portion to the amount included in each account for the
transportation administrative service center.
SEC. 322. Funds received by the Federal Highway
Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and Fed-
eral Railroad Administration from States, counties, mu-
nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources
for expenses incurred for training may be credited respec-
tively to the Federal Highway Administration’s ‘‘Limita-
tion on General Operating Expenses’’ account, the Federal
Transit Administration’s ‘‘Transit Planning and Re-
search’’ account, and to the Federal Railroad Administra-
tion’s ‘‘Railroad Safety’’ account, except for State rail
safety inspectors participating in training pursuant to 49
U.S.C. 20105.
Ω131æSEC. 323. None of the funds in this Act shall
be available to prepare, propose, or promulgate any regu-
lations pursuant to title V of the Motor Vehicle Informa-
tion and Cost Savings Act (49 U.S.C. 32901, et seq.) pre-
scribing corporate average fuel economy standards for
automobiles, as defined in such title, in any model year
that differs from standards promulgated for such auto-
mobiles prior to enactment of this section.
SEC. 324. None of the funds in this Act may be used
for planning, engineering, design, or construction of a
sixth runway at the new Denver International Airport,
Denver, ColoradoΩ132æ: Provided, That this provision
shall not apply in any case where the Administrator of the
Federal Aviation Administration determines, in writing,
that safety conditions warrant obligation of such funds.
SEC. 325. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re-
ceived by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the
sale of data products, for necessary expenses incurred pur-
suant to the provisions of section 6006 of the Intermodal
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, may be
credited to the Federal-aid highways account for the pur-
pose of reimbursing the Bureau for such expenses: Pro-
vided, That such funds shall not be subject to the obliga-
tion limitation for Federal-aid highways and highway safe-
ty construction: Provided further, Ω133æThat in addition
to amounts otherwise provided in this Act, not to exceed
$3,100,000 in expenses of the Bureau of Transportation
Statistics necessary to conduct activities related to airline
statistics may be incurred, but only to the extent such ex-
penses are offset by user fees charged for those activities
and credited as offsetting collections That of the funds pro-
vided by section 6006(b) of Public Law 102–240, not to ex-
ceed $3,100,000 may be incurred to conduct activities relat-
ed to airline statistics.
SEC. 326. The Secretary of Transportation is author-
ized to transfer funds appropriated in this Act to ‘‘Rental
payments’’ for any expense authorized by that appropria-
tion in excess of the amounts provided in this Act: Pro-
vided, That prior to any such transfer, notification shall
be provided to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations.
SEC. 327. 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. 328. 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, telegram, telephone, letter, printed or written
matter, or other device, intended or designed to influence
in any manner a Member of Congress, to favor or oppose,
by vote or otherwise, any legislation or appropriation by
Congress, whether before or after the introduction of any
bill or resolution proposing such legislation or appropria-
tion: Provided, That this shall not prevent officers or em-
ployees of the Department of Transportation or related
agencies funded in this Act from communicating to Mem-
bers of Congress on the request of any Member or to Con-
gress, through the proper official channels, requests for
legislation or appropriations which they deem necessary
for the efficient conduct of the public business.
SEC. 329. None of the funds in this Act may be used
to support Federal Transit Administration’s field oper-
ations and oversight of the Washington Metropolitan Area
Transit Authority in any location other than from the
Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
Ω134æSEC. 330. None of the funds made available
in this Act may be used for improvements to the Miller
Highway in New York City, New York.
SEC. 331. Not to exceed Ω135æ$850,000 $1,050,000
of the funds provided in this Act for the Department of
Transportation shall be available for the necessary ex-
penses of advisory committees.
SEC. 332. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Secretary may use funds appropriated under this
Act, or any subsequent Act, to administer and implement
the exemption provisions of 49 CFR 580.6 and to adopt
or amend exemptions from the disclosure requirements of
49 CFR part 580 for any class or category of vehicles
that the Secretary deems appropriate.
Ω136æSEC. 333. No funds other than those appro-
priated to the Surface Transportation Board shall be used
for conducting the activities of the Board.
Ω137æSEC. 333. Section 24902 of title 49, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following
new subsection:
‘‘(m) APPLICABLE PROCEDURES.—No State or local
building, zoning, subdivision, or similar or related law, nor
any other State or local law from which a project would
be exempt if undertaken by the Federal Government or an
agency thereof within a Federal enclave wherein Federal ju-
risdiction is exclusive, including without limitation with
respect to all such laws referenced herein above requirements
for permits, actions, approvals or filings, shall apply in
connection with the construction, ownership, use, operation,
financing, leasing, conveying, mortgaging or enforcing a
mortgage of (i) any improvement undertaken by or for the
benefit of Amtrak as part of, or in furtherance of, the North-
east Corridor Improvement Project (including without limi-
tation maintenance, service, inspection or similar facilities
acquired, constructed or used for high speed trainsets) or
chapter 241, 243, or 247 of this title or (ii) any land (and
right, title or interest created with respect thereto) on which
such improvement is located and adjoining, surrounding or
any related land. These exemptions shall remain in effect
and be applicable with respect to such land and improve-
ments for the benefit of any mortgagee before, upon and
after coming into possession of such improvements or land,
any third party purchasers thereof in foreclosure (or
through a deed in lieu of foreclosure), and their respective
successors and assigns, in each case to the extent the land
or improvements are used, or held for use, for railroad pur-
poses or purposes accessory thereto. This subsection (m)
shall not apply to any improvement or related land unless
Amtrak receives a Federal operating subsidy in the fiscal
year in which Amtrak commits to or initiates such im-
provement.’’.
SEC. 334. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to construct, or to pay the salaries or
expenses of Department of Transportation personnel who
approve or facilitate the construction of, a third track on
the Metro-North Railroad Harlem Line in the vicinity of
Bronxville, New York, when it is made known to the Fed-
eral official having authority to obligate or expend such
funds that a final environmental impact statement has not
been completed for such construction project.
SEC. 335. Section 5328(c)(1)(E) of title 49, United
States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘Westside’’ the first place it ap-
pears;
(2) by striking ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘101–584,’’; and
(3) by inserting before the period at the end the
following: ‘‘, and the locally preferred alternative for
the South/North Corridor Project’’.
Ω138æSEC. 335a. Section 3035(b) of Public Law 102–
240 is hereby amended by striking ‘‘$515,000,000’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘$555,000,000’’.
SEC. 336. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, of the funds made available to Cleveland for the
‘‘Cleveland Dual Hub Corridor Project’’ or ‘‘Cleveland
Dual Hub Rail Project,’’ $4,023,030 in funds made avail-
able in fiscal years 1991, 1992, and 1994, under Public
Laws 101–516, 102–143, 102–240, 103–122, and accom-
panying reports, shall be made available for the Berea Red
Line Extension and the Euclid Corridor Improvement
projects.
Ω139æSEC. 337. Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, funds made available under section 3035(kk) of
Public Law 102–240 for fiscal year 1997 to the State of
Michigan shall be for the purchase of buses and bus-relat-
ed equipment and facilities.
Ω140æSEC. 338. In addition to amounts otherwise
provided
in
this
Act,
there
is
hereby
appropriated
$2,400,000 for activities of the National Civil Aviation Re-
view Commission, to remain available until expended.
Ω141æSEC. 338. Of the amounts made available under
the Federal Transit Administration’s Discretionary Grants
program for Kauai, Hawaii, in Public Law 103–122 and
Public Law 103–331, $3,250,000 shall be transferred to and
administered in accordance with 49 U.S.C. 5311 and made
available to Kauai, Hawaii.
Ω142æSEC. 339. Section 423 of H.R. 1361, as passed
the House of Representatives on May 9, 1995, is hereby
enacted into law.
Ω143æSEC. 339. Improvements identified as highest
priority by section 1069(t) of Public Law 102–240 and
funded pursuant to section 118(c)(2) of title 23, United
States Code, shall not be treated as an allocation for Inter-
state maintenance for such fiscal year under section
157(a)(4) of title 23, United States Code, and sections
1013(c), 1015(a)(1), and 1015(b)(1) of Public Law 102–
240: Provided, That any discretionary grant made pursu-
ant to Public Law 99–663 shall not be subject to section
1015 of Public Law 102–240.
SEC. 340. (a) COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN
ACT.—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 CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT REGARD-
ING 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.
Ω144æSEC. 341. Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, receipts, in amounts determined by the Secretary,
collected from users of fitness centers operated by or for the
Department of Transportation shall be available to support
the operation and maintenance of those facilities.
Ω145æSEC. 342. None of the funds made available in
this Act may be used by the National Transportation Safety
Board to plan, conduct, or enter into any contract for a
study to determine the feasibility of allowing individuals
who are more than 60 years of age to pilot commercial air-
craft.
Molasses Dock intermodal port facility on the island
of St. Croix to make the facility capable of handling
multiple cargo tasks’’.
Ω163æSEC. 403. The funds authorized to be appro-
priated for highway-railroad grade crossing separations in
Mineola, New York, under the head ‘‘Highway-Railroad
Grade Crossing Safety Demonstration Project (Highway
Trust Fund)’’ in House Report 99–976 and section 302(l)
of Public Law 99–591 are hereby also authorized to be ap-
propriated for other grade crossing improvements in Nas-
sau and Suffolk Counties in New York and shall be avail-
able in accordance with the terms of the original
authoriziaton in House Report 99–976.
SEC. 404. The Secretary of Transportation is hereby
authorized to enter into an agreement modifying the
agreement entered into pursuant to section 336 of the De-
partment of Transportation and Related Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 1995 (Public Law 103–331) and section
356 of the Department of Transportation and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (Public Law 104–50)
to provide an additional line of credit not to exceed
$25,000,000, which may be used to replace otherwise re-
quired contingency reserves; provided, however, that the
Secretary may only enter into such modification if it is
supported by the amount of the original appropriation