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Security may issue a letter of intent to an airport committing
to obligate from future budget authority an amount, not more
than the Federal Government’s share of the project’s cost, for an
airport security improvement project (including interest costs and
costs of formulating the project) at the airport. The letter shall
establish a schedule under which the Under Secretary will
reimburse the airport for the Government’s share of the project’s
costs, as amounts become available, if the airport, after the Under
Secretary issues the letter, carries out the project without receiving
amounts under Chapter 471 of title 49.
(b) The airport shall notify the Under Secretary of the airport’s
intent to carry out the airport security improvement project before
the project begins.
(c) A letter of intent may be issued under this section only
if—
(1) The airport security improvement project to which the
letter applies involves the replacement of baggage conveyer
systems or the reconfiguration of terminal baggage areas in
order to install explosive detection systems; and
(2) The Under Secretary determines that the project will
improve security or will improve the efficiency of the airport
without lessening security.
(d) A letter of intent issued under this section is not an obliga-
tion of the Government under section 1501 of title 31, and the
letter is not deemed to be an administrative commitment for
financing. An obligation or administrative commitment may be
made only as amounts are provided in authorization and appropria-
tions laws.
(e) The Government’s share of the project’s cost shall be 75
percent for a project at an airport having at least 0.25 percent
of the total number of passenger boardings each year at all airports
and 90 percent for a project at any other airport.
(f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the
obligation of amounts pursuant to a letter of intent under this
section in the same fiscal year as the letter of intent is issued.
(g) The Under Secretary shall notify the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations, the House Transportation and Infra-
structure Committee, and the Senate Commerce, Science, and
Transportation Committee at least 3 days prior to the issuance
of a letter of intent under this section.
(h) There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this
section $500,000,000 in each of fiscal years 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006,
and 2007.
SEC. 368. Section 342 of the Department of Transportation
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002, is amended by
striking ‘‘Passenger only ferry to serve Kitsap and King Counties
to Seattle’’ and inserting ‘‘Ferry/tunnel project in Bremerton, Wash-
ington’’.
SEC. 369. Section 343 of the Department of Transportation
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002, is amended by
striking ‘‘Passenger only ferry to serve Kitsap and King Counties
to Seattle’’ and inserting ‘‘Ferry/tunnel project in Bremerton, Wash-
ington’’.
SEC. 370. (a) INCLUSION
OF TOWERS
IN AIRPORT DEVELOP-
MENT.—Section 47102(3) of title 49, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(M) constructing an air traffic control tower or
acquiring and installing air traffic control, communications,
and related equipment at an air traffic control tower under
the terms specified in section 47124(b)(4).’’.
(b) CONSTRUCTION OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWERS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 47124(b)(4) of title 49, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(4) CONSTRUCTION
OF
AIR
TRAFFIC
CONTROL
TOWERS.—
‘‘(A) GRANTS.—The Secretary may provide grants to
a sponsor of—
‘‘(i) a primary airport—
‘‘(I) from amounts made available under sec-
tions 47114(c)(1) and 47114(c)(2) for the construc-
tion or improvement of a nonapproach control
tower, as defined by the Secretary, and for the
acquisition and installation of air traffic control,
communications, and related equipment to be used
in that tower;
‘‘(II) from amounts made available under sec-
tions 47114(c)(1) and 47114(c)(2) for reimburse-
ment for the cost of construction or improvement
of a nonapproach control tower, as defined by the
Secretary, incurred after October 1, 1996, if the
sponsor complied with the requirements of sections
47107(e), 47112(b), and 47112(c) in constructing
or improving that tower; and
‘‘(III) from amounts made available under sec-
tions 47114(c)(1) and 47114(c)(2) for reimburse-
ment for the cost of acquiring and installing in
that tower air traffic control, communications, and
related equipment that was acquired or installed
after October 1, 1996; and
‘‘(ii) a public-use airport that is not a primary
airport—
‘‘(I) from amounts made available under sec-
tions 47114(c)(2) and 47114(d) for the construction
or improvement of a nonapproach control tower,
as defined by the Secretary, and for the acquisition
and installation of air traffic control, communica-
tions, and related equipment to be used in that
tower;
‘‘(II) from amounts made available under sec-
tions 47114(c)(2) and 47114(d)(3)(A) for reimburse-
ment for the cost of construction or improvement
of a nonapproach control tower, as defined by the
Secretary, incurred after October 1, 1996, if the
sponsor complied with the requirements of sections
47107(e), 47112(b), and 47112(c) in constructing
or improving that tower; and
‘‘(III) from amounts made available under sec-
tions 47114(c)(2) and 47114(d)(3)(A) for reimburse-
ment for the cost of acquiring and installing in
that tower air traffic control, communications, and
related equipment that was acquired or installed
after October 1, 1996.
‘‘(B) ELIGIBILITY.—An airport sponsor shall be eligible
for a grant under this paragraph only if—
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‘‘(i)(I) the sponsor is a participant in the Federal
Aviation Administration contract tower program estab-
lished under subsection (a) and continued under para-
graph (1) or the pilot program established under para-
graph (3); or
‘‘(II) construction of a nonapproach control tower
would qualify the sponsor to be eligible to participate
in such program;
‘‘(ii) the sponsor certifies that it will pay not less
than 10 percent of the cost of the activities for which
the sponsor is receiving assistance under this para-
graph;
‘‘(iii) the Secretary affirmatively accepts the pro-
posed contract tower into a contract tower program
under this section and certifies that the Secretary will
seek future appropriations to pay the Federal Aviation
Administration’s cost of the contract to operate the
tower to be constructed under this paragraph;
‘‘(iv) the sponsor certifies that it will pay its share
of the cost of the contract to operate the tower to
be constructed under this paragraph; and
‘‘(v) in the case of a tower to be constructed under
this paragraph from amounts made available under
section 47114(d)(2) or 47114(d)(3)(B), the Secretary cer-
tifies that—
‘‘(I) the Federal Aviation Administration has
consulted the State within the borders of which
the tower is to be constructed and the State sup-
ports the construction of the tower as part of its
State airport capital plan; and
‘‘(II) the selection of the tower for funding
is based on objective criteria.
‘‘(C) LIMITATION
ON
FEDERAL
SHARE.—The Federal
share of the cost of construction of a nonapproach control
tower under this paragraph may not exceed $1,100,000.’’.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 47124(b) of such
title is amended—
(A) in paragraph (3)(A) by striking ‘‘Level I air traffic
control towers, as defined by the Secretary,’’ and inserting
‘‘nonapproach control towers, as defined by the Secretary,’’;
and
(B) in paragraph (3)(E) by striking ‘‘Subject to para-
graph (4)(D), of’’ and inserting ‘‘Of’’.
(3) SAVINGS
CLAUSE.—Notwithstanding the amendments
made by this section, the towers for which assistance is being
provided on the day before the date of enactment of this Act
under section 47124(b)(4) of title 49, United States Code, as
in effect on such day, may continue to be provided such assist-
ance under the terms of such section.
(c) NONAPPROACH CONTROL TOWERS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Federal Avia-
tion Administration may enter into a lease agreement or con-
tract agreement with a private entity to provide for construction
and operation of a nonapproach control tower as defined by
the Secretary of Transportation.
(2) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—An agreement entered into
under this section—
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(A) shall be negotiated under such procedures as the
Administrator considers necessary to ensure the integrity
of the selection process, the safety of air travel, and to
protect the interests of the United States;
(B) may provide a lease option to the United States,
to be exercised at the discretion of the Administrator, to
occupy any general-purpose space in a facility covered by
the agreement;
(C) shall not require, unless specifically determined
otherwise by the Administrator, Federal ownership of a
facility covered under the agreement after the expiration
of the agreement;
(D) shall describe the consideration, duties, and respon-
sibilities for which the United States and the private entity
are responsible;
(E) shall provide that the United States will not be
liable for any action, debt, or liability of any entity created
by the agreement;
(F) shall provide that the private entity may not exe-
cute any instrument or document creating or evidencing
any indebtedness with respect to a facility covered by the
agreement unless such instrument or document specifically
disclaims any liability of the United States under the
instrument or document; and
(G) shall include such other terms and conditions as
the Administrator considers appropriate.
(d) USE OF APPORTIONMENTS TO PAY NON-FEDERAL SHARE OF
OPERATION COSTS.—
(1) STUDY.—The Secretary of Transportation shall conduct
a study of the feasibility, costs, and benefits of allowing the
sponsor of an airport to use not to exceed 10 percent of amounts
apportioned to the sponsor under section 47114 to pay the
non-Federal share of the cost of operation of an air traffic
control tower under section 47124(b) of title 49, United States
Code.
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to Congress
a report on the results of the study.
SEC. 371. In addition to amounts otherwise made available
by this Act, there is hereby appropriated $3,500,000, to remain
available until expended, to enable the Secretary to maintain oper-
ations of the Midway Island airfield.
SEC. 372. Section 145(c) of Public Law 107–71 is amended
by striking the number (18) and inserting the number (27).
SEC. 373. SUSQUEHANNA GREENWAY, MARYLAND. The table con-
tained in section 1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for the
21st Century is amended in item 1603 (112 Stat. 316) by striking
‘‘Construct pedestrian bicycle bridge across Susquehanna River
between Havre de Grace and Perryville’’ and inserting ‘‘Develop
Lower Susquehanna Heritage Greenway, including acquisition of
property, construction of hiker-biker trails, and construction or use
of docks, ferry boats, bridges, or vans to convey bikers and pedes-
trians across the Susquehanna River between Cecil County and
Harford County’’.
SEC. 374. Item number 1320 in the table contained in section
1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112
Stat. 305) is amended by striking ‘‘Reconstruct 79th Street Traffic
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Circle, New York City’’ and inserting ‘‘Cross Harbor Freight Move-
ment Project EIS, New York City’’.
SEC. 375. Of the $3,400,000 appropriated under the heading
‘‘Highway Demonstration Projects’’ in Public Law 101–516 for
Pennsylvania State Route 711 Bypass (Ligonier), the unobligated
share shall be available for transportation projects in the counties
of Allegheny, Armstrong, Cambria, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Som-
erset, Washington, and Westmoreland, Pennsylvania.
SEC. 376. Of the $900,000 appropriated under the heading
‘‘Federal Highway Demonstration Projects’’ in Public Law 102–
143 for Pennsylvania State Route 711 Bypass (Ligonier), the unobli-
gated share shall be available for transportation projects in the
counties of Allegheny, Armstrong, Cambria, Fayette, Greene,
Indiana, Somerset, Washington, and Westmoreland, Pennsylvania.
SEC. 377. Of the funds made available in Public Law 107–
87 under the Federal-aid Highways account to carry out 23 U.S.C.
129(c) and section 1064 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation
Efficiency Act of 1991, as amended, $2,000,000 shall be transferred
to the Federal Transit Administration’s Formula Grant account
and made available to the Jersey City Pier redevelopment and
terminal construction project: Provided, That, notwithstanding any
other provision of law, including 23 U.S.C. 104(k), such funds shall
be administered under terms and conditions deemed appropriate
by the Secretary.
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Transpor-
tation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003’’.
DIVISION J—TREASURY AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT
APPROPRIATIONS, 2003
JOINT RESOLUTION
Making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Serv-
ice, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies,
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes.
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Treasury Depart-
ment, the United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of
the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices including
operation and maintenance of the Treasury Building and Annex;
hire of passenger motor vehicles; maintenance, repairs, and
improvements of, and purchase of commercial insurance policies
for, real properties leased or owned overseas, when necessary for
the performance of official business; not to exceed $3,500,000 for
official travel expenses; not to exceed $3,813,000, to remain avail-
able until expended for information technology modernization
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requirements; not to exceed $150,000 for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses; not to exceed $258,000 for unforeseen emer-
gencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under
the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury and to be accounted
for solely on his certificate, $189,201,000: Provided, That the Office
of Foreign Assets Control shall be funded at no less than
$21,206,000 and 120 full time equivalent positions: Provided further,
That of these amounts $2,900,000 is available for grants to State
and local law enforcement groups to help fight money laundering:
Provided further, That of these amounts, $5,893,000 shall be for
the Treasury-wide Financial Statement Audit Program, of which
such amounts as may be necessary may be transferred to accounts
of the Department’s offices and bureaus to conduct audits: Provided
further, That this transfer authority shall be in addition to any
other provided in this Act.
DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For development and acquisition of automatic data processing
equipment, software, and services for the Department of the
Treasury, $65,628,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That these funds shall be transferred to accounts and in
amounts as necessary to satisfy the requirements of the Depart-
ment’s offices, bureaus, and other organizations: Provided further,
That this transfer authority shall be in addition to any other
transfer authority provided in this Act: Provided further, That none
of the funds appropriated shall be used to support or supplement
the Internal Revenue Service appropriations for Information Sys-
tems or Business Systems Modernization.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978,
as amended, not to exceed $2,000,000 for official travel expenses,
including hire of passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed
$100,000 for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to
be allocated and expended under the direction of the Inspector
General of the Treasury, $35,736,000, of which not to exceed $2,500
shall be available for official reception and representation expenses.
TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector General for
Tax Administration in carrying out the Inspector General Act of
1978, as amended, including purchase (not to exceed 150 for replace-
ment only for police-type use) and hire of passenger motor vehicles
(31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such
rates as may be determined by the Inspector General for Tax
Administration; not to exceed $6,000,000 for official travel expenses;
and not to exceed $500,000 for unforeseen emergencies of a confiden-
tial nature, to be allocated and expended under the direction of
the Inspector General for Tax Administration, $125,011,000.
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AIR TRANSPORTATION STABILIZATION PROGRAM
For necessary expenses to administer the Air Transportation
Stabilization Board established by section 102 of the Air Transpor-
tation Safety and System Stabilization Act (Public Law 107–42),
$6,041,000, to remain available until expended.
TREASURY BUILDING AND ANNEX REPAIR AND RESTORATION
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the Treasury
Building and Annex, $28,932,000, to remain available until
expended.
EXPANDED ACCESS TO FINANCIAL SERVICES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
To develop and implement programs to expand access to finan-
cial services for low- and moderate-income individuals, $2,000,000,
such funds to become available upon authorization of this program
as provided by law and to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of these funds, such sums as may be necessary may
be transferred to accounts of the Department’s offices, bureaus,
and other organizations: Provided further, That this transfer
authority shall be in addition to any other transfer authority pro-
vided in this Act.
COUNTERTERRORISM FUND
For necessary expenses, as determined by the Secretary,
$10,000,000, to remain available until expended, to reimburse any
Department of the Treasury organization for the costs of providing
support to counter, investigate, or prosecute unexpected threats
or acts of terrorism, including payment of rewards in connection
with these activities: Provided, That the entire dollar amount shall
be available only to the extent that an official request for a specific
dollar amount is transmitted by the President to the Congress.
FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes Enforcement
Network, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel expenses
of non-Federal law enforcement personnel to attend meetings con-
cerned with financial intelligence activities, law enforcement, and
financial regulation; not to exceed $14,000 for official reception
and representation expenses; and for assistance to Federal law
enforcement agencies, with or without reimbursement, $51,752,000,
of which not to exceed $3,400,000 shall remain available until
September 30, 2005; and of which $8,338,000 shall remain available
until September 30, 2004: Provided, That funds appropriated in
this account may be used to procure personal services contracts.
FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforcement
Training Center, as a bureau of the Department of the Treasury,
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including materials and support costs of Federal law enforcement
basic training; purchase (not to exceed 52 for police-type use, with-
out regard to the general purchase price limitation) and hire of
passenger motor vehicles; for expenses for student athletic and
related activities; uniforms without regard to the general purchase
price limitation for the current fiscal year; the conducting of and
participating in firearms matches and presentation of awards; for
public awareness and enhancing community support of law enforce-
ment training; not to exceed $11,500 for official reception and
representation expenses; room and board for student interns; and
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $134,986,000, of which
$650,000 shall be available for an interagency effort to establish
written standards on accreditation of Federal law enforcement
training; and of which up to $24,266,000 for materials and support
costs of Federal law enforcement basic training shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2005, and of which up to 20 percent
of the $24,266,000 also shall be available for travel, room and
board costs for participating agency basic training during the first
quarter of a fiscal year, subject to full reimbursement by the benefit-
ting agency: Provided, That the Center is authorized to accept
and use gifts of property, both real and personal, and to accept
services, for authorized purposes, including funding of a gift of
intrinsic value which shall be awarded annually by the Director
of the Center to the outstanding student who graduated from a
basic training program at the Center during the previous fiscal
year, which shall be funded only by gifts received through the
Center’s gift authority: Provided further, That the Center is author-
ized to accept detailees from other Federal agencies, on a non-
reimbursable basis, to staff the accreditation function: Provided
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, students
attending training at any Center site shall reside in on-Center
or Center-provided housing, insofar as available and in accordance
with Center policy: Provided further, That funds appropriated in
this account shall be available, at the discretion of the Director,
for the following: training United States Postal Service law enforce-
ment personnel and Postal police officers; State and local govern-
ment law enforcement training on a space-available basis; training
of foreign law enforcement officials on a space-available basis with
reimbursement of actual costs to this appropriation, except that
reimbursement may be waived by the Secretary for law enforcement
training activities in foreign countries undertaken pursuant to sec-
tion 801 of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act
of 1996, (Public Law 104–32); training of private sector security
officials on a space-available basis with reimbursement of actual
costs to this appropriation; and travel expenses of non-Federal
personnel to attend course development meetings and training spon-
sored by the Center: Provided further, That the Center is authorized
to obligate funds in anticipation of reimbursements from agencies
receiving training sponsored by the Center, except that total obliga-
tions at the end of the fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary
resources available at the end of the fiscal year: Provided further,
That the Center is authorized to provide training for the Gang
Resistance Education and Training program to Federal and non-
Federal personnel at any facility in partnership with the Bureau
of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms: Provided further, That the Center
is authorized to provide short-term medical services for students
undergoing training at the Center.
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ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND RELATED
EXPENSES
For expansion of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center,
for acquisition of necessary additional real property and facilities,
and for ongoing maintenance, facility improvements, and related
expenses, $36,000,000, to remain available until expended.
INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT
INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT
For expenses necessary to conduct investigations and convict
offenders involved in organized crime drug trafficking, including
cooperative efforts with State and local law enforcement, as it
relates to the Treasury Department law enforcement violations
such as money laundering, violent crime, and smuggling,
$107,576,000.
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Financial Management Service,
$222,078,000, of which not to exceed $9,220,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2005, for information systems moderniza-
tion initiatives; and of which not to exceed $2,500 shall be available
for official reception and representation expenses.
BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
Firearms, including purchase of not to exceed 822 vehicles for
police-type use, of which 650 shall be for replacement only, and
hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire of aircraft; services of expert
witnesses at such rates as may be determined by the Director;
for payment of per diem and/or subsistence allowances to employees
where a major investigative assignment requires an employee to
work 16 hours or more per day or to remain overnight at his
or her post of duty; not to exceed $20,000 for official reception
and representation expenses; for training of State and local law
enforcement agencies with or without reimbursement, including
training in connection with the training and acquisition of canines
for explosives and fire accelerants detection; not to exceed $50,000
for cooperative research and development programs for Laboratory
Services and Fire Research Center activities; and provision of lab-
oratory assistance to State and local agencies, with or without
reimbursement, $886,430,000, of which not to exceed $1,000,000
shall be available for the payment of attorneys’ fees as provided
by 18 U.S.C. 924(d)(2); of which up to $2,000,000 shall be available
for the equipping of any vessel, vehicle, equipment, or aircraft
available for official use by a State or local law enforcement agency
if the conveyance will be used in joint law enforcement operations
with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and for the
payment of overtime salaries including Social Security and Medi-
care, travel, fuel, training, equipment, supplies, and other similar
costs of State and local law enforcement personnel, including sworn