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SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION
SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora-
tion is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, with-
in the limits of funds and borrowing authority available
to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make
such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal
year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern-
ment Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be
necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the
Corporation’s budget for the current fiscal year.
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE
(HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)
For necessary expenses for operation and mainte-
nance of those portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway op-
erated and maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway De-
velopment Corporation, $11,496,000, to be derived from
the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public
Law 99–662.
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RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS
ADMINISTRATION
RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of
the Research and Special Programs Administration,
$34,379,000, of which $574,000 shall be derived from the
Pipeline Safety Fund, and of which $8,460,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2001: Provided, That
$5,000,000 shall be available for activities authorized
under 49 U.S.C. 5506: Provided further, 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 per-
formance of hazardous materials exemptions and approv-
als 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 pipeline safety program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C.
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60107, and to discharge the pipeline program responsibil-
ities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $33,448,000, of
which $4,475,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li-
ability Trust Fund and shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2001; and of which $28,973,000 shall be de-
rived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which
$16,919,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2001: Provided, That in addition to amounts made avail-
able for the Pipeline Safety Fund, $1,300,000 shall be
available for grants to States for the development and es-
tablishment of one-call notification systems, public edu-
cation, and damage prevention 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, 2001: Provided, That not more than $9,600,000 shall
be made available for obligation in fiscal year 1999 from
amounts made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i) and
5127(d): Provided further, That none of the funds made
available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i) and 5127(d) shall be made
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available for obligation by individuals other than the Sec-
retary of Transportation, or his designee.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General to carry out the provisions of the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978, as amended, $43,495,000.
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Surface Transpor-
tation Board, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, $16,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, not to exceed $2,600,000 from fees
established by the Chairman of the Surface Transpor-
tation Board shall be credited to this appropriation as off-
setting collections and used for necessary and authorized
expenses under this heading: Provided further, That the
sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be
reduced on a dollar for dollar basis as such offsetting col-
lections are received during fiscal year 1999, to result in
a final appropriation from the general fund estimated at
no more than $16,000,000: Provided further, That any
fees received in excess of $2,600,000 in fiscal year 1999
shall remain available until expended, but shall not be
available for obligation until October 1, 1999.
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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
amended, $3,847,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding
any other provision of law, there may be credited to this
appropriation funds received for publications and training
expenses.
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the National Transpor-
tation Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles 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), $53,300,000, of which not to exceed $2,000
may be used for official reception and representation ex-
penses.
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EMERGENCY FUND
For necessary expenses of the National Transpor-
tation 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; uniforms, 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 of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of
liability insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign
countries on official department business; and uniforms,
or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C.
5901–5902).
SEC. 302. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal
year 1999 pay raises for programs funded in this Act shall
be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act or
previous appropriations Acts.
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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 secondary schooling for dependents of Federal Avia-
tion Administration personnel stationed outside the con-
tinental 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 pro-
vide adequately for the education of such dependents; and
(2) for transportation of said dependents between schools
serving the area that they attend and their places of resi-
dence when the Secretary, under such regulations as may
be prescribed, determines that such schools are not acces-
sible 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 88 political
and Presidential appointees in the Department of Trans-
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portation: Provided, That none of the personnel covered
by this provision may be assigned on temporary detail out-
side 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
funded in this Act.
SEC. 307. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current
fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria-
tions, unless expressly so provided herein.
SEC. 308. The Secretary of Transportation may enter
into grants, cooperative agreements, and other trans-
actions with any person, agency, or instrumentality of the
United States, any unit of State or local government, any
educational institution, and any other entity in execution
of the Technology Reinvestment Project authorized under
the Defense Conversion, Reinvestment and Transition As-
sistance Act of 1992 and related legislation: Provided,
That the authority provided in this section may be exer-
cised 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 procure-
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ment contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United
States Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such
expenditures are a matter of public record and available
for public inspection, except where otherwise provided
under existing law, or under existing Executive order
issued pursuant to existing law.
SEC. 310. 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
previously made available for obligation under the discre-
tionary grants program.
SEC. 311. None of the funds in this Act shall be used
to implement section 404 of title 23, United States Code.
SEC. 312. 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. 313. 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
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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. 314. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able to award a multiyear contract for production end
items that: (a) includes economic order quantity or long
lead time material procurement in excess of $10,000,000
in any one year of the contract; or (b) 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 (c) 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. 315. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, and except for fixed guideway modernization projects,
funds made available by this Act under ‘‘Federal Transit
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Administration, Capital Investments Grants’’ for projects
specified in this Act or identified in reports accompanying
this Act not obligated by September 30, 2001, shall be
made available for other projects under 49 U.S.C. 5309.
SEC. 316. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, any funds appropriated before October 1, 1998, 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.
SEC. 317. None of the funds in this Act may be used
to compensate in excess of 350 technical staff-years under
the federally funded research and development center con-
tract between the Federal Aviation Administration and the
Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development dur-
ing fiscal year 1999.
SEC. 318. Funds provided in this Act for the Trans-
portation Administrative Service Center (TASC) shall be
reduced by $20,000,000, which limits fiscal year 1999
TASC obligational authority for elements of the Depart-
ment of Transportation funded in this Act to no more
than $89,124,000: Provided, That such reductions from
the budget request shall be allocated by the Department
of Transportation to each appropriations account in pro-
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portion to the amount included in each account for the
Transportation Administrative Service Center.
SEC. 319. Funds received by the Federal Highway
Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and Fed-
eral Railroad Administration from States, counties, mu-
nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources
for expenses incurred for training may be credited respec-
tively to the Federal Highway Administration’s ‘‘Limita-
tion on General Operating Expenses’’ account, the Federal
Transit Administration’s ‘‘Transit Planning and Re-
search’’ account, and to the Federal Railroad Administra-
tion’s ‘‘Railroad Safety’’ account, except for State rail
safety inspectors participating in training pursuant to 49
U.S.C. 20105.
SEC. 320. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able to prepare, propose, or promulgate any regulations
pursuant to title V of the Motor Vehicle Information and
Cost Savings Act (49 U.S.C. 32901 et seq.) prescribing
corporate average fuel economy standards for automobiles,
as defined in such title, in any model year that differs
from standards promulgated for such automobiles prior to
enactment of this section.
SEC. 321. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Secretary of Transportation shall convey, without
consideration, all right, title, and interest of the United
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States in and to the parcels of real property described in
this section, together with any improvements thereon, as
the Secretary considers appropriate for purposes of the
conveyance, to the entities described in this section, name-
ly: (a) United States Coast Guard Pass Manchac Light
in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, to the State of Louisi-
ana; and (b) Tchefuncte River Range Rear Light in Mad-
isonville, Louisiana, to the Town of Madisonville, Louisi-
ana.
SEC. 322. 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
Bureau for such expenses: Provided, That such funds shall
be subject to the obligation limitation for Federal-aid
highways and highway safety construction.
SEC. 323. None of the funds in this Act may be obli-
gated or expended for employee training which: (a) does
not meet identified needs for knowledge, skills and abilities
bearing directly upon the performance of official duties;
(b) contains elements likely to induce high levels of emo-
tional response or psychological stress in some partici-
pants; (c) does not require prior employee notification of
the content and methods to be used in the training and
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written end of course evaluations; (d) contains any meth-
ods or content associated with religious or quasi-religious
belief systems or ‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Notice N–
915.022, dated September 2, 1988; (e) is offensive to, or
designed to change, participants’ personal values or life-
style outside the workplace; or (f) includes content related
to human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune defi-
ciency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) other than that necessary
to make employees more aware of the medical ramifica-
tions of HIV/AIDS and the workplace rights of HIV-posi-
tive employees.
SEC. 324. None of the funds in this Act shall, in the
absence of express authorization by Congress, be used di-
rectly or indirectly to pay for any personal service, adver-
tisement, telegram, telephone, letter, printed or written
matter, or other device, intended or designed to influence
in any manner a Member of Congress, to favor or oppose,
by vote or otherwise, any legislation or appropriation by
Congress, whether before or after the introduction of any
bill or resolution proposing such legislation or appropria-
tion: Provided, That this shall not prevent officers or em-
ployees of the Department of Transportation or related
agencies funded in this Act from communicating to Mem-
bers of Congress on the request of any Member or to Con-
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gress, through the proper official channels, requests for
legislation or appropriations which they deem necessary
for the efficient conduct of the public business.
SEC. 325. 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.
SEC. 326. No funds other than those appropriated
to the Surface Transportation Board or fees collected by
the Board shall be used for conducting the activities of
the Board.
SEC. 327. (a) None of the funds made available in
this Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity
agrees that in expending the funds the entity will comply
with the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c).
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT REGARD-
ING NOTICE.—
(1) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT
AND PRODUCTS.—In the case of any equipment or
product that may be authorized to be purchased
with financial assistance provided using funds made
available in this Act, it is the sense of the Congress
that entities receiving the assistance should, in ex-
pending the assistance, purchase only American-
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made equipment and products to the greatest extent
practicable.
(2) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—
In providing financial assistance using funds made
available in this Act, the head of each Federal agen-
cy shall provide to each recipient of the assistance
a notice describing the statement made in paragraph
(1) by the Congress.
(c) PROHIBITION
OF CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS
FALSELY LABELING PRODUCTS AS MADE IN AMERICA.—
If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal
agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bear-
ing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscription
with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped
to the United States that is not made in the United
States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any con-
tract or subcontract made with funds made available in
this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineli-
gibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through
9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
SEC. 328. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, receipts, in amounts determined by the Secretary, col-
lected from users of fitness centers operated by or for the
Department of Transportation shall be available to sup-
port the operation and maintenance of those facilities.
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SEC. 329. 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. 330. Notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 41742, no es-
sential air service shall be provided to communities in the
48 contiguous States that are located fewer than 70 high-
way miles from the nearest large and medium hub airport,
or that require a rate of subsidy per passenger in excess
of $200 unless such point is greater than 210 miles from
the nearest large or medium hub airport.
SEC. 331. 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 credited to appropriations of the Depart-
ment and allocated to elements of the Department using
fair and equitable criteria and such funds shall be avail-
able until December 31, 1999.
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SEC. 332. Notwithstanding the provisions of any
other law, rule or regulation, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation is authorized to allow the issuer of any preferred
stock heretofore sold to the Department to redeem or re-
purchase such stock upon the payment to the Department
of an amount determined by the Secretary.
SEC. 333. The unobligated balances of the funds
made available in previous appropriations Acts for the Na-
tional Civil Aviation Review Commission and for Urban
Discretionary Grants are rescinded.
SEC. 334. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any
other provision of law—
(1) the land and improvements thereto compris-
ing the Coast Guard Reserve Training Facility in
Jacksonville, Florida, is deemed to be surplus prop-
erty; and
(2) the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall
dispose of all right, title, and interest of the United
States in and to that property, by sale, at fair mar-
ket value.
(b) RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL.—Before a sale is
made under subsection (a) to any other person, the Com-
mandant of the Coast Guard shall give to the city of Jack-
sonville, Florida, the right of first refusal to purchase all
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or any part of the property required to be sold under that
subsection.
SEC. 335. Of the funds provided under Coast Guard
‘‘Operating expenses’’, $1,000,000 is only for the Sec-
retary of Transportation, in consultation with the Com-
mandant of the Coast Guard, to establish a blue-ribbon
panel to study the future capital requirements, roles, and
missions of the U.S. Coast Guard, the activities of which
shall not be subject to section 325 of this Act.
SEC. 336. Of the funds provided under Federal Avia-
tion Administration ‘‘Operations’’, $250,000 is only for
activities and operations of the Centennial of Flight Com-
mission.
SEC. 337. Notwithstanding any provision of law, the
Secretary of Transportation is hereby authorized to waive
repayment of any Federal-aid highway funds expended on
the construction of high occupancy lanes or auxiliary lanes
on I–287 in the State of New Jersey: Provided, That such
waiver shall not be granted by the Secretary until such
time as the Secretary is assured by the State of New Jer-
sey that removal of the high occupancy vehicle restrictions
on I–287 is in the public interest.
SEC. 338. Funds made available in previous appro-
priations Acts for a railroad-highway crossing project in
Augusta, Georgia shall be available for other street, rail,
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and related improvements in the vicinity of the grade
crossing of the CSX railroad and 15th Street in Augusta,
Georgia.
SEC. 339. Of the $40,000,000 provided under section
1602 of Public Law 105–178, item number 1679,
$28,253,470 shall only be available for fire and life safety
improvements to the East River and North Tunnels and
the subterranean complex of Pennsylvania Station.
SEC. 340. (a) None of the funds made available by
this Act or subsequent Acts may be used by the Coast
Guard to issue, implement, or enforce a regulation or to
establish an interpretation or guideline under the Edible
Oil Regulatory Reform Act (Public Law 104–55), or the
amendments made by that Act, that does not recognize
and provide for, with respect to fats, oils, and greases (as
described in that Act, or the amendments made by that
Act) differences in—
(1) physical, chemical, biological and other rel-
evant properties; and
(2) environmental effects.
(b) DEADLINE
FOR PROMULGATION
OF REGULA-
TIONS.—Not later than March 31, 1999, the Secretary of
Transportation shall issue regulations amending 33
C.F.R. 154 to comply with the requirements of Public Law
104–55.
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SEC. 341. Funding made available in Public Law
105–174 for emergency railroad rehabilitation and repair
shall be available for repairs resulting from natural disas-
ters occurring from September 1996 through July 10,
1998.
SEC. 342. For purposes of evaluating environmental
impacts of the toll road in Orange and San Diego counties,
California, the Administrator of the Federal Highway Ad-
ministration shall consider only those transportation alter-
natives previously identified by regional planning proc-
esses and shall restrict agency comments to those matters
over which the agency has direct jurisdiction.
SEC. 343. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any
other law, the Commandant, United States Coast Guard,
shall convey to the University of South Alabama (in this
section referred to as ‘‘the recipient’’), the right, title, and
interest of the United States Government in and to a de-
commissioned vessel of the Coast Guard, as determined
appropriate by the Commandant and the recipient, if—
(1) the recipient agrees to use the vessel for the
purposes of supporting archaeological and historical
research in the Mobile Bay Delta;
(2) the recipient agrees not to use the vessel for
commercial transportation purposes, except as inci-
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dent to the provision of logistics services in connec-
tion with the Old Mobile Archaeological Project;
(3) The recipient agrees to make the vessel
available to the Government if the Commandant re-
quires use of the vessel by the Government in times
of war or national emergency;
(4) the recipient agrees to hold the Government
harmless for any claims arising from exposure to
hazardous materials including, but not limited to,
asbestos and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), after
conveyance of the vessel, except for claims arising
from use by the Government under paragraph (3);
(5) the recipient has funds available to be com-
mitted for use to restore the vessel to operation and
thereafter maintain it in good working condition, in
the amount of at least $400,000; and
(6) the recipient agrees to any other conditions
that the Secretary considers appropriate.
(b) DELIVERY OF VESSEL.—If a conveyance is made
under this section, the Commandant shall deliver the ves-
sel at the place where the vessel is located, in its present
condition, without cost to the Government. The convey-
ance of this vessel shall not be considered a distribution
in commerce for purposes of 15 U.S.C. section 2605(e).
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(c) OTHER UNNEEDED EQUIPMENT.—The Com-
mandant may convey to the recipient any unneeded equip-
ment or parts from other decommissioned vessels pending
disposition for use to restore the vessel to operability. The
Commandant may require compensation from the recipi-
ent for such items.
(d) APPLICABLE LAWS
AND REGULATIONS.—The
vessel shall at all times remain subject to applicable vessel
safety laws and regulations.
SEC. 344. Item 1132 in section 1602 of the Trans-
portation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat.
298), relating to Mississippi, is amended by striking ‘‘Pi-
rate Cove’’ and inserting ‘‘Pirates’ Cove and 4-lane con-
nector to Mississippi Highway 468’’.
SEC. 345. Section 1102(a) of Public Law 105–178
is 
amended 
in 
paragraph 
(2) 
by 
striking
‘‘$25,431,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$25,511,000,000’’.
SEC. 346. (a) Section 8101(b) of the Transportation
Equity Act for the 21st Century (Public Law 105–178)
is amended—
(1) 
in 
paragraph 
(1) 
by 
striking
‘‘$25,173,000,000’’ 
and 
inserting
‘‘$25,144,000,000’’; and
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(2) 
in 
paragraph 
(2) 
by 
striking
‘‘$26,045,000,000’’ 
and 
inserting
‘‘$26,009,000,000’’.
(b) AMENDMENTS FOR HIGHWAY CATEGORY.—Sec-
tion 8101 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st
Century (Public Law 105–178) is amended by adding at
the ending the following:
‘‘(f) 
TECHNICAL
AMENDMENTS.—Section
250(c)(4)(C) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def-
icit Control Act of 1985 (as amended by subsection (c)
of this section) is amended—
‘‘(1) by striking ‘Century and’ and inserting
‘Century or’;
‘‘(2) by striking ‘as amended by this section,’
and inserting ‘as amended by the Transportation
Equity Act of the 21st Century,’; and
‘‘(3) by adding at the end the following new
flush sentence:
‘Such term also refers to the Washington Metropoli-
tan Transit Authority account (69–1128–0–1–401)
only for fiscal year 1999 only for appropriations pro-
vided pursuant to authorizations contained in section
14 of Public Law 96–184 and Public Law 101–
551.’.’’.
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(c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 8102 of the
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (Public
Law 105–178) is amended by inserting before the period
at the end the following: ‘‘or from section 1102 of this
Act’’.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans-
portation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
1999’’.