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That, as part of the Washington Union Station transaction
in which the Secretary assumed the first deed of trust on
the property and, where the Union Station Redevelopment
Corporation or any successor is obligated to make payments
on such deed of trust on the Secretary’s behalf, including
payments on and after September 30, 1988, the Secretary
is authorized to receive such payments directly from the
Union Station Redevelopment Corporation, credit them to
the appropriation charged for the first deed of trust, and
make payments on the first deed of trust with those funds:
Provided further, That such additional sums as may be nec-
essary for payment on the first deed of trust may be ad-
vanced by the Administrator from unobligated balances
available to the Federal Railroad Administration, to be re-
imbursed from payments received from the Union Station
Redevelopment Corporation: Provided further, That the
Federal Railroad Administration will reimburse the De-
partment of Transportation Inspector General $1,500,000
for costs associated with audits and investigations of all
rail-related issues and systems.
RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses for railroad research and devel-
opment, $24,725,000, to remain available until expended.
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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 pursuant to the
guarantee of the principal amount of obligations under sec-
tions 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 commit-
ments shall be made using Federal funds for the credit risk
premium during fiscal year 2001.
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, $24,900,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
ALASKA RAILROAD REHABILITATION
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make
grants to the Alaska Railroad, $20,000,000 shall be for cap-
ital rehabilitation and improvements benefiting its pas-
senger operations, to remain available until expended.
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WEST VIRGINIA RAIL DEVELOPMENT
For capital costs associated with track, signal, and
crossover rehabilitation and improvements on the MARC
Brunswick line in West Virginia, $15,000,000, to remain
available until expended.
CAPITAL GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD
PASSENGER CORPORATION
For necessary expenses of capital improvements of the
National Railroad Passenger Corporation as authorized by
49 U.S.C. 24104(a), $521,000,000 to remain available until
expended: Provided, That the Secretary shall not obligate
more than $208,400,000 prior to September 30, 2001.
FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal
Transit Administration’s programs authorized by chapter
53 of title 49, United States Code, $12,800,000: Provided,
That no more than $64,000,000 of budget authority shall
be available for these purposes: Provided further, That the
Federal Transit Administration will reimburse the Depart-
ment of Transportation Inspector General $3,000,000 for
costs associated with audits and investigations of all tran-
sit-related issues and systems
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FORMULA GRANTS
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5307,
5308, 5310, 5311, 5327, and section 3038 of Public Law
105–178, $669,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That no more than $3,345,000,000 of budget au-
thority shall be available for these purposes.
UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5505,
$1,200,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That no more than $6,000,000 of budget authority shall be
available for these purposes.
TRANSIT PLANNING AND RESEARCH
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5303,
5304, 5305, 5311(b)(2), 5312, 5313(a), 5314, 5315, and
5322, $22,200,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That no more than $110,000,000 of budget authority
shall be available for these purposes: Provided further, That
$5,250,000 is available to provide rural transportation as-
sistance (49 U.S.C. 5311(b)(2)); $4,000,000 is available to
carry out programs under the National Transit Institute
(49 U.S.C. 5315); $8,250,000 is available to carry out tran-
sit cooperative research programs (49 U.S.C. 5313(a)), of
which $3,000,000 is available for transit-related research
conducted by the Great Cities Universities research con-
sortia; $52,113,600 is available for metropolitan planning
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(49 U.S.C. 5303, 5304, and 5305); $10,886,400 is available
for State planning (49 U.S.C. 5313(b)); and $29,500,000
is available for the national planning and research pro-
gram (49 U.S.C. 5314): Provided further, That of the total
budget authority made available for the national planning
and research program, the Federal Transit Administration
shall provide the following amounts for the projects and ac-
tivities listed below:
Mid-America Regional Council coordinated transit planning,
Kansas City metro area .............................................................
$750,000
Sacramento Area Council of Governments regional air quality
planning and coordination study .............................................
250,000
Salt Lake Olympics Committee multimodal transportation
planning ......................................................................................
1,200,000
West Virginia University fuel cell technology institute propul-
sion and ITS testing ..................................................................
1,000,000
University of Rhode Island, Kingston traffic congestion study
150,000
Georgia Regional Transportation Authority regional transit
study ............................................................................................
350,000
Trans-lake Washington land use effectiveness and enhancement
review ..........................................................................................
450,000
State of Vermont electric vehicle transit demonstration .............
500,000
Acadia Island, Maine explorer transit system experimental
pilot program ..............................................................................
150,000
Center for Composites Manufacturing ..........................................
950,000
Southern Nevada air quality study ..............................................
800,000
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority advanced pro-
pulsion control system ................................................................
3,000,000
Fairbanks extreme temperature clean fuels research ...................
800,000
National Transit Database ............................................................
2,500,000
Safety and Security .......................................................................
6,100,000
National Rural Transit Assistance Program ...............................
750,000
Mississippi State University bus service expansion plan ...........
100,000
Bus Rapid Transit administration, data collection and anal-
ysis ...............................................................................................
1,000,000
Project ACTION .............................................................................
3,000,000
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TRUST FUND SHARE OF EXPENSES
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for pay-
ment of obligations incurred in carrying out 49 U.S.C.
5303–5308, 5310–5315, 5317(b), 5322, 5327, 5334, 5505,
and sections 3037 and 3038 of Public Law 105–178,
$5,016,600,000, to remain available until expended, and to
be derived from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway
Trust Fund: Provided, That $2,676,000,000 shall be paid
to the Federal Transit Administration’s formula grants ac-
count: Provided further, That $87,800,000 shall be paid to
the Federal Transit Administration’s transit planning and
research account: Provided further, That $51,200,000 shall
be paid to the Federal Transit Administration’s adminis-
trative expenses account: Provided further, That $4,800,000
shall be paid to the Federal Transit Administration’s uni-
versity transportation research account: Provided further,
That $80,000,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Ad-
ministration’s job access and reverse commute grants pro-
gram: Provided further, That $2,116,800,000 shall be paid
to the Federal Transit Administration’s capital investment
grants account.
CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5308,
5309, 5318, and 5327, $529,200,000, to remain available
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until 
expended: 
Provided, 
That 
no 
more 
than
$2,646,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for
these purposes: Provided further, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, there shall be available for fixed
guideway modernization, $1,058,400,000; there shall be
available for the replacement, rehabilitation, and purchase
of buses and related equipment and the construction of bus-
related facilities, $529,200,000; and there shall be available
for new fixed guideway systems $1,058,400,000: Provided
further, That, within the total funds provided for buses and
bus-related facilities to carry out 49 U.S.C. section 5309,
the following projects shall be considered eligible for these
funds: Provided further, That the Administrator of the Fed-
eral Transit Administration shall, not later than February
1, 2001, individually submit to the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations the recommended grant funding
levels for the respective projects, from the bus and bus-re-
lated facilities projects listed in the accompanying Senate
report: Provided further, That within the total funds pro-
vided for new fixed guideway systems to carry out 49
U.S.C. section 5309, the following projects shall be consid-
ered eligible for these funds: Provided further, That the Ad-
ministrator of the Federal Transit Administration shall,
not later than February 1, 2001, individually submit to
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations the
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recommended grant funding levels for the respective
projects.
The following new fixed guideway systems and exten-
sions to existing systems are eligible to receive funding for
final design and construction:
2002 Winter Olympics spectator transportation
systems and facilities;
Alaska or Hawaii ferry projects;
Atlanta-MARTA North Line extension comple-
tion;
Austin Capital Metro Light Rail;
Baltimore Central Light Rail double tracking;
Boston North-South Rail Link;
Boston-South Boston Piers Transitway;
Canton-Akron-Cleveland commuter rail line;
Charlotte North-South Transitway project;
Chicago METRA commuter rail consolidated re-
quest;
Chicago Transit Authority Ravenswood Brown
Line capacity expansion;
Chicago Transit Authority Douglas Blue Line;
Clark County, Nevada RTC fixed guideway
project;
Cleveland Euclid Corridor improvement project;
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Dallas Area Rapid Transit North Central light
rail;
Denver Southeast corridor project;
Denver Southwest corridor project;
Fort Lauderdale Tri-County commuter rail
project;
Fort Worth Railtran corridor commuter rail
project;
Galveston Rail Trolley extension;
Girdwood to Wasilla, Alaska commuter rail
project;
Houston Metro Regional Bus Plan;
Kansas City Southtown corridor;
Little Rock, Arkansas River Rail project;
Long Island Rail Road East Side access project;
Los Angeles Mid-city and Eastside corridors;
Los Angeles North Hollywood extension;
MARC expansion projects—Penn-Camden lines
connector and midday storage facility;
MARC-Brunswick line in West Virginia, signal
and crossover improvements;
Memphis Medical Center extension project;
Minneapolis-Twin Cities Transitways corridor
projects;
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Nashua, New Hampshire to Lowell, Massachu-
setts commuter rail;
Nashville regional commuter rail;
New Jersey Hudson-Bergen Light Rail;
New Orleans Canal Street Streetcar corridor
project;
New Orleans Desire Street corridor project;
Newark-Elizabeth rail link;
Oceanside-Escondido, California light rail;
Orange County, California transitway project;
Philadelphia-Reading SEPTA Schuylkill Valley
metro project;
Phoenix metropolitan area transit project;
Pittsburgh North Shore-central business district
corridor project;
Pittsburgh Stage II Light Rail transit;
Portland Interstate MAX light rail transit;
Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill regional rail
service;
Rhode Island-Pawtucket and T.F. Green com-
muter rail and maintenance facility;
Sacramento south corridor light rail extension;
Salt Lake City-University light rail line;
Salt Lake City North/South light rail project;
Salt Lake-Ogden-Provo regional commuter rail;
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San Bernardino MetroLink;
San Diego Mission Valley East light rail;
San Francisco BART extension to the airport
project;
San Jose Tasman West light rail project;
San Juan-Tren Urbano;
Seattle-Sound Transit Central Link light rail
project;
Seattle-Puget Sound RTA Sounder commuter
rail project;
Spokane-South Valley Corridor light rail project;
St. Louis Metrolink Cross County connector;
St. Louis/St. Clair County Metrolink light rail
extension;
Stamford Urban Transitway, Connecticut;
Tampa Bay regional rail project;
Washington Metro Blue Line-Largo extension;
West Trenton, New Jersey rail project.
The following new fixed guideway systems and exten-
sions to existing systems are eligible to receive funding for
alternatives analysis and preliminary engineering:
Albuquerque/Greater Albuquerque mass transit
project;
Atlanta-MARTA West Line extension study;
Ballston, Virginia Metro access improvements;
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Baltimore regional rail transit system;
Birmingham, Alabama transit corridor;
Boston Urban Ring;
Burlington-Bennington, Vermont commuter rail
project;
Calais, Maine Branch Line regional transit pro-
gram;
Colorado/Eagle Airport to Avon light rail sys-
tem;
Colorado/Roaring Fork Valley rail project;
Columbus-Central Ohio Transit Authority north
corridor;
Dallas Area Rapid Transit Southeast Corridor
Light Rail;
Danbury-Norwalk Rail Line Re-Electrification
project;
Des Moines commuter rail;
Detroit Metropolitan Airport light rail project;
Draper, West Jordan, West Valley City and
Sandy City, Utah light rail extensions;
Dulles Corridor, Virginia innovative intermodal
system;
El Paso/Juarez People mover system;
Fort Worth trolley system;
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Harrisburg-Lancaster capital area transit cor-
ridor 1 regional light rail;
Hollister/Gilroy Branch Line extension;
Honolulu bus rapid transit;
Houston advanced transit program;
Indianapolis 
Northeast-Downtown 
corridor
project;
Johnson County, Kansas I–35 Commuter Rail
Project;
Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter rail exten-
sion;
Los Angeles San Fernando Valley Corridor;
Los Angeles San Diego LOSSAN corridor
project;
Massachusetts North Shore Corridor project;
Miami south busway extension;
New Orleans commuter rail from Airport to
downtown;
New York City 2nd Avenue Subway study;
Northern Indiana south shore commuter rail;
Northwest New Jersey-Northeast Pennsylvania
passenger rail project;
Potomac Yards, Virginia transit study;
Philadelphia SEPTA Cross County Metro;
Portland, Maine marine highway program;
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San Francisco BART to Livermore extension;
San Francisco MUNI 3rd Street light rail exten-
sion;
Santa Fe-Eldorado rail link project;
Stockton, California Altamont commuter rail
project;
Vasona light rail corridor;
Virginia Railway Express commuter rail;
Whitehall ferry terminal project;
Wilmington, Delaware downtown transit con-
nector; and
Wilsonville to Beaverton commuter rail:
Provided further, That funds made available under the
heading ‘‘Capital Investment Grants’’ in Division A, Sec-
tion 101(g) of Public Law 105–277 for the ‘‘Colorado-North
Front Range corridor feasibility study’’ are to be made
available for ‘‘Colorado-Eagle Airport to Avon light rail
system feasibility study’’; and that funds made available
in Public Law 106–69 under ‘‘Capital Investment Grants’’
for buses and bus-related facilities that were designated for
projects numbered 14 and 20 shall be made available to the
State of Alabama for buses and bus-related facilities.