Calendar No. 504
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3675
[Report No. 104–325]
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Department of
Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 1997, and for other
purposes.
JUNE 28, 1996
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on
Appropriations
JULY 19, 1996
Reported with amendments
II
Calendar No. 504
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3675
[Report No. 104–325]
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JUNE 28, 1996
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations
JULY 19, 1996
Reported by Mr. HATFIELD, with amendments
[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September
30, 1997, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other pur-
poses, namely:
TITLE I
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary,
$53,816,000 $53,376,000, of which not to exceed $40,000
shall be available as the Secretary may determine for allo-
cation within the Department for official reception and
representation expenses: Provided, That notwithstanding
any other provision of law, there may be credited to this
appropriation up to $1,000,000 in funds received in user
fees established to support the electronic tariff filing sys-
tem: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated in this Act or otherwise made available may be
used to maintain custody of airline tariffs that are already
available for public and departmental access at no cost;
to secure them against detection, alteration, or tampering;
and open to inspection by the Department.
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights,
$5,574,000.
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND
DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses for conducting transportation
planning, research, systems development, and development
activities, to remain available until expended, $3,000,000
$4,158,000.
TRANSPORTATION ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE CENTER
Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital
outlays of the Transportation Administrative Service Cen-
ter, not to exceed $124,812,000, shall be paid from appro-
priations made available to the Department of Transpor-
tation: Provided, That such services shall be provided on
a competitive basis to entities within the Department of
Transportation: Provided further, That the above limita-
tion on operating expenses shall not apply to non-DOT
entities: Provided further, That no funds appropriated in
this Act to an agency of the Department shall be trans-
ferred to the Transportation Administrative Service Cen-
ter without the approval of the agency modal adminis-
trator: Provided further, That no assessments may be lev-
ied against any program, budget activity, subactivity or
project funded by this Act unless notice of such assess-
ments and the basis therefor are presented to the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations and are ap-
proved by such Committees.
PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
For liquidation of obligations incurred for payments
to air carriers of so much of the compensation fixed and
determined under subchapter II of chapter 417 of title 49,
United States Code, as is payable by the Department of
Transportation, $10,000,000 $25,900,000, to remain avail-
able until expended and to be derived from the Airport
and Airway Trust Fund: Provided, That none of the funds
in this Act shall be available for the implementation or
execution of programs in excess of $10,000,000
$25,900,000 for the Payments to Air Carriers program in
fiscal year 1997: Provided further, That none of the funds
in this Act shall be used by the Secretary of Transpor-
tation to make payment of compensation under subchapter
II of chapter 417 of title 49, United States Code, in excess
of the appropriation in this Act for liquidation of obliga-
tions incurred under the ‘‘Payments to air carriers’’ pro-
gram: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act
shall be used for the payment of claims for such com-
pensation except in accordance with this provision: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be
available for service to communities in the forty-eight con-
tiguous States that are located fewer than seventy high-
way miles from the nearest large or medium hub airport,
or that require a rate of subsidy per passenger in excess
of $200 unless such point is greater than two hundred
and ten miles from the nearest large or medium hub air-
port: Provided further, That of funds provided for ‘‘Small
Community Air Service’’ by Public Law 101–508,
$28,600,000 $12,700,000 in fiscal year 1997 is hereby re-
scinded.
PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS
(RESCISSION)
Of the budgetary resources remaining available under
this heading, $1,133,000 are rescinded.
RENTAL PAYMENTS
For necessary expenses for rental of headquarters
and field space not to exceed 8,580,000 square feet and
for related services assessed by the General Services Ad-
ministration, $127,447,000 $132,500,000: Provided, That
of this amount, $2,022,000 shall be derived from the
Highway Trust Fund, $39,113,000 shall be derived from
the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, $840,000 shall be
derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, and $193,000
shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust
Fund: Provided further, That in addition, for assessments
by the General Services Administration related to the
space needs of the Federal Highway Administration,
$17,294,000 $17,192,000, to be derived from ‘‘Federal-aid
Highways’’, subject to the ‘‘Limitation on General Operat-
ing Expenses’’.
MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM
For the cost of direct loans, $1,500,000, as author-
ized by 49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, includ-
ing the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:
Provided further, That these funds are available to sub-
sidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct
loans not to exceed $15,000,000. In addition, for adminis-
trative expenses to carry out the direct loan program,
$400,000.
MINORITY BUSINESS OUTREACH
For necessary expenses of the Minority Business Re-
source Center outreach activities, $2,900,000, of which
$2,635,000 shall remain available until September 30,
1998: Provided, That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 332,
these funds may be used for business opportunities related
to any mode of transportation.
COAST GUARD
OPERATING EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the operation and mainte-
nance of the Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for; pur-
chase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles for
replacement only; payments pursuant to section 156 of
Public Law 97–377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note),
and section 229(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
429(b)); and recreation and welfare; $2,609,100,000
$2,331,350,000, of which $25,000,000 shall be derived
from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund: Provided, That
the number of aircraft on hand at any one time shall not
exceed two hundred and eighteen, exclusive of aircraft and
parts stored to meet future attrition: Provided further,
That none of the funds appropriated in this or any other
Act shall be available for pay or administrative expenses
in connection with shipping commissioners in the United
States: Provided further, That none of the funds provided
in this Act shall be available for expenses incurred for
yacht documentation under 46 U.S.C. 12109, except to
the extent fees are collected from yacht owners and cred-
ited to this appropriation: Provided further, That the Com-
mandant shall reduce both military and civilian employ-
ment levels for the purpose of complying with Executive
Order No. 12839.
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, 
$358,000,000
$393,100,000, 
of 
which
or expended to continue the ‘‘Vessel Traffic Service 2000’’
Program.
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS
(RESCISSIONS)
Of the available balances under this heading provided
in Public Law 104–50, $3,400,000 are rescinded.
Of the available balances under this heading provided
in Public Law 103–331, $355,000 are rescinded.
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,
$21,000,000 $23,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
PORT SAFETY DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses for debt retirement of the Port
of Portland, Oregon, $5,000,000, to remain available until
expended.
ALTERATION OF BRIDGES
For necessary expenses for alteration or removal of
obstructive bridges, $16,000,000 $10,000,000, 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, and
for payments for medical care of retired personnel and
their dependents under the Dependents Medical Care Act
(10 U.S.C. ch. 55) $608,084,000.
RESERVE TRAINING
For all necessary expenses for the Coast Guard Re-
serve, as authorized by law; maintenance and operation
of facilities; and supplies, equipment, and services;
$65,890,000.
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,
$19,000,000 $19,550,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which $5,020,000 shall be derived from the Oil
Spill Liability Trust Fund: Provided, That there may be
credited to this appropriation funds received from State
and local governments, other public authorities, private
sources, and foreign countries, for expenses incurred for
research, development, testing, and evaluation.
BOAT SAFETY
(AQUATIC RESOURCES TRUST FUND)
For payment of necessary expenses incurred for rec-
reational boating safety assistance under Public Law 92–
75, as amended, $35,000,000 $10,000,000, to be derived
from the Boat Safety Account and to remain available
until expended.
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 and
the operation (including leasing) and maintenance of air-
craft, and carrying out the provisions of subchapter I of
chapter 471 of title 49, United States Code, or other pro-
visions of law authorizing the obligation of funds for simi-
lar programs of airport and airway development or im-
provement, lease or purchase of four passenger motor ve-
hicles 
for 
replacement 
only, 
$4,900,000,000
$4,899,957,000, of which $1,642,500,000 $2,742,602,000
shall be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund:
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of
law, not to exceed $30,000,000 $75,000,000 from addi-
tional user fees to be established by the Administrator of
the Federal Aviation Administration shall be credited to
this appropriation as offsetting 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 collections are received during fis-
cal year 1997, to result in a final fiscal year 1997 appro-
priation from the general fund estimated at not more than
$2,127,398,000 $2,082,355,000:–Provided further, That
the only additional user fees authorized as offsetting col-
lections are fees for services provided to aircraft that nei-
ther take off from, nor land in, the United States: Pro-
vided further, That there may be credited to this appro-
priation, funds received from States, counties, municipali-
ties, foreign authorities, other public authorities, and pri-
vate sources, for expenses incurred in the provision of
agency services, including receipts for the maintenance
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 alteration forms:
Provided further, That funds may be used to enter into
a grant agreement with a nonprofit standard setting orga-
nization to assist in the development of aviation safety
standards: Provided further, That none of the funds in this
Act shall be available for new applicants for the second
career training program: Provided further, That none of
the funds in this Act shall be available for paying premium
pay under 5 U.S.C. 5546(a) to any Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration employee unless such employee actually per-
formed work during the time corresponding to such pre-
mium pay: Provided 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
derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund may be
used to support the operations and activities of the Associ-
ate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation.
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 head; to be derived from the Airport
and Airway Trust Fund, $1,800,000,000 $1,788,700,000,
of which $1,583,000,000 $1,571,700,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 1999, and of which
$217,000,000 shall remain available until September 30,
1997: 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 in the establishment and modernization
of air navigation facilities.
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,
$185,000,000 $187,000,000, to be derived from the Air-
port and Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until
September 30, 1999: Provided, That there may be credited
to this appropriation funds received from States, counties,
municipalities, other public authorities, and private
sources, for expenses incurred for research, engineering,
and development.
GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)
For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in-
aid for airport planning and development, and for noise
compatibility planning and programs as authorized under
subchapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter
475 of title 49, United States Code, and under other law
authorizing such obligations, $1,500,000,000, to be de-
rived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That none of the
funds in this Act shall be available for the planning or
execution of programs the obligations for which are in ex-
cess of $1,300,000,000 $1,460,000,000 in fiscal year 1997
for grants-in-aid for airport planning and development,
and noise compatibility planning and programs, notwith-
standing section 47117(h) of title 49, United States Code.
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.
AIRCRAFT PURCHASE LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM
None of the funds in this Act shall be available for
activities under this heading during fiscal year 1997.
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES FRANCHISE FUND
There is hereby established in the Treasury a fund, to
be available without fiscal year limitation, for the costs of
capitalizing and operating such administrative services as
the FAA Administrator determines may be performed more
advantageously as centralized services, including account-
ing, international training, payroll, travel, duplicating,
multimedia and information technology services: Provided,
That any inventories, equipment, and other assets pertain-
ing to the services to be provided by such fund, either on
hand or on order, less the related liabilities or unpaid obli-
gations, and any appropriations made prior to the current
year for the purpose of providing capital shall be used to
capitalize such fund: Provided further, That such fund shall
be paid in advance from funds available to the FAA and
other Federal agencies for which such centralized services
are performed, at rates which will return in full all expenses
of operation, including accrued leave, depreciation of fund
plant and equipment, amortization of Automated Data
Processing (ADP) software and systems (either required or
donated), and an amount necessary to maintain a reason-
able operating reserve, as determined by the FAA Adminis-
trator: Provided further, That such fund shall provide serv-
ices on a competitive basis: Provided further, That an
amount not to exceed four percent of the total annual in-
come to such fund may be retained in the fund for fiscal
year 1997 and each year thereafter, to remain available
until expended, to be used for the acquisition of capital
equipment and for the improvement and implementation
of FAA financial management, ADP, and support systems:
Provided further, That no later than thirty days after the
end of each fiscal year, amounts in excess of this reserve
limitation shall be transferred to miscellaneous receipts in
the Treasury.
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
LIMITATION ON GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES
Necessary expenses for administration, operation, in-
cluding motor carrier safety program operations, and re-
search of the Federal Highway Administration not to ex-
ceed $510,981,000 $534,846,000 shall be paid in accord-
ance with law from appropriations made available by this
Act to the Federal Highway Administration together with
advances and reimbursements received by the Federal
Highway Administration: Provided, That $214,698,000
$234,840,000 of the amount provided herein shall remain
available until September 30, 1999.
HIGHWAY-RELATED SAFETY GRANTS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out
the provisions of title 23, United States Code, section 402
administered by the Federal Highway Administration, to
remain available until expended, $2,049,000 to be derived
from the Highway Trust Fund.
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
None of the funds in this Act shall be available for
the implementation or execution of programs the obliga-
tions for which are in excess of $17,550,000,000
$17,650,000,000 for Federal-aid highways and highway
safety construction programs for fiscal year 1997.
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For carrying out the provisions of title 23, United
States Code, that are attributable to Federal-aid high-
ways, including the National Scenic and Recreational
Highway as authorized by 23 U.S.C. 148, not otherwise
provided, including reimbursements for sums expended
pursuant 
to 
the 
provisions 
of 
U.S.C. 
308,
$19,800,000,000 or so much thereof as may be available
in and derived from the Highway Trust Fund, to remain
available until expended.
RIGHT-OF-WAY REVOLVING FUND
(LIMITATION ON DIRECT LOANS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
None of the funds under this head are available for
net obligations for right-of-way acquisition during fiscal
year 1997.
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out
49 U.S.C. 31102, $74,000,000, 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
$77,425,000
$79,000,000 for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety
Grants’’.
STATE INFRASTRUCTURE BANKS
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
To carry out the State Infrastructure Bank Pilot Pro-
gram (Public Law 104–59, section 350), $250,000,000, to
be derived from the Highway Trust Fund and to remain
available until expended, to be distributed by the Secretary
to more than 10 States: Provided, That these funds shall
be used to advance projects or programs under the terms
and conditions of section 350: Provided further, That any
State that receives such funds may deposit any portion of
those funds into either the highway or transit account of
the State Infrastructure Bank: Provided further, That the
funds appropriated and deposited into transit accounts au-
thorized by section 350(b)(3) shall be drawn from the Mass
Transit account of the Highway Trust Fund and that funds
appropriated and deposited into highway accounts author-
ized by section 350(b)(2) shall be drawn from the Highway
Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account): Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall ensure that the Fed-
eral disbursements shall be at a rate consistent with historic
rates for the Federal-aid highways program.
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 part C of subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code,
and chapter 301 of title 49, United States Code,
$81,895,000 $80,000,000, of which $45,646,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 1999: Provided, That
none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be obli-
gated or expended to plan, finalize, or implement any rule-
making to add to section 575.104 of title 49 of the Code
of Federal Regulations any requirement pertaining to a
grading standard that is different from the three grading
standards (treadwear, traction, and temperature resist-
ance) already in effect.
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of
the Secretary with respect to traffic and highway safety
under 23 U.S.C. 403 and section 2006 of the Intermodal
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public
Law 102–240), to be derived from the Highway Trust
Fund, $50,377,000 $53,195,000, of which $27,066,000
shall remain available until September 30, 1999.
HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For payment of obligations incurred carrying out the
provisions of 23 U.S.C. 153, 402, 408, and 410, chapter
303 of title 49, United States Code, and section 209 of
Public Law 95–599, as amended, to remain available until
expended, $167,100,000 $169,100,000, to be derived from
the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That, notwithstand-
ing subsection 2009(b) of the Intermodal Surface Trans-
portation Efficiency Act of 1991, 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 1997,
are in excess of $167,100,000 $169,100,000 for programs
authorized under 23 U.S.C. 402 and 410, as amended,
of which $127,700,000 $129,700,000 shall be for ‘‘State
and community highway safety grants’’, $2,400,000 shall
be for the ‘‘National Driver Register’’, $11,000,000
$12,000,000 shall be for highway safety grants as author-
ized by section 1003(a)(7) of Public Law 102–240, and
$26,000,000 $25,000,000 shall be for section 410 ‘‘Alco-
hol-impaired driving counter-measures programs’’: Pro-
vided further, That none of these funds shall be used for
construction, rehabilitation or remodeling costs, or for of-
fice furnishings and fixtures for State, local, or private
buildings or structures: Provided further, That not to ex-
ceed $5,268,000 $5,468,000 of the funds made available
for section 402 may be available for administering ‘‘State
and community highway safety grants’’: Provided further,
That not to exceed $150,000 of the funds made available
for section 402 may be available for administering the
highway safety grants authorized by section 1003(a)(7) of
Public Law 102–240: Provided further, That the unobli-
gated balances of the appropriation ‘‘Highway-Related
Safety Grants’’ shall be transferred to and merged with
this ‘‘Highway Traffic Safety Grants’’ appropriation: Pro-
vided further, That not to exceed $500,000 of the funds
made available for section 410 ‘‘Alcohol-impaired driving
counter-measures programs’’ shall be available for tech-
nical assistance to the States.
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION
OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Ad-
ministration, not otherwise provided for, $16,469,000
$16,739,000, of which $1,523,000 shall remain available
until expended: Provided, That none of the funds in this
Act shall be available for the planning or execution of a
program making commitments to guarantee new loans
under the Emergency Rail Services Act of 1970, as
amended, and no new commitments to guarantee loans
under section 211(a) or 211(h) of the Regional Rail Reor-
ganization Act of 1973, as amended, shall be made: Pro-
vided further, That, as part of the Washington Union Sta-
tion transaction in which the Secretary assumed the first
deed of trust on the property and, where the Union Sta-
tion Redevelopment Corporation or any successor is obli-
gated to make payments on such deed of trust on the Sec-
retary’s behalf, including payments on and after Septem-
ber 30, 1988, the Secretary is authorized to receive such
payments directly from the Union Station Redevelopment
Corporation, credit them to the appropriation charged for
the first deed of trust, and make payments on the first
deed of trust with those funds: Provided further, That such
additional sums as may be necessary for payment on the
first deed of trust may be advanced by the Administrator
from unobligated balances available to the Federal Rail-
road Administration, to be reimbursed from payments re-
ceived from the Union Station Redevelopment Corpora-
tion.
RAILROAD SAFETY
For necessary expenses in connection with railroad
safety, not otherwise provided for, $51,407,000, of which
$2,476,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other law, funds appro-
priated under this heading are available for the reimburse-
ment of out-of-state travel and per diem costs incurred
by employees of state governments directly supporting the
Federal railroad safety program, including regulatory de-
velopment and compliance-related activities.
RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses for railroad research and de-
velopment, $20,341,000 $20,000,000, to remain available
until expended.
NORTHEAST CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
For necessary expenses related to Northeast Corridor
improvements authorized by title VII of the Railroad Revi-
talization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976, as amended
(45 U.S.C. 851 et seq.) and 49 U.S.C. 24909, $200,000,000,
to remain available until September 30, 1999.
HIGH-SPEED RAIL TRAINSETS AND FACILITIES
For the National Railroad Passenger Corporation,
$80,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
1999, to pursue public/private partnerships for high-speed
rail trainset and maintenance facility financing arrange-
ments.
RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAM
The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to
issue to the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obli-
gations pursuant to section 512 of the Railroad Revitaliza-
tion and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–
210), as amended, in such amounts and at such times as
may be necessary to pay any amounts required pursuant
to the guarantee of the principal amount of obligations
under sections 511 through 513 of such Act, such author-
ity to exist as long as any such guaranteed obligation is
outstanding: Provided, That no new loan guarantee com-
mitments shall be made during fiscal year 1997.
NEXT GENERATION HIGH-SPEED RAIL
For necessary expenses for Next Generation High-
Speed Rail studies, corridor planning, development, dem-
onstration, and implementation, $19,757,000 $26,525,000,
to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds
under this head may be made available for grants to
States for high-speed rail corridor design, feasibility stud-
ies, environmental analyses, and track and signal track,
signal and station improvements.
TRUST FUND SHARE OF NEXT GENERATION HIGH-
SPEED RAIL
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For grants and payment of obligations incurred in car-
rying out the provisions of the High-Speed Ground Trans-
portation program as defined in subsections 1036(c) and
1036(d)(1)(B) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation
Efficiency Act of 1991, including planning and environ-
mental analyses, $2,855,000, to be derived from the High-
way Trust Fund and to remain available until expended.
ALASKA RAILROAD REHABILITATION
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make
grants to the Alaska Railroad, $10,000,000 shall be for cap-
ital rehabilitation and improvements benefiting its pas-
senger operations.
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, $4,000,000
$10,000,000 to be matched by the State of Rhode Island
or its designee on a dollar for dollar basis and to remain
available until expended: Provided, That as a condition of
accepting such funds, the Providence and Worcester
(P&W) Railroad shall enter into an agreement with the
Secretary to reimburse Amtrak and/or the Federal Rail-
road Administration, on a dollar for dollar basis, up to
the first $10,000,000 $16,000,000 in damages resulting
from the legal action initiated by the P&W Railroad under
its existing contracts with Amtrak relating to the provision
of vertical clearances between Davisville and Central Falls
in excess of those required for present freight operations.
DIRECT LOAN FINANCING PROGRAM
Notwithstanding
any
other
provision
of
law,
$58,680,000, for direct loans not to exceed $400,000,000
consistent with the purposes of section 505 of the Railroad
Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (45
U.S.C. 825) as in effect on September 30, 1988, to the
Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority to continue
the Alameda Corridor Project, including replacement of
at-grade rail lines with a below-grade corridor and widen-
ing of the adjacent major highway: Provided, That loans
not to exceed the following amounts shall be made on or
after the first day of the fiscal year indicated:
Fiscal year 1997 .......................................................................
$140,000,000
Fiscal year 1998 .......................................................................
$140,000,000
Fiscal year 1999 .......................................................................
$120,000,000
Provided further, That any loan authorized under this sec-
tion shall be structured with a maximum 30-year repay-
ment after completion of construction at an annual inter-
est rate of not to exceed the 30-year United States Treas-
ury rate and on such terms and conditions as deemed ap-
propriate by the Secretary of Transportation: Provided
further, That specific provisions of section 505(a)(b) and
(d) shall not apply: Provided further, That the Alameda
Corridor Transportation Authority shall be deemed to be
a financially responsible person for purposes of section
505 of the Act.
GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER
CORPORATION
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make
grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation
authorized 
by 
U.S.C. 
24104, 
$462,000,000
$592,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which
$342,000,000 shall be available for operating losses and
for mandatory passenger rail service payments, and
$120,000,000 $250,000,000 shall be for capital improve-
ments: Provided, That funding under this head for capital
improvements shall not be made available before July 1,
1997: Provided further, That none of the funds herein ap-
propriated shall be used for lease or purchase of passenger
motor vehicles or for the hire of vehicle operators for any
officer or employee, other than the president of the Cor-
poration, excluding the lease of passenger motor vehicles
for those officers or employees while in official travel sta-
tus.
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, $41,367,000
$42,147,000.
FORMULA GRANTS
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5307,
5310(a)(2), 5311, and 5336, to remain available until ex-
pended, $490,000,000 $218,335,000: Provided, That no
more than $2,052,925,000 $2,149,185,000 of budget au-
thority shall be available for these purposes: Provided fur-
ther, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, of
the funds provided under this head for formula grants,
no more than $400,000,000 may be used for operating
assistance under 49 U.S.C. 5336(d): Provided further,
That the limitation on operating assistance provided under
this heading shall, for urbanized areas of less than
200,000 in population, be no less than seventy-five percent
of the amount of operating assistance such areas are eligi-
ble to receive under Public Law 103–331: Provided fur-
ther, That in the distribution of the limitation provided
under this heading to urbanized areas that had a popu-
lation under the 1990 census of 1,000,000 or more, the
Secretary shall direct each such area to give priority con-
sideration to the impact of reductions in operating assist-
ance on smaller transit authorities operating within the
area and to consider the needs and resources of such tran-
sit authorities when the limitation is distributed among
all transit authorities operating in the area.
UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION CENTERS
For necessary expenses for university transportation
centers as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 5317(b), to remain
available until expended, $6,000,000.
TRANSIT PLANNING AND RESEARCH
For necessary expenses for transit planning and re-
search as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 5303, 5311, 5313,
5314, and 5315, to remain available until expended,
$85,500,000, of which $39,500,000 shall be for activities
under 
Metropolitan 
Planning 
(49 
U.S.C. 
5303);
$4,500,000 for activities under Rural Transit Assistance
(49 U.S.C. 5311(b)(2)); $8,250,000 for activities under
State Planning and Research (49 U.S.C. 5313(b));
$22,000,000 for activities under National Planning and
Research (49 U.S.C. 5314); $8,250,000 for activities
under Transit Cooperative Research (49 U.S.C. 5313(a));
and $3,000,000 for National Transit Institute (49 U.S.C.
5315).
TRUST FUND SHARE OF EXPENSES
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out
49 U.S.C. 5338(a), $1,920,000,000, to remain available
until expended and to be derived from the Highway Trust
Fund: Provided, That $1,920,000,000 shall be paid from
the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to
the Federal Transit Administration’s formula grants ac-
count.
DISCRETIONARY GRANTS
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
None of the funds in this Act shall be available for
the implementation or execution of programs the obliga-
tions for which are in excess of $1,665,000,000
$1,900,000,000 in fiscal year 1997 for grants under the
contract authority in 49 U.S.C. 5338(b): Provided, That
notwithstanding any provision of law, there shall be avail-
able for fixed guideway modernization, $666,000,000
$725,000,000; there shall be available for the replacement,
rehabilitation, and purchase of buses and related equip-
ment and the construction of bus-related facilities,
$333,000,000 $375,000,000; and, notwithstanding any
other provision of law, except for fixed guideway mod-
ernization projects, $10,510,000 $8,890,000 made avail-
able under Public Law 102–240 and Public Law 102–143
under ‘‘Federal Transit Administration, Discretionary
Grants’’ for projects specified in those Acts or identified
in reports accompanying those Acts, not obligated by Sep-
tember 30, 1996; together with, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, $744,000 funds made available for the
‘‘New Bedford and Fall River Massachusetts commuter
rail extension’’ under Public Law 103–331; together with,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, $47,322,000
funds made available for the ‘‘Chicago Central Area
Circulator Project’’ in Public Law 103–122 and Public
Law 103–331, shall be made available for new fixed guide-
way systems together with the $666,000,000 $800,000,000
made available for new fixed guideway systems in this Act,
to be available as follows:
$6,390,000 for the Alaska-Hollis to Ketchikan
ferry project;
$66,820,000 $62,000,000 for the Atlanta-North
Springs project;
$10,260,000 $5,000,000 for the Baltimore-LRT
Extension project;
$40,181,000 $30,000,000 for the Boston Piers-
MOS–2 project;
$2,000,000 for the Burlington-Charlotte, Vermont
commuter rail project;
$5,500,000
for
the
Canton-Akron-Cleveland
commuter rail project;
$25,000,000, $20,000,000 notwithstanding any
other provision of law, for transit improvements in
the Chicago downtown area;
$3,000,000 for the Cincinnati Northeast-North-
ern Kentucky rail line project;
$10,000,000 $12,000,000 for the DART North
Central light rail extension project;
$12,500,000 $18,000,000 for the Dallas-Fort
Worth RAILTRAN project;
$1,000,000 for the DeKalb County, Georgia
light rail project;
$3,000,000 for the Denver Southwest Corridor
project;
$9,000,000 $20,000,000 for the Florida Tri-
County commuter rail project;
$2,000,000 for the Griffin light rail project;
$40,590,000 $24,000,000 for the Houston Re-
gional Bus project;
$7,400,000 for the Jackson, Mississippi Inter-
modal Corridor;
$15,300,000 for the Jacksonville ASE extension
project;
$1,500,000 $3,600,000 for the Kansas City
Southtown corridor project;
$6,000,000 for the Little Rock, Arkansas Junc-
tion Bridge project;
$90,000,000 $55,000,000 for the Los Angeles-
MOS–3 project;
$1,500,000 for the Los Angeles-San Diego com-
muter rail project;
$27,000,000 $50,000,000 for the MARC Com-
muter Rail Improvements project;
$5,000,000 for the Metro-Dade Transit east-west
corridor, Florida project;
$1,000,000 for the Miami-North 27th Avenue
project;
$2,000,000 $6,400,000 for the Memphis, Ten-
nessee Regional Rail Plan;
$4,240,000 for the Morgantown, West Virginia
Personal Rapid Transit System;
$10,000,000 for the New Jersey Urban Core/
Hudson-Bergen LRT project;
$105,530,000 for the New Jersey Urban Core/
Secaucus project;
$1,000,000 for the New Jersey West Trenton
commuter rail project;
$8,000,000 $10,000,000 for the New Orleans
Canal Street Corridor project;
$2,000,000 for the New Orleans Desire Street-
car project;
$35,020,000 for the New York-Queens Connec-
tion project;
$500,000 for the Northern Indiana commuter
rail project;
$10,000,000 for the Oklahoma City, MAPS cor-
ridor transit system;
$5,000,000 for the Orange County transitway
project;
$2,000,000 for the Orlando Lynx light rail
project;
$15,100,000 for the Pittsburgh Airport busway
project;
$6,000,000 for the Portland South/North light
rail transit project;
$90,000,000 $138,000,000 for the Portland-
Westside/Hillsboro Extension project;
$5,000,000 for the Research Triangle Park,
North Carolina regional transit plan;
$6,000,000 $7,000,000 for the Sacramento LRT
Extension project;
$20,000,000 $58,000,000 for the Salt Lake
City-South LRT project,–of which not less than
$10,000,000 shall be available only for high-occu-
pancy vehicle lane and corridor design costs;
$30,000,000 for St. Louis Metrolink;
$20,000,000 $45,000,000 for the St. Louis-St.
Clair Extension project;
$35,000,000 $20,000,000 for the San Francisco
Area-BART airport extension/San Jose Tasman
West LRT projects;
$3,000,000 for the San Diego-Mid-Coast Cor-
ridor project;
$9,500,000 for the San Juan Tren Urbano
project;
$5,000,000 for the Seattle-Renton-Tacoma light
rail project;
$375,000 for the Staten Island-Midtown Ferry
service project;
$2,000,000 for the Tampa to Lakeland com-
muter rail project; and
$8,000,000 for the Virginia Rail Express Rich-
mond to Washington commuter rail project; and
$2,500,000 $5,000,000 for the Whitehall ferry
terminal, New York, New York.
MASS TRANSIT CAPITAL FUND
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out
49 U.S.C. 5338(b) administered by the Federal Transit
Administration, $2,000,000,000 $2,300,000,000, to be de-
rived from the Highway Trust Fund and to remain avail-
able until expended.
WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT
AUTHORITY
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of section 14 of Public Law 96–184 and Public Law 101–
551, $200,000,000, to remain available until expended.
SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development 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 operation and maintenance
of those portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway operated
and maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Develop-
ment Corporation, including the Great Lakes Pilotage
functions delegated by the Secretary of Transportation,
$10,037,000 $10,337,000, 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,
$23,929,000 $27,675,000, of which $574,000 shall be de-
rived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, and of which
$7,101,000 shall remain available until September 30,
1999: 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 fur-
ther, That there may be credited to this appropriation
funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other
public authorities, and private sources for expenses in-
curred for training, for reports publication and dissemina-
tion.
PIPELINE SAFETY
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND)
For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of the
pipeline safety program, for grants-in-aid to carry out a
pipeline safety program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C.
60107, and to discharge the pipeline program responsibil-
ities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $30,988,000
$31,278,000, of which $2,528,000 shall be derived from
the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund and shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 1999; and of which $28,460,000
$28,750,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety
Fund, of which $15,500,000 shall remain available until
September 30, 1999: Provided, That in addition to
amounts made available for the Pipeline Safety Fund,
$1,000,000 shall be available for grants to States for the
development and establishment of one-call notification sys-
tems and shall be derived from amounts previously col-
lected under section 7005 of the Consolidated Omnibus
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985.
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 Prepared-
ness Fund, to remain available until September 30, 1999:
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 Gen-
eral to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General
Act of 1978, as amended, $39,450,000 $39,700,000: Pro-
vided, That none of the funds under this heading shall
be for the conduct of contract audits of which $1,900,000
shall be for the conduct of contract audits.
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Surface Transpor-
tation Board, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, $12,344,000: Provided, That $3,000,000 in fees col-
lected in fiscal year 1997 by the Surface Transportation
Board pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9701 shall be made available
to this appropriation in fiscal year 1997: Provided further,
That any fees received in excess of $3,000,000 in fiscal
year 1997 shall remain available until expended, but shall
not be available for obligation until October 1, 1997.
TITLE II
RELATED AGENCIES
ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION
BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the Architectural and
Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, as authorized
by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as
amended, $3,540,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding
any other provision of law, there may be credited to this
appropriation funds received for publications and training
expenses.
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the National Transpor-
tation Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles and aircraft; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per
diem rate equivalent to the rate for a GS–18; uniforms,
or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C.
5901–5902), $42,407,000, 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 1997 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 con-
tinental 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 one hundred
seven political and Presidential appointees in the Depart-
ment of Transportation: Provided, That none of the per-
sonnel covered by this provision may be assigned on tem-
porary detail outside the Department of Transportation.
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 Secretary of Transportation may enter
into grants, cooperative agreements, and other trans-
actions with any person, agency, or instrumentality of the
United States, any unit of State or local government, any
educational institution, and any other entity in execution
of the Technology Reinvestment Project authorized under
the Defense Conversion, Reinvestment and Transition As-
sistance Act of 1992 and related legislation: Provided,
That the authority provided in this section may be exer-
cised without regard to section 3324 of title 31, United
States Code.
SEC. 309. The expenditure of any appropriation
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United
States Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such
expenditures are a matter of public record and available
for public inspection, except where otherwise provided
under existing law, or under existing Executive order is-
sued pursuant to existing law.
SEC. 310. (a) For fiscal year 1997 the Secretary of
Transportation shall distribute the obligation limitation
for Federal-aid highways by allocation in the ratio which
sums authorized to be appropriated for Federal-aid high-
ways that are apportioned or allocated to each State for
such fiscal year bear to the total of the sums authorized
to be appropriated for Federal-aid highways that are ap-
portioned or allocated to all the States for such fiscal year.
(b) During the period October 1 through December
31, 1996, no State shall obligate more than 25 per centum
of the amount distributed to such State under subsection
(a), and the total of all State obligations during such pe-
riod shall not exceed 12 per centum of the total amount
distributed to all States under such subsection.
(c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), the Sec-
retary shall—
(1) provide all States with authority sufficient
to prevent lapses of sums authorized to be appro-
priated for Federal-aid highways that have been ap-
portioned to a State;
(2) after August 1, 1997, revise a distribution
of the funds made available under subsection (a) if
a State will not obligate the amount distributed dur-
ing that fiscal year and redistribute sufficient
amounts to those States able to obligate amounts in
addition to those previously distributed during that
fiscal year giving priority to those States having
large unobligated balances of funds apportioned
under sections 103(e)(4), 104, and 144 of title 23,
United States Code, and under sections 1013(c) and
1015 of Public Law 102–240; and
(3) not distribute amounts authorized for ad-
ministrative expenses and funded from the adminis-
trative takedown authorized by section 104(a), title
23 U.S.C., the Federal lands highway program, pro-
gram; the intelligent transportation systems pro-
gram, and program; amounts made available under
sections 1040, 1047, 1064, 6001, 6005, 6006, 6023,
and 6024 of Public Law 102–240, and 49 U.S.C.
5316, 5317, and 5338; $5,000,000 for activities au-
thorized by section 140(b) of title 23, United States
Code; $5,000,000 for activities authorized by section
1012(b) of Public Law 102–240; and $50,000,000 of
the obligation limitation established by this Act for
Federal-aid highways and highway safety construc-
tion: Provided, That $15,000,000 of such undistrib-
uted obligation limitation shall be available for ad-
ministrative costs and allocation to States under sec-
tion 104(I) of title 23, United States Code;
$30,000,000 shall be available for allocation to States
authorized by section 1069(y) of Public Law 102–240;
and $5,000,000 shall be available for administrative
costs and allocation to States under section 1302(d)
of the Symms National Recreational Trails Act of
1991: Provided Provided further, That amounts made
available under section 6005 of Public Law 102–240
shall be subject to the obligation limitation for Fed-
eral-aid highways and highway safety construction
programs under the head ‘‘Federal-Aid Highways’’
in this Act.
(d) During the period October 1 through December
31, 1996, the aggregate amount of obligations under sec-
tion 157 of title 23, United States Code, for projects cov-
ered under section 147 of the Surface Transportation As-
sistance Act of 1978, section 9 of the Federal-Aid High-
way Act of 1981, sections 131(b), 131(j), and 404 of Pub-
lic Law 97–424, sections 1061, 1103 through 1108, 4008,
and 6023(b)(8) and 6023(b)(10) of Public Law 102–240,
and for projects authorized by Public Law 99–500 and
Public Law 100–17, shall not exceed $277,431,840.
(e) During the period August 2 through September
30, 1997, the aggregate amount which may be obligated
by all States shall not exceed 2.5 percent of the aggregate
amount of funds apportioned or allocated to all States—
(1) under sections 104 and 144 of title 23,
United States Code, and 1013(c) and 1015 of Public
Law 102–240, and
(2) for highway assistance projects under sec-
tion 103(e)(4) of title 23, United States Code,
which would not be obligated in fiscal year 1997 if the
total amount of the obligation limitation provided for such
fiscal year in this Act were utilized.
(f) Paragraph (e) shall not apply to any State which
on or after August 1, 1997, has the amount distributed
to such State under paragraph (a) for fiscal year 1997
reduced under paragraph (c)(2).
(g) INCREASE IN ADMINISTRATIVE TAKEDOWN.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, for fiscal year 1997 only, whenever
an allocation is made of the sums authorized to be
appropriated for expenditure on the Federal lands
highways program, and whenever an apportionment
is made of the sums authorized to be appropriated for
expenditure on the surface transportation program,
the congestion mitigation and air quality improve-
ment program, the National Highway System, the
Interstate maintenance program, the Interstate reim-
bursement program, the highway bridge replacement
and rehabilitation program, and the donor State
bonus program, the Secretary of Transportation shall
deduct a sum in such amount not to exceed 43⁄4 per
centum of all sums to be authorized as the Secretary
may determine necessary for administering the provi-
sions of law to be financed from appropriations for
the Federal-Aid Highway Program and for carrying
on the research authorized by subsections (a) and (b)
of section 307 of title 23, United States Code. In mak-
ing such determination, the Secretary shall take into
account the unobligated balance of any sums deducted
for such purposes in prior years. The sum so deducted
shall remain available until expended.
(2) EFFECT.—Any deduction by the Secretary of
Transportation in accordance with this Act shall be
deemed to be a deduction under 23 U.S.C. § 104(a).
SEC. 311. The limitation 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 under the discre-
tionary grants program.
SEC. 312. None of the funds in this Act shall be used
to implement section 404 of title 23, United States Code.
SEC. 313. 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. 314. 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 FAA shall accept such
equipment, which shall thereafter be operated and main-
tained by the FAA in accordance with agency criteria.
SEC. 315. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able to award a multiyear contract for production end
items that (1) includes economic order quantity or long
lead time material procurement in excess of $10,000,000
in any one year of the contract or (2) includes a cancella-
tion charge greater than $10,000,000 which at the time
of obligation has not been appropriated to the limits of
the government’s liability or (3) includes a requirement
that permits performance under the contract during the
second and subsequent years of the contract without con-
ditioning such performance upon the appropriation of
funds: Provided, That this limitation does not apply to a
contract in which the Federal Government incurs no fi-
nancial liability from not buying additional systems, sub-
systems, or components beyond the basic contract require-
ments.
SEC. 316. None of the funds provided in this Act
shall be made available for planning and executing a pas-
senger manifest program by the Department of Transpor-
tation that only applies to United States flag carriers.
SEC. 317. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, and except for fixed guideway modernization projects,
funds made available by this Act under ‘‘Federal Transit
Administration, Discretionary grants’’ for projects speci-
fied in this Act or identified in reports accompanying this
Act not obligated by September 30, 1999, shall be made
available for other projects under 49 U.S.C. 5309.
SEC. 318. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, any funds appropriated before October 1, 1993, under
any section of chapter 53 of title 49 U.S.C., that remain
available for expenditure may be transferred to and ad-
ministered under the most recent appropriation heading
for any such section.
SEC. 319. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able to implement or enforce regulations that would result
in the withdrawal of a slot from an air carrier at O’Hare
International Airport under section 93.223 of title 14 of
the Code of Federal Regulations in excess of the total slots
withdrawn from that air carrier as of October 31, 1993
if such additional slot is to be allocated to an air carrier
or foreign air carrier under section 93.217 of title 14 of
the Code of Federal Regulations.
SEC. 320. None of the funds in this Act may be used
to compensate in excess of 335 technical staff years under
the federally-funded research and
development center
contract between the Federal Aviation Administration
and the Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Develop-
ment during fiscal year 1997.
SEC. 321. Funds provided in this Act for the Trans-
portation Administrative Service Center (TASC) shall be
reduced by $10,000,000, which limits fiscal year 1997
TASC obligational authority for elements of the Depart-
ment of Transportation funded in this Act to no more
than $114,812,000: 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. 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.
SEC. 323. 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
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, Colorado: 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, That 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.
SEC. 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 $850,000 $1,050,000 of the
funds provided in this Act for the Department of Trans-
portation shall be available for the necessary expenses 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.
SEC. 333. No funds other than those appropriated
to the Surface Transportation Board shall be used for con-
ducting the activities of the Board.
SEC. 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