[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2720 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]

                                                       Calendar No. 596
106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2720

Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related 
 agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 13, 2000

    Mr. Shelby, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the 
    following original bill; which was read twice and placed on the 
                                calendar

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                                 A BILL


 
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

                   Immediate Office of the Secretary

    For necessary expenses of the Immediate Office of the Secretary, 
$1,800,000.

                Immediate Office of the Deputy Secretary

    For necessary expenses of the Immediate Office of the Deputy 
Secretary, $500,000.

                     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, $2,500,000.

   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, $7,000,000: 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, $6,500,000, including not to exceed $60,000 for 
allocation within the Department for official reception and 
representation expenses as the Secretary may determine: Provided, That 
not more than $15,000 of the official reception and representation 
funds shall be available for obligation prior to January 20, 2001.

       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, $17,800,000.

                        Office of Public Affairs

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Public Affairs, $1,500,000.

                         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 the Chief Information Officer

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, $6,000,000.

                         Office of Civil Rights

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, $8,000,000.

           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, $5,300,000, of which 
$1,400,000 shall only be available for planning for the 2001 Special 
Winter Olympics; and $2,000,000 shall only be available for the purpose 
of section 228 of Public Law 106-181.

              Transportation Administrative Service Center

    Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital outlays of the 
Transportation Administrative Service Center, not to exceed 
$173,278,000, 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 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, $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; $3,039,460,000, of which $641,000,000 shall be 
available only 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 2001: 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 may transfer funds to this 
account, from Federal Aviation Administration ``Operations'', not to 
exceed $100,000,000 in total for the fiscal year, fifteen days after 
written notification to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations, for the purpose of providing additional funds for drug 
interdiction activities and/or the Office of Intelligence and Security 
activities: Provided further, That the United States Coast Guard will 
reimburse the Department of Transportation Inspector General $5,000,000 
for costs associated with audits and investigations of all Coast Guard-
related issues and systems.

              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, $407,747,660, of which 
$20,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; 
of which $145,936,660 shall be available to acquire, repair, renovate 
or improve vessels, small boats and related equipment, to remain 
available until September 30, 2005; $41,650,000 shall be available to 
acquire new aircraft and increase aviation capability, to remain 
available until September 30, 2003; $54,304,000 shall be available for 
other equipment, to remain available until September 30, 2003; 
$68,406,000 shall be available for shore facilities and aids to 
navigation facilities, to remain available until September 30, 2003; 
$55,151,000 shall be available for personnel compensation and benefits 
and related costs, to remain available until September 30, 2002; and 
$42,300,000 for the Integrated Deepwater Systems program, to remain 
available until September 30, 2003: Provided, That the Commandant may 
dispose of surplus real property by sale or lease and the proceeds 
shall be credited to this appropriation and remain available until 
expended, but shall not be available for obligation until October 1, 
2001: Provided further, That none of the funds provided for the 
Integrated Deepwater Systems program shall be available for obligation 
until the submission of a comprehensive capital investment plan for the 
United States Coast Guard as required by Public Law 106-69: Provided 
further, That the Commandant shall transfer $5,800,000 to the City of 
Homer, Alaska, for the construction of a municipal pier and other 
harbor improvements: Provided further, That the City of Homer enters 
into an agreement with the United States to accommodate Coast Guard 
vessels and to support Coast Guard operations at Homer, Alaska: 
Provided further, That the Commandant is hereby granted the authority 
to enter into a contract for the Great Lakes Icebreaker (GLIB) 
Replacement which shall be funded on an incremental basis: 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.

                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

                          (highway trust fund)

    For necessary expenses for alteration or removal of obstructive 
bridges, $15,500,000, 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), $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; $80,371,000: Provided, That no more 
than $22,000,000 of funds made available under this heading may be 
transferred to Coast Guard ``Operating expenses'' or otherwise made 
available to reimburse the Coast Guard for financial support of the 
Coast Guard Reserve: Provided further, That none of the funds in this 
Act may be used by the Coast Guard to assess direct charges on the 
Coast Guard Reserves for items or activities which were not so charged 
during fiscal year 1997.

              Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for applied 
scientific research, development, test, and evaluation; maintenance, 
rehabilitation, lease and operation of facilities and equipment, as 
authorized by law, $21,320,000, 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 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, $6,350,250,000, of which $4,414,869,000 shall be 
derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, of which $5,039,391,000 
shall be available for air traffic services program activities; 
$691,979,000 shall be available for aviation regulation and 
certification program activities; $138,462,000 shall be available for 
civil aviation security program activities; $182,401,000 shall be 
available for research and acquisition program activities; $10,000,000 
shall be available for commercial space transportation program 
activities; $43,000,000 shall be available for Financial Services 
program activities; $49,906,000 shall be available for Human Resources 
program activities; $99,347,000 shall be available for Regional 
Coordination program activities; and $95,764,000 shall be available for 
Staff Offices program activities: 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, not less than $5,000,000 shall be for 
the contract tower cost-sharing program and not less than $55,300,000 
shall be for the contract tower program within the air traffic services 
program activities: 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 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: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the FAA Administrator may contract out the 
entire function of Oceanic flight services: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may transfer funds to this account, from Coast Guard 
``Operating expenses'', not to exceed $100,000,000 in total for the 
fiscal year, fifteen days after written notification to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations, solely for the purpose of 
providing additional funds for air traffic control operations and 
maintenance to enhance aviation safety and security, and/or the Office 
of Intelligence and Security activities: Provided further, That the 
Federal Aviation Administration will reimburse the Department of 
Transportation Inspector General $19,000,000 for costs associated with 
audits and investigations of all aviation-related issues and systems.

                        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, 
$2,656,765,000, 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: 
Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act may be used for 
the Federal Aviation Administration to enter into a capital lease 
agreement unless appropriations have been provided to fully cover the 
Federal Government's contingent liabilities at the time the lease 
agreement is signed.

                 Research, Engineering, and Development

                    (airport and airway trust fund)

    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, $183,343,000, 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)

                      (limitation on obligations)

                    (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 and 
air traffic services program activities; 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, $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 $173,000,000 of funds limited 
under this heading shall be obligated for administration and air 
traffic services program activities if such funds are necessary to 
maintain aviation safety.

                       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 $386,657,840 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 $10,000,000 shall be available for National Historic 
Covered Bridge Preservation Program under section 1224 of Public Law 
105-178, as amended, $33,588,500 shall be available for the Indian 
Reservation Roads Program under section 204 of title 23, $30,046,440 
shall be available for the Public Lands Highway Program under section 
204 of title 23, $20,153,100 shall be available for the Park Roads and 
Parkways Program under section 204 of title 23, and $2,442,800 shall be 
available for the Refuge Roads program under section 204 of title 23: 
Provided further, That the Federal Highway Administration will 
reimburse the Department of Transportation Inspector General 
$10,000,000 from funds available within this limitation for costs 
associated with audits and investigations of all highway-related issues 
and systems.

                          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: Provided, That 
within the $29,661,806,000 obligation limitation on Federal-aid 
highways and highway safety construction programs, not more than 
$437,250,000 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 
$25,000,000 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 
2001, 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 2001: Provided further, 
That within the $218,000,000 obligation limitation on Intelligent 
Transportation Systems, the following sums shall be made available for 
Intelligent Transportation System projects in the following specified 
areas:

Calhoun County, MI...................................          $500,000
Wayne County, MI.....................................         1,500,000
Southeast Michigan...................................         1,000,000
Indiana Statewide (SAFE-T)...........................         1,500,000
Salt Lake City (Olympic Games).......................         2,000,000
State of New Mexico..................................         1,500,000
Santa Teresa, NM.....................................         1,000,000
State of Missouri (Rural)............................         1,000,000
Springfield-Branson, MO..............................         1,500,000
Kansas City, MO......................................         2,500,000
Inglewood, CA........................................         1,200,000
Lewis & Clark trail, MT..............................         1,250,000
State of Montana.....................................         1,500,000
Fort Collins, CO.....................................         2,000,000
Arapahoe County, CO..................................         1,000,000
I-70 West project, CO................................         1,000,000
I-81 Safety Corridor, VA.............................         1,000,000
Aquidneck Island, RI.................................           750,000
Hattiesburg, MS......................................         1,000,000
Jackson, MS..........................................         1,000,000
Fargo, ND............................................         1,000,000
Moscow, ID...........................................         1,750,000
State of Ohio........................................         2,500,000
State of Connecticut.................................         3,000,000
Illinois Statewide...................................         2,000,000
Charlotte, NC........................................         1,250,000
Nashville, TN........................................         1,000,000
State of Tennessee...................................         2,600,000
Spokane, WA..........................................         1,000,000
Bellingham, WA.......................................           700,000
Puget Sound Regional Fare Coordination...............         2,000,000
Bay County, FL.......................................         1,000,000
Iowa statewide (traffic enforcement).................         3,000,000
State of Nebraska....................................         2,600,000
State of North Carolina..............................         3,000,000
South Carolina statewide.............................         2,000,000
San Antonio, TX......................................           200,000
Beaumont, TX.........................................           300,000
Corpus Christi, TX (vehicle dispatching).............         1,500,000
Williamson County/Round Rock, TX.....................           500,000
Austin, TX...........................................           500,000
Texas Border Phase I Houston, TX.....................         1,000,000
Oklahoma statewide...................................         2,000,000
Vermont statewide....................................         1,000,000
Vermont rural ITS....................................         1,500,000
State of Wisconsin...................................         3,600,000
Tucson, AZ...........................................         2,500,000
Cargo Mate, NJ.......................................         1,000,000
New Jersey regional integration/TRANSCOM.............         4,000,000
State of Kentucky....................................         2,000,000
State of Maryland....................................         4,000,000
Sacramento to Reno, I-80 corridor....................           200,000
Washoe County, NV....................................           200,000
North Las Vegas, NV..................................         1,800,000
Delaware statewide...................................         1,000,000
North Central Pennsylvania...........................         1,500,000
Delaware River Port Authority........................         3,500,000
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission.....................         3,000,000
Huntsville, AL.......................................         2,000,000
Tuscaloosa/Muscle Shoals.............................         3,000,000
Automated crash notification system, UAB.............         2,000,000
Oregon statewide.....................................         1,500,000
Alaska statewide.....................................         4,200,000
South Dakota commercial vehicle ITS..................        1,500,000:
Provided further, That, notwithstanding Public Law 105-178 as amended, 
funds authorized under section 110 of title 23, United States Code, for 
fiscal year 2001 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 2001. Of the funds to be apportioned under 
section 110 for fiscal year 2001, 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 2001 but for this section.

                          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)

                      (limitation on obligations)

                          (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 
``Motor Carrier Safety Grants''.

             NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

                        Operations and Research

                          (highway trust fund)

    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 $77,670,000 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: Provided 
further, That none of the funds appropriated in this Act may be 
obligated or expended to purchase a vehicle to conduct New Car 
Assessment Program crash testing at a price that exceeds the 
manufacturer's suggested retail price: Provided further, That none of 
the funds appropriated in this Act may be obligated or expended to 
plan, finalize, or implement regulations that would add the static 
stability factor to the New Car Assessment Program until the National 
Academy of Sciences reports to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations not later than nine months after the date of enactment 
of this Act that the static stability factor is a scientifically valid 
measurement and presents practical, useful information to the public; a 
comparison of the static stability factor test versus a test with 
rollover metrics based on dynamic driving conditions that induce 
rollover events; and the validity of the NHTSA proposed system for 
placing its rollover rating information on the web compared to making 
rollover information available at the point of sale.

                        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)

    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, $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, $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, $99,390,000, of which $4,957,000 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: Provided further, That the Federal Railroad 
Administration will reimburse the Department of Transportation 
Inspector General $1,500,000 for costs associated with audits and 
investigations of all rail-related issues and systems.

                   Railroad Research and Development

    For necessary expenses for railroad research and development, 
$24,725,000, 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.

                    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, $24,900,000, to 
remain available until expended.

                     Alaska Railroad Rehabilitation

    To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to the 
Alaska Railroad, $20,000,000 shall be for capital rehabilitation and 
improvements benefiting its passenger operations, to remain available 
until expended.

                     West Virginia Rail Development

    For capital costs associated with track, signal, and crossover 
rehabilitation and improvements on the MARC Brunswick line in West 
Virginia, $15,000,000, 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), 
$521,000,000 to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 
Secretary shall not obligate more than $208,400,000 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 the Federal Transit Administration will reimburse the 
Department of Transportation Inspector General $3,000,000 for costs 
associated with audits and investigations of all transit-related issues 
and 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.

                   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)), of which $3,000,000 is available for 
transit-related research conducted by the Great Cities Universities 
research consortia; $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): 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:

Mid-America Regional Council coordinated transit               $750,000
planning, Kansas City metro area.
Sacramento Area Council of Governments regional air             250,000
quality planning and coordination study.
Salt Lake Olympics Committee multimodal                       1,200,000
transportation planning.
West Virginia University fuel cell technology                 1,000,000
institute propulsion and ITS testing.
University of Rhode Island, Kingston traffic                    150,000
congestion 
study.
Georgia Regional Transportation Authority regional              350,000
transit study.
Trans-lake Washington land use effectiveness and                450,000
enhancement review.
State of Vermont electric vehicle transit                       500,000
demonstration.
Acadia Island, Maine explorer transit system                    150,000
experimental pilot program.
Center for Composites Manufacturing..................           950,000
Southern Nevada air quality study....................           800,000
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority advanced          3,000,000
propulsion control system.
Fairbanks extreme temperature clean fuels research...           800,000
National Transit Database............................         2,500,000
Safety and Security..................................         6,100,000
National Rural Transit Assistance Program............           750,000
Mississippi State University bus service expansion              100,000
plan.
Bus Rapid Transit administration, data collection and         1,000,000
analysis.
Project ACTION.......................................         3,000,000

                      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, $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 notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, 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: Provided further, That, within the total funds provided 
for buses and bus-related facilities to carry out 49 U.S.C. section 
5309, the following projects shall be considered eligible for these 
funds: Provided further, That the Administrator of the Federal Transit 
Administration shall, not later than February 1, 2001, individually 
submit to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations the 
recommended grant funding levels for the respective projects, from the 
bus and bus-related facilities projects listed in the accompanying 
Senate report: Provided further, That within the total funds provided 
for new fixed guideway systems to carry out 49 U.S.C. section 5309, the 
following projects shall be considered eligible for these funds: 
Provided further, That the Administrator of the Federal Transit 
Administration shall, not later than February 1, 2001, individually 
submit to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations the 
recommended grant funding levels for the respective projects.
    The following new fixed guideway systems and extensions to existing 
systems are eligible to receive funding for final design and 
construction:
            2002 Winter Olympics spectator transportation systems and 
        facilities;
            Alaska or Hawaii ferry projects;
            Atlanta-MARTA North Line extension completion;
            Austin Capital Metro Light Rail;
            Baltimore Central Light Rail double tracking;
            Boston North-South Rail Link;
            Boston-South Boston Piers Transitway;
            Canton-Akron-Cleveland commuter rail line;
            Charlotte North-South Transitway project;
            Chicago METRA commuter rail consolidated request;
            Chicago Transit Authority Ravenswood Brown Line capacity 
        expansion;
            Chicago Transit Authority Douglas Blue Line;
            Clark County, Nevada RTC fixed guideway project;
            Cleveland Euclid Corridor improvement project;
            Dallas Area Rapid Transit North Central light rail;
            Denver Southeast corridor project;
            Denver Southwest corridor project;
            Fort Lauderdale Tri-County commuter rail project;
            Fort Worth Railtran corridor commuter rail project;
            Galveston Rail Trolley extension;
            Girdwood to Wasilla, Alaska commuter rail project;
            Houston Metro Regional Bus Plan;
            Kansas City Southtown corridor;
            Little Rock, Arkansas River Rail project;
            Long Island Rail Road East Side access project;
            Los Angeles Mid-city and Eastside corridors;
            Los Angeles North Hollywood extension;
            MARC expansion projects--Penn-Camden lines connector and 
        midday storage facility;
            MARC-Brunswick line in West Virginia, signal and crossover 
        improvements;
            Memphis Medical Center extension project;
            Minneapolis-Twin Cities Transitways corridor projects;
            Nashua, New Hampshire to Lowell, Massachusetts commuter 
        rail;
            Nashville regional commuter rail;
            New Jersey Hudson-Bergen Light Rail;
            New Orleans Canal Street Streetcar corridor project;
            New Orleans Desire Street corridor project;
            Newark-Elizabeth rail link;
            Oceanside-Escondido, California light rail;
            Orange County, California transitway project;
            Philadelphia-Reading SEPTA Schuylkill Valley metro project;
            Phoenix metropolitan area transit project;
            Pittsburgh North Shore-central business district corridor 
        project;
            Pittsburgh Stage II Light Rail transit;
            Portland Interstate MAX light rail transit;
            Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill regional rail service;
            Rhode Island-Pawtucket and T.F. Green commuter rail and 
        maintenance facility;
            Sacramento south corridor light rail extension;
            Salt Lake City-University light rail line;
            Salt Lake City North/South light rail project;
            Salt Lake-Ogden-Provo regional commuter rail;
            San Bernardino MetroLink;
            San Diego Mission Valley East light rail;
            San Francisco BART extension to the airport project;
            San Jose Tasman West light rail project;
            San Juan-Tren Urbano;
            Seattle-Sound Transit Central Link light rail project;
            Seattle-Puget Sound RTA Sounder commuter rail project;
            Spokane-South Valley Corridor light rail project;
            St. Louis Metrolink Cross County connector;
            St. Louis/St. Clair County Metrolink light rail extension;
            Stamford Urban Transitway, Connecticut;
            Tampa Bay regional rail project;
            Washington Metro Blue Line-Largo extension;
            West Trenton, New Jersey rail project.
    The following new fixed guideway systems and extensions to existing 
systems are eligible to receive funding for alternatives analysis and 
preliminary engineering:
            Albuquerque/Greater Albuquerque mass transit project;
            Atlanta-MARTA West Line extension study;
            Ballston, Virginia Metro access improvements;
            Baltimore regional rail transit system;
            Birmingham, Alabama transit corridor;
            Boston Urban Ring;
            Burlington-Bennington, Vermont commuter rail project;
            Calais, Maine Branch Line regional transit program;
            Colorado/Eagle Airport to Avon light rail system;
            Colorado/Roaring Fork Valley rail project;
            Columbus-Central Ohio Transit Authority north corridor;
            Dallas Area Rapid Transit Southeast Corridor Light Rail;
            Des Moines commuter rail;
            Detroit Metropolitan Airport light rail project;
            Draper, West Jordan, West Valley City and Sandy City, Utah 
        light rail extensions;
            Dulles Corridor, Virginia innovative intermodal system;
            El Paso/Juarez People mover system;
            Fort Worth trolley system;
            Harrisburg-Lancaster capital area transit corridor 1 
        regional light rail;
            Hollister/Gilroy Branch Line extension;
            Honolulu bus rapid transit;
            Houston advanced transit program;
            Indianapolis Northeast-Downtown corridor project;
            Johnson County, Kansas I-35 Commuter Rail Project;
            Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter rail extension;
            Los Angeles San Fernando Valley Corridor;
            Los Angeles San Diego LOSSAN corridor project;
            Massachusetts North Shore Corridor project;
            Miami south busway extension;
            New Orleans commuter rail from Airport to downtown;
            New York City 2nd Avenue Subway study;
            Northern Indiana south shore commuter rail;
            Northwest New Jersey-Northeast Pennsylvania passenger rail 
        project;
            Potomac Yards, Virginia transit study;
            Philadelphia SEPTA Cross County Metro;
            Portland, Maine marine highway program;
            San Francisco BART to Livermore extension;
            San Francisco MUNI 3rd Street light rail extension;
            Santa Fe-Eldorado rail link project;
            Stockton, California Altamont commuter rail project;
            Vasona light rail corridor;
            Virginia Railway Express commuter rail;
            Whitehall ferry terminal project;
            Wilmington, Delaware downtown transit connector; and
            Wilsonville to Beaverton commuter rail:
Provided further, That funds made available under the heading ``Capital 
Investment Grants'' in Division A, Section 101(g) of Public Law 105-277 
for the ``Colorado-North Front Range corridor feasibility study'' are 
to be made available for ``Colorado-Eagle Airport to Avon light rail 
system feasibility study''; and that funds made available in Public Law 
106-69 under ``Capital Investment Grants'' for buses and bus-related 
facilities that were designated for projects numbered 14 and 20 shall 
be made available to the State of Alabama for buses and bus-related 
facilities.

                          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), $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, $12,400,000, 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, $34,370,000, of which $645,000 
shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, and of which $4,201,000 
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, 
$43,144,000, of which $8,750,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill 
Liability Trust Fund and shall remain available until September 30, 
2003; of which $31,894,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety 
Fund, of which $24,432,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2003; and of which $2,500,000 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.

                     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 not more than $13,227,000 
shall be made available for obligation in fiscal year 2001 from amounts 
made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i) and 5127(d): Provided further, That 
none of the funds made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i) and 5127(d) shall 
be made available for obligation by individuals other than the 
Secretary of Transportation, or his designee: Provided further, That 
the deadline for the submission of registration statements and the 
accompanying registration and processing fees for the July 1, 2000 to 
June 30, 2001 registration year described under sections 107.608, 
107.612, and 107.616 of the Department of Transportation's final rule 
docket number RSPA-99-5137 is amended to not later than September 30.

                      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, 
$49,000,000 of which $38,500,000 shall be derived from transfers of 
funds from the United States Coast Guard, the Federal Aviation 
Administration, the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal 
Railroad Administration, and the Federal Transit Administration.

                      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 $954,000 
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.

                                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) 
$59,000,000, 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 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. (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.
    Sec. 310. (a) For fiscal year 2001, 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, excluding 
        $128,752,000 pursuant to subsection (e) of section 110 of title 
        23, as amended, 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, 2003, 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, 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. 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 2001.
    Sec. 319. Funds provided in this Act for the Transportation 
Administrative Service Center (TASC) shall be reduced by $53,430,000, 
which limits fiscal year 2001 TASC obligational authority for elements 
of the Department of Transportation funded in this Act to no more than 
$119,848,000: 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. In 
addition to the funds limited in this Act, $54,963,000 shall be 
available for section 1069(y) of Public Law 102-240.
    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. 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, to provide passenger 
ferryboat service, 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. 322. 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. 323. None of the funds in this Act shall, in the absence of 
express authorization by Congress, be used directly or indirectly to 
pay for any personal service, advertisement, 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. 324. (a) In General.--None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in 
expending the funds the entity will comply with the Buy American Act 
(41 U.S.C. 10a-10c).
    (b) Sense of the Congress; Requirement Regarding Notice.--
            (1) Purchase of american-made equipment and products.--In 
        the case of any equipment or product that may be authorized to 
        be purchased with financial assistance provided using funds 
        made available in this Act, it is the sense of the Congress 
        that entities receiving the assistance should, in expending the 
        assistance, purchase only American-made equipment and products 
        to the greatest extent practicable.
            (2) Notice to recipients of assistance.--In providing 
        financial assistance using funds made available in this Act, 
        the head of each Federal agency shall provide to each recipient 
        of the assistance a notice describing the statement made in 
        paragraph (1) by the Congress.
    (c) Prohibition of Contracts With Persons Falsely Labeling Products 
as Made in America.--If it has been finally determined by a court or 
Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bearing a 
``Made in America'' inscription, or any inscription with the same 
meaning, to any product sold in or shipped to the United States that is 
not made in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to 
receive any contract or subcontract made with funds made available in 
this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility 
procedures described in sections 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code 
of Federal Regulations.
    Sec. 325. Not to exceed $1,500,000 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. 326. 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. 327. 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. 328. For necessary expenses of the Amtrak Reform Council 
authorized under section 203 of Public Law 105-134, $495,000, 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. 329. 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. 330. None of the funds in this Act shall be available for 
activities under the Aircraft Purchase Loan Guarantee Program during 
fiscal year 2001.
    Sec. 331. Section 3038(e) of Public Law 105-178 is amended by 
striking ``50'' and inserting ``90''.
    Sec. 332. The Secretary of Transportation shall execute a 
demonstration program, to be conducted for a period not to exceed 
eighteen months, of the ``fractional ownership'' concept in performing 
administrative support flight missions, the purpose of which would be 
to determine whether cost savings, as well as increased operational 
flexibility and aircraft availability, can be realized through the use 
by the government of the commercial fractional ownership concept or 
report to the Committee the reason for not conducting such an 
evaluation: Provided, That the Secretary shall ensure the competitive 
selection for this demonstration of a fractional ownership concept 
which provides a suite of aircraft capable of meeting the Department's 
varied needs, and that the Secretary shall ensure the demonstration 
program encompasses a significant and representative portion of the 
Department's administrative support missions (to include those 
performed by the Coast Guard, the Federal Aviation Administration, and 
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, whose aircraft are 
currently operated by the FAA): Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on 
results of this evaluation of the fractional ownership concept in the 
performance of the administrative support mission no later than twelve 
months after final passage of this Act or within 60 days of enactment 
of this Act if the Secretary decides not to conduct such a 
demonstration for evaluation including an explanation for such a 
decision and proposed statutory language to exempt the Department of 
Transportation from Office of Management and Budget guidelines 
regarding the use of aircraft.
    Sec. 333. 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. 334. Section 3030(b) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 
21st Century (Public Law 105-178) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
            ``(72) Wilmington Downtown transit corridor.
            ``(73) Honolulu Bus Rapid Transit project.''.
    Sec. 335. None of the funds appropriated or made available by this 
Act or any other Act or hereafter shall be used (1) to consider or 
adopt any proposed rule or proposed amendment to a rule contained in 
the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued on April 24, 2000 (Docket No. 
FMCSA-97-2350-953), (2) to consider or adopt any rule or amendment to a 
rule similar in substance to a proposed rule or proposed amendment to a 
rule contained in such Notice, or (3) if any such proposed rule or 
proposed amendment to a rule has been adopted prior to enactment of 
this Section, to enforce such rule or amendment to a rule.
    Sec. 336. Section 1023(h) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation 
Efficiency Act of 1991 (23 U.S.C. 127 note) is amended--
            (1) in the subsection heading, by inserting ``Over-the-Road 
        Buses and'' before ``Public'';
            (2) in paragraph (1), by striking ``to any vehicle which'' 
        and inserting the following: ``to--
                    ``(A) any over-the-road bus; or
                    ``(B) any vehicle that''; and
            (3) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(2) Study and report concerning applicability of maximum 
        axle weight limitations to over-the-road buses and public 
        transit vehicles.--
                    ``(A) Study and report.--Not later than July 31, 
                2002, the Secretary shall conduct a study of, and 
                submit to Congress a report on, the maximum axle weight 
                limitations applicable to vehicles using the Dwight D. 
                Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense 
                Highways established under section 127 of title 23, 
                United States Code, or under State law, as the 
                limitations apply to over-the-road buses and public 
                transit vehicles.
                    ``(B) Determination of applicability of vehicle 
                weight limitations.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The report shall 
                        include--
                                    ``(I) a determination concerning 
                                how the requirements of section 127 of 
                                that title should be applied to over-
                                the-road buses and public transit 
                                vehicles; and
                                    ``(II) short-term and long-term 
                                recommendations concerning the 
                                applicability of those requirements.
                            ``(ii) Considerations.--In making the 
                        determination described in clause (i)(I), the 
                        Secretary shall consider--
                                    ``(I) vehicle design standards;
                                    ``(II) statutory and regulatory 
                                requirements, including--
                                            ``(aa) the Clean Air Act 
                                        (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.);
                                            ``(bb) the Americans with 
                                        Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 
                                        U.S.C. 12101 et seq.); and
                                            ``(cc) motor vehicle safety 
                                        standards prescribed under 
                                        chapter 301 of title 49, United 
                                        States Code; and
                                    ``(III)(aa) the availability of 
                                lightweight materials suitable for use 
                                in the manufacture of over-the-road 
                                buses;
                                    ``(bb) the cost of those 
                                lightweight materials relative to the 
                                cost of heavier materials in use as of 
                                the date of the determination; and
                                    ``(cc) any safety or design 
                                considerations relating to the use of 
                                those materials.
                    ``(C) Analysis of means of encouraging development 
                and manufacture of lightweight buses.--The report shall 
                include an analysis of, and recommendations concerning, 
                means to be considered to encourage the development and 
                manufacture of lightweight buses, including an analysis 
                of--
                            ``(i) potential procurement incentives for 
                        public transit authorities to encourage the 
                        purchase of lightweight public transit vehicles 
                        using grants from the Federal Transit 
                        Administration; and
                            ``(ii) potential tax incentives for 
                        manufacturers and private operators to 
                        encourage the purchase of lightweight over-the-
                        road buses.
                    ``(D) Analysis of consideration in rulemakings of 
                additional vehicle weight.--The report shall include an 
                analysis of, and recommendations concerning, whether 
                Congress should require that each rulemaking by an 
                agency of the Federal Government that affects the 
                design or manufacture of motor vehicles consider--
                            ``(i) the weight that would be added to the 
                        vehicle by implementation of the proposed rule;
                            ``(ii) the effect that the added weight 
                        would have on pavement wear; and
                            ``(iii) the resulting cost to the Federal 
                        Government and State and local governments.
                    ``(E) Cost-benefit analysis.--The report shall 
                include an analysis relating to the axle weight of 
                over-the-road buses that compares--
                            ``(i) the costs of the pavement wear caused 
                        by over-the-road buses; with
                            ``(ii) the benefits of the over-the-road 
                        bus industry to the environment, the economy, 
                        and the transportation system of the United 
                        States.
            ``(3) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    ``(A) Over-the-road bus.--The term `over-the-road 
                bus' has the meaning given the term in section 301 of 
                the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
                12181).
                    ``(B) Public transit vehicle.--The term `public 
                transit vehicle' means a vehicle described in paragraph 
                (1)(B).''.
    Sec. 337. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be used 
to propose or issue rules, regulations, decrees, or orders for the 
purpose of implementation, or in preparation for implementation, of the 
Kyoto Protocol which was adopted on December 11, 1997, in Kyoto, Japan 
at the Third Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework 
Convention on Climate Change, which has not been submitted to the 
Senate for advice and consent to ratification pursuant to article II, 
section 2, clause 2, of the United States Constitution, and which has 
not entered into force pursuant to article 25 of the Protocol.
    Sec. 338. None of the funds appropriated by this Act or any other 
Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel who 
prepare or submit appropriations language as part of the President's 
Budget submission to the Congress of the United States for programs 
under the jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommittees on 
Department of Transportation and Related Agencies that assumes revenues 
or reflects a reduction from the previous year due to user fees 
proposals that have not been enacted into law prior to the submission 
of the Budget unless such Budget submission identifies which additional 
spending reductions should occur in the event the users fees proposals 
are not enacted prior to the date of the convening of a committee of 
conference for the fiscal year 2001 appropriations Act.
    Sec. 339. In addition to the authority provided in section 636 of 
the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations 
Act, 1997, as included in Public Law 104-208, title I, section 101(f), 
as amended, beginning in fiscal year 2001 and thereafter, amounts 
appropriated for salaries and expenses for the Department of 
Transportation may be used to reimburse an employee whose position is 
that of safety inspector for not to exceed one-half the costs incurred 
by such employee for professional liability insurance. Any payment 
under this section shall be contingent upon the submission of such 
information or documentation as the Department may require.
    Sec. 340. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to pursue or 
adopt guidelines or regulations requiring airport sponsors to provide 
to the Federal Aviation Administration without cost building 
construction, maintenance, utilities and expenses, or space in airport 
sponsor-owned buildings for services relating to air traffic control, 
air navigation or weather reporting. The prohibition of funds in this 
section does not apply to negotiations between the Agency and airport 
sponsors to achieve agreement on ``below-market'' rates for these items 
or to grant assurances that require airport sponsors to provide land 
without cost to the FAA for ATC facilities.
    Sec. 341. None of the funds provided in this Act or prior 
Appropriations Acts for Coast Guard Acquisition, Construction, and 
Improvements shall be available after the fifteenth day of any quarter 
of any fiscal year beginning after December 31, 1999, unless the 
Commandant of the Coast Guard first submits a quarterly report to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on all major Coast Guard 
acquisition projects including projects executed for the Coast Guard by 
the United States Navy and vessel traffic service projects: Provided, 
That such reports shall include an acquisition schedule, estimated 
current and year funding requirements, and a schedule of anticipated 
obligations and outlays for each major acquisition project: Provided 
further, That such reports shall rate on a relative scale the cost 
risk, schedule risk, and technical risk associated with each 
acquisition project and include a table detailing unobligated balances 
to date and anticipated unobligated balances at the close of the fiscal 
year and the close of the following fiscal year should the 
Administration's pending budget request for the acquisition, 
construction, and improvements account be fully funded: Provided 
further, That such reports shall also provide abbreviated information 
on the status of shore facility construction and renovation projects: 
Provided further, That all information submitted in such reports shall 
be current as of the last day of the preceding quarter.
    Sec. 342. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning in 
fiscal year 2004, the Secretary shall withhold 5 percent of the amount 
required to be apportioned for Federal-aid highways to any State under 
each of paragraphs (1), (3), and (4) of section 104(b) of title 23, 
United States Code, if a State is not eligible for assistance under 
section 163(a) of chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, and 
beginning in fiscal year 2005, and in each fiscal year thereafter, the 
Secretary shall withhold 10 percent of the amount required to be 
apportioned for Federal-aid highways to any State under each of 
paragraphs (1), (3), and (4) of section 104(b) of title 23, United 
States Code, if a State is not eligible for assistance under section 
163(a) of title 23, United States Code. If within three years from the 
date that the apportionment for any State is reduced in accordance with 
this subsection the Secretary determines that such State is eligible 
for assistance under section 163(a) of chapter 1 of title 23, United 
States Code, the apportionment of such State shall be increased by an 
amount equal to such reduction. If at the end of such three-year 
period, any State remains ineligible for assistance under section 
163(a) of title 23, United States Code, any amounts so withheld shall 
lapse.
    Sec. 343. Conveyance of Airport Property to an Institution of 
Higher Education in Oklahoma. (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, including the Surplus Property Act of 1944 (58 
Stat. 765, chapter 479; 50 U.S.C. App. 1622 et seq.), and subject to 
the requirements of this section, the Secretary (or the appropriate 
Federal officer) may waive, without charge, any of the terms contained 
in any deed of conveyance described in subsection (b) that restrict the 
use of any land described in such a deed that, as of the date of 
enactment of this Act, is not being used for the operation of an 
airport or for air traffic. A waiver made under the preceding sentence 
shall be deemed to be consistent with the requirements of section 47153 
of title 49, United States Code.
    (b) Deed of Conveyance.--A deed of conveyance referred to in 
subsection (a) is a deed of conveyance issued by the United States 
before the date of enactment of this Act for the conveyance of lands to 
a public institution of higher education in Oklahoma.
    (c) Use of Lands Subject to Waiver.--
            (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        law, the lands subject to a waiver under subsection (a) shall 
        not be subject to any term, condition, reservation, or 
        restriction that would otherwise apply to that land as a result 
        of the conveyance of that land by the United States to the 
        institution of higher education.
            (2) Use of revenues.--An institution of higher education 
        that is issued a waiver under subsection (a) shall use revenues 
        derived from the use, operation, or disposal of that land--
                    (A) for the airport; and
                    (B) to the extent that funds remain available, for 
                weather-related and educational purposes that primarily 
                benefit aviation.
    (d) Condition.--An institution of higher education that is issued a 
waiver under subsection (a), shall agree that, in leasing or conveying 
any interest in land to which the deed of conveyance described in 
subsection (b) relates, the institution will receive an amount that is 
equal to the fair lease value or the fair market value, as the case may 
be, as determined pursuant to regulations issued by the Secretary.
    (e) Grants.--
            (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        law, if an institution of higher education that is subject to a 
        waiver under subsection (a) received financial assistance in 
        the form of a grant from the Federal Aviation Administration or 
        a predecessor agency before the date of enactment of this Act, 
        then the Secretary may waive the repayment of the outstanding 
        amount of any grant that the institution of higher education 
        would otherwise be required to pay.
            (2) Eligibility to receive subsequent grants.--Nothing in 
        paragraph (1) shall affect the eligibility of an institution of 
        higher education that is subject to that paragraph from 
        receiving grants from the Secretary under chapter 471 of title 
        49, United States Code, or under any other provision of law 
        relating to financial assistance provided through the Federal 
        Aviation Administration.
    Sec. 344. Section 1105(c) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation 
Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2032-2033) is amended by striking 
paragraph (38) and replacing it with the following--
            ``(38) The Ports-to-Plains Corridor from Laredo, Texas to 
        Denver, Colorado as follows:
                    ``(A) In the State of Texas the Ports-to-Plains 
                Corridor shall generally follow--
                            ``(i) I-35 from Laredo to United States 
                        Route 83 at Exit 18;
                            ``(ii) United States Route 83 from Exit 18 
                        to Carrizo Springs;
                            ``(iii) United States Route 277 from 
                        Carrizo Springs to San Angelo;
                            ``(iv) United States Route 87 from San 
                        Angelo to Sterling City;
                            ``(v) From Sterling City to Lamesa, the 
                        Corridor shall follow United States Route 87 
                        and, the corridor shall also follow Texas Route 
                        158 from Sterling City to I-20, then via I-20 
                        West to Texas Route 349 and, Texas Route 349 
                        from Midland to Lamesa;
                            ``(vi) United States Route 87 from Lamesa 
                        to Lubbock;
                            ``(vii) I-27 from Lubbock to Amarillo; and
                            ``(viii) United States Route 287 from 
                        Amarillo to the Oklahoma border.
                    ``(B) In the State of Oklahoma, the Ports-to-Plains 
                Corridor shall generally follow United States Route 287 
                from the Texas border to the Colorado border. The 
                Corridor shall then proceed into Colorado.''.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Transportation and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001''.


                                                       Calendar No. 596

106th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 2720

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                                 A BILL

Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related 
 agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other 
                               purposes.

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                             June 13, 2000

                 Read twice and placed on the calendar