Union Calendar No. 316
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3675
[Report No. 104–631]
A BILL
Making appropriations for the Department of
Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 1997, and for other
purposes.
JUNE 19, 1996
Committee to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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Union Calendar No. 316
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3675
[Report No. 104–631]
Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 19, 1996
Mr. WOLF, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
A BILL
Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September
30, 1997, 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
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the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other
purposes, namely:
TITLE I
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary,
$53,816,000, of which not to exceed $40,000 shall be
available as the Secretary may determine for allocation
within the Department for official reception and represen-
tation expenses: Provided, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, there may be credited to this appropria-
tion up to $1,000,000 in funds received in user fees estab-
lished to support the electronic tariff filing system: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds appropriated in this
Act or otherwise made available may be used to maintain
custody of airline tariffs that are already available for pub-
lic and departmental access at no cost; to secure them
against detection, alteration, or tampering; and open to
inspection by the Department.
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights,
$5,574,000.
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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, $3,000,000.
TRANSPORTATION ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE CENTER
Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital
outlays of the Transportation Administrative Service Cen-
ter, not to exceed $124,812,000, shall be paid from appro-
priations made available to the Department of Transpor-
tation: Provided, That such services shall be provided on
a competitive basis to entities within the Department of
Transportation: Provided further, That the above limita-
tion on operating expenses shall not apply to non-DOT
entities: Provided further, That no funds appropriated in
this Act to an agency of the Department shall be trans-
ferred to the Transportation Administrative Service Cen-
ter without the approval of the agency modal adminis-
trator: Provided further, That no assessments may be lev-
ied against any program, budget activity, subactivity or
project funded by this Act unless notice of such assess-
ments and the basis therefor are presented to the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations and are ap-
proved by such Committees.
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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, $10,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended and to be derived from the Airport and Airway
Trust Fund: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act
shall be available for the implementation or execution of
programs in excess of $10,000,000 for the Payments to
Air Carriers program in fiscal year 1997: Provided further,
That none of the funds in this Act shall be used by the
Secretary of Transportation to make payment of com-
pensation under subchapter II of chapter 417 of title 49,
United States Code, in excess of the appropriation in this
Act for liquidation of obligations incurred under the ‘‘Pay-
ments to air carriers’’ program: Provided further, That
none of the funds in this Act shall be used for the payment
of claims for such compensation except in accordance with
this provision: Provided further, That none of the funds
in this Act shall be available for service to communities
in the forty-eight contiguous States that are located fewer
than seventy highway miles from the nearest large or me-
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dium hub airport, or that require a rate of subsidy per
passenger in excess of $200 unless such point is greater
than two hundred and 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, $28,600,000 in fiscal year 1997 is hereby
rescinded.
PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS
(RESCISSION)
Of the budgetary resources remaining available under
this heading, $1,133,000 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, $127,447,000: Provided, That of this
amount, $2,022,000 shall be derived from the Highway
Trust Fund, $39,113,000 shall be derived from the Air-
port and Airway Trust Fund, $840,000 shall be derived
from the Pipeline Safety Fund, and $193,000 shall be de-
rived 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, $17,294,000, to be de-
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rived from ‘‘Federal-aid Highways’’, subject to the ‘‘Limi-
tation 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, $2,900,000, of which
$2,635,000 shall remain available until September 30,
1998: Provided, That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 332,
these funds may be used for business opportunities related
to any mode 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
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Public Law 97–377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note),
and section 229(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
429(b)); and recreation and welfare; $2,609,100,000, of
which $25,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li-
ability Trust Fund: Provided, That the number of aircraft
on hand at any one time shall not exceed two hundred
and eighteen, exclusive of aircraft and parts stored to meet
future attrition: Provided further, That none of the funds
appropriated in this or any other Act shall be available
for pay or administrative expenses in connection with ship-
ping commissioners in the United States: Provided further,
That none of the funds provided in this Act shall be avail-
able for expenses incurred for yacht documentation under
46 U.S.C. 12109, except to the extent fees are collected
from yacht owners and credited to this appropriation: Pro-
vided further, That the Commandant shall reduce both
military and civilian employment levels for the purpose of
complying with Executive Order No. 12839.
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS
For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction,
renovation, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore
facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related
thereto, $358,000,000, of which $20,000,000 shall be de-
rived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which
$205,600,000 shall be available to acquire, repair, ren-
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ovate or improve vessels, small boats and related equip-
ment, to remain available until September 30, 2001;
$18,300,000 shall be available to acquire new aircraft and
increase aviation capability, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 1999; $39,900,000 shall be available for other
equipment, to remain available until September 30, 1999;
$47,950,000 shall be available for shore facilities and aids
to navigation facilities, to remain available until Septem-
ber 30, 1999; and $46,250,000 shall remain available for
personnel compensation and benefits and related costs, to
remain available until September 30, 1998: Provided,
That funds received from the sale of the VC–11A and
HU–25 aircraft shall be credited to this appropriation for
the purpose of acquiring new aircraft and increasing avia-
tion capacity: Provided further, That the Commandant
may dispose of surplus real property by sale or lease and
the proceeds of such sale or lease shall be credited to this
appropriation: Provided further, That the proceeds from
the sale of property in Wildwood, New Jersey shall be
credited as offsetting collections to this account so as to
result in a final fiscal year 1997 appropriation estimated
at $338,000,000, and the estimated proceeds from the
sale of such Coast Guard property shall be included in
the budget baseline required by the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, notwithstanding
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section 257(e) of that Act: Provided further, That none
of the funds in this Act may be obligated or expended to
continue the ‘‘Vessel Traffic Service 2000’’ Program.
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS
(RESCISSIONS)
Of the available balances under this heading provided
in Public Law 104–50, $3,400,000 are rescinded.
Of the available balances under this heading provided
in Public Law 103–331, $355,000 are rescinded.
ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION
For necessary expenses to carry out the Coast
Guard’s environmental compliance and restoration func-
tions under chapter 19 of title 14, United States Code,
$21,000,000, to remain available until expended.
ALTERATION OF BRIDGES
For necessary expenses for alteration or removal of
obstructive bridges, $16,000,000, to remain available until
expended.
RETIRED PAY
For retired pay, including the payment of obligations
therefor otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for
this purpose, and payments under the Retired Service-
man’s Family Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, and
for payments for medical care of retired personnel and
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their dependents under the Dependents Medical Care Act
(10 U.S.C. ch. 55) $608,084,000.
RESERVE TRAINING
For all necessary expenses for the Coast Guard Re-
serve, as authorized by law; maintenance and operation
of facilities; and supplies, equipment, and services;
$65,890,000.
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,
for applied scientific research, development, test, and eval-
uation; maintenance, rehabilitation, lease and operation of
facilities 
and 
equipment, 
as 
authorized 
by 
law,
$19,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which
$5,020,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability
Trust Fund: Provided, That there may be credited to this
appropriation funds received from State and local govern-
ments, other public authorities, private sources, and for-
eign countries, for expenses incurred for research, develop-
ment, testing, and evaluation.
BOAT SAFETY
(AQUATIC RESOURCES TRUST FUND)
For payment of necessary expenses incurred for rec-
reational boating safety assistance under Public Law 92–
75, as amended, $35,000,000, to be derived from the Boat
Safety Account and to remain available until expended:
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Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of
law, $5,000,000 is available only for the Coast Guard to
establish a discretionary boating safety grant program.
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
OPERATIONS
For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration, not otherwise provided for, including oper-
ations and research activities related to commercial space
transportation, administrative expenses for research and
development, establishment of air navigation facilities and
the operation (including leasing) and maintenance of air-
craft, and carrying out the provisions of subchapter I of
chapter 471 of title 49, United States Code, or other pro-
visions of law authorizing the obligation of funds for simi-
lar programs of airport and airway development or im-
provement, lease or purchase of four passenger motor ve-
hicles for replacement only, $4,900,000,000, of which
$2,742,602,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Air-
way Trust Fund: Provided, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, not to exceed $30,000,000 from
additional user fees to be established by the Administrator
of the Federal Aviation Administration shall be credited
to this appropriation as offsetting collections and used for
necessary and authorized expenses under this heading:
Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from
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the general fund shall be reduced on a dollar for dollar
basis as such offsetting collections are received during fis-
cal year 1997, to result in a final fiscal year 1997 appro-
priation from the general fund estimated at not more than
$2,127,398,000: Provided further, That the only addi-
tional user fees authorized as offsetting collections are fees
for services provided to aircraft that neither take off from,
nor land in, the United States: Provided further, That
there may be credited to this appropriation, funds received
from States, counties, municipalities, foreign authorities,
other public authorities, and private sources, for expenses
incurred in the provision of agency services, including re-
ceipts for the maintenance and operation of air navigation
facilities and, for issuance, renewal or modification of cer-
tificates, including airman, aircraft, and repair station cer-
tificates, or for tests related thereto, or for processing
major repair or alteration forms: Provided further, That
funds may be used to enter into a grant agreement with
a nonprofit standard setting organization to assist in the
development of aviation safety standards: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available
for new applicants for the second career training program:
Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall
be available for paying premium pay under 5 U.S.C.
5546(a) to any Federal Aviation Administration employee
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unless such employee actually performed work during the
time corresponding to such premium pay: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds in this Act may be obligated
or expended to operate a manned auxiliary flight service
station in the contiguous United States: Provided further,
That none of the funds derived from the Airport and Air-
way Trust Fund may be used to support the operations
and activities of the Associate Administrator for Commer-
cial Space Transportation.
FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,
for acquisition, establishment, and improvement by con-
tract or purchase, and hire of air navigation and experi-
mental facilities and equipment as authorized under part
A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, including
initial acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; en-
gineering and service testing, including construction of
test facilities and acquisition of necessary sites by lease
or grant; and construction and furnishing of quarters and
related accommodations for officers and employees of the
Federal Aviation Administration stationed at remote local-
ities where such accommodations are not available; and
the purchase, lease, or transfer of aircraft from funds
available under this head; to be derived from the Airport
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and Airway Trust Fund, $1,800,000,000, of which
$1,583,000,000 shall remain available until September 30,
1999, and of which $217,000,000 shall remain available
until September 30, 1997: Provided, That there may be
credited to this appropriation funds received from States,
counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and pri-
vate sources, for expenses incurred in the establishment
and modernization of air navigation facilities.
RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,
for research, engineering, and development, as authorized
under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States
Code, including construction of experimental facilities and
acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant,
$185,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway
Trust Fund and to remain available until September 30,
1999: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro-
priation funds received from States, counties, municipali-
ties, other public authorities, and private sources, for ex-
penses incurred for research, engineering, and develop-
ment.
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GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)
For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in-
aid for airport planning and development, and for noise
compatibility planning and programs as authorized under
subchapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter
475 of title 49, United States Code, and under other law
authorizing such obligations, $1,500,000,000, to be de-
rived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That none of the
funds in this Act shall be available for the planning or
execution of programs the obligations for which are in ex-
cess of $1,300,000,000 in fiscal year 1997 for grants-in-
aid for airport planning and development, and noise com-
patibility planning and programs, notwithstanding section
47117(h) of title 49, United States Code.
AVIATION INSURANCE REVOLVING FUND
The Secretary of Transportation is hereby authorized
to make such expenditures and investments, within the
limits of funds available pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 44307, and
in accordance with section 104 of the Government Cor-
poration Control Act, as amended (31 U.S.C. 9104), as
may be necessary in carrying out the program for aviation
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insurance activities under chapter 443 of title 49, United
States Code.
AIRCRAFT PURCHASE LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM
None of the funds in this Act shall be available for
activities under this heading during fiscal year 1997.
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
LIMITATION ON GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES
Necessary expenses for administration, operation, in-
cluding motor carrier safety program operations, and re-
search of the Federal Highway Administration not to ex-
ceed $510,981,000 shall be paid in accordance with law
from appropriations made available by this Act to the Fed-
eral Highway Administration together with advances and
reimbursements received by the Federal Highway Admin-
istration: Provided, That $214,698,000 of the amount pro-
vided herein shall remain available until September 30,
1999.
HIGHWAY-RELATED SAFETY GRANTS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out
the provisions of title 23, United States Code, section 402
administered by the Federal Highway Administration, to
remain available until expended, $2,049,000 to be derived
from the Highway Trust Fund.
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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 $17,550,000,000 for Fed-
eral-aid highways and highway safety construction pro-
grams for fiscal year 1997.
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For carrying out the provisions of title 23, United
States Code, that are attributable to Federal-aid high-
ways, including the National Scenic and Recreational
Highway as authorized by 23 U.S.C. 148, not otherwise
provided, including reimbursements for sums expended
pursuant 
to 
the 
provisions 
of 
U.S.C. 
308,
$19,800,000,000 or so much thereof as may be available
in and derived from the Highway Trust Fund, to remain
available until expended.
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RIGHT-OF-WAY REVOLVING FUND
(LIMITATION ON DIRECT LOANS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
None of the funds under this head are available for
obligations for right-of-way acquisition during fiscal year
1997.
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out
49 U.S.C. 31102, $74,000,000, to be derived from the
Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall
be available for the implementation or execution of pro-
grams the obligations for which are in excess of
$77,425,000 for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Grants’’.
NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY
ADMINISTRATION
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of
the Secretary with respect to traffic and highway safety
under part C of subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code,
and chapter 301 of title 49, United States Code,
$81,895,000, of which $45,646,000 shall remain available
until September 30, 1999: Provided, That none of the
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funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated or ex-
pended to plan, finalize, or implement any rulemaking to
add to section 575.104 of title 49 of the Code of Federal
Regulations any requirement pertaining to a grading
standard that is different from the three grading stand-
ards (treadwear, traction, and temperature resistance) al-
ready in effect.
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of
the Secretary with respect to traffic and highway safety
under 23 U.S.C. 403 and section 2006 of the Intermodal
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public
Law 102–240), to be derived from the Highway Trust
Fund, $50,377,000, of which $27,066,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 1999.
HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For payment of obligations incurred carrying out the
provisions of 23 U.S.C. 153, 402, 408, and 410, chapter
303 of title 49, United States Code, and section 209 of
Public Law 95–599, as amended, to remain available until
expended, $167,100,000, to be derived from the Highway
Trust Fund: Provided, That, notwithstanding subsection
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2009(b) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi-
ciency Act of 1991, none of the funds in this Act shall
be available for the planning or execution of programs the
total obligations for which, in fiscal year 1997, are in ex-
cess of $167,100,000 for programs authorized under 23
U.S.C. 402 and 410, as amended, of which $127,700,000
shall be for ‘‘State and community highway safety
grants’’, $2,400,000 shall be for the ‘‘National Driver
Register’’, $11,000,000 shall be for highway safety grants
as authorized by section 1003(a)(7) of Public Law 102–
240, and $26,000,000 shall be for section 410 ‘‘Alcohol-
impaired driving counter-measures programs’’: Provided
further, That none of these funds shall be used for con-
struction, rehabilitation or remodeling costs, or for office
furnishings and fixtures for State, local, or private build-
ings or structures: Provided further, That not to exceed
$5,268,000 of the funds made available for section 402
may be available for administering ‘‘State and community
highway safety grants’’: Provided further, That not to ex-
ceed $150,000 of the funds made available for section 402
may be available for administering the highway safety
grants authorized by section 1003(a)(7) of Public Law
102–240: Provided further, That the unobligated balances
of the appropriation ‘‘Highway-Related Safety Grants’’
shall be transferred to and merged with this ‘‘Highway
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Traffic Safety Grants’’ appropriation: Provided further,
That not to exceed $500,000 of the funds made available
for section 410 ‘‘Alcohol-impaired driving counter-meas-
ures programs’’ shall be available for technical assistance
to the States.
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION
OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Ad-
ministration, not otherwise provided for, $16,469,000, of
which $1,523,000 shall remain available until expended:
Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for the planning or execution of a program making
commitments to guarantee new loans under the Emer-
gency Rail Services Act of 1970, as amended, and no new
commitments to guarantee loans under section 211(a) or
211(h) of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973,
as amended, shall be made: Provided further, That, as part
of the Washington Union Station transaction in which the
Secretary assumed the first deed of trust on the property
and, where the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation
or any successor is obligated to make payments on such
deed of trust on the Secretary’s behalf, including pay-
ments on and after September 30, 1988, the Secretary
is authorized to receive such payments directly from the
Union Station Redevelopment Corporation, credit them to
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the appropriation charged for the first deed of trust, and
make payments on the first deed of trust with those funds:
Provided further, That such additional sums as may be
necessary for payment on the first deed of trust may be
advanced by the Administrator from unobligated balances
available to the Federal Railroad Administration, to be re-
imbursed from payments received from the Union Station
Redevelopment Corporation.
RAILROAD SAFETY
For necessary expenses in connection with railroad
safety, not otherwise provided for, $51,407,000, of which
$2,476,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other law, funds appro-
priated under this heading are available for the reimburse-
ment of out-of-state travel and per diem costs incurred
by employees of state governments directly supporting the
Federal railroad safety program, including regulatory de-
velopment and compliance-related activities.
RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses for railroad research and de-
velopment, $20,341,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
HIGH-SPEED RAIL TRAINSETS AND FACILITIES
For the National Railroad Passenger Corporation,
$80,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
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1999, to pursue public/private partnerships for high-speed
rail trainset and maintenance facility financing arrange-
ments.
RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAM
The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to
issue to the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obli-
gations pursuant to section 512 of the Railroad Revitaliza-
tion and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–
210), as amended, in such amounts and at such times as
may be necessary to pay any amounts required pursuant
to the guarantee of the principal amount of obligations
under sections 511 through 513 of such Act, such author-
ity to exist as long as any such guaranteed obligation is
outstanding: Provided, That no new loan guarantee com-
mitments shall be made during fiscal year 1997.
NEXT GENERATION HIGH-SPEED RAIL
For necessary expenses for Next Generation High-
Speed Rail studies, corridor planning, development, dem-
onstration, and implementation, $19,757,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That funds under this
head may be made available for grants to States for high-
speed rail corridor design, feasibility studies, environ-
mental analyses, and track and signal improvements.
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TRUST FUND SHARE OF NEXT GENERATION HIGH-
SPEED RAIL
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For grants and payment of obligations incurred in car-
rying out the provisions of the High-Speed Ground Trans-
portation program as defined in subsections 1036(c) and
1036(d)(1)(B) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation
Efficiency Act of 1991, including planning and environ-
mental analyses, $2,855,000, to be derived from the High-
way Trust Fund and to remain available until expended.
RHODE ISLAND RAIL DEVELOPMENT
For the costs associated with construction of a third
track on the Northeast Corridor between Davisville and
Central Falls, Rhode Island, with sufficient clearance to
accommodate double stack freight cars, $4,000,000 to be
matched by the State of Rhode Island or its designee on
a dollar for dollar basis and to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That as a condition of accepting such
funds, the Providence and Worcester (P&W) Railroad
shall enter into an agreement with the Secretary to reim-
burse Amtrak and/or the Federal Railroad Administra-
tion, on a dollar for dollar basis, up to the first
$10,000,000 in damages resulting from the legal action
initiated by the P&W Railroad under its existing contracts
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with Amtrak relating to the provision of vertical clearances
between Davisville and Central Falls in excess of those re-
quired for present freight operations.
DIRECT LOAN FINANCING PROGRAM
Notwithstanding 
any 
other 
provision 
of 
law,
$58,680,000, for direct loans not to exceed $400,000,000
consistent with the purposes of section 505 of the Railroad
Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (45
U.S.C. 825) as in effect on September 30, 1988, to the
Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority to continue
the Alameda Corridor Project, including replacement of
at-grade rail lines with a below-grade corridor and widen-
ing of the adjacent major highway: Provided, That loans
not to exceed the following amounts shall be made on or
after the first day of the fiscal year indicated:
Fiscal year 1997 .......................................................................
$140,000,000
Fiscal year 1998 .......................................................................
$140,000,000
Fiscal year 1999 .......................................................................
$120,000,000
Provided further, That any loan authorized under this sec-
tion shall be structured with a maximum 30-year repay-
ment after completion of construction at an annual inter-
est rate of not to exceed the 30-year United States Treas-
ury rate and on such terms and conditions as deemed ap-
propriate by the Secretary of Transportation: Provided
further, That specific provisions of section 505(a)(b) and
(d) shall not apply: Provided further, That the Alameda
Corridor Transportation Authority shall be deemed to be
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a financially responsible person for purposes of section
505 of the Act.
GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER
CORPORATION
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make
grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation
authorized by 49 U.S.C. 24104, $462,000,000, to remain
available until expended, of which $342,000,000 shall be
available for operating losses and for mandatory passenger
rail service payments, and $120,000,000 shall be for cap-
ital improvements: Provided, That funding under this head
for capital improvements shall not be made available be-
fore July 1, 1997: Provided further, That none of the
funds herein appropriated shall be used for lease or pur-
chase of passenger motor vehicles or for the hire of vehicle
operators for any officer or employee, other than the presi-
dent of the Corporation, excluding the lease of passenger
motor vehicles for those officers or employees while in offi-
cial travel status.
FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal
Transit Administration’s programs authorized by chapter
53 of title 49, United States Code, $41,367,000.
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FORMULA GRANTS
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5307,
5310(a)(2), 5311, and 5336, to remain available until ex-
pended, $400,000,000: Provided, That no more than
$2,052,925,000 of budget authority shall be available for
these purposes: Provided further, That of the funds pro-
vided under this head for formula grants, no more than
$400,000,000 may be used for operating assistance under
49 U.S.C. 5336(d): Provided further, That the limitation
on operating assistance provided under this heading shall,
for urbanized areas of less than 200,000 in population,
be no less than seventy-five percent of the amount of oper-
ating assistance such areas are eligible to receive under
Public Law 103–331: Provided further, That in the dis-
tribution of the limitation provided under this heading to
urbanized areas that had a population under the 1990
census of 1,000,000 or more, the Secretary shall direct
each such area to give priority consideration to the impact
of reductions in operating assistance on smaller transit au-
thorities operating within the area and to consider the
needs and resources of such transit authorities when the
limitation is distributed among all transit authorities oper-
ating in the area.
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the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund to
the Federal Transit Administration’s formula grants ac-
count.
DISCRETIONARY GRANTS
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
None of the funds in this Act shall be available for
the implementation or execution of programs the obliga-
tions for which are in excess of $1,665,000,000 in fiscal
year 1997 for grants under the contract authority in 49
U.S.C. 5338(b): Provided, That there shall be available for
fixed guideway modernization, $666,000,000; there shall
be available for the replacement, rehabilitation, and pur-
chase of buses and related equipment and the construction
of bus-related facilities, $333,000,000; and, notwithstand-
ing any other provision of law, except for fixed guideway
modernization projects, $10,510,000 made available under
Public Law 102–240 and Public Law 102–143 under
‘‘Federal Transit Administration, Discretionary Grants’’
for projects specified in those Acts or identified in reports
accompanying those Acts, not obligated by September 30,
1996; together with, notwithstanding any other provision
of law, $744,000 funds made available for the ‘‘New Bed-
ford and Fall River Massachusetts commuter rail exten-
sion’’ under Public Law 103–331; together with, notwith-
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standing any other provision of law, $47,322,000 funds
made available for the ‘‘Chicago Central Area Circulator
Project’’ in Public Law 103–122 and Public Law 103–
331, shall be made available for new fixed guideway sys-
tems together with the $666,000,000 made available for
new fixed guideway systems in this Act, to be available
as follows:
$66,820,000 for the Atlanta-North Springs
project:
$10,260,000 for the Baltimore-LRT Extension
project;
$40,181,000 for the Boston Piers-MOS–2
project;
$5,500,000 for the Canton-Akron-Cleveland
commuter rail project;
$25,000,000, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, for transit improvements in the Chicago
downtown area;
$3,000,000 for the Cincinnati Northeast-North-
ern Kentucky rail line project;
$10,000,000 for the DART North Central light
rail extension project;
$12,500,000 
for 
the 
Dallas-Fort 
Worth
RAILTRAN project;
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$1,000,000 for the DeKalb County, Georgia
light rail project;
$3,000,000 for the Denver Southwest Corridor
project;
$9,000,000 for the Florida Tri-County com-
muter rail project;
$2,000,000 for the Griffin light rail project;
$40,590,000 for the Houston Regional Bus
project;
$15,300,000 for the Jacksonville ASE extension
project;
$1,500,000 for the Kansas City Southtown cor-
ridor project;
$90,000,000 
for 
the 
Los 
Angeles-MOS–3
project;
$1,500,000 for the Los Angeles-San Diego com-
muter rail project;
$27,000,000 for the MARC Commuter Rail Im-
provements project;
$1,000,000 for the Miami-North 27th Avenue
project;
$2,000,000 for the Memphis, Tennessee Re-
gional Rail Plan;
$10,000,000 for the New Jersey Urban Core/
Hudson-Bergen LRT project;
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$105,530,000 for the New Jersey Urban Core/
Secaucus project;
$1,000,000 for the New Jersey West Trenton
commuter rail project;
$8,000,000 for the New Orleans Canal Street
Corridor project;
$2,000,000 for the New Orleans Desire Street-
car project;
$35,020,000 for the New York-Queens Connec-
tion project;
$500,000 for the Northern Indiana commuter
rail project;
$5,000,000 for the Orange County transitway
project;
$2,000,000 for the Orlando Lynx light rail
project;
$90,000,000 for the Portland-Westside/Hills-
boro Extension project;
$6,000,000 for the Sacramento LRT Extension
project;
$20,000,000 for the Salt Lake City-South LRT
project, of which not less than $10,000,000 shall be
available only for high-occupancy vehicle lane and
corridor design costs;
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$20,000,000 for the St. Louis-St. Clair Exten-
sion project;
$35,000,000 for the San Francisco Area-BART
airport extension/San Jose Tasman West LRT
projects;
$3,000,000 for the San Diego-Mid-Coast Cor-
ridor project;
$9,500,000 for the San Juan Tren Urbano
project;
$375,000 for the Staten Island-Midtown Ferry
service project;
$2,000,000 for the Tampa to Lakeland com-
muter rail project; and
$2,500,000 for the Whitehall ferry terminal,
New York, New York.
MASS TRANSIT CAPITAL FUND
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out
49 U.S.C. 5338(b) administered by the Federal Transit
Administration, $2,000,000,000, to be derived from the
Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until ex-
pended.
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WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT
AUTHORITY
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of section 14 of Public Law 96–184 and Public Law 101–
551, $200,000,000, to remain available until expended.
SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora-
tion is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, with-
in the limits of funds and borrowing authority available
to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make
such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal
year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern-
ment Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be
necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the
Corporation’s budget for the current fiscal year.
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE
(HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)
For necessary expenses for operation and maintenance
of those portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway operated
and maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Develop-
ment Corporation, including the Great Lakes Pilotage
functions delegated by the Secretary of Transportation,
$10,037,000, to be derived from the Harbor Maintenance
Trust Fund, pursuant to Public Law 99–662.
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RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS
ADMINISTRATION
RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of
the Research and Special Programs Administration,
$23,929,000, of which $574,000 shall be derived from the
Pipeline Safety Fund, and of which $7,101,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 1999: Provided, That
up to $1,200,000 in fees collected under 49 U.S.C.
5108(g) shall be deposited in the general fund of the
Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided further, That
there may be credited to this appropriation funds received
from States, counties, municipalities, other public authori-
ties, and private sources for expenses incurred for train-
ing, for reports publication and dissemination.
PIPELINE SAFETY
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND)
For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of the
pipeline safety program, for grants-in-aid to carry out a
pipeline safety program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C.
60107, and to discharge the pipeline program responsibil-
ities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $30,988,000, of
which $2,528,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li-
ability Trust Fund and shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 1999; and of which $28,460,000 shall be de-
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rived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which
$15,500,000 shall remain available until September 30,
1999: Provided, That in addition to amounts made avail-
able for the Pipeline Safety Fund, $1,000,000 shall be
available for grants to States for the development and es-
tablishment of one-call notification systems and shall be
derived from amounts previously collected under section
7005 of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation
Act of 1985.
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS
(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND)
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5127(c),
$200,000, to be derived from the Emergency Prepared-
ness Fund, to remain available until September 30, 1999:
Provided, That none of the funds made available by 49
U.S.C. 5116(i) and 5127(d) shall be made available for
obligation by individuals other than the Secretary of
Transportation, or his designee.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General
Act of 1978, as amended, $39,450,000: Provided, That
none of the funds under this heading shall be for the con-
duct of contract audits.
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Surface Transpor-
tation Board, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, $12,344,000: Provided, That $3,000,000 in fees col-
lected in fiscal year 1997 by the Surface Transportation
Board pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9701 shall be made available
to this appropriation in fiscal year 1997: Provided further,
That any fees received in excess of $3,000,000 in fiscal
year 1997 shall remain available until expended, but shall
not be available for obligation until October 1, 1997.
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, $3,540,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding
any other provision of law, there may be credited to this
appropriation funds received for publications and training
expenses.
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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), $42,407,000, of which not to exceed $2,000
may be used for official reception and representation ex-
penses.
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. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal
year 1997 pay raises for programs funded in this Act shall
be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act or
previous appropriations Acts.
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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 secondary schooling for dependents of Federal Avia-
tion Administration personnel stationed outside the con-
tinental 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 pro-
vide 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 resi-
dence when the Secretary, under such regulations as may
be prescribed, determines that such schools are not acces-
sible 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 one hundred
seven political and Presidential appointees in the Depart-
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ment of Transportation: Provided, That none of the per-
sonnel covered by this provision may be assigned on tem-
porary detail outside the Department of Transportation.
SEC. 306. None of the funds in this Act shall be used
for the planning or execution of any program to pay the
expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties
intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings
funded in this Act.
SEC. 307. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current
fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria-
tions, unless expressly so provided herein.
SEC. 308. 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-
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ment contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United
States Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such
expenditures are a matter of public record and available
for public inspection, except where otherwise provided
under existing law, or under existing Executive order is-
sued pursuant to existing law.
SEC. 310. (a) For fiscal year 1997 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, 1996, 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-
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priated for Federal-aid highways that have been ap-
portioned to a State;
(2) after August 1, 1997, revise a distribution
of the funds made available under subsection (a) if
a State will not obligate the amount distributed dur-
ing that fiscal year and redistribute sufficient
amounts to those States able to obligate amounts in
addition to those previously distributed during that
fiscal year giving priority to those States having
large unobligated balances of funds apportioned
under sections 103(e)(4), 104, and 144 of title 23,
United States Code, and under sections 1013(c) and
1015 of Public Law 102–240; and
(3) not distribute amounts authorized for ad-
ministrative expenses and funded from the adminis-
trative takedown authorized by section 104(a), title
23 U.S.C., the Federal lands highway program, the
intelligent transportation 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
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and highway safety construction programs under the
head ‘‘Federal-Aid Highways’’ in this Act.
(d) During the period October 1 through December
31, 1996, 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-
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, 1997, the aggregate amount which may be obligated
by all States shall not exceed 2.5 percent of the aggregate
amount of funds apportioned 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 1997 if the
total amount of the obligation limitation provided for such
fiscal year in this Act were utilized.
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(f) Paragraph (e) shall not apply to any State which
on or after August 1, 1997, has the amount distributed
to such State under paragraph (a) for fiscal year 1997
reduced under paragraph (c)(2).
SEC. 311. 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.
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 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
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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. 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 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
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. 316. 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.
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SEC. 317. 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, 1999, shall be made
available for other projects under 49 U.S.C. 5309.
SEC. 318. 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.
SEC. 319. 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. 320. 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
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contract between the Federal Aviation Administration
and the Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Develop-
ment during fiscal year 1997.
SEC. 321. Funds provided in this Act for the Trans-
portation Administrative Service Center (TASC) shall be
reduced by $10,000,000, which limits fiscal year 1997
TASC obligational authority for elements of the Depart-
ment of Transportation funded in this Act to no more
than $114,812,000: Provided, That such reductions from
the budget request shall be allocated by the Department
of Transportation to each appropriations account in pro-
portion to the amount included in each account for the
transportation administrative service center.
SEC. 322. 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. 323. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able to prepare, propose, or promulgate any regulations
pursuant to title V of the Motor Vehicle Information and
Cost Savings Act (49 U.S.C. 32901, et seq.) prescribing
corporate average fuel economy standards for automobiles,
as defined in such title, in any model year that differs
from standards promulgated for such automobiles prior to
enactment of this section.
SEC. 324. 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. 325. 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-
tion limitation for Federal-aid highways and highway safe-
ty construction: Provided further, That in addition to
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amounts otherwise provided in this Act, not to exceed
$3,100,000 in expenses of the Bureau of Transportation
Statistics necessary to conduct activities related to airline
statistics may be incurred, but only to the extent such ex-
penses are offset by user fees charged for those activities
and credited as offsetting collections.
SEC. 326. The Secretary of Transportation is author-
ized to transfer funds appropriated in this Act to ‘‘Rental
payments’’ for any expense authorized by that appropria-
tion in excess of the amounts provided in this Act: Pro-
vided, That prior to any such transfer, notification shall
be provided to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations.
SEC. 327. None of the funds in this Act may be obli-
gated 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 emo-
tional response or psychological stress in some partici-
pants; (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
belief systems or ‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Notice N–
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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. 328. None of the funds in this Act shall, in the
absence of express authorization by Congress, be used di-
rectly or indirectly to pay for any personal service, adver-
tisement, telegram, telephone, letter, printed or written
matter, or other device, intended or designed to influence
in any manner a Member of Congress, to favor or oppose,
by vote or otherwise, any legislation or appropriation by
Congress, whether before or after the introduction of any
bill or resolution proposing such legislation or appropria-
tion: Provided, That this shall not prevent officers or em-
ployees of the Department of Transportation or related
agencies funded in this Act from communicating to Mem-
bers of Congress on the request of any Member or to Con-
gress, through the proper official channels, requests for
legislation or appropriations which they deem necessary
for the efficient conduct of the public business.
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SEC. 329. None of the funds in this Act may be used
to support Federal Transit Administration’s field oper-
ations and oversight of the Washington Metropolitan Area
Transit Authority in any location other than from the
Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
SEC. 330. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used for improvements to the Miller Highway
in New York City, New York.
SEC. 331. Not to exceed $850,000 of the funds pro-
vided in this Act for the Department of Transportation
shall be available for the necessary expenses of advisory
committees.
SEC. 332. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Secretary may use funds appropriated under this
Act, or any subsequent Act, to administer and implement
the exemption provisions of 49 CFR 580.6 and to adopt
or amend exemptions from the disclosure requirements of
49 CFR part 580 for any class or category of vehicles
that the Secretary deems appropriate.
SEC. 333. No funds other than those appropriated
to the Surface Transportation Board shall be used for con-
ducting the activities of the Board.
SEC. 334. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to construct, or to pay the salaries or
expenses of Department of Transportation personnel who
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approve or facilitate the construction of, a third track on
the Metro-North Railroad Harlem Line in the vicinity of
Bronxville, New York, when it is made known to the Fed-
eral official having authority to obligate or expend such
funds that a final environmental impact statement has not
been completed for such construction project.
SEC. 335. Section 5328(c)(1)(E) of title 49, United
States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘Westside’’ the first place it ap-
pears;
(2) by striking ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘101–584,’’; and
(3) by inserting before the period at the end the
following: ‘‘, and the locally preferred alternative for
the South/North Corridor Project’’.
SEC. 336. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, of the funds made available to Cleveland for the
‘‘Cleveland Dual Hub Corridor Project’’ or ‘‘Cleveland
Dual Hub Rail Project,’’ $4,023,030 in funds made avail-
able in fiscal years 1991, 1992, and 1994, under Public
Laws 101–516, 102–143, 102–240, 103–122, and accom-
panying reports, shall be made available for the Berea Red
Line Extension and the Euclid Corridor Improvement
projects.
SEC. 337. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, funds made available under section 3035(kk) of Pub-
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lic Law 102–240 for fiscal year 1997 to the State of
Michigan shall be for the purchase of buses and bus-relat-
ed equipment and facilities.
SEC. 338. In addition to amounts otherwise provided
in this Act, there is hereby appropriated $2,400,000 for
activities of the National Civil Aviation Review Commis-
sion, to remain available until expended.
SEC. 339. Section 423 of H.R. 1361, as passed the
House of Representatives on May 9, 1995, is hereby en-
acted into law.
TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS HIGHWAY
PROVISIONS
SEC. 401. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, semitrailer units operating in a truck tractor-
semitrailer combination whose semitrailer unit is more
than forty-eight feet in length and truck tractor-
semitrailer-trailer 
combinations 
specified 
in 
section
31111(b)(1) of title 49, United States Code, may not oper-
ate on United States Route 15 in Virginia between the
Maryland border and the intersection with United States
Route 29.
SEC. 402. Item 30 of the table contained in section
1107(b) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi-
ciency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2050), relating to Mobile,
Alabama, is amended in the second column by inserting
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after ‘‘Alabama’’ the following: ‘‘and for feasibility studies,
preliminary engineering, and construction of a new bridge
and approaches over the Mobile River’’.
SEC. 403. Item 94 of the table contained in section
1107(b) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi-
ciency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2052), relating to St. Thom-
as, Virgin Islands, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘St. Thomas,’’; and
(2) by inserting after ‘‘the island’’ the follow-
ing: ‘‘of St. Thomas and improvements to the VIPA
Molasses Dock intermodal port facility on the island
of St. Croix to make the facility capable of handling
multiple cargo tasks’’.
SEC. 404. The Secretary of Transportation is hereby
authorized to enter into an agreement modifying the
agreement entered into pursuant to section 336 of the De-
partment of Transportation and Related Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 1995 (Public Law 103–331) and section
356 of the Department of Transportation and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (Public Law 104–50)
to provide an additional line of credit not to exceed
$25,000,000, which may be used to replace otherwise re-
quired contingency reserves; provided, however, that the
Secretary may only enter into such modification if it is
supported by the amount of the original appropriation
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(provided by section 336 of Public Law 103–331). No ad-
ditional appropriation is made by this section. In imple-
menting this section, the Secretary may enter into an
agreement requiring an interest rate, on both the original
line of credit and the additional amount provided for here-
in, higher than that currently in force and higher than
that specified in the original appropriation. An agreement
entered into pursuant to this section may not obligate the
Secretary to make any funds available until all remaining
contingency reserves are exhausted, and in no event shall
any funds be made available before October 1, 1998.
SEC. 405. Public Law 100–202 is amended in the
item relating to ‘‘Traffic Improvement Demonstration
Project’’ by inserting after ‘‘project’’ the following: ‘‘or up-
grade existing local roads’’.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans-
portation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
1997’’.