[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 163 (Friday, October 20, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H10488-H10520]
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                     CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 2002

  Mr. WOLF submitted the following conference report and statement on 
the bill (H.R. 2002) making appropriations for the Department of 
Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1996, and for others purposes:

                  Conference Report (H. Rept. 104-286)

       The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the 
     two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 
     2002) ``making appropriations for the Department of 
     Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year 
     ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes,'' having 
     met, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend 
     and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows:
       That the Senate recede from its amendments numbered 2, 5, 
     10, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 21, 34, 37, 44, 51, 53, 56, 63, 64, 
     65, 66, 73, 78, 86, 91, 112, 121, 125, 126, 132, 133, 134, 
     135, 141, 142, 143, 146, 148, 152, 155, 156, 161, 162, 165, 
     166, 171, 172, 173, 181, 183, 184, 185, 189, and 190.
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendments of the Senate numbered 3, 4, 15, 17, 20, 24, 31, 
     33, 35, 38, 39, 42, 43, 46, 49, 50, 69, 70, 71, 74, 76, 77, 
     79, 84, 85, 89, 90, 93, 99, 105, 107, 108, 114, 119, 120, 
     136, 138, 144, 145, 147, 149, 150, 151, 159, 160, 168, 169, 
     170, and 191, and agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 1:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 1, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $56,189,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 6:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 6, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $8,220,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 7:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 7, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $103,149,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 8:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 8, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $22,600,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 9:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 9, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $22,600,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 14:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 14, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $16,000,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 16:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 16, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $135,200,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 22:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 22, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $2,278,991,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 23:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 23, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       Restore the matter stricken by said amendment, amended to 
     read as follows:  ; and of which $20,000,000 shall be 
     expended from the Boat Safety Account; and the Senate agree 
     to the same.
       Amendment numbered 25:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 25, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $362,375,000; and on page 8 of the House engrossed bill H.R. 
     2002 delete line 23; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 26:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 26, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $167,600,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 27:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 27, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $12,000,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 28:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 28, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $49,200,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 29:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 29, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $88,875,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 30:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 30, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $44,700,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 32:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 32, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     Provided further, That the Commandant may dispose of surplus 
     real property by sale or lease and the proceeds of such sale 
     or lease shall be credited to this appropriation; and the 
     Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 36:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 36, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $18,000,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 40:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 40, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $4,645,712,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 41:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 41, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $2,222,859,100; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 45:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 45, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert: : 
     Provided further, That the Secretary may transfer funds to 
     this account, from Coast Guard ``Operating expenses'', not to 
     exceed $60,000,000 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 the 
     Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 47:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 47, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $1,934,883,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 48:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 48, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $1,718,883,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 52:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 52, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $185,698,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 54:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 54, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $1,450,000,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 55:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 55, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the first sum named in said amendment, insert: 
     $26,000,000.
       In lieu of the second sum named in said amendment, insert: 
     $48,000,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 57:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 57, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:

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       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $509,660,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 58:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 58, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $208,946,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 59:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 59, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $11,000,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 60:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 60, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $11,000,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 61:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 61, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $17,550,000,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 62:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 62, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $77,225,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 67:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 67, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $51,884,430; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 68:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 68, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $32,247,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 72:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 72, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $127,700,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 75:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 75, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       Restore the matter stricken by said amendment, amended to 
     read as follows: Provided further, That none of these funds 
     shall be used for construction, rehabilitation or remodeling 
     costs, or for office furnishing and fixtures for State, 
     local, or private buildings or structures; and the Senate 
     agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 80:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 80, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $49,919,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 81:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 81, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $24,550,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 82:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 82, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $115,000,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 83:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 83, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said 
     amendment, insert: studies, corridor planning, development, 
     demonstration, and implementation, $19,205,000, to remain 
     available until expended; and on page 24, line 14 of the 
     House engrossed bill H.R. 2002, delete ``$5,000,000'' and in 
     lieu thereof, insert: $7,118,000; and the Senate agree to the 
     same.
       Amendment numbered 87:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 87, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the first sum named in said amendment, insert: 
     $1,000,000; and in lieu of the second sum named in said 
     amendment, insert: $6,000,000; and the Senate agree to the 
     same.
       Amendment numbered 88:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 88, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said 
     amendment, insert: $635,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 92:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 92, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       Restore the matter stricken by said amendment, amended to 
     read as follows: That up to $15,000,000 of the amount made 
     available under this head for capital improvements may, at 
     the discretion of the Corporation, be transferred to the 
     Northeast Corridor Improvement Program: Provided further,
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 94:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 94, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $942,925,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 95:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 95, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $2,052,925,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 96:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 96, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert: : 
     Provided further, That the limitation on operating assistance 
     provided under this heading shall, for urbanized areas of 
     less than 200,000 in population, be no less than seventy-five 
     percent of the amount of operating assistance such areas are 
     eligible to receive under Public Law 103-331; and the Senate 
     agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 97:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 97, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert: : 
     Provided further, That in the distribution of the limitation 
     provided under this heading or urbanized areas that had a 
     population under the 1990 census of 1,000,000 or more, the 
     Secretary shall direct each such area to give priority 
     consideration to the impact of reductions in operating 
     assistance on smaller transit authorities operating within 
     the area and to consider the needs and resources of such 
     transit authorities when the limitation is distributed among 
     all transit authorities operating in the area; and the Senate 
     agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 98:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 98, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said 
     amendment, insert: $85,500,000 of which $39,500,000 shall be 
     for activities under 49 U.S.C. 5303, $4,500,000 for 
     activities under 49 U.S.C. 5311(b)(2), $8,250,000 for 
     activities under 49 U.S.C. 5313(b), $22,000,000 for 
     activities under 49 U.S.C. 5314, $8,250,000 for activities 
     under 49 U.S.C. 5313(a), and $3,000,000 for activities under 
     49 U.S.C. 5315; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 100:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 100, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said 
     amendment, insert: , notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, except for fixed guideway modernization projects, 
     $21,631,250 made available under Public Law 102-388 under 
     ``Federal Transit Administration, Discretionary Grants'' for 
     projects specified in that Act or identified in reports 
     accompanying that Act, not obligated by September 30, 1995, 
     shall be made available for new fixed guideway systems 
     together with the $666,000,000 made available for new fixed 
     guideway systems in this Act, to be available as follows; and 
     the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 101:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 101, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $20,060,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 102:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 102, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       Restore the matter stricken by said amendment, amended to 
     read as follows: $4,250,000 for the Canton-Akron-Cleveland 
     commuter rail project; ; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 103:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 103, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       Restore the matter stricken by said amendment, amended to 
     read as follows: $1,000,000 for the Cincinnati Northeast/
     Northern Kentucky rail line project; ; and the Senate agree 
     to the same.
       Amendment numbered 104:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 104, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $3,000,000; and the Senate agree to the same. 

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       Amendment numbered 106:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 106, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $6,000,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 109:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 109, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       Restore the matter stricken by said amendment, amended to 
     read as follows: $9,720,625 for the Jacksonville ASE 
     extension project; ; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 110:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 110, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $85,000,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 111:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 111, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       Restore the matter stricken by said amendment, amended to 
     read as follows: $8,500,000 for the Los Angeles-San Diego 
     commuter rail project; ; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 113:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 113, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $15,315,000; and the senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 115:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 115, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       Restore the matter stricken by said amendment, amended to 
     read as follows: $1,250,000 for the Memphis, Tennessee 
     Regional Rail Plan; ; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 116:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 116, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $80,250,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 117:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 117, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       Restore the matter stricken by said amendment, amended to 
     read as follows: $5,000,000 for the New Orleans Canal Street 
     Corridor project; ; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 118:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 118, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $126,725,125; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 122:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 122, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $12,500,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 123:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 123, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $9,759,500; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 124:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 124, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       Restore the matter stricken by said amendment, amended to 
     read as follows: , of which not more than $5,000,000 may be 
     available for high-occupancy vehicle lane and intermodal 
     corridor design costs; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 127:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 127, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       Restore the matter stricken by said amendment, amended to 
     read as follows: $7,500,000 for the San Juan, Puerto Rico 
     Tren Urbano project;
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 128:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 128, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       Restore the matter stricken by said amendment, amended to 
     read as follows: $500,000 for the Tampa to Lakeland commuter 
     rail project;
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 129:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 129, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       Restore the matter stricken by said amendment, amended to 
     read as follows: $2,500,000 for the Whitehall ferry terminal, 
     New York, New York;
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 130:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 130, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       Restore the matter stricken by said amendment, amended to 
     read as follows: ; and; the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 131:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 131, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $5,650,000 for the Burlington-Charlotte, Vermont commuter 
     rail project.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 137:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 137, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $23,937,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 139:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 139, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $31,448,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 140:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 140, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $23,750,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 153:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 153, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $7,500,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 154:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 154, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $95,649,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 157:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 157, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said 
     amendment, insert: collocate and consolidate; and the Senate 
     agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 158:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 158, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said 
     amendment, insert: surface transportation field offices and 
     administrative activities; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 163:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 163, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert 
     the following:
       Sec. 339. None of the funds in this Act shall, in the 
     absence of express authorization by Congress, be used 
     directly or indirectly to pay for any personal service, 
     advertisement, telegram, telephone, letter, printed or 
     written matter, or other device, intended or designed to 
     influence in any manner a Member of Congress, to favor or 
     oppose, by vote or otherwise, any legislation or 
     appropriation by Congress, whether before or after the 
     introduction of any bill or resolution proposing such 
     legislation or appropriation: Provided, That this shall not 
     prevent officers or employees of the Department of 
     Transportation or related agencies funded in this Act from 
     communicating to Members of Congress on the request of any 
     Member or to Congress, through the proper official channels, 
     requests for legislation or appropriations which they deem 
     necessary for the efficient conduct of the public business.
       And, on page 53 of the House engrossed bill H.R. 2002, 
     delete lines 1-13.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 164:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 164, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       Restore the matter stricken by said amendment, amended to 
     read as follows:
       Sec. 340. None of the funds in this Act shall be available 
     to pay the salaries and expenses of any individual to arrange 
     tours of scientists or engineers employed by or working for 
     the People's Republic of China, to hire citizens of the 
     People's Republic of China to participate in research 
     fellowships sponsored by the modal administrations of the 
     Department of Transportation, or to provide training or any 
     form of technology transfer to scientists or engineers 
     employed by or working for the People's Republic of China: 
     Provided, That this provision shall not apply to the Federal 
     Aviation Administration or the joint Federal Aviation 
     Administration, Department of Defense and Department of 
     Commerce initiative designed to modernize the air traffic 
     control system of the People's Republic of China.

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       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 167:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 167, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert:
       Sec. 343. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used for improvements to the Miller Highway in New York 
     City, New York.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 174:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 174, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert:
       Sec. 347. (a) In consultation with the employees of the 
     Federal Aviation Administration and such non-governmental 
     experts in personnel management systems as he may employ, and 
     notwithstanding the provisions of title 5, United States 
     Code, and other Federal personnel laws, the Administrator of 
     the Federal Aviation Administration shall develop and 
     implement, not later than January 1, 1996, a personnel 
     management system for the Federal Aviation Administration 
     that addresses the unique demands on the agency's workforce. 
     Such a new system shall, at a minimum, provide for greater 
     flexibility in the hiring, training, compensation, and 
     location of personnel.
       (b) The provisions of title 5, United States Code, shall 
     not apply to the new personnel management system developed 
     and implemented pursuant to subsection (a), with the 
     exception of:
       (1) Section 2302(b), relating to whistleblower protection;
       (2) Sections 3308-3320, relating to veterans' preference;
       (3) Section 7116(b)(7), relating to limitations on the 
     right to strike;
       (4) Section 7204, relating to antidiscrimination;
       (5) Chapter 73, relating to suitability, security, and 
     conduct;
       (6) Chapter 81, relating to compensation for work injury; 
     and
       (7) Chapters 83-85, 87, and 89, relating to retirement, 
     unemployment compensation, and insurance coverage.
       (c) This section shall take effect on April 1, 1996.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 175:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 175, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert:
       Sec. 348. (a) In consultation with such non-governmental 
     experts in acquisition management systems as he may employ, 
     and notwithstanding provisions of Federal acquisition law, 
     the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration 
     shall develop and implement, not later than January 1, 1996, 
     an acquisition management system for the Federal Aviation 
     Administration that addresses the unique needs of the agency 
     and, at a minimum, provides for more timely and cost-
     effective acquisitions of equipment and materials.
       (b) The following provisions of Federal acquisition law 
     shall not apply to the new acquisition management system 
     developed and implemented pursuant to subsection (a):
       (1) Title III of the Federal Property and Administrative 
     Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 252-266).
       (2) The Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 
     401 et seq.);
       (3) The Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 
     (Public Law 103-355);
       (4) The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.), except 
     that all reasonable opportunities to be awarded contracts 
     shall be provided to small business concerns and small 
     business concerns owned and controlled by socially and 
     economically disadvantaged inidividuals;
       (5) The Competition in Contracting Act;
       (6) Subchapter V of Chapter 35 of title 31, relating to the 
     procurement protest system;
       (7) The Brooks Automatic Data Processing Act (40 U.S.C. 
     759); and
       (8) The Federal Acquisition Regulation and any laws not 
     listed in (a) through (e) of this section providing authority 
     to promulgate regulations in the Federal Acquisition 
     Regulation.
       (c) This section shall take effect on April 1, 1996.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 176:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 176, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the section designation of said amendment, 
     insert:
       Sec. 349.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 177:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 177, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the section designation of said amendment, 
     insert:
       Sec. 350.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 178:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 178, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the section designation of said amendment, 
     insert:
       Sec. 351.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 179:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 179, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the section designation of said amendment, 
     insert:
       Sec. 352.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 180:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 180, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the section designation of said amendment, 
     insert:
       Sec. 353.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 182:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 182, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the section designation of said amendment, 
     insert:
       Sec. 354.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 186:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 186, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the section designation of said amendment, 
     insert:
       Sec. 355.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 187:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 187, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the section designation of said amendment, 
     insert:
       Sec. .
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 188:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 188, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert:

     SEC. 357. AUTHORITY TO USE FUNDS FOR SIDING AND INTERMODAL 
                   FACILITY IN RICHLAND COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA.

       Notwithstanding section 22101(a)(3) of title 49, United 
     States Code, the State of North Dakota may use funds 
     available to the State under section 22106(b) of such title 
     for the building of a siding and intermodal facility proposed 
     by the State in Sections 7 and 8, Township 133 North, Range 
     47 West, Richland County, North Dakota.
       And the Senate agree to the same.

     Frank R. Wolf,
     Tom DeLay,
     Ralph Regula,
     Harold Rogers,
     Jim Lightfoot,
     Ron Packard,
     Sonny Callahan,
     Jay Dickey,
     Bob Livingston,
     Martin Olav Sabo (except amendment 174 and amendment 190)
     Richard J. Durbin (except amendment 132, amendment 174, and 
     amendment 190)
     Ronald D. Coleman (except amendment 174)
     Thomas M. Foglietta (except amendment 174)
     David R. Obey (except amendment 174)
                                Managers on the Part of the House.

     Mark O. Hatfield,
     Pete V. Domenici,
     Arlen Specter,
     Christopher S. Bond,
     Slade Gorton,
     Richard C. Shelby,
     Frank R. Lautenberg,
     Tom Harkin,
     Barbara A. Mikulski,
                               Managers on the Part of the Senate.

       JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE

       The managers on the part of the House and the Senate at the 
     conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on 
     amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2002) making 
     appropriations for the Department of Transportation and 
     related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
     1996, and for other purposes, submit the following joint 
     statement to the House and the Senate in explanation of the 
     effect of the action agreed upon by the managers and 
     recommended in the accompanying conference report.


                        congressional directives

       The conferees agree that Executive Branch propensities 
     cannot substitute for Congress' own statements concerning the 
     best evidence of Congressional intentions--that is, the 
     official reports of the Congress. Report language included by 
     the House that is not changed by the report of the Senate, 
     and Senate report language that is not changed by the 
     conference is approved by the committee of conference. The 
     statement of the managers, while repeating some report 
     language for emphasis, is not intended to negate the language 
     referred to above unless expressly provided herein.


                     program, project and activity

       During fiscal year 1996, for the purposes of the Balanced 
     Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 
     99-177), as amended, with respect to funds provided for 

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     the Department of Transportation and related agencies, the 
     terms ``program, project and activity'' shall mean any item 
     for which a dollar amount is contained in an appropriations 
     Act (including joint resolutions providing continuing 
     appropriations) or accompanying reports of the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations, or accompanying 
     conference reports and joint explanatory statements of the 
     committee of conference. In addition, the reductions made 
     pursuant to any sequestration order to funds appropriated for 
     ``Federal Aviation Administration, facilities and equipment'' 
     and for ``Coast Guard, Acquisition, construction, and 
     improvements'' shall be applied equally to each ``budget 
     item'' that is listed under said accounts in the budget 
     justifications submitted to the House and Senate Committees 
     on Appropriations as modified by subsequent appropriation 
     Acts and accompanying committee reports, conference reports, 
     or joint explanatory statements of the committee of 
     conference. The conferees recognize that adjustments to the 
     above allocations may be required due to changing program 
     requirements or priorities. The conferees expect any such 
     adjustment, if required, to be accomplished only through the 
     normal reprogramming process.


                staffing increases provided by congress

       The conferees direct the Department of Transportation to 
     fill expeditiously any positions added in this bill, without 
     regard to agency-specific staffing targets which may have 
     been previously established to meet the mandated government-
     wide staffing reductions. The conferees support the overall 
     staffing reductions, and have made reductions in the bill 
     which more than offset staffing increases provided for a 
     small number of specific activities.

                 TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

                        Office of the Secretary


                         salaries and expenses

       Amendment No. 1: Appropriates $56,189,000 for salaries and 
     expenses of the Office of the Secretary, instead of 
     $55,011,500 as proposed by the House and $56,500,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. Within these funds, the conferees 
     have provided $91,000 and 1 full-time equivalent staff year 
     for aviation information management.
       The conference agreement includes the following changes to 
     the budget request for this office:

Reductions in staff, -8 FTEs..................................-$600,000
Hold reception and representation costs to 1995 levels..........-20,000
Hold travel to $365,000........................................-150,000
Reduce contractual services for acquisition, maintenance and repair of 
  ADP equipment and commercial online data information systems, and 
  other reductions.............................................-500,000
Delete funds for residual functions of the Interstate Commerce 
  Commission.................................................-4,705,000

       Reductions in staff, -8 FTEs.--The conference agreement 
     reduces the number of full time equivalent staff of the 
     Office of the Secretary by 8 full-time equivalent staff years 
     and $600,000. Though the conferees believe that reductions in 
     the number of attorney advisors, public affairs specialists 
     and congressional affairs officers will not undermine the 
     ability of the Department to conduct its core duties and 
     responsibilities, the conference agreement affords the 
     Secretary the flexibility to determine the specific 
     reductions in staff. The Secretary is directed to allocate 
     the reduction in staff and notify the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations within fifteen days after the 
     enactment of this Act.
       Travel, office of the assistant secretary for budget and 
     programs.--The conference agreement includes $5,000 for the 
     travel of the office of the assistant secretary for budget 
     and programs, which is the same level imposed upon the office 
     in fiscal year 1995. The conferees are concerned that travel 
     for this office in fiscal year 1995 may have exceeded last 
     year's directive and that this directive may have been 
     circumvented by using funds from the operating 
     administrations. The conferees reiterate that Congressional 
     directives in this area need to be followed explicitly by 
     this office in the future and direct that no funds be used 
     from other sources to supplement travel by this office.
       Reprogramming procedures.--Over the past year, the 
     conferees have become aware of numerous instances in which 
     various modal administrations of the department have either 
     misinterpreted or disregarded the existing departmental 
     reprogramming procedures, which limit reprogrammings among 
     programs, projects and activities to no more than ten percent 
     unless Congressional approval is granted. The conferees 
     reiterate that the department shall not take any action that 
     would contravene an instruction included in the conference 
     agreement unless such action is in accord with the 
     established reprogramming guidelines and for which previous 
     Congressional approval is provided.
       Office of intermodalism.--The conferees note that in 1991, 
     the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act created 
     the Office of Intermodalism within the Department of 
     Transportation to initiate and promote efficient intermodal 
     transportation. The conferees express their support for the 
     assistance the office has given the Department of Defense in 
     exploring joint-use, civilian/military transportation 
     infrastructure improvements at Biggs Army Airfield located at 
     Fort Bliss, Texas. In consultation and cooperation with Santa 
     Teresa, New Mexico and its proposed intermodal transportation 
     facility, the conferees urge the Department to consider to 
     support actively this venture.
       Amendment No. 2: Provides $40,000 for official reception 
     and representation expenses as proposed by the House instead 
     of $60,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 3: Includes language that prohibits funds 
     from being used to maintain ``custody'' of airline tariffs as 
     proposed by the Senate, instead of language that prohibits 
     funds to maintain ``duplicate physical copies'' of airline 
     tariffs as proposed by the House.
       Amendment No. 4: Includes the words ``and open'' as 
     proposed by the Senate, instead of ``or open them'' as 
     proposed by the House.

                         Office of Civil Rights

       Amendment No. 5: Appropriates $6,554,000 for the Office of 
     Civil Rights as proposed by the House instead of $12,083,000 
     as proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement disallows 
     the transfer of 65 FTEs and $5,158,000 to consolidate 
     external civil rights functions in the office of the 
     secretary. The conferees are concerned that the proposal to 
     consolidate the various modal offices of civil rights into 
     one office under the guidance of the secretary may dilute the 
     power and flexibility of those offices to respond to the 
     needs of small and minority businesses participating in the 
     various programs of the modal administrations.


           transportation planning, research, and development

       Amendment No. 6: Appropriates $8,220,000 for transportation 
     planning, research, and development instead of $3,309,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $9,710,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. The conference agreement provides $3,900,000 for the 
     integrated personnel/payroll system; $2,809,000 for 
     transportation planning studies; $1,000,000 for aviation 
     management systems; and $500,000 for the docket management 
     system. Funding of $6,195,000 for the automated procurement 
     system is deferred.
       Railroad Safety Institute.--The conferees urge the 
     Department to consider providing funds to establish the 
     Railroad Safety Institute. This relates to a Senate provision 
     in amendment numbered 185.


                          working capital fund

       Amendment No. 7: Limits expenses of the working capital 
     fund to $103,149,000, instead of $102,231,000 as proposed by 
     the House and $104,364,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     conference agreement includes the following reductions to the 
     budget request:

Disallowance of transfer from OST of intermodal data network..-$453,000
Hold non-pay inflationary increases to 1.5 percent.............-262,000
Reduction in WCF-funded travel.................................-300,000
Reduction in executive training and development programs.......-200,000

                        payments to air carriers

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                    (airport and airway trust fund)


            (including rescission of contract authorization)

       Amendment No. 8: Appropriates $22,600,000 to liquidate 
     contract authority obligations for payments to air carriers 
     instead of $15,000,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $26,738,536 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 9: Limits obligations for payments to air 
     carriers to $22,600,000, instead of $15,000,000 as proposed 
     by the House and $26,738,536 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conferees fully intend that all essential air service 
     communities that are participating in the program in fiscal 
     year 1995 will continue to be eligible for participation in 
     the essential air service program in fiscal year 1996, albeit 
     at reduced levels. The conferees expect that the Department 
     may be required to make pro-rata reductions in the subsidy or 
     daily/weekly service levels to manage the funding reductions 
     included in the conference report.
       Amendment No. 10: Includes language proposed by the House 
     that prohibits payments to air carriers in communities fewer 
     than seventy highway miles from the nearest large or medium 
     hub airport instead of seventy-five highway miles as proposed 
     by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 11: Deletes ``or small'' proposed by the 
     Senate. The program mileage criteria retained in the 
     conference agreement pertain only to distances from the 
     nearest ``large or medium'' hub airport as proposed by the 
     House.
       Amendment No. 12: Deletes exception to essential air 
     service program mileage criteria for communities having 
     certain airline maintenance facilities proposed by the 
     Senate. The House bill contained no similar exception.
       Amendment No. 13: Includes language proposed by the House 
     that allows essential air service subsidies to communities 
     located greater than two hundred and ten miles from the 
     nearest large or medium hub airport instead of two hundred 
     miles as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 14: Rescinds $16,000,000 in contract 
     authority from the payments to air 

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carriers program instead of $23,600,000 as proposed by the House and 
$11,861,464 as proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement 
rescinds contract authority that is not available for obligation due to 
annual limits on obligations.
       Amendment No. 15: Deletes House language that would require 
     the state, local government, or other non-Federal entity to 
     pay at least fifty percent of the cost of providing essential 
     air service. The conferees recognize that many states' 
     legislatures are not in session at this time and would have 
     difficulty responding to the cost sharing requirements 
     contained in the House bill. The conferees note, however, 
     that states, local governments and non-Federal entitles 
     should begin pursuing cost sharing mechanisms in anticipation 
     of a fifty percent cost share requirement in fiscal year 
     1997.


                            rental payments

       Amendment No. 16: Appropriates $135,200,000 for rental 
     payments instead of $130,803,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $139,689,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 17: Provides $17,685,000 in rental payments 
     from ``Federal-aid highways, Limitation on general operating 
     expenses'' as proposed by the Senate instead of $17,099,000 
     as proposed by the House.


                       minority business outreach

       Amendment No. 18: Appropriates $2,900,000 for minority 
     business outreach activities as proposed by the House instead 
     of $2,100,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 19: Provides that of the funds appropriated 
     for minority business outreach activities, $2,642,000 shall 
     be available until September 30, 1997, as proposed by the 
     House instead of $1,842,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 20: Provides that funds appropriated for 
     minority business outreach activities may be used for 
     business opportunities related to any mode of transportation 
     as proposed by the Senate. The House bill contained no 
     similar provision.


                 interstate commerce commission sunset

       Amendment No. 21: Deletes appropriation of $4,705,000 for 
     the Interstate Commerce Commission Sunset activities proposed 
     by the Senate. The House bill contained no similar 
     appropriation. Funding for these activities is included under 
     amendment numbered 166.

                              Coast Guard


                           operating expenses

       Amendment No. 22: Appropriates $2,278,991,000 for Coast 
     Guard operating expenses instead of $2,565,607,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $2,286,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. The conference agreement assumes that additional 
     funding of $300,000,000 will be provided in the Department of 
     Defense Appropriations Act, 1996.
       The following table shows detailed adjustments to the 
     budget estimate in the House and Senate recommendations and 
     the conference agreement by budget activity:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             House bill         Sente bill         Conference   
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pay and allowances:                                                                                             
    Budget estimate....................................     $1,591,835,000     $1,591,835,000     $1,591,835,000
    Adjustments to budget estimate:                                                                             
    Military pay and benefits:                                                                                  
        Military pay raise (2.2%)......................         -1,401,000                  0                  0
        Military essentiality..........................         -1,000,000                  0         -1,000,000
        General detail.................................         -3,000,000         -3,000,000         -3,000,000
        Leased housing (transfer)......................        -14,900,000        -14,900,000        -14,900,000
    Civilian pay and benefits:                                                                                  
        SES staffing...................................         +1,000,000                  0                  0
        Youth opportunity staffing.....................           -825,000           -825,000           -825,000
    Medical care and equipment: Hold costs to fiscal                                                            
     year 1995 level...................................         -6,300,000                  0         -2,835,000
    Leased housing (by transfer).......................        +14,900,000        +14,900,000        +14,900,000
    Budget activity-wide:                                                                                       
        Accelerate existing streamlining...............         -4,850,000                  0         -4,850,000
        Accelerate fiscal year 1997 restructuring......         -5,000,000                  0                  0
        Undistributed..................................           +175,000         -8,000,000                  0
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
          Amount recommended...........................      1,570,634,000      1,580,010,000      1,579,325,000
                                                        ========================================================
Depot level maintenance:                                                                                        
    Aircraft...........................................        139,041,000        139,041,000        138,124,000
    Electronics........................................         31,549,000         31,549,000         31,549,000
    Shore facilities...................................         95,645,000         94,126,000         93,963,000
    Vessels............................................         99,081,000         99,081,000         98,465,000
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
      Amount recommended...............................        365,316,000        363,797,000        362,101,000
                                                        ========================================================
Operations and support:                                                                                         
    Budget estimate....................................        400,496,000        400,496,000        400,496,000
    Adjustments to budget estimate:                                                                             
    Area operations and support:                                                                                
        Cutters--high endurance........................                  0           -263,000           -263,000
        Area offices...................................                  0           -823,000           -823,000
        Maintenance and logistics commands.............                  0        -12,734,000         -2,734,000
        Communications stations........................                  0           -155,000                  0
    District operations and support:                                                                            
        District offices...............................         -5,600,000                  0         -2,800,000
        Groups and bases...............................                  0           -577,000           -577,000
        Combined group/air stations....................                  0           -359,000           -359,000
        Marine safety offices..........................                  0         -1,285,000         -1,285,000
        LORAN stations.................................                  0           -237,000           -237,000
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
          Amount recommended...........................        394,896,000        394,063,000        391,418,000
                                                        ========================================================
Recruting and training:                                                                                         
    Budget estimate....................................         70,943,000         70,943,000         70,943,000
    Adjustments to budget estimate: Graduate school                                                             
     tuition...........................................         -1,000,000                  0                  0
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
      Amount recommended...............................         69,943,000         70,943,000         70,943,000
                                                        ========================================================
Coast Guard-wide centralized services and support:                                                              
    Budget estimate....................................        189,726,000        189,726,000        189,726,000
        Adjustments to budget estimate:                                                                         
    Headquarters-managed units:                                                                                 
        TISCOM.........................................                  0            -19,000            -19,000
        Military personnel center......................           -150,000                  0           -150,000
        Activities Europe..............................                  0         -1,372,000         -1,372,000
    Headquarters administration:                                                                                
        Hold to 1.7 percent increase...................         -2,000,000                  0         -2,000,000
        Reduce by three-tenths of 1 percent............                  0           -325,000                  0
    Centralized bill paying:                                                                                    
        FTS 2000.......................................         -1,434,000           -560,000           -900,000
        FEC............................................           -647,000                  0           -647,000
        Unemployment compensation......................           -115,000           -115,000           -115,000
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
          Amount recommended...........................        185,380,000        187,335,000        184,523,000
                                                        ========================================================
Account-wide adjustments:                                                                                       
    Recreational equipment.............................           -146,000           -146,000           -146,000
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
    Non-pay inflation..................................         -5,842,000         -5,842,000         -5,842,000
                                                        ========================================================
    Non-operational travel.............................         -1,831,000         -1,831,000         -1,831,000
    MPPC contracting out...............................           -500,000                  0                  0
    Undistributed......................................        -10,243,000         -2,329,000                  0
    VTS contracting out................................         -1,000,000                  0         -1,000,000
    Studies and analysis...............................         -1,000,000                  0           -500,000
    Defense bill--offset...............................                  0       -300,000,000       -300,000,000
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------


                                                                                                                

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----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             House bill         Sente bill         Conference   
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Amount recommended...............................        -20,562,000       -310,148,000       -309,319,000
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
      Total appropriation..............................      2,565,607,000      2,286,000,000      2,278,991,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


       Reprogramming procedures.--The House report expressed 
     concern that the Coast Guard has misinterpreted the existing 
     departmental reprogramming procedures, which limit 
     reprogrammings among programs, projects, and activities 
     (PPAs) to a specified percentage unless Congressional 
     notification and approval is granted, and which define PPAs. 
     In response, the Coast Guard stated they are unaware of any 
     such guidelines. The conferees are concerned that the Coast 
     Guard is unaware of the document titled ``Reprogramming 
     Guidelines'' issued on April 13, 1992 to each of the 
     operating administrations by the Assistant Secretary for 
     Budget and Programs, in which these and other important 
     procedures are specified. Consequently, the conferees direct 
     the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs to re-issue 
     this guidance to all operating administrations as soon as 
     possible, and to report to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations regarding the Coast Guard's compliance with 
     those guidelines under the service's current practices.
       Military/civilian staffing ratio.--The conference agreement 
     includes a reduction of $1,000,000 for conversion of military 
     support positions to civilian positions, as proposed by the 
     House, and no additional senior executive service (SES) 
     positions, as proposed by the Senate. The House believed that 
     a modest increase in the ratio of civilians to military 
     staffing in the Coast Guard and additional SES positions 
     would lead to budget savings, management stability, and 
     stronger ``corporate memory'' than is presently the case. 
     While supporting the concept of military-to-civilian 
     conversion, the Senate assumed no savings from that 
     conversion and did not agree that additional SES positions 
     were necessary. The conferees agree that this topic should be 
     more fully explored, and direct the U.S. General Accounting 
     Office to follow up on its past work in this area by 
     conducting a thorough analysis of the Coast Guard's military/
     civilian staffing ratio to determine the benefits of greater 
     military-to-civilian conversion, including senior civilian 
     management positions such as the senior executive service.
       Marine safety resources.--The conferees concur in the 
     initiative of the Senate and have provided adequate funds 
     within the amounts made available for military pay and marine 
     safety office (MSO) operations to restore the marine safety 
     billets slated for termination. The conferees expect funds 
     provided for MSO operations above the fiscal year 1995 level 
     first to be used for annualization of fiscal year 1995 
     follow-on costs and then to restore the operating costs 
     associated with these 21 billets. The conferees expect the 
     Commandant to submit the report on these restored billets as 
     requested by the Senate.
       Military personnel center.--The conference agreement 
     includes a reduction of $150,000 for recruiting activities. 
     These activities should be funded under ``recruiting and 
     training'', not under this project.
       Vessel traffic service contracting out.--The conference 
     agreement includes a reduction of $1,000,000 in the operating 
     cost of vessel traffic service (VTS) systems across the 
     country, as proposed by the House. This represents a 5 
     percent reduction from the budgeted level of $19,862,000. The 
     conferees believe that VTS system operations are a prime 
     candidate for contract operation, and that such systems could 
     be operated at less cost than is presently the case with 
     government employees. The Coast Guard has a study underway to 
     address the long-term viability of retaining the VTS mission 
     within the Coast Guard budget, and the conferees await the 
     results of that study next year. However, this interim step 
     is necessary due to budget constraints and to assist in 
     determining the lowest cost method of operating VTS systems 
     within the Coast Guard budget.
       Southern Lake Michigan air facility.--The conference report 
     includes funds to maintain a Coast Guard search and rescue 
     air facility located in southern Lake Michigan.
       Amendment No. 23: Provides that, of the total funding 
     provided for ``Operating expenses'', $20,000,000 shall be 
     expended from the Boat Safety Account of the Aquatic 
     Resources Trust Fund instead of $25,000,000 as proposed by 
     the House and no funds as proposed by the Senate. Under 
     current law, the Coast Guard is authorized to expend from the 
     trust fund for boating safety activities an amount equal to 
     the amount appropriated for the boat safety grants program.
       Amendment No. 24: Deletes House language specifying that no 
     less than $314,200,000 is available for drug enforcement 
     activities, as proposed by the Senate.


              Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements

       Amendment No. 25: Appropriates $362,375,000 for 
     ``Acquisition, construction, and improvements'' instead of 
     $375,175,000 as proposed by the House and $366,800,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The conferees also approve 
     reprogramming totaling $38,000,000, resulting in overall 
     program resources of $400,375,000 for fiscal year 1996.
       A table showing the distribution of this appropriation by 
     project as included in the fiscal year 1996 budget estimate, 
     House bill, Senate bill, and the conference agreement 
     follows:

                ACQUISITION CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENTS: CONFERENCE AGREEMENT--FISCAL YEAR 1996               
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                       Fiscal year 1996   Fiscal year 1996   Fiscal year 1996      Conference   
            Program name                   estimate            House              Senate           agreement    
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Vessels:                                                                                                        
    Survey and design--cutters and                                                                              
     boats..........................           $500,000           $500,000           $500,000           $500,000
    Seagoing buoy tender (WLB)                                                                                  
     replacement....................         65,000,000         65,000,000         65,000,000         65,000,000
    Coastal buoy tender (WLM)                                                                                   
     replacement....................         93,000,000         93,000,000         93,000,000         93,000,000
    47-foot motor lifeboat (MLB)                                                                                
     replacement project............            500,000            500,000            500,000            500,000
    Buoy boat replacement project                                                                               
     (BUSL).........................          8,500,000                  0          8,500,000                  0
    Polar icebreaker replacement                                                                                
     follow-on......................          4,300,000          4,300,000                  0                  0
    82-foot WPB capability                                                                                      
     replacement....................          4,000,000                  0                  0                  0
    Norwegian crewing concept                                                                                   
     development (NORCREW)..........          2,000,000          2,000,000                  0                  0
    Self propelled barge replacement            900,000            900,000                  0                  0
    Surface search radar replacement                                                                            
     project........................          3,500,000          3,500,000                  0                  0
    210-foot medium endurance cutter                                                                            
     MMA............................         14,500,000         14,500,000         10,500,000          6,000,000
    378-foot shipboard command &                                                                                
     control........................          1,300,000          1,300,000                  0                  0
    Configuration management........          5,700,000          5,700,000                  0          2,600,000
                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total vesssels................        203,700,000        191,200,000        178,000,000        167,600,000
                                     ===========================================================================
Aircraft:                                                                                                       
    Traffic alert & collision                                                                                   
     avoidance system (TCAS) phase                                                                              
     IV.............................         13,000,000         10,000,000          8,000,000          8,000,000
    Global positioning system                                                                                   
     installation phase VI..........          1,900,000          1,900,000          1,900,000          1,900,000
    HH-65 Helicopter main                                                                                       
     transmission gearbox upgrade                                                                               
     phase II.......................          2,500,000          2,500,000          2,500,000                  0
    HC-130 side looking airborne                                                                                
     radar (SLAR) upgrade...........          2,100,000          2,100,000          2,100,000          2,100,000
                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total aircraft................         19,500,000         16,500,000         14,500,000         12,000,000
                                     ===========================================================================
Other equipment:                                                                                                
    Supply center computer                                                                                      
     replacement....................          1,000,000          1,000,000          1,000,000          1,000,000
    Fleet logistics system..........          3,000,000          3,000,000                  0          3,000,000
    Vessel traffic service (VTS)                                                                                
     system 2000....................          5,000,000          5,000,000          2,000,000          3,400,000
    VTS equipment replacement.......          3,000,000          3,000,000          3,000,000          1,900,000
    Marine information for safety                                                                               
     and law enforcement (MISLE)....         11,000,000         11,000,000         11,000,000         11,000,000
    Conversion of software                                                                                      
     applications...................         11,100,000          6,100,000          9,000,000          8,500,000
    Finance center information                                                                                  
     system replacement.............          2,600,000          2,600,000          2,500,000          2,500,000
    Differential GPS transmitter                                                                                
     replacement....................          1,700,000                  0          1,700,000          1,700,000
    Differential GPS implementation--                                                                           
     second district................          2,400,000                  0          2,400,000                  0
    Search and rescue simulation                                                                                
     model (SARSIM).................            500,000            500,000            500,000            500,000
    Communication systems 2000......         11,000,000          6,000,000         11,000,000         11,000,000
    WLB/WLM support facility........          1,500,000          1,500,000          1,000,000          1,000,000
    Vessel navigation training                                                                                  
     simulator......................          1,500,000          1,500,000          1,500,000          1,500,000
    Local notice to mariners                                                                                    
     automation.....................            500,000            500,000            500,000            500,000
    Global maritime distress and                                                                                
     safety system..................            500,000            500,000            500,000            500,000
    Operational information system..                  0                  0                  0          1,200,000
                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total other equipment.........         56,300,000         42,200,000         47,600,000         49,200,000
                                     ===========================================================================
Shore facilities and aids to                                                                                    
 navigation:                                                                                                    
    Survey and design--Shore                                                                                    
     projects.......................          8,000,000          8,000,000          6,000,000          6,000,000


                                                                                                                

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                                       Fiscal year 1996   Fiscal year 1996   Fiscal year 1996      Conference   
            Program name                   estimate            House              Senate           agreement    
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Minor AC&I shore construction                                                                               
     projects.......................          5,000,000          5,000,000          4,000,000          4,000,000
    Streamlining initiatives........          5,000,000          5,000,000                  0                  0
    Air station consolidation.......          11,00,000         11,000,000                  0                  0
    Coast Guard Yard ship handling                                                                              
     facility (phase II)............         15,100,000                  0          7,000,000          7,000,000
    Public family quarters..........         22,700,000         20,275,000          8,900,000          9,175,000
    Station Boothbay Harbor, ME--                                                                               
     renovate/expand................          2,800,000          2,800,000          2,800,000          2,800,000
    Base South Portland, ME--                                                                                   
     construct station operations                                                                               
     bldg...........................          2,600,000          2,600,000          2,600,000          2,600,000
    Base San Juan, PR--                                                                                         
     reconstruction.................          3,150,000          3,150,000                  0                  0
    Station Port Isabel, TX--                                                                                   
     reconstruct/expand waterfront                                                                              
     facilities.....................          2,650,000          2,650,000          2,650,000          2,650,000
    Station Portage, MI--relocate/                                                                              
     replace station facilities.....          4,200,000          4,200,000          4,200,000          2,300,000
    Station Chetco River, OR--                                                                                  
     construct mooring/waterfront...          2,000,000          2,000,000          2,000,000          2,000,000
    Station Honolulu, HI--                                                                                      
     replacement....................          5,000,000          5,000,000          5,000,000          5,000,000
    Waterways ATON projects.........          5,500,000          5,500,000          4,000,000          4,500,000
    Overseas LORAN closure..........                  0                  0                  0         -1,900,000
Streamlining/initiatives:                                                                                       
    New London, CT: Academy (Roland                                                                             
     Hall renovation)...............          5,100,000          5,100,000                  0          3,900,000
    New London, CT: Academy (CPO &                                                                              
     leadership schools)............                  0                  0          2,500,000          2,500,000
    New London: CT: Academy (Galley                                                                             
     renovation)....................                  0                  0                  0          5,000,000
    Wadsworth, NY: Group/MSO/VTC                                                                                
     Center.........................                  0                  0          9,000,000          9,000,000
    Rosebank, NY: Pier and station                                                                              
     rehabilitation.................                  0                  0          4,000,000          4,000,000
    Rosebank, NY: Moorings..........                  0                  0                  0          3,900,000
    Bayonne, NJ: Pier improvements/                                                                             
     ANT team facilities............                  0                  0          5,700,000          5,700,000
    Sandy Hook, NJ: Construct group                                                                             
     engineering building...........                  0                  0          2,750,000          2,750,000
    Portsmouth, VA: Support center                                                                              
     administrative space...........                  0                  0          4,000,000          4,000,000
    Boston, MA: Support center                                                                                  
     rehabilitation.................                  0                  0          2,000,000          2,000,000
    Yorktown, VA: Reserve training                                                                              
     center yeoman school mods......                  0                  0          1,100,000                  0
                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total shore facilities and                                                                                
       aids to navigation...........         99,800,000         82,200,000         80,200,000         88,875,000
                                     ===========================================================================
Personnel and related support:                                                                                  
    Direct personnel costs..........         48,200,000         42,500,000         46,000,000         44,200,000
    Core acquisition costs..........            700,000            500,000            500,000            500,000
                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total personnel and related...         48,900,000         43,000,000         46,500,000         44,700,000
                                     ===========================================================================
      Total appropriations..........        428,200,000        375,175,000        366,800,000        362,375,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


       Amendment No. 26: Provides $167,600,000 to acquire, repair, 
     renovate or improve vessels, small boats and related 
     equipment instead of $191,200,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $178,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. In addition, the 
     conference agreement includes the reprogramming of 
     $14,000,000 from the seagoing and coastal buoy tender (WLB/
     WLM) programs, to be reallocated to the following programs:

Polar icebreaker replacement.................................$4,300,000
NORCREW search and rescue boat................................2,000,000
Self-propelled barge............................................900,000
Surface search radar replacement..............................3,500,000
378-foot shipboard command and control........................1,300,000
210-foot cutter MMA...........................................2,000,000

       Stern loading buoy boat (BUSL) replacement.--The conference 
     agreement provides no funding for this project, as proposed 
     by the House, instead of $8,500,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. This should be interpreted as a deferral of 
     additional funding, and not Congressional desire to terminate 
     the project. Due to project delays, prior year funding is 
     available to continue this effort through fiscal year 1996 
     without additional appropriation.
       Amendment No. 27: Provides $12,000,000 to acquire new 
     aircraft and increase aviation capability instead of 
     $16,500,000 as proposed by the House and $14,500,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       RU-38A wing assembly upgrade.--The conferees understand the 
     Coast Guard has identified a particular upgrade to the center 
     wing assembly of the RU-38A surveillance aircraft which could 
     significantly enhance the aircraft's service life, range and 
     endurance on operational missions. The conferees understand 
     that additional funding may be required to conduct this 
     upgrade, and encourage the Coast Guard to submit a 
     reprogramming proposal to the Congress for this work if the 
     Coast Guard determines the project to be of sufficient 
     priority.
       Amendment No. 28: Provides $49,200,000 for other equipment 
     instead of $42,200,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $47,600,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Operational information system.--The conference agreement 
     includes $1,200,000 for procurement and evaluation of 
     prototypes of the operational information system (OIS), 
     proposed by the House under the ``Research, development, test 
     and evaluation'' (RDT&E) appropriation. In its appeal to the 
     conferees, the Coast Guard suggested that RDT&E was not the 
     appropriate account for this project. Consequently, the 
     conference agreement includes funding under this 
     appropriation.
       Amendment No. 29: Provides $88,875,000 for shore facilities 
     and aids to navigation facilities instead of $82,275,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $80,200,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. In addition, the conference agreement includes the 
     reprogramming of $24,000,000 from various shore facilities as 
     listed in the Senate report (-$22,100,000) and from the 
     overseas Loran-C closure program (-$1,900,000), to be 
     reallocated to the following programs:

Air station consolidation...................................$11,000,000
Public family quarters.......................................11,100,000
Station Portage, MI...........................................1,900,000

       Amendment No. 30: Provides $44,700,000 for acquisition-
     related personnel compensation, benefits and related costs 
     instead of $43,000,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $46,500,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 31: Deletes House language that would have 
     allowed the Secretary to transfer up to $50,000,000 within 
     the AC&I appropriation for implementation costs associated 
     with Coast Guard streamlining plans. The Senate bill provided 
     funding for specific streamlining projects rather than 
     transfer authority for unspecified projects. The conference 
     agreement adopts the Senate approach, providing $42,750,000 
     for ten streamlining projects. This compares to $31,050,000 
     in the Senate bill. The budget request included $5,000,000 
     for unspecified projects. The conferees are very supportive 
     of the Coast Guard's streamlining efforts and look forward to 
     reviewing specific proposals next year in detail.
       Amendment No. 32: Provides that the Commandant may dispose 
     of surplus real property by sale or lease and the proceeds 
     shall be credited to this appropriation. The Senate bill 
     required disposal by sale or lease. The House bill contained 
     no similar provision.


                        port safety development

       Amendment No. 33: Appropriates $15,000,000 for debt 
     retirement of the Port of Portland, Oregon, to remain 
     available until expended, as proposed by the Senate. The 
     House bill contained no similar appropriation.


                         alteration of bridges

       Amendment No. 34: Appropriates $16,000,000 for the 
     alteration or removal of obstructive bridges as proposed by 
     the House instead of $2,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       A table comparing the fiscal year 1996 estimate, House 
     bill, Senate bill, and conference agreement by bridge and 
     location follows:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                    Fiscal year                                     Conference  
                                                   1996 estimate    House bill      Senate bill      agreement  
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bridge and location:                                                                                            
    Burlington, IA, Burlington Northern RR                                                                      
     Bridge.....................................      $2,000,000      $2,000,000      $2,000,000      $2,000,000
    New Orleans, LA, Florida Avenue RR/HW Bridge  ..............       2,000,000  ..............       2,000,000
    Brunswick, GA, Sidney Lanier HW Bridge......  ..............       8,000,000  ..............       8,000,000
    Chelsea St. Bridge, Boston, MA..............  ..............       2,000,000  ..............       2,000,000
    Limehouse HW Bridge, St. John's Island, SC..  ..............       2,000,000  ..............       2,000,000
                                                 ---------------------------------------------------------------
        Total...................................       2,000,000      16,000,000       2,000,000      16,000,000
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                            reserve training

       Amendment No. 35: Appropriates $62,000,000 for reserve 
     training as proposed by the Senate instead of $61,859,000 as 
     proposed by the House.


              Research, development, test, and evaluation

       Amendment No. 36: Appropriates $18,000,000 for research, 
     development, test, and evaluation instead of $18,500,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $20,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       The following table summarizes the fiscal year 1996 budget 
     estimate, House and Senate recommendations, and the 
     conference agreement by program, project and activity:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                       Fiscal year 1996                                            Conference   
            Program area                   estimate          House bill        Senate bill         agreement    
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Improve search and rescue                                                                                       
 capability:                                                                                                    
    Search planning.................           $100,000           $100,000  .................            100,000
    Search process, platforms and                                                                               
     sensors........................            400,000            400,000  .................            400,000
    Personnel.......................            432,000            432,000  .................            432,000
                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total.........................            932,000            932,000            500,000            932,000
                                     ===========================================================================
Waterways safety and management:                                                                                
    Waterways management............            500,000            500,000  .................            400,000
    Advanced vessel traffic systems/                                                                            
     services.......................            600,000            100,000  .................            275,000
    Integrated navigation systems...            450,000            450,000  .................            450,000
    Short range aids to navigation..            400,000            200,000  .................            200,000
    Advanced GPS development........                  0                  0  .................                  0
    Personnel.......................            864,000            864,000  .................            864,000
                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total.........................          2,814,000          2,114,000          1,325,000          2,189,000
                                     ===========================================================================
Marine safety:                                                                                                  
    Marine safety research..........            530,000            200,000  .................            200,000
    Human factors analysis..........          1,685,000            700,000  .................          1,050,000
    Fire safety for commercial                                                                                  
     vessels........................            960,000            750,000  .................            750,000
    Personnel.......................            972,000            700,000  .................            700,000
                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total.........................          4,147,000          2,350,000          2,000,000          2,700,000
                                     ===========================================================================
Ship structure committee:                                                                                       
    Support for Committee...........            250,000                  0                  0                  0
    Personnel.......................             36,000                  0                  0                  0
                                     ===========================================================================
      Total.........................            286,000                  0                  0                  0
                                     ===========================================================================
Marine environmental protection:                                                                                
    Planning, management and                                                                                    
     training.......................            150,000            150,000  .................            150,000
    Detection/surveillance systems..                  0                  0  .................                  0
    Oil pollution response..........            850,000            500,000  .................            625,000
    Personnel health and safety.....             75,000             75,000  .................             75,000
    Port demonstration project......                  0                  0  .................                  0
      OPA90 regional grant program..                  0                  0  .................                  0
    HazChem countermeasures and                                                                                 
     safety.........................                  0                  0  .................                  0
    Personnel.......................            504,000            504,000  .................            504,000
                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total.........................          1,579,000          1,229,000           1,075,00          1,354,000
                                     ===========================================================================
Maritime law enforcement:                                                                                       
    Surveillance....................            725,000            725,000  .................            725,000
    Vessel search...................                  0                  0  .................                  0
    Sensor integration information..                  0                  0  .................                  0
    Personnel.......................            504,000            504,000  .................            504,000
                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total.........................          1,229,000          1,229,000            725,000          1,229,000
                                     ===========================================================================
Safety and environmental compliance:                                                                            
    Cutter fire safety technology...            600,000            586,000                  0            586,000
    Pollution prevention............            500,000            500,000                  0            500,000
    Aviation engineering support....             75,000                  0                  0                  0
    Vessel loss exposure and risk                                                                               
     analysis methology.............            620,000            620,000                  0            620,000
    Personnel.......................            612,000            612,000  .................            612,000
                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total.........................          2,407,000          2,318,000                  0          2,318,000
                                     ===========================================================================
Human resource management                                                                                       
 effectiveness:                                                                                                 
    Training techniques and                                                                                     
     technologies...................            300,000                  0                  0            100,000
    Staffing standards development..                  0                  0                  0                  0
    Personnel.......................            144,000                  0                  0                  0
                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total.........................            444,000                  0                  0            100,000
                                     ===========================================================================
Command, control, computers and                                                                                 
 intelligence:                                                                                                  
    Information systems.............            280,000          1,780,000                  0            280,000
    Advanced communications systems.                  0                  0                  0                  0
    Personnel.......................            648,000            648,000                  0            648,000
                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total.........................            928,000          2,428,000                  0            928,000
                                     ===========================================================================
Technology base:                                                                                                
    Future technology assessment....            300,000                  0                  0                  0
    Modeling........................            150,000                  0                  0                  0
    Select projects.................            450,000            300,000                  0            300,000
    Personnel.......................            684,000            200,000                  0            200,000
                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total.........................          1,584,000            500,000                  0            500,000
                                     ===========================================================================
R&D personnel, program support and                                                                              
 operations                                                                                                     
    Admin/support personnel and                                                                                 
     related costs..................          3,100,000          2,600,000                  0          2,850,000
    Support and operations..........          1,700,000          1,500,000                  0          1,600,000
    R&D management info system                                                                                  
     development....................            500,000            450,000                  0            450,000
    Modernization of F&STD test                                                                                 
     facilities.....................            850,000            850,000                  0            850,000
                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total.........................          6,150,000          5,400,000                  0          5,750,000
                                     ===========================================================================
Mission capabilities assessment.....                  0                  0          1,780,000                  0
    Multimission/administrative                                                                                 
     support........................                  0                  0         12,595,000                  0
Other projects:                                                                                                 
    South Florida oil spill research                                                                            
     center.........................                  0                  0                  0                  0
    Maritime Fire and Research                                                                                  
     Assoc..........................                  0                  0                  0                  0
                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total.........................                  0                  0                  0                  0
                                     ===========================================================================
      Total appropriations..........         22,500,000         18,500,000         20,000,000         18,000,000
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                              boat safety

                     (aquatic resources trust fund)

       Amendment No. 37: Appropriations $20,000,000 for boat 
     safety grants as proposed by the House instead of no funding 
     as proposed by the Senate. The budget proposal and the Senate 
     recommendation assumed this program would be fully funded as 
     a mandatory appropriation beginning in fiscal year 1996. When 
     combined with an estimated $10,000,000 in mandatory spending 
     authorized by the Clean Vessel Act of 1992, total program 
     resources are $30,000,000 for fiscal year 1996, which 
     compares to $32,500,000 for fiscal year 1995.
       Notwithstanding the difficult budget constraints faced by 
     the Congress, the conferees believe that to convert 
     discretionary grant programs such as this one to mandatory 
     funding--avoiding annual budget review and competition with 
     other programs in the appropriations process--would undermine 
     fiscal constraint and lessen Congressional oversight in an 
     area which has the country's second highest number of 
     transportation-related fatalities and is currently on the 
     National Transportation Safety Board's list of ``most 
     wanted'' safety improvements. Rather than put this program on 
     an automatic spending status and lessen oversight, the 
     conferees believe the Coast Guard and the department could 
     more effectively use these grant funds to target states with 
     poor boat safety records, and provide leveraged funding for 
     safety improvements.
       The conferees also note the Coast Guard is in error when it 
     assumes that funding for this and other maritime programs 
     comes at the expense of its operating budget. The conferees 
     wish to make clear to the Coast Guard and the department 
     that, while funding for boating safety grants is clearly a 
     portion of the overall allocation of budgetary resources in 
     this bill, it should not be assumed that reductions have been 
     made in Coast Guard operating expenses to accommodate this or 
     any other important maritime programs in the bill.


                             emergency fund

                (limitation on permanent appropriations)

                    (oil spill liability trust fund)

       Amendment No. 38: Deletes limitation of $3,000,000 on the 
     permanent appropriation authorized in section 1012(a)(4) of 
     the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 proposed by the House. The 
     Senate bill contained no similar limitation.

                    Federal Aviation Administration


                               operations

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Amendment No. 39: Inserts heading ``including transfer of 
     funds'' as proposed by the Senate. This is necessary due to 
     the disposition of amendment numbered 46.
       Amendment No. 40: Appropriates $4,645,712,000 for FAA 
     operations instead of $4,600,000,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $4,550,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The following table summarizes adjustments to the budget 
     estimate in the House and Senate bills and the conference 
     agreement, by budget activity:

                                                 FAA OPERATIONS                                                 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                   Conference   
                                                             House bill        Senate bill         agreement    
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Operation of the ATC system:                                                                                    
    Budget estimate....................................      2,228,634,000      2,228,634,000      2,228,634,000
    Adjustments to budget estimate:                                                                             
        Contract tower streamlining....................         -6,520,000                  0                  0
        ``Quality through partnership''................         -1,790,000                  0         -1,790,000
        General reduction..............................                  0        -28,310,000                  0
        Acclerated promotion...........................                  0                  0         -4,300,000
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
          Amount recommended...........................      2,220,324,000      2,200,324,000      2,222,544,000
                                                        ========================================================
NAS logistics support:                                                                                          
    Budget estimate....................................        185,158,000        185,158,000        185,158,000
    Adjustments to budget estimate:                                                                             
        Motor fleet, FAALC.............................         -3,100,000                  0                  0
        Depot spares...................................         +4,000,000                  0                  0
        General reduction..............................                  0         +4,493,000                  0
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
          Amount recommended...........................        186,058,000        180,665,000        185,158,000
                                                        ========================================================
Maintenance of ATC system:                                                                                      
    Budget estimate....................................        868,297,000        868,297,000        868,297,000
    Adjustments to budget estimate:                                                                             
        AMASS maintenance..............................         -2,000,000                  0         -2,000,000
        OASIS maintenance..............................           -100,000                  0           -100,000
        Undefined inflation............................                  0         -3,602,000         -3,602,000
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
          Amount recommended...........................        866,197,000        864,695,000        862,595,000
                                                        ========================================================
Leased telecommunications:                                                                                      
    Budget estimate....................................        328,423,000        328,423,000        328,423,000
    Adjustments to budget estimate:                                                                             
        Administrative communications..................         -4,680,000                  0         -1,500,000
        WECO switch offset.............................         -2,000,000                  0         -2,000,000
        General reduction..............................                  0         -2,078,000                  0
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
          Amount recommended...........................        321,743,000        326,345,000        324,923,000
                                                        ========================================================
Aviation regulation/certification:                                                                              
    Budget estimate....................................        399,711,000        399,711,000        399,711,000
    Adjustments to budget estimate:                                                                             
        Flight standards staff increase................         -4,954,000         -4,954,000                  0
        New data systems...............................         -1,634,000         -1,634,000         -1,634,000
        PCS moves......................................           -617,000           -617,000           -617,000
        OMEGA navigation system........................         -8,556,000         -2,056,000         -1,840,000
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
          Amount recommended...........................        383,950,000        390,450,000        395,620,000
                                                        ========================================================
Aviation standards:                                                                                             
    Budget estimate....................................        111,395,000        111,395,000        111,395,000
    Adjustments to budget estimate:                                                                             
        Hold costs to fiscal year 1995 level...........         -2,644,000         -2,644,000         -2,644,000
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
          Amount recommended...........................        108,751,000        108,751,000        108,751,000
                                                        ========================================================
Aviation security:                                                                                              
    Budget estimate....................................         65,769,000         65,769,000         65,769,000
    Adjustments to budget estimate:                                                                             
        Hold costs to fiscal year 1995 level...........           -920,000                  0                  0
        General reduction..............................                  0           -769,000                  0
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
          Amount recommended...........................         64,849,000         65,000,000         65,769,000
                                                        ========================================================
NAS Design and management                                                                                       
    Budget estimate....................................         53,277,000         53,277,000         53,277,000
    Adjustments to budget estimate:                                                                             
        General reduction..............................         -8,277,000           -277,000         -3,000,000
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
          Amount recommended...........................         45,000,000         53,000,000         50,277,000
                                                        ========================================================
Administration of airports:                                                                                     
    Budget estimate....................................         42,173,000         42,173,000         42,173,000
    Adjustments to budget estimate:                                                                             
        Staffing increase..............................           -643,000           -673,000           -650,000
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
          Amount recommended...........................         41,530,000         41,500,000         41,523,000
                                                        ========================================================


                                                                                                                

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                                            FAA OPERATIONS--Continued                                           
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                                                                                                   Conference   
                                                             House bill        Senate bill         agreement    
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Commercial space transportation:                                                                                
    Budget estimate....................................          6,541,000          6,541,000          6,541,000
    Adjustments to budget estimate:                                                                             
        Hold travel to fiscal year 1995 level..........            -45,000            -45,000            -45,000
        Contract programs..............................           -666,000           -666,000           -666,000
        Delete industry support........................            -60,000            -60,000            -60,000
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
          Amount recommended...........................          5,770,000          5,770,000          5,770,000
                                                        ========================================================
Human resource management:                                                                                      
    Budget estimate....................................        231,947,000        231,947,000        231,947,000
    Adjustments to budget estimate:                                                                             
        Labor, personnel and human relations...........        -22,142,000                  0        -17,197,000
        Centralized training...........................        -10,050,000                  0         -8,000,000
        MARC...........................................           +250,000                  0           +250,000
        General reduction..............................                  0        -23,447,000                  0
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
          Amount recommended...........................        200,005,000        208,500,000        207,000,000
                                                        ========================================================
Executive direction and management:                                                                             
    Budget estimate....................................        189,216,000        189,216,000        189,216,000
    Adjustments to budget estimate:                                                                             
        Staffing reductions............................         -5,390,000                  0         -3,169,000
        Regional public affairs staffing...............         -2,047,000                  0         -2,047,000
        General reduction..............................         -6,779,000         -9,216,000                  0
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
          Amount recommended...........................        175,000,000        180,000,000        184,000,000
                                                        ========================================================
Account-wide adjustments:                                                                                       
    Administration aircraft............................         -3,600,000                  0         -1,500,000
    Adjustments to budget estimate:                                                                             
    SAE grant..........................................           -105,000                  0                  0
    Overseas personnel assignments.....................           -500,000                  0           -500,000
    Non-pay inflation..................................         -4,824,000                  0         -4,824,000
    Workers' compensation..............................         -1,394,000                  0         -1,394,000
    Undistributed......................................         -8,754,000        -15,000,000                  0
    Operational pay differential.......................                  0        -45,000,000                  0
    Non-pay inflation, administrative aircraft, and GSA                                                         
     vehicles..........................................                  0         -5,000,000                  0
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
          Amount recommended...........................        -19,177,000        -65,000,000         -8,218,000
                                                        ========================================================
Offsetting receipts: Amount recommended                                  0        -10,000,000                  0
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
      Total appropriation..............................      4,600,000,000      4,550,000,000      4,645,712,000
      Transfer from Coast Guard........................  .................  .................         60,000,000
      Total funding....................................      4,600,000,000      4,550,000,000      4,705,712,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


       Contract tower streamlining program.--The conferees agree 
     to restore the reduction of $6,520,000 proposed by the House 
     for this program, but agree with the House's observation that 
     in past years, funds for this important program have not been 
     spent as intended, but reprogrammed to other activities. The 
     conferees believe these delays have been at least partly due 
     to wage determinations required administratively by the 
     Department of Labor. Since the conferees agree with the 
     Senate language amending and streamlining the wage 
     determination process, it is hoped the contract tower program 
     will move forward without further delay and achieve the 
     promised budgetary savings. The FAA is directed not to 
     reprogram any of the $6,520,000 appropriated for this 
     program.
       ``Quality through partnership'' program.--The conference 
     agreement deletes the $1,790,000 budgeted for this program, 
     as proposed by the House. The conferees direct that no funds 
     be reprogrammed for this activity during fiscal year 1996.
       Accelerated promotion.--Since completion of House and 
     Senate action on this bill, program savings of $4,300,000 
     have been found resulting from discontinuation of the 
     accelerated promotion program for air traffic controllers. 
     When the Training Agreement for Accelerated Promotions 
     expired on July 15, 1995 and the administration made a 
     decision not to renew the program, these funds became excess 
     to budgetary requirements. This program allowed controllers 
     to receive grade-to-grade promotions without fulfilling the 
     time-in-grade requirements applicable to other federal 
     employees. The conferees have used these savings to restore 
     funding for additional FAA safety and certification 
     inspectors, in order to provide the highest level of aviation 
     safety possible.
       Aviation safety inspectors.--The conference agreement fully 
     funds the administration's request for 233 additional 
     aviation safety inspectors, including an additional 117 
     general aviation inspectors. This is in addition to the 
     increase in staffing provided for fiscal year 1995. Between 
     fiscal year 1994 and 1996, end-of-year staffing in this area 
     has risen from 4,051 to a funded level of 4,606, a two-year 
     increase of almost 14 percent. Despite difficult budget 
     constraints, the conferees believe this is a high priority 
     safety area worthy of additional funding.
       Flight service stations.--The conferees do not intend for 
     FAA to close flight service stations not in the currently-
     approved plan, and believe funding in the conference 
     agreement is sufficient for the FAA to continue to operate 
     and maintain its existing network of flight service stations 
     around the country.
       Allocation of budget reductions.--The conferees reiterate 
     to FAA and departmental officials that the funding 
     allocations and reductions specified in the bill, as detailed 
     and explained in this joint explanatory statement of the 
     committee of conference, are the best expressions of 
     Congressional intentions regarding the proper uses of 
     appropriated funds. Should the department decide to reduce 
     activities below the levels specified or implied herein, and 
     in particular if activities are to be substantially reduced 
     or terminated by agency action which is not specifically 
     addressed in this statement, the department shall receive 
     prior Congressional approval through the reprogramming 
     process.
       Mid America Aviation Resource Consortium.--The conferees 
     agree to provide $250,000 for continued support of the Mid-
     America Aviation Resource Consortium, as proposed by the 
     House, but intend that this be the final year of federal 
     support for this facility unless requested in the President's 
     budget.
       Loran-C automatic blink system.--The conferees agree with 
     the House's direction to expedite implementation of the 
     automatic blink system for the Loran-C navigation system.
       Aurora, IL en route center.--The conferees recognize the 
     urgency of solving the problems causing computer outages at 
     the FAA's air traffic control center in Aurora, Illinois. The 
     Aurora center is one of the busiest in the world and a 
     critical link in our nation's air traffic control system. 
     Years of delay in updating the present equipment have 
     resulted in an obsolete, aged, and failure-prone system in 
     the Aurora center. FAA has worked diligently to develop an 
     interim solution to this problem as quickly as is 
     technologically feasible, pending installation of a new air 
     traffic control system for the nation. The conferees deem 
     maintenance of reliable operational capability at the Aurora 
     center to be in the national interest of maintaining an 
     efficient and viable national air transportation system, and 
     deem the implementation of interim solutions to the problems 
     causing computer outages to be an urgent national priority. 
     FAA should simplify and expedite its procurement process to 
     the maximum extent feasible, and should allocate all 
     necessary personnel resources to assure that the existing 
     system remains in reliable working order. If FAA determines 
     that additional technological or personnel resources are 
     necessary to develop and implement interim solutions to these 
     problems, then the Congress would give serious consideration 
     to providing such additional resources. The conference 
     agreement includes $20,000,000, as proposed by the Senate, 
     for the display channel complex rehost program, which will 
     upgrade the computers at Aurora and similar centers.
       Amendment No. 41: Provides that $2,222,859,100 shall be 
     derived from the airport and airway trust fund instead of 
     $1,871,500,000 as proposed by the House and $1,865,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 42: Allows funds for any ``agency'' services 
     to be credited to this appropriation, as proposed by the 
     Senate. The House bill specified that only receipts for 
     ``aviation'' services be credited to the appropriation.
       Amendment No. 43: Requires that funds credited to the 
     appropriation be ``receipts 

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     for'' certain services, as proposed by the Senate. The House 
     bill contained no similar language.
       Amendment No. 44: Deletes Senate language allowing 
     $10,000,000 in additional safety and security fees to be 
     credited to this appropriation. The conferees have not yet 
     seen adequate details from the administration demonstrating 
     the unequivocal need for new fees, and explanation and 
     justification of the specific fees to be imposed, or a 
     convincing argument that the FAA's cost structure is of such 
     efficiency that new fees or taxes are necessary. In addition, 
     the conferees believe there will be substantial savings 
     achieved through the FAA reform provisions enacted in this 
     bill and the broader revisions currently under consideration 
     in the authorization process. Such cost savings, combined 
     with further review of the agency's cost structure, could 
     obviate or minimize the need for additional fees.
       Amendment No. 45: The conference agreement deletes language 
     proposed by the Senate which would have begun a three year 
     phaseout of the ``five percent bonus pay'' for air traffic 
     controllers and technicians, and inserts new language 
     allowing the Secretary of Transportation permissive transfer 
     authority of up to $60,000,000 from Coast Guard ``Operating 
     expenses'' to augment funding for air traffic control 
     operations and maintenance to enhance safety and security.
       FAA operations funding and transfer flexibility.--Since 
     consideration of the fiscal year 1996 transportation 
     appropriations bill by the House and Senate, the 
     administration has raised the priority of funding for FAA 
     operations and maintenance. For example, in a September 13, 
     1995 letter to the House and Senate Appropriations 
     Committees, the director of the Office of Management and 
     Budget advised ``the administration has serious concerns that 
     the funding level for Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 
     Operations would make it difficult to continue today's high 
     levels of aviation safety. The administration's highest 
     priority is that FAA operations be funded at the requested 
     level.''
       The conferees have given the utmost consideration to the 
     administration's priorities. The conference agreement 
     includes an appropriation for FAA operations above the levels 
     proposed in either the House or Senate bill. In addition, the 
     agreement includes the authority for the Secretary of 
     Transportation to transfer up to $60,000,000 from Coast Guard 
     ``Operating expenses'' to augment the FAA's operating budget 
     for air traffic control operations and maintenance activities 
     which enhance aviation safety and security. It is not clear 
     at this time how much of this authority might be required, 
     but the conferees wish to provide maximum flexibility in the 
     event of a critical shortfall. With the transfer, total 
     funding for FAA operations in this bill is $4,705,712,000, 
     slightly above the administration's request.
       In addition, the conference agreement fully restores the 
     requested increase for aviation safety inspectors and 
     implements significant FAA personnel and procurement reforms. 
     The first action addresses a high administration priority and 
     provides the maximum resources possible for an important 
     safety initiative. Personnel and procurement reforms are 
     expected to free up significant operating funds or air 
     traffic control and safety-related activities. Overall, the 
     conferees are confident that the increased funding level, 
     combined with transfer flexibility and these additional 
     actions, will be sufficient to maintain aviation safety over 
     the coming year despite the difficult budget environment and 
     the necessity for government-wide downsizing.
       Five percent bonus pay.--The conference agreement restores 
     the reduction of $45,000,000 to begin a three year phaseout 
     of this pay proposed by the Senate. However, in order to 
     accommodate the $88,600,000 estimated for this program, the 
     conferees were required to hold funding for the airport 
     improvement program to the fiscal year 1995 level of 
     $1,450,000,000. Given the high priority placed on the five 
     percent bonus by the administration and the desire to 
     maintain morale in the air traffic controller workforce, the 
     conferees believe it prudent and necessary to delay some 
     airport construction projects to finance continuation of this 
     important activity.
       Aviation security.--The conference agreement fully funds 
     the administration's request of $65,769,000 for aviation 
     security activities due to the high priority of this activity 
     given recent threat assessments.
       Amendment No. 46: Provides for the transfer of unexpended 
     balances from prior appropriations for the office of 
     commercial space transportation to this appropriation, and 
     prohibits airport and airway trust fund resources from being 
     used to support the office of commercial space 
     transportation, as proposed by the Senate. The House bill 
     contained no similar provisions. The conference agreement 
     transfers this office from the office of the secretary of 
     transportation to the FAA.


                        facilities and equipment

                    (airport and airway trust fund)

       Amendment No. 47: Appropriates $1,934,883,000 for 
     facilities and equipment instead of $2,000,000,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $1,890,377,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       The following table summarizes the fiscal year 1996 budget 
     estimate, House and Senate recommended levels, and the 
     conference agreement by program, project, and activity:

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       Automated surface observing system.--In its July 30, 1992 
     report on the fiscal year 1993 DOT Appropriations Bill, the 
     Senate Appropriations Committee noted that certain critical 
     requirements for the automated surface observing system 
     (ASOS) appeared to be unfunded and not included in the 
     original ASOS contract. In a report to Congress dated July 
     26, 1993, the Acting Administrator of the FAA noted that 
     ground-to-air radios, freezing rain sensors, and improved 
     tower displays were ``considered urgent to achieve successful 
     completion of the ASOS program''. According to the FAA, 
     additional funding was not required for the radios, the rain 
     sensors would be funded over fiscal years 1994 and 1995, and 
     the display upgrade only awaited a cost estimate from the 
     National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Given these 
     statements, the conferees were surprised to learn that a 
     recent ASOS program review revealed unfunded costs of 
     approximately $25,000,000 for these items, as well as 
     unfunded maintenance costs. The FAA is now developing a plan 
     to use a large portion of the fiscal year 1996 funds--
     appropriated to procure 106 additional systems--to address 
     this shortfall instead. The conferees emphatically direct the 
     FAA to use the fiscal year 1996 funding to procure the 
     additional ASOS systems, as was justified to the Congress in 
     the President's budget request.
       The conferees are disappointed to learn that the FAA did 
     not resolve these problems in 1993, as it led Congress to 
     believe, and are concerned that this is one more example of 
     an FAA acquisition culture in great need of the reforms 
     contained in this bill. If the FAA's estimates of a shortfall 
     are correct, then a reprogramming of non-ASOS funds should be 
     submitted for consideration through the normal process, in an 
     expedited manner as would be suggested by the agency's past 
     statements regarding the urgency of these improvements. In 
     addition, the conferees direct the FAA to report to the House 
     and Senate Committees on Appropriations by December 1, 1995 
     on the agency's plans to close the gap of installed versus 
     commissioned sites, without interrupting the scheduled 
     procurement of ASOS units.
       The conferees direct the FAA to expedite installation of 
     the long line connection providing ASOS data between the Ames 
     Airport, Iowa and the national weather net.
       Terminal area surveillance system.--The conference 
     agreement provides $5,000,000 for the terminal area 
     surveillance system (TASS) as proposed by the Senate instead 
     of $5,800,000 as proposed by the House. In its appeal to the 
     conferees, the FAA stated ``the TASS program has been 
     restructured from a single, multi-function system acquisition 
     program to a program focused on research into subsystem 
     performance enhancements.'' The conferees have no information 
     on this restructured program, and believe the TASS 
     development and acquisition program should proceed as 
     scheduled and planned prior to any restructuring. Fiscal year 
     1996 funding is provided specifically for the TASS system 
     acquisition program and not for any subsystem enhancements.
       Low-cost ASDE and non-radar runway incursion 
     technologies.--The conferees agree that the FAA should 
     explore lower cost surface detection technology solutions for 
     airports not scheduled to receive ASDE-3 equipment. The 
     conferees agree to provide $5,000,000 for the development and 
     demonstration of lower cost phased array surface detection 
     technology, instead of $8,000,000 as proposed by the House. 
     Funds should be used for purchase and installation of one 
     such system and for administrative costs related to 
     demonstration and evaluation of the system.
       Terminal doppler weather radar.--The conference agreement 
     does not include additional funding for the acquisition of 
     five new terminal doppler weather radars proposed by the 
     House. The conferees, however, are not convinced that the 
     ASR/windshear alert program, now in the research phase, will 
     be a cost-effective alternative to terminal doppler weather 
     radar in meeting future windshear requirements. The FAA has 
     not provided sufficient data regarding the performance of the 
     ASR/windshear alert program in dry regions of the country. 
     Moreover, under current projects, the ASR/windshear alert 
     program will not be commissioned until the year 2002. During 
     the fiscal year 1997 hearing cycle, the conferees expect to 
     further explore the efficacy of the ASR/windshear alert 
     program. In the interim, the conferees expect the FAA to move 
     forward with site surveys for the next five sites for which 
     TDWR systems are indicated, and to report on its progress no 
     later than sixty days following enactment of this Act. In 
     addition, the conferees direct the FAA to update the needs 
     requirement analysis for the terminal doppler weather program 
     that was first done in 1986 no later than sixty days 
     following enactment of this Act. The update should include a 
     review of the 47 sites included in the existing contract and 
     the 53 sites not scheduled under the current contract. The 
     conferees direct the FAA to review those sites experiencing 
     significant delays in the installation of TDWRs in the 
     existing contract and certify that each is likely to be 
     commissioned. With that review, and based upon the site 
     selection review for the next five sites, the FAA is urged to 
     request reprogramming permission, if necessary to continue 
     the TDWR program in fiscal year 1996.
       The conferees want to reiterate that funding for any TDWR 
     environmental impact statement (EIS) shall not prejudge the 
     outcome of the EIS for any particular site in New York except 
     as previously cited (North Belmore and Roslyn, New York).
       Instrument landing systems-establishment.--The conference 
     agreement provides $35,000,000 as proposed by the Senate 
     instead of $33,500,000 as proposed by the House. Of the 
     amount provided, $3,500,000 is for a category II ILS on 
     runway 7/25 in Rockford, Illinois, and $1,500,000 is for 
     benefit-cost analysis, environmental assessment, site survey, 
     and other activities necessary to determine the requirements 
     for an ILS (category I, II, or III) at Lanai Airport, Hawaii. 
     The conference agreement includes funding for a category III 
     ILS on runway 12L/30R at Lambert-St. Louis International 
     Airport, not runway 14R as specified in the House report.
       St. Paul, MN downtown airport tower.--In fiscal year 1995, 
     Congress provided $3,476,000 for the St. Paul, Minnesota 
     Downtown Airport to build a replacement air traffic control 
     tower. The FAA, however, used the airport's money to finance 
     cost overruns on another project. Given that the FAA 
     requested and Congress provided funds for the St. Paul tower 
     in fiscal year 1995, the conferees urge the FAA to honor 
     their prior agreement and make available the funds necessary 
     to build the replacement tower at the St. Paul Downtown 
     Airport.
       Financial baseline control notices.--The conferees 
     reiterate the House's direction that all financial baseline 
     control notices are to be submitted to the Congress at the 
     time they are approved by the agency. The documents 
     themselves should be submitted. The Appropriations Committees 
     will review this practice at the end of the fiscal year to 
     determine whether it should be continued.
       Support contracts.--A recent FAA study concluded that the 
     agency uses far too many support contractors, that agency 
     personnel could be much more cost conscious in their 
     contracting and oversight methods, and that in many cases, 
     contract employees are collated with FAA staff and virtually 
     indistinguishable from government employees. While the 
     conferees have high regard for the work of FAA's support 
     contractors, the study nevertheless raises questions about 
     the extensive nature of such contracts within the FAA. 
     Therefore, the conferees direct the FAA to report to the 
     House and Senate Committees on Appropriations by March 30, 
     1996 on its plan for resolving the findings and implementing 
     the recommendations of this study. This report should include 
     a discussion of the extent to which the procurement reforms 
     in this bill lessen the need for support contracts to meet 
     the current requirements of the procurement process.
       Amendment No. 48: Provides that, of the total amount 
     appropriated, $1,718,883,000 is available for three years, 
     instead of $1,784,000,000 in the House bill and 
     $1,674,377,000 in the Senate bill. This is the amount 
     provided for budget activities one through four.
       Amendment No. 49: Includes technical change proposed by the 
     Senate, deleting the word ``and'' to allow inclusion of 
     language contained in amendment numbered 50.
       Amendment No. 50: Provides that, of the total amount 
     appropriated, $10,000,000 is for noncompetitive cooperative 
     agreements with air carriers for acquisition, installation, 
     and evaluation of certain specified airport security 
     equipment, as proposed by the Senate. The House bill 
     contained no similar provision, although $10,000,000 was 
     provided for such equipment in the overall appropriation.


                        facilities and equipment

                    (airport and airway trust fund)

                              (rescission)

       Amendment No. 51: Rescinds $60,000,000 as proposed by the 
     House instead of $70,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.


                 research, engineering, and development

                    (airport and airway trust fund)

       Amendment No. 52: Appropriates $185,698,000 for research, 
     engineering, and development instead of $143,000,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $215,886,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       The following table summarizes the fiscal year 1996 
     estimate, House and Senate recommendations, and the 
     conference agreement, by program, project, and activity:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                       Fiscal year 1996                                            Conference   
            Program name                   estimate          House bill        Senate bill         agreement    
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
System development and                                                                                          
 infrastructure.....................        $13,551,000         $8,800,000        $12,500,000        $10,000,000
    System planning and resource                                                                                
     management.....................          3,953,000          3,000,000          3,700,000          2,000,000
    Technical laboratory facility...          9,598,000          5,800,000          8,800,000          8,000,000
Capacity and air traffic management                                                                             
 technology.........................         79,205,000         25,129,000         50,800,000         37,200,000
    Air traffic management                                                                                      
     technology.....................          9,875,000                  0          8,000,000          3,500,000
    Oceanic automation program......         10,470,000          8,000,000          8,000,000          8,000,000
    Terminal air traffic control                                                                                
     automation (TATCA).............         15,624,000                  0                  0                  0
    Runway incursion reduction......          8,177,000                  0          8,000,000          4,000,000
    System capacity, planning and                                                                               
     improvements...................         12,256,000          6,000,000         12,000,000          9,000,000


                                                                                                                

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                                       Fiscal year 1996                                            Conference   
            Program name                   estimate          House bill        Senate bill         agreement    
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Cockpit technology..............          8,266,000          6,500,000          8,200,000          6,700,000
    General aviation/vertical flight                                                                            
     technology.....................          3,327,000          2,629,000          2,600,000          2,600,000
    Modeling, analysis, and                                                                                     
     simulation.....................          7,807,000          2,000,000          4,000,000          3,400,000
    Future airway facilities                                                                                    
     technology.....................          3,403,000                  0                  0                  0
Communications, navigation and                                                                                  
 surveillance.......................         31,330,000         20,000,000         25,963,000         23,000,000
    Communications..................         15,367,000         10,000,000         10,000,000         10,000,000
    Navigation......................         15,963,000         10,000,000         15,963,000         13,000,000
    Surveillance....................                  0                  0                  0                  0
Weather.............................          6,493,000          6,493,000          6,493,000          6,493,000
Airport technology..................          9,278,000          1,000,000          8,000,000          6,000,000
Aircraft safety technology..........         47,547,000         29,578,000         40,548,000         37,978,000
    Aircraft systems fire safety....          3,906,000                  0                  0                  0
    Advanced materials/structural                                                                               
     safety.........................          2,973,000          2,000,000          2,500,000          2,000,000
    Propulsion and fuel systems.....          4,059,000                  0          4,055,000          3,400,000
    Flight safety/atmospheric                                                                                   
     hazards research...............          4,173,000          4,173,000          4,173,000          4,173,000
    Aging aircraft..................         21,415,000         15,000,000         21,415,000         20,000,000
    Aircraft catastrophic failure                                                                               
     prevention research............          4,357,000          2,705,000          2,705,000          2,705,000
    Fire research...................          4,604,000                  0                  0                  0
    Fire research and safety........                  0          5,700,000          5,700,000          5,700,000
    General aviation renaissance....          1,005,000                  0                  0                  0
    Cabin safety....................          1,055,000                  0                  0                  0
System security technology..........         43,808,000         23,000,000         37,900,000         36,045,000
    Explosives and weapons detection         33,179,000         23,000,000         30,000,000         29,000,000
    Airport security technology                                                                                 
     integration....................          2,530,000                  0          1,500,000          1,000,000
    Aviation security human factors.          4,603,000                  0          3,000,000          2,549,000
    Aircraft hardening..............          3,496,000                  0          3,400,000          3,496,000
Human factors and aviation medicine.         25,860,000         28,000,000         25,182,000         23,682,000
    Flight deck/maintenance/system                                                                              
     integration human factors......         11,182,000         15,500,000         11,182,000         11,182,000
    Air traffic control/airway                                                                                  
     facilities human factors.......         10,193,000         10,000,000         10,000,000         10,000,000
    Aeromedical research............          4,485,000          2,500,000          4,000,000          2,500,000
Environment and energy..............          5,429,000          1,000,000          4,500,000          3,800,000
Innovative/cooperative research.....          5,160,000                  0          4,000,000          1,500,000
                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total appropriation...........        267,661,000        143,000,000        215,886,000        185,698,000
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       Innovative deicing technology.--In order to evaluate the 
     effectiveness of enclosed deicing techniques at smaller 
     regional airports, the conferees urge the FAA to consider the 
     application of Rhinelander-Oneida County Airport to develop a 
     test site for the evaluation of innovative deicing 
     technology. The conferees believe that this technology 
     warrants further exploration, and direct the FAA to provide a 
     full report to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations by March 15, 1996 on the results of testing 
     and the agency's plans to authorize airport grant funding or 
     passenger facility charges to enable airports to procure such 
     a system.
       Runway incursion reduction.--The conference agreement 
     includes $4,000,000 instead of no funds as proposed by the 
     House and $8,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. With the 
     funds provided, the conferees direct FAA to give immediate 
     priority and attention to the surface movement advisor 
     project. The conferees believe that reducing runway 
     incursions is a high priority for further research and rapid 
     prototyping. While funds in this long-term research activity 
     are being reduced below the administration's request, the 
     conference agreement includes an additional $7,000,000 in the 
     ``facilities and equipment'' account for non-radar 
     technologies and development of low-cost ASDE radar systems. 
     Total funding, over all accounts, for addressing this safety 
     problem in the conference agreement is approximately 
     $3,000,000 above the administration's request.


                       grants-in-aid for airports

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                    (airport and airway trust fund)

       Amendment No. 53: Deletes heading ``including rescission of 
     contract authorization'' proposed by the Senate. This is a 
     technical amendment referring to a proposed rescission of 
     contract authority discussed under amendment numbered 56.
       Amendment No. 54: Limits obligations for the grants-in-aid 
     for airports program to $1,450,000,000 instead of 
     $1,600,000,000 as proposed by the House and $1,250,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       Letters of intent.--The conferees agree with the Senate 
     direction that new letters of intent (LOIs) be awarded only 
     after (1) scheduled LOI payments fall to less than fifty 
     percent of AIP discretionary funds, and (2) FAA has improved 
     its ability to estimate airport development projects' impact 
     on systemwide capacity. Regarding the Senate's language on 
     possible letters of intent for the Northwest Arkansas 
     Regional Airport and the Philadelphia International Airport, 
     the conferees agree that the FAA should fairly consider LOI 
     applications from these airports, and base a final decision 
     on technical requirements at these sites and projections of 
     long term AIP funding, consistent with other directions in 
     this report.
       Regarding the Senate's language on a possible letter of 
     intent for the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, the 
     conferees agree that the FAA should also fairly consider an 
     LOI application from this airport subject to: (1) completion 
     of the required FAA/federal environmental review process; (2) 
     resolution of the concerns brought forward in the report RO-
     FA-5-015 by the Office of Inspector General; and (3) approval 
     of the runway project from the Regional Transportation 
     Planning Organization for the central Puget Sound region by 
     amending the Regional Air System Plan. Finally, the FAA shall 
     fairly consider any information brought out at Congressional 
     field hearings on this matter, but not sign an LOI prior to 
     March 31, 1996.
       Amendment No. 55: Limits obligations for the military 
     airports program to $26,000,000 and the reliever airports 
     program to $48,000,000. The Senate bill proposed obligation 
     limitations of $20,000,000 and $50,000,000, respectively. The 
     House bill contained no similar limitations. The conference 
     agreement reflects the Senate's concerns over the 
     effectiveness of these programs, and frees up financial 
     resources for discretionary grants in other parts of the 
     overall AIP program.
       Huntsville, AL runway/taxiway rehabilitation project.--The 
     conferees understand that a specific allocation of fiscal 
     year 1996 funds for this project is not necessary, and that 
     sufficient fiscal year 1995 funding has been provided for 
     this project.
       State of Missouri flood-damaged airports.--The conferees 
     understand that a specific allocation of fiscal year 1996 
     funds for this project is not necessary, and that sufficient 
     fiscal year 1995 funding has been provided for this project.
       Amendment No. 56: Deletes rescission of contract authority 
     of $5,000,000 proposed by the Senate. The House bill 
     contained no similar rescission.

                     Federal Highway Administration


                limitation on general operating expenses

       Amendment No. 57: Limits general operating expenses of the 
     Federal Highway Administration to $509,660,000, instead of 
     $495,381,000 as proposed by the House and $548,434,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 58: Provides $208,946,000 for contract 
     programs of the Federal Highway Administration, instead of 
     $190,667,000 as proposed by the House and $248,909,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       Recommended funding distribution by program and activity of 
     the administrative expenses and the research and development 
     programs of the Federal Highway Administration is as follows:

        Program/Activity                                     Conference
Administrative expenses....................................$254,714,000
Motor carrier safety administrative expenses.................46,000,000
                                                     Contract programs:
    Research and technology:
      Highway R&D............................................56,772,000
      Intelligent transportation systems....................109,779,000
      Technology deployment..................................12,622,000
      Long term pavement performance..........................8,739,000
      Local technical assistance..............................3,015,000
      National Highway Institute..............................4,369,000
      Disadvantaged business enterprises.....................10,000,000
      International transportation..............................500,000
      OJT/supportive services......................................
      Technical assistance to Russia............................400,000
      Truck dynamic test facility...............................750,000
      Transportation investment analysis...........................
      Cost allocation study...................................2,000,000
                                                       ________________

        Total...............................................509,660,000

       The highway research and development and intelligent 
     transportation systems programs by activity are as follows:

Highway research and development:
    Safety....................................................8,768,000
    Pavements.................................................9,247,000
    Structures...............................................13,211,000
    Environment...............................................5,593,000
    Right-of-way................................................429,000

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    Policy....................................................5,681,000
    Planning..................................................6,069,000
    Motor carrier.............................................7,774,000
                                                       ________________

      Total..................................................56,772,000
                                                       ================

Intelligent transportation systems:
    Research and development.................................24,479,000
    Operational tests........................................32,500,000
    Commercial vehicle operations............................14,500,000
    Automated highway system.................................14,000,000
    Advanced technology applications...................................
    Program and systems support..............................11,300,000
    Priority corridors.................................................
    Crash avoidance research.................................13,000,000
                                                       ________________

      Total.................................................109,779,000

       Office of motor carriers.--The conference agreement 
     provides a specific designation of funds for the Office of 
     motor carriers' administrative expenses within the Federal 
     Highway Administration's limitation on general operating 
     expenses. The House had included funding for the Office of 
     motor carrier's administrative expenses within the limitation 
     on general operating expenses.
       Fatigue-related issues.--The conferees direct the Federal 
     Highway Administration to issue an advanced notice of 
     proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) dealing with a variety of 
     fatigue-related issues no later than March 1, 1996. This 
     ANPRM is to be followed by a notice of proposed rulemaking 
     within one year, and a final rule or decision thereafter.
       Highway safety research.--Congress has long been active in 
     the advancement of highway safety and has recognized the 
     invaluable contributions which short-term, applied research 
     can make to improve safety. Given its concern for safety, the 
     Congress has, since the early 1990s, vigorously supported 
     this research by encouraging the Federal Highway 
     Administration to work closely with the Trucking Research 
     Institute (TRI) in the study of such issues as fatigue, sleep 
     disorders, brake maintenance, and rest stop access--all 
     investigations which may directly affect safety.
       In fiscal year 1994, the Congress continued its 
     participation in the development of an aggressive research 
     agenda by directing the FHWA to undertake three projects 
     totaling $1,750,000: Truck loading and unloading as a 
     possible contributor to driver fatigue; technology to 
     automate commercial vehicle roadside inspections; and 
     guidelines for the inspection and maintenance of wheels and 
     bearings. In fiscal year 1995, the Congress identified three 
     additional studies, totaling $2,500,000, for the 
     implementation in the same fashion with TRI: The use of 
     ``smart cards'' to facilitate compliance with motor carrier 
     safety rules; medical requirements associated with commercial 
     vehicle operation; and electronic truck and intermodel 
     information systems.
       Highway safety research and related activities continue to 
     be a priority of the Congress and the conferees. In fact, a 
     recent National Transportation Safety Board study on driver 
     fatigue and fatal truck accidents further highlights their 
     importance and currency. However, despite directions to the 
     contrary, the FHWA has been negligent in its efforts to 
     undertake any of the aforementioned research projects 
     designated by the Congress in either fiscal years 1994 to 
     1995.
       The conferees therefore reiterate the direction to FHWA to 
     use unobligated balances to make grants to, enter into 
     cooperative agreements or contracts with, or use any existing 
     technical support services agreements with TRI, in amounts 
     totaling not less than $4,000,000 to conduct the six studies 
     referenced above. The conferees further direct FHWA to 
     complete this process within 90 days from the date of 
     enactment of this Act and to advise the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations when such actions have been 
     completed.
       Highway research and development.--The conference agreement 
     provides $8,768,000 for safety-related research and 
     development. The conferees direct that safety be funded at a 
     level of at least $12,768,000, including both ISTEA and 
     appropriations authority.
       Pavement research and development.--The conference 
     agreement provides $9,247,000 for pavement research and 
     development but does not include $1,000,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate for a joint university/industry grant.
       The conferees agree that expanded cost-effective use of 
     benign waste materials in infrastructure construction, based 
     on appropriate tests and standards to ensure long-term 
     environmental and physical performance, represents a priority 
     technology that is intended to be funded within the funds 
     available for Section 6005.
       National Center for Physical Acoustics.--The conferees urge 
     the Federal Highway Administration to work with the National 
     Center for Physical Acoustics in its effort to apply 
     acoustics to monitor traffic and/or pipeline maintenance.
       Motor carrier research.--The conference agreement provides 
     $7,774,000 for motor carrier research and includes funds for 
     two studies to (1) identify and test technological 
     interventions to offset driver fatigue and (2) determine the 
     extent of scheduling practices and their influences on truck 
     driver fatigue. No funds are provided for outreach and 
     technical assistance to regulated entities, to help complete 
     program uniformity activities, or to eliminate barriers to 
     effective intermodal freight transportation.
       Intelligent transportation systems.--The conference 
     agreement provides a total of $109,779,000 for intelligent 
     transportation systems (ITS). Within the funds provided for 
     operational tests, $10,000,000 shall be allocated to initiate 
     at least two different operational tests that evaluate 
     various elements of the systems architecture and integrate 
     the core infrastructure features, including advance traffic 
     management systems.
       ITS/commercial vehicle operations.--The conference 
     agreement provides $14,500,000 for commercial vehicle 
     operations (CVO). Within these funds, the conferees have 
     included $6,000,000 for development and initial pilot testing 
     of the CVO communications architecture and the purchase of 
     transponders.
       ITS program and systems support.--The conferees direct that 
     no more than $2,500,000 of the $11,300,000 provided for 
     program and systems support shall be spent on institutional 
     studies.
       The conferees are concerned that the joint program office 
     and the FHWA administrator have failed to submit several 
     reports pertaining to the national ITS program. These reports 
     include: the annual report on the ITS program (due in 
     December 1994); a report on the future of the CVO components 
     of the ITS program (due in May 1995); and the interim report 
     on the automated highway system program (due in April 1995). 
     These reports were intended to provide essential information 
     useful in evaluating the department's activities and plans. 
     The conferees direct the Secretary to ensure more timely 
     delivery of all reports relevant to the ITS program, as well 
     as other reports on departmental programs and activities.


                     highway-related safety grants

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                          (highway trust fund)

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Amendment No. 59: Appropriates $11,000,000 to liquidate 
     contract authority obligations for highway-related safety 
     grants instead of $10,000,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $13,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 60: Limits obligations to $11,000,000 for 
     highway-related safety grants instead of $10,000,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $13,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       The conferees agree that not less than $1,000,000 shall be 
     allocated to the Office of Highway Safety to support the red 
     light running campaign and to increase compliance with yield 
     right-of-way or grade crossing signs.


                          federal-aid highways

                      (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

       Amendment No. 61: Limits obligations for the Federal-aid 
     highways program to $17,550,000,000 instead of 
     $18,000,000,000 as proposed by the House and $17,000,000,000 
     as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement deletes the Senate's references of 
     priority designations within the Federal Highway 
     Administration's discretionary grant programs.
       The conferees direct that within the total provided for the 
     intelligent transportation systems program, funding shall be 
     available for the following projects in the amounts specified 
     below:

        Project                                                  Amount
I-10 Mobile, Alabama.........................................$3,000,000
Hazardous materials fleet management and monitoring system (NI2,500,000
Green light CVO project, Oregon...............................7,000,000
Capital beltway...............................................4,000,000
Houston, Texas................................................2,200,000
Syracuse, New York congestion management......................1,500,000
I-95 Corridor.................................................3,500,000
Johnson City, Tennessee.......................................1,500,000
Texas Transportation Institute..................................600,000
University of North Dakota....................................1,000,000
I-675/SR 844/Col. Glenn, Fairborn, Ohio.......................1,000,000
Paralympiad...................................................1,000,000
Santa Teresa border crossing, New Mexico........................900,000
Western Transportation Institute, Montana.....................1,000,000
TRANSCOM, New York/New Jersey.................................1,500,000
New York State Thruway........................................1,500,000
National Transportation Center, Oakdale, New York.............2,000,000
Advanced railroad/highway crossings...........................1,250,000
Minnesota GuideStar...........................................2,000,000
Salt Lake City................................................2,000,000

       In fiscal year 1996, the conference agreement earmarks a 
     total of $40,950,000 for intelligent transportation systems, 
     a reduction of over $35,000,000 compared with fiscal year 
     1995 levels. The conferees will give serious consideration to 
     discontinuing the practice of earmarking the intelligent 
     transportation systems program in fiscal year 1997.
       The conferees direct that any funding provided for 
     intelligent transportation systems be used only in support 
     of, or research on, intelligent transportation systems and 
     not for construction of buildings.
       Paralympiad.--The conferees direct the Federal Highway 
     Administration to pursue 

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     vigorously the deployment and demonstration of an 
     individualized routing system to assist people with 
     disabilities in moving about independently during the Tenth 
     Paralympiad. The conferees expect that the funds provided 
     will be expended and that a system will be delivered and 
     fully implemented in time of the Tenth Paralympiad.
       National Transportation Center, Oakdale, New York.--The 
     conference agreement includes $2,000,000 for the National 
     Transportation Center in Oakdale, New York, of which 
     $1,000,000 shall be available only for a NAFTA intermodal 
     transportation center.
       Minnesota GuideStar.--The State of Minnesota has 
     established a major laboratory for intelligent transportation 
     system activities in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. The 
     GuideStar network emphasizes transit systems in addition to 
     highways and has been recognized by the Federal Highway 
     Administration as a leader in the development and 
     implementation of ITS technologies. The conferees have 
     included $2,000,000 for this project. Up to 25 percent of 
     this amount may be made available to the University of 
     Minnesota's Center for Transportation Studies to support 
     education, research and training aspects of the project.
       World wide web site on the Internet.--The conferees urge 
     the FHWA to establish a world wide web site to permit 
     commuters in major metropolitan areas to retrieve through the 
     Internet video feeds from traffic cameras, average speeds as 
     determined by traffic monitoring systems, and traffic 
     messages that appear on variable message signs employed in 
     the area. To the extent possible, the Department should make 
     the data available in a standard format on a dial-in network 
     server that provides text-only access, and a standard 
     protocol for a touch-tone driven phone system.


                      motor carrier safety grants

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                          (highway trust fund)

       Amendment No. 62: Limits obligations for motor carrier 
     safety grants to $77,225,000 instead of $79,150,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $75,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       The conferees agree to the following program allocations:

Basic grants to states......................................$58,000,000
Traffic enforcement...........................................6,900,000
Hazardous materials training..................................1,500,000
Research and development........................................500,000
Public education................................................850,000
CDL enforcement...............................................1,000,000
Truck and bus accidents.......................................1,750,000
Uniformity grants.............................................3,450,000
Uniformity working groups.......................................450,000
Commercial vehicle information system.........................1,500,000
Drug interdiction assistance program............................500,000
Administrative expenses.........................................825,000

       Covert verification activities.--The conferees agree that, 
     within the basic grant program, $1,500,000 shall be used to 
     conduct covert operations in addition to those funds 
     originally intended under each state's enforcement plan. Of 
     the $1,500,000, $400,000 shall be allocated to develop a 
     model out-of-service prototype system that states can use to 
     assure that commercial vehicle drivers comply with those 
     orders.
       In addition to covert operations, the conferees believe 
     that the office of motor carriers should develop cost 
     effective rules to improve safety, educate motor carriers so 
     that they know how to comply with these rules, and promote 
     voluntary compliance.
       Assistance to border states.--The conferees agree that, 
     within the basic grant program, $750,000 shall be provided to 
     states along the Mexican border to ensure the safety of 
     increased traffic. These states face special problems 
     associated with a projected concentration of trade-related 
     commercial vehicle traffic once restrictions along the U.S.-
     Mexican border are significantly reduced on December 17, 
     1995.
       Truck and bus accidents.--The conferees have provided 
     $200,000 to conduct a model accident investigation and 
     reconstruction program. These funds shall be available to 
     train motor carrier safety officers on investigative 
     techniques at accident sites.


                    surface transportation projects

       Amendment No. 63: Deletes appropriation of $39,500,000 for 
     surface transportation projects proposed by the Senate. The 
     House provided no similar appropriation.

             National Highway Traffic Safety Administration


                        operations and research

       Amendment No. 64: Appropriates $73,316,570 for the general 
     fund portion of the operations and research activities of the 
     National Highway Traffic Safety Administration as proposed by 
     the House instead of $71,261,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 65: Provides that of the general funds made 
     available for operations and research, $37,825,850 shall 
     remain available until September 30, 1998 as proposed by the 
     House instead of $36,770,676 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 66: Includes language proposed by the House 
     which prohibits the National Highway Traffic Safety 
     Administration from obligating or expending funds to plan, 
     finalize, or implement any rulemaking that would alter the 
     tire grading standards currently in effect. The Senate bill 
     contained no similar provision.


                        operations and research

                          (highway trust fund)

       Amendment No. 67: Appropriates $51,884,430 from the highway 
     trust fund for operations and research activities of the 
     National Highway Traffic Safety Administration instead of 
     $52,011,930 as proposed by the House and $50,344,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 68: Provides that of the funds made available 
     for operations and research, $32,247,000 shall remain 
     available until September 30, 1998, instead of $32,770,670 as 
     proposed by the House and $31,716,720 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       The conference agreement for operations and research 
     (general fund and highway trust fund combined) includes the 
     following adjustments to the budget request

Rulemaking:
    Vehicle safety standards..................................-$200,000
    New car assessment program...............................-1,057,000
    Fuel economy program.....................................-2,165,000
    Theft program pilot project................................+890,000
Enforcement:
    Vehicle safety compliance..................................-500,000
    Auto safety hotline......................................-1,000,000
    Odometer fraud..............................................-40,000
Highway safety program:
    Safe communities injury control..........................-5,225,000
    Alcohol program............................................-548,000
    Pedestrian and bicycle.....................................-224,000
    National occupant protection...............................-392,000
    Child safety seat program..................................-600,000
    Police traffic system......................................-300,000
    Driver education............................................-75,000
    Older driver research......................................+100,000
    Driver fatigue...........................................+1,000,000
Research and analysis:
    Biomechanics.............................................-1,500,000
    Fatal accident reporting system............................-300,000
    National accident sampling system..........................-300,000
    Data analysis program......................................-500,000
    State data programs........................................-400,000
    Partnership for new generation vehicles..................-5,000,000
General administration:
    Strategic planning.........................................-200,000
Accountwide adjustments:
    Computer support...........................................-245,000
    Administrative.............................................-250,000
    Travel......................................................-50,000
    Overtime....................................................-60,000
                                                       ________________

        Net reduction.......................................-19,141,000

       Theft program.--The conference agreement provides $890,000 
     to establish pilot National Motor Vehicle Title Information 
     System programs. The conferees not that the Anti-Car Theft 
     Act of 1992 directed the Department of Transportation to 
     establish an information system for instant and reliable 
     access to titling information. The American Association of 
     Motor Vehicle Administrators, the Customs Service, and others 
     have stated that such a system is essential to prevent 
     thieves from obtaining legal ownership of stolen vehicles.
       Older drivers.--The conferees have provided $100,000 for 
     older driver research to improve and test referral systems 
     and develop performance assessment techniques. These 
     additional funds will advance NHTSA's goal of improving 
     driving performance and licensing of older drivers.
       Driver fatigue.--The conference agreement includes 
     $1,000,000 to analyze the role of river fatigue, sleep 
     disorders, and inattention in highway crashes and shall be 
     available to develop and test public education strategies and 
     countermeasures that make drivers aware of the dangers of 
     driving while fatigued.
       Section 403 programs.--The purposes of the section 403 
     programs is to research and test new highway safety ideas 
     that may be successfully implemented throughout the United 
     States. In recent years, some of these programs have received 
     ``seed money'' far longer than expected. The conferees agree 
     with the Senate direction that requires NHTSA to prepare a 
     report highlighting how much money section 403 programs have 
     received, what future financial support is expected for these 
     programs, and when such support can be terminated. The 
     conferees urge NHTSA to complete this report as soon as 
     possible and provide it to the House and Senate Committees on 
     appropriations by May 1, 1996.
       National advanced driving simulator.--the conferees have 
     provided $2,000,000 for the national advanced driving 
     simulator. The conferees direct the Department of 
     Transportation to allocate the costs of the simulator among 
     the participating modal administrations, including the 
     Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit 
     Administration, Federal Railroad Administration, and the 
     Intelligent transportation systems joint program office, as 
     part of the department's 1997 budget request. Also, the 
     conferees urge the department to discuss additional cost 
     sharing commitments with the departments of Defense and 
     Health and Human Services.


                        operations and research

                             (rescissions)

       Amendment No. 69: Deletes rescissions of $4,547,185 in 
     unobligated balances previously made available for the 
     national advanced driving simulator as proposed by the 
     Senate.

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                     highway traffic safety grants

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                          (highway trust fund)

       Amendment No. 70: Appropriates $155,100,000 to liquidate 
     contract authority obligations for highway traffic safety 
     grants as proposed by the Senate instead of $153,400,000 as 
     proposed by the House.
       Amendment No. 71: Limits obligations for highway traffic 
     safety grants to $155,100,000 as proposed by the Senate 
     instead of $153,400,000 as proposed by the House.
       Amendment No. 72: Provides $127,700,000 for state and 
     community highway safety grants instead of $126,000,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $128,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. Of the total, the conferees agree that $4,700,000 
     shall be available to local communities to implement safe 
     communities initiatives and $9,200,000 for youth traffic 
     safety programs.
       Amendment No. 73: Provides $2,400,000 for the National 
     Driver Register as proposed by the House instead of 
     $2,100,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 74: Provides that funding for the national 
     Driver Register shall be subject to authorization as proposed 
     by the Senate instead of subject to passage by the House of a 
     bill authorizing appropriations and for only the amounts 
     provided therein as proposed by the House.
       Amendment No. 75: Includes language proposed by the House 
     which prohibits any funding for highway traffic safety grants 
     to be used for construction, rehabilitation, or remodeling 
     costs, or for office furnishings and fixtures for state, 
     local, or private buildings or structures. Deletes language 
     proposed by the House which prohibits funds to be used to 
     purchase automobiles or motorcycles for state, local, or 
     private usage. The Senate bill contained no similar 
     provisions.
       Amendment No. 76: provides $5,211,000 for the 
     administration of state and community highway safety grants 
     as proposed by the Senate instead of $5,153,000 as proposed 
     by the House. The conferees agree that $300,000 of the 
     administrative takedown shall be expended to evaluate the 
     costs and benefits of the section 403 safe communities injury 
     control initiative. The evaluation shall be provided to the 
     House and Senate Committees on Appropriations by March 1, 
     1997.
       Amendment No. 77: Requires up to $500,000 shall be used for 
     technical assistance to states as proposed by the Senate 
     instead of allowing flexibility to use up to that amount, as 
     proposed by the House.
       Amendment No. 78: Provides $890,000 for administrative 
     expenses under the national Driver Register program as 
     proposed by the House instead of $777,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.

                    Federal Railroad Administration


                      office of the administrator

       Amendment No. 79: Appropriates $14,018,000 for the Office 
     of the Administrator as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $14,000,000 as proposed by the House. The conference 
     agreement includes the following reductions to the budget 
     request:

Technical assistance program..................................-$130,000
Operation respond...............................................-10,000
Nonpay inflation...............................................-500,000
Other services..................................................-91,000
Offset for high unobligated balances.........................-2,621,000

       The conference agreement allows the Office of the 
     administrator to spend down its prior years' unobligated 
     balance.


                            railroad safety

       Amendment No. 80: Appropriates $49,919,000 for railroad 
     safety instead of $49,940,660 as proposed by the House and 
     $49,105,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference 
     agreement includes the following reductions to the budget 
     request:

Other services................................................-$105,000
New partnership program........................................-400,000
Nonpay inflation...............................................-230,000
Salaries and expenses..........................................-200,000
Inspector trainee program.......................................-50,000
Automated track inspection program.............................-100,000
Permanent change of station moves..............................-100,000

       Federal Railroad Administration offices.--The conferees 
     generally agree that the Federal Railroad Administration 
     should limit its railroad safety offices to two per state, 
     but recognize that large states with significant rail 
     activities may require an exception. The Federal Railroad 
     Administration shall submit to the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations prior to October 1, 1996, a 
     written justification for any state(s) where it may be 
     necessary to provide more than two offices due to volume of 
     rail activity and/or geographic coverage.
       New computers for railroad safety inspectors.--The 
     conferees have provided $800,000 to procure laptop computers 
     for railroad inspectors in one region, anticipating that 
     productivity enhancements and reduced program costs will 
     occur as inspectors compile their work from remote locations. 
     The conferees direct the Federal Railroad Administration 
     (FRA) to prepare a study detailing the cost savings resulting 
     from the investment in laptop computers for railroad safety 
     inspectors. The study shall be completed prior to FRA 
     requesting further funding to procure additional laptop 
     computers for its railroad safety inspectors in other 
     regions.
       Accident reporting.--The conferees direct the Federal 
     Railroad Administration to complete necessary changes to its 
     accident report by June 1, 1996.


                   railroad research and development

       Amendment No. 81: Appropriates $24,550,000 for railroad 
     research and development instead of $21,000,000 as proposed 
     by the House and $25,775,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     conference agreement includes the following adjustments to 
     the budget request:

Increase Operation Lifesaver..................................+$150,000
Increase human factors work....................................+400,000
Reduce track, structures, and train control..................-1,000,000
Reduce growth in high speed activities......................-27,922,000
Delete maglev initiative.......................................-825,000
Reduce grade crossing notification system......................-100,000
Postive train separation.....................................+5,000,000
Reduce administration..........................................-100,000

       Operation Lifesaver.--The conference agreement provides a 
     total of $300,000 for Operation Lifesaver, $150,000 more than 
     the budget request. The conferees agree that the increase 
     shall be expended to address grade crossing safety.
       Human factors.--The conferees have provided $400,000 for 
     human factors research to implement FRA's five-year human 
     factors strategic research plan as rapidly as possible and to 
     address fundamental problems that cause railroad accidents, 
     such as fatigue and stress.
       Positive train separation.--The conferees have provided 
     $5,000,000 for the state of Oregon for positive train 
     separation (PTS) activities. As part of this work, funding 
     can be used for an extension into Union Station and for 
     additional track and signal work. In addition, the Federal 
     Railroad Administration (FRA) shall research and develop PTS, 
     implement a high speed rail mitigation path, evaluate the 
     compatibility of PTS and corridor passenger service on the 
     Portland, Oregon to Seattle, Washington corridor, and 
     purchase necessary wayside sensors and radios so that the PTS 
     system can verify train locations and switch positions. This 
     will allow PTS equipped trains to operate on either track in 
     either direction at full track speed. Finally, FRA shall 
     assess the communications reliability of this system in a 
     dense urban area, such as Portland, Oregon. FRA believes that 
     the Pacific Northwest Corridor is the ideal testbed for such 
     a system. No matching funds are required for this project.
       In connection with this project, the conferees strongly 
     encourage the Federal Railroad Administration, the U.S. Coast 
     Guard, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to work together 
     to establish differential global positioning system coverage 
     for the territory between Portland and Hinkle, Oregon. Such 
     coverage is vital to test and validate the PTS automatic 
     location capability in an area where radio propagation may be 
     limited by the rugged terrain.
       National Academy of Sciences study of high speed rail.--The 
     conferees direct the FRA to contract with the National 
     Academy of Sciences to assemble a panel of experts to issue 
     periodic reports on FRA's high speed rail research and 
     development and next generation high speed rail activities. 
     The first of these reports should assess the content, inter-
     relationship of individual projects, management structure, 
     and direction of FRA's activities. The intent of this 
     assessment is to determine whether these activities make up a 
     coherent, well-managed whole, and whether the proposed fiscal 
     year 1997 projects are logical extensions of these efforts. 
     This first assessment should be completed by April 1, 1996, 
     to meet the deadline established in the House report. The 
     second report should assess whether specific projects in 
     FRA's program are likely to yield useful research results, 
     and the prospect of state and/or private deployment. 
     Thereafter, the panel should consider and report on, in 
     sequence, the other elements as stated in the Senate report.
       Advanced train control study.--The conferees agree not to 
     require FRA to submit an advanced train control plan for 
     evaluation prior to further corridor development work 
     occurring outside of the Northeast Corridor as proposed by 
     the House.


                 northeast corridor improvement program

       Amendment No. 82: Appropriates $115,000,000 for the 
     northeast corridor improvement program instead of 
     $100,000,000 as proposed by the House and $130,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. Of this amount, the conferees agree 
     to distribute $65,000,000 to the southern portion of the 
     corridor for repair and $50,000,000 to the northern portion 
     of the corridor for track work, maintenance facilities, and 
     electrification. The conferees have not provided any 
     additional funding for high-speed transets because prior year 
     appropriations remain available for this procurement. This 
     should be interpreted as a deferral of additional funding and 
     not Congressional desire to terminate the project. The 
     conferees direct Amtrak to notify the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations of its final detailed allocation 
     of these funds.
       Cash flow analysis.--The conferees agree that Amtrak is to 
     provide a detailed cash flow analysis, which identifies the 
     funding required to complete the high-speed rail trainset 
     procurement and options for public and private financing of 
     the procurement. This cash flow analysis should include 
     information from Amtrak's ongoing market and ridership survey 
     that validates the estimates 

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     being made for the electrified New Haven to Boston service. A 
     preliminary report shall be provided to the House and Senate 
     Committees by December 1, 1995 and a final report shall be 
     issued no later than March 1, 1996.
       Joint transportation plan.--The conferees direct the 
     Federal Railroad Administration and Amtrak to provide by 
     March 1, 1996 to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations a joint and comprehensive transportation plan 
     for the Washington, DC to New York, N.Y. segment of the 
     corridor that details (1) the state of the rail line, (2) all 
     required capital improvements, (3) necessary investments for 
     recapitalization, and (4) a projected timeline for these 
     expenditures over the next two decades. This plan should 
     include information on how the costs for upgrading and 
     maintaining the railroad will be shared by all users of the 
     rail line.


                    next generation high speed rail

       Amendment No. 83: Appropriates $19,205,000 for next 
     generation high speed rail studies, corridor planning, 
     development, demonstration, and implementation instead of 
     $10,000,000 as proposed by the House and $20,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The House bill provided funding only 
     for high speed rail technology development and 
     demonstrations.
       The conference agreement provides total funding 
     (appropriation plus limitation on obligations) of $24,205,000 
     for the next generation high speed rail program to be 
     allocated as follows:

Advanced train control:
    Detroit to Chicago corridor..............................$3,000,000
    Chicago to St. Louis corridor.............................6,000,000
Nonelectric locomotives:
    New York nonelectric locomotives demonstration............6,000,000
    Transportation technology center..........................3,000,000
Grade crossing hazards:
    Complete state grade crossing work........................1,000,000
    Innovative techniques.....................................3,500,000
    Corridor planning technology..............................1,250,000
    Administrative costs........................................455,000

       Nonelectric locomotives.--The conferees have provided 
     $6,000,000 to continue the development, testing, and 
     demonstration of turbine powered nonelectric locomotives in 
     the state of New York as proposed by the Senate. This funding 
     shall be matched on a dollar-for-dollar basis. The House did 
     not provide funding for this project. Since then, the House 
     has received significant information on the project and now 
     believes that a more comprehensive demonstration of this 
     technology is necessary. Therefore, the conferees have agreed 
     to fund the retrofit of a second nonelectric trainset so that 
     additional data can be gathered on the capacity, reliability, 
     maintainability, and fuel consumption of a turbine powered 
     nonelectric fleet. Also, this funding should be used to 
     further develop ways to improve the acceleration capabilities 
     of nonelectric locomotives so that their performance is more 
     comparable to that of electric locomotives. FRA, in 
     conjunction with Amtrak and the State of New York, should 
     submit information on the retrofitted locomotives as compared 
     to the Genesis P-40 and other high speed locomotives, to the 
     House and Senate Committees on Appropriations no later than 
     August 15, 1996 so that the results can be evaluated prior to 
     finalization of the fiscal year 1997 Department of 
     Transportation appropriations bill. While this is ongoing, 
     FRA, Amtrak, and the State of New York should work to resolve 
     the liability concerns along the Empire Corridor and close 
     highway-rail grade crossings so that these trains can operate 
     at 125 miles per hour.
       In addition, the conference agreement raises the 
     liquidating cash appropriation from the highway trust fund to 
     $7,118,000, based on updated estimates from FRA. The House 
     and Senate bills included $5,000,000 for this purpose.
       Amendment No. 84: Provides that next generation high speed 
     rail funds may be made available for grants to states for 
     high speed rail corridor design, feasibility studies, 
     environmental analyses, and track and signal improvements as 
     proposed by the Senate. The House bill included no similar 
     provision.


                     alaska railroad rehabilitation

       Amendment No. 85: Appropriates $10,000,000 for Alaska 
     Railroad rehabilitation as proposed by the Senate. The House 
     contained no similar appropriation.


               pennsylvania station redevelopment project

       Amendment No. 86: Deletes $25,000,000 for the Pennsylvania 
     Station Redevelopment project proposed by the Senate. The 
     House bill contained no similar appropriation. The conferees 
     have provided funding for related activities under the 
     National Railroad Passenger Corporation's capital grants 
     program, rather than new development of the James A. Farley 
     post office building.


                     rhode island rail development

       Amendment No. 87: Appropriates $1,000,000 for Rhode Island 
     rail development instead of $2,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. The House bill contained no similar appropriation. As 
     proposed by the Senate, the conference agreement specifies 
     that the federal contribution shall be matched on a dollar-
     for-dollar basis. Further, the Providence and Worcester 
     Railroad shall reimburse Amtrak and/or the Federal Railroad 
     Administration up to the first $6,000,000 in legal damages if 
     damages occur resulting from provision of vertical clearances 
     in excess of those required for present freight operations.


         grants to the national railroad passenger corporation

       Amendment No. 88: Provides $635,000,000 for the National 
     Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) instead of 
     $628,000,000 as proposed by the House and $605,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. Over the past year, Amtrak has 
     undergone significant changes to improve its service quality 
     and productivity and to eliminate its dependence on federal 
     operating assistance by the year 2001. Amtrak has made 
     strides in reaching these goals; however, legislative 
     reforms, including labor reforms, must be enacted if Amtrak 
     is to reach its operating cost goals. Current authorization 
     bills contain a number of these legislative reforms. As such, 
     the significant level of funding provided is predicated on 
     the belief that vital legislative reforms will occur in the 
     near term, which will reduce Amtrak's costs.
       Amendment No. 89: Provides $305,000,000 for operating 
     losses and mandatory passenger rail service payments as 
     proposed by the Senate instead of $336,000,000 as proposed by 
     the House.
       Amendment No. 90: Provides $100,000,000 for Amtrak's 
     transition costs as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $62,000,000 as proposed by the House.
       Amendment No. 91: Provides $230,000,000 for capital 
     improvements to Amtrak as proposed by the House instead of 
     $200,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference 
     agreement provides up to $20,000,000 for emergency life 
     safety repairs to be completed at the existing Pennsylvania 
     Station, as allowed during fiscal year 1995, as well as for 
     the reconstruction of the station's service building to 
     provide the support services necessary for the safe operation 
     of the station.
       Amendment No. 92: Deletes language proposed by the House 
     which would have made the availability of funds contingent 
     upon enactment of significant reforms in authorizing 
     legislation to restructure the National Railroad Passenger 
     Corporation. The Senate bill contained no similar provision. 
     In lieu of this language, the conference agreement provides 
     Amtrak with the ability to transfer not more than $15,000,000 
     from the capital improvements account to the Northeast 
     Corridor Improvement Program.

                     Federal Transit Administration


                        administrative expenses

       Amendment No. 93: Appropriates $42,000,000 for 
     administrative expenses of the Federal Transit Administration 
     (FTA) as proposed by the Senate instead of $39,260,000 as 
     proposed by the House. The conference agreement provides two 
     full-time equivalent staff year positions in the FTA's 
     Washington, DC offices to conduct management and oversight of 
     the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). 
     The conference agreement also includes a provision under 
     amendment numbered 165 that requires the FTA to conduct its 
     oversight of WMATA from FTA's Washington metropolitan area 
     offices.


                             formula grants

       Amendment No. 94: Appropriates $942,925,000 from the 
     general fund for formula grants of the Federal Transit 
     Administration instead of $890,000,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $985,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 95: Provides for a total program level of 
     $2,052,925,000, including appropriations and limitations on 
     obligations, for transit formula grants, instead of 
     $2,000,000,000 as proposed by the House and $2,105,850,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 96: Limits reductions in transit operating 
     assistance to urbanized areas of less than 200,000 in 
     population to no less than seventy-five percent of the amount 
     of operating assistance such areas are eligible to receive 
     under Public Law 103-331, instead of eighty percent as 
     proposed by the Senate. The House bill contained no similar 
     provision.
       Amendment No. 97: Deleted language proposed by the Senate 
     that would apportion $29,325,031 to areas of 200,000 or 
     greater in population before apportionment of transit formula 
     funds. The conference agreement includes language that, in 
     the distribution of the limitation on transit operating 
     assistance to urbanized areas that had a population under the 
     1990 decennial census of 1,000,000 or more, the Secretary 
     shall direct each area to give priority consideration to the 
     impact of reductions in operating assistance on smaller 
     transit authorities operating within the area, and to 
     consider the needs and resources of such transit authorities 
     when the limitation is distributed among all transit 
     authorities operating in the area.


                     transit planning and research

       Amendment No. 98: Appropriates $85,500,000 for transit 
     planning and research instead of $82,250,000 as proposed by 
     the House and $90,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     conferees agree to specify in the bill that $39,500,000 shall 
     be provided for the metropolitan planning program (49 U.S.C. 
     5303); $4,500,000 for the rural transit assistance program 
     (49 U.S.C. 5311(b)(2)); $8,250,000 for the transit 
     cooperative research program (49 U.S.C. 5313(b)); $22,000,000 
     for the national program (49 U.S.C. 5314); $8,250,000 for the 
     state program (49 U.S.C. 5313(a)); and $3,000,000 for the 
     National transit institute (49 U.S.C. 5315). The House bill 
     contained similar funding allocations, but at different 
     levels than in the conference agreement. The Senate bill 
     contained no allocations by program in the bill.

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       The conferees direct that within the total funding level 
     provided for transit planning and research, the Federal 
     Transit Administration shall make available the following 
     amounts for the programs and activities listed below:

Team transit program of the Minnesota Metropolitan Commission..$500,000
Project ACTION (Accessible Community Transportation in our Nat2,000,000
Advanced technology transit bus...............................5,000,000
Fuel cell bus technology......................................5,000,000
Research on large circuit breakers and switch gears...........2,500,000
Dulles corridor studies.........................................500,000
Hennepin County, Minnesota, public works program................500,000
Intermodal positioning system (inertial navigational technology)500,000
Advanced lead acid battery consortium...........................500,000
Ridership enhancement strategies................................500,000

       The conferees agree that federal transit assistance should 
     contribute to the improvement of the entire community which 
     transit systems serve, rather than support just the transit 
     service itself. This is the goal of the livable communities 
     initiative. By assisting a broad range of activities, 
     communities may be improved; and by better linking the 
     communities to the transit system, transit service may be 
     made more effective. The conferees, therefore, urge the 
     Department of Transportation to endeavor in these types of 
     community initiatives.
       Advanced transportation systems program.--Section 6071 of 
     title V of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency 
     Act established the advanced transportation systems and 
     electric vehicle technology program. The conferees are aware 
     of the significant contributions that participating consortia 
     have made to this program and direct the FTA to continue its 
     heavy duty transit buses, the development of energy storage 
     technologies, flywheel and hybrid vehicle development and 
     demonstration, and the continued charging infrastructure 
     programs.
       Within available funds, the department is urged to consider 
     support of monobeam transit system development.


                      trust fund share of expenses

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                          (highway trust fund)

       Amendment No. 99: Provides $1,120,850,000 in liquidating 
     cash for the trust fund share of expenses of the formula 
     grants program as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $1,110,000,000 as proposed by the House.


                          discretionary grants

                      (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

       Bus and bus-related facilities.--The conference agreement 
     provides $333,000,000 for the replacement, rehabilitation, 
     and purchase of buses and related equipment and the 
     construction of bus-related facilities. The conferees agree 
     that the recommended funding should be distributed as 
     follows:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
              Project location and purpose                     House              Senate           Conference   
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Arkansas:                                                                                                       
    Little Rock, central Arkansas transit transfer                                                              
     facility..........................................                 $0         $1,000,000                 $0
    Fayetteville, intermodal transfer facility.........                  0          5,400,000                  0
    State of Arkansas; buses...........................          6,000,000                  0          6,200,000
California:                                                                                                     
    Coachella Valley; SunLine bus facility.............          1,000,000                  0            500,000
    Long Beach, bus replacement and parts..............                  0          3,000,000          1,500,000
    Los Angeles; Gateway intermodal center.............          8,000,000         15,000,000          8,000,000
    San Diego, San Ysidro intermodal center............                  0         10,000,000          5,000,000
    San Francisco; buses...............................         13,480,000                  0          6,740,000
    San Francisco, BART ADA compliance/paratransit.....                  0          4,460,000          2,230,000
    San Gabriel Valley; Foothill bus facilities........         12,500,000                  0          9,750,000
    San Joaquin, RTD bus replacement...................                  0         10,560,000          5,280,000
    Santa Cruz; bus facility...........................          3,000,000                  0          1,500,000
    Sonoma County; park and ride facilities............          2,500,000                  0          1,250,000
    Ventura County; bus facility.......................          1,200,000                  0            600,000
    Yolo County; buses.................................          3,000,000                  0          1,500,000
Colorado: Fort Collins and Greeley; buses..............          2,500,000                  0          1,250,000
Connecticut: Norwich; intermodal center................          3,000,000                  0          1,500,000
Delaware: State of Delaware; buses.....................          2,700,000                  0          1,350,000
Florida:                                                                                                        
    Metropolitan Dade County; buses....................          4,000,000         16,000,000         10,000,000
    Orlando; Lynx buses and bus operating facility.....          8,500,000                  0          4,250,000
    Palm Beach County; bus facilities..................          4,000,000                  0          2,000,000
    Volusia County; buses and park and ride facility...          2,500,000                  0          1,250,000
Georgia: Atlanta; buses................................          7,500,000                  0          3,750,000
Hawaii: Honolulu, Oahu; Kuakini medical center parking                                                          
 facility..............................................                  0          8,000,000          4,000,000
Iowa:                                                                                                           
    Ames, Marshalltown, Ottumwa, Regions 6, 14, 15, 16;                                                         
     buses and bus facilities..........................          4,000,000                  0          2,350,000
    Cedar Rapids; hybrid electric bus consortium.......                  0          2,960,000          1,200,000
    Ottumwa; global positioning equipment..............                  0            700,000                  0
    Waterloo; intermodal bus facility..................                  0          1,340,000            670,000
    State of Iowa; buses, equipment, and facilities....                  0          8,000,000          4,280,000
Illinois:                                                                                                       
    Chicago replacement buses/communications system....                  0         13,700,000                  0
    State of Illinois; buses...........................         20,000,000                  0         16,850,000
Indiana:                                                                                                        
    Gary and Hammond; buses............................            520,000                  0            260,000
    South Bend; intermodal facility....................          5,000,000                  0          2,500,000
    State of Indiana; buses and bus facilities.........         13,000,000                  0          6,500,000
Kentucky: Lexington; buses.............................          2,000,000                  0          1,000,000
Louisiana:                                                                                                      
    New Orleans; bus facility..........................          6,000,000                  0          3,000,000
    New Orleans; buses.................................         12,000,000                  0          6,000,000
    Saint Barnard Parish; intermodal facility..........          3,000,000                  0          1,500,000
Massachusetts: Worcester; intermodal center............          4,000,000                  0          2,000,000
Maryland: Maryland Transit Authority, Maryland; buses..         10,000,000         16,000,000         13,000,000
Michigan:                                                                                                       
    Lansing intermodal transportation center...........                  0          4,180,000          2,090,000
    State of Michigan; ISTEA set-aside requirement.....         10,000,000         10,000,000         10,000,000
Minnesota: Metropolitan Council, Minnesota; articulated                                                         
 buses.................................................         15,000,000                  0          7,500,000
Missouri:                                                                                                       
    Kansas City; Union Station intermodal..............                  0         13,000,000          6,500,000
    St. Louis; Metrolink bus purchase..................                  0         10,000,000          3,500,000
    State of Missouri; buses and bus facilities........                  0         11,000,000          7,000,000
North Carolina: State of North Carolina; buses and bus                                                          
 facilities............................................         10,000,000                  0          5,000,000
New Jersey:                                                                                                     
    Garden State Parkway; park-n-ride at interchange                                                            
     165...............................................                  0          2,300,000          1,150,000
    Hamilton Township; intermodal facility/bus                                                                  
     maintenance.......................................                  0         25,000,000         12,500,000
Nevada: Clark County, Nevada; buses and bus facility...         14,000,000         20,000,000         17,000,000
New York:                                                                                                       
    Albany; buses......................................                  0         10,000,000          5,000,000
    Buffalo; Crossroads intermodal station.............          1,000,000                  0            500,000
    Long Island; buses.................................                  0          3,000,000          1,500,000
    New Rochelle; intermodal facility..................          1,500,000                  0            750,000
    New York City; natural gas buses/fueling station...                  0         10,000,000          5,000,000
    Rensselaer; intermodal station.....................          7,500,000          7,500,000          7,500,000
    Rochester-Genessee; buses..........................                  0          1,400,000            700,000
    Syracuse; buses....................................          2,000,000                  0          1,000,000
    Syracuse; intermodal station.......................          2,000,000                  0          1,000,000
    Utica; buses.......................................                  0          6,000,000          3,000,000
    Westchester, bus facility..........................          4,500,000                  0          2,250,000
Ohio:                                                                                                           
    Cleveland; Triskett bus facility...................          2,500,000                  0          1,250,000
    Columbus; buses....................................                  0         10,000,000                  0
    State of Ohio; buses and bus facilities............         20,000,000                  0         15,000,000
Oregon:                                                                                                         
    Wilsonville; transit vehicles......................                  0            500,000            250,000


                                                                                                                

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              Project location and purpose                     House              Senate           Conference   
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    Eugene Lane transit district; radio system.........                  0          1,300,000            650,000
Pennsylvania:                                                                                                   
    Allegheny County; busway system....................          8,000,000         10,000,000          9,000,000
    Altoona; ISTEA set-aside requirement...............          2,000,000                  0          1,000,000
    Beaver County; bus facility........................          1,600,000          3,300,000          2,450,000
    Erie; intermodal complex...........................                  0          8,000,000          4,000,000
    North Philadelphia; intermodal center..............          6,000,000                  0          3,000,000
    Philadelphia; buses................................          3,000,000                  0          1,500,000
    Philadelphia: Chestnut Street/alternative fueled                                                            
     vehicles..........................................                  0          2,000,000          1,000,000
    Philadelphia; lift-equipped buses..................         15,000,000                  0          7,500,000
Tennessee: Nashville, Tennessee; electric buses........            600,000                  0            300,000
Texas:                                                                                                          
    Corpus Christi; buses, dispatching system, and                                                              
     facilities........................................                  0          1,600,000          2,450,000
    Corpus Christi; bus facilities.....................          2,500,000                  0                  0
    El Paso; buses, equipment and facilities...........          6,000,000                  0          5,200,000
    El Paso; bus equipment.............................          2,900,000                  0                  0
    El Paso; satellite transit terminal................          1,500,000                  0                  0
    Robstown/Corpus Christi bus shelters/curb cuts/                                                             
     transit center....................................                  0            800,000                  0
Utah: Utah Transit Authority, Utah; buses..............          3,500,000                  0          1,750,000
Virginia: Richmond; downtown intermodal station........                  0         10,000,000          5,000,000
Vermont:                                                                                                        
    State of Vermont, buses and bus facilities.........                  0          6,000,000          3,000,000
    Marble Valley; bus upgrades........................                  0          2,000,000          1,000,000
Washington:                                                                                                     
    Everett; intermodal center.........................                  0          7,000,000          3,500,000
    Pierce County; Tacoma Dome station.................          3,000,000          5,000,000          5,000,000
    Seattle; Metro/King County multimodal..............                  0          4,000,000          2,000,000
    Seattle/King County; Seattle metro bus purchase....          2,500,000         10,000,000          6,250,000
    Wenatchee; Chelan-Douglas multimodal...............                  0          2,000,000                  0
Wisconsin: State of Wisconsin; buses...................         20,000,000                  0         10,000,000
                                                        --------------------------------------------------------
      Total............................................        333,000,000        333,000,000        333,000,000
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       Within available balances, the conferees direct the Federal 
     Transit Administration to support the following applications: 
     the Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District for state-of-
     the-art, electric battery-powered buses for initial use at 
     the 1996 Summer Olympic Games; Taos, New Mexico and Kansas 
     City, Kansas for buses and bus-related purchases; and the 
     Pennsylvania consolidated bus purchase.
       State of Arkansas.--The conference agreement includes 
     $6,200,000 for buses and intermodal and bus-related 
     facilities to be made available to the Arkansas Highway and 
     Transportation Department to be distributed as follows: 
     $200,000 for Pine Bluff Transit; $3,200,000 for the 
     University of Arkansas; $400,000 for Hot Springs Transit; 
     $300,000 for South Central Arkansas; $800,000 for Central 
     Arkansas Transit; and $800,000 for Southeast Arkansas 
     Transit. The remaining balances may be retained by the 
     Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department for other 
     state bus and bus-related projects.
       Ames, Marshalltown, Ottumwa, Regions 6, 14, 15 and 16, 
     Iowa; bus and bus facilities.--The conference agreement 
     includes $2,350,000 for buses and bus facilities for Ames, 
     Marshalltown, Ottumwa, and Regions 6, 14, 15 and 16, Iowa to 
     be distributed as follows: $1,069,000 for Ames; $704,300 for 
     Ottumwa; $189,500 for Marshalltown; $17,600 for Region 6; 
     $121,100 for Region 14; $159,400 for Region 15; and $89,100 
     for Region 16.
       State of Michigan.--The conference agreement includes 
     $10,000,000 for the State of Michigan to fulfill the 
     requirements of section 3035(ll) the Intermodal Surface 
     Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991. Of the $10,000,000 for 
     the State of Michigan, the conferees have included: 
     $3,022,500 for buses and bus facilities for Grand Rapids; 
     $3,022,500 for buses and bus facilities in Flint; $3,022,500 
     for the Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional 
     Transportation (SMART); and $932,500 for an intermodal 
     facility in Lansing. The conference agreement includes a 
     total of $3,022,500 for the intermodal transportation center 
     in Lansing. The conferees recognize that $1,200,000 more is 
     required to complete this project and encourage the project 
     sponsors to submit a future request for the remaining funds.
       State of New York.--The conferees direct those transit 
     systems in the State of New York receiving section 3 bus 
     discretionary allocations in areas over 200,000 population 
     for the express purpose of providing fixed-route transit 
     services, to purchase alternative fueled buses. Vehicles 
     purchased for use in urbanized areas under 200,000 population 
     and for use in rural areas and/or for ADA mandated 
     paratransit services are exempt.
       State of Illinois.--The conference agreement provides 
     $16,850,000 for the Illinois Department of Transportation for 
     replacement buses and transit facilities. This amount 
     includes funds for replacement buses for the following 
     transit agencies: $1,585,000 for Champaign-Urbana; $528,000 
     for Decatur; $2,290,000 for Madison County; $528,000 for 
     Quincy; $528,000 for Rockford; $880,000 for Rock Island; 
     $1,073,000 for Springfield; and $1,665,000 for Pace. The 
     amount also includes $720,000 for a transfer facility in 
     Peoria and $800,000 for bus facilities for the South Central 
     MTD. In addition, $6,000,000 is provided for a new bus 
     communications system for the Chicago Transit Authority.
       Bus overhauls.--The conferees direct the FTA to study and 
     report to the appropriate Congressional committees by July 
     15, 1996 on the data associated with requests for funding 
     under the periodic bus overhaul funding provision, including, 
     but not limited to, the number, size, and geographic type of 
     transit systems that seek to capitalize such expenses, and 
     the amounts requested under this section.
       Amendment No. 100: Includes language that reprograms 
     $21,631,250 of funds previously made available in Public Law 
     102-388 and provides $666,000,000 for new fixed guideway 
     systems. The House bill included $666,000,000 and the Senate 
     bill included a total of $688,840,000, of which $22,840,000 
     was proposed to be reprogrammed.
       The conferees recommend that $21,631,250 of funds that were 
     originally provided in the fiscal year 1993 Department of 
     Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
     Public Law 102-388, that have not been obligated by October 
     1, 1995 be reprogrammed. Should additional funds from Public 
     Law 103-388 remain unobligated, the conferees direct the 
     Administrator to reprogram these funds 15 days after 
     notification to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations only to those projects that have existing full 
     funding grant agreements on the date of enactment of this 
     Act, to the extent that those projects are likely to be 
     capable of obligating these funds in the course of this 
     fiscal year.
       The conference agreement provides for the following 
     distribution of the recommended funding for new fixed 
     guideway systems as follows:

        Project                                                  Amount
Atlanta-North Springs project...............................$42,410,000
South Boston Piers (MOS-2) project...........................20,060,000
Canton-Akron-Cleveland commuter rail project..................4,250,000
Cincinnati Northeast/Northern Kentucky rail line project......1,000,000
Dallas South Oak Cliff LRT project...........................16,941,000
DART North Central light rail extension project...............3,000,000
Dallas-Fort Worth RAILTRAN project............................6,000,000
Florida Tri-County commuter rail project.....................10,000,000
Houston Regional Bus project.................................22,630,000
Jacksonville ASE extension project............................9,720,625
Los Angeles Metro Rail (MOS-3)...............................85,000,000
Los Angeles-San Diego commuter rail project...................8,500,000
MARC commuter rail project...................................10,000,000
Maryland Central Corridor LRT project........................15,315,000
Miami-North 27th Avenue project...............................2,000,000
Memphis, Tennessee Regional Rail Plan.........................1,250,000
New Jersey Urban Core-Secaucus project.......................80,250,000
New Orleans Canal Street Corridor project.....................5,000,000
New York Queens Connection project..........................126,725,125
Pittsburg Airport Phase 1 project............................22,630,000
Portland-Westside LRT project...............................130,140,000
Sacramento LRT extension project..............................2,000,000
St. Louis Metro/Link LRT project.............................12,500,000
Salt Lake City light rail project.............................9,759,500
San Francisco BART extension project.........................10,000,000
San Juan, Puerto Rico Tren Urbano project.....................7,500,000
Tampa to Lakeland commuter rail project.........................500,000
Whitehall ferry terminal, New York, New York..................2,500,000

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Wisconsin central commuter project...........................14,400,000
Burlington-Charlotte, Vermont commuter rail project...........5,650,000

       South-North corridor project.--The conferees note that the 
     Oregon legislature and Portland area voters have approved 
     $850 million in local and state funds for the South-North 
     corridor project. The conferees support the inclusion of the 
     South-North corridor in the Portland area program of 
     interrelated projects and note that a project financing plan, 
     based on a discretionary (section 3) share of fifty percent 
     of the total project costs, will be considered should the 
     Portland region seek funding for this project.
       Orange County, California.--The conferees are concerned 
     with the delay of the Federal Transit Administration in 
     obligating the funds previously provided in fiscal years 1994 
     and 1995 for the Orange County Transitway project. The 
     conferees are concerned that the FTA may fail to recognize 
     that the Anaheim Intermodal Transportation Center is not an 
     element of the Transitway project. The conferees, therefore, 
     direct the FTA to work expeditiously to obligate these funds 
     once all pending planning and financial issues are addressed 
     adequately.
       Kansas City.--Although no funds have been provided for the 
     Kansas City, Missouri light rail project, the conferees 
     believe that based on the results of the recently completed 
     major investment study, the project may have merit and 
     therefor encourage project sponsors to continue to seek 
     federal support in the future.
       Seattle-Tacoma.--The conferees agree that sums available 
     from funds appropriated in fiscal year 1992 for the Seattle-
     Tacoma commuter rail project may be used for intermodal 
     access and facilities in Seattle and/or commuter track and 
     signal projects in and between Seattle and Tacoma, only to 
     the extent to which such projects are consistent with 
     existing federal transportation laws and regulations.
       Amendment No. 101: Provides $20,060,000 for the South 
     Boston Piers (MOS-2) project instead of $17,500,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $22,620,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       Amendment No. 102: Provides $4,250,000 for the Canton-
     Akron-Cleveland commuter rail project instead of $6,500,000 
     as proposed by the House and no funding as proposed by the 
     Senate; and deletes House language that would have made 
     funding for this project contingent upon passage by the House 
     of a bill authorizing appropriations therefor, and only in 
     amounts provided therein. The conferees have agreed to delete 
     this language because on September 20, 1995, the House passed 
     H.R. 2274, the National Highway Systems Designation Act of 
     1995, which contained the authorization for this and the 
     several other new start projects that follow below.
       Amendment No. 103: Provides $1,000,000 for the Cincinnati 
     Northeast/Northern Kentucky rail line project instead of 
     $2,000,000 as proposed by the House and no funding as 
     proposed by the Senate; and deletes House language that would 
     have made funding for this project contingent upon passage by 
     the House of a bill authorizing appropriations therefor, and 
     only in amounts provided therein.
       Amendment No. 104: Provides $3,000,000 for the DART North 
     Central light rail extension project instead of $2,500,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $3,500,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       Amendment No. 105: Deletes House language that would have 
     made funding for the DART North Central rail extension 
     project contingent upon passage by the House of a bill 
     authorizing appropriations therefor, and only in amounts 
     provided therein.
       Amendment No. 106: Provides $6,000,000 for the Dallas-Fort 
     Worth RAILTRAN project instead of $5,000,000 as proposed by 
     the House and $7,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 107: Deletes House language that would have 
     made funding for the Dallas-Fort Worth RAILTRAN project 
     contingent upon passage by the House of a bill authorizing 
     appropriations therefor, and only in amounts provided 
     therein.
       Amendment No. 108: Deletes House language that would have 
     made funding for the Florida Tri-County commuter rail project 
     contingent upon passage by the House of a bill authorizing 
     appropriations therefor, and only in amounts provided 
     therein.
       Amendment No. 109: Provides $9,720,625 for the Jacksonville 
     ASE extension project instead of $12,500,000 as proposed by 
     the House, The Senate bill contained no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 110: Provides $85,000,000 for the Los Angeles 
     Metro Rail (MOS-3) instead of $125,000,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $45,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement provides $85,000,000 for the Los 
     Angeles Metro Rail Line project. The conferees, however, 
     reiterate the safety concerns and the need for quality 
     assurances outlined in the Senate report.
       The conferees are aware that after the Senate's 
     consideration of the Act, the Los Angeles Metropolitan 
     Transportation Authority (MTA) has made significant progress 
     in the areas of concern as expressed by the Senate. The MTA 
     has hired a new head of Metro construction to whom quality 
     assurance and safety personnel now must directly report. In 
     addition, the MTA has submitted the updated Metro Rail Red 
     Line Project Management plan, which demonstrates the 
     commitment to safety and quality assurance, to the Federal 
     Transit Administration for review, prior to FTA's October 1, 
     1995 deadline.
       While this progress is encouraging, the conferees direct 
     the Federal Transit Administration to continue diligent 
     oversight and to ensure that these commitments to greater 
     safety and quality assurance staffing are finalized before 
     these or any other federal funds are obligated to the Metro 
     Red Line Project.
       Amendment No. 111: Provides $8,500,000 for the Los Angeles-
     San Diego commuter rail project instead of $10,000,000 as 
     proposed by the House and no funding as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       Amendment No. 112: Provides $10,000,000 for the MARC 
     commuter rail project as proposed by the House instead of 
     $15,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 113: Provides $15,315,000 for the Maryland 
     Central Corridor LRT project instead of $3,000,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $22,630,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       Amendment No. 114: Deletes House language that would have 
     made funding for the Miami-North 27th Avenue project 
     contingent upon passage by the House of a bill authorizing 
     appropriations therefor, and only in amounts provided 
     therein.
       Amendment No. 115: Provides $1,250,000 for the Memphis, 
     Tennessee Regional Rail Plan instead of $2,500,000 as 
     proposed by the House and no funding as proposed by the 
     Senate; and deletes House language that would have made 
     funding for this project contingent upon passage by the House 
     of a bill authorizing appropriations therefore, and only in 
     amounts provided therein.
       Amendment No. 116: Provides $80,250,000 for the New Jersey 
     Urban Core-Secaucus project instead of $75,000,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $85,500,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       Amendment No. 117: Provides $5,000,000 for the New Orleans 
     Canal Street Corridor project instead of $10,000,000 as 
     proposed by the House and no funding as proposed by the 
     Senate, and deletes House language that would have made 
     funding for this project contingent upon passage by the House 
     of a bill authorizing appropriations therefore, and only in 
     amounts provided therein.
       Amendment No. 118: Provides $126,725,125 for the New York 
     Queens Connection project instead of $114,989,000 as proposed 
     by the House and $160,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 119: Deletes funding for the Orange County 
     Transitway project as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $5,000,000 as proposed by the House.
       Amendment No. 120: Provides $130,140,000 for the Portland 
     Westside LRT project as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $85,500,000 as proposed by the House.
       Amendment No. 121: Provides $2,000,000 for the Sacramento 
     LRT extension project as proposed by the House instead of no 
     funding as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 122: Provides $12,500,000 for the St. Louis 
     Metro Link LRT project instead of $10,000,000 as proposed by 
     the House and $13,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within 
     the funds provided, the conferees have included up to 
     $2,000,000 for the St. Claire extension.
       Amendment No. 123: Provides $9,759,500 for the Salt Lake 
     City light rail project instead of $5,000,000 as proposed by 
     the House and $14,519,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 124: Retains, with modification, House 
     language which provides that $5,000,000 of the funds made 
     available for the Salt Lake City light rail project may be 
     available for related high occupancy vehicle lane and 
     intermodal corridor design costs.
       Amendment No. 125: Provides $10,000,000 for the San 
     Francisco BART extension project as proposed by the House 
     instead of $22,620,000 for the San Francisco BART extension 
     to the airport/Tasman corridor projects as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       The conferees have agreed to provide $10,000,000 to 
     continue the BART proposed extension to the San Francisco 
     International Airport. BART and the San Francisco Airport 
     Commission recently reached an agreement in principle on an 
     airport station alignment that reduces project costs and that 
     is compatible with the airport's extension plan. However, 
     significant unresolved issues must be resolved before a long-
     term financial commitment can be made to this project. For 
     example, despite planned cost reductions, a complete cost 
     analysis and financial plan are not yet available and there 
     is no assurance that the federal share of this project will 
     be reduced. Further, neither supplemental draft nor analyses 
     have yet been concluded, and four transportation agencies on 
     the San Francisco peninsula, including one of the project 
     sponsors (the San Mateo County Transit District), have voted 
     to study a direct CalTrain link with the airport. Lastly, the 
     conferees believe that the proposed local share costs to be 
     borne by the airport and its users should be consistent with 
     federal transportation policy and regulation. Given these 
     many concerns, the conferees believe that sufficient time to 
     complete and review adequately the supplemental draft 
     environmental impact statement and the subsequent engineering 
     and financial plans, and final environmental impact 
     statements is not available in fiscal year 1996. Sixty days 
     prior to action to execute a full funding grant agreement, 
     the conferees direct the FTA to report back to both the House 
     and Senate Committees on Appropriations and certify in 
     writing that the aforementioned concerns are fully 

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     addressed. This action shall not be interpreted as a 
     Congressional desire to terminate this project.
       The conference agreement provides no new funding for the 
     Tasman corridor project. Measure A, a Santa Clara County 
     local sales tax proposition which constitutes the Tasman 
     project's local match, was invalidated by a California 
     appeals court and later upheld by the California Supreme 
     Court on September 28, 1995. Therefore under the terms of the 
     Bay Area's Metropolitan Transportation Commission's new rail 
     starts program, the conferees expect that the $33,320,000 of 
     federal funds originally made available in fiscal years 1994 
     and 1995 shall be allocated by the Metropolitan 
     Transportation Commission to the San Francisco BART extension 
     to the airport.
       Amendment No. 126: Restores language proposed by the House 
     which provides funds for the San Francisco BART extension to 
     the airport only instead of the San Francisco BART extension/
     Tasman corridor project as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 127: Provides $7,500,000 for the San Juan, 
     Puerto Rico Tren Urbano project instead of $15,000,000 as 
     proposed by the House and no funding as proposed by the 
     Senate; and deletes House language that would have made 
     funding for this project contingent upon passage by the House 
     of a bill authorizing appropriations therefor, and only in 
     amounts provided therein.
       Amendment No. 128: Provides $500,000 for the Tampa to 
     Lakeland commuter rail project instead of $1,000,000 as 
     proposed by the House and no funding as proposed by the 
     Senate; and deletes House language that would have made 
     funding for this project contingent upon passage of the House 
     of a bill authorizing appropriations therefor, and only in 
     amounts provided therein.
       Amendment No. 129: Provides $2,500,000 for the Whitefall 
     ferry terminal, New York, New York instead of $5,000,000 as 
     proposed by the House and no funding as proposed by the 
     Senate; and deletes House language that would have made 
     funding for this project contingent upon passage by the House 
     of a bill authorizing appropriations therefor, and only in 
     amounts provided therein.
       Amendment No. 130: Deletes House language that would have 
     made funding for the Wisconsin central commuter project to 
     passage by the House of a bill authorizing appropriations 
     therefor, and only in amounts provided therein.
       Amendment No. 131: Provides $5,650,000 for the Burlington-
     Charlotte, Vermont commuter rail project instead of 
     $11,300,000 as proposed by the Senate. The House bill 
     contained no similar appropriation.
       Amendment No. 132: Deletes $5,000,000 for the Chicago 
     central area circulator proposed by the Senate. The House 
     bill contained no similar provision.
       Due to the failure of the State of Illinois to appropriate 
     funding for its share of the Chicago central area circulator 
     project this year and the uncertainty of the design and 
     construction of the system, the conferees have not allocated 
     any new fiscal year 1996 funding for this project. Should the 
     state appropriate its share of the costs of the project or 
     should the Federal Transit Administration approve the core 
     system phasing approach into an amended full funding grant 
     agreement, the conferees will then make every effort to 
     provide funding according to a full funding grant agreement 
     funding schedule.


                       mass transit capital fund

                (Liquidation of Contract Authorization)

                          (Highway Trust Fund)

       Amendment No. 133: Appropriates $2,000,000,000 to liquidate 
     contract authority obligations for mass transit capital 
     programs as proposed by the House instead of $1,700,000,000 
     as proposed by the Senate.


             washington metropolitan area transit authority

       Amendment No. 134: Appropriates $200,000,000 for 
     construction of the Washington, DC metrorail system as 
     proposed by the House instead of $170,000,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate.

             Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation

       Amendment No. 135: Deletes language proposed by the Senate 
     that prohibits expenditure of funds in the Corporation's 
     financial reserve or from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund 
     for the design, development, or procurement of a global 
     positioning system vessel traffic services system during 
     fiscal year 1996. The House bill contained no similar 
     provision.
       Vessel traffic services system.--The conferees have 
     expanded the scope of a study on the options for privatizing 
     procurement and operation of vessel traffic services on the 
     American portion of the Saint Lawrence Seaway, which the 
     Senate report directed the Corporation to submit by May 1, 
     1996. The study shall focus on division of responsibility and 
     cost-sharing issues in the development, procurement, 
     installation, and operation of a GPS vessel traffic services 
     system among the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development 
     Corporation, the St. Lawrence Seaway Authority of Canada, the 
     U.S. Coast Guard, the Canadian Coast Guard, and the carrier 
     industry.


                       operations and maintenance

                    (harbor maintenance trust fund)

       Amendment No. 136: Appropriates $10,150,000 for operations 
     and maintenance of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development 
     Corporation as proposed by the Senate instead of $10,190,500 
     as proposed by the House. The conferee agreement includes the 
     following adjustments to the budget request:

Travel and transportation of things.............................-$6,000
Other miscellaneous services.....................................-5,500
Nonpay inflation................................................-41,000
Unspecified reduction...........................................-40,500

              Research and Special Programs Administration


                     research and special programs

       Amendment No. 137: Appropriates $23,937,000 for research 
     and special programs instead of $26,030,000 as proposed by 
     the House and $24,281,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement distributes the research and 
     special programs appropriation and 176 full-time equivalent 
     staff as follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                 In dollars    Positions
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hazardous materials safety...................      12,650,000        111
Research and technology......................       3,288,000         13
Emergency transportation.....................       1,022,000          7
Program support..............................       7,388,000         45
Accountwide adjustments......................        -411,000  .........
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       The conferees have made the following adjustments to the 
     budget request:

                                                             In dollars
Hazardous materials safety:
    Information systems.........................................-50,000
    Training...................................................+100,000
    Registration program.......................................-182,000
  Aviation information management............................-2,282,000
Research and technology:
    Personnel compensation and benefits.........................-91,000
    Technology development...................................-2,951,000
    Technology promotion.......................................-874,000
    Technology deployment......................................-400,000
Emergency transportation:
    Crisis management..........................................-279,000
Program administration:
    Operating expenses..........................................-42,000
    Policy and program support..................................-50,000
    Civil rights and special programs...........................-25,000
    Program management and administration.......................-95,000
    Contract program............................................-53,000
    Working capital fund........................................-40,000
Accountwide adjustments:
    Training...................................................-109,000
    Equipment..................................................-302,000
                                                       ________________

  Net reduction..............................................-7,725,000

       Amendment No. 138: Deletes House language as proposed by 
     the Senate and transfers $2,200,000 and 22 full-time 
     equivalent employees from the Research and Special Programs 
     Administration's aviation information management program to 
     the Bureau of Transportation Statistics under amendment 
     numbered 144.


                            Pipeline Safety

                         (pipeline safety fund)

       Amendment No. 139: Appropriates $31,448,000 for pipeline 
     safety instead of $29,941,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $32,973,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 140: Provides $28,750,000 from the Pipeline 
     Safety Fund instead of $27,243,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $30,275,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference 
     agreement includes the following reductions from the budget 
     request:

                                                             In dollars
Personnel compensation and benefits.............................-22,000
Operating expenses.............................................-306,000
Information systems............................................-552,000
Risk assessment and technology studies.........................-500,000
Compliance...................................................-4,146,000
Training and information dissemination..........................-21,000
Research and development.....................................-2,423,000
Grants.......................................................-3,000,000
                                                       ________________

    Net reduction...........................................-10,970,000

       Amendment No. 141: Provides that not to exceed $1,000,000 
     shall be available from the pipeline safety fund for grants 
     to states for the development and establishment of one-call 
     notification systems, as proposed by the House instead of 
     $1,500,000 as proposed by the Senate.


                     emergency preparedness grants

                     (emergency preparedness fund)

       Amendment No. 142: Limits obligations for emergency 
     preparedness grants to $8,890,000 as proposed by the House 
     instead of $9,200,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                      Office of Inspector General


                         salaries and expenses

       Amendment No. 143: Appropriates $40,238,000 for salaries 
     and expenses of the Office of inspector general as proposed 
     by the House instead of $39,891,200 as proposed by the 
     Senate.

                  Bureau of Transportation Statistics

       Amendment No. 144: Appropriates $2,200,000 for the Bureau 
     of Transportation Statistics as proposed by the Senate. The 
     House bill contained no similar provision.

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                       TITLE II--RELATED AGENCIES

       ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD


                         salaries and expenses

       Amendment No. 145: Appropriates $3,500,000 for salaries and 
     expenses of the Architectural and Transportation Barriers 
     Compliance Board as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $3,656,000 as proposed by the House. The conferees agree 
     that, although no funding is provided in fiscal year 1996 for 
     the acquisition of a new financial accounting system, this 
     reduction is made without prejudice to the system receiving 
     funding in future appropriations acts.

                  National Transportation Safety Board


                         salaries and expenses

       Amendment No. 146: Appropriates $38,774,000 for salaries 
     and expenses of the National Transportation Safety Board as 
     proposed by the House instead of $37,500,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate.
       The conference agreement distributes the salaries and 
     expenses of the National Transportation Safety Board and 350 
     full-time equivalent staff years as follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     Budget       Staff 
                     Office                         authority     years 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Policy and direction...........................      $5,662,000       45
Aviation safety................................      13,334,000      122
Surface transportation.........................      10,473,000       94
Research and engineering.......................       5,281,000       48
Administration.................................       2,692,000       31
Administrative law judges......................       1,332,000       10
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                             emergency fund

       Amendment No. 147: Appropriates $360,802 for the emergency 
     fund as proposed by the Senate instead of $160,802 as 
     proposed by the House.

                     Interstate Commerce Commission


                         salaries and expenses

       Amendment No. 148: Appropriates $13,379,000 for one quarter 
     year of salaries and expenses as well as severance and 
     closing costs of the Interstate Commerce Commission as 
     proposed by the House. The Senate bill provided the same 
     amount, but only for severance and closing costs. The 
     conferees agree that collected fees shall be made available 
     for the time the Commission remains in existence during 
     fiscal year 1996 and that once the Commission ceases to 
     exist, any unobligated balances from these collections shall 
     be used to pay termination and severance costs.

                     TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS


                     (including transfers of funds)

       Amendment No. 149: Makes technical change in the citation 
     to the authorization statute regarding primary and secondary 
     schooling of dependents of FAA personnel stationed outside of 
     the continental United States, as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 150: Deletes ``pursuant to paragraph (d)'' as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 151: Prohibits the use of funds for salaries 
     and expenses of more than one hundred political and 
     Presidential appointees in the Department of Transportation 
     as proposed by the Senate instead of one hundred and ten 
     appointees as proposed by the House.
       Amendment No. 152: Restores House language deleted by the 
     Senate that prohibits funds to be used to implement section 
     404 of title 23, United States Code.
       Amendment No. 153: Reduces the working capital fund for the 
     Department of Transportation programs funded in this Act by 
     $7,500,000 instead of $10,000,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $5,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 154: Limits working capital fund obligational 
     authority for the Department of Transportation programs 
     funded in this Act to no more than $95,649,000 instead of 
     $92,231,000 as proposed by the House and $99,364,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 155: Restores House language deleted by the 
     Senate that prohibits the use of funds to prepare, propose or 
     promulgate any regulations that prescribe changes in the 
     corporate average fuel economy standards for automobiles.
       Amendment No. 156: Cancels $25,000,000 of the budgetary 
     resources provided to the Department of Transportation, 
     excluding the Maritime Administration, as proposed by the 
     House, instead of canceling $25,000,000 of the budgetary 
     resources provided to the Department of Transportation, 
     including the Maritime Administration, as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       Amendment No. 157: Restores House language deleted by the 
     Senate and includes language proposed by the Senate which 
     requires the Secretary of Transportation to collocate and 
     consolidate the Department of Transportation's office 
     structure.
       Amendment No. 158: Restores House language deleted by the 
     Senate and includes language proposed by the Senate which 
     requires the Secretary of Transportation to collocate and 
     consolidate the Department of Transportation's surface 
     transportation field offices and activities.
       Amendment No. 159: Includes Senate language that permits 
     the Secretary of Transportation to submit a reorganization 
     plan of the surface transportation activities of the 
     Department of Transportation and the relationship of the 
     Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation to the 
     Department. The House bill included no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 160: Permits the Secretary of Transportation 
     to transfer funds appropriated in this Act to ``Rental 
     Payments'' as proposed by the Senate. The House bill would 
     have permitted the Secretary of Transportation to transfer 
     funds appropriated for any office of the Office of the 
     Secretary.
       Amendment No. 161: Prohibits funds for certain specified 
     types of employee training activities, as proposed by the 
     House. The Senate bill required that training be consistent 
     with current law.
       Amendment No. 162: Prohibits funds for enforcing the 
     existing airport revenue diversion laws, and which require 
     airports to be as self-sustaining as possible, as they relate 
     to specified facilities on Hot Springs Memorial Field in Hot 
     Springs, Arkansas, as proposed by the House. The Senate bill 
     contained no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 163: Deletes language in the Senate bill 
     requiring that time an individual has spent on the workers' 
     compensation rolls be counted as regular employment time for 
     the purpose of calculating retirement benefits. In addition, 
     the conference agreement deletes lines 1 through 13 on page 
     53 of the House engrossed bill, H.R. 2002. The effect of this 
     and the preceding disposition is to delete all language in 
     the House and Senate bills requiring changes in the 
     eligibility of employees to receive workers' compensation 
     payments after becoming eligible for regular federal 
     retirement benefits. Both the House and Senate bills required 
     a cessation of workers' compensation benefits six months 
     after retirement eligibility is reached.
       The conferees are concerned, however, that for many 
     individuals, workers' compensation has become a more 
     lucrative alternative to regular retirement. For example, in 
     the FAA alone, almost 500 people on the workers' compensation 
     rolls are at least 70 years of age, and over 1,200 are over 
     60. The current system allows these people to remain on the 
     workers' compensation rolls even when disability retirement 
     is available to them and even when there is little or no 
     chance they will be returned to work in the agency. These 
     cases create a drain on the annual discretionary budget of 
     agencies like the FAA, which are forced to use those scarce 
     funds to finance what is essentially a retirement program--
     and one with excessive and unnecessary costs. To address this 
     issue on a government-wide basis, the conferees direct the 
     General Accounting Office to study this issue and report with 
     recommendations for reform to the House and Senate Committees 
     on Appropriations no later than May 31, 1996.
       The conference agreement also includes a limitation against 
     using funds in this Act for activities designed to influence 
     Congress on legislation or appropriations pending before the 
     Congress except on the request of Members of Congress through 
     the proper official channels. The effect of this provision is 
     to restate, for emphasis, existing law codified in 18 U.S.C. 
     1813 regarding limitations on lobbying activities.
       Amendment No. 164: Modifies House language deleted by the 
     Senate that prohibits the use of funds for technical 
     training, tours, research fellowships with citizens of the 
     People's Republic of China to exempt the Federal Aviation 
     Administration and the joint Federal Aviation Administration, 
     Department of Defense and Department of Commerce initiative 
     designed to modernize the air traffic control system of the 
     People's Republic of China.
       Amendment No. 165: Restores House language deleted by the 
     Senate which prohibits the use of funds in the Act to support 
     Federal Transit Administration's field operations and 
     oversight of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit 
     Authority in any location other than from the Washington, DC 
     metropolitan area.
       Amendment No. 166: Restores House language deleted by the 
     Senate which appropriates $8,421,000 to the successor of the 
     Interstate Commerce Commission and permits the collection of 
     fees collected pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9701. The conferees 
     expect that the current level of user fees will continue to 
     be collected throughout the fiscal year unless changed by 
     authorization.
       Amendment No. 167: Deletes language proposed by the Senate 
     that provides for the redistribution of funds originally 
     provided for a project in West Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana to 
     be available for a project in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and 
     inserts language that limits the use of funds for 
     improvements to the Miller Highway in New York City, New 
     York. The House bill addressed this issue in amendment 
     numbered 191.
       Amendment No. 168: Includes language proposed by the Senate 
     that would require improvements identified by section 1069(t) 
     of Public Law 102-240 and funded pursuant to section 
     118(c)(2) of title 23, U.S.C. shall not be treated as an 
     allocation for interstate maintenance. The House bill 
     contained no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 169: Includes Senate language which requires 
     the Secretary of Transportation to carry out research to 
     identify successful telecommuting programs. The House bill 
     contained no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 170: Includes Senate language which would 
     exempt Indian Reservation Roads from any reductions required 
     pursuant to section 1003 of Public Law 102-240. The House 
     bill contained no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 171: Deletes Senate provision that would have 
     allowed states to trade in unobligated balances of their 
     federal-aid highway program, except for the congestion 
     mitigation and air quality improvement program, to mitigate 
     reductions pursuant to 

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     section 1003 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation 
     Efficiency Act. The House bill contained no similar 
     provision.
       Amendment No. 172: Deletes Senate provision that would have 
     allowed states to trade in unobligated balances of funds 
     authorized or appropriated for highway demonstration projects 
     to mitigate reductions pursuant to section 1003 of the 
     Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act. The House 
     bill contained no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 173: Deletes Senate provision that would have 
     established interstate compact infrastructure banks. The 
     House bill contained no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 174: Retains, with amendment, language in the 
     Senate bill requiring development of a new personnel 
     management system for the Federal Aviation Administration. 
     The House bill contained no similar provisions. The 
     conference agreement includes the following changes to the 
     Senate bill: (a) the official responsible for development and 
     implementation of the new personnel system is the FAA 
     administrator, not the Secretary; and (b) the new system 
     shall not waive current law relating to veterans' preference 
     and unemployment compensation. The provision takes effect on 
     April 1, 1996, as proposed by the Senate.
       Management-labor relationship.--The conferees believe that 
     a harmonious management-labor relationship within the FAA is 
     important to the effectiveness and efficiency of the national 
     airspace system. The conferees do not intend that the 
     personnel management reforms included in this bill force the 
     disestablishment of any existing management-labor agreement 
     or lead to the dissolution of any union currently 
     representing FAA employees. Instead, the conference agreement 
     provides the administrator of the FAA flexibility to redefine 
     the management-labor relationship to the benefit of the 
     agency and all of its employees.
       Administrator's working group.--The conferees have included 
     bill language which requires the FAA to develop new personnel 
     and procurement reform plans, with the goal of accelerating 
     the modernization of the FAA in the most efficient and cost-
     effective manner. The conferees believe the success of this 
     plan will, in part, depend upon the assistance of the entire 
     aviation community. The conferees would like to see high 
     level input from the aviation community. The conferees 
     therefore strongly recommend that the administrator consult 
     with the widest array of interested parties in developing the 
     new personnel and procurement systems. The administrator 
     should consider establishing a working group to assist his 
     efforts. The working group could include, but not be limited 
     to, representatives from the air carriers, general and 
     business aviation, airports, aircraft manufacturers, airline 
     and FAA employees, and the Office of the Secretary of 
     Defense.
       Amendment No. 175: Retains, with amendment, language in the 
     Senate bill requiring development of a new acquisition 
     management system for the Federal Aviation Administration. 
     The House bill contained no similar provisions. The 
     conference agreement changes the official responsibile for 
     development and implementation of the new acquisition system 
     to the FAA administrator, not the Secretary. The provision 
     takes effect on April 1, 1996, as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 176: Reduces bonuses and cash awards for 
     Department of Transportation employees by $752,852 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The House bill included no similar 
     provision.
       Amendment No. 177: Limits funds for Department of 
     Transportation advisory committees to $850,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate. The House bill contained no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 178: Includes provision that enables the 
     Secretary of Transportation to enforce and continue in effect 
     the exemption provisions of the Motor Vehicle Information and 
     Cost Savings Act. The House bill contains no similar 
     provision.
       Amendment No. 179: Provides that the FAA Technical Center 
     in Pomona, New Jersey be designated as the ``William J. 
     Hughes Technical Center'', as proposed by the Senate. The 
     House bill contained no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 180: Provides that no funds may be used to 
     close Coast Guard small boat stations or subunits, and allows 
     flexibility for the Secretary to implement system-wide 
     management efficiencies, as proposed by the Senate. The House 
     bill contained no similar provision. The conferees support 
     Coast Guard downsizing and streamlining efforts in general, 
     but find that in this instance the Coast Guard's methodology 
     failed to fairly consider distinctions between small boat 
     stations, such as water temperature and survival time, 
     leading ultimately to a proposal which lacked critical 
     justification.
       Amendment No. 181: Deletes Senate language that would 
     redistribute funds made available for obligation authorized 
     by item 21 of the table in section 1105(f) of Public Law 102-
     240 to carry out additional surface transportation projects 
     in Louisiana. The House bill contained no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 182: Includes Senate language that provides 
     for the transfer of certain federal property in Hoboken, New 
     Jersey. The House bill contained no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 183: Deletes Senate language which requires a 
     five percent reduction from fiscal year 1995 levels in the 
     energy costs of federal facilities used by agencies funded in 
     this Act. The conferees are aware that this issue will be 
     addressed government-wide by the Treasury, Postal Service and 
     General Government Appropriations Act, 1996.
       Amendment No. 184: Deletes language proposed by the Senate 
     requiring the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a study 
     of competition and air fares in rural aviation markets in the 
     United States.
       Amendment No. 185: Includes Senate language that would 
     provide $1,000,000 to establish and operate the Railroad 
     Safety Institute. The House bill contained no similar 
     provision. The conference agreement also addresses this issue 
     under amendment numbered 6.
       Amendment No. 186: Retains language proposed by the Senate 
     expressing the sense of the Senate regarding a dispute 
     between the United States and Japan over implementation of 
     the current U.S./Japan bilateral aviation agreement. The 
     House bill contained no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 187: Includes Senate language which modifies 
     provisions of section 339 of the Department of Transportation 
     and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 (Public Law 
     102-388). The House bill included no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 188: Deletes Senate provision that repeals 
     section 404 of 23 U.S.C. and inserts language that waives the 
     freight tonnage limit for rail lines benefiting from the 
     Local Rail Freight Assistance (LRFA) program for a project 
     near Wahpeton, North Dakota. The funds are proceeds from LRFA 
     loans that have been repaid to the State. Approximately 
     $2,300,000 may be used for the partial cost of a privately 
     owned rail spur, siding, and loading facility.
       Amendment No. 189: Includes Senate language that would have 
     delayed the restriction on the availability of certain 
     highway funds and designated the National Highway System. The 
     House bill contained no similar provision.

                                TITLE IV

       Amendment No. 190: Restores House language deleted by the 
     Senate which provides for mandatory standards and procedures 
     governing arbitrators and arbitration of labor disputes in 
     the Washington, DC area.

                                TITLE V

       Amendment No. 191: Deletes title V of the House bill which 
     restricts the use of funds for improvements to the Miller 
     Highway in New York City, New York. This prohibition is 
     included under amendment numbered 167.


                   conference total--with comparisons

       The total new budget (obligational) authority for the 
     fiscal year 1996 recommended by the Committee of Conference, 
     with comparisons to the fiscal year 1995 amount, the 1996 
     budget estimates, and the House and Senate bills for 1996 
     follow:

New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 1995...$14,214,401,000
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal 35,468,964,831
House bill, fiscal year 1996.............................12,810,725,806
Senate bill, fiscal year 1996............................12,613,811,567
Conference agreement, fiscal year 1996...................12,680,532,831
Conference agreement compared with:....................................
  New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 1995..-1,533,868,169
  Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fisc-22,788,432,000
  House bill, fiscal year 1996.............................-130,192,975
  Senate bill, fiscal year 1996.............................+66,721,264

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     Frank R. Wolf,
     Tom DeLay,
     Ralph Regula,
     Harold Rogers,
     Jim Lightfoot,
     Ron Packard,
     Sonny Callahan,
     Jay Dickey,
     Bob Livingston,
     Martin Olav Sabo (except amendments 174 and 190),
     Richard J. Durbin (except amendments 132, 174, and 190),
     Ronald D. Coleman (except amendment 174),
     Thomas M. Foglietta (except amendment 174),
     David R. Obey (except amendment 174)
                                Managers on the Part of the House.

     Mark O. Hatfield,
     Pete V. Domenici,
     Arlen Specter,
     Christopher S. Bond,
     Slade Gorton,
     Richard C. Shelby,
     Frank R. Lautenberg,
     Tom Harkin,
     Barbara A. Mikulski,
     Managers on the Part of the Senate.

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