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SEC. 334. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for activities under the Aircraft Purchase Loan Guar-
antee Program during fiscal year 2000.
SEC. 335. None of the funds in this Act may be used
to carry out the functions and operations of the office of
motor carriers within the Federal Highway Administra-
tion.
SEC. 336. Section 3027 of the Transportation Equity
Act for the 21st Century (49 U.S.C. 5307 note; 112 Stat.
336) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(e) GOVERNMENT SHARE FOR OPERATING ASSIST-
ANCE TO CERTAIN SMALLER URBANIZED AREAS.—Not-
withstanding 49 U.S.C. 5307(e), a grant of the Govern-
ment for operating expenses of a project under 49 U.S.C.
5307(b) in fiscal years 1999 and 2000 to any recipient
that is providing transit services in an urbanized area with
a population between 128,000 and 128,200, as determined
in the 1990 census, and that had adopted a five-year tran-
sit plan before September 1, 1998, may not be more than
80 percent of the net project cost.’’.
SEC. 337. Funds provided in Public Law 104–205
for the Griffin light rail project shall be available for alter-
native analysis and environmental impact studies for other
transit alternatives in the Griffin corridor from Hartford
to Bradley International Airport.
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SEC. 338. Section 3030(c)(1)(A)(v) of the Transpor-
tation Equity Act for the 21st Century (Public Law 105–
178) is amended by deleting ‘‘Light Rail’’.
SEC. 339. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Federal share of projects funded under section
3038(g)(1)(B) of Public Law 105–178 shall not exceed
90 percent of the project cost.
SEC. 340. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able to execute a letter of no prejudice, letter of intent
or full funding grant agreement for the Salt Lake City
west-east light rail line, any segment thereof, or a down-
town connector in Salt Lake City, Utah.
SEC. 341. Of the funds made available to the Coast
Guard in this Act under ‘‘Acquisition, construction, and
improvements’’, $10,000,000 is only for necessary ex-
penses to support a portion of the acquisition costs, cur-
rently estimated at $128,000,000, of a multi-mission ves-
sel to replace the Mackinaw icebreaker in the Great Lakes,
to remain available until September 30, 2005.
SEC. 342. None of the funds in this Act may be ex-
pended to review or issue a waiver for a vessel deemed
to be equipped with a double bottom or double sides.
SEC. 343. Funds provided in this Act for the Trans-
portation Administrative Service Center (TASC) shall be
further reduced by $1,000,000.
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SEC. 344. The amount otherwise provided by section
330 for the Amtrak Reform Council is hereby reduced by
$300,000.
SEC. 345. None of the funds in this Act may be used
for the planning or development of the California State
Route 710 Freeway extension project through South Pasa-
dena, California (as approved in the Record of Decision
on State Route 710 Freeway, issued by the United States
Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Admin-
istration, on April 13, 1998).
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans-
portation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
2000’’.
Passed the House of Representatives June 23, 1999.
Attest:
Clerk.