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Union Calendar No. 452
107TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5559
[Report No. 107–722] 
Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 7, 2002
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, 2003, 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, 2003, 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, 
$82,474,000, of which not to exceed $4,355,000 shall be 
available for the immediate Office of the Secretary and 
Deputy Secretary; not to exceed $14,950,000 shall be 
available for the Office of the General Counsel; not to ex-
ceed $12,024,000 shall be for the Under Secretary for 
Transportation Policy; not to exceed $7,415,000 shall be 
available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
Budget and Programs; not to exceed $2,453,000 shall be 
available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Gov-
ernment Affairs; not to exceed $27,686,000 shall be avail-
able for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Adminis-
tration; not to exceed $1,926,000 shall be available for the 
Office of Public Affairs; not to exceed $611,000 shall be 
available for the Board of Contract Appeals; not to exceed 
$1,304,000 shall be available for the Office of Small and 
Disadvantaged Business Utilization; not to exceed 
$9,750,000 shall be available for the Office of the Chief 
Information Officer: Provided, That not to exceed $60,000
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shall be for allocation within the Department for official 
reception and representation expenses as the Secretary 
may determine: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, excluding fees authorized in 
Public Law 107–71, there may be credited to this appro-
priation up to $2,500,000 in funds received in user fees: 
Provided further, That none of the funds provided in this 
Act shall be available for the position of Assistant Sec-
retary for Public Affairs.
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, $11,157,000.
TRANSPORTATION ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE CENTER 
Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital 
outlays of the Transportation Administrative Service Cen-
ter, not to exceed $131,766,000, 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
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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 
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
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available until September 30, 2004: Provided, That not-
withstanding 49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be used for 
business opportunities related to any mode of transpor-
tation. 
NEW HEADQUARTERS BUILDING 
For necessary expenses of customizing the Depart-
ment of Transportation’s new base building and related 
advisory services, $25,000,000 to remain available until 
expended.
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, $50,000,000, to remain 
available until expended.
TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
AVIATION SECURITY 
For necessary expenses of the Transportation Secu-
rity Administration related to providing civil aviation secu-
rity 
services 
pursuant 
to 
Public 
Law 
107–71, 
$4,355,726,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $176,691,200 shall be derived from a reimburse-
ment from ‘‘Federal Aviation Administration, Facilities 
and equipment,’’ for explosives detection systems: Pro-
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vided, That security service fees authorized under 49 
U.S.C. 44940 shall be credited to this appropriation as 
offsetting collections and used for providing civil aviation 
security services authorized by that section: Provided fur-
ther, That the sum herein appropriated from the General 
Fund shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis as such 
offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2003, 
so as to result in a final fiscal year appropriation from 
the General Fund estimated at not more than 
$1,705,726,000: Provided further, That none of the funds 
in this Act shall be used to recruit or hire personnel into 
the Transportation Security Administration which would 
cause the agency to exceed a staffing level of 45,000 full-
time permanent positions: Provided further, That funds 
provided in this Act for the Transportation Security Ad-
ministration’s Credentialing Project shall include funds to 
initiate pilot projects during fiscal year 2003 at locations 
on the East Coast and West Coast, to be determined by 
the Transportation Security Administration: Provided fur-
ther, That such pilot projects shall include the various 
technologies necessary for successful technology evaluation 
and development of requirements, including card, reader, 
and database technologies.
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tivities; and of which $25,000,000 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: Provided further, That of the amounts 
made available under this heading, not less than 
$17,686,000 shall be used solely to increase staffing at 
Search and Rescue stations, surf stations and command 
centers, increase the training and experience level of indi-
viduals serving in said stations through targeted retention 
efforts, revise personnel policies and expand training pro-
grams, and to modernize and improve the quantity and 
quality of personal safety equipment, including survival 
suits, for personnel assigned to said stations: Provided fur-
ther, That the Department of Transportation Inspector 
General shall audit and certify to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations that the funding described 
in the preceding proviso is being used solely to supplement 
and not supplant the Coast Guard’s level of effort in this 
area in fiscal year 2002.
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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, $725,000,000, of which $20,000,000 shall be de-
rived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which 
$11,715,000 shall be available to acquire, repair, renovate 
or improve vessels, small boats and related equipment, to 
remain available until September 30, 2007; $2,700,000 
shall be available to acquire new aircraft and increase 
aviation capability, to remain available until September 
30, 2005; $114,200,000 shall be available for other equip-
ment, to remain available until September 30, 2005; 
$31,385,000 shall be available for shore facilities and aids 
to navigation facilities, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2005; $65,000,000 shall be available for per-
sonnel compensation and benefits and related costs, to re-
main 
available 
until 
September 
30, 
2004; 
and 
$500,000,000 shall be available for the Integrated Deep-
water Systems program, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2007: Provided, That the Commandant of the 
Coast Guard is authorized to dispose of surplus real prop-
erty, by sale or lease, and the proceeds shall be credited 
to this appropriation as offsetting collections and made 
available only for the National Distress and Response Sys-
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tem Modernization program, to remain available for obli-
gation until September 30, 2004: Provided further, That 
upon initial submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 
2004 President’s budget, the Secretary of Transportation 
shall transmit to the Congress a comprehensive capital in-
vestment plan for the United States Coast Guard which 
includes funding for each budget line item for fiscal years 
2004 through 2008, with total funding for each year of 
the plan constrained to the funding targets for those years 
as estimated and approved by the Office of Management 
and Budget: Provided further, That the Director, Office 
of Management and Budget shall submit the budget re-
quest for the IDS integration contract delineating sub-
headings which include the following: systems integrator, 
ship construction, aircraft, equipment, and communica-
tion, providing specific assets and costs under each sub-
heading.
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, 
$17,000,000, to remain available until expended.
ALTERATION OF BRIDGES 
For necessary expenses for alteration or removal of 
obstructive bridges, $17,000,000, to remain available until
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expended: Provided, That funds for bridge alteration 
projects conducted pursuant to 33 U.S.C. 511 are avail-
able only to the extent that the steel, iron, and manufac-
tured products used in such projects are produced in the 
United States, unless contrary to law or international 
agreement, or unless the Commandant of the Coast Guard 
determines such action to be inconsistent with the public 
interest or the cost unreasonable.
RETIRED PAY 
For retired pay, including the payment of obligations 
therefor otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for 
this purpose, payments under the Retired Serviceman’s 
Family Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, payments 
for career status bonuses under the National Defense Au-
thorization Act, and for payments for medical care of re-
tired personnel and their dependents under the Depend-
ents Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), $889,000,000.
RESERVE TRAINING 
For all necessary expenses of the Coast Guard Re-
serve, as authorized by law; maintenance and operation 
of facilities; and supplies, equipment, and services, 
$86,522,000.
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
for applied scientific research, development, test, and eval-
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uation; maintenance, rehabilitation, lease and operation of 
facilities 
and 
equipment, 
as 
authorized 
by 
law, 
$21,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$3,500,000, shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability 
Trust Fund: Provided, That there may be credited to and 
used for the purposes of this appropriation funds received 
from State and local governments, other public authori-
ties, private sources, and foreign countries, for expenses 
incurred for research, development, testing, and evalua-
tion.
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration, not otherwise provided for, including oper-
ations and research activities related to commercial space 
transportation, administrative expenses for research and 
development, establishment of air navigation facilities, the 
operation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, 
subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold 
to the public, lease or purchase of passenger motor vehi-
cles for replacement only, in addition to amounts made 
available by Public Law 104–264, $7,060,203,000, of 
which $3,585,068,000 shall be derived from the Airport 
and Airway Trust Fund: Provided, That none of the funds 
in this Act shall be available for the Federal Aviation Ad-
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ministration to finalize or implement any regulation that 
would promulgate new aviation user fees not specifically 
authorized by law after the date of the enactment of this 
Act: Provided further, That there may be credited to this 
appropriation funds received from States, counties, mu-
nicipalities, foreign authorities, other public authorities, 
and private sources, for expenses incurred in the provision 
of agency services, including receipts for the maintenance 
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 appropriated under 
this heading, not less than $6,000,000 shall be for the 
contract tower cost-sharing program: Provided further, 
That funds may be used to enter into a grant agreement 
with a nonprofit standard-setting organization to assist in 
the development of aviation safety standards: Provided 
further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able 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: Provided fur-
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ther, That none of the funds in this Act may be obligated 
or expended to operate a manned auxiliary flight service 
station in the contiguous United States: Provided further, 
That none of the funds in this Act for aeronautical chart-
ing and cartography are available for activities conducted 
by, or coordinated through, the Transportation Adminis-
trative Service Center.
FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
for acquisition, establishment, and improvement by con-
tract or purchase, and hire of air navigation and experi-
mental facilities and equipment as authorized under part 
A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, including 
initial acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; en-
gineering and service testing, including construction of 
test facilities and acquisition of necessary sites by lease 
or grant; construction and furnishing of quarters and re-
lated accommodations for officers and employees of the 
Federal Aviation Administration stationed at remote local-
ities where such accommodations are not available; and 
the purchase, lease, or transfer of aircraft from funds 
available under this heading; to be derived from the Air-
port and Airway Trust Fund, $2,981,022,000; of which 
not to exceed $2,559,904,000 shall remain available until
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September 30, 2005, and of which not to exceed 
$421,118,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2003: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro-
priation funds received from States, counties, municipali-
ties, other public authorities, and private sources, for ex-
penses incurred in the establishment and modernization 
of air navigation facilities: Provided further, That upon ini-
tial submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2004 
President’s budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall 
transmit to the Congress a comprehensive capital invest-
ment plan for the Federal Aviation Administration which 
includes funding for each budget line item for fiscal years 
2004 through 2008, 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.
RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
for research, engineering, and development, as authorized 
under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States 
Code, including construction of experimental facilities and 
acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant, 
$138,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway 
Trust Fund and to remain available until September 30,
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2005: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro-
priation funds received from States, counties, municipali-
ties, other public authorities, and private sources, for ex-
penses incurred for research, engineering, and develop-
ment.
GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in-
aid for airport planning and development, and noise com-
patibility planning and programs as authorized under sub-
chapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 
of title 49, United States Code, and under other law au-
thorizing such obligations; for procurement, installation, 
and commissioning of runway incursion prevention devices 
and systems at airports of such title; and for inspection 
activities and administration of airport safety programs, 
including those related to airport operating certificates 
under 49 U.S.C. 44706, $3,100,000,000, to be derived 
from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds 
under this heading shall be available for the planning or 
execution of programs the obligations for which are in ex-
cess of $3,400,000,000 in fiscal year 2003, notwith-
standing 49 U.S.C. 47117(h): Provided further, That not-
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withstanding any other provision of law, not more than 
$62,820,000 of funds limited under this heading shall be 
obligated for administration. 
SMALL COMMUNITY AIR SERVICE DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Small Com-
munity Air Service Development Pilot Program pursuant 
to 49 U.S.C. 41743, $20,000,000, to remain available 
until expended.
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Necessary expenses for administration and operation 
of the Federal Highway Administration, not to exceed 
$370,042,000 shall be paid in accordance with law from 
appropriations made available by this Act to the Federal 
Highway Administration together with advances and reim-
bursements received by the Federal Highway Administra-
tion.
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
None of the funds in this Act shall be available for 
the implementation or execution of programs, the obliga-
tions for which are in excess of $27,653,143,000 for Fed-
eral-aid highways and highway safety construction pro-
grams for fiscal year 2003: Provided, That within the 
$27,653,143,000 obligation limitation on Federal-aid
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highways and highway safety construction programs, not 
more than $462,500,000 shall be available for the imple-
mentation or execution of programs for transportation re-
search (sections 502, 503, 504, 506, 507, and 508 of title 
23, United States Code, as amended; section 5505 of title 
49, Unites States Code, as amended; and sections 5112 
and 5204–5209 of Public Law 105–178) for fiscal year 
2003: Provided further, That this limitation on transpor-
tation research programs shall not apply to any authority 
previously made available for obligation.
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For carrying out the provisions of title 23, United 
States Code, that are attributable to Federal-aid high-
ways, including the National Scenic and Recreational 
Highway as authorized by 23 U.S.C. 148, not otherwise 
provided, including reimbursement for sums expended 
pursuant 
to 
the 
provisions 
of 
U.S.C. 
308, 
$30,000,000,000 or so much thereof as may be available 
in and derived from the Highway Trust Fund, to remain 
available until expended.
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances made available under 
Public Law 103–331, Public Law 102–388, Public Law 
102–240, Public Law 102–143, Public Law 101–516,
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Public Law 97–424, Public Law 101–164, Public Law 
100–17, and Public Law 95–599, $5,609,337 is rescinded. 
APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAY SYSTEM 
For necessary expenses for the Appalachian Develop-
ment Highway System as authorized under section 
1069(y) 
of 
Public 
Law 
102–240, 
as 
amended, 
$100,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
EMERGENCY RELIEF 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For the ‘‘Emergency Relief Program,’’ as authorized 
by 23 U.S.C. 125, for emergency expenses to respond to 
natural disasters or catastrophic failures from external 
causes, $55,000,000, to be derived from the Highway 
Trust Fund and to remain available until expended.
FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY 
ADMINISTRATION 
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for administration of motor 
carrier safety programs and motor carrier safety research, 
pursuant to section 104(a)(1)(B) of title 23, United States 
Code, not to exceed $92,857,000 shall be paid in accord-
ance with law from appropriations made available by this 
Act and from any available takedown balances to the Fed-
eral Motor Carrier Safety Administration, together with
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advances and reimbursements received by the Administra-
tion and $24,587,000 in budget authority to be derived 
from the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That such 
amounts shall be available to carry out the functions and 
operations of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Adminis-
tration.
NATIONAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY PROGRAM 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
49 U.S.C. 31102, 31106 and 31309, $190,000,000, 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 ex-
cess of $190,000,000 for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Grants’’, 
and ‘‘Information Systems’’.
BORDER ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
To continue the Border Enforcement Program under 
section 350 of the Department of Transportation and Re-
lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002, $59,967,000, to 
be derived from the Highway Trust Fund, for necessary 
expenses.
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NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY 
ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of 
the Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety 
under chapter 301 of title 49, United States Code, and 
part C of subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code 
$131,433,000, of which $98,161,131 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2005: Provided, That none of the 
funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated or ex-
pended to plan, finalize, or implement any rulemaking to 
add to section 575.104 of title 49 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations any requirement pertaining to a grading 
standard that is different from the three grading stand-
ards (treadwear, traction, and temperature resistance) al-
ready in effect.
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 403, to remain available until 
expended, $72,000,000, to be derived from the Highway 
Trust Fund; Provided, That none of the funds in this Act 
shall be available for the planning or execution of pro-
grams the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 2003,
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are in excess of $72,000,000 for programs authorized 
under 23 U.S.C. 403.
NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of 
the Secretary with respect to the National Driver Register 
under chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code, 
$2,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund, 
and to remain available until expended.
HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, and 410, to remain 
available until expended, $225,000,000, to be derived from 
the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That none of the 
funds in this Act shall be available for the planning or 
execution of programs the total obligations for which, in 
fiscal year 2003, are in excess of $225,000,000 for pro-
grams authorized under 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, and 410, of 
which $165,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Highway Safety Pro-
grams’’ under 23 U.S.C. 402, $20,000,000 shall be for 
‘‘Occupant Protection Incentive Grants’’ under 23 U.S.C. 
405, and $40,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Alcohol-Impaired 
Driving Countermeasures Grants’’ under 23 U.S.C. 410:
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Provided further, That none of these funds shall be used 
for construction, rehabilitation, or remodeling costs, or for 
office furnishings and fixtures for State, local, or private 
buildings or structures: Provided further, That not to ex-
ceed $8,150,000 of the funds made available for section 
402, not to exceed $1,000,000 of the funds made available 
for section 405, and not to exceed $2,000,000 of the funds 
made available for section 410 shall be available to 
NHTSA for administering highway safety grants under 
chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $500,000 of the funds made available 
for section 410 ‘‘Alcohol-Impaired Driving Counter-
measures Grants’’ shall be available for technical assist-
ance to the States.
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION 
SAFETY AND OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Ad-
ministration, not otherwise provided for, $117,363,000, of 
which $6,636,000 shall remain available until expended.
RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for railroad research and de-
velopment, $27,325,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
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RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT 
PROGRAM 
The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to 
issue to the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obli-
gations pursuant to section 512 of the Railroad Revitaliza-
tion and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–
210), as amended, in such amounts and at such times as 
may be necessary to pay any amounts required pursuant 
to the guarantee of the principal amount of obligations 
under sections 511 through 513 of such Act, such author-
ity to exist as long as any such guaranteed obligation is 
outstanding: Provided, That pursuant to section 502 of 
such Act, as amended, no new direct loans or loan guar-
antee commitments shall be made using Federal funds for 
the credit risk premium during fiscal year 2003.
NEXT GENERATION HIGH-SPEED RAIL 
For necessary expenses for the Next Generation 
High-Speed Rail program as authorized under 49 U.S.C. 
26101 and 26102, $30,450,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER 
CORPORATION 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 
grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, 
$762,476,000, to remain available until expended, includ-
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ing $521,476,000 for quarterly grants for operating ex-
penses of which not to exceed $150,000,000 shall be uti-
lized for the support of long distance trains, and 
$241,000,000 for quarterly grants for general capital im-
provements: Provided, That within 60 days of enactment 
of a final Department of Transportation and Related 
Agencies Appropriations bill for fiscal year 2003 but not 
later than February 15, 2003, Amtrak shall transmit to 
the Secretary of Transportation and the House and Sen-
ate Committees on Appropriations a work plan for 
projects to be funded in fiscal year 2003 under section 
24104(a) of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, 
That the work plan shall include a description of the work 
to be funded, along with cost estimates and an estimated 
timetable for completion of the projects covered by this 
work plan: Provided further, That not later than January 
1, 2003, April 1, 2003, July 1, 2003, and September 30, 
2003, Amtrak shall submit to the Secretary of Transpor-
tation and the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations a supplemental quarterly report regarding the 
work plan, which shall describe the work completed to 
date, any changes to the work plan, and reasons for such 
changes. The quarterly report shall also include an amend-
ed work plan to reflect any such changes: Provided further, 
That none of the funds in this Act may be used for oper-
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ating expenses and capital projects, excluding payments 
made on October 1, 2002, not on the National Railroad 
Passenger Corporation’s fiscal year 2003 operating and 
capital work plan: Provided further, That none of the 
funds under this heading may be obligated or expended 
until the National Railroad Passenger Corporation agrees 
to continue abiding by the provisions of paragraphs 1, 2, 
3, 5, 9, and 11 of the summary of conditions for the direct 
loan agreement of June 28, 2002, in the same manner 
as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act.
FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal 
Transit Administration’s programs authorized by chapter 
53 of title 49, United States Code, $14,600,000: Provided, 
That no more than $73,000,000 of budget authority shall 
be available for these purposes: Provided further, That of 
the funds in this Act available for the execution of con-
tracts under section 5327(c) of title 49, United States 
Code, $2,000,000 shall be reimbursed to the Department 
of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General for costs 
associated with audits and investigations of transit-related 
issues, including reviews of new fixed guideway systems: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $2,600,000 for the 
National transit database shall remain available until ex-
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pended: Provided further, That upon submission to the 
Congress of the fiscal year 2004 President’s budget, the 
Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to Congress 
the annual report on new starts, proposed allocations of 
funds for fiscal year 2004: Provided further, That the 
amount herein appropriated shall be reduced by $100,000 
per day for each day after initial submission of the Presi-
dent’s budget that the report has not been submitted to 
the Congress.
FORMULA GRANTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5307, 
5308, 5310, 5311, 5327, and section 3038 of Public Law 
105–178, $767,800,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That no more than $3,839,000,000 of 
budget authority shall be available for these purposes: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding section 3008 of Public 
Law 105–178, $50,000,000 of the funds to carry out 49 
U.S.C. 5308 shall be transferred to and merged with fund-
ing provide for the replacement, rehabilitation, and pur-
chase of buses and related equipment and the construction 
of bus-related facilities under ‘‘Federal Transit Adminis-
tration, Capital investment grants’’.
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UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5505, 
$1,200,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That no more than $6,000,000 of budget authority shall 
be available for these purposes.
TRANSIT PLANNING AND RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5303, 
5304, 5305, 5311(b)(2), 5312, 5313(a), 5314, 5315, and 
5322, $24,200,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That no more than $122,000,000 of budget au-
thority shall be available for these purposes: Provided fur-
ther, That $5,250,000 is available to provide rural trans-
portation assistance (49 U.S.C. 5311(b)(2)), $4,000,000 
is available to carry out programs under the National 
Transit Institute (49 U.S.C. 5315), $8,250,000 is avail-
able to carry out transit cooperative research programs 
(49 U.S.C. 5313(a)), $60,385,600 is available for metro-
politan planning (49 U.S.C. 5303, 5304, and 5305), 
$12,614,400 is available for State planning (49 U.S.C. 
5313(b)); and $31,500,000 is available for the national 
planning and research program (49 U.S.C. 5314).
TRUST FUND SHARE OF EXPENSES 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
49 U.S.C. 5303–5308, 5310–5315, 5317(b), 5322, 5327,
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5334, 5505, and sections 3037 and 3038 of Public Law 
105–178, $5,781,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, and to be derived from the Mass Transit Account 
of 
the 
Highway 
Trust 
Fund: 
Provided, 
That 
$3,071,200,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Ad-
ministration’s formula grants account: Provided further, 
That $97,800,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Ad-
ministration’s transit planning and research account: Pro-
vided further, That $58,400,000 shall be paid to the Fed-
eral Transit Administration’s administrative expenses ac-
count: Provided further, That $4,800,000 shall be paid to 
the Federal Transit Administration’s university transpor-
tation 
research 
account: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
$120,000,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Admin-
istration’s job access and reverse commute grants pro-
gram: Provided further, That $2,428,800,000 shall be paid 
to the Federal Transit Administration’s capital investment 
grants account.
CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5308, 
5309, 5318, and 5327, $607,200,000, to remain available 
until 
expended: 
Provided, 
That 
no 
more 
than 
$3,036,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for 
these purposes: Provided further, That there shall be avail-
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able for fixed guideway modernization, $1,214,400,000; 
there shall be available for the replacement, rehabilitation, 
and purchase of buses and related equipment and the con-
struction of bus facilities, $607,200,000, which shall in-
clude $50,000,000 made available under 5309(m)(3)(C) 
of this title, plus $50,000,000 transferred from ‘‘Federal 
Transit Administration, Formula Grants’’; and there shall 
be available for new starts $1,214,400,000, together with 
$2,883,828 of the funds made available under ‘‘Federal 
Transit Administration, Capital investment grants’’ in 
Public Law 105–66, together with $8,116,030 of the 
funds made available under ‘‘Federal Transit Administra-
tion, Capital investment grants’’ in Public Law 105–277, 
together with $12,437,113 of the funds made available 
under ‘‘Federal Transit Administration, Capital invest-
ment grants’’ in Public Law 106–69; to be available as 
follows: 
Alaska/Hawaii ferries, $10,296,000; 
Atlanta, GA, North Springs (North Line Exten-
sion), $16,110,000; 
Baltimore, MD, Central LRT Double Tracking 
Project, $10,500,000; 
Boston, MA, South Boston Piers Transitway, 
$681,824;
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Charlotte, NC, South Corridor Light Rail Tran-
sit Project, $14,000,000; 
Chicago, IL, Douglas Branch Reconstruction, 
$55,000,000; 
Chicago, IL, North Central Corridor Commuter 
Rail, $20,000,000; 
Chicago, 
IL, 
Ravenswood 
Reconstruction, 
$4,000,000; 
Chicago, IL, South West Corridor Commuter 
Rail, $20,000,000; 
Chicago, IL, Union Pacific West Line Exten-
sion, $12,000,000; 
Cleveland, OH, Euclid Corridor Transportation 
project, $4,000,000; 
Dallas, TX, North Central Light Rail Exten-
sion, $70,000,000; 
Denver, 
CO 
Southeast 
Corridor 
LRT, 
$70,000,000; 
Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Tri-County Commuter Rail 
Upgrades, $39,689,213; 
Little Rock, AR, River Rail Streetcar Project, 
$700,000; 
Los Angeles, CA, Eastside Corridor LRT, 
$8,200,000;
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Los Angeles, CA, North Hollywood Red Line, 
$40,485,912; 
Lowell, MA–Nashua, NH, Commuter Rail Ex-
tension, $5,000,000; 
Maryland, MARC Commuter Rail Improve-
ments, $11,500,000; 
Memphis, TN, Medical Center Rail Extension, 
$15,610,000; 
Minneapolis, MN, Hiawatha Corridor LRT, 
$60,000,000; 
Minneapolis, MN, Northstar Corridor Com-
muter Rail, $7,000,000; 
Nashville, TN, East Corridor Commuter Rail, 
$6,000,000; 
New Jersey, Hudson-Bergen Light Rail—
MOS1, $19,200,000; 
New Jersey, Hudson-Bergen Light Rail—
MOS2, $50,000,000; 
New Orleans, LA, Canal Street Streetcar, 
$22,000,000; 
New Orleans, LA, Desire Corridor, $1,200,000; 
New York, NY, Long Island Rail Road, East 
Side Access Project, $15,000,000; 
New York, NY, Second Avenue Subway, 
$4,000,000;
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Newark-Elizabeth, NJ, Rail Link, $60,000,000; 
Northern Indiana, South Shore Commuter Rail 
project, $3,000,000; 
Oceanside-Escondido, 
CA, 
Rail 
Corridor, 
$15,000,000; 
Orange County, CA, Centerline Light Rail 
Project, $1,800,000; 
Phoenix, AZ, Central Phoenix/East Valley 
Light Rail, $18,000,000; 
Pittsburgh, PA, North Shore Connector LRT, 
$7,025,000; 
Pittsburgh, PA, Stage II LRT Reconstruction, 
$26,250,000; 
Portland, OR, Interstate MAX LRT Extension, 
$70,000,000; 
Puget Sound, WA, Sounder Commuter Rail, 
$5,000,000; 
Raleigh, NC, Phase I Regional Rail Project, 
$5,000,000; 
Salt Lake City, UT, CBD to University LRT, 
$68,760,000; 
Salt Lake City, UT, Medical Center Extension, 
$20,000,000; 
Salt Lake City, UT, North-South LRT, 
$718,006;
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San Diego, CA, Mission Valley East LRT Ex-
tension, $65,000,000; 
San Francisco, CA, BART Extension to San 
Francisco Airport, $100,000,000; 
San Francisco, CA, Third Street Light Rail 
Project, phase II, $1,750,000; 
San Jose, CA, Silicon Valley Rapid Transit 
Corridor Project, $250,000; 
San Juan, PR, Tren Urbano, $59,740,000; 
St. Louis, MO, Metrolink St. Clair Extension, 
$3,368,422; 
Washington 
D.C./MD, 
Largo 
Extension, 
$60,000,000; and 
Washington, D.C., Dulles Corridor Rapid Tran-
sit Project, $35,000,000.
JOB ACCESS AND REVERSE COMMUTE GRANTS 
Notwithstanding Public Law 105–178, as amended, 
for necessary expenses to carry out section 3037 of the 
Federal Transit Act of 1998, $30,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That no more than 
$150,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for 
these purposes: Provided further, That up to $300,000 of 
the funds provided under this heading may be used by the 
Federal Transit Administration for technical assistance
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and support and performance reviews of the Job Access 
and Reverse Commute Grants program. 
SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT 
CORPORATION 
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora-
tion is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, with-
in the limits of funds and borrowing authority available 
to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make 
such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal 
year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern-
ment Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be 
necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the 
Corporation’s budget for the current fiscal year.
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 
(HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses for operations and mainte-
nance of those portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway op-
erated and maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway De-
velopment Corporation, $15,486,000, to be derived from 
the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public 
Law 99–662.
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RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS 
ADMINISTRATION 
RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS 
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of 
the Research and Special Programs Administration, 
$40,677,000, of which $645,000 shall be derived from the 
Pipeline Safety Fund, and of which $3,250,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2005: Provided, That 
up to $1,200,000 in fees collected under 49 U.S.C. 
5108(g) shall be deposited in the general fund of the 
Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided further, That 
there may be credited to this appropriation, to be available 
until expended, funds received from States, counties, mu-
nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources 
for expenses incurred for training, for reports publication 
and dissemination, and for travel expenses incurred in per-
formance of hazardous materials exemptions and approv-
als functions.
PIPELINE SAFETY 
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND) 
(OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND) 
For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of 
the pipeline safety program, for grants-in-aid to carry out 
a pipeline safety program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 
60107, and to discharge the pipeline program responsibil-
ities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $58,697,000, of
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which $7,472,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li-
ability Trust Fund and shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2005; of which $51,225,000 shall be derived 
from the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which $22,786,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2005.
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS 
(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND) 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 
5127(c), $200,000, to be derived from the Emergency 
Preparedness Fund, to remain available until September 
30, 2005: Provided, That not more than $14,300,000 shall 
be made available for obligation in fiscal year 2003 from 
amounts made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i), 5127(c), 
and 5127(d): Provided further, That none of the funds 
made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i), 5127(c), and 
5127(d) shall be made available for obligation by individ-
uals other than the Secretary of Transportation, or his 
designee.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General to carry out the provisions of the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978, as amended, $57,421,000: Provided, 
That the Inspector General shall have all necessary au-
thority, in carrying out the duties specified in the Inspec-
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tor General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3) to inves-
tigate allegations of fraud, including false statements to 
the government (18 U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity 
that is subject to regulation by the Department: Provided 
further, That the funds made available under this heading 
shall be used to investigate, pursuant to section 41712 of 
title 49, United States Code: (1) unfair or deceptive prac-
tices and unfair methods of competition by domestic and 
foreign air carriers and ticket agents; and (2) the compli-
ance of domestic and foreign air carriers with respect to 
item (1) of this proviso.
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Surface Transpor-
tation Board, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, $19,450,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, not to exceed $1,000,000 from fees 
established by the Chairman of the Surface Transpor-
tation Board shall be credited to this appropriation as off-
setting collections and used for necessary and authorized 
expenses under this heading: Provided further, That the 
sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be 
reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting col-
lections are received during fiscal year 2003, to result in
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a final appropriation from the general fund estimated at 
no more than $18,450,000. 
TITLE II 
RELATED AGENCIES 
ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION 
BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Architectural and 
Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, as authorized 
by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as 
amended $5,194,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, there may be credited to this 
appropriation funds received for publications and training 
expenses. 
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Transpor-
tation Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles and aircraft; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
1309, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per 
diem rate equivalent to the rate for a GS–15; uniforms, 
or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 
5901–5902) $71,270,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 
may be used for official reception and representation ex-
penses.
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TITLE III 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 301. During the current fiscal year applicable 
appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall 
be available for maintenance and operation of aircraft; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of 
liability insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign 
countries on official department business; and uniforms, 
or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 
5901–5902). 
SEC. 302. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
year 2003 pay raises for programs funded in this Act shall 
be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act or 
previous appropriations Acts. 
SEC. 303. Appropriations contained in this Act for 
the Department of Transportation shall be available for 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for 
individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to 
the rate for an Executive Level IV. 
SEC. 304. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for salaries and expenses of more than 107 political 
and Presidential appointees in the Department of Trans-
portation: Provided, That none of the personnel covered 
by this provision or political and Presidential appointees
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in an independent agency funded in this Act may be as-
signed on temporary detail outside the Department of 
Transportation or such independent agency. 
SEC. 305. 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. 306. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria-
tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 307. The expenditure of any appropriation 
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United 
States Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such 
expenditures are a matter of public record and available 
for public inspection, except where otherwise provided 
under existing law, or under existing Executive order 
issued pursuant to existing law. 
SEC. 308. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
to implement section 404 of title 23, United States Code. 
SEC. 309. The limitations on obligations for the pro-
grams of the Federal Transit Administration shall not 
apply to any authority under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously
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made available for obligation, or to any other authority 
previously made available for obligation. 
SEC. 310. (a) No recipient of funds made available 
in this Act shall disseminate personal information (as de-
fined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(3)) obtained by a State depart-
ment of motor vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle 
record as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1), except as provided 
in 18 U.S.C. 2721 for a use permitted under 18 U.S.C. 
2721. 
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall not withhold funds provided in this Act for any 
grantee if a State is in noncompliance with this provision. 
SEC. 311. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able to plan, finalize, or implement regulations that would 
establish a vessel traffic safety fairway less than five miles 
wide between the Santa Barbara Traffic Separation 
Scheme and the San Francisco Traffic Separation 
Scheme. 
SEC. 312. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, airports may transfer, without consideration, to the 
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) instrument land-
ing systems (along with associated approach lighting 
equipment and runway visual range equipment) which 
conform to FAA design and performance specifications, 
the purchase of which was assisted by a Federal airport-
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aid program, airport development aid program or airport 
improvement program grant: Provided, That, the Federal 
Aviation Administration shall accept such equipment, 
which shall thereafter be operated and maintained by FAA 
in accordance with agency criteria. 
SEC. 313. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, and except for fixed guideway modernization projects, 
funds made available by this Act under ‘‘Federal Transit 
Administration, Capital investment grants’’ for projects 
specified in this Act or identified in reports accompanying 
this Act not obligated by September 30, 2005, and other 
recoveries, shall be made available for other projects under 
49 U.S.C. 5309. 
SEC. 314. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, any funds appropriated before October 1, 2002, under 
any section of chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, 
that remain available for expenditure may be transferred 
to and administered under the most recent appropriation 
heading for any such section. 
SEC. 315. None of the funds in this Act may be used 
to compensate in excess of 350 technical staff-years under 
the federally funded research and development center con-
tract between the Federal Aviation Administration and the 
Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development dur-
ing fiscal year 2003.
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SEC. 316. Funds received by the Federal Highway 
Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and Fed-
eral Railroad Administration from States, counties, mu-
nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources 
for expenses incurred for training may be credited respec-
tively to the Federal Highway Administration’s ‘‘Federal-
Aid Highways’’ account, the Federal Transit Administra-
tion’s ‘‘Transit Planning and Research’’ account, and to 
the Federal Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Oper-
ations’’ account, except for State rail safety inspectors 
participating in training pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 20105. 
SEC. 317. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re-
ceived by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the 
sale of data products, for necessary expenses incurred pur-
suant to 49 U.S.C. 111 may be credited to the Federal-
aid highways account for the purpose of reimbursing the 
Bureau for such expenses: Provided, That such funds shall 
be subject to the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 
highways and highway safety construction. 
SEC. 318. None of the funds in this Act shall, in the 
absence of express authorization by Congress, be used di-
rectly or indirectly to pay for any personal service, adver-
tisement, telegraph, telephone, letter, printed or written 
material, radio, television, video presentation, electronic 
communications, or other device, intended or designed to
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influence in any manner a Member of Congress or of a 
State legislature to favor or oppose by vote or otherwise, 
any legislation or appropriation by Congress or a State 
legislature after the introduction of any bill or resolution 
in Congress proposing such legislation or appropriation, 
or after the introduction of any bill or resolution in a State 
legislature proposing such legislation or appropriation: 
Provided, That this shall not prevent officers or employees 
of the Department of Transportation or related agencies 
funded in this Act from communicating to Members of 
Congress or to Congress, on the request of any Member, 
or to members of a State legislature, or to a State legisla-
ture, through the proper official channels, requests for leg-
islation or appropriations which they deem necessary for 
the efficient conduct of business. 
SEC. 319. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, rule or regulation, the Secretary of Transportation 
is authorized to allow the issuer of any preferred stock 
heretofore sold to the Department to redeem or repur-
chase such stock upon the payment to the Department of 
an amount determined by the Secretary. 
SEC. 320. None of the funds in this Act may be used 
to make a grant unless the Secretary of Transportation 
notifies the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions not less than 3 full business days before any discre-
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tionary grant award, letter of intent, or full funding grant 
agreement totaling $1,000,000 or more is announced by 
the department or its modal administrations from: (1) any 
discretionary grant program of the Federal Highway Ad-
ministration other than the emergency relief program; (2) 
the airport improvement program of the Federal Aviation 
Administration; (3) any program of the Federal Transit 
Administration other than the formula grants and fixed 
guideway modernization programs; or (4) any port secu-
rity grants of the Transportation Security Administration: 
Provided, That no notification shall involve funds that are 
not available for obligation. 
SEC. 321. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act shall be available for the design or construction 
of a light rail system in Houston, Texas. 
(b) Notwithstanding (a), amounts made available in 
this Act or previous Acts under the heading ‘‘Federal 
Transit Administration, Capital investment grants’’ for a 
Houston, Texas, Metro advanced transit plan project shall 
be available for obligation or expenditure subject to the 
following conditions: 
(1) Sufficient amounts shall be used for major 
investment studies in 4 major corridors. 
(2) The Texas Department of Transportation 
shall review and comment on the findings of the
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Manahattan Avenue from West 110th Street to 
West 125th Street, New York City’’; 
(E) item number 1108 is amended by 
striking ‘‘Construct’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘Brownsville’’ and inserting ‘‘Con-
struct west Rail Project in or near Brownsville, 
including a new railroad international bridge 
crossing over the Rio Grande River’’; 
(F) item number 1269 (112 Stat. 303) is 
amended by striking ‘‘Implement’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘system’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing ‘‘Bronx, NY Center Transportation 
Project’’; 
(G) item number 933 (112 Stat. 291) is 
amended by striking ‘‘Redesign’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘City’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing ‘‘Design, construction and related en-
hancement of the Grand Concourse between E. 
161st St. and E. 166th St., New York City’’; 
(H) item number 75 (112 Stat. 259) is 
amended by striking ‘‘Construct’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘Route’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing ‘‘Bronx, NY River Greenway’’; and 
(I) item number 1735 (112 Stat. 320) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘, including Type II noise
Union Calendar No. 452
107TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5559
[Report No. 107–722] 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for the Department of 
Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2003, and for other 
purposes. 
OCTOBER 7, 2002
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on 
the State of the Union and ordered to be printed