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(m) RURAL TRANSPORTATION ACCESSIBILITY INCENTIVE PRO-
GRAM.—Section 3038(g) of such Act (49 U.S.C. 5310 note; 112 Stat.
393) is amended—
(1) by adding at the end of paragraph (1) the following:
‘‘(F) $2,187,500 for the period of October 1, 2003,
through February 29, 2004.’’; and
(2) in paragraph (2) by inserting after ‘‘2003’’ the following:
‘‘(and $708,333 shall be available for the period of October
1, 2003, through February 29, 2004)’’.
(n) URBANIZED AREA FORMULA GRANTS.—Section 5307(b) of
title 49, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in the heading to paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘AND FOR
THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1, 2003, THROUGH FEBRUARY 29, 2004’’
after ‘‘2003’’;
(2) in paragraph (2)(A)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘and for the period of October 1, 2003,
through February 29, 2004’’ after ‘‘2003,’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause (ii);
(C) by striking the period at the end of clause (iii)
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(D) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(iv) a portion of the area was not designated as
an urbanized area as determined under the 1990 Fed-
eral decennial census and received assistance under
section 5311 in fiscal year 2002.’’;
(3) by adding at the end of paragraph (2)(B) the following:
‘‘Each portion of an area not designated as an urbanized area
under the 1990 Federal decennial census and eligible to receive
funds under subparagraph (A)(iv) shall receive an amount of
funds made available to carry out this section that is no less
than the amount the portion of the area received under section
5311 in fiscal year 2002.’’.
(o) OBLIGATION CEILING.—Section 3040 of the Transportation
Equity Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 394) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (4);
(2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (5)
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(6) $3,042,501,691 for the period of October 1, 2003,
through February 29, 2004.’’.
(p) FUEL CELL BUS AND BUS FACILITIES PROGRAM.—Section
3015(b) of such Act (112 Stat. 361) is amended by inserting ‘‘(or,
in the case of the period of October 1, 2003, through February
29, 2004, $2,020,833)’’ after ‘‘$4,850,000’’.
(q) ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY PILOT PROJECT.—Section 3015(c)(2)
of such Act (49 U.S.C. 322 note; 112 Stat. 361) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘and for the period of October 1, 2003,
through February 29, 2004,’’ after ‘‘2003,’’; and
(2) by inserting ‘‘and $2,083,333 for such period’’ after
‘‘$5,000,000 per fiscal year’’.
(r) PROJECTS FOR NEW FIXED GUIDEWAY SYSTEMS AND EXTEN-
SIONS
TO EXISTING SYSTEMS.—Subsections (a), (b), and (c)(1) of
section 3030 of such Act (112 Stat. 373–381) are amended by
inserting ‘‘and for the period of October 1, 2003, through February
29, 2004,’’ after ‘‘2003’’.
(s) NEW JERSEY URBAN CORE PROJECT.—Subparagraphs (A),
(B), and (C) of section 3031(a)(3) of the Intermodal Surface
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Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2122; 112 Stat.
379) are amended by inserting ‘‘and for the period of October
1, 2003, through February 29, 2004,’’ after ‘‘2003,’’.
(t) TREATMENT OF FUNDS.—Amounts made available under the
amendments made by this section shall be treated for purposes
of section 1101(b) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st
Century (23 U.S.C. 101 note) as amounts made available for pro-
grams under title III of such Act.
SEC. 9. SPORT FISHING AND BOATING SAFETY.
(a) FUNDING FOR NATIONAL OUTREACH AND COMMUNICATIONS
PROGRAM.—Section 4(c) of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restora-
tion Act (16 U.S.C. 777c(c)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (4);
(2) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the end of
paragraph (5); and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following:
‘‘(6) $4,166,667 for the period of October 1, 2003, through
February 29, 2004;’’.
(b) CLEAN VESSEL ACT FUNDING.—Section 4(b) of such Act
(16 U.S.C. 777c(b)) is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5);
(2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
‘‘(4) FIRST 5 MONTHS OF FISCAL YEAR 2004.—For the period
of October 1, 2003, through February 29, 2004, of the balance
of each annual appropriation remaining after making the dis-
tribution under subsection (a), an amount equal to $34,166,667,
reduced by 82 percent of the amount appropriated for that
fiscal year from the Boat Safety Account of the Aquatic
Resources Trust Fund established by section 9504 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to carry out the purposes of
section 13106(a) of title 46, United States Code, shall be used
as follows:
‘‘(A) $4,166,667 shall be available to the Secretary of
the Interior for 3 fiscal years for obligation for qualified
projects under section 5604(c) of the Clean Vessel Act of
1992 (33 U.S.C. 1322 note).
‘‘(B) $3,333,333 shall be available to the Secretary of
the Interior for 3 fiscal years for obligation for qualified
projects under section 7404(d) of the Sportfishing and
Boating Safety Act of 1998 (16 U.S.C. 777g–1(d)).
‘‘(C) The balance remaining after the application of
subparagraphs (A) and (B) shall be transferred to the Sec-
retary of Transportation and shall be expended for State
recreational boating safety programs under section 13106
of title 46, United States Code.’’.
(c) BOAT SAFETY FUNDS.—Section 13106(c) of title 46, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(c) Of the amount transferred to the Secretary of Transpor-
tation under paragraph (4) of section 4(b) of the Dingell-Johnson
Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777c(b)), $2,083,333 is avail-
able to the Secretary for payment of expenses of the Coast Guard
for personnel and activities directly related to coordinating and
carrying out the national recreational boating safety program under
this title, of which $833,333 shall be available to the Secretary
only to ensure compliance with chapter 43 of this title. No funds
available to the Secretary under this subsection may be used to
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replace funding traditionally provided through general appropria-
tions, nor for any purposes except those purposes authorized by
this section. Amounts made available by this subsection shall
remain available until expended. The Secretary shall publish
annually in the Federal Register a detailed accounting of the
projects, programs, and activities funded under this subsection.’’.
SEC. 10. BUDGET LIMITATIONS.
(a) ADJUSTMENTS
TO ANNUALIZED DISCRETIONARY SPENDING
LIMITS.—In the matter that precedes subparagraph (A) of section
251(b)(2) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985, strike ‘‘through 2002’’.
(b) DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.—Section 251(c) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is
amended as follows:
(1) Strike paragraphs (1) through (7) and redesignate para-
graph (8) (which relates to fiscal year 2004) as paragraph
(1) and in such redesignated paragraph strike ‘‘(1) with respect
to fiscal year 2004’’, redesignate the remaining matter as
subparagraph (C), and before such redesignated matter insert
the following:
‘‘(1) with respect to fiscal year 2004—
‘‘(A) for the highway category: $31,834,000,000 in out-
lays;
‘‘(B) for the mass transit category: $1,462,000,000 in
new budget authority and $6,629,000,000 in outlays; and’’.
(2) Redesignate paragraphs (9) through (16) as paragraphs
(2) through (9).
(c) CATEGORY DEFINED.—Section 250(c)(4) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (B) by inserting after ‘‘Century’’ the
following: ‘‘and the Surface Transportation Extension Act of
2003’’; and
(2) in subparagraph (C)—
(A) by inserting after ‘‘Century’’ the first place it
appears the following: ‘‘and the Surface Transportation
Extension Act of 2003’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘that Act’’ and inserting ‘‘those Acts’’.
(d) CONFORMANCE WITH THE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE
BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, all adjustments made pursuant to section 110(a)(2)
of title 23, United States Code, to sums authorized to be appro-
priated from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit
Account) to carry out each of the Federal-aid highway and highway
safety construction programs (other than emergency relief) in fiscal
year 2004 shall be deemed to be zero.
(e) SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ADJUSTMENT TO ALIGN HIGHWAY
SPENDING WITH REVENUES.—It is the sense of Congress that, in
any multiyear reauthorization of the Federal-aid highway program,
the alignment of highway spending with revenues under section
251(b)(1)(B)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985 should be restructured to minimize year-to-year
fluctuations in highway spending levels and to ensure the uniform
enforcement of such levels.
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SEC. 11. LEVEL OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS.
(a) HIGHWAY CATEGORY.—Section 8103(a) of the Transportation
Equity Act for the 21st Century (2 U.S.C. 901 note; 112 Stat.
492) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (4);
(2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (5)
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(6) for fiscal year 2004, $34,498,000,000.’’.
(b) MASS TRANSIT CATEGORY.—Section 8103(b) of such Act (2
U.S.C. 901 note; 112 Stat. 492) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (4);
(2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (5)
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(6) for fiscal year 2004, $7,303,000,000.’’.
(c) TREATMENT OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, funds made available under this Act, including the
amendments made by this Act, shall be deemed to be zero for
the purposes of section 110 of the title 23, United States Code.
SEC. 12. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF TRUST FUNDS
FOR OBLIGATIONS UNDER TEA-21.
(a) HIGHWAY TRUST FUND.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 9503(c) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—
(A) in the matter before subparagraph (A), by striking
‘‘October 1, 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘March 1, 2004’’,
(B) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph (D),
(C) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph
(E) and inserting ‘‘, or’’,
(D) by inserting after subparagraph (E), the following
new subparagraph:
‘‘(F) authorized to be paid out of the Highway Trust
Fund under the Surface Transportation Extension Act of
2003.’’, and
(E) in the matter after subparagraph (F), as added
by this paragraph, by striking ‘‘TEA 21 Restoration Act’’
and inserting ‘‘Surface Transportation Extension Act of
2003’’.
(2) MASS
TRANSIT
ACCOUNT.—Paragraph (3) of section
9503(e) of such Code is amended—
(A) in the matter before subparagraph (A), by striking
‘‘October 1, 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘March 1, 2004’’,
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end
of such subparagraph,
(C) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘or’’ after ‘‘Cen-
tury,’’,
(D) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following
new subparagraph:
‘‘(D) the Surface Transportation Extension Act of
2003,’’, and
(E) in the matter after subparagraph (D), as added
by this paragraph, by striking ‘‘TEA 21 Restoration Act’’
and inserting ‘‘Surface Transportation Extension Act of
2003’’.
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(3) EXCEPTION
TO
LIMITATION
ON
TRANSFERS.—Subpara-
graph (B) of section 9503(b)(5) of such Code is amended by
striking ‘‘October 1, 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘March 1, 2004’’.
(b) AQUATIC RESOURCES TRUST FUND.—
(1) SPORT FISH RESTORATION ACCOUNT.—Paragraph (2) of
section 9504(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is
amended—
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘Wildlife and Sport
Fish Restoration Programs Improvement Act of 2000’’ and
inserting ‘‘Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2003’’,
and
(B) in subparagraphs (B) and (C), by striking ‘‘TEA
21 Restoration Act’’ in each such subparagraph and
inserting ‘‘Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2003’’.
(2) BOAT SAFETY ACCOUNT.—Subsection (c) of section 9504
of such Code is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘October 1, 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘March
1, 2004’’, and
(B) by striking ‘‘TEA 21 Restoration Act’’ and inserting
‘‘Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2003’’.
(3) EXCEPTION TO LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS.—Paragraph
(2) of section 9504(d) of such Code is amended by striking
‘‘October 1, 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘March 1, 2004’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
(d) TEMPORARY RULE REGARDING ADJUSTMENTS.—During the
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and
ending on February 29, 2004, for purposes of making any estimate
under section 9503(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 of
receipts of the Highway Trust Fund, the Secretary of the Treasury
shall treat—
(1) each expiring provision of paragraphs (1) through (4)
of section 9503(b) of such Code which is related to appropria-
tions or transfers to such Fund to have been extended through
the end of the 24-month period referred to in section
9503(d)(1)(B) of such Code, and