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(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘Director’’ and
inserting ‘‘Director of the Bureau of Transportation
Statistics’’;
(2) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘Bureau’’ and
inserting ‘‘Bureau of Transportation Statistics,’’;
and
(3) in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘paragraph
(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’.
(f) 
CORRECTIONS
TO
CERTAIN
OKLAHOMA
PROJECTS.—Section 5116 of such Act is amended—
(1) in subsection (e)(2) by striking ‘‘$1,000,000
for fiscal year 1999, $1,000,000 for fiscal year
2000, and $500,000 for fiscal year 2001’’ and in-
serting 
‘‘$1,000,000 
for 
fiscal 
year 
1999,
$1,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, $1,000,000 for fis-
cal year 2001, and $500,000 for fiscal year 2002’’;
and
(2) in subsection (f)(2) by striking ‘‘$1,000,000
for fiscal year 1999, $1,000,000 for fiscal year
2000, $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, and
$500,000 for fiscal year 2002’’ and inserting
‘‘$1,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, $1,000,000 for
fiscal year 2000, and $500,000 for fiscal year
2001’’.
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(g) INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUC-
TURE REFERENCE.—Section 5117(b)(3)(B)(ii) of such
Act is amended by striking ‘‘local departments of trans-
portation’’ and inserting ‘‘the Department of Transpor-
tation’’.
(h) FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES OF ASPHALTS AND
MODIFIED ASPHALTS.—Section 5117(b)(5)(B) of such
Act is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘1999’’ and inserting ‘‘1998’’;
and
(2) by striking ‘‘$3,000,000 per fiscal year’’
and inserting ‘‘$1,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 and
$3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1999 through
2003’’.
SEC. 12. AUTOMOBILE SAFETY AND INFORMATION.
(a) REFERENCE.—Section 7104 of the Transpor-
tation Equity Act for the 21st Century is amended by add-
ing at the end the following:
‘‘(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 30105(a)
of title 49, United States Code (as amended by subsection
(a) of this section), is amended by inserting after ‘Sec-
retary’ the following: ‘for the National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration’.’’.
(b) CLEAN VESSEL ACT FUNDING.—Section 7403 of
such Act is amended—
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(1) by inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ before
‘‘Section 4(b)’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 4(b)(3)(B)
of the 1950 Act (as amended by subsection (a) of this
section) is amended by striking ‘6404(d)’ and inserting
‘7404(d)’.’’.
(c) BOATING INFRASTRUCTURE.—Section 7404(b) of
such Act is amended by striking ‘‘6402’’ and inserting
‘‘7402’’.
SEC. 13. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS REGARDING SUBTITLE
A OF TITLE VIII.
(a) AMENDMENT TO OFFSETTING ADJUSTMENT FOR
DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMIT.—Section 8101(b) of
the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century is
amended—
(1) 
in 
paragraph 
(1) 
by 
striking
‘‘$25,173,000,000’’ 
and 
inserting
‘‘$25,144,000,000’’; and
(2) 
in 
paragraph 
(2) 
by 
striking
‘‘$26,045,000,000’’ 
and 
inserting
‘‘$26,009,000,000’’.
(b) AMENDMENTS FOR HIGHWAY CATEGORY.—Sec-
tion 8101 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st
Century is amended by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(f) 
TECHNICAL
AMENDMENTS.—Section
250(c)(4)(C) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def-
icit Control Act of 1985 (as amended by subsection (c)
of this Act) is amended—
‘‘(1) by striking ‘Century and’ and inserting
‘Century or’;
‘‘(2) by striking ‘as amended by this section,’
and inserting ‘as amended by the Transportation
Equity Act for the 21st Century,’; and
‘‘(3) by adding at the end the following new
flush sentence:
‘Such term also refers to the Washington Metropoli-
tan Transit Authority account (69-1128-0-1-401)
only for fiscal year 1999 only for appropriations pro-
vided pursuant to authorizations contained in section
14 of Public Law 96–184 and Public Law 101–
551.’.’’.
(c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 8102 of the
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century is amend-
ed by inserting before the period at the end the following:
‘‘or from section 1102 of this Act’’.
SEC. 14. CORRECTIONS TO VETERANS SUBTITLE.
(a) TOBACCO-RELATED ILLNESSES IN VETERANS.—
Section 8202 of the Transportation Equity Act for the
21st Century is amended to read as follows (and the
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amendments made by that section as originally enacted
shall be treated for all purposes as not having been made):
‘‘SEC. 8202. TREATMENT OF TOBACCO-RELATED ILLNESSES
OF VETERANS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Chapter 11 of title 38,
United States Code, is amended by inserting after section
1102 the following new section:
‘§ 1103. Special provisions relating to claims based
upon effects of tobacco products
‘(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a
veteran’s disability or death shall not be considered to
have resulted from personal injury suffered or disease con-
tracted in the line of duty in the active military, naval,
or air service for purposes of this title on the basis that
it resulted from injury or disease attributable to the use
of tobacco products by the veteran during the veteran’s
service.
‘(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall be construed as
precluding the establishment of service connection for dis-
ability or death from a disease or injury which is otherwise
shown to have been incurred or aggravated in active mili-
tary, naval, or air service or which became manifest to
the requisite degree of disability during any applicable pre-
sumptive period specified in section 1112 or 1116 of this
title.’.
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‘‘(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such
chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating
to section 1102 the following new item:
‘1103. Special provisions relating to claims based upon effects of tobacco
products.’.
‘‘(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 1103 of title 38,
United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall
apply with respect to claims received by the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs after the date of the enactment of this
Act.’’.
(b) GI BILL EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR SUR-
VIVORS AND DEPENDENTS OF VETERANS.—Subtitle B of
title VIII of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st
Century is amended by adding at the end the following
new section:
‘‘SEC. 8210. TWENTY PERCENT INCREASE IN RATES OF SUR-
VIVORS AND DEPENDENTS EDUCATIONAL AS-
SISTANCE.
‘‘(a) SURVIVORS AND DEPENDENTS EDUCATIONAL
ASSISTANCE.—Section 3532 of title 38, United States
Code, is amended—
‘‘(1) in subsection (a)(1)—
‘‘(A) by striking out ‘$404’ and inserting
in lieu thereof ‘$485’;
‘‘(B) by striking out ‘$304’ and inserting
in lieu thereof ‘$365’; and
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‘‘(C) by striking out ‘$202’ and inserting
in lieu thereof ‘$242’;
‘‘(2) in subsection (a)(2), by striking out ‘$404’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘$485’;
‘‘(3) in subsection (b), by striking out ‘$404’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘$485’; and
‘‘(4) in subsection (c)(2)—
‘‘(A) by striking out ‘$327’ and inserting
in lieu thereof ‘$392’;
‘‘(B) by striking out ‘$245’ and inserting
in lieu thereof ‘$294’; and
‘‘(C) by striking out ‘$163’ and inserting
in lieu thereof ‘$196’.
‘‘(b) CORRESPONDENCE COURSE.—Section 3534(b)
of such title is amended by striking out ‘$404’ and insert-
ing in lieu thereof ‘$485’.
‘‘(c) SPECIAL
RESTORATIVE
TRAINING.—Section
3542(a) of such title is amended—
‘‘(1) by striking out ‘$404’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘$485’;
‘‘(2) by striking out ‘$127’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting in lieu thereof ‘$152’; and
‘‘(3) by striking out ‘$13.46’ and inserting in
lieu thereof ‘$16.16’.
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‘‘(d) 
APPRENTICESHIP
TRAINING.—Section
3687(b)(2) of such title is amended—
‘‘(1) by striking out ‘$294’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘$353’;
‘‘(2) by striking out ‘$220’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘$264’;
‘‘(3) by striking out ‘$146’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘$175’; and
‘‘(4) by striking out ‘$73’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘$88’.
‘‘(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall take effect on October 1, 1998, and shall
apply with respect to educational assistance allowances
paid for months after September 1998.’’.
SEC. 15. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS REGARDING TITLE IX.
(a) HIGHWAY TRUST FUND.—Subsection (f) of sec-
tion 9002 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st
Century is amended by adding at the end the following
new paragraphs:
‘‘(4) The last sentence of section 9503(c)(1), as
amended by subsection (d), is amended by striking
‘the date of enactment of the Transportation Equity
Act for the 21st Century’ and inserting ‘the date of
the enactment of the TEA 21 Restoration Act’.
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‘‘(5) Paragraph (3) of section 9503(e), as
amended by subsection (d), is amended by striking
‘the date of enactment of the Transportation Equity
Act for the 21st Century’ and inserting ‘the date of
the enactment of the TEA 21 Restoration Act’.’’.
(b) BOAT SAFETY ACCOUNT AND SPORT FISH RES-
TORATION ACCOUNT.—Section 9005 of the Transpor-
tation Equity Act for the 21st Century is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(f) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—
‘‘(1) Subparagraph (A) of section 9504(b)(2),
as amended by subsection (b)(1), is amended by
striking ‘the date of the enactment of the Transpor-
tation Equity Act for the 21st Century’ and insert-
ing ‘the date of the enactment of the TEA 21 Res-
toration Act’.
‘‘(2) Subparagraph (B) of section 9504(b)(2),
as added by subsection (b)(3), is amended by strik-
ing ‘such Act’ and inserting ‘the TEA 21 Restora-
tion Act’.
‘‘(3) Subparagraph (C) of section 9504(b)(2),
as amended by subsection (b)(2) and redesignated
by subsection (b)(3), is amended by striking ‘the
date of the enactment of the Transportation Equity
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Act for the 21st Century’ and inserting ‘the date of
the enactment of the TEA 21 Restoration Act’.
‘‘(4) Subsection (c) of section 9504, as amend-
ed by subsection (c)(2), is amended by striking ‘the
date of enactment of the Transportation Equity Act
for the 21st Century’ and inserting ‘the date of the
enactment of the TEA 21 Restoration Act’.’’.
SEC. 16. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall
take effect simultaneously with the enactment of the
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century. For pur-
poses of all Federal laws, the amendments made by this
Act shall be treated as being included in the Transpor-
tation Equity Act for the 21st Century at the time of the
enactment of such Act, and the provisions of such Act (in-
cluding the amendments made by such Act) (as in effect
on the day before the date of enactment of this Act) that
are amended by this Act shall be treated as not being en-
acted.
Passed the House of Representatives June 3, 1998.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.