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RESERVE TRAINING
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For all necessary expenses of the Coast Guard Re-
serve, as authorized by law; maintenance and operation
of facilities; and supplies, equipment, and services,
$83,194,000: Provided, That no more than $25,800,000
of funds made available under this heading may be trans-
ferred to Coast Guard ‘‘Operating expenses’’ or otherwise
made available to reimburse the Coast Guard for financial
support of the Coast Guard Reserve: Provided further,
That none of the funds in this Act may be used by the
Coast Guard to assess direct charges on the Coast Guard
Reserves for items or activities which were not so charged
during fiscal year 1997.
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,
for applied scientific research, development, test, and eval-
uation; maintenance, rehabilitation, lease and operation of
facilities 
and 
equipment, 
as 
authorized 
by 
law,
$21,722,000, to remain available until expended, of which
$3,492,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability
Trust Fund: Provided, That there may be credited to and
used for the purposes of this appropriation funds received
from State and local governments, other public authori-
ties, private sources, and foreign countries, for expenses
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incurred for research, development, testing, and evalua-
tion.
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
OPERATIONS
For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration, not otherwise provided for, including oper-
ations and research activities related to commercial space
transportation, administrative expenses for research and
development, establishment of air navigation facilities, the
operation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft,
subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold
to the public, lease or purchase of passenger motor vehi-
cles for replacement only, in addition to amounts made
available by Public Law 104–264, $6,870,000,000, of
which $5,773,519,000 shall be derived from the Airport
and Airway Trust Fund, of which not to exceed
$5,494,883,000 shall be available for air traffic services
program activities; not to exceed $727,870,000 shall be
available for aviation regulation and certification program
activities; not to exceed $135,949,000 shall be available
for civil aviation security program activities; not to exceed
$195,258,000 shall be available for research and acquisi-
tion program activities; not to exceed $12,254,000 shall
be available for commercial space transportation program
activities; not to exceed $50,480,000 shall be available for
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financial services program activities; not to exceed
$67,635,000 shall be available for human resources pro-
gram activities; not to exceed $84,613,000 shall be avail-
able for regional coordination program activities; and not
to exceed $108,776,000 shall be available for staff offices:
Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for the Federal Aviation Administration to plan, fi-
nalize, or implement any regulation that would promulgate
new aviation user fees not specifically authorized by law
after the date of the enactment of this Act: Provided fur-
ther, That there may be credited to this appropriation
funds received from States, counties, municipalities, for-
eign authorities, other public authorities, and private
sources, for expenses incurred in the provision of agency
services, including receipts for the maintenance and oper-
ation of air navigation facilities, and for issuance, renewal
or modification of certificates, including airman, aircraft,
and repair station certificates, or for tests related thereto,
or for processing major repair or alteration forms: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds appropriated under this
heading, not less than $6,000,000 shall be for the contract
tower cost-sharing program: Provided further, That funds
may be used to enter into a grant agreement with a non-
profit standard-setting organization to assist in the devel-
opment of aviation safety standards: Provided further,
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That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for
new applicants for the second career training program:
Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall
be available for paying premium pay under 5 U.S.C.
5546(a) to any Federal Aviation Administration employee
unless such employee actually performed work during the
time corresponding to such premium pay: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds in this Act may be obligated
or expended to operate a manned auxiliary flight service
station in the contiguous United States: Provided further,
That none of the funds in this Act for aeronautical chart-
ing and cartography are available for activities conducted
by, or coordinated through, the Transportation Adminis-
trative Service Center.
FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,
for acquisition, establishment, and improvement by con-
tract or purchase, and hire of air navigation and experi-
mental facilities and equipment as authorized under part
A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, including
initial acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; en-
gineering and service testing, including construction of
test facilities and acquisition of necessary sites by lease
or grant; construction and furnishing of quarters and re-
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lated accommodations for officers and employees of the
Federal Aviation Administration stationed at remote local-
ities where such accommodations are not available; and
the purchase, lease, or transfer of aircraft from funds
available under this heading; to be derived from the Air-
port and Airway Trust Fund, $2,914,000,000, of which
not to exceed $2,536,900,000 shall remain available until
September 30, 2004, and of which not to exceed
$377,100,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2002: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro-
priation funds received from States, counties, municipali-
ties, other public authorities, and private sources, for ex-
penses incurred in the establishment and modernization
of air navigation facilities: Provided further, That upon ini-
tial submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2003
President’s budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall
transmit to the Congress a comprehensive capital invest-
ment plan for the Federal Aviation Administration which
includes funding for each budget line item for fiscal years
2003 through 2007, with total funding for each year of
the plan constrained to the funding targets for those years
as estimated and approved by the Office of Management
and Budget.
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RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,
for research, engineering, and development, as authorized
under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States
Code, including construction of experimental facilities and
acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant,
$191,481,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway
Trust Fund and to remain available until September 30,
2004: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro-
priation funds received from States, counties, municipali-
ties, other public authorities, and private sources, for ex-
penses incurred for research, engineering, and develop-
ment.
GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)
For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in-
aid for airport planning and development, and noise com-
patibility planning and programs as authorized under sub-
chapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475
of title 49, United States Code, and under other law au-
thorizing such obligations; for administration of such pro-
grams and of programs under section 40117; for procure-
ment, installation, and commissioning of runway incursion
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prevention devices and systems at airports of such title;
for implementation of section 203 of Public Law 106–181;
and for inspection activities and administration of airport
safety programs, including those related to airport oper-
ating certificates under section 44706 of title 49, United
States Code, $1,800,000,000, to be derived from the Air-
port and Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until
expended: Provided, That none of the funds under this
heading shall be available for the planning or execution
of programs the obligations for which are in excess of
$3,300,000,000 in fiscal year 2002, notwithstanding sec-
tion 47117(h) of title 49, United States Code: Provided
further, That of the funds limited under this heading for
small airports due to returned entitlements, $10,000,000
shall be utilized only for the small community air service
development pilot program authorized in section 203 of
Public Law 106–181: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, not more than
$56,300,000 of funds limited under this heading shall be
obligated for administration.
GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)
(RESCISSION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
Of the unobligated balances authorized under 49
U.S.C. 48103, as amended, $301,000,000 are rescinded.
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FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
Necessary expenses for administration and operation
of the Federal Highway Administration not to exceed
$311,837,000 shall be paid in accordance with law from
appropriations made available by this Act to the Federal
Highway Administration together with advances and reim-
bursements received by the Federal Highway Administra-
tion: Provided, That of the funds available under section
104(a)(1)(A) of title 23, United States Code, $9,911,000
shall be available for Federal Motor Carrier Safety Admin-
istration (FMCSA) motor carrier safety enforcement at
the United States/Mexico border, and $4,000,000 shall be
available for FMCSA U.S./Mexico border safety audits.
LIMITATION ON TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH
Necessary expenses for transportation research of the
Federal 
Highway 
Administration, 
not 
to 
exceed
$447,500,000 shall be paid in accordance with law from
appropriations made available by this Act to the Federal
Highway Administration: Provided, That this limitation
shall not apply to any authority received under section 110
of title 23, U.S. Code; Provided further, That this limita-
tion shall not apply to any authority previously made
available for obligation.
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FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
None of the funds in this Act shall be available for
the implementation or execution of programs, the obliga-
tions for which are in excess of $31,716,797,000 for Fed-
eral-aid highways and highway safety construction pro-
grams for fiscal year 2002.
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for car-
rying out the provisions of title 23, United States Code,
that are attributable to Federal-aid highways, including
the National Scenic and Recreational Highway as author-
ized by 23 U.S.C. 148, not otherwise provided, including
reimbursement for sums expended pursuant to the provi-
sions of 23 U.S.C. 308, $30,000,000,000 or so much
thereof as may be available in and derived from the High-
way Trust Fund, to remain available until expended.
STATE INFRASTRUCTURE BANKS
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available for State Infrastructure
Banks in Public Law 104–205, $6,000,000 are rescinded.
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FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY
ADMINISTRATION
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for administration of motor
carrier safety programs and motor carrier safety research,
pursuant to section 104(a)(1)(B) of title 23, United States
Code, not to exceed $92,307,000 shall be paid in accord-
ance with law from appropriations made available by this
Act and from any available take-down balances to the Fed-
eral Motor Carrier Safety Administration, together with
advances and reimbursements received by the Federal
Motor Carrier Safety Administration: Provided, That such
amounts shall be available to carry out the functions and
operations of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Adminis-
tration.
NATIONAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY PROGRAM
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out
49 U.S.C. 31102, 31106, and 31309, $205,896,000, to
be derived from the Highway Trust Fund and to remain
available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds
in this Act shall be available for the implementation or
execution of programs the obligations for which are in ex-
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cess of $205,896,000 for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Grants’’,
and ‘‘Information Systems’’.
NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY
ADMINISTRATION
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of
the Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety
under chapter 301 of title 49, United States Code, and
part C of subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code,
$122,420,000, of which $90,430,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2004: Provided, That none of
the funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated or
expended to plan, finalize, or implement any rulemaking
to add to section 575.104 of title 49 of the Code of Fed-
eral Regulations any requirement pertaining to a grading
standard that is different from the three grading stand-
ards (treadwear, traction, and temperature resistance) al-
ready in effect.
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out
the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 403, to remain available until
expended, $72,000,000, to be derived from the Highway
Trust Fund: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act
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shall be available for the planning or execution of pro-
grams the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 2002,
are in excess of $72,000,000 for programs authorized
under 23 U.S.C. 403.
NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of
the Secretary with respect to the National Driver Register
under chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code,
$2,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund,
and to remain available until expended.
HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for pay-
ment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions
of 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, 410, and 411, to remain available
until expended, $223,000,000, to be derived from the
Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That none of the funds
in this Act shall be available for the planning or execution
of programs the total obligations for which, in fiscal year
2002, are in excess of $223,000,000 for programs author-
ized under 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, 410, and 411, of which
$160,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Highway Safety Programs’’
under 23 U.S.C. 402, $15,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Occupant
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Protection Incentive Grants’’ under 23 U.S.C. 405,
$38,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Alcohol-Impaired Driving Coun-
termeasures Grants’’ under 23 U.S.C. 410, and
$10,000,000 shall be for the ‘‘State Highway Safety Data
Grants’’ under 23 U.S.C. 411: Provided further, That
none of these funds shall be used for construction, reha-
bilitation, or remodeling costs, or for office furnishings
and fixtures for State, local, or private buildings or struc-
tures: Provided further, That not to exceed $8,000,000 of
the funds made available for section 402, not to exceed
$750,000 of the funds made available for section 405, not
to exceed $1,900,000 of the funds made available for sec-
tion 410, and not to exceed $500,000 of the funds made
available for section 411 shall be available to NHTSA for
administering highway safety grants under chapter 4 of
title 23, United States Code: Provided further, That not
to exceed $500,000 of the funds made available for section
410 ‘‘Alcohol-Impaired Driving Countermeasures Grants’’
shall be available for technical assistance to the States.
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION
SAFETY AND OPERATIONS
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Ad-
ministration, not otherwise provided for, $110,461,000, of
which $6,159,000 shall remain available until expended.
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RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses for railroad research and de-
velopment, $27,375,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAM
The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to
issue to the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obli-
gations pursuant to section 512 of the Railroad Revitaliza-
tion 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 sections 511 through 513 of such Act, such author-
ity 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 guar-
antee commitments shall be made using federal funds for
the credit risk premium during fiscal year 2002.
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, $25,100,000, to remain available until
expended.
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CAPITAL GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD
PASSENGER CORPORATION
For necessary expenses of capital improvements of
the National Railroad Passenger Corporation as author-
ized by 49 U.S.C. 24104(a), $521,476,000, to remain
available until expended.
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, $13,400,000: Provided,
That no more than $67,000,000 of budget authority shall
be available for these purposes: Provided further, That of
the funds in this Act available for the execution of con-
tracts under section 5327(c) of title 49, United States
Code, $2,000,000 shall be reimbursed to the Department
of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General for costs
associated with audits and investigations of transit-related
issues, including reviews of new fixed guideway systems:
Provided further, That not to exceed $2,600,000 for the
National transit database shall remain available until ex-
pended.
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FORMULA GRANTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5307,
5308, 5310, 5311, 5327, and section 3038 of Public Law
105–178, $718,400,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That no more than $3,592,000,000 of
budget authority shall be available for these purposes: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds provided under this head-
ing, $5,000,000 shall be available for grants for the costs
of planning, delivery, and temporary use of transit vehicles
for special transportation needs and construction of tem-
porary transportation facilities for the XIX Winter Olym-
piad and the VIII Paralympiad for the Disabled, to be held
in Salt Lake City, Utah: Provided further, That in allo-
cating the funds designated in the preceding proviso, the
Secretary shall make grants only to the Utah Department
of Transportation, and such grants shall not be subject
to any local share requirement or limitation on operating
assistance under this Act or the Federal Transit Act, as
amended: Provided further, That notwithstanding section
3008 of Public Law 105–178, the $50,000,000 to carry
out 49 U.S.C. 5308 shall be transferred to and merged
with funding provided for the replacement, rehabilitation,
and purchase of buses and related equipment and the con-
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struction of bus-related facilities under ‘‘Federal Transit
Administration, Capital investment grants’’.
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, $23,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That no more than $116,000,000 of budget au-
thority shall be available for these purposes: Provided fur-
ther, That $5,250,000 is available to provide rural trans-
portation assistance (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 avail-
able to carry out transit cooperative research programs
(49 U.S.C. 5313(a)), $55,422,400 is available for metro-
politan planning (49 U.S.C. 5303, 5304, and 5305),
$11,577,600 is available for State planning (49 U.S.C.
5313(b)); and $31,500,000 is available for the national
planning and research program (49 U.S.C. 5314).
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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, $5,397,800,000, to remain available until expended,
and to be derived from the Mass Transit Account of the
Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That $2,873,600,000
shall be paid to the Federal Transit Administration’s for-
mula grants account: Provided further, That $93,000,000
shall be paid to the Federal Transit Administration’s tran-
sit planning and research account: Provided further, That
$53,600,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Adminis-
tration’s administrative expenses account: Provided fur-
ther, That $4,800,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit
Administration’s university transportation research ac-
count: Provided further, That $100,000,000 shall be paid
to the Federal Transit Administration’s job access and re-
verse commute grants program: Provided further, That
$2,272,800,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Ad-
ministration’s capital investment grants account.
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CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5308,
5309, 5318, and 5327, $568,200,000, to remain available
until 
expended: 
Provided, 
That 
no 
more 
than
$2,841,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for
these purposes: Provided further, That none of the funds
provided under this heading shall be available for section
3015(b) of Public Law 105–178; Provided further, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, there shall be
available 
for 
fixed 
guideway 
modernization,
$1,136,400,000; there shall be available for the replace-
ment, rehabilitation, and purchase of buses and related
equipment and the construction of bus-related facilities,
$568,200,000 together with $50,000,000 transferred from
‘‘Federal Transit Administration, Formula grants’’; and
there shall be available for new fixed guideway systems
$1,136,400,000, together with $8,128,338 of the funds
made available under ‘‘Federal Transit Administration,
Discretionary grants’’ in Public law 105–66, and
$22,023,391 of the funds made available under ‘‘Federal
Transit Administration, Capital investment grants’’ in
Public Law 105–277; to be available as follows:
$10,296,000 for Alaska or Hawaii ferry
projects;
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$25,000,000 for the Atlanta, Georgia, North
line extension project;
$10,867,000 for the Baltimore, Maryland, cen-
tral light rail transit double track project;
$11,203,169 for the Boston, Massachusetts,
South Boston Piers transitway project;
$5,000,000 for the Charlotte, North Carolina,
south corridor transitway project;
$35,000,000 for the Chicago, Illinois, Douglas
branch reconstruction project;
$23,000,000 for the Chicago, Illinois, Metra
North central corridor commuter rail project;
$19,118,735 for the Chicago, Illinois, Metra
South West corridor commuter rail project;
$20,000,000 for the Chicago, Illinois, Metra
Union Pacific West line extension project;
$2,000,000 
for 
the 
Chicago, 
Illinois,
Ravenswood reconstruction project;
$5,000,000 for the Cleveland, Ohio, Euclid cor-
ridor transportation project;
$70,000,000 for the Dallas, Texas, North cen-
tral light rail transit extension project;
$60,000,000 for the Denver, Colorado, South-
east corridor light rail transit project;
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$192,492 for the Denver, Colorado, Southwest
light rail transit project;
$25,000,000 for the Dulles corridor, Virginia,
bus rapid transit project;
$30,000,000 for the Fort Lauderdale, Florida,
Tri-Rail commuter rail upgrades project;
$3,000,000 for the Johnson County, Kansas-
Kansas City, Missouri, I–35 commuter rail project;
$60,000,000 for the Largo, Maryland, metrorail
extension project;
$1,800,000 for the Little Rock, Arkansas, river
rail project;
$10,000,000 for the Long Island Rail Road,
New York, East Side access project;
$49,686,469 for the Los Angeles North Holly-
wood, California, extension project;
$5,500,000 for the Los Angeles, California,
East Side corridor light rail transit project;
$3,000,000 for the Lowell, Massachusetts-
Nashua, New Hampshire commuter rail extension
project;
$12,000,000 for the Maryland (MARC) com-
muter rail improvements project;
$19,170,000 for the Memphis, Tennessee, Med-
ical center rail extension project;
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$5,000,000 for the Miami, Florida, South
Miami-Dade busway extension project;
$10,000,000 for the Minneapolis-Rice, Min-
nesota, Northstar corridor commuter rail project;
$50,000,000 for the Minneapolis-St. Paul, Min-
nesota, Hiawatha corridor project;
$4,000,000 for the Nashville, Tennessee, East
corridor commuter rail project;
$20,000,000 for the Newark-Elizabeth, New
Jersey, rail link project;
$4,000,000 for the New Britain-Hartford, Con-
necticut, busway project;
$141,000,000 for the New Jersey Hudson Ber-
gen light rail transit project;
$13,800,000 for the New Orleans, Louisiana,
Canal Street car line project;
$3,100,000 for the New Orleans, Louisiana,
Desire corridor streetcar project;
$13,000,000 for the Oceanside-Escondido, Cali-
fornia, light rail extension project;
$16,000,000 for the Phoenix, Arizona, Central
Phoenix/East valley corridor project;
$6,000,000 for the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
North Shore connector light rail transit project;
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$20,000,000 for the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
stage II light rail, transit reconstruction project;
$70,000,000 for the Portland, Oregon, Inter-
state MAX light rail transit extension project;
$5,600,000 for the Puget Sound, Washington,
RTA Sounder commuter rail project;
$14,000,000 for the Raleigh, North Carolina,
Triangle transit project;
$328,810 for the Sacramento, California, light
rail transit extension project;
$15,000,000 for the Salt Lake City, Utah,
CBD to University light rail transit project;
$718,006 for the Salt Lake City, Utah, South
light rail transit project;
$65,000,000 for the San Diego Mission Valley
East, California, light rail transit extension project;
$2,000,000 for the San Diego, California, Mid
Coast corridor project;
$80,605,331 for the San Francisco, California,
BART extension to the airport project;
$113,336 for the San Jose Tasman West, Cali-
fornia, transit light rail project;
$40,000,000 for the San Juan, Puerto Rico,
Tren Urbano project;
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$31,088,422 for the St. Louis, Missouri,
MetroLink St. Clair extension project;
$8,000,000 for the Stamford, Connecticut,
urban transitway project; and
$1,000,000 for the Washington County, Or-
egon, Wilsonville to Beaverton commuter rail
project.
JOB ACCESS AND REVERSE COMMUTE GRANTS
Notwithstanding section 3037(l)(3) of Public Law
105–178, as amended, for necessary expenses to carry out
section 3037 of the Federal Transit Act of 1998,
$25,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That no more than $125,000,000 of budget author-
ity shall be available for these purposes: Provided further,
That up to $250,000 of the funds provided under this
heading may be used by the Federal Transit Administra-
tion for technical assistance and support and performance
reviews of the job access and reverse commute grants pro-
gram.
SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION
SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora-
tion is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, with-
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in the limits of funds and borrowing authority available
to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make
such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal
year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern-
ment Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be
necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the
Corporation’s budget for the current fiscal year.
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE
(HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)
For necessary expenses for operations and mainte-
nance of those portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway op-
erated and maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway De-
velopment Corporation, $13,426,000, to be derived from
the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public
Law 99–662.
RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS
ADMINISTRATION
RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of
the Research and Special Programs Administration,
$36,487,000, of which $645,000 shall be derived from the
Pipeline Safety Fund, and of which $2,170,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2004: Provided, That
up to $1,200,000 in fees collected under 49 U.S.C.
5108(g) shall be deposited in the general fund of the
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Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided further, That
there may be credited to this appropriation, to be available
until expended, funds received from States, counties, mu-
nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources
for expenses incurred for training, for reports publication
and dissemination, and for travel expenses incurred in per-
formance of hazardous materials exemptions and approv-
als functions.
PIPELINE SAFETY
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND)
(OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND)
For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of
the pipeline safety program, for grants-in-aid to carry out
a pipeline safety program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C.
60107, and to discharge the pipeline program responsibil-
ities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $48,475,000, of
which $7,472,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li-
ability Trust Fund and shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2004; and of which $41,003,000 shall be de-
rived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which
$20,707,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2004.
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS
(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND)
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C.
5127(c), $200,000, to be derived from the Emergency
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Preparedness Fund, to remain available until September
30, 2004: Provided, That not more than $14,300,000 shall
be made available for obligation in fiscal year 2002 from
amounts made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i), 5127(c),
and 5127(d): Provided further, That none of the funds
made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i), 5127(c), and
5127(d) shall be made available for obligation by individ-
uals other than the Secretary of Transportation or his des-
ignee.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General to carry out the provisions of the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978, as amended, $50,614,000: Provided,
That the Inspector General shall have all necessary au-
thority, in carrying out the duties specified in the Inspec-
tor General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3) to inves-
tigate allegations of fraud, including false statements to
the government (18 U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity
that is subject to regulation by the Department: Provided
further, That the funds made available under this heading
shall be used to investigate, pursuant to section 41712 of
title 49, United States Code: (1) unfair or deceptive prac-
tices and unfair methods of competition by domestic and
foreign air carriers and ticket agents; and (2) the compli-
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ance of domestic and foreign air carriers with respect to
item (1) of this proviso.
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Surface Transpor-
tation Board, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, $18,563,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, not to exceed $950,000 from fees
established by the Chairman of the Surface Transpor-
tation Board shall be credited to this appropriation as off-
setting collections and used for necessary and authorized
expenses under this heading: Provided further, That the
sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be
reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting col-
lections are received during fiscal year 2002, to result in
a final appropriation from the general fund estimated at
no more than $17,613,000.
TITLE II
RELATED AGENCIES
ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION
BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the Architectural and
Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, as authorized
by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as
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amended, $5,046,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding
any other provision of law, there may be credited to this
appropriation funds received for publications and training
expenses.
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the National Transpor-
tation Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles and aircraft; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per
diem rate equivalent to the rate for a GS–15; uniforms,
or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C.
5901–5902) $66,400,000, of which not to exceed $2,000
may be used for official reception and representation ex-
penses.
TITLE III
GENERAL PROVISIONS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
SEC. 301. During the current fiscal year applicable
appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall
be available for maintenance and operation of aircraft;
hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of
liability insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign
countries on official department business; and uniforms,
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or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C.
5901–5902).
SEC. 302. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal
year 2002 pay raises for programs funded in this Act shall
be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act or
previous appropriations Acts.
SEC. 303. Appropriations contained in this Act for
the Department of Transportation shall be available for
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for
individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to
the rate for an Executive Level IV.
SEC. 304. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for salaries and expenses of more than 105 political
and Presidential appointees in the Department of Trans-
portation: Provided, That none of the personnel covered
by this provision or political and Presidential appointees
in an independent agency funded in this Act may be as-
signed on temporary detail outside the Department of
Transportation or such independent agency.
SEC. 305. None of the funds in this Act shall be used
for the planning or execution of any program to pay the
expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties
intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings
funded in this Act.
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SEC. 306. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current
fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria-
tions, unless expressly so provided herein.
SEC. 307. The Secretary of Transportation is hereby
authorized to make such expenditures and investments,
within the limits of funds available pursuant to 49 U.S.C.
44307, and in accordance with section 104 of the Govern-
ment Corporation Control Act, as amended (31 U.S.C.
9104), as may be necessary in carrying out the program
for aviation insurance activities under chapter 443 of title
49, United States Code.
SEC. 308. The expenditure of any appropriation
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United
States Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such
expenditures are a matter of public record and available
for public inspection, except where otherwise provided
under existing law, or under existing Executive order
issued pursuant to existing law.
SEC. 309. None of the funds in this Act shall be used
to implement section 404 of title 23, United States Code.
SEC. 310. (a) For fiscal year 2002, the Secretary of
Transportation shall—
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(1) not distribute from the obligation limitation
for Federal-aid Highways amounts authorized for
administrative expenses and programs funded from
the administrative takedown authorized by section
104(a)(1)(A) of title 23, United States Code, for the
highway use tax evasion program for amounts pro-
vided under section 110 of title 23, United States
Code, and for the Bureau of Transportation Statis-
tics;
(2) not distribute an amount from the obliga-
tion limitation for Federal-aid Highways that is
equal to the unobligated balance of amounts made
available from the Highway Trust Fund (other than
the Mass Transit Account) for Federal-aid highways
and highway safety programs for the previous fiscal
year the funds for which are allocated by the Sec-
retary;
(3) determine the ratio that—
(A) the obligation limitation for Federal-
aid Highways less the aggregate of amounts not
distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), bears
to
(B) the total of the sums authorized to be
appropriated for Federal-aid highways and
highway safety construction programs (other
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than sums authorized to be appropriated for
sections set forth in paragraphs (1) through (7)
of subsection (b) and sums authorized to be ap-
propriated for section 105 of title 23, United
States Code, equal to the amount referred to in
subsection (b)(8)) for such fiscal year less the
aggregate of the amounts not distributed under
paragraph (1) of this subsection;
(4) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed-
eral-aid Highways less the aggregate amounts not
distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of section
117 of title 23, United States Code (relating to high
priority projects program), section 201 of the Appa-
lachian Regional Development Act of 1965, the
Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge Authority Act of
1995, and $2,000,000,000 for such fiscal year under
section 105 of title 23, United States Code (relating
to minimum guarantee) so that the amount of obli-
gation authority available for each of such sections
is equal to the amount determined by multiplying
the ratio determined under paragraph (3) by the
sums authorized to be appropriated for such section
(except in the case of section 105, $2,000,000,000)
for such fiscal year;
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(5) distribute the obligation limitation provided
for 
Federal-aid 
Highways 
less 
the 
aggregate
amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) and
(2) and amounts distributed under paragraph (4)
for each of the programs that are allocated by the
Secretary under title 23, United States Code (other
than activities to which paragraph (1) applies and
programs to which paragraph (4) applies) by multi-
plying the ratio determined under paragraph (3) by
the sums authorized to be appropriated for such pro-
gram for such fiscal year; and
(6) distribute the obligation limitation provided
for 
Federal-aid 
Highways 
less 
the 
aggregate
amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) and
(2) and amounts distributed under paragraphs (4)
and (5) for Federal-aid highways and highway safety
construction programs (other than the minimum
guarantee program, but only to the extent that
amounts apportioned for the minimum guarantee
program for such fiscal year exceed $2,639,000,000,
and the Appalachian development highway system
program) that are apportioned by the Secretary
under title 23, United States Code, in the ratio
that—
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(A) sums authorized to be appropriated for
such programs that are apportioned to each
State for such fiscal year, bear to
(B) the total of the sums authorized to be
appropriated for such programs that are appor-
tioned to all States for such fiscal year.
(b) EXCEPTIONS FROM OBLIGATION LIMITATION.—
The obligation limitation for Federal-aid Highways shall
not apply to obligations: (1) under section 125 of title 23,
United States Code; (2) under section 147 of the Surface
Transportation Assistance Act of 1978; (3) under section
9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981; (4) under sec-
tions 131(b) and 131( j) of the Surface Transportation As-
sistance Act of 1982; (5) under sections 149(b) and
149(c) of the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relo-
cation Assistance Act of 1987; (6) under sections 1103
through 1108 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation
Efficiency Act of 1991; (7) under section 157 of title 23,
United States Code, as in effect on the day before the date
of the enactment of the Transportation Equity Act for the
21st Century; and (8) under section 105 of title 23,
United States Code (but only in an amount equal to
$639,000,000 for such fiscal year).
(c) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED OBLIGATION AU-
THORITY.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary
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shall after August 1 for such fiscal year revise a distribu-
tion of the obligation limitation made available under sub-
section (a) if a State will not obligate the amount distrib-
uted during that fiscal year and redistribute sufficient
amounts to those States able to obligate amounts in addi-
tion to those previously distributed during that fiscal year
giving priority to those States having large unobligated
balances of funds apportioned under sections 104 and 144
of title 23, United States Code, section 160 (as in effect
on the day before the enactment of the Transportation Eq-
uity Act for the 21st Century) of title 23, United States
Code, and under section 1015 of the Intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 1943–
1945).
(d) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS TO
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PROGRAMS.—The obliga-
tion limitation shall apply to transportation research pro-
grams carried out under chapter 5 of title 23, United
States Code, except that obligation authority made avail-
able for such programs under such limitation shall remain
available for a period of 3 fiscal years.
(e) REDISTRIBUTION
OF
CERTAIN
AUTHORIZED
FUNDS.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the dis-
tribution of obligation limitation under subsection (a), the
Secretary shall distribute to the States any funds: (1) that
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are authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal year for
Federal-aid highways programs (other than the program
under section 160 of title 23, United States Code) and
for carrying out subchapter I of chapter 311 of title 49,
United States Code, and highway-related programs under
chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code; and (2) that
the Secretary determines will not be allocated to the
States, and will not be available for obligation, in such
fiscal year due to the imposition of any obligation limita-
tion for such fiscal year. Such distribution to the States
shall be made in the same ratio as the distribution of obli-
gation authority under subsection (a)(6). The funds so
distributed shall be available for any purposes described
in section 133(b) of title 23, United States Code.
(f) SPECIAL RULE.—Obligation limitation distributed
for a fiscal year under subsection (a)(4) of this section
for a section set forth in subsection (a)(4) shall remain
available until used and shall be in addition to the amount
of any limitation imposed on obligations for Federal-aid
highways and highway safety construction programs for
future fiscal years.
(g) Notwithstanding Public Law 105–178, as amend-
ed, of the funds authorized under section 110 of title 23,
United States Code, (other than the funds authorized for
the motor carrier safety grant program) for fiscal year
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2002, $56,300,000 shall be to carry out a program for
state and Federal border infrastructure construction.
SEC. 311. The limitations on obligations for the pro-
grams of the Federal Transit Administration shall not
apply to any authority under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously
made available for obligation, or to any other authority
previously made available for obligation.
SEC. 312. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able to plan, finalize, or implement regulations that would
establish a vessel traffic safety fairway less than five miles
wide between the Santa Barbara Traffic Separation
Scheme and the San Francisco Traffic Separation
Scheme.
SEC. 313. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, airports may transfer, without consideration, to the
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) instrument land-
ing systems (along with associated approach lighting
equipment and runway visual range equipment) which
conform to FAA design and performance specifications,
the purchase of which was assisted by a Federal airport-
aid program, airport development aid program or airport
improvement program grant: Provided, That, the Federal
Aviation Administration shall accept such equipment,
which shall thereafter be operated and maintained by FAA
in accordance with agency criteria.
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SEC. 314. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, and except for fixed guideway modernization projects,
funds made available by this Act under ‘‘Federal Transit
Administration, Capital investment grants’’ for projects
specified in this Act or identified in reports accompanying
this Act not obligated by September 30, 2004, and other
recoveries, shall be made available for other projects under
49 U.S.C. 5309.
SEC. 315. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, any funds appropriated before October 1, 2001, under
any section of chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code,
that remain available for expenditure may be transferred
to and administered under the most recent appropriation
heading for any such section.
SEC. 316. None of the funds in this Act may be used
to compensate in excess of 335 technical staff-years under
the federally funded research and development center con-
tract between the Federal Aviation Administration and the
Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development dur-
ing fiscal year 2002.
SEC. 317. Funds received by the Federal Highway
Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and Fed-
eral Railroad Administration from States, counties, mu-
nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources
for expenses incurred for training may be credited respec-
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tively to the Federal Highway Administration’s ‘‘Federal-
Aid Highways’’ account, the Federal Transit Administra-
tion’s ‘‘Transit Planning and Research’’ account, and to
the Federal Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Oper-
ations’’ account, except for State rail safety inspectors
participating in training pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 20105.
SEC. 318. Funds made available for Alaska or Hawaii
ferry boats or ferry terminal facilities pursuant to 49
U.S.C. 5309(m)(2)(B) may be used to construct new ves-
sels and facilities, or to improve existing vessels and facili-
ties, including both the passenger and vehicle-related ele-
ments of such vessels and facilities, and for repair facili-
ties.
SEC. 319. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re-
ceived by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the
sale of data products, for necessary expenses incurred pur-
suant to 49 U.S.C. 111 may be credited to the Federal-
aid highways account for the purpose of reimbursing the
Bureau for such expenses: Provided, That such funds shall
be subject to the obligation limitation for Federal-aid
highways and highway safety construction.
SEC. 320. None of the funds in this Act may be obli-
gated or expended for employee training which: (a) does
not meet identified needs for knowledge, skills and abilities
bearing directly upon the performance of official duties;
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(b) contains elements likely to induce high levels of emo-
tional response or psychological stress in some partici-
pants; (c) does not require prior employee notification of
the content and methods to be used in the training and
written end of course evaluations; (d) contains any meth-
ods or content associated with religious or quasi-religious
belief systems or ‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Notice N–
915.022, dated September 2, 1988; (e) is offensive to, or
designed to change, participants’ personal values or life-
style outside the workplace; or (f) includes content related
to human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune defi-
ciency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) other than that necessary
to make employees more aware of the medical ramifica-
tions of HIV/AIDS and the workplace rights of HIV-posi-
tive employees.
SEC. 321. None of the funds in this Act shall, in the
absence of express authorization by Congress, be used di-
rectly or indirectly to pay for any personal service, adver-
tisement, telegraph, telephone, letter, printed or written
material, radio, television, video presentation, electronic
communications, or other device, intended or designed to
influence in any manner a Member of Congress or of a
State legislature to favor or oppose by vote or otherwise,
any legislation or appropriation by Congress or a State
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legislature after the introduction of any bill or resolution
in Congress proposing such legislation or appropriation,
or after the introduction of any bill or resolution in a State
legislature proposing such legislation or appropriation:
Provided, That this shall not prevent officers or employees
of the Department of Transportation or related agencies
funded in this Act from communicating to Members of
Congress or to Congress, on the request of any Member,
or to members of a State legislature, or to a State legisla-
ture, through the proper official channels, requests for leg-
islation or appropriations which they deem necessary for
the efficient conduct of business.
SEC. 322. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds
made available in this Act may be expended by an entity
unless the entity agrees that in expending the funds the
entity will comply with the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C.
10a–10c).
(b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT RE-
GARDING NOTICE.—
(1) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT
AND PRODUCTS.—In the case of any equipment or
product that may be authorized to be purchased
with financial assistance provided using funds made
available in this Act, it is the sense of the Congress
that entities receiving the assistance should, in ex-
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pending the assistance, purchase only American-
made equipment and products to the greatest extent
practicable.
(2) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—
In providing financial assistance using funds made
available in this Act, the head of each Federal agen-
cy shall provide to each recipient of the assistance
a notice describing the statement made in paragraph
(1) by the Congress.
(c) PROHIBITION
OF CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS
FALSELY LABELING PRODUCTS AS MADE IN AMERICA.—
If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal
agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bear-
ing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscription
with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped
to the United States that is not made in the United
States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any con-
tract or subcontract made with funds made available in
this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineli-
gibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through
9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
SEC. 323. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, of the $23,896,000 provided under 23 U.S.C. 110
for the motor carrier safety grants program, the Secretary
of Transportation may reserve up to $18,000,000 for
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grants to the States of Arizona, California, New Mexico,
and Texas, to hire State motor carrier safety inspectors
at the United States/Mexico border: Provided, That, such
funding is only available to the extent the States submit
requests for such funding to the Secretary and the Sec-
retary evaluates such requests based on established cri-
teria: Provided further, That, on March 31, 2002, the Sec-
retary shall distribute to the States any undistributed
amounts in excess of 1⁄2 of the amount originally reserved,
consistent with section 110 of title 23, U.S.C., for the
motor carrier safety grants program: Provided further,
That on July 1, 2002, the Secretary shall distribute to
the States any remaining undistributed amounts con-
sistent with section 110 of title 23, U.S.C., for the motor
carrier safety grants program.
SEC. 324. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments,
minor fees and other funds received by the Department
from travel management centers, charge card programs,
the subleasing of building space, and miscellaneous
sources are to be credited to appropriations of the Depart-
ment and allocated to elements of the Department using
fair and equitable criteria and such funds shall be avail-
able until December 31, 2002.
SEC. 325. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, rule or regulation, the Secretary of Transportation
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is authorized to allow the issuer of any preferred stock
heretofore sold to the Department to redeem or repur-
chase such stock upon the payment to the Department of
an amount determined by the Secretary.
SEC. 326. For necessary expenses of the Amtrak Re-
form Council authorized under section 203 of Public Law
105–134, $785,000, to remain available until September
30, 2003: Provided, That the duties of the Amtrak Reform
Council described in section 203(g)(1) of Public Law 105–
134 shall include the identification of Amtrak routes
which are candidates for closure or realignment, based on
performance rankings developed by Amtrak which incor-
porate information on each route’s fully allocated costs
and ridership on core intercity passenger service, and
which assume, for purposes of closure or realignment can-
didate identification, that Federal subsidies for Amtrak
will decline over the 4-year period from fiscal year 1999
to fiscal year 2002: Provided further, That these closure
or realignment recommendations shall be included in the
Amtrak Reform Council’s annual report to the Congress
required by section 203(h) of Public Law 105–134.
SEC. 327. None of the funds in this Act may be used
to make a grant unless the Secretary of Transportation
notifies the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions not less than three full business days before any dis-
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cretionary grant award, letter of intent, or full funding
grant agreement totaling $1,000,000 or more is an-
nounced by the department or its modal administrations
from: (1) any discretionary grant program of the Federal
Highway Administration other than the emergency relief
program; (2) the airport improvement program of the
Federal Aviation Administration; or (3) any program of
the Federal Transit Administration other than the for-
mula grants and fixed guideway modernization programs:
Provided, That no notification shall involve funds that are
not available for obligation.
SEC. 328. Section 232 of H.R. 3425 of the 106th
Congress, as enacted by section 1000(a)(5) of the Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act, 2000 is repealed.
SEC. 329. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for planning, design, or construction of a light rail
system in Houston, Texas.
SEC. 330. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used for engineering work related to an addi-
tional runway at New Orleans International Airport.
SEC. 331. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
shall be used to propose or issue rules, regulations, de-
crees, or orders for the purpose of implementation, or in
preparation for implementation, of the Kyoto Protocol
which was adopted on December 11, 1997, in Kyoto,
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Japan at the Third Conference of the Parties to the
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change, which has not been submitted to the Senate for
advice and consent to ratification pursuant to article II,
section 2, clause 2, of the United States Constitution, and
which has not entered into force pursuant to article 25
of the Protocol.
SEC. 332. None of the funds in this Act shall be used
to pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring air-
port sponsors to provide to the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration without cost building construction, maintenance,
utilities and expenses, or space in airport sponsor-owned
buildings for services relating to air traffic control, air
navigation or weather reporting: Provided, That the prohi-
bition of funds in this section does not apply to negotia-
tions between the agency and airport sponsors to achieve
agreement on ‘‘below-market’’ rates for these items or to
grant assurances that require airport sponsors to provide
land without cost to the FAA for air traffic control facili-
ties.
SEC. 333. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, States may use funds provided in this Act under sec-
tion 402 of title 23, United States Code, to produce and
place highway safety public service messages in television,
radio, cinema, and print media, and on the Internet in
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accordance with guidance issued by the Secretary of
Transportation: Provided, That any State that uses funds
for such public service messages shall submit to the Sec-
retary a report describing and assessing the effectiveness
of the messages.
SEC. 334. Notwithstanding section 402 of the De-
partment of Transportation and Related Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 1982 (49 U.S.C. 10903 nt), Mohall Rail-
road, Inc. may abandon track from milepost 5.25 near
Granville, North Dakota, to milepost 35.0 at Lansford,
North Dakota, and the track so abandoned shall not be
counted against the 350-mile limitation contained in that
section.
SEC. 335. Beginning in fiscal year 2002 and there-
after, the Secretary of Transportation may use up to 1
percent of the amounts made available to carry out 49
U.S.C. 5309 for oversight activities under 49 U.S.C. 5327.
SEC. 336. Amtrak is authorized to obtain services
from the Administrator of General Services, and the Ad-
ministrator is authorized to provide services to Amtrak,
under sections 201(b) and 211(b) of the Federal Property
and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C.
481(b) and 491(b)) for fiscal year 2002 and each fiscal
year thereafter until the fiscal year that Amtrak operates
without Federal operating grant funds appropriated for its
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benefit, as required by sections 24101(d) and 24104(a)
of title 49, United States Code.
SEC. 337. Item number 1348 in the table contained
in section 1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for the
21st Century (112 Stat. 269) is amended by striking ‘‘Ex-
tend West Douglas Road’’ and inserting ‘‘Construct Gasti-
neau Channel Second Crossing to Douglas Island’’.
SEC. 338. None of the funds in this Act may be obli-
gated for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation
to approve assessments or reimbursable agreements per-
taining to funds appropriated to the modal administra-
tions in this Act, except for activities underway on the
date of enactment of this Act, unless such assessments
or agreements have completed the normal reprogramming
process for Congressional notification.
SEC. 339. For an airport project that the Adminis-
trator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) de-
termines will add critical airport capacity to the national
air transportation system, the Administrator is authorized
to accept funds from an airport sponsor, including entitle-
ment funds provided under the ‘‘Grants-in-Aid for Air-
ports’’ program, for the FAA to hire additional staff or
obtain the services of consultants: Provided, That the Ad-
ministrator is authorized to accept and utilize such funds
only for the purpose of facilitating the timely processing,
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review, and completion of environmental activities associ-
ated with such project.
SEC. 340. Item 642 in the table contained in section
1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Cen-
tury (112 Stat. 298), relating to Washington, is amended
by striking ‘‘construct passenger ferry facility to serve
Southworth, Seattle’’ and inserting ‘‘passenger only ferry
to serve Kitsap County-Seattle’’.
SEC. 341. Item 1793 in section 1602 of the Trans-
portation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat.
298), relating to Washington, is amended by striking
‘‘Southworth Seattle ferry’’ and inserting ‘‘passenger only
ferry to serve Kitsap County-Seattle’’.
SEC. 342. Item 576 in the table contained in section
1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Cen-
tury (112 Stat. 278) is amended by striking ‘‘Bull Shoals
Lake Ferry in Taney County’’ and inserting ‘‘Construct
the Missouri Center for Advanced Highway Safety
(MOCAHS)’’.
SEC. 343. The transit station operated by the Wash-
ington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority located at
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, and known
as the National Airport Station, shall be known and des-
ignated as the ‘‘Ronald Reagan Washington National Air-
port Station’’. The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit
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Authority shall modify the signs at the transit station, and
all maps, directories, documents, and other records pub-
lished by the Authority, to reflect the redesignation.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans-
portation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
2002’’.
Union Calendar No. 58
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2299
[Report No. 107–108]
A BILL
Making appropriations for the Department of
Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2002, and for other
purposes.
JUNE 22, 2001
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on
the State of the Union and ordered to be printed