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SEC. 337. Section 130 of Title 23, United States
Code, is amended in subsection (f) by striking ‘‘90 per-
cent’’ where it appears in the last sentence and inserting
‘‘100 percent’’.
SEC. 338. Section 3030(b) of the Transportation Eq-
uity Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 373–375) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(71) Dane County Corridor—East-West Madison
Metropolitan Area.’’.
SEC. 339. Funds provided in Public Law 104–205
for the Griffin light rail project shall be available for alter-
native analysis and environmental impact studies for other
transit alternatives in the Griffin corridor from Hartford
to Bradley International Airport.
SEC. 340. Section 3030(c)(1)(A)(v) of the Transpor-
tation Equity Act for the 21st Century (Public Law 105–
178) is amended by deleting ‘‘Light Rail’’.
SEC. 341. 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. 342. The Secretary of Transportation is hereby
authorized to make such expenditures and investments,
within the limits of funds available pursuant to 49 U.S.C.
44307, and in accordance with section 104 of the Govern-
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ment Corporation Control Act, as amended (31 U.S.C.
9104), as may be necessary in carrying out the program
for aviation insurance activities under chapter 443 of title
49, United States Code.
SEC. 343. Notwithstanding current policies or guide-
lines of the Department of Transportation, the Adminis-
trator of the Federal Aviation Administration is hereby
authorized to issue grant awards utilizing funds limited
in this bill under ‘‘Grants-in-aid for airports’’ fifteen days
after transmittal of recommended grant awards to the Of-
fice of the Secretary of Transportation for Congressional
notification purposes.
SEC. 344. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able to execute a letter of no prejudice, letter of intent
or full funding grant agreement for the Salt Lake City
west-east light rail line, any segment thereof, or a down-
town connector in Salt Lake City, Utah.
SEC. 345. Of the funds made available to the Coast
Guard in this Act under ‘‘Acquisition, construction, and
improvements’’, $10,000,000 is only for necessary ex-
penses to support a portion of the acquisition costs, cur-
rently estimated at $128,000,000, of a multi-mission ves-
sel to replace the Mackinaw icebreaker in the Great Lakes,
to remain available until September 30, 2005.
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SEC. 346. Notwithstanding the Federal Airport Act
(as in effect on April 3, 1956) or sections 47125 and
47153 of title 49, United States Code, and subject to sub-
section (b), the Secretary of Transportation may waive
any term contained in the deed of conveyance dated April
3, 1956, by which the United States conveyed lands to
the city of Safford, Arizona, for use by the city for airport
purposes: Provided, That no waiver may be made under
subsection (a) if the waiver would result in the closure of
an airport.
SEC. 347. None of the funds in this Act may be ex-
pended to review or issue a waiver for a vessel deemed
to be equipped with a double buttom or double sides.
This act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans-
portation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
2000’’.
Union Calendar No. 100
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2084
[Report No. 106–180]
A BILL
Making appropriations for the Department of
Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2000, and for other
purposes.
JUNE 9, 1999
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed