H. R. 4556
One Hundred Third Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the twenty-fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-four
An Act
Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related agencies
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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 the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995,
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,
$58,094,000, of which $3,962,000 shall remain available until
expended; and of which not to exceed $40,000 shall be available
as the Secretary may determine for allocation within the Depart-
ment for official reception and representation expenses: Provided,
That in addition to this amount and notwithstanding any other
provision of law, of the funds provided in this or any other Act
for the Department of Transportation, the Secretary may transfer
not to exceed $5,376,000 from accounts otherwise available for
carrying out civil rights functions within the Department of
Transportation to this account for carrying out internal civil rights
functions through a consolidated departmental Office of Civil Rights
within the Office of the Secretary: Provided further, That in addi-
tion, for transfer of civil rights and legal support activities related
to the Federal Highway Administration, $809,000 to be derived
from ‘‘Federal-aid Highways’’ subject to the ‘‘Limitation on General
Operating Expenses’’: Provided further, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, funds available for the purposes of the
Minority Business Resource Center in this Act may be used for
business opportunities related to any mode of transportation.
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses for conducting transportation planning,
research, and development activities, including the collection of
national transportation statistics, to remain available until
expended, $8,293,000.
H. R. 4556—2
OFFICE OF COMMERCIAL SPACE TRANSPORTATION
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH
For necessary expenses for operations and research activities
related to commercial space transportation, $6,060,000, of which
$3,833,000 shall remain available until expended.
WORKING CAPITAL FUND
Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital outlays of
the Department of Transportation Working Capital Fund not to
exceed $93,000,000 shall be paid, in accordance with law, from
appropriations made available by this Act and prior appropriations
Acts to the Department of Transportation, together with advances
and reimbursements received by the Department of Transportation.
PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
For liquidation of obligations incurred for payments to air car-
riers of so much of the compensation fixed and determined under
section 419 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended (49
U.S.C. 1389), as is payable by the Department of Transportation,
$33,423,000, to remain available until expended and to be derived
from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund: Provided, That none
of the funds in this Act shall be available for the implementation
or execution of programs in excess of $33,423,000 for the Payments
to Air Carriers program in fiscal year 1995: Provided further, That
none of the funds in this Act shall be used by the Secretary
of Transportation to make payment of compensation under section
419 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended, in excess
of the appropriation in this Act for liquidation of obligations
incurred under the ‘‘Payments to air carriers’’ program: Provided
further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be used for
the payment of claims for such compensation except in accordance
with this provision: Provided further, That none of the funds in
this Act shall be available for service to communities in the forty-
eight contiguous States that are located fewer than seventy highway
miles from the nearest large or medium hub airport, or that require
a rate of subsidy per passenger in excess of $200 unless such
point is greater than two hundred and ten miles from the nearest
large or medium hub airport: Provided further, That of funds pro-
vided for ‘‘Small Community Air Service’’ by Public Law 101–508,
$4,000,000 in fiscal year 1995 is hereby rescinded.
RENTAL PAYMENTS
For necessary expenses for rental of headquarters and field space
and related services assessed by the General Services Administra-
tion, $144,419,000: Provided, That of this amount, $1,976,000 shall
be derived from the Highway Trust Fund, $39,426,000 shall be
derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, $713,000 shall
be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, and $181,000 shall be
H. R. 4556—3
derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: Provided further,
That in addition, for assessments by the General Services Adminis-
tration related to the space needs of the Federal Highway Adminis-
tration, $18,044,000, to be derived from ‘‘Federal-aid Highways’’,
subject to the ‘‘Limitation on General Operating Expenses’’.
MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM
For the cost of direct loans, $1,500,000, as authorized by 49
U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modify-
ing such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these funds
are available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount
of direct loans not to exceed $15,000,000. In addition, for adminis-
trative expenses to carry out the direct loan program, $400,000.
COAST GUARD
OPERATING EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the operation and maintenance of
the Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for; purchase of not to
exceed fifteen passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; pay-
ments 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; $2,598,000,000,
of which $25,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability
Trust Fund; and of which $25,000,000 shall be expended from
the Boat Safety Account: Provided, That the number of aircraft
on hand at any one time shall not exceed two hundred and eighteen,
exclusive of aircraft and parts stored to meet future attrition: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds appropriated in this or any
other Act shall be available for pay or administrative expenses
in connection 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 documentation
under 46 U.S.C. 12109, except to the extent fees are collected
from yacht owners and credited to this appropriation: Provided
further, That the Commandant shall reduce both military and
civilian employment levels for the purpose of complying with Execu-
tive Order No. 12839.
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS
For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction, rebuilding,
and improvement of aids to navigation, shore facilities, vessels,
and aircraft, including equipment related thereto, $362,950,000,
of which $32,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability
Trust Fund; of which $187,900,000 shall be available to acquire,
repair, renovate or improve vessels, small boats and related equip-
ment, to remain available until September 30, 1999; $11,800,000
shall be available to acquire new aircraft and increase aviation
capability, to remain available until September 30, 1997;
$29,700,000 shall be available for other equipment, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 1997; $89,350,000 shall be available for
shore facilities and aids to navigation facilities, to remain available
until September 30, 1997; and $44,200,000 shall be available for
personnel compensation and benefits and related costs, to remain
H. R. 4556—4
available until September 30, 1995: Provided, That funds received
from the sale of the VC–11A and HU–25 aircraft shall be credited
to this appropriation for the purpose of acquiring new aircraft
and increasing aviation capacity.
ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION
For necessary expenses to carry out the Coast Guard’s environ-
mental compliance and restoration functions under chapter 19 of
title 14, United States Code, $23,500,000, 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 Serviceman’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), $562,585,000.
RESERVE TRAINING
For all necessary expenses for the Coast Guard Reserve, as
authorized by law; maintenance and operation of facilities; and
supplies, equipment, and services; $64,981,000: Provided, That
funds provided under this head shall support a selected reserve
force of 8,000 members.
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for applied
scientific research, development, test, and evaluation; maintenance,
rehabilitation, lease and operation of facilities and equipment, as
authorized by law, $20,310,000, to remain available until expended,
of which $3,150,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability
Trust Fund: Provided, That there may be credited to this appropria-
tion funds received from State and local governments, other public
authorities, private sources, and foreign countries, for expenses
incurred for research, development, testing, and evaluation.
BOAT SAFETY
(AQUATIC RESOURCES TRUST FUND)
For payment of necessary expenses incurred for recreational
boating safety assistance under Public Law 92–75, as amended,
$25,000,000, to be derived from the Boat Safety Account and to
remain available until expended.
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
OPERATIONS
For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Administration,
not otherwise provided for, including administrative expenses for
research and development, establishment of air navigation facilities
and the operation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft,
and carrying out the provisions of the Airport and Airway Improve-
ment Act of 1982, as amended, or other provisions of law authorizing
H. R. 4556—5
the obligation of funds for similar programs of airport and airway
development or improvement, lease or purchase of four passenger
motor vehicles for replacement only, $4,595,394,000, of which
$2,450,250,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust
Fund: Provided, That there may be credited to this appropriation
funds received from States, counties, municipalities, foreign authori-
ties, other public authorities, and private sources, for expenses
incurred in the provision of aviation services, including the mainte-
nance and operation of air navigation facilities and for issuance,
renewal or modification of certificates, including airman, aircraft,
and repair station certificates, or for tests related thereto, or for
processing major repair or alteration forms: Provided further, That,
of the funds available under this head, $17,500,000 is available
only for permanent change of station moves for members of the
air traffic workforce: 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 stand-
ards: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall
be available for new applicants for the second career training pro-
gram: 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 Administration employee unless such
employee actually performed work during the time corresponding
to such premium pay.
FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for acquisi-
tion, establishment, and improvement by contract or purchase, and
hire of air navigation and experimental facilities and equipment
as authorized by the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended
(49 U.S.C. App. 1301 et seq.), including initial acquisition of nec-
essary sites by lease or grant; engineering and service testing
including construction of test facilities and acquisition of necessary
sites by lease or grant; and construction and furnishing of quarters
and related accommodations for officers and employees of the Fed-
eral Aviation 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, $2,087,489,000,
of which $1,878,989,000 shall remain available until September
30, 1997, and of which $208,500,000 shall remain available until
September 30, 1996: 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 none of the funds under this head for the
Advanced Automation System may be obligated until the Federal
Aviation Administration submits to the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations and the House Committee on Public Works
and Transportation and the Senate Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation a comprehensive program plan and
up to date estimate of the fiscal year 1995 budget requirement
for this program.
H. R. 4556—6
RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for
research, engineering, and development, in accordance with the
provisions of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended (49
U.S.C. App. 1301 et seq.), including construction of experimental
facilities and acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant,
$259,192,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust
Fund and to remain available until expended: Provided, That there
may be credited to this appropriation funds received from States,
counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and private
sources, for expenses incurred for research, engineering, and devel-
opment.
GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)
For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in-aid for air-
port planning and development, and for noise compatibility planning
and programs under the Airport and Airway Improvement Act
of 1982, as amended, and under other law authorizing such obliga-
tions, $1,500,000,000, to be derived 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 commitments for which are in excess
of $1,450,000,000 in fiscal year 1995 for grants-in-aid for airport
planning and development, and noise compatibility planning and
programs, notwithstanding section 506(e)(4) of the Airport and Air-
way Improvement Act of 1982, as amended.
AVIATION INSURANCE REVOLVING FUND
The Secretary of Transportation is hereby authorized to make
such expenditures and investments, within the limits of funds avail-
able pursuant to section 1306 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958,
as amended (49 U.S.C. App. 1536), and in accordance with section
104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, as amended (31
U.S.C. 9104), as may be necessary in carrying out the program
for aviation insurance activities under title XIII of the Federal
Aviation Act of 1958.
AIRCRAFT PURCHASE LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM
None of the funds in this Act shall be available for activities
under this head the obligations for which are in excess of $9,970,000
during fiscal year 1995.
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
LIMITATION ON GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES
Necessary expenses for administration, operation, including
motor carrier safety program operations, and research of the Federal
Highway Administration not to exceed $525,341,000 shall be paid
in accordance with law from appropriations made available by
H. R. 4556—7
this Act to the Federal Highway Administration together with
advances and reimbursements received by the Federal Highway
Administration: Provided, That not to exceed $218,158,000 of the
amount provided herein shall remain available until September
30, 1997.
HIGHWAY-RELATED SAFETY GRANTS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
(INCLUDING RESCISSION AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provi-
sions of title 23, United States Code, section 402 administered
by the Federal Highway Administration, to remain available until
expended, $10,800,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund:
Provided, That not to exceed $100,000 of the amount appropriated
herein shall be available for ‘‘Limitation on general operating
expenses’’: Provided further, 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 $10,800,000 in fiscal year
1995 for ‘‘Highway-Related Safety Grants’’: Provided further, That
of the funds authorized for section 402 highway safety programs
in section 1003(a)(7) of Public Law 102–240, $20,000,000 in unobli-
gated contract authority is rescinded.
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 obligations for which
are in excess of $17,160,000,000 for Federal-aid highways and high-
way safety construction programs for fiscal year 1995.
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For carrying out the provisions of title 23, United States Code,
that are attributable to Federal-aid highways, including the
National Scenic and Recreational Highway as authorized by 23
U.S.C. 148, not otherwise provided, including reimbursements for
sums expended pursuant to the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 308,
$17,000,000,000 or so much thereof as may be available in and
derived from the Highway Trust Fund, to remain available until
expended.
H. R. 4556—8
RIGHT-OF-WAY REVOLVING FUND
(LIMITATION ON DIRECT LOANS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
During fiscal year 1995 and with the resources and authority
available, gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans
shall not exceed $42,500,000.
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provi-
sions of section 402 of Public Law 97–424, $73,000,000, to be
derived from the Highway Trust Fund and to remain available
until expended: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall
be available for the implementation or execution of programs the
obligations for which are in excess of $74,000,000 for ‘‘Motor Carrier
Safety Grants’’.
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS
For up to 80 percent or as specified in authorizing legislation,
of the expenses necessary for certain highway and surface transpor-
tation projects and parking facilities, including feasibility and
environmental studies, that advance methods of improving safety,
reducing congestion, or otherwise improving surface transportation,
$352,055,000, to remain available until expended.
NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the Sec-
retary with respect to traffic and highway safety under the Motor
Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act (Public Law 92–513,
as amended) and the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety
Act (Public Law 89–563, as amended), $79,556,000, of which
$42,965,000 shall remain available until September 30, 1997.
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the Sec-
retary with respect to traffic and highway safety under 23 U.S.C.
403 and section 2006 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation
Efficiency Act of 1991, to be derived from the Highway Trust
Fund, $46,997,000, of which $30,310,000 shall remain available
until September 30, 1997.
H. R. 4556—9
HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For payment of obligations incurred carrying out the provisions
of 23 U.S.C. 153, 402, 408, and 410, section 211(b) of the National
Driver Register Act of 1982, as amended, and section 209 of Public
Law 95–599, as amended, to remain available until expended,
$151,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund: Provided,
That, notwithstanding subsection 2009(b) of the Intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, 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 1995, are in excess
of $151,400,000 for programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 402 and
410, as amended, of which $123,000,000 shall be for ‘‘State and
community highway safety grants’’, $3,400,000 shall be for the
‘‘National Driver Register’’, and $25,000,000 shall be for section
410 ‘‘Alcohol-impaired driving countermeasures programs’’: Pro-
vided further, That none of these funds shall be used for construc-
tion, rehabilitation or remodeling costs, or for office furnishings
and fixtures for State, local, or private buildings or structures:
Provided further, That not to exceed $5,153,000 of the funds made
available for section 402 may be available for administering ‘‘State
and community highway safety grants’’: Provided further, That
not to exceed $500,000 of the funds made available for section
410 may be available for technical assistance to the States.
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION
OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Administration,
not otherwise provided for, $13,090,000, of which $1,508,000 shall
remain available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds
in this Act shall be available for the planning or execution of
a program making commitments to guarantee new loans under
the Emergency Rail Services Act of 1970, as amended, and that
no new commitments to guarantee loans under section 211(a) or
211(h) of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, as amended,
shall be made: Provided further, 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
Redevelopment 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 author-
ized to receive such payments directly from the Union Station
Redevelopment Corporation, 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
additional sums as may be necessary for payment on the first
deed of trust may be advanced by the Administrator from unobli-
gated balances available to the Federal Railroad Administration,
to be reimbursed from payments received from the Union Station
Redevelopment Corporation.
H. R. 4556—10
LOCAL RAIL FREIGHT ASSISTANCE
For necessary expenses for rail assistance under section 5(q)
of the Department of Transportation Act, as amended, $17,000,000,
to remain available until expended.
RAILROAD SAFETY
For necessary expenses in connection with railroad safety, not
otherwise provided for, $47,729,000, of which $2,600,000 shall
remain available until expended.
RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses including grants for railroad research
and development, $20,500,000, to remain available until expended.
NORTHEAST CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
For necessary expenses related to Northeast Corridor improve-
ments authorized by title VII of the Railroad Revitalization and
Regulatory Reform Act of 1976, as amended (45 U.S.C. 851 et
seq.) and the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 1988, $200,000,000,
to remain available until September 30, 1997.
RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to issue to the
Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obligations pursuant to
section 512 of the Railroad Revitalization 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 authority to
exist as long as any such guaranteed obligation is outstanding:
Provided, That no new loan guarantee commitments shall be made
during fiscal year 1995: Provided further, That, notwithstanding
any other provision of law, for fiscal year 1989 and each fiscal
year thereafter all amounts realized from the sale of notes or
securities sold under authority of title V of such Act shall be
considered as current year domestic discretionary outlay offsets
and not as ‘‘asset sales’’ or ‘‘loan prepayments’’ as defined by section
257(12) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That any underwriting
fees and related expenses shall be derived solely from the proceeds
of the sales.
NATIONAL MAGNETIC LEVITATION PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
None of the funds in this Act shall be available for the planning
or execution of the National Magnetic Levitation Prototype Develop-
ment program as defined in subsections 1036(b) and 1036(d)(1)(A)
of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991.
H. R. 4556—11
NEXT GENERATION HIGH SPEED RAIL
For necessary expenses for Next Generation High Speed Rail
studies, corridor planning, development, demonstration, and
implementation, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That funds under this head may be made available for
grants to states for high speed rail corridor design, feasibility
studies,
environmental
analyses
and
track
and
signal
improvements.
TRUST FUND SHARE OF NEXT GENERATION HIGH SPEED RAIL
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For grants and payment of obligations incurred in carrying
out the provisions of the High-Speed Ground Transportation pro-
gram as defined in subsections 1036(c) and 1036(d)(1)(B) of the
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, including
planning and environmental analyses, $3,400,000, to be derived
from the Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until
expended: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be
available for the implementation or execution of programs the
obligations for which are in excess of $5,000,000.
GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to
the National Railroad Passenger Corporation authorized by 45
U.S.C. 601, to remain available until expended, $772,000,000, of
which $542,000,000 shall be available for operating losses incurred
by the Corporation, for mandatory passenger rail service payments,
and for labor protection costs, and of which $230,000,000, not to
become available until July 1, 1995, shall be available for capital
improvements: Provided, That none of the funds herein appro-
priated shall be used for lease or purchase of passenger motor
vehicles or for the hire of vehicle operators for any officer or
employee, other than the president of the Corporation, excluding
the lease of passenger motor vehicles for those officers or employees
while in official travel status: Provided further, That of the funds
provided under this head for operating losses, $8,000,000 is avail-
able only for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation’s share
of short-term avoidable losses for state-supported rail services
authorized under section 403(b) of the Rail Passenger Service Act,
as amended.
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, $5,000,000, to be matched by the State of Rhode
Island or its designee on a dollar for dollar basis and to remain
available until expended: Provided, That as a condition of accepting
such funds, the Providence and Worcester (P&W) Railroad shall
enter into an agreement with the Secretary to reimburse Amtrak
and/or the Federal Railroad Administration, on a dollar for dollar
basis, up to the first $5,000,000 in damages resulting from any
H. R. 4556—12
legal action initiated by the P&W Railroad under its existing con-
tracts with Amtrak relating to the provision of vertical clearances
between Davisville and Central Falls in excess of those required
for present freight operations.
PENNSYLVANIA STATION REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT
For grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation,
$40,000,000, to remain available until expended, for engineering,
design and construction activities to enable the James A. Farley
Post Office in New York City to be used as a train station and
commercial center: Provided, That the Secretary may retain from
these funds such amounts as the Secretary shall deem appropriate
to undertake the environmental and historic preservation analyses
associated with this project: Provided further, That none of these
funds may be expended for construction activities (except for emer-
gency and short-term and related repairs and environmental res-
toration) until the participants have entered into
a binding
agreement satisfactory to the Secretary that contains financial and
related commitments from the participants sufficient to ensure
the completion of the project: Provided further, That no funds
provided under this head shall be available until authorized by
law.
FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal Transit
Administration’s programs authorized by the Federal Transit Act
and 23 U.S.C. chapter 1 in connection with these activities, includ-
ing hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized
by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $43,060,000.
FORMULA GRANTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of sections
9, 16(b)(2), and 18 of the Federal Transit Act, to remain available
until expended, $1,350,000,000: Provided, That no more than
$2,500,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for these
purposes: Provided further, That of the funds provided under this
head for formula grants no more than $710,000,000 may be used
for operating assistance under section 9(k)(2) of the Federal Transit
Act: Provided further, That of the funds provided under this head,
$16,000,000 shall be available for grants for the costs of planning,
delivery and temporary use of transit vehicles for special transpor-
tation needs of the XXVth Summer Olympiad and the Xth
Paralympiad for the Disabled, to be held in Atlanta, Georgia, of
which $5,600,000 shall be available for the Paralympic Games:
Provided further, That in allocating the funds designated in the
preceding proviso, the Secretary may make grants to any public
body the Secretary deems appropriate, and such grants shall not
be subject to any local share requirement or limitation on operating
assistance under this Act or the Federal Transit Act: Provided
further, That of the funds made available under this head,
$8,000,000 shall be transferred to the Federal Transit Administra-
tion’s Transit Planning and Research account and be administered
H. R. 4556—13
in accordance with section 26(b) of the Federal Transit Act, as
amended.
UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION CENTERS
For necessary expenses for university transportation centers
as authorized by section 11(b) of the Federal Transit Act, to remain
available until expended, $6,000,000.
TRANSIT PLANNING AND RESEARCH
For necessary expenses for transit planning and research as
authorized by section 26 of the Federal Transit Act, to remain
available until expended, $92,250,000.
TRUST FUND SHARE OF TRANSIT PROGRAMS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out section
21(a) of the Federal Transit Act, $1,150,000,000, to remain available
until expended and to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund:
Provided, That $1,150,000,000 shall be paid from the Mass Transit
Account of the Highway Trust Fund to the Federal Transit Adminis-
tration’s formula grants account.
DISCRETIONARY GRANTS
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
None of the funds in this Act shall be available for the
implementation or execution of programs the obligations for which
are in excess of $1,725,000,000 in fiscal year 1995 for grants under
the contract authority in section 21(b) of the Federal Transit Act:
Provided, That notwithstanding any provision of law, there shall
be available for fixed guideway modernization, $725,000,000; there
shall be available for the replacement, rehabilitation, and purchase
of buses and related equipment and the construction of bus-related
facilities, $353,330,000; and there shall be available for new fixed
guideway systems, $646,670,000, to be available as follows:
$24,000,000 for the South Boston Piers transitway project;
$25,000,000 for the Chicago central area circulator project;
$16,925,000 for the Dallas South Oak Cliff LRT project;
$2,500,000 for the DART North Central light rail extension
project;
$3,000,000 for the Dallas-Fort Worth RAILTRAN project;
$10,000,000 for the Florida Tri-County commuter rail
project;
$30,000,000 for the Houston Regional Bus Plan program;
$165,000,000 for the Los Angeles Metro Rail (MOS–3)
project;
$1,000,000 for the Miami Metrorail north corridor extension
project;
$107,000,000 for the New Jersey Urban Core project;
$10,000,000 for the New Orleans Canal Street Corridor
project;
H. R. 4556—14
$55,000,000 for the New York Queens Connection project;
$1,200,000 for the Cincinnati Northeast/Northern Kentucky
rail line project;
$5,000,000 for the Orange County Transitway project;
$10,000,000 for the Pittsburgh Busway projects;
$98,000,000 for the Portland Westside LRT project;
$5,000,000 for the Salt Lake City light rail project: Pro-
vided, That such funding may be made available for related
high-occupancy vehicle lane and intermodal corridor design
costs: Provided further, That notwithstanding the provisions
of Public Law 103–122, funds provided for the Salt Lake City
light rail project in that Act may be used for final design;
$20,150,000 for the San Francisco BART Extension/Tasman
corridor project;
$5,000,000 for the San Juan, Puerto Rico Tren Urbano
project;
$2,350,000 for the Seattle-Renton-Tacoma commuter rail
project;
$12,095,000 for the St. Louis Metro Link LRT project;
$3,000,000 for the Maryland Central Corridor LRT project;
$3,600,000 for the Boston, Massachusetts to Portland,
Maine Transportation Corridor Program;
$14,000,000 for the MARC Commuter Rail project;
$500,000 for the Tampa to Lakeland commuter rail project;
$5,000,000 for the Twin Cities central corridor project;
$2,500,000 for the Wisconsin central commuter project;
$2,500,000 for the Whitehall ferry terminal, New York,
New York.
$1,100,000 for the Boston metropolitan ‘‘Urban Ring’’
project;
$1,500,000 for the Burlington to Gloucester, New Jersey
line;
$750,000 for the New Bedford and Fall River, Massachu-
setts commuter rail extensions; and
$4,000,000 for the West Shore Line, New Jersey.
MASS TRANSIT CAPITAL FUND
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out section
21(b) of the Federal Transit Act, administered by the Federal Tran-
sit Administration, $1,500,000,000, to be derived from the Highway
Trust Fund and to remain available until expended.
INTERSTATE TRANSFER GRANTS—TRANSIT
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 23 U.S.C.
103(e)(4) related to transit projects, $48,030,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding the formula for
apportionment under 23 U.S.C. 103(e)(4)(J), of the amount made
available under this head, only $9,500,000 shall be available for
the substitute transit project approved under section 1045 of Public
Law 102–240.
H. R. 4556—15
WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section
14 of Public Law 96–184 and Public Law 101–551, $200,000,000,
to remain available until expended.
SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation is
hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits
of funds and borrowing authority available to the Corporation,
and in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commit-
ments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by
section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, as amend-
ed, 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 operation and maintenance of those
portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway operated and maintained
by 
the 
Saint 
Lawrence 
Seaway 
Development 
Corporation,
$10,251,000, 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, $26,238,000, of
which $185,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund,
and of which $2,468,000 shall remain available until September
30, 1997: Provided, That up to $1,000,000 in fees collected under
section 106(c)(11) of the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act,
as amended (49 U.S.C. App. 1805(c)(11)) shall be deposited in
the general fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, there
may be credited to this appropriation up to $1,000,000 in funds
received from user fees established to support the electronic tariff
filing system: Provided further, That there may be credited to
this appropriation funds received from user fees established to
defray the costs of obtaining, preparing, and publishing in automatic
data processing tape format the United States International Air
Travel Statistics data base published by the Department.
PIPELINE SAFETY
(PIPELINE SAFETY 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 section 5 of the Natural Gas Pipeline
Safety Act of 1968, as amended, and the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline
Safety Act of 1979, as amended, and to discharge the pipeline
program responsibilities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990,
$37,424,000; of which $2,432,500 shall be derived from the Oil
H. R. 4556—16
Spill Liability Trust Fund and shall remain available until Septem-
ber 30, 1997; and of which $34,991,500 shall be derived from
the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which $16,317,500 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 1997: Provided, That from amounts made
available herein from the Pipeline Safety Fund, not to exceed
$750,000 shall be available for grants to States for the development
and establishment of one-call notification systems.
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS
(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND)
For necessary expenses to carry out section 117A(i)(3)(B) of
the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, as amended, $400,000
to be derived from the Emergency Preparedness Fund, to remain
available until September 30, 1997: Provided, That not more than
$10,800,000 shall be made available for obligation in fiscal year
1995 from amounts made available by section 117A(h)(6)(B) and
(i) (1), (2) and (4) of the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act,
as amended: Provided further, That no such funds shall be made
available for obligation by individuals other than the Secretary
of Transportation, the Director of the National Institute of Environ-
mental Health Sciences, or their designees.
ALASKA PIPELINE TASK FORCE
(RESCISSION)
(OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 102–388, $544,000 are rescinded.
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector General
to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978,
as amended, $40,000,000: Provided, That of such amount, $180,000
shall be available for employment by the Inspector General of
independent legal counsel at the Department of Transportation.
TITLE II
RELATED AGENCIES
ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS
COMPLIANCE BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the Architectural and Transpor-
tation Barriers Compliance Board, as authorized by section 502
of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, $3,350,000: Provided,
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, there may be
credited to this appropriation funds received for publications and
training expenses.
H. R. 4556—17
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the National Transportation Safety
Board, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft;
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 a GS–
18; uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C.
5901–5902), $37,392,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 may be
used for official reception and representation expenses.
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and hire
of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b),
$30,302,000: Provided, That $8,300,000 in fees collected in fiscal
year 1995 by the Interstate Commerce Commission pursuant to
31 U.S.C. 9701 shall be made available to this appropriation in
fiscal year 1995.
PAYMENTS FOR DIRECTED RAIL SERVICE
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
None of the funds provided in this Act shall be available for
the execution of programs the obligations for which can reasonably
be expected to exceed $475,000 for directed rail service authorized
under 49 U.S.C. 11125 or any other Act.
PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION
PANAMA CANAL REVOLVING FUND
For administrative expenses of the Panama Canal Commission,
including not to exceed $11,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses of the Board; not to exceed $5,000 for official reception
and representation expenses of the Secretary; and not to exceed
$30,000 for official reception and representation expenses of the
Administrator, $50,030,000, to be derived from the Panama Canal
Revolving Fund: Provided, That none of these funds may be used
for the planning or execution of nonadministrative and capital
programs the obligations for which are in excess of $540,000,000
in fiscal year 1995: Provided further, That funds available to the
Panama Canal Commission shall be available for the purchase
of not to exceed forty-three passenger motor vehicles for replacement
only (including large heavy-duty vehicles used to transport Commis-
sion personnel across the Isthmus of Panama), the purchase price
of which shall not exceed $19,500 per vehicle.
WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY
INTEREST PAYMENTS AND REPAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL
For payment of obligations incurred pursuant to Public Law
96–184 and the Initial Bond Repayment Participation Agreement,
H. R. 4556—18
$664,666,667, to remain available until expended, which shall be
used only to repay principal to the Federal Financing Bank for
the Washington Metrorail construction loan; and in addition, such
amounts as are necessary for payment to the Federal Financing
Bank, of accrued interest and premium, if any, for such loan.
TITLE III
GENERAL PROVISIONS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
SEC. 301. During the current fiscal year applicable appropria-
tions 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 busi-
ness; and uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by law
(5 U.S.C. 5901–5902).
SEC. 302. Funds for the Panama Canal Commission may be
apportioned notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1341 to the extent necessary
to permit payment of such pay increases for officers or employees
as may be authorized by administrative action pursuant to law
that are not in excess of statutory increases granted for the same
period in corresponding rates of compensation for other employees
of the government in comparable positions.
SEC. 303. Funds appropriated under this Act for expenditures
by the Federal Aviation Administration shall be available (1) except
as otherwise authorized by the Act of September 30, 1950 (20
U.S.C. 236–244), for expenses of primary and secondary schooling
for dependents of Federal Aviation Administration personnel sta-
tioned outside the continental 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 provide 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 residence when the Secretary, under
such regulations as may be prescribed, determines that such schools
are not accessible by public means of transportation on a regular
basis.
SEC. 304. Appropriations contained in this Act for the Depart-
ment 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 for the Panama Canal Commission
may be expended unless in conformance with the Panama Canal
Treaties of 1977 and any law implementing those treaties.
SEC. 306. None of the funds in this Act shall be used for
the planning or execution of any program to pay the 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 appropriations, unless expressly
so provided herein.
H. R. 4556—19
SEC. 308. None of the funds in this Act shall be available
for the planning or implementation of any change in the current
Federal status of the Volpe National Transportation Systems Cen-
ter, and none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the
implementation of any change in the current Federal status of
the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center: Provided, That
the Secretary may plan for further development of the Volpe
National Transportation Systems Center and for other compatible
uses of the Center’s real property: Provided further, That any such
planning does not alter the Federal status of the Center’s research
and development operation: Provided further, That employment
at the Center shall not exceed 550 full-time equivalent staff years
in fiscal year 1995
SEC. 309. The expenditure of any appropriation under this
Act for any consulting service through procurement contract pursu-
ant 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 under existing law, or under existing Executive order
issued pursuant to existing law.
SEC. 310. (a) For fiscal year 1995 the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid high-
ways by allocation in the ratio which sums authorized to be
appropriated for Federal-aid highways that are apportioned or allo-
cated to each State for such fiscal year bear to the total of the
sums authorized to be appropriated for Federal-aid highways that
are apportioned or allocated to all the States for such fiscal year.
(b) During the period October 1 through December 31, 1994,
no State shall obligate more than 25 per centum of the amount
distributed to such State under subsection (a), and the total of
all State obligations during such period shall not exceed 15 per
centum of the total amount distributed to all States under such
subsection.
(c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), the Secretary
shall—
(1) provide all States with authority sufficient to prevent
lapses of sums authorized to be appropriated for Federal-aid
highways that have been apportioned to a State;
(2) after August 1, 1995, revise a distribution of the funds
made available under subsection (a) if a State will not obligate
the amount distributed during that fiscal year and redistribute
sufficient amounts to those States able to obligate amounts
in addition to those previously distributed during that fiscal
year giving priority to those States having large unobligated
balances of funds apportioned under sections 103(e)(4), 104,
and 144, of title 23, United States Code, and under sections
1013(c) and 1015 of Public Law 102–240;
(3) not distribute amounts authorized for administrative
expenses and funded from the administrative takedown author-
ized by section 104(a), title 23 U.S.C., the Federal lands high-
way program, the intelligent vehicle highway systems program,
and amounts made available under sections 1040, 1047, 1064,
6001, 6005, 6006, 6023, and 6024, of Public Law 102–240:
Provided, That amounts made available under section 6005
of Public Law 102–240 shall be subject to the obligation limita-
tion for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction
H. R. 4556—20
programs under the head ‘‘Federal-Aid Highways’’ in this Act;
and
(4) notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall with-
hold from initial distribution the fiscal year 1995 Federal-
aid highways obligation limitation set aside for Interstate
Construction Discretionary projects: Provided, That the Sec-
retary shall distribute only after August 1, 1995, such obligation
limitation withheld in accordance with this section to those
States receiving Interstate Construction Discretionary alloca-
tions.
(d) During the period October 1 through December 31, 1994,
the aggregate amount of obligations under section 157 of title
23, United States Code, for projects covered under section 147
of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978, section 9
of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981, sections 131(b), 131(j),
and 404 of Public Law 97–424, sections 1061, 1103 through 1108,
4008, and 6023(b)(8) and 6023(b)(10) of Public Law 102–240, and
for projects authorized by Public Law 99–500 and Public Law
100–17, shall not exceed $325,155,150.
(e) During the period August 2 through September 30, 1995,
the aggregate amount which may be obligated by all States pursu-
ant to paragraph (d) shall not exceed 2.5 percent of the aggregate
amount of funds apportioned or allocated to all States—
(1) under sections 104 and 144 of title 23, United States
Code, and 1013(c) and 1015 of Public Law 102–240, and
(2) for highway assistance projects under section 103(e)(4)
of title 23, United States Code,
which would not be obligated in fiscal year 1995 if the total amount
of the obligation limitation provided for such fiscal year in this
Act were utilized.
(f) Paragraph (e) shall not apply to any State which on or
after August 1, 1995, has the amount distributed to such State
under paragraph (a) for fiscal year 1995 reduced under paragraph
(c)(2).
SEC. 311. None of the funds in this Act shall be available
for salaries and expenses of more than one hundred and ten political
and Presidential appointees in the Department of Transportation:
Provided, That none of the personnel covered by this provision
may be assigned on temporary detail outside the Department of
Transportation.
SEC. 312. Not to exceed $850,000 of the funds provided in
this Act for the Department of Transportation shall be available
for the necessary expenses of advisory committees.
SEC. 313. The limitation on obligations for the programs of
the Federal Transit Administration shall not apply to any authority
under section 21 of the Federal Transit Act, previously made avail-
able for obligation, or to any other authority previously made avail-
able for obligation under the discretionary grants program.
SEC. 314. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to
implement section 404 of title 23, United States Code.
SEC. 314A. For the purpose of carrying out a demonstration
of the construction of highways in high priority corridors, authorized
by section 1105(f) of Public Law 102–240, there is hereby appro-
priated $6,000,000 for the Secretary to enter into an agreement
to make a loan or loans not to exceed $40,000,000 to the public
entity or entities with the statutory duty to construct such facilities:
Provided, That such loan or loans shall be repaid by direct repay-
H. R. 4556—21
ment no later than the fifth Federal fiscal year following the year
in which a loan was made. Funds made available by this section
shall not be subject to any limitation.
SEC. 315. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1995
pay raises for programs funded in this Act shall be absorbed within
the levels appropriated in this Act.
SEC. 316. None of the funds in this Act shall be available
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. 317. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, airports
may transfer, without consideration, to the Federal Aviation
Administration instrument landing systems (along with associated
approach lighting equipment and runway visual range equipment)
which conform to Federal Aviation Administration 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 Federal Aviation
Administration shall accept such equipment, which shall thereafter
be operated and maintained by the Federal Aviation Administration
in accordance with agency criteria.
SEC. 318. None of the funds in this Act shall be available
to award a multiyear contract for production end items that (1)
includes economic order quantity or long lead time material procure-
ment in excess of $10,000,000 in any one year of the contract
or (2) includes a cancellation charge greater than $10,000,000 which
at the time of obligation has not been appropriated to the limits
of the government’s liability or (3) includes a requirement that
permits performance under the contract during the second and
subsequent years of the contract without conditioning such perform-
ance upon the appropriation of funds: Provided, That this limitation
does not apply to a contract in which the Federal Government
incurs no financial liability from not buying additional systems,
subsystems, or components beyond the basic contract requirements.
SEC. 319. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be
made available for planning and executing a passenger manifest
program by the Department of Transportation that only applies
to United States flag carriers.
SEC. 320. None of the funds made available in this Act may
be used to implement, administer, or enforce the provisions of
section 1038(d) of Public Law 102–240.
SEC. 321. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and
except for fixed guideway modernization projects, funds made avail-
able by this Act under ‘‘Federal Transit Administration, Discre-
tionary grants’’ for projects specified in this Act or identified in
reports accompanying this Act not obligated by September 30, 1997,
shall be made available for other projects under section 3 of the
Federal Transit Act, as amended.
SEC. 322. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any
funds appropriated before October 1, 1993, under any section of
the Federal Transit Act, as amended, that remain available for
expenditure may be transferred to and administered under the
most recent appropriation heading for any such section.
SEC. 323. (a) Of the budgetary resources available to the
Department of Transportation (excluding the Maritime Administra-
tion) during fiscal year 1995, $65,120,000 are permanently canceled.
H. R. 4556—22
(b) The Secretary of Transportation shall allocate the amount
of budgetary resources canceled among the Department’s accounts
(excluding the Maritime Administration) available for procurement
and procurement-related expenses. Amounts available for procure-
ment and procurement-related expenses in each such account shall
be reduced by the amount allocated to such account.
(c) For the purposes of this section, the definition of ‘‘procure-
ment’’ includes all stages of the process of acquiring property or
services, beginning with the process of determining a need for
a product or services and ending with contract completion and
closeout, as specified in 41 U.S.C. 403(2).
SEC. 324. Of the funds appropriated in Public Law 103–122
for railroad-highway crossings projects, $20,000,000 shall be avail-
able for costs, not to exceed 80 percent, of a project to reduce
rail-highway conflicts on M–59 near Pontiac, Michigan, and a
project on Bristol Road near Flint, Michigan, including $500,000
which shall be made available to improve and upgrade Maple
Road at Bishop Airport, Michigan: Provided, That of the funds
appropriated in Public Law 94–387 for railroad-highway demonstra-
tion projects, $486,000 in unobligated balances shall be made avail-
able for the rail relocation project in Lafayette, Indiana.
SEC. 324A. For necessary expenses to carry out a pilot project
to provide direct financial assistance by contract, to a community
group incorporated for the purpose of protecting the scenic qualities
of a designated scenic byway, to demonstrate the effect of alter-
native highway designs on the scenic and historic qualities of a
scenic byway, a sum of $100,000: Provided, That such amount
be derived from moneys available for contract programs for a
national scenic byways study made available by Public Law 101–
164 (Federal Highway Administration Limitation on General
Operating Expenses) as further referenced by Conference Report
101–315 and not expended as of the date of this Act.
SEC. 325. None of the funds provided by this Act shall be
made available to any State, municipality or subdivision thereof
that diverts revenue generated by a public airport in violation
of the provisions of the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of
1982, as amended.
SEC. 326. None of the funds in this Act shall be available
to implement or enforce regulations that would result in the with-
drawal 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. None of the funds made available by this Act may
be obligated or expended to design, construct, erect, modify or
otherwise place any sign in any State relating to any speed limit,
distance, or other measurement on any highway if such sign estab-
lishes such speed limit, distance, or other measurement using the
metric system.
SEC. 327A. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, tolls
collected for motor vehicles on any bridge connecting the boroughs
of Brooklyn, New York, and Staten Island, New York, shall continue
to be collected for only those vehicles exiting from such bridge
in Staten Island.
H. R. 4556—23
SEC. 328. None of the funds provided by this Act shall be
made available for any airport development project, or projects,
proposed in any grant application submitted in accordance with
title V of Public Law 97–248 (96 Stat. 671; 49 U.S.C. App. 2201
et seq.) to any public agency, public authority, or public airport
that imposes a fee for any passenger enplaning at the airport
in any instance where the passenger did not pay for the air
transportation which resulted in such enplanement, including any
case in which the passenger obtained the ticket for the air transpor-
tation with a frequent flyer award coupon.
SEC. 329. None of the funds in this Act may be used to com-
pensate in excess of 335 technical staff years under the federally-
funded research and
development center contract between the
Federal Aviation Administration and the Center for Advanced Avia-
tion Systems Development during fiscal year 1995.
SEC. 329A. The Secretary of Transportation may enter into
grants, cooperative agreements, and other transactions 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 Assistance Act of 1992 and related legislation: Provided,
That the authority provided in this section may be exercised without
regard to section 3324 of title 31, United States Code.
SEC. 330. Funds provided in this Act for the Department of
Transportation working capital fund (WCF) shall be reduced by
$7,000,000, which limits fiscal year 1995 WCF obligational authority
for elements of the Department of Transportation funded in this
Act to no more than $93,000,000: Provided, That such reductions
from the budget request shall be allocated by the Department
of Transportation to each appropriations account in proportion to
the amount included from each account for the working capital
fund.
SEC. 331. Funds provided in this Act for bonuses and cash
awards for employees of the Department of Transportation shall
be reduced by $5,590,000, which limits fiscal year 1995 obligational
authority to no more than $25,922,000: Provided, That this provi-
sion shall be applied to funds for Senior Executive Service bonuses,
merit pay, and other bonuses and cash awards.
SEC. 332. Section 127(a) of title 23, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘With respect to
the State of Maryland, laws and regulations in effect on June
1, 1993, shall be applicable for the purposes of this subsection.’’.
SEC. 332A. The Federal Aviation Administration is directed
to install a Terminal Doppler Weather Radar at Charlotte, North
Carolina in fiscal year 1995, and to commission that radar no
later than December 31, 1995.
SEC. 333. Funds received by the Research and Special Programs
Administration from States, counties, municipalities, other public
authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for training
and for reports’ publication and dissemination may be credited
to the Research and Special Programs account.
SEC. 334. Funds received by the Federal Highway Administra-
tion, Federal Transit Administration, and Federal Railroad
Administration from States, counties, municipalities, other public
authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for training
may be credited respectively to the Federal Highway Administra-
H. R. 4556—24
tion’s ‘‘Limitation on General Operating Expenses’’ account, the
Federal Transit Administration’s ‘‘Transit Planning and Research’’
account, and to the Federal Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Railroad
Safety’’ account, except for State rail safety inspectors participating
in training pursuant to section 206 of the Federal Railroad Safety
Act of 1970.
SEC. 335. (a) Subsection (b) of section 1045 of the Intermodal
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 1994) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE.—
‘‘(1) GENERAL
RULE.—Upon approval of any substitute
project or projects under subsection (a)—
‘‘(A) the costs of construction of the eligible transitway
project for which such project or projects are substituted
shall not be eligible for funds authorized under section
108(b) of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956; and
‘‘(B) a sum equal to the amount that would have been
apportioned to the State of Wisconsin on October 1, 1994,
under section 104(b)(5)(A) of title 23, United States Code,
if the Secretary had not approved such project or projects
shall be available to the Secretary from the Highway Trust
Fund to incur obligations for the Federal share of the
costs of such substitute project or projects.
‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts made available under para-
graph (1)(B) shall be available for obligation on and after Octo-
ber 1, 1994. Amounts made available under paragraph (1)(B)
shall remain available until expended and shall be subject
to any limitation on obligations for Federal-aid highways estab-
lished by law.
‘‘(3) APPLICABILITY
OF
TITLE
U.S.C.— Amounts made
available under paragraph (1)(B) shall be available for obliga-
tion in the same manner as if such funds were apportioned
under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code; except that
the Federal share of the cost of any project carried out with
such funds shall be determined in accordance with section
103(e)(4)(D) of such title.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) SUBSECTION (c).—The second sentence of subsection (c)
of section 1045 of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘the author-
ity of section 103(e)(4) of title 23, United States Code,’’ and
inserting ‘‘section 21(a)(2) of the Federal Transit Act’’.
(2) SUBSECTION (d)(1).—Subsection (d)(1) of section 1045
of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘project for’’ and all that
follows through the period at the end thereof and inserting
‘‘transit project.’’.
(3) SUBSECTION (d).—Subsection (d) of section 1045 of such
Act is amended by striking paragraph (3) and by redesignating
paragraph (4) as paragraph (3).
(c) REDUCTION
OF
INTERSTATE
CONSTRUCTION
AUTHORIZA-
TION.—Section 108(b) of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 is
amended by striking ‘‘$1,800,000,000 for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1996’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,800,000,000, reduced by
the amount made available under section 1045(b)(1)(B) of the Inter-
modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 1996’’.