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Union Calendar No. 58
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2299
[Report No. 107–108]
Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 22, 2001
Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported
the following bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
A BILL
Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2002, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
Department of Transportation and related agencies for
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the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other
purposes, namely:
TITLE I
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary,
$67,726,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, there may be credited to this appropria-
tion up to $2,500,000 in funds received in user fees: Pro-
vided further, That not to exceed $60,000 shall be for allo-
cation within the Department for official reception and
representation expenses as the Secretary may determine.
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights,
$8,500,000.
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND
DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses for conducting transportation
planning, research, systems development, development ac-
tivities, and making grants, to remain available until ex-
pended, $5,193,000.
TRANSPORTATION ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE CENTER
Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital
outlays of the Transportation Administrative Service Cen-
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ter, not to exceed $125,323,000, shall be paid from appro-
priations made available to the Department of Transpor-
tation: Provided, That such services shall be provided on
a competitive basis to entities within the Department of
Transportation: Provided further, That the above limita-
tion on operating expenses shall not apply to non-DOT
entities: Provided further, That no funds appropriated in
this Act to an agency of the Department shall be trans-
ferred to the Transportation Administrative Service Cen-
ter without the approval of the agency modal adminis-
trator: Provided further, That no assessments may be lev-
ied against any program, budget activity, subactivity or
project funded by this Act unless notice of such assess-
ments and the basis therefor are presented to the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations and are ap-
proved by such Committees.
MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $500,000, as au-
thorized by 49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, in-
cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974: Provided further, That these funds are available to
subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be
guaranteed, not to exceed $18,367,000. In addition, for
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administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan
program, $400,000.
MINORITY BUSINESS OUTREACH
For necessary expenses of Minority Business Re-
source Center outreach activities, $3,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2003: Provided, That not-
withstanding 49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be used for
business opportunities related to any mode of transpor-
tation.
PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)
In addition to funds made available from any other
source to carry out the essential air service program under
49 U.S.C. 41731 through 41742, to be derived from the
Airport and Airway Trust Fund, $13,000,000, to remain
available until expended.
COAST GUARD
OPERATING EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the operation and mainte-
nance of the Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for; pur-
chase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles for
replacement only; payments pursuant to section 156 of
Public Law 97–377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note),
and section 229(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
429(b)); and recreation and welfare, $3,382,588,000, of
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which $340,000,000 shall be available for defense-related
activities; and of which $24,945,000 shall be derived from
the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund: Provided, That none
of the funds appropriated in this or any other Act shall
be available for pay of administrative expenses in connec-
tion with shipping commissioners in the United States:
Provided further, That none of the funds provided in this
Act shall be available for expenses incurred for yacht docu-
mentation under 46 U.S.C. 12109, except to the extent
fees are collected from yacht owners and credited to this
appropriation.
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS
For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction,
renovation, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore
facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related
thereto, $600,000,000, of which $19,956,000 shall be de-
rived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which
$90,990,000 shall be available to acquire, repair, renovate
or improve vessels, small boats and related equipment, to
remain available until September 30, 2006; $26,000,000
shall be available to acquire new aircraft and increase
aviation capability, to remain available until September
30, 2004; $74,173,000 shall be available for other equip-
ment, to remain available until September 30, 2004;
$44,206,000 shall be available for shore facilities and aids
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to navigation facilities, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2004; $64,631,000 shall be available for per-
sonnel compensation and benefits and related costs, to re-
main 
available 
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September 
30, 
2003; 
and
$300,000,000 for the integrated deepwater systems pro-
gram, to remain available until September 30, 2004: Pro-
vided, That the Commandant of the Coast Guard is au-
thorized to dispose of surplus real property, by sale or
lease, and the proceeds shall be credited to this appropria-
tion as offsetting collections and made available only for
the national distress and response system modernization
program, to remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30, 2004: Provided further, That upon initial sub-
mission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2003 President’s
budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to
the Congress a comprehensive capital investment plan for
the United States Coast Guard which includes funding for
each budget line item for fiscal years 2003 through 2007,
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: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds provided under this
heading may be obligated or expended for the Integrated
Deepwater Systems (IDS) system integration contract
until the Secretary of Transportation, or his designee
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within the Office of the Secretary, and the Director, Office
of Management and Budget jointly certify to the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations that IDS pro-
gram funding for fiscal years 2003 through 2007 is fully
funded in the Coast Guard Capital Investment Plan and
within the Office of Management and Budget’s budgetary
projections for the Coast Guard for those years.
ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION
For necessary expenses to carry out the Coast
Guard’s environmental compliance and restoration func-
tions under chapter 19 of title 14, United States Code,
$16,927,000, to remain available until expended.
ALTERATION OF BRIDGES
For necessary expenses for alteration or removal of
obstructive bridges, $15,466,000, 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), $876,346,000.