[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 103 (Tuesday, July 28, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9150-S9161]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 
                                  1999

  (The text the bill (S. 2307), as passed by the Senate on Friday, July 
24, 1998, is as follows:)

                                S. 2307

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,
     That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in 
     the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department 
     of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year 
     ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes, namely:

                                TITLE I

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

                        OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

                   Immediate Office of the Secretary

       For necessary expenses of the Immediate Office of the 
     Secretary, $1,768,600: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, there may be credited to this 
     appropriation up to $1,000,000 in funds received from user 
     fees.

                Immediate Office of the Deputy Secretary

       For necessary expenses of the Immediate Office of the 
     Deputy Secretary, $554,700.

                     Office of the General Counsel

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 
     Counsel, $8,645,000.

              Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 
     Secretary for Policy, $2,479,500.

   Office of the Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International 
                                Affairs

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 
     Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs, $6,686,300: 
     Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in this 
     Act or otherwise made available may be used to maintain 
     custody of airline tariffs that are already available for 
     public and departmental access at no cost; to secure them 
     against detection, alteration, or tampering; and open to 
     inspection by the Department.

       Office of the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 
     Secretary for Budget and Programs, $5,687,800, including not 
     to exceed $40,000 for allocation within the Department for 
     official reception and representation expenses as the 
     Secretary may determine.

       Office of the Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 
     Secretary for Governmental Affairs, $1,600,000.

          Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 
     Secretary for Administration, $19,570,200.

                        Office of Public Affairs

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Public Affairs, 
     $1,656,600.

                         Executive Secretariat

       For necessary expenses of the Executive Secretariat, 
     $1,088,500.

                       Board of Contract Appeals

       For necessary expenses of the Board of Contract Appeals, 
     $460,000.

         Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Small and 
     Disadvantaged Business Utilization, $1,000,000.

                  Office of Intelligence and Security

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Intelligence and 
     Security, $935,000.

                Office of the Chief Information Officer

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief 
     Information Officer, $4,652,700.

                        Office of Intermodalism

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Intermodalism, 
     $1,000,000.

                         Office of Civil Rights

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
     $5,562,000.

           Transportation Planning, Research, and Development

       For necessary expenses for conducting transportation 
     planning, research, systems development, and development 
     activities, to remain available until expended, $8,328,400.

              Transportation Administrative Service Center

       Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital outlays 
     of the Transportation Administrative Service Center, not to 
     exceed $158,468,000, shall be paid from appropriations made 
     available to the Department of Transportation: Provided, That 
     such services shall be provided on a competitive basis to 
     entities within the Department of Transportation: Provided 
     further, That the above limitation on operating expenses 
     shall not apply to non-DOT entities: Provided further, That 
     no funds appropriated in this Act to an agency of the 
     Department shall be transferred to the Transportation 
     Administrative Service Center without the approval of the 
     agency modal administrator: Provided further, That no 
     assessments may be levied against any program, budget 
     activity, subactivity or project funded by this Act unless 
     notice of such assessments and the basis therefor are 
     presented to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations and are approved by such Committees.

               Minority Business Resource Center Program

       For the cost of direct loans, $1,500,000, as authorized by 
     49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, including the cost 
     of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 
     of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, 
     That these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations 
     for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed 
     $13,775,000. In addition, for administrative expenses to 
     carry out the direct loan program, $400,000.

                       Minority Business Outreach

       For necessary expenses of Minority Business Resource Center 
     outreach activities, $2,900,000, of which $2,635,000 shall 
     remain available until September 30, 2000: Provided, That 
     notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be used for 
     business opportunities related to any mode of transportation.

                         Amtrak Reform Council

       For necessary expenses of the Amtrak Reform Council 
     authorized under section 203 of Public Law 105-134, $450,000, 
     to remain available until September 30, 2000: Provided, That 
     none of the funds provided under this heading shall be for 
     payments to outside consultants: Provided further, That the 
     duties of the Amtrak Reform Council described in section 
     203(g)(1) of Public Law 105-134 shall include the 
     identification of Amtrak routes which are candidates for 
     closure or realignment, based on performance rankings 
     developed by Amtrak which incorporate information on each 
     route's fully allocated costs and ridership on core intercity 
     passenger service, and which assume, for purposes of closure 
     or realignment candidate identification, that federal 
     subsidies for Amtrak will decline over the 4-year period from 
     fiscal year 1999 to fiscal year 2002: Provided further, That 
     these closure or realignment recommendations shall be 
     included in the Amtrak Reform Council's annual report to the 
     Congress required by section 203(h) of Public Law 105-134.

                              COAST GUARD

                           Operating Expenses


                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses for the operation and maintenance of 
     the Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for; purchase of not 
     to exceed five passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; 
     payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97-377, as 
     amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and section 229(b) of the 
     Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 429(b)); and recreation and 
     welfare; $2,761,603,000, of which $300,000,000 shall be 
     available for national security-related activities and of 
     which $25,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill 
     Liability Trust Fund: Provided, That the number of aircraft 
     on hand at any one time shall not exceed 212, exclusive of 
     aircraft and parts stored to meet future attrition: Provided 
     further, That none of the funds appropriated in this or any 
     other Act shall be available for pay or administrative 
     expenses in connection with shipping commissioners in the 
     United States: Provided further, That none of the funds 
     provided in this Act shall be available for expenses incurred 
     for yacht documentation under 46 U.S.C. 12109, except to the 
     extent fees are collected from yacht owners and credited to 
     this appropriation: Provided further, That the Commandant 
     shall reduce both military and civilian employment levels for 
     the purpose of complying with Executive Order No. 12839: 
     Provided further, That up to $615,000 in user fees collected 
     pursuant to section 1111 of Public Law 104-324 shall be 
     credited to this appropriation as offsetting collections in 
     fiscal year 1998: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
     transfer funds to this account, from Federal Aviation 
     Administration ``Operations'', 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

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     purpose of providing additional funds for drug interdiction 
     activities: Provided further, That not less than $2,000,000 
     shall be available to support restoration of enhanced 
     counter-narcotics operations around the island of Hispaniola: 
     Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be 
     available for the Coast Guard to plan, finalize, or implement 
     any regulation that would promulgate new maritime user fees 
     not specifically authorized by law after the date of 
     enactment of this Act.

              Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements

       For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction, 
     renovation, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore 
     facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment 
     related thereto, $426,173,000, of which $20,000,000 shall be 
     derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which 
     $234,553,000 shall be available to acquire, repair, renovate 
     or improve vessels, small boats and related equipment, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2003; $55,131,000 shall 
     be available to acquire new aircraft and increase aviation 
     capability, to remain available until September 30, 2001; 
     $44,789,000 shall be available for other equipment, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2001; $43,250,000 shall be 
     available for shore facilities and aids to navigation 
     facilities, to remain available until September 30, 2001; and 
     $48,450,000 shall be available for personnel compensation and 
     benefits and related costs, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2000: Provided, That funds received from the 
     sale of HU-25 aircraft shall be credited to this 
     appropriation for the purpose of acquiring new aircraft and 
     increasing aviation capacity: Provided further, That the 
     Commandant may dispose of surplus real property by sale or 
     lease and the proceeds shall be credited to this 
     appropriation, of which not more than $1,000,000 shall be 
     credited as offsetting collections to this account, to be 
     available for the purposes of this account: Provided further, 
     That the amount herein appropriated from the General Fund 
     shall be reduced by such amount: Provided further, That any 
     proceeds from the sale or lease of Coast Guard surplus real 
     property in excess of $1,000,000 shall be retained and remain 
     available until expended, but shall not be available for 
     obligation until October 1, 1999: Provided further, That the 
     Secretary, with funds made available under this heading, 
     acting through the Commandant, may enter into a long-term Use 
     Agreement with the City of Homer for dedicated pier space on 
     the Homer dock necessary to support Coast Guard vessels when 
     such vessels call on Homer, Alaska.

                Environmental Compliance and Restoration

       For necessary expenses to carry out the Coast Guard's 
     environmental compliance and restoration functions under 
     chapter 19 of title 14, United States Code, $21,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended.

                         Alteration of Bridges


                          (highway trust fund)

       For necessary expenses for alteration or removal of 
     obstructive bridges, $20,000,000, to be derived from the 
     highway account of the highway trust fund, to remain 
     available until expended.

                              Retired Pay

       For retired pay, including the payment of obligations 
     therefor otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for 
     this purpose, and payments under the Retired Serviceman's 
     Family Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, and for 
     payments for medical care of retired personnel and their 
     dependents under the Dependents Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. 
     ch. 55); $684,000,000.

                            Reserve Training


                     (including transfer of funds)

       For all necessary expenses of the Coast Guard Reserve, as 
     authorized by law; maintenance and operation of facilities; 
     and supplies, equipment, and services; $67,000,000: Provided, 
     That no more than $20,000,000 of funds made available under 
     this heading may be transferred to Coast Guard ``Operating 
     expenses'' or otherwise made available to reimburse the Coast 
     Guard for financial support of the Coast Guard Reserve.

              Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
     applied scientific research, development, test, and 
     evaluation; maintenance, rehabilitation, lease and operation 
     of facilities and equipment, as authorized by law, 
     $17,461,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
     $3,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability 
     Trust Fund: Provided, That there may be credited to this 
     appropriation funds received from State and local 
     governments, other public authorities, private sources, and 
     foreign countries, for expenses incurred for research, 
     development, testing, and evaluation.

                    FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

                               Operations

       For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation 
     Administration, not otherwise provided for, including 
     operations and research activities related to commercial 
     space transportation, administrative expenses for research 
     and development, establishment of air navigation facilities 
     and the operation (including leasing) and maintenance of 
     aircraft, and carrying out the provisions of subchapter I of 
     chapter 471 of title 49, United States Code, or other 
     provisions of law authorizing the obligation of funds for 
     similar programs of airport and airway development or 
     improvement, lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles 
     for replacement only, in addition to amounts made available 
     by Public Law 104-264, $5,538,259,000, of which 
     $2,158,930,135 shall be derived from the Airport and Airway 
     Trust Fund: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act 
     shall be available for the Federal Aviation Administration to 
     plan, finalize, or implement any regulation that would 
     promulgate new aviation user fees not specifically authorized 
     by law after the date of enactment of this Act: Provided 
     further, That there may be credited to this appropriation 
     funds received from States, counties, municipalities, foreign 
     authorities, other public authorities, and private sources, 
     for expenses incurred in the provision of agency services, 
     including receipts for the maintenance and operation of air 
     navigation facilities, and for issuance, renewal or 
     modification of certificates, including airman, aircraft, and 
     repair station certificates, or for tests related thereto, or 
     for processing major repair or alteration forms: Provided 
     further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
     $6,000,000 shall be for the contract tower cost-sharing 
     program: Provided further, That funds may be used to enter 
     into a grant agreement with a nonprofit standard-setting 
     organization to assist in the development of aviation safety 
     standards: Provided further, That 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: Provided further, That none of the funds in this 
     Act shall be available for new applicants for the second 
     career training program: Provided further, That none of the 
     funds in this Act shall be available for paying premium pay 
     under 5 U.S.C. 5546(a) to any Federal Aviation Administration 
     employee unless such employee actually performed work during 
     the time corresponding to such premium pay: Provided further, 
     That none of the funds in this Act may be obligated or 
     expended to operate a manned auxiliary flight service station 
     in the contiguous United States.

                        Facilities and Equipment


                    (airport and airway trust fund)

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
     acquisition, establishment, and improvement by contract or 
     purchase, and hire of air navigation and experimental 
     facilities and equipment as authorized under part A of 
     subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, including 
     initial acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; 
     engineering and service testing, including construction of 
     test facilities and acquisition of necessary sites by lease 
     or grant; and construction and furnishing of quarters and 
     related accommodations for officers and employees of the 
     Federal Aviation Administration stationed at remote 
     localities where such accommodations are not available; and 
     the purchase, lease, or transfer of aircraft from funds 
     available under this head; to be derived from the Airport and 
     Airway Trust Fund, $2,044,683,269, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2001: Provided, That there may be credited to 
     this appropriation funds received from States, counties, 
     municipalities, other public authorities, and private 
     sources, for expenses incurred in the establishment and 
     modernization of air navigation facilities: Provided further, 
     That notwithstanding the Prompt Payment Act or any other 
     provision of law, the Secretary of the Treasury may not make 
     payments from this account in excess of $1,516,000,000 in 
     fiscal year 1999, except for payments for salaries and 
     benefits: Provided further, That no action may be brought in 
     any court of law for delay of payment pursuant to the 
     preceding proviso: Provided further, That no funds may be 
     transferred out of this account in fiscal year 1999: Provided 
     further, That any obligation of funds that results in an 
     expenditure in excess of $1,736,000,000 in fiscal year 1999 
     shall be deemed to be an obligation in violation of section 
     1341 of title 31 of the United States Code: Provided further, 
     That the Secretary shall submit monthly reports to the House 
     and Senate Committees on Appropriations to ensure compliance 
     with the preceding provisos and such reports shall include an 
     analysis of cumulative obligations and expenditures from 
     October 1, 1998, through the first day of the month in which 
     the report is due and specific actions taken by the Secretary 
     to ensure that the outlays in fiscal year 1999 resulting from 
     the use of funds in this account shall not exceed 
     $1,736,000,000: Provided further, That no funds shall be 
     available for the Wide Area Augmentation System until 
     notification by the Secretary that outlays in fiscal year 
     1999 resulting from the use of funds in this account shall 
     not exceed $1,736,000,000: Provided further, That no funds 
     shall be available for the Wide Area Augmentation System 
     until certification to the House of Representatives Committee 
     on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Appropriations 
     by the Secretary of Transportation and the Administrator of 
     the FAA that the Wide Area Augmentation System will provide a 
     sole means of navigation for aviation users, the Wide Area 
     Augmentation System continuity problems will be solved 
     without additional facilities or funding, and the cost/
     benefit ratio of the Wide Area Augmentation System exceeds 
     the cost/benefit ratio of other landing and navigational aid

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     programs: Provided further, That no funds shall be available 
     for the Wide Area Augmentation System until the Department of 
     Transportation Inspector General validates and concurs in the 
     certification of the Secretary and the Administrator to the 
     House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations and the 
     Senate Committee on Appropriations.

                 Research, Engineering, and Development


                    (airport and airway trust fund)

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
     research, engineering, and development, as authorized under 
     part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, 
     including construction of experimental facilities and 
     acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant, 
     $173,627,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust 
     Fund and to remain available until September 30, 2001: 
     Provided, That there may be credited to this appropriation 
     funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other 
     public authorities, and private sources, for expenses 
     incurred for research, engineering, and development.

                       Grants-in-Aid for Airports


                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                    (airport and airway trust fund)

       For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in-aid 
     for airport planning and development, and for noise 
     compatibility planning and programs as authorized under 
     subchapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 
     of title 49, United States Code, and under other law 
     authorizing such obligations, $1,600,000,000, to be derived 
     from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds in 
     this Act shall be available for the planning or execution of 
     programs the obligations for which are in excess of 
     $2,100,000,000 in fiscal year 1999 for grants-in-aid for 
     airport planning and development, and noise compatibility 
     planning and programs, notwithstanding section 47117(h) of 
     title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That 
     discretionary funds available for noise planning and 
     mitigation shall not exceed $225,000,000 and discretionary 
     funds available for the military airport program shall not 
     exceed $26,000,000: Provided further, That up to $100,000,000 
     shall be available for the procurement of explosive detection 
     systems.

                   Aviation Insurance Revolving Fund

       The Secretary of Transportation is hereby authorized to 
     make such expenditures and investments, within the limits of 
     funds available pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 44307, and in 
     accordance with section 104 of the Government Corporation 
     Control Act, as amended (31 U.S.C. 9104), as may be necessary 
     in carrying out the program for aviation insurance activities 
     under chapter 443 of title 49, United States Code.

                Aircraft Purchase Loan Guarantee Program

       None of the funds in this Act shall be available for 
     activities under this heading during fiscal year 1999.

                     FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

                 Limitation on Administrative Expenses

       Necessary expenses for administration and operation of the 
     Federal Highway Administration not to exceed $320,413,000 
     shall be paid in accordance with law from appropriations made 
     available by this Act to the Federal Highway Administration 
     together with advances and reimbursements received by the 
     Federal Highway Administration.

                 Appalachian Development Highway System

       For carrying out the provisions of section 1069(y) of 
     Public Law 102-240, relating to construction of, and 
     improvements to, corridors of the Appalachian Development 
     Highway System, $200,000,000 to remain available until 
     expended.

                          Federal-Aid Highways


                      (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

                          (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

       None of the funds in this Act shall be available for the 
     implementation or execution of programs, the obligations for 
     which are in excess of $25,511,000,000 for Federal-aid 
     highways and highway safety construction programs for fiscal 
     year 1999: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, within the $25,511,000,000 obligation 
     limitation on Federal-aid highways and highway safety 
     construction programs, not more than $200,000,000 shall be 
     available for the implementation or execution of programs for 
     Intelligent Transportation Systems (Sections 5204, 5205, 
     5206, 5207, 5208, and 5209 of Public Law 105-178) for fiscal 
     year 1999; not more than $178,150,000 shall be available for 
     the implementation or execution of programs for 
     transportation research (Sections 502, 503, 504, 506, 507, 
     and 508 of title 23, United States Code, as amended; section 
     5505 of title 49, United States Code, as amended; and section 
     5112 of Public Law 105-178) for fiscal year 1999; not more 
     than $38,000,000 shall be available for the implementation or 
     execution of programs for Ferry Boat and Ferry Terminal 
     Facility Program (Section 1064 of the Intermodal Surface 
     Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (23 U.S.C. 129 note; 
     105 Stat. 2005) as amended)) for fiscal year 1999; not more 
     than $15,000,000 shall be available for the implementation or 
     execution of programs for the Magnetic Levitation 
     Transportation Technology Deployment Program (Section 1218 of 
     Public Law 105-178) for fiscal year 1999; not more than 
     $31,000,000 shall be available for the implementation or 
     execution of programs for the Bureau of Transportation 
     Statistics (Section 111 of title 49, United States Code) for 
     fiscal year 1999: Provided further, That within the 
     $20,000,000 made available for refuge roads in fiscal year 
     1999 by section 204 of title 23, United States Code, as 
     amended, $700,000 shall be made available to the United 
     States Army Corps of Engineers to study rural access issues 
     in Alaska, and $1,500,000 shall be made available for 
     improvements to the Crooked Creek access road in the Charles 
     M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge, Montana: Provided 
     further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     within the $25,511,000,000 obligation limitation, $5,000,000 
     of the amounts made available as contract authority under 
     section 1221(e) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st 
     Century (Public Law 105-178) shall be made available to carry 
     out section 5113 of that Act: Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, within the 
     $200,000,000 obligation limitation on Intelligent 
     Transportation Systems, not less than the following sums 
     shall be made available for Intelligent Transportation System 
     projects in the specified areas:
       Atlanta, GA, $4,000,000
       Brandon, VT, $750,000
       Buffalo, NY, $1,750,000
       Columbus, OH, $2,000,000
       Corpus Christi, TX, $900,000
       Delaware River, PA, $4,000,000
       Huntington Beach, CA, $1,000,000
       Inglewood, CA, $1,000,000
       Jackson, MS, $4,000,000
       Kansas City, MO, $1,000,000
       Mobile, AL, $5,000,000
       Monroe County, NY, $1,000,000
       Montgomery, AL, $2,500,000
       Nashville, TN, $1,000,000
       New York/Long Island, NY, $5,000,000
       Oakland County, MI, $2,000,000
       Onondaga County, NY, $1,000,000
       Raleigh-Wake County, NC, $4,000,000
       Spokane, WA, $900,000
       St. Louis, MO, $1,500,000
       State of Alaska, $3,000,000
       State of Idaho, $1,000,000
       State of Maryland, $2,000,000
       State of Missouri ITS project, $1,000,000
       State of Montana, $2,000,000
       State of Nevada, $1,150,000
       State of New Jersey, $6,000,000
       State of New Mexico, $2,000,000
       State of North Dakota, $1,450,000
       State of Pennsylvania, $4,000,000
       State of Texas, $2,000,000
       State of Utah, $7,200,000
       State of Washington, $3,000,000
       State of Wisconsin, $3,000,000
       Westchester and Putnam Counties, NY, $1,000,000.

                          Federal-Aid Highways


                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                          (highway trust fund)

       For carrying out the provisions of title 23, United States 
     Code, that are attributable to Federal-aid highways, 
     including the National Scenic and Recreational Highway as 
     authorized by 23 U.S.C. 148, not otherwise provided, 
     including reimbursements for sums expended pursuant to the 
     provisions of 23 U.S.C. 308, $24,000,000,000 or so much 
     thereof as may be available in and derived from the Highway 
     Trust Fund, to remain available until expended.

                      Motor Carrier Safety Grants


                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                      (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

       For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 49 
     U.S.C. 31102, $100,000,000, to be derived from the Highway 
     Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: Provided, 
     That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the 
     implementation or execution of programs the obligations for 
     which are in excess of $100,000,000 for ``Motor Carrier 
     Safety Grants''.

             NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

                        Operations and Research


                          (highway trust fund)

       For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the 
     Secretary, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund, 
     $87,400,000 for traffic and highway safety under chapter 301 
     of title 49, U.S.C., and part C of subtitle VI of title 49, 
     U.S.C., of which $58,558,000 shall remain available until 
     September 30, 2001; $2,000,000 for chapter 303 of title 49, 
     U.S.C., to remain available until September 30, 2001: 
     Provided, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
     be obligated or expended to plan, finalize, or implement any 
     rulemaking to add to section 575.104 of title 49 of the Code 
     of Federal Regulations any requirement pertaining to a 
     grading standard that is different from the three grading 
     standards (treadwear, traction, and temperature resistance) 
     already in effect.

                        Operations and Research


                (Liquidation of Contract authorization)

                      (Limitation on Obligations)

                          (Highway Trust Fund)

       For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the 
     provisions of 23 U.S.C. 403, to remain available until 
     expended, $72,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust 
     Fund: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be 
     available for the planning or execution of programs the total 
     obligations for which, in fiscal year 1999, are in excess of 
     $72,000,000 for programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 403.

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                     HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS

                (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT authorization)

                      (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

                          (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

       For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the 
     provisions of 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, 410, and 411 to remain 
     available until expended, $200,000,000, to be derived from 
     the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That none of the funds in 
     this Act shall be available for the planning or execution of 
     programs the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 
     1999, are in excess of $200,000,000 for programs authorized 
     under 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, 410, and 411 of which $150,000,000 
     shall be for ``Highway Safety Programs'' under 23 U.S.C. 402, 
     $10,000,000 shall be for ``Occupant Protection Incentive 
     Grants'' under 23 U.S.C. 405, $35,000,000 shall be for 
     ``Alcohol-Impaired Driving Countermeasures Grants'' under 23 
     U.S.C. 410, $5,000,000 shall be for the ``State Highway 
     Safety Data Grants'' under 23 U.S.C. 411: Provided further, 
     That none of these funds shall be used for construction, 
     rehabilitation, or remodeling costs, or for office 
     furnishings and fixtures for State, local, or private 
     buildings or structures: Provided further, That not to exceed 
     $5,434,000 of the funds made available for Highway Safety 
     Programs under 23 U.S.C. 402 shall be available to NHTSA for 
     administering ``Highway Safety Programs'': Provided further, 
     That not to exceed $500,000 of the funds made available for 
     section 410 ``Alcohol-Impaired Driving Countermeasures 
     Grants'' shall be available for technical assistance to the 
     States.

                    FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION

                      Office of the Administrator

       For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad 
     Administration, not otherwise provided for, $21,020,000, of 
     which $1,389,000 shall remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That, as part of the Washington Union Station 
     transaction in which the Secretary assumed the first deed of 
     trust on the property and, where the Union Station 
     Redevelopment Corporation or any successor is obligated to 
     make payments on such deed of trust on the Secretary's 
     behalf, including payments on and after September 30, 1988, 
     the Secretary is authorized to receive such payments directly 
     from the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation, credit them 
     to the appropriation charged for the first deed of trust, and 
     make payments on the first deed of trust with those funds: 
     Provided further, That such additional sums as may be 
     necessary for payment on the first deed of trust may be 
     advanced by the Administrator from unobligated balances 
     available to the Federal Railroad Administration, to be 
     reimbursed from payments received from the Union Station 
     Redevelopment Corporation: Provided further, That of the 
     funds provided under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be made 
     available for grants authorized under title 49, United States 
     Code, section 22301.

                            Railroad Safety

       For necessary expenses in connection with railroad safety, 
     not otherwise provided for, $61,876,000, of which $3,825,000 
     shall remain available until expended: Provided, That 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
     appropriated under this heading are available for the 
     reimbursement of out-of-state travel and per diem costs 
     incurred by employees of State governments directly 
     supporting the Federal railroad safety program, including 
     regulatory development and compliance-related activities.

                   Railroad Research and Development

       For necessary expenses for railroad research and 
     development, $25,760,000, to remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation is authorized 
     to sell aluminum reaction rail, power rail base, and other 
     related materials located at the Transportation Technology 
     Center, near Pueblo, Colorado, and shall credit the receipts 
     from such sale to this account, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
     3302, to remain available until expended.

                    Next Generation High-Speed Rail

       For necessary expenses for the Next Generation High-Speed 
     Rail program as authorized under 49 United States Code 
     sections 26101 and 26102, $28,494,000, to remain available 
     until expended: Provided, That funds under this heading may 
     be made available for grants to States for high-speed rail 
     corridor design, feasibility studies, environmental analyses, 
     and track and signal improvements.

                     Alaska Railroad Rehabilitation

       To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to 
     the Alaska Railroad, $10,000,000 shall be for capital 
     rehabilitation and improvements benefiting its passenger 
     operations.

                     Rhode Island Rail Development

       For the costs associated with construction of a third track 
     on the Northeast Corridor between Davisville and Central 
     Falls, Rhode Island, with sufficient clearance to accommodate 
     double stack freight cars, $7,500,000 to be matched by the 
     State of Rhode Island or its designee on a dollar for dollar 
     basis and to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
     as a condition of accepting such funds, the Providence and 
     Worcester (P&W) Railroad shall enter into an agreement with 
     the Secretary to reimburse Amtrak and/or the Federal Railroad 
     Administration, on a dollar for dollar basis, up to the first 
     $28,000,000 in damages resulting from the legal action 
     initiated by the P&W Railroad under its existing contracts 
     with Amtrak relating to the provision of vertical clearances 
     between Davisville and Central Falls in excess of those 
     required for present freight operations.

     Capital Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation

       For necessary expenses of capital improvements of the 
     National Railroad Passenger Corporation, $555,000,000; of 
     which not less than $200,000,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2001, shall be for Northeast Corridor 
     improvements authorized by chapter 249 of title 49, United 
     States Code, and 49 U.S.C. 24104(a); and of which no more 
     than $355,000,000, to become available on October 1, 1998 and 
     remain available until expended, shall be for capital grants 
     authorized by 49 U.S.C. 24104(a): Provided further, That the 
     term ``capital improvements'' includes projects for--(A)(i) 
     acquisition, construction, supervision, or inspection, of a 
     facility or equipment, for use in intercity rail 
     transportation; (ii) expenses incidental to the acquisition 
     or construction (including designing, engineering, location 
     survey, mapping, acquiring rights of way, associated pre-
     revenue startup costs, and environmental mitigation), 
     payments for rail trackage rights, Intelligent Transportation 
     Systems; (B) rehabilitating rolling stock; (C) 
     remanufacturing rolling stock; (D) overhauling rolling stock; 
     and (E) preventive maintenance: Provided further, That the 
     Secretary shall not obligate more than $222,000,000 prior to 
     September 30, 1999.

                     FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

                        Administrative Expenses

       For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal 
     Transit Administration's programs authorized by chapter 53 of 
     title 49, United States Code, $10,800,000: Provided, That no 
     more than $54,000,000 of budget authority shall be available 
     for these purposes: Provided further, That of the funds in 
     this Act available for the execution of contracts under 
     section 5327(c) of title 49, United States Code, $1,000,000 
     shall be transferred to the Department of Transportation 
     Inspector General for costs associated with the audit and 
     review of new fixed guideway systems projects of national 
     significance or that experience extensive changes in 
     financial scope or system design.

                             Formula Grants

       For necessary expenses to carry out 49 United States Code 
     5307, 5308, 5310, 5311, and 5327, $570,000,000: Provided, 
     That no more than $2,850,000,000 of budget authority shall be 
     available for these purposes: Provided further, That of the 
     funds made available under section 5308, up to $10,000,000 
     may be used for the projects that include payments for the 
     incremental costs of biodiesel fuels: Provided further, That 
     such incremental costs shall be limited to the cost 
     difference between the cost of alternative fuels and their 
     petroleum-based alternatives.

                   University Transportation Research

       For necessary expenses to carry out 49 United States Code 
     5505, $1,200,000: Provided, That no more than $6,000,000 of 
     budget authority shall be available for these purposes.

                     Transit Planning and Research

       For necessary expenses to carry out 49 United States Code 
     5303, 5304, 5305, 5311(b)(2), 5312, 5313(a), 5314, 5315, and 
     5322, $19,800,000: Provided, That no more than $98,000,000 of 
     budget authority shall be available for these purposes: 
     Provided further, That $5,250,000 is available to provide 
     rural transportation assistance (49 U.S.C. 5311(b)(2)); 
     $4,000,000 is available to carry out programs under the 
     National Transit Institute (49 U.S.C. 5315); $8,250,000 is 
     available to carry out transit cooperative research programs 
     (49 U.S.C. 5313(a)); $43,841,600 is available for 
     metropolitan planning (49 U.S.C. 5303, 5304, and 5305); 
     $9,158,400 is available for state planning (49 U.S.C. 
     5313(b)); and $27,500,000 is available for the national 
     planning and research program (49 U.S.C. 5314): Provided 
     further, That of the total budget authority made available 
     for the national planning and research program, the Federal 
     Transit Administration shall provide the following amounts to 
     the projects listed below:
       Santa Barbara Electric Transportation Institute and San 
     Diego Clean Fuel Ferry program, $1,000,000;
       City of Branson, MO congestion study, $450,000;
       1999 Special Olympics World Summer Games planning and 
     assistance, $1,500,000;
       Skagit County, WA North Sound connecting communities 
     project, Skagit County Council of Governments, $50,000;
       2002 Winter Olympics security training and assistance, 
     $1,000,000;
       Desert air quality comprehensive analysis, Las Vegas, NV, 
     $500,000;
       Vegetation control on rail rights-of-way survey, $250,000;
       Zinc-air battery bus technology demonstration, $1,000,000;
       Virtual transit enterprise distributed information 
     technology demonstration, $1,400,000;
       North Orange-South Seminole County, FL fixed guideway ITS 
     application, $750,000;
       Galveston, TX fixed guideway ITS activities, $750,000;
       Washoe County, NV transit technology, $1,250,000;
       Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority advanced electric 
     transit buses and related infrastructure, $1,500,000;
       Palm Springs, CA fuel cell buses, $1,000,000;
       Gloucester, MA intermodal technology center, $1,500,000; 
     and

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       Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority advanced 
     propulsion control system, $2,000,000.

                      Trust Fund Share of Expenses


                (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

                          (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

       For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 49 
     U.S.C. 5303 through 5308, 5310 through 5315, 5317(b), 5322, 
     5327 and 5334, $2,446,200,000, to remain available until 
     expended and to be derived from the Mass Transit Account of 
     the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That $2,280,000,000 shall 
     be paid to the Federal Transit Administration's formula 
     grants account: Provided further, That $78,200,000 shall be 
     paid to the Federal Transit Administration's transit planning 
     and research account: Provided further, That $43,200,000 
     shall be paid to the Federal Transit Administration's 
     administrative expenses account: Provided further, That 
     $4,800,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit 
     Administration's university transportation research account: 
     Provided further, That $40,000,000 shall be paid to the 
     Federal Transit Administration's job access and reverse 
     commute grants program.

                       Capital Investment Grants

       For necessary expenses to carry out 49 United States Code 
     5308, 5309, 5318, and 5327, $451,400,000: Provided, That no 
     more than $2,257,000,000 of budget authority shall be 
     available for these purposes: Provided further, That there 
     shall be available for fixed guideway modernization, 
     $902,800,000; there shall be available for the replacement, 
     rehabilitation, and purchase of buses and related equipment 
     and the construction of bus-related facilities, $451,400,000; 
     and there shall be available for new fixed guideway systems 
     $902,800,000: Provided further, That, within the total funds 
     provided for buses and bus-related facilities to carry out 49 
     U.S.C. section 5309, the following projects shall be 
     considered eligible for these funds: Provided further, That 
     the Administrator of the Federal Transit Administration 
     shall, not later than 60 days after the enactment of this 
     Act, individually submit to the congressional transit 
     appropriations and authorization committees the recommended 
     grant funding levels for the respective projects from the 
     following projects here listed:
       AC Transit electric bus program, CA
       Albany, NY paratransit buses and facilities
       Albuquerque, NM buses and bus facilities
       Alexandria, VA King Street Station access
       Alexandria, VA bus maintenance facility
       Allegheny County, PA buses and intermodal station
       Altoona, PA Metro Transit Authority buses
       Altoona, PA pedestrian crossover
       Altoona, PA Metro Transit Authority Logan Valley Mall 
     suburban transfer center
       Anacortes, WA ferry terminal information system
       Anchorage, AK Ship Creek intermodal facility
       Arkansas statewide bus needs
       Armstrong County-Mid County, PA bus facilities and buses
       Atlanta, GA MARTA buses
       Austin, TX Capital Metro bus replacement
       Babylon, NY intermodal center
       Beaver County, PA transit facility
       Bellingham, WA Whatcom Transit Authority bus maintenance 
     facility
       Berlin, NH Tri-County Community Action transit garage
       Birmingham, AL intermodal facility
       Birmingham-Jefferson County, AL buses
       Boston, MA Logan Airport intermodal buses
       Boston, MA Charles Street/MA General Hospital ``T'' Station 
     Rehabilitation
       Boston, MA South Station intermodal center connection link
       Boulder/Denver, CO RTD buses
       Bradford County, PA Endless Mountain Transportation 
     Authority buses
       Brattleboro, VT Union Station multimodal center
       Brazos, TX Transit Authority buses and facilities
       Bremerton, WA Sinclair's Landing, multimodal center
       Brockton, MA intermodal transportation center
       Brookhaven Town, NY elderly and disabled buses and vans
       Brooklyn-Staten Island, NY mobility enhancement buses
       Broome County, NY buses and fare collection equipment
       Broward County, FL buses
       Buffalo, NY Crossroads intermodal station
       Buffalo, NY Auditorium intermodal center
       Burlington, VT ferry terminal improvements
       Burlington, VT multimodal center
       Butte, MT bus replacements
       California I-5 corridor intermodal transit centers
       Cambria County, PA bus facilities and buses
       Carroll County, NH transportation alliance buses
       Cedar Rapids, IA Ground Transportation Center
       Centre Area, PA Transportation Authority buses
       Chambersburg, PA Transit Authority buses and intermodal 
     center
       Chelan, WA Chelan-Douglas multimodal center
       Chester County, PA Paoli transportation center
       Clark County, NV RTC CNG fueling facility
       Clark County, NV Regional Transportation Commission buses
       Cleveland, OH Triskett Garage bus maintenance facility
       Clinton, WA ferry terminal
       Colorado statewide buses
       Columbia, SC bus replacement
       Concord Area Transit, NH buses
       Corpus Christi, TX transit authority buses and facilities
       Crawford Area, PA buses
       Culver City, CA CityBus buses
       Dade County, FL Metro-Dade Transit Agency replacement buses
       Dallas, TX Dallas Area Rapid Transit buses
       Davis, CA Unitrans transit maintenance facility
       Davis/Sacramento CA hydrogen bus technology validation
       Dayton, OH multimodal transportation center
       Daytona, FL intermodal center
       Deerfield Valley, VT Transit Authority
       Demonstration of universal electric transportation 
     subsystems (DUETS), bus system, NM
       Denver, CO Stapleton intermodal center
       Des Moines, IA intermodal facility
       Dothan, AL Wiregrass Transit Authority demand response 
     shuttle vehicles and transit facility
       Duluth, MN Transit Authority community circulation vehicles
       Duluth, MN Transit Authority intelligent transportation 
     systems
       Duluth, MN Transit Authority transit hub
       Dutchess County, NY Loop System buses
       East Hampton, NY elderly and disabled buses and vans
       El Paso, TX Sun Metro demand response, maintenance, and 
     terminal facility
       Erie, PA Metropolitan Transit Authority buses
       Essex and Middlesex Counties, MA buses
       Eugene, OR Lane Transit District buses
       Everett, WA multimodal transportation center
       Fairbanks, AK intermodal rail/bus transfer facility
       Fayette County, PA intermodal facilities and buses
       Fayetteville, AR University of Arkansas Transit System 
     buses
       Folsom, CA Railroad block project
       Fort Ord, CA multi-modal transportation center
       Fort Dodge, IA Intermodal Facility
       Fort Worth, TX buses
       Frankford, PA Septa transportation center
       Galveston, TX alternative fuel buses
       Gary, IN Transit Consortium buses
       Georgetown University fuel cell bus development and 
     manufacturing
       Gloucester, MA intermodal transportation center
       Grand Forks, Fargo, Bismarck-Mandan and Minot, ND buses
       Grant County, WA buses and vans
       Greater Laconia, NH Transit Agency buses
       Greensboro, NC Transit Authority buses and vans
       Greensboro, NC multimodal center
       Harrison County, MS multimodal center/hybrid electric 
     shuttle buses
       Harrisonburg, VA buses
       Hartford, CT transportation access project
       Healdsburg, CA intermodal facility
       Honolulu, HI bus facility and buses
       Hot Springs, AR transportation depot and plaza
       Humboldt, CA intermodal facility
       Huntington Beach, CA senior center shuttle buses
       Huntington, WV intermodal facility
       Huntsville, AL intermodal space centers--East and West
       Hyannis, MA intermodal transportation center
       Illinois statewide buses and bus-related equipment
       Indianapolis, IN buses
       Iowa/Illinois Transit Consortium bus safety and security
       Iowa statewide bus request
       Ithaca, NY TCAT bus technology improvements
       Jackson, MS buses and facilities
       Jacksonville, FL Transit Authority buses and mini transit 
     center
       Jasper, AL buses
       Johnson County, KS bus maintenance/operations facility
       Kansas City, MO Union Station redevelopment
       Kansas City, MO two-way radios; farebox system; facility 
     repair
       Keene, NH HCS Community Care buses and equipment
       King County/Kingdome, WA pedestrian bridges
       King County, WA Metro transit transfer facilities
       Lackawanna County, PA Transit System buses
       Lake Tahoe, CA intermodal terminal
       Lake Tahoe, CA alternative fuels station
       Lake Tahoe, CA coordinated transit system
       Lakeland, FL Citrus Connection transit vehicles/equipment
       Lane County, OR bus rapid transit
       Lansing, MI CATA bus technology improvements
       Las Cruces, NM buses, facilities and park and ride
       Las Vegas, NV RTC South Resort Corridor transit center
       Las Vegas, NV Citizen Area Transit System
       Lebanon, NH Advance Transit buses
       Lee County, AL buses

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       Little Rock, AR Central Arkansas Transit buses
       Little Rock, AR New Harbor Inlet intermodal center
       Livermore-Ardmore Valley, CA automatic vehicle locator 
     program
       Long Beach, NY central bus facility
       Long Island, NY CNG transit vehicles and facilities
       Long Island, NY bus replacement
       Los Angeles County, CA Foothills transit buses
       Los Angeles County, CA Metropolitan Transportation 
     Authority bus replacement
       Los Angeles, CA Foothills transit bus maintenance facility
       Los Angeles, CA San Fernando Valley smart shuttle buses
       Los Angeles, CA Union Station Gateway intermodal transit 
     center
       Los Angeles, CA municipal transit operators consortium
       Louisiana statewide bus request
       Louisville, Kentucky University of Louisville and River 
     City buses
       Lynchburg, VA buses
       Market Street, NJ bus maintenance facility
       Maryland statewide bus facilities and buses
       Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority statewide bus 
     replacement
       Mercer County, PA buses
       Miami Beach, FL electric shuttle service
       Miami-Dade, FL buses
       Michigan statewide buses
       Milwaukee, WI train station improvements
       Milwaukee County, WI buses
       Mineola/Hicksville, NY LIRR intermodal centers
       Minnesota Metro transit buses
       Minnesota I-35 corridor transit stations
       Missouri statewide bus and bus facilities
       Mobile, AL bus replacement
       Mobile, AL intermodal facilities
       Modesto, CA bus maintenance facility
       Monroe County, PA Transportation Authority buses
       Monroe, LA maintenance facility
       Monterey, CA Monterey-Salinas buses
       Montgomery, AL Union Station intermodal center and buses
       Morongo Basin, CA Transit Authority bus facility
       Mount Vernon, WA multimodal center
       New Bedford/Fall River, MA mobile access to health care
       New Hampshire statewide transit systems
       New Haven, CT bus facility
       New Jersey statewide buses and bus facilities
       New Jersey Transit jitney shuttle buses
       New Mexico statewide buses and bus facilities including 
     northern New Mexico park and ride
       New Orleans, LA RTA maintenance facility
       New Rochelle, NY intermodal center
       New York City, CNG buses and refueling station
       New York City, NY Midtown west ferry terminal
       New York, NY West 72nd St. intermodal station
       Newark, NJ Morris and Essex Station access and buses
       Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority Hublink, NY
       North Carolina statewide buses and bus facilities
       North Dakota statewide buses and bus-related facilities
       North Slope Borough, AK buses
       Northern Kentucky Area Development District senior citizen 
     buses
       Northstar Corridor, MN intermodal facilities and buses
       Norwich, CT buses
       Oak Park, IL Marion Street multimodal transit center
       OATS Transit, MO
       Ogden, UT Intermodal Center
       Ohio statewide buses and bus facilities
       Oklahoma statewide bus facilities and buses
       Olympia, WA bus replacement
       Olympic Peninsula, WA International Gateway transportation 
     center
       Omnitrans, CA replacement buses
       Oneida County, NY Union Station intermodal facility
       Oneida County, NY buses and equipment
       Orlando, FL Lynx buses and bus facilities
       Orlando, FL Downtown intermodal facility
       Pee Dee, SC Regional Transportation Authority
       Pennsylvania statewide request for small communities
       Perris, CA bus maintenance facility
       Phenix City, AL express transit system
       Philadelphia, PA Market Street bus maintenance facility
       Philadelphia, PA Frankford transportation center
       Philadelphia, PA SEPTA ADA bus acquisition
       Philadelphia, PA 30th Street intermodal station
       Philadelphia, PA regional transportation system for elderly 
     and disabled
       Phoenix, AZ alternatively fueled buses
       Pittsfield, MA intermodal center
       Portland, OR Tri-Met buses
       Potomac and Rappahannock, VA Trans Commission buses
       Poughkeepsie, NY intermodal facility
       Pritchard, AL bus transfer facility
       Providence, RI buses and bus maintenance facility
       Rankin County, MI Intermodal Connector
       Reading, PA BARTA intermodal transportation facility
       Red Rose, PA transit bus terminal
       Reno, NV RTC transit passenger and facility security 
     improvements
       Rensselear, NY intermodal facility
       Rhode Island Public Transit Authority buses
       Rialto, CA Metrolink depot
       Richland, WA Ben Franklin Transit maintenance, operation, 
     and administration facility
       Richmond, VA Main Street station
       Richmond, VA GRTC bus maintenance facility
       Riverhead, NY elderly and disabled buses and vans
       Riverside, CA Transit Agency buses, facilities and ITS 
     applications
       Roanoke, VA buses
       Robinson, PA Towne Center intermodal facility
       Rochester-Genessee, NY CNG buses
       Rochester, NY Rochester central bus facility
       Rogue Valley, OR transit district bus purchase
       Rome, NY intermodal center
       Rural Texas bus replacement
       Sacramento, CA intermodal station
       Sacramento, CA CNG buses
       Salem, OR area mass transit buses
       San Francisco, CA Islais Creek maintenance facility
       San Joaquin, CA buses and facilities
       San Juan, Puerto Rico intermodal access
       Santa Clara, CA Valley Transportation Authority buses
       Santa Clarita, CA facilities and buses
       Santa Cruz, CA bus facility
       Santa Rosa/Cotati, CA intermodal transportation facilities
       Savannah, GA Chatham buses and bus facilities
       Savannah, GA downtown multimodal center
       Seattle RTA buses
       Seattle, WA intermodal transportation terminal
       Seward, AK intermodal facility
       Shelter Island, NY elderly and disabled buses and vans
       Sinclair Landing transit facility, WA
       Sioux Falls, SD buses
       Sioux City, IA park and ride bus facility
       Smithtown, NY elderly and disabled buses and vans
       Solano Links, CA intercity transit consortium
       Solano County, CA automated vehicle locator
       Somerset County, PA bus facilities and buses
       Sonoma County, CA intermodal center
       South Amboy, NJ regional intermodal transportation 
     initiative
       South Bend, IN urban intermodal transportation facility
       South Carolina statewide Virtual Transit Enterprise
       South Dakota computerized bus dispatch system, radios, 
     money boxes, and lift replacements
       South Dakota statewide bus facilities and buses
       Southampton, NY elderly and disabled buses and vans
       Southeast Missouri transportation services
       Southold, NY elderly and disabled buses and vans
       Spartanburg, SC intermodal facility
       Springfield, MA Union Station
       Springfield/Branson, MO bus terminal
       St. Louis, MO Bi-state intermodal center
       St. Louis, MO Care-Cab
       St. Louis, MO Bi-State development agency bus replacement
       Suffolk County, NY elderly and disabled buses and vans
       Syracuse, NY CNG buses and facilities
       Tacoma, WA Tacoma Dome station
       Tampa, FL Hartline buses
       Tampa, FL Ybor intermodal station (Hillsborough Area 
     Regional Transit Authority)
       Tennessee statewide bus and facility replacement
       Texas statewide small urban and rural buses
       Tompkins County, NY new technology project
       Towamencin Township, PA intermodal bus transportation 
     center
       Tucson, AZ alternatively fueled buses
       Tuscaloosa, AL intermodal center
       Ukiah, CA transportation center
       Ulster County, NY bus garage and equipment
       University of North Alabama, pedestrian walkways
       Utah Olympics park and ride lots
       Utah Olympics intermodal transportation centers
       Utah Hybrid electric vehicle bus purchase
       Utah Transit Authority/Park City Transit, UT buses
       Utah Transit Authority, UT intermodal facilities
       Utica and Rome, NY bus facilities and buses
       Utica, NY Union Station
       Vancouver, WA C-Tran Seventh Street transit center 
     expansion
       Vancouver, WA I-5 park and ride lots
       Vermont statewide bus needs
       Volusia County, FL bus systems integrated fleet operations 
     system
       Washington County, PA intermodal facilities
       Washington, Community Transit bus replacement
       Washington statewide bus
       Washington RTA buses

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       Washington, D.C. intermodal transportation center
       Washoe County, NV transit improvements
       Waterbury, CT bus facility
       Waukesha, WI downtown transit center
       West Virginia statewide intermodal facility and buses
       Westchester County, NY DOT articulated buses
       Westchester County, NY Bee-Line transit system shuttle 
     buses and fareboxes
       Westfield, MA intermodal center
       Westmoreland County, PA intermodal facility
       Whittier, AK intermodal facility and pedistrian overpass
       Wilkes-Barre, PA intermodal facility
       Williamsport, PA bus facility
       Wilsonville, OR buses and bus shelters
       Windsor, CA intermodal facility
       Wisconsin statewide bus facilities and buses
       Woodland Hills, CA Warner Center transportation hub
       Worcester, MA Union Station intermodal transportation 
     center
       Yonkers, NY intermodal facility
       Yosemite area, CA regional transportation strategies:
     Provided further, That, the funds provided for new fixed 
     guideway systems shall be made available as follows:
       $10,400,000 for Alaska and/or Hawaii ferry projects;
       $2,500,000 for the Albuquerque/Santa Fe regional multimodal 
     transportation project;
       $10,000,000 for the Albuquerque light rail project;
       $55,000,000 for the Atlanta MARTA North Springs project;
       $2,000,000 for the Austin Capital metro project;
       $1,000,000 for the Baltimore central downtown transit 
     alternatives major investment study;
       $2,000,000 for the Baltimore light rail double-track 
     project;
       $37,600,000 for the BART San Francisco Airport and San Jose 
     Tasman West extensions projects;
       $1,000,000 for the Birmingham, AL light rail project 
     feasibility study;
       $1,000,000 for the Boston North-South rail link project;
       $53,983,000 for the Boston-South Boston Piers MOS-2 
     project;
       $1,500,000 for the Boston urban ring project;
       $4,000,000 for the Burlington-Essex, Vermont commuter rail 
     project;
       $3,000,000 for the Charleston, SC monobeam rail project;
       $3,000,000 for the Charlotte, NC North-South corridor 
     transitway project;
       $19,000,000 for Chicago Metra commuter rail extensions and 
     upgrades;
       $4,000,000 for the Chicago Transit Authority Ravenswood and 
     Douglas branch lines projects;
       $3,600,000 for the Cincinnati Northeast/Northern Kentucky 
     rail line project;
       $1,000,000 for the Cleveland Berea Red Line MIS;
       $4,000,000 for the Cleveland Euclid corridor improvement 
     project;
       $500,000 for the Colorado-North Front Range corridor 
     feasibility study;
       $20,500,000 for the Dallas DART North Central light rail 
     extension project;
       $40,000,000 for the Denver Southwest Corridor project;
       $1,000,000 for the Denver Southeast Corridor multimodal 
     corridor project;
       $10,000,000 for the Fort Lauderdale, FL Tri-County commuter 
     rail project;
       $12,000,000 for the Fort Worth, TX Railtran project;
       $1,000,000 for the Galveston, Texas rail trolley system 
     extension project;
       $2,000,000 for the Harrisburg, PA capitol area transit/
     corridor one project;
       $1,000,000 for the Hartford, CT light rail project;
       $1,000,000 for a major investment analysis of Honolulu 
     transit alternatives;
       $59,670,000 for the Houston Metro Regional Bus plan 
     project;
       $1,000,000 for a Jacksonville, FL light rail and bus 
     corridors study;
       $1,500,000 for the Johnson County, KS I-35 commuter rail 
     project;
       $500,000 for the Kansas City, MO commuter rail study;
       $1,000,000 for the Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee, WI commuter 
     rail project;
       $250,000 for the King County, WA Elliott Bay water taxi;
       $2,000,000 for the Knoxville, TN transit program project;
       $2,000,000 for the Largo, MD Metro Blue Line extension 
     project;
       $4,000,000 for the Las Vegas resort corridor fixed guideway 
     system project;
       $40,000,000 for the LIRR East Side access project, New 
     York;
       $4,000,000 for the Little Rock, AR Arkansas River rail 
     project;
       $30,000,000 for the Los Angeles MOS-3 project, of which 
     $24,000,000 shall be made available from funds provided in 
     Public Law 105-66 under this head for this project: Provided 
     further, That such sum shall be available to the grantee 
     without restriction;
       $17,000,000 for MARC commuter rail improvements;
       $2,200,000 for the Memphis Medical Center rail extension 
     project;
       $3,000,000 for the Miami Metrorail Palmetto extension 
     project;
       $4,000,000 for the Miami Metro-Dade Transit east-west 
     corridor project;
       $8,000,000 for the Miami-North corridor transitway to 
     Broward County project;
       $4,500,000 for the Morgantown, WV fixed guideway 
     modernization project;
       $2,500,000 for the Nashville regional commuter rail 
     project;
       $70,000,000 for the New Jersey urban core Hudson-Bergen LRT 
     project;
       $12,000,000 for the New Jersey urban core Newark-Elizabeth 
     rail link project;
       $1,000,000 for the New London, CT waterfront access 
     project;
       $12,000,000 for the New York City, Kennedy class ferryboat 
     replacement project;
       $2,000,000 for the Niagara Frontier Transportation 
     Authority light rail car rebuild project;
       $6,000,000 for the Northern Indiana South Shore commuter 
     rail project;
       $20,000,000 for the Orlando Lynx light rail project;
       $500,000 for the Philadelphia to Pittsburgh high-speed 
     magnetic levitation project;
       $6,500,000 for the Philadelphia-Reading SEPTA Schuylkill 
     Valley Metro project;
       $1,000,000 for the Philadelphia SEPTA Cross County Metro 
     project;
       $5,000,000 for the Pittsburgh Allegheny County Stage II 
     light rail project;
       $5,000,000 for the Pittsburgh Airborne Shuttle System 
     project;
       $1,000,000 for the Pittsburgh North Shore central business 
     district transit options major investment study;
       $26,700,000 for the Portland Westside and South-North light 
     rail projects;
       $13,000,000 for the Puget Sound RTA Link light rail 
     project;
       $47,000,000 for the Puget Sound RTA Sounder commuter rail 
     project;
       $14,000,000 for the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Triangle 
     Transit project;
       $23,480,000 for the Sacramento south corridor LRT project;
       $70,000,000 for the Salt Lake City South LRT project: 
     Provided further, That the non-governmental share for these 
     funds and for funds made available for this project under 
     Public Law 105-66, shall be determined in accordance with 
     section 3030(c)(2)(B)(ii) of the Transportation Equity Act 
     for the 21st Century, as amended (Public Law 105-178);
       $8,000,000 for the Salt Lake City/Airport to University 
     (West-East) light rail project: Provided further, That the 
     non-governmental share for these funds shall be determined in 
     accordance with Section 3030(c)(2)(B)(ii) of the 
     Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, as amended 
     (Public Law 105-178);
       $1,000,000 for the San Diego Mission Valley and Mid-Coast 
     Corridors;
       $19,967,000 for the San Juan Tren Urbano;
       $2,000,000 for the Santa Fe rail link project;
       $250,000 for the Sioux City micro rail trolley system;
       $1,000,000 for the South DeKalb-Lindbergh Corridor LRT 
     project;
       $200,000 for the Southeast Michigan commuter rail viability 
     study;
       $10,000,000 for the St. George Ferry, NY terminal project;
       $35,000,000 for the St. Louis Metro link/St. Clair County 
     LRT extension project;
       $500,000 for the St. Louis-Jefferson City-Kansas City, MO 
     commuter rail project;
       $1,000,000 for the Stamford, CT fixed guideway connector;
       $1,000,000 for the Tampa Bay regional rail project; and
       $15,000,000 for the Whitehall ferry terminal project.

                       Mass Transit Capital Fund


                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                          (highway trust fund)

       For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 49 
     U.S.C. 5338(b) administered by the Federal Transit 
     Administration, $1,805,600,000, to be derived from the 
     Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until expended.

                          Discretionary Grants


               (highway trust fund, mass transit account)

                 (rescission of contract authorization)

       Of the unobligated balances authorized in Public Law 102-
     240 under 49 U.S.C. 5338(b)(1), $392,000,000 are rescinded.

                 Job Access and Reverse Commute Grants

       For necessary expenses to carry out Section 3037 of the 
     Federal Transit Act of 1998, $10,000,000: Provided, That no 
     more than $50,000,000 of budget authority shall be available 
     for these purposes: Provided further, That of the amounts 
     appropriated under this head, not more than $10,000,000 shall 
     be used for grants for reverse commute projects.

             Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     section 14 of Public Law 96-184 and Public Law 101-551, 
     $50,000,000, to remain available until expended.

             SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

       The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation is hereby 
     authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of 
     funds and borrowing authority available to the Corporation, 
     and in accord with law, and to make such contracts and 
     commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as 
     provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control 
     Act, as amended, as may be necessary in carrying out the 
     programs set forth in the Corporation's budget for the 
     current fiscal year.

                       Operations and Maintenance


                    (harbor maintenance trust fund)

       For necessary expenses for operation and maintenance of 
     those portions of the Saint

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     Lawrence Seaway operated and maintained by the Saint Lawrence 
     Seaway Development Corporation, $11,496,000, to be derived 
     from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public 
     Law 99-662.

              RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

                     Research and Special Programs

       For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the 
     Research and Special Programs Administration, $29,000,000, of 
     which $574,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety 
     Fund, and of which $3,460,000 shall remain available until 
     September 30, 2001: Provided, That up to $1,200,000 in fees 
     collected under 49 U.S.C. 5108(g) shall be deposited in the 
     general fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided 
     further, That there may be credited to this appropriation, to 
     be available until expended, funds received from States, 
     counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and 
     private sources for expenses incurred for training, for 
     reports publication and dissemination, and for travel 
     expenses incurred in performance of hazardous materials 
     exemptions and approvals functions.

                            Pipeline Safety


                         (pipeline safety fund)

                    (oilspill liability trust fund)

       For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of the 
     pipeline safety program, for grants-in-aid to carry out a 
     pipeline safety program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 60107, 
     and to discharge the pipeline program responsibilities of the 
     Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $32,500,000, of which $3,500,000 
     shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund and 
     shall remain available until September 30, 2001; and of which 
     $29,000,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, 
     of which $16,919,000 shall remain available until September 
     30, 2001: Provided, That in addition to amounts made 
     available for the Pipeline Safety Fund, $1,000,000 shall be 
     available for grants to States for the development and 
     establishment of one-call notification systems and shall be 
     derived from amounts previously collected under 49 U.S.C. 
     60301, and that an additional $659,000 in amounts previously 
     collected under 49 U.S.C. 60301 is available to conduct 
     general functions of the pipeline safety program.

                     Emergency Preparedness Grants


                     (emergency preparedness fund)

       For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5127(c), 
     $200,000, to be derived from the Emergency Preparedness Fund, 
     to remain available until September 30, 2001: Provided, That 
     not more than $11,000,000 shall be made available for 
     obligation in fiscal year 1999 from amounts made available by 
     49 U.S.C. 5116(i) and 5127(d): Provided further, That no such 
     funds shall be made available for obligation by individuals 
     other than the Secretary of Transportation, or his designee.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 
     1978, as amended, $42,720,000.

                      SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation Board, 
     including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $13,853,000: 
     Provided, That $2,000,000 in fees collected in fiscal year 
     1999 by the Surface Transportation Board pursuant to 31 
     U.S.C. 9701 shall be made available to this appropriation in 
     fiscal year 1999: Provided further, That any fees received in 
     excess of $2,000,000 in fiscal year 1999 shall remain 
     available until expended, but shall not be available for 
     obligation until October 1, 1999.

                                TITLE II

                            RELATED AGENCIES

       ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD

                         Salaries and Expenses

       For expenses necessary for the Architectural and 
     Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, as authorized by 
     section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, 
     $3,847,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, there may be credited to this appropriation 
     funds received for publications and training expenses.

                  NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the National Transportation 
     Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and 
     aircraft; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at 
     rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate 
     equivalent to the rate for a GS-18; uniforms, or allowances 
     therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902) 
     $53,473,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 may be used for 
     official reception and representation expenses.

                             Emergency Fund

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the 
     National Transportation Safety Board for accident 
     investigations, and for oversight and provision of services 
     to families of victims of transportation disasters, including 
     hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; services as 
     authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not 
     to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for a GS-
     18; uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 
     U.S.C. 5901-5902), $1,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended.

                               TITLE III

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS


                     (including transfers of funds)

       Sec. 301. During the current fiscal year applicable 
     appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall be 
     available for maintenance and operation of aircraft; hire of 
     passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of liability 
     insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign countries 
     on official department business; and uniforms, or allowances 
     therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902).
       Sec. 302. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 
     1999 pay raises for programs funded in this Act shall be 
     absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act or 
     previous appropriations Acts.
       Sec. 303. Funds appropriated under this Act for 
     expenditures by the Federal Aviation Administration shall be 
     available: (1) except as otherwise authorized by title VIII 
     of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
     U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) for expenses of primary and secondary 
     schooling for dependents of Federal Aviation Administration 
     personnel stationed outside the continental United States at 
     costs for any given area not in excess of those of the 
     Department of Defense for the same area, when it is 
     determined by the Secretary that the schools, if any, 
     available in the locality are unable to provide adequately 
     for the education of such dependents; and (2) for 
     transportation of said dependents between schools serving the 
     area that they attend and their places of residence when the 
     Secretary, under such regulations as may be prescribed, 
     determines that such schools are not accessible by public 
     means of transportation on a regular basis.
       Sec. 304. Appropriations contained in this Act for the 
     Department of Transportation shall be available for services 
     as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals 
     not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for an 
     Executive Level IV.
       Sec. 305. None of the funds in this Act shall be available 
     for salaries and expenses of more than 91 political and 
     Presidential appointees in the Department of Transportation: 
     Provided, That none of the personnel covered by this 
     provision may be assigned on temporary detail outside the 
     Department of Transportation.
       Sec. 306. None of the funds in this Act shall be used for 
     the planning or execution of any program to pay the expenses 
     of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties intervening 
     in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act.
       Sec. 307. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 
     remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal 
     year, nor may any be transferred to other appropriations, 
     unless expressly so provided herein.
       Sec. 308. The Secretary of Transportation may enter into 
     grants, cooperative agreements, and other transactions with 
     any person, agency, or instrumentality of the United States, 
     any unit of State or local government, any educational 
     institution, and any other entity in execution of the 
     Technology Reinvestment Project authorized under the Defense 
     Conversion, Reinvestment and Transition Assistance Act of 
     1992 and related legislation: Provided, That the authority 
     provided in this section may be exercised without regard to 
     section 3324 of title 31, United States Code.
       Sec. 309. The expenditure of any appropriation under this 
     Act for any consulting service through procurement contract 
     pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 
     shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures 
     are a matter of public record and available for public 
     inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing 
     law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to 
     existing law.
       Sec. 310. (a) For fiscal year 1999, the Secretary of 
     Transportation shall--
       (1) not distribute from the obligation limitation for 
     Federal-aid Highways amounts authorized for administrative 
     expenses and programs funded from the administrative takedown 
     authorized by section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code, 
     and amounts authorized for the highway use tax evasion 
     program and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
       (2) not distribute an amount from the obligation limitation 
     for Federal-aid Highways that is equal to the unobligated 
     balance of amounts made available from the Highway Trust Fund 
     (other than the Mass Transit Account) for Federal-aid highway 
     and highway safety programs for the previous fiscal year the 
     funds for which are allocated by the Secretary;
       (3) determine the ratio that--
       (A) the obligation limitation for Federal-aid Highways less 
     the aggregate of amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) 
     and (2), bears to
       (B) the total of the sums authorized to be appropriated for 
     Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs 
     (other than sums authorized to be appropriated for sections 
     set forth in paragraphs (1) through (7) of subsection (b) and 
     sums authorized to be appropriated for section 105 of title 
     23, United States Code, equal to the amount referred to in 
     subsection (b)(8)) for such fiscal year less the aggregate of 
     the amounts not distributed under paragraph (1) of this 
     subsection;
       (4) distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 
     Highways less the aggregate amounts not distributed under 
     paragraphs (1) and (2) for section 117 of title 23, United 
     States Code (relating to high priority

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     projects program), section 201 of the Appalachian Regional 
     Development Act of 1965, the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge 
     Authority Act of 1995, and $2,000,000,000 for such fiscal 
     year under section 105 of the Transportation Efficiency Act 
     for the 21st Century (relating to minimum guarantee) so that 
     the amount of obligation authority available for each of such 
     sections is equal to the amount determined by multiplying the 
     ratio determined under paragraph (3) by the sums authorized 
     to be appropriated for such section (except in the case of 
     section 105, $2,000,000,000) for such fiscal year;
       (5) distribute the obligation limitation provided for 
     Federal-aid Highways less the aggregate amounts not 
     distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) and amounts 
     distributed under paragraph (4) for each of the programs that 
     are allocated by the Secretary under title 23, United State 
     Code (other than activities to which paragraph (1) applies 
     and programs to which paragraph (4) applies) by multiplying 
     the ratio determined under paragraph (3) by the sums 
     authorized to be appropriated for such program for such 
     fiscal year; and
       (6) distribute the obligation limitation provided for 
     Federal-aid Highways less the aggregate amounts not 
     distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) and amounts 
     distributed under paragraphs (4) and (5) for Federal-aid 
     highway and highway safety construction programs (other than 
     the minimum guarantee program, but only to the extent that 
     amounts apportioned for the minimum guarantee program for 
     such fiscal year exceed $2,639,000,000, and the Appalachian 
     development highway system program) that are apportioned by 
     the Secretary under title 23, United States Code, in the 
     ratio that--
       (A) sums authorized to be appropriated for such programs 
     that are apportioned to each State for such fiscal year, bear 
     to
       (B) the total of the sums authorized to be appropriated for 
     such programs that are apportioned to all States for such 
     fiscal year.
       (b) Exceptions From Obligation Limitation.--The obligation 
     limitation for Federal-aid Highways shall not apply to 
     obligations (1) under section 125 of title 23, United States 
     Code; (2) under section 147 of the Surface Transportation 
     Assistance Act of 1978; (3) under section 9 of the Federal-
     Aid Highway Act of 1981; (4) under sections 131(b) and 131(j) 
     of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982; (5) 
     under sections 149(b) and 149(c) of the Surface 
     Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987; 
     (6) under section 1103 through 1108 of the Intermodal Surface 
     Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991; (7) under section 157 
     of title 23, United States Code, as in effect on the day 
     before the date of enactment of the Transportation Efficiency 
     Act for the 21st Century; and (8) under section 105 of title 
     23, United States Code (but, only in an amount equal to 
     $639,000,000 for such fiscal year).
       (c) Redistribution of Unused Obligation Authority.--
     Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall after 
     August 1 for such fiscal year revise a distribution of the 
     obligation limitation made available under subsection (a) if 
     a State will not obligate the amount distributed during that 
     fiscal year and redistribute sufficient amounts to those 
     States able to obligate amounts in addition to those 
     previously distributed during that fiscal year giving 
     priority to those States having large unobligated balances of 
     funds apportioned under sections 104 and 144, of title 23, 
     United States Code, section 160 (as in effect on the day 
     before the enactment of the Transportation Efficiency Act for 
     the 21st Century) of title 23, United States Code, and under 
     section 1015 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Act of 
     1991 (105 Stat. 1943-1945).
       (d) Applicability of Obligation Limitations to 
     Transportation Research Programs.--The obligation limitation 
     shall apply to transportation research programs carried out 
     under chapters 3 and 5 of title 23, United States Code, 
     except that obligation authority made available for such 
     programs under such limitation shall remain available for a 
     period of 3 fiscal years.
       (e) Redistribution of Certain Authorized Funds.--Not later 
     than 30 days after the date of the distribution of obligation 
     limitation under subsection (a), the Secretary shall 
     distribute to the States any funds (1) that are authorized to 
     be appropriated for such fiscal year for Federal-aid highway 
     programs (other than the program under section 160 of title 
     23, United States Code) and for carrying out subchapter I of 
     chapter 311 of title 49, United States Code, and chapter 4 of 
     title 23, United States Code, and (2) that the Secretary 
     determines will not be allocated to the States, and will not 
     be available for obligation, in such fiscal year due to the 
     imposition of any obligation limitation for such fiscal year. 
     Such distribution to the States shall be made in the same 
     ratio as the distribution of obligation authority under 
     subsection (a)(6). The funds so distributed shall be 
     available for any purposes described in section 133(b) of 
     title 23, United States Code.
       (f) Special Rule.--Obligation limitation distributed for a 
     fiscal year under subsection (a)(4) for a section set forth 
     in subsection (a)(4) shall remain available until used for 
     obligation of funds for such section and shall be in addition 
     to the amount of any limitation imposed on obligations for 
     Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs 
     for future fiscal years.
       Sec. 311. The limitations on obligations for the programs 
     of the Federal Transit Administration shall not apply to any 
     authority under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously made available for 
     obligation, or to any other authority previously made 
     available for obligation.
       Sec. 312. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to 
     implement section 404 of title 23, United States Code.
       Sec. 313. None of the funds in this Act shall be available 
     to plan, finalize, or implement regulations that would 
     establish a vessel traffic safety fairway less than five 
     miles wide between the Santa Barbara Traffic Separation 
     Scheme and the San Francisco Traffic Separation Scheme.
       Sec. 314. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     airports may transfer, without consideration, to the Federal 
     Aviation Administration (FAA) instrument landing systems 
     (along with associated approach lighting equipment and runway 
     visual range equipment) which conform to FAA design and 
     performance specifications, the purchase of which was 
     assisted by a Federal airport-aid program, airport 
     development aid program or airport improvement program grant. 
     The FAA shall accept such equipment, which shall thereafter 
     be operated and maintained by the FAA in accordance with 
     agency criteria.
       Sec. 315. None of the funds in this Act shall be available 
     to award a multiyear contract for production end items that: 
     (1) includes economic order quantity or long lead time 
     material procurement in excess of $10,000,000 in any one year 
     of the contract; or (2) includes a cancellation charge 
     greater than $10,000,000 which at the time of obligation has 
     not been appropriated to the limits of the Government's 
     liability; or (3) includes a requirement that permits 
     performance under the contract during the second and 
     subsequent years of the contract without conditioning such 
     performance upon the appropriation of funds: Provided, That 
     this limitation does not apply to a contract in which the 
     Federal Government incurs no financial liability from not 
     buying additional systems, subsystems, or components beyond 
     the basic contract requirements.
       Sec. 316. Section 218 of title 23, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) in the first sentence by striking ``the south Alaskan 
     border'' and inserting ``Haines'' in lieu thereof;
       (B) in the third sentence by striking ``highway'' and 
     inserting ``highway or the Alaska Marine Highway System'' in 
     lieu thereof;
       (C) in the fourth sentence by striking ``any other fiscal 
     year thereafter'' and inserting ``any other fiscal year 
     thereafter, including any portion of any other fiscal year 
     thereafter, prior to the date of the enactment of the 
     Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century'' in lieu 
     thereof;
       (D) in the fifth sentence by striking ``construction of 
     such highways until an agreement'' and inserting 
     ``construction of the portion of such highways that are in 
     Canada until an agreement'' in lieu thereof; and
       (2) in subsection (b) by inserting ``in Canada'' after 
     ``undertaken''.
       Sec. 317. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and 
     except for fixed guideway modernization projects, funds made 
     available by this Act under ``Federal Transit Administration, 
     capital investment grants'' for projects specified in this 
     Act or identified in reports accompanying this Act not 
     obligated by September 30, 2001 and other recoveries, shall 
     be made available for other projects under 49 U.S.C. 5309.
       Sec. 318. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
     funds appropriated before October 1, 1998, under any section 
     of chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, that remain 
     available for expenditure may be transferred to and 
     administered under the most recent appropriation heading for 
     any such section.
       Sec. 319. None of the funds in this Act may be used to 
     compensate in excess of 350 technical staff-years under the 
     federally funded research and development center contract 
     between the Federal Aviation Administration and the Center 
     for Advanced Aviation Systems Development during fiscal year 
     1999.
       Sec. 320. Funds provided in this Act for the Transportation 
     Administrative Service Center (TASC) shall be reduced by 
     $17,247,000, which limits fiscal year 1999 TASC obligational 
     authority for elements of the Department of Transportation 
     funded in this Act to no more than $165,215,000: Provided, 
     That such reductions from the budget request shall be 
     allocated by the Department of Transportation to each 
     appropriations account in proportion to the amount included 
     in each account for the Transportation Administrative Service 
     Center.
       Sec. 321. Funds received by the Federal Highway 
     Administration and Federal Railroad Administration from 
     States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, 
     and private sources for expenses incurred for training may be 
     credited respectively to the Federal Highway Administration's 
     ``Limitation on Administrative Expenses'' account and to the 
     Federal Railroad Administration's ``Railroad Safety'' 
     account, except for State rail safety inspectors 
     participating in training pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 20105.
       Sec. 322. None of the funds in this or any other Act may be 
     used to compel, direct, or require agencies of the Department 
     of Transportation in their own construction contract awards, 
     or recipients of financial assistance for construction 
     projects under this Act, to use a project labor agreement on 
     any project, nor to preclude use of a project labor agreement 
     in such circumstances.
       Sec. 323. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used for the purpose of

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     promulgating or enforcing any regulation that has the 
     practical effect of (a) requiring more than one attendant 
     during unloading of liquefied compressed gases, or (b) 
     preventing the attendant from monitoring the customer's 
     liquefied compressed gas storage tank during unloading.
       Sec. 324. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received by 
     the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the sale of data 
     products, for necessary expenses incurred pursuant to 49 
     U.S.C. 111 may be credited to the Federal-aid highways 
     account for the purpose of reimbursing the Bureau for such 
     expenses: Provided, That such funds shall not be subject to 
     the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways and 
     highway safety construction.
       Sec. 325. None of the funds made available in this or any 
     other Act may be used for grants to the National Railroad 
     Passenger Corporation: Provided, That this provision shall 
     not apply upon the public disclosure by Amtrak of its 
     national average per passenger loss during the previous 
     fiscal year for which a full fiscal year's data is available: 
     Provided further, That Amtrak shall determine the national 
     average per passenger loss by using revenues and fully 
     allocated expenses of core intercity passenger rail service 
     and such determination shall be verified by the United States 
     General Accounting Office: Provided further, That the 
     national average per passenger loss figure for each year 
     shall be prominently displayed on every passenger ticket sold 
     by any means or mechanism along with a specific reference to 
     the American taxpayers' support for Amtrak: Provided further, 
     That the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the 
     Federal Aviation Administration, shall by January 1, 1999, 
     take such actions as may be necessary to ensure that each air 
     carrier (as that term is defined in section 40102 of title 49 
     U.S.C.) prominently displays on every passenger ticket sold 
     by any means or mechanism a statement that reflects the 
     national average per passenger general fund subsidy based on 
     the fiscal year 1997 general fund appropriation from the 
     Federal Government to the Federal Aviation Administration: 
     Provided further, That the Secretary of Transportation, 
     acting through the administrator of the Federal Highway 
     Administration, shall take such actions as may be necessary 
     to ensure the placement of signs, on each Federal-aid highway 
     (as that term is defined in section 101 of title 23, U.S.C.) 
     that states that, during fiscal year 1997, the Federal 
     Government provided a general fund appropriation at a level 
     verified by the Department of Transportation, for the subsidy 
     of State and local highway construction and maintenance.
       Sec. 326. None of the funds in this Act shall, in the 
     absence of express authorization by Congress, be used 
     directly or indirectly to pay for any personal service, 
     advertisement, 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.
       Sec. 327. Not to exceed $1,000,000 of the funds provided in 
     this Act for the Department of Transportation shall be 
     available for the necessary expenses of advisory committees.
       Sec. 328. Bulk Fuel Storage Tanks. (a) Transfer of Funds.--
     Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the remainder of 
     the balance in the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Liability Fund that 
     is transferred and deposited into the Oil Spill Liability 
     Trust Fund under section 8102(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Oil 
     Pollution Act of 1990 (43 U.S.C. 1653 note) after June 16, 
     1998 shall be used in accordance with this section.
       (b) Use of Interest Only.--The interest produced from the 
     investment of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Liability Fund 
     balance that is transferred and deposited into the Oil Spill 
     Liability Trust Fund under section 8102(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the 
     Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (43 U.S.C. 1653 note) after June 
     16, 1998 shall be transferred annually by the National 
     Pollution Funds Center to the Denali Commission for a 
     program, to be developed in consultation with the Coast 
     Guard, to repair or replace bulk fuel storage tanks in Alaska 
     which are not in compliance with federal law, including the 
     Oil Pollution Act of 1990, or State law.
       (c) TAPS Payment to Alaska Dedicated to Bulk Fuel Storage 
     Tank Repair and Replacement.--Section 8102(a)(2)(B)(i) of 
     Public Law 101-380 (43 U.S.C. 1653 note) is amended by 
     inserting immediately before the semicolon, ``, which shall 
     be used to repair and replace bulk fuel storage tanks in 
     Alaska so that such tanks comply with this Act and with other 
     applicable federal and state laws''.
       Sec. 329. No funds other than those appropriated to the 
     Surface Transportation Board or fees collected by the Board 
     shall be used for conducting the activities of the Board.
       Sec. 330. (a) Compliance With Buy American Act.--None of 
     the funds made available in this Act may be expended by an 
     entity unless the entity agrees that in expending the funds 
     the entity will comply with the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 
     10a-10c).
       (b) Sense of Congress; Requirement Regarding Notice.--
       (1) Purchase of american-made equipment and products.--In 
     the case of any equipment or product that may be authorized 
     to be purchased with financial assistance provided using 
     funds made available in this Act, it is the sense of the 
     Congress that entities receiving the assistance should, in 
     expending the assistance, purchase only American-made 
     equipment and products to the greatest extent practicable.
       (2) Notice to recipients of assistance.--In providing 
     financial assistance using funds made available in this Act, 
     the head of each Federal agency shall provide to each 
     recipient of the assistance a notice describing the statement 
     made in paragraph (1) by the Congress.
       (c) Prohibition of Contracts With Persons Falsely Labeling 
     Products as Made in America.--If it has been finally 
     determined by a court or Federal agency that any person 
     intentionally affixed a label bearing a ``Made in America'' 
     inscription, or any inscription with the same meaning, to any 
     product sold in or shipped to the United States that is not 
     made in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to 
     receive any contract or subcontract made with funds made 
     available in this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, 
     and ineligibility procedures described in sections 9.400 
     through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
       Sec. 331. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     receipts, in amounts determined by the Secretary, collected 
     from users of fitness centers operated by or for the 
     Department of Transportation shall be available to support 
     the operation and maintenance of those facilities.
       Sec. 332. Notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 41742, no essential air 
     service shall be provided to communities in the 48 contiguous 
     States that are located fewer than 70 highway miles from the 
     nearest large and medium hub airport, or that require a rate 
     of subsidy per passenger in excess of $200 unless such point 
     is greater than 210 miles from the nearest large or medium 
     hub airport.
       Sec. 333. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, minor fees 
     and other funds received by the Department from travel 
     management centers, charge card programs, the subleasing of 
     building space, and miscellaneous sources are to be credited 
     to appropriations of the Department and allocated to elements 
     of the Department using fair and equitable criteria and such 
     funds shall be available until December 31, 1999.
       Sec. 334. Land Conveyance, Coast Guard Station Ocracoke, 
     North Carolina. (a) Authority To Convey.--The Secretary of 
     Transportation may convey, without consideration, to the 
     State of North Carolina (in this section referred to as the 
     ``State''), all right, title, and interest of the United 
     States in and to a parcel of real property, together with any 
     improvements thereon, in Ocracoke, North Carolina, consisting 
     of such portion of the Coast Guard Station Ocracoke, North 
     Carolina, as the Secretary considers appropriate for purposes 
     of the conveyance.
       (b) Conditions.--The conveyance under subsection (a) shall 
     be subject to the following conditions:
       (1) That the State accept the property to be conveyed under 
     that subsection subject to such easements or rights of way in 
     favor of the United States as the Secretary considers to be 
     appropriate for--
       (A) utilities;
       (B) access to and from the property;
       (C) the use of the boat launching ramp on the property; and
       (D) the use of pier space on the property by search and 
     rescue assets.
       (2) That the State maintain the property in a manner so as 
     to preserve the usefulness of the easements or rights of way 
     referred to in paragraph (1).
       (3) That the State utilize the property for transportation, 
     education, environmental, or other public purposes.
       (c) Reversion.--(1) If the Secretary determines at any time 
     that the property conveyed under subsection (a) is not to be 
     used in accordance with subsection (b), all right, title, and 
     interest in and to the property, including any improvements 
     thereon, shall revert to the United States, and the United 
     States shall have the right of immediate entry thereon.
       (2) Upon reversion under paragraph (1), the property shall 
     be under the administrative jurisdiction of the Administrator 
     of General Services.
       (d) Description of Property.--The exact acreage and legal 
     description of the property conveyed under subsection (a), 
     and any easements or rights of way granted under subsection 
     (b)(1), shall be determined by a survey satisfactory to the 
     Secretary. The cost of the survey shall be borne by the 
     State.
       (e) Additional Terms and Conditions.--The Secretary may 
     require such additional terms and conditions with respect to 
     the conveyance under subsection (a), and any easements or 
     rights of way granted under subsection (b)(1), as the 
     Secretary considers appropriate to protect the interests of 
     the United States.
       Sec. 335. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, 
     funds appropriated in this or any other Act intended for 
     highway demonstration projects, railroad-highway crossings 
     demonstration projects or railroad relocation projects in 
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     available for implementation of a project consisting of 
     modifications and additions to streets, railroads, and 
     related improvements in the vicinity of the grade crossing of 
     the CSX railroad and 15th Street in Augusta, Georgia.
       Sec. 336. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
     approval from the Secretary (other than review of the project 
     final design) shall be required to construct additional 
     entrances and exits between exits 57 and 58 for a pilot 
     project to demonstrate a streamlined process for project 
     implementation on Interstate 495 in Suffolk County, New York 
     provided such entrances and exits are designed, constructed 
     or otherwise authorized by the responsible state 
     transportation agency through the appropriate state 
     environmental process.
       Sec. 337. Notwithstanding and other provision of law, the 
     Secretary of Transportation shall enter into agreements with 
     the New York State Department of Transportation that would 
     allow automotive service stations or other commercial 
     establishments for serving motor vehicle users to be sited 
     and constructed in the vicinity of exit 51 and either exits 
     66, 67, or 68 of the Long Island Expressway (Interstate 495) 
     in Suffolk County.
       Sec. 338. (a) In General.--Section 30113 of title 49, 
     United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (b)--
       (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``or passenger motor 
     vehicles from a bumper standard prescribed under chapter 325 
     of this title,'' after ``a motor vehicle safety standard 
     prescribed under this chapter''; and
       (B) in paragraph (3)(A), by inserting ``or chapter 325 of 
     this title (as applicable)'' after ``this chapter'';
       (2) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ``, or a bumper 
     standard prescribed under chapter 325 of this title,'' after 
     ``motor vehicle safety standard prescribed under this 
     chapter'';
       (3) in subsection (d), by inserting ``(including an 
     exemption under subsection (b)(3)(B)(i) relating to a bumper 
     standard referred to in subsection (b)(1))'' after 
     ``subsection (b)(3)(B)(i) of this section''; and
       (4) in subsection (h), by inserting ``or bumper standard 
     prescribed under chapter 325 of this title'' after ``each 
     motor vehicle safety standard prescribed under this 
     chapter''.
       (b) Conforming Amendments.--
       (1) Section 32502(c) of title 49, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
     ``any part of a standard'' and inserting ``all or any part of 
     a standard'';
       (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ``or'' at the end;
       (C) in paragraph (2), by striking the period and inserting 
     ``; or''; and
       (D) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(3) a passenger motor vehicle for which an application 
     for an exemption under section 30013(b) of this title has 
     been filed in accordance with the requirements of that 
     section.''.
       (2) Section 32506(a) of title 49, United States Code, is 
     amended by inserting ``and section 32502 of this title'' 
     after ``Except as provided in this section''.
       Sec. 339. Of the funds made available under this Act for 
     capital investment grants, $20,000,000 is provided for the 
     Norfolk-Virginia Beach Corridor project; $1,500,000 is 
     provided for the Massachusetts North Shore Corridor project; 
     $5,000,000 is provided for the San Diego Mission Valley and 
     Mid-Coast Corridor projects; $3,300,000 is provided for the 
     Hartford, CT light rail project; $200,000 is provided for the 
     Southeast Michigan commuter rail viability study; $2,000,000 
     is provided for the major investment analysis of Honolulu 
     transit alternatives; $2,700,000 is provided for the 
     Stamford, CT fixed guideway connector; $3,500,000 is provided 
     for the Providence-Boston commuter rail project; and $500,000 
     is provided for the Old Saybrook-Hartford rail extension 
     project.
       Sec. 340. (a) Limitation on Funds Used to Enforce 
     Regulations Regarding Animal Fats and Vegetable Oils.--None 
     of the funds made available by this Act or subsequent Acts 
     may be used by the Coast Guard to issue, implement, or 
     enforce a regulation or to establish an interpretation or 
     guideline under the Edible Oil Regulatory Reform Act (Public 
     Law 104-55) or the amendments made by that Act, that does not 
     recognize and provide for, with respect to fats, oils, and 
     greases (as described in that Act, or the amendments made by 
     that Act) differences in (1) physical, chemical, biological 
     and other relevant properties; and (2) environmental effects.
       (B) Deadline for Promulgation of Regulations.--Not later 
     than March 31, 1999, the Secretary of Transportation shall 
     issue regulations amending 33 C.F.R. 154 to comply with the 
     requirements of Public Law 104-55.
       Sec. 341. Amendment to Subsection 1110(a) of Public Law 96-
     487, 95 Stat. 2464.--Amend Subsection 1110(a) of Public Law 
     96-487, 95 Stat. 2565 as follows: strike ``airplanes'' and 
     insert in lieu thereof ``aircraft''.
       Sec. 342. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
     made available under section 1503 of Public Law 105-178 may 
     be used to support a direct loan of $85,000,000 to the city 
     of Reno, Nevada for the Reno Transportation Corridor project, 
     including the grade separation of at-grade rail lines and 
     cross streets with a primarily below-grade corridor.
       Sec. 343. Within the $25,511,000,000 obligation limitation 
     on the federal-aid highway program, funds allocated or 
     authorized from the highway trust fund, in Public Law 105-178 
     for Miller Highway in New York City, New York shall be made 
     available to the State of New York subject to the State and 
     local planning and environmental review process.
       Sec. 344. Notwithstanding any provision of law, the 
     Secretary of Transportation is hereby authorized to waive 
     repayment of any Federal-aid highway funds expended on the 
     construction of high occupancy vehicle lanes or auxiliary 
     lanes on I-287 in the State of New Jersey. Such waiver shall 
     not be granted by the Secretary until such time as the 
     Secretary is assured by the State of New Jersey that removal 
     of the high occupancy vehicle restrictions on I-287 is in the 
     public interest.
       Sec. 345. Modification of Substitute Project in Wisconsin. 
     Section 1211 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st 
     Century is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(o) Modification of Substitute Project in Wisconsin.--
     Section 1045(a) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation 
     Efficiency Act of 1991 (as amended by subsection (n) of this 
     section) is amended in paragraph (2)--
       ``(1) by inserting `after consultation with appropriate 
     local government officials,' after `Wisconsin,'; and
       ``(2) by striking `shall' and inserting `may'.''.
       Sec. 346. Discretionary grants funds for bus and bus-
     related facilities made available under Public Law 105-66 and 
     its accompanying conference report for the Virtual Transit 
     Enterprise project may be used to fund any aspect of the 
     Virtual Transit Enterprise integration of information project 
     in South Carolina.
       Sec. 347. Section 3021 of the Transportation Equity Act for 
     the 21st Century (Public Law 105-178) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``or the State of 
     Vermont'' after ``the State of Oklahoma''; and
       (2) in subsection (b)(2)(A), by inserting ``and the State 
     of Vermont'' after ``within the State of Oklahoma''.
       Sec. 348. Item 1132 in section 1602 of the Transportation 
     Equity Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 298), relating to 
     Mississippi, is amended by striking ``Pirate Cove'' and 
     inserting ``Pirates' Cove and 4-lane connector to Mississippi 
     Highway 468''.
       Sec. 349. Judicial Review of Constitutional Claims. (a) 
     Expedited Consideration.--It shall be the duty of a district 
     court of the United States and the Supreme Court of the 
     United States to advance on the docket and to expedite to the 
     maximum extent practicable the disposition of any claim 
     challenging the constitutionality of section 1101(b) of the 
     Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (23 U.S.C. 101 
     note; 112 Stat. 113), whether on its face or as applied.
       (b) Appeal to Supreme Court.--
       (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, any order of a district court of the United States 
     disposing of a claim described in subsection (a) shall be 
     reviewable by appeal directly to the Supreme Court of the 
     United States.
       (2) Deadlines for appeal.--
       (A) Notice of appeal.--Any appeal under paragraph (1) shall 
     be taken by a notice of appeal filed within 10 calendar days 
     after the date on which the order of the district court is 
     entered.
       (B) Jurisdictional statement.--The jurisdictional statement 
     shall be filed within 30 calendar days after the date on 
     which the order of the district court is entered.
       (3) Stays.--No stay of an order described in paragraph (1) 
     shall be issued by a single Justice of the Supreme Court.
       (c) Applicability.--Subsections (a) and (b) shall apply 
     with respect to any claim filed after June 9, 1998, but 
     before June 10, 1999.
       Sec. 350. The change in definition for Amtrak capital 
     expenses shall not affect the legal characteristics of 
     capital and operating expenditures for purposes of Amtrak's 
     requirement to eliminate the use of appropriated funds for 
     operating expenses according to Public Law 105-134. No funds 
     appropriated for Amtrak in this Act shall be used to pay for 
     any wage, salary, or benefit increases that are a result of 
     any agreement entered into after October 1, 1997: Provided, 
     That nothing in this Act shall affect Amtrak's legal 
     requirements to maintain its current system of accounting 
     under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles: Provided 
     further, That no later than 30 days after the end of each 
     quarter beginning with the first quarter in fiscal year 1999, 
     Amtrak shall submit to the Amtrak Reform Council and the 
     Senate Committee on Appropriations, and the Senate Committee 
     on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, a reporting of 
     specific expenditures for preventative maintenance, labor, 
     and other operating expenses from amounts made available 
     under this Act, and Amtrak's estimate of the amounts expected 
     to be expended for such expenses for the remainder of the 
     fiscal year.
       Sec. 351. Section 3 of the Act of July 17, 1952 (66 Stat. 
     746, chapter 921), and section 3 of the Act of July 17, 1952 
     (66 Stat. 571, chapter 922), are each amended in the 
     proviso--
       (1) by striking ``That'' and all that follows through ``the 
     collection of'' and inserting ``That the commission may 
     collect''; and
       (2) by striking ``, shall cease'' and all that follows 
     through the period at the end and inserting a period.
       Sec. 352. Section 1212(m) of Public Law 105-178 is 
     amended-- (1) in the subsection heading, by inserting ``, 
     Idaho and West Virginia'' after ``Minnesota''; and (2) by 
     inserting ``or the States of Idaho or West Virginia'' after 
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       Sec. 353. Prohibitions Against Smoking on Scheduled 
     Flights. (a) In General.--Section 41706 of title 49, United 
     States Code, is amended to read as follows:

     ``Sec. 41706. Prohibitions against smoking on scheduled 
       flights

       ``(a) Smoking Prohibition in Intrastate and Interstate Air 
     Transportation.--An individual may not smoke in an aircraft 
     on a scheduled airline flight segment in interstate air 
     transportation or intrastate air transportation.
       ``(b) Smoking Prohibition in Foreign Air Transportation.--
     The Secretary of Transportation shall require all air 
     carriers and foreign air carriers to prohibit, on and after 
     the 120th day following the date of the enactment of this 
     section, smoking in any aircraft on a scheduled airline 
     flight segment within the United States or between a place in 
     the United States and a place outside the United States.
       ``(c) Limitation on Applicability.--With respect to an 
     aircraft operated by a foreign air carrier, the smoking 
     prohibitions contained in subsections (a) and (b) shall apply 
     only to the passenger cabin and lavatory of the aircraft. If 
     a foreign government objects to the application of subsection 
     (b) on the basis that it is an extraterritorial application 
     of the laws of the United States, the Secretary is authorized 
     to waive the application of subsection (b) to a foreign air 
     carrier licensed by that foreign government. The Secretary of 
     Transportation shall identify and enforce an alternative 
     smoking prohibition in lieu of subsection (b) that has been 
     negotiated by the Secretary and the objecting foreign 
     government through a bilateral negotiation process.
       ``(d) Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe 
     regulations necessary to carry out this section.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect on the 60th day following the date of 
     enactment of this Act.
       Sec. 354. Hazardous Materials. In the case of a State that, 
     as of the date of enactment of this Act, has in force and 
     effect State hazardous material transportation laws that are 
     inconsistent with Federal hazardous material transportation 
     laws with respect to intrastate transportation of 
     agricultural production materials for transportation from 
     agricultural retailer to farm, farm to farm, and from farm to 
     agricultural retailer, within a 100-mile air radius, such 
     inconsistent laws may remain in force and effect for fiscal 
     year 1999 only.
       Sec. 355. Reimbursement for Salaries and Expenses. The 
     National Transportation Safety Board shall reimburse the 
     State of New York and local counties in New York during the 
     period beginning on June 12, 1997, and ending on September 
     30, 1999, an aggregate amount equal to $6,059,000 for costs 
     (including salaries and expenses) incurred in connection with 
     the crash of TWA Flight 800.
       Sec. 356. Signage on Highways With Respect to the National 
     Cemetery System. (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Federal-aid highway.--The term ``Federal aid highway'' 
     has the meaning given that term in section 101 of title 23, 
     United States Code.
       (2) National cemetery system.--The term ``National Cemetery 
     System'' means the National Cemetery System, which is managed 
     by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
       (3) State.--The term ``State'' has the meaning given that 
     term in section 101 of title 23, United States Code.
       (b) Federal-aid Highways.--The Secretary of Transportation 
     may encourage States to take such action as may be necessary 
     to ensure that, for each cemetery of the National Cemetery 
     System that is located in the proximity of any Federal-aid 
     highway, there is sufficient and appropriate signage along 
     that highway to direct visitors to that cemetery.
       (c) State Highways.--Nothing in subsection (b) is intended 
     to affect the provision of signage by a State along a State 
     highway to direct visitors to a cemetery of the National 
     Cemetery System.
       This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Transportation 
     and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999''.

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