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DISCRETIONARY GRANTS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for pay-
ment of previous obligations incurred in carrying out 49
U.S.C. 5338(b), $350,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended and to be derived from the Mass Transit Account
of the Highway Trust Fund.
JOB ACCESS AND REVERSE COMMUTE GRANTS
For necessary expenses to carry out section 3037 of the
Federal Transit Act of 1998, $20,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That no more than
$100,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for these
purposes.
SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION
SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora-
tion is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within
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 Government
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.
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OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE
(HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)
For necessary expenses for operations and mainte-
nance of those portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway oper-
ated and maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Devel-
opment Corporation, $12,400,000, 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,
$34,370,000, of which $645,000 shall be derived from the
Pipeline Safety Fund, and of which $4,201,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2003: Provided, That
up to $1,200,000 in fees collected under 49 U.S.C. 5108(g)
shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury as
offsetting receipts: Provided further, That there may be
credited to this appropriation, to be available until ex-
pended, funds received from States, counties, municipali-
ties, other public authorities, and private sources for ex-
penses incurred for training, for reports publication and
dissemination, and for travel expenses incurred in perform-
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ance of hazardous materials exemptions and approvals
functions.
PIPELINE SAFETY
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND)
(OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND)
For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of the
pipeline safety program, for grants-in-aid to carry out a
pipeline safety program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 60107,
and to discharge the pipeline program responsibilities of
the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $43,144,000, of which
$8,750,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability
Trust Fund and shall remain available until September 30,
2003; of which $31,894,000 shall be derived from the Pipe-
line Safety Fund, of which $24,432,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2003; and of which $2,500,000
shall be derived from amounts previously collected under
49 U.S.C. 60301: Provided, That amounts previously col-
lected under 49 U.S.C. 60301 shall be available for damage
prevention grants to States.
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS
(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND)
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5127(c),
$200,000, to be derived from the Emergency Preparedness
Fund, to remain available until September 30, 2003: Pro-
vided, That not more than $13,227,000 shall be made avail-
able for obligation in fiscal year 2001 from amounts made
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available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i) and 5127(d): Provided fur-
ther, 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: Provided further, That the deadline for the
submission of registration statements and the accom-
panying registration and processing fees for the July 1,
2000 to June 30, 2001 registration year described under
sections 107.608, 107.612, and 107.616 of the Department
of Transportation’s final rule docket number RSPA–99–
5137 is amended to not later than September 30.
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, $49,000,000 of which $38,500,000
shall be derived from transfers of funds from the United
States Coast Guard, the Federal Aviation Administration,
the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Railroad
Administration, and the Federal Transit Administration.
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation
Board, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$17,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other
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provision of law, not to exceed $954,000 from fees estab-
lished by the Chairman of the Surface Transportation
Board shall be credited to this appropriation as offsetting
collections and used for necessary and authorized expenses
under this heading.
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 amend-
ed, $4,795,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, there may be credited to this appropria-
tion funds received for publications and training expenses.
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the National Transportation
Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor vehicles
and aircraft; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but
at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate
equivalent to the rate for a GS–15; uniforms, or allowances
therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902)
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$59,000,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 may be used for
official reception and representation expenses.
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 liabil-
ity insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign coun-
tries on official department business; and uniforms, or al-
lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–
5902).
SEC. 302. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal
year 2001 pay raises for programs funded in this Act shall
be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act or
previous appropriations Acts.
SEC. 303. Funds appropriated under this Act for ex-
penditures by the Federal Aviation Administration shall be
available: (1) except as otherwise authorized by title VIII
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), for expenses of primary and sec-
ondary schooling for dependents of Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration personnel stationed outside the continental
United States at costs for any given area not in excess of
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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 provide adequately
for the education of such dependents; and (2) for transpor-
tation of said dependents between schools serving the area
that they attend and their places of residence when the Sec-
retary, under such regulations as may be prescribed, deter-
mines that such schools are not accessible by public means
of transportation on a regular basis.
SEC. 304. Appropriations contained in this Act for the
Department of Transportation shall be available for services
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals
not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for
an Executive Level IV.
SEC. 305. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for salaries and expenses of more than 104 political
and Presidential appointees in the Department of Trans-
portation: Provided, That none of the personnel covered by
this provision or political and Presidential appointees in
an independent agency funded in this Act may be assigned
on temporary detail outside the Department of Transpor-
tation or such independent agency.
SEC. 306. None of the funds in this Act shall be used
for the planning or execution of any program to pay the
expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties
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intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings fund-
ed in this Act.
SEC. 307. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fis-
cal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria-
tions, unless expressly so provided herein.
SEC. 308. The expenditure of any appropriation under
this Act for any consulting service through procurement
contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States
Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such expendi-
tures are a matter of public record and available for public
inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing
law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to
existing law.
SEC. 309. (a) No recipient of funds made available in
this Act shall disseminate driver’s license personal informa-
tion as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(3) except as provided
in subsection (b) of this section or motor vehicle records as
defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1) for any use not permitted
under 18 U.S.C. 2721.
(b) No recipient of funds made available in this Act
shall disseminate a person’s driver’s license photograph, so-
cial security number, and medical or disability information
from a motor vehicle record as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1)
without the express consent of the person to whom such in-
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formation pertains, except for uses permitted under 18
U.S.C. 2721(1), 2721(4), 2721(6), and 2721(9): Provided,
That subsection (b) shall not in any way affect the use of
organ donation information on an individual’s driver’s li-
cense or affect the administration of organ donation initia-
tives in the States.
SEC. 310. (a) For fiscal year 2001, the Secretary of
Transportation shall—
(1) not distribute from the obligation limitation
for Federal-aid Highways amounts authorized for ad-
ministrative expenses and programs funded from the
administrative takedown authorized by section 104(a)
of title 23, United States Code, for the highway use
tax evasion program, and amounts provided under
section 110 of title 23, United States Code, excluding
$128,752,000 pursuant to subsection (e) of section 110
of title 23, as amended, and for the Bureau of Trans-
portation Statistics;
(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 high-
way safety programs for the previous fiscal year the
funds for which are allocated by the Secretary;
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(3) determine the ratio that—
(A) the obligation limitation for Federal-aid
Highways less the aggregate of amounts not dis-
tributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), bears to
(B) the total of the sums authorized to be
appropriated for Federal-aid highways and high-
way 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 appro-
priated for section 105 of title 23, United States
Code, equal to the amount referred to in sub-
section (b)(8)) for such fiscal year less the aggre-
gate of the amounts not distributed under para-
graph (1) of this subsection;
(4) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed-
eral-aid Highways less the aggregate amounts not dis-
tributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 117
of title 23, United States Code (relating to high pri-
ority projects program), section 201 of the Appa-
lachian Regional Development Act of 1965, the Wood-
row Wilson Memorial Bridge Authority Act of 1995,
and $2,000,000,000 for such fiscal year under section
105 of title 23, United States Code (relating to min-
imum guarantee) so that the amount of obligation au-
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thority available for each of such sections is equal to
the amount determined by multiplying the ratio de-
termined 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 paragraph (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 paragraphs (4) and (5) for
Federal-aid highways and highway safety construc-
tion programs (other than the minimum guarantee
program, but only to the extent that amounts appor-
tioned for the minimum guarantee program for such
fiscal year exceed $2,639,000,000, and the Appa-
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lachian 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 programs 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 appor-
tioned to all States for such fiscal year.
(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 sec-
tions 131(b) and 131( j) of the Surface Transportation As-
sistance Act of 1982; (5) under sections 149(b) and 149(c)
of the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation As-
sistance 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; and
(8) under section 105 of title 23, United States Code (but,
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only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for such fiscal
year).
(c) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED OBLIGATION AU-
THORITY.—Notwithstanding 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 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 pri-
ority 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 enactment of the Transportation Equity Act for
the 21st Century) of title 23, United States Code, and under
section 1015 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Act
of 1991 (105 Stat. 1943–1945).
(d) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS TO
TRANSPORTATION 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.
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(e) REDISTRIBUTION
OF
CERTAIN
AUTHORIZED
FUNDS.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the dis-
tribution of obligation limitation 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 sub-
section (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 in subsection (a)(4) shall remain avail-
able until used and shall be in addition to the amount of
any limitation imposed on obligations for Federal-aid high-
way and highway safety construction programs for future
fiscal years.
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SEC. 311. The limitations on obligations for the pro-
grams of the Federal Transit Administration shall not
apply to any authority under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously
made available for obligation, or to any other authority pre-
viously made available for obligation.
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 landing sys-
tems (along with associated approach lighting equipment
and runway visual range equipment) which conform to
FAA design and performance specifications, the purchase
of which was assisted by a Federal airport-aid program,
airport development aid program or airport improvement
program grant. The Federal Aviation Administration shall
accept such equipment, which shall thereafter be operated
and maintained by FAA in accordance with agency cri-
teria.
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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 1 year of the contract; (2) includes a cancellation
charge greater than $10,000,000 which at the time of obliga-
tion has not been appropriated to the limits of the Govern-
ment’s liability; or (3) includes a requirement that permits
performance under the contract during the second and sub-
sequent years of the contract without conditioning such per-
formance upon the appropriation of funds: Provided, That
this limitation does not apply to a contract in which the
Federal Government incurs no financial liability from not
buying additional systems, subsystems, or components be-
yond the basic contract requirements.
SEC. 316. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
and except for fixed guideway modernization projects, funds
made available by this Act under ‘‘Federal Transit Admin-
istration, Capital investment grants’’ for projects specified
in this Act or identified in reports accompanying this Act
not obligated by September 30, 2003, and other recoveries,
shall be made available for other projects under 49 U.S.C.
5309.
SEC. 317. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
any funds appropriated before October 1, 2000, under any
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section of chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, that
remain available for expenditure may be transferred to and
administered under the most recent appropriation heading
for any such section.
SEC. 318. None of the funds in this Act may be used
to compensate in excess of 320 technical staff-years under
the federally funded research and development center con-
tract between the Federal Aviation Administration and the
Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development during
fiscal year 2001.
SEC. 319. Funds provided in this Act for the Transpor-
tation Administrative Service Center (TASC) shall be re-
duced by $53,430,000, which limits fiscal year 2001 TASC
obligational authority for elements of the Department of
Transportation funded in this Act to no more than
$119,848,000: Provided, That such reductions from the
budget request shall be allocated by the Department of
Transportation to each appropriations account in propor-
tion to the amount included in each account for the Trans-
portation Administrative Service Center. In addition to the
funds limited in this Act, $54,963,000 shall be available for
section 1069(y) of Public Law 102–240.
SEC. 320. Funds received by the Federal Highway Ad-
ministration, Federal Transit Administration, and Federal
Railroad Administration from States, counties, municipali-
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ties, other public authorities, and private sources for ex-
penses incurred for training may be credited respectively
to the Federal Highway Administration’s ‘‘Federal-Aid
Highways’’ account, the Federal Transit Administration’s
‘‘Transit Planning and Research’’ account, and to the Fed-
eral Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Operations’’
account, except for State rail safety inspectors participating
in training pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 20105.
SEC. 321. Funds made available for Alaska or Hawaii
ferry boats or ferry terminal facilities pursuant to 49
U.S.C. 5309(m)(2)(B) may be used to construct new vessels
and facilities, to provide passenger ferryboat service, or to
improve existing vessels and facilities, including both the
passenger and vehicle-related elements of such vessels and
facilities, and for repair facilities.
SEC. 322. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re-
ceived by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the
sale of data products, for necessary expenses incurred pur-
suant to 49 U.S.C. 111 may be credited to the Federal-aid
highways account for the purpose of reimbursing the Bu-
reau for such expenses: Provided, That such funds shall be
subject to the obligation limitation for Federal-aid high-
ways and highway safety construction.
SEC. 323. None of the funds in this Act shall, in the
absence of express authorization by Congress, be used di-
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rectly or indirectly to pay for any personal service, adver-
tisement, telegraph, telephone, letter, printed or written ma-
terial, radio, television, video presentation, electronic com-
munications, or other device, intended or designed to influ-
ence in any manner a Member of Congress or of a State
legislature to favor or oppose by vote or otherwise, any legis-
lation or appropriation by Congress or a State legislature
after the introduction of any bill or resolution in Congress
proposing such legislation or appropriation, or after the in-
troduction of any bill or resolution in a State legislature
proposing such legislation or appropriation: Provided, That
this shall not prevent officers or employees of the Depart-
ment of Transportation or related agencies funded in this
Act from communicating to Members of Congress or to Con-
gress, on the request of any Member, or to members of State
legislature, or to a State legislature, through the proper offi-
cial channels, requests for legislation or appropriations
which they deem necessary for the efficient conduct of busi-
ness.
SEC. 324. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds made
available in this Act may be expended by an entity unless
the entity agrees that in expending the funds the entity will
comply with the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c).
(b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT RE-
GARDING NOTICE.—