[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 77 (Monday, June 19, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5372-S5382]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 
                                  2001

  On June 15, 2000, the Senate amended and passed H.R. 4475, as 
follows:

       Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives 
     (H.R. 4475) entitled ``An Act making appropriations for the 
     Department of Transportation and related agencies for the 
     fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other 
     purposes.'', do pass with the following amendment:
       Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

     That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in 
     the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department 
     of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year 
     ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes, namely:

                                TITLE I

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

                        OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

                   Immediate Office of the Secretary

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

                Immediate Office of the Deputy Secretary

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

                     Office of the General Counsel

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 
     Counsel, $9,000,000.

              Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 
     Secretary for Policy, $2,500,000.

   Office of the Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International 
                                Affairs

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 
     Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs, $7,000,000: 
     Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     there may be credited to this appropriation up to $1,250,000 
     in funds received in user fees.

       Office of the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs

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

       Office of the Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 
     Secretary for Governmental Affairs, $2,000,000.

          Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 
     Secretary for Administration, $17,800,000.

                        Office of Public Affairs

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

                         Executive Secretariat

       For necessary expenses of the Executive Secretariat, 
     $1,181,000.

                       Board of Contract Appeals

       For necessary expenses of the Board of Contract Appeals, 
     $496,000.

         Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Small and 
     Disadvantaged Business Utilization, $1,192,000.

                Office of the Chief Information Officer

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

                         Office of Civil Rights

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

           Transportation Planning, Research, and Development

       For necessary expenses for conducting transportation 
     planning, research, systems development, development 
     activities, and making grants, to remain available until 
     expended, $5,300,000, of which $1,400,000 shall only be 
     available for planning for the 2001 Winter Special Olympics; 
     and $2,000,000 shall only be available for the purpose of 
     section 228 of Public Law 106-181.

              Transportation Administrative Service Center

       Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital outlays 
     of the Transportation Administrative Service Center, not to 
     exceed $173,278,000, shall be paid from appropriations made 
     available to the Department of Transportation: Provided, That 
     such services shall be provided on a competitive basis to 
     entities within the Department of Transportation: Provided 
     further, That the above limitation on operating expenses 
     shall not apply to non-DOT entities: Provided further, That 
     no funds appropriated in this Act to an agency of the 
     Department shall be transferred to the Transportation 
     Administrative Service Center without the approval of the 
     agency modal administrator: Provided further, That no 
     assessments may be levied against any

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     program, budget activity, subactivity or project funded by 
     this Act unless notice of such assessments and the basis 
     therefor are presented to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations and are approved by such Committees.

               Minority Business Resource Center Program

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

                       Minority Business Outreach

       For necessary expenses of Minority Business Resource Center 
     outreach activities, $3,000,000, of which $2,635,000 shall 
     remain available until September 30, 2002: Provided, That 
     notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be used for 
     business opportunities related to any mode of transportation.

                              COAST GUARD

                           Operating Expenses

       For necessary expenses for the operation and maintenance of 
     the Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for; purchase of not 
     to exceed five passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; 
     payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97-377, as 
     amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and section 229(b) of the 
     Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 429(b)); and recreation and 
     welfare; $3,039,460,000, of which $641,000,000 shall be 
     available only for defense-related activities; and of which 
     $25,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability 
     Trust Fund: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in 
     this or any other Act shall be available for pay for 
     administrative expenses in connection with shipping 
     commissioners in the United States: Provided further, That 
     none of the funds provided in this Act shall be available for 
     expenses incurred for yacht documentation under 46 U.S.C. 
     12109, except to the extent fees are collected from yacht 
     owners and credited to this appropriation: Provided further, 
     That the Commandant shall reduce both military and civilian 
     employment levels for the purpose of complying with Executive 
     Order No. 12839: Provided further, That up to $615,000 in 
     user fees collected pursuant to section 1111 of Public Law 
     104-324 shall be credited to this appropriation as offsetting 
     collections in fiscal year 2001: Provided further, That none 
     of the funds in this Act shall be available for the Coast 
     Guard to plan, finalize, or implement any regulation that 
     would promulgate new maritime user fees not specifically 
     authorized by law after the date of the enactment of this 
     Act: Provided further, That the Secretary may transfer funds 
     to this account, from Federal Aviation Administration 
     ``Operations'', not to exceed $100,000,000 in total for the 
     fiscal year, fifteen days after written notification to the 
     House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, for the 
     purpose of providing additional funds for drug interdiction 
     activities and/or the Office of Intelligence and Security 
     activities: Provided further, That the United States Coast 
     Guard will reimburse the Department of Transportation 
     Inspector General $5,000,000 for costs associated with audits 
     and investigations of all Coast Guard-related issues and 
     systems.

              Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements

       For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction, 
     renovation, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore 
     facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment 
     related thereto, $407,747,660, of which $20,000,000 shall be 
     derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which 
     $145,936,660 shall be available to acquire, repair, renovate 
     or improve vessels, small boats and related equipment, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2005; $41,650,000 shall 
     be available to acquire new aircraft and increase aviation 
     capability, to remain available until September 30, 2003; 
     $54,304,000 shall be available for other equipment, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2003; $68,406,000 shall be 
     available for shore facilities and aids to navigation 
     facilities, to remain available until September 30, 2003; 
     $55,151,000 shall be available for personnel compensation and 
     benefits and related costs, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2002; and $42,300,000 for the Integrated 
     Deepwater Systems program, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2003: Provided, That the Commandant may dispose 
     of surplus real property by sale or lease and the proceeds 
     shall be credited to this appropriation and remain available 
     until expended, but shall not be available for obligation 
     until October 1, 2001: Provided further, That none of the 
     funds provided for the Integrated Deepwater Systems program 
     shall be available for obligation until the submission of a 
     comprehensive capital investment plan for the United States 
     Coast Guard as required by Public Law 106-69: Provided 
     further, That the Commandant shall transfer $5,800,000 to the 
     City of Homer, Alaska, for the construction of a municipal 
     pier and other harbor improvements: Provided further, That 
     the City of Homer enters into an agreement with the United 
     States to accommodate Coast Guard vessels and to support 
     Coast Guard operations at Homer, Alaska: Provided further, 
     That the Commandant is hereby granted the authority to enter 
     into a contract for the Great Lakes Icebreaker (GLIB) 
     Replacement which shall be funded on an incremental basis: 
     Provided further, That upon initial submission to the 
     Congress of the fiscal year 2002 President's budget, the 
     Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to the Congress a 
     comprehensive capital investment plan for the United States 
     Coast Guard which includes funding for each budget line item 
     for fiscal years 2002 through 2006, with total funding for 
     each year of the plan constrained to the funding targets for 
     those years as estimated and approved by the Office of 
     Management and Budget.

                Environmental Compliance and Restoration

       For necessary expenses to carry out the Coast Guard's 
     environmental compliance and restoration functions under 
     chapter 19 of title 14, United States Code, $16,700,000, to 
     remain available until expended.

                         Alteration of Bridges


                          (highway trust fund)

       For necessary expenses for alteration or removal of 
     obstructive bridges, $15,500,000, to remain available until 
     expended.

                              Retired Pay

       For retired pay, including the payment of obligations 
     therefor otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for 
     this purpose, and payments under the Retired Serviceman's 
     Family Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, and for 
     payments for medical care of retired personnel and their 
     dependents under the Dependents Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. 
     ch. 55), $778,000,000.

                            Reserve Training


                     (including transfer of funds)

       For all necessary expenses of the Coast Guard Reserve, as 
     authorized by law; maintenance and operation of facilities; 
     and supplies, equipment, and services; $80,371,000: Provided, 
     That no more than $22,000,000 of funds made available under 
     this heading may be transferred to Coast Guard ``Operating 
     expenses'' or otherwise made available to reimburse the Coast 
     Guard for financial support of the Coast Guard Reserve: 
     Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act may be 
     used by the Coast Guard to assess direct charges on the Coast 
     Guard Reserves for items or activities which were not so 
     charged during fiscal year 1997.

              Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
     applied scientific research, development, test, and 
     evaluation; maintenance, rehabilitation, lease and operation 
     of facilities and equipment, as authorized by law, 
     $21,320,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
     $3,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability 
     Trust Fund: Provided, That there may be credited to and used 
     for the purposes of this appropriation funds received from 
     State and local governments, other public authorities, 
     private sources, and foreign countries, for expenses incurred 
     for research, development, testing, and evaluation.

                    FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

                               Operations

       For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation 
     Administration, not otherwise provided for, including 
     operations and research activities related to commercial 
     space transportation, administrative expenses for research 
     and development, establishment of air navigation facilities, 
     the operation (including leasing) and maintenance of 
     aircraft, subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and 
     maps sold to the public, and carrying out the provisions of 
     subchapter I of chapter 471 of title 49, United States Code, 
     or other provisions of law authorizing the obligation of 
     funds for similar programs of airport and airway development 
     or improvement, lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles 
     for replacement only, in addition to amounts made available 
     by Public Law 104-264, $6,350,250,000, of which 
     $4,414,869,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Airway 
     Trust Fund, of which $5,039,391,000 shall be available for 
     air traffic services program activities; $691,979,000 shall 
     be available for aviation regulation and certification 
     program activities; $138,462,000 shall be available for civil 
     aviation security program activities; $182,401,000 shall be 
     available for research and acquisition program activities; 
     $10,000,000 shall be available for commercial space 
     transportation program activities; $43,000,000 shall be 
     available for Financial Services program activities; 
     $49,906,000 shall be available for Human Resources program 
     activities; $99,347,000 shall be available for Regional 
     Coordination program activities; and $95,764,000 shall be 
     available for Staff Offices program activities: Provided, 
     That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the 
     Federal Aviation Administration to plan, finalize, or 
     implement any regulation that would promulgate new aviation 
     user fees not specifically authorized by law after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That there 
     may be credited to this appropriation funds received from 
     States, counties, municipalities, foreign authorities, other 
     public authorities, and private sources, for expenses 
     incurred in the provision of agency services, including 
     receipts for the maintenance and operation of air navigation 
     facilities, and for issuance, renewal or modification of 
     certificates, including airman, aircraft, and repair station 
     certificates, or for tests related thereto, or for processing 
     major repair or alteration forms: Provided further, That of 
     the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than 
     $5,000,000 shall be for the contract tower cost-sharing 
     program and not less than $55,300,000 shall be for the 
     contract tower program within the air traffic services 
     program activities: Provided further, That funds may be used 
     to enter into a grant agreement with a nonprofit standard-
     setting organization to assist in the development of aviation 
     safety standards: Provided further, That none of the funds in 
     this Act shall be available for new applicants for the second 
     career training program: Provided further, That none of the 
     funds in this Act shall be available for paying premium pay 
     under 5 U.S.C. 5546(a) to any Federal Aviation Administration 
     employee unless such employee actually performed

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     work during the time corresponding to such premium pay: 
     Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act may be 
     obligated or expended to operate a manned auxiliary flight 
     service station in the contiguous United States: Provided 
     further, That none of the funds in this Act may be used for 
     the Federal Aviation Administration to enter into a multiyear 
     lease greater than 5 years in length or greater than 
     $100,000,000 in value unless such lease is specifically 
     authorized by the Congress and appropriations have been 
     provided to fully cover the Federal Government's contingent 
     liabilities: Provided further, That none of the funds in this 
     Act may be used for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 
     to sign a lease for satellite services related to the global 
     positioning system (GPS) wide area augmentation system until 
     the administrator of FAA certifies in writing to the House 
     and Senate Committees on Appropriations that FAA has 
     conducted a lease versus buy analysis which indicates that 
     such lease will result in the lowest overall cost to the 
     agency: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, the FAA Administrator may contract out the 
     entire function of Oceanic flight services: Provided further, 
     That the Secretary may transfer funds to this account, from 
     Coast Guard ``Operating expenses'', not to exceed 
     $100,000,000 in total for the fiscal year, fifteen days after 
     written notification to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations, solely for the purpose of providing 
     additional funds for air traffic control operations and 
     maintenance to enhance aviation safety and security, and/or 
     the Office of Intelligence and Security activities: Provided 
     further, That the Federal Aviation Administration will 
     reimburse the Department of Transportation Inspector General 
     $19,000,000 for costs associated with audits and 
     investigations of all aviation-related issues and systems.

                        Facilities and Equipment


                    (airport and airway trust fund)

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
     acquisition, establishment, and improvement by contract or 
     purchase, and hire of air navigation and experimental 
     facilities and equipment as authorized under part A of 
     subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, including 
     initial acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; 
     engineering and service testing, including construction of 
     test facilities and acquisition of necessary sites by lease 
     or grant; and construction and furnishing of quarters and 
     related accommodations for officers and employees of the 
     Federal Aviation Administration stationed at remote 
     localities where such accommodations are not available; and 
     the purchase, lease, or transfer of aircraft from funds 
     available under this head; and to make grants to carry out 
     the Small Community Air Service Development Pilot Program 
     under section 41743 of title 49, United States Code; to be 
     derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, 
     $2,656,765,000, of which $2,334,112,400 shall remain 
     available until September 30, 2003, and of which $322,652,600 
     shall remain available until September 30, 2001: Provided, 
     That there may be credited to this appropriation funds 
     received from States, counties, municipalities, other public 
     authorities, and private sources, for expenses incurred in 
     the establishment and modernization of air navigation 
     facilities: Provided further, That upon initial submission to 
     the Congress of the fiscal year 2002 President's budget, the 
     Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to the Congress a 
     comprehensive capital investment plan for the Federal 
     Aviation Administration which includes funding for each 
     budget line item for fiscal years 2002 through 2006, with 
     total funding for each year of the plan constrained to the 
     funding targets for those years as estimated and approved by 
     the Office of Management and Budget: Provided further, That 
     none of the funds in this Act may be used for the Federal 
     Aviation Administration to enter into a capital lease 
     agreement unless appropriations have been provided to fully 
     cover the Federal Government's contingent liabilities at the 
     time the lease agreement is signed: Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, not more than 
     $20,000,000 of funds made available under this heading in 
     fiscal year 2001 may be obligated for grants under the Small 
     Community Air Service Development Pilot Program under section 
     41743 of title 49, United States Code, subject to the normal 
     reprogramming guidelines.

                 Research, Engineering, and Development


                    (airport and airway trust fund)

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
     research, engineering, and development, as authorized under 
     part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, 
     including construction of experimental facilities and 
     acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant, 
     $183,343,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust 
     Fund and to remain available until September 30, 2003: 
     Provided, That there may be credited to this appropriation 
     funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other 
     public authorities, and private sources, for expenses 
     incurred for research, engineering, and development.

                       Grants-in-Aid for Airports


                (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

                      (limitation on obligations)

                    (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)

       For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in-aid 
     for airport planning and development, and noise compatibility 
     planning and programs as authorized under subchapter I of 
     chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 of title 49, 
     United States Code, and under other law authorizing such 
     obligations; for administration of such programs and air 
     traffic services program activities; for administration of 
     programs under section 40117; and for inspection activities 
     and administration of airport safety programs, including 
     those related to airport operating certificates under section 
     44706 of title 49, United States Code, $3,200,000,000, to be 
     derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds 
     under this heading shall be available for the planning or 
     execution of programs the obligations for which are in excess 
     of $3,200,000,000 in fiscal year 2001, notwithstanding 
     section 47117(h) of title 49, United States Code: Provided 
     further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, not 
     more than $173,000,000 of funds limited under this heading 
     shall be obligated for administration and air traffic 
     services program activities if such funds are necessary to 
     maintain aviation safety.

                       Grants-in-Aid for Airports


                    (airport and airway trust fund)

                 (rescission of contract authorization)

       Of the unobligated balances authorized under 49 U.S.C. 
     48103, as amended, $579,000,000 are rescinded.

                   Aviation Insurance Revolving Fund

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

                     FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

                 Limitation on Administrative Expenses

       Necessary expenses for administration and operation of the 
     Federal Highway Administration not to exceed $386,657,840 
     shall be paid in accordance with law from appropriations made 
     available by this Act to the Federal Highway Administration 
     together with advances and reimbursements received by the 
     Federal Highway Administration: Provided, That $10,000,000 
     shall be available for National Historic Covered Bridge 
     Preservation Program under section 1224 of Public Law 105-
     178, as amended, $33,588,500 shall be available for the 
     Indian Reservation Roads Program under section 204 of title 
     23, $30,046,440 shall be available for the Public Lands 
     Highway Program under section 204 of title 23, $20,153,100 
     shall be available for the Park Roads and Parkways Program 
     under section 204 of title 23, and $2,442,800 shall be 
     available for the Refuge Roads program under section 204 of 
     title 23: Provided further, That the Federal Highway 
     Administration will reimburse the Department of 
     Transportation Inspector General $10,000,000 from funds 
     available within this limitation for costs associated with 
     audits and investigations of all highway-related issues and 
     systems.

                          Federal-Aid Highways


                      (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)

                          (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

       None of the funds in this Act shall be available for the 
     implementation or execution of programs, the obligations for 
     which are in excess of $29,661,806,000 for Federal-aid 
     highways and highway safety construction programs for fiscal 
     year 2001: Provided, That within the $29,661,806,000 
     obligation limitation on Federal-aid highways and highway 
     safety construction programs, not more than $437,250,000 
     shall be available for the implementation or execution of 
     programs for transportation research (sections 502, 503, 504, 
     506, 507, and 508 of title 23, United States Code, as 
     amended; section 5505 of title 49, United States Code, as 
     amended; and sections 5112 and 5204-5209 of Public Law 105-
     178) for fiscal year 2000; not more than $25,000,000 shall be 
     available for the implementation or execution of programs for 
     the Magnetic Levitation Transportation Technology Deployment 
     Program (section 1218 of Public Law 105-178) for fiscal year 
     2001, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available to 
     the Federal Railroad Administration for administrative 
     expenses and technical assistance in connection with such 
     program; not more than $31,000,000 shall be available for the 
     implementation or execution of programs for the Bureau of 
     Transportation Statistics (section 111 of title 49, United 
     States Code) for fiscal year 2001: Provided further, That 
     within the $218,000,000 obligation limitation on Intelligent 
     Transportation Systems, the following sums shall be made 
     available for Intelligent Transportation System projects in 
     the following specified areas:

Calhoun County, MI.............................................$500,000
Wayne County, MI..............................................1,500,000
Southeast Michigan............................................1,000,000
Indiana Statewide (SAFE-T)....................................1,500,000
Salt Lake City (Olympic Games)................................2,000,000
State of New Mexico...........................................1,500,000
Santa Teresa, NM..............................................1,000,000
State of Missouri (Rural).....................................1,000,000
Springfield-Branson, MO.......................................1,500,000
Kansas City, MO...............................................2,500,000
Inglewood, CA.................................................1,200,000
Lewis & Clark trail, MT.......................................1,250,000
State of Montana..............................................1,500,000
Fort Collins, CO..............................................2,000,000
Arapahoe County, CO...........................................1,000,000
I-70 West project, CO.........................................1,000,000
I-81 Safety Corridor, VA......................................1,000,000
Aquidneck Island, RI............................................750,000
Hattiesburg, MS...............................................1,000,000
Jackson, MS...................................................1,000,000
Fargo, ND.....................................................1,000,000
Moscow, ID....................................................1,750,000
State of Ohio.................................................2,500,000
State of Connecticut..........................................3,000,000
Illinois Statewide............................................2,000,000
Charlotte, NC.................................................1,250,000
Nashville, TN.................................................1,000,000
State of Tennessee............................................2,600,000
Spokane, WA...................................................1,000,000
Bellingham, WA..................................................700,000
Puget Sound Regional Fare Coordination........................2,000,000

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Bay County, FL................................................1,000,000
Iowa statewide (traffic enforcement)..........................3,000,000
State of Nebraska.............................................2,600,000
State of North Carolina.......................................3,000,000
South Carolina statewide......................................2,000,000
San Antonio, TX.................................................200,000
Beaumont, TX....................................................300,000
Corpus Christi, TX (vehicle dispatching)......................1,500,000
Williamson County/Round Rock, TX................................500,000
Austin, TX......................................................500,000
Texas Border Phase I Houston, TX..............................1,000,000
Oklahoma statewide............................................2,000,000
Vermont statewide.............................................1,000,000
Vermont rural ITS.............................................1,500,000
State of Wisconsin............................................3,600,000
Tucson, AZ....................................................2,500,000
Cargo Mate, NJ................................................1,000,000
New Jersey regional integration/TRANSCOM......................4,000,000
State of Kentucky.............................................2,000,000
State of Maryland.............................................4,000,000
Sacramento to Reno, I-80 corridor...............................200,000
Washoe County, NV...............................................200,000
North Las Vegas, NV...........................................1,800,000
Delaware statewide............................................1,000,000
North Central Pennsylvania....................................1,500,000
Delaware River Port Authority.................................3,500,000
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission..............................3,000,000
Huntsville, AL................................................2,000,000
Tuscaloosa/Muscle Shoals......................................3,000,000
Automated crash notification system, UAB......................2,000,000
Oregon statewide..............................................1,500,000
Alaska statewide..............................................4,200,000
South Dakota commercial vehicle ITS..........................1,500,000:
     Provided further, That, notwithstanding Public Law 105-178 as 
     amended, funds authorized under section 110 of title 23, 
     United States Code, for fiscal year 2001 shall be apportioned 
     based on each State's percentage share of funding provided 
     for under section 105 of title 23, United States Code, for 
     fiscal year 2001. Of the funds to be apportioned under 
     section 110 for fiscal year 2001, the Secretary shall ensure 
     that such funds are apportioned for the Interstate 
     Maintenance program, the National Highway system program, the 
     bridge program, the surface transportation program, and the 
     congestion mitigation and air quality program in the same 
     ratio that each State is apportioned funds for such program 
     in fiscal year 2001 but for this section.

                          Federal-Aid Highways


                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                          (highway trust fund)

       For carrying out the provisions of title 23, United States 
     Code, that are attributable to Federal-aid highways, 
     including the National Scenic and Recreational Highway as 
     authorized by 23 U.S.C. 148, not otherwise provided, 
     including reimbursement for sums expended pursuant to the 
     provisions of 23 U.S.C. 308, $28,000,000,000 or so much 
     thereof as may be available in and derived from the Highway 
     Trust Fund, to remain available until expended.

              FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION


                          Motor Carrier Safety

                 limitation on administrative expenses

       For necessary expenses for administration of motor carrier 
     safety programs and motor carrier safety research, pursuant 
     to section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code, not to 
     exceed $92,194,000 shall be paid in accordance with law from 
     appropriations made available by this Act to the Federal 
     Motor Carrier Safety Administration, together with advances 
     and reimbursements received by the Federal Motor Carrier 
     Safety Administration: Provided, That such amounts shall be 
     available to carry out the functions and operations of the 
     Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

                 National Motor Carrier Safety Program


                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                      (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

       For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 49 
     U.S.C. 31102, $177,000,000, to be derived from the Highway 
     Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: Provided, 
     That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the 
     implementation or execution of programs the obligations for 
     which are in excess of $177,000,000 for ``Motor Carrier 
     Safety Grants''.

             NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

                        Operations and Research


                          (highway trust fund)

       For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the 
     Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety under 
     chapter 301 of title 49, United States Code, and part C of 
     subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code, $107,876,000 of 
     which $77,670,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
     2003: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated by this 
     Act may be obligated or expended to plan, finalize, or 
     implement any rulemaking to add to section 575.104 of title 
     49 of the Code of Federal Regulations any requirement 
     pertaining to a grading standard that is different from the 
     three grading standards (treadwear, traction, and temperature 
     resistance) already in effect: Provided further, That none of 
     the funds appropriated in this Act may be obligated or 
     expended to purchase a vehicle to conduct New Car Assessment 
     Program crash testing at a price that exceeds the 
     manufacturer's suggested retail price: Provided further, That 
     none of the funds appropriated in this Act may be obligated 
     or expended to plan, finalize, or implement regulations that 
     would add the static stability factor to the New Car 
     Assessment Program until the National Academy of Sciences 
     reports to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
     not later than nine months after the date of enactment of 
     this Act that the static stability factor is a scientifically 
     valid measurement and presents practical, useful information 
     to the public; a comparison of the static stability factor 
     test versus a test with rollover metrics based on dynamic 
     driving conditions that induce rollover events; and the 
     validity of the NHTSA proposed system for placing its 
     rollover rating information on the web compared to making 
     rollover information available at the point of sale.

                        Operations and Research


                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                      (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

       For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the 
     provisions of 23 U.S.C. 403, to remain available until 
     expended, $72,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust 
     Fund: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be 
     available for the planning or execution of programs the total 
     obligations for which, in fiscal year 2001 are in excess of 
     $72,000,000 for programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 403.

                        National Driver Register


                          (highway trust fund)

       For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the 
     Secretary with respect to the National Driver Register under 
     chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code, $2,000,000, to 
     be derived from the Highway Trust Fund and to remain 
     available until expended.

                     Highway Traffic Safety Grants


                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                      (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for payment of 
     obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions of 23 
     U.S.C. 402, 405, 410, and 411 to remain available until 
     expended, $213,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust 
     Fund: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be 
     available for the planning or execution of programs the total 
     obligations for which, in fiscal year 2001, are in excess of 
     $213,000,000 for programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 402, 
     405, 410, and 411 of which $155,000,000 shall be for 
     ``Highway Safety Programs'' under 23 U.S.C. 402, $13,000,000 
     shall be for ``Occupant Protection Incentive Grants'' under 
     23 U.S.C. 405, $36,000,000 shall be for ``Alcohol-Impaired 
     Driving Countermeasures Grants'' under 23 U.S.C. 410, 
     $9,000,000 shall be for the ``State Highway Safety Data 
     Grants'' under 23 U.S.C. 411: Provided further, That none of 
     these funds shall be used for construction, rehabilitation, 
     or remodeling costs, or for office furnishings and fixtures 
     for State, local, or private buildings or structures: 
     Provided further, That not to exceed $7,750,000 of the funds 
     made available for section 402, not to exceed $650,000 of the 
     funds made available for section 405, not to exceed 
     $1,800,000 of the funds made available for section 410, and 
     not to exceed $450,000 of the funds made available for 
     section 411 shall be available to NHTSA for administering 
     highway safety grants under chapter 4 of title 23, United 
     States Code: Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 of 
     the funds made available for section 410 ``Alcohol-Impaired 
     Driving Countermeasures Grants'' shall be available for 
     technical assistance to the States.

                    FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION

                         Safety and Operations

       For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad 
     Administration, not otherwise provided for, $99,390,000, of 
     which $4,957,000 shall remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That, as part of the Washington Union Station 
     transaction in which the Secretary assumed the first deed of 
     trust on the property and, where the Union Station 
     Redevelopment Corporation or any successor is obligated to 
     make payments on such deed of trust on the Secretary's 
     behalf, including payments on and after September 30, 1988, 
     the Secretary is authorized to receive such payments directly 
     from the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation, credit them 
     to the appropriation charged for the first deed of trust, and 
     make payments on the first deed of trust with those funds: 
     Provided further, That such additional sums as may be 
     necessary for payment on the first deed of trust may be 
     advanced by the Administrator from unobligated balances 
     available to the Federal Railroad Administration, to be 
     reimbursed from payments received from the Union Station 
     Redevelopment Corporation: Provided further, That the Federal 
     Railroad Administration will reimburse the Department of 
     Transportation Inspector General $1,500,000 for costs 
     associated with audits and investigations of all rail-related 
     issues and systems.

                   Railroad Research and Development

       For necessary expenses for railroad research and 
     development, $24,725,000, to remain available until expended.

            Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Program

       The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to issue to 
     the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obligations 
     pursuant to section 512 of the Railroad Revitalization and 
     Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-210), as 
     amended, in such amounts and at such times as may be 
     necessary to pay any amounts required pursuant to the 
     guarantee of the principal amount of obligations under 
     sections 511 through 513 of such Act, such authority to exist 
     as long as any such guaranteed obligation is outstanding: 
     Provided, That pursuant to section 502 of such Act, as 
     amended, no new direct loans or loan guarantee commitments 
     shall be made using Federal funds for the credit risk premium 
     during fiscal year 2001.

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                    Next Generation High-Speed Rail

       For necessary expenses for the Next Generation High-Speed 
     Rail program as authorized under 49 U.S.C. 26101 and 26102, 
     $24,900,000, to remain available until expended.

                     Alaska Railroad Rehabilitation

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

                     West Virginia Rail Development

       For capital costs associated with track, signal, and 
     crossover rehabilitation and improvements on the MARC 
     Brunswick line in West Virginia, $15,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended.

     Capital Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation

       For necessary expenses of capital improvements of the 
     National Railroad Passenger Corporation as authorized by 49 
     U.S.C. 24104(a), $521,000,000 to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That the Secretary shall not obligate 
     more than $208,400,000 prior to September 30, 2001.

                     FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

                        Administrative Expenses

       For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal 
     Transit Administration's programs authorized by chapter 53 of 
     title 49, United States Code, $12,800,000: Provided, That no 
     more than $64,000,000 of budget authority shall be available 
     for these purposes: Provided further, That the Federal 
     Transit Administration will reimburse the Department of 
     Transportation Inspector General $3,000,000 for costs 
     associated with audits and investigations of all transit-
     related issues and systems

                             Formula Grants

       For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5307, 5308, 
     5310, 5311, 5327, and section 3038 of Public Law 105-178, 
     $669,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
     That no more than $3,345,000,000 of budget authority shall be 
     available for these purposes.

                   University Transportation Research

       For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5505, 
     $1,200,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
     That no more than $6,000,000 of budget authority shall be 
     available for these purposes.

                     Transit Planning and Research

       For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5303, 5304, 
     5305, 5311(b)(2), 5312, 5313(a), 5314, 5315, and 5322, 
     $22,200,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
     That no more than $110,000,000 of budget authority shall be 
     available for these purposes: Provided further, That 
     $5,250,000 is available to provide rural transportation 
     assistance (49 U.S.C. 5311(b)(2)); $4,000,000 is available to 
     carry out programs under the National Transit Institute (49 
     U.S.C. 5315); $8,250,000 is available to carry out transit 
     cooperative research programs (49 U.S.C. 5313(a)), of which 
     $3,000,000 is available for transit-related research 
     conducted by the Great Cities Universities research 
     consortia; $52,113,600 is available for metropolitan planning 
     (49 U.S.C. 5303, 5304, and 5305); $10,886,400 is available 
     for State planning (49 U.S.C. 5313(b)); and $29,500,000 is 
     available for the national planning and research program (49 
     U.S.C. 5314): Provided further, That of the total budget 
     authority made available for the national planning and 
     research program, the Federal Transit Administration shall 
     provide the following amounts for the projects and activities 
     listed below:

Mid-America Regional Council coordinated transit planning, Kansas City 
  metro area...................................................$750,000
Sacramento Area Council of Governments regional air quality planning 
  and coordination study........................................250,000
Salt Lake Olympics Committee multimodal transportation plannin1,200,000
West Virginia University fuel cell technology institute propulsion and 
  ITS testing.................................................1,000,000
University of Rhode Island, Kingston traffic congestion study...150,000
Georgia Regional Transportation Authority regional transit study350,000
Trans-lake Washington land use effectiveness and enhancement rev450,000
State of Vermont electric vehicle transit demonstration.........500,000
Acadia Island, Maine explorer transit system experimental pilot 150,000
Center for Composites Manufacturing.............................950,000
Southern Nevada air quality study...............................800,000
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority advanced propulsion control 
  system......................................................3,000,000
Fairbanks extreme temperature clean fuels research..............800,000
National Transit Database.....................................2,500,000
Safety and Security...........................................6,100,000
National Rural Transit Assistance Program.......................750,000
Mississippi State University bus service expansion plan.........100,000
Bus Rapid Transit administration, data collection and analysis1,000,000
Project ACTION................................................3,000,000

                      Trust Fund Share of Expenses


                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                          (highway trust fund)

       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for payment of 
     obligations incurred in carrying out 49 U.S.C. 5303-5308, 
     5310-5315, 5317(b), 5322, 5327, 5334, 5505, and sections 3037 
     and 3038 of Public Law 105-178, $5,016,600,000, to remain 
     available until expended, and to be derived from the Mass 
     Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That 
     $2,676,000,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit 
     Administration's formula grants account: Provided further, 
     That $87,800,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit 
     Administration's transit planning and research account: 
     Provided further, That $51,200,000 shall be paid to the 
     Federal Transit Administration's administrative expenses 
     account: Provided further, That $4,800,000 shall be paid to 
     the Federal Transit Administration's university 
     transportation research account: Provided further, That 
     $80,000,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit 
     Administration's job access and reverse commute grants 
     program: Provided further, That $2,116,800,000 shall be paid 
     to the Federal Transit Administration's capital investment 
     grants account.

                       Capital Investment Grants

       For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5308, 5309, 
     5318, and 5327, $529,200,000, to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That no more than $2,646,000,000 of 
     budget authority shall be available for these purposes: 
     Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, there shall be available for fixed guideway 
     modernization, $1,058,400,000; there shall be available for 
     the replacement, rehabilitation, and purchase of buses and 
     related equipment and the construction of bus-related 
     facilities, $529,200,000; and there shall be available for 
     new fixed guideway systems $1,058,400,000: Provided further, 
     That, within the total funds provided for buses and bus-
     related facilities to carry out 49 U.S.C. section 5309, the 
     following projects shall be considered eligible for these 
     funds: Provided further, That the Administrator of the 
     Federal Transit Administration shall, not later than February 
     1, 2001, individually submit to the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations the recommended grant funding 
     levels for the respective projects, from the bus and bus-
     related facilities projects listed in the accompanying Senate 
     report: Provided further, That within the total funds 
     provided for new fixed guideway systems to carry out 49 
     U.S.C. section 5309, the following projects shall be 
     considered eligible for these funds: Provided further, That 
     the Administrator of the Federal Transit Administration 
     shall, not later than February 1, 2001, individually submit 
     to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations the 
     recommended grant funding levels for the respective projects.
       The following new fixed guideway systems and extensions to 
     existing systems are eligible to receive funding for final 
     design and construction:
       2002 Winter Olympics spectator transportation systems and 
     facilities;
       Alaska or Hawaii ferry projects;
       Atlanta-MARTA North Line extension completion;
       Austin Capital Metro Light Rail;
       Baltimore Central Light Rail double tracking;
       Boston North-South Rail Link;
       Boston-South Boston Piers Transitway;
       Canton-Akron-Cleveland commuter rail line;
       Charlotte North-South Transitway project;
       Chicago METRA commuter rail consolidated request;
       Chicago Transit Authority Ravenswood Brown Line capacity 
     expansion;
       Chicago Transit Authority Douglas Blue Line;
       Clark County, Nevada RTC fixed guideway project;
       Cleveland Euclid Corridor improvement project;
       Dallas Area Rapid Transit North Central light rail;
       Denver Southeast corridor project;
       Denver Southwest corridor project;
       Fort Lauderdale Tri-County commuter rail project;
       Fort Worth Railtran corridor commuter rail project;
       Galveston Rail Trolley extension;
       Girdwood to Wasilla, Alaska commuter rail project;
       Houston Metro Regional Bus Plan;
       Kansas City Southtown corridor;
       Little Rock, Arkansas River Rail project;
       Long Island Rail Road East Side access project;
       Los Angeles Mid-city and Eastside corridors;
       Los Angeles North Hollywood extension;
       MARC expansion projects--Penn-Camden lines connector and 
     midday storage facility;
       MARC-Brunswick line in West Virginia, signal and crossover 
     improvements;
       Memphis Medical Center extension project;
       Minneapolis-Twin Cities Transitways corridor projects;
       Nashua, New Hampshire to Lowell, Massachusetts commuter 
     rail;
       Nashville regional commuter rail;
       New Jersey Hudson-Bergen Light Rail;
       New Orleans Canal Street Streetcar corridor project;
       New Orleans Desire Street corridor project;
       Newark-Elizabeth rail link;
       Oceanside-Escondido, California light rail;
       Orange County, California transitway project;
       Philadelphia-Reading SEPTA Schuylkill Valley metro project;
       Phoenix metropolitan area transit project;
       Pittsburgh North Shore-central business district corridor 
     project;
       Pittsburgh Stage II Light Rail transit;
       Portland Interstate MAX light rail transit;
       Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill regional rail service;

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       Rhode Island-Pawtucket and T.F. Green commuter rail and 
     maintenance facility;
       Sacramento south corridor light rail extension;
       Salt Lake City-University light rail line;
       Salt Lake City North/South light rail project;
       Salt Lake-Ogden-Provo regional commuter rail;
       San Bernardino MetroLink;
       San Diego Mission Valley East light rail;
       San Francisco BART extension to the airport project;
       San Jose Tasman West light rail project;
       San Juan-Tren Urbano;
       Seattle-Sound Transit Central Link light rail project;
       Seattle-Puget Sound RTA Sounder commuter rail project;
       Spokane-South Valley Corridor light rail project;
       St. Louis Metrolink Cross County connector;
       St. Louis/St. Clair County Metrolink light rail extension;
       Stamford Urban Transitway, Connecticut;
       Tampa Bay regional rail project;
       Washington Metro Blue Line-Largo extension;
       West Trenton, New Jersey rail project.
       The following new fixed guideway systems and extensions to 
     existing systems are eligible to receive funding for 
     alternatives analysis and preliminary engineering:
       Albuquerque/Greater Albuquerque mass transit project;
       Atlanta-MARTA West Line extension study;
       Ballston, Virginia Metro access improvements;
       Baltimore regional rail transit system;
       Birmingham, Alabama transit corridor;
       Boston Urban Ring;
       Burlington-Bennington, Vermont commuter rail project;
       Calais, Maine Branch Line regional transit program;
       Colorado/Eagle Airport to Avon light rail system;
       Colorado/Roaring Fork Valley rail project;
       Columbus-Central Ohio Transit Authority north corridor;
       Dallas Area Rapid Transit Southeast Corridor Light Rail;
       Danbury-Norwalk Rail Line Re-Electrification project;
       Des Moines commuter rail;
       Detroit Metropolitan Airport light rail project;
       Draper, West Jordan, West Valley City and Sandy City, Utah 
     light rail extensions;
       Dulles Corridor, Virginia innovative intermodal system;
       El Paso/Juarez People mover system;
       Fort Worth trolley system;
       Harrisburg-Lancaster capital area transit corridor 1 
     regional light rail;
       Hollister/Gilroy Branch Line extension;
       Honolulu bus rapid transit;
       Houston advanced transit program;
       Indianapolis Northeast-Downtown corridor project;
       Johnson County, Kansas I-35 Commuter Rail Project;
       Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter rail extension;
       Los Angeles San Fernando Valley Corridor;
       Los Angeles San Diego LOSSAN corridor project;
       Massachusetts North Shore Corridor project;
       Miami south busway extension;
       New Orleans commuter rail from Airport to downtown;
       New York City 2nd Avenue Subway study;
       Northern Indiana south shore commuter rail;
       Northwest New Jersey-Northeast Pennsylvania passenger rail 
     project;
       Potomac Yards, Virginia transit study;
       Philadelphia SEPTA Cross County Metro;
       Portland, Maine marine highway program;
       San Francisco BART to Livermore extension;
       San Francisco MUNI 3rd Street light rail extension;
       Santa Fe-Eldorado rail link project;
       Stockton, California Altamont commuter rail project;
       Vasona light rail corridor;
       Virginia Railway Express commuter rail;
       Whitehall ferry terminal project;
       Wilmington, Delaware downtown transit connector; and
       Wilsonville to Beaverton commuter rail:
     Provided further, That funds made available under the heading 
     ``Capital Investment Grants'' in Division A, Section 101(g) 
     of Public Law 105-277 for the ``Colorado-North Front Range 
     corridor feasibility study'' are to be made available for 
     ``Colorado-Eagle Airport to Avon light rail system 
     feasibility study''; and that funds made available in Public 
     Law 106-69 under ``Capital Investment Grants'' for buses and 
     bus-related facilities that were designated for projects 
     numbered 14 and 20 shall be made available to the State of 
     Alabama for buses and bus-related facilities.

                          Discretionary Grants


                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                          (highway trust fund)

       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for payment of 
     previous obligations incurred in carrying out 49 U.S.C. 
     5338(b), $350,000,000, to remain available until expended and 
     to be derived from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway 
     Trust Fund.

                 Job Access and Reverse Commute Grants

       For necessary expenses to carry out section 3037 of the 
     Federal Transit Act of 1998, $20,000,000, to remain available 
     until expended: Provided, That no more than $100,000,000 of 
     budget authority shall be available for these purposes.

             SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

             Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation

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

                       Operations and Maintenance


                    (harbor maintenance trust fund)

       For necessary expenses for operations and maintenance of 
     those portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway operated and 
     maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development 
     Corporation, $12,400,000, to be derived from the Harbor 
     Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public Law 99-662.

              RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

                     Research and Special Programs

       For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the 
     Research and Special Programs Administration, $34,370,000, of 
     which $645,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety 
     Fund, and of which $4,201,000 shall remain available until 
     September 30, 2003: Provided, That up to $1,200,000 in fees 
     collected under 49 U.S.C. 5108(g) shall be deposited in the 
     general fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided 
     further, That there may be credited to this appropriation, to 
     be available until expended, funds received from States, 
     counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and 
     private sources for expenses incurred for training, for 
     reports publication and dissemination, and for travel 
     expenses incurred in performance of hazardous materials 
     exemptions and approvals functions.

                            Pipeline Safety


                         (pipeline safety fund)

                    (oil spill liability trust fund)

       For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of the 
     pipeline safety program, for grants-in-aid to carry out a 
     pipeline safety program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 60107, 
     and to discharge the pipeline program responsibilities of the 
     Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $43,144,000, of which $8,750,000 
     shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund and 
     shall remain available until September 30, 2003; of which 
     $31,894,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, 
     of which $24,432,000 shall remain available until September 
     30, 2003; and of which $2,500,000 shall be derived from 
     amounts previously collected under 49 U.S.C. 60301: Provided, 
     That amounts previously collected under 49 U.S.C. 60301 shall 
     be available for damage prevention grants to States.

                     Emergency Preparedness Grants


                     (emergency preparedness fund)

       For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5127(c), 
     $200,000, to be derived from the Emergency Preparedness Fund, 
     to remain available until September 30, 2003: Provided, That 
     not more than $13,227,000 shall be made available for 
     obligation in fiscal year 2001 from amounts made available by 
     49 U.S.C. 5116(i) and 5127(d): Provided further, That none of 
     the funds made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i) and 5127(d) 
     shall be made available for obligation by individuals other 
     than the Secretary of Transportation, or his designee: 
     Provided further, That the deadline for the submission of 
     registration statements and the accompanying registration and 
     processing fees for the July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2001 
     registration year described under sections 107.608, 107.612, 
     and 107.616 of the Department of Transportation's final rule 
     docket number RSPA-99-5137 is amended to not later than 
     September 30.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
     to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 
     1978, as amended, $49,000,000 of which $38,500,000 shall be 
     derived from transfers of funds from the United States Coast 
     Guard, the Federal Aviation Administration, the Federal 
     Highway Administration, the Federal Railroad Administration, 
     and the Federal Transit Administration.

                      SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation Board, 
     including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $17,000,000: 
     Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     not to exceed $954,000 from fees established by the Chairman 
     of the Surface Transportation Board shall be credited to this 
     appropriation as offsetting collections and used for 
     necessary and authorized expenses under this heading.

                                TITLE II

                            RELATED AGENCIES

       ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD

                         Salaries and Expenses

       For expenses necessary for the Architectural and 
     Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, as authorized by 
     section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, 
     $4,795,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, there may be credited to this appropriation 
     funds received for publications and training expenses.

                  NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the National Transportation 
     Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and 
     aircraft; services as

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     authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not 
     to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for a GS-
     15; uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 
     U.S.C. 5901-5902) $59,000,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 
     may be used for official reception and representation 
     expenses.

                               TITLE III

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS


                     (including transfers of funds)

       Sec. 301. During the current fiscal year applicable 
     appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall be 
     available for maintenance and operation of aircraft; hire of 
     passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of liability 
     insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign countries 
     on official department business; and uniforms, or allowances 
     therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902).
       Sec. 302. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 
     2001 pay raises for programs funded in this Act shall be 
     absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act or 
     previous appropriations Acts.
       Sec. 303. Funds appropriated under this Act for 
     expenditures by the Federal Aviation Administration shall be 
     available: (1) except as otherwise authorized by title VIII 
     of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
     U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), for expenses of primary and secondary 
     schooling for dependents of Federal Aviation Administration 
     personnel stationed outside the continental United States at 
     costs for any given area not in excess of those of the 
     Department of Defense for the same area, when it is 
     determined by the Secretary that the schools, if any, 
     available in the locality are unable to provide adequately 
     for the education of such dependents; and (2) for 
     transportation of said dependents between schools serving the 
     area that they attend and their places of residence when the 
     Secretary, under such regulations as may be prescribed, 
     determines that such schools are not accessible by public 
     means of transportation on a regular basis.
       Sec. 304. Appropriations contained in this Act for the 
     Department of Transportation shall be available for services 
     as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals 
     not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for an 
     Executive Level IV.
       Sec. 305. None of the funds in this Act shall be available 
     for salaries and expenses of more than 104 political and 
     Presidential appointees in the Department of Transportation: 
     Provided, That none of the personnel covered by this 
     provision or political and Presidential appointees in an 
     independent agency funded in this Act may be assigned on 
     temporary detail outside the Department of Transportation or 
     such independent agency.
       Sec. 306. None of the funds in this Act shall be used for 
     the planning or execution of any program to pay the expenses 
     of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties intervening 
     in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act.
       Sec. 307. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 
     remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal 
     year, nor may any be transferred to other appropriations, 
     unless expressly so provided herein.
       Sec. 308. The expenditure of any appropriation under this 
     Act for any consulting service through procurement contract 
     pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 
     shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures 
     are a matter of public record and available for public 
     inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing 
     law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to 
     existing law.
       Sec. 309. (a) No recipient of funds made available in this 
     Act shall disseminate driver's license personal information 
     as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(3) except as provided in 
     subsection (b) of this section or motor vehicle records as 
     defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1) for any use not permitted under 
     18 U.S.C. 2721.
       (b) No recipient of funds made available in this Act shall 
     disseminate a person's driver's license photograph, social 
     security number, and medical or disability information from a 
     motor vehicle record as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1) without 
     the express consent of the person to whom such information 
     pertains, except for uses permitted under 18 U.S.C. 2721(1), 
     2721(4), 2721(6), and 2721(9): Provided, That subsection (b) 
     shall not in any way affect the use of organ donation 
     information on an individual's driver's license or affect the 
     administration of organ donation initiatives in the States.
       Sec. 310. (a) For fiscal year 2001, the Secretary of 
     Transportation shall--
       (1) not distribute from the obligation limitation for 
     Federal-aid Highways amounts authorized for administrative 
     expenses and programs funded from the administrative takedown 
     authorized by section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code, 
     for the highway use tax evasion program, and amounts provided 
     under section 110 of title 23, United States Code, excluding 
     $128,752,000 pursuant to subsection (e) of section 110 of 
     title 23, as amended, and for the Bureau of Transportation 
     Statistics;
       (2) not distribute an amount from the obligation limitation 
     for Federal-aid Highways that is equal to the unobligated 
     balance of amounts made available from the Highway Trust Fund 
     (other than the Mass Transit Account) for Federal-aid 
     highways and highway safety programs for the previous fiscal 
     year the funds for which are allocated by the Secretary;
       (3) determine the ratio that--
       (A) the obligation limitation for Federal-aid Highways less 
     the aggregate of amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) 
     and (2), bears to
       (B) the total of the sums authorized to be appropriated for 
     Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs 
     (other than sums authorized to be appropriated for sections 
     set forth in paragraphs (1) through (7) of subsection (b) and 
     sums authorized to be appropriated for section 105 of title 
     23, United States Code, equal to the amount referred to in 
     subsection (b)(8)) for such fiscal year less the aggregate of 
     the amounts not distributed under paragraph (1) of this 
     subsection;
       (4) distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 
     Highways less the aggregate amounts not distributed under 
     paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 117 of title 23, United 
     States Code (relating to high priority projects program), 
     section 201 of the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 
     1965, the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge Authority Act of 
     1995, and $2,000,000,000 for such fiscal year under section 
     105 of title 23, United States Code (relating to minimum 
     guarantee) so that the amount of obligation authority 
     available for each of such sections is equal to the amount 
     determined by multiplying the ratio determined under 
     paragraph (3) by the sums authorized to be appropriated for 
     such section (except in the case of section 105, 
     $2,000,000,000) for such fiscal year;
       (5) distribute the obligation limitation provided for 
     Federal-aid Highways less the aggregate amounts not 
     distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) and amounts 
     distributed under paragraph (4) for each of the programs that 
     are allocated by the Secretary under title 23, United States 
     Code (other than activities to which paragraph (1) applies 
     and programs to which paragraph (4) applies) by multiplying 
     the ratio determined under paragraph (3) by the sums 
     authorized to be appropriated for such program for such 
     fiscal year; and
       (6) distribute the obligation limitation provided for 
     Federal-aid Highways less the aggregate amounts not 
     distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) and amounts 
     distributed under paragraphs (4) and (5) for Federal-aid 
     highways and highway safety construction programs (other than 
     the minimum guarantee program, but only to the extent that 
     amounts apportioned for the minimum guarantee program for 
     such fiscal year exceed $2,639,000,000, and the Appalachian 
     development highway system program) that are apportioned by 
     the Secretary under title 23, United States Code, in the 
     ratio that--
       (A) sums authorized to be appropriated for such programs 
     that are apportioned to each State for such fiscal year, bear 
     to
       (B) the total of the sums authorized to be appropriated for 
     such programs that are apportioned to all States for such 
     fiscal year.
       (b) Exceptions From Obligation Limitation.--The obligation 
     limitation for Federal-aid Highways shall not apply to 
     obligations: (1) under section 125 of title 23, United States 
     Code; (2) under section 147 of the Surface Transportation 
     Assistance Act of 1978; (3) under section 9 of the Federal-
     Aid Highway Act of 1981; (4) under sections 131(b) and 131( 
     j) of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982; (5) 
     under sections 149(b) and 149(c) of the Surface 
     Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987; 
     (6) under sections 1103 through 1108 of the Intermodal 
     Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991; (7) under 
     section 157 of title 23, United States Code, as in effect on 
     the day before the date of the enactment of the 
     Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century; and (8) under 
     section 105 of title 23, United States Code (but, only in an 
     amount equal to $639,000,000 for such fiscal year).
       (c) Redistribution of Unused Obligation Authority.--
     Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall after 
     August 1 for such fiscal year revise a distribution of the 
     obligation limitation made available under subsection (a) if 
     a State will not obligate the amount distributed during that 
     fiscal year and redistribute sufficient amounts to those 
     States able to obligate amounts in addition to those 
     previously distributed during that fiscal year giving 
     priority to those States having large unobligated balances of 
     funds apportioned under sections 104 and 144 of title 23, 
     United States Code, section 160 (as in effect on the day 
     before the enactment of the Transportation Equity Act for the 
     21st Century) of title 23, United States Code, and under 
     section 1015 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Act of 
     1991 (105 Stat. 1943-1945).
       (d) Applicability of Obligation Limitations to 
     Transportation Research Programs.--The obligation limitation 
     shall apply to transportation research programs carried out 
     under chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code, except that 
     obligation authority made available for such programs under 
     such limitation shall remain available for a period of 3 
     fiscal years.
       (e) Redistribution of Certain Authorized Funds.--Not later 
     than 30 days after the date of the distribution of obligation 
     limitation under subsection (a), the Secretary shall 
     distribute to the States any funds: (1) that are authorized 
     to be appropriated for such fiscal year for Federal-aid 
     highways programs (other than the program under section 160 
     of title 23, United States Code) and for carrying out 
     subchapter I of chapter 311 of title 49, United States Code, 
     and highway-related programs under chapter 4 of title 23, 
     United States Code; and (2) that the Secretary determines 
     will not be allocated to the States, and will not be 
     available for obligation, in such fiscal year due to the 
     imposition of any obligation limitation for such fiscal year. 
     Such distribution to the States shall be made in the same 
     ratio as the distribution of obligation authority under 
     subsection (a)(6). The funds so distributed shall be 
     available for any purposes described in section 133(b) of 
     title 23, United States Code.
       (f) Special Rule.--Obligation limitation distributed for a 
     fiscal year under subsection (a)(4) of this section for a 
     section set forth in subsection (a)(4) shall remain available 
     until used and shall be in addition to the amount of any 
     limitation imposed on obligations for Federal-aid highway and 
     highway safety construction programs for future fiscal years.
       Sec. 311. The limitations on obligations for the programs 
     of the Federal Transit Administration shall not apply to any 
     authority under 49

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     U.S.C. 5338, previously made available for obligation, or to 
     any other authority previously made available for obligation.
       Sec. 312. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to 
     implement section 404 of title 23, United States Code.
       Sec. 313. None of the funds in this Act shall be available 
     to plan, finalize, or implement regulations that would 
     establish a vessel traffic safety fairway less than five 
     miles wide between the Santa Barbara Traffic Separation 
     Scheme and the San Francisco Traffic Separation Scheme.
       Sec. 314. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     airports may transfer, without consideration, to the Federal 
     Aviation Administration (FAA) instrument landing systems 
     (along with associated approach lighting equipment and runway 
     visual range equipment) which conform to FAA design and 
     performance specifications, the purchase of which was 
     assisted by a Federal airport-aid program, airport 
     development aid program or airport improvement program grant. 
     The Federal Aviation Administration shall accept such 
     equipment, which shall thereafter be operated and maintained 
     by FAA in accordance with agency criteria.
       Sec. 315. None of the funds in this Act shall be available 
     to award a multiyear contract for production end items that: 
     (1) includes economic order quantity or long lead time 
     material procurement in excess of $10,000,000 in any 1 year 
     of the contract; (2) includes a cancellation charge greater 
     than $10,000,000 which at the time of obligation has not been 
     appropriated to the limits of the Government's liability; or 
     (3) includes a requirement that permits performance under the 
     contract during the second and subsequent years of the 
     contract without conditioning such performance upon the 
     appropriation of funds: Provided, That this limitation does 
     not apply to a contract in which the Federal Government 
     incurs no financial liability from not buying additional 
     systems, subsystems, or components beyond the basic contract 
     requirements.
       Sec. 316. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and 
     except for fixed guideway modernization projects, funds made 
     available by this Act under ``Federal Transit Administration, 
     Capital investment grants'' for projects specified in this 
     Act or identified in reports accompanying this Act not 
     obligated by September 30, 2003, and other recoveries, shall 
     be made available for other projects under 49 U.S.C. 5309.
       Sec. 317. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
     funds appropriated before October 1, 2000, under any section 
     of chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, that remain 
     available for expenditure may be transferred to and 
     administered under the most recent appropriation heading for 
     any such section.
       Sec. 318. None of the funds in this Act may be used to 
     compensate in excess of 320 technical staff-years under the 
     federally funded research and development center contract 
     between the Federal Aviation Administration and the Center 
     for Advanced Aviation Systems Development during fiscal year 
     2001.
       Sec. 319. Funds provided in this Act for the Transportation 
     Administrative Service Center (TASC) shall be reduced by 
     $53,430,000, which limits fiscal year 2001 TASC obligational 
     authority for elements of the Department of Transportation 
     funded in this Act to no more than $119,848,000: Provided, 
     That such reductions from the budget request shall be 
     allocated by the Department of Transportation to each 
     appropriations account in proportion to the amount included 
     in each account for the Transportation Administrative Service 
     Center. In addition to the funds limited in this Act, 
     $54,963,000 shall be available for section 1069(y) of Public 
     Law 102-240.
       Sec. 320. Funds received by the Federal Highway 
     Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and Federal 
     Railroad Administration from States, counties, 
     municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources 
     for expenses incurred for training may be credited 
     respectively to the Federal Highway Administration's 
     ``Federal-Aid Highways'' account, the Federal Transit 
     Administration's ``Transit Planning and Research'' account, 
     and to the Federal Railroad Administration's ``Safety and 
     Operations'' account, except for State rail safety inspectors 
     participating in training pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 20105.
       Sec. 321. Funds made available for Alaska or Hawaii ferry 
     boats or ferry terminal facilities pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 
     5309(m)(2)(B) may be used to construct new vessels and 
     facilities, to provide passenger ferryboat service, or to 
     improve existing vessels and facilities, including both the 
     passenger and vehicle-related elements of such vessels and 
     facilities, and for repair facilities.
       Sec. 322. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received by 
     the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the sale of data 
     products, for necessary expenses incurred pursuant to 49 
     U.S.C. 111 may be credited to the Federal-aid highways 
     account for the purpose of reimbursing the Bureau for such 
     expenses: Provided, That such funds shall be subject to the 
     obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways and highway 
     safety construction.
       Sec. 323. None of the funds in this Act shall, in the 
     absence of express authorization by Congress, be used 
     directly or indirectly to pay for any personal service, 
     advertisement, telegraph, telephone, letter, printed or 
     written material, radio, television, video presentation, 
     electronic communications, or other device, intended or 
     designed to influence in any manner a Member of Congress or 
     of a State legislature to favor or oppose by vote or 
     otherwise, any legislation or appropriation by Congress or a 
     State legislature after the introduction of any bill or 
     resolution in Congress proposing such legislation or 
     appropriation, or after the introduction of any bill or 
     resolution in a State legislature proposing such legislation 
     or appropriation: Provided, That this shall not prevent 
     officers or employees of the Department of Transportation or 
     related agencies funded in this Act from communicating to 
     Members of Congress or to Congress, on the request of any 
     Member, or to members of State legislature, or to a State 
     legislature, through the proper official channels, requests 
     for legislation or appropriations which they deem necessary 
     for the efficient conduct of business.
       Sec. 324. (a) In General.--None of the funds made available 
     in this Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity 
     agrees that in expending the funds the entity will comply 
     with the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a-10c).
       (b) Sense of the Congress; Requirement Regarding Notice.--
       (1) Purchase of american-made equipment and products.--In 
     the case of any equipment or product that may be authorized 
     to be purchased with financial assistance provided using 
     funds made available in this Act, it is the sense of the 
     Congress that entities receiving the assistance should, in 
     expending the assistance, purchase only American-made 
     equipment and products to the greatest extent practicable.
       (2) Notice to recipients of assistance.--In providing 
     financial assistance using funds made available in this Act, 
     the head of each Federal agency shall provide to each 
     recipient of the assistance a notice describing the statement 
     made in paragraph (1) by the Congress.
       (c) Prohibition of Contracts With Persons Falsely Labeling 
     Products as Made in America.--If it has been finally 
     determined by a court or Federal agency that any person 
     intentionally affixed a label bearing a ``Made in America'' 
     inscription, or any inscription with the same meaning, to any 
     product sold in or shipped to the United States that is not 
     made in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to 
     receive any contract or subcontract made with funds made 
     available in this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, 
     and ineligibility procedures described in sections 9.400 
     through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
       Sec. 325. Not to exceed $1,500,000 of the funds provided in 
     this Act for the Department of Transportation shall be 
     available for the necessary expenses of advisory committees: 
     Provided, That this limitation shall not apply to advisory 
     committees established for the purpose of conducting 
     negotiated rulemaking in accordance with the Negotiated 
     Rulemaking Act, 5 U.S.C. 561-570a, or the Coast Guard's 
     advisory council on roles and missions.
       Sec. 326. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, minor fees 
     and other funds received by the Department from travel 
     management centers, charge card programs, the subleasing of 
     building space, and miscellaneous sources are to be credited 
     to appropriations of the Department and allocated to elements 
     of the Department using fair and equitable criteria and such 
     funds shall be available until December 31, 2001.
       Sec. 327. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule 
     or regulation, the Secretary of Transportation is authorized 
     to allow the issuer of any preferred stock heretofore sold to 
     the Department to redeem or repurchase such stock upon the 
     payment to the Department of an amount determined by the 
     Secretary.
       Sec. 328. For necessary expenses of the Amtrak Reform 
     Council authorized under section 203 of Public Law 105-134, 
     $495,000, to remain available until September 30, 2002: 
     Provided, That the duties of the Amtrak Reform Council 
     described in section 203(g)(1) of Public Law 105-134 shall 
     include the identification of Amtrak routes which are 
     candidates for closure or realignment, based on performance 
     rankings developed by Amtrak which incorporate information on 
     each route's fully allocated costs and ridership on core 
     intercity passenger service, and which assume, for purposes 
     of closure or realignment candidate identification, that 
     Federal subsidies for Amtrak will decline over the 4-year 
     period from fiscal year 1999 to fiscal year 2002: Provided 
     further, That these closure or realignment recommendations 
     shall be included in the Amtrak Reform Council's annual 
     report to the Congress required by section 203(h) of Public 
     Law 105-134.
       Sec. 329. The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to 
     transfer funds appropriated for any office of the Office of 
     the Secretary to any other office of the Office of the 
     Secretary: Provided, That no appropriation shall be increased 
     or decreased by more than 12 percent by all such transfers: 
     Provided further, That any such transfer shall be submitted 
     for approval to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations.
       Sec. 330. None of the funds in this Act shall be available 
     for activities under the Aircraft Purchase Loan Guarantee 
     Program during fiscal year 2001.
       Sec. 331. Section 3038(e) of Public Law 105-178 is amended 
     by striking ``50'' and inserting ``90''.
       Sec. 332. The Secretary of Transportation shall execute a 
     demonstration program, to be conducted for a period not to 
     exceed eighteen months, of the ``fractional ownership'' 
     concept in performing administrative support flight missions, 
     the purpose of which would be to determine whether cost 
     savings, as well as increased operational flexibility and 
     aircraft availability, can be realized through the use by the 
     government of the commercial fractional ownership concept or 
     report to the Committee the reason for not conducting such an 
     evaluation: Provided, That the Secretary shall ensure the 
     competitive selection for this demonstration of a fractional 
     ownership concept which provides a suite of aircraft capable 
     of meeting the Department's varied needs, and that the 
     Secretary shall ensure the demonstration program encompasses 
     a significant and representative portion of the Department's 
     administrative support missions (to include those performed 
     by the Coast Guard, the Federal Aviation Administration, and 
     the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, whose 
     aircraft are currently operated by the FAA): Provided 
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     Secretary shall report to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations on results of this evaluation of the 
     fractional ownership concept in the performance of the 
     administrative support mission no later than twelve months 
     after final passage of this Act or within 60 days of 
     enactment of this Act if the Secretary decides not to conduct 
     such a demonstration for evaluation including an explanation 
     for such a decision and proposed statutory language to exempt 
     the Department of Transportation from Office of Management 
     and Budget guidelines regarding the use of aircraft.
       Sec. 333. None of the funds in this Act may be used to make 
     a grant unless the Secretary of Transportation notifies the 
     House and Senate Committees on Appropriations not less than 
     three full business days before any discretionary grant 
     award, letter of intent, or full funding grant agreement 
     totaling $1,000,000 or more is announced by the department or 
     its modal administrations from: (1) any discretionary grant 
     program of the Federal Highway Administration other than the 
     emergency relief program; (2) the airport improvement program 
     of the Federal Aviation Administration; or (3) any program of 
     the Federal Transit Administration other than the formula 
     grants and fixed guideway modernization programs: Provided, 
     That no notification shall involve funds that are not 
     available for obligation.
       Sec. 334. Section 3030(b) of the Transportation Equity Act 
     for the 21st Century (Public Law 105-178) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(72) Wilmington Downtown transit corridor.
       ``(73) Honolulu Bus Rapid Transit project.''.
       Sec. 335. None of the funds appropriated or made available 
     by this Act or any other Act or hereafter shall be used (1) 
     to consider or adopt any proposed rule or proposed amendment 
     to a rule contained in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
     issued on April 24, 2000 (Docket No. FMCSA-97-2350-953), (2) 
     to consider or adopt any rule or amendment to a rule similar 
     in substance to a proposed rule or proposed amendment to a 
     rule contained in such Notice, or (3) if any such proposed 
     rule or proposed amendment to a rule has been adopted prior 
     to enactment of this Section, to enforce such rule or 
     amendment to a rule.
       Sec. 336. Section 1023(h) of the Intermodal Surface 
     Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (23 U.S.C. 127 note) is 
     amended--
       (1) in the subsection heading, by inserting ``Over-the-Road 
     Buses and'' before ``Public'';
       (2) in paragraph (1), by striking ``to any vehicle which'' 
     and inserting the following: ``to--
       ``(A) any over-the-road bus; or
       ``(B) any vehicle that''; and
       (3) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(2) Study and report concerning applicability of maximum 
     axle weight limitations to over-the-road buses and public 
     transit vehicles.--
       ``(A) Study and report.--Not later than July 31, 2002, the 
     Secretary shall conduct a study of, and submit to Congress a 
     report on, the maximum axle weight limitations applicable to 
     vehicles using the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of 
     Interstate and Defense Highways established under section 127 
     of title 23, United States Code, or under State law, as the 
     limitations apply to over-the-road buses and public transit 
     vehicles.
       ``(B) Determination of applicability of vehicle weight 
     limitations.--
       ``(i) In general.--The report shall include--

       ``(I) a determination concerning how the requirements of 
     section 127 of that title should be applied to over-the-road 
     buses and public transit vehicles; and
       ``(II) short-term and long-term recommendations concerning 
     the applicability of those requirements.

       ``(ii) Considerations.--In making the determination 
     described in clause (i)(I), the Secretary shall consider--

       ``(I) vehicle design standards;
       ``(II) statutory and regulatory requirements, including--

       ``(aa) the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.);
       ``(bb) the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 
     U.S.C. 12101 et seq.); and
       ``(cc) motor vehicle safety standards prescribed under 
     chapter 301 of title 49, United States Code; and

       ``(III)(aa) the availability of lightweight materials 
     suitable for use in the manufacture of over-the-road buses;
       ``(bb) the cost of those lightweight materials relative to 
     the cost of heavier materials in use as of the date of the 
     determination; and
       ``(cc) any safety or design considerations relating to the 
     use of those materials.

       ``(C) Analysis of means of encouraging development and 
     manufacture of lightweight buses.--The report shall include 
     an analysis of, and recommendations concerning, means to be 
     considered to encourage the development and manufacture of 
     lightweight buses, including an analysis of--
       ``(i) potential procurement incentives for public transit 
     authorities to encourage the purchase of lightweight public 
     transit vehicles using grants from the Federal Transit 
     Administration; and
       ``(ii) potential tax incentives for manufacturers and 
     private operators to encourage the purchase of lightweight 
     over-the-road buses.
       ``(D) Analysis of consideration in rulemakings of 
     additional vehicle weight.--The report shall include an 
     analysis of, and recommendations concerning, whether Congress 
     should require that each rulemaking by an agency of the 
     Federal Government that affects the design or manufacture of 
     motor vehicles consider--
       ``(i) the weight that would be added to the vehicle by 
     implementation of the proposed rule;
       ``(ii) the effect that the added weight would have on 
     pavement wear; and
       ``(iii) the resulting cost to the Federal Government and 
     State and local governments.
       ``(E) Cost-benefit analysis.--The report shall include an 
     analysis relating to the axle weight of over-the-road buses 
     that compares--
       ``(i) the costs of the pavement wear caused by over-the-
     road buses; with
       ``(ii) the benefits of the over-the-road bus industry to 
     the environment, the economy, and the transportation system 
     of the United States.
       ``(3) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       ``(A) Over-the-road bus.--The term `over-the-road bus' has 
     the meaning given the term in section 301 of the Americans 
     with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12181).
       ``(B) Public transit vehicle.--The term `public transit 
     vehicle' means a vehicle described in paragraph (1)(B).''.
       Sec. 337. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall 
     be used to propose or issue rules, regulations, decrees, or 
     orders for the purpose of implementation, or in preparation 
     for implementation, of the Kyoto Protocol which was adopted 
     on December 11, 1997, in Kyoto, Japan at the Third Conference 
     of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on 
     Climate Change, which has not been submitted to the Senate 
     for advice and consent to ratification pursuant to article 
     II, section 2, clause 2, of the United States Constitution, 
     and which has not entered into force pursuant to article 25 
     of the Protocol.
       Sec. 338. None of the funds appropriated by this Act or any 
     other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of 
     personnel who prepare or submit appropriations language as 
     part of the President's Budget submission to the Congress of 
     the United States for programs under the jurisdiction of the 
     Appropriations Subcommittees on Department of Transportation 
     and Related Agencies that assumes revenues or reflects a 
     reduction from the previous year due to user fees proposals 
     that have not been enacted into law prior to the submission 
     of the Budget unless such Budget submission identifies which 
     additional spending reductions should occur in the event the 
     users fees proposals are not enacted prior to the date of the 
     convening of a committee of conference for the fiscal year 
     2001 appropriations Act.
       Sec. 339. In addition to the authority provided in section 
     636 of the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government 
     Appropriations Act, 1997, as included in Public Law 104-208, 
     title I, section 101(f), as amended, beginning in fiscal year 
     2001 and thereafter, amounts appropriated for salaries and 
     expenses for the Department of Transportation may be used to 
     reimburse an employee whose position is that of safety 
     inspector for not to exceed one-half the costs incurred by 
     such employee for professional liability insurance. Any 
     payment under this section shall be contingent upon the 
     submission of such information or documentation as the 
     Department may require.
       Sec. 340. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to 
     pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring airport 
     sponsors to provide to the Federal Aviation Administration 
     without cost building construction, maintenance, utilities 
     and expenses, or space in airport sponsor-owned buildings for 
     services relating to air traffic control, air navigation or 
     weather reporting. The prohibition of funds in this section 
     does not apply to negotiations between the Agency and airport 
     sponsors to achieve agreement on ``below-market'' rates for 
     these items or to grant assurances that require airport 
     sponsors to provide land without cost to the FAA for ATC 
     facilities.
       Sec. 341. None of the funds provided in this Act or prior 
     Appropriations Acts for Coast Guard Acquisition, 
     Construction, and Improvements shall be available after the 
     fifteenth day of any quarter of any fiscal year beginning 
     after December 31, 1999, unless the Commandant of the Coast 
     Guard first submits a quarterly report to the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations on all major Coast Guard 
     acquisition projects including projects executed for the 
     Coast Guard by the United States Navy and vessel traffic 
     service projects: Provided, That such reports shall include 
     an acquisition schedule, estimated current and year funding 
     requirements, and a schedule of anticipated obligations and 
     outlays for each major acquisition project: Provided further, 
     That such reports shall rate on a relative scale the cost 
     risk, schedule risk, and technical risk associated with each 
     acquisition project and include a table detailing unobligated 
     balances to date and anticipated unobligated balances at the 
     close of the fiscal year and the close of the following 
     fiscal year should the Administration's pending budget 
     request for the acquisition, construction, and improvements 
     account be fully funded: Provided further, That such reports 
     shall also provide abbreviated information on the status of 
     shore facility construction and renovation projects: Provided 
     further, That all information submitted in such reports shall 
     be current as of the last day of the preceding quarter.
       Sec. 342. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     beginning in fiscal year 2004, the Secretary shall withhold 5 
     percent of the amount required to be apportioned for Federal-
     aid highways to any State under each of paragraphs (1), (3), 
     and (4) of section 104(b) of title 23, United States Code, if 
     a State is not eligible for assistance under section 163(a) 
     of chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, and beginning 
     in fiscal year 2005, and in each fiscal year thereafter, the 
     Secretary shall withhold 10 percent of the amount required to 
     be apportioned for Federal-aid highways to any State under 
     each of paragraphs (1), (3), and (4) of section 104(b) of 
     title 23, United States Code, if a State is not eligible for 
     assistance under section 163(a) of title 23, United States 
     Code. If within three years from the date that the 
     apportionment for any State is reduced in accordance with 
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     determines that such State is eligible for assistance under 
     section 163(a) of chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, 
     the apportionment of such State shall be increased by an 
     amount equal to such reduction. If at the end of such three-
     year period, any State remains ineligible for assistance 
     under section 163(a) of title 23, United States Code, any 
     amounts so withheld shall lapse.
       Sec. 343. Conveyance of Airport Property to an Institution 
     of Higher Education in Oklahoma. (a) In General.--
     Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including the 
     Surplus Property Act of 1944 (58 Stat. 765, chapter 479; 50 
     U.S.C. App. 1622 et seq.), the Secretary of Transportation 
     (or the appropriate Federal officer) may waive, without 
     charge, any of the terms contained in any deed of conveyance 
     described in subsection (b) that restrict the use of any land 
     described in such a deed that, as of the date of enactment of 
     this Act, is not being used for the operation of an airport 
     or for air traffic. A waiver made under the preceding 
     sentence shall be deemed to be consistent with the 
     requirements of section 47153 of title 49, United States 
     Code.
       (b) Deed of Conveyance.--A deed of conveyance referred to 
     in subsection (a) is a deed of conveyance issued by the 
     United States before the date of enactment of this Act for 
     the conveyance of lands to a public institution of higher 
     education in Oklahoma.
       (c) Use of Lands Subject to Waiver.--
       (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, the lands subject to a waiver under subsection (a) shall 
     not be subject to any term, condition, reservation, or 
     restriction that would otherwise apply to that land as a 
     result of the conveyance of that land by the United States to 
     the institution of higher education.
       (2) Use of lands.--An institution of higher education that 
     is issued a waiver under subsection (a) may use revenues 
     derived from the use, operation, or disposal of that land 
     only for weather-related and educational purposes that 
     include benefits for aviation.
       (d) Grants.--
       (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, if an institution of higher education that is subject to 
     a waiver under subsection (a) received financial assistance 
     in the form of a grant from the Federal Aviation 
     Administration or a predecessor agency before the date of 
     enactment of this Act, then the Secretary of Transportation 
     may waive the repayment of the outstanding amount of any 
     grant that the institution of higher education would 
     otherwise be required to pay.
       (2) Eligibility to receive subsequent grants.--Nothing in 
     paragraph (1) shall affect the eligibility of an institution 
     of higher education that is subject to that paragraph from 
     receiving grants from the Secretary of Transportation under 
     chapter 471 of title 49, United States Code, or under any 
     other provision of law relating to financial assistance 
     provided through the Federal Aviation Administration.
       Sec. 344. Section 1105(c) of the Intermodal Surface 
     Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2032-2033) 
     is amended by striking paragraph (38) and replacing it with 
     the following--
       ``(38) The Ports-to-Plains Corridor from Laredo, Texas to 
     Denver, Colorado as follows:
       ``(A) In the State of Texas the Ports-to-Plains Corridor 
     shall generally follow--
       ``(i) I-35 from Laredo to United States Route 83 at Exit 
     18;
       ``(ii) United States Route 83 from Exit 18 to Carrizo 
     Springs;
       ``(iii) United States Route 277 from Carrizo Springs to San 
     Angelo;
       ``(iv) United States Route 87 from San Angelo to Sterling 
     City;
       ``(v) From Sterling City to Lamesa, the Corridor shall 
     follow United States Route 87 and, the corridor shall also 
     follow Texas Route 158 from Sterling City to I-20, then via 
     I-20 West to Texas Route 349 and, Texas Route 349 from 
     Midland to Lamesa;
       ``(vi) United States Route 87 from Lamesa to Lubbock;
       ``(vii) I-27 from Lubbock to Amarillo; and
       ``(viii) United States Route 287 from Amarillo to the 
     Oklahoma border.
       ``(B) In the State of Oklahoma, the Ports-to-Plains 
     Corridor shall generally follow United States Route 287 from 
     the Texas border to the Colorado border. The Corridor shall 
     then proceed into Colorado.''.
       Sec. 345. Modification of Highway Project in Polk County, 
     Iowa. The table contained in section 1602 of the 
     Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century is amended in 
     item 1006 (112 Stat. 294) by striking ``Extend NW 86th Street 
     from NW 70th Street'' and inserting ``Construct a road from 
     State Highway 141''.
       Sec. 346. Cap Agreement for Boston ``Big Dig''. No funds 
     appropriated by this Act may be used by the Department of 
     Transportation to cover the administrative costs (including 
     salaries and expenses of officers and employees of the 
     Department) to authorize project approvals or advance 
     construction authority for the Central Artery/Third Harbor 
     Tunnel project in Boston, Massachusetts, until the Secretary 
     of Transportation and the State of Massachusetts have entered 
     into a written agreement that limits the total Federal 
     contribution to the project to not more than $8,549,000,000.
       Sec. 347. Parking Space for Trucks. (a) Findings.--Congress 
     finds that--
       (1) in 1998, there were 5,374 truck-related highway 
     fatalities and 4,935 trucks involved in fatal crashes;
       (2) a Special Investigation Report published by the 
     National Transportation Safety Board in May 2000 found that 
     research conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety 
     Administration suggests that truck driver fatigue is a 
     contributing factor in as many as 30 to 40 percent of all 
     heavy truck accidents;
       (3) a 1995 Transportation Safety Board Study found that the 
     availability of parking for truck drivers can have a direct 
     impact on the incidence of fatigue-related accidents;
       (4) a 1996 study by the Federal Highway Administration 
     found that there is a nationwide shortfall of 28,400 truck 
     parking spaces in public rest areas, a number expected to 
     reach 39,000 by 2005;
       (5) a 1999 survey conducted by the Owner-Operator 
     Independent Drivers Association found that over 90 percent of 
     its members have difficulty finding parking spaces in rest 
     areas at least once a week; and
       (6) because of overcrowding at rest areas, truckers are 
     increasingly forced to park on the entrance and exit ramps of 
     highways, in shopping center parking lots, at shipper 
     locations, and on the shoulders of roadways, thereby 
     increasing the risk of serious accidents.
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that Congress and the President should take immediate steps 
     to address the lack of safe available commercial vehicle 
     parking along Interstate highways for truck drivers.
       Sec. 348. Study of Adverse Effects of Idling Train Engines. 
     (a) Study Required.--The Secretary of Transportation shall 
     provide under section 150303 of title 36, United States Code, 
     for the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study on 
     noise impacts of railroad operations, including idling train 
     engines on the quality of life of nearby communities, the 
     quality of the environment (including consideration of air 
     pollution), and safety, and to submit a report on the study 
     to the Secretary. The report shall include recommendations 
     for mitigation to combat rail noise, standards for 
     determining when noise mitigation is required, needed changes 
     in Federal law to give Federal, State, and local governments 
     flexibility in combating railroad noise, and possible funding 
     mechanisms for financing mitigation projects.
       (b) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall 
     transmit to Congress the report of the National Academy of 
     Sciences on the results of the study under subsection (a).
       Sec. 349. Within the funds made available in this Act, 
     $10,000,000 shall be 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, to be matched by the State of Rhode Island or its 
     designee on a dollar-for-dollar basis and to remain available 
     until expended; $2,000,000 shall be for a joint United 
     States-Canada commission to study the feasibility of 
     connecting the rail system in Alaska to the North American 
     continental rail system; $400,000 shall be allocated for 
     passenger rail corridor planning activities to fund the 
     preparation of a strategic plan for development of the Gulf 
     Coast High Speed Rail Corridor; and $250,000 shall be 
     available to the city of Traverse City, Michigan 
     comprehensive transportation plan.
       Sec. 350. (a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following 
     findings:
       (1) The United States Coast Guard in 1999 saved 
     approximately 3,800 lives in providing the essential service 
     of maritime safety.
       (2) The United States Coast Guard in 1999 prevented 111,689 
     pounds of cocaine and 28,872 pounds of marijuana from 
     entering the United States in providing the essential service 
     of maritime security.
       (3) The United States Coast Guard in 1999 boarded more than 
     14,000 fishing vessels to check for compliance with safety 
     and environmental laws in providing the essential service of 
     the protection of natural resources.
       (4) The United States Coast Guard in 1999 ensured the safe 
     passage of nearly 1,000,000 commercial vessel transits 
     through congested harbors with vessel traffic services in 
     providing the essential service of maritime mobility.
       (5) The United States Coast Guard in 1999 sent 
     international training teams to help more than 50 countries 
     develop their maritime services in providing the essential 
     service national defense.
       (6) Each year, the United States Coast Guard ensures the 
     safe passage of more than 200,000,000 tons of cargo cross the 
     Great Lakes including iron ore, coal, and limestone. Shipping 
     on the Great Lakes faces a unique challenge because the 
     shipping season begins and ends in ice anywhere from 3 to 15 
     feet thick. The ice-breaking vessel MACKINAW has allowed 
     commerce to continue under these conditions. However, the 
     productive life of the MACKINAW will end in 2006.
       (7) Without adequate funding, the United States Coast Guard 
     would have to radically reduce the level of service it 
     provides to the American public.
       (8) The allocation to the Committee on Appropriations of 
     the Senate of funds available for the Department of 
     Transportation and related agencies for fiscal year 2001 was 
     $1,600,000,000 less than the allocation to the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives of funds 
     available for that purpose for that fiscal year. The lower 
     allocation compelled the Subcommittee on Transportation of 
     the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate to recommend 
     reductions from the funding requested in the President's 
     budget on funds available for the Coast Guard, particularly 
     amounts available for acquisitions, that may not have been 
     imposed had a larger allocation been made, or had the 
     President's budget not included $212,000,000 in new user fees 
     on the maritime community. The difference between the amount 
     of funds requested by the Coast Guard for the Acquisition, 
     Construction, and Improvements account and the amount made 
     available by the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate 
     for those acquisitions conflicts with the high priority 
     afforded by the Senate to Acquisition, Construction, and 
     Improvements procurements, which are of critical

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     national importance to commerce, navigation, and safety.
       (9) Due to shortfalls in funds available for fiscal year 
     2000 and unexpected increases in personnel benefits and fuel 
     costs on the 2000 operating expenses account, the Commandant 
     of the Coast Guard has announced reductions in critical 
     operations of the Coast Guard by as much as 30 percent in 
     some areas of the United States. If left unaddressed, these 
     shortfalls may compromise the service provided by the Coast 
     Guard to the public in all areas, including drug interdiction 
     and migrant interdiction, aid to navigation, and fisheries 
     management.
       (b) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that--
       (1) the committee of conference on the bill H.R. 4425 of 
     the 106th Congress, making appropriations for military 
     construction, family housing, and base realignment and 
     closure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year 
     ending September 30, 2001, or any other appropriate committee 
     of conference of the second session of the 106th Congress, 
     should approve supplemental funding for the Coast Guard for 
     fiscal year 2000 as soon as is practicable; and
       (2) upon adoption of this bill by the Senate, the conferees 
     of the Senate to the committee of conference on the bill H.R. 
     4475 of the 106th Congress, making appropriations for the 
     Department of Transportation and related agencies for the 
     fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, provided there is 
     sufficient budget authority, should--
       (A) recede from their disagreement to the proposal of the 
     conferees of the House of Representatives to the committee of 
     conference on the bill H.R. 4475 with respect to funding for 
     Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements;
       (B) provide adequate funds for operations of the Coast 
     Guard in fiscal year 2001, including activities relating to 
     drug and migrant interdiction and fisheries enforcement; and
       (C) provide sufficient funds for the Coast Guard in fiscal 
     year 2001 to correct the 30 percent reduction in funds for 
     operations of the Coast Guard in fiscal year 2000.
       Sec. 351. For the purpose of constructing an underpass to 
     improve access and enhance highway/rail safety and economic 
     development along Star Landing Road in DeSoto County, 
     Mississippi, the State of Mississippi may use funds 
     previously allocated to it under the transportation 
     enhancements program, if available.
       Sec. 352. Section 1214 of Public Law 105-178, as amended, 
     is further amended by adding a new subsection to read as 
     follows:
       ``(s) Notwithstanding sections 117 (c) and (d) of title 23, 
     United States Code, for project number 1646 in section 1602 
     of Public Law 105-178--
       ``(1) the non-Federal share of the project may be funded by 
     Federal funds from an agency or agencies not part of the 
     United States Department of Transportation; and
       ``(2) the Secretary shall not delegate responsibility for 
     carrying out the project to a State.''.
       Sec. 353. Additional Sanction for Revenue Diversion. Except 
     as necessary to ensure public safety, no amount appropriated 
     under this or any other Act may be used to fund any airport-
     related grant for the Los Angeles International Airport made 
     to the City of Los Angeles, or any inter-governmental body of 
     which it is a member, by the Department of Transportation or 
     the Federal Aviation Administration, until the 
     Administration--
       (1) concludes the investigation initiated in Docket 13-95-
     05; and
       (2) either--
       (A) takes action, if necessary and appropriate, on the 
     basis of the investigation to ensure compliance with 
     applicable laws, policies, and grant assurances regarding 
     revenue use and retention by an airport; or
       (B) determines that no action is warranted.
       Sec. 354. Hereafter, the New Jersey Transit commuter rail 
     station to be located at the intersection of the Main/Bergen 
     line and the Northeast Corridor line in the State of New 
     Jersey shall be known and designated as the ``Frank R. 
     Lautenberg Transfer Station'': Provided, That the Secretary 
     of Transportation shall ensure that any and all applicable 
     reference in law, map, regulation, documentation, and all 
     appropriate signage shall make reference to the ``Frank R. 
     Lautenberg Transfer Station''.

                                TITLE IV

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

                       bureau of the public debt

            supplemental appropriation for fiscal year 2000

      gifts to the united states for reduction of the public debt

       For deposit of an additional amount for fiscal year 2000 
     into the account established under section 3113(d) of title 
     31, United States Code, to reduce the public debt, 
     $12,200,000,000.
       This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Transportation 
     and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001''.

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