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(c) PROJECT COSTS.—Grants under this act shall be paid only
from amounts apportioned to the sponsor or for airports in the
State under section 47114(d) of title 49, United States Code.
(d) FEDERAL COST.—The Federal cost of construction of an
air traffic control tower under this section may not exceed
$1,800,000.
SEC. 339. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, States
may use funds provided in this Act under section 402 of title
23, United States Code, to produce and place highway safety public
service messages in television, radio, cinema, and print media,
and on the Internet in accordance with guidance issued by the
Secretary of Transportation: Provided, That any State that uses
funds for such public service messages shall submit to the Secretary
a report describing and assessing the effectiveness of the messages:
Provided further, That $10,000,000 of the funds allocated for innova-
tive seat belt projects under section 157 of title 23, United States
Code, and $11,000,000 of funds allocated under section 163 of
title 23, United States Code, shall be used as directed by the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administrator, to purchase adver-
tising in broadcast media to support the national mobilizations
conducted in all 50 States, aimed at increasing seat belt use and
reducing impaired driving: Provided further, That up to $1,000,000
of the funds allocated under section 163 of title 23, United States
Code, shall be used by the Administrator to evaluate the effective-
ness of alcohol-impaired driving programs that purchase advertising
as provided by this section.
SEC. 340. For purposes of entering into joint public-private
partnerships and other cooperative arrangements for the perform-
ance of work, the Coast Guard Yard and other Coast Guard special-
ized facilities designated by the Commandant may enter into agree-
ments or other arrangements, receive and retain funds from and
pay funds to such public and private entities, and may accept
contributions of funds, materials, services, and the use of facilities
from such entities: Provided, That amounts received under this
section may be credited to appropriate Coast Guard accounts.
SEC. 341. None of the funds in this Act may be obligated
for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation to approve assess-
ments or reimbursable agreements pertaining to funds appropriated
to the modal administrations in this Act, except for activities under-
way on the date of enactment of this Act, unless such assessments
or agreements have completed the normal reprogramming process
for Congressional notification.
SEC. 342. None of the funds in this Act may be expended
to issue, implement, or enforce a regulation that diminishes or
revokes an exemption authorized under section 345 of the National
Highway System Designation Act of 1995 (Public Law 104–59;
109 Stat. 613; 49 U.S.C. 31136 note) before the Secretary of
Transportation determines by a rulemaking proceeding that the
exemptions granted are not in the public interest and adversely
affects the safety of commercial motor vehicles with respect to
such exemption that is required under subsection (c) of such section
and, as under subsection (d), if a result of monitoring the safety
performance of drivers of commercial vehicles that are subject to
an exemption under section 345, the Secretary determines that
public safety has been severely affected by an exemption granted
under this section, the Secretary shall report to Congress that
determination: Provided, That this limitation shall not preclude
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the Secretary from revoking an exemption granted to an individual,
farm, company, or other entity under section 345 of Public Law
104–59 for national security reasons.
SEC. 343. (a) From the unexpended balances of the Local Rail
Freight Assistance program under chapter 221 of title 49, United
States Code, $690,287 are rescinded.
(b) For the necessary expenses of the State of Iowa for a
rail infrastructure rehabilitation project on the Iowa Northern Rail-
way, $690,287, to remain available until expended.
SEC. 344. In addition to amounts otherwise made available
in this Act, to enable the Secretary of Transportation to make
grants for surface transportation projects, $285,000,000, to be
derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit
Account) and to remain available until expended: Provided, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the surface transpor-
tation projects identified in the Joint Explanatory Statement of
the Committee of Conference accompanying this Act are eligible
for funding made available by the immediately preceding clause
of this provision.
SEC. 345. Notwithstanding any other provision of law—
(1) in section 1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for
the 21st Century—
(A) item number 426 (112 Stat. 272) is amended by
striking ‘‘Louisiana Highway 16’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘Louisiana Highway 1026’’;
(B) item number 696 (112 Stat. 383), relating to Gettys-
burg, Pennsylvania, is amended by inserting after ‘‘Gettys-
burg comprehensive road improvement study’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘and construction of projects identified in the
study’’;
(C) item number 230 is amended by striking ‘‘Construct
new exit 46A on I–90 at route 170 in North Chili’’ and
inserting ‘‘Monroe County transportation improvements on
Long Pond Road, Pattonwood Road, and Leyll road’’;
(D) item number 1344 (112 Stat. 306) is amended
by striking ‘‘Upgrade’’ and all that follows through ‘‘City’’
and inserting the following: ‘‘Upgrade Frederic Douglas
Circle and Manhattan Avenue from West 110th Street
to West 125th Street, New York City’’;
(E) item number 1108 is amended by striking ‘‘Con-
struct’’ and all that follows through ‘‘Brownsville’’ and
inserting ‘‘Construct west Rail Project in or near Browns-
ville, including a new railroad international bridge crossing
over the Rio Grande River’’;
(F) item number 1269 (112 Stat. 303) is amended by
striking ‘‘Implement’’ and all that follows through ‘‘system’’
and inserting the following: ‘‘New York City Department
of Parks and Recreation, Bronx, NY Center Transportation
Project’’;
(G) item number 933 (112 Stat. 291) is amended by
striking ‘‘Redesign’’ and all that follows through ‘‘City’’
and inserting the following: ‘‘Design, construction and
related enhancement of the Grand Concourse between E.
161st St. and E. 166th St., New York City’’;
(H) item number 75 (112 Stat. 259) is amended by
striking ‘‘Construct’’ and all that follows through ‘‘Route’’
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and inserting the following: ‘‘Bronx, NY River Greenway’’;
and
(I) item number 1735 (112 Stat. 320) is amended by
inserting: ‘‘, and/or, notwithstanding any other provision
of law, design, and construction of Type II noise abatement
projects south of the new interchange and Neshaminy
Creek, along Interstate 95 between Exit 25 and 26 in
Bensalem Township, Bucks County’’ after ‘‘improvements’’;
(2) section 3030(d)(3) of the Transportation Equity Act for
the 21st Century (Public Law 105–178) is amended by redesig-
nating the second subparagraph (D) (as added by section 361
of Public Law 107–87) as subparagraph (E) and by inserting
at the end:
‘‘(F) Port of Anchorage Intermodal passenger and
freight facility.
‘‘(G) Mobile Waterfront Terminal and Maritime Center
of the Gulf.’’.
(3) of the $668,000 appropriated under the heading ‘‘Surface
Transportation Projects’’ in Public Law 103–331 for CA 113
railroad grade separation, California, the unobligated share
shall be available for railroad grade separation for the City
of Dixon, Solano County, California;
(4) the $500,000 appropriated under the heading ‘‘Surface
Transportation Projects’’ in Public Law 103–331 for 6th and
7th Sts. improvements Brownsville, TX may be used to con-
struct the West Rail project in or near Brownsville, including
a new international railroad bridge crossing over the Rio
Grande River;
(5) section 610, section 609(c), and the last sentence of
section 604(b)(1) of Public Law 97–468 are repealed; and
(6) for the purpose of further leveraging Federal resources
and enhancing private investment supporting the financing
of public toll roads in Orange County, California, authorized
by section 129(d) of title 23, United States Code, the Secretary
of Transportation shall modify the agreements entered into
with the San Joaquin Hills Transportation Corridor Agency
and the Foothill Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency pursu-
ant to section 339 of Public Law 102–388, section 336 of Public
Law 103–331 and section 356 of Public Law 104–50, to extend
the term of coverage provided by such lines throughout the
term of the revenue bonds issued to acquire, finance or
refinance those facilities, including revenue bonds issued by
a new joint powers agency to finance the acquisition of assets
from the existing Transportation Corridor Agencies: Provided,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, such modifica-
tions shall be deemed eligible under section 184 of title 23,
United States Code, and shall be funded under section 188
of title 23, United States Code: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, any amounts of the original
Federal lines of credit not drawn upon, up to the combined
original principal amount of $240,000,000, shall continue to
be available for draws until such revenue bonds have been
retired: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, not more than 20 percent of the combined original
principal amount shall be available for draws in any 1 year:
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision
of law, any draw (except for operation and maintenance
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expenses) shall be repaid not later than 5 years following
the year in which such revenue bonds have been retired. In
implementing this section, the Secretary may modify other
terms of the existing Federal lines of credit, including by com-
bining them into a single line of credit the principal amount
of which is limited to $240,000,000, provided that the marginal
budgetary cost of any such additional modifications is funded
under section 188 of title 23, United States Code.
SEC. 346. None of the funds in this Act may be obligated
or expended by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
for the development or implementation of a pilot program for the
purpose of allowing commercial drivers 18 to 20 years of age to
operate the trucks and buses of motor carriers in interstate com-
merce.
SEC. 347. Section 1023(h) of the Intermodal Surface Transpor-
tation Efficiency Act of 1991 (23 U.S.C. 127 note; Public Law
102–240) is amended—
(1) in the subsection heading, by inserting ‘‘OVER-THE-ROAD
BUSES AND’’ before ‘‘PUBLIC’’; and
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘to any vehicle which’’
and inserting the following: ‘‘to—
‘‘(A) any over-the-road bus (as defined in section 301
of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C.
12181)); or
‘‘(B) any vehicle that’’.
SEC. 348. Funds appropriated or limited in this Act shall be
subject to the terms and conditions stipulated in section 350 of
Public Law 107–87, including that the Secretary submit a report
to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees annually on
the safety and security of transportation into the United States
by Mexico-domiciled motor carriers.
SEC. 349. None of the funds made available in this Act may
be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of
the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made
by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other appro-
priations Act.
SEC. 350. On February 15, 2003, and on each year thereafter,
the National Railroad Passenger Corporation shall submit to the
appropriate Congressional Committees a report detailing the per
passenger operating loss on each rail line.
SEC. 351. DEPUTATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. (a)
DEPUTATION AUTHORITY.—Subchapter I of chapter 449 of title 49,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘SEC. 44922. DEPUTATION OF STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS.
‘‘(a) 
DEPUTATION
AUTHORITY.—The 
Under 
Secretary 
of
Transportation for Security may deputize a State or local law
enforcement officer to carry out Federal airport security duties
under this chapter.
‘‘(b) FULFILLMENT
OF REQUIREMENTS.—A State or local law
enforcement officer who is deputized under this section shall be
treated as a Federal law enforcement officer for purposes of meeting
the requirements of this chapter and other provisions of law to
provide Federal law enforcement officers to carry out Federal airport
security duties.