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Calendar No. 519
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4556
[Report No. 103–310]
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JUNE 21 (legislative day, JUNE 7), 1994
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations
JULY 14 (legislative day, JULY 11), 1994
Reported by Mr. LAUTENBERG, with amendments
[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September
30, 1995, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of 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
the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and for other
purposes, namely:
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TITLE I
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary,
$58,094,000, of which $3,962,000 shall remain available
until expended; and of which not to exceed $25,000 shall
be available as the Secretary may determine for allocation
within the Department for official reception and represen-
tation expenses: Provided, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, funds available for the purposes of the
Minority Business Resource Center in this Act may be
used for business opportunities related to any mode of
transportation.
IMMEDIATE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
For necessary expenses of the Immediate Office of the
Secretary, $1,280,000.
IMMEDIATE OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY SECRETARY
For necessary expenses of the Immediate Office of the
Deputy Secretary, $583,000.
OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL
For necessary expenses of the Office of the General
Counsel, $7,876,000.
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OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
TRANSPORTATION POLICY
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Transportation Policy, $2,309,000.
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR AVIATION
AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant
Secretary 
for 
Aviation 
and 
International 
Affairs,
$7,887,000.
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR BUDGET AND
PROGRAMS
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Budget and Programs, $5,100,000, including
not to exceed $60,000 for allocation within the Department
of official reception and representation expenses as the Sec-
retary may determine.
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Governmental Affairs, $2,284,000.
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Administration, $23,385,000.
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OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
For necessary expenses of the Office of Public Affairs,
$1,458,000.
EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT
For necessary expenses of the Executive Secretariat,
$932,000.
CONTRACT APPEALS BOARD
For necessary expenses of the Contract Appeals Board,
$630,000.
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights,
$1,779,000. In addition to this amount and notwithstand-
ing any other provision of law, of the funds provided in
this or any other Act for the Department of Transportation,
the Secretary may transfer not to exceed $8,104,000 from
accounts otherwise available for carrying out civil rights
functions within the Department of Transportation to this
account for additional necessary expenses of a consolidated
Departmental Office of Civil Rights within the Office of the
Secretary: Provided, That of the amount transferred
$385,600 shall be available for the Office of General Counsel
to provide legal support to a consolidated Departmental Of-
fice of Civil Rights: Provided further, That in addition, for
transfer of civil rights and legal support activities related
to the Federal Highway Administration $3,283,000 to be
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derived from ‘‘Federal-aid Highways’’ subject to the ‘‘Limi-
tation on General Operating Expenses.’’
OFFICE OF SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS
UTILIZATION
For necessary expenses of the Office of Small and Dis-
advantaged Business Utilization, $936,000.
MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER
For necessary expenses of the Minority Business Re-
source Center, $4,000,000, of which $3,962,000 shall remain
available until expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding
any other provision of law, funds available for the purposes
of the Minority Business Resource Center in this or any
other Act may be used for business opportunities related to
any mode of transportation.
OFFICE OF INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY
For necessary expenses of the Office of Intelligence and
Security, $1,000,000.
OFFICE OF INTERMODALISM
For necessary expenses of the Office of Intermodalism,
$1,050,000.
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND
DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses for conducting transportation
planning, research, and development activities, including
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the collection of national transportation statistics, to re-
main available until expended, $2,693,000 $8,293,000.
OFFICE OF COMMERCIAL SPACE TRANSPORTATION
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH
For necessary expenses for operations and research
activities related to commercial space transportation,
$6,060,000, of which $2,000,000 $3,833,000 shall remain
available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding
any other provision of law, there may be credited to this
account up to $200,000 received from user fees established
for regulatory services.
WORKING CAPITAL FUND
Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital
outlays of the Department of Transportation Working
Capital Fund not to exceed $88,750,000 $94,855,000 shall
be paid, in accordance with law, from appropriations made
available by this Act and prior appropriations Acts to the
Department of Transportation, together with advances
and reimbursements received by the Department of Trans-
portation.
PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
For liquidation of obligations incurred for payments
to air carriers of so much of the compensation fixed and
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determined under section 419 of the Federal Aviation Act
of 1958, as amended (49 U.S.C. 1389), as is payable
by the Department of Transportation, $25,600,000
$33,423,000, to remain available until expended and to be
derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund: Pro-
vided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available
for the implementation or execution of programs in excess
of $25,600,000 $33,423,000 for the Payments to Air Car-
riers program in fiscal year 1995: Provided further, That
none of the funds in this Act shall be used by the Sec-
retary of Transportation to make payment of compensa-
tion under section 419 of the Federal Aviation Act of
1958, as amended, in excess of the appropriation in this
Act for liquidation of obligations incurred under the ‘‘Pay-
ments to air carriers’’ program: Provided further, That
none of the funds in this Act shall be used for the payment
of claims for such compensation except in accordance with
this provision: Provided further, That none of the funds
in this Act shall be available for service to communities
in the forty-eight contiguous States and Hawaii that are
located fewer than seventy highway miles from the nearest
large or medium hub airport, or that require a rate of sub-
sidy per passenger in excess of $200 unless such point is
greater than two hundred and ten miles from the nearest
large or medium hub airport: Provided further, That of
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funds provided for ‘‘Small Community Air Service’’ by
Public Law 101–508, $13,000,000 $4,000,000 in fiscal
year 1995 is hereby rescinded.
RENTAL PAYMENTS
For necessary expenses for rental of headquarters
and field space and related services assessed by the Gen-
eral Services Administration, $144,419,000: Provided,
That of this amount, $1,872,000 $1,976,000 shall be de-
rived from the Highway Trust Fund, $38,728,000
$39,426,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Airway
Trust Fund, $678,000 $713,000 shall be derived from the
Pipeline Safety Fund, and $172,000 $181,000 shall be de-
rived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: Provided
further, That in addition, for assessments by the General
Services Administration related to the space needs of the
Federal 
Highway 
Administration, 
$17,688,000
$18,044,000, to be derived from ‘‘Federal-aid Highways’’,
subject to the ‘‘Limitation on General Operating Ex-
penses’’.
MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM
For the cost of direct loans, $1,500,000, as author-
ized by 49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, includ-
ing the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:
Provided further, That these funds are available to sub-
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sidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct
loans not to exceed $15,000,000. In addition, for adminis-
trative expenses to carry out the direct loan program,
$400,000.
COAST GUARD
OPERATING EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the operation and mainte-
nance of the Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for; pur-
chase of not to exceed fifteen passenger motor vehicles for
replacement only; payments pursuant to section 156 of
Public Law 97–377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note),
and section 229(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
429(b)); and recreation and welfare; $2,580,000,000
$2,600,000,000, of which $25,000,000 shall be derived
from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; and of which
$25,000,000 shall be expended from the Boat Safety Ac-
count: Provided, That the number of aircraft on hand at
any one time shall not exceed two hundred and eighteen,
exclusive of aircraft and parts stored to meet future attri-
tion: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated in this or any other Act shall be available for pay
or administrative expenses in connection with shipping
commissioners in the United States: Provided further,
That none of the funds provided in this Act shall be avail-
able for expenses incurred for yacht documentation under
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46 U.S.C. 12109, except to the extent fees are collected
from yacht owners and credited to this appropriation: Pro-
vided further, That the Commandant shall reduce both
military and civilian employment levels for the purpose of
complying with Executive Order No. 12839:–Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available
for special and incentive pay under section 301 of title
37, United States Code, to any Coast Guard member as-
signed to a skill, rating, or specialty to which special sepa-
ration benefits under section 1174 of title 10, United
States Code, or voluntary separation benefits under sec-
tion 1175 of such title will be paid.
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS
For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction,
rebuilding, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore
facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related
thereto, 
$385,200,000
$370,400,000, 
of 
which
$32,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability
Trust Fund; of which $201,750,000 $185,400,000 shall be
available to acquire, repair, renovate or improve vessels,
small boats and related equipment, to remain available
until September 30, 1999; $14,900,000 $11,800,000 shall
be available to acquire new aircraft and increase aviation
capability, to remain available until September 30, 1997;
$31,500,000 $40,700,000 shall be available for other
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equipment, to remain available until September 30, 1997;
$93,050,000 $87,800,000 shall be available for shore facili-
ties and aids to navigation facilities, to remain available
until September 30, 1997; and $44,000,000 $44,700,000
shall be available for personnel compensation and benefits
and related costs, to remain available until September 30,
1995 1996: Provided, That funds received from the sale
of the VC–11A VC–11A and HU–25 aircraft shall be cred-
ited to this appropriation for the purpose of acquiring new
aircraft and increasing aviation capacity.
ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION
For necessary expenses to carry out the Coast
Guard’s environmental compliance and restoration func-
tions under chapter 19 of title 14, United States Code,
$22,000,000 $24,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
RETIRED PAY
For retired pay, including the payment of obligations
therefor otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for
this purpose, and payments under the Retired Service-
man’s Family Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, and
for payments for medical care of retired personnel and
their dependents under the Dependents Medical Care Act
(10 U.S.C. ch. 55), $562,585,000.
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RESERVE TRAINING
For all necessary expenses for the Coast Guard Re-
serve, as authorized by law; maintenance and operation
of facilities; and supplies, equipment, and services;
$66,000,000 $64,981,000: Provided, That funds provided
under this head shall support a selected reserve force of
8,000 members.
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,
for applied scientific research, development, test, and eval-
uation; maintenance, rehabilitation, lease and operation of
facilities 
and 
equipment, 
as 
authorized 
by 
law,
$20,310,000, to remain available until expended, of which
$3,150,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability
Trust Fund: Provided, That there may be credited to this
appropriation funds received from State and local govern-
ments, other public authorities, private sources, and for-
eign countries, for expenses incurred for research, develop-
ment, testing, and evaluation.
BOAT SAFETY
(AQUATIC RESOURCES TRUST FUND)
For payment of necessary expenses incurred for rec-
reational boating safety assistance under Public Law 92–
75, as amended, $25,000,000, to be derived from the Boat
Safety Account and to remain available until expended.
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FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
OPERATIONS
For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration, not otherwise provided for, including admin-
istrative expenses for research and development, the pay-
ment of obligations for the Aircraft Purchase Loan Guar-
antee Program required pursuant to guarantees issued
under Public Law 85–307, as amended (49 U.S.C. 1324
note), establishment of air navigation facilities and the op-
eration (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft,
and carrying out the provisions of the Airport and Airway
Improvement Act of 1982, as amended, or other provisions
of law authorizing the obligation of funds for similar pro-
grams of airport and airway development or improvement,
lease or purchase of four passenger motor vehicles for re-
placement only, $4,585,000,000 $4,591,440,000, of which
$2,450,250,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Air-
way Trust Fund: Provided, That there may be credited
to this appropriation funds received from States, counties,
municipalities, foreign authorities, other public authori-
ties, and private sources, for expenses incurred in the pro-
vision of aviation services, including the maintenance and
operation of air navigation facilities and for issuance, re-
newal or modification of certificates, including airman,
aircraft, and repair station certificates, or for tests related
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thereto, or for processing major repair or alteration forms:
Provided further, That, of the funds available under this
head, $23,000,000 is available only for permanent change
of station moves for members of the air traffic workforce:
Provided further, That funds may be used to enter into
a grant agreement with a nonprofit standard setting orga-
nization 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) 5545 (a), (b), or (d), or 5546
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 shall be available for
activities under the Aircraft Purchase Loan Guarantee
Program the obligations for which are in excess of
$9,970,000 during fiscal year 1995.
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 by the Fed-
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eral Aviation Act of 1958, as amended (49 U.S.C. App.
1301 et seq.), including initial acquisition of necessary
sites by lease or grant; engineering and service testing in-
cluding construction of test facilities and acquisition of
necessary sites by lease or grant; and construction and
furnishing of quarters and related accommodations for of-
ficers and employees of the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion stationed at remote localities where such accommoda-
tions are not available; and the purchase, lease, or transfer
of aircraft from funds available under this head; to be de-
rived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund,
$2,176,700,000 $2,086,941,000, of which $1,968,200,000
$1,878,441,000 shall remain available until September 30,
1997, and of which $208,500,000 shall remain available
until September 30, 1995 1996: Provided, That there may
be credited to this appropriation funds received from
States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities,
and private sources, for expenses incurred in the establish-
ment and modernization of air navigation facilities: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds under this head for
the Advanced Automation System may be obligated until
the Federal Aviation Administration submits to the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations and the House
Committee on Public Works and Transportation and the
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
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tation a comprehensive program plan and up to date esti-
mate of the fiscal year 1995 budget requirement for this
program.
(RESCISSION)
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)
Of the total unobligated balance from appropriations
under this head for fiscal year 1994 and prior years,
$51,700,000 are rescinded.
RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,
for research, engineering, and development, in accordance
with the provisions of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958,
as amended (49 U.S.C. App. 1301 et seq.), including con-
struction of experimental facilities and acquisition of nec-
essary sites by lease or grant, $254,000,000 $264,440,000,
to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund
and to remain available until expended: Provided, That
there may be credited to this appropriation funds received
from States, counties, municipalities, other public authori-
ties, and private sources, for expenses incurred for re-
search, engineering, and development.
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GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)
For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in-
aid for airport planning and development, and for noise
compatibility planning and programs under the Airport
and Airway Improvement Act of 1982, as amended, and
under 
other 
law 
authorizing 
such 
obligations,
$1,500,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Air-
way Trust Fund and to remain available until expended:
Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for the planning or execution of programs the com-
mitments for which are in excess of $1,500,000,000
$1,450,000,000 in fiscal year 1995 for grants-in-aid for
airport planning and development, and noise compatibility
planning and programs, notwithstanding section 506(e)(4)
of the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982, as
amended.
AVIATION INSURANCE REVOLVING FUND
The Secretary of Transportation is hereby authorized
to make such expenditures and investments, within the
limits of funds available pursuant to section 1306 of the
Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended (49 U.S.C.
App. 1536), and in accordance with section 104 of the
Government Corporation Control Act, as amended (31
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U.S.C. 9104), as may be necessary in carrying out the
program for aviation insurance activities under title XIII
of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958.
AIRPORT PURCHASE LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM
The Secretary of Transportation may hereafter issue
notes or other obligations to the Secretary of the Treasury,
in such forms and denominations, bearing such maturities,
and subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary
of the Treasury may prescribe. Such obligations may be is-
sued to pay any necessary expenses required pursuant to
any guarantee issued under the Act of September 7, 1957,
Public Law 85–307, as amended (49 U.S.C. 1324 note).
None of the funds in this Act shall be available for activities
under this head the obligations for which are in excess of
$9,970,000 during fiscal year 1995. Such obligations shall
be redeemed by the Secretary from appropriations author-
ized by this section. The Secretary of the Treasury shall
purchase any such obligations, and for such purpose he may
use as a public debt transaction the proceeds from the sale
of any securities issued under the Second Liberty Bond Act,
as now or hereafter in force. The purposes for which securi-
ties may be issued under such Act are extended to include
any purchase of notes or other obligations issued under the
subsection. The Secretary of the Treasury may sell any such
obligations at such times and price and upon such terms
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and conditions as he shall determine in his discretion. All
purchases, redemptions, and sales of such obligations by
such Secretary shall be treated as public debt transactions
of the United States.
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
LIMITATION ON GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES
Necessary expenses for administration, operation, in-
cluding motor carrier safety program operations, and re-
search of the Federal Highway Administration not to ex-
ceed $524,021,000 $539,798,000 shall be paid in accord-
ance 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 not to exceed
$216,805,000 $232,615,000 of the amount provided herein
shall remain available until September 30, 1997.
HIGHWAY-RELATED SAFETY GRANTS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
(INCLUDING RESCISSION AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out
the provisions of title 23, United States Code, section 402
administered by the Federal Highway Administration, to
remain available until expended, $10,000,000 $11,500,000,
to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund: Provided,
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That not to exceed $100,000 of the amount appropriated
herein shall be available for ‘‘Limitation on general oper-
ating expenses’’: Provided further, That none of the funds
in this Act shall be available for the planning or execution
of programs the obligations for which are in excess of
$10,000,000 $11,500,000 in fiscal year 1995 for ‘‘High-
way-Related Safety Grants’’: Provided further, That of the
funds authorized for section 402 highway safety programs
in section 1003(a)(7) of Public Law 102–240, $20,000,000
in unobligated contract authority is rescinded.
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
None of the funds in this Act shall be available for
the implementation or execution of programs the obliga-
tions for which are in excess of $17,160,000,000
$17,543,150,000 for Federal-aid highways and highway
safety construction programs for fiscal year 1995.
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For carrying out the provisions of title 23, United
States Code, that are attributable to Federal-aid high-
ways, including the National Scenic and Recreational
Highway as authorized by 23 U.S.C. 148, not otherwise
provided, including reimbursements for sums expended
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pursuant 
to 
the 
provisions 
of 
U.S.C. 
308,
$17,000,000,000 or so much thereof as may be available
in and derived from the Highway Trust Fund, to remain
available until expended.
RIGHT-OF-WAY REVOLVING FUND
(LIMITATION ON DIRECT LOANS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
During fiscal year 1995 and with the resources and
authority available, gross obligations for the principal
amount of direct loans shall not exceed $42,500,000.
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out
the provisions of section 402 of Public Law 97–424,
$73,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund
and to remain available until expended: Provided, That
none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the
implementation or execution of programs the obligations
for which are in excess of $74,000,000 $75,000,000 for
‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Grants’’.
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS
For up to 80 percent of the expenses necessary for
certain highway and surface transportation projects and
parking facilities, including feasibility and environmental
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studies, that advance methods of improving safety, reduc-
ing congestion, or otherwise improving surface transpor-
tation, $299,862,000 $352,055,000, to remain available
until expended.
NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY
ADMINISTRATION
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of
the Secretary with respect to traffic and highway safety
under the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings
Act (Public Law 92–513, as amended), the National Traf-
fic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act, (Public Law 89–563,
as amended) $74,352,000, of which $38,327,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 1997.
(RESCISSIONS)
Of the amounts provided under this heading in Public
Law 102–388, $103,929 are rescinded.
Of the amounts provided under this heading in Public
Law 101–516 and Public Law 101–164, $3,268,700 are
rescinded.
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of
the Secretary with respect to traffic and highway safety
under the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act
(Public Law 92–513, as amended) and the National Traffic
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and Motor Vehicle Safety Act, (Public Law 89–563, as
amended), 23 U.S.C. 403 and section 2006 of the Inter-
modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, to
be derived from the Highway Trust Fund, $46,997,000
$128,887,000, of which $29,891,000 $70,000,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 1997.
HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For payment of obligations incurred carrying out the
provisions of 23 U.S.C. 153, 402, 408, and 410, section
211(b) of the National Driver Register Act of 1982, as
amended, and section 209 of Public Law 95–599, as
amended, 
to 
remain 
available 
until 
expended,
$151,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust
Fund: 
Provided, 
That, 
notwithstanding 
subsection
2009(b) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation 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 1995, are in ex-
cess of $151,400,000 for programs authorized under 23
U.S.C. 402 and 410, as amended, of which $123,000,000
shall be for ‘‘State and community highway safety
grants’’, $3,400,000 shall be for the ‘‘National Driver
Register’’, and $25,000,000 shall be for section 410 ‘‘Al-
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cohol-impaired driving countermeasures programs’’: Pro-
vided further, That none of these funds shall be used for
construction, rehabilitation or remodeling costs, or for of-
fice furnishings and fixtures for State, local, or private
buildings or structures: Provided further, That not to ex-
ceed $5,153,000 of the funds made available for section
402 may be available for administering ‘‘State and com-
munity highway safety grants’’: Provided further, That not
to exceed $500,000 of the funds made available for section
410 may be available for technical assistance to the
States.
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION
OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Ad-
ministration, not otherwise provided for, $13,650,000
$16,421,000, of which $1,300,000 $1,508,000 shall remain
available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds
in this Act shall be available for the planning or execution
of a program making commitments to guarantee new
loans under the Emergency Rail Services Act of 1970, as
amended, and that no new commitments to guarantee
loans under section 211(a) or 211(h) of the Regional Rail
Reorganization Act of 1973, as amended, shall be made:
Provided further, That, as part of the Washington Union
Station transaction in which the Secretary assumed the
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first deed of trust on the property and, where the Union
Station Redevelopment Corporation or any successor is
obligated to make payments on such deed of trust on the
Secretary’s behalf, including payments on and after Sep-
tember 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 fur-
ther, 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 available to
the Federal Railroad Administration, to be reimbursed
from payments received from the Union Station Redevel-
opment Corporation.
LOCAL RAIL FREIGHT ASSISTANCE
For necessary expenses for rail assistance under
section 5(q) of the Department of Transportation Act, as
amended, $17,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
RAILROAD SAFETY
For necessary expenses in connection with railroad
safety, 
not 
otherwise 
provided 
for, 
$47,067,000
$48,079,000, of which $2,500,000 $2,623,000 shall remain
available until expended.
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RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses including grants for railroad
research and development, $17,145,000 $20,985,000, to
remain available until expended.
NORTHEAST CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
For necessary expenses related to Northeast Corridor
improvements authorized by title VII of the Railroad Revi-
talization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976, as amend-
ed (45 U.S.C. 851 et seq.) and the Rail Safety Improve-
ment Act of 1988, $165,000,000 $230,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 1997 expended.
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 no new loan guarantee com-
mitments shall be made during fiscal year 1995: Provided
further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law,
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for fiscal year 1989 and each fiscal year thereafter all
amounts realized from the sale of notes or securities sold
under authority of this section title V of such Act shall
be considered as current year domestic discretionary out-
lay offsets and not as ‘‘asset sales’’ or ‘‘loan prepayments’’
as defined by section 257(12) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Pro-
vided further, That any underwriting fees and related ex-
penses shall be derived solely from the proceeds of the
sales.
NATIONAL MAGNETIC LEVITATION PROTOTYPE
DEVELOPMENT
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
None of the funds in this Act shall be available for
the planning or execution of the National Magnetic Levita-
tion Prototype Development program as defined in sub-
sections 1036(b) and 1036(d)(1)(A) of the Intermodal
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991.
NEXT GENERATION HIGH SPEED RAIL
For necessary expenses for Next Generation High
Speed Rail studies, corridor planning, development, dem-
onstration, and implementation, $20,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That funds under this
head may be made available for grants to states for high
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speed rail corridor design, feasibility studies, and environ-
mental 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 program as defined in subsections 1036(c)
and 1036(d)(1)(B) of the Intermodal Surface Transpor-
tation Efficiency Act of 1991, including planning and en-
vironmental analyses, $3,400,000, to be derived from the
Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall
be available for the implementation or execution of pro-
grams the obligations for which are in excess of
$5,000,000.
GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER
CORPORATION
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make
grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation
authorized by 45 U.S.C. 601, to remain available until ex-
pended, 
$771,700,000
$622,000,000, 
of 
which
$526,700,000 $392,000,000 shall be available for operat-
ing losses incurred by the Corporation, for mandatory pas-
senger rail service payments, and for labor protection
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costs, and of which $245,000,000 $230,000,000, not to be-
come available until July 1, 1995, shall be available for
capital improvements: Provided, That none of the funds
herein appropriated shall be used for lease or purchase
of passenger motor vehicles or for the hire of vehicle oper-
ators for any officer or employee, other than the president
of the Corporation, excluding the lease of passenger motor
vehicles for those officers or employees while in official
travel status: Provided further, That of the funds provided
under this head for operating losses, $8,000,000 is avail-
able only for the National Railroad Passenger Corpora-
tion’s share of short-term avoidable costs losses for state-
supported rail services authorized under section 403(b) of
the Rail Passenger Service Act, as amended.
MANDATORY PASSENGER RAIL SERVICE PAYMENTS
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to pay obli-
gations and liabilities of the National Railroad Passenger
Corporation, $150,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That this amount is available only for
the payment of—
(1) tax liabilities under section 3221 of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986 due in fiscal year 1995
in excess of amounts needed to fund benefits for indi-
viduals who retired from the National Railroad Pas-
senger Corporation and for their beneficiaries;
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(2) obligations of the National Railroad Pas-
senger Corporation under section 358(a) of title 45,
United States Code, due in fiscal year 1995 in excess
of its obligations calculated on an experience-rated
basis; and
(3) obligations of the National Railroad Pas-
senger Corporation due under section 3321 of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986.
PENNSYLVANIA STATION REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT
For grants to the National Railroad Passenger Cor-
poration, $40,000,000, to remain available until expended,
for engineering, design and construction activities to enable
the James A. Farley Post Office in New York City to be
used as a train station and commercial center: Provided,
That the Secretary may retain from these funds such
amounts as the Secretary shall deem appropriate to under-
take the environmental and historic preservation analyses
associated with this project: Provided further, That none of
these funds may be expended for construction activities (ex-
cept for emergency and short-term and related repairs and
environmental restoration) until the participants have en-
tered into a binding agreement satisfactory to the Secretary
that contains financial and related commitments from the
participants sufficient to ensure the completion of the
project: Provided further, That no funds provided under
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this head shall be available for construction until the Sec-
retary submits a report to the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations regarding the financing of necessary
improvements to the existing Pennsylvania Station and the
financing of the operating and capital costs accruing to the
commuter rail authorities operating in said station as a
result of this redevelopment project.
FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal
Transit Administration’s programs authorized by the Fed-
eral Transit Act and 23 U.S.C. chapter 1 in connection
with these activities, including hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$43,060,000.
FORMULA GRANTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of sections 9, 16(b)(2), and 18 of the Federal Transit Act,
to remain available until expended, $1,356,050,000
$1,350,000,000: 
Provided, 
That 
no 
more 
than
$2,506,050,000 $2,500,000,000 of budget authority shall
be available for these purposes: Provided further, That of
the funds provided under this head for formula grants no
more than $700,000,000 $730,000,000 may be used for
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operating assistance under section 9(k)(2) of the Federal
Transit Act: Provided further, That of the funds provided
under this head, $16,000,000 shall be available for grants
for the costs of planning, delivery and temporary use of
transit vehicles for special transportation needs of the
XXVth Summer Olympiad and the Xth Paralympiad for
the Disabled, to be held in Atlanta, Georgia, of which
$5,600,000 shall be available for the Paralympic Games:
Provided further, That in allocating the funds designated
in the preceding proviso, the Secretary may make grants
to any public body the Secretary deems appropriate, and
such grants shall not be subject to any local share require-
ment or limitation on operating assistance under this Act
or the Federal Transit Act: Provided further, That none
of the funds made available for the XXVth Olympiad or
the Xth Paralympiad for the Disabled shall be expended
before October 1, 1995 Provided further, That of the funds
made available under this head, $10,000,000 shall be trans-
ferred to the Federal Transit Administration’s Transit
Planning and Research account and be administered in ac-
cordance with section 26(b) of the Federal Transit Act, as
amended: Provided further, That 10 percent of the funds
apportioned to each grantee under section 9 of such act shall
be available for obligation only after the grantee certifies
to the Secretary that that portion of its funds will only be
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used for eligible projects that will contribute to decreased
traffic congestion in urban areas.
UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION CENTERS
For necessary expenses for university transportation
centers as authorized by section 11(b) of the Federal
Transit Act, to remain available until expended,
$6,000,000.
TRANSIT PLANNING AND RESEARCH
For necessary expenses for transit planning and re-
search as authorized by section 26 of the Federal Transit
Act, to remain available until expended, $92,250,000.
TRUST FUND SHARE OF TRANSIT PROGRAMS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out
section 21(a) of the Federal Transit Act, $1,150,000,000,
to remain available until expended and to be derived from
the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That $1,150,000,000
shall be paid from the Mass Transit Account of the High-
way 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 obliga-
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tions for which are in excess of $1,725,000,000 in fiscal
year 1995 for grants under the contract authority in sec-
tion 21(b) of the Federal Transit Act: Provided, That not-
withstanding any provision of law, there shall be available
for 
fixed 
guideway 
modernization, 
$725,000,000
$760,000,000; there shall be available for the replacement,
rehabilitation, and purchase of buses and related equip-
ment and the construction of bus-related facilities,
$353,330,000 $370,000,000; and there shall be available
for 
new 
fixed 
guideway 
systems, 
$646,670,000
$595,000,000, to be available as follows:
$48,000,000
for
the
South
Boston
Piers
transitway project;
$50,000,000
for
the
Chicago
central
area
circulator project;
$33,770,000 for the Dallas South Oak Cliff
LRT project;
$5,000,000 for the DART North Central light
rail extension project;
$6,000,000
for
the
Dallas-Fort
Worth
RAILTRAN project;
$20,000,000 for the Florida Tri-County com-
muter rail project;
$60,000,000 for the Houston Regional Bus
Plan program;
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$165,000,000 for the Los Angeles Metro Rail
(MOS–3) project;
$2,000,000 for the Miami Metrorail north cor-
ridor extension project;
$500,000 $146,000,000 for the New Jersey
Urban Core project;
$10,000,000 for the New Orleans Canal Street
Corridor project;
$45,000,000 $62,540,000 for the New York
Queens Connection project;
$2,400,000 for the Cincinnati Northeast/North-
ern Kentucky rail line project;
$10,000,000 for the Orange County Transitway
project;
$10,000,000
for
the
Pittsburgh
Busway
projects;
$73,500,000
$111,700,000 for the Portland
Westside LRT project;
$10,000,000 for the Salt Lake City light rail
project: Provided, That such funding may be made
available for related high-occupancy vehicle lane and
intermodal corridor design costs: Provided further,
That notwithstanding the provisions of Public Law
103–122, funds provided for the Salt Lake City
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light rail project in that Act may be used for final
design;
$40,300,000 for the San Francisco BART Ex-
tension/Tasman corridor project;
$10,000,000 for the San Juan, Puerto Rico
Tren Urbano project;
$4,700,000
for
the
Seattle-Renton-Tacoma
commuter rail project;
$19,500,000 $4,690,000 for the St. Louis Metro
Link LRT project;
$10,000,000 for the Maryland Central Corridor
LRT project;
$37,300,000 for the Boston, Massachusetts to
Portland, Maine Transportation Corridor Program,
of which $3,600,000 shall be available for the Boston
to Portland element of the Program, and $33,700,000
shall be available for the Central Artery Rail Link
element of the Program;
$24,000,000 for the MARC Commuter Rail
project;
$1,000,000 for the Tampa to Lakeland com-
muter rail project;
$10,000,000 for the Twin Cities central cor-
ridor project;
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$5,000,000 for the Wisconsin central commuter
project; and
$5,000,000 for the Whitehall ferry terminal,
New York, New York
$1,100,000 for the Boston metropolitan ‘‘Urban
Ring’’ project;
$8,320,000 for the Burlington to Charlotte, Ver-
mont commuter rail project;
$2,500,000 for the Burlington to Gloucester, New
Jersey line;
$6,000,000 for the Dulles Corridor rail project;
$750,000 for the New Bedford and Fall River,
Massachusetts commuter rail extensions;
$10,000,000 for the New Orleans Riverfront LRT
downriver extension; and
$5,100,000 for the West Shore Line, New Jersey.
MASS TRANSIT CAPITAL FUND
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out
section 21 (b) of the Federal Transit Act, administered
by the Federal Transit Administration, $1,500,000,000,
to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund and to remain
available until expended.
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INTERSTATE TRANSFER GRANTS—TRANSIT
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of 23 U.S.C. 103(e)(4) related to transit projects,
$48,030,000 $38,530,000, to remain available until ex-
pended:–Provided, That notwithstanding the formula for
apportionment under 23 U.S.C. 103(e)(4)(J), of the
amount made available under this head, only $9,500,000
shall be available for the substitute transit project ap-
proved under section 1045 of Public Law 102–240.
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 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.
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OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE
(HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)
For necessary expenses for operation and mainte-
nance of those portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway op-
erated and maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway De-
velopment Corporation, $10,271,000 $10,150,000, to be
derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursu-
ant 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,
$26,074,000 $26,738,000, of which $185,000 shall be de-
rived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, and of which
$2,468,000 shall remain available until September 30,
1997: Provided, That up to $1,000,000 in fees collected
under section 106(c)(11) of the Hazardous Materials
Transportation Act, as amended (49 U.S.C. App.
1805(c)(11)) shall be deposited in the general fund of the
Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided further, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, there may be
credited to this appropriation up to $1,000,000 in funds
received from user fees established to support the elec-
tronic tariff filing system: Provided further, That there
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may be credited to this appropriation funds received from
user fees established to defray the costs of obtaining, pre-
paring, and publishing in automatic data processing tape
format the United States International Air Travel Statis-
tics data base published by the Department.
PIPELINE SAFETY
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND)
For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of
the pipeline safety program, for grants-in-aid to carry out
a pipeline safety program, as authorized by section 5 of
the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968, as amended,
and the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979,
as amended, and to discharge the pipeline program re-
sponsibilities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990,
$32,967,000 $38,877,000; of which $2,432,500 shall be
derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund and shall
remain available until September 30, 1997; and of which
$30,534,500 $36,445,500 shall be derived from the Pipe-
line Safety Fund, of which $14,323,000 $17,876,000 shall
remain available until September 30, 1997: Provided, That
from amounts made available herein from the Pipeline
Safety Fund not to exceed $1,500,000 to be available until
expended, the Secretary may make grants to States as well
as operators of one-call notification systems and non-profit
organizations for development, establishment, and pro-
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motion of pipeline damage prevention programs and one-
call notification systems.
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS
(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND)
For necessary expenses to carry out section
117A(i)(3)(B) of the Hazardous Materials Transportation
Act, as amended, $400,000 to be derived from the Emer-
gency Preparedness Fund, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 1997: Provided, That not more than
$10,550,000 $11,200,000 shall be made available for obli-
gation in fiscal year 1995 from amounts made available
by section 117A (h)(6)(B) and (i) (1), (2) and (4) of the
Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, as amended:
Provided further, That no such funds shall be made avail-
able for obligation by individuals other than the Secretary
of Transportation or his designee.
ALASKA PIPELINE TASK FORCE
(RESCISSION)
(OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND)
Of the funds made available under this heading in
Public Law 102–388, $544,000 are rescinded.
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector
General to carry out the provisions of the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978, as amended, $40,000,000 $40,500,000.
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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, $3,350,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding
any other provision of law, there may be credited to this
appropriation funds received for publications and training
expenses.
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.
3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per
diem rate equivalent to the rate for a GS–18; uniforms,
or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C.
5901–5902), $37,392,000 $37,046,000, of which not to ex-
ceed $1,000 may be used for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses.
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INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Interstate Commerce
Commission, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31
U.S.C. 1343(b), and not to exceed $1,500 for official recep-
tion and representation expenses, $30,302,000: Provided,
That joint board members and cooperating state commis-
sioners may use government transportation requests when
traveling in connection with their official duties as such:
Provided further, That $8,300,000 in fees collected in fis-
cal year 1995 by the Interstate Commerce Commission
pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9701 shall be made available to
this appropriation in fiscal year 1995.
PAYMENTS FOR DIRECTED RAIL SERVICE
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
None of the funds provided in this Act shall be avail-
able for the execution of programs the obligations for
which can reasonably be expected to exceed $475,000 for
directed rail service authorized under 49 U.S.C. 11125 or
any other Act.
PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION
PANAMA CANAL REVOLVING FUND
For administrative expenses of the Panama Canal
Commission, including not to exceed $11,000 for official
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reception and representation expenses of the Board; not
to exceed $5,000 for official reception and representation
expenses of the Secretary; and not to exceed $30,000 for
official reception and representation expenses of the Ad-
ministrator, $50,030,000, to be derived from the Panama
Canal Revolving Fund: Provided, That none of these funds
may be used for the planning or execution of
nonadministrative and capital programs the obligations
for which are in excess of $540,000,000 in fiscal year
1994 1995: Provided further, That funds available to the
Panama Canal Commission shall be available for the pur-
chase of not to exceed forty-three passenger motor vehicles
for replacement only (including large heavy-duty vehicles
used to transport Commission personnel across the Isth-
mus of Panama), the purchase price of which shall not
exceed $19,500 per vehicle.
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
REBATE OF SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY TOLLS
(HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)
For rebate of the United States portion of tolls paid
for use of the Saint Lawrence Seaway, pursuant to Public
Law 99–662, $9,319,000, to remain available until ex-
pended and to be derived from the Harbor Maintenance
Trust Fund, of which not to exceed $132,000 shall be
available for expenses of administering the rebates.
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WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT
AUTHORITY
INTEREST PAYMENTS AND REPAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL
For payment of obligations incurred pursuant to
Public Law 96–184 and the Initial Bond Repayment Par-
ticipation Agreement, $664,666,667, to remain available
until expended, which shall be used only to repay principal
to the Federal Financing Bank for the Washington Metro-
rail construction loan; and in addition, such amounts as
are necessary for payment to the Federal Financing Bank,
of accrued interest and premium, if any, for such loan.
TITLE III
GENERAL PROVISIONS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
SEC. 301. During the current fiscal year applicable
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. Funds for the Panama Canal Commission
may be apportioned notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1341 to
the extent necessary to permit payment of such pay in-
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creases for officers or employees as may be authorized by
administrative action pursuant to law that are not in ex-
cess of statutory increases granted for the same period
in corresponding rates of compensation for other employ-
ees of the government in comparable positions.
SEC. 303. Funds appropriated under this Act for ex-
penditures by the Federal Aviation Administration shall
be available (1) except as otherwise authorized by the Act
of September 30, 1950 (20 U.S.C. 236–244), for expenses
of primary and secondary schooling for dependents of Fed-
eral 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 regu-
lar basis.
SEC. 304. 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
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individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to
the rate for a Executive Level IV.
SEC. 305. None of the funds for the Panama Canal
Commission may be expended unless in conformance with
the Panama Canal Treaties of 1977 and any law imple-
menting those treaties.
SEC. 306. None of the funds in this Act shall be used
for the planning or execution of any program to pay the
expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-federal parties
intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings
funded in this Act.
SEC. 307. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current
fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria-
tions, unless expressly so provided herein.
SEC. 308. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for the planning or implementation of any change in
the current federal status of the Volpe National Transpor-
tation Systems Center, and none of the funds in this Act
shall be available for the implementation of any change
in the current federal status of the Turner-Fairbank
Highway Research Center: Provided, That the Secretary
may plan for further development of the Volpe National
Transportation Systems Center and for other compatible
uses of the Center’s real property: Provided further, That
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any such planning does not alter the federal status of the
Center’s research and development operation: Provided
further, That employment at the Center shall not exceed 536
full time equivalent staff years in fiscal year 1995.
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 1995 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, 1994, no State shall obligate more than 25 per centum
of the amount distributed to such State under subsection
(a), and the total of all State obligations during such pe-
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riod shall not exceed 15 per centum of the total amount
distributed to all States under such subsection.
(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, 1995, 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, 144, of title 23,
United States Code, and under sections 1013(c) and
1015 of Public Law 102–240;
(3) not distribute amounts authorized for ad-
ministrative expenses and funded from the adminis-
trative takedown authorized by section 104(a), Title
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23 U.S.C., the Federal lands highway program, the
intelligent vehicle highway systems program, and
amounts made available under sections 1040, 1047,
1064, 6001, 6005, 6006, 6023, and 6024, of Public
Law 102–240: Provided, That amounts made avail-
able under section 6005 of Public Law 102–240
shall be subject to the obligation limitation for Fed-
eral-aid highways and highway safety construction
programs under the head ‘‘Federal-Aid Highways’’
in this Act; and
(4) notwithstanding subsection (a), the Sec-
retary shall withhold from initial distribution the fis-
cal year 1995 Federal-aid highways obligation limi-
tation set aside for Interstate Construction Discre-
tionary projects: Provided, That the Secretary shall
distribute only after August 1, 1995, such obligation
limitation withheld in accordance with this section to
those States receiving Interstate Construction Dis-
cretionary allocations.
(d) During the period October 1 through December
31, 1994, the aggregate amount of obligations under sec-
tion 157 of title 23, United States Code, for projects cov-
ered under section 147 of the Surface Transportation As-
sistance Act of 1978, section 9 of the Federal-Aid High-
way Act of 1981, sections 131(b), 131(j), and 404 of Pub-
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lic Law 97–424, sections 1061, 1103 through 1108, 4008,
and 6023(b)(8) and 6023(b)(10) of Public Law 102–240,
and for projects authorized by Public Law 99–500 and
Public Law 100–17, shall not exceed $325,155,150.
(e) During the period August 2 through September
30, 1995, the aggregate amount which may be obligated
by all States pursuant to paragraph (d) shall not exceed
2.5 percent of the aggregate amount of funds apportioned
or allocated to all States—
(1) under sections 104 and 144 of title 23,
United States Code, and 1013(c) and 1015 of Public
Law 102–240, and
(2) for highway assistance projects under sec-
tion 103(e)(4) of title 23, United States Code,
which would not be obligated in fiscal year 1995 if the
total amount of the obligation limitation provided for such
fiscal year in this Act were utilized.
(f) Paragraph (e) shall not apply to any State which
on or after August 1, 1995, has the amount distributed
to such State under paragraph (a) for fiscal year 1995
reduced under paragraph (c)(2).
SEC. 311. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for salaries and expenses of more than one hundred
and ten political and Presidential appointees in the De-
partment of Transportation: Provided, That none of the
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personnel covered by this provision may be assigned on
temporary detail outside the Department of Transpor-
tation.
SEC. 312. Not to exceed $850,000 of the funds pro-
vided in this Act for the Department of Transportation
shall be available for the necessary expenses of advisory
committees.
SEC. 313. The limitation on obligations for the 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 used
to implement section 404 of title 23, United States Code.
SEC. 314. For the purpose of carrying out a dem-
onstration of the construction of highways in high priority
corridors, authorized by section 1105(f) of Public Law 102–
240, there is hereby appropriated $6,000,000 for the Sec-
retary to enter into an agreement to make a loan or loans
not to exceed $40,000,000 to the public entity or entities
with the statutory duty to construct such facilities: Pro-
vided, That such loan or loans shall be repaid by direct
repayment no later than the fifth Federal fiscal year follow-
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ing the year in which a loan was made. Funds made avail-
able by this section shall not be subject to any limitation.
SEC. 315. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal
year 1995 pay raises for programs funded in this Act shall
be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act or
from available unobligated balances.
SEC. 316. 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. 317. 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
Federal Aviation Administration in accordance with agen-
cy criteria.
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SEC. 318. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able to award a multiyear contract for production end
items that (1) includes economic order quantity or long
lead time material procurement in excess of $10,000,000
in any one year of the contract or (2) includes a cancella-
tion 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 con-
ditioning such performance upon the appropriation of
funds: Provided, That this limitation does not apply to a
contract in which the federal government incurs no finan-
cial liability from not buying additional systems, sub-
systems, or components beyond the basic contract require-
ments.
SEC. 319. None of the funds provided in this Act
shall be made available for planning and executing a pas-
senger manifest program by the Department of Transpor-
tation that only applies to United States flag carriers.
SEC. 320. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the
provisions of section 1038(d) of Public Law 102–240.
SEC. 320. The Secretary of Transportation is author-
ized to transfer funds appropriated for any office of the Of-
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fice of the Secretary to any other Office of the Office of the
Secretary: Provided, That no appropriation shall be in-
creased or decreased by more than 12 per centum by all
such transfers: Provided further, That any such transfer
shall be submitted for approval to the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations.
SEC. 321. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, and except for fixed guideway modernization projects,
funds made available by this Act under ‘‘Federal Transit
Administration, Discretionary grants’’ for projects speci-
fied in this Act or identified in reports accompanying this
Act not obligated by September 30, 1997, shall be made
available for other projects under section 3 of the Federal
Transit Act, as amended.
SEC. 322. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, any funds appropriated before October 1, 1993, under
any section of the Federal Transit Act, as amended, that
remain available for expenditure may be transferred to
and administered under the most recent appropriation
heading for any such section.
SEC. 323. (a) Of the budgetary resources available
to the Department of Transportation (excluding the Mari-
time 
Administration) 
during 
fiscal 
year 
1995,
$65,120,000 are permanently canceled.
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(b) The Secretary of Transportation shall allocate the
amount of budgetary resources canceled among the De-
partment’s accounts (excluding the Maritime Administra-
tion) available for procurement and procurement-related
expenses. Amounts available for procurement and procure-
ment-related expenses in each such account shall be re-
duced by the amount allocated to such account.
(c) For the purposes of this section, the definition
of ‘‘procurement’’ includes all stages of the process of ac-
quiring property or services, beginning with the process
of determining a need for a product or services and ending
with contract completion and closeout, as specified in 41
U.S.C. 403(2).
SEC. 324. Of the funds appropriated in Public Law
103–122
for
railroad-highway
crossings
projects,
$20,000,000 shall be available for costs, not to exceed 80
percent, of a project to reduce rail-highway conflicts on
M–59 near Pontiac, Michigan, and a project on Bristol
Road near Flint, Michigan, including $500,000 which
shall be made available to improve and upgrade Maple
Road at Bishop Airport, Michigan: Provided, That of the
funds appropriated in Public Law 94–387 for railroad-
highway demonstration projects, $486,000 in unobligated
balances shall be made available for the rail relocation
project in Lafayette, Indiana.
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SEC. 324. For necessary expenses to carry out a pilot
project to provide direct financial assistance by contract,
to a community group incorporated for the purpose of pro-
tecting the scenic qualities of a designated scenic byway,
to demonstrate the effect of alternative highway designs on
the scenic and historic qualities of a scenic byway, a sum
of $100,000: Provided, That such amount be derived from
moneys available for contract programs for a national sce-
nic byways study made available by Public Law 101–164
(Federal Highway Administration Limitation on General
Operating Expenses) as further referenced by Conference
Report 101–315 and not expended as of the date of this
Act.
SEC. 325. None of the funds provided by this Act
shall be made available to any State, municipality or sub-
division thereof that diverts revenue generated by a public
airport in violation of the provisions of the Airport and
Airway Improvement Act of 1982, as amended.
SEC. 325. None of the funds provided in this Act for
the United States Coast Guard shall be available for the
inspection of Department of Defense vessels excluding those
under the Ready Reserve Force and the National Defense
Reserve Fleet after January 1, 1995.
SEC. 326. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able to implement or enforce regulations that would result
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in the withdrawal of a slot from an air carrier at O’Hare
International Airport under section 93.223 of title 14 of
the Code of Federal Regulations in excess of the total slots
withdrawn from that air carrier as of October 31, 1993
if such additional slot is to be allocated to an air carrier
or foreign air carrier under section 93.217 of title 14 of
the Code of Federal Regulations.
SEC. 327. None of the funds made available by this
Act may be obligated or expended to design, construct,
erect, modify or otherwise place any sign in any State re-
lating to any speed limit, distance, or other measurement
on any highway if such sign establishes such speed limit,
distance, or other measurement using the metric system.
SEC. 327. Notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, tolls collected for motor vehicles on any bridge connect-
ing the boroughs of Brooklyn, New York, and Staten Island,
New York, shall continue to be collected for only those vehi-
cles exiting from such bridge in Staten Island.
SEC. 328. None of the funds provided by this Act
shall be made available for any airport development
project, or projects, proposed in any grant application sub-
mitted in accordance with title V of Public Law 97–248
(96 Stat. 671; 49 U.S.C. App. 2201 et seq.) to any public
agency, public authority, or public airport that imposes a
fee for any passenger enplaning at the airport in any in-
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stance where the passenger did not pay for the air trans-
portation which resulted in such enplanement, including
any case in which the passenger obtained the ticket for
the air transportation with a frequent flyer award coupon.
SEC. 329. None of the funds in this Act may be used
to continue the federally-funded research and development
center (FFRDC) relationship between the Federal Avia-
tion Administration and the Center for Advanced Aviation
Systems Development after March 31, 1995: Provided,
That the Federal Aviation Administration may continue
this work after March 31, 1995 only by full and open com-
petition among all interested parties, including the Center
for Advanced Aviation Systems Development.
SEC. 329. (a) The Secretary of Transportation may
enter into grants, cooperative agreements, and other trans-
actions 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 As-
sistance Act of 1992 and related legislation.
(b) The authority provided in this section may be exer-
cised without regard to section 3324 of title 31, United
States Code.
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SEC. 330. Funds provided in this Act for the Depart-
ment of Transportation working capital fund (WCF) shall
be reduced by $13,253,000 $6,105,000, which limits fiscal
year 1995 WCF obligational authority for elements of the
Department of Transportation funded in this Act to no
more than $88,750,000 $94,855,000: Provided, That such
reductions from the budget request shall be allocated by
the Department of Transportation to each appropriations
account in proportion to the amount included from each
account for the working capital fund.
SEC. 331. Funds provided in this Act for bonuses and
cash awards for employees of the Department of Trans-
portation shall be reduced by $6,012,680 $5,169,000,
which limits fiscal year 1995 obligational authority to no
more than $25,500,000 $26,344,000: Provided, That this
provision shall be applied to funds for Senior Executive
Service bonuses, merit pay, and other bonuses and cash
awards.
SEC. 332. Section 127(a) of title 23, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘With respect to the State of Maryland, laws and regula-
tions in effect on June 1, 1993, shall be applicable for
the purposes of this subsection.’’.
SEC. 332. The Federal Aviation Administration is di-
rected to install a Terminal Doppler Weather Radar at
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Charlotte, North Carolina in fiscal year 1995, and to com-
mission that radar no later than December 31, 1995.
SEC. 333. Funds received by the Research and Special
Programs Administration from States, counties, munici-
palities, other public authorities, and private sources for
expenses incurred for training and for reports’ publication
and dissemination may be credited to the Research and
Special Programs account.
SEC. 334. Funds received by the Federal Highway
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 ‘‘Limita-
tion on General Operating Expenses’’ account, the Federal
Transit Administration’s ‘‘Transit Planning and Re-
search’’ account, and to the Federal Railroad Administra-
tion’s ‘‘Railroad Safety’’ account, except for State rail
safety inspectors participating in training pursuant to sec-
tion 206 of the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970.
SEC. 335. (a) Subsection (b) of section 1045 of the
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991
(105 Stat. 1994) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE.—
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‘‘(1) GENERAL RULE.—Upon approval of any
substitute project or projects under subsection (a)—
‘‘(A) the costs of construction of the eligi-
ble transitway project for which such project or
projects are substituted shall not be eligible for
funds authorized under section 108(b) of the
Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956; and
‘‘(B) a sum equal to the amount that
would have been apportioned to the State of
Wisconsin on October 1, 1994, under section
104(b)(5)(A) of title 23, United States Code, if
the Secretary had not approved such project or
projects shall be available to the Secretary from
the Highway Trust Fund to incur obligations
for the Federal share of the costs of such sub-
stitute project or projects.
‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts made available
under paragraph (1)(B) shall be available for obliga-
tion on and after October 1, 1994. Amounts made
available under paragraph (1)(B) shall remain avail-
able until expended and shall be subject to any limi-
tation on obligations for Federal-aid highways estab-
lished by law.
‘‘(3)
APPLICABILITY
OF
TITLE
U.S.C.—
Amounts made available under paragraph (1)(B)
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shall be available for obligation in the same manner
as if such funds were apportioned under chapter 1
of title 23, United States Code; except that the Fed-
eral share of the cost of any project carried out with
such funds shall be determined in accordance with
section 103(e)(4)(D) of such title.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) SUBSECTION (c).—The second sentence of
subsection (c) of section 1045 of such Act is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘the authority of section 103(e)(4) of
title 23, United States Code,’’ and inserting ‘‘section
21(a)(2) of the Federal Transit Act’’.
(2) SUBSECTION (d)(1).—Subsection (d)(1) of
section 1045 of such Act is amended by striking
‘‘project for’’ and all that follows through the period
at the end thereof and inserting ‘‘transit project.’’.
(3) SUBSECTION (d).—Subsection (d) of section
1045 of such Act is amended by striking paragraph
(3) and by redesignating paragraph (4) as para-
graph (3).
(c) REDUCTION OF INTERSTATE CONSTRUCTION AU-
THORIZATION.—Section 108(b) of the Federal-Aid High-
way Act of 1956 is amended by striking ‘‘$1,800,000,000
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘$1,800,000,000, reduced by the amount made avail-
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able under section 1045(b)(1)(B) of the Intermodal Sur-
face Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 1996’’.
SEC. 335. Section 12(c)(1) of the Federal Transit Act
is amended by inserting ‘‘payments for the capital portions
of rail trackage rights agreements,’’ after ‘‘rights-of-way,’’.
SEC. 336. (a) FEDERAL LINE OF CREDIT.—For the
purpose of carrying out a demonstration of the construc-
tion of public toll roads in Orange County, California, au-
thorized by section 129(d) of title 23, United States Code,
there is hereby appropriated $8,000,000 for the Secretary
to enter into an agreement to make a line of credit avail-
able, with a principal amount not to exceed $120,000,000
to the public entity or entities with the statutory authority
to construct such facilities.
(b) EFFECTIVE PERIOD.—The line of credit under
this section shall be available for draws during the period
beginning on the date of completion of construction and
ending on the last day of the tenth calendar year following
the date construction of the facilities is completed.
(c) PURPOSES.—The line of credit under this section
shall be available to pay the costs of extraordinary repair
and replacement of the facilities, unexpected Federal or
State environmental restrictions, operation and mainte-
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nance expenses of the facilities, and debt service on tax-
exempt or taxable obligations financing the facilities.
(d) LIMITATIONS.—
(1) CAPITAL EXPENDITURES.—With respect to
capital expenditures, draws on the line of credit
under this section shall only be made if and to the
extent proceeds from the sale of the obligations is-
sued by the public entity or entities which otherwise
would be available for such purposes are exhausted,
or are otherwise unavailable for the payment of such
capital expenditures.
(2) EXPENSES.—With respect to expenses, in-
cluding operation and maintenance expenses and
debt service, a draw on the line of credit under this
section shall only be made if revenues from toll oper-
ations and capitalized interest are insufficient (or
are otherwise unavailable) for such purposes.
(3) PER YEAR.—No more than 10 percent of
the total principal amount of the line of credit under
this section shall be available for draws in any one
year.
(4) THIRD PARTY CREDITOR RIGHTS.—No third
party creditor of the public entity or entities shall
have any right against the Federal Government with
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respect to draws on the line of credit under this sec-
tion.
(5) AVAILABILITY FOR PARTICULAR COSTS.—
There is no guaranteed availability of proceeds of
the line of credit under this section for the payment
of any particular cost of the public entity or entities
which might be financed under this section.
(e) INTEREST RATE AND REPAYMENT PERIOD.—Any
draws (except for operation and maintenance expenses) on
the line of credit under this section shall accrue interest
at the 30-year United States Treasury bond rate begin-
ning on the date such draws are made and shall be repaid
in not more than 30 years; except that any draws under
the line of credit for operation and maintenance expenses
shall accrue interest at the 3-year United States Treasury
note rate beginning on the date such draws are made and
shall be repaid in not more than 3 years.
SEC. 337. The amount otherwise provided by this Act
for ‘‘DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION—OF-
FICE OF THE SECRETARY—Salaries and Expenses’’
is hereby increased by $26,300,000, of which amount
$8,300,000 shall be derived from amounts provided for in
this Act under the heading ‘‘INTERSTATE COM-
MERCE COMMISSION—Salaries and Expenses’’.
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SEC. 337. In addition to amounts otherwise provided
by this Act, $5,425,000 shall be available for ‘‘Interstate
Commerce Commission, Salaries and Expenses’’ solely for
the discharge of liabilities, including severance pay, under
title 5 of the United States Code to employees separated
from the Interstate Commerce Commission on or after Octo-
ber 1, 1994.
SEC. 338. (a) PURCHASE
OF
AMERICAN-MADE
EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS.—It is the sense of the Con-
gress that, to the greatest extent practicable, all equip-
ment and products purchased with funds made available
in this Act should be American-made.
(b) NOTICE REQUIREMENT.—In providing financial
assistance to, or entering into any contract with, any en-
tity using funds made available in this Act, the head of
each Federal agency, to the greatest extent practicable,
shall provide to such entity a notice describing the state-
ment made in subsection (a) by the Congress.
SEC. 339. SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY TOLL COLLEC-
TION.—(a) Section 13 of the Act of May 13, 1954, ch. 201
(33 U.S.C. 988a), added by section 805(a)(4) of Title XIV
of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986, Public
Law 99–662 (100 Stat. 4272), is amended to read as fol-
lows:
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‘‘SEC. 13. WAIVER OF COLLECTION OF CHARGES OR TOLLS.
‘‘(a) Notwithstanding section 12 of this Act or any
other provision of law, the Corporation shall not collect any
charge or toll established pursuant to section 12 of this Act
with respect to a commercial vessel (as defined in section
4462(a)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986).
‘‘(b) The Corporation will maintain a record of the
annual amount of each charge or toll that would have been
collected with respect to each such commercial vessel if it
were not for paragraph (a) of this section.’’.
(b) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter
19 of title 33 is amended by striking:
‘‘Sec. 988a Rebate of charges and tolls.
‘‘(a) Transfer of revenues to Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund.
‘‘(b) Certifications to Secretary of the Treasury.’’
and adding in lieu thereof:
‘‘Sec. 988a Waiver of Collection of Charges or Tolls.
‘‘(a) Waiver of collection of charges or tolls.
‘‘(b) Record of annual amount.’’.
SEC. 340. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the unspent balance of funds previously appropriated for
the Meadowbrook Parkway project shall be available for the
Loop Parkway Bridge rehabilitation project.
SEC. 341. Not more than $1,707,000 of funds provided
for Coast Guard Operating Expenses under this Act shall
be available for Voluntary Separation Incentive, Special
Separation Benefit, early retirement, and other separation
and transition benefits under Chapter 58 of title 10, U.S.C.