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(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 avail-
able in this Act, it is the sense of the Congress that
entities receiving the assistance should, in expending
the assistance, purchase only American-made equip-
ment 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 agency
shall provide to each recipient of the assistance a no-
tice 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 agen-
cy that any person intentionally affixed a label bearing 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 contract or sub-
contract made with funds made available in this Act, pur-
suant to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility proce-
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dures described in sections 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48,
Code of Federal Regulations.
SEC. 325. Not to exceed $1,500,000 of the funds pro-
vided in this Act for the Department of Transportation
shall be available for the necessary expenses of advisory
committees: Provided, That this limitation shall not apply
to advisory committees established for the purpose of con-
ducting negotiated rulemaking in accordance with the Nego-
tiated Rulemaking Act, 5 U.S.C. 561–570a, or the Coast
Guard’s advisory council on roles and missions.
SEC. 326. 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 cred-
ited to appropriations of the Department and allocated to
elements of the Department using fair and equitable criteria
and such funds shall be available until December 31, 2001.
SEC. 327. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
rule or regulation, the Secretary of Transportation is au-
thorized to allow the issuer of any preferred stock heretofore
sold to the Department to redeem or repurchase such stock
upon the payment to the Department of an amount deter-
mined by the Secretary.
SEC. 328. For necessary expenses of the Amtrak Re-
form Council authorized under section 203 of Public Law
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105–134, $495,000, 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 perform-
ance rankings developed by Amtrak which incorporate in-
formation on each route’s fully allocated costs and ridership
on core intercity passenger service, and which assume, for
purposes of closure or realignment candidate identification,
that Federal subsidies for Amtrak will decline over the 4-
year period from fiscal year 1999 to fiscal year 2002: Pro-
vided further, That these closure or realignment rec-
ommendations 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. 329. The Secretary of Transportation is author-
ized to transfer funds appropriated for any office of the Of-
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 percent by all such
transfers: Provided further, That any such transfer shall be
submitted for approval to the House and Senate Committees
on Appropriations.
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SEC. 330. 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. 331. Section 3038(e) of Public Law 105–178 is
amended by striking ‘‘50’’ and inserting ‘‘90’’.
SEC. 332. The Secretary of Transportation shall exe-
cute a demonstration program, to be conducted for a period
not to exceed eighteen months, of the ‘‘fractional ownership’’
concept in performing administrative support flight mis-
sions, the purpose of which would be to determine whether
cost savings, as well as increased operational flexibility and
aircraft availability, can be realized through the use by the
government of the commercial fractional ownership concept
or report to the Committee the reason for not conducting
such an evaluation: Provided, That the Secretary shall en-
sure the competitive selection for this demonstration of a
fractional ownership concept which provides a suite of air-
craft capable of meeting the Department’s varied needs, and
that the Secretary shall ensure the demonstration program
encompasses a significant and representative portion of the
Department’s administrative support missions (to include
those performed by the Coast Guard, the Federal Aviation
Administration, and the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, whose aircraft are currently operated by
the FAA): Provided further, That the Secretary shall report
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to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on
results of this evaluation of the fractional ownership concept
in the performance of the administrative support mission
no later than twelve months after final passage of this Act
or within 60 days of enactment of this Act if the Secretary
decides not to conduct such a demonstration for evaluation
including an explanation for such a decision and proposed
statutory language to exempt the Department of Transpor-
tation from Office of Management and Budget guidelines
regarding the use of aircraft.
SEC. 333. None of the funds in this Act may be used
to make a grant unless the Secretary of Transportation no-
tifies the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations
not less than three full business days before any discre-
tionary grant award, letter of intent, or full funding grant
agreement totaling $1,000,000 or more is announced by the
department or its modal administrations from: (1) any dis-
cretionary grant program of the Federal Highway Admin-
istration other than the emergency relief program; (2) the
airport improvement program of the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration; or (3) any program of the Federal Transit
Administration other than the formula grants and fixed
guideway modernization programs: Provided, That no noti-
fication shall involve funds that are not available for obliga-
tion.
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SEC. 334. Section 3030(b) of the Transportation Eq-
uity Act for the 21st Century (Public Law 105–178) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(72) Wilmington Downtown transit corridor.
‘‘(73) Honolulu Bus Rapid Transit project.’’.
SEC. 335. None of the funds appropriated or made
available by this Act or any other Act or hereafter shall
be used (1) to consider or adopt any proposed rule or pro-
posed amendment to a rule contained in the Notice of Pro-
posed Rulemaking issued on April 24, 2000 (Docket No.
FMCSA–97–2350–953), (2) to consider or adopt any rule
or amendment to a rule similar in substance to a proposed
rule or proposed amendment to a rule contained in such
Notice, or (3) if any such proposed rule or proposed amend-
ment to a rule has been adopted prior to enactment of this
Section, to enforce such rule or amendment to a rule.
SEC. 336. Section 1023(h) of the Intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (23 U.S.C. 127 note)
is amended—
(1) in the subsection heading, by inserting
‘‘OVER-THE-ROAD BUSES AND’’ before ‘‘PUBLIC’’;
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘to any vehicle
which’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘to—
‘‘(A) any over-the-road bus; or
‘‘(B) any vehicle that’’; and
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(3) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and in-
serting the following:
‘‘(2) STUDY AND REPORT CONCERNING APPLICA-
BILITY OF MAXIMUM AXLE WEIGHT LIMITATIONS TO
OVER-THE-ROAD BUSES AND PUBLIC TRANSIT VEHI-
CLES.—
‘‘(A) STUDY AND REPORT.—Not later than
July 31, 2002, the Secretary shall conduct a
study of, and submit to Congress a report on, the
maximum axle weight limitations applicable to
vehicles using the Dwight D. Eisenhower Na-
tional System of Interstate and Defense High-
ways established under section 127 of title 23,
United States Code, or under State law, as the
limitations apply to over-the-road buses and
public transit vehicles.
‘‘(B) DETERMINATION OF APPLICABILITY OF
VEHICLE WEIGHT LIMITATIONS.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The report shall
include—
‘‘(I) a determination concerning
how the requirements of section 127 of
that title should be applied to over-the-
road buses and public transit vehicles;
and
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‘‘(II) short-term and long-term
recommendations concerning the appli-
cability of those requirements.
‘‘(ii) CONSIDERATIONS.—In making
the determination described in clause (i)(I),
the Secretary shall consider—
‘‘(I) vehicle design standards;
‘‘(II) statutory and regulatory re-
quirements, including—
‘‘(aa) the Clean Air Act (42
U.S.C. 7401 et seq.);
‘‘(bb) the Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990 (42
U.S.C. 12101 et seq.); and
‘‘(cc) motor vehicle safety
standards prescribed under chap-
ter 301 of title 49, United States
Code; and
‘‘(III)(aa) 
the 
availability 
of
lightweight materials suitable for use
in the manufacture of over-the-road
buses;
‘‘(bb) the cost of those lightweight
materials relative to the cost of heavier
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materials in use as of the date of the
determination; and
‘‘(cc) any safety or design consid-
erations relating to the use of those
materials.
‘‘(C) ANALYSIS OF MEANS OF ENCOURAGING
DEVELOPMENT
AND
MANUFACTURE
OF
LIGHT-
WEIGHT
BUSES.—The report shall include an
analysis of, and recommendations concerning,
means to be considered to encourage the develop-
ment and manufacture of lightweight buses, in-
cluding an analysis of—
‘‘(i) potential procurement incentives
for public transit authorities to encourage
the purchase of lightweight public transit
vehicles using grants from the Federal
Transit Administration; and
‘‘(ii) potential tax incentives for man-
ufacturers and private operators to encour-
age the purchase of lightweight over-the-
road buses.
‘‘(D) ANALYSIS
OF
CONSIDERATION
IN
RULEMAKINGS
OF
ADDITIONAL
VEHICLE
WEIGHT.—The report shall include an analysis
of, and recommendations concerning, whether
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Congress should require that each rulemaking by
an agency of the Federal Government that affects
the design or manufacture of motor vehicles
consider—
‘‘(i) the weight that would be added to
the vehicle by implementation of the pro-
posed rule;
‘‘(ii) the effect that the added weight
would have on pavement wear; and
‘‘(iii) the resulting cost to the Federal
Government and State and local govern-
ments.
‘‘(E) COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS.—The report
shall include an analysis relating to the axle
weight of over-the-road buses that compares—
‘‘(i) the costs of the pavement wear
caused by over-the-road buses; with
‘‘(ii) the benefits of the over-the-road
bus industry to the environment, the econ-
omy, and the transportation system of the
United States.
‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection:
‘‘(A) 
OVER-THE-ROAD
BUS.—The 
term
‘over-the-road bus’ has the meaning given the
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term in section 301 of the Americans with Dis-
abilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12181).
‘‘(B) PUBLIC TRANSIT VEHICLE.—The term
‘public transit vehicle’ means a vehicle described
in paragraph (1)(B).’’.
SEC. 337. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
shall be used to propose or issue rules, regulations, decrees,
or orders for the purpose of implementation, or in prepara-
tion for implementation, of the Kyoto Protocol which was
adopted on December 11, 1997, in Kyoto, Japan at the
Third Conference of the Parties to the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change, which has not
been submitted to the Senate for advice and consent to rati-
fication pursuant to article II, section 2, clause 2, of the
United States Constitution, and which has not entered into
force pursuant to article 25 of the Protocol.
SEC. 338. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
or any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and ex-
penses of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations
language as part of the President’s Budget submission to
the Congress of the United States for programs under the
jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommittees on De-
partment of Transportation and Related Agencies that as-
sumes revenues or reflects a reduction from the previous
year due to user fees proposals that have not been enacted
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into law prior to the submission of the Budget unless such
Budget submission identifies which additional spending re-
ductions should occur in the event the users fees proposals
are not enacted prior to the date of the convening of a com-
mittee of conference for the fiscal year 2001 appropriations
Act.
SEC. 339. In addition to the authority provided in sec-
tion 636 of the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Gov-
ernment Appropriations Act, 1997, as included in Public
Law 104–208, title I, section 101(f), as amended, beginning
in fiscal year 2001 and thereafter, amounts appropriated
for salaries and expenses for the Department of Transpor-
tation may be used to reimburse an employee whose posi-
tion is that of safety inspector for not to exceed one-half
the costs incurred by such employee for professional liability
insurance. Any payment under this section shall be contin-
gent upon the submission of such information or docu-
mentation as the Department may require.
SEC. 340. None of the funds in this Act shall be used
to pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring air-
port sponsors to provide to the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration without cost building construction, maintenance,
utilities and expenses, or space in airport sponsor-owned
buildings for services relating to air traffic control, air
navigation or weather reporting. The prohibition of funds
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in this section does not apply to negotiations between the
Agency and airport sponsors to achieve agreement on
‘‘below-market’’ rates for these items or to grant assurances
that require airport sponsors to provide land without cost
to the FAA for ATC facilities.
SEC. 341. None of the funds provided in this Act or
prior Appropriations Acts for Coast Guard Acquisition,
Construction, and Improvements shall be available after the
fifteenth day of any quarter of any fiscal year beginning
after December 31, 1999, unless the Commandant of the
Coast Guard first submits a quarterly report to the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations on all major
Coast Guard acquisition projects including projects exe-
cuted for the Coast Guard by the United States Navy and
vessel traffic service projects: Provided, That such reports
shall include an acquisition schedule, estimated current and
year funding requirements, and a schedule of anticipated
obligations and outlays for each major acquisition project:
Provided further, That such reports shall rate on a relative
scale the cost risk, schedule risk, and technical risk associ-
ated with each acquisition project and include a table de-
tailing unobligated balances to date and anticipated unobli-
gated balances at the close of the fiscal year and the close
of the following fiscal year should the Administration’s
pending budget request for the acquisition, construction,
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and improvements account be fully funded: Provided fur-
ther, That such reports shall also provide abbreviated infor-
mation on the status of shore facility construction and ren-
ovation projects: Provided further, That all information
submitted in such reports shall be current as of the last day
of the preceding quarter.
SEC. 342. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
beginning in fiscal year 2004, the Secretary shall withhold
5 percent of the amount required to be apportioned for Fed-
eral-aid highways to any State under each of paragraphs
(1), (3), and (4) of section 104(b) of title 23, United States
Code, if a State is not eligible for assistance under section
163(a) of chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, and
beginning in fiscal year 2005, and in each fiscal year there-
after, the Secretary shall withhold 10 percent of the amount
required to be apportioned for Federal-aid highways to any
State under each of paragraphs (1), (3), and (4) of section
104(b) of title 23, United States Code, if a State is not eligi-
ble for assistance under section 163(a) of title 23, United
States Code. If within three years from the date that the
apportionment for any State is reduced in accordance with
this subsection the Secretary determines that such State is
eligible for assistance under section 163(a) of chapter 1 of
title 23, United States Code, the apportionment of such
State shall be increased by an amount equal to such reduc-
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tion. If at the end of such three-year period, any State re-
mains ineligible for assistance under section 163(a) of title
23, United States Code, any amounts so withheld shall
lapse.
SEC. 343. CONVEYANCE OF AIRPORT PROPERTY TO AN
INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN OKLAHOMA. (a)
IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
including the Surplus Property Act of 1944 (58 Stat. 765,
chapter 479; 50 U.S.C. App. 1622 et seq.), the Secretary
of Transportation (or the appropriate Federal officer) may
waive, without charge, any of the terms contained in any
deed of conveyance described in subsection (b) that restrict
the use of any land described in such a deed that, as of
the date of enactment of this Act, is not being used for the
operation of an airport or for air traffic. A waiver made
under the preceding sentence shall be deemed to be con-
sistent with the requirements of section 47153 of title 49,
United States Code.
(b) DEED OF CONVEYANCE.—A deed of conveyance re-
ferred to in subsection (a) is a deed of conveyance issued
by the United States before the date of enactment of this
Act for the conveyance of lands to a public institution of
higher education in Oklahoma.
(c) USE OF LANDS SUBJECT TO WAIVER.—
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the lands subject to a waiver under
subsection (a) shall not be subject to any term, condi-
tion, reservation, or restriction that would otherwise
apply to that land as a result of the conveyance of
that land by the United States to the institution of
higher education.
(2) USE OF LANDS.—An institution of higher
education that is issued a waiver under subsection (a)
may use revenues derived from the use, operation, or
disposal of that land only for weather-related and
educational purposes that include benefits for avia-
tion.
(d) GRANTS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, if an institution of higher education
that is subject to a waiver under subsection (a) re-
ceived financial assistance in the form of a grant
from the Federal Aviation Administration or a prede-
cessor agency before the date of enactment of this Act,
then the Secretary of Transportation may waive the
repayment of the outstanding amount of any grant
that the institution of higher education would other-
wise be required to pay.
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(2) ELIGIBILITY
TO
RECEIVE
SUBSEQUENT
GRANTS.—Nothing in paragraph (1) shall affect the
eligibility of an institution of higher education that
is subject to that paragraph from receiving grants
from the Secretary of Transportation under chapter
471 of title 49, United States Code, or under any
other provision of law relating to financial assistance
provided through the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion.
SEC. 344. Section 1105(c) of the Intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2032–
2033) is amended by striking paragraph (38) and replacing
it with the following—
‘‘(38) The Ports-to-Plains Corridor from Laredo,
Texas to Denver, Colorado as follows:
‘‘(A) In the State of Texas the Ports-to-
Plains Corridor shall generally follow—
‘‘(i) I–35 from Laredo to United States
Route 83 at Exit 18;
‘‘(ii) United States Route 83 from Exit
18 to Carrizo Springs;
‘‘(iii) United States Route 277 from
Carrizo Springs to San Angelo;
‘‘(iv) United States Route 87 from San
Angelo to Sterling City;
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‘‘(v) From Sterling City to Lamesa,
the Corridor shall follow United States
Route 87 and, the corridor shall also follow
Texas Route 158 from Sterling City to I–
20, then via I–20 West to Texas Route 349
and, Texas Route 349 from Midland to
Lamesa;
‘‘(vi) United States Route 87 from
Lamesa to Lubbock;
‘‘(vii) I–27 from Lubbock to Amarillo;
and
‘‘(viii) United States Route 287 from
Amarillo to the Oklahoma border.
‘‘(B) In the State of Oklahoma, the Ports-
to-Plains Corridor shall generally follow United
States Route 287 from the Texas border to the
Colorado border. The Corridor shall then proceed
into Colorado.’’.
SEC. 345. MODIFICATION OF HIGHWAY PROJECT IN
POLK COUNTY, IOWA. The table contained in section 1602
of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century is
amended in item 1006 (112 Stat. 294) by striking ‘‘Extend
NW 86th Street from NW 70th Street’’ and inserting ‘‘Con-
struct a road from State Highway 141’’.
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SEC. 346. CAP AGREEMENT FOR BOSTON ‘‘BIG DIG’’.
No funds appropriated by this Act may be used by the De-
partment of Transportation to cover the administrative
costs (including salaries and expenses of officers and em-
ployees of the Department) to authorize project approvals
or advance construction authority for the Central Artery/
Third Harbor Tunnel project in Boston, Massachusetts,
until the Secretary of Transportation and the State of Mas-
sachusetts have entered into a written agreement that limits
the total Federal contribution to the project to not more
than $8,549,000,000.
SEC. 347. PARKING SPACE FOR TRUCKS. (a) FIND-
INGS.—Congress finds that—
(1) in 1998, there were 5,374 truck-related high-
way fatalities and 4,935 trucks involved in fatal
crashes;
(2) a Special Investigation Report published by
the National Transportation Safety Board in May
2000 found that research conducted by the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration suggests that
truck driver fatigue is a contributing factor in as
many as 30 to 40 percent of all heavy truck accidents;
(3) a 1995 Transportation Safety Board Study
found that the availability of parking for truck driv-
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ers can have a direct impact on the incidence of fa-
tigue-related accidents;
(4) a 1996 study by the Federal Highway Ad-
ministration found that there is a nationwide short-
fall of 28,400 truck parking spaces in public rest
areas, a number expected to reach 39,000 by 2005;
(5) a 1999 survey conducted by the Owner-Oper-
ator Independent Drivers Association found that over
90 percent of its members have difficulty finding
parking spaces in rest areas at least once a week; and
(6) because of overcrowding at rest areas, truck-
ers are increasingly forced to park on the entrance
and exit ramps of highways, in shopping center park-
ing lots, at shipper locations, and on the shoulders of
roadways, thereby increasing the risk of serious acci-
dents.
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that Congress and the President should take immediate
steps to address the lack of safe available commercial vehicle
parking along Interstate highways for truck drivers.
SEC. 348. STUDY OF ADVERSE EFFECTS OF IDLING
TRAIN ENGINES. (a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of
Transportation shall provide under section 150303 of title
36, United States Code, for the National Academy of
Sciences to conduct a study on noise impacts of railroad
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operations, including idling train engines on the quality
of life of nearby communities, the quality of the environ-
ment (including consideration of air pollution), and safety,
and to submit a report on the study to the Secretary. The
report shall include recommendations for mitigation to
combat rail noise, standards for determining when noise
mitigation is required, needed changes in Federal law to
give Federal, State, and local governments flexibility in
combating railroad noise, and possible funding mechanisms
for financing mitigation projects.
(b) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall transmit to Congress the report of the National
Academy of Sciences on the results of the study under sub-
section (a).
SEC. 349. Within the funds made available in this Act,
$10,000,000 shall be for the costs associated with construc-
tion of a third track on the Northeast Corridor between
Davisville and Central Falls, Rhode Island, with sufficient
clearance to accommodate double stack freight cars, 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; $2,000,000 shall be for a joint United States-Can-
ada commission to study the feasibility of connecting the
rail system in Alaska to the North American continental
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rail system; $400,000 shall be allocated for passenger rail
corridor planning activities to fund the preparation of a
strategic plan for development of the Gulf Coast High Speed
Rail Corridor; and $250,000 shall be available to the city
of Traverse City, Michigan comprehensive transportation
plan.
SEC. 350. (a) FINDINGS.—The Senate makes the fol-
lowing findings:
(1) The United States Coast Guard in 1999
saved approximately 3,800 lives in providing the es-
sential service of maritime safety.
(2) The United States Coast Guard in 1999 pre-
vented 111,689 pounds of cocaine and 28,872 pounds
of marijuana from entering the United States in pro-
viding the essential service of maritime security.
(3) The United States Coast Guard in 1999
boarded more than 14,000 fishing vessels to check for
compliance with safety and environmental laws in
providing the essential service of the protection of nat-
ural resources.
(4) The United States Coast Guard in 1999 en-
sured the safe passage of nearly 1,000,000 commercial
vessel transits through congested harbors with vessel
traffic services in providing the essential service of
maritime mobility.
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(5) The United States Coast Guard in 1999 sent
international training teams to help more than 50
countries develop their maritime services in providing
the essential service national defense.
(6) Each year, the United States Coast Guard
ensures the safe passage of more than 200,000,000
tons of cargo cross the Great Lakes including iron ore,
coal, and limestone. Shipping on the Great Lakes
faces a unique challenge because the shipping season
begins and ends in ice anywhere from 3 to 15 feet
thick. The ice-breaking vessel MACKINAW has al-
lowed commerce to continue under these conditions.
However, the productive life of the MACKINAW will
end in 2006.
(7) Without adequate funding, the United States
Coast Guard would have to radically reduce the level
of service it provides to the American public.
(8) The allocation to the Committee on Appro-
priations of the Senate of funds available for the De-
partment of Transportation and related agencies for
fiscal year 2001 was $1,600,000,000 less than the al-
location to the Committee on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives of funds available for that
purpose for that fiscal year. The lower allocation com-
pelled the Subcommittee on Transportation of the
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Committee on Appropriations of the Senate to rec-
ommend reductions from the funding requested in the
President’s budget on funds available for the Coast
Guard, particularly amounts available for acquisi-
tions, that may not have been imposed had a larger
allocation been made, or had the President’s budget
not included $212,000,000 in new user fees on the
maritime community. The difference between the
amount of funds requested by the Coast Guard for the
Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements account
and the amount made available by the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate for those acquisitions
conflicts with the high priority afforded by the Senate
to Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements pro-
curements, which are of critical national importance
to commerce, navigation, and safety.
(9) Due to shortfalls in funds available for fiscal
year 2000 and unexpected increases in personnel ben-
efits and fuel costs on the 2000 operating expenses ac-
count, the Commandant of the Coast Guard has an-
nounced reductions in critical operations of the Coast
Guard by as much as 30 percent in some areas of the
United States. If left unaddressed, these shortfalls
may compromise the service provided by the Coast
Guard to the public in all areas, including drug
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interdiction and migrant interdiction, aid to naviga-
tion, and fisheries management.
(b) SENSE OF SENATE.—It is the sense of the Senate
that—
(1) the committee of conference on the bill H.R.
4425 of the 106th Congress, making appropriations
for military construction, family housing, and base
realignment and closure for the Department of De-
fense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001,
or any other appropriate committee of conference of
the second session of the 106th Congress, should ap-
prove supplemental funding for the Coast Guard for
fiscal year 2000 as soon as is practicable; and
(2) upon adoption of this bill by the Senate, the
conferees of the Senate to the committee of conference
on the bill H.R. 4475 of the 106th Congress, making
appropriations for the Department of Transportation
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 2001, provided there is sufficient budget
authority, should—
(A) recede from their disagreement to the
proposal of the conferees of the House of Rep-
resentatives to the committee of conference on the
bill H.R. 4475 with respect to funding for Acqui-
sition, Construction, and Improvements;
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(B) provide adequate funds for operations of
the Coast Guard in fiscal year 2001, including
activities relating to drug and migrant interdic-
tion and fisheries enforcement; and
(C) provide sufficient funds for the Coast
Guard in fiscal year 2001 to correct the 30 per-
cent reduction in funds for operations of the
Coast Guard in fiscal year 2000.
SEC. 351. For the purpose of constructing an under-
pass to improve access and enhance highway/rail safety and
economic development along Star Landing Road in DeSoto
County, Mississippi, the State of Mississippi may use funds
previously allocated to it under the transportation enhance-
ments program, if available.
SEC. 352. Section 1214 of Public Law 105–178, as
amended, is further amended by adding a new subsection
to read as follows:
‘‘(s) Notwithstanding sections 117 (c) and (d) of title
23, United States Code, for project number 1646 in section
1602 of Public Law 105–178—
‘‘(1) the non-Federal share of the project may be
funded by Federal funds from an agency or agencies
not part of the United States Department of Trans-
portation; and
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‘‘(2) the Secretary shall not delegate responsi-
bility for carrying out the project to a State.’’.
SEC. 353. ADDITIONAL SANCTION FOR REVENUE DI-
VERSION. Except as necessary to ensure public safety, no
amount appropriated under this or any other Act may be
used to fund any airport-related grant for the Los Angeles
International Airport made to the City of Los Angeles, or
any inter-governmental body of which it is a member, by
the Department of Transportation or the Federal Aviation
Administration, until the Administration—
(1) concludes the investigation initiated in Dock-
et 13–95–05; and
(2) either—
(A) takes action, if necessary and appro-
priate, on the basis of the investigation to ensure
compliance with applicable laws, policies, and
grant assurances regarding revenue use and re-
tention by an airport; or
(B) determines that no action is warranted.
SEC. 354. Hereafter, the New Jersey Transit commuter
rail station to be located at the intersection of the Main/
Bergen line and the Northeast Corridor line in the State
of New Jersey shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Frank
R. Lautenberg Transfer Station’’: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of Transportation shall ensure that any and all ap-
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plicable reference in law, map, regulation, documentation,
and all appropriate signage shall make reference to the
‘‘Frank R. Lautenberg Transfer Station’’.
TITLE IV
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT
SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000
GIFTS TO THE UNITED STATES FOR REDUCTION OF THE
PUBLIC DEBT
For deposit of an additional amount for fiscal year
2000 into the account established under section 3113(d) of
title 31, United States Code, to reduce the public debt,
$12,200,000,000.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans-
portation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001’’.
Attest:
Secretary.
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