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ALTERATION OF BRIDGES
For necessary expenses for alteration or removal of
obstructive bridges, $15,000,000, to remain available until
expended.
RETIRED PAY
For retired pay, including the payment of obligations
therefor otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for
this purpose, and payments under the Retired Service-
man’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), $721,000,000.
RESERVE TRAINING
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For all necessary expenses of the Coast Guard Re-
serve, as authorized by law; maintenance and operation
of facilities; and supplies, equipment, and services;
$72,000,000: Provided, That no more than $23,000,000
of funds made available under this heading may be trans-
ferred 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
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Reserves for items or activities which were not so charged
during fiscal year 1997.
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,
for applied scientific research, development, test, and eval-
uation; maintenance, rehabilitation, lease and operation of
facilities 
and 
equipment, 
as 
authorized 
by 
law,
$21,039,000, 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 authori-
ties, private sources, and foreign countries, for expenses
incurred for research, development, testing, and evalua-
tion.
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 re-
search activities related to commercial space transpor-
tation, administrative expenses for research and develop-
ment, establishment of air navigation facilities, the oper-
ation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, sub-
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sidizing 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 authorizing the obligation of funds for
similar programs of airport and airway development or im-
provement, lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles
for replacement only, in addition to amounts made avail-
able by Public Law 104–264, $5,925,000,000, to be de-
rived 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 promulgate new
aviation user fees not specifically authorized by law after
the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That
there may be credited to this appropriation funds received
from States, counties, municipalities, foreign authorities,
other public authorities, and private sources, for expenses
incurred in the provision of agency services, including re-
ceipts for the maintenance and operation of air navigation
facilities, and for issuance, renewal or modification of cer-
tificates, including airman, aircraft, and repair station cer-
tificates, 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 program and
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$600,000 shall be for the Centennial of Flight Commis-
sion: Provided further, That funds may be used to enter
into a grant agreement with a nonprofit standard-setting
organization to assist in the development of aviation safety
standards: Provided further, That none of the funds in this
Act shall be available for new applicants for the second
career training program: Provided further, That none of
the funds in this Act shall be available for paying premium
pay under 5 U.S.C. 5546(a) to any Federal Aviation 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 auxiliary flight service station in the contiguous
United States: Provided further, That no more than
$28,600,000 of funds appropriated to the Federal Avia-
tion Administration in this Act may be used for activities
conducted by, or coordinated through, the Transportation
Administrative Service Center: Provided further, That
none of the funds in this Act for aeronautical charting
and cartography are available for activities conducted by,
or coordinated through, the Transportation Administra-
tive Service Center: 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
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than five years in length or greater than $100,000,000
in value unless such lease is specifically authorized by the
Congress and appropriations have been provided to fully
cover the Federal Government’s contingent liabilities: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds in this Act may be
used for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to
sign a lease for satellite services related to the global posi-
tioning system (GPS) wide area augmentation system
until the administrator of the FAA certifies in writing to
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations that
FAA has conducted a lease versus buy analysis which indi-
cates that such lease will result in the lowest overall cost
to the agency.
FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for nec-
essary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for acquisi-
tion, establishment, and improvement by contract or pur-
chase, and hire of air navigation and experimental facili-
ties and equipment as authorized under part A of subtitle
VII of title 49, United States Code, including initial acqui-
sition of necessary sites by lease or grant; engineering and
service testing, including construction of test facilities and
acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; and con-
struction and furnishing of quarters and related accom-
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modations for officers and employees of the Federal Avia-
tion Administration stationed at remote localities where
such accommodations are not available; and the purchase,
lease, or transfer of aircraft from funds available under
this head; to be derived from the Airport and Airway
Trust Fund, $2,200,000,000, of which $1,917,000,000
shall remain available until September 30, 2002, and of
which $283,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2000: Provided, That there may be credited
to this appropriation funds received from States, counties,
municipalities, other public authorities, and private
sources, for expenses incurred in the establishment and
modernization of air navigation facilities: Provided further,
That upon initial submission to the Congress of the fiscal
year 2001 President’s budget, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall transmit to the Congress a comprehensive cap-
ital investment plan for the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion which includes funding for each budget line item for
fiscal years 2001 through 2005, with total funding for
each year of the plan constrained to the funding targets
for those years as estimated and approved by the Office
of Management and Budget: Provided further, That none
of the funds in this Act may be used for the Federal Avia-
tion Administration to enter into a capital lease agreement
unless appropriations have been provided to fully cover the
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Federal Government’s contingent liabilities at the time the
lease agreement is signed.
RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for nec-
essary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for research,
engineering, and development, as authorized under part
A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, including
construction of experimental facilities and acquisition of
necessary sites by lease or grant, $173,000,000, to be de-
rived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to re-
main available until September 30, 2002: Provided, That
there may be credited to this appropriation funds received
from States, counties, municipalities, other public authori-
ties, and private sources, for expenses incurred for re-
search, engineering, and development.
GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for liq-
uidation of obligations incurred for grants-in-aid for air-
port planning and development, and for noise compat-
ibility planning and programs as authorized under sub-
chapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475
of title 49, United States Code, and under other law au-
thorizing such obligations, $1,867,000,000, to be derived
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from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to remain
available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds
in this Act shall be available for the planning or execution
of programs the obligations for which are in excess of
$2,250,000,000 in fiscal year 2000 for grants-in-aid for
airport planning and development, and noise compatibility
planning and programs, notwithstanding section 47117(h)
of title 49, United States Code.
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
Necessary expenses for administration and operation
of the Federal Highway Administration, not to exceed
$356,380,000, 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, That $70,484,000 shall be available to
carry out the functions and operations of the office of
motor carriers.
LIMITATION ON TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH
Necessary expenses for transportation research of the
Federal 
Highway 
Administration, 
not 
to 
exceed
$422,450,000 shall be paid in accordance with law from
appropriations made available by this Act to the Federal
Highway Administration: Provided, That this limitation
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shall not apply to any authority previously made available
for obligation.
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 Fed-
eral-aid highways and highway safety construction pro-
grams for fiscal year 2000.
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for car-
rying out the provisions of title 23, U.S.C., that are attrib-
utable to Federal-aid highways, including the National
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, $26,125,000,000 or so much thereof as may
be available in and derived from the Highway Trust Fund,
to remain available until expended.
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MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS
(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.
31102, $105,000,000, to be derived from the Highway
Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available
for the implementation or execution of programs the obli-
gations for which are in excess of $105,000,000 for
‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Grants’’.
NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY
ADMINISTRATION
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of
the Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety
under chapter 301 of title 49, U.S.C., and part C of sub-
title VI of title 49, U.S.C., $87,400,000 of which
$62,928,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2002: 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 require-
ment 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 any other provision of law, for pay-
ment 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 avail-
able 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
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 $206,800,000 for programs author-
ized 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 Incentive Grants’’ under 23 U.S.C. 405,
$36,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Alcohol-Impaired Driving Coun-
termeasures 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: Provided further, That none of these
funds shall be used for construction, rehabilitation, or re-
modeling costs, or for office 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 admin-
istering highway safety grants under Chapter 4 of title
23, U.S.C.: Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000
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of the funds made available for section 410 ‘‘Alcohol-Im-
paired Driving Countermeasures Grants’’ shall be avail-
able for technical assistance to the States.
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION
SAFETY AND OPERATIONS
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Ad-
ministration, not otherwise provided for, $94,448,000, of
which $6,800,000 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 Re-
development 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 Corpora-
tion, 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 addi-
tional sums as may be necessary for payment on the first
deed of trust may be advanced by the Administrator from
unobligated balances available to the Federal Railroad Ad-
ministration, to be reimbursed from payments received
from the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation.
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RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses for railroad research and de-
velopment, $21,300,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAM
The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to
issue to the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obli-
gations pursuant to section 512 of the Railroad Revitaliza-
tion and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–
210), as amended, in such amounts and at such times as
may be necessary to pay any amounts required pursuant
to the guarantee of the principal amount of obligations
under sections 511 through 513 of such Act, such author-
ity 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 guar-
antee commitments 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, $22,000,000, to
remain available until expended.
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RHODE ISLAND RAIL DEVELOPMENT
For the costs associated with construction of a third
track on the Northeast Corridor between Davisville and
Central Falls, Rhode Island, with sufficient clearance to
accommodate double stack freight cars, $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
expended.
CAPITAL GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD
PASSENGER CORPORATION
For necessary expenses of capital improvements of
the National Railroad Passenger Corporation as author-
ized by 49 U.S.C. 24104(a), $570,976,000 to remain
available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary
shall not obligate more than $228,400,000 prior to Sep-
tember 30, 2000.
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: Provided,
That no more than $60,000,000 of budget authority shall
be available for these purposes: Provided further, That of
the funds in this Act available for the execution of con-
tracts under section 5327(c) of title 49, United States
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Code, $800,000 shall be transferred to the Department
of Transportation Inspector General for costs associated
with the audit and review of new fixed guideway 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 ex-
pended: Provided, That no more than $3,098,000,000 of
budget authority 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.
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:
Provided, That no more than $107,000,000 of budget au-
thority shall be available for these purposes: Provided fur-
ther, That $5,250,000 is available to provide rural trans-
portation assistance (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 avail-
able to carry out transit cooperative research programs
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(49 U.S.C. 5313(a)); $49,632,000 is available for metro-
politan 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).
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, and sections 3037 and 3038 of Public Law 105–
178, $4,638,000,000, to remain available until expended,
and to be derived from the Mass Transit Account of the
Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That $2,478,400,000
shall be paid to the Federal Transit Administration’s for-
mula grants account: Provided further, That $86,000,000
shall be paid to the Federal Transit Administration’s tran-
sit planning and research account: Provided further, That
$48,000,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Adminis-
tration’s administrative expenses account: Provided fur-
ther, That $4,800,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit
Administration’s university transportation research ac-
count: Provided further, That $60,000,000 shall be paid
to the Federal Transit Administration’s job access and re-
verse commute grants program: Provided further, That
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$1,960,800,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Ad-
ministration’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 shall be available for the replacement, rehabilitation,
and purchase of buses and related equipment and the con-
struction of bus-related facilities, $490,200,000; and there
shall be available for new fixed guideway systems,
$980,400,000, to be available as follows:
$10,400,000 for Alaska or Hawaii ferry
projects;
$45,142,000 for the Atlanta, Georgia, North
line extension project;
$5,000,000 for the Baltimore central LRT dou-
ble track project;
$4,000,000 for the Canton-Akron-Cleveland
commuter rail project;
$3,000,000 for the Charlotte, North Carolina,
north-south corridor transitway project;
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$25,000,000 for the Chicago METRA com-
muter rail project;
$2,000,000 for the Chicago Transit Authority
Douglas branch line project;
$2,000,000 for the Chicago Transit Authority
Ravenswood branch line project;
$2,000,000 for the Cincinnati northeast/north-
ern Kentucky corridor project;
$2,000,000 for the Clark County, Nevada, fixed
guideway project;
$1,000,000 for the Cleveland Euclid corridor
improvement project;
$1,000,000 for the Colorado Roaring Fork Val-
ley project;
$35,000,000 for the Dallas north central light
rail extension project;
$1,000,000 for the Dayton, Ohio, light rail
study;
$35,000,000 for the Denver Southwest corridor
project;
$25,000,000 for the Dulles corridor project;
$12,000,000 for the Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Tri-County commuter rail project;
$4,000,000 for the Houston advanced transit
program;
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$52,770,000 for the Houston regional bus
project;
$1,000,000 for the Johnson County, Kansas, I–
35 commuter rail project;
$1,000,000 for the Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee
rail extension project;
$4,000,000 for the Long Island Railroad East
Side access project;
$5,000,000 for the Los Angeles Mid-City and
East side corridors projects;
$50,000,000 for the Los Angeles North Holly-
wood extension project;
$1,000,000 for the Los Angeles-San Diego
LOSSAN corridor project;
$703,000 for the MARC commuter rail project;
$1,000,000 for the Massachusetts North Shore
corridor project;
$5,000,000 for the Memphis, Tennessee, Med-
ical Center rail extension project;
$3,000,000 for the Miami-Dade Transit east-
west multimodal corridor project;
$3,000,000 for the Miami-Dade Transit North
27th corridor project;
$1,000,000 for the Nashville, Tennessee, com-
muter rail project;
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$99,000,000 for the New Jersey Hudson Ber-
gen project;
$2,000,000 for the New Orleans Canal Street
corridor project;
$6,000,000 for the Newark rail link MOS–1
project;
$1,000,000 for the Norfolk-Virginia Beach cor-
ridor project;
$4,000,000 for the Northern Indiana south
shore commuter rail project;
$2,000,000 for the Oceanside-Escondido, Cali-
fornia light rail system;
$5,000,000 for Olympic transportation infra-
structure investments: Provided, That these funds
shall be allocated by the Secretary based on the ap-
proved transportation management plan for the Salt
Lake City 2002 Winter Olympic Games: Provided
further, That none of these funds shall be made
available for the Salt Lake City west-east light rail
project, any segment thereof, or a downtown con-
nector in Salt Lake City, Utah;
$1,000,000 for the Orange County, California,
transitway project;
$20,000,000 for the Orlando Lynx light rail
project (phase 1);
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$1,000,000 
for 
the 
Philadelphia-Reading
SETPA Schuylkill Valley metro project;
$7,000,000 for the Phoenix metropolitan area
transit project;
$3,000,000 for the Pinellas County, Florida,
mobility initiative project;
$11,062,000 for the Portland Westside light
rail transit project;
$2,000,000 for the Puget Sound RTA Link
light rail project;
$12,000,000 for the Puget Sound RTA Sound-
er commuter rail project;
$12,000,000 for the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel
Hill Triangle transit project;
$25,000,000 for the Sacramento south corridor
LRT project;
$1,000,000 for the San Bernardino, California
Metrolink project;
$7,000,000 for the San Diego Mid Coast cor-
ridor project;
$23,000,000 for the San Diego Mission Valley
East light rail transit project;
$84,000,000 for the San Francisco BART ex-
tension to the airport project;
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$20,000,000 for the San Jose Tasman West
light rail project;
$82,000,000 for the San Juan Tren Urbano
project;
$53,962,000 for the South Boston piers
transitway;
$1,000,000 for the South DeKalb-Lindbergh,
Georgia, corridor project;
$3,000,000 for the Spokane, Washington,
South Valley corridor light rail project;
$3,000,000 
for 
the 
St. 
Louis, 
Missouri,
MetroLink cross county corridor project;
$50,000,000 for the St. Louis-St. Clair County
MetroLink light rail (phase II) extension project;
$1,000,000 for the Tampa Bay regional rail
project;
$5,433,000 for the Twin Cities Transitways
projects;
$46,000,000 for the Twin Cities Transitways—
Hiawatha corridor project;
$37,928,000 for the Utah north/south light rail
project;
$2,000,000 for the Virginia Railway Express
Woodbridge station improvements project;
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$1,000,000 for the West Trenton, New Jersey,
rail project; and
$3,000,000 for the Whitehall terminal recon-
struction project.
DISCRETIONARY GRANTS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for pay-
ment of previous obligations incurred in carrying out 49
U.S.C. 5338(b), $1,500,000,000, to remain available until
expended and to be derived from the Mass Transit Ac-
count of the Highway Trust Fund.
JOB ACCESS AND REVERSE COMMUTE GRANTS
For necessary expenses to carry out section 3037 of
the Federal Transit Act of 1998, $15,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That no more than
$75,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for
these purposes.
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
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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 operations and mainte-
nance of those portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway op-
erated and maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway De-
velopment Corporation, $12,042,000, 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,
$32,361,000, of which $645,000 shall be derived from the
Pipeline Safety Fund, and of which $3,704,000 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
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until expended, funds received from States, counties, mu-
nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources
for expenses 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.
60107, and to discharge the pipeline program responsibil-
ities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $36,092,000, of
which $5,494,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li-
ability Trust Fund and shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2002; and of which $30,598,000 shall be de-
rived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which
$17,074,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2002: Provided, That in addition to amounts made avail-
able from 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, emergency
notification, damage prevention, and public education ac-
tivities, and shall be derived from amounts previously col-
lected under 49 U.S.C. 60301.
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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: Provided, That not more than $14,300,000 shall
be made available for obligation in fiscal year 2000 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
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, $44,840,000.
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Surface Transpor-
tation Board, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, $17,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, not to exceed $1,600,000 from fees
established by the Chairman of the Surface Transpor-
tation Board shall be credited to this appropriation as off-
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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 2000, to result in
a final appropriation from the general fund estimated at
no more than $15,400,000.
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, $4,633,000: 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
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diem rate equivalent to the rate for a GS–15; uniforms,
or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C.
5901–5902) $57,000,000, of which not to exceed $2,000
may be used for official reception and representation ex-
penses.
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 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
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and secondary schooling for dependents of Federal Avia-
tion Administration personnel stationed outside the conti-
nental 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 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 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
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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-
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
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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.
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
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
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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: (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 obli-
gation has not been appropriated to the limits of the Gov-
ernment’s liability; or (3) includes a requirement that per-
mits performance under the contract during the second
and subsequent years of the contract without conditioning
such performance upon the appropriation of funds: Pro-
vided, That this limitation does not apply to a contract
in which the Federal Government incurs no financial li-
ability from not buying additional systems, subsystems, or
components beyond the basic contract requirements.
SEC. 315. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, and except for fixed guideway modernization projects,
funds made available by this Act under ‘‘Federal Transit
Administration, 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.
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SEC. 316. 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.
SEC. 317. None of the funds in this Act may be used
to compensate in excess of 320 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 2000.
SEC. 318. Funds provided in this Act for the Trans-
portation Administrative Service Center (TASC) shall be
reduced by $10,000,000, which limits fiscal year 2000
TASC obligational authority for elements of the Depart-
ment of Transportation funded in this Act to no more
than $147,965,000: Provided, That such reductions from
the budget request shall be allocated by the Department
of Transportation to each appropriations account in pro-
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-
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nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources
for expenses incurred for training may be credited respec-
tively to the Federal Highway Administration’s ‘‘Federal-
Aid Highways’’ account, the Federal Transit Administra-
tion’s ‘‘Transit Planning and Research’’ account, and to
the Federal Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Oper-
ations’’ 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 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.
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SEC. 322. 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
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. 323. 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
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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-
gress, through the proper official channels, requests for
legislation or appropriations which they deem necessary
for the efficient conduct of the public business.
SEC. 324. (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 THE CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT RE-
GARDING 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. 325. 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. 326. 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. 327. Notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 41742, no es-
sential air service subsidies shall be provided to commu-
nities in the 48 contiguous States that are located fewer
than 70 highway miles from the nearest large or medium
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. 328. 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, 2000.
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SEC. 329. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, rule or regulation, the Secretary of Transportation
is authorized to allow the issuer of any preferred stock
heretofore sold to the Department to redeem or repur-
chase such stock upon the payment to the Department of
an amount determined by the Secretary.
SEC. 330. For necessary expenses of the Amtrak Re-
form Council authorized under section 203 of Public Law
105–134, $750,000, to remain available until September
30, 2001.
SEC. 331. The Secretary of Transportation is author-
ized to transfer funds appropriated for any office of the
Office of the Secretary to any other office of the Office
of the Secretary: Provided, That no appropriation shall be
increased or decreased by more than 12 per centum by
all such transfers: Provided further, That any such trans-
fer shall be submitted for approval to the House and Sen-
ate Committees on Appropriations.
SEC. 332. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be used to issue a final standard under docket num-
ber NHTSA 98–3945 (relating to section 656(b) of the
Illegal Immigration Reform and Responsibility Act of
1996).
SEC. 333. (a) Section 110(b)(2) of the Arctic Re-
search and Policy Act of 1984 (15 U.S.C. 4109(b)(2)) is
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amended by striking all that follows ‘‘research’’ and in-
serting a period.
(b) Section 312 of the Arctic Marine Living Re-
sources Convention Act of 1984 (16 U.S.C. 2441) is
amended by striking subsection (c).
SEC. 334. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for activities under the Aircraft Purchase Loan Guar-
antee Program during fiscal year 2000.
SEC. 335. None of the funds in this Act may be used
to carry out the functions and operations of the office of
motor carriers within the Federal Highway Administra-
tion.
SEC. 336. Section 3027 of the Transportation Equity
Act for the 21st Century (49 U.S.C. 5307 note: 112 Stat.
336) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(e) Government share for operating assistance to
certain smaller urbanized areas.—Notwithstanding 49
U.S.C. 5307(e), a grant of the Government for operating
expenses of a project under 49 U.S.C. 5307(b) in fiscal
years 1999 and 2000 to any recipient that is providing
transit services in an urbanized area with a population be-
tween 128,000 and 128,200, as determined in the 1990
census, and that had adopted a five-year transit plan be-
fore September 1, 1998, may not be more than 80 percent
of the net project cost.’’.