[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2084 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
H.R.2084
One Hundred Sixth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the sixth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine
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, $600,000.
Office of the General Counsel
For necessary expenses of the Office of the General Counsel,
$9,000,000.
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Policy, $2,824,000.
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, $7,650,000: 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, $6,870,000, including not to exceed $45,000 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, $1,800,000.
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, $5,075,000.
Office of Intermodalism
For necessary expenses of the Office of Intermodalism, $1,062,000.
Office of Civil Rights
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, $7,200,000.
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, $3,300,000.
Transportation Administrative Service Center
Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital outlays of the
Transportation Administrative Service Center, not to exceed
$148,673,000, 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 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 $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; $2,781,000,000, 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 for 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 notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the Commandant of the Coast Guard may transfer
certain parcels of real property located at Sitka, Japonski Island,
Alaska to the State of Alaska for the purpose of airport expansion,
provided that the Commandant determines that the Coast Guard has been
indemnified for any loss, damage, or destruction of any structures or
other improvements on the lands to be conveyed. No other provision of
law shall otherwise make the real property improvements on Japonski
Island ineligible for Federal funding by virtue of any consideration
received by the Coast Guard for such improvements: 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 the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the
Secretary of Transportation may use any surplus funds that are made
available to the Secretary, to the maximum extent practicable, for drug
interdiction activities of the Coast Guard.
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, $389,326,000, of which
$20,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund;
of which $134,560,000 shall be available to acquire, repair, renovate
or improve vessels, small boats and related equipment, to remain
available until September 30, 2004; $44,210,000 shall be available to
acquire new aircraft and increase aviation capability, to remain
available until September 30, 2002; $51,626,000 shall be available for
other equipment, to remain available until September 30, 2002;
$63,800,000 shall be available for shore facilities and aids to
navigation facilities, to remain available until September 30, 2002;
$50,930,000 shall be available for personnel compensation and benefits
and related costs, to remain available until September 30, 2001; and
$44,200,000 for the Integrated Deepwater Systems program, to remain
available until September 30, 2002: Provided, That the Commandant of
the Coast Guard is authorized to dispose of, by sale at fair market
value, all rights, title, and interest of any United States entity on
behalf of the Coast Guard in HU-25 aircraft and Coast Guard property,
and improvements thereto, in South Haven, Michigan; ESMT Manasquan, New
Jersey; Petaluma, California; ESMT Portsmouth, New Hampshire; Station
Clair Flats, Michigan; and Aids to Navigation Team Huron, Ohio:
Provided further, That all proceeds from the sale of properties listed
under this heading, and from the sale of HU-25 aircraft, shall be
credited to this appropriation as offsetting collections and made
available only for the Integrated Deepwater Systems program, to remain
available for obligation until September 30, 2002: Provided further,
That obligations made pursuant to the provisions of this Act for the
Integrated Deepwater Systems program may not exceed $50,000,000 during
fiscal year 2000: 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, $17,000,000, 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), $730,327,000.
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 $21,500,000 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, $19,000,000, 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
Operations
(airport and airway trust fund)
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,
the operation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft,
subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold to the
public, 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 passenger motor
vehicles for replacement only, in addition to amounts made available by
Public Law 104-264, $5,900,000,000 from the Airport and Airway Trust
Fund: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available
for the Federal Aviation Administration to plan, finalize, or implement
any regulation that would promulgate new aviation user fees not
specifically authorized by law after the date of the enactment of this
Act: 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 of the funds appropriated under this
heading, $5,000,000 shall be for the contract tower cost-sharing
program and $600,000 shall be for the Centennial of Flight Commission:
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 in this Act may be used for the Federal Aviation
Administration to enter into a multiyear lease greater than 5 years in
length or greater than $100,000,000 in value unless such lease is
specifically authorized by the Congress and appropriations have been
provided to fully cover the Federal Government's contingent
liabilities: Provided further, That no more than $24,162,700 of funds
appropriated to the Federal Aviation Administration in this Act may be
used for activities conducted by, or coordinated through, the
Transportation Administrative Service Center: Provided further, That
none of the funds in this Act for aeronautical charting and cartography
are available for activities conducted by, or coordinated through, the
Transportation Administrative Service Center: Provided further, That
none of the funds in this Act may be used for the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) to sign a lease for satellite services related to
the global positioning system (GPS) wide area augmentation system until
the administrator of FAA certifies in writing to the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations that FAA has conducted a lease versus buy
analysis which indicates that such lease will result in the lowest
overall cost to the agency.
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,
$2,075,000,000, of which $1,780,000,000 shall remain available until
September 30, 2002, and of which $295,000,000 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.
Facilities and Equipment
(airport and airway trust fund)
(Rescission)
Of the amount provided under this heading in Public Law 105-66,
$30,000,000 are rescinded.
Research, Engineering, and Development
(airport and airway trust fund)
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for research,
engineering, and development, as authorized under part A of subtitle
VII of title 49, United States Code, including construction of
experimental facilities and acquisition of necessary sites by lease or
grant, $156,495,000, 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 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; for administration of such programs; for
administration of programs under section 40117; and for inspection
activities and administration of airport safety programs, including
those related to airport operating certificates under section 44706 of
title 49, United States Code, $1,750,000,000, to be derived from the
Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until expended:
Provided, That none of the funds under this heading shall be available
for the planning or execution of programs the obligations for which are
in excess of $1,950,000,000 in fiscal year 2000, notwithstanding
section 47117(h) of title 49, United States Code: Provided further,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, not more than
$45,000,000 of funds limited under this heading shall be obligated for
administration: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, in the event of a lapse in authorization of the
grants program under this heading, funding available under Federal
Aviation Administration, ``Operations'' may be obligated for
administration during the time period of the lapse in authorization, at
the rate corresponding to the maximum annual obligation level of
$45,000,000: Provided further, That total obligations from all sources
in fiscal year 2000 for administration may not exceed $45,000,000.
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.
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
Limitation on Administrative Expenses
Necessary expenses for administration and operation of the Federal
Highway Administration not to exceed $376,072,000 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: Provided
further, That of the funds available under section 104(a) of title 23,
United States Code: $6,000,000 shall be available for Commercial Remote
Sensing Products and Spatial Information Technologies under section
5113 of Public Law 105-178, as amended; $5,000,000 shall be available
for Nationwide Differential Global Positioning System program, as
authorized; $8,000,000 shall be available for National Historic Covered
Bridge Preservation Program under section 1224 of Public Law 105-178,
as amended; $15,000,000 shall be available to the University of Alabama
in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, for research activities at the Transportation
Research Institute and to construct a building to house the Institute,
and shall remain available until expended; $18,300,000 shall be
available for the Indian Reservation Roads Program under section 204 of
title 23, United States Code; $16,400,000 shall be available for the
Public Lands Highways Program under section 204 of title 23, United
States Code; $11,000,000 shall be available for the Park Roads and
Parkways Program under section 204 of title 23, United States Code;
$1,300,000 shall be available for the Refuge Road Program under section
204 of title 23, United States Code; $10,000,000 shall be available for
the Transportation and Community and System Preservation pilot program
under section 1221 of Public Law 105-178; and $7,500,000 shall be
available for ``Child Passenger Protection Education Grants'' under
section 2003(b) of Public Law 105-178, as amended.
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: Provided, That
within the $27,701,350,000 obligation limitation on Federal-aid
highways and highway safety construction programs, not more than
$391,450,000 shall be available for the implementation or execution of
programs for transportation research (sections 502, 503, 504, 506, 507,
and 508 of title 23, United States Code, as amended; section 5505 of
title 49, United States Code, as amended; and sections 5112 and 5204-
5209 of Public Law 105-178) for fiscal year 2000; not more than
$20,000,000 shall be available for the implementation or execution of
programs for the Magnetic Levitation Transportation Technology
Deployment Program (section 1218 of Public Law 105-178) for fiscal year
2000, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available to the
Federal Railroad Administration for administrative expenses and
technical assistance in connection with such program; not more than
$31,000,000 shall be available for the implementation or execution of
programs for the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (section 111 of
title 49, United States Code) for fiscal year 2000: Provided further,
That within the $211,200,000 obligation limitation on Intelligent
Transportation Systems, the following sums shall be made available for
Intelligent Transportation System projects in the following specified
areas:
Albuquerque, New Mexico, $2,000,000;
Arapahoe County, Colorado, $1,000,000;
Branson, Missouri, $1,000,000;
Central Pennsylvania, $1,000,000;
Charlotte, North Carolina, $1,000,000;
Chicago, Illinois, $1,000,000;
City of Superior and Douglas County, Wisconsin, $1,000,000;
Clay County, Missouri, $300,000;
Clearwater, Florida, $3,500,000;
College Station, Texas, $1,000,000;
Central Ohio, $1,000,000;
Commonwealth of Virginia, $4,000,000;
Corpus Christi, Texas, $1,500,000;
Delaware River, Pennsylvania, $1,000,000;
Fairfield, California, $750,000;
Fargo, North Dakota, $1,000,000;
Florida Bay County, Florida, $1,000,000;
Fort Worth, Texas, $2,500,000;
Grand Forks, North Dakota, $500,000;
Greater Metropolitan Capital Region, District of Columbia,
$5,000,000;
Greater Yellowstone, Montana, $1,000,000;
Houma, Louisiana, $1,000,000;
Houston, Texas, $1,500,000;
Huntsville, Alabama, $500,000;
Inglewood, California, $1,000,000;
Jefferson County, Colorado, $1,500,000;
Kansas City, Missouri, $1,000,000;
Las Vegas, Nevada, $2,800,000;
Los Angeles, California, $1,000,000;
Miami, Florida, $1,000,000;
Mission Viejo, California, $1,000,000;
Monroe County, New York, $1,000,000;
Nashville, Tennessee, $1,000,000;
Northeast Florida, $1,000,000;
Oakland, California, $500,000;
Oakland County, Michigan, $1,000,000;
Oxford, Mississippi, $1,500,000;
Pennsylvania Turnpike, Pennsylvania, $2,500,000;
Pueblo, Colorado, $1,000,000;
Puget Sound, Washington, $1,000,000;
Reno/Tahoe, California/Nevada, $500,000;
Rensselaer County, New York, $1,000,000;
Sacramento County, California, $1,000,000;
Salt Lake City, Utah, $3,000,000;
San Francisco, California, $1,000,000;
Santa Clara, California, $1,000,000;
Santa Teresa, New Mexico, $1,000,000;
Seattle, Washington, $2,100,000;
Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, $2,500,000;
Shreveport, Louisiana, $1,000,000;
Silicon Valley, California, $1,000,000;
Southeast Michigan, $2,000,000;
Spokane, Washington, $500,000;
St. Louis, Missouri, $1,000,000;
State of Alabama, $1,300,000;
State of Alaska, $3,000,000;
State of Arizona, $1,000,000;
State of Colorado, $1,500,000;
State of Delaware, $2,000,000;
State of Idaho, $2,000,000;
State of Illinois, $1,500,000;
State of Maryland, $2,000,000;
State of Minnesota, $7,000,000;
State of Montana, $1,000,000;
State of Nebraska, $500,000;
State of Oregon, $1,000,000;
State of Texas, $4,000,000;
State of Vermont rural systems, $1,000,000;
States of New Jersey and New York, $2,000,000;
Statewide Transcom/Transmit upgrades, New Jersey, $4,000,000;
Tacoma Puyallup, Washington, $500,000;
Thurston, Washington, $1,000,000;
Towamencin, Pennsylvania, $600,000;
Wausau-Stevens Point-Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, $1,500,000;
Wayne County, Michigan, $1,000,000:
Provided further, That, notwithstanding Public Law 105-178 as amended,
funds authorized under section 110 of title 23, United States Code, for
fiscal year 2000 shall be apportioned based on each State's percentage
share of funding provided for under section 105 of title 23, United
States Code, for fiscal year 2000, except that before such
apportionments are made, $90,000,000 shall be set aside for projects
authorized under section 1602 of Public Law 105-178 as amended, and
$8,000,000 shall be set aside for the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge
project authorized by section 404 of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge
Authority Act of 1995 as amended. Of the funds to be apportioned under
section 110 for fiscal year 2000, the Secretary shall ensure that such
funds are apportioned for the Interstate Maintenance program, the
National Highway system program, the bridge program, the surface
transportation program, and the congestion mitigation and air quality
program in the same ratio that each State is apportioned funds for such
program in fiscal year 2000 but for this section: Provided further,
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall,
at the request of the State of Nevada, transfer up to $10,000,000 of
Minimum Guarantee apportionments, and an equal amount of obligation
authority, to the State of California for use on High Priority Project
No. 829 ``Widen I-15 in San Bernardino County'', section 1602 of Public
Law 105-178.
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, $26,000,000,000 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)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 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 $7,640,000 of the
funds made available for section 402, not to exceed $500,000 of the
funds made available for section 405, not to exceed $1,800,000 of the
funds made available for section 410, and not to exceed $400,000 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, $94,288,000, 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,
$22,464,000, 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, $27,200,000, to
remain available until expended.
Alaska Railroad Rehabilitation
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to the
Alaska Railroad, $10,000,000 shall be for capital rehabilitation and
improvements benefiting its passenger operations, 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:
Provided, That none of the funds made available under this head shall
be obligated until the enactment of authorizing legislation for the
``Rhode Island Rail Development'' program.
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),
$571,000,000 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 the Federal Transit Administration will reimburse the
Department of Transportation Inspector General $1,500,000 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: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 3008 of Public
Law 105-178, the $50,000,000 to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5308 shall be
transferred to and merged with funding provided for the replacement,
rehabilitation, and purchase of buses and related equipment and the
construction of bus-related facilities under ``Federal Transit
Administration, Capital investment grants''.
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): Provided
further, That of the total budget authority made available for the
national planning and research program, the Federal Transit
Administration shall provide the following amounts for the projects and
activities listed below:
Zinc-air battery bus technology demonstration, $1,000,000;
Electric vehicle information sharing and technology transfer
program, $750,000;
Portland, Maine independent transportation network, $500,000;
Wheeling, West Virginia mobility study, $250,000;
Project ACTION, $3,000,000;
Washoe County, Nevada transit technology, $1,250,000;
Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority advanced electric transit
buses and related infrastructure, $1,500,000;
Palm Springs, California fuel cell buses, $1,000,000;
Gloucester, Massachusetts intermodal technology center,
$1,500,000;
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority advanced propulsion
control system, $3,000,000;
Advanced transportation and alternative fuel technology
consortium (CALSTART), $3,250,000;
Safety and security programs, $5,450,000;
International program, $1,000,000;
Santa Barbara Electric Transit Institute, $500,000;
Hennepin County community transportation, Minnesota,
$1,000,000;
Pittsfield economic development authority electric bus program,
$1,350,000; and
Citizens for Modern Transit, Missouri, $300,000.
Trust Fund Share of Expenses
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(highway trust fund)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 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, $4,929,270,000, 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 notwithstanding any other
provision of law, 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,
together with $50,000,000 transferred from ``Federal Transit
Administration, Formula grants'', to be available for the following
projects in amounts specified below:
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No. State Project Conference
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1 Alaska Anchorage Ship Creek $4,500,000
intermodal facility..
2 Alaska Fairbanks intermodal 2,000,000
rail/bus transfer
facility..............
3 Alaska Juneau downtown mass 1,500,000
transit facility......
4 Alaska North Star Borough- 3,000,000
Fairbanks intermodal
facility..............
5 Alaska Wasilla intermodal 1,000,000
facility..............
6 Alaska Whittier intermodal 1,155,000
facility and
pedestrian overpass...
7 Alabama Alabama statewide rural 2,500,000
bus needs.............
8 Alabama Baldwin Rural Area 1,000,000
Transportation System
buses.................
9 Alabama Birmingham intermodal 2,000,000
facility..............
10 Alabama Birmingham-Jefferson 1,250,000
County buses..........
11 Alabama Cullman, buses......... 500,000
12 Alabama Dothan Wiregrass 1,000,000
Transit Authority
vehicles and transit
facility..............
13 Alabama Escambia County buses 100,000
and bus facility......
14 Alabama Gees Bend Ferry 100,000
facilities, Wilcox
County................
15 Alabama Marshall County, buses. 500,000
16 Alabama Huntsville Airport 3,500,000
international
intermodal center.....
17 Alabama Huntsville, intermodal 1,250,000
facility..............
18 Alabama Huntsville Space and 3,500,000
Rocket Center
intermodal center.....
19 Alabama Jasper buses........... 50,000
20 Alabama Jefferson State 200,000
Community College/
University of
Montevallo pedestrian
walkway...............
21 Alabama Mobile waterfront 5,000,000
terminal complex......
22 Alabama Montgomery Union 3,500,000
Station intermodal
center and buses......
23 Alabama Valley bus and bus 110,000
facilities............
24 Arkansas Arkansas Highway and 2,000,000
Transit Department
buses.................
25 Arkansas Arkansas state safety 800,000
and preventative
maintenance facility..
26 Arkansas Fayetteville, 500,000
University of Arkansas
Transit System buses..
27 Arkansas Hot Springs, 1,560,000
transportation depot
and plaza.............
28 Arkansas Little Rock, Central 300,000
Arkansas Transit buses
29 Arizona Phoenix bus and bus 3,750,000
facilities............
30 Arizona Phoenix South Central 500,000
Avenue transit
facility..............
31 Arizona San Luis, bus.......... 70,000
32 Arizona Tucson buses........... 2,555,000
33 Arizona Yuma paratransit buses. 125,000
34 California California Mountain 80,000
Area Regional Transit
Authority fueling
stations..............
35 California Culver City, CityBus 1,250,000
buses.................
36 California Davis, Unitrans transit 625,000
maintenance facility..
37 California Healdsburg, intermodal 1,000,000
facility..............
38 California I-5 Corridor intermodal 1,250,000
transit centers.......
39 California Livermore automatic 1,000,000
vehicle locator
program...............
40 California Lodi, multimodal 850,000
facility..............
41 California Los Angeles County 3,000,000
Metropolitan
transportation
authority buses.......
42 California Los Angeles County 1,750,000
Foothill Transit buses
and HEV vehicles......
43 California Los Angeles Municipal 2,250,000
Transit Operators
Coalition.............
44 California Los Angeles, Union 1,250,000
Station Gateway
Intermodal Transit
Center................
45 California Maywood, Commerce, 800,000
Bell, Cudahy,
California buses and
bus facilities........
46 California Modesto, bus 625,000
maintenance facility..
47 California Monterey, Monterey- 625,000
Salinas buses.........
48 California Orange County, bus and 2,000,000
bus facilities........
49 California Perris bus maintenance 1,250,000
facility..............
50 California Redlands, trolley 800,000
project...............
51 California Sacramento CNG buses... 1,250,000
52 California San Bernardino Valley, 1,000,000
CNG buses.............
53 California San Bernardino train 3,000,000
station...............
54 California San Diego North County 3,000,000
buses and CNG fueling
station...............
55 California Contra Costa County 250,000
Connection buses......
56 California San Francisco, Islais 1,250,000
Creek main- tenance
facility..............
57 California Santa Barbara buses and 1,750,000
bus facility..........
58 California Santa Clarita bus 1,250,000
maintenance facility..
59 California Santa Cruz buses and 1,755,000
bus facilities........
60 California Santa Maria Valley/ 240,000
Santa Barbara County,
buses.................
61 California Santa Rosa/Cotati, 750,000
Intermodal
Transportation
Facilities............
62 California Westminster senior 150,000
citizen vans..........
63 California Windsor, Intermodal 750,000
Facility..............
64 California Woodland Hills, Warner 625,000
Center Transportation
Hub...................
65 Colorado Boulder/Denver, RTD 625,000
buses.................
66 Colorado Colorado Association of 8,000,000
Transit Agencies.....
67 Colorado Denver, Stapleton 1,250,000
Intermodal Center.....
68 Connecticut New Haven bus facility. 2,250,000
69 Connecticut Norwich buses.......... 2,250,000
70 Connecticut Waterbury, bus facility 2,250,000
71 Dist. of Columbia Fuel cell bus and bus 4,850,000
facilities program,
Georgetown University.
72 Dist. of Columbia Washington, D.C. 2,500,000
Intermodal
Transportation Center,
District..............
73 Delaware New Castle County buses 2,000,000
and bus facilities...
74 Delaware Delaware buses and bus 500,000
facility..............
75 Florida Daytona Beach, 2,500,000
Intermodal Center.....
76 Florida Gainesville hybrid- 500,000
electric buses and
facilities............
77 Florida Jacksonville buses and 1,000,000
bus facilities........
78 Florida Lakeland, Citrus 1,250,000
Connection transit
vehicles and related
equipment.............
79 Florida Miami Beach, electric 750,000
shuttle service.......
80 Florida Miami-Dade Transit 2,750,000
buses.................
81 Florida Orlando, Lynx buses and 2,000,000
bus facilities........
82 Florida Orlando, Downtown 2,500,000
Intermodal Facility...
83 Florida Palm Beach, buses...... 1,000,000
84 Florida Tampa HARTline buses... 500,000
85 Georgia Atlanta, MARTA buses... 13,500,000
86 Georgia Chatham Area Transit 3,500,000
Bus Transfer Center
and buses.............
87 Georgia Georgia Regional 2,000,000
Transportation
Authority buses.......
88 Georgia Georgia statewide buses 2,750,000
and bus- related
facilities............
89 Hawaii Hawaii buses and bus 2,250,000
facilities............
90 Hawaii Honolulu, bus facility 2,000,000
and buses.............
91 Iowa Ames transit facility 700,000
expansion.............
92 Iowa Cedar Rapids intermodal 3,500,000
facility..............
93 Iowa Clinton transit 500,000
facility expansion....
94 Iowa Fort Dodge, Intermodal 885,000
Facility (Phase II)...
95 Iowa Iowa City intermodal 1,500,000
facility..............
96 Iowa Iowa statewide buses 2,500,000
and bus facilities....
97 Iowa Iowa/Illinois Transit 1,000,000
Consortium bus safety
and security..........
98 Illinois East Moline transit 650,000
center................
99 Illinois Illinois statewide 8,200,000
buses and bus-related
equipment.............
100 Indiana Gary, Transit 1,250,000
Consortium buses......
101 Indiana Indianapolis buses..... 5,000,000
102 Indiana South Bend Urban 1,250,000
Intermodal
Transportation
Facility..............
103 Indiana West Lafayette bus 1,750,000
transfer station/
terminal (Wabash
Landing)..............
104 Kansas Girard, buses and vans. 700,000
105 Kansas Johnson County, farebox 250,000
equipment.............
106 Kansas Kansas City buses...... 750,000
107 Kansas Kansas Public Transit 1,500,000
Association buses and
bus facilities........
108 Kansas Girard Southeast Kansas 480,000
Community Action
Agency maintenance
facility..............
109 Kansas Topeka Transit downtown 600,000
transfer facility.....
110 Kansas Wichita, buses and bus 2,500,000
facilities............
111 Kentucky Transit Authority of 2,500,000
Northern Kentucky
(TANK) buses..........
112 Kentucky Kentucky (southern and 1,000,000
eastern) transit
vehicles..............
113 Kentucky Lexington (LexTran), 1,000,000
maintenance facility.
114 Kentucky River City, buses...... 1,500,000
115 Louisiana Louisiana statewide 5,000,000
buses and bus- related
facilities............
116 Massachusetts Attleboro intermodal 500,000
transit facility......
117 Massachusetts Brockton intermodal 1,100,000
transportation center.
118 Massachusetts Greenfield Montague, 500,000
buses.................
119 Massachusetts Merrimack Valley 467,500
Regional Transit
Authority bus
facilities............
120 Massachusetts Montachusett, bus and 1,250,000
park-and-ride
facilities............
121 Massachusetts Pioneer Valley, 650,000
alternative fuel and
paratransit vehicles..
122 Massachusetts Pittsfield intermodal 3,600,000
center................
123 Massachusetts Springfield, Union 1,250,000
Station...............
124 Massachusetts Swampscott, buses...... 65,000
125 Massachusetts Westfield, intermodal 500,000
transportation
facility..............
126 Massachusetts Worcester, Union 2,500,000
Station Intermodal
Transportation Center.
127 Maryland Maryland statewide bus 11,500,000
facilities and buses..
128 Michigan Detroit, transfer 3,963,000
terminal facilities...
129 Michigan Detroit, EZ Ride 287,000
program...............
130 Michigan Menominee-Delta- 250,000
Schoolcraft buses.....
131 Michigan Michigan statewide 22,500,000
buses.................
132 Michigan Port Huron, CNG fueling 500,000
station...............
133 Minnesota Duluth, Transit 1,000,000
Authority community
circulation vehicles..
134 Minnesota Duluth, Transit 500,000
Authority intelligent
transportation systems
135 Minnesota Duluth, Transit 500,000
Authority Transit Hub.
136 Minnesota Greater Minnesota 500,000
transit authorities...
137 Minnesota Northstar Corridor, 10,000,000
Intermodal Facilities
and buses.............
138 Minnesota Twin Cities 10,000,000
metropolitan buses and
bus facilities........
139 Missouri Columbia buses and vans 500,000
140 Missouri Southeast Missouri 1,250,000
transportation service
rural, elderly,
disabled service......
141 Missouri Franklin County buses 200,000
and bus facilities...
142 Missouri Jackson County buses 500,000
and bus facilities....
143 Missouri Kansas City Area 2,500,000
Transit Authority
buses and Troost
transit center........
144 Missouri Missouri statewide bus 3,500,000
and bus facilities...
145 Missouri OATS Transit........... 1,500,000
146 Missouri St. Joseph buses and 500,000
vans..................
147 Missouri St. Louis, buses....... 2,000,000
148 Missouri St. Louis, Bi-state 1,250,000
Intermodal Center.....
149 Missouri Southwest Missouri 1,000,000
State University park
and ride facility.....
150 Mississippi Harrison County 3,000,000
multimodal center.....
151 Mississippi Jackson, maintenance 1,000,000
and administration
facility project......
152 Mississippi North Delta planning 1,200,000
and development
district, buses and
bus facilities........
153 Montana Missoula urban 600,000
transportation
district buses........
154 North Carolina Greensboro multimodal 3,339,000
center................
155 North Carolina Greensboro, Transit 1,500,000
Authority buses.......
156 North Carolina North Carolina 2,492,000
statewide buses and
bus facilities........
157 North Dakota North Dakota statewide 1,000,000
buses and bus-related
facilities............
158 New Hampshire New Hampshire statewide 3,000,000
transit systems......
159 New Jersey New Jersey Transit 5,000,000
alternative fuel buses
160 New Jersey New Jersey Transit 1,750,000
jitney shuttle buses..
161 New Jersey Newark intermodal and 1,650,000
arena access
improvements..........
162 New Jersey Newark, Morris & Essex 1,250,000
Station access and
buses.................
163 New Jersey South Amboy, Regional 1,250,000
Intermodal
Transportation
Initiative............
164 New Mexico Albuquerque West Side 2,000,000
transit facility......
165 New Mexico Albuquerque, buses..... 1,250,000
166 New Mexico Las Cruces buses and 750,000
bus facilities........
167 New Mexico Northern New Mexico 2,750,000
Transit Express/Park
and Ride buses........
168 New Mexico Santa Fe, buses and bus 2,000,000
facilities............
169 Nevada Clark County Regional 2,500,000
Transportation
Commission buses and
bus facilities........
170 Nevada Lake Tahoe CNG buses... 700,000
171 Nevada Washoe County transit 2,250,000
improvements..........
172 New York Babylon Intermodal 1,250,000
Center................
173 New York Buffalo, Auditorium 2,000,000
Intermodal Center.....
174 New York Dutchess County, Loop 521,000
System buses..........
175 New York Ithaca intermodal 1,125,000
transportation center.
176 New York Ithaca, TCAT bus 1,250,000
technology
improvements..........
177 New York Long Island, CNG 1,250,000
transit vehicles and
facilities and bus
replacement...........
178 New York Mineola/Hicksville, 1,250,000
LIRR intermodal
centers...............
179 New York New York City Midtown 1,000,000
West 38th Street ferry
terminal..............
180 New York New York, West 72nd St. 1,750,000
Intermodal Station....
181 New York Putnam County, vans.... 470,000
182 New York Rensselaer intermodal 6,000,000
bus facility..........
183 New York Rochester buses and bus 1,000,000
facility..............
184 New York Syracuse, buses........ 3,000,000
185 New York Utica Union Station.... 2,100,000
186 New York Westchester County DOT, 1,250,000
articulated buses.....
187 New York Westchester County, Bee- 979,000
Line transit system
fareboxes.............
188 New York Westchester County, Bee- 1,000,000
Line transit system
shuttle buses.........
189 Ohio Cleveland, Triskett 625,000
Garage bus main-
tenance facility......
190 Ohio Dayton, Multimodal 4,125,000
Transportation Center.
191 Ohio Ohio statewide buses 9,010,250
and bus facilities....
192 Oklahoma Oklahoma statewide bus 5,000,000
facilities and buses..
193 Oregon Corvallis buses and 300,000
automated passenger
information system....
194 Oregon Lane County, Bus Rapid 4,400,000
Transit, buses and
facilities............
195 Oregon Lincoln County Transit 250,000
District buses........
196 Oregon Portland, Tri-Met bus 650,000
maintenance facility.
197 Oregon Portland, Tri-Met buses 1,750,000
198 Oregon Salem Area Mass Transit 500,000
District natural gas
buses.................
199 Oregon Sandy buses............ 100,000
200 Oregon South Metro Area Rapid 200,000
Transit (SMART)
maintenance facility..
201 Oregon Sunset Empire Transit 300,000
District intermodal
transit facility......
202 Pennsylvania Allegheny County buses. 1,500,000
203 Pennsylvania Altoona bus testing.... 3,000,000
204 Pennsylvania Altoona, Metro Transit 842,000
Authority buses and
transit system
improvements..........
205 Pennsylvania Armstrong County-Mid- 150,000
County, bus
facilities and buses..
206 Pennsylvania Bethlehem, intermodal 1,000,000
facility..............
207 Pennsylvania Cambria County, bus 575,000
facilities and buses..
208 Pennsylvania Centre Area 1,250,000
Transportation
Authority buses.......
209 Pennsylvania Chester County, Paoli 1,000,000
Transportation Center.
210 Pennsylvania Erie, Metropolitan 1,000,000
Transit Authority
buses.................
211 Pennsylvania Fayette County, 1,270,000
intermodal facilities
and buses.............
212 Pennsylvania Lackawanna County 600,000
Transit System buses..
213 Pennsylvania Lackawanna County, 1,000,000
intermodal bus
facility..............
214 Pennsylvania Mid-Mon Valley buses 250,000
and bus facilities....
215 Pennsylvania Norristown, parking 1,000,000
garage (SEPTA)........
216 Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Frankford 5,000,000
Transportation Center.
217 Pennsylvania Philadelphia, 1,250,000
Intermodal 30th Street
Station...............
218 Pennsylvania Reading, BARTA 1,750,000
Intermodal Trans-
portation Facility....
219 Pennsylvania Robinson, Towne Center 1,500,000
Intermodal Facility...
220 Pennsylvania Somerset County bus 175,000
facilities and buses..
221 Pennsylvania Towamencin Township, 1,500,000
Intermodal Bus
Transportation Center.
222 Pennsylvania Washington County 630,000
intermodal facilities
223 Pennsylvania Westmoreland County, 200,000
Intermodal Facility..
224 Pennsylvania Wilkes-Barre, 1,250,000
Intermodal Facility...
225 Pennsylvania Williamsport bus 1,200,000
facility..............
226 Puerto Rico San Juan Intermodal 600,000
access................
227 Rhode Island Providence, buses and 3,294,000
bus maintenance
facility..............
228 South Carolina Central Midlands COG/ 2,700,000
Columbia transit
system................
229 South Carolina Charleston Area 1,900,000
regional
transportation
authority.............
230 South Carolina Clemson Area Transit 550,000
buses and bus
equipment.............
231 South Carolina Greenville transit 500,000
authority.............
232 South Carolina Pee Dee buses and 900,000
facilities............
233 South Carolina Santee-Wateree regional 400,000
transportation
authority.............
234 South Carolina South Carolina 1,220,000
Statewide Virtual
Transit Enterprise....
235 South Carolina Transit Management of 600,000
Spartanburg,
Incorporated (SPARTA).
236 South Dakota South Dakota statewide 1,500,000
bus facilities and
buses.................
237 Tennessee Southern Coalition for 3,500,000
Advanced
Transportation (SCAT)
(TN, GA, FL, AL)
electric buses........
238 Texas Austin buses........... 1,750,000
239 Texas Beaumont Municipal 1,000,000
Transit System buses
and bus facilities....
240 Texas Brazos Transit 1,000,000
Authority buses and
bus facilities........
241 Texas El Paso Sun Metro buses 1,000,000
242 Texas Fort Worth bus 2,500,000
replacement (including
CNG vehicles) and
paratransit vehicles.
243 Texas Forth Worth intermodal 3,100,000
transportation center.
244 Texas Galveston buses and bus 1,000,000
facilities............
245 Texas Texas statewide small 5,000,000
urban and rural buses.
246 Utah Ogden Intermodal Center 800,000
247 Utah Salt Lake City Olympics 2,500,000
bus facilities........
248 Utah Salt Lake City Olympics 2,500,000
regional park and ride
lots..................
249 Utah Salt Lake City Olympics 500,000
transit bus loan
project...............
250 Utah Utah Transit Authority, 1,500,000
intermodal facilities
251 Utah Utah Transit Authority/ 6,500,000
Park City Transit,
buses.................
252 Virginia Alexandria, bus 1,000,000
maintenance facility..
253 Virginia Richmond, GRTC bus 1,250,000
maintenance facility.
254 Virginia Statewide buses and bus 8,435,000
facilities............
255 Vermont Burlington multimodal 2,700,000
center................
256 Vermont Chittenden County 800,000
Transportation
Authority buses.......
257 Vermont Essex Junction 500,000
multimodal station
rehabilitation........
258 Vermont Killington-Sherburne 250,000
satellite bus
facility..............
259 Washington Bremerton multimodal 750,000
center--Sinclair's
Landing...............
260 Washington Sequim Clallam Transit 1,000,000
multimodal center.....
261 Washington Everett, Multimodal 1,950,000
Transportation Center.
262 Washington Grant County, Grant 500,000
Transit Authority.....
263 Washington Grays Harbor County, 1,250,000
buses and equipment..
264 Washington King County Metro King 2,000,000
Street Station........
265 Washington King County Metro 1,500,000
Atlantic and Central
buses.................
266 Washington King County park and 1,350,000
ride expansion........
267 Washington Mount Vernon, buses and 1,750,000
bus related facilities
268 Washington Pierce County Transit 500,000
buses and bus
facilities............
269 Washington Seattle, intermodal 1,250,000
transportation
terminal..............
270 Washington Snohomish County, 1,250,000
Community Transit
buses, equipment and
facilities............
271 Washington Spokane, HEV buses..... 1,500,000
272 Washington Tacoma Dome Station.... 250,000
273 Washington Vancouver Clark County 1,000,000
(C-TRAN) bus
facilities............
274 Washington Washington State DOT 2,000,000
combined small transit
system buses and bus
facilities............
275 Wisconsin Milwaukee County, buses 6,000,000
276 Wisconsin Wisconsin statewide bus 14,250,000
facilities and buses..
277 West Virginia Huntington intermodal 12,000,000
facility..............
278 West Virginia Parkersburg, intermodal 4,500,000
transportation
facility..............
279 West Virginia West Virginia Statewide 5,000,000;
Intermodal Facility
and buses.............
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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;
$1,000,000 for the Austin, Texas capital metro northwest/north
central corridor project;
$4,750,000 for the Baltimore central LRT double track project;
$3,000,000 for the Birmingham, Alabama transit corridor;
$1,000,000 for the Boston Urban Ring project;
$500,000 for the Calais, Maine branch rail line regional
transit program;
$2,500,000 for the Canton-Akron-Cleveland commuter rail
project;
$2,500,000 for the Charleston, South Carolina Monobeam corridor
project;
$4,000,000 for the Charlotte, North Carolina, north-south
corridor transitway project;
$25,000,000 for the Chicago METRA commuter rail project;
$3,500,000 for the Chicago Transit Authority Douglas branch
line project;
$3,500,000 for the Chicago Transit Authority Ravenswood branch
line project;
$1,000,000 for the Cincinnati northeast/northern Kentucky
corridor project;
$3,500,000 for the Clark County, Nevada, fixed guideway
project, together with unobligated funds provided in Public Law
103-331 for the ``Burlington to Gloucester, New Jersey line'';
$1,000,000 for the Cleveland Euclid corridor improvement
project;
$1,000,000 for the Colorado Roaring Fork Valley project;
$50,000,000 for the Dallas north central light rail extension
project;
$1,000,000 for the Dayton, Ohio, light rail study;
$3,000,000 for the Denver Southeast corridor project;
$35,000,000 for the Denver Southwest corridor project;
$25,000,000 for the Dulles corridor project;
$10,000,000 for the Fort Lauderdale, Florida Tri-County
commuter rail project;
$1,500,000 for the Galveston, Texas rail trolley extension
project;
$10,000,000 for the Girdwood, Alaska commuter rail project;
$7,000,000 for the Greater Albuquerque mass transit project;
$500,000 for the Harrisburg-Lancaster capital area transit
corridor 1 commuter rail project;
$3,000,000 for the Houston advanced transit program;
$52,770,000 for the Houston regional bus project;
$1,000,000 for the Indianapolis, Indiana Northeast Downtown
corridor 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;
$500,000 for the Knoxville-Memphis commuter rail feasibility
study;
$2,000,000 for the Long Island Railroad East Side access
project;
$1,000,000 for the Los Angeles-San Diego LOSSAN corridor
project;
$4,000,000 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 Lowell, Massachusetts-Nashua, New Hampshire
commuter rail project;
$703,000 for the MARC commuter rail project;
$1,500,000 for MARC expansion projects--Silver Spring
intermodal and Penn-Camden rail connection;
$1,000,000 for the Massachusetts North Shore corridor project;
$2,500,000 for the Memphis, Tennessee, Medical Center rail
extension project;
$1,500,000 for the Miami-Dade Transit east-west multimodal
corridor project;
$1,000,000 for the Nashville, Tennessee, commuter rail project;
$99,000,000 for the New Jersey Hudson Bergen project;
$5,000,000 for the New Jersey/New York Trans-Hudson Midtown
corridor;
$1,000,000 for the New Orleans Canal Street corridor project;
$12,000,000 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;
$10,000,000 for temporary and permanent 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 available for
rail extensions;
$1,000,000 for the Orange County, California, transitway
project;
$5,000,000 for the Orlando Lynx light rail project
(phase 1);
$500,000 for the Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties
rail corridor;
$4,000,000 for the Philadelphia-Reading SETPA Schuylkill Valley
metro project;
$1,000,000 for the Philadelphia SEPTA cross-county metro;
$5,000,000 for the Phoenix metropolitan area transit project;
$2,500,000 for the Pinellas County, Florida, mobility
initiative project;
$10,000,000 for the Pittsburgh North Shore-central business
district corridor project;
$8,000,000 for the Pittsburgh stage II light rail project;
$11,062,000 for the Portland Westside light rail transit
project;
$25,000,000 for the Puget Sound RTA Link light rail project;
$5,000,000 for the Puget Sound RTA Sounder commuter rail
project;
$8,000,000 for the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Triangle transit
project;
$25,000,000 for the Sacramento south corridor LRT project;
$37,928,000 for the Utah north/south light rail project;
$1,000,000 for the San Bernardino, California Metrolink
project;
$5,000,000 for the San Diego Mid Coast corridor project;
$20,000,000 for the San Diego Mission Valley East light rail
transit project;
$65,000,000 for the San Francisco BART extension to the airport
project;
$20,000,000 for the San Jose Tasman West light rail project;
$32,000,000 for the San Juan Tren Urbano project;
$3,000,000 for the Santa Fe/El Dorado, New Mexico rail link;
$53,895,000 for the South Boston piers transitway;
$1,000,000 for the South Dekalb-Lindbergh, Georgia, corridor
project;
$2,000,000 for the Spokane, Washington, South Valley corridor
light rail project;
$2,500,000 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 Stamford, Connecticut fixed guideway
connector;
$1,000,000 for the Stockton, California Altamont commuter rail
project;
$1,000,000 for the Tampa Bay regional rail project;
$3,000,000 for the Twin Cities Transitways projects;
$42,800,000 for the Twin Cities Transitways--Hiawatha corridor
project;
$2,200,000 for the Virginia Railway Express commuter rail
project;
$4,750,000 for the Washington Metro-Blue Line extension-Addison
Road (Largo) project;
$1,000,000 for the West Trenton, New Jersey, rail project;
$2,000,000 for the Whitehall ferry terminal reconstruction
project;
$1,000,000 for the Wilmington, Delaware downtown transit
connector; and
$500,000 for the Wilsonville to Washington County, Oregon
connection to Westside.
Discretionary Grants
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(highway trust fund)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 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, $32,061,000, 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,
$36,879,000, of which $5,479,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill
Liability Trust Fund and shall remain available until September 30,
2002; of which $30,000,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety
Fund, of which $17,394,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2002; and of which $1,400,000 shall be derived from amounts previously
collected under 49 U.S.C. 60301: Provided, That amounts previously
collected under 49 U.S.C. 60301 shall be available for damage
prevention grants to States and public education activities.
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 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: Provided, That the Inspector General shall have all
necessary authority, in carrying out the duties specified in the
Inspector General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3) to investigate
allegations of fraud, including false statements to the Government (18
U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity that is subject to regulation by
the Department: Provided further, That the funds made available under
this heading shall be used to investigate pursuant to section 41712 of
title 49, United States Code, relating to unfair or deceptive practices
and unfair methods of competition by domestic and foreign air carriers
and ticket agents: Provided further, That it is the sense of the
Senate, that for purposes of the preceding proviso, the terms ``unfair
or deceptive practices'' and ``unfair methods of competition'' include
the failure to disclose to a passenger or a ticket agent whether the
flight on which the passenger is ticketed or has requested to purchase
a ticket is overbooked, unless the Secretary certifies such disclosure
by a carrier is technologically infeasible: Provided further, That the
funds made available under this heading shall be used: (1) to
investigate pursuant to section 41712 of title 49, United States Code,
relating to unfair or deceptive practices and unfair methods of
competition by air carriers and foreign air carriers; (2) for
monitoring by the Inspector General of the compliance of domestic and
foreign air carriers with respect to paragraph (1) of this proviso; and
(3) for the submission to the appropriate committees of Congress by the
Inspector General, not later than July 15, 2000, of a report on the
extent to which actual or potential barriers exist to consumer access
to comparative price and service information from independent sources
on the purchase of passenger air transportation: Provided further, That
it is the sense of the Senate, that for purposes of the preceding
proviso, the terms ``unfair or deceptive practices'' and ``unfair
methods of competition'' mean the offering for sale to the public for
any route, class, and time of service through any technology or means
of communication a fare that is different than that offered through
other technology or means of communication: Provided further, That it
is the sense of the Senate that funds made available under this heading
shall be used for the submission to the appropriate committees of
Congress by the Inspector General a report on the extent to which air
carriers and foreign air carriers deny travel to airline consumers with
nonrefundable tickets from one carrier to another.
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. (a) For fiscal year 2000, the Secretary of Transportation
shall--
(1) not distribute from the obligation limitation for Federal-
aid Highways amounts authorized for administrative expenses and
programs funded from the administrative takedown authorized by
section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code, for the highway use
tax evasion program, and amounts provided under section 110 of
title 23, United States Code, and for the Bureau of Transportation
Statistics;
(2) not distribute an amount from the obligation limitation for
Federal-aid Highways that is equal to the unobligated balance of
amounts made available from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the
Mass Transit Account) for Federal-aid highways and highway safety
programs for the previous fiscal year the funds for which are
allocated by the Secretary;
(3) determine the ratio that--
(A) the obligation limitation for Federal-aid Highways less
the aggregate of amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1)
and (2), bears to
(B) the total of the sums authorized to be appropriated for
Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs
(other than sums authorized to be appropriated for sections set
forth in paragraphs (1) through (7) of subsection (b) and sums
authorized to be appropriated for section 105 of title 23,
United States Code, equal to the amount referred to in
subsection (b)(8)) for such fiscal year less the aggregate of
the amounts not distributed under paragraph (1) of this
subsection;
(4) distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid
Highways less the aggregate amounts not distributed under
paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 117 of title 23, United States
Code (relating to high priority projects program), section 201 of
the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, the Woodrow
Wilson Memorial Bridge Authority Act of 1995, and $2,000,000,000
for such fiscal year under section 105 of title 23, United States
Code (relating to minimum guarantee) so that the amount of
obligation authority available for each of such sections is equal
to the amount determined by multiplying the ratio determined under
paragraph (3) by the sums authorized to be appropriated for such
section (except in the case of section 105, $2,000,000,000) for
such fiscal year;
(5) distribute the obligation limitation provided for Federal-
aid Highways less the aggregate amounts not distributed under
paragraphs (1) and (2) and amounts distributed under paragraph (4)
for each of the programs that are allocated by the Secretary under
title 23, United States Code (other than activities to which
paragraph (1) applies and programs to which paragraph (4) applies)
by multiplying the ratio determined under paragraph (3) by the sums
authorized to be appropriated for such program for such fiscal
year; and
(6) distribute the obligation limitation provided for Federal-
aid Highways less the aggregate amounts not distributed under
paragraphs (1) and (2) and amounts distributed under paragraphs (4)
and (5) for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction
programs (other than the minimum guarantee program, but only to the
extent that amounts apportioned for the minimum guarantee program
for such fiscal year exceed $2,639,000,000, and the Appalachian
development highway system program) that are apportioned by the
Secretary under title 23, United States Code, in the ratio that--
(A) sums authorized to be appropriated for such programs
that are apportioned to each State for such fiscal year, bear
to
(B) the total of the sums authorized to be appropriated for
such programs that are apportioned to all States for such
fiscal year.
(b) Exceptions From Obligation Limitation.--The obligation
limitation for Federal-aid Highways shall not apply to obligations: (1)
under section 125 of title 23, United States Code; (2) under section
147 of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978; (3) under
section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981; (4) under sections
131(b) and 131(j) of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982;
(5) under sections 149(b) and 149(c) of the Surface Transportation and
Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987; (6) under sections 1103
through 1108 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of
1991; (7) under section 157 of title 23, United States Code, as in
effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century; and (8) under section
105 of title 23, United States Code (but, only in an amount equal to
$639,000,000 for such fiscal year).
(c) Redistribution of Unused Obligation Authority.--Notwithstanding
subsection (a), the Secretary shall after August 1 for such fiscal year
revise a distribution of the obligation limitation 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
104 and 144 of title 23, United States Code, section 160 (as in effect
on the day before the enactment of the Transportation Equity Act for
the 21st Century) of title 23, United States Code, and under section
1015 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Act of 1991 (105 Stat.
1943-1945).
(d) Applicability of Obligation Limitations to Transportation
Research Programs.--The obligation limitation shall apply to
transportation research programs carried out under chapter 5 of title
23, United States Code, except that obligation authority made available
for such programs under such limitation shall remain available for a
period of 3 fiscal years.
(e) Redistribution of Certain Authorized Funds.--Not later than 30
days after the date of the distribution of obligation limitation under
subsection (a), the Secretary shall distribute to the States any funds:
(1) that are authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal year for
Federal-aid highways programs (other than the program under section 160
of title 23, United States Code) and for carrying out subchapter I of
chapter 311 of title 49, United States Code, and highway-related
programs under chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code; and (2) that
the Secretary determines will not be allocated to the States, and will
not be available for obligation, in such fiscal year due to the
imposition of any obligation limitation for such fiscal year. Such
distribution to the States shall be made in the same ratio as the
distribution of obligation authority under subsection (a)(6). The funds
so distributed shall be available for any purposes described in section
133(b) of title 23, United States Code.
(f) Special Rule.--Obligation limitation distributed for a fiscal
year under subsection (a)(4) of this section for a section set forth in
subsection (a)(4) shall remain available until used and shall be in
addition to the amount of any limitation imposed on obligations for
Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs for future
fiscal years.
Sec. 311. 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. 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 Federal Aviation
Administration shall accept such equipment, which shall thereafter be
operated and maintained by 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 1 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. 316. 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. 317. 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. 318. 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. 319. Funds provided in this Act for the Transportation
Administrative Service Center (TASC) shall be reduced by $15,000,000,
which limits fiscal year 2000 TASC obligational authority for elements
of the Department of Transportation funded in this Act to no more than
$133,673,000: 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. 320. 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. 321. 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 the enactment
of this section.
Sec. 322. Temporary Air Service Interruptions. (a) Availability of
Funds.--Funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act to
carry out section 47114(c)(1) of title 49, United States Code, may be
available for apportionment to an airport sponsor described in
subsection (b) in fiscal year 2000 in an amount equal to the amount
apportioned to that sponsor in fiscal year 1999.
(b) Covered Airport Sponsors.--An airport sponsor referred to in
subsection (a) is an airport sponsor with respect to whose primary
airport the Secretary of Transportation found that--
(1) passenger boardings at the airport fell below 10,000 in the
calendar year used to calculate the apportionment;
(2) the airport had at least 10,000 passenger boardings in the
calendar year prior to the calendar year used to calculate
apportionments to airport sponsors in a fiscal year; and
(3) the cause of the shortfall in passenger boardings was a
temporary but significant interruption in service by an air carrier
to that airport due to an employment action, natural disaster, or
other event unrelated to the demand for air transportation at the
affected airport.
Sec. 323. Section 3021 of Public Law 105-178 is amended in
subsection (a)--
(1) in the first sentence, by striking ``single-State''; and
(2) in the second sentence, by striking ``Any'' and all that
follows through ``United States Code'' and inserting ``The funds
made available to the State of Oklahoma and the State of Vermont to
carry out sections 5307 and 5311 of title 49, United States Code''.
Sec. 324. 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. 325. 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. 326. 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, telegraph, telephone,
letter, printed or written material, radio, television, video
presentation, electronic communications, or other device, intended or
designed to influence in any manner a Member of Congress or of a State
legislature to favor or oppose by vote or otherwise, any legislation or
appropriation by Congress or a State legislature after the introduction
of any bill or resolution in Congress proposing such legislation or
appropriation, or after the introduction of any bill or resolution in a
State legislature 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 or to Congress, on the
request of any Member, or to members of State legislature, or to a
State legislature, through the proper official channels, requests for
legislation or appropriations which they deem necessary for the
efficient conduct of business.
Sec. 327. (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. 328. Not to exceed $1,000,000 of the funds provided in this
Act for the Department of Transportation shall be available for the
necessary expenses of advisory committees: Provided, That this
limitation shall not apply to advisory committees established for the
purpose of conducting negotiated rulemaking in accordance with the
Negotiated Rulemaking Act, 5 U.S.C. 561-570a, or the Coast Guard's
advisory council on roles and missions.
Sec. 329. Hereafter, 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. 330. 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. 331. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds made
available under this Act, and any prior year unobligated funds, for the
Charleston, South Carolina Monobeam Corridor Project shall be
transferred to and administered under the Transit Planning and Research
account, subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary deems
appropriate.
Sec. 332. Hereafter, 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. 333. 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. 334. 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. 335. 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: Provided, That the duties of the
Amtrak Reform Council described in section 203(g)(1) of Public Law 105-
134 shall include the identification of Amtrak routes which are
candidates for closure or realignment, based on performance rankings
developed by Amtrak which incorporate information on each route's fully
allocated costs and ridership on core intercity passenger service, and
which assume, for purposes of closure or realignment candidate
identification, that Federal subsidies for Amtrak will decline over the
4-year period from fiscal year 1999 to fiscal year 2002: Provided
further, That these closure or realignment recommendations shall be
included in the Amtrak Reform Council's annual report to the Congress
required by section 203(h) of Public Law 105-134.
Sec. 336. 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. 337. None of the funds in this Act shall be available for
activities under the Aircraft Purchase Loan Guarantee Program during
fiscal year 2000.
Sec. 338. None of the funds appropriated or limited in this Act may
be used to carry out the functions and operations of the Office of
Motor Carriers within the Federal Highway Administration: Provided,
That funds available to the Federal Highway Administration shall be
transferred with the functions and operations of the Office of Motor
Carriers should any of the functions and operations of that office be
delegated by the Secretary outside of the Federal Highway
Administration: Provided further, That notwithstanding section
104(c)(2) of title 49, United States Code, the Federal Highway
Administrator shall not carry out the duties and functions vested in
the Secretary under 49 U.S.C. 521(b)(5).
Sec. 339. 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
5-year transit plan before September 1, 1998, may not be more than 80
percent of the net project cost.''.
Sec. 340. 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. 341. Section 3030(c)(1)(A)(v) of the Transportation Equity Act
for the 21st Century (Public Law 105-178) is amended by striking
``Light Rail''.
Sec. 342. 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. 343. 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. 344. None of the funds made available in this Act may be
obligated or expended to extend a single hull tank vessel's double hull
compliance date under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 due to conversion
of the vessel's single hull design by adding a double bottom or double
side after August 18, 1990, unless specifically authorized by 46 U.S.C.
3703a(e).
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).
Sec. 346. Hereafter, none of the funds made available under this
Act or any other Act, may be used to implement, carry out, or enforce
any regulation issued under section 41705 of title 49, United States
Code, including any regulation contained in part 382 of title 14, Code
of Federal Regulations, or any other provision of law (including any
Act of Congress, regulation, or Executive order or any official
guidance or correspondence thereto), that requires or encourages an air
carrier (as that term is defined in section 40102 of title 49, United
States Code) to, on intrastate or interstate air transportation (as
those terms are defined in section 40102 of title 49, United States
Code)--
(1) provide a peanut-free buffer zone or any other related
peanut-restricted area; or
(2) restrict the distribution of peanuts,
until 90 days after submission to the Congress and the Secretary of a
peer-reviewed scientific study that determines that there are severe
reactions by passengers to peanuts as a result of contact with very
small airborne peanut particles of the kind that passengers might
encounter in an aircraft.
Sec. 347. Section 5309(g)(1)(B) of title 49, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after ``Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban
Affairs of the Senate'' the following: ``and the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations''.
Sec. 348. Section 1212(g) of the Transportation Equity Act for the
21st Century (Public Law 105-178), as amended, is amended--
(1) in the subsection heading, by inserting ``and New Jersey''
after ``Minnesota''; and
(2) by inserting ``or the State of New Jersey'' after
``Minnesota''.
Sec. 349. (a) Requirement To Convey.--The Commandant of the Coast
Guard shall convey, without consideration, to the University of New
Hampshire (in this section referred to as the ``University'') all
right, title, and interest of the United States in and to a parcel of
real property (including any improvements thereon) located in New
Castle, New Hampshire, consisting of approximately five acres and
including a pier.
(b) Identification of Property.--The Commandant shall determine,
identify, and describe the property to be conveyed under this section.
(c) Easements, Rights-of-Way, and Rights.--(1) The Commandant
shall, in connection with the conveyance required by subsection (a),
grant to the University such easements and rights-of-way as the
Commandant considers necessary to permit access to the property
conveyed under that subsection.
(2) The Commandant shall, in connection with such conveyance,
reserve in favor of the United States such easements and rights as the
Commandant considers necessary to protect the interests of the United
States, including easements or rights regarding access to property and
utilities.
(d) Conditions of Conveyance.--The conveyance required by
subsection (a) shall be subject to the following conditions:
(1) That the University not convey, assign, exchange, or
encumber the property conveyed, or any part thereof, unless such
conveyance, assignment, exchange, or encumbrance--
(A) is made without consideration; or
(B) is otherwise approved by the Commandant.
(2) That the University not interfere or allow interference in
any manner with the maintenance or operation of Coast Guard Station
Portsmouth Harbor, New Hampshire, without the express written
permission of the Commandant.
(3) That the University use the property for educational,
research, or other public purposes.
(e) Maintenance of Property.--The University, or any subsequent
owner of the property conveyed under subsection (a) pursuant to a
conveyance, assignment, or exchange referred to in subsection (d)(1),
shall maintain the property in a proper, substantial, and workmanlike
manner, and in accordance with any conditions established by the
Commandant, pursuant to the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966
(16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.), and other applicable laws.
(f) Reversionary Interest.--All right, title, and interest in and
to the property conveyed under this section (including any improvements
thereon) shall revert to the United States, and the United States shall
have the right of immediate entry thereon, if--
(1) the property, or any part thereof, ceases to be used for
educational, research, or other public purposes by the University;
(2) the University conveys, assigns, exchanges, or encumbers
the property conveyed, or part thereof, for consideration or
without the approval of the Commandant;
(3) the Commandant notifies the owner of the property that the
property is needed for national security purposes and a period of
30 days elapses after such notice; or
(4) any other term or condition established by the Commandant
under this section with respect to the property is violated.
Sec. 350. (a) No recipient of funds made available in this Act
shall disseminate driver's license personal information as defined in
18 U.S.C. 2725(3) except as provided in subsection (b) of this section
or motor vehicle records as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1) for any use
not permitted under 18 U.S.C. 2721.
(b) No recipient of funds made available in this Act shall
disseminate a person's driver's license photograph, social security
number, and medical or disability information from a motor vehicle
record as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1) without the express consent of
the person to whom such information pertains, except for uses permitted
under 18 U.S.C. 2721(1), 2721(4), 2721(6), and 2721(9): Provided, That
subsection (b) shall not in any way affect the use of organ donation
information on an individual's driver's license or affect the
administration of organ donation initiatives in the States.
(c) 18 U.S.C. 2721(b)(11) is amended by striking all after
``records'' and inserting the following: ``if the State has obtained
the express consent of the person to whom such personal information
pertains.''.
(d) 18 U.S.C. 2721(b)(12) is amended by striking all after
``solicitations'' and inserting the following: ``if the State has
obtained the express consent of the person to whom such personal
information pertains.''.
(e) No State may condition or burden in any way the issuance of a
motor vehicle record as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1) upon the receipt
of consent described in paragraphs (b) and (c).
(f) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), the Secretary shall
not withhold funds provided in this Act for any grantee if a State is
in noncompliance with this provision.
(g) Effective Dates.--
(1) Subsections (a) and (e) shall be effective upon the date of
the enactment of this Act, excluding the States of Wisconsin, South
Carolina, and Oklahoma that shall be in compliance with this
subsection within 90 days after the United States Supreme Court has
issued a final decision on Reno vs. Condon;
(2) Subsections (b), (c), and (d) shall be effective on June 1,
2000, excluding the States of Arkansas, Montana, Nevada, North
Dakota, Oregon, and Texas that shall be in compliance with
subsections (b), (c), and (d) within 90 days of the next convening
of the State legislature and excluding the States of Wisconsin,
South Carolina, and Oklahoma that shall be in compliance within 90
days following the day of issuance of a final decision on Reno vs.
Condon by the United States Supreme Court if the State legislature
is in session, or within 90 days of the next convening of the State
legislature following the issuance of such final decision if the
State legislature is not in session.
Sec. 351. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, within the
funds provided in this Act for the Federal Highway Administration and
the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, $10,000,000 may be
made available for completion of the National Advanced Driving
Simulator (NADS): Provided, That such funds shall be subject to
reprogramming guidelines.
Sec. 352. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, section
1107(b) of Public Law 102-240 is amended by striking ``Construction of
a replacement bridge at Watervale Bridge #63, Harford County, MD'' and
inserting the following: ``For improvements to Bottom Road Bridge,
Vinegar Hill Road Bridge and Southampton Road Bridge, Harford County,
MD''.
Sec. 353. (a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:
(1) The survival of American culture is dependent upon the
survival of the sacred institution of marriage.
(2) The decennial census is required by section 2 of article 1
of the Constitution of the United States, and has been conducted in
every decade since 1790.
(3) The decennial census has included marital status among the
information sought from every American household since 1880.
(4) The 2000 decennial census will mark the first decennial
census since 1880 in which marital status will not be a question
included on the census questionnaire distributed to the majority of
American households.
(5) The United States Census Bureau has removed marital status
from the short form census questionnaire to be distributed to the
majority of American households in the 2000 decennial census and
placed that category of information on the long form census
questionnaire to be distributed only to a sample of the population
in that decennial census.
(6) Every year more than $100,000,000,000 in Federal funds are
allocated based on the data collected by the Census Bureau.
(7) Recorded data on marital status provides a basic foundation
for the development of Federal policy.
(8) Census data showing an exact account of the numbers of
persons who are married, single, or divorced provides critical
information which serves as an indicator on the prevalence of
marriage in society.
(b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that the
United States Census Bureau--
(1) has wrongfully decided not to include marital status on the
census questionnaire to be distributed to the majority of Americans
for the 2000 decennial census; and
(2) should include marital status on the short form census
questionnaire to be distributed to the majority of American
households for the 2000 decennial census.
Sec. 354. It is the sense of the Senate that the Secretary should
expeditiously amend title 14, chapter II, part 250, Code of Federal
Regulations, so as to double the applicable penalties for involuntary
denied boardings and allow those passengers that are involuntarily
denied boarding the option of obtaining a prompt cash refund for the
full value of their airline ticket.
Sec. 355. Section 656(b) of division C of the Omnibus Consolidated
Appropriations Act of 1997 is repealed.
Sec. 356. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the amount
made available pursuant to Public Law 105-277 for the Pittsburgh North
Shore central business district transit options MIS project may be used
to fund any aspect of preliminary engineering, costs associated with an
environmental impact statement, or a major investment study for that
project.
Sec. 357. (a) Notwithstanding the January 4, 1977, decision of the
Secretary of Transportation that approved construction of Interstate
Highway 66 between the Capital Beltway and Rosslyn, Virginia, the
Commonwealth of Virginia, in accordance with existing Federal and State
law, shall hereafter have authority for operation, maintenance, and
construction of Interstate Route 66 between Rosslyn and the Capital
Beltway, except as noted in paragraph (b).
(b) The conditions in the Secretary's January 4, 1997 decision,
that exclude heavy duty trucks and permit use by vehicles bound to or
from Washington Dulles International Airport in the peak direction
during peak hours, shall remain in effect.
Sec. 358. Noise Barriers, Georgia. Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the Secretary of Transportation shall approve the use
of funds apportioned under paragraphs (1) and (3) of section 104(b) of
title 23, United States Code, for construction of Type II noise
barriers at the locations identified in section 1215(h) and items 540
and 967 of the table contained in section 1602 of the Transportation
Equity Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 211, 292), and at the
following locations: On the east side of I-285 extending from Northlake
Parkway to Chamblee Tucker Road in Dekalb County, Georgia; and on the
east side of I-185 between Macon Road and Airport Thruway.
Sec. 359. Item 44 of the table contained in section 1602 of the
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 258) is
amended by striking ``Saratoga'' and inserting ``North Creek''.
Sec. 360. Funds made available for Alaska or Hawaii ferry boats or
ferry terminal facilities pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 5309(m)(2)(B) may be
used to construct new vessels and facilities or to improve existing
vessels and facilities, including both the passenger and vehicle-
related elements of such vessels and facilities, and for repair
facilities.
Sec. 361. High Priority Projects. (a) Project Authorizations.--The
table contained in section 1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for
the 21st Century (112 Stat. 257-323) is amended--
(1) in item 174 by striking ``5.375'' and inserting ``5.25'';
(2) in item 478 by striking ``2.375'' and inserting ``2.25'';
(3) in item 948 by striking ``5.375'' and inserting ``5.25'';
(4) in item 1008 by striking ``3.875'' and inserting ``3.75'';
(5) in item 1210 by striking ``6.875'' and inserting ``6.75'';
(6) by striking item 1289 and inserting the following:
``1289Arkansas Improve Highway 1.0'';
167 from
Fordyce,
Arkansas, to
Saline County
line............
(7) in item 1319 by striking ``0.875'' and inserting ``0.75'';
(8) in item 1420--
(A) by inserting ``and development'' after ``Conduct
planning''; and
(B) by striking ``0.875'' and inserting ``0.75''; and
(9) by adding at the end the following new item:
``1851Arkansas Construction of 5.25''.
and improvements
to highway
projects in the
corridor
designated by
section
1105(c)(18)(C)(i
i) of the
Intermodal
Surface
Transportation
Efficiency Act
of 1991.........
(b) High Priority Corridors.--Section 1105(c)(18)(C)(ii) of the
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (112 Stat.
190) is amended by striking ``in the vicinity of'' and inserting ``east
of Wilmar, Arkansas, and west of''.
Sec. 362. Section 3030(d)(3) of the Transportation Equity Act for
the 21st Century (Public Law 105-178) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
``(D) Bethlehem, Pennsylvania intermodal facility.''.
Sec. 363. Section 3030(b) of the Transportation Equity Act for the
21st Century (112 Stat. 373-375) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(71) Dane County Corridor--East-West Madison Metropolitan
Area.''.
Sec. 364. Notwithstanding the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5309(e)(6),
funds appropriated under this Act for the Douglas Branch project may be
used for any purpose except construction: Provided, That in evaluating
the Douglas Branch project under 5309(e), the Federal Transit
Administration shall use a ``no-build'' alternative that assumes the
current Douglas Branch has been closed due to poor condition, and a
``TSM'' alternative which assumes the Douglas Branch has been closed
due to poor condition and enhanced bus service is provided.
Sec. 365. (a) The Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency (in this section referred to as the ``Administrator'') shall
make a grant for the purpose of conducting a study for the following
purposes:
(1) To develop and evaluate methods for calculating reductions
in emissions of precursors of ground level ozone that are achieved
within a geographic area as a result of reduced vehicle-miles-
traveled in the geographic area.
(2) To develop a design for the following proposal for a pilot
program:
(A) For the purpose of reducing such emissions, employers
electing to participate in the pilot program would authorize
and encourage telecommuting by their employees. Pursuant to
methods developed and evaluated under paragraph (1), credits
would be issued to the participating employers reflecting the
amount of reductions in such emissions achieved through reduced
vehicle-miles-traveled by their telecommuting employees.
(B) For purposes of compliance with the Clean Air Act,
entities that are regulated under such Act with respect to such
emissions would obtain the credits through a commercial trading
and exchange forum (established for such purpose) and through
direct trades and exchanges with participating employers and
other persons who hold the credits.
(3) To determine whether, if the proposed pilot program were to
be carried out, the program--
(A) could provide significant incentives for increasing the
use of telecommuting, thereby reducing vehicle-miles-traveled
and improving air quality; and
(B) could have positive effects on national, State, and
local transportation and infrastructure policies, and on energy
conservation and consumption.
(b) The Administrator shall ensure that the design developed under
subsection (a)(2) includes recommendations for carrying out the
proposed pilot program described in such subsection in each of the
following geographic areas (which recommendations for an area shall be
developed in consultation with State and local governments and business
leaders and organizations in the designated areas): (1) The greater
metropolitan region of the District of Columbia (including areas in the
State of Maryland and the Commonwealth of Virginia). (2) The greater
metropolitan region of Los Angeles, in the State of California. (3) The
greater metropolitan region of Philadelphia, in the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania (including areas in the State of New Jersey). (4) Two
additional areas to be selected by the grantee under subsection (a),
after consultation with the Administrator (or the designee of the
Administrator).
(c) The grant under subsection (a) shall be made to the National
Environmental Policy Institute (a nonprofit private entity incorporated
under the laws of and located in the District of Columbia). The grant
may not be made in an amount exceeding $500,000.
(d) The Administrator shall make the grant under subsection (a) not
later than 45 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. The
Administrator shall require that, not later than 180 days after
receiving the first payment under the grant, the grantee under
subsection (a) complete the study under such subsection and submit to
the Administrator a report describing the methods developed and
evaluated under paragraph (1) of such subsection, and containing the
design required in paragraph (2) of such subsection and the
determinations required in paragraph (3) of such subsection.
(e) The Administrator shall carry out this section (including
subsection (b)(3)) in collaboration with the Secretary of
Transportation and the Secretary of Energy.
(f) To carry out this section, $500,000 is hereby appropriated to
the Department of Transportation, ``Office of the Assistant Secretary
for Policy'', to be transferred to and administered by the
Environmental Protection Agency, to be available until expended.
Sec. 366. Notwithstanding the Federal Airport Act (as in effect on
April 3, 1956) or sections 47125 and 47153 of title 49, United States
Code, and subject to subsection (b), the Secretary of Transportation
may waive any term contained in the deed of conveyance dated April 3,
1956, by which the United States conveyed lands to the City of Safford,
Arizona, for use by the city for airport purposes: Provided, That no
waiver may be made under subsection (a) if the waiver would result in
the closure of an airport.
Sec. 367. None of the funds in this Act may be used to make a grant
unless the Secretary of Transportation notifies the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations not less than three full business days
before any discretionary grant award, letter of intent, or full funding
grant agreement totaling $1,000,000 or more is announced by the
department or its modal administrations from: (1) any discretionary
grant program of the Federal Highway Administration other than the
emergency relief program; (2) the airport improvement program of the
Federal Aviation Administration; or (3) any program of the Federal
Transit Administration other than the formula grants and fixed guideway
modernization programs: Provided, That no notification shall involve
funds that are not available for obligation.
Sec. 368. Funds provided in the Department of Transportation and
Related Agencies Appropriations Acts for fiscal years 1998 and 1999 for
an intermodal facility in Eureka, California, shall be available for
the expansion and rehabilitation of a bus maintenance facility in
Humboldt County, California.
Sec. 369. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds
previously expended by the City of Moorhead and Moorhead Township on
studies related to the 34th Street Corridor Project in Moorhead,
Minnesota, shall be considered as the non-Federal match for obligation
of funds available under section 1602, item 1404 of the Transportation
Equity Act for the 21st Century, as amended, associated with a study of
alternatives to rail relocation.
This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Transportation and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000''.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.