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funds, for the Charleston, South Carolina Monobeam Corridor
Project shall be transferred to and administered under the Transit
Planning and Research account, subject to such terms and condi-
tions as the Secretary deems appropriate.
SEC. 332. Hereafter, notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 41742, no essen-
tial air service subsidies shall be provided to communities in the
48 contiguous States that are located fewer than 70 highway miles
from the nearest large or medium hub airport, or that require
a rate of subsidy per passenger in excess of $200 unless such
point is greater than 210 miles from the nearest large or medium
hub airport.
SEC. 333. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, minor fees
and other funds received by the Department from travel manage-
ment centers, charge card programs, the subleasing of building
space, and miscellaneous sources are to be credited to appropria-
tions of the Department and allocated to elements of the Depart-
ment using fair and equitable criteria and such funds shall be
available until December 31, 2000.
SEC. 334. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule
or regulation, the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to allow
the issuer of any preferred stock heretofore sold to the Department
to redeem or repurchase such stock upon the payment to the Depart-
ment of an amount determined by the Secretary.
SEC. 335. For necessary expenses of the Amtrak Reform Council
authorized under section 203 of Public Law 105–134, $750,000,
to remain available until September 30, 2001: Provided, That the
duties of the Amtrak Reform Council described in section 203(g)(1)
of Public Law 105–134 shall include the identification of Amtrak
routes which are candidates for closure or realignment, based on
performance rankings developed by Amtrak which incorporate
information on each route’s fully allocated costs and ridership on
core intercity passenger service, and which assume, for purposes
of closure or realignment candidate identification, that Federal
subsidies for Amtrak will decline over the 4-year period from fiscal
year 1999 to fiscal year 2002: Provided further, That these closure
or realignment recommendations shall be included in the Amtrak
Reform Council’s annual report to the Congress required by section
203(h) of Public Law 105–134.
SEC. 336. The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to
transfer funds appropriated for any office of the Office of the Sec-
retary to any other office of the Office of the Secretary: Provided,
That no appropriation shall be increased or decreased by more
than 12 percent by all such transfers: Provided further, That any
such transfer shall be submitted for approval to the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations.
SEC. 337. None of the funds in this Act shall be available
for activities under the Aircraft Purchase Loan Guarantee Program
during fiscal year 2000.
SEC. 338. None of the funds appropriated or limited in this
Act may be used to carry out the functions and operations of
the Office of Motor Carriers within the Federal Highway Adminis-
tration: Provided, That funds available to the Federal Highway
Administration shall be transferred with the functions and oper-
ations of the Office of Motor Carriers should any of the functions
and operations of that office be delegated by the Secretary outside
of the Federal Highway Administration: Provided further, That
notwithstanding section 104(c)(2) of title 49, United States Code,
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the Federal Highway Administrator shall not carry out the duties
and functions vested in the Secretary under 49 U.S.C. 521(b)(5).
SEC. 339. Section 3027 of the Transportation Equity Act for
the 21st Century (49 U.S.C. 5307 note; 112 Stat. 336) is amended
by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(e) GOVERNMENT SHARE FOR OPERATING ASSISTANCE TO CER-
TAIN
SMALLER
URBANIZED
AREAS.—Notwithstanding 49 U.S.C.
5307(e), a grant of the Government for operating expenses of a
project under 49 U.S.C. 5307(b) in fiscal years 1999 and 2000
to any recipient that is providing transit services in an urbanized
area with a population between 128,000 and 128,200, as determined
in the 1990 census, and that had adopted a 5-year transit plan
before September 1, 1998, may not be more than 80 percent of
the net project cost.’’.
SEC. 340. Funds provided in Public Law 104–205 for the Griffin
light rail project shall be available for alternative analysis and
environmental impact studies for other transit alternatives in the
Griffin corridor from Hartford to Bradley International Airport.
SEC. 341. Section 3030(c)(1)(A)(v) of the Transportation Equity
Act for the 21st Century (Public Law 105–178) is amended by
striking ‘‘Light Rail’’.
SEC. 342. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Federal share of projects funded under section 3038(g)(1)(B) of
Public Law 105–178 shall not exceed 90 percent of the project
cost.
SEC. 343. Of the funds made available to the Coast Guard
in this Act under ‘‘Acquisition, construction, and improvements’’,
$10,000,000 is only for necessary expenses to support a portion
of the acquisition costs, currently estimated at $128,000,000, of
a multi-mission vessel to replace the Mackinaw icebreaker in the
Great Lakes, to remain available until September 30, 2005.
SEC. 344. None of the funds made available in this Act may
be obligated or expended to extend a single hull tank vessel’s
double hull compliance date under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990
due to conversion of the vessel’s single hull design by adding a
double bottom or double side after August 18, 1990, unless specifi-
cally authorized by 46 U.S.C. 3703a(e).
SEC. 345. None of the funds in this Act may be used for
the planning or development of the California State Route 710
Freeway extension project through South Pasadena, California (as
approved in the Record of Decision on State Route 710 Freeway,
issued by the United States Department of Transportation, Federal
Highway Administration, on April 13, 1998).
SEC. 346. Hereafter, none of the funds made available under
this Act or any other Act, may be used to implement, carry out,
or enforce any regulation issued under section 41705 of title 49,
United States Code, including any regulation contained in part
382 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, or any other provision
of law (including any Act of Congress, regulation, or Executive
order or any official guidance or correspondence thereto), that
requires or encourages an air carrier (as that term is defined
in section 40102 of title 49, United States Code) to, on intrastate
or interstate air transportation (as those terms are defined in
section 40102 of title 49, United States Code)—
(1) provide a peanut-free buffer zone or any other related
peanut-restricted area; or
(2) restrict the distribution of peanuts,
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until 90 days after submission to the Congress and the Secretary
of a peer-reviewed scientific study that determines that there are
severe reactions by passengers to peanuts as a result of contact
with very small airborne peanut particles of the kind that pas-
sengers might encounter in an aircraft.
SEC. 347. Section 5309(g)(1)(B) of title 49, United States Code,
is amended by inserting after ‘‘Committee on Banking, Housing,
and Urban Affairs of the Senate’’ the following: ‘‘and the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations’’.
SEC. 348. Section 1212(g) of the Transportation Equity Act
for the 21st Century (Public Law 105–178), as amended, is
amended—
(1) in the subsection heading, by inserting ‘‘and New
Jersey’’ after ‘‘Minnesota’’; and
(2) by inserting ‘‘or the State of New Jersey’’ after ‘‘Min-
nesota’’.
SEC. 349. (a) REQUIREMENT TO CONVEY.—The Commandant
of the Coast Guard shall convey, without consideration, to the
University of New Hampshire (in this section referred to as the
‘‘University’’) all right, title, and interest of the United States in
and to a parcel of real property (including any improvements
thereon) located in New Castle, New Hampshire, consisting of
approximately five acres and including a pier.
(b) IDENTIFICATION
OF PROPERTY.—The Commandant shall
determine, identify, and describe the property to be conveyed under
this section.
(c) EASEMENTS, RIGHTS-OF-WAY, AND RIGHTS.—(1) The Com-
mandant shall, in connection with the conveyance required by sub-
section (a), grant to the University such easements and rights-
of-way as the Commandant considers necessary to permit access
to the property conveyed under that subsection.
(2) The Commandant shall, in connection with such conveyance,
reserve in favor of the United States such easements and rights
as the Commandant considers necessary to protect the interests
of the United States, including easements or rights regarding access
to property and utilities.
(d) CONDITIONS OF CONVEYANCE.—The conveyance required by
subsection (a) shall be subject to the following conditions:
(1) That the University not convey, assign, exchange, or
encumber the property conveyed, or any part thereof, unless
such conveyance, assignment, exchange, or encumbrance—
(A) is made without consideration; or
(B) is otherwise approved by the Commandant.
(2) That the University not interfere or allow interference
in any manner with the maintenance or operation of Coast
Guard Station Portsmouth Harbor, New Hampshire, without
the express written permission of the Commandant.
(3) That the University use the property for educational,
research, or other public purposes.
(e) MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTY.—The University, or any subse-
quent owner of the property conveyed under subsection (a) pursuant
to a conveyance, assignment, or exchange referred to in subsection
(d)(1), shall maintain the property in a proper, substantial, and
workmanlike manner, and in accordance with any conditions estab-
lished by the Commandant, pursuant to the National Historic
Preservation Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.), and other
applicable laws.
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(f ) REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—All right, title, and interest in
and to the property conveyed under this section (including any
improvements thereon) shall revert to the United States, and the
United States shall have the right of immediate entry thereon,
if—
(1) the property, or any part thereof, ceases to be used
for educational, research, or other public purposes by the
University;
(2) the University conveys, assigns, exchanges, or encum-
bers the property conveyed, or part thereof, for consideration
or without the approval of the Commandant;
(3) the Commandant notifies the owner of the property
that the property is needed for national security purposes and
a period of 30 days elapses after such notice; or
(4) any other term or condition established by the Com-
mandant under this section with respect to the property is
violated.
SEC. 350. (a) No recipient of funds made available in this
Act shall disseminate driver’s license personal information as
defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(3) except as provided in subsection (b)
of this section or motor vehicle records as defined in 18 U.S.C.
2725(1) for any use not permitted under 18 U.S.C. 2721.
(b) No recipient of funds made available in this Act shall
disseminate a person’s driver’s license photograph, social security
number, and medical or disability information from a motor vehicle
record as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1) without the express consent
of the person to whom such information pertains, except for uses
permitted under 18 U.S.C. 2721(1), 2721(4), 2721(6), and 2721(9):
Provided, That subsection (b) shall not in any way affect the use
of organ donation information on an individual’s driver’s license
or affect the administration of organ donation initiatives in the
States.
(c) 18 U.S.C. 2721(b)(11) is amended by striking all after
‘‘records’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘if the State has obtained
the express consent of the person to whom such personal informa-
tion pertains.’’.
(d) 18 U.S.C. 2721(b)(12) is amended by striking all after ‘‘solici-
tations’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘if the State has obtained
the express consent of the person to whom such personal informa-
tion pertains.’’.
(e) No State may condition or burden in any way the issuance
of a motor vehicle record as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1) upon
the receipt of consent described in paragraphs (b) and (c).
(f ) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), the Secretary shall
not withhold funds provided in this Act for any grantee if a State
is in noncompliance with this provision.
(g) EFFECTIVE DATES.—
(1) Subsections (a) and (e) shall be effective upon the date
of the enactment of this Act, excluding the States of Wisconsin,
South Carolina, and Oklahoma that shall be in compliance
with this subsection within 90 days after the United States
Supreme Court has issued a final decision on Reno vs. Condon;
(2) Subsections (b), (c), and (d) shall be effective on June
1, 2000, excluding the States of Arkansas, Montana, Nevada,
North Dakota, Oregon, and Texas that shall be in compliance
with subsections (b), (c), and (d) within 90 days of the next
convening of the State legislature and excluding the States