Public Law 97–377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note),
and section 229(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
429(b)); and recreation and welfare; $2,609,100,000, of
which $25,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li-
ability Trust Fund: Provided, That the number of aircraft
on hand at any one time shall not exceed two hundred
and eighteen, exclusive of aircraft and parts stored to meet
future attrition: Provided further, That none of the funds
appropriated in this or any other Act shall be available
for pay or administrative expenses in connection with ship-
ping commissioners in the United States: Provided further,
That none of the funds provided in this Act shall be avail-
able for expenses incurred for yacht documentation under
46 U.S.C. 12109, except to the extent fees are collected
from yacht owners and credited to this appropriation: Pro-
vided further, That the Commandant shall reduce both
military and civilian employment levels for the purpose of
complying with Executive Order No. 12839.
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS
For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction,
renovation, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore
facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related
thereto, $358,000,000, of which $20,000,000 shall be de-
rived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which
$205,600,000 shall be available to acquire, repair, ren-
ovate or improve vessels, small boats and related equip-
ment, to remain available until September 30, 2001;
$18,300,000 shall be available to acquire new aircraft and
increase aviation capability, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 1999; $39,900,000 shall be available for other
equipment, to remain available until September 30, 1999;
$47,950,000 shall be available for shore facilities and aids
to navigation facilities, to remain available until Septem-
ber 30, 1999; and $46,250,000 shall remain available for
personnel compensation and benefits and related costs, to
remain available until September 30, 1998: Provided,
That funds received from the sale of the VC–11A and
HU–25 aircraft shall be credited to this appropriation for
the purpose of acquiring new aircraft and increasing avia-
tion capacity: Provided further, That the Commandant
may dispose of surplus real property by sale or lease and
the proceeds of such sale or lease shall be credited to this
appropriation: Provided further, That the property in
Wildwood, New Jersey shall be disposed of in a manner
resulting in a final fiscal year 1997 appropriation esti-
mated at $338,000,000: Provided further, That none of
the funds in this Act may be obligated or expended to con-
tinue the ‘‘Vessel Traffic Service 2000’’ Program.
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS
(RESCISSIONS)
Of the available balances under this heading provided
in Public Law 104–50, $3,400,000 are rescinded.
Of the available balances under this heading provided
in Public Law 103–331, $355,000 are rescinded.
ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION
For necessary expenses to carry out the Coast
Guard’s environmental compliance and restoration func-
tions under chapter 19 of title 14, United States Code,
$21,000,000, to remain available until expended.
ALTERATION OF BRIDGES
For necessary expenses for alteration or removal of
obstructive bridges, $16,000,000, to remain available until
expended.
RETIRED PAY
For retired pay, including the payment of obligations
therefor otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for
this purpose, and payments under the Retired Service-
man’s Family Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, and
for payments for medical care of retired personnel and
their dependents under the Dependents Medical Care Act
(10 U.S.C. ch. 55) $608,084,000.
RESERVE TRAINING
For all necessary expenses for the Coast Guard Re-
serve, as authorized by law; maintenance and operation
of facilities; and supplies, equipment, and services;
$65,890,000.
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,
$19,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which
$5,020,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability
Trust Fund: Provided, That there may be credited to this
appropriation funds received from State and local govern-
ments, other public authorities, private sources, and for-
eign countries, for expenses incurred for research, develop-
ment, testing, and evaluation.
BOAT SAFETY
(AQUATIC RESOURCES TRUST FUND)
For payment of necessary expenses incurred for rec-
reational boating safety assistance under Public Law 92–
75, as amended, $35,000,000, to be derived from the Boat
Safety Account and to remain available until expended.
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 and
the operation (including leasing) and maintenance of air-
craft, and carrying out the provisions of subchapter I of
chapter 471 of title 49, United States Code, or other pro-
visions of law authorizing the obligation of funds for simi-
lar programs of airport and airway development or im-
provement, lease or purchase of four passenger motor ve-
hicles for replacement only, $4,900,000,000, of which
$1,642,500,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Air-
way Trust Fund: Provided, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, not to exceed $30,000,000 from
additional user fees to be established by the Administrator
of the Federal Aviation Administration shall be credited
to this appropriation as offsetting 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 collections are received during fis-
cal year 1997, to result in a final fiscal year 1997 appro-
priation from the general fund estimated at not more than
$2,127,398,000: Provided further, That the only addi-
tional user fees authorized as offsetting collections are fees
for services provided to aircraft that neither take off from,
nor land in, the United States: Provided further, That
there may be credited to this appropriation, funds received
from States, counties, municipalities, foreign authorities,
other public authorities, and private sources, for expenses
incurred in the provision of agency services, including re-
ceipts for the maintenance and operation of air navigation
facilities and, for issuance, renewal or modification of cer-
tificates, including airman, aircraft, and repair station cer-
tificates, or for tests related thereto, or for processing
major repair or alteration forms: Provided further, That
funds may be used to enter into a grant agreement with
a nonprofit standard setting organization to assist in the
development of aviation safety standards: Provided fur-
ther, 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 derived from the Airport and Air-
way Trust Fund may be used to support the operations
and activities of the Associate Administrator for Commer-
cial Space Transportation.
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; and construction and furnishing of quarters and
related 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 head; to be derived from the Airport
and Airway Trust Fund, $1,800,000,000, of which
$1,583,000,000 shall remain available until September 30,
1999, and of which $217,000,000 shall remain available
until September 30, 1997: Provided, That there may be
credited to this appropriation funds received from States,
counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and pri-
vate sources, for expenses incurred in the establishment
and modernization of air navigation facilities.
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,
$185,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway
Trust Fund and to remain available until September 30,
1999: 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)
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)
For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in-
aid for airport planning and development, and for noise
compatibility planning and programs as authorized under
subchapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter
475 of title 49, United States Code, and under other law
authorizing such obligations, $1,500,000,000, to be de-
rived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That none of the
funds in this Act shall be available for the planning or
execution of programs the obligations for which are in ex-
cess of $1,300,000,000 in fiscal year 1997 for grants-in-
aid for airport planning and development, and noise com-
patibility planning and programs, notwithstanding section
47117(h) of title 49, United States Code.
AVIATION INSURANCE REVOLVING FUND
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 Government Cor-
poration 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.
AIRCRAFT PURCHASE LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM
None of the funds in this Act shall be available for
activities under this heading during fiscal year 1997.
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
LIMITATION ON GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES
Necessary expenses for administration, operation, in-
cluding motor carrier safety program operations, and re-
search of the Federal Highway Administration not to ex-
ceed $510,981,000 shall be paid in accordance with law
from appropriations made available by this Act to the Fed-
eral Highway Administration together with advances and
reimbursements received by the Federal Highway Admin-
istration: Provided, That $214,698,000 of the amount pro-
vided herein shall remain available until September 30,
1999.
HIGHWAY-RELATED SAFETY GRANTS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out
the provisions of title 23, United States Code, section 402
administered by the Federal Highway Administration, to
remain available until expended, $2,049,000 to be derived
from the Highway Trust Fund.
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 $17,550,000,000 for Fed-
eral-aid highways and highway safety construction pro-
grams for fiscal year 1997.
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For carrying out the provisions of title 23, United
States Code, that are attributable to Federal-aid high-
ways, including the National Scenic and Recreational
Highway as authorized by 23 U.S.C. 148, not otherwise
provided, including reimbursements for sums expended
pursuant 
to 
the 
provisions 
of 
U.S.C. 
308,
$19,800,000,000 or so much thereof as may be available
in and derived from the Highway Trust Fund, to remain
available until expended.
RIGHT-OF-WAY REVOLVING FUND
(LIMITATION ON DIRECT LOANS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
None of the funds under this head are available for
obligations for right-of-way acquisition during fiscal year
1997.
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out
49 U.S.C. 31102, $74,000,000, to be derived from the
Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall
be available for the implementation or execution of pro-
grams the obligations for which are in excess of
$77,425,000 for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Grants’’.
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 part C of subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code,
and chapter 301 of title 49, United States Code,
$81,895,000, of which $45,646,000 shall remain available
until September 30, 1999: Provided, That none of the
funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated or ex-
pended to plan, finalize, or implement any rulemaking to
add to section 575.104 of title 49 of the Code of Federal
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
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of
the Secretary with respect to traffic and highway safety
under 23 U.S.C. 403 and section 2006 of the Intermodal
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public
Law 102–240), to be derived from the Highway Trust
Fund, $50,377,000, of which $27,066,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 1999.
HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For payment of obligations incurred carrying out the
provisions of 23 U.S.C. 153, 402, 408, and 410, chapter
303 of title 49, United States Code, and section 209 of
Public Law 95–599, as amended, to remain available until
expended, $167,100,000, to be derived from the Highway
Trust Fund: Provided, That, notwithstanding subsection
2009(b) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi-
ciency Act of 1991, 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 1997, are in ex-
cess of $167,100,000 for programs authorized under 23
U.S.C. 402 and 410, as amended, of which $127,700,000
shall be for ‘‘State and community highway safety
grants’’, $2,400,000 shall be for the ‘‘National Driver
Register’’, $11,000,000 shall be for highway safety grants
as authorized by section 1003(a)(7) of Public Law 102–
240, and $26,000,000 shall be for section 410 ‘‘Alcohol-
impaired driving counter-measures programs’’: Provided
further, That none of these funds shall be used for con-
struction, rehabilitation or remodeling costs, or for office
furnishings and fixtures for State, local, or private build-
ings or structures: Provided further, That not to exceed
$5,268,000 of the funds made available for section 402
may be available for administering ‘‘State and community
highway safety grants’’: Provided further, That not to ex-
ceed $150,000 of the funds made available for section 402
may be available for administering the highway safety
grants authorized by section 1003(a)(7) of Public Law
102–240: Provided further, That the unobligated balances
of the appropriation ‘‘Highway-Related Safety Grants’’
shall be transferred to and merged with this ‘‘Highway
Traffic Safety Grants’’ appropriation: Provided further,
That not to exceed $500,000 of the funds made available
for section 410 ‘‘Alcohol-impaired driving counter-meas-
ures programs’’ shall be available for technical assistance
to the States.
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION
OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Ad-
ministration, not otherwise provided for, $16,469,000, of
which $1,523,000 shall remain available until expended:
Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for the planning or execution of a program making
commitments to guarantee new loans under the Emer-
gency Rail Services Act of 1970, as amended, and no new
commitments to guarantee loans under section 211(a) or
211(h) of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973,
as amended, shall be made: Provided further, That, as part
of the Washington Union Station transaction in which the
Secretary assumed the first deed of trust on the property
and, where the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation
or any successor is obligated to make payments on such
deed of trust on the Secretary’s behalf, including pay-
ments on and after September 30, 1988, the Secretary
is authorized to receive such payments directly from the
Union Station Redevelopment Corporation, credit them to
the appropriation charged for the first deed of trust, and
make payments on the first deed of trust with those funds:
Provided further, That such additional sums as may be
necessary for payment on the first deed of trust may be
advanced by the Administrator from unobligated balances
available to the Federal Railroad Administration, to be re-
imbursed from payments received from the Union Station
Redevelopment Corporation.
RAILROAD SAFETY
For necessary expenses in connection with railroad
safety, not otherwise provided for, $51,407,000, of which
$2,476,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other law, funds appro-
priated under this heading are available for the reimburse-
ment of out-of-state travel and per diem costs incurred
by employees of state governments directly supporting the
Federal railroad safety program, including regulatory de-
velopment and compliance-related activities.
RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses for railroad research and de-
velopment, $20,341,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
HIGH-SPEED RAIL TRAINSETS AND FACILITIES
For the National Railroad Passenger Corporation,
$80,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
1999, to pursue public/private partnerships for high-speed
rail trainset and maintenance facility financing arrange-
ments.
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 no new loan guarantee com-
mitments shall be made during fiscal year 1997.
NEXT GENERATION HIGH-SPEED RAIL
For necessary expenses for Next Generation High-
Speed Rail studies, corridor planning, development, dem-
onstration, and implementation, $19,757,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That funds under this
head may be made available for grants to States for high-
speed rail corridor design, feasibility studies, environ-
mental analyses, and track and signal improvements.
TRUST FUND SHARE OF NEXT GENERATION HIGH-
SPEED RAIL
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For grants and payment of obligations incurred in car-
rying out the provisions of the High-Speed Ground Trans-
portation program as defined in subsections 1036(c) and
1036(d)(1)(B) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation
Efficiency Act of 1991, including planning and environ-
mental analyses, $2,855,000, to be derived from the High-
way Trust Fund and to remain available until expended.
RHODE ISLAND RAIL DEVELOPMENT
For the costs associated with construction of a third
track on the Northeast Corridor between Davisville and
Central Falls, Rhode Island, with sufficient clearance to
accommodate double stack freight cars, $4,000,000 to be
matched by the State of Rhode Island or its designee on
a dollar for dollar basis and to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That as a condition of accepting such
funds, the Providence and Worcester (P&W) Railroad
shall enter into an agreement with the Secretary to reim-
burse Amtrak and/or the Federal Railroad Administra-
tion, on a dollar for dollar basis, up to the first
$10,000,000 in damages resulting from the legal action
initiated by the P&W Railroad under its existing contracts
with Amtrak relating to the provision of vertical clearances
between Davisville and Central Falls in excess of those re-
quired for present freight operations.
DIRECT LOAN FINANCING PROGRAM
Notwithstanding 
any 
other 
provision 
of 
law,
$58,680,000, for direct loans not to exceed $400,000,000
consistent with the purposes of section 505 of the Railroad
Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (45
U.S.C. 825) as in effect on September 30, 1988, to the
Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority to continue
the Alameda Corridor Project, including replacement of
at-grade rail lines with a below-grade corridor and widen-
ing of the adjacent major highway: Provided, That loans
not to exceed the following amounts shall be made on or
after the first day of the fiscal year indicated:
Fiscal year 1997 .......................................................................
$140,000,000
Fiscal year 1998 .......................................................................
$140,000,000
Fiscal year 1999 .......................................................................
$120,000,000
Provided further, That any loan authorized under this sec-
tion shall be structured with a maximum 30-year repay-
ment after completion of construction at an annual inter-
est rate of not to exceed the 30-year United States Treas-
ury rate and on such terms and conditions as deemed ap-
propriate by the Secretary of Transportation: Provided
further, That specific provisions of section 505(a)(b) and
(d) shall not apply: Provided further, That the Alameda
Corridor Transportation Authority shall be deemed to be
a financially responsible person for purposes of section
505 of the Act.
GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER
CORPORATION
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make
grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation
authorized by 49 U.S.C. 24104, $462,000,000, to remain
available until expended, of which $342,000,000 shall be
available for operating losses and for mandatory passenger
rail service payments, and $120,000,000 shall be for cap-
ital improvements: Provided, That funding under this head
for capital improvements shall not be made available be-
fore July 1, 1997: Provided further, That none of the
funds herein appropriated shall be used for lease or pur-
chase of passenger motor vehicles or for the hire of vehicle
operators for any officer or employee, other than the presi-
dent of the Corporation, excluding the lease of passenger
motor vehicles for those officers or employees while in offi-
cial travel status.
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, $41,367,000.
FORMULA GRANTS
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5307,
5310(a)(2), 5311, and 5336, to remain available until ex-
pended, $490,000,000: Provided, That no more than
$2,052,925,000 of budget authority shall be available for
these purposes: Provided further, That of the funds pro-
vided under this head for formula grants, no more than
$400,000,000 may be used for operating assistance under
49 U.S.C. 5336(d): Provided further, That the limitation
on operating assistance provided under this heading shall,
for urbanized areas of less than 200,000 in population,
be no less than seventy-five percent of the amount of oper-
ating assistance such areas are eligible to receive under
Public Law 103–331: Provided further, That in the dis-
tribution of the limitation provided under this heading to
urbanized areas that had a population under the 1990
census of 1,000,000 or more, the Secretary shall direct
each such area to give priority consideration to the impact
of reductions in operating assistance on smaller transit au-
thorities operating within the area and to consider the
needs and resources of such transit authorities when the
limitation is distributed among all transit authorities oper-
ating in the area.
UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION CENTERS
For necessary expenses for university transportation
centers as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 5317(b), to remain
available until expended, $6,000,000.
TRANSIT PLANNING AND RESEARCH
For necessary expenses for transit planning and re-
search as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 5303, 5311, 5313,
5314, and 5315, to remain available until expended,
$85,500,000, of which $39,500,000 shall be for activities
under 
Metropolitan 
Planning 
(49 
U.S.C. 
5303);
$4,500,000 for activities under Rural Transit Assistance
(49 U.S.C. 5311(b)(2)); $8,250,000 for activities under
State Planning and Research (49 U.S.C. 5313(b));
$22,000,000 for activities under National Planning and
Research (49 U.S.C. 5314); $8,250,000 for activities
under Transit Cooperative Research (49 U.S.C. 5313(a));
and $3,000,000 for National Transit Institute (49 U.S.C.
5315).
TRUST FUND SHARE OF EXPENSES
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out
49 U.S.C. 5338(a), $1,920,000,000, to remain available
until expended and to be derived from the Highway Trust
Fund: Provided, That $1,920,000,000 shall be paid from
the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to
the Federal Transit Administration’s formula grants ac-
count.
DISCRETIONARY GRANTS
(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 $1,665,000,000 in fiscal
year 1997 for grants under the contract authority in 49
U.S.C. 5338(b): Provided, That there shall be available for
fixed guideway modernization, $666,000,000; there shall
be available for the replacement, rehabilitation, and pur-
chase of buses and related equipment and the construction
of bus-related facilities, $333,000,000; and, notwithstand-
ing any other provision of law, except for fixed guideway
modernization projects, $10,510,000 made available under
Public Law 102–240 and Public Law 102–143 under
‘‘Federal Transit Administration, Discretionary Grants’’
for projects specified in those Acts or identified in reports
accompanying those Acts, not obligated by September 30,
1996; together with, notwithstanding any other provision
of law, $744,000 funds made available for the ‘‘New Bed-
ford and Fall River Massachusetts commuter rail exten-
sion’’ under Public Law 103–331; together with, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, $47,322,000 funds
made available for the ‘‘Chicago Central Area Circulator
Project’’ in Public Law 103–122 and Public Law 103–
331, shall be made available for new fixed guideway sys-
tems together with the $666,000,000 made available for
new fixed guideway systems in this Act, to be available
as follows:
$66,820,000 for the Atlanta-North Springs
project;
$10,260,000 for the Baltimore-LRT Extension
project;
$40,181,000 for the Boston Piers-MOS–2
project;
$5,500,000 for the Canton-Akron-Cleveland
commuter rail project;
$25,000,000, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, for transit improvements in the Chicago
downtown area;
$3,000,000 for the Cincinnati Northeast-North-
ern Kentucky rail line project;
$10,000,000 for the DART North Central light
rail extension project;
$12,500,000 
for 
the 
Dallas-Fort 
Worth
RAILTRAN project;
$1,000,000 for the DeKalb County, Georgia
light rail project;
$3,000,000 for the Denver Southwest Corridor
project;
$9,000,000 for the Florida Tri-County com-
muter rail project;
$2,000,000 for the Griffin light rail project;
$40,590,000 for the Houston Regional Bus
project;
$15,300,000 for the Jacksonville ASE extension
project;
$1,500,000 for the Kansas City Southtown cor-
ridor project;
$90,000,000 
for 
the 
Los 
Angeles-MOS–3
project;
$1,500,000 for the Los Angeles-San Diego com-
muter rail project;
$27,000,000 for the MARC Commuter Rail Im-
provements project;
$1,000,000 for the Miami-North 27th Avenue
project;
$2,000,000 for the Memphis, Tennessee Re-
gional Rail Plan;
$10,000,000 for the New Jersey Urban Core/
Hudson-Bergen LRT project;
$105,530,000 for the New Jersey Urban Core/
Secaucus project;
$1,000,000 for the New Jersey West Trenton
commuter rail project;
$8,000,000 for the New Orleans Canal Street
Corridor project;
$2,000,000 for the New Orleans Desire Street-
car project;
$35,020,000 for the New York-Queens Connec-
tion project;
$500,000 for the Northern Indiana commuter
rail project;
$5,000,000 for the Orange County transitway
project;
$2,000,000 for the Orlando Lynx light rail
project;
$90,000,000 for the Portland-Westside/Hills-
boro Extension project;
$6,000,000 for the Sacramento LRT Extension
project;
$20,000,000 for the Salt Lake City-South LRT
project, of which not less than $10,000,000 shall be
available only for high-occupancy vehicle lane and
corridor design costs;
$20,000,000 for the St. Louis-St. Clair Exten-
sion project;
$35,000,000 for the San Francisco Area-BART
airport extension/San Jose Tasman West LRT
projects;
$3,000,000 for the San Diego-Mid-Coast Cor-
ridor project;
$9,500,000 for the San Juan Tren Urbano
project;
$375,000 for the Staten Island-Midtown Ferry
service project;
$2,000,000 for the Tampa to Lakeland com-
muter rail project; and
$2,500,000 for the Whitehall ferry terminal,
New York, New York.
MASS TRANSIT CAPITAL FUND
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out
49 U.S.C. 5338(b) administered by the Federal Transit
Administration, $2,000,000,000, to be derived from the
Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until ex-
pended.
WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT
AUTHORITY
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of section 14 of Public Law 96–184 and Public Law 101–
551, $200,000,000, to remain available until expended.
SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora-
tion is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, with-
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 operation and maintenance
of those portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway operated
and maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Develop-
ment Corporation, including the Great Lakes Pilotage
functions delegated by the Secretary of Transportation,
$10,037,000, 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,
$23,929,000, of which $574,000 shall be derived from the
Pipeline Safety Fund, and of which $7,101,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 1999: 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
Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided further, That
there may be credited to this appropriation funds received
from States, counties, municipalities, other public authori-
ties, and private sources for expenses incurred for train-
ing, for reports publication and dissemination.
PIPELINE SAFETY
(PIPELINE SAFETY 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, $30,988,000, of
which $2,528,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li-
ability Trust Fund and shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 1999; and of which $28,460,000 shall be de-
rived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which
$15,500,000 shall remain available until September 30,
1999: Provided, That in addition to amounts made avail-
able for the Pipeline Safety Fund, $1,000,000 shall be
available for grants to States for the development and es-
tablishment of one-call notification systems and shall be
derived from amounts previously collected under section
7005 of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation
Act of 1985.
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 Prepared-
ness Fund, to remain available until September 30, 1999:
Provided, That none of the funds made available by 49
U.S.C. 5116(i) and 5127(d) shall be made available for
obligation by individuals other than the Secretary of
Transportation, or his designee.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General
Act of 1978, as amended, $39,450,000: Provided, That
none of the funds under this heading shall be for the con-
duct of contract audits.