[House Report 107-308]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
107th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session 107-308
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MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED
AGENCIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2002, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
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November 30 (legislative day, November 29), 2001.--Ordered to be
printed
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Mr. Rogers of Kentucky, from the committee of conference, submitted the
following
CONFERENCE REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 2299]
The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of
the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R.
2299) ``making appropriations for the Department of
Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2002, 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, 2002, 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,
$67,778,000, of which not to exceed $1,929,000 shall be
available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not to
exceed $619,000 shall be available for the immediate Office of
the Deputy Secretary; not to exceed $13,355,000 shall be
available for the Office of the General Counsel; not to exceed
$3,058,000 shall be for the Office of the Assistant Secretary
for Policy; not to exceed $7,421,000 shall be available for the
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Aviation and
International Affairs; not to exceed $7,728,000 shall be
available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Budget
and Programs; not to exceed $2,282,000 shall be available for
the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Government Affairs;
not to exceed $19,250,000 shall be available for the Office of
the Assistant Secretary for Administration; not to exceed
$1,723,000 shall be available for the Office of Public Affairs;
not to exceed $1,204,000 shall be available for the Office of
the Executive Secretariat; not to exceed $507,000 shall be
available for the Board of Contract Appeals; not to exceed
$1,240,000 shall be available for the Office of Small and
Disadvantaged Business Utilization; not to exceed $1,321,000
shall be available for the Office of Intelligence and Security;
not to exceed $6,141,000 shall be available for the Office of
the Chief Information Officer: Provided, That not to exceed
$60,000 shall be for allocation within the Department for
official reception and representation expenses as the Secretary
may determine: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, excluding fees authorized in Public Law 107-
71, there may be credited to this appropriation up to
$2,500,000 in funds received in user fees: Provided further,
That the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to transfer
funds appropriated for any office of the Office of the
Secretary to any other office of the Office of the Secretary:
Provided further, That no appropriation for any office shall be
increased or decreased by more than 7 percent by all such
transfers: Provided further, That any such transfer shall be
submitted for approval to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations.
Office of Civil Rights
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights,
$8,500,000.
Transportation Security Administration
For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security
Administration related to providing civil aviation security
services pursuant to Public Law 107-71, $1,250,000,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That, security
service fees authorized under 49 U.S.C. 44940 shall be credited
to this appropriation as offsetting collections and used for
providing civil aviation security services authorized by that
section: Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated
from the General Fund shall be reduced as such offsetting
collections are received during fiscal year 2002 so as to
result in a final fiscal year appropriation from the General
Fund estimated at not more than $0.
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, $11,993,000.
Transportation Administrative Service Center
Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital outlays
of the Transportation Administrative Service Center, not to
exceed $125,323,000, 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, $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
$18,367,000. 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, to remain available until
September 30, 2003: Provided, That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C.
332, these funds may be used for business opportunities related
to any mode of transportation.
Payments to Air Carriers
(airport and airway trust fund)
In addition to funds made available from any other source
to carry out the essential air service program under 49 U.S.C.
41731 through 41742, to be derived from the Airport and Airway
Trust Fund, $13,000,000, to remain available until expended.
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,
$3,382,000,000, of which $440,000,000 shall be available for
defense-related activities; and of which $24,945,000 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 of 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 of the amounts made available under this heading,
not less than $14,541,000 shall be used solely to increase
staffing at Search and Rescue stations, surf stations and
command centers, increase the training and experience level of
individuals serving in said stations through targeted retention
efforts, revise personnel policies and expand training
programs, and to modernize and improve the quantity and quality
of personal safety equipment, including survival suits, for
personnel assigned to said stations: Provided further, That the
Department of Transportation Inspector General shall audit and
certify to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations
that the funding described in the preceding proviso is being
used solely to supplement and not supplant the Coast Guard's
level of effort in this area in fiscal year 2001.
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, $636,354,000, of which $20,000,000 shall be derived
from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which $89,640,000
shall be available to acquire, repair, renovate or improve
vessels, small boats and related equipment, to remain available
until September 30, 2006; $9,500,000 shall be available to
acquire new aircraft and increase aviation capability, to
remain available until September 30, 2004; $79,293,000 shall be
available for other equipment, to remain available until
September 30, 2004; $73,100,000 shall be available for shore
facilities and aids to navigation facilities, to remain
available until September 30, 2004; $64,631,000 shall be
available for personnel compensation and benefits and related
costs, to remain available until September 30, 2003; and
$320,190,000 shall be available for the Integrated Deepwater
Systems program, to remain available until September 30, 2006:
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, 2004: Provided further, That
none of the funds provided under this heading may be obligated
or expended for the Integrated Deepwater Systems (IDS) system
integration contract until the Secretary or Deputy Secretary of
Transportation and the Director, Office of Management and
Budget jointly certify to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations that funding for the IDS program for fiscal
years 2003 through 2007, funding for the National Distress and
Response System Modernization program to allow for full
deployment of said system by 2006, and funding for other
essential search and rescue procurements, are fully funded in
the Coast Guard Capital Investment Plan and within the Office
of Management and Budget's budgetary projections for the Coast
Guard for those years: Provided further, That none of the funds
provided under this heading may be obligated or expended for
the Integrated Deepwater Systems (IDS) integration contract
until the Secretary or Deputy Secretary of Transportation and
the Director, Office of Management and Budget jointly approve a
contingency procurement strategy for the recapitalization of
assets and capabilities envisioned in the IDS: Provided
further, That upon initial submission to the Congress of the
fiscal year 2003 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
2003 through 2007, 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 Director, Office of
Management and Budget shall submit the budget request for the
IDS integration contract delineating sub-headings which include
the following: systems integrator, ship construction, aircraft,
equipment, and communications, providing specific assets and
costs under each sub-heading.
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, $16,927,000, to
remain available until expended.
Alteration of Bridges
For necessary expenses for alteration or removal of
obstructive bridges, $15,466,000, to remain available until
expended.
Retired Pay
For retired pay, including the payment of obligations
therefor otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this
purpose, payments under the Retired Serviceman's Family
Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, payment for career
status bonuses under the National Defense Authorization Act,
and for payments for medical care of retired personnel and
their dependents under the Dependents Medical Care Act (10
U.S.C. ch. 55), $876,346,000.
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, $83,194,000: Provided, That
no more than $25,800,000 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, $20,222,000, to remain
available until expended, of which $3,492,000 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, $6,886,000,000, of which $5,773,519,000
shall be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, of
which not to exceed $5,452,871,000 shall be available for air
traffic services program activities; not to exceed $768,769,000
shall be available for aviation regulation and certification
program activities; not to exceed $150,154,000 shall be
available for civil aviation security program activities; not
to exceed $195,799,000 shall be available for research and
acquisition program activities; not to exceed $12,456,000 shall
be available for commercial space transportation program
activities; not to exceed $50,284,000 shall be available for
financial services program activities; not to exceed
$69,516,000 shall be available for human resources program
activities; not to exceed $85,943,000 shall be available for
regional coordination program activities; and not to exceed
$109,208,000 shall be available for staff offices: Provided,
That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the
Federal Aviation Administration to 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 $6,000,000 shall be for the contract
tower cost-sharing program: Provided further, That funds may be
used to enter into a grant agreement with a nonprofit standard-
setting organization to assist in the development of aviation
safety standards: Provided further, That none of the funds in
this Act shall be available for new applicants for the second
career training program: Provided further, That none of the
funds in this Act shall be available for paying premium pay
under 5 U.S.C. 5546(a) to any Federal Aviation Administration
employee unless such employee actually performed work during
the time corresponding to such premium pay: Provided further,
That none of the funds in this Act may be obligated or expended
to operate a manned auxiliary flight service station in the
contiguous United States: Provided further, That none of the
funds in this Act 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;
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
heading; to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund,
$2,914,000,000, of which $2,536,900,000 shall remain available
until September 30, 2004, and of which $377,100,000 shall
remain available until September 30, 2002: Provided, That there
may be credited to this appropriation funds received from
States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and
private sources, for expenses incurred in the establishment and
modernization of air navigation facilities: Provided further,
That upon initial submission to the Congress of the fiscal year
2003 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 2003 through
2007, 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.
Facilities and Equipment
(airport and airway trust fund)
(rescission)
Of the available balances under this heading, $15,000,000
are rescinded.
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, $195,000,000,
to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to
remain available until September 30, 2004: 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 procurement, installation, and commissioning of runway
incursion prevention devices and systems at airports of such
title; for implementation of section 203 of Public Law 106-181;
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, $1,800,000,000, 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 $3,300,000,000 in fiscal year 2002,
notwithstanding section 47117(h) of title 49, United States
Code: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, not more than $57,050,000 of funds limited
under this heading shall be obligated for administration and
not less than $20,000,000 shall be for the Small Community Air
Service Development Pilot Program.
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, $301,720,000 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 $311,000,000,
shall be paid in accordance with law from appropriations made
available by this Act to the Federal Highway Administration
together with advances and reimbursements received by the
Federal Highway Administration: Provided, That of the funds
available under section 104(a)(1)(A) of title 23, United States
Code: $7,500,000 shall be available for ``Child Passenger
Protection Education Grants'' under section 2003(b) of Public
Law 105-178, as amended; $4,000,000 shall be available for
motor carrier safety research; $841,000 shall be available for
the motor carrier crash data improvement program; $6,000,000
shall be available for the nationwide differential global
positioning system program; and $1,500,000 for environmental
streamlining activities.
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 $31,799,104,000 for Federal-aid highways
and highway safety construction programs for fiscal year 2002:
Provided, That within the $31,799,104,000 obligation limitation
on Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction
programs, not more than $447,500,000 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 2002: Provided further,
That this limitation on transportation research programs shall
not apply to any funds authorized under section 110 of title
23, United States Code, and allocated to these programs, or to
any authority previously made available for obligation:
Provided further, That within the $225,000,000 obligation
limitation on Intelligent Transportation Systems, the following
sums shall be made available for Intelligent Transportation
System projects that are designed to achieve the goals and
purposes set forth in section 5203 of the Intelligent
Transportation Systems Act of 1998 (subtitle C of title V of
Public Law 105-178; 112 Stat. 453; 23 U.S.C. 502 note) in the
following specified areas:
Alameda-Contra Costa, California, $500,000;
Alaska statewide; $2,500,000;
Alexandria, Virginia, $750,000;
Arizona statewide EMS, $500,000;
Army trail road traffic signal coordination
project, Illinois, $300,000;
Atlanta smart corridors, Georgia, $1,000,000;
Austin, Texas, $125,000;
Automated crash notification, UAB, Alabama,
$2,500,000;
Bay County Area wide traffic signal system,
Florida, $500,000;
Beaver County transit mobility manager,
Pennsylvania, $800,000;
Brownsville, Texas, $250,000;
Carbondale technology transfer center,
Pennsylvania, $1,000,000;
Cargo mate logistics and intermodal management, New
York, $1,250,000;
Central Ohio, $1,500,000;
Chattanooga, Tennessee, $2,000,000;
Chinatown intermodal transportation center,
California, $1,750,000;
Clark County, Washington, $1,000,000;
Commercial vehicle information systems and
networks, New York, $450,000;
Dayton, Ohio, $1,250,000;
Detroit, Michigan (airport), $1,500,000;
Durham, Wake Counties, North Carolina, $500,000;
Eastern Kentucky rural highway information,
$2,000,000;
Fargo, North Dakota, $1,000,000;
Forsyth, Guilford Counties, North Carolina,
$1,000,000;
Genesee County, Michigan, $1,000,000;
Great Lakes, Michigan, $1,500,000;
Guidestar, Minnesota, $6,000,000;
Harrison County, Mississippi, $500,000;
Hawaii statewide, $1,000,000;
Hoosier SAFE-T, Indiana, $2,000,000;
Houma, Louisiana, $1,000,000;
I-90 connector testbed, New York, $1,000,000;
Illinois statewide, $2,000,000;
Inglewood, California, $500,000;
Integrated transportation management system,
Delaware statewide, $2,000,000;
Iowa statewide, $562,000;
Jackson Metropolitan, Mississippi, $500,000;
James Madison University, Virginia, $1,500,000;
Kansas City, Kansas, $500,000;
Kittitas County workzone traffic safety system,
Washington, $450,000;
Lansing, Michigan, $750,000;
Las Vegas, Nevada, $1,450,000;
Lexington, Kentucky, $750,000;
Libertyville traffic management center, Illinois,
$760,000;
Long Island rail road grade crossing deployment,
New York, $1,000,000;
Macomb, Michigan (border crossing), $1,000,000;
Maine statewide (rural), $500,000;
Maryland statewide, $1,000,000;
Miami-Dade, Florida, $1,000,000;
Monterey-Salinas, California, $750,000;
Montgomery County ECC & TMC, Maryland, $1,000,000;
Moscow, Idaho, $1,000,000;
Nebraska statewide, $4,000,000;
New York statewide information exchange systems,
New York, $500,000;
New York, New Jersey, Connecticut (TRANSCOM),
$2,500,000;
North Greenbush, New York, $1,000,000;
Oklahoma statewide, $3,000,000;
Oxford, Mississippi, $500,000;
Pennsylvania statewide (turnpike), $500,000;
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, $1,033,000;
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Drexel), $1,500,000;
Pioneer Valley, Massachusetts, $1,500,000;
Port of Long Beach, California, $500,000;
Port of Tacoma trucker congestion notification
system, Washington, $200,000;
Roadside animal detection test-bed, Montana,
$500,000;
Rochester-Genesse, New York, $800,000;
Rutland, Vermont, $750,000;
Sacramento, California, $3,000,000;
San Diego joint transportation operations center,
California, $1,500,000;
San Francisco central control communications,
California, $250,000;
Santa Anita, California, $300,000;
Santa Teresa, New Mexico, $750,000;
Shreveport, Louisiana, $750,000;
Silicon Valley transportation management center,
California, $700,000;
South Carolina DOT, $3,000,000;
Southeast Corridor, Colorado, $7,000,000;
Southern Nevada (bus), $1,100,000;
Spillway road incident management system,
Mississippi, $600,000;
St. Louis, Missouri, $1,000,000;
Statewide transportation operations center,
Kentucky, $2,000,000;
Superior, I-39 corridor, Wisconsin, $2,500,000;
Texas statewide, $2,000,000;
Travel network, South Dakota, $2,325,000;
University of Arizona ATLAS Center, Arizona,
$500,000;
Utah Statewide, $560,000;
Vermont statewide (rural), $1,500,000;
Washington statewide, $4,500,000;
Washington, D.C. metropolitan region, $2,000,000;
Wayne County road information management system,
Michigan, $1,500,000;
Wichita, Kansas, $1,200,000;
Wisconsin communications network, $310,000;
Wisconsin statewide, $1,000,000;
Yakima County adverse weather operations,
Washington, $475,000:
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of
law, funds authorized under section 110 of title 23, United
States Code, for fiscal year 2002 shall be apportioned to the
States in accordance with the distribution set forth in section
110(b)(4)(A) and (B) of title 23, United States Code, except
that before such apportionments are made, $35,565,651 shall be
set aside for the program authorized under section
1101(a)(8)(A) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st
Century, as amended, and section 204 of title 23, United States
Code; $31,815,091 shall be set aside for the program authorized
under section 1101(a)(8)(B) of the Transportation Equity Act
for the 21st Century, as amended, and section 204 of title 23,
United States Code; $21,339,391 shall be set aside for the
program authorized under section 1101(a)(8)(C) of the
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, as amended, and
section 204 of title 23, United States Code; $2,586,593 shall
be set aside for the program authorized under section
1101(a)(8)(D) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st
Century, as amended, and section 204 of title 23, United States
Code; $25,579,000 shall be set aside for the program authorized
under section 129(c) of title 23, United States Code, and
section 1064 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation
Efficiency Act of 1991, as amended; $352,256,000 shall be set
aside for the programs authorized under sections 1118 and 1119
of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, as
amended; $3,348,128 shall be set aside for the program
authorized under section 1101(a)(11) of the Transportation
Equity Act for the 21st Century, as amended and section 162 of
title 23, United States Code; $76,025,000 shall be set aside
for the program authorized under section 118(c) of title 23,
United States Code; $62,450,000 shall be set aside for the
program authorized under section 144(g) of title 23, United
States Code; $251,092,600 shall be set aside for the program
authorized under section 1221 of the Transportation Equity Act
for the 21st Century, as amended; $10,000,000 shall be set
aside for the program authorized under section 502(e) of title
23, United States Code; $56,300,000 shall be available for
border infrastructure improvements; $45,122,600 shall be
available for allocation by the Secretary for public lands
highways; and $23,896,000 shall be set aside and transferred to
the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration as authorized
by section 102 of Public Law 106-159: Provided further, That,
of the funds to be apportioned to each State under section 110
for fiscal year 2002, the Secretary shall ensure that such
funds are apportioned for the programs authorized under
sections 1101(a)(1), 1101(a)(2), 1101(a)(3), 1101(a)(4), and
1101(a)(5) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st
Century, as amended, in the same ratio that each State is
apportioned funds for such programs in fiscal year 2002 but for
this section.
Federal-Aid Highways
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(highway trust fund)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for carrying
out the provisions of title 23, 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,
$30,000,000,000 or so much thereof as may be available in and
derived from the Highway Trust Fund, to remain available until
expended.
Appalachian Development Highway System
For necessary expenses for the Appalachian Development
Highway System as authorized under Section 1069(y) of Public
Law 102-240, as amended, $200,000,000, to remain available
until expended.
State Infrastructure Banks
(rescission)
Of the funds made available for State Infrastructure Banks
in Public Law 104-205, $5,750,000 are rescinded.
FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
motor carrier safety
limitation on administrative expenses
(including rescission of funds)
For necessary expenses for administration of motor carrier
safety programs and motor carrier safety research, pursuant to
section 104(a)(1)(B) of title 23, United States Code, not to
exceed $110,000,000 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.
Of the unobligated balances authorized under 23 U.S.C.
104(a)(1)(B), $6,665,342 are rescinded.
National Motor Carrier Safety Program
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(limitation on obligations)
(highway trust fund)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for payment of
obligations incurred in carrying out 49 U.S.C. 31102, 31106 and
31309, $205,896,000, 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 $182,000,000 for ``Motor Carrier Safety Grants'', and
``Information Systems'': Provided further, That notwithstanding
any other provision of law, of the $23,896,000 provided under
23 U.S.C. 110, $18,000,000 shall be for border State grants and
$4,837,000 shall be for State commercial driver's license
program improvements.
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, $127,780,000, of
which $95,835,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2004: 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.
Operations and Research
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(limitation on obligations)
(highway trust fund)
(including rescission of contract authorization)
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 2002, are in excess of
$72,000,000 for programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 403.
Of the unobligated balances authorized under 23 U.S.C. 403,
$1,516,000 are rescinded.
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, $223,000,000, 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 2002, are in excess of
$223,000,000 for programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 402, 405,
410, and 411 of which $160,000,000 shall be for ``Highway
Safety Programs'' under 23 U.S.C. 402, $15,000,000 shall be for
``Occupant Protection Incentive Grants'' under 23 U.S.C. 405,
$38,000,000 shall be for ``Alcohol-Impaired Driving
Countermeasures Grants'' under 23 U.S.C. 410, and $10,000,000
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 $8,000,000 of the funds made available for section 402,
not to exceed $750,000 of the funds made available for section
405, not to exceed $1,900,000 of the funds made available for
section 410, and not to exceed $500,000 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, $110,857,000, of
which $6,509,000 shall remain available until expended.
Railroad Research and Development
For necessary expenses for railroad research and
development, $29,000,000, 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 2002.
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,
$32,300,000, 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.
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.
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, $13,400,000: Provided, That no
more than $67,000,000 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, $2,000,000 shall be
reimbursed to the Department of Transportation's Office of
Inspector General for costs associated with audits and
investigations of transit-related issues, including reviews of
new fixed guideway systems: Provided further, That not to
exceed $2,600,000 for the National transit database shall
remain available until expended.
Formula Grants
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5307, 5308,
5310, 5311, 5327, and section 3038 of Public Law 105-178,
$718,400,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That no more than $3,592,000,000 of budget authority shall be
available for these purposes: Provided further, That,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds
provided under this heading, $5,000,000 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
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 and 49
U.S.C. 5309(m)(3)(C), $50,000,000 of the funds 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,
$23,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That
no more than $116,000,000 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)), $55,422,400 is available
for metropolitan planning (49 U.S.C. 5303, 5304, and 5305),
$11,577,600 is available for State planning (49 U.S.C.
5313(b)); and $31,500,000 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, $5,397,800,000, to remain available
until expended, and to be derived from the Mass Transit Account
of the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That $2,873,600,000 shall
be paid to the Federal Transit Administration's formula grants
account: Provided further, That $93,000,000 shall be paid to
the Federal Transit Administration's transit planning and
research account: Provided further, That $53,600,000 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
$100,000,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit
Administration's job access and reverse commute grants program:
Provided further, That $2,272,800,000 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, $568,200,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That no more than $2,841,000,000 of budget
authority shall be available for these purposes: Provided
further, That there shall be available for fixed guideway
modernization, $1,136,400,000; there shall be available for the
replacement, rehabilitation, and purchase of buses and related
equipment and the construction of bus-related facilities,
$568,200,000, together with $50,000,000 transferred from
``Federal Transit Administration, Formula Grants''; and there
shall be available for new fixed guideway systems
$1,136,400,000, together with $1,488,840 of the funds made
available under ``Federal Transit Administration, Capital
investment grants'' in Public Law 105-277; to be available as
follows:
$10,296,000 for Alaska or Hawaii ferry projects;
$1,000,000 for the Albuquerque, New Mexico, light
rail project;
$25,000,000 for the Atlanta, Georgia, North line
extension project;
$13,000,000 for the Baltimore, Maryland, central
light rail transit double track project;
$1,500,000 for the Baltimore, Maryland, rail
transit project;
$2,000,000 for the Birmingham, Alabama, transit
corridor project;
$10,631,245 for the Boston, Massachusetts, South
Boston Piers transitway project;
$500,000 for the Boston, Massachusetts, urban ring
transit project;
$7,000,000 for the Charlotte, North Carolina, South
corridor light rail transit project;
$32,750,000 for the Chicago, Illinois, Douglas
branch reconstruction project;
$55,000,000 for the Chicago, Illinois, METRA
commuter rail and line extension projects;
$3,000,000 for the Chicago, Illinois, Ravenswood
reconstruction project;
$6,000,000 for the Cleveland, Ohio, Euclid corridor
transportation project;
$70,000,000 for the Dallas, Texas, North Central
light rail transit extension project;
$55,000,000 for the Denver, Colorado, Southeast
corridor light rail transit project;
$192,492 for the Denver, Colorado, Southwest
corridor light rail transit project;
$150,000 for the Des Moines, Iowa, DSM bus
feasibility project;
$200,000 for the Dubuque, Iowa, light rail
feasibility project;
$25,000,000 for the Dulles corridor, Virginia, bus
rapid transit project;
$27,000,000 for the Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Tri-
County commuter rail upgrades project;
$2,000,000 for the Fort Worth, Texas, Trinity
railway express project;
$750,000 for the Grand Rapids, Michigan, ITP metro
area, major corridor project;
$12,000,000 for Honolulu, Hawaii, bus rapid transit
project;
$10,000,000 for the Houston, Texas, Metro advanced
transit project;
$300,000 for the Iowa, Metrolink light rail
feasibility project;
$1,500,000 for the Johnson County, Kansas-Kansas
City, Missouri, I-35 commuter rail project;
$2,000,000 for the Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, commuter rail extension project;
$55,000,000 for the Largo, Maryland, metrorail
extension project;
$2,000,000 for the Little Rock, Arkansas, river
rail project;
$14,744,420 for the Long Island Rail Road, New
York, East Side access project;
$9,289,557 for the Los Angeles, California, North
Hollywood extension project;
$7,500,000 for the Los Angeles, California, East
Side corridor light rail transit project;
$3,000,000 for the Lowell, Massachusetts-Nashua,
New Hampshire commuter rail extension project;
$12,000,000 for the Maryland (MARC) commuter rail
improvements projects;
$19,170,000 for the Memphis, Tennessee, Medical
center rail extension project;
$5,000,000 for the Miami, Florida, South Miami-Dade
busway extension project;
$10,000,000 for the Minneapolis-Rice, Minnesota,
Northstar corridor commuter rail project;
$50,000,000 for the Minneapolis-St. Paul,
Minnesota, Hiawatha corridor light rail transit
project;
$4,000,000 for the Nashville, Tennessee, East
corridor commuter rail project;
$141,000,000 for the New Jersey Hudson-Bergen light
rail transit project;
$15,000,000 for the New Orleans, Louisiana, Canal
Street car line project;
$1,200,000 for the New Orleans, Louisiana, Desire
corridor streetcar project;
$2,000,000 for the New York, New York, Second
Avenue subway project;
$20,000,000 for the Newark-Elizabeth, New Jersey,
rail link project;
$2,500,000 for the Northeast Indianapolis, Indiana,
downtown corridor project;
$2,500,000 for the Northern Indiana South Shore
commuter rail project;
$6,500,000 for the Oceanside-Escondido, California,
light rail extension project;
$500,000 for the Ohio, Central Ohio North corridor
rail (COTA) project;
$5,000,000 for the Pawtucket-TF Green, Rhode
Island, commuter rail and maintenance facility project;
$9,000,000 for the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
Schuykill Valley metro project;
$10,000,000 for the Phoenix, Arizona, Central
Phoenix/East Valley corridor project;
$8,000,000 for the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, North
Shore connector light rail transit project;
$18,000,000 for the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, stage
II light rail transit reconstruction project;
$64,000,000 for the Portland, Oregon, Interstate
MAX light rail transit extension project;
$20,000,000 for the Puget Sound, Washington, RTA
Sounder commuter rail project;
$9,000,000 for the Raleigh, North Carolina,
Triangle transit project;
$328,000 for the Sacramento, California, light rail
transit extension project;
$14,000,000 for the Salt Lake City, Utah, CBD to
University light rail transit project;
$3,000,000 for the Salt Lake City, Utah, University
Medical Center light rail transit extension project;
$60,000,000 for the San Diego, California, Mission
Valley East light rail transit extension project;
$1,000,000 for the San Diego, California, Mid Coast
corridor project;
$75,673,790 for the San Francisco, California, BART
extension to the airport project;
$113,336 for the San Jose, California, Tasman West
light rail transit project;
$40,000,000 for the San Juan, Puerto Rico, Tren
Urbano project;
$1,700,000 for the Sioux City, Iowa, light rail
project;
$28,000,000 for the St. Louis-St. Clair, Missouri,
metrolink extension project;
$5,000,000 for the Stamford, Connecticut, urban
transitway project;
$3,000,000 for the Stockton, California, Altamont commuter
rail project;
$3,000,000 for the Virginia Railway Express station
improvements project;
$500,000 for the Washington County, Oregon,
Wilsonville to Beaverton commuter rail project;
$2,500,000 for the Wasilla, Alaska, alternative
route project; and
$400,000 for the Yosemite, California, area
regional transportation system project.
Job Access and Reverse Commute Grants
Notwithstanding section 3037(l)(3) of Public Law 105-178,
as amended, for necessary expenses to carry out section 3037 of
the Federal Transit Act of 1998, $25,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That no more than
$125,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for these
purposes: Provided further, That up to $250,000 of the funds
provided under this heading may be used by the Federal Transit
Administration for technical assistance and support and
performance reviews of the Job Access and Reverse Commute
Grants program.
SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation is hereby
authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of
funds and borrowing authority available to the Corporation, and
in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commitments
without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by
section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, as
amended, as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set
forth in the Corporation's budget for the current fiscal year.
Operations and Maintenance
(harbor maintenance trust fund)
For necessary expenses for operations and maintenance of
those portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway operated and
maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development
Corporation, $13,345,000, to be derived from the Harbor
Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public Law 99-662.
RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION
Research and Special Programs
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the
Research and Special Programs Administration, $37,279,000, of
which $645,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund,
and of which $2,170,000 shall remain available until September
30, 2004: Provided, That up to $1,200,000 in fees collected
under 49 U.S.C. 5108(g) shall be deposited in the general fund
of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided further, That
there may be credited to this appropriation, to be available
until expended, funds received from States, counties,
municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources
for expenses incurred for training, for reports publication and
dissemination, and for travel expenses incurred in performance
of hazardous materials exemptions and approvals functions.
Pipeline Safety
(pipeline safety fund)
(oil spill liability trust fund)
For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of the
pipeline safety program, for grants-in-aid to carry out a
pipeline safety program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 60107, and
to discharge the pipeline program responsibilities of the Oil
Pollution Act of 1990, $58,250,000, of which $7,864,000 shall
be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund and shall
remain available until September 30, 2004; of which $50,386,000
shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which
$30,828,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2004.
Emergency Preparedness Grants
(emergency preparedness fund)
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5127(c),
$200,000, to be derived from the Emergency Preparedness Fund,
to remain available until September 30, 2004: Provided, That
not more than $14,300,000 shall be made available for
obligation in fiscal year 2002 from amounts made available by
49 U.S.C. 5116(i) and 5127(d): Provided further, That none of
the funds made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i) and 5127(d) shall
be made available for obligation by individuals other than the
Secretary of Transportation, or his designee.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
Salaries and Expenses
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General
to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of
1978, as amended, $50,614,000: Provided, That the Inspector
General shall have all necessary authority, in carrying out the
duties specified in the Inspector General Act, as amended (5
U.S.C. App. 3) to investigate allegations of fraud, including
false statements to the government (18 U.S.C. 1001), by any
person or entity that is subject to regulation by the
Department: Provided further, That the funds made available
under this heading shall be used to investigate, pursuant to
section 41712 of title 49, United States Code: (1) unfair or
deceptive practices and unfair methods of competition by
domestic and foreign air carriers and ticket agents; and (2)
the compliance of domestic and foreign air carriers with
respect to item (1) of this proviso.
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
Salaries and Expenses
For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation Board,
including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $18,457,000:
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, not
to exceed $950,000 from fees established by the Chairman of the
Surface Transportation Board shall be credited to this
appropriation as offsetting collections and used for necessary
and authorized expenses under this heading: Provided further,
That the sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be
reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting
collections are received during fiscal year 2002, to result in
a final appropriation from the general fund estimated at no
more than $17,507,000.
TITLE II
RELATED AGENCIES
ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD
Salaries and Expenses
For expenses necessary for the Architectural and
Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, as authorized by
section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended,
$5,015,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision
of law, there may be credited to this appropriation funds
received for publications and training expenses.
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD
Salaries and Expenses
For necessary expenses of the National Transportation
Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and
aircraft; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates
for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to
the rate for a GS-15; uniforms, or allowances therefor, as
authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902) $68,000,000, of which
not to exceed $2,000 may be used for official reception and
representation expenses.
TITLE III
GENERAL PROVISIONS
(including transfers of funds)
Sec. 301. During the current fiscal year applicable
appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall be
available for maintenance and operation of aircraft; hire of
passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of liability
insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign countries on
official department business; and uniforms, or allowances
therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902).
Sec. 302. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year
2002 pay raises for programs funded in this Act shall be
absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act or previous
appropriations Acts.
Sec. 303. Appropriations contained in this Act for the
Department of Transportation shall be available for services as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not
to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for an
Executive Level IV.
Sec. 304. None of the funds in this Act shall be available
for salaries and expenses of more than 105 political and
Presidential appointees in the Department of Transportation:
Provided, That none of the personnel covered by this provision
or political and Presidential appointees in an independent
agency funded in this Act may be assigned on temporary detail
outside the Department of Transportation or such independent
agency except to the Office of Homeland Security.
Sec. 305. None of the funds in this Act shall be used for
the planning or execution of any program to pay the expenses
of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties intervening in
regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act.
Sec. 306. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year,
nor may any be transferred to other appropriations, unless
expressly so provided herein.
Sec. 307. The expenditure of any appropriation under this
Act for any consulting service through procurement contract
pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, shall
be limited to those contracts where such expenditures are a
matter of public record and available for public inspection,
except where otherwise provided under existing law, or under
existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
Sec. 308. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to
implement section 404 of title 23, United States Code.
Sec. 309. The limitations on obligations for the programs
of the Federal Transit Administration shall not apply to any
authority under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously made available for
obligation, or to any other authority previously made available
for obligation.
Sec. 310. (a) For fiscal year 2002, the Secretary of
Transportation shall--
(1) not distribute from the obligation limitation
for Federal-aid Highways amounts authorized for
administrative expenses and programs funded from the
administrative takedown authorized by section
104(a)(1)(A) of title 23, United States Code, for the
highway use tax evasion program, amounts provided under
section 110 of title 23, United States Code, and for
the Bureau of Transportation Statistics;
(2) not distribute an amount from the obligation
limitation for Federal-aid Highways that is equal to
the unobligated balance of amounts made available from
the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit
Account) for Federal-aid highways and highway safety
programs for the previous fiscal year the funds for
which are allocated by the Secretary;
(3) determine the ratio that--
(A) the obligation limitation for Federal-
aid Highways less the aggregate of amounts not
distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), bears
to
(B) the total of the sums authorized to be
appropriated for Federal-aid highways and
highway safety construction programs (other
than sums authorized to be appropriated for
sections set forth in paragraphs (1) through
(7) of subsection (b) and sums authorized to be
appropriated for section 105 of title 23,
United States Code, equal to the amount
referred to in subsection (b)(8)) for such
fiscal year less the aggregate of the amounts
not distributed under paragraph (1) of this
subsection;
(4) distribute the obligation limitation for
Federal-aid Highways less the aggregate amounts not
distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 117
of title 23, United States Code (relating to high
priority projects program), section 201 of the
Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, the
Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge Authority Act of 1995,
and $2,000,000,000 for such fiscal year under section
105 of title 23, United States Code (relating to
minimum guarantee) so that the amount of obligation
authority available for each of such sections is equal
to the amount determined by multiplying the ratio
determined under paragraph (3) by the sums authorized
to be appropriated for such section (except in the case
of section 105, $2,000,000,000) for such fiscal year;
(5) distribute the obligation limitation provided
for Federal-aid Highways less the aggregate amounts not
distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) and amounts
distributed under paragraph (4) for each of the
programs that are allocated by the Secretary under
title 23, United States Code (other than activities to
which paragraph (1) applies and programs to which
paragraph (4) applies) by multiplying the ratio
determined under paragraph (3) by the sums authorized
to be appropriated for such program for such fiscal
year; and
(6) distribute the obligation limitation provided
for Federal-aid Highways less the aggregate amounts not
distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) and amounts
distributed under paragraphs (4) and (5) for Federal-
aid highways and highway safety construction programs
(other than the minimum guarantee program, but only to
the extent that amounts apportioned for the minimum
guarantee program for such fiscal year exceed
$2,639,000,000, and the Appalachian development highway
system program) that are apportioned by the Secretary
under title 23, United States Code, in the ratio that--
(A) sums authorized to be appropriated for
such programs that are apportioned to each
State for such fiscal year, bear to
(B) the total of the sums authorized to be
appropriated for such programs that are
apportioned to all States for such fiscal year.
(b) Exceptions From Obligation Limitation.--The obligation
limitation for Federal-aid Highways shall not apply to
obligations: (1) under section 125 of title 23, United States
Code; (2) under section 147 of the Surface Transportation
Assistance Act of 1978; (3) under section 9 of the Federal-Aid
Highway Act of 1981; (4) under sections 131(b) and 131( j) of
the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982; (5) under
sections 149(b) and 149(c) of the Surface Transportation and
Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987; (6) under sections
1103 through 1108 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation
Efficiency Act of 1991; (7) under section 157 of title 23,
United States Code, as in effect on the day before the date of
the enactment of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st
Century; and (8) under section 105 of title 23, United States
Code (but, only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for such
fiscal year).
(c) Redistribution of Unused Obligation Authority.--
Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall after
August 1 for such fiscal year revise a distribution of the
obligation limitation made available under subsection (a) if a
State will not obligate the amount distributed during that
fiscal year and redistribute sufficient amounts to those States
able to obligate amounts in addition to those previously
distributed during that fiscal year giving priority to those
States having large unobligated balances of funds apportioned
under sections 104 and 144 of title 23, United States Code,
section 160 (as in effect on the day before the enactment of
the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century) of title
23, United States Code, and under section 1015 of the
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105
Stat. 1943-1945).
(d) Applicability of Obligation Limitations to
Transportation Research Programs.--The obligation limitation
shall apply to transportation research programs carried out
under chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code, except that
obligation authority made available for such programs under
such limitation shall remain available for a period of 3 fiscal
years.
(e) Redistribution of Certain Authorized Funds.--Not later
than 30 days after the date of the distribution of obligation
limitation under subsection (a), the Secretary shall distribute
to the States any funds: (1) that are authorized to be
appropriated for such fiscal year for Federal-aid highways
programs (other than the program under section 160 of title 23,
United States Code) and for carrying out subchapter I of
chapter 311 of title 49, United States Code, and highway-
related programs under chapter 4 of title 23, United States
Code; and (2) that the Secretary determines will not be
allocated to the States, and will not be available for
obligation, in such fiscal year due to the imposition of any
obligation limitation for such fiscal year. Such distribution
to the States shall be made in the same ratio as the
distribution of obligation authority under subsection (a)(6).
The funds so distributed shall be available for any purposes
described in section 133(b) of title 23, United States Code.
(f) Special Rule.--Obligation limitation distributed for a
fiscal year under subsection (a)(4) of this section for a
section set forth in subsection (a)(4) shall remain available
until used and shall be in addition to the amount of any
limitation imposed on obligations for Federal-aid highway and
highway safety construction programs for future fiscal years.
Sec. 311. (a) No recipient of funds made available in this
Act shall disseminate personal information (as defined in 18
U.S.C. 2725(3)) obtained by a State department of motor
vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle record as defined
in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1), except as provided in 18 U.S.C. 2721 for
a use permitted under 18 U.S.C. 2721.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall not
withhold funds provided in this Act for any grantee if a State
is in noncompliance with this provision.
Sec. 312. None of the funds in this Act shall be available
to plan, finalize, or implement regulations that would
establish a vessel traffic safety fairway less than five miles
wide between the Santa Barbara Traffic Separation Scheme and
the San Francisco Traffic Separation Scheme.
Sec. 313. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
airports may transfer, without consideration, to the Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA) instrument landing systems (along
with associated approach lighting equipment and runway visual
range equipment) which conform to FAA design and performance
specifications, the purchase of which was assisted by a Federal
airport-aid program, airport development aid program or airport
improvement program grant: Provided, That, the Federal Aviation
Administration shall accept such equipment, which shall
thereafter be operated and maintained by FAA in accordance with
agency criteria.
Sec. 314. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and
except for fixed guideway modernization projects, funds made
available by this Act under ``Federal Transit Administration,
Capital investment grants'' for projects specified in this Act
or identified in reports accompanying this Act not obligated by
September 30, 2004, and other recoveries, shall be made
available for other projects under 49 U.S.C. 5309.
Sec. 315. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any
funds appropriated before October 1, 2001, under any section of
chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, that remain
available for expenditure may be transferred to and
administered under the most recent appropriation heading for
any such section.
Sec. 316. None of the funds in this Act may be used to
compensate in excess of 335 technical staff-years under the
federally funded research and development center contract
between the Federal Aviation Administration and the Center for
Advanced Aviation Systems Development during fiscal year 2002.
Sec. 317. Funds received by the Federal Highway
Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and Federal
Railroad Administration from States, counties, municipalities,
other public authorities, and private sources for expenses
incurred for training may be credited respectively to the
Federal Highway Administration's ``Federal-Aid Highways''
account, the Federal Transit Administration's ``Transit
Planning and Research'' account, and to the Federal Railroad
Administration's ``Safety and Operations'' account, except for
State rail safety inspectors participating in training pursuant
to 49 U.S.C. 20105.
Sec. 318. Of the funds made available under section
1101(a)(12) and section 1503 of Public Law 105-178, as amended,
$52,973,000 are rescinded.
Sec. 319. Beginning in fiscal year 2002 and thereafter, the
Secretary may use up to 1 percent of the amounts made available
to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5309 for oversight activities under 49
U.S.C. 5327.
Sec. 320. Funds made available for Alaska or Hawaii ferry
boats or ferry terminal facilities pursuant to 49 U.S.C.
5309(m)(2)(B) may be used to construct new vessels and
facilities, or to improve existing vessels and facilities,
including both the passenger and vehicle-related elements of
such vessels and facilities, and for repair facilities:
Provided, That not more than $3,000,000 of the funds made
available pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 5309(m)(2)(B) may be used by
the State of Hawaii to initiate and operate a passenger
ferryboat services demonstration project to test the viability
of different intra-island and inter-island ferry routes.
Sec. 321. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received by
the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the sale of data
products, for necessary expenses incurred pursuant to 49 U.S.C.
111 may be credited to the Federal-aid highways account for the
purpose of reimbursing the Bureau for such expenses: Provided,
That such funds shall be subject to the obligation limitation
for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction.
Sec. 322. Section 3030(a) of the Transportation Equity Act
for the 21st Century (Public Law 105-178) is amended by adding
at the end, the following line: ``Washington County--
Wilsonville to Beaverton commuter rail.''.
Sec. 323. Section 3030(b) of the Transportation Equity Act
for the 21st Century (Public Law 105-178) is amended by adding
at the end the following: ``Detroit, Michigan Metropolitan
Airport rail project.''.
Sec. 324. None of the funds in this Act may be obligated or
expended for employee training which: (a) does not meet
identified needs for knowledge, skills and abilities bearing
directly upon the performance of official duties; (b) contains
elements likely to induce high levels of emotional response or
psychological stress in some participants; (c) does not require
prior employee notification of the content and methods to be
used in the training and written end of course evaluations; (d)
contains any methods or content associated with religious or
quasi-religious belief systems or ``new age'' belief systems as
defined in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Notice N-
915.022, dated September 2, 1988; (e) is offensive to, or
designed to change, participants' personal values or lifestyle
outside the workplace; or (f) includes content related to human
immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome
(HIV/AIDS) other than that necessary to make employees more
aware of the medical ramifications of HIV/AIDS and the
workplace rights of HIV-positive employees.
Sec. 325. None of the funds in this Act shall, in the
absence of express authorization by Congress, be used directly
or indirectly to pay for any personal service, advertisement,
telegraph, telephone, letter, printed or written material,
radio, television, video presentation, electronic
communications, or other device, intended or designed to
influence in any manner a Member of Congress or of a State
legislature to favor or oppose by vote or otherwise, any
legislation or appropriation by Congress or a State legislature
after the introduction of any bill or resolution in Congress
proposing such legislation or appropriation, or after the
introduction of any bill or resolution in a State legislature
proposing such legislation or appropriation: Provided, That
this shall not prevent officers or employees of the Department
of Transportation or related agencies funded in this Act from
communicating to Members of Congress or to Congress, on the
request of any Member, or to members of State legislature, or
to a State legislature, through the proper official channels,
requests for legislation or appropriations which they deem
necessary for the efficient conduct of business.
Sec. 326. (a) In General.--None of the funds made available
in this Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity
agrees that in expending the funds the entity will comply with
the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a-10c).
(b) Sense of the Congress; Requirement Regarding Notice.--
(1) Purchase of american-made equipment and
products.--In the case of any equipment or product that
may be authorized to be purchased with financial
assistance provided using funds made available in this
Act, it is the sense of the Congress that entities
receiving the assistance should, in expending the
assistance, purchase only American-made equipment and
products to the greatest extent practicable.
(2) Notice to recipients of assistance.--In
providing financial assistance using funds made
available in this Act, the head of each Federal agency
shall provide to each recipient of the assistance a
notice describing the statement made in paragraph (1)
by the Congress.
(c) Prohibition of Contracts With Persons Falsely Labeling
Products as Made in America.--If it has been finally determined
by a court or Federal agency that any person intentionally
affixed a label bearing a ``Made in America'' inscription, or
any inscription with the same meaning, to any product sold in
or shipped to the United States that is not made in the United
States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any contract
or subcontract made with funds made available in this Act,
pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility
procedures described in sections 9.400 through 9.409 of title
48, Code of Federal Regulations.
Sec. 327. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, minor fees
and other funds received by the Department from travel
management centers, charge card programs, the subleasing of
building space, and miscellaneous sources are to be credited to
appropriations of the Department and allocated to elements of
the Department using fair and equitable criteria and such funds
shall be available until December 31, 2002.
Sec. 328. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule
or regulation, the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to
allow the issuer of any preferred stock heretofore sold to the
Department to redeem or repurchase such stock upon the payment
to the Department of an amount determined by the Secretary.
Sec. 329. For necessary expenses of the Amtrak Reform
Council authorized under section 203 of Public Law 105-134,
$225,000.
Sec. 330. In addition to amounts otherwise made available
in this Act, to enable the Secretary of Transportation to make
grants for surface transportation projects, $144,000,000, to
remain available until expended.
Sec. 331. During fiscal year 2002, for providing support to
the Department of Defense, the Coast Guard Yard and other Coast
Guard specialized facilities designated by the Commandant shall
qualify as components of the Department of Defense for
competition and workload assignment purposes: Provided, That in
addition, for purposes of entering into joint public-private
partnerships and other cooperative arrangements for the
performance of work, the Coast Guard Yard and other Coast Guard
specialized facilities may enter into agreements or other
arrangements, receive and retain funds from and pay funds to
such public and private entities, and may accept contributions
of funds, materials, services, and the use of facilities from
such entities: Provided further, That amounts received under
this section may be credited to appropriate Coast Guard
accounts for fiscal year 2002.
Sec. 332. None of the funds in this Act may be used to make
a grant unless the Secretary of Transportation notifies the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations not less than
three full business days before any discretionary grant award,
letter of intent, or full funding grant agreement totaling
$1,000,000 or more is announced by the department or its modal
administrations from: (1) any discretionary grant program of
the Federal Highway Administration other than the emergency
relief program; (2) the airport improvement program of the
Federal Aviation Administration; or (3) any program of the
Federal Transit Administration other than the formula grants
and fixed guideway modernization programs: Provided, That no
notification shall involve funds that are not available for
obligation.
Sec. 333. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act
shall be available for the design or construction of a light
rail system in Houston, Texas.
(b) Notwithstanding (a), amounts made available in this Act
under the heading ``Federal Transit Administration, Capital
investment grants'' for a Houston, Texas, Metro advanced
transit plan project shall be available for obligation or
expenditure subject to the following conditions:
(1) Sufficient amounts shall be used for major
investment studies in 4 major corridors.
(2) The Texas Department of Transportation shall
review and comment on the findings of the studies under
paragraph (1). Any comments by such department on such
findings shall be included in any final report on such
studies.
(3) If a final report on the studies under
paragraph (1) is not available for at least the 1-month
period preceding the date of any referendum held by the
City of Houston, Texas, or by a county of Texas,
regarding approval of the issuance of bonds for funding
a light rail system in Houston, Texas, all information
developed by such studies regarding passenger and cost
estimates for such a system shall be made available to
the public at least one month before the date of the
referendum.
Sec. 334. None of the funds made available in this Act may
be used for engineering work related to an additional runway at
New Orleans International Airport.
Sec. 335. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to
pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring airport
sponsors to provide to the Federal Aviation Administration
without cost building construction, maintenance, utilities and
expenses, or space in airport sponsor-owned buildings for
services relating to air traffic control, air navigation or
weather reporting: Provided, That the prohibition of funds in
this section does not apply to negotiations between the agency
and airport sponsors to achieve agreement on ``below-market''
rates for these items or to grant assurances that require
airport sponsors to provide land without cost to the FAA for
air traffic control facilities.
Sec. 336. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
whenever an allocation is made of the sums authorized to be
appropriated for expenditure on the Federal lands highway
program, and whenever an apportionment is made of the sums
authorized to be appropriated for expenditure on the surface
transportation program, the congestion mitigation and air
quality improvement program, the National Highway System, the
Interstate maintenance program, the bridge program, the
Appalachian development highway system, and the minimum
guarantee program, the Secretary of Transportation shall deduct
a sum in such amount not to exceed two-fifths of 1 percent of
all sums so made available, as the Secretary determines
necessary, to administer the provisions of law to be financed
from appropriations for motor carrier safety programs and motor
carrier safety research. The sum so deducted shall remain
available until expended: Provided, That any deduction by the
Secretary of Transportation in accordance with this paragraph
shall be deemed to be a deduction under section 104(a)(1)(B) of
title 23, United States Code.
Sec. 337. For an airport project that the Administrator of
the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) determines will add
critical airport capacity to the national air transportation
system, the Administrator is authorized to accept funds from an
airport sponsor, including entitlement funds provided under the
``Grants-in-Aid for Airports'' program, for the FAA to hire
additional staff or obtain the services of consultants:
Provided, That the Administrator is authorized to accept and
utilize such funds only for the purpose of facilitating the
timely processing, review, and completion of environmental
activities associated with such project.
Sec. 338. None of the funds made available in this Act may
be used to further any efforts toward developing a new regional
airport for southeast Louisiana until a comprehensive plan is
submitted by a commission of stakeholders to the Administrator
of the Federal Aviation Administration and that plan, as
approved by the Administrator, is submitted to and approved by
the Senate Committee on Appropriations and the House Committee
on Appropriations.
Sec. 339. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
States may use funds provided in this Act under Section 402 of
title 23, United States Code, to produce and place highway
safety public service messages in television, radio, cinema and
print media, and on the Internet in accordance with guidance
issued by the Secretary of Transportation: Provided, That any
State that uses funds for such public service messages shall
submit to the Secretary a report describing and assessing the
effectiveness of the messages: Provided further, That
$8,000,000 of the funds allocated for innovative seat belt
projects under section 157 of title 23, United States Code,
shall be used by the States, as directed by the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administrator, to purchase advertising
in broadcast or print media to publicize the States' seat belt
enforcement efforts during one or more of the Operation ABC
National Mobilizations: Provided further, That up to $2,000,000
of the funds allocated for innovative seat belt projects under
section 157 of title 23, United States Code, shall be used by
the Administrator to evaluate the effectiveness of State seat
belt programs that purchase advertising as provided by this
section.
Sec. 340. Item 1348 of the table contained in section 1602
of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century is
amended by striking ``Extend West Douglas Road'' and inserting
``Construct Gastineau Channel Second Crossing to Douglas
Island''.
Sec. 341. None of the funds in this Act may be obligated
for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation to approve
assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining to funds
appropriated to the modal administrations in this Act, except
for activities underway on the date of enactment of this Act,
unless such assessments or agreements have completed the normal
reprogramming process for Congressional notification.
Sec. 342. Item 642 in the table contained in section 1602
of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, relating
to Washington, is amended by striking ``Construct passenger
ferry facility to serve Southworth, Seattle'' and inserting
``Passenger only ferry to serve Kitsap and King Counties to
Seattle''.
Sec. 343. Item 1793 in section 1602 of the Transportation
Equity Act for the 21st Century, relating to Washington, is
amended by striking ``Southworth Seattle Ferry'' and inserting
``Passenger only ferry to serve Kitsap and King Counties to
Seattle''.
Sec. 344. Item 576 in the table contained in section 1602
of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112
Stat. 278) is amended by striking ``Bull Shoals Lake Ferry in
Taney County'' and inserting ``Construct the Missouri Center
for Advanced Highway Safety (MOCAHS)''.
Sec. 345. The transit station operated by the Washington
Metropolitan Area Transit Authority located at Ronald Reagan
Washington National Airport, and known as the National Airport
Station, shall be known and designated as the ``Ronald Reagan
Washington National Airport Station''. The Washington
Metropolitan Area Transit Authority shall modify the signs at
the transit station, and all maps, directories, documents, and
other records published by the Authority, to reflect the
redesignation.
Sec. 346. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available in this Act may be made available to any person or
entity convicted of violating the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C.
10a-10c).
Sec. 347. For fiscal year 2002, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, historic covered bridges eligible for Federal
assistance under section 1224 of the Transportation Equity Act
for the 21st Century, as amended, may be funded from amounts
set aside for the discretionary bridge program.
Sec. 348. None of the funds provided in this Act or prior
Appropriations Acts for Coast Guard ``Acquisition,
construction, and improvements'' shall be available after the
fifteenth day of any quarter of any fiscal year, unless the
Commandant of the Coast Guard first submits a quarterly report
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on all
major Coast Guard acquisition projects including projects
executed for the Coast Guard by the United States Navy and
vessel traffic service projects: Provided, That such reports
shall include an acquisition schedule, estimated current and
year funding requirements, and a schedule of anticipated
obligations and outlays for each major acquisition project:
Provided further, That such reports shall rate on a relative
scale the cost risk, schedule risk, and technical risk
associated with each acquisition project and include a table
detailing unobligated balances to date and anticipated
unobligated balances at the close of the fiscal year and the
close of the following fiscal year should the Administration's
pending budget request for the acquisition, construction, and
improvements account be fully funded: Provided further, That
such reports shall also provide abbreviated information on the
status of shore facility construction and renovation projects:
Provided further, That all information submitted in such
reports shall be current as of the last day of the preceding
quarter.
Sec. 349. Funds provided in this Act for the Transportation
Administrative Service Center (TASC) shall be reduced by
$5,000,000, which limits fiscal year 2002 TASC obligational
authority for elements of the Department of Transportation
funded in this Act to no more than $120,323,000: Provided, That
such reductions from the budget request shall be allocated by
the Department of Transportation to each appropriations account
in proportion to the amount included in each account for the
Transportation Administrative Service Center.
Sec. 350. Safety of Cross-Border Trucking Between United
States and Mexico. (a) No funds limited or appropriated in this
Act may be obligated or expended for the review or processing
of an application by a Mexican motor carrier for authority to
operate beyond United States municipalities and commercial
zones on the United States-Mexico border until the Federal
Motor Carrier Safety Administration--
(1)(A) requires a safety examination of such motor
carrier to be performed before the carrier is granted
conditional operating authority to operate beyond
United States municipalities and commercial zones on
the United States-Mexico border;
(B) requires the safety examination to include--
(i) verification of available performance
data and safety management programs;
(ii) verification of a drug and alcohol
testing program consistent with part 40 of
title 49, Code of Federal Regulations;
(iii) verification of that motor carrier's
system of compliance with hours-of-service
rules, including hours-of-service records;
(iv) verification of proof of insurance;
(v) a review of available data concerning
that motor carrier's safety history, and other
information necessary to determine the
carrier's preparedness to comply with Federal
Motor Carrier Safety rules and regulations and
Hazardous Materials rules and regulations;
(vi) an inspection of that Mexican motor
carrier's commercial vehicles to be used under
such operating authority, if any such
commercial vehicles have not received a decal
from the inspection required in subsection
(a)(5);
(vii) an evaluation of that motor carrier's
safety inspection, maintenance, and repair
facilities or management systems, including
verification of records of periodic vehicle
inspections;
(viii) verification of drivers'
qualifications, including a confirmation of the
validity of the Licencia de Federal de
Conductor of each driver of that motor carrier
who will be operating under such authority; and
(ix) an interview with officials of that
motor carrier to review safety management
controls and evaluate any written safety
oversight policies and practices.
(C) requires that--
(i) Mexican motor carriers with three or
fewer commercial vehicles need not undergo on-
site safety examination; however 50 percent of
all safety examinations of all Mexican motor
carriers shall be conducted onsite; and
(ii) such on-site inspections shall cover
at least 50 percent of estimated truck traffic
in any year.
(2) requires a full safety compliance review of the
carrier consistent with the safety fitness evaluation
procedures set forth in part 385 of title 49, Code of
Federal Regulations, and gives the motor carrier a
satisfactory rating, before the carrier is granted
permanent operating authority to operate beyond United
States municipalities and commercial zones on the
United States-Mexico border, and requires that any such
safety compliance review take place within 18 months of
that motor carrier being granted conditional operating
authority, provided that;
(A) Mexican motor carriers with three or
fewer commercial vehicles need not undergo
onsite compliance review; however 50 percent of
all compliance reviews of all Mexican motor
carriers shall be conducted on-site; and
(B) any Mexican motor carrier with 4 or
more commercial vehicles that did not undergo
an on-site safety exam under (a)(1)(C), shall
undergo an on-site safety compliance review
under this section.
(3) requires Federal and State inspectors to verify
electronically the status and validity of the license
of each driver of a Mexican motor carrier commercial
vehicle crossing the border;
(A) for every such vehicle carrying a
placardable quantity of hazardous materials;
(B) whenever the inspection required in
subsection (a)(5) is performed; and
(C) randomly for other Mexican motor
carrier commercial vehicles, but in no case
less than 50 percent of all other such
commercial vehicles.
(4) gives a distinctive Department of
Transportation number to each Mexican motor carrier
operating beyond the commercial zone to assist
inspectors in enforcing motor carrier safety
regulations including hours-of-service rules under part
395 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations;
(5) requires, with the exception of Mexican motor
carriers that have been granted permanent operating
authority for three consecutive years--
(A) inspections of all commercial vehicles
of Mexican motor carriers authorized, or
seeking authority to operate beyond United
States municipalities and commercial zones on
the United States-Mexico border that do not
display a valid Commercial Vehicle Safety
Alliance inspection decal, by certified
inspectors in accordance with the requirements
for a Level I Inspection under the criteria of
the North American Standard Inspection (as
defined in section 350.105 of title 49, Code of
Federal Regulations), including examination of
the driver, vehicle exterior and vehicle under-
carriage;
(B) a Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance
decal to be affixed to each such commercial
vehicle upon completion of the inspection
required by clause (A) or a re-inspection if
the vehicle has met the criteria for the Level
I inspection; and
(C) that any such decal, when affixed,
expire at the end of a period of not more than
90 days, but nothing in this paragraph shall be
construed to preclude the Administration from
requiring reinspection of a vehicle bearing a
valid inspection decal or from requiring that
such a decal be removed when a certified
Federal or State inspector determines that such
a vehicle has a safety violation subsequent to
the inspection for which the decal was granted.
(6) requires State inspectors who detect violations
of Federal motor carrier safety laws or regulations to
enforce them or notify Federal authorities of such
violations;
(7)(A) equips all United States-Mexico commercial
border crossings with scales suitable for enforcement
action; equips 5 of the 10 such crossings that have the
highest volume of commercial vehicle traffic with
weigh-in-motion (WIM) systems; ensures that the
remaining 5 such border crossings are equipped within
12 months; requires inspectors to verify the weight of
each Mexican motor carrier commercial vehicle entering
the United States at said WIM equipped high volume
border crossings; and
(B) initiates a study to determine which other
crossings should also be equipped with weigh-in-motion
systems;
(8) the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
has implemented a policy to ensure that no Mexican
motor carrier will be granted authority to operate
beyond United States municipalities and commercial
zones on the United States-Mexico border unless that
carrier provides proof of valid insurance with an
insurance company licensed in the United States;
(9) requires commercial vehicles operated by a
Mexican motor carrier to enter the United States only
at commercial border crossings where and when a
certified motor carrier safety inspector is on duty and
where adequate capacity exists to conduct a sufficient
number of meaningful vehicle safety inspections and to
accommodate vehicles placed out-of-service as a result
of said inspections.
(10) publishes--
(A) interim final regulations under section
210(b) of the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement
Act of 1999 (49 U.S.C. 31144 nt.) that
establish minimum requirements for motor
carriers, including foreign motor carriers, to
ensure they are knowledgeable about Federal
safety standards, that may include the
administration of a proficiency examination;
(B) interim final regulations under section
31148 of title 49, United States Code, that
implement measures to improve training and
provide for the certification of motor carrier
safety auditors;
(C) a policy under sections 218(a) and (b)
of that Act (49 U.S.C. 31133 nt.) establishing
standards for the determination of the
appropriate number of Federal and State motor
carrier inspectors for the United States-Mexico
border;
(D) a policy under section 219(d) of that
Act (49 U.S.C. 14901 nt.) that prohibits
foreign motor carriers from leasing vehicles to
another carrier to transport products to the
United States while the lessor is subject to a
suspension, restriction, or limitation on its
right to operate in the United States; and
(E) a policy under section 219(a) of that
Act (49 U.S.C. 14901 nt.) that prohibits
foreign motor carriers from operating in the
United States that is found to have operated
illegally in the United States.
(b) No vehicles owned or leased by a Mexican motor carrier
and carrying hazardous materials in a placardable quantity may
be permitted to operate beyond a United States municipality or
commercial zone until the United States has completed an
agreement with the Government of Mexico which ensures that
drivers of such vehicles carrying such placardable quantities
of hazardous materials meet substantially the same requirements
as U.S. drivers carrying such materials.
(c) No vehicles owned or leased by a Mexican motor carrier
may be permitted to operate beyond United States municipalities
and commercial zones under conditional or permanent operating
authority granted by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration until--
(1) the Department of Transportation Inspector
General conducts a comprehensive review of border
operations within 180 days of enactment to verify
that--
(A) all new inspector positions funded
under this Act have been filled and the
inspectors have been fully trained;
(B) each inspector conducting on-site
safety compliance reviews in Mexico consistent
with the safety fitness evaluation procedures
set forth in part 385 of title 49, Code of
Federal Regulations, is fully trained as a
safety specialist;
(C) the requirement of subparagraph (a)(2)
has not been met by transferring experienced
inspectors from other parts of the United
States to the United States-Mexico border,
undermining the level of inspection coverage
and safety elsewhere in the United States;
(D) the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration has implemented a policy to
ensure compliance with hours-of-service rules
under part 395 of title 49, Code of Federal
Regulations, by Mexican motor carriers seeking
authority to operate beyond United States
municipalities and commercial zones on the
United States-Mexico border;
(E) the information infrastructure of the
Mexican government is sufficiently accurate,
accessible, and integrated with that of U.S.
law enforcement authorities to allow U.S.
authorities to verify the status and validity
of licenses, vehicle registrations, operating
authority and insurance of Mexican motor
carriers while operating in the United States,
and that adequate telecommunications links
exist at all United States-Mexico border
crossings used by Mexican motor carrier
commercial vehicles, and in all mobile
enforcement units operating adjacent to the
border, to ensure that licenses, vehicle
registrations, operating authority and
insurance information can be easily and quickly
verified at border crossings or by mobile
enforcement units;
(F) there is adequate capacity at each
United States-Mexico border crossing used by
Mexican motor carrier commercial vehicles to
conduct a sufficient number of meaningful
vehicle safety inspections and to accommodate
vehicles placed out-of-service as a result of
said inspections;
(G) there is an accessible database
containing sufficiently comprehensive data to
allow safety monitoring of all Mexican motor
carriers that apply for authority to operate
commercial vehicles beyond United States
municipalities and commercial zones on the
United States-Mexico border and the drivers of
those vehicles; and
(H) measures are in place to enable U.S.
law enforcement authorities to ensure the
effective enforcement and monitoring of license
revocation and licensing procedures of Mexican
motor carriers.
(2) The Secretary of Transportation certifies in
writing in a manner addressing the Inspector General's
findings in paragraphs (c)(1)(A) through (c)(1)(H) of
this section that the opening of the border does not
pose an unacceptable safety risk to the American
public.
(d) The Department of Transportation Inspector General
shall conduct another review using the criteria in (c)(1)(A)
through (c)(1)(H) consistent with paragraph (c) of this
section, 180 days after the first review is completed, and at
least annually thereafter.
(e) For purposes of this section, the term ``Mexican motor
carrier'' shall be defined as a Mexico-domiciled motor carrier
operating beyond United States municipalities and commercial
zones on the United States-Mexico border.
(f) In addition to amounts otherwise made available in this
Act, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund, there is hereby
appropriated to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration, $25,866,000 for the salary, expense, and
capital costs associated with the requirements of this section.
Sec. 351. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for
the purpose of calculating the non-federal contribution to the
net project cost of the Regional Transportation Commission
Resort Corridor Fixed Guideway Project in Clark County, Nevada,
the Secretary of Transportation shall include all non-federal
contributions (whether public or private) made on or after
January 1, 2000 for engineering, final design, and construction
of any element or phase of the project, including any fixed
guideway project or segment connecting to that project, and
also shall allow non-federal funds (whether public or private)
expended on one element or phase of the project to be used to
meet the non-federal share requirement of any element or phase
of the project.
Sec. 352. (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following
findings:
(1) The condition of highway, railway, and waterway
infrastructure across the Nation varies widely and is
in need of improvement and investment.
(2) Thousands of tons of hazardous materials,
including a very small amount of high-level radioactive
material, are transported along the Nation's highways,
railways, and waterways each year.
(3) The volume of hazardous material transport
increased by over one-third in the last 25 years and is
expected to continue to increase. Some propose
significantly increasing radioactive material
transport.
(4) Approximately 261,000 people were evacuated
across the Nation because of rail-related incidents
involving hazardous materials between 1978 and 1995,
and during that period industry reported 8
transportation accidents involving the small volume of
high level radioactive waste transported during that
period.
(5) The Federal Railroad Administration has
significantly decreased railroad inspections and has
allocated few resources since 1993 to assure the
structural integrity of railroad bridges. Train
derailments have increased by 18 percent over roughly
the same period.
(6) The poor condition of highway, railway, and
waterway infrastructure, increases in the volume of
hazardous material transport, and proposed increases in
radioactive material transport increase the risk of
incidents involving such materials.
(7) Measuring the risks of hazardous or radioactive
material incidents and preventing such incidents
requires specific information concerning the condition
and suitability of specific transportation routes
contemplated for such transport to inform and enable
investment in related infrastructure.
(8) Mitigating the impact of hazardous and
radioactive material transportation incidents requires
skilled, localized, and well-equipped emergency
response personnel along all specifically identified
transportation routes.
(9) Incidents involving hazardous or radioactive
material transport pose threats to the public health
and safety, the environment, and the economy.
(b) Study.--The Secretary of Transportation shall, in
consultation with the Comptroller General of the United States,
conduct a study of the effects to public health and safety, the
environment, and the economy associated with the transportation
of hazardous and radioactive material.
(c) Matters to be Addressed.--The study under subsection
(b) shall address the following matters:
(1) Whether the Federal Government conducts or
reviews individualized and detailed evaluations and
inspections of the condition and suitability of
specific transportation routes for the current, and any
anticipated or proposed, transport of hazardous and
radioactive material, including whether resources and
information are adequate to conduct such evaluations
and inspections.
(2) The costs and time required to ensure adequate
inspection of specific transportation routes and
related infrastructure and to complete the
infrastructure improvements necessary to ensure the
safety of current, and any anticipated or proposed,
hazardous and radioactive material transport.
(3) Whether emergency preparedness personnel,
emergency response personnel, and medical personnel are
adequately trained and equipped to promptly respond to
incidents along specific transportation routes for
current, anticipated, or proposed hazardous and
radioactive material transport.
(4) The costs and time required to ensure that
emergency preparedness personnel, emergency response
personnel, and medical personnel are adequately trained
and equipped to promptly respond to incidents along
specific transportation routes for current,
anticipated, or proposed hazardous and radioactive
material transport.
(5) The availability of, or requirements to,
establish governmental and commercial information
collection and dissemination systems adequate to
provide public and emergency responders in an
accessible manner, with timely, complete, specific, and
accurate information (including databases) concerning
actual, proposed, or anticipated shipments by highway,
railway, or waterway of hazardous and radioactive
materials, including incidents involving the
transportation of such materials by those means and the
public safety implications of such dissemination.
(d) Deadline for Completion.--The study under subsection
(b) shall be completed not later than six months after the date
of the enactment of this Act.
(e) Report.--Upon completion of the study under subsection
(b), the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the
study.
Sec. 353. In selecting projects to carry out using funds
apportioned under section 110 of title 23, United States Code,
the States of Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi shall give
priority consideration to the following projects:
(1) Improving Johnson Ferry Road from the
Chattahoochee River to Abernathy Road, including the
bridge over the Chattahoochee River, Georgia;
(2) Widening Abernathy Road from 2 to 4 lanes from
Johnson Ferry Road to Roswell Road, Georgia;
(3) Constructing approaches to the Patton Island
Bridge, Alabama; and
(4) Planning, design, engineering, and construction
of an interchange on I-55, at approximately mile marker
114, and connector roads in Madison County,
Mississippi.
Sec. 354. Section 355(a) of the National Highway System
Designation Act of 1995 (109 Stat. 624) is amended by striking
``has achieved'' and all that follows and inserting the
following: ``has achieved a safety belt use rate of not less
than 50 percent.''.
Sec. 355. Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall
conduct a study and submit to Congress a report on the costs
and benefits of constructing a third bridge across the
Mississippi River in the Memphis, Tennessee, metropolitan area.
Sec. 356. (a) Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Section 345 of the National Highway System
Designation Act of 1995 authorizes limited relief to
drivers of certain types of commercial motor vehicles
from certain restrictions on maximum driving time and
on-duty time.
(2) Subsection (c) of that section requires the
Secretary of Transportation to determine by rulemaking
proceedings that the exemptions granted are not in the
public interest and adversely affect the safety of
commercial motor vehicles.
(3) Subsection (d) of that section requires the
Secretary of Transportation to monitor the safety
performance of drivers of commercial motor vehicles who
are subject to an exemption under section 345 and
report to Congress prior to the rulemaking proceedings.
(b) It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of
Transportation should not take any action that would diminish
or revoke any exemption in effect on the date of the enactment
of this Act for drivers of vehicles under section 345 of the
National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 (Public Law
104-59; 109 Stat. 613; 49 U.S.C. 31136 note) unless the
requirements of subsections (c) and (d) of such section are
satisfied.
Sec. 357. Point Retreat Light Station shall be transferred
to the Alaska Lighthouse Association consistent with the terms
and conditions of section 416(b)(2) of Public Law 105-383.
Sec. 358. Priority Highway Projects, Minnesota. In
selecting projects to carry out using funds apportioned under
section 110 of title 23, United States Code, the State of
Minnesota shall give priority consideration to the following
projects:
(1) The Southeast Main and Rail Relocation Project
in Moorhead, Minnesota.
(2) Improving access to and from I-35 W at Lake
Street in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Sec. 359. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary of Transportation shall approve the use of funds
apportioned under paragraphs (1) and (3) of section 104(b) of
title 23, United States Code, for construction of Type II noise
barriers--
(1) at the locations identified in section 358 of
the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2000 (113 Stat. 1027);
(2) on the west side of Interstate Route 285 from
Henderson Mill Road to Chamblee Tucker Road in DeKalb
County, Georgia;
(3) on the east and west side of Interstate Route
85, extending from Virginia Avenue to Metropolitan
Parkway in Fulton County, Georgia;
(4) on the east and west sides of Interstate 285
from the South Fulton Parkway/Interstate Route 85
interchange north to Interstate Route 20;
(5) on the east side of Interstate Route 75 from
Howell Mill Road to West Paces Ferry Road in Fulton
County, Georgia;
(6) on the east and west sides of Interstate Route
75 between Chastain Road and Georgia State Route 92 in
Cobb and Cherokee Counties, Georgia; and
(7) on the south side of Interstate 95 in Bensalem
Township, between exit 25 and exit 26, Bucks County,
Pennsylvania.
Sec. 360. 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, the
$4,300,000 specified under the heading ``Federal-Aid Highways
(Limitation on Obligations)'' in the Department of
Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001
(Public Law 106-346) for reconstruction of U.S. 177 in the
vicinity of Cimarron River, Oklahoma, shall be available
instead only for the widening of U.S. 177 from SH-33 to 32nd
Street in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and such amount shall be
subject to the provisions of the last proviso under such
heading.
Sec. 361. Section 3030(d)(3) of the Transportation Equity
Act for the 21st Century (Public Law 105-178) is amended by
inserting at the end:
``(D) Alabama State Docks intermodal
passenger and freight facility.''.
Sec. 362. Section 1105(c) of the Intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2032) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(44) The Louisiana Highway 1 corridor from Grand
Isle, Louisiana, along Louisiana Highway 1, to the
intersection with United States Route 90.''.
Sec. 363. Item 425 in the table contained in section 1602
of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112
Stat. 272) is amended by striking ``Extend'' and all that
follows through ``Parish'' and inserting the following:
``Extend and improve Louisiana Route 42 from and along U.S. 61
to I-10 in Ascension and East Baton Rouge Parishes''.
Sec. 364. Items 111 and 1583 in the table contained in
section 1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st
Century (112 Stat. 261 and 315), relating to Kentucky, are each
amended by inserting after ``Paducah'' the following: ``and
other areas in the city of Paducah and McCracken County,
Kentucky''.
Sec. 365. (a) Section 1105(c)(3) of the Intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-240), as
amended, is hereby further amended by striking: ``then to a
Kentucky Corridor centered on the cities of Pikeville, Jenkins,
Hazard, London, Somerset, Columbia, Bowling Green,
Hopkinsville, Benton, and Paducah'' and inserting: ``then to a
Kentucky Corridor centered on the cities of Pikeville, Jenkins,
Hazard, London, and Somerset; then, generally following the
Louie B. Nunn Parkway corridor from Somerset to Columbia, to
Glasgow, to I-65; then to Bowling Green, Hopkinsville, Benton,
and Paducah''.
(b) Section 1105(e)(5)(A) of the Intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-240), as
amended, is hereby further amended by inserting after
``subsection (c)(1)'', the following: ``subsection (c)(3)
(solely as it relates to the Kentucky Corridor),''.
Sec. 366. Section 1105(c)(18) of the Intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-240), as
amended, is hereby further amended by adding:
``(E) In Kentucky, the corridor shall
utilize the existing Purchase Parkway from the
Tennessee state line to Interstate 24.''.
Sec. 367. Section 1105(e)(5)(B)(i) of the Intermodal
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-
240), as amended, is hereby further amended by adding: ``The
Louie B. Nunn Parkway corridor referred to in subsection (c)(3)
shall be designated as Interstate Route 66. A state having
jurisdiction over any segment of routes and/or corridors
referred to in subsections (c)(3) shall erect signs identifying
such segment that is consistent with the criteria set forth in
subsections (e)(5)(A)(i) and (e)(5)(A)(ii) as Interstate Route
66. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (e)(5)(A)(i)
and (e)(5)(A)(ii), or any other provisions of this Act, the
Commonwealth of Kentucky shall erect signs, as approved by the
Secretary, identifying the routes and/or corridors described in
subsection (c)(3) for the Commonwealth, as segments of future
Interstate Route 66. The Purchase Parkway corridor referred to
in subsection (c)(18)(E) shall be designated as Interstate
Route 69. A state having jurisdiction over any segment of
routes and/or corridors referred to in subsections (c)(18)
shall erect signs identifying such segment that is consistent
with the criteria set forth in subsections (e)(5)(A)(i) and
(e)(5)(A)(ii) as Interstate Route 69. Notwithstanding the
provisions of subsections (e)(5)(A)(i) and (e)(5)(A)(ii), or
any other provisions of this Act, the Commonwealth of Kentucky
shall erect signs, as approved by the Secretary, identifying
the routes and/or corridors described in subsection (c)(18) for
the Commonwealth, as segments of future Interstate Route 69.''.
Sec. 368. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any
funds made available to the southern coalition for advanced
transportation (SCAT) in the Department of Transportation and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000, Public Law 106-69,
under Capital Investment Grants, or identified in the
conference report accompanying the Department of Transportation
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, Public Law 106-
346, that remain unobligated shall be transferred to Transit
Planning and Research and made available to the electric
transit vehicle institute (ETVI) in Tennessee for research
administered under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5312.
Sec. 369. Chapter 9 of title II of the Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 107-20) is amended by
deleting the heading ``(Highway Trust Fund)'' under the heading
``Federal-aid Highways''; and inserting in the body under the
heading ``Federal-aid Highways'' after ``available'' the
following: ``from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the mass
transit account) or the general fund''; and striking ``103-
311'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``103-331''.
Sec. 370. Notwithstanding the project descriptions
contained in table item number 865 of section 1602 of Public
Law 105-178, table item number 77 of section 1106(a) of Public
Law 102-240 and section 1069(d) relating to the Riverside
Expressway in Fairmont, West Virginia, amounts available under
such provision shall be available to carry out any project
eligible under title 23, United States Code, in the vicinity of
Fairmont, West Virginia.
Sec. 371. Item 71 in the table contained in section 1602 of
the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, Public Law
105-178, is amended by replacing ``restore First and Main
Streets to two-way traffic'' with ``traffic safety and
pedestrian improvements in downtown Miamisburg''.
Sec. 372. Item 258 in the table under the heading ``Capital
Investment Grants'' in title I of the Department of
Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000
(Public Law 106-69; 113 Stat. 1006) is amended by striking
``Killington-Sherburne satellite bus facility'' and inserting
``Marble Valley Regional Transit District buses''.
Sec. 373. Of the funds available in item 73 of the table
contained in section 1106(b) of the Intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-240),
$5,700,000 shall be available for construction of a parking
facility for the inner harbor/redevelopment project in Buffalo,
New York.
Sec. 374. Of the funds available in item 630 of the table
contained in section 1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for
the 21st Century (Public Law 105-178) as amended by section
1102 of chapter 11 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001
(Public Law 106-554) shall be available for the construction of
a parking facility for the inner harbor/redevelopment project
in Buffalo, New York.
This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Transportation
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002''.
And the Senate agree to the same.
Harold Rogers,
Frank R. Wolf,
Tom DeLay,
Sonny Callahan,
Todd Tiahrt,
Robert B. Aderholt,
Kay Granger,
Jo Ann Emerson,
John E. Sweeney,
Bill Young,
Martin Olav Sabo,
John W. Olver,
Ed Pastor,
Carolyn C. Kilpatrick,
Jose E. Serrano,
James E. Clyburn,
David R. Obey,
Managers on the Part of the House.
Patty Murray,
Robert C. Byrd,
Barbara A. Mikulski,
Harry Reid,
Herb Kohl,
Richard J. Durbin,
Patrick Leahy,
Daniel Inouye,
Richard C. Shelby,
Christopher Bond,
Robert F. Bennett,
Ben Nighthorse Campbell,
Kay Bailey Hutchison,
Ted Stevens,
Managers on the Part of the Senate.
JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE
The managers on the part of the House of Representatives
and the Senate at the conference on the disagreeing votes of
the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R.
2299) making appropriations for the Department of
Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2002, 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 includes a revised bill.
Congressional Directives
The conferees agree that Executive Branch propensities
cannot substitute for Congress' own statements concerning the
best evidence of Congressional intentions; that is, the
official reports of the Congress. The committee of conference
approves report language included by the House (House Report
107-108) or the Senate (Senate Report 107-38 accompanying the
companion measure S. 1178) that is not changed by the
conference. The statement of the managers, while repeating some
report language for emphasis, is not intended to negate the
language referred to above unless expressly provided herein.
Program, Project, and Activity
During fiscal year 2002, for the purposes of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law
99-177), as amended, with respect to funds provided for the
Department of Transportation and related agencies, the terms
``program, project, and activity'' shall mean any item for
which a dollar amount is contained in an appropriations Act
(including joint resolutions providing continuing
appropriations) or accompanying reports of the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations, or accompanying conference
reports and joint explanatory statements of the committee of
conference. In addition, the reductions made pursuant to any
sequestration order to funds appropriated for ``Federal
Aviation Administration, Facilities and equipment'' and for
``Coast Guard, Acquisition, construction, and improvements''
shall be applied equally to each ``budget item'' that is listed
under said accounts in the budget justifications submitted to
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations as modified
by subsequent appropriations Acts and accompanying committee
reports, conference reports, or joint explanatory statements of
the committee of conference. The conferees recognize that
adjustments to the above allocations may be required due to
changing program requirements or priorities. The conferees
expect any such adjustment, if required, to be accomplished
only through the normal reprogramming process.
TITLE I
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
Salaries and Expenses
The conference agreement provides $67,778,000 for the
salaries and expenses of the office of the secretary instead of
$68,446,000 as proposed by the House and $67,349,000 as
proposed by the Senate. New bill language is included that
specifies amounts by office, consistent with actions in prior
years, and limits transfers among each office to no more than 7
percent. The bill language specifies that any transfer shall be
submitted for approval to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations. The following table summarizes the fiscal year
2002 appropriation for each office:
Immediate office of the Secretary.............................$1,929,000
Immediate office of the Deputy Secretary...................... 619,000
Office of the General Counsel.................................13,355,000
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy.................. 3,058,000
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Aviation and
International Affairs..................................... 7,421,000
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs..... 7,728,000
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Government Affairs...... 2,282,000
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration..........19,250,000
Office of Public Affairs...................................... 1,723,000
Executive Secretariat......................................... 1,204,000
Board of Contract Appeals..................................... 507,000
Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization........ 1,240,000
Office of Intelligence and Security........................... 1,321,000
Office of the Chief Information Officer....................... 6,141,000
The conferees direct the office of the secretary to
submit its congressional justification materials in support of
the individual offices of the offices of the secretary at the
same level of detail provided in the congressional
justifications presented in fiscal year 2002.
Bill language, as proposed by both the House and the
Senate, allows the Department to spend up to $60,000 for
official reception and representation activities.
The conference agreement modifies bill language that was
contained in both the House and the Senate bills that credits
to this appropriation up to $2,500,000 in funds received in
user fees by excluding fees authorized in Public Law 107-71.
Aviation consumer hotline.--The conference agreement
includes $720,000 for the Department's Aviation Consumer
Protection Division's consumer hotline. The conferees note that
a hotline for consumer complaints currently exists in the
Office of the General Counsel. However, the phone line is
understaffed, leaving many consumers frustrated when a phone
recording is the only place to register a complaint. This can
cause considerable hardship for individuals with disabilities
who may have travel complaints that warrant immediate
attention. The conferees direct that these funds are to be used
to establish a 1-800 disability inquiry line that is staffed
from 7:00 a.m. until 11:00 p.m. each day.
Study of air travel services.--The conferees are
interested in the impact the joint entry of suppliers of air
travel services into the market for direct distribution has had
to date on consumers, airline competition, and ticket prices.
Accordingly, the conferees request the Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs
report on its monitoring efforts pursuant to the launch of the
joint airline distribution ventures. The report should address,
at a minimum, the following issues raised by the Department as
potential concerns related to such ventures:
Deviations from plans, policies, and procedures
initially proposed in the joint venture's business plan
and contained in its charter associate agreements;
The extent to which the joint venture has adhered
to its commitment to not bias displays of fares or
services;
The extent to which ties between the airline-owners
and the ``Most Favored Nation'' clause in the charter
agreement have resulted in monopolistic or other anti-
competitive market behavior; and
Whether airline-owners of the joint ventures or
charter associates have acted in an anti-competitive
manner by choosing not to distribute fares through
other online distribution outlets.
The conferees request the Office of Aviation and
International Affairs to submit its findings to the DOT
Inspector General's office no later than April 1, 2002, for its
evaluation and comment. The House and Senate Transportation
Appropriations Subcommittees request the Inspector General to
report on these findings no later than 90 days after receiving
the findings from the Office of Aviation and International
Affairs.
Reorganization.--The conferees are aware that
consideration is being given to a reorganization of functions
and offices within the office of the secretary and the
department is in the process of establishing the new
Transportation Security Administration. The conferees expect
that any transfer of functions or reorganization must be
formally approved by the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations through the regular reprogramming process.
Administrative directions.--The conferees direct the
department to submit its annual congressional justifications
for each modal administration to the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations on the date on which the
President's budget is delivered officially to Congress.
Assessments.--The conferees direct that assessments
charged by the office of the secretary to modal administrations
should be for administrative activities, not policy
initiatives. The conferees have seen violations of this
direction in fiscal year 2001 and will not tolerate further
problems.
Office of Civil Rights
The conference agreement provides $8,500,000 for the
office of civil rights as proposed by both the House and the
Senate.
Transportation Security Administration
The conference agreement provides $1,250,000,000 for the
new multi-modal Transportation Security Administration for
civil aviation security services pursuant to Public Law 107-71.
Neither the House nor the Senate bill contained a similar
appropriation. The bill language specifies that the security
fees shall be credited to this appropriation as offsetting
collections. The bill also specifies that the general fund
appropriation shall be reduced, as fees are collected, to
result in an anticipated final fiscal year appropriation of
zero.
Transportation Planning, Research, and Development
The conference agreement provides $11,993,000 for
transportation planning, research, and development instead of
$5,193,000 as proposed by the House and $15,592,000 as proposed
by the Senate. Adjustments to the budget request shall be
available for the following activities:
Northeast advanced vehicle consortium................... $2,600,000
WestStart's vehicular flywheel project in the Pacific
Northwest........................................... 1,000,000
International ferry service from Blaine, WA to White
Rock, B.C........................................... 200,000
North Dakota State University system planning and
resource management................................. 150,000
Auburn University, AL campus transit study.............. 375,000
Bypass mail system computer software and hardware
upgrades in Alaska.................................. 2,075,000
North Puget Sound intermodal center planning study...... 400,000
Transportation Administrative Service Center
The conference agreement includes a limitation of
$125,323,000 on activities of the transportation administration
service center (TASC) as proposed by both the House and the
Senate.
Modal usage of TASC.--The conferees direct the
department, in its fiscal year 2003 Congressional
justifications for each modal administration, to account for
increases and decreases in TASC billings based on planned usage
requested or anticipated by the modes rather than TASC as
proposed by the House.
Information technology omnibus procurement (ITOP).--The
conferees direct the DOT Inspector General to conduct a
thorough review of the ITOP program and report findings to the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations no later than
February 15, 2002 as specified in the House report.
Minority Business Resource Center Program
The conference agreement provides an appropriation of
$900,000 for the minority business resource center program and
limits the loans to $18,367,000 as proposed by both the House
and the Senate.
Minority Business Outreach
The conference agreement provides a total of $3,000,000
for minority business outreach as proposed by the House and the
Senate. Language pertaining to funding availability, as
proposed by the Senate, has been deleted.
Payments to Air Carriers
(Airport and Airway Trust Fund)
The conference agreement provides $63,000,000 for
payments to air carriers as proposed by the House instead of
$50,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. Of this total,
$13,000,000 is in new appropriations and the remainder is to be
derived from overflight user fees and, if necessary,
unobligated balances from the facilities and equipment account
of the Federal Aviation Administration. The conference
agreement does not include a provision contained in the Senate
bill that tightens the eligibility criteria for communities to
receive essential air service subsidies.
Coast Guard
Operating Expenses
The conference agreement provides $3,382,000,000 for
Coast Guard operating expenses instead of $3,382,588,000 as
proposed by the House and $3,427,588,000 as proposed by the
Senate. The agreement specifies that $440,000,000 of the total
is available only for defense-related activities instead of
$340,000,000 as proposed by the House and $695,000,000 proposed
by the Senate. The agreement includes $24,945,000 to be derived
from the oil spill liability trust fund as proposed by the
House instead of $25,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
Funding for search and rescue stations, surf stations,
and command centers.--The conference agreement specifies that
$14,541,000 is only for increased staffing, training, and
personnel protective gear at search and rescue stations, surf
stations, and command centers, instead of $13,541,000 proposed
by the Senate. Further, the agreement includes language,
proposed by the Senate, requiring the Inspector General to
audit and certify that these funds are being used solely to
supplement the fiscal year 2001 level of effort in this area.
The conferees agree that these activities are in dire need of
increased funding, and that the Coast Guard should give search
and rescue a higher priority for funding in future budget
submissions.
Specific adjustments.--The following table summarizes the
House and Senate's proposed adjustments to the Coast Guard's
budget request and the final conference agreement:
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Conference
House bill Senate bill agreement
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Budget estimate........................................... $3,382,838,000 $3,382,838,000 $3,382,838,000
Changes to the budget estimate:
Minor IT projects (transfer from AC&I).................... +1,000,000 ................ +1,000,000
SCBA (transfer from AC&I)................................. +1,000,000 ................ ................
Civilian pay raise (4.6%)................................. +4,000,000 ................ ................
Selective reenlistment bonuses............................ -3,000,000 ................ ................
Aviation career continuation pay.......................... -300,000 ................ ................
Clothing maintenance allowance............................ -300,000 ................ ................
Contract costs............................................ -3,000,000 ................ -4,000,000
Operating funds--``other activities''..................... -4,000,000 ................ -4,000,000
Local notice to mariners.................................. -925,000 ................ -888,000
Human resources information system........................ -1,173,000 ................ -1,105,000
Marine transportation system.............................. -845,000 ................ -845,000
Ice operations............................................ -4,457,000 ................ ................
Search and rescue readiness............................... +12,000,000 +8,000,000 +9,000,000
Pay and benefits shortfalls............................... ................ +36,750,000 ................
Amount recommended........................................ 3,382,838,000 3,427,588,000 3,382,000,000
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Aviation depot maintenance.--The conferees agree that the
Coast Guard should work toward developing full and open
competition for aviation depot maintenance services of C-130
aircraft as soon as possible, but no later than fiscal year
2003.
Marine Fire and Safety Association.--The conferees remain
supportive of efforts by the Marine Fire and Safety Association
(MFSA) to provide specialized firefighting training and retain
an oil spill response contingency plan for the Columbia River.
The conferees direct the Secretary to provide $255,000 to
continue efforts by the nonprofit organization comprised of
numerous fire departments on both sides of the Columbia River.
The funding will be utilized to provide specialized
communications, firefighting training and equipment, and to
implement the oil spill response contingency plan for the
Columbia River.
Lighthouse conveyances.--The conference agreement
includes sufficient funding to complete the conveyance of
several Coast Guard lighthouse properties and improvements, as
authorized under Public Law 105-383, that have not been
transferred. The conferees expect the Coast Guard to convey the
remaining authorized lighthouse properties not later than the
end of fiscal year 2002. If the Commandant determines, by June
31, 2002, that the Coast Guard is unable to complete any of the
conveyances in the coming fiscal year, the conferees direct the
Commandant to submit a report to the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations within fifteen days of that
decision explaining the reasons why each property has not been
transferred and providing an estimated date of completion of
that transfer.
Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements
The conference agreement includes $636,354,000 for
acquisition, construction, and improvement programs of the
Coast Guard instead of $600,000,000 as proposed by the House
and $669,323,000 as proposed by the Senate. The bill specifies
that $20,000,000 of total funding is to be derived from the oil
spill liability trust fund, as proposed by the Senate, instead
of $19,956,000 proposed by the House. Consistent with past
years and the House and Senate bills, the conference agreement
distributes funds in the bill by budget activity.
A table showing the distribution of this appropriation by
project as included in the fiscal year 2002 budget estimate,
House bill, Senate bill, and the conference agreement follows:
Integrated deepwater systems (IDS).--The conference
agreement includes $320,190,000 for the integrated deepwater
systems (IDS) program instead of $300,000,000 proposed by the
House and $325,200,000 proposed by the Senate. The agreement
includes language, proposed by the House and Senate,
prohibiting obligation of funds for the IDS systems integration
contract until (1) certification is received from the
Department of Transportation and the Office of Management and
Budget that the program is fully funded in fiscal year 2003-
2007 budget plans; (2) certification is received that the
national distress and response system modernization program is
funded to allow for full deployment by fiscal year 2006, and
that other essential search and rescue procurements are fully
funded; and (3) the Department of Transportation and Office of
Management and Budget approve a contingency procurement
strategy for assets and capabilities encompassed by the IDS
program. Certification authorities for the Department of
Transportation for the above items are the Secretary or Deputy
Secretary, as proposed by the Senate, instead of the Secretary
or his designee, as proposed by the House. Further, the bill
includes language, proposed by the Senate, requiring future IDS
budget submissions to be specified to a certain level of
detail, and making funds available for obligation for five
years, instead of three years as proposed by the House.
Capital investment plan.--The bill includes language,
proposed by the Senate, specifying a rescission of $100,000 per
day for each day after initial submission of the fiscal year
2003 President's budget that the Coast Guard capital investment
plan has not been submitted to the Congress. A similar
provision is included under Federal Aviation Administration,
``Facilities and equipment''.
41-foot utility boat replacement.--The conference
agreement includes $12,000,000 to begin replacement of the
existing 41-foot utility boat fleet, instead of $18,000,000 as
proposed by the House. The conferees do not accept Coast Guard
statements that a full year or more will be needed to develop
requirements and specifications for this urgently-needed
replacement vessel. The conferees urge the Coast Guard to
streamline and expedite the requirements process so that
contract award for this replacement project can take place by
the end of fiscal year 2002. In the development of
requirements, the Coast Guard is to actively involve, and
consider the input of, field commanders and enlisted personnel
who operate and maintain these boats in carrying out search and
rescue missions.
ATC glass technology.--The conferees agree that, of the
funds provided for aviation parts and support, $1,000,000 is
only for the application of ambient temperature-cured (ATC)
glass technology to Coast Guard aircraft, as proposed by the
House.
National distress and response system modernization
program (NDRSMP).--The conferees believe the Secretary or
Deputy Secretary of Transportation and the Director of OMB
should be attendant to the following milestones in assessing
whether the national distress and response system modernization
program (NDRSMP) will be fully deployed by fiscal year 2006.
Not later than the end of fiscal year 2003, the Coast Guard
should prove, at initial operating capability (IOC), the fully
integrated technology of the NDRSMP at two of the 46 NDRSMP
regions and complete low rate initial production at an
additional four regions. IOC should include: (1) the capability
to locate distressed vessels by identifying vessels through
identification of the origin of the communications signal; (2)
the ability to send and receive data among Coast Guard and
other federal and state research and rescue assets; and (3) the
compatibility with international communications standards under
the International Convention for Safety of Life at Sea. The
Coast Guard should also complete the following percentages of
the NDRSMP by the end of the corresponding years shown below:
Fiscal year 2004: 35 percent;
Fiscal year 2005: 70 percent; and
Fiscal year 2006: 100 percent.
Coast Guard Marine Safety and Rescue Station, Chicago,
IL.--The conference agreement includes $2,000,000 for Coast
Guard participation in reconstruction of a joint-use Coast
Guard Marine Safety and Rescue Station along the Chicago Lake
Michigan shoreline. Specifically, the facility would house
Coast Guard, City of Chicago, and State of Illinois equipment
and personnel for the purposes of air/marine search and rescue,
port security, research, and maritime safety. The conferees
expect the Coast Guard to work with the City of Chicago and the
State of Illinois to plan, fund, and construct this facility.
The conferees intend for the Chicago Coast Guard Marine Safety
and Rescue Station to complement the air search and rescue
station in Waukegan, Illinois and the Coast Guard Marine Safety
Office Chicago in Burr Ridge, Illinois.
acquisition, construction, and improvements
(rescissions)
The conference agreement deletes rescissions proposed by
the Senate totaling $8,700,000. Funding in the programs
proposed for rescission is no longer available.
environmental compliance and restoration
The conference agreement includes $16,927,000 for
environmental compliance and restoration as proposed by both
the House and Senate.
alteration of bridges
The conference agreement includes $15,466,000 for
alteration of bridges deemed hazardous to marine navigation as
proposed by the House and Senate. The conference agreement
distributes these funds as follows:
Conference
Bridge and location agreement
New Orleans, LA, Florida Avenue RR/HW Bridge..................$3,250,000
Brunswick, GA, Sidney Lanier Highway Bridge................... 1,600,000
Charleston, SC, Limehouse Bridge.............................. 1,100,000
Mobile, AL, Fourteen Mile Bridge.............................. 5,741,000
Morris, IL, EJ&E Railroad Bridge.............................. 1,525,000
Galveston, TX, Galveston Causeway............................. 500,000
Boston, MA, Chelsea Street Bridge............................. 1,750,000
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Total............................................. 15,466,000
Millenium port selection.--In an effort to expand U.S.
trade with Latin America and South America, the State of
Louisiana has developed the Millenium Port Commission. Funds
were provided in fiscal years 2000 and 2001 for federal support
of this commission's activities. The conferees encourage the
Millenium Port Commission, cooperating Louisiana ports, and the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to complete a detailed feasibility
analysis of all major options for the Millenium Port by January
1, 2002.
retired pay
The conference agreement includes $876,346,000 for Coast
Guard retired pay as proposed by both the House and the Senate.
This is scored as a mandatory program for federal budget
purposes. The conference agreement includes language proposed
by the Senate authorizing these funds for the payment of
fifteen-year career status bonuses.
reserve training
(including transfer of funds)
The conference agreement provides $83,194,000 for reserve
training as proposed by the House and Senate. The agreement
allows the Reserves to reimburse Coast Guard ``Operations'' up
to $25,800,000 for Coast Guard support of Reserve activities,
as proposed by the House and Senate.
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation
The conference agreement provides $20,222,000 for Coast
Guard research, development, test, and evaluation instead of
$21,722,000 as proposed by the House and Senate. The conferees
agree that within the funding provided, $500,000 is for the
University of Maine Advanced Engineered Wood Composites
Center's demonstration and evaluation of engineered wood
composites at Coast Guard facilities, instead of $1,000,000 as
proposed by the Senate.
Columbia River Aquatic Nuisance Species Initiative
(CRANSI).--The conferees are concerned over threats that
invasive, non-indigenous plants and animals pose to U.S.
waterways and the economy. Within the funds provided, the
conferees agree that $500,000 is for the Columbia River Aquatic
Nuisance Species Initiative (CRANSI), at the Center for Lakes
and Reservoirs at Portland State University, to support surveys
of non-indigenous aquatic species in the Columbia River, as
proposed by the Senate.
Federal Aviation Administration
operations
The conference agreement provides $6,886,000,000 for
operating expenses of the Federal Aviation Administration
instead of $6,870,000,000 as proposed by the House and
$6,916,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. These funds are in
addition to amounts made available as a mandatory appropriation
of user fees in the Federal Aviation Administration
Reauthorization Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-264). Of the total
amount provided, $5,773,519,000 is to be derived from the
airport and airway trust fund, consistent with Public Law 106-
181. The total funding provided is $341,765,000 (5.2 percent)
above the fiscal year 2001 enacted level and is the maximum
amount authorized. The bill specifies amounts by budget
activity, as proposed by the House, continuing a practice
initiated in fiscal year 2001.
Aeronautical charting and cartography.--The conference
agreement includes language proposed by the House prohibiting
funds for any aeronautical charting and cartography activities
conducted by, or coordinated through, the Transportation
Administrative Service Center.
User fees.--The conference agreement modifies language
proposed by the House prohibiting funds to plan, finalize, or
implement new user fees not specifically authorized by
Congress. The agreement prohibits funds only for the
finalization or implementation of new, unauthorized fees.
Use of credit hours.--The conferees direct FAA to
discontinue the granting of credit hours, or related benefits,
in the settlement of union grievances until the OST office of
general counsel, working with legal counsel of the FAA and OIG,
determines in writing that such practice is consistent with the
1998 collective bargaining agreement with the National Air
Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) and other existing
labor agreements. Once this determination is made, the
Secretary is requested to make its finding available to the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. The House
proposed a prohibition on the granting of credit hours for the
settlement of union grievances during fiscal year 2002.
Travel policy.--The conferees do not agree with House
direction prohibiting FAA from changing its travel policy
regarding per diem payments for extended temporary duty
assignments. The conferees understand that FAA has modified its
travel policies to address findings of the DOT Inspector
General in this area.
Personnel reform.--The conferees direct the Administrator
to report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations,
not later than January 15, 2002, on how the agency has
implemented, and/or plans to implement, the Senate directive
regarding personnel reform.
Airspace redesign.--The conference agreement includes
$12,500,000 for the New York/New Jersey airspace redesign, as
proposed by the Senate, instead of $8,500,000 proposed by the
House.
Restoration of air traffic supervisors.--The conference
agreement restores $5,000,000 of the proposed reductions in air
traffic supervisor staffing included in the President's budget.
The budget proposed a reduction of $5,400,000 due to planned
expansion of the controller-in-charge (CIC) concept. In
restoring these positions, the conferees agree with the
position of the House that supervisory levels should not be
reduced further at this time.
National airspace system (NAS) handoff.--The conference
agreement provides $7,600,000 in this appropriation and
$51,006,100 in ``Facilities and equipment'' (F&E) for second
year maintenance costs for newly commissioned equipment under
the National airspace system (NAS) handoff program. The
President's budget included $76,400,000 under F&E for this
purpose. The conferees believe it is inconsistent with the
principles of existing authorizing legislation to fund these
costs under F&E. In all budget submissions through fiscal year
2001, costs to operate and maintain such systems after the
first year of operation were to transition to FAA's operating
budget. However, due to operating budget pressures, this year
the Administration proposed to shift the second year of such
costs to the F&E appropriation. These are, in effect, operating
costs transferred to a capital appropriation. While the
conferees note that Public Law 106-181 significantly raised F&E
funding, it did so with an understanding that those additional
funds would be used for capital costs and not to cover
shortfalls in a constrained operating budget. The conferees
believe that FAA needs to live within its authorized funding
levels for operations without program shifts of this nature.
GPS non-precision approaches.--The conference agreement
includes $5,000,000 to increase the number of GPS non-precision
instrument approaches developed and published for airports that
are not part 139 certificated, and to develop GPS routes to
help supplement the current airway route system. These routes
will provide important safety and other benefits to general
aviation pilots, including increased access to currently
inaccessible airports. In that regard, the conferees direct FAA
to assure that the GPS instrument approaches provide the
necessary procedural information known as LNAV/VNAV minima, to
enable their use by pilots in obtaining guidance to the runway
once the wide area augmentation system is in place.
Aviation safety reporting system.--The conferees are
aware that the NASA's aviation safety reporting system (ASRS)
is a critical component of our aviation safety system. The
success of ASRS lies in its ability to offer confidentiality
and limited immunity to those who submit reports on
unintentional violations of federal aviation regulations. The
conferees direct the FAA to work to meet the goal of funding
ASRS at $3,400,000 in fiscal year 2002.
The following table compares the conference agreement to
the levels proposed in the House and Senate bills by budget
activity:
Facilities and Equipment
(Airport and Airway Trust Fund)
The conference agreement provides $2,914,000,000 for
facilities and equipment as proposed by the House and the
Senate. This is the level mandated by Public Law 106-181, and
represents an increase of $257,235,000 (9.7 percent) above the
fiscal year 2001 enacted level.
Administration of potential shortfall due to EAS
transfer.--Public Law 104-264 requires the FAA Administrator to
cover any shortfall in funding for the essential air service
program (below the mandatory amount of $50,000,000) out of any
funds otherwise available to the Administrator. While P.L. 104-
264 authorized the collection of overflight user fees to cover
these expenses, fee receipts have never equaled the mandatory
appropriation level, and are not expected to do so in fiscal
year 2002. The conferees agree that any shortfall due to
transfer of funds to the essential air service program should
be borne by unobligated balances from the ``Facilities and
equipment'' appropriation, and should not be derived from
programs, projects, or activities designated as items of
special Congressional interest in Congressional reports or in
the fiscal year 2002 base for reprogramming document. The
Senate proposed up to $10,000,000 of any shortfall should be
derived from ``Grants-in-aid for airports''.
Capital investment plan.--The conference agreement
includes a provision, proposed by the Senate, specifying a
rescission of $100,000 per day for each day after initial
submission of the fiscal year 2003 President's budget that the
FAA's capital investment plan has not been submitted to the
Congress. This is similar to a provision enacted for fiscal
year 2001.
The following table provides a breakdown of the House and
Senate bills and the conference agreement by program:
Advanced technology development and prototyping.--The
conference agreement includes $55,991,000 for advanced
technology development and prototyping. A comparison of the
budget estimate to the House and Senate proposed levels and the
conference agreement follows:
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House Senate Conference
Item recommended recommended agreement
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Budget estimate.............................................. $36,634,000 $36,634,000 $36,634,000
Airport research............................................. +7,547,000 ............... +7,457,000
Concrete pavement research................................... ............... +2,000,000 +2,000,000
WAAS navigation.............................................. ............... -5,700,000 ...............
ADS-B transfer............................................... ............... -2,800,000 -2,800,000
Juneau, AK weather research.................................. +5,000,000 +6,700,000 +6,700,000
Free flight phase 2 transfer................................. +2,000,000 ............... ...............
Separation standards study................................... +1,000,000 ............... ...............
Louisville, KY tech demo..................................... ............... ............... +5,000,000
Fogeye demonstration......................................... ............... ............... +1,000,000
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Total.................................................. 52,181,000 36,834,000 55,991,000
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Concrete pavement research.--Funds provided for concrete
pavement research are for airfield pavement improvement
activities authorized under sections 905 and 743 of Public Law
106-181.
Louisville, KY technology demonstration.--The conference
agreement includes $5,000,000 to initiate an operational
demonstration integrating numerous advanced technologies being
developed separately by the FAA into a single airport
environment. Although FAA has been developing technologies
under several programs, there has been limited testing of these
concepts as an integrated system at individual airports. This
demonstration will focus on the various operational impacts of
integrating GPS-based technology, common ARTS, wake vortex
alerting systems, and the application of improved area
navigation procedures. Louisville International Airport is
ideal for such a program due to its unique operating
characteristics.
Fogeye demonstration.--The conferees are aware of
emerging technology, known as fogeye, which utilizes
ultraviolet light to assist in low visibility landings and
prevent runway incursions. The conference agreement includes
$1,000,000 for further evaluation of this technology. In
utilizing these funds, the FAA is encouraged to seek the full
participation of an airline and airport sponsor to develop a
plan for an operational demonstration of fogeye technology to
demonstrate the effectiveness of the system at a commercial
service airport.
Local area augmentation system.--The conference agreement
includes $43,109,700 for this program, $9,000,000 above the
budget estimate, all of which is provided in budget activity
one as proposed by the House. The conferees encourage FAA to
consider installation of this system at Las Vegas-McCarran
International Airport in Nevada once the systems are ready for
production. The conferees continue to view the LAAS procurement
as an opportunity for FAA to expedite the cost advantageous
procurement of precision approach capability through an
aggressive public-private cooperative acquisition strategy. The
agreement provides the flexibility and resources to continue
this innovative acquisition. The following milestones are
anticipated in fiscal year 2002: (1) category I contract award
by the fourth quarter; (2) category II/III integrity and
continuity allocations between avionics and ground equipment
determined; (3) finalization of the concept of operations
required for fiscal year 2003 development of airport
procedures; (4) integration of LAAS capabilities into a
certifiable avionics receiver; and (5) development of a data
collection plan and initiation of flight evaluations for
development of complex LAAS approaches (e.g., curved,
segmented, and offset). The FAA is directed to report quarterly
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations regarding
the progress toward these and other LAAS milestones.
Wide area augmentation system.--The conferees agree to
provide total funding of $80,900,000 for further development
and implementation of the wide area augmentation system (WAAS),
all of which is provided in budget activity one as proposed by
the House. The conferees do not agree to a specific amount for
the development of WAAS standards and procedures. The
$5,000,000 provided above the budget estimate is only for
initial funds for geostationary satellite services, as
recommended by FAA since initial submission of the President's
budget. The conferees agree that acquisition of communication
services from a third geostationary satellite are critically
needed for the program to proceed expeditiously. The conferees
continue to have concerns over the schedule slippages and
certification issues that plague this program. It appears that
the answer to each emerging challenge is a dramatically more
expensive version of the original program, with lower
performance criteria. The conferees believe the solution to
WAAS certification may lie, in part, from the use of
positioning data from other navigational or communication
capabilities which should not be ignored by the agency. In
addition, the FAA should not feel compelled to clear
certification hurdles for the entire WAAS program before
certifying individual applications for the WAAS signal. Safety
and efficiency benefits from WAAS-based applications should be
measured against the current national airspace system, not
against a notional system should the entire WAAS system be
eventually certified for use. As in past years, the conferees
continue to urge FAA to assess the role and requirements for
emerging communications, navigation, and surveillance
capabilities as this troubled procurement proceeds.
ASR-9.--The conferees do not agree with Senate direction
to leave in place the ASR-9 radar being sited between Salt Lake
City and Provo, Utah for the 2002 Winter Olympics until an ASR-
11 radar system is available to replace it. The conferees leave
it to the agency's discretion to decide where this system is
most needed after completion of the Winter Olympics.
Aviation weather services improvements.--Of the funding
provided for this program, the conferees agree that $3,000,000
is to continue the collaborative effort between FAA and NOAA's
National Severe Storms Laboratory to continue research and
testing of phased array radar technology and to incorporate
airport/aircraft tracking and weather information. The same
level of funding was provided in fiscal year 2001.
Terminal automation.--The conference agreement provides
$96,000,000 for this program, instead of $98,500,000 proposed
by the House and $87,500,000 proposed by the Senate. Within the
funding provided, the conferees agree that ARTS sustainment
activities are to be fully funded at the budget request level.
Automated observation of visibility for cloud height and
cloud coverage (AOVCC).--For the past two years, the conferees
have requested FAA to implement product improvements and
upgrades to current automated weather information programs at
airports and report to Congress on the agency's plans to
accelerate the deployment of upgrade technology upon successful
demonstration of the automated observation of visibility for
cloud height and cloud coverage (AOVCC) system. Despite this
direction, such report has not been received. Therefore, the
conferees direct FAA, in coordination with the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration, to complete this testing
expeditiously and submit the previously-directed report no
later than April 1, 2002.
Instrument landing system establishment/upgrade.--Funding
provided for instrument landing systems (ILS) shall be
distributed as follows:
Location Amount
ALSF-2 acquisition and installation..................... $11,300,000
MALSR installation...................................... 5,800,000
ILS installations, JFK/LaGuardia, New York, NY.......... 1,653,000
ILS/MALSR installation, Lonesome Pine, VA............... 1,000,000
Upgrade ILS to CAT III, Kinston, NC..................... 3,780,000
Acquire/install ILS, Madison County, AL................. 1,500,000
Upgrade ILS, North Bend, OR............................. 3,500,000
ILS/Localizer/glideslope/MALSR, Mena, AR................ 580,000
Install ILS, Northeastern Regional, NC.................. 500,000
Install ILS, Kissimmee Municipal, FL.................... 1,000,000
Install ILS, Orlando International, FL.................. 2,000,000
ILS/MALSR, Sanford, FL.................................. 300,000
ILS/MALSR, Dekalb County, IN............................ 974,000
Install ILS, runway 13/31, Mineral Wells, TX............ 675,000
Install ILS, Dalles Municipal, OR....................... 1,000,000
Install ILS, runway 17, Max Westheimer, OK.............. 1,534,000
ILS, Klawok Airport, AK................................. 1,000,000
ILS, Elizabethtown Airport, KY.......................... 900,000
Lambert-St. Louis International, MO..................... 1,500,000
Wilmington International, NC............................ 1,154,000
Edenton Northeastern Regional, NC....................... 500,000
Reno Stead Airport, NV.................................. 2,000,000
Keokuk Airport, IA...................................... 350,000
Rice Lake Regional, WI.................................. 500,000
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Total............................................. 45,000,000
Runway visual range.--Of the $7,085,000 provided for this
program, $85,000 is for RVR equipment at the Minneapolis-St.
Paul International Airport in Minnesota, and $5,000,000 is for
continued acquisition of next generation RVR systems.
Airport movement area safety system.--The conference
agreement does not include direction proposed by the Senate on
this program.
Terminal air traffic control facilities replacement.--The
conference agreement includes $131,620,000 for replacement of
air traffic control towers and other terminal facilities. The
agreement distributes these funds as follows:
Conference
Location agreement
Las Vegas McCarran, NV.................................. $4,000,000
Fort Wayne International, IN............................ 3,000,000
Stewart Airport, NY..................................... 6,700,000
Cleveland Hopkins, OH................................... 2,000,000
Spokane, WA............................................. 3,120,000
Reno-Tahoe, NV.......................................... 6,000,000
Battle Creek, MI........................................ 1,750,000
Rogers, AR.............................................. 750,000
Billings, MT............................................ 2,725,000
Pascagoula, MS.......................................... 2,000,000
Topeka, KS.............................................. 2,875,000
LaGuardia, NY........................................... 2,000,000
Boston, MA (Tracon)..................................... 5,066,000
Savannah, GA............................................ 500,000
Salina, KS.............................................. 560,000
St. Louis, MO (Tracon).................................. 2,400,000
Corpus Christi, TX...................................... 650,000
Roanoke, VA............................................. 2,140,000
Newark, NJ.............................................. 1,407,000
Bedford, MA............................................. 468,000
Vero Beach, FL.......................................... 592,000
Albuquerque, NM......................................... 593,000
Beaumont, TX............................................ 800,000
Everett, WA............................................. 1,064,000
Louisville, KY.......................................... 1,600,000
Seattle, WA............................................. 2,922,000
Richmond, VA............................................ 2,500,000
Grand Canyon, AZ........................................ 1,500,000
Newport News, VA........................................ 1,300,000
Port Columbus, OH....................................... 1,229,000
North Las Vegas, NV..................................... 550,000
Wilmington, DE.......................................... 55,000
Phoenix, AZ............................................. 26,330,000
Seattle, WA (Tracon).................................... 26,084,000
Manchester, NH.......................................... 5,840,000
Reno, NV................................................ 1,461,000
Chantilly, VA (Dulles).................................. 970,000
Abilene, TX............................................. 1,045,000
Ft. Lauderdale Exec, FL................................. 638,000
East St. Louis, IL...................................... 572,000
Islip, NY............................................... 550,000
Oshkosh, WI............................................. 365,000
Deer Valley, AZ......................................... 805,000
Swanton, OH............................................. 824,000
Indianapolis, IN........................................ 820,000
W. Palm Beach, FL....................................... 175,000
Baltimore, MD........................................... 175,000
Portland, OR (Tracon)................................... 75,000
Houston, TX (Tracon).................................... 75,000
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Total............................................. 131,620,000
Terminal digital radar (ASR-11).--The conference
agreement includes $65,000,000 for continued site
implementation and limited production of the ASR-11 radar
system. The conferees are aware of the continued uncertainty
over the future of this system. If funds become excess to
requirements during the year, FAA may use this funding to
develop interim or alternate solutions to the problem of
providing digital radar coverage in the national airspace
system and augmenting funds for upgrade of the ASR-9 radar
system.
Transponder landing systems.--The conference agreement
includes $6,000,000 for transponder landing systems as proposed
by the Senate instead of $3,000,000 as proposed by the House.
The conferees agree that, once the system is certified, the
funds made available in this and prior appropriations Acts
should be used for both the procurement and installation of
these systems. The conferees direct the administrator to
rapidly conclude benefit-cost studies and site surveys at
locations listed in the Senate report, as well as previous
Congressional reports, with the goal of funding the procurement
and installation of those projects with the highest justifiable
need during fiscal year 2002. The conferees continue to support
this program and encourage FAA to work rapidly toward
certifying the system.
Approach lighting system improvement program (ALSIP).--
The conference agreement provides $46,481,500 for this program,
to be distributed as follows:
Conference
Location agreement
Items in budget request................................. $3,114,000
MALSR installation and procurement...................... 10,000,000
Lighting beacon, Powell County Airport, KY.............. 150,000
Installation of MALSF, North Las Vegas, NV.............. 650,000
Medium intensity runway lights, Posey Field, AL......... 100,000
Runway lighting, rural airports in Alaska............... 10,000,000
ALSF-1 and related, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN............ 6,500,000
Lighting upgrades, Hartsfield Atlanta, GA............... 3,500,000
North Bend Airport, OR.................................. 4,000,000
MALSR, Olive Branch Airport, MS......................... 855,000
MALSR, Stennis International, MS........................ 750,000
Lighting, Rutland Airport, VT........................... 1,000,000
MALSR, Reno-Tahoe International, NV..................... 1,000,000
MALSR, Reno Stead Airport, NV........................... 1,462,500
MALSR, Niagara Falls International, NY.................. 2,400,000
MALSR, Reading Airport, PA.............................. 500,000
MALSR, Baton Rouge Municipal Airport, LA................ 500,000
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Total............................................. $46,481,500
The recommendation includes elimination of the $967,000
requested for procurement and installation of an ALSF-2 at
Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Funds are provided
elsewhere in this budget line for similar activities at that
location. The conferees emphasize that the $10,000,000 in
additional funding for MALSR systems is for installation of
previously purchased systems and to keep the production line
operational for future procurements.
Explosive detection systems.--The conferees agree to
provide $97,500,000 for the acquisition and deployment of
explosive detection systems at airports. Consistent with the
President's budget, the conference agreement distributes funds
as shown below:
Conference
Activity agreement
Bulk EDS systems........................................ $38,000,000
Trace detection systems................................. 12,000,000
Threat image projection (TIP) systems................... 12,000,000
Computer-based training (CBT) systems................... 2,000,000
System integration...................................... 33,500,000
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Total............................................. 97,500,000
Bulk explosive detection systems.--Given the current
security situation and requirements in the recently enacted
Aviation and Transportation Security Act for improved baggage
screening, orders for bulk explosive detection systems (EDS)
are expected to grow substantially. Section 110 of the Aviation
and Transportation Security Act requires that systems be in
operation to screen all checked baggage at airports in the
United States as soon as practicable, but not later than the
sixty days following enactment of that Act. Although this
provision allows the use of manual or canine searches to
supplement electronic screening as an interim measure, to
minimize the intrusiveness and inefficiency of this procedure,
the Act also requires the Undersecretary of Transportation for
Security to ensure that EDS systems are deployed as soon as
possible to ensure that airports have the equipment necessary
to electronically screen all checked baggage no later than
December 31, 2002. Given these requirements, it is imperative
for the Federal Government to ensure the continued viability of
competition for these systems, which has been a struggle over
the past few years. Therefore, the conferees do not agree with
direction proposed by the House, but instead direct FAA to take
all necessary actions to maintain two certified manufacturers
of bulk explosive detection systems within the United States.
In addition, implementation of these systems has been plagued
by FAA's inability to specify maintenance requirements such as
mean time between failure and mean time to restore the system
after a failure occurs. Without such guidance, vendors cannot
design their systems to meet the operational needs of screening
forces at our nation's airports. In order to address this issue
as quickly as possible, the conferees direct FAA to develop
specifications for reliability, maintainability, and
availability for bulk EDS systems over the coming year and
include them in solicitations for the further acquisition of
these systems.
Trace explosive detection systems.--The conferees
understand that new non-intrusive screening technology for the
detection of explosives carried by passengers is now ready for
deployment after careful and thorough evaluation by the FAA.
This commercially available technology, funded by the FAA,
builds on existing trace detection instrument capacities
already in use protecting airport passengers, the military,
U.S. embassies, and commercial nuclear power plants. The
conferees urge FAA to accelerate deployment of new non-
intrusive screening technologies to airports, to address the
threat of explosives carriage on board commercial aircraft.
Model guidelines for encoded data on driver's licenses.--
In light of the terrorist attacks of September 11th, it is
clear that all levels of government need to work in concert to
deter and prevent future attacks. One means of doing so is to
ensure that individuals asked to identify themselves are not
using false identities. The increasing availability through the
internet of expertly crafted false identification makes the
task very difficult. The conferees are aware of technology,
existing today, that can quickly scan any encoded data on the
reverse of a driver's license to validate the license as
legitimately issued. By reviewing personal data encoded on the
license, it can also be used to assist in making a quick
determination that the person displaying the license is the
person to whom it was issued. The conferees strongly encourage
the department to consider the development of model guidelines
specifying the types of encoded data that should be placed on
driver's licenses for security purposes, and to work in concert
with states and related licensing bodies toward the early
implementation of such measures. This could benefit the
nation's efforts to improve security as well as assist in
reducing fraud and underage drinking.
Document and biometric scanning technologies.--Document
and biometric scanners linked to federal databases by computers
and containing advanced authentication capabilities would
facilitate the processing of background checks, provide
fingerprint and additional biometric identification
capabilities, and authenticate documents presented for
identification. It is the conferees' understanding that such
off the shelf, commercially available technology is in use or
being tested by the Immigration and Naturalization Service. The
conferees encourage FAA to assess such document and biometric
scanning technologies for use at all commercial service
airports. The conferees also recommend that the Secretary
implement standards to make use of technologies that quickly
and inexpensively assess the daily fitness-for-duty of airport
security screeners with respect to impairment due to illegal
drugs, sleep deprivation, legal medications, and alcohol.
Fingerprint identification technologies.--The conferees
are aware of the promise of forensic-quality fingerprint and
palmprint identification technologies for the rapid
verification of identities and employee background checks. The
Aviation and Transportation Security Act requires the
department to investigate the application of biometric
technologies such as these off the shelf systems. The conferees
encourage FAA and the Transportation Security Administration to
evaluate these technologies for their immediate application to
aviation security missions.
Lambert St. Louis International Airport, MO.--In order
for the new 9000 foot commercial runway at Lambert St. Louis
International Airport to open as scheduled in 2005, the airport
must have a mobile ASR-9 Radar Unit moved to St. Louis in 2002.
FAA has previously committed to St. Louis to carry out this
relocation. The conferees direct FAA to honor this commitment
thereby allowing FAA sufficient time to relocate the existing
ASR-9 radar to a new site by early 2003 in order to accommodate
the navigational aide requirements of the new runway.
facilities and equipment
(airport and airway trust fund)
(rescission)
The conference agreement rescinds $15,000,000 in
unobligated balances from the ``Facilities and equipment''
appropriation. The administrator is requested to notify the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations describing the
individual programs, projects, or activities from which this
reduction is to be drawn before such action is finalized.
research, engineering, and development
(airport and airway trust fund)
The conference agreement provides $195,000,000 for FAA
research, engineering, and development instead of $191,481,000
as proposed by the House and $195,808,000 as proposed by the
Senate.
The following table shows the distribution of funds in
the House and Senate bills and the conference agreement:
System planning and resource management.--The conferees
do not agree with Senate direction on this program. Funds for
this activity have been provided under Office of the Secretary,
``Transportation planning, research, and development''.
Propulsion and fuel systems.--Of the funds provided,
$2,000,000 is for the Specialty Metals Processing Consortium,
$1,000,000 is for research into the use of blended aviation
fuels containing at least 80 percent ethanol, and $400,000 is
for the General Aviation Propulsion-Compression Ignition Test
and Evaluation Program (GAP-CITEP), a joint FAA-NASA effort to
evaluate alternative fuels to facilitate the transition away
from leaded fuels for general aviation aircraft.
Flight safety/atmospheric hazards research.--As proposed
by the Senate, the conferees agree to provide funding for the
joint industry-university aviation safety initiative at Roswell
Industrial Air Center in New Mexico, and agree to Senate
direction on this program. The conferees stipulate that the
funding is intended for start-up costs, and that this activity
should work to reach a self-sufficient funding level, without
Federal support, once the activity has begun operations.
Weather.--Of the funds provided, $4,000,000 is for wake
turbulence research, instead of $5,000,000 proposed by the
Senate.
Aging aircraft.--The conference agreement provides
$32,000,000 for this program instead of $32,111,000 as proposed
by the House and $31,911,000 as proposed by the Senate. Of the
funds provided, the conferees agree to the following
allocations:
Conference
Activity agreement
National Institute for Aviation Research................ $4,200,000
Center for Aviation System Reliability.................. 3,000,000
Aircraft Nondestructive Inspection Validation Center.... 3,000,000
Engine Titanium Consortium.............................. 3,600,000
Airworthiness Assurance Center of Excellence............ 4,600,000
Explosives and weapons detection.--Of the funds provided,
$5,000,000 is only for further development of pulsed fast
neutron analysis (PFNA) technology, as proposed by the Senate.
The conferees note that, during fiscal year 2002, additional
funds for activities under this heading may materialize, to be
offset by new security user fees that are being put in place.
The Aviation and Transportation Security Act (Public Law 107-
71) authorizes appropriation of the new user fees for research
and development related to aviation security.
Environment and energy.--The conference agreement
includes $22,081,000, of which $20,000,000 is for lower noise
aircraft technologies as proposed by the House. The conferees
are concerned that necessary airport infrastructure cannot be
expanded in some locations due to understandable community
concerns over aircraft noise. Further, aircraft noise results
in millions of federal dollars being spent each year on
mitigation measures, diverting funds which could be applied to
capacity enhancement or safety projects. Therefore, the
conferees have provided $20,000,000 to speed up the
introduction of lower noise aircraft technologies. The
conferees expect FAA to work directly with the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration to advance aircraft engine
noise research.
grants-in-aid for airports
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(limitation on obligations)
(airport and airway trust fund)
The conference agreement includes a liquidating cash
appropriation of $1,800,000,000, as proposed by the House and
the Senate.
Obligation limitation.--The conferees agree to an
obligation limitation of $3,300,000,000 for the ``Grants-in-aid
for airports'' program as proposed by the House and the Senate.
This is the amount mandated by Public Law 106-181.
Administration.--The conference agreement includes
funding to administer the ``Grants-in-aid for airports''
program under a limitation on obligations in this account, as
proposed by the Senate, with a modified amount. The agreement
includes a limitation of $57,050,000 instead of $64,597,000 as
proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement includes
$7,497,000 for airport-related research under ``Facilities and
equipment''. The House bill included no funding to administer
this program.
Runway incursion prevention devices.--The bill includes
language proposed by the House allowing funds under this
limitation to be used for procurement, installation, and
commissioning of runway incursion prevention devices, and
systems. This continues a provision initiated in fiscal year
2001.
Small Community Air Service Development Pilot Program.--
The bill includes language proposed by the House authorizing
the use of funds for section 203 of Public Law 106-181 (the
Small Community Air Service Development Pilot Program).
Further, the bill specifies that $20,000,000 of the funds
limited under this program is available only for the conduct of
this program in fiscal year 2002. The Senate bill included
$27,000,000 for this program in a separate appropriation.
Letters of intent.--The conference agreement includes
funding under the limitation on obligations for the following
existing letters of intent:
Fiscal year 2002
State and airport funding
Alaska: Anchorage International......................... 3,500,000
Arkansas: Fayetteville, NW Arkansas Regional............ 7,000,000
California:
Mammoth Lakes, Mammoth/Yosemite..................... 7,368,000
San Jose International.............................. 9,000,000
Florida:
Fort Myers, Southwest Florida International......... 4,000,000
Miami, Miami International.......................... 2,840,000
Orlando International............................... 5,000,000
Orlando International............................... 2,000,000
Georgia: William B. Hartsfield Atlanta International
Airport............................................. 10,178,000
Illinois:
Chicago Midway...................................... 9,000,000
Belleville, MidAmerica.............................. 14,000,000
Maryland: Baltimore-Washington International............ 4,748,000
Michigan: Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County............. 12,000,000
Minnesota: Minneapolis-St. Paul International........... 13,000,000
Missouri:
Springfield-Branson Regional........................ 3,300,000
Lambert-St. Louis International..................... 7,500,000
Nebraska: Omaha, Eppley Airfield........................ 2,200,000
Nevada:
Las Vegas-Henderson Sky Harbor...................... 2,000,000
Reno/Tahoe International............................ 6,000,000
New Hampshire: Manchester............................... 7,500,000
Ohio: Cleveland Hopkins International................... 5,000,000
Tennessee: Memphis, Memphis International............... 6,934,000
Texas:
Dallas/Fort Worth International..................... 3,292,000
Houston, George Bush Intercontinental............... 9,400,000
Utah: Salt Lake City International...................... 7,000,000
Washington: Seattle-Tacoma International................ 12,000,000
High priority projects.--Of the funds covered by the
obligation limitation in this bill, the conferees direct FAA to
provide not less than the following funding levels, out of
available resources, for the following projects in the
corresponding amounts. The conferees agree that state
apportionment funds may be construed as discretionary funds for
the purposes of implementing this provision, consistent with
the practice begun in fiscal year 2001. To the maximum extent
possible, the administrator is directed to ensure that the
airport sponsors for these projects first use available
entitlement funds to finance these projects. The conferees note
that, separate from the funding for high priority projects
cited below, the FAA Administrator will have at least
$750,000,000 in additional funds available for competitive
discretionary grants for airport projects, new letters of
intent, carryover grants from fiscal year 2001, and grants
under the Small Community Air Service Development Pilot
Program.
The conferees further direct that the specific funding
allocated above shall not diminish or prejudice the application
of a specific airport or geographic region to receive other AIP
discretionary grants or multiyear letters of intent.
Alliance Airport, TX.--The Alliance facility serves as a
major alternative hub for air cargo traffic. The conferees
continue to voice strong support for the runway extension
project at Alliance Airport, and encourage FAA to complete a
letter of intent and support funding for the timely completion
of this project.
Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport, LA.--The FAA is
directed to expedite the review, and act upon, the Baton Rouge
Metropolitan Airport's application for the reconstruction of
runway 4L/22R.
Grants-In-Aid for Airports
(Airport and Airway Trust Fund)
(Rescission of Contract Authorization)
The conference agreement includes a rescission of unused
contract authority totaling $301,720,000. These funds are above
the annual obligation ceiling for fiscal year 2002, and remain
unavailable to the program. The conference agreement also
deletes an appropriation of $720,000, proposed by the House
under this heading, for ``Office of the secretary, salaries and
expenses''. The conference agreement includes funding for this
office under the Office of the Secretary.
Aviation Insurance Revolving Fund
The conference agreement retains language authorizing
expenditures and investments from the Aviation Insurance
Revolving Fund for aviation insurance activities, as proposed
by the Senate. The House had proposed to relocate this language
to title III of the bill (general provisions). This provision
has been carried in appropriations Acts for many years.
Small Community Air Service Development
The conference agreement deletes the appropriation of
$20,000,000 for this program proposed by the Senate. The
conferees agree that this is a worthy program, as authorized by
Public Law 106-181. Funding of $20,000,000 has been provided
for this program under the ``Grants-in-aid for airports''
program.
Federal Highway Administration
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
The conference agreement limits administrative expenses
of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to $311,000,000,
instead of $311,837,000 as proposed by the House and
$316,521,000 as proposed by the Senate.
The conference agreement provides that certain sums be
made available under section 104(a)(1)(A) of title 23, U.S.C.
to carry out specified activities as follows: $7,500,000 shall
be available for child passenger protection education grants as
authorized under section 2003(b) of Public Law 105-178, as
amended; $4,000,000 shall be available for motor carrier safety
research; $841,000 shall be available for motor carrier crash
data improvement program; $1,500,000 shall be available for
environmental streamlining; and $6,000,000 shall be available
for the nationwide differential global positioning system.
The conferees recommend the following adjustments to the
budget request by program and activity of the funding provided
for FHWA's administrative expenses:
Department of Defense trade collections data............ -$1,616,000
Equipment (information technology)...................... -2,529,000
Five new innovative finance positions................... -500,000
Undistributed reduction in administrative expenses...... -2,048,000
FHWA streamlining.--The conferees direct the Federal
Highway Administration (FHWA) to provide the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations a report, not later than January
2, 2002, summarizing FHWA's streamlining efforts. The report
should include specific examples of FHWA activities that help
streamline the environmental process.
Incidental Appurtenances For Recreational Vehicles.--The
conferees encourage the FHWA Administrator to include in its
final rule regarding exclusion of devices from commercial
vehicle length and width requirements, an allowance for the
commercial transport of recreational vehicles with incidental
appurtenances (retractable awnings).
Performance based outcomes.--The conferees recognize the
impact the performance based outcomes can have on the road
building industry by allowing contractors the freedom and
flexibility to focus on quality and long term performance and
encourage the Department of Transportation to further explore
their use.
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS
The conference agreement limits obligations for the
federal-aid highways program to $31,799,104,000 instead of
$31,716,797,000 as proposed by the House and $31,919,103,000 as
proposed by the Senate.
Rural consultation in planning process.--The conferees
direct the FHWA to submit a letter to the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations, no later than February 1, 2002,
describing actions the administration has taken to ensure that
transportation officials from rural areas are being consulted
in the long-range transportation planning process.
I-90 Steering Committee.--The conferees direct the FHWA
to continue working with the I-90 Steering Committee in
Washington State to advance the R-8A alternative through the
environmental review process.
Work zone safety.--The conferees are concerned that each
year over 700 people are killed in work zones throughout our
nation. The conferees are aware that the Federal Highway
Administration has collaborated with the Texas transportation
institute (TTI) to establish the national work zone safety
information clearinghouse. The clearinghouse serves as a
valuable resource in the development and distribution of work
zone safety materials for state and local agencies. The
conferees are aware that TTI has proposed a work zone safety
research program that seeks to improve data collection in an
effort to better manage the dangers of roadway work zones. The
conferees encourage the Federal Highway Administration to
evaluate TTI's proposals and consider requesting funding in
future budget submissions.
Environmental streamlining pilot projects.--The conferees
direct the Secretary of Transportation to give priority
consideration to funding for Washington State's environmental
permit streamlining program using funds provided for
environmental streamlining initiatives under this Act. The
conferees expect the regional administrators of the Federal
Highway Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency,
the National Marine Fisheries Service, the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to serve on
the Washington State transportation permit efficiency and
accountability committee as non-voting members. The Secretary
shall issue a report to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations, the Senate Committee of Environment and Public
Works, and the House Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure by April 1, 2002, on the status of this pilot
program. The Conferees further direct the Secretary to give
priority consideration to additional projects, such as the one
in Orange County, California.
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH
Within the funds provided for surface transportation
research, the conference agreement includes $101,000,000 for
highway research and development for the following activities:
Environmental, planning, real estate.................... $16,042,500
Research and technology program support................. 8,135,000
International research.................................. 500,000
Structures.............................................. 13,449,500
Safety.................................................. 15,619,000
Operations and asset management......................... 9,891,000
Pavements research...................................... 13,753,000
Long term pavement project (LTPP)....................... 10,000,000
Advanced research....................................... 2,640,000
Policy research......................................... 8,330,000
Other (field services, delivery, strategic planning).... 2,640,000
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Subtotal................................................ $101,000,000
Long-term pavement performance research project and
superpave program (additional funds from revenue
aligned budget authority)........................... 10,000,000
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Total............................................. 111,000,000
Environmental, planning, and real estate.--The conference
agreement provides $16,042,500 for environmental, planning, and
real estate research. Within the funds provided for this
research activity, the FHWA is encouraged to provide $1,000,000
for the completion of the dust and persistent particulate
abatement demonstration study at Kotzebue, Alaska; and no less
than $1,250,000 for environmental streamlining activities.
Research and technology.--The conference agreement
provides $8,135,000 for research and technology program
support. Within the funds provided for this activity, the FHWA
is encouraged to provide up to $600,000 for the Center on
Coastal Transportation Engineering Research at the University
of South Alabama.
Structures.--The conference agreement provides
$13,449,500 for structures research. Within the funds provided
for structures research, the conferees encourage the FHWA to
provide: $1,250,000 for research into composite structure and
related engineering research at West Virginia University's
Constructed Facilities Center; $500,000 to conduct non-
corrosive anti-icing projects in the Chicago region; $1,500,000
for research conducted at the Transportation Research Center at
Washington State University, including non destructive
evaluation of bridges to determine load capacities, impacts of
earthquake mitigation on elevated highway structures and the
development of advanced composite material for bridges; and
$400,000 for electromagnetic interrogation of structures
project at the University of Vermont to develop wireless
methods of assessing structural integrity.
Safety.--The conference agreement provides $15,619,000
for safety research. Within the funds provided for this
activity, the conferees encourage FHWA to provide: $300,000 to
continue the research into the effectiveness of Freezefree
anti-icing systems; and $1,000,000 to the National
Transportation Research Center in Tennessee to conduct broad
based laboratory-to-roadside research into heavy vehicle safety
issues. These funds will also allow FHWA to expedite the State
DOT testing on the interactive highway safety design model
(IHSDM) to explore the safety implications of alternative
designs.
Operations and asset management.--The conference
agreement provides $9,891,000 for operations and asset
management. Within the funds provided for this activity, the
conferees encourage FHWA to provide $1,000,000 to South
Carolina State University for the Southern Rural Transportation
Center.
Pavements.--The conference agreement provides $13,753,000
for pavements research. Within the funds provided for this
activity, the conferees encourage FHWA to provide: $750,000 for
a continuation of the alkali silica reactivity research with
lithium based technologies to mitigate alkali silica reactivity
to prevent highway pavement cracking; $500,000 to the Center
for Portland Cement Concrete Pavement Technology at Iowa State;
and $750,000 to support the Institute for Aggregate Research at
Michigan Technical University.
Policy.--The conference agreement provides $8,330,000 for
policy research. Within the funds provided for this activity,
FHWA shall provide $2,000,000 to the Academy for Community
Transportation Innovation for transportation research on
integrating public involvement, technology, and environmental
issues in the transportation planning process.
Long term pavement performance research project and
SUPERPAVE program.--The conferees recognize the importance of
technology development and deployment of research and
technology products funded through the federal-aid highways
program. The conferees have included an additional $10,000,000
in revenue aligned budget authority to be utilized in
conjunction with the administration's planned funds to carry
out the long term pavement performance research project and to
assure the implementation of the SUPERPAVE program.
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
The conference agreement includes a total of $225,000,000
for intelligent transportation systems. Of the total,
$105,000,000 is for intelligent transportation systems (ITS)
research and development, as provided by both the House and
Senate, for the following activities:
Research and development................................ $48,680,000
Operational tests....................................... 12,930,000
Evaluations............................................. 7,750,000
Architecture and standards.............................. 15,290,000
Integrations............................................ 11,350,000
Program support......................................... 9,000,000
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Total........................................... 105,000,000
Research.--The conference agreement provides $48,680,000
for research and development. Within the funds provided for
this activity, the conferees encourage FHWA to provide
$6,800,000 for commercial vehicle research.
Intelligent transportation systems deployment projects.--
Within the funds available for intelligent transportation
systems deployment, the conference agreement provides that not
less than the following sums shall be available for intelligent
transportation projects in these specified area
Project name and Conference total
Alameda-Contra Costa, California........................ $500,000
Alaska statewide........................................ 2,500,000
Alexandria, Virginia.................................... 750,000
Arizona statewide EMS................................... 500,000
Army trail road traffic signal coordination project,
Illinois............................................ 300,000
Atlanta smart corridors, Georgia........................ 1,000,000
Austin, Texas........................................... 125,000
Automated Crash Notification System, UAB, Alabama....... 2,500,000
Bay County Area wide traffic signal system, Florida..... 500,000
Beaver County transit mobility manager, Pennsylvania.... 800,000
Brownsville, Texas...................................... 250,000
Carbondale technology transfer center, Pennsylvania..... 1,000,000
Cargo mate logistics and intermodal management, New York 1,250,000
Central Ohio............................................ 1,500,000
Chattanooga, Tennessee.................................. 2,000,000
Chinatown intermodal transportation center, California.. 1,750,000
Clark County, Washington................................ 1,000,000
Commercial vehicle information systems and networks, New
York................................................ 450,000
Dayton, Ohio............................................ 1,250,000
Detroit, Michigan (airport)............................. 1,500,000
Durham, Wake Counties, North Carolina................... 500,000
Eastern Kentucky rural highway information.............. 2,000,000
Fargo, North Dakota..................................... 1,000,000
Forsyth, Guilford Counties, North Carolina.............. 1,000,000
Genesee County, Michigan................................ 1,000,000
Great Lakes, Michigan................................... 1,500,000
Guidestar, Minnesota.................................... 6,000,000
Harrison County, Mississippi............................ 500,000
Hawaii statewide........................................ 1,000,000
Hoosier SAFE-T, Indiana................................. 2,000,000
Houma, Louisiana........................................ 1,000,000
I-90 connector testbed, New York........................ 1,000,000
Illinois statewide...................................... 2,000,000
Inglewood, California................................... 500,000
Integrated transportation management system, Delaware
statewide........................................... 2,000,000
Iowa Statewide.......................................... 562,000
Jackson Metropolitan, Mississippi....................... 500,000
James Madison University, Virginia...................... 1,500,000
Kansas City, Kansas..................................... 500,000
Kittitas County workzone traffic safety system,
Washington.......................................... 450,000
Lansing, Michigan....................................... 750,000
Las Vegas, Nevada....................................... 1,450,000
Lexington, Kentucky..................................... 750,000
Libertyville traffic management center, Illinois........ 760,000
Long Island rail road grade crossing deployment, New
York................................................ 1,000,000
Macomb, Michigan (border crossing)...................... 1,000,000
Maine statewide (rural)................................. 500,000
Maryland statewide...................................... 1,000,000
Miami-Dade, Florida..................................... 1,000,000
Monterey-Salinas, California............................ 750,000
Montgomery County ECC & TMC, Maryland................... 1,000,000
Moscow, Idaho........................................... 1,000,000
Nebraska statewide...................................... 4,000,000
New York statewide information exchange systems, New
York................................................ 500,000
New York, New Jersey, Connecticut (TRANSCOM)............ 2,500,000
North Greenbush, New York............................... 1,000,000
Oklahoma statewide...................................... 3,000,000
Oxford, Mississippi..................................... 500,000
Pennsylvania statewide (turnpike)....................... 500,000
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.............................. 1,033,000
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Drexel)..................... 1,500,000
Pioneer Valley, Massachusetts........................... 1,500,000
Port of Long Beach, California.......................... 500,000
Port of Tacoma trucker congestion notification system,
Washington.......................................... 200,000
Roadside animal detection test-bed, Montana............. 500,000
Rochester-Genesse, New York............................. 800,000
Rutland, Vermont........................................ 750,000
Sacramento, California.................................. 3,000,000
San Diego joint transportation operations center,
California.......................................... 1,500,000
San Francisco central control communications, California 250,000
Santa Anita, California................................. 300,000
Santa Teresa, New Mexico................................ 750,000
Shreveport, Louisiana................................... 750,000
Silicon Valley transportation management center,
California.......................................... 700,000
South Carolina DOT...................................... 3,000,000
Southeast Corridor, Colorado............................ 7,000,000
Southern Nevada (bus)................................... 1,100,000
Spillway road incident management system, Mississippi... 600,000
St. Louis, Missouri..................................... 1,000,000
Statewide transportation operations center, Kentucky.... 2,000,000
Superior, I-39 corridor, Wisconsin...................... 2,500,000
Texas statewide......................................... 2,000,000
Travel network, South Dakota............................ 2,325,000
University of Arizona ATLAS Center, Arizona............. 500,000
Utah Statewide.......................................... 560,000
Vermont statewide (rural)............................... 1,500,000
Washington statewide.................................... 4,500,000
Washington, D.C. metropolitan region.................... 2,000,000
Wayne County road information management system,
Michigan............................................ 1,500,000
Wichita, Kansas......................................... 1,200,000
Wisconsin communications network........................ 310,000
Wisconsin statewide..................................... 1,000,000
Yakima County adverse weather operations, Washington.... 475,000
Illinois Statewide ITS.--Within the amount made available
for Illinois Statewide ITS, funds shall be made available to
the City of Quincy for the 18th St. Bridge and to the City of
Carbondale for the Southern Illinois University-Carbondale's
Materials Technology Center.
Projects selected for funding shall contribute to the
integration and interoperability of intelligent transportation
systems, consistent with the criteria set forth in TEA21.
ferry boats and ferry terminal facilities
Within the funds available for ferry boats and ferry
terminal facilities, funds are to be available for the
following projects and activities:
Project name and Conference total
Bainbridge-Seattle ferry system, dolphin replacement project,
Washington................................................$4,000,000
Battery Maritime building, New York........................... 750,000
Baylink Ferry intermodal center and upgrades and improvements
to facilities (City of Vallejo), California............... 2,000,000
Cherry Grove ferry dock, New York............................. 90,000
City of Brewer waterfront redevelopment shoreline
stabilization, Maine...................................... 1,000,000
City of Palatka, Florida...................................... 300,000
City of Rochester harbor & ferry terminal improvement
projects, New York........................................ 4,500,000
Cleveland Trans-Erie ferry, Ohio.............................. 800,000
Coffman Cove-Wrangell/Mitkof Island ferries and facilities,
Alaska....................................................10,000,000
Corpus Christi ferry landings, Texas.......................... 200,000
Holland Street pier Ferry Boat terminal building dock
construction, Erie, Pennsylvania.......................... 1,000,000
Fire Island terminal infrastructure, New York................. 200,000
Fishers Island ferry district, Connecticut.................... 1,500,000
Hatteras Inlet ferry connecting Ocracoke Island and North
Carolina Outer Banks, North Carolina...................... 1,450,000
Haverstraw-Ossining-Yonkers ferry service terminals, New York. 2,500,000
Jamaica Bay transportation hub, New York...................... 200,000
Jersey City Pier redevelopment & terminal construction project
(also bus), New Jersey.................................... 2,000,000
Key West ferry terminal, Florida.............................. 300,000
Kings Point ferry, Warren County, Mississippi................. 500,000
New Bedford Massachusetts ferry and ferry facility project,
Massachusetts............................................. 1,450,000
North Carolina State ferry (dredging and environmental
studies), North Carolina.................................. 689,000
Oak Harbor Municipal Pier terminal, Washington................ 200,000
Plaquemines Parish ferry, Louisiana........................... 1,200,000
San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority Fuel Cell
project................................................... 100,000
Sand Point dock, Rhode Island................................. 250,000
Sandy Hook ferry terminal, New Jersey......................... 1,000,000
Savannah water ferry, Georgia................................. 1,000,000
St. George Ferry terminal, New York........................... 500,000
St. Johns River ferry terminal, Florida....................... 1,000,000
Station Square River landing boat docks, Pennsylvania......... 1,000,000
Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority Marina ferry, Ohio......... 500,000
Treasure Island ferry service, California..................... 800,000
Whitehall terminal, New York.................................. 600,000
national corridor planning and development program
Within the funds available for the national corridor
planning and development program, funds are to be available for
the following projects and activities:
Project name and Conference total
Alameda Corridor-East construction project, California.. $4,000,000
Ambassador Bridge Gateway, Michigan..................... 9,000,000
Arch Road/Sperry Road Corridor Widening, California..... 2,000,000
Arizona 95 to I-40 Connector, California................ 3,000,000
Bristol/First Street intersection Santa Ana, California. 1,000,000
Byram-Clinton/Norrell Corridor, Mississippi............. 3,500,000
Chesapeake Bypass, Lawrence, Ohio....................... 4,000,000
Clay/Leslie Industrial Park access, Kentucky............ 4,000,000
Coalfields Expressway, West Virginia.................... 16,000,000
Continental 1, Pennsylvania and New York................ 1,000,000
Curry Pike multilaning project, Indiana................. 1,000,000
Des Moines metro I-235 Reconstruction, Iowa............. 700,000
Dixie Highway Flyover Bridge, Florida................... 1,500,000
East-West Highway, Maine................................ 3,500,000
Essen Lane & I-12 Interchange, Louisiana................ 1,000,000
Everett Development 41st Street overpass project,
Washington.......................................... 1,500,000
Exit 6 of I-95, Pennsylvania............................ 350,000
Falls to the Falls Corridor, Cook, Minnesota............ 7,000,000
FAST Corridor project, Washington....................... 20,000,000
FM 1016 from US 83 to Madero, Texas..................... 500,000
Foothills Parkway TN-1, Tennessee....................... 1,000,000
Freeport Business Center off ramp, Texas................ 500,000
Gravina Bridge, Alaska.................................. 1,000,000
Heartland Parkway/Highway 55, Kentucky.................. 500,000
Hendricks county North-South Corridor, Indiana.......... 750,000
Highway 92 in McCreary County, Kentucky................. 1,600,000
Highway 20 Freeport bypass review, design and
engineering, Illinois............................... 1,000,000
Highway 231 Glover Carey Bridge and Owensboro
intersection, Kentucky.............................. 1,000,000
Highway 61, Avenue of the Saints interchange, Moscow
Mills, Missouri..................................... 2,500,000
Highway 61, Green County between Greensburg and
Columbia, Kentucky.................................. 250,000
Highway 71 Texarkana South, Arkansas.................... 7,000,000
Hoosier Heartland Industrial Corridor Lafayette to
Logansport, Indiana................................. 1,000,000
Hwy 92 Whitley County, Kentucky......................... 300,000
I-29 construction from Exit 81 North to South of I-90 at
Sioux Falls, South Dakota........................... 12,000,000
I-35 expansion, Hill County, Texas...................... 2,000,000
I-35 Replacement Bridge, Dallas County, Texas........... 1,000,000
I-4 Crosstown Expressway Connector, Florida............. 1,000,000
I-44/US 65 Interchange, Missouri........................ 1,500,000
I-49 Interchange at Caddo Port Road, Louisiana.......... 3,800,000
I-49 south from Lafayette east to Westbank, Louisiana... 15,000,000
I-5 trade corridor, Oregon.............................. 5,000,000
I-5/SR56 connectors, California......................... 2,000,000
I-66, Kentucky.......................................... 20,000,000
I-66, Pike County, Kentucky............................. 2,500,000
I-69 Connector from I-530 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas....... 4,000,000
I-69 construction Odom Road to I-55, Mississippi........ 9,000,000
I-69 Corridor, Louisiana................................ 10,000,000
I-69 Corridors 18 and 20, Texas......................... 1,500,000
I-69 Evansville to Indianapolis, Indiana................ 2,586,000
I-69 on SIU 11 along US 61, Mississippi................. 500,000
I-84 Exit 6/Route 37 interchange, Connecticut........... 2,300,000
I-85 extension to I-59/20, Alabama...................... 3,000,000
I-87 Corridor Study, New York........................... 2,000,000
I-90/94 new by-pass to Highway 3 EIS, Montana........... 3,500,000
I-905 Otay Mesa Border port-of-entry, California........ 7,500,000
Interstate 75 and Central Sarasota Parkway interchange,
Florida............................................. 1,000,000
King Coal Highway, West Virginia........................ 20,000,000
KY 1848 from I-64 to US 60, Kentucky.................... 320,000
La Entrada al Pacifico feasibility study, Texas......... 200,000
Lincoln Bypass, California.............................. 2,000,000
Memphis-Huntsville-Atlanta Highway preliminary
engineering and construction, Alabama............... 1,000,000
Midland Reliever Route for freeway connection from SH
349 to I-20, Texas.................................. 1,000,000
Missouri Highway 7, Blue Springs, Missouri.............. 3,750,000
Monticello Street underpass, Kentucky................... 1,000,000
MS Highway 44/Pearl River Bridge extension project,
Mississippi......................................... 3,000,000
New Boston Road (a segment of National Great River
Road), Illinois..................................... 1,000,000
New York Harbor rail freight tunnel, New York........... 5,000,000
North/South transitway, Charlotte/Mecklenburg, North
Carolina............................................ 3,500,000
Northern Border Cascadia program of projects, Washington 2,500,000
North-South Highway project, Alabama.................... 1,000,000
Outer Belt Connector, Kendall & Kane Counties, Illinois. 15,000,000
Pennyrile Parkway, Kentucky............................. 1,000,000
Phoenix Avenue improvements and airport access
construction, Arkansas.............................. 1,750,000
Port of Claiborne/Grand Gulf Connector Access Road,
Mississippi......................................... 8,000,000
Port of South Louisiana to I-10 Connector, Louisiana.... 1,000,000
Ports-to-Plains Corridor development management plan,
Texas............................................... 1,700,000
Railroad Avenue Underpass East Chicago, Indiana......... 2,500,000
Rapid River Bridge, Idaho............................... 1,000,000
Reconstruct MD 117 at MD 124 in Montgomery County,
Maryland............................................ 1,000,000
Route 10, West Virginia................................. 15,000,000
Route 116 between Ashfield and Conway, Massachusetts.... 2,500,000
Route 2 bypass & safety improvements in Erving,
Massachusetts....................................... 3,000,000
Route 340/522 bridge replacement, Virginia.............. 100,000
Route 669 bridge widening, Virginia..................... 500,000
Route 71 McDonald County, Missouri...................... 6,000,000
Seward Highway safety improvements at Bird Creek, Alaska 15,000,000
SR 149 Relocation, Ohio................................. 500,000
SR-67 between I-110 & US-49, Mississippi................ 9,000,000
St. Rt. 905 phase I, California......................... 1,000,000
State border safety inspection facilities, Texas........ 12,000,000
Stewart Airport connector study, New York............... 350,000
STH 29 between I-94 and CTH J, Wisconsin................ 10,000,000
Stone Coal Road in Johnson County, Kentucky............. 1,500,000
Tuscaloosa eastern bypass from I-59 to Rice Mine Road,
Alabama............................................. 20,000,000
U.S. 24 Corridor improvement study between Toledo, Ohio
and Indiana......................................... 2,500,000
U.S. Highway 212 Hennepin County, Minnesota............. 3,000,000
U.S. Highway 54, Kansas................................. 4,000,000
Upgrade road to I-64/US Route 35, West Virginia......... 3,000,000
US 19, Florida.......................................... 25,000,000
US 231/I-10 freeway Connector from Dothan to AL/FL state
line, Alabama....................................... 1,000,000
US 25 N to Renfro Valley, Kentucky...................... 2,000,000
US 27 from Somerset to KY70, Kentucky................... 5,000,000
US 27 to Burnside, Kentucky............................. 800,000
US 278, Alabama......................................... 1,000,000
US 395 North Spokane Corridor, Washington............... 6,000,000
US 412 Overpass at I-44, Oklahoma....................... 1,500,000
US 431 from Epleys Station North to Lewisburg, Kentucky. 850,000
US 60 Butler County, Missouri........................... 1,500,000
US 60 right-of-way, KY 425 to US 41, Henderson County,
Kentucky............................................ 500,000
US Route 15 expansion from Pennsylvania to Presho, New
York................................................ 3,000,000
US Route 30 in North Huntingdon Township, Pennsylvania.. 200,000
US-151 expansion Dickeyville & Dodgeville, Wisconsin.... 3,000,000
US 19/US 129/SR 11 Connector, Georgia................... 1,000,000
US-2 planning & construction, New Hampshire............. 1,000,000
US-41A, Kentucky........................................ 100,000
US-49/I-55 flyover, Mississippi......................... 1,500,000
US-63 improvements for Corridor 39, Arkansas............ 15,000,000
US-64/87 Ports to Plains corridor study, New Mexico..... 1,000,000
US-95 improvements from milepost 522 to Canadian border,
Idaho............................................... 9,000,000
USH 10 between Stevens Point & Waupaca, Wisconsin....... 4,000,000
Weidle Road Improvements, Illinois...................... 500,000
Wichita South Area transportation study, Kansas......... 1,000,000
Yakima grade separation program of projects, Washington. 4,000,000
TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNITY AND SYSTEM PRESERVATION PROGRAM
Within the funds made available for the transportation
and community and system preservation program, funds are to be
distributed to the following projects and activities:
Project name and Conference total
Access improvement to Rostraver Industrial Park,
Pennsylvania........................................ $500,000
Advanced traffic analysis center, North Dakota.......... 500,000
Alkali Creek bike/pedestrian trail, Montana............. 500,000
Alliance transportation congestion mitigation, Ohio..... 2,000,000
Artesia Boulevard Rehabilitation, California............ 200,000
Atlantic Avenue Extension, Queens, New York............. 2,000,000
Atlantic Avenue Trail Extension, Virginia............... 800,000
Austin TX Bicycle Commuting Project, Texas.............. 375,000
Bandyville Road, Illinois............................... 525,000
Bicycle/Pedestrian connections to Charlotte's trail
systems, North Carolina............................. 200,000
Boston-North Shore corridor study, Massachusetts........ 250,000
Broadway Armory Parking Facility, Illinois.............. 750,000
Bronx River Greenway, New York.......................... 750,000
Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation Study, New
York................................................ 1,000,000
Buffalo City inner harbor and waterfront development,
New York............................................ 1,570,000
Cabarrus Avenue Gateway, North Carolina................. 2,800,000
Cades Cove Loop and Laurel Springs Road improvements,
Tennessee........................................... 2,000,000
Casper Second Street extension, Wyoming................. 1,000,000
Cedar Rapids Edgewood Road project, Iowa................ 3,000,000
Central business district trail link Prairie Duneland
and Iron Horse Heritage, Indiana.................... 970,000
Charles Town streetscape improvements and welcome
center, West Virginia............................... 400,000
Chester waterfront development streetscape, Pennsylvania 500,000
Church Street Marketplace in Burlington, Vermont........ 1,500,000
City of Elk Point bike/pedestrian trail system, South
Dakota.............................................. 200,000
City of Frisco, Texas................................... 1,000,000
City of Havana, Illinois................................ 1,500,000
City of Tea bike/pedestrian path, South Dakota.......... 50,000
City of Woburn, Massachusetts........................... 200,000
Claymont transportation project, Delaware............... 100,000
Columbia Harden Street improvements, South Carolina..... 5,000,000
Completion of US 101 Regional Bikeway System, California 500,000
Concord 20/20 vision program, New Hampshire............. 500,000
Cross County Corridor study, Missouri................... 500,000
Crowley Historic Parkerson Avenue redevelopment,
Louisiana........................................... 500,000
Cullman County pedestrian walkway, Alabama.............. 100,000
Derby, traffic congestion, Connecticut.................. 2,000,000
Downeast Heritage Center project, Calais, Maine......... 400,000
Downtown Development District, Louisiana................ 500,000
Dynamic Rollover Laboratory, Auburn University project,
Alabama............................................. 1,500,000
East Branch DuPage River Greenway Trail Plan, Illinois.. 75,000
East Chicago Railroad Avenue Project, Indiana........... 1,000,000
East Haddam Mobility Improvements, Connecticut.......... 500,000
Eastern Market pedestrian overpass park, Michigan....... 500,000
Eastern shore trail project from USS Alabama to Weeks
Bay National Reserve, Alabama....................... 1,500,000
Elimination of grade crossing and redirection of
corridor traffic, Ashland, Wisconsin................ 1,900,000
Estill County bypass lighting around Irvine, Kentucky... 50,000
Estill County industrial park access road, Kentucky..... 300,000
Everett development project track replacement,
Washington.......................................... 3,700,000
Fairhope Trax & Trails, Alabama......................... 1,000,000
Farrington safety enhancements, Hawaii.................. 2,000,000
Fegenbush Lane Bridge at Fern Creek, Kentucky........... 400,000
FM 49 widening from US 83 to FM 1016, Texas............. 1,000,000
Foxhall Road Safety Reconstruction Project, DC.......... 2,000,000
Fruitvale, California................................... 2,000,000
Galesburg Railroad Relocation Study, Illinois........... 150,000
Goucher Wheel and Walk Way, Pennsylvania................ 1,000,000
Grand Forks greenway trail system, North Dakota......... 1,000,000
Great Dismal Swamp Corridor Master Plan, Virginia....... 180,000
Great Lake recreation area traffic study, Oklahoma...... 250,000
Green Airport Initiative, California.................... 2,000,000
Green Island, New York Road and infrastructure project.. 2,600,000
GSB-88 Emulsified binder treatment research, Alabama.... 1,000,000
Gulf Coast Pedestrian Walkover, Highway 98, Florida..... 1,000,000
Hanceville Downtown Revitalization, Alabama............. 400,000
Harris County 911 emergency network, Texas.............. 500,000
HART bus tracking, Florida.............................. 1,000,000
Henderson downtown street widening, North Carolina...... 1,000,000
Henderson riverfront project, Kentucky.................. 1,000,000
Highway 2 feasibility project, Montana.................. 1,000,000
Highway 24 segment completion, Texas.................... 1,000,000
Highway 45, Lowndes County, Mississippi................. 2,000,000
Highway 61 from KY487 to Columbia PE/design, Kentucky... 1,000,000
Highway 71 Alma to Mena, Arkansas....................... 1,000,000
Hillsborough weigh station, North Carolina.............. 350,000
Historic Erie Canal Aqueduct redevelopment, New York.... 1,100,000
Hopewell Borough Street flooding project, New Jersey.... 300,000
Houston Main Street corridor master plan, Texas......... 500,000
Huffman Prairie Flying Field pedestrian & multimodal
gateway entrance, Ohio.............................. 1,500,000
I-15, Sevier River to Mills reconstruction, Utah........ 2,000,000
I-5/SR 432 Interchange Access, Washington............... 1,000,000
I-74 Mississippi River Bridge........................... 2,000,000
Injury Control Research Center, UAB project, Alabama.... 1,250,000
Interchange at 159th St. and I-35, Olathe, Kansas....... 2,000,000
Intersection improvements, Highway 41 and US 17, North
of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina................... 500,000
Interstate Route 295 and Commercial Street project,
Portland, Maine..................................... 1,200,000
Isleta Boulevard Reconstruction Project, New Mexico..... 5,000,000
Johnstown Road, Kentucky................................ 800,000
Jonesboro Caraway Overpass project, Arkansas............ 1,500,000
Kalispell Bypass Project, Kalispell, Montana............ 400,000
Kenai River Trail, Alaska............................... 500,000
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet for Regional Trail
Improvements, Kentucky.............................. 2,350,000
Lake Street access to I-35 West, Minnesota.............. 4,000,000
Lambertville Street flooding improvements, New Jersey... 300,000
Lancaster Avenue improvements, Fort Worth, Texas........ 1,500,000
Land Use Municipal Resource Center, New Jersey.......... 2,000,000
Lees Town Road project, Kentucky........................ 500,000
Lewis Avenue Bridge, California......................... 200,000
Lincoln Antelope Valley 16th Street overpass, Nebraska.. 1,600,000
Littleton integrated and networked community, New
Hampshire........................................... 750,000
Littleton Main Street pedestrian improvements, New
Hampshire........................................... 2,000,000
Lodi project, improvements to route 46, New Jersey...... 1,000,000
Los Angeles County bike path, California................ 1,000,000
Louisville Bypass, Nebraska............................. 1,000,000
Louisville Waterfront/River Road pedestrian islands
improvement and park entry Preston Street project,
Kentucky............................................ 1,000,000
Macon community preservation and redevelopment, Georgia. 200,000
Madison State Street project, Wisconsin................. 1,000,000
Main Street Streetscaping, Jacksonville, Florida........ 500,000
Maine Avenue Redesign, California....................... 100,000
Mamaroneck pedestrian improvements, New York............ 125,000
Manalapan Township Woodward Road reconstruction, New
Jersey.............................................. 250,000
Marin Parklands Visitor Access, California.............. 1,000,000
Maryland Route 404 upgrade project...................... 3,000,000
Marysville Road, Montana................................ 1,000,000
Marysville streetscape improvements, Tennessee.......... 4,000,000
McKinley/Riverside Avenue Safety Improvements, Indiana.. 1,245,000
Median on US 42 from Harrods Creek to River Road,
Kentucky............................................ 600,000
Metrolina traffic management center, North Carolina..... 1,000,000
Metrowest Community Transportation Pilot Project,
Massachusetts....................................... 450,000
Miami-Dade FL multi-modal public transportation transfer
center.............................................. 3,500,000
Midwest City downtown revitalization project, Oklahoma.. 1,000,000
Missouri Highway 21..................................... 7,000,000
Mobile Greenways, Alabama............................... 1,750,000
Mobile Waterfront Terminal and Maritime Center of the
Gulf Project, Alabama............................... 5,000,000
Mount Vernon, NY commuter rail station improvements, New
York................................................ 1,000,000
Museum campus trolleys expanded service, Illinois....... 500,000
Mystic streetscape projects, Connecticut................ 1,000,000
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Ohio...... 3,000,000
Navajo Gateway, Oklahoma................................ 200,000
New Rochelle NY North Avenue pedestrian street
improvements, New York.............................. 1,000,000
NFTA Development Plan, New York......................... 100,000
Oceanport Road flooding improvements, New Jersey........ 300,000
Ohio & Erie Canal Corridor, Ohio........................ 1,000,000
Olympic Discovery Trail, Washington..................... 1,600,000
Ortega Street Pedestrian overcrossing gateway,
California.......................................... 125,000
Owensboro Riverfront redevelopment project, Kentucky.... 1,800,000
Palmer railroad right-of-way, Alaska.................... 1,100,000
Park City sidewalks, Kentucky........................... 42,600
Parkerson Avenue Pedestrian and Streetscape
Improvements, Louisiana............................. 165,000
Parking Facility, Marysville, Tennessee................. 1,650,000
Payette River Greenway project, Idaho................... 105,000
Peachtree Corridor project, Georgia..................... 6,000,000
Phalen Boulevard, Minnesota............................. 1,750,000
Pharr bridge toll connector, Texas...................... 415,000
Pioneer Valley Commission, West Springfield,
Massachusetts....................................... 400,000
Pistol Creek pedestrian bridge, Tennessee............... 900,000
Port of Vicksburg Study, Mississippi.................... 400,000
Portage Canal Rehabilitation & Pedestrian/Bicycle
Facility, Wisconsin................................. 1,000,000
Prattville-Daniel Pratt Historic District development,
Alabama............................................. 500,000
Queens Boulevard Pedestrian Improvements, New York...... 500,000
Raritan Township Clover Hill Road Reconstruction, New
Jersey.............................................. 1,000,000
Redlands Transportation & Community Preservation,
California.......................................... 500,000
Rhinelander Relocation, Oneida County, Wisconsin........ 9,600,000
River Street reconstruction, Lindenhurst, New York...... 500,000
Riverwinds project in West Deptford, New Jersey......... 500,000
Road 200 South Improvement Project, Indiana............. 700,000
Roadway expansion, East Metropolitan Business Park,
Mississippi......................................... 2,000,000
Robbins Commuter Rail Station upgrade, Illinois......... 250,000
Rose Bowl access mitigation, California................. 300,000
Rose Crossing in Kingston and Roane Counties, Tennessee
(roadways, trails and improvements)................. 1,050,000
Route 101 corridor study for Amherst, Milford, and
Wilton, New Hampshire............................... 200,000
Route 17 Paramus and Essex Street, Hackensack,
congestion alleviation, New Jersey.................. 300,000
Route 22/Mill Road pedestrian street improvements, New
York................................................ 750,000
Route 3 upgrade PE between Franklina and Boscawen, New
Hampshire........................................... 100,000
Route 710 Connector Improvements and Traffic Calming,
Riviera Beach, Florida.............................. 300,000
Route 79 relocation and harbor enhancements,
Massachusetts....................................... 1,000,000
Saddle Road improvement project, Hawaii................. 4,000,000
Santa Carita Cross Valley Connector, California......... 1,000,000
Satsop Development Park, Washington..................... 1,500,000
SC 277 Pedestrian Walkway, South Carolina............... 1,000,000
Schuylkill Valley Metro Feasibility Study, Pennsylvania. 500,000
SH 121/Grandview Ave. Railroad Grade Separation,
Colorado............................................ 250,000
Shore Road, Lindenhurst, New York....................... 500,000
Somerset downtown revitalization, Kentucky.............. 2,000,000
South 7th Street, Lindenhurst, New York................. 250,000
South Amboy Regional Intermodal Transportation
Initiative, New Jersey.............................. 1,000,000
South Capitol Gateway & Improvement Study, Maryland and
the District of Columbia............................ 500,000
South Carolina Route 38/I-95 Interchange improvements,
South Carolina...................................... 1,500,000
South Com regional dispatch trauma center, Illinois..... 170,000
South LaBrea Avenue and Imperial Highway Improvements,
California.......................................... 1,000,000
Southern bypass around the southwestern portion of
Somerset, Kentucky.................................. 6,600,000
Southern Rural Transportation Center, South Carolina.... 9,000,000
Springfield center city streetscape improvements,
Missouri............................................ 1,000,000
Springfield Metro/VRE Pedestrian Access improvements,
Virginia............................................ 500,000
SR-520 Convening with communities, Washington........... 1,000,000
SR91 Freeway Corridor Transportation Enhancement,
California.......................................... 500,000
St. Landry Road extension in Ascension Parish and I-10
link study, Louisiana............................... 500,000
Stamford Waterside, Connecticut......................... 250,000
State Route 25 Safety Improvements, California.......... 2,000,000
State Route 46 expansion study, Florida................. 1,200,000
Stearns Road corridor, multi-use Trails, Illinois....... 1,000,000
Stockton Miracle Mile/Pacific Avenue resurfacing,
California.......................................... 1,000,000
Strong Avenue improvements and rail location, Vermont... 1,500,000
Stuttgart Two-Lane Bypass, Arkansas..................... 750,000
Sunland Park Drive extension, Texas..................... 500,000
Sutherland, NE viaduct to UP tracks and US Highway 30,
Nebraska............................................ 2,000,000
Syracuse lakefront project, New York.................... 1,500,000
Temple Street reopening project, Connecticut............ 1,000,000
Tioughnioga waterfront development, New York............ 500,000
Titan Road improvement project, Colorado................ 2,000,000
Tompkins County strategic initiative, New York.......... 130,000
Traffic Calming Program, Jackson, Mississippi........... 2,000,000
Transportation Research Institute, University of Alabama 7,000,000
Trunk Highway 610/10 interchange at I-94, Minnesota..... 1,600,000
Tukwila transit oriented development at Long Acres,
Washington.......................................... 1,500,000
Tulare County Farm-to-Market Roads, California.......... 2,500,000
Tuscaloosa City riverwalk and parkway development,
Alabama............................................. 1,000,000
U.S. 51 widening, Illinois.............................. 1.500,000
U.S. 98 highway lighting, Daphne, Alabama............... 2,000,000
University of South Florida, University of Central
Florida I-4 Corridor project........................ 1,750,000
US 17-92/Horatio Ave. Intersection Traffic Mitigation,
Florida............................................. 1,000,000
Vine Grove sidewalks, Kentucky.......................... 125,000
Walerga Road Bridge Replacement, California............. 1,000,000
Warren Sidewalk Reconstruction, Rhode Island............ 1,000,000
Waterford National Historic District, Virginia.......... 1,000,000
West Windsor Township bicycle path, New Jersey.......... 200,000
White Lake Road, Michigan............................... 1,000,000
Wichita Riverwalk on Arkansas River, Kansas............. 600,000
Widen highways 159, 269, 379, Florida................... 750,000
Winooski, Vermont streetscape project................... 1,500,000
Wyandanch traffic signals, sidewalks and improvements,
New York............................................ 400,000
Ybor City Streetcar Intermodal Station, Florida......... 2,000,000
Montana Highway 2.--The conference agreement includes
$1,000,000 for Montana Highway 2. These funds may be used only
for feasibility studies, the preparation of an EIS, or
preliminary engineering and design activities. None of these
funds may be spent for any purpose along those sections of
Highway 2 that are either contiguous with or are in the general
vicinity of Glacier National Park.
South Capitol Gateway.--The Secretary, in cooperation
with the District of Columbia Department of Planning, the
District of Columbia National Capitol Revitalization
Commission, and the Department of Interior and in consultation
with the National Capital Planning Commission and other
interested parties, shall conduct a study of methods to make
improvements to promote commercial, recreational and
residential activities and to improve pedestrian and vehicular
access on South Capitol Street and the Frederick Douglass
Bridge between Independence Avenue and the Suitland Parkway,
and on New Jersey Avenue between Independence Avenue and M
Street Southeast. Not later than September 20, 2003, the
Secretary shall transmit to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations a report containing the results of the study
with an assessment of the impacts (including environmental,
aesthetic, economic, and historical impacts) associated with
the implementation of each of the methods examined under the
study.
BRIDGE DISCRETIONARY PROGRAM
Within the funds available for the bridge discretionary
program, funds are to be available for the following projects
and activities:
Project name and Conference total
145th Street Bridge over Harlem River, New York......... $5,800,000
A. Max Brewer Causeway Bridge, Florida.................. 3,000,000
Atlantic Bridge, California............................. 300,000
Avis overhead bridge WV107, West Virginia............... 6,000,000
Cooper River Bridge, South Carolina..................... 7,000,000
Covered bridges Sec. 1224 of TEA-21..................... 3,000,000
Cross Road Bridge, Connecticut.......................... 3,500,000
Deck replacement & rehab of Rt 9 Edison Bridge, New
Jersey.............................................. 2,000,000
Ford Bridge, Minnesota.................................. 7,000,000
Gerald Desmond Bridge Replacement, California........... 4,000,000
Golden Gate Bridge seismic retrofit program, California. 2,000,000
Great River Bridge, Arkansas............................ 7,500,000
Hoan Bridge rehabilitation, Wisconsin................... 7,500,000
Hood Canal Bridge replacement, Washington............... 5,000,000
I-195 Washington Bridge, Rhode Island................... 4,000,000
I-84 over Delaware River Twin Bridges, New York......... 2,000,000
Iowa/Nebraska Missouri River Bridge, Iowa............... 1,500,000
James Rumsey Bridge (Shepherdstown Bridge), West
Virginia............................................ 11,000,000
Kerner Bridge, Louisiana................................ 1,000,000
Leeville Bridge, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana............ 3,000,000
Leon River Bridge, Texas................................ 1,500,000
Longfellow Bridge, Cambridge, Massachusetts............. 1,500,000
Martin Luther King Jr. Bridge rehabilitation, Ohio...... 1,500,000
Metro Parks Zoo historic bridge replacement, Ohio....... 1,250,000
Missisquoi Bay Bridge, Vermont.......................... 4,000,000
Missouri River Bridge approach from Route 74, Missouri.. 1,000,000
Padanaram Bridge, Dartmouth, Massachusetts.............. 1,500,000
Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge, Connecticut............... 5,000,000
Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge, Michigan.................... 3,300,000
Route 1 & 9/Production Way to east Lincoln Avenue, New
Jersey.............................................. 3,000,000
Route 13 Bridge, Missouri............................... 1,500,000
Route 17 over Wallkill River, New York.................. 1,800,000
Sand Island Bridge resurfacing, Hawaii.................. 5,000,000
South Park Bridge, Washington........................... 1,000,000
SR 240 Yakima Bridge Replacement, Washington............ 4,500,000
TEA-21 Bridge Setaside for Seismic Retrofit............. 25,000,000
Topeka boulevard Bridge, Kansas......................... 2,000,000
US 81 Missouri River Bridge PE, South Dakota............ 1,000,000
Wacker Drive discretionary bridge reconstruction,
Illinois............................................ 6,000,000
Waldo-Hancock Suspension Bridge replacement, Maine...... 5,000,000
FEDERAL LANDS
Within the funds available for the federal lands program,
funds are to be available for the following projects and
activities:
Project name and Conference total
14th Street Bridge interim capacity and safety
improvements, Virginia.............................. $11,000,000
Acadia National Park trails and road projects, Maine.... 500,000
Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge and parking,
Alaska.............................................. 850,000
Amistad National Recreation Area Box Canyon Ramp Road,
Texas............................................... 4,500,000
Arches National Park Main Entrance Relocation, Utah..... 1,000,000
Bear River migratory bird refuge access road, Utah...... 250,000
Belardo Bridge, California.............................. 3,000,000
Blackstone River bikeway, Rhode Island.................. 1,500,000
Blueberry Lake road improvements, Green Mountain
National Forest, Vermont............................ 500,000
Broughton Bridge over USACOE Miliford Lake, Kansas...... 1,500,000
Chincoteague Wildlife Refuge access roads, Virginia..... 1,000,000
City of Rocks Back Country, Idaho....................... 2,000,000
Clark Fork River Bridge replacement, Idaho.............. 2,500,000
Clarks River National Wildlife Refuge, Kentucky......... 2,000,000
Cold Hill Road, Kentucky................................ 1,400,000
Complete design for CN3480, TPM-00401, New Mexico....... 150,000
Craigs Creek Road, Kentucky............................. 995,000
Daniel Boone Parkway between mileposts 37 and 44,
Kentucky............................................ 1,500,000
Death Valley Road reconstruction, California............ 2,000,000
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, New Jersey. 1,000,000
Diamond Bar Road, Arizona............................... 3,000,000
Forkland Park access road improvements, Alabama......... 475,000
Fort Peck Lake public access road, Montana.............. 500,000
Giant Springs Road, Great Falls, Montana................ 1,200,000
Glade Creek Road and Brooklyn Road, New River Gorge
National River, West Virginia....................... 3,500,000
Herbert H. Bateman Education & Administrative Center,
Virginia............................................ 500,000
Highway 26 between Zigzag and Rhododendron, Oregon
(Highway 26, Oregon)................................ 1,750,000
Hoover Dam bypass, Arizona.............................. 8,000,000
Ivy Mountain Road, Texas................................ 1,000,000
Lewis & Clark Trail, State Spur 26E, Nebraska........... 325,000
Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Roadway project, North
Dakota.............................................. 1,000,000
Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center access road, Montana 1,200,000
Little River Canyon National Reserve Road Improvements,
Alabama............................................. 350,000
Lowell National Historical Park riverwalk design,
Massachusetts....................................... 563,000
Marshall County #10 & BIA #15 through Sica Hollow State
Park, South Dakota.................................. 400,000
Mat-Su Borough/Wasilla, Alaska.......................... 500,000
Metlakatla/Walden Point Road, Alaska.................... 2,000,000
Miller Creek Road preliminary design and EIA, Montana... 5,000,000
New access to Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site,
Colorado............................................ 500,000
New Bedford Whaling National Historic Park sign project,
Massachusetts....................................... 400,000
New highway from North Dakota Borders to Idaho, Montana. 1,000,000
Noxubee River Bridge replacement and access route,
Mississippi......................................... 1,000,000
Pala Road improvement Project, California............... 4,000,000
Preliminary and final design to CN2357, FLH-666-11, New
Mexico.............................................. 1,000,000
Presidio Trust, California.............................. 1,000,000
Ramport Road, Alaska.................................... 500,000
Reconstruction of NM 537: CN2070, FLH-0537, New Mexico.. 1,000,000
Route 113 Heritage Corridor, Pennsylvania............... 170,000
Route 4 Jemez Pueblo Bypass, New Mexico................. 1,000,000
Route 600 road restructuring, Virginia.................. 750,000
S-323 Alzada-Ekalaka, Montana........................... 2,000,000
Sand Point Road improvement, Alaska..................... 1,500,000
Saratoga Monument Access, New York...................... 280,000
SD-63 Corson County reconstruction, South Dakota........ 4,000,000
SH-149 Rio Grande National Forest, Colorado............. 3,700,000
Shotgun Cove Road, Alaska............................... 650,000
SR 146 St. Rose Parkway & 1-15 Interchange, Nevada...... 4,000,000
SR 16 from Loop Road to SR 15, Neshoba County,
Mississippi......................................... 7,400,000
State Route 153, Beaver to Junction, Utah............... 1,000,000
Statewide improvements, Hawaii.......................... 6,000,000
Timucuan Preserve bike route, Florida................... 1,000,000
Trail extension at Mount Vernon Circle, Fairfax,
Virginia............................................ 100,000
US 3 and Acadia National Park road improvement, Maine... 500,000
US-30 Morrison/Whiteside County expansion, Illinois..... 750,000
USA-95 Laughlin cut-off to railroad pass widening,
Nevada.............................................. 8,000,000
USMC Heritage Center Access Improvements, Virginia...... 800,000
Wind Cave National Park highway resurfacing, South
Dakota.............................................. 1,250,000
Wood River Road upgrades, Alaska........................ 800,000
Woonsocket Depot rehabilitation, Rhode Island........... 650,000
Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers, and Fort Union Trading
Post bike trail, North Dakota....................... 400,000
The conferees direct that the funds allocated above be
derived from the FHWA's public lands discretionary program, and
not from funds allocated to the Fish and Wildlife Service's and
National Park Service's regions.
interstate maintenance discretionary
Within the funds available for the interstate maintenance
discretionary program, funds are to be available for the
following projects and activities:
Project name and Conference total
Brent Spence Bridge replacement I-75 and I-71, Kentucky. $2,000,000
City of Renton/Port Quendall project, Washington........ 1,000,000
Cleveland inner belt, Ohio.............................. 500,000
I-10 Irvington interchange, Alabama..................... 800,000
I-10 Katy Freeway, Houston, Texas....................... 7,000,000
I-10 Riverside Avenue interchange, California........... 500,000
I-12 Interchange at LA 1088, Louisiana.................. 1,500,000
I-12/Northshore Blvd. Interchange, Louisiana............ 2,000,000
I-15 Interchange at MP 10, Utah......................... 1,000,000
I-15 reconstruction, Utah............................... 5,000,000
I-180 Lycoming Mall Road interchange, Pennsylvania...... 2,000,000
I-195 Washington Bridge, Rhode Island................... 1,000,000
I-215 Southern Beltway to Henderson, Nevada............. 500,000
I-25 Broadway and Alameda interchanges, Colorado........ 5,000,000
I-25 North of Raton, New Mexico......................... 1,500,000
I-295 connector, Commercial Street, Maine............... 500,000
I-295 reconstruction, Rhode Island...................... 3,000,000
I-35 East/I-635 interchange, Texas...................... 5,400,000
I-35 West/US 287 interchange, Texas..................... 4,000,000
I-40 Arizona state line east to milepost 30, New Mexico. 5,000,000
I-40 crosstown expressway realignment, Oklahoma......... 5,500,000
I-44 Fenton industrial corridor improvements in St.
Louis County, Missouri.............................. 4,000,000
I-44 relocation and improvements, Phelps County,
Missouri............................................ 4,000,000
I-470 reconstruction and removal of bridges, Missouri... 7,000,000
I-49 southern extension from I-10, Louisiana............ 1,000,000
I-5 Corridor arteries, California....................... 1,000,000
I-5 HOV/general purpose lanes, California............... 4,000,000
I-5 Medford interchange, Oregon......................... 1,000,000
I-65 and Valley Dale Road interchanges, Alabama......... 8,000,000
I-70 improvements from CBD to northside, Missouri....... 5,000,000
I-70/I-75 interchange construction, Ohio................ 1,000,000
I-70/MD85/MD355 intersection reconstruction, Maryland... 8,000,000
I-75 Exit 11, Kentucky.................................. 375,000
I-79 Bridgeport to Meadowbrook Road, Harrison County,
West Virginia....................................... 10,000,000
I-79 Connector, West Virginia........................... 4,800,000
I-79/SR 910 interchange, Pennsylvania................... 250,000
I-79/Warrendale Technology Park interchange,
Pennsylvania........................................ 1,750,000
I-80 Exit at Stoney Hollow Road, Pennsylvania........... 3,000,000
I-80 widening and reconstruction in Johnson County,
Iowa,............................................... 6,000,000
I-81 South Martinsburg I/C Bridge, Berkeley County, West
Virginia............................................ 7,000,000
I-84 flyover access, Connecticut........................ 1,500,000
I-85 in Mecklenburg and Cabarrus Counties, North
Carolina............................................ 3,000,000
I-85 widening completion from Orange County, North
Carolina............................................ 2,000,000
I-90 two-way transit operations, Washington............. 1,000,000
I-95 Northern Maine..................................... 4,500,000
I-96 Latson Road interchange, Michigan.................. 3,500,000
IH 610 Bridge, Texas.................................... 1,500,000
Louisville-Southern Indiana Ohio River Bridges project,
Indiana and Kentucky................................ 2,500,000
Montana/Wyoming joint port-of-entry facility, Montana... 1,000,000
Pearl River Bridge-I-55 Connector, Mississippi.......... 8,900,000
Port Everglades-Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood airport return
loop, Florida....................................... 2,500,000
State Route 0039 & I-81 interchange, Pennsylvania....... 750,000
Tippecanoe/I-10 Interchange, California................. 2,500,000
US 167/I-20 interchange, Louisiana...................... 1,000,000
Woodall Rogers extension bridge, Texas.................. 8,000,000
scenic byways
Within the funds available for the scenic byways program,
funds are to be available for the following projects and
activities:
Project name and Conference total
Alabama Scenic Byways................................... $750,000
Connecticut River scenic farm byway, Massachusetts...... 500,000
Great River Road Scenic Byways Learning Center in
Prescott, Wisconsin................................. 500,000
High Street revitalization project, economic development
and historic preservation, Lawrenceberg, Indiana.... 375,000
Kentucky Scenic byways (Country Music Highway,
Wilderness Road Heritage Highway, Cumberland
Cultural Heritage Highway).......................... 885,000
Lewis & Clark Northwest Passage Scenic Byway, Idaho..... 2,000,000
Mobile Bay Causeway, Alabama............................ 250,000
Program of projects, Washington......................... 750,000
Route 29 scenic byway improvements between I-295 to
Frenchtown Borough line, New Jersey................. 1,000,000
Route 66 scenic byway livable communities and
transportation plan, New Mexico..................... 200,000
Seward Highway Millennium Trail improvements, Alaska.... 350,000
The Cape and islands rural roads initiative (Route 6A),
Massachusetts....................................... 500,000
Warren County scenic byway, New York.................... 30,000
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
The conference agreement provides a liquidating cash
appropriation of $30,000,000,000 for the federal-aid highways
program as proposed by both the House and the Senate.
APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAY SYSTEM
The conference agreement provides $200,000,000 for the
Appalachian Development Highway System (ADHS) instead of
$350,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The House bill
contained no similar appropriation. $100,000,000 shall be
allocated in accordance with the system's most recent cost-to-
complete study and the remaining $100,000,000 shall be
allocated as follows: $30,000,000 for Kentucky Corridors;
$10,000,000 for Mississippi Corridor V; $10,000,000 for
Tennessee Corridor S; $30,000,000 for West Virginia Corridor D;
and $20,000,000 for Alabama Corridor X.
STATE INFRASTRUCTURE BANKS
(Rescission)
The conference agreement includes a rescission of
$5,750,000 of funds provided for state infrastructure banks
that is not allocated to a specific state in fiscal year 1997
under Public Law 104-205 as proposed by the Senate instead of a
rescission of $6,000,000 as proposed by the House.
estimated fiscal year 2002 Distribution of obligational authority \1\
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\1\ Distributions include Special Limitation for Minimum Guarantee,
the Appalachian Development Highway System, and High Priority Projects
(HPP).
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The following table shows the actual distribution of
highway funds apportioned to the States for fiscal year 2001;
and the estimated distribution of highway funds apportioned to
the States in the President's budget request and the fiscal
year 2002 conference agreement:
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State FY 2001 actual President's budget Conference
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Alabama............................................. 525,987,662 559,304,950 560,430,831
Alaska.............................................. 299,602,164 319,539,358 319,540,065
Arizona............................................. 444,257,391 484,638,247 485,392,037
Arkansas............................................ 345,831,473 364,825,284 365,616,483
California.......................................... 2,361,371,050 2,529,726,702 2,535,814,783
Colorado............................................ 307,159,912 355,738,430 356,571,570
Connecticut......................................... 389,148,164 413,309,266 413,939,498
Delaware............................................ 112,968,544 122,080,490 122,338,437
Dist. of Col........................................ 104,349,222 109,709,145 110,052,561
Florida............................................. 1,232,852,228 1,285,679,130 1,287,447,472
Georgia............................................. 916,707,662 985,563,148 987,127,223
Hawaii.............................................. 135,311,383 141,835,573 142,143,566
Idaho............................................... 202,470,958 210,483,999 210,894,491
Illinois............................................ 880,214,981 929,028,708 931,425,218
Indiana............................................. 635,845,273 643,457,830 644,611,374
Iowa................................................ 315,909,296 331,491,613 332,403,649
Kansas.............................................. 305,293,124 323,427,894 324,346,857
Kentucky............................................ 471,971,981 482,107,642 483,093,023
Louisiana........................................... 419,888,462 439,655,410 440,733,363
Maine............................................... 139,051,114 146,462,881 146,809,418
Maryland............................................ 416,996,303 452,525,374 453,570,096
Massachusetts....................................... 485,116,197 515,922,488 517,214,719
Michigan............................................ 845,460,584 891,594,244 893,370,463
Minnesota........................................... 389,970,111 411,417,650 412,466,274
Mississippi......................................... 311,481,806 357,474,846 358,284,438
Missouri............................................ 625,559,105 650,273,494 651,908,448
Montana............................................. 251,108,362 271,250,377 271,592,640
Nebraska............................................ 199,788,549 215,383,872 215,960,513
Nevada.............................................. 186,938,046 198,387,281 198,741,203
New Hampshire....................................... 136,096,426 142,020,763 142,342,289
New Jersey.......................................... 702,211,553 721,541,680 723,390,343
New Mexico.......................................... 252,516,241 270,550,894 271,099,283
New York............................................ 1,340,983,556 1,414,039,356 1,417,346,965
North Carolina...................................... 737,064,069 773,791,494 775,124,344
North Dakota........................................ 168,977,282 180,759,857 181,163,035
Ohio................................................ 892,059,208 965,196,101 967,365,570
Oklahoma............................................ 390,759,395 426,474,240 427,612,076
Oregon.............................................. 322,479,138 339,777,033 340,684,607
Pennsylvania........................................ 1,331,487,491 1,386,021,505 1,389,343,461
Rhode Island........................................ 154,758,492 164,800,244 165,144,826
South Carolina...................................... 437,032,280 464,164,383 464,965,557
South Dakota........................................ 189,546,127 200,274,630 200,732,567
Tennessee........................................... 594,521,880 633,958,835 635,243,821
Texas............................................... 1,958,075,662 2,139,081,121 2,142,744,035
Utah................................................ 205,736,805 215,660,062 216,239,371
Vermont............................................. 117,285,537 126,204,048 126,500,031
Virginia............................................ 671,761,845 722,046,984 723,407,902
Washington.......................................... 469,879,755 491,587,996 492,910,328
West Virginia....................................... 296,372,617 310,802,143 311,418,326
Wisconsin........................................... 513,262,795 543,767,539 544,732,900
Wyoming............................................. 178,559,537 192,949,775 193,412,432
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Subtotal...................................... 26,320,038,798 27,967,766,009 28,026,764,782
Allocated Programs \1\.............................. 3,276,137,054 3,595,390,991 3,772,339,218
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Total......................................... 29,596,175,852 31,563,157,000 31,799,104,000
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\1\ Includes High Priority Projects in the Territories and the portion of RABA going to HPP.
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
motor carrier safety
limitation on administrative expenses
(including rescission of funds)
The conference agreement includes $110,000,000 for
administrative expenses of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration instead of $92,307,000 as proposed by the House
and $105,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within the
$110,000,000 provided, the conferees allocate the following
amounts:
Personnel and administration............................ $100,341,000
Commercial drivers license program...................... 5,000,000
Hotline................................................. 375,000
Reviews of conditional motor carriers................... 1,000,000
Crash data collection................................... 3,284,000
The conference agreement includes $400,000 to study
fatigue management techniques and $100,000 for the deployment
of a nation-wide share the road safely program, as outlined in
the Senate report.
Highway watch program.--Within the amount provided for
motor carrier research, the conferees direct not less than
$500,000 be made available to analyze, evaluate, and expand the
highway watch program.
Bill language is included that rescinds $6,665,342 in
unavailable contract authority associated with administrative
balances, as proposed by the Senate. The House bill proposed no
similar rescission.
NATIONAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY PROGRAM
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
The conference agreement provides a liquidating cash
appropriation of $205,896,000 for the national motor carrier
safety program as proposed by the House instead of $204,837,000
as proposed by the Senate.
NATIONAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY PROGRAM
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
The conference agreement includes a limitation on
obligations of $205,896,000 for motor carrier safety grants.
This is consistent with the President's budget request. Of this
total, $23,896,000 is derived from revenue aligned budget
authority. Of this amount $18,000,000 is reserved for Arizona,
California, New Mexico, and Texas to hire border truck safety
inspectors and $5,896,000 is reserved for the commercial
drivers license program.
Hazardous materials motor carriers.--The conferees
understand that since September 11th FMCSA is giving top
priority to visits to all 34,000 hazardous materials motor
carriers to ensure that these carriers are aware of the
security measures that should be in place. FMCSA had conducted
about half of these visits through the end of November, 2001.
The conferees direct the FMCSA to give top priority to
continuing such visits and to monitoring these carriers after
all visits have been completed. A truck carrying hazardous
materials can be used as a weapon and FMCSA and the carriers
should take every action to prevent this from happening; no
activity should be a higher priority to the FMCSA. The
conferees direct the FMCSA to report to the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations by January 31, 2002 on the status
of the visits, what FMCSA found during the visits and what
further actions are planned by FMCSA.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Operations and Research
The conference agreement provides $127,780,000 from the
general fund for highway and traffic safety activities instead
of $122,420,000 as proposed by the House and $132,000,000 as
proposed by the Senate.
A total of $95,835,000 shall remain available until
September 30, 2004 instead of $90,430,000 as proposed by the
House and $96,360,000 as proposed by the Senate.
Bill language is included that rescinds $1,516,000 in
unobligated balances authorized under 23 U.S.C. 403 as proposed
by the Senate. The House bill contained no similar rescission.
The agreement includes a provision carried since fiscal
year 1996 that prohibits NHTSA from obligating or expending
funds to plan, finalize, or implement any rulemakings that
would add requirements pertaining to tire grading standards
that are not related to safety performance. This provision was
contained in both the House and Senate bills.
Operations and Research
(Liquidation of Contract Authorization)
(Limitation on Obligation)
(Highway Trust Fund)
(Including Rescission of Contract Authorization)
The conference agreement provides $72,000,000 from the
highway trust fund to carry out provisions of 23 U.S.C. 403 as
proposed by both the House and the Senate.
The following table summarizes the conference agreement
for operations and research (general fund and highway trust
fund combined) by budget activity:
Salaries and benefits................................... $61,451,000
Travel.................................................. 1,297,000
Operating expenses...................................... 23,113,000
Contract programs:
Safety performance.................................. 7,891,000
Safety assurance.................................... 15,064,000
Highway safety programs............................. 46,133,000
Research and analysis............................... 57,338,000
General administration.............................. 643,000
Grant administration reimbursements..................... -11,150,000
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Total............................................. $201,780,000
Salaries and benefits.--A total of $61,451,000 is
provided for salaries and benefits. This level will support an
FTP level of 709, including 15 new FTPs (7.5 FTEs) to assist in
regulatory issues as proposed by the Senate. The House approved
an FTP level of 664.
Operating expenses.--Within the $23,113,000 provided for
operating expenses, the conferees direct that funding for
computer support should continue at the fiscal year 2001 level.
The conferees believe that this level of funding is adequate,
and urge NHTSA to adopt a more cost-effective approach to
managing computer support expenses.
Executive bonuses.--The conferees reduce funding within
the salaries and benefits account for executive bonuses because
performance goals are not being met (-$20,000).
Safety performance.--The conference agreement provides
$7,891,000 for safety performance, $550,000 above the budget
request as proposed by the Senate. The additional funding
should be used to expedite key motor vehicle safety standards
including TREAD activities and several other backlogged
regulatory items. NHTSA is directed to submit a notification
letter to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations if
there is a reasonable likelihood that the agency will not meet
any deadlines specified in the TREAD Act. In addition, NHTSA
shall submit a strategic implementation plan to both the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations with the submission of
the fiscal year 2003 budget that specifies timetables,
milestones, and the research necessary to implement each
provision of TREAD, as well as the amounts provided to these
activities in fiscal years 2001 and 2002.
National occupant protection program.--The conference
agreement provides $2,000,000 above the budget request to
bolster the national occupant protection program. Of these
additional funds, $1,000,000 shall be targeted at high-risk
groups, such as minorities, younger drivers, and the occasional
seat belt user to increase seat belt usage; and $1,000,000
shall be used to increase local efforts to boost seat belt
usage rates in their jurisdictions.
The conferees remain disappointed that NHTSA has been
unable to raise seat belt usage to the Presidential directive
of 85 percent by 2000 and direct the agency to refocus its
program on achieving meaningful results. As part of this
effort, NHTSA shall provide a report to the House and Senate
Committee on Appropriations describing its plans to accelerate
progress in raising seat belt use. This report is due by
February 1, 2002.
Within the funds provided, NHTSA shall contract with the
National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study on the benefits
and acceptability of technologies that may enhance seat belt
usage in passenger vehicles, as well as any legislative or
regulatory actions that may be necessary to enable installation
of devices, as proposed by the House.
Older driver research.--The conferees support NHTSA's
efforts to promote the safe mobility of older Americans. As the
agency analyzes ways to rehabilitate older Americans who have
suffered strokes or other medical conditions to resume some or
all of their driving, the conferees encourage NHTSA to closely
examine the potential of occupational therapy as an appropriate
intervention to improve safety for older drivers.
Impaired driving.--The conference agreement provides
$2,500,000 above the budget request to help states and
communities decrease the number of impaired driving offenders,
including repeat offenders and those with high blood alcohol
content. Up to half of these funds may be awarded to states and
communities that want to implement promising new strategies.
Emergency medical services head injury research.--A total
of $2,245,000 has been provided for emergency medical services.
Of this amount, $750,000 shall be used to continue training
emergency medical service personnel in delivering prehospital
care to patients with traumatic brain injuries.
Biomechanics.--Within the funds provided for
biomechanical research, $1,250,000 shall be used to continue
research related to traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries
caused by motor vehicle, motorcycle, and bicycle accidents at
the Injury Control Research Center and other centers of the
Southern Consortium for Injury Biomechanics.
Brake lining friction.--Within the funds provided for
research and analysis, $300,000 shall be used for research into
brake lining friction, as proposed by the Senate.
National Driver Register
(Highway Trust Fund)
The conference agreement provides $2,000,000 for the
National Driver Register as proposed by both the House and the
Senate.
Highway Traffic Safety Grants
(Liquidation of Contract Authorization)
(Highway Trust Fund)
The conference agreement provides $223,000,000 to
liquidate contract authorizations for highway traffic safety
grants, as proposed by both the House and the Senate.
highway traffic safety grants
(limitation on obligation)
(Highway Trust Fund)
The conference agreement limits obligations for highway
traffic safety grants to $223,000,000 as proposed by both the
House and the Senate. The bill includes separate obligation
limitations with the following funding allocations:
State and community grants.............................. $160,000,000
Occupant protection incentive grants.................... 15,000,000
Alcohol incentive grants................................ 38,000,000
State highway data improvement grants................... 10,000,000
A total of $11,150,000 has been provided for
administration of the grant programs as proposed by both the
House and the Senate. Of this total, not more than $8,000,000
of the funds made available for section 402; not more than
$750,000 of the funds made available for section 405; not more
than $1,900,000 of the funds made available for section 410;
and not more than $500,000 of the funds made available for
section 411 shall be available to NHTSA for administering
highway safety grants under chapter 4 of title 23. This
language is necessary to ensure that each grant program does
not contribute more than five percent of the total
administrative costs.
The conference agreement retains bill language, proposed
by both the House and Senate, that limits technical assistance
to states from section 410 to $500,000.
The conference agreement prohibits the use of funds for
construction, rehabilitation or remodeling costs, or for office
furnishings and fixtures for state, local, or private buildings
or structures, as proposed by both the House and the Senate.
Federal Railroad Administration
Safety and Operations
The conference agreement provides $110,857,000 for safety
and operations instead of $110,461,000 as proposed by the House
and $111,357,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within this total,
the conferees have funded 26 new positions and provided
$350,000 for the Operation Respond Center in Mississippi. The
conferees have decreased funding for technical studies and
assessments by $500,000 as proposed by the House.
The conference agreement includes language that permits
$6,509,000 of the total funding to remain available until
expended instead of $6,159,000 as proposed by both the House
and the Senate.
The conference agreement deletes language, contained in
the Senate bill, that authorizes the Secretary to receive
payments from the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation,
credit them to the first deed of trust, and make payments on
the first deed of trust. This language is no longer necessary,
as the deed will be paid in full in 2001.
Railroad freight congestion.--The conferees are aware of
significant delays currently affecting railroad freight in and
around Chicago, Illinois. It is not uncommon for freight trains
in and around Chicago, Illinois to take 72 hours or more to
move cargo through the metropolitan area. The conferees direct
the Administrator, in cooperation with the Surface
Transportation Board, to prepare a comprehensive analysis of
the railroad freight congestion problems in the Chicago region,
including possible administrative and legislative solutions,
and report back to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations no later than January 15, 2002.
Cuyahoga Valley scenic rail.--The Federal Railroad
Administration is strongly encouraged to work closely with the
Cuyahoga Valley scenic rail line to assist them in acquiring
the necessary resources so that they may extend the line from
Akron to Canton.
Railroad Research and Development
The conference agreement provides $29,000,000 for
railroad research and development instead of $27,375,000 as
proposed by the House and $30,325,000 as proposed by the
Senate. None of this funding is to be offset from user fees.
The following adjustments were made to the budget
request:
Hold Transportation Test Center to 2001 level........... -$400,000
Provide half of new request for ride safety............. -300,000
Integrated railway remote information service........... +1,000,000
Marshall University/University of Nebraska.............. +1,100,000
Baltimore freight and passenger infrastructure study.... +750,000
Freight rail study along I-81 and I-95 corridors........ +250,000
Integrated railway remote information service.--The
conference agreement provides $1,000,000 for the integrated
railway remote information service instead of $2,000,000 as
proposed by the Senate. The conferees direct FRA to evaluate
this initiative and if the evaluation is positive, FRA should
consider including sufficient funding in future budget requests
to continue this work.
Marshall University/University of Nebraska.--The
conference agreement includes $1,100,000 to support Marshall
University/University of Nebraska safety research projects in
the areas of human factors, equipment defects, and train
control methods, as outlined in the Senate report.
Grade crossing education and enforcement.--FRA should
continue to work with affected communities, including those in
the states of Illinois and Ohio, to establish a comprehensive
strategy to address highway-rail grade crossing safety through
voluntary, cooperative, education, and enforcement activities.
This program should include public and media information
campaigns, meetings with communities on specific crossings and
the unique safety problems associated with these crossings, as
well as support for increased enforcement at crossings. FRA, in
conjunction with the states and localities, should work to
identify appropriate state and federal resources that may aid
communities in their efforts.
Baltimore, Maryland freight and passenger infrastructure
study.--The conference agreement includes $750,000 to conduct a
comprehensive study to assess problems in the freight and
passenger rail infrastructure in the vicinity of Baltimore,
Maryland. FRA shall carry out this study in cooperation with
the state of Maryland, Amtrak, CSX Corporation and Norfolk
Southern Corporation, as outlined in the Senate bill (Sec.
351). The Administrator of FRA shall submit a report, including
recommendations, on the results of the study to the House and
Senate Appropriations Committees not later than 24 months after
the date of enactment of this Act.
Freight rail study along I-81 and I-95 corridors.--A
total of $250,000 has been provided to study ways to address
freight rail access problems in Tennessee and Virginia along
the I-81 and I-95 corridors. This study should contain a
detailed market analysis on options to divert congested highway
traffic onto rail and the costs of such options. This work
should be carried out in cooperation with the affected states
and Norfolk Southern Corporation. Financial support should be
provided by each state.
Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Program
The conference agreement includes a provision, proposed
by both the House and the Senate, specifying that no new direct
loans or loan guarantee commitments shall be made using federal
funds for the payment of any credit premium amounts during
fiscal year 2002. No federal appropriation is required since a
non-federal infrastructure partner may contribute the subsidy
amount required by the Credit Reform Act of 1990 in the form of
a credit risk premium. Once received, statutorily established
investigation charges are immediately available for appraisals
and necessary determinations and findings.
Next Generation High-Speed Rail
The conference agreement provides $32,300,000 for the
next generation high-speed rail program instead of $25,100,000
as proposed by the House and $40,000,000 as proposed by the
Senate. The following table summarizes the conference agreement
by budgetary activity:
Train control systems................................... $11,750,000
Illinois project.................................... (7,000,000)
Michigan project.................................... (2,000,000)
Train control--TTC.................................. (750,000)
Wisconsin project................................... (2,000,000)
Non-electric locomotives................................ 6,550,000
ALPS................................................ (3,550,000)
Prototype locomotive................................ (3,000,000)
Grade crossings and innovative technologies:............ 3,500,000
N.C. sealed corridor................................ (700,000)
Mitigating hazards.................................. (2,000,000)
Low-cost technologies............................... (800,000)
Track and structures.................................... 1,000,000
Corridor planning activities............................ 5,900,000
SCAG corridor....................................... (1,000,000)
Gulf Coast corridor................................. (600,000)
Southeast corridor.................................. (50,000)
Florida corridor.................................... (3,000,000)
California corridor................................. (1,250,000)
Magnetic levitation..................................... 3,600,000
Washington-Baltimore................................ (1,175,000)
Nevada-California................................... (1,175,000)
Greensburgh-Pittsburgh.............................. (1,250,000)
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Total............................................. 32,300,000
Florida corridor.--The conferees have included $3,000,000
for the study and design of high speed rail service in Florida
and would urge that the study include St. Petersburg and
Pinellas County as a possible terminus of any route plan.
Rail-highway crossing hazard eliminations.--Under section
1103 of TEA21, an automatic set-aside of $5,250,000 is made
available each year for the elimination of rail-highway
crossing hazards. A limited number of rail corridors are
eligible for these funds. Of these set-aside funds, the
following allocations were made:
Conference
High-speed rail corridor between Mobile, AL and New
Orleans, LA......................................... $2,000,000
High-speed rail corridor between Stuyvesant and
Rennselaer, NY...................................... 1,500,000
Richland County, SC..................................... 800,000
Richmond, VA............................................ 250,000
Van Nuys, CA............................................ 200,000
High-speed rail corridor between Minneapolis/St. Paul,
MN and Chicago, IL (TEA21).......................... 250,000
High-speed rail corridor between Milwaukee and Madison,
WI.................................................. 250,000
Alaska Railroad Rehabilitation
The conference agreement provides $20,000,000 for the
Alaska Railroad as proposed by the Senate. The House bill
contained no similar appropriation.
National Rail Development and Rehabilitation Program
The conference agreement deletes funding for the national
rail development and rehabilitation program. The Senate
included $12,000,000 for this new program. The House bill
contained no similar provision.
Capital Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation
The conference agreement provides $521,476,000 for
capital grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation
(Amtrak) as proposed by both the House and the Senate.
Federal Transit Administration
Administrative Expenses
The conference agreement provides $67,000,000 for
administrative expenses of the Federal Transit Administration
as proposed by both the House and the Senate. Within the total,
the conference agreement appropriates $13,400,000 from the
general fund as proposed by both the House and the Senate.
The conference agreement includes a provision, contained
in both bills, that would reimburse the Department of
Transportation's Inspector General $2,000,000 for costs
associated with audits and investigations of transit-related
issues. The conference agreement also includes a provision that
limits the amount of funding available for the National transit
database to $2,600,000.
Full-time equivalent staff.--The conference agreement
approves the budget request for 10 new staff; however, funding
has been reduced for these positions by $431,000. The reduction
reflects half-year funding for these new positions, which is
consistent with staffing requests in other modal
administrations and takes into consideration the high attrition
rate at FTA (7.6 percent).
Project and financial management oversight activities.--
The conferees direct that funding made available for the
project management oversight function, section 23, shall
include at least $28,580,000 for project management oversight
and $4,815,000 for financial management oversight reviews. This
funding consists of the takedown from the capital investment
grants program ($33,164,000) and savings from funding new staff
positions at a half-year level ($431,000). The conferees
further direct that the FTA submit to the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations, the Inspector General and the
General Accounting Office the quarterly FMO and PMO reports for
each project with a full funding grant agreement.
Full funding grant agreements (FFGAs).--TEA21, as
amended, requires that the FTA notify the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations as well as the House Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure and the Senate Committee on
Banking 60 days before executing a full funding grant
agreement. In its notification to the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations, the conferees direct the FTA to
include therein the following: (a) a copy of the proposed full
funding grant agreement; (b) the total and annual federal
appropriations required for that project; (c) yearly and total
federal appropriations that can be reasonably planned or
anticipated for future FFGAs for each fiscal year through 2003;
(d) a detailed analysis of annual commitments for current and
anticipated FFGAs against the program authorization; and (e) a
financial analysis of the project's cost and sponsor's ability
to finance, which shall be conducted by an independent examiner
and shall include an assessment of the capital cost estimate
and the finance plan; the source and security of all public-
and private-sector financial instruments, the project's
operating plan which enumerates the project's future revenue
and ridership forecasts, and planned contingencies and risks
associated with the project.
The conferees also direct the FTA to inform the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations before approving scope
changes in any full funding grant agreement. Correspondence
relating to scope changes shall include any budget revisions or
program changes that materially alter the project as originally
stipulated in the full funding grant agreement, and shall
include any proposed change in rail car procurements.
Formula Grants
(including transfer of funds)
The conference agreement provides a total program level
of $3,592,000,000 for transit formula grants, as proposed by
both the House and the Senate. Within this total, the
conference agreement appropriates $718,400,000 from the general
fund as proposed by both the House and the Senate. The
conference agreement provides that the general fund
appropriation shall be available until expended.
The conference agreement provides that funding made
available under the clean fuels formula grant program under
this heading shall be transferred to and merged with funding
provided for the replacement, rehabilitation, and purchase of
buses and related equipment and the construction of bus-related
facilities under ``Federal Transit Administration, Capital
investment grants''.
The conference agreement includes a provision that sets
aside $5,000,000 for the VIII Paralympiad for the Disabled, as
proposed by the Senate. The House set aside $5,000,000 for both
the XIX Winter Olympiad and the VIII Paralympiad for the
Disabled. The conferees intend that use of these funds be for
the transportation systems for athletes, media, spectators, and
other officials associated with the VIII Paralympiad for the
Disabled. Language is also included that directs that funds
shall be distributed by the Secretary in grants only to the
Utah Department of Transportation and that such grants shall
not be subject to any local share requirement or limitation on
operating assistance, or the Federal Transit Act.
Distribution of formula funding.--Within the total
funding level, the conferees anticipate that formula grants
will be distributed as follows:
Urbanized area formula (sec. 5307)...................... $3,199,959,806
Elderly and individuals with disabilities (sec. 5310)... 84,604,801
Nonurbanized area formula (sec. 5311)................... 223,432,467
Paralympiad for the Disabled............................ 5,000,000
Clean fuels programs (sec. 5308)........................ 50,000,000
Alaska Railroad......................................... 4,825,700
Over-the-road bus accessibility......................... 6,950,000
Oversight............................................... 17,227,226
Within the funding provided for over-the-road bus
accessibility program: $5,200,000 for intercity fixed route
service and $1,700,000 for local commuter services and charter
or tour service.
university transportation research
The conference agreement provides a total of $6,000,000
for the university transportation research program as proposed
by both the House and the Senate. Of this amount, $1,200,000 is
from the general fund and shall be available until expended.
Transit Planning and Research
The conference agreement provides a total of $116,000,000
for transit planning and research, as proposed by both the
House and the Senate. Within the total, the conference
agreement appropriates $23,000,000 from the general fund as
proposed by both the House and the Senate. The conference
agreement provides that the general fund appropriation shall be
available until expended.
Within the funds appropriated for transit planning and
research, $5,250,000 is provided for rural transportation
assistance; $4,000,000 is provided for the National Transit
Institute; $8,250,000 is provided for the transit cooperative
research program; $55,422,400 is provided for metropolitan
planning; $11,577,600 is provided for state planning; and
$31,500,000 is provided for the national planning and research
program.
National planning and research.--Within the funding
provided for national planning and research, the Federal
Transit Administration shall make available the following
amounts for the programs and activities listed below:
CALSTART (BRT and Mobility.dot.com)..................... $2,500,000
Santa Barbara electric transportation institute, CA..... 400,000
Electric vehicle institute, TN.......................... 500,000
Hennepin County, MN community transportation............ 1,000,000
University of South Florida rapid bus initiative........ 250,000
Southeast Michigan transportation feasibility study..... 500,000
Long Island, NY City links study........................ 250,000
Crystal City-Potomac Yard, VA transit alternatives...... 250,000
North Dakota State University transit center for small
Urban areas......................................... 400,000
Georgia regional transportation authority/southern
California association of governments transit trip
Planning partnership................................ 400,000
Center for composites manufacturing..................... 900,000
Washington state WestStart innovative transit vehicle... 2,000,000
West Virginia transit vehicle exhaust emissions
evaluation.......................................... 1,400,000
Missouri soybean association biodiesel transit demo..... 750,000
Joblinks................................................ 1,000,000
Project Action (TEA21).................................. 3,000,000
The conference agreement deletes funding for the Garrett
A. Morgan program (-$200,000) and reduces funding for increased
international activities (-$200,000) as proposed by the House.
Dollar coin study.--The conferees direct the FTA
Administrator to conduct a study on the benefits and
feasibility of having large transit and toll road systems use
fare card technology that recognizes and accepts the Sacagawea
dollar coins by April 1, 2002, as proposed by the Senate.
Trust Fund Share of Expenses
(Liquidation of Contract Authorization)
(Highway Trust Fund)
The conference agreement provides $5,397,800,000 in
liquidating cash for the trust fund share of transit expenses
as proposed by both the House and the Senate, and makes
technical corrections to bill language, as proposed by the
Senate.
Capital Investment Grants
(Including Transfer of Funds)
The conference agreement provides a total program level
of $2,841,000,000 to remain available until expended for
capital investment grants as proposed by the House instead of
$2,941,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within the total, the
conference agreement appropriates $568,200,000 from the general
fund as proposed by both the House and the Senate.
Within the total program level, $1,136,400,000 is
provided for fixed guideway modernization; $568,200,000 is
provided for the replacement, rehabilitation, and purchase of
buses and related equipment and the construction of bus-related
facilities; and $1,136,400,000 is provided for new fixed
guideway systems, as proposed by the House. The Senate
increased funding for the new fixed guideway systems by
$100,000,000, for a total of $1,236,400,000. In addition to the
$1,136,400,000 provided in this Act for new starts, the
conference agreement reallocates $1,488,840 to other new start
projects contained in this Act. Reallocated funds are derived
from unobligated balances from the following new start
projects:
Hartford-Old Saybrook, CT project....................... $496,280
New London-Waterfront, CT access project................ 496,280
North Front Range, CO corridor feasibility study........ 496,280
The conference agreement deletes bill language, proposed
by the House, prohibiting funding for section 3015(b) of Public
Law 105-178. The Senate bill contained no similar provision.
Three year availability of section 5309 discretionary
funds.--The conferees direct the FTA to reprogram funds from
recoveries and previous appropriations that remain available
after three years and are available for reallocation to only
those new starts that have full funding grant agreements in
place on the date of enactment of this Act, and with respect to
bus and bus facilities, only to those bus and bus facilities
projects identified in the accompanying reports of the fiscal
year 2002 Department of Transportation and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act. The FTA shall notify the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations 15 days prior to any such proposed
reallocation. The conferees, however, direct the FTA not to
reallocate funds provided in the 1998 and 1999 Department of
Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Acts for the
following projects:
Riverside County--San Jacinto, CA branch line project
Savannah, GA water taxi
Chambersburg, PA intermodal facility and transit vehicles
Northern New Mexico park and ride facilities
Albuquerque, NM-Alvarado multi-modal transit center
Albuquerque, NM light rail project
New York, New York-Midtown West intermodal ferry terminal
project
Birmingham-Jefferson County, AL buses
Prichard, AL bus and bus facilities
King County, Washington-Elliot Bay water taxi
Morgantown, WV fixed guideway modernization project
Wilkes-Barre, PA intermodal facility
Towamencin Township, PA intermodal bus transportation center
Harrisburg, PA-Capital Area Transit/Corridor One project
Philadelphia-Reading, PA-SEPTA Schuylkill Valley Metro
Washington, D.C., intermodal transportation center
Burlington-Essex Junction Commuter Rail, VT
Buffalo, NY Auditorium intermodal center
Cotati Santa Rosa, CA intermodal facility
Cotati/Santa Rosa/Rohnert Park, CA intermodal facility
Fayette County, PA buses
Red Rose, PA transit bus terminal
Somerset County, PA bus facilities and buses
Ulster County, NY bus facilities and equipment
St. Louis, MO, Bi-state intermodal center
Folsom, CA multimodal center
Cleveland-Berea, OH red line
Orange County, CA transitway project
Hartford, CT bus circulator
Lane County, OR bus rapid transit
The conferees agree that when the Congress extends the
availability of funds that remain unobligated after three years
and would otherwise be available for reallocation at the
discretion of the administrator, such funds are extended only
for one additional year, absent further congressional
direction.
Bus and bus facilities.--The conference agreement
provides $568,200,000, together with $50,000,000 transferred
from ``Federal Transit Administration, formula grants'' and
merged with funding under this heading, for the replacement,
rehabilitation and purchase of buses and related equipment and
the construction of bus-related facilities. No funding is made
available to carryout the clean fuels program in this Act. In
addition, funds made available for bus and bus facilities are
to be supplemented with $1,733,658 from the following projects
included in previous Appropriations Acts:
Carroll County, NH transportation alliance buses........ $198,500
New Hampshire statewide buses........................... 34,001
Gary, IN transit consortium buses....................... 310,157
Jefferson Parish, LA bus and bus facilities............. 347,375
Louisiana state infrastructure bank, bus and bus
facilities.......................................... 347,375
North Slope borough, AK................................. 496,250
Funds provided for buses and bus facilities are
distributed as follows:
Project name and Conference total
Alabama:
Alabama A&M buses and bus facilities................ $500,000
Alabama State Dock intermodal passenger and freight
terminal.......................................... 5,000,000
Alabama-Tombigbee Regional Commission buses and vans 450,000
Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority buses. 2,000,000
Gadsden Transportation Services..................... 250,000
Huntsville Public Transit intermodel facility....... 1,000,000
Montgomery Union Station/Moulton St. intermodal
facility and parking.............................. 3,000,000
University of North Alabama transit projects........ 2,000,000
University of South Alabama......................... 2,500,000
Alaska:
City of Wasilla bus facility........................ 600,000
Fairbanks buses and bus facility.................... 1,500,000
Fairbanks intermodal facility....................... 2,200,000
Mat-su Community Transit buses and facilities....... 1,400,000
Port of Anchorage intermodal facility............... 2,950,000
Port McKenzie buses and bus facilities.............. 1,500,000
Seward intermodal facility.......................... 2,800,000
Arizona:
City of Glendale buses.............................. 175,000
Phoenix Regional Public Transportation Authority
buses and bus facilities.......................... 6,650,000
Sun Tran CNG replacement buses and facilities....... 1,750,000
Tucson intermodal center............................ 2,800,000
Arkansas: Arkansas statewide buses and bus facilities
for urban, rural, elderly and disabled agencies..... 5,000,000
California:
AC Transit.......................................... 500,000
Anaheim Resort transit project...................... 500,000
Antelope Valley transit authority bus facilities.... 500,000
Belle Vista park and ride........................... 250,000
Boyle Heights bus facility.......................... 350,000
City of Burbank shuttle buses....................... 400,000
City of Calabasas CNG smart shuttle................. 300,000
City of Carpinteria electric-gasoline hybrid bus.... 500,000
City of Commerce CNG buses and bus facilities....... 1,000,000
City of Fresno buses................................ 750,000
City of Monrovia natural gas vehicle fueling
facility.......................................... 270,000
City of Sierra Madre bus replacement................ 150,000
City of Visalia transit center...................... 2,500,000
Contra Costa Connection buses....................... 350,000
Costa Mesa CNG facility............................. 250,000
County of Amador bus replacement.................... 119,000
County of Calaveras bus fleet replacement........... 105,000
County of El Dorado bus fleet expansion............. 475,000
Davis, Sacramento hydrogen bus technology........... 900,000
El Garces train/intermodal station.................. 1,500,000
Folsom railroad block project....................... 600,000
Foothill Transit, CNG buses and bus facilities...... 1,250,000
Glendale Beeline CNG buses.......................... 300,000
Imperial Valley CNG bus maintenance facility........ 250,000
Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority buses and
facility.......................................... 1,500,000
Livermore park and ride............................. 250,000
Los Angeles Metro Transportation Authority rapid
buses and bus facilities.......................... 3,500,000
Merced County Transit CNG buses..................... 300,000
City of Modesto, bus facilities..................... 200,000
Monterey-Salinas Transit facility................... 1,500,000
Morongo Basin Transit maintenance and administration
facility.......................................... 1,000,000
MUNI Central Control Facility....................... 1,000,000
Municipal Transit Operators Coalition............... 2,000,000
North Ukiah Transit Center.......................... 300,000
Orange County buses................................. 300,000
Palmdale Transportation Center...................... 250,000
Palo Alto intermodal transit center................. 250,000
Pasadena Area Rapid Transit System.................. 400,000
Placer County, CNG bus project...................... 1,000,000
Sacramento Regional buses and bus facilities........ 1,000,000
Sam Trans zero-emissions fuel cell buses............ 1,000,000
San Bernardino CNG/LNG buses........................ 375,000
San Dieguito Transportation Cooperative............. 300,000
San Francisco Municipal buses and bus facilities.... 4,000,000
San Joaquin Regional Transit District Bus facility.. 500,000
San Mateo County Transit Districts clean fuel buses. 1,500,000
Santa Ana bus base.................................. 1,250,000
Santa Barbara hybrid bus rapid transit project...... 2,000,000
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority line 22
articulated buses................................. 600,000
Santa Fe Springs CNG bus replacement................ 500,000
Sierra Madre Villa & Chinatown intermodal
transportation centers............................ 3,000,000
Solano Beach intermodal transit station............. 500,000
Sonoma County landfill gas conversion facility...... 500,000
South Pasadena circulator bus....................... 300,000
Sun Line Transit hydrogen refueling station......... 500,000
Transportation Hub at the Village of Indian Hills... 1,000,000
Yolo County, CNG buses.............................. 1,000,000
Colorado: Statewide buses and bus facilities, Colorado.. 7,750,000
Connecticut:
Bridgeport intermodal corridor project.............. 5,250,000
East Haddam transportation vehicles and transit
facilities........................................ 420,000
Greater New Haven Transit District CNG vehicle
project (ConnDOT)................................. 1,000,000
Hartford-New Britain bus rapid transitway........... 9,000,000
New Haven bus facility.............................. 500,000
Delaware:
Statewide buses and bus facilities, Delaware........ 4,400,000
Wrangle Hill buses and maintenance facility......... 3,000,000
District of Columbia: Washington Metropolitan Area
Transit Authority buses............................. 3,000,000
Florida:
Broward County alternative vehicle mass transit
buses, buses, and bus facilities.................. 2,500,000
Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority
(LYNX) bus and bus facilities..................... 2,000,000
Duval County/JTA community transportation
coordinator program, paratransit vehicles &
equipment......................................... 1,000,000
Gainesville Regional Transit System, buses.......... 500,000
Hillsborough Area Transit Authority buses and bus
facilities........................................ 2,000,000
Jacksonville Transit Authority buses................ 750,000
Lakeland Citrus connection buses and bus facilities. 750,000
Miami Beach development electrowave shuttle service. 3,000,000
Miami-Dade bus fleet................................ 2,000,000
Northeast Miami-Dade passenger center............... 375,000
Palm Tran buses..................................... 500,000
Pinellas Suncoast Transit buses, trolleys, and
information technology............................ 4,000,000
South Florida Regional Transit buses and bus
facilities........................................ 4,000,000
South Miami intermodal pedestrian access project.... 1,000,000
Tallahassee bus facilities.......................... 400,000
TALTRAN intermodal center........................... 600,000
Tri-Rail Cypress Creek intermodal facilities........ 500,000
VOTRAN buses........................................ 2,750,000
Winter Haven Area Transit bus and bus facilities.... 750,000
Georgia:
Atlanta, Metro Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority clean
fuel buses........................................ 6,000,000
Chatham Area Transit buses and bus facilities....... 3,600,000
Cobb County Community Transit bus facilities........ 1,000,000
Georgia Department of Transportation replacement
buses............................................. 1,000,000
Georgia Regional Transit Authority express bus
program........................................... 6,000,000
Gwinnett County operations and maintenance facility. 500,000
Macon terminal intermodal station................... 1,500,000
Hawaii:
Honolulu buses and bus facilities................... 8,000,000
Middle Street Transit Center........................ 750,000
Idaho: Statewide buses, bus facilities, and equipment,
Idaho............................................... 3,500,000
Illinois: Statewide buses and bus facilities, Illinois.. 9,430,000
Indiana:
Cherry Street Project multi-modal facility.......... 1,300,000
Indiana bus consortium, buses and bus facilities.... 4,000,000
Indianapolis downtown transit facility.............. 3,175,000
South Bend Public Transit bus fleet replacement..... 2,500,000
West Lafayette Transit Project buses and bus
facilities........................................ 1,750,000
Iowa:
Cedar Rapids intermodal facility.................... 4,630,000
Statewide bus replacement, Iowa..................... 5,000,000
Kansas:
Fort Scott Public Transit buses and bus facilities.. 300,000
Kansas City Area Transit Authority buses............ 1,500,000
Statewide buses and bus facilities, Kansas.......... 3,000,000
Topeka Transit transfer center...................... 600,000
Wichita Transit Authority buses..................... 908,000
Kentucky:
City of Frankfort transit program buses............. 96,000
City of Maysville buses............................. 136,000
Leslie County parking structure..................... 2,000,000
Murray-Calloway Transit Authority bus facility...... 200,000
Pikeville parking and transit facility.............. 5,000,000
Statewide buses and bus facilities, Kentucky........ 4,534,000
Transit Authority of Northern Kentucky.............. 1,500,000
Transit Authority of River City buses and bus
facilities........................................ 2,000,000
Louisiana:
Louisiana Public Transit Association buses and bus
facilities........................................ 13,050,000
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-
Shreveport, intermodal parking facility........... 1,000,000
St. Bernard Parish intermodal facility.............. 1,000,000
St. Tammany Parish park and ride.................... 450,000
Maine:
Auburn intermodal facility and parking garage....... 250,000
Statewide buses, Maine.............................. 3,000,000
Maryland: Statewide buses and bus facilities, Maryland.. 8,500,000
Massachusetts:
Attleboro intermodal facilities..................... 1,000,000
Berkshire Regional Transit Authority buses.......... 750,000
Brockton Intermodal transit center.................. 1,000,000
Gallagher Intermodal Transportation bus hub and CNG
trolleys.......................................... 1,000,000
Holyoke Pulse Center................................ 750,000
Merrimack Valley Regional Transit Authority
(Amesbury) buses and bus facilities............... 500,000
Merrimack Valley Regional Transit Authority
(Lawrence) buses and bus facilities............... 500,000
MetroWest buses and bus facilities.................. 500,000
Montachusett intermodal facilities and parking in
Fitchburg/N. Leominster........................... 2,500,000
Montachusett Regional Transit Authority bus
facilities........................................ 100,000
Salem/Beverly Intermodal Center..................... 500,000
Springfield Union Station intermodal facility....... 4,000,000
Michigan:
Alger County Public Transit......................... 200,000
Antrium County Transportation buses................. 86,000
Barry County Transit buses.......................... 74,000
Bay Area Transit Authority.......................... 250,000
Berrien County Department of Planning and Public
Works buses....................................... 200,000
Blue Water Area Transportation Commission bus
facilities........................................ 1,500,000
Capital Area Transportation Authority buses, bus
facilities, and equipment......................... 2,250,000
Charlevoix County Public Transit.................... 125,000
City of Niles buses and bus facilities.............. 42,000
Crawford County Transportation Authority buses...... 175,000
Delta County Transit Authority...................... 60,000
Detroit Department of Transportation bus replacement 5,750,000
Eastern UP Transportation Authority................. 100,000
Flint Mass Transportation Authority replacement
buses and vans.................................... 1,050,000
Greater Lapeer Transportation Authority bus and bus
facilities........................................ 350,000
Harbor Transit bus and bus facilities............... 200,000
Interurban Transit Authority buses.................. 82,000
Interurban Transit Partnership surface
transportation center (Grand Rapids).............. 5,000,000
Ionia Area Transportation Dial-a-Ride............... 284,000
Isabelia County facilities and equipment............ 227,000
Kalamazoo County Care-A-Van buses and equipment..... 130,000
Kalkaska Public Transit buses....................... 250,000
Livingston Essential Transportation Service buses
and equipment..................................... 247,000
Ludington Transit Facility.......................... 500,000
Marquette County Transit Authority buses and bus
facility.......................................... 1,000,000
Midland County buses................................ 300,000
Milan Public Transit buses.......................... 100,000
Muskegon Area Transit System facility............... 1,650,000
Northern Oakland Transportation Authority........... 150,000
Otsego County Public Transit........................ 300,000
Sault Ste. Marie dial-a-ride........................ 88,000
Statewide buses and bus facilities, Michigan........ 2,000,000
Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional
Transportation buses.............................. 2,110,000
Van Buren County Public Transit buses............... 201,000
Minnesota:
Duluth Transit Authority buses, bus facilities, and
equipment......................................... 500,000
Grand Rapids/Gilbert buses and bus facilities....... 210,000
Greater Minnesota Transit Authority bus, paratransit
and transit hub (MNDOT)........................... 3,750,000
Metro transit buses and bus facilities (Twin Cities) 13,500,000
Moorhead buses, bus facilities, and equipment....... 100,000
Mower County Public Transit Initiative facility..... 500,000
Rush Line Corridor buses and bus facilities......... 500,000
St. Cloud buses, bus facilities, and equipment...... 1,500,000
Mississippi:
Brookhaven multi-modal facility..................... 1,000,000
Harrison county multi-modal facilities and shuttle
service........................................... 4,000,000
Hattiesburg intermodal facility..................... 3,500,000
Jackson multi-modal transportation center........... 2,000,000
Missouri:
Cab Care paratransit facility....................... 500,000
Kansas City Area Transit Authority buses and radio
equipment......................................... 4,500,000
Kansas City bus rapid transit....................... 2,500,000
Missouri Pacific Depot.............................. 500,000
OATS buses and bus facilities....................... 2,000,000
Southeast Missouri State, Dunklin, Mississippi,
Scott, Stoddard, and Cape Giradeau Counties buses
and facilities.................................... 1,750,000
Southwest Missouri State University intermodal
transfer facility................................. 2,500,000
St. Louis Bi-State Development Authority buses and
facilities........................................ 4,000,000
Montana:
Billings Logan international airport bus terminal
and facility...................................... 1,500,000
Butte-Silver Bow bus facility....................... 500,000
Montana statewide bus and bus facilities............ 2,150,000
Nebraska: Buffalo County buses and maintenance facility. 100,000
Nevada:
Las Vegas Boulevard North Corridor BRT, clean
diesel-electric buses............................. 1,750,000
Regional Transport Commission of Southern Nevada bus
rapid transit..................................... 4,500,000
Reno Bus Rapid Transit high-capacity articulated
buses............................................. 1,500,000
Reno/Sparks buses and bus facilities................ 4,000,000
Reno Suburban transit coaches....................... 500,000
New Hampshire:
Granite State Clean Cities Coalition CNG buses and
facilities........................................ 1,000,000
Town of Ossipee multimodal visitor center........... 1,600,000
New Jersey:
Bergen intermodal stations, park and ride and
shuttle service................................... 2,350,000
Middlesex County jitney transit buses............... 400,000
Trenton Rail Station rehabilitation................. 2,500,000
New Mexico:
Albuquerque Alvarado Transportation Center (phase
II)............................................... 1,500,000
Albuqerque buses and paratransit vehicles........... 500,000
Las Cruces buses.................................... 500,000
Las Cruces intermodal transit facility.............. 2,000,000
Santa Fe buses and bus facilities................... 1,000,000
Statewide buses and bus facilities, New Mexico...... 1,000,000
Village of Taos Ski Valley bus and bus facilities... 500,000
West Side Transit facility and buses................ 3,750,000
New York:
Binghamton intermodal terminal...................... 2,000,000
Central New York Regional Transportation Authority.. 3,250,000
Greater Glens Falls Transit bus facility renovation. 500,000
Long Island Rail Road Jamaica intermodal facilities. 3,000,000
Martin Street Station............................... 325,000
MTA Long Island buses............................... 2,000,000
Nassau University Medical Center bus service
extension......................................... 1,000,000
New Rochelle intermodal center...................... 1,500,000
New York City Dept. of Transportation, CNG buses and
facilities........................................ 2,500,000
Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority buses..... 2,500,000
Pelham trolley...................................... 260,000
Poughkeepsie intermodal project..................... 1,000,000
Rochester buses and facilities...................... 1,000,000
Saratoga Springs intermodal station................. 1,900,000
Station Plaza commuter parking lot.................. 500,000
Sullivan County Coordinated Public Transportation
Service bus facility.............................. 500,000
Tompkins Consolidated Area transit center........... 624,000
Tompkins County replacement buses................... 1,500,000
Union Station--Oneida County facilities............. 1,250,000
Westchester County Bee-Line low emission buses...... 1,500,000
North Carolina: Statewide buses and bus facilities,
North Carolina...................................... 7,000,000
North Dakota: Statewide buses and bus facilities, and
rural transit vehicles, North Dakota................ 3,500,000
Ohio:
Butler County transit facility...................... 1,000,000
Dayton, Wright-Dunbar Transit Access Project........ 2,750,000
Alliance intermodal facility........................ 1,000,000
Statewide buses and bus facilities, Ohio............ 8,800,000
Oklahoma:
Central Oklahoma transit facilities................. 4,000,000
Oklahoma Department of Transportation transit
program buses and bus facilities.................. 3,000,000
Oregon:
Canby Transit buses................................. 200,000
Clackamas County south corridor transit improvements 3,750,000
Fort Clatsop Shuttling system....................... 2,000,000
Lincoln County transportation service district bus
garage............................................ 75,000
Milwaukee Transit Center............................ 200,000
Rogue Valley Transit District, CNG buses............ 850,000
Salem Area Mass Transit, CNG buses.................. 1,000,000
Springfield bus transfer station.................... 2,000,000
Tillamook County Transportation District bus
facilities........................................ 350,000
Wasco County buses (Mid-Columbia Council of
Governments)...................................... 105,000
Pennsylvania:
Altoona bus facility (TEA-21)....................... 3,000,000
Allentown intermodal transportation center.......... 500,000
Area Transit Authority of North Central PA buses and
bus facilities.................................... 1,000,000
Berks Area Reading Transportation Authority buses
and bus facilities................................ 2,800,000
Bucks County intermodal facility improvement........ 750,000
Butler Township multi-modal transfer center......... 500,000
Callowhill bus garage replacement................... 3,300,000
Cambria County operations and maintenance facility.. 750,000
Centre Area Transportation Authority CNG buses...... 800,000
County of Lackawanna Transit bus facility........... 500,000
Doylestown Area Regional Transit buses.............. 100,000
Endless Mountain Transportation Authority buses and
bus facilities.................................... 350,000
Fayette County Transit facility..................... 1,000,000
Hershey intermodal transportation center............ 1,250,000
Indiana County Transit Authority buses and bus
facilities........................................ 500,000
LeHigh and Northampton Transportation Authority bus
facility.......................................... 500,000
Luzerne County Transit Authority buses.............. 300,000
Mid Mon Valley Transit Authority buses and bus
facilities........................................ 250,000
Mid-County Transit Authority buses and bus
facilities........................................ 300,000
Monroe County Transit Authority park and ride....... 600,000
Montgomery County intermodal facility............... 1,000,000
Port Authority of Allegheny buses................... 2,250,000
Red Rose transit transfer center.................... 500,000
Schuylkill Transportation System.................... 400,000
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
trackless trolleys................................ 1,000,000
Somerset County Transpiration System buses.......... 250,000
Wilkes-Barre Intermodal facility.................... 1,000,000
York County bus replacement......................... 1,000,000
Rhode Island:
Providence transportation information center........ 1,500,000
Statewide buses and bus facilities, Rhode Island.... 4,500,000
South Carolina: Statewide buses and bus facility, South
Carolina............................................ 10,000,000
South Dakota:
Aberdeen Ride Line buses............................ 100,000
Mobridge Senior Citizen handicap-accessible vehicles 60,000
Oglala Sioux Tribe buses and bus facilities......... 2,250,000
Rosebud Sioux Tribe transportation vans............. 55,000
Tennessee:
Memphis International Airport intermodal facility... 1,740,000
Statewide buses and bus facilities, Tennessee....... 10,000,000
Texas:
Abilene bus replacement............................. 500,000
Austin Metrobus..................................... 750,000
Brazos Transit ADA compliant buses.................. 400,000
Brazos Transit buses for Texas A & M University..... 750,000
Brazos Transit buses, intermodal facility, and
parking facility.................................. 750,000
Brazos Transit park and ride facility............... 400,000
Brownsville multimodal facility study............... 100,000
Capital Metro park and ride......................... 500,000
City of Huntsville buses............................ 500,000
Connection Capital Project for Community Transit
Facilities........................................ 250,000
El Paso buses....................................... 500,000
Fort Worth Transportation Authority CNG buses....... 1,250,000
Fort Worth intermodal center park and ride facility. 500,000
Fort Worth 9th Street Transfer Station.............. 1,600,000
Houston Barker Cypress park and ride................ 5,000,000
Houston Main Street Corridor master plan............ 500,000
Liberty County buses................................ 375,000
San Antonio VIA Metro Transit Authority clean fuel
buses............................................. 1,750,000
Sun Metro buses and bus facilities.................. 500,000
Texas Tech University buses, park and ride.......... 1,000,000
Waco Transit maintenance and administration facility 1,650,000
Woodlands District park and ride.................... 500,000
Utah:
Statewide regional intermodal transportation
centers, Utah..................................... 3,000,000
Utah Transit Authority and Park City Transit buses.. 500,000
Utah Transit Authority intermodal terminals......... 1,000,000
Vermont: Vermont Public Transit alternative fuel/hybrid
buses and facility.................................. 2,000,000
Virginia:
Colonial Williamsburg CNG buses..................... 1,000,000
Greater Richmond Transit Downtown Transit Center.... 1,000,000
Hampton Roads regional buses........................ 3,500,000
Main Street multi-modal transportation center....... 2,500,000
Potomac & Rappahannock Transportation Commission
buses............................................. 3,000,000
Roanoke Area Dial-A-Ride............................ 1,000,000
Virgin Island: Virgin Islands Transit (VITRAN) buses.... 500,000
Washington:
Bellevue Transportation Center...................... 1,600,000
City of Kent facility/Sound Transit, transit and
transit-related facilities........................ 900,000
Everett Transit buses and vans...................... 1.750,000
1-5 Trade Corridor/99th St facility................. 3.700,000
Issaquah Highlands park and ride.................... 2,000,000
King County Transit Oriented Development Projects... 1,000,000
Mukilteo multi-modal terminal and ferry............. 1,450,000
Pierce Transit buses, vans, and equipment........... 2,500,000
Snohomish county transit buses and bus facilities... 2,000,000
Spokane Transit Authority, buses and bus facilities. 1,000,000
Sound Transit regional transit hubs................. 9,500,000
Statewide small transit systems, buses, and bus
facilities, Washington............................ 3,500,000
West Virginia:
Huntington Tri-State Authority bus facility......... 750,000
Morgantown Intermodal parking facility.............. 2,000,000
Statewide buses and bus facilities, West Virginia... 4,000,000
Wisconsin: Statewide buses, bus facilities, and
equipment, Wisconsin................................ 14,000,000
Wyoming:
Statewide buses and bus facilities, Wyoming......... 2,500,000
Southern Teton Area Rapid Transit bus facility...... 500,000
Other: Fuel cell buses and bus facilities (TEA21)....... 4,850,000
Barker Cypress park and ride.--The fiscal year 2002 bus
funds shall be available for land acquisition, design and
construction of selected transit facilities in the Houston
Metro service area, including Barker Cypress, Kingsland, West
Bellfort, and Clear Lake park and ride lots and the South
Freeway transit center.
Commonwealth of Kentucky.--The conference agreement
provides a total of $4,534,000 for the Kentucky Transportation
Department to provide buses, vans, cutaways, and bus facilities
in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Within the funds provided to
the state, $200,000 shall be allocated to the Audubon Area
Community Services; $600,000 shall be provided to the Bluegrass
Community Action Services; $272,000 shall be allocated to the
Central Kentucky Community Action Council; $46,000 shall be
provided to the Community Action Council of Fayette and
Lexington; $200,000 shall be allocated to the Community Action
Council of Southern Kentucky; $136,000 shall be provided to
Kentucky River Foothills; $80,000 for Lake Cumberland Community
services; and $2,000,000 for southern and eastern Kentucky
transit vehicles.
State of Louisiana.--The conference agreement provides a
total of $13,050,000 for bus and bus related facilities in the
State of Louisiana. Within the funds provided to the state,
$665,000 is for Baton Rouge, $1,335,000 is for Jefferson
Parish, $2,263,000 is for Lafayette, $400,000 is for Lake
Charles, $1,195,000 is for the Louisiana Department of
Transportation, $535,000 is for Monroe, $5,192,000 is for New
Orleans, and $1,465,000 is for Shreveport.
State of Montana.--The conference agreement provides a
total of $2,250,000 for buses and bus facilities within the
State of Montana. Within the funds provided to the state,
$600,000 shall be used for the Ravalli county council on aging
bus facility and $550,000 shall be used for Area VII agency on
aging bus facility.
State of Washington.--The conference agreement provides
$3,500,000 to the Washington State Department of Transportation
(WSDOT) for bus and bus facilities. Within the funds provided,
$440,000 shall be allocated to Clallam transit, $928,000 shall
be allocated to Grays Harbor Transportation, $632,000 shall be
allocated to Island Transit, $336,000 shall be allocated to
Link Transit, $385,000 shall be allocated to Mason County
Transportation Authority, and $750,000 to Valley Transit.
Fiscal year 2001 project clarifications.--The conference
agreement permits projects, identified in the House report, to
use fiscal year 2001 appropriations for additional work.
Specifically, funds appropriated for the Lowell, Massachusetts
transit hub can be used for the Hale Street bus maintenance and
operations center; funds appropriated for the Municipal Transit
Operators in California can be used for bus and bus facilities;
funds appropriated for the King County Metro Eastgate park and
ride can be used for the Issaquah Highlands park and ride; and
funds allocated for buses for Suburban Mobility Authority for
Regional Transportation (SMART) in Southeast Michigan may also
be available for bus facilities.
Burlington multi-modal.--Funds appropriated to the
Burlington, Vermont multi-modal transit project in fiscal years
1998, 1999, 2000, and 2001 will be available for construction
of the multimodal project and other transit improvements.
New fixed guideway systems.--In total, the conference
agreement provides $1,137,888,840 for new fixed guideway
systems, of which $1,136,400,000 is from new appropriations and
$1,488,840 is derived from funds made available in previous
Appropriations Acts that have been reprogrammed to new starts
funding in fiscal year 2002.
Appropriations for full funding grant agreements
(FFGA).--The number of potential new starts projects is
expanding rapidly. Currently, there are over 110 projects under
consideration that are estimated to cost over $60 billion, if
funded to completion. While the conference agreement has funded
many worthy projects in the new starts program, there are not
sufficient federal resources available to fund even a fraction
of the projects under consideration. As a result, the conferees
direct FTA not to sign any new full funding grant agreements
after September 30, 2002 that have a maximum federal share of
higher than 60 percent. This policy will provide local sponsors
sufficient time to increase their contributions to these
projects, if necessary, and will free up additional federal
resources for other meritorious projects seeking an FFGA.
The conference agreement provides for the following
distribution of the recommended funding for new fixed guideway
systems as follows:
Conference
Alaska or Hawaii ferry projects......................... $10,296,000
Albuquerque, New Mexico, light rail project............. 1,000,000
Atlanta, Georgia, North line extension project.......... 25,000,000
Baltimore, Maryland, central light rail transit double
track project....................................... 13,000,000
Baltimore, Maryland, rail transit project............... 1,500,000
Birmingham, Alabama, transit corridor project........... 2,000,000
Boston, Massachusetts, South Boston Piers transitway
project............................................. 10,631,245
Boston, Massachusetts, Urban ring transit project....... 500,000
Charlotte, North Carolina, South corridor light rail
transit project..................................... 7,000,000
Chicago, Illinois, Douglas branch reconstruction project 32,750,000
Chicago, Illinois, METRA commuter rail and line
extension projects.................................. 55,000,000
Chicago, Illinois, Ravenswood reconstruction project.... 3,000,000
Cleveland, Ohio, Euclid corridor transportation project. 6,000,000
Dallas, Texas, North central light rail transit
extension project................................... 70,000,000
Denver, Colorado, Southeast corridor light rail transit
project............................................. 55,000,000
Denver, Colorado, Southwest corridor light rail transit
project............................................. 192,492
Des Moines, Iowa, DSM bus feasibility project........... 150,000
Dubuque, Iowa, light rail feasibility project........... 200,000
Dulles corridor, Virginia, bus rapid transit project.... 25,000,000
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Tri-County commuter rail
upgrades project.................................... 27,000,000
Forth Worth, Texas, Trinity railway express project..... 2,000,000
Grand Rapids, Michigan, ITP metro area, major corridor
project............................................. 750,000
Honolulu, Hawaii, bus rapid transit project............. 12,000,000
Houston, Texas, Metro advanced transit plan project..... 10,000,000
Iowa, Metrolink, light rail feasibility project......... 300,000
Johnson County, Kansas-Kansas City, Missouri, I-35
commuter rail project............................... 1,500,000
Kenosha-Racine, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, commuter rail
extension project................................... 2,000,000
Largo, Maryland, metrorail extension project............ 55,000,000
Little Rock, Arkansas, river rail project............... 2,000,000
Long Island Rail Road, New York, East Side access
project............................................. 14,744,420
Los Angeles, California, North Hollywood extension
project............................................. 9,289,557
Los Angeles, California, East Side corridor light rail
transit project..................................... 7,500,000
Lowell, Massachusetts-Nashua, New Hampshire, commuter
rail extension project.............................. 3,000,000
Maryland (MARC) commuter rail improvements projects..... 12,000,000
Memphis, Tennessee, Medical center rail extension
project............................................. 19,170,000
Miami, Florida, South Miami-Dade busway extension
project............................................. 5,000,000
Minneapolis-Rice, Minnesota, Northstar corridor commuter
rail project........................................ 10,000,000
Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, Hiawatha corridor light
rail transit project................................ 50,000,000
Nashville, Tennessee, East corridor commuter rail
project............................................. 4,000,000
New Jersey Hudson-Bergen light rail transit project..... 141,000,000
New Orleans, Louisiana, Canal Street car line project... 15,000,000
New Orleans, Louisiana, Desire corridor streetcar
project............................................. $1,200,000
New York, New York, Second avenue subway project........ 2,000,000
Newark-Elizabeth, New Jersey, rail link project......... 20,000,000
Northeast Indianapolis, Indiana downtown corridor
project............................................. 2,500,000
Northern Indiana South Shore commuter rail project...... 2,500,000
Oceanside-Escondido, California, light rail extension
project............................................. 6,500,000
Ohio, Central Ohio North Corridor rail (COTA) project... 500,000
Pawtucket-TF Green, Rhode Island, commuter rail and
maintenance facility project........................ 5,000,000
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Schuylkill Valley metro
project............................................. 9,000,000
Phoenix, Arizona, Central Phoenix/East Valley corridor
project............................................. 10,000,000
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, North Shore connector light
rail transit project................................ 8,000,000
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, stage II light rail transit
reconstruction project.............................. 18,000,000
Portland, Oregon, Interstate MAX light rail transit
extension project................................... 64,000,000
Puget Sound, Washington, RTA Sounder commuter rail
project............................................. 20,000,000
Raleigh, North Carolina, Triangle transit project....... 9,000,000
Sacramento, California, light rail transit extension
project............................................. 328,000
Salt Lake City, Utah, CBD to University light rail
transit project..................................... 14,000,000
Salt Lake City, Utah, University Medical Center light
rail transit extension project...................... 3,000,000
San Diego, California, Mission Valley East light rail
transit extension................................... 60,000,000
San Diego, California, Mid Coast corridor project....... 1,000,000
San Francisco, California, BART extension to the airport
project............................................. 75,673,790
San Jose, California, Tasman West light rail transit
project............................................. 113,336
San Juan, Puerto Rico, Tren Urbano project.............. 40,000,000
Sioux City, Iowa, light rail project.................... 1,700,000
St. Louis-St. Clair, Missouri, Metrolink extension
project............................................. 28,000,000
Stamford, Connecticut, urban transitway project......... 5,000,000
Stockton, California, Altamount commuter rail project... 3,000,000
Virginia Railway Express station improvements project... 3,000,000
Washington County, Oregon, Wilsonville to Beaverton
commuter rail project............................... 500,000
Wasilla, Alaska, alternative route project.............. 2,500,000
Yosemite, California, area regional transportation
system project...................................... 400,000
Charlotte, North Carolina, South corridor light rail
transit project.--The conference agreement provides $7,000,000
for the south corridor light rail project for the design and
construction of an 11-mile light rail transit line extending
from Uptown Charlotte to the town of Pineville, North Carolina,
with continuing service being planned to the City of Rock Hill
in York County, South Carolina.
Houston, Texas, advanced transit plan project.--The
conference agreement includes $10,000,000 for the Houston
advanced transit plan project. The conference agreement
modifies the funding prohibition, proposed by the House, to
apply only for the design or construction of a light rail
system in Houston, Texas until the appropriate studies have
been completed and voters in the Houston Metro service-area
have approved the rail system in an election called for that
purpose.
Puget Sound, Washington, Sounder commuter rail project.--
The conference agreement includes $20,000,000 for the Puget
Sound, Sounder commuter rail project. These funds may be used
both to implement commuter rail service between Lakewood and
Everett and to develop facilities between Tacoma and Lakewood.
Job Access and Reverse Commute Grants
The conference agreement includes a total program level
of $125,000,000 for the job access and reverse commute grants
as proposed by both the House and the Senate. Within this
total, $25,000,000 is derived from the general fund. The
conference agreement includes a provision that waives the cap
for small urban and rural areas and provides that up to
$250,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading may be
used for technical assistance, technical support, and
performance reviews of the job access and reverse commute
grants program.
Funds appropriated for the job access and reverse commute
grants program are to be distributed as follows:
Project name Conference
level
Abilene, Texas Citilink Program......................... $150,000
AC Transit, California.................................. 2,000,000
Atlanta Regional Commission, Georgia.................... 1,000,000
Austin, Texas........................................... 500,000
Baton Rouge, Louisiana Ways to Work..................... 750,000
Bloomington to Normal, Illinois, Wheels to Work......... 500,000
Broome County, New York Transit......................... 500,000
Buncombe County, North Carolina......................... 100,000
Burlington Community Land Trust/Good News Garage........ 850,000
Central Arkansas Transit Authority...................... 500,000
Central Ohio Transit Authority.......................... 1,000,000
Charlotte Area Transit, North Carolina.................. 500,000
Chatham, Georgia........................................ 1,000,000
Chattanooga, Tennessee.................................. 500,000
Charlottesville, Virginia Jefferson Area United
Transportation...................................... 375,000
City of Santa Fe, New Mexico............................ 630,000
Columbia County, New York............................... 100,000
Community Transportation Association of America......... 625,000
Corpus Christi, Texas................................... 550,000
Del Norte County, California............................ 700,000
Delaware Department of Transportation................... 750,000
DuPage County, Illinois................................. 500,000
Flint, Michigan Mass Transportation Authority........... 1,000,000
Galveston, Texas........................................ 600,000
Genessee-Rochester Regional Transportation Authority,
New York............................................ 400,000
Georgetown Metro Connection............................. 1,000,000
Hillsbourgh Area Regional Transit, Tampa, Florida....... 900,000
Indianapolis Public Transportation Corporation, Indiana
(Indyflex).......................................... 1,000,000
Jacksonville Transportation Authority's Choice Ride
program............................................. 1,000,000
Jefferson County, Alabama............................... 2,000,000
Kenai Peninsula Transit Planning, Alaska................ 500,000
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.......................... 198,000
Lehigh and Northampton Transportation Authority,
Pennsylvania........................................ 250,000
Los Angeles, California................................. 2,000,000
Macon-Bibb County, Georgia.............................. 400,000
Maricopa County, Arizona................................ 1,200,000
MASCOT Matanuska, Susitna Valley, Alaska................ 200,000
Metropolitan Kansas City, Missouri...................... 1,000,000
Metropolitan Transportation Commission LIFT program,
California.......................................... 3,000,000
Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota......................... 1,000,000
New Mexico State Highway and Transportation Department.. 2,000,000
New York Metropolitan Area Transportation Authority..... 1,000,000
Northern Tier Dial-A-Ride, Massachusetts................ 400,000
Oglala Sioux Tribe, North Dakota........................ 150,000
Ohio Ways to Work....................................... 1,500,000
Oklahoma Transit Association............................ 5,000,000
Pace, Illinois suburban buses........................... 561,000
Palm Beach County, Florida.............................. 500,000
Pennsylvania Ways to Work program....................... 1,500,000
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania................................ 2,000,000
Port Authority of Allegheny County...................... 2,000,000
Red Rose Transit, Pennsylvania.......................... 200,000
Sacramento, California.................................. 2,000,000
Salem Area Transit, Oregon.............................. 700,000
Santa Clara County, California.......................... 500,000
Santa Fe, New Mexico.................................... 630,000
SEPTA, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....................... 6,000,000
Seward Transit Service, Alaska.......................... 200,000
Southeast Missouri Council, Missouri.................... 1,200,000
Southeastern Massachusetts Regional Transit Authority... 100,000
Springfield, Illinois Transportation to employment and
self-sufficiency.................................... 250,000
State of Connecticut.................................... 3,500,000
State of Florida, Choice Ride program................... 1,000,000
State of Idaho.......................................... 300,000
State of Iowa........................................... 1,700,000
State of Maryland....................................... 5,000,000
State of Nevada......................................... 300,000
State of New Jersey..................................... 3,000,000
State of Ohio........................................... 1,500,000
State of Pennsylvania................................... 1,500,000
State of Rhode Island................................... 2,000,000
State of Tennessee...................................... 4,500,000
State of Washington..................................... 3,000,000
State of West Virginia.................................. 800,000
State of Wisconsin...................................... 5,200,000
Sullivan County, New York............................... 400,000
Tennessee small rural systems........................... 1,000,000
Topeka, Kansas Metropolitan Transit Authority........... 600,000
Tri-Met Region, Oregon.................................. 1,800,000
Tuscaloosa, Alabama disabilities advocacy program....... 1,000,000
Washington Area Metropolitan Transit Authority.......... 2,500,000
Westchester County, New York............................ 1,000,000
Wichita, Kansas Transit................................. 1,450,000
Winchester, Virginia.................................... 1,000,000
Worchester, Massachusetts............................... 400,000
WorkFirst Transportation Initiative, state of Washington 3,000,000
Workforce Investment Board of Southeast Missouri........ 800,000
Workforce Investment Board of Southwest Missouri........ 600,000
Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas.................... 1,000,000
State of Maryland.--Within the funds made available to
the state of Maryland, Department of Transportation, $800,000
shall be for the Montgomery County to operate the transit
system during expanded hours of service and $200,000 shall be
for the Sojourner-Douglass College in Baltimore for the
college's workforce transportation and referral, as proposed by
the Senate.
Iowa public transit.--Funds appropriated in fiscal year
2001 for the Des Moines, Dubuque, Sioux City, Delaware and
Jackson Counties job access and reverse commute grant programs
shall also be made available for the Region 3 Regional Service
Expansion, Region 4 Evening Service Expansion, Region 8 Job
Access program, Regional JARC Expansion and Region 12 Job Corps
and ECI Project.
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
operations and maintenance
(harbor maintenance trust fund)
The conference agreement appropriates $13,345,000 for
operations and maintenance of the Saint Lawrence Seaway
Development Corporation as proposed by the Senate instead of
$13,426,000 as proposed by the House.
Ballast Water Management.--The conferees direct that a
report on ballast water management and its efforts to
coordinate with the United States Coast Guard to control non-
indigenous aquatic nuisance species be submitted to the House
and Senate Committee on Appropriations by April 1, 2002.
Detroit River Navigator.--The conferees understand that
the Seaway will provide the salary for the Detroit River
Navigator during fiscal year 2002. The conferees support such
action.
Research and Special Programs Administration
research and special programs
The conference agreement appropriates $37,279,000 for
research and special programs instead of $36,487,000 as
proposed by the House and $41,993,000 as proposed by the
Senate. Within this total, $2,170,000 is available until
September 30, 2004, as proposed by the House instead of
$5,434,000 as proposed by the Senate. The following adjustments
are made to the budget estimate:
Reduce funding for 14 new computer and administrative
positions........................................... -$690,000
Reduce funding for research and development planning.... -1,675,000
Reduce funding for human centered fatigue research...... -300,000
Reduce funding for business modernization............... -1,988,000
Reduce funding for unjustified amounts.................. -60,000
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Net adjustment to budget estimate....................... -4,713,000
The conference agreement permits up to $1,200,000 in fees
be collected and deposited in the general fund of the Treasury
as offsetting receipts. Also, the conference agreement includes
language that permits funds received from states, counties,
municipalities, other public authorities and private sources
for expenses incurred for training, reports publication and
dissemination, and travel expenses incurred in the performance
of hazardous materials exemptions and approval functions. The
House and Senate proposed both of these provisions.
The conference agreement directs the Research and Special
Programs Administration (RSPA) to submit to both the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations before February 1, 2002, a
strategic plan outlining the improvements in information
technology and business modernization that will be made during
the next few years. The plan should specify the necessary steps
to be taken and funds needed to ensure that RSPA's missions and
activities will be underpinned by a current information
technology infrastructure with the capability for upgrading.
pipeline safety
(pipeline safety fund)
(oil spill liability trust fund)
The conference agreement provides a total of $58,250,000
for the pipeline safety program instead of $48,475,000 as
proposed by the House and $58,750,000 as proposed by the
Senate. Within this total, $20,707,000 is available until
September 30, 2003, as proposed by the Senate instead of
$30,828,000 as proposed by the House.
Of this total, the conference agreement specifies that
$7,864,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust
Fund and $50,386,000 from the Pipeline Safety Fund. The House
bill allocated $7,472,000 from the Oil Spill Liability Trust
Fund and $41,003,000 from the Pipeline Safety Trust Fund. The
Senate bill provided $11,472,000 from the Oil Spill Liability
Trust Fund and $47,278,000 from the Pipeline Safety Fund.
The following table reflects the total allocation for
pipeline safety in fiscal year 2002:
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Oil spill
Budget activity Pipeline safety liability trust Total
fund fund
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Personnel, compensation, and benefits..................... $10,955,000 $900,000 $11,855,000
Operating expenses........................................ 4,194,000 531,000 4,725,000
Information systems....................................... 935,000 400,000 1,335,000
Risk assessment and technical studies..................... 850,000 400,000 1,250,000
Integrity management program.............................. 6,253,000 1,190,000 7,443,000
Compliance................................................ 200,000 100,000 300,000
Training and information dissemination.................... 900,000 300,000 1,200,000
Emergency notification.................................... 100,000 ................ 100,000
Damage prevention/public education campaign............... 3,213,000 200,000 3,413,000
Oil Pollution Act......................................... ................ 2,443,000 2,443,000
Research and development.................................. 4,736,000 ................ 4,736,000
State grants.............................................. 15,000,000 1,400,000 16,400,000
Risk management........................................... 50,000 ................ 50,000
One-call notification..................................... 1,000,000 ................ 1,000,000
Interstate oversight grants............................... 2,000,000 ................ 2,000,000
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Total............................................... 50,386,000 7,864,000 58,250,000
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The conference agreement approves the request for 26 new
positions to support a new community based program and to
support the new integrity management program. In addition, the
conference agreement exceeds the budget request for the
integrity management program by $2,500,000 for a total of
$7,443,000, and by $1,992,000 for office of pipeline safety
research and development for a total of $4,736,000.
Within the funds provided for the integrity management
program, the conference agreement provides $750,000 for the
office of pipeline safety and state training, and adequate
funds to interpret pigging data submitted by industry, to
witness new construction of pipelines, and to develop improved
information systems needed to monitor and evaluate industry
data supplied to OPS.
Within the funds provided for the research and
development, the conference agreement provides $600,000 for
airborne environmental laser mapping technology research and
engineering to support improved leak detection, analysis, and
response by Federal, state, and industry pipeline safety
officials.
State of Washington.--The conferees direct that of the
unobligated fiscal year 2001 funds for the Washington State
pipeline safety program, which is estimated at $800,000, be
obligated in fiscal year 2002 as soon as possible.
emergency preparedness grants
(emergency preparedness fund)
The conference agreement provides $200,000 for emergency
preparedness grants as proposed by both the House and the
Senate. The conference agreement includes a limitation on
obligations of $14,300,000, consistent with both the House and
Senate proposals.
office of inspector general
salaries and expenses
The conference agreement appropriates $50,614,000 for
this office as proposed by both the House and the Senate. In
addition, the agreement includes language under the Federal
Transit Administration that would reimburse the Department of
Transportation's Inspector General $2,000,000 for costs
associated with audits and investigations of transit-related
issues. Bill language is also included that authorizes the use
of funds for investigation of fraud, deceptive trade practices,
and unfair methods of competition in the airline industry, as
proposed by both the House and the Senate.
Surface Transportation Board
salaries and expenses
The conference agreement appropriates $18,457,000 for
salaries and expenses of the Surface Transportation Board as
proposed by the Senate instead of $18,563,000 as proposed by
the House. The conference agreement includes language as
proposed by both the House and Senate that allows the Board to
offset $950,000 of its appropriation from fees collected during
the fiscal year for a total program level of $17,507,000.
Union Pacific/Southern Pacific merger.--On December 12,
1997, the Board granted a joint request of Union Pacific
Railroad Company and the City of Wichita and Sedgwick County,
KS (Wichita/Sedgwick) to toll the 18-month mitigation study
pending in Finance Docket No. 32760. The decision indicated
that at such time as the parties reach agreement or discontinue
negotiations, the Board would take appropriate action.
By petition filed June 26, 1998, Wichita/Sedgwick and UP/
SP indicated that they had entered into an agreement, and
jointly petitioned the Board to impose the agreement as a
condition of the Board's approval of the UP/SP merger. By
decision dated July 8, 1998, the Board agreed and imposed the
agreement as a condition to the UP/SP merger. The terms of the
negotiated agreement remain in effect. If UP/SP or any of its
divisions or subsidiaries materially changes or is unable to
achieve the assumptions on which the Board based its final
environmental mitigation measures, then the Board should reopen
Finance Docket 32760 if requested by interested parties, and
prescribe additional mitigation properly reflecting these
changes if shown to be appropriate.
Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad (DM&E).--For more
than 3 years, the Surface Transportation Board has been
considering an application on the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern
Railroad. The conferees believe that the board should complete
action on this proceeding. A petitioner has a legitimate
expectation of receiving a decision on an application within a
reasonable period of time.
bureau of transportation statistics
office of airline information
(airport and airway trust fund)
The conference agreement deletes funding, proposed by the
Senate, for the office of airline information. The House bill
contained no similar appropriation.
TITLE II
RELATED AGENCIES
Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board
salaries and expenses
The conference agreement appropriates $5,015,000 for
salaries and expenses of the Architectural and Transportation
Barriers Compliance Board as proposed by the Senate instead of
$5,046,000 as proposed by the House.
National Transportation Safety Board
Salaries and Expenses
The conference agreement includes $68,000,000 for
salaries and expenses of the National Transportation Safety
Board (NTSB), instead of $64,400,000 as proposed by the House
and $70,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. This provides an
increase of $5,058,000 (8 percent) above the fiscal year 2001
enacted level. The additional $3,520,000 above the budget
estimate will help the NTSB address needed financial management
improvements and overtime requirements.
TITLE III
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 301 allows funds for aircraft; motor vehicles;
liability insurance; uniforms; or allowances, as authorized by
law as proposed by both the House and Senate.
Sec. 302 requires pay raises to be funded within
appropriated levels in this Act or previous appropriations Acts
as proposed by both the House and Senate.
Sec. 303 limits appropriations for services authorized by
5 U.S.C. 3109 to the rate for an Executive Level IV as proposed
by both the House and Senate.
Sec. 304 prohibits funds in this Act for salaries and
expenses of more than 105 political and Presidential appointees
in the Department of Transportation as proposed by the House
instead of 98 political and Presidential appointees as proposed
by the Senate. This level of appointees is expected to cover
the recently enacted Transportation Security Administration.
Sec. 304 also includes a provision that prohibits political and
Presidential personnel to be assigned on temporary detail
outside the Department of Transportation or an independent
agency funded in this Act except for personnel assigned on
temporary detail to the Office of Homeland Security. The House
proposed a prohibition on all political and Presidential
personnel funded in this Act from being assigned on temporary
detail outside the Department of Transportation or an
independent agency. The Senate proposed no similar provision.
Sec. 305 prohibits pay and other expenses for non-Federal
parties in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in
this Act as proposed by both the House and Senate.
Sec. 306 prohibits obligations beyond the current fiscal
year and prohibits transfers of funds unless expressly so
provided herein as proposed by both the House and Senate.
Sec. 307 limits consulting service expenditures of public
record in procurement contracts as proposed by both the House
and Senate.
Sec. 308 prohibits funds for the National Highway Safety
Advisory Commission as proposed by both the House and Senate.
Sec. 309 exempts previously made transit obligations from
limitations on obligations as proposed by both the House and
Senate.
Sec. 310 modifies the distribution of the Federal-aid
highway program proposed by the Senate. The House proposed no
similar provision.
Sec. 311 includes the Senate provision that prohibits
recipients of funds made available in this Act to release
personal information, including a social security number,
medical or disability information, and photographs from a
driver's license or motor vehicle record without express
consent of the person to whom such information pertains; and
prohibits the Secretary from withholding funds provided in this
Act for any grantee if a state is in noncompliance with this
provision. The House proposed no similar provision.
Sec. 312 prohibits funds to establish a vessel traffic
safety fairway less than five miles wide between Santa Barbara
and San Francisco traffic separation schemes as proposed by
both the House and Senate.
Sec. 313 allows airports to transfer to the Federal
Aviation Administration instrument landing systems as proposed
by both the House and Senate.
Sec. 314 allows funds for discretionary grants of the
Federal Transit Administration for specific projects, except
for fixed guideway modernization projects, not obligated by
September 30, 2004, and other recoveries to be used for other
projects under 49 U.S.C. 5309 as proposed by both the House and
Senate.
Sec. 315 allows transit funds appropriated before October
1, 2001, and that remain available for expenditure to be
transferred as proposed by both the House and Senate.
Sec. 316 prohibits funds to compensate in excess of 335
technical staff years under the federally funded research and
development center contract between the Federal Aviation
Administration and the Center for Advanced Aviation Systems
Development as proposed by both the House and Senate.
Sec. 317 allows funds received by the Federal Highway
Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and the Federal
Railroad Administration from States, counties, municipalities,
other public authorities, and private sources for expenses
incurred for training may be credited to each agency's
respective accounts as proposed by both the House and Senate.
Sec. 318 rescinds $9,231,000 of funds made available for
the value pricing pilot program under Public Law 105-178 as
proposed by the Senate. The House proposed no similar
rescission. Sec. 318 also rescinds $43,742,000 of funds made
available for the transportation infrastructure finance and
innovation program under Public Law 105-178. The House and
Senate proposed no similar rescission.
Sec. 319 allows the Secretary of Transportation to use up
to 1 percent of the amounts made available for capital
investment grants and loans (49 U.S.C. 5309) for project
management oversight (49 U.S.C. 5327) beginning in fiscal year
2002 and thereafter as proposed by the Senate. The House
proposed the same provision for fiscal year 2002 only.
Sec. 320 allows funds made available for Alaska or Hawaii
ferry boats or ferry terminal facilities to be used to
construct new vessels and facilities or to improve existing
vessels and facilities, and for repair facilities as proposed
by both the House and Senate. Sec. 320 also includes a
provision proposed by the Senate that allows not more than
$3,000,000 of the funds made available for ferry boats may be
used by the State of Hawaii to initiate and operate a passenger
ferryboat services demonstration project. The House contained
no similar provision.
Sec. 321 allows funds received by the Bureau of
Transportation Statistics to be subject to the obligation
limitation for Federal-aid highways and highway safety
construction as proposed by both the House and Senate.
Sec. 322 amends section 3030(a) of Public Law 105-178 to
authorize final design and construction of the Washington
County-Wilsonville to Beaverton commuter rail project as
proposed by the Senate. The House contained no similar
provision.
Sec. 323 amends section 3030(b) of Public Law 105-178 to
authorize alternative analysis and preliminary engineering for
the Detroit, Michigan Metropolitan Airport rail project as
proposed by the Senate. The House contained no similar
provision.
Sec. 324 prohibits the use of funds for any type of
training which: (1) does not meet needs for knowledge, skills,
and abilities bearing directly on the performance of official
duties; (2) could be highly stressful or emotional to the
students; (3) does not provide prior notification of content
and methods to be used during the training; (4) contains any
religious concepts or ideas; (5) attempts to modify a person's
values or lifestyle; or (6) is for AIDS awareness training,
except for raising awareness of medical ramifications of AIDS
and workplace rights as proposed by both the House and Senate.
Sec. 325 prohibits the use of funds in this Act for
activities designed to influence Congress or a state
legislature on legislation or appropriations except through
proper, official channels as proposed by both the House and
Senate.
Sec. 326 requires compliance with the Buy American Act as
proposed by both the House and Senate.
Sec. 327 credits to appropriations of the Department of
Transportation rebates, refunds, incentive payments, minor fees
and other funds received by the Department from travel
management centers, charge card programs, the subleasing of
building space, and miscellaneous sources as proposed by both
the House and Senate. Such funds received shall be available
until December 31, 2002.
Sec. 328 authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to
allow issuers of any preferred stock to redeem or repurchase
preferred stock sold to the Department of Transportation as
proposed by the House. The Senate contained no similar
provision.
Sec. 329 provides $225,000 for the Amtrak Reform Council
instead of $450,000 as proposed by the House and $420,000 as
proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement did not
include the provisions proposed by the House regarding section
203(g)(1) of Public Law 105-134 on the Amtrak Reform Council's
recommendations on Amtrak routes identified for closure or
realignment. The Senate proposed no similar provisions.
Sec. 330 appropriates $144,000,000 to the Secretary of
Transportation to make grants for surface transportation
projects instead of $20,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The
House proposed no similar appropriation.
Funds appropriated for surface transportation projects
are to be distributed as follows:
Fourteen Mile Bridge replacement, Alabama............... $4,300,000
Anderson County, South Carolina Transit System Project.. 1,500,000
Arterial Railroad Grade Crossing, California............ 2,000,000
Auburn University Center for Transportation Technology
Project, Alabama.................................... 20,000,000
Bassett Creek Valley North-South Greenway, Minnesota.... 10,000,000
Big South Fork Scenic Railroad enhancement project,
Kentucky............................................ 1,500,000
Burlington to Middlebury Vermont Rail Line Project...... 1,000,000
California State Polytechnic University roadways to
transit center, California.......................... 2,000,000
Canton-Akron-Cleveland commuter rail, Ohio.............. 500,000
Charleston, South Carolina, Parking Garage Project...... 20,000,000
Construction of railroad overpass, US 69, Oklahoma...... 2,000,000
Delaware Memorial Bridge Collision Avoidance Project,
Delaware............................................ 1,300,000
Enser Bridge, Florida................................... 500,000
Fairfield, Connecticut Commuter Rail Project............ 4,000,000
General Mitchell International Airport Rail Station
Project, Milwaukee, Wisconsin....................... 2,500,000
Greenwood, Mississippi, Rail track relocation and
Construction Project................................ 2,000,000
Hawkins Crossing Interchange at Meridian, I-20/I-59,
Mississippi......................................... 1,000,000
Highway decking project I-5 corridor, California........ 3,500,000
Highway railway grade crossing hazard elimination
program, Tennessee.................................. 4,000,000
I-74 Mississippi River Bridge, Mississippi.............. 2,000,000
Kansas City, Missouri Bus Rapid Transit Improvements.... 5,000,000
Kingvale, California Satellite Operations Control Center
Project............................................. 2,000,000
Lake Rail Line, Lakeview, Oregon to Alturas, California. 1,750,000
Las Vegas, Nevada Monorail Project...................... 500,000
Lincoln to Omaha NE Passenger Rail Project.............. 200,000
Maine Marine Highway Development Project, Maine......... 1,500,000
Marathon County/Wausau MPO, Wisconsin................... 1,000,000
Martinsburg Roundhouse Redevelopment Project,
Martinsburg, West Virginia.......................... 2,000,000
Minnesota Valley Regional Rail Authority Rehabilitation
Project, Minnesota.................................. 1,000,000
Muskogee grade separation, Oklahoma..................... 500,000
Newark, New Jersey Penn Station Improvements............ 2,000,000
Odyssey Maritime Project, Seattle, Washington........... 3,000,000
Portland to Astoria rail improvements, Oregon........... 2,000,000
Public exhibition of ``America's Transportation
Stories'', Michigan................................. 2,000,000
Rail overpass crossing, Claremore, Oklahoma............. 100,000
Restoration and Improvement of the Wichita Air Terminal,
Kansas.............................................. 150,000
Roane County bridge replacement, Tennessee.............. 150,000
Route 7 and 123 improvements in Northern Virginia....... 5,000,000
San Bernardino, California Metrolink project............ 300,000
Santa Teresa Port of Entry HAZMAT, New Mexico........... 1,200,000
Scranton, Pennsylvania to New York City Rail Service
Project............................................. 1,000,000
Southeast Main Rail Relocation Project, Moorhead,
Minnesota........................................... 1,500,000
Southern Kentucky Intermodal Transportation Park,
Kentucky............................................ 5,000,000
Syracuse bridge improvements on Auto Row, New York...... 3,000,000
Truck relief route along US 87, New Big Spring, Texas... 2,000,000
Union County Red Bridge, Pennsylvania................... 1,300,000
Upgrade of 11 grade crossings, Superior, Wisconsin...... 300,000
US 80/SR 26, Georgia.................................... 1,000,000
Utah Central Valley Rail Line Sigurd/Salina to Levan
Project............................................. 1,000,000
Ventura County Highway Video Camera Monitoring Project,
California.......................................... 500,000
Vertical Clearance Improvement, CP Maine Line, New York. 1,500,000
Vickers Rail Crossing grade separation, Northwood, Ohio. 4,000,000
West Laredo Multimodal Trade Corridor/grade crossings,
Texas............................................... 3,250,000
Whittier Bridge between Amesbury and Newburyport,
Massachusetts....................................... 1,500,000
Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania to Scranton Passenger Rail
Project............................................. 200,000
Sec. 331 modifies the Senate provision that allows the
Coast Guard Yard (Curtis Bay, MD) and other Coast Guard
specialized facilities in fiscal year 2002 to qualify as
components of the Department of Defense for competition and
workload assignment purposes when providing support to the
Department of Defense, and allows the Yard and other
specialized facilities to enter into joint public-private
partnerships and other cooperative arrangements for the
performance of work which includes allowing the Coast Guard to
pay and receive funds, materials, services and the use of
facilities from such public and private entities. The Senate
proposed to amend section 648 of title 14, United States Code,
to include other Coast Guard specialized facilities designated
by the Commandant and included Sec. 331 as a new subsection of
section 648. The House contained no similar provision.
Sec. 332 prohibits funds in this Act unless the Secretary
of Transportation notifies the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations not less than three full business days before
any discretionary grant award, letter of intent, or full
funding grant agreement totaling $1,000,000 or more is
announced by the department or its modal administration as
proposed by both the House and Senate.
Sec. 333 prohibits funds for design or construction of a
light rail system in Houston, Texas, instead of prohibiting
funds for planning, design, or construction of a light rail
system in Houston, Texas, proposed by the House. The Senate
proposed no similar provision. The conference agreement also
includes a new provision to allow funds available in this Act
for a Houston, Texas, metro advanced transit plan project to be
available for obligation under certain conditions. The House
and Senate proposed no similar provision.
Sec. 334 prohibits funds in this Act for engineering work
related to an additional runway at New Orleans International
Airport as proposed by the House. The Senate contained no
similar provision.
Sec. 335 prohibits funds in this Act to be used to adopt
guidelines or regulations requiring airport sponsors to provide
the Federal Aviation Administration ``without cost'' buildings,
maintenance, or space for FAA services as proposed by both the
House and Senate. The prohibition does not apply to
negotiations between FAA and airport sponsors concerning
``below market'' rates for such services or to grant assurances
that require airport sponsors to provide land without cost to
the FAA for air traffic control facilities.
Sec. 336 includes the Senate provision that provides
funds to administer motor carrier safety programs and motor
carrier safety research by allowing the Secretary, as the
Secretary determines necessary, to deduct a sum not to exceed
two-fifths of 1 percent of all sums made available from the
federal lands highways program, the surface transportation
program, the congestion mitigation and air quality improvement
program, the National Highway System, the interstate
maintenance program, the bridge program, the Appalachian
development highway system, and the minimum guarantee program.
The House proposed no similar provision.
Sec. 337 includes the Senate provision that authorizes
the Federal Aviation Administration to use funds from airport
sponsors, including grants-in-aid for airports funds, for the
hiring of additional staff or for obtaining services of
consultants for the purpose of facilitating environmental
activities related to airport projects that add critical
airport capacity to the national air transportation system. The
House proposed no similar provision.
Sec. 338 includes the Senate provision that prohibits
funds in this Act to be used for developing a new regional
airport for southeast Louisiana until a commission of
stakeholders submits a comprehensive plan that is approved by
the administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration and
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. The House
proposed no similar provision.
Sec. 339 modifies the House and Senate provision that
allows States to use highway safety program funds (section 402
of title 23, United States Code) to produce and place highway
safety service messages in television, radio, cinema, internet,
and print media based on guidance issued by the Secretary of
Transportation; and requires the States to report to the
Secretary on the use of such funds for public service messages.
Sec. 339 also modifies the Senate provision to require that
$8,000,000 of the funds provided for innovative seat belt
projects (section 157 of title 23, United States Code) be used
by the States, as directed by the Secretary of Transportation,
to purchase advertising to publicize the States' seat belt
enforcement efforts during one or more of the Operation ABC
national mobilizations; and requires that up to $2,000,000 of
the funds provided for innovative seat belt projects be used by
the Secretary to evaluate the effectiveness of State seat belt
programs that purchase such advertising. The Senate proposed
that $15,000,000 designated for innovative grant funds be used
for national television and radio advertising to support the
national law enforcement mobilizations conducted in all 50
states aimed at increasing safety belt and child safety seat
use and controlling drunk driving. The House proposed no
similar proposal on funding.
Sec. 340 amends item number 1348 in the table contained
in section 1602 of Public Law 105-178 to include ``Construct
Gastineau Channel Second Crossing to Douglas Island'' as
proposed by the House. The Senate proposed to amend item 1348
to include ``Second Douglas Island Crossing''.
Sec. 341 prohibits funds for the Office of the Secretary
of Transportation to approve assessments or reimbursable
agreements pertaining to funds appropriated to the modal
administrations in this Act, unless such assessments or
agreements have completed the normal reprogramming process for
Congressional notification as proposed by the House. The Senate
proposed no similar provision.
Sec. 342 amends item 642 in the table contained in
section 1602 of Public Law 105-178 to redesignate such project
in Washington as the ``Passenger only ferry to serve Kitsap and
King Counties to Seattle'' instead of ``passenger only ferry to
serve Kitsap County-Seattle'' as proposed by both the House and
Senate.
Sec. 343 amends item 1793 in the table contained in
section 1602 of Public Law 105-178 to redesignate such project
in Washington as the ``Passenger only ferry to serve Kitsap and
King Counties to Seattle'' instead of ``passenger only ferry to
serve Kitsap County-Seattle'' as proposed by both the House and
Senate.
Sec. 344 amends item 576 in the table contained in
section 1602 of Public Law 105-178 to allow for construction of
the Missouri Center for Advanced Highway Safety as proposed by
the House. The Senate proposed no similar provision.
Sec. 345 includes the House provision that designates the
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority transit station
located at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport as the
``Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Station'', and
directs the transit authority to modify signs, maps,
directories, documents and other records published by the
authority to reflect the designation. The Senate proposed no
similar provision.
Sec. 346 prohibits funds in this Act to any person or
entity convicted of violating the Buy American Act as proposed
by the House. The Senate proposed no similar provision.
Sec. 347 modifies the Senate provision that allows
discretionary bridge program funds in fiscal year 2002 to be
used for historic covered bridges eligible for federal
assistance under section 1224 of Public 105-178. The House
proposed no similar provision.
Sec. 348 includes the Senate provision that prohibits
funds for Coast Guard Acquisition, construction, and
improvements after the fifteenth day of any quarter of any
fiscal year unless the Commandant of the Coast Guard first
submits a quarterly report to the House and Senate Committees
on Appropriations on all major Coast Guard acquisition
projects. The House proposed no similar provision.
Sec. 349 reduces transportation administrative service
center funds by $5,000,000 instead of reducing funds by
$37,000,000 and limiting fiscal year 2002 obligations to no
more than $120,323,000 instead of limiting obligations to no
more than $88,323,000 as proposed by the Senate. The House
proposed no similar provision.
Sec. 350. The conference agreement modifies provisions
proposed by the House and Senate regarding the safety of cross-
border trucking between the United States and Mexico. The House
proposed to prohibit the use of funds for the processing of
applications by Mexico-domiciled motor carriers to operate in
the interior of the United States, beyond the commercial zones
adjacent to the U.S.-Mexican border. The Senate proposed to
condition the use of funds to process applications upon the
certification by officials of the Department of Transportation
that specific safety-related requirements had been met and upon
promulgation in final form of related regulations. The
conference agreement includes multiple provisions which, among
other things:
1. Require safety examinations by the DOT of all Mexican
motor carriers before they are granted conditional operating
authority. Fifty percent of all such examinations are to be
conducted on-site, and on-site examinations are to cover at
least fifty percent of carriers and 50 percent of estimated
truck traffic in a given year. An exemption from the on-site
requirement is provided for Mexican motor carriers with three
or fewer commercial vehicles. However, such carriers may be
subject to on-site examinations or reviews at the discretion of
the DOT;
2. Require a full safety compliance review--and a
satisfactory rating resulting from that review--before any
Mexican motor carrier can be granted permanent operating
authority. Provisions that require on-site performance of
safety examinations also apply to compliance reviews. Any
carrier that has not received an on-site safety examination
must undergo an on-site compliance review. The result of this
provision is that every Mexican motor carrier operating four or
more commercial vehicles and applying for cross-border
authority, will be required to undergo at least one safety or
compliance review conducted on-site at the carrier's place of
business in Mexico before permanent operating authority is
granted;
3. Require Federal and State inspectors at the border to
electronically verify the validity of driver's license of every
driver carrying a placardable quantity of hazardous material,
every driver undergoing a Level I safety inspection, and at
least 50 percent of all other Mexican motor carrier drivers
crossing the border;
4. Require all Mexican motor carriers granted authority
to operate in the United States to display a Commercial Vehicle
Safety Alliance decal verifying satisfactory completion of a
safety inspection. These vehicles must undergo safety
inspections at least every 90 days in order to display such a
decal. This requirement will no longer apply to a carrier once
that carrier has operated for three consecutive years under
permanent operating authority;
5. Require that the 10 highest volume border crossings be
equipped with weigh-in motion systems and that inspectors
verify the weight of each Mexican motor carrier entering the
United States. Of this total, 5 crossings shall be equipped
before the border is opened and the remainder shall be equipped
within 12 months of enactment of this Act;
6. Require the Department of Transportation to issue
interim final safety-related regulations and policies;
7. Prohibit Mexican motor carriers from crossing into the
United States at any border crossing where a certified motor
carrier safety inspector is not on duty or where there is not
adequate capacity to either conduct a sufficient number of
meaningful vehicle safety inspections or accommodate vehicles
placed out-of-service as a result of safety inspections;
8. Prohibit vehicles that are owned or leased by a
Mexican motor carrier, and that carry hazardous materials, to
operate beyond the commercial zone, until the United States has
completed an agreement with the government of Mexico to ensure
that drivers of vehicles carrying a placardable quantity of
hazardous materials meet substantially the same safety
requirements as those met by U.S. driver;
9. Prohibit any Mexican motor carrier from operating
beyond the commercial zone until (1) the Department of
Transportation Inspector General first conducts a comprehensive
review of the DOT's ability to ensure safety on U.S. highways
once Mexican motor carriers are allowed to operate within the
internal U.S.; and (2) the Secretary of Transportation
certifies in writing in a manner addressing the IG's findings
that the opening of the border does not pose an unacceptable
safety risk to the American public; and
10. Require the DOT IG to conduct a follow up review at
least 180 days following the first review cited above and then
annually thereafter.
The House proposed prohibiting funds in this Act to
process applications by Mexico-domiciled motor carriers for
conditional or permanent authority to operate beyond the United
States municipalities and commercial zones adjacent to the
United States-Mexico border. The Senate proposed prohibiting
funds for the review or processing of an application by a
Mexican motor carrier for authority to operate beyond United
States municipalities and commercial zones on the United
States-Mexico border until the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration performs full safety compliance reviews and
inspections of Mexican motor carriers; and until the Department
of Transportation Inspector General certifies in writing that
certain criteria are met pertaining to fully trained
inspectors, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration,
the information infrastructure of the Mexican government,
border crossing capacity, and an accessible safety monitoring
database.
Sec. 351 includes the Senate provision that directs the
Secretary of Transportation to include all public and private
non-federal contributions made on or after January 1, 2000, for
the regional transportation commission resort corridor fixed
guideway project in Clark County, Nevada, to be used to meet
the non-federal share requirement of any element or phase of
the project. The House proposed no similar provision.
Sec. 352 modifies the Senate provision that requires the
Secretary, in consultation with the Comptroller General of the
United States, to conduct a study of the hazards and risks to
public health and safety, the environment, and the economy
associated with the transportation of hazardous and radioactive
materials. The provision requires the study to be completed not
later than six months after the date of the enactment of this
Act. The conferees expect that radiopharmaceuticals and medical
radionuclides should be exempt from this study. The House
proposed no similar provision.
Sec. 353 modifies the Senate provision that directs the
State of Georgia to give priority consideration to improving
the Johnson Ferry Road, including the bridge over the
Chattahoochee River, and to widening Abernathy Road with funds
apportioned to the State of Georgia from revenue aligned budget
authority by also directing the State of Alabama to give
priority consideration to construction of the approaches to the
Patton Island Bridge with funds apportioned to the State of
Alabama from revenue aligned budget authority and for planning,
design, engineering, and construction of an interchange on I-55
at approximately mile marker 114 and connector roads in Madison
County with funds apportioned to the State of Mississippi from
revenue aligned budget authority. The House proposed no similar
provisions.
Sec. 354 includes the Senate provision that amends
section 355(a) of the National Highway System Designation Act
of 1995 to require certification by the Secretary that the
states of New Hampshire and Maine have achieved a safety belt
use rate of not less than 50 percent. The House proposed no
similar provision.
Sec. 355 includes the Senate provision that requires the
Secretary of Transportation to conduct a study on the cost and
benefits of constructing a third bridge across the Mississippi
River in the Memphis, Tennessee, metropolitan area. The
provision requires the study be submitted to the Congress not
later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
The House proposed no similar provision.
Sec. 356 provides the sense of Congress that the
Secretary of Transportation should not take any action that
would diminish or revoke any exemption from certain
restrictions on maximum driving time and on-duty time in effect
on the date of the enactment of this Act for commercial motor
vehicle drivers as proposed by the Senate. The House proposed
no similar provision.
Sec. 357 transfers the Point Retreat Light Station,
including all property under lease as of June 1, 2000, to the
Alaska Lighthouse Association, as authorized in Public Law 105-
383. The conferees note that the transfer is subject to
conditions contained in that Act and furthermore expect that
public access to the property for recreation, hunting, and
fishing will be largely unchanged. The House proposed no
similar provision.
Sec. 358 modifies the Senate provision that directs the
State of Minnesota to give priority consideration to the
Southeast main and rail relocation project in Moorhead and to
improving I-35 W at Lake Street in Minneapolis with funds
apportioned to the State of Minnesota from revenue aligned
budget authority. The House proposed no similar provision.
Sec. 359 directs the Secretary of Transportation to
approve the use of National highway system and surface
transportation program funds for construction of type II noise
barriers in specific locations in the States of Georgia and
Pennsylvania instead of solely in the State of Georgia as
proposed by the Senate. The House proposed no similar
provision.
Sec. 360 allows funds provided in Public Law 106-346 to
be available for the widening of U.S. 177 from SH-33 to 32nd
Street in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The House and Senate proposed
no similar provision.
Sec. 361 amends section 3030(d)(3) of Public Law 105-178
to authorize the Alabama State docks intermodal passenger and
freight facility for bus and bus-related facilities funding.
The House and Senate proposed no similar provision.
Sec. 362 amends section 1105(c) of Public Law 102-240 to
include the Louisiana Highway 1 corridor from Grand Isle,
Louisiana, along Louisiana Highway 1 to the intersection with
United States Route 90 as a high priority corridor on the
national highway system. The House and Senate proposed no
similar provision.
Sec. 363 amends item 425 in the table contained in
section 1602 of Public Law 105-178 to extend and improve
Louisiana Route 42 from and along U.S. 61 to I-10 in Ascension
and East Baton Rouge Parishes in the State of Louisiana. The
House and Senate proposed no similar provision.
Sec. 364 amends items 111 and 1583 in the table contained
in section 1602 of Public Law 105-178 to include other areas in
the city of Paducah and McCracken County, Kentucky. The House
and Senate proposed no similar provision.
Sec. 365 amends section 1105(c)(3) of Public Law 102-240
to clarify the Kentucky corridor by including the Louie B. Nunn
Parkway as part of the Interstate 66 high priority corridor of
the national highway system. The House and Senate proposed no
similar provisions.
Sec. 366 amends section 1105(c)(15) of Public Law 102-240
to include the existing Purchase Parkway from the Tennessee
state line to Interstate 24 in Kentucky as part of the
Interstate 69 high priority corridor of the national highway
system. The House and Senate proposed no similar provision.
Sec. 367 amends section 1105(e)(5)(B)(i) of Public Law
102-240 to designate the Purchase Parkway corridor as
interstate route 69 and the Louie B. Nunn Parkway corridor as
interstate route 66; and directs the Commonwealth of Kentucky
to erect signs identifying such corridors as ``future''
interstates. The House and Senate proposed no similar
provisions.
Sec. 368 allows capital investment funds available to the
Southern coalition for advanced transportation (SCAT) in Public
Law 106-69 and Public Law 106-346 that remain unobligated to be
transferred to the transit planning and research account for
the electric transit vehicle institute in Tennessee. The House
and Senate proposed no similar provisions.
Sec. 369 makes technical amendments to Public Law 107-20
to clarify the source of funding under federal-aid highways.
The House and Senate proposed no similar provisions.
Sec. 370 allows previously provided funds for the
Riverside Expressway in Fairmont, West Virginia, to be used to
carry out any project eligible under title 23, United States
Code, in the vicinity of Fairmont, West Virginia. The House and
Senate proposed no similar provisions.
Sec. 371 amends item 71 in the table contained in section
1602 of Public Law 105-178 to allow traffic safety and
pedestrian improvements in downtown Miamisburg, Ohio. The House
and Senate proposed no similar provisions.
Sec. 372 amends item 258 in the table under the heading,
``Capital investment grants'' of Public Law 106-69 to allow
funds for the Marble Valley regional transit district buses.
The House and Senate proposed no similar provisions.
Sec. 373 amends item 73 in the table contained in section
1106(b) of Public Law 102-240 to allow $5,700,000 of the funds
provided for the Southtowns connector in Buffalo, New York, to
be used for a parking facility for the Inner Harbor
redevelopment project in Buffalo, New York. The House and
Senate proposed no similar provisions.
Sec. 374 amends item 630 of the table contained in
section 1602 of Public Law 105-178 as amended by section 1102
of chapter 11 of Public Law 106-554 to allow funds for the
construction of a parking facility for the Inner Harbor/
redevelopment project in Buffalo, New York.
The conference agreement includes under Title I, Federal
Aviation Administration, Aviation insurance revolving fund, the
provision that authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to
make expenditures and investments related to aviation insurance
activities under chapter 443 of title 49, United States Code as
proposed by the Senate. The House proposed to include this
provision under Title III.
The conference agreement deletes the House provision that
repeals section 232 of Appendix E of Public Law 106-113 that
pertains to funding for the James A. Farley Post Office in New
York.
The conference agreement deletes the House provision that
prohibits funds in this Act to propose or issue rules,
regulations, decrees, or orders pertaining to the
implementation of the Kyoto Protocol.
The conference agreement deletes the House provision that
prohibits funds in this Act for the planning, design,
development, or construction of the California State Route 710
freeway extension project through El Sereno, South Pasadena,
and Pasadena, California.
The conference agreement deletes the Senate provision
that directs that the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall
maintain an onboard staffing level at the Coast Guard Yard in
Curtis Bay, Maryland, of not less than 530 full time equivalent
civilian employees and provides that the Commandant may
reconfigure his vessel maintenance schedule and new
constructions projects to maximize Yard employment as proposed
by the Senate.
The conference agreement deletes the Senate provision
that directs the Secretary of Transportation in cooperation
with the administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration
to encourage a locally developed and executed plan for
modernizing O'Hare International Airport, addressing Northwest
corridor traffic congestion, increasing commercial air service
at Gary-Chicago Airport and Greater Rockford Airport,
preserving and utilizing existing Chicago-area reliever and
general aviation airports, and moving forward with a third
Chicago-area airport. The provision also directs the Secretary
and FAA administrator to work with Congress to enact a federal
solution to address the aviation capacity crisis in the Chicago
area, including northwest Indiana, if such a plan cannot be
developed and executed.
The conference agreement deletes the Senate provision
that amends section 8335(a) of title 5, United States Code, to
allow air traffic controllers in the civil service retirement
system who face mandatory separation at age 56 to extend their
service beyond age 56 to the earliest date eligible for either
controller early retirement or for CSRS optional retirement,
whichever comes first, unless the Secretary determines that
such action would compromise safety. A similar provision was
included in the Treasury and General Government Appropriations
Act, 2002.
The conference agreement deletes the Senate provision
that amends section 1023(h) of Public Law 102-240 to allow all
over-the-road buses to be exempted from federal axle weight
restrictions that are presently applicable only to public
transit buses.
The conference agreement deletes the Senate provision
that amends item 143 in the table under Capital Investment
Grants of Public Law 105-277 and item 167 in the table under
Capital Investment Grants of Public Law 106-69 to allow funds
for Northern New Mexico park and ride facilities and State of
New Mexico, buses and bus related facilities. These amendments
were included in the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2001.
The conference agreement deletes the Senate provision
that establishes new eligibility criteria, as proposed in the
budget, for communities in the United States (except Alaska) to
receive essential air service subsidies.
The conference agreement deletes the Senate provision
that requires up to $750,000 of the funds appropriated for the
Federal Railroad Administration, Railroad research and
development be expended to pay 25 percent of the total cost of
a freight and passenger rail infrastructure study of the
Baltimore, Maryland, area, and requires that the Norfolk-
Southern Corporation, the CSX Corporation, and the State of
Maryland contribute a total amount of equal funding for this
study. The conference agreement addresses the Baltimore,
Maryland, freight and passenger rail infrastructure study under
Title I, Federal Railroad Administration, Research and
development account. The House proposed no similar provision.
The conference agreement deletes the Senate provision
that amends section 41703 of title 49, United States Code, to
include a new section regarding the transfer of cargo at
Anchorage International Airport. The conferees note that the
Department of Transportation has not articulated a consistent
strategy for achieving ``open skies'' through the current
bilateral negotiating process or through multilateral
negotiations. Accordingly, the conferees direct the department
to assess the current state of international aviation
negotiations and report by March 1, 2002, to the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations regarding emerging
multilateral or bilateral international aviation negotiating
strategies, including whether those strategies should envision
cargo transfer at domestic airports or cargo transfer rights
for United States flag carriers at international airports. This
report should include specific reference to air transportation
issues in Alaska and other similarly situated airports in the
United States, and address whether scheduled or anticipated
bilateral or multilateral negotiations should address cargo
transfer issues at United States airports. The report should
also compare the cargo transfer regimes for similarly situated
foreign airports engaged in air cargo carriage and transfer to
the regimes in place for Alaskan and other similarly situated
domestic airports in the United States.
The conference agreement deletes the Senate provision
that directs the Secretary of Transportation to give priority
consideration to applications for airport improvement grants
for Addison Airport, Addison, Texas; Pearson Airpark,
Vancouver, Washington; Mobile Regional Airport, Mobile,
Alabama; Marks Airport, Mississippi; Madison Airport,
Mississippi; and Birmingham International Airport, Birmingham,
Alabama. The conference agreement addresses airport improvement
grants under Title I, Grants-in-aid for airports.
The conference agreement deletes the Senate provision
that amends section 5117(b)(3) of Public Law 105-178 regarding
follow-on deployment of intelligent transportation
infrastructure systems and specifies the follow on deployment
areas in specific metropolitan areas. The House proposed no
similar provision.
conference total--with comparisons
The total new budget (obligational) authority for the
fiscal year 2002 recommended by the Committee of Conference,
with comparisons to the fiscal year 2001 amount, the 2002
budget estimates, and the House and Senate bills for 2002
follow:
[In thousands of dollars]
New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2001... $18,702,897
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal
year 2002........................................... 17,163,605
House bill, fiscal year 2002............................ 17,159,786
Senate bill, fiscal year 2002........................... 17,885,293
Conference agreement, fiscal year 2002.................. 17,579,970
Conference agreement compared with:
New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year
2001.............................................. -1,122,927
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority,
fiscal year 2002.................................. +416,365
House bill, fiscal year 2002........................ +420,184
Senate bill, fiscal year 2002....................... -305,323
Harold Rogers,
Frank R. Wolf,
Tom DeLay,
Sonny Callahan,
Todd Tiahrt,
Robert B. Aderholt,
Kay Granger,
Jo Ann Emerson
John E. Sweeney,
Bill Young,
Martin Olav Sabo,
John W. Olver,
Ed Pastor,
Carolyn C. Kilpatrick,
Jose E. Serrano,
James E. Clyburn,
David R. Obey,
Managers on the Part of the House.
Patty Murray,
Robert C. Byrd,
Barbara A. Mikulski,
Harry Reid,
Herb Kohl,
Richard J. Durbin,
Patrick Leahy,
Daniel Inouye,
Richard C. Shelby,
Christopher Bond,
Robert F. Bennett,
Ben Nighthorse Campbell,
Kay Bailey Hutchison,
Ted Stevens,
Managers on the Part of the Senate.