[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2084 Engrossed in House (EH)]
1st Session
H. R. 2084
_______________________________________________________________________
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other
purposes.
106th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2084
_______________________________________________________________________
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, 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, 2000, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
Immediate Office of the Secretary
For necessary expenses of the Immediate Office of the Secretary,
$1,867,000.
Immediate Office of the Deputy Secretary
For necessary expenses of the Immediate Office of the Deputy
Secretary, $612,000.
Office of the General Counsel
For necessary expenses of the Office of the General Counsel,
$9,000,000.
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International
Affairs
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Aviation and International Affairs, $7,632,000: Provided, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, there may be credited to
this appropriation up to $1,250,000 in funds received in user fees.
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Budget and Programs, $6,770,000, including not to exceed $40,000 for
allocation within the Department for official reception and
representation expenses as the Secretary may determine.
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Governmental Affairs, $2,039,000.
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Administration, $17,767,000.
Office of Public Affairs
For necessary expenses of the Office of Public Affairs, $1,836,000.
Executive Secretariat
For necessary expenses of the Executive Secretariat, $1,102,000.
Board of Contract Appeals
For necessary expenses of the Board of Contract Appeals, $520,000.
Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
For necessary expenses of the Office of Small and Disadvantaged
Business Utilization, $1,222,000.
Office of Intelligence and Security
For necessary expenses of the Office of Intelligence and Security,
$1,454,000.
Office of the Chief Information Officer
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Information
Officer, $5,000,000.
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy and
Intermodalism
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Transportation Policy and Intermodalism, $3,781,000.
Office of Civil Rights
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, $7,742,000.
Transportation Planning, Research, and Development
For necessary expenses for conducting transportation planning,
research, systems development, development activities, and making
grants, to remain available until expended, $2,950,000.
Transportation Administrative Service Center
Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital outlays of the
Transportation Administrative Service Center, not to exceed
$157,965,000, shall be paid from appropriations made available to the
Department of Transportation: Provided, That the preceding limitation
shall not apply to activities associated with departmental Year 2000
conversion activities: Provided further, 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.
Minority Business Resource Center
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 $13,775,000. In addition, for administrative expenses to
carry out the direct loan program, $400,000.
Minority Business Outreach
For necessary expenses of Minority Business Resource Center
outreach activities, $2,900,000, of which $2,635,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 2001: 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, $2,791,000,000, of which $300,000,000 shall be
available for defense-related activities; and of which $25,000,000
shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund: Provided,
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: Provided further, That up to $615,000
in user fees collected pursuant to section 1111 of Public Law 104-324
shall be credited to this appropriation as offsetting collections in
fiscal year 2000: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act
shall be available for the Coast Guard to plan, finalize, or implement
any regulation that would promulgate new maritime user fees not
specifically authorized by law after the date of enactment of this Act.
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, $410,000,000, of which
$20,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund;
of which $205,560,000 shall be available to acquire, repair, renovate
or improve vessels, small boats and related equipment, to remain
available until September 30, 2004, $38,310,000 shall be available to
acquire new aircraft and increase aviation capability, to remain
available until September 30, 2002, $59,400,000 shall be available for
other equipment, to remain available until September 30, 2002,
$55,800,000 shall be available for shore facilities and aids to
navigation facilities, to remain available until September 30, 2002;
and $50,930,000 shall be available for personnel compensation and
benefits and related costs, to remain available until September 30,
2001: Provided, That the Commandant may dispose of surplus real
property by sale or lease and the proceeds shall be credited to this
appropriation: Provided further, That upon initial submission to the
Congress of the fiscal year 2001 President's budget, the Secretary of
Transportation shall transmit to the Congress a comprehensive capital
investment plan for the United States Coast Guard which includes
funding for each budget line item for fiscal years 2001 through 2005,
with total funding for each year of the plan constrained to the funding
targets for those years as estimated and approved by the Office of
Management and Budget.
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, $18,000,000, to remain available until expended.
Alteration of Bridges
For necessary expenses for alteration or removal of obstructive
bridges, $15,000,000, 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), $721,000,000.
Reserve Training
(including transfer of funds)
For all necessary expenses of the Coast Guard Reserve, as
authorized by law; maintenance and operation of facilities; and
supplies, equipment, and services, $72,000,000: Provided, That no more
than $23,000,000 of funds made available under this heading may be
transferred to Coast Guard ``Operating expenses'' or otherwise made
available to reimburse the Coast Guard for financial support of the
Coast Guard Reserve: Provided further, That none of the funds in this
Act may be used by the Coast Guard to assess direct charges on the
Coast Guard Reserves for items or activities which were not so charged
during fiscal year 1997.
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, $21,039,000, to remain available until expended, of
which $3,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust
Fund: Provided, That there may be credited to and used for the purposes
of 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.
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
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,
$2,200,000,000, of which $1,917,000,000 shall remain available until
September 30, 2002, and of which $283,000,000 shall remain available
until September 30, 2000: 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:
Provided further, That upon initial submission to the Congress of the
fiscal year 2001 President's budget, the Secretary of Transportation
shall transmit to the Congress a comprehensive capital investment plan
for the Federal Aviation Administration which includes funding for each
budget line item for fiscal years 2001 through 2005, with total funding
for each year of the plan constrained to the funding targets for those
years as estimated and approved by the Office of Management and Budget:
Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act may be used for
the Federal Aviation Administration to enter into a capital lease
agreement unless appropriations have been provided to fully cover the
Federal Government's contingent liabilities at the time the lease
agreement is signed.
Research, Engineering, and Development
(airport and airway trust fund)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 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, $173,000,000, to be derived from
the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until
September 30, 2002: 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, $1,867,000,000, 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 $2,250,000,000 in fiscal year 2000 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.
Grants-in-Aid for Airports
(airport and airway trust fund)
(rescission of contract authorization)
Of the unobligated balances authorized under section 48103 of title
49, United States Code, $300,000,000 are rescinded.
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
Limitation on Administrative Expenses
Necessary expenses for administration and operation of the Federal
Highway Administration, not to exceed $356,380,000, 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 $70,484,000 shall be available to carry out the
functions and operations of the office of motor carriers.
Limitation on Transportation Research
Necessary expenses for transportation research of the Federal
Highway Administration, not to exceed $422,450,000 shall be paid in
accordance with law from appropriations made available by this Act to
the Federal Highway Administration: Provided, That this limitation
shall not apply to any authority previously made available for
obligation.
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 $27,701,350,000 for Federal-aid highways and highway
safety construction programs for fiscal year 2000.
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 reimbursement for sums expended pursuant
to the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 308, $26,125,000,000 or so much thereof
as may be available in and derived from the Highway Trust Fund, to
remain available until expended.
Motor Carrier Safety Grants
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(highway trust fund)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 49 U.S.C.
31102, $105,000,000, 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 $105,000,000 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 chapter 301 of title
49, United States Code, and part C of subtitle VI of title 49, United
States Code, $87,400,000 of which $62,928,000 shall remain available
until September 30, 2002: 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
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(limitation on obligations)
(highway trust fund)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions
of 23 U.S.C. 403, to remain available until expended, $72,000,000, to
be derived from the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That 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 2000 are in
excess of $72,000,000 for programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 403.
National Driver Register
(highway trust fund)
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the Secretary
with respect to the National Driver Register under chapter 303 of title
49, United States Code, $2,000,000, to be derived from the Highway
Trust Fund and to remain available until expended.
Highway Traffic Safety Grants
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(limitation on obligations)
(highway trust fund)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions
of 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, 410, and 411, to remain available until
expended, $206,800,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund:
Provided, That 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 2000, are in excess of $206,800,000 for programs authorized
under 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, 410, and 411, of which $152,800,000 shall be
for ``Highway Safety Programs'' under 23 U.S.C. 402, $10,000,000 shall
be for ``Occupant Protection Incentive Grants'' under 23 U.S.C. 405,
$36,000,000 shall be for ``Alcohol-Impaired Driving Countermeasures
Grants'' under 23 U.S.C. 410, $8,000,000 shall be for the ``State
Highway Safety Data Grants'' under 23 U.S.C. 411: 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 $7,500,000 of the funds made available for
section 402, not to exceed $500,000 of the funds made available for
section 405, not to exceed $1,750,000 of the funds made available for
section 410, and not to exceed $223,000 of the funds made available for
section 411 shall be available to NHTSA for administering highway
safety grants under Chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code: Provided
further, That not to exceed $500,000 of the funds made available for
section 410 ``Alcohol-Impaired Driving Countermeasures Grants'' shall
be available for technical assistance to the States.
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION
Safety and Operations
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Administration, not
otherwise provided for, $94,448,000, of which $6,800,000 shall remain
available until expended: Provided, 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 Research and Development
For necessary expenses for railroad research and development,
$21,300,000, to remain available until expended.
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 pursuant to
section 502 of such Act, as amended, no new direct loans or loan
guarantee commitments shall be made using Federal funds for the credit
risk premium during fiscal year 2000.
Next Generation High-Speed Rail
For necessary expenses for the Next Generation High-Speed Rail
program as authorized under 49 U.S.C. 26101 and 26102, $22,000,000, 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,
$10,000,000, to be matched by the State of Rhode Island or its designee
on a dollar-for-dollar basis and to remain available until expended.
Capital Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation
For necessary expenses of capital improvements of the National
Railroad Passenger Corporation as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 24104(a),
$570,976,000 to remain available until expended: Provided, That the
Secretary shall not obligate more than $228,400,000 prior to September
30, 2000.
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, $12,000,000: Provided, That no more than $60,000,000 of
budget authority shall be available for these purposes: Provided
further, That of the funds in this Act available for the execution of
contracts under section 5327(c) of title 49, United States Code,
$800,000 shall be transferred to the Department of Transportation
Inspector General for costs associated with the audit and review of new
fixed guideway systems.
Formula Grants
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5307, 5308, 5310,
5311, 5327, and section 3038 of Public Law 105-178, $619,600,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That no more than
$3,098,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for these
purposes.
University Transportation Research
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5505, $1,200,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That no more than $6,000,000
of budget authority shall be available for these purposes.
Transit Planning and Research
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5303, 5304, 5305,
5311(b)(2), 5312, 5313(a), 5314, 5315, and 5322, $21,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That no more than $107,000,000 of
budget authority shall be available for these purposes: Provided
further, That $5,250,000 is available to provide rural transportation
assistance (49 U.S.C. 5311(b)(2)), $4,000,000 is available to carry out
programs under the National Transit Institute (49 U.S.C. 5315),
$8,250,000 is available to carry out transit cooperative research
programs (49 U.S.C. 5313(a)), $49,632,000 is available for metropolitan
planning (49 U.S.C. 5303, 5304, and 5305), $10,368,000 is available for
state planning (49 U.S.C. 5313(b)); and $29,500,000 is available for
the national planning and research program (49 U.S.C. 5314).
Trust Fund Share of Expenses
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(highway trust fund)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 49 U.S.C. 5303-
5308, 5310-5315, 5317(b), 5322, 5327, 5334, 5505, and sections 3037 and
3038 of Public Law 105-178, $4,638,000,000, to remain available until
expended, and to be derived from the Mass Transit Account of the
Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That $2,478,400,000 shall be paid to the
Federal Transit Administration's formula grants account: Provided
further, That $86,000,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit
Administration's transit planning and research account: Provided
further, That $48,000,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit
Administration's administrative expenses account: Provided further,
That $4,800,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Administration's
university transportation research account: Provided further, That
$60,000,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Administration's job
access and reverse commute grants program: Provided further, That
$1,960,800,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Administration's
Capital Investment Grants account.
Capital Investment Grants
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5308, 5309, 5318, and
5327, $490,200,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That
no more than $2,451,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for
these purposes: Provided further, That there shall be available for
fixed guideway modernization, $980,400,000; there shall be available
for the replacement, rehabilitation, and purchase of buses and related
equipment and the construction of bus-related facilities, $490,200,000;
and there shall be available for new fixed guideway systems,
$980,400,000, to be available as follows:
$10,400,000 for Alaska or Hawaii ferry projects;
$45,142,000 for the Atlanta, Georgia, North line extension
project;
$5,000,000 for the Baltimore central LRT double track
project;
$4,000,000 for the Canton-Akron-Cleveland commuter rail
project;
$3,000,000 for the Charlotte, North Carolina, north-south
corridor transitway project;
$25,000,000 for the Chicago METRA commuter rail project;
$2,000,000 for the Chicago Transit Authority Douglas branch
line project;
$2,000,000 for the Chicago Transit Authority Ravenswood
branch line project;
$2,000,000 for the Cincinnati northeast/northern Kentucky
corridor project;
$2,000,000 for the Clark County, Nevada, fixed guideway
project;
$1,000,000 for the Cleveland Euclid corridor improvement
project;
$1,000,000 for the Colorado Roaring Fork Valley project;
$35,000,000 for the Dallas north central light rail
extension project;
$1,000,000 for the Dayton, Ohio, light rail study;
$35,000,000 for the Denver Southwest corridor project;
$25,000,000 for the Dulles corridor project;
$12,000,000 for the Fort Lauderdale, Florida Tri-County
commuter rail project;
$4,000,000 for the Houston advanced transit program;
$52,770,000 for the Houston regional bus project;
$1,000,000 for the Johnson County, Kansas, I-35 commuter
rail project;
$1,000,000 for the Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee rail extension
project;
$4,000,000 for the Long Island Railroad East Side access
project;
$5,000,000 for the Los Angeles Mid-City and East side
corridors projects;
$50,000,000 for the Los Angeles North Hollywood extension
project;
$1,000,000 for the Los Angeles-San Diego LOSSAN corridor
project;
$703,000 for the MARC commuter rail project;
$1,000,000 for the Massachusetts North Shore corridor
project;
$5,000,000 for the Memphis, Tennessee, Medical Center rail
extension project;
$3,000,000 for the Miami-Dade Transit east-west multimodal
corridor project;
$3,000,000 for the Miami-Dade Transit North 27th corridor
project;
$1,000,000 for the Nashville, Tennessee, commuter rail
project;
$99,000,000 for the New Jersey Hudson Bergen project;
$2,000,000 for the New Orleans Canal Street corridor
project;
$6,000,000 for the Newark rail link MOS-1 project;
$1,000,000 for the Norfolk-Virginia Beach corridor project;
$4,000,000 for the Northern Indiana south shore commuter
rail project;
$2,000,000 for the Oceanside-Escondido, California light
rail system;
$5,000,000 for Olympic transportation infrastructure
investments: Provided, That these funds shall be allocated by
the Secretary based on the approved transportation management
plan for the Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympic Games: Provided
further, That none of these funds shall be made available for
the Salt Lake City west-east light rail project, any segment
thereof, or a downtown connector in Salt Lake City, Utah;
$1,000,000 for the Orange County, California, transitway
project;
$20,000,000 for the Orlando Lynx light rail project (phase
1);
$1,000,000 for the Philadelphia-Reading SETPA Schuylkill
Valley metro project;
$7,000,000 for the Phoenix metropolitan area transit
project;
$3,000,000 for the Pinellas County, Florida, mobility
initiative project;
$11,062,000 for the Portland Westside light rail transit
project;
$2,000,000 for the Puget Sound RTA Link light rail project;
$12,000,000 for the Puget Sound RTA Sounder commuter rail
project;
$12,000,000 for the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Triangle
transit project;
$25,000,000 for the Sacramento south corridor LRT project;
$1,000,000 for the San Bernardino, California Metrolink
project;
$7,000,000 for the San Diego Mid Coast corridor project;
$23,000,000 for the San Diego Mission Valley East light
rail transit project;
$84,000,000 for the San Francisco BART extension to the
airport project;
$20,000,000 for the San Jose Tasman West light rail
project;
$82,000,000 for the San Juan Tren Urbano project;
$53,962,000 for the South Boston piers transitway;
$1,000,000 for the South DeKalb-Lindbergh, Georgia,
corridor project;
$3,000,000 for the Spokane, Washington, South Valley
corridor light rail project;
$3,000,000 for the St. Louis, Missouri, MetroLink cross
county corridor project;
$50,000,000 for the St. Louis-St. Clair County MetroLink
light rail (phase II) extension project;
$1,000,000 for the Tampa Bay regional rail project;
$5,433,000 for the Twin Cities Transitways projects;
$46,000,000 for the Twin Cities Transitways--Hiawatha
corridor project;
$37,928,000 for the Utah north/south light rail project;
$2,000,000 for the Virginia Railway Express Woodbridge
station improvements project;
$1,000,000 for the West Trenton, New Jersey, rail project;
and
$3,000,000 for the Whitehall terminal reconstruction
project.
Discretionary Grants
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(highway trust fund)
For payment of previous obligations incurred in carrying out 49
U.S.C. 5338(b), $1,500,000,000, to remain available until expended and
to be derived from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund.
Job Access and Reverse Commute Grants
For necessary expenses to carry out section 3037 of the Federal
Transit Act of 1998, $15,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That no more than $75,000,000 of budget authority shall be
available for these purposes.
SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
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 operations and maintenance of those
portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway operated and maintained by the
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, $12,042,000, 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, $32,361,000, of which $645,000
shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, and of which $3,704,000
shall remain available until September 30, 2002: 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, to be
available until expended, funds received from States, counties,
municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources for
expenses incurred for training, for reports publication and
dissemination, and for travel expenses incurred in performance of
hazardous materials exemptions and approvals functions.
Pipeline Safety
(pipeline safety fund)
(oil spill liability trust 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,
$36,092,000, of which $5,494,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill
Liability Trust Fund and shall remain available until September 30,
2002; and of which $30,598,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline
Safety Fund, of which $17,074,000 shall remain available until
September 30, 2002: Provided, That in addition to amounts made
available from the Pipeline Safety Fund, $1,300,000 shall be available
for grants to States for the development and establishment of one-call
notification systems, emergency notification, damage prevention, and
public education activities, and shall be derived from amounts
previously collected under 49 U.S.C. 60301.
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, 2002: Provided, That not more than $14,300,000
shall be made available for obligation in fiscal year 2000 from amounts
made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i) and 5127(d): Provided further, 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,
$44,840,000.
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
Salaries and Expenses
For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation Board,
including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $17,000,000: Provided,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed
$1,600,000 from fees established by the Chairman of the Surface
Transportation Board 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 2000, to
result in a final appropriation from the general fund estimated at no
more than $15,400,000.
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, $4,633,000: 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-15; uniforms, or
allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902)
$57,000,000, 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 2000 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 100 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. The limitations 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.
Sec. 311. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to implement
section 404 of title 23, United States Code.
Sec. 312. 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. 313. 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. 314. 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; (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. 315. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and except
for fixed guideway modernization projects, funds made available by this
Act under ``Federal Transit Administration, Capital investment grants''
for projects specified in this Act or identified in reports
accompanying this Act not obligated by September 30, 2002, and other
recoveries, shall be made available for other projects under 49 U.S.C.
5309.
Sec. 316. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any funds
appropriated before October 1, 1999, under any section of chapter 53 of
title 49, United States Code, that remain available for expenditure may
be transferred to and administered under the most recent appropriation
heading for any such section.
Sec. 317. None of the funds in this Act may be used to compensate
in excess of 320 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 2000.
Sec. 318. Funds provided in this Act for the Transportation
Administrative Service Center (TASC) shall be reduced by $10,000,000,
which limits fiscal year 2000 TASC obligational authority for elements
of the Department of Transportation funded in this Act to no more than
$147,965,000: 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. 319. 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 ``Federal-Aid
Highways'' account, the Federal Transit Administration's ``Transit
Planning and Research'' account, and to the Federal Railroad
Administration's ``Safety and Operations'' account, except for State
rail safety inspectors participating in training pursuant to 49 U.S.C.
20105.
Sec. 320. 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. 321. 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 49 U.S.C. 111 may be credited
to the Federal-aid highways account for the purpose of reimbursing the
Bureau for such expenses: Provided, That such funds shall be subject to
the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways and highway safety
construction.
Sec. 322. 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. 323. 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. 324. (a) In General.--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 the 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.
Sec. 325. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, receipts, in
amounts determined by the Secretary, collected from users of fitness
centers operated by or for the Department of Transportation shall be
available to support the operation and maintenance of those facilities.
Sec. 326. 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. 327. Notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 41742, no essential air service
subsidies shall be provided to communities in the 48 contiguous States
that are located fewer than 70 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 210 miles from the
nearest large or medium hub airport.
Sec. 328. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, minor fees and
other funds received by the Department from travel management centers,
charge card programs, the subleasing of building space, and
miscellaneous sources are to be credited to appropriations of the
Department and allocated to elements of the Department using fair and
equitable criteria and such funds shall be available until December 31,
2000.
Sec. 329. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule or
regulation, the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to allow the
issuer of any preferred stock heretofore sold to the Department to
redeem or repurchase such stock upon the payment to the Department of
an amount determined by the Secretary.
Sec. 330. For necessary expenses of the Amtrak Reform Council
authorized under section 203 of Public Law 105-134, $750,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2001.
Sec. 331. The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to transfer
funds appropriated for any office of the Office of the Secretary to any
other office of the Office of the Secretary: Provided, That no
appropriation shall be increased or decreased by more than 12 percent
by all such transfers: Provided further, That any such transfer shall
be submitted for approval to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations.
Sec. 332. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to
issue a final standard under docket number NHTSA 98-3945 (relating to
section 656(b) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Responsibility Act
of 1996).
Sec. 333. (a) Section 110(b)(2) of the Arctic Research and Policy
Act of 1984 (15 U.S.C. 4109(b)(2)) is amended by striking all that
follows ``research'' and inserting a period.
(b) Section 312 of the Arctic Marine Living Resources Convention
Act of 1984 (16 U.S.C. 2441) is amended by striking subsection (c).
Sec. 334. None of the funds in this Act shall be available for
activities under the Aircraft Purchase Loan Guarantee Program during
fiscal year 2000.
Sec. 335. None of the funds in this Act may be used to carry out
the functions and operations of the office of motor carriers within the
Federal Highway Administration.
Sec. 336. Section 3027 of the Transportation Equity Act for the
21st Century (49 U.S.C. 5307 note; 112 Stat. 336) is amended by adding
at the end the following:
``(e) Government share for operating assistance to certain smaller
urbanized areas.--Notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 5307(e), a grant of the
Government for operating expenses of a project under 49 U.S.C. 5307(b)
in fiscal years 1999 and 2000 to any recipient that is providing
transit services in an urbanized area with a population between 128,000
and 128,200, as determined in the 1990 census, and that had adopted a
five-year transit plan before September 1, 1998, may not be more than
80 percent of the net project cost.''.
Sec. 337. Funds provided in Public Law 104-205 for the Griffin
light rail project shall be available for alternative analysis and
environmental impact studies for other transit alternatives in the
Griffin corridor from Hartford to Bradley International Airport.
Sec. 338. Section 3030(c)(1)(A)(v) of the Transportation Equity Act
for the 21st Century (Public Law 105-178) is amended by deleting
``Light Rail''.
Sec. 339. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Federal
share of projects funded under section 3038(g)(1)(B) of Public Law 105-
178 shall not exceed 90 percent of the project cost.
Sec. 340. None of the funds in this Act shall be available to
execute a letter of no prejudice, letter of intent or full funding
grant agreement for the Salt Lake City west-east light rail line, any
segment thereof, or a downtown connector in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Sec. 341. Of the funds made available to the Coast Guard in this
Act under ``Acquisition, construction, and improvements'', $10,000,000
is only for necessary expenses to support a portion of the acquisition
costs, currently estimated at $128,000,000, of a multi-mission vessel
to replace the Mackinaw icebreaker in the Great Lakes, to remain
available until September 30, 2005.
Sec. 342. None of the funds in this Act may be expended to review
or issue a waiver for a vessel deemed to be equipped with a double
bottom or double sides.
Sec. 343. Funds provided in this Act for the Transportation
Administrative Service Center (TASC) shall be further reduced by
$1,000,000.
Sec. 344. The amount otherwise provided by section 330 for the
Amtrak Reform Council is hereby reduced by $300,000.
Sec. 345. None of the funds in this Act may be used for the
planning or development of the California State Route 710 Freeway
extension project through South Pasadena, California (as approved in
the Record of Decision on State Route 710 Freeway, issued by the United
States Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, on
April 13, 1998).
This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Transportation and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000''.
Passed the House of Representatives June 23, 1999.
Attest:
Clerk.