Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991
PL 101-516 (H.R.5229), enacted 11/05/1990

PUBLIC LAW 101-516—NOV. 5, 1990 
104 STAT. 2155 
Public Law 101-516 
101st Congress 
An Act 
Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related agencies 
Nov. 5, 1990 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1991, and for other purposes. 
[H.R. 5229] 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following 
Department of 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not 
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otherwise appropriated, for the Department of Transportation and Agencies ^ 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1991, and 
Appropriations 
for other purposes, namely: 
Act, 1991. 
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
IMMEDIATE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
For necessary expenses of the Immediate Office of the Secretary, 
$1,215,000. 
IMMEDIATE OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY SECRETARY 
For necessary expenses of the Immediate Office of the Deputy 
Secretary, $412,000. 
OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the General Counsel, 
$6,420,000. 
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, $8,500,000. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR BUDGET AND PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
Budget and Programs, $2,390,000, 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, $2,255,000. 
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OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
Administration, $26,745,000, of which $5,000,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
Public Affairs, $1,389,000. 
EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT 
For necessary expenses of the Executive Secretariat, $918,000. 
CONTRACT APPEALS BOARD 
For necessary expenses of the Contract Appeals Board, $508,000. 
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, $1,353,000. 
OFFICE OF ESSENTIAL AIR SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Essential Air Service, 
$1,500,000. 
OFFICE OF SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS UTIUZATION 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Small and Disadvantaged 
Business Utilization, $3,465,000, of which $2,600,000 shall remain 
available until expended and shall be available for the purposes of 
the Minority Business Resource Center as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 
332: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
funds available for the purposes of the Minority Business Resource 
Center in this or any other Act may be used for business opportuni-
ties related to any mode of transportation. 
OFFICE OF INTELUGENCE AND SECURITY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Intelligence and Security, 
$1,200,000. 
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, ANI) 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, $2,947,000. 
OFFICE OF COMMERCIAL SPACE TRANSPORTATION 
I 
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for operations and research activities 
related to commercial space transportation, $3,386,000, of which 
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104 STAT. 2157 
$1,600,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That the 
unexpended balances of the appropriation "Transportation Plan-
ning, Research, and Development 
associated with commercial 
space activities shall be transferred to and merged with this appro-
priation: Provided further. That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, there may be credited up to $300,000 to this account 
funds received from user fees established for regulatory services. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital outlays of the 
Department of Transportation Working Capital Fund not to exceed 
$86,264,000 shall be paid, in accordance with law, from appropria-
tions made available by this Act and prior appropriations Acts to 
the Department of Transportation, together with advances and 
reimbursements received by the Department of Transportation. 
PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS 
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, $26,600,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That none of the funds in this or any other Act shall be 
available for the implementation or execution of programs in excess 
of $26,600,000 for the Payments to Air Carriers program in fiscal 
year 1991: Provided further. That this limitation shall only be in 
effect if contract authority is enacted for the Payments to Air 
Carriers program for fiscal year 1991. 
RENTAL PAYMENTS 
For necessary expenses for rental of headquarters and field space 
and related services assessed by the General Services Administra-
tion, $107,668,000: Provided, That of this amount, $15,108,000 shall 
be derived from the Highway Trust Fund, $28,508,000 shall be 
derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, and $419,000 shall 
be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund. 
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. 
4290t))); and recreation and welfare; $2,339,839,000 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 1991; of which $2,039,839,000, of which $41,489,000 
shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund is hereby 
appropriated, of which $35,000,000 shall be expended from the Boat 
Safety Account, notwithstanding any other provision of law: Pro-
vided, That of the funds provided for operating expenses for fiscal 
year 1991, in this or any other Act, not less than $602,600,000 shall 
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be available for drug enforcement activities and not less than 
$197,000,000 shall be for marine environmental protection activities: 
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Provided further, That the number of aircraft on hand at any one 
time shall not exceed two hundred and twenty-two, exclusive of 
planes and parts stored to meet future attrition: Provided 
further, 
That none of the funds appropriated in this or any other Act shall 
be available for pay or administrative expenses in connection with 
shipping commissioners in the United States: Provided further, That 
none of the 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. 
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, $406,331,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 1995, of which $157,500,000 
shall be available to acquire, repair, renovate or improve vessels, 
small boats and related equipment; $90,010,000 shall be available to 
acquire new aircraft and increase aviation capability; $15,000,000 
shall be available for other equipment; $106,885,000 shall be avail-
able for shore facilities and aids to navigation facilities; and 
$36,936,000 shall be available for personnel, survey and design, and 
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related costs: Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation shall 
note. 
issue regulations requiring that written warranties shall be in-
Government 
cluded in all Contracts with prime contractors for major systems 
co^tracte^" 
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 furnished 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 Sec-
retary's intention to waive and reasons for waiving such require-
ments: Provided further. That the requirements for such written 
warranties shall not cover combat damage: Provided further. 
That 
if necessary the Department of Transportation may transfer funds 
into the personnel, survey and design, and related costs subaccount 
from other subaccounts of the Acquisition, Construction and 
Improvements appropriation to cover personnel compensation and 
benefits for not to exceed five hundred eighty-six full time equiva-
lent staff years during fiscal year 1991, provided that such transfer 
shall be subject to the established guidelines for prior approval 
reprogrammings as stated in House Report 101-315. 
ENVIRONMENTAL COMPUANCE AND RESTORATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Coast Guard's environ-
mental compliance and restoration functions under chapter 19 of 
title 14, United States Code, $21,500,000, of which $7,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended. 
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104 STAT. 2159 
ALTERATION OF BRIDGES 
For necessary expenses for alteration or removal of obstructive 
brieves, $3,747,006, to remain available until expended. 
RETIRED PAY 
For retired pay, including the pajmaent of obligations therefor 
otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this purpose, and 
payments under the Retired Serviceman's Family Protection and 
Survivor Benefits Plans, and for payments far medical care of 
retired personnel and their dependents vu»ier the Dependents 
Medical Care Act (Id U.S.C. ch. 55), $437,300,000. 
RfissERVE 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; $74,306,000. 
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, $25,000,000, 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. 
BOAT SAFETY 
(AQUATIC RESOURCES TRUST FUND) 
For payment of necessary expenses incurred for recreational boat-
ing safety assistance under Public Law 92-75, as amended, 
$35,000,000, to be derived from the Boat Safety Account and to 
remain available until expended. 
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Administration, 
not otherwise provided for, including administrative expenses for 
research and development, establishment of air navigation facilities 
and the operation and maintenance of aircraft, and carrying out the 
provisions of the Airport and Airway Development Act, as amended, 
or other provisions of law authorizing the obligation of funds for 
similar programs of airport and airway development or improve-
ment, purchase of four passenger motor vehicles for replacement 
only, $4,037,000,000, of which $2,002,749,000 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 authorities, and private sources, for 
expenses incurred in the maintenance and operation of air naviga-
tion facilities and for issuance of airmen and aircraft certificates. 
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including processing of major repair and alteration forms: Provided 
further. That none of these funds shall be available for new ap-
plicants for the second career training program or for a pilot test of 
contractor maintenance: Provided further. That the immediately 
preceding proviso shall not prohibit the augmentation of the exist-
ing field maintenance work force if it is determined to be essential 
for the safe operation of the air traffic control system: Provided 
further. That, of the funds available under this head, $3,250,000 
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 as authorized by 
the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended (49 U.S.C. App. 1301 et 
seq.), including initial acquisition of necessary sites by lease or 
grant; engineering and service testing including construction of test 
facilities and acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; and 
construction and furnishing of quarters and related accommodations 
of officers and employees of the Federal Aviation Administration 
stationed at remote localities where such accommodations are not 
available; to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund 
and to remain available until September 30, 1995, $2,095,407,000: 
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, 
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That with appropriations made for the Airway Science Program, as 
1354a. 
authorized below in this section, the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion may hereafter enter into competitive grant agreements with 
institutions of higher education having airway science curricula, for 
the Federal share of the allowable direct costs of the following 
categories of items, to the extent that such items are in support of 
airway science curricula: (a) the construction, purchase, or lease 
with option to purchase, of buildings and associated facilities, and 0^) 
instructional materials and equipment. Such funds are hereby 
authorized to be appropriated and may remain available until 
expended, as provided in such Acts. The Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration shall establish guidelines for determining the direct costs 
allowable under grants to be made pursuant to this section. The 
maximum Federal share of the allowable cost of any project assisted 
by such grants shall be fifty percent. 
RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for research, 
engineering, and development, in accordance with the provisions of 
the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended (49 U.S.C. App. 1301 et 
seq.), including construction of experimental facilities and acquisi-
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104 STAT. 2161 
tion of necessary sites by lease or grant, $205,000,000, to be derived 
from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro-
priation funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other 
public authorities, and private sources, for expenses incurred for 
research, engineering, and development. 
GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS 
(LIQUIDATION 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, $1,400,000,000, 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 $1,800,000,000 in fiscal year 
1991 for grants-in-aid for airport planning and development, and 
noise compatibility planning and programs, notwithstanding section 
506(e)(4) of the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982, as 
amended, of which not to exceed $122,509,900 shall be available for 
letters of intent issued prior to July 30, 1990: Provided further. That, 
for each percentage point the amount made available for fiscal year 
1991 from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund under sections 505, 
506(a), 506(b), and 506(c) of the Airport and Airway Improvement 
Act of 1982 is less than 75 percent of the aggregate of the amount of 
funds made available for fiscal year 1991 under sections 505, 506(a), 
and 506(b) of such Act and the amount of funds made available for 
fiscal year 1991 for operations of the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion, the limitation on commitments shall be reduced by such 
percentage point but not to an amount less than $1,650,000,000. 
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. 
AIRCRAFT PURCHASE LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM 
The Secretary of Transportation may hereafter issue notes or 
49 USC app. 
other obligations to the Secretary of the Treasury, in such forms and 
1324 note, 
denominations, bearing such maturities, and subject to such terms 
and conditions as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe. Such 
obligations may be issued to pay any necessary expenses required 
pursuant to 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 
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in excess of $9,970,000 during fiscal year 1991, 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 
purposes 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 Tresisury 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 $256,415,000 
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 $67,301,000 
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(i)(2) of the Urban Mass Trginsportation 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 
(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, 
$5,450,000. 
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, $10,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund: 
Provided, That not to exceed $100,000 of the amount appropriated 
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104 STAT. 2163 
herein shall be available for "Limitation on general operating ex-
penses": Provided further. That none of the funds in this Act shall 
be available for the planning or execution of programs the obliga-
tions for which are in excess of $10,000,000 in fiscal year 1991 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, $14,450,000, of which $9,633,333 shall be derived from the 
Highway Trust Fund. 
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS 
(UMITATION O N OBLIGATIONS) 
(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 $14,500,000,000 for Federal-aid highways and highway 
safety construction programs for fiscal year 1991: Provided, That 
within the funds provided for interstate construction, and in accord-
ance with authorized cost-sharing requirements, there shall be 
available the amounts necessary to provide the Federal share of 
construction costs of a bridge, designed as required for compliance 
with the coastal zone plan of the State of New Jersey, on Interstate 
295 in the vicinity of Crosswicks Creek near Trenton, New Jersey. 
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, 
$14,300,000,000, or so much thereof as may be available in and 
derived from the Highway Trust Fund, to remain available until 
expended. 
RIGHT-OF-WAY REVOLVING FUND 
* 
(UMITATION ON DIRECT LOANS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
During fiscal year 1991 and with the resources and authority 
available, gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans 
shall not exceed $42,500,000. 
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY 
For necessary expenses to carry out the motor carrier safety 
functions of the Secretary as authorized by the Department of 
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Transportation Act (80 Stat. 939-940), $40,000,000, of which 
$1,782,000 shall remain available until expended. 
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions 
of section 402 of Public Law 97-424 $63,000,000, 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 $61,500,000 for "Motor Carrier Safety 
Grants". 
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, 
$8,415,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund and to be 
withdrawn therefrom at such times and in such amounts as may be 
necessary. 
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, $8,500,000, 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, $17,000,000, 
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, $7,650,000, to be derived from the Highway 
Trust Fund and to remain available until expended. 
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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, $6,800,000, 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, $1,700,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
BRIDGE IMPROVEMENT DEMONSTRATION PROJECT 
Of the amount appropriated to carry out a highway demonstra-
tion project in the vicinity of Jacksonville, Florida, by the Depart-
ment of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1990 (103 Stat. 1079), and not expended, $2,000,000 shall be available 
for 80 percent of expenses necessary to carry out construction of new 
roadways on Blount Island, Florida, without regard to whether or 
not such expenses are incurred in accordance with section 1.9 of title 
23 of the Code of Federal Regulations. 
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, $3,400,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
INTERSECTION SAFETY DEMONSTRATION PROJECT 
For 80 percent of the expenses necessary to complete Douglas 
Street in the vicinity of El Segundo, California, for the purpose of 
demonstrating methods of improved highway and highway safety 
construction, $3,060,000, to remain available until expended. 
CUMBING LANE AND HIGHWAY 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, $10,200,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
INDIANA INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR SAFETY DEMONSTRATION PROJECT 
For 80 percent of the expenses necessary for an improved route 
between Logansport and Peru, Indiana, for the purpose of dem-
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onstrating the safety and economic benefits of widening and improv-
ing rural highways, $2,550,000, to remain available until expended. 
HIGHWAY CAPACITY IMPROVEMENT DEMONSTRATION PROJECT 
For 80 percent of the expenses necessary to improve U.S. Route 
231 between U.S. Route 90 and the City of Campbellton in Jackson 
County, Florida, for the purpose of demonstrating methods of 
expanding a two-lane segment of a U.S. highway to four lanes, 
$1,700,000, to remain available until expended. 
ALABAMA HIGHWAY BYPASS DEMONSTRATION PROJECT 
For 80 percent of the expenses necessary for the construction of a 
highway bypass project in the vicinity of Jasper, Alabama, for the 
purpose of demonstrating methods of improved highway and high-
way safety construction, $8,500,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
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, $3,400,000, 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, $7,225,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
URBAN HIGHWAY CORRIDOR AND BICYCLE TRANSPORTATION 
DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS 
For 80 percent of the expenses necessary to improve and upgrade 
the M-59 urban highway corridor in southeast Michigan for the 
purpose of demonstrating methods of improving congested urban 
corridors that have been neglected during construction of the Inter-
state system, $8,500,000, to remain available until expended, to-
gether with $850,000, to remain available until expended, to provide 
for 80 percent of the expenses necessary 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, 
$9,350,000, to remain available until expended, for the purpose of 
demonstrating methods of improving access to major urban airports. 
PENNSYLVANIA RECONSTRUCTION DEMONSTRATION PROJECT 
For 80 percent of the expenses necessary to upgrade, widen, and 
reconstruct the sections of Pennsylvania Route 56 known as Haws 
Pike and the Windber By-Pass, for the purpose of demonstrating 
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methods of promoting econoi»ic development and highway safety, 
$17,000,000, to remain avaiiatele until expended. 
PENNSYLVANIA TOLL ROAS DEMONSTRATION PROJECT 
For necessary expenses for the Monongahela Valley Expressway, 
$5,100,000, to remain available \M\til expended: Provided, That these 
funds together with funds made available from the Highway Trust 
Fund, for Federal participation in the tcAl highway project being 
carried out under section 12©(j) of title 23, United States Code, in the 
State of Pennsylvania shall be subject to section 129(j) of such title, 
relating to Federal share limitation. 
HIGHWAY DEMONSTRATION PR0^:CT8 
For up to 80 percent of the expenses necessary for certain high-
way projects that demonstrate methods of iiaproving safety, reduc-
ing congestion, or promoting economic development, $71,365,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
HIGHWAY DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS—PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING 
For up to 80 percent of the expenses necessary to carry out 
feasibility studies, preliminary engineering, environmental studies, 
and right-of-way acquisition for certain highway and bicycle 
transportation projects that demonstrate methods of improving 
safety, reducing congestion, or promoting economic development, 
$48,293,000, to remain available until expended. 
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 
$51,500,000, 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. 
CORRIDOR G IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM 
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 
$33,275,000, 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. 
CORRIDOR D 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 D segment of 
the Appalachian Highway System, there is hereby appropriated 
$10,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That all 
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funds appropriated under this head shall be exempted from any 
limitation on obligations for Federal-aid highways and highway 
safety construction programs. 
BYPASS CONSTRUCTION PROJECT 
For the purpose of carrying out a demonstration of methods of 
eliminating traffic congestion, improving highway safety and to 
promote economic benefits for the area affected by the construction 
of road improvements including a bypass near Weirton, West Vir-
ginia, there is hereby appropriated $42,500,000, 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 continuing a demonstration of traffic safety 
and flow improvement, there is hereby appropriated $17,000,000, 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. 
TURQUOISE TRAIL PROJECT 
For necessary expenses to carry out a demonstration project 
known as the Turquoise Trail Project, that demonstrates methods of 
enhancing safety and promoting economic development through 
converting a dirt roadway into an all weather, two lane highway, 
there is hereby appropriated $4,684,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That such sums appropriated under this head 
shall be exempted from any limitation on obligations for Federal-aid 
highways and highway safety construction programs. 
TRADE ENHANCEMENT DEMONSTRATION PROJECT 
For the purpose of implementing a demonstration of United 
States-Mexico trade enhancement benefits on approximately 2.6 
miles of Federal-aid primary highway on State Route 189 connecting 
Interstate 19 to the United States-Mexico border, there is hereby 
appropriated $10,625,000 for engineering, design, construction and 
other costs incurred in the reconstruction of Mariposa Road, State 
Route 189 in Nogales, Arizona. 
OTTUMWA ROAD EXTENSION PROJECT 
For the purpose of carrying out a demonstration of economic 
growth and development benefits of a four lane highway in areas 
with industry producing heavy truck traffic, there is hereby appro-
priated $8,500,000 to remain available until expended, for the ac-
quisition of rights-of-way, and other costs incurred in the upgrading 
and construction of a portion of a four lane facility between 
Oskaloosa and Ottumwa along existing State highways and new 
highway alignments: 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. 
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IOWA CONNECTOR PROJECT 
For the purpose of carrying out a demonstration of improved 
access through a connector road, there is hereby appropriated 
$1,488,000 to remain available until expended, for the acquisition of 
rights-of-way, and other costs incurred in the construction of a 
highway facility connecting North 16th Street and North 25th 
Street in Council Bluffs, Iowa: Provided, That all funds appropriated 
under this head shall be exempted from any limitation on obliga-
tions for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction 
programs. 
HIGHWAY 20 REAUGNMENT PROJECT 
For the purpose of carrying out a demonstration of the effect of 
improved highway and highway realignment, there is hereby appro-
priated $2,550,000 to remain available until expended, for the 
acquisition of right-of-way, and other costs incurred in the construc-
tion of an improved Highway 20 between Early, Iowa and Fort 
Dodge, Iowa: 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. 
RAMP RELOCATION AND RECONSTRUCTION DEMONSTRATION PROJECT 
For the purposes of carrying out a coordinated program of re-
habilitation, relocation and reconstruction of those portions of 1-94 
and connecting roads impacted by the construction of a new stadium 
in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, $10,200,000, to demonstrate methods of 
reducing traffic congestion in urban areas and particularly around 
sports facilities, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated for 
this project shall not be included in any calculations made under 
section 157 of title 23, United States Code, for fiscal year 1991 and 
each fiscal year thereafter. 
U.S. 54 INTERCHANGE PROJECT 
For the purpose of carrying out a demonstration of an improved 
interchange near a major municipal airport, there is hereby appro-
priated $9,265,000, to remain available until expended, for the 
acquisition of right-of-way, and other costs incurred in the construc-
tion of an improved interchange at Kellogg (U.S. 54) and Dugan 
Streets in Wichita, Kansas: Provided, That all funds appropriated 
under this heading shall be exempted from any limitation on obliga-
tions for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction 
programs: Provided further, That $200,000,000 of unobligated con-
tract authority available for airport development and planning 
pursuant to section 505(a) of the Airport and Airway Improvement 
Act of 1982, as amended, is rescinded. 
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) 
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40 u s e 817 note. 
Federal 
buildings and 
facilities. 
and the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act, $76,347,^)0; 
of which $5,000,000 shall be for carrying out 23 U.S.C. 410 and of 
which $38,229,500 shall remain available antil expended. 
OPERATIONS ANB RESEARCH 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For ej^enses necessary to discharge the functions of the Secretary 
with respect to traffic and hi^way safety under chapter 4, title 23, 
United States Code, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund, 
$42,365,900, to remain availd^le until expended. 
HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS 
(UQUIDATIGN OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For pa3rment of obligaticms incurred carrying 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, $104,825,000, 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 
t
rograms the total obligations for which are in excess of 
114,655,000 in fiscal year 1991 for "State and community highway 
safety grants" authorized under 23 U.S.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 $15,000,000 for "Alcohol safety incentive grants" 
authorized under 23 U.S.C. 408: Provided further. That not to exceed 
$5,078,000 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, as amended, the total obligations for which are 
in excess of $4,750,000 in fiscal years 1982 through 1991. 
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION 
OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Administration, 
not otherwise provided for, $14,433,000, of which $1,669,000 shall 
remain available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds 
in this Act shall be available for the planning or execution of a 
program making commitments to guarantee new loans under the 
Emergency Rail Services Act of 1970, as amended, and that no new 
commitments to guarantee loans under section 211(a) or 211(h) of 
the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, as amended, shall be 
made: Provided further, That, as part of the Washington Union 
Station transaction in which the Secretary assumed the first deed of 
trust on the property and, where the Union Station Redevelopment 
Corporation or any successor is obligated to make payments on such 
deed of trust on the Secretary's behalf, including payments on and 
PUBLIC LAW 101-516—NOV. 5, 1990 
104 STAT. 2171 
after September 30, 1988, the Secretary is authorized to receive such 
payments directly from the Union Station Redevelopment Corpora-
tion, 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 payment on the first deed of trust, may be advanced 
by the Administrator from unobligated balances available to the 
Federal Railroad Administration, to be reimbursed from payments 
received from the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation. 
LOCAL RAIL FREIGHT ASSISTANCE 
For necessary expenses for rail assistance under section 5(q) of the 
Department of Transportation Act, as amended, $10,000,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
RAILROAD SAFETY 
For necessary expenses in connection with railroad safety, not 
otherwise provided for, $34,362,000, of which $1,203,000 shall remain 
available until expended: Provided, That there may be credited to 
this appropriation funds received from non-Federal sources for ex-
penses incurred in training safety employees of private industry. 
State and local authorities, or other public authorities other than 
State rail safety inspectors participating in training pursuant to 
section 206 of the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970. 
RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for railroad research and development, 
$22,147,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That of 
this amount $1,000,000 is available until expended for a grant to the 
Long Island Rail Road to expand and extend an intermodal project 
including acquisition of intermodal equipment and related equip-
ment, improvement of terminal facilities, and for a study on the 
potential impact of the Long Island Rail Road Intermodal Project, 
including the potential relief of bridge and highway congestion in 
the New York Metropolitan Area: Provided further. That any such 
New York, 
grant shall be matched on a dollar for dollar basis by the State of New Jersey. 
New York and/or the State of New Jersey: Provided further, That 
up to $400,000 of the funds made available in fiscal year 1990 shall 
be made available for a grant to the National Railroad Passenger 
Corporation to undertake research to improve access to rail pas-
senger cars from station platforms for individuals with disabilities 
and elderly persons: Provided further. That of this amount $500,000 Washington, 
is available until expended for a grant to the State of Washington 
for a study on preliminary corridor design and feasibility studies on 
magnetically levitated rail or other high speed rail options: Provided 
further. That any such grant shall be matched on a dollar for dollar 
basis by the State of Washington. 
SETTLEMENTS OF RAILROAD LITIGATION 
For the payment of promissory notes issued pursuant to section 
210(f) of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 (Public Law 
93-236), as amended, $3,097,000, to remain available until expended, 
together with such sums as may be necessary for the payment of 
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interest due to the Secretary of the Treasury under the terms and 
conditions of such notes. 
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, $179,000,000, 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 Corporation, capital improvements, and labor protec-
tion costs authorized by 45 U.S.C. 565, to remain available until 
expended, $475,080,000, of which $343,080,000 shall be available for 
operating losses incurred by the Corporation and for labor protec-
tion costs, and of which $132,000,000 shall be available for capital 
improvements. Funds made available for operating losses and for 
labor protection costs which remain unobligated as of September 30, 
1991, 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 official 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 1991: 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 
improvements (including upgrading track and the signal system, 
ensuring safety at public and private highway and pedestrian cross-
ings by improving signals or eliminating such crossings, and the 
improvement of operational portions of stations related to intercity 
rail passenger service) on the main line track between Atlantic City, 
New Jersey, and the main line of the Northeast Corridor, unless the 
Secretary of Transportation certifies that not less than 40 per 
centum of the costs of such improvements shall be derived from non-
Federal sources: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation shall 
not operate rail passenger service between Atlantic City, New 
Jersey, and the Northeast Corridor main line unless the Corpora-
tion's Board of Directors determines that revenues from such service 
have covered or exceeded 80 per centum of the short-term avoidable 
costs of operating such service in the third 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 Spujrten Duyvil, New 
York, and the main line of the Northeast Corridor unless the 
Secretary of Transportation certifies that not less than 40 per 
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104 STAT. 2173 
centum of the costs of such improvements shall be derived from non-
Amtrak sources. 
MANDATORY PASSENGER RAIL SERVICE PAYMENTS 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds provided under 
this head are available to enable the Secretary of Transportation to 
pay obligations of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for 
repayment taxes due under section 3321 of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986. 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to pay obligations 
£md liabilities of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, 
$150,000,000: Provided, That of this amount $133,000,000 is available 
only for the payment of excise tax liabilities under section 3221 of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 due in fiscal year 1991 in excess 
of amounts needed to fund benefits for individuals who retired from 
the National Railroad Passenger Corporation and to beneficiaries of 
its employees: Provided further. That the remaining amount of 
$17,000,000 is available only for the pa5ntnent of obligations of the 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation under section 358(a) of 
title 45 of the United States Code due in fiscal year 1991 in excess of 
its obligations calculated on an experience-rated basis. 
RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT FINANCING FUNDS 
The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to issue to the 
Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obligations pursuant to 
section 512 of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform 
Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-210), as amended, in such amounts and 
at such times as may be necessary to pay any amounts required 
pursuant to the guarantee of the principal amount of obligations 
under sections 511 through 513 of such Act, such authority to exist 
as long as any such guaranteed obligation is outstanding: Provided, 
That no new loan guarantee commitments shall be made during 
fiscal year 1991: Provided further. That, notwithstanding any other 
Securities. 
provision of law, the Secretary of Transportation shall sell securities 
or promissory notes with a principal value of at least $32,000,000 
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 Rieform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-210), as 
amended, by no later than September 30, 1991: Provided further. 
That such securities or promissory notes authorized to be sold in the 
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-
tification to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
* 
House of Representatives before the consummation of each sale 
certifjdng that the amount to be realized is equal to or greater than 
the net present value to the Grovernment 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-
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Illinois. 
Securities. 
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, $284,979, 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 Conrail commuter transition 
assistance, not otherwise provided for, $5,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
AMTRAK CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT LOANS 
For loans to the Chicago, Missouri and Western Railroad, or its 
successors, to replace existing jointed rail with continuous welded 
rail between Joliet and Granite City, Illinois, $3,500,000: Provided, 
That any loan authorized under this section shall be structured with 
a maximum 20-year payment at an annual interest rate of 4 per 
centum: Provided further. That the Federal Government shall hold 
a first and prior purchase money security interest with respect to 
any materials to be acquired with Federal funds: Provided further. 
That any such loan shall be matched on a dollar for dollar basis by 
the State of Illinois: Provided further, That any such loan shall be 
made available no later than thirty days after enactment of this Act. 
URBAN MASS TRANSPORTATION ADMINISTRATION 
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, $32,583,000: 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". 
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, $8,000,000: 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. 
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104 STAT. 2175 
FORMULA GRANTS 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of sections 9 
and 18 of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as amended 
(49 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), $1,600,000,000, 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 $802,278,000 may be used for operating assistance under 
section 9(kX2) of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as 
gunended: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, before apportionment of these funds, $13,000,000 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 $1,400,000,000 in 
fiscal year 1991 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 (b) of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as 
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. 
WASHINGTON METRO 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 14 of 
Public Law 96-184, $64,100,000, to remain available until expended. 
SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation is hereby 
Government 
authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds 
contracts. 
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 nee-
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essary in carrying out the programs set forth in the Corporation's 
budget for the current fiscal year. 
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 
(HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses for operation and maintenance of those 
portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway operated and maintained by 
the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, $10,250,000, 
of which $174,000 shall remain available until expended 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, $15,833,000, of which $1,535,000 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, $11,042,000, to be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, of 
which $5,925,000 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, $31,875,000. 
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, $2,700,000. 
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104 STAT. 2177 
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), $31,470,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 may be used 
for official reception and representation expenses. 
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Interstate Commerce Commission, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed 
$1,500 
for 
official 
reception 
and 
representation 
expenses, 
$43,777,000: Provided, That joint board members and cooperating 
49USC 10344 
State commissioners may use Government transportation requests 
"°**-
when traveling in connection with their official duties as such. 
PAYMENTS FOR DIRECTED RAIL SERVICE 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
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 official reception and representation expenses of the 
Administrator, $48,928,000, 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 $459,000,000 in 
fiscal year 1991: Provided further. That funds available to the 
Panama Canal Commission shall be available for the purchase of 
not to exceed forty-four passenger motor vehicles for replacement 
only (including large heavy-duty vehicles used to transport Commis-
sion personnel across the Isthmus of Panama, the purchase price of 
which shall not exceed $15,000 per vehicle). 
104 STAT. 2178 
PUBLIC LAW 101-516—NOV. 5, 
im) 
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
REBATE OF SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY TOLLS 
(HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUNB) 
F
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M
' rebate of the United States portion ©
f tolls paid few use of 
the Saint Lawrence Seaway, pursuant to Public Law 99-662, 
$10,500,0^, to remain availaUe until expended and to be derived 
from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, of which not to exceed 
$20iO,0^ shall be available for expei^es of administ^'ing the 
rebates. 
WASmNGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY 
INTEREST PAYMENTS 
For necessary ex^nses for interest payments, to remain available 
until expended, $51,663,569: Provided, That these funds shall be 
disbursed pursuant to terms and conditicms established by PuMic 
Law 96-184 and the Initial Bond Repayment Psoliicipation 
Agreement. 
TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. During the current fiscal year apj^icable 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 31 U.S.C. 1341 to the extent necessary to 
permit payment of such pay increases for officers or employees as 
may be authorized by administrative action pursuant to law that are 
not in excess of statutory increases granted for the same period in 
corresponding rates of compensation for other employees of the 
Government in comparable positions. 
20 use 241 note. 
SEC. 303. Funds appropriated under this Act for expenditures by 
the Federal Aviation Administration shall be available (1) except as 
otherwise authorized by the Act of September 30, 1950 (20 U.S.C. 
236-244), for expenses of primary and secondary schooling for 
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 they attend and 
their places of residence when the Secretary, under such regulations 
as may be prescribed, determines that such schools are not acces-
sible by public means of transportation on a regular basis. 
SEC. 304. Appropriations contained in this Act for the Department 
of Transportation shall be available for services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem 
rate equivalent to the rate for a GS-18. 
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104 STAT. 2179 
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: Provided, That the 
Secretary may plan for further development of the Transportation 
Systems Center and for other compatible uses of the Center's real 
property, provided that any such planning does not alter the Fed-
eral status of the Center's research and development operation. 
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 1991 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. 
(b) During the period October 1 through December 31, 1990, 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: Pro-
vided, That this subsection shall not apply to funds obligated for the 
Kennedy Expressway rehabilitation project in Chicago, Illinois. 
(c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and 0?), 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(b)(5XA) of title 23, United States Code; 
(2) after August 1, 1991, 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 
Government 
contracts. 
Inter-
governmental 
relations. 
23 u s e 104 note. 
104 STAT. 2180 
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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 substantial 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 1991 shall 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 0^) 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 0^) and (c) of Public Law 
100-17. 
(e) Subject to paragraph (c)(2) of this General Provision, a State 
which after August 1 and on or before September 30 of fiscal year 
1991 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 safety construction 
on or before September 30, 1991, 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, 1991, 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 apportior^ed or allocated to all States— 
(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 would not be obligated in fiscal year 1991 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, 1991, has the amount distributed to such State under 
paragraph (a) for fiscal year 1991 reduced under paragraph (c)(2). 
SEC. 311. None of the funds in this Act shall be available for 
salaries and expenses of more than one hundred and twenty 
political and Presidential appointees in the Department of 
Transportation. 
SEC. 312. Not to exceed $1,350,000 of the funds provided in this Act 
for the Department of Transportation shall be available for the 
necessary expenses of advisory committees. 
PUBLIC LAW 101-516—NOV. 5, 1990 
104 STAT. 2181 
SEC. 313. The limitation on obligations for the Discretionary 
Grants program of the Urban Mass Transportation Administration 
shall not apply to any authority under section 21(a)(2) of the Urban 
Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as amended, previously made 
available for obligation. 
SEC. 314. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 
funds in this Act shall be available for the construction of, or any 
other costs related to, the Central Automated Transit System 
(Downtown People Mover) in Detroit, Michigan. 
SEC. 315. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to implement 
section 404 of title 23, United States Code. 
SEC. 316. 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. 317. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
appropriated in this or any other Act intended for studies, reports, 
training, salaries, or research, and related costs thereof including 
necessary capital expenses, including site acquisition, construction 
and equipment, are available for such purposes to be conducted 
through contracts, grants, or financial assistance agreements with 
the educational institutions that are specified in such Acts or in any 
report accompanying such Acts. 
SEC. 318. 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(b)(5)(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. 319. ESSENTIAL AIR SERVICE COMPENSATION.—Notwithstand-
ing any other provision of law, the Secretary of Transportation shall 
make payment of compensation under subsection 419 of the Federal 
Aviation Act of 1958, as amended, only to the extent and in the 
manner provided in appropriations Acts, at times and in a manner 
determined by the Secretary to be appropriate, and claims for such 
compensation shall not arise except in accordance with this 
provision. 
SEC. 320. The authority conferred by section 513(d) of the Airport 
and Airway Improvement Act of 1982, as amended, to issue letters of 
intent shall remain in effect subsequent to 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. 321. 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 decresised 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. 
49 u s e app. 
1617 note. 
Federal 
Register, 
publication. 
Grants. 
Florida. 
49 u s e app. 
2212 note. 
104 STAT. 2182 
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49 u s e app. 
2205 note. 
New York. 
49 u s e 2311. 
Government 
property. 
New York. 
Mary E. Shell. 
Edward Shell. 
SEC. 322. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1991 pay 
raises for programs funded in this Act shall be absorbed within the 
levels appropriated in this Act. 
SEC. 323. VESSEL TRAFFIC SAFETY FAIRWAY.—None of the funds in 
this Act shall be available to plan, finalize, or implement regula-
tions that would establish a vessel traffic safety fairway less than 
five miles wide between the Santa Barbara Traffic Separation 
Scheme and the San Francisco Traffic Separation Scheme. 
SEC. 324. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, airports 
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 a Federal airport aid pro-
gram, airport development aid program or 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. 325. (a) INTERMODAL URBAN DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.— 
Funds appropriated in this Act for "Intermodal Urban Demonstra-
tion Project" shall remain available until expended. 
(b) WESTSIDE CONNECTOR RAIL LINE PROJECT.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, of the discretionary funds available to 
New York State under the Interstate Transfer Grants-Transit ac-
count of this Act, $11,000,000 shall be transferred to the Federal 
Railroad Administration, which shall make such funds available to 
Amtrak for the Westside Connector Rail Line Project in New York 
City. 
SEC. 326. 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 1991 
by the Coast Guard in responding to any oil spill. 
SEC. 327. (a) MAXI-CUBE VEHICLES.—Section 411(d) of the Surface 
Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (49 U.S.C. App. 2311(d)), 
relating to length limitations on federally assisted highways, is 
amended by inserting after "boat transporters" the following: "and 
maxi-cube vehicles". 
(b) INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT SERVICE TRANSMITTING FACILITY.—(1) 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and subject to the 
provisions of subsection (b)(2) below, title to a certain 102 acres of 
property located at West Sayville, town of Islip, Suffolk County, 
New York, as described in a deed dated November 4, 1918, from the 
Atlantic Communication Company, recorded in the office of the 
County Clerk of Suffolk County, New York on February 2, 1921, in 
Deed Liber 1016, page 433; a quit claim deed dated January 20,1920, 
from Mary E. Shell; Executrix of the Estate of Edward Shell, 
recorded in the office of the County Clerk of Suffolk County, New 
York in Deed Liber 1016, page 438; and a deed dated September 2, 
1920, from Atlantic Communication Company, recorded in the office 
of the County Clerk of Suffolk County, New York in Deed Liber 
1016, page 443, and known as the Federal Aviation Administration's 
International Flight Service Transmitting Facility, shall be con-
veyed to the Fish and Wildlife Service of the United States Depart-
ment of the Interior in order to ensure the continued protection of 
the sandplain gerardia (Agalinis acuta) a federally listed endan-
gered plant species. 
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104 STAT. 2183 
(2) The conveyance of the property identified in subsection (b)(1) 
New Jersey, 
shall become effective upon certification by the Administrator oip the 
Federal Aviation Administration that the International Flight Serv-
ice Transmitting Facility currently located on such property has 
been completely relocated to an alternate site in Barnegat, New 
Jersey, and that the relocated International 
Flight 
Service 
Transmitting Facility is fully functional. 
(3) Pursuant to the provisions of 40 U.S.C. 484(k)(2), a certain 19.2 New York, 
acres of property located on the west side of Cherry Avenue in West 
Sayville, town of Islip, County of Suffolk, New York, as described in 
a Declaration of Taking, Civil Number 60-CD-853, filed in United 
States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, dated 
September 9, 1960, shall be transferred, as a public benefit transfer 
and without cost, to said town of Islip for recreational purposes. 
SEC. 328. WESTSIDE LIGHT RAIL.—Notwithstanding any other 
Government 
provision of law, the Secretary shall, with regard to the Discre- contracts, 
tionary Grants program of the Urban Mass Transportation 
'"^gon. 
Administration, by September 30, 1991, issue a letter of intent and 
enter into a full funding agreement for the Westside Light Rail 
extension, including systems related costs, between downtown Port-
land, Oregon, and S.W. 185th Avenue. That full funding agreement 
shall provide for a future amendment under the same terms and 
conditions set forth above, for the extension known as the Hillsboro 
project which extends from S.W. 185th Avenue to the Transit Center 
in the City of Hillsboro, Oregon. Subject to a regional decision 
documented in the Hillsboro project's preferred alternatives report, 
the Secretary shall enter into an agreement with the Tri-County 
Metropolitan Transportation District in Portland, Oregon, to initi-
ate preliminary engineering on the Hillsboro project, which shall 
proceed independent of and concurrent with the project between 
downtown Portland, Oregon, and S.W. 185th Avenue. 
SEC. 329. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
23 USC104 note. 
Secretary of Transportation shall reduce the aggregate amount 
which a State may obligate for Federal-aid highways and highway 
safety construction programs for fiscal year 1991 by 25 percent if 
such State has a public authority which provides mass transpor-
tation for an urbanized area of such State with a population of 
3,000,000 or more as determined under the 1980 decennial census of 
the United States, and if by October 1,1990— 
(1) laws of such State do not authorize a general tax-based 
source of revenues to take effect on or before January 1, 1992, 
dedicated to paying the non-Federal share of projects for mass 
transportation eligible for assistance under the Urban Mass 
Transportation Act of 1964; or 
(2) the laws of such State do not authorize the establishment 
of regional or locsd tax-based sources of revenues dedicated to 
pay such non-Federal share or for paying operating expenses of 
mass transit service so as to satisfy financial capacity standards 
as may be required by the Secretary of Transportation. 
(b) The Secretary of Transportation may restore any reductions in 
obligation authority made under paragraph (a) in fiscal year 1991 
for any such State which meets by July 1, 1991, subparagraph (1) or 
(2) of paragraph (a). 
(c) For purposes of this section, the terms "mass transportation", 
"State", and "urbanized areas" have the meaning such terms have 
under section 12 of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964. 
104 STAT. 2184 
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49 use app. 
SEC. 330. (a) AUXIUARY FLIGHT SERVICE STATION PROGRAM.—The 
1348 note. 
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall develop 
and implement a system of manned auxiliary flight service stations. 
The auxiliary flight service stations shall supplement the services of 
the planned consolidation to 61 automated flight service stations 
under the flight service station modernization program. Auxiliary 
flight service stations shall be located in areas of unique weather or 
Effective date. 
operational conditions which are critical to the safety of flight. Not 
Reports. 
later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall report 
to Congress with the plan and schedule for implementation of this 
section. 
(b) NATIONAL WEATHER GRAPHICS SYSTEM.—None of the funds 
made available in this Act may be used by the Federal Aviation 
Administration for a new National Weather Graphics System. 
23 use 154 note. 
SEC. 331. NATIONAL 55 MPH SPEED LIMIT ENFORCEMENT PEN-
ALTIES.—Notwithstanding sections 141(a) and 154 of title 23, United 
States Code, none of the funds in this or any previous or subsequent 
Act shall be used for the purpose of reducing or reserving any 
portion of a State's apportionment of Federal-aid highway funds as 
required by section 154(f) of title 23, United States Code, for reason 
of noncompliance with the criteria of that subsection during fiscal 
year 1989. The Secretary shall promptly restore any apportionments 
which, prior to enactment of this Act, were reduced or reserved from 
obligation for reason of noncompliance under section 154(f) during 
said fiscal year. 
SEC. 332. Unless specifically provided in this Act, none of the 
funds in this Act shall be available to initiate multiyear contracts 
for a program which meets the criteria of a Level I or Level II major 
system acquisition as defined by Department of Transportation 
Order 4200.14 if the total value of procurement end items in the 
contract, including options, exceeds $100,000,000: Provided, That for 
the purposes of this section, a multiyear contract is defined as one 
which provides for more than one year's requirements of systems, 
subsystems, or components within a single contract: Provided fur-
ther. That none of the funds in this Act shall be available to initiate 
contracts for major systems acquisition which include procurement 
options where funding for those options is scheduled to be provided 
prior to delivery to the Federal Government of at least fifty per 
centum of all units previously ordered under that contract. 
23 use 104 note. 
SEC. 333. For each fiscal year the Secretary of Transportation 
shall withhold five per centum of the amount required to be appor-
tioned to any State under each of paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and (6) of 
section 10403) on the first day of each fiscal year which begins after 
the second full calendar year following the date of enactment of this 
section if the State does not meet the requirements of paragraph (3) 
on such date. 
Subsections (a)(2), (a)(3), (b), and (c) of section 104 of title 23, 
United States Code, are amended as follows: 
"(2) The Secretary shall withhold 10 per centum (including any 
amounts withheld under paragraph (1)) of the amount required to be 
apportioned to any State under each of paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and 
(6) of section 1040t)) on the first day of each fiscal year which begins 
after the fourth full calendar year following the date of enactment 
of this section if the State does not meet the requirements of 
paragraph (3) on the first day of such fiscal year. 
"(3) A State meets the requirements of this paragraph if— 
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"(A) the State has enacted and is enforcing a law that re-
quires in all circumstances, or requires in the absence of 
compelling circumstances warranting an exception— 
"(i) the revocation, or suspension for at least 6 months, of 
the driver's license of any individual who is convicted, after 
the enactment of such law, o
f
— 
"(I) any violation of the Controlled Substances Act, or 
"(11) any drug offense, and 
"(ii) a delay in the issuance or reinstatement of a driver's 
license to such an individual for at least 6 months after the 
individual applies for the issuance or reinstatement of a 
driver's license if the individual does not have a driver's 
license, or the driver's license of the individual is sus-
pended, at the time the individual is so convicted, or 
"(B) The Governor of the State— 
"(i) submits to the Secretary no earlier than the adjourn-
ment sine die of the first regularly scheduled session of the 
State's legislature which begins after the date of enactment 
of this section a written certification stating that he is 
opposed to the enactment or enforcement in his State of a 
law described in subparagraph (A) relating to the revoca-
tion, suspension, issuance, or reinstatement of driver's li-
censes to convicted drug offenders; and 
"(ii) submits to the Secretary a written certification that 
the legislature (including both Houses where applicable) 
has adopted a resolution expressing its opposition to a law 
described in clause (i). 
"(b)(1)(A) Any funds withheld under subsection (a) from apportion-
ment to any State on or before September 30, 1995, shall remain 
available for apportionment to such State as follows: 
"(i) If such funds would have been apportioned under section 
104(b)(5)(A) but for this section, such funds shall remain avail-
able until the end of the fiscal year for which such funds are 
authorized to be appropriated. 
"(ii) If such funds would have been apportioned under section 
104(bX5)(B) but for this section, such funds shall remain avail-
able until the end of the second fiscal year following the fiscal 
year for which such funds are authorized to be appropriated. 
"(iii) If such funds would have been apportioned under para-
graph (1), (2), or (6) of section 104(b) but for this section, such 
funds shall remain available until the end of the third fiscal 
year following the fiscal year for which such funds are au-
thorized to be appropriated. 
"(B) No funds withheld under this section from apportionment to 
any State after September 30, 1995, shall be available for apportion-
ment to such State. 
"(2) If, before the last day of the period for which funds withheld 
under subsection (a) from apportionment are to remain available for 
apportionment to a State under paragraph (1), the State meets the 
requirements of subsection (a)(3), the Secretary shall, on the first 
day on which the State meets the requirements of subsection (a)(3), 
apportion to the State the funds withheld under subsection (a) that 
remain available for apportionment to the State. 
"(3) Any funds apportioned pursuant to paragraph (2) shall 
remain available for expenditure as follows: 
"(A) Funds originally apportioned under section 104(b)(5)(A) 
shall remain available until the end of the fiscal year succeed-
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ing the fiscal year in which such funds are apportioned under 
paragraph (2). 
"(B) Funds originally apportioned under paragraph (1), (2), 
(5)(B), or (6) of section 104(b) shall remain available until the end 
of the third fiscal year succeeding the fiscal year in which such 
funds are so apportioned. 
Sums not obligated at the end of such period shall lapse or, in the 
case of funds apportioned under section 104(b)(5), shall lapse and be 
made available by the Secretary for projects in accordance with 
section 118(b). 
"(4) If, at the end of the period for which funds withheld under 
subsection (a) from apportionment are available for apportionment 
to a State under paragraph (1), the State does not meet the require-
ments of subsection (a)(3), such funds shall lapse or, in the case of 
funds withheld from apportionment under section 10403)(5), such 
funds shall lapse and be made available by the Secretary for projects 
in accordance with section 118(b). 
"(c) For purposes of this section— 
"(1) The term 'driver's license' means a license issued by a 
State to any individual that authorizes the individual to operate 
a motor vehicle on highways. 
"(2) The term 'drug offense' means any criminal offense 
which proscribes— 
"(A) the possession, distribution, manufacture, cultiva-
tion, sale, transfer, or the attempt or conspiracy to possess, 
distribute, manufacture, cultivate, sell, or transfer any sub-
stance the possession of which is prohibited under the 
Controlled Substances Act, or 
"(B) the operation of a motor vehicle under the influence 
of such a substance. 
"(3) The term 'convicted' includes adjudicated under juvenile 
proceedings.", 
(b) The table of contents for chapter 1 of title 23, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new 
item: 
"159. Revocation or suspension of the driver's license of individuals convicted of 
drug offenses.". 
SEC. 334. Unobligated funds authorized to be appropriated by 
section 131(dX2) of the Highway Improvement Act of 1982, Public 
Law 97-424, shall be available for obligation for the project de-
scribed in section 149(aX88) of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1987, 
Public Law 100-17, in the same manner and to the same extent 
provided in section 131(dX3) of the Highway Improvement Act of 
1982. 
SEC. 335. Notwithstanding section 127 of title 23, United States 
Code, the State of Wyoming may permit the use of the National 
System of Interstate and Defense Highways located in Wyoming by 
vehicles in excess of 80,000 pounds gross weight, but meeting axle 
and bridge formula specifications in section 127 of title 23, United 
States Code: Provided, That this section shall remain in effect until 
December 31 1991. 
SEC. 336. 23 U.S.C. 410(eXlXC) is hereby amended by striking the 
words "within the time period specified in subparagraph (F)"; 23 
U.S.C. 410(e)(2) is hereby amended by adding the words "a signifi-
cant portion o f after the word "which", the first time it appears, 
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104 STAT. 2187 
and by striking the words "convicted o f and inserting in lieu 
thereof the words "apprehended and fined for". 
SEC. 337. Within 180 days of the effective date of this Act, the 
Federal Aviation Administration shall undertake and complete a 
study on the classification of air traffic controllers at level IV 
limited radar approach facilities which includes airspace complexity 
as a factor in determining grade classification. The results of this 
study, along with an implementation plan, shall be provided to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 338. Notwithstanding any provision of the Urban Mass 
Transportation Act of 1964, as amended, the Urban Mass Transpor-
tation Administration shall not withhold fiscal year 1989, 1990 or 
1991 funds for any section 3 and section 9 operating and capital 
assistance grants for the City of Phoenix, Arizona, based on the 
inclusion of a "preference in hiring" provision in the employee 
protective arrangements developed pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 1609(c). 
SEC. 339. 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 a develop-
ment grant for fiscal year 1989 under such section 402 and which 
have participated in the Commercial Motor Carrier Safety Inspec-
tion and Weighing Demonstration Program, the Secretary shall only 
approve a plan under such section 402 for fiscal year 1991 which 
provides that the aggregate expenditure of funds of the State and 
political subdivisions thereof, exclusive 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 fiscal year 1990. 
SEC. 340. (a)(1) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
obligated or expended to enter into any contract for the construc-
tion, alteration, or repair of any public building or public work in 
the United States or any territory or possession of the United States 
with any contractor or subcontractor of a foreign country, or any 
supplier of products of a foreign country, during any period in which 
such foreign country is listed by the United States Trade Represent-
ative under subsection (c) of this section. 
(2) The President or the head of a Federal agency administering 
the funds for the construction, alteration, or repair may waive the 
restrictions of paragraph (1) of this subsection with respect to an 
individual contract if the President or the head of such agency 
determines that such action is necessary for the public interest. The 
authority of the President or the head of a Federal agency under 
this paragraph may not be delegated. The President or the head of a 
Federal agency waiving such restrictions shall, within 10 days, 
publish a notice thereof in the Federal Register describing in detail 
the contract involved and the reason for granting the waiver. 
(b)(1) Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the United States Trade Representative shall make a deter-
mination with respect to each foreign country of whether such 
foreign country— 
(A) denies fair and equitable market opportunities for prod-
ucts and services of the United States in procurement, or 
(B) denies fair and equitable market opportunities for prod-
ucts and services of the United States in bidding, 
for construction projects that cost more than $500,000 and are 
funded (in whole or in part) by the government of such foreign 
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President. 
Federal 
Register, 
publication. 
Government 
contracts. 
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Reports. 
Federal 
Register, 
publication. 
country or by an entity controlled directly or indirectly by such 
foreign country. 
(2) In making determinations under paragraph (1), the United 
States Trade Representative shall take into account information 
obtained in preparing the report submitted under section 181(b) of 
the Trade Act of 1974 and such other information or evidence 
concerning discrimination in construction projects against United 
States products and services that are available. 
(c)(1) The United States Trade Representative shall maintain a list 
of each foreign country which— 
(A) denies fair and equitable market opportunities for prod-
ucts and services of the United States in procurement, or 
(B) denies fair and equitable market opportunities for prod-
ucts and services of the United States in bidding, 
for construction projects that cost more than $500,000 and are 
funded (in whole or in part) by the government of such foreign 
country or by an entity controlled directly or indirectly by such 
foreign country. 
(2) Any foreign country that is initially listed or that is added to 
the list maintained under paragraph (1) shall remain on the list 
until— 
(A) such country removes the barriers in construction projects 
to United States products and services; 
(B) such country submits to the United States Trade Rep-
resentative evidence demonstrating that such barriers have 
been removed; and 
(C) the United States Trade Representative conducts an inves-
tigation to verify independently that such barriers have been 
removed and submits, at least 30 days before granting any such 
waiver, a report to each House of the Congress identifjdng the 
barriers and describing the actions taken to remove them. 
(3) The United States Trade Representative shall publish in the 
Federal Register the entire list required under paragraph (1) and 
shall publish in the Federal Register any modifications to such list 
that are made after publication of the original list. 
(d) For purposes of this section— 
(1) The term 
"foreign 
country" includes any 
foreign 
instrumentality. Each territory or possession of a foreign coun-
try that is administered separately for customs purposes shall 
be treated as a separate foreign country. 
(2) Any contractor or subcontractor that is a citizen or na-
tional of a foreign country, or is controlled directly or indirectly 
by citizens or nationals of a foreign country, shall be considered 
to be a contractor or subcontractor of such foreign country. 
(3) Subject to paragraph (4), any product that is produced or 
manufactured (in whole or in substantial part) in a foreign 
country shall be considered to be a product of such foreign 
country. 
(4) The restrictions of subsection (a)(1) shall not prohibit the 
use, in the construction, alteration, or repair of a public build-
ing or public work, of vehicles or construction equipment of a 
foreign country. 
(5) The terms "contractor" and "subcontractor" includes any 
person performing any architectural, engineering, or other serv-
ices directly related to the preparation for or performance of the 
construction, alteration, or repair. 
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(e) Paragraph (a)(1) of this section shall not apply to contracts 
entered into prior to the date of enactment of this Act. 
(f) The provisions of this section are in addition to, and do not 
limit or supersede, any other restrictions contained in any other 
Federal law. 
SEC. 341. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the 23 use 104 note. 
period January 1, 1992, through December 31, 1992, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall reduce the aggregate amount which a State 
may obligate for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construc-
tion programs by 25 percent if such State has a public authority 
which provides mass transportation for an urbanized area of such 
State with a population of 3,000,000 or more as determined under 
the 1980 decennial census of the United States, and if by October 1, 
1991— 
(1) laws of such State do not authorize a general tax-based 
source of revenues to take effect on or before January 1, 1992, 
dedicated to paying the non-Federal share of projects for mass 
transportation eligible for assistance under the Urban Mass 
Transportation Act of 1964; or 
(2) the laws of such State do not authorize the establishment 
of regional or local tax-based sources of revenues dedicated to 
pay such non-Federal share or for paying operating expenses of 
mass transit service so as to satisfy financial capacity standards 
as may be required by the Secretary of Transportation. 
(b) For purposes of this section, the terms "mass transportation", 
"State", and "urbanized areas" have the meaning such terms have 
under section 12 of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964. 
(c) Any withholding defined under this section shall be waived if 
the Governor of the State— 
(1) submits to the Secretary by October 1, 1991, a written 
certification stating that he is opposed to the enactment in his 
State of a law described in subsections (a) (1) and (2) and that 
funding as described in subsections (a) (1) and (2) would not 
improve public transportation safety; and 
(2) submits to the Secretary a written certification that the 
legislature (including both Houses where applicable) has 
adopted a resolution by a simple majority expressing its opposi-
tion to a law described in subsections (a) (1) and (2). 
(d) This section shall remain in effect until December 31, 1992. 
This Act may be cited as the "Department of Transportation and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991". 
Approved November 5, 1990. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 5229: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 101-584 (Comm. on Appropriations) and No. 101-892 (Coram. 
of Conference). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 101-398 (Comm. on Appropriations). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 136 (1990): 
July 12, considered and passed House. 
Aug. 4, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Oct. 19, House agreed to conference report; receded and concurred in certain 
Senate amendments, in others with amendments. 
Oct. 26, Senate agreed to conference report and concurred in certain House 
amendments. 
Oct. 27, Senate concurred in certain House amendment, in another with an 
amendment. House concurred in Senate amendment.