[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4475 Referred in Senate (RFS)]
2d Session
H. R. 4475
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 22, 2000
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations
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AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, 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, 2001, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
Salaries and Expenses
Immediate Office of the Secretary
For necessary expenses of the Immediate Office of the Secretary,
$1,756,000.
Immediate Office of the Deputy Secretary
For necessary expenses of the Immediate Office of the Deputy
Secretary, $587,000.
Office of the General Counsel
For necessary expenses of the Office of the General Counsel,
$9,760,000.
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Policy, $3,131,500.
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, $7,182,000: 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, $7,241,000, including not to exceed $60,000 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, $2,000,000.
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Administration, $18,359,000.
Office of Public Affairs
For necessary expenses of the Office of Public Affairs, $1,454,000.
Executive Secretariat
For necessary expenses of the Executive Secretariat, $1,181,000.
Board of Contract Appeals
For necessary expenses of the Board of Contract Appeals, $496,000.
Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
For necessary expenses of the Office of Small and Disadvantaged
Business Utilization, $1,192,000.
Office of Intelligence and Security
For necessary expenses of the Office of Intelligence and Security,
$1,490,000.
Office of the Chief Information Officer
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Information
Officer, $6,279,000.
Office of Civil Rights
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, $8,140,000.
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
$119,387,000, shall be paid from appropriations made available to the
Department of Transportation: Provided, That such services shall be
provided on a competitive basis to entities within the Department of
Transportation: Provided further, That the above limitation on
operating expenses shall not apply to non-DOT entities: Provided
further, That no funds appropriated in this Act to an agency of the
Department shall be transferred to the Transportation Administrative
Service Center without the approval of the agency modal administrator:
Provided further, That no assessments may be levied against any
program, budget activity, subactivity or project funded by this Act
unless notice of such assessments and the basis therefor are presented
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and are approved
by such Committees.
Minority Business Resource Center Program
For the cost of guaranteed 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 total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed,
not to exceed $13,775,000. In addition, for administrative expenses to
carry out the guaranteed loan program, $400,000.
Minority Business Outreach
For necessary expenses of Minority Business Resource Center
outreach activities, $3,000,000, of which $2,635,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 2002: 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, $3,192,000,000, of which $341,000,000 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 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.
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, $515,000,000, of which
$20,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund;
of which $252,640,000 shall be available to acquire, repair, renovate
or improve vessels, small boats and related equipment, to remain
available until September 30, 2005, $42,300,000 shall be available for
the Integrated Deepwater Systems program, to remain available until
September 30, 2003, $43,650,000 shall be available to acquire new
aircraft and increase aviation capability, to remain available until
September 30, 2003, $60,113,000 shall be available for other equipment,
to remain available until September 30, 2003, $61,606,000 shall be
available for shore facilities and aids to navigation facilities, to
remain available until September 30, 2003; and $54,691,000 shall be
available for personnel compensation and benefits and related costs, to
remain available until September 30, 2002: Provided, That the
Commandant of the Coast Guard is authorized to dispose of surplus real
property, by sale or lease, and the proceeds shall be credited to this
appropriation as offsetting collections and made available only for the
National Distress and Response System Modernization program, to remain
available for obligation until September 30, 2003: Provided further,
That upon initial submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2002
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 2002 through 2006, 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 the amount herein appropriated shall be reduced by $100,000 per
day for each day after initial submission of the President's budget
that the plan has not been submitted to the Congress.
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, $16,700,000, to remain available until expended.
Alteration of Bridges
For necessary expenses for alteration or removal of obstructive
bridges, $14,740,000, 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, payments for 15-year career status bonuses under the
National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2000, and for
payments for medical care of retired personnel and their dependents
under the Dependents Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), $778,000,000.
Reserve Training
(including transfer of funds)
For all necessary expenses of the Coast Guard Reserve, as
authorized by law; maintenance and operation of facilities; and
supplies, equipment, and services, $80,375,000: 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, $19,691,000, 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
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 lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles for
replacement only, in addition to amounts made available by Public Law
104-264, $6,544,235,000, including $4,414,869,000 to be derived from
the Airport and Airway Trust Fund: Provided, 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 $750,000 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
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.
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 heading; to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund,
$2,656,765,000 of which $2,334,112,400 shall remain available until
September 30, 2003, and of which $322,652,600 shall remain available
until September 30, 2001: 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 2002 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 2002 through 2006, 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.
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, $184,366,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust
Fund and to remain available until September 30, 2003: 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; for procurement,
installation, and commissioning of runway incursion prevention devices
and systems at airports; 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, $3,200,000,000, 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
$3,200,000,000 in fiscal year 2001, notwithstanding section 47117(h) of
title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That notwithstanding
any other provision of law, not more than $53,000,000 of funds limited
under this heading shall be obligated for administration.
Grants-in-Aid for Airports
(airport and airway trust fund)
(rescission of contract authorization)
Of the unobligated balances authorized under 49 U.S.C. 48103, as
amended, $579,000,000 are rescinded.
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 $290,115,000 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.
Limitation on Transportation Research
Necessary expenses for transportation research of the Federal
Highway Administration, not to exceed $437,250,000 shall be paid in
accordance with law from appropriations made available by this Act to
the Federal Highway Administration: Provided, That this limitation
shall not apply to any authority previously made available for
obligation.
Federal-Aid Highways
(limitation on obligations)
(highway trust fund)
None of the funds in this Act shall be available for the
implementation or execution of programs, the obligations for which are
in excess of $29,661,806,000 for Federal-aid highways and highway
safety construction programs for fiscal year 2001.
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, $28,000,000,000 or so much thereof
as may be available in and derived from the Highway Trust Fund, to
remain available until expended.
FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
Motor Carrier Safety
limitation on administrative expenses
For necessary expenses for administration of motor carrier safety
programs and motor carrier safety research, pursuant to section 104(a)
of title 23, United States Code, not to exceed $92,194,000 shall be
paid in accordance with law from appropriations made available by this
Act to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, together with
advances and reimbursements received by the Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration: Provided, That such amounts shall be available
to carry out the functions and operations of the Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration.
National Motor Carrier Safety Program
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(highway trust fund)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 49 U.S.C.
31102, $177,000,000, 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 $177,000,000 for
the National Motor Carrier Safety Program.
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, $107,876,000, of which $77,671,000 shall remain available
until September 30, 2003: 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 2001, are in
excess of $72,000,000 for programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 403.
National Driver Register
(highway trust fund)
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the Secretary
with respect to the National Driver Register under chapter 303 of title
49, United States Code, $2,000,000, to be derived from the Highway
Trust Fund, and to remain available until expended.
Highway Traffic Safety Grants
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(limitation on obligations)
(highway trust fund)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions
of 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, 410, and 411, to remain available until
expended, $213,000,000, 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 2001, are in excess of $213,000,000 for programs authorized
under 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, 410, and 411, of which $155,000,000 shall be
for ``Highway Safety Programs'' under 23 U.S.C. 402, $13,000,000 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, and $9,000,000 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 $7,750,000 of the funds made available for
section 402, not to exceed $650,000 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 $450,000 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, $102,487,000, of which $5,249,000 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,
$26,300,000, to remain available until expended.
Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Program
The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to issue to the
Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obligations pursuant to
section 512 of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of
1976 (Public Law 94-210), as amended, in such amounts and at such times
as may be necessary to pay any amounts required pursuant to the
guarantee of the principal amount of obligations under sections 511
through 513 of such Act, such authority to exist as long as any such
guaranteed obligation is outstanding: Provided, That pursuant to
section 502 of such Act, as amended, no new direct loans or loan
guarantee commitments shall be made using Federal funds for the credit
risk premium during fiscal year 2001.
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,
$17,000,000 to be matched by the State of Rhode Island or its designee
on a dollar-for-dollar basis and to remain available until expended.
Next Generation High-Speed Rail
For necessary expenses for the Next Generation High-Speed Rail
program as authorized under 49 U.S.C. 26101 and 26102, $22,000,000, to
remain available until expended.
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),
$521,476,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the
Secretary shall not obligate more than $208,590,000 prior to September
30, 2001.
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, $12,800,000: Provided, That no more than $64,000,000 of
budget authority shall be available for these purposes: Provided
further, That of the funds in this Act available for the execution of
contracts under section 5327(c) of title 49, United States Code,
$1,000,000 shall be transferred to the Department of Transportation's
Office of Inspector General for costs associated with the audit and
review of new fixed guideway systems.
Formula Grants
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5307, 5308, 5310,
5311, 5327, and section 3038 of Public Law 105-178, $669,000,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That no more than
$3,345,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for these
purposes: Provided further, That of the funds provided under this
heading, $40,000,000 shall be available for grants for the costs of
planning, delivery, and temporary use of transit vehicles for special
transportation needs and construction of temporary transportation
facilities for the XIX Winter Olympiad and the VIII Paralympiad for the
Disabled, to be held in Salt Lake City, Utah: Provided further, That in
allocating the funds designated in the preceding proviso, the Secretary
shall make grants only to the Utah Department of Transportation, and
such grants shall not be subject to any local share requirement or
limitation on operating assistance under this Act or the Federal
Transit Act, as amended.
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, $22,200,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That no more than $110,000,000 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)), $52,113,600 is available for metropolitan
planning (49 U.S.C. 5303, 5304, and 5305), $10,886,400 is available for
State planning (49 U.S.C. 5313(b)); and $29,500,000 is available for
the national planning and research program (49 U.S.C. 5314).
Trust Fund Share of Expenses
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(highway trust fund)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 49 U.S.C. 5303-
5308, 5310-5315, 5317(b), 5322, 5327, 5334, 5505, and sections 3037 and
3038 of Public Law 105-178, $5,016,600,000, to remain available until
expended, and to be derived from the Mass Transit Account of the
Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That $2,676,000,000 shall be paid to the
Federal Transit Administration's formula grants account: Provided
further, That $87,800,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit
Administration's transit planning and research account: Provided
further, That $51,200,000 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
$80,000,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Administration's job
access and reverse commute grants program: Provided further, That
$2,116,800,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Administration's
capital investment grants account.
Capital Investment Grants
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5308, 5309, 5318, and
5327, $529,200,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That
no more than $2,646,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for
these purposes: Provided further, That there shall be available for
fixed guideway modernization, $1,058,400,000; there shall be available
for the replacement, rehabilitation, and purchase of buses and related
equipment and the construction of bus-related facilities, $529,200,000,
and there shall be available for new fixed guideway systems
$1,058,400,000, together with $4,983,828 made available for the
Pittsburgh airport busway project under Public Law 105-66; together
with $496,280 made available for the Colorado-North Front Range
corridor feasibility study under Public Law 105-277, together with
$4,910,000 made available for the Orlando Lynx light rail project
(phase 1) under Public Law 106-69; to be available as follows:
$10,322,000 for Alaska or Hawaii ferry projects;
$25,000,000 for the Atlanta, Georgia, North line extension
project;
$3,000,000 for the Baltimore central LRT double track
project;
$1,000,000 for the Boston Urban Ring project;
$36,000,000 for the South Boston piers transitway;
$6,000,000 for the Canton-Akron-Cleveland commuter rail
project;
$5,000,000 for the Charlotte, North Carolina, north-south
corridor transitway project;
$35,000,000 for the Chicago METRA commuter rail projects;
$15,000,000 for the Chicago Transit Authority Ravenswood
and Douglas branch reconstruction projects;
$3,000,000 for the Cleveland Euclid corridor improvement
project;
$2,000,000 for the Colorado Roaring Fork Valley project;
$70,000,000 for the Dallas north central light rail
extension project;
$3,000,000 for the Denver Southeast corridor project;
$20,200,000 for the Denver Southwest corridor project;
$50,000,000 for the Dulles corridor project;
$20,000,000 for the Fort Lauderdale, Florida Tri-County
commuter rail project;
$500,000 for the Harrisburg-Lancaster capital area transit
corridor 1 commuter rail project;
$1,000,000 for the Hollister/Gilroy branch line rail
extension project;
$5,000,000 for the Houston advanced transit program;
$10,750,000 for the Houston regional bus project;
$2,000,000 for the Indianapolis, Indiana Northeast Downtown
corridor project;
$1,000,000 for the Johnson County, Kansas, I-35 commuter
rail project;
$2,000,000 for the Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee rail extension
project;
$2,000,000 for the Little Rock, Arkansas river rail
project;
$10,000,000 for the Long Island Railroad East Side access
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;
$3,000,000 for the Los Angeles-San Diego LOSSAN corridor
project;
$1,000,000 for the Lowell, Massachusetts-Nashua, New
Hampshire commuter rail project;
$1,000,000 for the Massachusetts North Shore corridor
project;
$4,000,000 for the Memphis, Tennessee, Medical Center rail
extension project;
$6,000,000 for the Nashville, Tennessee, regional commuter
rail project;
$121,000,000 for the New Jersey Hudson Bergen project;
$4,000,000 for the Newark-Elizabeth rail link project;
$2,000,000 for the Northern Indiana south shore commuter
rail project;
$10,000,000 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;
$3,000,000 for the Orange County, California, transitway
project;
$5,000,000 for the Philadelphia-Reading SETPA Schuylkill
Valley and Cross County metro projects;
$13,000,000 for the Phoenix metropolitan area transit
project;
$5,000,000 for the Pittsburgh North Shore-central business
district corridor project;
$5,000,000 for the Pittsburgh stage II light rail project;
$5,000,000 for the Portland interstate MAX light rail
transit extension project;
$8,500,000 for the Puget Sound RTA Sounder commuter rail
project;
$10,000,000 for the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Triangle
transit project;
$35,200,000 for the Sacramento, California, south corridor
LRT project;
$2,000,000 for the San Bernardino, California Metrolink
project;
$45,000,000 for the San Diego Mission Valley East light
rail project;
$80,000,000 for the San Francisco BART extension to the
airport project;
$12,250,000 for the San Jose Tasman West light rail
project;
$100,000,000 for the San Juan Tren Urbano project;
$30,000,000 for the Seattle, Washington, central link light
rail transit project;
$7,000,000 for the Spokane, Washington, South Valley
corridor light rail project;
$2,000,000 for the St. Louis, Missouri, MetroLink cross
county connector project;
$60,000,000 for the St. Louis-St. Clair MetroLink extension
project;
$8,000,000 for the Stamford, Connecticut fixed guideway
corridor;
$3,000,000 for the Stockton, California Altamont commuter
rail project;
$5,000,000 for the Twin Cities Transitways projects;
$55,000,000 for the Twin Cities Transitways--Hiawatha
corridor project;
$3,000,000 for the Virginia Railway Express commuter rail
project;
$2,000,000 for the Washington Metro-Blue Line extension-
Addison Road (Largo) project;
$4,000,000 for the West Trenton, New Jersey, rail project;
$5,000,000 for the Whitehall ferry terminal project; and
$1,000,000 for the Wilsonville to Washington County, Oregon
commuter rail project: Provided further, That funds made
available for the Miami-Dade Transit east-west multimodal
corridor project under Public Laws 105-277 and 106-69 and funds
made available for Miami Metro-Dade North 27th Avenue corridor
project under Public Law 105-277 shall be available for the
Miami-Dade busway project.
Discretionary Grants
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(highway trust fund)
For payment of previous obligations incurred in carrying out 49
U.S.C. 5338(b), $350,000,000, 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, $20,000,000 to remain available until expended:
Provided, That no more than $100,000,000 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, $13,004,000, 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, $36,452,000, of which $645,000
shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, and of which $4,707,000
shall remain available until September 30, 2003: 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,
$40,137,000, of which $4,263,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill
Liability Trust Fund and shall remain available until September 30,
2003; and $35,874,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund,
of which $20,713,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2003.
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, 2003: 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,
$48,050,000: 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: (1) unfair or deceptive practices and
unfair methods of competition by domestic and foreign air carriers and
ticket agents; and (2) the compliance of domestic and foreign air
carriers with respect to item (1) of this proviso.
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
Salaries and Expenses
For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation Board,
including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $17,954,000: Provided,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed $900,000
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 2001, to result in a final
appropriation from the general fund estimated at no more than
$17,054,000.
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, $4,795,000: 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)
$62,942,000, 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 2001 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 104 political and Presidential
appointees in the Department of Transportation: Provided, That none of
the personnel covered by this provision or political and Presidential
appointees in an independent agency funded in this Act may be assigned
on temporary detail outside the Department of Transportation or such
independent agency.
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 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. 309. 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. 310. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to implement
section 404 of title 23, United States Code.
Sec. 311. 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. 312. 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. 313. 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. 314. 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, 2003, and other
recoveries, shall be made available for other projects under 49 U.S.C.
5309.
Sec. 315. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any funds
appropriated before October 1, 2000, 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. 316. 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 2001.
Sec. 317. 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. 318. 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. 319. 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. 320. 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. 321. 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. 322. (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. 323. Funds provided in this Act for the Transportation
Administrative Service Center (TASC) shall be reduced by $4,000,000,
which limits fiscal year 2001 TASC obligational authority for elements
of the Department of Transportation funded in this Act to no more than
$115,387,000: 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. 324. 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,
2001.
Sec. 325. 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. 326. For necessary expenses of the Amtrak Reform Council
authorized under section 203 of Public Law 105-134, $980,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2002: 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. 327. 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. 328. None of the funds in this Act shall be available for
activities under the Aircraft Purchase Loan Guarantee Program during
fiscal year 2001.
Sec. 329. 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 Administrtion; 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. 330. Section 232 of the Miscellaneous Appropriations Act,
2000, as enacted by section 1000(a)(5) of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2000, is repealed.
Sec. 331. None of the funds in this Act shall be available for
planning, design, or construction of a light rail system in Houston,
Texas.
Sec. 332. Section 3038(e) of Public Law 105-178 is amended by
striking ``50'' and inserting ``90''.
Sec. 333. Item number 273 in the table contained in section 1602 of
the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (Public Law 105-178)
is amended by striking ``Reconstruct I-235 and improve the interchange
for access to the MLKing Parkway.'' and inserting ``Construction of the
north-south segments of the Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway in Des
Moines.''.
Sec. 334. Item number 328 in the table contained in section 1602 of
the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (Public Law 105-178)
is amended by inserting before ``of'' the following: ``or
construction''.
Sec. 335. Section 1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for the
21st Century (112 Stat. 256) is amended--
(1) by striking item number 63, relating to Ohio; and
(2) in item number 186, relating to Ohio, by striking
``3.75'' and inserting ``7.5''.
Sec. 336. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to pay the
salaries or expenses of any departmental official to authorize project
approvals or advance construction authority for the Central Artery/
Third Harbor Tunnel project in Boston, Massachusetts.
Sec. 337. Section 3027(c)(3) of the Transportation Equity Act for
the 21st Century (49 U.S.C. 5307 note; 112 Stat. 2681-477), relating to
services for elderly and persons with disabilities, is amended by
striking ``$1,000,000'' and inserting ``$1,444,000''.
Sec. 338. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, unobligated
balances from section 149(a)(45) and section 149(a)(63) of Public Law
100-17 and the Ebensburg Bypass Demonstration Project of Public Law
101-164 may be used for improvements along Route 56 in Cambria County,
Pennsylvania, including the construction of a parking facility in the
vicinity.
Sec. 339. None of the funds in this Act shall be used for the
planning, development, or construction of California State Route 710
freeway extension project through South Pasadena, California.
Sec. 340. The amount otherwise provided in section 326 for the
Amtrak Reform Council is hereby reduced by $530,000.
Sec. 341. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used
for engineering work related to an additional runway at New Orleans
International Airport.
This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Transportation and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001''.
Passed the House of Representatives May 19, 2000.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.