H. R. 2673—282
GENERAL PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
SEC. 101. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, airports
may transfer, without consideration, to the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) instrument landing systems (along with asso-
ciated approach lighting equipment and runway visual range equip-
ment) which conform to FAA design and performance specifications,
the purchase of which was assisted by a Federal airport-aid pro-
gram, airport development aid program or airport improvement
program grant: Provided, That, the Federal Aviation Administration
shall accept such equipment, which shall thereafter be operated
and maintained by FAA in accordance with agency criteria.
SEC. 102. None of the funds in this Act may be used to com-
pensate in excess of 350 technical staff-years under the federally
funded research and development center contract between the Fed-
eral Aviation Administration and the Center for Advanced Aviation
Systems Development during fiscal year 2004.
SEC. 103. None of the funds made available in this Act may
be used for engineering work related to an additional runway at
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport.
SEC. 104. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to
pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring airport sponsors
to provide to the Federal Aviation Administration 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: Provided, That the
prohibition of funds 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 air traffic control facilities.
SEC. 105. For an airport project that the Administrator of
the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) determines will add
critical airport capacity to the national air transportation system,
the Administrator is authorized to accept funds from an airport
sponsor, including entitlement funds provided under the ‘‘Grants-
in-Aid for Airports’’ program, for the FAA to hire additional staff
or obtain the services of consultants: Provided, That the Adminis-
trator is authorized to accept and utilize such funds only for the
purpose of facilitating the timely processing, review, and completion
of environmental activities associated with such project.
SEC. 106. None of the funds appropriated or limited by this
Act may be used to change weight restrictions or prior permission
rules at Teterboro Airport in Teterboro, New Jersey.
SEC. 107. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act may be obligated or expended to establish
or implement a pilot program under which not more than 10 des-
ignated essential air service communities located in proximity to
hub airports are required to assume 10 percent of their essential
air subsidy costs for a 4-year period, commonly referred to as
the EAS local participation program.
SEC. 108. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
costs of construction of terminal and hangar buildings are allowable
for an airport development project at Somerset-Pulaski County
Airport-J.T. Wilson Field, Kentucky, and at Pryor Field Regional
Airport, Decatur, Alabama, under chapter 471 of title 49, United
States Code.
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FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
Necessary expenses for administration and operation of the
Federal Highway Administration, not to exceed $337,604,000, shall
be paid in accordance 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 of the funds available under section
104(a)(1)(A) of title 23, United States Code, $7,000,000 shall be
available for environmental streamlining activities, which may
include making grants to, or entering into contracts, cooperative
agreements, and other transactions, with a Federal agency, State
agency, local agency, authority, association, non-profit or for-profit
corporation, or institution of higher education.
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 obligations for which
are in excess of $33,843,000,000 for Federal-aid highways and high-
way safety construction programs for fiscal year 2004: Provided,
That within the $33,843,000,000 obligation limitation on Federal-
aid highways and highway safety construction programs, not more
than $462,500,000 shall be available for the implementation or
execution of programs for transportation research (sections 502,
503, 504, 506, 507, and 508 of title 23, United States Code, as
amended; section 5505 of title 49, United States Code, as amended;
and sections 5112 and 5204–5209 of Public Law 105–178) for fiscal
year 2004: Provided further, That this limitation on transportation
research programs shall not apply to any authority previously made
available for obligation: Provided further, That within the
$232,000,000 obligation limitation on Intelligent Transportation
Systems, the following sums shall be made available for Intelligent
Transportation System projects that are designed to achieve the
goals and purposes set forth in section 5203 of the Intelligent
Transportation Systems Act of 1998 (subtitle C of title V of Public
Law 105–178; 112 Stat. 453; 23 U.S.C. 502 note) in the following
specified areas:
City of Huntsville, Alabama, ITS, $4,500,000;
511 Traveler Information Program in North Carolina,
$400,000;
Advanced Ticket Collection and Passenger Information Sys-
tems, New Jersey, $750,000;
Advanced Traffic Analysis Center, North Dakota, $200,000;
Advanced Transportation Management Systems (ATMS),
Montgomery County, Maryland, $500,000;
Alameda Corridor-East Gateway to America Project Phase
II, Los Angeles, California, $1,200,000;
Alexandria ITS Real-Time Transit Enhancement Pilot
Project, $410,000;
Altarum Restricted Use Technology Study, $1,750,000;
Altoona, Pennsylvania, ITS, $800,000;
Amber Alert Multi-Regional Strategic Plan, $400,000;
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ATR Transportation Technology/CVISN, New Mexico,
$175,000;
Auburn, Auburn Way South ITS, Washington, $1,600,000;
Bay County Area Wide Traffic Signal System, $750,000;
Cargo Watch Logistics Information System, New York,
$2,500,000;
Carson Passenger Information System, $300,000;
CCTA 
Intelligent 
Transportation 
Systems, 
Vermont,
$300,000;
City of Baltimore, Maryland Traffic Congestion Manage-
ment, $200,000;
City 
of 
Boston 
Intelligent 
Transportation 
Systems,
Massachusetts, $1,000,000;
City of New Rochelle, NY Traffic Signal Replacement Pro-
gram, $500,000;
City of Santa Rosa, Intelligent Transportation System,
$300,000;
Clark County Transit, VAST ITS, Washington, $1,600,000;
Computerization of traffic signals in Ashtabula, Ohio,
$14,000;
Corona City-wide automated traffic management system,
$1,000,000;
DelTrac Statewide Integration, Delaware, $1,000,000;
Demonstration project to deploy Geospatial Emergency &
Response System (GEARS) for transportation, $150,000;
Detroit Metro Airport ITS, $350,000;
DuPage County Signal Interconnection Project, $300,000;
Elk Grove Traffic Operations Center, $960,000;
Fairfax County Route 1 Traffic Synchronization ITS Pilot
Project, $500,000;
FAST Las Vegas (ITS—Phase 2)—Construction, $300,000;
Fiber Optic Signal Interconnect System, Tuscon, Arizona,
$3,500,000;
George Washington University, Virginia Campus, $500,000;
Germantown Parkway ITS Project, Tennessee, $3,000,000;
GMU ITS Research, Virginia, $500,000;
Great Lakes ITS, Michigan, $3,000,000;
Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce ITS System,
Pennsylvania, $1,500,000;
Harbor Boulevard Intelligent Transportation, $800,000;
Hawthorne Street Public Access Improvements, New Bed-
ford, Massachusetts, $150,000;
Hillsborough 
Area 
Regional 
Transit: 
Bus 
Tracking,
Communication and Security, Florida, $750,000;
Houma, Louisiana, $1,250,000;
Houston ITS, $1,500,000;
I–70 Incident Management Plan Implementation, Colorado,
$2,500,000;
I–87 Highway Speed E-Z Pass at the Woodbury Toll Bar-
rier, $1,750,000;
I–87 Smart Corridor, $1,000,000;
I–90 Phase 2 Connector ITS Testbed—Town of North
Greenbush—Rensselaer County, New York, $200,000;
Illinois Statewide ITS, $3,000,000;
Implementation of Wisconsin DOT’s Fiber Optics Network,
$1,000,000;
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Integration 
and 
Implementation 
of 
DYNASMART-X,
RHODES and CLAIRE in Houston, Texas, $500,000;
Intelligent Transportation System (Kansas City metro
area), $200,000;
Intelligent Transportation Systems—Phases II and III,
Ohio, $700,000;
Intelligent Transportation Systems Deployment Project,
Inglewood, California, $500,000;
Intelligent Transportation Systems, City of Wichita Transit
Authority, $750,000;
Intelligent 
Transportation 
Systems, 
Statewide 
and
Commercial Vehicle Information Systems Network, Maryland,
$750,000;
Intelligent Transportation Systems, Washington, D.C.
Region, $500,000;
Intersection Signalization Project for the City of Virginia
Beach, Virginia, $500,000;
Iowa Transportation Systems, $750,000;
ITS Baton Rouge, Louisiana, $1,250,000;
ITS Expansion in Davis and Utah Counties, Utah,
$1,250,000;
ITS Logistics and Systems Management for the Gateway
Cities, $250,000;
ITS Technologies, San Antonio, Texas, $200,000;
ITS, Cache Valley, Utah, $1,000,000;
Jacksonville 
Transportation 
Authority, 
Intelligent
Transportation 
Initiative—Regional 
Planning, 
Florida,
$750,000;
King County, County-wide Signal Program, Washington,
$1,500,000;
Lincoln, Nebraska StarTran Automatic Vehicle Locator
System, $1,000,000;
Los Angeles MTA Regional Universal Fare System,
$500,000;
Macomb County ITS Integration, Michigan, $600,000;
Maine Statewide ITS, $1,000,000;
Market Street Signalization Improvements, $100,000;
MARTA Automated Fare Collection/Smart Card System,
Georgia, $700,000;
Metrolina Transportation Management Center, $1,750,000;
Mid-America Surface Transportation Water Research
Institute, North Dakota, $500,000;
Minnesota Guidestar, $1,250,000;
Missouri Statewide Rural ITS, $4,000,000;
Mobile Data Computer Network Phase II (MDCN), Wis-
consin, $2,200,000;
Monroe County ATMS ITS Deployment Project, $800,000;
Montachusett Area Regional Transit (MART) AVLS,
Massachusetts, $240,000;
Multi Region Advanced Traveler Information System
(ATIS) for the IH–20 Corridor—Phase 1 in Texas, $550,000;
Nebraska Statewide Intelligent Transportation System
Deployment, $1,000,000;
New York State Thruway Authority Traffic Operation Pack-
age for I–95 and I–87, $1,676,000;
North Bergen, New Jersey Traffic Signalization Replace-
ment, $1,000,000;
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Oklahoma Statewide ITS, $4,000,000;
Palm Tran, Palm Beach County, Florida—Automated
Vehicle Location and Mobile Data Terminals, $1,000,000;
Portland 
State 
University 
Intelligent 
Transportation
Research Initiative, $400,000;
Program of Projects, Washington, $2,000,000;
Project Hoosier SAFE-T, $2,000,000;
Real Time Transit Passenger Information System for the
Prince George’s County Dept. of Public Works, Maryland,
$1,000,000;
Regional Intelligent Transportation System, Springfield,
Missouri, $2,000,000;
Regional ITS Architecture and Deployment Plan for the
Eagle Pass Region and Integrate with Laredo, $300,000;
Roosevelt Boulevard ITS Enhancement Pilot Program,
$750,000;
Rural Freeway Management System Implementation for
the IH–20 Corridor in the Tyler Region—Phase 1, $200,000;
Sacramento Area Council of Governments—ITS Projects,
California, $1,175,000;
San 
Diego 
Joint 
Transportation 
Operations 
Center,
$400,000;
Seacoast Intelligent Transportation System Congestion
Relief Project, $1,000,000;
Seattle City Center ITS, Washington, $2,500,000;
Shreveport Intelligent Transportation System, Louisiana,
$1,000,000;
South Carolina DOT Inroads Intelligent Transportation
System, $3,500,000;
Spotswood Township, NJ; Expand and improve traffic flow
with road improvements, $250,000;
SR 924 ITS Integration Project, $1,000,000;
SR 112 ITS Integration Project, $300,000;
Statewide AVL Initiative, Nebraska, $300,000;
Swatara Township, Pennsylvania—Traffic Signalization
Improvements, $100,000;
TalTran ITS Smartbus Program, Florida, $1,750,000;
Texas Medical Center EMS Early Warning Transportation
System, $1,000,000;
Texas Statewide ITS Deployment and Integration, City
of Lubbock, $400,000;
Texas Statewide ITS Deployment and Integration, Port
of Galveston, $400,000;
Town of Cary Computerized Traffic Signal Project, North
Carolina, $800,000;
Traffic Signal Controllers & Cabinets, District of Columbia,
$400,000;
TRANSCOM Regional Architecture & TRANSMIT project,
NJ, NY, & CT, $500,000;
Transportation Research Center (TRC) for Freight, Trade,
Security, and Economic Strength, Georgia, $500,000;
Tukwila, 
Signalization 
Interconnect 
and 
Intelligent
Transportation, Washington, $1,400,000;
Twin Cities, Minnesota Redundant Communications Pilot,
$1,000,000;
Tysons Transportation Association—ITS, $250,000;
University of Kentucky Transportation Center, $1,000,000;
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Ventura 
County 
Intelligent 
Transportation 
System,
$1,000,000;
West Baton Rouge Parish Joint Operations Emergency
Communications Center, $800,000;
Wisconsin CVISN Level One Deployment, $800,000; and
Wyoming Statewide ITS Initiative, $4,000,000.
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for carrying out
the provisions of title 23, United States Code, that are attributable
to Federal-aid highways, including the National Scenic and Rec-
reational Highway as authorized by 23 U.S.C. 148, not otherwise
provided, including reimbursement for sums expended pursuant
to the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 308, $34,000,000,000 or so much
thereof as may be available in and derived from the Highway
Trust Fund, to remain available until expended.
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS
MISCELLANEOUS HIGHWAY AND HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAMS
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, from the available
unobligated balances under the programs for which funds are
authorized 
under 
sections 
1101(a)(1), 
1101(a)(2), 
1101(a)(3),
1101(a)(4), and 1101(a)(5) of Public Law 105–178, as amended,
$15,000,000 shall be made available for planning and design activi-
ties, and initiation of construction of the project at Pennsylvania
Avenue in front of the White House; $20,000,000 shall be made
available to provide grants to States for the development or
enhancement of notification or communications systems along high-
ways for alerts and other information for the recovery of abducted
children under section 303 of Public Law 108–21; $8,000,000 shall
be made available to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administra-
tion to make grants to States for implementation of section 210
of Public Law 106–159; $3,500,000 shall be made available to the
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration for necessary oper-
ating expenses and personnel for implementation of section 210
of Public Law 106–159; $23,000,000 shall be made available to
the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to make grants
to States for southern border State operations for the purposes
described in 49 U.S.C. 31104(f)(2)(B); $9,000,000 shall be made
available to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to
make grants to States for northern border truck inspections;
$21,000,000 shall be made available to the Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration to make grants to States, local governments,
or other entities for commercial driver’s license program improve-
ments; $47,000,000 shall be made available to make grants to
States for construction of State border safety inspection facilities
at the United States border with Mexico; and $150,545,000 shall
be made available to the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis-
tration for expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the
Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety under chapter
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301 of title 49, United States Code, and part C of subtitle VI
of title 49, United States Code: Provided, That funds shall be
made available from a State’s available unobligated balances in
the programs funded under sections 1101(a)(1) through (5) of Public
Law 105–178, as amended, in the ratio that the State’s total amount
of funds apportioned under such programs for fiscal year 2003
bears to the total amount of funds apportioned to all States under
such programs: Provided further, That the funds made available
under this heading may be transferred by the Secretary to another
Federal agency, such funds to be then administered by the proce-
dures of the Federal agency to which such funds are transferred:
Provided further, That none of the funds provided to the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration may be obligated or
expended to plan, finalize, or implement any rulemaking to add
to section 575.104 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations any
requirement pertaining to a grading standard that is different from
the three grading standards (treadwear, traction, and temperature
resistance) already in effect: Provided further, That all funds made
available for obligation under this heading shall be available in
the same manner as though such funds were apportioned under
chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, except that the Federal
share payable on account of any program, project, or activity carried
out with funds made available under this heading shall be 100
percent and such funds shall remain available for obligation until
expended: Provided further, That all funds made available under
this heading shall be subject to any limitation on obligations for
Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs
set forth in this Act or any other Act.
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
(RESCISSION)
Of the unobligated balances of funds apportioned to each State
under the program authorized under sections 1101(a)(1), 1101(a)(2),
1101(a)(3), 1101(a)(4), and 1101(a)(5) of Public Law 105–178, as
amended, $207,000,000 are rescinded.
APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAY SYSTEM
For necessary expenses for the Appalachian Development High-
way System as authorized under section 1069(y) of Public Law
102–240, as amended, $125,000,000, to remain available until
expended.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
SEC. 110. (a) For fiscal year 2004, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall—
(1) not distribute from the obligation limitation for Federal-
aid Highways amounts authorized for administrative expenses
and programs funded from the administrative takedown author-
ized by section 104(a)(1)(A) of title 23, United States Code,
for the highway use tax evasion program, for the Bureau of
Transportation Statistics and for the programs, projects, and
activities for which funds are made available under the heading
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‘‘Federal-Aid Highways, Miscellaneous Highway and Highway
Safety Programs’’ in this Act;
(2) not distribute an amount from the obligation limitation
for Federal-aid Highways that is equal to the unobligated
balance of amounts made available from the Highway Trust
Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for Federal-aid
highways and highway safety programs for the prior fiscal
years the funds for which are allocated by the Secretary;
(3) determine the ratio that—
(A) the obligation limitation for Federal-aid Highways
less the aggregate of amounts not distributed under para-
graphs (1) and (2), bears to
(B) the total of the sums authorized to be appropriated
for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction
programs (other than sums authorized to be appropriated
for sections set forth in paragraphs (1) through (7) of sub-
section (b) and sums authorized to be appropriated for
section 105 of title 23, United States Code, equal to the
amount referred to in subsection (b)(8)) for such fiscal
year less the aggregate of the amounts not distributed
under paragraph (1) of this subsection;
(4) distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid High-
ways less the aggregate amounts not distributed under para-
graphs (1) and (2) for section 201 of the Appalachian Regional
Development Act of 1965 and $2,000,000,000 for such fiscal
year under section 105 of title 23, United States Code (relating
to minimum guarantee) so that the amount of obligation
authority available for each of such sections is equal to the
amount determined by multiplying the ratio determined under
paragraph (3) by the sums authorized to be appropriated for
such section (except in the case of section 105, $2,000,000,000)
for such fiscal year;
(5) distribute the obligation limitation provided for Federal-
aid Highways less the aggregate amounts not distributed under
paragraphs (1) and (2) and amounts distributed under para-
graph (4) for each of the programs that are allocated by the
Secretary under title 23, United States Code (other than activi-
ties to which paragraph (1) applies and programs to which
paragraph (4) applies) by multiplying the ratio determined
under paragraph (3) by the sums authorized to be appropriated
for such program for such fiscal year; and
(6) distribute the obligation limitation provided for Federal-
aid Highways less the aggregate amounts not distributed under
paragraphs (1) and (2) and amounts distributed under para-
graphs (4) and (5) for Federal-aid highways and highway safety
construction programs (other than the minimum guarantee pro-
gram, but only to the extent that amounts apportioned for
the minimum guarantee program for such fiscal year exceed
$2,639,000,000, and the Appalachian development highway
system program) that are apportioned by the Secretary under
title 23, United States Code, in the ratio that—
(A) sums authorized to be appropriated for such pro-
grams that are apportioned to each State for such fiscal
year, bear to
(B) the total of the sums authorized to be appropriated
for such programs that are apportioned to all States for
such fiscal year.
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(b) EXCEPTIONS FROM OBLIGATION LIMITATION.—The obligation
limitation for Federal-aid Highways shall not apply to obligations:
(1) under section 125 of title 23, United States Code; (2) under
section 147 of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978;
(3) under section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981; (4)
under sections 131(b) and 131(j) of the Surface Transportation
Assistance Act of 1982; (5) under sections 149(b) and 149(c) of
the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act
of 1987; (6) under sections 1103 through 1108 of the Intermodal
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991; (7) under section
157 of title 23, United States Code, as in effect on the day before
the date of the enactment of the Transportation Equity Act for
the 21st Century; (8) under section 105 of title 23, United States
Code (but, only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for such fiscal
year); and for Federal-aid highway programs for which obligation
authority was made available under the Transportation Equity
Act for the 21st Century or subsequent public laws for multiple
years or to remain available until used, but only to the extent
that such obligation authority has not lapsed or been used.
(c) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED OBLIGATION AUTHORITY.—Not-
withstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall after August 1
for such fiscal year revise a distribution of the obligation limitation
made available under subsection (a) if a State will not obligate
the amount distributed during that fiscal year and redistribute
sufficient amounts to those States able to obligate amounts in
addition to those previously distributed during that fiscal year
giving priority to those States having large unobligated balances
of funds apportioned under sections 104 and 144 of title 23, United
States Code, section 160 (as in effect on the day before the enact-
ment of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century) of
title 23, United States Code, and under section 1015 of the Inter-
modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat.
1943–1945).
(d) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS TO TRANSPOR-
TATION RESEARCH PROGRAMS.—The obligation limitation shall apply
to transportation research programs carried out under chapter 5
of title 23, United States Code, except that obligation authority
made available for such programs under such limitation shall
remain available for a period of 3 fiscal years.
(e) REDISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN AUTHORIZED FUNDS.—Not later
than 30 days after the date of the distribution of obligation limita-
tion under subsection (a), the Secretary shall distribute to the
States any funds: (1) that are authorized to be appropriated for
such fiscal year for Federal-aid highways programs (other than
the program under section 160 of title 23, United States Code)
and for carrying out subchapter I of chapter 311 of title 49, United
States Code, and highway-related programs under chapter 4 of
title 23, United States Code; and (2) that the Secretary determines
will not be allocated to the States, and will not be available for
obligation, in such fiscal year due to the imposition of any obligation
limitation for such fiscal year. Such distribution to the States shall
be made in the same ratio as the distribution of obligation authority
under subsection (a)(6). The funds so distributed shall be available
for any purposes described in section 133(b) of title 23, United
States Code.
(f) SPECIAL RULE.—Obligation limitation distributed for a fiscal
year under subsection (a)(4) of this section for a section set forth
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in subsection (a)(4) shall remain available until used and shall
be in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed on obliga-
tions for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction pro-
grams for future fiscal years.
(g) Of the obligation authority distributed to a State under
subsection (a)(6), an amount of obligation authority equal to the
amount for each surface transportation project in such State identi-
fied in section 115 of the statement of managers accompanying
this Act shall be available for carrying out each project.
(h) The obligation limitation made available for the programs,
projects, and activities for which funds are made available under
the heading ‘‘Federal-Aid Highways, Miscellaneous Highway and
Highway Safety Program’’ of this Act shall remain available until
used and shall be in addition to the amount of any limitation
imposed on obligations for Federal-aid highway and highway safety
construction programs for future fiscal years.
SEC. 111. Notwithstanding any other provision of law:
(1) Section 1105(c) of the Intermodal Surface Transpor-
tation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2032; 112 Stat. 191;
115 Stat. 871) is amended—
(A) in paragraph (42), by striking ‘‘Fulton, Mississippi,’’
the first time that it appears and all that follows to the
end of the paragraph and inserting ‘‘Fulton, Mississippi.’’;
and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(45) The United States Route 78 Corridor from Memphis,
Tennessee, to Corridor X of the Appalachian development high-
way system near Fulton, Mississippi, and Corridor X of the
Appalachian development highway system extending from near
Fulton, Mississippi, to near Birmingham, Alabama.’’.
(2) Section 1105(e)(5) of the Intermodal Surface Transpor-
tation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2032; 115 Stat. 872)
is amended—
(A) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—
The portions’’ and all that follows through the end of the
first sentence and inserting:
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The portions of the routes referred
to in subsection (c)(1), subsection (c)(3) (relating solely to
the Kentucky Corridor), clauses (i), (ii), and (except with
respect to Georgetown County) (iii) of subsection (c)(5)(B),
subsection (c)(9), subsections (c)(18) and (c)(20), subsection
(c)(36), subsection (c)(37), subsection (c)(40), subsection
(c)(42), and subsection (c)(45) that are not a part of the
Interstate System are designated as future parts of the
Interstate System.’’; and
(B) by adding the following at the end of subparagraph
(B)(i): ‘‘The route referred to in subsection (c)(45) is des-
ignated as Interstate Route I–22.’’.
SEC. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in section
1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century:
(1) Item number 230 is amended by striking ‘‘Monroe
County transportation improvements on Long Pond Road,
Pattonwood Road, and Lyell road’’ and inserting ‘‘Route 531/
Brockport-Rochester Corridor in Monroe County, New York’’.
(2) Item number 1149 is amended by striking ‘‘Traffic Miti-
gation Project on William Street and Losson Road in
Cheektowaga’’ and inserting ‘‘Study and implement mitigation
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and diversion options for William Street and Broadway Street
in Cheektowaga, I–90 Corridor Study; Interchange 53 to Inter-
change 49, PIN 552830 and Cheektowaga Rails to Trails, PIN
575508’’.
(3) Item number 476 is amended by striking ‘‘Expand Per-
kins Road in Baton Rouge’’ and inserting ‘‘Feasibility study,
design, and construction of a connector between Louisiana
Highway 1026 and I–12 in Livingston Parish’’.
(4) Item 4 of the table contained in section 1602 of the
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, relating to
construction of a bike path in Michigan, is amended by striking
‘‘between Mount Clemens and New Baltimore’’ and inserting
‘‘for the Macomb Orchard Trail in Macomb County’’.
(5) Item number 1077 is amended by striking ‘‘Construct
I–95–I–26 interchange, Orangeburg Co’’ and inserting ‘‘Expand
Transportation Research Center, South Carolina State Univer-
sity, Orangeburg, SC’’.
(6) Item number 897 is amended by striking ‘‘Upgrade
Bishop Ford Expressway/142nd St. interchange’’ and inserting
‘‘Road upgrade and access road near the intersection of I–
80 and I–57 in Country Club Hills, Illinois’’.
(7) Item number 436 is amended by inserting after ‘‘Ohio
River Major Investment Study Project, Kentucky and Indiana’’
the following: ‘‘, and preliminary engineering and right of way
acquisition associated with the project’’.
SEC. 113. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received by
the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the sale of data prod-
ucts, for necessary expenses incurred pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 111
may be credited to the Federal-aid highways account for the purpose
of reimbursing the Bureau for such expenses: Provided, That such
funds shall be subject to the obligation limitation for Federal-
aid highways and highway safety construction.
SEC. 114. Intelligent Transportation Systems appropriations
made to the State of Wisconsin in Public Law 105–277, Public
Law 106–69, and Public Law 107–87 shall not be subject to the
limitations of Public Law 105–178, section 5208(d), 23 U.S.C. 502
note.
SEC. 115. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, from
the available unobligated balances under the programs for which
funds are authorized under sections 1101(a)(1), 1101(a)(2),
1101(a)(3), 1101(a)(4), and 1101(a)(5) of Public Law 105–178, as
amended, of each State for which a project or projects in such
State identified under this section in the statement of managers
accompanying this Act shall be made available for necessary
expenses to carry out such project: Provided, That the amount
identified for each such project shall be made available from the
State’s unobligated balance in any of the five specified programs
for which the project would be eligible, such selection to be at
the option of the State: Provided further, That if a project is not
otherwise eligible for funding under one of the five programs, then
such project shall be deemed eligible and shall be funded from
the unobligated balance of funds made available for the program
for which funds are authorized under section 1101(a)(4) of Public
Law 105–178, as amended, but not including funds setaside pursu-
ant to section 133(d) of title 23, United States Code: Provided
further, That funds made available under this section may, at
the request of a State, be transferred by the Secretary to another
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Federal agency to carry out a project funded under this section,
such funds to be then administered by the procedures of the Federal
agency to which such funds may be transferred: Provided further,
That all funds made available for obligation under this section
shall be available in the same manner as though such funds were
apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, except
that the Federal share payable on account of any program, project,
or activity carried out with funds made available under this heading
shall be 100 percent and such funds shall remain available for
obligation until expended: Provided further, That all funds made
available in this section shall be subject to any limitation on obliga-
tions for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction
programs set forth in this Act or any other Act.
SEC. 116. Notwithstanding Public Law 105–178, section
5208(d), Intelligent Transportation Systems appropriations for—
(1) Wausau-Stevens Point-Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, in
Public Law 105–277 and Public Law 106–69 shall be available
for use in the counties of Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett,
Chippewa, Douglas, Iron, Lincoln, Marathon, Polk, Portage,
Price, Rusk, Sawyer, Taylor, Washburn, Wood, Clark, Langlade,
and Oneida; and
(2) the City of Superior and Douglas County, Wisconsin,
in Public Law 106–69 shall be available for use in the City
of Superior and northern Wisconsin.
SEC. 117. (a) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation
shall enter into an agreement with the State of Nevada, the State
of Arizona, or both, to provide a method of funding for construction
of a Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge from funds allocated for the Federal
Lands Highway Program under section 202(b) of title 23, United
States Code.
(b) METHODS OF FUNDING.—
(1) The agreement entered into under subsection (a) shall
provide for funding in a manner consistent with the advance
construction and debt instrument financing procedures for Fed-
eral-aid highways set forth in section 115 and 122 of title
23, except that the funding source may include funds made
available under the Federal Lands Highway Program.
(2) Eligibility for funding under this subsection shall not
be construed as a commitment, guarantee, or obligation on
the part of the United States to provide for payment of principal
or interest of an eligible debt financing instrument as so defined
in section 122, nor create a right of a third party against
the United States for payment under an eligible debt financing
instrument. The agreement entered into pursuant to subsection
(a) shall make specific reference to this provision of law.
(3) The provisions of this section do not limit the use
of other available funds for which the project referenced in
subsection (a) is eligible.
SEC. 118. Section 1108 of the Intermodal Surface Transpor-
tation Efficiency Act of 1991, item number 8, is amended by striking
‘‘To relocate’’ and all that follows through ‘‘Street’’ and inserting
the following, ‘‘For road improvements and non-motorized enhance-
ments in the Detroit East Riverfront, Detroit, Michigan’’.
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SEC. 119. The funds provided under the heading ‘‘Transpor-
tation and Community and System Preservation Program’’ in Con-
ference Report No. 106–940 for the Lodge Freeway pedestrian over-
pass, Detroit, Michigan, shall be transferred to, and made available
for, enhancements in the East Riverfront, Detroit, Michigan.
SEC. 120. The funds provided under the heading ‘‘Transpor-
tation and Community and System Preservation Program’’ in Con-
ference Report No. 107–308 for the Eastern Market pedestrian
overpass park, shall be transferred to, and made available for,
enhancements in the East Riverfront, Detroit, Michigan.
SEC. 121. KANSAS
RECREATION
AREAS. Any unexpended
balances of the amounts made available by the Consolidated Appro-
priations Resolution, 2003 (Public Law 108–7) from the Federal-
aid highway account for improvements to Council Grove Lake,
Kansas, shall be available to make improvements to Richey Cove,
Santa Fe Recreation Area, Canning Creek Recreation Area, and
other areas in the State of Kansas.
SEC. 122. Section 330 of Public Law 108–7 is amended to
read as follows: In addition to amounts otherwise made available
in this Act, to enable the Secretary of Transportation to make
grants for surface transportation projects, $90,600,000 to remain
available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the surface transportation projects identified in
the Joint Explanatory Statement of the Committee of Conference
accompanying this Act are also eligible for funding made available
by the immediately preceding clause of this provision: Provided
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law and the
immediately preceding clause of this provision, the Secretary of
Transportation may use amounts made available by this section
to make grants for any surface transportation project otherwise
eligible for funding under title 23 or title 49, United States Code.
SEC. 123. (a) Section 14501 of title 40, United States Code,
is amended in the third sentence by striking ‘‘three thousand and
twenty-five’’ and inserting ‘‘three thousand and ninety’’.
(b) There is hereby designated as Corridor X–1 in Alabama
an addition to the Appalachian development highway system. Cor-
ridor X–1 shall extend approximately 65 miles along the alignment
of the Birmingham Northern Beltline from Interstate 20/59, in
the vicinity of Interstate 459 southwest of Birmingham, and
extending northward crossing State Route 269 and Corridor X and
continuing eastward crossing Interstate 65, United States Route
31, State Route 79, State Route 75, Interstate 59, United States
Route 11, United States Route 411, and connecting to Interstate
20 to the east of Birmingham. Corridor X–1 shall be developed
as a multi-lane freeway, with interchanges at appropriate crossroad
locations.
SEC. 124. MOTORIST INFORMATION CONCERNING PHARMACY
SERVICES. (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation
shall amend the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices to
include a provision permitting information to be provided to motor-
ists to assist motorists in locating licensed 24-hour pharmacy serv-
ices open to the public.
(b) LOGO PANEL.—The provision under subsection (a) may allow
placement of a logo panel that displays information disclosing the
names or logos of pharmacies described in subsection (a) that are
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located within 3 miles of an interchange on the Federal-aid system
(as defined in section 101 of title 23, United States Code).
SEC. 125. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds
obligated for pre-implementation costs, project design, and
implementation costs of the I–15 Congestion Pricing Project, also
known as the I–15 FasTrack project located in the city of San
Diego shall be eligible for funding the costs incurred under such
project. The Federal share payable for the total cost of the project
shall not exceed 80 percent.
SEC. 126. The project name in House Report No. 108–10, delin-
eating projects referenced in division I, section 330, of the Fiscal
Year 2003 Omnibus Appropriations Act, Public Law 108–7, is
amended by striking ‘‘Freight Enhancement KY Highlands, Ken-
tucky,’’ and inserting ‘‘Kentucky Highlands, Freight Enhancement
Revolving Loan Fund, Kentucky’’. Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, such revolving loan fund shall be eligible for the
funding made available under this section and administered con-
sistent with section 1511 of Public Law 105–178, except that such
assistance shall be to assist in financing freight enhancement
projects and that capitalization of such fund shall be limited to
the amount made available by division I, section 330 of Public
Law 108–7.
SEC. 127. The amount made available for obligation in fiscal
year 2003 for the project Kannapolis Parkway & Interstate 85
Interchange-Kannapolis, North Carolina as specified in section 329
of Public Law 108–7 and on page 1317 of the Joint Committee
of the Conference pursuant to the Joint Resolution Making Consoli-
dated Appropriations for fiscal year 2003 shall be reprogrammed
and transferred to and made available for obligation for ‘‘Kannapolis
Industrial Park Access Road-Kannapolis, North Carolina’’.
SEC. 128. Section 378 of the Department of Transportation
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted into
law by Public Law 106–346; 114 Stat. 1356A–40) is amended by
striking ‘‘$5,000,000 for improvements to US 73 from State Avenue
North to Marxen Road in Wyandotte County, Kansas’’ and inserting
‘‘$5,000,000 for improvements to US 73 from State Avenue north
to Marxen Road, and along US 73 on State Avenue eastward
to its terminus at I–435, in Wyandotte County, Kansas’’.
SEC. 129. Section 375 of division I of the Consolidated Appro-
priations Resolution, 2003 (117 Stat. 428) is amended by inserting
before the period at the end the following: ‘‘, including construction
of a connector road between the newly relocated State Route 1045
and Saint Vincent College, Latrobe, PA’’.
FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds
in this Act shall be available for expenses for administration of
motor carrier safety programs and motor carrier safety research,
the obligations for which are in excess of $176,070,000 for fiscal
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year 2004: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision
of law, for payment of obligations incurred to pay administrative
expenses of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration,
$176,070,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund and
to remain available until expended.
NATIONAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY PROGRAM
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for payment of
obligations incurred in carrying out 49 U.S.C. 31102, 31106, and
31309, $190,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund
and to remain available until expended: Provided, That none of
the funds in this Act shall be available for the implementation
or execution of programs the obligations for which are in excess
of $190,000,000 for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Grants’’ and ‘‘Information
Systems’’.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY
ADMINISTRATION
SEC. 130. Funds appropriated or limited in this Act shall be
subject to the terms and conditions stipulated in section 350 of
Public Law 107–87, including that the Secretary submit a report
to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees annually on
the safety and security of transportation into the United States
by Mexico-domiciled motor carriers.
SEC. 131. No funds appropriated or otherwise made available
by this Act may be used to implement or enforce any provisions
of the Final Rule, issued on April 16, 2003 (Docket No. FMCSA–
97–2350), with respect to either of the following:
(1) The operators of utility service vehicles, as that term
is defined in section 395.2 of title 49, Code of Federal Regula-
tions.
(2) Maximum daily hours of service for drivers engaged
in the transportation of property or passengers to or from
a motion picture or television production site located within
a 100-air mile radius of the work reporting location of such
drivers.
NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for payment of
obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions of 23 U.S.C.
403, to remain available until expended, $72,000,000, to be derived
from the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That none of the funds
in this Act shall be available for the planning or execution of
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programs the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 2004, are
in excess of $72,000,000 for programs authorized under 23 U.S.C.
403.
NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the Sec-
retary with respect to the National Driver Register under chapter
303 of title 49, United States Code, $3,600,000, to be derived from
the Highway Trust Fund, and to remain available until expended.
HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for payment of
obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions of 23 U.S.C.
402, 405, and 410, to remain available until expended, $225,000,000,
to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That none
of the funds in this Act shall be available for the planning or
execution of programs the total obligations for which, in fiscal
year 2004, are in excess of $225,000,000 for programs authorized
under 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, and 410, of which $165,000,000 shall
be for ‘‘Highway Safety Programs’’ under 23 U.S.C. 402, $20,000,000
shall be for ‘‘Occupant Protection Incentive Grants’’ under 23 U.S.C.
405, and $40,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Alcohol-Impaired Driving
Countermeasures Grants’’ under 23 U.S.C. 410: Provided further,
That none of these funds shall be used for construction, rehabilita-
tion, or remodeling costs, or for office furnishings and fixtures
for State, local, or private buildings or structures: Provided further,
That not to exceed $8,150,000 of the funds made available for
section 402, not to exceed $1,000,000 of the funds made available
for section 405, and not to exceed $2,000,000 of the funds made
available for section 410 shall be available to NHTSA for admin-
istering highway safety grants under chapter 4 of title 23, United
States Code: Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 of the
funds made available for section 410 ‘‘Alcohol-Impaired Driving
Countermeasures Grants’’ shall be available for technical assistance
to the States.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY
ADMINISTRATION
SEC. 140. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, States
may use funds provided in this Act under section 402 of title
23, United States Code, to produce and place highway safety public
service messages in television, radio, cinema, and print media,
and on the Internet in accordance with guidance issued by the
Secretary of Transportation: Provided, That any State that uses
funds for such public service messages shall submit to the Secretary
a report describing and assessing the effectiveness of the messages:
Provided further, That $10,000,000 of the funds allocated under
section 157 of title 23, United States Code, shall be used as directed
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by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administrator to purchase
national paid advertising (including production and placement) to
support national safety belt mobilizations: Provided further, That,
of the funds allocated under section 163 of title 23, United States
Code, $2,750,000 shall be used as directed by the Administrator
to support national impaired driving mobilizations and enforcement
efforts, $14,000,000 shall be used as directed by the Administrator
to purchase national paid advertising (including production and
placement) to support such national impaired driving mobilizations
and enforcement efforts, $500,000 shall be used as directed by
the Administrator to conduct an evaluation of alcohol-impaired
driving messages, and $3,000,000 shall be used as directed by
the Administrator to conduct an impaired driving demonstration
program.
SEC. 141. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds
appropriated or limited in the Act to educate the motoring public
on how to share the road safely with commercial motor vehicles
shall be administered by the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration.
SEC. 142. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for fiscal
year 2004 the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to use
amounts made available to carry out section 157 of title 23, United
States Code, to make innovative project allocations, not to exceed
the prior year’s amounts for such allocations, before making incen-
tive grants for use of seat belts.
SEC. 143. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for fiscal
year 2004 the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to use
the amounts made available to carry out section 163 of title 23,
United States Code, to support national mobilizations that target
impaired drivers, in cooperation with the States and nonprofit safety
organizations that have been active participants in such mobiliza-
tions. Such support shall include impaired driving enforcement
grants, broadcast advertising to be used as directed by the Sec-
retary, evaluation of these activities, and a demonstration project
to test new and improved strategies in States where the largest
gains in reducing alcohol-related fatalities can be made, as deter-
mined by the Secretary.
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION
SAFETY AND OPERATIONS
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Administration,
not otherwise provided for, $130,825,000, of which $11,712,000 shall
remain available until expended.
RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses for railroad research and development,
$34,025,000, to remain available until expended.
RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to issue to the
Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obligations pursuant to
section 512 of the Railroad Revitalization 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
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pursuant to the guarantee of the principal amount of obligations
under sections 511 through 513 of such Act, such authority to
exist as long as any such guaranteed obligation is outstanding:
Provided, That pursuant to section 502 of such Act, as amended,
no new direct loans or loan guarantee commitments shall be made
using Federal funds for the credit risk premium during fiscal year
2004: Provided further, That no payments of principal or interest
shall be collected during fiscal year 2004 for the direct loan made
to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation under section 502
of such Act.
NEXT GENERATION HIGH-SPEED RAIL
For necessary expenses for the Next Generation High-Speed
Rail program as authorized under 49 U.S.C. 26101 and 26102,
$37,400,000, to remain available until expended.
ALASKA RAILROAD REHABILITATION
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to
the Alaska Railroad, $25,000,000 shall be for capital rehabilitation
and improvements benefiting its passenger operations, to remain
available until expended.
GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make quarterly
grants 
to 
the 
National 
Railroad 
Passenger 
Corporation,
$1,225,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2004: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of Transportation shall approve funding
to cover operating losses and capital expenditures, including
advance purchase orders, for the National Railroad Passenger Cor-
poration only after receiving and reviewing a grant request for
each specific train route: Provided further, That each such grant
request shall be accompanied by a detailed financial analysis, rev-
enue projection, and capital expenditure projection justifying the
Federal support to the Secretary’s satisfaction: Provided further,
That the Secretary of Transportation shall reserve $60,000,000
of the funds provided under this heading and is authorized to
transfer such sums to the Surface Transportation Board, upon
request from said Board, to carry out directed service orders issued
pursuant to section 11123 of title 49, United States Code, to respond
to the cessation of commuter rail operations by the National Rail-
road Passenger Corporation: Provided further, That the Secretary
of Transportation shall make the reserved funds available to the
National Railroad Passenger Corporation through an appropriate
grant instrument during the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2004
to the extent that no directed service orders have been issued
by the Surface Transportation Board as of the date of transfer
or there is a balance of reserved funds not needed by the Board
to pay for any directed service order issued through September
30, 2004: Provided further, That not later than 60 days after enact-
ment of this Act, Amtrak shall transmit, in electronic format, to
the Secretary of Transportation, the House and Senate Committees
on Appropriations, the House Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science,
and Transportation a comprehensive business plan approved by
the Board of Directors for fiscal year 2005 under section 24104(a)
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of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That the business
plan shall include, as applicable, targets for ridership, revenues,
and capital and operating expenses: Provided further, That the
plan shall also include a separate accounting of such targets for
the Northeast Corridor; commuter service; long-distance Amtrak
service; state-supported service; each intercity train route; including
Autotrain; and commercial activities including contract operations
and mail and express: Provided further, That the business plan
shall include a description of the work to be funded, along with
cost estimates and an estimated timetable for completion of the
projects covered by this business plan: Provided further, That not
later than December 1, 2003 and no later than 30 days following
the last business day of the previous month thereafter, Amtrak
shall submit to the Secretary of Transportation and the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations a supplemental report,
in electronic format, regarding the pending business plan, which
shall describe the work completed to date, any changes to the
business plan, and the reasons for such changes: Provided further,
That none of the funds in this Act may be used for operating
expenses, including advance purchase orders, and capital projects
not approved by the Secretary of Transportation nor on the National
Railroad Passenger Corporation’s fiscal year 2004 business plan:
Provided further, That Amtrak shall display the business plan
and all subsequent supplemental plans on the Corporation’s website
within a reasonable timeframe following their submission to the
appropriate entities: Provided further, That none of the funds under
this heading may be obligated or expended until the National
Railroad Passenger Corporation agrees to continue abiding by the
provisions of paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 5, 9, and 11 of the summary
of conditions for the direct loan agreement of June 28, 2002, in
the same manner as in effect on the date of enactment of this
Act.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION
SEC. 150. To authorize the Surface Transportation Board to
direct the continued operation of certain commuter rail passenger
transportation operations in emergency situations, and for other
purposes:
(1) Section 11123 of title 49, United States Code, is
amended—
(A) in subsection (a)—
(i) by inserting ‘‘failure of existing commuter rail
passenger transportation operations caused by a ces-
sation of service by the National Railroad Passenger
Corporation,’’ after ‘‘cessation of operations,’’;
(ii) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph (3);
(iii) by striking the period at the end of paragraph
(4)(C) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
(iv) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(5) in the case of a failure of existing freight or commuter
rail passenger transportation operations caused by a cessation
of service by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation,
direct the continuation of the operations and dispatching,
maintenance, and other necessary infrastructure functions
related to the operations.’’;
(B) in subsection (b)(3)—