Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1984
PL 98-78 (H.R.3329), enacted 08/15/1983

PUBLIC LAW 98-78—AUG. 15, 1983 
97 STAT. 453 
Public Law 98-78 
98th Congress 
An Act 
Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1984, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not 
otherwise appropriated, for the Department of Transportation and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1984, and 
for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF 
TRANSPORTATION 
Aug. 15, 1983 
[H.R. 8329] 
Department of 
Transportation 
and Related 
Agencies 
Appropriations 
Act, 1984. 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of Transpor-
tation, including not to exceed $36,500 for allocation within the 
Department of official reception and representation expenses as the 
Secretary may determine, $41,275,000, of which $4,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended and shall be available for the 
purposes of the Minority Business Resource Center as authorized by 
49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, funds available for the purposes of the Minority Business 
Resource Center in this or any other Act, may be used for business 
opportunities related to any mode of transportation. 
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for conducting transportation planning, 
research, and development activities, including the collection of 
national transportation 
statistics, to remain 
available 
until 
expended, $4,878,000. 
LIMITATION ON WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital outlays of the 
Department of Transportation Working Capital Fund not to exceed 
$67,974,000 shall be paid, in accordance with law, from appropri-
ations made available by this Act and prior appropriation Acts to 
the Department of Transportation, together with advances and 
reimbursements received by the Department of Transportation. 
97 STAT. 454 
PUBLIC LAW 98-78—AUG. 15, 1983 
COAST GUARD 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for the operation and maintenance of the 
Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for; purchase of not to exceed 
one new ambulance and eight passenger motor vehicles, for replace-
ment only; and recreation and welfare, $1,656,256,000, together with 
$12,550,000 to be derived from the appropriation for "Retired pay", 
of which $263,544 shall be applied to Capehart Housing debt reduc-
14 use 92 note, 
tion: Provided, That the number of aircraft on hand at any one time 
shall not exceed two hundred and ten exclusive of planes 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 shipping commis-
Yacht 
sioners in the United States: Provided further. That none of the 
documentation. 
funds provided in this Act shall be available for expenses incurred 
for yacht documentation under 46 U.S.C. 103 except to the extent 
fees are collected from yacht owners and credited to this appropri-
ation, and, notwithstanding any other law, the Secretary may pre-
scribe fees to recover the expenses of yacht documentation. 
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction, rebuilding, 
and improvement of aids to navigation, shore facilities, vessels, and 
aircraft, including equipment related thereto; to remain available 
until September 30,1988, $369,000,000. 
ALTERATION OF BRIDGES 
For necessary expenses for alteration or removal of obstructive 
bridges, $8,600,000, 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 Serviceman's Family Protection and 
Survivor Benefit Plans, and for payments for medical care of retired 
personnel and their dependents under the Dependents Medical Care 
10 use 1071 et 
Act (10 U.S.C, ch. 55), $341,300,000. 
seq. 
RESERVE TRAINING 
For all necessary expenses for the Coast Guard Reserve, as au-
thorized by law; maintenance and operation of facilities; and sup-
plies, equipment, and services, $54,805,000. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for basic and 
applied scientific research, development, test, and evaluation; main-
tenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equip-
ment, as authorized by law, $22,500,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That there may be credited to this appropri-
Ocean dumping 
surveillance. 
PUBLIC LAW 98-78—AUG. 15, 1983 
97 STAT. 455 
ation, funds received from State and local governments, other public 
authorities, private sources and foreign countries for expenses in-
curred for research, development, testing and evaluation: Provided 
further, That $500,000 of this appropriation shall be available only 
for the development and testing of a sealed electronic ocean dump-
ing surveillance system to assist the Coast Guard in conducting 
enforcement and surveillance activities pursuant to title I of the 
Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act (33 U.S.C. 1401 et 
seq.). 
OFFSHORE OIL POLLUTION COMPENSATION FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of title III of 
the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 1978 (Public 
Law 95-372), such sums as may be necessary, to be derived from the 43 use 1811. 
Offshore Oil Pollution Compensation Fund and to remain available 
until expended. In addition, the Secretary of Transportation is 
authorized to issue to the Secretary of the Treasury, to meet the 
obligations of the Fund, notes or other obligations pursuant to 
section 302 of the Amendments in such amounts and at such times 43 use 1812. 
as may be necessary: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act 
shall be available for the implementation or execution of programs 
the obligations for which are in excess of $60,000,000 in fiscal year 
1984 for the "Offshore Oil Pollution Compensation Fund". 
DEEPWATER PORT LIABILITY FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 18 of 
the Deepwater Port Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-627), $1,000,000, to 33 use 1517. 
be derived from the Deepwater Port Liability Fund and to remain 
available until expended. In addition, the Secretary of Transporta- 33 use I5i7a. 
tion is authorized to issue, and the Secretary of the Treasury is 
authorized to purchase, without fiscal year limitation, notes or other 
obligations pursuant to section 18(f)(3) of the Act in such amounts 
and at such times as may be necessary to meet the obligations of the 
Fund: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available 
for the implementation or execution of programs, the obligations for 
which are in excess of $50,000,000 in fiscal year 1984 for the "Deep-
water Port Liability Fund". 
NATIONAL RECREATIONAL BOATING SAFETY AND FACILITIES 
IMPROVEMENT FUND 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
For payment of obligations incurred for recreational boating 
safety assistance under Public Law 92-75, as amended, $12,500,000, 
to be derived from the National Recreational Boating Safety and 
Facilities Improvement Fund and to remain 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 excess of $12,500,000 in fiscal year 1984 for recre-
ational boating safety assistance: Provided further, That no obliga-
tions may be incurred for the improvement of recreational boating 
facilities. 
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note. 
97 STAT. 456 
PUBLIC LAW 98-78—AUG. 15, 1983 
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 
HEADQUARTERS ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of providing 
administrative services at the headquarters location of the Federal 
Aviation Administration, including but not limited to accounting, 
budgeting, personnel, legal, public affairs, and executive direction 
for the Federal Aviation Administration, $56,900,000: Provided, 
That the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to transfer 
appropriated funds between this appropriation and the Federal 
Aviation Administration appropriation for Operations: Provided fur-
ther, That this appropriation shall be neither increased nor de-
creased by more than 7.5 per centum by any such transfers: Pro-
Report to 
vided further. That any such transfers shall be reported to the 
congressional 
Committees on Appropriations. 
committees. 
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OPERATIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Administration, 
not otherwise provided for, including administrative expenses for 
research and development and for establishment of air navigation 
facilities, and carrying out the provisions of the Airport and Airway 
49 use app. 1701 Development Act, as amended, or other provisions of law author-
note, 
izing obligation of funds for similar programs of airport and airway 
development or improvement; purchase of four passenger motor 
vehicles for replacement only and purchase and repair of skis and 
snowshoes, $2,500,000,000: Provided, That there may be credited to 
this appropriation, funds received from States, counties, municipal-
ities, other public authorities, and private sources, for expenses 
incurred in the maintenance and operation of air navigation facili-
ties: Provided further, That none of these funds shall be available for 
new applicants for the second career training program: Provided 
further, 
That the unexpended balances of the appropriations, 
"Federal Aviation Administration Safety Regulation" and "Federal 
Aviation Administration Research and Development" shall be trans-
ferred to this appropriation and remain available until expended. 
FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for acquisi-
tion, establishment, and improvement by contract or purchase, and 
hire of air navigation and experimental facilities, including initial 
acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; engineering and 
service testing including construction of test facilities and acquisi-
tion of necessary sites by lease or grant; 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 lease or 
purchase of six aircraft; to be derived from the Airport and Airway 
Trust Fund and to remain available until September 30, 1988, 
$750,000,000: Provided, That there may be credited to this appropri-
ation, funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other 
public authorities, and private sources, for expenses incurred in the 
establishment and modernization of air navigation facilities. 
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97 STAT. 457 
RESEARCH, ENGINEERING AND DEVELOPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for research, 
engineering, and development, in accordance with the provisions of 
the Federal Aviation Act (49 U.S.C. 1301-1542), including construc-
tion of experimental facilities and acquisition of necessary sites by 
lease or grant, $263,452,000, to be derived from the Airport and 
Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, 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 research, engi-
neering and development. 
GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS (LIQUIDATION OP CONTRACT 
AUTHORIZATION) (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For liquidation of obligations incurred for airport planning and 
development under section 14 of Public Law 91-258, as amended, 84 Stat. 224. 
and under other law authorizing such obligations, and obligations 
for noise compatibility planning and programs, $745,000,000, to be 
derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds in this 
Act shall be available for the planning or execution of programs the 
commitments for which are in excess of $800,000,000 in fiscal year 
1984 for grants-in-aid for airport planning and development, and 
noise compatibility planning and programs notwithstanding section 
506(e)(4) of the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982. 96 Stat. 677 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON 
AIRPORTS 
For expenses incident to the care, operation, maintenance, im-
provement, and protection of the federally owned civil airports in 
the vicinity of the District of Columbia, including purchase of ten 
passenger motor vehicles for police or ambulance type use, for 
replacement only; and purchase of two motor bikes for replacement 
only; purchase of one ambulance, for replacement only; purchase, 
cleaning, and repair of uniforms; and arms and ammunition, 
$34,557,000: Provided, That there may be credited to this appropri-
ation, funds received from air carriers, concessionaires, and non-
Federal tenants sufficient to cover utility and fuel costs which are in 
excess of $6,767,000: Provided further. That there may be credited to 
this appropriation, funds received from States, counties, municipal-
ities, other public authorities, or private sources, for expenses in-
curred in the maintenance and operation of the federally owned 
civil airports. 
CONSTRUCTION, METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON AIRPORTS 
For necessary expenses for construction at the federally owned 
civil airports in the vicinity of the District of Columbia, including 
purchase of fourteen buses, $14,250,000, to remain available until 
September 30,1986. 
49 u s e app. 
2205. 
note. 
97 STAT. 458 
PUBLIC LAW 98-78—AUG. 15, 1983 
AVIATION INSURANCE REVOLVING FUND 
The Secretary of Transportation is hereby authorized to make 
such expenditures and investments, within the limits of funds avail-
able pursuant to section 1306 of the Act of August 23, 1958, as 
amended (49 U.S.C. 1536), and in accordance with section 104 of the 
Government Corporation Control Act, as amended (31 U.S.C. 9104), 
as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the 
budget for the current fiscal year for aviation insurance activities 
under said Act. 
AIRCRAFT PURCHASE LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM 
During fiscal year 1984, no commitments for guarantee of aircraft 
purchase loans under the Act of September 7, 1957, as amended (49 
49 use app. 1324 U.S.C. 1324 note), shall be made: Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the Secretary of Transportation may 
hereafter issue notes or other obligations to the Secretary of the 
Treasury, in such forms and denominations, bearing such maturi-
ties, and subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary of the 
Treasury may prescribe. Such obligations may be issued to pay any 
necessary expenses required pursuant to the guarantee issued under 
the Act of September 7, 1957, Public Law 85-307, as amended (49 
U.S.C. 1324 note). The amount of such obligations when combined 
with the aggregate of all such obligations made during fiscal year 
1983 shall not exceed $175,000,000 by September 30, 1984. Such 
obligations shall be redeemed by the Secretary from appropriations 
authorized by this section. The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
purcheise any such obligations, and for such purpose he may use as a 
public debt transaction the proceeds from the sale of any securities 
issued under the Second Liberty Bond Act, as now or hereafter in 
force. The purpose for which securities may be issued under such 
Act are extended to include any purchase of notes or other obliga-
tions issued under the subsection. The Secretary of the Treasury 
may sell any such obligations at such times and price and upon such 
terms and conditions as he shall determine in his discretion. All 
purchase, redemptions, and sales of such obligations by such Secre-
tary shall be treated as public debt transactions of the United 
States. 
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES 
Necessary expenses for administration, operation, and research of 
the Federal Highway Administration, not to exceed $200,000,000, 
shall be paid, in accordance with law, from appropriations made 
available by this Act to the Federal Highway Administration 
together with advances and reimbursements received by the Federal 
Highway Administration: Provided, That not to exceed $38,650,000 
of the amount provided herein shall remain available until 
expended: Provided further. That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the request for waiver of repayment of Federal funds for 
the withdrawn 1-335 right of way in Minnesota meets the require-
ments of section 103(e)(5)(B) of title 23, United States Code, that it is 
for a public purpose and in the public interest to waive repayment of 
Federal funds, and the waiver is granted. 
PUBLIC LAW 98-78—AUG. 15, 1983 
97 STAT. 459 
49 u s e app. 
1651 note. 
96 Stat. 2155. 
49 u s e app. 
2302. 
23 u s e 307 note. 
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY 
For necessary expenses to carry out motor carrier safety functions 
of the Secretary, as authorized by the Department of Transportation 
Act (80 Stat. 939-940), $13,020,000, of which $600,000 shall remain 
available until expended and not to exceed $1,601,000 shall be 
available for "Limitation on general operating expenses". 
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 402 
of Public Law 97-424, $8,000,000, to be derived from the Highway 
Trust Fund and to remain available until September 30, 1987. 
HIGHWAY SAFETY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses in carrying out provisions of sections 
307(a) and 403 of title 23, United States Code, to be derived from the 
Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until expended, 
$8,500,000. 
ACCESS CONTROL DEMONSTRATION PROJECT 
Section 150(d) of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1978 is amended 
by striking out the period at the end thereof, and inserting the 
following: ": Provided, however. That sums shall not lapse until 
September 30,1985.". 
HIGHWAY-RELATED SAFETY GRANTS (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT 
AUTHORIZATION) (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 ex-
pended, $9,738,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund: 
Provided, That not to exceed $200,000 of the amount appropriated 
herein shall be available for "Limitation on general operating ex-
penses": Provided further. That none of the funds in this Act shall 
be available for the planning or execution of programs, the obliga-
tions for which are in excess of $10,000,000 in fiscal year 1984 for 
"Highway-related safety grants". 
RAILROAD-HIGHWAY CROSSINGS DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS 
For necessary expenses of certain railroad-highway crossings dem-
onstration projects as authorized by section 163 of the Federal-Aid 
Highway Act of 1973, as amended, to remain available until ex- 23 use 130 note. 
pended, $15,000,000, of which $10,000,000 shall be derived from the 
Highway Trust Fund. 
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT 
AUTHORIZATION) (TRUST FUND) 
For carrying out the provisions of title 23, United States Code, 
which are attributable to Federal-aid highways, including the Na-
tional 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 
23 
U.S.C. 
308, 
97 STAT. 460 
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$11,600,000,000 or so much thereof as may be available in and 
derived from the Highway Trust Fund, to remain available until 
23 use 104 note, expended: Provided, That, (a) notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the total of all obligations for Federal-aid highways and 
highway safety construction programs for fiscal year 1984 shall not 
exceed $12,600,000,000, except that this limitation shall not apply to 
obligations for emergency relief under section 125 of title 23, United 
States Code, projects covered under section 147 of the Surface 
23 use 144 note. Transportation Assistance Act of 1978, section 9 of the Federal-Aid 
95 Stat. 1701. 
Highway Act of 1981, subsections 131 (b) and (j) of Public Law 97-
96 Stat. 2119. 
424, section 118 of the National Visitors Center Facilities Act of 
40 use 818. 
1968, section 320 of title 23, United States Code, or section 157 of 
title 23, United States Code. 
(b) For fiscal year 1984 the Secretary of Transportation shall 
distribute the limitation imposed by subsection (a) by allocation in 
the ratio which sums authorized to be appropriated for Federal-aid 
highways and highway safety construction which are apportioned or 
allocated to each State for such fiscal year bears to the total of the 
sums authorized to be appropriated for Federal-aid highways and 
highway safety construction which are apportioned or allocated to 
all the States for such fiscal year. 
(c) During the period October 1 through December 31, 1983, no 
State shall obligate more than 35 per centum of the amount distrib-
uted to such State under subsection 0)), and the total of all State 
obligations during such period shall not exceed 25 per centum of the 
total amount distributed to all States under such subsection. 
(d) Notwithstanding subsections (b) and (c), the Secretary shall— 
(1) provide all States with authority sufficient to prevent 
lapses of sums authorized to be appropriated for Federal-aid 
highways and highway safety construction which have been 
apportioned to a State, except in those instances in which a 
State indicates its intention to lapse sums apportioned under 
section 104(b)(5)(A) of title 23, United States Code; 
(2) after August 1, 1984, revise a distribution of the funds 
made available under subsection (b) if a State will not obligate 
the amount distributed during the 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 bal-
ances of funds apportioned under section 104 of title 23, United 
States Code, and giving priority to those States which, because 
of statutory changes made by the Surface Transportation As-
96 Stat. 2097. 
sistance Act of 1982 and the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981, 
23 use 101 note. 
have experienced substantial proportional reductions in their 
apportionments and allocations; and 
(3) not distribute amounts authorized for administrative ex-
penses and the Federal Lands Highway Programs. 
EMERGENCY RELIEF 
Notwithstanding sections 125, 129, and 301 of title 23, United 
States Code, an additional $20,000,000 shall be available from the 
Highway Trust Fund for the emergency fund authorized under 
Mianus Bridge, 
section 125 of title 23, United States Code: Provided, That the 
1-95, eonn. 
Secretary shall give first priority to making funds available to 
repair or replace the Mianus Bridge on 1-95 in Connecticut: Pro-
vided further. That the Federal funds provided herein shall not 
PUBLIC LAW 98-78—AUG. 15, 1983 
97 STAT. 461 
duplicate assistance provided by any other Federal emergency pro-
gram, compensation received from Connecticut bridge insurance 
policies, or any other non-Federal source: Provided further, That 
regulations issued under section 125, title 23, United States Code, 
shall apply to the expenditure of such Federal funds: Provided 
further, That such funds shall not be available until the State of 
Connecticut enters into an agreement pursuant to section 105 of the 
Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1978 which covers the Mianus Bridge. 92 Stat. 2692. 
MiANUs BRIDGE EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses to help defray costs such as additional 
police and fire services and road repairs resulting from the Mianus 
Bridge collapse, $1,000,000: Provided, That such sum shall be 
equally divided between and allocated to the towns of Greenwich, 
Connecticut, and Port Chester, New York. 
RIGHT-OF-WAY REVOLVING FUND (LIMITATION ON DIRECT LOANS) 
(TRUST FUND) 
During fiscal year 1984 and within the resources and authority 
available, gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans 
shall not exceed $30,000,000. 
ACCESS HIGHWAYS TO PUBLIC RECREATION AREAS ON CERTAIN LAKES 
For necessary expenses of certain Access Highway projects, as 
authorized by section 155, title 23, U.S.C, $4,270,000. 
WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PROJECT ROADS 
For necessary expenses in connection with planning and design 
activities associated with the upgrading of certain highways for the 
transportation of nuclear waste generated during defense-related 
activites, not otherwise provided for, $5,800,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, however. That these funds become availa-
ble when construction of the Waste Isolation Pilot Project com-
mences. 
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 and functions under the 
Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act (Public Law 92-
513, as amended), $78,000,000, of which $21,884,000 shall be derived 15 use 1901 
from the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That not to exceed ^°^-
$33,070,000 shall remain available until expended, of which 
$8,810,000 shall be derived from the Highway Trust Fund. 
HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) (TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions 
of 23 U.S.C. 402, 406, and 408, and section 209 of Public Law 95-599, 23 USC 401 note. 
to remain available until expended, $118,000,000, to be derived from 
97 STAT. 462 
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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 are in excess of $100,000,000 in fiscal year 
1984 for "State and community highway safety" authorized under 
23 U.S.C. 402: Provided further, That none of these funds shall be 
used for construction, rehabilitation or remodeling costs or for office 
furnishings and fixtures for State, local, or private buildings or 
structures: Provided further. That none of the funds in this Act shall 
be available for the planning or execution of programs, the total 
obligations for which are in excess of $37,950,000 for "Alcohol safety 
incentive grants" authorized under 23 U.S.C. 408: Provided further, 
That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the 
planning or execution of programs authorized by section 209 of 
23 use 401 note. Public Law 95-599, as amended, the total obligations for which are 
in excess of $5,000,000 in fiscal years 1983 and 1984: Provided 
further. That not to exceed $4,990,000 shall be available for adminis-
tering the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 402. 
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION 
OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Administration, 
not otherwise provided for, $11,680,000. 
RAILROAD SAFETY 
For necessary expenses in connection with railroad safety, not 
otherwise provided for, $28,900,000. 
RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for railroad research and development, 
$16,225,000, to remain available until expended. 
RAIL SERVICE ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses for rail service assistance authorized by 
49 use app. 
section 5 of the Department of Transportation Act, as amended, for 
40 use 801 n te 
Washington Union Station, as authorized by Public Law 97-125, and 
for necessary administrative expenses in connection with Federal 
rail assistance programs not otherwise provided for, $25,094,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds 
provided under this Act shall be available for the planning or 
execution of a program making commitments to guarantee new 
45 use 6
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5
1 note, 
loans under the Emergency Rail Services Act of 1970, as amended, 
and that no new commitments to guarantee loans under section 
45 use 721. 
211(a) of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, as amended, 
shall be made: Provided further. That none of the funds in this Act 
shall be available for the acquisition, sale or transference of Wash-
ington Union Station without the prior approval of the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That, of 
the funds available under this head, $15,000,000 shall be available 
for allocation to the States under section 5(h)(2) of the Department 
49 use app. 
of Transportation Act, as amended: Provided further. That, notwith-
1654. 
standing any other provision of law, a State may not apply for fiscal 
year 1984 funds available under section 5(h)(2) until such State has 
PUBLIC LAW 98-78—AUG. 15, 1983 
97 STAT. 463 
expended all funds granted to it in the fiscal years prior to the 
beginning of fiscal year 1979, other than funds not expended due to 
pending litigation: Provided further. That a State denied funding by 
reason of the immediately preceding proviso may still apply for and 
receive funds for planning purposes: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, of the funds available 
under section 5(h)(2), $2,500,000 shall be made available for use 49 use app. 
under sections 5(h)(3)(B)(ii) and 5(h)(3)(C) of the Department of i^^^-
Transportation Act, as amended, notwithstanding the limitations 
set forth in section 5(h)(3)(B)(ii). 
CoNRAiL LABOR PROTECTION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For labor protection as authorized by section 713 of the Regional 
Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 as added by section 1143 of the 45USC797Z. 
Northeast Rail Service Act of 1981, $20,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which $4,000,000 shall be derived from the unobli-
gated balances of "Rail labor assistance": Provided, That such sum 
shall be considered to have been appropriated to the Secretary 
under said section 713 for transfer to the Railroad Retirement Board 
for the payment of benefits under section 701 of the Regional Rail 
Reorganization Act of 1973, as amended: Provided further, That, for 45 USC 797. 
the purposes of section 710 of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act 
of 1973, as added by section 1143 of the Northeast Rail Service Act of 45 use 797i. 
1981, such sum shall be considered to have been appropriated under 
section 713 of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 and 
counted against the limitation on the total liability of the United 
States: Provided further. That such sums as may be necessary shall 
be made available for necessary expenses of administration of sec-
tion 701 of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 by the 
Railroad Retirement Board. 
ROCK ISLAND LABOR PROTECTION 
For employee protection as authorized by the Rock Island Rail-
road Transition and Employee Assistance Act, as amended (45 
U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), $35,000,000. 
NORTHEAST CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses related to Northeast Corridor improve-
ments authorized by title VII of the Railroad Revitalization and 
Regulatory Reform Act of 1976, as amended (45 U.S.C. 851 et seq.), 
$100,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the provisions of Public 45 USC 851 note. 
Law 85-804 shall apply to the Northeast Corridor Improvement 50 USC 1431. 
Program: Provided further. That the Secretary may waive the provi-
sions of 23 U.S.C. 322 (c) and (d) if such action would serve a public 
purpose: Provided further. That all public at grade-level crossings 
remaining along the Northeast Corridor upon completion of the 
project shall be equipped with protective devices including gates and 
lights. 
97 STAT. 464 
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GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to the 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation, $716,400,000, to remain 
available until expended, for operating losses incurred by the Corpo-
ration, capital improvements, and labor protection costs authorized 
by 45 U.S.C. 565: Provided, That none of the funds herein appropri-
ated shall be used for lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles 
or for the hire of vehicle operators for any officer or employee, other 
than the president of the Corporation, excluding the lease of passen-
ger motor vehicles for those officers or employees while in official 
travel status: Provided further, That the Secretary shall make no 
commitments to guarantee new loans or loans for new purposes 
under 45 U.S.C. 602 in fiscal year 1984: Provided further. That the 
incurring of any obligation or commitment by the Corporation for 
the purchase of capital improvements not expressly provided for in 
an appropriation Act or prohibited by this Act shall be deemed a 
violation of 31 U.S.C. 1341: Provided further. That no funds are 
required to be expended or reserved for expenditure pursuant to 45 
U.S.C. 601(e): Provided further. That none of the funds in this Act 
shall be made available to finance the rehabilitation and other 
improvements (including upgrading track and the signal system, 
ensuring safety at public and private highway and pedestrian cross-
ings by improving signals or eliminating such crossings, and the 
improvement of operational portions of stations related to intercity 
rail passenger service) on the main line track between Atlantic City, 
New Jersey, and the main line of the Northeast Corridor, unless the 
Secretary of Transportation certifies that not less than 40 per 
centum of the costs of such improvements shall be derived from non-
Federal sources: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation shall 
not operate rail passenger service between Atlantic City, New 
Jersey, and the Northeast Corridor main line unless the Corpora-
tion's Board of Directors determines that revenues from such service 
have covered or exceeded 80 per centum of the short term avoidable 
costs of operating such service in the first year of operation and 100 
per centum of the short term avoidable operating costs for each year 
thereafter. 
ALASKA RAILROAD REVOLVING FUND 
The Alaska Railroad Revolving Fund shall continue available 
until expended for the work authorized by law, including operation 
and maintenance of oceangoing or coastwise vessels by ownership, 
charter, or arrangement with other branches of the Government 
service, for the purpose of providing additional facilities for trans-
portation of freight, passengers, or mail, when deemed necessary for 
the benefit and development of industries or travel in the area 
served and payment of compensation and expenses as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 8146, to be reimbursed as therein provided: Provided, That 
no employee shall be paid an annual salary out of said fund in 
5 use 5101 et 
excess of the salaries prescribed by the Classification Act of 1949, as 
*^9- 
amended, for grade GS-15, except the general manager of said 
railroad, one assistant general manager and five officers at not to 
exceed the salaries prescribed for members of the Senior Executive 
Service. 
PUBLIC LAW 98-78—AUG. 15, 1983 
97 STAT. 465 
RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT FINANCING FUNDS 
The total commitments to guarantee new loans pursuant to sec-
tions 511 through 513 of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory 
Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-210), as amended, shall not 45 use 831-838. 
exceed $20,000,000 of contingent liabilities for loan principal during 
fiscal year 1984: Provided, That 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 
45 use 832. 
amended, in such amounts and at such times as may be necessary to 
pay any amounts required pursuant to the guarantee of the princi-
pal amount of obligations under sections 511 through 513 of such 
Act, such authority to exist as long as any such guaranteed obliga-
tion is outstanding: Provided further, That the amount of such notes 
or other obligations, when combined with the aggregate of all such 
notes or obligations issued during fiscal year 1983, shall not exceed 
$150,000,000 by September 30,1984. 
REDEEMABLE PREFERENCE SHARES 
The Secretary of Transportation is hereby authorized to expend 
proceeds from the sale of fund anticipation notes to the Secretary of 
the Treasury and any other moneys deposited in the Railroad 
Rehabilitation and Improvement Fund pursuant to sections 502, 
505-507, and 509 of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory 
Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-210), as amended, and section 
45 use 822, 
803 of Public Law 95-620, for uses authorized for the Fund: Pro- 825-827, 829. 
vided. That all unobligated balances in this account shall lapse at ^5 use 821, 822 
the end of fiscal year 1985. 
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ILLINOIS FEEDER LINE ASSISTANCE 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For a grant related to the acquisition and rehabilitation of the 
railroad feeder line as authorized by section 511 of the Rail Safety 
and Service Improvement Act of 1982, $3,000,000, to be derived by 96 Stat. 2555. 
transfer from the unobligated balances of "Redeemable preference 
shares": Provided, That such grant shall contain terms requiring (1) 
the repayment of the full amount of the grant to the United States 
in the event of the cessation of service on such line within five years 
after the first operation of such service after receipt of such grant, 
and (2) a liquidation priority for the United States in the event of 
bankruptcy within such five-year period. 
URBAN MASS TRANSPORTATION ADMINISTRATION 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For necessary administrative expenses of the urban mass trans-
portation program authorized by the Urban Mass Transportation 
Act of 1964, as amended (49 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), 23 U.S.C. chapter 1, 23 USC lOl et 
in connection with these activities, including hire of passenger *^9-
motor vehicles and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$29,200,000. 
97 STAT. 466 
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RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATIONS AND UNIVERSITY 
RESEARCH AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses for research and training, as authorized 
by the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as amended (49 
U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), to remain available until expended, $54,800,000: 
Provided, That $51,450,000 shall be available for research, develop-
ment, and demonstrations, $2,000,000 shall be available for univer-
sity research and training and not to exceed $1,350,000 shall be 
available for managerial training as authorized under the authority 
of said Act. 
FORMULA GRANTS 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of sections 9 
49 use app. 
and 18 of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as amended 
1607a, 1614. 
(49 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), $2,388,592,200, to remain available until 
expended. 
DISCRETIONARY GRANTS 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
Total obligations for grants under the contract authority author-
ized for fiscal year 1984 in section 21(a)(2)(B) of the Urban Mass 
49 use app. 
Transportation Act of 1964, as amended (49 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), shall 
i^^"^- 
not exceed $1,225,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, total amounts of contract authority authorized for 
fiscal year 1984 in section 21(a)(2)(B) of the Urban Mass Transporta-
tion Act of 1964, as amended, shall be available for obligation 
through fiscal year 1987: Provided further, That no funds shall be 
made available for the proposed Woodward light rail line in the 
Detroit, Michigan area until a source of operating funds has been 
approved in accordance with Michigan law: Provided further, That 
the Woodward line restriction shall not apply to alternatives analy-
sis studies. 
LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out section 
21(a)(2) of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as amended 
(49 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), administered by the Urban Mass Transpor-
tation Administration, $242,000,000, to be derived from the Highway 
Trust Fund and to remain available until expended. 
INTERSTATE TRANSFER GRANTS—TRANSIT 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 
103(e)(4) related to transit projects, $295,400,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
WASHINGTON METRO 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 14 of 
93 Stat. 1320. 
Public Law 96-184, $250,000,000, to remain 
available 
until 
expended. 
SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation is hereby 
authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds 
PUBLIC LAW 98-78—AUG. 15, 1983 
97 STAT. 467 
and borrowing authority available to such 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 budget for 
the current fiscal year for the Corporation except as hereinafter 
provided. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $1,800,000 shall be available for administrative 
expenses which shall be computed on accrual basis, including not to 
exceed $3,000 for official entertainment expenses to be expended 
upon the approval or authority of the Secretary of Transportation: 
Provided, That Corporation funds shall be available for the hire of 
passenger motor vehicles and aircraft, operation and maintenance 
of aircraft, uniforms or allowances therefor for operation and main-
tenance personnel, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902), and 
$15,000 for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION 
RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS 
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the Research 
and Special Programs Administration, for expenses for conducting 
research and development and for grants-in-aid to carry out a 
pipeline safety program, as authorized by section 5 of the Natural 
Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 (49 U.S.C. 1674), $20,200,000, of 
which $8,200,000 shall remain available until expended. 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 5 USC app. 
$26,795,000, of which $900,000 shall be available only for necessary 
expenses of the Office of the Inspector General to augment the bid 
rigging investigative efforts currently underway. 
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, $1,900,000. 
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NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Transportation Safety 
Board, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; 
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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), $20,858,000, of which not to exceed $300 may be used for 
official reception and representation expenses. 
CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Civil Aeronautics Board, including 
hire of aircraft; hire of passenger motor vehicles; services as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; uniforms, or allowances therefor, as author-
ized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902); and not to exceed $5,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses, $18,400,000, for the period 
October 1,1983 through August 1,1984. 
PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS 
For payments to air carriers of so much of the compensation fixed 
and determined by the Civil Aeronautics Board under section 419 of 
the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended (49 U.S.C. 1389), as is 
payable by the Board, $50,800,000, to remain available until ex-
pended and such amounts as may be necessary to liquidate obliga-
tions incurred prior to September 30,1983, under 49 U.S.C. 1376 and 
96 Stat. 1778. 
1389 and under Public Law 97-369, "Payments to air carriers". 
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Interstate Commerce Commission, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed 
$1,500 for 
official 
reception 
and 
representation 
expenses, 
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$60,000,000: Provided, That joint board members and cooperating 
"°*®- 
State commissioners may use Government transportation requests 
when traveling in connection with their official duties as such: 
Provided further. That, of the funds available under this head, 
$8,000,000 shall not be available for obligation until the Commission 
has published final rules updating its user fee program unless the 
Commission is precluded from meeting this requirement because of 
circumstances beyond its control. 
PAYMENTS FOR DIRECTED RAIL SERVICE 
None of the funds provided under this Act shall be available for 
the execution of programs the obligations for which can reasonably 
be expected to be in excess of $5,000,000 for directed rail service 
under 49 U.S.C. 11125 or any other legislation. 
PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For operating expenses necessary for the Panama Canal Commis-
sion, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; 
uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 
5901-5902); not to exceed $8,000 for official reception and represen-
PUBLIC LAW 98-78—AUG. 15, 1983 
97 STAT. 469 
tation expenses of the Board; operation of guide services; residence 
for the administrator; disbursements by the administrator for em-
ployee and community projects; not to exceed $25,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses of the Administrator; and to 
employ services as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 3109); maintaining, 
improving, and altering facilities of other United States Govern-
ment agencies in the Republic of Panama and facilities of the 
Government of the Republic of Panama for Panama Canal Commis-
sion use; and for payment of liabilities of the Panama Canal Com-
pany and Canal Zone Government that were pending on September 
30, 1979, or that have accrued thereafter, including accounts pay-
able for capital projects, $409,662,000, to be derived from the 
Panama Canal Commission Fund: Provided, That there may be 
credited to this appropriation, funds received from the Panama 
Canal Commission s capital outlays account for expenses incurred 
for supplies and services provided for capital projects and funds 
received from officers and employees of the Commission and/or 
commercial insurors of Commission employees for payment to other 
United States Government agencies for expenditures made for serv-
ices provided to Commission employees and their dependents by 
such other agencies. 
CAPITAL OUTLAY 
For acquisition, construction, replacement, and improvements of 
facilities, structures, and equipment required by the Panama Canal 
Commission, including the purchase of not to exceed forty-six pas-
senger motor vehicles of which twenty-one are for replacement only; 
to employ services authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 3109); for payment of 
liabilities of the Panama Canal Company and Canal Zone Govern-
ment that were pending on September 30,1979, or that have accrued 
thereafter; to improve facilities of other United States Government 
Agencies in the Republic of Panama and facilities of the Govern-
ment of the Republic of Panama for Panama Canal Commission use, 
$29,438,000, to be derived from the Panama Canal Commission Fund 
and to remain available until expended. 
UNITED STATES RAILWAY ASSOCIATION 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary administrative expenses to enable the United 
States Railway Association to carry out its functions under the 
Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, as amended, to remain 45 U
S
C 701 notes. 
available until expended, $2,500,000, of which $400,000 shall be 
derived by transfer from the unobligated balances of "Payments for 
purchase of Conrail securities" and of which not to exceed $500 may 
be available for official reception and representation expenses. 
WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY 
INTEREST PAYMENTS 
For necessary expenses for interest payments, to remain available 
until expended, $51,663,569: Provided, That these funds shall be 
97 STAT. 470 
PUBLIC LAW 98-78—AUG. 15, 1983 
93 Stat. 1320. 
Panama Canal 
Commission, pay 
increase. 
FAA personnel, 
dependents' 
school expenses. 
20 u s e 241 note. 
Mass transit fare 
for elderly and 
handicapped. 
disbursed pursuant to terms and conditions established by Public 
Law 96-184 and the Initial Bond Repayment Participation Agree-
ment. 
TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. During the current fiscal year applicable appropriations 
to the Department of Transportation shall be available for mainte-
nance and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor vehicles 
and aircraft; purchase of liability insurance for motor vehicles 
operating in foreign countries on official departmental business; and 
uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 
5901-5902). 
SEC. 302. Funds appropriated for the Panama Canal Commission 
may be apportioned notwithstanding section 3679 of the Revised 
Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 1341), to the extent necessary to 
permit payment of such pay increases for officers or employees as 
may be authorized by administrative action pursuant to law which 
are not in excess of statutory increases granted for the same period 
in corresponding rates of compensation for other employees of the 
Government in comparable positions. 
SEC. 303. Funds appropriated under this Act for expenditures by 
the Federal Aviation Administration shall be available (1) except as 
otherwise authorized by the Act of September 30, 1950 (20 U.S.C. 
236-244), for expenses of primary and secondary schooling for de-
pendents of Federal Aviation Administration personnel stationed 
outside the continental United States at costs for any given area not 
in excess of those of the Department of Defense for the same area, 
when it is determined by the Secretary that the schools, if any, 
available in the locality are unable to provide adequately for the 
education of such dependents and (2) for transportation of said 
dependents between schools serving the area which they attend and 
their places of residence 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 a GS-18. 
SEC. 305. None of the funds provided under this Act for Formula 
grants shall be made available to support mass transit facilities, 
equipment, or operating expenses unless the applicant for such 
assistance has given satisfactory assurances in such manner and 
forms as the Secretary may require, and in accordance with such 
terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe, that the rates 
charged elderly and handicapped persons during nonpeak hours 
shall not exceed one-half of the rates generally applicable to other 
persons at peak hours: Provided, That the Secretary, in prescribing 
the terms and conditions for the provision of such assistance shall 
(1) permit applicants to continue the use of preferential fare systems 
for elderly or handicapped persons where those systems were in 
effect on or prior to November 26, 1974, (2) allow applicants a 
reasonable time to expand the coverage of operating preferential 
fare systems as appropriate, (3) allow applicants to continue to use 
preferential fare systems incorporating the offering of a free return 
ride upon payment of the generally applicable full fare where any 
such applicant's existing fare collection system does not reasonably 
permit the collection of half fares, and (4) allow applicants to define 
PUBLIC LAW 98-78—AUG. 15, 1983 
97 STAT. 471 
the eligibility of "handicapped persons" for the purposes of preferen-
tial fares in conformity with other Federal laws and regulations 
governing eligibility for benefits for disabled persons. 
SEC. 306. None of the funds appropriated in this Act for the 
Panama Canal Commission may be expended unless in conformance 
with the Panama Canal Treaties of 1977 and any law implementing 
those treaties. 
SEC. 307, None of the funds provided in this Act may be used for 
planning or construction of rail-highway crossings under section 
322(a) of title 23, United States Code, or under section 701(a)(5) or 
section 703(1)(A) of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory 
Reform Act of 1976 at the— 
(1) School street crossing in Groton, Connecticut; and 
(2) Broadway Extension crossing in Stonington, Connecticut. 
SEC. 308. 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 regula-
tory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act. 
SEC. 309. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to assist, 
directly or indirectly, any State in imposing mandatory State inspec-
tion fees or sticker requirements on vehicles which are lawfully 
registered in another State, including vehicles engaged in interstate 
commercial transportation which are in compliance with Part 396— 
Inspection and Maintenance of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Regulations of the U.S. Department of Transportation. 
SEC. 310. None of the funds contained in this Act shall remain 
available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless ex-
pressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 311. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to implement, 
administer, or enforce any regulation which has been disapproved 
pursuant to a resolution of disapproval duly adopted in accordance 
with the applicable law of the United States. 
SEC. 312. (a) Neither the Secretary of the department in which the 
Coast Guard is operating nor any other officer or employee of the 
United States shall approve any project or take any action which 
would interfere with the reasonable needs of navigation on the 
Columbia Slough, Oregon. 
(b) For purposes of subsection (a) of this section, any bridge which 
is to be constructed across the Columbia Slough, Oregon, after the 
date of enactment of this section shall be deemed to provide for the 
reasonable needs of navigation on the Columbia Slough, Oregon, if 
such bridge provides at least thirty feet of vertical clearance Colum-
bia River datum and at least eighty feet of horizontal clearance, as 
determined by the Secretary of the department in which the Coast 
Guard is operating. 
SEC. 313. (a) The City of Gadsden, Alabama, and its successors and 
assigns are hereby released from all the terms, conditions, reserva-
tions, and restrictions contained in the deed dated May 25, 1962, by 
which the United States conveyed certain real property to the city of 
Gadsden, Alabama, for airport purposes, insofar as such terms, 
conditions, reservations, and restrictions relate to the real property 
described in subsection (b) of this section. 
(b) The real property to which the first subsection of this section 
applies is the real property located in Gadsden, Alabama, which was 
conveyed to the city of Gadsden, Alabama, by the United States by 
the deed dated May 25, 1962, and which is described as follows: 
Commence at the northeast corner of section 19, township 12 south. 
Panama Cansil 
Commission 
funds, treaty 
compliance. 
Rail-highway 
crossings. 
45 u s e 851, 853. 
Regulatory or 
adjudicatory 
proceedings. 
Motor vehicles, 
State inspecti(3n 
fees or sticker 
requirements. 
49 CFR Part 396. 
Fiscal year 
limitation. 
Columbia 
Slough, Oreg., 
bridge 
construction. 
Gadsden, Ala., 
real property 
conveyance. 
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Washington 
National 
Airport, annual 
psissenger 
ceiling. 
Vessels, 
construction 
differential 
subsidies. 
46 u s e app. 
1156. 
Consulting 
service 
contracts. 
Air travel, 
limitation. 
range 7 east, thence run south along the east line of section 19 a 
distance of 1,495.93 feet more or less to a point; thence deflect 90 
degrees 04 minutes right and run in a westerly direction a distance 
of 1,038.85 feet more or less to a point, said point being the point of 
beginning; thence deflect 90 degrees 03 minutes right and run in a 
northerly direction a distance of 1,152.45 feet to a point, thence 
deflect 90 degrees 00 minutes right and run in an easterly direction 
a distance of 38.1 feet to a point; thence deflect 90 degrees 00 
minutes left and run in a northerly direction a distance of 62.0 feet 
to a point; thence deflect 90 degrees 00 minutes right and run in an 
eeisterly direction a distance of 329.7 feet to a point; thence deflect 90 
degrees 00 minutes left and run in a northerly direction a distance 
of 298.47 feet to a point on the south right-of-way line of Rabbit 
Town Road; thence deflect 80 degrees 43 minutes left and run in a 
westerly direction along the south right-of-way line of Rabbit Town 
Road a distance of 738.2 feet to a point; thence deflect 99 degrees 15 
minutes left and run in a southerly direction a distance of 1,448.75 
feet to a point; thence deflect 91 degrees 07 minutes left and run in 
easterly direction a distance of 81.0 feet to a point; thence deflect 91 
degrees 30 minutes right and run in a southerly direction a distance 
of 185.2 feet to a point; thence deflect 89 degrees 28 minutes left and 
run in an easterly direction a distance of 279.08 feet to the point of 
beginning. Being a portion of the northeast quarter of section 19, 
and a portion of section 18, township 12 south, range 7 east, lying 
south of the Cherokee Indian boundary line in Etowah County, 
Alabama. 
SEC. 314. The Congress intends and directs that the proposed 
rulemaking to adjust the annual passenger ceiling at Washington 
National Airport be held in abeyance for at least 60 days from the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 315. None of the funds provided in this Act for the Depart-
ment of Transportation shall be used for the the enforcement of any 
rule with respect to the repayment of construction differential 
subsidy for the permanent release of vessels from the restrictions in 
section 506 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, until 60 days follow-
ing the promulgation of any such rule. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the enforcement of 
any rule regarding the repayment of construction differential sub-
sidy for the permanent release of vessels from the restrictions in 
section 506 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, shall be held in 
abeyance for at least 60 days from the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 316. The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for 
any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant to 5 
U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts where such expendi-
tures are a matter of public record and available for public inspec-
tion, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or under 
existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law. 
SEC. 317. No funds appropriated under this Act shall be expended 
to pay for any travel by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration as passenger or crew member aboard any Depart-
ment of Transportation aircraft to any destination served by a 
regularly scheduled air carrier: Provided, That this limitation shall 
not apply if no regularly scheduled carriers' flight arrives at the 
destination of the Administrator within 6 hours local time of the 
desired time of arrival: Provided further. That this limitation shall 
not apply to costs incurred by any flight which is essentially for the 
purpose of inspecting, investigating, or testing the operations of any 
PUBLIC LAW 98-78—AUG. 15, 1983 
97 STAT. 473 
aspect of the Federal Aviation Administration system designed to 
aid and control air traffic, or to maintain or improve aviation safety: 
Provided further, That this limitation shall not apply to costs in-
curred by any flight in Department of Transportation aircraft which 
is necessary in times of emergency or disaster, or for security 
reasons, or to fulfill official diplomatic representation responsibil-
ities in foreign countries: Provided further, That written certifica-
tions shall be issued quarterly on all flights initiated in the previous 
quarter subject to this limitation and shall be made readily avail-
able to Congress and the general public. 
SEC. 318. Section 120(j) of title 23, United States code, is amended 
by inserting after the word "Representatives" the following: ", and 
for funds allocated under the provisions of section 155 of this title 
and obligated subsequent to January 6,1983,". 
SEC. 319. None of the funds in this or any other Act shall be used 
by the Federal Aviation Administration for any facility closures or 
consolidations prior to December 1,1983: Provided, That the Federal 
Aviation Administration shall, no later than October 1,1983, submit 
to the appropriate committees of the congress a detailed, site-
specific, and time-phased plan, including cost-effectiveness and 
other relevant data, for all facility closure or consolidations over the 
next three years: Provided further, That, in the instance of any 
proposed closure or consolidation questioned in writing by the 
House or Senate Committees on Appropriations or by any legislative 
committee of jurisdiction, no such proposed closure or consolidation 
shall be advanced prior to April 15, 1984, in order to allow for the 
timely conduct of any necessary congressional hearings. 
SEC. 320. Section 145 of Public Law 97-377, approved December 21, 
1982, is amended (1) by designating the existing text thereof £is 
subsection (a), and (2) by adding at the end thereof the following new 
subsection: 
"(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) of this section shall be 
effective as of 5 o'clock ante meridian eastern daylight time, 
August 3,1981.". 
SEC. 321. (a) The Congress finds that— 
(1) in this Nation there exist millions of handicapped people 
with severe physical impairments including partial paralysis, 
limb amputation, chronic heart condition, emphysema, arthri-
tis, rheumatism, and other debilitating conditions which greatly 
limit their personal mobility; 
(2) these people reside in each of the several States and have 
need and reason to travel from one State to another for business 
and recreational purposes; 
(3) each State maintains the right to establish and enforce its 
own code of regulations regarding the appropriate use of motor 
vehicles operating within ite jurisdiction; 
(4) within a given State handicapped individuals are often-
times granted special parking privileges to help offset the limi-
tations imposed by their physical impairment; 
(5) these special parking privileges vary from State to State as 
do the methods and means of identifying vehicles used by 
disabled individuals, all of which serve to impede both the 
enforcement of special parking privileges and the handicapped 
individual's freedom to properly utilize such privileges; 
(6) there are many efforts currently underway to help allevi-
ate these problems through public awareness and administra-
tive change as encouraged by concerned individuals and na-
FAA facility 
closure or 
consolidation 
plans. 
Submittal to 
congressional 
committees. 
Hearings. 
5 u s e 5546a. 
5 u s e 5546a 
note. 
Handicapped 
parking. 
23 u s e 402 note 
97 STAT. 474 
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"State." 
Copies to State 
Governors and 
D.C. Mayor. 
Fiscal year 
limitation. 
23 u s e 104 note. 
Office of 
Personnel 
Management 
regulatory 
proposals. 
tional associations directly involved in matters relating to the 
issue of special parking privileges for disabled individuals; and 
(7) despite these efforts the fact remains that many States 
may need to give the matter legislative consideration to ensure 
a proper resolution of this issue, especially as it relates to law 
enforcement and placard responsibility. 
(b) The C!ongress encourages each of the several States working 
through the National Governors Conference to— 
(1) adopt the International Symbol of Access as the only 
recognized and adopted symbol to be used to identify vehicles 
carrying those citizens with 
acknowledged 
physical 
im-
pairments; 
(2) grant to vehicles displaying this symbol the special park-
ing privileges which a State may provide; and 
(3) permit the International Symbol of Access to appear either 
on a specialized license plate, or on a specialized placard placed 
in the vehicles so as to be clearly visible through the front 
windshield, or on both such places. 
(c) It is the sense of the Congress that agreements of reciprocity 
relating to the special parking privileges granted handicapped indi-
viduals should be developed and entered into by and between the 
several States so as to— 
(1) facilitate the free and unencumbered use between the 
several States, of the special parking privileges afforded those 
people with acknowledged handicapped conditions, without 
regard to the State of residence of the handicapped person 
utilizing such privilege; 
(2) improve the ease of law enforcement in each State of its 
special parking privileges and to facilitate the handling of 
violators; and 
(3) ensure that motor vehicles carrying individuals with ac-
knowledged handicapped conditions be given fair and predict-
able treatment throughout the Nation. 
(d) As used in this section the term "State" means the several 
States and the District of Columbia. 
(e) The Secretary of Transportation shall provide a copy of this 
section to the Governor of each State and the Mayor of the District 
of Columbia. 
SEC. 322. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the limita-
tion on total obligations for Federal-aid highways and highway 
safety construction programs for fiscal year 1984 contained in title I 
of this Act shall be reduced by $80,000,000. 
SEC. 323. None of the funds appropriated by this Act or any other 
Act may be obligated or expended before October 15,1983— 
(1) to adopt, to issue, or to carry out a final rule or regulation, 
a final revision, addition, or amendment to regulations, or a 
final statement of policy based on any proposed rule, or regula-
tion, any proposed revision, addition, or amendment to regula-
tions, or any proposed statement of policy of which a notice was 
published in parts III-VI of the Federal Register on March 30, 
1983 (48 F.R. 13,342 to 13,381) or in parts III through VI of the 
Federal Register on July 14, 1983 (48 F.R. 32,275 to 32,312); or 
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97 STAT. 475 
(2) to adopt, to issue, or to carry out any final rule or 
regulation, any final revision, addition, or amendment to a 
r^ulation, or any final statement of policy which effectuates 
the purposes of any proposed rule, r^ulation, revision, addition, 
amendment, or statement of policy referred to in clause (1). 
This Act may be cited as the "Department of Transportation and Short title. 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1984". 
Approved August 15, 1983. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3329: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 98-246 (Comm. on Appropriations) and No. 98-318 (Comm. of 
Conference). 
SENATE REPORT No. 98-179 (Comm. on Appropriations). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 129 (1983): 
June 22, considered and passed House. 
July 15, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Aug. 2, House agreed to conference report; concurred in certain Senate amend-
ments and in others with amendments, and insisted on its disagreement to a 
Senate amendment. 
Aug. 3, Senate agreed to conference report; concurred in certain House amend-
ments, in another with an amendment, and receded from an amendment. 
House concurred in Senate amendment.