[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 123 (Thursday, October 5, 2000)]
[House]
[Pages H8922-H9004]
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   CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 4475, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND 
               RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2001

  Mr. YOUNG of Florida submitted the following conference report on the 
bill (H.R. 4475) making appropriations for the Department of 
Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2001, and for other purposes:

                  Conference Report (H. Rept. 106-940)

       The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the 
     two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 
     4475) ``making appropriations for the Department of 
     Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year 
     ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes'', having 
     met, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend 
     and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate, and agree to the same with an 
     amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said 
     amendment, 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:
       Section 101. (a) The provisions of the following bill are 
     hereby enacted into law, H.R. 5394 of the 106th Congress, as 
     introduced on October 5, 2000.
       (b) In publishing the Act in slip form and in the United 
     States Statutes at Large pursuant to section 112, of title 1, 
     United States Code, the Archivist of the United States shall 
     include after the date of approval at the end an appendix 
     setting forth the text of the bill referred to in subsection 
     (a) of this section.
       And the Senate agree to the same.

     Frank R. Wolf,
     Tom DeLay,
     Ralph Regula,
     Harold Rogers,
     Ron Packard,
     Sonny Callahan,
     Todd Tiahrt,
     Robert B. Aderholt,
     Kay Granger,
     C.W. Bill Young,
     Martin Olav Sabo
       (except for provisions to withhold highway funds from 
     states that do not adopt 0.08 blood alcohol concentration 
     laws),
     John W. Olver,
     Ed Pastor,
     Carolyn C. Kilpatrick
       (except for provisions to withhold highway funds from 
     states that do not adopt 0.08 blood alcohol concentration 
     laws),
     Jose E. Serrano,
     Michael P. Forbes,
     David R. Obey (with exception to denial of funds to states 
     without 0.08 BAC),
                                Managers on the Part of the House.

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     Richard C. Shelby,
     Pete V. Domenici,
     Arlen Specter,
     Christopher S. Bond,
     Slade Gorton,
     Robert F. Bennett,
     Ben Nighthorse Campbell,
     Ted Stevens,
     Frank R. Lautenberg,
     Robert C. Byrd,
     Barbara A. Mikulski,
     Harry Reid,
     Herb Kohl,
     Patty Murray,
     Daniel K. Inouye,
                               Managers on the Part of the Senate.

       JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE

       The mangers on the part of the House of Representatives and 
     the Senate at the conference on the disagreeing votes of the 
     two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 
     4475) making appropriations for the Department of 
     Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year 
     ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes, submit the 
     following joint statement to the House of Representatives and 
     the Senate in explanation of the effect of the action agreed 
     upon by the managers and recommended in the accompanying 
     conference report.
       The Senate deleted the entire House bill after the enacting 
     clause and inserted the Senate bill.
       The conference agreement would enact the provisions of H.R. 
     5394 as introduced on October 5, 2000. The text of that bill 
     follows:

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

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the 
     following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the 
     Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of 
     Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year 
     ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes, namely:

                                TITLE I

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

                        OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
     $63,245,000: Provided, That not more than 52 percent of the 
     funds made available under this heading shall be obligated 
     and not more than 224 full time equivalent staff years funded 
     through the end of the second quarter of fiscal year 2001: 
     Provided further, That funds in excess of 52 percent and 224 
     full time equivalent staff years shall be available only if 
     the Secretary transmits a request to the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations for these additional funds: 
     Provided further, That not to exceed $60,000 for allocation 
     within the Department for official reception and 
     representation expenses as the Secretary may determine: 
     Provided further, 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 Civil Rights

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
     $8,140,000.

           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, $11,000,000.

              Transportation Administrative Service Center

       Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital outlays 
     of the Transportation Administrative Service Center, not to 
     exceed $126,887,000, shall be paid from appropriations made 
     available to the Department of Transportation: Provided, That 
     such services shall be provided on a competitive basis to 
     entities within the Department of Transportation: Provided 
     further, That the above limitation on operating expenses 
     shall not apply to non-DOT entities: Provided further, That 
     no funds appropriated in this Act to an agency of the 
     Department shall be transferred to the Transportation 
     Administrative Service Center without the approval of the 
     agency modal administrator: Provided further, That no 
     assessments may be levied against any program, budget 
     activity, subactivity or project funded by this Act unless 
     notice of such assessments and the basis therefor are 
     presented to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations and are approved by such Committees.

               Minority Business Resource Center Program

       For the cost of guaranteed 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 total 
     loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to 
     exceed $13,775,000. In addition, for administrative expenses 
     to carry out the guaranteed 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, $3,192,000,000, of which $341,000,000 shall be 
     available 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 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.

              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, $415,000,000, of which $20,000,000 shall be 
     derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which 
     $156,450,000 shall be available to acquire, repair, renovate 
     or improve vessels, small boats and related equipment, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2005; $37,650,000 shall 
     be available to acquire new aircraft and increase aviation 
     capability, to remain available until September 30, 2003; 
     $60,113,000 shall be available for other equipment, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2003; $63,336,000 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 of the 
     Coast Guard is authorized to dispose of surplus real 
     property, by sale or lease, and the proceeds shall be 
     credited to this appropriation as offsetting collections and 
     made available only for the National Distress and Response 
     System Modernization program, to remain available for 
     obligation until September 30, 2003: 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: Provided further, That the amount herein 
     appropriated shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for each 
     day after initial submission of the President's budget 
     that the plan has not been submitted to the Congress: 
     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, contingent upon the City of Homer entering 
     into an agreement with the United States to accommodate 
     Coast Guard vessels and to support Coast Guard operations 
     at Homer, Alaska.

                Environmental Compliance and Restoration

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

                         Alteration of Bridges

       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, $80,375,000: 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,

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     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, lease or purchase of passenger motor 
     vehicles for replacement only, in addition to amounts made 
     available by Public Law 104-264, $6,544,235,000, of which 
     $4,414,869,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Airway 
     Trust Fund, of which $5,200,274,000 shall be available for 
     air traffic services program activities; $694,979,000 shall 
     be available for aviation regulation and certification 
     program activities; $139,301,400 shall be available for civil 
     aviation security program activities; $189,988,000 shall be 
     available for research and acquisition program activities; 
     $12,000,000 shall be available for commercial space 
     transportation program activities; $48,443,600 shall be 
     available for Financial Services program activities; 
     $54,864,000 shall be available for Human Resources program 
     activities; $99,347,000 shall be available for Regional 
     Coordination program activities; and $105,038,000 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 $750,000 shall be for the 
     Centennial of Flight Commission: Provided further, That funds 
     may be used to enter into a grant agreement with a nonprofit 
     standard-setting organization to assist in the development of 
     aviation safety standards: Provided further, That none of the 
     funds in this Act shall be available for new applicants for 
     the second career training program: Provided further, That 
     none of the funds in this Act shall be available for paying 
     premium pay under 5 U.S.C. 5546(a) to any Federal Aviation 
     Administration employee unless such employee actually 
     performed work during the time corresponding to such premium 
     pay: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act may 
     be obligated or expended to operate a manned auxiliary flight 
     service station in the contiguous United States: Provided 
     further, That none of the funds in this Act may be used for 
     the Federal Aviation Administration to enter into a multiyear 
     lease greater than 5 years in length or greater than 
     $100,000,000 in value unless such lease is specifically 
     authorized by the Congress and appropriations have been 
     provided to fully cover the Federal Government's contingent 
     liabilities: Provided further, That none of the funds in this 
     Act for aeronautical charting and cartography are available 
     for activities conducted by, or coordinated through, the 
     Transportation Administrative Service Center.

                        Facilities and Equipment


                    (airport and airway trust fund)

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
     acquisition, establishment, and improvement by contract or 
     purchase, and hire of air navigation and experimental 
     facilities and equipment as authorized under part A of 
     subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, including 
     initial acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; 
     engineering and service testing, including construction of 
     test facilities and acquisition of necessary sites by lease 
     or grant; and construction and furnishing of quarters and 
     related accommodations for officers and employees of the 
     Federal Aviation Administration stationed at remote 
     localities where such accommodations are not available; and 
     the purchase, lease, or transfer of aircraft from funds 
     available under this head; to be derived from the Airport and 
     Airway Trust Fund, $2,656,765,000, of which $2,334,112,400 
     shall remain available until September 30, 2003, and of which 
     $322,652,600 shall remain available until September 30, 2001: 
     Provided, That there may be credited to this appropriation 
     funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other 
     public authorities, and private sources, for expenses 
     incurred in the establishment and modernization of air 
     navigation facilities: Provided further, That upon initial 
     submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2002 
     President's budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall 
     transmit to the Congress a comprehensive capital investment 
     plan for the Federal Aviation Administration which includes 
     funding for each budget line item for fiscal years 2002 
     through 2006, with total funding for each year of the plan 
     constrained to the funding targets for those years as 
     estimated and approved by the Office of Management and 
     Budget: Provided further, That the amount herein appropriated 
     shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for each day after 
     initial submission of the President's budget that the plan 
     has not been submitted to the Congress: Provided further, 
     That none of the funds in this Act may be used for the 
     Federal Aviation Administration to enter into a capital lease 
     agreement unless appropriations have been provided to fully 
     cover the Federal Government's contingent liabilities at the 
     time the lease agreement is signed.

                 Research, Engineering, and Development


                    (airport and airway trust fund)

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
     research, engineering, and development, as authorized under 
     part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, 
     including construction of experimental facilities and 
     acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant, 
     $187,000,000, 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; for 
     administration of programs under section 40117; for 
     procurement, installation, and commissioning of runway 
     incursion prevention devices and systems at airports; 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 
     $53,000,000 of funds limited under this heading shall be 
     obligated for administration.

                       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 $295,119,000 
     shall be paid in accordance with law from appropriations made 
     available by this Act to the Federal Highway Administration 
     together with advances and reimbursements received by the 
     Federal Highway Administration: Provided, That of the funds 
     available under section 104(a) of title 23, United States 
     Code: $4,000,000 shall be available for Commercial Remote 
     Sensing Products and Spatial Information Technologies under 
     section 5113 of Public Law 105-178, as amended; $10,000,000 
     shall be available for the National Historic Covered Bridge 
     Preservation Program under section 1224 of Public Law 105-
     178, as amended; $5,000,000 shall be available for the 
     construction and improvement of the Alabama State Docks, and 
     shall remain available until expended; $10,000,000 shall be 
     available to Auburn University for research activities at the 
     Center for Transportation Technology and to construct a 
     building to house the center, and shall remain available 
     until expended; $7,500,000 shall be available for ``Child 
     Passenger Protection Education Grants'' under section 2003(b) 
     of Public Law 105-178, as amended; and $25,000,000 shall be 
     available for the Transportation and Community and System 
     Preservation Program under section 1221 of Public Law 105-
     178, as amended.

                          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 2001; 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

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     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, of which not to exceed $1,500,000 shall be available 
     to the Federal Railroad Administration for ``Safety and 
     operations'', and, notwithstanding section 1218(c)(4) of 
     Public Law 105-178, of which $1,000,000 shall be available 
     for low speed magnetic levitation research and development; 
     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:
       State of Alaska, $2,350,000;
       Alameda-Contra Costa, California, $500,000;
       Aquidneck Island, Rhode Island, $500,000;
       Austin, Texas, $250,000;
       Automated crash notification system, UAB, $1,000,000;
       Baton Rouge, Louisiana, $1,000,000;
       Bay County, Florida, $1,500,000;
       Beaumont, Texas, $150,000;
       Bellingham, Washington, $350,000;
       Bloomington Township, Illinois, $400,000;
       Calhoun County, Michigan, $750,000;
       Carbondale, Pennsylvania, $2,000,000;
       Cargo Mate, New Jersey, $750,000;
       Charlotte, North Carolina, $625,000;
       College Station, Texas, $1,800,000;
       Commonwealth of Virginia, $5,500,000;
       Corpus Christi, Texas (vehicle dispatching), $1,000,000;
       Delaware River Port Authority, $1,250,000;
       DuPage County, Illinois, $500,000;
       Fargo, North Dakota, $1,000,000;
       Fort Collins, Colorado, $1,250,000;
       Hattiesburg, Mississippi, $500,000;
       Huntington Beach, California, $1,250,000;
       Huntsville, Alabama, $3,000,000;
       I-70 West project, Colorado, $750,000;
       Inglewood, California, $600,000;
       Jackson, Mississippi, $1,000,000;
       Jefferson County, Colorado, $4,250,000;
       Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania, $1,500,000;
       Kansas City, Missouri, $1,250,000;
       Lake County, Illinois, $450,000;
       Lewis & Clark Trail, Montana, $625,000;
       Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, $2,000,000;
       Moscow, Idaho, $875,000;
       Muscle Shoals, Alabama, $1,000,000;
       Nashville, Tennessee, $500,000;
       New Jersey regional integration/TRANSCOM, $3,000,000;
       North Central Pennsylvania, $750,000;
       North Las Vegas, Nevada, $1,800,000;
       Norwalk and Santa Fe Springs, California, $500,000;
       Oakland and Wayne Counties, Michigan, $1,500,000;
       Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, $1,500,000;
       Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, $500,000;
       Puget Sound regional fare collection, Washington, 
     $2,500,000;
       Rensselaer County, New York, $500,000;
       Rochester, New York, $1,500,000;
       Sacramento County, California, $875,000;
       Sacramento to Reno, I-80 corridor, $100,000;
       Sacramento, California, $500,000;
       Salt Lake City (Olympic Games), Utah, $1,000,000;
       San Antonio, Texas, $100,000;
       Santa Teresa, New Mexico, $500,000;
       Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, $400,000;
       Seabrook, Texas, $1,200,000;
       Shreveport, Louisiana, $1,000,000;
       South Dakota commercial vehicle, ITS, $1,250,000;
       Southeast Michigan, $500,000;
       Southhaven, Mississippi, $150,000;
       Spokane County, Washington, $1,000,000;
       Springfield-Branson, Missouri, $750,000;
       St. Louis, Missouri, $500,000;
       State of Arizona, $1,000,000;
       State of Connecticut, $3,000,000;
       State of Delaware, $1,000,000;
       State of Illinois, $1,000,000;
       State of Indiana (SAFE-T), $1,000,000;
       State of Iowa (traffic enforcement and transit), 
     $2,750,000;
       State of Kentucky, $1,500,000;
       State of Maryland, $3,000,000;
       State of Minnesota, $6,500,000;
       State of Missouri (rural), $750,000;
       State of Montana, $750,000;
       State of Nebraska, $2,600,000;
       State of New Mexico, $750,000;
       State of North Carolina, $1,500,000;
       State of North Dakota, $500,000;
       State of Ohio, $2,000,000;
       State of Oklahoma, $1,000,000;
       State of Oregon, $750,000;
       State of South Carolina statewide, $2,000,000;
       State of Tennessee, $1,850,000;
       State of Utah, $1,500,000;
       State of Vermont, $500,000;
       State of Wisconsin, $1,000,000;
       Texas border phase I, Houston, Texas, $500,000;
       Tuscaloosa, Alabama, $2,000,000;
       Tuscon, Arizona, $1,250,000;
       Vermont rural ITS, $1,500,000;
       Washington, DC area, $1,250,000;
       Washoe County, Nevada, $200,000;
       Wayne County, Michigan, $5,000,000;
       Williamson County/Round Rock, Texas, $250,000:
     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, except that before such apportionments are 
     made, $156,486,491 shall be set aside for projects authorized 
     under section 1602 of Public Law 105-178, as amended; 
     $25,000,000 shall be set aside for the Indian Reservation 
     Roads Program under section 204 of title 23, United States 
     Code $18,467,857 shall be set aside for the Woodrow Wilson 
     Memorial Bridge project authorized by section 404 of the 
     Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge Authority Act of 1995, as 
     amended; $10,000,000 shall be set aside for the commercial 
     driver's license program under motor carrier safety grants 
     authorized by section 31102 of title 49, United States Code; 
     and $1,735,039 shall be set aside for the Alaska Highway 
     authorized by section 218 of title 23, United States Code. 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: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, of the funds apportioned to the State of 
     Oklahoma under section 110 of title 23, United States Code, 
     for fiscal year 2001, $8,000,000 shall be available only for 
     the widening of US 177 from SH-33 to 32nd Street in 
     Stillwater, Oklahoma; $4,300,000 shall be available only for 
     the reconstruction of US 177 in the vicinity of Cimarron 
     River, Oklahoma; $1,500,000 shall be available only for the 
     reconstruction of US 70 from Broken Bow, Oklahoma to the 
     Arkansas state line; $1,000,000 shall be available only to 
     improve Battiest-Pickens Road between Battiest and Pickens, 
     Oklahoma; $140,000 shall be available only to conduct a 
     feasibility study of increasing lanes or adding passing lanes 
     on SH 3 in McCurtain, Pushmataha and Atoka Counties, 
     Oklahoma; and $100,000 shall be available only for the 
     reconstruction of US 70 in Marshall and Bryan Counties, 
     Oklahoma: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, of the funds apportioned to the State of 
     Mississippi under section 110 of title 23, United States 
     Code, for fiscal year 2001, $24,600,000 may be available for 
     construction of an interchange for a connector road from the 
     interchange to U.S. Highway 51, between mile markers 115 and 
     120 on I-55 in Mississippi: Provided further, That, 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds 
     apportioned to the State of New York under section 110 of 
     title 23, United States Code, for fiscal year 2001, 
     $4,000,000 shall be available only to upgrade and improve the 
     Albany North Creek intermodal transportation corridor: 
     Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision 
     of law, of the funds apportioned to the State of Nebraska 
     under section 110 of title 23, United States Code, for fiscal 
     year 2001, $3,500,000 shall be available only for the 
     construction of a pedestrian overpass in Lincoln: Provided 
     further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     of the funds apportioned to the State of Alabama under 
     section 110 of title 23, United States Code, for fiscal 
     year 2001, $8,000,000 shall be available only for 
     construction of the Patton Island bridge in Lauderdale 
     County, Alabama: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 
     any other provision of law, of the funds apportioned to 
     the State of California under section 110 of title 23, 
     United States Code, for fiscal year 2001, $46,000,000 
     shall be available only for traffic mitigation and other 
     improvements to existing SR710 in South Pasadena, Pasadena 
     and El Serano: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, the obligation limitation 
     distributed for specific projects described herein shall 
     remain available until expended and shall be in addition 
     to the amount of any obligation limitation imposed on 
     obligations for Federal-aid highway and highway safety 
     construction programs for future fiscal years.

                          Federal-Aid Highways


                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                          (highway trust fund)

       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 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.

                        Emergency Relief Program


                          (Highway Trust Fund)

       For an additional amount for the Emergency Relief Program 
     for emergency expenses resulting from floods and other 
     natural disasters, as authorized by section 125 of title 23, 
     United States Code, $720,000,000, to be derived from the 
     Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the 
     Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That the 
     entire amount shall be available only to the extent that an 
     official budget request for $720,000,000, that includes 
     designation of the entire amount of the request as an 
     emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by 
     the President to the Congress.

              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

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     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 and from any available take-down 
     balances 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

       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, $116,876,000 of 
     which $85,321,000 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, unless the Secretary 
     submits a request for a waiver that is approved by the House 
     and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 
     That the Department of Transportation shall fund a study with 
     the National Academy of Sciences on whether the static 
     stability factor is a scientifically valid measurement that 
     presents practical, useful information to the public 
     including a comparison of the static stability factor test 
     versus a test with rollover metrics based on dynamic driving 
     conditions that may induce rollover events: Provided further, 
     That nothing in this provision prohibits NHTSA from 
     completing action on its proposal to provide rollover rating 
     information to the public while the National Academy of 
     Sciences conducts this study: Provided further, That to the 
     extent NHTSA continues action on its rollover ratings 
     proposal during the study, the agency shall consider any 
     available preliminary deliberations or conclusions available 
     from the National Academy of Sciences before completing 
     action on its proposal, and shall consider coordinating any 
     final action on its proposal with the completion of the 
     National Academy of Sciences study: Provided further, That 
     the National Academy of Sciences shall complete this study 
     and issue a report to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations not later than nine months after the date of 
     enactment of this Act: Provided further, That after the 
     National Academy of Sciences submits its findings to the 
     Congress and the National Highway Traffic Safety 
     Administration, the National Highway Traffic Safety 
     Administration shall formally review and respond within 
     thirty days to the study findings and propose any appropriate 
     revisions to the consumer information program based on that 
     review.

                        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, and 
     $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, $101,717,000, of 
     which $5,899,000 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.

                   Railroad Research and Development

       For necessary expenses for railroad research and 
     development, $25,325,000, 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.

                     Rhode Island Rail Development

       For the costs associated with construction of a third track 
     on the Northeast Corridor between Davisville and Central 
     Falls, Rhode Island, with sufficient clearance to accommodate 
     double stack freight cars, $17,000,000 to be matched by the 
     State of Rhode Island or its designee on a dollar-for-dollar 
     basis and to remain available until expended.

                    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, 
     $25,100,000, 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), $521,476,000, to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That the Secretary shall not obligate 
     more than $208,590,000 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 of the funds in 
     this Act available for the execution of contracts under 
     section 5327(c) of title 49, United States Code, $1,000,000 
     shall be transferred to the Department of Transportation's 
     Office of Inspector General for costs associated with the 
     audit and review of new fixed guideway systems: Provided 
     further, That not to exceed $2,500,000 for the National 
     Transit Database shall remain available until expended.

                             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: Provided

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     further, That of the funds provided under this heading, 
     $60,000,000 shall be available for grants for the costs of 
     planning, delivery, and temporary use of transit vehicles for 
     special transportation needs and construction of temporary 
     transportation facilities for the XIX Winter Olympiad and the 
     VIII Paralympiad for the Disabled, to be held in Salt Lake 
     City, Utah: Provided further, That in allocating the funds 
     designated in the preceding proviso, the Secretary shall make 
     grants only to the Utah Department of Transportation, and 
     such grants shall not be subject to any local share 
     requirement or limitation on operating assistance under this 
     Act or the Federal Transit Act, as amended: Provided further, 
     That notwithstanding section 3008 of Public Law 105-178, the 
     $50,000,000 to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5308 shall be transferred 
     to and merged with funding provided for the replacement, 
     rehabilitation, and purchase of buses and related equipment 
     and the construction of bus-related facilities under 
     ``Federal Transit Administration, Capital investment 
     grants''.

                   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)), 
     $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).

                      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


                     (including transfer of funds)

       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, together with $50,000,000 
     transferred from ``Federal Transit Administration, formula 
     grants''; and there shall be available for new fixed 
     guideway systems $1,058,400,000, together with $4,983,828 
     made available for the Pittsburgh airport busway project 
     under Public Law 105-66, together with $1,488,750 made 
     available for the Burlington to Gloucester, New Jersey 
     line under Public Law 103-331, together with $20,521,470 
     previously appropriated for the Orlando Lynx light rail 
     project remaining unobligated as of or deobligated after 
     September 30, 2000; to be available as follows:
       $10,400,000 for Alaska or Hawaii ferry projects;
       $500,000 for the Albuquerque/Greater Albuquerque mass 
     transit project;
       $25,000,000 for the Atlanta, Georgia, North line extension 
     project;
       $1,000,000 for the Austin, Texas, capital metro light rail 
     project;
       $3,000,000 for the Baltimore central LRT double track 
     project;
       $5,000,000 for the Birmingham, Alabama, transit corridor;
       $25,000,000 for the Boston South Boston Piers transitway 
     project;
       $1,000,000 for the Boston Urban Ring project;
       $2,000,000 for the Burlington-Bennington (ABRB), Vermont, 
     commuter rail project;
       $1,000,000 for the Calais, Maine, branch line regional 
     transit program;
       $2,000,000 for the Canton-Akron-Cleveland commuter rail 
     project;
       $3,000,000 for the Central Florida commuter rail project;
       $5,000,000 for the Charlotte, North Carolina, north-south 
     corridor transitway projects;
       $35,000,000 for the Chicago METRA commuter rail projects;
       $15,000,000 for the Chicago Ravenswood and Douglas branch 
     reconstruction projects;
       $1,500,000 for the Clark County, Nevada, RTC fixed guideway 
     project;
       $4,000,000 for the Cleveland Euclid corridor improvement 
     project;
       $1,000,000 for the Colorado Roaring Fork Valley project;
       $70,000,000 for the Dallas north central light rail 
     extension project;
       $3,000,000 for the Denver Southeast corridor project;
       $20,200,000 for the Denver Southwest corridor project;
       $500,000 for the Detroit, Michigan, metropolitan airport 
     light rail project;
       $50,000,000 for the Dulles corridor project;
       $15,000,000 for the Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Tri-County 
     commuter rail project;
       $1,000,000 for the Galveston, Texas, rail trolley extension 
     project;
       $15,000,000 for the Girdwood to Wasilla, Alaska, commuter 
     rail project;
       $500,000 for the Harrisburg-Lancaster capital area transit 
     corridor 1 commuter rail project;
       $1,000,000 for the Hollister/Gilroy branch line rail 
     extension project;
       $2,500,000 for Honolulu, Hawaii, bus rapid transit project;
       $2,500,000 for the Houston advanced transit project;
       $10,750,000 for the Houston regional bus project;
       $3,000,000 for the Indianapolis, Indiana, northeast-
     downtown corridor project;
       $1,000,000 for the Johnson County, Kansas, I-35 commuter 
     rail project;
       $3,500,000 for Kansas City, Missouri, Southtown corridor 
     project;
       $4,000,000 for the Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee rail extension 
     project;
       $3,000,000 for the Little Rock, Arkansas, river rail 
     project;
       $8,000,000 for the Long Island Railroad East Side access 
     project;
       $2,000,000 for the Los Angeles Mid-City and East Side 
     corridors projects;
       $50,000,000 for the Los Angeles North Hollywood extension 
     project;
       $3,000,000 for the Los Angeles-San Diego LOSSAN corridor 
     project;
       $2,000,000 for the Lowell, Massachusetts-Nashua, New 
     Hampshire commuter rail project;
       $10,000,000 for the MARC expansion projects--Penn-Camden 
     lines connector and midday storage facility;
       $1,000,000 for the Massachusetts North Shore corridor 
     project;
       $6,000,000 for the Memphis, Tennessee, medical center rail 
     extension project;
       $6,000,000 for the Nashville, Tennessee, regional commuter 
     rail project;
       $121,000,000 for the New Jersey Hudson Bergen project;
       $7,000,000 for the Newark-Elizabeth rail link project;
       $2,000,000 for the Northern Indiana south shore commuter 
     rail project;
       $1,000,000 for the Northwest New Jersey-Northeast 
     Pennsylvania passenger rail project;
       $10,000,000 for the Oceanside-Escondido, California, light 
     rail extension project;
       $2,000,000 for the Orange County, California, transitway 
     project;
       $10,000,000 for the Philadelphia-Reading SETPA Schuylkill 
     Valley metro project;
       $2,000,000 for the Philadelphia SEPTA Cross County metro 
     project;
       $10,000,000 for the Phoenix metropolitan area transit 
     project;
       $5,000,000 for the Pittsburgh North Shore-central business 
     district corridor project;
       $12,000,000 for the Pittsburgh stage II light rail project;
       $7,500,000 for the Portland-Interstate MAX LRT extension 
     project;
       $2,000,000 for the Portland, Maine, marine highway program;
       $5,000,000 for the Puget Sound RTA Sounder commuter rail 
     project;
       $10,000,000 for the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Triangle 
     transit project;
       $500,000 for the Rhode Island-Pawtucket and T.F. Green 
     commuter rail and maintenance facility;
       $35,200,000 for the Sacramento, California, south corridor 
     LRT project;
       $2,000,000 for the Salt Lake City-University light rail 
     line project;
       $1,000,000 for the San Bernardino, California, Metrolink 
     project;
       $31,500,000 for the San Diego Mission Valley East light 
     rail project;
       $80,000,000 for the San Francisco BART extension to the 
     airport project;
       $12,250,000 for the San Jose Tasman West light rail 
     project;
       $75,000,000 for the San Juan Tren Urbano project;
       $1,500,000 for the Santa Fe-Eldorado, New Mexico, rail link 
     project;
       $50,000,000 for the Seattle, Washington, central link LRT 
     project;
       $4,000,000 for the Spokane, Washington, South Valley 
     corridor light rail project;
       $1,000,000 for the St. Louis, Missouri, MetroLink Cross 
     County connector project;
       $60,000,000 for the St. Louis-St. Clair MetroLink extension 
     project;
       $8,000,000 for the Stamford, Connecticut, fixed guideway 
     corridor;
       $6,000,000 for the Stockton, California, Altamont commuter 
     rail project;
       $5,000,000 for the Twin Cities Transitways projects;
       $50,000,000 for the Twin Cities Transitways--Hiawatha 
     corridor project;
       $3,000,000 for the Virginia Railway Express commuter rail 
     project;
       $7,500,000 for the Washington Metro-Blue Line extension-
     Addison Road (Largo) project;
       $2,000,000 for the West Trenton, New Jersey, rail project;

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       $2,500,000 for the Whitehall and St. George ferry terminal 
     projects;
       $5,000,000 for the Wilmington, Delaware, downtown transit 
     corridor project; and
       $1,000,000 for the Wilsonville to Washington County, 
     Oregon, commuter rail project:

     Provided further, That any funds previously appropriated for 
     the Miami-Dade Transit east-west multimodal corridor project 
     and the Miami Metro-Dade North 27th Avenue corridor project 
     remaining unobligated as of or deobligated after September 
     30, 2000, are to be made available for the South Miami-Dade 
     Busway Extension project: 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

       Notwithstanding section 3037(l)(3) of Public Law 105-178, 
     as amended, 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: Provided further, That up to $250,000 of the funds 
     provided under this heading may be used by the Federal 
     Transit Administration for technical assistance and support 
     and performance reviews of the Job Access and Reverse Commute 
     Grants program.

             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, $13,004,000, 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, $36,373,000, of 
     which $645,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety 
     Fund, and of which $4,707,000 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, $47,044,000, of which $7,488,000 
     shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund 
     and shall remain available until September 30, 2003; of 
     which $36,556,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline 
     Safety Fund, of which $23,837,000 shall remain available 
     until September 30, 2003; and of which $3,000,000 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 $14,300,000 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.

                      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, $48,450,000: Provided, That the Inspector 
     General shall have all necessary authority, in carrying out 
     the duties specified in the Inspector General Act, as amended 
     (5 U.S.C. App. 3) to investigate allegations of fraud, 
     including false statements to the government (18 U.S.C. 
     1001), by any person or entity that is subject to regulation 
     by the Department: Provided further, That the funds made 
     available under this heading shall be used to investigate, 
     pursuant to section 41712 of title 49, United States Code: 
     (1) unfair or deceptive practices and unfair methods of 
     competition by domestic and foreign air carriers and ticket 
     agents; and (2) the compliance of domestic and foreign air 
     carriers with respect to item (1) of this proviso.

                      SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation Board, 
     including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $17,954,000: 
     Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     not to exceed $900,000 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: 
     Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from the 
     general fund shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis as 
     such offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 
     2001, to result in a final appropriation from the general 
     fund estimated at no more than $17,054,000.

                                TITLE II

                            RELATED AGENCIES

       ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD

                         Salaries and Expenses

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

                  NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the National Transportation 
     Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and 
     aircraft; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at 
     rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate 
     equivalent to the rate for a GS-15; uniforms, or allowances 
     therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902) 
     $62,942,000, 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. Hereafter, funds appropriated under this or any 
     other 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.

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       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 personal information (as defined in 18 
     U.S.C. 2725(3)) obtained by a State department of motor 
     vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle record as defined 
     in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1), except as provide in 18 U.S.C. 2721 for 
     a use permitted under 18 U.S.C. 2721.
       (b) 18 U.S.C. 2725 is amended by:
       In paragraph (2) striking the word ``and''; and inserting 
     after paragraph 3:
       ``(4) `highly restricted personal information' means an 
     individual's photograph or image, social security number, 
     medical or disability information; and
       ``(5) `express consent' means consent in writing, including 
     consent conveyed electronically that bears an electronic 
     signature as defined in section 106(5) of Public Law 106-
     229.''
       (c) 18 U.S.C. 2721(a) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(a) In General.--A State department of motor vehicles, 
     and any officer, employee, or contractor thereof, shall not 
     knowingly disclose or otherwise make available to any person 
     or entity:
       ``(1) personal information, as defined in 18 U.S.C. 
     2725(3), about any individual obtained by the department in 
     connection with a motor vehicle record, except as provided in 
     subsection (b) of this section; or
       ``(2) highly restricted personal information, as defined in 
     18 U.S.C. 2725(4), about any individual obtained by the 
     department in connection with a motor vehicle record, without 
     the express consent of the person to whom such information 
     applies, except uses permitted in subsections (b)(1), (b)(4), 
     (b)(6), and (b)(9): Provided, That subsection (a)(2) 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.''
       (d) 18 U.S.C. 2721(b) is amended by inserting before ``may 
     be disclosed''  ``, subject to subsection (a)(2),''.
       (e) 18 U.S.C. 2721 is amended by inserting after subsection 
     (d):
       ``(e) Prohibition on Conditions.--No State may condition or 
     burden in any way the issuance of an individual's motor 
     vehicle record as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1) to obtain 
     express consent. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed 
     to prohibit a State from charging an administrative fee for 
     issuance of a motor vehicle record.''
       (f) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall not 
     withhold funds provided in this Act for any grantee if a 
     State is in noncompliance with this provision.
       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, 
     and paragraph (7) of this section, 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;
       (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; and
       (7) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, after 
     determining the amount of funds to be allocated to the 
     surface transportation program, to the bridge program, to the 
     congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program, 
     and to the Interstate and National Highway System program, 
     under section 110 of title 23, United States Code, deduct a 
     sum, in an amount not to exceed 1\1/6\ percent of the sum 
     made available to each program, to administer the provisions 
     of law to be financed from appropriations for the Federal-aid 
     highways program.
       (b) Exceptions From Obligation Limitation.--The obligation 
     limitation for Federal-aid Highways shall not apply to 
     obligations: (1) under section 125 of title 23, United States 
     Code; (2) under section 147 of the Surface Transportation 
     Assistance Act of 1978; (3) under section 9 of the Federal-
     Aid Highway Act of 1981; (4) under sections 131(b) and 131( 
     j) of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982; (5) 
     under sections 149(b) and 149(c) of the Surface 
     Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987; 
     (6) under sections 1103 through 1108 of the Intermodal 
     Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991; (7) under 
     section 157 of title 23, United States Code, as in effect on 
     the day before the date of the enactment of the 
     Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century; and (8) under 
     section 105 of title 23, United States Code (but, only in an 
     amount equal to $639,000,000 for such fiscal year).
       (c) Redistribution of Unused Obligation Authority.--
     Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall after 
     August 1 for such fiscal year revise a distribution of the 
     obligation limitation made available under subsection (a) if 
     a State will not obligate the amount distributed during that 
     fiscal year and redistribute sufficient amounts to those 
     States able to obligate amounts in addition to those 
     previously distributed during that fiscal year giving 
     priority to those States having large unobligated balances of 
     funds apportioned under sections 104 and 144 of title 23, 
     United States Code, section 160 (as in effect on the day 
     before the enactment of the Transportation Equity Act for the 
     21st Century) of title 23, United States Code, and under 
     section 1015 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Act of 
     1991 (105 Stat. 1943-1945).
       (d) Applicability of Obligation Limitations to 
     Transportation Research Programs.--The obligation limitation 
     shall apply to transportation research programs carried out 
     under chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code, except that 
     obligation authority made available for such programs under 
     such limitation shall remain available for a period of 3 
     fiscal years.
       (e) Redistribution of Certain Authorized Funds.--Not later 
     than 30 days after the date of the distribution of obligation 
     limitation under subsection (a), the Secretary shall 
     distribute to the States any funds: (1) that are authorized 
     to be appropriated for such fiscal year for Federal-aid 
     highways programs (other than the program under section 160 
     of title 23, United States Code) and for carrying out 
     subchapter I of chapter 311 of title 49, United States 
     Code, and highway-related programs under chapter 4 of 
     title 23, United States Code; and (2) that the Secretary 
     determines will not be allocated to the States, and will 
     not be available for obligation, in such fiscal year due 
     to the imposition of any obligation limitation for such 
     fiscal year. Such distribution to the States shall be made 
     in the same ratio as the distribution of obligation 
     authority under subsection (a)(6). The funds so 
     distributed shall be available for any purposes described 
     in section 133(b) of title 23, United States Code.
       (f) Special Rule.--Obligation limitation distributed for a 
     fiscal year under subsection (a)(4) of this section for a 
     section set forth in subsection (a)(4) shall remain available 
     until used and shall be in addition to the amount of any 
     limitation imposed on obligations for Federal-aid highway and 
     highway safety construction programs for future fiscal years.
       Sec. 311. The limitations on obligations for the programs 
     of the Federal Transit Administration shall not apply to any 
     authority under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously made available for 
     obligation, or to any other authority previously made 
     available for obligation.
       Sec. 312. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to 
     implement section 404 of title 23, United States Code.
       Sec. 313. None of the funds in this Act shall be available 
     to plan, finalize, or implement regulations that would 
     establish a vessel traffic safety fairway less than five 
     miles wide between the Santa Barbara Traffic Separation 
     Scheme and the San Francisco Traffic Separation Scheme.
       Sec. 314. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     airports may transfer, without consideration, to the Federal 
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     (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 335 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 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. 320. None of the funds in this Act shall be available 
     to prepare, propose, or promulgate any regulations pursuant 
     to title V of the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings 
     Act (49 U.S.C. 32901 et seq.) prescribing corporate average 
     fuel economy standards for automobiles, as defined in such 
     title, in any model year that differs from standards 
     promulgated for such automobiles prior to the enactment of 
     this section.
       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, or to improve existing vessels and facilities, 
     including both the passenger and vehicle-related elements of 
     such vessels and facilities, and for repair facilities: 
     Provided, That not more than $3,000,000 of the funds made 
     available to Hawaii pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 5309(c)(2)(B) may 
     be used by the State of Hawaii to initiate and operate a 
     passenger ferryboat services demonstration project to test 
     the viability of different intra-island and inter-island 
     ferry routes.
       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 may be obligated or 
     expended for employee training which: (a) does not meet 
     identified needs for knowledge, skills and abilities bearing 
     directly upon the performance of official duties; (b) 
     contains elements likely to induce high levels of emotional 
     response or psychological stress in some participants; (c) 
     does not require prior employee notification of the content 
     and methods to be used in the training and written end of 
     course evaluations; (d) contains any methods or content 
     associated with religious or quasi-religious belief systems 
     or ``new age'' belief systems as defined in Equal Employment 
     Opportunity Commission Notice N-915.022, dated September 2, 
     1988; (e) is offensive to, or designed to change, 
     participants' personal values or lifestyle outside the 
     workplace; or (f) includes content related to human 
     immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome 
     (HIV/AIDS) other than that necessary to make employees more 
     aware of the medical ramifications of HIV/AIDS and the 
     workplace rights of HIV-positive employees.
       Sec. 324. 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. 325. (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. 326. In addition to the funds limited in this Act, 
     $54,963,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other 
     than the Mass Transit Account), shall be available for 
     section 1069(y) of Public Law 102-240.
       Sec. 327. 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. 328. 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. 329. For necessary expenses of the Amtrak Reform 
     Council authorized under section 203 of Public Law 105-134, 
     $750,000, 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. 330. Item number 1473 in the table contained in 
     section 1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st 
     Century (112 Stat. 311) is amended by striking ``Stony'' and 
     inserting ``Commerce''.
       Sec. 331. 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. 332. Of the funds provided for fiscal year 2001 in 
     section 232 of the Miscellaneous Appropriations Act, 2000, as 
     enacted by section 1000(a)(5) of the Consolidated 
     Appropriations Act, 2000, $20,000,000 shall be available only 
     for fire and life safety improvements to enable the James A. 
     Farley Post Office in New York City to be used as a train 
     station and commercial center.
       Sec. 333. None of the funds in this Act shall be available 
     for planning, design, or construction of a light rail system 
     in Houston, Texas.
       Sec. 334. Section 3030(b) of the Transportation Equity Act 
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     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 shall be used (1) to 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 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: Provided, That 
     nothing in this section shall apply to issuing and 
     proceeding, through all stages of rulemaking other than 
     adoption of a final rule, under subchapter II of chapter 5 of 
     title 5, United States Code on a supplemental notice of 
     proposed rulemaking to be issued in Docket No. FMCSA-97-2350-
     953 that contains proposed rules and proposed amendments to 
     rules that take appropriate account of the information 
     received for filing in the docket on the Notice of Proposed 
     Rulemaking (Docket No. FMCSA-97-2350-953).
       Sec. 336. Section 3038(e) of Public Law 105-178 is amended 
     by striking ``50'' and inserting ``90''.
       Sec. 337. Item number 273 in the table contained in section 
     1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century 
     (Public Law 105-178) is amended by striking ``Reconstruct I-
     235 and improve the interchange for access to the MLKing 
     Parkway.'' and inserting ``Construction of the north-south 
     segments of the Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway in Des 
     Moines.''.
       Sec. 338. Item number 328 in the table contained in section 
     1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century 
     (Public Law 105-178) is amended by inserting before ``of'' 
     the following: ``or construction''.
       Sec. 339. Section 1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for 
     the 21st Century (112 Stat. 256) is amended--
       (1) by striking item number 63, relating to Ohio; and
       (2) in item number 186, relating to Ohio, by striking 
     ``3.75'' and inserting ``7.5''.
       Sec. 340. (a) Of the funds apportioned to the Commonwealth 
     of Massachusetts under each of subsections (b)(1), (b)(2), 
     (b)(3), and (b)(4) of section 104 and section 105 of title 
     23, United States Code, the Secretary shall withhold 
     obligation of Federal funds and all project approvals for the 
     Central Artery/Tunnel project in fiscal year 2001 and each 
     fiscal year thereafter unless the Secretary of the Department 
     of Transportation determines that the Commonwealth meets each 
     of the following criteria:
       (1) The Commonwealth is in full compliance with the 
     partnership agreement that was executed on June 22, 2000, 
     between the Federal Highway Administration, the Massachusetts 
     Turnpike Authority, the Massachusetts Highway Department, and 
     the Massachusetts Executive Office of Transportation and 
     Construction.
       (2) The Commonwealth is in full compliance with the 
     balanced statewide program memorandum of understanding 
     entered into by the Massachusetts Highway Department, the 
     Executive Office of Transportation and Construction, and 
     metropolitan planning organizations in the Commonwealth of 
     Massachusetts.
       (3) The Commonwealth of Massachusetts shall spend no less 
     than $400,000,000 each year for construction activities and 
     specific transportation projects as defined in the Balanced 
     Statewide Program Memorandum of Understanding on projects 
     other than the Central Artery/Tunnel project.
       (b) After June 22, 2000, the Secretary of Transportation 
     shall not approve new net advance construction for the 
     Central Artery/Tunnel project in an amount greater than 
     $222,000,000 and no conversion of advance construction to 
     obligation authority shall cause the Federal share of funding 
     for the Central Artery/Tunnel project to exceed 
     $8,549,000,000.
       (c) Of the funds apportioned to the Commonwealth of 
     Massachusetts under each of subsections (b)(1), (b)(2), 
     (b)(3), and (b)(4) of section 104 and section 105 of title 
     23, United States Code, the Secretary shall withhold 
     obligation of Federal funds and all project approvals for the 
     Central Artery/Tunnel project in fiscal year 2001 and each 
     fiscal year thereafter until the Inspector General of the 
     Department of Transportation finds the annual update of the 
     Central Artery/Tunnel project finance plan consistent with 
     Federal Highway Administration financial plan guidance and 
     the Secretary of the Department of Transportation approves 
     the annual update of the finance plan, except for fiscal year 
     2001 when approval of the annual update of the finance plan 
     will not be required until December 1, 2000.
       (d) Total Federal contributions to the Central Artery/
     Tunnel project shall not exceed $8,549,000,000.
       (e) Should the Secretary withhold Federal funds apportioned 
     to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts under subsections 
     (b)(1), (b)(2), (b)(3), and (b)(4) of section 104 and section 
     105 of title 23, United States Code, for the Central Artery/
     Tunnel project in any fiscal year for noncompliance with this 
     section, such funds shall be available to the Commonwealth of 
     Massachusetts for projects other than the Central Artery/
     Tunnel project in that fiscal year.
       (f) This section shall be in effect for each fiscal year in 
     which any Federal funds are made available to construct the 
     Central Artery/Tunnel project in Boston, Massachusetts.
       (g) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this 
     section to the contrary, the Secretary is authorized to 
     approve conversion of advance construction to obligation 
     authority and otherwise make Federal funds available to the 
     Commonwealth of Massachusetts without regard to the 
     requirement of the section, other than subsection (d), if and 
     only if to the extent necessary, as evidenced by a 
     certificate of the Secretary of Administration and Finance of 
     the Commonwealth of Massachusetts satisfactory to the 
     Secretary, to enable the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to pay 
     all or any portion of the principal amount of notes issued by 
     the Commonwealth of Massachusetts pursuant to section 9 
     through 10D of chapter 11 of the Massachusetts acts of 1997, 
     as amended, to finance costs of the Central Artery/Tunnel 
     project in anticipation of the receipts of Federal funds: 
     Provided, That no funds derived from the sale of grant 
     anticipation notes shall be used to exceed the caps described 
     in subsections (b) and (d).
       Sec. 341. Section 3027(c)(3) of the Transportation Equity 
     Act for the 21st Century (49 U.S.C. 5307 note; 112 Stat. 
     2681-477), relating to services for elderly and persons with 
     disabilities, is amended by striking ``$1,000,000'' and 
     inserting ``$1,444,000''.
       Sec. 342. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     unobligated balances from section 149(a)(45) and section 
     149(a)(63) of Public Law 100-17 and the Ebensburg Bypass 
     Demonstration Project of Public Law 101-164 may be used for 
     improvements along Route 56 in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, 
     including the construction of a parking facility in the 
     vicinity.
       Sec. 343. None of the funds in this Act shall be used for 
     the planning, development, or construction of California 
     State Route 710 freeway extension project through South 
     Pasadena, California.
       Sec. 344. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used for engineering work related to an additional runway 
     at New Orleans International Airport.
       Sec. 345. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, up to 
     $800,000 of unobligated balances from capital investment 
     grants available for Fayette County, Pennsylvania intermodal 
     facilities and buses in the Department of Transportation and 
     Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-
     277) and the Department of Transportation and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106-69) may be 
     made available for an intermodal parking facility in Cambria 
     County, Pennsylvania.
       Sec. 346. 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. 347. 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 
     reductions from the previous year due to user fee 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 
     user fee proposals are not enacted prior to the date of the 
     convening of a committee of conference for the fiscal year 
     2002 appropriations Act.
       Sec. 348. 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. 349. 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 air 
     traffic control facilities.
       Sec. 350. 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, 2000, 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 
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     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. 351. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     beginning in fiscal year 2004, the Secretary shall withhold 2 
     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 has not enacted and is not enforcing a provision 
     described in section 163(a) of chapter 1 of title 23, United 
     States Code; in fiscal year 2005, the Secretary shall 
     withhold 4 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 has not enacted and is not 
     enforcing a provision described in section 163(a) of title 
     23, United States Code; in fiscal year 2006, the Secretary 
     shall withhold 6 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 has not enacted and is not 
     enforcing a provision described in section 163(a) of title 
     23, United States Code; and beginning in fiscal year 2007 and 
     in each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary shall withhold 
     8 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 has not enacted and is not enforcing 
     a provision described in section 163(a) of title 23, United 
     States Code. If within four years from the date that the 
     apportionment for any State is reduced in accordance with 
     this section the Secretary determines that such State has 
     enacted and is enforcing a provision described in 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 four-year 
     period, any State has not enacted and is not enforcing a 
     provision described in section 163(a) of title 23, United 
     States Code, any amounts so withheld shall lapse.
       Sec. 352. (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. 353. 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. 354. 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. 355. Section 1214 of Public Law 105-178, as amended, 
     is further amended by adding a new subsection to read as 
     follows:
       ``(s) Notwithstanding section 117 (c) of title 23, United 
     States Code, for project number 1646 in section 1602 of 
     Public Law 105-178, 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.''.
       Sec. 356. 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 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 Station''.
       Sec. 357. None of the funds in this Act may be available 
     for the planning, development or construction of a multi-
     lane, limited access expressway at section 800, Pennsylvania 
     Route 202 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
       Sec. 358. Item 131 in the table under ``Federal Transit 
     Administration, Capital investment grants'' in Public Law 
     106-69 is amended by adding after ``buses'' the following: 
     ``, bus-related equipment and bus facilities''.
       Sec. 359. Each executive agency shall establish a policy 
     under which eligible employees of the agency may participate 
     in telecommuting to the maximum extent possible without 
     diminished employee performance. Not later than 6 months 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of 
     the Office of Personnel Management shall provide that the 
     requirements of this section are applied to 25 percent of the 
     Federal workforce, and to an additional 25 percent of such 
     workforce each year thereafter.
       Sec. 360. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, new 
     fixed guideway system funds available for the Jackson, 
     Mississippi, Intermodal Corridor in the Department of 
     Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998, 
     Public Law 105-66, may be made available for obligation 
     during this fiscal year for studies to evaluate and define 
     transportation alternatives for this project, including an 
     intermodal facility at Jackson International Airport, and for 
     related preliminary engineering, final design or 
     construction.
       Sec. 361. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, up to 
     $499,000 of the funds made available in item 760 of section 
     1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century 
     shall be available for corridor planning studies between 
     western Baldwin County and Mobile Municipal Airport.
       Sec. 362. Item number 78 in section 1107(b) of the 
     Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 
     (Public Law 102-240) is amended by inserting ``Akron 
     Innerbelt (State Route 59) corridor, Broadway viaduct 
     replacement, and High Street viaduct replacement,'' after 
     ``extension,''.
       Sec. 363. Section 117(c) of title 23, United States Code, 
     is amended by inserting before the period at the end of the 
     following: ``; except that the Federal share on account of 
     the project to be carried out under item 1419 of the table 
     contained in section 1602 of the Transportation Equity Act 
     for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 309), relating to 
     reconstruction of a road and causeway in Shiloh Military Park 
     in Hardin County, Tennessee, shall be 100 percent of the 
     total cost thereof''.
       Sec. 364. Section 30118 of title 49, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) in subsections (a), (b)(1), and (c), by inserting ``, 
     original equipment,'' before ``or replacement equipment'' 
     each place it appears; and
       (2) in subsection (c)--
       (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
     subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and indenting 
     appropriately;
       (B) by striking ``A manufacturer'' and inserting the 
     following: ``(1) In general.--A manufacturer''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(2) Duty of manufacturers.--For the purposes of paragraph 
     (1), a manufacturer of a motor vehicle, original equipment, 
     or replacement equipment shall have a duty to review and 
     consider information, including information received from any 
     foreign source, to learn whether the vehicle or equipment 
     contains a defect or does not comply with an applicable motor 
     vehicle safety standard.''.
       Sec. 365. Funds appropriated to the Federal Transit 
     Administration under the heading ``Transit planning and 
     research'' for international activities in Public Law 106-69 
     shall be transferred to and administered by the Agency for 
     International Development for transportation needs in the 
     frontline states to the Kosovo conflict, as determined to be 
     appropriate by the Administrator of the Agency for 
     International Development.
       Sec. 366. Under the heading ``Discretionary Grants'' in 
     Public Law 105-66, ``$4,000,000 for the Salt Lake City 
     regional commuter system project;'' is amended to read 
     ``$4,000,000 for the transit and other transportation-related 
     portions of the Salt Lake City regional commuter system and 
     Gateway intermodal terminal;''.
       Sec. 367. Of the amounts to be made available in fiscal 
     year 2001 under section 1404 (safety incentives to prevent 
     operation of motor vehicles by intoxicated persons) of Public 
     Law 105-178, $2,492,121 shall be made available to the 
     Commonwealth of Kentucky for adopting a 0.08 blood alcohol 
     content standard. Thereafter the remaining funds shall be 
     distributed by formula to the eligible states, including 
     Kentucky.
       Sec. 368. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Secretary of Transportation shall waive repayment of any 
     Federal-aid highway funds expended by the City of Spokane, 
     Washington on the Lincoln Street Bridge Project.
       Sec. 369. Items 218 and 219 in the table under ``Federal 
     Transit Administration, Capital investment grants'' in 
     Division A, section 101(g) of Public Law 105-277 and items 
     222 and 223 in the table under ``Federal Transit 
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     Capital investment grants'' in Public Law 106-69 are amended 
     by inserting ``and bus and bus facilities'' at the end of 
     each item.
       Sec. 370. Item number 6 in the table contained in section 
     1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century 
     (Public Law 105-178) is amended by inserting after 
     ``Kaysville'', ``and within the amount provided, $2,000,000 
     for repair and reconstruction of the North Ogden Divide 
     Highway''.
       Sec. 371. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     States may use funds provided in this Act under section 402 
     of title 23, United States Code, to produce and place highway 
     safety public service messages in television, radio, cinema, 
     and print media, and on the Internet in accordance with 
     guidance issued by the Secretary of Transportation. Any State 
     that uses funds for such public service messages shall submit 
     to the Secretary a report describing and assessing the 
     effectiveness of the messages.
       Sec. 372. Notwithstanding section 402 of the Department of 
     Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1982 
     (49 U.S.C. 10903 nt), Mohall Railroad, Inc. may abandon track 
     from milepost 5.25 near Granville, North Dakota, to milepost 
     35.0 at Lansford, North Dakota, and the track so abandoned 
     shall not be counted against the 350 mile limitation 
     contained in that section.
       Sec. 373. Item number 163 in the table contained in section 
     1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century 
     (Public Law 105-178) is amended by inserting before the 
     numeral ``which includes the study, design, and construction 
     related to local street improvements needed to complement the 
     extension of Kapkowski Road''.
       Sec. 374. Item number 331 in the table contained in section 
     1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century 
     (112 Stat. 269) is amended by striking ``highway access'' and 
     inserting ``highway and freight rail access''.
       Sec. 375. For capital costs associated with track 
     relocation, track construction and rehabilitation, highway-
     rail separation construction activities including right-of-
     way acquisition and utility relocation, and signal 
     improvements in Muscle Shoals, Tuscumbia, and Sheffield, 
     Alabama, $5,000,000 to the Alabama Department of 
     Transportation, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
     That obligation of federal funds is contingent upon a match 
     of no less than 75 percent from non-federal sources.
       Sec. 376. For capital costs associated with track 
     acquisition and rehabilitation between Strasburg Junction and 
     Shenandoah Caverns, Virginia, $1,000,000 to Valley Trains and 
     Tours, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 
     obligation of federal funds is contingent upon an agreement 
     with Norfolk Southern Corporation on track usage and 
     financial support by the Commonwealth of Virginia.
       Sec. 377. Item 1135 of the table contained in section 1602 
     of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112 
     Stat. 298) is amended by striking ``Replace Barton Road/M 14 
     interchange, Ann Arbor'' and inserting ``Conduct a study of 
     all possible alternatives to the current M-14/Barton Drive 
     interchange in Ann Arbor, including relocation of M-14/U.S. 
     23 from Maple Road to Plymouth Road, mass transit options, 
     and other means of reducing commuter traffic and improving 
     highway safety''.
       Sec. 378. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in 
     addition to amounts made available in this Act or any other 
     Act, the following sums shall be made available from the 
     Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account): 
     $50,000,000 for the intelligent transportation infrastructure 
     program as authorized by section 5117(b)(3) of Public Law 
     105-178; $8,500,000 for construction of, and improvements to, 
     17th Avenue and 23rd Avenue highway ramps in Denver, 
     Colorado; $1,000,000 for engineering, construction of, and 
     improvements to, the Cascade Gateway Border Project in 
     Whatcom County, Washington; $100,000,000 for construction 
     of, and improvements to, Corridor D on the Appalachian 
     development highway system in the State of West Virginia; 
     $1,500,000 for construction of, and improvements to, the 
     Alameda Corridor-East Gateway to American Trade corridor 
     project, California; $4,000,000 for construction of, and 
     improvements to, Avenue G viaduct and connector roads in 
     Council Bluffs, Iowa; $34,100,000 for design and 
     construction of the Birmingham, Alabama Northern Beltline; 
     $13,500,000 for construction of, and improvements to, US 
     231 from Bowling Green to Scottsville, Kentucky; $150,000 
     for improvements to the Broad Street and Wyckoff Road 
     intersection, including traffic light upgrades, in the 
     Borough of Eatontown, New Jersey; $12,000,000 for 
     construction of road expansion and improvements to, the 
     Broad Street Parkway in Nashua, New Hampshire; $10,000,000 
     to construct interchanges US 281 at FM 2812, FM 162, FM 
     490, SP 122, and SH 186 in Texas; $12,500,000 to construct 
     interchanges US 77 at Business 77 North, FM 3186, FM 490, 
     SP 122, and SP 413 in Texas; $30,000,000 for construction 
     of, and improvements to, the Cooper River Bridge in South 
     Carolina; $100,000,000 for construction of, and 
     improvements to, Corridor X on the Appalachian development 
     highway system in the State of Alabama; $4,000,000 for 
     construction, including related activities, of an 
     interchange at County Highway J and US 10 and to upgrade a 
     segment of US 10 to a four-lane highway in Portage County, 
     Wisconsin; $5,000,000 for construction, including related 
     activities, of the Craig Road overpass between I-15 and 
     Lossee Road in the City of North Las Vegas, Nevada; 
     $30,200,000 for construction of, and improvements to, 
     bridges and other projects on the Dalton Highway, Alaska; 
     $3,200,000 for improvements to Dayton Road in Ames, Iowa; 
     $15,000,000 for construction of, and improvements to, the 
     Detroit, Michigan Ambassador Bridge Gateway project; 
     $24,000,000 for construction of, and improvements to, FAST 
     Corridor in Washington; $10,000,000 for construction of, 
     and improvements to, the Fort Washington Way 
     reconfiguration project, Cincinnati, Ohio; $35,000,000 for 
     construction of, and improvement to, the Four Bears Bridge 
     in North Dakota; $50,000,000 for construction of, and 
     improvements to, the Glenn Highway/George Parks Highway 
     interchange in Alaska; $8,000,000 for preliminary design 
     of the Interstate Route 69 Great River Bridge crossing the 
     Mississippi at Bolivar County, Mississippi; $8,000,000 for 
     reconstruction of, and other improvements to, Halls Mill 
     Road in Freehold Township and Monmouth County, New Jersey; 
     $4,500,000 for construction of, and improvements to, 
     Hamakua-Hilo corridor road and bridge projects, Hawaii; 
     $35,000,000 for construction, including related 
     activities, of an extension of Highway 180 from the City 
     of Mendota to I-5 in Fresno County, California; 
     $10,000,000 to upgrade Highway 36 in Marion County, 
     Missouri, to four-land divided highway; $9,750,000 for 
     widening, relocation of, and other improvements to South 
     Carolina Highway 5, including the removal and relocation 
     of municipal utilities, between Interstate 85 in Cherokee 
     County, South Carolina and Interstate 77 in York County, 
     South Carolina; $10,000,000 for upgrading Highway 60 in 
     Shannon and Carter counties, Missouri, to four-lane 
     divided highway; $6,400,000 for Hoeven Valley corridor, 
     Sioux City, road, intersection, and rail crossing 
     improvements, in Iowa; $20,000,000 for environmental work, 
     design, and construction of the Hoover Dam bypass four-
     lane bridge; $13,500,000 for construction of, and 
     improvements to, I-15 between milepost 0 and milepost 16, 
     from the Utah border to Deep Creek, Idaho; $10,000,000 for 
     construction of, and improvements to, the I-15 Southbound 
     project, Nevada; $10,000,000 for construction of, and 
     improvements to, I-195 in Rhode Island; $6,400,000 for 
     municipality relocation costs for I-235 in Polk County, 
     Iowa; $12,000,000 for environmental work, preliminary 
     survey and design, and reconstruction of I-35 from Des 
     Moines to Ankeny, Iowa, $36,000,000 for construction, 
     including related activities, of the I-39/US 51/SH 29 
     corridor (Wausau Beltline) in and around Wausau, 
     Wisconsin; $94,000,000 for construction of, and 
     improvements to, I-49 in the State of Arkansas; 
     $18,400,000 for environmental work, preliminary survey and 
     design of I-69 in Tennessee;; $10,000,000 for construction 
     of, and improvements to, the I-80/US 395 interchange in 
     Reno, Nevada; $2,800,000 for border crossing improvements 
     on I-87, in New York; $8,000,000 for construction of, and 
     improvements to, the I-95 to Transitway access project in 
     Stamford, Connecticut; $4,000,000 for construction of, and 
     improvements to, U.S. Department of Transportation 
     structure numbered 289-961-H at FAS Route 37 in Illinois; 
     $250,000 for improvements at the Rosedal Road and 
     Provinceline Road intersection in the Township of 
     Princeton, New Jersey; $1,200,000 for improvements to 
     County Route 605 in Delaware Township and West Amwell 
     Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey; $2,500,000 for 
     improvements to the Route 9 and Route 520 intersection in 
     Marlboro Township, New Jersey; $5,000,000 for improvement 
     to US 73 from State Avenue North to Marxen Road in 
     Wyandotte County, Kansas; $5,000,000 for installation of 
     sound barriers along the Route 309 Expressway between 
     Limekiln Pike and State Route 63 in Montgomery County, 
     Pennsylvania; $8,700,000 for construction, including 
     related activities, of a new interchange on I-435 at 
     Donahoo Road in Wyandotte County, Kansas; $15,000,000 for 
     construction of, and improvements to, the intersection at 
     27th Street and Airport Road in Billings, Montana; 
     $5,000,000 for construction of, and improvements to, 
     Kahuku Bridges, Hawaii; $5,500,000 for construction of, 
     and improvements to, the Kansas Lane Connector Road 
     alignment project in Monroe, Louisiana; $4,000,000 for 
     construction of, and improvements to, Kekaha, Kauai access 
     roads, Hawaii; $10,000,000 for planning, environmental 
     work, and preliminary engineering of highway, pedestrian 
     vehicular, and bicycle access to the John F. Kennedy 
     Center for the Performing Arts in the District of 
     Columbia; $2,500,000 for construction of, and improvement 
     to, Kihei Road, Hawaii; $10,000,000 for Lafayette Street 
     access improvements from the US 202 Dannehower Bridge to 
     the Pennsylvania Turnpike, including extension of 
     Lafayette Street to the Conshohocken Road, intersection 
     improvements and bridge, reconstruction in Norristown, 
     Pennsylvania; $12,400,000 for widening and overlay/guard 
     rail work on SR 789 between Lander and Hudson, Wyoming; 
     $500,000 for reconstruction of Lewisville Road in Lawrence 
     Township, New Jersey; $3,200,000 for construction of, and 
     improvements to, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Bridge in 
     Toledo, Ohio; $9,300,000 for construction of, and 
     improvements to, the Midtown West intermodal ferry 
     terminal, New York City, New York; $5,000,000 for 
     construction, including related activities, of an 
     extension of Mississippi Highway 44, including a bridge 
     over the Pearl River, in Lawrence County, Mississippi; 
     $13,000,000 for construction of, and improvements to, the 
     Missouri River pedestrian crossing in Omaha, Nebraska; 
     $5,000,000 for the NJCDC Training Facility Project in 
     Paterson, New Jersey; $16,000,000 for construction of, and 
     improvements to, North Shore Road in Swain County, North 
     Carolina; $3,500,000 for construction of, and improvements 
     to, the Norwich, Connecticut intermodal facility project; 
     $1,500,000 for construction of, and improvements to, 
     Padanaram and Little River Road bridge projects in 
     Dartmouth, Massachusetts; $11,000,000 for reconstruction 
     activities on the Potee Street Bridge in Baltimore, 
     Maryland; $250,000 for reconstruction of Institute Street, 
     Lockwood Avenue, First Street, Second Street,

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     Third Street, Ford Avenue, Liberty Street, and Bond Street 
     in the Borough of Freehold, New Jersey; $4,200,000 for 
     relocation and related construction activities thereto of 
     MacArthur Boulevard in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; $1,200,000 
     for grade crossing eliminations along Route 17 in Chemung 
     County, New York; $4,000,000 for construction of, and 
     improvements to, Route 2 between St. Johnsbury, Vermont 
     and the New Hampshire State Line; $500,000 for 
     improvements to Route 35 at Clinton Avenue and other 
     intersections in the Borough of Eatontown, Mew Jersey; 
     $500,000 for Route 35 corridor improvements, including 
     signal upgrades, in the Borough of Eatontown, New Jersey; 
     $2,600,000 for construction of, and improvements to, the 
     Niangua Bridge on Route 5 in Camden County, Missouri; 
     $1,000,000 for improvements to Route 641 in Hunterdon 
     County, New Jersey; $25,000,000 for construction, 
     including related activities, of the Route 7 North bypass 
     in Brookfield, Connecticut; $6,000,000 for construction 
     of, and improvements to, the Route 9 Bennington Bypass, 
     Vermont; $5,000,000 for construction of, and improvements 
     to, Saddle Road, Hawaii; $1,200,000 for reconstruction of 
     School Road East in Marlboro Township, New Jersey; 
     $29,000,000 for construction of, and improvements to, a 
     Southeast Connector Route between I-90 and SD 79 in South 
     Dakota; $5,000,000 for improvements, including traffic 
     signal system upgrades, to State Route 99 in Shoreline, 
     Washington; $500,000 for the Township of Princeton, New 
     Jersey municipal complex road improvements, including 
     improvements to the Valley, Mount Lucas, Terhune and 
     Cherry Hill roadways in the Township of Princeton, New 
     Jersey; $23,600,000 for construction of, and improvements 
     to, US 12 between Aberdeen and I-29 in South Dakota; 
     $40,000,000 for construction of, and improvements to, US 
     19 in Pinellas County, Florida; $25,000,000 for 
     construction of, and improvements to, US 50 Parkersburg 
     bypass in West Virginia; $10,000,000 for construction of, 
     and improvements to, US 63 in Jonesboro, Arkansas; 
     $5,000,000 for construction of, and improvements to, US 
     101 in Oregon; $4,000,000 for construction of, and 
     improvements to, US 54 in Kansas; $100,000,000 for 
     construction of, and improvements to, the US 82 bridge 
     over the Mississippi River at Greenville, Mississippi; 
     $10,000,000 for construction of, and improvements to, 
     including widening, of US 95 between Laughlin Cutoff and 
     Railroad Pass, Nevada; $1,000,000 for improvements to the 
     Van Wyck Expressway, Queens County, New York; and 
     $20,000,000 for widening US 53 from two lanes to four 
     lanes from Minnesota Highway 169 north of Virginia, 
     Minnesota to Cook, Minnesota; Provided, That the amounts 
     appropriated in this section shall remain available until 
     expended and shall not be subject to, or computed against, 
     any obligation limitation or contract authority set forth 
     in this Act or any other Act.
       Sec. 379. (a) Section 412(a) of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial 
     Bridge Authority Act of 1995 (109 Stat. 627; 112 Stat. 159) 
     is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1)--
       (A) by striking ``There is'' and inserting the following:
       ``(A) Highway trust fund.--There is''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(B) General fund.--
       ``(i) In general.--In addition to amounts made available 
     under subparagraph (A), there is appropriated to pay the 
     costs described in subparagraph (A) $600,000,000 for fiscal 
     year 2001.
       ``(ii) Condition.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, the additional funds made available by clause (i) shall 
     be made available only when 1 or more of the Capital Region 
     jurisdictions accepts conveyance from the Secretary of all 
     right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the 
     new Bridge.
       ``(iii) Manner of use.--The use of the additional funds 
     made available by clause (i) shall be subject to title 23, 
     United States Code.'';
       (2) in paragraph (2)--
       (A) by striking ``Funds'' and inserting ``Except as 
     provided in paragraph (3), funds''; and
       (B) by striking ``this section'' and inserting ``paragraph 
     (1)(A)''; and
       (3) by striking ``Code; except that--'' and inserting the 
     following: ``Code.
       ``(3) Conditions.--With respect to funds authorized or 
     appropriated by this section--''.
       (b) Section 412 of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge 
     Authority Act of 1995 (109 Stat. 627; 112 Stat. 159) is 
     amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(d) Limitation on Federal Contribution.--
       ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
     aggregate of the amounts made available from the Highway 
     Trust Fund and the general fund of the Treasury under this 
     section shall not exceed $1,500,000,000.
       ``(2) Excluded amounts.--Amounts made available for the 
     Project under section 110 of title 23, United States Code, 
     shall be excluded from the limitation established by 
     paragraph (1).''.
       Sec. 380. Section 5309(g)(4) of title 49 United States Code 
     is amended by inserting ``(A)'' after ``(4)'' and by adding 
     at the end the following:
       ``(B) For fiscal year 2001 and thereafter, the amount 
     equivalent to the last 2 fiscal years of funding authorized 
     under section 5338(b) for new fixed guideway systems and 
     extensions to existing fixed guideway systems referred to in 
     subparagraph (A) shall be the amount equivalent to the last 3 
     fiscal years of such authorized funding.
       ``(C) Any increase in the total estimated amount of future 
     obligations of the Government and contingent commitments to 
     incur obligations covered by all outstanding letters of 
     intent, full funding grant agreements, and early systems work 
     agreements as a result of application of subparagraph (B) 
     instead of subparagraph (A) shall be available as follows:
       ``(1) $269,100,000 for the Chicago, Illinois Metra commuter 
     rail project, that consists of the following elements: the 
     Kane County extension; the North Central double-tracking 
     project; and the Southwest corridor extension.
       ``(2) $565,600,000 for the Chicago Transit Authority 
     project that consists of the following elements: Ravenswood 
     Branch station and line improvements and the Douglas Branch 
     reconstruction project.
       ``(3) For new fixed guideways and extensions to existing 
     fixed guideway systems other than for projects referred to in 
     paragraphs (1) and (2); except that for fiscal year 2001, 
     such increase under this paragraph shall not be available for 
     allocation by the department or for making future obligations 
     of the Government and contingent commitments until April 1, 
     2001.
       ``(D) Of the amount that would be available under 
     subparagraph (A) if subparagraph (B) were not in effect and 
     would have otherwise been allocated by the Federal Transit 
     Administration to those projects referred to in subparagraphs 
     (C)(1) and (C)(2) shall be available as follows:
       ``(1) $60,000,000 for the Minneapolis Hiawatha corridor 
     light rail project, which shall be in addition to amounts 
     otherwise allocated under subparagraph (A), for a total of 
     $334,300,000.
       ``(2) $217,800,000 for the Dulles corridor bus rapid 
     transit project, that consists of a light rail extension from 
     the West Falls Church metrorail station to Tysons Corner, 
     Virginia and bus rapid transit from Tysons Corner to the 
     Dulles International Airport.
       ``(E) Any amount that would be available under subparagraph 
     (A) if subparagraph (B) were not in effect and would have 
     otherwise been allocated by the Federal Transit 
     Administration to those projects referred to in subparagraphs 
     (C)(1) and (C)(2), shall not be available for allocation by 
     the department or for making future obligations of the 
     Government and contingent commitments until April 1, 2001, 
     except for those projects referred to in subparagraph (D)(1) 
     and (D)(2).
       ``(F) Future obligations of the Government and contingent 
     commitments made against the contingent commitment authority 
     under section 3032(g)(2) of the Intermodal Surface 
     Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 for the San Francisco 
     BART to the Airport project for fiscal years 2002, 2003, 
     2004, 2005 and 2006 shall be charged against section 
     3032(g)(2) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation 
     Efficiency Act of 1991.
       ``(G) Any amount that would be available under subparagraph 
     (A) if subparagraph (F) were not in effect and would 
     otherwise have been allocated by the Federal Transit 
     Administration to the project in subparagraph (F) shall 
     not be available for allocation by the department or for 
     making future obligations of the Government and contingent 
     commitments until April 1, 2001.''.
       Sec. 381. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     within one week from the date of enactment of this Act, the 
     Federal Transit Administrator shall sign a Full Funding Grant 
     Agreement for the MOS-2 segment of the New Jersey Urban 
     Core--Hudson Bergen project.
       Sec. 382. None of the funds appropriated in this or any 
     other Act may be used to adjust the boundary of the Point 
     Retreat Light Station or to otherwise limit the property at 
     the Point Retreat Light Station currently under lease to the 
     Alaska Lighthouse Association: Provided, That any 
     modifications to the boundary of the Point Retreat Light 
     Station made after January 1, 1998 is hereby declared null 
     and void.

                                TITLE IV

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

                       Bureau of the Public Debt

      gifts to the united states for reduction of the public debt

       For deposit of an additional amount into the account 
     established under section 3113(d) of title 31, United States 
     Code, to reduce the public debt, $5,000,000,000.

                                TITLE V

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

                          Departmental Offices


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For an additional amount in support of the Nation's 
     counterterrorism efforts, $6,424,000: Provided, That these 
     funds shall be for establishing a new interagency National 
     Terrorist Asset Tracking Center in the Office of Foreign 
     Assets Control: Provided further, That these funds may be 
     used to reimburse any Department of the Treasury organization 
     for costs of providing support for this effort.

        Department-Wide Systems and Capital Investments Programs


                     (Including Transfer of Funds)

       For an additional amount for the integrated Treasury 
     wireless network, $15,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That these funds shall be transferred to 
     accounts and in amounts as necessary to satisfy the 
     requirements of the Department's offices, bureaus, and other 
     organizations: Provided further, That this transfer authority 
     shall be in addition to any other transfer authority 
     provided: Provided further, That none of the funds 
     appropriated shall be used to support or supplement the 
     Internal Revenue Service appropriations for Information 
     Systems.

                 Expanded Access to Financial Services


                     (Including Transfer of Funds)

       For an additional amount to develop and implement programs 
     to expand access to financial services for low- and moderate-
     income individuals, $8,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That of these funds, such

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     sums as may be necessary may be transferred to accounts of 
     the Department's offices, bureaus, and other organizations: 
     Provided further, That this transfer authority shall be in 
     addition to any other transfer authority provided.

                Federal Law Enforcement Training Center


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For an additional amount to establish and operate a 
     metropolitan area law enforcement training center for the 
     Department of the Treasury, other Federal agencies, the 
     United States Capitol Police, and the Washington, D.C., 
     Metropolitan Police Department, $5,000,000: Provided, That 
     the principal function of the center shall be for firearms 
     and vehicle operation requalification: Provided further, That 
     use of the center for training for other state and local law 
     enforcement agencies may be provided on a space-available 
     basis: Provided further, That the Federal Law Enforcement 
     Training Center is authorized to obligate funds in 
     anticipation of reimbursement from agencies receiving 
     training sponsored by the Federal Law Enforcement Training 
     Center, except that total obligations at the end of the 
     fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary resources 
     available at the end of the fiscal year: Provided further, 
     That the costs of transportation to and from the center, 
     ammunition, vehicles, and instruction at the center shall be 
     funded either directly by participating law enforcement 
     agencies, or through reimbursement of actual costs to this 
     appropriation: Provided further, That of the funds provided, 
     no more than $1,500,000 may be obligated until a funding plan 
     for the center has been submitted to the Committees on 
     Appropriations: Provided further, That all Federal property 
     in the National Capital Region that is in the surplus 
     property inventory of the General Services Administration 
     shall be available for selection and use by the Secretary of 
     the Treasury as the site of such a metropolitan area law 
     enforcement training center. If the Secretary of the Treasury 
     identifies a parcel of such property that is appropriate for 
     use for such a center, the property shall not be treated as 
     excess property or surplus property (as those terms are used 
     in the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 
     1949) and administrative jurisdiction over the property shall 
     be transferred to the Secretary for use for such a center.


     Acquisition, Construction, Improvements, and Related Expenses

       For an additional amount for design and construction of a 
     metropolitan area law enforcement training center, including 
     firearms and vehicle operations requalification facilities, 
     $25,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
     That of the funds provided, no more than $3,000,000 may be 
     obligated until a design and construction plan has been 
     submitted to the Committees on Appropriations.

                Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For an additional amount, $4,148,000, for participation in 
     Joint Terrorism Task Forces.

                     United States Customs Service


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For an additional amount, $18,934,000: Provided, That 
     $10,000,000 shall be for technology and infrastructure along 
     the northern border: Provided further, That $6,600,000 shall 
     be for hiring counterterrorism agents for deployment along 
     the northern border: Provided further, That none of the funds 
     provided for the northern border shall be obligated until the 
     Commissioner of the Customs Service submits for approval to 
     the Committees on Appropriations a plan for the deployment of 
     the resources and personnel: Provided further, That 
     $2,334,000 shall be for participation in Joint Terrorism Task 
     Forces.

                        Internal Revenue Service


                          Tax Law Enforcement

       For an additional amount, $7,974,000: Provided, That 
     $3,135,000 shall be in support of the money laundering 
     strategy: Provided further, That $4,839,000 shall be for 
     participation in Joint Terrorism Task Forces.


                   Information Technology Investments

       For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service, 
     $71,751,000, to remain available until September 30, 2003, 
     for the capital asset acquisition of information technology 
     systems, including management and related contractual costs 
     of said acquisitions, including contractual costs associated 
     with operations authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided, That 
     none of these funds may be obligated until the Internal 
     Revenue Service submits to the Committees on Appropriations, 
     and such Committees approve, a plan for expenditure that (1) 
     meets the capital planning and investment control review 
     requirements established by the Office of Management and 
     Budget, including Circular A-11 part 3; (2) complies with the 
     Internal Revenue Service's enterprise architecture, including 
     the modernization blueprint; (3) conforms with the Internal 
     Revenue Service's enterprise life cycle methodology; (4) is 
     approved by the Internal Revenue Service, the Department 
     of the Treasury, and the Office of Management and Budget; 
     (5) has been reviewed by the General Accounting Office; 
     and (6) complies with the acquisition rules, requirements, 
     guidelines, and systems acquisition management practices 
     of the Federal Government.


           Staffing Tax Administration for Balance and Equity

                     (Including Transfer of Funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service 
     related to the hiring of new staff, $141,000,000: Provided, 
     That these funds shall be transferred to the appropriations 
     accounts for ``Processing, Assistance, and Management'', 
     ``Tax Law Enforcement'', and ``Information Systems'' in 
     accordance with a staffing plan approved by the Department of 
     the Treasury and the Office of Management and Budget: 
     Provided further, That none of these funds may be transferred 
     or obligated until such staffing plan is submitted to, and 
     approved by, the Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
     further, That this transfer authority shall be in addition to 
     any other transfer authority provided.

                      United States Secret Service


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For an additional amount, $2,904,000, for participation in 
     Joint Terrorism Task Forces.

    EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE 
                               PRESIDENT

                 Office of National Drug Control Policy


                Counterdrug Technology Assessment Center

                     (Including Transfer of Funds)

       For an additional amount, $7,000,000: Provided, That 
     $5,000,000 shall be available for continued operation of the 
     technology transfer program: Provided further, That 
     $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
     available for counternarcotics research and development 
     projects, to be used for the continued development of a 
     wireless interoperability communication project in Colorado.

                          Unanticipated Needs

       For expenses necessary to enable the President to meet 
     unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national interest, 
     security, or defense which may arise at home or abroad during 
     the current fiscal year, as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 108, 
     $3,500,000: Provided, That, of such amount, $2,500,000 shall 
     become available on March 31, 2001, and shall be provided to 
     the Elections Commission of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 
     as a transfer to be used for objective, non-partisan 
     citizens' education and a choice by voters regarding the 
     islands' future status: Provided further, That none of the 
     funds described in the preceding proviso may be obligated 
     until 45 days after the Elections Commission of the 
     Commonwealth of Puerto Rico submits to the Committees on 
     Appropriations for approval an expenditure plan developed 
     jointly by the Popular Democratic Party, the New Progressive 
     Party, and the Puerto Rican Independence Party: Provided 
     further, That the Elections Commission of the Commonwealth of 
     Puerto Rico shall include the expenditure plan additional 
     views from any party that does not agree with the plan.

                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                    General Services Administration


                        Real Property Activities

                         Federal Buildings Fund

                 Limitations on Availability of Revenue

                     (Including Transfer of Funds)

       For an additional amount to be deposited in, and to be used 
     for the purposes of, the Fund established pursuant to section 
     210(f) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services 
     Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 490(f)), $11,350,000: 
     Provided, That $3,000,000 shall be available for non-
     prospectus construction: Provided further, That $8,350,000, 
     to remain available until expended, shall be available for 
     repairs and alterations.


                         Policy and Operations

       For an additional amount, $13,789,000 of which $2,060,000 
     shall be for the electronic government initiative, of which 
     $2,000,000 shall be for the regulatory information service 
     center, of which $2,000,000 shall be for facilitating post 
     conveyance remediation to be performed by the City of 
     Waltham, Massachusetts, of which $2,000,000 shall be for a 
     grant to the Institute for Biomedical Science and 
     Biotechnology, of which $2,000,000 shall be for a grant to 
     the Center for Agricultural Policy and Trade Studies, of 
     which $1,000,000 shall be for a grant to the Berwick, 
     Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority, of which 
     $1,000,000 shall be a grant to Ewing-Lawrence Sewerage 
     Authority in Ewing Township, New Jersey, of which $750,000 
     shall be for logistical support of the World Police and Fire 
     Games in Indiana, and of which $979,000 shall be for base 
     operations.

              National Archives and Records Administration


                        Repairs and Restoration

       For an additional amount for repairs to the John F. Kennedy 
     Presidential Library, $6,610,000, to remain available until 
     expended.

                     GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS TITLE

       Sec. 501. (a) Prohibition of Federal Agency Monitoring of 
     Personal Information on Use of Internet.--None of the funds 
     made available in the Treasury and General Government 
     Appropriations Act, 2001 may be used by any Federal agency--
       (1) to collect, review, or create any aggregate list, 
     derived from any means, that includes the collection of any 
     personally identifiable information relating to an 
     individual's access to or use of any Federal government 
     Internet site of the agency; or
       (2) to enter into any agreement with a third party 
     (including another government agency) to collect, review, or 
     obtain any aggregate list, derived from any means, that 
     includes the collection of any personally identifiable 
     information relating to an individual's access to or use 
     of any nongovernmental Internet site.
       (b) Exceptions.--The limitations established in subsection 
     (a) shall not apply to --
       (1) any record of aggregate data that does not identify 
     particular persons;
       (2) any voluntary submission of personally identifiable 
     information;
       (3) any action taken for law enforcement, regulatory, or 
     supervisory purposes, in accordance with applicable law; or
       (4) any action described in subsection (a)(1) that is a 
     system security action taken by the operator of an Internet 
     site and is necessarily incident to the rendition of the 
     Internet site services or to the protection of the rights or 
     property of the provider of the Internet site.

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       (c) Relation to Other Provision.--Section 644 of the 
     Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2001 
     (relating to Federal agency monitoring of personal 
     information on use of the Internet) shall not have effect.
       (d) Definitions.--For the purposes of this section:
       (1) The term ``regulatory'' means agency actions to 
     implement, interpret or enforce authorities provided in law.
       (2) The term ``supervisory'' means examinations of the 
     agency's supervised institutions, including assessing safety 
     and soundness, overall financial condition, management 
     practices and policies and compliance with applicable 
     standards as provided in law.
       Sec. 502. (a) Clarification of Permissible Use of Facsimile 
     Machines and Electronic Mail to File Independent Expenditure 
     Statements.--Section 304 of the Federal Election Campaign Act 
     of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new subsection:
       ``(d)(1) Any person who is required to file a statement 
     under subsection (c) of this section, except statements 
     required to be filed electronically pursuant to subsection 
     (a)(11)(A)(i) may file the statement by facsimile device or 
     electronic mail, in accordance with such regulations as the 
     Commission may promulgate.
       ``(2) The Commission shall make a document which is filed 
     electronically with the Commission pursuant to this paragraph 
     accessible to the public on the Internet not later than 24 
     hours after the document is received by the Commission.
       ``(3) In promulgating a regulation under this paragraph, 
     the Commission shall provide methods (other than requiring a 
     signature on the document being filed) for verifying the 
     documents covered by the regulation. Any document verified 
     under any of the methods shall be treated for all purposes 
     (including penalties for perjury) in the same manner as a 
     document verified by signature.''.
       (b) Treatment of Lines of Credit Obtained by Candidates as 
     Commercially Reasonable Loans.--Section 301(8)(B) of such Act 
     of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(8)(B)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of clause (xiii);
       (2) by striking the period at the end of clause (xiv) and 
     inserting ``; and''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following new clause:
       ``(xv) any loan of money derived from an advance on a 
     candidate's brokerage account, credit card, home equity line 
     of credit, or other line of credit available to the 
     candidate, if such loan is made in accordance with applicable 
     law and under commercially reasonable terms and if the person 
     making such loan makes loans derived from an advance on the 
     candidate's brokerage account, credit card, home equity line 
     of credit, or other line of credit in the normal course of 
     the person's business.''.
       (c) Requiring Actual Receipt of Certain Independent 
     Expenditure Reports Within 24 Hours.--
       (1) In general.--Section 304(c)(2) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 
     434(c)(2)) is amended in the matter following subparagraph 
     (C)--
       (A) by striking ``shall be reported'' and inserting ``shall 
     be filed''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following new sentence: 
     ``Notwithstanding subsection (a)(5), the time at which the 
     statement under this subsection is received by the Secretary, 
     the Commission, or any other recipient to whom the 
     notification is required to be sent shall be considered the 
     time of filing of the statement with the recipient.''.
       (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 304(a)(5) of such Act (2 
     U.S.C. 434(a)(5)) is amended by striking ``or (4)(A)(ii)'' 
     and inserting ``or (4)(A)(ii), or the second sentence of 
     subsection (c)(2)''.
       (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall apply with respect to elections occurring after January 
     2001.
       Sec. 503. Of the amounts provided to the Office of National 
     Drug Control Policy for fiscal year 2001 for the anti-doping 
     efforts of the United States Olympic Committee, the Director 
     of such Office shall make direct payment of $3,300,000 to The 
     U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, Incorporated, for the conduct of 
     anti-doping activities: Provided, That these funds shall be 
     provided not later than 30 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act: Provided further, That of the funds 
     made available for this effort, The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency 
     shall have the sole authority to obligate these funds for the 
     promotion of anti-doping efforts relating to United States 
     athletes in the Olympic, Pan American, and Paralympic Games.
       Sec. 504. Section 640 of the Treasury and General 
     Government Appropriations Act, 2001 (relating to Civil 
     Service Retirement System) shall not have effect.
       Sec. 505. (a) Civil Service Retirement System.--The table 
     under section 8334(c) of title 5, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) in the matter relating to an employee by striking:

       

                                   ``7.5...........  January 1, 2001, to
                                                      December 31, 2002.
                                   7...............  After December 31,
                                                      2002.''
 

     and inserting the following:

       

                                  ``7..............  After December 31,
                                                      2000.'';
 

       (2) in the matter relating to a Member or employee for 
     Congressional employee service by striking:

                     ``8....................  January 1, 2001, to
                                               December 31, 2002.
                     7.5....................  After December 31, 2002.''
 

     and inserting the following:

                    ``7.5...................  After December 31,
                                               2000.'';
 

       (3) in the matter relating to a law enforcement officer for 
     law enforcement service and firefighter for firefighter 
     service by striking:

                     ``8....................  January 1, 2001, to
                                               December 31, 2002.
                     7.5....................  After December 31, 2002.''
 

     and inserting the following:

                    ``7.5...................  After December 31,
                                               2000.'';
 

       (4) in the matter relating to a bankruptcy judge by 
     striking:

                     ``8.5..................  January 1, 2001, to
                                               December 31, 2002.
                     8......................  After December 31, 2002.''
 

     and inserting the following:

                    ``8.....................  After December 31,
                                               2000.'';
 

       (5) in the matter relating to a judge of the United States 
     Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces for service as a judge 
     of that court by striking:

                     ``8.5..................  January 1, 2001, to
                                               December 31, 2002.
                     8......................  After December 31, 2002.''
 

     and inserting the following:

                    ``8.....................  After December 31,
                                               2000.'';
 

       (6) in the matter relating to a United States magistrate by 
     striking:

                     ``8.5..................  January 1, 2001, to
                                               December 31, 2002.
                     8......................  After December 31, 2002.''
 

     and inserting the following:

                    ``8.....................  After December 31,
                                               2000.'';
 

       (7) in the matter relating to a Court of Federal Claims 
     judge by striking:

                     ``8.5..................  January 1, 2001, to
                                               December 31, 2002.
                     8......................  After December 31, 2002.''
 

     and inserting the following:

                    ``8.....................  After December 31,
                                               2000.'';
 

       (8) in the matter relating to a member of the Capitol 
     Police by striking:

                     ``8....................  January 1, 2001, to
                                               December 31, 2002.
                     7.5....................  After December 31, 2002.''
 

     and inserting the following:

                    ``7.5...................  After December 31,
                                               2000.'';
 

     and
       (9) in the matter relating to a nuclear materials courier 
     by striking:

                     ``8....................  January 1, 2001 to
                                               December 31, 2002.
                     7.5....................  After December 31, 2002.''
 

     and inserting the following:

                    ``7.5...................  After December 31,
                                               2000.''.
 

       (b) Federal Employees' Retirement System.--
       (1) In general.--Section 8422(a) of title 5, United States 
     Code, is amended by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(3) The applicable percentage under this paragraph for 
     civilian service shall be as follows:

``Employee.......................  7...............  January 1, 1987, to
                                                      December 31, 1998.
                                   7.25............  January 1, 1999, to
                                                      December 31, 1999.
                                   7.4.............  January 1, 2000, to
                                                      December 31, 2000.
                                   7...............  After December 31,
                                                      2000.
Congressional employee...........  7.5.............  January 1, 1987, to
                                                      December 31, 1998.
                                   7.75............  January 1, 1999, to
                                                      December 31, 1999.
                                   7.9.............  January 1, 2000, to
                                                      December 31, 2000.
                                   7.5.............  After December 31,
                                                      2000.
Member...........................  7.5.............  January 1, 1987, to
                                                      December 31, 1998.
                                   7.75............  January 1, 1999, to
                                                      December 31, 1999.
                                   7.9.............  January 1, 2000, to
                                                      December 31, 2000.
                                   8...............  January 1, 2001, to
                                                      December 31, 2002.
                                   7.5.............  After December 31,
                                                      2002.
Law enforcement officer,           7.5.............  January 1, 1987, to
 firefighter, member of the                           December 31, 1998.
 Capitol Police, or air traffic
 controller.
                                   7.75............  January 1, 1999, to
                                                      December 31, 1999.
                                   7.9.............  January 1, 2000, to
                                                      December 31, 2000.
                                   7.5.............  After December 31,
                                                      2000.
Nuclear materials courier........  7...............  January 1, 1987, to
                                                      October 16, 1998.
                                   7.5.............  October 17, 1998,
                                                      to December 31,
                                                      1998.
                                   7.75............  January 1, 1999, to
                                                      December 31, 1999.
                                   7.9.............  January 1, 2000, to
                                                      December 31, 2000.
                                   7.5.............  After December 31,
                                                      2000.''.
 

       (2) Military service.--Section 8422(e)(6) of title 5, 
     United States Code, is amended--
       (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``and'' after the 
     semicolon;
       (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``; and'' and 
     inserting a period; and

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       (C) by striking subparagraph (C).
       (3) Volunteer service.--Section 8422(f)(4) of title 5, 
     United States Code, is amended--
       (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``and'' after the 
     semicolon;
       (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``; and'' and 
     inserting a period; and
       (C) by striking subparagraph (C).
       (c) Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability 
     System.--
       (1) In general.--Section 7001(c)(2) of the Balanced Budget 
     Act of 1997 (50 U.S.C. 2021 note) is amended--
       (A) in the matter before the colon, by striking ``December 
     31, 2002'' and inserting ``December 31, 2000''; and
       (B) in the matter after the colon, by striking all that 
     follows ``December 31, 2000.''.
       (2) Military service.--Section 252(h)(1)(A) of the Central 
     Intelligence Agency Retirement Act (50 U.S.C. 2082(h)(1)(A)), 
     is amended--
       (A) in the matter before the colon, by striking ``December 
     31, 2002'' and inserting ``December 31, 2000''; and
       (B) in the matter after the colon, by striking all that 
     follows ``December 31, 2000.''.
       (d) Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System.--
       (1) In general.--Section 7001(d)(2) of the Balanced Budget 
     Act of 1997 (22 U.S.C. 4045 note) is amended--
       (A) in subparagraph (A)--
       (i) in the matter before the colon, by striking ``December 
     31, 2002'' and inserting ``December 31, 2000''; and
       (ii) in the matter after the colon, by striking all that 
     follows ``December 31, 2000.''; and
       (B) in subparagraph (B)--
       (i) in the matter before the colon, by striking ``December 
     31, 2002'' and inserting ``December 31, 2000''; and
       (ii) in the matter after the colon, by striking all that 
     follows ``December 31, 2000.''.
       (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 805(d)(1) of the Foreign 
     Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4045(d)(1)) is amended, in the 
     table in the matter following subparagraph (B), by striking:
       

                     ``January 1, 2001,          7.5
                     through December 31,
                     2002, inclusive.
                     After December 31, 2002..   7''
 

     and inserting the following:
       

                     ``After December 31, 2000   7''.
 

       (e) Foreign Service Pension System.--
       (1) In general.--Section 856(a)(2) of the Foreign Service 
     Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4071e(a)(2)) is amended by striking 
     all that follows ``December 31, 2000.'' and inserting the 
     following:
       

                     ``7.5..................  After December 31,
                                               2000.''.
 

       (2) Volunteer service.--Section 854(c)(1) of the Foreign 
     Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4071c(c)(1)) is amended--
       (A) in the matter before the colon, by striking ``December 
     31, 2002'' and inserting ``December 31, 2000''; and
       (B) in the matter after the colon, by striking all that 
     follows ``December 31, 2000.''.
       (f) Civil Service Retirement System.--Notwithstanding 
     section 8334 (a)(1) or (k)(1) of title 5, United States Code, 
     during the period beginning on October 1, 2002, through 
     December 31, 2002, each employing agency (other than the 
     United States Postal Service or the Metropolitan Washington 
     Airports Authority) shall contribute--
       (1) 7.5 percent of the basic pay of an employee;
       (2) 8 percent of the basic pay of a congressional employee, 
     a law enforcement officer, a member of the Capitol police, a 
     firefighter, or a nuclear materials courier; and
       (3) 8.5 percent of the basic pay of a Member of Congress, a 
     Court of Federal Claims judge, a United States magistrate, a 
     judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed 
     Forces, or a bankruptcy judge,
     in lieu of the agency contributions otherwise required under 
     section 8334(a)(1) of such title 5.
       (g) Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability 
     System.--Notwithstanding section 211(a)(2) of the Central 
     Intelligence Agency Retirement Act (50 U.S.C. 2021(a)(2)), 
     during the period beginning on October 1, 2002, through 
     December 31, 2002, the Central Intelligence Agency shall 
     contribute 7.5 percent of the basic pay of an employee 
     participating in the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement 
     and Disability System in lieu of the agency contribution 
     otherwise required under section 211(a)(2) of such Act.
       (h) Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System.--
     Notwithstanding any provision of section 805(a) of the 
     Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4045(a)), during the 
     period beginning on October 1, 2002, through December 31, 
     2002, each agency employing a participant in the Foreign 
     Service Retirement and Disability System shall contribute to 
     the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund--
       (1) 7.5 percent of the basic pay of each participant 
     covered under section 805(a)(1) of such Act participating in 
     the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System; and
       (2) 8 percent of the basic pay of each participant covered 
     under paragraph (2) or (3) of section 805(a) of such Act 
     participating in the Foreign Service Retirement and 
     Disability System,
     in lieu of the agency contribution otherwise required under 
     section 805(a) of such Act.
       (i) The amendments made by this section shall take effect 
     upon the close of calendar year 2000, and shall apply 
     thereafter.
       Sec. 506. Of the amount provided to the United States 
     Secret Service for fiscal year 2001 and specified for 
     activities related to investigations of exploited children, 
     $2,000,000 shall be available to the United States Secret 
     Service for forensic and related support of investigations of 
     missing and exploited children and shall remain available 
     until September 30, 2001.
       Sec. 507. (a) Section 108 of the Legislative Branch 
     Appropriations Act, 2001 is amended to read as follows:
       ``Sec. 108. Chief Administrative Officer.--(a) In 
     General.--There shall be within the Capitol Police an Office 
     of Administration to be headed by a Chief Administrative 
     Officer as follows:
       ``(1) Not later than 60 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Chief Administrative Officer shall 
     be appointed by the Chief of the Capitol Police after 
     consultation with the Capitol Police Board and the 
     Comptroller General, and shall report to and serve at the 
     pleasure of the Chief of the Capitol Police.
       ``(2) The Comptroller General shall evaluate the 
     performance of the Chief Administrative Officer in carrying 
     out the duties and responsibilities of the Office of 
     Administration as outlined in this section. The Comptroller 
     General shall meet with the Chief of the Capitol Police and 
     the Capitol Police Board at least quarterly to provide an 
     analysis of the performance of the Chief Administrative 
     Officer. The Comptroller General shall report the results of 
     the evaluation to the Chief of the Capitol Police, the 
     Capitol Police Board, the Committees on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives and Senate, the Committee on House 
     Administration of the House of Representatives, and the 
     Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate.
       ``(3) The Chief of the Capitol Police shall appoint as 
     Chief Administrative Officer an individual with the knowledge 
     and skills necessary to carry out the responsibilities for 
     budgeting, financial management, information technology, and 
     human resource management described in this section.
       ``(4) The Chief Administrative Officer shall receive basic 
     pay at a rate determined by the Capitol Police Board, but not 
     to exceed the annual rate of basic pay payable for ES-2 of 
     the Senior Executive Service, as established under subchapter 
     VIII of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code (taking 
     into account any comparability payments made under section 
     5304(h) of such title).
       ``(5) The Capitol Police shall reimburse from available 
     appropriations any costs incurred by the Comptroller General 
     under this section, which shall be deposited to the 
     appropriation of the General Accounting Office then available 
     and remain available until expended.
       ``(b) Responsibilities.--The Chief Administrative Officer 
     shall have the following areas of responsibility:
       ``(1) Budgeting.--The Chief Administrative Officer shall--
       ``(A) prepare and submit to the Capitol Police Board an 
     annual budget for the Capitol Police; and
       ``(B) execute the budget and monitor through periodic 
     examinations the execution of the Capitol Police budget in 
     relation to actual obligations and expenditures.
       ``(2) Financial management.--The Chief Administrative 
     Officer shall--
       ``(A) oversee all financial management activities relating 
     to the programs and operations of the Capitol Police;
       ``(B) develop and maintain an integrated accounting and 
     financial system for the Capitol Police, including financial 
     reporting and internal controls, which--
       ``(i) complies with applicable accounting principles, 
     standards, and requirements, and internal control standards;
       ``(ii) complies with any other requirements applicable to 
     such systems; and
       ``(iii) provides for--
       ``(I) complete, reliable, consistent, and timely 
     information which is prepared on a uniform basis and which is 
     responsive to financial information needs of the Capitol 
     Police;
       ``(II) the development and reporting of cost information;
       ``(III) the integration of accounting and budgeting 
     information; and
       ``(IV) the systematic measurement of performance;
       ``(C) direct, manage, and provide policy guidance and 
     oversight of Capitol Police financial management personnel, 
     activities, and operations, including--
       ``(i) the recruitment, selection, and training of personnel 
     to carry out Capitol Police financial management functions; 
     and
       ``(ii) the implementation of Capitol Police asset 
     management systems, including systems for cash management, 
     debt collection, and property and inventory management and 
     control; and
       ``(D) shall require annual financial statements for the 
     Capitol Police and provide for an annual audit of the 
     financial statements by an independent public accountant in 
     accordance with generally accepted government auditing 
     standards.
       ``(3) Information technology.--The Chief Administrative 
     Officer shall--
       ``(A) direct, coordinate, and oversee the acquisition, use, 
     and management of information technology by the Capitol 
     Police;
       ``(B) promote and oversee the use of information technology 
     to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of programs of 
     the Capitol Police; and
       ``(C) establish and enforce information technology 
     principles, guidelines, and objectives, including developing 
     and maintaining an information technology architecture for 
     the Capitol Police.
       ``(4) Human resources.--The Chief Administrative Officer 
     shall--
       ``(A) direct, coordinate, and oversee human resources 
     management activities of the Capitol Police;
       ``(B) develop and monitor payroll and time and attendance 
     systems and employee services; and

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       ``(C) develop and monitor processes for recruiting, 
     selecting, appraising, and promoting employees.
       ``(c) Administrative Provisions.--
       ``(1) Personnel.--The Chief Administrative Officer is 
     authorized to select, appoint, employ, and discharge such 
     officers and employees as may be necessary to carry out the 
     functions, powers, and duties of the Office of 
     Administration, but shall not have the authority to hire or 
     discharge uniformed and operational police force personnel.
       ``(2) Resources of other agencies.--The Chief 
     Administrative Officer may utilize resources of another 
     agency on a reimbursable basis to be paid from available 
     appropriations of the Capitol Police.
       ``(d) Plan.--No later than 180 days after appointment, the 
     Chief Administrative Officer shall prepare and submit to the 
     Chief of the Capitol Police, the Capitol Police Board, and 
     the Comptroller General, a plan--
       ``(1) describing the policies, procedures, and actions the 
     Chief Administrative Officer will take in carrying out the 
     responsibilities assigned under this section;
       ``(2) identifying and defining responsibilities and roles 
     of all offices, bureaus, and divisions of the Capitol Police 
     for budgeting, financial management, information technology, 
     and human resources management; and
       ``(3) detailing mechanisms for ensuring that the offices, 
     bureaus, and divisions perform their responsibilities and 
     roles in a coordinated and integrated manner.
       ``(e) Report.--No later than September 30, 2001, the Chief 
     Administrative Officer shall prepare and submit to the Chief 
     of the Capitol Police, the Capitol Police Board, and the 
     Comptroller General, a report on the Chief Administrative 
     Officer's progress in implementing the plan described in 
     subsection (d) and recommendations to improve the budgeting, 
     financial, information technology, and human resources 
     management of the Capitol Police, including organizational, 
     accounting and administrative control, and personnel changes.
       ``(f) Submission to Committees.--The Chief of the Capitol 
     Police shall submit the plan required in subsection (d) and 
     the report required in subsection (e) to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and of the 
     Senate, the Committee on House Administration of the House of 
     Representatives, and the Committee on Rules and 
     Administration of the Senate.
       ``(g) Termination of Role.--As of October 1, 2002, the role 
     of the Comptroller General, as established by this section, 
     will cease.''.
       (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect 
     as if included in the enactment of the Legislative Branch 
     Appropriations Act, 2001.
       This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Transportation 
     and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001''.
       Following is explanatory language on H.R. 5394, as 
     introduced on October 5, 2000.
       The conferees on H.R. 4475 agree with the matter included 
     in H.R. 5394 and enacted in this conference report by 
     reference and the following description of it. This bill was 
     developed through negotiations by the conferees on the 
     differences in H.R. 4475. References in the following 
     description to the ``conference agreement'' means the matter 
     included in the introduced bill enacted by this conference 
     report.

                        Congressional Directives

       The conferees agree that Executive Branch propensities 
     cannot substitute for Congress' own statements concerning the 
     best evidence of Congressional intentions; that is, the 
     official reports of the Congress. The committee of conference 
     approves report language included by the House (House Report 
     106-622) or the Senate (Senate Report 106-309 accompanying 
     the companion measure S. 2720) that is not changed by the 
     conference. The statement of the managers, while repeating 
     some report language for emphasis, is not intended to negate 
     the language referred to above unless expressly provided 
     herein.

                     Program, Project, and Activity

       During fiscal year 2001, for the purposes of the Balanced 
     Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 
     99-177), as amended, with respect to funds provided for the 
     Department of Transportation and related agencies, the terms 
     ``program, project, and activity'' shall mean any item for 
     which a dollar amount is contained in an appropriations Act 
     (including joint resolutions providing continuing 
     appropriations) or accompanying reports of the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations, or accompanying 
     conference reports and joint explanatory statements of the 
     committee of conference. In addition, the reductions made 
     pursuant to any sequestration order to funds appropriated for 
     ``Federal Aviation Administration, Facilities and equipment'' 
     and for ``Coast Guard, Acquisition, construction, and 
     improvements'' shall be applied equally to each ``budget 
     item'' that is listed under said accounts in the budget 
     justifications submitted to the House and Senate Committees 
     on Appropriations as modified by subsequent appropriations 
     Acts and accompanying committee reports, conference reports, 
     or joint explanatory statements of the committee of 
     conference. The conferees recognize that adjustments to the 
     above allocations may be required due to changing program 
     requirements or priorities. The conferees expect any such 
     adjustment, if required, to be accomplished only through the 
     normal reprogramming process.

                Staffing Increases Provided by Congress

       The conferees direct the Department of Transportation to 
     fill expeditiously any positions added in the conference 
     agreement, without regard to agency-specific staffing targets 
     which may have been previously established to meet the 
     mandated government-wide staffing reductions.

                 TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

                        Office of the Secretary


                         salaries and expenses

       The conference agreement provides a total of $63,245,000 
     for salaries and expenses of the various offices comprising 
     the office of the secretary. Though both the House and Senate 
     had proposed to provide separate appropriations for the 
     individual offices within the office of the secretary, the 
     conference agreement provides a single, consolidated 
     appropriation. The conferees believe that the new 
     administration may wish to reorganize the offices of the 
     secretary to delete redundant and duplicative activities that 
     may be performed by other elements of the department or may 
     be of limited benefit to the office of the secretary; a 
     consolidated appropriation for the salaries and expenses for 
     the offices within the office of the secretary will provide 
     the new secretary greater flexibility to reorganize the 
     office.
       The following table summarizes the fiscal year 2001 
     appropriation for each OST office:


                                                             Conference
                                                              agreement
Immediate Office of the Secretary............................$1,827,000
Immediate Office of the Deputy Secretary........................587,000
Office of the General Counsel.................................9,972,000
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy..................3,011,000
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International 
  Affairs.....................................................7,289,000
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs.....7,362,000
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs....2,150,000
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration.........19,020,000
Office of Public Affairs......................................1,674,000
Executive Secretariat.........................................1,181,000
Board of Contract Appeals.......................................496,000
Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization........1,192,000
Office of Intelligence and Security...........................1,262,000
Office of the Chief Information Officer.......................6,222,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Total, salaries and expenses, office of the secretary....63,245,000
       Reprogramming guidelines.--While providing a consolidation 
     of office-by-office appropriations for OST, the conferees 
     still want to ensure that adequate Congressional oversight 
     and control is maintained over these expenses. Therefore, the 
     Secretary of Transportation is directed to notify the House 
     and Senate Committees on Appropriations in writing of any 
     change in funding greater than five percent from the office-
     by-office levels approved by Congress for this appropriation. 
     The Secretary is further directed not to make such a change 
     without the approval of the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations.
       The conference agreement includes a provision that limits 
     the availability of funds appropriated under this heading to 
     no more than 52 percent and not more than 224 full-time 
     equivalent staff years funded through the end of the second 
     quarter of fiscal year 2001.
       Reception and representation activities.--The conference 
     agreement includes a provision that increases to $60,000 the 
     amount of funds to be available for official reception and 
     representation activities. The conference agreement includes 
     a provision, as proposed by the Senate, that limits to 
     $15,000 the amount of funds that may be obligated for 
     official reception and representation costs prior to January 
     20, 2001.
       Monthly reporting requirement.--The conferees direct the 
     office of the secretary to report monthly on the status of 
     all outstanding reports and reporting requirements, including 
     the status of delinquent Congressional mandated or requested 
     reports and an estimated completion and delivery date.
       Administrative directives.--The conferees direct that the 
     department submit its fiscal year 2002 congressional 
     justification materials for the salaries and expenses of the 
     offices of the secretary at the same level of detail provided 
     in the Congressional justifications presented in fiscal year 
     2001.
       The conferees direct that assessments charged by the office 
     of the secretary to the modal administrations shall be for 
     administrative activities, not policy initiatives.
       Immediate office of the secretary.--The conference 
     agreement provides a total of $1,827,000 for expenses of the 
     immediate office of the secretary for fiscal year 2001. Funds 
     to support a second deputy chief of staff or a contractor to 
     perform similar duties are deleted by this agreement 
     (-$150,000).
       Office of the general counsel.--The conference agreement 
     provides a total of $9,972,000 for expenses of the office of 
     the general counsel. Within the funds provided, no more than 
     5 FTEs and $500,000 shall be

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     available to support the department's proposed 
     ``Accessibility for All America'' initiative. Further, the 
     conference agreement provides sufficient resources for 
     advisory or referral activities related to aviation 
     competition guidelines on the part of the department.
       Office of aviation and international affairs.--The 
     conference agreement disallows funding as proposed by the 
     House for a new position of special assistant to the 
     assistant secretary for aviation and international affairs 
     (-$120,000). Funding is provided to hire up to two additional 
     transportation industry analysts in fiscal year 2001.
       The conferees are aware of, and applaud, the department's 
     efforts to promote foreign air carrier service to and through 
     Alaska. Alaska is uniquely positioned as an international air 
     cargo hub for efficient sorting and consolidation of cargo 
     moving between multiple United States and foreign points. The 
     conferees encourage the department to explore using Alaska as 
     a testing ground for even greater liberalization of foreign 
     and domestic air carriers' rights to carry international air 
     cargo on route legs between Alaska and other United States 
     points. Such liberalization would optimize the geographic 
     advantage of Alaska for air cargo transfer. In addition, such 
     steps would also optimize the flexibility that the department 
     has sought for Alaska as an international aviation hub. 
     Without vigorous initiative on the part of the department, 
     the United States stands to lose to foreign airports the 
     economic activity for labor, industry, and consumers that 
     increased domestic and foreign transfer authority could 
     generate for the United States.
       Office of the assistant secretary for budget and 
     programs.--A total of $7,362,000 is provided for the office 
     of the assistant secretary for budget and programs. Within 
     the funds provided, not more than $100,000 is available for 
     workforce training activities to supplement existing training 
     expenditures.
       Office of the assistant secretary for administration.--
     Consistent with the actions of both the House and Senate, the 
     conference agreement does not provide funding for employee 
     development training (-$1,160,000); however, limited funds 
     have been provided to supplement existing training 
     activities, as discussed in the preceding paragraph.
       Office of intelligence and security.--Funding provided for 
     the office of intelligence and security totals $1,262,000 and 
     excludes resources for infrastructure protection activities. 
     The conference agreement includes funds for these activities 
     within amounts appropriated to the Research and Special 
     Programs Administration.
       Office of the chief information officer.--The conference 
     agreement provides a total of $6,222,000 for salaries and 
     expenses of the office of the chief information officer 
     (CIO). Funding is not provided to implement in fiscal year 
     2002 a pilot project that has yet to be defined or determined 
     by the department's architecture working group. Such funding 
     should be considered in the context of the department's 
     fiscal year 2002 appropriations request.
       The conferees concur with the directions of the House that 
     no major information technology (IT) procurement within the 
     department occur until after a review by the CIO has been 
     conducted to determine system deficiencies, vulnerabilities, 
     compatibility with, and relative need of such systems 
     compared to other departmental systems requirements. 
     Furthermore, the conferees direct the CIO to approve all IT 
     and telecommunications infrastructure items and expenditures 
     for all systems that are non-mode specific (e.g., common 
     grants systems).
       Office of intermodalism.--Funding for the office of 
     intermodalism is provided within amounts made available to 
     the Federal Highway Administration, as proposed by the House.
       Fractional ownership demonstration program.--The conferees 
     encourage the Secretary of Transportation to execute a 
     demonstration program, to be conducted for a period of not to 
     exceed eighteen months, of the fractional ownership concept 
     for performing administrative support flight missions. The 
     purpose of this demonstration is to determine whether cost 
     savings, increased operational flexibility, and aircraft 
     availability can be realized by DOT through fractional 
     ownership compared to in-house ownership of aircraft. This 
     demonstration shall be competitive, and encompass a suite of 
     aircraft covering a majority of the department's support 
     missions, including those by the Coast Guard, FAA, and NASA 
     (to the extent those aircraft are currently operated by the 
     FAA). The Secretary is directed to report the results of this 
     project to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
     within three months of completing the evaluation. If the 
     Secretary does not conduct such an evaluation, the Secretary 
     is directed to submit a report to the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations providing a detailed explanation 
     of that decision.


                         office of civil rights

       The conference agreement provides $8,140,000 for the office 
     of civil rights as proposed by the House instead of 
     $8,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.


           transportation planning, research, and development

       The conference agreement provides $11,000,000 for 
     transportation planning, research, and development instead of 
     $3,300,000 as proposed by the House and $5,300,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The conferees, however, agree with 
     the reductions from the budget request proposed by the House. 
     Funding provided under this heading shall be available for 
     the following activities:

2001 Special Winter Olympics.................................$1,400,000
Ensuring consumer information and choice in the airline indust1,000,000
Transportation management planning for the Salt Lake City Winter 
  Olympic Games (section 1223 of TEA21).......................2,000,000
Automotive workforce training.................................3,000,000

       The conferees encourage the secretary and each of the modal 
     administrations to work with the National Center for Missing 
     and Exploited Children and the transportation industry to 
     identify and implement initiatives to maximize the 
     transportation sector's involvement in the effort to relocate 
     missing children.
       Transportation management planning for the Salt Lake City 
     2002 Winter Olympic Games.--The conference agreement includes 
     $2,000,000 for transportation management planning for the 
     Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games, as authorized under 
     section 1223(c) of TEA21. These funds shall be available for 
     planning activities and related temporary and permanent 
     transportation infrastructure investments based on the 
     transportation management plan approved by the Secretary.
       Radionavigation and positioning initiatives.--No funding is 
     provided for additional study activities described under 
     ``GPS vulnerability study follow-on requirements'' and 
     ``technical support of GPS spectrum protection and 
     coordination'' of the congressional justification as 
     additional funding and guidance is provided for similar 
     initiatives and activities elsewhere in the department. 
     Reprogramming requests in this area will be reviewed if 
     submitted and justified appropriately.
       Automotive workforce training.--The conference agreement 
     includes $3,000,000 for development and implementation of a 
     workforce training program designed for specific issues 
     related to the automotive manufacturing industry.
       Telework.--The Secretary shall conduct an assessment of the 
     existing practices and infrastructure involved with telework 
     efforts in the greater New York metropolitan area and 
     determine if a telework program, supported by the federal 
     government, could provide significant incentives for 
     increasing the use of telework, thereby reducing vehicle 
     miles traveled and improving air quality. The assessment 
     should identify representatives from local government, 
     environmental organizations and transportation agencies 
     who would comprise a New York City design team for 
     implementing a telework program. Within six months, the 
     Secretary shall report to Congress on the findings of this 
     study. To carry out these activities, the conference 
     agreement includes $300,000.


              TRANSPORTATION ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE CENTER

       The conference agreement includes a limitation of 
     $126,887,000 on activities of the transportation 
     administrative service center (TASC) instead of $119,387,000 
     as proposed by the House and $173,278,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. The conferees concur in the recommendations of the 
     House to disallow the proposed transfer of the National 
     Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of 
     Aeronautical Charting and Cartography to the TASC 
     (-$43,963,000) and to disallow proposed new staffing 
     increases (-$461,000). The increase of $7,500,000 above the 
     House-passed level has been provided to accommodate solely 
     the anticipated increased workload stemming from creation of 
     the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.


               MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM

       The conference agreement includes a limitation on 
     guaranteed loans of $13,775,000, as proposed by the House, 
     instead of a limitation of $13,775,000 on direct loans as 
     proposed by the Senate. Further, the conference agreement 
     provides subsidy and administrative costs totaling 
     $1,900,000, as proposed by both the House and the Senate.


                       MINORITY BUSINESS OUTREACH

       The conference agreement provides $3,000,000 for minority 
     business outreach activities, as proposed by both the House 
     and the Senate.

                              Coast Guard


                           Operating Expenses

       The conference agreement provides $3,192,000,000 for Coast 
     Guard operating expenses as proposed by the House instead of 
     $3,039,460,000 as proposed by the Senate. The agreement 
     specifies that $341,000,000 of the total is available only 
     for defense-related activities, as proposed by the House, 
     instead of $641,000,000 proposed by the Senate. The agreement 
     does not include language proposed by the Senate which would 
     have allowed a transfer of up to $100,000,000 from the FAA's 
     operating budget to augment the Coast Guard's drug 
     interdiction activities or OST's Office of Intelligence and 
     Security. The bill also does not include language proposed by 
     the Senate which would have required the Coast Guard to 
     reimburse the Office of Inspector General for Coast Guard-
     related audits and investigations.
       Specific adjustments.--The following table summarizes the 
     House and Senate's proposed adjustments to the Coast Guard's 
     budget request and the final conference agreement:

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                                                                    House            Senate         Conference
                   Item and recommendation                       recommended      recommended       agreement
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Repricing of civilian PC&B...................................      +$2,051,000  ...............  ...............
Polar icebreaker reimbursement...............................       +3,800,000      +$7,734,000       +7,734,000
International Maritime Information Safety System (IMISS)--            -398,000         -398,000         -398,000
 defer.......................................................
MTS leadership and coordination--defer.......................         -801,000         -801,000         -801,000
CG workstation support--defer................................         -750,000  ...............  ...............
NTIA fees--defer increase....................................         -426,000  ...............  ...............
``One DOT'' initiatives--defer...............................         -304,000  ...............         -304,000
Aviation detachment support--defer...........................       -3,904,000  ...............       -3,904,000
Nonpay COLA--smaller increase................................       -6,268,000  ...............       -1,363,000
Military pay and benefits....................................  ...............       -1,004,000  ...............
Military health care.........................................  ...............         -105,000  ...............
Permanent change of station..................................  ...............       -8,785,000       -3,000,000
Training and education.......................................  ...............       -7,484,000       -2,065,000
Atlantic area command........................................  ...............         -193,000         -193,000
Headquarters directorates....................................  ...............         -125,000                -
Headquarters-managed units...................................  ...............       -1,760,000         -706,000
Aircraft maintenance.........................................  ...............      -13,075,000  ...............
Electronic maintenance.......................................  ...............       -1,500,000  ...............
Shore facility maintenance...................................  ...............       -5,000,000       -2,000,000
Vessel maintenance...........................................  ...............       -4,315,000  ...............
Undistributed reduction......................................  ...............     -122,729,000  ...............
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total..................................................       -7,000,000     -159,540,000       -7,000,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

       Pilot project on occupational and health hazards of Coast 
     Guard personnel.--The conferees agree to provide $1,000,000 
     for the pilot project, proposed by the Senate, regarding the 
     unique occupational and health hazards of Coast Guard 
     personnel. This project shall be conducted in coordination 
     with Tulane University and the University of Alabama--
     Birmingham.
       Boatracs systems.--The conferees understand that the Coast 
     Guard has purchased several ``boatracs'' systems in an effort 
     to address communications problems within the eighth 
     district. This text communications system is often the only 
     form of communication between the district headquarters and 
     cutters on patrol performing search and rescue missions. This 
     system could be used as an interim measure, before full 
     implementation of the National Distress and Response System 
     Modernization Project, which could save lives by providing 
     consistent and reliable communications among Coast Guard 
     assets. The Coast Guard is encouraged to evaluate the 
     boatracs system on this basis during fiscal year 2001.
       Assessment of progress to replace single hull tanker fleet 
     with double hull ships.--The conferees direct the United 
     States Coast Guard, in consultation with the Maritime 
     Administration, to assess the status of replacement of single 
     hull tank vessels with double hull tank vessels, and report 
     the findings of this assessment to the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations. This report should include: (1) 
     a list of double hull vessels and their carrying capacity in 
     the U.S.-flag fleet; (2) a list of single hull vessels and 
     their carrying capacity and the year in which each single 
     hull vessel is scheduled to be phased out of service under 
     the Oil Pollution Act; and (3) the amount of oil transported 
     each year by domestic U.S.-flag tank vessels to meet the 
     energy needs of the United States. This report shall be 
     submitted by February 1, 2001.
       Search and rescue station staffing.--The conferees are 
     concerned that, in the wake of the National Transportation 
     Safety Board report on the sinking of the sailboat Morning 
     Dew, the Coast Guard has still not implemented needed 
     staffing improvements at the nation's search and rescue (SAR) 
     stations. Even though a recent Coast Guard analysis concluded 
     that an additional 109 personnel were needed at these 
     centers, the Coast Guard advised the House that the service 
     ``does not believe additional operation center staffing is 
     required in fiscal year 2001 and has not requested any be 
     provided''. The conferees reiterate the concerns expressed in 
     the House report regarding deficiencies in the Coast Guard's 
     search and rescue posture, and strongly encourage the service 
     to address the personnel shortfalls at search and rescue 
     stations within the funding levels provided for fiscal year 
     2001. In addition, the conferees direct the Office of 
     Inspector General, in consultation with the National 
     Transportation Safety Board, to conduct a thorough review of 
     readiness of the nation's SAR stations, including personnel 
     shortfalls, equipment adequacy, training adequacy, and the 
     relative support for SAR programs and activities in the Coast 
     Guard command structure. The conferees direct that this 
     report be completed and submitted to the appropriate 
     committees of the Congress no later than March 1, 2001.
       Indonesian Coast Guard.--The conferees do not agree with 
     direction in the Senate report for the Coast Guard to work 
     with representatives of the Indonesian government on officer 
     training and to study turning over surplus vessels to improve 
     the capability of the Indonesian Coast Guard.


              Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements

       The conference agreement includes $415,000,000 for 
     acquisition, construction, and improvement programs of the 
     Coast Guard instead of $515,000,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $407,747,660 as proposed by the Senate. Consistent with 
     past years and the House and Senate bills, the conference 
     agreement distributes funds in the bill by budget activity.
       Great Lakes Icebreaker.--No procurement funding or 
     direction is provided in this Act for the Great Lakes 
     Icebreaker (Mackinaw replacement) project, as the full 
     estimated cost of this vessel has been provided in prior 
     appropriations Acts.
       A table showing the distribution of this appropriation by 
     project as included in the fiscal year 2001 House bill, 
     Senate bill, and the conference agreement follows:

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                Environmental Compliance and Restoration

       The conference agreement includes $16,700,000 for 
     environmental compliance and restoration as proposed by both 
     the House and Senate.


                         Alteration of Bridges

       The conference agreement includes $15,500,000 for 
     alteration of bridges deemed hazardous to marine navigation 
     as proposed by the Senate instead of $14,740,000 proposed by 
     the House. The conference agreement distributes these funds 
     as follows:

                                                             Conference
        Bridge and location                                   agreement
New Orleans, LA, Florida Avenue RR/HW Bridge.................$3,925,000
Brunswick, GA, Sidney Lanier Highway Bridge...................3,000,000
Charleston, SC, Limehouse Bridge..............................2,000,000
Mobile, AL, Fourteen Mile Bridge..............................3,000,000
Morris, IL, EJ&E Railroad Bridge..............................3,000,000
Oshkosh, WI, Fox River Bridge...................................575,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Total....................................................15,500,000

       Florida Avenue Bridge.--The conferees agree to provide 
     $3,925,000 for this project, and direct that $500,000 of this 
     funding shall be made available to the Port of New Orleans to 
     cover the federal portion of a study of the feasibility of 
     development of the Millenium Port in south Louisiana.
       Fox River Bridge.--Funding of $575,000 is provided for 
     removal of the bridge across the Fox River at mile point 56.9 
     in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.


                              Retired Pay

       The conference agreement includes $778,000,000 for Coast 
     Guard retired pay as proposed by both the House and the 
     Senate. This is scored as a mandatory program for federal 
     budget purposes. The conference agreement deletes language 
     proposed by the House authorizing these funds for the payment 
     of fifteen-year career status bonuses. The conferees do not 
     believe that retention bonuses paid to active duty personnel 
     are consistent with the purposes of this program, and have 
     seen no evidence that these payments constitute mandatory 
     expenditures of the Coast Guard, as are the other elements of 
     this mandatory appropriation. Sufficient funding is provided 
     under ``Operating expenses'' for payment of these bonuses to 
     qualified personnel.


                            Reserve Training

                     (Including Transfer of Funds)

       The conference agreement provides $80,375,000 for reserve 
     training as proposed by the House instead of $80,371,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The agreement allows the Reserves to 
     reimburse the Coast Guard operating account up to $22,000,000 
     for Coast Guard support of Reserve activities, as proposed by 
     the Senate, instead of $21,500,000 as proposed by the House.


              Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation

       The conference agreement provides $21,320,000 for Coast 
     Guard research, development, test, and evaluation as proposed 
     by the Senate instead of $19,691,000 as proposed by the 
     House. The conferees agree that within the funding provided, 
     $500,000 is to address ship ballast water exchange issues, 
     instead of $1,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                    Federal Aviation Administration


                               Operations

       The conference agreement provides $6,544,235,000 for 
     operating expenses of the Federal Aviation Administration as 
     proposed by the House instead of $6,350,250,000 as proposed 
     by the Senate. These funds are in addition to amounts made 
     available as a mandatory appropriation of user fees in the 
     Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 1996 
     (Public Law 104-264). Of the total amount provided, 
     $4,414,869,000 is to be derived from the airport and airway 
     trust fund, consistent with Public Law 106-181. The total 
     funding provided is $569,235,000 (9.5 percent) above the 
     fiscal year 2000 enacted level.
       Contract tower program funding.--The conference agreement 
     provides $55,300,000 for the contract tower program, which is 
     the amount assumed in the budget estimate. FAA is directed 
     not to reprogram these funds to any other activity or to 
     reduce them to satisfy budget shortfalls which may develop 
     throughout the fiscal year. In addition, the conference 
     agreement includes $5,000,000 for the contract tower cost-
     sharing program.
       Contract tower program extension.--The conferees agree with 
     Senate direction to the FAA Administrator to submit the 
     overdue report on this program, but do not agree with the 
     Senate direction that this report should include a timeline 
     for expanding the program. In addition, the report should 
     address recent findings and recommendations of the DOT 
     Inspector General regarding expansion of the contract tower 
     program.
       Criteria for contract tower program eligibility.--The 
     conferees believe that FAA's contract tower program has 
     worked well from both the government's perspective and the 
     users' perspective. Through this program, many aircraft are 
     able to operate more efficiently and safely into airports 
     with contract towers, where FAA-operated towers would 
     otherwise not be available due to prohibitive costs. The 
     conferees are concerned, however, that the traffic counts 
     used to establish eligibility for the contract tower 
     program, and for establishment of certain navigation aids, 
     are erroneous in that certain part 121 operations, 
     including regional jets, are not being classified as air 
     carrier operations. After promulgation of FAA's ``one 
     level of safety'' rule, the conferees believe that such a 
     distinction is no longer justified. The FAA is urged to 
     change promptly its traffic count methodology to conform 
     to the changes in operator classification brought about by 
     the one level of safety rulemaking.
       Specific designations for the contract tower program.--The 
     conferees do not agree with Senate direction to include 
     certain airports in the contract tower program. However, the 
     conferees understand that the Boca Raton, Olive Branch, 
     Henderson, and Tupelo Municipal airports are eligible for 
     this program, and encourage FAA to include those airports in 
     the program if they meet eligibility criteria.
       Implementation of the whistleblower protection program.--
     The conferees direct that, not later than eighteen months 
     after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation, 
     in conjunction with the Secretary of Labor, report to the 
     House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on measures to 
     assure effective implementation of section 519 of Public Law 
     106-181. This report shall include a description of the 
     initial implementation of the whistleblower protection 
     program and recommendations to strengthen the enforcement of 
     such provisions. The study shall be performed by a firm with 
     recent experience analyzing employee protection provisions in 
     the transportation sector.
       Civil aviation security activities and operations.--
     Continuing reports of the General Accounting Office, the DOT 
     Office of Inspector General, and the Surveys and 
     Investigations staff of the House Appropriations Committee 
     highlight a number of serious problems in FAA's civil 
     aviation security activities which need to be addressed. A 
     lack of strong management and planning has led to a haphazard 
     and minimal deployment of explosive detection systems at our 
     nation's airports, as well as underutilization of the 
     machines which are deployed; specifications for bomb 
     detection equipment driven by political considerations rather 
     than security expertise; unnecessary tension between FAA and 
     airport security officials in some locations; and lack of 
     management attention and corrective action after field tests, 
     including safety issues raised by FAA's special ``red team'' 
     conducting undercover assessments at major airports. The 
     conferees cannot provide the entire funding increase 
     requested by this organization in the face of these 
     continuing problems, and expects FAA to address these 
     management issues expeditiously. The conference agreement 
     also directs FAA to submit a comprehensive strategic plan for 
     the civil aviation security program, as proposed by the 
     Senate. The FAA is encouraged to include comprehensive 
     details in this plan regarding specific goals and objectives 
     for the program for each of the next five years.
       GPS implementation and procedures.--The conferees agree to 
     transfer to this account $2,200,000 from ``Facilities and 
     equipment''. This funding was budgeted for the development of 
     GPS approach procedures as part of the GPS wide area 
     augmentation system (WAAS) program. However, this activity is 
     apparently not related to development of WAAS, but is a 
     routine operating expense of the agency. As such, these 
     expenditures should be contained in the agency's operating 
     budget. In addition, the conference agreement includes 
     $3,000,000 only for implementation of a navigation database 
     with internet access for users.
       Administration of potential shortfall due to EAS 
     transfer.--The conferees do not agree with House direction 
     specifying that any shortfall in operations funding due to 
     transfer of funds to the essential air service (EAS) program 
     should be borne by the ``Facilities and equipment'' 
     appropriation.
       Regulation of flight crew operating environment.--The 
     conferees are pleased that the FAA and the Occupational 
     Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently initiated a 
     joint effort to consider whether OSHA workplace safety 
     standards can be applied to airline crewmembers during flight 
     operations. Enhancing workplace safety for flight crewmembers 
     is, of course, desirable. While the conferees recognize the 
     importance of FAA and OSHA working together to ensure that 
     one agency does not unnecessarily block application of the 
     other's regulations, the conferees believe it is imperative 
     that FAA maintain exclusive responsibility for the regulation 
     and enforcement of policies which affect the safety of flight 
     operations. If, in the FAA's view, an OSHA-proposed workplace 
     safety and health regulation would compromise the safe 
     operation of aircraft, in the overriding interest of aviation 
     safety, the FAA's view should predominate.
       Airspace redesign.--The conference agreement includes 
     $8,500,000 for the New York/New Jersey airspace redesign and 
     concurs in the directive of the Senate regarding the 
     reprogramming of these funds.
       The following table compares the conference agreement to 
     the levels proposed in the House and Senate bills by budget 
     activity:

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                        facilities and equipment

                    (airport and airway trust fund)

       The conference agreement provides $2,656,765,000 for 
     facilities and equipment as proposed by the House and the 
     Senate. This is the level authorized by Public Law 106-181, 
     and represents an increase of $581,765,000 (28 percent) above 
     the fiscal year 2000 enacted level.
       The following table provides a breakdown of the House and 
     Senate bills and the conference agreement by program:

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       Advanced technology development and prototyping.--The 
     conference agreement includes $56,480,000 for advanced 
     technology development and prototyping, to be distributed as 
     follows:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                    House            Senate         Conference
                             Item                                recommended      recommended       agreement
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Items in budget..............................................      $40,620,000      $28,868,000      $40,000,000
Airport research.............................................        7,380,000        7,380,000        7,380,000
Concrete pavement research...................................        2,000,000        2,000,000        2,000,000
UWB/GPS......................................................                0        2,600,000        2,600,000
GPS anti-jamming.............................................                0        1,000,000        1,000,000
Runway incursion activities..................................                0                0        3,500,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total..................................................       50,000,000       45,848,000       56,480,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

       The conference agreement includes $5,000,000 for the runway 
     incursion reduction program, compared to $1,500,000 in the 
     budget estimate. The additional funds are needed to address 
     nationwide technology initiatives recommended by the National 
     Runway Safety Summit in June 2000, and should not be 
     reprogrammed to any other project or activity. Of the funds 
     provided under ``Airport research'', $2,000,000 is for 
     airfield pavement improvement activities authorized under 
     sections 905 and 743 of Public Law 106-181.
       The $2,600,000 for ultra-wide band (UWB)/GPS work is 
     provided to assess the vulnerability of aviation uses of the 
     GPS signal to interference from electronic devices. New 
     initiatives in this area should be coordinated with all 
     appropriate stakeholders in industry, the National 
     Telecommunications and Information Agency, the Department of 
     Defense, the U.S. Congress, and the Federal Communications 
     Commission. In addition, $1,000,000 is available for anti-
     jamming initiatives, to improve the resilience of the GPS 
     signal to jamming through improved antennae, signal 
     processing technology, or other means.
       Safe flight 21.--The conference agreement provides 
     $35,000,000 for the safe flight 21 program, as proposed by 
     the Senate, and agrees to the Senate's allocation of those 
     additional funds. The conferees direct that, of the funds 
     provided for the Ohio Valley portion of this program, not 
     less than $1,000,000 shall be for a safety study assessing 
     the relative safety benefits of ADS-B technology, including 
     an assessment of the use of ADS-B for conflict detection and 
     resolution. In addition, the conferees encourage FAA to 
     schedule a near-term evaluation of the potential use of ADS-B 
     technology to address the runway incursion problem.
       Aviation weather services improvements.--The additional 
     $3,000,000 provided for this program is to support the 
     collaborative effort between FAA and NOAA's National Severe 
     Storms Laboratory to continue research and testing of phased 
     array radar technology and to incorporate airport/aircraft 
     tracking and weather information. Funding of $10,000,000 was 
     provided for this program in the Department of Defense 
     Appropriations Act, 2000.
       Aeronautical datalink applications.--The conferees do not 
     agree with Senate direction regarding the qualifications for 
     a contractor for air-to-ground communications.
       Static transfer switches.--The conferees understand that 
     the FAA administrator has identified funding to complete 
     procurement under the existing contract to supply en route 
     centers with static transfer switches. These switches enable 
     the centers to switch in back-up power quickly enough to 
     prevent computers from ``crashing,'' and replace equipment 
     which lacks this important capability. The conferees support 
     funding for this procurement.
       Free flight phase one.--Of the funds provided for this 
     program, $3,000,000 is to implement the departure spacing 
     program (DSP) to support Dulles International Airport, as 
     proposed by the House, and $4,500,000 is for the program 
     proposed by the Senate to implement DSP for the New York/New 
     Jersey metropolitan area. The amount provided includes the 
     sums necessary for the installation of bar-coded strips at 
     the airports identified in the Senate report. DSP funds 
     should not be reprogrammed to other regions or activities.
       Terminal automation.--The conference agreement provides 
     $117,000,000 for this program, instead of $114,850,000 
     proposed by the House and $116,850,000 proposed by the 
     Senate. Funding is included to install and commission DBRITE 
     systems at Mid-Delta Airport in Mississippi, and at 
     Gainesville Regional and Boca Raton airports in Florida. The 
     conferees understand that existing DBRITE systems are 
     available for redeployment to new sites as a result of other 
     modernization activities.
       Distance measuring equipment (DME).--The amount provided 
     above the request for this program shall be for the 
     installation of DME on runway 11 at Newark International 
     Airport.
       En route communications and control facilities.--Of the 
     funds provided, $3,200,000 is only for relocation of RTR-A 
     and RTR-D radar facilities at Lambert-St. Louis International 
     Airport in Missouri.
       Air traffic control tower and Tracon improvements.--Of the 
     funds provided, $1,500,000 is to continue the cable loop 
     relocation project at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport 
     in Missouri.
       Instrument landing system establishment/upgrade.--Funding 
     provided for instrument landing systems (ILS) shall be 
     distributed as follows:

        Location                                                 Amount
Activities in President's budget............................$16,000,000
National replacement program (categories I/II/III)...........22,325,000
Lonesome Pine Airport, VA.....................................1,000,000

Jimmy Stewart Airport, PA.......................................855,000
Lafayette Regional Airport, LA................................1,000,000
Statesboro-Bulloch County Airport, GA.........................1,797,000
Buffalo Niagara, NY (ILS/MALSR)...............................3,798,000
Searcy Airport, AR............................................2,000,000
Dulles International, VA (DME)..................................300,000
Wichita MidContinent, KS......................................1,100,000
Colonel James Jabara Airport, KS..............................1,100,000
Cleveland Hopkins International, OH...........................4,000,000
Orlando International, FL (install category III)..............2,000,000
Meridian/Key Field, MS........................................2,000,000
Atlanta Hartsfield International, GA (5th runway).............4,000,000
Evanston Airport, WY..........................................2,500,000
Muscatine Municipal Airport, IA...............................1,600,000
Kalealoa Airport, HI..........................................2,300,000
Decatur Airport, AL...........................................1,000,000
Gulf Shores Municipal, AL.....................................1,300,000
Lehigh Valley International, PA...............................2,000,000
Klawock Airport, AK...........................................1,000,000
Mexico Airport, MO............................................2,000,000
Harry Browne Airport, MI......................................1,000,000
Wexford County Airport, MI....................................1,500,000
London-Corbin Airport, KY.....................................2,000,000
Somerset Airport, KY (localizer/NDB)............................500,000
Newport News-Williamsburg Airport, VA.........................2,000,000
Sierra Blanca Regional Airport, NM..............................350,000
Minneapolis-St. Paul International, MN (localizer/glideslope)...675,000
    Total....................................................85,000,000

       The FAA recently signed a multiyear contract for additional 
     instrument landing systems. The conferees direct FAA to 
     initiate no less than two ILS demonstration projects which 
     permit the manufacturer and airports expedited and full 
     procurement, project management, and installation authority. 
     This type of ``turnkey'' approach will allow an assessment of 
     the potential for added cost savings and schedule 
     efficiencies compared to traditional FAA acquisitions.
       Runway visual range.--Of the $8,000,000 provided for this 
     program, $1,300,000 is for items cited in the Senate report, 
     $250,000 is for RVR equipment at the Minneapolis-St. Paul 
     International Airport in Minnesota, and $5,000,000 is for 
     continued acquisition of next generation RVR systems.
       Voice switching and control system (VSCS).--The conference 
     agreement provides $2,700,000 in this budget line for 
     activities to address the audio clipping, automatic gain 
     control, and tone notching problems found in FAA voice 
     switches. The funding is designed, in part, to address 
     recommendations of FAA's AOS-510 organization in Oklahoma 
     City concerning the rapid deployment voice switch (RDVS), as 
     well as provide solutions for these problems in the ICSS, 
     ETVS, and VSCS switching systems. The conferees understand 
     that a single, commercial-off-the-shelf system may be 
     available to address these problems in all of the systems 
     mentioned.
       Precision runway monitors.--The conference agreement does 
     not include funding to install a precision runway monitor 
     (PRM) at Newark International Airport as proposed by the 
     Senate. The conferees recognize that the procurement of this 
     equipment is premature at this time. The conferees note, 
     however, that one of the Administrator's new ``choke point'' 
     initiatives includes measures to increase the efficiency of 
     air traffic flows and reduce airspace complexity for aircraft 
     destined to New York and New Jersey. This initiative will 
     facilitate the development of arrival procedures at Newark 
     International that could reduce ATC delays once a PRM with 
     accompanying LDA and glideslope is installed. As such, the 
     conferees direct the Administrator to continue to work with 
     the relevant aviation authorities in the region toward the 
     installation of a PRM and LDA with glideslope at Newark 
     International Airport once the ``choke points'' initiative is 
     fully implemented. Toward that end, the conferees expect 
     the Administrator to continue to work toward the 
     completion of all necessary environmental analyses so that 
     this installation can take place as soon as possible.
       Terminal voice switch replacement.--The conferees agree to 
     provide $14,000,000 for this program, and direct FAA not to 
     reprogram any of those resources without Congressional 
     approval.
       Houston area air traffic system.--The conference agreement 
     includes $12,000,000 in initial funding for the Houston area 
     air traffic system (HAATS). These funds shall be under 
     administrative control of the FAA Southwest Region, which is 
     the charter holder for this important capacity enhancement 
     program. Funds are intended for instrument landing systems 
     and other facilities and equipment necessary to carry out the 
     program, and shall not be reprogrammed without Congressional 
     approval. The conferees are aware that FAA has approved the 
     record of decision for a major capacity expansion at

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     Houston area airports. To ensure that the required navigation 
     and landing aids, radar positions, and related equipment is 
     provided in a timely manner, FAA established a special 
     charter for this program, giving overall program 
     responsibility to the Southwest Region. This is similar to 
     past charter programs in Dallas, Atlanta, Austin, and 
     Northern Virginia. In the case of Houston, however, the FAA 
     has neglected to provide funding for the program. The 
     conference agreement corrects this oversight.
       Low-cost airport surface detection equipment.--The 
     conferees agree to provide $8,400,000 for the low-cost 
     airport surface detection equipment (ASDE) program as 
     proposed by the Senate, instead of $15,000,000 as proposed by 
     the House, and do not agree with House direction regarding 
     contracting strategies for this program. The conferees agree 
     with the House that runway incursions are an urgent safety 
     issue which should be rapidly addressed, in part, through the 
     application of modern technology. Disappointingly, however, 
     the FAA has not put forward a viable or affordable program 
     worthy of Congressional support. In response to Congressional 
     direction to develop a low-cost alternative to today's ASDE-3 
     system, the agency proposes one twice as expensive and 
     designed for lower-activity airports. In response to 
     direction requiring ten systems in the field by September 
     2002, the agency proposes one reaching that capability three 
     years later. In addition to these programmatic concerns, the 
     conferees are not convinced of the agency's commitment to 
     this program. Although the FAA Administrator announced in 
     June 2000 that 25 low-cost ASDE systems would be acquired, 
     the agency's five-year capital plan submitted two months 
     later provides less than half the resources necessary to 
     accomplish that goal. In addition, the agency has steadfastly 
     refused to support the additional funding recommended by the 
     House for the coming fiscal year. The conferees cannot 
     responsibly provide additional first-year funding for this 
     program until the agency demonstrates the long-term 
     commitment of resources and the leadership needed to carry it 
     to fruition. In lieu of funds for an acquisition which the 
     agency does not yet support, the conferees have provided an 
     additional $3,500,000 in advanced development funds for 
     runway incursion technology initiatives.
       Terminal air traffic control facilities replacement.--The 
     conference agreement includes $145,492,606 for replacement of 
     air traffic control towers and other terminal facilities. The 
     agreement distributes these funds as follows:

                          Location and Amount

Vero Beach, FL...............................................$5,600,000
Albert Whitted, FL...............................................75,000
Dayton International, OH......................................4,000,000
WK Kellogg, MI................................................2,000,000
Sky Harbor, AZ................................................9,000,000
Cleveland, OH.................................................3,000,000
Richmond, VA..................................................5,700,000
Martin State, MD..............................................1,000,000
Medford, OR...................................................1,000,000
Billings Logan, MT............................................2,000,000
Grand Canyon, AZ................................................267,000
Missoula, MT....................................................500,000
Pangborn, WA..................................................1,000,000
Paine Field, WA...............................................1,000,000
McArthur Airport, NY............................................750,000
Rogue Valley, OR..............................................1,425,500
Fort Wayne, IN................................................2,000,000
Cheyenne, WY..................................................1,450,000
Morristown, NJ................................................2,500,000
Oakland, CA..................................................23,912,347
LaGuardia, NY................................................23,440,000
Boston, MA...................................................24,936,914
Savannah, GA..................................................7,741,015
Topeka, KS....................................................4,361,840
St. Louis, MO.................................................3,317,000
Newark, NJ....................................................2,407,500
Roanoke, VA...................................................2,140,000
Birmingham, AL................................................1,359,540
Pt. Columbus, OH..............................................1,000,000
Wilkes-Barre, PA................................................959,200
Houston Hobby, TX...............................................818,550
Champaign, IL...................................................749,000
Little Rock, AR.................................................642,000
Bedford, MA.....................................................535,000
Newburgh, NY..................................................1,000,000
Merrill Field, AK...............................................321,000
Wilmington, DE..................................................305,000
Salina, KS......................................................267,500
N. Las Vegas, NV................................................214,000
Orlando, FL.....................................................177,900
Atlanta, GA.....................................................167,900
Chantilly, VA....................................................75,000
Gulfport, MS.....................................................75,000
Kalamazoo, MI....................................................75,000
Deer Valley, AZ..................................................75,000
Broomfield, CO...................................................75,000
Miami, FL........................................................51,900
Seattle, WA......................................................25,000
  Total.................................................... 145,492,606

       Richmond airport traffic control tower, VA.--The Richmond 
     International Airport is in the midst of a terminal expansion 
     program which requires a new airport control tower to be 
     operational by 2002. While the FAA supports construction of a 
     new tower, the agency estimates that, using its normal 
     procedures, the agency would not complete the tower until the 
     year 2004, delaying the capacity expansion program by two 
     years. Since Richmond believes it can meet the schedule if it 
     manages this project, the conferees direct FAA to explore 
     construction of the replacement tower under a construction 
     agreement or other transaction authority with the Richmond 
     International Airport, pursuant to which the airport would 
     construct the tower, using predominantly FAA funding, and 
     FAA would own, operate, and maintain the facility.
       Morristown airport traffic control tower, NJ.--The 
     conference agreement includes $2,500,000 for the construction 
     of a replacement air traffic control tower at the Morristown, 
     New Jersey airport. The conferees recognize that the current 
     tower is deteriorating rapidly and needs to be replaced as 
     soon as possible. Toward that end, the conferees direct the 
     FAA Administrator to enter into a reimbursable agreement with 
     the airport through which the remaining construction costs 
     borne by the airport will be reimbursed by the FAA over the 
     next few years.
       Airport surveillance radar (ASR-9).--The conferees provide 
     $11,122,000 for this program as proposed by the House, of 
     which $4,000,000 is for the radar system specified in the 
     House report for Palm Springs Airport in California. The 
     conferees agree not to specify additional systems for 
     acquisition at this time, but direct the FAA to initiate or 
     continue preliminary site surveys and other necessary studies 
     for locations cited in the Senate report as well as Cherry 
     Capital Airport in Michigan, Gainesville Regional Airport in 
     Florida, and Jackson Hole Airport in Wyoming. Funds for these 
     studies may be derived either from this budget line or from 
     funds provided for terminal digital radar (ASR-11) 
     implementation. The conferees understand that the FAA has 
     committed to installing a TARDIS unit at the Gainesville 
     Regional Airport and direct the FAA to move expeditiously to 
     install this equipment as an interim solution to the 
     airport's radar needs. In addition, $2,400,000 of the funding 
     provided is for removal and relocation of the existing ASR-9 
     radar system at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport in 
     Missouri.
       Puget Sound radar shortcomings.--The conferees direct the 
     FAA Administrator to conduct a study assessing the best means 
     of correcting shortcomings related to deficient radar 
     coverage in the southern Puget Sound airspace in the State of 
     Washington.
       Voice recorder replacement program.--The conference 
     agreement provides $3,632,000 for this program as proposed by 
     the Senate instead of $2,632,000 as proposed by the House. 
     With these additional funds, the FAA is directed to conduct 
     the study cited in the Senate report regarding deployable 
     flight data recorders and support the FAA Technical Center's 
     ``integrated aircraft data collection and reporting'' project 
     to develop an improved method of collecting, storing, and 
     analyzing critical aircraft flight data by ground-based 
     means.
       Automated surface observing system (ASOS).--The conferees 
     agree to provide $11,500,000 for this program instead of 
     $8,213,900 proposed by the House and $13,213,900 proposed by 
     the Senate. Of the funds provided, $80,000 is for 
     installation of an automated weather observing system at 
     Monticello Airport in Wayne County, Kentucky and $100,000 is 
     for installation of an AWOS III system at Dexter Airport in 
     Arkadelphia, Arkansas. Funding is also included for 
     installation of an automated weather sensor system (AWSS) for 
     Owensboro-Daviess County Airport in Kentucky.
       Approach lighting system improvement program (ALSIP).--The 
     conference agreement provides $30,000,000 for this program, 
     to be distributed as follows:

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                           Location                                 House            Senate         Agreement
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Activities in President's budget.............................       $1,040,000       $1,100,000       $1,040,000
ALSF-2 acquisition...........................................        9,575,000  ...............        3,400,000
MALSR acquisition............................................        3,500,000  ...............        2,025,000
ALSIP Newport & North Bend, OR...............................        4,000,000        3,500,000        3,500,000
ALSF-2 Cleveland Intl, OH....................................        3,000,000  ...............        3,000,000
ALSF-2 Minneapolis-St. Paul Intl, MN.........................  ...............  ...............        1,500,000
MALSR Starkville, MS.........................................          560,000  ...............          560,000
MALSR, Millington, TN........................................          425,000  ...............          425,000
MALSR install runway 34L, Salt Lake City, UT.................        3,000,000        3,000,000        3,000,000
MALSR/REIL Monroe Cty, NC....................................        1,000,000  ...............        1,000,000
Meridian/Key Field MALSR, MS.................................  ...............        2,300,000        2,300,000
Atlanta Hartsfield, GA.......................................  ...............        2,300,000        1,500,000
Juneau Airport, AK...........................................  ...............        2,000,000        1,500,000
Las Cruces International, NM.................................  ...............        2,750,000        1,600,000
Bethel Airport, AK...........................................  ...............        2,000,000        1,500,000
Saginaw MBS Intl, MI.........................................  ...............          500,000          500,000
MALSR, Baton Rouge, LA.......................................  ...............        2,000,000        1,500,000
Taxiway lighting system, Gadsden Airport Industrial Park, AL.  ...............  ...............          150,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total..................................................       26,100,000       21,450,000       30,000,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

       Aviation access, remote locations in Alaska.--The conferees 
     note that most remote Alaska villages do not have access to 
     hospitals or clinics because they are not connected to the 
     road system. Therefore, they must rely on aircraft medevacs 
     in the event of a medical emergency. The conferees have been 
     informed that an air evacuation of a heart attack victim was 
     delayed for three days because the village of Hoonah lacked 
     navigational aids, and that medevacs in winter months are 
     restricted to just a few hours of daylight because 
     communities lack runway lights. The Administrator is directed 
     to work with the Indian Health Service and the Coast Guard to 
     determine the extent of this problem, and similar access 
     problems in other remote communities, and make 
     recommendations to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations by March 1, 2001 on what steps should be 
     taken.
       Explosive detection systems.--The conferees agree to 
     provide $99,500,000 for the acquisition and deployment of 
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     systems at airports as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $136,417,606 as proposed by the House. The conference 
     agreement distributes funds as shown below:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                       FY 2001 budget      Conference
              Activity                    estimate          agreement
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bulk EDS systems....................       $31,200,000       $40,000,000
Trace detection systems.............        15,200,000        12,000,000
Threat image projection (TIP)               25,320,000        22,000,000
 systems............................
Threat containment units............           750,000  ................
Computer-based training (CBT)         ................         2,000,000
 systems............................
System integration..................        25,030,000        21,500,000
SAFPAS..............................  ................         2,000,000
                                     -----------------------------------
      Total.........................        97,500,000        99,500,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       Bulk explosive detection systems.--The conferees agree with 
     the concern of the House that FAA has not been successful at 
     developing a viable second source for the acquisition of bulk 
     EDS systems, several years after the program was initiated. 
     Competition among vendors is critical for minimizing 
     government costs and lowering technical risk, and FAA's lack 
     of enthusiasm for second source development continues to be 
     disappointing. A recent investigation of the House 
     Appropriations Committee's Surveys and Investigations staff 
     concluded that FAA has failed to use consistent criteria in 
     evaluating different vendors; has failed to formally document 
     test criteria and the basis for test decisions; and has 
     applied different performance standards to different vendors. 
     Some vendors have been allowed to deploy equipment to 
     airports without FAA certification; some have been required 
     to receive certification; and still others have not been 
     approved until completion of post-certification operational 
     tests. In all, it is clear that FAA has neither effectively 
     promoted competition nor evaluated different vendors fairly 
     against a single performance and testing standard. This has 
     resulted in a single vendor receiving contracts for an 
     overwhelming majority of systems, several years after 
     attempts were begun to develop a second source. The conferees 
     will not continue to provide funding for these important 
     machines unless a level playing field is established. 
     Although the conference agreement includes $40,000,000 for 
     bulk explosive detection systems, an increase of $8,800,000 
     above the budget estimate, the conferees direct that these 
     funds shall be made available in equal amounts to procure 
     explosive detection systems from both certified sources. 
     Further, the FAA shall not unduly delay contract awards to 
     either vendor, by ensuring that the timing of contract awards 
     to the two vendors are paired to the greatest extent 
     practicable.
       Strategic Alliance for Passenger Airline Safety.--As 
     proposed by the Senate, the conference agreement includes 
     $2,000,000 for the Strategic Alliance for Passenger Airline 
     Safety (SAFPAS) to conduct development, integration, 
     evaluation, and testing of the concept of remote airline 
     passenger check-in and baggage drop-off. If successful, this 
     could enhance airline passenger check-in efficiency as well 
     as enhance security by distributing the baggage screening 
     load across time and locations, allow for a more measured 
     flow of baggage and more time per bag for screening. This 
     could also reduce the pressure at airport security 
     checkpoints by reducing the number of bags being presented 
     immediately before flight departures.
       Center for advanced aviation systems development.--Within 
     the amount made available for this activity, adequate funding 
     has been provided to continue development of flight 
     management system procedures for Newark and Teterboro 
     airports, New Jersey.


                 Research, Engineering, and Development

                    (Airport and Airway Trust Fund)

       The conference agreement provides $187,000,000 for FAA 
     research, engineering, and development instead of 
     $184,366,000 as proposed by the House and $183,343,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       The following table shows the distribution of funds in the 
     House and Senate bills and the conference agreement:

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       Security research.--The conferees encourage FAA's research 
     organization to work with the OST Office of Intelligence and 
     Security to consider FAA financial support of aviation-
     related activities conducted through that office. The Office 
     of Intelligence and Security is tasked with certain 
     responsibilities regarding critical infrastructure protection 
     and awareness. Since the large majority of DOT's critical 
     infrastructure is in the FAA, it may be appropriate for the 
     agency to support these activities financially.
       Strobe light evaluation.--The conferees direct FAA to 
     provide, out of available funds, up to $500,000 to conduct a 
     test program comparing how various runway approach lighting 
     systems affect a pilot's visual effectiveness during the 
     landing phase. FAA data indicate that ``steady burning'' 
     approach lights can cause temporary changes in pilot visual 
     acuity, which can affect the ability of the pilot to 
     determine objects at a distance.
       Propulsion and fuel systems.--Of the funds provided, 
     $1,500,000 is for the minimum octane fuel research cited in 
     the House report and $1,500,000 is for the Specialty Metals 
     Processing Consortium cited in the Senate report.
       Explosives and weapons detection.--The conference agreement 
     includes $42,606,000 as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $37,460,000 as proposed by the House and included in the 
     budget estimate. Of this amount, $6,000,000 is to continue 
     development of the pulsed fast neutron analysis (PFNA) cargo 
     inspection system, as proposed by the Senate. No funds are 
     allocated to the Safe Skies initiative. Further, the 
     conference agreement provides $1,000,000 for the FAA to fund 
     dual use X-ray technology development at Huntsville 
     International Airport, Alabama, to facilitate the movement 
     of large amounts of palletized cargo through scanning 
     systems with very high levels of contraband and threat 
     detection.
       Aging aircraft.--The conference agreement provides 
     $33,384,000 for this program instead of $29,384,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $34,684,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. Of the funds provided, $5,000,000 is for the National 
     Institute for Aviation Research. The conferees have included 
     an increase of $1,000,000 above the budget request for the 
     Center for Aviation Systems Reliability (CASR); $1,000,000 
     above the budget request for activities of the engine 
     titanium consortium effort; and $10,000,000 for the 
     activities of the Airworthiness Assurance Center of 
     Excellence, including research at the non-destructive 
     inspection validation center.


                       Grants-in-Aid for Airports

                (Liquidation of Contract Authorization)

                      (Limitation on Obligations)

                    (Airport and Airway Trust Fund)

       The conference agreement includes a liquidating cash 
     appropriation of $3,200,000,000, as proposed by the House and 
     the Senate.
       Obligation limitation.--The conferees agree to an 
     obligation limitation of $3,200,000,000 for the ``Grants-in-
     aid for airports'' program as proposed by the House and the 
     Senate. This is the amount authorized by Public Law 106-181.
       High priority projects.--Of the funds covered by the 
     obligation limitation in this bill, the conferees direct FAA 
     to provide not less than the following funding levels, out of 
     available discretionary resources, for the following projects 
     in the corresponding amounts:

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       The conferees further direct that the specific funding 
     allocated above shall not diminish or prejudice the 
     application of a specific airport or geographic region to 
     receive other AIP discretionary grants or multiyear letters 
     of intent.
       Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, OH.--The conferees 
     are aware of the need for further noise mitigation at 
     Cleveland Hopkins International Airport and of the City of 
     Cleveland's residential sound insulation program to address 
     this issue. Although the city is currently limited to caps 
     for residential and institutional noise set-aside funding, it 
     is expected that these caps will be withdrawn by the FAA 
     because of the significant increase being made available in 
     noise set-aside funding. Accordingly, the conferees urge FAA 
     to give strong consideration to the city's request for multi-
     year noise set-aside funding to address sound insulation 
     needs for homes and facilities around the airport.
       Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, MN.--The 
     conferees provide $10,000,000 for noise mitigation activities 
     for the westside of the new Minneapolis-St. Paul 
     International Airport north/south runway, pending FAA's 
     review of the noise impacts of the project.
       Denver noise mitigation study.--In House report 105-648, 
     the House Committee on Appropriations instructed FAA to work 
     with the Denver International Airport Study Coordination 
     Group, the DIA noise abatement office, and other affected 
     Colorado communities to identify measures, including changes 
     in flight patterns, which would reduce aircraft noise. In 
     addition to considering average noise levels (particularly in 
     communities with average noise levels over 65 LDN), the FAA 
     was instructed to address the specific altitude of Colorado 
     communities. The conferees urge FAA to continue to work with 
     these entities to resolve their concerns. The conferees 
     direct FAA to provide a letter report detailing its findings 
     and recommended actions to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations no later than August 1, 2001.
       Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport, PA.--The 
     conference agreement provides discretionary funding of 
     $3,000,000 only for the Joseph M. McDade terminal facility at 
     the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport in 
     Pennsylvania.
       Letters of intent.--The conferees urge the FAA to award 
     letters of intent for multiyear capital projects at the 
     following airports:
       Location:
       Memphis International, TN
       Lambert-St. Louis International, MO
       Clearwater-St. Petersburg International, FL
       Piedmont Triad International, NC
       Anchorage International, AK
       George Bush Intercontinental, TX
       Orlando International, FL
       Baltimore-Washington International, MD
       Hartsfield-Atlanta International, GA
       Alliance Airport, TX
       Oakland Pontiac International, MI
       North Las Vegas, NV
       Cherry Capital Airport, MI
       Houston area letter of intent.--The conferees urge FAA to 
     give priority consideration to the letter of intent 
     application from the City of Houston. The city has proposed a 
     major expansion of airside capacity, with positive effects on 
     system delay and a favorable benefit-cost ratio, as part of a 
     larger airport expansion program largely financed by locally-
     generated funds.
       Lambert-St. Louis International Airport.--The conferees 
     encourage the FAA Administrator to award a supplemental 
     letter of intent for Lambert-St. Louis International Airport 
     in Missouri and include within the conference agreement 
     $10,000,000 in discretionary funding for the new W-1W runway 
     and related improvements at this airport.
       Piedmont Triad International Airport runway project.--The 
     Conferees direct the FAA to give full and immediate 
     consideration to the Piedmont Triad Airport Authority's 
     application for a letter of intent for construction of a 
     parallel runway (5L-23R) and related improvements. These 
     improvements will provide substantial capacity, safety and 
     economic benefits and will facilitate committed expansion of 
     operations at the airport.
       Hartsfield-Atlanta International Airport.--The conferees 
     are aware of the capacity and safety benefits that will 
     accrue from the addition of a fifth runway at Hartsfield-
     Atlanta International Airport. The conferees direct FAA to 
     give full and immediate consideration to the airport 
     authority's application for a letter of intent for 
     construction of a fifth runway.
       GPS approach development.--The confererence agreement does 
     not include the Senate's direction to make available 
     $4,500,000 of administrative funds only for the development 
     of GPS approaches. Funding for this activity is provided in 
     other appropriations.


                       grants-in-aid for airports

                    (airport and airway trust fund)

                 (rescission of contract authorization)

       The conference agreement includes a rescission of unused 
     contract authority totaling $579,000,000, as proposed by both 
     the House and the Senate. These funds are above the annual 
     obligation ceiling for fiscal year 2000, and remain 
     unavailable to the program.


                   aviation insurance revolving fund

       The conference agreement retains language authorizing 
     expenditures and investments from the Aviation Insurance 
     Revolving Fund for aviation insurance activities, as proposed 
     by both the House and the Senate. This provision has been 
     carried in appropriations Acts for many years.

                     Federal Highway Administration


                 limitation on administrative expenses

       The conference agreement limits administrative expenses of 
     the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to $295,119,000, 
     instead of $290,115,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $386,658,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement provides that certain sums be made 
     available under section 104(a) of title 23, U.S.C. to carry 
     out specified activities, as follows: $4,000,000 shall be 
     available for commercial remote sensing products and spatial 
     information technologies under section 5113 of Public Law 
     105-178, as amended; $10,000,000 shall be available for the 
     national historic covered bridge preservation program under 
     section 1224 of Public Law 105-178, as amended; $5,000,000 
     shall be available for the construction and improvement of 
     the Alabama State Docks; $10,000,000 shall be available to 
     Auburn University for the Center for Transportation 
     Technology; $7,500,000 shall be made available for ``Child 
     Passenger Protection Education Grants'' under section 2003(b) 
     of Public Law 105-178, as amended; and $25,000,000 shall be 
     available for the transportation and community and system 
     preservation program under section 1221 of Public Law 105-
     178, as amended.
       The recommended distribution by program and activity of the 
     funding provided for FHWA's administrative expenses is as 
     follows:
FHWA administrative expenses...............................$315,834,000
  Undistributed reduction in administrative expenses.........-1,000,000
Defer information technology increases pending CIO review....-2,400,000
Defer increases for workplace development....................-4,330,000
Delete funding requested for rural transportation planning in-1,000,000
Eliminate funding for climate change center..................-1,000,000
Deny funding for national rural development partnership program-500,000
Delete funding for the Garret A. Morgan program................-688,000
Delete funding for 2 new FTE for small and disadvantaged business 
  activities...................................................-230,000
Deny funding for development of regional transportation plan for the 
  Mississippi River Delta initiative.........................-1,000,000
Delete funding for ``working better together'' activities......-500,000
Provide $1,000,000 for the office of intermodalism.............-317,000
Deny increases for technology transfer and sharing activities-5,000,000
Disallow funds for the national personal transportation surve-4,750,000
Congestion mitigation and suburban mobility initiative.......+2,000,000
       National personal transportation survey.--The conference 
     agreement does not include additional resources for the 
     national personal transportation survey within FHWA's 
     limitation on administrative expenses. Funds have been 
     provided within policy research and the Bureau of 
     Transportation Statistics to continue the national personal 
     transportation survey in fiscal year 2001.
       International trade data systems.--The conference agreement 
     includes $1,620,000, as requested, for international trade 
     data systems. The conferees agree with the direction of the 
     House to provide the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations by February 1, 2001 a detailed cost estimate 
     for the development and deployment of the complete system, 
     including cost sharing by other participating federal, state 
     and local agencies, and a schedule for full deployment. The 
     conferees encourage the FHWA within the funds provided for 
     this activity to conduct a study on transportation issues 
     emerging from NAFTA with the University of Texas at El Paso 
     and Dowling College of Long Island, New York, and to work 
     with the Arctic Council to identify opportunities for 
     international cooperation and development in the circumpolar 
     region.
       Research and development administrative expenses.--The 
     level provided for administrative expenses of the FHWA shall 
     include funding, as proposed by the House, to support various 
     administrative activities that were requested within the 
     research and technology programs.
       Inspector General cost reimbursements.--The conference 
     agreement provides up to $3,524,000 for Inspector General 
     audit cost reimbursements. These funds are transferred from 
     FHWA's administrative takedown as authorized under section 
     104(a) of title 23 to the office of the inspector general.
       Corporate average fuel economy.--Up to $1,000,000 is 
     provided under this heading to conduct a study of corporate 
     average fuel economy standards. This study is more fully 
     discussed under ``National Highway Traffic Safety 
     Administration, Operations and research.''
       Dual logos on interstate signs.--The conferees understand 
     that in response to the establishment of shared facilities 
     for restaurants and other services along interstate

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     highways, there is growing interest in the placement of dual 
     logos on interstate signs to provide information to the 
     traveling public. The Commonwealth of Kentucky is considering 
     a demonstration project that would allow for the use of dual 
     logos in one slot on interstates marking gas, food and 
     lodging facilities. The conferees believe this proposal 
     has merit and direct the FHWA to approve Kentucky's 
     request, should it be submitted.
       New Jersey turnpike tremley point interchange.--The 
     conferees are aware of a proposal to construct a new truck-
     only interchange at exit 12A of the New Jersey Turnpike to 
     provide commercial vehicle access and to alleviate congestion 
     in Linden, New Jersey. The conferees stand in support of this 
     initiative and encourage the appropriate transportation 
     officials in the State of New Jersey to expedite construction 
     of this critically needed congestion mitigation project.
       Chesapeake and Delaware Canal.--The conferees direct the 
     Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, 
     to remove lead-based paint from the St. Georges Bridge in 
     Delaware, to repaint the bridge, and to conduct an assessment 
     for rehabilitation of the bridge using available ``Operations 
     and maintenance'' general funds from Energy and Water 
     Development Appropriations Acts.


                 limitation on transportation research

       The conference agreement deletes the limitation on 
     transportation research of $437,250,000 proposed by the 
     House. Funding for transportation research programs and 
     activities is included within the overall limitation on 
     federal-aid highways, as proposed by the Senate.


                          federal-aid highways

       The conference agreement limits obligations for the 
     federal-aid highways program to $29,661,806,000 as proposed 
     by both the House and the Senate. The conference agreement 
     also includes the following limitations within the overall 
     limitation on obligations for the federal-aid highways 
     program as proposed by the Senate: $437,250,000 for 
     transportation research; $25,000,000 for the magnetic 
     levitation transportation technology deployment program; 
     $31,000,000 for the Bureau of Transportation Statistics; and 
     $218,000,000 for intelligent transportation systems. Within 
     the funds provided for magnetic levitation, not to exceed 
     $1,000,000 shall be available to the Federal Railroad 
     Administration for administrative expenses associated with 
     the program; not to exceed $1,500,000 shall be available to 
     the Federal Railroad Administration for ``Safety and 
     operations''; and not more than $1,000,000 shall be available 
     for low-speed magnetic levitation research and development. 
     The House bill contained no similar sub-limitations.
       The conference agreement also includes a provision which, 
     after deducting $156,486,491 for high priority projects; 
     $25,000,000 for the Indian reservation roads program; 
     $18,467,857 for the Woodrow Wilson Bridge; $10,000,000 for 
     commercial driver's license program under motor carrier 
     safety grants; and $1,735,039 for the Alaska Highway, 
     distributes revenue aligned budget authority directly to the 
     states consistent with each state's individual guaranteed 
     share under section 1105 of Public Law 105-178. This approach 
     is similar to the policy enacted for fiscal year 2000 and 
     maximizes the resources flowing to individual states.
       The conference agreement includes several provisions that 
     stipulate how funds apportioned under section 110 of title 
     23, U.S.C. to the states of Oklahoma, Mississippi, New York, 
     Nebraska, Alabama and California are to be allocated within 
     those states. The FHWA is directed to ensure that the state 
     departments of transportation of these states in no way 
     diminish their annual planned expenditures from their regular 
     federal-aid apportionment on the projects specified in this 
     conference agreement.
       Commonwealth of Kentucky.--The conferees expect the 
     Kentucky Transportation Cabinet to pre-finance the right-of-
     way phase for the Pennyrile Parkway Extension from 
     Hopkinsville to I-24 in Christian County, which is to be 
     funded from the state's annual allotment of federal national 
     highway system funds.
       Environmental streamlining pilot program.--The conferees 
     direct the Secretary of Transportation to designate the New 
     Hampshire I-93 corridor project (from Manchester to Salem) as 
     an environmental streamlining pilot project to demonstrate 
     timely identification and resolution of issues, flexible 
     mitigation strategies, and balanced decision-making. The 
     conferees further expect the FHWA's New Hampshire Division 
     Administrator, the Federal Transit Administration's Region 
     1 Administrator, the U.S. Environmental Protection 
     Agency's Region 1 Administrator, the U.S. Army Corps of 
     Engineers Northeast District Engineer, and the Fish and 
     Wildlife Service Regional Director to serve on this 
     project's board of directors and as principal partners for 
     the duration of this project. This pilot may serve as a 
     model for the application of ``project partnering'' to 
     implement section 1309 of the Transportation Equity Act 
     for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 232-234).


                    surface transportation research

       Within the funds provided for surface transportation 
     research, the conference agreement includes $66,000,000 for 
     highway research and development for the following 
     activities:

Safety......................................................$15,000,000
Pavements....................................................15,000,000
Structures...................................................15,000,000
Environment...................................................6,200,000
Policy........................................................4,600,000
Planning and real estate......................................4,100,000
Advanced research...............................................900,000
Highway operations and asset management.......................5,200,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Total....................................................66,000,000

       Within the funds provided for highway research and 
     development, the conferees encourage the FHWA to provide up 
     to $250,000 for continuation of the PM-10 study.
       Safety.--The conference agreement includes $15,000,000 for 
     safety research. FHWA is required to implement a 
     comprehensive research and technology program that will 
     ensure safety R&D and deployment activities receive at least 
     the same amount of funds that were provided in fiscal year 
     2000. Within the funds provided for safety research, the 
     conferees encourage the FHWA to expand its efforts to improve 
     traffic safety at various types of intersections. In 
     addition, the conferees encourage the FHWA to provide: up to 
     $500,000 to explore traffic striping technology improvements 
     which enhance reflectivity in heavy rain; up to $2,000,000 to 
     determine the effectiveness of Freezefree anti-icing systems; 
     up to $2,000,000 for cooperative research at the Western 
     Washington University Vehicle Research Institute for safety 
     and related initiatives; and up to $500,000 for rural bridge 
     safety research in cooperation with the Vermont Agency of 
     Transportation. Lastly, the conferees encourage the FHWA to 
     provide up to $1,800,000 to the Transportation Research 
     Institute at the George Washington University for multi-modal 
     crash analysis, simulation, and modeling for occupant 
     protection and human survivability; and for advanced research 
     into improving performance and safety of transportation 
     networks, including but not limited to information, 
     communications, command and control, and logistics at the 
     physical, operational and information levels.
       Pavements.--The conference agreement provides $15,000,000 
     for pavements research. Within the funds provided for 
     pavements research, the conferees encourage the FHWA to 
     provide: up to $750,000 for cement concrete pavement research 
     at Iowa State University's Transportation Research and 
     Education Center; up to $2,000,000 for alkali silica 
     reactivity research with lithium based technologies; up to 
     $2,000,000 for further research into the GSB-88 emulsified 
     sealer/binder treatment; up to $2,500,000 for the National 
     Center for Asphalt Technology Pavement Research at Auburn 
     University; up to $2,000,000 for a cooperative polymer 
     additive demonstration involving South Carolina State 
     University and Clemson University; and up to $1,000,000 for 
     geosynthetic material pavement research at the Western 
     Transportation Institute.
       Structures.--The conference agreement provides $15,000,000 
     for structures research. Within the funds provided for 
     structures research, the conferees encourage the FHWA to 
     provide: up to $2,000,000 for research at the Center for 
     Advanced Bridge Engineering at Wayne State University; up to 
     $2,000,000 for nondestructive testing research at the Utah 
     Transportation Center; up to $1,500,000 for advanced sensor 
     and inspection research at the New Mexico State University 
     Bridge Research Center; up to $2,000,000 for earthquake 
     hazards mitigation research at the University of Missouri-
     Rolla; up to $2,000,000 for related engineering research at 
     West Virginia University; up to $2,000,000 for polymer matrix 
     composite research for wood structures at the University of 
     Maine; up to $2,000,000 for a rustproofing and paint 
     technology transfer project using the I-110 bridge from I-10 
     to U.S. 90; and up to $1,500,000 for cooperative work with 
     the Transportation Research Center at the Washington State 
     University.
       Environment.--The conference agreement provides $6,200,000 
     for environmental research. Within the funds provided for 
     this research activity, the FHWA is encouraged to provide: up 
     to $1,000,000 for the Sustainable Transportation Systems Lab 
     and the National Center for Transportation Technology for 
     mitigation research for heavily-trafficked national parks; 
     up to $1,500,000 for a dust and persistent particulate 
     abatement demonstration study in Kotzebue, Alaska; and up 
     to $1,000,000 to facilitate the air quality work at the 
     National Environmental Respiratory Center.
       Policy.--The conference agreement includes $4,600,000 for 
     policy research. Sufficient funding provided under this 
     activity, together with resources provided to the Bureau of 
     Transportation Statistics, shall allow for continued, 
     undiminished work on the national personal transportation 
     survey. The conference agreement deletes funding to continue 
     or to revise the truck size and weight study, as well as 
     funding requested for research cooperation with various 
     international organizations. Both the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations expect to be consulted before 
     future international agreements are consummated by the 
     department that are likely to require financial support by 
     the FHWA.
       Highway operations and asset management.--The conference 
     agreement provides $5,200,000 for highway operations and 
     asset management. Within the funds provided for this 
     activity, the conferees encourage the FHWA to provide: up to 
     $800,000 for innovative infrastructure financing best 
     practices research ongoing at the University of Southern 
     California; up to $1,000,000 for the road life research 
     program in New Mexico; and up to $2,000,000 for the Center 
     for Advanced Simulation Technology in New York and Auburn

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     University for continued work on a transportation management 
     plan.


                   intelligent transportation systems

       The conference agreement includes a total of $218,000,000 
     for intelligent transportation systems (ITS), of which 
     $118,000,000 is available for ITS deployment and $100,000,000 
     is for ITS research and development. Within the funds 
     available for intelligent transportation systems deployment, 
     the conference agreement provides that not less than the 
     following sums shall be available for intelligent 
     transportation projects in these specified areas:

                                                             Conference
        Project                                               agreement
Alameda-Contra Costa, California...............................$500,000
Aquidneck Island, Rhode Island..................................500,000
Austin, Texas...................................................250,000
Automated crash notification system, UAB......................1,000,000
Baton Rouge, Louisiana........................................1,000,000
Bay County, Florida...........................................1,500,000
Beaumont, Texas.................................................150,000
Bellingham, Washington..........................................350,000
Bloomington Township, Illinois..................................400,000
Calhoun County, Michigan........................................750,000
Carbondale, Pennsylvania......................................2,000,000
Cargo Mate, New Jersey..........................................750,000
Charlotte, North Carolina.......................................625,000
College Station, Texas........................................1,800,000
Commonwealth of Kentucky......................................1,500,000
Commonwealth of Virginia......................................5,500,000
Corpus Christi, Texas (vehicle dispatching)...................1,000,000
Delaware River Port Authority.................................1,250,000
DuPage County, Illinois.........................................500,000
Fargo, North Dakota...........................................1,000,000
Fort Collins, Colorado........................................1,250,000
Hattiesburg, Mississippi........................................500,000
Huntington Beach, California..................................1,250,000
Huntsville, Alabama...........................................3,000,000
I-70 West project, Colorado.....................................750,000
Inglewood, California...........................................600,000
Jackson, Mississippi..........................................1,000,000
Jefferson County, Colorado....................................4,250,000
Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania.....................................1,500,000
Kansas City, Missouri.........................................1,250,000
Lake County, Illinois...........................................450,000
Lewis & Clark trail, Montana....................................625,000
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania...............................2,000,000
Moscow, Idaho...................................................875,000
Muscle Shoals, Alabama........................................1,000,000
Nashville, Tennessee............................................500,000
New Jersey regional integration/TRANSCOM......................3,000,000
North Central Pennsylvania......................................750,000
North Las Vegas, Nevada.......................................1,800,000
Norwalk and Sante Fe Springs, California........................500,000
Oakland and Wayne Counties, Michigan..........................1,500,000
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission..............................1,500,000
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania......................................500,000
Puget Sound regional fare collection, Washington..............2,500,000
Rensselaer County, New York.....................................500,000
Rochester, New York...........................................1,500,000
Sacramento County, California...................................875,000
Sacramento to Reno, I-80 corridor...............................100,000
Sacramento, California..........................................500,000
Salt Lake City (Olympic Games), Utah..........................1,000,000
San Antonio, Texas..............................................100,000
Santa Teresa, New Mexico........................................500,000
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.................................400,000
Seabrook, Texas...............................................1,200,000
Shreveport, Louisiana.........................................1,000,000
South Dakota commercial vehicle, ITS..........................1,250,000
Southeast Michigan..............................................500,000
Southhaven, Mississippi.........................................150,000
Spokane County, Washington....................................1,000,000
Springfield-Branson, Missouri...................................750,000
St. Louis, Missouri.............................................500,000
State of Alaska...............................................2,350,000
State of Arizona..............................................1,000,000
State of Connecticut..........................................3,000,000
State of Delaware.............................................1,000,000
State of Illinois.............................................1,000,000
State of Indiana (SAFE-T).....................................1,000,000
State of Iowa (traffic enforcement and transit)...............2,750,000
State of Maryland.............................................3,000,000
State of Minnesota............................................6,500,000
State of Missouri (rural).......................................750,000
State of Montana................................................750,000
State of Nebraska.............................................2,600,000
State of New Mexico.............................................750,000
State of North Carolina.......................................1,500,000
State of North Dakota...........................................500,000
State of Ohio.................................................2,000,000
State of Oklahoma.............................................1,000,000
State of Oregon.................................................750,000
State of South Carolina.......................................2,000,000
State of Tennessee............................................1,850,000
State of Utah.................................................1,500,000
State of Vermont................................................500,000
State of Wisconsin............................................1,000,000
Texas border phase I, Houston, Texas............................500,000
Tucson, Arizona...............................................1,250,000
Tuscaloosa, Alabama...........................................2,000,000
Vermont rural ITS.............................................1,500,000
Washington, DC area...........................................1,250,000
Washoe County, Nevada...........................................200,000
Wayne County, Michigan........................................5,000,000
Williamson County/Round Rock, Texas.............................250,000

       Projects selected for funding shall contribute to the 
     integration and interoperability of intelligent 
     transportation systems, consistent with the criteria set 
     forth in TEA21.
       District of Columbia.--The conference agreement includes 
     $1,250,000 for intelligent transportation systems in the 
     national capital region. Within the amount provided, the 
     conferees urge funding be made available to develop with 
     George Mason University a system which coordinates ITS 
     responses to major capital projects in Northern Virginia.
       Commonwealth of Virginia.--Within the $5,500,000 provided 
     for ITS projects in the Commonwealth of Virginia, $3,000,000 
     shall be for the I-81 corridor in the Shenandoah Valley and 
     southwestern Virginia to improve safety. The conferees are 
     encouraged by the opportunities to improve safety with ITS 
     programs such as the collection and distribution of real time 
     information, installation of dynamic message signs and safety 
     monitors, coordination of emergency response, and other 
     systems. The conferees expect the Virginia Department of 
     Transportation, working in partnership with Virginia 
     Polytechnic Institute, James Madison University, and George 
     Mason University, to accelerate timely solutions to improve 
     safety on the I-81 corridor.
       The conference agreement provides $100,000,000 for ITS 
     research and development activities, to be distributed by 
     activity as follows:
Research and development....................................$48,680,000
Operational tests............................................11,820,000
Evaluations...................................................7,750,000
Architecture and standards...................................13,750,000
Integration...................................................9,000,000
Program support...............................................9,000,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Total...................................................100,000,000
       ITS standards, research, operational tests and 
     development.--Within the $100,000,000 provided for ITS 
     standards, research, operational tests and development, the 
     conference agreement includes, as proposed by the House, 
     $7,300,000 for commercial vehicle research and $30,000,000 
     for intelligent vehicle initiative research, of which 
     $5,000,000 shall be available for the initial phase of an 
     operational test to advance collision avoidance technologies 
     in the light vehicle platform. The conference agreement 
     deletes $600,000 identified in the Senate report to initiate 
     the design, engineering and installation of intelligent 
     transportation systems at railroad-highway crossings on rail 
     corridors.


               FERRY BOATS AND FERRY TERMINAL FACILITIES

       Within the funds available for ferry boats and ferry 
     terminal facilities, funds are to be available for the 
     following projects and activities:

        Project                                              Conference
Baylink ferry service, Vallejo, California...................$1,000,000
Broward County, Florida.......................................2,300,000
Cherry Grove, Long Island ferry boat dock, New York.............360,000
Curtis vessel replacement for Rockland and Vinal Haven, Maine...250,000
Dorena Ferry Mississippi River Crossing, Mississippi............500,000
Gees Bend ferry, Alabama......................................1,000,000
Greenport and Sag Harbor, New York, ferry service...............400,000
Jamaica Bay transportation hub, New York........................680,000
Fishers Island ferry terminal expansion, New London, Connectic1,250,000
Penns Landing dock improvements, Pennsylvania...................800,000
Port of Corpus Christi (North Harbor) ferry facility, Texas...1,000,000
Potomac river ferry, Virginia...................................660,000
Providence and Newport ferry, Rhode Island....................1,000,000
Provincetown, Massachusetts, terminal improvements..............300,000
Sandusky, Ohio, river ferry.....................................500,000
Savannah water taxi, Georgia....................................400,000
St. Johns River water taxi, Jacksonville, Florida...............500,000
State of Ohio ferries...........................................500,000
Treasure Island ferry service initiation and pier reconstruction, San 
  Francisco, California.......................................1,000,000


    magnetic levitation transportation technology deployment program

       The conference agreement provides a total of $25,000,000 
     for the high-speed magnetic levitation (maglev) technology 
     deployment program. Of this total, $1,000,000 is for the 
     Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to administer the 
     program; $1,500,000 is transferred to FRA for safety and 
     operations activities; and $1,000,000 is for low-speed maglev 
     development.
       The conferees direct that $21,500,000 be transferred to FRA 
     for the deployment of high-speed maglev projects. Of this 
     total, the

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     conference agreement recommends the following amounts be made 
     available for pre-construction planning and environmental 
     impact assessments:

Port Authority of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh 
  International Airport link.................................$5,000,000
Maryland Department of Transportation: Baltimore-Washington 
  International Airport-Washington, D.C. link.................1,000,000
California-Nevada Super Speed Train Commission: Las Vegas, NV to 
  Anaheim, CA.................................................1,000,000
Georgia/Atlanta Regional Commission: Atlanta, GA to Chattanoog1,000,000
Southern California Association of Governments: Los Angeles 
  International Airport to March Air Force Base...............1,000,000
Florida Department of Transportation..........................1,000,000
Greater New Orleans Expressway Commission.....................1,000,000

       The remaining funding ($10,500,000) shall be reserved for 
     the projects that the Department of Transportation selects 
     from among the seven candidates to continue in fiscal year 
     2001.
       Low-speed maglev program.--A total of $6,000,000 has been 
     allocated for low-speed maglev programs in fiscal year 2001. 
     This funding is comprised of $1,000,000 transferred from the 
     high-speed maglev program, instead of $3,000,000 as proposed 
     by the Senate, and $5,000,000 from section 3015(c) of Public 
     Law 105-178. This funding is to be allocated as follows:

Segmented rail phased induction electric magnetic motor (SERAPHIM) 
  project....................................................$2,000,000
Colorado Intermountain Fixed Guideway Authority Airport link p2,000,000
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania airborne shuttle system..............2,000,000


           national corridor planning and development program

       Within the funds available for the national corridor 
     planning and development program, funds are to be available 
     for the following projects and activities:


        Project                                              Conference
Anniston Evacuation corridor, Calhoun County, Alabama........$3,000,000
Avalon Boulevard/405 Freeway interchange, Carson, California....875,000
Boca Raton traffic calming, Florida.............................500,000
City of North Ridgeville, Lorain County, Ohio grade crossing 
  improvements..................................................600,000
Coalfields expressway Virginia................................4,000,000
Coalfields expressway, West Virginia.........................10,000,000
Downtown Fitchburg Route 12 extension, Massachusetts..........2,000,000
Hatcher Pass (phase I), Alaska................................2,000,000
I-25 corridor from Alameda to Logan, Colorado.................4,000,000
I-29 Port of Entry, Union County, South Dakota................2,000,000
I-35 corridor expansion, Waco, Texas..........................1,325,000
I-5 South Medford interchange and Delta Park, Oregon..........1,000,000
I-65 upgrade, Clark County, Indiana...........................1,350,000
I-66, Somerset to London, Kentucky............................5,000,000
I-69 corridor, Louisiana......................................2,300,000
I-69 corridor, Texas..........................................3,000,000
I-74 bridge, Moline, Illinois.................................5,600,000
Madison County, KY 21 and I-75, Kentucky......................1,000,000
New Boston Road improvements, Mercer County, Illinois.........3,000,000
Radio Road overpass, City of Sulphur Springs, Texas...........1,350,000
Route 104, Virginia...........................................1,000,000
South Shore industrial safety overpass, Indiana...............4,750,000
Stevenson expressway, Illinois................................3,800,000
US 19, Florida...............................................10,000,000
US 25 improvements, Kentucky..................................2,000,000
US 321 and US 74, Gasden and Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.500,000
US 395 North Spokane corridor, Washington.....................1,000,000
US 43, Alabama................................................4,000,000
US 51 widening, Decatur, Illinois.............................1,350,000
US 95 (Milepost 522 to Canadian border), Idaho................1,900,000
US Route 2, New Hampshire.....................................1,500,000
US-61 (Avenue of the Saints), Missouri........................4,000,000
WI 29 (Chippewa Falls bypass, Wisconsin)......................3,000,000


      TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNITY AND SYSTEM PRESERVATION PROGRAM

       The conference agreement includes a total of $50,000,000 
     for the transportation and community and system preservation 
     program, of which $25,000,000 is derived from funds provided 
     under section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code. Within 
     the funds made available for the transportation and community 
     and system preservation program, funds are to be distributed 
     to the following projects and activities:


        Project                                              Conference
20/20 vision project in Concord, New Hampshire.................$500,000
Arkansas River, Wichita, Kansas, pedestrian transportation fac1,000,000
Bangor, Maine, intermodal hub facility planning, railroad crossing 
  signalization, bike and pedestrian trails.....................600,000
Bedford, New Hampshire, corridor planning.......................250,000
Billings, Montana, open/green space improvement project.........775,000
Bowling Green, Kentucky, Riverfront Development transportation 
  enhancements................................................1,000,000
Buckeye Greenbelt parkway beautification, Toledo, Ohio..........250,000
Burlington, Vermont, North Street and Church Street improvemen1,100,000
Chantry Flats Road, Sierra Madre, California....................600,000
Charleston, West Virginia, Kanawha Boulevard Walkway project..2,000,000
City of Angola and Steuben City, Indiana, bike path.............325,000
City of Bedminster, New Jersey, bike path.......................500,000
City of Coronado, California, mobility improvements.............600,000
City of Ferndale, Michigan, traffic signals......................50,000
Claiborne County, Mississippi, access road from US 61 to new port 
  facility......................................................400,000
Clay/Leslie County, Kentucky..................................2,000,000
Clovis, New Mexico, street revitalization.......................750,000
Community and environmental transportation acceptability process, 
  California..................................................1,000,000
Delong Mountain Alaska, airport access and related planning.....300,000
Downtown Omaha, Nebraska, access and redevelopment project......300,000
East Redoubt Avenue improvements, Soldotna, Alaska..............725,000
El Segundo, California, intermodal facility improvements......1,000,000
Elwood bicycle/pedestrian bridge, County of Santa Barbara, Calif250,000
Fairbanks, Alaska, downtown transit and cultural integration pla450,000
Fairfax cross county trail/Potomac National Heritage Scenic Trail, 
  Virginia......................................................500,000
Flint, Michigan, transportation planning and origin & destination 
  shipping study................................................150,000
Fort Worth, Texas, trolley study................................750,000
Heritage Corridor Project study, Illinois.......................200,000
High capacity transportation system study, Albuquerque, New Mexi500,000
Houston, Texas, Main Street Connectivity Project................750,000
Hudson River Waterfront Walkway, New Jersey...................2,000,000
Huffman Prairie Flying Field Pedestrian and Multimodal Gateway 
  Entrance, Dayton, Ohio........................................700,000
Humboldt Greenway project, Hennepin County, Minnesota.........1,000,000
Jackson traffic congestion mitigation planning, Mississippi.....600,000
Johnstown, Pennsylvania, pedestrian and streetscape improvements400,000
Kansas City, Missouri, Illus Davis Mall enhancements............350,000
Las Cruces, New Mexico railroad and transportation museum.......200,000
Lincoln Parish transportation plan, Louisiana.................1,500,000
Lodge freeway pedestrian overpass, Detroit, Michigan..........9,000,000
Manchester, Vermont, pedestrian initiative......................375,000
Marked Tree, Arkansas, to I-55 along U.S. Highway 63 improvements and 
  controlled access lanes.......................................600,000
Minnesota Trunk Highway 610/10 interchange construction at I-91,650,000

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Mitchell Marina development, Greenport, New York................250,000
Mobile, Alabama, GM&O intermodal center/Amtrak station..........650,000
Montana DOT/Western Montana College statewide geological sign pr200,000
Montana statewide rail grade separation study and environmental 400,000
New Bedford, Massachusetts, North Terminal......................200,000
New Orleans, Louisiana, intermodal transportation research......950,000
NW 7th Avenue corridor improvement project, Miami, Florida......100,000
Ohio and Erie Canal corrdior trail development, Ohio..........1,000,000
Olympic Discovery Trail, Washington.............................580,000
Owensboro riverfront development project........................300,000
Palmer, Alaska, urban revitalization............................200,000
Park Avenue realignment, Borough of Flemington, New Jersey....1,175,000
Pedestrian and bicycle route projects, City of Henderson, Nevada375,000
Pedestrian improvements, Lake Cumberland Trail, Kentucky........100,000
Pioneer Courthouse Square lobby renovation project, Portland Ore400,000
Puget Sound freight mobility systems team project................20,000
Quincy, Illinois, 18th Street Bridge project....................300,000
Raton, New Mexico, rail depot/intermodal center redevelopment...750,000
Roberto Clemente Park pedestrian improvements, Pittsburgh, Penns600,000
Rockville, Maryland, Town Center accessibility improvement plan.250,000
Roseville, California, historic district revitalization project.500,000
Route 16 improvements, Ellenboro and Harrisville, West Virginia.250,000
Route 522 construction, Town of South Brunswick, New Jersey.....250,000
Satsop Development Park road improvements, Grays Harbor, Washi1,700,000
Soundview Greenway in the Bronx, New York, New York...........1,000,000
South Kingshighway business district pilot program, St. Louis Mi100,000
Springfield, Missouri, center city plan.........................750,000
SR 99 corridor improvements, Shoreline, Washington............1,000,000
Talkeetna, Alaska, parking lot/pedestrian safety access.........400,000
Tulsa/Sapula Union Railraod overpass at Oakridge Elementary School, 
  Oklahoma......................................................400,000
Uptown transportation management program, New Mexico............500,000
Utah-Coloralo ``Isolated Empire'' rail connector study..........500,000
Van Buren and Russelville, Arkansas, environmental assessments and 
  improvements................................................1,000,000
Virginia Beach, Virginia, bike trail............................400,000
Virginia weigh stations.......................................1,000,000
Walkable edgewater initiative, Chicago, Illinois................100,000
West Baden Springs preservation project, Indiana..............1,000,000
Wheeling, West Virginia, Victorian Village Transportation Initia500,000

       Weigh stations, Virginia.--Funding has been provided in the 
     conference agreement for two mobile weigh stations for the 
     Commonwealth of Virginia to curb illegal overweight trucks 
     using U.S. Route 50 and U.S. 17 (Crooked Run Valley) to 
     bypass the permanent weigh station on I-81. The conferees 
     expect that one such portable weigh station will be used in 
     this region, which includes Fauquier, Clarke and Loudoun 
     counties.


                      BRIDGE DISCRETIONARY PROGRAM

       Within the funds available for the bridge discretionary 
     program, funds are to be available for the following projects 
     and activities:


        Project                                              Conference
14th Street Bridge, Virginia.................................$5,000,000
Chouteau Bridge, Jackson County, Missouri.....................5,000,000
Clement C. Clay Bridge replacement, Morgan/Madison counties, A1,000,000
Fairfield-Benton-Kennecbec River Bridge, Maine................4,000,000
Florida Memorial Bridge, Florida.............................10,000,000
Historic Woodrow Wilson Bridge, Mississippi...................3,200,000
Missisquoi Bay Bridge, Vermont................................3,500,000
Oaklawn Bridge, South Pasadena, California......................500,000
Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge replacement, Connecticut.........3,200,000
Powell County Bridge, Montana.................................1,500,000
Santa Clara Bridge, Oxnard, California........................6,500,000
Star City Bridge, West Virginia...............................6,500,000
US 231 bridge over Tennessee River, Alabama...................8,900,000
US 54/US 69 Bridge, Kansas....................................2,000,000
Waimalu Bridge replacement on I-1, Hawaii.....................3,400,000
Washington Bridge, Rhode Island...............................6,000,000


                             FEDERAL LANDS

       Within the funds available for the federal lands program, 
     funds are to be available for the following projects and 
     activities:


        Project                                              Conference
14th Street Bridge, Washington DC/Virginia...................$2,500,000
Acadia National Park trails and road projects...................500,000
Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge access road....................950,000
Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refugee paving project..........2,500,000
Broughton Bridge, Clay County, Kansas...........................100,000
Charles M. Russell/Fort Peck Roads coalition access project.....500,000
Chincoteague Refuge, Virginia...................................500,000
Chugach Road, Alaska............................................250,000
Clark Fork River bridge replacement, phase 2, Idaho...........1,500,000
Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge access road, Nebraska....500,000
Cumberland Gap, Kentucky........................................900,000
Daniel Boone Parkway, Kentucky................................1,000,000
Delaware Water Gap Recreational Area..........................1,000,000
Forest Highway 26...............................................650,000
Fort Baker, California..........................................100,000
Giant Springs Road relocation L&C interpretive center, Great Falls, 
  Montana.......................................................800,000
Highway 323 between Elzada and Ekalaka........................1,000,000
Highway 419 reconstruction....................................2,600,000
Historic Kelso depot, Mojave National Preservation, California2,500,000
Iditarod (Millenium trail)....................................1,100,000
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and Hanalei Valley Scenic Lookout on 
  Kauai.......................................................1,500,000
Lake Cumberland access road and improvements....................750,000
Lake Tahoe Binwall repair and drainage improvement..............500,000
Lowell National Historic Park, western canal walkway improvement500,000
Manassas Battlefield access.....................................500,000
Metlakatla/Walden Point Road..................................1,250,000
Milford Lake replacement bridge (Corps of Engineers lake).......250,000
Mongap Visitor Center--Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational Ri900,000
Mount Saint Helen's National Park access from Coldwater's visitor's 
  center to US 12, Randall, Washington..........................100,000
Natchez Trace Parkway multi-use trail...........................300,000
New Mexico Route 4 Jemez Pueblo Bypass..........................300,000
New River Gorge National River road and safety improvements...3,000,000
Old Lock I park access road...................................1,000,000
Pasagshak Road realignment and improvement......................500,000
Rampart Road Eureka connector...................................500,000
Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge visitor's center, Clark County, 
  Washington....................................................200,000
Route 600, Virginia...........................................1,550,000
Sawtooth National Forest access (phase 2), Idaho................500,000
SD 240 loop, Cedar Pass landslide stabilization, Badlands National 
  Monument....................................................1,700,000
Second access road for Fort Eustis, Virginia..................1,750,000
Silvio Conte National Wildlife Refuge public roads..............500,000
Soldier Hallow, Utah..........................................1,200,000

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Teton Trail Pass (phase 3), Idaho...............................500,000
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve, Florida..............450,000
Traffic circle at Mount Vernon, Virginia........................250,000
US 26 upgrade, Oregon.........................................1,500,000
Utah Trail, Joshua Tree National Park, California.............1,500,000

       The conferees direct that the funds allocated above are to 
     be derived from the FHWA's public lands discretionary 
     program, and not from funds allocated to the Fish and 
     Wildlife Service's and National Park Service's regions.


                  BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS

       The conference agreement provides $31,000,000 for the 
     Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), as proposed by 
     both the House and the Senate. Within the funds provided to 
     BTS, $600,000 shall be available for statistical analysis of 
     the National Quality Initiative, and up to $4,750,000 may be 
     allocated for the national personal transportation survey. As 
     noted earlier in this report, the funding provided herein, 
     supplemented with funding provided within the policy research 
     activity, shall be sufficient to continue work on the 
     national personal transportation survey in fiscal year 2001.


                          Federal-AID HIGHWAYS

                (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

                          (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

       The conference agreement provides a liquidating cash 
     appropriation of $28,000,000,000 for the federal-aid highways 
     program as proposed by both the House and the Senate.


                       EMERGENCY RELIEF HIGHWAYS

                          (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

       The conference agreement includes an appropriation of 
     $720,000,000 to fund the backlog of requests for damage 
     repairs necessary due to disasters. Since the beginning of 
     fiscal year 1999, the emergency relief program has been 
     facing heavy demand for on-going funding needs from events in 
     prior years. This, coupled with requests for funding to 
     address events which occurred in fiscal year 1999 such as 
     Hurricanes Floyd and Dennis, has led to the current backlog 
     of requests. The funding needs far exceed the annual 
     authorization of $100,000,000 for the emergency relief 
     program. Consistent with the purpose of these funds, the 
     entire amount has been designated as an emergency requirement 
     pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
     Act of 1985, as amended.


                 APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAY SYSTEM

                          (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

       The conference agreement under title III provides an 
     appropriation of $54,963,000 from the highway trust fund for 
     the Appalachian development highway system. The following 
     table reflects the estimated distribution of funds by state:

Alabama......................................................$6,051,799
Georgia.......................................................2,418,532
Kentucky......................................................5,551,582
Maryland........................................................946,351
Mississippi.....................................................678,682
New York......................................................1,304,379
North Carolina................................................3,563,079
Ohio..........................................................2,729,017
Pennsylvania.................................................14,797,439
South Carolina..................................................296,470
Tennessee.....................................................6,784,784
Virginia......................................................1,426,067
West Virginia.................................................8,414,819

              Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration


                          Motor Carrier Safety

                 Limitation on Administrative Expenses

       The conference agreement includes $92,194,000 for 
     administrative expenses of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
     Administration as proposed by both the House and the Senate. 
     Of this total, $82,344,000 is for operating expenses and 
     $9,850,000 is for research. The following adjustments are 
     made to the budget request:

High-risk, intrastate carrier information.....................-$500,000
Contract for vision exemption program..........................-638,000
Personnel adjustments...........................................+38,000
Crash collection data (section 225e)...........................+225,000
Operation Respond..............................................+375,000
Research and technology........................................+200,000
Motor carrier safety advisory committee........................+100,000
Uniform carrier registration...................................+200,000

       High-risk, intrastate carrier information.--The conference 
     agreement deletes funding for the high-risk intrastate 
     carrier information program under the operating expense 
     account and recommends funding for this activity under the 
     national motor carrier safety grant program because of its 
     direct relevance to state motor carrier safety.
       Personnel adjustments.--A total of 119 new, full-time 
     employees (FTE) have been approved for fiscal year 2001, one 
     FTE more than requested. Changes to the personnel budget 
     request are as follows: vision exemption specialists (+3), 
     information systems analysts (+1), international specialist 
     (-1), technology specialist (-1), motor carrier safety grant 
     personnel (+1), and executive secretariat (-2). Also, the 
     conference agreement approves the 20 new border inspectors 
     requested in the budget.
       Crash collection data.--The conference agreement provides 
     $2,975,000 to ensure that FMCSA fully implements section 
     225(e) of the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999. 
     These funds should be used to improve data collection on 
     motor carrier crashes, strengthen data analysis, link driver 
     citation information with other information databases, help 
     train state employees and motor carrier safety enforcement 
     officials, and ensure an increased focus on problem drivers 
     through the integration of driver and crash data.
       Research and technology.--A total of $9,850,000 has been 
     provided for research and technology initiatives, an increase 
     of $200,000 above the budget request. The additional funding 
     permits an increased effort on the ``share the road'' and 
     ``no-zone'' initiatives.
       School transportation study.--FMCSA shall continue funding 
     the school transportation study required by section 4030 of 
     TEA21 at the same level provided in fiscal year 2000.
       Motorcoach driver fatigue.--The conferees note that the 
     Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has acknowledged 
     in its notice of proposed rulemaking on trucking hours-of-
     service that little is known about the operations of over-
     the-road buses and motorcoaches. The conferees believe that 
     there should be additional study of the operations, driver 
     practices and driver fatigue issues specific to over-the-road 
     buses before any revisions to the existing trucking hours-of-
     service rules are finalized, and encourage the Secretary to 
     conduct such studies to inform additional regulatory 
     proposals in this area.


                 National Motor Carrier Safety Program

                (Liquidation of Contract Authorization)

                          (Highway Trust Fund)

       The conference agreement provides a liquidating cash 
     appropriation of $177,000,000 for the national motor carrier 
     safety program as proposed by the House and the Senate.


                 National Motor Carrier Safety Program

                      (Limitation on Obligations)

                          (Highway Trust Fund)

       The conference agreement includes a limitation on 
     obligations of $177,000,000 for motor carrier safety grants 
     proposed by the House and the Senate. This agreement 
     allocates funding in the following manner:

Basic motor carrier safety grants..........................$130,000,000
Performance-based incentive grants............................7,500,000
Border assistance.............................................8,000,000
Priority initiatives..........................................8,000,000
State training and administration.............................1,500,000
Crash causation (section 224f)................................5,000,000
Information systems and strategic safety initiatives.........17,000,000
Information systems.........................................(3,700,000)
Motor carrier analysis......................................(2,300,000)
Implementation of PRISM.....................................(5,000,000)
Driver programs.............................................(1,000,000)
Data collection and analysis................................(5,000,000)
    Total...................................................177,000,000

       Commercial driver's license (CDL) program.--In addition to 
     the funding provided under this account, a total of 
     $10,000,000 has been provided from funds authorized under 
     section 104(a) of title 23, U.S.C. This funding shall only be 
     available for the commercial driver's license program. Within 
     the funds provided, FMCSA should work with the American 
     Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, the Commercial 
     Vehicle Safety Alliance, lead MCSAP agencies, and licensing 
     agencies to establish a working group to improve all aspects 
     of the CDL program. In addition, FMCSA should consider 
     sponsoring one or two pilot projects involving law 
     enforcement and drivers licensing agencies to explore new and 
     innovative ways to ensure that drivers who have been 
     convicted of a disqualifying offense do not operate during 
     the period of suspension or revocation. Finally, FMCSA should 
     continue to support the judicial and prosecutorial outreach 
     effort. FMCSA shall submit a letter to both the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations by April 1, 2001 
     summarizing efforts to increase quality control in the CDL 
     program and efforts taken to provide technical and 
     training assistance to the states.
       Automated brake testing equipment.-- According to 1999 
     data, the most common out-of-service violations were brake-
     related (37 percent). Virginia has been researching and 
     exploring opportunities to use infrared brake inspection 
     equipment and has found one new technology that could 
     significantly help to identify brake deficiencies in a timely 
     manner. Within the high priority allocation, sufficient 
     funding should be provided for the Commonwealth of Virginia 
     to install and test infrared brake inspection equipment (both 
     fixed and hand held) at a few weigh stations.
       Covert operations.--Within funding provided for high 
     priority activities, $500,000 shall be used to conduct covert 
     operations and survey the extent of this problem. FMCSA shall 
     report on the survey results by May 1, 2001, outlining the 
     extent to which out-of-service notices are being violated. 
     This survey should be conducted on a sufficiently large 
     sample size so that the scope and nature of the challenge are 
     fully made known to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations.

             National Highway Traffic Safety Administration


                        Operations and Research

       The conference agreement provides $116,876,000 from the 
     general fund for highway and traffic safety activities 
     instead of

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     $107,876,000 as proposed by the House. The Senate did not 
     provide a general fund appropriation for NHTSA's operations 
     and research activities. Instead, the Senate provided the 
     same amount ($107,876,000) from the highway trust fund for 
     these activities. The additional $9,000,000 provided above 
     the House and Senate levels shall be available to supplement 
     the Office of Safety Defects and for other tire-related 
     initiatives in the wake of the Firestone recall.
       A total of $85,321,000 shall remain available until 
     September 30, 2003 instead of $77,671,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $77,670,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The agreement includes a provision carried since fiscal 
     year 1996 that prohibits NHTSA from obligating or expending 
     funds to plan, finalize, or implement any rulemakings that 
     would add requirements pertaining to tire grading standards 
     that are not related to safety performance. This provision 
     was contained in both the House and Senate bills.
       The conference agreement includes a provision that 
     prohibits NHTSA from purchasing a vehicle to conduct new car 
     assessment program crash testing at a price that exceeds the 
     manufacturer's suggested retail price, as proposed by the 
     Senate. The House bill contained no similar provision. If 
     this provision unduly limits NHTSA's ability to test a new 
     vehicle expeditiously, the Secretary may seek a waiver of 
     this language from the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations.
       The conference agreement modifies a provision proposed by 
     the Senate that would have prohibited rollover testing using 
     static stability factors. The agreement allows NHTSA to move 
     forward with the rollover rating proposal while the National 
     Academy of Sciences (NAS) studies static versus dynamic 
     testing. NHTSA shall then be required to review the findings 
     of the NAS study and propose any appropriate revisions to its 
     testing procedures within 30 days of receiving the study.


                        Operations and Research

                (Liquidation of Contract Authorization)

                      (Limitation on Obligatoins)

                          (Highway Trust Fund)

       The conference agreement provides $72,000,000 from the 
     highway trust fund to carry out provisions of 23 U.S.C. 403 
     as proposed by both the House and the Senate.
       The following table summarizes the conference agreement for 
     operations and research (general fund and highway trust fund 
     combined) by budget activity:

Salaries and benefits.......................................$57,130,000
Travel........................................................1,276,000
Operating expenses...........................................19,810,000
Contract programs:
  Safety performance..........................................7,366,000
  Safety assurance...........................................15,987,000
  Highway safety programs....................................41,776,000
  Research and analysis......................................57,536,000
  General administration........................................645,000
Grant administration reimbursements.........................-10,650,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Total...................................................190,876,000

       Operating expenses.--A total of $19,810,000 has been 
     provided for operating expenses. Within this total, 
     sufficient funds should be provided for computer-related 
     expenses for all administrative functions, including civil 
     rights, public affairs, counsel, planning and policy, and 
     administration. However, computer support should be funded at 
     the fiscal year 2000 level. The conferees believe that this 
     level of funding is adequate, and urge NHTSA to adopt a more 
     cost-effective approach to managing computer support 
     expenses. A detailed report on fiscal year 2000 computer 
     support expenditures, as requested by the House, shall be 
     provided to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
     by December 31, 2000.
       New car assessment program (NCAP).--The conference 
     agreement provides $5,556,000 for the new car assessment 
     program. This fully funds the budget request for this 
     program, except for the small dummy component, and provides 
     sufficient funding to support a National Academy of Sciences 
     study of the proposed rollover rating based on the static 
     stability factor. A total of $500,000 has been included in 
     the research and analysis contract program to crash 14 
     passenger vehicles with a small stature dummy to acquire 
     essential test data and to assure that these dummies are 
     satisfactorily developed for compliance testing associated 
     with the new air bag rule in 2004. The agency has informed 
     the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations that it 
     will not release the results of crashes conducted to test the 
     small stature dummy as part of NCAP.
       Safety defects.--The conference agreement defers $145,000 
     requested to monitor and investigate recreational, transit, 
     and emergency vehicles, as proposed by the Senate.
       Auto hotline.--A total of $1,232,000 has been provided for 
     the auto safety hotline, consistent with actions in the House 
     and Senate reports.
       Safe communities.--Funding has been deleted for the safe 
     communities program, consistent with action taken by both the 
     House and the Senate.
       National occupant protection program.--The conference 
     agreement provides $11,000,000 for the national occupant 
     protection program. Within the funds provided, $1,000,000 
     shall be used to implement an innovative demonstration 
     program for locally developed initiatives to increase seat 
     belt usage, as proposed by the Senate.
       The conferees direct the department's Inspector General to 
     analyze the effectiveness and efficiency of the occupant 
     protection program managed by the office of traffic safety 
     programs. This review should consider the scope and direction 
     of NHTSA's efforts to increase seat belt use rates and 
     whether the agency is allocating funds to partnerships, 
     demonstration projects, and other activities that are most 
     likely to achieve the department's performance goals. The 
     review also should consider the quality and nature of the 
     technical assistance provided by NHTSA's regional staff to 
     states and local governments that benefit from highway 
     traffic safety grants programs.
       Section 157 program.--NHTSA shall conduct a review of the 
     procedures and processes used to administer the section 157 
     innovative grant program and submit a report to the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations by December 1, 2000, that 
     details how grant administration will be improved and grant 
     awards made more expeditiously within the constraints of 
     existing law.
       Emergency medical services head injury research.--A total 
     of $2,250,000 has been provided for emergency medical 
     services. Of this amount, $750,000 shall be provided to the 
     Brain Trauma Foundation to continue phase three of the 
     guidelines for pre-hospital management of traumatic brain 
     injury.
       Aggressive driving.--A total of $750,000 has been provided 
     to develop and implement a regional education and driver 
     modification program to combat aggressive driving in 
     Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. Funding 
     should be allocated as specified in the House report.
       Rural trauma.--The conference agreement allocates $250,000 
     to the University of Vermont's College of Medicine and 
     Fletcher Allen Health Care to determine if the survival rate 
     of rural vehicular accidents could be improved through the 
     application of advanced mobile video telecommunications links 
     between a level 1 trauma center and ambulance crews, as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       The agreement also includes $500,000 to continue a project 
     at the University of South Alabama on rural vehicular trauma 
     victims, as proposed by the Senate.
       School bus occupant protection.--Within contract funds, 
     $250,000 is allocated to Mercer University Research Center to 
     support a school bus safety initiative, as proposed by the 
     Senate. The House contained no similar provision.
       Biomechanics.--At a minimum, NHTSA should continue to 
     support the biomechanics program at the fiscal year 2000 
     level. The conferees are very supportive of the work being 
     conducted by the crash injury research and engineering 
     network (CIREN) and are encouraged that private sector 
     interests have agreed to fund two additional CIREN centers. 
     Because of this commitment, no federal funding should be 
     provided to expand the number of federally funded centers in 
     fiscal year 2001.
       In addition, the conferees agree to provide $1,000,000 to 
     the Injury Control Research Center at the University of 
     Alabama to conduct research related to cervical spine and 
     paralyzing neck injuries that result from motor vehicle 
     accidents.
       Special crash investigations.--The private sector has 
     agreed to fund 300 special crash investigations per year to 
     collect and analyze real world crash data as proposed by 
     National Transportation Safety Board. This will double the 
     number of investigations conducted in fiscal year 2000. 
     However, the conferees agree that, despite where such 
     contributions are derived (i.e. from the public or private 
     sector) to conduct these investigations, the results are to 
     be treated as public data and no conditions shall be attached 
     to their release.
       Side glazing.--In 1991, NHTSA was required to address 
     deaths and injuries resulting from accidents caused by motor 
     vehicle rollovers, primarily focusing on the use of advanced 
     glazing for vehicle windows, to prevent occupant ejection 
     during rollovers. Since 1991, NHTSA has issued two interim 
     reports concluding that advanced side glazing in passenger 
     vehicles could save up to 1,300 lives per year, but NHTSA has 
     yet to complete a final report. Therefore, the conferees 
     direct NHTSA to complete and issue a final report on advanced 
     side glazing by the end of calendar year 2000.
       Grant administration.--Under TEA21, NHTSA may withhold up 
     to five percent of the funding for the grant program for 
     administrative costs. The conference agreement reflects a 
     five percent draw down (-$10,650,000).
       CAFE language.--A general provision (Sec. 320) is included 
     that prohibits the use of funds to prepare, prescribe, or 
     promulgate corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards 
     for automobiles that differ from those previously enacted. In 
     addition, the conferees request the National Academy of 
     Sciences, in consultation with the Department of 
     Transportation, to conduct a study to evaluate the 
     effectiveness and impacts of CAFE standards. The study shall 
     examine, among other factors, those considerations outlined 
     in 49 U.S.C. section 32902(F); the impact of CAFE standards 
     on motor vehicle safety; disparate impacts on the 
     U.S. automotive sector; the effect on U.S. employment in 
     the automotive sector; and the effect of requiring CAFE 
     calculations for domestic and non-domestic fleets. The 
     National Academy of Sciences shall complete this study no 
     later than July 1, 2001, and submit it to the appropriate 
     committees of the Congress and the Department of 
     Transportation. Section 320 of this Act should not be

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     interpreted as preventing the Department of Transportation 
     from providing the National Academy of Sciences with 
     pertinent data and technical guidance and expertise, as 
     necessary. As noted previously in the Federal Highway 
     Administration's ``Limitation on administrative 
     expenses'', up to $1,000,000 has been allocated for this 
     study.


                        National Driver Register

                          (Highway Trust Fund)

       The conference agreement provides $2,000,000 for the 
     National Driver Register as proposed by both the House and 
     the Senate. Of this funding, up to $250,000 may be used for 
     the technology assessment authorized under section 2006 of 
     TEA21.


                     Highway Traffic Safety Grants

                (Liquidation of Contract Authorization)

                          (Highway Trust Fund)

       The conference agreement provides $213,000,000 to liquidate 
     contract authorizations for highway traffic safety grants, as 
     proposed by both the House and the Senate.


                     Highway Traffic Safety Grants

                      (Limitation on Obligations)

                          (Highway Trust Fund)

       The conference agreement limits obligations for highway 
     traffic safety grants to $213,000,000 as proposed by both the 
     House and the Senate. A total of $10,650,000 has been 
     provided for administration of the grant programs as proposed 
     by both the House and the Senate. Of this total, not more 
     than $7,750,000 of the funds made available for section 402; 
     not more than $650,000 of the funds made available for 
     section 405; not more than $1,800,000 of the funds made 
     available for section 410; and not more than $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. This language is necessary to ensure that each 
     grant program does not contribute more than five percent of 
     the total administrative costs.
       As noted within the Federal Highway Administration, the 
     conference agreement provides $7,500,000 for child passenger 
     protection education grants. The amount is the same as 
     proposed by the House. The Senate proposed no similar 
     appropriation.
       The conference agreement retains bill language, proposed by 
     both the House and Senate, that limits technical assistance 
     to states from section 410 to $500,000.
       The conference agreement prohibits the use of funds for 
     construction, rehabilitation or remodeling costs, or for 
     office furnishings and fixtures for state, local, or private 
     buildings or structures, as proposed by both the House and 
     the Senate.
       The bill includes separate obligation limitations with the 
     following funding allocations:
State and community grants.................................$155,000,000
Occupant protection incentive grants.........................13,000,000
Alcohol incentive grants.....................................36,000,000
State highway safety data grants..............................9,000,000

                    Federal Railroad Administration


                         Safety and Operations

       The conference agreement appropriates $101,717,000 for 
     safety and operations instead of $102,487,000 as proposed by 
     the House and $99,390,000 as proposed by the Senate. None of 
     this funding is to be offset from user fees. Of the total 
     amount, $5,899,000 shall remain available until expended 
     instead of $5,249,000 as proposed by the House and $4,957,000 
     as proposed by the Senate.
       In addition to the funding provided for safety and 
     operations, $2,500,000 is provided to the Federal Railroad 
     Administration from funds made available under section 1218 
     of Public Law 105-178. These funds shall be used to 
     administer the magnetic levitation program, for Operation 
     Lifesaver, for Alaska Railroad liabilities, and for track 
     inspection activities. Of this total, no more than 
     $1,000,000 shall be for administration of the maglev 
     program.
       The following adjustments were made to the budget estimate:

Deny new staff positions......................................-$564,000
Reduce funding for travel......................................-250,000
Reduce information technology initiative.......................-594,000
Decrease new employee development funding......................-360,000
Deny new outreach initiative...................................-500,000
Decrease funding for program evaluation........................-200,000
Operation Respond..............................................-100,000
Operation Lifesaver............................................+425,000
Southeast transportation center................................+350,000
Fatigue countermeasures program................................+200,000
Blakeley Island connector study................................+100,000

       Operation Lifesaver.--A total of $1,025,000 has been 
     provided to Operation Lifesaver. Of this total, not less than 
     $300,000 shall be used to deploy its national public service 
     campaign.
       Southeast transportation center.--The conference agreement 
     provides $350,000 to establish an intermodal emergency 
     response training center for the southeast region of the 
     country, to be located in Meridian, Mississippi. These funds 
     shall be used for equipment and program costs associated with 
     establishment of the center, to include rail passenger 
     equipment and track, a functional rail-highway grade 
     crossing, rail and motor carrier hazardous material vehicles 
     and containers, and other passenger rescue and hazardous 
     materials training facilities. Federal funds provided for the 
     center shall be matched with funding and in-kind 
     contributions from industry, local governments, and other 
     organizations.
       Fatigue countermeasures.--A total of $500,000 has been 
     provided for fatigue countermeasures. Of this amount, 
     $250,000 shall be used to develop and implement educational 
     and training programs designed to increase the awareness of 
     fatigue throughout the rail industry and $250,000 shall be 
     used to perform validation testing of controlled light eye 
     reaction testing devices in order to establish a body of 
     fatigue testing data and to assist in developing effective 
     fatigue countermeasures.
       Blakeley Island connector study.--The conference agreement 
     provides $100,000 for a grant to Alabama State Docks, a 
     state-owned facility, for a study of the cost and economic 
     benefits of restoring rail service on Blakeley Island in 
     Mobile Bay.
       Illinois rail-grade crossings.--The State of Illinois, and 
     in particular, northeastern Illinois, has the largest number 
     of rail-grade crossings and quiet zones in the country. The 
     conferees recognize Illinois' efforts to reduce accidents at 
     these grade crossings and encourage FRA to work with 
     communities in northeastern Illinois to further improve rail-
     grade crossing safety. This work should include offering 
     technical assistance, identifying federal funding sources, 
     and establishing federal-state-local task forces to improve 
     safety and reduce accidents in this region. FRA should pay 
     particular attention to enforcement enhancements and improved 
     educational outreach in its efforts to help reduce risks to 
     motorists and pedestrians.
       The conference agreement deletes bill language contained in 
     the Senate bill requiring FRA to reimburse the Department of 
     Transportation's Inspector General $1,500,000 for the costs 
     associated with rail audits and investigations. The House 
     bill contained no similar provision.
       The conference agreement includes a provision that 
     authorizes the Secretary to receive payments from the Union 
     Station Redevelopment Corporation, credit them to the first 
     deed of trust, and make payments on the first deed of trust. 
     These funds may be advanced by the Administrator from 
     unobligated balances available to the Federal Railroad 
     Administration and must be reimbursed from payments received 
     by the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation. Both the 
     House and Senate bills contained these provisions.


                   Railroad Research and Development

       The conference agreement provides $25,325,000 for railroad 
     research and development instead of $26,300,000 as proposed 
     by the House and $24,725,000 as proposed by the Senate. None 
     of this funding is to be offset from user fees. The following 
     table summarizes the conference agreement by budget activity:

Equipment, operations, and hazardous materials..............$11,450,000
  Train occupant protection.................................(5,350,000)
  Rolling stock safety assurance............................(1,287,000)
  Human factors.............................................(2,978,000)
  Hazardous materials transportation........................(1,000,000)
  Grade crossings--human factors..............................(835,000)
Track and vehicle track interaction...........................8,300,000
  Track and components study................................(4,150,000)
  Track-train interaction safety............................(3,050,000)
  Grade crossing infrastructure...............................(600,000)
  Marshall/Nebraska project...................................(500,000)
Railroad systems safety.......................................4,650,000
  Safety of high-speed ground transportation................(4,400,000)
  Performance-based regulations...............................(250,000)
Research and development facilities and equipment...............925,000
  T-6 vehicle.................................................(500,000)
  Transportation Test Center..................................(425,000)
                                                       ________________
                                                       
  Total......................................................25,325,000

       Higher capacity rail cars on light density tracks.--Within 
     the funds provided, FRA should continue to conduct a study on 
     track and bridge requirements for the handling of 286,000-
     pound rail cars as specified in the House report.


            Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Program

       The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by 
     both the House and Senate specifying that no new direct loans 
     or loan guarantee commitments shall be made using federal 
     funds for the payment of any credit premium amount during 
     fiscal year 2001. No federal appropriation is required since 
     a non-federal infrastructure partner may contribute the 
     subsidy amount required by the Credit Reform Act of 1990 in 
     the form of a credit risk premium. Once received, statutorily 
     established investigation charges are immediately available 
     for appraisals and necessary determinations and findings.


                     Rhode Island Rail Development

       Appropriations for the Rhode Island rail development 
     project in fiscal year 2001 total $17,000,000, as proposed by 
     the House. The

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     Senate bill allocated, within funds available to the 
     Department of Transportation, $10,000,000 to the Rhode Island 
     rail development project. With this appropriation, the 
     federal commitment to this project is completed.


                    Next Generation High-Speed Rail

       The conference agreement provides $25,100,000 for the next 
     generation high-speed rail program instead of $22,000,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $24,900,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. The following table summarizes the conference 
     agreement by budget activity:

Train control projects:                                     $11,000,000
  Illinois project.........................................(7,000,0000)
  Michigan project..........................................(3,000,000)
  Digital radio network vehicle tracking system...............(500,000)
  Transportation safety research alliance.....................(500,000)
Non-electric locomotives:                                     6,800,000
  Advanced locomotive propulsion system.....................(3,800,000)
  Prototype locomotives.....................................(3,000,000)
Grade crossings and innovative technologies:                  4,300,000
  North Carolina sealed corridor..............................(700,000)
  Mitigating hazards........................................(2,500,000)
  Low-cost technologies.....................................(1,100,000)
Track and structures..........................................1,300,000
Corridor planning activities..................................1,700,000
    Total....................................................25,100,000

       Transportation safety research alliance.--The conference 
     agreement provides $500,000 for the Transportation Safety 
     Research Alliance (TSRA) instead of $2,000,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate. The conferees direct FRA to ensure that TSRA uses 
     appropriated funds to deliver a positive train control 
     component product that is usable as a stand alone system 
     without the need for proprietary software and that this 
     software is accompanied by adequate user documentation. 
     Funding for this project should continue to be matched on a 
     dollar-for-dollar basis by TSRA.
       Sealed corridor initiative.--A total of $700,000 has been 
     provided for North Carolina's sealed corridor initiative. The 
     report and associated funding, proposed by the Senate, has 
     been deleted.
       Cant deficiency speed study.--Within funds provided, FRA 
     shall analyze the safety impact from operations of passenger 
     trains on freight rail trackage at up to five inches of cant 
     deficiency for speeds between 80 and 110 miles per hour, as 
     outlined in the Senate report. FRA should provide a report to 
     the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations by November 
     30, 2000.
       Corridor planning.--A total of $1,700,000 has been provided 
     for corridor planning activities to be distributed as 
     follows:

Midwest regional rail initiative, preliminary engineering and design 
  and eligible right-of-way improvements.....................$1,000,000
Boston, MA to Burlington, VT high-speed corridor feasibility stu200,000
Southeast corridor extension from Charlotte, NC to Macon, GA....200,000
Gulf Coast high-speed rail corridor from Mobile, AL to New Orlea300,000

       Rail-highway crossing hazard eliminations.--Under section 
     1103 of TEA21, an automatic set-aside of $5,250,000 is made 
     available each year for the elimination of rail-highway 
     crossing hazards. A limited number of rail corridors are 
     eligible for these funds. Of these set-aside funds, the 
     following allocations were made:

High-speed rail corridor, Washington, D.C. to Richmond, VA.....$750,000
High-speed rail corridor, Mobile, AL to New Orleans, LA.......1,500,000
Salem, OR.....................................................1,500,000
Atlanta to Macon, GA............................................125,000
Eastern San Fernando Valley, CA.................................125,000
Keystone high-speed rail corridor, Harrisburg to Philadelphia, P500,000
High-speed rail corridor, Milwaukee to Madison, WI..............500,000
Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN to Chicago, IL high-speed rail corridor 
  (Minneapolis/St. Paul to LaCrescent, MN)......................250,000


                     Alaska Railroad Rehabilitation

       The conference agreement provides $20,000,000 for the 
     Alaska Railroad as proposed by the Senate. The House bill 
     contained no similar appropriation. This funding should be 
     used to continue ongoing track rehabilitation ($10,000,000), 
     signalized automated siding access between Wasilla and Potter 
     Marsh, and track relocation/highway crossing eliminations.


                     West Virginia Rail Development

       The conference agreement provides $15,000,000 for capital 
     costs associated with track, signal, and crossover 
     rehabilitation and improvements on the MARC Brunswick line in 
     West Virginia, as proposed by the Senate. The House bill 
     contained no similar provision.


     Capital Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation

       The conference agreement provides $521,476,000 for capital 
     grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation 
     (Amtrak) as proposed by the House instead of $521,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. Bill language, as proposed by the 
     House, is retained that limits the Secretary from obligating 
     more than $208,590,000 of the funding provided prior to 
     September 30, 2001. The Senate bill limited the obligation 
     rate to $208,400,000.
       Fencing along the Northeast Corridor.--Amtrak continues to 
     make progress in enhancing safety along the tracks where 
     high-speed rail will soon be operating. For example, almost 
     35,000 linear feet of chain-link fencing has been installed 
     in Massachusetts to reduce trespassing along the railroad 
     right-of-way. Earlier this year, the town of Mansfield asked 
     for an additional 12,710 linear feet of fencing to be 
     installed (phase III). On March 15, 2000, the President of 
     Amtrak made a commitment to complete the installation of the 
     fencing that has been requested before high-speed rail is 
     operational. While the conferees recognize that Amtrak has 
     limited funds and must balance many competing capital 
     investment priorities, the conferees believe Amtrak should 
     install the remaining 12,710 feet of fencing that was 
     requested by Mansfield prior to Amtrak's March 15, 2000 
     testimony before the House Appropriations Committee. The same 
     kind of fencing should be installed as was installed 
     previously. If Mansfield and Amtrak agree that there is a 
     need for more secure fencing within phase III, then they may 
     seek a waiver of this limitation from the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations. Should the community 
     identify additional areas in need of fencing (phases IV 
     and V), then those costs shall be borne solely by these 
     communities.
       Rail service in western Virginia.--The Commonwealth of 
     Virginia and Amtrak have been in discussions about the 
     reestablishment of service between Washington, D.C., Bristol, 
     Virginia, and Richmond, Virginia. Amtrak is encouraged to 
     continue working with the Commonwealth of Virginia and the 
     appropriate freight railroads to identify and address costs, 
     infrastructure improvements, and operational needs to 
     initiate such a service.
       Alliance, Ohio.--Amtrak shall work with the City of 
     Alliance, Norfolk Southern Corporation, and the State of Ohio 
     to devise a plan to improve accessibility, visibility, safety 
     and information at the Alliance, Ohio station. This report 
     should be submitted to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations within 180 days of enactment of this Act.
       South end infrastructure improvements.--Amtrak is directed 
     to provide quarterly reports, beginning on December 31, 2000, 
     to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, the 
     Senate Committee on Commerce, and the House Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure regarding (1) the cost-
     sharing arrangements agreed to among the users of the 
     southern end of the Northeast Corridor, and (2) ongoing work 
     to implement recommendations contained in the south end 
     corridor infrastructure improvement plan.

                     Federal Transit Administration


                        ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

       The conference agreement provides $64,000,000 for 
     administrative expenses of the Federal Transit Administration 
     as proposed by both the House and the Senate. Within the 
     total, the conference agreement appropriates $12,800,000 from 
     the general fund, as proposed by both the House and the 
     Senate.
       The conference agreement includes a provision that 
     transfers $1,000,000 from project management oversight funds 
     to the Inspector General for reimbursement of audit and 
     financial reviews of major transit projects as proposed by 
     the House. The Senate bill proposed that $3,000,000 from 
     funds under this heading shall be used to reimburse the 
     Inspector General for costs associated with audits and 
     investigations of all transit-related issues and systems. The 
     conference agreement also includes a provision that not to 
     exceed $2,500,000 for the National Transit Database shall 
     remain available until expended.
       Full-time equivalent (FTE) staff years.--The conference 
     agreement provides that the FTE level in fiscal year 2001 
     shall not rise in excess of 495 FTE. Additional staffing 
     increases may be considered by the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations through the regular 
     reprogramming process.
       Information technology activities.--The conference 
     agreement deletes funds requested for several technology 
     programs pending the office of the secretary's chief 
     information officer review and full identification of out-
     year costs (-$650,000). Sufficient funding has been included 
     under this heading for infrastructure data protection, 
     continued operation of the transportation electronic award 
     and management application program, and annual electronic 
     procurement life cycle maintenance, licenses and core 
     operations.
       Other items.--The conference agreement provides sufficient 
     funds for workforce planning and training and equipment and 
     office renovation. In addition, the conferees have included 
     $250,000 for regional and state-based grantee workshops.
       National Transit Database.--Funding of $2,500,000 for 
     operation of the National Transit Database has been included 
     under this heading, rather than in the research and 
     development account as proposed by the Senate. The conferees 
     further direct that none of the funds made available in this 
     Act for project management oversight activities

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     may be used to supplement funds herein for the National 
     Transit Database.
       Project management oversight.--The conferees agree that 
     funding made available for project management oversight shall 
     include at least $21,900,000 for project management oversight 
     reviews and $4,500,000 for financial management reviews.
       The conferees direct that the FTA submit to the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations, the Inspector General 
     and the General Accounting Office the quarterly financial 
     management oversight and project management oversight reports 
     for each project with a full funding grant agreement.
       With the likelihood of an increasing number of transit 
     projects requiring project oversight, the conferees are 
     concerned that the funds available to finance these oversight 
     activities may soon be insufficient to monitor adequately all 
     large-dollar projects. In fact, the FTA anticipates that a 
     funding shortfall of about $5,000,000 will occur in fiscal 
     year 2002, and that it will then have to make difficult 
     choices as to how it will apply limited oversight funds. 
     FTA has yet to identify the level of funding shortfalls 
     that may occur beyond fiscal year 2002 and how it will 
     address any shortfalls. In order to address FTA's 
     oversight needs and to protect the federal investment in 
     these transit projects, the conferees direct the FTA to 
     develop a plan to (1) determine the amount of funds needed 
     to maintain an adequate level of oversight for all 
     projects requiring oversight and the level of funding that 
     likely will be available for this purpose; (2) identify 
     options to cover any projected funding shortfalls; and (3) 
     identify steps to respond to any shortfalls that may 
     occur. The FTA should provide this plan with the 2002 
     budget submission to the Congress for consideration.
       Full funding grant agreements.--TEA21, as amended, requires 
     that the FTA notify the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations as well as the House Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure and the Senate Committee on 
     Banking 60 days before executing a full funding grant 
     agreement. In its notification to the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations, the conferees direct the FTA to 
     include therein the following: (a) a copy of the proposed 
     full funding grant agreement; (b) the total and annual 
     federal appropriations required for that project; (c) yearly 
     and total federal appropriations that can be reasonably 
     planned or anticipated for future FFGAs for each fiscal year 
     through 2003; (d) a detailed analysis of annual commitments 
     for current and anticipated FFGAs against the program 
     authorization; and (e) a financial analysis of the project's 
     cost and sponsor's ability to finance, which shall be 
     conducted by an independent examiner and shall include an 
     assessment of the capital cost estimate and the finance plan, 
     the source and security of all public- and private-sector 
     financial instruments, the project's operating plan which 
     enumerates the project's future revenue and ridership 
     forecasts, and planned contingencies and risks associated 
     with the project.
       The conferees also direct the FTA to inform the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations before approving scope 
     changes in any full funding grant agreement. Correspondence 
     relating to scope changes shall include any budget revisions 
     or program changes that materially alter the project as 
     originally stipulated in the full funding grant agreement, 
     and shall include any proposed change in rail car 
     procurements.


                             FORMULA GRANTS

       The conference agreement provides a total program level of 
     $3,345,000,000 for transit formula grants, as proposed by 
     both the House and the Senate. Within this total, the 
     conference agreement appropriates $669,000,000 from the 
     general fund as proposed by both the House and the Senate. 
     The conference agreement provides that the general fund 
     appropriation shall be available until expended.
       The conference agreement provides that funding made 
     available for the clean fuel formula grant program under this 
     heading shall be transferred to and merged with funding 
     provided for the replacement, rehabilitation and purchase of 
     buses and related equipment and the construction of bus-
     related facilities under ``Federal Transit Administration, 
     Capital investment grants''.
       The conference agreement includes a provision that sets 
     aside $60,000,000 from the formula grants program to fund the 
     Salt Lake City Olympic transit program, instead of 
     $40,000,000 as proposed by the House. The Senate bill 
     contained no similar provision. Funds shall be available for 
     grants for the costs of planning, delivery, and temporary use 
     of transit vehicles for special transportation needs and 
     construction of permanent and temporary transportation 
     facilities for the XIX Winter Olympiad and the VII 
     Paralympiad for the Disabled, to be held in Salt Lake City, 
     Utah. In allocating the funds, the Secretary shall make 
     grants only to the Utah Department of Transportation, and 
     such grants shall not be subject to any local share 
     requirement or limitation on operating assistance under this 
     Act or the Federal Transit Act, as amended. This 
     appropriation is similar to one provided in support of the 
     Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia in the fiscal year 
     1995 Department of Transportation and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Act.
       The FTA, when evaluating the local financial commitment of 
     new rail extension or busway projects, shall consider the 
     extent to which projects' sponsors have used the appreciable 
     increases in the formula grants apportionment for alternative 
     analyses and preliminary engineering activities of such 
     systems.
       The conferees expect the Washington Metropolitan Area 
     Transit Authority to use the appreciable increases in its 
     section 5307 apportionment and the transportation 
     infrastructure finance and innovation act (TIFIA) loan 
     provided to WMATA to ensure that fire communications are in 
     place in WMATA's tunnels.


                   UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH

       The conference agreement provides a total program level of 
     $6,000,000 for university transportation research as proposed 
     by both the House and the Senate. Within the total, the 
     conference agreement appropriates $1,200,000 from the general 
     fund as proposed by both the House and the Senate. The 
     conference agreement provides that the general fund shall 
     be available until expended.


                     TRANSIT PLANNING AND RESEARCH

       The conference agreement provides a total program level of 
     $110,000,000 for transit planning and research as proposed by 
     both the House and the Senate. Within the total, the 
     conference agreement appropriates $22,200,000 from the 
     general fund as proposed by both the House and the Senate. 
     The conference agreement provides that the general fund 
     appropriation shall be available until expended.
       Within the funds appropriated for transit planning and 
     research, $5,250,000 is provided for rural transportation 
     assistance; $4,000,000 is provided for the National Transit 
     Institute; $8,250,000 is provided for the transit cooperative 
     research program; $52,113,600 is provided for metropolitan 
     planning; $10,886,400 is provided for state planning; and 
     $29,500,000 is provided for the national planning and 
     research program.
       The conference agreement deletes a provision proposed by 
     the Senate that would have set aside $3,000,000 for Great 
     Cities Universities consortium from funds made available for 
     transit cooperative research. Funding for this activity is 
     provided under the national planning and research account.
       Transit cooperative research program.--Within the funds 
     provided for transit cooperative research, $1,500,000 is 
     allocated for phase 2 redesign activities of the national 
     transit database.
       National planning and research.--Within the funding 
     provided for national planning and research, the Federal 
     Transit Administration shall make available the following 
     amounts for the programs and activities listed below:


                                                             Conference
                                                              Agreement
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
West Virginia University fuel cell technology institute propulsion and 
  ITS testing.................................................1,000,000
University of Rhode Island, Kingston traffic congestion study co150,000
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
Project ACTION (TEA21)........................................3,000,000
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority advanced propulsion control 
  system (TEA21)..............................................3,000,000
Fairbanks extreme temperature clean fuels research..............800,000
Safety and security programs..................................6,100,000
National rural transit assistance program.......................750,000
Mississippi State University bus service expansion plan.........100,000
CALSTART/WESTART..............................................3,000,000
Hennepin County community transportation, Minnesota...........1,000,000
Electric transit vehicle institute, Tennessee...................500,000
South Amboy, New Jersey transit study...........................200,000
Great Cities Universities consortium..........................2,000,000
Long Island, New York transportation land use projects..........250,000
JOBLINKS......................................................1,050,000
       The conference agreement deletes funding requested for the 
     Garrett A. Morgan program (-$200,000).
       Fuel cell bus and bus facilities program.--None of the 
     funds available under this heading shall supplement funding 
     provided under section 3015(b) of Public Law 105-178 for the 
     fuel cell bus and bus facilities program.
       Safety and security programs.--The conference agreement 
     includes $6,100,000 for

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     safety and security programs. The conferees direct that these 
     funds are to be wholly administered by the office of safety 
     and security to advance safety programs and are not to be 
     transferred to other offices to support lesser priority 
     activities.


                      TRUST FUND SHARE OF EXPENSES

                (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

                          (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

       The conference agreement provides $5,016,600,000 in 
     liquidating cash for the trust fund share of transit expenses 
     as proposed by both the House and the Senate.


                       CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       The conference agreement provides a total program level of 
     $2,646,000,000 for capital investment grants, as proposed by 
     both the House and Senate. Within the total, the conference 
     agreement appropriates $529,200,000 from the general fund as 
     proposed by both the House and the Senate.
       Within the total program level, $1,058,400,000 is provided 
     for fixed guideway modernization; $529,200,000 is provided 
     for the replacement, rehabilitation, and purchase of buses 
     and related equipment and the construction of bus-related 
     facilities; and $1,058,400,000 is provided for new fixed 
     guideway systems, as proposed by both the House and the 
     Senate. Funds derived from the formula grants program 
     totaling $50,000,000 are to be transferred and merged with 
     funds provided for the replacement, rehabilitation and 
     purchase of buses and related equipment and the construction 
     of bus-related facilities under this heading. In addition to 
     the $1,058,400,000 provided in this Act for new starts, the 
     conference agreement reallocates $26,994,048 to other new 
     start projects contained in this Act. Reallocated funds are 
     derived from unobligated balances from the following new 
     start projects:
Burlington to Gloucester, New Jersey (Public Law 103-331)....$1,488,750
Orlando, Florida Lynx light rail project.....................20,521,470
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania airport busway project (Public Law 104,983,828
       The conference agreement deletes language proposed by the 
     Senate that would have required the Administrator of the 
     Federal Transit Administration, not later than February 1, 
     2001, to submit individually to the House and Senate 
     Committees on Appropriations the recommended grant funding 
     levels for the respective buses and bus-related facilities 
     and new fixed guideway projects listed in the Senate bill and 
     accompanying report. The House bill contained no similar 
     provisions.
       The conference agreement also deletes language proposed by 
     the Senate that listed new fixed guideway systems and 
     extensions to existing systems that are eligible to receive 
     funding for final design and construction or are eligible to 
     receive funding for alternatives analysis and preliminary 
     engineering. The House bill contained no similar provision.
       The conference agreement includes a provision that makes 
     funds appropriated to the Miami-Dade east-west multimodal and 
     the Miami Metro-Dade North 27th Avenue corridor projects in 
     previous Department of Transportation and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Acts available to the Miami, Florida south 
     busway project.
       The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by 
     the Senate that makes funds appropriated in Public Law 105-
     277 for the Colorado-North Front Range corridor feasibility 
     study available for the Colorado-Eagle Airport to Avon light 
     rail system feasibility study. The House bill contained a 
     provision that would have returned these funds to the new 
     starts program for reallocation to other new start projects 
     in fiscal year 2001.
       The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by 
     the Senate that makes funds appropriated in Public Law 106-
     69, the fiscal year 2000 Department of Transportation and 
     Related Agencies Appropriations Act, for certain bus and bus 
     facilities projects in the state of Alabama available to the 
     state of Alabama for buses and bus facilities. The House bill 
     contained no similar provision.
       Three-year availability of section 5309 discretionary 
     funds.--The conference agreement includes a provision that 
     permits the administrator to reallocate discretionary new 
     start and bus facilities funds from projects which remain 
     unobligated after three years. The conferees, however, direct 
     the FTA not to reallocate funds provided in the 1997 and 1998 
     Department of Transportation and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Acts for the following projects:
     New starts
     Burlington--Essex, Vermont commuter rail
     Cleveland Berea Red Line extension
     Colorado Roaring Fork Valley rail project
     Jackson, Mississippi intermodal corridor
     Galveston, Texas rail trolley system project
     New York St. George ferry terminal project
     New Orleans Canal Street corridor project
     New Orleans Desire Streetcar project
     North Carolina Triangle Transit project
     Salt Lake City, Utah commuter rail project
     San Bernardino Metrolink project
     San Diego Mid-Coast project
     Virginia Railway Express--Woodbridge station improvement 
         project
     Buses and bus facilities
     Arlington, Virginia Clarendon canopy project
     Buena Park, California bus facilities
     Burlington, Vermont multimodal center
     Chatham, Georgia bus facility
     Columbia, South Carolina buses and bus facilities
     Corvalis, Oregon buses and bus facilities
     Dulles, Virginia buses
     El Paso, Texas demand response facility
     Everett, Washington multimodal center
     Folsom, California multimodal facility
     Galveston, Texas buses and bus facilities
     Jackson, Mississippi maintenance facility
     King County, Washington park and ride expansion
     Lake Tahoe, California intermodal transit center
     Milwaukee, Wisconsin intermodal facility
     Minnesota Metro Council Transit Operators, buses and bus 
         facilities
     Mobile, Alabama buses and intermodal facilities
     Modesto, California bus maintenance facility
     Monroe, Louisiana buses
     New Castle, Delaware buses and bus facilities
     New Haven, Connecticut multimodal center
     North Carolina buses and bus facilities
     Red Rose Transit Authority, Pennsylvania
     Rialto, California Metro Link depot
     Sacramento, California bus facility
     Saint Tammany Parish, buses and bus facilities
     Salt Lake City, Ogden and West Valley, Utah intermodal 
         facilities
     San Joaquin, California buses and bus facilities
     Santa Clara, California buses and bus facilities
     Seattle, Washington Kingdome intermodal facility
     Sonoma County, California park and ride facility
     Staten Island, New York mobility project
     Tampa, Florida buses and bus facilities
     Tucson, Arizona intermodal facility
     Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania mobility project

       The conferees agree that when the Congress extends the 
     availability of funds that remain unobligated after three 
     years and would otherwise be available for reallocation at 
     the discretion of the administrator, such funds are extended 
     only for one additional year, absent further congressional 
     direction.
       The conferees direct the FTA to reprogram funds from 
     recoveries and previous appropriations that remain available 
     after three years and are available for reallocation to only 
     those section 3 new starts that have full funding grant 
     agreements in place on the date of enactment of this Act, and 
     with respect to bus and bus facilities, only to those bus and 
     bus facilities projects identified in the accompanying 
     reports of the fiscal year 2001 Department of Transportation 
     and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. The FTA shall notify 
     the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 15 days 
     prior to any such proposed reallocation.
       Bus and bus facilities.--The conference agreement provides 
     $529,200,000, together with $50,000,000 transferred from 
     ``Federal Transit Administration, Formula grants'' and merged 
     with funding under this heading, for the replacement, 
     rehabilitation and purchase of buses and related equipment 
     and the construction of bus-related facilities. Funds 
     provided for buses and bus facilities are to be distributed 
     as follows:


                                                             Conference
State of Alabama:
  Alabama State Docks intermodal passenger and freight facili$1,000,000
  Birmingham--Jefferson County Transit Authority buses and bus 
    facilities................................................1,000,000
  Dothan--Wiregrass Transit Authority buses and bus facilities..750,000
  Huntsville Space and Rocket Center intermodal center........2,000,000
  Hunstville, intermodal facility...............................500,000
  Huntsville International Airport intermodal center..........5,000,000
  Lanett, vans..................................................250,000
  Mobile Waterfront Terminal..................................5,000,000
  Montgomery--Moulton Street Intermodal Facility..............3,000,000
  Montgomery, civil rights trail trolleys.......................250,000
  Shelby County, vans...........................................200,000
  Staewide, bus and bus facilities............................1,500,000
  Tuscaloosa interdisciplinary science building parking and intermodal 
    facility..................................................9,500,000
  University of Alabama Birmingham fuel cell buses............2,000,000
  University of South Alabama, bus and bus facilities.........2,000,000
  University of North Alabama, buses and bus facilities.......2,500,000
State of Alaska:
  Alaska State Fair park and ride and passenger shuttle system1,000,000
  Denali Depot intermodal facility............................3,000,000
  Fairbanks Bus/Rail Intermodal Facility......................3,100,000
  Fairbanks parking garage and intermodal center..............1,100,000

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  Homer Alaska Maritime Wildlife Refuge intermodal and welcome c850,000
  Port McKenzie intermodal facilities.........................7,500,000
  Ship Creek pedestrain and bus facilities and intermodal center/
    parking garage............................................5,000,000
State of Arizona:
  Mesa bus maintenance facility--Regional Public Transportation 
    Authority.................................................2,000,000
  Phoenix, bus and bus facilities.............................4,500,000
  South Central Avenue transit center.........................2,000,000
  Tucson intermodal transportation center at Union Pacific Dep3,000,000
  Tucson, bus and bus facilities..............................1,000,000
State of Arkansas:
  Central Arkansas Transit Authority, bus and bus facilities..1,055,000
  Hot Springs--national park intermodal parking facility........500,000
  Nevada County, vans and mini-vans..............................90,000
  Pine Bluff, buses.............................................290,000
  River Market and College Station Liviable Communities Progra1,100,000
  State of Arkansas, small rural and elderly and handicapped transit 
    buses and bus facilities..................................3,000,000
State of California:
  AC Transit zero-emissions fuel cell bus deployment demonstration 
    project...................................................1,000,000
  Alameda Contra Costs Transit District, buses and bus facilitie500,000
  Anaheim, Buses and Bus facilities.............................250,000
  Brea, buses...................................................150,000
  Calabasas, buses..............................................500,000
  Contra Costa Transit Authority (County Connection), buses.....500,000
  City of Livemore, park and ride facility......................500,000
  Commerce, buses.............................................1,000,000
  Compton, buses and bus-related equipment......................250,000
  Culver City, buses............................................750,000
  Davis, buses................................................1,000,000
  El Dorado, buses..............................................500,000
  El Segundo, Douglas Street gap closure and intermodal facili2,100,000
  Folsom, transit stations....................................1,500,000
  Foothill Transit, buses and bus facilities..................2,500,000
  Fresno, intermodal facilities.................................500,000
  Humboldt County, buses and bus facilities.....................500,000
  Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, bu4,500,000
  Marin County, bus facilities..................................910,000
  Modesto, bus facility.........................................250,000
  Monrovia, electric shuttles...................................580,000
  Monterey Salinas Transit Authority, buses and bus facilities..500,000
  Municipal Transit Operators Coalition, buses................2,000,000
  Oceanside, intermodal facility..............................2,000,000
  Placer County, buses and bus facilities.......................500,000
  Playa Vista, Shuttle buses and bus-related equipment and fac3,000,000
  Redlands, trolley project.....................................800,000
  Rialto, intermodal facility...................................550,000
  Riverside County, buses.......................................500,000
  Sacramento, buses and bus facilities........................1,000,000
  San Bernardino, intermodal facility.........................1,600,000
  San Bernardino, train station.................................600,000
  San Diego, East Village station improvement plan............1,000,000
  San Francisco, MUNI buses and bus facilities................2,000,000
  Santa Barbara County, mini-buses..............................240,000
  Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, buses............500,000
  Santa Clarita, maintenance facility.........................2,000,000
  Santa Cruz, buses and bus facilities........................1,550,000
  Sonoma County, buses and bus facilities.....................1,000,000
  Sunline transit agency, buses...............................1,000,000
  Temecula, bus shelters........................................200,000
  Vista, bus center.............................................300,000
State of Colorado:
  Statewise bus and bus facilities...........................10,000,000
State of Connecticut:
  Bridgeport, intermodal center...............................5,000,000
  Hartford/New Britain busway...................................750,000
  New Haven, trolley cars and related equipment...............1,000,000
  New London, parade project transit improvements.............2,000,000
  Norwich bus terminal and pedestrian access..................1,000,000
  Waterbury, bus garage.......................................1,000,000
State of Delaware:
  Statewide bus and bus facilities............................3,500,000
State of Florida:
  Statewide bus and bus facilities...........................15,500,000
State of Georgia:
  Atlanta, buses and bus facilities...........................2,000,000
  Chatham, buses and bus facilities...........................2,000,000
  Cobb County, buses..........................................1,250,000
  Georgia Regional Transit Authority, buses and bus facilities3,000,000
State of Hawaii:
  Honolulu bus and bus facility improvements..................6,000,000
State of Idaho:
  Statewide, bus and bus facilities...........................3,500,000
State of Illinois:
  Harvey, intermodal facilities and related equipment...........250,000
  Statewide, bus and bus facilities...........................6,000,000
State of Indiana:
  Evansville, buses and bus facilities........................1,500,000
  Gary--Adam Benjamin intermodal Center.........................800,000
  Greater Lafayette Public Corporation--Wabash Landing buses and bus 
    facilities................................................1,500,000
  Indianapolis, buses and bus-related equipment...............2,500,000
  South Bend, buses...........................................3,000,000
  West Lafayette, buses and bus facilities....................2,100,000
State of Iowa:
  Ames maintenance facility...................................1,200,000
  Cedar Rapids intermodal facility............................1,200,000
  Clinton facility expansion....................................500,000
  Des Moines park and ride......................................700,000
  Dubuque, buses and bus facilities.............................560,000
  Iowa City intermodal facility...............................1,200,000
  Mason City, bus facility......................................905,000
  Sioux City multimodal ground transportation center..........2,000,000
  Sioux City Trolley system.....................................700,000
  Statewide, bus and bus facilities...........................2,500,000
  Waterloo, buses and bus facilities............................537,000
State of Kansas:
  Johnson County, buses.........................................250,000
  Kansas City, buses..........................................2,000,000
  Kansas City, JOBLINKS.........................................250,000
  Kansas Department of Transportation, rural transit buses....3,000,000
  Lawrence bus and bus facilities...............................500,000
  Topeka, transit facility......................................600,000
  Wichita, buses and ITS related equipment....................3,000,000
  Wyandotte County, buses.......................................250,000
Commonwealth of Kentucky:
  Audubon Area Community Action.................................190,000
  Bluegrass Community Action, buses and bus-related equipment...160,000
  Central Community Action......................................100,000
  Community Action of Southern Kentucky.........................100,000
  Fulton County, vans and buses.................................140,000
  Hardin County, buses..........................................300,000
  Kentucky Department of Transportation.........................500,000
  Kentucky (southern and eastern) transit vehicles............3,000,000
  Lexington, LexTran, buses and bus facilities................3,500,000
  Louisville, bus and bus facilities..........................3,000,000
  Maysville, bus-related equipment...............................64,000
  Morehead, buses and bus-related equipment......................39,000
  Murray/Calloway County, buses and bus related equipment........60,000
  Northern Kentucky Transit Agency, vans.........................42,000
  Paducah Transit Authority, bus and bus facilities...........2,000,000
  Pennyrile, vans and related equipment.........................200,000
  Pikeville, transit facility.................................2,000,000
State of Louisiana:
  Lafeyette multi-modal facility..............................1,250,000
  Plaquemines Panish ferry....................................1,000,000
  St. Bernard Parish intermodal facilities....................1,250,000
  Statewide bus and bus facilities............................2,500,000

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State of Maine:
  Bangor intermodal transportation center.....................1,500,000
  Statewide, bus, bus facilities and ferries..................4,000,000
State of Maryland:
  Statewide bus and bus facilities............................8,000,000
Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
  Attleboro, intermodal facilities............................1,000,000
  Berkshire, buses and bus facilities.........................1,000,000
  Beverly and Salem, intermodal station improvements............600,000
  Brockton, intermodal center.................................1,000,000
  Lowell, transit hub.........................................1,250,000
  Merrimack Valley Regional Transit Authority, bus facility.....500,000
  Montachusett, bus facilities, Leominister.....................250,000
  Montachusett, intermodal facilty, Fitchburg.................1,375,000
  Pioneer Valley, Pratransit vehicles and equipment...........1,000,000
  Springfield, intermodal facility..............................500,000
  Woburn, buses and bus facilities..............................250,000
State of Michigan:
  Detroit, buses and bus facilities...........................3,000,000
  Flint, buses and bus facilities...............................500,000
  Lapeer, multi-modal transportation facility....................50,000
  SMART community transit, buses and paratransit vehicles.....4,125,000
  Statewide, buses and bus facilities........................11,000,000
  Traverse City, transfer station.............................1,000,000
State of Minnesota:
  Greater Minnesota buses and bus facilities..................1,250,000
  Metro Transit, buses and bus facilities....................13,500,000
  St. Cloud, buses and bus facilities.........................2,125,000
State of Mississippi:
  Brookhaven multimodal transportation center.................1,000,000
  Coast Transit Authority multimodal facility and shuttle serv3,000,000
  Harrison county, multimodal center..........................1,500,000
  Jackson, buses..............................................1,000,000
  Picayune multimodal center....................................650,000
  State of Mississippi rural transit vehicles and regional transit 
    centers...................................................3,000,000
State of Missouri:
  Bi-State Development Agency, buses..........................3,000,000
  Dunklin, Mississippi, Scott, Ripley, Stoddard and Cape Ciradeau 
    counties, buses and bus facilities........................1,000,000
  Excelsior Springs bus replacement.............................200,000
  Jefferson City van and equipment purchase.....................250,000
  Kansas City, buses and bus facilities.......................1,300,000
  OATS buses and vans.........................................2,000,000
  Southeast Missouri Transportation Service bus and bus facili1,000,000
  Southwest Missouri State University, intermodal facility....1,000,000
  St. Joseph bus replacement..................................1,000,000
  State of Missouri bus and bus facilities....................3,000,000
State of Montana:
  Billings buses and intermodal facility......................4,000,000
  Blackfoot Indian Reservation bus facility.....................500,000
  Great Falls Transit district buses and bus facilities.......1,000,000
  Missoula Ravalli Transportation Management Association buses..750,000
State of Nebraska:
  Missouri River pedestrian crossing--Omaha...................4,000,000
State of Nevada:
  Clark County bus passenger intermodal facility--Henderson...2,000,000
  Clark County, bus rapid transit.............................3,500,000
  Lake Tahoe CNG buses and fleet conversion...................2,000,000
  Reno and Sparks, buses and bus facilities...................1,000,000
  Washoe County buses and bus facilities......................3,000,000
State of New Jersey:
  Elizabeth Ferry Project.......................................500,000
  New Jersey Transit alternative fuel buses...................4,000,000
  Newark Arena bus improvements...............................4,000,000
  Trenton, train/intermodal station...........................5,000,000
State of New Mexico:
  Albuquerque automatic vehicle monitoring system (SOLAR).....2,000,000
  Albuquerque bus replacement.................................1,250,000
  Albuquerque, transit facility...............................5,000,000
  Angel Fire Bus and Bus Facilities.............................750,000
  Carlsbad, intermodal facilities...............................630,000
  Clovis, buses and bus facility..............................1,625,000
  Las Cruces, buses.............................................500,000
  Santa Fe buses and bus facilities...........................2,000,000
  Valencia County, transportation station improvements........1,250,000
State of New York:
  Buffalo, buses..............................................2,000,000
  Buffalo, intermodal facility..................................500,000
  Eastchester, Metro North facilities...........................250,000
  Greenport and Sag Harbor, ferries and vans.....................60,000
  Highbridge pedestrian walkway.................................100,000
  Jamaica, intermodal facilities................................250,000
  Larchmont, intermodal facility..............................1,000,000
  Long Beach, bus maintenance facility..........................750,000
  Midtown West intermodal ferry terminal......................7,000,000
  Nassau County, buses........................................2,300,000
  New Rochelle, intermodal transportation center..............1,000,000
  Oneida County, buses........................................1,000,000
  Rensselaer County, intermodal facility........................500,000
  Rochester, buses and bus facilities.........................2,000,000
  Saratoga County, buses........................................650,000
  Suffolk County, senior and handicapped vans...................500,000
  Sullivan County, buses, bus facilities, and related equipmen1,250,000
  Syracuse, buses.............................................3,175,000
  Tompkins County, intermodal facility..........................625,000
  Weschester County, buses....................................1,000,000
  Weschester and Duchess counties, vans.........................200,000
State of North Carolina:
  Statewide bus and bus facilities............................8,500,000
State of North Dakota:
  Statewide bus and bus facilities............................2,500,000
State of Ohio:
  Cincinnati--intermodal improvements.........................1,000,000
  Cincinnati Riverfront Transit Center........................3,000,000
  Columbus Near East transit center...........................1,000,000
  Dayton--Second and Main Multimodal Transportation Center......625,000
  Statewide bus and bus facilities...........................14,000,000
State of Oklahoma:
  Metropolitan Tulsa Transit Authority pedestrian and streetscape 
    improvements..............................................2,500,000
  Oklahoma City bus transfer center...........................2,500,000
  Statewide bus and bus facilities............................4,000,000
State of Oregon:
  Albany bus purchase--Linn-Benton transit system...............200,000
  Basin Transit System buses....................................160,000
  Columbia County ADA buses.....................................110,000
  Coos County buses..............................................70,000
  Corvallis Transit System operations facility..................260,000
  Hood River County bus and bus facility........................240,000
  Lakeview buses.................................................50,000
  Lane Transit District buses and bus facility................1,000,000
  Philomath buses................................................40,000
  Redmond, buses and vans........................................50,000
  Rogue Valley buses............................................960,000
  Salem Area Transit District buses...........................1,500,000
  Sandy buses...................................................220,000
  South Clackamas Transportation District bus....................90,000
  South Corridor Transit Center and park and ride facilities in 
    Clackamas County..........................................1,500,000
  Sunset Empire Transit District improvements to Clatsop County 
    Intermodal Facility.........................................800,000
  Tillamook County District transit facilities..................160,000
  Union County bus...............................................44,000
  Wasco County buses.............................................96,000
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania:
  Allegheny County, buses.......................................250,000
  Area Transit Authority, ITS related activities..............1,800,000
  Beaver County, buses........................................1,000,000
  Berks County, buses and bus facilities......................1,000,000
  Bethlehem intermodal facility...............................1,500,000
  Bradford County, buses and bus facilities...................1,000,000

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  Bucks County, intermodal facility improvements..............1,250,000
  Cambria County Transit Authority, maintenance facilities......750,000
  Centre Area Transportation Authority, buses.................1,600,000
  Fayette County, maintenance facilities........................500,000
  Indiana, maintenance facilities...............................350,000
  Lancaster, buses............................................1,000,000
  Lycoming County, buses and bus facilities...................2,000,000
  Mid County Transit Authority, buses...........................135,000
  Mid Mon Valley Transit Authority, buses.......................250,000
  Monroe County, buses and bus facilities.....................1,000,000
  Philadelphia--Frankford Transportation Center...............3,500,000
  Philadelphia, Callowhill bus garage...........................250,000
  Phoenixville, transit related improvements..................1,250,000
  Somerset County, ITS related equipment........................100,000
  Westmoreland County, buses and related equipment..............240,000
  Wilkes-Barre intermodal transportation center...............1,000,000
State of Rhode Island:
  Statewide, buses and bus facilities.........................4,000,000
State of South Carolina:
  Statewide, buses and bus facilities.........................6,675,000
State of Tennessee:
  Southern Coalition for Advanced Transportation, buses.......2,000,000
  Statewide, buses and bus facilities.........................4,000,000
State of Texas:
  Austin, buses.................................................500,000
  Brazos Transit District, buses................................500,000
  Corpus Christi, buses and bus facilities....................1,000,000
  Dallas, buses...............................................2,000,000
  El Paso, buses..............................................1,000,000
  Fort Worth, intermodal transportation center................3,500,000
  Fort Worth, buses and bus facilities........................3,000,000
  Galveston, buses and bus facilities...........................250,000
  Harris County, buses and bus facilities.....................2,000,000
  Houston Metro, Main Street Transit Corridor improvements....1,000,000
  Lubbock, buses and bus facilities...........................1,000,000
  Texas Rural Transit Vehicle Fleet Replacement Program.......4,000,000
  Waco, maintenance facility..................................1,650,000
State of Utah:
  Statewide Olympic bus and bus facilities...................10,000,000
State of Vermont:
  Burlington multimodal transportation center.................1,500,000
  Bellows Falls Multimodal....................................1,500,000
  Brattleboro multimodal center...............................2,500,000
  Central Vermont Transit Authority buses and bus facilities..1,500,000
  Chittenden County transportation authority, buses...........1,000,000
  Vermont Statewide paratransit...............................1,500,000
Commonwealth of Virginia:
  Statewide bus and bus facilities...........................15,464,000
State of Washington:
  Clallam County, transportation center.........................500,000
  Clark County, intermodal facilities.........................1,000,000
  Ephrata, buses................................................440,000
  Everett, buses..............................................1,500,000
  King County Metro Eastgate Park and Ride....................3,000,000
  King County Metro transit bus and bus facilities............2,000,000
  Renton/Port Quendall transit project..........................500,000
  Richland, bus maintenance facility..........................1,000,000
  Snohomish County, buses and bus facilities..................1,000,000
  Sound Transit, regional express buses.......................2,000,000
  Statewide combined small transit system request--bus and bus 
    facilities................................................1,250,000
  Thurston County, bus-related equipment......................1,250,000
State of West Virginia:
  Statewide buses and bus facilities..........................2,000,000
State of Wisconsin:
  Statewide bus and bus facilities...........................14,000,000
State of Wyoming:
  Cheyenne transit and operation facility.......................920,000
       State of Alabama.--The conference agreement provides a 
     total of $1,500,000 for buses and bus facilities within the 
     State of Alabama. Within the funds provided to the state, 
     $25,000 shall be available for Lamar County vans.
       State of Florida.--The conferees direct that the funds 
     provided to the State of Florida for buses and bus facilities 
     are to be allocated to all providers within the state, 
     including Tallahassee.
       Hot Springs, Arkansas.--Up to $560,000 of the funds 
     allocated for the transportation depot and plaza project in 
     Hot Springs, Arkansas in the fiscal year 2000 Department of 
     Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act may be 
     available for buses and bus facilities.
       Commonwealth of Kentucky.--The conference agreement 
     includes $500,000 for buses and bus facilities for the 
     Kentucky Department of Transportation, to be allocated as 
     follows: $88,000 for the city of Frankfort for minibuses; 
     $64,000 for Community Action of Fayette/Lexington for 
     cutaways and lifts; and $102,400 for Lexington Red Cross for 
     minibuses.
       State of Louisiana.--The conference agreement includes 
     $2,500,000 for buses and bus facilities in the State of 
     Louisiana. These funds are to be allocated as follows: 
     Alexandria buses and vans, $40,000; Baton Rouge buses and bus 
     equipment, $50,000; Jefferson Parish buses and bus related 
     facilities, $20,000; Lafayette buses and bus related 
     facilities, $300,000; Louisiana Department of Transportation 
     and Development vans, $135,000; Monroe buses and bus related 
     facilities, $135,000; New Orleans bus lease-maintenance, 
     $1,510,000; Shreveport buses, $295,000; and St. Tammany 
     Parish park and ride, $15,000.
       State of Michigan.--The conference agreement includes 
     $11,000,000 for statewide buses and bus facilities. These 
     funds are to be allocated only for the following transit 
     agencies: Holland, Cadillac/Wexford, Grand Haven, Ludington, 
     Manistee County, Yates Township, Muskegon area transit 
     authority, Barry County, Ionia, Ionia transit authority, 
     Alma, Big Rapids, Clare County, Crawford County transit 
     commission, Gladwin County, Greenville, Isabella County 
     transit commission, Midland, Midland County, Ogemaw County, 
     Roscommon County, Shiawassee, Twin Cities, Berrien County, 
     Cass County, Dowagiac DAR, Kalamazoo County, Van Buren 
     County, Battle Creek, Adrian, Branch area transit authority, 
     Eaton County, Mecosta County, Lenawee County, Bay Metro and 
     Saginaw.
       Nassau County, New York.--The conference agreement includes 
     $2,300,000 for bus and bus facilities in Nassau County, New 
     York. Of that amount, not less than $400,000 shall be made 
     available for service to and from the Nassau County Medical 
     Center and its community health centers.
       State of Utah.--The conference agreement includes 
     $10,000,000 for Olympic buses and bus facilities in the State 
     of Utah. These funds are to be available for temporary and 
     permanent bus and bus facility investments to satisfy the 
     transportation requirements of the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. 
     These funds are to be allocated by the Secretary based on the 
     approved transportation management plan for the Salt Lake 
     City 2002 Winter Olympic Games and the Secretary shall make 
     grants only to the Utah Department of Transportation.
       Commonwealth of Virginia.--The conference agreement 
     includes $15,464,000 for the Commonwealth of Virginia for 
     buses and bus facilities which shall be distributed as 
     follows: Loudoun Transit multi-modal facility, $1,500,000; 
     Hampton Roads bus and bus facilities, $2,500,000; Prince 
     William County fleet replacement, $3,000,000; Fair Lakes 
     League, $500,000; Springfield station improvements, $500,000; 
     Fairfax County Transportation Association of Greater 
     Springfield, $500,000, Falls Church Bus Rapid Transit 
     terminus, $1,000,000; Lynchburg bus and bus facility, 
     $1,500,000; Jamestown/Yorktown and Williamsburg CNG bus, 
     $1,500,000; Danville bus replacement, $58,000; Farmville bus 
     and bus facilities, $100,000; Charlottesville bus and bus 
     facilities, $1,000,000; City of Richmond bus and bus 
     facilities, $2,000,000.
       New fixed guideway systems.--In total, the conference 
     agreement provides $1,085,394,048 for new fixed guideway 
     systems, of which $1,058,400,000 is from new appropriations 
     and $26,994,048 is derived from funds made available in 
     previous appropriations acts that have been reprogrammed to 
     new starts funding in fiscal year 2001. The conference 
     agreement provides for the following distribution of the 
     recommended funding for new fixed guideway systems as 
     follows:

        Project                                        Conference level
Alaska or Hawaii ferry projects.............................$10,400,000
Albuquerque/Greater Albuquerque mass transit project............500,000
Atlanta--MARTA north line extension project..................25,000,000
Austin Capital Metro light rail project.......................1,000,000
Baltimore central LRT double track project....................3,000,000
Birmingham, Alabama transit corridor..........................5,000,000
Boston--South Boston Piers transitway project................25,000,000
Boston Urban Ring project.....................................1,000,000
Burlington-Bennington (ABRB), Vermont commuter rail project...2,000,000
Calais, Maine branch line regional transit program............1,000,000

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Canton-Akron-Cleveland commuter rail project..................2,000,000
Central Florida commuter rail project.........................3,000,000
Charlotte, North Carolina, north corridor and south corridor transitway 
  projects....................................................5,000,000
Chicago--METRA commuter rail projects........................35,000,000
Chicago--Ravenswood and Douglas Branch reconstruction project15,000,000
Clark County, Nevada RTC fixed guideway project...............1,500,000
Cleveland Euclid corridor improvement project.................4,000,000
Colorado Roaring Fork Valley project..........................1,000,000
Dallas north central light rail extension project............70,000,000
Denver--Southeast corridor project............................3,000,000
Denver--Southwest corridor project...........................20,200,000
Detroit, Michigan metropolitan airport light rail project.......500,000
Dulles corridor project......................................50,000,000
Fort Lauderdale, Florida Tri-County commuter rail project....15,000,000
Galveston rail trolley extension project......................1,000,000
Girdwood to Wasilla, Alaska commuter rail project............15,000,000
Harrisburg-Lancaster capital area transit corridor 1 commuter rail 
  project.......................................................500,000
Hollister/Gilroy branch line rail extension project...........1,000,000
Honolulu, Hawaii bus rapid transit project....................2,500,000
Houston advanced transit project..............................2,500,000
Houston regional bus project.................................10,750,000
Indianapolis, Indiana northeast-downtown corridor project.....3,000,000
Johnson County, Kansas I-35 commuter rail project.............1,000,000
Kansas City, Missouri Southtown corridor project..............3,500,000
Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee rail extension project...............4,000,000
Little Rock, Arkansas river rail project......................3,000,000
Long Island Railroad East Side access project.................8,000,000
Los Angeles Mid-City and East Side corridors projects.........2,000,000
Los Angeles North Hollywood extension project................50,000,000
Los Angeles--San Diego LOSSAN corridor project................3,000,000
Lowell, Massachusetts-Nashua, New Hampshire commuter rail proj2,000,000
MARC expansion projects--Penn-Camden lines connector and midday storage 
  facility...................................................10,000,000
Massachusetts North Shore corridor project....................1,000,000
Memphis, Tennessee Medical Center rail extension project......6,000,000
Nashville, Tennessee regional commuter rail project...........6,000,000
New Jersey Hudson Bergen project............................121,000,000
Newark-Elizabeth rail link project............................7,000,000
Northern Indiana south shore commuter rail project............2,000,000
Northwest New Jersey-Northeast Pennsylvania passenger rail pro1,000,000
Oceanside-Escondido, California light rail extension project.10,000,000
Orange County, California transitway project..................2,000,000
Philadelphia-Reading SEPTA Schuylkill Valley metro project...10,000,000
Philadelphia SEPTA Cross County metro project.................2,000,000
Phoenix metropolitan area transit project....................10,000,000
Pittsburgh North Shore--central business district corridor pro5,000,000
Pittsburgh stage II light rail project.......................12,000,000
Portland--Interstate MAX LRT extension project................7,500,000
Portland, Maine marine highway program........................2,000,000
Puget Sound RTA Sounder commuter rail project.................5,000,000
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Triangle Transit project..........10,000,000
Rhode Island-Pawtucket and T.F. Green commuter rail and maintenance 
  facility......................................................500,000
Sacramento, California south corridor LRT project............35,200,000
Salt Lake City--University light rail line project............2,000,000
San Bernardino, California Metrolink project..................1,000,000
San Diego Mission Valley East light rail project.............31,500,000
San Francisco BART extension to the airport project..........80,000,000
San Jose Tasman West light rail project......................12,250,000
San Juan Tren Urbano project.................................75,000,000
Santa Fe-Eldorado, New Mexico rail link project...............1,500,000
Seattle, Washington--Central Link LRT project................50,000,000
Spokane, Washington South Valley corridor light rail project..4,000,000
St. Louis, Missouri MetroLink Cross County connector project..1,000,000
St. Louis-St. Clair MetroLink extenson project...............60,000,000
Stamford, Connecticut fixed guideway corridor.................8,000,000
Stockton, California Altamont commuter rail project...........6,000,000
Twin Cities Transitways projects..............................5,000,000
Twin Cities Transitways--Hiawatha corridor project...........50,000,000
Virginia Railway Express commuter rail project................3,000,000
Washington Metro--Blue Line extension--Addison Road (Largo) pr7,500,000
West Trenton, New Jersey rail project.........................2,000,000
Whitehall and St. George ferry terminal projects..............2,500,000
Wilmington, Delaware downtown transit corridor project........5,000,000
Wilsonville to Washington County, Oregon commuter rail project1,000,000

       Austin, Texas capital metro light rail project.--The 
     conference agreement includes $1,000,000 for preliminary 
     engineering work for the north/south and southeast corridor 
     in Austin, Texas.
       Boston--South Boston Piers transitway project.--The 
     conference agreement includes $25,000,000 for the South 
     Boston Piers transitway project. Because of construction 
     delays and coordination of this project with the Central 
     Artery/Tunnel project, the conferees direct that none of the 
     funds provided in this Act for the South Boston Piers 
     transitway project shall be available until (1) the project 
     sponsor produces a finance plan that clearly delineates the 
     full cost to complete the project, as well as other planned 
     capital and operational requirements of the MBTA, and the 
     manner in which the sponsor expects to pay these costs; (2) 
     the FHWA and the FTA conducts a final review and accepts the 
     plan and certifies to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations that the fiscal management of the project 
     meets or exceeds accepted U.S. government standards; (3) the 
     General Accounting Office and the Department of 
     Transportation's Inspector General conduct an independent 
     analysis of the plans and provide such analysis to the House 
     and Senate Committees on Appropriations within 60 days of FTA 
     accepting the plan; and (4) the House and Senate Committees 
     on Appropriations have concluded their review of the analysis 
     within 60 days of the transmittal of the analysis to the 
     Committees. Lastly, the House directs the FTA and the IG to 
     conduct ongoing, continual financial management reviews of 
     this project.
       Central Florida commuter rail project.--For the central 
     Florida commuter rail project, the conference agreement 
     provides $3,000,000. The conferees are aware that local 
     agencies in Orlando, Florida rescinded their plans to proceed 
     with a light rail project in the Orlando area, for which 
     nearly $56,000,000 in previously appropriated funds were made 
     available, and are now proceeding with commuter rail. While 
     the conference agreement reallocates these balances from the 
     Orlando light rail project to other projects in fiscal year 
     2001, the conferees are mindful of the continuing need to 
     improve mobility in the greater Orlando area and will 
     consider future appropriations for the central Florida 
     commuter rail project as plans are approved by the 
     appropriate local, state and federal agencies.
       Chicago-METRA commuter rail projects.--The conference 
     agreement includes $35,000,000 for preliminary engineering, 
     design and construction on the METRA commuter rail projects 
     in Chicago, Illinois.
       Denver-Southeast cooridor project.--The conference 
     agreement includes $3,000,000 for the Denver southeast 
     corridor project, as proposed by the House. The conferees 
     have provided this amount without prejudice to the pending 
     full funding grant agreement, while recognizing that the 
     federal financial commitment to the southwest line was first 
     necessary to complete.
       Dulles corridor.--The conference agreement includes 
     $50,000,000 for preliminary engineering and design on the 
     Dulles corridor project.
       Girdwood to Wasilla, Alaska, commuter rail project.--The 
     conferees agree that all references in the fiscal year 2000 
     Department of Transportation and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Act and accompanying statement of managers 
     referring to Girdwood, Alaska, commuter rail project and 
     North Anchorage to Girdwood are intended to refer to the 
     Girdwood to Wasilla, Alaska, commuter rail project as 
     contained in the Act.

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       Kansas City, Missouri southtown corridor.--The conference 
     agreement includes $3,500,000 for engineering and design work 
     for the southtown corridor light rail project in Kansas City, 
     Missouri.
       Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.--The 
     conferees expect that the Washington Metropolitan Area 
     Transit Authority will undertake from resources available to 
     the Authority access improvements at Ballston Metro station.
       Whitehall and St. George ferry terminal projects.--The 
     conference agreement provides $2,500,000 for the Whitehall 
     and St. George ferry terminal projects in the New York City 
     area.


                          DISCRETIONARY GRANTS

                (LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)

                          (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)

       The conference agreement includes $350,000,000 in 
     liquidating cash for discretionary grants as proposed by both 
     the House and the Senate.


                 JOB ACCESS AND REVERSE COMMUTE GRANTS

       The conference agreement includes a total program level of 
     $100,000,000 for job access and reverse commute grants as 
     proposed by the House and the Senate. Within this total, the 
     conference agreement appropriates $20,000,000 from the 
     general fund as proposed by the House and the Senate. The 
     conference agreement includes a provision that waives the cap 
     for small urban and rural areas and provides that up to 
     $250,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading may be 
     used for technical assistance, technical support and 
     performance reviews of the job access and reverse commute 
     grants program.
       Funds appropriated for the job access and reverse commute 
     grants program are to be distributed as follows:

        Project                                              Conference
Alameda and Contra-Costa Counties, California..................$500,000
Archuleta County, Colorado.......................................75,000
Athol/Orange community transportation, Massachusetts............400,000
Broome County Transit, New York.................................250,000
Broward County, Florida.......................................2,000,000
Buffalo, New York...............................................500,000
Capital District Authority, New York............................250,000
Central Kenai Peninsula public transportation...................500,000
Central Ohio....................................................750,000
Chatham, Georgia................................................500,000
Chicago, Illinois.............................................1,000,000
Commonwealth of Virginia......................................4,500,000
Corpus Christi RTA, Texas.......................................550,000
Des Moines, Dubuque, Sioux City, Delaware and Jackson Counties1,600,000
District of Columbia..........................................1,000,000
Dona Ana County, New Mexico.....................................250,000
DuPage County, Illinois.........................................500,000
Easter Seals West Alabama work transition programs..............850,000
Fresno, Tulare, Kings and Kern Counties, California...........3,000,000
Greater Erie Community Action Committee, Pennsylvania...........400,000
Hillsborough County, Florida....................................600,000
Indianapolis, Indiana.........................................1,000,000
Kansas City, Kansas...........................................1,000,000
Las Cruces, New Mexico..........................................260,000
Los Angeles, California.......................................3,500,000
Mantanuska-Susitna borough, M.A.S.C.O.T, Alaska..................60,000
Meramec Community Transit programs, Missouri....................150,000
Mobile, Alabama.................................................250,000
Monterey, California............................................150,000
Nassau County, New York.........................................500,000
North Oakland County, Michigan..................................250,000
OATS job access programs, Missouri..............................750,000
Pittsburgh Port Authority of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania...2,000,000
Portland, Oregon..............................................1,840,000
Rhode Island community food bank transportation.................100,000
Rhode Island Public Transit Authority.........................1,000,000
Rochester, New York.............................................300,000
Sacramento, California........................................1,000,000
San Francisco, California.......................................275,000
Santa Clara County, California..................................500,000
SEPTA, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.............................3,000,000
Sitka, Alaska transit expansion program.........................400,000
Southern Illinois RIDES.........................................150,000
State of Alabama..............................................1,500,000
State of Arkansas.............................................4,000,000
State of Illinois.............................................1,000,000
State of Maine..................................................500,000
State of Maryland.............................................2,400,000
State of New Hampshire..........................................340,000
State of New Mexico...........................................2,000,000
State of Oklahoma.............................................4,500,000
State of Tennessee............................................2,000,000
State of Vermont..............................................1,500,000
State of Washington...........................................2,000,000
State of West Virginia........................................1,500,000
State of Wisconsin............................................4,700,000
Suffolk County, New York........................................445,000
Sullivan County, New York.......................................200,000
Tompkins County, New York.......................................300,000
Troy State University, Alabama--Rosa Parks Center.............2,000,000
Tucson, Arizona...............................................1,000,000
Tysons Corner/Dulles Corridor, Virginia.........................500,000
Ulster County, New York.........................................200,000
Washoe County, Nevada.........................................1,000,000
Ways to Work family loan program, Southeastern U.S............2,000,000
Western Massachusetts...........................................350,000
York County, Maine..............................................900,000

       State of Tennessee.--Of the funds provided to the State of 
     Tennessee, $500,000 shall be available to Chattanooga Area 
     Regional Transit Authority in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

             Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation


                       operations and maintenance

                    (Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund)

       The conference agreement appropriates $13,004,000 for 
     operations and maintenance of the Saint Lawrence Seaway 
     Development Corporation as proposed by the House. The Senate 
     bill provided $12,400,000.

              Research and Special Programs Administration


                     Research and Special Programs

       The conference agreement appropriates $36,373,000 for 
     research and special programs instead of $36,452,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $34,370,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. Within this total, $4,707,000 is available until 
     September 30, 2003 as proposed by the House instead 
     $4,201,000 as proposed by the Senate. The following 
     adjustments are made to the budget estimate:

Slight reduction in hazardous materials international standards-$23,000
Fund 2 of 5 new emergency transportation positions.............-244,000
Reduce proposed increases for crisis response..................-300,000
Reduce funding for new transportation infrastructure program.-2,400,000
Deny funding for university marine grants....................-2,500,000
Human centered fatigue research................................+300,000
Continue to fund Garrett Morgan program in-house...............-200,000
Reduction in business modernization............................-564,000
Reduce employee development funding............................-227,000
                                                       ________________
                                                       
    Net adjustment to budget estimate.......................-$6,158,000

       Bill language is retained that permits up to $1,200,000 in 
     fees to be collected and deposited in the general fund of the 
     Treasury as offsetting receipts. Also, bill language is 
     included that permits funds received from states, counties, 
     municipalities, other public authorities and private sources 
     for expenses incurred for training, reports publication and 
     dissemination, and travel expenses incurred in the 
     performance of hazardous materials exemptions and approval 
     functions. Both of these provisions were contained in the 
     House and Senate bills.


                            pipeline safety

                         (pipeline safety fund)

                    (oil spill liability trust fund)

       The conference agreement provides a total of $47,044,000 
     for the pipeline safety program instead of $40,137,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $43,144,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. Within this total, $23,837,000 is available until 
     September 30, 2003 instead of $20,713,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $24,432,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Of this total, the conference agreement specifies that 
     $7,488,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability 
     Trust Fund; $36,556,000 from the Pipeline Safety Fund; and 
     $3,000,000 from the reserve fund. The House bill allocated 
     $4,263,000 from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund and 
     $35,874,000 from the Pipeline Safety Trust Fund. The Senate 
     bill provided $8,750,000 from the Oil Spill Liability Trust 
     Fund; $31,894,000 from the Pipeline Safety Fund; and 
     $2,500,000 from the reserve fund.
       Bill language specifies that the reserve fund should be 
     used for damage prevention grants to states as proposed by 
     the Senate. The House bill contained no similar provision.
       The following table reflects the total allocation for 
     pipeline safety in fiscal year 2001:

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                                                                            Oil spill
                       Budget activity                          Pipeline    liability     Reserve       Total
                                                              safety fund   trust fund    fund \1\
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Personnel, compensation, and benefits.......................   $8,963,000     $900,000  ...........   $9,863,000
Operating expenses..........................................    3,614,000    1,345,000  ...........    4,959,000
Information systems.........................................      935,000      400,000  ...........    1,335,000

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Risk assessment and technical studies.......................      850,000      400,000  ...........    1,250,000
Compliance..................................................      200,000      100,000  ...........      300,000
Training and information dissemination......................      800,000      300,000  ...........    1,100,000
Emergency notification......................................      100,000  ...........  ...........      100,000
Public education and damage control.........................      300,000      200,000  ...........      500,000
Oil Pollution Act...........................................  ...........    2,443,000  ...........    2,443,000
Research and development....................................    2,744,000  ...........  ...........    2,744,000
State grants................................................   15,000,000    1,400,000  ...........   16,400,000
Risk management.............................................       50,000  ...........  ...........       50,000
One-call notification.......................................    1,000,000  ...........  ...........    1,000,000
Damage prevention grants....................................    2,000,000  ...........   $3,000,000    5,000,000
                                                             ---------------------------------------------------
      Total.................................................   36,556,000    7,488,000    3,000,000  47,044,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Funding derived from the reserve fund is not directly appropriated.

       State of Washington.--Within the funds provided for 
     operating expenses, the conference agreement provides 
     $800,000 to the State of Washington to match the state 
     legislature's supplemental appropriation for pipeline safety 
     activities as directed by the Senate. The House contained no 
     similar appropriation.
       Research and development.--The budget request for research 
     and development has been increased by $600,000 to support 
     airborne mapping research, technology, and engineering in 
     support of improved leak detection, analysis, and response by 
     federal, state, and industry pipeline safety officials.


                     emergency preparedness grants

                     (emergency preparedness fund)

       The conference agreement provides $200,000 for emergency 
     preparedness grants as proposed by both the House and the 
     Senate. The conference agreement includes a limitation on 
     obligation of $14,300,000 instead of $13,227,000 as proposed 
     by the Senate. The House bill carried no similar provision.
       Bill language, proposed by the Senate, which delayed the 
     registration and processing fees collected under the 
     emergency preparedness grant program from July 1 to September 
     30, 2000, has been deleted. The House bill contained no 
     similar provision.


                      Office of Inspector General

                         Salaries and Expenses

       The conference agreement appropriates $48,450,000 for the 
     Office of Inspector General instead of $48,050,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $49,000,000 (including transfers) 
     as proposed by the Senate. The agreement does not include 
     language proposed by the Senate deriving $38,500,000 of 
     program funding by transfer from DOT modal administrations, 
     and does include House language authorizing the use of funds 
     for investigation of fraud, deceptive trade practices, and 
     unfair methods of competition in the airline industry.
       DCAA audits.--The conferees reiterate concerns expressed by 
     the House and Senate over the declining modal requests for 
     contract audits performed by the Defense Contract Audit 
     Agency (DCAA). These audits are a primary tool in the 
     prevention of government waste, fraud, and abuse, and will 
     not be neglected by the Department of Transportation. The 
     Committees on Appropriations will continue to monitor this 
     issue, and may consider mandated set-aside funding from the 
     modal administrations, or other strong measures, if the lack 
     of support continues. The Assistant Secretary for Budget and 
     Programs is directed to ensure that all modal administrations 
     are reminded, in writing, of the importance of these audits, 
     and is requested to work with the Office of Inspector General 
     to track formally and review DCAA audit requests on a monthly 
     or quarterly basis throughout the coming fiscal year.

                      SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD


                         Salaries and Expenses

       The conference agreement appropriates $17,954,000 for 
     salaries and expenses of the Surface Transportation Board as 
     proposed by the House instead of $17,000,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate. In addition, the conference agreement includes 
     language, proposed by the House, which allows the Board to 
     offset $900,000 of its appropriation from fees collected 
     during the fiscal year. The Senate bill allowed the Board to 
     collect $954,000 in fees to augment its appropriation.
       Union Pacific/Southern Pacific(UP/SP) merger.--On December 
     12, 1997, the Board granted a joint request of Union Pacific 
     Railroad Company and the City of Wichita and Sedgwick County, 
     KS (Wichita/Sedgwick) to toll the 18-month mitigation study 
     pending in Finance Docket No. 32760. The decision indicated 
     that, at such time as the parties reach agreement or 
     discontinue negotiations, the Board would take appropriate 
     action.
       By petition filed June 26, 1998, Wichita/Sedgwick and UP/SP 
     indicated that they had entered into an agreement, and 
     jointly petitioned the Board to impose the agreement as a 
     condition of the Board's approval of the UP/SP merger. By 
     decision dated July 8, 1998, the Board agreed and imposed the 
     agreement as a condition to the UP/SP merger. The terms of 
     the negotiated agreement remain in effect. If UP/SP or any of 
     its divisions or subsidiaries materially changes or is unable 
     to achieve the assumptions on which the Board based its final 
     environmental mitigation measures, then the Board should 
     reopen Finance Docket 32760 if requested by interested 
     parties, and prescribe additional mitigation properly 
     reflecting these changes if shown to be appropriate.
       March 2000 hearings.--On March 7-10, 2000, the STB held a 
     series of public hearings about major rail consolidations and 
     the future of the rail network. Following the issuance of its 
     new merger policy, the STB shall submit to the House and 
     Senate Committees on Appropriations, the Senate Commerce 
     Committee, and the House Transportation and Infrastructure 
     Committee a report which: (1) identifies concerns that were 
     raised at the March 2000 hearings; (2) details the actions 
     that the STB will undertake to address these concerns; and 
     (3) indicates where the STB lacks the authority and/or 
     personnel resources to effectively address these concerns. 
     This report shall be due July 1, 2001.

                       TITLE II--RELATED AGENCIES

       Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       The conference agreement provides $4,795,000 for the 
     Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board as 
     proposed by both the House and the Senate.

                  National Transportation Safety Board


                         Salaries and Expenses

       The conference agreement appropriates $62,942,000 for 
     salaries and expenses of the National Transportation Safety 
     Board as proposed by the House instead of $59,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. Within the funds provided, NTSB 
     should continue participating in the interagency initiative 
     on aviation safety in Alaska.
       Training center and research facility.--NTSB shall enter 
     into an agreement to locate its training center and research 
     facility on land provided by George Washington University at 
     the Loudoun County, Virginia campus. This new facility, 
     sought by the NTSB, will provide NTSB additional laboratory 
     space, classrooms, and conference space as well as house the 
     wreckage of TWA flight 800.

                     TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS


                     (including transfers of funds)

       Sec. 301 allows funds for aircraft; motor vehicles; 
     liability insurance; uniforms; or allowances, as authorized 
     by law as proposed by both the House and Senate.
       Sec. 302 requires pay raises to be funded within 
     appropriated levels in this Act or previous appropriations 
     Acts as proposed by both the House and Senate.
       Sec. 303 modifies and makes permanent the House and Senate 
     provision that allows funds for expenditures for primary and 
     secondary schools and transportation for dependents of 
     Federal Aviation Administration personnel stationed outside 
     the continental United States.
       Sec. 304 limits appropriations for services authorized by 5 
     U.S.C. 3109 to the rate for an Executive Level IV as proposed 
     by both the House and Senate.
       Sec. 305 prohibits funds in this Act for salaries and 
     expenses of more than 104 political and Presidential 
     appointees in the Department of Transportation and includes a 
     provision that prohibits political and Presidential personnel 
     to be assigned on temporary detail outside the Department of 
     Transportation or an independent agency funded in this Act as 
     proposed by both the Senate and House.
       Sec. 306 prohibits pay and other expenses for non-Federal 
     parties in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in 
     this Act as proposed by both the House and Senate.
       Sec. 307 prohibits obligations beyond the current fiscal 
     year and prohibits transfers of funds unless expressly so 
     provided herein as proposed by both the House and Senate.
       Sec. 308 limits consulting service expenditures of public 
     record in procurement contracts as proposed by both the House 
     and Senate.
       Sec. 309 modifies the Senate provision to codify 
     prohibitions against the release of certain personal 
     information without express consent of the person to whom 
     such information pertains; and inserts a new subsection that 
     prohibits the withholdings of funds provided in this Act for 
     any grantee if a State is in noncompliance with this 
     provision. The House proposed no similar provision.
       Sec. 310 modifies the distribution of the Federal-aid 
     highways program proposed by the Senate. The House proposed 
     no similar provision.
       Sec. 311 exempts previously made transit obligations from 
     limitations on obligations as proposed by both the House and 
     Senate.
       Sec. 312 prohibits funds for the National Highway Safety 
     Advisory Commission as proposed by both the House and Senate.
       Sec. 313 prohibits funds to establish a vessel traffic 
     safety fairway less than five miles

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     wide between Santa Barbara and San Francisco traffic 
     separation schemes as proposed by both the House and Senate.
       Sec. 314 allows airports to transfer to the Federal 
     Aviation Administration instrument landing systems as 
     proposed by both the House and Senate.
       Sec. 315 prohibits funds to award multiyear contracts for 
     production end items that include certain specified 
     provisions as proposed by both the House and Senate.
       Sec. 316 allows funds for discretionary grants of the 
     Federal Transit Administration for specific projects, except 
     for fixed guideway modernization projects, not obligated by 
     September 30, 2003, and other recoveries to be used for other 
     projects under 49 U.S.C. 5309 as proposed by both the House 
     and Senate.
       Sec. 317 allows transit funds appropriated before October 
     1, 2000, and that remain available for expenditure to be 
     transferred as proposed by both the House and Senate.
       Sec. 318 prohibits funds to compensate in excess of 335 
     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 instead of 320 technical staff years as proposed 
     by both the House and Senate.
       Sec. 319 allows funds received by the Federal Highway 
     Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and the 
     Federal Railroad Administration from States, counties, 
     municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources 
     for expenses incurred for training to be credited to each 
     agency's respective accounts as proposed by the House and 
     Senate.
       Sec. 320 prohibits funds to be used to prepare, propose, or 
     promulgate any regulation pursuant to title V of the Motor 
     Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act prescribing 
     corporate average fuel economy standards for automobiles as 
     defined in such title, in any model year that differs from 
     standards promulgated for such automobiles prior to enactment 
     of this section as proposed by the House. The Senate proposed 
     no similar provision.
       Sec. 321 allows funds made available for Alaska or Hawaii 
     ferry boats or ferry terminal facilities to be used to 
     construct new vessels and facilities or to improve existing 
     vessels and facilities, and for repair facilities. The 
     conference agreement includes a new provision allowing the 
     State of Hawaii to use not more than $3,000,000 of the 
     amounts it receives from this program to initiate and operate 
     an inter-island and intra-island demonstration project. The 
     Senate proposed to allow funds made available for Alaska 
     or Hawaii ferry boats or ferry terminal facilities to be 
     used to construct new vessels and facilities, to provide 
     passenger ferryboat service, or to improve existing 
     vessels and facilities, and for repair facilities. The 
     House proposed no similar provision.
       Sec. 322 allows funds received by the Bureau of 
     Transportation Statistics to be subject to the obligation 
     limitation for Federal-aid highways and highway safety 
     construction as proposed by both the House and Senate.
       Sec. 323 prohibits the use of funds for any type of 
     training which: (1) does not meet needs for knowledge, 
     skills, and abilities bearing directly on the performance of 
     official duties; (2) could be highly stressful or emotional 
     to the students; (3) does not provide prior notification of 
     content and methods to be used during the training; (4) 
     contains any religious concepts or ideas; (5) attempts to 
     modify a person's values or lifestyle; or (6) is for AIDS 
     awareness training, except for raising awareness of medical 
     ramifications of AIDS and workplace rights as proposed by the 
     House. The Senate proposed no similar provision.
       Sec. 324 prohibits the use of funds in this Act for 
     activities designed to influence Congress or a state 
     legislature on legislation or appropriations except through 
     proper, official channels as proposed by both the House and 
     Senate.
       Sec. 325 requires compliance with the Buy American Act as 
     proposed by both the House and Senate.
       Sec. 326 provides an appropriation of $54,963,000 from the 
     Highway Trust Fund for the Appalachian development highway 
     system instead of providing $54,963,000 from the general fund 
     as proposed by the Senate. The House proposed no similar 
     appropriation.
       Sec. 327 credits to appropriations of the Department of 
     Transportation 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 as proposed by both 
     the House and Senate. Such funds received shall be available 
     until December 31, 2001.
       Sec. 328 authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to 
     allow issuers of any preferred stock to redeem or repurchase 
     preferred stock sold to the Department of Transportation as 
     proposed by the House and Senate.
       Sec. 329 provides $750,000 for the Amtrak Reform Council 
     instead of $495,000 proposed by the Senate and $450,000 
     proposed by the House. Sec. 329 also includes provisions that 
     amend section 203 of Public Law 105-134 regarding the Amtrak 
     Reform Council's recommendations on Amtrak routes identified 
     for closure or realignment as proposed by both the House and 
     Senate.
       Sec. 330 amends item number 1473 in section 1602 of Public 
     Law 105-178 by striking ``Stony'' and inserting ``Commerce''. 
     The House and Senate proposed no similar provision.
       Sec. 331 prohibits funds in this Act 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 as 
     proposed by both the House and Senate.
       Sec. 332 specifies that $20,000,000 made available for the 
     James A. Farley Post Office building in fiscal year 2001 must 
     be spent only on fire and life safety initiatives. The 
     conferees consider fire and life safety improvements to 
     include, but not be limited to, matters concerning 
     ventilation, vertical access, and egress. The Pennsylvania 
     Station Redevelopment Corporation shall be the grantee for 
     these funds and shall control expenditures. The House 
     proposed to rescind $60,000,000 for the James A. Farley Post 
     Office Building. The Senate bill contained no similar 
     rescission.
       Sec. 333 prohibits funds for planning, design, or 
     construction of a light rail system in Houston, Texas, as 
     proposed by the House. The Senate proposed no similar 
     provision.
       Sec. 334 amends section 3030(b) of Public Law 105-178 to 
     authorize the Wilmington downtown transit corridor and the 
     Honolulu bus rapid transit project as proposed by the Senate. 
     The House proposed no similar provision.
       Sec. 335 prohibits the use of funds in this act to adopt 
     the rulemaking on Hours of Service of Drivers; Driver Rest 
     and Sleep for Safe Operations (Docket No. FMCSA 97-2350-953), 
     and includes a provision that allows the Federal Motor 
     Carrier Safety Administration to proceed through all stages 
     of the rulemaking, including issuing a supplemental notice of 
     proposed rulemaking, except the adoption of a final rule. The 
     Senate proposed prohibiting the use of funds in this act to 
     consider, finalize, or enforce the rulemaking. The House 
     proposed no similar provision.
       Sec. 336 amends section 3038(e) of Public Law 105-178 
     pertaining to the federal share of the rural transportation 
     accessibility incentive program as proposed by both the House 
     and Senate.
       Sec. 337 amends item number 273 of section 1602 of Public 
     Law 105-178 pertaining to the Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway 
     in Des Moines, Iowa, as proposed by the House. The Senate 
     proposed no similar provision.
       Sec. 338 amends item number 328 of section 1602 of Public 
     Law 105-178 pertaining to Louisiana Highway 30 as proposed by 
     the House. The Senate proposed no similar provision.
       Sec. 339 amends items numbered 63 and 186 of section 1602 
     of Public Law 105-178 pertaining to projects in Ohio as 
     proposed by the House. The Senate proposed no similar 
     provision.
       Sec. 340 pertains to funds apportioned to the Commonwealth 
     of Massachusetts and the Central Artery/Tunnel project. The 
     House proposed prohibiting funds in this Act for salaries and 
     expenses of any departmental official to authorize project 
     approvals or advance construction authority for the Central 
     Artery/Tunnel project in Boston, Massachusetts. The Senate 
     proposed limiting the total Federal contribution for the 
     project to not more than $8,549,000,000.
       This provision is included in the conference agreement 
     without prejudice to the current administration of the 
     Massachusetts Turnpike Authority (MTA). Following years of 
     obfuscation, the current administration at MTA has been 
     forthcoming with details of the cost overruns on, and the 
     costs-to-complete, the Central Artery/Tunnel project, as well 
     as identifying the means by which the Commonwealth of 
     Massachusetts plans to finance the project's costs. Moreover, 
     the MTA recently negotiated with the Federal Highway 
     Administration, the Massachusetts Highway Department and the 
     Massachusetts Executive Office of Transportation and 
     Construction a partnership agreement that limits federal 
     financial participation in the project and sets forward 
     other terms and conditions, including the requirement that 
     the Commonwealth undertake a balanced statewide 
     construction program of $400,000,000 a year in 
     construction activities and specific transportation 
     projects in the Commonwealth other than the Central 
     Artery/Tunnel project. The conferees commend the MTA for 
     these actions. This provision is not intended to impugn 
     the administration of, or the recent actions taken by, the 
     MTA, but rather to codify the partnership agreement to 
     ensure that federal financial participation in the Central 
     Artery/Tunnel project has an upper limit, and to ensure 
     that the Federal Highway Administration and the Secretary 
     of the Department of Transportation fulfill their 
     fiduciary responsibilities to the American taxpayer.
       Sec. 341 amends section 3027(c)(3) of Public Law 105-178 
     relating to services for the elderly and persons with 
     disabilities as proposed by the House. The Senate proposed no 
     similar provision.
       Sec. 342 allows unobligated balances under section 149 of 
     Public Law 100-17 and the Ebensburg bypass demonstration 
     project of Public Law 101-164 to be used for improvements 
     along Route 56 in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, as proposed 
     by the House. The Senate proposed no similar provision.
       Sec. 343 prohibits funds in this Act for the planning, 
     development, or construction of the California State Route 
     710 freeway extension project through South Pasadena, 
     California, as proposed by the House. The Senate proposed no 
     similar provision.

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       Sec. 344 prohibits funds in this Act for engineering work 
     related to an additional runway at New Orleans International 
     Airport as proposed by the House. The Senate proposed no 
     similar provision.
       Sec. 345 provides that $800,000 from capital investment 
     grants in Public Law 105-277 may be available for an 
     intermodal parking facility in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. 
     The House and Senate proposed no similar provision.
       Sec. 346 prohibits funds in this Act to be used for the 
     implementation of the Kyoto Protocol prior to its 
     ratification as proposed by the Senate. The House proposed no 
     similar provision.
       Sec. 347 modifies the Senate provision to prohibit the 
     submission of a budget request that assumes revenues or 
     reflects a reduction from the previous year due to user fee 
     proposals that have not been enacted into law prior to the 
     submission of the President's budget unless the budget 
     submission identifies which additional spending reductions 
     should occur in the event the user fee proposals are not 
     enacted prior to the date of a committee of conference for 
     the fiscal year 2002 appropriations Act. The House proposed 
     no similar provision.
       Sec. 348 provides that amounts appropriated for salaries 
     and expenses for the Department of Transportation may be used 
     to reimburse safety inspectors for not to exceed one-half the 
     costs incurred by such employees for professional liability 
     insurance, contingent upon the submission of required 
     information or documentation by the Department, as proposed 
     by the Senate. The House proposed no similar provision.
       Sec. 349 prohibits funds in this Act to be used to adopt 
     guidelines or regulations requiring airport sponsors to 
     provide the Federal Aviation Administration ``without cost'' 
     buildings, maintenance, or space for FAA services, as 
     proposed by the Senate. The prohibition does not apply to 
     negotiations between FAA and airport sponsors concerning 
     ``below market'' rates for such services or to grant 
     assurances that require airport sponsors to provide land 
     without cost to the FAA for air traffic control facilities. 
     The House proposed no similar provision.
       Sec. 350 modifies the Senate provision to require the Coast 
     Guard to submit quarterly reports beginning after December 
     31, 2000, to the House and Senate Committees on 
     Appropriations on all major Coast Guard acquisition projects. 
     The House proposed no similar provision.
       Sec. 351 modifies the Senate provision that withholds the 
     highway funds of States that fail to adopt a blood alcohol 
     content level intoxication standard of .08 by fiscal year 
     2004. Under the conference agreement, States that do not 
     adopt this standard will lose a portion of their highway 
     funds each year, beginning in fiscal year 2004 (2 percent in 
     2004, 4 percent in 2005, 6 percent in 2006, and 8 percent in 
     2007). If States enter into compliance by the end of 2007, 
     funds withheld by sanction are restored in the State's 
     apportionment. The House proposed no similar provision.
       Sec. 352 allows the Federal Aviation Administration to 
     provide for the conveyance of airport property to an 
     institution of higher education in Oklahoma as proposed by 
     the Senate. The House proposed no similar provision.
       Sec. 353 amends item 1006 of section 1602 of Public Law 
     105-178 regarding a highway project in Polk County, Iowa, as 
     proposed by the Senate. The House proposed no similar 
     provision.
       Sec. 354 allows the State of Mississippi to use funds 
     previously allocated to it under the transportation 
     enhancement program, if available, for constructing an 
     underpass along Star Landing Road in DeSoto County, 
     Mississippi, as proposed by the Senate. The House proposed no 
     similar provision.
       Sec. 355 modifies the Senate provision that amends section 
     1214 of Public Law 105-178 to provide that the non-Federal 
     share of project number 1646 in section 1602 may be funded by 
     Federal funds from an agency or agencies not part of the 
     Department of Transportation. The Senate proposed that the 
     Secretary shall not delegate responsibility for carrying out 
     the project to a State. The House proposed no similar 
     provision.
       Sec. 356 modifies the Senate provision that designates the 
     New Jersey transit commuter rail station located at the 
     intersection of the Main/Bergen line and the Northeast 
     Corridor line in the State of New Jersey as the ``Frank R. 
     Lautenberg Station''. The House proposed no similar 
     provision.
       Sec. 357 prohibits funds in this Act for the planning, 
     development, or construction of an expressway at section 800 
     on Pennsylvania Route 202 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The 
     House and Senate proposed no similar provision.
       Sec. 358 amends Public Law 106-69 to allow funding for 
     buses, bus-related equipment and bus facilities in the State 
     of Michigan. The House and Senate proposed no similar 
     provision.
       Sec. 359 establishes a program to reduce traffic congestion 
     that will allow eligible employees of federal agencies to 
     participate in telecommuting to the maximum extent possible 
     without diminished employee performance. Within one year, the 
     Office of Personnel Management shall evaluate the 
     effectiveness of the program and report to Congress. Each 
     agency participating in the program shall develop criteria to 
     be used in implementing such a policy and ensure that 
     managerial, logistical, organizational, or other barriers to 
     full implementation and successful functioning of the policy 
     are removed. Each agency should also provide for adequate 
     administrative, human resources, technical, and logistical 
     support for carrying out the policy. Telecommuting refers to 
     any arrangement in which an employee regularly performs 
     officially assigned duties at home or other work sites 
     geographically convenient to the residence of the employee. 
     Eligible employees mean any satisfactorily performing 
     employee of the agency whose job may typically be performed 
     at least one day per week. The House and Senate proposed no 
     similar provision.
       Sec. 360 provides that new fixed guideway system funds 
     previously provided in Public Law 105-66 may be used for 
     projects in Jackson, Mississippi. The House and Senate 
     proposed no similar provision.
       Sec. 361 provides that funds made available in item number 
     760 of section 1602 of Public Law 105-178 shall be used for 
     corridor planning studies between western Baldwin County and 
     Mobile Municipal Airport in Alabama. The House and Senate 
     proposed no similar provision.
       Sec. 362 amends section 1107(b) of Public Law 102-240 as it 
     pertains to projects in Akron, Ohio. The House and Senate 
     proposed no similar provision.
       Sec. 363 pertains to the federal share of the total cost 
     relating to the reconstruction of a road and causeway in the 
     Shiloh Military Park in Hardin County, Tennessee. The House 
     and Senate proposed no similar provision.
       Sec. 364 amends section 30118 of title 49, United States 
     Code, to require motor vehicle manufacturers to review and 
     consider information from any foreign source on defects of 
     motor vehicles, original equipment, or replacement equipment 
     that do not comply with applicable motor vehicle safety 
     standards. The House and Senate proposed no similar 
     provision.
       Sec. 365 allows funds appropriated to the Federal Transit 
     Administration to be transferred to the Agency for 
     International Development for transportation needs in the 
     Frontline states to the Kosovo conflict. The House and Senate 
     proposed no similar provision.
       Sec. 366 allows funds provided in Public Law 105-66 for the 
     Salt Lake City regional commuter system project to be used 
     for transit and other transportation-related portions of the 
     Salt Lake City regional commuter system and Gateway 
     intermodal terminal. The House and Senate proposed no similar 
     provision.
       Sec. 367 provides funding from section 1404 of Public Law 
     105-178 to the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The House and Senate 
     proposed no similar provision.
       Sec. 368 directs the Secretary of Transportation to waive 
     repayment of any federal-aid highway funds expended on the 
     Lincoln Street Bridge project by the City of Spokane, 
     Washington. The House and Senate proposed no similar 
     provision.
       Sec. 369 amends previous appropriations Acts to allow 
     funding for bus and bus facilities. The House and Senate 
     proposed no similar provision.
       Sec. 370 amends item number 6 in section 1602 of Public Law 
     105-178 to provide within amounts previously made available 
     $2,000,000 for repair and reconstruction of the North Ogden 
     Divide Highway in Utah. The House and Senate proposed no 
     similar provision.
       Sec. 371 allows States to use highway safety program funds 
     (section 402 of title 23, United States Code) to produce and 
     place highway safety service messages in television, radio, 
     cinema, Internet, and print media based on guidance issued by 
     the Secretary of Transportation; and requires States 
     to report to the Secretary on the use of such funds for 
     public service messages. The House and Senate proposed no 
     similar provisions.
       Sec. 372 provides that the Mohall Railroad, Inc. may 
     abandon track from Granville to Lansford, North Dakota, and 
     that such abandoned track will not count against the 
     limitation contained in section 402 of Public Law 97-102. The 
     House and Senate proposed no similar provision.
       Sec. 373 amends item number 163 in section 1602 of Public 
     Law 105-178 related to the extension of Kapkowski Road in New 
     Jersey to allow for the study, design, and construction of 
     local street improvements. The House and Senate proposed no 
     similar provisions.
       Sec. 374 amends item number 331 in section 1602 of Public 
     Law 105-178 to allow funds provided for Humboldt Bay and 
     Harbor Port in California to be used for highway and freight 
     rail access. The House and Senate proposed no similar 
     provision.
       Sec. 375 appropriates $5,000,000 to the Alabama Department 
     of Transportation for Muscle Shoals, Tuscumbia, and Sheffield 
     highway-rail improvements. The House and Senate proposed no 
     similar appropriation.
       Sec. 376 appropriates $1,000,000 to Valley Trains and Tours 
     for track acquisition and rehabilitation between Strasburg 
     Junction and Shenandoah Caverns, Virginia. This funding is 
     contingent upon an agreement with Norfolk Southern 
     Corporation on track usage. In addition, funding is 
     contingent on financial support by the Commonwealth of 
     Virginia for this project. The House and Senate proposed no 
     similar appropriation.
       Sec. 377 amends item number 1135 in section 1602 of Public 
     Law 105-178 to allow funds to be used to study all possible 
     alternatives to the current M-14/Barton Drive interchange in 
     Ann Arbor, Michigan, including relocation of M-14/U.S.23 from 
     Maple Road to Plymouth Road, mass transit options, and other 
     means of reducing commuter traffic

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     and improving highway safety. The House and Senate proposed 
     no similar provision.
       Sec. 378 provides necessary expenses, to be derived from 
     the Highway Trust Fund, for various projects within the 
     United States. The House and Senate proposed no similar 
     appropriations.
       Sec. 379 provides additional funding for the Woodrow Wilson 
     Memorial Bridge. The $1,500,000,000 limitation on federal 
     contribution prescribed in this section is not intended to 
     preclude states from using federal-aid apportionments or 
     other federal-aid funds made available to the states for 
     costs associated with the Woodrow Wilson Bridge project. The 
     House and Senate proposed no similar appropriation.
       Sec. 380 provides contingent commitment authority to the 
     Federal Transit Administration for specific capital 
     investment grants. The House and Senate proposed no similar 
     provision.
       Sec. 381 requires the Federal Transit Administrator to sign 
     a full funding grant agreement for the MOS-2 segment of the 
     New Jersey Urban Core-Hudson Bergen project.
       Sec. 382 prohibits funding in this or any other Act for 
     adjusting the boundary of the Point Retreat Light Station in 
     Alaska or otherwise limiting property at that station 
     currently under lease to the Alaska Lighthouse Association. 
     The provision also nullifies any modifications to the 
     boundary at that station made after January 1, 1998.
       The conference agreement deletes the House and Senate 
     provisions that reduce funding and limit obligation authority 
     for activities of the Transportation administrative service 
     center. The House proposed reducing funding by $4,000,000 for 
     activities of the center and limiting obligation authority to 
     $115,387,000. The Senate proposed reducing funding by 
     $53,430,000 for activities of the center and limiting 
     obligation authority to $119,848,000.
       The conference agreement deletes the Senate provision that 
     limits necessary expenses of advisory committees to 
     $1,500,000 of the funds provided in this Act to the 
     Department of Transportation and provides that this 
     limitation shall not apply to negotiated rulemaking advisory 
     committees or the Coast Guard's advisory council on roles and 
     missions as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement deletes the provision proposed by 
     both the House and Senate that authorizes the Secretary of 
     Transportation to transfer appropriations by no more than 12 
     percent among the offices of the Office of the Secretary.
       The conference agreement deletes the House and Senate 
     provisions that prohibit funds in this Act for activities 
     under the Aircraft Purchase Loan Guarantee Program. According 
     to the Federal Aviation Administration, this provision is no 
     longer necessary.
       The conference agreement deletes the Senate provision that 
     allows the Department of Transportation to enter into a 
     fractional aircraft ownership demonstration. Report language 
     is included on this subject under title I, Office of the 
     Secretary, Salaries and expenses.
       The conference agreement deletes the Senate provision that 
     expands the exemption from Federal axle weight restrictions 
     presently applicable only to public transit buses to all 
     over-the-road buses and directs that a study and report 
     concerning applicability of maximum axle weight limitations 
     to over-the-road buses and public transit vehicles be 
     submitted to the Congress.
       The conference agreement deletes the Senate provision that 
     amends section 1105(c) of Public Law 102-240 to clarify the 
     alignment of the Ports-to-Plains corridor from Laredo, Texas, 
     to Denver, Colorado.
       The conference agreement deletes the Senate provision that 
     expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress and the 
     President should immediately take steps to address the 
     growing safety hazard associated with the lack of adequate 
     parking space for trucks along interstate highways.
       The conference agreement deletes the Senate provision that 
     provides 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.
       The conference agreement deletes the Senate provision that 
     provides $10,000,000 within the funds made available in this 
     Act for the costs associated with the construction of a third 
     track on the Northeast Corridor between Davisville, and 
     Central Falls, Rhode Island; provides $2,000,000 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 for passenger rail corridor 
     planning activities for development of the Gulf Coast high 
     speed rail corridor; and $250,000 to the city of Traverse 
     City, Michigan, for a comprehensive transportation plan. The 
     House proposed no similar provision. Funding for these 
     projects was considered in title I of the conference 
     agreement.
       The conference agreement deletes the Senate provision that 
     expresses the sense of the Senate regarding funding for Coast 
     Guard operations and acquisitions during fiscal years 2000 
     and 2001.
       The conference agreement deletes the Senate provision that 
     prohibits non-safety related funds to be used for any 
     airport-related grant for the Los Angeles International 
     Airport made to the City of Los Angeles, or any 
     intergovernmental body of which it is a member, by the 
     Department of Transportation or the Federal Aviation 
     Administration, until the Administration concludes the 
     revenue diversion investigation initiated in Docket 13-95-05 
     and either takes action or determines that no action is 
     warranted.

                  TITLE IV--DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

                       Bureau of the Public Debt


      gifts to the united states for reduction of the public debt

       The conference agreement includes title IV that 
     appropriates $5,000,000,000 for the reduction of the public 
     debt instead of supplemental appropriations of 
     $12,200,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
     2000, for the reduction of the public debt proposed by the 
     Senate. The House Bill contained no similar title.

                  TITLE V--DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

                          Departmental Offices


                         salaries and expenses

       The conferees agree to provide an additional $6,424,000 to 
     establish a new interagency National Terrorist Asset Tracking 
     Center (NTATC), to reimburse Treasury Department law 
     enforcement bureaus for detailees to the Center, and for five 
     new positions to reinforce the analytical component of the 
     Office of foreign Assets Control.


                     vehicle usage and replacement

       The conferees agree with the concerns expressed by the 
     Senate over the lack of progress by the Department of the 
     Treasury and its bureaus in establishing a centralized 
     vehicle acquisition program, despite having been provided 
     $1,000,000 for such purposes in fiscal year 1999. The 
     conferees agree with the Senate that the Department must take 
     action before additional funding is provided. The conferees 
     therefore direct that no funds for new vehicle acquisition 
     shall be obligated or expended until the Department has: (1) 
     developed and implemented the vehicle data warehouse, and (2) 
     provided the committees with a report that confirms that 
     policy directives and operating procedures with regard to 
     vehicles have been fully implemented. The conferees expect 
     that the mandate established in section 116 of Public Law 
     105-277 shall remain in force.


        department-wide systems and capital investments programs

       The conferees agree to provide an additional $15,000,000 
     for the Integrated Treasury (Wireless) Network.


                 expanded access to financial services

       The conferees agree to provide an additional $8,000,000 for 
     this account.


                        treasury forfeiture fund

       The conferees clarify that they have agreed to fund 
     $29,107,000 of the $42,500,000 that the Administration 
     proposed to fund in fiscal year 2001 through the Super 
     Surplus in regular appropriations. No funds are provided for 
     Customs Service vehicle replacement ($11,000,000) and 
     Acquisition and Maintenance for the Federal Law Enforcement 
     Training Center ($2,393,000).

                Federal Law Enforcement Training Center


                         salaries and expenses

       The conferees agree to provide an additional $5,000,000 to 
     the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) to 
     establish and operate a metropolitan area law enforcement 
     training center for the Treasury Department, other federal 
     agencies, the United States Capitol Police, and the 
     Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department, primarily as 
     a place for firearms and vehicle operation requalification. 
     The conferees provide that $3,500,000 of such funding would 
     only be made available for obligation after FLETC submits a 
     detailed spending plan to the Committees on Appropriations.
       The conferees are aware that as many as 6,000 federal law 
     enforcement officers in the Washington area require routine 
     skills training, but existing facilities in the region are 
     not meeting this need, in particular for the Treasury 
     Department, the Park Police, the State Department, and the 
     U.S. Capitol Police, The shortage of facilities applies to 
     local law enforcement agencies as well, in particular the 
     Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department.
       The conferees are aware of the work by the Interagency 
     Firearms Range Working Group (IFRWG) and strongly supports 
     its mandate to identify a site and plan for establishment and 
     operation of a Washington, D.C. area facility, to meet the 
     need for regular perishable skills training for federal and 
     other law enforcement agencies. The conferees understand that 
     such training would include firearms requalification, driver 
     training, and possibly other continuous routine training. The 
     conferees expect this facility to accommodate as well the 
     unique in-service and agency specific training requirements 
     of the U.S. Capitol Police.
       The conferees have seen the preliminary plan developed by 
     FLETC for such a local facility, to include semi-enclosed and 
     enclosed firearms facilities as well as vehicle operation 
     courses, and agree that such a facility, to generate the 
     benefits of consolidated law enforcement training, must be 
     designed, built and operated to meet priority needs for 
     continuing professional training, and to avoid needless 
     duplication or inefficiency. The conferees understand that 
     this facility will be for daytime training operations only, 
     with no residential or dining facilities. The

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     conferees expect that any federal agency seeking funding for 
     new or expanded training facilities in the capital region 
     will participate in and coordinate such requests through 
     FLETC and the IFRWG, and that FLETC will strive 
     to accommodate, as space permits, any requests for 
     training from local law enforcement agencies.
       The conferees direct the Federal Law Enforcement Training 
     Center to work with the General Services Administration (GSA) 
     to identify a site for this facility within the GSA inventory 
     of Federal land.


     Acquisition, Construction, Improvements, and Related Expenses

       The conferees agree to provide an additional $25,000,000 
     for design and construction of a metropolitan area law 
     enforcement training center, including firearms and vehicle 
     operations requalification facilities, to remain available 
     until expended. Such funding would include the costs of 
     architecture and engineering plans, design and construction 
     for firearms ranges, vehicle operation ranges, tactical 
     operations training facilities and related teaching 
     facilities such as classrooms and non-lethal shoot houses, as 
     well as administrative and support facilities. The conferees 
     include language making $22,000,000 of these funds 
     unavailable for obligation until a complete design and 
     construction plan with associated timelines and cost 
     breakouts has been submitted to the Committees on 
     Appropriations.

                Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms


                         Salaries and Expenses

       The conferees agree to provide an additional $4,148,000 for 
     30 agents to participate in Joint Terrorism Task Forces.

                     United States Customs Service


                         Salaries and Expenses

       The conferees agree to provide an additional $18,934,000 
     for counterterrorism activities, including $2,334,000 for 17 
     agents to participate in Joint Terrorism Task Forces; 
     $10,000,000 for northern border security infrastructure; and 
     $6,600,000 for 48 agents to counter-terrorist threats along 
     the northern border. The conferees have also included 
     language prohibiting obligation of funds for the northern 
     border until a plan for the deployment of resources and 
     personnel has been submitted for approval to the Committees 
     on Appropriations.


                        Northern Border Security

       The conferees have long agreed on the inadequacy of the 
     federal response to smuggling and other threats facing the 
     southern border and ports of entry to the U.S. The security 
     threat to the northern border of the U.S. was made plain last 
     winter following the arrests of suspected terrorists 
     attempting to enter the United States from Canada into 
     Washington State and Vermont. The need for increased 
     vigilance along our long, undefended border with Canada is 
     beyond dispute while at the same time commerce with Canada, 
     our major bilateral trading partner, grows apace.
       Aging infrastructure and staffing shortages have created 
     significant bottlenecks as well as increased vulnerability to 
     potential security threats at a number of northern ports of 
     entry. Yet the conferees perceive inadequate planning for and 
     commitment to provide the necessary personnel, facilities and 
     related infrastructure to keep our border crossings safe and 
     yet facilitate the smooth movement of commerce and 
     passengers. Shortcomings in infrastructure are readily 
     visible to visitors to the border, but so are the sparse 
     staffing levels. The northern border extends nearly 4,000 
     miles, but has only about 300 agents and inspectors, while 
     the 2,000 mile southwest border has 8,000. In addition to 
     increases in agents and inspectors needed to meet the threat 
     of terrorism, additional land border inspectors are called 
     for in the 1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant 
     Responsibility Act, which has not been fully implemented.
       The conferees therefore direct the U.S. Customs Service, 
     working with the General Services Administration, the 
     Immigration and Naturalization Service, and other agencies 
     responsible for border inspection and facilities, to address 
     the inadequacies that presently exist in facilities and 
     personnel and submit to the Congress a plan to address them 
     with the submission of the fiscal year 2002 budget.


                       Resource Allocation Model

       The Customs Service told the Committees over a year ago 
     that the customs staffing resource allocation model was near 
     completion. However, the model remains under review and not 
     operational. At the same time, the Committees have not 
     received any information about the characteristics of the 
     model. Given then numerous requests to establish, expand, or 
     preserve Customs presence at various ports, it is essential 
     that Customs have such a model in place to permit a more 
     transparent and consistent basis for making such decisions. 
     While the conferees recognize that the use of such a model 
     would not by itself mechanically determine all staffing and 
     organizational decisions, they expect the Committees to be 
     able to understand and review future funding requests. The 
     conferees therefore direct Customs and the Treasury 
     Department to expedite completion of the model and to report 
     to the Committees not later than February 1, 2001 on the 
     characteristics and application of the model and on the 
     status of its implementation. The conferees request that the 
     General Accounting Office review the resource allocation 
     model and supporting data used for this analysis, and 
     report to the Committees on the validity and reliability 
     of the model and its findings.

                        Internal Revenue Service


                 processing, assistance and management

                     electronic tax administration

       In its June 30, 2000, annual report to Congress, the 
     Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee (ETAAC) 
     emphasized its position that IRS should stress partnerships, 
     not competition, with the private sector and state and local 
     governments in achieving its electronic tax administration 
     objectives. In this regard, ETAAC believes it is 
     inappropriate for IRS to offer no-cost electronic filing over 
     the Internet, either by developing its own software or 
     aligning itself with a limited number of ``authorized e-file 
     providers.'' IRS is directed to provide the Committees on 
     Appropriations a report commenting on the ETAAC position as 
     well as making any recommendations to address the concerns 
     raised by ETAAC within 120 days of the enactment of this Act. 
     The conferees share these concerns and further direct the IRS 
     to delay implementing no-cost Internet tax filing services 
     until such report has been submitted to and reviewed by the 
     Committees.


                          tax law enforcement

       The conferees agree to provide $7,974,000, including 
     $3,135,000 for support of the money laundering strategy, and 
     an additional $4,839,000 for 35 agents to participate in 
     Joint Terrorism Task Forces.


                   information technology investments

       The conferees to provide $71,751,000 for information 
     technology investments. The release of these funds is subject 
     to conditions similar to those required for funds previously 
     appropriated for modernizing the major computer systems of 
     the Internal Revenue Service.


           staffing tax administration for balance and equity

       The conferees agree to provide $141,000,000 in a new 
     account established to fund the hiring of additional staff by 
     the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Release of these funds is 
     subject to a staffing plan, to be approved by the Department 
     of the Treasury, Office of Management and Budget, and the 
     Committees on Appropriations. The conferees are aware of the 
     IRS' continuing reassessment of its specific staffing needs 
     in light of its implementation of the IRS Restructuring and 
     Reform Act of 1998, as indicated by the recent IRS requests 
     for substantive transfers of funding and positions among its 
     appropriations accounts. The current organizational 
     restructuring within the IRS also has created uncertainty 
     with respect to its specific staffing needs. The conferees 
     look forward to working with the Administration to ensure 
     that balance and equity are achieved with respect to IRS 
     staffing requirements for tax administration.

                      United States Secret Service


                         salaries and expenses

       The conferees agree to provide an additional $2,904,000 for 
     21 agents to participate in Joint Terrorism Task Forces.

    Executive Office of the President and Funds Appropriated to the 
                               President

                    Office of Management and Budget


                         salaries and expenses

       The conferees urge the Office of Management and Budget to 
     allocate at least two-thirds of the additional staff for use 
     in supporting the management function of the Office, which is 
     limited to the Deputy Director for Management and the 
     Statutory Offices--the Office of Federal Financial 
     Management, the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, and the 
     Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.

                 Office of National Drug Control Policy


                counterdrug technology assessment center

       The conferees agree to provide an additional $7,000,000 for 
     the Counterdrug Technology Assessment Center, including 
     $5,000,000 for the continued operation of the technology 
     transfer program and $2,000,000 for the continued development 
     of the wireless interoperability communication 
     project currently underway in Colorado. This much-needed 
     project is in direct response to the wireless 
     communication difficulties experienced by State and local 
     law enforcement during the Columbine High School tragedy.


                          Unanticipated Needs

       The conferees agree to provide $3,500,000 for Unanticipated 
     Needs of the President, including $2,500,000 as a transfer to 
     the Elections Commission of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 
     for objective, non-partisan citizens' education for a choice 
     by voters on the islands' future status; the conferees make 
     the $2,500,000 transfer available on March 21, 2001. The 
     conferees include a provision prohibiting the use of funds by 
     the Elections Commission until 45 days after the Commission 
     submits to the Committees on Appropriations for approval an 
     expenditure plan developed jointly by the Popular Democratic 
     Party, the New Progressive Party, and the Puerto Rican 
     Independence Party. The conferees also include a provision 
     requiring the Elections Commission to include in the 
     expenditure plan additional views from any party that does 
     not agree with the plan.

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                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                    General Services Administration


                         Federal Buildings Fund

                              Construction

       The conferees agree to provide $3,000,000 for non-
     prospectus construction projects.


                       Salt Lake City Courthouse

       The conferees are aware of issues surrounding the site of 
     the Salt Lake City courthouse. The conferees direct GSA to 
     examine these issues and report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations, the House Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure, and the Senate Committee on Environment and 
     Public Works within 120 days of enactment of this Act on the 
     status of the site and recommendations on resolving any 
     outstanding issues. In addition, the conferees direct that 
     GSA may not take any further condemnation action prior to the 
     Committees' receipt of the report. The conferees direct GSA 
     to consult with the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts 
     and the appropriate authorities in the preparation of this 
     report.


                        Repairs and Alterations

       The conferees agree to provide $8,350,000 for a repair and 
     alteration project associated with a courthouse annex in 
     Columbia, South Carolina


                            Rental of Space

       The conferees are concerned with the environmental 
     conditions of the Customs House at Terminal Island, 
     California. While many Customs employees have been 
     temporarily moved from the Customs House to healthier work 
     environments, the conferees are concerned about the health 
     and safety of the remaining employees at the facility. The 
     conferees understand that the General Services Administration 
     (GSA) is working with the Customs Service to resolve the 
     situation at the Customs House to identify permanent space 
     and relocate Customs personnel.
       The conferees understand that GSA is working jointly with 
     the Customs Service to relocate the Office of the Customs 
     Special Agent in Charge by December 31, 2000. Other Customs 
     employees will be moved to a new leased location by May 31, 
     2001. The high-tech customs laboratory will remain at 
     Terminal Island as requested by the Customs Service. The 
     conferees are concerned that plans for relocation of Customs 
     employees occur as scheduled and direct the Customs Service 
     and GSA to report no later than January 15, 2001, on the 
     situation facing the Customs Service employees remaining at 
     this facility and the status of the permanent move.


                          Building Operations

                 Access to Telecommunications Services

       The conferees are aware that significant cost savings to 
     the government are being achieved by the FTS 2001 and the 
     Metropolitan Area Acquisition programs administered by GSA as 
     a result of increased competition among communications 
     services. The conferees are also aware that such potential 
     cost savings may be jeopardized by building access 
     limitations for telecommunication providers. The conferees 
     note that legislation has been introduced in Congress 
     intended to promote non-discriminatory or fair and reasonable 
     access to telecommunications services for Federal agencies. 
     The conferees direct the executive branch identify building 
     telecommunications access barriers and take necessary steps 
     to ensure that telecommunications providers are given 
     fair and reasonable access to provide service to Federal 
     agencies in buildings where the Federal government is the 
     owner or tenant.


                            tucson, arizona

       The conferees direct the GSA to reach a mutual agreement 
     with the City of Tucson, Arizona regarding the use of the 
     federally owned property at 26-72 East Congress by October 
     24, 2000.


                         policy and operations

       The conferees agree to provide an additional $13,789,000 
     for policy and operations, including $2,060,000 for the 
     electronic government initiative, $2,000,000 for the 
     regulatory information service center, $2,000,000 for 
     facilitating post conveyance remediation to be performed by 
     the City of Waltham, Massachusetts, $2,000,000 for a grant to 
     the Institute for Biomedical Science and Biotechnology, 
     $2,000,000 for the Center for Agricultural Policy and Trade 
     Studies, $1,000,000 for a grant to the Berwick Industrial 
     Development Authority in Pennsylvania, $1,000,000 for a grant 
     to the Ewing-Lawrence Sewerage Authority in Ewing Township, 
     New Jersey, $750,000 for logistical support of the World 
     Police and Fire Games, and $979,000 for base operations.

              National Archives and Records Administration


                        repairs and restoration

       The conferees agree to provide an additional $6,610,000 for 
     repairs to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library.

                     General Provisions--This Title


                         federal internet sites

       The conferees have included a new provision (Section 501) 
     prohibiting the use of funds by agencies funded in the 
     Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2001, to 
     use federal Internet sites to collect, review, or create any 
     aggregate list that includes the collection of any personally 
     identifiable information relating to an individual's access 
     to or use of any federal government Internet site of the 
     agency. Section 644 of the Treasury and General Government 
     Appropriations Act, 2001, shall not have effect.


                              fec reforms

       The conferees have included a new provision (Section 502) 
     regarding certain reforms within the FEC, including a 
     clarification of the permissible use of fax and electronic 
     mail, a clarification of the treatment of lines of credit, 
     and requiring the actual receipt of certain independent 
     expenditure reports within 24 hours.


                    U.S. OLYMPIC ANTI-DOPING EFFORTS

       The conferees have included a new provision (Section 503) 
     to clarify that the funds made available to the United States 
     Olympic Committee for anti-doping efforts in the Treasury and 
     General Government Appropriations Act, 2001 will be provided 
     to The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, Incorporated (USADA). USADA, 
     a private organization, is responsible for the anti-doping 
     program in the United States relating to participation by 
     U.S. athletes in the Olympic, Pan American, and Paralympic 
     Games. The conferees agree to make these funds available to 
     USADA based on their understanding that the conduct of such 
     anti-doping programs is the responsibility of USADA and not 
     of any federal government agency.


                    federal retirement contributions

       The conferees agree to include a new provision (Section 
     504) that Section 640 of the Treasury and General Government 
     Appropriations Act, 2001 shall not have effect. The conferees 
     further agree to include a new provision (Section 505) 
     regarding Civil Service retirement contributions.


 united States secret service assistance for investigations related to 
                     missing and exploited children

       The conferees agree to include a new provision (Section 
     506) providing that $2,000,000 of fiscal year 2001 funding 
     for the U.S. Secret Service that was specified for activities 
     related to investigations of missing and exploited children 
     shall be available for forensic and related support of such 
     investigations, to remain available until September 30, 2001.


        Section 108 of the Legislative Appropriations Act, 2001

       The conferees have included a new provision (Section 507) 
     amending Section 108 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 
     Act, 2001 contained in House Report 106-796. The amendment 
     places the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) under the 
     direct control of the Chief of the U.S. Capitol Police, in 
     consultation with the Comptroller General of the United 
     States. The Comptroller General will monitor the performance 
     of the CAO and report same to the Chief the U.S. Capitol 
     Police, the Capitol Police Board, and the appropriations and 
     authorizing committees of the Senate and House of 
     Representatives. The Chief will report the CAO's plans and 
     progress made in resolving the several administrative 
     problems of the Capitol Police to the appropriations and 
     authorizing committees of the Senate and House of 
     Representatives.


     Review of Proposed Changes to Export Thresholds for Computers

       The conferees expect that the assessment provided by the 
     Comptroller General pursuant to Section 314 of the 
     Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 shall include, at 
     a minimum:
       (1) An evaluation of the adequacy of the stated 
     justification for any proposed changes to computer 
     performance export control thresholds given in the 
     Presidential report referred to in subsection (d) of section 
     1211 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
     Year 1998 (50 U.S.C. App. 2404 note), as amended; and
       (2) An evaluation of the likely impact of any proposed 
     changes to computer performance export control thresholds 
     upon--
       (A) the national security and foreign policy interests of 
     the United States;
       (B) the security of countries friendly to, or allied with, 
     the United States;
       (C) multilateral export control regimes of which the United 
     States is a member; and
       (D) United States policies designed to slow or prevent the 
     proliferation of weapons of mass destruction or ballistic 
     missile technology.

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     fiscal year 2001 Department of Transportation and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act.

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                   conference total--with comparisons

       The total new budget (obligational) authority for the 
     fiscal year 2001 recommended by the Committee of Conference, 
     with comparisons to the fiscal year 2000 amount, the 2001 
     budget estimates, and the House and Senate bills for 2001 
     follow:

                       [In thousands of dollars]

New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2000.......$15,084,976
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal year16,146,737
House bill, fiscal year 2001.................................15,773,944
Senate bill, fiscal year 2001................................15,295,300
Conference agreement, fiscal year 2001.......................18,492,649
Conference agreement compared with:
  New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2000......+3,407,673
  Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal ye+2,345,912
  House bill, fiscal year 2001...............................+2,718,705
  Senate bill, fiscal year 2001..............................+3,197,349

     Frank R. Wolf,
     Tom DeLay,
     Ralph Regula,
     Harold Rogers,
     Ron Packard,
     Sonny Callahan,
     Todd Tiahrt,
     Robert B. Aderholt,
     Kay Granger,
     C.W. Bill Young,
     Martin Olav Sabo
       (except for provisions to withhold highway funds from 
     states that do not adopt 0.08 blood alcohol concentration 
     laws),
     John W. Olver,
     Ed Pastor,
     Carolyn C. Kilpatrick
       (except for provisions to withhold highway funds from 
     states that do not adopt 0.08 blood alcohol concentration 
     laws),
     Jose E. Serrano,
     Michael P. Forbes,
     David R. Obey
       (with exception to denial of funds to states without 0.08 
     BAC),
                                Managers on the Part of the House.

     Richard C. Shelby,
     Pete Domenici,
     Arlen Specter,
     Christopher S. Bond,
     Slade Gorton,
     Robert F. Bennett,
     Ben Nighthorse Campbell,
     Ted Stevens,
     Frank R. Lautenberg,
     Robert C. Byrd,
     Barbara A. Mikulski,
     Harry Reid,
     Herb Kohl,
     Patty Murray,
     Daniel K. Inouye,
     Managers on the Part of the Senate.

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