[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2002 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.2002

                       One Hundred Fourth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
  the fourth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-five


                                 An Act


 
 Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related 
 agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, 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, 1996, 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, $56,189,000, 
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 notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, there may be credited to this appropriation up to 
$1,000,000 in funds received in user fees established to support the 
electronic tariff filing system: Provided further, That none of the 
funds appropriated in this Act or otherwise made available may be used 
to maintain custody of airline tariffs that are already available for 
public and departmental access at no cost; to secure them against 
detection, alteration, or tampering; and open to inspection by the 
Department.

                         Office of Civil Rights

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, $6,554,000, 
and in addition, $809,000, to be derived from ``Federal-aid Highways'' 
subject to the ``Limitation on General Operating Expenses''.

           Transportation Planning, Research, and Development

    For necessary expenses for conducting transportation planning, 
research, systems development, and development activities, to remain 
available until expended, $8,220,000.

                          Working Capital Fund

    Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital outlays of the 
Department of Transportation Working Capital Fund associated with the 
provision of services to entities within the Department of 
Transportation, not to exceed $103,149,000 shall be paid, in accordance 
with law, from appropriations made available to 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 
subchapter II of chapter 417 of title 49, United States Code, as is 
payable by the Department of Transportation, $22,600,000, to remain 
available until expended and to be derived from the Airport and Airway 
Trust Fund: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be 
available for the implementation or execution of programs in excess of 
$22,600,000 for the Payments to Air Carriers program in fiscal year 
1996: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be 
used by the Secretary of Transportation to make payment of compensation 
under subchapter II of chapter 417 of title 49, United States Code, 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, $16,000,000 in fiscal year 1996 is 
hereby rescinded.

                        Payments to Air Carriers


                               (rescission)

    Of the budgetary resources remaining available under this heading, 
$6,786,971 are rescinded.

                            Rental Payments

    For necessary expenses for rental of headquarters and field space 
not to exceed 8,580,000 square feet and for related services assessed 
by the General Services Administration, $135,200,000: Provided, That of 
this amount, $1,897,000 shall be derived from the Highway Trust Fund, 
$41,441,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, 
$836,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, and $169,000 
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, $17,685,000, 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.

                       Minority Business Outreach

    For necessary expenses of the Minority Business Resource Center 
outreach activities, $2,900,000, of which $2,642,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 1997: Provided, That notwithstanding 49 
U.S.C. 332, these funds may be used for business opportunities related 
to any mode of transportation.

                              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 five 
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; $2,278,991,000, of which $25,000,000 shall be 
derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; and of which 
$20,000,000 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, renovation, 
and improvement of aids to navigation, shore facilities, vessels, and 
aircraft, including equipment related thereto, $362,375,000, of which 
$32,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; 
of which $167,600,000 shall be available to acquire, repair, renovate 
or improve vessels, small boats and related equipment, to remain 
available until September 30, 2000; $12,000,000 shall be available to 
acquire new aircraft and increase aviation capability, to remain 
available until September 30, 1998; $49,200,000 shall be available for 
other equipment, to remain available until September 30, 1998; 
$88,875,000 shall be available for shore facilities and aids to 
navigation facilities, to remain available until September 30, 1998; 
and $44,700,000 shall be available for personnel compensation and 
benefits and related costs, to remain available until September 30, 
1996: 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: Provided 
further, That the Commandant may dispose of surplus real property by 
sale or lease and the proceeds of such sale or lease shall be credited 
to this appropriation.

                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, $21,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                        Port Safety Development

    For necessary expenses for debt retirement of the Port of Portland, 
Oregon, $15,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                         Alteration of Bridges

    For necessary expenses for alteration or removal of obstructive 
bridges, $16,000,000, 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), $582,022,000.

                            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; $62,000,000.

              Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for applied 
scientific research, development, test, and evaluation; maintenance, 
rehabilitation, lease and operation of facilities and equipment, as 
authorized by law, $18,000,000, 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, $20,000,000, to 
be derived from the Boat Safety Account and to remain available until 
expended.

                    FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

                               Operations


                      (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Administration, not 
otherwise provided for, including operations and research activities 
related to commercial space transportation, 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 subchapter I of chapter 471 of title 49, 
U.S.Code, 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, $4,645,712,000, of which $2,222,859,100 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 agency services, including receipts for 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 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: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may transfer funds to this account, from Coast Guard 
``Operating expenses'', not to exceed $60,000,000 in total for the 
fiscal year, fifteen days after written notification to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations, solely for the purpose of 
providing additional funds for air traffic control operations and 
maintenance to enhance aviation safety and security: Provided further, 
That the unexpended balances of the appropriation ``Office of 
Commercial Space Transportation, Operations and Research'' shall be 
transferred to and merged with this appropriation: Provided further, 
That none of the funds derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund 
may be used to support the operations and activities of the Associate 
Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation.

                        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 under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, U.S.Code, 
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, 
$1,934,883,000, of which $1,708,883,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 1998, of which $216,000,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 1996, and of which $10,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, is for funding noncompetitive cooperative agreements with air 
carriers to assist them in acquiring and installing the following 
advanced security equipment: (1) hardened unit load devices, (2) 
explosive detection systems certified by the Federal Aviation 
Administration, and (3) computer-aided screener training and 
proficiency systems, in order to evaluate such equipment's operational 
feasibility and effectiveness in improving civil aviation security: 
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.

                        Facilities and Equipment


                     (airport and airway trust fund)

                               (rescission)

    Of the available balances under this heading, $60,000,000 are 
rescinded.

                 Research, Engineering, and Development


                     (airport and airway trust fund)

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for research, 
engineering, and development, as authorized under part A of subtitle 
VII of title 49, U.S.C., including construction of experimental 
facilities and acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant, 
$185,698,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and 
to remain available until September 30, 1998: 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 as authorized under subchapter I of chapter 471 and 
subchapter I of chapter 475 of title 49, U.S.Code, and under other law 
authorizing such obligations, $1,500,000,000, to be derived from the 
Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the 
planning or execution of programs the obligations for which are in 
excess of $1,450,000,000 in fiscal year 1996 for grants-in-aid for 
airport planning and development, and noise compatibility planning and 
programs, notwithstanding section 47117(h) of title 49, U.S.Code: 
Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available 
for the planning and execution of programs the obligations for which 
are in excess of $26,000,000 for the ``Military Airports Program'' and 
$48,000,000 for the ``Reliever Airports Program''.

                   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 49 U.S.C. 44307, 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 chapter 443 of title 49, U.S. Code.

                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 $1,600,000 
during fiscal year 1996.

                     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 $509,660,000 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 
$208,946,000 of the amount provided herein shall remain available until 
September 30, 1998.

                     Highway-Related Safety Grants


                 (liquidation of contract authorization)

                           (highway trust fund)

                     (including 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, 
$11,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That 
not to exceed $100,000 of the amount made available 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 $11,000,000 in fiscal year 1996 for ``Highway-Related Safety 
Grants''.

                          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 $17,550,000,000 for Federal-aid highways and highway 
safety construction programs for fiscal year 1996.

                          Federal-Aid Highways


                 (liquidation of contract authorization)

                           (highway trust fund)

    For carrying out the provisions of title 23, United States Code, 
that are attributable to Federal-aid highways, including the National 
Scenic and Recreational Highway as authorized by 23 U.S.C. 148, not 
otherwise provided, including reimbursements for sums expended pursuant 
to the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 308, $19,200,000,000 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)

    None of the funds under this head are available for obligations for 
right-of-way acquisition during fiscal year 1996.

                      Motor Carrier Safety Grants


                 (liquidation of contract authorization)

                           (highway trust fund)

    For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 49 U.S.C. 
31102, $68,000,000, 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 $77,225,000 for 
``Motor Carrier Safety Grants''.

             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 part C of subtitle VI 
of title 49, United States Code, and chapter 301 of title 49, United 
States Code, $73,316,570, of which $37,825,850 shall remain available 
until September 30, 1998: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 
by this Act may be obligated or expended to plan, finalize, or 
implement any rulemaking to add to section 575.104 of title 49 of the 
Code of Federal Regulations any requirement pertaining to a grading 
standard that is different from the three grading standards (treadwear, 
traction, and temperature resistance) already in effect.

                        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 (Public Law 102-240), to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund, 
$51,884,430, of which $32,247,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 1998.

                     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, chapter 303 of title 49, United 
States Code, and section 209 of Public Law 95-599, as amended, to 
remain available until expended, $155,100,000, 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 
1996, are in excess of $155,100,000 for programs authorized under 23 
U.S.C. 402 and 410, as amended, of which $127,700,000 shall be for 
``State and community highway safety grants'', $2,400,000 shall be for 
the ``National Driver Register'' subject to authorization, and 
$25,000,000 shall be for section 410 ``Alcohol-impaired driving 
counter-measures 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 
$5,211,000 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 ``Alcohol-impaired driving counter-measures 
programs'' shall be available for technical assistance to the States: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $890,000 of the funds made 
available for the ``National Driver Register'' may be available for 
administrative expenses.

                    FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION

                      Office of the Administrator

    For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Administration, not 
otherwise provided for, $14,018,000, 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 or execution of a program making 
commitments to guarantee new loans under the Emergency Rail Services 
Act of 1970, as amended, and 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.

                            Railroad Safety

    For necessary expenses in connection with railroad safety, not 
otherwise provided for, $49,919,000, of which $2,687,000 shall remain 
available until expended.

                   Railroad Research and Development

    For necessary expenses for railroad research and development, 
$24,550,000, 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 49 U.S.C. 
24909, $115,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 1998.

            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 1996.

           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, 
$19,205,000, 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 improvements.

          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, $7,118,000, 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.

                     Alaska Railroad Rehabilitation

    To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to the 
Alaska Railroad, $10,000,000 shall be for capital rehabilitation and 
improvements benefiting its passenger operations.

                     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, 
$1,000,000 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 
$6,000,000 in damages resulting from the 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.

         Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation

                     (including transfer of funds)

    To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to the 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation authorized by 49 U.S.C. 24104, 
$635,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which $305,000,000 
shall be available for operating losses and for mandatory passenger 
rail service payments, $100,000,000 shall be for transition costs 
incurred by the Corporation, and $230,000,000 shall be for capital 
improvements: Provided, That up to $15,000,000 of the amount made 
available under this head for capital improvements may, at the 
discretion of the Corporation, be transferred to the Northeast Corridor 
Improvement Program: Provided further, That funding under this head for 
capital improvements shall not be made available before July 1, 1996: 
Provided further, 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.

                     FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

                        Administrative Expenses

    For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal Transit 
Administration's programs authorized by chapter 53 of title 49, United 
States Code, $42,000,000.

                             Formula Grants

    For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5307, 5310(a)(2), 
5311, and 5336, to remain available until expended, $942,925,000: 
Provided, That no more than $2,052,925,000 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 $400,000,000 
may be used for operating assistance under 49 U.S.C. 5336(d): Provided 
further, That the limitation on operating assistance provided under 
this heading shall, for urbanized areas of less than 200,000 in 
population, be no less than seventy-five percent of the amount of 
operating assistance such areas are eligible to receive under Public 
Law 103-331: Provided further, That in the distribution of the 
limitation provided under this heading to urbanized areas that had a 
population under the 1990 census of 1,000,000 or more, the Secretary 
shall direct each such area to give priority consideration to the 
impact of reductions in operating assistance on smaller transit 
authorities operating within the area and to consider the needs and 
resources of such transit authorities when the limitation is 
distributed among all transit authorities operating in the area.

                   University Transportation Centers

    For necessary expenses for university transportation centers as 
authorized by 49 U.S.C. 5317(b), to remain available until expended, 
$6,000,000.

                     Transit Planning and Research

    For necessary expenses for transit planning and research as 
authorized by 49 U.S.C. 5303, 5311, 5313, 5314, and 5315, to remain 
available until expended, $85,500,000 of which $39,500,000 shall be for 
activities under 49 U.S.C. 5303, $4,500,000 for activities under 49 
U.S.C. 5311(b)(2), $8,250,000 for activities under 49 U.S.C. 5313(b), 
$22,000,000 for activities under 49 U.S.C. 5314, $8,250,000 for 
activities under 49 U.S.C. 5313(a), and $3,000,000 for activities under 
49 U.S.C. 5315.

                      Trust Fund Share of Expenses


                 (liquidation of contract authorization)

                           (highway trust fund)

    For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 49 U.S.C. 
5338(a), $1,120,850,000, to remain available until expended and to be 
derived from the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That $1,120,850,000 
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 $1,665,000,000 in fiscal year 1996 for grants under the 
contract authority in 49 U.S.C. 5338(b): Provided, That there shall be 
available for fixed guideway modernization, $666,000,000; there shall 
be available for the replacement, rehabilitation, and purchase of buses 
and related equipment and the construction of bus-related facilities, 
$333,000,000; and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, except 
for fixed guideway modernization projects, $21,631,250 made available 
under Public Law 102-388 under ``Federal Transit Administration, 
Discretionary Grants'' for projects specified in that Act or identified 
in reports accompanying that Act, not obligated by September 30, 1995, 
shall be made available for new fixed guideway systems together with 
the $666,000,000 made available for new fixed guideway systems in this 
Act, to be available as follows:
        $42,410,000 for the Atlanta-North Springs project;
        $20,060,000 for the South Boston Piers (MOS-2) project;
        $4,250,000 for the Canton-Akron-Cleveland commuter rail 
    project;
        $1,000,000 for the Cincinnati Northeast/Northern Kentucky rail 
    line project;
        $16,941,000 for the Dallas South Oak Cliff LRT project;
        $3,000,000 for the DART North Central light rail extension 
    project;
        $6,000,000 for the Dallas-Fort Worth RAILTRAN project;
        $10,000,000 for the Florida Tri-County commuter rail project;
        $22,630,000 for the Houston Regional Bus project;
        $9,720,625 for the Jacksonville ASE extension project;
        $85,000,000 for the Los Angeles Metro Rail (MOS-3);
        $8,500,000 for the Los Angeles-San Diego commuter rail project;
        $10,000,000 for the MARC commuter rail project;
        $15,315,000 for the Maryland Central Corridor LRT project;
        $2,000,000 for the Miami-North 27th Avenue project;
        $1,250,000 for the Memphis, Tennessee Regional Rail Plan;
        $80,250,000 for the New Jersey Urban Core-Secaucus project;
        $5,000,000 for the New Orleans Canal Street Corridor project;
        $126,725,125 for the New York Queens Connection project;
        $22,630,000 for the Pittsburgh Airport Phase 1 project;
        $130,140,000 for the Portland Westside LRT project;
        $2,000,000 for the Sacramento LRT extension project;
        $12,500,000 for the St. Louis Metro Link LRT project;
        $9,759,500 for the Salt Lake City light rail project, of which 
    not more than $5,000,000 may be available for high-occupancy 
    vehicle lane and intermodal corridor design costs;
        $10,000,000 for the San Francisco BART extension to the San 
    Francisco airport project;
        $7,500,000 for the San Juan, Puerto Rico Tren Urbano project;
        $500,000 for the Tampa to Lakeland commuter rail project;
        $2,500,000 for the Whitehall ferry terminal, New York, New 
    York;
        $14,400,000 for the Wisconsin central commuter project; and
        $5,650,000 for the Burlington-Charlotte, Vermont commuter rail 
    project.

                       Mass Transit Capital Fund


                 (liquidation of contract authorization)

                           (highway trust fund)

    For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 49 U.S.C. 
5338(b) administered by the Federal Transit Administration, 
$2,000,000,000 to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund and to remain 
available until expended.

             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 for operation and maintenance of those 
portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway operated and maintained by the 
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, $10,150,000, 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, $23,937,000, of which $574,000 
shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, and of which $7,606,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 1998: Provided, That up to 
$1,000,000 in fees collected under 49 U.S.C. 5108(g) shall be deposited 
in the general fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided 
further, That there may be credited to this appropriation funds 
received from States, counties, municipalities, other public 
authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for training, 
for reports publication and dissemination.

                            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 49 U.S.C. 60107 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, $31,448,000, 
of which $2,698,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust 
Fund and shall remain available until September 30, 1998; and of which 
$28,750,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which 
$19,423,000 shall remain available until September 30, 1998: Provided, 
That from amounts made available herein from the Pipeline Safety Fund, 
not to exceed $1,000,000 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 49 U.S.C. 5127(c), $400,000 to 
be derived from the Emergency Preparedness Fund, to remain available 
until September 30, 1998: Provided, That not more than $8,890,000 shall 
be made available for obligation in fiscal year 1996 from amounts made 
available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i) and 5127(d): Provided further, That no 
such funds shall be made available for obligation by individuals other 
than the Secretary of Transportation, or his designees.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General to carry 
out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, 
$40,238,000.

                  BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS

    For expenses necessary to conduct activities related to airline 
statistics, $2,200,000, of which $272,000 shall remain available until 
expended.

                                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, $3,500,000: 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), 
$38,774,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 may be used for official 
reception and representation expenses.

                             Emergency Fund

    For necessary expenses of the National Transportation Safety Board 
for accident investigations, 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), $360,802 to remain available until expended.

                     INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION

                         Salaries and Expenses

    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), $13,379,000, of 
which $4,984,000 shall be for severance and closing costs: Provided, 
That of the fees collected in fiscal year 1996 by the Interstate 
Commerce Commission pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9701, one-twelfth of 
$8,300,000 of those fees collected shall be made available for each 
month the Commission remains in existence during fiscal year 1996.

                   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, $50,741,000, to be derived from the Panama Canal 
Revolving Fund: Provided, That funds available to the Panama Canal 
Commission shall be available for the purchase of not to exceed 38 
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.

                               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 extent necessary to permit 
payment of such pay increases for officers or employees as may be 
authorized by administrative action pursuant to law that are not in 
excess of statutory increases granted for the same period in 
corresponding rates of compensation for other employees of the 
Government in comparable positions.
    Sec. 303. Funds appropriated under this Act for expenditures by the 
Federal Aviation Administration shall be available (1) except as 
otherwise authorized by title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965, 20 U.S.C. 7701, et seq., 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. 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. 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 1996 the Secretary of Transportation 
shall distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways by 
allocation in the ratio which sums authorized to be appropriated for 
Federal-aid highways 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, 1995, 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 12 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, 1996, 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; and
        (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 transportation systems program, and amounts made 
    available under sections 1040, 1047, 1064, 6001, 6005, 6006, 6023, 
    and 6024 of Public Law 102-240, and 49 U.S.C. 5316, 5317, and 5338: 
    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.
    (d) During the period October 1 through December 31, 1995, 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 100-17, shall not exceed $277,431,840.
    (e) During the period August 2 through September 30, 1996, the 
aggregate amount which may be obligated by all States 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 1996 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, 1996, has the amount distributed to such State under 
paragraph (a) for fiscal year 1996 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 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. The limitation on obligations for the programs of the 
Federal Transit Administration shall not apply to any authority under 
49 U.S.C. 5338, previously made available for obligation, or to any 
other authority previously made available for obligation under the 
discretionary grants program.
    Sec. 313. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to implement 
section 404 of title 23, United States Code.
    Sec. 314. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1996 pay 
raises for programs funded in this Act shall be absorbed within the 
levels appropriated in this Act or previous appropriations Acts.
    Sec. 315. 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. 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 
(FAA) instrument landing systems (along with associated approach 
lighting equipment and runway visual range equipment) which conform to 
FAA 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 FAA shall accept such 
equipment, which shall thereafter be operated and maintained by the FAA 
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, 1998, shall be made available 
for other projects under 49 U.S.C. 5309.
    Sec. 322. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any funds 
appropriated before October 1, 1993, under any section of chapter 53 of 
title 49 U.S.C., that remain available for expenditure may be 
transferred to and administered under the most recent appropriation 
heading for any such section.
    Sec. 323. 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. 324. 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. 325. 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. 326. 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 Federal Aviation 
Administration and the Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development 
during fiscal year 1996.
    Sec. 327. Funds provided in this Act for the Department of 
Transportation working capital fund (WCF) shall be reduced by 
$7,500,000, which limits fiscal year 1996 WCF obligational authority 
for elements of the Department of Transportation funded in this Act to 
no more than $95,649,000: 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 in 
each account for the working capital fund.
    Sec. 328. 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 
49 U.S.C. 20105.
    Sec. 329. (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. 330. None of the funds in this Act shall be available to 
prepare, propose, or promulgate any regulations pursuant to title V of 
the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act (49 U.S.C. 32901, et 
seq.) prescribing corporate average fuel economy standards for 
automobiles, as defined in such title, in any model year that differs 
from standards promulgated for such automobiles prior to enactment of 
this section.
    Sec. 331. 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. 332. None of the funds in 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. 333. (a) Section 5302(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended by striking--
        (1) in subparagraph (B), ``that extends the economic life of 
    the bus for at least 5 years''; and
        (2) in subparagraph (C), ``that extends the economic life of 
    the bus for at least 8 years''.
    (b) The amendments made by this section shall not take effect 
before March 31, 1996.
    Sec. 334. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received by the 
Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the sale of data products, for 
necessary expenses incurred pursuant to the provisions of section 6006 
of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, may be 
credited to the Federal-aid highways account for the purpose of 
reimbursing the Bureau for such expenses: Provided, That such funds 
shall not be subject to the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 
highways and highway safety construction.
    Sec. 335. Of the budgetary resources provided to the Department of 
Transportation (excluding the Maritime Administration) during fiscal 
year 1996, $25,000,000 are permanently canceled: Provided, That the 
Secretary of Transportation shall reduce the existing field office 
structure, and to the extent practicable collocate and consolidate the 
Department's surface transportation field offices and administrative 
activities: Provided further, That the Secretary may for the purpose of 
consolidation of offices and facilities other than those at 
Headquarters, after notification to and approval of the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations, transfer the funds made available 
by this Act for civilian and military personnel compensation and 
benefits and other administrative expenses to other appropriations made 
available to the Department of Transportation as the Secretary may 
designate, to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes 
and for the same time period as the appropriations of funds to which 
transferred: Provided further, That no appropriation shall be increased 
or decreased by more than ten per centum by all such transfers: 
Provided further, That, notwithstanding 5 U.S.C. 905(b), the President 
may prepare and transmit to Congress not later than the date for 
transmittal to Congress of the Budget Request for Fiscal Year 1997, a 
reorganization plan pursuant to chapter 9 of title 5, United States 
Code, for the reorganization of the surface transportation activities 
of the Department of Transportation and the relationship of the Saint 
Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation to the Department.
    Sec. 336. The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to transfer 
funds appropriated in this Act to ``Rental payments'' for any expense 
authorized by that appropriation in excess of the amounts provided in 
this Act: Provided, That prior to any such transfer, notification shall 
be provided to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
    Sec. 337. None of the funds in this Act may be obligated or 
expended for employee training which: (a) does not meet identified 
needs for knowledge, skills and abilities bearing directly upon the 
performance of official duties; (b) contains elements likely to induce 
high levels of emotional response or psychological stress in some 
participants; (c) does not require prior employee notification of the 
content and methods to be used in the training and written end of 
course evaluations; (d) contains any methods or content associated with 
religious or quasi-religious belief systems or ``new age'' belief 
systems as defined in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Notice N-
915.022, dated September 2, 1988; (e) is offensive to, or designed to 
change, participants' personal values or lifestyle outside the 
workplace; or (f) includes content related to human immunodeficiency 
virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) other than that 
necessary to make employees more aware of the medical ramifications of 
HIV/AIDS and the workplace rights of HIV-positive employees.
    Sec. 338. None of the funds in this Act may be used to enforce the 
requirement that airport charges make the airport as self-sustaining as 
possible or the prohibition against revenue diversion in the Airport 
and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 (49 U.S.C. 47107) against Hot 
Springs Memorial Field in Hot Springs, Arkansas, on the grounds of such 
airport's failure to collect fair market rental value for the 
facilities known as Kimery Park and Family Park: Provided, That any 
fees collected by any person for the use of such parks above those 
required for the operation and maintenance of such parks shall be 
remitted to such airport: Provided further, That the Federal Aviation 
Administration does not find that any use of, or structures on, Kimery 
Park and Family Park are incompatible with the safe and efficient use 
of the airport.
    Sec. 339. None of the funds in this Act shall, in the absence of 
express authorization by Congress, be used directly or indirectly to 
pay for any personal service, advertisement, telegram, telephone, 
letter, printed or written matter, or other device, intended or 
designed to influence in any manner a Member of Congress, to favor or 
oppose, by vote or otherwise, any legislation or appropriation by 
Congress, whether before or after the introduction of any bill or 
resolution proposing such legislation or appropriation: Provided, That 
this shall not prevent officers or employees of the Department of 
Transportation or related agencies funded in this Act from 
communicating to Members of Congress on the request of any Member or to 
Congress, through the proper official channels, requests for 
legislation or appropriations which they deem necessary for the 
efficient conduct of the public business.
    Sec. 340. None of the funds in this Act shall be available to pay 
the salaries and expenses of any individual to arrange tours of 
scientists or engineers employed by or working for the People's 
Republic of China, to hire citizens of the People's Republic of China 
to participate in research fellowships sponsored by the modal 
administrations of the Department of Transportation, or to provide 
training or any form of technology transfer to scientists or engineers 
employed by or working for the People's Republic of China: Provided, 
That this provision shall not apply to the Federal Aviation 
Administration or the joint Federal Aviation Administration, Department 
of Defense and Department of Commerce initiative designed to modernize 
the air traffic control system of the People's Republic of China.
    Sec. 341. None of the funds in this Act may be used to support 
Federal Transit Administration's field operations and oversight of the 
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority in any location other 
than from the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
    Sec. 342. In addition to the sums made available to the Department 
of Transportation, $8,421,000 shall be available on the effective date 
of legislation transferring certain rail and motor carrier functions 
from the Interstate Commerce Commission to the Department of 
Transportation: Provided, That such amount shall be available only to 
the extent authorized by law: Provided further, That of the fees 
collected pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9701 in fiscal year 1996 by the 
successors of the Interstate Commerce Commission, one-twelfth of 
$8,300,000 of those fees shall be made available for each month during 
fiscal year 1996 that the successors of the Interstate Commerce 
Commission carry out the transferred rail and motor carrier functions.
    Sec. 343. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
for improvements to the Miller Highway in New York City, New York.
    Sec. 344. Improvements identified as highest priority by section 
1069(t) of Public Law 102-240 and funded pursuant to section 118(c)(2) 
of title 23, United States Code, shall not be treated as an allocation 
for Interstate maintenance for such fiscal year under section 157(a)(4) 
of title 23, United States Code, and sections 1013(c), 1015(a)(1), and 
1015(b)(1) of Public Law 102-240: Provided, That any discretionary 
grant made pursuant to Public Law 99-663 shall not be subject to 
section 1015 of Public Law 102-240.
    Sec. 345. The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Labor and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
shall, within three months of the date of enactment of this Act, carry 
out research to identify successful telecommuting programs in the 
public and private sectors and provide for the dissemination to the 
public of information regarding the establishment of successful 
telecommuting programs and the benefits and costs of telecommuting. 
Within one year of the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall report to Congress its findings, conclusions, and recommendations 
regarding telecommuting developed under this section.
    Sec. 346. Notwithstanding section 1003(c) of Public Law 102-240, 
authorizations for the Indian Reservation Roads under section 
1003(a)(6)(A) of Public Law 102-240 shall be exempt from any reduction 
in authorizations for budget compliance.
    Sec. 347. (a) In consultation with the employees of the Federal 
Aviation Administration and such non-governmental experts in personnel 
management systems as he may employ, and notwithstanding the provisions 
of title 5, United States Code, and other Federal personnel laws, the 
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall develop and 
implement, not later than January 1, 1996, a personnel management 
system for the Federal Aviation Administration that addresses the 
unique demands on the agency's workforce. Such a new system shall, at a 
minimum, provide for greater flexibility in the hiring, training, 
compensation, and location of personnel.
    (b) The provisions of title 5, United States Code, shall not apply 
to the new personnel management system developed and implemented 
pursuant to subsection (a), with the exception of--
        (1) section 2302(b), relating to whistleblower protection;
        (2) sections 3308-3320, relating to veterans' preference;
        (3) section 7116(b)(7), relating to limitations on the right to 
    strike;
        (4) section 7204, relating to antidiscrimination;
        (5) chapter 73, relating to suitability, security, and conduct;
        (6) chapter 81, relating to compensation for work injury; and
        (7) chapters 83-85, 87, and 89, relating to retirement, 
    unemployment compensation, and insurance coverage.
    (c) This section shall take effect on April 1, 1996.
    Sec. 348. (a) In consultation with such non-governmental experts in 
acquisition management systems as he may employ, and notwithstanding 
provisions of Federal acquisition law, the Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration shall develop and implement, not later than 
January 1, 1996, an acquisition management system for the Federal 
Aviation Administration that addresses the unique needs of the agency 
and, at a minimum, provides for more timely and cost-effective 
acquisitions of equipment and materials.
    (b) The following provisions of Federal acquisition law shall not 
apply to the new acquisition management system developed and 
implemented pursuant to subsection (a):
        (1) Title III of the Federal Property and Administrative 
    Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 252-266).
        (2) The Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 401 
    et seq.).
        (3) The Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 (Public 
    Law 103-355).
        (4) The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.), except that 
    all reasonable opportunities to be awarded contracts shall be 
    provided to small business concerns and small business concerns 
    owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged 
    individuals.
        (5) The Competition in Contracting Act.
        (6) Subchapter V of chapter 35 of title 31, relating to the 
    procurement protest system.
        (7) The Brooks Automatic Data Processing Act (40 U.S.C. 759).
        (8) The Federal Acquisition Regulation and any laws not listed 
    in (a) through (e) of this section providing authority to 
    promulgate regulations in the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
    (c) This section shall take effect on April 1, 1996.
    Sec. 349. Funds provided in this Act for bonuses and cash awards 
for employees of the Department of Transportation shall be reduced by 
$752,852, which limits fiscal year 1996 obligation authority to no more 
than $25,875,075: Provided, That this provision shall be applied to 
funds for Senior Executive Service bonuses, merit pay, and other 
bonuses and cash awards.
    Sec. 350. 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. 351. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 
may use funds appropriated under this Act, or any subsequent Act, to 
administer and implement the exemption provisions of 49 CFR 580.6 and 
to adopt or amend exemptions from the disclosure requirements of 49 CFR 
Part 580 for any class or category of vehicles that the Secretary deems 
appropriate.
    Sec. 352. (a) The Federal Aviation Administration Technical Center 
located at the Atlantic City International Airport in Pomona, New 
Jersey, shall be known and designated as the ``William J. Hughes 
Technical Center''.
    (b) Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or 
other record of the United States to the Federal Aviation 
Administration Technical Center referred to in section (a) shall be 
deemed to be a reference to the ``William J. Hughes Technical Center''.
    Sec. 353. None of the funds in this Act may be used to close any 
multi-mission small boat stations or subunits: Provided, That the 
Secretary may implement any management efficiencies within the small 
boat unit system, such as modifying the operational posture of units or 
reallocating resources as necessary to ensure the safety of the 
maritime public nationwide, provided that no stations or subunits may 
be closed.
    Sec. 354. Transfer of Certain Federal Property in New Jersey.--The 
first section of the Act entitled ``An Act transferring certain Federal 
property to the city of Hoboken, New Jersey'', approved September 27, 
1982 (Public Law 97-268, 96 Stat. 1140), is amended--
        (1) in subsection (a), by adding ``and'' at the end, and
        (2) by striking ``Stat. 220), and'' in subsection (b) and all 
    that follows through ``New Jersey; concurrent with'' and inserting 
    the following: ``Stat. 220);
concurrent with''.
    Sec. 355. Sense of Senate Regarding United States/Japan Aviation 
Dispute.--(a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
        (1) the Governments of the United States and Japan entered into 
    a bilateral aviation agreement in 1952 that has been modified 
    periodically to reflect changes in the aviation relationship 
    between the two countries;
        (2) in 1994 the total revenue value of passenger and freight 
    traffic for United States air carriers between the United States 
    and Japan was approximately $6,000,000,000;
        (3) the United States/Japan bilateral aviation agreement 
    guarantees three United States carriers ``beyond rights'' that 
    authorize them to fly into Japan, take on additional passengers and 
    cargo, and then fly to another country;
        (4) the United States/Japan bilateral aviation agreement 
    requires that, within 45 days of filing a notice with the 
    Government of Japan, the Government of Japan must authorize United 
    States air carriers to serve routes guaranteed by their ``beyond 
    rights'';
        (5) United States air carriers have made substantial economic 
    investment in reliance upon the expectation their rights under the 
    United States/Japan bilateral aviation agreement would be honored 
    by the Government of Japan;
        (6) the Government of Japan has violated the United States/
    Japan bilateral aviation agreement by preventing United States air 
    carriers from serving routes clearly authorized by their ``beyond 
    rights''; and
        (7) the refusal by the Government of Japan to respect the terms 
    of the United States/Japan bilateral aviation agreement is having 
    severe repercussions on United States air carriers and, in general, 
    customers of these United States air carriers.
    (b) Action Requested.--The Congress--
        (1) calls upon the Government of Japan to honor and abide by 
    the terms of the United States/Japan bilateral aviation agreement 
    and immediately authorize United States air cargo and passenger 
    carriers which have pending route requests relating to their 
    ``beyond rights'' to immediately commence service on the requested 
    routes;
        (2) calls upon the President of the United States to identify 
    strong and appropriate forms of countermeasures that could be taken 
    against the Government of Japan for its egregious violation of the 
    United States/Japan bilateral aviation agreement; and
        (3) calls upon the President of the United States to promptly 
    impose against the Government of Japan whatever countermeasures are 
    necessary and appropriate to ensure the Government of Japan abides 
    by the terms of the United States/Japan bilateral aviation 
    agreement.
    Sec. 356. The Secretary of Transportation is hereby authorized and 
directed to enter into an agreement modifying the agreement entered 
into pursuant to section 339 of the Department of Transportation and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 (Public Law 102-388) to 
conform such agreement to the provisions of section 336 of the 
Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1995 (Public Law 103-331). Nothing in this section changes the amount 
of the previous appropriation in section 339, and the line of credit 
provided for shall not exceed an amount supported by the previous 
appropriation. In implementing either section 339 or section 336, the 
Secretary may enter into an agreement requiring an interest rate that 
is higher than that specified therein.
    Sec. 357. Authority To Use Funds for Siding and Intermodal Facility 
in Richland County, North Dakota.--Notwithstanding section 22101(a)(3) 
of title 49, United States Code, the State of North Dakota may use 
funds available to the State under section 22106(b) of such title for 
the building of a siding and intermodal facility proposed by the State 
in Sections 7 and 8, Township 133 North, Range 47 West, Richland 
County, North Dakota.

                                TITLE IV

   PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF MANDATORY STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES 
   GOVERNING THE ACTIONS OF ARBITRATORS IN THE ARBITRATION OF LABOR 
 DISPUTES INVOLVING TRANSIT AGENCIES OPERATING IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL 
                                  AREA

    Section. 401. Short Title.--This title may be cited as the 
``National Capital Area Interest Arbitration Standards Act of 1995''.
    Sec. 402. Findings and Purposes.--(a) Findings.--The Congress finds 
that--
        (1) affordable public transportation is essential to the 
    economic vitality of the national capital area and is an essential 
    component of regional efforts to improve air quality to meet 
    environmental requirements and to improve the health of both 
    residents of and visitors to the national capital area as well as 
    to preserve the beauty and dignity of the Nation's capital;
        (2) use of mass transit by both residents of and visitors to 
    the national capital area is substantially affected by the prices 
    charged for such mass transit services, prices that are 
    substantially affected by labor costs, since more than \2/3\ of 
    operating costs are attributable to labor costs;
        (3) labor costs incurred in providing mass transit in the 
    national capital area have increased at an alarming rate and wages 
    and benefits of operators and mechanics currently are among the 
    highest in the Nation;
        (4) higher operating costs incurred for public transit in the 
    national capital area cannot be offset by increasing costs to 
    patrons, since this often discourages ridership and thus undermines 
    the public interest in promoting the use of public transit;
        (5) spiraling labor costs cannot be offset by the governmental 
    entities that are responsible for subsidy payments for public 
    transit services since local governments generally, and the 
    District of Columbia government in particular, are operating under 
    severe fiscal constraints;
        (6) imposition of mandatory standards applicable to arbitrators 
    resolving arbitration disputes involving interstate compact 
    agencies operating in the national capital area will ensure that 
    wage increases are justified and do not exceed the ability of 
    transit patrons and taxpayers to fund the increase; and
        (7) Federal legislation is necessary under Article I of section 
    8 of the United States Constitution to balance the need to moderate 
    and lower labor costs while maintaining industrial peace.
    (b) Purpose.--It is therefore the purpose of this Act to adopt 
standards governing arbitration which must be applied by arbitrators 
resolving disputes involving interstate compact agencies operating in 
the national capital area in order to lower operating costs for public 
transportation in the Washington metropolitan area.
    Sec. 403. Definitions.--As used in this title--
        (1) the term ``arbitration'' means--
            (A) the arbitration of disputes, regarding the terms and 
        conditions of employment, that is required under an interstate 
        compact governing an interstate compact agency operating in the 
        national capital area; and
            (B) does not include the interpretation and application of 
        rights arising from an existing collective bargaining 
        agreement;
        (2) the term ``arbitrator'' refers to either a single 
    arbitrator, or a board of arbitrators, chosen under applicable 
    procedures;
        (3) an interstate compact agency's ``funding ability'' is the 
    ability of the interstate compact agency, or of any governmental 
    jurisdiction which provides subsidy payments or budgetary 
    assistance to the interstate compact agency, to obtain the 
    necessary financial resources to pay for wage and benefit increases 
    for employees of the interstate compact agency;
        (4) the term ``interstate compact agency operating in the 
    national capital area'' means any interstate compact agency which 
    provides public transit services;
        (5) the term ``interstate compact agency'' means any agency 
    established by an interstate compact to which the District of 
    Columbia is a signatory; and
        (6) the term ``public welfare'' includes, with respect to 
    arbitration under an interstate compact--
            (A) the financial ability of the individual jurisdictions 
        participating in the compact to pay for the costs of providing 
        public transit services; and
            (B) the average per capita tax burden, during the term of 
        the collective bargaining agreement to which the arbitration 
        relates, of the residents of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan 
        area, and the effect of an arbitration award rendered pursuant 
        to such arbitration on the respective income or property tax 
        rates of the jurisdictions which provide subsidy payments to 
        the interstate compact agency established under the compact.
    Sec. 404. Standards for Arbitrators.--(a) Factors in Making 
Arbitration Award.--An arbitrator rendering an arbitration award 
involving the employees of an interstate compact agency operating in 
the national capital area may not make a finding or a decision for 
inclusion in a collective bargaining agreement governing conditions of 
employment without considering the following factors:
        (1) The existing terms and conditions of employment of the 
    employees in the bargaining unit.
        (2) All available financial resources of the interstate compact 
    agency.
        (3) The annual increase or decrease in consumer prices for 
    goods and services as reflected in the most recent consumer price 
    index for the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, published by the 
    Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of 
    Labor.
        (4) The wages, benefits, and terms and conditions of the 
    employment of other employees who perform, in other jurisdictions 
    in the Washington, D.C. standard metropolitan statistical area, 
    services similar to those in the bargaining unit.
        (5) The special nature of the work performed by the employees 
    in the bargaining unit, including any hazards or the relative ease 
    of employment, physical requirements, educational qualifications, 
    job training and skills, shift assignments, and the demands placed 
    upon the employees as compared to other employees of the interstate 
    compact agency.
        (6) The interests and welfare of the employees in the 
    bargaining unit, including--
            (A) the overall compensation presently received by the 
        employees, having regard not only for wage rates but also for 
        wages for time not worked, including vacations, holidays, and 
        other excused absences;
            (B) all benefits received by the employees, including 
        previous bonuses, insurance, and pensions; and
            (C) the continuity and stability of employment.
        (7) The public welfare.
    (b) Compact Agency's Funding Ability.--An arbitrator rendering an 
arbitration award involving the employees of an interstate compact 
agency operating in the national capital area may not, with respect to 
a collective bargaining agreement governing conditions of employment, 
provide for salaries and other benefits that exceed the interstate 
compact agency's funding ability.
    (c) Requirements for Final Award.--In resolving a dispute submitted 
to arbitration involving the employees of an interstate compact agency 
operating in the national capital area, the arbitrator shall issue a 
written award that demonstrates that all the factors set forth in 
subsections (a) and (b) have been considered and applied. An award may 
grant an increase in pay rates or benefits (including insurance and 
pension benefits), or reduce hours of work, only if the arbitrator 
concludes that any costs to the agency do not adversely affect the 
public welfare. The arbitrator's conclusion regarding the public 
welfare must be supported by substantial evidence.
    Sec. 405. Procedures for Enforcement of Awards.--(a) Modifications 
and Finality of Award.--In the case of an arbitration award to which 
section 404 applies, the interstate compact agency and the employees in 
the bargaining unit, through their representative, may agree in writing 
upon any modifications to the award within 10 days after the award is 
received by the parties. After the end of that 10-day period, the 
award, with any such modifications, shall become binding upon the 
interstate compact agency, the employees in the bargaining unit, and 
the employees' representative.
    (b) Implementation.--Each party to an award that becomes binding 
under subsection (a) shall take all actions necessary to implement the 
award.
    (c) Judicial Review.--Within 60 days after an award becomes binding 
under subsection (a), the interstate compact agency or the exclusive 
representative of the employees concerned may file a civil action in a 
court which has jurisdiction over the interstate compact agency for 
review of the award. The court shall review the award on the record, 
and shall vacate the award or any part of the award, after notice and a 
hearing, if--
        (1) the award is in violation of applicable law;
        (2) the arbitrator exceeded the arbitrator's powers;
        (3) the decision by the arbitrator is arbitrary or capricious;
        (4) the arbitrator conducted the hearing contrary to the 
    provisions of this title or other statutes or rules that apply to 
    the arbitration so as to substantially prejudice the rights of a 
    party;
        (5) there was partiality or misconduct by the arbitrator 
    prejudicing the rights of a party;
        (6) the award was procured by corruption, fraud, or bias on the 
    part of the arbitrator; or
        (7) the arbitrator did not comply with the provisions of 
    section 404.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Transportation and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.