H. R. 2750—15
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, $3,238,000: Provided, That no more than
$6,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for these purposes.
TRANSIT PLANNING AND RESEARCH
For necessary expenses for transit planning and research as
authorized by section 26 of the Federal Transit Act, to remain
available until expended, $48,125,000: Provided, That no more than
$92,250,000 of budget authority shall be available for these pur-
poses: Provided further, That there may be credited to this appro-
priation funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other
public authorities, and private sources, for expenses incurred for
training.
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, $1,195,000,000, to remain available
until expended and to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund:
Provided, That $18,162,000 shall be paid from the Mass Transit
Account of the Highway Trust Fund to the Federal Transit Adminis-
tration’s administrative expenses account: Provided further, That
$1,129,951,000 shall be paid from the Mass Transit Account of
the Highway Trust Fund to the Federal Transit Administration’s
formula grants account: Provided further, That $2,762,000 shall
be paid from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust
Fund to the Federal Transit Administration’s university transpor-
tation centers account: Provided further, That $44,125,000 shall
be paid from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust
Fund to the Federal Transit Administration’s transit planning and
research 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 $1,785,000,000 in fiscal year 1994 for grants under
the contract authority in section 21(b) of the Federal Transit Act:
Provided, That notwithstanding any provision of law, there shall
be available for fixed guideway modernization, $760,060,000; there
shall be available for the replacement, rehabilitation, and purchase
of buses and related equipment and the construction of bus-related
facilities, $357,000,000; and there shall be available for new fixed
guideway systems, $667,940,000, as follows—
$10,000,000 for alternatives analysis only for the South
Boston Piers Transitway Project;
$24,090,000 for the Chicago Central Area Circulator
Project;
$800,000 for the Cleveland Dual Hub Corridor Project;
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$9,500,000 for the Boston, Massachusetts to Portland,
Maine Commuter Rail Project;
$40,000,000 for the Dallas South Oak Cliff LRT Project;
$39,000,000 for the Houston Regional Bus Plan Program
of Projects;
$62,500,000 for the New Jersey Urban Core;
$170,000,000 for the Los Angeles Metro Rail MOS–2 and
MOS–3 Projects;
$3,600,000 for alternatives analysis, preliminary engineer-
ing, and environmental analysis for the New Orleans Canal
Street Corridor Project;
$1,000,000 for the Northeast Ohio Commuter Rail Project;
$500,000 for the South Jersey alternatives analysis;
$15,500,000 for the Orange County Transitway System
Project;
$36,700,000 for the Pittsburgh Busway Projects;
$65,000,000 for the New York Queens Connection Project;
$3,000,000 for the Orlando Streetcar Project;
$83,500,000 for the Portland Westside LRT Project;
$1,000,000 for the Sacramento LRT Extension Project;
$28,200,000 for the San Francisco Airport BART Extension
Project and the Tasman Corridor LRT Project;
$3,000,000 for preliminary engineering only for the Salt
Lake City South LRT Project;
$15,200,000 for the St. Louis METRO Link LRT to Airport
Project;
$10,000,000 for the Florida Tri-County Commuter Rail
Project;
$2,800,000 for preliminary engineering only for the Twin
Cities Central Corridor Project;
$23,500,000 for the Maryland Commuter Rail Project;
$8,000,000 for the Wisconsin Central Commuter Line
Project;
$3,000,000 for the Lakewood Freehold and Matawan or
Jamesburg Commuter Rail Project;
$6,700,000 for the Hawthorne-Warwick Commuter Rail
Project;
$1,350,000 for alternatives analysis for Cincinnati, Ohio
Commuter Rail; and
$500,000 for Memphis, Tennessee Regional Rail Plan: Pro-
vided further, That Public Law 102–388 is amended under
Federal Transit Administration, ‘‘Discretionary grants’’ by
deleting ‘‘not less than $76,500,000 for the Honolulu Rapid
Transit Starter Line of Projects;’’: Provided further, That of
the funds affected by the preceding proviso, $10,000,000 shall
be for the South Boston Piers Transitway, $8,500,000 shall
be for the Chicago Central Area Circulator Project, $4,000,000
shall be for the Dallas South Oak Cliff LRT Project, $1,000,000
shall be for the Houston Regional Bus Plan Program of Projects,
$5,000,000 shall be for the Pittsburgh Busway Projects,
$3,000,000 shall be for the Milwaukee, Wisconsin East-West
Corridor Project, and $45,000,000 shall be allocated at the
discretion of the Secretary.
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MASS TRANSIT CAPITAL FUND
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out section
21(b) of the Federal Transit Act, administered by the Federal Tran-
sit Administration, $1,000,000,000, to be derived from the Highway
Trust Fund and to remain available until expended.
INTERSTATE TRANSFER GRANTS—TRANSIT
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 23 U.S.C.
103(e)(4) related to transit projects, $45,000,000, 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
by 
the 
Saint 
Lawrence 
Seaway 
Development 
Corporation,
$10,765,000, to be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust
Fund, pursuant to Public Law 99–662.
ADDITIONAL HIGHWAY PROJECTS
APPALACHIAN CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
For 80 percent of the expenses necessary to continue construc-
tion on Kentucky Corridor B and West Virginia Corridor L of
the Appalachian Development Highway System, as authorized by
section 1069(y) of Public Law 102–240, $57,000,000.
CUMBERLAND GAP TUNNEL PROJECT
For expenses necessary for the Cumberland Gap Tunnel Project,
as authorized by section 1069(c) of Public Law 102–240, $6,000,000.
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LOCK AND DAM NO. 4 BRIDGE
For 80 percent of the expenses necessary for the Lock and
Dam No. 4 bridge in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, $4,000,000.
MINEOLA GRADE CROSSING
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For 80 percent of the expenses necessary for the Mineola,
New York grade crossing project, as authorized by Public Law
99–591, $7,800,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund
and to remain available until expended.
CONGESTION MITIGATION
For 80 percent of the expenses necessary for the Syracuse,
New York congestion mitigation project, as authorized by section
1069(bb) of Public Law 102–240, $1,600,000.
CROSS WESTCHESTER EXPRESSWAY
For 80 percent of the expenses necessary for the I–287 Cross
Westchester, New York Expressway high occupancy vehicle lane
project, as authorized by section 1069(ff) of Public Law 102–240,
$9,800,000.
SCHENECTADY BRIDGE
For 80 percent of the expenses necessary for construction of
the Exit 26 bridge in Schenectady County, New York, as authorized
by section 1069(b) of Public Law 102–240, $3,200,000.
COLUMBIA GORGE HIGHWAY
For 80 percent of the expenses necessary for the Hood River
to Mosier Connection project, as authorized by section 16(b)(3)
of Public Law 99–663, $2,500,000.
MANASSAS BATTLEFIELD BYPASS
For 75 percent of the expenses necessary for the Manassas
Battlefield highway projects, as authorized by section 10004(d) of
Public Law 100–647, $3,000,000.
RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of Hazardous
Materials Safety and for expenses for conducting research and
development, $12,600,000, of which $1,364,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That up to $1,000,000 in fees col-
lected under section 106(c)(11) of the Hazardous Materials
Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. App. 1805(c)(11)) 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, counties, municipalities, other public authori-
ties, and private sources for expenses incurred for training, and
for reports publication and dissemination.
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AVIATION INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of Aviation
Information Management, $2,521,000: Provided, 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, and for aviation information management: Provided
further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, there
may be credited to this appropriation up to $1,000,000 in funds
received from user fees established to support the electronic tariff
filing system: Provided further, That there may be credited to
this appropriation funds received from user fees established to
defray the costs of obtaining, preparing, and publishing in automatic
data processing tape format the United States International Air
Travel Statistics data base published by the Department.
EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of Emergency
Transportation and for expenses for conducting research and devel-
opment, $842,000: 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 training, and for reports publication and dissemination.
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of Research
and Technology and for expenses for conducting research and devel-
opment, $1,766,000, of which $585,000 shall remain available until
expended: Provided, That there may be credited to this appropria-
tion funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other
public authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for
training, and for reports publication and dissemination.
PROGRAM AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of Program
and Administrative Support, $6,279,000, of which $180,000 shall
be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund: 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 training, and for reports publica-
tion and dissemination: Provided further, That no employees other
than those compensated under this appropriation shall serve in
the Office of the Administrator, the Office of Policy and Programs,
the Office of Management and Administration, and the Office of
the Chief Counsel.
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 and the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act
of 1979, and to discharge the pipeline program responsibilities
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of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $19,376,000; of which $2,449,000
shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, to remain
available until expended; and of which $16,927,000 shall be derived
from the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which $8,400,000 shall remain
available until expended.
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS
(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND)
For necessary expenses to carry out section 117A(i)(3)(B) of
the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, as amended, $400,000
to be derived from the Emergency Preparedness Fund, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That not more than $11,000,000
shall be made available for obligation in fiscal year 1994 for
amounts made available by section 117A (h)(6)(B) and (i) (1), (2)
and (4) and section 118 of the Hazardous Materials Transportation
Act, as amended: Provided further, That such amounts shall only
be available to the Secretary of Transportation and the National
Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector General
to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978,
as amended, $39,000,000: Provided, That not more than $1,000,000
of the funds made available under this head shall be available
for implementation of Public Law 101–576.
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, $3,348,000: 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), $37,105,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 may be
used for official reception and representation expenses.
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INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, hire of
passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b), and
not to exceed $1,500 for official reception and representation
expenses, $44,960,000: Provided, That joint board members and
cooperating State commissioners may use Government transpor-
tation requests when traveling in connection with their official
duties as such: Provided further, That $7,300,000 in fees collected
in fiscal year 1994 by the Interstate Commerce Commission pursu-
ant to 31 U.S.C. 9701 shall be made available to this appropriation
in fiscal year 1994.
PAYMENTS FOR DIRECTED RAIL SERVICE
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
None of the funds provided in this Act shall be available for
the execution of programs the obligations for which can reasonably
be expected to exceed $475,000 for directed rail service authorized
under 49 U.S.C. 11125 or any other Act.
PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION
PANAMA CANAL REVOLVING FUND
For administrative expenses of the Panama Canal Commission,
including not to exceed $11,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses of the Board; not to exceed $5,000 for official reception
and representation expenses of the Secretary; and not to exceed
$30,000 for official reception and representation expenses of the
Administrator, $51,742,000, 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: Provided further, That funds available to the
Panama Canal Commission shall be available for the purchase
of not to exceed thirty-five passenger motor vehicles for replacement
only (including large heavy-duty vehicles used to transport Commis-
sion personnel across the Isthmus of Panama), the purchase price
of which shall not exceed $19,000 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,
$9,707,000, to remain available until expended and to be derived
from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, of which not to exceed
$225,000 shall be available for expenses of administering the
rebates.
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WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY
INTEREST PAYMENTS
For necessary expenses for interest payments, to remain avail-
able until expended, $51,663,569: Provided, That these funds shall
be disbursed pursuant to terms and conditions established by Public
Law 96–184 and the Initial Bond Repayment Participation Agree-
ment.
TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
SEC. 301. During the current fiscal year applicable appropria-
tions to the Department of Transportation shall be available for
maintenance and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor
vehicles and aircraft; purchase of liability insurance for motor
vehicles operating in foreign countries on official department busi-
ness; and uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by law
(5 U.S.C. 5901–5902).
SEC. 302. Funds for the Panama Canal Commission may be
apportioned notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1341 to the extent necessary
to permit payment of such pay increases for officers or employees
as may be authorized by administrative action pursuant to law
that are not in excess of statutory increases granted for the same
period in corresponding rates of compensation for other employees
of the Government in comparable positions.
SEC. 303. Funds appropriated under this Act for expenditures
by the Federal Aviation Administration shall be available (1) except
as otherwise authorized by the Act of September 30, 1950 (20
U.S.C. 236–244), for expenses of primary and secondary schooling
for dependents of Federal Aviation Administration personnel sta-
tioned outside the continental United States at costs for any given
area not in excess of those of the Department of Defense for the
same area, when it is determined by the Secretary that the schools,
if any, available in the locality are unable to provide adequately
for the education of such dependents, and (2) for transportation
of said dependents between schools serving the area that they
attend and their places of residence when the Secretary, under
such regulations as may be prescribed, determines that such schools
are not accessible by public means of transportation on a regular
basis.
SEC. 304. Appropriations contained in this Act for the Depart-
ment of Transportation shall be available for services as authorized
by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the
per diem rate equivalent to the rate for a GS–18.
SEC. 305. None of the funds for the Panama Canal Commission
may be expended unless in conformance with the Panama Canal
Treaties of 1977 and any law implementing those treaties.
SEC. 306. None of the funds in this Act shall be used for
the planning or execution of any program to pay the expenses
of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties intervening in
regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act.
SEC. 307. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, nor
may any be transferred to other appropriations, unless expressly
so provided herein.
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SEC. 308. None of the funds in this Act shall be available
for the planning or implementation of any change in the current
Federal status of the Volpe National Transportation Systems Cen-
ter, and none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the
implementation of any change in the current Federal status of
the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center: Provided, That
the Secretary may plan for further development of the Volpe
National Transportation Systems Center and for other compatible
uses of the Center’s real property: Provided further, That any such
planning does not alter the Federal status of the Center’s research
and development operation.
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 1994 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, 1993,
no State shall obligate more than 25 per centum of the amount
distributed to such State under subsection (a), and the total of
all State obligations during such period shall not exceed 15 per
centum of the total amount distributed to all States under such
subsection.
(c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), the Secretary
shall—
(1) provide all States with authority sufficient to prevent
lapses of sums authorized to be appropriated for Federal-aid
highways that have been apportioned to a State, except in
those instances in which a State indicates its intention to
lapse sums apportioned under section 104(b)(5)(A) of title 23,
United States Code;
(2) after August 1, 1994, revise a distribution of the funds
made available under subsection (a) if a State will not obligate
the amount distributed during that fiscal year and redistribute
sufficient amounts to those States able to obligate amounts
in addition to those previously distributed during that fiscal
year giving priority to those States having large unobligated
balances of funds apportioned under sections 103(e)(4), 104
and 144 of title 23, United States Code, and under sections
1013(c) and 1015 of Public Law 102–240;
(3) not distribute amounts authorized for administrative
expenses, the Federal lands highway program, the intelligent
vehicle highway systems program, and amounts made available
under sections 1040, 1047, 1064, 6001, 6006, 6023, and 6024
of Public Law 102–240, and not more than $1,050,000 for
section 5002 of Public Law 102–240 and $458,629 for the
National Commission on Intermodal Transportation authorized
by section 5005 of Public Law 102–240. Amounts for section
5002 and section 5005 of Public Law 102–240 shall be deemed
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