CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 4475, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2001
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CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 4475, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2001
(House of Representatives - October 05, 2000)
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CONFERENCE REPORT ON
H.R. 4475, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND
RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2001
Mr. YOUNG of Florida submitted the following conference report on the
bill (
H.R. 4475) making appropriations for the Department of
Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2001, and for other purposes:
Conference Report (H. Rept. 106-940)
The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the
two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (
H.R.
4475) ``making appropriations for the Department of
Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes'', having
met, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend
and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows:
That the House recede from its disagreement to the
amendment of the Senate, and agree to the same with an
amendment, as follows:
In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said
amendment, insert: That the following sums are appropriated,
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other
purposes, namely:
Section 101. (a) The provisions of the following bill are
hereby enacted into law,
H.R. 5394 of the 106th Congress, as
introduced on October 5, 2000.
(b) In publishing the Act in slip form and in the United
States Statutes at Large pursuant to section 112, of title 1,
United States Code, the Archivist of the United States shall
include after the date of approval at the end an appendix
setting forth the text of the bill referred to in subsection
(a) of this section.
And the Senate agree to the same.
Frank R. Wolf,
Tom DeLay,
Ralph Regula,
Harold Rogers,
Ron Packard,
Sonny Callahan,
Todd Tiahrt,
Robert B. Aderholt,
Kay Granger,
C.W. Bill Young,
Martin Olav Sabo
(except for provisions to withhold highway funds from
states that do not adopt 0.08 blood alcohol concentration
laws),
John W. Olver,
Ed Pastor,
Carolyn C. Kilpatrick
(except for provisions to withhold highway funds from
states that do not adopt 0.08 blood alcohol concentration
laws),
Jose E. Serrano,
Michael P. Forbes,
David R. Obey (with exception to denial of funds to states
without 0.08 BAC),
Managers on the Part of the House.
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Richard C. Shelby,
Pete V. Domenici,
Arlen Specter,
Christopher S. Bond,
Slade Gorton,
Robert F. Bennett,
Ben Nighthorse Campbell,
Ted Stevens,
Frank R. Lautenberg,
Robert C. Byrd,
Barbara A. Mikulski,
Harry Reid,
Herb Kohl,
Patty Murray,
Daniel K. Inouye,
Managers on the Part of the Senate.
JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE
The mangers on the part of the House of Representatives and
the Senate at the conference on the disagreeing votes of the
two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (
H.R.
4475) making appropriations for the Department of
Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes, submit the
following joint statement to the House of Representatives and
the Senate in explanation of the effect of the action agreed
upon by the managers and recommended in the accompanying
conference report.
The Senate deleted the entire House bill after the enacting
clause and inserted the Senate bill.
The conference agreement would enact the provisions of
H.R.
5394 as introduced on October 5, 2000. The text of that bill
follows:
A BILL Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the
following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of
Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
Salaries and Expenses
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary,
$63,245,000: Provided, That not more than 52 percent of the
funds made available under this heading shall be obligated
and not more than 224 full time equivalent staff years funded
through the end of the second quarter of fiscal year 2001:
Provided further, That funds in excess of 52 percent and 224
full time equivalent staff years shall be available only if
the Secretary transmits a request to the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations for these additional funds:
Provided further, That not to exceed $60,000 for allocation
within the Department for official reception and
representation expenses as the Secretary may determine:
Provided further, That not more than $15,000 of the official
reception and representation funds shall be available for
obligation prior to January 20, 2001.
Office of Civil Rights
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights,
$8,140,000.
Transportation Planning, Research, and Development
For necessary expenses for conducting transportation
planning, research, systems development, development
activities, and making grants, to remain available until
expended, $11,000,000.
Transportation Administrative Service Center
Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital outlays
of the Transportation Administrative Service Center, not to
exceed $126,887,000, shall be paid from appropriations made
available to the Department of Transportation: Provided, That
such services shall be provided on a competitive basis to
entities within the Department of Transportation: Provided
further, That the above limitation on operating expenses
shall not apply to non-DOT entities: Provided further, That
no funds appropriated in this Act to an agency of the
Department shall be transferred to the Transportation
Administrative Service Center without the approval of the
agency modal administrator: Provided further, That no
assessments may be levied against any program, budget
activity, subactivity or project funded by this Act unless
notice of such assessments and the basis therefor are
presented to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations and are approved by such Committees.
Minority Business Resource Center Program
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $1,500,000, as authorized
by 49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, including the
cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided
further, That these funds are available to subsidize total
loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to
exceed $13,775,000. In addition, for administrative expenses
to carry out the guaranteed loan program, $400,000.
Minority Business Outreach
For necessary expenses of Minority Business Resource Center
outreach activities, $3,000,000, of which $2,635,000 shall
remain available until September 30, 2002: Provided, That
notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be used for
business opportunities related to any mode of transportation.
COAST GUARD
Operating Expenses
For necessary expenses for the operation and maintenance of
the Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for; purchase of not
to exceed five passenger motor vehicles for replacement only;
payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97-377, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and section 229(b) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 429(b)); and recreation and
welfare, $3,192,000,000, of which $341,000,000 shall be
available for defense-related activities; and of which
$25,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability
Trust Fund: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in
this or any other Act shall be available for pay for
administrative expenses in connection with shipping
commissioners in the United States: Provided further, That
none of the funds provided in this Act shall be available for
expenses incurred for yacht documentation under 46 U.S.C.
12109, except to the extent fees are collected from yacht
owners and credited to this appropriation: Provided further,
That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the
Coast Guard to plan, finalize, or implement any regulation
that would promulgate new maritime user fees not specifically
authorized by law after the date of the enactment of this
Act.
Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements
For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction,
renovation, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore
facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment
related thereto, $415,000,000, of which $20,000,000 shall be
derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which
$156,450,000 shall be available to acquire, repair, renovate
or improve vessels, small boats and related equipment, to
remain available until September 30, 2005; $37,650,000 shall
be available to acquire new aircraft and increase aviation
capability, to remain available until September 30, 2003;
$60,113,000 shall be available for other equipment, to remain
available until September 30, 2003; $63,336,000 shall be
available for shore facilities and aids to navigation
facilities, to remain available until September 30, 2003;
$55,151,000 shall be available for personnel compensation and
benefits and related costs, to remain available until
September 30, 2002; and $42,300,000 for the Integrated
Deepwater Systems program, to remain available until
September 30, 2003: Provided, That the Commandant of the
Coast Guard is authorized to dispose of surplus real
property, by sale or lease, and the proceeds shall be
credited to this appropriation as offsetting collections and
made available only for the National Distress and Response
System Modernization program, to remain available for
obligation until September 30, 2003: Provided further, That
upon initial submission to the Congress of the fiscal year
2002 President's budget, the Secretary of Transportation
shall transmit to the Congress a comprehensive capital
investment plan for the United States Coast Guard which
includes funding for each budget line item for fiscal years
2002 through 2006, with total funding for each year of the
plan constrained to the funding targets for those years as
estimated and approved by the Office of Management and
Budget: Provided further, That the amount herein
appropriated shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for each
day after initial submission of the President's budget
that the plan has not been submitted to the Congress:
Provided further, That the Commandant shall transfer
$5,800,000 to the City of Homer, Alaska, for the
construction of a municipal pier and other harbor
improvements, contingent upon the City of Homer entering
into an agreement with the United States to accommodate
Coast Guard vessels and to support Coast Guard operations
at Homer, Alaska.
Environmental Compliance and Restoration
For necessary expenses to carry out the Coast Guard's
environmental compliance and restoration functions under
chapter 19 of title 14, United States Code, $16,700,000, to
remain available until expended.
Alteration of Bridges
For necessary expenses for alteration or removal of
obstructive bridges, $15,500,000, to remain available until
expended.
Retired Pay
For retired pay, including the payment of obligations
therefor otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for
this purpose, and payments under the Retired Serviceman's
Family Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, and for
payments for medical care of retired personnel and their
dependents under the Dependents Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C.
ch. 55), $778,000,000.
Reserve Training
(including transfer of funds)
For all necessary expenses of the Coast Guard Reserve, as
authorized by law; maintenance and operation of facilities;
and supplies, equipment, and services, $80,375,000: Provided,
That no more than $22,000,000 of funds made available under
this heading may be transferred to Coast Guard ``Operating
expenses'' or otherwise made available to reimburse the Coast
Guard for financial support of the Coast Guard Reserve:
Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act may be
used by the Coast Guard to assess direct charges on the Coast
Guard Reserves for items or activities which were not so
charged during fiscal year 1997.
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for
applied scientific research, development, test, and
evaluation; maintenance, rehabilitation, lease and operation
of facilities and equipment, as authorized by law,
$21,320,000, to remain available until expended,
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of which $3,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill
Liability Trust Fund: Provided, That there may be credited to
and used for the purposes of this appropriation funds
received from State and local governments, other public
authorities, private sources, and foreign countries, for
expenses incurred for research, development, testing, and
evaluation.
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
Operations
For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation
Administration, not otherwise provided for, including
operations and research activities related to commercial
space transportation, administrative expenses for research
and development, establishment of air navigation facilities,
the operation (including leasing) and maintenance of
aircraft, subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and
maps sold to the public, lease or purchase of passenger motor
vehicles for replacement only, in addition to amounts made
available by Public Law 104-264, $6,544,235,000, of which
$4,414,869,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Airway
Trust Fund, of which $5,200,274,000 shall be available for
air traffic services program activities; $694,979,000 shall
be available for aviation regulation and certification
program activities; $139,301,400 shall be available for civil
aviation security program activities; $189,988,000 shall be
available for research and acquisition program activities;
$12,000,000 shall be available for commercial space
transportation program activities; $48,443,600 shall be
available for Financial Services program activities;
$54,864,000 shall be available for Human Resources program
activities; $99,347,000 shall be available for Regional
Coordination program activities; and $105,038,000 shall be
available for Staff Offices program activities: Provided,
That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the
Federal Aviation Administration to plan, finalize, or
implement any regulation that would promulgate new aviation
user fees not specifically authorized by law after the date
of the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That there
may be credited to this appropriation funds received from
States, counties, municipalities, foreign authorities, other
public authorities, and private sources, for expenses
incurred in the provision of agency services, including
receipts for the maintenance and operation of air navigation
facilities, and for issuance, renewal or modification of
certificates, including airman, aircraft, and repair station
certificates, or for tests related thereto, or for processing
major repair or alteration forms: Provided further, That of
the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than
$5,000,000 shall be for the contract tower cost-sharing
program and not less than $750,000 shall be for the
Centennial of Flight Commission: Provided further, That funds
may be used to enter into a grant agreement with a nonprofit
standard-setting organization to assist in the development of
aviation safety standards: Provided further, That none of the
funds in this Act shall be available for new applicants for
the second career training program: Provided further, That
none of the funds in this Act shall be available for paying
premium pay under 5 U.S.C. 5546(a) to any Federal Aviation
Administration employee unless such employee actually
performed work during the time corresponding to such premium
pay: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act may
be obligated or expended to operate a manned auxiliary flight
service station in the contiguous United States: Provided
further, That none of the funds in this Act may be used for
the Federal Aviation Administration to enter into a multiyear
lease greater than 5 years in length or greater than
$100,000,000 in value unless such lease is specifically
authorized by the Congress and appropriations have been
provided to fully cover the Federal Government's contingent
liabilities: Provided further, That none of the funds in this
Act for aeronautical charting and cartography are available
for activities conducted by, or coordinated through, the
Transportation Administrative Service Center.
Facilities and Equipment
(airport and airway trust fund)
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for
acquisition, establishment, and improvement by contract or
purchase, and hire of air navigation and experimental
facilities and equipment as authorized under part A of
subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, including
initial acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant;
engineering and service testing, including construction of
test facilities and acquisition of necessary sites by lease
or grant; and construction and furnishing of quarters and
related accommodations for officers and employees of the
Federal Aviation Administration stationed at remote
localities where such accommodations are not available; and
the purchase, lease, or transfer of aircraft from funds
available under this head; to be derived from the Airport and
Airway Trust Fund, $2,656,765,000, of which $2,334,112,400
shall remain available until September 30, 2003, and of which
$322,652,600 shall remain available until September 30, 2001:
Provided, That there may be credited to this appropriation
funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other
public authorities, and private sources, for expenses
incurred in the establishment and modernization of air
navigation facilities: Provided further, That upon initial
submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2002
President's budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall
transmit to the Congress a comprehensive capital investment
plan for the Federal Aviation Administration which includes
funding for each budget line item for fiscal years 2002
through 2006, with total funding for each year of the plan
constrained to the funding targets for those years as
estimated and approved by the Office of Management and
Budget: Provided further, That the amount herein appropriated
shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for each day after
initial submission of the President's budget that the plan
has not been submitted to the Congress: Provided further,
That none of the funds in this Act may be used for the
Federal Aviation Administration to enter into a capital lease
agreement unless appropriations have been provided to fully
cover the Federal Government's contingent liabilities at the
time the lease agreement is signed.
Research, Engineering, and Development
(airport and airway trust fund)
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for
research, engineering, and development, as authorized under
part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code,
including construction of experimental facilities and
acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant,
$187,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust
Fund and to remain available until September 30, 2003:
Provided, That there may be credited to this appropriation
funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other
public authorities, and private sources, for expenses
incurred for research, engineering, and development.
Grants-in-Aid for Airports
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(limitation on obligations)
(airport and airway trust fund)
For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in-aid
for airport planning and development, and noise compatibility
planning and programs as authorized under subchapter I of
chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 of title 49,
United States Code, and under other law authorizing such
obligations; for administration of such programs; for
administration of programs under section 40117; for
procurement, installation, and commissioning of runway
incursion prevention devices and systems at airports; and for
inspection activities and administration of airport safety
programs, including those related to airport operating
certificates under section 44706 of title 49, United States
Code, $3,200,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and
Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until expended:
Provided, That none of the funds under this heading shall be
available for the planning or execution of programs the
obligations for which are in excess of $3,200,000,000 in
fiscal year 2001, notwithstanding section 47117(h) of title
49, United States Code: Provided further, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, not more than
$53,000,000 of funds limited under this heading shall be
obligated for administration.
Grants-in-Aid for Airports
(airport and airway trust fund)
(rescission of contract authorization)
Of the unobligated balances authorized under 49 U.S.C.
48103, as amended, $579,000,000 are rescinded.
Aviation Insurance Revolving Fund
The Secretary of Transportation is hereby authorized to
make such expenditures and investments, within the limits of
funds available pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 44307, and in
accordance with section 104 of the Government Corporation
Control Act, as amended (31 U.S.C. 9104), as may be necessary
in carrying out the program for aviation insurance activities
under chapter 443 of title 49, United States Code.
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
Limitation on Administrative Expenses
Necessary expenses for administration and operation of the
Federal Highway Administration not to exceed $295,119,000
shall be paid in accordance with law from appropriations made
available by this Act to the Federal Highway Administration
together with advances and reimbursements received by the
Federal Highway Administration: Provided, That of the funds
available under section 104(a) of title 23, United States
Code: $4,000,000 shall be available for Commercial Remote
Sensing Products and Spatial Information Technologies under
section 5113 of Public Law 105-178, as amended; $10,000,000
shall be available for the National Historic Covered Bridge
Preservation Program under section 1224 of Public Law 105-
178, as amended; $5,000,000 shall be available for the
construction and improvement of the Alabama State Docks, and
shall remain available until expended; $10,000,000 shall be
available to Auburn University for research activities at the
Center for Transportation Technology and to construct a
building to house the center, and shall remain available
until expended; $7,500,000 shall be available for ``Child
Passenger Protection Education Grants'' under section 2003(b)
of Public Law 105-178, as amended; and $25,000,000 shall be
available for the Transportation and Community and System
Preservation Program under section 1221 of Public Law 105-
178, as amended.
Federal-Aid Highways
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
None of the funds in this Act shall be available for the
implementation or execution of programs, the obligations for
which are in excess of $29,661,806,000 for Federal-aid
highways and highway safety construction programs for fiscal
year 2001: Provided, That within the $29,661,806,000
obligation limitation on Federal-aid highways and highway
safety construction programs, not more than $437,250,000
shall be available for the implementation or execution of
programs for transportation research (sections 502, 503, 504,
506, 507, and 508 of title 23, United States Code, as
amended; section 5505 of title 49, United States Code, as
amended; and sections 5112 and 5204-5209 of Public Law 105-
178) for fiscal year 2001; not more than $25,000,000 shall be
available for the implementation or execution of programs for
the Magnetic Levitation Transportation Technology Deployment
Program (section 1218 of Public Law 105-178) for fiscal year
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2001, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available to
the Federal Railroad Administration for administrative
expenses and technical assistance in connection with such
program, of which not to exceed $1,500,000 shall be available
to the Federal Railroad Administration for ``Safety and
operations'', and, notwithstanding section 1218(c)(4) of
Public Law 105-178, of which $1,000,000 shall be available
for low speed magnetic levitation research and development;
not more than $31,000,000 shall be available for the
implementation or execution of programs for the Bureau of
Transportation Statistics (section 111 of title 49, United
States Code) for fiscal year 2001: Provided further, That
within the $218,000,000 obligation limitation on Intelligent
Transportation Systems, the following sums shall be made
available for Intelligent Transportation System projects in
the following specified areas:
State of Alaska, $2,350,000;
Alameda-Contra Costa, California, $500,000;
Aquidneck Island, Rhode Island, $500,000;
Austin, Texas, $250,000;
Automated crash notification system, UAB, $1,000,000;
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, $1,000,000;
Bay County, Florida, $1,500,000;
Beaumont, Texas, $150,000;
Bellingham, Washington, $350,000;
Bloomington Township, Illinois, $400,000;
Calhoun County, Michigan, $750,000;
Carbondale, Pennsylvania, $2,000,000;
Cargo Mate, New Jersey, $750,000;
Charlotte, North Carolina, $625,000;
College Station, Texas, $1,800,000;
Commonwealth of Virginia, $5,500,000;
Corpus Christi, Texas (vehicle dispatching), $1,000,000;
Delaware River Port Authority, $1,250,000;
DuPage County, Illinois, $500,000;
Fargo, North Dakota, $1,000,000;
Fort Collins, Colorado, $1,250,000;
Hattiesburg, Mississippi, $500,000;
Huntington Beach, California, $1,250,000;
Huntsville, Alabama, $3,000,000;
I-70 West project, Colorado, $750,000;
Inglewood, California, $600,000;
Jackson, Mississippi, $1,000,000;
Jefferson County, Colorado, $4,250,000;
Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania, $1,500,000;
Kansas City, Missouri, $1,250,000;
Lake County, Illinois, $450,000;
Lewis & Clark Trail, Montana, $625,000;
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, $2,000,000;
Moscow, Idaho, $875,000;
Muscle Shoals, Alabama, $1,000,000;
Nashville, Tennessee, $500,000;
New Jersey regional integration/TRANSCOM, $3,000,000;
North Central Pennsylvania, $750,000;
North Las Vegas, Nevada, $1,800,000;
Norwalk and Santa Fe Springs, California, $500,000;
Oakland and Wayne Counties, Michigan, $1,500,000;
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, $1,500,000;
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, $500,000;
Puget Sound regional fare collection, Washington,
$2,500,000;
Rensselaer County, New York, $500,000;
Rochester, New York, $1,500,000;
Sacramento County, California, $875,000;
Sacramento to Reno, I-80 corridor, $100,000;
Sacramento, California, $500,000;
Salt Lake City (Olympic Games), Utah, $1,000,000;
San Antonio, Texas, $100,000;
Santa Teresa, New Mexico, $500,000;
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, $400,000;
Seabrook, Texas, $1,200,000;
Shreveport, Louisiana, $1,000,000;
South Dakota commercial vehicle, ITS, $1,250,000;
Southeast Michigan, $500,000;
Southhaven, Mississippi, $150,000;
Spokane County, Washington, $1,000,000;
Springfield-Branson, Missouri, $750,000;
St. Louis, Missouri, $500,000;
State of Arizona, $1,000,000;
State of Connecticut, $3,000,000;
State of Delaware, $1,000,000;
State of Illinois, $1,000,000;
State of Indiana (SAFE-T), $1,000,000;
State of Iowa (traffic enforcement and transit),
$2,750,000;
State of Kentucky, $1,500,000;
State of Maryland, $3,000,000;
State of Minnesota, $6,500,000;
State of Missouri (rural), $750,000;
State of Montana, $750,000;
State of Nebraska, $2,600,000;
State of New Mexico, $750,000;
State of North Carolina, $1,500,000;
State of North Dakota, $500,000;
State of Ohio, $2,000,000;
State of Oklahoma, $1,000,000;
State of Oregon, $750,000;
State of South Carolina statewide, $2,000,000;
State of Tennessee, $1,850,000;
State of Utah, $1,500,000;
State of Vermont, $500,000;
State of Wisconsin, $1,000,000;
Texas border phase I, Houston, Texas, $500,000;
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, $2,000,000;
Tuscon, Arizona, $1,250,000;
Vermont rural ITS, $1,500,000;
Washington, DC area, $1,250,000;
Washoe County, Nevada, $200,000;
Wayne County, Michigan, $5,000,000;
Williamson County/Round Rock, Texas, $250,000:
Provided further, That, notwithstanding Public Law 105-178,
as amended, funds authorized under section 110 of title 23,
United States Code, for fiscal year 2001 shall be apportioned
based on each State's percentage share of funding provided
for under section 105 of title 23, United States Code, for
fiscal year 2001, except that before such apportionments are
made, $156,486,491 shall be set aside for projects authorized
under section 1602 of Public Law 105-178, as amended;
$25,000,000 shall be set aside for the Indian Reservation
Roads Program under section 204 of title 23, United States
Code $18,467,857 shall be set aside for the Woodrow Wilson
Memorial Bridge project authorized by section 404 of the
Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge Authority Act of 1995, as
amended; $10,000,000 shall be set aside for the commercial
driver's license program under motor carrier safety grants
authorized by section 31102 of title 49, United States Code;
and $1,735,039 shall be set aside for the Alaska Highway
authorized by section 218 of title 23, United States Code. Of
the funds to be apportioned under section 110 for fiscal year
2001, the Secretary shall ensure that such funds are
apportioned for the Interstate Maintenance program, the
National Highway system program, the bridge program, the
surface transportation program, and the congestion mitigation
and air quality program in the same ratio that each State is
apportioned funds for such program in fiscal year 2001 but
for this section: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, of the funds apportioned to the State of
Oklahoma under section 110 of title 23, United States Code,
for fiscal year 2001, $8,000,000 shall be available only for
the widening of US 177 from SH-33 to 32nd Street in
Stillwater, Oklahoma; $4,300,000 shall be available only for
the reconstruction of US 177 in the vicinity of Cimarron
River, Oklahoma; $1,500,000 shall be available only for the
reconstruction of US 70 from Broken Bow, Oklahoma to the
Arkansas state line; $1,000,000 shall be available only to
improve Battiest-Pickens Road between Battiest and Pickens,
Oklahoma; $140,000 shall be available only to conduct a
feasibility study of increasing lanes or adding passing lanes
on SH 3 in McCurtain, Pushmataha and Atoka Counties,
Oklahoma; and $100,000 shall be available only for the
reconstruction of US 70 in Marshall and Bryan Counties,
Oklahoma: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, of the funds apportioned to the State of
Mississippi under section 110 of title 23, United States
Code, for fiscal year 2001, $24,600,000 may be available for
construction of an interchange for a connector road from the
interchange to U.S. Highway 51, between mile markers 115 and
120 on I-55 in Mississippi: Provided further, That,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds
apportioned to the State of New York under section 110 of
title 23, United States Code, for fiscal year 2001,
$4,000,000 shall be available only to upgrade and improve the
Albany North Creek intermodal transportation corridor:
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision
of law, of the funds apportioned to the State of Nebraska
under section 110 of title 23, United States Code, for fiscal
year 2001, $3,500,000 shall be available only for the
construction of a pedestrian overpass in Lincoln: Provided
further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law,
of the funds apportioned to the State of Alabama under
section 110 of title 23, United States Code, for fiscal
year 2001, $8,000,000 shall be available only for
construction of the Patton Island bridge in Lauderdale
County, Alabama: Provided further, That, notwithstanding
any other provision of law, of the funds apportioned to
the State of California under section 110 of title 23,
United States Code, for fiscal year 2001, $46,000,000
shall be available only for traffic mitigation and other
improvements to existing SR710 in South Pasadena, Pasadena
and El Serano: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the obligation limitation
distributed for specific projects described herein shall
remain available until expended and shall be in addition
to the amount of any obligation limitation imposed on
obligations for Federal-aid highway and highway safety
construction programs for future fiscal years.
Federal-Aid Highways
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(highway trust fund)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for carrying
out the provisions of title 23, United States Code, that are
attributable to Federal-aid highways, including the National
Scenic and Recreational Highway as authorized by 23 U.S.C.
148, not otherwise provided, including reimbursement for sums
expended pursuant to the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 308,
$28,000,000,000 or so much thereof as may be available in and
derived from the Highway Trust Fund, to remain available
until expended.
Emergency Relief Program
(Highway Trust Fund)
For an additional amount for the Emergency Relief Program
for emergency expenses resulting from floods and other
natural disasters, as authorized by section 125 of title 23,
United States Code, $720,000,000, to be derived from the
Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until expended:
Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That the
entire amount shall be available only to the extent that an
official budget request for $720,000,000, that includes
designation of the entire amount of the request as an
emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by
the President to the Congress.
FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
Motor Carrier Safety
limitation on administrative expenses
For necessary expenses for administration of motor carrier
safety programs and motor carrier safety research, pursuant
to section 104(a) of
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title 23, United States Code, not to exceed $92,194,000 shall
be paid in accordance with law from appropriations made
available by this Act and from any available take-down
balances to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration,
together with advances and reimbursements received by the
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration: Provided, That
such amounts shall be available to carry out the functions
and operations of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration.
National Motor Carrier Safety Program
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(limitation on obligations)
(highway trust fund)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 49
U.S.C. 31102, $177,000,000, to be derived from the Highway
Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: Provided,
That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the
implementation or execution of programs the obligations for
which are in excess of $177,000,000 for ``Motor Carrier
Safety Grants''.
NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
Operations and Research
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the
Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety under
chapter 301 of title 49, United States Code, and part C of
subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code, $116,876,000 of
which $85,321,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2003: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated by this
Act may be obligated or expended to plan, finalize, or
implement any rulemaking to add to section 575.104 of title
49 of the Code of Federal Regulations any requirement
pertaining to a grading standard that is different from the
three grading standards (treadwear, traction, and temperature
resistance) already in effect: Provided further, That none of
the funds appropriated in this Act may be obligated or
expended to purchase a vehicle to conduct New Car Assessment
Program crash testing at a price that exceeds the
manufacturer's suggested retail price, unless the Secretary
submits a request for a waiver that is approved by the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided further,
That the Department of Transportation shall fund a study with
the National Academy of Sciences on whether the static
stability factor is a scientifically valid measurement that
presents practical, useful information to the public
including a comparison of the static stability factor test
versus a test with rollover metrics based on dynamic driving
conditions that may induce rollover events: Provided further,
That nothing in this provision prohibits NHTSA from
completing action on its proposal to provide rollover rating
information to the public while the National Academy of
Sciences conducts this study: Provided further, That to the
extent NHTSA continues action on its rollover ratings
proposal during the study, the agency shall consider any
available preliminary deliberations or conclusions available
from the National Academy of Sciences before completing
action on its proposal, and shall consider coordinating any
final action on its proposal with the completion of the
National Academy of Sciences study: Provided further, That
the National Academy of Sciences shall complete this study
and issue a report to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations not later than nine months after the date of
enactment of this Act: Provided further, That after the
National Academy of Sciences submits its findings to the
Congress and the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration shall formally review and respond within
thirty days to the study findings and propose any appropriate
revisions to the consumer information program based on that
review.
Operations and Research
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(limitation on obligations)
(highway trust fund)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the
provisions of 23 U.S.C. 403, to remain available until
expended, $72,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust
Fund: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be
available for the planning or execution of programs the total
obligations for which, in fiscal year 2001, are in excess of
$72,000,000 for programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 403.
National Driver Register
(highway trust fund)
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the
Secretary with respect to the National Driver Register under
chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code, $2,000,000, to
be derived from the Highway Trust Fund, and to remain
available until expended.
Highway Traffic Safety Grants
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(limitation on obligations)
(highway trust fund)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for payment of
obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions of 23
U.S.C. 402, 405, 410, and 411 to remain available until
expended, $213,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust
Fund: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be
available for the planning or execution of programs the total
obligations for which, in fiscal year 2001, are in excess of
$213,000,000 for programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 402,
405, 410, and 411 of which $155,000,000 shall be for
``Highway Safety Programs'' under 23 U.S.C. 402, $13,000,000
shall be for ``Occupant Protection Incentive Grants'' under
23 U.S.C. 405, $36,000,000 shall be for ``Alcohol-Impaired
Driving Countermeasures Grants'' under 23 U.S.C. 410, and
$9,000,000 shall be for the ``State Highway Safety Data
Grants'' under 23 U.S.C. 411: Provided further, That none of
these funds shall be used for construction, rehabilitation,
or remodeling costs, or for office furnishings and fixtures
for State, local, or private buildings or structures:
Provided further, That not to exceed $7,750,000 of the funds
made available for section 402, not to exceed $650,000 of the
funds made available for section 405, not to exceed
$1,800,000 of the funds made available for section 410, and
not to exceed $450,000 of the funds made available for
section 411 shall be available to NHTSA for administering
highway safety grants under chapter 4 of title 23, United
States Code: Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 of
the funds made available for section 410 ``Alcohol-Impaired
Driving Countermeasures Grants'' shall be available for
technical assistance to the States.
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION
Safety and Operations
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad
Administration, not otherwise provided for, $101,717,000, of
which $5,899,000 shall remain available until expended:
Provided, That, as part of the Washington Union Station
transaction in which the Secretary assumed the first deed of
trust on the property and, where the Union Station
Redevelopment Corporation or any successor is obligated to
make payments on such deed of trust on the Secretary's
behalf, including payments on and after September 30, 1988,
the Secretary is authorized to receive such payments directly
from the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation, credit them
to the appropriation charged for the first deed of trust, and
make payments on the first deed of trust with those funds:
Provided further, That such additional sums as may be
necessary for payment on the first deed of trust may be
advanced by the Administrator from unobligated balances
available to the Federal Railroad Administration, to be
reimbursed from payments received from the Union Station
Redevelopment Corporation.
Railroad Research and Development
For necessary expenses for railroad research and
development, $25,325,000, to remain available until expended.
Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Program
The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to issue to
the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obligations
pursuant to section 512 of the Railroad Revitalization and
Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-210), as
amended, in such amounts and at such times as may be
necessary to pay any amounts required pursuant to the
guarantee of the principal amount of obligations under
sections 511 through 513 of such Act, such authority to exist
as long as any such guaranteed obligation is outstanding:
Provided, That pursuant to section 502 of such Act, as
amended, no new direct loans or loan guarantee commitments
shall be made using Federal funds for the credit risk premium
during fiscal year 2001.
Rhode Island Rail Development
For the costs associated with construction of a third track
on the Northeast Corridor between Davisville and Central
Falls, Rhode Island, with sufficient clearance to accommodate
double stack freight cars, $17,000,000 to be matched by the
State of Rhode Island or its designee on a dollar-for-dollar
basis and to remain available until expended.
Next Generation High-Speed Rail
For necessary expenses for the Next Generation High-Speed
Rail program as authorized under 49 U.S.C. 26101 and 26102,
$25,100,000, to remain available until expended.
Alaska Railroad Rehabilitation
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to
the Alaska Railroad, $20,000,000 shall be for capital
rehabilitation and improvements benefiting its passenger
operations, to remain available until expended.
West Virginia Rail Development
For capital costs associated with track, signal, and
crossover rehabilitation and improvements on the MARC
Brunswick line in West Virginia, $15,000,000, to remain
available until expended.
Capital Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation
For necessary expenses of capital improvements of the
National Railroad Passenger Corporation as authorized by 49
U.S.C. 24104(a), $521,476,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That the Secretary shall not obligate
more than $208,590,000 prior to September 30, 2001.
FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION
Administrative Expenses
For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal
Transit Administration's programs authorized by chapter 53 of
title 49, United States Code, $12,800,000: Provided, That no
more than $64,000,000 of budget authority shall be available
for these purposes: Provided further, That of the funds in
this Act available for the execution of contracts under
section 5327(c) of title 49, United States Code, $1,000,000
shall be transferred to the Department of Transportation's
Office of Inspector General for costs associated with the
audit and review of new fixed guideway systems: Provided
further, That not to exceed $2,500,000 for the National
Transit Database shall remain available until expended.
Formula Grants
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5307, 5308,
5310, 5311, 5327, and section 3038 of Public Law 105-178,
$669,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That no more than $3,345,000,000 of budget authority shall be
available for these purposes: Provided
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further, That of the funds provided under this heading,
$60,000,000 shall be available for grants for the costs of
planning, delivery, and temporary use of transit vehicles for
special transportation needs and construction of temporary
transportation facilities for the XIX Winter Olympiad and the
VIII Paralympiad for the Disabled, to be held in Salt Lake
City, Utah: Provided further, That in allocating the funds
designated in the preceding proviso, the Secretary shall make
grants only to the Utah Department of Transportation, and
such grants shall not be subject to any local share
requirement or limitation on operating assistance under this
Act or the Federal Transit Act, as amended: Provided further,
That notwithstanding section 3008 of Public Law 105-178, the
$50,000,000 to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5308 shall be transferred
to and merged with funding provided for the replacement,
rehabilitation, and purchase of buses and related equipment
and the construction of bus-related facilities under
``Federal Transit Administration, Capital investment
grants''.
University Transportation Research
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5505,
$1,200,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That no more than $6,000,000 of budget authority shall be
available for these purposes.
Transit Planning and Research
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5303, 5304,
5305, 5311(b)(2), 5312, 5313(a), 5314, 5315, and 5322,
$22,200,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That no more than $110,000,000 of budget authority shall be
available for these purposes: Provided further, That
$5,250,000 is available to provide rural transportation
assistance (49 U.S.C. 5311(b)(2)), $4,000,000 is available to
carry out programs under the National Transit Institute (49
U.S.C. 5315), $8,250,000 is available to carry out transit
cooperative research programs (49 U.S.C. 5313(a)),
$52,113,600 is available for metropolitan planning (49 U.S.C.
5303, 5304, and 5305), $10,886,400 is available for State
planning (49 U.S.C. 5313(b)); and $29,500,000 is available
for the national planning and research program (49 U.S.C.
5314).
Trust Fund Share of Expenses
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(highway trust fund)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for payment of
obligations incurred in carrying out 49 U.S.C. 5303-5308,
5310-5315, 5317(b), 5322, 5327, 5334, 5505, and sections 3037
and 3038 of Public Law 105-178, $5,016,600,000, to remain
available until expended, and to be derived from the Mass
Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That
$2,676,000,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit
Administration's formula grants account: Provided further,
That $87,800,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit
Administration's transit planning and research account:
Provided further, That $51,200,000 shall be paid to the
Federal Transit Administration's administrative expenses
account: Provided further, That $4,800,000 shall be paid to
the Federal Transit Administration's university
transportation research account: Provided further, That
$80,000,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit
Administration's job access and reverse commute grants
program: Provided further, That $2,116,800,000 shall be paid
to the Federal Transit Administration's capital investment
grants account.
Capital Investment Grants
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5308, 5309,
5318, and 5327, $529,200,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That no more than $2,646,000,000 of
budget authority shall be available for these purposes:
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision
of law, there shall be available for fixed guideway
modernization, $1,058,400,000; there shall be available
for the replacement, rehabilitation, and purchase of buses
and related equipment and the construction of bus-related
facilities, $529,200,000, together with $50,000,000
transferred from ``Federal Transit Administration, formula
grants''; and there shall be available for new fixed
guideway systems $1,058,400,000, together with $4,983,828
made available for the Pittsburgh airport busway project
under Public Law 105-66, together with $1,488,750 made
available for the Burlington to Gloucester, New Jersey
line under Public Law 103-331, together with $20,521,470
previously appropriated for the Orlando Lynx light rail
project remaining unobligated as of or deobligated after
September 30, 2000; to be available as follows:
$10,400,000 for Alaska or Hawaii ferry projects;
$500,000 for the Albuquerque/Greater Albuquerque mass
transit project;
$25,000,000 for the Atlanta, Georgia, North line extension
project;
$1,000,000 for the Austin, Texas, capital metro light rail
project;
$3,000,000 for the Baltimore central LRT double track
project;
$5,000,000 for the Birmingham, Alabama, transit corridor;
$25,000,000 for the Boston South Boston Piers transitway
project;
$1,000,000 for the Boston Urban Ring project;
$2,000,000 for the Burlington-Bennington (ABRB), Vermont,
commuter rail project;
$1,000,000 for the Calais, Maine, branch line regional
transit program;
$2,000,000 for the Canton-Akron-Cleveland commuter rail
project;
$3,000,000 for the Central Florida commuter rail project;
$5,000,000 for the Charlotte, North Carolina, north-south
corridor transitway projects;
$35,000,000 for the Chicago METRA commuter rail projects;
$15,000,000 for the Chicago Ravenswood and Douglas branch
reconstruction projects;
$1,500,000 for the Clark County, Nevada, RTC fixed guideway
project;
$4,000,000 for the Cleveland Euclid corridor improvement
project;
$1,000,000 for the Colorado Roaring Fork Valley project;
$70,000,000 for the Dallas north central light rail
extension project;
$3,000,000 for the Denver Southeast corridor project;
$20,200,000 for the Denver Southwest corridor project;
$500,000 for the Detroit, Michigan, metropolitan airport
light rail project;
$50,000,000 for the Dulles corridor project;
$15,000,000 for the Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Tri-County
commuter rail project;
$1,000,000 for the Galveston, Texas, rail trolley extension
project;
$15,000,000 for the Girdwood to Wasilla, Alaska, commuter
rail project;
$500,000 for the Harrisburg-Lancaster capital area transit
corridor 1 commuter rail project;
$1,000,000 for the Hollister/Gilroy branch line rail
extension project;
$2,500,000 for Honolulu, Hawaii, bus rapid transit project;
$2,500,000 for the Houston advanced transit project;
$10,750,000 for the Houston regional bus project;
$3,000,000 for the Indianapolis, Indiana, northeast-
downtown corridor project;
$1,000,000 for the Johnson County, Kansas, I-35 commuter
rail project;
$3,500,000 for Kansas City, Missouri, Southtown corridor
project;
$4,000,000 for the Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee rail extension
project;
$3,000,000 for the Little Rock, Arkansas, river rail
project;
$8,000,000 for the Long Island Railroad East Side access
project;
$2,000,000 for the Los Angeles Mid-City and East Side
corridors projects;
$50,000,000 for the Los Angeles North Hollywood extension
project;
$3,000,000 for the Los Angeles-San Diego LOSSAN corridor
project;
$2,000,000 for the Lowell, Massachusetts-Nashua, New
Hampshire commuter rail project;
$10,000,000 for the MARC expansion projects--Penn-Camden
lines connector and midday storage facility;
$1,000,000 for the Massachusetts North Shore corridor
project;
$6,000,000 for the Memphis, Tennessee, medical center rail
extension project;
$6,000,000 for the Nashville, Tennessee, regional commuter
rail project;
$121,000,000 for the New Jersey Hudson Bergen project;
$7,000,000 for the Newark-Elizabeth rail link project;
$2,000,000 for the Northern Indiana south shore commuter
rail project;
$1,000,000 for the Northwest New Jersey-Northeast
Pennsylvania passenger rail project;
$10,000,000 for the Oceanside-Escondido, California, light
rail extension project;
$2,000,000 for the Orange County, California, transitway
project;
$10,000,000 for the Philadelphia-Reading SETPA Schuylkill
Valley metro project;
$2,000,000 for the Philadelphia SEPTA Cross County metro
project;
$10,000,000 for the Phoenix metropolitan area transit
project;
$5,000,000 for the Pittsburgh North Shore-central business
district corridor project;
$12,000,000 for the Pittsburgh stage II light rail project;
$7,500,000 for the Portland-Interstate MAX LRT extension
project;
$2,000,000 for the Portland, Maine, marine highway program;
$5,000,000 for the Puget Sound RTA Sounder commuter rail
project;
$10,000,000 for the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Triangle
transit project;
$500,000 for the Rhode Island-Pawtucket and T.F. Green
commuter rail and maintenance facility;
$35,200,000 for the Sacramento, California, south corridor
LRT project;
$2,000,000 for the Salt Lake City-University light rail
line project;
$1,000,000 for the San Bernardino, California, Metrolink
project;
$31,500,000 for the San Diego Mission Valley East light
rail project;
$80,000,000 for the San Francisco BART extension to the
airport project;
$12,250,000 for the San Jose Tasman West light rail
project;
$75,000,000 for the San Juan Tren Urbano project;
$1,500,000 for the Santa Fe-Eldorado, New Mexico, rail link
project;
$50,000,000 for the Seattle, Washington, central link LRT
project;
$4,000,000 for the Spokane, Washington, South Valley
corridor light rail project;
$1,000,000 for the St. Louis, Missouri, MetroLink Cross
County connector project;
$60,000,000 for the St. Louis-St. Clair MetroLink extension
project;
$8,000,000 for the Stamford, Connecticut, fixed guideway
corridor;
$6,000,000 for the Stockton, California, Altamont commuter
rail project;
$5,000,000 for the Twin Cities Transitways projects;
$50,000,000 for the Twin Cities Transitways--Hiawatha
corridor project;
$3,000,0
Major Actions:
All articles in House section
CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 4475, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2001
(House of Representatives - October 05, 2000)
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CONFERENCE REPORT ON
H.R. 4475, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND
RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2001
Mr. YOUNG of Florida submitted the following conference report on the
bill (
H.R. 4475) making appropriations for the Department of
Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2001, and for other purposes:
Conference Report (H. Rept. 106-940)
The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the
two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (
H.R.
4475) ``making appropriations for the Department of
Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes'', having
met, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend
and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows:
That the House recede from its disagreement to the
amendment of the Senate, and agree to the same with an
amendment, as follows:
In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said
amendment, insert: That the following sums are appropriated,
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other
purposes, namely:
Section 101. (a) The provisions of the following bill are
hereby enacted into law,
H.R. 5394 of the 106th Congress, as
introduced on October 5, 2000.
(b) In publishing the Act in slip form and in the United
States Statutes at Large pursuant to section 112, of title 1,
United States Code, the Archivist of the United States shall
include after the date of approval at the end an appendix
setting forth the text of the bill referred to in subsection
(a) of this section.
And the Senate agree to the same.
Frank R. Wolf,
Tom DeLay,
Ralph Regula,
Harold Rogers,
Ron Packard,
Sonny Callahan,
Todd Tiahrt,
Robert B. Aderholt,
Kay Granger,
C.W. Bill Young,
Martin Olav Sabo
(except for provisions to withhold highway funds from
states that do not adopt 0.08 blood alcohol concentration
laws),
John W. Olver,
Ed Pastor,
Carolyn C. Kilpatrick
(except for provisions to withhold highway funds from
states that do not adopt 0.08 blood alcohol concentration
laws),
Jose E. Serrano,
Michael P. Forbes,
David R. Obey (with exception to denial of funds to states
without 0.08 BAC),
Managers on the Part of the House.
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Richard C. Shelby,
Pete V. Domenici,
Arlen Specter,
Christopher S. Bond,
Slade Gorton,
Robert F. Bennett,
Ben Nighthorse Campbell,
Ted Stevens,
Frank R. Lautenberg,
Robert C. Byrd,
Barbara A. Mikulski,
Harry Reid,
Herb Kohl,
Patty Murray,
Daniel K. Inouye,
Managers on the Part of the Senate.
JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE
The mangers on the part of the House of Representatives and
the Senate at the conference on the disagreeing votes of the
two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (
H.R.
4475) making appropriations for the Department of
Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes, submit the
following joint statement to the House of Representatives and
the Senate in explanation of the effect of the action agreed
upon by the managers and recommended in the accompanying
conference report.
The Senate deleted the entire House bill after the enacting
clause and inserted the Senate bill.
The conference agreement would enact the provisions of
H.R.
5394 as introduced on October 5, 2000. The text of that bill
follows:
A BILL Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the
following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of
Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
Salaries and Expenses
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary,
$63,245,000: Provided, That not more than 52 percent of the
funds made available under this heading shall be obligated
and not more than 224 full time equivalent staff years funded
through the end of the second quarter of fiscal year 2001:
Provided further, That funds in excess of 52 percent and 224
full time equivalent staff years shall be available only if
the Secretary transmits a request to the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations for these additional funds:
Provided further, That not to exceed $60,000 for allocation
within the Department for official reception and
representation expenses as the Secretary may determine:
Provided further, That not more than $15,000 of the official
reception and representation funds shall be available for
obligation prior to January 20, 2001.
Office of Civil Rights
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights,
$8,140,000.
Transportation Planning, Research, and Development
For necessary expenses for conducting transportation
planning, research, systems development, development
activities, and making grants, to remain available until
expended, $11,000,000.
Transportation Administrative Service Center
Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital outlays
of the Transportation Administrative Service Center, not to
exceed $126,887,000, shall be paid from appropriations made
available to the Department of Transportation: Provided, That
such services shall be provided on a competitive basis to
entities within the Department of Transportation: Provided
further, That the above limitation on operating expenses
shall not apply to non-DOT entities: Provided further, That
no funds appropriated in this Act to an agency of the
Department shall be transferred to the Transportation
Administrative Service Center without the approval of the
agency modal administrator: Provided further, That no
assessments may be levied against any program, budget
activity, subactivity or project funded by this Act unless
notice of such assessments and the basis therefor are
presented to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations and are approved by such Committees.
Minority Business Resource Center Program
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $1,500,000, as authorized
by 49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, including the
cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided
further, That these funds are available to subsidize total
loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to
exceed $13,775,000. In addition, for administrative expenses
to carry out the guaranteed loan program, $400,000.
Minority Business Outreach
For necessary expenses of Minority Business Resource Center
outreach activities, $3,000,000, of which $2,635,000 shall
remain available until September 30, 2002: Provided, That
notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be used for
business opportunities related to any mode of transportation.
COAST GUARD
Operating Expenses
For necessary expenses for the operation and maintenance of
the Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for; purchase of not
to exceed five passenger motor vehicles for replacement only;
payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97-377, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and section 229(b) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 429(b)); and recreation and
welfare, $3,192,000,000, of which $341,000,000 shall be
available for defense-related activities; and of which
$25,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability
Trust Fund: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in
this or any other Act shall be available for pay for
administrative expenses in connection with shipping
commissioners in the United States: Provided further, That
none of the funds provided in this Act shall be available for
expenses incurred for yacht documentation under 46 U.S.C.
12109, except to the extent fees are collected from yacht
owners and credited to this appropriation: Provided further,
That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the
Coast Guard to plan, finalize, or implement any regulation
that would promulgate new maritime user fees not specifically
authorized by law after the date of the enactment of this
Act.
Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements
For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction,
renovation, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore
facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment
related thereto, $415,000,000, of which $20,000,000 shall be
derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which
$156,450,000 shall be available to acquire, repair, renovate
or improve vessels, small boats and related equipment, to
remain available until September 30, 2005; $37,650,000 shall
be available to acquire new aircraft and increase aviation
capability, to remain available until September 30, 2003;
$60,113,000 shall be available for other equipment, to remain
available until September 30, 2003; $63,336,000 shall be
available for shore facilities and aids to navigation
facilities, to remain available until September 30, 2003;
$55,151,000 shall be available for personnel compensation and
benefits and related costs, to remain available until
September 30, 2002; and $42,300,000 for the Integrated
Deepwater Systems program, to remain available until
September 30, 2003: Provided, That the Commandant of the
Coast Guard is authorized to dispose of surplus real
property, by sale or lease, and the proceeds shall be
credited to this appropriation as offsetting collections and
made available only for the National Distress and Response
System Modernization program, to remain available for
obligation until September 30, 2003: Provided further, That
upon initial submission to the Congress of the fiscal year
2002 President's budget, the Secretary of Transportation
shall transmit to the Congress a comprehensive capital
investment plan for the United States Coast Guard which
includes funding for each budget line item for fiscal years
2002 through 2006, with total funding for each year of the
plan constrained to the funding targets for those years as
estimated and approved by the Office of Management and
Budget: Provided further, That the amount herein
appropriated shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for each
day after initial submission of the President's budget
that the plan has not been submitted to the Congress:
Provided further, That the Commandant shall transfer
$5,800,000 to the City of Homer, Alaska, for the
construction of a municipal pier and other harbor
improvements, contingent upon the City of Homer entering
into an agreement with the United States to accommodate
Coast Guard vessels and to support Coast Guard operations
at Homer, Alaska.
Environmental Compliance and Restoration
For necessary expenses to carry out the Coast Guard's
environmental compliance and restoration functions under
chapter 19 of title 14, United States Code, $16,700,000, to
remain available until expended.
Alteration of Bridges
For necessary expenses for alteration or removal of
obstructive bridges, $15,500,000, to remain available until
expended.
Retired Pay
For retired pay, including the payment of obligations
therefor otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for
this purpose, and payments under the Retired Serviceman's
Family Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, and for
payments for medical care of retired personnel and their
dependents under the Dependents Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C.
ch. 55), $778,000,000.
Reserve Training
(including transfer of funds)
For all necessary expenses of the Coast Guard Reserve, as
authorized by law; maintenance and operation of facilities;
and supplies, equipment, and services, $80,375,000: Provided,
That no more than $22,000,000 of funds made available under
this heading may be transferred to Coast Guard ``Operating
expenses'' or otherwise made available to reimburse the Coast
Guard for financial support of the Coast Guard Reserve:
Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act may be
used by the Coast Guard to assess direct charges on the Coast
Guard Reserves for items or activities which were not so
charged during fiscal year 1997.
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for
applied scientific research, development, test, and
evaluation; maintenance, rehabilitation, lease and operation
of facilities and equipment, as authorized by law,
$21,320,000, to remain available until expended,
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of which $3,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill
Liability Trust Fund: Provided, That there may be credited to
and used for the purposes of this appropriation funds
received from State and local governments, other public
authorities, private sources, and foreign countries, for
expenses incurred for research, development, testing, and
evaluation.
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
Operations
For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation
Administration, not otherwise provided for, including
operations and research activities related to commercial
space transportation, administrative expenses for research
and development, establishment of air navigation facilities,
the operation (including leasing) and maintenance of
aircraft, subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and
maps sold to the public, lease or purchase of passenger motor
vehicles for replacement only, in addition to amounts made
available by Public Law 104-264, $6,544,235,000, of which
$4,414,869,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Airway
Trust Fund, of which $5,200,274,000 shall be available for
air traffic services program activities; $694,979,000 shall
be available for aviation regulation and certification
program activities; $139,301,400 shall be available for civil
aviation security program activities; $189,988,000 shall be
available for research and acquisition program activities;
$12,000,000 shall be available for commercial space
transportation program activities; $48,443,600 shall be
available for Financial Services program activities;
$54,864,000 shall be available for Human Resources program
activities; $99,347,000 shall be available for Regional
Coordination program activities; and $105,038,000 shall be
available for Staff Offices program activities: Provided,
That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the
Federal Aviation Administration to plan, finalize, or
implement any regulation that would promulgate new aviation
user fees not specifically authorized by law after the date
of the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That there
may be credited to this appropriation funds received from
States, counties, municipalities, foreign authorities, other
public authorities, and private sources, for expenses
incurred in the provision of agency services, including
receipts for the maintenance and operation of air navigation
facilities, and for issuance, renewal or modification of
certificates, including airman, aircraft, and repair station
certificates, or for tests related thereto, or for processing
major repair or alteration forms: Provided further, That of
the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than
$5,000,000 shall be for the contract tower cost-sharing
program and not less than $750,000 shall be for the
Centennial of Flight Commission: Provided further, That funds
may be used to enter into a grant agreement with a nonprofit
standard-setting organization to assist in the development of
aviation safety standards: Provided further, That none of the
funds in this Act shall be available for new applicants for
the second career training program: Provided further, That
none of the funds in this Act shall be available for paying
premium pay under 5 U.S.C. 5546(a) to any Federal Aviation
Administration employee unless such employee actually
performed work during the time corresponding to such premium
pay: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act may
be obligated or expended to operate a manned auxiliary flight
service station in the contiguous United States: Provided
further, That none of the funds in this Act may be used for
the Federal Aviation Administration to enter into a multiyear
lease greater than 5 years in length or greater than
$100,000,000 in value unless such lease is specifically
authorized by the Congress and appropriations have been
provided to fully cover the Federal Government's contingent
liabilities: Provided further, That none of the funds in this
Act for aeronautical charting and cartography are available
for activities conducted by, or coordinated through, the
Transportation Administrative Service Center.
Facilities and Equipment
(airport and airway trust fund)
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for
acquisition, establishment, and improvement by contract or
purchase, and hire of air navigation and experimental
facilities and equipment as authorized under part A of
subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, including
initial acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant;
engineering and service testing, including construction of
test facilities and acquisition of necessary sites by lease
or grant; and construction and furnishing of quarters and
related accommodations for officers and employees of the
Federal Aviation Administration stationed at remote
localities where such accommodations are not available; and
the purchase, lease, or transfer of aircraft from funds
available under this head; to be derived from the Airport and
Airway Trust Fund, $2,656,765,000, of which $2,334,112,400
shall remain available until September 30, 2003, and of which
$322,652,600 shall remain available until September 30, 2001:
Provided, That there may be credited to this appropriation
funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other
public authorities, and private sources, for expenses
incurred in the establishment and modernization of air
navigation facilities: Provided further, That upon initial
submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2002
President's budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall
transmit to the Congress a comprehensive capital investment
plan for the Federal Aviation Administration which includes
funding for each budget line item for fiscal years 2002
through 2006, with total funding for each year of the plan
constrained to the funding targets for those years as
estimated and approved by the Office of Management and
Budget: Provided further, That the amount herein appropriated
shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for each day after
initial submission of the President's budget that the plan
has not been submitted to the Congress: Provided further,
That none of the funds in this Act may be used for the
Federal Aviation Administration to enter into a capital lease
agreement unless appropriations have been provided to fully
cover the Federal Government's contingent liabilities at the
time the lease agreement is signed.
Research, Engineering, and Development
(airport and airway trust fund)
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for
research, engineering, and development, as authorized under
part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code,
including construction of experimental facilities and
acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant,
$187,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust
Fund and to remain available until September 30, 2003:
Provided, That there may be credited to this appropriation
funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other
public authorities, and private sources, for expenses
incurred for research, engineering, and development.
Grants-in-Aid for Airports
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(limitation on obligations)
(airport and airway trust fund)
For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in-aid
for airport planning and development, and noise compatibility
planning and programs as authorized under subchapter I of
chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 of title 49,
United States Code, and under other law authorizing such
obligations; for administration of such programs; for
administration of programs under section 40117; for
procurement, installation, and commissioning of runway
incursion prevention devices and systems at airports; and for
inspection activities and administration of airport safety
programs, including those related to airport operating
certificates under section 44706 of title 49, United States
Code, $3,200,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and
Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until expended:
Provided, That none of the funds under this heading shall be
available for the planning or execution of programs the
obligations for which are in excess of $3,200,000,000 in
fiscal year 2001, notwithstanding section 47117(h) of title
49, United States Code: Provided further, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, not more than
$53,000,000 of funds limited under this heading shall be
obligated for administration.
Grants-in-Aid for Airports
(airport and airway trust fund)
(rescission of contract authorization)
Of the unobligated balances authorized under 49 U.S.C.
48103, as amended, $579,000,000 are rescinded.
Aviation Insurance Revolving Fund
The Secretary of Transportation is hereby authorized to
make such expenditures and investments, within the limits of
funds available pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 44307, and in
accordance with section 104 of the Government Corporation
Control Act, as amended (31 U.S.C. 9104), as may be necessary
in carrying out the program for aviation insurance activities
under chapter 443 of title 49, United States Code.
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
Limitation on Administrative Expenses
Necessary expenses for administration and operation of the
Federal Highway Administration not to exceed $295,119,000
shall be paid in accordance with law from appropriations made
available by this Act to the Federal Highway Administration
together with advances and reimbursements received by the
Federal Highway Administration: Provided, That of the funds
available under section 104(a) of title 23, United States
Code: $4,000,000 shall be available for Commercial Remote
Sensing Products and Spatial Information Technologies under
section 5113 of Public Law 105-178, as amended; $10,000,000
shall be available for the National Historic Covered Bridge
Preservation Program under section 1224 of Public Law 105-
178, as amended; $5,000,000 shall be available for the
construction and improvement of the Alabama State Docks, and
shall remain available until expended; $10,000,000 shall be
available to Auburn University for research activities at the
Center for Transportation Technology and to construct a
building to house the center, and shall remain available
until expended; $7,500,000 shall be available for ``Child
Passenger Protection Education Grants'' under section 2003(b)
of Public Law 105-178, as amended; and $25,000,000 shall be
available for the Transportation and Community and System
Preservation Program under section 1221 of Public Law 105-
178, as amended.
Federal-Aid Highways
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
None of the funds in this Act shall be available for the
implementation or execution of programs, the obligations for
which are in excess of $29,661,806,000 for Federal-aid
highways and highway safety construction programs for fiscal
year 2001: Provided, That within the $29,661,806,000
obligation limitation on Federal-aid highways and highway
safety construction programs, not more than $437,250,000
shall be available for the implementation or execution of
programs for transportation research (sections 502, 503, 504,
506, 507, and 508 of title 23, United States Code, as
amended; section 5505 of title 49, United States Code, as
amended; and sections 5112 and 5204-5209 of Public Law 105-
178) for fiscal year 2001; not more than $25,000,000 shall be
available for the implementation or execution of programs for
the Magnetic Levitation Transportation Technology Deployment
Program (section 1218 of Public Law 105-178) for fiscal year
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2001, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available to
the Federal Railroad Administration for administrative
expenses and technical assistance in connection with such
program, of which not to exceed $1,500,000 shall be available
to the Federal Railroad Administration for ``Safety and
operations'', and, notwithstanding section 1218(c)(4) of
Public Law 105-178, of which $1,000,000 shall be available
for low speed magnetic levitation research and development;
not more than $31,000,000 shall be available for the
implementation or execution of programs for the Bureau of
Transportation Statistics (section 111 of title 49, United
States Code) for fiscal year 2001: Provided further, That
within the $218,000,000 obligation limitation on Intelligent
Transportation Systems, the following sums shall be made
available for Intelligent Transportation System projects in
the following specified areas:
State of Alaska, $2,350,000;
Alameda-Contra Costa, California, $500,000;
Aquidneck Island, Rhode Island, $500,000;
Austin, Texas, $250,000;
Automated crash notification system, UAB, $1,000,000;
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, $1,000,000;
Bay County, Florida, $1,500,000;
Beaumont, Texas, $150,000;
Bellingham, Washington, $350,000;
Bloomington Township, Illinois, $400,000;
Calhoun County, Michigan, $750,000;
Carbondale, Pennsylvania, $2,000,000;
Cargo Mate, New Jersey, $750,000;
Charlotte, North Carolina, $625,000;
College Station, Texas, $1,800,000;
Commonwealth of Virginia, $5,500,000;
Corpus Christi, Texas (vehicle dispatching), $1,000,000;
Delaware River Port Authority, $1,250,000;
DuPage County, Illinois, $500,000;
Fargo, North Dakota, $1,000,000;
Fort Collins, Colorado, $1,250,000;
Hattiesburg, Mississippi, $500,000;
Huntington Beach, California, $1,250,000;
Huntsville, Alabama, $3,000,000;
I-70 West project, Colorado, $750,000;
Inglewood, California, $600,000;
Jackson, Mississippi, $1,000,000;
Jefferson County, Colorado, $4,250,000;
Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania, $1,500,000;
Kansas City, Missouri, $1,250,000;
Lake County, Illinois, $450,000;
Lewis & Clark Trail, Montana, $625,000;
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, $2,000,000;
Moscow, Idaho, $875,000;
Muscle Shoals, Alabama, $1,000,000;
Nashville, Tennessee, $500,000;
New Jersey regional integration/TRANSCOM, $3,000,000;
North Central Pennsylvania, $750,000;
North Las Vegas, Nevada, $1,800,000;
Norwalk and Santa Fe Springs, California, $500,000;
Oakland and Wayne Counties, Michigan, $1,500,000;
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, $1,500,000;
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, $500,000;
Puget Sound regional fare collection, Washington,
$2,500,000;
Rensselaer County, New York, $500,000;
Rochester, New York, $1,500,000;
Sacramento County, California, $875,000;
Sacramento to Reno, I-80 corridor, $100,000;
Sacramento, California, $500,000;
Salt Lake City (Olympic Games), Utah, $1,000,000;
San Antonio, Texas, $100,000;
Santa Teresa, New Mexico, $500,000;
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, $400,000;
Seabrook, Texas, $1,200,000;
Shreveport, Louisiana, $1,000,000;
South Dakota commercial vehicle, ITS, $1,250,000;
Southeast Michigan, $500,000;
Southhaven, Mississippi, $150,000;
Spokane County, Washington, $1,000,000;
Springfield-Branson, Missouri, $750,000;
St. Louis, Missouri, $500,000;
State of Arizona, $1,000,000;
State of Connecticut, $3,000,000;
State of Delaware, $1,000,000;
State of Illinois, $1,000,000;
State of Indiana (SAFE-T), $1,000,000;
State of Iowa (traffic enforcement and transit),
$2,750,000;
State of Kentucky, $1,500,000;
State of Maryland, $3,000,000;
State of Minnesota, $6,500,000;
State of Missouri (rural), $750,000;
State of Montana, $750,000;
State of Nebraska, $2,600,000;
State of New Mexico, $750,000;
State of North Carolina, $1,500,000;
State of North Dakota, $500,000;
State of Ohio, $2,000,000;
State of Oklahoma, $1,000,000;
State of Oregon, $750,000;
State of South Carolina statewide, $2,000,000;
State of Tennessee, $1,850,000;
State of Utah, $1,500,000;
State of Vermont, $500,000;
State of Wisconsin, $1,000,000;
Texas border phase I, Houston, Texas, $500,000;
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, $2,000,000;
Tuscon, Arizona, $1,250,000;
Vermont rural ITS, $1,500,000;
Washington, DC area, $1,250,000;
Washoe County, Nevada, $200,000;
Wayne County, Michigan, $5,000,000;
Williamson County/Round Rock, Texas, $250,000:
Provided further, That, notwithstanding Public Law 105-178,
as amended, funds authorized under section 110 of title 23,
United States Code, for fiscal year 2001 shall be apportioned
based on each State's percentage share of funding provided
for under section 105 of title 23, United States Code, for
fiscal year 2001, except that before such apportionments are
made, $156,486,491 shall be set aside for projects authorized
under section 1602 of Public Law 105-178, as amended;
$25,000,000 shall be set aside for the Indian Reservation
Roads Program under section 204 of title 23, United States
Code $18,467,857 shall be set aside for the Woodrow Wilson
Memorial Bridge project authorized by section 404 of the
Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge Authority Act of 1995, as
amended; $10,000,000 shall be set aside for the commercial
driver's license program under motor carrier safety grants
authorized by section 31102 of title 49, United States Code;
and $1,735,039 shall be set aside for the Alaska Highway
authorized by section 218 of title 23, United States Code. Of
the funds to be apportioned under section 110 for fiscal year
2001, the Secretary shall ensure that such funds are
apportioned for the Interstate Maintenance program, the
National Highway system program, the bridge program, the
surface transportation program, and the congestion mitigation
and air quality program in the same ratio that each State is
apportioned funds for such program in fiscal year 2001 but
for this section: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, of the funds apportioned to the State of
Oklahoma under section 110 of title 23, United States Code,
for fiscal year 2001, $8,000,000 shall be available only for
the widening of US 177 from SH-33 to 32nd Street in
Stillwater, Oklahoma; $4,300,000 shall be available only for
the reconstruction of US 177 in the vicinity of Cimarron
River, Oklahoma; $1,500,000 shall be available only for the
reconstruction of US 70 from Broken Bow, Oklahoma to the
Arkansas state line; $1,000,000 shall be available only to
improve Battiest-Pickens Road between Battiest and Pickens,
Oklahoma; $140,000 shall be available only to conduct a
feasibility study of increasing lanes or adding passing lanes
on SH 3 in McCurtain, Pushmataha and Atoka Counties,
Oklahoma; and $100,000 shall be available only for the
reconstruction of US 70 in Marshall and Bryan Counties,
Oklahoma: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, of the funds apportioned to the State of
Mississippi under section 110 of title 23, United States
Code, for fiscal year 2001, $24,600,000 may be available for
construction of an interchange for a connector road from the
interchange to U.S. Highway 51, between mile markers 115 and
120 on I-55 in Mississippi: Provided further, That,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds
apportioned to the State of New York under section 110 of
title 23, United States Code, for fiscal year 2001,
$4,000,000 shall be available only to upgrade and improve the
Albany North Creek intermodal transportation corridor:
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision
of law, of the funds apportioned to the State of Nebraska
under section 110 of title 23, United States Code, for fiscal
year 2001, $3,500,000 shall be available only for the
construction of a pedestrian overpass in Lincoln: Provided
further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law,
of the funds apportioned to the State of Alabama under
section 110 of title 23, United States Code, for fiscal
year 2001, $8,000,000 shall be available only for
construction of the Patton Island bridge in Lauderdale
County, Alabama: Provided further, That, notwithstanding
any other provision of law, of the funds apportioned to
the State of California under section 110 of title 23,
United States Code, for fiscal year 2001, $46,000,000
shall be available only for traffic mitigation and other
improvements to existing SR710 in South Pasadena, Pasadena
and El Serano: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the obligation limitation
distributed for specific projects described herein shall
remain available until expended and shall be in addition
to the amount of any obligation limitation imposed on
obligations for Federal-aid highway and highway safety
construction programs for future fiscal years.
Federal-Aid Highways
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(highway trust fund)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for carrying
out the provisions of title 23, United States Code, that are
attributable to Federal-aid highways, including the National
Scenic and Recreational Highway as authorized by 23 U.S.C.
148, not otherwise provided, including reimbursement for sums
expended pursuant to the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 308,
$28,000,000,000 or so much thereof as may be available in and
derived from the Highway Trust Fund, to remain available
until expended.
Emergency Relief Program
(Highway Trust Fund)
For an additional amount for the Emergency Relief Program
for emergency expenses resulting from floods and other
natural disasters, as authorized by section 125 of title 23,
United States Code, $720,000,000, to be derived from the
Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until expended:
Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That the
entire amount shall be available only to the extent that an
official budget request for $720,000,000, that includes
designation of the entire amount of the request as an
emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by
the President to the Congress.
FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
Motor Carrier Safety
limitation on administrative expenses
For necessary expenses for administration of motor carrier
safety programs and motor carrier safety research, pursuant
to section 104(a) of
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title 23, United States Code, not to exceed $92,194,000 shall
be paid in accordance with law from appropriations made
available by this Act and from any available take-down
balances to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration,
together with advances and reimbursements received by the
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration: Provided, That
such amounts shall be available to carry out the functions
and operations of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration.
National Motor Carrier Safety Program
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(limitation on obligations)
(highway trust fund)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 49
U.S.C. 31102, $177,000,000, to be derived from the Highway
Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: Provided,
That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the
implementation or execution of programs the obligations for
which are in excess of $177,000,000 for ``Motor Carrier
Safety Grants''.
NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
Operations and Research
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the
Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety under
chapter 301 of title 49, United States Code, and part C of
subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code, $116,876,000 of
which $85,321,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2003: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated by this
Act may be obligated or expended to plan, finalize, or
implement any rulemaking to add to section 575.104 of title
49 of the Code of Federal Regulations any requirement
pertaining to a grading standard that is different from the
three grading standards (treadwear, traction, and temperature
resistance) already in effect: Provided further, That none of
the funds appropriated in this Act may be obligated or
expended to purchase a vehicle to conduct New Car Assessment
Program crash testing at a price that exceeds the
manufacturer's suggested retail price, unless the Secretary
submits a request for a waiver that is approved by the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided further,
That the Department of Transportation shall fund a study with
the National Academy of Sciences on whether the static
stability factor is a scientifically valid measurement that
presents practical, useful information to the public
including a comparison of the static stability factor test
versus a test with rollover metrics based on dynamic driving
conditions that may induce rollover events: Provided further,
That nothing in this provision prohibits NHTSA from
completing action on its proposal to provide rollover rating
information to the public while the National Academy of
Sciences conducts this study: Provided further, That to the
extent NHTSA continues action on its rollover ratings
proposal during the study, the agency shall consider any
available preliminary deliberations or conclusions available
from the National Academy of Sciences before completing
action on its proposal, and shall consider coordinating any
final action on its proposal with the completion of the
National Academy of Sciences study: Provided further, That
the National Academy of Sciences shall complete this study
and issue a report to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations not later than nine months after the date of
enactment of this Act: Provided further, That after the
National Academy of Sciences submits its findings to the
Congress and the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration shall formally review and respond within
thirty days to the study findings and propose any appropriate
revisions to the consumer information program based on that
review.
Operations and Research
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(limitation on obligations)
(highway trust fund)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the
provisions of 23 U.S.C. 403, to remain available until
expended, $72,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust
Fund: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be
available for the planning or execution of programs the total
obligations for which, in fiscal year 2001, are in excess of
$72,000,000 for programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 403.
National Driver Register
(highway trust fund)
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the
Secretary with respect to the National Driver Register under
chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code, $2,000,000, to
be derived from the Highway Trust Fund, and to remain
available until expended.
Highway Traffic Safety Grants
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(limitation on obligations)
(highway trust fund)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for payment of
obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions of 23
U.S.C. 402, 405, 410, and 411 to remain available until
expended, $213,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust
Fund: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be
available for the planning or execution of programs the total
obligations for which, in fiscal year 2001, are in excess of
$213,000,000 for programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 402,
405, 410, and 411 of which $155,000,000 shall be for
``Highway Safety Programs'' under 23 U.S.C. 402, $13,000,000
shall be for ``Occupant Protection Incentive Grants'' under
23 U.S.C. 405, $36,000,000 shall be for ``Alcohol-Impaired
Driving Countermeasures Grants'' under 23 U.S.C. 410, and
$9,000,000 shall be for the ``State Highway Safety Data
Grants'' under 23 U.S.C. 411: Provided further, That none of
these funds shall be used for construction, rehabilitation,
or remodeling costs, or for office furnishings and fixtures
for State, local, or private buildings or structures:
Provided further, That not to exceed $7,750,000 of the funds
made available for section 402, not to exceed $650,000 of the
funds made available for section 405, not to exceed
$1,800,000 of the funds made available for section 410, and
not to exceed $450,000 of the funds made available for
section 411 shall be available to NHTSA for administering
highway safety grants under chapter 4 of title 23, United
States Code: Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 of
the funds made available for section 410 ``Alcohol-Impaired
Driving Countermeasures Grants'' shall be available for
technical assistance to the States.
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION
Safety and Operations
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad
Administration, not otherwise provided for, $101,717,000, of
which $5,899,000 shall remain available until expended:
Provided, That, as part of the Washington Union Station
transaction in which the Secretary assumed the first deed of
trust on the property and, where the Union Station
Redevelopment Corporation or any successor is obligated to
make payments on such deed of trust on the Secretary's
behalf, including payments on and after September 30, 1988,
the Secretary is authorized to receive such payments directly
from the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation, credit them
to the appropriation charged for the first deed of trust, and
make payments on the first deed of trust with those funds:
Provided further, That such additional sums as may be
necessary for payment on the first deed of trust may be
advanced by the Administrator from unobligated balances
available to the Federal Railroad Administration, to be
reimbursed from payments received from the Union Station
Redevelopment Corporation.
Railroad Research and Development
For necessary expenses for railroad research and
development, $25,325,000, to remain available until expended.
Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Program
The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to issue to
the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obligations
pursuant to section 512 of the Railroad Revitalization and
Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-210), as
amended, in such amounts and at such times as may be
necessary to pay any amounts required pursuant to the
guarantee of the principal amount of obligations under
sections 511 through 513 of such Act, such authority to exist
as long as any such guaranteed obligation is outstanding:
Provided, That pursuant to section 502 of such Act, as
amended, no new direct loans or loan guarantee commitments
shall be made using Federal funds for the credit risk premium
during fiscal year 2001.
Rhode Island Rail Development
For the costs associated with construction of a third track
on the Northeast Corridor between Davisville and Central
Falls, Rhode Island, with sufficient clearance to accommodate
double stack freight cars, $17,000,000 to be matched by the
State of Rhode Island or its designee on a dollar-for-dollar
basis and to remain available until expended.
Next Generation High-Speed Rail
For necessary expenses for the Next Generation High-Speed
Rail program as authorized under 49 U.S.C. 26101 and 26102,
$25,100,000, to remain available until expended.
Alaska Railroad Rehabilitation
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to
the Alaska Railroad, $20,000,000 shall be for capital
rehabilitation and improvements benefiting its passenger
operations, to remain available until expended.
West Virginia Rail Development
For capital costs associated with track, signal, and
crossover rehabilitation and improvements on the MARC
Brunswick line in West Virginia, $15,000,000, to remain
available until expended.
Capital Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation
For necessary expenses of capital improvements of the
National Railroad Passenger Corporation as authorized by 49
U.S.C. 24104(a), $521,476,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That the Secretary shall not obligate
more than $208,590,000 prior to September 30, 2001.
FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION
Administrative Expenses
For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal
Transit Administration's programs authorized by chapter 53 of
title 49, United States Code, $12,800,000: Provided, That no
more than $64,000,000 of budget authority shall be available
for these purposes: Provided further, That of the funds in
this Act available for the execution of contracts under
section 5327(c) of title 49, United States Code, $1,000,000
shall be transferred to the Department of Transportation's
Office of Inspector General for costs associated with the
audit and review of new fixed guideway systems: Provided
further, That not to exceed $2,500,000 for the National
Transit Database shall remain available until expended.
Formula Grants
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5307, 5308,
5310, 5311, 5327, and section 3038 of Public Law 105-178,
$669,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That no more than $3,345,000,000 of budget authority shall be
available for these purposes: Provided
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further, That of the funds provided under this heading,
$60,000,000 shall be available for grants for the costs of
planning, delivery, and temporary use of transit vehicles for
special transportation needs and construction of temporary
transportation facilities for the XIX Winter Olympiad and the
VIII Paralympiad for the Disabled, to be held in Salt Lake
City, Utah: Provided further, That in allocating the funds
designated in the preceding proviso, the Secretary shall make
grants only to the Utah Department of Transportation, and
such grants shall not be subject to any local share
requirement or limitation on operating assistance under this
Act or the Federal Transit Act, as amended: Provided further,
That notwithstanding section 3008 of Public Law 105-178, the
$50,000,000 to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5308 shall be transferred
to and merged with funding provided for the replacement,
rehabilitation, and purchase of buses and related equipment
and the construction of bus-related facilities under
``Federal Transit Administration, Capital investment
grants''.
University Transportation Research
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5505,
$1,200,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That no more than $6,000,000 of budget authority shall be
available for these purposes.
Transit Planning and Research
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5303, 5304,
5305, 5311(b)(2), 5312, 5313(a), 5314, 5315, and 5322,
$22,200,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That no more than $110,000,000 of budget authority shall be
available for these purposes: Provided further, That
$5,250,000 is available to provide rural transportation
assistance (49 U.S.C. 5311(b)(2)), $4,000,000 is available to
carry out programs under the National Transit Institute (49
U.S.C. 5315), $8,250,000 is available to carry out transit
cooperative research programs (49 U.S.C. 5313(a)),
$52,113,600 is available for metropolitan planning (49 U.S.C.
5303, 5304, and 5305), $10,886,400 is available for State
planning (49 U.S.C. 5313(b)); and $29,500,000 is available
for the national planning and research program (49 U.S.C.
5314).
Trust Fund Share of Expenses
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(highway trust fund)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for payment of
obligations incurred in carrying out 49 U.S.C. 5303-5308,
5310-5315, 5317(b), 5322, 5327, 5334, 5505, and sections 3037
and 3038 of Public Law 105-178, $5,016,600,000, to remain
available until expended, and to be derived from the Mass
Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That
$2,676,000,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit
Administration's formula grants account: Provided further,
That $87,800,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit
Administration's transit planning and research account:
Provided further, That $51,200,000 shall be paid to the
Federal Transit Administration's administrative expenses
account: Provided further, That $4,800,000 shall be paid to
the Federal Transit Administration's university
transportation research account: Provided further, That
$80,000,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit
Administration's job access and reverse commute grants
program: Provided further, That $2,116,800,000 shall be paid
to the Federal Transit Administration's capital investment
grants account.
Capital Investment Grants
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5308, 5309,
5318, and 5327, $529,200,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That no more than $2,646,000,000 of
budget authority shall be available for these purposes:
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision
of law, there shall be available for fixed guideway
modernization, $1,058,400,000; there shall be available
for the replacement, rehabilitation, and purchase of buses
and related equipment and the construction of bus-related
facilities, $529,200,000, together with $50,000,000
transferred from ``Federal Transit Administration, formula
grants''; and there shall be available for new fixed
guideway systems $1,058,400,000, together with $4,983,828
made available for the Pittsburgh airport busway project
under Public Law 105-66, together with $1,488,750 made
available for the Burlington to Gloucester, New Jersey
line under Public Law 103-331, together with $20,521,470
previously appropriated for the Orlando Lynx light rail
project remaining unobligated as of or deobligated after
September 30, 2000; to be available as follows:
$10,400,000 for Alaska or Hawaii ferry projects;
$500,000 for the Albuquerque/Greater Albuquerque mass
transit project;
$25,000,000 for the Atlanta, Georgia, North line extension
project;
$1,000,000 for the Austin, Texas, capital metro light rail
project;
$3,000,000 for the Baltimore central LRT double track
project;
$5,000,000 for the Birmingham, Alabama, transit corridor;
$25,000,000 for the Boston South Boston Piers transitway
project;
$1,000,000 for the Boston Urban Ring project;
$2,000,000 for the Burlington-Bennington (ABRB), Vermont,
commuter rail project;
$1,000,000 for the Calais, Maine, branch line regional
transit program;
$2,000,000 for the Canton-Akron-Cleveland commuter rail
project;
$3,000,000 for the Central Florida commuter rail project;
$5,000,000 for the Charlotte, North Carolina, north-south
corridor transitway projects;
$35,000,000 for the Chicago METRA commuter rail projects;
$15,000,000 for the Chicago Ravenswood and Douglas branch
reconstruction projects;
$1,500,000 for the Clark County, Nevada, RTC fixed guideway
project;
$4,000,000 for the Cleveland Euclid corridor improvement
project;
$1,000,000 for the Colorado Roaring Fork Valley project;
$70,000,000 for the Dallas north central light rail
extension project;
$3,000,000 for the Denver Southeast corridor project;
$20,200,000 for the Denver Southwest corridor project;
$500,000 for the Detroit, Michigan, metropolitan airport
light rail project;
$50,000,000 for the Dulles corridor project;
$15,000,000 for the Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Tri-County
commuter rail project;
$1,000,000 for the Galveston, Texas, rail trolley extension
project;
$15,000,000 for the Girdwood to Wasilla, Alaska, commuter
rail project;
$500,000 for the Harrisburg-Lancaster capital area transit
corridor 1 commuter rail project;
$1,000,000 for the Hollister/Gilroy branch line rail
extension project;
$2,500,000 for Honolulu, Hawaii, bus rapid transit project;
$2,500,000 for the Houston advanced transit project;
$10,750,000 for the Houston regional bus project;
$3,000,000 for the Indianapolis, Indiana, northeast-
downtown corridor project;
$1,000,000 for the Johnson County, Kansas, I-35 commuter
rail project;
$3,500,000 for Kansas City, Missouri, Southtown corridor
project;
$4,000,000 for the Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee rail extension
project;
$3,000,000 for the Little Rock, Arkansas, river rail
project;
$8,000,000 for the Long Island Railroad East Side access
project;
$2,000,000 for the Los Angeles Mid-City and East Side
corridors projects;
$50,000,000 for the Los Angeles North Hollywood extension
project;
$3,000,000 for the Los Angeles-San Diego LOSSAN corridor
project;
$2,000,000 for the Lowell, Massachusetts-Nashua, New
Hampshire commuter rail project;
$10,000,000 for the MARC expansion projects--Penn-Camden
lines connector and midday storage facility;
$1,000,000 for the Massachusetts North Shore corridor
project;
$6,000,000 for the Memphis, Tennessee, medical center rail
extension project;
$6,000,000 for the Nashville, Tennessee, regional commuter
rail project;
$121,000,000 for the New Jersey Hudson Bergen project;
$7,000,000 for the Newark-Elizabeth rail link project;
$2,000,000 for the Northern Indiana south shore commuter
rail project;
$1,000,000 for the Northwest New Jersey-Northeast
Pennsylvania passenger rail project;
$10,000,000 for the Oceanside-Escondido, California, light
rail extension project;
$2,000,000 for the Orange County, California, transitway
project;
$10,000,000 for the Philadelphia-Reading SETPA Schuylkill
Valley metro project;
$2,000,000 for the Philadelphia SEPTA Cross County metro
project;
$10,000,000 for the Phoenix metropolitan area transit
project;
$5,000,000 for the Pittsburgh North Shore-central business
district corridor project;
$12,000,000 for the Pittsburgh stage II light rail project;
$7,500,000 for the Portland-Interstate MAX LRT extension
project;
$2,000,000 for the Portland, Maine, marine highway program;
$5,000,000 for the Puget Sound RTA Sounder commuter rail
project;
$10,000,000 for the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Triangle
transit project;
$500,000 for the Rhode Island-Pawtucket and T.F. Green
commuter rail and maintenance facility;
$35,200,000 for the Sacramento, California, south corridor
LRT project;
$2,000,000 for the Salt Lake City-University light rail
line project;
$1,000,000 for the San Bernardino, California, Metrolink
project;
$31,500,000 for the San Diego Mission Valley East light
rail project;
$80,000,000 for the San Francisco BART extension to the
airport project;
$12,250,000 for the San Jose Tasman West light rail
project;
$75,000,000 for the San Juan Tren Urbano project;
$1,500,000 for the Santa Fe-Eldorado, New Mexico, rail link
project;
$50,000,000 for the Seattle, Washington, central link LRT
project;
$4,000,000 for the Spokane, Washington, South Valley
corridor light rail project;
$1,000,000 for the St. Louis, Missouri, MetroLink Cross
County connector project;
$60,000,000 for the St. Louis-St. Clair MetroLink extension
project;
$8,000,000 for the Stamford, Connecticut, fixed guideway
corridor;
$6,000,000 for the Stockton, California, Altamont commuter
rail project;
$5,000,000 for the Twin Cities Transitways projects;
$50,000,000 for the Twin Cities Transitways--Hiawatha
corridor project;
$3,000,000 for the Virginia Railway Expr
Amendments:
Cosponsors:
CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 4475, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2001
Sponsor:
Summary:
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CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 4475, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2001
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CONFERENCE REPORT ON
H.R. 4475, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND
RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2001
Mr. YOUNG of Florida submitted the following conference report on the
bill (
H.R. 4475) making appropriations for the Department of
Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2001, and for other purposes:
Conference Report (H. Rept. 106-940)
The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the
two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (
H.R.
4475) ``making appropriations for the Department of
Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes'', having
met, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend
and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows:
That the House recede from its disagreement to the
amendment of the Senate, and agree to the same with an
amendment, as follows:
In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said
amendment, insert: That the following sums are appropriated,
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other
purposes, namely:
Section 101. (a) The provisions of the following bill are
hereby enacted into law,
H.R. 5394 of the 106th Congress, as
introduced on October 5, 2000.
(b) In publishing the Act in slip form and in the United
States Statutes at Large pursuant to section 112, of title 1,
United States Code, the Archivist of the United States shall
include after the date of approval at the end an appendix
setting forth the text of the bill referred to in subsection
(a) of this section.
And the Senate agree to the same.
Frank R. Wolf,
Tom DeLay,
Ralph Regula,
Harold Rogers,
Ron Packard,
Sonny Callahan,
Todd Tiahrt,
Robert B. Aderholt,
Kay Granger,
C.W. Bill Young,
Martin Olav Sabo
(except for provisions to withhold highway funds from
states that do not adopt 0.08 blood alcohol concentration
laws),
John W. Olver,
Ed Pastor,
Carolyn C. Kilpatrick
(except for provisions to withhold highway funds from
states that do not adopt 0.08 blood alcohol concentration
laws),
Jose E. Serrano,
Michael P. Forbes,
David R. Obey (with exception to denial of funds to states
without 0.08 BAC),
Managers on the Part of the House.
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Richard C. Shelby,
Pete V. Domenici,
Arlen Specter,
Christopher S. Bond,
Slade Gorton,
Robert F. Bennett,
Ben Nighthorse Campbell,
Ted Stevens,
Frank R. Lautenberg,
Robert C. Byrd,
Barbara A. Mikulski,
Harry Reid,
Herb Kohl,
Patty Murray,
Daniel K. Inouye,
Managers on the Part of the Senate.
JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE
The mangers on the part of the House of Representatives and
the Senate at the conference on the disagreeing votes of the
two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (
H.R.
4475) making appropriations for the Department of
Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes, submit the
following joint statement to the House of Representatives and
the Senate in explanation of the effect of the action agreed
upon by the managers and recommended in the accompanying
conference report.
The Senate deleted the entire House bill after the enacting
clause and inserted the Senate bill.
The conference agreement would enact the provisions of
H.R.
5394 as introduced on October 5, 2000. The text of that bill
follows:
A BILL Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the
following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of
Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
Salaries and Expenses
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary,
$63,245,000: Provided, That not more than 52 percent of the
funds made available under this heading shall be obligated
and not more than 224 full time equivalent staff years funded
through the end of the second quarter of fiscal year 2001:
Provided further, That funds in excess of 52 percent and 224
full time equivalent staff years shall be available only if
the Secretary transmits a request to the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations for these additional funds:
Provided further, That not to exceed $60,000 for allocation
within the Department for official reception and
representation expenses as the Secretary may determine:
Provided further, That not more than $15,000 of the official
reception and representation funds shall be available for
obligation prior to January 20, 2001.
Office of Civil Rights
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights,
$8,140,000.
Transportation Planning, Research, and Development
For necessary expenses for conducting transportation
planning, research, systems development, development
activities, and making grants, to remain available until
expended, $11,000,000.
Transportation Administrative Service Center
Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital outlays
of the Transportation Administrative Service Center, not to
exceed $126,887,000, shall be paid from appropriations made
available to the Department of Transportation: Provided, That
such services shall be provided on a competitive basis to
entities within the Department of Transportation: Provided
further, That the above limitation on operating expenses
shall not apply to non-DOT entities: Provided further, That
no funds appropriated in this Act to an agency of the
Department shall be transferred to the Transportation
Administrative Service Center without the approval of the
agency modal administrator: Provided further, That no
assessments may be levied against any program, budget
activity, subactivity or project funded by this Act unless
notice of such assessments and the basis therefor are
presented to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations and are approved by such Committees.
Minority Business Resource Center Program
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $1,500,000, as authorized
by 49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, including the
cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided
further, That these funds are available to subsidize total
loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to
exceed $13,775,000. In addition, for administrative expenses
to carry out the guaranteed loan program, $400,000.
Minority Business Outreach
For necessary expenses of Minority Business Resource Center
outreach activities, $3,000,000, of which $2,635,000 shall
remain available until September 30, 2002: Provided, That
notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be used for
business opportunities related to any mode of transportation.
COAST GUARD
Operating Expenses
For necessary expenses for the operation and maintenance of
the Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for; purchase of not
to exceed five passenger motor vehicles for replacement only;
payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97-377, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and section 229(b) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 429(b)); and recreation and
welfare, $3,192,000,000, of which $341,000,000 shall be
available for defense-related activities; and of which
$25,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability
Trust Fund: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in
this or any other Act shall be available for pay for
administrative expenses in connection with shipping
commissioners in the United States: Provided further, That
none of the funds provided in this Act shall be available for
expenses incurred for yacht documentation under 46 U.S.C.
12109, except to the extent fees are collected from yacht
owners and credited to this appropriation: Provided further,
That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the
Coast Guard to plan, finalize, or implement any regulation
that would promulgate new maritime user fees not specifically
authorized by law after the date of the enactment of this
Act.
Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements
For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction,
renovation, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore
facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment
related thereto, $415,000,000, of which $20,000,000 shall be
derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which
$156,450,000 shall be available to acquire, repair, renovate
or improve vessels, small boats and related equipment, to
remain available until September 30, 2005; $37,650,000 shall
be available to acquire new aircraft and increase aviation
capability, to remain available until September 30, 2003;
$60,113,000 shall be available for other equipment, to remain
available until September 30, 2003; $63,336,000 shall be
available for shore facilities and aids to navigation
facilities, to remain available until September 30, 2003;
$55,151,000 shall be available for personnel compensation and
benefits and related costs, to remain available until
September 30, 2002; and $42,300,000 for the Integrated
Deepwater Systems program, to remain available until
September 30, 2003: Provided, That the Commandant of the
Coast Guard is authorized to dispose of surplus real
property, by sale or lease, and the proceeds shall be
credited to this appropriation as offsetting collections and
made available only for the National Distress and Response
System Modernization program, to remain available for
obligation until September 30, 2003: Provided further, That
upon initial submission to the Congress of the fiscal year
2002 President's budget, the Secretary of Transportation
shall transmit to the Congress a comprehensive capital
investment plan for the United States Coast Guard which
includes funding for each budget line item for fiscal years
2002 through 2006, with total funding for each year of the
plan constrained to the funding targets for those years as
estimated and approved by the Office of Management and
Budget: Provided further, That the amount herein
appropriated shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for each
day after initial submission of the President's budget
that the plan has not been submitted to the Congress:
Provided further, That the Commandant shall transfer
$5,800,000 to the City of Homer, Alaska, for the
construction of a municipal pier and other harbor
improvements, contingent upon the City of Homer entering
into an agreement with the United States to accommodate
Coast Guard vessels and to support Coast Guard operations
at Homer, Alaska.
Environmental Compliance and Restoration
For necessary expenses to carry out the Coast Guard's
environmental compliance and restoration functions under
chapter 19 of title 14, United States Code, $16,700,000, to
remain available until expended.
Alteration of Bridges
For necessary expenses for alteration or removal of
obstructive bridges, $15,500,000, to remain available until
expended.
Retired Pay
For retired pay, including the payment of obligations
therefor otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for
this purpose, and payments under the Retired Serviceman's
Family Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, and for
payments for medical care of retired personnel and their
dependents under the Dependents Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C.
ch. 55), $778,000,000.
Reserve Training
(including transfer of funds)
For all necessary expenses of the Coast Guard Reserve, as
authorized by law; maintenance and operation of facilities;
and supplies, equipment, and services, $80,375,000: Provided,
That no more than $22,000,000 of funds made available under
this heading may be transferred to Coast Guard ``Operating
expenses'' or otherwise made available to reimburse the Coast
Guard for financial support of the Coast Guard Reserve:
Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act may be
used by the Coast Guard to assess direct charges on the Coast
Guard Reserves for items or activities which were not so
charged during fiscal year 1997.
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for
applied scientific research, development, test, and
evaluation; maintenance, rehabilitation, lease and operation
of facilities and equipment, as authorized by law,
$21,320,000, to remain available until expended,
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of which $3,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill
Liability Trust Fund: Provided, That there may be credited to
and used for the purposes of this appropriation funds
received from State and local governments, other public
authorities, private sources, and foreign countries, for
expenses incurred for research, development, testing, and
evaluation.
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
Operations
For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation
Administration, not otherwise provided for, including
operations and research activities related to commercial
space transportation, administrative expenses for research
and development, establishment of air navigation facilities,
the operation (including leasing) and maintenance of
aircraft, subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and
maps sold to the public, lease or purchase of passenger motor
vehicles for replacement only, in addition to amounts made
available by Public Law 104-264, $6,544,235,000, of which
$4,414,869,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Airway
Trust Fund, of which $5,200,274,000 shall be available for
air traffic services program activities; $694,979,000 shall
be available for aviation regulation and certification
program activities; $139,301,400 shall be available for civil
aviation security program activities; $189,988,000 shall be
available for research and acquisition program activities;
$12,000,000 shall be available for commercial space
transportation program activities; $48,443,600 shall be
available for Financial Services program activities;
$54,864,000 shall be available for Human Resources program
activities; $99,347,000 shall be available for Regional
Coordination program activities; and $105,038,000 shall be
available for Staff Offices program activities: Provided,
That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the
Federal Aviation Administration to plan, finalize, or
implement any regulation that would promulgate new aviation
user fees not specifically authorized by law after the date
of the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That there
may be credited to this appropriation funds received from
States, counties, municipalities, foreign authorities, other
public authorities, and private sources, for expenses
incurred in the provision of agency services, including
receipts for the maintenance and operation of air navigation
facilities, and for issuance, renewal or modification of
certificates, including airman, aircraft, and repair station
certificates, or for tests related thereto, or for processing
major repair or alteration forms: Provided further, That of
the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than
$5,000,000 shall be for the contract tower cost-sharing
program and not less than $750,000 shall be for the
Centennial of Flight Commission: Provided further, That funds
may be used to enter into a grant agreement with a nonprofit
standard-setting organization to assist in the development of
aviation safety standards: Provided further, That none of the
funds in this Act shall be available for new applicants for
the second career training program: Provided further, That
none of the funds in this Act shall be available for paying
premium pay under 5 U.S.C. 5546(a) to any Federal Aviation
Administration employee unless such employee actually
performed work during the time corresponding to such premium
pay: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act may
be obligated or expended to operate a manned auxiliary flight
service station in the contiguous United States: Provided
further, That none of the funds in this Act may be used for
the Federal Aviation Administration to enter into a multiyear
lease greater than 5 years in length or greater than
$100,000,000 in value unless such lease is specifically
authorized by the Congress and appropriations have been
provided to fully cover the Federal Government's contingent
liabilities: Provided further, That none of the funds in this
Act for aeronautical charting and cartography are available
for activities conducted by, or coordinated through, the
Transportation Administrative Service Center.
Facilities and Equipment
(airport and airway trust fund)
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for
acquisition, establishment, and improvement by contract or
purchase, and hire of air navigation and experimental
facilities and equipment as authorized under part A of
subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, including
initial acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant;
engineering and service testing, including construction of
test facilities and acquisition of necessary sites by lease
or grant; and construction and furnishing of quarters and
related accommodations for officers and employees of the
Federal Aviation Administration stationed at remote
localities where such accommodations are not available; and
the purchase, lease, or transfer of aircraft from funds
available under this head; to be derived from the Airport and
Airway Trust Fund, $2,656,765,000, of which $2,334,112,400
shall remain available until September 30, 2003, and of which
$322,652,600 shall remain available until September 30, 2001:
Provided, That there may be credited to this appropriation
funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other
public authorities, and private sources, for expenses
incurred in the establishment and modernization of air
navigation facilities: Provided further, That upon initial
submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2002
President's budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall
transmit to the Congress a comprehensive capital investment
plan for the Federal Aviation Administration which includes
funding for each budget line item for fiscal years 2002
through 2006, with total funding for each year of the plan
constrained to the funding targets for those years as
estimated and approved by the Office of Management and
Budget: Provided further, That the amount herein appropriated
shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for each day after
initial submission of the President's budget that the plan
has not been submitted to the Congress: Provided further,
That none of the funds in this Act may be used for the
Federal Aviation Administration to enter into a capital lease
agreement unless appropriations have been provided to fully
cover the Federal Government's contingent liabilities at the
time the lease agreement is signed.
Research, Engineering, and Development
(airport and airway trust fund)
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for
research, engineering, and development, as authorized under
part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code,
including construction of experimental facilities and
acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant,
$187,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust
Fund and to remain available until September 30, 2003:
Provided, That there may be credited to this appropriation
funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other
public authorities, and private sources, for expenses
incurred for research, engineering, and development.
Grants-in-Aid for Airports
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(limitation on obligations)
(airport and airway trust fund)
For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in-aid
for airport planning and development, and noise compatibility
planning and programs as authorized under subchapter I of
chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 of title 49,
United States Code, and under other law authorizing such
obligations; for administration of such programs; for
administration of programs under section 40117; for
procurement, installation, and commissioning of runway
incursion prevention devices and systems at airports; and for
inspection activities and administration of airport safety
programs, including those related to airport operating
certificates under section 44706 of title 49, United States
Code, $3,200,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and
Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until expended:
Provided, That none of the funds under this heading shall be
available for the planning or execution of programs the
obligations for which are in excess of $3,200,000,000 in
fiscal year 2001, notwithstanding section 47117(h) of title
49, United States Code: Provided further, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, not more than
$53,000,000 of funds limited under this heading shall be
obligated for administration.
Grants-in-Aid for Airports
(airport and airway trust fund)
(rescission of contract authorization)
Of the unobligated balances authorized under 49 U.S.C.
48103, as amended, $579,000,000 are rescinded.
Aviation Insurance Revolving Fund
The Secretary of Transportation is hereby authorized to
make such expenditures and investments, within the limits of
funds available pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 44307, and in
accordance with section 104 of the Government Corporation
Control Act, as amended (31 U.S.C. 9104), as may be necessary
in carrying out the program for aviation insurance activities
under chapter 443 of title 49, United States Code.
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
Limitation on Administrative Expenses
Necessary expenses for administration and operation of the
Federal Highway Administration not to exceed $295,119,000
shall be paid in accordance with law from appropriations made
available by this Act to the Federal Highway Administration
together with advances and reimbursements received by the
Federal Highway Administration: Provided, That of the funds
available under section 104(a) of title 23, United States
Code: $4,000,000 shall be available for Commercial Remote
Sensing Products and Spatial Information Technologies under
section 5113 of Public Law 105-178, as amended; $10,000,000
shall be available for the National Historic Covered Bridge
Preservation Program under section 1224 of Public Law 105-
178, as amended; $5,000,000 shall be available for the
construction and improvement of the Alabama State Docks, and
shall remain available until expended; $10,000,000 shall be
available to Auburn University for research activities at the
Center for Transportation Technology and to construct a
building to house the center, and shall remain available
until expended; $7,500,000 shall be available for ``Child
Passenger Protection Education Grants'' under section 2003(b)
of Public Law 105-178, as amended; and $25,000,000 shall be
available for the Transportation and Community and System
Preservation Program under section 1221 of Public Law 105-
178, as amended.
Federal-Aid Highways
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
None of the funds in this Act shall be available for the
implementation or execution of programs, the obligations for
which are in excess of $29,661,806,000 for Federal-aid
highways and highway safety construction programs for fiscal
year 2001: Provided, That within the $29,661,806,000
obligation limitation on Federal-aid highways and highway
safety construction programs, not more than $437,250,000
shall be available for the implementation or execution of
programs for transportation research (sections 502, 503, 504,
506, 507, and 508 of title 23, United States Code, as
amended; section 5505 of title 49, United States Code, as
amended; and sections 5112 and 5204-5209 of Public Law 105-
178) for fiscal year 2001; not more than $25,000,000 shall be
available for the implementation or execution of programs for
the Magnetic Levitation Transportation Technology Deployment
Program (section 1218 of Public Law 105-178) for fiscal year
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2001, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available to
the Federal Railroad Administration for administrative
expenses and technical assistance in connection with such
program, of which not to exceed $1,500,000 shall be available
to the Federal Railroad Administration for ``Safety and
operations'', and, notwithstanding section 1218(c)(4) of
Public Law 105-178, of which $1,000,000 shall be available
for low speed magnetic levitation research and development;
not more than $31,000,000 shall be available for the
implementation or execution of programs for the Bureau of
Transportation Statistics (section 111 of title 49, United
States Code) for fiscal year 2001: Provided further, That
within the $218,000,000 obligation limitation on Intelligent
Transportation Systems, the following sums shall be made
available for Intelligent Transportation System projects in
the following specified areas:
State of Alaska, $2,350,000;
Alameda-Contra Costa, California, $500,000;
Aquidneck Island, Rhode Island, $500,000;
Austin, Texas, $250,000;
Automated crash notification system, UAB, $1,000,000;
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, $1,000,000;
Bay County, Florida, $1,500,000;
Beaumont, Texas, $150,000;
Bellingham, Washington, $350,000;
Bloomington Township, Illinois, $400,000;
Calhoun County, Michigan, $750,000;
Carbondale, Pennsylvania, $2,000,000;
Cargo Mate, New Jersey, $750,000;
Charlotte, North Carolina, $625,000;
College Station, Texas, $1,800,000;
Commonwealth of Virginia, $5,500,000;
Corpus Christi, Texas (vehicle dispatching), $1,000,000;
Delaware River Port Authority, $1,250,000;
DuPage County, Illinois, $500,000;
Fargo, North Dakota, $1,000,000;
Fort Collins, Colorado, $1,250,000;
Hattiesburg, Mississippi, $500,000;
Huntington Beach, California, $1,250,000;
Huntsville, Alabama, $3,000,000;
I-70 West project, Colorado, $750,000;
Inglewood, California, $600,000;
Jackson, Mississippi, $1,000,000;
Jefferson County, Colorado, $4,250,000;
Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania, $1,500,000;
Kansas City, Missouri, $1,250,000;
Lake County, Illinois, $450,000;
Lewis & Clark Trail, Montana, $625,000;
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, $2,000,000;
Moscow, Idaho, $875,000;
Muscle Shoals, Alabama, $1,000,000;
Nashville, Tennessee, $500,000;
New Jersey regional integration/TRANSCOM, $3,000,000;
North Central Pennsylvania, $750,000;
North Las Vegas, Nevada, $1,800,000;
Norwalk and Santa Fe Springs, California, $500,000;
Oakland and Wayne Counties, Michigan, $1,500,000;
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, $1,500,000;
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, $500,000;
Puget Sound regional fare collection, Washington,
$2,500,000;
Rensselaer County, New York, $500,000;
Rochester, New York, $1,500,000;
Sacramento County, California, $875,000;
Sacramento to Reno, I-80 corridor, $100,000;
Sacramento, California, $500,000;
Salt Lake City (Olympic Games), Utah, $1,000,000;
San Antonio, Texas, $100,000;
Santa Teresa, New Mexico, $500,000;
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, $400,000;
Seabrook, Texas, $1,200,000;
Shreveport, Louisiana, $1,000,000;
South Dakota commercial vehicle, ITS, $1,250,000;
Southeast Michigan, $500,000;
Southhaven, Mississippi, $150,000;
Spokane County, Washington, $1,000,000;
Springfield-Branson, Missouri, $750,000;
St. Louis, Missouri, $500,000;
State of Arizona, $1,000,000;
State of Connecticut, $3,000,000;
State of Delaware, $1,000,000;
State of Illinois, $1,000,000;
State of Indiana (SAFE-T), $1,000,000;
State of Iowa (traffic enforcement and transit),
$2,750,000;
State of Kentucky, $1,500,000;
State of Maryland, $3,000,000;
State of Minnesota, $6,500,000;
State of Missouri (rural), $750,000;
State of Montana, $750,000;
State of Nebraska, $2,600,000;
State of New Mexico, $750,000;
State of North Carolina, $1,500,000;
State of North Dakota, $500,000;
State of Ohio, $2,000,000;
State of Oklahoma, $1,000,000;
State of Oregon, $750,000;
State of South Carolina statewide, $2,000,000;
State of Tennessee, $1,850,000;
State of Utah, $1,500,000;
State of Vermont, $500,000;
State of Wisconsin, $1,000,000;
Texas border phase I, Houston, Texas, $500,000;
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, $2,000,000;
Tuscon, Arizona, $1,250,000;
Vermont rural ITS, $1,500,000;
Washington, DC area, $1,250,000;
Washoe County, Nevada, $200,000;
Wayne County, Michigan, $5,000,000;
Williamson County/Round Rock, Texas, $250,000:
Provided further, That, notwithstanding Public Law 105-178,
as amended, funds authorized under section 110 of title 23,
United States Code, for fiscal year 2001 shall be apportioned
based on each State's percentage share of funding provided
for under section 105 of title 23, United States Code, for
fiscal year 2001, except that before such apportionments are
made, $156,486,491 shall be set aside for projects authorized
under section 1602 of Public Law 105-178, as amended;
$25,000,000 shall be set aside for the Indian Reservation
Roads Program under section 204 of title 23, United States
Code $18,467,857 shall be set aside for the Woodrow Wilson
Memorial Bridge project authorized by section 404 of the
Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge Authority Act of 1995, as
amended; $10,000,000 shall be set aside for the commercial
driver's license program under motor carrier safety grants
authorized by section 31102 of title 49, United States Code;
and $1,735,039 shall be set aside for the Alaska Highway
authorized by section 218 of title 23, United States Code. Of
the funds to be apportioned under section 110 for fiscal year
2001, the Secretary shall ensure that such funds are
apportioned for the Interstate Maintenance program, the
National Highway system program, the bridge program, the
surface transportation program, and the congestion mitigation
and air quality program in the same ratio that each State is
apportioned funds for such program in fiscal year 2001 but
for this section: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, of the funds apportioned to the State of
Oklahoma under section 110 of title 23, United States Code,
for fiscal year 2001, $8,000,000 shall be available only for
the widening of US 177 from SH-33 to 32nd Street in
Stillwater, Oklahoma; $4,300,000 shall be available only for
the reconstruction of US 177 in the vicinity of Cimarron
River, Oklahoma; $1,500,000 shall be available only for the
reconstruction of US 70 from Broken Bow, Oklahoma to the
Arkansas state line; $1,000,000 shall be available only to
improve Battiest-Pickens Road between Battiest and Pickens,
Oklahoma; $140,000 shall be available only to conduct a
feasibility study of increasing lanes or adding passing lanes
on SH 3 in McCurtain, Pushmataha and Atoka Counties,
Oklahoma; and $100,000 shall be available only for the
reconstruction of US 70 in Marshall and Bryan Counties,
Oklahoma: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, of the funds apportioned to the State of
Mississippi under section 110 of title 23, United States
Code, for fiscal year 2001, $24,600,000 may be available for
construction of an interchange for a connector road from the
interchange to U.S. Highway 51, between mile markers 115 and
120 on I-55 in Mississippi: Provided further, That,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds
apportioned to the State of New York under section 110 of
title 23, United States Code, for fiscal year 2001,
$4,000,000 shall be available only to upgrade and improve the
Albany North Creek intermodal transportation corridor:
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision
of law, of the funds apportioned to the State of Nebraska
under section 110 of title 23, United States Code, for fiscal
year 2001, $3,500,000 shall be available only for the
construction of a pedestrian overpass in Lincoln: Provided
further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law,
of the funds apportioned to the State of Alabama under
section 110 of title 23, United States Code, for fiscal
year 2001, $8,000,000 shall be available only for
construction of the Patton Island bridge in Lauderdale
County, Alabama: Provided further, That, notwithstanding
any other provision of law, of the funds apportioned to
the State of California under section 110 of title 23,
United States Code, for fiscal year 2001, $46,000,000
shall be available only for traffic mitigation and other
improvements to existing SR710 in South Pasadena, Pasadena
and El Serano: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the obligation limitation
distributed for specific projects described herein shall
remain available until expended and shall be in addition
to the amount of any obligation limitation imposed on
obligations for Federal-aid highway and highway safety
construction programs for future fiscal years.
Federal-Aid Highways
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(highway trust fund)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for carrying
out the provisions of title 23, United States Code, that are
attributable to Federal-aid highways, including the National
Scenic and Recreational Highway as authorized by 23 U.S.C.
148, not otherwise provided, including reimbursement for sums
expended pursuant to the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 308,
$28,000,000,000 or so much thereof as may be available in and
derived from the Highway Trust Fund, to remain available
until expended.
Emergency Relief Program
(Highway Trust Fund)
For an additional amount for the Emergency Relief Program
for emergency expenses resulting from floods and other
natural disasters, as authorized by section 125 of title 23,
United States Code, $720,000,000, to be derived from the
Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until expended:
Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That the
entire amount shall be available only to the extent that an
official budget request for $720,000,000, that includes
designation of the entire amount of the request as an
emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by
the President to the Congress.
FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
Motor Carrier Safety
limitation on administrative expenses
For necessary expenses for administration of motor carrier
safety programs and motor carrier safety research, pursuant
to section 104(a) of
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title 23, United States Code, not to exceed $92,194,000 shall
be paid in accordance with law from appropriations made
available by this Act and from any available take-down
balances to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration,
together with advances and reimbursements received by the
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration: Provided, That
such amounts shall be available to carry out the functions
and operations of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration.
National Motor Carrier Safety Program
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(limitation on obligations)
(highway trust fund)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 49
U.S.C. 31102, $177,000,000, to be derived from the Highway
Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: Provided,
That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the
implementation or execution of programs the obligations for
which are in excess of $177,000,000 for ``Motor Carrier
Safety Grants''.
NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
Operations and Research
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the
Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety under
chapter 301 of title 49, United States Code, and part C of
subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code, $116,876,000 of
which $85,321,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2003: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated by this
Act may be obligated or expended to plan, finalize, or
implement any rulemaking to add to section 575.104 of title
49 of the Code of Federal Regulations any requirement
pertaining to a grading standard that is different from the
three grading standards (treadwear, traction, and temperature
resistance) already in effect: Provided further, That none of
the funds appropriated in this Act may be obligated or
expended to purchase a vehicle to conduct New Car Assessment
Program crash testing at a price that exceeds the
manufacturer's suggested retail price, unless the Secretary
submits a request for a waiver that is approved by the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided further,
That the Department of Transportation shall fund a study with
the National Academy of Sciences on whether the static
stability factor is a scientifically valid measurement that
presents practical, useful information to the public
including a comparison of the static stability factor test
versus a test with rollover metrics based on dynamic driving
conditions that may induce rollover events: Provided further,
That nothing in this provision prohibits NHTSA from
completing action on its proposal to provide rollover rating
information to the public while the National Academy of
Sciences conducts this study: Provided further, That to the
extent NHTSA continues action on its rollover ratings
proposal during the study, the agency shall consider any
available preliminary deliberations or conclusions available
from the National Academy of Sciences before completing
action on its proposal, and shall consider coordinating any
final action on its proposal with the completion of the
National Academy of Sciences study: Provided further, That
the National Academy of Sciences shall complete this study
and issue a report to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations not later than nine months after the date of
enactment of this Act: Provided further, That after the
National Academy of Sciences submits its findings to the
Congress and the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration shall formally review and respond within
thirty days to the study findings and propose any appropriate
revisions to the consumer information program based on that
review.
Operations and Research
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(limitation on obligations)
(highway trust fund)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the
provisions of 23 U.S.C. 403, to remain available until
expended, $72,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust
Fund: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be
available for the planning or execution of programs the total
obligations for which, in fiscal year 2001, are in excess of
$72,000,000 for programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 403.
National Driver Register
(highway trust fund)
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the
Secretary with respect to the National Driver Register under
chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code, $2,000,000, to
be derived from the Highway Trust Fund, and to remain
available until expended.
Highway Traffic Safety Grants
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(limitation on obligations)
(highway trust fund)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for payment of
obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions of 23
U.S.C. 402, 405, 410, and 411 to remain available until
expended, $213,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust
Fund: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be
available for the planning or execution of programs the total
obligations for which, in fiscal year 2001, are in excess of
$213,000,000 for programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 402,
405, 410, and 411 of which $155,000,000 shall be for
``Highway Safety Programs'' under 23 U.S.C. 402, $13,000,000
shall be for ``Occupant Protection Incentive Grants'' under
23 U.S.C. 405, $36,000,000 shall be for ``Alcohol-Impaired
Driving Countermeasures Grants'' under 23 U.S.C. 410, and
$9,000,000 shall be for the ``State Highway Safety Data
Grants'' under 23 U.S.C. 411: Provided further, That none of
these funds shall be used for construction, rehabilitation,
or remodeling costs, or for office furnishings and fixtures
for State, local, or private buildings or structures:
Provided further, That not to exceed $7,750,000 of the funds
made available for section 402, not to exceed $650,000 of the
funds made available for section 405, not to exceed
$1,800,000 of the funds made available for section 410, and
not to exceed $450,000 of the funds made available for
section 411 shall be available to NHTSA for administering
highway safety grants under chapter 4 of title 23, United
States Code: Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 of
the funds made available for section 410 ``Alcohol-Impaired
Driving Countermeasures Grants'' shall be available for
technical assistance to the States.
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION
Safety and Operations
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad
Administration, not otherwise provided for, $101,717,000, of
which $5,899,000 shall remain available until expended:
Provided, That, as part of the Washington Union Station
transaction in which the Secretary assumed the first deed of
trust on the property and, where the Union Station
Redevelopment Corporation or any successor is obligated to
make payments on such deed of trust on the Secretary's
behalf, including payments on and after September 30, 1988,
the Secretary is authorized to receive such payments directly
from the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation, credit them
to the appropriation charged for the first deed of trust, and
make payments on the first deed of trust with those funds:
Provided further, That such additional sums as may be
necessary for payment on the first deed of trust may be
advanced by the Administrator from unobligated balances
available to the Federal Railroad Administration, to be
reimbursed from payments received from the Union Station
Redevelopment Corporation.
Railroad Research and Development
For necessary expenses for railroad research and
development, $25,325,000, to remain available until expended.
Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Program
The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to issue to
the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obligations
pursuant to section 512 of the Railroad Revitalization and
Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-210), as
amended, in such amounts and at such times as may be
necessary to pay any amounts required pursuant to the
guarantee of the principal amount of obligations under
sections 511 through 513 of such Act, such authority to exist
as long as any such guaranteed obligation is outstanding:
Provided, That pursuant to section 502 of such Act, as
amended, no new direct loans or loan guarantee commitments
shall be made using Federal funds for the credit risk premium
during fiscal year 2001.
Rhode Island Rail Development
For the costs associated with construction of a third track
on the Northeast Corridor between Davisville and Central
Falls, Rhode Island, with sufficient clearance to accommodate
double stack freight cars, $17,000,000 to be matched by the
State of Rhode Island or its designee on a dollar-for-dollar
basis and to remain available until expended.
Next Generation High-Speed Rail
For necessary expenses for the Next Generation High-Speed
Rail program as authorized under 49 U.S.C. 26101 and 26102,
$25,100,000, to remain available until expended.
Alaska Railroad Rehabilitation
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to
the Alaska Railroad, $20,000,000 shall be for capital
rehabilitation and improvements benefiting its passenger
operations, to remain available until expended.
West Virginia Rail Development
For capital costs associated with track, signal, and
crossover rehabilitation and improvements on the MARC
Brunswick line in West Virginia, $15,000,000, to remain
available until expended.
Capital Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation
For necessary expenses of capital improvements of the
National Railroad Passenger Corporation as authorized by 49
U.S.C. 24104(a), $521,476,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That the Secretary shall not obligate
more than $208,590,000 prior to September 30, 2001.
FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION
Administrative Expenses
For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal
Transit Administration's programs authorized by chapter 53 of
title 49, United States Code, $12,800,000: Provided, That no
more than $64,000,000 of budget authority shall be available
for these purposes: Provided further, That of the funds in
this Act available for the execution of contracts under
section 5327(c) of title 49, United States Code, $1,000,000
shall be transferred to the Department of Transportation's
Office of Inspector General for costs associated with the
audit and review of new fixed guideway systems: Provided
further, That not to exceed $2,500,000 for the National
Transit Database shall remain available until expended.
Formula Grants
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5307, 5308,
5310, 5311, 5327, and section 3038 of Public Law 105-178,
$669,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That no more than $3,345,000,000 of budget authority shall be
available for these purposes: Provided
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further, That of the funds provided under this heading,
$60,000,000 shall be available for grants for the costs of
planning, delivery, and temporary use of transit vehicles for
special transportation needs and construction of temporary
transportation facilities for the XIX Winter Olympiad and the
VIII Paralympiad for the Disabled, to be held in Salt Lake
City, Utah: Provided further, That in allocating the funds
designated in the preceding proviso, the Secretary shall make
grants only to the Utah Department of Transportation, and
such grants shall not be subject to any local share
requirement or limitation on operating assistance under this
Act or the Federal Transit Act, as amended: Provided further,
That notwithstanding section 3008 of Public Law 105-178, the
$50,000,000 to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5308 shall be transferred
to and merged with funding provided for the replacement,
rehabilitation, and purchase of buses and related equipment
and the construction of bus-related facilities under
``Federal Transit Administration, Capital investment
grants''.
University Transportation Research
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5505,
$1,200,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That no more than $6,000,000 of budget authority shall be
available for these purposes.
Transit Planning and Research
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5303, 5304,
5305, 5311(b)(2), 5312, 5313(a), 5314, 5315, and 5322,
$22,200,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That no more than $110,000,000 of budget authority shall be
available for these purposes: Provided further, That
$5,250,000 is available to provide rural transportation
assistance (49 U.S.C. 5311(b)(2)), $4,000,000 is available to
carry out programs under the National Transit Institute (49
U.S.C. 5315), $8,250,000 is available to carry out transit
cooperative research programs (49 U.S.C. 5313(a)),
$52,113,600 is available for metropolitan planning (49 U.S.C.
5303, 5304, and 5305), $10,886,400 is available for State
planning (49 U.S.C. 5313(b)); and $29,500,000 is available
for the national planning and research program (49 U.S.C.
5314).
Trust Fund Share of Expenses
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(highway trust fund)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for payment of
obligations incurred in carrying out 49 U.S.C. 5303-5308,
5310-5315, 5317(b), 5322, 5327, 5334, 5505, and sections 3037
and 3038 of Public Law 105-178, $5,016,600,000, to remain
available until expended, and to be derived from the Mass
Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That
$2,676,000,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit
Administration's formula grants account: Provided further,
That $87,800,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit
Administration's transit planning and research account:
Provided further, That $51,200,000 shall be paid to the
Federal Transit Administration's administrative expenses
account: Provided further, That $4,800,000 shall be paid to
the Federal Transit Administration's university
transportation research account: Provided further, That
$80,000,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit
Administration's job access and reverse commute grants
program: Provided further, That $2,116,800,000 shall be paid
to the Federal Transit Administration's capital investment
grants account.
Capital Investment Grants
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5308, 5309,
5318, and 5327, $529,200,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That no more than $2,646,000,000 of
budget authority shall be available for these purposes:
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision
of law, there shall be available for fixed guideway
modernization, $1,058,400,000; there shall be available
for the replacement, rehabilitation, and purchase of buses
and related equipment and the construction of bus-related
facilities, $529,200,000, together with $50,000,000
transferred from ``Federal Transit Administration, formula
grants''; and there shall be available for new fixed
guideway systems $1,058,400,000, together with $4,983,828
made available for the Pittsburgh airport busway project
under Public Law 105-66, together with $1,488,750 made
available for the Burlington to Gloucester, New Jersey
line under Public Law 103-331, together with $20,521,470
previously appropriated for the Orlando Lynx light rail
project remaining unobligated as of or deobligated after
September 30, 2000; to be available as follows:
$10,400,000 for Alaska or Hawaii ferry projects;
$500,000 for the Albuquerque/Greater Albuquerque mass
transit project;
$25,000,000 for the Atlanta, Georgia, North line extension
project;
$1,000,000 for the Austin, Texas, capital metro light rail
project;
$3,000,000 for the Baltimore central LRT double track
project;
$5,000,000 for the Birmingham, Alabama, transit corridor;
$25,000,000 for the Boston South Boston Piers transitway
project;
$1,000,000 for the Boston Urban Ring project;
$2,000,000 for the Burlington-Bennington (ABRB), Vermont,
commuter rail project;
$1,000,000 for the Calais, Maine, branch line regional
transit program;
$2,000,000 for the Canton-Akron-Cleveland commuter rail
project;
$3,000,000 for the Central Florida commuter rail project;
$5,000,000 for the Charlotte, North Carolina, north-south
corridor transitway projects;
$35,000,000 for the Chicago METRA commuter rail projects;
$15,000,000 for the Chicago Ravenswood and Douglas branch
reconstruction projects;
$1,500,000 for the Clark County, Nevada, RTC fixed guideway
project;
$4,000,000 for the Cleveland Euclid corridor improvement
project;
$1,000,000 for the Colorado Roaring Fork Valley project;
$70,000,000 for the Dallas north central light rail
extension project;
$3,000,000 for the Denver Southeast corridor project;
$20,200,000 for the Denver Southwest corridor project;
$500,000 for the Detroit, Michigan, metropolitan airport
light rail project;
$50,000,000 for the Dulles corridor project;
$15,000,000 for the Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Tri-County
commuter rail project;
$1,000,000 for the Galveston, Texas, rail trolley extension
project;
$15,000,000 for the Girdwood to Wasilla, Alaska, commuter
rail project;
$500,000 for the Harrisburg-Lancaster capital area transit
corridor 1 commuter rail project;
$1,000,000 for the Hollister/Gilroy branch line rail
extension project;
$2,500,000 for Honolulu, Hawaii, bus rapid transit project;
$2,500,000 for the Houston advanced transit project;
$10,750,000 for the Houston regional bus project;
$3,000,000 for the Indianapolis, Indiana, northeast-
downtown corridor project;
$1,000,000 for the Johnson County, Kansas, I-35 commuter
rail project;
$3,500,000 for Kansas City, Missouri, Southtown corridor
project;
$4,000,000 for the Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee rail extension
project;
$3,000,000 for the Little Rock, Arkansas, river rail
project;
$8,000,000 for the Long Island Railroad East Side access
project;
$2,000,000 for the Los Angeles Mid-City and East Side
corridors projects;
$50,000,000 for the Los Angeles North Hollywood extension
project;
$3,000,000 for the Los Angeles-San Diego LOSSAN corridor
project;
$2,000,000 for the Lowell, Massachusetts-Nashua, New
Hampshire commuter rail project;
$10,000,000 for the MARC expansion projects--Penn-Camden
lines connector and midday storage facility;
$1,000,000 for the Massachusetts North Shore corridor
project;
$6,000,000 for the Memphis, Tennessee, medical center rail
extension project;
$6,000,000 for the Nashville, Tennessee, regional commuter
rail project;
$121,000,000 for the New Jersey Hudson Bergen project;
$7,000,000 for the Newark-Elizabeth rail link project;
$2,000,000 for the Northern Indiana south shore commuter
rail project;
$1,000,000 for the Northwest New Jersey-Northeast
Pennsylvania passenger rail project;
$10,000,000 for the Oceanside-Escondido, California, light
rail extension project;
$2,000,000 for the Orange County, California, transitway
project;
$10,000,000 for the Philadelphia-Reading SETPA Schuylkill
Valley metro project;
$2,000,000 for the Philadelphia SEPTA Cross County metro
project;
$10,000,000 for the Phoenix metropolitan area transit
project;
$5,000,000 for the Pittsburgh North Shore-central business
district corridor project;
$12,000,000 for the Pittsburgh stage II light rail project;
$7,500,000 for the Portland-Interstate MAX LRT extension
project;
$2,000,000 for the Portland, Maine, marine highway program;
$5,000,000 for the Puget Sound RTA Sounder commuter rail
project;
$10,000,000 for the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Triangle
transit project;
$500,000 for the Rhode Island-Pawtucket and T.F. Green
commuter rail and maintenance facility;
$35,200,000 for the Sacramento, California, south corridor
LRT project;
$2,000,000 for the Salt Lake City-University light rail
line project;
$1,000,000 for the San Bernardino, California, Metrolink
project;
$31,500,000 for the San Diego Mission Valley East light
rail project;
$80,000,000 for the San Francisco BART extension to the
airport project;
$12,250,000 for the San Jose Tasman West light rail
project;
$75,000,000 for the San Juan Tren Urbano project;
$1,500,000 for the Santa Fe-Eldorado, New Mexico, rail link
project;
$50,000,000 for the Seattle, Washington, central link LRT
project;
$4,000,000 for the Spokane, Washington, South Valley
corridor light rail project;
$1,000,000 for the St. Louis, Missouri, MetroLink Cross
County connector project;
$60,000,000 for the St. Louis-St. Clair MetroLink extension
project;
$8,000,000 for the Stamford, Connecticut, fixed guideway
corridor;
$6,000,000 for the Stockton, California, Altamont commuter
rail project;
$5,000,000 for the Twin Cities Transitways projects;
$50,000,000 for the Twin Cities Transitways--Hiawatha
corridor project;
$3,000,0
Major Actions:
All articles in House section
CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 4475, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2001
(House of Representatives - October 05, 2000)
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CONFERENCE REPORT ON
H.R. 4475, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND
RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2001
Mr. YOUNG of Florida submitted the following conference report on the
bill (
H.R. 4475) making appropriations for the Department of
Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2001, and for other purposes:
Conference Report (H. Rept. 106-940)
The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the
two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (
H.R.
4475) ``making appropriations for the Department of
Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes'', having
met, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend
and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows:
That the House recede from its disagreement to the
amendment of the Senate, and agree to the same with an
amendment, as follows:
In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said
amendment, insert: That the following sums are appropriated,
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other
purposes, namely:
Section 101. (a) The provisions of the following bill are
hereby enacted into law,
H.R. 5394 of the 106th Congress, as
introduced on October 5, 2000.
(b) In publishing the Act in slip form and in the United
States Statutes at Large pursuant to section 112, of title 1,
United States Code, the Archivist of the United States shall
include after the date of approval at the end an appendix
setting forth the text of the bill referred to in subsection
(a) of this section.
And the Senate agree to the same.
Frank R. Wolf,
Tom DeLay,
Ralph Regula,
Harold Rogers,
Ron Packard,
Sonny Callahan,
Todd Tiahrt,
Robert B. Aderholt,
Kay Granger,
C.W. Bill Young,
Martin Olav Sabo
(except for provisions to withhold highway funds from
states that do not adopt 0.08 blood alcohol concentration
laws),
John W. Olver,
Ed Pastor,
Carolyn C. Kilpatrick
(except for provisions to withhold highway funds from
states that do not adopt 0.08 blood alcohol concentration
laws),
Jose E. Serrano,
Michael P. Forbes,
David R. Obey (with exception to denial of funds to states
without 0.08 BAC),
Managers on the Part of the House.
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Richard C. Shelby,
Pete V. Domenici,
Arlen Specter,
Christopher S. Bond,
Slade Gorton,
Robert F. Bennett,
Ben Nighthorse Campbell,
Ted Stevens,
Frank R. Lautenberg,
Robert C. Byrd,
Barbara A. Mikulski,
Harry Reid,
Herb Kohl,
Patty Murray,
Daniel K. Inouye,
Managers on the Part of the Senate.
JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE
The mangers on the part of the House of Representatives and
the Senate at the conference on the disagreeing votes of the
two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (
H.R.
4475) making appropriations for the Department of
Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes, submit the
following joint statement to the House of Representatives and
the Senate in explanation of the effect of the action agreed
upon by the managers and recommended in the accompanying
conference report.
The Senate deleted the entire House bill after the enacting
clause and inserted the Senate bill.
The conference agreement would enact the provisions of
H.R.
5394 as introduced on October 5, 2000. The text of that bill
follows:
A BILL Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the
following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of
Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
Salaries and Expenses
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary,
$63,245,000: Provided, That not more than 52 percent of the
funds made available under this heading shall be obligated
and not more than 224 full time equivalent staff years funded
through the end of the second quarter of fiscal year 2001:
Provided further, That funds in excess of 52 percent and 224
full time equivalent staff years shall be available only if
the Secretary transmits a request to the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations for these additional funds:
Provided further, That not to exceed $60,000 for allocation
within the Department for official reception and
representation expenses as the Secretary may determine:
Provided further, That not more than $15,000 of the official
reception and representation funds shall be available for
obligation prior to January 20, 2001.
Office of Civil Rights
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights,
$8,140,000.
Transportation Planning, Research, and Development
For necessary expenses for conducting transportation
planning, research, systems development, development
activities, and making grants, to remain available until
expended, $11,000,000.
Transportation Administrative Service Center
Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital outlays
of the Transportation Administrative Service Center, not to
exceed $126,887,000, shall be paid from appropriations made
available to the Department of Transportation: Provided, That
such services shall be provided on a competitive basis to
entities within the Department of Transportation: Provided
further, That the above limitation on operating expenses
shall not apply to non-DOT entities: Provided further, That
no funds appropriated in this Act to an agency of the
Department shall be transferred to the Transportation
Administrative Service Center without the approval of the
agency modal administrator: Provided further, That no
assessments may be levied against any program, budget
activity, subactivity or project funded by this Act unless
notice of such assessments and the basis therefor are
presented to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations and are approved by such Committees.
Minority Business Resource Center Program
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $1,500,000, as authorized
by 49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, including the
cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided
further, That these funds are available to subsidize total
loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to
exceed $13,775,000. In addition, for administrative expenses
to carry out the guaranteed loan program, $400,000.
Minority Business Outreach
For necessary expenses of Minority Business Resource Center
outreach activities, $3,000,000, of which $2,635,000 shall
remain available until September 30, 2002: Provided, That
notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be used for
business opportunities related to any mode of transportation.
COAST GUARD
Operating Expenses
For necessary expenses for the operation and maintenance of
the Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for; purchase of not
to exceed five passenger motor vehicles for replacement only;
payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97-377, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and section 229(b) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 429(b)); and recreation and
welfare, $3,192,000,000, of which $341,000,000 shall be
available for defense-related activities; and of which
$25,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability
Trust Fund: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in
this or any other Act shall be available for pay for
administrative expenses in connection with shipping
commissioners in the United States: Provided further, That
none of the funds provided in this Act shall be available for
expenses incurred for yacht documentation under 46 U.S.C.
12109, except to the extent fees are collected from yacht
owners and credited to this appropriation: Provided further,
That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the
Coast Guard to plan, finalize, or implement any regulation
that would promulgate new maritime user fees not specifically
authorized by law after the date of the enactment of this
Act.
Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements
For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction,
renovation, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore
facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment
related thereto, $415,000,000, of which $20,000,000 shall be
derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which
$156,450,000 shall be available to acquire, repair, renovate
or improve vessels, small boats and related equipment, to
remain available until September 30, 2005; $37,650,000 shall
be available to acquire new aircraft and increase aviation
capability, to remain available until September 30, 2003;
$60,113,000 shall be available for other equipment, to remain
available until September 30, 2003; $63,336,000 shall be
available for shore facilities and aids to navigation
facilities, to remain available until September 30, 2003;
$55,151,000 shall be available for personnel compensation and
benefits and related costs, to remain available until
September 30, 2002; and $42,300,000 for the Integrated
Deepwater Systems program, to remain available until
September 30, 2003: Provided, That the Commandant of the
Coast Guard is authorized to dispose of surplus real
property, by sale or lease, and the proceeds shall be
credited to this appropriation as offsetting collections and
made available only for the National Distress and Response
System Modernization program, to remain available for
obligation until September 30, 2003: Provided further, That
upon initial submission to the Congress of the fiscal year
2002 President's budget, the Secretary of Transportation
shall transmit to the Congress a comprehensive capital
investment plan for the United States Coast Guard which
includes funding for each budget line item for fiscal years
2002 through 2006, with total funding for each year of the
plan constrained to the funding targets for those years as
estimated and approved by the Office of Management and
Budget: Provided further, That the amount herein
appropriated shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for each
day after initial submission of the President's budget
that the plan has not been submitted to the Congress:
Provided further, That the Commandant shall transfer
$5,800,000 to the City of Homer, Alaska, for the
construction of a municipal pier and other harbor
improvements, contingent upon the City of Homer entering
into an agreement with the United States to accommodate
Coast Guard vessels and to support Coast Guard operations
at Homer, Alaska.
Environmental Compliance and Restoration
For necessary expenses to carry out the Coast Guard's
environmental compliance and restoration functions under
chapter 19 of title 14, United States Code, $16,700,000, to
remain available until expended.
Alteration of Bridges
For necessary expenses for alteration or removal of
obstructive bridges, $15,500,000, to remain available until
expended.
Retired Pay
For retired pay, including the payment of obligations
therefor otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for
this purpose, and payments under the Retired Serviceman's
Family Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, and for
payments for medical care of retired personnel and their
dependents under the Dependents Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C.
ch. 55), $778,000,000.
Reserve Training
(including transfer of funds)
For all necessary expenses of the Coast Guard Reserve, as
authorized by law; maintenance and operation of facilities;
and supplies, equipment, and services, $80,375,000: Provided,
That no more than $22,000,000 of funds made available under
this heading may be transferred to Coast Guard ``Operating
expenses'' or otherwise made available to reimburse the Coast
Guard for financial support of the Coast Guard Reserve:
Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act may be
used by the Coast Guard to assess direct charges on the Coast
Guard Reserves for items or activities which were not so
charged during fiscal year 1997.
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for
applied scientific research, development, test, and
evaluation; maintenance, rehabilitation, lease and operation
of facilities and equipment, as authorized by law,
$21,320,000, to remain available until expended,
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of which $3,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill
Liability Trust Fund: Provided, That there may be credited to
and used for the purposes of this appropriation funds
received from State and local governments, other public
authorities, private sources, and foreign countries, for
expenses incurred for research, development, testing, and
evaluation.
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
Operations
For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation
Administration, not otherwise provided for, including
operations and research activities related to commercial
space transportation, administrative expenses for research
and development, establishment of air navigation facilities,
the operation (including leasing) and maintenance of
aircraft, subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and
maps sold to the public, lease or purchase of passenger motor
vehicles for replacement only, in addition to amounts made
available by Public Law 104-264, $6,544,235,000, of which
$4,414,869,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Airway
Trust Fund, of which $5,200,274,000 shall be available for
air traffic services program activities; $694,979,000 shall
be available for aviation regulation and certification
program activities; $139,301,400 shall be available for civil
aviation security program activities; $189,988,000 shall be
available for research and acquisition program activities;
$12,000,000 shall be available for commercial space
transportation program activities; $48,443,600 shall be
available for Financial Services program activities;
$54,864,000 shall be available for Human Resources program
activities; $99,347,000 shall be available for Regional
Coordination program activities; and $105,038,000 shall be
available for Staff Offices program activities: Provided,
That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the
Federal Aviation Administration to plan, finalize, or
implement any regulation that would promulgate new aviation
user fees not specifically authorized by law after the date
of the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That there
may be credited to this appropriation funds received from
States, counties, municipalities, foreign authorities, other
public authorities, and private sources, for expenses
incurred in the provision of agency services, including
receipts for the maintenance and operation of air navigation
facilities, and for issuance, renewal or modification of
certificates, including airman, aircraft, and repair station
certificates, or for tests related thereto, or for processing
major repair or alteration forms: Provided further, That of
the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than
$5,000,000 shall be for the contract tower cost-sharing
program and not less than $750,000 shall be for the
Centennial of Flight Commission: Provided further, That funds
may be used to enter into a grant agreement with a nonprofit
standard-setting organization to assist in the development of
aviation safety standards: Provided further, That none of the
funds in this Act shall be available for new applicants for
the second career training program: Provided further, That
none of the funds in this Act shall be available for paying
premium pay under 5 U.S.C. 5546(a) to any Federal Aviation
Administration employee unless such employee actually
performed work during the time corresponding to such premium
pay: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act may
be obligated or expended to operate a manned auxiliary flight
service station in the contiguous United States: Provided
further, That none of the funds in this Act may be used for
the Federal Aviation Administration to enter into a multiyear
lease greater than 5 years in length or greater than
$100,000,000 in value unless such lease is specifically
authorized by the Congress and appropriations have been
provided to fully cover the Federal Government's contingent
liabilities: Provided further, That none of the funds in this
Act for aeronautical charting and cartography are available
for activities conducted by, or coordinated through, the
Transportation Administrative Service Center.
Facilities and Equipment
(airport and airway trust fund)
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for
acquisition, establishment, and improvement by contract or
purchase, and hire of air navigation and experimental
facilities and equipment as authorized under part A of
subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, including
initial acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant;
engineering and service testing, including construction of
test facilities and acquisition of necessary sites by lease
or grant; and construction and furnishing of quarters and
related accommodations for officers and employees of the
Federal Aviation Administration stationed at remote
localities where such accommodations are not available; and
the purchase, lease, or transfer of aircraft from funds
available under this head; to be derived from the Airport and
Airway Trust Fund, $2,656,765,000, of which $2,334,112,400
shall remain available until September 30, 2003, and of which
$322,652,600 shall remain available until September 30, 2001:
Provided, That there may be credited to this appropriation
funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other
public authorities, and private sources, for expenses
incurred in the establishment and modernization of air
navigation facilities: Provided further, That upon initial
submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2002
President's budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall
transmit to the Congress a comprehensive capital investment
plan for the Federal Aviation Administration which includes
funding for each budget line item for fiscal years 2002
through 2006, with total funding for each year of the plan
constrained to the funding targets for those years as
estimated and approved by the Office of Management and
Budget: Provided further, That the amount herein appropriated
shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for each day after
initial submission of the President's budget that the plan
has not been submitted to the Congress: Provided further,
That none of the funds in this Act may be used for the
Federal Aviation Administration to enter into a capital lease
agreement unless appropriations have been provided to fully
cover the Federal Government's contingent liabilities at the
time the lease agreement is signed.
Research, Engineering, and Development
(airport and airway trust fund)
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for
research, engineering, and development, as authorized under
part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code,
including construction of experimental facilities and
acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant,
$187,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust
Fund and to remain available until September 30, 2003:
Provided, That there may be credited to this appropriation
funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other
public authorities, and private sources, for expenses
incurred for research, engineering, and development.
Grants-in-Aid for Airports
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(limitation on obligations)
(airport and airway trust fund)
For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in-aid
for airport planning and development, and noise compatibility
planning and programs as authorized under subchapter I of
chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 of title 49,
United States Code, and under other law authorizing such
obligations; for administration of such programs; for
administration of programs under section 40117; for
procurement, installation, and commissioning of runway
incursion prevention devices and systems at airports; and for
inspection activities and administration of airport safety
programs, including those related to airport operating
certificates under section 44706 of title 49, United States
Code, $3,200,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and
Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until expended:
Provided, That none of the funds under this heading shall be
available for the planning or execution of programs the
obligations for which are in excess of $3,200,000,000 in
fiscal year 2001, notwithstanding section 47117(h) of title
49, United States Code: Provided further, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, not more than
$53,000,000 of funds limited under this heading shall be
obligated for administration.
Grants-in-Aid for Airports
(airport and airway trust fund)
(rescission of contract authorization)
Of the unobligated balances authorized under 49 U.S.C.
48103, as amended, $579,000,000 are rescinded.
Aviation Insurance Revolving Fund
The Secretary of Transportation is hereby authorized to
make such expenditures and investments, within the limits of
funds available pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 44307, and in
accordance with section 104 of the Government Corporation
Control Act, as amended (31 U.S.C. 9104), as may be necessary
in carrying out the program for aviation insurance activities
under chapter 443 of title 49, United States Code.
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
Limitation on Administrative Expenses
Necessary expenses for administration and operation of the
Federal Highway Administration not to exceed $295,119,000
shall be paid in accordance with law from appropriations made
available by this Act to the Federal Highway Administration
together with advances and reimbursements received by the
Federal Highway Administration: Provided, That of the funds
available under section 104(a) of title 23, United States
Code: $4,000,000 shall be available for Commercial Remote
Sensing Products and Spatial Information Technologies under
section 5113 of Public Law 105-178, as amended; $10,000,000
shall be available for the National Historic Covered Bridge
Preservation Program under section 1224 of Public Law 105-
178, as amended; $5,000,000 shall be available for the
construction and improvement of the Alabama State Docks, and
shall remain available until expended; $10,000,000 shall be
available to Auburn University for research activities at the
Center for Transportation Technology and to construct a
building to house the center, and shall remain available
until expended; $7,500,000 shall be available for ``Child
Passenger Protection Education Grants'' under section 2003(b)
of Public Law 105-178, as amended; and $25,000,000 shall be
available for the Transportation and Community and System
Preservation Program under section 1221 of Public Law 105-
178, as amended.
Federal-Aid Highways
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
None of the funds in this Act shall be available for the
implementation or execution of programs, the obligations for
which are in excess of $29,661,806,000 for Federal-aid
highways and highway safety construction programs for fiscal
year 2001: Provided, That within the $29,661,806,000
obligation limitation on Federal-aid highways and highway
safety construction programs, not more than $437,250,000
shall be available for the implementation or execution of
programs for transportation research (sections 502, 503, 504,
506, 507, and 508 of title 23, United States Code, as
amended; section 5505 of title 49, United States Code, as
amended; and sections 5112 and 5204-5209 of Public Law 105-
178) for fiscal year 2001; not more than $25,000,000 shall be
available for the implementation or execution of programs for
the Magnetic Levitation Transportation Technology Deployment
Program (section 1218 of Public Law 105-178) for fiscal year
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2001, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available to
the Federal Railroad Administration for administrative
expenses and technical assistance in connection with such
program, of which not to exceed $1,500,000 shall be available
to the Federal Railroad Administration for ``Safety and
operations'', and, notwithstanding section 1218(c)(4) of
Public Law 105-178, of which $1,000,000 shall be available
for low speed magnetic levitation research and development;
not more than $31,000,000 shall be available for the
implementation or execution of programs for the Bureau of
Transportation Statistics (section 111 of title 49, United
States Code) for fiscal year 2001: Provided further, That
within the $218,000,000 obligation limitation on Intelligent
Transportation Systems, the following sums shall be made
available for Intelligent Transportation System projects in
the following specified areas:
State of Alaska, $2,350,000;
Alameda-Contra Costa, California, $500,000;
Aquidneck Island, Rhode Island, $500,000;
Austin, Texas, $250,000;
Automated crash notification system, UAB, $1,000,000;
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, $1,000,000;
Bay County, Florida, $1,500,000;
Beaumont, Texas, $150,000;
Bellingham, Washington, $350,000;
Bloomington Township, Illinois, $400,000;
Calhoun County, Michigan, $750,000;
Carbondale, Pennsylvania, $2,000,000;
Cargo Mate, New Jersey, $750,000;
Charlotte, North Carolina, $625,000;
College Station, Texas, $1,800,000;
Commonwealth of Virginia, $5,500,000;
Corpus Christi, Texas (vehicle dispatching), $1,000,000;
Delaware River Port Authority, $1,250,000;
DuPage County, Illinois, $500,000;
Fargo, North Dakota, $1,000,000;
Fort Collins, Colorado, $1,250,000;
Hattiesburg, Mississippi, $500,000;
Huntington Beach, California, $1,250,000;
Huntsville, Alabama, $3,000,000;
I-70 West project, Colorado, $750,000;
Inglewood, California, $600,000;
Jackson, Mississippi, $1,000,000;
Jefferson County, Colorado, $4,250,000;
Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania, $1,500,000;
Kansas City, Missouri, $1,250,000;
Lake County, Illinois, $450,000;
Lewis & Clark Trail, Montana, $625,000;
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, $2,000,000;
Moscow, Idaho, $875,000;
Muscle Shoals, Alabama, $1,000,000;
Nashville, Tennessee, $500,000;
New Jersey regional integration/TRANSCOM, $3,000,000;
North Central Pennsylvania, $750,000;
North Las Vegas, Nevada, $1,800,000;
Norwalk and Santa Fe Springs, California, $500,000;
Oakland and Wayne Counties, Michigan, $1,500,000;
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, $1,500,000;
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, $500,000;
Puget Sound regional fare collection, Washington,
$2,500,000;
Rensselaer County, New York, $500,000;
Rochester, New York, $1,500,000;
Sacramento County, California, $875,000;
Sacramento to Reno, I-80 corridor, $100,000;
Sacramento, California, $500,000;
Salt Lake City (Olympic Games), Utah, $1,000,000;
San Antonio, Texas, $100,000;
Santa Teresa, New Mexico, $500,000;
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, $400,000;
Seabrook, Texas, $1,200,000;
Shreveport, Louisiana, $1,000,000;
South Dakota commercial vehicle, ITS, $1,250,000;
Southeast Michigan, $500,000;
Southhaven, Mississippi, $150,000;
Spokane County, Washington, $1,000,000;
Springfield-Branson, Missouri, $750,000;
St. Louis, Missouri, $500,000;
State of Arizona, $1,000,000;
State of Connecticut, $3,000,000;
State of Delaware, $1,000,000;
State of Illinois, $1,000,000;
State of Indiana (SAFE-T), $1,000,000;
State of Iowa (traffic enforcement and transit),
$2,750,000;
State of Kentucky, $1,500,000;
State of Maryland, $3,000,000;
State of Minnesota, $6,500,000;
State of Missouri (rural), $750,000;
State of Montana, $750,000;
State of Nebraska, $2,600,000;
State of New Mexico, $750,000;
State of North Carolina, $1,500,000;
State of North Dakota, $500,000;
State of Ohio, $2,000,000;
State of Oklahoma, $1,000,000;
State of Oregon, $750,000;
State of South Carolina statewide, $2,000,000;
State of Tennessee, $1,850,000;
State of Utah, $1,500,000;
State of Vermont, $500,000;
State of Wisconsin, $1,000,000;
Texas border phase I, Houston, Texas, $500,000;
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, $2,000,000;
Tuscon, Arizona, $1,250,000;
Vermont rural ITS, $1,500,000;
Washington, DC area, $1,250,000;
Washoe County, Nevada, $200,000;
Wayne County, Michigan, $5,000,000;
Williamson County/Round Rock, Texas, $250,000:
Provided further, That, notwithstanding Public Law 105-178,
as amended, funds authorized under section 110 of title 23,
United States Code, for fiscal year 2001 shall be apportioned
based on each State's percentage share of funding provided
for under section 105 of title 23, United States Code, for
fiscal year 2001, except that before such apportionments are
made, $156,486,491 shall be set aside for projects authorized
under section 1602 of Public Law 105-178, as amended;
$25,000,000 shall be set aside for the Indian Reservation
Roads Program under section 204 of title 23, United States
Code $18,467,857 shall be set aside for the Woodrow Wilson
Memorial Bridge project authorized by section 404 of the
Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge Authority Act of 1995, as
amended; $10,000,000 shall be set aside for the commercial
driver's license program under motor carrier safety grants
authorized by section 31102 of title 49, United States Code;
and $1,735,039 shall be set aside for the Alaska Highway
authorized by section 218 of title 23, United States Code. Of
the funds to be apportioned under section 110 for fiscal year
2001, the Secretary shall ensure that such funds are
apportioned for the Interstate Maintenance program, the
National Highway system program, the bridge program, the
surface transportation program, and the congestion mitigation
and air quality program in the same ratio that each State is
apportioned funds for such program in fiscal year 2001 but
for this section: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, of the funds apportioned to the State of
Oklahoma under section 110 of title 23, United States Code,
for fiscal year 2001, $8,000,000 shall be available only for
the widening of US 177 from SH-33 to 32nd Street in
Stillwater, Oklahoma; $4,300,000 shall be available only for
the reconstruction of US 177 in the vicinity of Cimarron
River, Oklahoma; $1,500,000 shall be available only for the
reconstruction of US 70 from Broken Bow, Oklahoma to the
Arkansas state line; $1,000,000 shall be available only to
improve Battiest-Pickens Road between Battiest and Pickens,
Oklahoma; $140,000 shall be available only to conduct a
feasibility study of increasing lanes or adding passing lanes
on SH 3 in McCurtain, Pushmataha and Atoka Counties,
Oklahoma; and $100,000 shall be available only for the
reconstruction of US 70 in Marshall and Bryan Counties,
Oklahoma: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, of the funds apportioned to the State of
Mississippi under section 110 of title 23, United States
Code, for fiscal year 2001, $24,600,000 may be available for
construction of an interchange for a connector road from the
interchange to U.S. Highway 51, between mile markers 115 and
120 on I-55 in Mississippi: Provided further, That,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds
apportioned to the State of New York under section 110 of
title 23, United States Code, for fiscal year 2001,
$4,000,000 shall be available only to upgrade and improve the
Albany North Creek intermodal transportation corridor:
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision
of law, of the funds apportioned to the State of Nebraska
under section 110 of title 23, United States Code, for fiscal
year 2001, $3,500,000 shall be available only for the
construction of a pedestrian overpass in Lincoln: Provided
further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law,
of the funds apportioned to the State of Alabama under
section 110 of title 23, United States Code, for fiscal
year 2001, $8,000,000 shall be available only for
construction of the Patton Island bridge in Lauderdale
County, Alabama: Provided further, That, notwithstanding
any other provision of law, of the funds apportioned to
the State of California under section 110 of title 23,
United States Code, for fiscal year 2001, $46,000,000
shall be available only for traffic mitigation and other
improvements to existing SR710 in South Pasadena, Pasadena
and El Serano: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the obligation limitation
distributed for specific projects described herein shall
remain available until expended and shall be in addition
to the amount of any obligation limitation imposed on
obligations for Federal-aid highway and highway safety
construction programs for future fiscal years.
Federal-Aid Highways
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(highway trust fund)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for carrying
out the provisions of title 23, United States Code, that are
attributable to Federal-aid highways, including the National
Scenic and Recreational Highway as authorized by 23 U.S.C.
148, not otherwise provided, including reimbursement for sums
expended pursuant to the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 308,
$28,000,000,000 or so much thereof as may be available in and
derived from the Highway Trust Fund, to remain available
until expended.
Emergency Relief Program
(Highway Trust Fund)
For an additional amount for the Emergency Relief Program
for emergency expenses resulting from floods and other
natural disasters, as authorized by section 125 of title 23,
United States Code, $720,000,000, to be derived from the
Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until expended:
Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That the
entire amount shall be available only to the extent that an
official budget request for $720,000,000, that includes
designation of the entire amount of the request as an
emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by
the President to the Congress.
FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
Motor Carrier Safety
limitation on administrative expenses
For necessary expenses for administration of motor carrier
safety programs and motor carrier safety research, pursuant
to section 104(a) of
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title 23, United States Code, not to exceed $92,194,000 shall
be paid in accordance with law from appropriations made
available by this Act and from any available take-down
balances to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration,
together with advances and reimbursements received by the
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration: Provided, That
such amounts shall be available to carry out the functions
and operations of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration.
National Motor Carrier Safety Program
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(limitation on obligations)
(highway trust fund)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 49
U.S.C. 31102, $177,000,000, to be derived from the Highway
Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: Provided,
That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the
implementation or execution of programs the obligations for
which are in excess of $177,000,000 for ``Motor Carrier
Safety Grants''.
NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
Operations and Research
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the
Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety under
chapter 301 of title 49, United States Code, and part C of
subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code, $116,876,000 of
which $85,321,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2003: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated by this
Act may be obligated or expended to plan, finalize, or
implement any rulemaking to add to section 575.104 of title
49 of the Code of Federal Regulations any requirement
pertaining to a grading standard that is different from the
three grading standards (treadwear, traction, and temperature
resistance) already in effect: Provided further, That none of
the funds appropriated in this Act may be obligated or
expended to purchase a vehicle to conduct New Car Assessment
Program crash testing at a price that exceeds the
manufacturer's suggested retail price, unless the Secretary
submits a request for a waiver that is approved by the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided further,
That the Department of Transportation shall fund a study with
the National Academy of Sciences on whether the static
stability factor is a scientifically valid measurement that
presents practical, useful information to the public
including a comparison of the static stability factor test
versus a test with rollover metrics based on dynamic driving
conditions that may induce rollover events: Provided further,
That nothing in this provision prohibits NHTSA from
completing action on its proposal to provide rollover rating
information to the public while the National Academy of
Sciences conducts this study: Provided further, That to the
extent NHTSA continues action on its rollover ratings
proposal during the study, the agency shall consider any
available preliminary deliberations or conclusions available
from the National Academy of Sciences before completing
action on its proposal, and shall consider coordinating any
final action on its proposal with the completion of the
National Academy of Sciences study: Provided further, That
the National Academy of Sciences shall complete this study
and issue a report to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations not later than nine months after the date of
enactment of this Act: Provided further, That after the
National Academy of Sciences submits its findings to the
Congress and the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration shall formally review and respond within
thirty days to the study findings and propose any appropriate
revisions to the consumer information program based on that
review.
Operations and Research
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(limitation on obligations)
(highway trust fund)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the
provisions of 23 U.S.C. 403, to remain available until
expended, $72,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust
Fund: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be
available for the planning or execution of programs the total
obligations for which, in fiscal year 2001, are in excess of
$72,000,000 for programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 403.
National Driver Register
(highway trust fund)
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the
Secretary with respect to the National Driver Register under
chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code, $2,000,000, to
be derived from the Highway Trust Fund, and to remain
available until expended.
Highway Traffic Safety Grants
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(limitation on obligations)
(highway trust fund)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for payment of
obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions of 23
U.S.C. 402, 405, 410, and 411 to remain available until
expended, $213,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust
Fund: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be
available for the planning or execution of programs the total
obligations for which, in fiscal year 2001, are in excess of
$213,000,000 for programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 402,
405, 410, and 411 of which $155,000,000 shall be for
``Highway Safety Programs'' under 23 U.S.C. 402, $13,000,000
shall be for ``Occupant Protection Incentive Grants'' under
23 U.S.C. 405, $36,000,000 shall be for ``Alcohol-Impaired
Driving Countermeasures Grants'' under 23 U.S.C. 410, and
$9,000,000 shall be for the ``State Highway Safety Data
Grants'' under 23 U.S.C. 411: Provided further, That none of
these funds shall be used for construction, rehabilitation,
or remodeling costs, or for office furnishings and fixtures
for State, local, or private buildings or structures:
Provided further, That not to exceed $7,750,000 of the funds
made available for section 402, not to exceed $650,000 of the
funds made available for section 405, not to exceed
$1,800,000 of the funds made available for section 410, and
not to exceed $450,000 of the funds made available for
section 411 shall be available to NHTSA for administering
highway safety grants under chapter 4 of title 23, United
States Code: Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 of
the funds made available for section 410 ``Alcohol-Impaired
Driving Countermeasures Grants'' shall be available for
technical assistance to the States.
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION
Safety and Operations
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad
Administration, not otherwise provided for, $101,717,000, of
which $5,899,000 shall remain available until expended:
Provided, That, as part of the Washington Union Station
transaction in which the Secretary assumed the first deed of
trust on the property and, where the Union Station
Redevelopment Corporation or any successor is obligated to
make payments on such deed of trust on the Secretary's
behalf, including payments on and after September 30, 1988,
the Secretary is authorized to receive such payments directly
from the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation, credit them
to the appropriation charged for the first deed of trust, and
make payments on the first deed of trust with those funds:
Provided further, That such additional sums as may be
necessary for payment on the first deed of trust may be
advanced by the Administrator from unobligated balances
available to the Federal Railroad Administration, to be
reimbursed from payments received from the Union Station
Redevelopment Corporation.
Railroad Research and Development
For necessary expenses for railroad research and
development, $25,325,000, to remain available until expended.
Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Program
The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to issue to
the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obligations
pursuant to section 512 of the Railroad Revitalization and
Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-210), as
amended, in such amounts and at such times as may be
necessary to pay any amounts required pursuant to the
guarantee of the principal amount of obligations under
sections 511 through 513 of such Act, such authority to exist
as long as any such guaranteed obligation is outstanding:
Provided, That pursuant to section 502 of such Act, as
amended, no new direct loans or loan guarantee commitments
shall be made using Federal funds for the credit risk premium
during fiscal year 2001.
Rhode Island Rail Development
For the costs associated with construction of a third track
on the Northeast Corridor between Davisville and Central
Falls, Rhode Island, with sufficient clearance to accommodate
double stack freight cars, $17,000,000 to be matched by the
State of Rhode Island or its designee on a dollar-for-dollar
basis and to remain available until expended.
Next Generation High-Speed Rail
For necessary expenses for the Next Generation High-Speed
Rail program as authorized under 49 U.S.C. 26101 and 26102,
$25,100,000, to remain available until expended.
Alaska Railroad Rehabilitation
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to
the Alaska Railroad, $20,000,000 shall be for capital
rehabilitation and improvements benefiting its passenger
operations, to remain available until expended.
West Virginia Rail Development
For capital costs associated with track, signal, and
crossover rehabilitation and improvements on the MARC
Brunswick line in West Virginia, $15,000,000, to remain
available until expended.
Capital Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation
For necessary expenses of capital improvements of the
National Railroad Passenger Corporation as authorized by 49
U.S.C. 24104(a), $521,476,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That the Secretary shall not obligate
more than $208,590,000 prior to September 30, 2001.
FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION
Administrative Expenses
For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal
Transit Administration's programs authorized by chapter 53 of
title 49, United States Code, $12,800,000: Provided, That no
more than $64,000,000 of budget authority shall be available
for these purposes: Provided further, That of the funds in
this Act available for the execution of contracts under
section 5327(c) of title 49, United States Code, $1,000,000
shall be transferred to the Department of Transportation's
Office of Inspector General for costs associated with the
audit and review of new fixed guideway systems: Provided
further, That not to exceed $2,500,000 for the National
Transit Database shall remain available until expended.
Formula Grants
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5307, 5308,
5310, 5311, 5327, and section 3038 of Public Law 105-178,
$669,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That no more than $3,345,000,000 of budget authority shall be
available for these purposes: Provided
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further, That of the funds provided under this heading,
$60,000,000 shall be available for grants for the costs of
planning, delivery, and temporary use of transit vehicles for
special transportation needs and construction of temporary
transportation facilities for the XIX Winter Olympiad and the
VIII Paralympiad for the Disabled, to be held in Salt Lake
City, Utah: Provided further, That in allocating the funds
designated in the preceding proviso, the Secretary shall make
grants only to the Utah Department of Transportation, and
such grants shall not be subject to any local share
requirement or limitation on operating assistance under this
Act or the Federal Transit Act, as amended: Provided further,
That notwithstanding section 3008 of Public Law 105-178, the
$50,000,000 to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5308 shall be transferred
to and merged with funding provided for the replacement,
rehabilitation, and purchase of buses and related equipment
and the construction of bus-related facilities under
``Federal Transit Administration, Capital investment
grants''.
University Transportation Research
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5505,
$1,200,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That no more than $6,000,000 of budget authority shall be
available for these purposes.
Transit Planning and Research
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5303, 5304,
5305, 5311(b)(2), 5312, 5313(a), 5314, 5315, and 5322,
$22,200,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That no more than $110,000,000 of budget authority shall be
available for these purposes: Provided further, That
$5,250,000 is available to provide rural transportation
assistance (49 U.S.C. 5311(b)(2)), $4,000,000 is available to
carry out programs under the National Transit Institute (49
U.S.C. 5315), $8,250,000 is available to carry out transit
cooperative research programs (49 U.S.C. 5313(a)),
$52,113,600 is available for metropolitan planning (49 U.S.C.
5303, 5304, and 5305), $10,886,400 is available for State
planning (49 U.S.C. 5313(b)); and $29,500,000 is available
for the national planning and research program (49 U.S.C.
5314).
Trust Fund Share of Expenses
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(highway trust fund)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for payment of
obligations incurred in carrying out 49 U.S.C. 5303-5308,
5310-5315, 5317(b), 5322, 5327, 5334, 5505, and sections 3037
and 3038 of Public Law 105-178, $5,016,600,000, to remain
available until expended, and to be derived from the Mass
Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That
$2,676,000,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit
Administration's formula grants account: Provided further,
That $87,800,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit
Administration's transit planning and research account:
Provided further, That $51,200,000 shall be paid to the
Federal Transit Administration's administrative expenses
account: Provided further, That $4,800,000 shall be paid to
the Federal Transit Administration's university
transportation research account: Provided further, That
$80,000,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit
Administration's job access and reverse commute grants
program: Provided further, That $2,116,800,000 shall be paid
to the Federal Transit Administration's capital investment
grants account.
Capital Investment Grants
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5308, 5309,
5318, and 5327, $529,200,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That no more than $2,646,000,000 of
budget authority shall be available for these purposes:
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision
of law, there shall be available for fixed guideway
modernization, $1,058,400,000; there shall be available
for the replacement, rehabilitation, and purchase of buses
and related equipment and the construction of bus-related
facilities, $529,200,000, together with $50,000,000
transferred from ``Federal Transit Administration, formula
grants''; and there shall be available for new fixed
guideway systems $1,058,400,000, together with $4,983,828
made available for the Pittsburgh airport busway project
under Public Law 105-66, together with $1,488,750 made
available for the Burlington to Gloucester, New Jersey
line under Public Law 103-331, together with $20,521,470
previously appropriated for the Orlando Lynx light rail
project remaining unobligated as of or deobligated after
September 30, 2000; to be available as follows:
$10,400,000 for Alaska or Hawaii ferry projects;
$500,000 for the Albuquerque/Greater Albuquerque mass
transit project;
$25,000,000 for the Atlanta, Georgia, North line extension
project;
$1,000,000 for the Austin, Texas, capital metro light rail
project;
$3,000,000 for the Baltimore central LRT double track
project;
$5,000,000 for the Birmingham, Alabama, transit corridor;
$25,000,000 for the Boston South Boston Piers transitway
project;
$1,000,000 for the Boston Urban Ring project;
$2,000,000 for the Burlington-Bennington (ABRB), Vermont,
commuter rail project;
$1,000,000 for the Calais, Maine, branch line regional
transit program;
$2,000,000 for the Canton-Akron-Cleveland commuter rail
project;
$3,000,000 for the Central Florida commuter rail project;
$5,000,000 for the Charlotte, North Carolina, north-south
corridor transitway projects;
$35,000,000 for the Chicago METRA commuter rail projects;
$15,000,000 for the Chicago Ravenswood and Douglas branch
reconstruction projects;
$1,500,000 for the Clark County, Nevada, RTC fixed guideway
project;
$4,000,000 for the Cleveland Euclid corridor improvement
project;
$1,000,000 for the Colorado Roaring Fork Valley project;
$70,000,000 for the Dallas north central light rail
extension project;
$3,000,000 for the Denver Southeast corridor project;
$20,200,000 for the Denver Southwest corridor project;
$500,000 for the Detroit, Michigan, metropolitan airport
light rail project;
$50,000,000 for the Dulles corridor project;
$15,000,000 for the Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Tri-County
commuter rail project;
$1,000,000 for the Galveston, Texas, rail trolley extension
project;
$15,000,000 for the Girdwood to Wasilla, Alaska, commuter
rail project;
$500,000 for the Harrisburg-Lancaster capital area transit
corridor 1 commuter rail project;
$1,000,000 for the Hollister/Gilroy branch line rail
extension project;
$2,500,000 for Honolulu, Hawaii, bus rapid transit project;
$2,500,000 for the Houston advanced transit project;
$10,750,000 for the Houston regional bus project;
$3,000,000 for the Indianapolis, Indiana, northeast-
downtown corridor project;
$1,000,000 for the Johnson County, Kansas, I-35 commuter
rail project;
$3,500,000 for Kansas City, Missouri, Southtown corridor
project;
$4,000,000 for the Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee rail extension
project;
$3,000,000 for the Little Rock, Arkansas, river rail
project;
$8,000,000 for the Long Island Railroad East Side access
project;
$2,000,000 for the Los Angeles Mid-City and East Side
corridors projects;
$50,000,000 for the Los Angeles North Hollywood extension
project;
$3,000,000 for the Los Angeles-San Diego LOSSAN corridor
project;
$2,000,000 for the Lowell, Massachusetts-Nashua, New
Hampshire commuter rail project;
$10,000,000 for the MARC expansion projects--Penn-Camden
lines connector and midday storage facility;
$1,000,000 for the Massachusetts North Shore corridor
project;
$6,000,000 for the Memphis, Tennessee, medical center rail
extension project;
$6,000,000 for the Nashville, Tennessee, regional commuter
rail project;
$121,000,000 for the New Jersey Hudson Bergen project;
$7,000,000 for the Newark-Elizabeth rail link project;
$2,000,000 for the Northern Indiana south shore commuter
rail project;
$1,000,000 for the Northwest New Jersey-Northeast
Pennsylvania passenger rail project;
$10,000,000 for the Oceanside-Escondido, California, light
rail extension project;
$2,000,000 for the Orange County, California, transitway
project;
$10,000,000 for the Philadelphia-Reading SETPA Schuylkill
Valley metro project;
$2,000,000 for the Philadelphia SEPTA Cross County metro
project;
$10,000,000 for the Phoenix metropolitan area transit
project;
$5,000,000 for the Pittsburgh North Shore-central business
district corridor project;
$12,000,000 for the Pittsburgh stage II light rail project;
$7,500,000 for the Portland-Interstate MAX LRT extension
project;
$2,000,000 for the Portland, Maine, marine highway program;
$5,000,000 for the Puget Sound RTA Sounder commuter rail
project;
$10,000,000 for the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Triangle
transit project;
$500,000 for the Rhode Island-Pawtucket and T.F. Green
commuter rail and maintenance facility;
$35,200,000 for the Sacramento, California, south corridor
LRT project;
$2,000,000 for the Salt Lake City-University light rail
line project;
$1,000,000 for the San Bernardino, California, Metrolink
project;
$31,500,000 for the San Diego Mission Valley East light
rail project;
$80,000,000 for the San Francisco BART extension to the
airport project;
$12,250,000 for the San Jose Tasman West light rail
project;
$75,000,000 for the San Juan Tren Urbano project;
$1,500,000 for the Santa Fe-Eldorado, New Mexico, rail link
project;
$50,000,000 for the Seattle, Washington, central link LRT
project;
$4,000,000 for the Spokane, Washington, South Valley
corridor light rail project;
$1,000,000 for the St. Louis, Missouri, MetroLink Cross
County connector project;
$60,000,000 for the St. Louis-St. Clair MetroLink extension
project;
$8,000,000 for the Stamford, Connecticut, fixed guideway
corridor;
$6,000,000 for the Stockton, California, Altamont commuter
rail project;
$5,000,000 for the Twin Cities Transitways projects;
$50,000,000 for the Twin Cities Transitways--Hiawatha
corridor project;
$3,000,000 for the Virginia Railway Expr
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