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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2750

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

SEPTEMBER 27, 1993

Received, read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations

AN ACT

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

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

7 purposes, namely:
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1 TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

2 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

3 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

4 Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital

5 outlays of the Department of Transportation Working

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

7 accordance with law, from appropriations made available

8 by this Act and prior appropriations Acts to the Depart9 ment of Transportation, together with advances and reim10 bursements received by the Department of Transpor11 tation.

12 PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS

13 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

14 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

15 For liquidation of obligations incurred for payments

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

17 determined under section 419 of the Federal Aviation Act

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

19 the Department of Transportation, $15,540,000, to re20 main available until expended and to be derived from the

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

22 the funds in this Act shall be available for the implementa23 tion or execution of programs for the Payments to Air

24 Carriers program in fiscal year 1994: Provided further,

25 That none of the funds in this Act shall be used by the

26 Secretary of Transportation to make payment of com-
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1 pensation under section 419 of the Federal Aviation Act

2 of 1958, as amended, in excess of the appropriation in

3 this Act for liquidation of obligations incurred under the

4 ‘‘Payments to air carriers’’ program: Provided further,

5 That none of the funds in this Act shall be used for the

6 payment of claims for such compensation except in accord7 ance with this provision.

8 RENTAL PAYMENTS

9 For necessary expenses for rental of headquarters

10 and field space and related services assessed by the Gen11 eral Services Administration, $149,605,000: Provided,

12 That of this amount, $3,262,000 shall be derived from the

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

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

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

16 shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust

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

18 by the General Services Administration related to the

19 space needs of the Federal Highway Administration,

20 $17,524,000, to be derived from ‘‘Federal-aid Highways’’,

21 subject to the ‘‘Limitation on General Operating Ex22 penses’’.

23 MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM

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

25 by 49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, including
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1 the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in

2 section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Pro3 vided further, That these funds are available to subsidize

4 gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans

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

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

7 COAST GUARD

8 OPERATING EXPENSES

9 For necessary expenses for the operation and mainte10 nance of the Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for; pur11 chase of not to exceed four passenger motor vehicles for

12 replacement only; payments pursuant to section 156 of

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

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

15 429(b)); and recreation and welfare; $2,555,695,000, of

16 which $25,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li17 ability Trust Fund; and of which $32,250,000 shall be ex18 pended from the Boat Safety Account: Provided, That the

19 number of aircraft on hand at any one time shall not ex20 ceed two hundred and twenty-three, exclusive of aircraft

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

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

23 Act shall be available for pay or administrative expenses

24 in connection with shipping commissioners in the United

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

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

3 the extent fees are collected from yacht owners and cred4 ited to this appropriation: Provided further, That of the

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

6 in vessel maintenance and overhaul work currently sched7 uled to be conducted at the Coast Guard Yard is to be

8 awarded based upon a competitive solicitation of both pub9 lic and private shipyards.

10 ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS

11 For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction,

12 rebuilding, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore

13 facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related

14 thereto, $310,700,000, of which $20,000,000 shall be de15 rived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which

16 $79,200,000 shall be available to acquire, repair, renovate

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

18 remain available until September 30, 1998; $27,100,000

19 shall be available to acquire new aircraft and increase

20 aviation capability, to remain available until September

21 30, 1996; $47,700,000 shall be available for other equip22 ment, to remain available until September 30, 1996;

23 $119,200,000 shall be available for shore facilities and

24 aids to navigation facilities, to remain available until Sep25 tember 30, 1996; and $37,500,000 shall be available for
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1 personnel compensation and benefits and related costs, to

2 remain available until September 30, 1994.

3 (RESCISSION)

4 Of the funds provided under this heading in Public

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

6 ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION

7 For necessary expenses to carry out the Coast

8 Guard’s environmental compliance and restoration func9 tions under chapter 19 of title 14, United States Code,

10 $22,100,000, to remain available until expended.

11 ALTERATION OF BRIDGES

12 For necessary expenses for alteration or removal of

13 obstructive bridges, $5,940,000, to remain available until

14 expended.

15 RETIRED PAY

16 For retired pay, including the payment of obligations

17 therefor otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for

18 this purpose, and payments under the Retired Service19 man’s Family Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, and

20 for payments for medical care of retired personnel and

21 their dependents under the Dependents Medical Care Act

22 (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), $548,774,000.

23 RESERVE TRAINING

24 For all necessary expenses for the Coast Guard Re25 serve, as authorized by law; maintenance and operation
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1 of facilities; and supplies, equipment, and services;

2 $64,000,000.

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

9 $4,457,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability

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

11 appropriation funds received from State and local govern12 ments, other public authorities, private sources, and for13 eign countries, for expenses incurred for research, develop14 ment, testing, and evaluation.

15 BOAT SAFETY

16 (AQUATIC RESOURCES TRUST FUND)

17 For payment of necessary expenses incurred for rec18 reational boating safety assistance under Public Law 92–

19 75, as amended, $32,250,000, to be derived from the Boat

20 Safety Account and to remain available until expended.

21 FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

22 OPERATIONS

23 For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Ad24 ministration, not otherwise provided for, including admin25 istrative expenses for research and development, establish-
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1 ment of air navigation facilities and the operation (includ2 ing leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, and carrying out

3 the provisions of the Airport and Airway Development Act,

4 as amended, or other provisions of law authorizing the ob5 ligation of funds for similar programs of airport and air6 way development or improvement, lease or purchase of

7 four passenger motor vehicles for replacement only,

8 $4,568,219,000, of which $2,294,500,000 shall be derived

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

10 there may be credited to this appropriation funds received

11 from States, counties, municipalities, foreign authorities,

12 other public authorities, and private sources, for expenses

13 incurred in the maintenance and operation of air naviga14 tion facilities and for issuance, renewal or modification of

15 certificates, including airman, aircraft, and repair station

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

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

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

19 be made available for the Mid-American Aviation Resource

20 Consortium in Minnesota to operate an air traffic control21 ler training program: Provided further, That funds may

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

23 standard setting organization to assist in the development

24 of aviation safety standards: Provided further, That no

25 funds under this head may be used for the implementa-
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1 tion, execution or enforcement of section 91.21 of title 14

2 of the Code of Federal Regulations pertaining to the use

3 of portable electronic devices on aircraft: Provided further,

4 That none of these funds shall be available for new appli5 cants for the second career training program.

6 FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT

7 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

8 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

9 for acquisition, establishment, and improvement by con10 tract or purchase, and hire of air navigation and experi11 mental facilities and equipment as authorized by the Fed12 eral Aviation Act of 1958, as amended (49 U.S.C. App.

13 1301 et seq.), including initial acquisition of necessary

14 sites by lease or grant; engineering and service testing in15 cluding construction of test facilities and acquisition of

16 necessary sites by lease or grant; and construction and

17 furnishing of quarters and related accommodations of offi18 cers and employees of the Federal Aviation Administration

19 stationed at remote localities where such accommodations

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

21 aircraft from funds available under this head; to be de22 rived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund,

23 $2,142,000,000, of which $1,945,500,000 shall remain

24 available until September 30, 1996, and of which

25 $196,500,000 shall remain available until September 30,
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1 1995: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro2 priation funds received from States, counties, municipali3 ties, other public authorities, and private sources, for ex4 penses incurred in the establishment and modernization

5 of air navigation facilities.

6 RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT

7 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

8 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,

9 for research, engineering, and development, in accordance

10 with the provisions of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958,

11 as amended (49 U.S.C. App. 1301 et seq.), including con12 struction of experimental facilities and acquisition of nec13 essary sites by lease or grant, $240,000,000, to be derived

14 from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to remain

15 available until expended: Provided, That there may be

16 credited to this appropriation funds received from States,

17 counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and pri18 vate sources, for expenses incurred for research, engineer19 ing, and development.

20 GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS

21 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

22 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

23 For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in24 aid for airport planning and development, and for noise

25 compatibility planning and programs under the Airport
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1 and Airway Improvement Act of 1982, as amended, and

2 under other law authorizing such obligations,

3 $2,200,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Air4 way Trust Fund and to remain available until expended:

5 Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be avail6 able for the planning or execution of programs the com7 mitments for which are in excess of $1,500,000,000 in fis8 cal year 1994 for grants-in-aid for airport planning and

9 development, and noise compatibility planning and pro10 grams, notwithstanding section 506(e)(4) of the Airport

11 and Airway Improvement Act of 1982, as amended.

12 AVIATION INSURANCE REVOLVING FUND

13 The Secretary of Transportation is hereby authorized

14 to make such expenditures and investments, within the

15 limits of funds available pursuant to section 1306 of the

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

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

18 Government Corporation Control Act, as amended (31

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

20 program for aviation insurance activities under title XIII

21 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958.

22 AIRCRAFT PURCHASE LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM

23 The Secretary of Transportation may hereafter issue

24 notes or other obligations to the Secretary of the Treas25 ury, in such forms and denominations, bearing such matu-
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1 rities, and subject to such terms and conditions as the Sec2 retary of the Treasury may prescribe. Such obligations

3 may be issued to pay any necessary expenses required pur4 suant to any guarantee issued under the Act of

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

6 U.S.C. 1324 note). None of the funds in this Act shall

7 be available for activities under this head the obligations

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

9 1994. Such obligations shall be redeemed by the Secretary

10 from appropriations authorized by this section. The Sec11 retary of the Treasury shall purchase any such obligations,

12 and for such purpose he may use as a public debt trans13 action the proceeds from the sale of any securities issued

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

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

16 under such Act are extended to include any purchase of

17 notes or other obligations issued under the subsection. The

18 Secretary of the Treasury may sell any such obligations

19 at such times and price and upon such terms and condi20 tions as he shall determine in his discretion. All purchases,

21 redemptions, and sales of such obligations by such Sec22 retary shall be treated as public debt transactions of the

23 United States.
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1 FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

2 LIMITATION ON GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES

3 Necessary expenses for administration, operation, in4 cluding motor carrier safety program operations, and re5 search of the Federal Highway Administration not to ex6 ceed $462,961,000 shall be paid in accordance with law

7 from appropriations made available by this Act to the Fed8 eral Highway Administration together with advances and

9 reimbursements received by the Federal Highway Admin10 istration: Provided, That not to exceed $166,460,000 of

11 the amount provided herein shall remain available until

12 expended: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any

13 other provision of law, there may be credited to this ac14 count funds received from States, counties, municipalities,

15 other public authorities, and private sources, for training

16 expenses incurred for non-Federal employees.

17 HIGHWAY-RELATED SAFETY GRANTS

18 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

19 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out

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

23 administered by the Federal Highway Administration, to

24 remain available until expended, $10,000,000 to be de25 rived from the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That not

26 to exceed $100,000 of the amount appropriated herein
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1 shall be available for ‘‘Limitation on general operating ex2 penses’’: Provided further, That none of the funds in this

3 Act shall be available for the planning or execution of pro4 grams the obligations for which are in excess of

5 $10,000,000 in fiscal year 1994 for ‘‘Highway-Related

6 Safety Grants’’.

7 RAILROAD-HIGHWAY CROSSINGS PROJECTS

8 For necessary expenses of certain railroad-highway

9 crossings projects as authorized by section 163 of the Fed10 eral-Aid Highway Act of 1973, as amended, to remain

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

12 FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

13 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

14 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

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

16 the implementation or execution of programs the obliga17 tions for which are in excess of $17,482,663,000 for Fed18 eral-aid highways and highway safety construction pro19 grams for fiscal year 1994.

20 (RESCISSION)

21 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

22 Of the funds made available for the functional re23 placement of publicly-owned facilities located within the

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

25 Law 96–131, $200,000 are rescinded.
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1 (RESCISSION)

2 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

3 Of the funds made available under this heading in

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

5 (RESCISSION)

6 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

7 Of the authority made available for the intersection

8 safety demonstration project in Public Law 100–457,

9 $3,059,960 are rescinded.

10 FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS

11 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

12 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

13 For carrying out the provisions of title 23, United

14 States Code, that are attributable to Federal-aid high15 ways, including the National Scenic and Recreational

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

17 provided, including reimbursements for sums expended

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

19 $18,000,000,000 or so much thereof as may be available

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

21 available until expended.
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1 RIGHT-OF-WAY REVOLVING FUND

2 (LIMITATION ON DIRECT LOANS)

3 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

4 During fiscal year 1994 and with the resources and

5 authority available, gross obligations for the principal

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

7 MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS

8 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

9 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

10 For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out

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

12 $68,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund

13 and to remain available until expended: Provided, That

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

15 implementation or execution of programs the obligations

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

17 Safety Grants’’.

18 BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON PARKWAY

19 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, to

20 carry out the provisions of the Federal-Aid Highway Act

21 of 1970 and section 1069 of Public Law 102–240 for the

22 Baltimore-Washington Parkway, to remain available until

23 expended, $16,000,000.
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1 KENTUCKY BRIDGE PROJECT

2 For up to 80 percent of the expenses necessary for

3 continuing construction to replace the Glover Cary Bridge

4 in Owensboro, Kentucky, $12,000,000.

5 BORDER HIGHWAY PROJECT

6 For up to 80 percent of the expenses necessary for

7 the border highway project authorized in Public Law 89–

8 795, $8,000,000.

9 NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY

10 ADMINISTRATION

11 OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

12 For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of

13 the Secretary with respect to traffic and highway safety

14 under the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings

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

16 Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act, $74,221,000, to re17 main available until September 30, 1996.

18 OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH

19 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

20 For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of

21 the Secretary with respect to traffic and highway safety

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

23 Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, to be de24 rived from the Highway Trust Fund, $46,780,000, to re25 main available until September 30, 1996.
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1 HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS

2 (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

3 (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

4 For payment of obligations incurred carrying out the

5 provisions of 23 U.S.C. 153, 402, 406, 408, and 410, sec6 tion 2007 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi7 ciency Act of 1991, and section 209 of Public Law 95–

8 599, as amended, to remain available until expended,

9 $138,550,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust

10 Fund: Provided, That, notwithstanding subsection

11 2009(b) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi12 ciency Act of 1991, none of the funds in this Act shall

13 be available for the planning or execution of programs the

14 total obligations for which, in fiscal year 1994, are in ex15 cess of $163,500,000 for programs authorized under 23

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

17 shall be for ‘‘State and community highway safety

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

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

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

21 be for section 410 ‘‘Alcohol-impaired driving counter22 measures programs’’: Provided further, That none of these

23 funds shall be used for construction, rehabilitation or re24 modeling costs, or for office furnishings and fixtures for

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

26 further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
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1 able for the planning or execution of programs the total

2 obligations for which are in excess of $10,500,000 for ‘‘Al3 cohol safety incentive grants’’ authorized under 23 U.S.C.

4 408: Provided further, That not to exceed $5,153,000 of

5 the funds made available for section 402 may be available

6 for administering ‘‘State and community highway safety

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

8 of the funds made available for section 410 may be avail9 able for technical assistance to the States: Provided fur10 ther, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available

11 for the planning or execution of programs authorized

12 under section 209 of Public Law 95–599, as amended, the

13 total obligations for which are in excess of $4,750,000 in

14 fiscal years 1982 through 1994.

15 FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION

16 OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR

17 For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Ad18 ministration, not otherwise provided for, $14,865,000, of

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

20 Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be avail21 able for the planning or execution of a program making

22 commitments to guarantee new loans under the Emer23 gency Rail Services Act of 1970, as amended, and that

24 no new commitments to guarantee loans under section

25 211(a) or 211(h) of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act
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1 of 1973, as amended, shall be made: Provided further,

2 That, as part of the Washington Union Station trans3 action in which the Secretary assumed the first deed of

4 trust on the property and, where the Union Station Rede5 velopment Corporation or any successor is obligated to

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

7 behalf, including payments on and after September 30,

8 1988, the Secretary is authorized to receive such payments

9 directly from the Union Station Redevelopment Corpora10 tion, credit them to the appropriation charged for the first

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

12 trust with those funds: Provided further, That such addi13 tional sums as may be necessary for payment on the first

14 deed of trust may be advanced by the Administrator from

15 unobligated balances available to the Federal Railroad Ad16 ministration, to be reimbursed from payments received

17 from the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation.

18 LOCAL RAIL FREIGHT ASSISTANCE

19 For necessary expenses for rail assistance under

20 section 5(q) of the Department of Transportation Act,

21 as amended, $10,000,000, to remain available until

22 expended.

23 RAILROAD SAFETY

24 For necessary expenses in connection with railroad

25 safety, not otherwise provided for, $43,927,000, of which
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1 $1,357,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro2 vided, That there may be credited to this appropriation

3 funds received from non-Federal sources for expenses in4 curred in training safety employees of private industry,

5 State and local authorities, or other public authorities

6 other than State rail safety inspectors participating in

7 training pursuant to section 206 of the Federal Railroad

8 Safety Act of 1970.

9 RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

10 For necessary expenses for railroad research and de11 velopment, $20,166,000, to remain available until ex12 pended: Provided, That up to $100,000 shall be made

13 available to support, by financial assistance agreement,

14 railroad-highway grade crossing safety programs, includ15 ing Operation Lifesaver: Provided further, That $100,000

16 is available until expended to support by financial assist17 ance agreement railroad metallurgical and welding studies

18 at the Oregon Graduate Institute.

19 NORTHEAST CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM

20 For necessary expenses related to Northeast Corridor

21 improvements authorized by title VII of the Railroad Revi22 talization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976, as amend23 ed (45 U.S.C. 851 et seq.) and the Rail Safety Improve24 ment Act of 1988, $130,000,000.
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1 GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER

2 CORPORATION

3 To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make

4 grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation

5 authorized by 45 U.S.C. 601, to remain available until ex6 pended, $431,000,000, of which $331,000,000 shall be

7 available for operating losses incurred by the Corporation

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

9 shall be available for capital improvements: Provided, That

10 none of the funds herein appropriated shall be used for

11 lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles or for the

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

13 than the president of the Corporation, excluding the lease

14 of passenger motor vehicles for those officers or employees

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

16 Secretary shall make no commitments to guarantee new

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

18 fiscal year 1994: Provided further, That no funds are re19 quired to be expended or reserved for expenditure pursu20 ant to 45 U.S.C. 601(e): Provided further, That funds pro21 vided to cover operating losses incurred by the Corporation

22 shall be utilized only for the following expense categories:

23 train operations, maintenance of equipment, maintenance

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

25 further, That the Corporation shall maintain adequate in-
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1 formation in its financial management systems to monitor

2 and account for the specific uses of funds appropriated

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

4 be used, either directly or indirectly, to support intercity

5 bus routes unconnected by a rail segment provided by the

6 National Railroad Passenger Corporation Thruway Bus

7 Service Program.

8 MANDATORY PASSENGER RAIL SERVICE PAYMENTS

9 To enable the Secretary of Transportation to pay ob10 ligations and liabilities of the National Railroad Passenger

11 Corporation, $137,000,000, to remain available until ex12 pended: Provided, That this amount is available only for

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

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

15 in excess of amounts needed to fund benefits for individ16 uals who retired from the National Railroad Passenger

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

18 the National Railroad Passenger Corporation under sec19 tion 358(a) of title 45, United States Code, due in fiscal

20 year 1994 in excess of its obligations calculated on an ex21 perience-rated basis; and (3) obligations of the National

22 Railroad Passenger Corporation due under section 3321

23 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 of the funds provided under this head for for17 mula grants no more than $752,278,000 may be used for

18 operating assistance under section 9(k)(2) of the Federal

19 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, $37,000,000: Pro5 vided, That no more than $76,125,000 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 the Chicago Central Area

23 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 af16 fected 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 by

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

2 available until expended.

3 WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT

4 AUTHORITY

5 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

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

7 551, $200,000,000, to remain available until expended.

8 SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT

9 CORPORATION

10 The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora11 tion is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, with12 in the limits of funds and borrowing authority available

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

14 such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal

15 year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern16 ment Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be

17 necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the

18 Corporation’s budget for the current fiscal year.

19 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

20 (HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)

21 For necessary expenses for operation and mainte22 nance of those portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway op23 erated and maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway De24 velopment Corporation, $10,901,000, to be derived from
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1 the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public

2 Law 99–662.

3 ADDITIONAL HIGHWAY PROJECTS

4 APPALACHIAN CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT PROJECT

5 For 80 percent of the expenses necessary to continue

6 construction on Kentucky Corridor B of the Appalachian

7 Development Highway System, as authorized by section

8 1069(y) of Public Law 102–240, $3,800,000.

9 CUMBERLAND GAP TUNNEL PROJECT

10 For 80 percent of the expenses necessary for the

11 Cumberland Gap Tunnel Project, as authorized by

12 1069(c) of Public Law 102–240, $10,000,000.

13 RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS

14 ADMINISTRATION

15 AVIATION INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

16 For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of

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

18 That there may be credited to this appropriation funds

19 received from States, counties, municipalities, other public

20 authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for

21 training, for reports publication and dissemination, and

22 for aviation information management: Provided further,

23 That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, there

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

25 in funds received from user fees established to support the

26 electronic tariff filing system: Provided further, That there
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1 may be credited to this appropriation funds received from

2 user fees established to defray the costs of obtaining, pre3 paring, and publishing in automatic data processing tape

4 format the United States International Air Travel Statis5 tics data base published by the Department.

6 EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION

7 For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of

8 Emergency Transportation and for expenses for conduct9 ing research and development, $915,000: Provided, That

10 there may be credited to this appropriation funds received

11 from States, counties, municipalities, other public authori12 ties, and private sources for expenses incurred for train13 ing, and for reports publication and dissemination.

14 RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

15 For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of

16 Research and Technology and for expenses for conducting

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

18 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That

19 there may be credited to this appropriation funds received

20 from States, counties, municipalities, other public authori21 ties, and private sources for expenses incurred for train22 ing, and for reports publication and dissemination.

23 PROGRAM AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT

24 For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of

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

26 which $180,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety
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1 Fund: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro2 priation funds received from States, counties, municipali3 ties, other public authorities, and private sources for ex4 penses incurred for training, and for reports publication

5 and dissemination: Provided further, That no employees

6 other than those compensated under this appropriation

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

8 of Policy and Programs, the Office of Management and

9 Administration, and the Office of the Chief Counsel.

10 PIPELINE SAFETY

11 (PIPELINE SAFETY FUND)

12 For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of

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

14 a pipeline safety program, as authorized by section 5 of

15 the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 and the Haz16 ardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979, and to dis17 charge the pipeline program responsibilities of the Oil Pol18 lution Act of 1990, $19,479,000; of which $2,449,000

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

20 to remain available until expended; and of which

21 $17,030,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety

22 Fund, of which $8,400,000 shall remain available until

23 expended.
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1 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS

2 (EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND)

3 For necessary expenses to carry out section

4 117A(i)(3)(B) of the Hazardous Materials Transportation

5 Act, as amended, $400,000 to be derived from the Emer6 gency Preparedness Fund, to remain available until ex7 pended: Provided, That not more than $10,350,000 shall

8 be made available for obligation in fiscal year 1994 for

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

10 (i)(1), (2) and (4) and section 118 of the Hazardous Mate11 rials Transportation Act, as amended: Provided further,

12 That such amounts shall only be available to the Secretary

13 of Transportation.

14 TITLE II—RELATED AGENCIES

15 ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION

16 BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For expenses necessary for the Architectural and

19 Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, as authorized

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

21 amended, $3,348,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding

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

23 appropriation funds received for publications and training

24 expenses.
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1 NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

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

7 diem rate equivalent to the rate for a GS–18; uniforms,

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

9 5901–5902), $37,105,000, of which not to exceed $1,000

10 may be used for official reception and representation

11 expenses.

12 INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Interstate Commerce

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

16 3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by

17 31 U.S.C. 1343(b), and not to exceed $1,500 for official

18 reception and representation expenses, $44,904,000: Pro19 vided, That joint board members and cooperating State

20 commissioners may use Government transportation re21 quests when traveling in connection with their official du22 ties as such: Provided further, That $7,300,000 in fees col23 lected in fiscal year 1994 by the Interstate Commerce

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

25 available to this appropriation in fiscal year 1994.
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1 PAYMENTS FOR DIRECTED RAIL SERVICE

2 (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

3 None of the funds provided in this Act shall be avail4 able for the execution of programs the obligations for

5 which can reasonably be expected to exceed $475,000 for

6 directed rail service authorized under 49 U.S.C. 11125 or

7 any other Act.

8 PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION

9 PANAMA CANAL REVOLVING FUND

10 For administrative expenses of the Panama Canal

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

12 reception and representation expenses of the Board; not

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

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

15 official reception and representation expenses of the Ad16 ministrator, $51,742,000, to be derived from the Panama

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

18 may be used for the planning or execution of

19 nonadministrative and capital programs the obligations

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

21 1994: Provided further, That funds available to the Pan22 ama Canal Commission shall be available for the purchase

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

24 replacement only (including large heavy-duty vehicles used

25 to transport Commission personnel across the Isthmus of
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1 Panama), the purchase price of which shall not exceed

2 $19,000 per vehicle.

3 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

4 REBATE OF SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY TOLLS

5 (HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)

6 For rebate of the United States portion of tolls paid

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

8 Law 99–662, $9,707,000, to remain available until ex9 pended and to be derived from the Harbor Maintenance

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

11 available for expenses of administering the rebates.

12 WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT

13 AUTHORITY

14 INTEREST PAYMENTS

15 For necessary expenses for interest payments, to re16 main available until expended, $51,663,569: Provided,

17 That these funds shall be disbursed pursuant to terms and

18 conditions established by Public Law 96–184 and the Ini19 tial Bond Repayment Participation Agreement.

20 TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

22 SEC. 301. During the current fiscal year applicable

23 appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall

24 be available for maintenance and operation of aircraft;

25 hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of
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1 liability insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign

2 countries on official department business; and uniforms,

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

4 5901–5902).

5 SEC. 302. Funds for the Panama Canal Commission

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

7 the extent necessary to permit payment of such pay in8 creases for officers or employees as may be authorized by

9 administrative action pursuant to law that are not in ex10 cess of statutory increases granted for the same period

11 in corresponding rates of compensation for other employ12 ees of the Government in comparable positions.

13 SEC. 303. Funds appropriated under this Act for ex14 penditures by the Federal Aviation Administration shall

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

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

17 of primary and secondary schooling for dependents of Fed18 eral Aviation Administration personnel stationed outside

19 the continental United States at costs for any given area

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

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

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

23 provide adequately for the education of such dependents,

24 and (2) for transportation of said dependents between

25 schools serving the area that they attend and their places
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1 of residence when the Secretary, under such regulations

2 as may be prescribed, determines that such schools are

3 not accessible by public means of transportation on a regu4 lar basis.

5 SEC. 304. Appropriations contained in this Act for

6 the Department of Transportation shall be available for

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

8 individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to

9 the rate for a GS–18.

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

11 Commission may be expended unless in conformance with

12 the Panama Canal Treaties of 1977 and any law imple13 menting those treaties.

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

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

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

17 intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings

18 funded in this Act.

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

20 shall remain available for obligation beyond the current

21 fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria22 tions, unless expressly so provided herein.

23 SEC. 308. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail24 able for the planning or implementation of any change in

25 the current Federal status of the Volpe National Trans-
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1 portation Systems Center, and none of the funds in this

2 Act shall be available for the implementation of any

3 change in the current Federal status of the Turner4 Fairbank Highway Research Center.

5 SEC. 309. The expenditure of any appropriation

6 under this Act for any consulting service through procure7 ment contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United

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

9 expenditures are a matter of public record and available

10 for public inspection, except where otherwise provided

11 under existing law, or under existing Executive order is12 sued pursuant to existing law.

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

14 Transportation shall distribute the obligation limitation

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

16 sums authorized to be appropriated for Federal-aid high17 ways that are apportioned or allocated to each State for

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

19 to be appropriated for Federal-aid highways that are ap20 portioned or allocated to all the States for such fiscal year.

21 (b) During the period October 1 through December

22 31, 1993, no State shall obligate more than 25 per centum

23 of the amount distributed to such State under subsection

24 (a), and the total of all State obligations during such pe-
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1 riod shall not exceed 15 per centum of the total amount

2 distributed to all States under such subsection.

3 (c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), the Sec4 retary shall—

5 (1) provide all States with authority sufficient

6 to prevent lapses of sums authorized to be appro7 priated for Federal-aid highways that have been ap8 portioned to a State, except in those instances in

9 which a State indicates its intention to lapse sums

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

11 United States Code;

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

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

14 a State will not obligate the amount distributed dur15 ing that fiscal year and redistribute sufficient

16 amounts to those States able to obligate amounts in

17 addition to those previously distributed during that

18 fiscal year giving priority to those States having

19 large unobligated balances of funds apportioned

20 under sections 103(e)(4), 104 and 144 of title 23,

21 United States Code, and under sections 1013(c) and

22 1015 of Public Law 102–240; and

23 (3) not distribute amounts authorized for ad24 ministrative expenses, the Federal lands highway

25 program, the intelligent vehicle highway systems
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1 program, and amounts made available under sec2 tions 1040, 1047, 1064, 6001, 6006, 6023, and

3 6024 of Public Law 102–240, and not more than

4 $1,107,124 for section 5002 of Public Law 102–

5 240.

6 (d) Subject to paragraph (c)(2) of this section, a

7 State which after August 1 and on or before September

8 30 of fiscal year 1994 obligates the amount distributed

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

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

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

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

13 apportioned or allocated to such State—

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

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

16 Law 102–240, and

17 (2) for highway assistance projects under sec18 tion 103(e)(4) of title 23, United States Code,

19 which are not obligated on the date such State completes

20 obligation of the amount so distributed.

21 (e) During the period August 2 through September

22 30, 1994, the aggregate amount which may be obligated

23 by all States pursuant to paragraph (e) shall not exceed

24 2.5 percent of the aggregate amount of funds apportioned

25 or allocated to all States—
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1 (1) under sections 104 and 144 of title 23,

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

3 Law 102–240, and

4 (2) for highway assistance projects under sec5 tion 103(e)(4) of title 23, United States Code,

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

7 total amount of the obligation limitation provided for such

8 fiscal year in this Act were utilized.

9 (f) Paragraph (e) shall not apply to any State which

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

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

12 reduced under paragraph (c)(2).

13 SEC. 311. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail14 able for salaries and expenses of more than one hundred

15 and ten political and Presidential appointees in the De16 partment of Transportation: Provided, That none of the

17 personnel covered by this provision may be assigned on

18 temporary detail outside the Department of Transpor19 tation.

20 SEC. 312. Not to exceed $800,000 of the funds pro21 vided in this Act for the Department of Transportation

22 shall be available for the necessary expenses of advisory

23 committees.

24 SEC. 313. The limitation on obligations for the pro25 grams of the Federal Transit Administration shall not
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1 apply to any authority under section 21 of the Federal

2 Transit Act, previously made available for obligation, or

3 to any other authority previously made available for obli4 gation under the Discretionary Grants program.

5 SEC. 314. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail6 able for the construction of, or any other costs related to,

7 the Central Automated Transit System (Downtown People

8 Mover) in Detroit, Michigan.

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

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

11 SEC. 316. 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. 317. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal

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

21 be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act.

22 SEC. 318. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail23 able to plan, finalize, or implement regulations that would

24 establish a vessel traffic safety fairway less than five miles

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

2 Scheme.

3 SEC. 319. Notwithstanding any other provision of

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

5 Federal Aviation Administration instrument landing sys6 tems (along with associated approach lighting equipment

7 and runway visual range equipment) which conform to

8 Federal Aviation Administration design and performance

9 specifications, the purchase of which was assisted by a

10 Federal airport aid program, airport development aid pro11 gram or airport improvement program grant. The Federal

12 Aviation Administration shall accept such equipment,

13 which shall thereafter be operated and maintained by the

14 Federal Aviation Administration in accordance with agen15 cy criteria.

16 SEC. 320. None of the funds made available in this

17 Act may be used by the Federal Aviation Administration

18 for a new national weather graphics system.

19 SEC. 321. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail20 able to award a multiyear contract for production end

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

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

23 in any one year of the contract or (2) includes a cancella24 tion charge greater than $10,000,000 which at the time

25 of obligation has not been appropriated to the limits of
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1 the government’s liability or (3) includes a requirement

2 that permits performance under the contract during the

3 second and subsequent years of the contract without con4 ditioning such performance upon the appropriation of

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

6 contract in which the Federal Government incurs no fi7 nancial liability from not buying additional systems, sub8 systems, or components beyond the basic contract require9 ments.

10 SEC. 322. None of the funds provided in this Act

11 shall be made available for planning and executing a pas12 senger manifest program by the Department of Transpor13 tation that only applies to United States flag carriers.

14 SEC. 323. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail15 able for the planning or implementation of any change in

16 the current Federal status of the Federal Aviation Admin17 istration’s flight service stations at Red Bluff Airport in

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

19 Tennessee.

20 SEC. 324. Of the funds provided for ‘‘Research, devel21 opment, test, and evaluation’’ in this Act, the Coast Guard

22 shall utilize $1,000,000 to enter into a grant agreement

23 with the International Oceanographic Foundation, Inc. for

24 research activities at the South Florida oil spill research

25 center.
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1 SEC. 325. None of the funds made available in this

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

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

4 SEC. 326. None of the funds made available in this

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

6 labeling and marking requirements relating to bulk

7 packagings containing oil established by the rule published

8 by the Research and Special Programs Administration of

9 the Department of Transportation on February 2, 1993

10 (58 Fed. Reg. 6864).

11 SEC. 327. Funds appropriated in Public Laws 101–

12 516, 102–143, and 102–388 for a structure to replace the

13 bridge over the 17th Street Causeway in Fort Lauderdale,

14 Florida, may be used either for a replacement bridge or

15 a tunnel.

16 SEC. 328. None of the funds provided by this Act

17 shall be made available to any State, municipality or sub18 division thereof that diverts revenue generated by a public

19 airport in violation of the provisions of the Airport and

20 Airway Improvement Act of 1982, as amended.

21 SEC. 329. None of the funds in this Act may be used

22 by the Federal Aviation Administration to support re23 search, engineering or other activities conducted by a lim24 ited liability corporation.
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1 SEC. 330. 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. 331. None of the funds in this Act may be used

11 for the planning, design or construction of an additional

12 air carrier runway at Tulsa International Airport.

13 SEC. 332. None of the funds made available by this

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

15 erect, modify or otherwise place any sign in any State re16 lating to any speed limit, distance, or other measurement

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

18 distance, or other measurement using the metric system.

19 SEC. 333. (a) COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN

20 ACT.—None of the funds made available in this Act may

21 be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in

22 expending the funds the entity will comply with sections

23 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a–

24 10c; popularly known as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’).
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1 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT REGARD2 ING NOTICE.—

3 (1) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT

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

5 product that may be authorized to be purchased

6 with financial assistance provided using funds made

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

8 that entities receiving the assistance should, in ex9 pending the assistance, purchase only American10 made equipment and products.

11 (2) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—

12 In providing financial assistance using funds made

13 available in this Act, the head of each Federal agen14 cy shall provide to each recipient of the assistance

15 a notice describing the statement made in paragraph

16 (1) by the Congress.

17 (c) PROHIBITION OF CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS

18 FALSELY LABELING PRODUCTS AS MADE IN AMERICA.—

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

20 agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bear21 ing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscription

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

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

24 States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any con25 tract or subcontract made with funds made available in
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1 this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineli2 gibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through

3 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.

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

5 shall be made available for any airport development

6 project, or projects, proposed in any grant application sub7 mitted in accordance with title V of Public Law 97–248

8 (96 Stat. 671; 49 U.S.C. App. 2201 et seq.) to any public

9 agency, public authority, or public airport that imposes a

10 fee for any passenger enplaning at the airport in any in11 stance where the passenger did not pay for the air trans12 portation which resulted in such enplanement, including

13 any case in which the passenger obtained the ticket for

14 the air transportation with a frequent flyer award coupon.

15 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans16 portation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,

17 1994’’.

Passed the House of Representatives September 23,

1993.

Attest: DONNALD K. ANDERSON,

Clerk.

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