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of residence when the Secretary, under such regulations
as may be prescribed, determines that such schools are
not accessible by public means of transportation on a regu-
lar basis.
SEC. 304. 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 a GS–18.
SEC. 305. None of the funds for the Panama Canal
Commission may be expended unless in conformance with
the Panama Canal Treaties of 1977 and any law imple-
menting those treaties.
SEC. 306. 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.
SEC. 307. 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. 308. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for the planning or implementation of any change in
the current Federal status of the Volpe National Trans-
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portation Systems Center, and none of the funds in this
Act shall be available for the implementation of any
change in the current Federal status of the Turner-
Fairbank Highway Research Center.
SEC. 309. 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 is-
sued pursuant to existing law.
SEC. 310. (a) For fiscal year 1994 the Secretary of
Transportation shall distribute the obligation limitation
for Federal-aid highways by allocation in the ratio which
sums authorized to be appropriated for Federal-aid high-
ways that are apportioned or allocated to each State for
such fiscal year bear to the total of the sums authorized
to be appropriated for Federal-aid highways that are ap-
portioned or allocated to all the States for such fiscal year.
(b) During the period October 1 through December
31, 1993, no State shall obligate more than 25 per centum
of the amount distributed to such State under subsection
(a), and the total of all State obligations during such pe-
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riod shall not exceed 15 per centum of the total amount
distributed to all States under such subsection.
(c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), the Sec-
retary shall—
(1) provide all States with authority sufficient
to prevent lapses of sums authorized to be appro-
priated for Federal-aid highways that have been ap-
portioned to a State, except in those instances in
which a State indicates its intention to lapse sums
apportioned under section 104(b)(5)(A) of title 23,
United States Code;
(2) after August 1, 1994, revise a distribution
of the funds made available under subsection (a) if
a State will not obligate the amount distributed dur-
ing that fiscal year and redistribute sufficient
amounts to those States able to obligate amounts in
addition to those previously distributed during that
fiscal year giving priority to those States having
large unobligated balances of funds apportioned
under sections 103(e)(4), 104 and 144 of title 23,
United States Code, and under sections 1013(c) and
1015 of Public Law 102–240; and
(3) not distribute amounts authorized for ad-
ministrative expenses, the Federal lands highway
program, the intelligent vehicle highway systems
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program, and amounts made available under sec-
tions 1040, 1047, 1064, 6001, 6006, 6023, and
6024 of Public Law 102–240, and not more than
$1,107,124 for section 5002 of Public Law 102–
240.
(d) Subject to paragraph (c)(2) of this section, a
State which after August 1 and on or before September
30 of fiscal year 1994 obligates the amount distributed
to such State in that fiscal year under paragraphs (a) and
(c) of this section may obligate for Federal-aid highways
on or before September 30, 1994, an additional amount
not to exceed 5 percent of the aggregate amount of funds
apportioned or allocated to such State—
(1) under sections 104 and 144 of title 23,
United States Code, and 1013(c) and 1015 of Public
Law 102–240, and
(2) for highway assistance projects under sec-
tion 103(e)(4) of title 23, United States Code,
which are not obligated on the date such State completes
obligation of the amount so distributed.
(e) During the period August 2 through September
30, 1994, the aggregate amount which may be obligated
by all States pursuant to paragraph (e) shall not exceed
2.5 percent of the aggregate amount of funds apportioned
or allocated to all States—
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(1) under sections 104 and 144 of title 23,
United States Code, and 1013(c) and 1015 of Public
Law 102–240, and
(2) for highway assistance projects under sec-
tion 103(e)(4) of title 23, United States Code,
which would not be obligated in fiscal year 1994 if the
total amount of the obligation limitation provided for such
fiscal year in this Act were utilized.
(f) Paragraph (e) shall not apply to any State which
on or after August 1, 1994, has the amount distributed
to such State under paragraph (a) for fiscal year 1994
reduced under paragraph (c)(2).
SEC. 311. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for salaries and expenses of more than one hundred
and ten political and Presidential appointees in the De-
partment of Transportation: Provided, That none of the
personnel covered by this provision may be assigned on
temporary detail outside the Department of Transpor-
tation.
SEC. 312. Not to exceed $800,000 of the funds pro-
vided in this Act for the Department of Transportation
shall be available for the necessary expenses of advisory
committees.
SEC. 313. The limitation on obligations for the pro-
grams of the Federal Transit Administration shall not
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apply to any authority under section 21 of the Federal
Transit Act, previously made available for obligation, or
to any other authority previously made available for obli-
gation under the Discretionary Grants program.
SEC. 314. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for the construction of, or any other costs related to,
the Central Automated Transit System (Downtown People
Mover) in Detroit, Michigan.
SEC. 315. None of the funds in this Act shall be used
to implement section 404 of title 23, United States Code.
SEC. 316. The Secretary of Transportation is author-
ized to transfer funds appropriated for any office of the
Office of the Secretary to any other office of the Office
of the Secretary: Provided, That no appropriation shall be
increased or decreased by more than 12 per centum by
all such transfers: Provided further, That any such trans-
fer shall be submitted for approval to the House and Sen-
ate Committees on Appropriations.
SEC. 317. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal
year 1994 pay raises for programs funded in this Act shall
be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act.
SEC. 318. 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
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Scheme and the San Francisco Traffic Separation
Scheme.
SEC. 319. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, airports may transfer, without consideration, to the
Federal Aviation Administration instrument landing sys-
tems (along with associated approach lighting equipment
and runway visual range equipment) which conform to
Federal Aviation Administration design and performance
specifications, the purchase of which was assisted by a
Federal airport aid program, airport development aid pro-
gram or airport improvement program grant. The Federal
Aviation Administration shall accept such equipment,
which shall thereafter be operated and maintained by the
Federal Aviation Administration in accordance with agen-
cy criteria.
SEC. 320. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used by the Federal Aviation Administration
for a new national weather graphics system.
SEC. 321. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able to award a multiyear contract for production end
items that (1) includes economic order quantity or long
lead time material procurement in excess of $10,000,000
in any one year of the contract or (2) includes a cancella-
tion charge greater than $10,000,000 which at the time
of obligation has not been appropriated to the limits of
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the government’s liability or (3) includes a requirement
that permits performance under the contract during the
second and subsequent years of the contract without con-
ditioning such performance upon the appropriation of
funds: Provided, That this limitation does not apply to a
contract in which the Federal Government incurs no fi-
nancial liability from not buying additional systems, sub-
systems, or components beyond the basic contract require-
ments.
SEC. 322. None of the funds provided in this Act
shall be made available for planning and executing a pas-
senger manifest program by the Department of Transpor-
tation that only applies to United States flag carriers.
SEC. 323. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for the planning or implementation of any change in
the current Federal status of the Federal Aviation Admin-
istration’s flight service stations at Red Bluff Airport in
Red Bluff, California, and Tri-City Airport in Bristol,
Tennessee.
SEC. 324. Of the funds provided for ‘‘Research, devel-
opment, test, and evaluation’’ in this Act, the Coast Guard
shall utilize $1,000,000 to enter into a grant agreement
with the International Oceanographic Foundation, Inc. for
research activities at the South Florida oil spill research
center.
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SEC. 325. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the
provisions of section 1038(d) of Public Law 102–240.
SEC. 326. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the
labeling and marking requirements relating to bulk
packagings containing oil established by the rule published
by the Research and Special Programs Administration of
the Department of Transportation on February 2, 1993
(58 Fed. Reg. 6864).
SEC. 327. Funds appropriated in Public Laws 101–
516, 102–143, and 102–388 for a structure to replace the
bridge over the 17th Street Causeway in Fort Lauderdale,
Florida, may be used either for a replacement bridge or
a tunnel.
SEC. 328. None of the funds provided by this Act
shall be made available to any State, municipality or sub-
division thereof that diverts revenue generated by a public
airport in violation of the provisions of the Airport and
Airway Improvement Act of 1982, as amended.
SEC. 329. None of the funds in this Act may be used
by the Federal Aviation Administration to support re-
search, engineering or other activities conducted by a lim-
ited liability corporation.
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SEC. 330. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able to implement or enforce regulations that would result
in the withdrawal of a slot from an air carrier at O’Hare
International Airport under section 93.223 of title 14 of
the Code of Federal Regulations in excess of the total slots
withdrawn from that air carrier as of October 31, 1993
if such additional slot is to be allocated to an air carrier
or foreign air carrier under section 93.217 of title 14 of
the Code of Federal Regulations.
SEC. 331. None of the funds in this Act may be used
for the planning, design or construction of an additional
air carrier runway at Tulsa International Airport.
SEC. 332. None of the funds made available by this
Act may be obligated or expended to design, construct,
erect, modify or otherwise place any sign in any State re-
lating to any speed limit, distance, or other measurement
on any highway if such sign establishes such speed limit,
distance, or other measurement using the metric system.
SEC. 333. (a) COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN
ACT.—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 sections
2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a–
10c; popularly known as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’).
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(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT REGARD-
ING 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-
pending the assistance, purchase only American-
made equipment and products.
(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
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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. 334. None of the funds provided by this Act
shall be made available for any airport development
project, or projects, proposed in any grant application sub-
mitted in accordance with title V of Public Law 97–248
(96 Stat. 671; 49 U.S.C. App. 2201 et seq.) to any public
agency, public authority, or public airport that imposes a
fee for any passenger enplaning at the airport in any in-
stance where the passenger did not pay for the air trans-
portation which resulted in such enplanement, including
any case in which the passenger obtained the ticket for
the air transportation with a frequent flyer award coupon.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans-
portation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
1994’’.
Passed the House of Representatives September 23,
1993.
Attest:
Clerk.
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