Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1983
PL 97-369 (H.R.7019), enacted 12/18/1982

PUBLIC LAW 97-369—DEC. 18, 1982 
96 STAT. 1765 
Public Law 97-369 
97th Congress 
An Act 
Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983, 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, 1983, and 
for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
Dec. 18, 1982 
[H.R. 7019] 
Department of 
Transportation 
and Related 
Agencies 
Appropriations 
Act, 1983. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of Transpor-
tation, including not to exceed $31,000 for allocation within the 
Department of official reception and representation expenses as the 
Secretary may determine, $40,000,000, of which $1,000,000 shall be 
transferred and made available to the Motor Carrier Ratemaking 
Study Commission and, of which not to exceed $3,220,000 shall 
remain available until expended and shall be available for the 
purposes of the Minority Business Resource Center under title IX of 
Public Law 94-210: Provided, That all of the unexpended balances 
available for the purposes of title IX of Public Law 94-210 under the 
heading "Rail service assistance" shall be transferred to this ac-
count and remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the execution of 
the sale or transference of any Government-owned securities of the 
Consolidated Rail Corporation without the prior consent of the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
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, $4,900,000. 
LIMITATION ON WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital outlays of the 
Department of Transportation Working Capital Fund not to exceed 
$70,909,000 shall be paid, in accordance with law, from appropri-
ations made available by this Act and prior appropriation Acts to 
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the Department of Transportation, together with advances and 
reimbursements received by the Department of Transportation, 
COAST GUARD 
HEADQUARTERS ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of providing 
administrative services at the headquarters location of the Coast 
Guard, including, but not limited to, executive direction; budget, 
planning and policy; command, control, communication, and oper-
ations; financial management; legal; engineering; civil rights; and 
personnel and health services for the Coast Guard, $72,440,000, of 
which $14,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from appropriations 
for Retired pay. 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the operation and maintenance of the 
Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for; purchase of not to exceed 
eight passenger motor vehicles, for replacement only; and recreation 
and welfare, $1,518,963,000, of which $254,650 shall be applied to 
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Capehart Housing debt reduction: 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 commissioners in the United States: Pro-
vided further. That none of the 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 appropriation, and, notwithstanding any other 
law, the Secretary may prescribe fees to recover the expenses of 
yacht documentation. 
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OP FUNDS) 
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, 1987, $409,000,000, of which $9,000,000 shall be 
derived by transfer from the unobligated balances of "Pollution 
Fund". 
ALTERATION OF BRIDGES 
For necessary expenses for alteration or removal of obstructive 
bridges, $12,700,000, 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 
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96 STAT. 1767 
Survivor Benefit Plans, and for pa3mients for medical care of retired 
personnel and their dependents under the Dependents Medical Care 
Act (10 U.S.C., ch. 55), $336,000,000. 
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seq. 
RESERVE TRAINING 
For all necessary expenses for the Coast Guard Reserve, as 
authorized by law; maintenance and operation of facilities; and 
supplies, equipment, and services, $50,000,000 together with an 
amount not to exceed $4,000,000 which shall be derived from appro-
priations for retired pay. 
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, $20,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, TTiat there may be credited to this appropri-
ation, funds received from State and local governments, other public 
authorities, private sources and foreign countries for expenses 
incurred for research, development, testing and evaluation. 
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), $1,000,000, to be derived from the Offshore Oil Pollu- 
92 Stat. 670. 
tion 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 Amend-
ments in such amounts and at such times as may be necessary. 
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DEEPWATER PORT LIABIUTY 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 
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be derived from the Deepwater Port Liability Fund and to remain 
available until expended. In addition, the Secretary of Transporta- 
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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(fX3) of the Act in such amounts 
and at such times as may be necessary to meet the obligations of the 
Fund. 
NATIONAL RECREATIONAL BOATING SAFETY AND FACIUTIES 
IMPROVEMENT FUND 
For financial assistance for State recreational boating safety pro-
grams to be derived from the National Recreational Boating Safety 
and Facilities Improvement Fund, in accordance with the provisions 
of the Recreational Boating Safety and Facilities Improvement Act 
of 1980 (Public Law 96-451), $5,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
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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, $54,574,000. 
OPERATIONS 
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 
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Development Act, as amended, or other provisions of law author-
" 
izing obligation of funds for similar programs of airport and airway 
development or improvement; payments to lenders required as a 
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consequence of any guaranty under Public Law 85-307, as amended; 
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purchase of four passenger motor vehicles for replacement only and 
purchase and repair of skis and snowshoes, $2,456,783,000, of which 
not to exceed $1,264,000,000 shall be derived from the Airport and 
Airway Trust Fund: Provided, That, in addition, not to exceed 
$5,000,000 shall remain available until expended to be derived from 
the Airport and Airway Trust Fund for reimbursement of expenses 
incurred by certificated air carriers in the security screening of 
passengers moving in foreign air transportation: Provided 
further, 
That there may be credited to this appropriation, funds received 
from States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and 
private sources, for expenses incurred in the maintenance and 
operation of air navigation facilities: Provided further. That none of 
these funds shall be available for new applicants for the second 
career training program: Provided further. That the Federal Avi-
ation Administration shall not undertake any reorganization of its 
regional office structure without the prior approval of both House 
Study. 
and Senate Appropriations Committees: Provided further, That not 
to exceed $500,000 of the tot£il amount available for operation shall 
be obligated for a contract with the National Academy of Sciences 
and the Federal Aviation Administration Administrator shall enter 
into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences to study 
the state of knowledge, alternative approaches and the consequences 
of wind shear alert and severe weather condition standards relating 
to take-off and landing clearances for commercial and general avi-
ation aircraft: Provided further, That the Academy shall complete 
the study within six months after funding arrangements have been 
made: Provided further. That the Federal Aviation Administration 
Administrator shall report to Congress within thirty days regarding 
the status of the contractual arrangements and the conditions neces-
sary to implement the agreement with the National Academy of 
Sciences: Provided further. That the Department of Transportation 
shall furnish to the National Academy of Sciences any information 
which the Academy determines to be necessary for the purpose of 
conducting the study: Provided further. That not to exceed $150,000 
of the funds provided to the Federal Aviation Administration in this 
Act shall be available for doubling the number of wind shear sensors 
at Moisant Airport in Kenner, Louisiana. 
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96 STAT. 1769 
FACIUTIES, ENGINEERING AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Administration, 
not otherwise provided for, for acquisition and modernization of 
facilities and equipment and service testing in accordance with the 
provisions of the Federal Aviation Act (49 U.S.C. 1301-1542), includ-
ing construction of experimental facilities and acquisition of neces-
sary sites by lease or grant and lease or purchase of four aircraft, 
$18,255,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
there may be credited to this appropriation, funds received from 
States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and private 
sources, for expenses incurred for engineering and development. 
FACIUTIES AND EQUIPMENT (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
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 21 aircraft; to be derived from the Airport and Airway 
Trust Fund and to remain available until September 30, 1987; 
$625,000,000, of which $7,450,000 shall be derived from the unobli-
gated balances of "Grants-in-aid for airports": Provided, That there 
may be credited to this appropriation, funds received from States, 
counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and private 
sources, for expenses incurred in the establishment and moderniza-
tion 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, 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, $103,000,000, 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 OF CONTRACT 
AUTHORIZATION) (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For liquidation of obligations incurred for airport development 
under authority contained in section 14 of Public Law 91-258, as 
49 USC 1714. 
amended, and for liquidation of obligations incurred for airport 
planning and development under other law authorizing such obliga-
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tions, $234,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust 
Fund and to remeiin available until expended. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, METROPOUTAN WASHINGTON 
AIRPORTS 
For expenses incident to the care, operation, maintenance, 
improvement, 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; purchsise of one ambulance, for replacement only; purchase, 
cleaning, and repair of uniforms; and arms and ammunition, 
$31,955,000: 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 $7,036,000: 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 
incurred in the maintenance and operation of the federally owned 
civil airports. 
CONSTRUCTION, METROPOUTAN WASHINGTON AIRPORTS 
For necessary expenses for construction at the federally owned 
civil airports in the vicinity of the District of Columbia $11,080,000, 
to remain available until September 30,1985. 
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. 849), 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 
In carrying out the program for guarantee of aircraft purchase 
loans under the Act of September 7, 1957, as amended (49 U.S.C. 
1324 note), during fiscal year 1983 new commitments to guarantee 
loans shall be exclusively for the purch£ise of aircraft designed to 
have a maximum passenger capacity of sixty seats or less or a 
maximum cargo payload of eighteen thousand pounds or less, and 
when combined with the aggregate of all guarantees made during 
fiscal year 1982 shall not exceed in the aggregate $100,000,000 in 
principal amount. 
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES 
Necessary expenses for administration, operation, and research of 
the Federal Highway Administration, not to exceed $188,500,000, 
shall be paid, in accordance with law, from appropriations made 
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96 STAT. 1771 
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 $38,000,000 
of the amount provided herein shall remain available until 
expended. 
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
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), $11,600,000, together with $1,000,000 to be 
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derived by transfer from the unobligated balances of "Inter-Ameri- 
" 
can Highway", of which $520,000 of the amount appropriated herein 
shall remain available until expended and not to exceed $1,917,000 
shall be available for "Limitation on general operating expenses". 
HIGHWAY SAFETY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses in carrying out provisions of title 23, 
United States Code, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund and 
to remain available until expended, $7,700,000, together with 
$300,000 to be derived from the unobligated balances of "Baltimore-
Washington Parkway". 
HIGHWAY BsAUTincATiON 
For necessary expenses in carrying out section 131 of title 23, 
U.S.C. and section 104(aXll) of the Surface Transportation Assist-
ance Act of 1978, $500,000 to remain available until expended. 
92 stat. 2690. 
HIGHWAY-RELATED SAFETY GRANTS (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT 
AUTHORIZATION) (TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
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, $22,998,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund: 
Provided, That not to exceed $833,000 of the amount appropriated 
herein shall be available for "Limitation on general operating 
expenses": Provided further. That $9,623,000 available for obligation 
is hereby rescinded. 
TERRITORIAL HIGHWAYS 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the provisions of title 23, 
United States Code, sections 152, 153, 215, and 402, $3,000,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
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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 
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 23 U.S.C. 308, 
$8,200,000,000, or so much thereof as may be available in and 
derived from the Highway Trust Fund, to remain available until 
expended. 
NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the Secretary 
with respect to traffic and highway safety and functions under the 
86 Stat. 947. 
Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act (Public Law 92-513, 
as amended), $74,000,000, of which $21,685,000 shall be derived 
from the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That not to exceed 
$28,375,000 shall remain available until expended, of which 
$9,507,000 shall be derived from the Highway Trust Fund: Provided 
further, 
That, of the funds appropriated under this heading 
$2,000,000 shall be available only for activities at the Transportation 
Systems Center. 
STATE AND CoMMUNrry HIGHWAY SAFETY 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) (TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions 
of 23 U.S.C. 402 and 406, to remain available until expended, 
$103,552,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund. 
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION 
OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Administration, 
not otherwise provided for, $13,000,000. 
RAILROAD SAFETY 
For necessary expenses in connection with railroad safety, not 
otherwise provided for, $28,000,000, of which $4,800,000 shall remain 
available until expended. 
RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for railroad research and development, 
$17,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
RAIL SERVICE ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses for rail service assistance authorized by 
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section 5 of the Department of Transportation Act, as amended, for 
95 Stat. 1667. 
Wellington Union Station, as authorized by Public Law 97-125, and 
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96 STAT. 1773 
for necessary administrative expenses in connection with Federal 
rail assistance programs not otherwise provided for, $31,675,000, 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 
loans under the Emergency Rail Services Act of 1970, as amended, 
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and that no commitments to guarantee new loans, under section 
211(a) of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, as amended, 
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shall be made: Provided further. That none of the funds in this Act 
shall be available for the sale or transference of Washington Union 
Station without the prior approval of the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations. 
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 
95 Stat. 668. 
Northeast Rail Service Act of 1981, $20,000,000, to remain available 
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until expended, of which $10,000,000 shall be derived from the 
unobligated balances of "Redeemable preference shares": Provided, 
That such sum shall be considered to have been appropriated to the 
Secretary under said section 713 for transfer to the Rairoad Retire-
ment Board for the payment of benefits under section 701 of the 
Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, as amended: Provided 
95 Stat. 661. 
further. That, for purposes of section 710, of the Regional Rail 
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Reorganization Act of 1973, as added by section 1143 of the North- 
95 Stat. 667. 
east Rail Service Act of 1981, such sum shall be considered to have 
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been appropriated under section 713 of the Regional Rail Reorgani-
zation 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 section 701 of the Regional Rail Reorganization 
Act of 1973 by the Railroad Retirement Board. 
NORTHEAST CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses related to Northeast Corridor improve-
ments authorized by title VII of Public Law 94-210, as amended, 
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$115,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That, 
notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the provisions of 
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Public Law 85-804 shall apply to the Northeast Corridor Improve-
ment Program: Provided further. That the Secretary may waive the 
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provisions of 23 U.S.C. 322 (c) and (d) if he determines 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. 
GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to the 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation, $700,000,000, 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-
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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 1983: Provided further. That the 
incurring of any obligation or commitment by the Corporation for 
the purch£ise 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. 665: Provided further. That, of the funds 
available, $25,000,000 shall be held in reserve for 6 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act to be available for the rehabilitation, 
renewal, replacement, and other improvements on the line between 
Indianapolis, Indiana, Shelbyville, Indiana, and Cincinnati, Ohio: 
Provided further, That, of the funds available, $5,000,000 shall be 
made available only for the rehabilitation, renewal, replacement, 
and other improvements on the line between Attleboro, Massachu-
setts, and Hyannis, Massachusetts, to ensure that such track will 
meet a minimum of class III standards as prescribed by applicable 
Federal Railroad Administration regulations. 
COMMUTER RAIL SERVICE 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the commuter rail activities 
authorized by section 601(d) of the Rail Passenger Service Act (45 
U.S.C. 601), as amended, $15,000,000, to remain available until 
expended and to be derived from the unobligated balances of 
"Redeemable preference shares" and for necessary expenses to 
95 Stat. 652. 
carry out section 1139(b) of Public Law 97-35, $75,000,000, to remain 
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available until expended and to be derived from the unobligated 
balances of "Payments for purchase of Conrail securities". 
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 
excess of the salaries prescribed by the Classification Act of 1949, as 
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. 
RAILROAD REHABIUTATION AND IMPROVEMENT FINANCING FUNDS 
The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to issue to the 
Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obligations pursuant to 
note. 
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96 STAT. 1775 
section 512 of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform 
Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-210), as amended, in such amounts and 
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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 authority to exist 
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as long as any such guaranteed obligation is outstanding: Provided, 
That the aggregate principal amount of guarantees and commit-
ments to guarantee obligations under section 511 of Public Law 94-
210, as amended shall not exceed $600,000,000: Provided 
further, 
That the total commitments to guarantee new loans shall not exceed 
$100,000,000 of contingent liabilities for loan principal during fiscal 
year 1983. 
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 
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803 of Public Law 95-620, for uses authorized for the Fund, in 
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amounts not to exceed $5,000,000. 
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EMERGENCY RAIL FACIUTIES RESTORATION 
(LIMITATION ON DIRECT LOANS) 
During fiscal year 1983, gross obligations for deferred interest 
shall not exceed $2,301,000. 
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, 
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in connection with these activities, including hire of passenger 
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motor vehicles and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$28,081,000. 
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, $58,250,000: 
Provided, That $55,050,000 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 $1,200,000 shall be 
available for managerial training as authorized under the authority 
of said Act. 
URBAN DISCRETIONARY GRANTS 
For necessary expenses for urban discretionary grants as author-
ized by the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as amended (49 
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U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), to remain available until September 30, 1986, 
$1,606,000,000: Provided, That grants awarded for contracts for the 
acquisition of rolling stock, including buses, which will result in the 
expenditure of Federal financial assistance, shall only be awarded 
after an evaluation of performance, standardization, life-cycle costs, 
and other factors the Secretary may deem relevant, in addition to 
the consideration of initial capital costs. Where necessary, the Secre-
tary shall assist grantees in making such evaluations. 
NON-URBAN FORMULA GRANTS 
For necessary expenses for public transportation projects in areas 
other than urbanized areas as defined for the purposes of the Urban 
Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as amended (49 U.S.C. 1601 et 
seq.), $68,500,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That this appropriation shall be apportioned and allocated using 
data from the 1970 decennial census for one-quarter of the sums 
appropriated and the remainder shall be apportioned and allocated 
on the basis of data from the 1980 decennial census. 
URBAN FORMULA GRANTS 
For necessary expenses for urban formula grants as authorized by 
the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as amended (49 U.S.C. 
1601 et seq.), $1,200,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That this appropriation shall be apportioned and allocated 
using data from the 1970 decennial census for one-quarter of the 
sums appropriated and the remainder shall be apportioned and 
allocated on the basis of data from the 1980 decennial census: 
Provided further. That grants awarded for contracts for the acquisi-
tion of rolling stock, including buses, which will result in the 
expenditure of Federal financial assistance, shall only be awarded 
after an evaluation of performance, standardization, life-cycle costs, 
and other factors the Secretary may deem relevant, in addition to 
the consideration of initial capital costs: Provided further. That, 
where necessary, the Secretary shall assist grantees in making such 
evaluation. 
LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION 
For payment to the urban meiss transportation fund, for liquida-
tion of contractual obligations incurred under authority of the 
Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as amended (49 U.S.C. 1601 
et seq.), and 23 U.S.C. 142(c) and of obligations incurred for projects 
substituted for Interstate System segments withdrawn prior to en-
actment of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1976, $681,135,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That none of these funds 
shall be made available for the establishment of depreciation re-
serves or reserves for replacement accounts: Provided further. That 
amounts for highway projects substituted for Interstate System 
segments shall be transferred to the Federal Highway Administra-
tion. 
PUBLIC LAW 97-369—DEC. 18, 1982 
96 STAT. 1777 
WASHINGTON METRO 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 14 
of Public Law 96-184, $240,000,000, to remain available until 
93Stat. 1320. 
expended. 
SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation is hereby 
authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds 
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 
31 use 849. 
necessary in carrjdng 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 $1,716,000 shall be available for administrative 
expenses which shall be computed on an 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), $20,022,000, of 
which $9,550,000 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 use app. 
$24,946,000. 
96 STAT. 1778 
PUBLIC LAW 97-369—DEC. 18, 1982 
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 
29 use 792. 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, $2,020,000. 
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Transportation Safety 
Board, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; 
service 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), $19,970,000, 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 $4,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses, $23,125,000: Provided, That 
of the foregoing amount, not to exceed $10,625,000 shall be made 
available for the period between April 1, 1983, and September 30, 
1983. 
PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS 
For pa3mients 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, $48,400,000, to remain available until expended 
and such amounts as may be necessary to liquidate obligations 
incurred prior to September 30,1982, under 49 U.S.C. 1376 and 1389: 
49 use 1376a. 
Provided, That, notwithstemding any other provision of law, none of 
the funds hereafter appropriated by this or any other Act shall be 
expended under section 406 (49 U.S.C. 1376) for services provided 
after September 30, 1982: Provided further. That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law or of the previous provision of this 
paragraph, pajnnents shall be made from funds appropriated herein 
and in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph to carriers 
providing, as of September 30, 1982, services covered by rates fixed 
under section 406 of the Federal Aviation Act (excluding services 
covered by payments under section 419(aX7) and services in the 
State of Alaska): Provided further. That, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, such payments shall be based upon rate orders 
applicable to such carriers as of July 1, 1982, but shall not exceed 
PUBLIC LAW 97-369—DEC. 18, 1982 
96 STAT. 1779 
$13,500,000 in the aggregate: Provided further. That, notwithstand-
ing any other provision of law, to the extent necessary to meet this 
limitation, such payments shall be reduced by a percentage which is 
the same for all carriers eligible for such payments: Provided fur-
ther. That nothing in this Act shall be deemed to prevent the Board 
from granting an application under section 419(a)(llXA) (49 U.S.C. 
1389) pertaining to a carrier receiving compensation under this Act, 
in which event the standards and procedures set forth in section 
419(a)(llXA) shall apply. 
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, 
$65,600,000: Provided, That joint board members and cooperating 
49 USC 10344 
State commissioners may use Government transportation requests 
^°^-
when traveling in connection with their official duties as such. 
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 $10,000,000 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; uni-
forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-
5902); not to exceed $8,000 for official reception and representation 
expenses of the Board; operation of guide services; residence for the 
administrator; contingencies of the administrator; 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 Government agencies in the Republic of Panama and 
facilities of the Government of the Republic of Panama for Panama 
Canal Commission use; and for payment of liabilities of the Panama 
Canal Company and Cemal Zone Government that were pending on 
September 30, 1979, or that have accrued thereafter, including 
accounts payable for capital projects, $405,000,000, 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 insurers of Commission employees for payment to 
other United States Government agencies for expenditures made for 
services provided to Commission employees and their dependents by 
such other agencies: Provided further. That, to the extent that the 
resources of the Fund are not adequate to provide the amount of 
97-200 O-84-pt. 2 
14 : QL3 
96 STAT. 1780 
PUBLIC LAW 97-369—DEC. 18, 1982 
budget authority provided above, the Commission may incur obliga-
tions in advance of adequate receipts in the Fund. 
CAPITAL OUTLAY 
For acquisition, construction, and replacement of improvements, 
facilities, structures, and equipment required by the Panama Canal 
Commission, including the purchase of not to exceed forty-two pas-
senger motor vehicles of which nineteen 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 Government 
of the Republic of Panama for Panama Canal Commission use, 
$29,024,000: Provided, That funds appropriated are to be derived 
from the Panama Canal Commission Fund and to remain available 
until expended. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
INVESTMENT IN FUND ANTICIPATION NOTES 
For the acquisition, in accordance with section 509 of the Railroad 
45 use 829. 
Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976, as amended, and 
45 use 821,822 
section 803 of Public Law 95-620, of fund anticipation notes, 
and note, 825. 
$5,000,000. 
UNITED STATES RAILWAY ASSOCIATION 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For necessary administrative expenses to enable the United 
States Railway Association to carry out its functions under the 
45 use 701 note. Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, as amended, $2,950,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which not to exceed $500 may be 
available for official reception and representation expenses. 
WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY 
INTEREST PAYMENTS 
For necessarv expenses for interest payments, to remain available 
until expended, $51,663,569: Provided, That these funds shall be 
disbursed pursuant to terms and conditions established by Public 
93 Stat. 1320. 
Law 96-184 and the Initial Bond Repayment Participation 
Agreement. 
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 
:'J9 
PUBLIC LAW 97-369—DEC. 18, 1982 
96 STAT. 1781 
uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 
5901-5902). 
SEC. 302. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be available 
for the planning or execution of programs the commitments for 
which are in excess of $600,000,000 in fiscal year 1983 for grants-in-
aid for airport planning, noise compatibility planning and programs, 
and development. 
SEC. 303. None of the funds provided under this Act shall be 
available for the planning or execution of programs, the obligations 
for which are in excess of $10,000,000 in fiscal year 1983 for 
"Highway-related safety grants". 
SEC. 304. None of the funds provided under this Act shall be 
available for the planning or execution of programs, the total obliga-
tions for which are in excess of $95,000,000 in fiscal year 1983 for 
"State and community highway safety": Provided, That none of the 
funds under "State and community highway safety" shall be used 
for construction, rehabilitation or remodeling costs or for office 
furnishings and fixtures for State, local, or private buildings or 
structures. 
SEC. 305. Funds appropriated for the Panama Canal Commission 
may be apportioned notwithstanding section 3679 of the Revised 
Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 665), 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. 306. 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 accessi-
ble by public means of transportation on a regular basis. 
SEC. 307. 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. 308. None of the funds provided under this Act for Urban 
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 pre-
scribing the terms and conditions for the provision of such assist-
ance shall (1) permit applicants to continue the use of preferential 
fare systems for elderly or handicapped persons where those sys-
Airport planning 
grants. 
Highway-relatijd 
safety grants. 
State and 
community 
highway safetj'. 
Panama Canal 
Commission, pay 
increase. 
FAA personnel, 
dependents' 
school expenses. 
20 u s e 241 note. 
Mass transit fare 
for elderly and 
handicapped. 
96 STAT. 1782 
PUBLIC LAW 97-369—DEC. 18, 1982 
Fiscal year 
limitation. 
Federal-aid 
highways. 
95 Stat. 1667. 
40 u s e 801 note. 
Ante, p. 180. 
23 u s e 144 note. 
33 u s e 985a. 
33 u s e 988. 
terns 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 the eligibility of "handicapped persons" for the 
purposes of preferential fares in conformity with other Federal laws 
and regulations governing eligibility for benefits for disabled 
persons. 
SEC. 309. None of the funds contained in this Act shall remain 
available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 310. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law except 
Public Laws 97-125 and 97-216, the total of all obligations for 
Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs for 
fiscal year 1983 shall not exceed $8,100,000,000. 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 Transportation Assistance Act of 1978, or section 9 of 
the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981. No obligation constraints 
shall be placed upon any ongoing emergency project carried out 
under section 125 of title 23, United States Code, or section 147 of 
the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978. 
(b) For fiscal year 1983, 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 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 to all the States for such 
fiscal year. 
(c) During the period October 1 through December 31, 1982, no 
State shall obligate more than 35 per centum of the amount distrib-
uted to such State under subsection (b), 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(bX5XA) of title 23, United States Code; 
(2) after August 1, 1983, revise a distribution of the funds 
made available under subsection Ot)) if a State will not obligate 
the amount distributed during that fiscal year and redistribute 
sufficient amounts to those States able to obligate amounts in 
addition to those previously distributed during that fiscal year; 
and 
(3) not distribute amounts authorized for administrative 
expenses and forest highways. 
SEC. 311. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any bond 
issued under section 5 of the Act of May 13, 1954 (68 Stat. 94; 33 
U.S.C. 985), is hereby canceled together with the obligation to pay 
such bond and section 120t))(5) of such Act is hereby repealed: 
PUBLIC LAW 97-369—DEC. 18, 1982 
96 STAT. 1783 
Provided, That paragraphs (10), (11), and (12) of section 4 of the Act 
of May 13, 1954, are hereby redesignated as paragraphs (11), (12), 
and (13) respectively and a new paragraph (10) is enacted to read as 
follows: 
"(10) may retain toll revenues for purposes of eventual rein-
vestment in the Seaway.". 
SEC. 312. None of the funds provided 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 1983 for the "Off-
shore Oil Pollution Compensation Fund". 
SEC. 313. 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. 314. 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(1XA) 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. 315. 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. 316. 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. 317. Except as otherwise provided under existing law or 
under an existing Executive order issued pursuant to an existing 
law, the obligation or expenditure of any appropriation under this 
Act for contracts for any consulting service shall be limited to 
contracts which are (1) a matter of public record and available for 
public inspection, and (2) thereafter included in a publicly available 
list of all contracts entered into within 24 months prior to the date. 
on which the list is made available to the public and of all contracts 
on which performance has not been completed by such date. The list 
required by the preceding sentence shall be updated quarterly and 
shall include a narrative description of the work to be performed 
under each such contract. 
SEC. 318. For fiscal year 1982 and thereafter, the Inspector Gen-
eral of such department or establishment, or comparable official, or 
if there is no Inspector General or comparable official, the agency 
head or the agency head's designee, shall submit to the Congress 
along with the budget justification an evaluation of the agency's 
progress to institute effective management controls and improve the 
accuracy and completeness of the data provided to the Federal 
Procurement Data System regarding consultant service contractual 
arrangements. 
SEC. 319. 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. 
33 u s e 984. 
Offshore Oil 
Pollution 
C!ompensation 
Fund. 
Panama Canal 
Commission. 
Rail-highway 
crossings. 
45 u s e 851, 853. 
Regulatory or 
adjudicatory 
proceedings. 
Motor vehicles, 
State inspection 
fees or sticker 
requirements. 
49 CFR Part 396. 
Consulting 
service 
contracts. 
Submittal to 
congressional 
committees. 
31 u s e 1114 
note. 
96 STAT. 1784 
PUBLIC LAW 97-369—DEC. 18, 1982 
Deepwater Port 
Liability Funds. 
23 use 127 note. 
70 Stat. 374. 
Compensation 
claims. 
49 use 1376b. 
49 use 1376, 
1389. 
41 use 609. 
41 use 601 note. 
41 use 609. 
41 use 611. 
41 use 612. 
28 use 1491. 
SEC. 320. None of the funds provided 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 1983 for the "Deep-
water Port Liability Fund". 
SEC. 321. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
authorized to be appropriated for any fiscal year under provisions of 
the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 shall hereafter be apportioned 
to any State which imposes a vehicle width limitation of more or 
less than 102 inches on any segment of the National System of 
Interstate and Defense Highways, or any other qualifying Federal-
aid highways as designated by the Secretary of Transportation, with 
traffic lanes designed to be a width of twelve feet or more: Provided, 
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, certain safety 
devices which the Secretary of Transportation determines as neces-
sary for safe and efficient operation of motor vehicles shall not be 
included in the calculation of width: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding any other provision of law or of this paragraph, a 
State may grant special use permits to motor vehicles that exceed 
102 inches: Provided further. That, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, no withholding of apportionment shall be imposed upon 
a State by virtue of the provisions of this paragraph prior to October 
1,1983. 
SEC. 322. (a) Any air carrier having a claim for compensation 
under section 406 or 419(a)(7)(B) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, 
decided by the Civil Aeronautics Board (hereinafter referred to as 
the "Board") may bring an action directly on the claim in the 
United States Claims Court £is provided in section 10(a) of the 
Contract Disputes Act of 1978 with respect to claims which have 
been decided by a contracting officer. Failure by the Board to issue a 
final decision on a final claim within one year after it was filed with 
the Board, or by the date of enactment of this section, whichever is 
later, shall be deemed to be a decision by the Board denying the 
claim, and will authorize an action on the claim as provided in this 
section. This section shall apply to any claim decided, or deemed to 
have been decided, by the Board after January 1, 1981, including 
any claim remanded to the Board by a United States court of 
appeals, irrespective of when the claim was filed with the Board. 
Any action under this section shall be filed within one hundred and 
twenty days after the claim has been decided or is deemed to have 
been decided by the Board, or within one hundred and twenty days 
after the date of enactment of this section, whichever is later. Any 
petition for review of a decision of the Board with respect to any 
such claim pending in a United States court of appeals on the date 
of enactment of this section shall be dismissed without prejudice 
upon motion of the petitioner. 
(b) Except as provided herein, the following provisions of the 
Contract Disputes Act of 1978 shall apply with respect to any claim 
to which this section applies as if such claim were a claim with 
respect to a decision of a contracting officer under section 10(a) of 
such Act and as if the Board were a contracting officer: 
(1) Section 12, relating to interest, which shall be payable by 
decision of the Board or the Court of Claims at the rates provided in 
such section, not to precede the date of enactment of the Contract 
Disputes Act of 1978. 
(2) Section 13, relating to the payment of claims and judgments. 
(3) Section 14(i), relating to the jurisdiction of the United States 
Claims Court. 
PUBLIC LAW 97-369—DEC. 18, 1982 
96 STAT. 1785 
(c) If an administrative law judge has issued an initial decision 
after a hearing on the record in the case before the Board, the court 
may, in its discretion, rely upon the evidence adduced at such 
hearing and may give such initial decision such weight as it deems 
appropriate. 
SEC. 323. None of the funds provided by this Act shall be used by 
the Civil Aeronautics Board to substitute aircraft of lesser seating 
capacity or lesser than necessary pressurized altitude capability, for 
the type of aircraft now prescribed for essential air transportation to 
any point in Alaska as set forth in Civil Aeronautics Board Order 
80-1-167 without the prior concurrence of the applicable State 
agency of the State of Alaska. 
SEC. 324. No funds appropriated under this Act shall be expended 
to pay for any travel initiated after January 1,1983, by the Adminis-
trator of the Federal Aviation Administration as passenger or crew 
member aboard any Department of Transportation aircraft to any 
destination served by a regularly scheduled air carrier: Provided, 
That this limitation shall not apply if no regularly scheduled carri-
ers' 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 aspect of the Federal Aviation Admin-
istration 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 incurred by any flight in Depart-
ment of Transportation aircraft which is necessary in times of 
emergency or disaster, or for security reasons, or to fulfill official 
diplomatic representation responsibilities in foreign countries: Pro-
vided further, That written certifications shall be issued quarterly 
on all flights initiated in the previous quarter subject to this limita-
tion and shall be made readily available to Congress and the general 
public. 
SEC. 325. (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. 326. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or of this 
Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall approve, upon request of 
the State of Indiana, $300,000 to be made available from funds 
available for redistribution under 23 U.S.C. 118(b) for a project to 
relocate and encase certain water line facilities crossing under 1-80 
and 1-94 in Hammond, Indiana. Such sums shall remain available 
until expended and shall be subject to any obligation limitations for 
Federal-aid highway programs. 
SEC. 327. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secre-
tary of Transportation shall approve, upon request of the State of 
Indiana, not to exceed $4,000,000, to be made available from funds 
Air travel, 
limitation. 
Columbia 
Slough, Oreg., 
bridge 
construction. 
Hammond, Ind. 
96 STAT. 1786 
PUBLIC LAW 97-369—DEC. 18, 1982 
Transfer of 
Funds. 
Short title. 
available for redistribution under 23 U.S.C 118(b) for the construc-
tion of an interchange to appropriate standards at 1-94 and County 
Line Road at the Porter-LaPorte County Line near Michigan City, 
Indiana. Such amount shall be subject to the obligation limitation 
enacted for fiscal year 1983 or any fiscal year thereafter on obliga-
tions for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction 
programs. 
SEC. 328. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the 
Secretary of Transportation is authorized to transfer appropriated 
funds between the Coast Guard Operating expenses appropriation 
and the Coast Guard Headquarters administration appropriation 
and between the Federal Aviation Administration appropriation for 
Operations and the Federal Aviation Administration appropriation 
for Headquarters administration: Provided, That the Coast Guard 
and Federal Aviation Administration Headquarters administration 
appropriations shall be neither increased nor decreased by more 
than 7.5 per centum by any such transfers: Provided further. That 
any such transfers shall be reported promptly to the Committees on 
Appropriations and the appropriate authorizing committees in the 
House and the Senate. 
This Act may be cited as the "Department of Transportation and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1983". 
Approved December 18, 1982. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 7019 (S. 2914): 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 97-783 (Ck)mm. on Appropriations) and No. 97-960 (Comm. of 
Conference). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 97-546 accompanying S. 2914 (Ck)mm. on Appropriations), 
No. 97-567 (Comm. on Appropriations). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 128 (1982): 
Sept. 16, 21, considered and passed House. 
Dec. 2, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Dec. 16, House agreed to conference report; concurred in certain Senate 
amendments, in others with amendments; Senate agreed to conference 
report; concurred in House amendments.