costs and allocation to States under section 104(I) of
title 23, United States Code; $30,000,000 shall be
available for allocation to States authorized by section
1069(y) of Public Law 102–240; and $5,000,000 shall
be available for administrative costs and allocation to
States under section 1302(d) of the Symms National
Recreational Trails Act of 1991: Ω129æProvided Pro-
vided further, That amounts made available under
section 6005 of Public Law 102–240 shall be subject
to the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways
and highway safety construction programs under the
head ‘‘Federal-Aid Highways’’ in this Act.
(d) During the period October 1 through December
31, 1996, the aggregate amount of obligations under sec-
tion 157 of title 23, United States Code, for projects cov-
ered under section 147 of the Surface Transportation As-
sistance Act of 1978, section 9 of the Federal-Aid High-
way Act of 1981, sections 131(b), 131(j), and 404 of Pub-
lic Law 97–424, sections 1061, 1103 through 1108, 4008,
and 6023(b)(8) and 6023(b)(10) of Public Law 102–240,
and for projects authorized by Public Law 99–500 and
Public Law 100–17, shall not exceed $277,431,840.
(e) During the period August 2 through September
30, 1997, the aggregate amount which may be obligated
by all States shall not exceed 2.5 percent of the aggregate
amount of funds apportioned or allocated to all States—
(1) under sections 104 and 144 of title 23,
United States Code, and 1013(c) and 1015 of Public
Law 102–240, and
(2) for highway assistance projects under sec-
tion 103(e)(4) of title 23, United States Code,
which would not be obligated in fiscal year 1997 if the
total amount of the obligation limitation provided for such
fiscal year in this Act were utilized.
(f) Paragraph (e) shall not apply to any State which
on or after August 1, 1997, has the amount distributed
to such State under paragraph (a) for fiscal year 1997
reduced under paragraph (c)(2).
Ω130æ(g) INCREASE
IN
ADMINISTRATIVE
TAKE-
DOWN.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, for fiscal year 1997 only, whenever
an allocation is made of the sums authorized to be
appropriated for expenditure on the Federal lands
highways program, and whenever an apportionment
is made of the sums authorized to be appropriated for
expenditure on the surface transportation program,
the congestion mitigation and air quality improve-
ment program, the National Highway System, the
Interstate maintenance program, the Interstate reim-
bursement program, the highway bridge replacement
and rehabilitation program, and the donor State
bonus program, the Secretary of Transportation shall
deduct a sum in such amount not to exceed 43⁄4 per
centum of all sums to be authorized as the Secretary
may determine necessary for administering the provi-
sions of law to be financed from appropriations for
the Federal-Aid Highway Program and for carrying
on the research authorized by subsections (a) and (b)
of section 307 of title 23, United States Code. In mak-
ing such determination, the Secretary shall take into
account the unobligated balance of any sums deducted
for such purposes in prior years. The sum so deducted
shall remain available until expended.
(2) EFFECT.—Any deduction by the Secretary of
Transportation in accordance with this Act shall be
deemed to be a deduction under 23 U.S.C. § 104(a).
SEC. 311. The limitation 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
previously made available for obligation under the discre-
tionary grants program.
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 land-
ing systems (along with associated approach lighting
equipment and runway visual range equipment) which
conform to FAA design and performance specifications,
the purchase 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 main-
tained 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 or (2) includes a cancella-
tion charge greater than $10,000,000 which at the time
of obligation has not been appropriated to the limits of
the government’s liability or (3) includes a requirement
that permits performance under the contract during the
second and subsequent years of the contract without con-
ditioning such performance upon the appropriation of
funds: Provided, That this limitation does not apply to a
contract in which the Federal Government incurs no fi-
nancial liability from not buying additional systems, sub-
systems, or components beyond the basic contract require-
ments.
SEC. 316. None of the funds provided in this Act
shall be made available for planning and executing a pas-
senger manifest program by the Department of Transpor-
tation that only applies to United States flag carriers.
SEC. 317. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, and except for fixed guideway modernization projects,
funds made available by this Act under ‘‘Federal Transit
Administration, Discretionary grants’’ for projects speci-
fied in this Act or identified in reports accompanying this
Act not obligated by September 30, 1999, 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, 1993, under
any section of chapter 53 of title 49 U.S.C., that remain
available for expenditure may be transferred to and ad-
ministered under the most recent appropriation heading
for any such section.
SEC. 319. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able to implement or enforce regulations that would result
in the withdrawal of a slot from an air carrier at O’Hare
International Airport under section 93.223 of title 14 of
the Code of Federal Regulations in excess of the total slots
withdrawn from that air carrier as of October 31, 1993
if such additional slot is to be allocated to an air carrier
or foreign air carrier under section 93.217 of title 14 of
the Code of Federal Regulations.
SEC. 320. None of the funds in this Act may be used
to compensate in excess of 335 technical staff years under
the federally-funded research and
development center
contract between the Federal Aviation Administration
and the Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Develop-
ment during fiscal year 1997.
SEC. 321. Funds provided in this Act for the Trans-
portation Administrative Service Center (TASC) shall be
reduced by $10,000,000, which limits fiscal year 1997
TASC obligational authority for elements of the Depart-
ment of Transportation funded in this Act to no more
than $114,812,000: Provided, That such reductions from
the budget request shall be allocated by the Department
of Transportation to each appropriations account in pro-