[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2002 Public Print (PP)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 2002


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 11, 1995

    Ordered to be printed with the amendments of the Senate numbered

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                                 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, 
(1)<DELETED>$55,011,500 </DELETED>$56,500,000, of which not to exceed 
(2)<DELETED>$40,000 </DELETED>$60,000 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 (3)<DELETED>duplicate physical 
copies </DELETED>custody of airline tariffs that are already available 
for public and departmental access at no cost; to secure them against 
detection, alteration, or tampering; (4)<DELETED>or open them 
</DELETED>and open to inspection by the Department.
                         Office of Civil Rights

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
(5)<DELETED>$6,554,000 </DELETED>$12,083,000, 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, (6)<DELETED>$3,309,000 </DELETED>$9,710,000.
                          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 (7)<DELETED>$102,231,000 
</DELETED>$104,364,000 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, (8)<DELETED>$15,000,000 
</DELETED>$26,738,536, 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 (9)<DELETED>$15,000,000 
</DELETED>$26,738,536 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 (10)<DELETED>seventy 
</DELETED>seventy-five highway miles from the nearest large or medium 
(11)or small hub airport, (12)except for any such community in which is 
located an airline maintenance facility performing required Federal 
Aviation Regulation heavy engine heavy structural airframe maintenance 
work in accordance with Part 135.411(a)(2), or that require a rate of 
subsidy per passenger in excess of $200 unless such point is greater 
than two hundred (13)<DELETED>and ten </DELETED>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, 
(14)<DELETED>$23,600,000 </DELETED>$11,861,464 in fiscal year 1996 is 
hereby rescinded(15)<DELETED>:-Provided further, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, effective January 1, 1996 no point in the 
48 contiguous States and Hawaii eligible for compensated transportation 
in fiscal year 1996 under subchapter II of chapter 417 of title 49, 
United States Code, including 49 U.S.C. 41734(d), shall receive such 
transportation unless a State, local government, or other non-Federal 
entity agrees to pay at least fifty percent of the cost of providing 
such transportation, as determined by the Secretary of Transportation: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may require the entity or entities 
agreeing to pay such amounts to make advance payments or provide other 
security to ensure that timely payments are made: Provided further, 
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, points covered by the 
cost-sharing provisions under this head for which no State, local 
government, or non-Federal entity agrees to pay at least fifty percent 
of the cost of providing such transportation shall receive a reduced 
level of service in fiscal year 1996, to be determined by the Secretary 
as follows: The Secretary shall subtract from the funds made available 
in this Act so much as is needed to provide compensation to all 
eligible points for which a State, local government, or other non-
Federal entity agrees to pay at least fifty percent of the cost of 
providing such transportation, and, with remaining funds, allocate to 
each other point an amount reduced by the ratio of the remainder 
calculated above to all funds made available in this Act: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall allocate any funds that become 
unallocated as the year progresses to those points for which a State, 
local government, or other non-Federal entity does not agree to pay at 
least fifty percent of the cost of such transportation</DELETED>.
                        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, (16)<DELETED>$130,803,000 
</DELETED>$139,689,000: 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)<DELETED>$17,099,000 
</DELETED>$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, (18)<DELETED>$2,900,000 </DELETED>$2,100,000, of 
which (19)<DELETED>$2,642,000 </DELETED>$1,842,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 1997(20): Provided, That notwithstanding 
49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be used for business opportunities 
related to any mode of transportation.
               (21)Interstate Commerce Commission Sunset
    For necessary expenses, of the Office of the Secretary, not 
otherwise provided for, $4,705,000, to transfer residual rail and motor 
carriers functions from the Interstate Commerce Commission to the 
Department 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; (22)<DELETED>$2,565,607,000 
</DELETED>$2,286,000,000, of which $25,000,000 shall be derived from 
the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund(23)<DELETED>;-and of which 
$25,000,000 shall be expended from the Boat Safety Account</DELETED>: 
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(24)<DELETED>:-Provided further, That of the funds 
provided for operating expenses for fiscal year 1996, in this or any 
other Act, not less than $314,200,000 shall be available for drug 
enforcement activities</DELETED>.
              Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction, renovation, 
and improvement of aids to navigation, shore facilities, vessels, and 
aircraft, including equipment related thereto, 
(25)<DELETED>$375,175,000</DELETED> $366,800,000, of which $32,500,000 
shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which 
(26)<DELETED>$191,200,000 </DELETED>$178,000,000 shall be available to 
acquire, repair, renovate or improve vessels, small boats and related 
equipment, to remain available until September 30, 2000; 
(27)<DELETED>$16,500,000 </DELETED>$14,500,000 shall be available to 
acquire new aircraft and increase aviation capability, to remain 
available until September 30, 1998; (28)<DELETED>$42,200,000 
</DELETED>$47,600,000 shall be available for other equipment, to remain 
available until September 30, 1998; (29)<DELETED>$82,275,000 
</DELETED>$80,200,000 shall be available for shore facilities and aids 
to navigation facilities, to remain available until September 30, 1998; 
and (30)<DELETED>$43,000,000 </DELETED>$46,500,000 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(31)<DELETED>:-Provided further, That the Secretary 
may transfer funds between projects under this head, not to exceed 
$50,000,000 in total for the fiscal year, thirty days after 
notification to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, 
solely for the purpose of providing funds for facility renovation, 
construction, exit costs, and other implementation costs associated 
with Coast Guard streamlining plans</DELETED>(32): Provided further, 
That the Commandant shall 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.
                      (33)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, (34)<DELETED>$16,000,000 </DELETED>$2,000,000, 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; (35)<DELETED>$61,859,000 
</DELETED>$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, (36)<DELETED>$18,500,000 </DELETED>$20,000,000, 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.
                        (37)<DELETED>Boat Safety
           <DELETED>(aquatic resources trust fund)</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>
                      (38)<DELETED>Emergency Fund
       <DELETED>(limitation on permanent appropriation)</DELETED>

          <DELETED>(oil spill liability trust fund)</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Except as provided in emergency supplemental 
appropriations provided in other appropriations Acts for fiscal year 
1996, not more than $3,000,000 shall be obligated or expended in fiscal 
year 1996 pursuant to section 6002(b) of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 
to carry out the provisions of section 1012(a)(4) of that 
Act.</DELETED>
                    FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

                               Operations
                   (39)(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, (40)<DELETED>$4,600,000,000 </DELETED>$4,550,000,000, 
of which (41)<DELETED>$1,871,500,000 </DELETED>$1,865,000,000 shall be 
derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund: Provided, That there 
may be credited to this appropriation funds received from States, 
counties, municipalities, foreign authorities, other public 
authorities, and private sources, for expenses incurred in the 
provision of (42)<DELETED>aviation </DELETED>agency services, including 
(43)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 (44)and in addition $10,000,000, to be credited to this 
appropriation from fees established and collected to cover the cost of 
safety and security regulation under the jurisdiction of the Federal 
Aviation Administration: 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(45): Provided 
further, That none of the funds appropriated in this or any subsequent 
Act may be used to pay premium pay under 5 U.S.C. 5546a for any fiscal 
year beginning after September 30, 1995; except that, (i) for fiscal 
year 1996, such premium pay may be paid at 50 percent of the rate 
specified in 5 U.S.C. 5546a; and (ii) for fiscal year 1997, such 
premium pay may be paid at 25 percent of the rate specified in 5 U.S.C. 
5546a(46): 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, 
(47)<DELETED>$2,000,000,000 </DELETED>$1,890,377,000, of which 
(48)<DELETED>$1,784,000,000 </DELETED>$1,674,377,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 1998, (49)<DELETED>and </DELETED>of which 
$216,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 1996(50), 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, 
(51)<DELETED>$60,000,000 </DELETED>$70,000,000 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, 
(52)<DELETED>$143,000,000 </DELETED>$215,886,000, 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)
          (53)(including rescission of contract authorization)
    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 (54)<DELETED>$1,600,000,000 </DELETED>$1,250,000,000 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 (55): 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 $20,000,000 for the ``Military Airports Program'' and 
$50,000,000 for the ``Reliever Airports Program''(56): Provided 
further, That of the available contract authority balances under this 
account, $5,000,000 are rescinded.
                   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 (57)<DELETED>$495,381,000 
</DELETED>$548,434,000 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 
(58)<DELETED>$190,667,000 </DELETED>$248,909,000 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, 
(59)<DELETED>$10,000,000 </DELETED>$13,000,000, 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 (60)<DELETED>$10,000,000 
</DELETED>$13,000,000 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 (61)<DELETED>$18,000,000,000 </DELETED>$17,000,000,000 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 
(62)<DELETED>$79,150,000 </DELETED>$75,000,000 for ``Motor Carrier 
Safety Grants''.
                  (63)Surface Transportation Projects
    For up to 80 percent, or as specified in authorizing legislation, 
of the expenses necessary for certain highway and surface 
transportation projects and parking facilities, including feasibility 
and environmental studies, that advance methods of improving safety, 
reducing congestion, or otherwise improving surface transportation, 
$39,500,000, to remain available until expended.
             NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

                        Operations and Research

    For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the Secretary 
with respect to traffic and highway safety under part C of subtitle VI 
of title 49, United States Code, and chapter 301 of title 49, United 
States Code, (64)<DELETED>$73,316,570 </DELETED>$71,261,000, of which 
(65)<DELETED>$37,825,850 </DELETED>$36,770,676 shall remain available 
until September 30, 1998(66)<DELETED>:-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</DELETED>.
                        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, 
(67)<DELETED>$52,011,930 </DELETED>$50,344,000, of which 
(68)<DELETED>$32,770,670 </DELETED>$31,716,720 shall remain available 
until September 30, 1998.
                  (69)<DELETED>Operations and Research
                    <DELETED>(rescissions)</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Of the amounts made available under this heading in Public 
Law 103-331, Public Law 102-388, and Public Law 101-516, $4,547,185 are 
rescinded from the national advanced driving simulator 
project.</DELETED>
                     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, (70)<DELETED>$153,400,000 
</DELETED>$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 
(71)<DELETED>$153,400,000 </DELETED>$155,100,000 for programs 
authorized under 23 U.S.C. 402 and 410, as amended, of which 
(72)<DELETED>$126,000,000 </DELETED>$128,000,000 shall be for ``State 
and community highway safety grants'', (73)<DELETED>$2,400,000 
</DELETED>$2,100,000 shall be for the ``National Driver Register'' 
(74)<DELETED>(subject to passage hereafter by the House of a bill 
authorizing appropriations therefor, and only in amounts provided 
therein)</DELETED> subject to authorization, and $25,000,000 shall be 
for section 410 ``Alcohol-impaired driving countermeasures 
programs''(75)<DELETED>:-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 none of these funds 
shall be used to purchase automobiles or motorcycles for state, local, 
or private usage</DELETED>: Provided further, That not to exceed 
(76)<DELETED>$5,153,000 </DELETED>$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'' (77)<DELETED>may 
</DELETED>shall be available for technical assistance to the States: 
Provided further, That not to exceed (78)<DELETED>$890,000 
</DELETED>$777,000 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, (79)<DELETED>$14,000,000 </DELETED>$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, (80)<DELETED>$49,940,660 </DELETED>$49,105,000, 
of which $2,687,000 shall remain available until expended.
                   Railroad Research and Development

    For necessary expenses for railroad research and development, 
(81)<DELETED>$21,000,000 </DELETED>$25,775,000, 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, (82)<DELETED>$100,000,000 </DELETED>$130,000,000, 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 
(83)<DELETED>technology development and demonstrations, $10,000,000, to 
remain available until expended </DELETED>studies, corridor planning, 
development, demonstration, and implementation, $20,000,000, to remain 
available until expended(84): 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, $5,000,000, 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 
$5,000,000.
                   (85)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.
             (86)Pennsylvania Station Redevelopment Project
    For grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, 
$25,000,000, 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.
                   (87)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, 
$2,000,000 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 
$7,000,000 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

    To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to the 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation authorized by 49 U.S.C. 24104, 
(88)<DELETED>$628,000,000 </DELETED>$605,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which (89)<DELETED>$336,000,000 
</DELETED>$305,000,000 shall be available for operating losses and for 
mandatory passenger rail service payments, (90)<DELETED>$62,000,000 
</DELETED>$100,000,000 shall be for transition costs incurred by the 
Corporation, and (91)<DELETED>$230,000,000 </DELETED>$200,000,000 shall 
be for capital improvements: Provided, (92)<DELETED>That none of the 
funds under this head shall be made available until significant reforms 
(including labor reforms) in authorizing legislation are enacted to 
restructure the National Railroad Passenger Corporation: Provided 
further, </DELETED>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, (93)<DELETED>$39,260,000 </DELETED>$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, 
(94)<DELETED>$890,000,000 </DELETED>$985,000,000: Provided, That no 
more than (95)<DELETED>$2,000,000,000 </DELETED>$2,105,850,000 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)(96): 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 eighty percent of the 
amount of operating assistance such areas are eligible to receive under 
Public Law 103-331(97): Provided further, That before apportionment of 
funds under this heading, $29,325,031 shall be apportioned to areas of 
200,000 or greater in population.
                   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, (98)<DELETED>$82,250,000 of which $39,436,250 
shall be for activities under 49 U.S.C. 5303, $4,381,250 for activities 
under 49 U.S.C. 5311(b)(2), $8,051,250 for activities under 49 U.S.C. 
5313(b), $19,480,000 for activities under 49 U.S.C. 5314, $8,051,251 
for activities under 49 U.S.C. 5313(a), and $2,850,000 for activities 
under 49 U.S.C. 5315</DELETED> $90,000,000.
                      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 
(99)<DELETED>$1,110,000,000 </DELETED>$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 (100)<DELETED>there shall be available for new fixed 
guideway systems, $666,000,000, to be available as follows</DELETED>, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, and except for fixed 
guideway modernization projects, $22,840,000 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 under 
this Act, to be available as follows:
            $42,410,000 for the Atlanta-North Springs project;
            (101)<DELETED>$17,500,000 </DELETED>$22,620,000 for the 
        South Boston Piers (MOS-2) project;
            (102)<DELETED>$6,500,000 for the Canton-Akron-Cleveland 
        commuter rail project (subject to passage hereafter by the 
        House of a bill authorizing appropriations therefor, and only 
        in amounts provided therein);
        </DELETED>    (103)<DELETED>$2,000,000 for the Cincinnati 
        Northeast/Northern Kentucky rail line project (subject to 
        passage hereafter by the House of a bill authorizing 
        appropriations therefor, and only in amounts provided therein);
        </DELETED>    $16,941,000 for the Dallas South Oak Cliff LRT 
        project;
            (104)<DELETED>$2,500,000 </DELETED>$3,500,000 for the DART 
        North Central light rail extension project 
        (105)<DELETED>(subject to passage hereafter by the House of a 
        bill authorizing appropriations therefor, and only in amounts 
        provided therein)</DELETED>;
            (106)<DELETED>$5,000,000 </DELETED>$7,000,000 for the 
        Dallas-Fort Worth RAILTRAN project (107)<DELETED>(subject to 
        passage hereafter by the House of a bill authorizing 
        appropriations therefor, and only in amounts provided 
        therein)</DELETED>;
            $10,000,000 for the Florida Tri-County commuter rail 
        project (108)<DELETED>(subject to passage hereafter by the 
        House of a bill authorizing appropriations therefor, and only 
        in amounts provided therein)</DELETED>;
            $22,630,000 for the Houston Regional Bus project;
            (109)<DELETED>$12,500,000 for the Jacksonville ASE 
        extension project;
        </DELETED>    (110)<DELETED>$125,000,000 </DELETED>$45,000,000 
        for the Los Angeles Metro Rail (MOS-3);
            (111)<DELETED>$10,000,000 for the Los Angeles-San Diego 
        commuter rail project;
        </DELETED>    (112)<DELETED>$10,000,000 </DELETED>$15,000,000 
        for the MARC commuter rail project;
            (113)<DELETED>$3,000,000 </DELETED>$22,630,000 for the 
        Maryland Central Corridor LRT project;
            $2,000,000 for the Miami-North 27th Avenue project 
        (114)<DELETED>(subject to passage hereafter by the House of a 
        bill authorizing appropriations therefor, and only in amounts 
        provided therein)</DELETED>;
            (115)<DELETED>$2,500,000 for the Memphis, Tennessee 
        Regional Rail Plan (subject to passage hereafter by the House 
        of a bill authorizing appropriations therefor, and only in 
        amounts provided therein);
        </DELETED>    (116)<DELETED>$75,000,000 </DELETED>$85,500,000 
        for the New Jersey Urban Core-Secaucus project;
            (117)<DELETED>$10,000,000 for the New Orleans Canal Street 
        Corridor project (subject to passage hereafter by the House of 
        a bill authorizing appropriations therefor, and only in amounts 
        provided therein);
        </DELETED>    (118)<DELETED>$114,989,000 </DELETED>$160,000,000 
        for the New York Queens Connection project;
            (119)<DELETED>$5,000,000 for the Orange County Transitway 
        project (subject to passage hereafter by the House of a bill 
        authorizing appropriations therefor, and only in amounts 
        provided therein);
        </DELETED>    $22,630,000 for the Pittsburgh Airport Phase 1 
        project;
            (120)<DELETED>$85,500,000 </DELETED>$130,140,000 for the 
        Portland Westside LRT project;
            (121)<DELETED>$2,000,000 for the Sacramento LRT extension 
        project;
        </DELETED>    (122)<DELETED>$10,000,000 </DELETED>$13,000,000 
        for the St. Louis Metro Link LRT project;
            (123)<DELETED>$5,000,000 </DELETED>$14,519,000 for the Salt 
        Lake City light rail project(124)<DELETED>:-Provided, That such 
        funding may be available only for related high-occupancy 
        vehicle lane and intermodal corridor design costs</DELETED>;
            (125)<DELETED>$10,000,000 </DELETED>$22,620,000 for the San 
        Francisco BART (126)<DELETED>extension to the San Francisco 
        airport </DELETED>extension/tasman corridor project;
            (127)<DELETED>$15,000,000 for the San Juan, Puerto Rico 
        Tren Urbano project (subject to passage hereafter by the House 
        of a bill authorizing appropriations therefor, and only in 
        amounts provided therein);
        </DELETED>    (128)<DELETED>$1,000,000 for the Tampa to 
        Lakeland commuter rail project (subject to passage hereafter by 
        the House of a bill authorizing appropriations therefor, and 
        only in amounts provided therein);
        </DELETED>    (129)<DELETED>$5,000,000 for the Whitehall ferry 
        terminal, New York, New York (subject to passage hereafter by 
        the House of a bill authorizing appropriations therefor, and 
        only in amounts provided therein); and
        </DELETED>    $14,400,000 for the Wisconsin central commuter 
        project (130)<DELETED>(subject to passage hereafter by the 
        House of a bill authorizing appropriations therefor, and only 
        in amounts provided therein)</DELETED>;
            (131)$11,300,000 for the Burlington-Charlotte, Vermont 
        commuter rail project; and
            (132)$5,000,000 for the Chicago central area circulator.

                       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, 
(133)<DELETED>$2,000,000,000 </DELETED>$1,700,000,000 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, (134)<DELETED>$200,000,000 
</DELETED>$170,000,000, 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(135): Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, no funds made available to the Saint Lawrence Seaway 
Development Corporation from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund may be 
obligated for fiscal year 1996, if the Saint Lawrence Seaway 
Development Corporation expends or obligates funds from the financial 
reserve fund of the Corporation for the design, development, or 
procurement of a global position system vessel traffic service system 
during that fiscal year: Provided further, That no funds made available 
to the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation from the Harbor 
Maintenance Trust Fund pursuant to this Act may be used by the 
Corporation during fiscal year 1996 for those purposes.
                       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, 
(136)<DELETED>$10,190,500 </DELETED>$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, (137)<DELETED>$26,030,000 
</DELETED>$24,281,000, 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(138)<DELETED>:-Provided, That $2,322,000 shall 
be transferred to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics for the 
expenses necessary to conduct activities related to Airline Statistics, 
and of which $272,000 shall remain available until expended</DELETED>: 
Provided further, 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, 
(139)<DELETED>$29,941,000 </DELETED>$32,973,000, 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 
(140)<DELETED>$27,243,000 </DELETED>$30,275,000 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 
(141)<DELETED>$1,000,000 </DELETED>$1,500,000 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 
(142)<DELETED>$8,890,000 </DELETED>$9,200,000 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, 
(143)<DELETED>$40,238,000 </DELETED>$39,891,200.
                (144)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, (145)<DELETED>$3,656,000 
</DELETED>$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), 
(146)<DELETED>$38,774,000 </DELETED>$37,500,000, 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), (147)<DELETED>$160,802 </DELETED>$360,802 to remain 
available until expended.
                     INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
                  (148)<DELETED>Salaries and Expenses
<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>
                         Salaries and Expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Interstate Commerce Commission, 
$13,379,000 shall be for severance, closing costs, and for other 
expenses.
                   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 (149)<DELETED>the Act of September 30, 1950 (20 
U.S.C. 236-244) </DELETED>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 vehicle highway 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 
(150)<DELETED>pursuant to paragraph (d)</DELETED> 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 (151)<DELETED>and ten 
</DELETED>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.
    (152)<DELETED>Sec. 313. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
to implement section 404 of title 23, United States Code.
</DELETED>    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 
(153)<DELETED>$10,000,000 </DELETED>$5,000,000, which limits fiscal 
year 1996 WCF obligational authority for elements of the Department of 
Transportation funded in this Act to no more than 
(154)<DELETED>$92,231,000 </DELETED>$99,364,000: 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.
    (155)<DELETED>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.
</DELETED>    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 (156)<DELETED>(excluding the Maritime Administration) 
</DELETED>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 
(157)<DELETED>collocate </DELETED>consolidate the Department's 
(158)<DELETED>surface transportation field offices 
</DELETED>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(159): 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 (160)<DELETED>for any office of the Office of the 
Secretary</DELETED> 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.
    (161)<DELETED>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.
</DELETED>    Sec. 337. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
shall be made available for employee training unless such training is 
consistent with the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 4101 et seq., as amended.
    (162)<DELETED>Sec. 338. None of the funds in this Act may be used 
to enforce the requirement that airport charges make the as airport 
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.
</DELETED>    Sec. 339. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of 
this section, 180 days after attaining eligibility for an immediate 
retirement annuity under 5 U.S.C. 8336 or 5 U.S.C. 8412, an individual 
shall not be eligible to receive compensation under 5 U.S.C. 8105-8106 
resulting from work injuries associated with employment with the 
Department of Transportation (excluding the Maritime Administration).
    (b) An individual who, on the date of enactment of this Act, is 
eligible to receive an immediate annuity described in subsection (a) 
may continue to receive such compensation under 5 U.S.C. 8105-8106 
until March 31, 1996.
    (163)(c) For the purposes of section (a), the time an individual 
has spent on the worker's compensation rolls shall be counted as 
regular employment time.
    (164)<DELETED>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 
Federal Highway Administration or other 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.
</DELETED>    (165)<DELETED>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.
</DELETED>    (166)<DELETED>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.
</DELETED>    (167)Sec. 343. Notwithstanding any other law, the funds 
available for obligation to carry out the project in West Calcasieu 
Parish, Louisiana, authorized by section 149(a)(87) of the Surface 
Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987 (Public 
Law 101-17; 101 Stat. 194) shall be made available for obligation to 
carry out the project for Lake Charles, Louisiana, authorized by item 
17 of the table in section 1106(a)(2) of the Intermodal Surface 
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-240; 105 Stat. 
2038).
    (168)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.
    (169)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.
    (170)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.
    (171)Sec. 347. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 
fiscal year 1996, the Secretary shall allocate to a State an additional 
amount of funding for its Federal-aid highway programs on a dollar for 
dollar basis to the extent that prior year unobligated balances are 
withdrawn and canceled. Such funds are subject to the obligation 
ceiling for Federal-aid Highways set by annual appropriations Acts: 
Provided, That prior year unobligated balances may not be withdrawn and 
canceled that were suballocated under title 23 or Public Law 102-240 or 
were made available under the congestion mitigation and air quality 
program.
    (172)Sec. 348. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 
fiscal year 1996, a State may, at its option, transfer those funds 
authorized or appropriated for highway demonstration projects under 
Public Law 102-240, Public Law 100-17, Public Law 97-424, or under an 
applicable appropriations act for the Department of Transportation, to 
its apportionment under section 104(b)(1), (2), (3), (5), and 144 of 
title 23, United States Code: Provided, That demonstration projects 
upon which such funds are drawn have not gone to construction (although 
obligations may have been incurred for preliminary engineering or 
environmental studies). Funds transferred under this section shall be 
subject to the laws, regulations, policies, and procedures, relating to 
the apportionment to which they are transferred and shall be subject to 
the obligation ceiling for Federal-aid highways set by annual 
appropriations Acts.
    (173)Sec. 349. Interstate Compact Infrastructure Banks.--Chapter 3 
of title 49, United States Code, is amended by the addition of the 
following new section 334:
    ``Sec. 334. Interstate Compact Infrastructure Banks.--(a) Consent 
to Interstate Compacts.--In order to increase public investment, 
attract needed private investment, and promote an intermodal 
transportation network, Congress grants consent to the States to 
establish State infrastructure banks and to enter into interstate 
compacts establishing transportation infrastructure banks to promote 
regional or multi-State investment in transportation infrastructure and 
thereby improve economic productivity.
    ``(b) Assistance for Transportation Projects, Programs, and 
Activities.--A State or Interstate Compact Transportation 
Infrastructure Bank (Infrastructure Bank) established under this 
section may make loans, issue debt under the authority of the 
Infrastructure Bank's State jurisdictions either jointly or separately 
as the Infrastructure Bank and its jurisdictions determine, and provide 
other assistance to public or private entities constructing, or 
proposing to construct or initiate, transportation projects, programs, 
or activities that are eligible to receive financial assistance under--
            ``(1) title 23, United States Code, and the Intermodal 
        Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991; and
            ``(2) chapters 53 and 221 and subtitle VII, part B, of this 
        title.
    ``(c) Forms of Assistance.--An Infrastructure Bank may loan or 
provide other assistance to a public or private entity in an amount 
equal to all or part of the cost of construction or capital cost of a 
qualifying project. The amount of any loan or other assistance received 
for a qualifying project under this section may be subordinated to any 
other debt financing for the project. For purposes of this subsection, 
the term `other assistance' includes any use of funds for the purpose 
of credit enhancements, use as a capital reserve for bond or debt 
instrument financing, bond or debt instrument financing issuance costs, 
bond or debt issuance financing insurance, subsidizing of interest 
rates, letters of credit, credit instruments, bond or debt financing 
instrument security, other forms of debt financing that relate to the 
qualifying project, and other leveraging tools approved by the 
Secretary.
    ``(d) Interstate Compact Transportation Infrastructure Bank 
Requirements.--In order to qualify an Interstate Compact Transportation 
Infrastructure Bank for capitalization grants under this section, each 
participating State shall--
            ``(1) deposit into the Infrastructure Bank, from non-
        Federal or Federal sources other than this title or title 23, 
        United States Code, an amount equal to 25 percent of each 
        capitalization grant or, if lower because of the proportion of 
        Federal lands in the State, the proportional non-Federal share 
        that a State would otherwise pay on the basis of section 120(b) 
        of title 23;
            ``(2) ensure that the Infrastructure Bank maintains on a 
        continuing basis an investment grade rating on its debt 
        issuances or has a sufficient level of bond or debt financing 
        instrument insurance to maintain the viability of the fund;
            ``(3) ensure that investment income generated by the funds 
        deposited into an Infrastructure Bank shall be--
                    ``(A) credited to the Infrastructure Bank;
                    ``(B) available for use in providing loans and 
                other assistance to qualifying projects, programs, or 
                activities from the Infrastructure Bank; and
                    ``(C) invested in U.S. Treasury securities, bank 
                deposits, or such other financing instruments as the 
                Secretary may provide to earn interest to enhance the 
                leveraging of qualifying transportation activities;
            ``(4) provide that the repayment of a loan or other 
        assistance to a State from any loan under this section may be 
        credited to the Infrastructure Bank or obligated for any 
        purpose for which the loaned funds were available under this 
        title or title 23;
            ``(5) ensure that any loan from an Infrastructure Bank 
        shall bear any positive interest the Bank determines 
        appropriate to make the qualifying project feasible;
            ``(6) ensure that repayment of any loan from an 
        Infrastructure Bank shall commence not later than five years 
        after the facility has opened to traffic or the project, 
        activity or facility has been completed;
            ``(7) ensure that the term for repaying any loan shall not 
        exceed 30 years from the date of obligation of the loan;
            ``(8) limit any assignment, transfer, or loan to an 
        Infrastructure Bank to not more than the amount which a State 
        is entitled to under subsection (f) of this section; and
            ``(9) require the Infrastructure Bank to make an annual 
        report to the Secretary on its status no later than September 
        30 of each year.
    ``(e) Secretarial Requirements.--In administering this section, the 
Secretary shall--
            ``(1) ensure that federal disbursements for capital 
        reserves shall be at a rate consistent with historic rates for 
        the Federal-aid highway program; and
            ``(2) specify procedures and guidelines for establishing, 
        operating, and making loans from an Infrastructure Bank.
    ``(f) Authorization of Appropriations; Contributions From Title 23 
Apportionments.--(1) There are authorized to be appropriated from the 
Airport and Airway Trust Fund established under section 9502 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9502) to carry out this 
section not more than $250,000,000 in Fiscal Year 1996.
    ``(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of title 23, United States 
Code, and Public Law 102-240 (Intermodal Surface Transportation 
Efficiency Act of 1991), a State may contribute to an Infrastructure 
Bank up to 10 percent of federal funds apportioned under section 104(b) 
of title 23 that are subject to the annual Federal-aid Highways 
obligation limitation, except for interstate construction and 
congestion mitigation and air quality program funds: Provided, That a 
State shall not deposit funds that are suballocated under title 23 or 
Public Law 102-240.
    ``(3) A state may disburse funds appropriated under paragraph 
(f)(1) of this subsection or contributed under (f)(2) of this 
subsection to an Infrastructure Bank at a rate that does not exceed the 
traditional rate of disbursement for the Airport Improvement Program or 
the Federal-aid Highway program, respectively.
    ``(g) State Allocation.--The Secretary shall apportion to the chief 
executive of each State choosing to participate in an Infrastructure 
Bank the percentage allocation of the amount available under paragraph 
(e)(1) of this section on the first day of the fiscal year, as follows:

``State                                                      Percentage
        ``Alabama..............................................    1.26
        ``Alaska...............................................    5.64
        ``Arizona..............................................    2.20
        ``Arkansas.............................................    0.74
        ``California...........................................    8.57
        ``Colorado.............................................    2.31
        ``Connecticut..........................................    0.74
        ``Delaware.............................................    0.04
        ``District of Columbia.................................    0.01
        ``Florida..............................................    6.49
        ``Georgia..............................................    3.08
        ``Hawaii...............................................    2.54
        ``Idaho................................................    0.75
        ``Illinois.............................................    3.92
        ``Indiana..............................................    1.46
        ``Iowa.................................................    0.95
        ``Kansas...............................................    0.68
        ``Kentucky.............................................    1.80
        ``Louisiana............................................    1.34
        ``Maine................................................    0.66
        ``Maryland.............................................    0.84
        ``Massachusetts........................................    1.72
        ``Michigan.............................................    2.68
        ``Minnesota............................................    1.59
        ``Mississippi..........................................    0.76
        ``Missouri.............................................    1.92
        ``Montana..............................................    1.10
        ``Nebraska.............................................    0.87
        ``Nevada...............................................    1.46
        ``New Hampshire........................................    0.28
        ``New Jersey...........................................    1.16
        ``New Mexico...........................................    0.98
        ``New York.............................................    5.82
        ``North Carolina.......................................    2.92
        ``North Dakota.........................................    0.61
        ``Ohio.................................................    2.32
        ``Oklahoma.............................................    0.97
        ``Oregon...............................................    1.15
        ``Pennsylvania.........................................    3.29
        ``Rhode Island.........................................    0.39
        ``South Carolina.......................................    1.05
        ``South Dakota.........................................    0.55
        ``Tennessee............................................    2.13
        ``Texas................................................    7.64
        ``Utah.................................................    1.04
        ``Vermont..............................................    0.22
        ``Virginia.............................................    2.91
        ``Washington...........................................    1.78
        ``West Virginia........................................    0.58
        ``Wisconsin............................................    1.41
        ``Wyoming..............................................    0.74
        ``Puerto Rico..........................................    0.99
    ``(g)  United States Not Obligated.--The deposit of Federal 
apportionments into an Infrastructure Bank shall not be construed as a 
commitment, guarantee, or obligation on the part of the United States 
to any third party, nor shall any third party have any right against 
the United States for payment solely by virtue of the deposit. 
Furthermore, any security or debt financing instrument issued by an 
Infrastructure Bank shall expressly state that the security or 
instrument does not constitute a commitment, guarantee, or obligation 
of the United States.
    ``(h) Management of Federal Funds.--Sections 3335 and 6503 of title 
31, United States Code, shall not apply to funds used as a capital 
reserve under this section.
    ``(i) Program Administration.--For each fiscal year, a State may 
contribute to an Infrastructure Bank an amount not to exceed two 
percent of the Federal funds deposited into that Infrastructure Bank by 
the State to provide for the reasonable costs of administering the 
fund.
    ``(j) Rescission of Contract Authorization.--Of the available 
contract authority balances under the account entitled ``Grants-In-Aid 
for Airports'' in this Act, $250,000,000 are rescinded.''.
    (174)Sec. 350. (a) In consultation with the employees of the 
Federal Aviation Administration and such nongovernmental 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 Secretary of Transportation 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 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) Section 7118(b)(7), relating to limitations on the 
        right to strike;
            (3) Section 7204, relating to antidiscrimination;
            (4) Chapter 73, relating to suitability, security, and 
        conduct;
            (5) Chapter 81, relating to compensation for work injury; 
        and
            (6) Chapters 83-85, 87, and 89, relating to retirement and 
        insurance coverage.
    (c) This section shall take effect on April 1, 1996.
    (175)Sec. 351. (a) In consultation with such non-governmental 
experts in acquisition management systems as he may employ, and 
notwithstanding provisions of Federal acquisition law, the Secretary of 
Transportation 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); and
            (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.
    (176)Sec. 352. 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 1995 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.
    (177)Sec. 353. 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.
    (178)Sec. 354. 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.
    (179)Sec. 355. (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''.
    (180)Sec. 356. 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.
    (181)Sec. 357. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the 
$29,596,000 available for obligation authorized by item 21 of the table 
in section 1105(f) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency 
Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-240; 105 Stat. 2038), $6,000,000 shall be 
made available for obligation to carry out surface transportation 
projects in Louisiana. Of this amount, $5,000,000 shall be made 
available for completion of the I-10 and I-610 project in New Orleans, 
Louisiana and $1,000,000 shall be made available for three highway 
studies of which $250,000 is provided for a study to widen US 84/LA 6 
traversing north Louisiana, $250,000 is provided for a study to widen 
La. Hwy 42 from US Hwy. 61 to La. Hwy. 44 and extend to I-10 in East 
Ascension Parish and $500,000 is provided for a study to connect 
Interstate 20 on both sides of the Ouachita River.
    (182)Sec. 358. 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''.
(183)sec. 359. energy savings at federal facilities.
    (a) Reduction in Facilities Energy Costs.--The head of each agency 
for which funds are made available under this Act shall take all 
actions necessary to achieve during fiscal year 1996 a 5 percent 
reduction, from fiscal year 1995 levels, in the energy costs of the 
facilities used by the agency.
    (b) Use of Cost Savings.--An amount equal to the amount of cost 
savings realized by an agency under subsection (a) shall remain 
available for obligation through the end of fiscal year 1997, without 
further authorization or appropriation, as follows:
            (1) Conservation measures.--Fifty percent of the amount 
        shall remain available for the implementation of additional 
        energy conservation measures and for water conservation 
        measures at such facilities used by the agency as are 
        designated by the head of the agency.
            (2) Other purposes.--Fifty percent of the amount shall 
        remain available for use by the agency for such purposes as are 
        designated by the head of the agency, consistent with 
        applicable law.
    (c) Report.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than December 31, 1996, the head 
        of each agency described in subsection (a) shall submit a 
        report to Congress specifying the results of the actions taken 
        under subsection (a) and providing any recommendations 
        concerning how to further reduce energy costs and energy 
        consumption in the future.
            (2) Contents.--Each report shall--
                    (A) specify the total energy costs of the 
                facilities used by the agency;
                    (B) identify the reductions achieved; and
                    (C) specify the actions that resulted in the 
                reductions.
(184)sec. 360. study of air fares.
    (a) Definitions.--For purposes of this section, the following 
definitions shall apply:
            (1) Adjusted air fare.--The term ``adjusted air fare'' 
        means an actual air fare that is adjusted for distance traveled 
        by a passenger.
            (2) Air carrier.--The term--
                    (A) ``air carrier'' has the same meaning as in 
                section 40102(a)(2) of title 49, United States Code; 
                and
                    (B) the terms ``regional commuter air carrier'', 
                and ``major air carrier'' shall have the meanings 
                provided those terms by the Secretary.
            (3) Airport.--The term ``airport'' has the same meaning as 
        in section 40102(9) of title 49, United States Code.
            (4) Commercial air carrier.--The term ``commercial air 
        carrier'' means an air carrier that provides air transportation 
        for commercial purposes (as determined by the Secretary).
            (5) Hub airport.--The term ``hub airport'' has the same 
        meaning as in section 41731(a)(2) of title 49, United States 
        Code.
            (6) Large hub airport.--The term ``large hub airport''--
                    (A) shall have the meaning provided that term by 
                the Secretary; and
                    (B) does not include a small hub airport (as such 
                term is defined in section 41731(a)(5) of title 49, 
                United States Code).
            (7) Nonhub airport.--The term ``nonhub airport'' has the 
        same meaning as in section 41731(a)(4) of title 49, United 
        States Code.
            (8) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Transportation.
    (b) Study of air fares.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall conduct a study to--
                    (A) compare air fares paid (calculated as both 
                actual and adjusted air fares) for air transportation 
                on flights conducted by commercial air carriers--
                            (i) between--
                                    (I) nonhub airports located in 
                                small communities; and
                                    (II) large hub airports; and
                            (ii) between large hub airports; and
                    (B) analyze--
                            (i) the extent to which passenger service 
                        that is provided from nonhub airports is 
                        provided on--
                                    (I) regional commuter commercial 
                                air carriers; or
                                    (II) major air carriers;
                            (ii) the type of aircraft employed in 
                        providing passenger service at nonhub airports; 
                        and
                            (iii) whether there is competition among 
                        commercial air carriers with respect to the 
                        provision of air service to passengers from 
                        nonhub airports.
            (2) Findings.--The Secretary shall include in the study 
        conducted under this subsection findings made by the Secretary 
        concerning--
                    (A) whether passengers who use commercial air 
                carriers to and from rural areas (as defined by the 
                Secretary) pay a disproportionately greater price for 
                that transportation than do passengers who use 
                commercial air carriers between urban areas (as defined 
                by the Secretary);
                    (B) the nature of competition, if any in rural 
                markets (as defined by the Secretary) for commercial 
                air carriers;
                    (C) whether a relationship exists between higher 
                air fares and competition among commercial air carriers 
                for passengers travelling on jet aircraft from small 
                communities (as defined by the Secretary) and, if such 
                relationship exists, the nature of that relationship;
                    (D) the number of small communities that have lost 
                air service as a result of the deregulation of 
                commercial air carriers with respect to air fares;
                    (E) the number of small communities served by 
                airports with respect to which, after the date on which 
                the deregulation referred to in subparagraph (D) 
                occurred, jet air service was replaced by turbo prop 
                air service; and
                    (F) with respect to the replacement in service 
                referred to in subparagraph (E), any corresponding 
                decreases in available seat capacity for consumers at 
                the airports referred to in that subparagraph.
    (c) Report.--Upon completion of the study conducted under 
subsection (b), but not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report on the study and the 
findings of the Secretary to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate.
(185)sec. 361. the railroad safety institute.
    Of the money appropriated to the United States Department of 
Transportation for Transportation Planning, Research and Development, 
$1,000,000 shall be made available to establish and operate the 
Institute for Railroad Safety as authorized by the Swift Rail 
Development Act of 1994.
(186)sec. 362. 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.
    (187)Sec. 363. 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.
(188)sec. 364. elimination of certain highway safety advisory 
committees.
    (a) National Highway Safety Advisory Committee.--
            (1) In general.--Section 404 of title 23, United States 
        Code, is repealed.
            (2) Conforming amendment.--The analysis for chapter 4 of 
        title 23, United States Code, is amended by striking the item 
        relating to section 404.
    (b) Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Regulatory Review Panel.--
            (1) In general.--Section 31134 of title 49, United States 
        Code, is repealed.
            (2) Conforming amendments.--
                    (A) The analysis for subchapter III of chapter 311 
                of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking 
                the item relating to section 31134.
                    (B) Section 31140 of title 49, United States Code, 
                is amended--
                            (i) in subsection (a), by striking ``and 
                        the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Regulatory 
                        Review Panel''; and
                            (ii) in subsection (b)--
                                    (I) in paragraph (2), by striking 
                                ``the Panel or''; and
                                    (II) by striking ``the Panel'' each 
                                place it appears and inserting ``the 
                                Secretary''.
                    (C) Section 31141 of title 49, United States Code, 
                is amended--
                            (i) by striking subsection (b) and 
                        inserting the following:
    ``(b) Annual Analysis by the Secretary.--The Secretary annually 
shall analyze State laws and regulations and decide which of the laws 
and regulations are related to commercial motor vehicle safety.''; and
                            (ii) in subsection (c)--
                                    (I) in paragraph (1), by striking 
                                ``The Secretary'' and all that follows 
                                through ``shall--'' and inserting ``Not 
                                later than 18 months after the date on 
                                which the Secretary makes a decision 
                                under subsection (b) that a State law 
                                or regulation is related to commercial 
                                motor vehicle safety or 18 months after 
                                the date on which the Secretary 
                                prescribes a regulation under section 
                                31136, whichever is later, the 
                                Secretary shall--''; and
                                    (II) in paragraph (5), by striking 
                                ``(5)(A) In'' and all that follows 
                                through ``(B) In'' and inserting ``(5) 
                                In''.
(189)sec. 365. delay of restriction on availability of certain highway 
funds; national highway system designation.
    (a) Delay of Restriction on Availability of Certain Highway 
Funds.--Section 103(b) of title 23, United States Code, is amended in 
paragraph (3)(B), by striking ``1995'' and inserting ``1997''.
    (b) National Highway System Designation.--Section 103 of title 23, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after subsection (b) the 
following:
    ``(c) National Highway System Designation.--
            ``(1) Designation.--The most recent National Highway System 
        (as of the date of enactment of this subsection) as submitted 
        by the Secretary of Transportation pursuant to this section is 
        designated as the National Highway System.
            ``(2) Modifications.--
                    ``(A) In general.--At the request of a State, the 
                Secretary may--
                            ``(i) add a new route segment to the 
                        National Highway System, including a new 
                        intermodal connection; or
                            ``(ii) delete a route segment in existence 
                        on the date of the request and any connection 
                        to the route segment;
                if the total mileage of the National Highway System 
                (including any route segment or connection proposed to 
                be added under this subparagraph) does not exceed 
                165,000 miles (265,542 kilometers).
                    ``(B) Procedures for changes requested by states.--
                Each State that makes a request for a change in the 
                National Highway System pursuant to subparagraph (A) 
                shall establish that each change in a route segment or 
                connection referred to in the subparagraph has been 
                identified by the State, in cooperation with local 
                officials, pursuant to applicable transportation 
                planning activities for metropolitan areas carried out 
                under section 134 and statewide planning processes 
                carried out under section 135.
            ``(3) Approval by the secretary.--The Secretary may approve 
        a request made by a State for a change in the National Highway 
        System pursuant to paragraph (2) if the Secretary determines 
        that the change--
                    ``(A) meets the criteria established for the 
                National Highway System under this title; and
                    ``(B) enhances the national transportation 
                characteristics of the National Highway System.''.
    (190)<DELETED>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
<DELETED>SECTION 401. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This title may be cited as the ``National Capital Area 
Interest Arbitration Standards Act of 1995''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 402. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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 
        </DELETED>\<DELETED>2/3</DELETED>\ <DELETED>of operating costs 
        are attributable to labor costs;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 403. DEFINITIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    As used in this Title--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) the term ``arbitration'' means--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (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</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) does not include the interpretation 
                and application of rights arising from an existing 
                collective bargaining agreement;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) the term ``arbitrator'' refers to either a 
        single arbitrator, or a board of arbitrators, chosen under 
        applicable procedures;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) the term ``interstate compact agency operating 
        in the national capital area'' means any interstate compact 
        agency which provides public transit services;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) the term ``interstate compact agency'' means 
        any agency established by an interstate compact to which the 
        District of Columbia is a signatory; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) the term ``public welfare'' includes, with 
        respect to arbitration under an interstate compact--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) the financial ability of the 
                individual jurisdictions participating in the compact 
                to pay for the costs of providing public transit 
                services; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 404. STANDARDS FOR ARBITRATORS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (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:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) The existing terms and conditions of 
        employment of the employees in the bargaining unit.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) All available financial resources of the 
        interstate compact agency.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) The interests and welfare of the employees in 
        the bargaining unit, including--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (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;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) all benefits received by the 
                employees, including previous bonuses, insurance, and 
                pensions; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) the continuity and stability of 
                employment.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (7) The public welfare.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 405. PROCEDURES FOR ENFORCEMENT OF AWARDS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Implementation.--Each party to an award that becomes 
binding under subsection (a) shall take all actions necessary to 
implement the award.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) the award is in violation of applicable 
        law;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) the arbitrator exceeded the arbitrator's 
        powers;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) the decision by the arbitrator is arbitrary or 
        capricious;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) there was partiality or misconduct by the 
        arbitrator prejudicing the rights of a party;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) the award was procured by corruption, fraud, 
        or bias on the part of the arbitrator; or</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (7) the arbitrator did not comply with the 
        provisions of section 404.</DELETED>
                         (191)<DELETED>TITLE V
            <DELETED>ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Sec. 501. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used for improvements to the Miller Highway in New York City, New 
York.</DELETED>
    This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Transportation and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996''.

            Passed the House of Representatives July 25, 1995.

            Attest:

                                                ROBIN H. CARLE,

                                                                 Clerk.

            Passed the Senate August 10 (legislative day, July 10), 
      1995.

            Attest:

                                               SHEILA P. BURKE,

                                                             Secretary.
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