Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1990
PL 101-164 (H.R.3015), enacted 11/21/1989

PUBLIC LAW 101-164—NOV. 21, 1989 
103 STAT. 1069 
Public Law 101-164 
101st Congress 
An Act 
Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1990, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That the following 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not 
otherwise appropriated, for the Department of Transportation and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1990, 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 Secretary, 
$1,090,000. 
IMMEDIATE OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY SECRETARY 
For necessary expenses of the Immediate Office of the Deputy 
Secretary, $470,000. 
OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the General Counsel, 
$6,120,000. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POLICY AND 
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
Policy and International Affairs, $8,250,000. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR BUDGET AND PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
Budget and Programs, $2,325,000, including not to exceed $40,000 for 
allocation within the Department of official reception and represen-
tation 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, $2,300,000. 
Nov. 21, 1989 
[H.R. 3015] 
Department of 
Transportation 
and Related 
Agencies 
Appropriations 
Act, 1990. 
103 STAT. 1070 
PUBLIC LAW 101-164—NOV. 21, 1989 
QmcE oy THE ASSISTANT SECSETASY FOR ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
Administration, $24,700,000. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBUC AFFAIRS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
Public Affairs, $1,350,000. 
EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT 
For necessaxy expenses of the Executive Secretariat, $835,000. 
CONTRACT APPEALS BOARD 
For necessary expenses of the Contract Appeals Board, $488,000. 
OFMCE OF CrvEL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, $1,315,000. 
OFFICE OF COMMERCIAL SPACE TRANSPORTATION 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Commercial Space 
Transportation, $725,000. 
OFFICE OF E^ENTiAL Am SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Essential Air Service, 
$1,727,000. 
OFFICE OF SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS UTILIZATION 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Small and Disadvantaged 
Business Utilization, $3,500,000, of which $2,600,000 shall remain 
available until expended and snail be available for the purposes of 
the Minority Business Resource Center as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 
332: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
funds available for ^ e purposes of the Mmority Business Resource 
Center in this or any other Act may be used for business opportuni-
ties related to any mode of transportation. 
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for conducting transportation planning, 
research, and development activities, including the collection of 
national transportation statistics, and university research and 
internships, to remain available until expended, $6,850,000. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital outlays of the 
Department of Transportation Working Capital Fund not to exceed 
$137,700,000 shall be paid, in accordance wiiii law, from appropria-
tions made available by this Act and prior appropriations Acts to 
the DeiMutment of Transportation, together with advances and 
reimbursements received by the Department of Transportation; and 
including, for necessary exx>enses associated with the development 
PUBLIC LAW 101-164—NOV. 21, 1989 
103 STAT. 1071 
of the Departmental Accounting and Financial Information System, 
$4,500,000, to remain available until expended. 
PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS 
For payments to air carriers of so much of the compensation fixed 
and determined under section 419 of the Federal Aviation Act of 
1958, as amended (49 U.S.C. 1389), as is payable by the Department 
of Transportation, $30,735,000, to remain available until expended. 
COMMISSION ON AVIATION SECURITY AND TERRORISM 
For necessary expenses for the operation and expenses of the 
Commission on Aviation Security and Terrorism, to remain avail-
able until expended, $1,000,000, to implement the Executive Order 
12686of August 4,1989. 
COASTGUARD 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the operation and maintenance of the 
Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for; purchase of not to exceed 
eight passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; payments 
pursuant 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; $2,252,000,000 is authorized to 
be appropriated, derived by transfer, or otherwise provided in "in 
kind" commodities and services for Coast Guard operating expenses 
in fiscal year 1990; of which $1,952,000,000 is hereby appropriated, of 
which $30,000,000 shall be expended from the Boat Safety Account, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, and of which 
$25,000,000 shall remain aveiilable for obligation until September 30, 
1991: Provided, That of the funds provided for operating expenses 
for fiscal year 1990, in this or any other Act, not less than 
$567,000,000 shall be available for drug enforcement activities and 
not less than $168,467,000 shall be available for environmental 
protection activities: Provided further, That the number of aircraft 
14 USC 92 note, 
on hand at any one time shall not exceed two hundred and fourteen, 
exclusive of planes and parts stored to meet future attrition: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds appropriated in this or any 
other Act shall be available for pay or administrative expenses in 
connection with shipping commissioners in the United States: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds provided in this Act shall be 
available for expenses incurred for yacht documentation under 46 
U.S.C. 12109, except to the extent fees are collected from yacht 
owners and credited to this appropriation: Provided further. That 
none of the funds appropriated under this Act shall be used by the 
Secretary of Transportation to close any Coast Guard search and 
rescue stations, or to close or decommission any unit of the United 
States Coast Guard unless such closure or decommissioning was 
provided for in the Budget of the United States, and its supporting 
documentation, and was agreed to by the Congress in this Act, as 
provided for in its legislative history, including Committee reports. 
10 use 2403 
note. 
103 STAT. 1072 
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ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS 
For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction, rebuilding, 
and improvement of aids to navigation, shore facilities, vessels, and 
aircraft, including equipment related thereto, $445,500,000, of which 
$7,500,000 shall be derived by transfer from "Operating expenses", 
to remain available until September 30, 1994, of which $132,700,000 
shall be available to acquire, repair, renovate or improve vessels, 
small boats and related equipment; $204,200,000 shall be available 
to acquire new aircraft and increase aviation capability; $15,900,000 
shall be available for command, control and communications and 
related systems; $71,100,000 shall be available for shore facilities 
and aids to navigation facilities; and $21,600,000 shall be available 
Regulations. 
for personnel, survey and design, and related costs: Provided, That 
J^^tracte.^^ 
the Secretary of Transportation shall issue regulations requiring 
that written warranties shall be included in all contracts with prime 
contractors for major systems acquisitions of the Coast Guard: 
Provided further. That any such written warranty shall not apply in 
the case of any system or component thereof that has been fur-
nished by the Government to a contractor: Provided further. That 
the Secretary of Transportation may provide for a waiver of the 
requirements for a warranty where: (1) the waiver is necessary in 
the interest of the national defense or the warranty would not be 
cost effective; and (2) 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 Merchant Marine and Fisheries of the House of 
Representatives are notified in writing of the Secretary's intention 
to waive and reasons for waiving such requirements: Provided fur-
ther. That the requirements for such written warranties shall not 
cover combat damage: Provided further. That the unexpended bal-
ances of the appropriation "Coast Guard Shore Facilities" shall be 
transferred to and merged with this appropriation, and remain 
available for obligation until September 30,1993. 
ALTERATION OF BRIDGES 
For necessary expenses for alteration or removal of obstructive 
bridges, $2,330,000, to remain available until expended. 
RETIRED PAY 
^ 
For retired pay, including the payment of obligations therefor 
otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this purpose, and 
pajrments 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 Medi-
cal Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), $420,800,000. 
RESERVE TRAINING 
For all necessary expenses for the Coast Guard Reserve, as au-
thorized by law; maintenance and operation of facilities; and sup-
plies, equipment, and services; $72,800,000. 
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103 STAT. 1073 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for applied 
scientific research, development, test, and evaluation; maintenance, 
rehabilitation, lease and operation of facilities and equipment, as 
authorized by law, $20,800,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That there may be credited to this appropriation funds 
received from State and local governments, other public authorities, 
private sources, and foreign countries, for expenses incurred for 
research, development, testing, and evaluation. 
OFFSHORE OIL POLLUTION COMPENSATION FUND 
The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to issue to the 
Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obligations in such 
amounts and at such times as may be necessary to the extent that 
appropriations are not adequate to meet the obligations of the Fund: 
Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for 
the implementation or execution of progreuns the obligations for 
which are in excess of $60,000,000 in fiscal year 1990 for the "Off-
shore Oil Pollution Compensation Fund". 
DEEPWATER PORT LIABILITY FUND 
The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to issue, and the 
33 USC 1517a. 
Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to purchase, without fiscal 
year limitation, notes or other obligations in such amounts and at 
such times as may be necessary to the extent that available appro-
priations are not adequate to meet the obligations of the Fund: 
Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for 
the implementation or execution of programs the obligations for 
which are in excess of $50,000,000 in fiscal year 1990 for the "Deep-
water Port Liability Fund". 
BOAT SAFETY 
For pa3niient of necessary expenses incurred for recreational boat-
ing safety assistance under Public Law 92-75, as amended, 
$30,000,000, to be derived from the Boat Safety Account and to 
remain available until expended. 
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
_ 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Administration, 
not otherwise provided for, including administrative expenses for 
research and development, and for establishment of air navigation 
facilities, and carrying out the provisions of the Airport and Airway 
Development Act, as amended, or other provisions of law authoriz-
ing the obligation of funds for similar programs of airport and 
airway development or improvement, purchase of four passenger 
motor vehicles for replacement only, $3,842,000,000, of which 
$816,500,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust 
Fund: Provided, That there may be credited to this appropriation 
funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other public 
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authorities, and private sources, for expenses incurred in the 
maintenance and operation of air navigation facilities and for issu-
ance of airmen and aircraft certificates, including processing of 
major repair and alteration forms: Provided further. That none of 
these funds shall be available for new applicants for the second 
career training program or for a pilot test of contractor mainte-
nance: Provided further, That the immediately preceding proviso 
shall not prohibit the augmentation of the existing field mainte-
nance work force if it is determined to be essential for the safe 
operation of the air traffic control system: Provided further, That 
the unexpended balances of the appropriation "Federal Aviation 
Administration, Headquarters Administration" shall be transferred 
to and merged with this appropriation: Provided further. That in the 
event that the Federal Aviation Administrator employs annuitants 
, 
subject to section 8344(h) of title V, United States Code, not to 
exceed $10,000,000, to be derived from the unobligated balance of 
any appropriation available for obligation by the Federal Aviation 
Administration as of the effective date of this Act, shall be available 
through December 31, 1990, for the purpose of funding such employ-
Reports, 
ment: Provided further. That any such funding shall be reported to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
Contracts. 
Representatives: Provided further, 
That, of the funds available 
under this head, $3,400,000 shall be made available for the Federal 
Aviation Administration to enter into contractual agreement with 
the Mid-American Aviation Resource Consortium in Minnesota to 
operate an air traffic controller training program. 
FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for acquisi-
tion, establishment, and improvement by contract or purchase, and 
hire of air navigation and experimental facilities, including initial 
acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; engineering and 
service testing including construction of test facilities and acquisi-
tion of necessary sites by lease or grant; 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 lease or purchase of one aircraft from funds available under this 
head, or prior year funds available under this head, or a combina-
tion thereof; to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund 
and to remain available until September 30, 1994, $1,746,487,000: 
Provided, That there may be credited to this appropriation funds 
received from States, counties, municipalities, other public authori-
ties, and private sources, for expenses incurred in the establishment 
and modernization of air navigation facilities: Provided 
further. 
That none of the funds under this head shall be available for the 
Secretary of Transportation to enter into grant agreements with 
universities or colleges for any capital project the Federal share of 
which is in excess of 50 per centum of the total cost of such project. 
PUBLIC LAW 101-164—NOV. 21, 1989 
103 STAT. 1075 
RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for research, 
engineering, and development, in accordance with the provisions of 
the Federal Aviation Act (49 U.S.C. 1301-1542), including construc-
tion of experimental facilities smd acquisition of necessary sites by 
lease or grant, $173,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and 
Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That there may be credited to this appropriation funds 
received from States, counties, municipalities, other public authori-
ties, and private sources, for expenses incurred for research, 
engineering, and development: Provided fuHher, That of the funds 
available under this head, $1,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, is appropriated and shall be available for grants under 
/ 
the Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Act of 1977 to the 
National Aviation Institute, Pleasantville, New Jersey, to fund re-
search and development in the area of facilitating research by 
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cataloguing smd prioritizing aviation related research efforts and 
providing a central clearinghouse for aviation research. 
GRANTS-IN-AID F
O
R AIRPORTS 
: ( U Q U I D A T I O N OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For liquidation of obligations incurred for airport planning and 
development under section 14 of Public Law 91-258, as amended, 
and under other law authorizing such obligations, and obligations 
for noise compatibility planning and programs, $1,190,000,000, to be 
derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds in this 
Act shall be available for the planning or execution of programs the 
commitments for which are in excess of $1,500,000,000 in fiscal year 
1990 for grants-in-aid for airport planning and development, and 
noise compatibility planning and programs, notwithstanding section 
506(eX4) of the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982, as 
amended: Plrouided/i/r^Aer, That, of the amount available for obliga-
tion under this head, $100,000,000 shall be made available, in addi-
tion to amounts otherwise provided by law, for the planning and ^ 
execution of programs under section 507(cX2) of the Airport and 
Airway Improvement Act of 1982, as amended. 
AVIATION INSURANCE REVOLVING FUND 
The Secretary of Transportation is hereby authorized to make 
such expenditures and investments, within the limits of funds avail-
able pursuant to section 1306 of the Act of August 23, 1958, as 
amended (49 U.S.C. 1536), and in accordance with section 104 of the 
Government Corporation Control Act, as amended (31 U.S.C. 9104), 
as may be necessary in carrying out the program set forth in the 
budget for the current fiscal year for aviation insurance activities 
under said Act. 
103 STAT. 1076 
PUBLIC LAW 101-164—NOV. 21, 1989 
AIRCRAFT PURCHASE LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM 
49USCapp. 
The Secretary of Transportation may hereafter issue notes or 
1324 note. 
other obligations to the Secretary of the Treasury, in such forms and 
denominations, bearing such maturities, £ind subject to such terms 
and conditions as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe. Such 
obligations may be issued to pay any necessary expenses required 
pursuant to 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 the implementation or 
execution of programs under this head the obligations for which are 
in excess of $10,000,000 during fiscal year 1990. Such obligations 
shall be redeemed by the Secretary from appropriations authorized 
by this section. The Secretary of the Treasury shall purchase any 
such obligations, and for such purpose he may use as a public debt 
transaction the proceeds from the sale of any securities issued under 
the Second Liberty Bond Act, as now or hereafter in force. The 
purpose for which securities may be issued under such Act are 
extended to include any purchase of notes or other obligations 
issued under the subsection. The Secretary of the Treasury may sell 
any such obligations at such times and price and upon such terms 
and conditions as he shall determine in his discretion. All purchases, 
redemptions, and sales of such obligations by such Secretary shall be 
treated as public debt transactions of the United States. 
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
^ 
LIMITATION ON GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES 
Necessary expenses for administration, operation, and research of 
the Federal Highway Administration, not to exceed $234,000,000 
shall be paid in accordance with law, from appropriations made 
available by this Act to the Federal Highway Administration to-
gether with advances and reimbursements received by the Federal 
Highway Administration: Provided, That not to exceed $41,080,000 
of the amount provided herein shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, there may be credited to this account funds received from 
States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and private 
sources, for training expenses incurred for non-Federal employees. 
UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION CENTERS 
" 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses for university transportation centers, as 
authorized by section 21(iX2) of the Urban Mass Transportation Act 
of 1964, as amended, $5,000,000 to be derived from the Highway 
Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account). 
HIGHWAY SAFETY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
f" 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the provisions of sections 
307(a) and 403 of title 23, United States Code, to be derived from the 
Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until expended, 
$6,080,000. 
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103 STAT. 1077 
HIGHWAY-RELATED SAFETY GRANTS 
(UQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions 
of title 23, United States Code, section 402, administered by the 
Federal Highway Administration, to remain available until ex-
pended, $9,405,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund: 
Provided, That not to exceed $100,000 of the amount appropriated 
herein shall be available for "Limitation on general operating ex-
penses": Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall 
be available for the planning or execution of programs the obliga-
tions for which are in excess of $9,405,000 in fiscal year 1990 for 
"Highway-related safety grants". 
RAILROAD-HIGHWAY CROSSINGS DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS 
For necessary expenses of certain railroad-highway crossings dem-
onstration projects as authorized by section 163 of the Federal-Aid 
Highway Act of 1973, as amended, to remain available until ex-
pended, $15,000,000, of which $10,000,000 shall be derived from the 
Highway Trust Fund. 
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS 
(UMITATION ON OBUGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
None of the funds in this Act shall be available for the im- 
23 USC104 note. 
plementation or execution of programs the obligations for which are 
in excess of $12,260,000,000 for Federal-aid highways and highway 
safety construction programs for fiscal year 1990. 
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 Na-
tional Scenic and Recreational Highway as authorized by 23 U.S.C. 
148, not otherwise provided, including reimbursements for sums 
expended 
pursuant 
to 
the 
provisions 
of 
23 
U.S.C. 
308, 
$13,660,000,000, or so much thereof as may be available in and 
derived from the Highway Trust Fund, to remain available until 
expended. 
103 STAT. 1078 
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RIGHT-OF-WAY REVOLVING FUND 
(UMITATION ON DIRECT LOANS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
' 
During fiscal year 1990 and with the resources and authority 
available, gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans 
shall not exceed $42,500,000, together with an amount not to exceed 
the amount of 1989 obligations recovered. 
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MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY 
For necessary expenses to carry out the motor carrier safety 
functions of the Secretary as authorized by the Department of 
Transportation Act (80 Stat. 939-940), $33,690,000, of which 
$2,782,000 shall remain available until expended. 
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS 
' 
(UQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions 
of section 402 of Public Law 97-424, $52,000,000, 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 $60,200,000 for "Motor carrier safety grants". 
Notwithstanding subsection (d) of section 402 of the Surface 
Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (Public Law 97-424, 96 Stat. 
2155, 2156) for States which have received only development grants 
under such section 402 and which have participated in the Commer-
cial Motor Carrier Safety Inspection and Weighing Demonstration 
Program, the Secretary shall only approve a plan under such section 
402 for fiscal year 1990 which provides that the aggregate expendi-
ture of funds of the State and political subdivisions thereof, exclu-
sive of Federal funds, for commercial motor vehicle safety programs 
will be maintained at a level which does not fall below the average 
level of such expenditure for the last two full fiscal years preceding 
the date the plan is approved. 
BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON PARKWAY 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, to carry out the 
provisions of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1970 for the Balti-
more-Washington Parkway, to remain available until expended, 
$12,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund and to be 
withdrawn therefrom at such times and in such amounts as may be 
necessary. 
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103 STAT. 1079 
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, $10,000,000, to be 
derived from the Highway Trust Fund. 
HIGHWAY SAFETY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEMONSTRATION 
PROJECTS 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses to carry out construction projects as au-
thorized by Public Law 99-500 and Public Law 99-591, $12,000,000, 
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, Michi-
gan, that demonstrates methods of enhancing safety and promoting 
economic development through widening and resurfacing of high-
ways on the Federal-aid primary system and on roads on the 
Federal-aid urban system, as authorized by Public Law 99-500 and 
Public Law 99-591, $11,000,000, to be derived from the Highway 
Trust Fund and to remain available until expended. 
HIGHWAY-RAILROAD GRADE CROSSING SAFETY DEMONSTRATION 
PROJECT 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For the purpose of carrying out a coordinated project of highway-
railroad grade crossing separations in Mineola, New York, that 
demonstrates methods of enhancing highway-railroad crossing 
safety while minimizing surrounding environmental effects, as au-
thorized by Public Law 99-500 and Public Law 99-591, $9,500,000, to 
be derived from the Highway 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, Penn-
sylvania, as authorized by Public Law 100-202, $2,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
BRIDGE IMPROVEMENT DEMONSTRATION PROJECT 
For 80 percent of the expenses necessary to carry out a highway 
project in the vicinity of Jacksonville, Florida, for the purpose of 
demonstrating methods of reducing traffic congestion and improving 
efficiency in the trans-shipment of military and civilian cargo by 
construction of a bridge to Blount Island, widening State Highway 
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PUBLIC LAW 101-164—NOV. 21, 1989 
105 (Heckscher Drive) and constructing an interchange at the 
intersection of Heckscher Drive and the new Blount Island Bridge, 
$4,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
HIGHWAY WIDENING AND IMPROVEMENT DEMONSTRATION PROJECT 
For 80 percent of the expenses necessary to carry out a highway 
project between Paintsville and Prestonsburg, Kentucky, that dem-
onstrates the safety and economic benefits of widening and improv-
ing highways in mountainous areas, $5,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
CLIMBING LANE SAFETY DEMONSTRATION PROJECT 
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, $2,500,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
INDIANA INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR SAFETY DEMONSTRATION PROJECT 
For 80 percent of the expenses necessary for the construction of 
an improved route between Wabsish and Huntington, Indiana, for 
the purpose of demonstrating the safety and economic benefits of 
widening and improving rural highways, $2,400,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
OKLAHOMA HIGHWAY WIDENING DEMONSTRATION PROJECT 
For 80 percent of the expenses necessary to widen Oklahoma 
State Route 53 from Interstate Highway 35 east to the entrance of 
the Ardmore Regional Industrial Airpark for the purpose of dem-
onstrating methods of improved highway and highway safety 
construction, $2,500,000, to remain available until expended. 
ALABAMA HIGHWAY BYPASS DEMONSTRATION PROJECT 
For 80 percent of the expenses necessary for the construction of a 
highway b3rpass project in the vicinity of Jasper, Alabama, for the 
purpose of demonstrating methods of improved highway and 
highway safety construction, $8,300,000, to remain avmlable until 
expended. 
KENTUCKY BRIDGE DEMONSTRATION PROJECT 
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 safety 
construction, $5,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
VIRGINIA H O V SAFETY DEMONSTRATION PROJECT 
For 80 percent of the expenses necessary to construct High Occu-
pancy Vehicle lanes on Interstate Route 66 between Interstate 
Route 495 and U.S. Route 50 for the purpose of demonstrating 
methods of increasing highway capacity and safety by the use of 
highway shoulders to construct HOV lanes, $4,650,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
PUBLIC LAW 101-164—NOV. 21, 1989 
103 STAT. 1081 
URBAN HIGHWAY CORRIDOR DEMONSTRATION PROJECT 
For 80 percent of the expenses necessary to improve and upgrade 
the M-59 urban highway corridor in southeast Michigan, $4,500,000, 
to remain available until expended, for the purpose of demonstrat-
ing methods of improving congested urban corridors that have been 
neglected during construction of the Interstate system: Provided, 
That of the funds available under this head, $3,000,000 shall be 
available for a bicycle transportation demonstration project in 
Macomb County, Michigan. 
URBAN AIRPORT ACCESS SAFETY DEMONSTRATION PROJECT 
For 80 percent of the expenses necessary to improve and upgrade 
access to Detroit Metropolitan Airport in southeast Michigan, 
$5,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the purpose of 
demonstrating methods of improving access to major urban airports. 
EBENSBURG BYPASS DEMONSTRATION PROJECT 
For 80 percent of the expenses necessary to construct the 
Ebensburg, Pennsylvania b)rpass as authorized by Public Law 
100-17, $13,740,000, to remain available until expended. 
HIGHWAY DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS—PREUMINARY ENGINEERING 
For 80 percent of the expenses necessary to carry out preliminary 
engineering, environmental studies, and right-of-way acquisition for 
certain highway projects that demonstrate methods of improving 
safety, reducing congestion, or promoting economic development, 
$5,800,000, to remain available until expended. 
CORRIDOR SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For the purpose of carrying out a demonstration of methods of 
improving vehicular and pedestrian safety on roads on the Federal-
aid primary and Federal-aid secondary systems, involving Route 1 in 
New Jersey, there is hereby appropriated $17,300,000, to be derived 
from the Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That all funds appropriated under this head shall 
be exempted from any limitation on obligations for Federal-aid 
highways and highway safety construction programs. 
BRIDGE CAPACITY IMPROVEMENTS 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For the purpose of carrying out the Nashua River Bridge and 
Broad Street Parkway project in Nashua, New Hampshire, that 
crosses the Nashua River, there is hereby appropriated $4,000,000, 
to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund and to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That all funds appropriated under this 
head shall be exempt from any limitation on obligations for Federal-
aid highways and highway safety construction programs. 
103 STAT. 1082 
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CORRIDOR H IMPROVEMENT PROJECT 
For the purpose of carrying out a demonstration of methods of 
eliminating traffic congestion, and to promote economic benefits for 
the area affected by the construction of the Corridor H segment of 
the Appalachian Highway System, there is hereby appropriated 
$32,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That all 
funds appropriated under this head shall be exempted from any 
limitation on obligations for Federal-aid highways and highway 
safety construction programs. 
ROAD EXTENSION DEMONSTRATION 
For the purpose of carrying out a demonstration of economic 
growth and development benefits of four lane bypasses of cities, 
there is hereby appropriated $11,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, for the acquisition of rights-of-way and other costs in-
curred in the upgrading and construction of a portion of a four-lane 
facility b3T)assing the cities of Pella, Iowa, and Oskaloosa, Iowa, on 
Highway 163: Provided, That all funds appropriated under this head 
shall be exempted from any limitation on obligations for Federal-aid 
highways £ind highway safety construction programs. 
DES MOINES INNER LOOP DEMONSTRATION PROJECT 
For the purpose of demonstrating the benefits of improved access 
for the revitalization of an underdeveloped portion of a central city, 
there is hereby appropriated $2,800,000 to remain available until 
expended, for design, engineering, acquisition of rights-of-way and 
construction and realignment of roads from 1-235 and Harding Road 
to Fleur Drive at the Des Moines Water Works in Des Moines, Iowa: 
Provided, That all funds appropriated under this head shall be 
exempted from any limitation on obligations for Federal-aid high-
ways and highway safety construction programs. 
CORRIDOR G IMPROVEMENT PROJECT 
For the purpose of carrying out a demonstration of methods of 
eliminating traffic congestion, and to promote economic benefits for 
the area affected by the construction of the Corridor G segment of 
the Appalachian Highway System, there is hereby appropriated 
$10,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That all 
funds appropriated under this head shall be exempted from any 
limitation on obligations for Federal-aid highways and highway 
safety construction programs. 
CORNING BYPASS SAFETY DEMONSTRATION PROJECT 
For the purpose of carrying out a demonstration of traffic safety 
and flow improvement, there is hereby appropriated $20,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That all funds appro-
priated under this head shall be exempted from any limitation on 
obligations for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construc-
tion programs. 
PUBLIC LAW 101-164—NOV. 21, 1989 
103 STAT. 1083 
SPRING MOUNTAIN DEMONSTRATION PROJECT 
For the purpose of carrying out a demonstration project to im-
prove Interstate 15 Spring Mountain interchange in Las Vegas, 
Nevada, for the purpose of demonstrating construction and re-
construction techniques available for replacement of a major inter-
section on a heavily utilized, urban transportation route, there is 
hereby appropriated $2,200,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That all funds appropriated under this head shall be 
exempted from any limitation on obligations for Federal-aid high-
ways and highway safety construction programs. 
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MANHATTAN BRIDGE REPLACEMENT DEMONSTRATION PROJECT 
For the purpose of carrying out a demonstration project to replace 
the Kansas River Bridge in Manhattan, Kansas, there is hereby 
appropriated $3,210,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That all funds appropriated under this head shall be 
exempted from any limitation on obligations for Federal-aid high-
ways and highway safety construction programs. 
JUNCTION CITY HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT DEMONSTRATION PROJECT 
For 80 percent of the expenses necessary to carry out a highway 
project in Junction City, Kansas, for the purpose of demonstrating 
the value of adding acceleration and deceleration lanes along two 
exits of U.S. Route 77, there is hereby appropriated $400,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That all funds appro-
priated under this head shall be exempted from any limitation on 
obligations for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construc-
tion progframs. 
NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the Secretary 
with respect to traffic and highway safety under the Motor Vehicle 
Information and Cost Savings Act (Public Law 92-513, as amended) 
and the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act, $74,550,000, 
of which $37,486,000 shall remain available until expended. 
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the Secretary 
with respect to traffic and highway safety under chapter 4, title 23, 
United States Code, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund, 
$32,300,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That, of 
the funds available und^r this head, $2,000,000 shall be available for 
light truck and van safety research and analysis. 
103 STAT. 1084 
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HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS 
T 
(UQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For pa3nnent of obligations incurred canying out the provisions of 
23 U.S.C. 402, 406, and 408, and section 209 of Public Law 95-599, as 
' amended, to remain available until expended, $132,000,000, to be 
- derived from the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That none of the 
funds in this Act shall be available for the planning or execution of 
programs the total obligations for which are in excess of 
$115,000,000 in fiscal year 1990 for "State and community highway 
safety grants" authorized under 23 UJS.C. 402: Provided 
further, 
^ That none of these funds shall be used for construction, rehabilita-
tion 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 
$4,900,000 shall be available for administering the provisions of 23 
U.S.C. 402: Provided further. That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion 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, £is amended, the total obligations for which are 
in excess of $4,750,000 in fiscal years 1982 through 1990. 
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION 
OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Administration, 
not otherwise provided for, $14,589,000, of which $1,425,000 shall 
\ 
remain available until expended, and of which $500,000 shall be 
available for grants for up to 50 per centum of the cost of contrac-
tual support needed for private sector interstate high-speed rail 
^ 
projects, and for the Federal Railroad Administration to engage in 
studies relating to safety provisions of super-high-speed magnetic 
— 
levitation systems: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall 
be available for the planning or execution of a program making 
commitments to guarsmtee new loans under the Emergency Rail 
Services Act of 1970, as amended, and that no new commitments to 
guarantee loans under section 211(a) or 211(h) of the Regional Rail 
Reorganization Act of 1973, as amended, shall be made: Provided 
Public buildings 
further. That, as part of the Washington Union Station transaction 
and grounds. 
in which the Secretary assumed the first deed of trust on the 
40 U^817 n t 
property and, where the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation 
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or any successor is obligated to make payments on such deed of trust 
on the Secretary's behalf, including payments on and after Septem-
ber 30, 1988, the Secretary is authorized to receive such pa3anents 
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 pay-
ment on the first deed of trust, may be advanced by the Adminis-
trator from unobligated balances available to the Federal Railroad 
PUBLIC LAW 101-164—NOV. 21, 1989 
103 STAT. 1085 
Administration, to be reimbursed from payments received from the 
Union Station Redevelopment Corporation. 
LOCAL RAIL SERVICE ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses for rail assistance under section 5(q) of the 
Department of Transportation Act, as amended, $7,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding 
any provision of sections 5(f) through 5(p) of said Act, from such 
funds $36,000 shall be reserved for each eligible State for the 
purposes of either section 5(i) or section 5(h) of said Act, provided 
that timely application is made in accordance with procedures 
employed by the Secretary, and the balance of such funds are 
^^, 
reserved for use only under sections 5(hX3XBXii) and 5(hX3XC) of 
said Act: Provided further, That no State may apply for fiscal year • 
1990 funds under section 5 of said Act until such State has obligated 
all funds granted to it under said section 5 in previous fiscal years. 
RAILROAD SAFETY 
For necessary expenses in connection with railroad safety, not 
otherwise provided for, $31,900,000, of which $1,175,000 shall remain 
available until expended. 
RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for railroad research and development, 
$9,600,000, to remain available until expended. 
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, $24,800,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
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 in-
curred by the (Dorporation, capital improvements, and labor protec-
tion costs authorized by 45 U.S.C. 565, to remain available until 
expended, $615,000,000, of which $530,000,000 shall be available for 
operating losses incurred by the Corporation and for labor protec-
tion costs, and of which $85,000,000 shall be available for capital 
^
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improvements. Funds made available for operating losses and for 
labor protection costs which remain unobligated as of September 30, 
1990, may be available for capital improvements: Provided, That 
none of the funds herein appropriated shall be used for lease or 
purchase of passenger motor vehicles or for the hire of vehicle 
operators for any officer or employee, other than the president of 
the Corporation, excluding the lease of passenger motor vehicles for 
those officers or employees while in ofHcial travel status: Provided 
further. That the Secretary shall make no commitments to guaran-
tee new loans or loans for new purposes under 45 U.S.C. 602 in fiscal 
year 1990: Provided further. That the incurring of any obligation or 
commitment by the Corporation for the purchase of capital improve-
103 STAT. 1086 
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ments prohibited by this Act or not expressly provided for in an 
appropriations Act shall be deemed a violation of 31 U.S.C. 1341: 
Provided further. That no funds are required to be expended or 
reserved for expenditure pursuant to 45 U.S.C. 601(e): Provided 
further, That none of the funds in this or any other Act shall be 
made available to finance the rehabilitation and other improve-
- 
ments (including upgrading track and the signal system, ensuring 
safety at public and private highway and pedestrian crossings by 
improving signals or eliminating such crossings, and the improve-
ment of operational portions of stations related to intercity rail 
passenger service) on the main line track between Atlantic City, 
New Jersey, and the main line of the Northeast Corridor, unless the 
Secretary of Transportation certifies that not less than 40 per 
centum of the costs of such improvements shall be derived from non-
Federal sources: Provided further. That, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation shall 
not operate rail passenger service between Atlantic City, New 
Jersey, and the Northeast Corridor main line unless the (Corpora-
tion's Board of Directors determines that revenues from such service 
have covered or exceeded 80 per centum of the short-term avoidable 
costs of operating such service in the second year of operation and 
100 per centum of the short-term avoidable operating costs for each 
year thereafter: Provided further. That none of the funds provided 
in this or any other Act shall be made available to finance the 
acquisition and rehabilitation of a line, and construction necessary 
to facilitate improved rail passenger service, between Spuyten 
Dujrvil, New York, and the main fine of the Northeast Corridor 
unless the Secretary of Transportation certifies that not less than 40 
per centum of the costs of such improvements shall be derived from 
non-Amtrak sources. 
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 
Securities. 
fiscal year 1990: Provided further. That, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Secretary of Transportation shall sell securities 
, or promissory notes with a principal value of at least $50,000,000 
that are held by the Department of Transportation under authority 
- 
of sections 502, 505-507, 509, and 511-513 of the Railroad Revitaliza-
tion and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-210), as 
amended, by no later than September 30, 1990: Provided 
further. 
That such securities or promissory notes authorized to be sold in the 
J I immediately preceding proviso shall be sold only for amounts 
greater than or equal to the net present value to the Government of 
each loan as determined by the Secretary of Transportation in 
. consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury: Provided further. 
That the Secretary of Transportation shall transmit a written cer-
PUBLIC LAW 101-164—NOV. 21, 1989 
103 STAT. 1087 
tiflcation to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
House of Representatives before the consummation of each sale 
certifying that the amount to be realized is equal to or greater than 
the net present value to the Government of each loan: 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 securities sold under authority of this section 
shall be considered as current year domestic discretionary outlay 
offsets and not as "asset sales" or "loan prepayments" as defined by 
section 257(12) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further. That any underwrit-
ing fees and related expenses shall be derived solely from the 
proceeds of the sales. 
REGIONAL RAIL REORGANIZATION PROGRAM 
For the settlement of promissory notes pursuant to section 210 of 
the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 (Public Law 93-236), as 
amended, $94,932,979, to remain available until expended, together 
with such sums as may be necessary for the payment of interest due 
to the Secretary of the Treasury under the terms and conditions of 
such notes. 
CoNRAiL COMMUTER TRANSITION ASSISTANCE 
For necessary capital expenses of Cbnrail commuter transition 
assistance, not otherwise provided for, $5,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
AMTRAK CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT LOANS 
The Secretary is authorized to provide $3,500,000 in loans to the 
Chicago, Missouri and Western Railroad, or its successors, to replace 
existing jointed rail with continuous welded rail between Joliet, 
Illinois and Granite City, Illinois: Provided, That any loan au-
thorized under this section shall be structured with a maximum 20-
year payment at an annual interest rate of 4 per centum: Provided 
further. That the Federal Government shall hold a first and prior 
purchgise money security interest with respect to any materials to be 
acquired with Federal funds: Provided further. That any such loan 
shall be matched on a dollar for dollar basis by the State of Illinois. 
URBAN MASS TRANSPORTATION ADMINISTRATION 
Securities. 
Illinois. 
Securities. 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For necessary administrative expenses of the urban mass 
transportation program authorized by the Urban Mass Transpor-
tation Act of 1964, as amended (49 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), and 23 U.S.C. 
chapter 1, in connection with these activities, including hire of 
passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, $31,809,000: Provided, That none of the funds provided in this 
Act shall be used to implement or enforce the April 25, 1989, Notice 
of Proposed Rulemaking, "Major Capital Investment Projects". 
103 STAT. 1088 
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RESEARCH, TRAINING, AND HUMAN RESOURCES 
For necessary expenses for research, training, and human 
resources as authorized by the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 
1964, as amended (49 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), to remain available until 
expended, $10,000,000: 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. 
FORMULA GRANTS 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of sections 9 
and 18 of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, £is amended 
(49 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), $1,625,000,000, together with $5,000,000 to 
carry out the provisions of section 18(h) of the Urban Mass 
Transportation Act of 1964, as amended, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, of the funds provided under this head for formula grants, no 
more than $804,691,892 may be used for operating assistance under 
section 9(k)(2) of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as 
amended: Provided further. That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, before apportionment of these funds, $16,554,033 shall 
be made available for the purposes of section 18 of the Urban Mass 
Transportation Act of 1964, as amended. 
DISCRETIONARY GRANTS 
(UMITATION ON OBUGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
None of the funds in this Act shall be available for the im-
plementation or execution of programs in excess of $1,140,000,000 in 
fiscal year 1990 for grants under the contract authority authorized 
in section 21 (aX2) and (b) of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 
1964, as amended (49 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.). 
MASS TRANSIT CAPITAL FUND 
(UQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out section 21 
(aX2) and Q)) of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, £is 
amended (49 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), administered by the Urban Mass 
Transportation Administration, $900,000,000, to be derived from the 
Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until expended. 
INTERSTATE TRANSFER GRANTS—TRANSIT 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 
103(eX4) related to transit projects, $160,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
PUBLIC LAW 101-164—NOV. 21, 1989 
103 STAT. 1089 
WASHINGTON METRO 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 14 of 
Public Law 96-184, $85,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation is hereby 
Ck)ntracts. 
authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds 
and borrowing authority available to the Corporation, and in accord 
with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without 
regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the 
Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be nec-
essary in canying 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, $11,400,000, 
to be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to 
Public Law 99-662. 
RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION 
RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS 
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the Research 
and Special Programs Administration, and for expenses for conduct-
ing research and development, $17,373,000, of which $1,645,000 shall 
remain available until expended: Provided, That there may be 
credited to this appropriation funds received from States, counties, 
municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources for 
expenses incurred for training and for aviation 
information 
management. 
PIPELINE SAFETY 
(PIPEUNE 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 Gas Pipeline 
Safety Act of 1968 and the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 
1979, $10,325,000, to be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, of 
which $5,250,000 shall remain available until expended. 
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 General Act of 1978, as 
amended, $32,100,000. 
103 STAT. 1090 
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TITLE II—RELATED AGENCIES 
ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS 
COMPLIANCE BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Architectural and Transportation 
Barriers Compliance Board, as authorized by section 502 of the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, $1,950,000. 
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Transportation Safety 
Board, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; 
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), $27,600,000, of which not to exceed $500 may be used for 
official reception and representation expenses. 
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Interstate Commerce Commission, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed 
$1,500 
for 
official 
reception 
and 
representation 
expenses, 
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$44,450,000: Provided, That joint board members and cooperating 
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State commissioners may use Government transportation requests 
when traveling in connection with their official duties as such. 
PAYMENTS FOR DIRECTED RAIL SERVICE 
(UMITATION ON OBUGATIONS) 
None of the funds provided in this Act shall be available for the 
execution of programs the obligations for which can reasonably 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 $10,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses of the Board; not to exceed $4,000 for official reception 
and representation expenses of the Secretary; and not to exceed 
$25,000 for of^cial reception and representation expenses of the 
Administrator, $49,842,000, to be derived from the Panama Canal 
Revolving Fund: Provided, That none of these funds may be used for 
the planning or execution of non-administrative and capital pro-
grams the obligations for which are in excess of $452,005,000 in 
fiscal year 1990: Provided further. That funds available to the 
Panama Canal Commission shall be available for the purchase of 
PUBLIC LAW 101-164—NOV. 21, 1989 
103 STAT. 1091 
not to exceed forty-eight passenger motor vehicles, of which forty-
five are 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 $15,000 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, 
$10,050,000, to remain available until expended and to be derived 
from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, of which not to exceed 
$250,000 shall be available for expenses of administering the 
rebates. 
WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY 
INTEREST PAYMENTS 
For necessary expenses for interest pa3mients, to remain available 
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 Agree-
ment. 
TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. During the current fiscal year applicable appropriations 
to the Department of Transportation shall be available for mainte-
nance and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor vehicles 
and aircraft; purchase of liability insurance for motor vehicles 
operating in foreign countries on official department business; 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 appor-
tioned notwithstanding section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as 
amended (31 U.S.C. 1341), to the extent necessary to permit pa)rment 
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. Funds appropriated under this Act for expenditures by 
20 USC 241 note. 
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 stationed 
outside the continental United States at costs for any given area not 
in excess of those of the Department of Defense for the same area, 
when it is determined by the Secretary that the schools, if any, 
available in the locality are unable to provide adequately for the 
education of such dependents, and (2) for transportation of said 
dependents between schools serving the area that thev attend and 
their places of residence when the Secretary, under sucn regulations 
103 STAT. 1092 
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Contracts. 
State and local 
governments. 
23 u s e 104 note. 
as may be prescribed, determines that such schools are not acces-
sible by public means of transportation on a regular basis. 
SEC. 304. Appropriations contained in this Act for the Department 
of Transportation shall be available for services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem 
rate equivalent to the rate for a GS-18. 
SEC. 305. None of the funds 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 regu-
latory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act. 
SEC. 307. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall remain 
available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year nor may any 
be transferred to other appropriations unless expressly so provided 
herein. 
SEC. 308. None of the funds in this or any previous or subsequent 
Act shall be available for the planning or implementation of any 
change in the current Federal status of the 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 
Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center. 
SEC. 309. The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for 
any consulting service through procurement contract pursuant to 
section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, shall be limited to those 
contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record and 
available for public inspection, except where otherwise provided 
under existing law, or under existing executive order issued pursu-
ant to existing law. 
SEC. 310. (a) For fiscal year 1990 the Secretary of Transportation 
shall distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways 
by allocation in the ratio which sums authorized to be appropriated 
for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction that are 
apportioned or allocated to each State for such fiscal year bear to 
the total of the sums authorized to be appropriated for Federal-aid 
highways and highway safety construction that are apportioned or 
allocated to all the States for such fiscal year. 
0>) During the period October 1 through December 31, 1989, no 
State shall obligate more than 35 per centum of the amount distrib-
uted to such State under subsection (a), and the total of all State 
obligations during such period shall not exceed 25 per centum of the 
total amount distributed to all States under such subsection. 
(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, 1990, revise a distribution of the funds 
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 amounts in 
addition to those previously distributed during that fiscal year 
giving priority to those States having large unobligated bal-
ances of funds apportioned under section 104 of title 23, United 
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103 STAT. 1093 
States Code, and giving priority to those States which, because 
of statutory changes made by the Surface Transportation 
Assistance Act of 1982 and the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 
1981, have experienced substantied proportional reductions in 
their apportionments and allocations; and 
(3) not distribute amounts authorized for administrative 
expenses, the Federal lands highway program, the strategic 
highway research program and amounts made available under 
sections 149(d), 158, 159, 164, 165, and 167 of Public Law 100-17. 
(d) The limitation on obligations for Federal-aid highways and 
highway safety construction programs for fiscal year 1990 shedl not 
apply to obligations for emergency relief under section 125 of title 
23, United States Code; obligations under section 157 of title 23, 
United States Code; projects covered under section 147 of the Sur-
face Transportation Assistance Act of 1978, section 9 of the Federal-
Aid Highway Act of 1981, subsections 131 Ot)) and (j) of Public Law 
97-424, section 118 of the National Visitors Center Facilities Act of 
1968, section 320 of title 23, United States Code; projects authorized 
by Public Law 99-500, Public Law 99-591 and Public Law 100-202; 
or projects covered under subsections 149 O
t
>
) and (c) of Public Law 
100-17. 
(e) Subject to parcigraph (cX2) of this General Provision, a State 
which after August 1 and on or before September 30 of fiscal year 
1990 obligates the amount distributed to such State in that fiscal 
year under paragraphs (a) and (c) of this General Provision may 
obligate for Federal-aid highways and highway ssifety construction 
on or before September 30,1990, an additional amount not to exceed 
5 percent of the aggregate amount of funds apportioned or allocated 
to such State— 
(1) under sections 104, 130, 144, and 152 of title 23, United 
States Code, and 
(2) for highway assistance projects under section 103(eX4) of 
such title, 
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, 1990, the 
aggregate amount which may be obligated by all States pursuant to 
paragraph (e) shall not exceed 2.5 percent of the aggregate amount 
of funds apportioned or allocated to all States— 
(1) under sections 104, 130, 144, and 152 of title 23, United 
States Code, and 
(2) for highway sissistance projects under section 103(eX4) of 
such title, 
which would not be obligated in fiscal year 1990 if the total amount 
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, 1990, has the amount distributed to such State under 
paragraph (a) for fiscal year 1990 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 twenty politi-
cal and Presidential appointees in the Department of Transpor-
tation. 
SEC. 312. Not to exceed $1,400,000 of the funds provided in this Act 
for the Department of Transportation shall be available for the 
necessary expenses of advisory committees. 
103 STAT. 1094 
PUBLIC LAW 101-164—NOV. 21, 1989 
49 u s e app. 
1617 note. 
Federal 
Register, 
publication. 
Grants. 
Real property. 
New York. 
SEC. 313. None of the funds in this or any other Act shall be made 
available for the proposed Woodward light rail line in the Detroit, 
Michigan area until a source of operating funds has been approved 
in accordance with Michigan law: Provided, That this limitation 
shall not apply to alternatives analysis studies under section 21(aX2) 
of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as amended. 
SEC. 314. The limitation on obligations for the Discretionary 
Grants program of the Urban Mass Transportation Administration 
shall not apply to any authority under section 21(aX2) of the Urban 
Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as amended, previously made 
available for obligation. 
SEC. 315. 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. 316. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to implement 
section 404 of title 23, United States Code. 
SEC. 317. Every 30 days, the Urban Mass Transportation Adminis-
tration shall publish in the Federal Register an announcement of 
each grant obligated pursuant to sections 3 and 9 of the Urban Mass 
Transportation Act of 1964, as amended, including the grant 
number, the grant amount, and the transit property receiving each 
grant. 
SEC. 318. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used 
to prescribe, implement, or enforce a national policy specifying that 
only a single type of visual glideslope indicator can be funded under 
the facilities and equipment account or through the airport improve-
ment program: Provided, That this prohibition shall not apply in the 
case of airports that are certified under part 139 of the Federal 
Aviation Regulations. 
SEC. 319. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
appropriated in this or any other Act intended for studies, reports, 
or research, and related costs thereof including necessary capital 
expenses, are available for such purposes to be conducted through 
contracts or financial assistance agreements with the educational 
institutions that are specified in such Acts or in any report accom-
panying such Acts. 
SEC. 320. The Secretary of Transportation shall permit the obliga-
tion of not to exceed $4,000,000, apportioned under title 23, United 
States Code, section 104(bX5)(B) 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. 321. (a) Within 30 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the United States, acting through a duly authorized official, 
shall convey to the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora-
tion without consideration, all right, title, and interest of the United 
States, in the real property described in subsection 0>) (and any 
improvements thereon) for the purposes of emergency response and 
any other purposes as the Administrator of the Corporation deems 
necessary. 
(b) The real property referred to in subsection (a) is that property 
(formerly known as the Cape Vincent Coast Guard Station, Village 
of Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, New York), which is described as 
follows: beginning at an iron pipe (meander corner) set in the 
shoreline of the Saint Lawrence River at the Northwest corner of 
the land either now or formerly of the Roat Estate Property also 
PUBLIC LAW 101-164—NOV. 21, 1989 
103 STAT. 1095 
being at the Northeast corner of the former Arney parcel (Liber 453, 
page 402, recorded 8/21/45); thence running south 4* 13' 48' West a 
distance of 146.09 feet to a concrete monument set at the most 
Westerly Corner of the Roat EJstate land; thence running South 39* 
26' West a distance of 112.05 feet to a concrete monument; thence 
running South 69° 17' West a distance of 145 feet to £in iron pin; 
thence running North 24° 58' West a distance of 95 feet to an iron 
pin; thence running North 68* 47' 12" East a distance of 116.13 feet 
to a 2 inch pipe; thence running North 3* 07' 18* East a distance of 
166.09 feet to the most westerly comer of a steel piling wharf on the 
shoreline of the St. Lawrence River; thence running a meandering 
line South 87° 20' 24" East a distance of 99.07 feet along the shore of 
the St. Lawrence River to the most easterly corner of a steel sheet 
piling wharf on the shoreline of the St. Lawrence River; thence 
running a meandering line South 81* 56' 37" East a distance of 41.8 
feet along the shore of the St. Lawrence River to the point of 
beginning. Containing 0.912 acres of land more or less. 
SEC. 322. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, section 
144(gX2) of title 23, United States Code, shall not apply to the 
Virginia Street Bridge in Charleston, West Virginia. 
SEC. 323. Notwithstanding section 106, subsection (aX3XB) of 
Public Law 100-223, the Airport and Airway Safety and Capacity 
Expansion Act of 1987, funds apportioned under such section for 
airports in the State of Hawaii may be made available by the 
Secretary for primary airports and airports described in section 
508(dX3) in such State. 
SEC. 324. (a) The Federal Aviation Administration shall satisfy the 
following air traffic controller work force staffing requirements by 
September 30,1990: 
(1) total air traffic controller work force level of not less than 
17,495; 
(2) total full performance level air traffic controllers of not 
less than 12,725; and 
(3) at least 70 percent of the air traffic controller work force, 
at each center and level 3 and above terminal shall have 
achieved operational controller status. 
0)) The Secretary may waive any requirement of this section by 
certifying that such requirement would adversely affect aviation 
safety: Provided, That such a waiver shall become effective 30 days 
after the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives are notified in writing of the Secretary's 
intention to waive and reasons for waiving such requirement. 
SEC. 325. (a) 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. 
O
b
) USE OF DEADLY FORCE.—The Secretary shall report to the 
Committees on Appropriations and the Committees on the Judiciary 
of the Senate and House of Representatives, to the Senate Inter-
national Naircotics Control Caucus, and to the Select Committee on 
Narcotics Abuse and Control of the House of Representatives on: 
West Virginia. 
Hawaii. 
Government 
organization and 
employees. 
49 u s e app. 
1348 note. 
Reports. 
103 STAT. 1096 
PUBLIC LAW 101-164—NOV. 21, 1989 
(1) All current provisions of law and regulation permitting the 
use of deadly force during time of peace by United States Coast 
Guard personnel in the performance of their official duties— 
(A) within the territorial land, sea, and air of the United 
States, its territories and possessions; and 
(B) outside the territorial land, sea, and air of the United 
States, its territories and possessions. 
(2) Changes, if any that may be necessary to existing law, 
regulations, treaty, or executive agreements to permit United 
States Coast Guard personnel to employ deadly force under the 
following circumstances— 
(A) to bring down a suspected drug smuggling aircraft 
which has refused or ignored instructions to land at a 
specified airfield for customs inspection after penetrating 
the territorial airspace of the United States; 
(B) to halt a suspected drug smuggling vessel on the sea 
which has been ordered to heave to for inspection by a 
United States vessel or aircraft and has ignored or refused 
\ 
to obey the order; 
(C) and to halt a suspected drug smuggler who has 
crossed the land border of the United States illegally and 
who has refused to obey or ignored an order to stop for 
customs inspection. 
(3) The required report shall be submitted not later than 
ninety days after the enactment into law of this Act. The 
required report may be submitted in both classified and un-
classified versions. 
49 use app. 
SEC. 326. The authority conferred by section 513(d) of the Airport 
2212 note. 
^j^^ Airway Improvement Act of 1982, as amended, to issue letters of 
intent shall remain in effect subsequent to September 30, 1992. 
Letters of intent may be issued under such subsection to applicants 
determined to be qualified under such Act: Provided, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, all such letters of intent in 
excess of $10,000,000 shall be submitted for approval to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives; the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 
the Senate; and the Committee on Public Works and Transportation 
of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 327. The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to transfer 
funds appropriated for any office of the Office of the Secretary to 
any other office of the Office of the Secretary: Provided, That no 
appropriation shall be increased or decreased by more than 5 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. 
Wages. 
SEC. 328. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1990 pay 
Government 
raises for programs funded in this Act shall be absorbed within the 
organization and 
levels appropriated in this Act. 
employees. 
g^^ 329 (^j VILLAGE OF ALSIP, ILUNOIS.—Section 149(aX30XD) of 
the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act 
101 Stat. 181. 
of 1987 is amended— 
(1) by striking out the heading "CALUMET PARK" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "VILLAGE OF ALSIP"; and 
(2) by striking out all that follows after "reconstruction" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "of 127th Street between Illinois Route 
83 and Kostner Avenue in Alsip, Illinois.". 
^ 
PUBLIC LAW 101-164—NOV. 21, 1989 
103 STAT. 1097 
(b) WYOMING STATE HIGHWAY REST AREA.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 16 of the Federal Airport Act of 1946 or any other provision of 
law, the United States hereby releases the right of reversion of the 
United States on 7.8 acres of land at the South Big Horn Country 
Airport in Wyoming proposed to be transferred to the Wyoming 
State Highway Department provided such land is used for a high-
way rest area. 
SEC. 330. (a) 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. 
OJ) HONOLULU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.—Notwithstanding section 
23 of the Airport and Airway Expansion Act of 1970 (as in effect on 
November 29, 1976), or any other provision of law, including obliga-
tions arising under grant agreements issued pursuant to the Airport 
and Airway Improvement Act of 1982, as amended, or implementing 
regulations, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion is authorized, subject to the provisions of section 4 of the Act of 
October 1, 1949 (63 Stat. 700; 50 U.S.C. App. 1622c), and the provi-
sions of paragraph (2) of this subsection, to grant releases from any 
of the terms, conditions, reservations, and restrictions contained in 
the deed of conveyance, dated November 29, 1976, under which the 
United States conveyed certain property to the State of Hawaii for 
airport purposes. 
Any release granted by the Administrator pursuant to this subsec-
tion shall be subject to the following conditions: 
(A) The property for which a release is gremted under this 
subsection shall not exceed 4,550.2 acres of submerged lands 
known as Keehi Lagoon as described in the quitclaim deed, 
dated November 29,1976. 
(B) The property for which a release is granted shall not 
include submerged lands within an area 1,000 feet perpendicu-
lar to either side of the centerline of Runway 26L, extending 
2,000 feet from the end of Runway 26L at the Honolulu Inter-
national Airport. 
(C) The use of property to which such release applies shall not 
impede or interface with the safety of flight operations or 
otherwise derogate approach and clear zone protection at the 
Honolulu International Airport. 
(D) Any subsequent release or authorization for use of the 
property for other than airport purposes shsdl contain the right 
to overfly the property and the right to make noise. 
SEC. 331. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, airports 
may transfer, without consideration, to the Federal Aviation 
Administration instrument landing systems (along with associated 
approach lighting equipment and runway visual range equipment), 
the purchase of which was assisted by an airport improvement 
program grant. The Federal Aviation Administration shall accept 
such equipment and it shall thereafter be operated and maintained 
by the Federal Aviation Administration in accordance with agency 
criteria. 
SEC. 332. Section 329 of the Department of Transportation and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1989 is hereby repealed. 
SEC. 333. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sec-
retary shall reimburse the State of California for the Federal share 
of the fair market value of right of way incorporated into one or 
Hawaii. 
Real property. 
49 u s e app. 
2205 note. 
102 Stat. 2151. 
California. 
Highways. 
103 STAT. 1098 
PUBLIC LAW 101-164—NOV. 21, 1989 
102 Stat. 2154. 
Safety. 
Urban areas. 
49 u s e app. 
1607a note. 
Effective date. 
more of the following projects and conve3^ed to the State by the City 
of Irvine, the City of Tustin, and/or the County of Orange for the 
construction of the Barranca Parkway/State Route 133 interchange, 
the Tustin Ranch Road/Interstate Route 5 interchange, the Bake 
Parkway/Interstate Route 5 interchange, and the improvements to 
the confluence of Interstate Route 5 and Interstate Route 405 in 
Orange County, California, upon application by the State of Califor-
nia for reimbursement. The fair market value of the right of way 
shall be established as determined by the Secretary of Transpor-
tation in accordance with regulations and statutes governing the 
acquisition of rights of way for projects on the Federal Aid Primary 
and Interstate System. 
SEC. 334, 
(a) 
INTERMODAL URBAN DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.— 
Funds appropriated in this Act for "Intermodal Urban Demonstra-
tion Project" shall remain available until expended. 
(b) UMTA COMMUTER RAIL SERVICE.—Section 337 of Public Law 
100-457 is gmiended to read as follows: 
"Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when a commuter 
rail service has been suspended for safety reasons, and when a 
statewide or regional agency or instrumentality commits to restor-
ing such service by the end of 1989, and when the improvements 
needed to restore such service are funded without Urban Mass 
Transportation Administration funding, the directional route miles 
of such service shall be included for the purpose of calculating the 
fiscal year 1990 section 9 apportionment, as well as the apportion-
ment for subsequent years. If such service is not restored by the end 
of 1989, the money received as a result of the inclusion of the 
directional route miles shall be returned to the disbursing agency, 
the Urban Mass Transportation Administration.". 
(c) STATEWIDE OPERATING ASSISTANCE.—Section 9(2XA).—In any 
case in which a statewide agency or instrumentality is responsible 
under State laws for the financing, construction and operation, 
directly by lease, contract or otherwise, of public transportation 
services, and when such statewide agency or instrumentality is the 
designated recipient of UMTA funds, and when the statewide 
agency or instrumentality provides service among two or more 
urbanized areas, the statewide agency or instrumentality shall be 
allowed to apply for operating assistance up to the combined total 
permissible amount of all urbanized areas in which it provides 
service, regardless of whether the amount for any particular urban-
ized area is exceeded. In doing so, UMTA shall not reduce the 
amount of operating assistance allowed for any other State, or local 
transit agency or instrumentality within the urbanized areas af-
fected. This provision shall take effect with the fiscal year 1990 
section 9 apportionment. 
SEC. 335. PERMANENT PROHIBITION AGAINST SMOKING ON SCHED-
ULED AiRUNE FuGHTS.—Scction 404(dXl) of the Federal Aviation 
Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. App. 1374(dXl)) is amended by deleting in 
subparagraph (A) of section 404(d)(1) of the Federal Aviation Act of 
1958 (49 U.S.C. App. 1374(dXlXA)) all after the words "any scheduled 
airline flight" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "segment 
in air transportation or intrastate air transportation, which is— 
(i) between any two points within Puerto Rico, the United 
States, Virgin Islands, the Distict of Columbia, or any State of 
the United States (other than Alaska and Hawaii), or between 
any point in any one of the aforesaid jurisdictions (other than 
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103 STAT. 1099 
Alaska and Hawaii) and any point in any other of such jurisdic-
tions; 
(ii) within the State of Alaska or within the State of Hawaii; 
or 
(iii) scheduled for 6 hours or less in duration, and between any 
point described in clause (i) and any point in Alaska or Hawaii, 
or between any point in Alaska and any point in Hawaii.", 
to take effect upon the commencement of the 96th day following the 
date of enactment of this Act, and by striking subparsigraph (C). 
SEC. 336. The segment of Michigan Highway 59 beginning at the 
intersection of such highway with Michigan Highway 53 in the 
vicinity of Utica and ending at the intersection of such highway 
with Gratiot Avenue in the vicinity of Mount Clemens shall be 
known and designated as the "James G. O'Hara Memorial High-
way", and any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
record, or other paper of the United States to such segment shall be 
deemed to be a reference to the "James G. O'Hara Memorial 
Highway". 
SEC. 337. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to 
exceed one-fourth of 1 per centum of funds apportioned in fiscal year 
1990 or 1991 to a State under sections 104(b), 130, 144, and 152 of 
title 23, United States Code, shall be available to carry out section 
140(b) of title 23, United States Code, upon a request by the State 
highway department. 
SEC. 338. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, section 
149(aX14XB) of Public Law 100-17 is amended by striking "at least". 
SEC. 339. The Secretary shall conduct a thorough independent 
safety review of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Author-
ity, including the New York City Transit Authority, the Long Island 
Railroad and Metro-North commuter railroads, using available 
funds or funds withheld from formula money allocated to the New 
York portion of the New York-Northeast New Jersey urbanized 
area. The Secretary shall submit a comprehensive plan, within 
thirty days after the date of enactment of this Act, for conducting 
such an investigation, including the cost and scope of the investiga-
tion and an expeditious schedule for completion of such an inves-
tigation. 
SEC. 340. The Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as amended 
(49 U.S.C. 1609 et seq.), is amended by adding at the end of section 23 
the following new subsection: 
"(h) 
SAFETY, FINANCIAL AND PROCUREMENT COMPLIANCE RE-
VIEWS.—In addition to the purposes provided for under subsection 
(a), the funds made available under subsections (a) (1) through (5) 
may be used by the Secretary to contract with any person to provide 
safety, procurement, management and financial compliance re-
views, and audits of any recipient of funds under any such subsec-
tion. Any contract entered into under this subsection shall not be 
subject to the requirements of subsection (d), (e), (f), or (g).". 
SEC. 341. The Department of Trsinsportation shall study the effect 
on consumers of State regulation of the rates, routes, and services of 
the express package industry and make recommendations to Con-
gress. 
SEC. 342. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any lease 
agreement entered into between Union Pacific Railroad Company 
and School District numbered 25, Bannock County, State of Idaho, 
for purposes of providing recreational and athletic facilities, shall be 
deemed consistent with purposes identified in 22 Stat. 148 and shall 
Alaska. 
Hawaii. 
Effective date. 
Michigan. 
Highways. 
101 Stat. 181. 
Safety. 
New York. 
Railroads. 
New Jersey. 
49 u s e app. 
1619. 
Contracts. 
Railroads. 
Idaho. 
103 STAT. 1100 
PUBLIC LAW 101-164—NOV. 21, 1989 
Uniformed 
services. 
Environmental 
protection. 
Reports. 
not be considered an abandonment of that property by Union Pacific 
Railroad Company. 
SEC. 343. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds avail-
able to the Coast Guard under the head "Operating Expenses" in 
this Act shall be available for expenses incurred in fiscal year 1990 
by the Coast Guard in responding to any oilspill. 
SEC. 344. Before making the allocation of sums authorized to be 
appropriated for fiscal year 1990 for public lands highways, the 
Secretanr of Transportation shall set aside $2,000,000 for the Chief 
Joseph Scenic Highway in the State of Wyoming, to be available 
until expended. 
SEC. 345. Of the funds made available to the Federal Railroad 
Administration under the head "Railroad Research and Develop-
ment", $500,000 shall be available to identify suitable toilet and 
waste retention technologies that do not discharge onto tracks to be 
included as part of future year passenger car acquisitions. The 
Federal Railroad Administration shall report its findings to the 
appropriate committees within nine months after passage of this 
Act. 
SEC. 346. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or any 
other law, funds appropriated or made available by this Act or any 
other Act, for purposes of section 104(c) of the Aviation Safety and 
Noise Abatement Act of 1979 (49 U.S.C. App. 2104(c)), may also be 
expended for soundproofing of private schools in a noise impact area 
surrounding an airport which, on the date of the enactment of this 
Act, has submitted a noise abatement plan pursuant to Federal 
Aviation Regulation 150 but such plan has not, as of such date, been 
acted on by the Secretary of Transportation. The expenditure of 
such funds pursuant to this section shall be at the discretion of the 
Secretary of Transportation, and in accordance with regulatory 
requirements applicable to soundproofing of public schools under 
section 104(c). 
SEC. 347. Not more than $14,000,000 of the funds appropriated by 
this Act may be obligated or expended for the procurement of 
advisory or assistance services by the Department of Trsmspor-
tation. 
50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ALASKA HIGHWAY 
SEC. 348. (aXD Since 1992 marks the 50th anniversary of the 
construction of the Alaska Highway, the first and only road link 
between Alaska and the contiguous United States; 
(2) Since the construction of the Alaska Highway across Canada 
was an enormous feat of engineering, accomplished in less than a 
year; 
(3) Since the Alaska Highway played a key part in the progression 
of Alaska from a territory to a State; 
(4) Since Project 92, the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the 
Alaska Highway in 1992, is to be a major international event 
involving the United States, Alaska and Canada; and 
(5) Since Project 92 is designed to recognize the historical signifi-
cance and heritage of the Alaska Highway and its contribution to 
the development of Alaska and Canada: Now, therefore, be it 
(b) Declared that it is the sense of the Senate that the U.S. 
Department of Transportation should join with the State of Alaska 
and the Great Alaska Highways Society in planning the celebration 
of the 50th anniversary of the Alaska Highway as well as appro-
priate improvements of the Highway. 
PUBLIC LAW 101-164—NOV. 21, 1989 
103 STAT. 1101 
TITLE IV—EMERGENCY DRUG FUNDING 
CHAPTER I 
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For carrying out efforts at National Drug Control and the Presi-
dent's initiative to combat violent crime, $10,261,000 to enhance 
drug and criminal law enforcement efforts with special emphasis on 
improving drug law enforcement efforts among the various Justice 
Department agencies and on expedited deportation proceedings of 
convicted criminal aliens. 
LEGAL ACTIVITIES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES 
For carrying out efforts at National Drug Control and the Presi-
dent's initiative to combat violent crime, $41,476,000, to remain 
available until expended, to improve the effectiveness of the Depart-
ment's legal activities, to improve coordination between law enforce-
ment progrsims in this country and other countries, to improve 
efforts in extradition of drug cartel kingpins and to improve Crimi-
nal Division efforts in Federal/State task forces. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS 
To continue efforts begun in fiscal year 1989 to improve the ability 
of the United States Attorneys to prosecute drug and other crime 
related offenses, $80,699,000, for new assistant United States Attor-
neys, for annualization of new attorney positions funded in fiscal 
year 1989, and for automation enhancements necessary to provide 
productivity and case management in the various United States 
Attorneys ofHces. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE 
For carrying out efforts at National Drug Control and the Presi-
dent's initiative to combat violent crime, $23,819,000 to improve the 
ability of the United States Marshals Service to pursue and ap-
prehend alleged major drug and organized crime figures, and to 
improve the security required for anti-drug and organized crime 
judicial proceedings. 
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SUPPORT OF UNITED STATES PRISONERS 
To fight the war on drugs, $23,000,000, to remain available until 
expended 
for 
enhancing 
the 
availability 
of jail 
space 
for 
unsentenced Federal prisoners in the custody ofthe United States 
Marshals Service; of which not to exceed $10,000,000 shall be avail-
able under the Cooperative Agreement Program to obtain guaran-
teed housing for Federal prisoners in State and local detention 
facilities. 
103 STAT. 1102 
PUBLIC LAW 101-164—NOV. 21, 1989 
ASSETS FORFEITURK FUND 
To fight the war on drugs, $25,000,000 for awards for information 
in drug cases, purchase of evidence for drug violations, equipping 
conveyances for drug law enforcement, and other expenses as au-
thorized by 28 U.S.C. 524(cXl) (AXii), (B), (C), (F) and (G), as amended, 
to be derived from the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture 
Fund. 
INTERAGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT 
ORGANIZED CRIME DRUG ENFORCEMENT 
For carrying out efforts at National Drug Control $46,361,000 to 
strengthen the ability of the Federal Government to attack drug 
cartels and other organized crime groups through the eleven co-
operating Federal agencies which participate in the organized crime 
drug enforcement task forces. 
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For carrying out efforts at National Drug Control, $97,045,000, to 
strengthen Federal domestic law enforcement at the local level to 
include additional agents, support personnel and equipment, 
improvements in automation and telecommunications, and enhance-
ments in field equipment and training. 
DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For carrying out efforts at National Drug Control, $64,301,000, for 
additional agents, support personnel and equipment for improved 
domestic drug law enforcement; for expanded cleanup and disposal 
of toxic chemicals from clandestine laboratories; to expand State 
and local task forces; to complete the nationwide placement of asset 
removal teams; and to improve intelligence programs. 
IMMIGRATION AND NATURAUZATION SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For carrying out efforts at National Drug Control and the Presi-
dent's initiative to combat violent crime, $16,891,000, for additional 
Border Patrol agents to improve drug interdiction efforts and for 
additional investigators and other staff needed to increase the 
apprehension and detention of criminal aliens. 
FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For canying out efforts at National Drug Control and the Presi-
dent's initiative to combat violent crime, $54,923,000, for additional 
staff to activate new prisons, to improve stafHng at existing institu-
tions, and to fund additional support costs associated with the 
projected increases in Federal prison populations. 
PUBLIC LAW 101-164—NOV. 21, 1989 
103 STAT. 1103 
BUILDINGS AND FACIUTIES 
For canying out efforts at National Drug Control and the Presi-
dent's initiative to combat violent crime, $1,000,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, for acquisition and construction of new 
Federal prison facilities in order to handle the projected growth in 
prisoner populations resulting from the increased number of drug-
related convictions. 
OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS 
JUSTICE ASSISTANCE 
To fight the war on drugs, $308,821,000, to remain available until 
expended; of which $300,000,000 is for the Edward Byrne Memorial 
State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Programs for State 
and local agencies to improve efforts in street-level and community-
based drug law enforcement efforts; and of which $8,821,000 is for 
the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Program in order 
to improve programs for the prevention, intervention and treatment 
of juvenile crime, especially where it relates to youth gangs and 
drugs. 
THE JUDICIARY 
COURTS OF APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS, AND OTHER JUDICIAL SERVICES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For carrying out efforts at National Drug Control and the Presi-
dent's initiative to combat violent crime, $59,550,000 for additional 
clerks office personnel, probation and pretrial services personnel, 
magistrates and related support personnel, and drug aftercare treat-
ment services necessary to handle the growth in drug and crime 
related caseloads in the Federal courts. 
DEFENDER SERVICES 
For carrying out efforts at National Drug Control and the Presi-
dent's initiative to combat violent crime, $41,373,000, to remain 
available until expended, for the increased expenses associated with 
Federal public defender and community defender organizations and 
private panel attorneys necessary to handle the growing drug and 
crime related caseload of the Federal courts. 
FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS 
For carrying out efforts at National Drug Control and the Presi-
dent's initiative to combat violent crime, $4,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, for the increased cost of grand and petit 
juries resulting from the growth in the drug ana crime related 
caseload of the Federal courts. 
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COURT SECURITY 
For canying out efforts at National Drug Control and the Presi-
dent's initiative to combat violent crime, $15,400,000, to provide for 
expanded security and protective services for the Fwieral courts to 
handle the increase in drug and crime related judicicd proceedings 
which require a higher level of security. 
103 STAT. 1104 
PUBLIC LAW 101-164—NOV. 21, 1989 
RELATED AGENCY 
STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE 
, 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For carrying out the provisions of section 7321 of the Anti-Drug 
Abuse Act of 1988 (Public Law 100-690), $4,020,000, to remain 
available until expended, to allow the State Justice Institute to 
expand its programs to assist States in improving their court sys-
tems to allow them to handle the growing drug and crime related 
caseload. 
. 
CHAPTER II 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 
-CONSTRUCTION 
To fight the war on drugs, $4,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, for the provision of additional emergency shelters for 
Indian youth and for the construction of juvenile detention facilities. 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE 
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES 
To fight the war on drugs, $7,250,000, for the Indian Health 
Service to increase after care services and provide for family out-
patient care, expand community education and training efforts with 
a focus on prevention and training of program staff, expand alcohol-
ism and drug abuse prevention efforts for adolescents through urban 
Indian health programs, and provide contract health services for 
substance abuse treatment and rehabilitation of Indian youth and 
their families. 
INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES 
To fight the war on drugs, $1,500,000, to remain available until 
expended, to allow the Indian Health Service to complete the 
construction or renovation of facilities to provide detoxification and 
rehabilitation services in youth regional treatment centers. 
CHAPTER III 
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
^ 
For an additional amount for substance abuse employee assist-
ance programs in the workplace, $2,000,000. 
PUBLIC LAW 101-164—NOV. 21, 1989 
103 STAT. 1105 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 
ALCOHOL, DRUG ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
ALCOHOL, DRUG ABUSE, AND MENTAL HEALTH 
For carrying out activities to fight the war on drugs including 
substance abuse research, treatment, and prevention, $727,000,000: 
Provided, That of this amount, $415,000,000 shall be provided for 
block grants to States under title XIX of the Public Health Service 
Act to be used exclusively for substance abuse activities and shall 
remain available for obligation by the States until March 31, 1991, 
and such obligated funds shall remain available for expenditure by 
the States until March 31, 1992: Provided further, That of this 
amount, $40,000,000 shall be available for treatment waiting period 
reduction grants, if authorized in law. 
FAMILY SUPPORT ADMINISTRATION 
COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT 
For an additional amount for anti-drug abuse activities under the 
Community Services Block Grant Act, $2,000,000. 
ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES 
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES 
To fight the war on drugs by providing assistance to runaway and 
homeless youth, by providing drug prevention activities related to 
youth gangs, and by providing temporary child care, crisis nurseries 
and abandoned infants assistance to children impacted by drugs, 
$23,750,000. 
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
To ensure a drug free learning environment for American stu-
dents by carrying out the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act 
of 1986, as amended, part F of title IV of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act, as amended, and the Department of 
Education Organization Act, $183,500,000: Provided, That of this 
amount $170,000,000 shall be for State grants under part B, which 
shall become available on July 1, 1990 and remain available until 
September 30, 1991; $2,000,000 shall be for innovative alcohol abuse 
programs under section 4607; $7,500,000 shall be for teacher training 
under part C; $2,000,000 shall be for national programs under part 
D; and $2,000,000 shall be transferred to "Departmental Manage-
ment, Program Administration" for administrative costs: Provided 
/ 
further. That of the amounts available for part B, not less than 
$25,000,000 shall be for section 5121(a) for urban and rural emer-
gency grants: Provided further. That funds available under the 
'Department 
of 
Education 
Appropriations 
Act, 
1990" 
for 
"Rehabilitation Services and Handicapped Research" shall also be 
available for activities under title II of Public Law 100-407; funds 
available for "School Improvement Programs" shall also be avail-
103 STAT. 1106 
PUBLIC LAW 101-164—NOV. 21, 1989 
able for activities under title IX of the Education for Economic 
Security Act, as amended; and funds available for "Student Finan-
cial Assistance" shall be administered without regard to section 
411F(1) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), 
and the term "annual adjusted family income" shall, under special 
circumstances prescribed by the Secretary of Education, mean the 
. 
sum received in the first calendar year of the award year from the 
sources described in that section. 
RELATED AGENCY 
ACTION 
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OPERATING EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for substance abuse prevention and 
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education activities under part C of title I of the Domestic Volunteer 
Service Act of 1973 as amended, $1,500,000, of which not more than 
$150,000 may be used for administrative expenses. 
CHAPTER IV 
DEPARTMENT 
OF 
THE 
TREASURY 
BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, AND FIREARMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
To fight the war against armed career criminals, an additional 
amount of $10,000,000 for the hiring, training and equipping of 
additional agents and inspectors to enhance the arrest and convic-
tion of armed career criminals who violate Federal firearms stat-
^ 
utes. 
UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
To fight the war on drugs, an additional amount of $18,000,000, of 
which $15,000,000 shall be available to undertake investigations to 
counter drug-related money laundering or other law enforcement 
activities, and of which $3,000,000 shall be available to increase the 
air interdiction program staffing level to 960 permanent full-time 
equivalent positions: Provided, That none of the additional funds 
shall be made available for the establishment of the Financial 
Crimes Enforcement Network without the advance approval of the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, AIR INTERDICTION PROGRAM 
To fight the war on drugs, an additional $35,800,000, to remain 
available until expended, for the procurement of interceptor and 
support aircraft, and to provide for the operation and maintenance 
expenses of these assets to more effectively interdict the illegal 
importation of drugs into the United States. 
PUBLIC LAW 101-164—NOV. 21, 1989 
103 STAT. 1107 
CUSTOMS FORFEITURE FUND 
(LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF DEPOSITS) 
To fight the war on drugs, an additional amount of $5,000,000, to 
be derived from deposits in the Fund, for authorized law enforce-
ment purposes. 
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE 
INVESTIGATION, COLLECTION, AND TAXPAYER SERVICE 
To fight the war on drugs, an additional amount of $5,000,000 for 
criminal investigative activities to support a vigilant enforcement of 
Federal tax law violations and money laundering related to illegal 
narcotics activity. 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 
OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
To fight the war on drugs, an additional amount of $25,000,000 for 
drug control activities related to the designation of high intensity 
drug trafficking areas: Provided, That from within available funds, 
the Office of National Drug Control Policy, in conjunction with 
other departments and agencies, shall undertake assessments of 
program effectiveness of all federally funded anti-drug programs for 
the purposes of determining their impact in reducing the illegal 
drug problem, including their impact on the production, importa-
tion, cost, availability, and use of drugs, as well as on the successful 
treatment and rehabilitation of users and addicts: Provided further. 
That said assessments shall contain comparative cost-benefit and 
cost-effectiveness data to aid in determination of the absolute and 
relative value of each program in reducing the illegal drug problem. 
SPECIAL FORFEITURE FUND 
For Federal prison construction purposes to incarcerate drug 
traffickers and others who violate Federal statutes, an amount not 
to exceed $115,000,000, to be derived from deposits in the Fund, and 
to remain available until expended. 
CHAPTER V 
DEPARTMENT 
OF 
VETERANS 
AFFAIRS 
VETERANS HEALTH SKRVICE AND RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION 
MEDICAL CARE 
For providing necessary medical care and treatment to eligible 
veterans with alcohol or drug dependence or abuse disabilities, an 
additional $50,000,000, which shall be available only for programs 
and activities described in section 2502(b) of the Anti-Drug Abuse 
Act of 1988 (Public Law 100-690), and as authorized under chapter 
17 of title 38 United States Code. 
103 STAT. 1108 
PUBLIC LAW 101-164--NOV. 21, 1989 
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT 
HOUSING PROGRAMS 
PAYMENTS FOR OPERATION OP LOW-INCOME HOUSING PROJECTS 
To fight the war on drugs and eliminate drug-related crime in 
public housing projects, without regard to section 9(d) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437), an additional 
$50,000,000, which shall be available only for grants authorized 
under the Public Housing Drug Elimination Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 
11901 et seq.) and subject only to the requirements of such Act for 
project security, physical improvements, enforcement activities, sup-
port for voluntary organizations, and innovative programs designed 
Contracts. 
to reduce drug use in and around public housing projects: Provided, 
Drugs and drug 
That $1,000,000 shall be available for contracts, including the provi-
Bi>^^^- 
sion of technical assistance to public housing officials and resident 
groups to better prepare and educate them to confront the wide-
spread abuse of controlled substances in public housing projects, 
pursuant to the Drug-Free Public Housing Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 
11922,11923). 
CHAPTER 
VI 
DEPARTMENT 
OF 
ENERGY 
NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL FUND 
In order to provide funds for the war on drugs, funds appropriated 
by the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act for 
Fiscal Year 1990 (Public Law 101-101) for the "Nuclear Waste 
Disposal Fund" are reduced by $46,000,000. 
CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY 
The second paragraph under this head contained in the Act 
making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and 
Ante, p. 728. 
Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1990, is 
amended by striking "$450,000,000" and inserting "$419,000,000" 
and by striking "$125,000,000" and inserting "$156,000,000". 
SPR PETROLEUM ACCOUNT 
Outlays in fiscal year 1990 resulting from the use of funds appro-
priated to this account in the Act making appropriations for the 
Department of the Interior and Related Agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1990 shall not exceed $147,125,000: Provided, 
That for purposes of section 202 of Public Law 100-119 (2 U.S.C. 909) 
this action is a necessary Ot)ut secondary) result of a significant 
policy change. 
PENNSYLVANIA 
AVENUE 
DEVELOPMENT 
CORPORATION 
LAND ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT FUND 
The authority to borrow from the Treasury of the United States 
provided under this heading in the Act making appropriations for 
the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1990, is hereby reduced to $100,000. 
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PUBLIC LAW 101-164—NOV. 21, 1989 
103 STAT. 1109 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 
HEALTH CARE FINANCING ADMINISTRATION 
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT 
Notwithstanding the Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1990, the amount available for Health Care Financing Administra-
tion 
Program 
Management 
shall 
include 
not 
to 
exceed 
$1,885,172,000 to be transferred to this appropriation as authorized 
by section 201(g) of the Social Security Act, from the Federal 
Hospital Insurance, the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance, 
the Federal Catastrophic Drug Insurance, and the Federal Hospital 
Insurance Catgistrophic Coverage Reserve Trust Funds. 
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
In order to provide funds for the war on drugs, each discretionary 
appropriation for fiscal year 1990 provided in the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 1990, (H.R. 3014), shall be reduced by 0.43 
percent: Provided, That $3,578,000 representing excess receipts from 
the sale of publications shall be transferred from the Government 
Printing Office revolving fund to the Salaries and Expenses Appro-
priation of the Office of the Superintendent of Documents, Govern-
ment Printing Office. 
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED 
AGENCIES 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, each discre-
tionary appropriation account, loan program, and obligation limita-
tion in titles I and II of this Act is hereby reduced by 0.3 percent: 
Provided, That the reductions made pursuant to this paragraph 
shall not apply to "Federal-Aid Highways (Limitation on Obliga-
tions) (Highway Trust Fund)", the obligation limitation under 
"Grants-in-Aid for Airports", and to any appropriation account 
applicable to salaries and expenses in an amount less than 
$45,000,000: Provided further. That this paragraph shall not reduce 
the minimum amount specifically designated for drug enforcement 
activities under "Coast Guard, Operating Expenses": Provided fur-
ther. That, notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph, 
the obligation limitation under the head "Grants-in-Aid for Air-
ports" is hereby reduced to $1,425,000,000 and the obligation limita-
tion under the head "Federal-Aid Highways (Limitation on Obliga-
tions) (Highway Trust Fund)" is hereby reduced to $12,210,000,000: 
Provided further. That $25,000,000 of unobligated contract authority 
available for airport planning and development under section 505(a) 
of The Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982, as amended, is 
rescinded. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
BUREAU OF THE PUBUC DEBT 
ADMINISTERING THE PUBUC DEBT 
Of the funds appropriated under this head in the Treasury, Postal 
Service and General Government Appropriations Act, 1990, 
$14,000,000 are rescinded. 
103 STAT. 1110 
PUBLIC LAW 101-164—NOV. 21, 1989 
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
Of the funds appropriated under this head in the Treasury, Postal 
Service and General uovemment Appropriations Act, 1990, $141,000 
are rescinded. 
PROCESSING TAX RETURNS 
Of the funds appropriated under this head in the Treasury, Postal 
Service and Greneral Government Appropriations Act, 1990, 
$1,499,000 are rescinded. 
^^EAMINATION AND APPEALS 
Of the funds appropriated under this head in the Treasury, Postal 
Service and Greneral Government Appropriations Act, 1990, 
$3,488,000 are rescinded. 
INVESTIGATION, COLLECmON, AND TAXPAYER SERVICE 
Of the funds appropriated under this head in the Treasury, Postal 
Service and Gieneral Giovemment Appropriations Act, 1990, 
$2,299,000 are rescinded. 
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES 
FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND 
LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE 
The limitation established under this head in the Treasury, Postal 
Service and Greneral Grovemment Appropriations Act, 1990, for the 
rental of space, as well as the aggr^ate limitation established 
thereunder, are reduced by $14,400,000. 
FEDERAL PROPERTY RESOURCES SERVICE 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Of the funds appropriated under this head in the Treasury, Postal 
Service and Greneral Grovemment Appropriations Act, 1990, $945,000 
are rescinded. 
CHAPTER Vn 
OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY 
Reports. 
Not later than 30 days after the enactment of this Act, the 
Director of National Drug Control Policy shall report on how funds 
made available under title IV of this Act have been allocated and 
shall, for each quarter of the fiscal year thereafter, within 45 days 
following the close of the quarter, report on how these funds have 
been obligated. Reports made imder this section shall be filed with 
PUBLIC LAW 101-164—NOV. 21, 1989 
103 STAT. 1111 
the House of Representatives and the Senate and made available to 
the Committees on Appropriations and other committees, as appro-
priate. 
This Act may be cited as the "Department of Transportation and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1990'\ 
Approved November 21, 1989. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3015: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 101-183 (Ctomm. on Appropriations) and No. 101-315 (Comm. 
of Conference). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 101-121 (Comm. on Appropriations). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 135 (1989): 
Aug. 3, considered and passed House. 
Sept. 12-14, 18, 26, 27, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Oct. 31, Nov. 1, House agreed to conference report; receded and concurred in 
certain Senate amendments, in others with amendments. 
Nov. 9, 14, Senate agreed to conference report; concurred in House amend-
ments. 
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 25 (1989): 
Nov. 21, Presidential statement.