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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2002
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 11, 1995
Ordered to be printed with the amendments of the Senate numbered
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September
30, 1996, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
Department of Transportation and related agencies for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other
purposes, namely:
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TITLE I
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary,
Ω1æ$55,011,500 $56,500,000, of which not to exceed
Ω2æ$40,000 $60,000 shall be available as the Secretary
may determine for allocation within the Department for
official reception and representation expenses: Provided,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, there
may be credited to this appropriation up to $1,000,000
in funds received in user fees established to support the
electronic tariff filing system: Provided further, That none
of the funds appropriated in this Act or otherwise made
available may be used to maintain Ω3æduplicate physical
copies custody of airline tariffs that are already available
for public and departmental access at no cost; to secure
them against detection, alteration, or tampering; Ω4æor
open them and open to inspection by the Department.
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights,
Ω5æ$6,554,000 $12,083,000, and in addition, $809,000, to
be derived from ‘‘Federal-aid Highways’’ subject to the
‘‘Limitation on General Operating Expenses’’.
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TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND
DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses for conducting transportation
planning, research, systems development, and development
activities, 
to 
remain 
available 
until 
expended,
Ω6æ$3,309,000 $9,710,000.
WORKING CAPITAL FUND
Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital
outlays of the Department of Transportation Working
Capital Fund associated with the provision of services to
entities within the Department of Transportation, not to
exceed Ω7æ$102,231,000 $104,364,000 shall be paid, in ac-
cordance with law, from appropriations made available to
the Department of Transportation.
PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
For liquidation of obligations incurred for payments
to air carriers of so much of the compensation fixed and
determined under subchapter II of chapter 417 of title 49,
United States Code, as is payable by the Department of
Transportation, Ω8æ$15,000,000 $26,738,536, to remain
available until expended and to be derived from the Air-
port and Airway Trust Fund: Provided, That none of the
funds in this Act shall be available for the implementation
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or execution of programs in excess of Ω9æ$15,000,000
$26,738,536 for the Payments to Air Carriers program in
fiscal year 1996: Provided further, That none of the funds
in this Act shall be used by the Secretary of Transpor-
tation to make payment of compensation under subchapter
II of chapter 417 of title 49, United States Code, in excess
of the appropriation in this Act for liquidation of obliga-
tions incurred under the ‘‘Payments to air carriers’’ pro-
gram: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act
shall be used for the payment of claims for such com-
pensation except in accordance with this provision: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be
available for service to communities in the forty-eight con-
tiguous States that are located fewer than Ω10æseventy
seventy-five highway miles from the nearest large or me-
dium Ω11æor small hub airport, Ω12æexcept for any such
community in which is located an airline maintenance fa-
cility performing required Federal Aviation Regulation
heavy engine heavy structural airframe maintenance work
in accordance with Part 135.411(a)(2), or that require a
rate of subsidy per passenger in excess of $200 unless
such point is greater than two hundred Ω13æand ten miles
from the nearest large or medium hub airport: Provided
further, That of funds provided for ‘‘Small Community Air
Service’’ by Public Law 101–508, Ω14æ$23,600,000
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$11,861,464 in fiscal year 1996 is hereby rescindedΩ15æ:–
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, effective January 1, 1996 no point in the 48
contiguous States and Hawaii eligible for compensated
transportation in fiscal year 1996 under subchapter II of
chapter 417 of title 49, United States Code, including 49
U.S.C. 41734(d), shall receive such transportation unless
a State, local government, or other non-Federal entity
agrees to pay at least fifty percent of the cost of providing
such transportation, as determined by the Secretary of
Transportation: Provided further, That the Secretary may
require the entity or entities agreeing to pay such amounts
to make advance payments or provide other security to
ensure that timely payments are made: Provided further,
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, points
covered by the cost-sharing provisions under this head for
which no State, local government, or non-Federal entity
agrees to pay at least fifty percent of the cost of providing
such transportation shall receive a reduced level of service
in fiscal year 1996, to be determined by the Secretary as
follows: The Secretary shall subtract from the funds made
available in this Act so much as is needed to provide com-
pensation to all eligible points for which a State, local gov-
ernment, or other non-Federal entity agrees to pay at least
fifty percent of the cost of providing such transportation,
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and, with remaining funds, allocate to each other point
an amount reduced by the ratio of the remainder cal-
culated above to all funds made available in this Act: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall allocate any funds
that become unallocated as the year progresses to those
points for which a State, local government, or other non-
Federal entity does not agree to pay at least fifty percent
of the cost of such transportation.
PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS
(RESCISSION)
Of the budgetary resources remaining available under
this heading, $6,786,971 are rescinded.
RENTAL PAYMENTS
For necessary expenses for rental of headquarters
and field space not to exceed 8,580,000 square feet and
for related services assessed by the General Services Ad-
ministration, Ω16æ$130,803,000 $139,689,000: Provided,
That of this amount, $1,897,000 shall be derived from the
Highway Trust Fund, $41,441,000 shall be derived from
the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, $836,000 shall be
derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, and $169,000
shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust
Fund: Provided further, That in addition, for assessments
by the General Services Administration related to the
space needs of the Federal Highway Administration,
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Ω17æ$17,099,000 $17,685,000, to be derived from ‘‘Fed-
eral-aid Highways’’, subject to the ‘‘Limitation on General
Operating Expenses’’.
MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM
For the cost of direct loans, $1,500,000, as author-
ized by 49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, includ-
ing the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:
Provided further, That these funds are available to sub-
sidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct
loans not to exceed $15,000,000. In addition, for adminis-
trative expenses to carry out the direct loan program,
$400,000.
MINORITY BUSINESS OUTREACH
For necessary expenses of the Minority Business Re-
source 
Center 
outreach 
activities, 
Ω18æ$2,900,000
$2,100,000, of which Ω19æ$2,642,000 $1,842,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 1997Ω20æ: Provided,
That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be
used for business opportunities related to any mode of
transportation.
Ω21æINTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION SUNSET
For necessary expenses, of the Office of the Secretary,
not otherwise provided for, $4,705,000, to transfer residual
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rail and motor carriers functions from the Interstate Com-
merce Commission to the Department of Transportation.
COAST GUARD
OPERATING EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the operation and mainte-
nance of the Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for; pur-
chase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles for
replacement only; payments pursuant to section 156 of
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; Ω22æ$2,565,607,000
$2,286,000,000, of which $25,000,000 shall be derived
from the Oil Spill Liability Trust FundΩ23æ;–and of
which $25,000,000 shall be expended from the Boat Safe-
ty Account: Provided, That the number of aircraft on hand
at any one time shall not exceed two hundred and eight-
een, exclusive of aircraft and parts stored to meet future
attrition: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated in this or any other Act shall be available for pay
or administrative expenses in connection with shipping
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-
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vided further, That the Commandant shall reduce both
military and civilian employment levels for the purpose of
complying with Executive Order No. 12839Ω24æ:–Pro-
vided further, That of the funds provided for operating ex-
penses for fiscal year 1996, in this or any other Act, not
less than $314,200,000 shall be available for drug enforce-
ment activities.
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction,
renovation, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore
facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related
thereto, 
Ω25æ$375,175,000
$366,800,000, 
of 
which
$32,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability
Trust Fund; of which Ω26æ$191,200,000 $178,000,000
shall be available to acquire, repair, renovate or improve
vessels, small boats and related equipment, to remain
available until September 30, 2000; Ω27æ$16,500,000
$14,500,000 shall be available to acquire new aircraft and
increase aviation capability, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 1998; Ω28æ$42,200,000 $47,600,000 shall be
available for other equipment, to remain available until
September 30, 1998; Ω29æ$82,275,000 $80,200,000 shall
be available for shore facilities and aids to navigation fa-
cilities, to remain available until September 30, 1998; and
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Ω30æ$43,000,000 $46,500,000 shall be available for per-
sonnel compensation and benefits and related costs, to re-
main available until September 30, 1996: Provided, That
funds received from the sale of the VC–11A and HU–25
aircraft shall be credited to this appropriation for the pur-
pose of acquiring new aircraft and increasing aviation
capacityΩ31æ:–Provided further, That the Secretary may
transfer funds between projects under this head, not to
exceed $50,000,000 in total for the fiscal year, thirty days
after notification to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations, solely for the purpose of providing funds
for facility renovation, construction, exit costs, and other
implementation costs associated with Coast Guard stream-
lining plansΩ32æ: Provided further, That the Commandant
shall dispose of surplus real property by sale or lease and
the proceeds of such sale or lease shall be credited to this
appropriation.
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.
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Ω33æPORT SAFETY DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses for debt retirement of the Port
of Portland, Oregon, $15,000,000 to remain available until
expended.
ALTERATION OF BRIDGES
For necessary expenses for alteration or removal of
obstructive bridges, Ω34æ$16,000,000 $2,000,000, to re-
main 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), $582,022,000.
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;
Ω35æ$61,859,000 $62,000,000.
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
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facilities 
and 
equipment, 
as 
authorized 
by 
law,
Ω36æ$18,500,000 $20,000,000, to remain available until
expended, of which $3,150,000 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 governments, other public authorities, private
sources, and foreign countries, for expenses incurred for
research, development, testing, and evaluation.
Ω37æBOAT SAFETY
(AQUATIC RESOURCES TRUST FUND)
For payment of necessary expenses incurred for rec-
reational boating safety assistance under Public Law 92–
75, as amended, $20,000,000, to be derived from the Boat
Safety Account and to remain available until expended.
Ω38æEMERGENCY FUND
(LIMITATION ON PERMANENT APPROPRIATION)
(OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND)
Except as provided in emergency supplemental appro-
priations provided in other appropriations Acts for fiscal
year 1996, not more than $3,000,000 shall be obligated
or expended in fiscal year 1996 pursuant to section
6002(b) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to carry out the
provisions of section 1012(a)(4) of that Act.
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FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
OPERATIONS
Ω39æ(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
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, U.S. Code, or other provisions of
law authorizing the obligation of funds for similar pro-
grams of airport and airway development or improvement,
lease or purchase of four passenger motor vehicles for re-
placement only, Ω40æ$4,600,000,000 $4,550,000,000, of
which Ω41æ$1,871,500,000 $1,865,000,000 shall be de-
rived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund: Provided,
That there may be credited to this appropriation funds
received from States, counties, municipalities, foreign au-
thorities, other public authorities, and private sources, for
expenses incurred in the provision of Ω42æaviation agency
services, including Ω43æreceipts for the maintenance and
operation of air navigation facilities and for issuance, re-
newal or modification of certificates, including airman,
aircraft, and repair station certificates, or for tests related
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thereto, or for processing major repair or alteration forms
Ω44æand in addition $10,000,000, to be credited to this ap-
propriation from fees established and collected to cover the
cost of safety and security regulation under the jurisdiction
of the Federal Aviation Administration: 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
further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for new applicants for the second career training pro-
gram: 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 payΩ45æ: Provided
further, That none of the funds appropriated in this or any
subsequent Act may be used to pay premium pay under
5 U.S.C. 5546a for any fiscal year beginning after Septem-
ber 30, 1995; except that, (i) for fiscal year 1996, such pre-
mium pay may be paid at 50 percent of the rate specified
in 5 U.S.C. 5546a; and (ii) for fiscal year 1997, such pre-
mium pay may be paid at 25 percent of the rate specified
in 5 U.S.C. 5546a∆46«: Provided further, That the unex-
pended balances of the appropriation ‘‘Office of Commercial
Space Transportation, Operations and Research’’ shall be
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transferred to and merged with this appropriation: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds derived from the Air-
port and Airway Trust Fund may be used to support the
operations and activities of the Associate Administrator for
Commercial 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, U.S. Code, including initial
acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; engineer-
ing and service testing, including construction of test fa-
cilities 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 localities
where such accommodations are not available; and the
purchase, lease, or transfer of aircraft from funds avail-
able under this head; to be derived from the Airport and
Airway Trust Fund, Ω47æ$2,000,000,000 $1,890,377,000,
of which Ω48æ$1,784,000,000 $1,674,377,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 1998, Ω49æand of which
$216,000,000 shall remain available until September 30,
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1996Ω50æ, and of which $10,000,000, to remain available
until expended, is for funding noncompetitive cooperative
agreements with air carriers to assist them in acquiring
and installing the following advanced security equipment:
(1) hardened unit load devices, (2) explosive detection sys-
tems certified by the Federal Aviation Administration, and
(3) computer-aided screener training and proficiency sys-
tems, in order to evaluate such equipment’s operational fea-
sibility and effectiveness in improving civil aviation secu-
rity): 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.
FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)
(RESCISSION)
Of the available balances under this heading,
Ω51æ$60,000,000 $70,000,000 are rescinded.
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, U.S.C., including
construction of experimental facilities and acquisition of
necessary sites by lease or grant, Ω52æ$143,000,000
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$215,886,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway
Trust Fund and to remain available until September 30,
1998: 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)
Ω53æ(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF CONTRACT
AUTHORIZATION)
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, U.S. Code, and under other law authoriz-
ing such obligations, $1,500,000,000, to be derived from
the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to remain avail-
able 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 excess of
Ω54æ$1,600,000,000 $1,250,000,000 in fiscal year 1996
for grants-in-aid for airport planning and development,
and noise compatibility planning and programs, not-
withstanding section 47117(h) of title 49, U.S. Code
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Ω55æ: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act
shall be available for the planning and execution of pro-
grams the obligations for which are in excess of $20,000,000
for the ‘‘Military Airports Program’’ and $50,000,000 for
the ‘‘Reliever Airports Program’’Ω56æ: Provided further,
That of the available contract authority balances under this
account, $5,000,000 are rescinded.
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, U.S.
Code.
AIRCRAFT PURCHASE LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM
None of the funds in this Act shall be available for
activities under this head the obligations for which are in
excess of $1,600,000 during fiscal year 1996.
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-
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ceed Ω57æ$495,381,000 $548,434,000 shall be paid in ac-
cordance with law from appropriations made available by
this Act to the Federal Highway Administration together
with advances and reimbursements received by the Fed-
eral 
Highway 
Administration: 
Provided, 
That
Ω58æ$190,667,000 $248,909,000 of the amount provided
herein shall remain available until September 30, 1998.
HIGHWAY-RELATED SAFETY GRANTS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
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, 
Ω59æ$10,000,000
$13,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund:
Provided, That not to exceed $100,000 of the amount
made available herein shall be available for ‘‘Limitation
on general operating expenses’’: Provided further, That
none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the
planning or execution of programs the obligations for
which are in excess of Ω60æ$10,000,000 $13,000,000 in
fiscal year 1996 for ‘‘Highway-Related Safety Grants’’.
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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 Ω61æ$18,000,000,000
$17,000,000,000 for Federal-aid highways and highway
safety construction programs for fiscal year 1996.
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,
$19,200,000,000 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
1996.
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MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out
49 U.S.C. 31102, $68,000,000, 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
Ω62æ$79,150,000 $75,000,000 for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety
Grants’’.
Ω63æSURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS
For up to 80 percent, or as specified in authorizing
legislation, of the expenses necessary for certain highway
and surface transportation projects and parking facilities,
including feasibility and environmental studies, that ad-
vance methods of improving safety, reducing congestion, or
otherwise improving surface transportation, $39,500,000, to
remain available until expended.
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,
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Ω64æ$73,316,570 $71,261,000, of which Ω65æ$37,825,850
$36,770,676 shall remain available until September 30,
1998Ω66æ:–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 Federal Regulations any require-
ment pertaining to a grading standard that is different
from the three grading standards (treadwear, traction,
and temperature resistance) already 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, 
Ω67æ$52,011,930
$50,344,000, 
of 
which
Ω68æ$32,770,670 $31,716,720 shall remain available until
September 30, 1998.
Ω69æOPERATIONS AND RESEARCH
(RESCISSIONS)
Of the amounts made available under this heading
in Public Law 103–331, Public Law 102–388, and Public
Law 101–516, $4,547,185 are rescinded from the national
advanced driving simulator project.
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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, Ω70æ$153,400,000 $155,100,000, to be derived
from the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That, notwith-
standing subsection 2009(b) of the Intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency 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
1996, are in excess of Ω71æ$153,400,000 $155,100,000 for
programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 402 and 410, as
amended, of which Ω72æ$126,000,000 $128,000,000 shall
be for ‘‘State and community highway safety grants’’,
Ω73æ$2,400,000 $2,100,000 shall be for the ‘‘National
Driver Register’’ Ω74æ(subject to passage hereafter by the
House of a bill authorizing appropriations therefor, and
only in amounts provided therein) subject to authorization,
and $25,000,000 shall be for section 410 ‘‘Alcohol-im-
paired driving countermeasures programs’’Ω75æ:–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-
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ings or structures: Provided further, That none of these
funds shall be used to purchase automobiles or motor-
cycles for state, local, or private usage: Provided further,
That not to exceed Ω76æ$5,153,000 $5,211,000 of the
funds made available for section 402 may be available for
administering ‘‘State and community highway safety
grants’’: Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000
of the funds made available for section 410 ‘‘Alcohol-im-
paired driving counter-measures programs’’ Ω77æmay
shall be available for technical assistance to the States:
Provided further, That not to exceed Ω78æ$890,000
$777,000 of the funds made available for the ‘‘National
Driver Register’’ may be available for administrative ex-
penses.
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION
OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Ad-
ministration, 
not 
otherwise 
provided 
for,
Ω79æ$14,000,000 $14,018,000, of which $1,508,000 shall
remain available until expended: Provided, That none of
the funds in this Act shall be available for the planning
or execution of a program making commitments to guar-
antee new loans under the Emergency Rail Services Act
of 1970, as amended, and no new commitments to guaran-
tee loans under section 211(a) or 211(h) of the Regional
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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 succes-
sor is obligated to make payments on such deed of trust
on the Secretary’s behalf, including payments on and after
September 30, 1988, the Secretary is authorized to receive
such payments directly from the Union Station Redevelop-
ment 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 fur-
ther, 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 reimbursed
from payments received from the Union Station Redevel-
opment Corporation.
RAILROAD SAFETY
For necessary expenses in connection with railroad
safety, not otherwise provided for, Ω80æ$49,940,660
$49,105,000, of which $2,687,000 shall remain available
until expended.
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RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses for railroad research and de-
velopment, Ω81æ$21,000,000
$25,775,000, to remain
available until expended.
NORTHEAST CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
For necessary expenses related to Northeast Corridor
improvements authorized by title VII of the Railroad Revi-
talization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976, as amend-
ed (45 U.S.C. 851 et seq.) and 49 U.S.C. 24909,
Ω82æ$100,000,000 $130,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 1998.
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 1996.
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NATIONAL MAGNETIC LEVITATION PROTOTYPE
DEVELOPMENT
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
None of the funds in this Act shall be available for
the planning or execution of the National Magnetic Levita-
tion Prototype Development program as defined in sub-
sections 1036(b) and 1036(d)(1)(A) of the Intermodal
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991.
NEXT GENERATION HIGH SPEED RAIL
For necessary expenses for Next Generation High
Speed Rail Ω83ætechnology development and demonstra-
tions, $10,000,000, to remain available until expended
studies, corridor planning, development, demonstration,
and implementation, $20,000,000, to remain available
until expendedΩ84æ: Provided, That funds under this head
may be made available for grants to States for high speed
rail corridor design, feasibility studies, environmental anal-
yses 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
carrying out the provisions of the High Speed Ground
Transportation program as defined in subsections 1036(c)
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and 1036(d)(1)(B) of the Intermodal Surface Transpor-
tation Efficiency Act of 1991, including planning and en-
vironmental analyses, $5,000,000, 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
$5,000,000.
Ω85æALASKA RAILROAD REHABILITATION
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make
grants to the Alaska Railroad, $10,000,000 shall be for cap-
ital rehabilitation and improvements benefiting its pas-
senger operations.
Ω86æPENNSYLVANIA STATION REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT
For grants to the National Railroad Passenger Cor-
poration, $25,000,000, to remain available until expended,
for engineering, design and construction activities to enable
the James A. Farley Post Office in New York City to be
used as a train station and commercial center: Provided,
That the Secretary may retain from these funds such
amounts as the Secretary shall deem appropriate to under-
take the environmental and historic preservation analyses
associated with this project.
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Ω87æRHODE 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 ac-
commodate double stack freight cars, $2,000,000 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 reimburse
Amtrak and/or the Federal Railroad Administration, on a
dollar for dollar basis, up to the first $7,000,000 in damages
resulting from the legal action initiated by the P&W Rail-
road under its existing contracts with Amtrak relating to
the provision of vertical clearances between Davisville and
Central Falls in excess of those required for present freight
operations.
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, Ω88æ$628,000,000
$605,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which
Ω89æ$336,000,000 $305,000,000 shall be available for op-
erating losses and for mandatory passenger rail service
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payments, Ω90æ$62,000,000 $100,000,000 shall be for
transition costs incurred by the Corporation, and
Ω91æ$230,000,000 $200,000,000 shall be for capital im-
provements: Provided, Ω92æThat none of the funds under
this head shall be made available until significant reforms
(including labor reforms) in authorizing legislation are en-
acted to restructure the National Railroad Passenger Cor-
poration: Provided further, That funding under this head
for capital improvements shall not be made available be-
fore July 1, 1996: 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, Ω93æ$39,260,000
$42,000,000.
FORMULA GRANTS
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5307,
5310(a)(2), 5311, and 5336, to remain available until ex-
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pended, Ω94æ$890,000,000 $985,000,000: Provided, That
no more than Ω95æ$2,000,000,000 $2,105,850,000 of
budget authority shall be available for these purposes: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds provided under this head
for formula grants, no more than $400,000,000 may be
used 
for 
operating 
assistance 
under 
U.S.C.
5336(d)Ω96æ: Provided further, That the limitation on op-
erating assistance provided under this heading shall, for ur-
banized areas of less than 200,000 in population, be no less
than eighty percent of the amount of operating assistance
such areas are eligible to receive under Public Law 103–
331Ω97æ: Provided further, That before apportionment of
funds under this heading, $29,325,031 shall be apportioned
to areas of 200,000 or greater in population.
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,
Ω98æ$82,250,000 of which $39,436,250 shall be for ac-
tivities under 49 U.S.C. 5303, $4,381,250 for activities
under 49 U.S.C. 5311(b)(2), $8,051,250 for activities
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under 49 U.S.C. 5313(b), $19,480,000 for activities under
49 U.S.C. 5314, $8,051,251 for activities under 49 U.S.C.
5313(a), and $2,850,000 for activities under 49 U.S.C.
5315 $90,000,000.
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), $1,120,850,000, to remain available
until expended and to be derived from the Highway Trust
Fund: 
Provided, 
That 
Ω99æ$1,110,000,000
$1,120,850,000 shall be paid from the Mass Transit Ac-
count of the Highway Trust Fund to the Federal Transit
Administration’s formula grants account.
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 1996 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 Ω100æthere
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shall
be
available
for
new
fixed
guideway
systems,
$666,000,000, to be available as follows, notwithstanding
any other provision of law, and except for fixed guideway
modernization projects, $22,840,000 made available under
Public Law 102–388 under ‘‘Federal Transit Administra-
tion, Discretionary Grants’’ for projects specified in that
Act or identified in reports accompanying that Act, not ob-
ligated by September 30, 1995, shall be made available for
new fixed guideway systems together with the $666,000,000
made available for new fixed guideway systems under this
Act, to be available as follows:
$42,410,000 for the Atlanta-North Springs
project;
Ω101æ$17,500,000 $22,620,000 for the South
Boston Piers (MOS–2) project;
Ω102æ$6,500,000 for the Canton-Akron-Cleve-
land commuter rail project (subject to passage here-
after by the House of a bill authorizing appropria-
tions therefor, and only in amounts provided there-
in);
Ω103æ$2,000,000 for the Cincinnati Northeast/
Northern Kentucky rail line project (subject to pas-
sage hereafter by the House of a bill authorizing ap-
propriations therefor, and only in amounts provided
therein);
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$16,941,000 for the Dallas South Oak Cliff
LRT project;
Ω104æ$2,500,000 $3,500,000 for the DART
North 
Central 
light 
rail 
extension 
project
Ω105æ(subject to passage hereafter by the House of
a bill authorizing appropriations therefor, and only
in amounts provided therein);
Ω106æ$5,000,000 $7,000,000 for the Dallas-
Fort Worth RAILTRAN project Ω107æ(subject to
passage hereafter by the House of a bill authorizing
appropriations therefor, and only in amounts pro-
vided therein);
$10,000,000 for the Florida Tri-County com-
muter rail project Ω108æ(subject to passage here-
after by the House of a bill authorizing appropria-
tions therefor, and only in amounts provided there-
in);
$22,630,000 for the Houston Regional Bus
project;
Ω109æ$12,500,000 for the Jacksonville ASE
extension project;
Ω110æ$125,000,000 $45,000,000 for the Los
Angeles Metro Rail (MOS–3);
Ω111æ$10,000,000 for the Los Angeles-San
Diego commuter rail project;
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Ω112æ$10,000,000 $15,000,000 for the MARC
commuter rail project;
Ω113æ$3,000,000 $22,630,000 for the Maryland
Central Corridor LRT project;
$2,000,000 for the Miami-North 27th Avenue
project Ω114æ(subject to passage hereafter by the
House of a bill authorizing appropriations therefor,
and only in amounts provided therein);
Ω115æ$2,500,000 for the Memphis, Tennessee
Regional Rail Plan (subject to passage hereafter by
the House of a bill authorizing appropriations there-
for, and only in amounts provided therein);
Ω116æ$75,000,000 $85,500,000 for the New
Jersey Urban Core-Secaucus project;
Ω117æ$10,000,000 for the New Orleans Canal
Street Corridor project (subject to passage hereafter
by the House of a bill authorizing appropriations
therefor, and only in amounts provided therein);
Ω118æ$114,989,000 $160,000,000 for the New
York Queens Connection project;
Ω119æ$5,000,000
for
the
Orange
County
Transitway project (subject to passage hereafter by
the House of a bill authorizing appropriations there-
for, and only in amounts provided therein);
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$22,630,000 for the Pittsburgh Airport Phase
1 project;
Ω120æ$85,500,000 $130,140,000 for the Port-
land Westside LRT project;
Ω121æ$2,000,000 for the Sacramento LRT ex-
tension project;
Ω122æ$10,000,000
$13,000,000 for the St.
Louis Metro Link LRT project;
Ω123æ$5,000,000 $14,519,000 for the Salt Lake
City light rail projectΩ124æ:–Provided, That such
funding may be available only for related high-occu-
pancy vehicle lane and intermodal corridor design
costs;
Ω125æ$10,000,000
$22,620,000 for the San
Francisco BART Ω126æextension to the San Fran-
cisco airport extension/tasman corridor project;
Ω127æ$15,000,000 for the San Juan, Puerto
Rico Tren Urbano project (subject to passage here-
after by the House of a bill authorizing appropria-
tions therefor, and only in amounts provided there-
in);
Ω128æ$1,000,000 for the Tampa to Lakeland
commuter rail project (subject to passage hereafter
by the House of a bill authorizing appropriations
therefor, and only in amounts provided therein);
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Ω129æ$5,000,000 for the Whitehall ferry termi-
nal, New York, New York (subject to passage here-
after by the House of a bill authorizing appropria-
tions therefor, and only in amounts provided there-
in); and
$14,400,000 for the Wisconsin central com-
muter project Ω130æ(subject to passage hereafter by
the House of a bill authorizing appropriations there-
for, and only in amounts provided therein);
Ω131æ$11,300,000 for the Burlington-Charlotte,
Vermont commuter rail project; and
Ω132æ$5,000,000 for the Chicago central area
circulator.
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, Ω133æ$2,000,000,000 $1,700,000,000 to
be derived from the Highway Trust Fund and to remain
available until expended.
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–
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pursuant to this Act may be used by the Corporation during
fiscal year 1996 for those purposes.
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE
(HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)
For necessary expenses for operation and mainte-
nance of those portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway op-
erated and maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway De-
velopment Corporation, Ω136æ$10,190,500 $10,150,000,
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,
Ω137æ$26,030,000 $24,281,000, of which $574,000 shall
be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, and of which
$7,606,000 shall remain available until September 30,
1998Ω138æ:–Provided, That $2,322,000 shall be trans-
ferred to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics for the
expenses necessary to conduct activities related to Airline
Statistics, and of which $272,000 shall remain available
until expended: Provided further, That up to $1,000,000
in fees collected under 49 U.S.C. 5108(g) shall be depos-
ited in the general fund of the Treasury as offsetting re-
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ceipts: Provided further, That there may be credited to this
appropriation funds received from States, counties, mu-
nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources
for expenses incurred for training, 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 the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of
1979, as amended, and to discharge the pipeline program
responsibilities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990,
Ω139æ$29,941,000 $32,973,000, of which $2,698,000 shall
be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund and
shall remain available until September 30, 1998; and of
which Ω140æ$27,243,000 $30,275,000 shall be derived
from the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which $19,423,000
shall remain available until September 30, 1998: Provided,
That from amounts made available herein from the Pipe-
line Safety Fund, not to exceed Ω141æ$1,000,000
$1,500,000 shall be available for grants to States for the
development and establishment of one-call notification
systems.
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EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS
(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND)
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C.
5127(c), $400,000 to be derived from the Emergency Pre-
paredness Fund, to remain available until September 30,
1998: Provided, That not more than Ω142æ$8,890,000
$9,200,000 shall be made available for obligation in fiscal
year 1996 from amounts made available by 49 U.S.C.
5116(i) and 5127(d): Provided further, That no such funds
shall be made available for obligation by individuals other
than the Secretary of Transportation, or his designees.
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, Ω143æ$40,238,000
$39,891,200.
Ω144æBUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS
For expenses necessary to conduct activities related to
airline statistics, $2,200,000, of which $272,000 shall re-
main available until expended.
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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
amended, Ω145æ$3,656,000 $3,500,000: Provided, That,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, there may be
credited to this appropriation funds received for publica-
tions 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–18; uniforms,
or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C.
5901–5902), Ω146æ$38,774,000 $37,500,000, of which
not to exceed $1,000 may be used for official reception
and representation expenses.
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EMERGENCY FUND
For necessary expenses of the National Transpor-
tation Safety Board for accident investigations, including
hire of passenger motor vehicles 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–18; uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized
by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902), Ω147æ$160,802 $360,802
to remain available until expended.
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
Ω148æSALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Interstate Commerce
Commission, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by
31 U.S.C. 1343(b), $13,379,000, of which $4,984,000
shall be for severance and closing costs: Provided, That
of the fees collected in fiscal year 1996 by the Interstate
Commerce Commission pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9701, one-
twelfth of $8,300,000 of those fees collected shall be made
available for each month the Commission remains in exist-
ence during fiscal year 1996.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Interstate Commerce
Commission, $13,379,000 shall be for severance, closing
costs, and for other expenses.
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PAYMENTS FOR DIRECTED RAIL SERVICE
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
None of the funds provided in this Act shall be avail-
able for the execution of programs the obligations for
which can reasonably be expected to exceed $475,000 for
directed rail service authorized under 49 U.S.C. 11125 or
any other Act.
PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION
PANAMA CANAL REVOLVING FUND
For administrative expenses of the Panama Canal
Commission, including not to exceed $11,000 for official
reception and representation expenses of the Board; not
to exceed $5,000 for official reception and representation
expenses of the Secretary; and not to exceed $30,000 for
official reception and representation expenses of the Ad-
ministrator, $50,741,000, to be derived from the Panama
Canal Revolving Fund: Provided, That funds available to
the Panama Canal Commission shall be available for the
purchase of not to exceed 38 passenger motor vehicles for
replacement only (including large heavy-duty vehicles used
to transport Commission personnel across the Isthmus of
Panama), the purchase price of which shall not exceed
$19,500 per vehicle.
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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,
or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C.
5901–5902).
SEC. 302. Funds for the Panama Canal Commission
may be apportioned notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1341 to
the extent necessary to permit payment of such pay in-
creases for officers or employees as may be authorized by
administrative action pursuant to law that are not in ex-
cess of statutory increases granted for the same period
in corresponding rates of compensation for other employ-
ees of the Government in comparable positions.
SEC. 303. Funds appropriated under this Act for ex-
penditures by the Federal Aviation Administration shall
be available (1) except as otherwise authorized by
Ω149æthe Act of September 30, 1950 (20 U.S.C. 236–
244) title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965, 20 U.S.C. 7701, et. seq., for expenses of pri-
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mary and secondary schooling for dependents of Federal
Aviation Administration personnel stationed outside the
continental United States at costs for any given area not
in excess of those of the Department of Defense for the
same area, when it is determined by the Secretary that
the schools, if any, available in the locality are unable to
provide adequately for the education of such dependents,
and (2) for transportation of said dependents between
schools serving the area that they attend and their places
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 an Executive Level IV.
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
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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. The Secretary of Transportation may enter
into grants, cooperative agreements, and other trans-
actions with any person, agency, or instrumentality of the
United States, any unit of State or local government, any
educational institution, and any other entity in execution
of the Technology Reinvestment Project authorized under
the Defense Conversion, Reinvestment and Transition As-
sistance Act of 1992 and related legislation: Provided,
That the authority provided in this section may be exer-
cised without regard to section 3324 of title 31, United
States Code.
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.
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SEC. 310. (a) For fiscal year 1996 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, 1995, 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-
riod shall not exceed 12 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;
(2) after August 1, 1996, 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
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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 and funded from the adminis-
trative takedown authorized by section 104(a), title
23 U.S.C., the Federal lands highway program, the
intelligent vehicle highway systems program, and
amounts made available under sections 1040, 1047,
1064, 6001, 6005, 6006, 6023, and 6024 of Public
Law 102–240, and 49 U.S.C. 5316, 5317, and
5338: Provided, That amounts made available under
section 6005 of Public Law 102–240 shall be subject
to the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways
and highway safety construction programs under the
head ‘‘Federal-Aid Highways’’ in this Act.
(d) During the period October 1 through December
31, 1995, the aggregate amount of obligations under sec-
tion 157 of title 23, United States Code, for projects cov-
ered under section 147 of the Surface Transportation As-
sistance Act of 1978, section 9 of the Federal-Aid High-
way Act of 1981, sections 131(b), 131(j), and 404 of Pub-
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lic Law 97–424, sections 1061, 1103 through 1108, 4008,
and 6023(b)(8) and 6023(b)(10) of Public Law 102–240,
and for projects authorized by Public Law 99–500 and
Public Law 100–17, shall not exceed $277,431,840.
(e) During the period August 2 through September
30, 1996, the aggregate amount which may be obligated
by all States Ω150æpursuant to paragraph (d) shall not
exceed 2.5 percent of the aggregate amount of funds ap-
portioned or allocated to all States—
(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 1996 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, 1996, has the amount distributed
to such State under paragraph (a) for fiscal year 1996
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
Ω151æand ten political and Presidential appointees in the
Department of Transportation: Provided, That none of the
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personnel covered by this provision may be assigned on
temporary detail outside the Department of Transpor-
tation.
SEC. 312. The limitation 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 under the discre-
tionary grants program.
Ω152æSEC. 313. None of the funds in this Act shall
be used to implement section 404 of title 23, United
States Code.
SEC. 314. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal
year 1996 pay raises for programs funded in this Act shall
be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act or
previous appropriations Acts.
SEC. 315. Funds received by the Research and Spe-
cial Programs Administration from States, counties, mu-
nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources
for expenses incurred for training and for reports’ publica-
tion and dissemination may be credited to the Research
and Special Programs account.
SEC. 316. 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
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wide between the Santa Barbara Traffic Separation
Scheme and the San Francisco Traffic Separation
Scheme.
SEC. 317. 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. The FAA shall accept such
equipment, which shall thereafter be operated and main-
tained by the FAA in accordance with agency criteria.
SEC. 318. 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
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
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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. 319. 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. 320. 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. 321. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, and except for fixed guideway modernization projects,
funds made available by this Act under ‘‘Federal Transit
Administration, Discretionary grants’’ for projects speci-
fied in this Act or identified in reports accompanying this
Act not obligated by September 30, 1998, shall be made
available for other projects under 49 U.S.C. 5309.
SEC. 322. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, any funds appropriated before October 1, 1993, under
any section of chapter 53 of title 49 U.S.C., that remain
available for expenditure may be transferred to and ad-
ministered under the most recent appropriation heading
for any such section.
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SEC. 323. 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. 324. 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. 325. Notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, tolls collected for motor vehicles on any bridge con-
necting the boroughs of Brooklyn, New York, and Staten
Island, New York, shall continue to be collected for only
those vehicles exiting from such bridge in Staten Island.
SEC. 326. 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
contract between the Federal Aviation Administration
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and the Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Develop-
ment during fiscal year 1996.
SEC. 327. Funds provided in this Act for the Depart-
ment of Transportation working capital fund (WCF) shall
be reduced by Ω153æ$10,000,000 $5,000,000, which limits
fiscal year 1996 WCF obligational authority for elements
of the Department of Transportation funded in this Act
to no more than Ω154æ$92,231,000 $99,364,000: Pro-
vided, That such reductions from the budget request shall
be allocated by the Department of Transportation to each
appropriations account in proportion to the amount in-
cluded in each account for the working capital fund.
SEC. 328. 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-
tively to the Federal Highway Administration’s ‘‘Limita-
tion on General Operating Expenses’’ account, the Federal
Transit Administration’s ‘‘Transit Planning and Re-
search’’ account, and to the Federal Railroad Administra-
tion’s ‘‘Railroad Safety’’ account, except for State rail
safety inspectors participating in training pursuant to 49
U.S.C. 20105.
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SEC. 329. (a) PURCHASE
OF
AMERICAN-MADE
EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS.—It is the sense of the Con-
gress that, to the greatest extent practicable, all equip-
ment and products purchased with funds made available
in this Act should be American-made.
(b) NOTICE REQUIREMENT.—In providing financial
assistance to, or entering into any contract with, any en-
tity using funds made available in this Act, the head of
each Federal agency, to the greatest extent practicable,
shall provide to such entity a notice describing the state-
ment made in subsection (a) by the Congress.
Ω155æSEC. 330. None of the funds in this Act shall
be available to prepare, propose, or promulgate any regu-
lations pursuant to title V of the Motor Vehicle Informa-
tion and Cost Savings Act (49 U.S.C. 32901, et seq.) pre-
scribing corporate average fuel economy standards for
automobiles, as defined in such title, in any model year
that differs from standards promulgated for such auto-
mobiles prior to enactment of this section.
SEC. 331. Notwithstanding 15 U.S.C. 631 et seq. and
10 U.S.C. 2301 et seq. as amended, the United States
Coast Guard acquisition of 47-foot Motor Life Boats for
fiscal years 1995 through 2000 shall be subject to full and
open competition for all U.S. shipyards. Accordingly, the
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) (including but not
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limited to FAR Part 19), shall not apply to the extent
they are inconsistent with a full and open competition.
SEC. 332. None of the funds in this Act may be used
for planning, engineering, design, or construction of a
sixth runway at the new Denver International Airport,
Denver, Colorado: Provided, That this provision shall not
apply in any case where the Administrator of the Federal
Aviation Administration determines, in writing, that safe-
ty conditions warrant obligation of such funds.
SEC. 333. (a) Section 5302(a)(1) of title 49, United
States Code, is amended by striking—
(1) in subparagraph (B), ‘‘that extends the eco-
nomic life of the bus for at least 5 years’’; and
(2) in subparagraph (C), ‘‘that extends the eco-
nomic life of the bus for at least 8 years’’.
(b) The amendments made by this section shall not
take effect before March 31, 1996.
SEC. 334. 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 the provisions of section 6006 of the Intermodal
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, may be
credited to the Federal-aid highways account for the pur-
pose of reimbursing the Bureau for such expenses: Pro-
vided, That such funds shall not be subject to the obliga-
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tion limitation for Federal-aid highways and highway safe-
ty construction.
SEC. 335. Of the budgetary resources provided to the
Department of Transportation Ω156æ(excluding the Mari-
time
Administration)
during 
fiscal 
year 
1996,
$25,000,000 are permanently canceled: Provided, That the
Secretary of Transportation shall reduce the existing field
office 
structure, 
and 
to 
the 
extent 
practicable
Ω157æcollocate
consolidate 
the 
Department’s
Ω158æsurface transportation field offices administrative
activities: Provided further, That the Secretary may for
the purpose of consolidation of offices and facilities other
than those at Headquarters, after notification to and ap-
proval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions, transfer the funds made available by this Act for
civilian and military personnel compensation and benefits
and other administrative expenses to other appropriations
made available to the Department of Transportation as
the Secretary may designate, to be merged with and to
be available for the same purposes and for the same time
period as the appropriations of funds to which transferred:
Provided further, That no appropriation shall be increased
or decreased by more than ten per centum by all such
transfersΩ159æ: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 5
U.S.C. 905(b), the President may prepare and transmit to
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Congress not later than the date for transmittal to Congress
of the Budget Request for Fiscal Year 1997, a reorganiza-
tion plan pursuant to chapter 9 of title 5, United States
Code, for the reorganization of the surface transportation
activities of the Department of Transportation and the rela-
tionship of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Cor-
poration to the Department.
SEC. 336. The Secretary of Transportation is author-
ized to transfer funds appropriated Ω160æfor any office
of the Office of the Secretary in this Act to ‘‘Rental pay-
ments’’ for any expense authorized by that appropriation
in excess of the amounts provided in this Act: Provided,
That prior to any such transfer, notification shall be pro-
vided to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions.
Ω161æSEC. 337. None of the funds in this Act may
be obligated 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; (b) contains elements likely to induce high levels
of emotional response or psychological stress in some par-
ticipants; (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
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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. 337. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
shall be made available for employee training unless such
training is consistent with the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 4101
et seq., as amended.
Ω162æSEC. 338. None of the funds in this Act may
be used to enforce the requirement that airport charges
make the as airport self-sustaining as possible or the pro-
hibition against revenue diversion in the Airport and Air-
way Improvement Act of 1982 (49 U.S.C. 47107) against
Hot Springs Memorial Field in Hot Springs, Arkansas,
on the grounds of such airport’s failure to collect fair mar-
ket rental value for the facilities known as Kimery Park
and Family Park: Provided, That any fees collected by any
person for the use of such parks above those required for
the operation and maintenance of such parks shall be re-
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mitted to such airport: Provided further, That the Federal
Aviation Administration does not find that any use of, or
structures on, Kimery Park and Family Park are incom-
patible with the safe and efficient use of the airport.
SEC. 339. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b)
of this section, 180 days after attaining eligibility for an
immediate retirement annuity under 5 U.S.C. 8336 or 5
U.S.C. 8412, an individual shall not be eligible to receive
compensation under 5 U.S.C. 8105–8106 resulting from
work injuries associated with employment with the De-
partment of Transportation (excluding the Maritime Ad-
ministration).
(b) An individual who, on the date of enactment of
this Act, is eligible to receive an immediate annuity de-
scribed in subsection (a) may continue to receive such
compensation under 5 U.S.C. 8105–8106 until March 31,
1996.
Ω163æ(c) For the purposes of section (a), the time an
individual has spent on the worker’s compensation rolls
shall be counted as regular employment time.
Ω164æSEC. 340. None of the funds in this Act shall
be available to pay the salaries and expenses of any indi-
vidual to arrange tours of scientists or engineers employed
by or working for the People’s Republic of China, to hire
citizens of the People’s Republic of China to participate
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in research fellowships sponsored by the Federal Highway
Administration or other modal administrations of the De-
partment of Transportation, or to provide training or any
form of technology transfer to scientists or engineers em-
ployed by or working for the People’s Republic of China.
Ω165æSEC. 341. None of the funds in this Act may
be used to support Federal Transit Administration’s field
operations and oversight of the Washington Metropolitan
Area Transit Authority in any location other than from
the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
Ω166æSEC. 342. In addition to the sums made avail-
able to the Department of Transportation, $8,421,000
shall be available on the effective date of legislation trans-
ferring certain rail and motor carrier functions from the
Interstate Commerce Commission to the Department of
Transportation: Provided, That such amount shall be
available only to the extent authorized by law: Provided
further, That of the fees collected pursuant to 31 U.S.C.
9701 in fiscal year 1996 by the successors of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission, one-twelfth of $8,300,000 of
those fees shall be made available for each month during
fiscal year 1996 that the successors of the Interstate Com-
merce Commission carry out the transferred rail and
motor carrier functions.
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Ω167æSEC. 343. Notwithstanding any other law, the
funds available for obligation to carry out the project in
West Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, authorized by section
149(a)(87) of the Surface Transportation and Uniform Re-
location Assistance Act of 1987 (Public Law 101–17; 101
Stat. 194) shall be made available for obligation to carry
out the project for Lake Charles, Louisiana, authorized by
item 17 of the table in section 1106(a)(2) of the Intermodal
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law
102–240; 105 Stat. 2038).
Ω168æSEC. 344. Improvements identified as highest
priority by section 1069(t) of Public Law 102–240 and
funded pursuant to section 118(c)(2) of title 23, United
States Code, shall not be treated as an allocation for Inter-
state maintenance for such fiscal year under section
157(a)(4) of title 23, United States Code, and sections
1013(c), 1015(a)(1), and 1015(b)(1) of Public Law 102–
240: Provided, That any discretionary grant made pursu-
ant to Public Law 99–663 shall not be subject to section
1015 of Public Law 102–240.
Ω169æSEC. 345. The Secretary, in consultation with
the Secretary of Labor and the Administrator of the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency shall, within three months of
the date of enactment of this Act, carry out research to iden-
tify successful telecommuting programs in the public and
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private sectors and provide for the dissemination to the
public of information regarding the establishment of suc-
cessful telecommuting programs and the benefits and costs
of telecommuting. Within one year of the date of enactment
of this Act, the Secretary shall report to Congress its find-
ings, 
conclusions, 
and 
recommendations 
regarding
telecommuting developed under this section.
Ω170æSEC. 346. Notwithstanding section 1003(c) of
Public Law 102–240, authorizations for the Indian Res-
ervation Roads under Section 1003(a)(6)(A) of Public Law
102–240 shall be exempt from any reduction in authoriza-
tions for budget compliance.
Ω171æSEC. 347. Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, for fiscal year 1996, the Secretary shall allocate to
a State an additional amount of funding for its Federal-
aid highway programs on a dollar for dollar basis to the
extent that prior year unobligated balances are withdrawn
and canceled. Such funds are subject to the obligation ceil-
ing for Federal-aid Highways set by annual appropriations
Acts: Provided, That prior year unobligated balances may
not be withdrawn and canceled that were suballocated
under title 23 or Public Law 102–240 or were made avail-
able under the congestion mitigation and air quality pro-
gram.
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Ω172æSEC. 348. Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, for fiscal year 1996, a State may, at its option,
transfer those funds authorized or appropriated for highway
demonstration projects under Public Law 102–240, Public
Law 100–17, Public Law 97–424, or under an applicable
appropriations act for the Department of Transportation,
to its apportionment under section 104(b)(1), (2), (3), (5),
and 144 of title 23, United States Code: Provided, That
demonstration projects upon which such funds are drawn
have not gone to construction (although obligations may
have been incurred for preliminary engineering or environ-
mental studies). Funds transferred under this section shall
be subject to the laws, regulations, policies, and procedures,
relating to the apportionment to which they are transferred
and shall be subject to the obligation ceiling for Federal-
aid highways set by annual appropriations Acts.
Ω173æSEC. 349. INTERSTATE COMPACT INFRASTRUC-
TURE BANKS.—Chapter 3 of title 49, United States Code,
is amended by the addition of the following new section 334:
‘‘SEC. 334. INTERSTATE COMPACT INFRASTRUCTURE
BANKS.—(a) CONSENT
TO INTERSTATE COMPACTS.—In
order to increase public investment, attract needed private
investment, and promote an intermodal transportation net-
work, Congress grants consent to the States to establish
State infrastructure banks and to enter into interstate com-
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pacts establishing transportation infrastructure banks to
promote regional or multi-State investment in transpor-
tation infrastructure and thereby improve economic produc-
tivity.
‘‘(b) ASSISTANCE FOR TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS,
PROGRAMS, AND ACTIVITIES.—A State or Interstate Com-
pact Transportation Infrastructure Bank (Infrastructure
Bank) established under this section may make loans, issue
debt under the authority of the Infrastructure Bank’s State
jurisdictions either jointly or separately as the Infrastruc-
ture Bank and its jurisdictions determine, and provide
other assistance to public or private entities constructing,
or proposing to construct or initiate, transportation
projects, programs, or activities that are eligible to receive
financial assistance under—
‘‘(1) title 23, United States Code, and the Inter-
modal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991;
and
‘‘(2) chapters 53 and 221 and subtitle VII, part
B, of this title.
‘‘(c) FORMS OF ASSISTANCE.—An Infrastructure Bank
may loan or provide other assistance to a public or private
entity in an amount equal to all or part of the cost of con-
struction or capital cost of a qualifying project. The amount
of any loan or other assistance received for a qualifying
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project under this section may be subordinated to any other
debt financing for the project. For purposes of this sub-
section, the term ‘other assistance’ includes any use of funds
for the purpose of credit enhancements, use as a capital re-
serve for bond or debt instrument financing, bond or debt
instrument financing issuance costs, bond or debt issuance
financing insurance, subsidizing of interest rates, letters of
credit, credit instruments, bond or debt financing instru-
ment security, other forms of debt financing that relate to
the qualifying project, and other leveraging tools approved
by the Secretary.
‘‘(d) INTERSTATE COMPACT TRANSPORTATION INFRA-
STRUCTURE BANK REQUIREMENTS.—In order to qualify an
Interstate Compact Transportation Infrastructure Bank for
capitalization grants under this section, each participating
State shall—
‘‘(1) deposit into the Infrastructure Bank, from
non-Federal or Federal sources other than this title or
title 23, United States Code, an amount equal to 25
percent of each capitalization grant or, if lower be-
cause of the proportion of Federal lands in the State,
the proportional non-Federal share that a State
would otherwise pay on the basis of section 120(b) of
title 23;
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‘‘(2) ensure that the Infrastructure Bank main-
tains on a continuing basis an investment grade rat-
ing on its debt issuances or has a sufficient level of
bond or debt financing instrument insurance to
maintain the viability of the fund;
‘‘(3) ensure that investment income generated by
the funds deposited into an Infrastructure Bank shall
be—
‘‘(A) credited to the Infrastructure Bank;
‘‘(B) available for use in providing loans
and other assistance to qualifying projects, pro-
grams, or activities from the Infrastructure
Bank; and
‘‘(C) invested in U.S. Treasury securities,
bank deposits, or such other financing instru-
ments as the Secretary may provide to earn in-
terest to enhance the leveraging of qualifying
transportation activities;
‘‘(4) provide that the repayment of a loan or
other assistance to a State from any loan under this
section may be credited to the Infrastructure Bank or
obligated for any purpose for which the loaned funds
were available under this title or title 23;
‘‘(5) ensure that any loan from an Infrastructure
Bank shall bear any positive interest the Bank deter-
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mines appropriate to make the qualifying project fea-
sible;
‘‘(6) ensure that repayment of any loan from an
Infrastructure Bank shall commence not later than
five years after the facility has opened to traffic or the
project, activity or facility has been completed;
‘‘(7) ensure that the term for repaying any loan
shall not exceed 30 years from the date of obligation
of the loan;
‘‘(8) limit any assignment, transfer, or loan to
an Infrastructure Bank to not more than the amount
which a State is entitled to under subsection (f) of
this section; and
‘‘(9) require the Infrastructure Bank to make an
annual report to the Secretary on its status no later
than September 30 of each year.
‘‘(e) SECRETARIAL REQUIREMENTS.—In administer-
ing this section, the Secretary shall—
‘‘(1) ensure that federal disbursements for capital
reserves shall be at a rate consistent with historic
rates for the Federal-aid highway program; and
‘‘(2) specify procedures and guidelines for estab-
lishing, operating, and making loans from an Infra-
structure Bank.