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WORKING CAPITAL FUND
Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital outlays of
the Department of Transportation Working Capital Fund associated
with the provision of services to entities within the Department
of Transportation, not to exceed $103,149,000 shall be paid, in
accordance with law, from appropriations made available to the
Department of Transportation.
PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
For liquidation of obligations incurred for payments to air car-
riers of so much of the compensation fixed and determined under
subchapter II of chapter 417 of title 49, United States Code, as
is payable by the Department of Transportation, $22,600,000, to
remain available until expended and to be derived from the Airport
and Airway Trust Fund: Provided, That none of the funds in this
Act shall be available for the implementation or execution of pro-
grams in excess of $22,600,000 for the Payments to Air Carriers
program in fiscal year 1996: Provided further, That none of the
funds in this Act shall be used by the Secretary of Transportation
to make payment of compensation under subchapter II of chapter
417 of title 49, United States Code, in excess of the appropriation
in this Act for liquidation of obligations incurred under the ‘‘Pay-
ments to air carriers’’ program: Provided further, That none of
the funds in this Act shall be used for the payment of claims
for such compensation except in accordance with this provision:
Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be
available for service to communities in the forty-eight contiguous
States that are located fewer than seventy 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 two hundred and ten miles from the nearest large
or medium hub airport: Provided further, That of funds provided
for ‘‘Small Community Air Service’’ by Public Law 101–508,
$16,000,000 in fiscal year 1996 is hereby rescinded.
PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS
(RESCISSION)
Of the budgetary resources remaining available under this
heading, $6,786,971 are rescinded.
RENTAL PAYMENTS
For necessary expenses for rental of headquarters and field
space not to exceed 8,580,000 square feet and for related services
assessed by the General Services Administration, $135,200,000:
Provided, That of this amount, $1,897,000 shall be derived from
the Highway Trust Fund, $41,441,000 shall be derived from the
Airport and Airway Trust Fund, $836,000 shall be derived from
the Pipeline Safety Fund, and $169,000 shall be derived from the
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Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: Provided further, That in addition,
for assessments by the General Services Administration related
to the space needs of the Federal Highway Administration,
$17,685,000, to be derived from ‘‘Federal-aid Highways’’, subject
to the ‘‘Limitation on General Operating Expenses’’.
MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM
For the cost of direct loans, $1,500,000, as authorized by 49
U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modify-
ing such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these funds
are available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount
of direct loans not to exceed $15,000,000. In addition, for adminis-
trative expenses to carry out the direct loan program, $400,000.
MINORITY BUSINESS OUTREACH
For necessary expenses of the Minority Business Resource Cen-
ter outreach activities, $2,900,000, of which $2,642,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 1997: Provided, That notwithstanding
49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be used for business opportunities
related to any mode of transportation.
COAST GUARD
OPERATING EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the operation and maintenance of
the Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for; purchase of not to
exceed five passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; payments
pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377, as amended (42
U.S.C. 402 note), and section 229(b) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 429(b)); and recreation and welfare; $2,278,991,000, of
which $25,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability
Trust Fund; and of which $20,000,000 shall be expended from
the Boat Safety Account: Provided, That the number of aircraft
on hand at any one time shall not exceed two hundred and eighteen,
exclusive of aircraft and parts stored to meet future attrition: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds appropriated in this or any
other Act shall be available for pay or administrative expenses
in connection with shipping commissioners in the United States:
Provided further, That none of the funds provided in this Act
shall be available for expenses incurred for yacht documentation
under 46 U.S.C. 12109, except to the extent fees are collected
from yacht owners and credited to this appropriation: Provided
further, That the Commandant shall reduce both military and
civilian employment levels for the purpose of complying with Execu-
tive Order No. 12839.
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS
For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction, renovation,
and improvement of aids to navigation, shore facilities, vessels,
and aircraft, including equipment related thereto, $362,375,000,
of which $32,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability
Trust Fund; of which $167,600,000 shall be available to acquire,
repair, renovate or improve vessels, small boats and related equip-
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ment, to remain available until September 30, 2000; $12,000,000
shall be available to acquire new aircraft and increase aviation
capability, to remain available until September 30, 1998;
$49,200,000 shall be available for other equipment, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 1998; $88,875,000 shall be available for
shore facilities and aids to navigation facilities, to remain available
until September 30, 1998; and $44,700,000 shall be available for
personnel compensation and benefits and related costs, to remain
available until September 30, 1996: Provided, That funds received
from the sale of the VC–11A and HU–25 aircraft shall be credited
to this appropriation for the purpose of acquiring new aircraft
and increasing aviation capacity: Provided further, That the Com-
mandant may dispose of surplus real property by sale or lease
and the proceeds of such sale or lease shall be credited to this
appropriation.
ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION
For necessary expenses to carry out the Coast Guard’s environ-
mental compliance and restoration functions under chapter 19 of
title 14, United States Code, $21,000,000, to remain available until
expended.
PORT SAFETY DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses for debt retirement of the Port of Port-
land, Oregon, $15,000,000, to remain available until expended.
ALTERATION OF BRIDGES
For necessary expenses for alteration or removal of obstructive
bridges, $16,000,000, to remain available until expended.
RETIRED PAY
For retired pay, including the payment of obligations therefor
otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this purpose,
and payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection
and Survivor Benefits Plans, and for payments for medical care
of retired personnel and their dependents under the Dependents
Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), $582,022,000.
RESERVE TRAINING
For all necessary expenses for the Coast Guard Reserve, as
authorized by law; maintenance and operation of facilities; and
supplies, equipment, and services; $62,000,000.
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for applied
scientific research, development, test, and evaluation; maintenance,
rehabilitation, lease and operation of facilities and equipment, as
authorized by law, $18,000,000, to remain available until expended,
of which $3,150,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability
Trust Fund: Provided, That there may be credited to this appropria-
tion funds received from State and local governments, other public
authorities, private sources, and foreign countries, for expenses
incurred for research, development, testing, and evaluation.
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BOAT SAFETY
(AQUATIC RESOURCES TRUST FUND)
For payment of necessary expenses incurred for recreational
boating safety assistance under Public Law 92–75, as amended,
$20,000,000, to be derived from the Boat Safety Account and to
remain available until expended.
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
OPERATIONS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Administration,
not otherwise provided for, including operations and research activi-
ties related to commercial space transportation, administrative
expenses for research and development, establishment of air naviga-
tion facilities and the operation (including leasing) and maintenance
of aircraft, and carrying out the provisions of subchapter I of chapter
471 of title 49, U.S.Code, or other provisions of law authorizing
the obligation of funds for similar programs of airport and airway
development or improvement, lease or purchase of four passenger
motor vehicles for replacement only, $4,645,712,000, of which
$2,222,859,100 shall be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust
Fund: Provided, That there may be credited to this appropriation
funds received from States, counties, municipalities, foreign authori-
ties, other public authorities, and private sources, for expenses
incurred in the provision of agency services, including receipts
for the maintenance and operation of air navigation facilities and
for issuance, renewal or modification of certificates, including air-
man, aircraft, and repair station certificates, or for tests related
thereto, or for processing major repair or alteration forms: Provided
further, That funds may be used to enter into a grant agreement
with a nonprofit standard setting organization to assist in the
development of aviation safety standards: Provided further, That
none of the funds in this Act shall be available for new applicants
for the second career training program: Provided further, That
none of the funds in this Act shall be available for paying premium
pay under 5 U.S.C. 5546(a) to any Federal Aviation Administration
employee unless such employee actually performed work during
the time corresponding to such premium pay: Provided further,
That the Secretary may transfer funds to this account, from Coast
Guard ‘‘Operating expenses’’, not to exceed $60,000,000 in total
for the fiscal year, fifteen days after written notification to the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, solely for the
purpose of providing additional funds for air traffic control oper-
ations and maintenance to enhance aviation safety and security:
Provided further, That the unexpended balances of the appropria-
tion ‘‘Office of Commercial Space Transportation, Operations and
Research’’ shall be transferred to and merged with this appropria-
tion: Provided further, That none of the funds derived from the
Airport and Airway Trust Fund may be used to support the oper-
ations and activities of the Associate Administrator for Commercial
Space Transportation.
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FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for acquisi-
tion, establishment, and improvement by contract or purchase, and
hire of air navigation and experimental facilities and equipment
as authorized under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, U.S.Code,
including initial acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant;
engineering and service testing, including construction of test facili-
ties and acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; and
construction and furnishing of quarters and related accommodations
for officers and employees of the Federal Aviation Administration
stationed at remote localities where such accommodations are not
available; and the purchase, lease, or transfer of aircraft from
funds available under this head; to be derived from the Airport
and Airway Trust Fund, $1,934,883,000, of which $1,708,883,000
shall remain available until September 30, 1998, of which
$216,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 1996, and
of which $10,000,000, to remain available until expended, is for
funding noncompetitive cooperative agreements with air carriers
to assist them in acquiring and installing the following advanced
security equipment: (1) hardened unit load devices, (2) explosive
detection systems certified by the Federal Aviation Administration,
and (3) computer-aided screener training and proficiency systems,
in order to evaluate such equipment’s operational feasibility and
effectiveness in improving civil aviation security: Provided, That
there may be credited to this appropriation funds received from
States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and pri-
vate sources, for expenses incurred in the establishment and mod-
ernization of air navigation facilities.
FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)
(RESCISSION)
Of the available balances under this heading, $60,000,000 are
rescinded.
RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for
research, engineering, and development, as authorized under part
A of subtitle VII of title 49, U.S.C., including construction of experi-
mental facilities and acquisition of necessary sites by lease or
grant, $185,698,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway
Trust Fund and to remain available until September 30, 1998:
Provided, That there may be credited to this appropriation funds
received from States, counties, municipalities, other public authori-
ties, and private sources, for expenses incurred for research,
engineering, and development.
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GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)
For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in-aid for air-
port planning and development, and for noise compatibility planning
and programs as authorized under subchapter I of chapter 471
and subchapter I of chapter 475 of title 49, U.S.Code, and under
other law authorizing such obligations, $1,500,000,000, to be derived
from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to remain available
until expended: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall
be available for the planning or execution of programs the obliga-
tions for which are in excess of $1,450,000,000 in fiscal year 1996
for grants-in-aid for airport planning and development, and noise
compatibility planning and programs, notwithstanding section
47117(h) of title 49, U.S.Code: Provided further, That none of the
funds in this Act shall be available for the planning and execution
of programs the obligations for which are in excess of $26,000,000
for the ‘‘Military Airports Program’’ and $48,000,000 for the
‘‘Reliever Airports Program’’.
AVIATION INSURANCE REVOLVING FUND
The Secretary of Transportation is hereby authorized to make
such expenditures and investments, within the limits of funds avail-
able pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 44307, and in accordance with section
104 of the Government 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,
U.S. Code.
AIRCRAFT PURCHASE LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM
None of the funds in this Act shall be available for activities
under this head the obligations for which are in excess of $1,600,000
during fiscal year 1996.
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
LIMITATION ON GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES
Necessary expenses for administration, operation, including
motor carrier safety program operations, and research of the Federal
Highway Administration not to exceed $509,660,000 shall be paid
in accordance with law from appropriations made available by
this Act to the Federal Highway Administration together with
advances and reimbursements received by the Federal Highway
Administration: Provided, That $208,946,000 of the amount pro-
vided herein shall remain available until September 30, 1998.
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HIGHWAY-RELATED SAFETY GRANTS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provi-
sions of title 23, United States Code, section 402 administered
by the Federal Highway Administration, to remain available until
expended, $11,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund:
Provided, That not to exceed $100,000 of the amount made available
herein shall be available for ‘‘Limitation on general operating
expenses’’: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act
shall be available for the planning or execution of programs the
obligations for which are in excess of $11,000,000 in fiscal year
1996 for ‘‘Highway-Related Safety Grants’’.
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
None of the funds in this Act shall be available for the
implementation or execution of programs the obligations for which
are in excess of $17,550,000,000 for Federal-aid highways and high-
way safety construction programs for fiscal year 1996.
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For carrying out the provisions of title 23, United States Code,
that are attributable to Federal-aid highways, including the
National Scenic and Recreational Highway as authorized by 23
U.S.C. 148, not otherwise provided, including reimbursements for
sums expended pursuant to the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 308,
$19,200,000,000 or so much thereof as may be available in and
derived from the Highway Trust Fund, to remain available until
expended.
RIGHT-OF-WAY REVOLVING FUND
(LIMITATION ON DIRECT LOANS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
None of the funds under this head are available for obligations
for right-of-way acquisition during fiscal year 1996.
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MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 49 U.S.C.
31102, $68,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund
and to remain available until expended: Provided, That none of
the funds in this Act shall be available for the implementation
or execution of programs the obligations for which are in excess
of $77,225,000 for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Grants’’.
NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the Sec-
retary with respect to traffic and highway safety under part C
of subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code, and chapter 301
of title 49, United States Code, $73,316,570, of which $37,825,850
shall remain available until September 30, 1998: Provided, That
none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated or
expended to plan, finalize, or implement any rulemaking to add
to section 575.104 of title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations
any requirement pertaining to a grading standard that is different
from the three grading standards (treadwear, traction, and tempera-
ture resistance) already in effect.
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the Sec-
retary with respect to traffic and highway safety under 23 U.S.C.
403 and section 2006 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation
Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law 102–240), to be derived from
the Highway Trust Fund, $51,884,430, of which $32,247,000 shall
remain available until September 30, 1998.
HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For payment of obligations incurred carrying out the provisions
of 23 U.S.C. 153, 402, 408, and 410, chapter 303 of title 49, United
States Code, and section 209 of Public Law 95–599, as amended,
to remain available until expended, $155,100,000, to be derived
from the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That, notwithstanding
subsection 2009(b) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi-
ciency Act of 1991, none of the funds in this Act shall be available
for the planning or execution of programs the total obligations
for which, in fiscal year 1996, are in excess of $155,100,000 for
programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 402 and 410, as amended,
of which $127,700,000 shall be for ‘‘State and community highway
safety grants’’, $2,400,000 shall be for the ‘‘National Driver Register’’
subject to authorization, and $25,000,000 shall be for section 410
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‘‘Alcohol-impaired driving counter-measures programs’’: Provided
further, That none of these funds shall be used for construction,
rehabilitation or remodeling costs, or for office furnishings and
fixtures for State, local, or private buildings or structures: Provided
further, That not to exceed $5,211,000 of the funds made available
for section 402 may be available for administering ‘‘State and
community highway safety grants’’: Provided further, That not to
exceed $500,000 of the funds made available for section 410 ‘‘Alco-
hol-impaired driving counter-measures programs’’ shall be available
for technical assistance to the States: Provided further, That not
to exceed $890,000 of the funds made available for the ‘‘National
Driver Register’’ may be available for administrative expenses.
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION
OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Administration,
not otherwise provided for, $14,018,000, of which $1,508,000 shall
remain available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds
in this Act shall be available for the planning or execution of
a program making commitments to guarantee new loans under
the Emergency Rail Services Act of 1970, as amended, and no
new commitments to guarantee loans under section 211(a) or 211(h)
of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, as amended, shall
be made: Provided further, That, as part of the Washington Union
Station transaction in which the Secretary assumed the first deed
of trust on the property and, where the Union Station Redevelop-
ment Corporation or any successor is obligated to make payments
on such deed of trust on the Secretary’s behalf, including payments
on and after September 30, 1988, the Secretary is authorized to
receive such payments directly from the Union Station Redevelop-
ment Corporation, credit them to the appropriation charged for
the first deed of trust, and make payments on the first deed of
trust with those funds: Provided further, That such additional sums
as may be necessary for payment on the first deed of trust may
be advanced by the Administrator from unobligated balances avail-
able to the Federal Railroad Administration, to be reimbursed from
payments received from the Union Station Redevelopment Corpora-
tion.
RAILROAD SAFETY
For necessary expenses in connection with railroad safety, not
otherwise provided for, $49,919,000, of which $2,687,000 shall
remain available until expended.
RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses for railroad research and development,
$24,550,000, to remain available until expended.
NORTHEAST CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
For necessary expenses related to Northeast Corridor improve-
ments authorized by title VII of the Railroad Revitalization and
Regulatory Reform Act of 1976, as amended (45 U.S.C. 851 et
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seq.) and 49 U.S.C. 24909, $115,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 1998.
RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to issue to the
Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obligations pursuant to
section 512 of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform
Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–210), as amended, in such amounts
and at such times as may be necessary to pay any amounts required
pursuant to the guarantee of the principal amount of obligations
under sections 511 through 513 of such Act, such authority to
exist as long as any such guaranteed obligation is outstanding:
Provided, That no new loan guarantee commitments shall be made
during fiscal year 1996.
NATIONAL MAGNETIC LEVITATION PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
None of the funds in this Act shall be available for the planning
or execution of the National Magnetic Levitation Prototype Develop-
ment program as defined in subsections 1036(b) and 1036(d)(1)(A)
of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991.
NEXT GENERATION HIGH SPEED RAIL
For necessary expenses for Next Generation High Speed Rail
studies, corridor planning, development, demonstration, and
implementation, $19,205,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That funds under this head may be made available for
grants to States for high speed rail corridor design, feasibility
studies, environmental analyses and track and signal improve-
ments.
TRUST FUND SHARE OF NEXT GENERATION HIGH SPEED RAIL
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For grants and payment of obligations incurred in carrying
out the provisions of the High Speed Ground Transportation pro-
gram as defined in subsections 1036(c) and 1036(d)(1)(B) of the
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, including
planning and environmental analyses, $7,118,000, to be derived
from the Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until
expended: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be
available for the implementation or execution of programs the
obligations for which are in excess of $5,000,000.
ALASKA RAILROAD REHABILITATION
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to
the Alaska Railroad, $10,000,000 shall be for capital rehabilitation
and improvements benefiting its passenger operations.
H. R. 2002—12
RHODE ISLAND RAIL DEVELOPMENT
For the costs associated with construction of a third track
on the Northeast Corridor between Davisville and Central Falls,
Rhode Island, with sufficient clearance to accommodate double stack
freight cars, $1,000,000 to be matched by the State of Rhode Island
or its designee on a dollar for dollar basis and to remain available
until expended: Provided, That as a condition of accepting such
funds, the Providence and Worcester (P&W) Railroad shall enter
into an agreement with the Secretary to reimburse Amtrak and/
or the Federal Railroad Administration, on a dollar for dollar basis,
up to the first $6,000,000 in damages resulting from the legal
action initiated by the P&W Railroad under its existing contracts
with Amtrak relating to the provision of vertical clearances between
Davisville and Central Falls in excess of those required for present
freight operations.
GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to
the National Railroad Passenger Corporation authorized by 49
U.S.C. 24104, $635,000,000, to remain available until expended,
of which $305,000,000 shall be available for operating losses and
for mandatory passenger rail service payments, $100,000,000 shall
be for transition costs incurred by the Corporation, and
$230,000,000 shall be for capital improvements: Provided, That
up to $15,000,000 of the amount made available under this head
for capital improvements may, at the discretion of the Corporation,
be transferred to the Northeast Corridor Improvement Program:
Provided further, That funding under this head for capital improve-
ments shall not be made available before July 1, 1996: Provided
further, That none of the funds herein appropriated shall be used
for lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles or for the hire
of vehicle operators for any officer or employee, other than the
president of the Corporation, excluding the lease of passenger motor
vehicles for those officers or employees while in official travel status.
FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal Transit
Administration’s programs authorized by chapter 53 of title 49,
United States Code, $42,000,000.
FORMULA GRANTS
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5307, 5310(a)(2),
5311, and 5336, to remain available until expended, $942,925,000:
Provided, That no more than $2,052,925,000 of budget authority
shall be available for these purposes: Provided further, That of
the funds provided under this head for formula grants, no more
than $400,000,000 may be used for operating assistance under
49 U.S.C. 5336(d): Provided further, That the limitation on operat-
ing assistance provided under this heading shall, for urbanized
areas of less than 200,000 in population, be no less than seventy-
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five percent of the amount of operating assistance such areas are
eligible to receive under Public Law 103–331: Provided further,
That in the distribution of the limitation provided under this head-
ing to urbanized areas that had a population under the 1990 census
of 1,000,000 or more, the Secretary shall direct each such area
to give priority consideration to the impact of reductions in operat-
ing assistance on smaller transit authorities operating within the
area and to consider the needs and resources of such transit authori-
ties when the limitation is distributed among all transit authorities
operating in the area.
UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION CENTERS
For necessary expenses for university transportation centers
as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 5317(b), to remain available until
expended, $6,000,000.
TRANSIT PLANNING AND RESEARCH
For necessary expenses for transit planning and research as
authorized by 49 U.S.C. 5303, 5311, 5313, 5314, and 5315, to
remain available until expended, $85,500,000 of which $39,500,000
shall be for activities under 49 U.S.C. 5303, $4,500,000 for activities
under 49 U.S.C. 5311(b)(2), $8,250,000 for activities under 49 U.S.C.
5313(b), $22,000,000 for activities under 49 U.S.C. 5314, $8,250,000
for activities under 49 U.S.C. 5313(a), and $3,000,000 for activities
under 49 U.S.C. 5315.
TRUST FUND SHARE OF EXPENSES
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 49 U.S.C.
5338(a), $1,120,850,000, to remain available until expended and
to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That
$1,120,850,000 shall be paid from the Mass Transit Account of
the Highway Trust Fund to the Federal Transit Administration’s
formula grants account.
DISCRETIONARY GRANTS
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
None of the funds in this Act shall be available for the
implementation or execution of programs the obligations for which
are in excess of $1,665,000,000 in fiscal year 1996 for grants under
the contract authority in 49 U.S.C. 5338(b): Provided, That there
shall be available for fixed guideway modernization, $666,000,000;
there shall be available for the replacement, rehabilitation, and
purchase of buses and related equipment and the construction
of bus-related facilities, $333,000,000; and, notwithstanding any
other provision of law, except for fixed guideway modernization
projects, $21,631,250 made available under Public Law 102–388
under ‘‘Federal Transit Administration, Discretionary Grants’’ for
projects specified in that Act or identified in reports accompanying
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that Act, not obligated by September 30, 1995, shall be made
available for new fixed guideway systems together with the
$666,000,000 made available for new fixed guideway systems in
this Act, to be available as follows:
$42,410,000 for the Atlanta-North Springs project;
$20,060,000 for the South Boston Piers (MOS–2) project;
$4,250,000 for the Canton-Akron-Cleveland commuter rail
project;
$1,000,000 for the Cincinnati Northeast/Northern Kentucky
rail line project;
$16,941,000 for the Dallas South Oak Cliff LRT project;
$3,000,000 for the DART North Central light rail extension
project;
$6,000,000 for the Dallas-Fort Worth RAILTRAN project;
$10,000,000 for the Florida Tri-County commuter rail
project;
$22,630,000 for the Houston Regional Bus project;
$9,720,625 for the Jacksonville ASE extension project;
$85,000,000 for the Los Angeles Metro Rail (MOS–3);
$8,500,000 for the Los Angeles-San Diego commuter rail
project;
$10,000,000 for the MARC commuter rail project;
$15,315,000 for the Maryland Central Corridor LRT project;
$2,000,000 for the Miami-North 27th Avenue project;
$1,250,000 for the Memphis, Tennessee Regional Rail Plan;
$80,250,000 for the New Jersey Urban Core-Secaucus
project;
$5,000,000 for the New Orleans Canal Street Corridor
project;
$126,725,125 for the New York Queens Connection project;
$22,630,000 for the Pittsburgh Airport Phase 1 project;
$130,140,000 for the Portland Westside LRT project;
$2,000,000 for the Sacramento LRT extension project;
$12,500,000 for the St. Louis Metro Link LRT project;
$9,759,500 for the Salt Lake City light rail project, of
which not more than $5,000,000 may be available for high-
occupancy vehicle lane and intermodal corridor design costs;
$10,000,000 for the San Francisco BART extension to the
San Francisco airport project;
$7,500,000 for the San Juan, Puerto Rico Tren Urbano
project;
$500,000 for the Tampa to Lakeland commuter rail project;
$2,500,000 for the Whitehall ferry terminal, New York,
New York;
$14,400,000 for the Wisconsin central commuter project;
and
$5,650,000 for the Burlington-Charlotte, Vermont com-
muter rail project.
MASS TRANSIT CAPITAL FUND
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 49 U.S.C.
5338(b) administered by the Federal Transit Administration,
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$2,000,000,000 to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund and
to remain available until expended.
WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section
14 of Public Law 96–184 and Public Law 101–551, $200,000,000,
to remain available until expended.
SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation is
hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits
of funds and borrowing authority available to the Corporation,
and in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commit-
ments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by
section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, as
amended, as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set
forth in the Corporation’s budget for the current fiscal year.
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE
(HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)
For necessary expenses for operation and maintenance of those
portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway operated and maintained
by 
the 
Saint 
Lawrence 
Seaway 
Development 
Corporation,
$10,150,000, to be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust
Fund, pursuant to Public Law 99–662.
RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION
RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the
Research and Special Programs Administration, $23,937,000, of
which $574,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund,
and of which $7,606,000 shall remain available until September
30, 1998: Provided, That up to $1,000,000 in fees collected under
49 U.S.C. 5108(g) shall be deposited in the general fund of the
Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided further, That there may
be credited to this appropriation funds received from States, coun-
ties, municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources
for expenses incurred for training, for reports publication and
dissemination.
PIPELINE SAFETY
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND)
For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of the pipeline
safety program for grants-in-aid to carry out a pipeline safety
program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 60107 and the Hazardous
Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979, as amended, and to discharge
the pipeline program responsibilities of the Oil Pollution Act of
1990, $31,448,000, of which $2,698,000 shall be derived from the
Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund and shall remain available until
September 30, 1998; and of which $28,750,000 shall be derived
from the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which $19,423,000 shall remain
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available until September 30, 1998: Provided, That from amounts
made available herein from the Pipeline Safety Fund, not to exceed
$1,000,000 shall be available for grants to States for the develop-
ment and establishment of one-call notification systems.
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS
(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND)
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5127(c), $400,000
to be derived from the Emergency Preparedness Fund, to remain
available until September 30, 1998: Provided, That not more than
$8,890,000 shall be made available for obligation in fiscal year
1996 from amounts made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i) and 5127(d):
Provided further, That no such funds shall be made available for
obligation by individuals other than the Secretary of Transportation,
or his designees.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General to
carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978,
as amended, $40,238,000.
BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS
For expenses necessary to conduct activities related to airline
statistics, $2,200,000, of which $272,000 shall remain available
until expended.
TITLE II
RELATED AGENCIES
ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS
COMPLIANCE BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the Architectural and Transpor-
tation Barriers Compliance Board, as authorized by section 502
of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, $3,500,000: Provided,
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, there may be
credited to this appropriation funds received for publications and
training expenses.
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the National Transportation Safety
Board, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft;
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals
not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for a GS–
18; uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C.
5901–5902), $38,774,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 may be
used for official reception and representation expenses.
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EMERGENCY FUND
For necessary expenses of the National Transportation Safety
Board for accident investigations, including hire of passenger motor
vehicles and aircraft; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equiva-
lent to the rate for a GS–18; uniforms, or allowances therefor,
as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902), $360,802 to remain
available until expended.
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, hire of
passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b),
$13,379,000, of which $4,984,000 shall be for severance and closing
costs: Provided, That of the fees collected in fiscal year 1996 by
the Interstate Commerce Commission pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9701,
one-twelfth of $8,300,000 of those fees collected shall be made
available for each month the Commission remains in existence
during fiscal year 1996.
PAYMENTS FOR DIRECTED RAIL SERVICE
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
None of the funds provided in this Act shall be available for
the execution of programs the obligations for which can reasonably
be expected to exceed $475,000 for directed rail service authorized
under 49 U.S.C. 11125 or any other Act.
PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION
PANAMA CANAL REVOLVING FUND
For administrative expenses of the Panama Canal Commission,
including not to exceed $11,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses of the Board; not to exceed $5,000 for official reception
and representation expenses of the Secretary; and not to exceed
$30,000 for official reception and representation expenses of the
Administrator, $50,741,000, to be derived from the Panama Canal
Revolving Fund: Provided, That funds available to the Panama
Canal Commission shall be available for the purchase of not to
exceed 38 passenger motor vehicles for replacement only (including
large heavy-duty vehicles used to transport Commission personnel
across the Isthmus of Panama), the purchase price of which shall
not exceed $19,500 per vehicle.
TITLE III
GENERAL PROVISIONS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
SEC. 301. During the current fiscal year applicable appropria-
tions to the Department of Transportation shall be available for
maintenance and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor
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vehicles and aircraft; purchase of liability insurance for motor
vehicles operating in foreign countries on official department busi-
ness; and uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by law
(5 U.S.C. 5901–5902).
SEC. 302. Funds for the Panama Canal Commission may be
apportioned notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1341 to the extent necessary
to permit payment of such pay increases for officers or employees
as may be authorized by administrative action pursuant to law
that are not in excess of statutory increases granted for the same
period in corresponding rates of compensation for other employees
of the Government in comparable positions.
SEC. 303. Funds appropriated under this Act for expenditures
by the Federal Aviation Administration shall be available (1) except
as otherwise authorized by title VIII of the Elementary and Second-
ary Education Act of 1965, 20 U.S.C. 7701, et seq., for expenses
of primary and secondary schooling for dependents of Federal Avia-
tion Administration personnel stationed outside the continental
United States at costs for any given area not in excess of those
of the Department of Defense for the same area, when it is deter-
mined by the Secretary that the schools, if any, available in the
locality are unable to provide adequately for the education of such
dependents, and (2) for transportation of said dependents between
schools serving the area that they attend and their places of resi-
dence when the Secretary, under such regulations as may be pre-
scribed, determines that such schools are not accessible by public
means of transportation on a regular basis.
SEC. 304. Appropriations contained in this Act for the Depart-
ment of Transportation shall be available for services as authorized
by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the
per diem rate equivalent to the rate for an Executive Level IV.
SEC. 305. None of the funds for the Panama Canal Commission
may be expended unless in conformance with the Panama Canal
Treaties of 1977 and any law implementing those treaties.
SEC. 306. None of the funds in this Act shall be used for
the planning or execution of any program to pay the expenses
of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties intervening in
regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act.
SEC. 307. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, nor
may any be transferred to other appropriations, unless expressly
so provided herein.
SEC. 308. The Secretary of Transportation may enter into
grants, cooperative agreements, and other transactions with any
person, agency, or instrumentality of the United States, any unit
of State or local government, any educational institution, and any
other entity in execution of the Technology Reinvestment Project
authorized under the Defense Conversion, Reinvestment and
Transition Assistance Act of 1992 and related legislation: Provided,
That the authority provided in this section may be exercised without
regard to section 3324 of title 31, United States Code.
SEC. 309. The expenditure of any appropriation under this
Act for any consulting service through procurement contract pursu-
ant to section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, shall be limited
to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public
record and available for public inspection, except where otherwise
provided under existing law, or under existing Executive order
issued pursuant to existing law.
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SEC. 310. (a) For fiscal year 1996 the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid high-
ways by allocation in the ratio which sums authorized to be appro-
priated for Federal-aid highways that are apportioned or allocated
to each State for such fiscal year bear to the total of the sums
authorized to be appropriated for Federal-aid highways that are
apportioned or allocated to all the States for such fiscal year.
(b) During the period October 1 through December 31, 1995,
no State shall obligate more than 25 per centum of the amount
distributed to such State under subsection (a), and the total of
all State obligations during such period shall not exceed 12 per
centum of the total amount distributed to all States under such
subsection.
(c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), the Secretary
shall—
(1) provide all States with authority sufficient to prevent
lapses of sums authorized to be appropriated for Federal-aid
highways that have been apportioned to a State;
(2) after August 1, 1996, revise a distribution of the funds
made available under subsection (a) if a State will not obligate
the amount distributed during that fiscal year and redistribute
sufficient amounts to those States able to obligate amounts
in addition to those previously distributed during that fiscal
year giving priority to those States having large unobligated
balances of funds apportioned under sections 103(e)(4), 104,
and 144 of title 23, United States Code, and under sections
1013(c) and 1015 of Public Law 102–240; and
(3) not distribute amounts authorized for administrative
expenses and funded from the administrative takedown author-
ized by section 104(a), title 23 U.S.C., the Federal lands high-
way program, the intelligent transportation systems program,
and amounts made available under sections 1040, 1047, 1064,
6001, 6005, 6006, 6023, and 6024 of Public Law 102–240,
and 49 U.S.C. 5316, 5317, and 5338: Provided, That amounts
made available under section 6005 of Public Law 102–240
shall be subject to the obligation limitation for Federal-aid
highways and highway safety construction programs under the
head ‘‘Federal-Aid Highways’’ in this Act.
(d) During the period October 1 through December 31, 1995,
the aggregate amount of obligations under section 157 of title
23, United States Code, for projects covered under section 147
of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978, section 9
of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981, sections 131(b), 131(j),
and 404 of Public Law 97–424, sections 1061, 1103 through 1108,
4008, and 6023(b)(8) and 6023(b)(10) of Public Law 102–240, and
for projects authorized by Public Law 99–500 and Public Law 100–
17, shall not exceed $277,431,840.
(e) During the period August 2 through September 30, 1996,
the aggregate amount which may be obligated by all States shall
not exceed 2.5 percent of the aggregate amount of funds apportioned
or allocated to all States—
(1) under sections 104 and 144 of title 23, United States
Code, and 1013(c) and 1015 of Public Law 102–240, and
(2) for highway assistance projects under section 103(e)(4)
of title 23, United States Code,
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which would not be obligated in fiscal year 1996 if the total amount
of the obligation limitation provided for such fiscal year in this
Act were utilized.
(f) Paragraph (e) shall not apply to any State which on or
after August 1, 1996, has the amount distributed to such State
under paragraph (a) for fiscal year 1996 reduced under paragraph
(c)(2).
SEC. 311. None of the funds in this Act shall be available
for salaries and expenses of more than one hundred political and
Presidential appointees in the Department of Transportation: Pro-
vided, That none of the personnel covered by this provision may
be assigned on temporary detail outside the Department of
Transportation.
SEC. 312. The limitation on obligations for the programs of
the Federal Transit Administration shall not apply to any authority
under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously made available for obligation,
or to any other authority previously made available for obligation
under the discretionary grants program.
SEC. 313. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to
implement section 404 of title 23, United States Code.
SEC. 314. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1996
pay raises for programs funded in this Act shall be absorbed within
the levels appropriated in this Act or previous appropriations Acts.
SEC. 315. Funds received by the Research and Special Programs
Administration from States, counties, municipalities, other public
authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for training
and for reports’ publication and dissemination may be credited
to the Research and Special Programs account.
SEC. 316. None of the funds in this Act shall be available
to plan, finalize, or implement regulations that would establish
a vessel traffic safety fairway less than five miles wide between
the Santa Barbara Traffic Separation Scheme and the San Francisco
Traffic Separation Scheme.
SEC. 317. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, airports
may transfer, without consideration, to the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) instrument landing systems (along with asso-
ciated approach lighting equipment and runway visual range equip-
ment) which conform to FAA design and performance specifications,
the purchase of which was assisted by a Federal airport aid pro-
gram, airport development aid program or airport improvement
program grant. The FAA shall accept such equipment, which shall
thereafter be operated and maintained by the FAA in accordance
with agency criteria.
SEC. 318. None of the funds in this Act shall be available
to award a multiyear contract for production end items that (1)
includes economic order quantity or long lead time material procure-
ment in excess of $10,000,000 in any one year of the contract
or (2) includes a cancellation charge greater than $10,000,000 which
at the time of obligation has not been appropriated to the limits
of the government’s liability or (3) includes a requirement that
permits performance under the contract during the second and
subsequent years of the contract without conditioning such perform-
ance upon the appropriation of funds: Provided, That this limitation
does not apply to a contract in which the Federal Government
incurs no financial liability from not buying additional systems,
subsystems, or components beyond the basic contract requirements.
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SEC. 319. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be
made available for planning and executing a passenger manifest
program by the Department of Transportation that only applies
to United States flag carriers.
SEC. 320. None of the funds made available in this Act may
be used to implement, administer, or enforce the provisions of
section 1038(d) of Public Law 102–240.
SEC. 321. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and
except for fixed guideway modernization projects, funds made avail-
able by this Act under ‘‘Federal Transit Administration, Discre-
tionary grants’’ for projects specified in this Act or identified in
reports accompanying this Act not obligated by September 30, 1998,
shall be made available for other projects under 49 U.S.C. 5309.
SEC. 322. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any
funds appropriated before October 1, 1993, under any section of
chapter 53 of title 49 U.S.C., that remain available for expenditure
may be transferred to and administered under the most recent
appropriation heading for any such section.
SEC. 323. None of the funds in this Act shall be available
to implement or enforce regulations that would result in the with-
drawal of a slot from an air carrier at O’Hare International Airport
under section 93.223 of title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations
in excess of the total slots withdrawn from that air carrier as
of October 31, 1993 if such additional slot is to be allocated to
an air carrier or foreign air carrier under section 93.217 of title
14 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
SEC. 324. None of the funds made available by this Act may
be obligated or expended to design, construct, erect, modify or
otherwise place any sign in any State relating to any speed limit,
distance, or other measurement on any highway if such sign estab-
lishes such speed limit, distance, or other measurement using the
metric system.
SEC. 325. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, tolls
collected for motor vehicles on any bridge connecting the boroughs
of Brooklyn, New York, and Staten Island, New York, shall continue
to be collected for only those vehicles exiting from such bridge
in Staten Island.
SEC. 326. None of the funds in this Act may be used to com-
pensate in excess of 335 technical staff years under the federally-
funded research and
development center contract between the
Federal Aviation Administration and the Center for Advanced Avia-
tion Systems Development during fiscal year 1996.
SEC. 327. Funds provided in this Act for the Department of
Transportation working capital fund (WCF) shall be reduced by
$7,500,000, which limits fiscal year 1996 WCF obligational authority
for elements of the Department of Transportation funded in this
Act to no more than $95,649,000: Provided, That such reductions
from the budget request shall be allocated by the Department
of Transportation to each appropriations account in proportion to
the amount included in each account for the working capital fund.
SEC. 328. Funds received by the Federal Highway Administra-
tion, Federal Transit Administration, and Federal Railroad
Administration from States, counties, municipalities, other public
authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for training
may be credited respectively to the Federal Highway Administra-
tion’s ‘‘Limitation on General Operating Expenses’’ account, the
Federal Transit Administration’s ‘‘Transit Planning and Research’’
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account, and to the Federal Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Railroad
Safety’’ account, except for State rail safety inspectors participating
in training pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 20105.
SEC. 329. (a) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT AND
PRODUCTS.—It is the sense of the Congress that, to the greatest
extent practicable, all equipment and products purchased with
funds made available in this Act should be American-made.
(b) NOTICE REQUIREMENT.—In providing financial assistance
to, or entering into any contract with, any entity using funds
made available in this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to
the greatest extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a notice
describing the statement made in subsection (a) by the Congress.
SEC. 330. None of the funds in this Act shall be available
to prepare, propose, or promulgate any regulations pursuant to
title V of the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act
(49 U.S.C. 32901, et seq.) prescribing corporate average fuel econ-
omy standards for automobiles, as defined in such title, in any
model year that differs from standards promulgated for such auto-
mobiles prior to enactment of this section.
SEC. 331. Notwithstanding 15 U.S.C. 631 et seq. and 10 U.S.C.
2301 et seq. as amended, the United States Coast Guard acquisition
of 47-foot Motor Life Boats for fiscal years 1995 through 2000
shall be subject to full and open competition for all U.S. shipyards.
Accordingly, the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) (including
but not limited to FAR Part 19), shall not apply to the extent
they are inconsistent with a full and open competition.
SEC. 332. None of the funds in this Act may be used for
planning, engineering, design, or construction of a sixth runway
at the new Denver International Airport, Denver, Colorado: Pro-
vided, That this provision shall not apply in any case where the
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration determines,
in writing, that safety conditions warrant obligation of such funds.
SEC. 333. (a) Section 5302(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code,
is amended by striking—
(1) in subparagraph (B), ‘‘that extends the economic life
of the bus for at least 5 years’’; and
(2) in subparagraph (C), ‘‘that extends the economic life
of the bus for at least 8 years’’.
(b) The amendments made by this section shall not take effect
before March 31, 1996.
SEC. 334. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received by
the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the sale of data prod-
ucts, for necessary expenses incurred pursuant to the provisions
of section 6006 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency
Act of 1991, may be credited to the Federal-aid highways account
for the purpose of reimbursing the Bureau for such expenses: Pro-
vided, That such funds shall not be subject to the obligation limita-
tion for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction.
SEC. 335. Of the budgetary resources provided to the Depart-
ment of Transportation (excluding the Maritime Administration)
during fiscal year 1996, $25,000,000 are permanently canceled:
Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation shall reduce the
existing field office structure, and to the extent practicable collocate
and consolidate the Department’s surface transportation field offices
and administrative activities: Provided further, That the Secretary
may for the purpose of consolidation of offices and facilities other
than those at Headquarters, after notification to and approval of
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the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, transfer the
funds made available by this Act for civilian and military personnel
compensation and benefits and other administrative expenses to
other appropriations made available to the Department of Transpor-
tation as the Secretary may designate, to be merged with and
to be available for the same purposes and for the same time period
as the appropriations of funds to which transferred: Provided fur-
ther, That no appropriation shall be increased or decreased by
more than ten per centum by all such transfers: Provided further,
That, notwithstanding 5 U.S.C. 905(b), the President may prepare
and transmit to Congress not later than the date for transmittal
to Congress of the Budget Request for Fiscal Year 1997, a reorga-
nization plan pursuant to chapter 9 of title 5, United States Code,
for the reorganization of the surface transportation activities of
the Department of Transportation and the relationship of the Saint
Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation to the Department.
SEC. 336. The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to
transfer funds appropriated in this Act to ‘‘Rental payments’’ for
any expense authorized by that appropriation in excess of the
amounts provided in this Act: Provided, That prior to any such
transfer, notification shall be provided to the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations.
SEC. 337. None of the funds in this Act may be obligated
or expended for employee training which: (a) does not meet identi-
fied needs for knowledge, skills and abilities bearing directly upon
the performance of official duties; (b) contains elements likely to
induce high levels of emotional response or psychological stress
in some participants; (c) does not require prior employee notification
of the content and methods to be used in the training and written
end of course evaluations; (d) contains any methods or content
associated with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or ‘‘new
age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission Notice N–915.022, dated September 2, 1988; (e) is
offensive to, or designed to change, participants’ personal values
or lifestyle outside the workplace; or (f) includes content related
to human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syn-
drome (HIV/AIDS) other than that necessary to make employees
more aware of the medical ramifications of HIV/AIDS and the
workplace rights of HIV-positive employees.
SEC. 338. None of the funds in this Act may be used to enforce
the requirement that airport charges make the airport as self-
sustaining as possible or the prohibition against revenue diversion
in the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 (49 U.S.C.
47107) against Hot Springs Memorial Field in Hot Springs,
Arkansas, on the grounds of such airport’s failure to collect fair
market rental value for the facilities known as Kimery Park and
Family Park: Provided, That any fees collected by any person for
the use of such parks above those required for the operation and
maintenance of such parks shall be remitted to such airport: Pro-
vided further, That the Federal Aviation Administration does not
find that any use of, or structures on, Kimery Park and Family
Park are incompatible with the safe and efficient use of the airport.
SEC. 339. None of the funds in this Act shall, in the absence
of express authorization by Congress, be used directly or indirectly
to pay for any personal service, advertisement, telegram, telephone,
letter, printed or written matter, or other device, intended or
designed to influence in any manner a Member of Congress, to
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favor or oppose, by vote or otherwise, any legislation or appropria-
tion by Congress, whether before or after the introduction of any
bill or resolution proposing such legislation or appropriation: Pro-
vided, That this shall not prevent officers or employees of the
Department of Transportation or related agencies funded in this
Act from communicating to Members of Congress on the request
of any Member or to Congress, through the proper official channels,
requests for legislation or appropriations which they deem necessary
for the efficient conduct of the public business.
SEC. 340. None of the funds in this Act shall be available
to pay the salaries and expenses of any individual to arrange
tours of scientists or engineers employed by or working for the
People’s Republic of China, to hire citizens of the People’s Republic
of China to participate in research fellowships sponsored by the
modal administrations of the Department of Transportation, or
to provide training or any form of technology transfer to scientists
or engineers employed by or working for the People’s Republic
of China: Provided, That this provision shall not apply to the
Federal Aviation Administration or the joint Federal Aviation
Administration, Department of Defense and Department of Com-
merce initiative designed to modernize the air traffic control system
of the People’s Republic of China.
SEC. 341. None of the funds in this Act may be used to support
Federal Transit Administration’s field operations and oversight of
the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority in any location
other than from the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
SEC. 342. In addition to the sums made available to the Depart-
ment of Transportation, $8,421,000 shall be available on the effec-
tive date of legislation transferring certain rail and motor carrier
functions from the Interstate Commerce Commission to the Depart-
ment of Transportation: Provided, That such amount shall be avail-
able only to the extent authorized by law: Provided further, That
of the fees collected pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9701 in fiscal year
1996 by the successors of the Interstate Commerce Commission,
one-twelfth of $8,300,000 of those fees shall be made available
for each month during fiscal year 1996 that the successors of
the Interstate Commerce Commission carry out the transferred
rail and motor carrier functions.
SEC. 343. None of the funds made available in this Act may
be used for improvements to the Miller Highway in New York
City, New York.
SEC. 344. Improvements identified as highest priority by section
1069(t) of Public Law 102–240 and funded pursuant to section
118(c)(2) of title 23, United States Code, shall not be treated as
an allocation for Interstate maintenance for such fiscal year under
section 157(a)(4) of title 23, United States Code, and sections
1013(c), 1015(a)(1), and 1015(b)(1) of Public Law 102–240: Provided,
That any discretionary grant made pursuant to Public Law 99–
663 shall not be subject to section 1015 of Public Law 102–240.
SEC. 345. The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary
of Labor and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency shall, within three months of the date of enactment of
this Act, carry out research to identify successful telecommuting
programs in the public and private sectors and provide for the
dissemination to the public of information regarding the establish-
ment of successful telecommuting programs and the benefits and
costs of telecommuting. Within one year of the date of enactment
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of this Act, the Secretary shall report to Congress its findings,
conclusions, and recommendations regarding telecommuting devel-
oped under this section.
SEC. 346. Notwithstanding section 1003(c) of Public Law 102–
240, authorizations for the Indian Reservation Roads under section
1003(a)(6)(A) of Public Law 102–240 shall be exempt from any
reduction in authorizations for budget compliance.
SEC. 347. (a) In consultation with the employees of the Federal
Aviation Administration and such non-governmental experts in
personnel management systems as he may employ, and notwith-
standing the provisions of title 5, United States Code, and other
Federal personnel laws, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration shall develop and implement, not later than January
1, 1996, a personnel management system for the Federal Aviation
Administration that addresses the unique demands on the agency’s
workforce. Such a new system shall, at a minimum, provide for
greater flexibility in the hiring, training, compensation, and location
of personnel.
(b) The provisions of title 5, United States Code, shall not
apply to the new personnel management system developed and
implemented pursuant to subsection (a), with the exception of—
(1) section 2302(b), relating to whistleblower protection;
(2) sections 3308–3320, relating to veterans’ preference;
(3) section 7116(b)(7), relating to limitations on the right
to strike;
(4) section 7204, relating to antidiscrimination;
(5) chapter 73, relating to suitability, security, and conduct;
(6) chapter 81, relating to compensation for work injury;
and
(7) chapters 83–85, 87, and 89, relating to retirement,
unemployment compensation, and insurance coverage.
(c) This section shall take effect on April 1, 1996.
SEC. 348. (a) In consultation with such non-governmental
experts in acquisition management systems as he may employ,
and notwithstanding provisions of Federal acquisition law, the
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall develop
and implement, not later than January 1, 1996, an acquisition
management system for the Federal Aviation Administration that
addresses the unique needs of the agency and, at a minimum,
provides for more timely and cost-effective acquisitions of equipment
and materials.
(b) The following provisions of Federal acquisition law shall
not apply to the new acquisition management system developed
and implemented pursuant to subsection (a):
(1) Title III of the Federal Property and Administrative
Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 252–266).
(2) The Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C.
401 et seq.).
(3) The Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 (Pub-
lic Law 103–355).
(4) The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.), except
that all reasonable opportunities to be awarded contracts shall
be provided to small business concerns and small business
concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically
disadvantaged individuals.
(5) The Competition in Contracting Act.