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[S. 1519 Considered and Passed Senate (CPS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1519

To provide a 6-month extension of highway, highway safety, and transit 
   programs pending enactment of a law reauthorizing the Intermodal 
             Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 10, 1997

  Mr. Bond (for himself, Mr. Chafee, Mr. Warner, Mr. Baucus, and Mr. 
     D'Amato) introduced the following bill; which was read twice, 
              considered, read the third time, and passed

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide a 6-month extension of highway, highway safety, and transit 
   programs pending enactment of a law reauthorizing the Intermodal 
             Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Surface Transportation Extension Act 
of 1997''.

SEC. 2. ADVANCES.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Transportation (referred to in 
this Act as the ``Secretary'') shall apportion funds made available 
under section 1003(d) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation 
Efficiency Act of 1991 to each State in the ratio that--
            (1) the State's total fiscal year 1997 obligation authority 
        for funds apportioned for the Federal-aid highway program; 
        bears to
            (2) all States' total fiscal year 1997 obligation authority 
        for funds apportioned for the Federal-aid highway program.
    (b) Programmatic Distributions.--
            (1) Programs.--Of the funds to be apportioned to each State 
        under subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure that the State 
        is apportioned an amount of the funds, determined under 
        paragraph (2), for the Interstate maintenance program, the 
        National Highway System, the bridge program, the surface 
        transportation program, the congestion mitigation and air 
        quality improvement program, minimum allocation under section 
        157 of title 23, United States Code, Interstate reimbursement 
        under section 160 of that title, the donor State bonus under 
        section 1013(c) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation 
        Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 1940), hold harmless under 
        section 1015(a) of that Act (105 Stat. 1943), 90 percent of 
        payments adjustments under section 1015(b) of that Act (105 
        Stat. 1944), section 1015(c) of that Act (105 Stat. 1944), an 
        amount equal to the funds provided under sections 1103 through 
        1108 of that Act (105 Stat. 2027), and funding restoration 
        under section 202 of the National Highway System Designation 
        Act of 1995 (109 Stat. 571).
            (2) In general.--The amount that each State shall be 
        apportioned under this subsection for each item referred to in 
        paragraph (1) shall be determined by multiplying--
                    (A) the amount apportioned to the State under 
                subsection (a); by
                    (B) the ratio that--
                            (i) the amount of funds apportioned for the 
                        item, or allocated under sections 1103 through 
                        1108 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation 
                        Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2027), to the 
                        State for fiscal year 1997; bears to
                            (ii) the total of the amount of funds 
                        apportioned for the items, and allocated under 
                        those sections, to the State for fiscal year 
                        1997.
            (3) Use of funds.--Amounts apportioned to a State under 
        subsection (a) attributable to sections 1103 through 1108 of 
        the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 
        shall be available to the State for projects eligible for 
        assistance under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code.
            (4) Administration.--Funds authorized by the amendment made 
        by subsection (d) shall be administered as if they had been 
        apportioned, allocated, deducted, or set aside, as the case may 
        be, under title 23, United States Code; except that the 
        deduction under section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code, 
        the set-asides under section 104(b)(1) of that title for the 
        territories and under section 104(f)(1) of that title for 
        metropolitan planning, and the expenditure required under 
        section 104(d)(1) of that title shall not apply to those funds.
    (c) Repayment From Future Apportionments.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall reduce the amount that 
        would, but for this section, be apportioned to a State for 
        programs under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, for 
        fiscal year 1998 under a law reauthorizing the Federal-aid 
        highway program enacted after the date of enactment of this Act 
        by the amount that is apportioned to each State under 
subsection (a) and section 5(f) for each such program.
            (2) Program category reconciliation.--The Secretary may 
        establish procedures under which funds apportioned under 
        subsection (a) for a program category for which funds are not 
        authorized under a law described in paragraph (1) may be 
        restored to the Federal-aid highway program.
    (d) Authorization of Contract Authority.--Section 1003 of the 
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 
1918) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Advance Authorizations.--
            ``(1) In general.--There shall be available from the 
        Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) to 
        carry out section 2(a) of the Surface Transportation Extension 
        Act of 1997 $5,500,000,000 for the period of November 16, 1997, 
        through January 31, 1998.
            ``(2) Special rule.--Funds apportioned under subsection (a) 
        shall be subject to any limitation on obligations for Federal-
        aid highways and highway safety construction programs.
    ``(e) Authorization of Contract Authority.--
            ``(1) Authorization.--Notwithstanding section 157(e) of 
        title 23, United States Code, there shall be available from the 
        Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) to 
        carry out section 157 of title 23, United States Code, not to 
        exceed $15,460,000 for the period of January 26, 1998, through 
        January 31, 1998.
            ``(2) Allocation.--The Secretary shall allocate the amounts 
        authorized under paragraph (1) to each State in the ratio 
        that--
                    ``(A) the amount allocated to the State for fiscal 
                year 1997 under section 157 of that title; bears to
                    ``(B) the amounts allocated to all States for 
                fiscal year 1997 under section 157 of that title.
    ``(f) Contract Authority.--Funds authorized under subsections (d) 
and (e) shall be available for obligation in the same manner as if the 
funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States 
Code.''.
    (e) Limitation on Obligations.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), after the date 
        of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall allocate to each 
        State an amount of obligation authority made available under 
        the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies 
        Appropriations Act, 1998 (Public Law 105-66) that is--
                    (A) equal to the greater of--
                            (i) the State's unobligated balance, as of 
                        October 1, 1997, of Federal-aid highway 
                        apportionments subject to any limitation on 
                        obligations; or
                            (ii) 50 percent of the State's total fiscal 
                        year 1997 obligation authority for funds 
                        apportioned for the Federal-aid highway 
                        program; but
                    (B) not greater than 75 percent of the State's 
                total fiscal year 1997 obligation authority for funds 
                apportioned for the Federal-aid highway program.
            (2) Limitation on amount.--The total of all allocations 
        under paragraph (1) shall not exceed $9,786,275,000.
            (3) Time period for obligations of funds.--
                    (A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph 
                (B), a State shall not obligate any funds for any 
                Federal-aid highway program project after May 1, 1998, 
                until the earlier of the date of enactment of a 
                multiyear law reauthorizing the Federal-aid highway 
                program or July 1, 1998.
                    (B) Reobligation.--Subparagraph (A) shall not 
                preclude the reobligation of previously obligated 
                funds.
                    (C) Distribution of remaining obligation 
                authority.--On the earlier of the date of enactment of 
                a law described in subparagraph (A) or July 1, 1998, 
                the Secretary shall distribute to each State any 
                remaining amounts of obligation authority for Federal-
                aid highways and highway safety construction programs 
                by allocation in accordance with section 310(a) of the 
                Department of Transportation and Related Agencies 
                Appropriations Act, 1998 (Public Law 105-66).
                    (D) Contract authority.--No contract authority made 
                available to the States prior to July 1, 1998, shall be 
                obligated after that date until such time as a 
                multiyear law reauthorizing the Federal-aid highway 
                program has been enacted.
            (4) Treatment of obligations.--Any obligation of an 
        allocation of obligation authority made under this subsection 
shall be considered to be an obligation for Federal-aid highways and 
highway safety construction programs for fiscal year 1998 for the 
purposes of the matter under the heading ``(limitation on 
obligations)'' under the heading ``Federal-Aid Highways'' in title I of 
the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 1998 (Public Law 105-66).

SEC. 3. TRANSFERS OF UNOBLIGATED APPORTIONMENTS.

    (a) In General.--In addition to any other authority of a State to 
transfer funds, for fiscal year 1998, a State may transfer any funds 
apportioned to the State for any program under section 104 (including 
amounts apportioned under section 104(b)(3) or set aside or 
suballocated under section 133(d)), 144, or 402 of title 23, United 
States Code, before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act, 
granted to the State for any program under section 410 of that title 
before, on, or after such date of enactment, or allocated to the State 
for any program under chapter 311 of title 49, United States Code, 
before, on, or after such date of enactment, that are subject to any 
limitation on obligations, and that are not obligated, to any other of 
those programs.
    (b) Treatment of Transferred Funds.--Any funds transferred to 
another program under subsection (a) shall be subject to the provisions 
of the program to which the funds are transferred, except that funds 
transferred to a program under section 133 (other than subsections 
(d)(1) and (d)(2)) of title 23, United States Code, shall not be 
subject to section 133(d) of that title.
    (c) Restoration of Apportionments.--
            (1) In general.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
        enactment of a law reauthorizing the Federal-aid highway 
        program enacted after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
        Secretary shall restore any funds that a State transferred 
        under subsection (a) for any project not eligible for the funds 
        but for this section to the program category from which the 
        funds were transferred.
            (2) Program category reconciliation.--The Secretary may 
        establish procedures under which funds transferred under 
        subsection (a) from a program category for which funds are not 
        authorized may be restored to the Federal-aid highway, highway 
        safety, and motor carrier safety programs.
            (3) Limitation on statutory construction.--No provision of 
        law, except a statute enacted after the date of enactment of 
        this Act that expressly limits the application of this 
        subsection, shall impair the authority of the Secretary to 
        restore funds pursuant to this subsection.
    (d) Guidance.--The Secretary may issue guidance for use in carrying 
out this section.

SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.

    (a) Expenses of Federal Highway Administration.--
            (1) Authority to borrow.--
                    (A) From unobligated funds available for 
                discretionary allocations.--If unobligated balances of 
                funds deducted by the Secretary under section 104(a) of 
                title 23, United States Code, for administrative and 
                research expenses of the Federal-aid highway program 
                are insufficient to pay those expenses for fiscal year 
                1998, the Secretary may borrow to pay those expenses 
                not to exceed $60,000,000 from unobligated funds 
                available to the Secretary for discretionary 
                allocations.
                    (B) Requirement to reimburse.--Funds borrowed under 
                subparagraph (A) shall be reimbursed from amounts made 
                available to the Secretary under section 104(a) of 
                title 23, United States Code, as soon as practicable 
                after the date of enactment of a law reauthorizing the 
                Federal-aid highway program enacted after the date of 
                enactment of this Act.
            (2) Authorization of contract authority.--
                    (A) In general.--In addition to funds made 
                available under paragraph (1), there shall be available 
                from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass 
                Transit Account) for administrative and research 
                expenses of the Federal-aid highway program 
                $158,500,000 for fiscal year 1998.
                    (B) Contract authority.--Funds authorized under 
                this paragraph shall be available for obligation in the 
                same manner as if the funds were apportioned under 
                chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, and shall be 
                subject to any limitation on obligations for Federal-
                aid highways and highway safety construction programs.
            (3) Use of certain administrative funds.--Section 104(i)(1) 
        of title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting ``, 
        and for the period of October 1, 1997, through March 31, 
        1998,'' after ``1997''.
    (b) Bureau of Transportation Statistics.--Section 6006 of the 
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 
2172) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(a) In General.--'' before ``Chapter 
        I''; and
            (2) in the first sentence of subsection (b)--
                    (A) by striking ``1996, and'' and inserting 
                ``1996,''; and
                    (B) by inserting before the period at the end the 
                following: ``, and $12,500,000 for the period of 
                October 1, 1997, through March 31, 1998''.

SEC. 5. OTHER FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY PROGRAMS.

    (a) Federal Lands Highways.--Section 1003(a)(6) of the Intermodal 
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 1919) is 
amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) by striking ``1992 and'' and inserting 
                ``1992,''; and
                    (B) by inserting before the period at the end the 
                following: ``, and $95,500,000 for the period of 
                October 1, 1997, through March 31, 1998'';
            (2) in subparagraph (B)--
                    (A) by striking ``1995, and'' and inserting 
                ``1995,''; and
                    (B) by inserting before the period at the end the 
                following: ``and $86,000,000 for the period of October 
                1, 1997, through March 31, 1998''; and
            (3) in subparagraph (C)--
                    (A) by striking ``1995, and'' and inserting 
                ``1995,''; and
                    (B) by inserting before the period at the end the 
                following: ``, and $42,000,000 for the period of 
                October 1, 1997, through March 31, 1998''.
    (b) National Recreational Trails Program.--Section 1003 of the 
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 
1918) (as amended by section 2(d)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(e) National Recreational Trails Program.--Section 104(h) of 
title 23, United States Code, is amended by inserting `and $7,500,000 
for the period of October 1, 1997, through March 31, 1998' after 
`1997'.''.
    (c) Certain Allocated Programs.--
            (1) Highway use tax evasion.--Section 1040(f)(1) of the 
        Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (23 
        U.S.C. 101 note; 105 Stat. 1992) is amended in the first 
        sentence by inserting before the period at the end the 
        following: ``and $2,500,000 for the period of October 1, 1997, 
        through March 31, 1998''.
            (2) Scenic byways program.--Section 1047(d) of the 
        Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (23 
        U.S.C. 101 note; 105 Stat. 1998) is amended in the first 
        sentence--
                    (A) by striking ``1994, and'' and inserting 
                ``1994,''; and
                    (B) by inserting before the period at the end the 
                following: ``, and $7,000,000 for the period of October 
                1, 1997, through March 31, 1998''.
    (d) Intelligent Transportation Systems.--Section 6058(b) of the 
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 
2194) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``1992 and'' and inserting ``1992,''; and
            (2) by inserting before the period at the end the 
        following: ``, and $47,000,000 for the period of October 1, 
        1997, through March 31, 1998''.
    (e) Surface Transportation Research.--
            (1) Operation lifesaver.--
                    (A) In general.--There shall be available from the 
                Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 
                Account) to carry out the operation lifesaver program 
                under section 104(d)(1) of title 23, United States 
                Code, $150,000 for the period of October 1, 1997, 
                through March 31, 1998.
                    (B) Contract authority.--Funds authorized under 
                this paragraph shall be available for obligation in the 
                same manner as if the funds were apportioned under 
                chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, and shall be 
                subject to any limitation on obligations for Federal-
                aid highways and highway safety construction programs.
            (2) Dwight david eisenhower transportation fellowship 
        program.--
                    (A) In general.--There shall be available from the 
                Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 
                Account) to carry out the Dwight David Eisenhower 
                Transportation Fellowship Program under section 
                307(a)(1)(C)(ii) of title 23, United States Code, 
                $1,000,000 for the period of October 1, 1997, through 
                March 31, 1998.
                    (B) Contract authority.--Funds authorized under 
                this paragraph shall be available for obligation in the 
                same manner as if the funds were apportioned under 
                chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, and shall be 
                subject to any limitation on obligations for Federal-
                aid highways and highway safety construction programs.
            (3) National highway institute.--Section 321(f) of title 
        23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
        following: ``There shall be available from the Highway Trust 
        Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) to carry out this 
        section $2,500,000 for the period of October 1, 1997, through 
        March 31, 1998, and such funds shall be subject to any 
        limitation on obligations for Federal-aid highways and highway 
        safety construction programs.''.
            (4) Education and training program.--Section 326(c) of 
        title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
        the following: ``There shall be available from the Highway 
        Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) to carry out 
        this section $3,000,000 for the period of October 1, 1997, 
        through March 31, 1998, and such funds shall be subject to any 
        limitation on obligations for Federal-aid highways and highway 
        safety construction programs.''.
    (f) Metropolitan Planning.--
            (1) Authorization of contract authority.--
                    (A) In general.--There shall be available from the 
                Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 
                Account) to carry out section 134 of title 23, United 
                States Code, $78,500,000 for the period of October 1, 
                1997, through March 31, 1998.
                    (B) Contract authority.--Funds authorized under 
                this paragraph shall be available for obligation in the 
                same manner as if the funds were apportioned under 
                chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, and shall be 
                subject to any limitation on obligations for Federal-
                aid highways and highway safety construction programs.
            (2) Distribution of funds.--The Secretary shall distribute 
        funds authorized under paragraph (1) to the States in 
        accordance with section 104(f)(2) of title 23, United States 
        Code.
    (g) Territories.--Section 1003 of the Intermodal Surface 
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 1918) (as amended by 
subsection (b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) Territories.--
            ``(1) In general.--In lieu of the amounts deducted under 
        section 104(b)(1) of title 23, United States Code, there shall 
        be available from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass 
        Transit Account) for the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, 
        and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 
        $15,000,000 for the period of October 1, 1997, through March 
        31, 1998.
            ``(2) Contract authority.--Funds authorized under this 
        subsection shall be available for obligation in the same manner 
        as if the funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, 
        United States Code, and shall be subject to any limitation on 
        obligations for Federal-aid highways and highway safety 
        construction programs.''.

SEC. 6. EXTENSION OF HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAMS.

    (a) NHTSA Highway Safety Programs.--Section 2005(1) of the 
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 
2079) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``1996, and'' and inserting ``1996,''; and
            (2) by inserting before the period at the end the 
        following: ``, and $83,000,000 for the period of October 1, 
        1997, through March 31, 1998''; and
    (b) Alcohol-Impaired Driving Countermeasures.--Section 410 of title 
23, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) by striking ``5'' and inserting ``6''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``and fifth'' and 
                inserting ``fifth, and sixth'';
            (2) in subsection (d)(2)(B), by striking ``two'' and 
        inserting ``3''; and
            (3) in the first sentence of subsection (j)--
                    (A) by striking ``1997, and'' and inserting 
                ``1997,''; and
                    (B) by inserting before the period at the end the 
                following ``, and $12,500,000 for the period of October 
                1, 1997, through March 31, 1998''.
    (c) National Driver Register.--Section 30308(a) of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``1994, and'' and inserting ``1994,''; and
            (2) by inserting after ``1997,'' the following: ``and 
        $1,855,000 for the period of October 1, 1997, through March 31, 
        1998,''.

SEC. 7. EXTENSION OF MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY PROGRAM.

    Section 31104(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraphs (1) through (5), by striking ``not more'' 
        each place it appears and inserting ``Not more''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(6) Not more than $45,000,000 for the period of October 
        1, 1997, through March 31, 1998.''.

SEC. 8. EXTENSION OF FEDERAL TRANSIT PROGRAMS.

    Title III of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act 
of 1991 (105 Stat. 2087-2140) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:

``SEC. 3049. EXTENSION OF FEDERAL TRANSIT PROGRAMS FOR THE PERIOD OF 
              OCTOBER 1, 1997, THROUGH MARCH 31, 1998.

    ``(a) Allocating Amounts.--Section 5309(m)(1) of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting `, and for the period of October 
1, 1997, through March 31, 1998' after `1997'.
    ``(b) Apportionment of Appropriations for Fixed Guideway 
Modernization.--Section 5337 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended--
            ``(1) in subsection (a), by inserting `and for the period 
        of October 1, 1997, through March 31, 1998,' after `1997,'; and
            ``(2) by adding at the end the following:
    ```(e) Special Rule for October 1, 1997, Through March 31, 1998.--
The Secretary shall determine the amount that each urbanized area is to 
be apportioned for fixed guideway modernization under this section on a 
pro rata basis to reflect the partial fiscal year 1998 funding made 
available by section 5338(b)(1)(F).'.
    ``(c) Authorizations.--Section 5338 of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended--
            ``(1) in subsection (a)--
                    ``(A) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the 
                following:
            ```(F) $1,328,400,000 for the period of October 1, 1997, 
        through March 31, 1998.'; and
                    ``(B) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the 
                following:
            ```(F) $369,000,000 for the period of October 1, 1997, 
        through March 31, 1998.';
            ``(2) in subsection (b)(1), by adding at the end the 
        following:
            ```(F) $1,131,600,000 for the period of October 1, 1997, 
        through March 31, 1998.';
            ``(3) in subsection (c), by inserting `and not more than 
        $1,500,000 for the period of October 1, 1997, through March 31, 
        1998,' after `1997,';
            ``(4) in subsection (e), by inserting `and not more than 
        $3,000,000 is available from the Fund (except the Account) for 
        the Secretary for the period of October 1, 1997, through March 
        31, 1998,' after `1997,';
            ``(5) in subsection (h)(3), by inserting `and $3,000,000 is 
        available for section 5317 for the period of October 1, 1997, 
        through March 31, 1998' after `1997';
            ``(6) in subsection (j)(5)--
                    ``(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking `and' at the 
                end;
                    ``(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period 
                at the end and inserting `; and'; and
                    ``(C) by adding at the end the following:
                    ```(D) the lesser of $1,500,000 or an amount that 
                the Secretary determines is necessary is available to 
                carry out section 5318 for the period of October 1, 
                1997, through March 31, 1998.';
            ``(7) in subsection (k), by striking `or (e)' and inserting 
        `(e), or (m)'; and
            ``(8) by adding at the end the following:
    ```(m) Section 5316 for the Period of October 1, 1997, Through 
March 31, 1998.--Not more than the following amounts may be 
appropriated to the Secretary from the Fund (except the Account) for 
the period of October 1, 1997, through March 31, 1998:
            ```(1) $125,000 to carry out section 5316(a).
            ```(2) $1,500,000 to carry out section 5316(b).
            ```(3) $500,000 to carry out section 5316(c).
            ```(4) $500,000 to carry out section 5316(d).
            ```(5) $500,000 to carry out section 5316(e).'.''.

SEC. 9. EXTENSION OF TRUST FUNDS FUNDED BY HIGHWAY-RELATED TAXES.

    (a) Highway Trust Fund.--Section 9503 of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 (relating to Highway Trust Fund) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking ``1997'' and inserting 
                        ``1998''; and
                            (ii) by striking the last sentence and 
                        inserting the following new flush sentence:
        ``In determining the authorizations under the Acts referred to 
        in the preceding subparagraphs, such Acts shall be applied as 
        in effect on the date of the enactment of this sentence.'';
                    (B) in paragraph (4)(A), by striking ``1997'' and 
                inserting ``1998'';
                    (C) in paragraph (5)(A), by striking ``1997'' and 
                inserting ``1998''; and
                    (D) in paragraph (6)(E), by striking ``1997'' and 
                inserting ``1998''; and
            (2) in subsection (e)(3)--
                    (A) by striking ``1997'' and inserting ``1998'', 
                and
                    (B) by striking all that follows ``the enactment 
                of'' and inserting ``the last sentence of subsection 
                (c)(1).''
    (b) Aquatic Resources Trust Fund.--Section 9504(c) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to expenditures from Boat Safety 
Account) is amended by striking ``April 1, 1998'' and inserting 
``October 1, 1998''.
    (c) National Recreational Trails Trust Fund.--Section 9511(c) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to expenditures from Trust 
Fund) is amended by striking ``1997'' and inserting ``1998''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on October 1, 1997.
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