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Union Calendar No. 100

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2084

[Report No. 106–180]

Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related

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

purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 9, 1999

Mr. WOLF, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill;

which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State

of the Union and ordered to be printed

A BILL

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 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the

5 Department of Transportation and related agencies for
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1 the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other

2 purposes, namely:

3 TITLE I

4 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

5 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

6 IMMEDIATE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

7 For necessary expenses of the Immediate Office of

8 the Secretary, $1,867,000.

9 IMMEDIATE OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY SECRETARY

10 For necessary expenses of the Immediate Office of

11 the Deputy Secretary, $612,000.

12 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General

14 Counsel, $9,000,000.

15 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR AVIATION

16 AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

17 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant

18 Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs,

19 $7,632,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other

20 provision of law, there may be credited to this appropria21 tion up to $1,250,000 in funds received in user fees.

22 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR BUDGET

23 AND PROGRAMS

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant

25 Secretary for Budget and Programs, $6,770,000, includ-
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1 ing not to exceed $40,000 for allocation within the Depart2 ment for official reception and representation expenses as

3 the Secretary may determine.

4 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

5 GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant

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

8 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

9 ADMINISTRATION

10 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant

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

12 OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of Public Af14 fairs, $1,836,000.

15 EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT

16 For necessary expenses of the Executive Secretariat,

17 $1,102,000.

18 BOARD OF CONTRACT APPEALS

19 For necessary expenses of the Board of Contract Ap20 peals, $520,000.

21 OFFICE OF SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS

22 UTILIZATION

23 For necessary expenses of the Office of Small and

24 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 OPERATIONS

18 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

19 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for nec20 essary expenses of the Federal Aviation Administration,

21 not otherwise provided for, including operations and re22 search activities related to commercial space transpor23 tation, administrative expenses for research and develop24 ment, establishment of air navigation facilities, the oper25 ation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, sub-
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1 sidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold to

2 the public, and carrying out the provisions of subchapter

3 I of chapter 471 of title 49, United States Code, or other

4 provisions of law authorizing the obligation of funds for

5 similar programs of airport and airway development or im6 provement, lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles

7 for replacement only, in addition to amounts made avail8 able by Public Law 104–264, $5,925,000,000, to be de9 rived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund: Provided,

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

11 the Federal Aviation Administration to plan, finalize, or

12 implement any regulation that would promulgate new

13 aviation user fees not specifically authorized by law after

14 the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That

15 there may be credited to this appropriation funds received

16 from States, counties, municipalities, foreign authorities,

17 other public authorities, and private sources, for expenses

18 incurred in the provision of agency services, including re19 ceipts for the maintenance and operation of air navigation

20 facilities, and for issuance, renewal or modification of cer21 tificates, including airman, aircraft, and repair station cer22 tificates, or for tests related thereto, or for processing

23 major repair or alteration forms: Provided further, That

24 of the funds appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000

25 shall be for the contract tower cost-sharing program and
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1 $600,000 shall be for the Centennial of Flight Commis2 sion: Provided further, That funds may be used to enter

3 into a grant agreement with a nonprofit standard-setting

4 organization to assist in the development of aviation safety

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

6 Act shall be available for new applicants for the second

7 career training program: Provided further, That none of

8 the funds in this Act shall be available for paying premium

9 pay under 5 U.S.C. 5546(a) to any Federal Aviation Ad10 ministration employee unless such employee actually per11 formed work during the time corresponding to such pre12 mium pay: Provided further, That none of the funds in

13 this Act may be obligated or expended to operate a

14 manned auxiliary flight service station in the contiguous

15 United States: Provided further, That no more than

16 $28,600,000 of funds appropriated to the Federal Avia17 tion Administration in this Act may be used for activities

18 conducted by, or coordinated through, the Transportation

19 Administrative Service Center: Provided further, That

20 none of the funds in this Act for aeronautical charting

21 and cartography are available for activities conducted by,

22 or coordinated through, the Transportation Administra23 tive Service Center: Provided further, That none of the

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

25 Administration to enter into a multiyear lease greater
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1 than five years in length or greater than $100,000,000

2 in value unless such lease is specifically authorized by the

3 Congress and appropriations have been provided to fully

4 cover the Federal Government’s contingent liabilities: Pro5 vided further, That none of the funds in this Act may be

6 used for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to

7 sign a lease for satellite services related to the global posi8 tioning system (GPS) wide area augmentation system

9 until the administrator of the FAA certifies in writing to

10 the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations that

11 FAA has conducted a lease versus buy analysis which indi12 cates that such lease will result in the lowest overall cost

13 to the agency.

14 FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

15 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

16 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for nec17 essary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for acquisi18 tion, establishment, and improvement by contract or pur19 chase, and hire of air navigation and experimental facili20 ties and equipment as authorized under part A of subtitle

21 VII of title 49, United States Code, including initial acqui22 sition of necessary sites by lease or grant; engineering and

23 service testing, including construction of test facilities and

24 acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; and con25 struction and furnishing of quarters and related accom-
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1 modations for officers and employees of the Federal Avia2 tion Administration stationed at remote localities where

3 such accommodations are not available; and the purchase,

4 lease, or transfer of aircraft from funds available under

5 this head; to be derived from the Airport and Airway

6 Trust Fund, $2,200,000,000, of which $1,917,000,000

7 shall remain available until September 30, 2002, and of

8 which $283,000,000 shall remain available until Sep9 tember 30, 2000: Provided, That there may be credited

10 to this appropriation funds received from States, counties,

11 municipalities, other public authorities, and private

12 sources, for expenses incurred in the establishment and

13 modernization of air navigation facilities: Provided further,

14 That upon initial submission to the Congress of the fiscal

15 year 2001 President’s budget, the Secretary of Transpor16 tation shall transmit to the Congress a comprehensive cap17 ital investment plan for the Federal Aviation Administra18 tion which includes funding for each budget line item for

19 fiscal years 2001 through 2005, with total funding for

20 each year of the plan constrained to the funding targets

21 for those years as estimated and approved by the Office

22 of Management and Budget: Provided further, That none

23 of the funds in this Act may be used for the Federal Avia24 tion Administration to enter into a capital lease agreement

25 unless appropriations have been provided to fully cover the
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1 Federal Government’s contingent liabilities at the time the

2 lease agreement is signed.

3 RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT

4 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

5 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for nec6 essary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for research,

7 engineering, and development, as authorized under part

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

9 construction of experimental facilities and acquisition of

10 necessary sites by lease or grant, $173,000,000, to be de11 rived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to re12 main available until September 30, 2002: Provided, That

13 there may be credited to this appropriation funds received

14 from States, counties, municipalities, other public authori15 ties, and private sources, for expenses incurred for re16 search, engineering, and development.

17 GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS

18 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

19 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

20 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for liq21 uidation of obligations incurred for grants-in-aid for air22 port planning and development, and for noise compat23 ibility planning and programs as authorized under sub24 chapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475

25 of title 49, United States Code, and under other law au26 thorizing such obligations, $1,867,000,000, to be derived
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1 from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to remain

2 available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds

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

4 of programs the obligations for which are in excess of

5 $2,250,000,000 in fiscal year 2000 for grants-in-aid for

6 airport planning and development, and noise compatibility

7 planning and programs, notwithstanding section 47117(h)

8 of title 49, United States Code.

9 FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

10 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

11 Necessary expenses for administration and operation

12 of the Federal Highway Administration, not to exceed

13 $356,380,000, shall be paid in accordance with law from

14 appropriations made available by this Act to the Federal

15 Highway Administration together with advances and reim16 bursements received by the Federal Highway Administra17 tion: Provided, That $70,484,000 shall be available to

18 carry out the functions and operations of the office of

19 motor carriers.

20 LIMITATION ON TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH

21 Necessary expenses for transportation research of the

22 Federal Highway Administration, not to exceed

23 $422,450,000 shall be paid in accordance with law from

24 appropriations made available by this Act to the Federal

25 Highway Administration: Provided, That this limitation
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1 shall not apply to any authority previously made available

2 for obligation.

3 FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

4 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

5 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

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

7 the implementation or execution of programs, the obliga8 tions for which are in excess of $27,701,350,000 for Fed9 eral-aid highways and highway safety construction pro10 grams for fiscal year 2000.

11 FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

12 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

13 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

14 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for car15 rying out the provisions of title 23, U.S.C., that are attrib16 utable to Federal-aid highways, including the National

17 Scenic and Recreational Highway as authorized by 23

18 U.S.C. 148, not otherwise provided, including reimburse19 ment for sums expended pursuant to the provisions of 23

20 U.S.C. 308, $26,125,000,000 or so much thereof as may

21 be available in and derived from the Highway Trust Fund,

22 to remain available until expended.
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1 MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS

2 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

3 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

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

6 31102, $105,000,000, to be derived from the Highway

7 Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: Pro8 vided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available

9 for the implementation or execution of programs the obli10 gations for which are in excess of $105,000,000 for

11 ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Grants’’.

12 NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY

13 ADMINISTRATION

14 OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

15 For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of

16 the Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety

17 under chapter 301 of title 49, U.S.C., and part C of sub18 title VI of title 49, U.S.C., $87,400,000 of which

19 $62,928,000 shall remain available until September 30,

20 2002: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated by

21 this Act may be obligated or expended to plan, finalize,

22 or implement any rulemaking to add to section 575.104

23 of title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations any require24 ment pertaining to a grading standard that is different

25 from the three grading standards (treadwear, traction,

26 and temperature resistance) 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 any other provision of law, for pay6 ment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions

7 of 23 U.S.C. 403, to remain available until expended,

8 $72,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund:

9 Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be avail10 able for the planning or execution of programs the total

11 obligations for which, in fiscal year 2000 are in excess of

12 $72,000,000 for programs authorized under 23 U.S.C.

13 403.

14 NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER

15 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

16 For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of

17 the 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

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

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

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

6 2000, are in excess of $206,800,000 for programs author7 ized under 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, 410, and 411, of which

8 $152,800,000 shall be for ‘‘Highway Safety Programs’’

9 under 23 U.S.C. 402, $10,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Occupant

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

11 $36,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Alcohol-Impaired Driving Coun12 termeasures Grants’’ under 23 U.S.C. 410, $8,000,000

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

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

15 funds shall be used for construction, rehabilitation, or re16 modeling costs, or for office furnishings and fixtures for

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

18 further, That not to exceed $7,500,000 of the funds made

19 available for section 402, not to exceed $500,000 of the

20 funds made available for section 405, not to exceed

21 $1,750,000 of the funds made available for section 410,

22 and not to exceed $223,000 of the funds made available

23 for section 411 shall be available to NHTSA for admin24 istering highway safety grants under Chapter 4 of title

25 23, U.S.C.: Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000
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1 of the funds made available for section 410 ‘‘Alcohol-Im2 paired Driving Countermeasures Grants’’ shall be avail3 able for technical assistance to the States.

4 FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION

5 SAFETY AND OPERATIONS

6 For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Ad7 ministration, not otherwise provided for, $94,448,000, of

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

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

10 transaction in which the Secretary assumed the first deed

11 of trust on the property and, where the Union Station Re12 development Corporation or any successor is obligated to

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

14 behalf, including payments on and after September 30,

15 1988, the Secretary is authorized to receive such payments

16 directly from the Union Station Redevelopment Corpora17 tion, credit them to the appropriation charged for the first

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

19 trust with those funds: Provided further, That such addi20 tional sums as may be necessary for payment on the first

21 deed of trust may be advanced by the Administrator from

22 unobligated balances available to the Federal Railroad Ad23 ministration, to be reimbursed from payments received

24 from the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation.
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1 RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

2 For necessary expenses for railroad research and de3 velopment, $21,300,000, to remain available until ex4 pended.

5 RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT

6 PROGRAM

7 The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to

8 issue to the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obli9 gations pursuant to section 512 of the Railroad Revitaliza10 tion and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–

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

12 may be necessary to pay any amounts required pursuant

13 to the guarantee of the principal amount of obligations

14 under sections 511 through 513 of such Act, such author15 ity to exist as long as any such guaranteed obligation is

16 outstanding: Provided, That pursuant to section 502 of

17 such Act, as amended, no new direct loans or loan guar18 antee commitments shall be made using Federal funds for

19 the credit risk premium during fiscal year 2000.

20 NEXT GENERATION HIGH-SPEED RAIL

21 For necessary expenses for the Next Generation

22 High-Speed Rail program as authorized under 49 United

23 States Code sections 26101 and 26102, $22,000,000, to

24 remain available until expended.
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1 RHODE ISLAND RAIL DEVELOPMENT

2 For the costs associated with construction of a third

3 track on the Northeast Corridor between Davisville and

4 Central Falls, Rhode Island, with sufficient clearance to

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

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

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

8 expended.

9 CAPITAL GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD

10 PASSENGER CORPORATION

11 For necessary expenses of capital improvements of

12 the National Railroad Passenger Corporation as author13 ized by 49 U.S.C. 24104(a), $570,976,000 to remain

14 available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary

15 shall not obligate more than $228,400,000 prior to Sep16 tember 30, 2000.

17 FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

18 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

19 For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal

20 Transit Administration’s programs authorized by chapter

21 53 of title 49, United States Code, $12,000,000: Provided,

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

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

24 the funds in this Act available for the execution of con25 tracts under section 5327(c) of title 49, United States
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1 Code, $800,000 shall be transferred to the Department

2 of Transportation Inspector General for costs associated

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

4 FORMULA GRANTS

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

6 5308, 5310, 5311, 5327, and section 3038 of Public Law

7 105–178, $619,600,000, to remain available until ex8 pended: Provided, That no more than $3,098,000,000 of

9 budget authority shall be available for these purposes.

10 UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH

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

12 $1,200,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,

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

14 be available for these purposes.

15 TRANSIT PLANNING AND RESEARCH

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

17 5304, 5305, 5311(b)(2), 5312, 5313(a), 5314, 5315, and

18 5322, $21,000,000, to remain available until expended:

19 Provided, That no more than $107,000,000 of budget au20 thority shall be available for these purposes: Provided fur21 ther, That $5,250,000 is available to provide rural trans22 portation assistance (49 U.S.C. 5311(b)(2)); $4,000,000

23 is available to carry out programs under the National

24 Transit Institute (49 U.S.C. 5315); $8,250,000 is avail25 able to carry out transit cooperative research programs
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1 (49 U.S.C. 5313(a)); $49,632,000 is available for metro2 politan planning (49 U.S.C. 5303, 5304, and 5305);

3 $10,368,000 is available for state planning (49 U.S.C.

4 5313(b)); and $29,500,000 is available for the national

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

6 TRUST FUND SHARE OF EXPENSES

7 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

8 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

9 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for pay10 ment of obligations incurred in carrying out 49 U.S.C.

11 5303–5308, 5310–5315, 5317(b), 5322, 5327, 5334,

12 5505, and sections 3037 and 3038 of Public Law 105–

13 178, $4,638,000,000, to remain available until expended,

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

15 Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That $2,478,400,000

16 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Administration’s for17 mula grants account: Provided further, That $86,000,000

18 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Administration’s tran19 sit planning and research account: Provided further, That

20 $48,000,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Adminis21 tration’s administrative expenses account: Provided fur22 ther, That $4,800,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit

23 Administration’s university transportation research ac24 count: Provided further, That $60,000,000 shall be paid

25 to the Federal Transit Administration’s job access and re26 verse commute grants program: Provided further, That
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1 $1,960,800,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Ad2 ministration’s Capital Investment Grants account.

3 CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

6 5309, 5318, and 5327, $490,200,000, to remain available

7 until expended: Provided, That no more than

8 $2,451,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for

9 these purposes: Provided further, That there shall be avail10 able for fixed guideway modernization, $980,400,000;

11 there shall be available for the replacement, rehabilitation,

12 and purchase of buses and related equipment and the con13 struction of bus-related facilities, $490,200,000; and there

14 shall be available for new fixed guideway systems,

15 $980,400,000, to be available as follows:

16 $10,400,000 for Alaska or Hawaii ferry

17 projects;

18 $45,142,000 for the Atlanta, Georgia, North

19 line extension project;

20 $5,000,000 for the Baltimore central LRT dou21 ble track project;

22 $4,000,000 for the Canton-Akron-Cleveland

23 commuter rail project;

24 $3,000,000 for the Charlotte, North Carolina,

25 north-south corridor transitway project;
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1 $25,000,000 for the Chicago METRA com2 muter rail project;

3 $2,000,000 for the Chicago Transit Authority

4 Douglas branch line project;

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

6 Ravenswood branch line project;

7 $2,000,000 for the Cincinnati northeast/north8 ern Kentucky corridor project;

9 $2,000,000 for the Clark County, Nevada, fixed

10 guideway project;

11 $1,000,000 for the Cleveland Euclid corridor

12 improvement project;

13 $1,000,000 for the Colorado Roaring Fork Val14 ley project;

15 $35,000,000 for the Dallas north central light

16 rail extension project;

17 $1,000,000 for the Dayton, Ohio, light rail

18 study;

19 $35,000,000 for the Denver Southwest corridor

20 project;

21 $25,000,000 for the Dulles corridor project;

22 $12,000,000 for the Fort Lauderdale, Florida

23 Tri-County commuter rail project;

24 $4,000,000 for the Houston advanced transit

25 program;
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1 $52,770,000 for the Houston regional bus

2 project;

3 $1,000,000 for the Johnson County, Kansas, I–

4 35 commuter rail project;

5 $1,000,000 for the Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee

6 rail extension project;

7 $4,000,000 for the Long Island Railroad East

8 Side access project;

9 $5,000,000 for the Los Angeles Mid-City and

10 East side corridors projects;

11 $50,000,000 for the Los Angeles North Holly12 wood extension project;

13 $1,000,000 for the Los Angeles-San Diego

14 LOSSAN corridor project;

15 $703,000 for the MARC commuter rail project;

16 $1,000,000 for the Massachusetts North Shore

17 corridor project;

18 $5,000,000 for the Memphis, Tennessee, Med19 ical Center rail extension project;

20 $3,000,000 for the Miami-Dade Transit east21 west multimodal corridor project;

22 $3,000,000 for the Miami-Dade Transit North

23 27th corridor project;

24 $1,000,000 for the Nashville, Tennessee, com25 muter rail project;
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1 $99,000,000 for the New Jersey Hudson Ber2 gen project;

3 $2,000,000 for the New Orleans Canal Street

4 corridor project;

5 $6,000,000 for the Newark rail link MOS–1

6 project;

7 $1,000,000 for the Norfolk-Virginia Beach cor8 ridor project;

9 $4,000,000 for the Northern Indiana south

10 shore commuter rail project;

11 $2,000,000 for the Oceanside-Escondido, Cali12 fornia light rail system;

13 $5,000,000 for Olympic transportation infra14 structure investments: Provided, That these funds

15 shall be allocated by the Secretary based on the ap16 proved transportation management plan for the Salt

17 Lake City 2002 Winter Olympic Games: Provided

18 further, That none of these funds shall be made

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

20 project, any segment thereof, or a downtown con21 nector in Salt Lake City, Utah;

22 $1,000,000 for the Orange County, California,

23 transitway project;

24 $20,000,000 for the Orlando Lynx light rail

25 project (phase 1);
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1 $1,000,000 for the Philadelphia-Reading

2 SETPA Schuylkill Valley metro project;

3 $7,000,000 for the Phoenix metropolitan area

4 transit project;

5 $3,000,000 for the Pinellas County, Florida,

6 mobility initiative project;

7 $11,062,000 for the Portland Westside light

8 rail transit project;

9 $2,000,000 for the Puget Sound RTA Link

10 light rail project;

11 $12,000,000 for the Puget Sound RTA Sound12 er commuter rail project;

13 $12,000,000 for the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel

14 Hill Triangle transit project;

15 $25,000,000 for the Sacramento south corridor

16 LRT project;

17 $1,000,000 for the San Bernardino, California

18 Metrolink project;

19 $7,000,000 for the San Diego Mid Coast cor20 ridor project;

21 $23,000,000 for the San Diego Mission Valley

22 East light rail transit project;

23 $84,000,000 for the San Francisco BART ex24 tension to the airport project;
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1 $20,000,000 for the San Jose Tasman West

2 light rail project;

3 $82,000,000 for the San Juan Tren Urbano

4 project;

5 $53,962,000 for the South Boston piers

6 transitway;

7 $1,000,000 for the South DeKalb-Lindbergh,

8 Georgia, corridor project;

9 $3,000,000 for the Spokane, Washington,

10 South Valley corridor light rail project;

11 $3,000,000 for the St. Louis, Missouri,

12 MetroLink cross county corridor project;

13 $50,000,000 for the St. Louis-St. Clair County

14 MetroLink light rail (phase II) extension project;

15 $1,000,000 for the Tampa Bay regional rail

16 project;

17 $5,433,000 for the Twin Cities Transitways

18 projects;

19 $46,000,000 for the Twin Cities Transitways—

20 Hiawatha corridor project;

21 $37,928,000 for the Utah north/south light rail

22 project;

23 $2,000,000 for the Virginia Railway Express

24 Woodbridge station improvements project;
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1 $1,000,000 for the West Trenton, New Jersey,

2 rail project; and

3 $3,000,000 for the Whitehall terminal recon4 struction project.

5 DISCRETIONARY GRANTS

6 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

7 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

8 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for pay9 ment of previous obligations incurred in carrying out 49

10 U.S.C. 5338(b), $1,500,000,000, to remain available until

11 expended and to be derived from the Mass Transit Ac12 count of the Highway Trust Fund.

13 JOB ACCESS AND REVERSE COMMUTE GRANTS

14 For necessary expenses to carry out section 3037 of

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

16 available until expended: Provided, That no more than

17 $75,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for

18 these purposes.

19 SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT

20 CORPORATION

21 SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT

22 CORPORATION

23 The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora24 tion is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, with25 in the limits of funds and borrowing authority available

26 to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make
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1 such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal

2 year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern3 ment Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be

4 necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the

5 Corporation’s budget for the current fiscal year.

6 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

7 (HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)

8 For necessary expenses for operations and mainte9 nance of those portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway op10 erated and maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway De11 velopment Corporation, $12,042,000, to be derived from

12 the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public

13 Law 99–662.

14 RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS

15 ADMINISTRATION

16 RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS

17 For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of

18 the Research and Special Programs Administration,

19 $32,361,000, of which $645,000 shall be derived from the

20 Pipeline Safety Fund, and of which $3,704,000 shall re21 main available until September 30, 2002: Provided, That

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

23 5108(g) shall be deposited in the general fund of the

24 Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided further, That

25 there may be credited to this appropriation, to be available
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1 until expended, funds received from States, counties, mu2 nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources

3 for expenses incurred for training, for reports publication

4 and dissemination, and for travel expenses incurred in per5 formance of hazardous materials exemptions and approv6 als functions.

7 PIPELINE SAFETY

8 (PIPELINE SAFETY FUND)

9 (OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND)

10 For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of

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

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

13 60107, and to discharge the pipeline program responsibil14 ities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $36,092,000, of

15 which $5,494,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li16 ability Trust Fund and shall remain available until Sep17 tember 30, 2002; and of which $30,598,000 shall be de18 rived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which

19 $17,074,000 shall remain available until September 30,

20 2002: Provided, That in addition to amounts made avail21 able from the Pipeline Safety Fund, $1,300,000 shall be

22 available for grants to States for the development and es23 tablishment of one-call notification systems, emergency

24 notification, damage prevention, and public education ac25 tivities, and shall be derived from amounts previously col26 lected under 49 U.S.C. 60301.
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1 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS

2 (EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND)

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

4 5127(c), $200,000, to be derived from the Emergency

5 Preparedness Fund, to remain available until September

6 30, 2002: Provided, That not more than $14,300,000 shall

7 be made available for obligation in fiscal year 2000 from

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

9 5127(d): Provided further, That none of the funds made

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

11 available for obligation by individuals other than the Sec12 retary of Transportation, or his designee.

13 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

16 General to carry out the provisions of the Inspector Gen17 eral Act of 1978, as amended, $44,840,000.

18 SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses of the Surface Transpor21 tation Board, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C.

22 3109, $17,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any

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

24 established by the Chairman of the Surface Transpor25 tation Board shall be credited to this appropriation as off-
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1 setting collections and used for necessary and authorized

2 expenses under this heading: Provided further, That the

3 sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be

4 reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting col5 lections are received during fiscal year 2000, to result in

6 a final appropriation from the general fund estimated at

7 no more than $15,400,000.

8 TITLE II

9 RELATED AGENCIES

10 ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION

11 BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For expenses necessary for the Architectural and

14 Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, as authorized

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

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

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

18 appropriation funds received for publications and training

19 expenses.

20 NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of the National Transpor23 tation Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor ve24 hicles and aircraft; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.

25 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per
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1 diem rate equivalent to the rate for a GS–15; uniforms,

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

3 5901–5902) $57,000,000, of which not to exceed $2,000

4 may be used for official reception and representation ex5 penses.

6 TITLE III

7 GENERAL PROVISIONS

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

9 SEC. 301. During the current fiscal year applicable

10 appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall

11 be available for maintenance and operation of aircraft;

12 hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of

13 liability insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign

14 countries on official department business; and uniforms,

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

16 5901–5902).

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

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

19 be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act or

20 previous appropriations Acts.

21 SEC. 303. Funds appropriated under this Act for ex22 penditures by the Federal Aviation Administration shall

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

24 VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of

25 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), for expenses of primary
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1 and secondary schooling for dependents of Federal Avia2 tion Administration personnel stationed outside the conti3 nental United States at costs for any given area not in

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

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

6 schools, if any, available in the locality are unable to pro7 vide adequately for the education of such dependents; and

8 (2) for transportation of said dependents between schools

9 serving the area that they attend and their places of resi10 dence when the Secretary, under such regulations as may

11 be prescribed, determines that such schools are not acces12 sible by public means of transportation on a regular basis.

13 SEC. 304. Appropriations contained in this Act for

14 the Department of Transportation shall be available for

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

16 individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to

17 the rate for an Executive Level IV.

18 SEC. 305. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail19 able for salaries and expenses of more than 100 political

20 and Presidential appointees in the Department of Trans21 portation: Provided, That none of the personnel covered

22 by this provision may be assigned on temporary detail out23 side the Department of Transportation.

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

25 for the planning or execution of any program to pay the
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1 expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties

2 intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings

3 funded in this Act.

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

5 shall remain available for obligation beyond the current

6 fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria7 tions, unless expressly so provided herein.

8 SEC. 308. The Secretary of Transportation may enter

9 into grants, cooperative agreements, and other trans10 actions with any person, agency, or instrumentality of the

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

12 educational institution, and any other entity in execution

13 of the Technology Reinvestment Project authorized under

14 the Defense Conversion, Reinvestment and Transition As15 sistance Act of 1992 and related legislation: Provided,

16 That the authority provided in this section may be exer17 cised without regard to section 3324 of title 31, United

18 States Code.

19 SEC. 309. The expenditure of any appropriation

20 under this Act for any consulting service through procure21 ment contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United

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

23 expenditures are a matter of public record and available

24 for public inspection, except where otherwise provided
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1 under existing law, or under existing Executive order

2 issued pursuant to existing law.

3 SEC. 310. The limitations on obligations for the pro4 grams of the Federal Transit Administration shall not

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

6 made available for obligation, or to any other authority

7 previously made available for obligation.

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

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

10 SEC. 312. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail11 able to plan, finalize, or implement regulations that would

12 establish a vessel traffic safety fairway less than five miles

13 wide between the Santa Barbara Traffic Separation

14 Scheme and the San Francisco Traffic Separation

15 Scheme.

16 SEC. 313. Notwithstanding any other provision of

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

18 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) instrument land19 ing systems (along with associated approach lighting

20 equipment and runway visual range equipment) which

21 conform to FAA design and performance specifications,

22 the purchase of which was assisted by a Federal airport23 aid program, airport development aid program or airport

24 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) None of the funds made available in

13 this Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity

14 agrees that in expending the funds the entity will comply

15 with the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c).

16 (b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT RE17 GARDING NOTICE.—

18 (1) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT

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

20 product that may be authorized to be purchased

21 with financial assistance provided using funds made

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

23 that entities receiving the assistance should, in ex24 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 per centum by

16 all such transfers: Provided further, That any such trans17 fer shall be submitted for approval to the House and Sen18 ate 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 assistance to

17 certain smaller urbanized areas.—Notwithstanding 49

18 U.S.C. 5307(e), a grant of the Government for operating

19 expenses of a project under 49 U.S.C. 5307(b) in fiscal

20 years 1999 and 2000 to any recipient that is providing

21 transit services in an urbanized area with a population be22 tween 128,000 and 128,200, as determined in the 1990

23 census, and that had adopted a five-year transit plan be24 fore September 1, 1998, may not be more than 80 percent

25 of the net project cost.’’.
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1 SEC. 337. Section 130 of Title 23, United States

2 Code, is amended in subsection (f) by striking ‘‘90 per3 cent’’ where it appears in the last sentence and inserting

4 ‘‘100 percent’’.

5 SEC. 338. Section 3030(b) of the Transportation Eq6 uity Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 373–375) is

7 amended by adding at the end the following:

8 ‘‘(71) Dane County Corridor—East-West Madison

9 Metropolitan Area.’’.

10 SEC. 339. Funds provided in Public Law 104–205

11 for the Griffin light rail project shall be available for alter12 native analysis and environmental impact studies for other

13 transit alternatives in the Griffin corridor from Hartford

14 to Bradley International Airport.

15 SEC. 340. Section 3030(c)(1)(A)(v) of the Transpor16 tation Equity Act for the 21st Century (Public Law 105–

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

18 SEC. 341. Notwithstanding any other provision of

19 law, the federal share of projects funded under section

20 3038(g)(1)(B) of Public Law 105–178 shall not exceed

21 90 percent of the project cost.

22 SEC. 342. The Secretary of Transportation is hereby

23 authorized to make such expenditures and investments,

24 within the limits of funds available pursuant to 49 U.S.C.

25 44307, and in accordance with section 104 of the Govern-
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1 ment Corporation Control Act, as amended (31 U.S.C.

2 9104), as may be necessary in carrying out the program

3 for aviation insurance activities under chapter 443 of title

4 49, United States Code.

5 SEC. 343. Notwithstanding current policies or guide6 lines of the Department of Transportation, the Adminis7 trator of the Federal Aviation Administration is hereby

8 authorized to issue grant awards utilizing funds limited

9 in this bill under ‘‘Grants-in-aid for airports’’ fifteen days

10 after transmittal of recommended grant awards to the Of11 fice of the Secretary of Transportation for Congressional

12 notification purposes.

13 SEC. 344. 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. 345. 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. 346. Notwithstanding the Federal Airport Act

2 (as in effect on April 3, 1956) or sections 47125 and

3 47153 of title 49, United States Code, and subject to sub4 section (b), the Secretary of Transportation may waive

5 any term contained in the deed of conveyance dated April

6 3, 1956, by which the United States conveyed lands to

7 the city of Safford, Arizona, for use by the city for airport

8 purposes: Provided, That no waiver may be made under

9 subsection (a) if the waiver would result in the closure of

10 an airport.

11 SEC. 347. None of the funds in this Act may be ex12 pended to review or issue a waiver for a vessel deemed

13 to be equipped with a double buttom or double sides.

14 This act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans15 portation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,

16 2000’’.
Union Calendar No. 100

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2084

[Report No. 106–180]

A BILL

Making appropriations for the Department of

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

JUNE 9, 1999

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the

State of the Union and ordered to be printed