S.1143 - Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000106th Congress (1999-2000)
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Hide Overview| Sponsor: | Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [R-AL] (Introduced 05/27/1999) |
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| Committees: | Senate - Appropriations |
| Committee Reports: | S. Rept. 106-55 |
| Latest Action: | 09/14/1999 See also H.R. 2084. (All Actions) |
| Roll Call Votes: | There has been 1 roll call vote |
| Notes: | For further action, see H.R. 2084, which became Public Law 106-69 on 10/9/1999. |
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Placed on Calendar Senate (05/27/1999)
[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]
[S. 1143 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]
Calendar No. 126
106th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1143
[Report No. 106-55]
Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 27, 1999
Mr. Shelby, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the
following original bill; which was read twice and placed on the
calendar
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A BILL
Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, 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, 2000, and for other purposes,
namely:
TITLE I
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
Immediate Office of the Secretary
For necessary expenses of the Immediate Office of the Secretary,
$1,900,000.
Immediate Office of the Deputy Secretary
For necessary expenses of the Immediate Office of the Deputy
Secretary, $600,000.
Office of the General Counsel
For necessary expenses of the Office of the General Counsel,
$9,000,000.
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Policy, $2,900,000.
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International
Affairs
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Aviation and International Affairs, $7,700,000: Provided, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, there may be credited to
this appropriation up to $1,250,000 in funds received in user fees.
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Budget and Programs, $6,870,000, including not to exceed $45,000 for
allocation within the Department for official reception and
representation expenses as the Secretary may determine.
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Governmental Affairs, $2,000,000.
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Administration, $18,600,000.
Office of Public Affairs
For necessary expenses of the Office of Public Affairs, $1,800,000.
Executive Secretariat
For necessary expenses of the Executive Secretariat, $1,110,000.
Board of Contract Appeals
For necessary expenses of the Board of Contract Appeals, $560,000.
Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
For necessary expenses of the Office of Small and Disadvantaged
Business Utilization, $1,222,000.
Office of the Chief Information Officer
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Information
Officer, $5,100,000.
Office of Civil Rights
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, $7,200,000.
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, $3,300,000.
Transportation Administrative Service Center
Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital outlays of the
Transportation Administrative Service Center, not to exceed
$169,953,000, shall be paid from appropriations made available to the
Department of Transportation: Provided, That the preceding limitation
shall not apply to activities associated with departmental Year 2000
conversion activities: Provided further, 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
For the cost of direct loans, $1,500,000, as authorized by 49
U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these funds are available to
subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans
not to exceed $13,775,000. In addition, for administrative expenses to
carry out the direct loan program, $400,000.
Minority Business Outreach
For necessary expenses of Minority Business Resource Center
outreach activities, $2,900,000, of which $2,635,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 2001: 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
(including transfers of funds)
For necessary expenses for the operation and maintenance of the
Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for; purchase of not to exceed five
passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; payments pursuant to
section 156 of Public Law 97-377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and
section 229(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 429(b)); and
recreation and welfare; $2,772,000,000, of which $534,000,000 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 the Commandant shall reduce both
military and civilian employment levels for the purpose of complying
with Executive Order No. 12839: Provided further, That up to $615,000
in user fees collected pursuant to section 1111 of Public Law 104-324
shall be credited to this appropriation as offsetting collections in
fiscal year 2000: Provided further, That the Secretary may transfer
funds to this account, from Federal Aviation Administration
``Operations'', not to exceed $60,000,000 in total for the fiscal year,
fifteen days after written notification to the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations, for the purpose of providing additional
funds for drug interdiction activities and/or the Office of
Intelligence and Security activities: Provided further, That none of
the funds in this Act shall be available for the Coast Guard to plan,
finalize, or implement any regulation that would promulgate new
maritime user fees not specifically authorized by law after the date of
enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the United States Coast
Guard will reimburse the Department of Transportation Inspector General
$5,000,000 for costs associated with audits and investigations of all
Coast Guard-related issues and systems.
Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements
(including transfers of funds)
For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction, renovation,
and improvement of aids to navigation, shore facilities, vessels, and
aircraft, including equipment related thereto, $370,426,000, of which
$20,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund;
of which $123,560,000 shall be available to acquire, repair, renovate
or improve vessels, small boats and related equipment, to remain
available until September 30, 2004; $33,210,000 shall be available to
acquire new aircraft and increase aviation capability, to remain
available until September 30, 2002; $52,726,000 shall be available for
other equipment, to remain available until September 30, 2002;
$63,800,000 shall be available for shore facilities and aids to
navigation facilities, to remain available until September 30, 2002;
$52,930,000 shall be available for personnel compensation and benefits
and related costs, to remain available until September 30, 2001; and
$44,200,000 shall be deposited in the Deepwater Replacement Project
Revolving Fund to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds
received from the sale of HU-25 aircraft shall be credited to this
appropriation for the purpose of acquiring new aircraft and increasing
aviation capacity: Provided further, That the Commandant of the Coast
Guard is authorized to and may dispose of by sale at fair market value
all rights, title, and interests of any United States entity on behalf
of the Coast Guard in and to the land of, and improvements to, South
Haven, Michigan; ESMT Manasquan, New Jersey; Petaluma, California; ESMT
Portsmouth, New Hampshire; Station Clair Flats, Michigan; and, Aids to
navigation team Huron, Ohio: Provided further, That there is
established in the Treasury of the United States a special account to
be known as the Deepwater Replacement Project Revolving Fund and
proceeds from the sale of said specified properties and improvements
shall be deposited in that account, from which the proceeds shall be
available until expended for the purposes of replacing or modernizing
Coast Guard ships, aircraft, and other capital assets necessary to
conduct its deepwater statutory responsibilities: Provided further,
That, if balances in the Deepwater Replacement Project Revolving Fund
permit, the Commandant of the Coast Guard is authorized to obligate up
to $60,000,000.
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, $12,450,000, to remain available until expended.
Alteration of Bridges
For necessary expenses for alteration or removal of obstructive
bridges, $14,000,000, 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), $730,327,000.
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; $72,000,000: Provided, That no more
than $20,000,000 of funds made available under this heading may be
transferred to Coast Guard ``Operating expenses'' or otherwise made
available to reimburse the Coast Guard for financial support of the
Coast Guard Reserve: 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, $17,000,000, 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
(airport and airway trust fund)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for necessary expenses
of the Federal Aviation Administration, not otherwise provided for,
including operations and research activities related to commercial
space transportation, administrative expenses for research and
development, establishment of air navigation facilities, the operation
(including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, subsidizing the cost
of aeronautical charts and maps sold to the public, and carrying out
the provisions of subchapter I of chapter 471 of title 49, United
States Code, or other provisions of law authorizing the obligation of
funds for similar programs of airport and airway development or
improvement, lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles for
replacement only, in addition to amounts made available by Public Law
104-264, $5,857,450,000 from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund:
Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the
Federal Aviation Administration to plan, finalize, or implement any
regulation that would promulgate new aviation user fees not
specifically authorized by law after the date of enactment of this Act:
Provided further, That the Secretary may transfer funds to this
account, from Coast Guard ``Operating expenses'', not to exceed
$60,000,000 in total for the fiscal year, fifteen days after written
notification to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations,
solely for the purpose of providing additional funds for air traffic
control operations and maintenance to enhance aviation safety and
security, and/or the Office of Intelligence and Security activities:
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, $5,000,000 shall be for the contract tower cost-sharing
program: Provided further, That funds may be used to enter into a grant
agreement with a nonprofit standard-setting organization to assist in
the development of aviation safety standards: Provided further, That
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 five 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 the Federal Aviation Administration
will reimburse the Department of Transportation Inspector General
$19,000,000 for costs associated with audits and investigations of all
aviation-related issues and systems: Provided further, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the FAA Administrator may
contract out the entire function of Oceanic flight services.
Facilities and Equipment
(airport and airway trust fund)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 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,
$2,045,652,000, of which $1,721,086,000 shall remain available until
September 30, 2002, and of which $274,566,000 shall remain available
until September 30, 2000: 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.
Facilities and Equipment
(airport and airway trust fund)
(rescissions)
Of the amounts provided under this heading in Public Law 104-205,
$17,500,000 are rescinded: Provided, That of the amounts provided under
this heading in Public Law 105-66, $282,000,000 are rescinded.
Research, Engineering, and Development
(airport and airway trust fund)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 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, $150,000,000, to be derived from
the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until
September 30, 2002: Provided, That there may be credited to this
appropriation funds received from States, counties, municipalities,
other public authorities, and private sources, for expenses incurred
for research, engineering, and development.
Grants-in-Aid for Airports
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(airport and airway trust fund)
For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in-aid for
airport planning and development, and for noise compatibility planning
and programs as authorized under subchapter I of chapter 471 and
subchapter I of chapter 475 of title 49, United States Code, and under
other law authorizing such obligations, and for administration of such
programs, $1,750,000,000, 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
$2,000,000,000 in fiscal year 2000, notwithstanding section 47117(h) of
title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That discretionary
grant funds available for noise planning and mitigation shall not
exceed $60,000,000: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, not more than $47,891,000 of the funds limited under
this heading shall be obligated for administration.
Grants-in-Aid for Airports
(airport and airway trust fund)
The obligation limitation under this heading in Public Law 105-277
is hereby reduced by $290,000,000.
Aviation Insurance Revolving Fund
The Secretary of Transportation is hereby authorized to make such
expenditures and investments, within the limits of funds available
pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 44307, and in accordance with section 104 of the
Government Corporation Control Act, as amended (31 U.S.C. 9104), as may
be necessary in carrying out the program for aviation insurance
activities under chapter 443 of title 49, United States Code.
Aircraft Purchase Loan Guarantee Program
None of the funds in this Act shall be available for activities
under this heading during fiscal year 2000.
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
Limitation on Administrative Expenses
Necessary expenses for administration and operation of the Federal
Highway Administration not to exceed $370,000,000 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
further, That $55,418,000 shall be available to carry out the functions
and operations of the office of motor carriers: Provided further, That,
notwithstanding Public Law 105-178 or any other provision of law,
$14,500,000 of the funds available under section 104(a) of title 23,
United States Code, shall be made available and transferred to the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration operations and research
to carry out the provisions of chapter 301 of title 49, United States
Code, part C of subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code, and
section 405(b) of title 23, United States Code: Provided further, That
of the $14,500,000 made available for traffic and highway safety
programs, $8,300,000 shall be made available to carry out the
provisions of chapter 301 of title 49, United States Code and
$6,200,000 shall be made available to carry out the provisions of part
C of subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code: Provided further,
That $7,500,000, of the funds available under section 104(a) of title
23, United States Code, shall be made available and transferred to the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Highway Traffic Safety
Grants, for ``Child Passenger Protection Education Grants'' under
section 405(b) of title 23, United States Code: Provided further, That,
the Federal Highway Administration will reimburse the Department of
Transportation Inspector General $9,000,000 from funds available within
this limitation on obligations for costs associated with audits and
investigations of all highway-related issues and systems.
Federal-Aid Highways
(limitation on obligations)
(highway trust fund)
None of the funds in this Act shall be available for the
implementation or execution of programs, the obligations for which are
in excess of $27,701,350,000 for Federal-aid highways and highway
safety construction programs for fiscal year 2000: Provided, That,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, within the $27,701,350,000
obligation limitation on Federal-aid highways and highway safety
construction programs, not more than $391,450,000 shall be available
for the implementation or execution of programs for transportation
research (Sections 502, 503, 504, 506, 507, and 508 of title 23, United
States Code, as amended; section 5505 of title 49, United States Code,
as amended; and sections 5112 and 5204-5209 of Public Law 105-178) for
fiscal year 2000; not more than $20,000,000 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 2000, of which not to exceed $500,000
shall be available to the Federal Railroad Administration for
administrative expenses and technical assistance in connection with
such program; not more than $31,000,000 shall be available for the
implementation or execution of programs for the Bureau of
Transportation Statistics (Section 111 of title 49, United States Code)
for fiscal year 2000: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, of the funds made available in fiscal year 2000 to
carry out section 144(g)(1) of title 23, United States Code,
$10,000,000 shall be made available to carry out section 1224 of Public
Law 105-178: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision
of law, within the $27,701,350,000 obligation limitation, of the
amounts made available as contract authority under section 1221(e) of
the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (Public Law 105-
178), $6,000,000 shall be made available to carry out section 5113 of
that Act and $5,000,000 shall be made available to carry out the
Nationwide Differential Global Positioning System program: Provided
further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, within the
$211,200,000 obligation limitation on Intelligent Transportation
Systems, not less than the following sums shall be made available for
Intelligent Transportation system projects in the following specified
areas:
Committee
ITS deployment projects recommendation
Southeast Michigan................................... $4,000,000
Salt Lake City, UT................................... 6,500,000
Branson, MO.......................................... 1,500,000
St.Louis, MO......................................... 2,000,000
Shreveport, LA....................................... 2,000,000
State of Montana..................................... 3,500,000
State of Colorado.................................... 4,000,000
Arapahoe County, CO.................................. 2,000,000
Grand Forks, ND...................................... 500,000
State of Idaho....................................... 2,000,000
Columbus, OH......................................... 2,000,000
Inglewood, CA........................................ 2,000,000
Fargo, ND............................................ 2,000,000
Albuquerque/State of New Mexico interstate projects.. 2,000,000
Dothan/Port Saint Joe................................ 2,000,000
Santa Teresa, NM..................................... 1,500,000
State of Illinois.................................... 4,800,000
Charlotte, NC........................................ 2,500,000
Nashville, TN........................................ 2,000,000
Tacoma Puyallup, WA.................................. 500,000
Spokane, WA.......................................... 1,000,000
Puget Sound, WA...................................... 2,200,000
State of Washington.................................. 4,000,000
State of Texas....................................... 6,000,000
Corpus Christi, TX................................... 2,000,000
State of Nebraska.................................... 1,500,000
State of Wisconsin rural systems..................... 1,000,000
State of Wisconsin................................... 2,400,000
State of Alaska...................................... 3,700,000
Cargo Mate, Northern NJ.............................. 2,000,000
Statewide Transcom/Transmit upgrades, NJ............. 6,000,000
State of Vermont rural systems....................... 2,000,000
State of Maryland.................................... 4,500,000
Washoe County, NV.................................... 2,000,000
State of Delaware.................................... 2,000,000
Reno/Tahoe, CA/NV.................................... 1,000,000
Towamencin, PA....................................... 1,100,000
State of Alabama..................................... 1,300,000
Huntsville, AL....................................... 3,000,000
Silicon Valley, CA................................... 2,000,000
Greater Yellowstone, MT.............................. 2,000,000
Pennslyvania Turnpike, PA............................ 7,000,000
Portland, OR......................................... 1,500,000
Delaware River, PA................................... 1,500,000
Kansas City, MO...................................... 1,000,000:
Provided further, That, notwithstanding Public Law 105-178 as amended,
or any other provision of law, funds authorized under section 110 of
title 23, United States Code, for fiscal year 2000 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 2000. Of
these funds to be apportioned under section 110 for fiscal year 2000,
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 improvement program in the same
ratio that each State is apportioned funds for such programs in fiscal
year 2000 but for this section.
Federal-Aid Highways
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(highway trust fund)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for carrying out the
provisions of title 23, U.S.C., 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, $26,300,000,000 or so much thereof as may be available in and
derived from the Highway Trust Fund, to remain available until
expended.
National Motor Carrier Safety Program
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(limitation on obligations)
(highway trust fund)
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 31102, $50,000,000 to
be derived from the Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until
expended: Provided, That no more than $155,000,000 of budget authority
shall be available for these purposes: Provided further, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, $105,000,000 is for payment
of obligations incurred in carrying out 49 U.S.C. 31102 to be derived
from the Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until expended.
NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
Operations and Research
(highway trust fund)
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the Secretary,
to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund, $72,900,000 for traffic and
highway safety under chapter 301 of title 49, United States Code, of
which $48,843,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2001:
Provided, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be
obligated or expended to plan, finalize, or implement any rulemaking to
add to section 575.104 of title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations
any requirement pertaining to a grading standard that is different from
the three grading standards (treadwear, traction, and temperature
resistance) already in effect: Provided further, That none of the funds
made available under this Act may be obligated or expended to implement
section 656(b) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant
Responsibility Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 405 note).
Operations and Research
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(limitation on obligations)
(highway trust fund)
Notwithstanding Public Law 105-178 or any other provision of law,
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 2000, 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, $206,800,000, 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 2000, are in
excess of $206,800,000 for programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 402,
405, 410, and 411 of which $152,800,000 shall be for ``Highway Safety
Programs'' under 23 U.S.C. 402, $10,000,000 shall be for ``Occupant
Protection Incentive Grants'' under 23 U.S.C. 405, $36,000,000 shall be
for ``Alcohol-Impaired Driving Countermeasures Grants'' under 23 U.S.C.
410, $8,000,000 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 $7,500,000 of the
funds made available for section 402, not to exceed $500,000 of the
funds made available for section 405, not to exceed $1,750,000 of the
funds made available for section 410, and not to exceed $223,000 of the
funds made available for section 411 shall be available to NHTSA for
administering highway safety grants under Chapter 4 of title 23,
U.S.C.: 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, $91,789,000, of which $6,700,000 shall remain
available until expended: Provided, That, as part of the Washington
Union Station transaction in which the Secretary assumed the first deed
of trust on the property and, where the Union Station Redevelopment
Corporation or any successor is obligated to make payments on such deed
of trust on the Secretary's behalf, including payments on and after
September 30, 1988, the Secretary is authorized to receive such
payments directly from the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation,
credit them to the appropriation charged for the first deed of trust,
and make payments on the first deed of trust with those funds: Provided
further, That such additional sums as may be necessary for payment on
the first deed of trust may be advanced by the Administrator from
unobligated balances available to the Federal Railroad Administration,
to be reimbursed from payments received from the Union Station
Redevelopment Corporation: Provided further, That the Federal Railroad
Administration will reimburse the Department of Transportation
Inspector General $1,000,000 for costs associated with audits and
investigations of all rail-related issues and systems: Provided
further, That the Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration
is authorized to transfer funds appropriated for any office under this
heading to any other office funded under this heading: Provided
further, That no appropriation shall be increased or decreased by more
than 10 percent by such transfers unless it is approved by both the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
Railroad Research and Development
For necessary expenses for railroad research and development,
$22,364,000, 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 2000.
Next Generation High-Speed Rail
For necessary expenses for the Next Generation High-Speed Rail
program as authorized under 49 United States Code sections 26101 and
26102, $20,500,000, to remain available until expended.
Alaska Railroad Rehabilitation
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to the
Alaska Railroad, $14,000,000 shall be for capital rehabilitation and
improvements benefiting its passenger operations, to remain available
until expended.
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,
$10,000,000 to be matched by the State of Rhode Island or its designee
on a dollar-for-dollar basis and to remain available until expended.
Capital Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation
For necessary expenses of capital improvements of the National
Railroad Passenger Corporation as authorized by U.S.C. 24104(a),
$571,000,000, to remain available until expended.
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, $12,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That no more than $60,000,000 of budget authority shall be available
for these purposes: Provided further, That the Federal Transit
Administration will reimburse the Department of Transportation
Inspector General $9,000,000 for costs associated with audits and
investigations of all transit-related issues and systems.
Formula Grants
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5307, 5308, 5310,
5311, 5327, and section 3038 of Public Law 105-178, $619,600,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That no more than
$3,098,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for these
purposes.
University Transportation Research
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5505, $1,200,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That no more than $6,000,000
of budget authority shall be available for these purposes.
Transit Planning and Research
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5303, 5304, 5305,
5311(b)(2), 5312, 5313(a), 5314, 5315, and 5322, $21,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That no more than $107,000,000 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)); $49,632,000 is available for metropolitan
planning (49 U.S.C. 5303, 5304, and 5305); $10,368,000 is available for
state planning (49 U.S.C. 5313(b)); and $29,500,000 is available for
the national planning and research program (49 U.S.C. 5314): Provided
further, That of the total budget authority made available for the
national planning and research program, the Federal Transit
Administration shall provide the following amounts for the projects and
activities listed below:
Zinc-air battery bus technology demonstration, $1,500,000;
Electric vehicle information sharing and technology
transfer program, $1,000,000;
Portland, ME independent transportation network, $500,000;
Wheeling, WV mobility study, $250,000;
Utah advanced traffic management system, transit component,
$3,000,000;
Project ACTION, $3,000,000;
Trans-Hudson tunnel feasibility study, $5,000,000;
Washoe County, NV transit technology, $1,250,000;
Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority advanced electric
transit buses and related infrastructure, $1,500,000;
Palm Springs, CA fuel cell buses, $1,500,000;
Gloucester, MA intermodal technology center, $1,500,000;
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority advanced
propulsion control system, $3,000,000; and
Advanced transit systems and electric vehicle program
(CALSTART), $1,000,000.
Trust Fund Share of Expenses
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(highway trust fund)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for payment of
obligations incurred in carrying out 49 U.S.C. 5303-5308, 5310-5315,
5317(b), 5322, 5327, 5334, 5505, and sections 3037 and 3038 of Public
Law 105-178, $4,638,000,000, to remain available until expended of
which $4,638,000,000 shall be derived from the Mass Transit Account of
the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That $2,478,400,000 shall be paid to
the Federal Transit Administration's formula grants account: Provided
further, That $86,000,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit
Administration's transit planning and research account: Provided
further, That $48,000,000 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
$60,000,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Administration's job
access and reverse commute grants program: Provided further, That
$1,960,800,000 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, $490,200,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That
no more than $2,451,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for
these purposes: Provided further, That there shall be available for
fixed guideway modernization, $980,400,000; there shall be available
for the replacement, rehabilitation, and purchase of buses and related
equipment and the construction of bus-related facilities, $490,200,000;
and there shall be available for new fixed guideway systems
$980,400,000: Provided further, That, within the total funds provided
for buses and bus-related facilities to carry out 49 U.S.C. section
5309, the following projects shall be considered eligible for these
funds: Provided further, That the Administrator of the Federal Transit
Administration shall, not later than 60 days after the enactment of
this Act, individually submit to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations the recommended grant funding levels for the respective
projects, from the following projects here listed:
2001 Special Olympics Winter Games buses and facilities,
Anchorage, Alaska
Adrian buses and bus facilities, Michigan
Alabama statewide rural bus needs, Alabama
Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District Project, California
Albany train station/intermodal facility, New York
Albuquerque SOLAR computerized transit management system,
New Mexico
Albuquerque Westside transit maintenance facility, New
Mexico
Albuquerque, buses, paratransit vehicles, and bus facility,
New Mexico
Alexandria Union Station transit center, Virginia
Alexandria, bus maintenance facility and Crystal City
canopy project, Virginia
Allegheny County buses, Pennsylvania
Altoona bus testing facility, Pennsylvania
Altoona, Metro Transit Authority buses and transit system
improvements, Pennsylvania
Ames transit facility expansion, Iowa
Anchorage Ship Creek intermodal facility, Alaska
Arkansas Highway and Transit Department buses, Arkansas
Arkansas state safety and preventative maintenace facility,
Arkansas
Armstrong County-Mid-County, PA bus facilities and buses,
Pennsylvania
Atlanta, MARTA buses, Georgia
Attleboro intermodal transit facility, Massachusetts
Austin buses, Texas
Babylon Intermodal Center, New York
Baldwin Rural Area Transportation System buses, Alabama
Ballston Metro access improvements, Virginia
Bay/Saginaw buses and bus facilities, Michigan
Beaumont Municipal Transit System buses and bus facilities,
Texas
Beaver County bus facility, Pennsylvania
Ben Franklin transit buses and bus facilities, Richland,
Washington
Billings buses and bus facilities, Montana
Birmingham intermodal facility, Alabama
Birmingham-Jefferson County buses, Alabama
Blue Water buses and bus facilities, Michigan
Boston Government Center transit center, Massachusetts
Boston Logan Airport intermodal transit connector,
Massachusetts
Boulder/Denver, RTD buses, Colorado
Brazos Transit Authority buses and bus facilities, Texas
Brea shuttle buses, California
Bremerton multimodal center--Sinclair's Landing, Washington
Brigham City and Payson regional park and ride lots/transit
centers, Utah
Brockton intermodal transportation center, Massachusetts
Buffalo, Auditorium Intermodal Center, New York
Burlington ferry terminal improvements, Vermont
Burlington multimodal center, Vermont
Cambria County, bus facilities and buses, Pennsylvania
Cedar Rapids intermodal facility, Iowa
Central Ohio Transit Authority vehicle locator system, Ohio
Centre Area Transportation Authority buses, Pennsylvania
Chattanooga Southern Regional Alternative fuel bus program,
Georgia
Chester County, Paoli Transportation Center, Pennsylvania
Chittenden County Transportation Authority buses, Vermont
Clallam Transit multimodal center, Sequim, Washington
Clark County Regional Transportation Commission buses and
bus facilities, Nevada
Cleveland, Triskett Garage bus maintenance facility, Ohio
Clinton transit facility expansion, Iowa
Colorado buses and bus facilities, Colorado
Columbia Bus replacement, South Carolina
Columbia buses and vans, Missouri
Compton Renaissance Transit System shelters and facilities,
California
Corpus Christi Regional Transportation Authority buses and
bus facilities, Texas
Corvallis buses and automated passenger information system,
Oregon
Culver City, CityBus buses, California
Dallas Area Rapid Transit buses, Texas
Davis, Unitrans transit maintenance facility, California
Dayton, Multimodal Transportation Center, Ohio
Daytona Beach, Intermodal Center, Florida
Deerfield Valley Transit Authority buses, Vermont
Denver 16th Street Intermodal Center
Denver, Stapleton Intermodal Center, Colorado
Des Moines transit facilities, Iowa
Detroit buses and bus facilities, Michigan
Dothan Wiregrass Transit Authority vehicles and transit
facility, Alabama
Dulles Corridor park and ride, Virginia
Duluth, Transit Authority community circulation vehicles,
Minnesota
Duluth, Transit Authority intelligent transportation
systems, Minnesota
Duluth, Transit Authority Transit Hub, Minnesota
Dutchess County, Loop System buses, New York
El Paso Sun Metro buses, Texas
Elliott Bay Water Taxi ferry purchase, Washington
Erie, Metropolitan Transit Authority buses, Pennsylvania
Escambia County buses and bus facility, Alabama
Essex Junction multimodal station rehabilitation, Vermont
Everett transit bus replacement, Washington
Everett, Multimodal Transportation Center, Washington
Fairbanks intermodal rail/bus transfer facility, Alaska
Fairfield Transit, Solano County buses, California
Fayette County, intermodal facilities and buses,
Pennsylvania
Fayetteville, University of Arkansas Transit System buses,
Arkansas
Flint buses and bus facilities, Michigan
Florence, University of North Alabama pedestrian walkways,
Alabama
Folsom multimodal facility, California
Fort Dodge, Intermodal Facility (Phase II), Iowa
Fort Worth bus and paratransit vehicle project, Texas
Fort Worth Transit Authority Corridor Redevelopment
Program, Texas
Franklin County buses and bus facilities, Missouri
Fuel cell bus and bus facilities program, Georgetown
University, District/Columbia
Gainesville buses and equipment, Florida
Galveston buses and bus facilities, Texas
Gary, Transit Consortium buses, Indiana
Georgia Regional Transportation Authority buses, Georgia
Georgia statewide buses and bus-related facilities, Georgia
Gloucester intermodal transportation center, Massachusetts
Grand Rapids Area Transit Authority downtown transit
transfer center, Michigan
Greensboro multimodal center, North Carolina
Greensboro, Transit Authority buses, North Carolina
Harrison County multimodal center, Mississippi
Hawaii buses and bus facilities
Healdsburg, intermodal facility, California
Hillsborough Area Regional Transity Authority, Ybor buses
and bus facilities, Florida
Honolulu, bus facility and buses, Hawaii
Hot Springs, transportation depot and plaza, Arkansas
Houston buses and bus facilities, Texas
Huntington Beach buses and bus facilities, California
Huntington intermodal facility, West Virginia
Huntsville Airport international intermodal center, Alabama
Huntsville Space and Rocket Center intermodal center,
Alabama
Huntsville, transit facility, Alabama
Hyannis intermodal transportation center, Massachusetts
I-5 Corridor intermodal transit centers, California
Illinois statewide buses and bus-related equipment,
Illinois
Indianapolis buses, Indiana
Inglewood Market Street bus facility/LAX shuttle service,
California
Iowa City multi-use parking facility and transit hub, Iowa
Iowa statewide buses and bus facilities, Iowa
Iowa/Illinois Transit Consortium bus safety and security,
Iowa
Isabella buses and bus facilities, Michigan
Ithaca intermodal transportation center, New York
Ithaca, TCAT bus technology improvements, New York
Jackson County buses and bus facilities, Missouri
Jackson J-TRAN buses and facilities, Mississippi
Jacksonville buses and bus facilities, Florida
Juneau downtown mass transit facility, Alaska
Kalamazoo downtown bus transfer center, Michigan
Kansas City Area Transit Authority buses and Troost transit
center, Missouri
Kansas Public Transit Association buses and bus facilities,
Kansas
Killington-Sherburne satellite bus facility, Vermont
King Country Metro King Street Station, Washington
King County Metro Atlantic and Central buses, Washington
King County park and ride expansion, Washington
Lackawanna County Transit System buses, Pennsylvania
Lake Tahoe CNG buses, Nevada
Lake Tahoe/Tahoe Basin buses and bus facilities, California
Lakeland, Citrus Connection transit vehicles and related
equipment, Florida
Lane County, Bus Rapid Transit, Oregon
Lansing, CATA buses, Michigan
Las Cruces buses and bus facilities, New Mexico
Las Cruces intermodal transportation plaza, New Mexico
Las Vegas intermodal transit transfer facility, Nevada
Las Vegas South Strip intermodal facility, Nevada
Lincoln County Transit District buses, Oregon
Lincoln Star Tran bus facility, Nebraska
Little Rock River Market and College Station transfer
facility, Arkansas
Little Rock, Central Arkansas Transit buses, Arkansas
Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority buses, California
Livermore automatic vehicle locator program, California
Long Island, CNG transit vehicles and facilities and bus
replacement, New York
Los Angeles County Metropolitan transportation authority
buses, California
Los Angeles Foothill Transit buses and bus facilities,
California
Los Angeles Municipal Transit Operators Coalition,
California
Los Angeles, Union Station Gateway Intermodal Transit
Center, California
Louisiana statewide buses and bus-related facilities,
Louisiana
Lowell performing arts center transit transfer facility,
Massachusetts
Lufkin intermodal center, Texas
Maryland statewide alternative fuel buses, Maryland
Maryland statewide bus facilities and buses, Maryland
Mason City Region 2 office and maintenance transit
facility, Iowa
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority buses,
Massachusetts
Merrimack Valley Regional Transit Authority bus facilities,
Massachusetts
Miami Beach multimodal transit center, Florida
Miami Beach, electric shuttle service, Florida
Miami-Dade Northeast transit center, Florida
Miami-Dade Transit buses, Florida
Michigan State University campus boarding centers, Michigan
Michigan statewide buses, Michigan
Mid-Columbia Council of Governments minivans, Oregon
Milwaukee County, buses, Wisconsin
Mineola/Hicksville, LIRR intermodal centers, New York
Missoula buses and bus facilities, Montana
Missouri statewide bus and bus facilities, Missouri
Mobile buses, Alabama
Mobile waterfront terminal complex, Alabama
Modesto, bus maintenance facility, California
Monterey, Monterey-Salinas buses, California
Monterey, Monterey-Salinas transit refueling facility,
California
Montgomery Moulton Street intermodal center, Alabama
Montgomery Union Station intermodal center and buses,
Alabama
Mount Vernon, buses and bus related facilities, Washington
Mukilteo multimodal terminal ferry and transit project,
Washington
New Castle County buses and bus facilities, Delaware
New Hampshire statewide transit systems, New Hampshire
New Haven bus facility, Connecticut
New Jersey Transit alternative fuel buses, New Jersey
New Jersey Transit jitney shuttle buses, New Jersey
New Mexico State University park and ride facilities, New
Mexico
New York City Midtown West 38th Street Ferry Terminal, New
York
New York, West 72nd St. Intermodal Station, New York
Newark Passaic River bridge and arena pedestrian walkway,
New Jersey
Newark, Morris & Essex Station access and buses, New Jersey
Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority buses, New York
North Carolina statewide buses and bus facilities, North
Carolina
North Dakota statewide buses and bus-related facilities,
North Dakota
North San Diego County transit district buses, California
North Star Borough intermodal facility, Alaska
Northern New Mexico Transit Express/Park and Ride buses,
New Mexico
Northstar Corridor, Intermodal Facilities and buses,
Minnesota
Norwich buses, Connecticut
OATS Transit, Missouri
Ogden Intermodal Center, Utah
Ohio Public Transit Association buses and bus facilities,
Ohio
Oklahoma statewide bus facilities and buses, Oklahoma
Olympic Peninsula International Gateway Transportation
Center, Washington
Omaha Missouri River transit pedestrian facility, Nebraska
Ontonagon buses and bus facilities, Michigan
Orlando Intermodal Facility, Florida
Orlando, Lynx buses and bus facilities, Florida
Palm Beach County Palmtran buses, Florida
Palmdale multimodal center, California
Park City Intermodal Center, Utah
Pee Dee buses and facilities, South Carolina
Penn's Landing ferry vehicles, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Commonwealth combined bus and facilities,
Pennsylvania
Perris bus maintenance facility, California
Philadelphia, Frankford Transportation Center, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Intermodal 30th Street Station, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PHLASH shuttle buses, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, SEPTA Center City improvements, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, SEPTA Paoli transportation center,
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, SEPTA Girard Avenue intermodal transportation
centers, Pennsylvania
Phoenix bus and bus facilities, Arizona
Pierce County Transit buses and bus facilities, Washington
Pittsfield intermodal center, Massachusetts
Port of Corpus Christi ferry infrastructure and ferry
purchase, Texas
Port of St. Bernard intermodal facility, Louisiana
Portland, Tri-Met bus maintenance facility, Oregon
Portland, Tri-Met buses, Oregon
Prince William County bus replacement, Virginia
Providence, buses and bus maintenance facility, Rhode
Island
Reading, BARTA Intermodal Transportation Facility,
Pennsylvania
Rensselaer intermodal bus facility, New York
Rhode Island Public Transit Authority buses, Rhode Island
Richmond, GRTC bus maintenance facility, Virginia
Riverside Transit Agency buses and facilities, California
Robinson, Towne Center Intermodal Facility, Pennsylvania
Sacramento CNG buses, California
Salem Area Mass Ttransit System buses, Oregon
Salt Lake City hybrid electric vehicle bus purchase, Utah
Salt Lake City International Airport transit parking and
transfer center, Utah
Salt Lake City Olympics bus facilities, Utah
Salt Lake City Olympics regional park and ride lots, Utah
Salt Lake City Olympics transit bus loan project, Utah
San Bernardino buses, California
San Bernardino County Mountain area Regional Transit
Authority fueling stations, California
San Diego MTD buses and bus facilities, California
San Francisco, Islais Creek maintenance facility,
California
San Joaquin buses and bus facilities, Stockton, California
San Juan Intermodal access, Puerto Rico
San Marcos Capital Area Rural Transportation System (CARTS)
intermodal project, Texas
Sandy buses, Oregon
Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit district bus facilities,
California
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority buses and bus
facilities, California
Santa Clarita buses, California
Santa Cruz metropolitan bus facilities, California
Santa Fe CNG buses, New Mexico
Santa Fe paratransit/computer systems, New Mexico
Santa Marie organization of transportation helpers
minibuses, California
Savannah/Chatham Area transit bus transfer centers and
buses, Georgia
Seattle Sound Transit buses and bus facilities, Washington
Seattle, intermodal transportation terminal, Washington
SMART buses and bus facilities, Michigan
Snohomish County, Community Transit buses, equipment and
facilities, Washington
Solano Links intercity transit OTR bus purchase, California
Somerset County bus facilities and buses, Pennsylvania
South Amboy, Regional Intermodal Transportation Initiative,
New Jersey
South Bend, Urban Intermodal Transportation Facility,
Indiana
South Carolina statewide bus and bus facility.
South Carolina Virtual Transit Enterprise, South Carolina
South Dakota statewide bus facilities and buses, South
Dakota
South Metro Area Rapid Transit (SMART) maintenance
facility, Oregon
Southeast Missouri transportation service rural, elderly,
disabled service, Missouri
Springfield Metro/VRE pedestrian link, Virginia
Springfield, Union Station, Massachusetts
St. Joseph buses and vans, Missouri
St. Louis, Bi-state Intermodal Center, Missouri
St. Louis Bi-state Metro Link buses
Sunset Empire Transit District intermodal transit facility,
Oregon
Syracuse CNG buses and facilities, New York
Tacoma Dome, buses and bus facilities, Washington
Tennessee statewide buses and bus facilities, Tennessee
Texas statewide small urban and rural buses, Texas
Topeka Transit offstreet transit transfer center, Kansas
Towamencin Township, Intermodal Bus Transportation Center,
Pennsylvania
Transit Authority of Northern Kentucky (TANK) buses,
Kentucky
Tucson buses, Arizona
Twin Cities area metro transit buses and bus facilities,
Minnesota
Utah Transit Authority buses, Utah
Utah Transit Authority, intermodal facilities, Utah
Utah Transit Authority/Park City Transit, buses, Utah
Utica Union Station, New York
Valley bus and bus facilities, Alabama
Vancouver Clark County (SEATRAN) bus facilities, Washington
Washington County intermodal facilities, Pennsylvania
Washington State DOT combined small transit system buses
and bus facilities, Washington
Washington, D.C. Intermodal Transportation Center,
District/Columbia
Washoe County transit improvements, Nevada
Waterbury, bus facility, Connecticut
West Falls Church Metro station improvements, Virginia
West Lafayette bus transfer station/terminal (Wabash
Landing), Indiana
West Virginia Statewide Intermodal Facility and buses, West
Virginia
Westchester County DOT, articulated buses, New York
Westchester County, Bee-Line transit system fareboxes, New
York
Westchester County, Bee-Line transit system shuttle buses,
New York
Westminster senior citizen vans, California
Westmoreland County, Intermodal Facility, Pennsylvania
Whittier intermodal facility and pedestrian overpass,
Alaska
Wilkes-Barre, Intermodal Facility, Pennsylvania
Williamsport bus facility, Pennsylvania
Wisconsin statewide bus facilities and buses, Wisconsin
Worcester, Union Station Intermodal Transportation Center,
Massachusetts
Yuma paratransit buses, Arizona:
Provided further, That within the total funds provided for new fixed
guideway systems to carry out 49 U.S.C. section 5309, the following
projects shall be considered eligible for these funds: Provided
further, That the Administrator of the Federal Transit Administration
shall, not later than 60 days after the enactment of this Act,
individually submit to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations the recommended grant funding levels for the respective
projects.
The following new fixed guideway systems and extensions to existing
systems are eligible to receive funding for final design and
construction:
Alaska or Hawaii ferries;
Albuquerque/Greater Albuquerque mass transit project;
Atlanta North Line Extension;
Austin Capital Metro Northwest/North Central Corridor
project;
Baltimore Central Light Rail double tracking project;
Boston North-South Rail Link;
Boston Piers Transitway phase 1;
Charlotte North-South corridor transitway project;
Chicago Metra commuter rail extensions;
Chicago Transit Authority Ravenswood and Douglas branch
line projects;
Cleveland Euclid Corridor;
Dallas Area Rapid Transit North Central LRT extension;
Dane County, WI commuter rail project;
Denver Southeast Corridor project;
Denver Southwest LRT project;
Fort Lauderdale Tri-Rail commuter rail project;
Galveston rail trolley extension project;
Houston Regional Bus Plan;
Lahaina Harbor, Maui ferries;
Las Vegas Corridor/Clark County regional fixed guideway
project;
Little Rock River Rail project;
Long Island Rail Road East Side Access project;
Los Angeles Metro Rail--MOS 3 and Eastside/Mid City
corridors;
MARC expansion programs: Silver Spring intermodal center
and Penn-Camden rail connection;
Memphis Area Transit Authority medical center extension;
Miami East-West Corridor project;
Miami North 27th Avenue corridor;
New Orleans Airport-CBD commuter rail project;
New Orleans Canal Streetcar Spine;
New Orleans Desire Streetcar;
Newark-Elizabeth rail link project;
Norfolk-Virginia Beach Corridor project;
Northern New Jersey--Hudson-Bergen LRT project;
Orange County Transitway project;
Orlando I-4 Central Florida LRT project;
Philadelphia Schuykill Valley Metro;
Phoenix--Central Phoenix/East Valley Corridor;
Pittsburgh Airborne Shuttle System;
Pittsburgh North Shore--Central Business District corridor;
Pittsburgh State II light rail project;
Port McKenzie-Ship Creek, AK ferry project;
Portland Westside-Hillsboro Corridor project;
Providence-Boston commuter rail;
Raleigh-Durham--Research Triangle regional rail;
Sacramento South Corridor LRT project;
Salt Lake City South LRT Olympics capacity improvements;
Salt Lake City South LRT project;
Salt Lake City/Airport to University (West-East) light rail
project;
Salt Lake City-Ogden-Provo commuter rail project;
San Bernardino MetroLink extension project;
San Diego Mid Coast Corridor;
San Diego Mission Valley East LRT extension project;
San Diego Oceanside-Escondido passenger rail project;
San Francisco BART to Airport extension;
San Jose Tasman LRT project;
San Juan--Tren Urbano;
Seattle Sound Move Link LRT project;
Spokane South Valley Corridor light rail project;
St. Louis--St. Clair County, Illinois LRT project;
Tacoma-Seattle Sounder commuter rail project;
Tampa Bay regional rail system; and the
Twin Cities Transitways Corridors projects.
The following new fixed guideway systems and extensions to existing
systems are eligible to receive funding for alternatives analysis and
preliminary engineering:
Atlanta--Lindbergh Station to MARTA West Line feasibility
study;
Atlanta MARTA South DeKalb comprehensive transit program;
Baltimore Central Downtown MIS;
Bergen County, NJ/Cross County light rail project;
Birmingham, Alabama transit corridor;
Boston North Shore Corridor and Blue Line extension to
Beverly;
Boston Urban Ring project;
Bridgeport Intermodal Corridor project, Connecticut;
Calais, ME Branch Rail Line regional transit program;
Charleston, SC Monobeam corridor project;
Cincinnati Northeast/Northern Kentucky rail line project;
Colorado--Roaring Fork Valley Rail;
Detroit--commuter rail to Detroit metropolitan airport
feasibility study;
El Paso--Juarez international fixed guideway;
Girdwood, Alaska commuter rail project;
Harrisburg-Lancaster Capitol Area Transit Corridor 1
commuter rail;
Houston Advanced Transit Program;
Indianapolis Northeast Downtown Corridor project;
Jacksonville fixed guideway corridor;
Johnson County, Kansas I-35 commuter rail project;
Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee rail extension project;
Knoxville to Memphis commuter rail feasibility study;
Los Angeles/City of Sepulveda Douglas Street Green Line
connection;
Miami Metrorail Palmetto extension;
Montpelier-St. Albans, VT commuter rail study;
Nashua, NY-Lowell, MA commuter rail project;
New Jersey Trans-Hudson midtown corridor study;
New London waterfront access project;
New York Second Avenue Subway feasibility study;
Northern Indiana South Shore commuter rail project;
Old Saybrook--Hartford Rail Extension;
Philadelphia SEPTA commuter rail, R-3 connection--Elwyn to
Wawa;
Philadelphia SEPTA Cross County Metro;
Salt Lake City light rail extensions;
Santa Fe/El Dorado rail link;
Stamford fixed guideway connector;
Stockton Altamont Commuter Rail;
Virginia Railway Express Woodbridge transit access station
improvements project;
Washington, D.C. Dulles Corridor extension project;
Washington Metro Blue Line extension--Addison Road;
Western Montana regional transportation/commuter rail
study; and the
Wilsonville to Washington County, OR connection to
Westside.
Discretionary Grants
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(highway trust fund, mass transit account)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for payment of previous
obligations incurred in carrying out 49 U.S.C. 5338(b), $1,500,000,000,
to remain available until expended and to be derived from the Mass
Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund.
Job Access and Reverse Commute Grants
For necessary expenses to carry out section 3037 of the Federal
Transit Act of 1998, $15,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That no more than $75,000,000 of budget authority shall be
available for these purposes.
SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation is hereby
authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds and
borrowing authority available to the Corporation, and in accord with
law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to
fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government
Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary in carrying
out the programs set forth in the Corporation's budget for the current
fiscal year.
Operations and Maintenance
(harbor maintenance trust fund)
For necessary expenses for operations and maintenance of those
portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway operated and maintained by the
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, $11,496,000, to be
derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public Law
99-662.
RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION
Research and Special Programs
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the Research
and Special Programs Administration, $30,752,000, of which $575,000
shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, and of which $3,500,000
shall remain available until September 30, 2002: 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,
$36,104,000, of which $4,704,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill
Liability Trust Fund and shall remain available until September 30,
2002; and of which $30,000,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline
Safety Fund, of which $16,500,000 shall remain available until
September 30, 2001: Provided, That in addition to amounts made
available for the Pipeline Safety Fund, $1,400,000 shall be available
for grants to States for the development and establishment of one-call
notification systems and public education activities, and shall be
derived from amounts previously collected under 49 U.S.C. 60301.
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, 2002: Provided, 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
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General to carry
out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended,
$48,000,000, of which $43,000,000 shall be derived from transfers of
funds from the United States Coast Guard, the Federal Aviation
Administration, the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal
Railroad Administration, and the Federal Transit Administration.
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
Salaries and Expenses
For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation Board,
including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $15,400,000: Provided,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed
$1,600,000 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 any fees received in excess
of $1,600,000 in fiscal year 2000 shall remain available until
expended, but shall not be available for obligation until October 1,
2000.
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, $4,500,000: 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),
$51,500,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 may be used for official
reception and representation expenses.
Emergency Fund
For necessary expenses of the National Transportation Safety Board
for accident investigations, 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), $1,000,000, to remain available until expended.
TITLE III
GENERAL PROVISIONS
(including transfers of funds)
Sec. 301. During the current fiscal year applicable appropriations
to the Department of Transportation shall be available for maintenance
and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor vehicles and
aircraft; purchase of liability insurance for motor vehicles operating
in foreign countries on official department business; and uniforms, or
allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902).
Sec. 302. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2000 pay
raises for programs funded in this Act shall be absorbed within the
levels appropriated in this Act or previous appropriations Acts.
Sec. 303. Funds appropriated under this Act for expenditures by the
Federal Aviation Administration shall be available: (1) except as
otherwise authorized by title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), for expenses of primary
and secondary schooling for dependents of Federal Aviation
Administration personnel stationed outside the continental United
States at costs for any given area not in excess of those of the
Department of Defense for the same area, when it is determined by the
Secretary that the schools, if any, available in the locality are
unable to provide adequately for the education of such dependents; and
(2) for transportation of said dependents between schools serving the
area that they attend and their places of residence when the Secretary,
under such regulations as may be prescribed, determines that such
schools are not accessible by public means of transportation on a
regular basis.
Sec. 304. Appropriations contained in this Act for the Department
of Transportation shall be available for services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem
rate equivalent to the rate for an Executive Level IV.
Sec. 305. None of the funds in this Act shall be available for
salaries and expenses of more than 100 political and Presidential
appointees in the Department of Transportation: Provided, That none of
the personnel covered by this provision may be assigned on temporary
detail outside the Department of Transportation.
Sec. 306. None of the funds in this Act shall be used for the
planning or execution of any program to pay the expenses of, or
otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties intervening in regulatory or
adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act.
Sec. 307. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall remain
available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, nor may any be
transferred to other appropriations, unless expressly so provided
herein.
Sec. 308. The Secretary of Transportation may enter into grants,
cooperative agreements, and other transactions with any person, agency,
or instrumentality of the United States, any unit of State or local
government, any educational institution, and any other entity in
execution of the Technology Reinvestment Project authorized under the
Defense Conversion, Reinvestment and Transition Assistance Act of 1992
and related legislation: Provided, That the authority provided in this
section may be exercised without regard to section 3324 of title 31,
United States Code.
Sec. 309. The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for
any consulting service through procurement contract pursuant to section
3109 of title 5, United States Code, shall be limited to those
contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record and
available for public inspection, except where otherwise provided under
existing law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to
existing law.
Sec. 310. (a) For fiscal year 2000, the Secretary of Transportation
shall--
(1) not distribute from the obligation limitation for
Federal-aid Highways amounts authorized for administrative
expenses and programs funded from the administrative takedown
authorized by section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code,
and amounts authorized for the highway use tax evasion program
and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
(2) not distribute an amount from the obligation limitation
for Federal-aid Highways that is equal to the unobligated
balance of amounts made available from the Highway Trust Fund
(other than the Mass Transit Account) for Federal-aid 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) for 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
the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (relating to
minimum guarantee) so that the amount of obligation authority
available for each of such sections is equal to the amount
determined by multiplying the ratio determined under paragraph
(3) by the sums authorized to be appropriated for such section
(except in the case of section 105, $2,000,000,000) for such
fiscal year;
(5) distribute the obligation limitation provided for
Federal-aid Highways less the aggregate amounts not distributed
under paragraphs (1) and (2) and amounts distributed under
paragraph (4) for each of the programs that are allocated by
the Secretary under title 23, United States Code (other than
activities to which paragraph (1) applies and programs to which
paragraph (4) applies) by multiplying the ratio determined
under paragraph (3) by the sums authorized to be appropriated
for such program for such fiscal year; and
(6) distribute the obligation limitation provided for
Federal-aid Highways less the aggregate amounts not distributed
under paragraphs (1) and (2) and amounts distributed under
paragraphs (4) and (5) for Federal-aid highways and highway
safety construction programs (other than the minimum guarantee
program, but only to the extent that amounts apportioned for
the minimum guarantee program for such fiscal year exceed
$2,639,000,000, and the Appalachian development highway system
program) that are apportioned by the Secretary under title 23,
United States Code, in the ratio that--
(A) sums authorized to be appropriated for such
programs that are apportioned to each State for such
fiscal year, bear to
(B) the total of the sums authorized to be
appropriated for such programs that are apportioned to
all States for such fiscal year.
(b) Exceptions From Obligation Limitation.--The obligation
limitation for Federal-aid Highways shall not apply to obligations (1)
under section 125 of title 23, United States Code; (2) under section
147 of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978; (3) under
section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981; (4) under sections
131(b) and 131(j) of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982;
(5) under sections 149(b) and 149(c) of the Surface Transportation and
Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987; (6) under section 1103
through 1108 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of
1991; (7) under section 157 of title 23, United States Code, as in
effect on the day before the date of enactment of the Transportation
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 chapters 3 and 5 of
title 23, United States Code, except that obligation authority made
available for such programs under such limitation shall remain
available for a period of 3 fiscal years.
(e) Redistribution of Certain Authorized Funds.--Not later than 30
days after the date of the distribution of obligation limitation under
subsection (a), the Secretary shall distribute to the States any funds
(1) that are authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal year for
Federal-aid 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 chapter 4 of title 23,
United States Code, and (2) that the Secretary determines will not be
allocated to the States, and will not be available for obligation, in
such fiscal year due to the imposition of any obligation limitation for
such fiscal year. Such distribution to the States shall be made in the
same ratio as the distribution of obligation authority under subsection
(a)(6). The funds so distributed shall be available for any purposes
described in section 133(b) of title 23, United States Code.
(f) Special Rule.--Obligation limitation distributed for a fiscal
year under subsection (a)(4) for a section set forth in subsection
(a)(4) shall remain available until used for obligation of funds for
such section and shall be in addition to the amount of any limitation
imposed on obligations for Federal-aid highway and highway safety
construction programs for future fiscal years.
Sec. 311. The limitations on obligations for the programs of the
Federal Transit Administration shall not apply to any authority under
49 U.S.C. 5338, previously made available for obligation, or to any
other authority previously made available for obligation.
Sec. 312. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to implement
section 404 of title 23, United States Code.
Sec. 313. None of the funds in this Act shall be available to plan,
finalize, or implement regulations that would establish a vessel
traffic safety fairway less than five miles wide between the Santa
Barbara Traffic Separation Scheme and the San Francisco Traffic
Separation Scheme.
Sec. 314. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, airports may
transfer, without consideration, to the Federal Aviation Administration
(FAA) instrument landing systems (along with associated approach
lighting equipment and runway visual range equipment) which conform to
FAA design and performance specifications, the purchase of which was
assisted by a Federal airport-aid program, airport development aid
program or airport improvement program grant. The FAA shall accept such
equipment, which shall thereafter be operated and maintained by the FAA
in accordance with agency criteria.
Sec. 315. None of the funds in this Act shall be available to award
a multiyear contract for production end items that: (1) includes
economic order quantity or long lead time material procurement in
excess of $10,000,000 in any one year of the contract; (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. (a) No part of any appropriation contained in this Act
shall be used, other than for normal and recognized executive-
legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, for
the preparation, distribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet,
publication, radio, television, or video presentation designed to
support or defeat legislation pending before the Congress or any State
legislature, except in presentation to the Congress or any State
legislature itself.
(b) No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be
used to pay the salary or expenses of any grant or contract recipient,
or agent acting for such recipient, related to any activity designed to
influence legislation or appropriations pending before the Congress or
any State legislature.
Sec. 317. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and except
for fixed guideway modernization projects, funds made available by this
Act under ``Federal Transit Administration, Capital investment grants''
for projects specified in this Act or identified in reports
accompanying this Act not obligated by September 30, 2002, and other
recoveries, shall be made available for other projects under 49 U.S.C.
5309.
Sec. 318. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any funds
appropriated before October 1, 1999, under any section of chapter 53 of
title 49, United States Code, that remain available for expenditure may
be transferred to and administered under the most recent appropriation
heading for any such section.
Sec. 319. Funds provided in this Act for the Transportation
Administrative Service Center (TASC) shall be reduced by $60,000,000,
which limits fiscal year 2000 TASC obligational authority for elements
of the Department of Transportation funded in this Act to no more than
$169,953,000: Provided, That such reductions from the budget request
shall be allocated by the Department of Transportation to each
appropriations account in proportion to the amount included in each
account for the Transportation Administrative Service Center.
Sec. 320. Funds received by the Federal Highway Administration,
Federal Transit Administration, and Federal Railroad Administration
from States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and
private sources for expenses incurred for training may be credited
respectively to the Federal Highway Administration's Federal aid-
highway account, the Federal Transit Administration's ``Transit
Planning and Research'' account, and to the Federal Railroad
Administration's ``Safety and Operations'' account, except for State
rail safety inspectors participating in training pursuant to 49 U.S.C.
20105.
Sec. 321. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no state
shall receive more than 12.5 percent of the total budget resources made
available by this Act to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5307, 5309, 5310 and 5311:
Provided, That for purposes of this calculation the Federal Transit
Administration shall include the appropriate state distribution of the
funding provided to urbanized areas: Provided further, That the amounts
recovered from such reductions shall be distributed equally: Provided
further, That such reductions and increases shall be made only to the
formula apportionments.
Sec. 322. Section 3021 of Public Law 105-178 is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(a) in the first sentence, by striking ``single-
State'';
(b) in the second sentence, by striking ``Any'' and
all that follows through ``United States Code'' and
inserting ``The funds made available to the State of
Oklahoma and the State of Vermont to carry out sections
5307 and 5311 of title 49, United States Code and
sections 133 and 149 of title 23, United States Code'';
and
(2) by adding at the end of section 3021, the following new
subsection (c)--
``(c) Grant Requirements.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Amtrak employees employed in the railroad passenger service
authorized by this section shall be afforded the same labor protections
afforded other Amtrak employees under the terms of their employment
contracts.''.
Sec. 323. 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. 324. Not to exceed $1,000,000 of the funds provided in this
Act for the Department of Transportation shall be available for the
necessary expenses of advisory committees: Provided, That this
limitation shall not apply to advisory committees established for the
purpose of conducting negotiated rulemaking in accordance with the
Negotiated Rulemaking Act, 5 U.S.C. 561-570a, or the Coast Guard's
advisory council on roles and missions.
Sec. 325. No funds other than those appropriated to the Surface
Transportation Board or fees collected by the Board shall be used for
conducting the activities of the Board.
Sec. 326. Hereafter, notwithstanding any other provision of law,
receipts, in amounts determined by the Secretary, collected from users
of fitness centers operated by or for the Department of Transportation
shall be available to support the operation and maintenance of those
facilities.
Sec. 327. Capital Investment grants funds made available in this
Act and in Public Law 105-277 and in Public Law 105-66 and its
accompanying conference report for the Charleston, South Carolina
Monobeam corridor project shall be used to fund any aspect of the
Charleston, South Carolina Monobeam corridor project.
Sec. 328. Hereafter, notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 41742, no essential
air service subsidies shall be provided to communities in the 48
contiguous States that are located fewer than 70 highway miles from the
nearest large or medium hub airport, or that require a rate of subsidy
per passenger in excess of $200 unless such point is greater than 210
miles from the nearest large or medium hub airport.
Sec. 329. 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,
2000.
Sec. 330. 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. 331. For necessary expenses of the Amtrak Reform Council
authorized under section 203 of Public Law 105-134, $950,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2001: 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. 332. The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to transfer
funds appropriated for any office of the Office of the Secretary to any
other office of the Office of the Secretary: Provided, That no
appropriation shall be increased or decreased by more than 12 per
centum by all such transfers: Provided further, That any such transfer
shall be submitted for approval to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations.
Sec. 333. None of the Funds made available under this Act or
any other Act, may be used to implement, carry out, or enforce any
regulation issued under section 41705 of title 49, United States Code,
including any regulation contained in part 382 of title 14, Code of
Federal Regulations, or any other provision of law (including any Act
of Congress, regulation, or Executive order or any official guidance or
correspondence thereto), that requires or encourages an air carrier (as
that term is defined in section 40102 of title 49, United States Code)
to, on intrastate or interstate air transportation (as those terms are
defined in section 40102 of title 49, United States Code)--
(1) provide a peanut-free buffer zone or any other related
peanut-restricted area; or
(2) restrict the distribution of peanuts,
until 90 days after submission to the Congress and the Secretary of a
peer-reviewed scientific study that determines that there are severe
reactions by passengers to peanuts as a result of contact with very
small airborne peanut particles of the kind that passengers might
encounter in an aircraft.
Sec. 334. For purposes of funding in this Act for the Salt Lake
City/Airport to University (West-East) light rail project, the non-
governmental share for these funds shall be determined in accordance
with Section 3030(c)(2)(B)(ii) of the Transportation Equity Act for the
21st Century, as amended (Public Law 105-178).
Sec. 335. Section 5309(g)(1)(B) of title 49, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after ``Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban
Affairs of the Senate'' the following: ``and the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations''.
Sec. 336. Section 1212(g) of the Transportation Equity Act for the
21st Century (Public Law 105-178), as amended, is amended--
(1) in the subsection heading, by inserting ``and New
Jersey'' after ``Minnesota''; and
(2) by inserting ``or the State of New Jersey'' after
``Minnesota''.
Sec. 337. The Secretary of Transportation shall execute a
demonstration program, to be conducted for a period not to exceed
eighteen months, of the ``fractional ownership'' concept in performing
administrative support flight missions, the purpose of which would be
to determine whether cost savings, as well as increased operational
flexibility and aircraft availability, can be realized through the use
by the government of the commercial fractional ownership concept or
report to the Committee the reason for not conducting such an
evaluation: Provided, That the Secretary shall ensure the competitive
selection for this demonstration of a fractional ownership concept
which provides a suite of aircraft capable of meeting the Department's
varied needs, and that the Secretary shall ensure the demonstration
program encompasses a significant and representative portion of the
Department's administrative support missions (to include those
performed by the Coast Guard, the Federal Aviation Administration, and
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, whose aircraft are
currently operated by the FAA): Provided further, That the Secretary
shall report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on
results of this evaluation of the fractional ownership concept in the
performance of the administrative support mission no later than twenty-
four months after final passage of this Act or within 60 days of
enactment of this Act if the Secretary decides not to conduct such a
demonstration for evaluation including an explanation for such a
decision.
Sec. 338. (a) Requirement To Convey.--The Commandant of the Coast
Guard shall convey, without consideration, to the University of New
Hampshire (in this section referred to as the ``University'') all
right, title, and interest of the United States in and to a parcel of
real property (including any improvements thereon) located in New
Castle, New Hampshire, consisting of approximately five acres and
including a pier.
(b) Identification of Property.--The Commandant shall determine,
identify, and describe the property to be conveyed under this section.
(c) Easements, Rights-of-Way, and Rights.--(1) The Commandant
shall, in connection with the conveyance required by subsection (a),
grant to the University such easements and rights-of-way as the
Commandant considers necessary to permit access to the property
conveyed under that subsection.
(2) The Commandant shall, in connection with such conveyance,
reserve in favor of the United States such easements and rights as the
Commandant considers necessary to protect the interests of the United
States, including easements or rights regarding access to property and
utilities.
(d) Conditions of Conveyance.--The conveyance required by
subsection (a) shall be subject to the following conditions:
(1) That the University not convey, assign, exchange, or
encumber the property conveyed, or any part thereof, unless
such conveyance, assignment, exchange, or encumbrance--
(A) is made without consideration; or
(B) is otherwise approved by the Commandant.
(2) That the University not interfere or allow interference
in any manner with the maintenance or operation of Coast Guard
Station Portsmouth Harbor, New Hampshire, without the express
written permission of the Commandant.
(3) That the University use the property for educational,
research, or other public purposes.
(e) Maintenance of Property.--The University, or any subsequent
owner of the property conveyed under subsection (a) pursuant to a
conveyance, assignment, or exchange referred to in subsection (d)(1),
shall maintain the property in a proper, substantial, and workmanlike
manner, and in accordance with any conditions established by the
Commandant, pursuant to the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966
(16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.), and other applicable laws.
(f) Reversionary Interest.--All right, title, and interest in and
to the property conveyed under this section (including any improvements
thereon) shall revert to the United States, and the United States shall
have the right of immediate entry thereon, if--
(1) the property, or any part thereof, ceases to be used
for educational, research, or other public purposes by the
University;
(2) the University conveys, assigns, exchanges, or
encumbers the property conveyed, or part thereof, for
consideration or without the approval of the Commandant;
(3) the Commandant notifies the owner of the property that
the property is needed the national security purposes and a
period of 30 days elapses after such notice; or
(4) any other term or condition established by the
Commandant under this section with respect to the property is
violated.
Sec. 339. (a) Prohibition.--Except as provided in subsection (c),
no recipient of funds made available under this Act may sell, or
otherwise provide to another person or entity, personal information (as
defined in 18 U.S.C. Section 2725(3)) contained in a driver's license,
or in any motor vehicle record (as defined in 18 U.S.C. Section
2725(1)) without the express written consent of the individual to whom
the information pertains.
(b) Consent.--No recipient of funds made available under this Act
may condition or burden in any way the issuance of a motor vehicle
record (as defined in 19 U.S.C. Section 2725(1)) upon the receipt of
consent described in subsection (a).
(c) Law Enforcement.--Subsection (a) does not apply to a law
enforcement agency in any case in which the application of that
subsection would hinder the ability of that law enforcement agency,
acting in accordance with applicable law, to gain access to a driver's
license or photograph of an individual.
Sec. 340. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, from funds
provided in the Act, $10,000,000 shall be made available for completion
of the National Advanced Driving Simulator (NADS).
Sec. 341. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, section
1107(b) of Public Law 102-240 is amended by striking ``Construction of
a replacement bridge at Watervale Bridge #63, Harford County, MD'' and
inserting in lieu thereof the following: ``For improvements to Bottom
Road Bridge, Vinegar Hill Road Bridge and Southampton Road Bridge,
Harford County, MD''.
This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Transportation and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000''.
Calendar No. 126
106th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1143
[Report No. 106-55]
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A BILL
Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other
purposes.
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May 27, 1999
Read twice and placed on the calendar