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‘‘(xxix) Greater Albuquerque Mass Transit Project,
$90,000,000.’’;
(x) by striking clause (xliii) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(xliii) 
Providence–Boston 
Commuter 
Rail,
$10,000,000.’’; and
(xi) by striking clause (li) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(li) Dallas-Ft. Worth RAILTRAN (Phase-II),
$12,000,000.’’;
(B) by striking the heading for subsection (c)(2) and
inserting ‘‘ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS’’; and
(C) in paragraph (3) by inserting after the first sen-
tence the following: ‘‘The project shall also be exempted
from all requirements relating to criteria for grants and
loans for fixed guideway systems under section 5309(e)
of such title and from regulations required under that
section.’’.
(s) NEW JERSEY URBAN CORE PROJECT.—Section 3030(e) of
the Federal Transit Act of 1998 is amended by adding at the
end the following:
‘‘(4) TECHNICAL
ADJUSTMENT.—Section 3031(d) of the
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (as
amended by paragraph (3)(B) of this subsection) is amended—
‘‘(A) by striking ‘of the West Shore Line’ and inserting
‘or the West Shore Line’; and
‘‘(B) by striking ‘directly connected to’ and all that
follows through ‘Newark International Airport’ the first
place it appears.’’.
(t) 
BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON
TRANSPORTATION
IMPROVE-
MENTS.—Section 3030 of the Federal Transit Act of 1998 is amended
by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(h) TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENT.—Section 3035(nn) of the Inter-
modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat.
2134) (as amended by subsection (g)(1)(C) of this section) is amended
by inserting after ‘expenditure of’ the following: ‘section 5309 funds
to the aggregate expenditure of’.’’.
(u) BUS PROJECTS.—Section 3031 of the Federal Transit Act
of 1998 is amended—
(1) in the table contained in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking item 64;
(B) in item 69 by striking ‘‘Rensslear’’ each place it
appears and inserting ‘‘Rensselaer’’;
(C) in item 103 by striking ‘‘facilities and’’; and
(D) by striking item 150;
(2) by striking the heading for subsection (b) and inserting
‘‘ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS’’;
(3) in subsection (b) by inserting after ‘‘2000’’ the first
place it appears ‘‘with funds made available under section
5338(h)(6) of such title’’; and
(4) in item 2 of the table contained in subsection (b) by
striking ‘‘Rensslear’’ each place it appears and inserting
‘‘Rensselaer’’.
(v) CONTRACTING OUT STUDY.—Section 3032 of the Federal
Transit Act of 1998 is amended—
(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘3’’ and inserting ‘‘6’’;
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(2) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘the Mass Transit Account
of the Highway Trust Fund’’ and inserting ‘‘funds made avail-
able under section 5338(f )(2) of title 49, United States Code,’’;
(3) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘1998’’ and inserting ‘‘1999’’;
and
(4) in subsection (e) by striking ‘‘subsection (c)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘subsection (d)’’.
(w) JOB ACCESS AND REVERSE COMMUTE GRANTS.—Section 3037
of the Federal Transit Act of 1998 is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)(4)(A)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘designated recipients under section
5307(a)(2) of title 49, United States Code,’’ after ‘‘from
among’’; and
(B) by inserting a comma after ‘‘and agencies’’;
(2) in subsection (b)(4)(B)—
(A) by striking ‘‘at least’’ and inserting ‘‘less than’’;
(B) by inserting ‘‘designated recipients under section
5307(a)(2) of title 49, United States Code,’’ after ‘‘from
among’’; and
(C) by inserting ‘‘and agencies,’’ after ‘‘authorities’’;
(3) in subsection (f )(2)—
(A) by striking ‘‘(including bicycling)’’; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘(including bicycling)’’ after ‘‘additional
services’’;
(4) in subsection (h)(2)(B) by striking ‘‘403(a)(5)(C)(ii)’’ and
inserting ‘‘403(a)(5)(C)(vi)’’;
(5) in the heading for subsection (l)(1)(C) by striking ‘‘FROM
THE GENERAL FUND’’;
(6) in subsection (l)(1)(C) by inserting ‘‘under the Transpor-
tation Discretionary Spending Guarantee for the Mass Transit
Category’’ after ‘‘(B)’’; and
(7) in subsection (l)(3)(B) by striking ‘‘at least’’ and inserting
‘‘less than’’.
(x) 
RURAL
TRANSPORTATION
ACCESSIBILITY
INCENTIVE
PROGRAM.—Section 3038 of the Federal Transit Act of 1998 is
amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(1)(A) by inserting before the semicolon
‘‘or connecting 1 or more rural communities with an urban
area not in close proximity’’;
(2) in subsection (g)(1)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘over-the-road buses used substantially
or exclusively in’’ after ‘‘operators of ’’; and
(B) by inserting at the end the following:
‘‘Such sums shall remain available until expended.’’; and
(3) in subsection (g)(2)—
(A) by striking ‘‘each of ’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Such sums
shall remain available until expended.’’.
(y) STUDY OF TRANSIT NEEDS IN NATIONAL PARKS AND RELATED
PUBLIC LANDS.—Section 3039(b) of the Federal Transit Act of 1998
is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘in order to carry’’ and
inserting ‘‘assist in carrying’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(3) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this subsection, the term
‘Federal land management agencies’ means the National Park
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Service, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and the
Bureau of Land Management.’’.
(z) OBLIGATION CEILING.—Section 3040 of the Federal Transit
Act of 1998 is amended—
(1) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
‘‘(2) $5,797,000,000 in fiscal year 2000;’’; and
(2) in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘$6,746,000,000’’ and
inserting ‘‘$6,747,000,000’’.
SEC. 9010. MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY TECHNICAL CORRECTION.
Section 4011 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st
Century is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(h) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 31314 (as amended by
subsection (g) of this section) is amended—
‘‘(1) in subsections (a) and (b) by striking ‘(3), and (5)’
each place it appears and inserting ‘(3), and (4)’; and
‘‘(2) by striking subsection (d).’’.
SEC. 9011. RESTORATIONS TO RESEARCH TITLE.
(a) UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH FUNDING.—Section
5001(a)(7) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘$31,150,000’’ each place it appears and
inserting ‘‘$25,650,000’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘$32,750,000’’ each place it appears and
inserting ‘‘$27,250,000’’; and
(3) by striking ‘‘$32,000,000’’ each place it appears and
inserting ‘‘$26,500,000’’.
(b) OBLIGATION CEILING.—Section 5002 of such Act is amended
by 
striking 
‘‘$403,150,000’’ 
and 
all 
that 
follows 
through
‘‘$468,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$397,650,000 for fiscal year 1998,
$403,650,000 for fiscal year 1999, $422,450,000 for fiscal year 2000,
$437,250,000 for fiscal year 2001, $447,500,000 for fiscal year 2002,
and $462,500,000’’.
(c) USE OF FUNDS FOR ITS.—Section 5210 of the Transportation
Equity Act for the 21st Century is amended by adding at the
end the following:
‘‘(d) USE OF INNOVATIVE FINANCING.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may use up to 25 percent
of the funds made available to carry out this subtitle to make
available loans, lines of credit, and loan guarantees for projects
that are eligible for assistance under this subtitle and that
have significant intelligent transportation system elements.
‘‘(2) CONSISTENCY
WITH
OTHER
LAW.—Credit assistance
described in paragraph (1) shall be made available in a manner
consistent with the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and
Innovation Act of 1998.’’.
(d) UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH.—Section 5110 of
such Act is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(d) TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENTS.—Section 5505 of title 49, United
States Code (as added by subsection (a) of this section), is
amended—
‘‘(1) in subsection (g)(2) by striking ‘section 5506,’ and
inserting ‘section 508 of title 23, United States Code,’;
‘‘(2) in subsection (i)—
‘‘(A) by inserting ‘Subject to section 5338(e):’ after ‘(i)
NUMBER AND AMOUNT OF GRANTS.—’; and
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‘‘(B) by striking ‘institutions’ each place it appears
and inserting ‘institutions or groups of institutions’; and
‘‘(3) in subsection ( j)(4)(B) by striking ‘on behalf of’ and
all that follows before the period and inserting ‘on behalf of
a consortium which may also include West Virginia University
Institute of Technology, the College of West Virginia, and Blue-
field State College’.’’.
(e) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—Section 5115 of such Act is
amended—
(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘Director’’ and inserting
‘‘Director of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’’;
(2) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘Bureau’’ and inserting
‘‘Bureau of Transportation Statistics,’’; and
(3) in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ and
inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’.
(f ) CORRECTIONS TO CERTAIN OKLAHOMA PROJECTS.—Section
5116 of such Act is amended—
(1) in subsection (e)(2) by striking ‘‘$1,000,000 for fiscal
year 1999, $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, and $500,000 for
fiscal year 2001’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,000,000 for fiscal year 1999,
$1,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2001,
and $500,000 for fiscal year 2002’’; and
(2) in subsection (f )(2) by striking ‘‘$1,000,000 for fiscal
year 1999, $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, $1,000,000 for fiscal
year 2001, and $500,000 for fiscal year 2002’’ and inserting
‘‘$1,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2000,
and $500,000 for fiscal year 2001’’.
(g) 
INTELLIGENT
TRANSPORTATION
INFRASTRUCTURE
REF-
ERENCE.—Section 5117(b)(3)(B)(ii) of such Act is amended by
striking ‘‘local departments of transportation’’ and inserting ‘‘the
Department of Transportation’’.
(h) FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES
OF ASPHALTS
AND MODIFIED
ASPHALTS.—Section 5117(b)(5)(B) of such Act is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘1999’’ and inserting ‘‘1998’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘$3,000,000 per fiscal year’’ and inserting
‘‘$1,000,000 for fiscal year 1998 and $3,000,000 for each of
fiscal years 1999 through 2003’’.
SEC. 9012. AUTOMOBILE SAFETY AND INFORMATION.
(a) REFERENCE.—Section 7104 of the Transportation Equity
Act for the 21st Century is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 30105(a) of title 49,
United States Code (as amended by subsection (a) of this section),
is amended by inserting after ‘Secretary’ the following: ‘for the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’.’’.
(b) CLEAN VESSEL ACT FUNDING.—Section 7403 of such Act
is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ before ‘‘Section 4(b)’’;
and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 4(b)(3)(B) of the 1950
Act (as amended by subsection (a) of this section) is amended
by striking ‘6404(d)’ and inserting ‘7404(d)’.’’.
(c) BOATING INFRASTRUCTURE.—Section 7404(b) of such Act is
amended by striking ‘‘6402’’ and inserting ‘‘7402’’.
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SEC. 9013. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS REGARDING SUBTITLE A OF
TITLE VIII.
(a) AMENDMENT
TO OFFSETTING ADJUSTMENT
FOR DISCRE-
TIONARY SPENDING LIMIT.—Section 8101(b) of the Transportation
Equity Act for the 21st Century is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘$25,173,000,000’’ and
inserting ‘‘$25,144,000,000’’; and
(2) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘$26,045,000,000’’ and
inserting ‘‘$26,009,000,000’’.
(b) AMENDMENTS FOR HIGHWAY CATEGORY.—Section 8101 of
the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century is amended
by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(f ) TECHNICAL
AMENDMENTS.—Section 250(c)(4)(C) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (as
amended by subsection (c) of this Act) is amended—
‘‘(1) by striking ‘Century and’ and inserting ‘Century or’;
‘‘(2) by striking ‘as amended by this section,’ and inserting
‘as amended by the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st
Century,’; and
‘‘(3) by adding at the end the following new flush sentence:
‘Such term also refers to the Washington Metropolitan Transit
Authority account (69–1128–0–1–401) only for fiscal year 1999
only for appropriations provided pursuant to authorizations
contained in section 14 of Public Law 96–184 and Public Law
101–551.’.’’.
(c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 8102 of the Transpor-
tation Equity Act for the 21st Century is amended by inserting
before the period at the end the following: ‘‘or from section 1102
of this Act’’.
SEC. 9014. CORRECTIONS TO VETERANS SUBTITLE.
(a) TOBACCO-RELATED ILLNESSES IN VETERANS.—Section 8202
of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century is amended
to read as follows (and the amendments made by that section
as originally enacted shall be treated for all purposes as not having
been made):
‘‘SEC. 
8202. 
TREATMENT 
OF 
TOBACCO-RELATED 
ILLNESSES 
OF
VETERANS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Chapter 11 of title 38, United States
Code, is amended by inserting after section 1102 the following
new section:
‘§ 1103. Special provisions relating to claims based upon
effects of tobacco products
‘(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a veteran’s
disability or death shall not be considered to have resulted from
personal injury suffered or disease contracted in the line of duty
in the active military, naval, or air service for purposes of this
title on the basis that it resulted from injury or disease attributable
to the use of tobacco products by the veteran during the veteran’s
service.
‘(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall be construed as precluding
the establishment of service connection for disability or death from
a disease or injury which is otherwise shown to have been incurred
or aggravated in active military, naval, or air service or which
became manifest to the requisite degree of disability during any
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applicable presumptive period specified in section 1112 or 1116
of this title.’.
‘‘(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter
is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1102
the following new item:
‘1103. Special provisions relating to claims based upon effects of tobacco products.’.
‘‘(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 1103 of title 38, United States
Code, as added by subsection (a), shall apply with respect to claims
received by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs after the date of
the enactment of this Act.’’.
(b) GI BILL EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE
FOR SURVIVORS
AND
DEPENDENTS OF VETERANS.—Subtitle B of title VIII of the Transpor-
tation Equity Act for the 21st Century is amended by adding
at the end the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 8210. TWENTY PERCENT INCREASE IN RATES OF SURVIVORS
AND DEPENDENTS EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE.
‘‘(a) SURVIVORS AND DEPENDENTS EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE.—
Section 3532 of title 38, United States Code, is amended—
‘‘(1) in subsection (a)(1)—
‘‘(A) by striking out ‘$404’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘$485’;
‘‘(B) by striking out ‘$304’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘$365’; and
‘‘(C) by striking out ‘$202’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘$242’;
‘‘(2) in subsection (a)(2), by striking out ‘$404’ and inserting
in lieu thereof ‘$485’;
‘‘(3) in subsection (b), by striking out ‘$404’ and inserting
in lieu thereof ‘$485’; and
‘‘(4) in subsection (c)(2)—
‘‘(A) by striking out ‘$327’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘$392’;
‘‘(B) by striking out ‘$245’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘$294’; and
‘‘(C) by striking out ‘$163’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘$196’.
‘‘(b) CORRESPONDENCE COURSE.—Section 3534(b) of such title
is amended by striking out ‘$404’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘$485’.
‘‘(c) SPECIAL RESTORATIVE TRAINING.—Section 3542(a) of such
title is amended—
‘‘(1) by striking out ‘$404’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘$485’;
‘‘(2) by striking out ‘$127’ each place it appears and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘$152’; and
‘‘(3) by striking out ‘$13.46’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘$16.16’.
‘‘(d) APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING.—Section 3687(b)(2) of such title
is amended—
‘‘(1) by striking out ‘$294’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘$353’;
‘‘(2) by striking out ‘$220’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘$264’;
‘‘(3) by striking out ‘$146’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘$175’; and
‘‘(4) by striking out ‘$73’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘$88’.
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‘‘(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section
shall take effect on October 1, 1998, and shall apply with respect
to educational assistance allowances paid for months after Septem-
ber 1998.’’.
SEC. 9015. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS REGARDING TITLE IX.
(a) HIGHWAY TRUST FUND.—Subsection (f ) of section 9002 of
the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century is amended
by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
‘‘(4) The last sentence of section 9503(c)(1), as amended
by subsection (d), is amended by striking ‘the date of enactment
of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century’ and
inserting ‘the date of the enactment of the TEA 21 Restoration
Act’.
‘‘(5) Paragraph (3) of section 9503(e), as amended by sub-
section (d), is amended by striking ‘the date of enactment
of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century’ and
inserting ‘the date of the enactment of the TEA 21 Restoration
Act’.’’.
(b) BOAT SAFETY ACCOUNT
AND SPORT FISH RESTORATION
ACCOUNT.—Section 9005 of the Transportation Equity Act for the
21st Century is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
‘‘(f ) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—
‘‘(1) Subparagraph (A) of section 9504(b)(2), as amended
by subsection (b)(1), is amended by striking ‘the date of the
enactment of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Cen-
tury’ and inserting ‘the date of the enactment of the TEA
21 Restoration Act’.
‘‘(2) Subparagraph (B) of section 9504(b)(2), as added by
subsection (b)(3), is amended by striking ‘such Act’ and inserting
‘the TEA 21 Restoration Act’.
‘‘(3) Subparagraph (C) of section 9504(b)(2), as amended
by subsection (b)(2) and redesignated by subsection (b)(3), is
amended by striking ‘the date of the enactment of the Transpor-
tation Equity Act for the 21st Century’ and inserting ‘the date
of the enactment of the TEA 21 Restoration Act’.
‘‘(4) Subsection (c) of section 9504, as amended by sub-
section (c)(2), is amended by striking ‘the date of enactment
of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century’ and
inserting ‘the date of the enactment of the TEA 21 Restoration
Act’.’’.
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SEC. 9016. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This title and the amendments made by this title shall take
effect simultaneously with the enactment of the Transportation
Equity Act for the 21st Century. For purposes of all Federal laws,
the amendments made by this title shall be treated as being
included in the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
at the time of the enactment of such Act, and the provisions of
such Act (including the amendments made by such Act) (as in
effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act) that
are amended by this title shall be treated as not being enacted.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.