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(C) by redesignating paragraphs (9), (10),
and (11) as paragraphs (8), (9), and (10), re-
spectively.
SEC. 1203. ELIMINATION OF REGULATION OF MOTOR CAR-
RIERS.
Subtitle IV of title 49, United States Code, shall not
be effective after September 30, 1994, to the extent such
subtitle applies to motor carriers.
SEC. 1204. ABOLISHMENT OF ICC.
(a) TERMINATION.—The Interstate Commerce Com-
mission shall terminate on October 1, 1995, and each posi-
tion and office therein which was expressly authorized by
law, or the incumbent of which was authorized to receive
compensation at the rates prescribed for an office or posi-
tion at level III, IV, or V of the Executive Schedule (5
U.S.C. 5314–5316), shall terminate on October 1, 1995.
(b) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS.—All functions vested
by law in the Interstate Commerce Commission shall be
transferred on October 1, 1995, in accordance with the
plan transmitted to Congress under subsection (c) unless
otherwise provided by law.
(c) PLAN.—
(1) DEVELOPMENT
AND
TRANSMISSION
TO
CONGRESS.—Not later than June 1, 1995, the Sec-
retary of Transportation shall develop and transmit
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to Congress a plan providing for the orderly termi-
nation of the Interstate Commerce Commission and
the transfer of its duties and functions to other Fed-
eral agencies. The plan shall also provide for the
transfer of such personnel, assets, liabilities, con-
tracts, property, records, and unexpended balances
of appropriations, authorizations, allocations, and
other funds held, used, arising from, available to or
to be made available in connection with the func-
tions to be transferred under such plan as the Sec-
retary of Transportation determines necessary to
carry out the purposes of this section.
(2) EFFECTIVENESS.—The plan transmitted to
Congress under this subsection shall take effect on
October 1, 1995, unless modified or otherwise
amended by law.
(d) SAVINGS PROVISIONS.—
(1) ORDERS
AND
REGULATIONS.—All orders,
determinations, rules, regulations, permits, con-
tracts, certificates, licenses, and privileges—
(A) which have been issued, made, grant-
ed, or allowed to become effective by the Inter-
state Commerce Commission or by a court of
competent jurisdiction, in the performance of
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functions which are transferred under this sec-
tion, and
(B) which are in effect on October 1,
1995, shall continue in effect according to their
terms until modified, terminated, superseded,
set aside, or revoked in accordance with law by
the Secretary of Transportation or other offi-
cials authorized by the plan in effect under sub-
section (c) or a court of competent jurisdiction
or by operation of law.
(2) IN GENERAL.—
(A) ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS.—The
provisions of this section shall not affect any
proceedings or any application for any license,
permit, certificate, or financial assistance pend-
ing on October 1, 1995, before the Interstate
Commerce Commission; but such proceedings
and applications, to the extent that they relate
to functions transferred under this section,
shall be continued. Orders shall be issued in
such proceedings, appeals shall be taken there-
from, and payments shall be made pursuant to
such orders, as if this section had not been en-
acted; and orders issued in any such proceed-
ings shall continue in effect until modified, ter-
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minated, superseded, or revoked by a duly au-
thorized official, by a court of competent juris-
diction, or by operation of law. Nothing in this
paragraph shall be deemed to prohibit the dis-
continuance or modification of any such pro-
ceeding under the same terms and conditions
and to the same extent that such proceeding
could have been discontinued or modified if this
section had not been enacted.
(B) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of
Transportation is authorized to issue regula-
tions providing for the orderly transfer of pro-
ceedings under this paragraph.
(3) CONTINUATION OF SUITS.—Except as pro-
vided in paragraph (5)—
(A) the provisions of this section shall not
affect suits commenced before October 1, 1995,
and
(B) in all such suits, proceedings shall be
had, appeals taken, and judgments rendered in
the same manner and effect as if this section
had not been enacted.
(4) NONABATEMENT OF SUITS.—No suit, ac-
tion, or other proceeding commenced by or against
any officer in his official capacity as an officer of the
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Interstate Commerce Commission shall abate by rea-
son of the enactment of this section. No cause of ac-
tion by or against the Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion, or by or against any officer thereof in his offi-
cial capacity shall abate by reason of the enactment
of this section.
(5) SUBSTITUTION.—If, before October 1,
1995, the Interstate Commerce Commission or any
officer thereof in his official capacity is a party to
a suit and under this section any function of the
Interstate Commerce Commission or such officer is
transferred to any other official, then such suit shall
be continued with the other official substituted.
SEC. 1205. ELIMINATION OF FUNDING FOR HIGHWAY DEM-
ONSTRATION PROJECTS.
(a) REPEAL
OF AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—Sections 1103(b), 1104(b), 1105(f), 1106(a)(2),
1106(b)(2), 1107(b), and 1108(b) of the Intermodal Sur-
face Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat.
2027–2063) are each amended by striking ‘‘through
1997’’ and inserting ‘‘through 1994’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Sections 1103(c),
1104(c), 1105(g)(2), 1106(a)(3), 1106(b)(3), 1107(c),
and 1108(c) of such Act are each amended by striking
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‘‘, 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997’’ and inserting ‘‘and
1994’’.
SEC. 1206. TERMINATION OF ESSENTIAL AIR SERVICE PRO-
GRAM.
Section 419 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49
U.S.C. App. 1389) is amended—
(1) in subsection (l)(2) by striking ‘‘1994,
1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998’’ and inserting ‘‘and
1994’’; and
(2) in subsection (m) by striking ‘‘1998’’ and
inserting ‘‘1994’’.
SEC. 1207. MORATORIUM ON CONSTRUCTION AND ACQUISI-
TION OF NEW FEDERAL BUILDINGS.
(a) GENERAL RULE.—After the date of the enact-
ment of this Act and before October 1, 1998, the Adminis-
trator of General Services may not obligate any funds for
construction or acquisition of any public building under
the authority of the Public Buildings Act of 1959 or any
other provision of law (other than a public building under
construction or under contract for acquisition on such date
of enactment).
(b) PUBLIC BUILDING DEFINED.—In this section,
the term ‘‘public building’’ has the meaning such term has
under the Public Buildings Act of 1959.
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SEC. 1208. TVA PRIVATIZATION PLAN.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than September 30,
1994, the President shall develop and transmit to Con-
gress a plan for transferring, by sale or otherwise, of all
real property, facilities, and equipment of the Tennessee
Valley Authority to appropriate public and private entities.
(b) CONTENTS.—The plan to be developed under sub-
section (a) shall include, at a minimum, recommendations
(including legislative recommendations) of the President
concerning each of the following:
(1) TRANSFER
OF
POWER
FACILITIES
AND
EQUIPMENT.—Transfer by sale of the power genera-
tion and transmission facilities and equipment of the
Tennessee Valley Authority, including real property
used in connection with such facilities and equip-
ment, for the purpose of maximizing proceeds from
such sales. Such transfers may provide for the sale
of generating equipment and facilities to persons
other than the persons to whom transmission facili-
ties are sold. Such transfers shall be subject to the
following conditions: Former customers of power
from the Tennessee Valley Authority will continue to
be served and reliability of service will be ensured by
establishing control areas in cooperation with sur-
rounding control areas. Such transfers may provide,
to the extent practicable, for the grouping of facili-