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administration under section 104(a) of title 23, United
States Code; and
(4) Notwithstanding subsection (a) or any other
provision of law, the Secretary shall withhold from
initial distribution the fiscal year 1994 Federal-aid
highways obligation limitation set aside for Interstate
Construction Discretionary projects: Provided further,
That the Secretary shall distribute only after August
1, 1994, such obligation limitation withheld in ac-
cordance with this section to those States receiving
Interstate Discretionary allocations
Ω159æPage 43, strike out lines 6 to 20, and insert:
(d)(1) During the period October 1 through December
31, 1993, the aggregate amount of obligations under section
157 of title 23, United States Code for projects covered
under section 147 of the Surface Transportation Assistance
Act of 1978, section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of
1981, sections 131(b), 131(j), and 404 of Public Law 97–
424, sections 1061, 1103 through 1109, 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 $302,551,350.
(2) The limitation on obligations for Federal-aid high-
ways for fiscal year 1994 shall apply, notwithstanding any
other provision of law, to obligations for priority corridor
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feasibility studies under section 1105(h) of Public Law
102–240; obligations for the Priority Corridor Revolving
Loan Fund under section 1105(i) of Public Law 102–240;
and obligations for the Applied Research and Technology
Program under section 307(e) of title 23, United States
Code.
Ω160æPage 44, line 20, strike out ø$800,000¿ and in-
sert: $1,500,000
Ω161æPage 46, strike out lines 16 to 18
Ω162æPage 47, strike out lines 20 to 25
Ω163æPage 47, after line 25, insert:
SEC. 324. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
and except for fixed guideway modernization projects, funds
made available by this Act or previous Acts under ‘‘Federal
Transit Administration, Discretionary Grants’’ for projects
specified in this Act or previous Acts or identified in reports
accompanying this Act or previous Acts not obligated by
September 30, 1996, shall be made available for other
projects under section 3 of the Federal Transit Act, as
amended.
Ω164æPage 48, strike out lines 4 to 10
Ω165æPage 48, strike out lines 16 to 20
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Ω166æPage 48, after line 20, insert:
SEC. 328. Sec. 373 of the Fiscal Year 1993 Department
of Transportation Appropriations Act is amended by strik-
ing the period in the last line, inserting a comma, and add-
ing: ‘‘and Provided further, That improvements identified
as highest priority by section 1069(t) of Public Law 102–
240 and funded pursuant to section 118(c)(2) of title 23,
United States Code, in fiscal years 1993 through 1997 shall
not be treated as allocations for Interstate maintenance for
such fiscal year under section 157(a)(4) of title 23, United
States Code, and sections 1013(c), 1015(a)(1), and
1015(b)(1) of Public Law 102–240’’.
Ω167æPage 48, strike out lines 21 to 24
Ω168æPage 49, strike out lines 1 to 9
Ω169æPage 49, after line 9, insert:
SEC. 330. Funds made available for Federal-aid high-
ways pursuant to the provisions of the Surface Transpor-
tation Assistance Act of 1982 and the Surface Transpor-
tation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987 shall
not be available for obligation after September 30, 1997.
Ω170æPage 49, strike out lines 13 to 18
Ω171æPage 49, strike out all after line 18 over to and
including line 3 on page 51
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Ω172æPage 51, after line 14, insert:
SEC. 335. Notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, tolls collected for motor vehicles on any bridge connect-
ing the boroughs of Brooklyn, New York, and Staten Island,
New York, shall continue to be collected for only those vehi-
cles exiting from such bridge in Staten Island.
Ω173æPage 51, after line 14, insert:
SEC. 336. None of the funds provided in this Act or
prior Appropriations Acts for Coast Guard Acquisition,
Construction, and Improvements shall be available after the
fifteenth day of any quarter of any fiscal year beginning
after October 1, 1993, unless the Commandant of the Coast
Guard first submits a quarterly report to the House and
Senate Appropriations Committees on all major Coast
Guard acquisition projects including projects executed for
the Coast Guard by the United States Navy and vessel traf-
fic service projects: Provided, That such reports shall in-
clude an acquisition schedule, estimated current and future
year funding requirements, and a schedule of anticipated
obligations and outlays for each major acquisitions project:
Provided further, That such reports shall rate on a relative
scale the cost risk, schedule risk, and technical risk associ-
ated with each acquisition project and include a table de-
tailing unobligated balances to date and anticipated unobli-
gated balances at the close of the fiscal year and the close
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of the following fiscal year should the Administration’s
pending budget request for the acquisition, construction,
and improvements account be fully funded: Provided fur-
ther, That such reports shall also provide abbreviated infor-
mation on the status of shore facility construction and ren-
ovation projects: Provided further, That all information
submitted in such reports shall be current as of the last day
of the preceding quarter.
Ω174æPage 51, after line 14, insert:
SEC. 337. Section 705 of Public Law 94–210 is amend-
ed by adding:
‘‘(c) For the purpose of any State or local requirement
for permit or other approval for construction of any im-
provement undertaken under this title, the exemptions and
procedures applicable to a project undertaken by the Fed-
eral Government or agency thereof shall apply.’’.
Ω175æPage 51, after line 14, insert:
SEC. 338. None of the funds provided in this or any
other Act shall be used to remote radar coverage from the
Roswell, New Mexico, airport prior to the Federal Aviation
Administration obtaining congressional approval based
upon a cost study applying (1) actual personnel staffing
levels used at comparable facilities such as Moses Lake,
Washington, and Waterloo, Iowa, and (2) the actual equip-
ment costs based on integration with existing systems rather
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than acquisition of wholly redundant systems. The Federal
Aviation Administration will report back to the committee
with an appropriate study not later than December 31,
1993.
Ω176æPage 51, after line 14, insert:
SEC. 339. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
monies previously appropriated for the Chattanooga fixed
rail project out of the section 3 ‘‘New Construction’’ account
shall be made available for the Chattanooga electric vehicle
project through the ‘‘Bus and Bus Facilities’’ account.
Ω177æPage 51, after line 14, insert:
SEC. 340. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
funds previously appropriated for Project Breakeven in
Portland, Oregon, may, upon application by Tri-Met to the
Federal Transit Administration, be expended on other eligi-
ble transit projects in the Portland metropolitan region.
Ω178æPage 51, after line 14, insert:
SEC. 341. Amend section 201 of the Act (45 U.S.C.
181) by adding to the end thereof the following sentence:
‘‘As used in this title, the term ‘foreign commerce’ shall in-
clude flight operations (excluding ground operations per-
formed by persons other than flight crew members) con-
ducted in whole or in part outside the United States and