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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2084

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEPTEMBER 17, 1999

Ordered to be printed with the amendments of the Senate numbered

AN ACT

Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation

and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September

30, 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,

3 Ω1æThat 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, 2000, 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, $1,867,000.

7 IMMEDIATE OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY SECRETARY

8 For necessary expenses of the Immediate Office of

9 the Deputy Secretary, $612,000.

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 AVIATION

14 AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

15 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant

16 Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs,

17 $7,632,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other

18 provision of law, there may be credited to this appropria19 tion up to $1,250,000 in funds received in user fees.

20 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR BUDGET

21 AND PROGRAMS

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant

23 Secretary for Budget and Programs, $6,770,000, includ24 ing not to exceed $40,000 for allocation within the Depart-
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1 ment for official reception and representation expenses as

2 the Secretary may determine.

3 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

4 GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant

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

7 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

8 ADMINISTRATION

9 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant

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

11 OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of Public Af13 fairs, $1,836,000.

14 EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT

15 For necessary expenses of the Executive Secretariat,

16 $1,102,000.

17 BOARD OF CONTRACT APPEALS

18 For necessary expenses of the Board of Contract Ap19 peals, $520,000.

20 OFFICE OF SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS

21 UTILIZATION

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of Small and

23 Disadvantaged Business Utilization, $1,222,000.
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1 OFFICE OF INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Intelligence

3 and Security, $1,454,000.

4 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In6 formation Officer, $5,000,000.

7 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

8 TRANSPORTATION POLICY AND INTERMODALISM

9 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant

10 Secretary for Transportation Policy and Intermodalism,

11 $3,781,000.

12 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights,

14 $7,742,000.

15 TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND

16 DEVELOPMENT

17 For necessary expenses for conducting transportation

18 planning, research, systems development, development ac19 tivities, and making grants, to remain available until ex20 pended, $2,950,000.

21 TRANSPORTATION ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE CENTER

22 Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital

23 outlays of the Transportation Administrative Service Cen24 ter, not to exceed $157,965,000, shall be paid from appro25 priations made available to the Department of Transpor-
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1 tation: Provided, That the preceding limitation shall not

2 apply to activities associated with departmental Year 2000

3 conversion activities: Provided further, That such services

4 shall be provided on a competitive basis to entities within

5 the Department of Transportation: Provided further, That

6 the above limitation on operating expenses shall not apply

7 to non-DOT entities: Provided further, That no funds ap8 propriated in this Act to an agency of the Department

9 shall be transferred to the Transportation Administrative

10 Service Center without the approval of the agency modal

11 administrator: Provided further, That no assessments may

12 be levied against any program, budget activity, subactivity

13 or 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

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, $2,900,000, of which

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

7 2001: 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, $2,791,000,000, of

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

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

21 the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund: Provided, That none

22 of the funds appropriated in this or any other Act shall

23 be available for pay or administrative expenses in connec24 tion with shipping commissioners in the United States:

25 Provided further, That none of the funds provided in this
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1 Act shall be available for expenses incurred for yacht docu2 mentation under 46 U.S.C. 12109, except to the extent

3 fees are collected from yacht owners and credited to this

4 appropriation: Provided further, That the Commandant

5 shall reduce both military and civilian employment levels

6 for the purpose of complying with Executive Order No.

7 12839: Provided further, That up to $615,000 in user fees

8 collected pursuant to section 1111 of Public Law 104–

9 324 shall be credited to this appropriation as offsetting

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

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

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

13 would promulgate new maritime user fees not specifically

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

15 ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

16 For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction,

17 renovation, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore

18 facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related

19 thereto, $410,000,000, of which $20,000,000 shall be de20 rived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which

21 $205,560,000 shall be available to acquire, repair, ren22 ovate or improve vessels, small boats and related equip23 ment, to remain available until September 30, 2004,

24 $38,310,000 shall be available to acquire new aircraft and

25 increase aviation capability, to remain available until Sep-
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1 tember 30, 2002, $59,400,000 shall be available for other

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

3 $55,800,000 shall be available for shore facilities and aids

4 to navigation facilities, to remain available until Sep5 tember 30, 2002; and $50,930,000 shall be available for

6 personnel compensation and benefits and related costs, to

7 remain available until September 30, 2001: Provided,

8 That the Commandant may dispose of surplus real prop9 erty by sale or lease and the proceeds shall be credited

10 to this appropriation: Provided further, That upon initial

11 submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2001 Presi12 dent’s budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall trans13 mit to the Congress a comprehensive capital investment

14 plan for the United States Coast Guard which includes

15 funding for each budget line item for fiscal years 2001

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

17 constrained to the funding targets for those years as esti18 mated and approved by the Office of Management and

19 Budget.

20 ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION

21 For necessary expenses to carry out the Coast

22 Guard’s environmental compliance and restoration func23 tions under chapter 19 of title 14, United States Code,

24 $18,000,000, to remain available until expended.
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1 ALTERATION OF BRIDGES

2 For necessary expenses for alteration or removal of

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

4 expended.

5 RETIRED PAY

6 For retired pay, including the payment of obligations

7 therefor otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for

8 this purpose, and payments under the Retired Service9 man’s Family Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, and

10 for payments for medical care of retired personnel and

11 their dependents under the Dependents Medical Care Act

12 (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), $721,000,000.

13 RESERVE TRAINING

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 For all necessary expenses of the Coast Guard Re16 serve, as authorized by law; maintenance and operation

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

18 $72,000,000: Provided, That no more than $23,000,000

19 of funds made available under this heading may be trans20 ferred to Coast Guard ‘‘Operating expenses’’ or otherwise

21 made available to reimburse the Coast Guard for financial

22 support of the Coast Guard Reserve: Provided further,

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

24 Coast Guard to assess direct charges on the Coast Guard
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1 Reserves for items or activities which were not so charged

2 during fiscal year 1997.

3 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION

4 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

5 for applied scientific research, development, test, and eval6 uation; maintenance, rehabilitation, lease and operation of

7 facilities and equipment, as authorized by law,

8 $21,039,000, to remain available until expended, of which

9 $3,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability

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

11 used for the purposes of this appropriation funds received

12 from State and local governments, other public authori13 ties, private sources, and foreign countries, for expenses

14 incurred for research, development, testing, and evalua15 tion.

16 FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

17 FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

18 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

19 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

20 for acquisition, establishment, and improvement by con21 tract or purchase, and hire of air navigation and experi22 mental facilities and equipment as authorized under part

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

24 initial acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; en25 gineering and service testing, including construction of
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1 test facilities and acquisition of necessary sites by lease

2 or grant; and construction and furnishing of quarters and

3 related accommodations for officers and employees of the

4 Federal Aviation Administration stationed at remote local5 ities where such accommodations are not available; and

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

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

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

9 $1,917,000,000 shall remain available until September 30,

10 2002, and of which $283,000,000 shall remain available

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

12 credited to this appropriation funds received from States,

13 counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and pri14 vate sources, for expenses incurred in the establishment

15 and modernization of air navigation facilities: Provided

16 further, That upon initial submission to the Congress of

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

18 Transportation shall transmit to the Congress a com19 prehensive capital investment plan for the Federal Avia20 tion Administration which includes funding for each budg21 et line item for fiscal years 2001 through 2005, with total

22 funding for each year of the plan constrained to the fund23 ing targets for those years as estimated and approved by

24 the Office of Management and Budget: Provided further,

25 That none of the funds in this Act may be used for the
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1 Federal Aviation Administration to enter into a capital

2 lease agreement unless appropriations have been provided

3 to fully cover the Federal Government’s contingent liabil4 ities at the time the lease agreement is signed.

5 RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT

6 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

7 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for nec8 essary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for research,

9 engineering, and development, as authorized under part

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

11 construction of experimental facilities and acquisition of

12 necessary sites by lease or grant, $173,000,000, to be de13 rived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to re14 main available until September 30, 2002: Provided, That

15 there may be credited to this appropriation funds received

16 from States, counties, municipalities, other public authori17 ties, and private sources, for expenses incurred for re18 search, engineering, and development.

19 GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS

20 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

21 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

22 For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in23 aid for airport planning and development, and for noise

24 compatibility planning and programs as authorized under

25 subchapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter

26 475 of title 49, United States Code, and under other law
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1 authorizing such obligations, $1,867,000,000, to be de2 rived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to re3 main available until expended: Provided, That none of the

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

5 execution of programs the obligations for which are in ex6 cess of $2,250,000,000 in fiscal year 2000 for grants-in7 aid for airport planning and development, and noise com8 patibility planning and programs, notwithstanding section

9 47117(h) of title 49, United States Code.

10 GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS

11 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

12 (RESCISSION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

13 Of the unobligated balances authorized under section

14 48103 of title 49, United States Code, $300,000,000 are

15 rescinded.

16 FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

17 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

18 Necessary expenses for administration and operation

19 of the Federal Highway Administration, not to exceed

20 $356,380,000, shall be paid in accordance with law from

21 appropriations made available by this Act to the Federal

22 Highway Administration together with advances and reim23 bursements received by the Federal Highway Administra24 tion: Provided, That $70,484,000 shall be available to

25 carry out the functions and operations of the office of

26 motor carriers.
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1 LIMITATION ON TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH

2 Necessary expenses for transportation research of the

3 Federal Highway Administration, not to exceed

4 $422,450,000 shall be paid in accordance with law from

5 appropriations made available by this Act to the Federal

6 Highway Administration: Provided, That this limitation

7 shall not apply to any authority previously made available

8 for obligation.

9 FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

10 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

11 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

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

13 the implementation or execution of programs, the obliga14 tions for which are in excess of $27,701,350,000 for Fed15 eral-aid highways and highway safety construction pro16 grams for fiscal year 2000.

17 FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

18 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

19 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

20 For carrying out the provisions of title 23, United

21 States Code, that are attributable to Federal-aid high22 ways, including the National Scenic and Recreational

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

24 provided, including reimbursement for sums expended

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

26 $26,125,000,000 or so much thereof as may be available
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1 in and derived from the Highway Trust Fund, to remain

2 available until expended.

3 MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS

4 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

5 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

6 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out

7 49 U.S.C. 31102, $105,000,000, to be derived from the

8 Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until ex9 pended: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall

10 be available for the implementation or execution of pro11 grams the obligations for which are in excess of

12 $105,000,000 for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Grants’’.

13 NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY

14 ADMINISTRATION

15 OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

16 For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of

17 the Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety

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

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

20 $87,400,000 of which $62,928,000 shall remain available

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

22 funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated or ex23 pended to plan, finalize, or implement any rulemaking to

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

25 Regulations any requirement pertaining to a grading

26 standard that is different from the three grading stand-
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1 ards (treadwear, traction, and temperature resistance) al2 ready in effect.

3 OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

4 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

5 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

6 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

7 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out

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

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

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

11 shall be available for the planning or execution of pro12 grams the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 2000

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

14 under 23 U.S.C. 403.

15 NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER

16 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

17 For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of

18 the Secretary with respect to the National Driver Register

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

20 $2,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund

21 and to remain available until expended.
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1 HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS

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. 402, 405, 410, and 411, to

7 remain available until expended, $206,800,000, to be de8 rived from the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That none

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

10 or execution of programs the total obligations for which,

11 in fiscal year 2000, are in excess of $206,800,000 for pro12 grams authorized under 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, 410, and

13 411, of which $152,800,000 shall be for ‘‘Highway Safety

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

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

16 405, $36,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Alcohol-Impaired Driving

17 Countermeasures Grants’’ under 23 U.S.C. 410,

18 $8,000,000 shall be for the ‘‘State Highway Safety Data

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

20 none of these funds shall be used for construction, reha21 bilitation, or remodeling costs, or for office furnishings

22 and fixtures for State, local, or private buildings or struc23 tures: Provided further, That not to exceed $7,500,000 of

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

25 $500,000 of the funds made available for section 405, not

26 to exceed $1,750,000 of the funds made available for sec-
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1 tion 410, and not to exceed $223,000 of the funds made

2 available for section 411 shall be available to NHTSA for

3 administering highway safety grants under Chapter 4 of

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

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

6 410 ‘‘Alcohol-Impaired Driving Countermeasures Grants’’

7 shall be available for technical assistance to the States.

8 FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION

9 SAFETY AND OPERATIONS

10 For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Ad11 ministration, not otherwise provided for, $94,448,000, of

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

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

14 transaction in which the Secretary assumed the first deed

15 of trust on the property and, where the Union Station Re16 development Corporation or any successor is obligated to

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

18 behalf, including payments on and after September 30,

19 1988, the Secretary is authorized to receive such payments

20 directly from the Union Station Redevelopment Corpora21 tion, credit them to the appropriation charged for the first

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

23 trust with those funds: Provided further, That such addi24 tional sums as may be necessary for payment on the first

25 deed of trust may be advanced by the Administrator from
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1 unobligated balances available to the Federal Railroad Ad2 ministration, to be reimbursed from payments received

3 from the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation.

4 RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

5 For necessary expenses for railroad research and de6 velopment, $21,300,000, to remain available until ex7 pended.

8 RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT

9 PROGRAM

10 The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to

11 issue to the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obli12 gations pursuant to section 512 of the Railroad Revitaliza13 tion and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–

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

15 may be necessary to pay any amounts required pursuant

16 to the guarantee of the principal amount of obligations

17 under sections 511 through 513 of such Act, such author18 ity to exist as long as any such guaranteed obligation is

19 outstanding: Provided, That pursuant to section 502 of

20 such Act, as amended, no new direct loans or loan guar21 antee commitments shall be made using Federal funds for

22 the credit risk premium during fiscal year 2000.

23 NEXT GENERATION HIGH-SPEED RAIL

24 For necessary expenses for the Next Generation

25 High-Speed Rail program as authorized under 49 U.S.C.
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1 26101 and 26102, $22,000,000, to remain available until

2 expended.

3 RHODE ISLAND RAIL DEVELOPMENT

4 For the costs associated with construction of a third

5 track on the Northeast Corridor between Davisville and

6 Central Falls, Rhode Island, with sufficient clearance to

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

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

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

10 expended.

11 CAPITAL GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD

12 PASSENGER CORPORATION

13 For necessary expenses of capital improvements of

14 the National Railroad Passenger Corporation as author15 ized by 49 U.S.C. 24104(a), $570,976,000 to remain

16 available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary

17 shall not obligate more than $228,400,000 prior to Sep18 tember 30, 2000.

19 FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

20 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

21 For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal

22 Transit Administration’s programs authorized by chapter

23 53 of title 49, United States Code, $12,000,000: Provided,

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

25 be available for these purposes: Provided further, That of
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1 the funds in this Act available for the execution of con2 tracts under section 5327(c) of title 49, United States

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

4 of Transportation Inspector General for costs associated

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

6 FORMULA GRANTS

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

8 5308, 5310, 5311, 5327, and section 3038 of Public Law

9 105–178, $619,600,000, to remain available until ex10 pended: Provided, That no more than $3,098,000,000 of

11 budget authority shall be available for these purposes.

12 UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH

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

14 $1,200,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,

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

16 be available for these purposes.

17 TRANSIT PLANNING AND RESEARCH

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

19 5304, 5305, 5311(b)(2), 5312, 5313(a), 5314, 5315, and

20 5322, $21,000,000, to remain available until expended:

21 Provided, That no more than $107,000,000 of budget au22 thority shall be available for these purposes: Provided fur23 ther, That $5,250,000 is available to provide rural trans24 portation assistance (49 U.S.C. 5311(b)(2)), $4,000,000

25 is available to carry out programs under the National
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1 Transit Institute (49 U.S.C. 5315), $8,250,000 is avail2 able to carry out transit cooperative research programs

3 (49 U.S.C. 5313(a)), $49,632,000 is available for metro4 politan planning (49 U.S.C. 5303, 5304, and 5305),

5 $10,368,000 is available for state planning (49 U.S.C.

6 5313(b)); and $29,500,000 is available for the national

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

8 TRUST FUND SHARE OF EXPENSES

9 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

10 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

11 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out

12 49 U.S.C. 5303–5308, 5310–5315, 5317(b), 5322, 5327,

13 5334, 5505, and sections 3037 and 3038 of Public Law

14 105–178, $4,638,000,000, to remain available until ex15 pended, and to be derived from the Mass Transit Account

16 of the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That

17 $2,478,400,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Ad18 ministration’s formula grants account: Provided further,

19 That $86,000,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Ad20 ministration’s transit planning and research account: Pro21 vided further, That $48,000,000 shall be paid to the Fed22 eral Transit Administration’s administrative expenses ac23 count: Provided further, That $4,800,000 shall be paid to

24 the Federal Transit Administration’s university transpor25 tation research account: Provided further, That

26 $60,000,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Adminis-
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1 tration’s job access and reverse commute grants program:

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

3 Federal Transit Administration’s Capital Investment

4 Grants account.

5 CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

8 5309, 5318, and 5327, $490,200,000, to remain available

9 until expended: Provided, That no more than

10 $2,451,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for

11 these purposes: Provided further, That there shall be avail12 able for fixed guideway modernization, $980,400,000;

13 there shall be available for the replacement, rehabilitation,

14 and purchase of buses and related equipment and the con15 struction of bus-related facilities, $490,200,000; and there

16 shall be available for new fixed guideway systems,

17 $980,400,000, to be available as follows:

18 $10,400,000 for Alaska or Hawaii ferry

19 projects;

20 $45,142,000 for the Atlanta, Georgia, North

21 line extension project;

22 $5,000,000 for the Baltimore central LRT dou23 ble track project;

24 $4,000,000 for the Canton-Akron-Cleveland

25 commuter rail project;
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1 $3,000,000 for the Charlotte, North Carolina,

2 north-south corridor transitway project;

3 $25,000,000 for the Chicago METRA com4 muter rail project;

5 $2,000,000 for the Chicago Transit Authority

6 Douglas branch line project;

7 $2,000,000 for the Chicago Transit Authority

8 Ravenswood branch line project;

9 $2,000,000 for the Cincinnati northeast/north10 ern Kentucky corridor project;

11 $2,000,000 for the Clark County, Nevada, fixed

12 guideway project;

13 $1,000,000 for the Cleveland Euclid corridor

14 improvement project;

15 $1,000,000 for the Colorado Roaring Fork Val16 ley project;

17 $35,000,000 for the Dallas north central light

18 rail extension project;

19 $1,000,000 for the Dayton, Ohio, light rail

20 study;

21 $35,000,000 for the Denver Southwest corridor

22 project;

23 $25,000,000 for the Dulles corridor project;

24 $12,000,000 for the Fort Lauderdale, Florida

25 Tri-County commuter rail project;
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1 $4,000,000 for the Houston advanced transit

2 program;

3 $52,770,000 for the Houston regional bus

4 project;

5 $1,000,000 for the Johnson County, Kansas, I–

6 35 commuter rail project;

7 $1,000,000 for the Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee

8 rail extension project;

9 $4,000,000 for the Long Island Railroad East

10 Side access project;

11 $5,000,000 for the Los Angeles Mid-City and

12 East side corridors projects;

13 $50,000,000 for the Los Angeles North Holly14 wood extension project;

15 $1,000,000 for the Los Angeles-San Diego

16 LOSSAN corridor project;

17 $703,000 for the MARC commuter rail project;

18 $1,000,000 for the Massachusetts North Shore

19 corridor project;

20 $5,000,000 for the Memphis, Tennessee, Med21 ical Center rail extension project;

22 $3,000,000 for the Miami-Dade Transit east23 west multimodal corridor project;

24 $3,000,000 for the Miami-Dade Transit North

25 27th corridor project;
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1 $1,000,000 for the Nashville, Tennessee, com2 muter rail project;

3 $99,000,000 for the New Jersey Hudson Ber4 gen project;

5 $2,000,000 for the New Orleans Canal Street

6 corridor project;

7 $6,000,000 for the Newark rail link MOS–1

8 project;

9 $1,000,000 for the Norfolk-Virginia Beach cor10 ridor project;

11 $4,000,000 for the Northern Indiana south

12 shore commuter rail project;

13 $2,000,000 for the Oceanside-Escondido, Cali14 fornia light rail system;

15 $5,000,000 for Olympic transportation infra16 structure investments: Provided, That these funds

17 shall be allocated by the Secretary based on the ap18 proved transportation management plan for the Salt

19 Lake City 2002 Winter Olympic Games: Provided

20 further, That none of these funds shall be made

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

22 project, any segment thereof, or a downtown con23 nector in Salt Lake City, Utah;

24 $1,000,000 for the Orange County, California,

25 transitway project;
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1 $20,000,000 for the Orlando Lynx light rail

2 project (phase 1);

3 $1,000,000 for the Philadelphia-Reading

4 SETPA Schuylkill Valley metro project;

5 $7,000,000 for the Phoenix metropolitan area

6 transit project;

7 $3,000,000 for the Pinellas County, Florida,

8 mobility initiative project;

9 $11,062,000 for the Portland Westside light

10 rail transit project;

11 $2,000,000 for the Puget Sound RTA Link

12 light rail project;

13 $12,000,000 for the Puget Sound RTA Sound14 er commuter rail project;

15 $12,000,000 for the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel

16 Hill Triangle transit project;

17 $25,000,000 for the Sacramento south corridor

18 LRT project;

19 $1,000,000 for the San Bernardino, California

20 Metrolink project;

21 $7,000,000 for the San Diego Mid Coast cor22 ridor project;

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

24 East light rail transit project;
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1 $84,000,000 for the San Francisco BART ex2 tension to the airport project;

3 $20,000,000 for the San Jose Tasman West

4 light rail project;

5 $82,000,000 for the San Juan Tren Urbano

6 project;

7 $53,962,000 for the South Boston piers

8 transitway;

9 $1,000,000 for the South DeKalb-Lindbergh,

10 Georgia, corridor project;

11 $3,000,000 for the Spokane, Washington,

12 South Valley corridor light rail project;

13 $3,000,000 for the St. Louis, Missouri,

14 MetroLink cross county corridor project;

15 $50,000,000 for the St. Louis-St. Clair County

16 MetroLink light rail (phase II) extension project;

17 $1,000,000 for the Tampa Bay regional rail

18 project;

19 $5,433,000 for the Twin Cities Transitways

20 projects;

21 $46,000,000 for the Twin Cities Transitways—

22 Hiawatha corridor project;

23 $37,928,000 for the Utah north/south light rail

24 project;
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1 $2,000,000 for the Virginia Railway Express

2 Woodbridge station improvements project;

3 $1,000,000 for the West Trenton, New Jersey,

4 rail project; and

5 $3,000,000 for the Whitehall terminal recon6 struction project.

7 DISCRETIONARY GRANTS

8 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

9 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

10 For payment of previous obligations incurred in car11 rying out 49 U.S.C. 5338(b), $1,500,000,000, to remain

12 available until expended and to be derived from the Mass

13 Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund.

14 JOB ACCESS AND REVERSE COMMUTE GRANTS

15 For necessary expenses to carry out section 3037 of

16 the Federal Transit Act of 1998, $15,000,000, to remain

17 available until expended: Provided, That no more than

18 $75,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for

19 these purposes.

20 SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT

21 CORPORATION

22 SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT

23 CORPORATION

24 The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora25 tion is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, with26 in the limits of funds and borrowing authority available
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1 to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make

2 such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal

3 year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern4 ment Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be

5 necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the

6 Corporation’s budget for the current fiscal year.

7 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

8 (HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)

9 For necessary expenses for operations and mainte10 nance of those portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway op11 erated and maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway De12 velopment Corporation, $12,042,000, to be derived from

13 the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public

14 Law 99–662.

15 RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS

16 ADMINISTRATION

17 RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS

18 For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of

19 the Research and Special Programs Administration,

20 $32,361,000, of which $645,000 shall be derived from the

21 Pipeline Safety Fund, and of which $3,704,000 shall re22 main available until September 30, 2002: Provided, That

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

24 5108(g) shall be deposited in the general fund of the

25 Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided further, That
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1 there may be credited to this appropriation, to be available

2 until expended, funds received from States, counties, mu3 nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources

4 for expenses incurred for training, for reports publication

5 and dissemination, and for travel expenses incurred in per6 formance of hazardous materials exemptions and approv7 als functions.

8 PIPELINE SAFETY

9 (PIPELINE SAFETY FUND)

10 (OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND)

11 For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of

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

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

14 60107, and to discharge the pipeline program responsibil15 ities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $36,092,000, of

16 which $5,494,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li17 ability Trust Fund and shall remain available until Sep18 tember 30, 2002; and of which $30,598,000 shall be de19 rived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which

20 $17,074,000 shall remain available until September 30,

21 2002: Provided, That in addition to amounts made avail22 able from the Pipeline Safety Fund, $1,300,000 shall be

23 available for grants to States for the development and es24 tablishment of one-call notification systems, emergency

25 notification, damage prevention, and public education ac-
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1 tivities, and shall be derived from amounts previously col2 lected under 49 U.S.C. 60301.

3 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS

4 (EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND)

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

6 5127(c), $200,000, to be derived from the Emergency

7 Preparedness Fund, to remain available until September

8 30, 2002: Provided, That not more than $14,300,000 shall

9 be made available for obligation in fiscal year 2000 from

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

11 5127(d): Provided further, That none of the funds made

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

13 available for obligation by individuals other than the Sec14 retary of Transportation, or his designee.

15 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

18 General to carry out the provisions of the Inspector Gen19 eral Act of 1978, as amended, $44,840,000.

20 SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of the Surface Transpor23 tation Board, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C.

24 3109, $17,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any

25 other provision of law, not to exceed $1,600,000 from fees
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1 established by the Chairman of the Surface Transpor2 tation Board shall be credited to this appropriation as off3 setting collections and used for necessary and authorized

4 expenses under this heading: Provided further, That the

5 sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be

6 reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting col7 lections are received during fiscal year 2000, to result in

8 a final appropriation from the general fund estimated at

9 no more than $15,400,000.

10 TITLE II

11 RELATED AGENCIES

12 ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION

13 BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For expenses necessary for the Architectural and

16 Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, as authorized

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

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

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

20 appropriation funds received for publications and training

21 expenses.

22 NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

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

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

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

5 5901–5902) $57,000,000, of which not to exceed $2,000

6 may be used for official reception and representation ex7 penses.

8 TITLE III

9 GENERAL PROVISIONS

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

11 SEC. 301. During the current fiscal year applicable

12 appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall

13 be available for maintenance and operation of aircraft;

14 hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of

15 liability insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign

16 countries on official department business; and uniforms,

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

18 5901–5902).

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

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

21 be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act or

22 previous appropriations Acts.

23 SEC. 303. Funds appropriated under this Act for ex24 penditures by the Federal Aviation Administration shall

25 be available: (1) except as otherwise authorized by title
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1 VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of

2 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), for expenses of primary

3 and secondary schooling for dependents of Federal Avia4 tion Administration personnel stationed outside the conti5 nental United States at costs for any given area not in

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

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

8 schools, if any, available in the locality are unable to pro9 vide adequately for the education of such dependents; and

10 (2) for transportation of said dependents between schools

11 serving the area that they attend and their places of resi12 dence when the Secretary, under such regulations as may

13 be prescribed, determines that such schools are not acces14 sible by public means of transportation on a regular basis.

15 SEC. 304. Appropriations contained in this Act for

16 the Department of Transportation shall be available for

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

18 individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to

19 the rate for an Executive Level IV.

20 SEC. 305. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail21 able for salaries and expenses of more than 100 political

22 and Presidential appointees in the Department of Trans23 portation: Provided, That none of the personnel covered

24 by this provision may be assigned on temporary detail out25 side the Department of Transportation.
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1 SEC. 306. None of the funds in this Act shall be used

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

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

4 intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings

5 funded in this Act.

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

7 shall remain available for obligation beyond the current

8 fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria9 tions, unless expressly so provided herein.

10 SEC. 308. The Secretary of Transportation may enter

11 into grants, cooperative agreements, and other trans12 actions with any person, agency, or instrumentality of the

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

14 educational institution, and any other entity in execution

15 of the Technology Reinvestment Project authorized under

16 the Defense Conversion, Reinvestment and Transition As17 sistance Act of 1992 and related legislation: Provided,

18 That the authority provided in this section may be exer19 cised without regard to section 3324 of title 31, United

20 States Code.

21 SEC. 309. The expenditure of any appropriation

22 under this Act for any consulting service through procure23 ment contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United

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

25 expenditures are a matter of public record and available
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1 for public inspection, except where otherwise provided

2 under existing law, or under existing Executive order

3 issued pursuant to existing law.

4 SEC. 310. The limitations on obligations for the pro5 grams of the Federal Transit Administration shall not

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

7 made available for obligation, or to any other authority

8 previously made available for obligation.

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

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

11 SEC. 312. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail12 able to plan, finalize, or implement regulations that would

13 establish a vessel traffic safety fairway less than five miles

14 wide between the Santa Barbara Traffic Separation

15 Scheme and the San Francisco Traffic Separation

16 Scheme.

17 SEC. 313. Notwithstanding any other provision of

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

19 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) instrument land20 ing systems (along with associated approach lighting

21 equipment and runway visual range equipment) which

22 conform to FAA design and performance specifications,

23 the purchase of which was assisted by a Federal airport24 aid program, airport development aid program or airport

25 improvement program grant. The FAA shall accept such
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1 equipment, which shall thereafter be operated and main2 tained by the FAA in accordance with agency criteria.

3 SEC. 314. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail4 able to award a multiyear contract for production end

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

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

7 in any one year of the contract; (2) includes a cancellation

8 charge greater than $10,000,000 which at the time of obli9 gation has not been appropriated to the limits of the Gov10 ernment’s liability; or (3) includes a requirement that per11 mits performance under the contract during the second

12 and subsequent years of the contract without conditioning

13 such performance upon the appropriation of funds: Pro14 vided, That this limitation does not apply to a contract

15 in which the Federal Government incurs no financial li16 ability from not buying additional systems, subsystems, or

17 components beyond the basic contract requirements.

18 SEC. 315. Notwithstanding any other provision of

19 law, and except for fixed guideway modernization projects,

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

21 Administration, Capital investment grants’’ for projects

22 specified in this Act or identified in reports accompanying

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

24 recoveries, shall be made available for other projects under

25 49 U.S.C. 5309.
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1 SEC. 316. Notwithstanding any other provision of

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

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

4 that remain available for expenditure may be transferred

5 to and administered under the most recent appropriation

6 heading for any such section.

7 SEC. 317. None of the funds in this Act may be used

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

9 the federally funded research and development center con10 tract between the Federal Aviation Administration and the

11 Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development dur12 ing fiscal year 2000.

13 SEC. 318. Funds provided in this Act for the Trans14 portation Administrative Service Center (TASC) shall be

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

16 TASC obligational authority for elements of the Depart17 ment of Transportation funded in this Act to no more

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

19 the budget request shall be allocated by the Department

20 of Transportation to each appropriations account in pro21 portion to the amount included in each account for the

22 Transportation Administrative Service Center.

23 SEC. 319. Funds received by the Federal Highway

24 Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and Fed25 eral Railroad Administration from States, counties, mu-
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1 nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources

2 for expenses incurred for training may be credited respec3 tively to the Federal Highway Administration’s ‘‘Federal4 Aid Highways’’ account, the Federal Transit Administra5 tion’s ‘‘Transit Planning and Research’’ account, and to

6 the Federal Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Oper7 ations’’ account, except for State rail safety inspectors

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

9 SEC. 320. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail10 able to prepare, propose, or promulgate any regulations

11 pursuant to title V of the Motor Vehicle Information and

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

13 corporate average fuel economy standards for automobiles,

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

15 from standards promulgated for such automobiles prior to

16 enactment of this section.

17 SEC. 321. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re18 ceived by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the

19 sale of data products, for necessary expenses incurred pur20 suant to 49 U.S.C. 111 may be credited to the Federal21 aid highways account for the purpose of reimbursing the

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

23 be subject to the obligation limitation for Federal-aid

24 highways and highway safety construction.
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1 SEC. 322. None of the funds in this Act may be obli2 gated or expended for employee training which: (a) does

3 not meet identified needs for knowledge, skills and abilities

4 bearing directly upon the performance of official duties;

5 (b) contains elements likely to induce high levels of emo6 tional response or psychological stress in some partici7 pants; (c) does not require prior employee notification of

8 the content and methods to be used in the training and

9 written end of course evaluations; (d) contains any meth10 ods or content associated with religious or quasi-religious

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

12 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Notice N–

13 915.022, dated September 2, 1988; (e) is offensive to, or

14 designed to change, participants’ personal values or life15 style outside the workplace; or (f) includes content related

16 to human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune defi17 ciency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) other than that necessary

18 to make employees more aware of the medical ramifica19 tions of HIV/AIDS and the workplace rights of HIV-posi20 tive employees.

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

22 absence of express authorization by Congress, be used di23 rectly or indirectly to pay for any personal service, adver24 tisement, telegram, telephone, letter, printed or written

25 matter, or other device, intended or designed to influence
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1 in any manner a Member of Congress, to favor or oppose,

2 by vote or otherwise, any legislation or appropriation by

3 Congress, whether before or after the introduction of any

4 bill or resolution proposing such legislation or appropria5 tion: Provided, That this shall not prevent officers or em6 ployees of the Department of Transportation or related

7 agencies funded in this Act from communicating to Mem8 bers of Congress on the request of any Member or to Con9 gress, through the proper official channels, requests for

10 legislation or appropriations which they deem necessary

11 for the efficient conduct of the public business.

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

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

14 unless the entity agrees that in expending the funds the

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

16 10a–10c).

17 (b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT RE18 GARDING NOTICE.—

19 (1) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT

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

21 product that may be authorized to be purchased

22 with financial assistance provided using funds made

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

24 that entities receiving the assistance should, in ex25 pending the assistance, purchase only American-
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1 made equipment and products to the greatest extent

2 practicable.

3 (2) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—

4 In providing financial assistance using funds made

5 available in this Act, the head of each Federal agen6 cy shall provide to each recipient of the assistance

7 a notice describing the statement made in paragraph

8 (1) by the Congress.

9 (c) PROHIBITION OF CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS

10 FALSELY LABELING PRODUCTS AS MADE IN AMERICA.—

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

12 agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bear13 ing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscription

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

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

16 States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any con17 tract or subcontract made with funds made available in

18 this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineli19 gibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through

20 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.

21 SEC. 325. Notwithstanding any other provision of

22 law, receipts, in amounts determined by the Secretary, col23 lected from users of fitness centers operated by or for the

24 Department of Transportation shall be available to sup25 port the operation and maintenance of those facilities.
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1 SEC. 326. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail2 able to implement or enforce regulations that would result

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

4 International Airport under section 93.223 of title 14 of

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

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

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

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

9 the Code of Federal Regulations.

10 SEC. 327. Notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 41742, no es11 sential air service subsidies shall be provided to commu12 nities in the 48 contiguous States that are located fewer

13 than 70 highway miles from the nearest large or medium

14 hub airport, or that require a rate of subsidy per pas15 senger in excess of $200 unless such point is greater than

16 210 miles from the nearest large or medium hub airport.

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

18 minor fees and other funds received by the Department

19 from travel management centers, charge card programs,

20 the subleasing of building space, and miscellaneous

21 sources are to be credited to appropriations of the Depart22 ment and allocated to elements of the Department using

23 fair and equitable criteria and such funds shall be avail24 able until December 31, 2000.
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1 SEC. 329. Notwithstanding any other provision of

2 law, rule or regulation, the Secretary of Transportation

3 is authorized to allow the issuer of any preferred stock

4 heretofore sold to the Department to redeem or repur5 chase such stock upon the payment to the Department of

6 an amount determined by the Secretary.

7 SEC. 330. For necessary expenses of the Amtrak Re8 form Council authorized under section 203 of Public Law

9 105–134, $750,000, to remain available until September

10 30, 2001.

11 SEC. 331. The Secretary of Transportation is author12 ized to transfer funds appropriated for any office of the

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

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

15 increased or decreased by more than 12 percent by all

16 such transfers: Provided further, That any such transfer

17 shall be submitted for approval to the House and Senate

18 Committees on Appropriations.

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

20 may be used to issue a final standard under docket num21 ber NHTSA 98–3945 (relating to section 656(b) of the

22 Illegal Immigration Reform and Responsibility Act of

23 1996).

24 SEC. 333. (a) Section 110(b)(2) of the Arctic Re25 search and Policy Act of 1984 (15 U.S.C. 4109(b)(2)) is
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1 amended by striking all that follows ‘‘research’’ and in2 serting a period.

3 (b) Section 312 of the Arctic Marine Living Re4 sources Convention Act of 1984 (16 U.S.C. 2441) is

5 amended by striking subsection (c).

6 SEC. 334. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail7 able for activities under the Aircraft Purchase Loan Guar8 antee Program during fiscal year 2000.

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

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

11 motor carriers within the Federal Highway Administra12 tion.

13 SEC. 336. Section 3027 of the Transportation Equity

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

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

16 ‘‘(e) GOVERNMENT SHARE FOR OPERATING ASSIST17 ANCE TO CERTAIN SMALLER URBANIZED AREAS.—Not18 withstanding 49 U.S.C. 5307(e), a grant of the Govern19 ment for operating expenses of a project under 49 U.S.C.

20 5307(b) in fiscal years 1999 and 2000 to any recipient

21 that is providing transit services in an urbanized area with

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

23 in the 1990 census, and that had adopted a five-year tran24 sit plan before September 1, 1998, may not be more than

25 80 percent of the net project cost.’’.
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1 SEC. 337. Funds provided in Public Law 104–205

2 for the Griffin light rail project shall be available for alter3 native analysis and environmental impact studies for other

4 transit alternatives in the Griffin corridor from Hartford

5 to Bradley International Airport.

6 SEC. 338. Section 3030(c)(1)(A)(v) of the Transpor7 tation Equity Act for the 21st Century (Public Law 105–

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

9 SEC. 339. Notwithstanding any other provision of

10 law, the Federal share of projects funded under section

11 3038(g)(1)(B) of Public Law 105–178 shall not exceed

12 90 percent of the project cost.

13 SEC. 340. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail14 able to execute a letter of no prejudice, letter of intent

15 or full funding grant agreement for the Salt Lake City

16 west-east light rail line, any segment thereof, or a down17 town connector in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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

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

20 improvements’’, $10,000,000 is only for necessary ex21 penses to support a portion of the acquisition costs, cur22 rently estimated at $128,000,000, of a multi-mission ves23 sel to replace the Mackinaw icebreaker in the Great Lakes,

24 to remain available until September 30, 2005.
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1 SEC. 342. None of the funds in this Act may be ex2 pended to review or issue a waiver for a vessel deemed

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

4 SEC. 343. Funds provided in this Act for the Trans5 portation Administrative Service Center (TASC) shall be

6 further reduced by $1,000,000.

7 SEC. 344. The amount otherwise provided by section

8 330 for the Amtrak Reform Council is hereby reduced by

9 $300,000.

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

11 for the planning or development of the California State

12 Route 710 Freeway extension project through South Pasa13 dena, California (as approved in the Record of Decision

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

15 Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Admin16 istration, on April 13, 1998).

17 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans18 portation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,

19 2000’’.

20 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any

21 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the

22 Department of Transportation and related agencies for the

23 fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other pur24 poses, 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 the

6 Secretary, $1,900,000.

7 IMMEDIATE OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY SECRETARY

8 For necessary expenses of the Immediate Office of the

9 Deputy Secretary, $600,000.

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, $2,900,000.

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 $7,700,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other pro21 vision of law, there may be credited to this appropriation

22 up to $1,250,000 in funds received in user fees.
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1 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR BUDGET AND

2 PROGRAMS

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant

4 Secretary for Budget and Programs, $6,870,000, including

5 not to exceed $45,000 for allocation within the Department

6 for official reception and representation expenses as the Sec7 retary 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, $2,000,000.

12 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

13 ADMINISTRATION

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant

15 Secretary for Administration, $18,600,000.

16 OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS

17 For necessary expenses of the Office of Public Affairs,

18 $1,800,000.

19 EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT

20 For necessary expenses of the Executive Secretariat,

21 $1,110,000.

22 BOARD OF CONTRACT APPEALS

23 For necessary expenses of the Board of Contract Ap24 peals, $560,000.
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1 OFFICE OF SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS

2 UTILIZATION

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of Small and Dis4 advantaged Business Utilization, $1,222,000.

5 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Infor7 mation Officer, $5,100,000.

8 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

9 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights,

10 $7,200,000.

11 TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND

12 DEVELOPMENT

13 For necessary expenses for conducting transportation

14 planning, research, systems development, development ac15 tivities, and making grants, to remain available until ex16 pended, $3,300,000.

17 TRANSPORTATION ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE CENTER

18 Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital out19 lays of the Transportation Administrative Service Center,

20 not to exceed $169,953,000, shall be paid from appropria21 tions made available to the Department of Transportation:

22 Provided, That the preceding limitation shall not apply to

23 activities associated with departmental Year 2000 conver24 sion activities: Provided further, That such services shall

25 be provided on a competitive basis to entities within the
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1 Department of Transportation: Provided further, That the

2 above limitation on operating expenses shall not apply to

3 non-DOT entities: Provided further, That no funds appro4 priated in this Act to an agency of the Department shall

5 be transferred to the Transportation Administrative Service

6 Center without the approval of the agency modal adminis7 trator: Provided further, That no assessments may be levied

8 against any program, budget activity, subactivity or project

9 funded by this Act unless notice of such assessments and

10 the basis therefor are presented to the House and Senate

11 Committees on Appropriations and are approved by such

12 Committees.

13 MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER

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

15 by 49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, including the

16 cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section

17 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur18 ther, That these funds are available to subsidize gross obli19 gations for the principal amount of direct loans not to ex20 ceed $13,775,000. In addition, for administrative expenses

21 to carry out the direct loan program, $400,000.

22 MINORITY BUSINESS OUTREACH

23 For necessary expenses of Minority Business Resource

24 Center outreach activities, $2,900,000, of which $2,635,000

25 shall remain available until September 30, 2001: Provided,
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1 That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be

2 used for business opportunities related to any mode of

3 transportation.

4 COAST GUARD

5 OPERATING EXPENSES

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

7 For necessary expenses for the operation and mainte8 nance of the Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for; pur9 chase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles for re10 placement only; payments pursuant to section 156 of Public

11 Law 97–377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and section

12 229(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 429(b)); and

13 recreation and welfare; $2,772,000,000, of which

14 $534,000,000 shall be available for defense-related activities;

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

16 Liability Trust Fund: Provided, That none of the funds ap17 propriated in this or any other Act shall be available for

18 pay for administrative expenses in connection with ship19 ping commissioners in the United States: Provided further,

20 That none of the funds provided in this Act shall be avail21 able for expenses incurred for yacht documentation under

22 46 U.S.C. 12109, except to the extent fees are collected from

23 yacht owners and credited to this appropriation: Provided

24 further, That the Commandant shall reduce both military

25 and civilian employment levels for the purpose of complying
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1 with Executive Order No. 12839: Provided further, That up

2 to $615,000 in user fees collected pursuant to section 1111

3 of Public Law 104–324 shall be credited to this appropria4 tion as offsetting collections in fiscal year 2000: Provided

5 further, That the Secretary may transfer funds to this ac6 count, from Federal Aviation Administration ‘‘Oper7 ations’’, not to exceed $60,000,000 in total for the fiscal

8 year, fifteen days after written notification to the House

9 and Senate Committees on Appropriations, for the purpose

10 of providing additional funds for drug interdiction activi11 ties and/or the Office of Intelligence and Security activities:

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

13 be available for the Coast Guard to plan, finalize, or imple14 ment any regulation that would promulgate new maritime

15 user fees not specifically authorized by law after the date

16 of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the United

17 States Coast Guard will reimburse the Department of

18 Transportation Inspector General $5,000,000 for costs asso19 ciated with audits and investigations of all Coast Guard20 related issues and systems: Provided further, That the Sec21 retary of Transportation shall use any surplus funds that

22 are made available to the Secretary, to the maximum extent

23 practicable, to provide for the operation and maintenance

24 of the Coast Guard.
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1 ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

3 For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction,

4 renovation, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore

5 facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related

6 thereto, $370,426,000, of which $20,000,000 shall be derived

7 from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which

8 $123,560,000 shall be available to acquire, repair, renovate

9 or improve vessels, small boats and related equipment, to

10 remain available until September 30, 2004; $33,210,000

11 shall be available to acquire new aircraft and increase avia12 tion capability, to remain available until September 30,

13 2002; $52,726,000 shall be available for other equipment,

14 to remain available until September 30, 2002; $63,800,000

15 shall be available for shore facilities and aids to navigation

16 facilities, to remain available until September 30, 2002;

17 $52,930,000 shall be available for personnel compensation

18 and benefits and related costs, to remain available until

19 September 30, 2001; and $44,200,000 shall be deposited in

20 the Deepwater Replacement Project Revolving Fund to re21 main available until expended: Provided, That funds re22 ceived from the sale of HU–25 aircraft shall be credited to

23 this appropriation for the purpose of acquiring new aircraft

24 and increasing aviation capacity: Provided further, That

25 the Commandant of the Coast Guard is authorized to and
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1 may dispose of by sale at fair market value all rights, title,

2 and interests of any United States entity on behalf of the

3 Coast Guard in and to the land of, and improvements to,

4 South Haven, Michigan; ESMT Manasquan, New Jersey;

5 Petaluma, California; ESMT Portsmouth, New Hampshire;

6 Station Clair Flats, Michigan; and, Aids to navigation

7 team Huron, Ohio: Provided further, That there is estab8 lished in the Treasury of the United States a special ac9 count to be known as the Deepwater Replacement Project

10 Revolving Fund and proceeds from the sale of said specified

11 properties and improvements shall be deposited in that ac12 count, from which the proceeds shall be available until ex13 pended for the purposes of replacing or modernizing Coast

14 Guard ships, aircraft, and other capital assets necessary to

15 conduct its deepwater statutory responsibilities: Provided

16 further, That, if balances in the Deepwater Replacement

17 Project Revolving Fund permit, the Commandant of the

18 Coast Guard is authorized to obligate up to $60,000,000.

19 ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION

20 For necessary expenses to carry out the Coast Guard’s

21 environmental compliance and restoration functions under

22 chapter 19 of title 14, United States Code, $12,450,000, to

23 remain available until expended.
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1 ALTERATION OF BRIDGES

2 For necessary expenses for alteration or removal of ob3 structive bridges, $14,000,000, to remain available until ex4 pended.

5 RETIRED PAY

6 For retired pay, including the payment of obligations

7 therefor otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for

8 this purpose, and payments under the Retired Serviceman’s

9 Family Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, and for

10 payments for medical care of retired personnel and their

11 dependents under the Dependents Medical Care Act (10

12 U.S.C. ch. 55), $730,327,000.

13 RESERVE TRAINING

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 For all necessary expenses of the Coast Guard Reserve,

16 as authorized by law; maintenance and operation of facili17 ties; and supplies, equipment, and services; $72,000,000:

18 Provided, That no more than $20,000,000 of funds made

19 available under this heading may be transferred to Coast

20 Guard ‘‘Operating expenses’’ or otherwise made available

21 to reimburse the Coast Guard for financial support of the

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

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

24 direct charges on the Coast Guard Reserves for items or ac25 tivities which were not so charged during fiscal year 1997.
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1 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION

2 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for

3 applied scientific research, development, test, and evalua4 tion; maintenance, rehabilitation, lease and operation of fa5 cilities and equipment, as authorized by law, $17,000,000,

6 to remain available until expended, of which $3,500,000

7 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund:

8 Provided, That there may be credited to and used for the

9 purposes of this appropriation funds received from State

10 and local governments, other public authorities, private

11 sources, and foreign countries, for expenses incurred for re12 search, development, testing, and evaluation.

13 FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

14 OPERATIONS

15 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

16 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for nec17 essary expenses of the Federal Aviation Administration, not

18 otherwise provided for, including operations and research

19 activities related to commercial space transportation, ad20 ministrative expenses for research and development, estab21 lishment of air navigation facilities, the operation (includ22 ing leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, subsidizing the

23 cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold to the public, and

24 carrying out the provisions of subchapter I of chapter 471

25 of title 49, United States Code, or other provisions of law
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1 authorizing the obligation of funds for similar programs of

2 airport and airway development or improvement, lease or

3 purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only,

4 in addition to amounts made available by Public Law 104–

5 264, $5,857,450,000 from the Airport and Airway Trust

6 Fund: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall

7 be available for the Federal Aviation Administration to

8 plan, finalize, or implement any regulation that would pro9 mulgate new aviation user fees not specifically authorized

10 by law after the date of enactment of this Act: Provided

11 further, That the Secretary may transfer funds to this ac12 count, from Coast Guard ‘‘Operating expenses’’, not to ex13 ceed $60,000,000 in total for the fiscal year, fifteen days

14 after written notification to the House and Senate Commit15 tees on Appropriations, solely for the purpose of providing

16 additional funds for air traffic control operations and

17 maintenance to enhance aviation safety and security, and/

18 or the Office of Intelligence and Security activities: Pro19 vided further, That there may be credited to this appropria20 tion funds received from States, counties, municipalities,

21 foreign authorities, other public authorities, and private

22 sources, for expenses incurred in the provision of agency

23 services, including receipts for the maintenance and oper24 ation of air navigation facilities, and for issuance, renewal

25 or modification of certificates, including airman, aircraft,
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1 and repair station certificates, or for tests related thereto,

2 or for processing major repair or alteration forms: Provided

3 further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading,

4 $5,000,000 shall be for the contract tower cost-sharing pro5 gram: Provided further, That funds may be used to enter

6 into a grant agreement with a nonprofit standard-setting

7 organization to assist in the development of aviation safety

8 standards: Provided further, That none of the funds in this

9 Act shall be available for new applicants for the second ca10 reer training program: Provided further, That none of the

11 funds in this Act shall be available for paying premium

12 pay under 5 U.S.C. 5546(a) to any Federal Aviation Ad13 ministration employee unless such employee actually per14 formed work during the time corresponding to such pre15 mium pay: Provided further, That none of the funds in this

16 Act may be obligated or expended to operate a manned aux17 iliary flight service station in the contiguous United States:

18 Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act may

19 be used for the Federal Aviation Administration to enter

20 into a multiyear lease greater than five years in length or

21 greater than $100,000,000 in value unless such lease is spe22 cifically authorized by the Congress and appropriations

23 have been provided to fully cover the Federal Government’s

24 contingent liabilities: Provided further, That the Federal

25 Aviation Administration will reimburse the Department of
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1 Transportation Inspector General $19,000,000 for costs as2 sociated with audits and investigations of all aviation-re3 lated issues and systems: Provided further, That notwith4 standing any other provision of law, the FAA Adminis5 trator may contract out the entire function of Oceanic flight

6 services.

7 FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

8 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

9 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for nec10 essary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for acquisition,

11 establishment, and improvement by contract or purchase,

12 and hire of air navigation and experimental facilities and

13 equipment as authorized under part A of subtitle VII of

14 title 49, United States Code, including initial acquisition

15 of necessary sites by lease or grant; engineering and service

16 testing, including construction of test facilities and acquisi17 tion of necessary sites by lease or grant; and construction

18 and furnishing of quarters and related accommodations for

19 officers and employees of the Federal Aviation Administra20 tion stationed at remote localities where such accommoda21 tions are not available; and the purchase, lease, or transfer

22 of aircraft from funds available under this head; to be de23 rived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund,

24 $2,045,652,000, of which $1,721,086,000 shall remain

25 available until September 30, 2002, and of which
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1 $274,566,000 shall remain available until September 30,

2 2000: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro3 priation funds received from States, counties, municipali4 ties, other public authorities, and private sources, for ex5 penses incurred in the establishment and modernization of

6 air navigation facilities.

7 FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

8 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

9 (RESCISSIONS)

10 Of the amounts provided under this heading in Public

11 Law 104–205, $17,500,000 are rescinded: Provided, That

12 of the amounts provided under this heading in Public Law

13 105–66, $282,000,000 are rescinded.

14 RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT

15 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

16 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for nec17 essary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for research, en18 gineering, and development, as authorized under part A of

19 subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, including con20 struction of experimental facilities and acquisition of nec21 essary sites by lease or grant, $150,000,000, to be derived

22 from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to remain

23 available until September 30, 2002: Provided, That there

24 may be credited to this appropriation funds received from

25 States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities,
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1 and private sources, for expenses incurred for research, en2 gineering, and development.

3 GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS

4 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

5 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

6 For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in7 aid for airport planning and development, and for noise

8 compatibility planning and programs as authorized under

9 subchapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter

10 475 of title 49, United States Code, and under other law

11 authorizing such obligations, and for administration of

12 such programs, $1,750,000,000, to be derived from the Air13 port and Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until

14 expended: Provided, That none of the funds under this head15 ing shall be available for the planning or execution of pro16 grams the obligations for which are in excess of

17 $2,000,000,000 in fiscal year 2000, notwithstanding section

18 47117(h) of title 49, United States Code: Provided further,

19 That discretionary grant funds available for noise planning

20 and mitigation shall not exceed $60,000,000: Provided fur21 ther, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, not

22 more than $47,891,000 of the funds limited under this head23 ing shall be obligated for administration.
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1 GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS

2 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

3 The obligation limitation under this heading in Public

4 Law 105–277 is hereby reduced by $290,000,000.

5 AVIATION INSURANCE REVOLVING FUND

6 The Secretary of Transportation is hereby authorized

7 to make such expenditures and investments, within the lim8 its of funds available pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 44307, and

9 in accordance with section 104 of the Government Corpora10 tion Control Act, as amended (31 U.S.C. 9104), as may

11 be necessary in carrying out the program for aviation in12 surance activities under chapter 443 of title 49, United

13 States Code.

14 AIRCRAFT PURCHASE LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM

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

16 activities under this heading during fiscal year 2000.

17 FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

18 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

19 Necessary expenses for administration and operation

20 of the Federal Highway Administration not to exceed

21 $370,000,000 shall be paid in accordance with law from

22 appropriations made available by this Act to the Federal

23 Highway Administration together with advances and reim24 bursements received by the Federal Highway Administra25 tion: Provided further, That $55,418,000 shall be available
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1 to carry out the functions and operations of the office of

2 motor carriers: Provided further, That $14,500,000 of the

3 funds available under section 104(a) of title 23, United

4 States Code, shall be made available and transferred to the

5 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration oper6 ations and research to carry out the provisions of chapter

7 301 of title 49, United States Code, part C of subtitle VI

8 of title 49, United States Code, and section 405(b) of title

9 23, United States Code: Provided further, That of the

10 $14,500,000 made available for traffic and highway safety

11 programs, $8,300,000 shall be made available to carry out

12 the provisions of chapter 301 of title 49, United States Code

13 and $6,200,000 shall be made available to carry out the

14 provisions of part C of subtitle VI of title 49, United States

15 Code: Provided further, That $7,500,000, of the funds avail16 able under section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code,

17 shall be made available and transferred to the National

18 Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Highway Traffic

19 Safety Grants, for ‘‘Child Passenger Protection Education

20 Grants’’ under section 405(b) of title 23, United States

21 Code: Provided further, That $6,000,000 of the funds made

22 available under section 104(a) of title 23, United States

23 Code, shall be made available to carry out section 5113 of

24 Public Law 105–178: Provided further, That, the Federal

25 Highway Administration will reimburse the Department of
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1 Transportation Inspector General $9,000,000 from funds

2 available within this limitation on obligations for costs as3 sociated with audits and investigations of all highway-re4 lated issues and systems.

5 FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

6 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

7 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

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

9 the implementation or execution of programs, the obliga10 tions for which are in excess of $27,701,350,000 for Federal11 aid highways and highway safety construction programs for

12 fiscal year 2000: Provided, That within the $27,701,350,000

13 obligation limitation on Federal-aid highways and highway

14 safety construction programs, not more than $391,450,000

15 shall be available for the implementation or execution of

16 programs for transportation research (Sections 502, 503,

17 504, 506, 507, and 508 of title 23, United States Code, as

18 amended; section 5505 of title 49, United States Code, as

19 amended; and sections 5112 and 5204–5209 of Public Law

20 105–178) for fiscal year 2000; not more than $20,000,000

21 shall be available for the implementation or execution of

22 programs for the Magnetic Levitation Transportation Tech23 nology Deployment Program (Section 1218 of Public Law

24 105–178) for fiscal year 2000, of which not to exceed

25 $500,000 shall be available to the Federal Railroad Admin26 istration for administrative expenses and technical assist-
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1 ance in connection with such program; not more than

2 $31,000,000 shall be available for the implementation or

3 execution of programs for the Bureau of Transportation

4 Statistics (Section 111 of title 49, United States Code) for

5 fiscal year 2000: Provided further, That of the funds made

6 available in fiscal year 2000 to carry out section 144(g)(1)

7 of title 23, United States Code, $10,000,000 shall be made

8 available to carry out section 1224 of Public Law 105–178:

9 Provided further, That within the $211,200,000 obligation

10 limitation on Intelligent Transportation Systems,

11 $5,000,000 shall be made available to carry out the Nation12 wide Differential Global Positioning System program, and

13 the following sums shall be made available for Intelligent

14 Transportation system projects in the following specified

15 areas:

Committee

ITS deployment projects recommendation

Southeast Michigan ........................................................................ $4,000,000

Salt Lake City, UT ........................................................................ 6,500,000

Branson, MO ................................................................................... 1,500,000

St. Louis, MO ................................................................................. 2,000,000

Shreveport, LA ................................................................................ 2,000,000

State of Montana ............................................................................ 3,500,000

State of Colorado ............................................................................ 4,000,000

Arapahoe County, CO .................................................................... 2,000,000

Grand Forks, ND ............................................................................ 500,000

State of Idaho ................................................................................. 2,000,000

Columbus, OH ................................................................................ 2,000,000

Inglewood, CA ................................................................................. 2,000,000

Fargo, ND ....................................................................................... 2,000,000

Albuquerque/State of New Mexico interstate projects .................. 2,000,000

Dothan/Port Saint Joe ................................................................... 2,000,000

Santa Teresa, NM ........................................................................... 1,500,000

State of Illinois ............................................................................... 4,800,000

Charlotte, NC .................................................................................. 2,500,000

Nashville, TN .................................................................................. 2,000,000

Tacoma Puyallup, WA ................................................................... 500,000

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

ITS deployment projects recommendation

Puget Sound, WA ........................................................................... 2,200,000

State of Washington ....................................................................... 4,000,000

State of Texas ................................................................................. 6,000,000

Corpus Christi, TX ......................................................................... 2,000,000

State of Nebraska ............................................................................ 1,500,000

State of Wisconsin rural systems .................................................. 1,000,000

State of Wisconsin .......................................................................... 2,400,000

State of Alaska ................................................................................ 3,700,000

Cargo Mate, Northern NJ .............................................................. 2,000,000

Statewide Transcom/Transmit upgrades, NJ .............................. 6,000,000

State of Vermont rural systems ..................................................... 2,000,000

State of Maryland .......................................................................... 4,500,000

Washoe County, NV ........................................................................ 2,000,000

State of Delaware ........................................................................... 2,000,000

Reno/Tahoe, CA/NV ........................................................................ 1,000,000

Towamencin, PA ............................................................................ 1,100,000

State of Alabama ............................................................................ 1,300,000

Huntsville, AL ................................................................................ 3,000,000

Silicon Valley, CA .......................................................................... 2,000,000

Greater Yellowstone, MT ................................................................ 2,000,000

Pennslyvania Turnpike, PA .......................................................... 7,000,000

Portland, OR .................................................................................. 1,500,000

Delaware River, PA ....................................................................... 1,500,000

Kansas City, MO ............................................................................ 1,000,000:

1 Provided further, That, notwithstanding Public Law 105–

2 178 as amended, or any other provision of law, funds au3 thorized under section 110 of title 23, United States Code,

4 for fiscal year 2000 shall be apportioned based on each

5 State’s percentage share of funding provided for under sec6 tion 105 of title 23, United States Code, for fiscal year

7 2000. Of these funds to be apportioned under section 110

8 for fiscal year 2000, the Secretary shall ensure that such

9 funds are apportioned for the Interstate Maintenance pro10 gram, the National Highway System program, the bridge

11 program, the surface transportation program, and the con12 gestion mitigation and air quality improvement program

13 in the same ratio that each State is apportioned funds for
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1 such programs in fiscal year 2000 but for this section: Pro2 vided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law,

3 the Secretary shall, at the request of the State of Nevada,

4 transfer up to $10,000,000 of Minimum Guarantee appor5 tionments, and an equal amount of obligation authority,

6 to the State of California for use on High Priority Project

7 No. 829 ‘‘Widen I–15 in San Bernardino County’’, section

8 1602 of Public Law 105–178.

9 FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

10 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

11 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

12 For carrying out the provisions of title 23, U.S.C., that

13 are attributable to Federal-aid highways, including the Na14 tional Scenic and Recreational Highway as authorized by

15 23 U.S.C. 148, not otherwise provided, including reimburse16 ment for sums expended pursuant to the provisions of 23

17 U.S.C. 308, $26,300,000,000 or so much thereof as may be

18 available in and derived from the Highway Trust Fund,

19 to remain available until expended.

20 NATIONAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY PROGRAM

21 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

22 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

23 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

24 For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 31102,

25 $50,000,000 to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund

26 and to remain available until expended: Provided, That no
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1 more than $155,000,000 of budget authority shall be avail2 able for these purposes: Provided further, That notwith3 standing any other provision of law, $105,000,000 is for

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

5 31102 to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund and to

6 remain available until expended.

7 NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY

8 ADMINISTRATION

9 OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

10 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

11 For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the

12 Secretary, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund,

13 $72,900,000 for traffic and highway safety under chapter

14 301 of title 49, United States Code, of which $48,843,000

15 shall remain available until September 30, 2001: Provided,

16 That none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be

17 obligated or expended to plan, finalize, or implement any

18 rulemaking to add to section 575.104 of title 49 of the Code

19 of Federal Regulations any requirement pertaining to a

20 grading standard that is different from the three grading

21 standards (treadwear, traction, and temperature resistance)

22 already in effect.
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1 OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

2 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

3 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

4 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

5 Notwithstanding Public Law 105–178 or any other

6 provision of law, for payment of obligations incurred in

7 carrying out the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 403, to remain

8 available until expended, $72,000,000, to be derived from

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

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

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

12 2000, are in excess of $72,000,000 for programs authorized

13 under 23 U.S.C. 403.

14 NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER

15 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

16 For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the

17 Secretary with respect to the National Driver Register

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

19 $2,000,000 to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund,

20 and to remain available until expended.

21 HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS

22 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

23 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

24 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

25 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for pay26 ment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions
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1 of 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, 410, and 411 to remain available

2 until expended, $206,800,000, to be derived from the High3 way Trust Fund: Provided, That none of the funds in this

4 Act shall be available for the planning or execution of pro5 grams the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 2000,

6 are in excess of $206,800,000 for programs authorized under

7 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, 410, and 411 of which $152,800,000

8 shall be for ‘‘Highway Safety Programs’’ under 23 U.S.C.

9 402, $10,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Occupant Protection Incen10 tive Grants’’ under 23 U.S.C. 405, $36,000,000 shall be for

11 ‘‘Alcohol-Impaired Driving Countermeasures Grants’’

12 under 23 U.S.C. 410, $8,000,000 shall be for the ‘‘State

13 Highway Safety Data Grants’’ under 23 U.S.C. 411: Pro14 vided further, That none of these funds shall be used for

15 construction, rehabilitation, or remodeling costs, or for of16 fice furnishings and fixtures for State, local, or private

17 buildings or structures: Provided further, That not to exceed

18 $7,500,000 of the funds made available for section 402, not

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

20 405, not to exceed $1,750,000 of the funds made available

21 for section 410, and not to exceed $223,000 of the funds

22 made available for section 411 shall be available to NHTSA

23 for administering highway safety grants under Chapter 4

24 of title 23, U.S.C.: Provided further, That not to exceed

25 $500,000 of the funds made available for section 410 ‘‘Alco-
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1 hol-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 Admin6 istration, not otherwise provided for, $91,789,000, of which

7 $6,700,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided,

8 That, as part of the Washington Union Station transaction

9 in which the Secretary assumed the first deed of trust on

10 the property and, where the Union Station Redevelopment

11 Corporation or any successor is obligated to make payments

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

13 payments on and after September 30, 1988, the Secretary

14 is authorized to receive such payments directly from the

15 Union Station Redevelopment Corporation, credit them to

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

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

18 Provided further, That such additional sums as may be nec19 essary for payment on the first deed of trust may be ad20 vanced by the Administrator from unobligated balances

21 available to the Federal Railroad Administration, to be re22 imbursed from payments received from the Union Station

23 Redevelopment Corporation: Provided further, That the

24 Federal Railroad Administration will reimburse the De25 partment of Transportation Inspector General $1,000,000
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1 for costs associated with audits and investigations of all

2 rail-related issues and systems: Provided further, That the

3 Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration is

4 authorized to transfer funds appropriated for any office

5 under this heading to any other office funded under this

6 heading: Provided further, That no appropriation shall be

7 increased or decreased by more than 10 percent by such

8 transfers unless it is approved by both the House and Sen9 ate Committees on Appropriations.

10 RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

11 For necessary expenses for railroad research and devel12 opment, $22,364,000, to remain available until expended.

13 RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM

14 The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to issue

15 to the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obligations

16 pursuant to section 512 of the Railroad Revitalization and

17 Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–210), as

18 amended, in such amounts and at such times as may be

19 necessary to pay any amounts required pursuant to the

20 guarantee of the principal amount of obligations under sec21 tions 511 through 513 of such Act, such authority to exist

22 as long as any such guaranteed obligation is outstanding:

23 Provided, That pursuant to section 502 of such Act, as

24 amended, no new direct loans or loan guarantee commit-
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1 ments shall be made using Federal funds for the credit risk

2 premium during fiscal year 2000.

3 NEXT GENERATION HIGH-SPEED RAIL

4 For necessary expenses for the Next Generation High5 Speed Rail program as authorized under 49 United States

6 Code sections 26101 and 26102, $20,500,000, to remain

7 available until expended.

8 ALASKA RAILROAD REHABILITATION

9 To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make

10 grants to the Alaska Railroad, $14,000,000 shall be for cap11 ital rehabilitation and improvements benefiting its pas12 senger operations, to remain available until expended.

13 RHODE ISLAND RAIL DEVELOPMENT

14 For the costs associated with construction of a third

15 track on the Northeast Corridor between Davisville and

16 Central Falls, Rhode Island, with sufficient clearance to ac17 commodate double stack freight cars, $10,000,000 to be

18 matched by the State of Rhode Island or its designee on

19 a dollar-for-dollar basis and to remain available until ex20 pended.

21 CAPITAL GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD

22 PASSENGER CORPORATION

23 For necessary expenses of capital improvements of the

24 National Railroad Passenger Corporation as authorized by
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1 U.S.C. 24104(a), $571,000,000, to remain available until

2 expended.

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, to remain

8 available until expended: Provided, That no more than

9 $60,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for these

10 purposes: Provided further, That the Federal Transit Ad11 ministration will reimburse the Department of Transpor12 tation Inspector General $9,000,000 for costs associated

13 with audits and investigations of all transit-related issues

14 and 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 expended:

19 Provided, That no more than $3,098,000,000 of budget au20 thority 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 be

25 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: Pro5 vided, That no more than $107,000,000 of budget authority

6 shall be available for these purposes: Provided further, That

7 $5,250,000 is available to provide rural transportation as8 sistance (49 U.S.C. 5311(b)(2)); $4,000,000 is available to

9 carry out programs under the National Transit Institute

10 (49 U.S.C. 5315); $8,250,000 is available to carry out tran11 sit cooperative research programs (49 U.S.C. 5313(a));

12 $49,632,000 is available for metropolitan planning (49

13 U.S.C. 5303, 5304, and 5305); $10,368,000 is available for

14 state planning (49 U.S.C. 5313(b)); and $29,500,000 is

15 available for the national planning and research program

16 (49 U.S.C. 5314): Provided further, That of the total budget

17 authority made available for the national planning and re18 search program, the Federal Transit Administration shall

19 provide the following amounts for the projects and activities

20 listed below:

21 Zinc-air battery bus technology demonstration,

22 $1,500,000;

23 Electric vehicle information sharing and tech24 nology transfer program, $1,000,000;
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1 Portland, ME independent transportation net2 work, $500,000;

3 Wheeling, WV mobility study, $250,000;

4 Utah advanced traffic management system, tran5 sit component, $3,000,000;

6 Project ACTION, $3,000,000;

7 Trans-Hudson tunnel feasibility study,

8 $5,000,000;

9 Washoe County, NV transit technology,

10 $1,250,000;

11 Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority advanced

12 electric transit buses and related infrastructure,

13 $1,500,000;

14 Palm Springs, CA fuel cell buses, $1,500,000;

15 Gloucester, MA intermodal technology center,

16 $1,500,000;

17 Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority

18 advanced propulsion control system, $3,000,000; and

19 Advanced transit systems and electric vehicle

20 program (CALSTART), $1,000,000.

21 TRUST FUND SHARE OF EXPENSES

22 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

23 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

24 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for pay25 ment of obligations incurred in carrying out 49 U.S.C.

26 5303–5308, 5310–5315, 5317(b), 5322, 5327, 5334, 5505,
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1 and sections 3037 and 3038 of Public Law 105–178,

2 $4,638,000,000, to remain available until expended of

3 which $4,638,000,000 shall be derived from the Mass Tran4 sit Account of the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That

5 $2,478,400,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Admin6 istration’s formula grants account: Provided further, That

7 $86,000,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Adminis8 tration’s transit planning and research account: Provided

9 further, That $48,000,000 shall be paid to the Federal Tran10 sit Administration’s administrative expenses account: Pro11 vided further, That $4,800,000 shall be paid to the Federal

12 Transit Administration’s university transportation re13 search account: Provided further, That $60,000,000 shall be

14 paid to the Federal Transit Administration’s job access and

15 reverse commute grants program: Provided further, That

16 $1,960,800,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Admin17 istration’s Capital Investment Grants account.

18 CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

21 5309, 5318, and 5327, $490,200,000, to remain available

22 until expended: Provided, That no more than

23 $2,451,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for

24 these purposes: Provided further, That there shall be avail25 able for fixed guideway modernization, $980,400,000; there
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1 shall be available for the replacement, rehabilitation, and

2 purchase of buses and related equipment and the construc3 tion of bus-related facilities, $490,200,000; and there shall

4 be available for new fixed guideway systems $980,400,000:

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

6 buses and bus-related facilities to carry out 49 U.S.C. sec7 tion 5309, the following projects shall be considered eligible

8 for these funds: Provided further, That the Administrator

9 of the Federal Transit Administration shall, not later than

10 60 days after the enactment of this Act, individually submit

11 to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations the

12 recommended grant funding levels for the respective

13 projects, from the following projects here listed:

14 2001 Special Olympics Winter Games buses and

15 facilities, Anchorage, Alaska

16 Adrian buses and bus facilities, Michigan

17 Alabama statewide rural bus needs, Alabama

18 Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District Project,

19 California

20 Albany train station/intermodal facility, New

21 York

22 Albuquerque SOLAR computerized transit man23 agement system, New Mexico

24 Albuquerque Westside transit maintenance facil25 ity, New Mexico
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1 Albuquerque, buses, paratransit vehicles, and bus

2 facility, New Mexico

3 Alexandria Union Station transit center, Vir4 ginia

5 Alexandria, bus maintenance facility and Crys6 tal City canopy project, Virginia

7 Allegheny County buses, Pennsylvania

8 Altoona bus testing facility, Pennsylvania

9 Altoona, Metro Transit Authority buses and

10 transit system improvements, Pennsylvania

11 Ames transit facility expansion, Iowa

12 Anchorage Ship Creek intermodal facility, Alas13 ka

14 Arkansas Highway and Transit Department

15 buses, Arkansas

16 Arkansas state safety and preventative mainte17 nance facility, Arkansas

18 Armstrong County-Mid-County, PA bus facilities

19 and buses, Pennsylvania

20 Atlanta, MARTA buses, Georgia

21 Attleboro intermodal transit facility, Massachu22 setts

23 Austin buses, Texas

24 Babylon Intermodal Center, New York
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1 Baldwin Rural Area Transportation System

2 buses, Alabama

3 Ballston Metro access improvements, Virginia

4 Bay/Saginaw buses and bus facilities, Michigan

5 Beaumont Municipal Transit System buses and

6 bus facilities, Texas

7 Beaver County bus facility, Pennsylvania

8 Ben Franklin transit buses and bus facilities,

9 Richland, Washington

10 Billings buses and bus facilities, Montana

11 Birmingham intermodal facility, Alabama

12 Birmingham-Jefferson County buses, Alabama

13 Blue Water buses and bus facilities, Michigan

14 Boston Government Center transit center, Massa15 chusetts

16 Boston Logan Airport intermodal transit con17 nector, Massachusetts

18 Boulder/Denver, RTD buses, Colorado

19 Brazos Transit Authority buses and bus facili20 ties, Texas

21 Brea shuttle buses, California

22 Bremerton multimodal center—Sinclair’s Land23 ing, Washington

24 Brigham City and Payson regional park and

25 ride lots/transit centers, Utah
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1 Brockton intermodal transportation center, Mas2 sachusetts

3 Buffalo, Auditorium Intermodal Center, New

4 York

5 Burlington ferry terminal improvements,

6 Vermont

7 Burlington multimodal center, Vermont

8 Cambria County, bus facilities and buses, Penn9 sylvania

10 Cedar Rapids intermodal facility, Iowa

11 Central Ohio Transit Authority vehicle locator

12 system, Ohio

13 Centre Area Transportation Authority buses,

14 Pennsylvania

15 Chattanooga Southern Regional Alternative fuel

16 bus program, Georgia

17 Chester County, Paoli Transportation Center,

18 Pennsylvania

19 Chittenden County Transportation Authority

20 buses, Vermont

21 Clallam Transit multimodal center, Sequim,

22 Washington

23 Clark County Regional Transportation Commis24 sion buses and bus facilities, Nevada
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1 Cleveland, Triskett Garage bus maintenance fa2 cility, Ohio

3 Clinton transit facility expansion, Iowa

4 Colorado buses and bus facilities, Colorado

5 Columbia Bus replacement, South Carolina

6 Columbia buses and vans, Missouri

7 Compton Renaissance Transit System shelters

8 and facilities, California

9 Corpus Christi Regional Transportation Author10 ity buses and bus facilities, Texas

11 Corvallis buses and automated passenger infor12 mation system, Oregon

13 Culver City, CityBus buses, California

14 Dallas Area Rapid Transit buses, Texas

15 Davis, Unitrans transit maintenance facility,

16 California

17 Dayton, Multimodal Transportation Center,

18 Ohio

19 Daytona Beach, Intermodal Center, Florida

20 Deerfield Valley Transit Authority buses,

21 Vermont

22 Denver 16th Street Intermodal Center

23 Denver, Stapleton Intermodal Center, Colorado

24 Des Moines transit facilities, Iowa

25 Detroit buses and bus facilities, Michigan
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1 Dothan Wiregrass Transit Authority vehicles

2 and transit facility, Alabama

3 Dulles Corridor park and ride, Virginia

4 Duluth, Transit Authority community circula5 tion vehicles, Minnesota

6 Duluth, Transit Authority intelligent transpor7 tation systems, Minnesota

8 Duluth, Transit Authority Transit Hub, Min9 nesota

10 Dutchess County, Loop System buses, New York

11 El Paso Sun Metro buses, Texas

12 Elliott Bay Water Taxi ferry purchase, Wash13 ington

14 Erie, Metropolitan Transit Authority buses,

15 Pennsylvania

16 Escambia County buses and bus facility, Ala17 bama

18 Essex Junction multimodal station rehabilita19 tion, Vermont

20 Everett transit bus replacement, Washington

21 Everett, Multimodal Transportation Center,

22 Washington

23 Fairbanks intermodal rail/bus transfer facility,

24 Alaska
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1 Fairfield Transit, Solano County buses, Cali2 fornia

3 Fayette County, intermodal facilities and buses,

4 Pennsylvania

5 Fayetteville, University of Arkansas Transit

6 System buses, Arkansas

7 Flint buses and bus facilities, Michigan

8 Florence, University of North Alabama pedes9 trian walkways, Alabama

10 Folsom multimodal facility, California

11 Fort Dodge, Intermodal Facility (Phase II),

12 Iowa

13 Fort Worth bus and paratransit vehicle project,

14 Texas

15 Fort Worth Transit Authority Corridor Redevel16 opment Program, Texas

17 Franklin County buses and bus facilities, Mis18 souri

19 Fuel cell bus and bus facilities program, George20 town University, District/Columbia

21 Gainesville buses and equipment, Florida

22 Galveston buses and bus facilities, Texas

23 Gary, Transit Consortium buses, Indiana

24 Gees Bend Ferry facilities, Wilcox County, Ala25 bama
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1 Georgia Regional Transportation Authority

2 buses, Georgia

3 Georgia Regional Transportation Authority,

4 Southern Crescent Transit bus service between Clay5 ton County and MARTA rail stations, Georgia

6 Georgia statewide buses and bus-related facili7 ties, Georgia

8 Gloucester intermodal transportation center,

9 Massachusetts

10 Grand Rapids Area Transit Authority down11 town transit transfer center, Michigan

12 Greensboro multimodal center, North Carolina

13 Greensboro, Transit Authority buses, North

14 Carolina

15 Harrison County multimodal center, Mississippi

16 Hawaii buses and bus facilities

17 Healdsburg, intermodal facility, California

18 Hillsborough Area Regional Transity Authority,

19 Ybor buses and bus facilities, Florida

20 Honolulu, bus facility and buses, Hawaii

21 Hot Springs, transportation depot and plaza,

22 Arkansas

23 Houston buses and bus facilities, Texas

24 Huntington Beach buses and bus facilities, Cali25 fornia
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1 Huntington intermodal facility, West Virginia

2 Huntsville Airport international intermodal cen3 ter, Alabama

4 Huntsville Space and Rocket Center intermodal

5 center, Alabama

6 Huntsville, transit facility, Alabama

7 Hyannis intermodal transportation center, Mas8 sachusetts

9 I–5 Corridor intermodal transit centers, Cali10 fornia

11 Illinois statewide buses and bus-related equip12 ment, Illinois

13 Indianapolis buses, Indiana

14 Inglewood Market Street bus facility/LAX shuttle

15 service, California

16 Iowa City multi-use parking facility and transit

17 hub, Iowa

18 Iowa statewide buses and bus facilities, Iowa

19 Iowa/Illinois Transit Consortium bus safety and

20 security, Iowa

21 Isabella buses and bus facilities, Michigan

22 Ithaca intermodal transportation center, New

23 York

24 Ithaca, TCAT bus technology improvements, New

25 York
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1 Jackson County buses and bus facilities, Mis2 souri

3 Jackson J-TRAN buses and facilities, Mis4 sissippi

5 Jacksonville buses and bus facilities, Florida

6 Jasper buses, Alabama

7 Juneau downtown mass transit facility, Alaska

8 Kalamazoo downtown bus transfer center, Michi9 gan

10 Kansas City Area Transit Authority buses and

11 Troost transit center, Missouri

12 Kansas Public Transit Association buses and bus

13 facilities, Kansas

14 Killington-Sherburne satellite bus facility,

15 Vermont

16 King Country Metro King Street Station, Wash17 ington

18 King County Metro Atlantic and Central buses,

19 Washington

20 King County park and ride expansion, Wash21 ington

22 Lackawanna County Transit System buses,

23 Pennsylvania

24 Lake Tahoe CNG buses, Nevada
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1 Lake Tahoe/Tahoe Basin buses and bus facilities,

2 California

3 Lakeland, Citrus Connection transit vehicles and

4 related equipment, Florida

5 Lane County, Bus Rapid Transit buses and fa6 cilities, Oregon

7 Lansing, CATA buses, Michigan

8 Las Cruces buses and bus facilities, New Mexico

9 Las Cruces intermodal transportation plaza,

10 New Mexico

11 Las Vegas intermodal transit transfer facility,

12 Nevada

13 Las Vegas South Strip intermodal facility, Ne14 vada

15 Lincoln County Transit District buses, Oregon

16 Lincoln Star Tran bus facility, Nebraska

17 Little Rock River Market and College Station

18 transfer facility, Arkansas

19 Little Rock, Central Arkansas Transit buses, Ar20 kansas

21 Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority

22 buses, California

23 Livermore automatic vehicle locator program,

24 California
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1 Long Island, CNG transit vehicles and facilities

2 and bus replacement, New York

3 Los Angeles/City of El Segundo Douglas Street

4 Green Line connection, California

5 Los Angeles County Metropolitan transportation

6 authority buses, California

7 Los Angeles Foothill Transit buses and bus fa8 cilities, California

9 Los Angeles Municipal Transit Operators Coali10 tion, California

11 Los Angeles, Union Station Gateway Intermodal

12 Transit Center, California

13 Louisiana statewide buses and bus-related facili14 ties, Louisiana

15 Lowell performing arts center transit transfer fa16 cility, Massachusetts

17 Lufkin intermodal center, Texas

18 Maryland statewide alternative fuel buses, Mary19 land

20 Maryland statewide bus facilities and buses,

21 Maryland

22 Mason City Region 2 office and maintenance

23 transit facility, Iowa

24 Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

25 buses, Massachusetts
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1 Merrimack Valley Regional Transit Authority

2 bus facilities, Massachusetts

3 Miami Beach multimodal transit center, Florida

4 Miami Beach, electric shuttle service, Florida

5 Miami-Dade Northeast transit center, Florida

6 Miami-Dade Transit buses, Florida

7 Michigan State University campus boarding cen8 ters, Michigan

9 Michigan statewide buses, Michigan

10 Mid-Columbia Council of Governments

11 minivans, Oregon

12 Milwaukee County, buses, Wisconsin

13 Mineola/Hicksville, LIRR intermodal centers,

14 New York

15 Missoula buses and bus facilities, Montana

16 Missouri statewide bus and bus facilities, Mis17 souri

18 Mobile buses, Alabama

19 Mobile waterfront terminal complex, Alabama

20 Modesto, bus maintenance facility, California

21 Monterey, Monterey-Salinas buses, California

22 Monterey, Monterey-Salinas transit refueling fa23 cility, California

24 Montgomery Moulton Street intermodal center,

25 Alabama
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1 Montgomery Union Station intermodal center

2 and buses, Alabama

3 Mount Vernon, buses and bus related facilities,

4 Washington

5 Mukilteo multimodal terminal ferry and transit

6 project, Washington

7 New Castle County buses and bus facilities,

8 Delaware

9 New Hampshire statewide transit systems, New

10 Hampshire

11 New Haven bus facility, Connecticut

12 New Jersey Transit alternative fuel buses, New

13 Jersey

14 New Jersey Transit jitney shuttle buses, New

15 Jersey

16 New Mexico State University park and ride fa17 cilities, New Mexico

18 New York City Midtown West 38th Street Ferry

19 Terminal, New York

20 New York, West 72nd St. Intermodal Station,

21 New York

22 Newark intermodal center, New Jersey

23 Newark Passaic River bridge and arena pedes24 trian walkway, New Jersey
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1 Newark, Morris & Essex Station access and

2 buses, New Jersey

3 Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority

4 buses, New York

5 North Carolina statewide buses and bus facili6 ties, North Carolina

7 North Dakota statewide buses and bus-related fa8 cilities, North Dakota

9 North San Diego County transit district buses,

10 California

11 North Star Borough intermodal facility, Alaska

12 Northern New Mexico Transit Express/Park and

13 Ride buses, New Mexico

14 Northstar Corridor, Intermodal Facilities and

15 buses, Minnesota

16 Norwich buses, Connecticut

17 OATS Transit, Missouri

18 Ogden Intermodal Center, Utah

19 Ohio Public Transit Association buses and bus

20 facilities, Ohio

21 Oklahoma statewide bus facilities and buses,

22 Oklahoma

23 Olympic Peninsula International Gateway

24 Transportation Center, Washington
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1 Omaha Missouri River transit pedestrian facil2 ity, Nebraska

3 Ontonagon buses and bus facilities, Michigan

4 Orlando Intermodal Facility, Florida

5 Orlando, Lynx buses and bus facilities, Florida

6 Palm Beach County Palmtran buses, Florida

7 Palmdale multimodal center, California

8 Park City Intermodal Center, Utah

9 Parkersburg intermodal transportation facility,

10 West Virginia

11 Pee Dee buses and facilities, South Carolina

12 Penn’s Landing ferry vehicles, Pennsylvania

13 Pennsylvania Commonwealth combined bus and

14 facilities, Pennsylvania

15 Perris bus maintenance facility, California

16 Philadelphia, Frankford Transportation Center,

17 Pennsylvania

18 Philadelphia, Intermodal 30th Street Station,

19 Pennsylvania

20 Philadelphia, PHLASH shuttle buses, Pennsyl21 vania

22 Philadelphia, SEPTA Center City improve23 ments, Pennsylvania

24 Philadelphia, SEPTA Paoli transportation cen25 ter, Pennsylvania
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1 Philadelphia, SEPTA Girard Avenue intermodal

2 transportation centers, Pennsylvania

3 Phoenix bus and bus facilities, Arizona

4 Pierce County Transit buses and bus facilities,

5 Washington

6 Pittsfield intermodal center, Massachusetts

7 Port of Corpus Christi ferry infrastructure and

8 ferry purchase, Texas

9 Port of St. Bernard intermodal facility, Lou10 isiana

11 Portland, Tri-Met bus maintenance facility, Or12 egon

13 Portland, Tri-Met buses, Oregon

14 Prince William County bus replacement, Vir15 ginia

16 Providence, buses and bus maintenance facility,

17 Rhode Island

18 Reading, BARTA Intermodal Transportation

19 Facility, Pennsylvania

20 Rensselaer intermodal bus facility, New York

21 Rhode Island Public Transit Authority buses,

22 Rhode Island

23 Richmond, GRTC bus maintenance facility, Vir24 ginia
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1 Riverside Transit Agency buses and facilities,

2 California

3 Robinson, Towne Center Intermodal Facility,

4 Pennsylvania

5 Sacramento CNG buses, California

6 Salem Area Mass Ttransit System buses, Oregon

7 Salt Lake City hybrid electric vehicle bus pur8 chase, Utah

9 Salt Lake City International Airport transit

10 parking and transfer center, Utah

11 Salt Lake City Olympics bus facilities, Utah

12 Salt Lake City Olympics regional park and ride

13 lots, Utah

14 Salt Lake City Olympics transit bus loan

15 project, Utah

16 San Bernardino buses, California

17 San Bernardino County Mountain area Re18 gional Transit Authority fueling stations, California

19 San Diego MTD buses and bus facilities, Cali20 fornia

21 San Francisco, Islais Creek maintenance facil22 ity, California

23 San Joaquin buses and bus facilities, Stockton,

24 California

25 San Juan Intermodal access, Puerto Rico
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1 San Marcos Capital Area Rural Transportation

2 System (CARTS) intermodal project, Texas

3 Sandy buses, Oregon

4 Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit district bus

5 facilities, California

6 Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority

7 buses and bus facilities, California

8 Santa Clarita buses, California

9 Santa Cruz metropolitan bus facilities, Cali10 fornia

11 Santa Fe CNG buses, New Mexico

12 Santa Fe paratransit/computer systems, New

13 Mexico

14 Santa Marie organization of transportation

15 helpers minibuses, California

16 Savannah/Chatham Area transit bus transfer

17 centers and buses, Georgia

18 Seattle Sound Transit buses and bus facilities,

19 Washington

20 Seattle, intermodal transportation terminal,

21 Washington

22 SMART buses and bus facilities, Michigan

23 Snohomish County, Community Transit buses,

24 equipment and facilities, Washington
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1 Solano Links intercity transit OTR bus pur2 chase, California

3 Somerset County bus facilities and buses, Penn4 sylvania

5 South Amboy, Regional Intermodal Transpor6 tation Initiative, New Jersey

7 South Bend, Urban Intermodal Transportation

8 Facility, Indiana

9 South Carolina statewide bus and bus facility.

10 South Carolina Virtual Transit Enterprise,

11 South Carolina

12 South Dakota statewide bus facilities and buses,

13 South Dakota

14 South Metro Area Rapid Transit (SMART)

15 maintenance facility, Oregon

16 Southeast Missouri transportation service rural,

17 elderly, disabled service, Missouri

18 Springfield Metro/VRE pedestrian link, Virginia

19 Springfield, Union Station, Massachusetts

20 St. Joseph buses and vans, Missouri

21 St. Louis, Bi-state Intermodal Center, Missouri

22 St. Louis Bi-state Metro Link buses

23 Sunset Empire Transit District intermodal

24 transit facility, Oregon

25 Syracuse CNG buses and facilities, New York
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1 Tacoma Dome, buses and bus facilities, Wash2 ington

3 Tennessee statewide buses and bus facilities, Ten4 nessee

5 Texas statewide small urban and rural buses,

6 Texas

7 Topeka Transit offstreet transit transfer center,

8 Kansas

9 Towamencin Township, Intermodal Bus Trans10 portation Center, Pennsylvania

11 Transit Authority of Northern Kentucky (TANK)

12 buses, Kentucky

13 Tucson buses, Arizona

14 Twin Cities area metro transit buses and bus fa15 cilities, Minnesota

16 Utah Transit Authority buses, Utah

17 Utah Transit Authority, intermodal facilities,

18 Utah

19 Utah Transit Authority/Park City Transit,

20 buses, Utah

21 Utica Union Station, New York

22 Valley bus and bus facilities, Alabama

23 Vancouver Clark County (SEATRAN) bus facili24 ties, Washington
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1 Washington County intermodal facilities, Penn2 sylvania

3 Washington State DOT combined small transit

4 system buses and bus facilities, Washington

5 Washington, D.C. Intermodal Transportation

6 Center, District/Columbia

7 Washoe County transit improvements, Nevada

8 Waterbury, bus facility, Connecticut

9 West Falls Church Metro station improvements,

10 Virginia

11 West Lafayette bus transfer station/terminal

12 (Wabash Landing), Indiana

13 West Virginia Statewide Intermodal Facility

14 and buses, West Virginia

15 Westchester County DOT, articulated buses, New

16 York

17 Westchester County, Bee-Line transit system

18 fareboxes, New York

19 Westchester County, Bee-Line transit system

20 shuttle buses, New York

21 Westminster senior citizen vans, California

22 Westmoreland County, Intermodal Facility,

23 Pennsylvania

24 Whittier intermodal facility and pedestrian over25 pass, Alaska
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1 Wilkes-Barre, Intermodal Facility, Pennsylvania

2 Williamsport bus facility, Pennsylvania

3 Wisconsin statewide bus facilities and buses,

4 Wisconsin

5 Worcester, Union Station Intermodal Transpor6 tation Center, Massachusetts

7 Yuma paratransit buses, Arizona:

8 Provided further, That within the total funds provided for

9 new fixed guideway systems to carry out 49 U.S.C. section

10 5309, the following projects shall be considered eligible for

11 these funds: Provided further, That the Administrator of the

12 Federal Transit Administration shall, not later than 60

13 days after the enactment of this Act, individually submit

14 to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations the

15 recommended grant funding levels for the respective

16 projects.

17 The following new fixed guideway systems and exten18 sions to existing systems are eligible to receive funding for

19 final design and construction:

20 Alaska or Hawaii ferries;

21 Albuquerque/Greater Albuquerque mass transit

22 project;

23 Atlanta North Line Extension;

24 Austin Capital Metro Northwest/North Central

25 Corridor project;
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1 Baltimore Central Light Rail double tracking

2 project;

3 Boston North-South Rail Link;

4 Boston Piers Transitway phase 1;

5 Charlotte North-South corridor transitway

6 project;

7 Chicago Metra commuter rail extensions;

8 Chicago Transit Authority Ravenswood and

9 Douglas branch line projects;

10 Cleveland Euclid Corridor;

11 Dallas Area Rapid Transit North Central LRT

12 extension;

13 Dane County/Madison East-West Corridor;

14 Denver Southeast Corridor project;

15 Denver Southwest LRT project;

16 Fort Lauderdale Tri-Rail commuter rail project;

17 Galveston rail trolley extension project;

18 Houston Regional Bus Plan;

19 Lahaina Harbor, Maui ferries;

20 Las Vegas Corridor/Clark County regional fixed

21 guideway project;

22 Little Rock River Rail project;

23 Long Island Rail Road East Side Access project;

24 Los Angeles Metro Rail—MOS 3 and Eastside/

25 Mid City corridors;
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1 MARC expansion programs: Silver Spring inter2 modal center and Penn-Camden rail connection;

3 Memphis Area Transit Authority medical center

4 extension;

5 Miami East-West Corridor project;

6 Miami North 27th Avenue corridor;

7 New Orleans Airport-CBD commuter rail

8 project;

9 New Orleans Canal Streetcar Spine;

10 New Orleans Desire Streetcar;

11 Newark-Elizabeth rail link project;

12 Norfolk-Virginia Beach Corridor project;

13 Northern Indiana South Shore commuter rail

14 project;

15 Northern New Jersey—Hudson-Bergen LRT

16 project;

17 Orange County Transitway project;

18 Orlando I–4 Central Florida LRT project;

19 Philadelphia Schuykill Valley Metro;

20 Phoenix—Central Phoenix/East Valley Corridor;

21 Pittsburgh Airborne Shuttle System;

22 Pittsburgh North Shore—Central Business Dis23 trict corridor;

24 Pittsburgh State II light rail project;

25 Port McKenzie-Ship Creek, AK ferry project;
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1 Portland Westside-Hillsboro Corridor project;

2 Providence-Boston commuter rail;

3 Raleigh-Durham—Research Triangle regional

4 rail;

5 Sacramento South Corridor LRT project;

6 Salt Lake City South LRT Olympics capacity

7 improvements;

8 Salt Lake City South LRT project;

9 Salt Lake City/Airport to University (West10 East) light rail project;

11 Salt Lake City-Ogden-Provo commuter rail

12 project;

13 San Bernardino MetroLink extension project;

14 San Diego Mid Coast Corridor;

15 San Diego Mission Valley East LRT extension

16 project;

17 San Diego Oceanside-Escondido passenger rail

18 project;

19 San Francisco BART to Airport extension;

20 San Jose Tasman LRT project;

21 San Juan—Tren Urbano;

22 Seattle Sound Move Link LRT project;

23 Spokane South Valley Corridor light rail project;

24 St. Louis—St. Clair County, Illinois LRT

25 project;
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1 Tacoma-Seattle Sounder commuter rail project;

2 Tampa Bay regional rail system;

3 Twin Cities Transitways Corridors projects; and

4 the

5 Washington Metro Blue Line extension—Addison

6 Road.

7 The following new fixed guideway systems and exten8 sions to existing systems are eligible to receive funding for

9 alternatives analysis and preliminary engineering:

10 Atlanta—Lindbergh Station to MARTA West

11 Line feasibility study;

12 Atlanta MARTA South DeKalb comprehensive

13 transit program;

14 Baltimore Central Downtown MIS;

15 Bergen County, NJ/Cross County light rail

16 project;

17 Birmingham, Alabama transit corridor;

18 Boston North Shore Corridor and Blue Line ex19 tension to Beverly;

20 Boston Urban Ring project;

21 Bridgeport Intermodal Corridor project, Con22 necticut;

23 Calais, ME Branch Rail Line regional transit

24 program;

25 Charleston, SC Monobeam corridor project;
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1 Cincinnati Northeast/Northern Kentucky rail

2 line project;

3 Colorado—Roaring Fork Valley Rail;

4 Detroit—commuter rail to Detroit metropolitan

5 airport feasibility study;

6 El Paso—Juarez international fixed guideway;

7 Girdwood, Alaska commuter rail project;

8 Harrisburg-Lancaster Capitol Area Transit Cor9 ridor 1 commuter rail;

10 Houston Advanced Transit Program;

11 Indianapolis Northeast Downtown Corridor

12 project;

13 Jacksonville fixed guideway corridor;

14 Johnson County, Kansas I–35 commuter rail

15 project;

16 Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee rail extension

17 project;

18 Knoxville to Memphis commuter rail feasibility

19 study;

20 Miami Metrorail Palmetto extension;

21 Montpelier-St. Albans, VT commuter rail study;

22 Nashua, NY-Lowell, MA commuter rail project;

23 New Jersey Trans-Hudson midtown corridor

24 study;

25 New London waterfront access project;
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1 New York Second Avenue Subway feasibility

2 study;

3 Old Saybrook—Hartford Rail Extension;

4 Philadelphia SEPTA commuter rail, R–3 con5 nection—Elwyn to Wawa;

6 Philadelphia SEPTA Cross County Metro;

7 Salt Lake City light rail extensions;

8 Santa Fe/El Dorado rail link;

9 Stamford fixed guideway connector;

10 Stockton Altamont Commuter Rail;

11 Virginia Railway Express Woodbridge transit

12 access station improvements project;

13 Washington, D.C. Dulles Corridor extension

14 project;

15 Western Montana regional transportation/com16 muter rail study;

17 Wilmington, DE downtown transit connector;

18 and the

19 Wilsonville to Washington County, OR connec20 tion to Westside.

21 DISCRETIONARY GRANTS

22 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

23 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND, MASS TRANSIT ACCOUNT)

24 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for pay25 ment of previous obligations incurred in carrying out 49

26 U.S.C. 5338(b), $1,500,000,000, to remain available until
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1 expended and to be derived from the Mass Transit Account

2 of the Highway Trust Fund.

3 JOB ACCESS AND REVERSE COMMUTE GRANTS

4 For necessary expenses to carry out section 3037 of the

5 Federal Transit Act of 1998, $15,000,000, to remain avail6 able until expended: Provided, That no more than

7 $75,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for these

8 purposes.

9 SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT

10 CORPORATION

11 SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

12 The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora13 tion is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within

14 the limits of funds and borrowing authority available to

15 the Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make such

16 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year

17 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government

18 Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary

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

20 budget for the current fiscal year.

21 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

22 (HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)

23 For necessary expenses for operations and mainte24 nance of those portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway oper25 ated and maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Devel-
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1 opment Corporation, $11,496,000, to be derived from the

2 Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public Law

3 99–662.

4 RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS

5 ADMINISTRATION

6 RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS

7 For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the

8 Research and Special Programs Administration,

9 $30,752,000, of which $575,000 shall be derived from the

10 Pipeline Safety Fund, and of which $3,500,000 shall re11 main available until September 30, 2002: Provided, That

12 up to $1,200,000 in fees collected under 49 U.S.C. 5108(g)

13 shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury as

14 offsetting receipts: Provided further, That there may be

15 credited to this appropriation, to be available until ex16 pended, funds received from States, counties, municipali17 ties, other public authorities, and private sources for ex18 penses incurred for training, for reports publication and

19 dissemination, and for travel expenses incurred in perform20 ance of hazardous materials exemptions and approvals

21 functions.

22 PIPELINE SAFETY

23 (PIPELINE SAFETY FUND)

24 (OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND)

25 For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of the

26 pipeline safety program, for grants-in-aid to carry out a
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1 pipeline safety program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 60107,

2 and to discharge the pipeline program responsibilities of

3 the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $36,104,000, of which

4 $4,704,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability

5 Trust Fund and shall remain available until September 30,

6 2002; and of which $30,000,000 shall be derived from the

7 Pipeline Safety Fund, of which $16,500,000 shall remain

8 available until September 30, 2001: Provided, That in addi9 tion to amounts made available for the Pipeline Safety

10 Fund, $1,400,000 shall be available for grants to States for

11 the development and establishment of one-call notification

12 systems and public education activities, and shall be de13 rived from amounts previously collected under 49 U.S.C.

14 60301.

15 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS

16 (EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND)

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

18 $200,000, to be derived from the Emergency Preparedness

19 Fund, to remain available until September 30, 2002: Pro20 vided, That none of the funds made available by 49 U.S.C.

21 5116(i) and 5127(d) shall be made available for obligation

22 by individuals other than the Secretary of Transportation,

23 or his designee.
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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen5 eral to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General

6 Act of 1978, as amended, $48,000,000, of which $43,000,000

7 shall be derived from transfers of funds from the United

8 States Coast Guard, the Federal Aviation Administration,

9 the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Railroad

10 Administration, and the Federal Transit Administration:

11 Provided, That the funds made available under this heading

12 shall be used to investigate pursuant to section 41712 of

13 title 49, United States Code, relating to unfair or deceptive

14 practices and unfair methods of competition by air carriers,

15 foreign air carriers, and ticket agents: Provided further,

16 That, it is the sense of the Senate, for purposes of the pre17 ceding proviso, the terms ‘‘unfair or deceptive practices’’

18 and ‘‘unfair methods of competition’’ include the failure to

19 disclose to a passenger or a ticket agent whether the flight

20 on which the passenger is ticketed or has requested to pur21 chase a ticket is overbooked, unless the Secretary certifies

22 such disclosure by a carrier is technologically infeasible:

23 Provided further, That the funds made available under this

24 heading shall be used (1) to investigate pursuant to section

25 41712 of title 49, United States Code, relating to unfair
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1 or deceptive practices and unfair methods of competition

2 by air carriers and foreign air carriers, (2) for monitoring

3 by the Inspector General of the compliance of air carriers

4 and foreign carriers with respect to paragraph (1) of this

5 proviso, and (3) for the submission to the appropriate com6 mittees of Congress by the Inspector General, not later than

7 July 15, 2000, of a report on the extent to which actual

8 or potential barriers exist to consumer access to compara9 tive price and service information from independent sources

10 on the purchase of passenger air transportation: Provided

11 further, That, it is the sense of the Senate, for purposes of

12 the preceding proviso, the terms ‘‘unfair or deceptive prac13 tices’’ and ‘‘unfair methods of competition’’ mean the offer14 ing for sale to the public for any route, class, and time of

15 service through any technology or means of communication

16 a fare that is different than that offered through other tech17 nology or means of communication: Provided further, That,

18 it is the sense of the Senate, funds made available under

19 this heading shall be used for the submission to the appro20 priate committees of Congress by the Inspector General a

21 report on the extent to which air carriers and foreign car22 riers deny travel to airline consumers with nonrefundable

23 tickets from one carrier to another.
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1 SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation

4 Board, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,

5 $15,400,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other

6 provision of law, not to exceed $1,600,000 from fees estab7 lished by the Chairman of the Surface Transportation

8 Board shall be credited to this appropriation as offsetting

9 collections and used for necessary and authorized expenses

10 under this heading: Provided further, That any fees received

11 in excess of $1,600,000 in fiscal year 2000 shall remain

12 available until expended, but shall not be available for obli13 gation until October 1, 2000.

14 TITLE II

15 RELATED AGENCIES

16 ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION

17 BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For expenses necessary for the Architectural and

20 Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, as authorized

21 by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amend22 ed, $4,500,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other

23 provision of law, there may be credited to this appropria24 tion funds received for publications and training expenses.
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1 NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the National Transportation

4 Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor vehicles

5 and aircraft; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but

6 at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate

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

8 therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902),

9 $51,500,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 may be used for

10 official reception and representation expenses.

11 EMERGENCY FUND

12 For necessary expenses of the National Transportation

13 Safety Board for accident investigations, including hire of

14 passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; services as authorized

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

16 the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for a GS–15; uni17 forms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5

18 U.S.C. 5901–5902), $1,000,000, to remain available until

19 expended.

20 TITLE III

21 GENERAL PROVISIONS

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

23 SEC. 301. During the current fiscal year applicable

24 appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall

25 be available for maintenance and operation of aircraft; hire
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1 of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of liabil2 ity insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign coun3 tries on official department business; and uniforms, or al4 lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–

5 5902).

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

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

8 be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act or

9 previous appropriations Acts.

10 SEC. 303. Funds appropriated under this Act for ex11 penditures by the Federal Aviation Administration shall be

12 available: (1) except as otherwise authorized by title VIII

13 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965

14 (20 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), for expenses of primary and sec15 ondary schooling for dependents of Federal Aviation Ad16 ministration personnel stationed outside the continental

17 United States at costs for any given area not in excess of

18 those of the Department of Defense for the same area, when

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

20 available in the locality are unable to provide adequately

21 for the education of such dependents; and (2) for transpor22 tation of said dependents between schools serving the area

23 that they attend and their places of residence when the Sec24 retary, under such regulations as may be prescribed, deter-
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1 mines that such schools are not accessible by public means

2 of transportation on a regular basis.

3 SEC. 304. Appropriations contained in this Act for the

4 Department of Transportation shall be available for services

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

6 not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for

7 an Executive Level IV.

8 SEC. 305. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail9 able for salaries and expenses of more than 100 political

10 and Presidential appointees in the Department of Trans11 portation: Provided, That none of the personnel covered by

12 this provision may be assigned on temporary detail outside

13 the Department of Transportation.

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

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

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

17 intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings fund18 ed in this Act.

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

20 shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fis21 cal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria22 tions, unless expressly so provided herein.

23 SEC. 308. The Secretary of Transportation may enter

24 into grants, cooperative agreements, and other transactions

25 with any person, agency, or instrumentality of the United
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1 States, any unit of State or local government, any edu2 cational institution, and any other entity in execution of

3 the Technology Reinvestment Project authorized under the

4 Defense Conversion, Reinvestment and Transition Assist5 ance Act of 1992 and related legislation: Provided, That

6 the authority provided in this section may be exercised

7 without regard to section 3324 of title 31, United States

8 Code.

9 SEC. 309. The expenditure of any appropriation under

10 this Act for any consulting service through procurement

11 contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States

12 Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such expendi13 tures are a matter of public record and available for public

14 inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing

15 law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to

16 existing law.

17 SEC. 310. (a) For fiscal year 2000, the Secretary of

18 Transportation shall—

19 (1) not distribute from the obligation limitation

20 for Federal-aid Highways amounts authorized for ad21 ministrative expenses and programs funded from the

22 administrative takedown authorized by section 104(a)

23 of title 23, United States Code, and amounts author24 ized for the highway use tax evasion program and the

25 Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
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1 (2) not distribute an amount from the obligation

2 limitation for Federal-aid Highways that is equal to

3 the unobligated balance of amounts made available

4 from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass

5 Transit Account) for Federal-aid highways and high6 way safety programs for the previous fiscal year the

7 funds for which are allocated by the Secretary;

8 (3) determine the ratio that—

9 (A) the obligation limitation for Federal-aid

10 Highways less the aggregate of amounts not dis11 tributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), bears to

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

13 appropriated for Federal-aid highways and high14 way safety construction programs (other than

15 sums authorized to be appropriated for sections

16 set forth in paragraphs (1) through (7) of sub17 section (b) and sums authorized to be appro18 priated for section 105 of title 23, United States

19 Code, equal to the amount referred to in sub20 section (b)(8)) for such fiscal year less the aggre21 gate of the amounts not distributed under para22 graph (1) of this subsection;

23 (4) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed24 eral-aid Highways less the aggregate amounts not dis25 tributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) for section 117
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1 of title 23, United States Code (relating to high pri2 ority projects program), section 201 of the Appa3 lachian Regional Development Act of 1965, the Wood4 row Wilson Memorial Bridge Authority Act of 1995,

5 and $2,000,000,000 for such fiscal year under section

6 105 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st

7 Century (relating to minimum guarantee) so that the

8 amount of obligation authority available for each of

9 such sections is equal to the amount determined by

10 multiplying the ratio determined under paragraph

11 (3) by the sums authorized to be appropriated for

12 such section (except in the case of section 105,

13 $2,000,000,000) for such fiscal year;

14 (5) distribute the obligation limitation provided

15 for Federal-aid Highways less the aggregate amounts

16 not distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) and

17 amounts distributed under paragraph (4) for each of

18 the programs that are allocated by the Secretary

19 under title 23, United States Code (other than activi20 ties to which paragraph (1) applies and programs to

21 which paragraph (4) applies) by multiplying the

22 ratio determined under paragraph (3) by the sums

23 authorized to be appropriated for such program for

24 such fiscal year; and
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1 (6) distribute the obligation limitation provided

2 for Federal-aid Highways less the aggregate amounts

3 not distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) and

4 amounts distributed under paragraphs (4) and (5) for

5 Federal-aid highways and highway safety construc6 tion programs (other than the minimum guarantee

7 program, but only to the extent that amounts appor8 tioned for the minimum guarantee program for such

9 fiscal year exceed $2,639,000,000, and the Appa10 lachian development highway system program) that

11 are apportioned by the Secretary under title 23,

12 United States Code, in the ratio that—

13 (A) sums authorized to be appropriated for

14 such programs that are apportioned to each

15 State for such fiscal year, bear to

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

17 appropriated for such programs that are appor18 tioned to all States for such fiscal year.

19 (b) EXCEPTIONS FROM OBLIGATION LIMITATION.—

20 The obligation limitation for Federal-aid Highways shall

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

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

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

24 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981; (4) under sec25 tions 131(b) and 131(j) of the Surface Transportation As-
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1 sistance Act of 1982; (5) under sections 149(b) and 149(c)

2 of the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation As3 sistance Act of 1987; (6) under section 1103 through 1108

4 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of

5 1991; (7) under section 157 of title 23, United States Code,

6 as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the

7 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century; and (8)

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

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

10 (c) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED OBLIGATION AU11 THORITY.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary

12 shall after August 1 for such fiscal year revise a distribution

13 of the obligation limitation made available under subsection

14 (a) if a State will not obligate the amount distributed dur15 ing that fiscal year and redistribute sufficient amounts to

16 those States able to obligate amounts in addition to those

17 previously distributed during that fiscal year giving pri18 ority to those States having large unobligated balances of

19 funds apportioned under sections 104 and 144 of title 23,

20 United States Code, section 160 (as in effect on the day

21 before the enactment of the Transportation Equity Act for

22 the 21st Century) of title 23, United States Code, and under

23 section 1015 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Act

24 of 1991 (105 Stat. 1943–1945).
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1 (d) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS TO

2 TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PROGRAMS.—The obligation

3 limitation shall apply to transportation research programs

4 carried out under chapters 3 and 5 of title 23, United States

5 Code, except that obligation authority made available for

6 such programs under such limitation shall remain available

7 for a period of 3 fiscal years.

8 (e) REDISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN AUTHORIZED

9 FUNDS.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the dis10 tribution of obligation limitation under subsection (a), the

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

12 are authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal year for

13 Federal-aid highways programs (other than the program

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

15 carrying out subchapter I of chapter 311 of title 49, United

16 States Code, and chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code,

17 and (2) that the Secretary determines will not be allocated

18 to the States, and will not be available for obligation, in

19 such fiscal year due to the imposition of any obligation lim20 itation for such fiscal year. Such distribution to the States

21 shall be made in the same ratio as the distribution of obliga22 tion authority under subsection (a)(6). The funds so distrib23 uted shall be available for any purposes described in section

24 133(b) of title 23, United States Code.
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1 (f) SPECIAL RULE.—Obligation limitation distributed

2 for a fiscal year under subsection (a)(4) for a section set

3 forth in subsection (a)(4) shall remain available until used

4 for obligation of funds for such section and shall be in addi5 tion to the amount of any limitation imposed on obligations

6 for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction

7 programs for future fiscal years.

8 SEC. 311. The limitations on obligations for the pro9 grams of the Federal Transit Administration shall not

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

11 made available for obligation, or to any other authority pre12 viously made available for obligation.

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

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

15 SEC. 313. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail16 able to plan, finalize, or implement regulations that would

17 establish a vessel traffic safety fairway less than five miles

18 wide between the Santa Barbara Traffic Separation

19 Scheme and the San Francisco Traffic Separation Scheme.

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

21 airports may transfer, without consideration, to the Federal

22 Aviation Administration (FAA) instrument landing sys23 tems (along with associated approach lighting equipment

24 and runway visual range equipment) which conform to

25 FAA design and performance specifications, the purchase
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1 of which was assisted by a Federal airport-aid program,

2 airport development aid program or airport improvement

3 program grant. The FAA shall accept such equipment,

4 which shall thereafter be operated and maintained by the

5 FAA in accordance with agency criteria.

6 SEC. 315. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail7 able to award a multiyear contract for production end

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

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

10 any one year of the contract; (2) includes a cancellation

11 charge greater than $10,000,000 which at the time of obliga12 tion has not been appropriated to the limits of the Govern13 ment’s liability; or (3) includes a requirement that permits

14 performance under the contract during the second and sub15 sequent years of the contract without conditioning such per16 formance upon the appropriation of funds: Provided, That

17 this limitation does not apply to a contract in which the

18 Federal Government incurs no financial liability from not

19 buying additional systems, subsystems, or components be20 yond the basic contract requirements.

21 SEC. 316. (a) No part of any appropriation contained

22 in this Act shall be used, other than for normal and recog23 nized executive-legislative relationships, for publicity or

24 propaganda purposes, for the preparation, distribution, or

25 use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, tele-
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1 vision, or video presentation designed to support or defeat

2 legislation pending before the Congress or any State legisla3 ture, except in presentation to the Congress or any State

4 legislature itself.

5 (b) No part of any appropriation contained in this

6 Act shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of any grant

7 or contract recipient, or agent acting for such recipient, re8 lated to any activity designed to influence legislation or ap9 propriations pending before the Congress or any State legis10 lature.

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

12 and except for fixed guideway modernization projects, funds

13 made available by this Act under ‘‘Federal Transit Admin14 istration, Capital investment grants’’ for projects specified

15 in this Act or identified in reports accompanying this Act

16 not obligated by September 30, 2002, and other recoveries,

17 shall be made available for other projects under 49 U.S.C.

18 5309.

19 SEC. 318. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,

20 any funds appropriated before October 1, 1999, under any

21 section of chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, that

22 remain available for expenditure may be transferred to and

23 administered under the most recent appropriation heading

24 for any such section.
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1 SEC. 319. Funds provided in this Act for the Transpor2 tation Administrative Service Center (TASC) shall be re3 duced by $60,000,000, which limits fiscal year 2000 TASC

4 obligational authority for elements of the Department of

5 Transportation funded in this Act to no more than

6 $169,953,000: Provided, That such reductions from the

7 budget request shall be allocated by the Department of

8 Transportation to each appropriations account in propor9 tion to the amount included in each account for the Trans10 portation Administrative Service Center.

11 SEC. 320. Funds received by the Federal Highway Ad12 ministration, Federal Transit Administration, and Federal

13 Railroad Administration from States, counties, municipali14 ties, other public authorities, and private sources for ex15 penses incurred for training may be credited respectively

16 to the Federal Highway Administration’s Federal aid-high17 way account, the Federal Transit Administration’s ‘‘Tran18 sit Planning and Research’’ account, and to the Federal

19 Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Operations’’ ac20 count, except for State rail safety inspectors participating

21 in training pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 20105.

22 SEC. 321. TEMPORARY AIR SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS.

23 (a) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated or oth24 erwise made available by this Act to carry out section

25 47114(c)(1) of title 49, United States Code, may be avail-
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1 able for apportionment to an airport sponsor described in

2 subsection (b) in fiscal year 2000 in an amount equal to

3 the amount apportioned to that sponsor in fiscal year 1999.

4 (b) COVERED AIRPORT SPONSORS.—An airport spon5 sor referred to in subsection (a) is an airport sponsor with

6 respect to whose primary airport the Secretary of Transpor7 tation found that—

8 (1) passenger boardings at the airport fell below

9 10,000 in the calendar year used to calculate the ap10 portionment;

11 (2) the airport had at least 10,000 passenger

12 boardings in the calendar year prior to the calendar

13 year used to calculate apportionments to airport

14 sponsors in a fiscal year; and

15 (3) the cause of the shortfall in passenger

16 boardings was a temporary but significant interrup17 tion in service by an air carrier to that airport due

18 to an employment action, natural disaster, or other

19 event unrelated to the demand for air transportation

20 at the affected airport.

21 SEC. 322. Section 3021 of Public Law 105–178 is

22 amended in subsection (a)—

23 (1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘single24 State’’;
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1 (2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘Any’’

2 and all that follows through ‘‘United States Code’’

3 and inserting ‘‘The funds made available to the State

4 of Oklahoma and the State of Vermont to carry out

5 sections 5307 and 5311 of title 49, United States Code

6 and sections 133 and 149 of title 23, United States

7 Code’’.

8 SEC. 323. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re9 ceived by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the

10 sale of data products, for necessary expenses incurred pur11 suant to 49 U.S.C. 111 may be credited to the Federal-aid

12 highways account for the purpose of reimbursing the Bu13 reau for such expenses: Provided, That such funds shall be

14 subject to the obligation limitation for Federal-aid high15 ways and highway safety construction.

16 SEC. 324. Not to exceed $1,000,000 of the funds pro17 vided in this Act for the Department of Transportation

18 shall be available for the necessary expenses of advisory

19 committees: Provided, That this limitation shall not apply

20 to advisory committees established for the purpose of con21 ducting negotiated rulemaking in accordance with the Nego22 tiated Rulemaking Act, 5 U.S.C. 561–570a, or the Coast

23 Guard’s advisory council on roles and missions.

24 SEC. 325. No funds other than those appropriated to

25 the Surface Transportation Board or fees collected by the
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1 Board shall be used for conducting the activities of the

2 Board.

3 SEC. 326. Hereafter, notwithstanding any other provi4 sion of law, receipts, in amounts determined by the Sec5 retary, collected from users of fitness centers operated by

6 or for the Department of Transportation shall be available

7 to support the operation and maintenance of those facilities.

8 SEC. 327. Capital Investment grants funds made

9 available in this Act and in Public Law 105–277 and in

10 Public Law 105–66 and its accompanying conference report

11 for the Charleston, South Carolina Monobeam corridor

12 project shall be used to fund any aspect of the Charleston,

13 South Carolina Monobeam corridor project.

14 SEC. 328. Hereafter, notwithstanding 49 U.S.C.

15 41742, no essential air service subsidies shall be provided

16 to communities in the 48 contiguous States that are located

17 fewer than 70 highway miles from the nearest large or me18 dium hub airport, or that require a rate of subsidy per pas19 senger in excess of $200 unless such point is greater than

20 210 miles from the nearest large or medium hub airport.

21 SEC. 329. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, minor

22 fees and other funds received by the Department from travel

23 management centers, charge card programs, the subleasing

24 of building space, and miscellaneous sources are to be cred25 ited to appropriations of the Department and allocated to
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1 elements of the Department using fair and equitable criteria

2 and such funds shall be available until December 31, 2000.

3 SEC. 330. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,

4 rule or regulation, the Secretary of Transportation is au5 thorized to allow the issuer of any preferred stock heretofore

6 sold to the Department to redeem or repurchase such stock

7 upon the payment to the Department of an amount deter8 mined by the Secretary.

9 SEC. 331. For necessary expenses of the Amtrak Re10 form Council authorized under section 203 of Public Law

11 105–134, $950,000, to remain available until September 30,

12 2001: Provided, That the duties of the Amtrak Reform

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

14 134 shall include the identification of Amtrak routes which

15 are candidates for closure or realignment, based on perform16 ance rankings developed by Amtrak which incorporate in17 formation on each route’s fully allocated costs and ridership

18 on core intercity passenger service, and which assume, for

19 purposes of closure or realignment candidate identification,

20 that federal subsidies for Amtrak will decline over the 4-

21 year period from fiscal year 1999 to fiscal year 2002: Pro22 vided further, That these closure or realignment rec23 ommendations shall be included in the Amtrak Reform

24 Council’s annual report to the Congress required by section

25 203(h) of Public Law 105–134.
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1 SEC. 332. The Secretary of Transportation is author2 ized to transfer funds appropriated for any office of the Of3 fice of the Secretary to any other office of the Office of the

4 Secretary: Provided, That no appropriation shall be in5 creased or decreased by more than 12 per centum by all

6 such transfers: Provided further, That any such transfer

7 shall be submitted for approval to the House and Senate

8 Committees on Appropriations.

9 SEC. 333. None of the funds made available under this

10 Act or any other Act, may be used to implement, carry out,

11 or enforce any regulation issued under section 41705 of title

12 49, United States Code, including any regulation contained

13 in part 382 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, or any

14 other provision of law (including any Act of Congress, regu15 lation, or Executive order or any official guidance or cor16 respondence thereto), that requires or encourages an air car17 rier (as that term is defined in section 40102 of title 49,

18 United States Code) to, on intrastate or interstate air

19 transportation (as those terms are defined in section 40102

20 of title 49, United States Code)—

21 (1) provide a peanut-free buffer zone or any

22 other related peanut-restricted area; or

23 (2) restrict the distribution of peanuts,

24 until 90 days after submission to the Congress and the Sec25 retary of a peer-reviewed scientific study that determines
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1 that there are severe reactions by passengers to peanuts as

2 a result of contact with very small airborne peanut particles

3 of the kind that passengers might encounter in an aircraft.

4 SEC. 334. For purposes of funding in this Act for the

5 Salt Lake City/Airport to University (West-East) light rail

6 project, the non-governmental share for these funds shall be

7 determined in accordance with Section 3030(c)(2)(B)(ii) of

8 the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, as

9 amended (Public Law 105–178).

10 SEC. 335. Section 5309(g)(1)(B) of title 49, United

11 States Code, is amended by inserting after ‘‘Committee on

12 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate’’ the

13 following: ‘‘and the House and Senate Committees on Ap14 propriations’’.

15 SEC. 336. Section 1212(g) of the Transportation Eq16 uity Act for the 21st Century (Public Law 105–178), as

17 amended, is amended—

18 (1) in the subsection heading, by inserting ‘‘and

19 New Jersey’’ after ‘‘Minnesota’’; and

20 (2) by inserting ‘‘or the State of New Jersey’’

21 after ‘‘Minnesota’’.

22 SEC. 337. The Secretary of Transportation shall exe23 cute a demonstration program, to be conducted for a period

24 not to exceed eighteen months, of the ‘‘fractional ownership’’

25 concept in performing administrative support flight mis-
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1 sions, the purpose of which would be to determine whether

2 cost savings, as well as increased operational flexibility and

3 aircraft availability, can be realized through the use by the

4 government of the commercial fractional ownership concept

5 or report to the Committee the reason for not conducting

6 such an evaluation: Provided, That the Secretary shall en7 sure the competitive selection for this demonstration of a

8 fractional ownership concept which provides a suite of air9 craft capable of meeting the Department’s varied needs, and

10 that the Secretary shall ensure the demonstration program

11 encompasses a significant and representative portion of the

12 Department’s administrative support missions (to include

13 those performed by the Coast Guard, the Federal Aviation

14 Administration, and the National Aeronautics and Space

15 Administration, whose aircraft are currently operated by

16 the FAA): Provided further, That the Secretary shall report

17 to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on

18 results of this evaluation of the fractional ownership concept

19 in the performance of the administrative support mission

20 no later than twenty-four months after final passage of this

21 Act or within 60 days of enactment of this Act if the Sec22 retary decides not to conduct such a demonstration for eval23 uation including an explanation for such a decision.

24 SEC. 338. (a) REQUIREMENT TO CONVEY.—The Com25 mandant of the Coast Guard shall convey, without consider-
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1 ation, to the University of New Hampshire (in this section

2 referred to as the ‘‘University’’) all right, title, and interest

3 of the United States in and to a parcel of real property

4 (including any improvements thereon) located in New Cas5 tle, New Hampshire, consisting of approximately five acres

6 and including a pier.

7 (b) IDENTIFICATION OF PROPERTY.—The Com8 mandant shall determine, identify, and describe the prop9 erty to be conveyed under this section.

10 (c) EASEMENTS, RIGHTS-OF-WAY, AND RIGHTS.—(1)

11 The Commandant shall, in connection with the conveyance

12 required by subsection (a), grant to the University such

13 easements and rights-of-way as the Commandant considers

14 necessary to permit access to the property conveyed under

15 that subsection.

16 (2) The Commandant shall, in connection with such

17 conveyance, reserve in favor of the United States such ease18 ments and rights as the Commandant considers necessary

19 to protect the interests of the United States, including ease20 ments or rights regarding access to property and utilities.

21 (d) CONDITIONS OF CONVEYANCE.—The conveyance re22 quired by subsection (a) shall be subject to the following

23 conditions:

24 (1) That the University not convey, assign, ex25 change, or encumber the property conveyed, or any
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1 part thereof, unless such conveyance, assignment, ex2 change, or encumbrance—

3 (A) is made without consideration; or

4 (B) is otherwise approved by the Com5 mandant.

6 (2) That the University not interfere or allow in7 terference in any manner with the maintenance or

8 operation of Coast Guard Station Portsmouth Har9 bor, New Hampshire, without the express written per10 mission of the Commandant.

11 (3) That the University use the property for edu12 cational, research, or other public purposes.

13 (e) MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTY.—The University, or

14 any subsequent owner of the property conveyed under sub15 section (a) pursuant to a conveyance, assignment, or ex16 change referred to in subsection (d)(1), shall maintain the

17 property in a proper, substantial, and workmanlike man18 ner, and in accordance with any conditions established by

19 the Commandant, pursuant to the National Historic Pres20 ervation Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.), and other ap21 plicable laws.

22 (f) REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—All right, title, and in23 terest in and to the property conveyed under this section

24 (including any improvements thereon) shall revert to the
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1 United States, and the United States shall have the right

2 of immediate entry thereon, if—

3 (1) the property, or any part thereof, ceases to

4 be used for educational, research, or other public pur5 poses by the University;

6 (2) the University conveys, assigns, exchanges, or

7 encumbers the property conveyed, or part thereof, for

8 consideration or without the approval of the Com9 mandant;

10 (3) the Commandant notifies the owner of the

11 property that the property is needed the national se12 curity purposes and a period of 30 days elapses after

13 such notice; or

14 (4) any other term or condition established by

15 the Commandant under this section with respect to

16 the property is violated.

17 SEC. 339. (a) None of the funds in this Act shall be

18 available to execute a project agreement for any highway

19 project in a State that sells drivers’ license personal infor20 mation as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(3) (excluding indi21 vidual photograph), or motor vehicle record, as defined in

22 18 U.S.C. 2725(1), unless that State has established and

23 implemented an opt-in process for the use of personal infor24 mation or motor vehicle record in surveys, marketing (ex25 cluding insurance rate setting), or solicitations.
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1 (b) None of the funds in this Act shall be available

2 to execute a project agreement for any highway project in

3 a State that sells individual’s drivers’ license photographs,

4 unless that State has established and implemented an opt5 in process for such photographs.

6 SEC. 340. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,

7 from funds provided in the Act, $10,000,000 shall be made

8 available for completion of the National Advanced Driving

9 Simulator (NADS).

10 SEC. 341. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,

11 section 1107(b) of Public Law 102–240 is amended by strik12 ing ‘‘Construction of a replacement bridge at Watervale

13 Bridge #63, Harford County, MD’’ and inserting in lieu

14 thereof the following: ‘‘For improvements to Bottom Road

15 Bridge, Vinegar Hill Road Bridge and Southampton Road

16 Bridge, Harford County, MD’’.

17 SEC. 342. TERMINAL AUTOMATED RADAR DISPLAY

18 AND INFORMATION SYSTEM. It is the sense of the Senate

19 that, not later than 90 days after the date of enactment

20 of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Ad21 ministration should develop a national policy and related

22 procedures concerning the interface of the Terminal Auto23 mated Radar Display and Information System and en

24 route surveillance systems for Visual Flight Rule (VFR) air

25 traffic control towers.
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1 SEC. 343. (a) FINDINGS.—The Senate makes the fol2 lowing findings:

3 (1) The survival of American culture is depend4 ent upon the survival of the sacred institution of mar5 riage.

6 (2) The decennial census is required by section

7 2 of article 1 of the Constitution of the United States,

8 and has been conducted in every decade since 1790.

9 (3) The decennial census has included marital

10 status among the information sought from every

11 American household since 1880.

12 (4) The 2000 decennial census will mark the first

13 decennial census since 1880 in which marital status

14 will not be a question included on the census ques15 tionnaire distributed to the majority of American

16 households.

17 (5) The United States Census Bureau has re18 moved marital status from the short form census ques19 tionnaire to be distributed to the majority of Amer20 ican households in the 2000 decennial census and

21 placed that category of information on the long form

22 census questionnaire to be distributed only to a sam23 ple of the population in that decennial census.
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1 (6) Every year more than $100,000,000,000 in

2 Federal funds are allocated based on the data collected

3 by the Census Bureau.

4 (7) Recorded data on marital status provides a

5 basic foundation for the development of Federal pol6 icy.

7 (8) Census data showing an exact account of the

8 numbers of persons who are married, single, or di9 vorced provides critical information which serves as

10 an indicator on the prevalence of marriage in society.

11 (b) SENSE OF SENATE.—It is the sense of the Senate

12 that the United States Census Bureau—

13 (1) has wrongfully decided not to include mar14 ital status on the census questionnaire to be distrib15 uted to the majority of Americans for the 2000 decen16 nial census; and

17 (2) should include marital status on the short

18 form census questionnaire to be distributed to the ma19 jority of American households for the 2000 decennial

20 census.

21 SEC. 344. It is the sense of the Senate that the Sec22 retary should expeditiously amend title 14, chapter II, part

23 250, Code of Federal Regulations, so as to double the appli24 cable penalties for involuntary denied boardings and allow

25 those passengers that are involuntarily denied boarding the
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1 option of obtaining a prompt cash refund for the full value

2 of their airline ticket.

3 SEC. 345. For purposes of section 5117(b)(5) of the

4 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, the cost

5 sharing provisions of section 5001(b) of that Act shall not

6 apply.

7 SEC. 346. (a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds that the

8 Village of Bourbonnais, Illinois and Kankakee County, Illi9 nois, have incurred significant costs for the rescue and

10 cleanup related to the Amtrak train accident of March 15,

11 1999. These costs have created financial burdens for the Vil12 lage, the County, and other adjacent municipalities.

13 (b) NTSB INVESTIGATION.—The National Transpor14 tation Safety Board (NTSB) conducted a thorough inves15 tigation of the accident and opened the public docket on

16 the matter on September 7, 1999. To date, NTSB has made

17 no conclusions or determinations of probable cause.

18 (c) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen19 ate that the Village of Bourbonnais, Illinois, Kankakee

20 County, Illinois, and any other related municipalities

21 should, consistent with applicable laws against any party,

22 including the National Railroad Passenger Corporation

23 (Amtrak), found to be responsible for the accident, be able

24 to recover all necessary costs of rescue and cleanup efforts

25 related to the March 15, 1999 accident.
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1 SEC. 347. Of funds made available in this Act, the Sec2 retary shall make available not less than $2,000,000, to re3 main available until expended, for planning, engineering,

4 and construction of the runway extension at Eastern West

5 Virginia Regional Airport, Martinsburg, West Virginia:

6 Provided, That the Secretary shall make available not less

7 than $400,000 for the Concord, New Hampshire transpor8 tation planning project: Provided further, That the Sec9 retary shall make available not less than $2,000,000 for an

10 explosive detection system demonstration at a cargo facility

11 at Huntsville International Airport.

12 SEC. 348. Section 656(b) of division C of the Omnibus

13 Consolidated Appropriations Act of 1997 is repealed.

14 SEC. 349. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,

15 the amount made available pursuant to Public Law 105–

16 277 for the Pittsburgh North Shore central business district

17 transit options MIS project may be used to fund any aspect

18 of preliminary engineering, costs associated with an envi19 ronmental impact statement, or a major investment study

20 for that project.

21 SEC. 350. For necessary expenses for engineering, de22 sign and construction activities to enable the James A. Far23 ley Post Office in New York City to be used as a train sta24 tion and commercial center, to become available on October
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1 1 of the fiscal year specified and remain available until

2 expended: fiscal year 2001, $20,000,000.

3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans4 portation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000’’.

Passed the House of Representatives June 23, 1999.

Attest: ROBIN H. CARLE,

Clerk.

Attest: GARY SISCO,

Secretary.