[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3675 Engrossed in House (EH)]


  2d Session

                               H. R. 3675

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                                 AN ACT

 Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related 
 agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other 
                               purposes.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3675

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                                 AN ACT


 
 Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related 
 agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, 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, 1997, 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, $53,816,000, 
of which not to exceed $40,000 shall be available as the Secretary may 
determine for allocation within the Department for official reception 
and representation expenses: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, there may be credited to this appropriation up to 
$1,000,000 in funds received in user fees established to support the 
electronic tariff filing system: Provided further, That none of the 
funds appropriated in this Act or otherwise made available may be used 
to maintain custody of airline tariffs that are already available for 
public and departmental access at no cost; to secure them against 
detection, alteration, or tampering; and open to inspection by the 
Department.

                         Office of Civil Rights

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, $5,574,000.

           Transportation Planning, Research, and Development

    For necessary expenses for conducting transportation planning, 
research, systems development, and development activities, to remain 
available until expended, $3,000,000.

              Transportation Administrative Service Center

    Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital outlays of the 
Transportation Administrative Service Center, not to exceed 
$124,812,000, shall be paid from appropriations made available to the 
Department of Transportation: Provided, That such services shall be 
provided on a competitive basis to entities within the Department of 
Transportation: Provided further, That the above limitation on 
operating expenses shall not apply to non-DOT entities: Provided 
further, That no funds appropriated in this Act to an agency of the 
Department shall be transferred to the Transportation Administrative 
Service Center without the approval of the agency modal administrator: 
Provided further, That no assessments may be levied against any 
program, budget activity, subactivity or project funded by this Act 
unless notice of such assessments and the basis therefor are presented 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and are approved 
by such Committees.

                        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, $10,000,000, to remain 
available until expended and to be derived from the Airport and Airway 
Trust Fund: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be 
available for the implementation or execution of programs in excess of 
$10,000,000 for the Payments to Air Carriers program in fiscal year 
1997: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be 
used by the Secretary of Transportation to make payment of compensation 
under subchapter II of chapter 417 of title 49, United States Code, in 
excess of the appropriation in this Act for liquidation of obligations 
incurred under the ``Payments to air carriers'' program: Provided 
further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be used for the 
payment of claims for such compensation except in accordance with this 
provision: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall 
be available for service to communities in the forty-eight contiguous 
States that are located fewer than seventy highway miles from the 
nearest large or medium hub airport, or that require a rate of subsidy 
per passenger in excess of $200 unless such point is greater than two 
hundred and ten miles from the nearest large or medium hub airport: 
Provided further, That of funds provided for ``Small Community Air 
Service'' by Public Law 101-508, $28,600,000 in fiscal year 1997 is 
hereby rescinded.

                        Payments to Air Carriers

                              (rescission)

    Of the budgetary resources remaining available under this heading, 
$1,133,000 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, $127,447,000: Provided, That of 
this amount, $2,022,000 shall be derived from the Highway Trust Fund, 
$39,113,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, 
$840,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, and $193,000 
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, $17,294,000, to be derived from ``Federal-aid 
Highways'', subject to the ``Limitation on General Operating 
Expenses''.

               Minority Business Resource Center Program

    For the cost of direct loans, $1,500,000, as authorized by 49 
U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these funds are available to 
subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans 
not to exceed $15,000,000. In addition, for administrative expenses to 
carry out the direct loan program, $400,000.

                       Minority Business Outreach

    For necessary expenses of the Minority Business Resource Center 
outreach activities, $2,900,000, of which $2,635,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 1998: Provided, That notwithstanding 49 
U.S.C. 332, these funds may be used for business opportunities related 
to any mode of transportation.

                              COAST GUARD

                           Operating Expenses

    For necessary expenses for the operation and maintenance of the 
Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for; purchase of not to exceed five 
passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; payments pursuant to 
section 156 of Public Law 97-377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and 
section 229(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 429(b)); and 
recreation and welfare; $2,609,100,000, of which $25,000,000 shall be 
derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund: Provided, That the 
number of aircraft on hand at any one time shall not exceed two hundred 
and eighteen, exclusive of aircraft and parts stored to meet future 
attrition: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in 
this or any other Act shall be available for pay or administrative 
expenses in connection with shipping commissioners in the United 
States: Provided further, That none of the funds provided in this Act 
shall be available for expenses incurred for yacht documentation under 
46 U.S.C. 12109, except to the extent fees are collected from yacht 
owners and credited to this appropriation: Provided further, That the 
Commandant shall reduce both military and civilian employment levels 
for the purpose of complying with Executive Order No. 12839.

              Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements

    For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction, renovation, 
and improvement of aids to navigation, shore facilities, vessels, and 
aircraft, including equipment related thereto, $358,000,000, of which 
$20,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; 
of which $205,600,000 shall be available to acquire, repair, renovate 
or improve vessels, small boats and related equipment, to remain 
available until September 30, 2001; $18,300,000 shall be available to 
acquire new aircraft and increase aviation capability, to remain 
available until September 30, 1999; $39,900,000 shall be available for 
other equipment, to remain available until September 30, 1999; 
$47,950,000 shall be available for shore facilities and aids to 
navigation facilities, to remain available until September 30, 1999; 
and $46,250,000 shall remain available for personnel compensation and 
benefits and related costs, to remain available until September 30, 
1998: Provided, That funds received from the sale of the VC-11A and HU-
25 aircraft shall be credited to this appropriation for the purpose of 
acquiring new aircraft and increasing aviation capacity: Provided 
further, That the Commandant may dispose of surplus real property by 
sale or lease and the proceeds of such sale or lease shall be credited 
to this appropriation: Provided further, That the property in Wildwood, 
New Jersey shall be disposed of in a manner resulting in a final fiscal 
year 1997 appropriation estimated at $338,000,000: Provided further, 
That none of the funds in this Act may be obligated or expended to 
continue the ``Vessel Traffic Service 2000'' Program.

              Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements

                             (rescissions)

    Of the available balances under this heading provided in Public Law 
104-50, $3,400,000 are rescinded.
    Of the available balances under this heading provided in Public Law 
103-331, $355,000 are rescinded.

                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.

                         Alteration of Bridges

    For necessary expenses for alteration or removal of obstructive 
bridges, $16,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                              Retired Pay

    For retired pay, including the payment of obligations therefor 
otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this purpose, and 
payments under the Retired Serviceman's Family Protection and Survivor 
Benefits Plans, and for payments for medical care of retired personnel 
and their dependents under the Dependents Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. 
ch. 55) $608,084,000.

                            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; $65,890,000.

              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, $19,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $5,020,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust 
Fund: Provided, That there may be credited to this appropriation funds 
received from State and local governments, other public authorities, 
private sources, and foreign countries, for expenses incurred for 
research, development, testing, and evaluation.

                              Boat Safety

                     (aquatic resources trust fund)

    For payment of necessary expenses incurred for recreational boating 
safety assistance under Public Law 92-75, as amended, $35,000,000, to 
be derived from the Boat Safety Account and to remain available until 
expended.

                    FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

                               Operations

    For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Administration, not 
otherwise provided for, including 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, 
United States Code, or other provisions of law authorizing the 
obligation of funds for similar programs of airport and airway 
development or improvement, lease or purchase of four passenger motor 
vehicles for replacement only, $4,900,000,000, of which $1,642,500,000 
shall be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed $30,000,000 
from additional user fees to be established by the Administrator of the 
Federal Aviation Administration shall be credited to this appropriation 
as offsetting collections and used for necessary and authorized 
expenses under this heading: Provided further, That the sum herein 
appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced on a dollar for 
dollar basis as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal 
year 1997, to result in a final fiscal year 1997 appropriation from the 
general fund estimated at not more than $2,127,398,000: Provided 
further, That the only additional user fees authorized as offsetting 
collections are fees for services provided to aircraft that neither 
take off from, nor land in, the United States: Provided further, That 
there may be credited to this appropriation, funds received from 
States, counties, municipalities, foreign authorities, other public 
authorities, and private sources, for expenses incurred in the 
provision of agency services, including receipts for the maintenance 
and operation of air navigation facilities and, for issuance, renewal 
or modification of certificates, including airman, aircraft, and repair 
station certificates, or for tests related thereto, or for processing 
major repair or alteration forms: Provided further, That funds may be 
used to enter into a grant agreement with a nonprofit standard setting 
organization to assist in the development of aviation safety standards: 
Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available 
for new applicants for the second career training program: Provided 
further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for 
paying premium pay under 5 U.S.C. 5546(a) to any Federal Aviation 
Administration employee unless such employee actually performed work 
during the time corresponding to such premium pay: Provided further, 
That none of the funds in this Act may be obligated or expended to 
operate a manned auxiliary flight service station in the contiguous 
United States: 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, United States 
Code, including initial acquisition of necessary sites by lease or 
grant; engineering and service testing, including construction of test 
facilities and acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; and 
construction and furnishing of quarters and related accommodations for 
officers and employees of the Federal Aviation Administration stationed 
at remote localities where such accommodations are not available; and 
the purchase, lease, or transfer of aircraft from funds available under 
this head; to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, 
$1,800,000,000, of which $1,583,000,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 1999, and of which $217,000,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 1997: 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.

                 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, United States Code, including construction of 
experimental facilities and acquisition of necessary sites by lease or 
grant, $185,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust 
Fund and to remain available until September 30, 1999: Provided, That 
there may be credited to this appropriation funds received from States, 
counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and private 
sources, for expenses incurred for research, engineering, and 
development.

                       Grants-in-Aid for Airports

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                    (airport and airway trust fund)

    For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in-aid for 
airport planning and development, and for noise compatibility planning 
and programs as authorized under subchapter I of chapter 471 and 
subchapter I of chapter 475 of title 49, United States Code, and under 
other law authorizing such obligations, $1,500,000,000, to be derived 
from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be 
available for the planning or execution of programs the obligations for 
which are in excess of $1,300,000,000 in fiscal year 1997 for grants-
in-aid for airport planning and development, and noise compatibility 
planning and programs, notwithstanding section 47117(h) of title 49, 
United States Code.

                   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, United States Code.

                Aircraft Purchase Loan Guarantee Program

    None of the funds in this Act shall be available for activities 
under this heading during fiscal year 1997.

                     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 $510,981,000 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 
$214,698,000 of the amount provided herein shall remain available until 
September 30, 1999.

                     Highway-Related Safety Grants

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                          (highway trust fund)

    For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions 
of title 23, United States Code, section 402 administered by the 
Federal Highway Administration, to remain available until expended, 
$2,049,000 to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund.

                          Federal-Aid Highways

                      (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

    None of the funds in this Act shall be available for the 
implementation or execution of programs the obligations for which are 
in excess of $17,550,000,000 for Federal-aid highways and highway 
safety construction programs for fiscal year 1997.

                          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, $19,800,000,000 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 1997.

                      Motor Carrier Safety Grants

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                          (highway trust fund)

    For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 49 U.S.C. 
31102, $74,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund and to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds in 
this Act shall be available for the implementation or execution of 
programs the obligations for which are in excess of $77,425,000 for 
``Motor Carrier Safety Grants''.

             NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

                        Operations and Research

    For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the Secretary 
with respect to traffic and highway safety under part C of subtitle VI 
of title 49, United States Code, and chapter 301 of title 49, United 
States Code, $81,895,000, of which $45,646,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 1999: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 
by this Act may be obligated or expended to plan, finalize, or 
implement any rulemaking to add to section 575.104 of title 49 of the 
Code of Federal Regulations any requirement pertaining to a grading 
standard that is different from the three grading standards (treadwear, 
traction, and temperature resistance) already in effect.

                        Operations and Research

                          (highway trust fund)

    For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the Secretary 
with respect to traffic and highway safety under 23 U.S.C. 403 and 
section 2006 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 
1991 (Public Law 102-240), to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund, 
$50,377,000, of which $27,066,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 1999.

                     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, $167,100,000, 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 
1997, are in excess of $167,100,000 for programs authorized under 23 
U.S.C. 402 and 410, as amended, of which $127,700,000 shall be for 
``State and community highway safety grants'', $2,400,000 shall be for 
the ``National Driver Register'', $11,000,000 shall be for highway 
safety grants as authorized by section 1003(a)(7) of Public Law 102-
240, and $26,000,000 shall be for section 410 ``Alcohol-impaired 
driving counter-measures programs'': Provided further, That none of 
these funds shall be used for construction, rehabilitation or 
remodeling costs, or for office furnishings and fixtures for State, 
local, or private buildings or structures: Provided further, That not 
to exceed $5,268,000 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 $150,000 of the funds 
made available for section 402 may be available for administering the 
highway safety grants authorized by section 1003(a)(7) of Public Law 
102-240: Provided further, That the unobligated balances of the 
appropriation ``Highway-Related Safety Grants'' shall be transferred to 
and merged with this ``Highway Traffic Safety Grants'' appropriation: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 of the funds made 
available for section 410 ``Alcohol-impaired driving counter-measures 
programs'' shall be available for technical assistance to the States.

                    FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION

                      Office of the Administrator

    For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Administration, not 
otherwise provided for, $16,469,000, of which $1,523,000 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, $51,407,000, of which $2,476,000 shall remain 
available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other law, 
funds appropriated under this heading are available for the 
reimbursement of out-of-state travel and per diem costs incurred by 
employees of state governments directly supporting the Federal railroad 
safety program, including regulatory development and compliance-related 
activities.

                   Railroad Research and Development

    For necessary expenses for railroad research and development, 
$20,341,000, to remain available until expended.

                High-Speed Rail Trainsets and Facilities

    For the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, $80,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 1999, to pursue public/private 
partnerships for high-speed rail trainset and maintenance facility 
financing arrangements.

            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 1997.

                    Next Generation High-Speed Rail

    For necessary expenses for Next Generation High-Speed Rail studies, 
corridor planning, development, demonstration, and implementation, 
$19,757,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds 
under this head may be made available for grants to States for high-
speed rail corridor design, feasibility studies, environmental 
analyses, and track and signal improvements.

          Trust Fund Share of Next Generation High-Speed Rail

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                          (highway trust fund)

  For grants and payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the 
provisions of the High-Speed Ground Transportation program as defined 
in subsections 1036(c) and 1036(d)(1)(B) of the Intermodal Surface 
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, including planning and 
environmental analyses, $2,855,000, to be derived from the Highway 
Trust Fund and to remain available until expended.

                     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, 
$4,000,000 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 
$10,000,000 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.

                     Direct Loan Financing Program

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, $58,680,000, for direct 
loans not to exceed $400,000,000 consistent with the purposes of 
section 505 of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 
1976 (45 U.S.C. 825) as in effect on September 30, 1988, to the Alameda 
Corridor Transportation Authority to continue the Alameda Corridor 
Project, including replacement of at-grade rail lines with a below-
grade corridor and widening of the adjacent major highway: Provided, 
That loans not to exceed the following amounts shall be made on or 
after the first day of the fiscal year indicated:

Fiscal year 1997.....................................      $140,000,000
Fiscal year 1998.....................................      $140,000,000
Fiscal year 1999.....................................      $120,000,000
Provided further, That any loan authorized under this section shall be 
structured with a maximum 30-year repayment after completion of 
construction at an annual interest rate of not to exceed the 30-year 
United States Treasury rate and on such terms and conditions as deemed 
appropriate by the Secretary of Transportation: Provided further, That 
specific provisions of section 505(a)(b) and (d) shall not apply: 
Provided further, That the Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority 
shall be deemed to be a financially responsible person for purposes of 
section 505 of the Act.

         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, 
$462,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which $342,000,000 
shall be available for operating losses and for mandatory passenger 
rail service payments, and $120,000,000 shall be for capital 
improvements: Provided, That funding under this head for capital 
improvements shall not be made available before July 1, 1997: 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, $41,367,000.

                             Formula Grants

  For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5307, 5310(a)(2), 5311, 
and 5336, to remain available until expended, $490,000,000: Provided, 
That no more than $2,052,925,000 of budget authority shall be available 
for these purposes: Provided further, That of the funds provided under 
this head for formula grants, no more than $400,000,000 may be used for 
operating assistance under 49 U.S.C. 5336(d): Provided further, That 
the limitation on operating assistance provided under this heading 
shall, for urbanized areas of less than 200,000 in population, be no 
less than seventy-five percent of the amount of operating assistance 
such areas are eligible to receive under Public Law 103-331: Provided 
further, That in the distribution of the limitation provided under this 
heading to urbanized areas that had a population under the 1990 census 
of 1,000,000 or more, the Secretary shall direct each such area to give 
priority consideration to the impact of reductions in operating 
assistance on smaller transit authorities operating within the area and 
to consider the needs and resources of such transit authorities when 
the limitation is distributed among all transit authorities operating 
in the area.

                   University Transportation Centers

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

                     Transit Planning and Research

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

                      Trust Fund Share of Expenses

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                          (highway trust fund)

    For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 49 U.S.C. 
5338(a), $1,920,000,000, to remain available until expended and to be 
derived from the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That $1,920,000,000 
shall be paid from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund 
to the Federal Transit Administration's formula grants account.

                          Discretionary Grants

                      (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

    None of the funds in this Act shall be available for the 
implementation or execution of programs the obligations for which are 
in excess of $1,665,000,000 in fiscal year 1997 for grants under the 
contract authority in 49 U.S.C. 5338(b): Provided, That there shall be 
available for fixed guideway modernization, $666,000,000; there shall 
be available for the replacement, rehabilitation, and purchase of buses 
and related equipment and the construction of bus-related facilities, 
$333,000,000; and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, except 
for fixed guideway modernization projects, $10,510,000 made available 
under Public Law 102-240 and Public Law 102-143 under ``Federal Transit 
Administration, Discretionary Grants'' for projects specified in those 
Acts or identified in reports accompanying those Acts, not obligated by 
September 30, 1996; together with, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, $744,000 funds made available for the ``New Bedford and Fall 
River Massachusetts commuter rail extension'' under Public Law 103-331; 
together with, notwithstanding any other provision of law, $47,322,000 
funds made available for the ``Chicago Central Area Circulator 
Project'' in Public Law 103-122 and Public Law 103-331, shall be made 
available for new fixed guideway systems together with the $666,000,000 
made available for new fixed guideway systems in this Act, to be 
available as follows:
            $66,820,000 for the Atlanta-North Springs project;
            $10,260,000 for the Baltimore-LRT Extension project;
            $40,181,000 for the Boston Piers-MOS-2 project;
            $5,500,000 for the Canton-Akron-Cleveland commuter rail 
        project;
            $25,000,000, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
        for transit improvements in the Chicago downtown area;
            $3,000,000 for the Cincinnati Northeast-Northern Kentucky 
        rail line project;
            $10,000,000 for the DART North Central light rail extension 
        project;
            $12,500,000 for the Dallas-Fort Worth RAILTRAN project;
            $1,000,000 for the DeKalb County, Georgia light rail 
        project;
            $3,000,000 for the Denver Southwest Corridor project;
            $9,000,000 for the Florida Tri-County commuter rail 
        project;
            $2,000,000 for the Griffin light rail project;
            $40,590,000 for the Houston Regional Bus project;
            $15,300,000 for the Jacksonville ASE extension project;
            $1,500,000 for the Kansas City Southtown corridor project;
            $90,000,000 for the Los Angeles-MOS-3 project;
            $1,500,000 for the Los Angeles-San Diego commuter rail 
        project;
            $27,000,000 for the MARC Commuter Rail Improvements 
        project;
            $1,000,000 for the Miami-North 27th Avenue project;
            $2,000,000 for the Memphis, Tennessee Regional Rail Plan;
            $10,000,000 for the New Jersey Urban Core/Hudson-Bergen LRT 
        project;
            $105,530,000 for the New Jersey Urban Core/Secaucus 
        project;
            $1,000,000 for the New Jersey West Trenton commuter rail 
        project;
            $8,000,000 for the New Orleans Canal Street Corridor 
        project;
            $2,000,000 for the New Orleans Desire Streetcar project;
            $35,020,000 for the New York-Queens Connection project;
            $500,000 for the Northern Indiana commuter rail project;
            $5,000,000 for the Orange County transitway project;
            $2,000,000 for the Orlando Lynx light rail project;
            $90,000,000 for the Portland-Westside/Hillsboro Extension 
        project;
            $6,000,000 for the Sacramento LRT Extension project;
            $20,000,000 for the Salt Lake City-South LRT project, of 
        which not less than $10,000,000 shall be available only for 
        high-occupancy vehicle lane and corridor design costs;
            $20,000,000 for the St. Louis-St. Clair Extension project;
            $35,000,000 for the San Francisco Area-BART airport 
        extension/San Jose Tasman West LRT projects;
            $3,000,000 for the San Diego-Mid-Coast Corridor project;
            $9,500,000 for the San Juan Tren Urbano project;
            $375,000 for the Staten Island-Midtown Ferry service 
        project;
            $2,000,000 for the Tampa to Lakeland commuter rail project; 
        and
            $2,500,000 for the Whitehall ferry terminal, New York, New 
        York.

                       Mass Transit Capital Fund

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                          (highway trust fund)

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

             Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 14 of 
Public Law 96-184 and Public Law 101-551, $200,000,000, to remain 
available until expended.

             SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

    The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation is hereby 
authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and 
borrowing authority available to the Corporation, and in accord with 
law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to 
fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government 
Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary in carrying 
out the programs set forth in the Corporation's budget for the current 
fiscal year.

                       Operations and Maintenance

                    (harbor maintenance trust fund)

  For necessary expenses for operation and maintenance of those 
portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway operated and maintained by the 
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, including the Great 
Lakes Pilotage functions delegated by the Secretary of Transportation, 
$10,037,000, to be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, 
pursuant to Public Law 99-662.

              RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

                     Research and Special Programs

    For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the Research 
and Special Programs Administration, $23,929,000, of which $574,000 
shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, and of which $7,101,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 1999: Provided, That up to 
$1,200,000 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 to discharge the 
pipeline program responsibilities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 
$30,988,000, of which $2,528,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill 
Liability Trust Fund and shall remain available until September 30, 
1999; and of which $28,460,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline 
Safety Fund, of which $15,500,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 1999: Provided, That in addition to amounts made 
available for the Pipeline Safety Fund, $1,000,000 shall be available 
for grants to States for the development and establishment of one-call 
notification systems and shall be derived from amounts previously 
collected under section 7005 of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act of 1985.

                     Emergency Preparedness Grants

                     (emergency preparedness fund)

  For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5127(c), $200,000, to 
be derived from the Emergency Preparedness Fund, to remain available 
until September 30, 1999: Provided, That none of the funds made 
available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i) and 5127(d) shall be made available for 
obligation by individuals other than the Secretary of Transportation, 
or his designee.

                      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, 
$39,450,000: Provided, That none of the funds under this heading shall 
be for the conduct of contract audits.

                      SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation Board, 
including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $12,344,000: Provided, 
That $3,000,000 in fees collected in fiscal year 1997 by the Surface 
Transportation Board pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9701 shall be made available 
to this appropriation in fiscal year 1997: Provided further, That any 
fees received in excess of $3,000,000 in fiscal year 1997 shall remain 
available until expended, but shall not be available for obligation 
until October 1, 1997.

                                TITLE II

                            RELATED AGENCIES

       ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For expenses necessary for the Architectural and Transportation 
Barriers Compliance Board, as authorized by section 502 of the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, $3,540,000: 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), 
$42,407,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 may be used for official 
reception and representation expenses.

                     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. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1997 pay 
raises for programs funded in this Act shall be absorbed within the 
levels appropriated in this Act or previous appropriations Acts.
    Sec. 303. Funds appropriated under this Act for expenditures by the 
Federal Aviation Administration shall be available (1) except as 
otherwise authorized by title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965, 20 U.S.C. 7701, et seq., for expenses of primary 
and secondary schooling for dependents of Federal Aviation 
Administration personnel stationed outside the continental United 
States at costs for any given area not in excess of those of the 
Department of Defense for the same area, when it is determined by the 
Secretary that the schools, if any, available in the locality are 
unable to provide adequately for the education of such dependents, and 
(2) for transportation of said dependents between schools serving the 
area that they attend and their places of residence when the Secretary, 
under such regulations as may be prescribed, determines that such 
schools are not accessible by public means of transportation on a 
regular basis.
    Sec. 304. Appropriations contained in this Act for the Department 
of Transportation shall be available for services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem 
rate equivalent to the rate for an Executive Level IV.
    Sec. 305. None of the funds in this Act shall be available for 
salaries and expenses of more than one hundred seven 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. 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 1997 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, 1996, 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, 1997, revise a distribution of the 
        funds made available under subsection (a) if a State will not 
        obligate the amount distributed during that fiscal year and 
        redistribute sufficient amounts to those States able to 
        obligate amounts in addition to those previously distributed 
        during that fiscal year giving priority to those States having 
        large unobligated balances of funds apportioned under sections 
        103(e)(4), 104, and 144 of title 23, United States Code, and 
        under sections 1013(c) and 1015 of Public Law 102-240; and
            (3) not distribute amounts authorized for administrative 
        expenses and funded from the administrative takedown authorized 
        by section 104(a), title 23 U.S.C., the Federal lands highway 
        program, the intelligent transportation systems program, and 
        amounts made available under sections 1040, 1047, 1064, 6001, 
        6005, 6006, 6023, and 6024 of Public Law 102-240, and 49 U.S.C. 
        5316, 5317, and 5338: Provided, That amounts made available 
        under section 6005 of Public Law 102-240 shall be subject to 
        the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways and highway 
        safety construction programs under the head ``Federal-Aid 
        Highways'' in this Act.
    (d) During the period October 1 through December 31, 1996, 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, 1997, the 
aggregate amount which may be obligated by all States shall not exceed 
2.5 percent of the aggregate amount of funds apportioned or allocated 
to all States--
            (1) under sections 104 and 144 of title 23, United States 
        Code, and 1013(c) and 1015 of Public Law 102-240, and
            (2) for highway assistance projects under section 103(e)(4) 
        of title 23, United States Code,
which would not be obligated in fiscal year 1997 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, 1997, has the amount distributed to such State under 
paragraph (a) for fiscal year 1997 reduced under paragraph (c)(2).
    Sec. 311. The limitation on obligations for the programs of the 
Federal Transit Administration shall not apply to any authority under 
49 U.S.C. 5338, previously made available for obligation, or to any 
other authority previously made available for obligation under the 
discretionary grants program.
    Sec. 312. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to implement 
section 404 of title 23, United States Code.
    Sec. 313. 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. 314. 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. 315. 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. 316. 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. 317. 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, 1999, shall be made available 
for other projects under 49 U.S.C. 5309.
    Sec. 318. 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. 319. 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. 320. 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 1997.
    Sec. 321. Funds provided in this Act for the Transportation 
Administrative Service Center (TASC) shall be reduced by $10,000,000, 
which limits fiscal year 1997 TASC obligational authority for elements 
of the Department of Transportation funded in this Act to no more than 
$114,812,000: 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 transportation administrative service center.
    Sec. 322. 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. 323. None of the funds in this Act shall be available to 
prepare, propose, or promulgate any regulations pursuant to title V of 
the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act (49 U.S.C. 32901, et 
seq.) prescribing corporate average fuel economy standards for 
automobiles, as defined in such title, in any model year that differs 
from standards promulgated for such automobiles prior to enactment of 
this section.
    Sec. 324. 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.
    Sec. 325. 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: Provided further, That in 
addition to amounts otherwise provided in this Act, not to exceed 
$3,100,000 in expenses of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics 
necessary to conduct activities related to airline statistics may be 
incurred, but only to the extent such expenses are offset by user fees 
charged for those activities and credited as offsetting collections.
    Sec. 326. The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to transfer 
funds appropriated in this Act to ``Rental payments'' for any expense 
authorized by that appropriation in excess of the amounts provided in 
this Act: Provided, That prior to any such transfer, notification shall 
be provided to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
    Sec. 327. None of the funds in this Act may be obligated or 
expended for employee training which: (a) does not meet identified 
needs for knowledge, skills and abilities bearing directly upon the 
performance of official duties; (b) contains elements likely to induce 
high levels of emotional response or psychological stress in some 
participants; (c) does not require prior employee notification of the 
content and methods to be used in the training and written end of 
course evaluations; (d) contains any methods or content associated with 
religious or quasi-religious belief systems or ``new age'' belief 
systems as defined in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Notice N-
915.022, dated September 2, 1988; (e) is offensive to, or designed to 
change, participants' personal values or lifestyle outside the 
workplace; or (f) includes content related to human immunodeficiency 
virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) other than that 
necessary to make employees more aware of the medical ramifications of 
HIV/AIDS and the workplace rights of HIV-positive employees.
    Sec. 328. None of the funds in this Act shall, in the absence of 
express authorization by Congress, be used directly or indirectly to 
pay for any personal service, advertisement, telegram, telephone, 
letter, printed or written matter, or other device, intended or 
designed to influence in any manner a Member of Congress, to favor or 
oppose, by vote or otherwise, any legislation or appropriation by 
Congress, whether before or after the introduction of any bill or 
resolution proposing such legislation or appropriation: Provided, That 
this shall not prevent officers or employees of the Department of 
Transportation or related agencies funded in this Act from 
communicating to Members of Congress on the request of any Member or to 
Congress, through the proper official channels, requests for 
legislation or appropriations which they deem necessary for the 
efficient conduct of the public business.
    Sec. 329. None of the funds in this Act may be used to support 
Federal Transit Administration's field operations and oversight of the 
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority in any location other 
than from the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
    Sec. 330. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
for improvements to the Miller Highway in New York City, New York.
    Sec. 331. Not to exceed $850,000 of the funds provided in this Act 
for the Department of Transportation shall be available for the 
necessary expenses of advisory committees.
    Sec. 332. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 
may use funds appropriated under this Act, or any subsequent Act, to 
administer and implement the exemption provisions of 49 CFR 580.6 and 
to adopt or amend exemptions from the disclosure requirements of 49 CFR 
part 580 for any class or category of vehicles that the Secretary deems 
appropriate.
    Sec. 333. No funds other than those appropriated to the Surface 
Transportation Board shall be used for conducting the activities of the 
Board.
    Sec. 334. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
to construct, or to pay the salaries or expenses of Department of 
Transportation personnel who approve or facilitate the construction of, 
a third track on the Metro-North Railroad Harlem Line in the vicinity 
of Bronxville, New York, when it is made known to the Federal official 
having authority to obligate or expend such funds that a final 
environmental impact statement has not been completed for such 
construction project.
    Sec. 335. Section 5328(c)(1)(E) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``Westside'' the first place it appears;
            (2) by striking ``and'' after ``101-584,''; and
            (3) by inserting before the period at the end the 
        following: ``, and the locally preferred alternative for the 
        South/North Corridor Project''.
    Sec. 336. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds 
made available to Cleveland for the ``Cleveland Dual Hub Corridor 
Project'' or ``Cleveland Dual Hub Rail Project,'' $4,023,030 in funds 
made available in fiscal years 1991, 1992, and 1994, under Public Laws 
101-516, 102-143, 102-240, 103-122, and accompanying reports, shall be 
made available for the Berea Red Line Extension and the Euclid Corridor 
Improvement projects.
    Sec. 337. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds made 
available under section 3035(kk) of Public Law 102-240 for fiscal year 
1997 to the State of Michigan shall be for the purchase of buses and 
bus-related equipment and facilities.
    Sec. 338. In addition to amounts otherwise provided in this Act, 
there is hereby appropriated $2,400,000 for activities of the National 
Civil Aviation Review Commission, to remain available until expended.
    Sec. 339. Section 423 of H.R. 1361, as passed the House of 
Representatives on May 9, 1995, is hereby enacted into law.
    Sec. 340. (a) Compliance With Buy American Act.--None of the funds 
made available in this Act may be expended by an entity unless the 
entity agrees that in expending the funds the entity will comply with 
the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a-10c).
    (b) Sense of Congress; Requirement Regarding Notice.--
            (1) Purchase of american-made equipment and products.--In 
        the case of any equipment or product that may be authorized to 
        be purchased with financial assistance provided using funds 
        made available in this Act, it is the sense of the Congress 
        that entities receiving the assistance should, in expending the 
        assistance, purchase only American-made equipment and products 
        to the greatest extent practicable.
            (2) Notice to recipients of assistance.--In providing 
        financial assistance using funds made available in this Act, 
        the head of each Federal agency shall provide to each recipient 
        of the assistance a notice describing the statement made in 
        paragraph (1) by the Congress.
    (c) Prohibition of Contracts With Persons Falsely Labeling Products 
as Made in America.--If it has been finally determined by a court or 
Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bearing a 
``Made in America'' inscription, or any inscription with the same 
meaning, to any product sold in or shipped to the United States that is 
not made in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to 
receive any contract or subcontract made with funds made available in 
this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility 
procedures described in sections 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code 
of Federal Regulations.

               TITLE IV--MISCELLANEOUS HIGHWAY PROVISIONS

    Sec. 401. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, semitrailer 
units operating in a truck tractor-semitrailer combination whose 
semitrailer unit is more than forty-eight feet in length and truck 
tractor-semitrailer-trailer combinations specified in section 
31111(b)(1) of title 49, United States Code, may not operate on United 
States Route 15 in Virginia between the Maryland border and the 
intersection with United States Route 29.
    Sec. 402. Item 30 of the table contained in section 1107(b) of the 
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 
2050), relating to Mobile, Alabama, is amended in the second column by 
inserting after ``Alabama'' the following: ``and for feasibility 
studies, preliminary engineering, and construction of a new bridge and 
approaches over the Mobile River''.
    Sec. 403. Item 94 of the table contained in section 1107(b) of the 
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 
2052), relating to St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``St. Thomas,''; and
            (2) by inserting after ``the island'' the following: ``of 
        St. Thomas and improvements to the VIPA Molasses Dock 
        intermodal port facility on the island of St. Croix to make the 
        facility capable of handling multiple cargo tasks''.
    Sec. 404. The Secretary of Transportation is hereby authorized to 
enter into an agreement modifying the agreement entered into pursuant 
to section 336 of the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1995 (Public Law 103-331) and section 356 of the 
Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1996 (Public Law 104-50) to provide an additional line of credit not to 
exceed $25,000,000, which may be used to replace otherwise required 
contingency reserves; provided, however, that the Secretary may only 
enter into such modification if it is supported by the amount of the 
original appropriation (provided by section 336 of Public Law 103-331). 
No additional appropriation is made by this section. In implementing 
this section, the Secretary may enter into an agreement requiring an 
interest rate, on both the original line of credit and the additional 
amount provided for herein, higher than that currently in force and 
higher than that specified in the original appropriation. An agreement 
entered into pursuant to this section may not obligate the Secretary to 
make any funds available until all remaining contingency reserves are 
exhausted, and in no event shall any funds be made available before 
October 1, 1998.
    Sec. 405. Public Law 100-202 is amended in the item relating to 
``Traffic Improvement Demonstration Project'' by inserting after 
``project'' the following: ``or upgrade existing local roads''.

                 TITLE V--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 501. (a) Limitation on New Loan Guarantees for Certain 
Railroad Projects.--None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
used for the cost of any new loan guarantee commitment for any railroad 
project, when it is made known to the Federal official having authority 
to obligate or expend such funds that such railroad project is an 
international railroad project of the United States and another 
country, or a railroad project in the United States in the vicinity of 
the United States border with another country.
    (b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply when it is made 
known to the Federal official having authority to obligate or expend 
such funds that--
            (1) a comprehensive study has been conducted after the date 
        of the enactment of this Act regarding criminal activities that 
        have occurred on existing railroads of such type, including--
                    (A) the use of such railroads to facilitate the 
                smuggling of illegal aliens and illegal drugs into the 
                United States, and the impact of such smuggling on the 
                total number of illegal aliens, and the total amount of 
                illegal drugs, entering the United States; and
                    (B) the commission of robberies against such 
                railroads; and
            (2) a detailed report setting forth the results of such 
        study has been issued and made available to the public.
    Sec. 502. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
by the National Transportation Safety Board to plan, conduct, or enter 
into any contract for a study to determine the feasibility of allowing 
individuals who are more than 60 years of age to pilot commercial 
aircraft.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Transportation and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997''.

            Passed the House of Representatives June 28 (legislative 
      day of June 27), 1996.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.