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(b) Effective August 26, 1994, section 105(b)(2) of the Hazardous Mate-
rials Transportation Act of 1994 (title I of Public Law 103–311, 108 Stat.
1674) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(2) by striking ‘the State’ the first place it appears;’’.
(c) Effective September 30, 1994, section 335A of the Department of
Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995 (Public Law
103–331, 108 Stat. 2495) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 335A. Section 5302(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is
amended by inserting ‘payments for the capital portions of rail trackage
rights agreements,’ after ‘rights of way),’.’’.
(d) Effective October 31, 1994—
(1) Section 6 of the Act of October 31, 1994 (Public Law 103–429,
108 Stat. 4378), is amended as follows:
(A) Clause (41) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(41) Section 32913(b) is amended as follows:
‘‘(A) In the catchline, strike ‘PENALTY REDUCTION’ and sub-
stitute ‘CERTIFICATION’.
‘‘(B) In paragraph (1), strike ‘the penalty should be reduced’
and substitute ‘a reduction in the penalty is necessary’.’’.
(B) Clause (44)(B) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(B) Add before the period at the end ‘of this title’.’’.
(2) Section 8(1) of the Act of October 31, 1994 (Public Law 103–
429, 108 Stat. 4390), is amended by striking ‘‘1st paragraph’’ and
substituting ‘‘1st paragraph related to transfer of aircraft’’.
(e) Effective November 2, 1994, section 10(c)(2)(A) of the Act of Novem-
ber 2, 1994 (Public Law 103–437, 108 Stat. 4589), is repealed and section
107(b) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25
U.S.C. 450k(b)), as amended by section 105(1) of the Indian Self-Deter-
mination Act (Public Law 103–413, 108 Stat. 4269), is revived and shall
read as if section 10(c)(2)(A) of the Act of November 2, 1994 (Public Law
103–437, 108 Stat. 4589), had not been enacted.
(f) Effective December 29, 1995, the ICC Termination Act of 1995 (Pub-
lic Law 104–88, 109 Stat. 809) is amended as follows:
(1) In section 102(b), strike ‘‘Commerce’’ and ‘‘Transpor-
tation’’ and substitute ‘‘Commerce’’ and ‘‘Transportation’’, respec-
tively.
(2) In section 305(d)(6), strike ‘‘part B or (C)’’ and substitute ‘‘part
B or C’’.
(3) In section 308(j), strike ‘‘30106(d)’’ and substitute ‘‘30166(d)’’.
(4) Section 327 is amended as follows:
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(A) in clause (3)(B), strike ‘‘ ‘Interstate Commerce Act’ ’’ and
substitute ‘‘ ‘the Interstate Commerce Act’ in subsection (b)(3)’’.
(B) in clause (5), insert ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(5)’’ and add at the end
of the clause the following:
‘‘(B) by inserting after item 712 in the table of contents the fol-
lowing:
‘Sec. 713. Class II railroads receiving Federal assistance.’.’’.
(g) Section 401 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C.
451) is amended by striking ‘‘such Secretary’’ and substituting ‘‘the Sec-
retary’’.
(h) Section 917(a)(4) of the Consumer Credit Protection Act (15 U.S.C.
1693o(a)(4)) is amended by striking ‘‘Civil Aeronautics Board’’ and sub-
stituting ‘‘Secretary of Transportation’’.
(i) In section 17(d) of the Noise Control Act of 1972 (Public Law 92–
574, 86 Stat. 1249), strike ‘‘such terms have under the first section of the
Act of February 17, 1911 (45 U.S.C. 22)’’ and substitute ‘‘the term ‘rail-
road carrier’ has in section 20102 of title 49, United States Code’’.
(j) The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Li-
ability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) is amended as follows:
(1) In section 101(26), strike ‘‘the Pipeline Safety Act’’ and sub-
stitute ‘‘section 60101(a) of title 49, United States Code’’.
(2) In section 107(c)(1)(C), strike ‘‘the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline
Safety Act of 1979’’ and substitute ‘‘section 60101(a) of title 49, Unit-
ed States Code’’.
(k) Section 241(2) of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42
U.S.C. 12161(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘commuter service’’ and substitut-
ing ‘‘commuter rail passenger transportation’’.
SEC. 7. REPEAL OF OTHER LAWS.
The following are repealed:
(1) Section 119 ‘‘Sec. 404(f)’’ of the Amtrak Reorganization Act of
1979 (Public Law 96–73, 93 Stat. 547).
(2) Sections 1(a)(3) and (b), 2, and 4–6 of the Reorganization Plan
No. 2 of 1968 (effective June 30, 1968, 82 Stat. 1369, 1370).
(3) Sections 5005 and 6020 of the Intermodal Surface Transpor-
tation Efficiency Act (49 U.S.C. 301(notes)).
(4) Section 317 of the Department of Transportation and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995 (49 U.S.C. 44502(note)).
(5) The Department of Transportation Act (Public Law 89–670, 80
Stat. 931).
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(6) Sections 129 and 135 of the Airport and Airway Safety, Capac-
ity, Noise Improvement, and Intermodal Transportation Act of 1992
(Public Law 102–581, 106 Stat. 4886, 4888)
(7) Section 27 of the Bus Regulatory Reform Act of 1982 (Public
Law 97–261, 96 Stat. 1126).
(8) Section 4007(a), (c), (d), and (e) of the Intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law 102–240, 105 Stat.
2151, 2152).
SEC. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE.
(1) The amendments made by sections 3 and 5(10)–(17), (19), (20),
(52), (53), (55), (61), (62), (65), (70), (77), (78), and (91)–(93) of this
Act shall take effect on July 5, 1994.
(2) The amendment made by section 5(82)(A) of this Act shall take effect
on October 31, 1994.
SEC. 9. LEGISLATIVE PURPOSE AND CONSTRUCTION.
(a) NO SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE.—This Act restates, without substantive
change, laws enacted before March 1, 1996, that were replaced by this Act.
This Act may not be construed as making a substantive change in the laws
replaced. Laws enacted after February 29, 1996, that are inconsistent with
this Act supersede this Act to the extent of the inconsistency.
(b) REFERENCES.—A reference to a law replaced by this Act, including
a reference in a regulation, order, or other law, is deemed to refer to the
corresponding provision enacted by this Act.
(c) CONTINUING EFFECT.—An order, rule, or regulation in effect under
a law replaced by this Act continues in effect under the corresponding provi-
sion enacted by this Act until repealed, amended, or superseded.
(d) ACTIONS AND OFFENSES UNDER PRIOR LAW.—An action taken or
an offense committed under a law replaced by this Act is deemed to have
been taken or committed under the corresponding provision enacted by this
Act.
(e) INFERENCES.—An inference of a legislative construction is not to be
drawn by reason of the location in the United States Code of a provision
enacted by this Act or by reason of a caption or catchline of the provision.
(f) SEVERABILITY.—If a provision enacted by this Act is held invalid, all
valid provisions that are severable from the invalid provision remain in ef-
fect. If a provision enacted by this Act is held invalid in any of its applica-
tions, the provision remains valid for all valid applications that are severable
from any of the invalid applications.
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SEC. 10. REPEALS.
(a) INFERENCES OF REPEAL.—The repeal of a law by this Act may not
be construed as a legislative inference that the provision was or was not in
effect before its repeal.
(b) REPEALER SCHEDULE.—The law specified in the following schedule
is repealed, except for rights and duties that matured, penalties that were
incurred, and proceedings that were begun before the date of enactment of
this Act:
Schedule of Laws Repealed
Statutes at Large
Date
Chapter or
Public
Law
Section
Statutes at Large
U.S. Code
Vol-
ume
Page
Title
Section
1916
Sept. 3,
436 ..........
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721, 722 ....
65, 66
Passed the House of Representatives July 29, 1996.
Attest:
Clerk.