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Department of Transportation: Provided further, That the
above limitation on operating expenses shall not apply to
non-DOT entities: Provided further, That no funds appro-
priated in this Act to an agency of the Department shall
be transferred to the Transportation Administrative Service
Center without the approval of the agency modal adminis-
trator: Provided further, That no assessments may be levied
against any program, budget activity, subactivity or project
funded by this Act unless notice of such assessments and
the basis therefor are presented to the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations and are approved by such
Committees.
MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER
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 modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur-
ther, That these funds are available to subsidize gross obli-
gations for the principal amount of direct loans not to ex-
ceed $13,775,000. In addition, for administrative expenses
to carry out the direct loan program, $400,000.
MINORITY BUSINESS OUTREACH
For necessary expenses of Minority Business Resource
Center outreach activities, $2,900,000, of which $2,635,000
shall remain available until September 30, 2001: Provided,
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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
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses for the operation and mainte-
nance of the Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for; pur-
chase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles for re-
placement 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; 
$2,772,000,000, 
of 
which
$534,000,000 shall be available for defense-related activities;
and of which $25,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill
Liability Trust Fund: Provided, That none of the funds ap-
propriated in this or any other Act shall be available for
pay for administrative expenses in connection with ship-
ping commissioners in the United States: Provided further,
That none of the funds provided in this Act shall be avail-
able 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
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with Executive Order No. 12839: Provided further, That up
to $615,000 in user fees collected pursuant to section 1111
of Public Law 104–324 shall be credited to this appropria-
tion as offsetting collections in fiscal year 2000: Provided
further, That the Secretary may transfer funds to this ac-
count, from Federal Aviation Administration ‘‘Oper-
ations’’, 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, for the purpose
of providing additional funds for drug interdiction activi-
ties and/or the Office of Intelligence and Security activities:
Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall
be available for the Coast Guard to plan, finalize, or imple-
ment any regulation that would promulgate new maritime
user fees not specifically authorized by law after the date
of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the United
States Coast Guard will reimburse the Department of
Transportation Inspector General $5,000,000 for costs asso-
ciated with audits and investigations of all Coast Guard-
related issues and systems: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of Transportation shall use any surplus funds that
are made available to the Secretary, to the maximum extent
practicable, to provide for the operation and maintenance
of the Coast Guard.
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ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction,
renovation, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore
facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related
thereto, $370,426,000, of which $20,000,000 shall be derived
from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which
$123,560,000 shall be available to acquire, repair, renovate
or improve vessels, small boats and related equipment, to
remain available until September 30, 2004; $33,210,000
shall be available to acquire new aircraft and increase avia-
tion capability, to remain available until September 30,
2002; $52,726,000 shall be available for other equipment,
to remain available until September 30, 2002; $63,800,000
shall be available for shore facilities and aids to navigation
facilities, to remain available until September 30, 2002;
$52,930,000 shall be available for personnel compensation
and benefits and related costs, to remain available until
September 30, 2001; and $44,200,000 shall be deposited in
the Deepwater Replacement Project Revolving Fund to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That funds re-
ceived from the sale of HU–25 aircraft shall be credited to
this appropriation for the purpose of acquiring new aircraft
and increasing aviation capacity: Provided further, That
the Commandant of the Coast Guard is authorized to and
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may dispose of by sale at fair market value all rights, title,
and interests of any United States entity on behalf of the
Coast Guard in and to the land of, and improvements to,
South Haven, Michigan; ESMT Manasquan, New Jersey;
Petaluma, California; ESMT Portsmouth, New Hampshire;
Station Clair Flats, Michigan; and, Aids to navigation
team Huron, Ohio: Provided further, That there is estab-
lished in the Treasury of the United States a special ac-
count to be known as the Deepwater Replacement Project
Revolving Fund and proceeds from the sale of said specified
properties and improvements shall be deposited in that ac-
count, from which the proceeds shall be available until ex-
pended for the purposes of replacing or modernizing Coast
Guard ships, aircraft, and other capital assets necessary to
conduct its deepwater statutory responsibilities: Provided
further, That, if balances in the Deepwater Replacement
Project Revolving Fund permit, the Commandant of the
Coast Guard is authorized to obligate up to $60,000,000.
ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION
For necessary expenses to carry out the Coast Guard’s
environmental compliance and restoration functions under
chapter 19 of title 14, United States Code, $12,450,000, to
remain available until expended.
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ALTERATION OF BRIDGES
For necessary expenses for alteration or removal of ob-
structive bridges, $14,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
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), $730,327,000.
RESERVE TRAINING
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For all necessary expenses of the Coast Guard Reserve,
as authorized by law; maintenance and operation of facili-
ties; and supplies, equipment, and services; $72,000,000:
Provided, That no more than $20,000,000 of funds made
available under this heading may be transferred to Coast
Guard ‘‘Operating expenses’’ or otherwise made available
to reimburse the Coast Guard for financial support of the
Coast Guard Reserve: Provided further, That none of the
funds in this Act may be used by the Coast Guard to assess
direct charges on the Coast Guard Reserves for items or ac-
tivities which were not so charged during fiscal year 1997.
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RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for
applied scientific research, development, test, and evalua-
tion; maintenance, rehabilitation, lease and operation of fa-
cilities and equipment, as authorized by law, $17,000,000,
to remain available until expended, of which $3,500,000
shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund:
Provided, That there may be credited to and used for the
purposes of this appropriation funds received from State
and local governments, other public authorities, private
sources, and foreign countries, for expenses incurred for re-
search, development, testing, and evaluation.
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
OPERATIONS
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for nec-
essary expenses of the Federal Aviation Administration, not
otherwise provided for, including operations and research
activities related to commercial space transportation, ad-
ministrative expenses for research and development, estab-
lishment of air navigation facilities, the operation (includ-
ing leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, subsidizing the
cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold to the public, and
carrying out the provisions of subchapter I of chapter 471
of title 49, United States Code, or other provisions of law
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authorizing the obligation of funds for similar programs of
airport and airway development or improvement, lease or
purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only,
in addition to amounts made available by Public Law 104–
264, $5,857,450,000 from the Airport and Airway Trust
Fund: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall
be available for the Federal Aviation Administration to
plan, finalize, or implement any regulation that would pro-
mulgate new aviation user fees not specifically authorized
by law after the date of enactment of this Act: Provided
further, That the Secretary may transfer funds to this ac-
count, from Coast Guard ‘‘Operating expenses’’, not to ex-
ceed $60,000,000 in total for the fiscal year, fifteen days
after written notification to the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations, solely for the purpose of providing
additional funds for air traffic control operations and
maintenance to enhance aviation safety and security, and/
or the Office of Intelligence and Security activities: Pro-
vided further, That there may be credited to this appropria-
tion funds received from States, counties, municipalities,
foreign authorities, other public authorities, and private
sources, for expenses incurred in the provision of agency
services, including receipts for the maintenance and oper-
ation of air navigation facilities, and for issuance, renewal
or modification of certificates, including airman, aircraft,
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and repair station certificates, or for tests related thereto,
or for processing major repair or alteration forms: Provided
further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading,
$5,000,000 shall be for the contract tower cost-sharing pro-
gram: 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 ca-
reer 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 Ad-
ministration employee unless such employee actually per-
formed work during the time corresponding to such pre-
mium pay: Provided further, That none of the funds in this
Act may be obligated or expended to operate a manned aux-
iliary flight service station in the contiguous United States:
Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act may
be used for the Federal Aviation Administration to enter
into a multiyear lease greater than five years in length or
greater than $100,000,000 in value unless such lease is spe-
cifically authorized by the Congress and appropriations
have been provided to fully cover the Federal Government’s
contingent liabilities: Provided further, That the Federal
Aviation Administration will reimburse the Department of
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Transportation Inspector General $19,000,000 for costs as-
sociated with audits and investigations of all aviation-re-
lated issues and systems: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the FAA Adminis-
trator may contract out the entire function of Oceanic flight
services.
FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for nec-
essary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for acquisition,
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, United States Code, including initial acquisition
of necessary sites by lease or grant; engineering and service
testing, including construction of test facilities and acquisi-
tion of necessary sites by lease or grant; and construction
and furnishing of quarters and related accommodations for
officers and employees of the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion stationed at remote localities where such accommoda-
tions are not available; and the purchase, lease, or transfer
of aircraft from funds available under this head; to be de-
rived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund,
$2,045,652,000, of which $1,721,086,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 2002, and of which
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GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)
The obligation limitation under this heading in Public
Law 105–277 is hereby reduced by $290,000,000.
AVIATION INSURANCE REVOLVING FUND
The Secretary of Transportation is hereby authorized
to make such expenditures and investments, within the lim-
its of funds available pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 44307, and
in accordance with section 104 of the Government Corpora-
tion Control Act, as amended (31 U.S.C. 9104), as may
be necessary in carrying out the program for aviation in-
surance activities under chapter 443 of title 49, United
States Code.
AIRCRAFT PURCHASE LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM
None of the funds in this Act shall be available for
activities under this heading during fiscal year 2000.
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
Necessary expenses for administration and operation
of the Federal Highway Administration not to exceed
$370,000,000 shall be paid in accordance with law from
appropriations made available by this Act to the Federal
Highway Administration together with advances and reim-
bursements received by the Federal Highway Administra-
tion: Provided further, That $55,418,000 shall be available
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to carry out the functions and operations of the office of
motor carriers: Provided further, That $14,500,000 of the
funds available under section 104(a) of title 23, United
States Code, shall be made available and transferred to the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration oper-
ations and research to carry out the provisions of chapter
301 of title 49, United States Code, part C of subtitle VI
of title 49, United States Code, and section 405(b) of title
23, United States Code: Provided further, That of the
$14,500,000 made available for traffic and highway safety
programs, $8,300,000 shall be made available to carry out
the provisions of chapter 301 of title 49, United States Code
and $6,200,000 shall be made available to carry out the
provisions of part C of subtitle VI of title 49, United States
Code: Provided further, That $7,500,000, of the funds avail-
able under section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code,
shall be made available and transferred to the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Highway Traffic
Safety Grants, for ‘‘Child Passenger Protection Education
Grants’’ under section 405(b) of title 23, United States
Code: Provided further, That $6,000,000 of the funds made
available under section 104(a) of title 23, United States
Code, shall be made available to carry out section 5113 of
Public Law 105–178: Provided further, That, the Federal
Highway Administration will reimburse the Department of
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Transportation Inspector General $9,000,000 from funds
available within this limitation on obligations for costs as-
sociated with audits and investigations of all highway-re-
lated issues and systems.
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 obliga-
tions for which are in excess of $27,701,350,000 for Federal-
aid highways and highway safety construction programs for
fiscal year 2000: Provided, That within the $27,701,350,000
obligation limitation on Federal-aid highways and highway
safety construction programs, not more than $391,450,000
shall be available for the implementation or execution of
programs for transportation research (Sections 502, 503,
504, 506, 507, and 508 of title 23, United States Code, as
amended; section 5505 of title 49, United States Code, as
amended; and sections 5112 and 5204–5209 of Public Law
105–178) for fiscal year 2000; not more than $20,000,000
shall be available for the implementation or execution of
programs for the Magnetic Levitation Transportation Tech-
nology Deployment Program (Section 1218 of Public Law
105–178) for fiscal year 2000, of which not to exceed
$500,000 shall be available to the Federal Railroad Admin-
istration for administrative expenses and technical assist-
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ance in connection with such program; not more than
$31,000,000 shall be available for the implementation or
execution of programs for the Bureau of Transportation
Statistics (Section 111 of title 49, United States Code) for
fiscal year 2000: Provided further, That of the funds made
available in fiscal year 2000 to carry out section 144(g)(1)
of title 23, United States Code, $10,000,000 shall be made
available to carry out section 1224 of Public Law 105–178:
Provided further, That within the $211,200,000 obligation
limitation 
on 
Intelligent 
Transportation 
Systems,
$5,000,000 shall be made available to carry out the Nation-
wide Differential Global Positioning System program, and
the following sums shall be made available for Intelligent
Transportation system projects in the following specified
areas:
Committee
ITS deployment projects
recommendation
Southeast Michigan ........................................................................
$4,000,000
Salt Lake City, UT ........................................................................
6,500,000
Branson, MO ...................................................................................
1,500,000
St. Louis, MO .................................................................................
2,000,000
Shreveport, LA ................................................................................
2,000,000
State of Montana ............................................................................
3,500,000
State of Colorado ............................................................................
4,000,000
Arapahoe County, CO ....................................................................
2,000,000
Grand Forks, ND ............................................................................
500,000
State of Idaho .................................................................................
2,000,000
Columbus, OH ................................................................................
2,000,000
Inglewood, CA .................................................................................
2,000,000
Fargo, ND .......................................................................................
2,000,000
Albuquerque/State of New Mexico interstate projects ..................
2,000,000
Dothan/Port Saint Joe ...................................................................
2,000,000
Santa Teresa, NM ...........................................................................
1,500,000
State of Illinois ...............................................................................
4,800,000
Charlotte, NC ..................................................................................
2,500,000
Nashville, TN ..................................................................................
2,000,000
Tacoma Puyallup, WA ...................................................................
500,000
Spokane, WA ...................................................................................
1,000,000
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Committee
ITS deployment projects
recommendation
Puget Sound, WA ...........................................................................
2,200,000
State of Washington .......................................................................
4,000,000
State of Texas .................................................................................
6,000,000
Corpus Christi, TX .........................................................................
2,000,000
State of Nebraska ............................................................................
1,500,000
State of Wisconsin rural systems ..................................................
1,000,000
State of Wisconsin ..........................................................................
2,400,000
State of Alaska ................................................................................
3,700,000
Cargo Mate, Northern NJ ..............................................................
2,000,000
Statewide Transcom/Transmit upgrades, NJ ..............................
6,000,000
State of Vermont rural systems .....................................................
2,000,000
State of Maryland ..........................................................................
4,500,000
Washoe County, NV ........................................................................
2,000,000
State of Delaware ...........................................................................
2,000,000
Reno/Tahoe, CA/NV ........................................................................
1,000,000
Towamencin, PA ............................................................................
1,100,000
State of Alabama ............................................................................
1,300,000
Huntsville, AL ................................................................................
3,000,000
Silicon Valley, CA ..........................................................................
2,000,000
Greater Yellowstone, MT ................................................................
2,000,000
Pennslyvania Turnpike, PA ..........................................................
7,000,000
Portland, OR ..................................................................................
1,500,000
Delaware River, PA .......................................................................
1,500,000
Kansas City, MO ............................................................................
1,000,000:
Provided further, That, notwithstanding Public Law 105–
178 as amended, or any other provision of law, funds au-
thorized under section 110 of title 23, United States Code,
for fiscal year 2000 shall be apportioned based on each
State’s percentage share of funding provided for under sec-
tion 105 of title 23, United States Code, for fiscal year
2000. Of these funds to be apportioned under section 110
for fiscal year 2000, the Secretary shall ensure that such
funds are apportioned for the Interstate Maintenance pro-
gram, the National Highway System program, the bridge
program, the surface transportation program, and the con-
gestion mitigation and air quality improvement program
in the same ratio that each State is apportioned funds for
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such programs in fiscal year 2000 but for this section: Pro-
vided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Secretary shall, at the request of the State of Nevada,
transfer up to $10,000,000 of Minimum Guarantee appor-
tionments, and an equal amount of obligation authority,
to the State of California for use on High Priority Project
No. 829 ‘‘Widen I–15 in San Bernardino County’’, section
1602 of Public Law 105–178.
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For carrying out the provisions of title 23, U.S.C., that
are attributable to Federal-aid highways, including the Na-
tional Scenic and Recreational Highway as authorized by
23 U.S.C. 148, not otherwise provided, including reimburse-
ment for sums expended pursuant to the provisions of 23
U.S.C. 308, $26,300,000,000 or so much thereof as may be
available in and derived from the Highway Trust Fund,
to remain available until expended.
NATIONAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY PROGRAM
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 31102,
$50,000,000 to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund
and to remain available until expended: Provided, That no
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more than $155,000,000 of budget authority shall be avail-
able for these purposes: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, $105,000,000 is for
payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 49 U.S.C.
31102 to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund and to
remain available until expended.
NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY
ADMINISTRATION
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the
Secretary, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund,
$72,900,000 for traffic and highway safety under chapter
301 of title 49, United States Code, of which $48,843,000
shall remain available until September 30, 2001: 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 temperature resistance)
already in effect.
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OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
Notwithstanding Public Law 105–178 or any other
provision of law, for payment of obligations incurred in
carrying out the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 403, to remain
available until expended, $72,000,000, to be derived from
the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That 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
2000, are in excess of $72,000,000 for programs authorized
under 23 U.S.C. 403.
NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the
Secretary with respect to the National Driver Register
under chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code,
$2,000,000 to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund,
and to remain available until expended.
HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for pay-
ment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions
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of 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, 410, and 411 to remain available
until expended, $206,800,000, to be derived from the High-
way Trust Fund: Provided, That none of the funds in this
Act shall be available for the planning or execution of pro-
grams the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 2000,
are in excess of $206,800,000 for programs authorized under
23 U.S.C. 402, 405, 410, and 411 of which $152,800,000
shall be for ‘‘Highway Safety Programs’’ under 23 U.S.C.
402, $10,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Occupant Protection Incen-
tive Grants’’ under 23 U.S.C. 405, $36,000,000 shall be for
‘‘Alcohol-Impaired 
Driving 
Countermeasures 
Grants’’
under 23 U.S.C. 410, $8,000,000 shall be for the ‘‘State
Highway Safety Data Grants’’ under 23 U.S.C. 411: Pro-
vided further, That none of these funds shall be used for
construction, rehabilitation, or remodeling costs, or for of-
fice furnishings and fixtures for State, local, or private
buildings or structures: Provided further, That not to exceed
$7,500,000 of the funds made available for section 402, not
to exceed $500,000 of the funds made available for section
405, not to exceed $1,750,000 of the funds made available
for section 410, and not to exceed $223,000 of the funds
made available for section 411 shall be available to NHTSA
for administering highway safety grants under Chapter 4
of title 23, U.S.C.: Provided further, That not to exceed
$500,000 of the funds made available for section 410 ‘‘Alco-
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hol-Impaired Driving Countermeasures Grants’’ shall be
available for technical assistance to the States.
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION
SAFETY AND OPERATIONS
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Admin-
istration, not otherwise provided for, $91,789,000, of which
$6,700,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided,
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 Redevelopment
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 Redevelopment 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 nec-
essary for payment on the first deed of trust may be ad-
vanced by the Administrator from unobligated balances
available to the Federal Railroad Administration, to be re-
imbursed from payments received from the Union Station
Redevelopment Corporation: Provided further, That the
Federal Railroad Administration will reimburse the De-
partment of Transportation Inspector General $1,000,000
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for costs associated with audits and investigations of all
rail-related issues and systems: Provided further, That the
Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration is
authorized to transfer funds appropriated for any office
under this heading to any other office funded under this
heading: Provided further, That no appropriation shall be
increased or decreased by more than 10 percent by such
transfers unless it is approved by both the House and Sen-
ate Committees on Appropriations.
RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses for railroad research and devel-
opment, $22,364,000, to remain available until expended.
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 sec-
tions 511 through 513 of such Act, such authority to exist
as long as any such guaranteed obligation is outstanding:
Provided, That pursuant to section 502 of such Act, as
amended, no new direct loans or loan guarantee commit-
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ments shall be made using Federal funds for the credit risk
premium during fiscal year 2000.
NEXT GENERATION HIGH-SPEED RAIL
For necessary expenses for the Next Generation High-
Speed Rail program as authorized under 49 United States
Code sections 26101 and 26102, $20,500,000, to remain
available until expended.
ALASKA RAILROAD REHABILITATION
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make
grants to the Alaska Railroad, $14,000,000 shall be for cap-
ital rehabilitation and improvements benefiting its pas-
senger operations, to remain available until expended.
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 ac-
commodate double stack freight cars, $10,000,000 to be
matched by the State of Rhode Island or its designee on
a dollar-for-dollar basis and to remain available until ex-
pended.
CAPITAL GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD
PASSENGER CORPORATION
For necessary expenses of capital improvements of the
National Railroad Passenger Corporation as authorized by
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U.S.C. 24104(a), $571,000,000, to remain available until
expended.
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, $12,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That no more than
$60,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for these
purposes: Provided further, That the Federal Transit Ad-
ministration will reimburse the Department of Transpor-
tation Inspector General $9,000,000 for costs associated
with audits and investigations of all transit-related issues
and systems.
FORMULA GRANTS
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5307,
5308, 5310, 5311, 5327, and section 3038 of Public Law
105–178, $619,600,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That no more than $3,098,000,000 of budget au-
thority shall be available for these purposes.
UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5505,
$1,200,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That no more than $6,000,000 of budget authority shall be
available for these purposes.
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TRANSIT PLANNING AND RESEARCH
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5303,
5304, 5305, 5311(b)(2), 5312, 5313(a), 5314, 5315, and
5322, $21,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That no more than $107,000,000 of budget authority
shall be available for these purposes: Provided further, That
$5,250,000 is available to provide rural transportation as-
sistance (49 U.S.C. 5311(b)(2)); $4,000,000 is available to
carry out programs under the National Transit Institute
(49 U.S.C. 5315); $8,250,000 is available to carry out tran-
sit cooperative research programs (49 U.S.C. 5313(a));
$49,632,000 is available for metropolitan planning (49
U.S.C. 5303, 5304, and 5305); $10,368,000 is available for
state planning (49 U.S.C. 5313(b)); and $29,500,000 is
available for the national planning and research program
(49 U.S.C. 5314): Provided further, That of the total budget
authority made available for the national planning and re-
search program, the Federal Transit Administration shall
provide the following amounts for the projects and activities
listed below:
Zinc-air battery bus technology demonstration,
$1,500,000;
Electric vehicle information sharing and tech-
nology transfer program, $1,000,000;
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Portland, ME independent transportation net-
work, $500,000;
Wheeling, WV mobility study, $250,000;
Utah advanced traffic management system, tran-
sit component, $3,000,000;
Project ACTION, $3,000,000;
Trans-Hudson 
tunnel 
feasibility 
study,
$5,000,000;
Washoe 
County, 
NV 
transit 
technology,
$1,250,000;
Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority advanced
electric transit buses and related infrastructure,
$1,500,000;
Palm Springs, CA fuel cell buses, $1,500,000;
Gloucester, MA intermodal technology center,
$1,500,000;
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority
advanced propulsion control system, $3,000,000; and
Advanced transit systems and electric vehicle
program (CALSTART), $1,000,000.
TRUST FUND SHARE OF EXPENSES
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for pay-
ment of obligations incurred in carrying out 49 U.S.C.
5303–5308, 5310–5315, 5317(b), 5322, 5327, 5334, 5505,
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and sections 3037 and 3038 of Public Law 105–178,
$4,638,000,000, to remain available until expended of
which $4,638,000,000 shall be derived from the Mass Tran-
sit Account of the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That
$2,478,400,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Admin-
istration’s formula grants account: Provided further, That
$86,000,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Adminis-
tration’s transit planning and research account: Provided
further, That $48,000,000 shall be paid to the Federal Tran-
sit Administration’s administrative expenses account: Pro-
vided further, That $4,800,000 shall be paid to the Federal
Transit Administration’s university transportation re-
search account: Provided further, That $60,000,000 shall be
paid to the Federal Transit Administration’s job access and
reverse commute grants program: Provided further, That
$1,960,800,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Admin-
istration’s Capital Investment Grants account.
CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5308,
5309, 5318, and 5327, $490,200,000, to remain available
until 
expended: 
Provided, 
That 
no 
more 
than
$2,451,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for
these purposes: Provided further, That there shall be avail-
able for fixed guideway modernization, $980,400,000; there
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shall be available for the replacement, rehabilitation, and
purchase of buses and related equipment and the construc-
tion of bus-related facilities, $490,200,000; and there shall
be available for new fixed guideway systems $980,400,000:
Provided further, That, within the total funds provided for
buses and bus-related facilities to carry out 49 U.S.C. sec-
tion 5309, the following projects shall be considered eligible
for these funds: Provided further, That the Administrator
of the Federal Transit Administration shall, not later than
60 days after the enactment of this Act, individually submit
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations the
recommended grant funding levels for the respective
projects, from the following projects here listed:
2001 Special Olympics Winter Games buses and
facilities, Anchorage, Alaska
Adrian buses and bus facilities, Michigan
Alabama statewide rural bus needs, Alabama
Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District Project,
California
Albany train station/intermodal facility, New
York
Albuquerque SOLAR computerized transit man-
agement system, New Mexico
Albuquerque Westside transit maintenance facil-
ity, New Mexico
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Albuquerque, buses, paratransit vehicles, and bus
facility, New Mexico
Alexandria Union Station transit center, Vir-
ginia
Alexandria, bus maintenance facility and Crys-
tal City canopy project, Virginia
Allegheny County buses, Pennsylvania
Altoona bus testing facility, Pennsylvania
Altoona, Metro Transit Authority buses and
transit system improvements, Pennsylvania
Ames transit facility expansion, Iowa
Anchorage Ship Creek intermodal facility, Alas-
ka
Arkansas Highway and Transit Department
buses, Arkansas
Arkansas state safety and preventative mainte-
nance facility, Arkansas
Armstrong County-Mid-County, PA bus facilities
and buses, Pennsylvania
Atlanta, MARTA buses, Georgia
Attleboro intermodal transit facility, Massachu-
setts
Austin buses, Texas
Babylon Intermodal Center, New York
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Baldwin Rural Area Transportation System
buses, Alabama
Ballston Metro access improvements, Virginia
Bay/Saginaw buses and bus facilities, Michigan
Beaumont Municipal Transit System buses and
bus facilities, Texas
Beaver County bus facility, Pennsylvania
Ben Franklin transit buses and bus facilities,
Richland, Washington
Billings buses and bus facilities, Montana
Birmingham intermodal facility, Alabama
Birmingham-Jefferson County buses, Alabama
Blue Water buses and bus facilities, Michigan
Boston Government Center transit center, Massa-
chusetts
Boston Logan Airport intermodal transit con-
nector, Massachusetts
Boulder/Denver, RTD buses, Colorado
Brazos Transit Authority buses and bus facili-
ties, Texas
Brea shuttle buses, California
Bremerton multimodal center—Sinclair’s Land-
ing, Washington
Brigham City and Payson regional park and
ride lots/transit centers, Utah
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Brockton intermodal transportation center, Mas-
sachusetts
Buffalo, Auditorium Intermodal Center, New
York
Burlington 
ferry 
terminal 
improvements,
Vermont
Burlington multimodal center, Vermont
Cambria County, bus facilities and buses, Penn-
sylvania
Cedar Rapids intermodal facility, Iowa
Central Ohio Transit Authority vehicle locator
system, Ohio
Centre Area Transportation Authority buses,
Pennsylvania
Chattanooga Southern Regional Alternative fuel
bus program, Georgia
Chester County, Paoli Transportation Center,
Pennsylvania
Chittenden County Transportation Authority
buses, Vermont
Clallam Transit multimodal center, Sequim,
Washington
Clark County Regional Transportation Commis-
sion buses and bus facilities, Nevada
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Cleveland, Triskett Garage bus maintenance fa-
cility, Ohio
Clinton transit facility expansion, Iowa
Colorado buses and bus facilities, Colorado
Columbia Bus replacement, South Carolina
Columbia buses and vans, Missouri
Compton Renaissance Transit System shelters
and facilities, California
Corpus Christi Regional Transportation Author-
ity buses and bus facilities, Texas
Corvallis buses and automated passenger infor-
mation system, Oregon
Culver City, CityBus buses, California
Dallas Area Rapid Transit buses, Texas
Davis, Unitrans transit maintenance facility,
California
Dayton, Multimodal Transportation Center,
Ohio
Daytona Beach, Intermodal Center, Florida
Deerfield 
Valley 
Transit 
Authority 
buses,
Vermont
Denver 16th Street Intermodal Center
Denver, Stapleton Intermodal Center, Colorado
Des Moines transit facilities, Iowa
Detroit buses and bus facilities, Michigan
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Dothan Wiregrass Transit Authority vehicles
and transit facility, Alabama
Dulles Corridor park and ride, Virginia
Duluth, Transit Authority community circula-
tion vehicles, Minnesota
Duluth, Transit Authority intelligent transpor-
tation systems, Minnesota
Duluth, Transit Authority Transit Hub, Min-
nesota
Dutchess County, Loop System buses, New York
El Paso Sun Metro buses, Texas
Elliott Bay Water Taxi ferry purchase, Wash-
ington
Erie, Metropolitan Transit Authority buses,
Pennsylvania
Escambia County buses and bus facility, Ala-
bama
Essex Junction multimodal station rehabilita-
tion, Vermont
Everett transit bus replacement, Washington
Everett, 
Multimodal 
Transportation 
Center,
Washington
Fairbanks intermodal rail/bus transfer facility,
Alaska
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Georgia 
Regional 
Transportation 
Authority
buses, Georgia
Georgia Regional Transportation Authority,
Southern Crescent Transit bus service between Clay-
ton County and MARTA rail stations, Georgia
Georgia statewide buses and bus-related facili-
ties, Georgia
Gloucester intermodal transportation center,
Massachusetts
Grand Rapids Area Transit Authority down-
town transit transfer center, Michigan
Greensboro multimodal center, North Carolina
Greensboro, Transit Authority buses, North
Carolina
Harrison County multimodal center, Mississippi
Hawaii buses and bus facilities
Healdsburg, intermodal facility, California
Hillsborough Area Regional Transity Authority,
Ybor buses and bus facilities, Florida
Honolulu, bus facility and buses, Hawaii
Hot Springs, transportation depot and plaza,
Arkansas
Houston buses and bus facilities, Texas
Huntington Beach buses and bus facilities, Cali-
fornia
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Huntington intermodal facility, West Virginia
Huntsville Airport international intermodal cen-
ter, Alabama
Huntsville Space and Rocket Center intermodal
center, Alabama
Huntsville, transit facility, Alabama
Hyannis intermodal transportation center, Mas-
sachusetts
I–5 Corridor intermodal transit centers, Cali-
fornia
Illinois statewide buses and bus-related equip-
ment, Illinois
Indianapolis buses, Indiana
Inglewood Market Street bus facility/LAX shuttle
service, California
Iowa City multi-use parking facility and transit
hub, Iowa
Iowa statewide buses and bus facilities, Iowa
Iowa/Illinois Transit Consortium bus safety and
security, Iowa
Isabella buses and bus facilities, Michigan
Ithaca intermodal transportation center, New
York
Ithaca, TCAT bus technology improvements, New
York
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Jackson County buses and bus facilities, Mis-
souri
Jackson J-TRAN buses and facilities, Mis-
sissippi
Jacksonville buses and bus facilities, Florida
Jasper buses, Alabama
Juneau downtown mass transit facility, Alaska
Kalamazoo downtown bus transfer center, Michi-
gan
Kansas City Area Transit Authority buses and
Troost transit center, Missouri
Kansas Public Transit Association buses and bus
facilities, Kansas
Killington-Sherburne 
satellite 
bus 
facility,
Vermont
King Country Metro King Street Station, Wash-
ington
King County Metro Atlantic and Central buses,
Washington
King County park and ride expansion, Wash-
ington
Lackawanna County Transit System buses,
Pennsylvania
Lake Tahoe CNG buses, Nevada
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Lake Tahoe/Tahoe Basin buses and bus facilities,
California
Lakeland, Citrus Connection transit vehicles and
related equipment, Florida
Lane County, Bus Rapid Transit buses and fa-
cilities, Oregon
Lansing, CATA buses, Michigan
Las Cruces buses and bus facilities, New Mexico
Las Cruces intermodal transportation plaza,
New Mexico
Las Vegas intermodal transit transfer facility,
Nevada
Las Vegas South Strip intermodal facility, Ne-
vada
Lincoln County Transit District buses, Oregon
Lincoln Star Tran bus facility, Nebraska
Little Rock River Market and College Station
transfer facility, Arkansas
Little Rock, Central Arkansas Transit buses, Ar-
kansas
Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority
buses, California
Livermore automatic vehicle locator program,
California
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Long Island, CNG transit vehicles and facilities
and bus replacement, New York
Los Angeles/City of El Segundo Douglas Street
Green Line connection, California
Los Angeles County Metropolitan transportation
authority buses, California
Los Angeles Foothill Transit buses and bus fa-
cilities, California
Los Angeles Municipal Transit Operators Coali-
tion, California
Los Angeles, Union Station Gateway Intermodal
Transit Center, California
Louisiana statewide buses and bus-related facili-
ties, Louisiana
Lowell performing arts center transit transfer fa-
cility, Massachusetts
Lufkin intermodal center, Texas
Maryland statewide alternative fuel buses, Mary-
land
Maryland statewide bus facilities and buses,
Maryland
Mason City Region 2 office and maintenance
transit facility, Iowa
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
buses, Massachusetts
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Merrimack Valley Regional Transit Authority
bus facilities, Massachusetts
Miami Beach multimodal transit center, Florida
Miami Beach, electric shuttle service, Florida
Miami-Dade Northeast transit center, Florida
Miami-Dade Transit buses, Florida
Michigan State University campus boarding cen-
ters, Michigan
Michigan statewide buses, Michigan
Mid-Columbia 
Council 
of 
Governments
minivans, Oregon
Milwaukee County, buses, Wisconsin
Mineola/Hicksville, LIRR intermodal centers,
New York
Missoula buses and bus facilities, Montana
Missouri statewide bus and bus facilities, Mis-
souri
Mobile buses, Alabama
Mobile waterfront terminal complex, Alabama
Modesto, bus maintenance facility, California
Monterey, Monterey-Salinas buses, California
Monterey, Monterey-Salinas transit refueling fa-
cility, California
Montgomery Moulton Street intermodal center,
Alabama
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Montgomery Union Station intermodal center
and buses, Alabama
Mount Vernon, buses and bus related facilities,
Washington
Mukilteo multimodal terminal ferry and transit
project, Washington
New Castle County buses and bus facilities,
Delaware
New Hampshire statewide transit systems, New
Hampshire
New Haven bus facility, Connecticut
New Jersey Transit alternative fuel buses, New
Jersey
New Jersey Transit jitney shuttle buses, New
Jersey
New Mexico State University park and ride fa-
cilities, New Mexico
New York City Midtown West 38th Street Ferry
Terminal, New York
New York, West 72nd St. Intermodal Station,
New York
Newark intermodal center, New Jersey
Newark Passaic River bridge and arena pedes-
trian walkway, New Jersey
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Newark, Morris & Essex Station access and
buses, New Jersey
Niagara 
Frontier 
Transportation 
Authority
buses, New York
North Carolina statewide buses and bus facili-
ties, North Carolina
North Dakota statewide buses and bus-related fa-
cilities, North Dakota
North San Diego County transit district buses,
California
North Star Borough intermodal facility, Alaska
Northern New Mexico Transit Express/Park and
Ride buses, New Mexico
Northstar Corridor, Intermodal Facilities and
buses, Minnesota
Norwich buses, Connecticut
OATS Transit, Missouri
Ogden Intermodal Center, Utah
Ohio Public Transit Association buses and bus
facilities, Ohio
Oklahoma statewide bus facilities and buses,
Oklahoma
Olympic 
Peninsula 
International 
Gateway
Transportation Center, Washington
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Omaha Missouri River transit pedestrian facil-
ity, Nebraska
Ontonagon buses and bus facilities, Michigan
Orlando Intermodal Facility, Florida
Orlando, Lynx buses and bus facilities, Florida
Palm Beach County Palmtran buses, Florida
Palmdale multimodal center, California
Park City Intermodal Center, Utah
Parkersburg intermodal transportation facility,
West Virginia
Pee Dee buses and facilities, South Carolina
Penn’s Landing ferry vehicles, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Commonwealth combined bus and
facilities, Pennsylvania
Perris bus maintenance facility, California
Philadelphia, Frankford Transportation Center,
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Intermodal 30th Street Station,
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PHLASH shuttle buses, Pennsyl-
vania
Philadelphia, SEPTA Center City improve-
ments, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, SEPTA Paoli transportation cen-
ter, Pennsylvania
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Philadelphia, SEPTA Girard Avenue intermodal
transportation centers, Pennsylvania
Phoenix bus and bus facilities, Arizona
Pierce County Transit buses and bus facilities,
Washington
Pittsfield intermodal center, Massachusetts
Port of Corpus Christi ferry infrastructure and
ferry purchase, Texas
Port of St. Bernard intermodal facility, Lou-
isiana
Portland, Tri-Met bus maintenance facility, Or-
egon
Portland, Tri-Met buses, Oregon
Prince William County bus replacement, Vir-
ginia
Providence, buses and bus maintenance facility,
Rhode Island
Reading, BARTA Intermodal Transportation
Facility, Pennsylvania
Rensselaer intermodal bus facility, New York
Rhode Island Public Transit Authority buses,
Rhode Island
Richmond, GRTC bus maintenance facility, Vir-
ginia
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Riverside Transit Agency buses and facilities,
California
Robinson, Towne Center Intermodal Facility,
Pennsylvania
Sacramento CNG buses, California
Salem Area Mass Ttransit System buses, Oregon
Salt Lake City hybrid electric vehicle bus pur-
chase, Utah
Salt Lake City International Airport transit
parking and transfer center, Utah
Salt Lake City Olympics bus facilities, Utah
Salt Lake City Olympics regional park and ride
lots, Utah
Salt Lake City Olympics transit bus loan
project, Utah
San Bernardino buses, California
San Bernardino County Mountain area Re-
gional Transit Authority fueling stations, California
San Diego MTD buses and bus facilities, Cali-
fornia
San Francisco, Islais Creek maintenance facil-
ity, California
San Joaquin buses and bus facilities, Stockton,
California
San Juan Intermodal access, Puerto Rico
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San Marcos Capital Area Rural Transportation
System (CARTS) intermodal project, Texas
Sandy buses, Oregon
Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit district bus
facilities, California
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
buses and bus facilities, California
Santa Clarita buses, California
Santa Cruz metropolitan bus facilities, Cali-
fornia
Santa Fe CNG buses, New Mexico
Santa Fe paratransit/computer systems, New
Mexico
Santa Marie organization of transportation
helpers minibuses, California
Savannah/Chatham Area transit bus transfer
centers and buses, Georgia
Seattle Sound Transit buses and bus facilities,
Washington
Seattle, intermodal transportation terminal,
Washington
SMART buses and bus facilities, Michigan
Snohomish County, Community Transit buses,
equipment and facilities, Washington
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Tacoma Dome, buses and bus facilities, Wash-
ington
Tennessee statewide buses and bus facilities, Ten-
nessee
Texas statewide small urban and rural buses,
Texas
Topeka Transit offstreet transit transfer center,
Kansas
Towamencin Township, Intermodal Bus Trans-
portation Center, Pennsylvania
Transit Authority of Northern Kentucky (TANK)
buses, Kentucky
Tucson buses, Arizona
Twin Cities area metro transit buses and bus fa-
cilities, Minnesota
Utah Transit Authority buses, Utah
Utah Transit Authority, intermodal facilities,
Utah
Utah Transit Authority/Park City Transit,
buses, Utah
Utica Union Station, New York
Valley bus and bus facilities, Alabama
Vancouver Clark County (SEATRAN) bus facili-
ties, Washington
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Washington County intermodal facilities, Penn-
sylvania
Washington State DOT combined small transit
system buses and bus facilities, Washington
Washington, D.C. Intermodal Transportation
Center, District/Columbia
Washoe County transit improvements, Nevada
Waterbury, bus facility, Connecticut
West Falls Church Metro station improvements,
Virginia
West Lafayette bus transfer station/terminal
(Wabash Landing), Indiana
West Virginia Statewide Intermodal Facility
and buses, West Virginia
Westchester County DOT, articulated buses, New
York
Westchester County, Bee-Line transit system
fareboxes, New York
Westchester County, Bee-Line transit system
shuttle buses, New York
Westminster senior citizen vans, California
Westmoreland 
County, 
Intermodal 
Facility,
Pennsylvania
Whittier intermodal facility and pedestrian over-
pass, Alaska
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Wilkes-Barre, Intermodal Facility, Pennsylvania
Williamsport bus facility, Pennsylvania
Wisconsin statewide bus facilities and buses,
Wisconsin
Worcester, Union Station Intermodal Transpor-
tation Center, Massachusetts
Yuma paratransit buses, Arizona:
Provided further, That within the total funds provided for
new fixed guideway systems to carry out 49 U.S.C. section
5309, the following projects shall be considered eligible for
these funds: Provided further, That the Administrator of the
Federal Transit Administration shall, not later than 60
days after the enactment of this Act, individually submit
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations the
recommended grant funding levels for the respective
projects.
The following new fixed guideway systems and exten-
sions to existing systems are eligible to receive funding for
final design and construction:
Alaska or Hawaii ferries;
Albuquerque/Greater Albuquerque mass transit
project;
Atlanta North Line Extension;
Austin Capital Metro Northwest/North Central
Corridor project;
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Baltimore Central Light Rail double tracking
project;
Boston North-South Rail Link;
Boston Piers Transitway phase 1;
Charlotte 
North-South 
corridor 
transitway
project;
Chicago Metra commuter rail extensions;
Chicago Transit Authority Ravenswood and
Douglas branch line projects;
Cleveland Euclid Corridor;
Dallas Area Rapid Transit North Central LRT
extension;
Dane County/Madison East-West Corridor;
Denver Southeast Corridor project;
Denver Southwest LRT project;
Fort Lauderdale Tri-Rail commuter rail project;
Galveston rail trolley extension project;
Houston Regional Bus Plan;
Lahaina Harbor, Maui ferries;
Las Vegas Corridor/Clark County regional fixed
guideway project;
Little Rock River Rail project;
Long Island Rail Road East Side Access project;
Los Angeles Metro Rail—MOS 3 and Eastside/
Mid City corridors;
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MARC expansion programs: Silver Spring inter-
modal center and Penn-Camden rail connection;
Memphis Area Transit Authority medical center
extension;
Miami East-West Corridor project;
Miami North 27th Avenue corridor;
New 
Orleans 
Airport-CBD 
commuter 
rail
project;
New Orleans Canal Streetcar Spine;
New Orleans Desire Streetcar;
Newark-Elizabeth rail link project;
Norfolk-Virginia Beach Corridor project;
Northern Indiana South Shore commuter rail
project;
Northern New Jersey—Hudson-Bergen LRT
project;
Orange County Transitway project;
Orlando I–4 Central Florida LRT project;
Philadelphia Schuykill Valley Metro;
Phoenix—Central Phoenix/East Valley Corridor;
Pittsburgh Airborne Shuttle System;
Pittsburgh North Shore—Central Business Dis-
trict corridor;
Pittsburgh State II light rail project;
Port McKenzie-Ship Creek, AK ferry project;
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Portland Westside-Hillsboro Corridor project;
Providence-Boston commuter rail;
Raleigh-Durham—Research Triangle regional
rail;
Sacramento South Corridor LRT project;
Salt Lake City South LRT Olympics capacity
improvements;
Salt Lake City South LRT project;
Salt Lake City/Airport to University (West-
East) light rail project;
Salt Lake City-Ogden-Provo commuter rail
project;
San Bernardino MetroLink extension project;
San Diego Mid Coast Corridor;
San Diego Mission Valley East LRT extension
project;
San Diego Oceanside-Escondido passenger rail
project;
San Francisco BART to Airport extension;
San Jose Tasman LRT project;
San Juan—Tren Urbano;
Seattle Sound Move Link LRT project;
Spokane South Valley Corridor light rail project;
St. Louis—St. Clair County, Illinois LRT
project;
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opment Corporation, $11,496,000, 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,
$30,752,000, of which $575,000 shall be derived from the
Pipeline Safety Fund, and of which $3,500,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2002: Provided, That
up to $1,200,000 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, to be available until ex-
pended, funds received from States, counties, municipali-
ties, other public authorities, and private sources for ex-
penses incurred for training, for reports publication and
dissemination, and for travel expenses incurred in perform-
ance of hazardous materials exemptions and approvals
functions.
PIPELINE SAFETY
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND)
(OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND)
For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of the
pipeline safety program, for grants-in-aid to carry out a
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pipeline safety program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 60107,
and to discharge the pipeline program responsibilities of
the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $36,104,000, of which
$4,704,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability
Trust Fund and shall remain available until September 30,
2002; and of which $30,000,000 shall be derived from the
Pipeline Safety Fund, of which $16,500,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 2001: Provided, That in addi-
tion to amounts made available for the Pipeline Safety
Fund, $1,400,000 shall be available for grants to States for
the development and establishment of one-call notification
systems and public education activities, and shall be de-
rived from amounts previously collected under 49 U.S.C.
60301.
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS
(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND)
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5127(c),
$200,000, to be derived from the Emergency Preparedness
Fund, to remain available until September 30, 2002: Pro-
vided, That none of the funds made available by 49 U.S.C.
5116(i) and 5127(d) shall be made available for obligation
by individuals other than the Secretary of Transportation,
or his designee.
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General
Act of 1978, as amended, $48,000,000, of which $43,000,000
shall be derived from transfers of funds from the United
States Coast Guard, the Federal Aviation Administration,
the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Railroad
Administration, and the Federal Transit Administration:
Provided, That the funds made available under this heading
shall be used to investigate pursuant to section 41712 of
title 49, United States Code, relating to unfair or deceptive
practices and unfair methods of competition by air carriers,
foreign air carriers, and ticket agents: Provided further,
That, it is the sense of the Senate, for purposes of the pre-
ceding proviso, the terms ‘‘unfair or deceptive practices’’
and ‘‘unfair methods of competition’’ include the failure to
disclose to a passenger or a ticket agent whether the flight
on which the passenger is ticketed or has requested to pur-
chase a ticket is overbooked, unless the Secretary certifies
such disclosure by a carrier is technologically infeasible:
Provided further, That the funds made available under this
heading shall be used (1) to investigate pursuant to section
41712 of title 49, United States Code, relating to unfair
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or deceptive practices and unfair methods of competition
by air carriers and foreign air carriers, (2) for monitoring
by the Inspector General of the compliance of air carriers
and foreign carriers with respect to paragraph (1) of this
proviso, and (3) for the submission to the appropriate com-
mittees of Congress by the Inspector General, not later than
July 15, 2000, of a report on the extent to which actual
or potential barriers exist to consumer access to compara-
tive price and service information from independent sources
on the purchase of passenger air transportation: Provided
further, That, it is the sense of the Senate, for purposes of
the preceding proviso, the terms ‘‘unfair or deceptive prac-
tices’’ and ‘‘unfair methods of competition’’ mean the offer-
ing for sale to the public for any route, class, and time of
service through any technology or means of communication
a fare that is different than that offered through other tech-
nology or means of communication: Provided further, That,
it is the sense of the Senate, funds made available under
this heading shall be used for the submission to the appro-
priate committees of Congress by the Inspector General a
report on the extent to which air carriers and foreign car-
riers deny travel to airline consumers with nonrefundable
tickets from one carrier to another.
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation
Board, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$15,400,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, not to exceed $1,600,000 from fees estab-
lished by the Chairman of the Surface Transportation
Board shall be credited to this appropriation as offsetting
collections and used for necessary and authorized expenses
under this heading: Provided further, That any fees received
in excess of $1,600,000 in fiscal year 2000 shall remain
available until expended, but shall not be available for obli-
gation until October 1, 2000.
TITLE II
RELATED AGENCIES
ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION
BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the Architectural and
Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, as authorized
by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amend-
ed, $4,500,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, there may be credited to this appropria-
tion funds received for publications and training expenses.
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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–15; uniforms, or allowances
therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902),
$51,500,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 may be used for
official reception and representation expenses.
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 equivalent to the rate for a GS–15; uni-
forms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5
U.S.C. 5901–5902), $1,000,000, to remain available until
expended.
TITLE III
GENERAL PROVISIONS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
SEC. 301. During the current fiscal year applicable
appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall
be available for maintenance and operation of aircraft; hire
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of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of liabil-
ity insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign coun-
tries on official department business; and uniforms, or al-
lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–
5902).
SEC. 302. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal
year 2000 pay raises for programs funded in this Act shall
be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act or
previous appropriations Acts.
SEC. 303. Funds appropriated under this Act for ex-
penditures by the Federal Aviation Administration shall be
available: (1) except as otherwise authorized by title VIII
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), for expenses of primary and sec-
ondary schooling for dependents of Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration 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 determined 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 transpor-
tation of said dependents between schools serving the area
that they attend and their places of residence when the Sec-
retary, under such regulations as may be prescribed, deter-
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mines that such schools are not accessible by public means
of transportation on a regular basis.
SEC. 304. Appropriations contained in this Act for the
Department 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 in this Act shall be avail-
able for salaries and expenses of more than 100 political
and Presidential appointees in the Department of Trans-
portation: Provided, That none of the personnel covered by
this provision may be assigned on temporary detail outside
the Department of Transportation.
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 fund-
ed in this Act.
SEC. 307. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fis-
cal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria-
tions, 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
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States, any unit of State or local government, any edu-
cational institution, and any other entity in execution of
the Technology Reinvestment Project authorized under the
Defense Conversion, Reinvestment and Transition Assist-
ance 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 pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States
Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such expendi-
tures 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.
SEC. 310. (a) For fiscal year 2000, the Secretary of
Transportation shall—
(1) not distribute from the obligation limitation
for Federal-aid Highways amounts authorized for ad-
ministrative expenses and programs funded from the
administrative takedown authorized by section 104(a)
of title 23, United States Code, and amounts author-
ized for the highway use tax evasion program and the
Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
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(2) not distribute an amount from the obligation
limitation for Federal-aid Highways that is equal to
the unobligated balance of amounts made available
from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass
Transit Account) for Federal-aid highways and high-
way safety programs for the previous fiscal year the
funds for which are allocated by the Secretary;
(3) determine the ratio that—
(A) the obligation limitation for Federal-aid
Highways less the aggregate of amounts not dis-
tributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), bears to
(B) the total of the sums authorized to be
appropriated for Federal-aid highways and high-
way safety construction programs (other than
sums authorized to be appropriated for sections
set forth in paragraphs (1) through (7) of sub-
section (b) and sums authorized to be appro-
priated for section 105 of title 23, United States
Code, equal to the amount referred to in sub-
section (b)(8)) for such fiscal year less the aggre-
gate of the amounts not distributed under para-
graph (1) of this subsection;
(4) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed-
eral-aid Highways less the aggregate amounts not dis-
tributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) for section 117
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of title 23, United States Code (relating to high pri-
ority projects program), section 201 of the Appa-
lachian Regional Development Act of 1965, the Wood-
row Wilson Memorial Bridge Authority Act of 1995,
and $2,000,000,000 for such fiscal year under section
105 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st
Century (relating to minimum guarantee) so that the
amount of obligation authority available for each of
such sections is equal to the amount determined by
multiplying the ratio determined under paragraph
(3) by the sums authorized to be appropriated for
such section (except in the case of section 105,
$2,000,000,000) for such fiscal year;
(5) distribute the obligation limitation provided
for Federal-aid Highways less the aggregate amounts
not distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) and
amounts distributed under paragraph (4) for each of
the programs that are allocated by the Secretary
under title 23, United States Code (other than activi-
ties to which paragraph (1) applies and programs to
which paragraph (4) applies) by multiplying the
ratio determined under paragraph (3) by the sums
authorized to be appropriated for such program for
such fiscal year; and
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(6) distribute the obligation limitation provided
for Federal-aid Highways less the aggregate amounts
not distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) and
amounts distributed under paragraphs (4) and (5) for
Federal-aid highways and highway safety construc-
tion programs (other than the minimum guarantee
program, but only to the extent that amounts appor-
tioned for the minimum guarantee program for such
fiscal year exceed $2,639,000,000, and the Appa-
lachian development highway system program) that
are apportioned by the Secretary under title 23,
United States Code, in the ratio that—
(A) sums authorized to be appropriated for
such programs that are apportioned to each
State for such fiscal year, bear to
(B) the total of the sums authorized to be
appropriated for such programs that are appor-
tioned to all States for such fiscal year.
(b) EXCEPTIONS FROM OBLIGATION LIMITATION.—
The obligation limitation for Federal-aid Highways shall
not apply to obligations (1) under section 125 of title 23,
United States Code; (2) under section 147 of the Surface
Transportation Assistance Act of 1978; (3) under section
9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981; (4) under sec-
tions 131(b) and 131(j) of the Surface Transportation As-
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sistance Act of 1982; (5) under sections 149(b) and 149(c)
of the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation As-
sistance Act of 1987; (6) under section 1103 through 1108
of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of
1991; (7) under section 157 of title 23, United States Code,
as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century; and (8)
under section 105 of title 23, United States Code (but, only
in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for such fiscal year).
(c) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED OBLIGATION AU-
THORITY.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary
shall after August 1 for such fiscal year revise a distribution
of the obligation limitation made available under subsection
(a) if a State will not obligate the amount distributed dur-
ing 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 pri-
ority to those States having large unobligated balances of
funds apportioned under sections 104 and 144 of title 23,
United States Code, section 160 (as in effect on the day
before the enactment of the Transportation Equity Act for
the 21st Century) of title 23, United States Code, and under
section 1015 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Act
of 1991 (105 Stat. 1943–1945).
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(d) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS TO
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PROGRAMS.—The obligation
limitation shall apply to transportation research programs
carried out under chapters 3 and 5 of title 23, United States
Code, except that obligation authority made available for
such programs under such limitation shall remain available
for a period of 3 fiscal years.
(e) REDISTRIBUTION
OF
CERTAIN
AUTHORIZED
FUNDS.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the dis-
tribution of obligation limitation under subsection (a), the
Secretary shall distribute to the States any funds (1) that
are authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal year for
Federal-aid highways programs (other than the program
under section 160 of title 23, United States Code) and for
carrying out subchapter I of chapter 311 of title 49, United
States Code, and chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code,
and (2) that the Secretary determines will not be allocated
to the States, and will not be available for obligation, in
such fiscal year due to the imposition of any obligation lim-
itation for such fiscal year. Such distribution to the States
shall be made in the same ratio as the distribution of obliga-
tion authority under subsection (a)(6). The funds so distrib-
uted shall be available for any purposes described in section
133(b) of title 23, United States Code.
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(f) SPECIAL RULE.—Obligation limitation distributed
for a fiscal year under subsection (a)(4) for a section set
forth in subsection (a)(4) shall remain available until used
for obligation of funds for such section and shall be in addi-
tion to the amount of any limitation imposed on obligations
for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction
programs for future fiscal years.
SEC. 311. The limitations on obligations for the pro-
grams 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 pre-
viously made available for obligation.
SEC. 312. None of the funds in this Act shall be used
to implement section 404 of title 23, United States Code.
SEC. 313. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able 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. 314. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
airports may transfer, without consideration, to the Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA) instrument landing sys-
tems (along with associated approach lighting equipment
and runway visual range equipment) which conform to
FAA design and performance specifications, the purchase
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of which was assisted by a Federal airport-aid program,
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. 315. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able to award a multiyear contract for production end
items that: (1) includes economic order quantity or long
lead time material procurement in excess of $10,000,000 in
any one year of the contract; (2) includes a cancellation
charge greater than $10,000,000 which at the time of obliga-
tion has not been appropriated to the limits of the Govern-
ment’s liability; or (3) includes a requirement that permits
performance under the contract during the second and sub-
sequent years of the contract without conditioning such per-
formance 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 be-
yond the basic contract requirements.
SEC. 316. (a) No part of any appropriation contained
in this Act shall be used, other than for normal and recog-
nized executive-legislative relationships, for publicity or
propaganda purposes, for the preparation, distribution, or
use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, tele-
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vision, or video presentation designed to support or defeat
legislation pending before the Congress or any State legisla-
ture, except in presentation to the Congress or any State
legislature itself.
(b) No part of any appropriation contained in this
Act shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of any grant
or contract recipient, or agent acting for such recipient, re-
lated to any activity designed to influence legislation or ap-
propriations pending before the Congress or any State legis-
lature.
SEC. 317. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
and except for fixed guideway modernization projects, funds
made available by this Act under ‘‘Federal Transit Admin-
istration, Capital investment grants’’ for projects specified
in this Act or identified in reports accompanying this Act
not obligated by September 30, 2002, and other recoveries,
shall be made available for other projects under 49 U.S.C.
5309.
SEC. 318. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
any funds appropriated before October 1, 1999, under any
section of chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, that
remain available for expenditure may be transferred to and
administered under the most recent appropriation heading
for any such section.
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SEC. 319. Funds provided in this Act for the Transpor-
tation Administrative Service Center (TASC) shall be re-
duced by $60,000,000, which limits fiscal year 2000 TASC
obligational authority for elements of the Department of
Transportation funded in this Act to no more than
$169,953,000: Provided, That such reductions from the
budget request shall be allocated by the Department of
Transportation to each appropriations account in propor-
tion to the amount included in each account for the Trans-
portation Administrative Service Center.
SEC. 320. Funds received by the Federal Highway Ad-
ministration, Federal Transit Administration, and Federal
Railroad Administration from States, counties, municipali-
ties, other public authorities, and private sources for ex-
penses incurred for training may be credited respectively
to the Federal Highway Administration’s Federal aid-high-
way account, the Federal Transit Administration’s ‘‘Tran-
sit Planning and Research’’ account, and to the Federal
Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Operations’’ ac-
count, except for State rail safety inspectors participating
in training pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 20105.
SEC. 321. TEMPORARY AIR SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS.
(a) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this Act to carry out section
47114(c)(1) of title 49, United States Code, may be avail-
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able for apportionment to an airport sponsor described in
subsection (b) in fiscal year 2000 in an amount equal to
the amount apportioned to that sponsor in fiscal year 1999.
(b) COVERED AIRPORT SPONSORS.—An airport spon-
sor referred to in subsection (a) is an airport sponsor with
respect to whose primary airport the Secretary of Transpor-
tation found that—
(1) passenger boardings at the airport fell below
10,000 in the calendar year used to calculate the ap-
portionment;
(2) the airport had at least 10,000 passenger
boardings in the calendar year prior to the calendar
year used to calculate apportionments to airport
sponsors in a fiscal year; and
(3) the cause of the shortfall in passenger
boardings was a temporary but significant interrup-
tion in service by an air carrier to that airport due
to an employment action, natural disaster, or other
event unrelated to the demand for air transportation
at the affected airport.
SEC. 322. Section 3021 of Public Law 105–178 is
amended in subsection (a)—
(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘single-
State’’;
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(2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘Any’’
and all that follows through ‘‘United States Code’’
and inserting ‘‘The funds made available to the State
of Oklahoma and the State of Vermont to carry out
sections 5307 and 5311 of title 49, United States Code
and sections 133 and 149 of title 23, United States
Code’’.
SEC. 323. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re-
ceived by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the
sale of data products, for necessary expenses incurred pur-
suant to 49 U.S.C. 111 may be credited to the Federal-aid
highways account for the purpose of reimbursing the Bu-
reau for such expenses: Provided, That such funds shall be
subject to the obligation limitation for Federal-aid high-
ways and highway safety construction.
SEC. 324. Not to exceed $1,000,000 of the funds pro-
vided in this Act for the Department of Transportation
shall be available for the necessary expenses of advisory
committees: Provided, That this limitation shall not apply
to advisory committees established for the purpose of con-
ducting negotiated rulemaking in accordance with the Nego-
tiated Rulemaking Act, 5 U.S.C. 561–570a, or the Coast
Guard’s advisory council on roles and missions.
SEC. 325. No funds other than those appropriated to
the Surface Transportation Board or fees collected by the
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Board shall be used for conducting the activities of the
Board.
SEC. 326. Hereafter, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, receipts, in amounts determined by the Sec-
retary, collected from users of fitness centers operated by
or for the Department of Transportation shall be available
to support the operation and maintenance of those facilities.
SEC. 327. Capital Investment grants funds made
available in this Act and in Public Law 105–277 and in
Public Law 105–66 and its accompanying conference report
for the Charleston, South Carolina Monobeam corridor
project shall be used to fund any aspect of the Charleston,
South Carolina Monobeam corridor project.
SEC. 328. Hereafter, notwithstanding 49 U.S.C.
41742, no essential 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 me-
dium hub airport, or that require a rate of subsidy per pas-
senger in excess of $200 unless such point is greater than
210 miles from the nearest large or medium hub airport.
SEC. 329. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, minor
fees and other funds received by the Department from travel
management centers, charge card programs, the subleasing
of building space, and miscellaneous sources are to be cred-
ited to appropriations of the Department and allocated to
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elements of the Department using fair and equitable criteria
and such funds shall be available until December 31, 2000.
SEC. 330. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
rule or regulation, the Secretary of Transportation is au-
thorized to allow the issuer of any preferred stock heretofore
sold to the Department to redeem or repurchase such stock
upon the payment to the Department of an amount deter-
mined by the Secretary.
SEC. 331. For necessary expenses of the Amtrak Re-
form Council authorized under section 203 of Public Law
105–134, $950,000, 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 perform-
ance rankings developed by Amtrak which incorporate in-
formation 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: Pro-
vided further, That these closure or realignment rec-
ommendations shall be included in the Amtrak Reform
Council’s annual report to the Congress required by section
203(h) of Public Law 105–134.
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SEC. 332. The Secretary of Transportation is author-
ized to transfer funds appropriated for any office of the Of-
fice of the Secretary to any other office of the Office of the
Secretary: Provided, That no appropriation shall be in-
creased or decreased by more than 12 per centum by all
such transfers: Provided further, That any such transfer
shall be submitted for approval to the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations.
SEC. 333. 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, regu-
lation, or Executive order or any official guidance or cor-
respondence thereto), that requires or encourages an air car-
rier (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,
until 90 days after submission to the Congress and the Sec-
retary of a peer-reviewed scientific study that determines
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that there are severe reactions by passengers to peanuts as
a result of contact with very small airborne peanut particles
of the kind that passengers might encounter in an aircraft.
SEC. 334. For purposes of funding in this Act for the
Salt Lake City/Airport to University (West-East) light rail
project, the non-governmental share for these funds shall be
determined in accordance with Section 3030(c)(2)(B)(ii) of
the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, as
amended (Public Law 105–178).
SEC. 335. 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 Ap-
propriations’’.
SEC. 336. Section 1212(g) of the Transportation Eq-
uity 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 ‘‘Minnesota’’.
SEC. 337. The Secretary of Transportation shall exe-
cute a demonstration program, to be conducted for a period
not to exceed eighteen months, of the ‘‘fractional ownership’’
concept in performing administrative support flight mis-
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sions, the purpose of which would be to determine whether
cost savings, as well as increased operational flexibility and
aircraft availability, can be realized through the use by the
government of the commercial fractional ownership concept
or report to the Committee the reason for not conducting
such an evaluation: Provided, That the Secretary shall en-
sure the competitive selection for this demonstration of a
fractional ownership concept which provides a suite of air-
craft capable of meeting the Department’s varied needs, and
that the Secretary shall ensure the demonstration program
encompasses a significant and representative portion of the
Department’s administrative support missions (to include
those performed by the Coast Guard, the Federal Aviation
Administration, and the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, whose aircraft are currently operated by
the FAA): Provided further, That the Secretary shall report
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on
results of this evaluation of the fractional ownership concept
in the performance of the administrative support mission
no later than twenty-four months after final passage of this
Act or within 60 days of enactment of this Act if the Sec-
retary decides not to conduct such a demonstration for eval-
uation including an explanation for such a decision.
SEC. 338. (a) REQUIREMENT TO CONVEY.—The Com-
mandant of the Coast Guard shall convey, without consider-
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ation, 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 Cas-
tle, New Hampshire, consisting of approximately five acres
and including a pier.
(b) 
IDENTIFICATION
OF
PROPERTY.—The 
Com-
mandant shall determine, identify, and describe the prop-
erty to be conveyed under this section.
(c) EASEMENTS, RIGHTS-OF-WAY, AND RIGHTS.—(1)
The Commandant shall, in connection with the conveyance
required by subsection (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 ease-
ments and rights as the Commandant considers necessary
to protect the interests of the United States, including ease-
ments or rights regarding access to property and utilities.
(d) CONDITIONS OF CONVEYANCE.—The conveyance re-
quired by subsection (a) shall be subject to the following
conditions:
(1) That the University not convey, assign, ex-
change, or encumber the property conveyed, or any
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part thereof, unless such conveyance, assignment, ex-
change, or encumbrance—
(A) is made without consideration; or
(B) is otherwise approved by the Com-
mandant.
(2) That the University not interfere or allow in-
terference in any manner with the maintenance or
operation of Coast Guard Station Portsmouth Har-
bor, New Hampshire, without the express written per-
mission of the Commandant.
(3) That the University use the property for edu-
cational, research, or other public purposes.
(e) MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTY.—The University, or
any subsequent owner of the property conveyed under sub-
section (a) pursuant to a conveyance, assignment, or ex-
change referred to in subsection (d)(1), shall maintain the
property in a proper, substantial, and workmanlike man-
ner, and in accordance with any conditions established by
the Commandant, pursuant to the National Historic Pres-
ervation Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.), and other ap-
plicable laws.
(f) REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—All right, title, and in-
terest in and to the property conveyed under this section
(including any improvements thereon) shall revert to the
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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 pur-
poses by the University;
(2) the University conveys, assigns, exchanges, or
encumbers the property conveyed, or part thereof, for
consideration or without the approval of the Com-
mandant;
(3) the Commandant notifies the owner of the
property that the property is needed the national se-
curity purposes and a period of 30 days elapses after
such notice; or
(4) any other term or condition established by
the Commandant under this section with respect to
the property is violated.
SEC. 339. (a) None of the funds in this Act shall be
available to execute a project agreement for any highway
project in a State that sells drivers’ license personal infor-
mation as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(3) (excluding indi-
vidual photograph), or motor vehicle record, as defined in
18 U.S.C. 2725(1), unless that State has established and
implemented an opt-in process for the use of personal infor-
mation or motor vehicle record in surveys, marketing (ex-
cluding insurance rate setting), or solicitations.
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(b) None of the funds in this Act shall be available
to execute a project agreement for any highway project in
a State that sells individual’s drivers’ license photographs,
unless that State has established and implemented an opt-
in process for such photographs.
SEC. 340. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
from funds provided in the Act, $10,000,000 shall be made
available for completion of the National Advanced Driving
Simulator (NADS).
SEC. 341. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
section 1107(b) of Public Law 102–240 is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘Construction of a replacement bridge at Watervale
Bridge #63, Harford County, MD’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof the following: ‘‘For improvements to Bottom Road
Bridge, Vinegar Hill Road Bridge and Southampton Road
Bridge, Harford County, MD’’.
SEC. 342. TERMINAL AUTOMATED RADAR DISPLAY
AND INFORMATION SYSTEM. It is the sense of the Senate
that, not later than 90 days after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration should develop a national policy and related
procedures concerning the interface of the Terminal Auto-
mated Radar Display and Information System and en
route surveillance systems for Visual Flight Rule (VFR) air
traffic control towers.
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SEC. 343. (a) FINDINGS.—The Senate makes the fol-
lowing findings:
(1) The survival of American culture is depend-
ent upon the survival of the sacred institution of mar-
riage.
(2) The decennial census is required by section
2 of article 1 of the Constitution of the United States,
and has been conducted in every decade since 1790.
(3) The decennial census has included marital
status among the information sought from every
American household since 1880.
(4) The 2000 decennial census will mark the first
decennial census since 1880 in which marital status
will not be a question included on the census ques-
tionnaire distributed to the majority of American
households.
(5) The United States Census Bureau has re-
moved marital status from the short form census ques-
tionnaire to be distributed to the majority of Amer-
ican households in the 2000 decennial census and
placed that category of information on the long form
census questionnaire to be distributed only to a sam-
ple of the population in that decennial census.
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(6) Every year more than $100,000,000,000 in
Federal funds are allocated based on the data collected
by the Census Bureau.
(7) Recorded data on marital status provides a
basic foundation for the development of Federal pol-
icy.
(8) Census data showing an exact account of the
numbers of persons who are married, single, or di-
vorced provides critical information which serves as
an indicator on the prevalence of marriage in society.
(b) SENSE OF SENATE.—It is the sense of the Senate
that the United States Census Bureau—
(1) has wrongfully decided not to include mar-
ital status on the census questionnaire to be distrib-
uted to the majority of Americans for the 2000 decen-
nial census; and
(2) should include marital status on the short
form census questionnaire to be distributed to the ma-
jority of American households for the 2000 decennial
census.
SEC. 344. It is the sense of the Senate that the Sec-
retary should expeditiously amend title 14, chapter II, part
250, Code of Federal Regulations, so as to double the appli-
cable penalties for involuntary denied boardings and allow
those passengers that are involuntarily denied boarding the
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option of obtaining a prompt cash refund for the full value
of their airline ticket.
SEC. 345. For purposes of section 5117(b)(5) of the
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, the cost
sharing provisions of section 5001(b) of that Act shall not
apply.
SEC. 346. (a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds that the
Village of Bourbonnais, Illinois and Kankakee County, Illi-
nois, have incurred significant costs for the rescue and
cleanup related to the Amtrak train accident of March 15,
1999. These costs have created financial burdens for the Vil-
lage, the County, and other adjacent municipalities.
(b) NTSB INVESTIGATION.—The National Transpor-
tation Safety Board (NTSB) conducted a thorough inves-
tigation of the accident and opened the public docket on
the matter on September 7, 1999. To date, NTSB has made
no conclusions or determinations of probable cause.
(c) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that the Village of Bourbonnais, Illinois, Kankakee
County, Illinois, and any other related municipalities
should, consistent with applicable laws against any party,
including the National Railroad Passenger Corporation
(Amtrak), found to be responsible for the accident, be able
to recover all necessary costs of rescue and cleanup efforts
related to the March 15, 1999 accident.
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SEC. 347. Of funds made available in this Act, the Sec-
retary shall make available not less than $2,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, for planning, engineering,
and construction of the runway extension at Eastern West
Virginia Regional Airport, Martinsburg, West Virginia:
Provided, That the Secretary shall make available not less
than $400,000 for the Concord, New Hampshire transpor-
tation planning project: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall make available not less than $2,000,000 for an
explosive detection system demonstration at a cargo facility
at Huntsville International Airport.
SEC. 348. Section 656(b) of division C of the Omnibus
Consolidated Appropriations Act of 1997 is repealed.
SEC. 349. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the amount made available pursuant to Public Law 105–
277 for the Pittsburgh North Shore central business district
transit options MIS project may be used to fund any aspect
of preliminary engineering, costs associated with an envi-
ronmental impact statement, or a major investment study
for that project.
SEC. 350. For necessary expenses for engineering, de-
sign and construction activities to enable the James A. Far-
ley Post Office in New York City to be used as a train sta-
tion and commercial center, to become available on October
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1 of the fiscal year specified and remain available until
expended: fiscal year 2001, $20,000,000.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans-
portation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000’’.
Passed the House of Representatives June 23, 1999.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.
Attest:
GARY SISCO,
Secretary.