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1997, to result in a final fiscal year 1997 appropriation from the
general fund estimated at not more than $3,182,500,000: Provided
further, That the only additional user fees authorized as offsetting
collections are fees for services provided to aircraft that neither
take off from, nor land in, the United States: Provided further,
That there may be credited to this appropriation, funds received
from States, counties, municipalities, foreign authorities, other pub-
lic 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 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 available for new applicants for the second career training
program: 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 further, 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 derived from the Airport
and Airway Trust Fund may be used to support the operations
and activities of the Associate Administrator for Commercial Space
Transportation.
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 under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United
States Code, including initial acquisition of necessary 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 accommoda-
tions for officers and employees of the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion 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, $1,790,000,000, of which $1,573,000,000
shall remain available until September 30, 1999, and of which
$217,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 1997: Pro-
vided, That there may be credited to this appropriation funds
received from States, counties, municipalities, other public authori-
ties, and private sources, for expenses incurred in the establishment
and modernization of air navigation facilities.
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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 construc-
tion of experimental facilities and acquisition of necessary sites
by lease or grant, $187,412,000, to be derived from the Airport
and Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until September
30, 1999: 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 development.
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 as authorized under subchapter I of chapter 471
and subchapter I of chapter 475 of title 49, United States
Code, 
and 
under 
other 
law 
authorizing 
such 
obligations,
$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 obligations for which are in excess of
$1,460,000,000 in fiscal year 1997 for grants-in-aid for airport plan-
ning and development, and noise compatibility planning and pro-
grams, notwithstanding section 47117(h) of title 49, United States
Code.
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 49 U.S.C. 44307, 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 chapter 443 of title 49,
United States Code.
AIRCRAFT PURCHASE LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM
None of the funds in this Act shall be available for activities
under this heading during fiscal year 1997.
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES FRANCHISE FUND
There is hereby established in the Treasury a fund, to be
available without fiscal year limitation, for the costs of capitalizing
and operating such administrative services as the FAA Adminis-
trator determines may be performed more advantageously as cen-
tralized services, including accounting, international training,
payroll, travel, duplicating, multimedia and information technology
services: Provided, That any inventories, equipment, and other
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assets pertaining to the services to be provided by such fund,
either on hand or on order, less the related liabilities or unpaid
obligations, and any appropriations made prior to the current year
for the purpose of providing capital shall be used to capitalize
such fund: Provided further, That such fund shall be paid in advance
from funds available to the FAA and other Federal agencies for
which such centralized services are performed, at rates which will
return in full all expenses of operation, including accrued leave,
depreciation of fund plant and equipment, amortization of Auto-
mated Data Processing (ADP) software and systems (either required
or donated), and an amount necessary to maintain a reasonable
operating reserve, as determined by the FAA Administrator: Pro-
vided further, That such fund shall provide services on a competitive
basis: Provided further, That an amount not to exceed four percent
of the total annual income to such fund may be retained in the
fund for fiscal year 1997 and each year thereafter, to remain avail-
able until expended, to be used for the acquisition of capital equip-
ment and for the improvement and implementation of FAA financial
management, ADP, and support systems: Provided further, That
no later than thirty days after the end of each fiscal year, amounts
in excess of this reserve limitation shall be transferred to mis-
cellaneous receipts in the Treasury.
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 $521,114,000 shall be paid
in accordance with law from appropriations made available by
this Act to the Federal Highway Administration together with
advances and reimbursements received by the Federal Highway
Administration: Provided, That $221,958,000 of the amount pro-
vided herein shall remain available until September 30, 1999.
HIGHWAY-RELATED SAFETY GRANTS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
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, $2,049,000 to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund.
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 $18,000,000,000 for Federal-aid highways and high-
way safety construction programs for fiscal year 1997.
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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,
$19,800,000,000 or so much thereof as may be available in and
derived from the Highway Trust Fund, to remain available until
expended.
RIGHT-OF-WAY REVOLVING FUND
(LIMITATION ON DIRECT LOANS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
None of the funds under this head are available for obligations
for right-of-way acquisition during fiscal year 1997.
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 49 U.S.C.
31102, $74,000,000, 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 $78,225,000 for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Grants’’.
STATE INFRASTRUCTURE BANKS
To carry out the State Infrastructure Bank Pilot Program (Pub-
lic Law 104–59, section 350), $150,000,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That the Secretary may distribute these
funds in a manner determined by the Secretary to any State for
which a State Infrastructure Bank has been approved and the
State has requested such funds: Provided further, That no distribu-
tion of funds made available under this heading shall be made
prior to 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act: Provided
further, That the Secretary may approve State Infrastructure Banks
for more than 10 States: Provided further, That these funds shall
be used to advance projects or programs under the terms and
conditions of section 350: Provided further, That any State that
receives such funds may deposit any portion of those funds into
either the highway or transit account of the State Infrastructure
Bank: Provided further, That the Secretary shall ensure that the
Federal disbursements shall be at a rate consistent with historic
rates for the Federal-aid highways program.
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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 part C
of subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code, and chapter 301
of title 49, United States Code, $80,900,000, of which $45,646,000
shall remain available until September 30, 1999: Provided, That
none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated or
expended 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 standards (treadwear, traction, and tempera-
ture resistance) already in effect.
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 (Public Law 102–240), to be derived from
the Highway Trust Fund, $51,712,000, of which $27,066,000 shall
remain available until September 30, 1999.
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, chapter 303 of title 49, United
States Code, and section 209 of Public Law 95–599, as amended,
to remain available until expended, $168,100,000, to be derived
from the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That, notwithstanding
subsection 2009(b) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi-
ciency 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 1997, are in excess of $168,100,000 for
programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 402 and 410, as amended,
of which $128,700,000 shall be for ‘‘State and community highway
safety grants’’, $2,400,000 shall be for the ‘‘National Driver Reg-
ister’’, $11,500,000 shall be for highway safety grants as authorized
by section 1003(a)(7) of Public Law 102–240, and $25,500,000 shall
be for section 410 ‘‘Alcohol-impaired driving counter-measures pro-
grams’’: 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 exceed $5,468,000 of the
funds made available for section 402 may be available for admin-
istering ‘‘State and community highway safety grants’’: Provided
further, That not to exceed $150,000 of the funds made available
for section 402 may be available for administering the highway
safety grants authorized by section 1003(a)(7) of Public Law 102–
240: Provided further, That the unobligated balances of the appro-
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priation ‘‘Highway-Related Safety Grants’’ shall be transferred to
and merged with this ‘‘Highway Traffic Safety Grants’’ appropria-
tion: Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 of the funds
made available for section 410 ‘‘Alcohol-impaired driving counter-
measures programs’’ shall 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, $16,739,000, of which $1,523,000 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 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 Redevelop-
ment 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 authorized to
receive such payments directly from the Union Station Redevelop-
ment 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 unobligated balances avail-
able to the Federal Railroad Administration, to be reimbursed from
payments received from the Union Station Redevelopment
Corporation.
RAILROAD SAFETY
For necessary expenses in connection with railroad safety, not
otherwise provided for, $51,407,000, of which $2,476,000 shall
remain available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding
any other law, funds appropriated under this heading are available
for the reimbursement of out-of-state travel and per diem costs
incurred by employees of State governments directly supporting
the Federal railroad safety program, including regulatory develop-
ment and compliance-related activities.
RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses for railroad research and development,
$20,100,000, 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 49 U.S.C. 24909, $115,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 1999.
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HIGH-SPEED RAIL TRAINSETS AND FACILITIES
For the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, $80,000,000,
to remain available until September 30, 1999, to pursue public/
private partnerships for high-speed rail trainset and maintenance
facility financing arrangements.
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 1997.
NEXT GENERATION HIGH-SPEED RAIL
For necessary expenses for Next Generation High-Speed Rail
studies, corridor planning, development, demonstration, and
implementation, $24,757,000, 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, $2,855,000, to be derived
from the Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until
expended.
ALASKA RAILROAD REHABILITATION
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to
the Alaska Railroad, $10,000,000 shall be for capital rehabilitation
and improvements benefiting its passenger operations.
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, $7,000,000 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
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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 $13,000,000 in damages resulting from the legal
action initiated by the P&W Railroad under its existing contracts
with Amtrak relating to the provision of vertical clearances between
Davisville and Central Falls in excess of those required for present
freight operations.
GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to
the National Railroad Passenger Corporation authorized by 49
U.S.C. 24104, $565,450,000, to remain available until expended,
of which $342,000,000 shall be available for operating losses and
for mandatory passenger rail service payments, and $223,450,000
shall be for capital improvements: Provided, That funding under
this head for capital improvements shall not be made available
before July 1, 1997: Provided further, That none of the funds herein
appropriated 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.
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, $41,497,000.
FORMULA GRANTS
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5307, 5310(a)(2),
5311, and 5336, to remain available until expended, $490,000,000:
Provided, That no more than $2,149,185,000 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 $400,000,000 may be used for operating assistance under
49 U.S.C. 5336(d): Provided further, That the limitation on operat-
ing assistance provided under this heading shall, for urbanized
areas of less than 200,000 in population, be no less than seventy-
five percent of the amount of operating assistance such areas are
eligible to receive under Public Law 103–331: Provided further,
That in the distribution of the limitation provided under this head-
ing to urbanized areas that had a population under the 1990 census
of 1,000,000 or more, the Secretary shall direct each such area
to give priority consideration to the impact of reductions in operat-
ing assistance on smaller transit authorities operating within the
area and to consider the needs and resources of such transit authori-
ties when the limitation is distributed among all transit authorities
operating in the area.
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UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION CENTERS
For necessary expenses for university transportation centers
as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 5317(b), to remain available until
expended, $6,000,000.
TRANSIT PLANNING AND RESEARCH
For necessary expenses for transit planning and research as
authorized by 49 U.S.C. 5303, 5311, 5313, 5314, and 5315, to
remain available until expended, $85,500,000, of which $39,500,000
shall be for activities under Metropolitan Planning (49 U.S.C. 5303);
$4,500,000 for activities under Rural Transit Assistance (49 U.S.C.
5311(b)(2)); $8,250,000 for activities under State Planning and
Research (49 U.S.C. 5313(b)); $22,000,000 for activities under
National Planning and Research (49 U.S.C. 5314); $8,250,000 for
activities under Transit Cooperative Research (49 U.S.C. 5313(a));
and $3,000,000 for National Transit Institute (49 U.S.C. 5315).
TRUST FUND SHARE OF EXPENSES
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 49 U.S.C.
5338(a), $1,920,000,000, to remain available until expended and
to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That
$1,920,000,000 shall be paid from the Mass Transit Account of
the Highway Trust Fund to the Federal Transit Administration’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 $1,900,000,000 in fiscal year 1997 for grants under
the contract authority in 49 U.S.C. 5338(b): Provided, That there
shall be available for fixed guideway modernization, $760,000,000;
there shall be available for the replacement, rehabilitation, and
purchase of buses and related equipment and the construction
of bus-related facilities, $380,000,000; and, notwithstanding any
other provision of law, except for fixed guideway modernization
projects, $8,890,000 made available under Public Law 102–240 and
Public Law 102–143 under ‘‘Federal Transit Administration, Discre-
tionary Grants’’ for projects specified in those Acts or identified
in reports accompanying those Acts, not obligated by September
30, 1996; together with, notwithstanding any other provision of
law, $744,000 funds made available for the ‘‘New Bedford and
Fall River Massachusetts commuter rail extension’’ under Public
Law 103–331; together with, notwithstanding any other provision
of law, $47,322,000 funds made available for the ‘‘Chicago Central
Area Circulator Project’’ in Public Law 103–122 and Public Law
103–331, shall be made available for new fixed guideway systems
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together with the $760,000,000 made available for new fixed guide-
way systems in this Act, to be available as follows:
$6,390,000 for the Alaska-Hollis to Ketchikan ferry project;
$64,410,000 for the Atlanta-North Springs project;
$10,260,000 for the Baltimore-LRT Extension project;
$30,000,000 for the Boston Piers-MOS–2 project;
$1,000,000 for the Burlington-Charlotte, Vermont com-
muter rail project;
$3,500,000 for the Canton-Akron-Cleveland commuter rail
project;
$22,500,000, notwithstanding any other provision of law,
for transit improvements in the Chicago downtown area;
$3,000,000 
for 
the 
Cincinnati 
Northeast-Northern
Kentucky rail line project;
$11,000,000 for the DART North Central light rail exten-
sion project;
$15,250,000 for the Dallas-Fort Worth RAILTRAN project;
$661,000,000 for the DeKalb County, Georgia light rail
project;
$1,500,000 for the Denver Southwest Corridor project;
$9,000,000 for the Florida Tri-County commuter rail
project;
$1,000,000 for the Griffin light rail project;
$40,590,000 for the Houston Regional Bus project;
$5,500,000 
for 
the 
Jackson, 
Mississippi 
Intermodal
Corridor;
$15,000,000 for the Jacksonville ASE extension project;
$3,000,000 for the Kansas City Southtown corridor project;
$2,000,000 for the Little Rock, Arkansas Junction Bridge
project;
$70,000,000 for the Los Angeles-MOS–3 project;
$1,500,000 for the Los Angeles-San Diego commuter rail
project;
$33,191,000 for the MARC Commuter Rail Improvements
project;
$1,500,000 for the Metro-Dade Transit east-west corridor,
Florida project;
$1,000,000 for the Miami-North 27th Avenue project;
$3,039,000 for the Memphis, Tennessee Regional Rail Plan;
$4,240,000 for the Morgantown, West Virginia Personal
Rapid Transit System;
$10,000,000 for the New Jersey Urban Core/Hudson-Bergen
LRT project;
$105,530,000 for the New Jersey Urban Core/Secaucus
project;
$500,000 for the New Jersey West Trenton commuter rail
project;
$8,000,000 for the New Orleans Canal Street Corridor
project;
$2,000,000 for the New Orleans Desire Streetcar project;
$35,020,000 for the New York-Queens Connection project;
$500,000 for the Northern Indiana commuter rail project;
$2,000,000 for the Oklahoma City, MAPS corridor transit
system;
$3,000,000 for the Orange County transitway project;
$2,000,000 for the Orlando Lynx light rail project;
$10,000,000 for the Pittsburgh Airport busway project;
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$6,000,000 for the Portland South/North light rail transit
project;
$138,000,000 for the Portland-Westside/Hillsboro Extension
project;
$2,000,000 for the Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
regional transit plan;
$6,000,000 for the Sacramento LRT Extension project;
$35,000,000 for the Salt Lake City-South LRT project, of
which $10,000,000 may be available for high-occupancy vehicle
lane and corridor design costs;
$13,500,000 for St. Louis Metrolink;
$32,000,000 for the St. Louis-St. Clair Extension project;
$27,500,000 for the San Francisco Area-BART airport
extension/San Jose Tasman West LRT projects;
$1,500,000 for the San Diego-Mid-Coast Corridor project;
$4,750,000 for the San Juan Tren Urbano project;
$3,000,000 for the Seattle-Renton-Tacoma light rail project;
$375,000 for the Staten Island-Midtown Ferry service
project;
$2,000,000 for the Tampa Bay Regional Rail project;
$3,000,000 for the Virginia Rail Express Richmond to
Washington communter rail project; and
$3,750,000 for the Whitehall ferry terminal, New York,
New York.
MASS TRANSIT CAPITAL FUND
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 49 U.S.C.
5338(b) administered by the Federal Transit Administration,
$2,300,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund and
to remain available until expended.
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
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 operation and maintenance of those
portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway operated and maintained
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by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, including
the Great Lakes Pilotage functions delegated by the Secretary of
Transportation, $10,337,000, to be derived from the Harbor Mainte-
nance 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, $26,886,000, of
which $574,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund,
and of which $7,101,000 shall remain available until September
30, 1999: 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 funds received from States, coun-
ties, municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources
for expenses incurred for training, for reports publication and
dissemination.
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 49 U.S.C. 60107, and to discharge the
pipeline program responsibilities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990,
$30,988,000, of which $2,528,000 shall be derived from the Oil
Spill Liability Trust Fund and shall remain available until Septem-
ber 30, 1999; and of which $28,460,000 shall be derived from
the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which $15,500,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 1999: Provided, That in addition to
amounts made available for the Pipeline Safety Fund, $1,000,000
shall be available for grants to States for the development and
establishment of one-call notification systems and shall be derived
from amounts previously collected under section 7005 of the Consoli-
dated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985.
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, 1999: Provided, That none of the
funds made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i) and 5127(d) shall be
made available for obligation by individuals other than the Sec-
retary 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 General Act of 1978,
as amended, $37,900,000: Provided, That none of the funds under
this heading shall be for the conduct of contract audits.
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation Board,
including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $12,344,000: Pro-
vided, That $3,000,000 in fees collected in fiscal year 1997 by
the Surface Transportation Board pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9701 shall
be made available to this appropriation in fiscal year 1997: Provided
further, That any fees received in excess of $3,000,000 in fiscal
year 1997 shall remain available until expended, but shall not
be available for obligation until October 1, 1997.
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, $3,540,000: 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 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), $42,407,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 may be
used for official reception and representation expenses.
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. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1997
pay raises for programs funded in this Act shall be absorbed within
the levels appropriated in this Act or previous appropriations Acts.
SEC. 303. Funds appropriated under this Act for expenditures
by the Federal Aviation Administration shall be available (1) except
as otherwise authorized by title VIII of the Elementary and
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Secondary Education Act of 1965, 20 U.S.C. 7701, et seq., for
expenses of primary and secondary schooling for dependents of
Federal Aviation Administration personnel stationed 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 in this Act shall be available
for salaries and expenses of more than one hundred seven 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. 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.
SEC. 308. 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. 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 1997 the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid
highways 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, 1996,
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 12 per
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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, 1997, 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; and
(3) not distribute amounts authorized for administrative
expenses and funded from the administrative takedown author-
ized by section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code, the
Federal lands highway program, the intelligent transportation
systems program, and amounts made available under sections
1040, 1047, 1064, 6001, 6005, 6006, 6023, and 6024 of Public
Law 102–240, and 49 U.S.C. 5316, 5317, and 5338: Provided,
That amounts made available under section 6005 of Public
Law 102–240 shall be subject to the obligation limitation for
Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction pro-
grams under the head ‘‘Federal-Aid Highways’’ in this Act.
(d) During the period October 1 through December 31, 1996,
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 $277,431,840.
(e) During the period August 2 through September 30, 1997,
the aggregate amount which may be obligated by all States 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 1997 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, 1997, has the amount distributed to such State
under paragraph (a) for fiscal year 1997 reduced under paragraph
(c)(2).
(g) INCREASE IN ADMINISTRATIVE TAKEDOWN.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, for fiscal year 1997 only, whenever an allocation is made
of the sums authorized to be appropriated for expenditure on
the Federal lands highways program, and whenever an appor-
tionment is made of the sums authorized to be appropriated
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for expenditure on the surface transportation program, the
congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program,
the National Highway System, the Interstate maintenance pro-
gram, the Interstate reimbursement program, the highway
bridge replacement and rehabilitation program, and the donor
State bonus program, the Secretary of Transportation shall
deduct a sum in such amount not to exceed 41⁄4 per centum
of all sums to be authorized as the Secretary may determine
necessary for administering the provisions of law to be financed
from appropriations for the Federal-Aid Highway Program and
for carrying on the research authorized by subsections (a) and
(b) of section 307 of title 23, United States Code. In making
such determination, the Secretary shall take into account the
unobligated balance of any sums deducted for such purposes
in prior years. The sum so deducted shall remain available
until expended.
(2) EFFECT.—Any deduction by the Secretary of Transpor-
tation in accordance with this Act shall be deemed to be a
deduction under section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code.
SEC. 311. The limitation on obligations for the programs of
the Federal Transit Administration shall not apply to any authority
under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously made available for obligation,
or to any other authority previously made available for obligation
under the discretionary grants program.
SEC. 312. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to
implement section 404 of title 23, United States Code.
SEC. 313. 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. 314. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, airports
may transfer, without consideration, to the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) instrument landing systems (along with asso-
ciated approach lighting equipment and runway visual range equip-
ment) which conform to FAA design and performance specifications,
the purchase of which was assisted by a Federal airport aid pro-
gram, airport development aid program or airport improvement
program grant. The FAA shall accept such equipment, which shall
thereafter be operated and maintained by the FAA in accordance
with agency criteria.
SEC. 315. 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. 316. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be
made available for planning and executing a passenger manifest
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program by the Department of Transportation that only applies
to United States flag carriers.
SEC. 317. 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, 1999,
shall be made available for other projects under 49 U.S.C. 5309.
SEC. 318. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any
funds appropriated before October 1, 1993, 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. 319. 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. 320. 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 1997.
SEC. 321. Funds provided in this Act for the Transportation
Administrative Service Center (TASC) shall be reduced by
$10,000,000, which limits fiscal year 1997 TASC obligational
authority for elements of the Department of Transportation funded
in this Act to no more than $114,812,000: Provided, That such
reductions from the budget request shall be allocated by the Depart-
ment of Transportation to each appropriations account in proportion
to the amount included in each account for the Transportation
Administrative Service Center.
SEC. 322. 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-
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 49 U.S.C. 20105.
SEC. 323. None of the funds in this Act shall be available
to prepare, propose, or promulgate any regulations pursuant to
title V of the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act
(49 U.S.C. 32901, et seq.) prescribing corporate average fuel econ-
omy standards for automobiles, as defined in such title, in any
model year that differs from standards promulgated for such auto-
mobiles prior to enactment of this section.
SEC. 324. None of the funds in this Act may be used for
planning, engineering, design, or construction of a sixth runway
at the new Denver International Airport, Denver, Colorado: Pro-
vided, That this provision shall not apply in any case where the
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Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration determines,
in writing, that safety conditions warrant obligation of such funds.
SEC. 325. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received by
the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the sale of data prod-
ucts, for necessary expenses incurred pursuant to the provisions
of section 6006 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency
Act of 1991, may be credited to the Federal-aid highways account
for the purpose of reimbursing the Bureau for such expenses: Pro-
vided, That such funds shall not be subject to the obligation limita-
tion for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction.
That in addition to amounts otherwise provided in this Act, not
to exceed $3,100,000 in expenses of the Bureau of Transportation
Statistics necessary to conduct activities related to airline statistics
may be incurred, but only to the extent such expenses are offset
by user fees charged for those activities and credited as offsetting
collections.
SEC. 326. The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to
transfer funds appropriated in this Act to ‘‘Rental payments’’ for
any expense authorized by that appropriation in excess of the
amounts provided in this Act: Provided, That prior to any such
transfer, notification shall be provided to the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations.
SEC. 327. None of the funds in this Act may be obligated
or expended for employee training which: (a) does not meet identi-
fied needs for knowledge, skills and abilities bearing directly upon
the performance of official duties; (b) contains elements likely to
induce high levels of emotional response or psychological stress
in some participants; (c) does not require prior employee notification
of the content and methods to be used in the training and written
end of course evaluations; (d) contains any methods or content
associated with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or ‘‘new
age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission Notice N–915.022, dated September 2, 1988; (e) is
offensive to, or designed to change, participants’ personal values
or lifestyle outside the workplace; or (f) includes content related
to human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syn-
drome (HIV/AIDS) other than that necessary to make employees
more aware of the medical ramifications of HIV/AIDS and the
workplace rights of HIV-positive employees.
SEC. 328. None of the funds in this Act shall, in the absence
of express authorization by Congress, be used directly or indirectly
to pay for any personal service, advertisement, telegram, telephone,
letter, printed or written matter, or other device, intended or
designed to influence in any manner a Member of Congress, to
favor or oppose, by vote or otherwise, any legislation or appropria-
tion by Congress, whether before or after the introduction of any
bill or resolution proposing such legislation or appropriation: Pro-
vided, 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 on the request
of any Member or to Congress, through the proper official channels,
requests for legislation or appropriations which they deem necessary
for the efficient conduct of the public business.
SEC. 329. None of the funds in this Act may be used to support
Federal Transit Administration’s field operations and oversight of
the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority in any location
other than from the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
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SEC. 330. None of the funds made available in this Act may
be used for improvements to the Miller Highway in New York
City, New York.
SEC. 331. Not to exceed $1,250,000 of the funds provided in
this Act for the Department of Transportation shall be available
for the necessary expenses of advisory committees.
SEC. 332. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary may use funds appropriated under this Act, or any subse-
quent Act, to administer and implement the exemption provisions
of 49 CFR 580.6 and to adopt or amend exemptions from the
disclosure requirements of 49 CFR part 580 for any class or category
of vehicles that the Secretary deems appropriate.
SEC. 333. No funds other than those appropriated to the Surface
Transportation Board shall be used for conducting the activities
of the Board.
SEC. 334. Section 24902 of title 49, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(m) APPLICABLE PROCEDURES.—No State or local building, zon-
ing, subdivision, or similar or related law, nor any other State
or local law from which a project would be exempt if undertaken
by the Federal Government or an agency thereof within a Federal
enclave wherein Federal jurisdiction is exclusive, including without
limitation with respect to all such laws referenced herein above
requirements for permits, actions, approvals or filings, shall apply
in connection with the construction, ownership, use, operation,
financing, leasing, conveying, mortgaging or enforcing a mortgage
of (i) any improvement undertaken by or for the benefit of Amtrak
as part of, or in furtherance of, the Northeast Corridor Improvement
Project (including without limitation maintenance, service, inspec-
tion or similar facilities acquired, constructed or used for high
speed trainsets) or chapter 241, 243, or 247 of this title or (ii)
any land (and right, title or interest created with respect thereto)
on which such improvement is located and adjoining, surrounding
or any related land. These exemptions shall remain in effect and
be applicable with respect to such land and improvements for
the benefit of any mortgagee before, upon and after coming into
possession of such improvements or land, any third party pur-
chasers thereof in foreclosure (or through a deed in lieu of fore-
closure), and their respective successors and assigns, in each case
to the extent the land or improvements are used, or held for
use, for railroad purposes or purposes accessory thereto. This sub-
section (m) shall not apply to any improvement or related land
unless Amtrak receives a Federal operating subsidy in the fiscal
year in which Amtrak commits to or initiates such improvement.’’.
SEC. 335. None of the funds made available in this Act may
be used to construct, or to pay the salaries or expenses of Depart-
ment of Transportation personnel who approve or facilitate the
construction of, a third track on the Metro-North Railroad Harlem
Line in the vicinity of Bronxville, New York, when it is made
known to the Federal official having authority to obligate or expend
such funds that a final environmental impact statement has not
been completed for such construction project.
SEC. 336. Section 5328(c)(1)(E) of title 49, United States Code,
is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘Westside’’ the first place it appears;
(2) by striking ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘101–584,’’; and