[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3675 Referred in Senate (RFS)]
104th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 3675
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 28, 1996
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations
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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:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.
By Linda Nave,
Deputy Clerk.