[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4556 Engrossed Amendment Senate (EAS)]

103d CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 4556

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                               AMENDMENTS
                  In the Senate of the United States,

                              July 21 (legislative day, July 20), 1994.
      Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 
4556) entitled ``An Act making appropriations for the Department of 
Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1995, and for other purposes'', do pass with the 
following

                              AMENDMENTS:

 (1)Page 2, strike out lines 4 to 14

 (2)Page 2, after line 14, insert:

                   Immediate Office of the Secretary

    For necessary expenses of the Immediate Office of the Secretary, 
$1,280,000.

 (3)Page 2, after line 14, insert:

                Immediate Office of the Deputy Secretary

    For necessary expenses of the Immediate Office of the Deputy 
Secretary, $583,000.

 (4)Page 2, after line 14, insert:

                     Office of the General Counsel

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the General Counsel, 
$7,876,000.

 (5)Page 2, after line 14, insert:

      Office of the Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
Transportation Policy, $2,309,000.

 (6)Page 2, after line 14, insert:

   Office of the Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International 
                                Affairs

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
Aviation and International Affairs, $7,887,000.

 (7)Page 2, after line 14, insert:

       Office of the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
Budget and Programs, $5,100,000, including not to exceed $60,000 for 
allocation within the Department of official reception and 
representation expenses as the Secretary may determine.

 (8)Page 2, after line 14, insert:

       Office of the Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
Governmental Affairs, $2,284,000.

 (9)Page 2, after line 14, insert:

          Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
Administration, $23,385,000.

 (10)Page 2, after line 14, insert:

                        Office of Public Affairs

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Public Affairs, $1,458,000.

 (11)Page 2, after line 14, insert:

                         Executive Secretariat

    For necessary expenses of the Executive Secretariat, $932,000.

 (12)Page 2, after line 14, insert:

                         Contract Appeals Board

    For necessary expenses of the Contract Appeals Board, $630,000.

 (13)Page 2, after line 14, insert:

                         Office of Civil Rights

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, $1,779,000. 
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 $8,104,000 
from accounts otherwise available for carrying out civil rights 
functions within the Department of Transportation to this account for 
additional necessary expenses of a consolidated Departmental Office of 
Civil Rights within the Office of the Secretary: Provided, That of the 
amount transferred $385,600 shall be available for the Office of 
General Counsel to provide legal support to a consolidated Departmental 
Office of Civil Rights: Provided further, That in addition, for 
transfer of civil rights and legal support activities related to the 
Federal Highway Administration $3,283,000 to be derived from ``Federal-
aid Highways'' subject to the ``Limitation on General Operating 
Expenses''.

 (14)Page 2, after line 14, insert:

         Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Small and Disadvantaged 
Business Utilization, $936,000.

 (15)Page 2, after line 14, insert:

                   Minority Business Resource Center

    For necessary expenses of the Minority Business Resource Center, 
$4,000,000, of which $3,962,000 shall remain available until expended: 
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 opportunities related to 
any mode of transportation.

 (16)Page 2, after line 14, insert:

                  Office of Intelligence and Security

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Intelligence and Security, 
$1,000,000.

 (17)Page 2, after line 14, insert:

                        Office of Intermodalism

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Intermodalism, $1,050,000.

 (18)Page 2, line 20, strike out [$2,693,000] and insert: $8,293,000

 (19)Page 3, line 1, strike out [$2,000,000] and insert: $3,833,000

 (20)Page 3, line 2, after ``expended'' insert: : Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, there may be credited to 
this account up to $200,000 received from user fees established for 
regulatory services

 (21)Page 3, line 6, strike out [$88,750,000] and insert: $94,855,000

 (22)Page 3, line 20, strike out [$25,600,000] and insert: $33,423,000

 (23)Page 3, line 24, strike out [$25,600,000] and insert: $33,423,000

 (24)Page 4, lines 10 and 11, strike out [and Hawaii]

 (25)Page 4, line 12, after ``nearest'' insert: large or medium

 (26)Page 4, line 13, after ``$200'' insert: unless such point is 
greater than two hundred and ten miles from the nearest large or medium 
hub airport

 (27)Page 4, line 15, strike out [$13,000,000] and insert: $4,000,000

 (28)Page 4, line 21, strike out [$1,872,000] and insert: $1,976,000

 (29)Page 4, line 22, strike out [$38,728,000] and insert: $39,426,000

 (30)Page 4, line 23, strike out [$678,000] and insert: $713,000

 (31)Page 4, line 24, strike out [$172,000] and insert: $181,000

 (32)Page 5, line 3, strike out [$17,688,000] and insert: $18,044,000

 (33)Page 5, line 24, strike out [$2,580,000,000] and insert: 
$2,600,000,000

 (34)Page 6, line 16, strike out all after ``12839'' down to and 
including ``paid'' in line 23

 (35)Page 7, line 5, strike out [$385,200,000] and insert: $370,400,000

 (36)Page 7, line 7, strike out [$201,750,000] and insert: $185,400,000

 (37)Page 7, line 10, strike out [$14,900,000] and insert: $11,800,000

 (38)Page 7, line 12, strike out [$31,500,000] and insert: $40,700,000

 (39)Page 7, line 14, strike out [$93,050,000] and insert: $87,800,000

 (40)Page 7, line 16, strike out [$44,000,000] and insert: $44,700,000

 (41)Page 7, line 18, strike out [1995] and insert: 1996

 (42)Page 7, line 19, strike out [VC-11A] and insert: VC-11A and HU-25

 (43)Page 8, line 2, strike out [$22,000,000] and insert: $24,000,000

 (44)Page 8, line 15, strike out [$66,000,000] and insert: $64,981,000

 (45)Page 8, line 15, after ``$66,000,000'' insert: : Provided, That 
funds provided under this head shall support a selected reserve force 
of 8,000 members

 (46)Page 9, line 13, strike out all after ``development,'' down to and 
including ``note),'' in line 17

 (47)Page 9, line 24, strike out [$4,585,000,000] and insert: 
$4,591,440,000

 (48)Page 10, line 9, strike out all after ``forms'' down to and 
including ``workforce'' in line 12

 (49)Page 10, line 20, strike out [5546(a)] and insert: 5545 (a), (b), 
or (d), or 5546

 (50)Page 10, line 22, strike out all after ``pay'' over to and 
including ``1995'' in line 2 on page 11

 (51)Page 11, line 20, strike out [$2,176,700,000] and insert: 
$2,086,941,000

 (52)Page 11, line 20, strike out [$1,968,200,000] and insert: 
$1,878,441,000

 (53)Page 11, line 23, strike out [1995] and insert: 1996

 (54)Page 12, strike out lines 11 to 15

 (55)Page 12, line 23, strike out [$254,000,000] and insert: 
$264,440,000

 (56)Page 13, line 16, strike out [$1,500,000,000] and insert: 
$1,450,000,000

 (57)Page 14, after line 5 insert:

                Airport Purchase Loan Guarantee Program

    The Secretary of Transportation may hereafter issue notes or other 
obligations to the Secretary of the Treasury, in such forms and 
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 activities under this head the 
obligations for which are in excess of $9,970,000 during fiscal year 
1995. 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 Treasury 
may sell any such obligations at such times and price and upon such 
terms and conditions as he shall determine in his discretion. All 
purchases, redemptions, and sales of such obligations by such Secretary 
shall be treated as public debt transactions of the United States.

 (58)Page 14, line 11, strike out [$524,021,000] and insert: 
$539,798,000

 (59)Page 14, line 15, strike out [$216,805,000] and insert: 
$232,615,000

 (60)Page 14, line 21, after ``including'' insert: rescission and

 (61)Page 14, line 25, strike out [$10,000,000] and insert: $11,500,000

 (62)Page 15, line 7, strike out [$10,000,000] and insert: $11,500,000

 (63)Page 15, line 8, after ``Grants'''' insert: : 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

 (64)Page 15, line 14, strike out [$17,160,000,000] and insert: 
$17,543,150,000

 (65)Page 16, line 18, strike out [$74,000,000] and insert: $75,000,000

 (66)Page 17, line 2, strike out [$299,862,000] and insert: 
$352,055,000

 (67)Page 17, strike out lines 5 to 12

 (68)Page 17, strike out lines 13 to 18

 (69)Page 17, line 23, after ``under'' insert: 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),

 (70)Page 17, line 25, strike out [$46,997,000] and insert: 
$128,887,000

 (71)Page 18, line 1, strike out [$29,891,000] and insert: $70,000,000

 (72)Page 19, line 11, strike out [$13,650,000] and insert: $16,421,000

 (73)Page 19, line 12, strike out [$1,300,000] and insert: $1,508,000

 (74)Page 20, line 18, strike out [$47,067,000] and insert: $48,079,000

 (75)Page 20, line 19, strike out [$2,500,000] and insert: $2,623,000

 (76)Page 20, line 21, after ``expenses'' insert: including grants

 (77)Page 20, line 22, strike out [$17,145,000] and insert: $20,985,000

 (78)Page 21, line 6, strike out [$165,000,000] and insert: 
$230,000,000

 (79)Page 21, line 7, strike out [September 30, 1997] and insert: 
expended

 (80)Page 21, line 24, strike out [this section] and insert: title V of 
such Act

 (81)Page 22, line 21, strike out [and]

 (82)Page 22, line 22, after ``analyses'' insert: and track and signal 
improvements

 (83)Page 23, line 21, strike out [$771,700,000] and insert: 
$622,000,000

 (84)Page 23, line 21, strike out [$526,700,000] and insert: 
$392,000,000

 (85)Page 23, line 23, strike out [for mandatory passenger rail service 
payments,]

 (86)Page 23, line 24, strike out [$245,000,000] and insert: 
$230,000,000

 (87)Page 24, line 9, strike out [costs] and insert: losses

 (88)Page 24, after line 11 insert:

               Mandatory Passenger Rail Service Payments

    To enable the Secretary of Transportation to pay obligations and 
liabilities of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, 
$150,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That this 
amount is available only for the payment of--
            (1) tax liabilities under section 3221 of the Internal 
        Revenue Code of 1986 due in fiscal year 1995 in excess of 
        amounts needed to fund benefits for individuals who retired 
        from the National Railroad Passenger Corporation and for their 
        beneficiaries;
            (2) obligations of the National Railroad Passenger 
        Corporation under section 358(a) of title 45, United States 
        Code, due in fiscal year 1995 in excess of its obligations 
        calculated on an experience-rated basis; and
            (3) obligations of the National Railroad Passenger 
        Corporation due under section 3321 of the Internal Revenue Code 
        of 1986.

 (89)Page 24, after line 11 insert:

               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 agreement 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 provided under this head shall be available for 
construction until the Secretary submits a report to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations regarding the financing of 
necessary improvements to the existing Pennsylvania Station and the 
financing of the operating and capital costs accruing to the commuter 
rail authorities operating in said station as a result of this 
redevelopment project.

 (90)Page 24, after line 20, insert:

                     (including transfer of funds)

 (91)Page 24, line 23, strike out [$1,356,050,000] and insert: 
$1,350,000,000

 (92)Page 24, line 24, strike out [$2,506,050,000] and insert: 
$2,500,000,000

 (93)Page 25, line 2, strike out [$700,000,000] and insert: 
$730,000,000

 (94)Page 25, line 16, strike out all after ``Act'' down to and 
including ``1995'' in line 19

 (95)Page 25, line 19, after ``1995'' insert: : Provided further, That 
of the funds made available under this head, $10,000,000 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
 (96)Page 25, line 19, after ``1995'' insert: : Provided further, That 
10 percent of the funds apportioned to each grantee under section 9 of 
such act shall be available for obligation only after the grantee 
certifies to the Secretary that that portion of its funds will only be 
used for eligible projects that will contribute to decreased traffic 
congestion in urban areas

 (97)Page 26, line 24, strike out [$725,000,000] and insert: 
$760,000,000

 (98)Page 27, line 1, strike out [$353,330,000] and insert: 
$370,000,000

 (99)Page 27, line 3, strike out [$646,670,000] and insert: 
$595,000,000

 (100)Page 27, strike out lines 4 and 5

 (101)Page 27, strike out lines 6 and 7

 (102)Page 27, strike out lines 8 and 9

 (103)Page 27, strike out lines 10 and 11

 (104)Page 27, strike out lines 12 and 13

 (105)Page 27, strike out lines 14 and 15

 (106)Page 27, strike out lines 16 and 17

 (107)Page 27, strike out lines 20 and 21

 (108)Page 27, line 22, strike out [$500,000] and insert: $146,000,000

 (109)Page 27, strike out lines 24 and 25

 (110)Page 28, line 1, strike out [$45,000,000] and insert: $62,540,000

 (111)Page 28, strike out lines 3 and 4

 (112)Page 28, strike out lines 5 and 6

 (113)Page 28, strike out lines 7 and 8

 (114)Page 28, line 9, strike out [$73,500,000] and insert: 
$111,700,000

 (115)Page 28, strike out all after line 10 down to and including 
``costs'' in line 14

 (116)Page 28, strike out lines 19 and 20

 (117)Page 28, strike out lines 21 and 22

 (118)Page 28, strike out lines 23 and 24

 (119)Page 29, line 1, strike out [$19,500,000] and insert: $4,690,000

 (120)Page 29, after line 2 insert:
            $10,000,000 for the Maryland Central Corridor LRT project;

 (121)Page 29, after line 2 insert:
            $37,300,000 for the Boston, Massachusetts to Portland, 
        Maine Transportation Corridor Program, of which $3,600,000 
        shall be available for the Boston to Portland element of the 
        Program, and $33,700,000 shall be available for the Central 
        Artery Rail Link element of the Program;

 (122)Page 29, after line 2 insert:
            $24,000,000 for the MARC Commuter Rail project;

 (123)Page 29, strike out lines 3 and 4

 (124)Page 29, strike out lines 5 and 6

 (125)Page 29, strike out lines 7 and 8

 (126)Page 29, strike out lines 9 and 10

 (127)Page 29, after line 10 insert:
            $1,100,000 for the Boston metropolitan ``Urban Ring'' 
        project;

 (128)Page 29, after line 10 insert:
            $8,320,000 for the Burlington to Charlotte, Vermont 
        commuter rail project;

 (129)Page 29, after line 10 insert:
            $2,500,000 for the Burlington to Gloucester, New Jersey 
        line;

 (130)Page 29, after line 10 insert:
            $6,000,000 for the Dulles Corridor rail project;

 (131)Page 29, after line 10 insert:
            $750,000 for the New Bedford and Fall River, Massachusetts 
        commuter rail extensions;

 (132)Page 29, after line 10 insert:
            $10,000,000 for the New Orleans Riverfront LRT downriver 
        extension; and

 (133)Page 29, after line 10 insert:
            $5,100,000 for the West Shore Line, New Jersey.

 (134)Page 29, line 22, strike out [$48,030,000] and insert: 
$38,530,000

 (135)Page 29, line 22, strike out all after ``expended'' over to and 
including ``102-240'' in line 2 on page 30

 (136)Page 30, line 24, strike out [$10,271,000] and insert: 
$10,150,000

 (137)Page 31, line 8, strike out [$26,074,000] and insert: $26,738,000

 (138)Page 32, line 10, strike out [$32,967,000] and insert: 
$38,877,000

 (139)Page 32, line 12, strike out [$30,534,500] and insert: 
$36,445,500

 (140)Page 32, line 14, strike out [$14,323,000] and insert: 
$17,876,000

 (141)Page 32, line 15, after ``1997'' insert: : Provided, That from 
amounts made available herein from the Pipeline Safety Fund not to 
exceed $1,500,000 to be available until expended, the Secretary may 
make grants to States as well as operators of one-call notification 
systems and non-profit organizations for development, establishment, 
and promotion of pipeline damage prevention programs and one-call 
notification systems

 (142)Page 32, line 23, strike out [$10,550,000] and insert: 
$11,200,000

 (143)Page 33, line 2, strike out all after ``ther,'' down to and 
including ``designee'' in line 4 and insert: That such amounts shall 
only be available to the Secretary of Transportation and the National 
Institute of Environmental health Sciences

 (144)Page 33, strike out lines 5 to 9

 (145)Page 33, line 14, strike out [$40,000,000] and insert: 
$40,500,000

 (146)Page 33, line 14, after ``$40,000,000'' insert: : 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

 (147)Page 34, line 9, strike out [$37,392,000] and insert: $37,046,000

 (148)Page 34, line 13, before ``$8,300,000'' insert:
    For necessary expenses of the Interstate Commerce Commission, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger 
motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b), and not to exceed 
$1,500 for official reception and representation expenses, $30,302,000: 
Provided, That joint board members and cooperating state commissioners 
may use government transportation requests when traveling in connection 
with their official duties as such: Provided further, That

 (149)Page 35, line 14, strike out [1994] and insert: 1995

 (150)Page 35, strike out all after line 20 over to and including line 
4 on page 36

 (151)Page 39, line 7, after ``operation'' insert: : Provided further, 
That employment at the Center shall not exceed 536 full time equivalent 
staff years in fiscal year 1995

 (152)Page 40, line 10, strike out all after ``State'' down to and 
including ``Code'' in line 13

 (153)Page 41, line 21, after ``Interstate'' insert: Construction

 (154)Page 43, strike out lines 18 and 19 and insert:
    Sec. 314. 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.

 (155)Page 43, line 22, after ``Act'' insert: or from available 
unobligated balances

 (156)Page 45, strike out lines 12 to 14 and insert:
    Sec. 320. The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to transfer 
funds appropriated for any office of the Office of the Secretary to any 
other Office of the Office of the Secretary: Provided, That no 
appropriation shall be increased or decreased by more than 12 per 
centum by all such transfers: Provided further, That any such transfer 
shall be submitted for approval to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations.

 (157)Page 46, strike out all after line 20 over to and including line 
7 on page 47 and insert:
    Sec. 324. 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.

 (158)Page 47, strike out lines 8 to 12 and insert:
    Sec. 325. None of the funds provided in this Act for the United 
States Coast Guard shall be available for the inspection of Department 
of Defense vessels excluding those under the Ready Reserve Force and 
the National Defense Reserve Fleet after January 1, 1995.

 (159)Page 47, strike out all after line 21 over to and including line 
2 on page 48 and insert:
    Sec. 327. 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.

 (160)Page 48, strike out lines 14 to 22 and insert:
    Sec. 329. (a) 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.
    (b) The authority provided in this section may be exercised without 
regard to section 3324 of title 31, United States Code.

 (161)Page 48, line 25, strike out [$13,253,000] and insert: $6,105,000

 (162)Page 49, line 3, strike out [$88,750,000] and insert: $94,855,000

 (163)Page 49, line 10, strike out [$6,012,680] and insert: $5,169,000

 (164)Page 49, line 12, strike out [$25,500,000] and insert: 
$26,344,000

 (165)Page 49, strike out lines 15 to 19 and insert:
    Sec. 332. 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.

 (166)Page 49, line 20, after ``received'' insert: by the Research and 
Special Programs Administration

 (167)Page 50, line 1, after ``received'' insert: by the Federal 
Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and Federal 
Railroad Administration

 (168)Page 50, line 3, after ``credited'' insert: respectively

 (169)Page 50, strike out all after line 10 over to and including line 
18 on page 52 and insert:
    Sec. 335. Section 12(c)(1) of the Federal Transit Act is amended by 
inserting ``payments for the capital portions of rail trackage rights 
agreements,'' after ``rights-of-way,''.

 (170)Page 55, strike out lines 3 to 9 and insert:
    Sec. 337. In addition to amounts otherwise provided by this Act, 
$5,425,000 shall be available for ``Interstate Commerce Commission, 
Salaries and Expenses'' solely 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.

 (171)Page 55, after line 20, insert:
    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.''.

 (172)Page 55, after line 20, insert:
    Sec. 340. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the unspent 
balance of funds previously appropriated for the Meadowbrook Parkway 
project shall be available for the Loop Parkway Bridge rehabilitation 
project.

 (173)Page 55, after line 20, insert:
    Sec. 341. Not more than $1,707,000 of funds provided for Coast 
Guard Operating Expenses under this Act shall be available for 
Voluntary Separation Incentive, Special Separation Benefit, early 
retirement, and other separation and transition benefits under Chapter 
58 of title 10, U.S.C. for active duty members in fiscal year 1995: 
Provided, That funds for such benefits shall only become available if 
authorized in law.

 (174)Page 55, after line 20, insert:
    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.

 (175)Page 55, after line 20, insert:
    Sec. 343. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, $33,700,000 
of funds provided in this Act for the Portland to Boston Transportation 
Corridor Program shall be made available to the Massachusetts Executive 
Office of Transportation and Construction for construction of 
excavation support walls and right-of-way for the Central Artery Rail 
Link connection between North and South Stations. This element of the 
Program is separate and distinct from the Transportation Corridor 
element, and shall not affect the environmental, financial, or 
construction work performed in connection with that element of the 
Program.

 (176)Page 55, after line 20, insert:
    Sec. 344. Section 211(b) of the National Driver Register Act of 
1982 as amended, (23 U.S.C. 401 note), is further amended by inserting 
after ``1994'' ``and $2,550,000 for fiscal year 1995''.

 (177)Page 55, after line 20, insert:
    Sec. 345. 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.

 (178)Page 55, after line 20, insert:
    Sec. 346. (a) Notwithstanding section 31136(e) of title 49, United 
States Code, and in order to further substantiate research carried out 
by the Secretary of Transportation in fiscal year 1992 under the Vision 
Waiver Study Program, the Secretary shall use funds available to the 
Secretary in the Highway Research Development and Technology account of 
the Federal Highway Administration to carry out a follow-up study to 
such study program.
    (b) In carrying out the follow-up study, the Secretary shall apply 
the same criteria and conditions to the study as the Secretary applied 
in carrying out research under the Vision Waiver Study Program.

 (179)Page 55, after line 20, insert:
    Sec. 347. Of the funds appropriated in the Department of 
Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1977 (Public Law 
94-387; 90 Stat. 1171) for railroad-highway demonstration projects, 
$486,000 in unobligated balances shall be made available for the rail 
relocation project in Lafayette, Indiana.

 (180)Page 55, after line 20, insert:
    Sec. 348. The Eastport Port Authority facility at Estes Head in 
Eastport, Maine, is eligible for funding under section 1064 of Public 
Law 102-240.

 (181)Page 55, after line 20, insert:
    Sec. 349. No money may be expended by the Department of 
Transportation in fiscal year 1995 to implement or enforce regulatory 
actions to restrict overflights and landings on National Parks system 
units, National Forest systems, Fish and Wildlife refuges, and other 
public lands in the State of Alaska. The term aircraft refers to fixed 
wing aircraft and helicopters of general, commercial, or military 
nature.

 (182)Page 55, after line 20, insert:
    Sec. 350. No funds under this Act for fiscal 1995 may be used to 
implement recommendations of the Flight Service Modernization Program 
to close or reduce services in flight servicestations in Alaska.

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