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sites of the Ground Wave Emergency Network (referred to in this
section as ‘‘GWEN’’) as the Secretary of Transportation determines
to be necessary for the establishment of a nationwide system
to be known as the ‘‘Nationwide Differential Global Positioning
System’’ (referred to in this section as ‘‘NDGPS’’).
(b) As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Secretary of Transportation may establish the NDGPS.
In establishing the NDGPS, the Secretary of Transportation may—
(1) if feasible, reuse GWEN equipment and sites transferred
to the Department of Transportation under subsection (a);
(2) to the maximum extent practicable, use contractor
services to install the NDGPS;
(3) modify the positioning system operated by the Coast
Guard at the time of the establishment of the NDGPS to
integrate the reference stations made available pursuant to
subsection (a);
(4) in cooperation with the Secretary of Commerce, ensure
that the reference stations referred to in paragraph (3) are
compatible with, and integrated into, the Continuously
Operating Reference Station (commonly referred to as ‘‘CORS’’)
system of the National Geodetic Survey of the Department
of Commerce; and
(5) in cooperation with the Secretary of Commerce,
investigate the use of the NDGPS reference stations for the
Global Positioning System Integrated Precipitable Water Vapor
System of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-
tion.
(c) The Secretary of Transportation may—
(1) manage and operate the NDGPS;
(2) ensure that the service of the NDGPS is provided
without the assessment of any user fee; and
(3) in cooperation with the Secretary of Defense, ensure
that the use of the NDGPS is denied to any enemy of the
United States.
(d) In any case in which the Secretary of Transportation
determines that contracting for the maintenance of 1 or more
NDGPS reference stations is cost-effective, the Secretary of
Transportation may enter into a contract to provide for that mainte-
nance.
(e) The Secretary of Transportation may—
(1) in cooperation with appropriate representatives of
private industries and universities and officials of State govern-
ments—
(A) investigate improvements (including potential
improvements) to the NDGPS;
(B) develop standards for the NDGPS; and
(C) sponsor the development of new applications for
the NDGPS; and
(2) provide for the continual upgrading of the NDGPS
to improve performance and address the needs of—
(A) the Federal Government;
(B) State and local governments; and
(C) the general public.
SEC. 347. The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to
transfer funds appropriated to the Coast Guard in Public Law
102–368 in order to pay rent assessments by the General Services
Administration related to prior year space needs of the Department:
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Provided, That prior to any such transfer, notification shall be
provided to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
SEC. 348. (a) Subsection (b) of section 642 of the Treasury
and General Government Appropriations Act, 1998, is amended
by inserting ‘‘other than a Member of Congress,’’ after ‘‘Code,’’.
(b) Paragraph (1) of section 642(c) of such Act is amended
by striking ‘‘(1)(A) subject to subparagraph (B),’’ and inserting ‘‘(1)’’,
and by striking ‘‘December 31, 1998’’ and all that follows through
the end and inserting ‘‘December 31, 1998;’’.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Transportation
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.