2000
H.R.4556
One Hundred Third Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the twenty-fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-
four
An Act
Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums
are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, for the Department of Transportation and related agencies
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and for other purposes,
namely:
TITLE I
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
Salaries and Expenses
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, $58,094,000,
of which $3,962,000 shall remain available until expended; and of which
not to exceed $40,000 shall be available as the Secretary may determine
for allocation within the Department for official reception and
representation expenses: Provided, That in addition to this amount and
notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds provided in
this or any other Act for the Department of Transportation, the
Secretary may transfer not to exceed $5,376,000 from accounts otherwise
available for carrying out civil rights functions within the Department
of Transportation to this account for carrying out internal civil
rights functions through a consolidated departmental Office of Civil
Rights within the Office of the Secretary: Provided further, That in
addition, for transfer of civil rights and legal support activities
related to the Federal Highway Administration, $809,000 to be derived
from ``Federal-aid Highways'' subject to the ``Limitation on General
Operating Expenses'': Provided further, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, funds available for the purposes of the Minority
Business Resource Center in this Act may be used for business
opportunities related to any mode of transportation.
Transportation Planning, Research, and Development
For necessary expenses for conducting transportation planning,
research, and development activities, including the collection of
national transportation statistics, to remain available until expended,
$8,293,000.
Office of Commercial Space Transportation
operations and research
For necessary expenses for operations and research activities
related to commercial space transportation, $6,060,000, of which
$3,833,000 shall remain available until expended.
Working Capital Fund
Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital outlays of the
Department of Transportation Working Capital Fund not to exceed
$93,000,000 shall be paid, in accordance with law, from appropriations
made available by this Act and prior appropriations Acts to the
Department of Transportation, together with advances and reimbursements
received by the Department of Transportation.
Payments to Air Carriers
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(airport and airway trust fund)
(including rescission of contract authorization)
For liquidation of obligations incurred 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, $33,423,000,
to remain available until expended and to be derived from the Airport
and Airway Trust Fund: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act
shall be available for the implementation or execution of programs in
excess of $33,423,000 for the Payments to Air Carriers program in
fiscal year 1995: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act
shall be used by the Secretary of Transportation to make payment of
compensation under section 419 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as
amended, in excess of the appropriation in this Act for liquidation of
obligations incurred under the ``Payments to air carriers'' program:
Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be used for
the payment of claims for such compensation except in accordance with
this provision: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act
shall be available for service to communities in the forty-eight
contiguous States that are located fewer than seventy highway miles
from the nearest large or medium hub airport, or that require a rate of
subsidy per passenger in excess of $200 unless such point is greater
than two hundred and ten miles from the nearest large or medium hub
airport: Provided further, That of funds provided for ``Small Community
Air Service'' by Public Law 101-508, $4,000,000 in fiscal year 1995 is
hereby rescinded.
Rental Payments
For necessary expenses for rental of headquarters and field space and
related services assessed by the General Services Administration,
$144,419,000: Provided, That of this amount, $1,976,000 shall be
derived from the Highway Trust Fund, $39,426,000 shall be derived from
the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, $713,000 shall be derived from the
Pipeline Safety Fund, and $181,000 shall be derived from the Harbor
Maintenance Trust Fund: Provided further, That in addition, for
assessments by the General Services Administration related to the space
needs of the Federal Highway Administration, $18,044,000, to be derived
from ``Federal-aid Highways'', subject to the ``Limitation on General
Operating Expenses''.
Minority Business Resource Center Program
For the cost of direct loans, $1,500,000, as authorized by 49
U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these funds are available to
subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans
not to exceed $15,000,000. In addition, for administrative expenses to
carry out the direct loan program, $400,000.
COAST GUARD
Operating Expenses
For necessary expenses for the operation and maintenance of the
Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for; purchase of not to exceed
fifteen passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; payments
pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97-377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402
note), and section 229(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
429(b)); and recreation and welfare; $2,598,000,000, of which
$25,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund;
and of which $25,000,000 shall be expended from the Boat Safety
Account: Provided, That the number of aircraft on hand at any one time
shall not exceed two hundred and eighteen, exclusive of aircraft 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:
Provided further, That the Commandant shall reduce both military and
civilian employment levels for the purpose of complying with Executive
Order No. 12839.
Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements
For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction, rebuilding,
and improvement o
2000
f aids to navigation, shore facilities, vessels, and
aircraft, including equipment related thereto, $362,950,000, of which
$32,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund;
of which $187,900,000 shall be available to acquire, repair, renovate
or improve vessels, small boats and related equipment, to remain
available until September 30, 1999; $11,800,000 shall be available to
acquire new aircraft and increase aviation capability, to remain
available until September 30, 1997; $29,700,000 shall be available for
other equipment, to remain available until September 30, 1997;
$89,350,000 shall be available for shore facilities and aids to
navigation facilities, to remain available until September 30, 1997;
and $44,200,000 shall be available for personnel compensation and
benefits and related costs, to remain available until September 30,
1995: Provided, That funds received from the sale of the VC-11A and HU-
25 aircraft shall be credited to this appropriation for the purpose of
acquiring new aircraft and increasing aviation capacity.
Environmental Compliance and Restoration
For necessary expenses to carry out the Coast Guard's environmental
compliance and restoration functions under chapter 19 of title 14,
United States Code, $23,500,000, to remain available until expended.
Retired Pay
For retired pay, including the payment of obligations therefor
otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this purpose, and
payments under the Retired Serviceman's Family Protection and Survivor
Benefits Plans, and for payments for medical care of retired personnel
and their dependents under the Dependents Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C.
ch. 55), $562,585,000.
Reserve Training
For all necessary expenses for the Coast Guard Reserve, as
authorized by law; maintenance and operation of facilities; and
supplies, equipment, and services; $64,981,000: Provided, That funds
provided under this head shall support a selected reserve force of
8,000 members.
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for applied
scientific research, development, test, and evaluation; maintenance,
rehabilitation, lease and operation of facilities and equipment, as
authorized by law, $20,310,000, to remain available until expended, of
which $3,150,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust
Fund: 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 boating
safety assistance under Public Law 92-75, as amended, $25,000,000, 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 (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, and carrying
out the provisions of the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982,
as amended, or other provisions of law authorizing the obligation of
funds for similar programs of airport and airway development or
improvement, lease or purchase of four passenger motor vehicles for
replacement only, $4,595,394,000, of which $2,450,250,000 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, foreign authorities, other public
authorities, and private sources, for expenses incurred in the
provision of aviation services, including the maintenance and operation
of air navigation facilities and for issuance, renewal or modification
of certificates, including airman, aircraft, and repair station
certificates, or for tests related thereto, or for processing major
repair or alteration forms: Provided further, That, of the funds
available under this head, $17,500,000 is available only for permanent
change of station moves for members of the air traffic workforce:
Provided further, That funds may be used to enter into a grant
agreement with a nonprofit standard setting organization to assist in
the development of aviation safety standards: Provided further, That
none of the funds in this Act shall be available for new applicants for
the second career training program: Provided further, That none of the
funds in this Act shall be available for paying premium pay under 5
U.S.C. 5546(a) to any Federal Aviation Administration employee unless
such employee actually performed work during the time corresponding to
such premium pay.
Facilities and Equipment
(airport and airway trust fund)
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for
acquisition, establishment, and improvement by contract or purchase,
and hire of air navigation and experimental facilities and equipment as
authorized by the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended (49 U.S.C.
App. 1301 et seq.), including initial acquisition of 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 for officers and employees of the Federal Aviation
Administration stationed at remote localities where such accommodations
are not available; and the purchase, lease, or transfer of aircraft
from funds available under this head; to be derived from the Airport
and Airway Trust Fund, $2,087,489,000, of which $1,878,989,000 shall
remain available until September 30, 1997, and of which $208,500,000
shall remain available until September 30, 1996: Provided, That there
may be credited to this appropriation funds received from States,
counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and private
sources, for expenses incurred in the establishment and modernization
of air navigation facilities: Provided further, That none of the funds
under this head for the Advanced Automation System may be obligated
until the Federal Aviation Administration submits to the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations and the House Committee on Public
Works and Transportation and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science,
and Transportation a comprehensive program plan and up to date estimate
of the fiscal year 1995 budget requirement for this program.
Research, Engineering, and Development
(airport and airway trust fund)
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for research,
engineering, and development, in accordance with the provisions of the
Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended (49 U.S.C. App. 1301 et seq.),
including construction of experimental facilities and acquisition of
necessary sites by lease or grant, $259,192,000, to be derived from the
Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until expended:
Provided, That there may be credited to this appropriation funds
received from States, 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 grants-in-aid for
airport planning and development, and for noise compatibility planning
and programs under the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982, as
amended, and under other law authorizing such obligations,
$1,500,000,
2000
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 $1,450,000,000 in
fiscal year 1995 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.
Aviation Insurance Revolving Fund
The Secretary of Transportation is hereby authorized to make such
expenditures and investments, within the limits of funds available
pursuant to section 1306 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as
amended (49 U.S.C. App. 1536), and in accordance with section 104 of
the Government Corporation Control Act, as amended (31 U.S.C. 9104), as
may be necessary in carrying out the program for aviation insurance
activities under title XIII of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958.
Aircraft Purchase Loan Guarantee Program
None of the funds in this Act shall be available for activities
under this head the obligations for which are in excess of $9,970,000
during fiscal year 1995.
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
Limitation on General Operating Expenses
Necessary expenses for administration, operation, including motor
carrier safety program operations, and research of the Federal Highway
Administration not to exceed $525,341,000 shall be paid in accordance
with law from appropriations made available by this Act to the Federal
Highway Administration together with advances and reimbursements
received by the Federal Highway Administration: Provided, That not to
exceed $218,158,000 of the amount provided herein shall remain
available until September 30, 1997.
Highway-Related Safety Grants
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(highway trust fund)
(including rescission and transfer of funds)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions
of title 23, United States Code, section 402 administered by the
Federal Highway Administration, to remain available until expended,
$10,800,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That
not to exceed $100,000 of the amount appropriated herein shall be
available for ``Limitation on general operating expenses'': Provided
further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the
planning or execution of programs the obligations for which are in
excess of $10,800,000 in fiscal year 1995 for ``Highway-Related Safety
Grants'': Provided further, That of the funds authorized for section
402 highway safety programs in section 1003(a)(7) of Public Law 102-
240, $20,000,000 in unobligated contract authority is rescinded.
Federal-Aid Highways
(limitation on obligations)
(highway trust fund)
None of the funds in this Act shall be available for the
implementation or execution of programs the obligations for which are
in excess of $17,160,000,000 for Federal-aid highways and highway
safety construction programs for fiscal year 1995.
Federal-Aid Highways
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(highway trust fund)
For carrying out the provisions of title 23, United States Code,
that are attributable to Federal-aid highways, including the National
Scenic and Recreational Highway as authorized by 23 U.S.C. 148, not
otherwise provided, including reimbursements for sums expended pursuant
to the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 308, $17,000,000,000 or so much thereof
as may be available in and derived from the Highway Trust Fund, to
remain available until expended.
Right-of-Way Revolving Fund
(limitation on direct loans)
(highway trust fund)
During fiscal year 1995 and with the resources and authority
available, gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans
shall not exceed $42,500,000.
Motor Carrier Safety Grants
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(highway trust fund)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions
of section 402 of Public Law 97-424, $73,000,000, 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 $74,000,000 for ``Motor Carrier Safety Grants''.
Surface Transportation Projects
For up to 80 percent or as specified in authorizing legislation, of
the expenses necessary for certain highway and surface transportation
projects and parking facilities, including feasibility and
environmental studies, that advance methods of improving safety,
reducing congestion, or otherwise improving surface transportation,
$352,055,000, to remain available until expended.
NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
Operations and Research
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the Secretary
with respect to traffic and highway safety under the Motor Vehicle
Information and Cost Savings Act (Public Law 92-513, as amended) and
the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act (Public Law 89-563,
as amended), $79,556,000, of which $42,965,000 shall remain available
until September 30, 1997.
Operations and Research
(highway trust fund)
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the Secretary
with respect to traffic and highway safety under 23 U.S.C. 403 and
section 2006 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of
1991, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund, $46,997,000, of which
$30,310,000 shall remain available until September 30, 1997.
Highway Traffic Safety Grants
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(highway trust fund)
For payment of obligations incurred carrying out the provisions of
23 U.S.C. 153, 402, 408, and 410, section 211(b) of the National Driver
Register Act of 1982, as amended, and section 209 of Public Law 95-599,
as amended, to remain available until expended, $151,000,000, to be
derived from the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That, notwithstanding
subsection 2009(b) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency
Act of 1991, none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the
planning or execution of programs the total obligations for which, in
fiscal year 1995, are in excess of $151,400,000 for programs authorized
under 23 U.S.C. 402 and 410, as amended, of which $123,000,000 shall be
for ``State and community highway safety grants'', $3,400,000 shall be
for the ``National Driver Register'', and $25,000,000 shall be for
section 410 ``Alcohol-impaired driving countermeasures programs'':
Provided further, That none of these funds shall be used for
construction, rehabilitation or remodeling costs, or for office
furnishings and fixtures for State, local, or private buildings or
structures: Provided further, That not to exceed $5,153,000 of the
funds made available for section 402 may be available for administering
``State and community highway safety grants'': Provided further, That
not to exceed $500,000 of the funds made available for section 410 may
be available for technical assistance to the States.
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION
Office of the Administrator
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Administration, not
otherwise provided for, $13,090,000, of which $1,508,000 shall remain
available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act
shall be available for the planning
2000
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 after September 30, 1988, the Secretary is authorized
to receive such payments directly from the Union Station Redevelopment
Corporation, credit them to the appropriation charged for the first
deed of trust, and make payments on the first deed of trust with those
funds: Provided further, That such additional sums as may be necessary
for 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, $17,000,000, to
remain available until expended.
Railroad Safety
For necessary expenses in connection with railroad safety, not
otherwise provided for, $47,729,000, of which $2,600,000 shall remain
available until expended.
Railroad Research and Development
For necessary expenses including grants for railroad research and
development, $20,500,000, to remain available until expended.
Northeast Corridor Improvement Program
For necessary expenses related to Northeast Corridor improvements
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, $200,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 1997.
Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Program
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 1995: 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 title V of such Act
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 Control
Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That any underwriting fees
and related expenses shall be derived solely from the proceeds of the
sales.
National Magnetic Levitation Prototype Development
(limitation on obligations)
(highway trust fund)
None of the funds in this Act shall be available for the planning
or execution of the National Magnetic Levitation Prototype Development
program as defined in subsections 1036(b) and 1036(d)(1)(A) of the
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991.
Next Generation High Speed Rail
For necessary expenses for Next Generation High Speed Rail studies,
corridor planning, development, demonstration, and implementation,
$20,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds
under this head may be made available for grants to states for high
speed rail corridor design, feasibility studies, environmental analyses
and track and signal Pimprovements.
Trust Fund Share of Next Generation High Speed Rail
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(highway trust fund)
For grants and payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the
provisions of the High-Speed Ground Transportation program as defined
in subsections 1036(c) and 1036(d)(1)(B) of the Intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, including planning and
environmental analyses, $3,400,000, to be derived from the Highway
Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: Provided, That none
of the funds in this Act shall be available for the implementation or
execution of programs the obligations for which are in excess of
$5,000,000.
Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to the
National Railroad Passenger Corporation authorized by 45 U.S.C. 601, to
remain available until expended, $772,000,000, of which $542,000,000
shall be available for operating losses incurred by the Corporation,
for mandatory passenger rail service payments, and for labor protection
costs, and of which $230,000,000, not to become available until July 1,
1995, shall 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 of
the funds provided under this head for operating losses, $8,000,000 is
available only for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation's share
of short-term avoidable losses for state-supported rail services
authorized under section 403(b) of the Rail Passenger Service Act, as
amended.
Rhode Island Rail Development
For the costs associated with construction of a third track on the
Northeast Corridor between Davisville and Central Falls, Rhode Island,
with sufficient clearance to accommodate double stack freight cars,
$5,000,000, to be matched by the State of Rhode Island or its designee
on a dollar for dollar basis and to remain available until expended:
Provided, That as a condition of accepting such funds, the Providence
and Worcester (P&W) Railroad shall enter into an agreement with the
Secretary to reimburse Amtrak and/or the Federal Railroad
Administration, on a dollar for dollar basis, up to the first
$5,000,000 in damages resulting from any legal action initiated by the
P&W Railroad under its existing contracts with Amtrak relating to the
provision of vertical clearances between Davisville and Central Falls
in excess of those required for present freight operations.
Pennsylvania Station Redevelopment Project
For grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation,
$40,000,000, to remain available until expended, for engineering,
design and construction activities to enable the James A. Farley Post
Office in New York City to be used as a train station and commercial
center: Provided, That the Secretary may retain from these funds such
amounts as the Secretary shall deem appropriate to undertake the
environmental and historic preservation analyses associated with this
project: Provided further, That none of these funds may be expended for
construction activities (except for emergency and short-term and
related repairs and environmental restoration) until the participants
have entered into a binding Pagreement satisfactory to the Secretary
that contains financial and related commitments from the participants
sufficient to ensure the completion of the project: Provided further,
That no funds
2000
provided under this head shall be available until
authorized by law.
FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION
Administrative Expenses
For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal Transit
Administration's programs authorized by the Federal Transit Act and 23
U.S.C. chapter 1 in connection with these activities, including hire of
passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$43,060,000.
Formula Grants
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of sections 9,
16(b)(2), and 18 of the Federal Transit Act, to remain available until
expended, $1,350,000,000: Provided, That no more than $2,500,000,000 of
budget authority shall be available for these purposes: Provided
further, That of the funds provided under this head for formula grants
no more than $710,000,000 may be used for operating assistance under
section 9(k)(2) of the Federal Transit Act: Provided further, That of
the funds provided under this head, $16,000,000 shall be available for
grants for the costs of planning, delivery and temporary use of transit
vehicles for special transportation needs of the XXVth Summer Olympiad
and the Xth Paralympiad for the Disabled, to be held in Atlanta,
Georgia, of which $5,600,000 shall be available for the Paralympic
Games: Provided further, That in allocating the funds designated in the
preceding proviso, the Secretary may make grants to any public body the
Secretary deems appropriate, and such grants shall not be subject to
any local share requirement or limitation on operating assistance under
this Act or the Federal Transit Act: Provided further, That of the
funds made available under this head, $8,000,000 shall be transferred
to the Federal Transit Administration's Transit Planning and Research
account and be administered in accordance with section 26(b) of the
Federal Transit Act, as amended.
University Transportation Centers
For necessary expenses for university transportation centers as
authorized by section 11(b) of the Federal Transit Act, to remain
available until expended, $6,000,000.
Transit Planning and Research
For necessary expenses for transit planning and research as
authorized by section 26 of the Federal Transit Act, to remain
available until expended, $92,250,000.
Trust Fund Share of Transit Programs
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(highway trust fund)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out section 21(a)
of the Federal Transit Act, $1,150,000,000, to remain available until
expended and to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That
$1,150,000,000 shall be paid from the Mass Transit Account of the
Highway Trust Fund to the Federal Transit Administration's formula
grants account.
Discretionary Grants
(limitation on obligations)
(highway trust fund)
None of the funds in this Act shall be available for the
implementation or execution of programs the obligations for which are
in excess of $1,725,000,000 in fiscal year 1995 for grants under the
contract authority in section 21(b) of the Federal Transit Act:
Provided, That notwithstanding any provision of law, there shall be
available for fixed guideway modernization, $725,000,000; there shall
be available for the replacement, rehabilitation, and purchase of buses
and related equipment and the construction of bus-related facilities,
$353,330,000; and there shall be available for new fixed guideway
systems, $646,670,000, to be available as follows:
$24,000,000 for the South Boston Piers transitway project;
$25,000,000 for the Chicago central area circulator project;
$16,925,000 for the Dallas South Oak Cliff LRT project;
$2,500,000 for the DART North Central light rail extension
project;
$3,000,000 for the Dallas-Fort Worth RAILTRAN project;
$10,000,000 for the Florida Tri-County commuter rail project;
$30,000,000 for the Houston Regional Bus Plan program;
$165,000,000 for the Los Angeles Metro Rail (MOS-3) project;
$1,000,000 for the Miami Metrorail north corridor extension
project;
$107,000,000 for the New Jersey Urban Core project;
$10,000,000 for the New Orleans Canal Street Corridor project;
$55,000,000 for the New York Queens Connection project;
$1,200,000 for the Cincinnati Northeast/Northern Kentucky rail
line project;
$5,000,000 for the Orange County Transitway project;
$10,000,000 for the Pittsburgh Busway projects;
$98,000,000 for the Portland Westside LRT project;
$5,000,000 for the Salt Lake City light rail project: Provided,
That such funding may be made available for related high-occupancy
vehicle lane and intermodal corridor design costs: Provided
further, That notwithstanding the provisions of Public Law 103-122,
funds provided for the Salt Lake City light rail project in that
Act may be used for final design;
$20,150,000 for the San Francisco BART Extension/Tasman
corridor project;
$5,000,000 for the San Juan, Puerto Rico Tren Urbano project;
$2,350,000 for the Seattle-Renton-Tacoma commuter rail project;
$12,095,000 for the St. Louis Metro Link LRT project;
$3,000,000 for the Maryland Central Corridor LRT project;
$3,600,000 for the Boston, Massachusetts to Portland, Maine
Transportation Corridor Program;
$14,000,000 for the MARC Commuter Rail project;
$500,000 for the Tampa to Lakeland commuter rail project;
$5,000,000 for the Twin Cities central corridor project;
$2,500,000 for the Wisconsin central commuter project;
$2,500,000 for the Whitehall ferry terminal, New York, New
York.
$1,100,000 for the Boston metropolitan ``Urban Ring'' project;
$1,500,000 for the Burlington to Gloucester, New Jersey line;
$750,000 for the New Bedford and Fall River, Massachusetts
commuter rail extensions; and
$4,000,000 for the West Shore Line, New Jersey.
Mass Transit Capital Fund
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(highway trust fund)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out section 21(b)
of the Federal Transit Act, administered by the Federal Transit
Administration, $1,500,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust
Fund and to remain available until expended.
Interstate Transfer Grants--Transit
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 23 U.S.C.
103(e)(4) related to transit projects, $48,030,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding the formula for
apportionment under 23 U.S.C. 103(e)(4)(J), of the amount made
available under this head, only $9,500,000 shall be available for the
substitute transit project approved under section 1045 of Public Law
102-240.
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 14 of
Public Law 96-184 and Public Law 101-551, $200,000,000, to remain
available until expended.
SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation is hereby
authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds 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 necessary in carrying
out the programs set forth in the Corporation's budget for the current
fiscal year.
Operations and Maintenance
(harbor maintenance trust fund)
For necessary expenses
2000
for operation and maintenance of those
portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway operated and maintained by the
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, $10,251,000, to be
derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public Law
99-662.
RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION
Research and Special Programs
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the Research
and Special Programs Administration, $26,238,000, of which $185,000
shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, and of which $2,468,000
shall remain available until September 30, 1997: Provided, That up to
$1,000,000 in fees collected under section 106(c)(11) of the Hazardous
Materials Transportation Act, as amended (49 U.S.C. App. 1805(c)(11))
shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury as offsetting
receipts: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of
law, there may be credited to this appropriation up to $1,000,000 in
funds received from user fees established to support the electronic
tariff filing system: Provided further, That there may be credited to
this appropriation funds received from user fees established to defray
the costs of obtaining, preparing, and publishing in automatic data
processing tape format the United States International Air Travel
Statistics data base published by the Department.
Pipeline Safety
(pipeline safety fund)
For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of the pipeline
safety program, 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, as amended, and the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act
of 1979, as amended, and to discharge the pipeline program
responsibilities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $37,424,000; of
which $2,432,500 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust
Fund and shall remain available until September 30, 1997; and of which
$34,991,500 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which
$16,317,500 shall remain available until September 30, 1997: Provided,
That from amounts made available herein from the Pipeline Safety Fund,
not to exceed $750,000 shall be available for grants to States for the
development and establishment of one-call notification systems.
Emergency Preparedness Grants
(emergency preparedness fund)
For necessary expenses to carry out section 117A(i)(3)(B) of the
Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, as amended, $400,000 to be
derived from the Emergency Preparedness Fund, to remain available until
September 30, 1997: Provided, That not more than $10,800,000 shall be
made available for obligation in fiscal year 1995 from amounts made
available by section 117A(h)(6)(B) and (i) (1), (2) and (4) of the
Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, as amended: Provided further,
That no such funds shall be made available for obligation by
individuals other than the Secretary of Transportation, the Director of
the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, or their
designees.
Alaska Pipeline Task Force
(rescission)
(oil spill liability trust fund)
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 102-
388, $544,000 are rescinded.
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, $40,000,000: Provided, That of such amount, $180,000 shall be
available for employment by the Inspector General of independent legal
counsel at the Department of Transportation.
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, $3,350,000: Provided, That,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, there may be credited to
this appropriation funds received for publications and training
expenses.
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD
Salaries and Expenses
For necessary expenses of the National Transportation Safety Board,
including hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; services as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed
the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for a GS-18; uniforms, or
allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902),
$37,392,000, 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 hire of passenger
motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b), $30,302,000:
Provided, That $8,300,000 in fees collected in fiscal year 1995 by the
Interstate Commerce Commission pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9701 shall be made
available to this appropriation in fiscal year 1995.
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 $11,000 for official reception and
representation expenses of the Board; not to exceed $5,000 for official
reception and representation expenses of the Secretary; and not to
exceed $30,000 for official reception and representation expenses of
the Administrator, $50,030,000, to be derived from the Panama Canal
Revolving Fund: Provided, That none of these funds may be used for the
planning or execution of nonadministrative and capital programs the
obligations for which are in excess of $540,000,000 in fiscal year
1995: Provided further, That funds available to the Panama Canal
Commission shall be available for the purchase of not to exceed forty-
three passenger motor vehicles for replacement only (including large
heavy-duty vehicles used to transport Commission personnel across the
Isthmus of Panama), the purchase price of which shall not exceed
$19,500 per vehicle.
WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY
Interest Payments and Repayments of Principal
For payment of obligations incurred pursuant to Public Law 96-184
and the Initial Bond Repayment Participation Agreement, $664,666,667,
to remain available until expended, which shall be used only to repay
principal to the Federal Financing Bank for the Washington Metrorail
construction loan; and in addition, such amounts as are necessary for
payment to the Federal Financing Bank, of accrued interest and premium,
if any, for such loan.
TITLE III
GENERAL PROVISIONS
(including transfers of funds)
Sec. 301. During the current fiscal year applicable appropriations
to the Department of Transportation shall be available for maintenance
and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor vehicles and
aircraft; purchase of liability insurance for motor vehicles operating
in foreign countries on official department 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 apportioned
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1341 to the exten
2000
t necessary to permit
payment of such pay increases for officers or employees as may be
authorized by administrative action pursuant to law that are not in
excess of statutory increases granted for the same period in
corresponding rates of compensation for other employees of the
government in comparable positions.
Sec. 303. 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 accessible 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 an Executive Level IV.
Sec. 305. None of the funds for the Panama Canal Commission may be
expended unless in conformance with the Panama Canal Treaties of 1977
and any law implementing those treaties.
Sec. 306. None of the funds in this Act shall be used for the
planning or execution of any program to pay the expenses of, or
otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties intervening in regulatory or
adjudicatory proceedings 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 Act shall be available for the
planning or implementation of any change in the current Federal status
of the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, and none of the
funds in this Act shall be available for the implementation of any
change in the current Federal status of the Turner-Fairbank Highway
Research Center: Provided, That the Secretary may plan for further
development of the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center and for
other compatible uses of the Center's real property: Provided further,
That any such planning does not alter the Federal status of the
Center's research and development operation: Provided further, That
employment at the Center shall not exceed 550 full-time equivalent
staff years in fiscal year 1995
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 pursuant to
existing law.
Sec. 310. (a) For fiscal year 1995 the Secretary of Transportation
shall distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways by
allocation in the ratio which sums authorized to be Pappropriated for
Federal-aid highways 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 that are apportioned or allocated
to all the States for such fiscal year.
(b) During the period October 1 through December 31, 1994, no State
shall obligate more than 25 per centum of the amount distributed to
such State under subsection (a), and the total of all State obligations
during such period shall not exceed 15 per centum of the total amount
distributed to all States under such subsection.
(c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), the Secretary shall--
(1) provide all States with authority sufficient to prevent
lapses of sums authorized to be appropriated for Federal-aid
highways that have been apportioned to a State;
(2) after August 1, 1995, 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 balances
of funds apportioned under sections 103(e)(4), 104, and 144, of
title 23, United States Code, and under sections 1013(c) and 1015
of Public Law 102-240;
(3) not distribute amounts authorized for administrative
expenses and funded from the administrative takedown authorized by
section 104(a), title 23 U.S.C., the Federal lands highway program,
the intelligent vehicle highway systems program, and amounts made
available under sections 1040, 1047, 1064, 6001, 6005, 6006, 6023,
and 6024, of Public Law 102-240: Provided, That amounts made
available under section 6005 of Public Law 102-240 shall be subject
to the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways and highway
safety construction programs under the head ``Federal-Aid
Highways'' in this Act; and
(4) notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall
withhold from initial distribution the fiscal year 1995 Federal-aid
highways obligation limitation set aside for Interstate
Construction Discretionary projects: Provided, That the Secretary
shall distribute only after August 1, 1995, such obligation
limitation withheld in accordance with this section to those States
receiving Interstate Construction Discretionary allocations.
(d) During the period October 1 through December 31, 1994, the
aggregate amount of obligations under section 157 of title 23, United
States Code, for projects covered under section 147 of the Surface
Transportation Assistance Act of 1978, section 9 of the Federal-Aid
Highway Act of 1981, sections 131(b), 131(j), and 404 of Public Law 97-
424, sections 1061, 1103 through 1108, 4008, and 6023(b)(8) and
6023(b)(10) of Public Law 102-240, and for projects authorized by
Public Law 99-500 and Public Law P100-17, shall not exceed
$325,155,150.
(e) During the period August 2 through September 30, 1995, the
aggregate amount which may be obligated by all States pursuant to
paragraph (d) shall not exceed 2.5 percent of the aggregate amount of
funds apportioned or allocated to all States--
(1) under sections 104 and 144 of title 23, United States Code,
and 1013(c) and 1015 of Public Law 102-240, and
(2) for highway assistance projects under section 103(e)(4) of
title 23, United States Code,
which would not be obligated in fiscal year 1995 if the total amount of
the obligation limitation provided for such fiscal year in this Act
were utilized.
(f) Paragraph (e) shall not apply to any State which on or after
August 1, 1995, has the amount distributed to such State under
paragraph (a) for fiscal year 1995 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 ten political and
Presidential appointees in the Department of Transportation: Provided,
That none of the personnel covered by this provision may be assigned on
temporary detail outside the Department of Transportation.
Sec. 312. Not to exceed $850,000 of the funds provided in this Act
for the Department of Transportation shall be available for the
necessary expenses of advisory committees.
Sec. 313. The limitation on obligations for the programs of the
Federal Transit Administr
2000
ation shall not apply to any authority under
section 21 of the Federal Transit Act, previously made available for
obligation, or to any other authority previously made available for
obligation under the discretionary grants program.
Sec. 314. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to implement
section 404 of title 23, United States Code.
Sec. 314A. For the purpose of carrying out a demonstration of the
construction of highways in high priority corridors, authorized by
section 1105(f) of Public Law 102-240, there is hereby appropriated
$6,000,000 for the Secretary to enter into an agreement to make a loan
or loans not to exceed $40,000,000 to the public entity or entities
with the statutory duty to construct such facilities: Provided, That
such loan or loans shall be repaid by direct repayment no later than
the fifth Federal fiscal year following the year in which a loan was
made. Funds made available by this section shall not be subject to any
limitation.
Sec. 315. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1995 pay
raises for programs funded in this Act shall be absorbed within the
levels appropriated in this Act.
Sec. 316. None of the funds in this Act shall be available to plan,
finalize, or implement regulations 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. 317. 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) which conform to Federal
Aviation Administration design and performance specifications, the
purchase of which was assisted by a Federal airport aid program,
airport development aid program or airport improvement program grant.
The Federal Aviation Administration shall accept such equipment, which
shall thereafter be operated and maintained by the Federal Aviation
Administration in accordance with agency criteria.
Sec. 318. None of the funds in this Act shall be available to award
a multiyear contract for production end items that (1) includes
economic order quantity or long lead time material procurement in
excess of $10,000,000 in any one year of the contract or (2) includes a
cancellation charge greater than $10,000,000 which at the time of
obligation has not been appropriated to the limits of the government's
liability or (3) includes a requirement that permits performance under
the contract during the second and subsequent years of the contract
without conditioning such performance upon the appropriation of funds:
Provided, That this limitation does not apply to a contract in which
the Federal Government incurs no financial liability from not buying
additional systems, subsystems, or components beyond the basic contract
requirements.
Sec. 319. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be made
available for planning and executing a passenger manifest program by
the Department of Transportation that only applies to United States
flag carriers.
Sec. 320. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used
to implement, administer, or enforce the provisions of section 1038(d)
of Public Law 102-240.
Sec. 321. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and except
for fixed guideway modernization projects, funds made available by this
Act under ``Federal Transit Administration, Discretionary grants'' for
projects specified in this Act or identified in reports accompanying
this Act not obligated by September 30, 1997, shall be made available
for other projects under section 3 of the Federal Transit Act, as
amended.
Sec. 322. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any funds
appropriated before October 1, 1993, under any section of the Federal
Transit Act, as amended, that remain available for expenditure may be
transferred to and administered under the most recent appropriation
heading for any such section.
Sec. 323. (a) Of the budgetary resources available to the
Department of Transportation (excluding the Maritime Administration)
during fiscal year 1995, $65,120,000 are permanently canceled.
(b) The Secretary of Transportation shall allocate the amount of
budgetary resources canceled among the Department's accounts (excluding
the Maritime Administration) available for procurement and procurement-
related expenses. Amounts available for procurement and procurement-
related expenses in each such account shall be reduced by the amount
allocated to such account.
(c) For the purposes of this section, the definition of
``procurement'' includes all stages of the process of acquiring
property or services, beginning with the process of determining a need
for a product or services and ending with contract completion and
closeout, as specified in 41 U.S.C. 403(2).
Sec. 324. Of the funds appropriated in Public Law 103-122 for
railroad-highway crossings projects, $20,000,000 shall be available for
costs, not to exceed 80 percent, of a project to reduce rail-highway
conflicts on M-59 near Pontiac, Michigan, and a project on Bristol Road
near Flint, Michigan, including $500,000 which shall be made available
to improve and upgrade Maple Road at Bishop Airport, Michigan:
Provided, That of the funds appropriated in Public Law 94-387 for
railroad-highway demonstration projects, $486,000 in unobligated
balances shall be made available for the rail relocation project in
Lafayette, Indiana.
Sec. 324A. For necessary expenses to carry out a pilot project to
provide direct financial assistance by contract, to a community group
incorporated for the purpose of protecting the scenic qualities of a
designated scenic byway, to demonstrate the effect of alternative
highway designs on the scenic and historic qualities of a scenic byway,
a sum of $100,000: Provided, That such amount be derived from moneys
available for contract programs for a national scenic byways study made
available by Public Law 101-164 (Federal Highway Administration
Limitation on General Operating Expenses) as further referenced by
Conference Report 101-315 and not expended as of the date of this Act.
Sec. 325. None of the funds provided by this Act shall be made
available to any State, municipality or subdivision thereof that
diverts revenue generated by a public airport in violation of the
provisions of the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982, as
amended.
Sec. 326. None of the funds in this Act shall be available to
implement or enforce regulations that would result in the withdrawal of
a slot from an air carrier at O'Hare International Airport under
section 93.223 of title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations in excess
of the total slots withdrawn from that air carrier as of October 31,
1993 if such additional slot is to be allocated to an air carrier or
foreign air carrier under section 93.217 of title 14 of the Code of
Federal Regulations.
Sec. 327. None of the funds made available by this Act may be
obligated or expended to design, construct, erect, modify or otherwise
place any sign in any State relating to any speed limit, distance, or
other measurement on any highway if such sign establishes such speed
limit, distance, or other measurement using the metric system.
Sec. 327A. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, tolls
collected for motor vehicles on any bridge connecting the boroughs of
Brooklyn, New York, and Staten Island, New York, shall continue to be
collected for only those vehicles exiting from such bridge in Staten
Island.
Sec. 328. None of the funds provided by this Act shall be made
available for any airport development project, or projects, proposed in
any grant application submitted in accordance with title V of Public
Law 97-248 (96 Stat. 671; 49 U.S.C. App. 2201 et seq.) to any public
agency, public authority, or public airport that imposes a fee for any
passenger enplaning at the airport in any instance where the passenge
2000
r
did not pay for the air transportation which resulted in such
enplanement, including any case in which the passenger obtained the
ticket for the air transportation with a frequent flyer award coupon.
Sec. 329. None of the funds in this Act may be used to compensate
in excess of 335 technical staff years under the federally-funded
research and development center contract between the PFederal Aviation
Administration and the Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development
during fiscal year 1995.
Sec. 329A. The Secretary of Transportation may enter into grants,
cooperative agreements, and other transactions with any person, agency,
or instrumentality of the United States, any unit of State or local
government, any educational institution, and any other entity in
execution of the Technology Reinvestment Project authorized under the
Defense Conversion, Reinvestment and Transition Assistance Act of 1992
and related legislation: Provided, That the authority provided in this
section may be exercised without regard to section 3324 of title 31,
United States Code.
Sec. 330. Funds provided in this Act for the Department of
Transportation working capital fund (WCF) shall be reduced by
$7,000,000, which limits fiscal year 1995 WCF obligational authority
for elements of the Department of Transportation funded in this Act to
no more than $93,000,000: Provided, That such reductions from the
budget request shall be allocated by the Department of Transportation
to each appropriations account in proportion to the amount included
from each account for the working capital fund.
Sec. 331. Funds provided in this Act for bonuses and cash awards
for employees of the Department of Transportation shall be reduced by
$5,590,000, which limits fiscal year 1995 obligational authority to no
more than $25,922,000: Provided, That this provision shall be applied
to funds for Senior Executive Service bonuses, merit pay, and other
bonuses and cash awards.
Sec. 332. Section 127(a) of title 23, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following: ``With respect to the State
of Maryland, laws and regulations in effect on June 1, 1993, shall be
applicable for the purposes of this subsection.''.
Sec. 332A. The Federal Aviation Administration is directed to
install a Terminal Doppler Weather Radar at Charlotte, North Carolina
in fiscal year 1995, and to commission that radar no later than
December 31, 1995.
Sec. 333. Funds received by the Research and Special Programs
Administration from States, counties, municipalities, other public
authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for training and
for reports' publication and dissemination may be credited to the
Research and Special Programs account.
Sec. 334. Funds received by the Federal Highway Administration,
Federal Transit Administration, and Federal Railroad Administration
from States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and
private sources for expenses incurred for training may be credited
respectively to the Federal Highway Administration's ``Limitation on
General Operating Expenses'' account, the Federal Transit
Administration's ``Transit Planning and Research'' account, and to the
Federal Railroad Administration's ``Railroad Safety'' account, except
for State rail safety inspectors participating in training pursuant to
section 206 of the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970.
Sec. 335. (a) Subsection (b) of section 1045 of the Intermodal
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 1994) is
amended to read as follows:
``(b) Eligibility for Federal Assistance.--
``(1) General rule.--Upon approval of any substitute project or
projects under subsection (a)--
``(A) the costs of construction of the eligible transitway
project for which such project or projects are substituted
shall not be eligible for funds authorized under section 108(b)
of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956; and
``(B) a sum equal to the amount that would have been
apportioned to the State of Wisconsin on October 1, 1994, under
section 104(b)(5)(A) of title 23, United States Code, if the
Secretary had not approved such project or projects shall be
available to the Secretary from the Highway Trust Fund to incur
obligations for the Federal share of the costs of such
substitute project or projects.
``(2) Availability.--Amounts made available under paragraph
(1)(B) shall be available for obligation on and after October 1,
1994. Amounts made available under paragraph (1)(B) shall remain
available until expended and shall be subject to any limitation on
obligations for Federal-aid highways established by law.
``(3) Applicability of title 23 u.s.c.-- Amounts made available
under paragraph (1)(B) shall be available for obligation in the
same manner as if such funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of
title 23, United States Code; except that the Federal share of the
cost of any project carried out with such funds shall be determined
in accordance with section 103(e)(4)(D) of such title.''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Subsection (c).--The second sentence of subsection (c) of
section 1045 of such Act is amended by striking ``the authority of
section 103(e)(4) of title 23, United States Code,'' and inserting
``section 21(a)(2) of the Federal Transit Act''.
(2) Subsection (d)(1).--Subsection (d)(1) of section 1045 of
such Act is amended by striking ``project for'' and all that
follows through the period at the end thereof and inserting
``transit project.''.
(3) Subsection (d).--Subsection (d) of section 1045 of such Act
is amended by striking paragraph (3) and by redesignating paragraph
(4) as paragraph (3).
(c) Reduction of Interstate Construction Authorization.--Section
108(b) of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 is amended by striking
``$1,800,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996'' and
inserting ``$1,800,000,000, reduced by the amount made available under
section 1045(b)(1)(B) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation
Efficiency Act of 1991, for the fiscal year ending September 30,
1996''.
Sec. 335A. Section 5302(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is
amended by inserting ``payments for the capital portions of rail
trackage rights agreements,'' after ``rights-of-way,''.
Sec. 336. (a) Federal Line of Credit.--For the purpose of carrying
out a demonstration of the construction of public toll roads in Orange
County, California, authorized by section 129(d) of title 23, United
States Code, there is hereby appropriated $8,000,000 for the Secretary
to enter into an agreement to make a line of credit available, with a
principal amount not to exceed $120,000,000 to the public entity or
entities with the statutory authority to construct such facilities.
(b) Effective Period.--The line of credit under this section shall
be available for draws during the period beginning on the date of
completion of construction and ending on the last day of the tenth
calendar year following the date construction of the facilities is
completed.
(c) Purposes.--The line of credit under this section shall be
available to pay the costs of extraordinary repair and replacement of
the facilities, unexpected Federal or State environmental restrictions,
operation and maintenance expenses of the facilities, and debt service
on tax-exempt or taxable obligations financing the facilities.
(d) Limitations.--
(1) Capital expenditures.--With respect to capital
expenditures, draws on the line of credit under this section shall
only be made if and to the extent proceeds from the sale of the
obligations issued by the public entity or entities which otherwise
would be available for such purposes are exhausted, or are
otherwise unavailable for the payment of such capital expenditures.
(2) Expenses.--With respect to expens
2000
es, including operation
and maintenance expenses and debt service, a draw on the line of
credit under this section shall only be made if revenues from toll
operations and capitalized interest are insufficient (or are
otherwise unavailable) for such purposes.
(3) Per year.--No more than 10 percent of the total principal
amount of the line of credit under this section shall be available
for draws in any one year.
(4) Third party creditor rights.--No third party creditor of
the public entity or entities shall have any right against the
Federal Government with respect to draws on the line of credit
under this section.
(5) Availability for particular costs.--There is no guaranteed
availability of proceeds of the line of credit under this section
for the payment of any particular cost of the public entity or
entities which might be financed under this section.
(e) Interest Rate and Repayment Period.--Any draws (except for
operation and maintenance expenses) on the line of credit under this
section shall accrue interest at the 30-year United States Treasury
bond rate beginning on the date such draws are made and shall be repaid
in not more than 30 years; except that any draws under the line of
credit for operation and maintenance expenses shall accrue interest at
the 3-year United States Treasury note rate beginning on the date such
draws are made and shall be repaid in not more than 3 years.
Sec. 337. In addition to amounts otherwise provided by this Act,
$2,900,000 shall be available for ``Interstate Commerce Commission,
Salaries and Expenses'' for the discharge of liabilities, including
severance pay, under title 5 of the United States Code to employees
separated from the Interstate Commerce Commission on or after October
1, 1994.
Sec. 338. (a) Purchase of American-Made Equipment and Products.--It
is the sense of the Congress that, to the greatest extent practicable,
all equipment and products purchased with funds made available in this
Act should be American-made.
(b) Notice Requirement.--In providing financial assistance to, or
entering into any contract with, any entity using funds made available
in this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the greatest extent
practicable, shall provide to such entity a notice describing the
statement made in subsection (a) by the Congress.
Sec. 339. Saint Lawrence Seaway Toll Collection.--(a) Section 13 of
the Act of May 13, 1954, ch. 201 (33 U.S.C. 988a), added by section
805(a)(4) of title XIV of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986,
Public Law 99-662 (100 Stat. 4272), is amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 13. WAIVER OF COLLECTION OF CHARGES OR TOLLS.
``(a) Notwithstanding section 12 of this Act or any other provision
of law, the Corporation shall not collect any charge or toll
established pursuant to section 12 of this Act with respect to a
commercial vessel (as defined in section 4462(a)(4) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986).
``(b) The Corporation will maintain a record of the annual amount
of each charge or toll that would have been collected with respect to
each such commercial vessel if it were not for paragraph (a) of this
section.''.
(b) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 19 of title
33 is amended by striking:
``Sec. 988a Rebate of charges and tolls.
``(a) Transfer of revenues to Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund.
``(b) Certifications to Secretary of the Treasury.''
and adding in lieu thereof:
``Sec. 988a Waiver of Collection of Charges or Tolls.
``(a) Waiver of collection of charges or tolls.
``(b) Record of annual amount.''.
Sec. 340. The unspent balance of funds previously appropriated for
the Meadowbrook Parkway project shall be available for the Loop Parkway
Bridge rehabilitation project.
Sec. 341. Amounts not to exceed $3,000,000 available in the
obligation guarantee fund established under section 511 of the Railroad
Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-210),
as amended, and received from the Delaware and Hudson Railroad, shall
be transferred to the Federal Railroad Administration, ``Office of the
administrator'' for necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad
Administration.
Sec. 342. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds made
available under Public Law 103-122, the Fiscal Year 1994 Transportation
Appropriations Act, for the domestic fuel cell development program
under the Federal Transit Administration's Discretionary Grants account
shall be transferred to that agency's Transit Planning and Research
account and be administered in accordance with section 6 of the Federal
Transit Act, as amended.
Sec. 343. Section 30308(a) of title 49, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after ``1994'' ``and $2,550,000 for fiscal year
1995''.
Sec. 344. Notwithstanding 15 U.S.C. 631, et seq. and 10 U.S.C.
2301, et seq. as amended, the United States Coast Guard acquisition of
47-foot Motor Life Boats for fiscal years 1995 through 2000 shall be
subject to full and open competition for all U.S. shipyards.
Accordingly, the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) (including but
not limited to FAR Part 19), shall not apply to the extent they are
inconsistent with a full and open competition.
Sec. 345. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used
for planning, engineering, design, or construction of a sixth runway at
the new Denver International Airport, Denver, Colorado: Provided, That
this provision shall not apply in any case where the Administrator of
the Federal Aviation Administration determines, in writing, that safety
conditions warrant obligation of such funds.
Sec. 346. (a) Uniform HOV-2 Demonstration Project on I-66 in
Virginia.--Notwithstanding any other law or any prior decision of the
Secretary of Transportation, the Governor of Virginia shall have the
authority to carry out a 1-year demonstration project on Interstate
Highway 66 (I-66) inside the Capital Beltway, to determine the impact
of applying a uniform high-occupancy vehicle restriction to the portion
of I-66 that is between the District of Columbia and Interstate Highway
495 (I-495) and the portion of I-66 that is west of I-495.
(b) Project Requirements.--
(1) Uniform hov restriction.--Except as provided in paragraph
(2), under the demonstration project established under this
section, the uniform high-occupancy vehicle restriction applied to
the two portions of I-66 described in subsection (a) shall be
vehicles carrying two or more persons.
(2) Authority of governor of virginia.--During the 1-year
demonstration period under this section, the Governor of Virginia
shall retain the flexibility to return the high-occupancy vehicle
restriction applicable to the portion of I-66 that is between the
District of Columbia and I-495 to vehicles carrying three or more
persons, or to make any other revisions in the demonstration
project that the Governor determines are necessary.
(3) Approval.--The 1-year demonstration shall begin after
approval by the Virginia delegation of the National Capital Region
Transportation Planning Board, based on a one-member, one-vote
process with the allowance for authorized alternates if necessary
and inclusion of the general manager of the Washington Metropolitan
Area Transit Authority, but not before January 1, 1995.
(c) Study and Report.--If the Governor of Virginia makes use of the
authority granted in subsection (a), the Governor shall--
(1) consult with interested parties to develop level of service
standards, enforcement standards and assessment criteria;
(2) carry out an assessment of the effects of the uniform high-
occupancy vehicle restriction under the demonstration project
established under this section;
(3) carry out a study and assessment of the enforcement of the
modified high-occupancy vehicle restriction under the demonstration
project established und
48b
er this section;
(4) within 6 months from beginning the demonstration project
provide an interim assessment of the effects of the demonstration
project to interested parties; and
(5) upon completion of the assessment, submit to the Congress
and to the Secretary of Transportation a report setting forth the
results of the assessment and the demonstration project.
(d) Uniform HOV-2 Restriction.--Upon completion of the assessment
described in subsection (c), the Governor of Virginia shall have the
authority to apply a uniform HOV-2 restriction to Interstate 66 on a
permanent basis following the formal approval process.
Sec. 347. The Eastport Port Authority facility at Estes Head in
Eastport, Maine, is eligible for funding under section 1064 of Public
Law 102-240.
This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Transportation and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995''.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
0