3 $300,000.

4 SEC. 345. None of the funds in this Act may be used

5 for the planning or development of the California State

6 Route 710 Freeway extension project through South Pasa7 dena, California (as approved in the Record of Decision

8 on State Route 710 Freeway, issued by the United States

9 Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Admin10 istration, on April 13, 1998).

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

13 2000’’.

Passed the House of Representatives June 23, 1999.

Attest: Martha C. Morrison,

Deputy Clerk.