[House Report 106-940]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



106th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     106-940

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MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED 
  AGENCIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2001, AND FOR OTHER 
  PURPOSES

                                _______
                                

                 October 5, 2000.--Ordered to be printed

                                _______
                                

  Mr. Wolf, from the committee of conference, submitted the following

                           CONFERENCE REPORT

                        [To accompany H.R. 4475]

      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.
                                   Richard C. Shelby,
                                   Pete V. Domenici (except for Wilson 
                                       Bridge),
                                   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 managers 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, 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 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 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 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;
            $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.
    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 
Aviation Administration (FAA) instrument landing systems (along 
with associated approach lighting equipment and runway visual 
range equipment) which conform to FAA design and performance 
specifications, the purchase of which was assisted by a Federal 
airport-aid program, airport development aid program or airport 
improvement program grant. The Federal Aviation Administration 
shall accept such equipment, which shall thereafter be operated 
and maintained by FAA in accordance with agency criteria.
    Sec. 315. None of the funds in this Act shall be available 
to award a multiyear contract for production end items that: 
(1) includes economic order quantity or long lead time material 
procurement in excess of $10,000,000 in any 1 year of the 
contract; (2) includes a cancellation charge greater than 
$10,000,000 which at the time of obligation has not been 
appropriated to the limits of the Government's liability; or 
(3) includes a requirement that permits performance under the 
contract during the second and subsequent years of the contract 
without conditioning such performance upon the appropriation of 
funds: Provided, That this limitation does not apply to a 
contract in which the Federal Government incurs no financial 
liability from not buying additional systems, subsystems, or 
components beyond the basic contract requirements.
    Sec. 316. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and 
except for fixed guideway modernization projects, funds made 
available by this Act under ``Federal Transit Administration, 
Capital investment grants'' for projects specified in this Act 
or identified in reports accompanying this Act not obligated by 
September 30, 2003, and other recoveries, shall be made 
available for other projects under 49 U.S.C. 5309.
    Sec. 317. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
funds appropriated before October 1, 2000, under any section of 
chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, that remain 
available for expenditure may be transferred to and 
administered under the most recent appropriation heading for 
any such section.
    Sec. 318. None of the funds in this Act may be used to 
compensate in excess of 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(m)(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 
for the 21st Century (Public Law 105-178) is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
            ``(72) Wilmington Downtown transit corridor.
            ``(73) Honolulu Bus Rapid Transit project.''.
    Sec. 335. None of the funds appropriated or made available 
by this Act or any other Act 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 requirements of this 
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 sections 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 
acquisition project and include a table detailing unobligated 
balances to date and anticipated unobligated balances at the 
close of the fiscal year and the close of the following fiscal 
year should the Administration's pending budget request for the 
acquisition, construction, and improvements account be fully 
funded: Provided further, That such reports shall also provide 
abbreviated information on the status of shore facility 
construction and renovation projects: Provided further, That 
all information submitted in such reports shall be current as 
of the last day of the preceding quarter.
      Sec. 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 Administration, 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 
improvements 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-lane 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 
Rosedale 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 improvements 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, 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, New 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 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.
    (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
                    (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
                        After December 31, 2002.   7''



                and inserting the following:

      

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



    (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
      ``(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 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 
    industry............................................       1,000,000
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:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                    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:


                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:


                        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:


      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 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:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                           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 
explosive detection 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:


      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:


      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 initiatives................................      -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 
    survey..............................................      -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 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 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, 
    Connecticut.........................................       1,250,000
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 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 
    Chattanooga, TN.....................................       1,000,000
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 project........................................       2,000,000
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 facility.............................       1,000,000
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 
    improvements........................................       1,100,000
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, California.................................         250,000
Fairbanks, Alaska, downtown transit and cultural 
    integration planning................................         450,000
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 Mexico..........................................         500,000
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 
    improvements........................................         400,000
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-94.............................................       1,650,000
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 project........................................         200,000
Montana statewide rail grade separation study and 
    environmental review................................         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, Nevada...................................         375,000
Pedestrian improvements, Lake Cumberland Trail, Kentucky         100,000
Pioneer Courthouse Square lobby renovation project, 
    Portland Oregon.....................................         400,000
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, Pennsylvania............................         600,000
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, 
    Washington..........................................       1,700,000
Soundview Greenway in the Bronx, New York, New York.....       1,000,000
South Kingshighway business district pilot program, St. 
    Louis Missouri......................................         100,000
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 Initiative...........................         500,000


      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, Alabama...................................       1,000,000
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, 
    California..........................................       2,500,000
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 
    improvements........................................         500,000
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 River..................................         900,000
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
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 $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 Obligations)

                          (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 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 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....................................     (7,000,000)
    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 study...................................         200,000
Southeast corridor extension from Charlotte, NC to 
    Macon, GA...........................................         200,000
Gulf Coast high-speed rail corridor from Mobile, AL to 
    New Orleans, LA.....................................         300,000

      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, PA....................................         500,000
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 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 component.....................................         150,000
Trans-lake Washington land use effectiveness and 
    enhancement review..................................         450,000
State of Vermont electric vehicle transit demonstration.         500,000
Acadia Island, Maine explorer transit system 
    experimental pilot program..........................         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 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 105-66).........................................       4,983,828

      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 
      facility..........................................      $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 North Alabama, bus and bus facilities.       2,000,000
    University of South Alabama, buses and bus 
      facilities........................................       2,500,000
State of Alaska:
    Alaska State Fair park and ride and passenger 
      shuttle system....................................       1,000,000
    Denali Depot intermodal facility....................       3,000,000
    Fairbanks Bus/Rail Intermodal Facility..............       3,100,000
    Fairbanks parking garage and intermodal center......       1,100,000
    Homer Alaska Maritime Wildlife Refuge intermodal and 
      welcome center....................................         850,000
    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 Depot.....................................       3,000,000
    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 Program...............................       1,100,000
    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 
      facilities........................................         500,000
    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 facility...............................       2,100,000
    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, buses..................................       4,500,000
    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 facilities....................................       3,000,000
    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 
      facilities........................................       3,000,000
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
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 service...................................       3,000,000
    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 facilities....................................       1,000,000
    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 
      equipment.........................................       1,250,000
    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
    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
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 
    projects............................................      15,000,000
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 project........................................       2,000,000
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 project........................................       1,000,000
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 project....................................       5,000,000
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) project.....................................       7,500,000
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 
    project.............................................       1,000,000

      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.
      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 
    Counties, Iowa......................................       1,600,000
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
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 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.
      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 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 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 
the 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 the methodology and analysis used by Customs as they 
review the methodology and analysis used by Customs as they 
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 this 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 agree 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.

                          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.
                
                
      The following table provides a tabular summary of the 
fiscal year 2001 Department of Transportation and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act.


                   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 
    year 2001...........................................      16,146,737
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 year 2001..................................      +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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