[House Hearing, 105 Congress]
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                    DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND

                    RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS

                                FOR 1998

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                                HEARINGS

                                BEFORE A

                           SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE

                       COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

                         HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                       ONE HUNDRED FIFTH CONGRESS

                              FIRST SESSION
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 SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES 
                             APPROPRIATIONS

                   FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia, Chairman

TOM DeLAY, Texas                    MARTIN OLAV SABO, Minnesota         
RALPH REGULA, Ohio                  THOMAS M. FOGLIETTA, Pennsylvania   
HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky             ESTEBAN EDWARD TORRES, California   
RON PACKARD, California             JOHN W. OLVER, Massachusetts        
SONNY CALLAHAN, Alabama             ED PASTOR, Arizona                  
TODD TIAHRT, Kansas                                                     
ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama                                             


NOTE: Under Committee Rules, Mr. Livingston, as Chairman of the Full 
  Committee, and Mr. Obey, as Ranking Minority Member of the Full 
  Committee, are authorized to sit as Members of all Subcommittees.

John T. Blazey II, Richard E. Efford, Stephanie K. Gupta, and Linda J.
                        Muir, Subcommittee Staff                        
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                                 PART 2

                       1998 BUDGET JUSTIFICATIONS
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION:
     Federal Aviation Administration..............................    1
     Federal Railroad Administration..............................  607
         Grants to Amtrak.........................................  738
     Federal Transit Administration...............................  979
     Office of the Secretary...................................... 1101
RELATED AGENCIES:
     National Transportation Safety Board......................... 1171

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                       COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS                      

                   BOB LIVINGSTON, Louisiana, Chairman

JOSEPH M. McDADE, Pennsylvania         DAVID R. OBEY, Wisconsin           
C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida              SIDNEY R. YATES, Illinois          
RALPH REGULA, Ohio                     LOUIS STOKES, Ohio                 
JERRY LEWIS, California                JOHN P. MURTHA, Pennsylvania       
JOHN EDWARD PORTER, Illinois           NORMAN D. DICKS, Washington        
HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky                MARTIN OLAV SABO, Minnesota        
JOE SKEEN, New Mexico                  JULIAN C. DIXON, California        
FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia                VIC FAZIO, California              
TOM DeLAY, Texas                       W. G. (BILL) HEFNER, North Carolina
JIM KOLBE, Arizona                     STENY H. HOYER, Maryland           
RON PACKARD, California                ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia    
SONNY CALLAHAN, Alabama                MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio                 
JAMES T. WALSH, New York               DAVID E. SKAGGS, Colorado          
CHARLES H. TAYLOR, North Carolina      NANCY PELOSI, California           
DAVID L. HOBSON, Ohio                  PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana        
ERNEST J. ISTOOK, Jr., Oklahoma        THOMAS M. FOGLIETTA, Pennsylvania  
HENRY BONILLA, Texas                   ESTEBAN EDWARD TORRES, California  
JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan              NITA M. LOWEY, New York            
DAN MILLER, Florida                    JOSE E. SERRANO, New York          
JAY DICKEY, Arkansas                   ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut       
JACK KINGSTON, Georgia                 JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia           
MIKE PARKER, Mississippi               JOHN W. OLVER, Massachusetts       
RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New Jersey    ED PASTOR, Arizona                 
ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi           CARRIE P. MEEK, Florida            
MICHAEL P. FORBES, New York            DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina     
GEORGE R. NETHERCUTT, Jr., Washington  CHET EDWARDS, Texas                
MARK W. NEUMANN, Wisconsin                                                
RANDY ``DUKE'' CUNNINGHAM, California                                     
TODD TIAHRT, Kansas                                                       
ZACH WAMP, Tennessee                                                      
TOM LATHAM, Iowa                                                          
ANNE M. NORTHUP, Kentucky                                                 
ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama                                               
                                      
                  James W. Dyer, Clerk and Staff Director                

[The official Committee record contains additional material here.]

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