Act shall be available for expenses incurred for yacht docu-
mentation under 46 U.S.C. 12109, except to the extent
fees are collected from yacht owners and credited to this
appropriation: Provided further, That none of the funds
in this Act shall be available for the Coast Guard to plan,
finalize, or implement any regulation that would promul-
gate new maritime user fees not specifically authorized by
law after the date of the enactment of this Act.
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS
For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction,
renovation, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore
facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related
thereto, $515,000,000, of which $20,000,000 shall be de-
rived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which
$252,640,000 shall be available to acquire, repair, ren-
ovate or improve vessels, small boats and related equip-
ment, to remain available until September 30, 2005,
$42,300,000 shall be available for the Integrated Deep-
water Systems program, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2003, $43,650,000 shall be available to acquire
new aircraft and increase aviation capability, to remain
available until September 30, 2003, $60,113,000 shall be
available for other equipment, to remain available until
September 30, 2003, $61,606,000 shall be available for
shore facilities and aids to navigation facilities, to remain
available until September 30, 2003; and $54,691,000 shall
be available for personnel compensation and benefits and
related costs, to remain available until September 30,
2002: Provided, That the Commandant of the Coast
Guard is authorized to dispose of surplus real property,
by sale or lease, and the proceeds shall be credited to this
appropriation as offsetting collections and made available
only for the National Distress and Response System Mod-
ernization program, to remain available for obligation
until September 30, 2003: Provided further, That upon
initial submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2002
President’s budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall
transmit to the Congress a comprehensive capital invest-
ment plan for the United States Coast Guard which in-
cludes funding for each budget line item for fiscal years
2002 through 2006, with total funding for each year of
the plan constrained to the funding targets for those years
as estimated and approved by the Office of Management
and Budget: Provided further, That the amount herein ap-
propriated shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for each
day after initial submission of the President’s budget that
the plan has not been submitted to the Congress.
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,
$16,700,000, to remain available until expended.
ALTERATION OF BRIDGES
For necessary expenses for alteration or removal of
obstructive bridges, $14,740,000, to remain available until
expended.
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,
payments for 15–year career status bonuses under the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2000, and
for payments for medical care of retired personnel and
their dependents under the Dependents Medical Care Act
(10 U.S.C. ch. 55), $778,000,000.
RESERVE TRAINING
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For all necessary expenses of the Coast Guard Re-
serve, as authorized by law; maintenance and operation
of facilities; and supplies, equipment, and services,
$80,375,000: Provided, That no more than $21,500,000
of funds made available under this heading may be trans-
ferred to Coast Guard ‘‘Operating expenses’’ or otherwise
made available to reimburse the Coast Guard for financial
support of the Coast Guard Reserve: Provided further,
That none of the funds in this Act may be used by the
Coast Guard to assess direct charges on the Coast Guard
Reserves for items or activities which were not so charged
during fiscal year 1997.
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,
$19,691,000, to remain available until expended, of which
$3,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability
Trust Fund: Provided, That there may be credited to and
used for the purposes of this appropriation funds received
from State and local governments, other public authori-
ties, private sources, and foreign countries, for expenses
incurred for research, development, testing, and evalua-
tion.
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
OPERATIONS
For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration, not otherwise provided for, including oper-
ations and research activities related to commercial space
transportation, administrative expenses for research and
development, establishment of air navigation facilities, the
operation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft,
subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold
to the public, and lease or purchase of passenger motor
vehicles for replacement only, in addition to amounts made
available by Public Law 104–264, $6,544,235,000, includ-
ing $4,414,869,000 to be derived from the Airport and
Airway 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 agency services, including receipts for the mainte-
nance and operation of air navigation facilities, and for
issuance, renewal or modification of certificates, including
airman, aircraft, and repair station certificates, or for
tests related thereto, or for processing major repair or al-
teration forms: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be for the
contract tower cost-sharing program and $750,000 shall
be for the Centennial of Flight Commission: Provided fur-
ther, That funds may be used to enter into a grant agree-
ment with a nonprofit standard-setting organization to as-
sist in the development of aviation safety standards: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be
available for new applicants for the second career training
program: Provided further, That none of the funds in this
Act shall be available for paying premium pay under 5
U.S.C. 5546(a) to any Federal Aviation Administration
employee unless such employee actually performed work
during the time corresponding to such premium pay: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds in this Act may be
obligated or expended to operate a manned auxiliary flight
service station in the contiguous United States: Provided
further, That none of the funds in this Act may be used
for the Federal Aviation Administration to enter into a
multiyear lease greater than 5 years in length or greater
than $100,000,000 in value unless such lease is specifi-
cally authorized by the Congress and appropriations have
been provided to fully cover the Federal Government’s
contingent liabilities: Provided further, That none of the
funds in this Act for aeronautical charting and cartog-
raphy are available for activities conducted by, or coordi-
nated through, the Transportation Administrative Service
Center.
FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,
for acquisition, establishment, and improvement by con-
tract or purchase, and hire of air navigation and experi-
mental facilities and equipment as authorized under part
A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, including
initial acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; en-
gineering and service testing, including construction of
test facilities and acquisition of necessary sites by lease
or grant; and construction and furnishing of quarters and
related accommodations for officers and employees of the
Federal Aviation Administration stationed at remote local-
ities where such accommodations are not available; and
the purchase, lease, or transfer of aircraft from funds
available under this heading; to be derived from the Air-
port and Airway Trust Fund, $2,656,765,000 of which
$2,334,112,400 shall remain available until September 30,
2003, and of which $322,652,600 shall remain available
until September 30, 2001: Provided, That there may be
credited to this appropriation funds received from States,
counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and pri-
vate sources, for expenses incurred in the establishment
and modernization of air navigation facilities: Provided
further, That upon initial submission to the Congress of
the fiscal year 2002 President’s budget, the Secretary of
Transportation shall transmit to the Congress a com-
prehensive capital investment plan for the Federal Avia-
tion Administration which includes funding for each budg-
et line item for fiscal years 2002 through 2006, with total
funding for each year of the plan constrained to the fund-
ing targets for those years as estimated and approved by
the Office of Management and Budget.
RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,
for research, engineering, and development, as authorized
under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States
Code, including construction of experimental facilities and
acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant,
$184,366,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway
Trust Fund and to remain available until September 30,
2003: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro-
priation funds received from States, counties, municipali-
ties, other public authorities, and private sources, for ex-
penses incurred for research, engineering, and develop-
ment.
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 noise com-
patibility planning and programs as authorized under sub-
chapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475
of title 49, United States Code, and under other law au-
thorizing such obligations; for administration of such pro-
grams; for administration of programs under section
40117; for procurement, installation, and commissioning
of runway incursion prevention devices and systems at air-
ports; and for inspection activities and administration of
airport safety programs, including those related to airport
operating certificates under section 44706 of title 49,
United States Code, $3,200,000,000, to be derived from
the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That none of the funds
under this heading shall be available for the planning or
execution of programs the obligations for which are in ex-
cess of $3,200,000,000 in fiscal year 2001, notwith-
standing section 47117(h) of title 49, United States Code:
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, not more than $53,000,000 of funds limited
under this heading shall be obligated for administration.
GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)
(RESCISSION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
Of the unobligated balances authorized under 49
U.S.C. 48103, as amended, $579,000,000 are rescinded.
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 49 U.S.C. 44307, and
in accordance with section 104 of the Government Cor-
poration Control Act, as amended (31 U.S.C. 9104), as
may be necessary in carrying out the program for aviation
insurance activities under chapter 443 of title 49, United
States Code.
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
Necessary expenses for administration and operation
of the Federal Highway Administration, not to exceed
$290,115,000 shall be paid in accordance with law from
appropriations made available by this Act to the Federal
Highway Administration together with advances and reim-
bursements received by the Federal Highway Administra-
tion.
LIMITATION ON TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH
Necessary expenses for transportation research of the
Federal 
Highway 
Administration, 
not 
to 
exceed
$437,250,000 shall be paid in accordance with law from
appropriations made available by this Act to the Federal
Highway Administration: Provided, That this limitation
shall not apply to any authority previously made available
for obligation.
FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY
ADMINISTRATION
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for administration of motor
carrier safety programs and motor carrier safety research,
pursuant to section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code,
not to exceed $92,194,000 shall be paid in accordance
with law from appropriations made available by this Act
to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, to-
gether with advances and reimbursements received by the
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration: Provided,
That such amounts shall be available to carry out the
functions and operations of the Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration.
NATIONAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY PROGRAM
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out
49 U.S.C. 31102, $177,000,000, 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
$177,000,000 for the National Motor Carrier Safety Pro-
gram.
NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY
ADMINISTRATION
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of
the Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety
under chapter 301 of title 49, United States Code, and
part C of subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code,
$107,876,000, of which $77,671,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2003: Provided, That none of
the funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated or
expended to plan, finalize, or implement any rulemaking
to add to section 575.104 of title 49 of the Code of Fed-
eral Regulations any requirement pertaining to a grading
standard that is different from the three grading stand-
ards (treadwear, traction, and temperature resistance) al-
ready in effect.
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out
the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 403, to remain available until
expended, $72,000,000, to be derived from the Highway
Trust Fund: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act
shall be available for the planning or execution of pro-
grams the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 2001,
are in excess of $72,000,000 for programs authorized
under 23 U.S.C. 403.
NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of
the Secretary with respect to the National Driver Register
under chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code,
$2,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund,
and to remain available until expended.
HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out
the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, 410, and 411, to
remain available until expended, $213,000,000, to be de-
rived from the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That none
of the funds in this Act shall be available for the planning
or execution of programs the total obligations for which,
in fiscal year 2001, are in excess of $213,000,000 for pro-
grams authorized under 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, 410, and
411, of which $155,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Highway Safety
Programs’’ under 23 U.S.C. 402, $13,000,000 shall be for
‘‘Occupant Protection Incentive Grants’’ under 23 U.S.C.
405, $36,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Alcohol-Impaired Driving
Countermeasures Grants’’ under 23 U.S.C. 410, and
$9,000,000 shall be for the ‘‘State Highway Safety Data
Grants’’ under 23 U.S.C. 411: Provided further, That
none of these funds shall be used for construction, reha-
bilitation, or remodeling costs, or for office furnishings
and fixtures for State, local, or private buildings or struc-
tures: Provided further, That not to exceed $7,750,000 of
the funds made available for section 402, not to exceed
$650,000 of the funds made available for section 405, not
to exceed $1,800,000 of the funds made available for sec-
tion 410, and not to exceed $450,000 of the funds made
available for section 411 shall be available to NHTSA for
administering highway safety grants under chapter 4 of
title 23, United States Code: Provided further, That not
to exceed $500,000 of the funds made available for section
410 ‘‘Alcohol-Impaired Driving Countermeasures Grants’’
shall be available for technical assistance to the States.
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION
SAFETY AND OPERATIONS
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Ad-
ministration, not otherwise provided for, $102,487,000, of
which $5,249,000 shall remain available until expended:
Provided, That, as part of the Washington Union Station
transaction in which the Secretary assumed the first deed
of trust on the property and, where the Union Station Re-
development Corporation or any successor is obligated to
make payments on such deed of trust on the Secretary’s
behalf, including payments on and after September 30,
1988, the Secretary is authorized to receive such payments
directly from the Union Station Redevelopment Corpora-
tion, credit them to the appropriation charged for the first
deed of trust, and make payments on the first deed of
trust with those funds: Provided further, That such addi-
tional 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 Ad-
ministration, to be reimbursed from payments received
from the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation.
RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses for railroad research and de-
velopment, $26,300,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAM
The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to
issue to the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obli-
gations pursuant to section 512 of the Railroad Revitaliza-
tion and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–
210), as amended, in such amounts and at such times as
may be necessary to pay any amounts required pursuant
to the guarantee of the principal amount of obligations
under sections 511 through 513 of such Act, such author-
ity to exist as long as any such guaranteed obligation is
outstanding: Provided, That pursuant to section 502 of
such Act, as amended, no new direct loans or loan guar-
antee commitments shall be made using Federal funds for
the credit risk premium during fiscal year 2001.
RHODE ISLAND RAIL DEVELOPMENT
For the costs associated with construction of a third
track on the Northeast Corridor between Davisville and
Central Falls, Rhode Island, with sufficient clearance to
accommodate double stack freight cars, $17,000,000 to be
matched by the State of Rhode Island or its designee on
a dollar-for-dollar basis and to remain available until ex-
pended.
NEXT GENERATION HIGH-SPEED RAIL
For necessary expenses for the Next Generation
High-Speed Rail program as authorized under 49 U.S.C.
26101 and 26102, $22,000,000, to remain available until
expended.
CAPITAL GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD
PASSENGER CORPORATION
For necessary expenses of capital improvements of
the National Railroad Passenger Corporation as author-
ized by 49 U.S.C. 24104(a), $521,476,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary
shall not obligate more than $208,590,000 prior to Sep-
tember 30, 2001.
FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal
Transit Administration’s programs authorized by chapter
53 of title 49, United States Code, $12,800,000: Provided,
That no more than $64,000,000 of budget authority shall
be available for these purposes: Provided further, That of
the funds in this Act available for the execution of con-
tracts under section 5327(c) of title 49, United States
Code, $1,000,000 shall be transferred to the Department
of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General for costs
associated with the audit and review of new fixed guideway
systems.
FORMULA GRANTS
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5307,
5308, 5310, 5311, 5327, and section 3038 of Public Law
105–178, $669,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That no more than $3,345,000,000 of
budget authority shall be available for these purposes: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds provided under this head-
ing, $40,000,000 shall be available for grants for the costs
of planning, delivery, and temporary use of transit vehicles
for special transportation needs and construction of tem-
porary transportation facilities for the XIX Winter Olym-
piad and the VIII Paralympiad for the Disabled, to be held
in Salt Lake City, Utah: Provided further, That in allo-
cating the funds designated in the preceding proviso, the
Secretary shall make grants only to the Utah Department
of Transportation, and such grants shall not be subject
to any local share requirement or limitation on operating
assistance under this Act or the Federal Transit Act, as
amended.
UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5505,
$1,200,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That no more than $6,000,000 of budget authority shall
be available for these purposes.
TRANSIT PLANNING AND RESEARCH
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5303,
5304, 5305, 5311(b)(2), 5312, 5313(a), 5314, 5315, and
5322, $22,200,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That no more than $110,000,000 of budget au-
thority shall be available for these purposes: Provided fur-
ther, That $5,250,000 is available to provide rural trans-
portation assistance (49 U.S.C. 5311(b)(2)), $4,000,000
is available to carry out programs under the National
Transit Institute (49 U.S.C. 5315), $8,250,000 is avail-
able to carry out transit cooperative research programs
(49 U.S.C. 5313(a)), $52,113,600 is available for metro-
politan planning (49 U.S.C. 5303, 5304, and 5305),
$10,886,400 is available for State planning (49 U.S.C.
5313(b)); and $29,500,000 is available for the national
planning and research program (49 U.S.C. 5314).
TRUST FUND SHARE OF EXPENSES
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out
49 U.S.C. 5303–5308, 5310–5315, 5317(b), 5322, 5327,
5334, 5505, and sections 3037 and 3038 of Public Law
105–178, $5,016,600,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, and to be derived from the Mass Transit Account
of 
the 
Highway 
Trust 
Fund: 
Provided, 
That
$2,676,000,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Ad-
ministration’s formula grants account: Provided further,
That $87,800,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Ad-
ministration’s transit planning and research account: Pro-
vided further, That $51,200,000 shall be paid to the Fed-
eral Transit Administration’s administrative expenses ac-
count: Provided further, That $4,800,000 shall be paid to
the Federal Transit Administration’s university transpor-
tation 
research 
account: 
Provided 
further, 
That
$80,000,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Adminis-
tration’s job access and reverse commute grants program:
Provided further, That $2,116,800,000 shall be paid to the
Federal Transit Administration’s capital investment
grants account.
CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5308,
5309, 5318, and 5327, $529,200,000, to remain available
until 
expended: 
Provided, 
That 
no 
more 
than
$2,646,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for
these purposes: Provided further, That there shall be avail-
able for fixed guideway modernization, $1,058,400,000;
there shall be available for the replacement, rehabilitation,
and purchase of buses and related equipment and the con-
struction of bus-related facilities, $529,200,000, and there
shall be available for new fixed guideway systems
$1,058,400,000, together with $4,983,828 made available
for the Pittsburgh airport busway project under Public
Law 105–66; together with $496,280 made available for
the Colorado-North Front Range corridor feasibility study
under Public Law 105–277, together with $4,910,000
made available for the Orlando Lynx light rail project
(phase 1) under Public Law 106–69; to be available as
follows:
$10,322,000 for Alaska or Hawaii ferry
projects;
$25,000,000 for the Atlanta, Georgia, North
line extension project;
$3,000,000 for the Baltimore central LRT dou-
ble track project;
$1,000,000 for the Boston Urban Ring project;
$36,000,000 for the South Boston piers
transitway;
$6,000,000 for the Canton-Akron-Cleveland
commuter rail project;
$5,000,000 for the Charlotte, North Carolina,
north-south corridor transitway project;
$35,000,000 for the Chicago METRA com-
muter rail projects;
$15,000,000 for the Chicago Transit Authority
Ravenswood and Douglas branch reconstruction
projects;
$3,000,000 for the Cleveland Euclid corridor
improvement project;
$2,000,000 for the Colorado Roaring Fork Val-
ley project;
$70,000,000 for the Dallas north central light
rail extension project;
$3,000,000 for the Denver Southeast corridor
project;
$20,200,000 for the Denver Southwest corridor
project;
$50,000,000 for the Dulles corridor project;
$20,000,000 for the Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Tri-County commuter rail project;
$500,000 for the Harrisburg-Lancaster capital
area transit corridor 1 commuter rail project;
$1,000,000 for the Hollister/Gilroy branch line
rail extension project;
$5,000,000 for the Houston advanced transit
program;
$10,750,000 for the Houston regional bus
project;
$2,000,000 for the Indianapolis, Indiana North-
east Downtown corridor project;
$1,000,000 for the Johnson County, Kansas, I–
35 commuter rail project;
$2,000,000 for the Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee
rail extension project;
$2,000,000 for the Little Rock, Arkansas river
rail project;
$10,000,000 for the Long Island Railroad East
Side access project;
$4,000,000 for the Los Angeles Mid-City and
East Side corridors projects;
$50,000,000 for the Los Angeles North Holly-
wood extension project;
$3,000,000 for the Los Angeles-San Diego
LOSSAN corridor project;
$1,000,000 for the Lowell, Massachusetts-
Nashua, New Hampshire commuter rail project;
$1,000,000 for the Massachusetts North Shore
corridor project;
$4,000,000 for the Memphis, Tennessee, Med-
ical Center rail extension project;
$6,000,000 for the Nashville, Tennessee, re-
gional commuter rail project;
$121,000,000 for the New Jersey Hudson Ber-
gen project;
$4,000,000 for the Newark-Elizabeth rail link
project;
$2,000,000 for the Northern Indiana south
shore commuter rail project;
$10,000,000 for the Oceanside-Escondido, Cali-
fornia light rail system;
$10,000,000 for temporary and permanent
Olympic transportation infrastructure investments:
Provided, That these funds shall be allocated by the
Secretary based on the approved transportation
management plan for the Salt Lake City 2002 Win-
ter Olympic Games: Provided further, That none of
these funds shall be available for rail extensions;
$3,000,000 for the Orange County, California,
transitway project;
$5,000,000 
for 
the 
Philadelphia-Reading
SETPA Schuylkill Valley and Cross County metro
projects;
$13,000,000 for the Phoenix metropolitan area
transit project;
$5,000,000 for the Pittsburgh North Shore-cen-
tral business district corridor project;
$5,000,000 for the Pittsburgh stage II light rail
project;
$5,000,000 for the Portland interstate MAX
light rail transit extension project;
$8,500,000 for the Puget Sound RTA Sounder
commuter rail project;
$10,000,000 for the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel
Hill Triangle transit project;
$35,200,000 for the Sacramento, California,
south corridor LRT project;
$2,000,000 for the San Bernardino, California
Metrolink project;
$45,000,000 for the San Diego Mission Valley
East light rail project;
$80,000,000 for the San Francisco BART ex-
tension to the airport project;
$12,250,000 for the San Jose Tasman West
light rail project;
$100,000,000 for the San Juan Tren Urbano
project;
$30,000,000 for the Seattle, Washington, cen-
tral link light rail transit project;
$7,000,000 for the Spokane, Washington,
South Valley corridor light rail project;
$2,000,000 
for 
the 
St. 
Louis, 
Missouri,
MetroLink cross county connector project;
$60,000,000 
for 
the 
St. 
Louis-St. 
Clair
MetroLink extension project;
$8,000,000 for the Stamford, Connecticut fixed
guideway corridor;
$3,000,000 
for 
the 
Stockton, 
California
Altamont commuter rail project;
$5,000,000 for the Twin Cities Transitways
projects;
$55,000,000 for the Twin Cities Transitways—
Hiawatha corridor project;
$3,000,000 for the Virginia Railway Express
commuter rail project;
$2,000,000 for the Washington Metro-Blue
Line extension-Addison Road (Largo) project;
$4,000,000 for the West Trenton, New Jersey,
rail project;
$5,000,000 for the Whitehall ferry terminal
project; and
$1,000,000 for the Wilsonville to Washington
County, Oregon commuter rail project: Provided fur-
ther, That funds made available for the Miami-Dade
Transit east-west multimodal corridor project under
Public Laws 105–277 and 106–69 and funds made
available for Miami Metro-Dade North 27th Avenue
corridor project under Public Law 105–277 shall be
available for the Miami-Dade busway project.
DISCRETIONARY GRANTS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For payment of previous obligations incurred in
carrying out 49 U.S.C. 5338(b), $350,000,000, to remain
available until expended and to be derived from the Mass
Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund.
JOB ACCESS AND REVERSE COMMUTE GRANTS
For necessary expenses to carry out section 3037 of
the Federal Transit Act of 1998, $20,000,000 to remain
available until expended: Provided, That no more than
$100,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for
these purposes.
SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION
SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora-
tion is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, with-
in the limits of funds and borrowing authority available
to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make
such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal
year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern-
ment Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be
necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the
Corporation’s budget for the current fiscal year.
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE
(HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)
For necessary expenses for operations and mainte-
nance of those portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway op-
erated and maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway De-
velopment Corporation, $13,004,000, to be derived from
the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public
Law 99–662.
RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS
ADMINISTRATION
RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of
the Research and Special Programs Administration,
$36,452,000, of which $645,000 shall be derived from the
Pipeline Safety Fund, and of which $4,707,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2003: Provided, That
up to $1,200,000 in fees collected under 49 U.S.C.
5108(g) shall be deposited in the general fund of the
Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided further, That
there may be credited to this appropriation, to be available
until expended, funds received from States, counties, mu-
nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources
for expenses incurred for training, for reports publication
and dissemination, and for travel expenses incurred in per-
formance of hazardous materials exemptions and approv-
als functions.
PIPELINE SAFETY
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND)
(OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND)
For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of
the pipeline safety program, for grants-in-aid to carry out
a pipeline safety program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C.
60107, and to discharge the pipeline program responsibil-
ities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $40,137,000, of
which $4,263,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li-
ability Trust Fund and shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2003; and $35,874,000 shall be derived from
the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which $20,713,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2003.
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS
(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND)
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C.
5127(c), $200,000, to be derived from the Emergency
Preparedness Fund, to remain available until September
30, 2003: Provided, That none of the funds made available
by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i) and 5127(d) shall be made available
for obligation by individuals other than the Secretary of
Transportation, or his designee.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General to carry out the provisions of the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978, as amended, $48,050,000: Provided,
That the Inspector General shall have all necessary au-
thority, in carrying out the duties specified in the Inspec-
tor General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3) to inves-
tigate allegations of fraud, including false statements to
the government (18 U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity
that is subject to regulation by the Department: Provided
further, That the funds made available under this heading
shall be used to investigate, pursuant to section 41712 of
title 49, United States Code: (1) unfair or deceptive prac-
tices and unfair methods of competition by domestic and
foreign air carriers and ticket agents; and (2) the compli-
ance of domestic and foreign air carriers with respect to
item (1) of this proviso.
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Surface Transpor-
tation Board, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, $17,954,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, not to exceed $900,000 from fees
established by the Chairman of the Surface Transpor-
tation Board shall be credited to this appropriation as off-
setting collections and used for necessary and authorized
expenses under this heading: Provided further, That the
sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be
reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting col-
lections are received during fiscal year 2001, to result in
a final appropriation from the general fund estimated at
no more than $17,054,000.
TITLE II
RELATED AGENCIES
ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION
BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the Architectural and
Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, as authorized
by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as
amended, $4,795,000: 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–15; uniforms,
or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C.
5901–5902) $62,942,000, of which not to exceed $2,000
may be used for official reception and representation ex-
penses.
TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
SEC. 301. During the current fiscal year applicable
appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall
be available for maintenance and operation of aircraft;
hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of
liability insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign
countries on official department business; and uniforms,
or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C.
5901–5902).
SEC. 302. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal
year 2001 pay raises for programs funded in this Act shall
be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act or
previous appropriations Acts.
SEC. 303. Funds appropriated under this Act for ex-
penditures by the Federal Aviation Administration shall
be available: (1) except as otherwise authorized by title
VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), for expenses of primary
and secondary schooling for dependents of Federal Avia-
tion Administration personnel stationed outside the conti-
nental 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 pro-
vide 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 resi-
dence when the Secretary, under such regulations as may
be prescribed, determines that such schools are not acces-
sible by public means of transportation on a regular 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
individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to
the rate for an Executive Level IV.
SEC. 305. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for salaries and expenses of more than 104 political
and Presidential appointees in the Department of Trans-
portation: Provided, That none of the personnel covered
by this provision or political and Presidential appointees
in an independent agency funded in this Act may be as-
signed on temporary detail outside the Department of
Transportation or such independent agency.
SEC. 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. The expenditure of any appropriation
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United
States Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such
expenditures are a matter of public record and available
for public inspection, except where otherwise provided
under existing law, or under existing Executive order
issued pursuant to existing law.
SEC. 309. The limitations on obligations for the pro-
grams of the Federal Transit Administration shall not
apply to any authority under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously
made available for obligation, or to any other authority
previously made available for obligation.
SEC. 310. None of the funds in this Act shall be used
to implement section 404 of title 23, United States Code.
SEC. 311. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able to plan, finalize, or implement regulations that would
establish a vessel traffic safety fairway less than five miles
wide between the Santa Barbara Traffic Separation
Scheme and the San Francisco Traffic Separation
Scheme.
SEC. 312. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, airports may transfer, without consideration, to the
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) instrument land-
ing systems (along with associated approach lighting
equipment and runway visual range equipment) which
conform to FAA design and performance specifications,
the purchase of which was assisted by a Federal airport-
aid program, airport development aid program or airport
improvement program grant. The Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration shall accept such equipment, which shall
thereafter be operated and maintained by FAA in accord-
ance with agency criteria.
SEC. 313. 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 1 year of the contract; (2) includes a cancellation
charge greater than $10,000,000 which at the time of obli-
gation has not been appropriated to the limits of the Gov-
ernment’s liability; or (3) includes a requirement that per-
mits performance under the contract during the second
and subsequent years of the contract without conditioning
such performance upon the appropriation of funds: Pro-
vided, That this limitation does not apply to a contract
in which the Federal Government incurs no financial li-
ability from not buying additional systems, subsystems, or
components beyond the basic contract requirements.
SEC. 314. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, and except for fixed guideway modernization projects,
funds made available by this Act under ‘‘Federal Transit
Administration, Capital investment grants’’ for projects
specified in this Act or identified in reports accompanying
this Act not obligated by September 30, 2003, and other
recoveries, shall be made available for other projects under
49 U.S.C. 5309.
SEC. 315. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, any funds appropriated before October 1, 2000, under
any section of chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code,
that remain available for expenditure may be transferred
to and administered under the most recent appropriation
heading for any such section.
SEC. 316. None of the funds in this Act may be used
to compensate in excess of 320 technical staff-years under
the federally funded research and development center con-
tract between the Federal Aviation Administration and the
Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development dur-
ing fiscal year 2001.
SEC. 317. Funds received by the Federal Highway
Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and Fed-
eral Railroad Administration from States, counties, mu-
nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources
for expenses incurred for training may be credited respec-
tively to the Federal Highway Administration’s ‘‘Federal-
Aid Highways’’ account, the Federal Transit Administra-
tion’s ‘‘Transit Planning and Research’’ account, and to
the Federal Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Oper-
ations’’ account, except for State rail safety inspectors
participating in training pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 20105.
SEC. 318. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able to prepare, propose, or promulgate any regulations
pursuant to title V of the Motor Vehicle Information and
Cost Savings Act (49 U.S.C. 32901 et seq.) prescribing
corporate average fuel economy standards for automobiles,
as defined in such title, in any model year that differs
from standards promulgated for such automobiles prior to
the enactment of this section.
SEC. 319. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re-
ceived by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the
sale of data products, for necessary expenses incurred pur-
suant to 49 U.S.C. 111 may be credited to the Federal-
aid highways account for the purpose of reimbursing the
Bureau for such expenses: Provided, That such funds shall
be subject to the obligation limitation for Federal-aid
highways and highway safety construction.
SEC. 320. None of the funds in this Act may be obli-
gated or expended for employee training which: (a) does
not meet identified needs for knowledge, skills and abilities
bearing directly upon the performance of official duties;
(b) contains elements likely to induce high levels of emo-
tional response or psychological stress in some partici-
pants; (c) does not require prior employee notification of
the content and methods to be used in the training and
written end of course evaluations; (d) contains any meth-
ods or content associated with religious or quasi-religious
belief systems or ‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Notice N–
915.022, dated September 2, 1988; (e) is offensive to, or
designed to change, participants’ personal values or life-
style outside the workplace; or (f) includes content related
to human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune defi-
ciency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) other than that necessary
to make employees more aware of the medical ramifica-
tions of HIV/AIDS and the workplace rights of HIV-posi-
tive employees.
SEC. 321. None of the funds in this Act shall, in the
absence of express authorization by Congress, be used di-
rectly or indirectly to pay for any personal service, adver-
tisement, telegraph, telephone, letter, printed or written
material, radio, television, video presentation, electronic
communications, or other device, intended or designed to
influence in any manner a Member of Congress or of a
State legislature to favor or oppose by vote or otherwise,
any legislation or appropriation by Congress or a State
legislature after the introduction of any bill or resolution
in Congress proposing such legislation or appropriation,
or after the introduction of any bill or resolution in a State
legislature proposing such legislation or appropriation:
Provided, That this shall not prevent officers or employees
of the Department of Transportation or related agencies
funded in this Act from communicating to Members of
Congress or to Congress, on the request of any Member,
or to members of State legislature, or to a State legisla-
ture, through the proper official channels, requests for leg-
islation or appropriations which they deem necessary for
the efficient conduct of business.
SEC. 322. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds
made available in this Act may be expended by an entity
unless the entity agrees that in expending the funds the
entity will comply with the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C.
10a–10c).
(b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT RE-
GARDING NOTICE.—
(1) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT
AND PRODUCTS.—In the case of any equipment or
product that may be authorized to be purchased
with financial assistance provided using funds made
available in this Act, it is the sense of the Congress
that entities receiving the assistance should, in ex-
pending the assistance, purchase only American-
made equipment and products to the greatest extent
practicable.
(2) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—
In providing financial assistance using funds made
available in this Act, the head of each Federal agen-
cy shall provide to each recipient of the assistance
a notice describing the statement made in paragraph
(1) by the Congress.
(c) PROHIBITION
OF CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS
FALSELY LABELING PRODUCTS AS MADE IN AMERICA.—
If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal
agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bear-
ing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscription
with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped
to the United States that is not made in the United
States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any con-
tract or subcontract made with funds made available in
this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineli-
gibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through
9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
SEC. 323. Funds provided in this Act for the Trans-
portation Administrative Service Center (TASC) shall be
reduced by $4,000,000, which limits fiscal year 2001
TASC obligational authority for elements of the Depart-
ment of Transportation funded in this Act to no more
than $115,387,000: Provided, That such reductions from
the budget request shall be allocated by the Department
of Transportation to each appropriations account in pro-
portion to the amount included in each account for the
Transportation Administrative Service Center.
SEC. 324. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments,
minor fees and other funds received by the Department
from travel management centers, charge card programs,
the subleasing of building space, and miscellaneous
sources are to be credited to appropriations of the Depart-
ment and allocated to elements of the Department using
fair and equitable criteria and such funds shall be avail-
able until December 31, 2001.
SEC. 325. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, rule or regulation, the Secretary of Transportation
is authorized to allow the issuer of any preferred stock
heretofore sold to the Department to redeem or repur-
chase such stock upon the payment to the Department of
an amount determined by the Secretary.
SEC. 326. For necessary expenses of the Amtrak Re-
form Council authorized under section 203 of Public Law
105–134, $980,000, to remain available until September
30, 2002: Provided, That the duties of the Amtrak Reform
Council described in section 203(g)(1) of Public Law 105–
134 shall include the identification of Amtrak routes
which are candidates for closure or realignment, based on
performance rankings developed by Amtrak which incor-
porate information on each route’s fully allocated costs
and ridership on core intercity passenger service, and
which assume, for purposes of closure or realignment can-
didate identification, that Federal subsidies for Amtrak
will decline over the 4–year period from fiscal year 1999
to fiscal year 2002: Provided further, That these closure
or realignment recommendations shall be included in the
Amtrak Reform Council’s annual report to the Congress
required by section 203(h) of Public Law 105–134.
SEC. 327. The Secretary of Transportation is author-
ized to transfer funds appropriated for any office of the
Office of the Secretary to any other office of the Office
of the Secretary: Provided, That no appropriation shall be
increased or decreased by more than 12 percent by all
such transfers: Provided further, That any such transfer
shall be submitted for approval to the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations.
SEC. 328. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for activities under the Aircraft Purchase Loan Guar-
antee Program during fiscal year 2001.
SEC. 329. None of the funds in this Act may be used
to make a grant unless the Secretary of Transportation
notifies the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions not less than three full business days before any dis-
cretionary grant award, letter of intent, or full funding
grant agreement totaling $1,000,000 or more is an-
nounced by the department or its modal administrations
from: (1) any discretionary grant program of the Federal
Highway Administration other than the emergency relief
program; (2) the airport improvement program of the
Federal Aviation Administrtion; or (3) any program of the
Federal Transit Administration other than the formula
grants and fixed guideway modernization programs: Pro-
vided, That no notification shall involve funds that are not
available for obligation.
SEC. 330. Section 232 of the Miscellaneous Appro-
priations Act, 2000, as enacted by section 1000(a)(5) of
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2000, is repealed.
SEC. 331. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for planning, design, or construction of a light rail
system in Houston, Texas.
SEC. 332. Section 3038(e) of Public Law 105–178
is amended by striking ‘‘50’’ and inserting ‘‘90’’.
SEC. 333. Item number 273 in the table contained
in section 1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for the
21st Century (Public Law 105–178) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘Reconstruct I–235 and improve the interchange for
access to the MLKing Parkway.’’ and inserting ‘‘Con-
struction of the north-south segments of the Martin Lu-
ther King Jr. Parkway in Des Moines.’’.
SEC. 334. Item number 328 in the table contained
in section 1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for the
21st Century (Public Law 105–178) is amended by insert-
ing before ‘‘of’’ the following: ‘‘or construction’’.
SEC. 335. Section 1602 of the Transportation Equity
Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 256) is amended—
(1) by striking item number 63, relating to
Ohio; and
(2) in item number 186, relating to Ohio, by
striking ‘‘3.75’’ and inserting ‘‘7.5’’.
SEC. 336. None of the funds in this Act shall be used
to pay the salaries or expenses of any departmental official
to authorize project approvals or advance construction au-
thority for the Central Artery/Third Harbor Tunnel
project in Boston, Massachusetts.
SEC. 337. Section 3027(c)(3) of the Transportation
Equity Act for the 21st Century (49 U.S.C. 5307 note;
112 Stat. 2681–477), relating to services for elderly and
persons with disabilities, is amended by striking
‘‘$1,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,444,000’’.
SEC. 338. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, unobligated balances from section 149(a)(45) and
section 149(a)(63) of Public Law 100–17 and the
Ebensburg Bypass Demonstration Project of Public Law
101–164 may be used for improvements along Route 56
in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, including the construc-
tion of a parking facility in the vicinity.
SEC. 339. None of the funds in this Act shall be used
for the planning, development, or construction of Cali-
fornia State Route 710 freeway extension project through
South Pasadena, California.
SEC. 340. The amount otherwise provided in section
326 for the Amtrak Reform Council is hereby reduced by
$530,000.
SEC. 341. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used for engineering work related to an addi-
tional runway at New Orleans International Airport.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans-
portation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
2001’’.
Passed the House of Representatives May 19, 2000.
Attest:
Clerk.