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That any such planning does not alter the Federal status
of the Center’s research and development operation.
SEC. 309. 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 is-
sued pursuant to existing law.
SEC. 310. (a) For fiscal year 1994 the Secretary of
Transportation shall distribute the obligation limitation
for Federal-aid highways by allocation in the ratio which
sums authorized to be appropriated for Federal-aid high-
ways that are apportioned or allocated to each State for
such fiscal year bear to the total of the sums authorized
to be appropriated for Federal-aid highways that are ap-
portioned or allocated to all the States for such fiscal year.
(b) During the period October 1 through December
31, 1993, 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 pe-
riod shall not exceed 15 per centum of the total amount
distributed to all States under such subsection.
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(c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), the Sec-
retary shall—
(1) provide all States with authority sufficient
to prevent lapses of sums authorized to be appro-
priated for Federal-aid highways that have been ap-
portioned to a State, except in those instances in
which a State indicates its intention to lapse sums
apportioned under section 104(b)(5)(A) of title 23,
United States Code;
(2) after August 1, 1994, revise a distribution
of the funds made available under subsection (a) if
a State will not obligate the amount distributed dur-
ing 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; and
(3) not distribute amounts authorized for ad-
ministrative expenses, the Federal lands highway
program, the intelligent vehicle highway systems
program, and amounts made available under sec-
tions 1040, 1047, 1064, 6001, 6006, 6023, and
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6024 of Public Law 102–240, and not more than
$1,107,124 $1,050,000 for section 5002 of Public
Law 102–240 and $458,629 for the National Com-
mission on Intermodal Transportation authorized by
section 5005 of Public Law 102–240, and $15,000,000
for administrative costs and allocation to States
under section 1302(d) of the Symms National Rec-
reational Trails Act of 1991. Amounts for section
5002 and section 5005 of Public Law 102–240 and
amounts for section 1302(d) of the Symms National
Recreational Trails Act of 1991 shall be deemed nec-
essary for administration under section 104(a) of title
23, United States Code; and
(4) Notwithstanding subsection (a) or any other
provision of law, the Secretary shall withhold from
initial distribution the fiscal year 1994 Federal-aid
highways obligation limitation set aside for Interstate
Construction Discretionary projects: Provided further,
That the Secretary shall distribute only after August
1, 1994, such obligation limitation withheld in ac-
cordance with this section to those States receiving
Interstate Discretionary allocations.
(d) Subject to paragraph (c)(2) of this section, a
State which after August 1 and on or before September
30 of fiscal year 1994 obligates the amount distributed
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to such State in that fiscal year under paragraphs (a) and
(c) of this section may obligate for Federal-aid highways
on or before September 30, 1994, an additional amount
not to exceed 5 percent of the aggregate amount of funds
apportioned or allocated to such State—
(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 sec-
tion 103(e)(4) of title 23, United States Code,
which are not obligated on the date such State completes
obligation of the amount so distributed.
(d)(1) During the period October 1 through December
31, 1993, 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 1109, 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 $302,551,350.
(2) The limitation on obligations for Federal-aid high-
ways for fiscal year 1994 shall apply, notwithstanding any
other provision of law, to obligations for priority corridor
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feasibility studies under section 1105(h) of Public Law
102–240; obligations for the Priority Corridor Revolving
Loan Fund under section 1105(i) of Public Law 102–240;
and obligations for the Applied Research and Technology
Program under section 307(e) of title 23, United States
Code.
(e) During the period August 2 through September
30, 1994, the aggregate amount which may be obligated
by all States pursuant to paragraph (e) 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 sec-
tion 103(e)(4) of title 23, United States Code,
which would not be obligated in fiscal year 1994 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, 1994, has the amount distributed
to such State under paragraph (a) for fiscal year 1994
reduced under paragraph (c)(2).
SEC. 311. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for salaries and expenses of more than one hundred
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and ten political and Presidential appointees in the De-
partment of Transportation: Provided, That none of the
personnel covered by this provision may be assigned on
temporary detail outside the Department of Transpor-
tation.
SEC. 312. Not to exceed $800,000 $1,500,000 of the
funds provided in this Act for the Department of Trans-
portation shall be available for the necessary expenses of
advisory committees.
SEC. 313. The limitation on obligations for the pro-
grams of the Federal Transit Administration shall not
apply to any authority under section 21 of the Federal
Transit Act, previously made available for obligation, or
to any other authority previously made available for obli-
gation under the Discretionary Grants program.
SEC. 314. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for the construction of, or any other costs related to,
the Central Automated Transit System (Downtown People
Mover) in Detroit, Michigan.
SEC. 315. None of the funds in this Act shall be used
to implement section 404 of title 23, United States Code.
SEC. 316. The Secretary of Transportation is author-
ized to transfer funds appropriated for any office of the
Office of the Secretary to any other office of the Office
of the Secretary: Provided, That no appropriation shall be
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increased or decreased by more than 12 per centum by
all such transfers: Provided further, That any such trans-
fer shall be submitted for approval to the House and Sen-
ate Committees on Appropriations.
SEC. 317. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal
year 1994 pay raises for programs funded in this Act shall
be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act.
SEC. 318. 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. 319. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, airports may transfer, without consideration, to the
Federal Aviation Administration instrument landing sys-
tems (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 pro-
gram or airport improvement program grant. The Federal
Aviation Administration shall accept such equipment,
which shall thereafter be operated and maintained by the