Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993
PL 102-388 (H.R.5518), enacted 10/06/1992

106 STAT. 1520 
PUBLIC LAW 102-388—CKTT. 6, 1992 
Public Law 102-388 
102d Congress 
An Act 
Oct. 6, 1992 
[H.R. 5518] 
Department of 
Transportation 
and Related 
Agencies 
Appropriations 
Act, 1993. 
Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1993, 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 TVeasury 
not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of Transportation 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1993, 
and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
IMMEDIATE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
For necessary expenses of the Immediate Office of the Sec-
retary, $1,435,000. 
IMMEDIATE OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY SECRETARY 
For necessary expenses of the Immediate Office of the Deputy 
Secretary, $427,000. 
OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Ceneral Counsel, 
$7,000,000. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POUCY AND 
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary 
for Policy and International Affairs, $8,733,000. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR BUDGET AND PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary 
for Budget and Programs, $2,825,000, including not to exceed 
$40,000 for allocation within the Department for official reception 
and representation expenses as the Secretary may determine. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary 
for Governmental Affairs, $2,320,000. 
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106 STAT. 1521 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary 
for Administration, $31,268,000, of which $3,668,000 shall remain 
available until expended. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary 
for Public Affairs, $1,546,000. 
EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT 
For necessary expenses of the Executive Secretariat, $965,000. 
CONTRACT APPEALS BOARD 
For necessary expenses of the Contract Appeals Board, 
$590,000. 
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, $1,462,000. 
OFFICE OF ESSENTIAL AIR SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of th^ Office of Essential Air Service, 
$1,545,000. 
OFFICE OF SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS UTILIZATION 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Small and Disadvan-
taged Business Utilization, $953,000: Provided, That, notwithstand-
ing any other provision of law, fiinds 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. 
OFFICE OF INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Intelligence and Secu-
rity, $1,265,000. 
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, $3,025,000. 
OFFICE OF COMMERCIAL SPACE TRANSPORTATION 
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses for operations and research activities 
related to commercial space transportation, $4,275,000, of which 
$1,200,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, there may be credited 
to this account up to $300,000 received from user fees established 
for regulatory services. 
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WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital outlays of 
the Department of Transportation Working Capital Fund not to 
exceed $93,000,000 shall be paid, in accordance with law, from 
appropriations made available by this Act and prior appropriations 
Acts to the Department of Transportation, together with advances 
and reimbursements received by the Department of Transportation. 
PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For liquidation of obligations incurred for payments to air car-
riers of so much of the compensation fixed and determined imder 
section 419 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended (49 
U.S.C. 1389), as is payable by the Department of Transportation, 
$38,600,000, to remain available until expended and to be derived 
from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund: Provided, That none 
of the funds in this Act shall be available for the implementation 
or execution of programs in excess of $38,600,000 for the Payments 
to Air Carriers program in fiscal year 1993: Provided further, That 
none of the funds in this Act shall be available for service to 
communities not receiving such service during fiscal year 1991, 
unless such communities are otherwise eligible for new service, 
and provide the required local match: Provided further, That none 
of the funds in this Act shall be available to increase the service 
levels to communities receiving service unless the Secretary of 
Transportation certifies in writing that such increased service levels 
are estimated to result in self-sufiiciency within three years of 
initiation of the increased level of service. 
RENTAL PAYMENTS 
For necessary expenses for rental of headquarters and field 
space and related services assessed by the General Services 
Administration, $130,000,000: Provided, 
That of this amoimt, 
$19,000,000 shall be derived from the Highway Trust Fund, 
$29,887,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust 
Fund, $481,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, 
and $160,000 shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust 
Fund. 
MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM 
For the cost of direct loans, $300,000, as authorized by 49 
U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modify-
ing such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further. That these fimds 
are available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount 
of direct loans not to exceed $7,500,000. In addition, for administra-
tive expenses to carry out the direct loan program, $400,000. 
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106 STAT. 1523 
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 eight passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; pay-
ments pursu£int to section 156 of Public Law 97-377, as amended 
(42 U.S.C. 402 note), and section 229(b) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 429(b)); and recreation and welfare; $2,558,000,000, 
of which $253,000,000 shall be available only to the extent trans-
ferred from the Department of Defense; of which $25,000,000 shall 
be derived fix)m the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; and of which 
$32,250,000 shall be expended from the Boat Safety Account: Pro-
vided, That the nimiber of aircraft on hand at any one time shall 14 USC 92 note. 
not exceed two hundred and twenty-three, 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: Provided further. That none 
of the fimds provided in this Act shall be available for expenses 
incurred for yacht documentation under 46 U.S.C. 12109, except 
to the extent fees are collected from yacht owners and credited 
to this appropriation. 
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction, rebuilding, 
and improvement of aids to navigation, shore facilities, vessels, 
and aircrcdt, including equipment related thereto, $340,000,000, 
of which $35,640,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability 
Trust Fund; of which $92,450,000 shall be available to acquire, 
repair, renovate or improve vessels, small boats and related equip-
ment, to remain available imtil September 30, 1997; $31,300,000 
shall be available to acquire new aircraft and increase aviation 
capability, 
to remain 
available 
until 
September 
30, 
1995; 
$56,565,000 shall be available for other equipment, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 1995; $123,685,000 shall be available 
for shore facilities and aids to navigation facilities, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 1995; and $36,000,000 shall be available 
for personnel compensation and benefits and related costs, to remain 
available until September 30,1993. 
ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Coast Guard's environ-
mental compliance and restoration functions under chapter 19 of 
title 14, United States Code, $22,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
ALTERATION OF BRIDGES 
For necessary expenses for alteration or removal of obstructive 
bridges, $12,600,000, to remain available until expended. 
106 STAT. 1524 
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RETIRED PAY 
For retired pav, including the pa3anent of obligations therefor 
otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this purpose, 
and payments under the Retired Serviceman's Family Protection 
and Survivor Benefits Plans, and for payments for medical care 
of retired personnel and their dependents under the Dependents 
Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), $519,700,000. 
RESERVE TRAINING 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For all necessary expenses for the Coast Guard Reserve, as 
authorized by law; maintenance and operation of facilities; and 
supplies, 
equipment, 
and 
services; 
$73,000,000, 
of 
which 
$50,000,000 shall be available only to the extent transferred from 
the Department of Defense. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for applied 
scientific rese£u:cn, development, test, and evaluation; maintenance, 
rehabilitation, lease and operation of facilities and equipment, as 
authorized by law, $27,815,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which $5,595,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability 
Trust Fimd: Provided, That there may be credited to this appropria-
tion funds received from State and local governments, other public 
authorities, private sources, and foreign countries, for expenses 
incurred for research, development, testing, and evaluation. 
BOAT SAFETY 
(AQUATIC RESOURCES TRUST FUND) 
For payment of necessary expenses incurred for recreational 
boating safety assistance imder Public Law 92-75, as amended, 
$32,250,000, to be derived from the Boat Safety Account and to 
remain available imtil expended. 
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Administration, 
not otherwise provided for, including administrative expenses for 
research and development, establishment of air navigation facilities 
and the operation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, 
and carrying out the provisions of the Airport and Airway Develop-
ment Act, as amended, or other provisions of law authorizing the 
obligation of funds for similar programs of airport and airway 
development or improvement, lease or purchase of four passenger 
motor vehicles for replacement only, $4,538,000,000, of which 
$2,279,321,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust 
Fund: Provided, That there may be credited to this appropriation 
fimds received from States, counties, municipalities, foreign authori-
ties, other public authorities, and private sources, for expenses 
incurred in the maintenance and operation of air navigation facili-
ties and for issuance, renewal or modification of certificates, includ-
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106 STAT. 1525 
ing airman, aircraft, and repair station certificates, or for tests 
related thereto, or for processing migor repair or alteration forms: 
Provided further. That none of these funds shall be available for 
new apphcants for the second career training program: Provided 
further, That, of the funds available under this head, $2,000,000 
shall be made available for the Mid-American Aviation Resource 
Consortiimi in Minnesota to operate an air traffic controller training 
program: Provided further, Tnat funds may be used to enter into 
a grant agreement with a nonprofit standard setting org£uiization 
to assist in the development of^aviation s€ifety standards: Provided 
further. That none of the funds provided shall be made available 
for pa^ raises in fiscal year 1993 for FAA employees whose respon-
sibilities include noise abatement policy function, managing aircraft 
route desi^ or changes, or responsibility for preparing, managing, 
or overseeing the environmental impact statement mandated bv 
section 9119 of Public Law 101-508 until the final report on such 
impact statement is issued: Provided further. That of the funds 
provided, up to $50,000 shall be made available to the New Jersey 
Coalition Against Aircraft Noise for the provision of technical assist-
ance, in accordemce with the provisions of title 5, United States 
Code, in reviewing and assessing the draft environmental impact 
statement issued pursuant to section 9119 of Public Law 101-
508: Provided further. That of the funds available under this head-
ing, $500,000 shall be made available to the Cleveland Clinic 
Foundation to initiate a definitive studv to evaluate the human 
factors related to and/or inherent in pilot error. This study will 
be carried out in conjunction with Ohio State University. 
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 and equipment 
as authorized by the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended 
(49 U.S.C. App. 1301 et seq.), including initial acquisition of nec-
essary sites by lease or grant; engineering and service testing 
including construction of test facilities and acquisition of necessary 
sites bv lease or grant; and construction and furnishing of quarters 
and related accommodations of officers and employees of the Federal 
Aviation Administration stationed at remote localities where such 
accommodations are not available; and the purchase, lease or trans-
fer of aircraft from funds available imder this head; to be derived 
from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, $2,350,000,000, of which 
$2,159,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 1995, 
and of which $191,000,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 1994: Provided, That there may be credited to this appropriation 
funds received from States, counties, miuiicipalities, other public 
authorities, and private sources, for expenses incurred in the 
establishment and modernization of air navigation facilities: Pro-
vided further. That with appropriations made for the Airway Science 49 use app. 
program, as authorized below in this section, the Federal Aviation ^^^^a. 
Administration may hereafter enter into competitive grant agree-
ments with institutions of higher education having airway science 
curricula, for the Federal share of the allowable direct costs of 
the following categories of items, to the extent that such items 
are in support of airway science curricula: (a) the construction, 
106 STAT. 1526 
PUBLIC LAW 102-388—OCT. 6, 1992 
purchase, or lease with option to purchase, of buildings and associ-
ated facilities, and (b) instructional materials and equipment. Such 
funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated and may remain 
available until expended. The Federal Aviation Administration shall 
establish guidelines for determining the direct costs allowable under 
grants to De made pursuant to this section. The maximimi Federal 
share of the allowable cost of any project assisted by such grants 
shall be 65 percent: Provided further. That such Federal share 
shall be considered as having taken efTect on October 1, 1991. 
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 of 1958, as amended (49 
U.S.C. App. 1301 et seq.), including construction of experimental 
facilities and acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant, 
$230,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust 
Fund and to remain available until expended: Provided, That there 
may be credited to this appropriation funds received from States, 
coiuities, municipalities, other public authorities, and private 
sources, for expenses incurred for research, engineering, and devel-
opment. 
GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in-aid for air-
port planning and development under section 14 of Public Law 
91-258, as amended, and under other law authorizing such obliga-
tions, and obligations for noise compatibility planning and pro-
grams, $2,000,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway 
Trust Fund and to remain available xmtil 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 $1,800,000,000 in fiscal year 1993 for grants-in-aid for airport 
planning and development, and noise compatibility planning and 
programs, notwithstanding section 506(eX4) of the Airport and Air-
way Improvement Act of 1982, as amended, of which not to exceed 
$198,173,199 shall be available for letters of intent issued prior 
to June 30, 1992. 
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 Federal Aviation Act of 1958, 
as amended (49 U.S.C. App. 1536), and in accordance with section 
104 of the (Jovemment (Jorporation Control Act, as amended (31 
U.S.C. 9104), as may be necessary in canying out the program 
set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for aviation 
insurance activities under title XIII of the Federal Aviation Act 
of 1958. 
PUBLIC LAW 102-388—OCT. 6, 1992 
106 STAT. 1527 
AIRCRAFT PURCHASE LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM 
The Secretary of Transportation may hereafter issue notes or 49 U
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C app. 
other obligations to the Secretary of the Treasury, in such forms ^^^* "
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and denominations, bearing such maturities, and subject to such 
terms cmd conditions as the Secretary of the Treasury may pre-
scribe. Such obUgations may be issued to pay anv necessary 
expenses required pursuant to any guarantee issued under the 
Act of September 7, 1957, Public Law 85-307, as amended (49 
U.S.C. 1324 note). None of the funds in this Act shall be available 
for activities under this head the obligations for which are in 
excess of $9,970,000 during fiscal year 1993. Such obligations shall 
be redeemed bv the Secretary from appropriations authorized by 
this section. The Secretary of the Treasury shall purchase any Credit. 
such obUgations, and for such purpose he may use as a public 
debt transaction the proceeds from tne sale of anv securities issued 
under the Second Lioerty Bond Act, as now or hereafter in force. 
The purposes for which securities may be issued under such Act 
are extended to include any purchase of notes or other obligations 
issued imder the subsection. The Secretary of the Treasury mav 
sell any such obligations at such times and price and upon sucn 
terms and conditions as he shall determine in his discretion. All 
purchases, redemptions, and sales of such obligations by such Sec-
retary shall be treated as public debt transactions of the United 
States. 
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES 
Necessary expenses for administration, operation, including 
motor carrier safety program operations, and research of the Federcd 
Highway Administration not to exceed $398,000,000 shall be paid 
in accordance with law from appropriations made available bv 
this Act to the Federal Highway Administration together with 
advances and reimbiursements received by the Federal Highway 
Administration: Provided, That not to exceed $115,000,000 of the 
amount provided herein shall remain available until expended: 
Provided further. That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
there may be credited to this account funds received from States, 
counties, mimicipalities, other pubUc authorities, and private 
sources, for training expenses incurred for non-Federal employees. 
HIGHWAY-RELATED SAFETY GRANTS 
(UQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For payment of obligations incurred in canying out the provi-
sions of title 23, United States Code, section 402 administered 
by the Federal Highway Administration, to remain available until 
expended, $10,000,000 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 
expenses": Provided further. That none of the funds in this Act 
shall be available for the planning or execution of programs the 
106 STAT. 1528 
PUBLIC LAW 102-388—OCT. 6, 1992 
obligations for which are in excess of $10,000,000 in fiscal year 
1993 for "Highway-Related Safety Grants". 
RAILROAD-HIGHWAY CROSSINGS DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS 
For necessary expenses of certain railroad-highway crossings 
demonstration projects as authorized by section 163 of the Federal-
Aid Highway Act of 1973, as amended, to remain available until 
expended, $3,664,000, of which $2,442,667 shall be derived from 
the Highway Trust Fund. 
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
23 use 104 note. 
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 $15,326,750,000 for Federal-aid highways and high-
way safety construction programs for fiscal year 1993. 
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For carrying out the provisions of title 23, United States Code, 
that are attributable to Federal-aid 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, 
$19,000,000,000 or so much thereof as may be available in and 
derived from the Highway Trust Fund, to remain available until 
expended. 
RIGHT-OF-WAY REVOLVING FUND 
(LIMITATION ON DIRECT LOANS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
During fiscal year 1993 and with the resources and authority 
available, gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans 
shall not exceed $42,500,000. 
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For pa3rment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provi-
sions of section 402 of Public Law 97-424, $65,000,000, to be 
derived from the Highway Trust Fimd and to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That none of the fimds in this Act shall 
be available for the implementation or execution ofprograms the 
obligations for which are in excess of $65,000,000 for "Motor Carrier 
Safety Grants", of which not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be available 
for activities authorized by section 4008 of Public Law 102-240. 
PUBLIC LAW 102-388—OCT. 6, 1992 
106 STAT. 1529 
BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON PARKWAY 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, to carry out 
the provisions of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1970 and section 
1069 of PubUc Law 102-240 for the Baltimore-Washington Parkway, 
to remain available until expended, $15,000,000. 
INTERMODAL URBAN DEMONSTRATION PROJECT 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 
124 of the Federal-Aid Highway Amendments of 1974, $3,200,000, 
to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund and to remain available 
until expended. 
HIGHWAY SAFETY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 
DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessa^ expenses to carry out construction projects as 
authorized by PubUc Law 99-500 and PubUc Law 99-591, 
$6,400,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund and to 
remain available until expended. 
HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT DEMONSTRATION PROJECT 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For the purpose of carrying out a coordinated project of highway 
improvements in the vicinity of Pontiac and East Lansing, Michigan, 
that demonstrates methods of enhancing safety and promoting eco-
nomic development, $6,000,000, to be derived from the Hi^way 
Trust Fund and to remain available until expended. 
HIGHWAY WIDENING DEMONSTRATION PROJECT 
For necessary expenses to carry out a demonstration project 
to improve U.S. Route 202 in the vicinity of King of Prussia, 
Pennsylvania, as authorized by Public Law 100-202, $640,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
HIGHWAY WIDENING AND IMPROVEMENT 
DEMONSTRATION PROJECT 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For up to 80 percent of the expenses necessary to carry out 
a highway project between Paintsville and Prestonsburg, Kentucky, 
that demonstrates the safety and economic benefits of widening 
and improving highways in moimtainous areas, $1,344,000, to be 
derived from the Highway Trust Fund and to remain available 
until expended. 
106 STAT. 1530 
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CLIMBING LANE AND HIGHWAY SAFETY 
DEMONSTRATION 
PROJECT 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For 80 percent of the expenses necessary to carry out a highway 
project on U.S. Route 15 in the vicinity of Tioga County, Pennsylva-
nia, for the purpose of demonstrating methods of improved highway 
and highway safety construction, $3,840,000, to be derived from 
the Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until expended. 
ALABAMA HIGHWAY BYPASS DEMONSTRATION 
PROJECT 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For 80 percent of the expenses necessary for the construction 
of a highway bypass project in the vicinity of Jasper, Alabama, 
for the purpose of demonstrating methods of improved highway 
and highway safety construction, $3,200,000, to be derived from 
the Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until expended. 
KENTUCKY BRIDGE DEMONSTRATION 
PROJECT 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For 80 percent of the expenses necessary to replace the Glover 
Cary Bridge in Owensboro, Kentucky, for the purpose of dem-
onstrating methods of improved highway and highway seifety 
construction, $6,400,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust 
Fund and to remain available until expended. 
VIRGINIA H O V SAFETY DEMONSTRATION 
PROJECT 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For 80 percent of the expenses necessary to construct High 
Occupancy Vehicle lanes on Interstate Route 66 between U.S. Route 
50 and U.S. Route 29, including the construction of an interchange 
at Interstate Route 66 and the Route 234 Manassas bjrpass for 
the purpose of demonstrating methods of increasing highway capac-
ity and safety by the use of highway shoulders to construct HOV 
lanes, $1,600,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund 
and to remain available until expended. 
URBAN HIGHWAY CORRIDOR AND BICYCLE 
TRANSPORTATION 
DEMONSTRATION 
PROJECTS 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For 80 percent of the expenses necessary to improve and 
upgrade the M-59 urban highway corridor in southeast Michigan 
for the purpose of demonstrating methods of improving congested 
urban corridors that have been neglected during construction of 
the Interstate system, $3,088,000, to be derived from the Highway 
Trust Fund and to remain available until expended, together with 
$304,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund and to 
remain available until expended, to provide for 80 percent of the 
expenses necessary for a bicycle transportation demonstration 
project in Macomb County, Michigan. 
PUBLIC LAW 102-388—OCT. 6,1992 
106 STAT. 1531 
URBAN AIRPORT ACCESS SAFETY DEMONSTRATION PROJECT 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For 80 percent of the expenses necessary to improve and 
upgrade access to Detroit Metropolitan Airport in southeast Michi-
gan, $3,840,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund and 
to remain available until expended, for the purpose of demonstrat-
ing methods of improving access to m£gor urban airports. 
PENNSYLVANIA RECONSTRUCTION DEMONSTRATION PROJECT 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For 80 percent of the expenses necessary to upgrade, widen, 
and reconstruct the sections of Pennsylvania Route 56 known as 
Haws Pike and the Windber By-Pass, for the purpose of demonstrat-
ing methods of promoting economic development and highway 
safety, $6,400,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund 
and to remain available until expended. 
PENNSYLVANIA TOLL ROAD DEMONSTRATION PROJECT 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses for the Monongahela Valley Express-
way, $3,200,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund and 
to remain available until exi>ended: Provided, That these funds, 
together with funds made available from the Highway Trust Fund, 
for Federal participation in the toll highway project being carried 
out under section 129(j) of title 23, United States Code, in the 
State of Pennsylvania shall be subject to section 129(j) of such 
title, relating to Federal share limitation. 
HIGHWAY PROJECTS 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For up to 80 percent of the expenses necessary for certain 
highway and bicycle transportation projects and parlung facilities, 
including feasibility and environmental studies, that demonstrate 
methods of improving safety, reducing congestion, or promoting 
economic development, $273,756,000, to be derived from the High-
way Trust Fimd and to remain available luitil expended. 
NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the Sec-
retary with respect to traffic and highway safety under the Motor 
Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act (Public Law 92-513, 
as amended) and the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety 
Act, $82,080,000, to remain available until September 30, 1995: 
Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation shall not permit 
transfer of title of the national advanced driving simulator from 
the Government of the United States: Provided further. That no 
provision under this head shall be interpreted in a manner which 
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would affect the site selection for the national advanced driving 
simulator. 
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the Sec-
retary with respect to traffic and highway safety under 23 U.S.C. 
403 and section 2006 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation 
Efficiency Act of 1991, to be derived from the Highway Trust 
Fimd, $46,170,000, to remain available until September 30, 1995. 
HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For pajnnent of obligations incurred carrying out the provisions 
of 23 U.S.C. 153, 402, 406, 408, and 410, section 2007 of the 
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, and sec-
tion 209 of Public Law 95-599, as amended, to remain available 
imtil expended, $150,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust 
Fimd: Provided, That, notwithstanding subsection 2009(b) of the 
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, none 
of the fimds in this Act shall be available for the planning or 
execution of programs the total obligations for which, in fiscal 
year 1993, are in excess of $130,650,000 for programs authorized 
under 23 U.S.C. 402, of which $115,000,000 shall be for "State 
and community highway safety grants", $12,000,000 shall be for 
section 153 "Safety belt and motorcycle helmet use" grants, and 
$3,650,000 shall be for the "National Driver Register": Provided 
further, That none of these fimds 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 $11,000,000 for "Alcohol safety incentive 
grants" authorized under 23 U.S.C. 408: Provided further. That 
not to exceed $5,153,000 may be available for administering "State 
and community highway safety grants" and $150,000 may be avail-
able for administering section 410: Provided further. That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, none of the funds in this 
Act shall be available for the planning or execution of programs 
authorized under section 209 of Public Law 95-599, as amended, 
the total obligations for which are in excess of $4,750,000 in fiscal 
years 1982 through 1993: Provided further. That the unexpended 
balances available for drunk driving prevention programs under 
23 U.S.C. 410 shall be available for alcohol-impaired driving 
countermeasures programs under 23 U.S.C. 410, as amended by 
Public Law 102-240 and this Act, except for amounts necessary 
for the State of New Mexico to continue its drunk driving prevention 
program under 23 U.S.C. 410 as in effect before the date of enact-
ment of Public Law 102-240. 
PUBLIC LAW 102-388—OCT. 6, 1992 
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION 
106 STAT. 1533 
OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Administration, 
not otherwise provided for, $17,152,000, of which $2,345,000 shall 
remain available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds 
in this Act shall be available for the planning or execution of 
a program making commitments to guarantee new loans under 
the Emergency Rail Services Act of 1970, as amended, and that 
no new commitments to guarantee loans imder section 211(a) or 
211(h) of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, as amended, 
shall be made: Provided further. That, as part of the Washington 
Union Station transaction in which the Secretary assimied the 
first deed of trust on the property and, where the Union Station 
Redevelopment Corporation or any successor is obligated to make 
pajrments on such deed of trust on the Secretar/s behalf, including 
payments on and after September 30, 1988, the Secretary is author-
ized to receive such pajrments directly from the Union Station 
Redevelopment Corporation, credit them to the appropriation 
charged for the first deed of trust, and make payments on the 
first deed of trust with those funds: Provided further. That such 
additional sums as may be necessary for pajrment on the first 
deed of trust may be advanced by the Administrator from unobli-
gated balances available to the Federal Railroad Administration, 
to be reimbursed from pajrments received from the Union Station 
Redevelopment Corporation. 
LOCAL RAIL FREIGHT ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses for rail assistance under section 5(q) 
of the Department of Transportation Act, as amended, $8,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
RAILROAD SAFETY 
For necessary expenses in connection with railroad safety, not 
otherwise provided for, $40,648,000, of which $1,335,000 shall 
remain available until expended: Provided, That there may be cred-
ited to this appropriation funds received from non-Federal sources 
for expenses incurred in training safety employees of private indus-
try, State £ind local authorities, or other public authorities other 
than State rail safety inspectors participating in training pursuant 
to section 206 of the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970. 
RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for railroad research and development, 
$25,205,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
up to $650,000 shall be made available to support, by financial 
assistance agreement, railroad-highway grade crossing safety pro-
f
rams, including Operation Lifesaver: Provided further. That 
100,000 is available imtil expended to support by financial assist-
ance agreement railroad metallurgical and welding studies at the 
Oregon Graduate Institute. 
Washington 
Union Station, 
DC. 
Trusts and 
trustees. 
40 u s e 817 note. 
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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.) and the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 1988, $204,100,000. 
GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to 
the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for operating losses 
incurred by the Corporation, capital improvements, and labor 
protection costs authorized by 45 U.S.C. 601, to remain available 
until expended, $496,000,000, of which $331,000,000 shall be avail-
able for operating losses incurred by the Corporation and for labor 
protection costs, and of which $165,000,000, not to become available 
imtil July 1, 1993, shall be available for capital improvements: 
Provided, That none of the funds herein appropriated shall be 
used for lease or purchase of passenger motor venicles or for the 
hire of vehicle operators for any officer or employee, other than 
the president of the Corporation, excluding the lease of passenger 
motor vehicles for those officers or employees while in official travel 
status: Provided further, That the Secretary shall make no commit-
ments to guarantee new loans or loans for new purposes under 
45 U.S.C. 602 in fiscal year 1993: Provided further. That no funds 
are required to be expended or reserved for expenditure pursuant 
to 45 U.S.C. 601(e). 
MANDATORY PASSENGER RAIL SERVICE PAYMENTS 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to pay obligations 
and liabilities of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, 
$146,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
this amount is available only for the pajnnent of: (1) tax liabilities 
imder section 3221 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 due 
in fiscal year 1993 in excess of amounts needed to fund benefits 
for individuals who retired from the National Railroad Passenger 
Corporation and for their beneficiaries; (2) obligations of the 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation under section 358(a) of 
title 45, United States Code, due in fiscal year 1993 in excess 
of its obligations calculated on an experience-rated basis; and (3) 
obligations of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation due 
luider section 3321 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 
RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT FINANCING FUNDS 
The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to issue to the 
Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obligations pursuant to 
section 512 of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform 
Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-210), as amended, in such amounts 
and at such times as may be necessary to pay any amounts required 
pursuant to the guarantee of the principal amount of obligations 
under sections 511 through 513 of such Act, such authority to 
exist as long as any such guaranteed obligation is outstanding: 
Provided, That no new loan guarantee commitments shall be made 
during fiscal year 1993: Provided further. That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, for fiscal year 1989 and each fiscal 
year thereafter all amounts realized from the sale of notes or 
PUBLIC LAW 102-388—OCT. 6, 1992 
106 STAT. 1535 
securities sold under authority of this section shall be considered 
as current year domestic discretionary outlay offsets and not as 
"asset sales or '^oan prepayments" as defined by section 257(12) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, 
as amended: Provided further, Th&t any underwriting fees and 
related expenses shall be derived solely from the proceeds of the 
sales: Provided further, That to enable the Secretary of Transpor-
tation to pay obligations and liabilities of the Columbus and Green-
ville Railway under sections 505 and 511 of the Railroad Revitaliza-
tion and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 resulting from the waiver 
of obligations and liabilities as authorized by section 349 of this 
Act, $411,578. 
CoNRAiL COMMUTER TRANSITION ASSISTANCE 
For necessary capital expenses of Conrail commuter transition 
assistance, not otherwise provided for, $7,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
AMTRAK CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT LOANS 
For the cost of direct loans to the Chicago, Missouri and West-
em Railroad, or its successors, to replace existing jointed rail with 
continuous welded rail between Joliet and Granite City, Illinois, 
$844,200: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974: Provided further. That these fimds are available 
to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 
loans not to exceed $3,500,000: Provided further. That any loan 
authorized under this section shall be structured with a maximum 
20-year payment at an annual interest rate of 4 per centum: Pro-
vided further, That the Federal Government shall hold a first and 
prior purchase money security interest with respect to any materials 
to be acquired with Federal funds: Provided further. That any Illinois. 
such loan shall be matched on a doUar-for-doUar basis by the 
State of Illinois: Provided further. That any such loan shall be 
made available no later than thirty days aner enactment of this 
Act. 
NATIONAL MAGNETIC LEVITATION PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT 
(LIMITATION O N OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
None of the funds in this Act shall be available for the planning 
or execution of the National Magnetic Levitation Prototype Develop-
ment program as defined in subsections 1036(b) and 1036(dXlXA) 
of the Intermodal Surface Transportation EfHciency Act of 1991. 
HIGH-SPEED GROUND TRANSPORTATION 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For pajonent of obligations incurred in carrjring out the provi-
sions of the High-Speed Ground Transportation program as defined 
in subsections 1036(c) and 1036(dXlXB) of the Intermodal Surface 
106 STAT. 1536 
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Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, $2,000,000, to be derived 
from the Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until 
expended: 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 $5,000,000 for the "High-
Speed Ground Transportation" program. 
FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal Transit 
Administration's programs authorized by the Federal Transit Act 
and 23 U.S.C. chapter 1 in connection with these activities, includ-
ing hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $13,400,000: Provided, That no more than 
$38,550,000 of budget authority shall be available for these 
purposes. 
FORMULA GRANTS 
For necessary expenses to carnr out the provisions of sections 
9, 16(b)(2), and 18 of the Federal Transit Act, to remain available 
imtil expended, $650,975,000: Provided, 
That no more than 
$1,700,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for these 
purposes: Provided further. That, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, of the fxmds provided under this nead for formula 
grants no more than $802,278,000 may be used for operating assist-
ance under section 9(k)(2) of the Federal Transit Act. 
UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION CENTERS 
For necessary expenses for imiversity transportation centers 
as authorized by section 11(b) of the Federal Transit Act, to remain 
available until expended, $2,025,000: Provided, That no more than 
$6,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for these purposes. 
TRANSIT PLANNING AND RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses for transit planning and research as 
authorized by section 26 of the Federal Transit Act, to remain 
available until expended, $29,000,000: Provided, That no more than 
$85,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for these pur-
poses: Provided further. That of the funds made available to carry 
out the national program under section 26(b) of the Federal Transit 
Act, not less than $900,000 shall be made available to reimburse 
the City of New York for funds granted for planning activities 
related to the proposed 42nd Street trolley. 
TRUST FUND SHARE OF TRANSIT PROGRAMS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in canying out section 
21(a) of the Federal Transit Act, $1,134,150,000, to remain available 
until expended and to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund: 
Provided, That $25,150,000 shall be paid from the Mass Transit 
Account of the Highway Trust Fund to the Federal Transit Adminis-
PUBLIC LAW 102-388—OCT. 6, 1992 
106 STAT. 1537 
tration's administrative expenses account: Provided further. That 
$1,049,025,000 shall be paid from the Mass Transit Account of 
the Highway Trust Fund to the Federal Transit Administration's 
formula grants account: Provided further, That $3,975,000 shall 
be paid from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust 
Fund to the Federal Transit Administration's university transpor-
tation centers account: Provided further. That $56,000,000 shall 
be paid from the Mass Transit Accoimt of the Highway Trust 
Fund to the Federal Transit Administration's transit planning and 
research account. 
DISCRETIONARY GRANTS 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
None of the funds in this Act shall be available for the 
implementation or execution of programs the obligations for which 
are in excess of $1,725,000,000 in fiscal year 1993 for grants under 
the contract authority in section 21(b) of the Federal Transit Act: 
Provided, That, notwithstanding any provision of law there shall 
be available for fixed guideway modernization $666,255,000, there 
shall be available for the replacement, rehabilitation, and purchase 
of buses and related equipment and the construction of bus-related 
facilities $336,940,000, and there shall be available for new fixed 
guideway systems $721,805,000, of which— 
not less than $30,000,000 for the Atlanta MARTA North 
Line Extension Project; 
not less than $25,000,000 for the Baltimore LRT Extensions 
Project; 
not less than $38,250,000 for the South Boston Piers 
Transitway Project; 
not less than $21,250,000 for the Chicago Central Area 
Connector Project; 
not less than $1,500,000 for the Cleveland Dual Hub Cor-
ridor Project; 
not less than $42,500,000 for the Dallas South Oak Cliff 
LRT Project; 
not less than $76,500,000 for the Honolulu Rapid Transit 
Starter Line of Projects; 
not less than $34,000,000 for the Houston Regional Bus 
Plan Program of Projects; 
not less than $10,000,000 for the Jacksonville ASE Exten-
sion Project; 
not less than $110,000,000 for the Los Angeles Metro Rail 
MOS-2 and MOS-3 Projects; 
not less than $10,000,000 for the Maryland Commuter 
Rail Project, of which $3,000,000 shall be available for the 
Waldorf Corridor; 
not less than $5,434,000 for the Miami Metromover Stage 
I 
Completion-Omni/Brickell 
Project 
and 
not 
less 
than 
$2,171,000 to restore urban initiative fimds provided to Miami 
in Public Law 98-473 but transferred to the Metromover Project 
in 1989; 
not less than $65,430,000 for the New Jersey Urban Core 
Project; 
not less than $15,895,000 for the New York Queens Connec-
tion Project; 
106 STAT. 1538 
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not less than $2,000,000 for the Orlando OSCAR LRT 
Project; 
not less than $700,000 for the Philadelphia Cross County 
Commuter Rail Project; 
not less than $17,000,000 for the Pittsburgh Busway 
Projects; 
not less than $68,000,000 for the Portland Westside LRT 
Project; 
not less than $1,000,000 for the Sacramento LRT Extension 
Project; 
not less than $1,700,000 for the San Diego Mid-Coast 
Extension Project; 
not less than $45,000,000 for the San Francisco Airport 
BART Extension Project and the Tasman Corridor LRT Project; 
not less than $15,300,000 for the Seattle-Tacoma Com-
muter Rail Project; 
not less than $3,000,000 for the Salt Lake City South 
LRT Project; 
not less than $42,500,000 for the St. Louis METRO Link 
Proiects' 
not 'less than $4,675,000 for the Florida Tri-County Com-
muter Rail Project; 
not less than $4,500,000 for the Hawthorne-Warwick Com-
muter Rail Project; 
not less than $3,000,000 for the Lakewood, Freehold, and 
Matawan or Jamesburg Commuter Rail Project; and 
not less than $25,500,000 for the Boston, Massachusetts 
to Portland, Maine Commuter Rail Project. 
MASS TRANSIT CAPITAL FUND 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrjdng out section 
21 (b) of the Federal Transit Act, administered by the Federal 
Transit Administration, $1,500,000,000, to be derived from the 
Highway Trust Fimd 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, $75,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
WASHINGTON METRO 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 
14 of Public Law 96-184 and Public Law 101-551, $170,000,000, 
to remain available imtil 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 the Corporation, 
and in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commit-
ments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by 
PUBLIC LAW 102-388—OCT. 6, 1992 
106 STAT. 1539 
section 104 of the Grovemment Corporation Control Act, as 
amended, as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set 
forth in the Corporation's budget for the current fiscal year. 
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 
(HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses for operation and maintenance of those 
portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway operated and maintained 
by 
the 
Saint 
Lawrence 
Seaway 
Development 
Corporation, 
$10,825,000, to be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust 
Fund, pursuant to Public Law 99-662. 
RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of Hazardous 
Materials Safety and for expenses for conducting research and 
development, $12,650,000, of which $1,350,000 shall remain avail-
able 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 training, and for reports publication and dissemination. 
AVIATION INFORMATION MANAGEMENT 
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of Aviation 
Information Management, $2,618,000: Provided, That there may 
be credited to this appropriation fimds received from States, coun-
ties, municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources 
for expenses incurred for training, for reports publication and 
dissemination, and for aviation information management: Provided 
further. That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, there 
may be credited to this appropriation up to $1,000,000 in funds 
received from user fees established to support the electronic tariff 
filing system: Provided further, That the Department of Transpor- 
Printing. 
tation shall prepare and publish in automatic data processing tape 
format the United States International Air Travel Statistics data 
base previously published through March 1991. The Department 
may partially defray costs of preparation and publication of such 
statistics by charging a fair and reasonable fee for obtaining such 
information; Provided further. That there may be credited to this 
appropriation funds received from such user fees. 
EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION 
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of Emergency 
Transportation and for expenses for conducting research and devel-
opment, $880,000, of which $73,000 shall remain available until 
expended: Provided, That there may be credited to this appropria-
tion funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other pub-
lic authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for 
training, and for reports publication and dissemination. 
106 STAT. 1540 
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RESEARCH A
N
D TECHNOLOGY 
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of Research 
and Technology and for expenses for conducting research and devel-
opment, $1,470,000, of which $350,000 shall remain available until 
expended: Provided, That there may be credited to this appropria-
tion fimds received from States, counties, municipaUties, other pub-
Uc authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for 
training, and for reports publication and dissemination. 
PROGRAM AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT 
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of Program 
and Administrative Support, $5,886,000, of which $175,000 shall 
be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fimd: 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 training, and for reports publica-
tion and dissemination: Provided further. That no employees other 
than those compensated under this appropriation shall serve in 
the Office of the Administrator, the Office of Policy and Programs, 
the Office of Civil Rights, the Office of Management £md Administra-
tion, and the Office of the Chief Counsel. 
PIPELINE SAFETY 
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND) 
For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of the pipeline 
safety program and for grants-in-aid to carry out a pipeline safety 
program, as authorized by section 5 of the Natural Uas Pipeline 
Safety Act of 1968 and the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safe^ Act 
of 1979, $15,050,000, to be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, 
of which $7,700,000 shall remain available until expended. 
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS 
(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND) 
For necessary expenses to carry out section 117A(iX3XB) of 
the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, as amended, $700,000 
to be derived from the Emergency Preparedness Fund, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That not more than $10,300,000 
shall be made available for obligation in fiscal year 1993 for 
amounts made available by section 117A(hX6XB) and (iXD, (2) 
and (4) and 118 of the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, 
as amended: Provided further. That such amounts shall only be 
available to the Secretary of Transportation. 
ALASKA PIPELINE TASK FORCE 
(OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses to support a Presidential Task Force 
audit of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System, as required by title 
VIII of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $550,000, to be derived 
from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fimd and to remain available 
until expended. 
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106 STAT. 1541 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector General 
to carry out the provisions of the Inspector Genersu Act of 1978, 
as amended, $38,000,000: Provided, That not more than $1,000,000 
of the funds made available imder this head shall be available 
for implementation of Public Law 101-576. 
TITLE II—RELATED AGENCIES 
ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS 
COMPLIANCE BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Architectural and Transpor-
tation Barriers Compliance Board, as authorized by section 502 
of the RehabiUtation Act of 1973, as amended, $3,300,000: Provided, 
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, there may be 
credited to this appropriation funds received for publications and 
training expenses. 
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Transportation Safety 
Board, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals 
not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for 
a GS-18; uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by law 
(5 U.S.C. 5901-5902), $36,000,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 
may be used for official reception and representation expenses. 
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, hire of 
passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b), and 
not to exceed $1,500 for official reception and representation 
expenses, $43,930,000: Provided, That joint board members and 49 use 10344 
cooperating State commissioners may use Government transpor- 
"°^-
tation requests when traveling in connection with their official 
duties as such: Provided further. That $7,300,000 in fees collected 
in fiscal year 1993 by the Interstate Commerce Commission pursu-
ant to 31 U.S.C. 9701 shall be made available to this appropriation 
in fiscal year 1993. 
PAYMENTS FOR DIRECTED RAIL SERVICE 
(UMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
None of the funds provided in this Act shall be available for 
the execution of programs the obligations for which can reasonably 
106 STAT. 1542 
PUBLIC LAW 102-388—OCT. 6, 1992 
be expected to exceed $475,000 for directed rail service authorized 
under 49 U.S.C. 11125 or any other Act. 
PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION 
PANAMA CANAL REVOLVING FUND 
For administrative expenses of the Panama Canal Commission, 
including not to exceed $11,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses of the Board; not to exceed $5,000 for official reception 
and representation expenses of the Secretary; and not to exceed 
$30,000 for official reception and representation expenses of the 
Adniinistrator, $51,150,000, to be derived from the Panama Canal 
Revolving Fund: Provided, That none of these Ainds may be used 
for the planning or execution of nonadministrative and capittd 
programs the obligations for which are in excess of $530,000,000 
Reports. 
m fiscal year 1993: Provided further. That notwithstanchng any 
other provision of law, the Secretary of State shall commimicate 
to the Grovemment of Panama, withm three months of the enact-
\ ment of this section, the dissatisfaction of the Grovemment of the 
United States concerning inadequate compliance by Panama with 
the enforcement provisions of Annex V of tne International Conven-
tion for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL 73/78), 
and the Secretary of State and the Secretaiy of Transportation, 
in consultation with the Commandant of the Coast Guard, shall 
further provide no later than March 15, 1993, a written report 
to the Congress describing and assessing (1) the actions taken 
by the Government of Panama since August 1, 1992, to investigate 
and, where appropriate, penalize Panamanian flag ships which 
have been reported by other nations to have violated the provisions 
of Annex V of MARPOL 73/78, (2) any efforts taken by the Govern-
ment of Panama to ensure improved compliance with the provisions 
of Annex V of MARPOL 73/78 on the part of Panamanian flag 
ships, and (3) the actions by the Government of the United States 
in the implementation of its new enforcement policy for Annex 
V of MARPOL 73/78, including penalty actions taken against foreign 
flag vessels by the Coast Guard for violations by those vessels 
occuring within the exclusive economic zone of the United States: 
Provided further, That funds available to the Panama Canal 
Commission shall be available for the purchase of not to exceed 
thirty-five passenger motor vehicles for replacement only (including 
large heavy-duty vehicles used to transport Commission personnel 
across the Isthmus of Panama), the purchase price of which shall 
not exceed $18,000 per vehicle. 
DEPARTMENT 
OF 
THE 
TREASURY 
REBATE OF SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY TOLLS 
(HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND) 
For rebate of the United States portion of tolls paid for use 
of the Saint Lawrence Seaway, pursuant to Public Law 99-662, 
$10,250,000, to remain available until expended and to be derived 
from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, of which not to exceed 
$200,000 shall be available for expenses of administering the 
rebates. 
PUBLIC LAW 102-388—OCT. 6, 1992 
106 STAT. 1543 
WASfflNGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY 
INTEREST PAYMENTS 
For necessarv expenses for interest payments, to remain avail-
able until expended, $51,663,569: Provided, That these funds shall 
be disbursed pursuant to terms and conditions established by Public 
Law 96-184 and the Initial Bond Repayment 
Participation 
Agreement. 
TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 301. During the current fiscal year applicable appropria-
tions to the Department of Transportation shall be available for 
maintenance and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles and aircraft; purchase of liability insurance for motor 
vehicles operating in foreign countries on official department busi-
ness; and uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by law 
(5 U.S.C. 5901-5902). 
SEC. 302. Funds for the Panama Canal Commission may be 
apportioned notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1341 to the extent necessary 
to permit payment of such pay increases for officers or employees 
as may be authorized by administrative action pursuant to law 
that 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. Fimds appropriated under this Act for expenditures 20 use 241 note. 
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 dependents of Federal Aviation Administration personnel sta-
tioned outside the continental United States at costs for any given 
area not in excess of those of the Department of Defense for the 
same area, when it is determined by the Secretary that the schools, 
if any, available in the locality are unable to provide adequately 
for the education of such dependents, and (2) for transportation 
of said dependents between schools serving the area that they 
attend and their places of residence when the Secretary, under 
such regulations as may be prescribed, determines that such schools 
are not accessible by public means of transportation on a regular 
basis. 
SEC. 304. Appropriations contained in this Act for the Depart-
ment 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 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. 306. None of the funds in this Act shall be used for 
the planning or execution of any program to pay the expenses 
of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties intervening in 
regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings fimded in this Act. 
SEC. 307. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, nor 
may any be transferred to other appropriations, unless expressly 
so provided herein. 
106 STAT. 1544 ' 
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SEC. 308. None of the funds in this or any previous or subse-
quent Act shall be available for the planning or implementation 
of any change in the current Federal status of the Volpe National 
Transportation Systems Center, and none of the funds in this 
Act shall be available for the implementation of any change in 
the current Federal status of the Tumer-FairbanJc Highway 
Research Center: Provided, That the Secretary may plan for forther 
development of the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center 
and for other compatible uses of the Center's real property: Pro-
vided, That any such planning does not alter the Federal status 
of the Center's research and development operation. 
Contracts. 
gEC. 309. The expenditure of any appropriation imder this 
kiformation 
^'^ ^^^ ^^y. coiisulting service through procurement contract pursu-
ant to section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, shall be limited 
to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public 
record and available for public inspection, except where otherwise 
provided under existing law, or imder existing Executive order 
issued pursuant to existing law. 
23 use 104 note. 
SEC. 310. (a) For fiscal year 1993 the Secretanr of Transpor-
tation shall distribute the obligation limitation ror Federal-aid 
highways by allocation in the ratio which sums authorized to be 
appropriated for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construc-
tion tnat are apportioned or allocated to each State for such fiscal 
year bear to the total of the sums authorized to be appropriated 
for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction that are 
apportioned or allocated to all the States for such fiscal year. 
(b) During the period October 1 through December 31, 1992, 
no State shall obligate more than 25 per centum of the amoimt 
distributed to such State under subsection (a), and the total of 
all State obligations during such period shall not exceed 15 per 
centum of the total amount distributed to all States imder such 
subsection. 
(c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), 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 that 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, 1993, revise a distribution of the fimds 
made available under subsection (a) if a State will not obligate 
the amount distributed during that fiscal year and redistribute 
sufficient amounts to those States able to obligate amoimts 
in addition to those previously distributed during that fiscal 
year giving priority to those States having large unobligated 
balances of funds apportioned under sections 103(eX4), 104 
and 144 of title 23, United States Code, and under sections 
1013(c) and 1015 of Public Law 102-240; and 
(3) not distribute amounts authorized for administrative 
expenses, the Federal lands highway program, the intelligent 
vehicle highway systems program, and amounts made available 
under sections 1040, 1047, 1064, 5003, 6001, 6004, 6005, 6023, 
6024, of PubUc Law 102-240, not more than $6,800,000 for 
section 6006 of Public Law 102-240, not more than $2,400,000 
for section 6015 of Public Law 102-240, not more than $750,000 
for section 5002 of Public Law 102-240, and $200,000 for the 
PUBLIC LAW 102-388—OCT. 6, 1992 
106 STAT. 1545 
Commission to Promote Investment in America's Infrastructure 
authorized by section 1081 of Public Law 102-240, and notwith-
standing any other provision of law, not distribute $7,500,000 
of the obligation limitation established by this Act for Federal-
aid highways and highway safety construction: Provided, That 
such imdistributed obligation limitation shall be available for 
administrative costs and allocation to States under section 
1302(d) of the Symms National Recreational Trails Act of 1991: 
Provided further. That amounts for section 1081 of Public Law 
102-240, section 5002 of Public Law 102-240, section 6015 
of Public Law 102-240, and section 1302(d) of the Symms 
National Recreational Trails Act of 1991 shall be deemed nec-
essary for administration xmder section 104(a) of title 23, 
United States Code. 
(d) The limitation on obligations for Federal-aid highways and 
highway safety construction programs for fiscal year 1993 shall 
not apply to obligations for emergency relief under section 125 
of title 23, United States Code; obligations imder section 157 of 
title 23, United States Code; projecte covered under section 147 
of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978, section 9 
of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981, sections 131(b), 131(j), 
and 404 of Public Law 97-424, and sections 1103 through 1108 
of Public Law 102-240; projects authorized by Public Law 99-
500, Public Law 99-591 and Public Law 100-202; or projects covered 
under subsections 149 (b) and (c) of Public Law 100-17. 
(e) Subject to paragraph (cX2) of this General Provision, a 
State which after August 1 and on or before September 30 of 
fiscal year 1993 obligates the amoimt distributed to such State 
in that fiscal year imder paragraphs (a) and (c) of this (Jeneral 
Provision may obligate for Federal-aid highways and highway safety 
construction on or before September 30, 1993, an additional amount 
not to exceed 5 percent of the aggregate amount of funds appor-
tioned or allocated to such State— 
(1) under sections 104 and 144 of title 23, United States 
Code, and 1013(c) and 1015 of Public Law 102-240, and 
(2) for highway assistance projects under section 103(eX4) 
of title 23, United States Code, 
which are not obligated on the date such State completes obligation 
of the amount so distributed. 
(f) During the period August 2 through September 30, 1993, 
the aggregate amount which may be obligated by all States pursu-
ant to paragraph (e) shall not exceed 2.5 percent of the aggregate 
amoimt of funds apportioned or allocated to all States— 
(1) under sections 104 and 144 of title 23, United States 
Code, and 1013(c) and 1015 of Public Law 102-240, and 
(2) for highway assistance projects under section 103(eX4) 
of title 23, United States Code, 
which would not be obligated in fisc£d year 1993 if the total amoimt 
of the obligation limitation provided for such fiscal year in this 
Act were utilized. 
(g) Paragraph (e) shall not apply to any State which on or 
after August 1, 1993, has the amount distributed to such State 
under paragraph (a) for fiscal year 1993 reduced under paragraph 
(cX2). 
SEC. 311. None of the funds in this Act shall be available 
for salaries and expenses of more than one hundred and ten political 
and Presidential appointees in the Department of Transportation: 
106 STAT. 1546 
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49 u s e app. 
1617 note. 
Federal 
Register, 
publication. 
Florida. 
49 u s e app. 
2212 note. 
Provided, That none of the personnel covered by this provision 
may be assigned on temporary detail outside the Department of 
Transportation. 
SEC. 312. Not to exceed $800,000 of the funds provided in 
this Act for the Department of Transportation shall be available 
for the necessary expenses of advisory committees. 
SEC. 313. The limitation on obligations for the programs of 
the Federal Transit Administration shall not apply to any authority 
imder section 21 of the Federal Transit Act, previously made avail-
able for obligation, or to any other authority previously made avail-
able for obligation under the Discretionary Grants program. 
SEC. 314. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
of the funds in this Act shall be available for the construction 
of, or any other costs related to, the Central Automated Transit 
System (Downtown People Mover) in Detroit, Michigan. 
SEC. 315. None of the fimds in this Act shall be used to 
implement section 404 of title 23, United States Code. 
SEC. 316. Every 30 days, the Federal Transit Administration 
shall publish in the Federal Register an annoimcement of each 
grant obligated pursuant to sections 3 and 9 of the Federal Transit 
Act, including the grant number, the grant amount, and the transit 
property receiving each grant. 
SEC. 317. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
appropriated in this or any other Act intended for studies, reports, 
training, salaries, or research, and related costs thereof including 
necessary capital expenses, including site acquisition, construction 
and equipment, are available for such purposes to be conducted 
through contracts, grants, or financial assistance agreements with 
the educational institutions that are specified in such Acts or in 
any report accompan}dng such Acts. 
SEC. 318. The Secretary of Transportation shall permit the 
obligation of not to exceed $4,000,000, apportioned imder title 23, 
United States Code, section 104(bX5XB) for the State of Florida 
for operating expenses of the Tri-County Commuter Rail Project 
in the area of Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties, Florida, 
during each year that Interstate 95 is under reconstruction in 
such area. 
SEC. 319. 
ESSENTIAL AIR SERVICE COMPENSATION.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the Secretary of Transportation 
shall make payment of compensation under subsection 419 of the 
Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended, only to the extent and 
in the manner provided in appropriations Acts, at times and in 
a manner determined by the Secretary to be appropriate, and 
claims for such compensation shall not arise except in accordance 
with this provision. 
SEC. 320. The authority conferred by section 513(d) of the 
Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982, as amended, to 
issue letters of intent shall remain in effect subsequent to Septem-
ber 30, 1992. Letters of intent may be issued under such subsection 
to applicants determined to be qualified under such Act: Provided, 
Tliat, notwithstanding any other provision of law, all such letters 
of intent in excess of $10,000,000 shall be submitted for approval 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives; the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate; and the Committee on Public Works 
and Transportation of the House of Representatives. 
PUBLIC LAW 102-388—OCT. 6, 1992 
106 STAT. 1547 
SEC. 321. The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to 
transfer funds appropriated for any ofEice of the Office of the Sec-
retary to any other office of the Office of the Secretary: Provided, 
That no appropriation shall be increased or decreased by more 
than 12 per centum by all such transfers: Provided further, That 
any such transfer shall be submitted for approval to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 322. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1993 
pay raises for programs funded in this Act shall be absorbed within 
the levels appropriated in this Act. 
SEC. 323. VESSEL TRAFFIC SAFETY FAIRWAY.—None of the funds 
in this Act shall be available to plan, finalize, or implement regula-
tions that would establish a vessel traffic safety fairway less than 
five miles wide between the Santa Barbara Traffic Separation 
Scheme and the San Francisco Traffic Separation Scheme. 
SEC. 324. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, airports 
49 USC app. 
may transfer, without consideration, to the Federal Aviation 
^^^^ "°*®-
Administration instrument landing systems (along with associated 
approach lighting equipment and runway visual range equipment) 
which conform to Federal Aviation Administration design and 
performance specifications, the purchase of which was assisted by 
a Federal airport aid program, airport development aid program 
or airport improvement program grant. The Federal Aviation 
Administration shall accept such eqmpment, which shall thereafter 
be operated and maintained by the Federal Aviation Administration 
in accordance with agency criteria. 
SEC. 325. NATIONAL WEATHER GRAPHICS SYSTEM.—^None of the 
funds made available in this Act may be used by the Federal 
Aviation Administration for a new National Weather Graphics Sys-
tem. 
SEC. 326. None of the funds in this Act shall be available 
to award a multiyear contract for production end items that (1) 
includes economic order quantity or long lead time material procure-
ment in excess of $10,000,000 in any one year of the contract 
or (2) includes a cancellation charge greater than $10,000,000 which 
at the time of obligation has not been appropriated to the limits 
of the government's liability or (3) includes a requirement that 
permits performance under the contract during the second and 
subsequent years of the contract without conditioning such perform-
ance upon the appropriation of funds: Provided, That this limitation 
does not apply to a contract in which the Federal Grovernment 
incurs no financial liability from not buying additional systems, 
subsystems, or components beyond the basic contract requirements. 
SEC. 327. REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION OF DRIVERS' LICENSES 
OF INDIVIDUALS CONVICTED OF DRUG OFFENSES.— 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 159 of title 23, United States Code, 
is amended to read as follows: 
**§159. Revocation or suspension of drivers' licenses of 
individuals convicted of drug offenses 
"(a) WITHHOLDING OF APPORTIONMENTS FOR NONCOMPLL\NCE.— 
"(1) BEGINNING IN FISCAL YEAR 1994.—For each fiscal year 
the Secretary shall withhold 5 percent of the amount required 
to be apportioned to any State under each of paragraphs (1), 
(3), and (5) of section 104(b) on the first day of each fiscal 
year which begins after the second calendar year following 
106 STAT. 1548 
PUBLIC LAW 102-388—OCT. 6, 1992 
the effective date of this section if the State does not meet 
the requirements of paragraph (3) on such date. 
"(2) BEGINNING IN FISCAL YEAR 1996.—The Secretary shall 
withhold 10 percent (including any amounts withheld under 
paragraph (1)) of the amount required to be apportioned to 
any State under each of paragraphs (1), (3), and (5) of section 
104(b) on the first day of eadi nscal year which begins after 
the fourth calendar year following the effective date of this 
section if the State does not meet the requiremente of paragraph 
(3) on the first day of such 
fiscal 
year. 
"(3) REQUIREMENTS.—A Stete meete the requiremente of 
this paragraph if— 
"(A) the Stete has enacted and is enforcing a law 
that requires in all circumstances, or requires in the 
absence of compelling circumstences warranting an 
exception— 
"(i) the revocation, or suspension for at least 6 
months, of the driver's license of any individual who 
is convicted, after the enactment of such law, of— 
"(I) any violation of the Controlled Substances 
Act, or 
"(11) any drug offense; and 
"(ii) a delay in the issuance or reinstetement of 
a driver's license to such an individual for at least 
6 months after the individual applies for the issuance 
or reinstetement of a driver's license if the individusd 
does not have a driver's Ucense, or the driver's license 
of the individual is suspended, at the time the individ-
ual is so convicted; or 
"(B) the Governor of the Stete— 
"(i) submite to the Secretary no earlier than the 
adjournment sine die of the first regularly scheduled 
session of the Stete's legislature which begins after 
the effective date of this section a written certification 
steting that the Governor is opposed to the enactment 
or enforcement in the Stete of a law described in 
subparagraph (A), relating to the revocation, suspen-
sion, issuance, or reinstetement of drivers' licenses to 
convicted drug offenders; and 
"(ii) submite to the Secretary a written certification 
that the legislature (including both Houses where 
applicable) has adopted a resolution expressing ite 
opposition to a law described in clause (i). 
"(b) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY; EFFECT OF COMPLIANCE AND NON-
COMPLIANCE.— 
"(1) PERIOD OF AVAILABIUTY OF WITHHELD FUNDS.— 
"(A) FUNDS WITHHELD ON OR BEFORE SEPTEMBER 3O, 
1996.—^Any funds withheld under subsection (a) from appor-
tionment to any Stete on or before September 30, 1995, 
shall remain available for apportionment to such Stete 
as follows: 
"(i) If such funds would have been apportioned 
under section 104(bX5XA) but for this section, such 
funds shall remain available until the end of the fiscal 
year for which such funds are authorized to be appro-
priated. 
PUBLIC LAW 102-388—OCT. 6, 1992 
106 STAT. 1549 
"(ii) If such funds would have been apportioned 
under section 104(bX5XB) but for this section, such 
funds shsdl remain available until the end of the second 
fiscal year following the fiscal year for which such 
funds are authorized to be appropriated. 
"(iii) If such funds would nave been apportioned 
under paragraph (1), (3), or (5) of section 104(b) but 
for this section, such fimds shall remain available until 
the end of the third fiscal year following the fiscal 
year for which such funds are authorized to be appro-
priated. 
^(B) FUNDS WITHHELD AFTER SEPTEMBER 30, 1995.—No 
funds withheld under this section from apportionment to 
any State after September 30, 1995, shall be available 
for apportionment to such State. 
"(2) APPORTIONMENT OF WITHHELD FUNDS AFTER COMPLI-
ANCE.—If, before the last day of the period for which funds 
withheld under subsection (a) from apportionment are to 
remain available for apportionment to a State under paragraph 
(1), the State meets the requirements of subsection (a)(3), the 
Secretary shall, on the first day on which the State meets 
the requirements of subsection (aX3), apportion to the State 
the funds withheld under subsection (a) that remain available 
for apportionment to the State. 
"(3) 
PERIOD OF AVAILABIUTY OF SUBSEQUENTLY APPOR-
TIONED FUNDS.—^Any fluids apportioned pursuant to paragraph 
(2) shall remain available for expenditure as follows: 
"(A) Funds which would have been originally appor-
tioned imder section 104(bX5XA) shall remain available 
until the end of the fiscal year succeeding the fiscal year 
in which such funds are apportioned under paragraph (2). 
"(B) Funds which would have been originally appor-
tioned imder paragraph (1), (3), or (5XB) of section 104(b) 
shall remain available imtil the end of the third fiscal 
year succeeding the fiscal year in which such funds are 
so apportioned. 
Sums not obligated at the end of such period shall lapse or, 
in the case of funds apportioned under section 104(bX5), shall 
lapse and be made available by the Secretary for projects in 
accordance with section 118(b). 
"(4) 
EFFECT OF NONCOMPLIANCE.—If, at the 
end 
of 
the 
period for which funds withheld imder subsection (a) from 
apportionment are available for apportionment to a State under 
paragraph (1), the State does not meet the requirements of 
subsection (a)(3), such funds shall lapse or, in the case of 
funds withheld from apportionment under section 104(bX5), 
such funds shall lapse and be made available by the Secretary 
for projects in accordance with section 118(b). 
"(c) DEFINITIONS.—^For purposes of this section— 
"(1) DRIVER'S LICENSE.—^The term 'driver's license' means 
a license issued by a State to any individual that authorizes 
the individual to operate a motor vehicle on highwavs. 
"(2) DRUG OFFENSE.—^The term 'drug offense means any 
criminal offense which proscribes-^ 
"(A) the possession, distribution, manufacture, cultiva-
tion, sale, transfer, or the attempt or conspiracy to possess, 
distribute, msmufacture, cultivate, sell, or transfer any sub-
106 STAT. 1550 
PUBLIC LAW 102-388—OCT. 6, 1992 
stance the possession of which is prohibited under the 
Controlled Substances Act; or 
"(B) the operation of a motor vehicle under the influ-
ence of such a substance. 
**(3) CONVICTED.—^The term 'convicted' includes acijudicated 
under juvenile proceedings.". 
23 use 159 note. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by subsection 
(a) of this section shall take effect November 5,1990. 
SEC. 328. None of the funds in this Act shall be available 
for planning or executing any rules or regulations to add Passenger 
Facility Charges to the cost of travel benefits commonly known 
as "frequent flyer award certificates" or any other bonus progrcun 
offered by any airline. 
SEC. 329. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be 
made available for planning and executing a passenger manifest 
program h
^
r the Department of Transportation that only applies 
to United States flag carriers. 
SEC. 330. None of the funds in this Act shall be available 
for the planning or implementation of any change in the current 
Federal status of the Federal Aviation Administration's flight serv-
ice stations at Red Bluff Airport in Red Bluff, California, Tri-
City Airport in Bristol, Tennessee, and Bert Mooney Airport in 
Butte, Montana. 
SEC. 331. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Federal Aviation Administration has the authority to enter into 
grants with the City of Kissimmee, Florida; the Douglas County 
Port Authority and the Chelan County Port Authority, Washington; 
and the Jackson-Madison County Airport Authority, Tennessee, 
to assist in the construction of non-Federal air traffic control towers: 
Provided, That funds for such towers shall be derived from the 
unobligated balances of the Tacilities and Equipment" account 
of the Federal Aviation Administration. 
23 use 129 note. 
SEC. 332. Section 1064(e) of Public Law 102-240 is amended 
by adding: "For further purposes of this section, the access road 
from Interstate Business Route 75 to the Sugar Island Ferry Service 
in Chippewa County, Michigan, and the access road from United 
States Route 31 to the Beaver Island Fenry Service in Charlevoix 
County, Michigan, shall be treated as principal arterials.". 
SEC. 333. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
provided in this or subsequent Acts for necessary expenses to carry 
out the provisions of section 1069 of Public Law 102-240 are to 
remain available imtil expended. 
Florida. 
SEC. 334. From funds appropriated to the Department of 
Transportation or made available by this Act or any other Act, 
the Secretary of Transportation shall, notwithstanding any other 
provision of this Act or any other Act, make available not to exceed 
$3,000,000 for a transportation resource center at Barry University, 
Miami Shores, Florida. 
SEC. 335. Of the amounts available imder the urban high 
density program for the project designated in the Stete of Indiana, 
such amoimts may be used for the reconstruction of an interchange 
of the subject project with the Borman Expressway. 
SEC. 336. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
made available from the withdrawal of the 1-205 bus lanes under 
section 142 of Public Law 100-17, and previously appropriated 
funds from the withdrawal are available for locally designated 
transit projects in Portland, Oregon until expended. 
PUBLIC LAW 102-388—OCT. 6, 1992 
106 STAT. 1551 
Termination 
date. 
SEC. 337. None of the funds provided in this Act or prior Reports 
Appropriations Acts for Coast Guard Acquisition, Construction, and 
Improvements shall be available after the fifteenth day of any 
quarter of any fiscal year beginning after December 31,1992, unless 
me Commandant of the Coast Guard first submits a quarterly 
report to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees on 
all m£gor Coast Guard acquisition projects including projects 
executed for the Coast Guard by the United States Navy and 
vessel traffic service projects: Provided, That such reports shall 
include an acquisition schedule, estimated current and luture year 
funding requirements, and a schedule of anticipated obligations 
and outlays for each major acquisition project: Provided 
further, 
Hiat such reports shall rate on a relative scale the cost risk, 
schedule risk, and technical risk associated with each acquisition 
project and include a table detailing unobligated balances to date 
and anticipated unobligated balances at the close of the fiscal year 
and the close of the following fiscal year should the Administration's 
pending budget request for the acquisition, construction, and 
improvements accoimt be fully funded: Provided further, That such 
reports shall also provide abbreviated information on the status 
of shore facility construction and renovation projects: Provided fur-
ther, That all information submitted in such reports shall be current 
as of the last day of the preceding quarter. 
SEC. 338. Public Law 98-63, 97 Stat. 329, is amended as 
follows: 
"(3) The provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall termi-
nate on December 31, 1983. The provisions of subsection (2) of 
this section shall terminate three years from the enactment of 
this section unless construction of the 1-287 bypass and the 
construction of high occupancy vehicle lanes or auxiliary lanes 
on 1-287 from, the 1-287 intersection with State Route 22 in Somer-
set County to the 1-287 intersection with 1-80 in Morris County 
in New Jersey or any other feasible, suitable alternative has been 
commenced. In the event construction has been commenced sub-
section (2) of this section will terminate ten years from the enact-
ment of this section, or when construction of 1-287 bypass and 
the construction of high occupancy vehicle lanes or auxiliary lanes 
on 1-287 from the 1-287 intersection with State Route 22 in Somer-
set County to the 1-287 intersection with 1-80 in Morris County 
in New Jersey or any other feasible, suitable alternative is com-
pleted, whichever occurs first. 
"(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, procedural New Jersey. 
or substantive, 100 per centum Federal highway trust fimds moneys 
are hereby allocated as part of the State's allocation, and are 
immediately available for obligation to the State of New Jersey 
for the construction of the 1-287 bjrpass and the construction of 
high occupancy lanes or auxiliary lanes on 1-287 from the 1-287 
intersection with State Route 22 in Somerset County to the I-
287 intersection with 1-80 in Morris County in New Jersey or 
any other feasible, suitable alternative, such appropriation as may 
be made available by Congress from general appropriations to cover 
100 per centum of the cost of the 1-287 bypass or the alternative 
route: Provided, That such appropriation shall not exceed New 
Jersejr's apportionment using the apportionment factor contained 
in revised table 5 of the Committee Print Numbered 102-24 of 
the Committee on Public Works and Transportation of the House 
of Representatives.". 
106 STAT. 1552 
PUBLIC LAW 102-388—OCT. 6, 1992 
SEC. 339. For the piirpose of carrying out a demonstration 
of the construction of public toll roads in Orange County, California, 
authorized by 23 U.S.C. 129(d), there is nereby appropriated 
$9,600,000 for the Secretary to enter into an agreement to make 
a loan or loans not to exceed $120,000,000 to the public entity 
or entities with the statutory duty to construct such facilities, 
to be available upon the completion of construction of such facilities 
for five years from the date capitalized interest funds are exhausted 
and only if and to the extent revenues from toll operations and 
standard reserves are less than revenue necessaiy for debt service 
established under the eligibility criteria applicable thereto and no 
more than 20 percent of the total loan amount would be payable 
in any one year of operation: Provided, That all funds appropriated 
under this head shall be exempted from any limitation on obliga-
tions for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction pro-
grams: Provided further. That such loan or loans shall draw interest 
at the 30-year United States Treasury Bond rate on the date such 
loan or loans are made and shall be repedd in not more than 
30 years. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, such loan 
or loans shall not constitute a guarantee of the pa3nment of principal 
or interest with respect to any indebtedness heretofore or herearter 
issued by said public entity or entities. 
Contracts. 
SEC. 340. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) shall 
Virginia. 
execute an agreement with the State of Virginia (regarding Federal 
Aid Proiect-Q-RS 1046(101) re. Fairfax Coimty, Virginia) pursuant 
to whicn loan repayment can be concluded by September 30, 1997. 
SEC. 341. Section 1023 of the Intermodal Surface Transpor-
23 use 1
2
7 note, tation Efficiency Act (Public Law 102-240) is amended by adding 
a new subsection (h) as follows: 
"(h) PUBLIC TRANSIT VEHICLES.— 
"(1) TEMPORARY EXEMPTION.—The second sentence of sec-
tion 127 of title 23, United States Code, relating to axle weight 
limitetions for vehicles using the Dwight D. Eisenhower System 
of Interstete and Defense Highways, shall not applv, for the 
2-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, 
to any vehicle which is regularly and exclusively used as an 
intrastete public agency transit passenger bus. The Secretary 
may extend such 2-year period for an additional year. 
"(2) STUDY.—The Secretary shall conduct a study on the 
maximum axle weight limitations on the Dwight D. Eisenhower 
System of Interstete and Defense Highways esteblished under 
section 127 of title 23, United Stetes Code, or under Stete 
laws, as they apply to public transit vehicles. The study shall 
determine whether or not public transit vehicles should be 
exempted from the requirements of section 127 or Stete laws 
or if such laws should be modified with regard to public transit 
vehicles. In making such determination, the Secretory shall 
consider current transit vehicle design standards, the implica-
tions of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Clean Air 
Act requiremente on such design standards, and the potential 
impact of revised design stendards on transit ridership capacity, 
operating and replacement coste, air quality concerns, and high-
way wear and tear. 
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106 STAT. 1553 
"(3) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the 
Congress a report on the result of the study conducted under 
paragraph (2), together with recommendations.". 
SEC. 342. None of the funds made available in this Act or 
in any other Act making funds available to the Federal Transit 
Administration, shall be used to withhold funds for any section 
3 or section 9 operating or capital grants for the city of Phoenix, 
Arizona based on the inclusion of a ''preference in hiring" provision 
in the employees protective arrangements developed pursuant to 
49 U.S.C. 1609(c) and the Federal Transit Administration shall 
within 30 days of enactment of this provision award any such 
pending grant application: Provided, That the Secretary of Labor 
has certified that fair and equitable arrangements have been 
adopted for the protection of employees. 
SEC. 343. For fiscal years 1992 and 1993, funds provided under 
section 18 of the Federal Transit Act shall be exempt from require-
ments for any non-Federal share, in the same manner as specified 
in section 1054 of Public Law 102-240. 
SEC. 344. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or other 
requirement, the city of Indianapolis, Indiana is authorized to retain 
any funds not used under the authority of Facility Grant IN-
03-0057 and IN-23-9001 and to use such funds in accordance 
with the requirements of section 9 of the Federal Transit Act 
of 1964 as amended. 
SEC. 345. Notwithstanding any other provision of law limiting 
appropriations for the Westside Light Rail Project in Portland, 
Oregon, funds provided for the Westside Light Rail Project, may 
be expended, pursuant to section 3(a)(1)(C) of the Federal Transit 
Act of 1964, as amended, for the development and acquisition 
of low floor light rail vehicles, and the incremental costs associated 
with the introduction of the vehicles and facilities modifications 
on the current alignment. 
SEC. 346. ADVANCE ACQUISITION OF RIGHTS-OF-WAY.—Section 
108 of title 23, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a) by striking "of the Federal-aid highway 
systems, including the Interstate System," and inserting "Fed-
eral-aid highway"; 
(2) in subsection (a) by striking "for expenditure on any 
of the Federal-aid highway systems, including the Interstate 
System," and inserting "which may be expended on such high-
way"; 
(3) in subsection (c)(2) by inserting "and passenger transit 
facilities" after "highways"; 
(4) in subsection (cX3) by striking "highway" in the first 
sentence, and the first place it appears in the second sentence 
and inserting "project"; and 
(5) in subsection (c)(3) by striking "on the federal-aid sys-
tem of which such project is to be part," and inserting "of 
the type funded". 
SEC. 347. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
unspent balance of funds previously earmarked for the Long Island 
Expressway Fourth Lane project shall be applied instead to the 
Robert Moses Causeway rehabilitation project and to the Loop 
Parkway Bridge rehabilitation project. 
59-194 O—93 
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106 STAT. 1554 
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SEC. 348. (a) DENIAL AND REVOCATION.—Chapter 121 of title 
46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section: 
*
*
§ 12123. Denial and revocation of endorsements 
"The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to deny the 
issuance or renewal of a trade or recreational endorsement on 
a certificate of documentation issued under this chapter and to 
revoke such endorsement if that vessel's owner has not paid an 
assessment of a civil penalty after final agency action for a violation 
of law for which an assessment has been made by the Secretary.". 
(b) LIMITATIONS ON VESSEL OPERATIONS.—Section 12110(c) of 
title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking all of the 
first sentence through the first comma and inserting in lieu thereof 
the following: "When a vessel is operated after the Secretary has 
denied issuance or renewal of an endorsement or revoked the 
endorsement under section 12123 of this title and before the 
endorsement is reinstituted, or is employed in a trade for which 
an endorsement is required, without a certificate of documentation 
with an appropriate endorsement for that trade,". 
(c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—(1) Section 12103(a) of title 46, 
United States Code, is amended by striking "On" and inserting 
in lieu thereof "Except as provided in section 12123 of this title, 
on". 
(2) The analvsis for chapter 121 of title 46, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new item: 
"12123. Denial and revocation of endorsements.". 
SEC. 349. Section 311(b) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
33 use 1321. 
Act is amended by adding a new paragraph to read as follows: 
"(12) WITHHOLDING CLEARANCE.—If any owner, operator, or 
person in charge of a vessel is liable for a civil penalty under 
this subsection, or if reasonable cause exists to believe that the 
owner, operator, or person in charge may be subject to a civil 
penalty under this suDsection, the Secret£iry of the Treasury, upon 
the request of the Secretary of the department in which the Coast 
Guard is operating or the Administrator, shall with respect to 
such vessel refuse or revoke— 
"(A) the clearance required by section 4197 of the Revised 
Statutes of the United States (46 U.S.C. App. 91); 
"(B) a permit to proceed under section 4367 of the Revised 
Statutes of the United States (46 U.S.C. App. 313); and 
"(C) a permit to depart required under section 443 of the 
Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1443); 
as applicable. Cleartuice or a permit refused or revoked under 
this paragraph may be granted upon the filing of a bond or other 
surety satismctory to the Secretary of the department in which 
the Coast Guard is operating or the Administrator.". 
SEC. 350. (a) WAIVER.—^Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the obligations and liabilities of the Columbus and Greenville 
Railway imder sections 505 and 511 of the Railroad Revitalization 
and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976, as amended, shall be suspended 
for the period beginning October 1, 1992, and ending September 
30,1994. 
^ 
(b) REPAYMENT.—The obligations and Uabilities of the Colum-
bus and Greenville Railway suspended under subsection (a) shall 
be repaid to the United States by the Railway on or before October 
PUBLIC LAW 102-388—OCT. 6, 1992 
106 STAT. 1555 
1,1997. Payments shall be deposited to the Treasury as miscellane-
ous receipts. 
SEC. 351. HIGH PRIORITY CORRIDORS.—Paragraph (18) of section 
1105(c) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act 
of 1991 is amended to read as follows: 
105 Stat. 2031. 
"(18) Corridor from Indianapolis, Indiana, through Evans-
ville, Indiana, Memphis, Tennessee, Shreveport/Bossier, Louisi-
ana, and to Houston, Texas.". 
SEC. 352. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
of the funds in this Act or previous Acts shall be used for the 
widening of U.S. Highway 93 between Somers and Whitefish, Mon-
tana, until the Federal Highway Administration has completed 
a feasibility study of design alternatives: Provided, That such study 
shall be completed by September 30, 1993, and shall be conducted 
in consultation with the Montana Department of Transportation 
and local authorities in Flathead Coiuity, Montana: Provided fur-
ther. That such study shall address the cost, safety, aesthetics, 
and land use planning impacts of each design alternative: Provided 
further. That the Federal share of funding for such study shall 
be 100 percent of the cost of such study. 
SEC. 353. Section 345 of the Department of Transportation 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1992, is amended by 1
^
5 Stat. 948. 
adding at the end thereof the following: 
"(dXD In addition to its functions under subsection (b), the N
e
w York. 
Metropolitan New York Aircraft Noise Mitigation Committee shall ^"^^^ontrol 
review aircraft noise complaints with the airspace over the States 
of New York and Connecticut lying within a 110-nautical-mile 
radius of La Guardia Airport, and advise the Administrator with 
regard to Aircraft noise mitigation within such radius, and the 
locations and boiindaries of noise impact areas defined by such 
complaints. The Committee shall obtain the participation of citizens, 
community associations, and other public organizations concerned 
with aircraft noise in canying out the functions of the Committee 
under this section. 
"(2) The Administrator, from time to time, shall consult with 
the Committee regarding aircraft noise mitigation and such aircraft 
noise complaints. The Committee shall make recommendations to 
the Administrator regarding such aircraft noise mitigation and 
complaints. 
"(3) Any vacancy in a position on the Committee shall be 
filled in the same manner as the original appointment to that 
position. 
"(4) The Chairman of the Committee may procure temporary 
and intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United 
States Code, at rates for individuals which do not exceed the dcdly 
equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay prescribed for level 
V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of such title. 
"(5) Costs and other expenses not to exceed $100,000 incurred 
by the Committee in carrying out its functions under this section 
shall be paid from appropriations to the Department of Transpor-
tation for administrative expenses. 
"(6) The Metropolitan New York Aircraft Noise Mitigation 
Committee shall be permanent.". 
SEC. 354. CARRIAGE OF OIL IN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND.—Section 
5005(a) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2735(a), 104 
Stat. 553) is amended— 
106 STAT. 1556 
PUBLIC LAW 102-388—OCT. 6, 1992 
(1) by striking "tank vessel operating on Prince William 
Sound, or" and inserting in lieu thereof "tanker loading cargo 
at"; and 
(2) by inserting "and a response plan for such a facility," 
after "(43 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.).". 
SEC. 355. The Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings 
Act is amended by adding at the end of title II thereof the following: 
American 
Automobile 
Labeling Act. 
15 use 1950. 
Regulations. 
LABELING REQUIREMENTS FOR AUTOMOBILES 
"SEC. 210. (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as 
the 'American Automobile Labeling Act'. 
"(b) LABEL REQUIREMENT.—(1) Each manufacturer of a new 
passenger motor vehicle distributed in commerce for sale in the 
United States shall annually establish for each model year and 
cause to be affixed, and each dealer shall cause to be maintained, 
on each such vehicle manufactured on or after October 1, 1994, 
in a prominent place, one or more labels— 
"(A) indicating the percentage (by value) of passenger motor 
vehicle equipment installed on such vehicle within a carline 
which originated in the United States and Canada to be identi-
fied with the words *U.S./Canadian content'; 
"(B) indicating the final assembly point bv city. State 
(where appropriate), and country of such automobile; 
"(C) in the case of any country (other than the United 
States and Canada) in which 15 percent or more (by value) 
of equipment installed on passenger motor vehicles within a 
carline originated, indicating the names of at least the 2 coun-
tries in which the greatest amount (by value) of such equipment 
originated and the percentage (by value) of the equipment 
originating in each such country; 
"(D) indicating the country of origin of the engine for each 
passenger motor vehicle; and 
"(E) indicating the country of origin of the transmission 
for each passenger motor vehicle; 
"(2) The percentages required to be indicated by this section 
may be rounded to the nearest 5 percent by the manufacturers. 
Such percentage shall be established at the beginning of each 
model year for such carline and shall be applicable to that carline 
for the entire model year. 
"(3) The disclosure requirement of subparagraph (IXB) of this 
section supersedes the disclosure requirement of section 3(b) of 
the Automobile Information Disclosure Act (15 U.S.C. 1232(b)). 
A manufacturer who indicates the final assembly point as required 
by this section shall be deemed to have satisfied the disclosure 
requirement imposed by section 3(b) of the Automobile Information 
Disclosure Act. 
"(c) FORM AND CONTENT OF LABEL.—^The form and content 
of the label required under subsection (b), and the manner and 
location in which such label shall be affixed, shall be prescribed 
by the Secretary by rule. The Secretary shall permit a manufacturer 
to comply with this section by allowing such manufacturer to dis-
close tne information required under this section on the label 
required by section 3 of the Automobile Information Disclosure 
Act (15 U.S.C. 1232), on the label required by section 506 of the 
Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act (15 U.S.C. 2006), 
or on a readily visible separate label. 
PUBLIC LAW 102-388—OCT. 6, 1992 
106 STAT. 1557 
"(d) REGULATIONS.—^The Secretary, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of the Treasury, shall 
promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to carry out 
this section, including regulations to establish a procedure to verify 
the labeling information required by this section. Such regulations 
shall provide to the ultimate purchaser of a new passenger motor 
vehicle the best and most imderstandable information possible 
about the foreign and U.S./Canada origin of the equipment of such 
vehicles without imposing costly and unnecessary burdens on the 
manufacturers. The regulations shall be promulgated promptly after 
the enactment of this section in order to provide adequate lead 
time for all manufacturers to comply with this section. Tne regula-
tions shall include provisions applicable to outside and allied suppli-
ers to require sucn suppliers to certify whether a component pro-
vided by such suppliers is United States, U.SVCanadian, or foreign 
and to provide such other information as may be necessary, as 
determined by the Secretary, to enable the manufacturer to reason-
ably comply with the provisions of this section and to rely on 
sucn certification and information. The regulations applicable to 
all suppliers shall be enforceable as a regulation of the Secretary 
under tne appropriate provisions of this Act. 
"(e) VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES.—Any manufacturer of auto-
mobiles distributed in commerce for sale in the United States 
who willfully fails to affix to any new automobile so manufactured 
or imported by him for sale in the United States the label required 
by this section, or any dealer who fails to maintain such label 
as required by this section, shall be fined not more than $1,000. 
Such failure with respect to each automobile shall constitute a 
separate offense. 
"(f) DEFINITIONS.—For puiposes of this section: 
"(1) The term 'manufacturer* means any person engaged 
in the manufacturing or assembling of new automobiles, includ-
ing any person importing new automobiles for resale and any 
person who acts for and is under the control of such manufac-
turer, assembler, or importer in connection with the distribution 
of new automobiles. 
"(2) The term 'person' means an individual, partnership, 
corporation, business trust, or any organized group of persons. 
"(3) The term 'passenger motor vehicle' has the meaning 
provided in section 2(1) of this Act, except that it shall include 
any multipurpose vehicle and light duty truck that is rated 
at 8,500 pounds gross vehicle weight or less. 
"(4) The term 'passenger motor vehicle equipment' means 
any system, subassembly, or component received at the final 
vehicle assembly point for installation on, or attachment to, 
such vehicle at the time of its initial shipment by the manufac-
turer to a dealer for sale to an ultimate purchaser. The term 
'component' shall not include minor parts, such as attachment 
hardware (nuts, bolts, clips, screws, pins, braces, etc.) and 
such other similar items as the Secretary, in consultation with 
manufacturers and labor, may prescribe by rule. 
"(5) The terms 'originated in the United States and Can-
ada', 'U.SyCanadian', and 'of U.SyCanadian origin', in referring 
to automobile equipment, means— 
"(A) for outside suppliers, the purchase price of auto-
motive equipment whicn contains at least 70 percent value 
added in the United States and Canada; and 
106 STAT. 1558 
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"(B) for allied suppliers, the manufacturer shall deter-
mine the foreign content of any passenger motor vehicle 
equipment supplied by the allied supplier by adding up 
the purchase price of all foreign material purchased m)m 
outside suppliers that comprise the individual passenger 
motor vehicle equipment and subtracting such purchase 
price from the total purchase price of such equipment. 
Determination of foreign or U.STCanadian origin from out-
side suppliers will be consistent with subparagraph (A). 
"(6) The term 'new passenger motor vehicle means a pas-
senger motor vehicle the equitable or legal title to which has 
never been transferred by a manufacturer, distributor, or dealer 
to an ultimate purchaser. 
"(7) The term 'dealer* means any person or resident located 
in the United States, including any territoiy of the United 
States, or the District of Columbia, engaged in the sale or 
the distribution of new automobiles to the ultimate purchaser. 
"(8) The term 'Secretary* means the Secretary of Transpor-
tation. 
"(9) The term 'State' includes each of the several States, 
the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 
Guam, the Virgin Islands, the Canal Zone, and American 
Samoa. 
"(10)(A) The term 'value added in the United States and 
Canada' means a percentage derived as follows: 
"'Value added' equals the total purchase price, minus 
total purchase price of foreign content, divided by the total 
purchase price. 
Costs incurred or profits made at the final vehicle assembly 
point and beyond (i.e., advertising, assembly, labor, interest 
pajmients, profits, etc.) shall not be included in such calculation. 
"(B) In determining the origin and value added of engines 
and transmissions, the following groupings will be used: 
"(i) Engines of same displacement produced at the 
same plant. 
"(ii) Transmissions of the same tjrpe produced at the 
same plant. 
"(11) The term 'carline' means a name denoting a group 
of vehicles which has a degree of commonality in construction 
(e.g., body, chassis). Carline does not consider any level of 
decor of opulence and is not generally distinguished by such 
characteristics as roof line, number of doors, seats, or vdndows, 
except for light duty trucks. Light duty trucks are considered 
to be different carlines than passenger cars. 
"(12) The term 'country of origin', in referring to the ori^n 
of an engine or transmission, means the country in which 
50 percent or more of the dollar value added of an engine 
or transmission originated. If no country accounts for 50 percent 
or more of the dollar value, then the country of origin is 
the country from which the largest share of the value added 
originated. The estimate of the percentage of the dollar value 
shall be based upon the purchase price of direct materials 
as received at individual engine or transmission plants of 
engines of the same displacement and transmissions of the 
same transmission type. For the purpose of determining the 
country of origin for engines and transmissions, the United 
States and Canada shall be treated separately. 
PUBLIC LAW 102-388—OCT. 6, 1992 
106 STAT. 1559 
"(13) When used in reference to passenger motor vehicle 
equipment which is of U.S./Canadian origin, the term 'percent-
age (by value)' means the resulting percentage when the 
percentage (by value) of such equipment not of U.S./Canadian 
origin that will be installed or included on such vehicles pro-
duced within a carline is subtracted from 100 percent. Value 
shall be expressed in terms of purchase price. For both outside 
suppliers and allied suppliers the value used shall be the pur-
chase price of the passenger motor vehicle equipment as paid 
at the nnal assembly point. 
"(14) The term 'final assembly* point shall mean the plant, 
factory, or other place at which a new passenger motor vehicle 
is produced or assembled by a manufacturer and from which 
such vehicle is delivered to a dealer or importer in such a 
condition that all component parts necessary to the mechanical 
operation of such automobile are included with such vehicle 
whether or not such component parts are permanently installed 
in or on such vehicle. 
"(15) The term 'allied supplier* means a supplier of pas-
senger motor vehicle equipment that is wholly owned by the 
manufacturer, or in the case of a joint venture vehicle assembly 
arrangement, any supplier that is wholly owned by one member 
of the joint venture arrangement. 
"(16) The terms 'foreign' or 'foreign content' mean passenger 
motor vehicle equipment not determined to be U.S./Canadian 
origin. 
"(17) The term 'outside supplier' means a supplier of pas-
senger motor vehicle equipment to a manufacturer's allied sup-
plier or anyone other than an allied supplier who ships directly 
to the manufacturer's final assembly point. 
"(g) EFFECT ON STATE LAW.—(1) Whenever a content labeling 
requirement established under this section is in effect, no State 
or political subdivision of a State shall have the authority to adopt 
or enforce any law or regulation relating to the content of vehicles 
covered by such Federal requirement. 
"(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent any 
State or political subdivision thereof from establishing requirements 
with respect to content of automobiles procured for its own use.". 
SEC. 356. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, 
rule, or regulation, the Secretary of Transportation is authorized 
to allow the issuer of any preferred stock heretofore sold to the 
Department to redeem or repurchase such stock upon the payment 
to the Department of an amount determined by Secretary. 
SEC. 357. The Historic United States Customs building located 
adjacent to Interstate Route 1-15 in Sweetgrass, Montana, and 
the border with Canada is hereby exempt from the restrictions 
contained in section 111 of title 23, United States Code, prohibiting 
use of and access to rights-of-way on the Interstate System: Pro-
vided, That such exemption shall be only for the purpose of permit-
ting the use of such facility for the sale of only those articles 
which are for the export and for consumption outside the United 
States: Provided further, That such right-of-way access be developed 
in conjunction with the overall redesign planning work that is 
imderway to relieve the congestion problems at the Sweetgrass 
border crossing. 
SEC. 358. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, tolls 
New York. 
collected for motor vehicles on any bridge connecting the borough 
^axes. 
106 STAT. 1560 
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Inter-
governmental 
relations. 
49 u s e app. 
1348a. 
Vermont. 
of Brooklyn, New York, and Staten Island, New York, shall continue 
to be collected for only those vehicles exiting from such bridge 
in Staten Island. 
SEC. 359. Projects to research, develop and test technologies 
to control highway related emissions which contribute to the non-
attainment of any ambient air quality standard or the impairment 
of visibility within an urbanized area shall be deemed to be eligible 
under the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement 
Program, 
SEC. 360. Not later than September 30, 1993, the Secretary 
of Transportation shall issue proposed rules under Docket No. HM-
175A (Specifications for Tank Cars) and Docket No. HM-201 (Detec-
tion and Repair of Cracks, Pits, Corrosion, Lining Flaws, Thermal 
Protection Flaws, and Other Defects of Tank Cars). 
SEC. 361. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Transportation shall waive the State matching share 
for the construction of any portion of an international road project 
located outside of the borders of any State of the United States 
for which funds are earmarked in the Intermodal Surface Transpor-
tation Efficiency Act of 1991 or in the Department of Transportation 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1992. 
SEC. 362. COLLEGIATE TRAINING INITIATIVE.—<a) The Adminis-
trator of the Federal Aviation Administration may hereafter con-
tinue the Collegiate Training Initiative program, by entering into 
new agreements, and by maintaining existing agreements, with 
post-secondary educational institutions, as defined by the Adminis-
trator, whereby such institutions prepare students for the position 
of air traffic controller with the Department of Transportation, 
as defined in section 2109 of title 5, United States Code. 
(b) The Administrator may establish standards for the entry 
of institutions into such program and for their continued participa-
tion in it. 
(c) The Administrator may appoint persons who have success-
fully completed a course of training in such program to the position 
of air traffic controller noncompetitively in the excepted service, 
as defined in section 2103, of title 5, United States Code. Persons 
so appointed shall serve at the pleasure of the Administrator, 
subject to section 7511, of title 5, United States Code (pertaining 
to adverse actions). However, an appointment under this subsection 
may be converted from one in the excepted service to a career 
conditional or career appointment in the competitive civil service, 
as defined in section 2102, of title 5, United States Code, when 
the incimibent achieves full performance level air traffic controller 
status, as determined by the Administrator. TTie authority conferred 
by this subsection to make new appointments in the excepted service 
shall expire at the end of five years from the date of enactment 
of this Act, except that the Administrator may determine to extend 
such authority tor one or more successive one-year periods there-
after. 
SEC. 363. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
State of Vermont shall be reimbursed, in an amoimt not to exceed 
$1,400,000, for its share of work performed on major and minor 
reconstruction of roadways and bridges on United States Interstate 
Routes 89 and 91, in Vermont. 
PUBLIC LAW 102-388—OCT. 6, 1992 
106 STAT. 1561 
SEC. 364. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
made available under this Act and previous Acts, for the intermodal 
fiiel cell bus faciUty program under the Federal Transit Administra-
tion's Discretionary Grants account shall be transferred to that 
agency's Transit Planning and Research account and be adminis-
tered in accordance with section 6 of the Federal Transit Act, 
as amended. 
SEC. 365. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Coast Guard shall utilize $2,000,000 in funds provided for 
"Research, development, test, and evaluation" in this Act or in 
previous appropriations Acts to enter into a grant agreement with 
the International Oceanographic Foundation, Inc. for the purpose 
of establishing the South Florida oil spill research center. 
SEC. 366. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Federal Aviation Administration is required to remedy any existing 
contamination problems related to asbestos and PCBs at its Sayville 
facility and to remove the facility prior to the transfer of associated 
lands to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 
SEC. 367. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Transportation shall make available $4,100,000 in 
fiscal year 1993 from section 1105(0(16) of Public Law 102-240 
to section 1108(bX25) of Public Law 102-240. 
SEC. 368. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, section 
1105(eX2) of Public Law 102-240 is amended by adding at the 
105 Stat. 203i. 
end the following new sentence: "A study may be conducted under 
this subsection to determine the feasibility of constructing a more 
direct limited access highway between Peoria and Chicago, Illinois.". 
SEC. 369. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, section 
1108(bX17) of Public Law 102-240 is amended by striking the 105 Stat. 2060. 
current project description and inserting, "Conduct environmental 
studies, preliminary engineering, and construction for the Las Vegas 
beltway, including those portions linking McCarran International 
Airport and 1-15.". 
SEC. 370. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in select- Illinois, 
ing projects to be carried out with funds apportioned to it under 
section 104 of title 23, United Stetes Code, the Stete of Illinois 
shall give priority consideration to reconstruction of Meridian and 
Glen Crossing Roads in Madison County, Illinois. 
SEC. 371. Notwithstending any otner provision of law, section 
1105(g) of Public Law 102-240 is amended by adding a new para-
graph (9) to read as follows: 
"(9) The Stetes of South Dakote and Nebraska may, at 
their discretion, utilize funds allocated to them for the project 
described in section 1105(fX17) of this Act to support the 
Nebraska/South Dakote feasibility study described in section 
1105(fX7) and may also utilize funds allocated for that study 
for the project described in section 1105(fX17).". 
SEC. 372. Notwithstending any other provision of law, the 
Federal Railroad Administration, in ite oversight of railroad employ-
ees' duty hours, shall presume to be lawful the Long Island Rail-
road's current practice of considering as commuting time the travel 
time of an employee to any reporting point, regardless of whether 
the employee has more than one reporting point. 
SEC. 373. Notwithstending any other provision of law, section 
1069(t) of Public Law 102-240 is amended by striking the period 105 Stat. 2008. 
in the last line, inserting a comma, and adding: "and funds provided 
pursuant to this provision shall not be subject to any limitetion 
106 STAT. 1562 
PUBLIC LAW 102-388—OCT. 6, 1992 
on obligations for Federal-aid highways and highway safety 
construction programs.". 
SEC. 374. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and 
except for fixed guideway modernization projects, funds made avail-
able by this Act under Tederal Transit Administration, Discre-
tionary Grants" for projects specified in this Act or identified in 
reports accompanying this Act not obligated by September 30, 1995, 
shall be made available for other projects imder section 3 of the 
Federal Transit Act, as amended. 
SEC. 375. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary is directed to waive the non-Federal sh£u:e for NASA 
Road 1 near Houston, Texas. 
SEC. 376. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regula-
tion, before July 1, 1993, no lanes on any highway located on 
federally-owned land, whether subject to easement or otherwise, 
may be restricted to high occupancy vehicles if those lanes have 
been constructed or mamtainea through the use of toll receipts. 
North Carolina. 
SEC. 377. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN BUS REVENUE MILEAGE.— 
For purposes of the apportionment of funds under section 9 of 
the Federal Transit Act for fiscal year 1993, the total bus revenue 
vehicle miles provided by the Diike Power Compeiny in the year 
ending June 30, 1990, shall be treated as having been provided 
by the City of Durham, North Carolina. 
SEC. 378. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, section 
105 Stat. 2028. 
1104(bX17) of Public Law 102-240 is amended by striking the 
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roject description and inserting: ''Study and construction of a 
icycle system to serve as an alternative form of commuter transpor-
tation, to reduce air pollution, and to enhance recreation". 
SEC. 379. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, section 
105 Stat. 2037. 
1106(aX2X69) of Public Law 102-240 is amended by adding to 
the project description the following: "; plan, design, and construct 
related, adjacent, or interlocking facilities, preserve any related 
historical remnants, and acquire the necessary lands or interests 
in lands for such facilities". 
SEC. 380. CONGESTION MITIGATION AND AIR QUALITY IMPROVE-
MENT PROGRAM.—Section 149(b) of title 23, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: 
"In areas of a State which are nonattainment for ozone or carbon 
monoxide, or both, and for PM-10 resulting from transportation 
activities, the State may obligate such fimds for any project or 
program imder paragrapn (1) or (2) without regard to any limitation 
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of the Department of Transportation relating to the type of ambient 
air quality standard such project or program addresses.". 
SEC. 381. BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON TRANSPORTATION IMPROVE-
105 Stat. 2129. 
MENTS PROGRAM.—Section 3035(nnX2) of Public Law 102-240 is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ''WaldorT and inserting "mass transpor-
tation improvements to the Waldorf area"; and 
(2) by adding after the first sentence the following new 
sentence: The transit improvements in the corridor from the 
Waldorf area to the Washing^n, D.C. area shall be based 
on the locally preferred alternatives that result from the South-
em Maryland Mass Transportation Alternatives Study of the 
Tri-County Coimcil for Southern Maryland and shall include 
any additional work needed on that study, detailed planning 
and engineering to be carried out by the Maryland Department 
of Transportation in co]:\junction with the Tri-County Council, 
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106 STAT. 1563 
advanced land acquisition in the transit corridor, and 
implementation of interim and long-range transit improvements 
in the transit corridor.". 
SEC. 382. Section 3035(ccc) of Public Law 102-240 is amended 105 Stat. 2129. 
by striking "the municipality of metropolitan Seattle, Washington" 
and inserting "a qualified local sponsor". 
TITLE IV—HIGHWAY TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS 
SEC. 401. Section 1107(b) of Public Law 102-240 is amended 105 Stat. 2048. 
by striking— 
(a) in subsection (167) the project description and inserting 
in lieu thereof: "Grading and surfacing from U.S. Highway 
2 at Michigan southerly to ND Highway 15 at McVille and 
on FAS 3220 from ND 1 easterly to the county line."; 
(b) in subsection (168) the project description and inserting 
in lieu thereof: "Widening and siirfacing from 1-94 north and 
east through Spiritwood, then north to ND Highway 9, FAS 
4718 from ND 20 east to FAS 4745, and FAS 4712 from 
ND 20 to ND 9."; 
(c) in subsection (174) the project description and inserting 
in lieu thereof: "Grading and surfacing of FAS 2750 from U.S. 
85 west."; 
(d) in subsection (178) the project description and inserting 
in lieu thereof: "Grading and surfacing, starting 3 miles west 
of ND 28 on FAS 3828, thence one mile west and four miles 
north and then west to FAS 3809."; 
(e) in subsection (179) the project description and inserting 
in lieu thereof: "Grading and surfacing of FAS 3025 and FAS 
3020 from ND 49 southeasterly to FAS 3033."; 
(f) in subsection (183) the project description and inserting 
in lieu thereof: "For a b}npass around the west side of Fort 
Lincoln State Park from Mandan South."; 
(g) in subsection (184) the project description and inserting 
in lieu thereof: "Grading and surfacing from U.S. 281 aroimd 
the access loop roads and parking facilities in the International 
Peace Garden."; and 
(h) in subsection (185) the project description and inserting 
in lieu thereof: "Grading and surfacing of FAS 3331 from ND 
200A at Hensler southerly to ND 25 and FAS 3304 from FAS 
3331 east to FAS 3339 and FAS 3339.". 
SEC. 402. The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency 
Act of 1991 is amended by inserting at the end of section 1107 
a new subsection to read as follows: 
"(i) The State of North Dakota may elect to utilize the total 
amount of funds authorized for such State under section 1107(b) 
in any given year for any project or projects in the State of North 
Dakota as authorized under section 1107.". 
SEC. 403. The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency 
Act of 1991 is amended by inserting at the end of section 1107 
a new subsection to read as follows: 
"(j) Any balance of fimds authorized by this section that remains 
after construction is completed on any project authorized by sub-
section (b) in North Dakota may be transferred and used to pay 
the costs of any projects authorized by subsection (b) in North 
Dakota.". 
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SEC. 404. Delete the first sentence of section 6058(d) of the 
23 use 307 note. Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public 
Law 102-240) and substitute: "The Federal share payable on 
accoiint of activities carried out under section 6056, as well as 
operational test activities carried out under this part (other than 
section 6056), shall not exceed 80 percent of the cost of such 
activities " 
SEC. 405. Section 1106(aX2) of the Intermodal 
Surface 
105 Stat. 2037. 
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 is amended in the item num-
bered 56 by striking "1-55" and inserting "1-59". 
SEC. 406. The Secretary of Transportation shall revise the 
Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices to include— 
(a) a standard for a minimum level of retroreflectivity 
that must be maintained for pavement markings and signs, 
which shall apply to all roads open to public travel; and 
(b) a standard to define the roads that must have a center 
line or edge lines or both, provided that in setting such standard 
the Secretary shall consider the functional classification of 
roads, traffic volumes, and the number and width of lanes. 
SEC. 407. (a) TECHNICAL CHANGE.—Section 1014(cX2) of the 
105 Stat. 1941. 
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 is 
amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking "91" and inserting "81"; 
and 
(2) by striking "United States Route 91 from Belleville, 
Kansas" and inserting "United States Route 81 from Concordia, 
Kansas,". 
(b) INNOVATIVE PROJECTS.—The table in subsection (b) of sec-
tion 1107 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act 
105 Stat. 2048. 
of 1991 is amended in the item numbered 154, by striking 
"7-
15 miles Belleville to Concordia" and inserting "from Concordia 
to the Nebraska border". 
(c) EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS.—Section 1014(c) of the Intermodal 
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 is amended by adding 
at the end the following new paragraphs: 
"(4XA) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the amounts made avail-
able for the construction of the Hutchinson Bypass between 
United States Route 50 and Kansas Route 96 in the vicinity 
of Hutchinson, Kansas, under section 1107(b) shall be expended 
prior to the expenditure of the amount obligated for such pur-
pose pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection. 
"(B) If the appropriate official of the State of Kansas deter-
mines that in order to carry out to completion the construction 
project described in paragraph (A), the expenditure of an 
amount obligated pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection 
is necessary, the State may expend such amount. 
"(5) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
amounts allocated to the State of Kansas for fiscal years 1996 
through 1997 pursuant to section 160 of title 23, United States 
Code, and not obligated imder this subsection or any other 
provision of this Act, shall remain available to the State of 
Kansas to carry out activities eligible for funding under title 
23, United States Code.". 
SEC. 408. HIGHWAY TIMBER BRIDGE RESEARCH AND DEMONSTRA-
TION PROJECT.—Subsection (cXD of section 1039 of the Intermodal 
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (23 U.S.C. 144 note) 
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106 STAT. 1565 
is amended by striking ''on rural Federal-aid highways" and insert-
ing "on public roads". 
SEC. 409. PERIOD OF AVAILABIUTY.—Section 118(bXl) of title 
23, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence by inserting "(other than Massachu-
setts)" after "in a State"; and 
(2) in the last sentence by striking "before" and inserting 
"after". 
SEC. 410. CONSTRUCTION OF FERRY BOATS AND FERRY TERMINAL 
FACILITIES.—Section 129 of title 23, United States Code, is amended 
as follows— 
(1) in subsection (b) by striking "approved imder section 
103(b) or (b) of this title as a part of one of the Federal-
aid systems" and inserting in lieu thereof "classified as a public 
road"; and 
(2) by amending subsection (cX2) to read as follows: "(2) 
The operation of the ferry shall be on a route classified as 
a public road within the State and which has not been des-
ignated as a route on the Interstate System. Projects under 
this subsection may be eligible for both ferry boats carrying 
cars and passengers and ferry boats carrying passengers only.". 
SEC. 411. Section 1069(y) of the Intermodal Surface Transpor-
tation Efficiency Act of 1991, is amended by adding at the end 105 Stat. 2008. 
of the last sentence: "Funds provided to carry out the provisions 
of this section are to remain available vintil expended.". 
SEC. 412. NONDISCRIMINATION.—Section 14CKb) of title 23, 
United States Code, is amended in the last sentence by striking 
"V4 of 1 percent" and inserting "^2 of 1 percent". 
SEC. 413. HELL GATE BRIDGE.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Hell Gate Viaduct shall be considered a feder-
ally-owned bridge solely for the purposes of determining the Federal 
share imder section 1021(d) of Public Law 102-240 as regards 
the project to upgrade, repair and paint the Hell Gate Viaduct 
authorized by section 1107 of Public Law 102-240. 
SEC. 414. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
fiuids provided for projects in Idaho by sections 1104 and 1107 
of the Intermodal Surmce Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, 
Public Law 102-240, may be obligated for any such projects. 
SEC. 415. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
State of Nevada may elect to utilize the total amount of funds 
authorized for such State under sections 1104(b), 1105(f), 1107(b), 
and 1108(b) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency 
Act of 1991, Public Law 102-240 within any given fiscal year 
for any project or projects in the State of Nevada as authorized 
imder said sections. 
SEC. 416. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
funds provided for projects in Minnesota by sections 1103, 1105, 
1106, 1107, and 1108 of Public Law 102-240 may be obligated 
for any such projects: Provided, That the total amount of any 
project shall not be reduced. 
SEC. 417. FEDERAL SHARE.—Section 1021(c) of the Intermodal 
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (23 U.S.C. 120 note) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking "and" before "(2)"; 
(2) by striking the period at the end and inserting a comma; 
and 
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(3) by adding at the end the following: "and (3) the Federal 
share established by section 120(k) of such title, as in effect 
on the day before the date of enactment of this Act, with 
respect to section 143 of title 23.". 
TITLE V—TRANSIT TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS 
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SEC. 501. Section 3012 of Public Law 102-240 is amended 
by adding at the end of section 8(hX4) the following sentence: 
"Any transit project that has an approved draft Environmental 
Impact Statement would be exempt from complying with highway 
National Environmental Policy Act requirements. . 
SEC. 502. MATCHING SHARE FOR "naANSFERRED FUNDS.—<a) Sec-
I^USCapp. 
tion 8(k) of the Federal Transit Act is amended by adding at 
the end: 'The provisions of title 23, United States Code, regarding 
the non-Federal share shall apply to title 23 funds used for transit 
projects and the provisions of tne Federal Transit Act regarding 
non-Federal share shall apply to Federal Transit Act funds used 
for highway projects.". 
(b) Section 134(k) of title 23, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end: T h e provisions of title 23, United States 
Code, regarding the non-Federal share shall apply to title 23 fluids 
used for transit projects and the provisions oi the Federal Transit 
Act regarding non-Federal share shall apply to Federal Transit 
Act funds used for highway projects.". 
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adding a new subparagraph as follows: 
"(7) Sums apportioned uinder this subsection shall be avail-
able for obligation for a period of three years following the 
close of the fiscal year for which such sums are apportioned. 
Any amounts so apportioned remaining unobligated at the end 
of such period shall be reapportioned among lu-banized areas 
eligible imder paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) in accordance with 
the apportionment formula contained in section 3(h) for the 
succeeding fiscal year.". 
(d) Section 3 of the Federal Transit Act is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection: 
"(n) Funds made available under this section which are 
deobligated may be used for any purpose imder this section.". 
(e) Section 8(hX5) of the Federal Transit Act is amended by 
striking in the first sentence "under this title" and inserting instead: 
"under title 23, United States Code". 
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striking "pursuant to this title" and inserting instead: "pursuant 
to title 23, United States Code". 
(g) Section 8(mXl) of the Federal Transit Act is amended by 
striking in the first sentence "under this title" and inserting instead 
"under title 23, United States Code". 
(h) Section 8(p) of the Federal Transit Act is amended by 
adding at the end the following: "Sums apportioned under this 
subsection shall be avsdlable for obligation for a period of three 
years following the close of the fiscal year for which such sums 
are apportioned. Any amounts so apportioned remaining unobli-
gated at the end of such period shall be reapportioned among 
the States for the succeeding fiscal year.". 
(i) Section 8 of the Federal Transit Act is amended by adding 
the following new subsection (q): 
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106 STAT. 1567 
Federal Transit Act is amended 
"(q) The statewide planning and programming requirements 
of section 135, title 23, United States Code, shall apply to grants 
made imder sections 3, 9, 9B, 16 and 18 of this Act.". 
(j) Section 12(1X1XB) of the Federal Transit Act is amended 
by striking "regulations" and inserting instead "giiidelines". 
(k) Section 16(cX4) of the Federal Transit Act is amended 
by striking "regulations" and inserting instead "guidelines". 
(1) Section 18(c) of the Federal Transit Act is amended by 
adding at the end the following: "All funds made available under 
this section may be used for operating assistance, whether derived 
from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund under 
section 21(aXl) or from general fimd appropriations authorized 
imder section 21(aX2).". 
(m) Section 21(aXl) of the Federal Transit Act is amended 
by inserting after "sections", "8". 
(n) Section 21(aX2) of the 
by inserting after "sections", "8". 
(o) Section 21(c) of the Federal Transit Act is amended by 
striking "subsection 8(p)" and inserting instead "subsection (a) . 
(p) Section 21(cXl) of the Federal Transit Act is amended 
by striking "8(f)" and inserting instead "8(n)". 
(q) Section 21(d)(3) of the Federal Transit Act is amended 
by striking "1996" and inserting instead "1997". 
(r) Section 26(a)(2XA) of the Federal Transit Act is amended 
by adding at the end: "Sums apportioned under this subsection 
shall be available for obligation for a period of three years following 
the close of the fiscal year for which such sums are apportioned. 
Any amounts so apportioned remaining unobligated at the end 
of such period shall be reapportioned among the States for the 
succeeding fiscal year.". 
SEC. 
503. SPECIAL RULE FOR TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT 
AREAS THAT DO NOT CONTAIN AN URBANIZED AREA OVER 200,000 
POPULATION.—(1) Funds attributed to a transportation management 
area, established imder section 134 of title 23, United States Code, 
and not containing an urbanized area over 200,000, under 23 U.S.C. 
133(d)(3XA)(ii), shall be obligated in that transportation manage-
ment area. 
(2) Section 9(mXl) of the Federal Transit Act (49 U.S.C. App. 
1607(a)(mXl)) is amended by striking in the first sentence "urban-
ized areas of 200,000 or more population" and inserting the follow-
ing: "transportation management areas established under section 
8(i)". 
SEC. 504. Los ANGELES METRO RAIL.— 
(a) REPLACEMENT OF GRANTEES.—Effective on the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Los Angeles County Transportation Commis-
sion (hereinafter in this section referred to as the "Commission") 
shall replace the Southern California Rapid Transit District (herein-
after in this section referred to as the "SCRTD") as the Federal 
grantee for the Minimum Operable Segment One (hereinafter in 
this section referred to as MOS-1") of the Los Angeles Metro 
Rail project. The MOS-1 Full Funding Grant Agreement dated 
August 27, 1986, and all other MOS-1 grant docimients required 
imder Federal law, shall be deemed to oe amended, effective on 
the date of enactment of this Act, to desi^ate the Commission 
as MOS-1 grantee; and all rights and obligations as MOS-1 grantee 
shall be transferred to the Commission on that date in accordance 
with the Memorandum of Understanding for the Transfer of MOS-
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1612. 
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1614. 
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1617. 
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1622. 
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California. 
Effective date. 
106 STAT. 1568 
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105 Stat. 2129. 
Contracts. 
1 Project, entered into by and between the Commission and SCRTD 
on June 24, 1992. No action by the Secretary of Transportation 
or other administrative action shall be required in order for the 
Commission to proceed to act in its capacity as MOS-1 grantee 
pursuant to this section. 
(b) OBLIGATIONS OF COMMISSION.—Upon becoming the MOS-
1 grantee under this section, the Commission shall be responsible 
for completion of the MOS-1 Project in accordance with the terms 
and conditions of the MOS-1 Full Funding Grant Agreement and 
other applicable grant agreements and in compliance with all 
applicable Federal laws and regulations. In addition, the Commis-
sion shall remain responsible for all MOS-1 obligations arising 
prior to the date of enactment of this Act, in accordance with 
the Commission's Guarantee of Performance to the United States 
dated April 3,1990. 
(c) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—All funds previously obligated to 
SCRTD under section 3 and section 9 of the Federal Transit Act, 
and unexpended on the date of enactment of this Act, shall be 
transferred to the Commission on such date and shall be available 
to the Commission to pay costs associated with the completion 
of MOS-1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, neither 
the replacement of grantees under subsection (a) nor the transfer 
of funds under this subsection shall be considered to be a change 
in project scope or otherwise result in the deobligation of prior 
year funds, and all funds transferred to the Commission under 
this subsection shall be charged to the original appropriation and 
shall remain available until expended. 
(d) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section: 
(1) the terms "Los Angeles County Transportation Commis-
sion" and "Commission" shall include any successor to the 
Commission that is established by or pursuant to State law; 
and 
(2) the terms "Southern California Rapid Transit District" 
and "SCRTD" shall include any successor to SCRTD that is 
established by or pursuant to State law. 
(e) Of the funds made available for the Los Angeles Metro 
Rail project, 45.45 per centum shall be for Minimum Operable 
Segment-2 and 54.55 per centum shall be for Minimum Operable 
Segment-3 of Metro Rail. Of the amounts for Minimum Operable 
Segment-3, an equal one-third share shall be provided for each 
of the three lines described in section 3034(iX3) of the Intermodal 
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act. 
SEC. 
505. 
SAN 
JOSE-GILROY-HOLLISTER 
COMMUTER 
RAIL 
PROJECT.— 
Section 3035(h) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi-
ciency Act of 1991 is amended by striking in the second sentence 
all after "one-time" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
"purchase of additional trackage rights and/or purchase of right-
of-way between the existing termini in San Jose and Gilroy, Califor-
nia. In connection with the purchase of such additional trackage 
rights and/or purchase of right-of-way, the Secretary shall either 
approve a finding of no significant impact, or approve a final 
environmental impact statement and issue a record of decision 
no later than July 1, 1994. No later than August 1, 1994, the 
Secretary shall negotiate and sign a grant agreement with the 
Santa Clara County Transit District which includes the funds made 
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106 STAT. 1569 
available under this section for the purchase of additional trackage 
rights and/or purchase of right-of-way.". 
TITLE VI—ALCOHOL TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS 
SEC. 601. MAXIMUM PERIOD OF ELIGIBILITY; FEDERAL SHARE 
FOR GRANTS.— 
Section 410 of title 23, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (g); 
(2) by redesignating subsections (c) through (f) as (d) 
through (g), respectively; and 
(3) by inserting immediately after subsection (b) the follow-
ing new subsection: 
"(c) MAXIMUM PERIOD OF ELIGIBILITY; FEDERAL SHARE FOR 
GRANTS.—No State may receive grants under this section in more 
than 5 fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1992. The Federal 
share payable for any grant under this section shall not exceed— 
"(1) in the first fiscal year the State receives a grant 
under this section, 75 percent of the cost of implementing 
and enforcing in such fiscal year a program adopted by the 
State pursuant to subsection (a); 
"(2) in the second fiscal year the State receives a grant 
under this section, 50 percent of the cost of implementing 
and enforcing in such fiscal year such program; and 
"(3) in the third, fourth, and fifth fiscal years the State 
receives a grant under this section, 25 percent of the cost 
of implementing and enforcing in such fiscal year such pro-
gram. . 
SEC. 602. BASIC GRANT ELIGIBILITY.— 
Section 410(d) of title 23, United States Code, as so redesig-
nated by section 601 of this title, is amended— 
(1) by striking "4 or more of the following:" and inserting 
in lieu thereof "5 or more of the following:"; and 
(2) in subsection (IXC), by striking "within the time period 
specified in subparagraph (F)"; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
"(6) Establishment of a mandatory sentence, which shall 
not be subject to suspension or probation, of (A) imprisonment 
for not less than 48 consecutive hours, or (B) not less than 
10 days of commimity service, of any person convicted of driving 
while intoxicated more than once in any 5-year period.". 
SEC. 603. AMOUNT OF BASIC GRANTS.— 
Section 410(e) of title 23, United States Code, as redesignated 
by section 601 of this title, is amended to read as follows: 
"(e) AMOUNT OF BASIC GRANT.—Subiect to subsection (c), the 
amount of a basic grant made under this section for any fiscal 
year to any State which is eligible for such a grant under subsection 
(d) shall equal 30 percent of the amount apportioned to such State 
for fiscal year 1992 under section 402 of this title.". 
SEC. 604. SUPPLEMENTAL GRANTS.— 
Section 410(f) of title 23, United States Code, as so redesignated 
by section 601 of this title, is amended by striking: "A State shall, 
be eligible to receive a supplemental grant in a fiscal year of 
5 percent of the amount apportioned to the State in the fiscal 
year under this section" eacn place it appears and inserting in 
lieu thereof: "Subiect to subsection (c), a State shall be eligible 
to receive a supplemental grant in a fiscal year of 5 percent of 
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the amount apportioned to the State in fiscal year 1992 under 
section 402 of this title". 
SEC. 605. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.— 
Section 410(g) of title 23, United States Code, as so redesignated 
by section 601 of this title, is amended by striking ", and the 
rem£dnder shall be apportioned among the several States". 
SEC. 606. AUTHORIZATION OP APPROPRIATIONS.— 
Section 410<j) of title 23, United States Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
"(j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For purposes of carry-
ing out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated out 
of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) 
$25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1994 through 1997. Amounts 
made available to carry out this section are authorized to remain 
available until expended.". 
23 use 1410 
SEC. 607. 
EFFECTIVE 
DATE 
OF AMENDMENTS; 
TRANSITION 
note. 
RULES.— 
(a) EFFECTIVE DATE.—^The amendments made by sections 601 
through 606 shall take effect October 1,1992. 
(b) STATES ELIGIBLE FOR BASIC GRANTS UNDER SECTION 410 
BEFORE DATE OF ENACTMENT.—^A State that received a basic grant 
in fiscal year 1992 under section 410 of title 23, United States 
Code, as in effect on September 30, 1992, and that continues to 
meet the criteria for a basic grant, as in effect on September 
30, 1992, shall be eligible for a basic grant under such section 
410, as amended by this title. 
This Act may be cited as the "Department of Transportation 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993". 
Approved October 6, 1992. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 5518: 
HOUSE REPORTS: Nos. 102-639 (Comm. on Appropriations) and 102-924 (Comm. of 
Conference). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 102-351 (Comm. on Appropriations). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 138 (1992): 
July 9, considered and passed House. 
Aug. 4, 5, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Oct. 1, House agreed to conference report; receded and concurred in certain 
Senate amendments, in others with amendments. Senate agreed to 
conference report; concurred in House amendments. 
WEEKLY COMPILATION O F PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS. Vol. 28 (1992): 
Oct. 6, Presidential statement.