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NATIONAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY PROGRAM
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out
49 U.S.C. 31102, $177,000,000, 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
$177,000,000 for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Grants’’.
NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY
ADMINISTRATION
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the
Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety under
chapter 301 of title 49, United States Code, and part C
of subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code, $107,876,000
of which $77,670,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2003: Provided, That none of the funds appro-
priated 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
requirement pertaining to a grading standard that is dif-
ferent from the three grading standards (treadwear, trac-
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tion, and temperature resistance) already in effect: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds appropriated in this
Act may be obligated or expended to purchase a vehicle to
conduct New Car Assessment Program crash testing at a
price that exceeds the manufacturer’s suggested retail price:
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in
this Act may be obligated or expended to plan, finalize, or
implement regulations that would add the static stability
factor to the New Car Assessment Program until the Na-
tional Academy of Sciences reports to the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations not later than nine months
after the date of enactment of this Act that the static sta-
bility factor is a scientifically valid measurement and pre-
sents practical, useful information to the public; a compari-
son of the static stability factor test versus a test with roll-
over metrics based on dynamic driving conditions that in-
duce rollover events; and the validity of the NHTSA pro-
posed system for placing its rollover rating information on
the web compared to making rollover information available
at the point of sale.
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out
the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 403, to remain available until
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expended, $72,000,000, to be derived from the Highway
Trust Fund: Provided, That 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 2001 are in
excess of $72,000,000 for programs authorized under 23
U.S.C. 403.
NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the
Secretary with respect to the National Driver Register
under chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code,
$2,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund
and to remain available until expended.
HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for pay-
ment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions
of 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, 410, and 411 to remain available
until expended, $213,000,000, to be derived from the High-
way Trust Fund: Provided, That none of the funds in this
Act shall be available for the planning or execution of pro-
grams the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 2001,
are in excess of $213,000,000 for programs authorized under
23 U.S.C. 402, 405, 410, and 411 of which $155,000,000
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shall be for ‘‘Highway Safety Programs’’ under 23 U.S.C.
402, $13,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Occupant Protection Incen-
tive Grants’’ under 23 U.S.C. 405, $36,000,000 shall be for
‘‘Alcohol-Impaired 
Driving 
Countermeasures 
Grants’’
under 23 U.S.C. 410, $9,000,000 shall be for the ‘‘State
Highway Safety Data Grants’’ under 23 U.S.C. 411: Pro-
vided further, That none of these funds shall be used for
construction, rehabilitation, or remodeling costs, or for of-
fice furnishings and fixtures for State, local, or private
buildings or structures: Provided further, That not to exceed
$7,750,000 of the funds made available for section 402, not
to exceed $650,000 of the funds made available for section
405, not to exceed $1,800,000 of the funds made available
for section 410, and not to exceed $450,000 of the funds
made available for section 411 shall be available to NHTSA
for administering highway safety grants under chapter 4
of title 23, United States Code: Provided further, That not
to exceed $500,000 of the funds made available for section
410 ‘‘Alcohol-Impaired Driving Countermeasures Grants’’
shall be available for technical assistance to the States.
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION
SAFETY AND OPERATIONS
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Admin-
istration, not otherwise provided for, $99,390,000, of which
$4,957,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided,
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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
payments 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 nec-
essary for payment on the first deed of trust may be ad-
vanced 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: Provided further, That the
Federal Railroad Administration will reimburse the De-
partment of Transportation Inspector General $1,500,000
for costs associated with audits and investigations of all
rail-related issues and systems.
RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses for railroad research and devel-
opment, $24,725,000, to remain available until expended.
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RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to issue
to the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obligations
pursuant to section 512 of the Railroad Revitalization 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 sec-
tions 511 through 513 of such Act, such authority to exist
as long as any such guaranteed obligation is outstanding:
Provided, That pursuant to section 502 of such Act, as
amended, no new direct loans or loan guarantee commit-
ments shall be made using Federal funds for the credit risk
premium during fiscal year 2001.
NEXT GENERATION HIGH-SPEED RAIL
For necessary expenses for the Next Generation High-
Speed Rail program as authorized under 49 U.S.C. 26101
and 26102, $24,900,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
ALASKA RAILROAD REHABILITATION
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make
grants to the Alaska Railroad, $20,000,000 shall be for cap-
ital rehabilitation and improvements benefiting its pas-
senger operations, to remain available until expended.
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WEST VIRGINIA RAIL DEVELOPMENT
For capital costs associated with track, signal, and
crossover rehabilitation and improvements on the MARC
Brunswick line in West Virginia, $15,000,000, to remain
available until expended.
CAPITAL GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD
PASSENGER CORPORATION
For necessary expenses of capital improvements of the
National Railroad Passenger Corporation as authorized by
49 U.S.C. 24104(a), $521,000,000 to remain available until
expended: Provided, That the Secretary shall not obligate
more than $208,400,000 prior to September 30, 2001.
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, $12,800,000: Provided,
That no more than $64,000,000 of budget authority shall
be available for these purposes: Provided further, That the
Federal Transit Administration will reimburse the Depart-
ment of Transportation Inspector General $3,000,000 for
costs associated with audits and investigations of all tran-
sit-related issues and systems
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FORMULA GRANTS
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5307,
5308, 5310, 5311, 5327, and section 3038 of Public Law
105–178, $669,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That no more than $3,345,000,000 of budget au-
thority shall be available for these purposes.
UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5505,
$1,200,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That no more than $6,000,000 of budget authority shall be
available for these purposes.
TRANSIT PLANNING AND RESEARCH
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5303,
5304, 5305, 5311(b)(2), 5312, 5313(a), 5314, 5315, and
5322, $22,200,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That no more than $110,000,000 of budget authority
shall be available for these purposes: Provided further, That
$5,250,000 is available to provide rural transportation as-
sistance (49 U.S.C. 5311(b)(2)); $4,000,000 is available to
carry out programs under the National Transit Institute
(49 U.S.C. 5315); $8,250,000 is available to carry out tran-
sit cooperative research programs (49 U.S.C. 5313(a)), of
which $3,000,000 is available for transit-related research
conducted by the Great Cities Universities research con-
sortia; $52,113,600 is available for metropolitan planning
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(49 U.S.C. 5303, 5304, and 5305); $10,886,400 is available
for State planning (49 U.S.C. 5313(b)); and $29,500,000
is available for the national planning and research pro-
gram (49 U.S.C. 5314): Provided further, That of the total
budget authority made available for the national planning
and research program, the Federal Transit Administration
shall provide the following amounts for the projects and ac-
tivities listed below:
Mid-America Regional Council coordinated transit planning,
Kansas City metro area .............................................................
$750,000
Sacramento Area Council of Governments regional air quality
planning and coordination study .............................................
250,000
Salt Lake Olympics Committee multimodal transportation
planning ......................................................................................
1,200,000
West Virginia University fuel cell technology institute propul-
sion and ITS testing ..................................................................
1,000,000
University of Rhode Island, Kingston traffic congestion study
150,000
Georgia Regional Transportation Authority regional transit
study ............................................................................................
350,000
Trans-lake Washington land use effectiveness and enhancement
review ..........................................................................................
450,000
State of Vermont electric vehicle transit demonstration .............
500,000
Acadia Island, Maine explorer transit system experimental
pilot program ..............................................................................
150,000
Center for Composites Manufacturing ..........................................
950,000
Southern Nevada air quality study ..............................................
800,000
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority advanced pro-
pulsion control system ................................................................
3,000,000
Fairbanks extreme temperature clean fuels research ...................
800,000
National Transit Database ............................................................
2,500,000
Safety and Security .......................................................................
6,100,000
National Rural Transit Assistance Program ...............................
750,000
Mississippi State University bus service expansion plan ...........
100,000
Bus Rapid Transit administration, data collection and anal-
ysis ...............................................................................................
1,000,000
Project ACTION .............................................................................
3,000,000
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TRUST FUND SHARE OF EXPENSES
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for pay-
ment of obligations incurred in carrying out 49 U.S.C.
5303–5308, 5310–5315, 5317(b), 5322, 5327, 5334, 5505,
and sections 3037 and 3038 of Public Law 105–178,
$5,016,600,000, to remain available until expended, and to
be derived from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway
Trust Fund: Provided, That $2,676,000,000 shall be paid
to the Federal Transit Administration’s formula grants ac-
count: Provided further, That $87,800,000 shall be paid to
the Federal Transit Administration’s transit planning and
research account: Provided further, That $51,200,000 shall
be paid to the Federal Transit Administration’s adminis-
trative expenses account: Provided further, That $4,800,000
shall be paid to the Federal Transit Administration’s uni-
versity transportation research account: Provided further,
That $80,000,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Ad-
ministration’s job access and reverse commute grants pro-
gram: Provided further, That $2,116,800,000 shall be paid
to the Federal Transit Administration’s capital investment
grants account.
CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5308,
5309, 5318, and 5327, $529,200,000, to remain available
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until 
expended: 
Provided, 
That 
no 
more 
than
$2,646,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for
these purposes: Provided further, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, there shall be available for fixed
guideway modernization, $1,058,400,000; there shall be
available for the replacement, rehabilitation, and purchase
of buses and related equipment and the construction of bus-
related facilities, $529,200,000; and there shall be available
for new fixed guideway systems $1,058,400,000: Provided
further, That, within the total funds provided for buses and
bus-related facilities to carry out 49 U.S.C. section 5309,
the following projects shall be considered eligible for these
funds: Provided further, That the Administrator of the Fed-
eral Transit Administration shall, not later than February
1, 2001, individually submit to the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations the recommended grant funding
levels for the respective projects, from the bus and bus-re-
lated facilities projects listed in the accompanying Senate
report: Provided further, That within the total funds pro-
vided for new fixed guideway systems to carry out 49
U.S.C. section 5309, the following projects shall be consid-
ered eligible for these funds: Provided further, That the Ad-
ministrator of the Federal Transit Administration shall,
not later than February 1, 2001, individually submit to
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations the
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recommended grant funding levels for the respective
projects.
The following new fixed guideway systems and exten-
sions to existing systems are eligible to receive funding for
final design and construction:
2002 Winter Olympics spectator transportation
systems and facilities;
Alaska or Hawaii ferry projects;
Atlanta-MARTA North Line extension comple-
tion;
Austin Capital Metro Light Rail;
Baltimore Central Light Rail double tracking;
Boston North-South Rail Link;
Boston-South Boston Piers Transitway;
Canton-Akron-Cleveland commuter rail line;
Charlotte North-South Transitway project;
Chicago METRA commuter rail consolidated re-
quest;
Chicago Transit Authority Ravenswood Brown
Line capacity expansion;
Chicago Transit Authority Douglas Blue Line;
Clark County, Nevada RTC fixed guideway
project;
Cleveland Euclid Corridor improvement project;
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Dallas Area Rapid Transit North Central light
rail;
Denver Southeast corridor project;
Denver Southwest corridor project;
Fort Lauderdale Tri-County commuter rail
project;
Fort Worth Railtran corridor commuter rail
project;
Galveston Rail Trolley extension;
Girdwood to Wasilla, Alaska commuter rail
project;
Houston Metro Regional Bus Plan;
Kansas City Southtown corridor;
Little Rock, Arkansas River Rail project;
Long Island Rail Road East Side access project;
Los Angeles Mid-city and Eastside corridors;
Los Angeles North Hollywood extension;
MARC expansion projects—Penn-Camden lines
connector and midday storage facility;
MARC-Brunswick line in West Virginia, signal
and crossover improvements;
Memphis Medical Center extension project;
Minneapolis-Twin Cities Transitways corridor
projects;
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Nashua, New Hampshire to Lowell, Massachu-
setts commuter rail;
Nashville regional commuter rail;
New Jersey Hudson-Bergen Light Rail;
New Orleans Canal Street Streetcar corridor
project;
New Orleans Desire Street corridor project;
Newark-Elizabeth rail link;
Oceanside-Escondido, California light rail;
Orange County, California transitway project;
Philadelphia-Reading SEPTA Schuylkill Valley
metro project;
Phoenix metropolitan area transit project;
Pittsburgh North Shore-central business district
corridor project;
Pittsburgh Stage II Light Rail transit;
Portland Interstate MAX light rail transit;
Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill regional rail
service;
Rhode Island-Pawtucket and T.F. Green com-
muter rail and maintenance facility;
Sacramento south corridor light rail extension;
Salt Lake City-University light rail line;
Salt Lake City North/South light rail project;
Salt Lake-Ogden-Provo regional commuter rail;
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San Bernardino MetroLink;
San Diego Mission Valley East light rail;
San Francisco BART extension to the airport
project;
San Jose Tasman West light rail project;
San Juan-Tren Urbano;
Seattle-Sound Transit Central Link light rail
project;
Seattle-Puget Sound RTA Sounder commuter
rail project;
Spokane-South Valley Corridor light rail project;
St. Louis Metrolink Cross County connector;
St. Louis/St. Clair County Metrolink light rail
extension;
Stamford Urban Transitway, Connecticut;
Tampa Bay regional rail project;
Washington Metro Blue Line-Largo extension;
West Trenton, New Jersey rail project.
The following new fixed guideway systems and exten-
sions to existing systems are eligible to receive funding for
alternatives analysis and preliminary engineering:
Albuquerque/Greater Albuquerque mass transit
project;
Atlanta-MARTA West Line extension study;
Ballston, Virginia Metro access improvements;
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Baltimore regional rail transit system;
Birmingham, Alabama transit corridor;
Boston Urban Ring;
Burlington-Bennington, Vermont commuter rail
project;
Calais, Maine Branch Line regional transit pro-
gram;
Colorado/Eagle Airport to Avon light rail sys-
tem;
Colorado/Roaring Fork Valley rail project;
Columbus-Central Ohio Transit Authority north
corridor;
Dallas Area Rapid Transit Southeast Corridor
Light Rail;
Danbury-Norwalk Rail Line Re-Electrification
project;
Des Moines commuter rail;
Detroit Metropolitan Airport light rail project;
Draper, West Jordan, West Valley City and
Sandy City, Utah light rail extensions;
Dulles Corridor, Virginia innovative intermodal
system;
El Paso/Juarez People mover system;
Fort Worth trolley system;
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Harrisburg-Lancaster capital area transit cor-
ridor 1 regional light rail;
Hollister/Gilroy Branch Line extension;
Honolulu bus rapid transit;
Houston advanced transit program;
Indianapolis 
Northeast-Downtown 
corridor
project;
Johnson County, Kansas I–35 Commuter Rail
Project;
Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter rail exten-
sion;
Los Angeles San Fernando Valley Corridor;
Los Angeles San Diego LOSSAN corridor
project;
Massachusetts North Shore Corridor project;
Miami south busway extension;
New Orleans commuter rail from Airport to
downtown;
New York City 2nd Avenue Subway study;
Northern Indiana south shore commuter rail;
Northwest New Jersey-Northeast Pennsylvania
passenger rail project;
Potomac Yards, Virginia transit study;
Philadelphia SEPTA Cross County Metro;
Portland, Maine marine highway program;
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San Francisco BART to Livermore extension;
San Francisco MUNI 3rd Street light rail exten-
sion;
Santa Fe-Eldorado rail link project;
Stockton, California Altamont commuter rail
project;
Vasona light rail corridor;
Virginia Railway Express commuter rail;
Whitehall ferry terminal project;
Wilmington, Delaware downtown transit con-
nector; and
Wilsonville to Beaverton commuter rail:
Provided further, That funds made available under the
heading ‘‘Capital Investment Grants’’ in Division A, Sec-
tion 101(g) of Public Law 105–277 for the ‘‘Colorado-North
Front Range corridor feasibility study’’ are to be made
available for ‘‘Colorado-Eagle Airport to Avon light rail
system feasibility study’’; and that funds made available
in Public Law 106–69 under ‘‘Capital Investment Grants’’
for buses and bus-related facilities that were designated for
projects numbered 14 and 20 shall be made available to the
State of Alabama for buses and bus-related facilities.
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DISCRETIONARY GRANTS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for pay-
ment of previous obligations incurred in carrying out 49
U.S.C. 5338(b), $350,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended and to be derived from the Mass Transit Account
of the Highway Trust Fund.
JOB ACCESS AND REVERSE COMMUTE GRANTS
For necessary expenses to carry out section 3037 of the
Federal Transit Act of 1998, $20,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That no more than
$100,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for these
purposes.
SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION
SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora-
tion is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within
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 Government
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.
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OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE
(HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)
For necessary expenses for operations and mainte-
nance of those portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway oper-
ated and maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Devel-
opment Corporation, $12,400,000, 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,
$34,370,000, of which $645,000 shall be derived from the
Pipeline Safety Fund, and of which $4,201,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2003: 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, to be available until ex-
pended, funds received from States, counties, municipali-
ties, other public authorities, and private sources for ex-
penses incurred for training, for reports publication and
dissemination, and for travel expenses incurred in perform-
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ance of hazardous materials exemptions and approvals
functions.
PIPELINE SAFETY
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND)
(OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST 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 responsibilities of
the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $43,144,000, of which
$8,750,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability
Trust Fund and shall remain available until September 30,
2003; of which $31,894,000 shall be derived from the Pipe-
line Safety Fund, of which $24,432,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2003; and of which $2,500,000
shall be derived from amounts previously collected under
49 U.S.C. 60301: Provided, That amounts previously col-
lected under 49 U.S.C. 60301 shall be available for damage
prevention grants to States.
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 Preparedness
Fund, to remain available until September 30, 2003: Pro-
vided, That not more than $13,227,000 shall be made avail-
able for obligation in fiscal year 2001 from amounts made
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available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i) and 5127(d): Provided fur-
ther, 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: Provided further, That the deadline for the
submission of registration statements and the accom-
panying registration and processing fees for the July 1,
2000 to June 30, 2001 registration year described under
sections 107.608, 107.612, and 107.616 of the Department
of Transportation’s final rule docket number RSPA–99–
5137 is amended to not later than September 30.
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, $49,000,000 of which $38,500,000
shall be derived from transfers of funds from the United
States Coast Guard, the Federal Aviation Administration,
the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Railroad
Administration, and the Federal Transit Administration.
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation
Board, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$17,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other
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provision of law, not to exceed $954,000 from fees estab-
lished by the Chairman of the Surface Transportation
Board shall be credited to this appropriation as offsetting
collections and used for necessary and authorized expenses
under this heading.
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 amend-
ed, $4,795,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, there may be credited to this appropria-
tion funds received for publications and training expenses.
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the National Transportation
Safety Board, 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–15; uniforms, or allowances
therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902)
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$59,000,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 may be used for
official reception and representation expenses.
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 liabil-
ity insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign coun-
tries on official department business; and uniforms, or al-
lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–
5902).
SEC. 302. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal
year 2001 pay raises for programs funded in this Act shall
be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act or
previous appropriations Acts.
SEC. 303. Funds appropriated under this Act for ex-
penditures by the Federal Aviation Administration shall be
available: (1) except as otherwise authorized by title VIII
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), for expenses of primary and sec-
ondary schooling for dependents of Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration personnel stationed outside the continental
United States at costs for any given area not in excess of
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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 transpor-
tation of said dependents between schools serving the area
that they attend and their places of residence when the Sec-
retary, under such regulations as may be prescribed, deter-
mines that such schools are not accessible by public means
of transportation on a regular 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 in this Act shall be avail-
able for salaries and expenses of more than 104 political
and Presidential appointees in the Department of Trans-
portation: Provided, That none of the personnel covered by
this provision or political and Presidential appointees in
an independent agency funded in this Act may be assigned
on temporary detail outside the Department of Transpor-
tation or such independent agency.
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 fund-
ed in this Act.
SEC. 307. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fis-
cal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria-
tions, unless expressly so provided herein.
SEC. 308. The expenditure of any appropriation under
this Act for any consulting service through procurement
contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States
Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such expendi-
tures are a matter of public record and available for public
inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing
law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to
existing law.
SEC. 309. (a) No recipient of funds made available in
this Act shall disseminate driver’s license personal informa-
tion as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(3) except as provided
in subsection (b) of this section or motor vehicle records as
defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1) for any use not permitted
under 18 U.S.C. 2721.
(b) No recipient of funds made available in this Act
shall disseminate a person’s driver’s license photograph, so-
cial security number, and medical or disability information
from a motor vehicle record as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1)
without the express consent of the person to whom such in-
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formation pertains, except for uses permitted under 18
U.S.C. 2721(1), 2721(4), 2721(6), and 2721(9): Provided,
That subsection (b) shall not in any way affect the use of
organ donation information on an individual’s driver’s li-
cense or affect the administration of organ donation initia-
tives in the States.
SEC. 310. (a) For fiscal year 2001, the Secretary of
Transportation shall—
(1) not distribute from the obligation limitation
for Federal-aid Highways amounts authorized for ad-
ministrative expenses and programs funded from the
administrative takedown authorized by section 104(a)
of title 23, United States Code, for the highway use
tax evasion program, and amounts provided under
section 110 of title 23, United States Code, excluding
$128,752,000 pursuant to subsection (e) of section 110
of title 23, as amended, and for the Bureau of Trans-
portation Statistics;
(2) not distribute an amount from the obligation
limitation for Federal-aid Highways that is equal to
the unobligated balance of amounts made available
from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass
Transit Account) for Federal-aid highways and high-
way safety programs for the previous fiscal year the
funds for which are allocated by the Secretary;
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thority available for each of such sections is equal to
the amount determined by multiplying the ratio de-
termined under paragraph (3) by the sums authorized
to be appropriated for such section (except in the case
of section 105, $2,000,000,000) for such fiscal year;
(5) distribute the obligation limitation provided
for Federal-aid Highways less the aggregate amounts
not distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) and
amounts distributed under paragraph (4) for each of
the programs that are allocated by the Secretary
under title 23, United States Code (other than activi-
ties to which paragraph (1) applies and programs to
which paragraph (4) applies) by multiplying the
ratio determined under paragraph (3) by the sums
authorized to be appropriated for such program for
such fiscal year; and
(6) distribute the obligation limitation provided
for Federal-aid Highways less the aggregate amounts
not distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) and
amounts distributed under paragraphs (4) and (5) for
Federal-aid highways and highway safety construc-
tion programs (other than the minimum guarantee
program, but only to the extent that amounts appor-
tioned for the minimum guarantee program for such
fiscal year exceed $2,639,000,000, and the Appa-
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lachian development highway system program) that
are apportioned by the Secretary under title 23,
United States Code, in the ratio that—
(A) sums authorized to be appropriated for
such programs that are apportioned to each
State for such fiscal year, bear to
(B) the total of the sums authorized to be
appropriated for such programs that are appor-
tioned to all States for such fiscal year.
(b) EXCEPTIONS FROM OBLIGATION LIMITATION.—
The obligation limitation for Federal-aid Highways shall
not apply to obligations: (1) under section 125 of title 23,
United States Code; (2) under section 147 of the Surface
Transportation Assistance Act of 1978; (3) under section
9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981; (4) under sec-
tions 131(b) and 131( j) of the Surface Transportation As-
sistance Act of 1982; (5) under sections 149(b) and 149(c)
of the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation As-
sistance Act of 1987; (6) under sections 1103 through 1108
of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of
1991; (7) under section 157 of title 23, United States Code,
as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of
the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century; and
(8) under section 105 of title 23, United States Code (but,
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only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for such fiscal
year).
(c) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED OBLIGATION AU-
THORITY.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary
shall after August 1 for such fiscal year revise a distribution
of the obligation limitation made available under subsection
(a) if a State will not obligate the amount distributed dur-
ing that fiscal year and redistribute sufficient amounts to
those States able to obligate amounts in addition to those
previously distributed during that fiscal year giving pri-
ority to those States having large unobligated balances of
funds apportioned under sections 104 and 144 of title 23,
United States Code, section 160 (as in effect on the day
before the enactment of the Transportation Equity Act for
the 21st Century) of title 23, United States Code, and under
section 1015 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Act
of 1991 (105 Stat. 1943–1945).
(d) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS TO
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PROGRAMS.—The obligation
limitation shall apply to transportation research programs
carried out under chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code,
except that obligation authority made available for such
programs under such limitation shall remain available for
a period of 3 fiscal years.
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(e) REDISTRIBUTION
OF
CERTAIN
AUTHORIZED
FUNDS.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the dis-
tribution of obligation limitation under subsection (a), the
Secretary shall distribute to the States any funds: (1) that
are authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal year for
Federal-aid highways programs (other than the program
under section 160 of title 23, United States Code) and for
carrying out subchapter I of chapter 311 of title 49, United
States Code, and highway-related programs under chapter
4 of title 23, United States Code; and (2) that the Secretary
determines will not be allocated to the States, and will not
be available for obligation, in such fiscal year due to the
imposition of any obligation limitation for such fiscal year.
Such distribution to the States shall be made in the same
ratio as the distribution of obligation authority under sub-
section (a)(6). The funds so distributed shall be available
for any purposes described in section 133(b) of title 23,
United States Code.
(f) SPECIAL RULE.—Obligation limitation distributed
for a fiscal year under subsection (a)(4) of this section for
a section set forth in subsection (a)(4) shall remain avail-
able until used and shall be in addition to the amount of
any limitation imposed on obligations for Federal-aid high-
way and highway safety construction programs for future
fiscal years.
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SEC. 311. The limitations 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 pre-
viously made available for obligation.
SEC. 312. None of the funds in this Act shall be used
to implement section 404 of title 23, United States Code.
SEC. 313. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able to plan, finalize, or implement regulations that would
establish a vessel traffic safety fairway less than five miles
wide between the Santa Barbara Traffic Separation
Scheme and the San Francisco Traffic Separation Scheme.
SEC. 314. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
airports may transfer, without consideration, to the Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA) instrument landing sys-
tems (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 Federal Aviation Administration shall
accept such equipment, which shall thereafter be operated
and maintained by FAA in accordance with agency cri-
teria.
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SEC. 315. 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 1 year of the contract; (2) includes a cancellation
charge greater than $10,000,000 which at the time of obliga-
tion has not been appropriated to the limits of the Govern-
ment’s liability; or (3) includes a requirement that permits
performance under the contract during the second and sub-
sequent years of the contract without conditioning such per-
formance upon the appropriation of funds: Provided, That
this limitation does not apply to a contract in which the
Federal Government incurs no financial liability from not
buying additional systems, subsystems, or components be-
yond the basic contract requirements.
SEC. 316. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
and except for fixed guideway modernization projects, funds
made available by this Act under ‘‘Federal Transit Admin-
istration, Capital investment grants’’ for projects specified
in this Act or identified in reports accompanying this Act
not obligated by September 30, 2003, and other recoveries,
shall be made available for other projects under 49 U.S.C.
5309.
SEC. 317. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
any funds appropriated before October 1, 2000, under any
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section of chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, that
remain available for expenditure may be transferred to and
administered under the most recent appropriation heading
for any such section.
SEC. 318. None of the funds in this Act may be used
to compensate in excess of 320 technical staff-years under
the federally funded research and development center con-
tract between the Federal Aviation Administration and the
Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development during
fiscal year 2001.
SEC. 319. Funds provided in this Act for the Transpor-
tation Administrative Service Center (TASC) shall be re-
duced by $53,430,000, which limits fiscal year 2001 TASC
obligational authority for elements of the Department of
Transportation funded in this Act to no more than
$119,848,000: Provided, That such reductions from the
budget request shall be allocated by the Department of
Transportation to each appropriations account in propor-
tion to the amount included in each account for the Trans-
portation Administrative Service Center. In addition to the
funds limited in this Act, $54,963,000 shall be available for
section 1069(y) of Public Law 102–240.
SEC. 320. Funds received by the Federal Highway Ad-
ministration, Federal Transit Administration, and Federal
Railroad Administration from States, counties, municipali-
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ties, other public authorities, and private sources for ex-
penses incurred for training may be credited respectively
to the Federal Highway Administration’s ‘‘Federal-Aid
Highways’’ account, the Federal Transit Administration’s
‘‘Transit Planning and Research’’ account, and to the Fed-
eral Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Operations’’
account, except for State rail safety inspectors participating
in training pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 20105.
SEC. 321. Funds made available for Alaska or Hawaii
ferry boats or ferry terminal facilities pursuant to 49
U.S.C. 5309(m)(2)(B) may be used to construct new vessels
and facilities, to provide passenger ferryboat service, or to
improve existing vessels and facilities, including both the
passenger and vehicle-related elements of such vessels and
facilities, and for repair facilities.
SEC. 322. 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 49 U.S.C. 111 may be credited to the Federal-aid
highways account for the purpose of reimbursing the Bu-
reau for such expenses: Provided, That such funds shall be
subject to the obligation limitation for Federal-aid high-
ways and highway safety construction.
SEC. 323. None of the funds in this Act shall, in the
absence of express authorization by Congress, be used di-
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rectly or indirectly to pay for any personal service, adver-
tisement, telegraph, telephone, letter, printed or written ma-
terial, radio, television, video presentation, electronic com-
munications, or other device, intended or designed to influ-
ence in any manner a Member of Congress or of a State
legislature to favor or oppose by vote or otherwise, any legis-
lation or appropriation by Congress or a State legislature
after the introduction of any bill or resolution in Congress
proposing such legislation or appropriation, or after the in-
troduction of any bill or resolution in a State legislature
proposing such legislation or appropriation: Provided, That
this shall not prevent officers or employees of the Depart-
ment of Transportation or related agencies funded in this
Act from communicating to Members of Congress or to Con-
gress, on the request of any Member, or to members of State
legislature, or to a State legislature, through the proper offi-
cial channels, requests for legislation or appropriations
which they deem necessary for the efficient conduct of busi-
ness.
SEC. 324. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds made
available in this Act may be expended by an entity unless
the entity agrees that in expending the funds the entity will
comply with the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c).
(b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT RE-
GARDING NOTICE.—
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(1) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT
AND PRODUCTS.—In the case of any equipment or
product that may be authorized to be purchased with
financial assistance provided using funds made avail-
able in this Act, it is the sense of the Congress that
entities receiving the assistance should, in expending
the assistance, purchase only American-made equip-
ment and products to the greatest extent practicable.
(2) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—In
providing financial assistance using funds made
available in this Act, the head of each Federal agency
shall provide to each recipient of the assistance a no-
tice describing the statement made in paragraph (1)
by the Congress.
(c) PROHIBITION
OF CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS
FALSELY LABELING PRODUCTS AS MADE IN AMERICA.—
If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal agen-
cy that any person intentionally affixed a label bearing a
‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscription with
the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped to
the United States that is not made in the United States,
the person shall be ineligible to receive any contract or sub-
contract made with funds made available in this Act, pur-
suant to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility proce-
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dures described in sections 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48,
Code of Federal Regulations.
SEC. 325. Not to exceed $1,500,000 of the funds pro-
vided in this Act for the Department of Transportation
shall be available for the necessary expenses of advisory
committees: Provided, That this limitation shall not apply
to advisory committees established for the purpose of con-
ducting negotiated rulemaking in accordance with the Nego-
tiated Rulemaking Act, 5 U.S.C. 561–570a, or the Coast
Guard’s advisory council on roles and missions.
SEC. 326. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, minor
fees and other funds received by the Department from travel
management centers, charge card programs, the subleasing
of building space, and miscellaneous sources are to be cred-
ited to appropriations of the Department and allocated to
elements of the Department using fair and equitable criteria
and such funds shall be available until December 31, 2001.
SEC. 327. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
rule or regulation, the Secretary of Transportation is au-
thorized to allow the issuer of any preferred stock heretofore
sold to the Department to redeem or repurchase such stock
upon the payment to the Department of an amount deter-
mined by the Secretary.
SEC. 328. For necessary expenses of the Amtrak Re-
form Council authorized under section 203 of Public Law
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105–134, $495,000, to remain available until September 30,
2002: Provided, That the duties of the Amtrak Reform
Council described in section 203(g)(1) of Public Law 105–
134 shall include the identification of Amtrak routes which
are candidates for closure or realignment, based on perform-
ance rankings developed by Amtrak which incorporate in-
formation on each route’s fully allocated costs and ridership
on core intercity passenger service, and which assume, for
purposes of closure or realignment candidate identification,
that Federal subsidies for Amtrak will decline over the 4-
year period from fiscal year 1999 to fiscal year 2002: Pro-
vided further, That these closure or realignment rec-
ommendations shall be included in the Amtrak Reform
Council’s annual report to the Congress required by section
203(h) of Public Law 105–134.
SEC. 329. The Secretary of Transportation is author-
ized to transfer funds appropriated for any office of the Of-
fice of the Secretary to any other office of the Office of the
Secretary: Provided, That no appropriation shall be in-
creased or decreased by more than 12 percent by all such
transfers: Provided further, That any such transfer shall be
submitted for approval to the House and Senate Committees
on Appropriations.
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SEC. 330. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for activities under the Aircraft Purchase Loan Guar-
antee Program during fiscal year 2001.
SEC. 331. Section 3038(e) of Public Law 105–178 is
amended by striking ‘‘50’’ and inserting ‘‘90’’.
SEC. 332. The Secretary of Transportation shall exe-
cute a demonstration program, to be conducted for a period
not to exceed eighteen months, of the ‘‘fractional ownership’’
concept in performing administrative support flight mis-
sions, the purpose of which would be to determine whether
cost savings, as well as increased operational flexibility and
aircraft availability, can be realized through the use by the
government of the commercial fractional ownership concept
or report to the Committee the reason for not conducting
such an evaluation: Provided, That the Secretary shall en-
sure the competitive selection for this demonstration of a
fractional ownership concept which provides a suite of air-
craft capable of meeting the Department’s varied needs, and
that the Secretary shall ensure the demonstration program
encompasses a significant and representative portion of the
Department’s administrative support missions (to include
those performed by the Coast Guard, the Federal Aviation
Administration, and the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, whose aircraft are currently operated by
the FAA): Provided further, That the Secretary shall report
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to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on
results of this evaluation of the fractional ownership concept
in the performance of the administrative support mission
no later than twelve months after final passage of this Act
or within 60 days of enactment of this Act if the Secretary
decides not to conduct such a demonstration for evaluation
including an explanation for such a decision and proposed
statutory language to exempt the Department of Transpor-
tation from Office of Management and Budget guidelines
regarding the use of aircraft.
SEC. 333. None of the funds in this Act may be used
to make a grant unless the Secretary of Transportation no-
tifies the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations
not less than three full business days before any discre-
tionary grant award, letter of intent, or full funding grant
agreement totaling $1,000,000 or more is announced by the
department or its modal administrations from: (1) any dis-
cretionary grant program of the Federal Highway Admin-
istration other than the emergency relief program; (2) the
airport improvement program of the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration; or (3) any program of the Federal Transit
Administration other than the formula grants and fixed
guideway modernization programs: Provided, That no noti-
fication shall involve funds that are not available for obliga-
tion.
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SEC. 334. Section 3030(b) of the Transportation Eq-
uity Act for the 21st Century (Public Law 105–178) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(72) Wilmington Downtown transit corridor.
‘‘(73) Honolulu Bus Rapid Transit project.’’.
SEC. 335. None of the funds appropriated or made
available by this Act or any other Act or hereafter shall
be used (1) to consider or adopt any proposed rule or pro-
posed amendment to a rule contained in the Notice of Pro-
posed Rulemaking issued on April 24, 2000 (Docket No.
FMCSA–97–2350–953), (2) to consider or adopt any rule
or amendment to a rule similar in substance to a proposed
rule or proposed amendment to a rule contained in such
Notice, or (3) if any such proposed rule or proposed amend-
ment to a rule has been adopted prior to enactment of this
Section, to enforce such rule or amendment to a rule.
SEC. 336. Section 1023(h) of the Intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (23 U.S.C. 127 note)
is amended—
(1) in the subsection heading, by inserting
‘‘OVER-THE-ROAD BUSES AND’’ before ‘‘PUBLIC’’;
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘to any vehicle
which’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘to—
‘‘(A) any over-the-road bus; or
‘‘(B) any vehicle that’’; and
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(3) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and in-
serting the following:
‘‘(2) STUDY AND REPORT CONCERNING APPLICA-
BILITY OF MAXIMUM AXLE WEIGHT LIMITATIONS TO
OVER-THE-ROAD BUSES AND PUBLIC TRANSIT VEHI-
CLES.—
‘‘(A) STUDY AND REPORT.—Not later than
July 31, 2002, the Secretary shall conduct a
study of, and submit to Congress a report on, the
maximum axle weight limitations applicable to
vehicles using the Dwight D. Eisenhower Na-
tional System of Interstate and Defense High-
ways established under section 127 of title 23,
United States Code, or under State law, as the
limitations apply to over-the-road buses and
public transit vehicles.
‘‘(B) DETERMINATION OF APPLICABILITY OF
VEHICLE WEIGHT LIMITATIONS.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The report shall
include—
‘‘(I) a determination concerning
how the requirements of section 127 of
that title should be applied to over-the-
road buses and public transit vehicles;
and
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‘‘(II) short-term and long-term
recommendations concerning the appli-
cability of those requirements.
‘‘(ii) CONSIDERATIONS.—In making
the determination described in clause (i)(I),
the Secretary shall consider—
‘‘(I) vehicle design standards;
‘‘(II) statutory and regulatory re-
quirements, including—
‘‘(aa) the Clean Air Act (42
U.S.C. 7401 et seq.);
‘‘(bb) the Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990 (42
U.S.C. 12101 et seq.); and
‘‘(cc) motor vehicle safety
standards prescribed under chap-
ter 301 of title 49, United States
Code; and
‘‘(III)(aa) 
the 
availability 
of
lightweight materials suitable for use
in the manufacture of over-the-road
buses;
‘‘(bb) the cost of those lightweight
materials relative to the cost of heavier
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materials in use as of the date of the
determination; and
‘‘(cc) any safety or design consid-
erations relating to the use of those
materials.
‘‘(C) ANALYSIS OF MEANS OF ENCOURAGING
DEVELOPMENT
AND
MANUFACTURE
OF
LIGHT-
WEIGHT
BUSES.—The report shall include an
analysis of, and recommendations concerning,
means to be considered to encourage the develop-
ment and manufacture of lightweight buses, in-
cluding an analysis of—
‘‘(i) potential procurement incentives
for public transit authorities to encourage
the purchase of lightweight public transit
vehicles using grants from the Federal
Transit Administration; and
‘‘(ii) potential tax incentives for man-
ufacturers and private operators to encour-
age the purchase of lightweight over-the-
road buses.
‘‘(D) ANALYSIS
OF
CONSIDERATION
IN
RULEMAKINGS
OF
ADDITIONAL
VEHICLE
WEIGHT.—The report shall include an analysis
of, and recommendations concerning, whether
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Congress should require that each rulemaking by
an agency of the Federal Government that affects
the design or manufacture of motor vehicles
consider—
‘‘(i) the weight that would be added to
the vehicle by implementation of the pro-
posed rule;
‘‘(ii) the effect that the added weight
would have on pavement wear; and
‘‘(iii) the resulting cost to the Federal
Government and State and local govern-
ments.
‘‘(E) COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS.—The report
shall include an analysis relating to the axle
weight of over-the-road buses that compares—
‘‘(i) the costs of the pavement wear
caused by over-the-road buses; with
‘‘(ii) the benefits of the over-the-road
bus industry to the environment, the econ-
omy, and the transportation system of the
United States.
‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection:
‘‘(A) 
OVER-THE-ROAD
BUS.—The 
term
‘over-the-road bus’ has the meaning given the
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term in section 301 of the Americans with Dis-
abilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12181).
‘‘(B) PUBLIC TRANSIT VEHICLE.—The term
‘public transit vehicle’ means a vehicle described
in paragraph (1)(B).’’.
SEC. 337. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
shall be used to propose or issue rules, regulations, decrees,
or orders for the purpose of implementation, or in prepara-
tion for implementation, of the Kyoto Protocol which was
adopted on December 11, 1997, in Kyoto, Japan at the
Third Conference of the Parties to the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change, which has not
been submitted to the Senate for advice and consent to rati-
fication pursuant to article II, section 2, clause 2, of the
United States Constitution, and which has not entered into
force pursuant to article 25 of the Protocol.
SEC. 338. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
or any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and ex-
penses of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations
language as part of the President’s Budget submission to
the Congress of the United States for programs under the
jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommittees on De-
partment of Transportation and Related Agencies that as-
sumes revenues or reflects a reduction from the previous
year due to user fees proposals that have not been enacted
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into law prior to the submission of the Budget unless such
Budget submission identifies which additional spending re-
ductions should occur in the event the users fees proposals
are not enacted prior to the date of the convening of a com-
mittee of conference for the fiscal year 2001 appropriations
Act.
SEC. 339. In addition to the authority provided in sec-
tion 636 of the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Gov-
ernment Appropriations Act, 1997, as included in Public
Law 104–208, title I, section 101(f), as amended, beginning
in fiscal year 2001 and thereafter, amounts appropriated
for salaries and expenses for the Department of Transpor-
tation may be used to reimburse an employee whose posi-
tion is that of safety inspector for not to exceed one-half
the costs incurred by such employee for professional liability
insurance. Any payment under this section shall be contin-
gent upon the submission of such information or docu-
mentation as the Department may require.
SEC. 340. None of the funds in this Act shall be used
to pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring air-
port sponsors to provide to the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration without cost building construction, maintenance,
utilities and expenses, or space in airport sponsor-owned
buildings for services relating to air traffic control, air
navigation or weather reporting. The prohibition of funds
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in this section does not apply to negotiations between the
Agency and airport sponsors to achieve agreement on
‘‘below-market’’ rates for these items or to grant assurances
that require airport sponsors to provide land without cost
to the FAA for ATC facilities.
SEC. 341. None of the funds provided in this Act or
prior Appropriations Acts for Coast Guard Acquisition,
Construction, and Improvements shall be available after the
fifteenth day of any quarter of any fiscal year beginning
after December 31, 1999, unless the Commandant of the
Coast Guard first submits a quarterly report to the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations on all major
Coast Guard acquisition projects including projects exe-
cuted for the Coast Guard by the United States Navy and
vessel traffic service projects: Provided, That such reports
shall include an acquisition schedule, estimated current and
year funding requirements, and a schedule of anticipated
obligations and outlays for each major acquisition project:
Provided further, That such reports shall rate on a relative
scale the cost risk, schedule risk, and technical risk associ-
ated with each acquisition project and include a table de-
tailing unobligated balances to date and anticipated unobli-
gated balances at the close of the fiscal year and the close
of the following fiscal year should the Administration’s
pending budget request for the acquisition, construction,
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and improvements account be fully funded: Provided fur-
ther, That such reports shall also provide abbreviated infor-
mation on the status of shore facility construction and ren-
ovation projects: Provided further, That all information
submitted in such reports shall be current as of the last day
of the preceding quarter.
SEC. 342. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
beginning in fiscal year 2004, the Secretary shall withhold
5 percent of the amount required to be apportioned for Fed-
eral-aid highways to any State under each of paragraphs
(1), (3), and (4) of section 104(b) of title 23, United States
Code, if a State is not eligible for assistance under section
163(a) of chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, and
beginning in fiscal year 2005, and in each fiscal year there-
after, the Secretary shall withhold 10 percent of the amount
required to be apportioned for Federal-aid highways to any
State under each of paragraphs (1), (3), and (4) of section
104(b) of title 23, United States Code, if a State is not eligi-
ble for assistance under section 163(a) of title 23, United
States Code. If within three years from the date that the
apportionment for any State is reduced in accordance with
this subsection the Secretary determines that such State is
eligible for assistance under section 163(a) of chapter 1 of
title 23, United States Code, the apportionment of such
State shall be increased by an amount equal to such reduc-
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tion. If at the end of such three-year period, any State re-
mains ineligible for assistance under section 163(a) of title
23, United States Code, any amounts so withheld shall
lapse.
SEC. 343. CONVEYANCE OF AIRPORT PROPERTY TO AN
INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN OKLAHOMA. (a)
IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
including the Surplus Property Act of 1944 (58 Stat. 765,
chapter 479; 50 U.S.C. App. 1622 et seq.), the Secretary
of Transportation (or the appropriate Federal officer) may
waive, without charge, any of the terms contained in any
deed of conveyance described in subsection (b) that restrict
the use of any land described in such a deed that, as of
the date of enactment of this Act, is not being used for the
operation of an airport or for air traffic. A waiver made
under the preceding sentence shall be deemed to be con-
sistent with the requirements of section 47153 of title 49,
United States Code.
(b) DEED OF CONVEYANCE.—A deed of conveyance re-
ferred to in subsection (a) is a deed of conveyance issued
by the United States before the date of enactment of this
Act for the conveyance of lands to a public institution of
higher education in Oklahoma.
(c) USE OF LANDS SUBJECT TO WAIVER.—
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the lands subject to a waiver under
subsection (a) shall not be subject to any term, condi-
tion, reservation, or restriction that would otherwise
apply to that land as a result of the conveyance of
that land by the United States to the institution of
higher education.
(2) USE OF LANDS.—An institution of higher
education that is issued a waiver under subsection (a)
may use revenues derived from the use, operation, or
disposal of that land only for weather-related and
educational purposes that include benefits for avia-
tion.
(d) GRANTS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, if an institution of higher education
that is subject to a waiver under subsection (a) re-
ceived financial assistance in the form of a grant
from the Federal Aviation Administration or a prede-
cessor agency before the date of enactment of this Act,
then the Secretary of Transportation may waive the
repayment of the outstanding amount of any grant
that the institution of higher education would other-
wise be required to pay.
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(2) ELIGIBILITY
TO
RECEIVE
SUBSEQUENT
GRANTS.—Nothing in paragraph (1) shall affect the
eligibility of an institution of higher education that
is subject to that paragraph from receiving grants
from the Secretary of Transportation under chapter
471 of title 49, United States Code, or under any
other provision of law relating to financial assistance
provided through the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion.
SEC. 344. Section 1105(c) of the Intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2032–
2033) is amended by striking paragraph (38) and replacing
it with the following—
‘‘(38) The Ports-to-Plains Corridor from Laredo,
Texas to Denver, Colorado as follows:
‘‘(A) In the State of Texas the Ports-to-
Plains Corridor shall generally follow—
‘‘(i) I–35 from Laredo to United States
Route 83 at Exit 18;
‘‘(ii) United States Route 83 from Exit
18 to Carrizo Springs;
‘‘(iii) United States Route 277 from
Carrizo Springs to San Angelo;
‘‘(iv) United States Route 87 from San
Angelo to Sterling City;
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‘‘(v) From Sterling City to Lamesa,
the Corridor shall follow United States
Route 87 and, the corridor shall also follow
Texas Route 158 from Sterling City to I–
20, then via I–20 West to Texas Route 349
and, Texas Route 349 from Midland to
Lamesa;
‘‘(vi) United States Route 87 from
Lamesa to Lubbock;
‘‘(vii) I–27 from Lubbock to Amarillo;
and
‘‘(viii) United States Route 287 from
Amarillo to the Oklahoma border.
‘‘(B) In the State of Oklahoma, the Ports-
to-Plains Corridor shall generally follow United
States Route 287 from the Texas border to the
Colorado border. The Corridor shall then proceed
into Colorado.’’.
SEC. 345. MODIFICATION OF HIGHWAY PROJECT IN
POLK COUNTY, IOWA. The table contained in section 1602
of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century is
amended in item 1006 (112 Stat. 294) by striking ‘‘Extend
NW 86th Street from NW 70th Street’’ and inserting ‘‘Con-
struct a road from State Highway 141’’.
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SEC. 346. CAP AGREEMENT FOR BOSTON ‘‘BIG DIG’’.
No funds appropriated by this Act may be used by the De-
partment of Transportation to cover the administrative
costs (including salaries and expenses of officers and em-
ployees of the Department) to authorize project approvals
or advance construction authority for the Central Artery/
Third Harbor Tunnel project in Boston, Massachusetts,
until the Secretary of Transportation and the State of Mas-
sachusetts have entered into a written agreement that limits
the total Federal contribution to the project to not more
than $8,549,000,000.
SEC. 347. PARKING SPACE FOR TRUCKS. (a) FIND-
INGS.—Congress finds that—
(1) in 1998, there were 5,374 truck-related high-
way fatalities and 4,935 trucks involved in fatal
crashes;
(2) a Special Investigation Report published by
the National Transportation Safety Board in May
2000 found that research conducted by the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration suggests that
truck driver fatigue is a contributing factor in as
many as 30 to 40 percent of all heavy truck accidents;
(3) a 1995 Transportation Safety Board Study
found that the availability of parking for truck driv-
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ers can have a direct impact on the incidence of fa-
tigue-related accidents;
(4) a 1996 study by the Federal Highway Ad-
ministration found that there is a nationwide short-
fall of 28,400 truck parking spaces in public rest
areas, a number expected to reach 39,000 by 2005;
(5) a 1999 survey conducted by the Owner-Oper-
ator Independent Drivers Association found that over
90 percent of its members have difficulty finding
parking spaces in rest areas at least once a week; and
(6) because of overcrowding at rest areas, truck-
ers are increasingly forced to park on the entrance
and exit ramps of highways, in shopping center park-
ing lots, at shipper locations, and on the shoulders of
roadways, thereby increasing the risk of serious acci-
dents.
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that Congress and the President should take immediate
steps to address the lack of safe available commercial vehicle
parking along Interstate highways for truck drivers.
SEC. 348. STUDY OF ADVERSE EFFECTS OF IDLING
TRAIN ENGINES. (a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of
Transportation shall provide under section 150303 of title
36, United States Code, for the National Academy of
Sciences to conduct a study on noise impacts of railroad
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operations, including idling train engines on the quality
of life of nearby communities, the quality of the environ-
ment (including consideration of air pollution), and safety,
and to submit a report on the study to the Secretary. The
report shall include recommendations for mitigation to
combat rail noise, standards for determining when noise
mitigation is required, needed changes in Federal law to
give Federal, State, and local governments flexibility in
combating railroad noise, and possible funding mechanisms
for financing mitigation projects.
(b) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall transmit to Congress the report of the National
Academy of Sciences on the results of the study under sub-
section (a).
SEC. 349. Within the funds made available in this Act,
$10,000,000 shall be for the costs associated with construc-
tion of a third track on the Northeast Corridor between
Davisville and Central Falls, Rhode Island, with sufficient
clearance to accommodate double stack freight cars, 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; $2,000,000 shall be for a joint United States-Can-
ada commission to study the feasibility of connecting the
rail system in Alaska to the North American continental
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rail system; $400,000 shall be allocated for passenger rail
corridor planning activities to fund the preparation of a
strategic plan for development of the Gulf Coast High Speed
Rail Corridor; and $250,000 shall be available to the city
of Traverse City, Michigan comprehensive transportation
plan.
SEC. 350. (a) FINDINGS.—The Senate makes the fol-
lowing findings:
(1) The United States Coast Guard in 1999
saved approximately 3,800 lives in providing the es-
sential service of maritime safety.
(2) The United States Coast Guard in 1999 pre-
vented 111,689 pounds of cocaine and 28,872 pounds
of marijuana from entering the United States in pro-
viding the essential service of maritime security.
(3) The United States Coast Guard in 1999
boarded more than 14,000 fishing vessels to check for
compliance with safety and environmental laws in
providing the essential service of the protection of nat-
ural resources.
(4) The United States Coast Guard in 1999 en-
sured the safe passage of nearly 1,000,000 commercial
vessel transits through congested harbors with vessel
traffic services in providing the essential service of
maritime mobility.
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(5) The United States Coast Guard in 1999 sent
international training teams to help more than 50
countries develop their maritime services in providing
the essential service national defense.
(6) Each year, the United States Coast Guard
ensures the safe passage of more than 200,000,000
tons of cargo cross the Great Lakes including iron ore,
coal, and limestone. Shipping on the Great Lakes
faces a unique challenge because the shipping season
begins and ends in ice anywhere from 3 to 15 feet
thick. The ice-breaking vessel MACKINAW has al-
lowed commerce to continue under these conditions.
However, the productive life of the MACKINAW will
end in 2006.
(7) Without adequate funding, the United States
Coast Guard would have to radically reduce the level
of service it provides to the American public.
(8) The allocation to the Committee on Appro-
priations of the Senate of funds available for the De-
partment of Transportation and related agencies for
fiscal year 2001 was $1,600,000,000 less than the al-
location to the Committee on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives of funds available for that
purpose for that fiscal year. The lower allocation com-
pelled the Subcommittee on Transportation of the
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Committee on Appropriations of the Senate to rec-
ommend reductions from the funding requested in the
President’s budget on funds available for the Coast
Guard, particularly amounts available for acquisi-
tions, that may not have been imposed had a larger
allocation been made, or had the President’s budget
not included $212,000,000 in new user fees on the
maritime community. The difference between the
amount of funds requested by the Coast Guard for the
Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements account
and the amount made available by the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate for those acquisitions
conflicts with the high priority afforded by the Senate
to Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements pro-
curements, which are of critical national importance
to commerce, navigation, and safety.
(9) Due to shortfalls in funds available for fiscal
year 2000 and unexpected increases in personnel ben-
efits and fuel costs on the 2000 operating expenses ac-
count, the Commandant of the Coast Guard has an-
nounced reductions in critical operations of the Coast
Guard by as much as 30 percent in some areas of the
United States. If left unaddressed, these shortfalls
may compromise the service provided by the Coast
Guard to the public in all areas, including drug
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interdiction and migrant interdiction, aid to naviga-
tion, and fisheries management.
(b) SENSE OF SENATE.—It is the sense of the Senate
that—
(1) the committee of conference on the bill H.R.
4425 of the 106th Congress, making appropriations
for military construction, family housing, and base
realignment and closure for the Department of De-
fense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001,
or any other appropriate committee of conference of
the second session of the 106th Congress, should ap-
prove supplemental funding for the Coast Guard for
fiscal year 2000 as soon as is practicable; and
(2) upon adoption of this bill by the Senate, the
conferees of the Senate to the committee of conference
on the bill H.R. 4475 of the 106th Congress, making
appropriations for the Department of Transportation
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 2001, provided there is sufficient budget
authority, should—
(A) recede from their disagreement to the
proposal of the conferees of the House of Rep-
resentatives to the committee of conference on the
bill H.R. 4475 with respect to funding for Acqui-
sition, Construction, and Improvements;
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(B) provide adequate funds for operations of
the Coast Guard in fiscal year 2001, including
activities relating to drug and migrant interdic-
tion and fisheries enforcement; and
(C) provide sufficient funds for the Coast
Guard in fiscal year 2001 to correct the 30 per-
cent reduction in funds for operations of the
Coast Guard in fiscal year 2000.
SEC. 351. For the purpose of constructing an under-
pass to improve access and enhance highway/rail safety and
economic development along Star Landing Road in DeSoto
County, Mississippi, the State of Mississippi may use funds
previously allocated to it under the transportation enhance-
ments program, if available.
SEC. 352. Section 1214 of Public Law 105–178, as
amended, is further amended by adding a new subsection
to read as follows:
‘‘(s) Notwithstanding sections 117 (c) and (d) of title
23, United States Code, for project number 1646 in section
1602 of Public Law 105–178—
‘‘(1) the non-Federal share of the project may be
funded by Federal funds from an agency or agencies
not part of the United States Department of Trans-
portation; and
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‘‘(2) the Secretary shall not delegate responsi-
bility for carrying out the project to a State.’’.
SEC. 353. ADDITIONAL SANCTION FOR REVENUE DI-
VERSION. Except as necessary to ensure public safety, no
amount appropriated under this or any other Act may be
used to fund any airport-related grant for the Los Angeles
International Airport made to the City of Los Angeles, or
any inter-governmental body of which it is a member, by
the Department of Transportation or the Federal Aviation
Administration, until the Administration—
(1) concludes the investigation initiated in Dock-
et 13–95–05; and
(2) either—
(A) takes action, if necessary and appro-
priate, on the basis of the investigation to ensure
compliance with applicable laws, policies, and
grant assurances regarding revenue use and re-
tention by an airport; or
(B) determines that no action is warranted.
SEC. 354. Hereafter, the New Jersey Transit commuter
rail station to be located at the intersection of the Main/
Bergen line and the Northeast Corridor line in the State
of New Jersey shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Frank
R. Lautenberg Transfer Station’’: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of Transportation shall ensure that any and all ap-
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plicable reference in law, map, regulation, documentation,
and all appropriate signage shall make reference to the
‘‘Frank R. Lautenberg Transfer Station’’.
TITLE IV
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT
SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000
GIFTS TO THE UNITED STATES FOR REDUCTION OF THE
PUBLIC DEBT
For deposit of an additional amount for fiscal year
2000 into the account established under section 3113(d) of
title 31, United States Code, to reduce the public debt,
$12,200,000,000.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans-
portation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001’’.
Passed the House of Representatives May 19, 2000.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
Passed the Senate June 15, 2000.
Attest:
GARY SISCO,
Secretary.