Union Calendar No. 82

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2490

[Report No. 103–149]

A BILL

Making appropriations for the Department of

purposes.year ending September 30, 1994, and for otherTransportation and related agencies for the fiscal

JUNE 22, 1993

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the

State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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Union Calendar No. 82

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2490

[Report No. 103–149]

Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related

agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1994, and for other

purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 22, 1993

Mr. CARR, 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, 1994, 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, 1994, and for other

2 purposes, namely:

3 TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

4 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

5 IMMEDIATE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

6 For necessary expenses of the Immediate Office of

7 the Secretary, $1,173,000.

8 IMMEDIATE OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY SECRETARY

9 For necessary expenses of the Immediate Office of

10 the Deputy Secretary, $481,000.

11 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General

13 Counsel, $7,867,000.

14 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

15 TRANSPORTATION POLICY

16 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant

17 Secretary for Transportation Policy, $2,410,000.

18 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR AVIATION

19 AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

20 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant

21 Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs,

22 $8,082,000.
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1 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR BUDGET

2 AND PROGRAMS

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant

4 Secretary for Budget and Programs, $2,826,000, includ5 ing not to exceed $40,000 for allocation within the Depart6 ment for official reception and representation expenses as

7 the Secretary may determine.

8 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

9 GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS

10 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant

11 Secretary for Governmental Affairs, $2,225,000.

12 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

13 ADMINISTRATION

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant

15 Secretary for Administration, $33,623,000, of which

16 $6,417,000 shall remain available until expended.

17 OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of Public Af19 fairs, $1,353,440.

20 EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT

21 For necessary expenses of the Executive Secretariat,

22 $850,000.

23 CONTRACT APPEALS BOARD

24 For necessary expenses of the Contract Appeals

25 Board, $602,000.
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1 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights,

3 $11,492,000.

4 OFFICE OF SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS

5 UTILIZATION

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of Small and

7 Disadvantaged Business Utilization, $934,000: Provided,

8 That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds

9 available for the purposes of the Minority Business Re10 source Center in this or any other Act may be used for

11 business opportunities related to any mode of transpor12 tation.

13 TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND

14 DEVELOPMENT

15 For necessary expenses for conducting transportation

16 planning, research, and development activities, including

17 the collection of national transportation statistics, to re18 main available until expended, $6,815,000.

19 OFFICE OF COMMERCIAL SPACE TRANSPORTATION

20 OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

21 For necessary expenses for operations and research

22 activities related to commercial space transportation,

23 $4,400,000, of which $1,500,000 shall remain available

24 until expended.
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1 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

2 Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital

3 outlays of the Department of Transportation Working

4 Capital Fund not to exceed $92,220,000 shall be paid, in

5 accordance with law, from appropriations made available

6 by this Act and prior appropriations Acts to the Depart7 ment of Transportation, together with advances and reim8 bursements received by the Department of Transpor9 tation.

10 PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS

11 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

12 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

13 For liquidation of obligations incurred for payments

14 to air carriers of so much of the compensation fixed and

15 determined under section 419 of the Federal Aviation Act

16 of 1958, as amended (49 U.S.C. 1389), as is payable by

17 the Department of Transportation, $15,540,000, to re18 main available until expended and to be derived from the

19 Airport and Airway Trust Fund: Provided, That none of

20 the funds in this Act shall be available for the implementa21 tion or execution of programs for the Payments to Air

22 Carriers program in fiscal year 1994.

23 RENTAL PAYMENTS

24 For necessary expenses for rental of headquarters

25 and field space and related services assessed by the Gen26 eral Services Administration, $149,605,000: Provided,
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1 That of this amount, $3,262,000 shall be derived from the

2 Highway Trust Fund, $37,114,000 shall be derived from

3 the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, $576,000 shall be

4 derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, and $175,000

5 shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust

6 Fund: Provided further, That in addition, for assessments

7 by the General Services Administration related to the

8 space needs of the Federal Highway Administration,

9 $17,524,000, to be derived from ‘‘Federal-aid Highways’’,

10 subject to the ‘‘Limitation on General Operating Ex11 penses’’.

12 MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM

13 For the cost of direct loans, $180,000, as authorized

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

15 the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in

16 section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Pro17 vided further, That these funds are available to subsidize

18 gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans

19 not to exceed $4,500,000. In addition, for administrative

20 expenses to carry out the direct loan program, $220,000.

21 COAST GUARD

22 OPERATING EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses for the operation and mainte24 nance of the Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for; pur25 chase of not to exceed four passenger motor vehicles for
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1 replacement only; payments pursuant to section 156 of

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

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

4 429(b)); and recreation and welfare; $2,535,695,000, of

5 which $25,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li6 ability Trust Fund; and of which $32,250,000 shall be ex7 pended from the Boat Safety Account: Provided, That the

8 number of aircraft on hand at any one time shall not ex9 ceed two hundred and twenty-three, exclusive of aircraft

10 and parts stored to meet future attrition: Provided further,

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

12 Act shall be available for pay or administrative expenses

13 in connection with shipping commissioners in the United

14 States: Provided further, That none of the funds provided

15 in this Act shall be available for expenses incurred for

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

17 the extent fees are collected from yacht owners and cred18 ited to this appropriation: Provided further, That of the

19 funds provided under this head, not less than $8,000,000

20 in vessel maintenance and overhaul work currently sched21 uled to be conducted at the Coast Guard Yard is to be

22 awarded based upon a competitive solicitation of both pub23 lic and private shipyards.
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1 ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

2 For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction,

3 rebuilding, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore

4 facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related

5 thereto, $295,400,000, of which $20,000,000 shall be de6 rived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which

7 $79,200,000 shall be available to acquire, repair, renovate

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

9 remain available until September 30, 1998; $16,900,000

10 shall be available to acquire new aircraft and increase

11 aviation capability, to remain available until September

12 30, 1996; $41,100,000 shall be available for other equip13 ment, to remain available until September 30, 1996;

14 $119,200,000 shall be available for shore facilities and

15 aids to navigation facilities, to remain available until Sep16 tember 30, 1996; and $39,000,000 shall be available for

17 personnel compensation and benefits and related costs, to

18 remain available until September 30, 1994.

19 (RESCISSION)

20 Of the funds provided under this heading in Public

21 Law 102–388, $20,000,000 are rescinded.

22 ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION

23 For necessary expenses to carry out the Coast

24 Guard’s environmental compliance and restoration func25 tions under chapter 19 of title 14, United States Code,

26 $22,100,000, 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, $5,940,000, 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), $548,774,000.

13 RESERVE TRAINING

14 For all necessary expenses for the Coast Guard Re15 serve, as authorized by law; maintenance and operation

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

17 $64,000,000.

18 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION

19 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

20 for applied scientific research, development, test, and eval21 uation; maintenance, rehabilitation, lease and operation of

22 facilities and equipment, as authorized by law,

23 $22,500,000, to remain available until expended, of which

24 $4,457,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability

25 Trust Fund: Provided, That there may be credited to this
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1 appropriation funds received from State and local govern2 ments, other public authorities, private sources, and for3 eign countries, for expenses incurred for research, develop4 ment, testing, and evaluation.

5 BOAT SAFETY

6 (AQUATIC RESOURCES TRUST FUND)

7 For payment of necessary expenses incurred for rec8 reational boating safety assistance under Public Law 92–

9 75, as amended, $32,250,000, to be derived from the Boat

10 Safety Account and to remain available until expended.

11 FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

12 OPERATIONS

13 For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Ad14 ministration, not otherwise provided for, including admin15 istrative expenses for research and development, establish16 ment of air navigation facilities and the operation (includ17 ing leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, and carrying out

18 the provisions of the Airport and Airway Development Act,

19 as amended, or other provisions of law authorizing the ob20 ligation of funds for similar programs of airport and air21 way development or improvement, lease or purchase of

22 four passenger motor vehicles for replacement only,

23 $4,568,219,000, of which $2,294,500,000 shall be derived

24 from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund: Provided, That

25 there may be credited to this appropriation funds received
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1 from States, counties, municipalities, foreign authorities,

2 other public authorities, and private sources, for expenses

3 incurred in the maintenance and operation of air naviga4 tion facilities and for issuance, renewal or modification of

5 certificates, including airman, aircraft, and repair station

6 certificates, or for tests related thereto, or for processing

7 major repair or alteration forms: Provided further, That,

8 of the funds available under this head, $2,000,000 shall

9 be made available for the Mid-American Aviation Resource

10 Consortium in Minnesota to operate an air traffic control11 ler training program: Provided further, That funds may

12 be used to enter into a grant agreement with a nonprofit

13 standard setting organization to assist in the development

14 of aviation safety standards: Provided further, That no

15 funds under this head may be used for the implementa16 tion, execution or enforcement of section 91.21 of title 14

17 of the Code of Federal Regulations pertaining to the use

18 of portable electronic devices on aircraft: Provided further,

19 That none of these funds shall be available for new appli20 cants for the second career training program.

21 FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

22 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

23 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

24 for acquisition, establishment, and improvement by con25 tract or purchase, and hire of air navigation and experi-
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1 mental facilities and equipment as authorized by the Fed2 eral Aviation Act of 1958, as amended (49 U.S.C. App.

3 1301 et seq.), including initial acquisition of necessary

4 sites by lease or grant; engineering and service testing in5 cluding construction of test facilities and acquisition of

6 necessary sites by lease or grant; and construction and

7 furnishing of quarters and related accommodations of offi8 cers and employees of the Federal Aviation Administration

9 stationed at remote localities where such accommodations

10 are not available; and the purchase, lease or transfer of

11 aircraft from funds available under this head; to be de12 rived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund,

13 $2,140,000,000, of which $1,943,500,000 shall remain

14 available until September 30, 1996, and of which

15 $196,500,000 shall remain available until September 30,

16 1995: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro17 priation funds received from States, counties, municipali18 ties, other public authorities, and private sources, for ex19 penses incurred in the establishment and modernization

20 of air navigation facilities.

21 RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT

22 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

23 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

24 for research, engineering, and development, in accordance

25 with the provisions of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958,
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1 as amended (49 U.S.C. App. 1301 et seq.), including con2 struction of experimental facilities and acquisition of nec3 essary sites by lease or grant, $240,000,000, to be derived

4 from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to remain

5 available until expended: Provided, That there may be

6 credited to this appropriation funds received from States,

7 counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and pri8 vate sources, for expenses incurred for research, engineer9 ing, and development.

10 GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS

11 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

12 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

13 For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in14 aid for airport planning and development, and for noise

15 compatibility planning and programs under the Airport

16 and Airway Improvement Act of 1982, as amended, and

17 under other law authorizing such obligations,

18 $2,200,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Air19 way Trust Fund and to remain available until expended:

20 Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be avail21 able for the planning or execution of programs the com22 mitments for which are in excess of $1,500,000,000 in fis23 cal year 1994 for grants-in-aid for airport planning and

24 development, and noise compatibility planning and pro25 grams, notwithstanding section 506(e)(4) of the Airport
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1 and Airway Improvement Act of 1982, as amended: Pro2 vided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be

3 available for planning, approving, or administering new

4 airport letters of intent signed after the date of enactment

5 of this Act.

6 AVIATION INSURANCE REVOLVING FUND

7 The Secretary of Transportation is hereby authorized

8 to make such expenditures and investments, within the

9 limits of funds available pursuant to section 1306 of the

10 Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended (49 U.S.C.

11 App. 1536), and in accordance with section 104 of the

12 Government Corporation Control Act, as amended (31

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

14 program for aviation insurance activities under title XIII

15 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958.

16 AIRCRAFT PURCHASE LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM

17 The Secretary of Transportation may hereafter issue

18 notes or other obligations to the Secretary of the Treas19 ury, in such forms and denominations, bearing such matu20 rities, and subject to such terms and conditions as the Sec21 retary of the Treasury may prescribe. Such obligations

22 may be issued to pay any necessary expenses required pur23 suant to any guarantee issued under the Act of

24 September 7, 1957, Public Law 85–307, as amended (49

25 U.S.C. 1324 note). None of the funds in this Act shall
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1 be available for activities under this head the obligations

2 for which are in excess of $9,970,000 during fiscal year

3 1994. Such obligations shall be redeemed by the Secretary

4 from appropriations authorized by this section. The Sec5 retary of the Treasury shall purchase any such obligations,

6 and for such purpose he may use as a public debt trans7 action the proceeds from the sale of any securities issued

8 under the Second Liberty Bond Act, as now or hereafter

9 in force. The purposes for which securities may be issued

10 under such Act are extended to include any purchase of

11 notes or other obligations issued under the subsection. The

12 Secretary of the Treasury may sell any such obligations

13 at such times and price and upon such terms and condi14 tions as he shall determine in his discretion. All purchases,

15 redemptions, and sales of such obligations by such Sec16 retary shall be treated as public debt transactions of the

17 United States.

18 FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

19 LIMITATION ON GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES

20 Necessary expenses for administration, operation, in21 cluding motor carrier safety program operations, and re22 search of the Federal Highway Administration not to ex23 ceed $462,961,000 shall be paid in accordance with law

24 from appropriations made available by this Act to the Fed25 eral Highway Administration together with advances and
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1 reimbursements received by the Federal Highway Admin2 istration: Provided, That not to exceed $166,460,000 of

3 the amount provided herein shall remain available until

4 expended: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any

5 other provision of law, there may be credited to this ac6 count funds received from States, counties, municipalities,

7 other public authorities, and private sources, for training

8 expenses incurred for non-Federal employees.

9 HIGHWAY-RELATED SAFETY GRANTS

10 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

11 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out

14 the provisions of title 23, United States Code, section 402

15 administered by the Federal Highway Administration, to

16 remain available until expended, $10,000,000 to be de17 rived from the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That not

18 to exceed $100,000 of the amount appropriated herein

19 shall be available for ‘‘Limitation on general operating ex20 penses’’: Provided further, That none of the funds in this

21 Act shall be available for the planning or execution of pro22 grams the obligations for which are in excess of

23 $10,000,000 in fiscal year 1994 for ‘‘Highway-Related

24 Safety Grants’’.
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1 RAILROAD-HIGHWAY CROSSINGS PROJECTS

2 For necessary expenses of certain railroad-highway

3 crossings projects as authorized by section 163 of the Fed4 eral-Aid Highway Act of 1973, as amended, to remain

5 available until expended, $12,828,000.

6 FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

7 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

8 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

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

10 the implementation or execution of programs the obliga11 tions for which are in excess of $17,198,000,000 for Fed12 eral-aid highways and highway safety construction pro13 grams for fiscal year 1994.

14 (RESCISSION)

15 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

16 Of the amounts made available for Federal-aid high17 ways pursuant to provisions of the Surface Transportation

18 Assistance Act of 1982, $1,596,386 are rescinded.

19 (RESCISSION)

20 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

21 Of the amounts made available for Federal-aid high22 ways pursuant to provisions of the Surface Transportation

23 and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987,

24 $49,626,000 are rescinded.
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1 (RESCISSION)

2 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

3 Of the funds made available for the functional re4 placement of publicly-owned facilities located within the

5 proposed right-of-way of Interstate Route 170 in Public

6 Law 96–131, $200,000 are rescinded.

7 (RESCISSION)

8 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

9 Of the funds made available under this heading in

10 Public Law 100–71, $364,180 are rescinded.

11 (RESCISSION)

12 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

13 Of the authority made available for the intersection

14 safety demonstration project in Public Law 100–457,

15 $3,059,960 are rescinded.

16 (RESCISSION)

17 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

18 Of the authority made available for bridges on Fed19 eral dams pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 320, $9,478,139 are re20 scinded.

21 FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

22 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

23 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

24 For carrying out the provisions of title 23, United

25 States Code, that are attributable to Federal-aid high26 ways, including the National Scenic and Recreational
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1 Highway as authorized by 23 U.S.C. 148, not otherwise

2 provided, including reimbursements for sums expended

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

4 $18,000,000,000 or so much thereof as may be available

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

6 available until expended.

7 RIGHT-OF-WAY REVOLVING FUND

8 (LIMITATION ON DIRECT LOANS)

9 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

10 During fiscal year 1994 and with the resources and

11 authority available, gross obligations for the principal

12 amount of direct loans shall not exceed $42,500,000.

13 MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS

14 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

15 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

16 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out

17 the provisions of section 402 of Public Law 97–424,

18 $68,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund

19 and to remain available until expended: Provided, That

20 none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the

21 implementation or execution of programs the obligations

22 for which are in excess of $65,000,000 for ‘‘Motor Carrier

23 Safety Grants’’.

24 BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON PARKWAY

25 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, to

26 carry out the provisions of the Federal-Aid Highway Act
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1 of 1970 and section 1069 of Public Law 102–240 for the

2 Baltimore-Washington Parkway, to remain available until

3 expended, $16,000,000.

4 SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS

5 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

6 For up to 80 percent of the expenses necessary for

7 certain highway and surface transportation projects and

8 parking facilities, including feasibility and environmental

9 studies, that advance methods of improving safety, reduc10 ing congestion, or otherwise improving surface transpor11 tation, $305,163,000, to be derived from the Highway

12 Trust Fund and to remain available until September 30,

13 1997.

14 HIGHWAY PROJECT STUDIES

15 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

16 For up to 80 percent of the expenses necessary for

17 feasibility and environmental studies for certain highway

18 and surface transportation projects and parking facilities

19 that advance methods of improving safety, reducing con20 gestion, or otherwise improving surface transportation,

21 $1,500,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund

22 and to remain available until September 30, 1996.
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1 NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY

2 ADMINISTRATION

3 OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

4 For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of

5 the Secretary with respect to traffic and highway safety

6 under the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings

7 Act (Public Law 92–513, as amended) and the National

8 Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act, $74,221,000, to re9 main available until September 30, 1996.

10 OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

11 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

12 For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of

13 the Secretary with respect to traffic and highway safety

14 under 23 U.S.C. 403 and section 2006 of the Intermodal

15 Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, to be de16 rived from the Highway Trust Fund, $46,780,000, to re17 main available until September 30, 1996.

18 HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS

19 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

20 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

21 For payment of obligations incurred carrying out the

22 provisions of 23 U.S.C. 153, 402, 406, 408, and 410, sec23 tion 2007 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi24 ciency Act of 1991, and section 209 of Public Law 95–

25 599, as amended, to remain available until expended,

26 $138,550,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust
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1 Fund: Provided, That, notwithstanding subsection

2 2009(b) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi3 ciency Act of 1991, none of the funds in this Act shall

4 be available for the planning or execution of programs the

5 total obligations for which, in fiscal year 1994, are in ex6 cess of $163,500,000 for programs authorized under 23

7 U.S.C. 402 and 410, as amended, of which $123,000,000

8 shall be for ‘‘State and community highway safety

9 grants’’, $12,000,000 shall be for section 153 ‘‘Safety belt

10 and motorcycle helmet use’’ grants, $3,500,000 shall be

11 for the ‘‘National Driver Register’’, and $25,000,000 shall

12 be for section 410 ‘‘Alcohol-impaired driving counter13 measures programs’’: Provided further, That none of these

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

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

17 further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be avail18 able for the planning or execution of programs the total

19 obligations for which are in excess of $10,500,000 for ‘‘Al20 cohol safety incentive grants’’ authorized under 23 U.S.C.

21 408: Provided further, That not to exceed $5,153,000 of

22 the funds made available for section 402 may be available

23 for administering ‘‘State and community highway safety

24 grants’’: Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000

25 of the funds made available for section 410 may be avail-
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1 able for technical assistance to the States: Provided fur2 ther, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law,

3 none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the

4 planning or execution of programs authorized under sec5 tion 209 of Public Law 95–599, as amended, the total

6 obligations for which are in excess of $4,750,000 in fiscal

7 years 1982 through 1994.

8 (RESCISSION)

9 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

10 Of the funds available for obligation for ‘‘Alcohol

11 safety incentive grants’’ under section 23 U.S.C. 408,

12 $6,493,000 are rescinded.

13 FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION

14 OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR

15 For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Ad16 ministration, not otherwise provided for, $14,865,000, of

17 which $2,485,000 shall remain available until expended:

18 Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be avail19 able for the planning or execution of a program making

20 commitments to guarantee new loans under the Emer21 gency Rail Services Act of 1970, as amended, and that

22 no new commitments to guarantee loans under section

23 211(a) or 211(h) of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act

24 of 1973, as amended, shall be made: Provided further,

25 That, as part of the Washington Union Station trans26 action in which the Secretary assumed the first deed of
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1 trust on the property and, where the Union Station Rede2 velopment Corporation or any successor is obligated to

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

4 behalf, including payments on and after September 30,

5 1988, the Secretary is authorized to receive such payments

6 directly from the Union Station Redevelopment Corpora7 tion, credit them to the appropriation charged for the first

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

9 trust with those funds: Provided further, That such addi10 tional sums as may be necessary for payment on the first

11 deed of trust may be advanced by the Administrator from

12 unobligated balances available to the Federal Railroad Ad13 ministration, to be reimbursed from payments received

14 from the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation.

15 LOCAL RAIL FREIGHT ASSISTANCE

16 For necessary expenses for rail assistance under sec17 tion 5(q) of the Department of Transportation Act, as

18 amended, $10,000,000, to remain available until ex19 pended.

20 RAILROAD SAFETY

21 For necessary expenses in connection with railroad

22 safety, not otherwise provided for, $43,927,000, of which

23 $1,357,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro24 vided, That there may be credited to this appropriation

25 funds received from non-Federal sources for expenses in-
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1 curred in training safety employees of private industry,

2 State and local authorities, or other public authorities

3 other than State rail safety inspectors participating in

4 training pursuant to section 206 of the Federal Railroad

5 Safety Act of 1970.

6 RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

7 For necessary expenses for railroad research and de8 velopment, $20,166,000, to remain available until ex9 pended: Provided, That up to $100,000 shall be made

10 available to support, by financial assistance agreement,

11 railroad-highway grade crossing safety programs, includ12 ing Operation Lifesaver: Provided further, That $100,000

13 is available until expended to support by financial assist14 ance agreement railroad metallurgical and welding studies

15 at the Oregon Graduate Institute.

16 NORTHEAST CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM

17 For necessary expenses related to Northeast Corridor

18 improvements authorized by title VII of the Railroad Revi19 talization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976, as amend20 ed (45 U.S.C. 851 et seq.) and the Rail Safety Improve21 ment Act of 1988, $130,000,000.

22 GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER

23 CORPORATION

24 To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make

25 grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation
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1 authorized by 45 U.S.C. 601, to remain available until ex2 pended, $451,000,000, of which $351,000,000 shall be

3 available for operating losses incurred by the Corporation

4 and for labor protection costs, and of which $100,000,000

5 shall be available for capital improvements: Provided, That

6 none of the funds herein appropriated shall be used for

7 lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles or for the

8 hire of vehicle operators for any officer or employee, other

9 than the president of the Corporation, excluding the lease

10 of passenger motor vehicles for those officers or employees

11 while in official travel status: Provided further, That the

12 Secretary shall make no commitments to guarantee new

13 loans or loans for new purposes under 45 U.S.C. 602 in

14 fiscal year 1994: Provided further, That no funds are re15 quired to be expended or reserved for expenditure pursu16 ant to 45 U.S.C. 601(e): Provided further, That funds pro17 vided to cover operating losses incurred by the Corporation

18 shall be utilized only for the following expense categories:

19 train operations, maintenance of equipment, maintenance

20 of way, on-board services, and station services: Provided

21 further, That the Corporation shall maintain adequate in22 formation in its financial management systems to monitor

23 and account for the specific uses of funds appropriated

24 herein: Provided further, That no funds in this Act may

25 be used, either directly or indirectly, to support the Na-
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1 tional Railroad Passenger Corporation Thruway Bus Serv2 ice Program: Provided further, That the incurring of any

3 obligation or commitment of funds provided in this Act

4 by an officer or employee of the Corporation prohibited

5 by this Act or not expressly provided for in an appropria6 tions Act shall be deemed a violation of 31 U.S.C. 1341.

7 MANDATORY PASSENGER RAIL SERVICE PAYMENTS

8 To enable the Secretary of Transportation to pay ob9 ligations and liabilities of the National Railroad Passenger

10 Corporation, $137,000,000, to remain available until ex11 pended: Provided, That this amount is available only for

12 the payment of: (1) tax liabilities under section 3221 of

13 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 due in fiscal year 1994

14 in excess of amounts needed to fund benefits for individ15 uals who retired from the National Railroad Passenger

16 Corporation and for their beneficiaries; (2) obligations of

17 the National Railroad Passenger Corporation under sec18 tion 358(a) of title 45, United States Code, due in fiscal

19 year 1994 in excess of its obligations calculated on an ex20 perience-rated basis; and (3) obligations of the National

21 Railroad Passenger Corporation due under section 3321

22 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
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1 RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT

2 PROGRAM

3 The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to

4 issue to the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obli5 gations pursuant to section 512 of the Railroad Revitaliza6 tion and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–

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

8 may be necessary to pay any amounts required pursuant

9 to the guarantee of the principal amount of obligations

10 under sections 511 through 513 of such Act, such author11 ity to exist as long as any such guaranteed obligation is

12 outstanding: Provided, That no new loan guarantee com13 mitments shall be made during fiscal year 1994: Provided

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

15 for fiscal year 1989 and each fiscal year thereafter all

16 amounts realized from the sale of notes or securities sold

17 under authority of this section shall be considered as cur18 rent year domestic discretionary outlay offsets and not as

19 ‘‘asset sales’’ or ‘‘loan prepayments’’ as defined by section

20 257(12) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit

21 Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That

22 any underwriting fees and related expenses shall be de23 rived solely from the proceeds of the sales.
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1 NATIONAL MAGNETIC LEVITATION PROTOTYPE

2 DEVELOPMENT

3 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

4 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

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

6 the planning or execution of the National Magnetic Levita7 tion Prototype Development program as defined in sub8 sections 1036(b) and 1036(d)(1)(A) of the Intermodal

9 Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991.

10 HIGH-SPEED GROUND TRANSPORTATION

11 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

12 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

13 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out

14 the provisions of the High-Speed Ground Transportation

15 program as defined in subsections 1036(c) and

16 1036(d)(1)(B) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation

17 Efficiency Act of 1991, $4,000,000, to be derived from

18 the Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until

19 expended: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act

20 shall be available for the implementation or execution of

21 programs the obligations for which are in excess of

22 $3,500,000 for the ‘‘High-Speed Ground Transportation’’

23 program.
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1 FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

2 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

3 For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal

4 Transit Administration’s programs authorized by the Fed5 eral Transit Act and 23 U.S.C. chapter 1 in connection

6 with these activities, including hire of passenger motor ve7 hicles and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,

8 $19,569,000: Provided, That no more than $37,731,000

9 of budget authority shall be available for these purposes.

10 FORMULA GRANTS

11 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

12 of sections 9, 16(b)(2), and 18 of the Federal Transit Act,

13 to remain available until expended, $1,324,916,000: Pro14 vided, That no more than $2,404,867,000 of budget au15 thority shall be available for these purposes: Provided fur16 ther, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, of

17 the funds provided under this head for formula grants no

18 more than $752,278,000 may be used for operating assist19 ance under section 9(k)(2) of the Federal Transit Act.

20 UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION CENTERS

21 For necessary expenses for university transportation

22 centers as authorized by section 11(b) of the Federal

23 Transit Act, to remain available until expended,

24 $3,238,000: Provided, That no more than $6,000,000 of

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

2 For necessary expenses for transit planning and re3 search as authorized by section 26 of the Federal Transit

4 Act, to remain available until expended, $36,500,000: Pro5 vided, That no more than $75,625,000 of budget authority

6 shall be available for these purposes: Provided further,

7 That there may be credited to this appropriation funds

8 received from States, counties, municipalities, other public

9 authorities, and private sources, for expenses incurred for

10 training.

11 TRUST FUND SHARE OF TRANSIT PROGRAMS

12 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

13 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

14 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out

15 section 21(a) of the Federal Transit Act, $1,140,000,000,

16 to remain available until expended and to be derived from

17 the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That $18,162,000

18 shall be paid from the Mass Transit Account of the High19 way Trust Fund to the Federal Transit Administration’s

20 administrative expenses account: Provided further, That

21 $1,079,951,000 shall be paid from the Mass Transit Ac22 count of the Highway Trust Fund to the Federal Transit

23 Administration’s formula grants account: Provided fur24 ther, That $2,762,000 shall be paid from the Mass Transit

25 Account of the Highway Trust Fund to the Federal Tran26 sit Administration’s university transportation centers ac-
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1 count: Provided further, That $39,125,000 shall be paid

2 from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust

3 Fund to the Federal Transit Administration’s transit

4 planning and research account.

5 DISCRETIONARY GRANTS

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 $1,707,425,000 in fiscal

11 year 1994 for grants under the contract authority in sec12 tion 21(b) of the Federal Transit Act: Provided, That not13 withstanding any provision of law, there shall be available

14 for fixed guideway modernization, $760,060,000; there

15 shall be available for the replacement, rehabilitation, and

16 purchase of buses and related equipment and the con17 struction of bus-related facilities, $354,315,000; and there

18 shall be available for new fixed guideway systems,

19 $593,050,000, as follows—

20 $10,000,000 for alternatives analysis only for

21 the South Boston Piers Transitway Project;

22 $55,000,000 for preliminary engineering only

23 for the Chicago Central Area Circulator Project;

24 $1,600,000 for the Cleveland Dual Hub Cor25 ridor Project;
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1 $60,000,000 for the Dallas South Oak Cliff

2 LRT Project;

3 $40,500,000 for the Houston Regional Bus

4 Plan Program of Projects;

5 $2,000,000 for alternatives analysis only for the

6 Kansas City South Corridor LRT Project;

7 $163,050,000 for the Los Angeles Metro Rail

8 MOS–2 and MOS–3 Projects;

9 $2,400,000 for alternatives analysis only for the

10 New Orleans Canal Street Corridor Project;

11 $1,000,000 for the Northeast Ohio Commuter

12 Rail Project;

13 $13,000,000 for design only for the Orange

14 County Transitway System Project;

15 $50,000,000 for the Pittsburgh Busway

16 Projects;

17 $70,000,000 for the Portland Westside LRT

18 Project;

19 $1,500,000 for the Sacramento LRT Extension

20 Project;

21 $28,200,000 for the San Francisco Airport

22 BART Extension Project and the Tasman Corridor

23 LRT Project;

24 $2,000,000 for preliminary engineering only for

25 the Salt Lake City South LRT Project;
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1 $19,600,000 for the St. Louis METRO Link

2 LRT to Airport Project;

3 $10,000,000 for the Florida Tri-County Com4 muter Rail Project;

5 $3,200,000 for preliminary engineering only for

6 the Twin Cities Central Corridor Project;

7 $10,000,000 for the Wisconsin Central Com8 muter Line Project; and

9 $50,000,000 which shall be allocated at the dis10 cretion of the Secretary of Transportation: Provided

11 further, That Public Law 102–388 is amended under

12 Federal Transit Administration, ‘‘Discretionary

13 grants’’ by deleting ‘‘not less than $76,500,000 for

14 the Honolulu Rapid Transit Starter Line of

15 Projects;’’: Provided further, That of the funds made

16 available by the preceding proviso, $26,500,000 shall

17 be for the South Boston Piers Transitway and

18 $50,000,000 shall be allocated at the discretion of

19 the Secretary.

20 MASS TRANSIT CAPITAL FUND

21 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

22 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

23 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out

24 section 21 (b) of the Federal Transit Act, administered

25 by the Federal Transit Administration, $1,000,000,000,
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1 to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund and to remain

2 available until expended.

3 INTERSTATE TRANSFER GRANTS—TRANSIT

4 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

5 of 23 U.S.C. 103(e)(4) related to transit projects,

6 $45,000,000, to remain available until expended.

7 WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT

8 AUTHORITY

9 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

10 of section 14 of Public Law 96–184 and Public Law 101–

11 551, $200,000,000, to remain available until expended.

12 SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT

13 CORPORATION

14 The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora15 tion is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, with16 in the limits of funds and borrowing authority available

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

18 such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal

19 year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern20 ment Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be

21 necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the

22 Corporation’s budget for the current fiscal year.
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1 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

2 (HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)

3 For necessary expenses for operation and mainte4 nance of those portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway op5 erated and maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway De6 velopment Corporation, $10,901,000, to be derived from

7 the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public

8 Law 99–662.

9 RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS

10 ADMINISTRATION

11 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY

12 For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of

13 Hazardous Materials Safety and for expenses for conduct14 ing research and development, $12,320,000, of which

15 $1,334,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro16 vided, That up to $1,000,000 in fees collected under sec17 tion 106(c)(11) of the Hazardous Materials Transpor18 tation Act (49 U.S.C. App. § 1805(c)(11)) shall be depos19 ited in the general fund of the Treasury as offsetting re20 ceipts: Provided further, That there may be credited to this

21 appropriation funds received from States, counties, mu22 nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources

23 for expenses incurred for training, and for reports publica24 tion and dissemination.
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1 AVIATION INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

2 For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of

3 Aviation Information Management, $2,533,000: Provided,

4 That there may be credited to this appropriation funds

5 received from States, counties, municipalities, other public

6 authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for

7 training, for reports publication and dissemination, and

8 for aviation information management: Provided further,

9 That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, there

10 may be credited to this appropriation up to $1,000,000

11 in funds received from user fees established to support the

12 electronic tariff filing system: Provided further, That there

13 may be credited to this appropriation funds received from

14 user fees established to defray the costs of obtaining, pre15 paring, and publishing in automatic data processing tape

16 format the United States International Air Travel Statis17 tics data base published by the Department.

18 EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION

19 For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of

20 Emergency Transportation and for expenses for conduct21 ing research and development, $915,000: Provided, That

22 there may be credited to this appropriation funds received

23 from States, counties, municipalities, other public authori24 ties, and private sources for expenses incurred for train25 ing, and for reports publication and dissemination.
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1 RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

2 For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of

3 Research and Technology and for expenses for conducting

4 research and development, $1,863,000, of which $585,000

5 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That

6 there may be credited to this appropriation funds received

7 from States, counties, municipalities, other public authori8 ties, and private sources for expenses incurred for train9 ing, and for reports publication and dissemination.

10 PROGRAM AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT

11 For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of

12 Program and Administrative Support, $6,160,000, of

13 which $180,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety

14 Fund: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro15 priation funds received from States, counties, municipali16 ties, other public authorities, and private sources for ex17 penses incurred for training, and for reports publication

18 and dissemination: Provided further, That no employees

19 other than those compensated under this appropriation

20 shall serve in the Office of the Administrator, the Office

21 of Policy and Programs, the Office of Management and

22 Administration, and the Office of the Chief Counsel.

23 PIPELINE SAFETY

24 (PIPELINE SAFETY FUND)

25 For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of

26 the pipeline safety program, for grants-in-aid to carry out
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1 a pipeline safety program, as authorized by section 5 of

2 the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 and the Haz3 ardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979, and to dis4 charge the pipeline program responsibilities of the Oil Pol5 lution Act of 1990, $19,479,000; of which $2,449,000

6 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund,

7 to remain available until expended; and of which

8 $17,030,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety

9 Fund, of which $8,400,000 shall remain available until ex10 pended.

11 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS

12 (EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND)

13 For necessary expenses to carry out section

14 117A(i)(3)(B) of the Hazardous Materials Transportation

15 Act, as amended, $400,000 to be derived from the Emer16 gency Preparedness Fund, to remain available until ex17 pended: Provided, That not more than $10,350,000 shall

18 be made available for obligation in fiscal year 1994 for

19 amounts made available by section 117A(h)(6)(B) and

20 (i)(1), (2) and (4) and section 118 of the Hazardous Mate21 rials Transportation Act, as amended: Provided further,

22 That such amounts shall only be available to the Secretary

23 of Transportation.
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1 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector

4 General to carry out the provisions of the Inspector Gen5 eral Act of 1978, as amended, $39,000,000: Provided,

6 That not more than $1,000,000 of the funds made avail7 able under this head shall be available for implementation

8 of Public Law 101–576.

9 TITLE II—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, $3,348,000: 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–18; uniforms,

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

3 5901–5902), $37,105,000, of which not to exceed $1,000

4 may be used for official reception and representation

5 expenses.

6 INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the Interstate Commerce

9 Commission, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.

10 3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by

11 31 U.S.C. 1343(b), and not to exceed $1,500 for official

12 reception and representation expenses, $44,904,000: Pro13 vided, That joint board members and cooperating State

14 commissioners may use Government transportation re15 quests when traveling in connection with their official du16 ties as such: Provided further, That $7,300,000 in fees col17 lected in fiscal year 1994 by the Interstate Commerce

18 Commission pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9701 shall be made

19 available to this appropriation in fiscal year 1994.

20 PAYMENTS FOR DIRECTED RAIL SERVICE

21 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

22 None of the funds provided in this Act shall be avail23 able for the execution of programs the obligations for

24 which can reasonably be expected to exceed $475,000 for
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1 directed rail service authorized under 49 U.S.C. 11125 or

2 any other Act.

3 PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION

4 PANAMA CANAL REVOLVING FUND

5 For administrative expenses of the Panama Canal

6 Commission, including not to exceed $11,000 for official

7 reception and representation expenses of the Board; not

8 to exceed $5,000 for official reception and representation

9 expenses of the Secretary; and not to exceed $30,000 for

10 official reception and representation expenses of the Ad11 ministrator, $51,742,000, to be derived from the Panama

12 Canal Revolving Fund: Provided, That none of these funds

13 may be used for the planning or execution of

14 nonadministrative and capital programs the obligations

15 for which are in excess of $540,000,000 in fiscal year

16 1994: Provided further, That funds available to the Pan17 ama Canal Commission shall be available for the purchase

18 of not to exceed thirty-five passenger motor vehicles for

19 replacement only (including large heavy-duty vehicles used

20 to transport Commission personnel across the Isthmus of

21 Panama), the purchase price of which shall not exceed

22 $19,000 per vehicle.
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1 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

2 REBATE OF SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY TOLLS

3 (HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)

4 For rebate of the United States portion of tolls paid

5 for use of the Saint Lawrence Seaway, pursuant to Public

6 Law 99–662, $9,707,000, to remain available until ex7 pended and to be derived from the Harbor Maintenance

8 Trust Fund, of which not to exceed $225,000 shall be

9 available for expenses of administering the rebates.

10 WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT

11 AUTHORITY

12 INTEREST PAYMENTS

13 For necessary expenses for interest payments, to re14 main available until expended, $51,663,569: Provided,

15 That these funds shall be disbursed pursuant to terms and

16 conditions established by Public Law 96–184 and the Ini17 tial Bond Repayment Participation Agreement.

18 TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

20 SEC. 301. During the current fiscal year applicable

21 appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall

22 be available for maintenance and operation of aircraft;

23 hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of

24 liability insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign

25 countries on official department business; and uniforms,
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1 or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C.

2 5901–5902).

3 SEC. 302. Funds for the Panama Canal Commission

4 may be apportioned notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1341 to

5 the extent necessary to permit payment of such pay in6 creases for officers or employees as may be authorized by

7 administrative action pursuant to law that are not in ex8 cess of statutory increases granted for the same period

9 in corresponding rates of compensation for other employ10 ees of the Government in comparable positions.

11 SEC. 303. Funds appropriated under this Act for ex12 penditures by the Federal Aviation Administration shall

13 be available (1) except as otherwise authorized by the Act

14 of September 30, 1950 (20 U.S.C. 236–244), for expenses

15 of primary and secondary schooling for dependents of Fed16 eral Aviation Administration personnel stationed outside

17 the continental United States at costs for any given area

18 not in excess of those of the Department of Defense for

19 the same area, when it is determined by the Secretary that

20 the schools, if any, available in the locality are unable to

21 provide adequately for the education of such dependents,

22 and (2) for transportation of said dependents between

23 schools serving the area that they attend and their places

24 of residence when the Secretary, under such regulations

25 as may be prescribed, determines that such schools are
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1 not accessible by public means of transportation on a regu2 lar basis.

3 SEC. 304. Appropriations contained in this Act for

4 the Department of Transportation shall be available for

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

6 individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to

7 the rate for a GS–18.

8 SEC. 305. None of the funds for the Panama Canal

9 Commission may be expended unless in conformance with

10 the Panama Canal Treaties of 1977 and any law imple11 menting those treaties.

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

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

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

15 intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings

16 funded in this Act.

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

18 shall remain available for obligation beyond the current

19 fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria20 tions, unless expressly so provided herein.

21 SEC. 308. None of the funds in this or any previous

22 or subsequent Act shall be available for the planning or

23 implementation of any change in the current Federal sta24 tus of the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center,

25 and none of the funds in this Act shall be available for
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1 the implementation of any change in the current Federal

2 status of the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center:

3 Provided, That the Secretary may plan for further devel4 opment of the Volpe National Transportation Systems

5 Center and for other compatible uses of the Center’s real

6 property: Provided, That any such planning does not alter

7 the Federal status of the Center’s research and develop8 ment operation.

9 SEC. 309. The expenditure of any appropriation

10 under this Act for any consulting service through procure11 ment contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United

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

13 expenditures are a matter of public record and available

14 for public inspection, except where otherwise provided

15 under existing law, or under existing Executive order is16 sued pursuant to existing law.

17 SEC. 310. (a) For fiscal year 1994 the Secretary of

18 Transportation shall distribute the obligation limitation

19 for Federal-aid highways by allocation in the ratio which

20 sums authorized to be appropriated for Federal-aid high21 ways that are apportioned or allocated to each State for

22 such fiscal year bear to the total of the sums authorized

23 to be appropriated for Federal-aid highways that are ap24 portioned or allocated to all the States for such fiscal year.
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1 (b) During the period October 1 through December

2 31, 1993, no State shall obligate more than 25 per centum

3 of the amount distributed to such State under subsection

4 (a), and the total of all State obligations during such pe5 riod shall not exceed 15 per centum of the total amount

6 distributed to all States under such subsection.

7 (c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), the Sec8 retary shall—

9 (1) provide all States with authority sufficient

10 to prevent lapses of sums authorized to be appro11 priated for Federal-aid highways that have been ap12 portioned to a State, except in those instances in

13 which a State indicates its intention to lapse sums

14 apportioned under section 104(b)(5)(A) of title 23,

15 United States Code;

16 (2) after August 1, 1994, revise a distribution

17 of the funds made available under subsection (a) if

18 a State will not obligate the amount distributed dur19 ing that fiscal year and redistribute sufficient

20 amounts to those States able to obligate amounts in

21 addition to those previously distributed during that

22 fiscal year giving priority to those States having

23 large unobligated balances of funds apportioned

24 under sections 103(e)(4), 104 and 144 of title 23,
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1 United States Code, and under sections 1013(c) and

2 1015 of Public Law 102–240; and

3 (3) not distribute amounts authorized for ad4 ministrative expenses, the Federal lands highway

5 program, the intelligent vehicle highway systems

6 program, and amounts made available under sec7 tions 1040, 1047, 1064, 6001, 6006, 6023, and

8 6024 of Public Law 102–240, and not more than

9 $1,107,124 for section 5002 of Public Law 102–

10 240.

11 (d) The limitation on obligations for Federal-aid

12 highways for fiscal year 1994 shall not apply to obligations

13 for emergency relief under section 125 of title 23, United

14 States Code; obligations under section 157 of title 23,

15 United States Code; projects covered under section 147

16 of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978, sec17 tion 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981, sections

18 131(b), 131(j), and 404 of Public Law 97–424, and sec19 tions 1061, 1103 through 1109, 4008, 6023(b)(8) and

20 6023(b)(10) of Public Law 102–240; projects authorized

21 by Public Law 99–500, Public Law 99–591 and Public

22 Law 100–202; or projects covered under subsections 149

23 (b) and (c) of Public Law 100–17: Provided, That during

24 the period October 1 through December 31, 1993, the ag25 gregate amount of obligations under section 157 of title
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1 23, United States Code for projects covered under section

2 147 of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978,

3 section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981, sec4 tions 131(b), 131(j), and 404 of Public Law 97–424, sec5 tions 1061, 1103 through 1109, 4008, and 6023(b)(8)

6 and 6023(b)(10) of Public Law 102–240, and for projects

7 authorized by Public Law 99–500 and Public Law 100–

8 17, shall not exceed $302,551,350.

9 (e) Subject to paragraph (c)(2) of this section, a

10 State which after August 1 and on or before September

11 30 of fiscal year 1994 obligates the amount distributed

12 to such State in that fiscal year under paragraphs (a) and

13 (c) of this section may obligate for Federal-aid highways

14 on or before September 30, 1994, an additional amount

15 not to exceed 5 percent of the aggregate amount of funds

16 apportioned or allocated to such State—

17 (1) under sections 104 and 144 of title 23,

18 United States Code, and 1013(c) and 1015 of Public

19 Law 102–240, and

20 (2) for highway assistance projects under sec21 tion 103(e)(4) of title 23, United States Code,

22 which are not obligated on the date such State completes

23 obligation of the amount so distributed.

24 (f) During the period August 2 through September

25 30, 1994, the aggregate amount which may be obligated
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1 by all States pursuant to paragraph (e) shall not exceed

2 2.5 percent of the aggregate amount of funds apportioned

3 or allocated to all States—

4 (1) under sections 104 and 144 of title 23,

5 United States Code, and 1013(c) and 1015 of Public

6 Law 102–240, and

7 (2) for highway assistance projects under sec8 tion 103(e)(4) of title 23, United States Code,

9 which would not be obligated in fiscal year 1994 if the

10 total amount of the obligation limitation provided for such

11 fiscal year in this Act were utilized.

12 (g) Paragraph (e) shall not apply to any State which

13 on or after August 1, 1994, has the amount distributed

14 to such State under paragraph (a) for fiscal year 1994

15 reduced under paragraph (c)(2).

16 SEC. 311. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail17 able for salaries and expenses of more than one hundred

18 and ten political and Presidential appointees in the De19 partment of Transportation: Provided, That none of the

20 personnel covered by this provision may be assigned on

21 temporary detail outside the Department of Transpor22 tation.

23 SEC. 312. Not to exceed $800,000 of the funds pro24 vided in this Act for the Department of Transportation
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1 shall be available for the necessary expenses of advisory

2 committees.

3 SEC. 313. The limitation on obligations for the pro4 grams of the Federal Transit Administration shall not

5 apply to any authority under section 21 of the Federal

6 Transit Act, previously made available for obligation, or

7 to any other authority previously made available for obli8 gation under the Discretionary Grants program.

9 SEC. 314. Notwithstanding any other provision of

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

11 the construction of, or any other costs related to, the

12 Central Automated Transit System (Downtown People

13 Mover) in Detroit, Michigan.

14 SEC. 315. None of the funds in this Act shall be used

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

16 SEC. 316. Notwithstanding any other provision of

17 law, the Secretary of Transportation shall make payment

18 of compensation under subsection 419 of the Federal

19 Aviation Act of 1958, as amended, only to the extent and

20 in the manner provided in appropriations Acts, at times

21 and in a manner determined by the Secretary to be appro22 priate, and claims for such compensation shall not arise

23 except in accordance with this provision.

24 SEC. 317. The Secretary of Transportation is author25 ized to transfer funds appropriated for any office of the
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1 Office of the Secretary to any other office of the Office

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

3 increased or decreased by more than 12 per centum by

4 all such transfers: Provided further, That any such trans5 fer shall be submitted for approval to the House and Sen6 ate Committees on Appropriations.

7 SEC. 318. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal

8 year 1994 pay raises for programs funded in this Act shall

9 be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act.

10 SEC. 319. 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. 320. Notwithstanding any other provision of

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

18 Federal Aviation Administration instrument landing sys19 tems (along with associated approach lighting equipment

20 and runway visual range equipment) which conform to

21 Federal Aviation Administration design and performance

22 specifications, the purchase of which was assisted by a

23 Federal airport aid program, airport development aid pro24 gram or airport improvement program grant. The Federal

25 Aviation Administration shall accept such equipment,
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1 which shall thereafter be operated and maintained by the

2 Federal Aviation Administration in accordance with agen3 cy criteria.

4 SEC. 321. None of the funds made available in this

5 Act may be used by the Federal Aviation Administration

6 for a new National Weather Graphics System.

7 SEC. 322. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail8 able to award a multiyear contract for production end

9 items that (1) includes economic order quantity or long

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

11 in any one year of the contract or (2) includes a cancella12 tion charge greater than $10,000,000 which at the time

13 of obligation has not been appropriated to the limits of

14 the government’s liability or (3) includes a requirement

15 that permits performance under the contract during the

16 second and subsequent years of the contract without con17 ditioning such performance upon the appropriation of

18 funds: Provided, That this limitation does not apply to a

19 contract in which the Federal Government incurs no fi20 nancial liability from not buying additional systems, sub21 systems, or components beyond the basic contract require22 ments.

23 SEC. 323. None of the funds provided in this Act

24 shall be made available for planning and executing a pas-
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1 senger manifest program by the Department of Transpor2 tation that only applies to United States flag carriers.

3 SEC. 324. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail4 able for the planning or implementation of any change in

5 the current Federal status of the Federal Aviation Admin6 istration’s flight service stations at Red Bluff Airport in

7 Red Bluff, California, and Tri-City Airport in Bristol,

8 Tennessee.

9 SEC. 325. Notwithstanding any other provision of

10 law, the Coast Guard shall utilize $1,000,000 in funds

11 provided for ‘‘Research, development, test, and evalua12 tion’’ in this Act to enter into a grant agreement with the

13 International Oceanographic Foundation, Inc. for research

14 activities at the South Florida oil spill research center.

15 SEC. 326. Notwithstanding any other provision of

16 law, and except for fixed guideway modernization projects,

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

18 Administration, Discretionary Grants’’ for projects speci19 fied in this Act or identified in reports accompanying this

20 Act not obligated by September 30, 1996, shall be made

21 available for other projects under section 3 of the Federal

22 Transit Act, as amended.

23 SEC. 327. Notwithstanding any other provision of

24 law, before apportionment of funds made available by this

25 Act under ‘‘Federal Transit Administration, Formula
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1 Grants’’, $21,176,000 shall be made available for metro2 politan planning activities under section 8(n) of the Fed3 eral Transit Act, as amended.

4 SEC. 328. The Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety

5 Regulatory Review Panel established pursuant to section

6 209 of Public Law 98–554 is hereby terminated.

7 SEC. 329. Notwithstanding any other provision of

8 law, the Secretary of Transportation shall permit the obli9 gation of not to exceed $9,000,000 apportioned under title

10 23, United States Code, section 104 (b)(5)(B) for the

11 State of North Carolina for capital improvements for their

12 Rail Impact project in the Interstate 40/85 corridor from

13 Raleigh to Charlotte during each year that Interstate 40/

14 85 is under reconstruction in such area.

15 SEC. 330. None of the funds made available in this

16 Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the

17 provisions of section 1038(d) of Public Law 102–240.

18 SEC. 331. None of the funds made available in this

19 Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the

20 labeling and marking requirements relating to bulk

21 packagings containing oil established by the rule published

22 by the Research and Special Programs Administration of

23 the Department of Transportation on February 2, 1993

24 (58 Fed. Reg. 6864).
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1 SEC. 332. Notwithstanding the provisions of Public

2 Law 102–240, funds authorized and appropriated for a

3 structure to replace the bridge over the 17th Street Cause4 way in Fort Lauderdale, Florida may be used either for

5 a replacement bridge or a tunnel.

6 SEC. 333. The maximum federal obligation pursuant

7 to the letter of intent for Capital Development Program

8 projects at Washington National Airport shall not exceed

9 $79,500,000 unless the cost to complete the program re10 mains within the parameters of the Use/Lease Agreement

11 between the user airlines and the Metropolitan Washing12 ton Airports Authority.

13 SEC. 334. None of the funds provided by this Act

14 shall be made available to any municipal or local govern15 ment, or any subdivision thereof, including any public

16 agency or combination of public agencies acting jointly,

17 unless all revenue generated by any public airport, or sys18 tem of airports, owned, operated, or otherwise controlled

19 by such local or municipal government or public agency,

20 or agencies, to include all local taxes on aviation fuel, is

21 expended exclusively for the capital and operating costs

22 of the airport or the local airport system for purposes di23 rectly and substantially related to the actual air transpor24 tation of passengers or property. This provision shall not

25 apply to (1) that portion of revenues generated by any
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1 airport which is necessary to comply with covenants or as2 surances in debt obligations issued before September 3,

3 1982; (2) that portion of revenues generated by any air4 port necessary to comply with provisions in governing stat5 utes controlling the owner or operator’s financing enacted

6 before September 3, 1982; or (3) revenues generated with7 in the State of Hawaii consistent with the special condi8 tions provided for in section 511(g) of the Airport and

9 Airway Improvement Act of 1982.

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

11 by the Federal Aviation Administration to support re12 search, engineering or other activities conducted by a lim13 ited liability corporation.

14 SEC. 336. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail15 able to implement or enforce regulations that would result

16 in the withdrawal of slots from an air carrier at O’Hare

17 International Airport under section 93.223 of title 14 of

18 the Code of Federal Regulations that are to be used for

19 international operations by any air carrier or foreign air

20 carrier in excess of the number of withdrawn slots allo21 cated to and operated by the receiving carrier as of June

22 10, 1993 under section 93.217 of title 14 of the Code of

23 Federal Regulations.

24 SEC. 337. Notwithstanding any other provision of

25 law, none of the funds provided by this Act shall be made
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1 available to any public agency, public authority, or airport

2 for any airport development project, or projects, proposed

3 in any grant application submitted in accordance with title

4 V of Public Law 97–248 (96 Stat. 671; 49 U.S.C. App

5 2201 et seq.) if such public agency, public authority, or

6 airport imposes a fee for any passenger enplaning at the

7 airport in any instance where the passenger did not pay

8 for the air transportation which resulted in such

9 enplanement, including any case in which the passenger

10 obtained the ticket for the air transportation with a fre11 quent flyer award coupon.

12 SEC. 338. None of the funds in this Act may be used

13 for the planning, design or construction of an additional

14 air carrier runway at Tulsa International Airport.

15 SEC. 339. None of the funds in this Act may be made

16 available for the New Denver Airport unless aeronautical

17 operations at Stapleton International Airport cease simul18 taneously with the initiation of aeronautical operations at

19 the New Denver Airport: Provided, That this provision

20 shall not apply in any case where the Administrator of

21 the Federal Aviation Administration determines, in writ22 ing, that extraordinary or emergency conditions warrant

23 simultaneous operations at both airports.

24 SEC. 340. Notwithstanding any other provision of

25 law, authority made available on October 1, 1993 for sec-
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1 tions 1069 and 1103–1108 of Public Law 102–240 shall

2 remain available for obligation until September 30, 1997.

3 SEC. 341. None of the funds made available by this

4 Act may be obligated or expended to design, construct,

5 erect, modify or otherwise place any sign in any State re6 lating to any speed limit, distance, or other measurement

7 on any highway if such sign establishes such speed limit,

8 distance, or other measurement using the metric system.

9 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans10 portation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,

11 1994’’.

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