[House Report 106-940]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
106th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session 106-940
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MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED
AGENCIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2001, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
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October 5, 2000.--Ordered to be printed
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Mr. Wolf, from the committee of conference, submitted the following
CONFERENCE REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 4475]
The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of
the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R.
4475) ``making appropriations for the Department of
Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2001, and for other purposes'', having met, after
full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and do
recommend to their respective Houses as follows:
That the House recede from its disagreement to the
amendment of the Senate, and agree to the same with an
amendment, as follows:
In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said
amendment, insert: That the following sums are appropriated,
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other
purposes, namely:
Section 101. (a) The provisions of the following bill are
hereby enacted into law, H.R. 5394 of the 106th Congress, as
introduced on October 5, 2000.
(b) In publishing the Act in slip form and in the United
States Statutes at Large pursuant to section 112, of title 1,
United States Code, the Archivist of the United States shall
include after the date of approval at the end an appendix
setting forth the text of the bill referred to in subsection
(a) of this section.
And the Senate agree to the same.
Frank R. Wolf,
Tom DeLay,
Ralph Regula,
Harold Rogers,
Ron Packard,
Sonny Callahan,
Todd Tiahrt,
Robert B. Aderholt,
Kay Granger,
C.W. Bill Young,
Martin Olav Sabo
(except for provisions to
withhold highway funds
from states that do not
adopt 0.08 blood alcohol
concentration laws),
John W. Olver,
Ed Pastor,
Carolyn C. Kilpatrick
(except for provisions to
withhold highway funds
from states that do not
adopt 0.08 blood alcohol
concentration laws),
Jose E. Serrano,
Michael P. Forbes,
David R. Obey
(with exception to denial of
funds to states without
0.08 BAC),
Managers on the Part of the House.
Richard C. Shelby,
Pete V. Domenici (except for Wilson
Bridge),
Arlen Specter,
Christopher S. Bond,
Slade Gorton,
Robert F. Bennett,
Ben Nighthorse Campbell,
Ted Stevens,
Frank R. Lautenberg,
Robert C. Byrd,
Barbara A. Mikulski,
Harry Reid,
Herb Kohl,
Patty Murray,
Daniel K. Inouye,
Managers on the Part of the Senate.
JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE
The managers on the part of the House of Representatives
and the Senate at the conference on the disagreeing votes of
the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R.
4475) making appropriations for the Department of
Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2001, and for other purposes, submit the
following joint statement to the House of Representatives and
the Senate in explanation of the effect of the action agreed
upon by the managers and recommended in the accompanying
conference report.
The Senate deleted the entire House bill after the
enacting clause and inserted the Senate bill.
The conference agreement would enact the provisions of
H.R. 5394 as introduced on October 5, 2000. The text of that
bill follows:
A BILL Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the
following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of
Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2001, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
Salaries and Expenses
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary,
$63,245,000: Provided, That not more than 52 percent of the
funds made available under this heading shall be obligated and
not more than 224 full time equivalent staff years funded
through the end of the second quarter of fiscal year 2001:
Provided further, That funds in excess of 52 percent and 224
full time equivalent staff years shall be available only if the
Secretary transmits a request to the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations for these additional funds:
Provided further, That not to exceed $60,000 for allocation
within the Department for official reception and representation
expenses as the Secretary may determine: Provided further, That
not more than $15,000 of the official reception and
representation funds shall be available for obligation prior to
January 20, 2001.
Office of Civil Rights
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights,
$8,140,000.
Transportation Planning, Research, and Development
For necessary expenses for conducting transportation
planning, research, systems development, development
activities, and making grants, to remain available until
expended, $11,000,000.
Transportation Administrative Service Center
Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital outlays
of the Transportation Administrative Service Center, not to
exceed $126,887,000, shall be paid from appropriations made
available to the Department of Transportation: Provided, That
such services shall be provided on a competitive basis to
entities within the Department of Transportation: Provided
further, That the above limitation on operating expenses shall
not apply to non-DOT entities: Provided further, That no funds
appropriated in this Act to an agency of the Department shall
be transferred to the Transportation Administrative Service
Center without the approval of the agency modal administrator:
Provided further, That no assessments may be levied against any
program, budget activity, subactivity or project funded by this
Act unless notice of such assessments and the basis therefor
are presented to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations and are approved by such Committees.
Minority Business Resource Center Program
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $1,500,000, as authorized
by 49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, including the cost
of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That
these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal,
any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed
$13,775,000. In addition, for administrative expenses to carry
out the guaranteed loan program, $400,000.
Minority Business Outreach
For necessary expenses of Minority Business Resource Center
outreach activities, $3,000,000, of which $2,635,000 shall
remain available until September 30, 2002: Provided, That
notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be used for
business opportunities related to any mode of transportation.
COAST GUARD
Operating Expenses
For necessary expenses for the operation and maintenance of
the Coast Guard, not otherwise provided for; purchase of not to
exceed five passenger motor vehicles for replacement only;
payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97-377, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and section 229(b) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 429(b)); and recreation and welfare,
$3,192,000,000, of which $341,000,000 shall be available for
defense-related activities; and of which $25,000,000 shall be
derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund: Provided, That
none of the funds appropriated in this or any other Act shall
be available for pay for administrative expenses in connection
with shipping commissioners in the United States: Provided
further, That none of the funds provided in this Act shall be
available for expenses incurred for yacht documentation under
46 U.S.C. 12109, except to the extent fees are collected from
yacht owners and credited to this appropriation: Provided
further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available
for the Coast Guard to plan, finalize, or implement any
regulation that would promulgate new maritime user fees not
specifically authorized by law after the date of the enactment
of this Act.
Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements
For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction,
renovation, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore
facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related
thereto, $415,000,000, of which $20,000,000 shall be derived
from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which $156,450,000
shall be available to acquire, repair, renovate or improve
vessels, small boats and related equipment, to remain available
until September 30, 2005; $37,650,000 shall be available to
acquire new aircraft and increase aviation capability, to
remain available until September 30, 2003; $60,113,000 shall be
available for other equipment, to remain available until
September 30, 2003; $63,336,000 shall be available for shore
facilities and aids to navigation facilities, to remain
available until September 30, 2003; $55,151,000 shall be
available for personnel compensation and benefits and related
costs, to remain available until September 30, 2002; and
$42,300,000 for the Integrated Deepwater Systems program, to
remain available until September 30, 2003: Provided, That the
Commandant of the Coast Guard is authorized to dispose of
surplus real property, by sale or lease, and the proceeds shall
be credited to this appropriation as offsetting collections and
made available only for the National Distress and Response
System Modernization program, to remain available for
obligation until September 30, 2003: Provided further, That
upon initial submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2002
President's budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall
transmit to the Congress a comprehensive capital investment
plan for the United States Coast Guard which includes funding
for each budget line item for fiscal years 2002 through 2006,
with total funding for each year of the plan constrained to the
funding targets for those years as estimated and approved by
the Office of Management and Budget: Provided further, That the
amount herein appropriated shall be reduced by $100,000 per day
for each day after initial submission of the President's budget
that the plan has not been submitted to the Congress: Provided
further, That the Commandant shall transfer $5,800,000 to the
City of Homer, Alaska, for the construction of a municipal pier
and other harbor improvements, contingent upon the City of
Homer entering into an agreement with the United States to
accommodate Coast Guard vessels and to support Coast Guard
operations at Homer, Alaska.
Environmental Compliance and Restoration
For necessary expenses to carry out the Coast Guard's
environmental compliance and restoration functions under
chapter 19 of title 14, United States Code, $16,700,000, to
remain available until expended.
Alteration of Bridges
For necessary expenses for alteration or removal of
obstructive bridges, $15,500,000, to remain available until
expended.
Retired Pay
For retired pay, including the payment of obligations
therefor otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for this
purpose, and payments under the Retired Serviceman's Family
Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, and for payments for
medical care of retired personnel and their dependents under
the Dependents Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55),
$778,000,000.
Reserve Training
(including transfer of funds)
For all necessary expenses of the Coast Guard Reserve, as
authorized by law; maintenance and operation of facilities; and
supplies, equipment, and services, $80,375,000: Provided, That
no more than $22,000,000 of funds made available under this
heading may be transferred to Coast Guard ``Operating
expenses'' or otherwise made available to reimburse the Coast
Guard for financial support of the Coast Guard Reserve:
Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act may be
used by the Coast Guard to assess direct charges on the Coast
Guard Reserves for items or activities which were not so
charged during fiscal year 1997.
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for
applied scientific research, development, test, and evaluation;
maintenance, rehabilitation, lease and operation of facilities
and equipment, as authorized by law, $21,320,000, to remain
available until expended, of which $3,500,000 shall be derived
from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund: Provided, That there
may be credited to and used for the purposes of this
appropriation funds received from State and local governments,
other public authorities, private sources, and foreign
countries, for expenses incurred for research, development,
testing, and evaluation.
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
Operations
For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation
Administration, not otherwise provided for, including
operations and research activities related to commercial space
transportation, administrative expenses for research and
development, establishment of air navigation facilities, the
operation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft,
subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold to
the public, lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles for
replacement only, in addition to amounts made available by
Public Law 104-264, $6,544,235,000, of which $4,414,869,000
shall be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, of
which $5,200,274,000 shall be available for air traffic
services program activities; $694,979,000 shall be available
for aviation regulation and certification program activities;
$139,301,400 shall be available for civil aviation security
program activities; $189,988,000 shall be available for
research and acquisition program activities; $12,000,000 shall
be available for commercial space transportation program
activities; $48,443,600 shall be available for Financial
Services program activities; $54,864,000 shall be available for
Human Resources program activities; $99,347,000 shall be
available for Regional Coordination program activities; and
$105,038,000 shall be available for Staff Offices program
activities: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall
be available for the Federal Aviation Administration to plan,
finalize, or implement any regulation that would promulgate new
aviation user fees not specifically authorized by law after the
date of the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That there
may be credited to this appropriation funds received from
States, counties, municipalities, foreign authorities, other
public authorities, and private sources, for expenses incurred
in the provision of agency services, including receipts for the
maintenance and operation of air navigation facilities, and for
issuance, renewal or modification of certificates, including
airman, aircraft, and repair station certificates, or for tests
related thereto, or for processing major repair or alteration
forms: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under
this heading, not less than $5,000,000 shall be for the
contract tower cost-sharing program and not less than $750,000
shall be for the Centennial of Flight Commission: Provided
further, That funds may be used to enter into a grant agreement
with a nonprofit standard-setting organization to assist in the
development of aviation safety standards: Provided further,
That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for new
applicants for the second career training program: Provided
further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available
for paying premium pay under 5 U.S.C. 5546(a) to any Federal
Aviation Administration employee unless such employee actually
performed work during the time corresponding to such premium
pay: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act may
be obligated or expended to operate a manned auxiliary flight
service station in the contiguous United States: Provided
further, That none of the funds in this Act may be used for the
Federal Aviation Administration to enter into a multiyear lease
greater than 5 years in length or greater than $100,000,000 in
value unless such lease is specifically authorized by the
Congress and appropriations have been provided to fully cover
the Federal Government's contingent liabilities: Provided
further, That none of the funds in this Act for aeronautical
charting and cartography are available for activities conducted
by, or coordinated through, the Transportation Administrative
Service Center.
Facilities and Equipment
(airport and airway trust fund)
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for
acquisition, establishment, and improvement by contract or
purchase, and hire of air navigation and experimental
facilities and equipment as authorized under part A of subtitle
VII of title 49, United States Code, including initial
acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; engineering
and service testing, including construction of test facilities
and acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; and
construction and furnishing of quarters and related
accommodations for officers and employees of the Federal
Aviation Administration stationed at remote localities where
such accommodations are not available; and the purchase, lease,
or transfer of aircraft from funds available under this head;
to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund,
$2,656,765,000, of which $2,334,112,400 shall remain available
until September 30, 2003, and of which $322,652,600 shall
remain available until September 30, 2001: Provided, That there
may be credited to this appropriation funds received from
States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and
private sources, for expenses incurred in the establishment and
modernization of air navigation facilities: Provided further,
That upon initial submission to the Congress of the fiscal year
2002 President's budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall
transmit to the Congress a comprehensive capital investment
plan for the Federal Aviation Administration which includes
funding for each budget line item for fiscal years 2002 through
2006, with total funding for each year of the plan constrained
to the funding targets for those years as estimated and
approved by the Office of Management and Budget: Provided
further, That the amount herein appropriated shall be reduced
by $100,000 per day for each day after initial submission of
the President's budget that the plan has not been submitted to
the Congress: Provided further, That none of the funds in this
Act may be used for the Federal Aviation Administration to
enter into a capital lease agreement unless appropriations have
been provided to fully cover the Federal Government's
contingent liabilities at the time the lease agreement is
signed.
Research, Engineering, and Development
(airport and airway trust fund)
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for
research, engineering, and development, as authorized under
part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code,
including construction of experimental facilities and
acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant, $187,000,000,
to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to
remain available until September 30, 2003: Provided, That there
may be credited to this appropriation funds received from
States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and
private sources, for expenses incurred for research,
engineering, and development.
Grants-in-Aid for Airports
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(limitation on obligations)
(airport and airway trust fund)
For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in-aid
for airport planning and development, and noise compatibility
planning and programs as authorized under subchapter I of
chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 of title 49, United
States Code, and under other law authorizing such obligations;
for administration of such programs; for administration of
programs under section 40117; for procurement, installation,
and commissioning of runway incursion prevention devices and
systems at airports; and for inspection activities and
administration of airport safety programs, including those
related to airport operating certificates under section 44706
of title 49, United States Code, $3,200,000,000, to be derived
from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to remain available
until expended: Provided, That none of the funds under this
heading shall be available for the planning or execution of
programs the obligations for which are in excess of
$3,200,000,000 in fiscal year 2001, notwithstanding section
47117(h) of title 49, United States Code: Provided further,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, not more than
$53,000,000 of funds limited under this heading shall be
obligated for administration.
Grants-in-Aid for Airports
(airport and airway trust fund)
(rescission of contract authorization)
Of the unobligated balances authorized under 49 U.S.C.
48103, as amended, $579,000,000 are rescinded.
Aviation Insurance Revolving Fund
The Secretary of Transportation is hereby authorized to
make such expenditures and investments, within the limits of
funds available pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 44307, and in accordance
with section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, as
amended (31 U.S.C. 9104), as may be necessary in carrying out
the program for aviation insurance activities under chapter 443
of title 49, United States Code.
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
Limitation on Administrative Expenses
Necessary expenses for administration and operation of the
Federal Highway Administration not to exceed $295,119,000 shall
be paid in accordance with law from appropriations made
available by this Act to the Federal Highway Administration
together with advances and reimbursements received by the
Federal Highway Administration: Provided, That of the funds
available under section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code:
$4,000,000 shall be available for Commercial Remote Sensing
Products and Spatial Information Technologies under section
5113 of Public Law 105-178, as amended; $10,000,000 shall be
available for the National Historic Covered Bridge Preservation
Program under section 1224 of Public Law 105-178, as amended;
$5,000,000 shall be available for the construction and
improvement of the Alabama State Docks, and shall remain
available until expended; $10,000,000 shall be available to
Auburn University for research activities at the Center for
Transportation Technology and to construct a building to house
the center, and shall remain available until expended;
$7,500,000 shall be available for ``Child Passenger Protection
Education Grants'' under section 2003(b) of Public Law 105-178,
as amended; and $25,000,000 shall be available for the
Transportation and Community and System Preservation Program
under section 1221 of Public Law 105-178, as amended.
Federal-Aid Highways
(limitation on obligations)
(highway trust fund)
None of the funds in this Act shall be available for the
implementation or execution of programs, the obligations for
which are in excess of $29,661,806,000 for Federal-aid highways
and highway safety construction programs for fiscal year 2001:
Provided, That within the $29,661,806,000 obligation limitation
on Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction
programs, not more than $437,250,000 shall be available for the
implementation or execution of programs for transportation
research (sections 502, 503, 504, 506, 507, and 508 of title
23, United States Code, as amended; section 5505 of title 49,
United States Code, as amended; and sections 5112 and 5204-5209
of Public Law 105-178) for fiscal year 2001; not more than
$25,000,000 shall be available for the implementation or
execution of programs for the Magnetic Levitation
Transportation Technology Deployment Program (section 1218 of
Public Law 105-178) for fiscal year 2001, of which not to
exceed $1,000,000 shall be available to the Federal Railroad
Administration for administrative expenses and technical
assistance in connection with such program, of which not to
exceed $1,500,000 shall be available to the Federal Railroad
Administration for ``Safety and operations'', and,
notwithstanding section 1218(c)(4) of Public Law 105-178, of
which $1,000,000 shall be available for low speed magnetic
levitation research and development; not more than $31,000,000
shall be available for the implementation or execution of
programs for the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (section
111 of title 49, United States Code) for fiscal year 2001:
Provided further, That within the $218,000,000 obligation
limitation on Intelligent Transportation Systems, the following
sums shall be made available for Intelligent Transportation
System projects in the following specified areas:
State of Alaska, $2,350,000;
Alameda-Contra Costa, California, $500,000;
Aquidneck Island, Rhode Island, $500,000;
Austin, Texas, $250,000;
Automated crash notification system, UAB,
$1,000,000;
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, $1,000,000;
Bay County, Florida, $1,500,000;
Beaumont, Texas, $150,000;
Bellingham, Washington, $350,000;
Bloomington Township, Illinois, $400,000;
Calhoun County, Michigan, $750,000;
Carbondale, Pennsylvania, $2,000,000;
Cargo Mate, New Jersey, $750,000;
Charlotte, North Carolina, $625,000;
College Station, Texas, $1,800,000;
Commonwealth of Virginia, $5,500,000;
Corpus Christi, Texas (vehicle dispatching),
$1,000,000;
Delaware River Port Authority, $1,250,000;
DuPage County, Illinois, $500,000;
Fargo, North Dakota, $1,000,000;
Fort Collins, Colorado, $1,250,000;
Hattiesburg, Mississippi, $500,000;
Huntington Beach, California, $1,250,000;
Huntsville, Alabama, $3,000,000;
I-70 West project, Colorado, $750,000;
Inglewood, California, $600,000;
Jackson, Mississippi, $1,000,000;
Jefferson County, Colorado, $4,250,000;
Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania, $1,500,000;
Kansas City, Missouri, $1,250,000;
Lake County, Illinois, $450,000;
Lewis & Clark Trail, Montana, $625,000;
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, $2,000,000;
Moscow, Idaho, $875,000;
Muscle Shoals, Alabama, $1,000,000;
Nashville, Tennessee, $500,000;
New Jersey regional integration/TRANSCOM,
$3,000,000;
North Central Pennsylvania, $750,000;
North Las Vegas, Nevada, $1,800,000;
Norwalk and Santa Fe Springs, California, $500,000;
Oakland and Wayne Counties, Michigan, $1,500,000;
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, $1,500,000;
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, $500,000;
Puget Sound regional fare collection, Washington,
$2,500,000;
Rensselaer County, New York, $500,000;
Rochester, New York, $1,500,000;
Sacramento County, California, $875,000;
Sacramento to Reno, I-80 corridor, $100,000;
Sacramento, California, $500,000;
Salt Lake City (Olympic Games), Utah, $1,000,000;
San Antonio, Texas, $100,000;
Santa Teresa, New Mexico, $500,000;
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, $400,000;
Seabrook, Texas, $1,200,000;
Shreveport, Louisiana, $1,000,000;
South Dakota commercial vehicle, ITS, $1,250,000;
Southeast Michigan, $500,000;
Southhaven, Mississippi, $150,000;
Spokane County, Washington, $1,000,000;
Springfield-Branson, Missouri, $750,000;
St. Louis, Missouri, $500,000;
State of Arizona, $1,000,000;
State of Connecticut, $3,000,000;
State of Delaware, $1,000,000;
State of Illinois, $1,000,000;
State of Indiana (SAFE-T), $1,000,000;
State of Iowa (traffic enforcement and transit),
$2,750,000;
State of Kentucky, $1,500,000;
State of Maryland, $3,000,000;
State of Minnesota, $6,500,000;
State of Missouri (rural), $750,000;
State of Montana, $750,000;
State of Nebraska, $2,600,000;
State of New Mexico, $750,000;
State of North Carolina, $1,500,000;
State of North Dakota, $500,000;
State of Ohio, $2,000,000;
State of Oklahoma, $1,000,000;
State of Oregon, $750,000;
State of South Carolina statewide, $2,000,000;
State of Tennessee, $1,850,000;
State of Utah, $1,500,000;
State of Vermont, $500,000;
State of Wisconsin, $1,000,000;
Texas border phase I, Houston, Texas, $500,000;
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, $2,000,000;
Tuscon, Arizona, $1,250,000;
Vermont rural ITS, $1,500,000;
Washington, DC area, $1,250,000;
Washoe County, Nevada, $200,000;
Wayne County, Michigan, $5,000,000;
Williamson County/Round Rock, Texas, $250,000:
Provided further, That, notwithstanding Public Law 105-178, as
amended, funds authorized under section 110 of title 23, United
States Code, for fiscal year 2001 shall be apportioned based on
each State's percentage share of funding provided for under
section 105 of title 23, United States Code, for fiscal year
2001, except that before such apportionments are made,
$156,486,491 shall be set aside for projects authorized under
section 1602 of Public Law 105-178, as amended; $25,000,000
shall be set aside for the Indian Reservation Roads Program
under section 204 of title 23, United States Code $18,467,857
shall be set aside for the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge
project authorized by section 404 of the Woodrow Wilson
Memorial Bridge Authority Act of 1995, as amended; $10,000,000
shall be set aside for the commercial driver's license program
under motor carrier safety grants authorized by section 31102
of title 49, United States Code; and $1,735,039 shall be set
aside for the Alaska Highway authorized by section 218 of title
23, United States Code. Of the funds to be apportioned under
section 110 for fiscal year 2001, the Secretary shall ensure
that such funds are apportioned for the Interstate Maintenance
program, the National Highway system program, the bridge
program, the surface transportation program, and the congestion
mitigation and air quality program in the same ratio that each
State is apportioned funds for such program in fiscal year 2001
but for this section: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, of the funds apportioned to the State of
Oklahoma under section 110 of title 23, United States Code, for
fiscal year 2001, $8,000,000 shall be available only for the
widening of US 177 from SH-33 to 32nd Street in Stillwater,
Oklahoma; $4,300,000 shall be available only for the
reconstruction of US 177 in the vicinity of Cimarron River,
Oklahoma; $1,500,000 shall be available only for the
reconstruction of US 70 from Broken Bow, Oklahoma to the
Arkansas state line; $1,000,000 shall be available only to
improve Battiest-Pickens Road between Battiest and Pickens,
Oklahoma; $140,000 shall be available only to conduct a
feasibility study of increasing lanes or adding passing lanes
on SH 3 in McCurtain, Pushmataha and Atoka Counties, Oklahoma;
and $100,000 shall be available only for the reconstruction of
US 70 in Marshall and Bryan Counties, Oklahoma: Provided
further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, of
the funds apportioned to the State of Mississippi under section
110 of title 23, United States Code, for fiscal year 2001,
$24,600,000 may be available for construction of an interchange
for a connector road from the interchange to U.S. Highway 51,
between mile markers 115 and 120 on I-55 in Mississippi:
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of
law, of the funds apportioned to the State of New York under
section 110 of title 23, United States Code, for fiscal year
2001, $4,000,000 shall be available only to upgrade and improve
the Albany North Creek intermodal transportation corridor:
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of
law, of the funds apportioned to the State of Nebraska under
section 110 of title 23, United States Code, for fiscal year
2001, $3,500,000 shall be available only for the construction
of a pedestrian overpass in Lincoln: Provided further, That,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds
apportioned to the State of Alabama under section 110 of title
23, United States Code, for fiscal year 2001, $8,000,000 shall
be available only for construction of the Patton Island bridge
in Lauderdale County, Alabama: Provided further, That,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds
apportioned to the State of California under section 110 of
title 23, United States Code, for fiscal year 2001, $46,000,000
shall be available only for traffic mitigation and other
improvements to existing SR710 in South Pasadena, Pasadena and
El Serano: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the obligation limitation distributed for
specific projects described herein shall remain available until
expended and shall be in addition to the amount of any
obligation limitation imposed on obligations for Federal-aid
highway and highway safety construction programs for future
fiscal years.
Federal-Aid Highways
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(highway trust fund)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for carrying
out the provisions of title 23, United States Code, that are
attributable to Federal-aid highways, including the National
Scenic and Recreational Highway as authorized by 23 U.S.C. 148,
not otherwise provided, including reimbursement for sums
expended pursuant to the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 308,
$28,000,000,000 or so much thereof as may be available in and
derived from the Highway Trust Fund, to remain available until
expended.
Emergency Relief Program
(highway trust fund)
For an additional amount for the Emergency Relief Program
for emergency expenses resulting from floods and other natural
disasters, as authorized by section 125 of title 23, United
States Code, $720,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust
Fund and to remain available until expended: Provided, That the
entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended:
Provided further, That the entire amount shall be available
only to the extent that an official budget request for
$720,000,000, that includes designation of the entire amount of
the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the
Balanced Budget and Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is
transmitted by the President to the Congress.
FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
motor carrier safety
limitation on administrative expenses
For necessary expenses for administration of motor carrier
safety programs and motor carrier safety research, pursuant to
section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code, not to exceed
$92,194,000 shall be paid in accordance with law from
appropriations made available by this Act and from any
available take-down balances to the Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration, together with advances and
reimbursements received by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration: Provided, That such amounts shall be available
to carry out the functions and operations of the Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Administration.
National Motor Carrier Safety Program
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(limitation on obligations)
(highway trust fund)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 49
U.S.C. 31102, $177,000,000, to be derived from the Highway
Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: Provided,
That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the
implementation or execution of programs the obligations for
which are in excess of $177,000,000 for ``Motor Carrier Safety
Grants''.
NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
Operations and Research
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the
Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety under
chapter 301 of title 49, United States Code, and part C of
subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code, $116,876,000 of
which $85,321,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2003: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be obligated or expended to plan, finalize, or implement
any rulemaking to add to section 575.104 of title 49 of the
Code of Federal Regulations any requirement pertaining to a
grading standard that is different from the three grading
standards (treadwear, traction, and temperature resistance)
already in effect: Provided further, That none of the funds
appropriated in this Act may be obligated or expended to
purchase a vehicle to conduct New Car Assessment Program crash
testing at a price that exceeds the manufacturer's suggested
retail price, unless the Secretary submits a request for a
waiver that is approved by the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations: Provided further, That the Department of
Transportation shall fund a study with the National Academy of
Sciences on whether the static stability factor is a
scientifically valid measurement that presents practical,
useful information to the public including a comparison of the
static stability factor test versus a test with rollover
metrics based on dynamic driving conditions that may induce
rollover events: Provided further, That nothing in this
provision prohibits NHTSA from completing action on its
proposal to provide rollover rating information to the public
while the National Academy of Sciences conducts this study:
Provided further, That to the extent NHTSA continues action on
its rollover ratings proposal during the study, the agency
shall consider any available preliminary deliberations or
conclusions available from the National Academy of Sciences
before completing action on its proposal, and shall consider
coordinating any final action on its proposal with the
completion of the National Academy of Sciences study: Provided
further, That the National Academy of Sciences shall complete
this study and issue a report to the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations not later than nine months after
the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That after
the National Academy of Sciences submits its findings to the
Congress and the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration shall formally review and respond within thirty
days to the study findings and propose any appropriate
revisions to the consumer information program based on that
review.
Operations and Research
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(limitation on obligations)
(highway trust fund)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the
provisions of 23 U.S.C. 403, to remain available until
expended, $72,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust
Fund: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be
available for the planning or execution of programs the total
obligations for which, in fiscal year 2001, are in excess of
$72,000,000 for programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 403.
National Driver Register
(highway trust fund)
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the
Secretary with respect to the National Driver Register under
chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code, $2,000,000, to be
derived from the Highway Trust Fund, and to remain available
until expended.
Highway Traffic Safety Grants
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(limitation on obligations)
(highway trust fund)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for payment of
obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions of 23
U.S.C. 402, 405, 410, and 411 to remain available until
expended, $213,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust
Fund: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be
available for the planning or execution of programs the total
obligations for which, in fiscal year 2001, are in excess of
$213,000,000 for programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 402, 405,
410, and 411 of which $155,000,000 shall be for ``Highway
Safety Programs'' under 23 U.S.C. 402, $13,000,000 shall be for
``Occupant Protection Incentive Grants'' under 23 U.S.C. 405,
$36,000,000 shall be for ``Alcohol-Impaired Driving
Countermeasures Grants'' under 23 U.S.C. 410, and $9,000,000
shall be for the ``State Highway Safety Data Grants'' under 23
U.S.C. 411: Provided further, That none of these funds shall be
used for construction, rehabilitation, or remodeling costs, or
for office furnishings and fixtures for State, local, or
private buildings or structures: Provided further, That not to
exceed $7,750,000 of the funds made available for section 402,
not to exceed $650,000 of the funds made available for section
405, not to exceed $1,800,000 of the funds made available for
section 410, and not to exceed $450,000 of the funds made
available for section 411 shall be available to NHTSA for
administering highway safety grants under chapter 4 of title
23, United States Code: Provided further, That not to exceed
$500,000 of the funds made available for section 410 ``Alcohol-
Impaired Driving Countermeasures Grants'' shall be available
for technical assistance to the States.
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION
Safety and Operations
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad
Administration, not otherwise provided for, $101,717,000, of
which $5,899,000 shall remain available until expended:
Provided, That, as part of the Washington Union Station
transaction in which the Secretary assumed the first deed of
trust on the property and, where the Union Station
Redevelopment Corporation or any successor is obligated to make
payments on such deed of trust on the Secretary's behalf,
including payments on and after September 30, 1988, the
Secretary is authorized to receive such payments directly from
the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation, credit them to the
appropriation charged for the first deed of trust, and make
payments on the first deed of trust with those funds: Provided
further, That such additional sums as may be necessary for
payment on the first deed of trust may be advanced by the
Administrator from unobligated balances available to the
Federal Railroad Administration, to be reimbursed from payments
received from the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation.
Railroad Research and Development
For necessary expenses for railroad research and
development, $25,325,000, to remain available until expended.
Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Program
The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to issue to
the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obligations
pursuant to section 512 of the Railroad Revitalization and
Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-210), as amended,
in such amounts and at such times as may be necessary to pay
any amounts required pursuant to the guarantee of the principal
amount of obligations under sections 511 through 513 of such
Act, such authority to exist as long as any such guaranteed
obligation is outstanding: Provided, That pursuant to section
502 of such Act, as amended, no new direct loans or loan
guarantee commitments shall be made using Federal funds for the
credit risk premium during fiscal year 2001.
Rhode Island Rail Development
For the costs associated with construction of a third track
on the Northeast Corridor between Davisville and Central Falls,
Rhode Island, with sufficient clearance to accommodate double
stack freight cars, $17,000,000 to be matched by the State of
Rhode Island or its designee on a dollar-for-dollar basis and
to remain available until expended.
Next Generation High-Speed Rail
For necessary expenses for the Next Generation High-Speed
Rail program as authorized under 49 U.S.C. 26101 and 26102,
$25,100,000, to remain available until expended.
Alaska Railroad Rehabilitation
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to
the Alaska Railroad, $20,000,000 shall be for capital
rehabilitation and improvements benefiting its passenger
operations, to remain available until expended.
West Virginia Rail Development
For capital costs associated with track, signal, and
crossover rehabilitation and improvements on the MARC Brunswick
line in West Virginia, $15,000,000, to remain available until
expended.
Capital Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation
For necessary expenses of capital improvements of the
National Railroad Passenger Corporation as authorized by 49
U.S.C. 24104(a), $521,476,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That the Secretary shall not obligate more
than $208,590,000 prior to September 30, 2001.
FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION
Administrative Expenses
For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal
Transit Administration's programs authorized by chapter 53 of
title 49, United States Code, $12,800,000: Provided, That no
more than $64,000,000 of budget authority shall be available
for these purposes: Provided further, That of the funds in this
Act available for the execution of contracts under section
5327(c) of title 49, United States Code, $1,000,000 shall be
transferred to the Department of Transportation's Office of
Inspector General for costs associated with the audit and
review of new fixed guideway systems: Provided further, That
not to exceed $2,500,000 for the National Transit Database
shall remain available until expended.
Formula Grants
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5307, 5308,
5310, 5311, 5327, and section 3038 of Public Law 105-178,
$669,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That no more than $3,345,000,000 of budget authority shall be
available for these purposes: Provided further, That of the
funds provided under this heading, $60,000,000 shall be
available for grants for the costs of planning, delivery, and
temporary use of transit vehicles for special transportation
needs and construction of temporary transportation facilities
for the XIX Winter Olympiad and the VIII Paralympiad for the
Disabled, to be held in Salt Lake City, Utah: Provided further,
That in allocating the funds designated in the preceding
proviso, the Secretary shall make grants only to the Utah
Department of Transportation, and such grants shall not be
subject to any local share requirement or limitation on
operating assistance under this Act or the Federal Transit Act,
as amended: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 3008
of Public Law 105-178, the $50,000,000 to carry out 49 U.S.C.
5308 shall be transferred to and merged with funding provided
for the replacement, rehabilitation, and purchase of buses and
related equipment and the construction of bus-related
facilities under ``Federal Transit Administration, Capital
investment grants''.
University Transportation Research
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5505,
$1,200,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That
no more than $6,000,000 of budget authority shall be available
for these purposes.
Transit Planning and Research
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5303, 5304,
5305, 5311(b)(2), 5312, 5313(a), 5314, 5315, and 5322,
$22,200,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That
no more than $110,000,000 of budget authority shall be
available for these purposes: Provided further, That $5,250,000
is available to provide rural transportation assistance (49
U.S.C. 5311(b)(2)), $4,000,000 is available to carry out
programs under the National Transit Institute (49 U.S.C. 5315),
$8,250,000 is available to carry out transit cooperative
research programs (49 U.S.C. 5313(a)), $52,113,600 is available
for metropolitan planning (49 U.S.C. 5303, 5304, and 5305),
$10,886,400 is available for State planning (49 U.S.C.
5313(b)); and $29,500,000 is available for the national
planning and research program (49 U.S.C. 5314).
Trust Fund Share of Expenses
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(highway trust fund)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for payment of
obligations incurred in carrying out 49 U.S.C. 5303-5308, 5310-
5315, 5317(b), 5322, 5327, 5334, 5505, and sections 3037 and
3038 of Public Law 105-178, $5,016,600,000, to remain available
until expended, and to be derived from the Mass Transit Account
of the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That $2,676,000,000 shall
be paid to the Federal Transit Administration's formula grants
account: Provided further, That $87,800,000 shall be paid to
the Federal Transit Administration's transit planning and
research account: Provided further, That $51,200,000 shall be
paid to the Federal Transit Administration's administrative
expenses account: Provided further, That $4,800,000 shall be
paid to the Federal Transit Administration's university
transportation research account: Provided further, That
$80,000,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit
Administration's job access and reverse commute grants program:
Provided further, That $2,116,800,000 shall be paid to the
Federal Transit Administration's capital investment grants
account.
Capital Investment Grants
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5308, 5309,
5318, and 5327, $529,200,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That no more than $2,646,000,000 of budget
authority shall be available for these purposes: Provided
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, there
shall be available for fixed guideway modernization,
$1,058,400,000; there shall be available for the replacement,
rehabilitation, and purchase of buses and related equipment and
the construction of bus-related facilities, $529,200,000,
together with $50,000,000 transferred from ``Federal Transit
Administration, formula grants''; and there shall be available
for new fixed guideway systems $1,058,400,000, together with
$4,983,828 made available for the Pittsburgh airport busway
project under Public Law 105-66, together with $1,488,750 made
available for the Burlington to Gloucester, New Jersey line
under Public Law 103-331, together with $20,521,470 previously
appropriated for the Orlando Lynx light rail project remaining
unobligated as of or deobligated after September 30, 2000; to
be available as follows:
$10,400,000 for Alaska or Hawaii ferry projects;
$500,000 for the Albuquerque/Greater Albuquerque
mass transit project;
$25,000,000 for the Atlanta, Georgia, North line
extension project;
$1,000,000 for the Austin, Texas, capital metro
light rail project;
$3,000,000 for the Baltimore central LRT double
track project;
$5,000,000 for the Birmingham, Alabama, transit
corridor;
$25,000,000 for the Boston South Boston Piers
transitway project;
$1,000,000 for the Boston Urban Ring project;
$2,000,000 for the Burlington-Bennington (ABRB),
Vermont, commuter rail project;
$1,000,000 for the Calais, Maine, branch line
regional transit program;
$2,000,000 for the Canton-Akron-Cleveland commuter
rail project;
$3,000,000 for the Central Florida commuter rail
project;
$5,000,000 for the Charlotte, North Carolina,
north-south corridor transitway projects;
$35,000,000 for the Chicago METRA commuter rail
projects;
$15,000,000 for the Chicago Ravenswood and Douglas
branch reconstruction projects;
$1,500,000 for the Clark County, Nevada, RTC fixed
guideway project;
$4,000,000 for the Cleveland Euclid corridor
improvement project;
$1,000,000 for the Colorado Roaring Fork Valley
project;
$70,000,000 for the Dallas north central light rail
extension project;
$3,000,000 for the Denver Southeast corridor
project;
$20,200,000 for the Denver Southwest corridor
project;
$500,000 for the Detroit, Michigan, metropolitan
airport light rail project;
$50,000,000 for the Dulles corridor project;
$15,000,000 for the Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Tri-
County commuter rail project;
$1,000,000 for the Galveston, Texas, rail trolley
extension project;
$15,000,000 for the Girdwood to Wasilla, Alaska,
commuter rail project;
$500,000 for the Harrisburg-Lancaster capital area
transit corridor 1 commuter rail project;
$1,000,000 for the Hollister/Gilroy branch line
rail extension project;
$2,500,000 for Honolulu, Hawaii, bus rapid transit
project;
$2,500,000 for the Houston advanced transit
project;
$10,750,000 for the Houston regional bus project;
$3,000,000 for the Indianapolis, Indiana,
northeast-downtown corridor project;
$1,000,000 for the Johnson County, Kansas, I-35
commuter rail project;
$3,500,000 for Kansas City, Missouri, Southtown
corridor project;
$4,000,000 for the Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee rail
extension project;
$3,000,000 for the Little Rock, Arkansas, river
rail project;
$8,000,000 for the Long Island Railroad East Side
access project;
$2,000,000 for the Los Angeles Mid-City and East
Side corridors projects;
$50,000,000 for the Los Angeles North Hollywood
extension project;
$3,000,000 for the Los Angeles-San Diego LOSSAN
corridor project;
$2,000,000 for the Lowell, Massachusetts-Nashua,
New Hampshire commuter rail project;
$10,000,000 for the MARC expansion projects--Penn-
Camden lines connector and midday storage facility;
$1,000,000 for the Massachusetts North Shore
corridor project;
$6,000,000 for the Memphis, Tennessee, medical
center rail extension project;
$6,000,000 for the Nashville, Tennessee, regional
commuter rail project;
$121,000,000 for the New Jersey Hudson Bergen
project;
$7,000,000 for the Newark-Elizabeth rail link
project;
$2,000,000 for the Northern Indiana south shore
commuter rail project;
$1,000,000 for the Northwest New Jersey-Northeast
Pennsylvania passenger rail project;
$10,000,000 for the Oceanside-Escondido,
California, light rail extension project;
$2,000,000 for the Orange County, California,
transitway project;
$10,000,000 for the Philadelphia-Reading SETPA
Schuylkill Valley metro project;
$2,000,000 for the Philadelphia SEPTA Cross County
metro project;
$10,000,000 for the Phoenix metropolitan area
transit project;
$5,000,000 for the Pittsburgh North Shore-central
business district corridor project;
$12,000,000 for the Pittsburgh stage II light rail
project;
$7,500,000 for the Portland-Interstate MAX LRT
extension project;
$2,000,000 for the Portland, Maine, marine highway
program;
$5,000,000 for the Puget Sound RTA Sounder commuter
rail project;
$10,000,000 for the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill
Triangle transit project;
$500,000 for the Rhode Island-Pawtucket and T.F.
Green commuter rail and maintenance facility;
$35,200,000 for the Sacramento, California, south
corridor LRT project;
$2,000,000 for the Salt Lake City-University light
rail line project;
$1,000,000 for the San Bernardino, California,
Metrolink project;
$31,500,000 for the San Diego Mission Valley East
light rail project;
$80,000,000 for the San Francisco BART extension to
the airport project;
$12,250,000 for the San Jose Tasman West light rail
project;
$75,000,000 for the San Juan Tren Urbano project;
$1,500,000 for the Santa Fe-Eldorado, New Mexico,
rail link project;
$50,000,000 for the Seattle, Washington, central
link LRT project;
$4,000,000 for the Spokane, Washington, South
Valley corridor light rail project;
$1,000,000 for the St. Louis, Missouri, MetroLink
Cross County connector project;
$60,000,000 for the St. Louis-St. Clair MetroLink
extension project;
$8,000,000 for the Stamford, Connecticut, fixed
guideway corridor;
$6,000,000 for the Stockton, California, Altamont
commuter rail project;
$5,000,000 for the Twin Cities Transitways
projects;
$50,000,000 for the Twin Cities Transitways--
Hiawatha corridor project;
$3,000,000 for the Virginia Railway Express
commuter rail project;
$7,500,000 for the Washington Metro-Blue Line
extension-Addison Road (Largo) project;
$2,000,000 for the West Trenton, New Jersey, rail
project;
$2,500,000 for the Whitehall and St. George ferry
terminal projects;
$5,000,000 for the Wilmington, Delaware, downtown
transit corridor project; and
$1,000,000 for the Wilsonville to Washington
County, Oregon, commuter rail project:
Provided further, That any funds previously appropriated for
the Miami-Dade Transit east-west multimodal corridor project
and the Miami Metro-Dade North 27th Avenue corridor project
remaining unobligated as of or deobligated after September 30,
2000, are to be made available for the South Miami-Dade Busway
Extension project: Provided further, That funds made available
under the heading ``Capital investment grants'' in Division A,
Section 101(g) of Public Law 105-277 for the ``Colorado-North
Front Range corridor feasibility study'' are to be made
available for ``Colorado-Eagle Airport to Avon light rail
system feasibility study''; and that funds made available in
Public Law 106-69 under ``Capital investment grants'' for buses
and bus-related facilities that were designated for projects
numbered 14 and 20 shall be made available to the State of
Alabama for buses and bus-related facilities.
Discretionary Grants
(liquidation of contract authorization)
(highway trust fund)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for payment of
previous obligations incurred in carrying out 49 U.S.C.
5338(b), $350,000,000, to remain available until expended and
to be derived from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway
Trust Fund.
Job Access and Reverse Commute Grants
Notwithstanding section 3037(l)(3) of Public Law 105-178,
as amended, for necessary expenses to carry out section 3037 of
the Federal Transit Act of 1998, $20,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That no more than
$100,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for these
purposes: Provided further, That up to $250,000 of the funds
provided under this heading may be used by the Federal Transit
Administration for technical assistance and support and
performance reviews of the Job Access and Reverse Commute
Grants program.
SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation is hereby
authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of
funds and borrowing authority available to the Corporation, and
in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commitments
without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by
section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, as
amended, as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set
forth in the Corporation's budget for the current fiscal year.
Operations and Maintenance
(harbor maintenance trust fund)
For necessary expenses for operations and maintenance of
those portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway operated and
maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development
Corporation, $13,004,000, to be derived from the Harbor
Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public Law 99-662.
RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION
Research and Special Programs
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the
Research and Special Programs Administration, $36,373,000, of
which $645,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund,
and of which $4,707,000 shall remain available until September
30, 2003: Provided, That up to $1,200,000 in fees collected
under 49 U.S.C. 5108(g) shall be deposited in the general fund
of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided further, That
there may be credited to this appropriation, to be available
until expended, funds received from States, counties,
municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources
for expenses incurred for training, for reports publication and
dissemination, and for travel expenses incurred in performance
of hazardous materials exemptions and approvals functions.
Pipeline Safety
(pipeline safety fund)
(oil spill liability trust fund)
For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of the
pipeline safety program, for grants-in-aid to carry out a
pipeline safety program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 60107, and
to discharge the pipeline program responsibilities of the Oil
Pollution Act of 1990, $47,044,000, of which $7,488,000 shall
be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund and shall
remain available until September 30, 2003; of which $36,556,000
shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which
$23,837,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2003;
and of which $3,000,000 shall be derived from amounts
previously collected under 49 U.S.C. 60301: Provided, That
amounts previously collected under 49 U.S.C. 60301 shall be
available for damage prevention grants to States.
Emergency Preparedness Grants
(emergency preparedness fund)
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5127(c),
$200,000, to be derived from the Emergency Preparedness Fund,
to remain available until September 30, 2003: Provided, That
not more than $14,300,000 shall be made available for
obligation in fiscal year 2001 from amounts made available by
49 U.S.C. 5116(i) and 5127(d): Provided further, That none of
the funds made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i) and 5127(d) shall
be made available for obligation by individuals other than the
Secretary of Transportation, or his designee.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
Salaries and Expenses
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General
to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of
1978, as amended, $48,450,000: Provided, That the Inspector
General shall have all necessary authority, in carrying out the
duties specified in the Inspector General Act, as amended (5
U.S.C. App. 3) to investigate allegations of fraud, including
false statements to the government (18 U.S.C. 1001), by any
person or entity that is subject to regulation by the
Department: Provided further, That the funds made available
under this heading shall be used to investigate, pursuant to
section 41712 of title 49, United States Code: (1) unfair or
deceptive practices and unfair methods of competition by
domestic and foreign air carriers and ticket agents; and (2)
the compliance of domestic and foreign air carriers with
respect to item (1) of this proviso.
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
Salaries and Expenses
For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation Board,
including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $17,954,000:
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, not
to exceed $900,000 from fees established by the Chairman of the
Surface Transportation Board shall be credited to this
appropriation as offsetting collections and used for necessary
and authorized expenses under this heading: Provided further,
That the sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be
reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting
collections are received during fiscal year 2001, to result in
a final appropriation from the general fund estimated at no
more than $17,054,000.
TITLE II
RELATED AGENCIES
ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD
Salaries and Expenses
For expenses necessary for the Architectural and
Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, as authorized by
section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended,
$4,795,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision
of law, there may be credited to this appropriation funds
received for publications and training expenses.
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD
Salaries and Expenses
For necessary expenses of the National Transportation
Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and
aircraft; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates
for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to
the rate for a GS-15; uniforms, or allowances therefor, as
authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902) $62,942,000, of which
not to exceed $2,000 may be used for official reception and
representation expenses.
TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS
(including transfers of funds)
Sec. 301. During the current fiscal year applicable
appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall be
available for maintenance and operation of aircraft; hire of
passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of liability
insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign countries on
official department business; and uniforms, or allowances
therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902).
Sec. 302. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year
2001 pay raises for programs funded in this Act shall be
absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act or previous
appropriations Acts.
Sec. 303. Hereafter, funds appropriated under this or any
other Act for expenditures by the Federal Aviation
Administration shall be available: (1) except as otherwise
authorized by title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), for expenses of
primary and secondary schooling for dependents of Federal
Aviation Administration personnel stationed outside the
continental United States at costs for any given area not in
excess of those of the Department of Defense for the same area,
when it is determined by the Secretary that the schools, if
any, available in the locality are unable to provide adequately
for the education of such dependents; and (2) for
transportation of said dependents between schools serving the
area that they attend and their places of residence when the
Secretary, under such regulations as may be prescribed,
determines that such schools are not accessible by public means
of transportation on a regular basis.
Sec. 304. Appropriations contained in this Act for the
Department of Transportation shall be available for services as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not
to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for an
Executive Level IV.
Sec. 305. None of the funds in this Act shall be available
for salaries and expenses of more than 104 political and
Presidential appointees in the Department of Transportation:
Provided, That none of the personnel covered by this provision
or political and Presidential appointees in an independent
agency funded in this Act may be assigned on temporary detail
outside the Department of Transportation or such independent
agency.
Sec. 306. None of the funds in this Act shall be used for
the planning or execution of any program to pay the expenses
of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties intervening in
regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act.
Sec. 307. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year,
nor may any be transferred to other appropriations, unless
expressly so provided herein.
Sec. 308. The expenditure of any appropriation under this
Act for any consulting service through procurement contract
pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, shall
be limited to those contracts where such expenditures are a
matter of public record and available for public inspection,
except where otherwise provided under existing law, or under
existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
Sec. 309. (a) No recipient of funds made available in
this Act shall disseminate personal information (as defined in
18 U.S.C. 2725(3)) obtained by a State department of motor
vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle record as defined
in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1), except as provide in 18 U.S.C. 2721 for a
use permitted under 18 U.S.C. 2721.
(b) 18 U.S.C. 2725 is amended by:
In paragraph (2) striking the word ``and''; and inserting
after paragraph 3:
``(4) `highly restricted personal information'
means an individual's photograph or image, social
security number, medical or disability information; and
``(5) `express consent' means consent in writing,
including consent conveyed electronically that bears an
electronic signature as defined in section 106(5) of
Public Law 106-229.''
(c) 18 U.S.C. 2721(a) is amended to read as follows:
``(a) In General.--A State department of motor vehicles,
and any officer, employee, or contractor thereof, shall not
knowingly disclose or otherwise make available to any person or
entity:
``(1) personal information, as defined in 18 U.S.C.
2725(3), about any individual obtained by the
department in connection with a motor vehicle record,
except as provided in subsection (b) of this section;
or
``(2) highly restricted personal information, as
defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(4), about any individual
obtained by the department in connection with a motor
vehicle record, without the express consent of the
person to whom such information applies, except uses
permitted in subsections (b)(1), (b)(4), (b)(6), and
(b)(9): Provided, That subsection (a)(2) shall not in
any way affect the use of organ donation information on
an individual's driver's license or affect the
administration of organ donation initiatives in the
States.''
(d) 18 U.S.C. 2721(b) is amended by inserting before
``may be disclosed'' ``, subject to subsection (a)(2),''.
(e) 18 U.S.C. 2721 is amended by inserting after
subsection (d):
``(e) Prohibition on Conditions.--No State may condition
or burden in any way the issuance of an individual's motor
vehicle record as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1) to obtain
express consent. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed
to prohibit a State from charging an administrative fee for
issuance of a motor vehicle record.''
(f) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall
not withhold funds provided in this Act for any grantee if a
State is in noncompliance with this provision.
Sec. 310. (a) For fiscal year 2001, the Secretary of
Transportation shall--
(1) not distribute from the obligation limitation
for Federal-aid Highways amounts authorized for
administrative expenses and programs funded from the
administrative takedown authorized by section 104(a) of
title 23, United States Code, and paragraph (7) of this
section, for the highway use tax evasion program, and
amounts provided under section 110 of title 23, United
States Code, excluding $128,752,000 pursuant to
subsection (e) of section 110 of title 23, as amended,
and for the Bureau of Transportation Statistics;
(2) not distribute an amount from the obligation
limitation for Federal-aid Highways that is equal to
the unobligated balance of amounts made available from
the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit
Account) for Federal-aid highways and highway safety
programs for the previous fiscal year the funds for
which are allocated by the Secretary;
(3) determine the ratio that--
(A) the obligation limitation for Federal-
aid Highways less the aggregate of amounts not
distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), bears
to
(B) the total of the sums authorized to be
appropriated for Federal-aid highways and
highway safety construction programs (other
than sums authorized to be appropriated for
sections set forth in paragraphs (1) through
(7) of subsection (b) and sums authorized to be
appropriated for section 105 of title 23,
United States Code, equal to the amount
referred to in subsection (b)(8)) for such
fiscal year less the aggregate of the amounts
not distributed under paragraph (1) of this
subsection;
(4) distribute the obligation limitation for
Federal-aid Highways less the aggregate amounts not
distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 117
of title 23, United States Code (relating to high
priority projects program), section 201 of the
Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, the
Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge Authority Act of 1995,
and $2,000,000,000 for such fiscal year under section
105 of title 23, United States Code (relating to
minimum guarantee) so that the amount of obligation
authority available for each of such sections is equal
to the amount determined by multiplying the ratio
determined under paragraph (3) by the sums authorized
to be appropriated for such section (except in the case
of section 105, $2,000,000,000) for such fiscal year;
(5) distribute the obligation limitation provided
for Federal-aid Highways less the aggregate amounts not
distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) and amounts
distributed under paragraph (4) for each of the
programs that are allocated by the Secretary under
title 23, United States Code (other than activities to
which paragraph (1) applies and programs to which
paragraph (4) applies) by multiplying the ratio
determined under paragraph (3) by the sums authorized
to be appropriated for such program for such fiscal
year;
(6) distribute the obligation limitation provided
for Federal-aid Highways less the aggregate amounts not
distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) and amounts
distributed under paragraphs (4) and (5) for Federal-
aid highways and highway safety construction programs
(other than the minimum guarantee program, but only to
the extent that amounts apportioned for the minimum
guarantee program for such fiscal year exceed
$2,639,000,000, and the Appalachian development highway
system program) that are apportioned by the Secretary
under title 23, United States Code, in the ratio that--
(A) sums authorized to be appropriated for
such programs that are apportioned to each
State for such fiscal year, bear to
(B) the total of the sums authorized to be
appropriated for such programs that are
apportioned to all States for such fiscal year;
and
(7) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
after determining the amount of funds to be allocated
to the surface transportation program, to the bridge
program, to the congestion mitigation and air quality
improvement program, and to the Interstate and National
Highway System program, under section 110 of title 23,
United States Code, deduct a sum, in an amount not to
exceed 1\1/6\ percent of the sum made available to each
program, to administer the provisions of law to be
financed from appropriations for the Federal-aid
highways program.
(b) Exceptions From Obligation Limitation.--The obligation
limitation for Federal-aid Highways shall not apply to
obligations: (1) under section 125 of title 23, United States
Code; (2) under section 147 of the Surface Transportation
Assistance Act of 1978; (3) under section 9 of the Federal-Aid
Highway Act of 1981; (4) under sections 131(b) and 131( j) of
the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982; (5) under
sections 149(b) and 149(c) of the Surface Transportation and
Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987; (6) under sections
1103 through 1108 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation
Efficiency Act of 1991; (7) under section 157 of title 23,
United States Code, as in effect on the day before the date of
the enactment of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st
Century; and (8) under section 105 of title 23, United States
Code (but, only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for such
fiscal year).
(c) Redistribution of Unused Obligation Authority.--
Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall after
August 1 for such fiscal year revise a distribution of the
obligation limitation made available under subsection (a) if a
State will not obligate the amount distributed during that
fiscal year and redistribute sufficient amounts to those States
able to obligate amounts in addition to those previously
distributed during that fiscal year giving priority to those
States having large unobligated balances of funds apportioned
under sections 104 and 144 of title 23, United States Code,
section 160 (as in effect on the day before the enactment of
the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century) of title
23, United States Code, and under section 1015 of the
Intermodal Surface Transportation Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 1943-
1945).
(d) Applicability of Obligation Limitations to
Transportation Research Programs.--The obligation limitation
shall apply to transportation research programs carried out
under chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code, except that
obligation authority made available for such programs under
such limitation shall remain available for a period of 3 fiscal
years.
(e) Redistribution of Certain Authorized Funds.--Not later
than 30 days after the date of the distribution of obligation
limitation under subsection (a), the Secretary shall distribute
to the States any funds: (1) that are authorized to be
appropriated for such fiscal year for Federal-aid highways
programs (other than the program under section 160 of title 23,
United States Code) and for carrying out subchapter I of
chapter 311 of title 49, United States Code, and highway-
related programs under chapter 4 of title 23, United States
Code; and (2) that the Secretary determines will not be
allocated to the States, and will not be available for
obligation, in such fiscal year due to the imposition of any
obligation limitation for such fiscal year. Such distribution
to the States shall be made in the same ratio as the
distribution of obligation authority under subsection (a)(6).
The funds so distributed shall be available for any purposes
described in section 133(b) of title 23, United States Code.
(f) Special Rule.--Obligation limitation distributed for a
fiscal year under subsection (a)(4) of this section for a
section set forth in subsection (a)(4) shall remain available
until used and shall be in addition to the amount of any
limitation imposed on obligations for Federal-aid highway and
highway safety construction programs for future fiscal years.
Sec. 311. The limitations on obligations for the programs
of the Federal Transit Administration shall not apply to any
authority under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously made available for
obligation, or to any other authority previously made available
for obligation.
Sec. 312. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to
implement section 404 of title 23, United States Code.
Sec. 313. None of the funds in this Act shall be available
to plan, finalize, or implement regulations that would
establish a vessel traffic safety fairway less than five miles
wide between the Santa Barbara Traffic Separation Scheme and
the San Francisco Traffic Separation Scheme.
Sec. 314. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
airports may transfer, without consideration, to the Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA) instrument landing systems (along
with associated approach lighting equipment and runway visual
range equipment) which conform to FAA design and performance
specifications, the purchase of which was assisted by a Federal
airport-aid program, airport development aid program or airport
improvement program grant. The Federal Aviation Administration
shall accept such equipment, which shall thereafter be operated
and maintained by FAA in accordance with agency criteria.
Sec. 315. None of the funds in this Act shall be available
to award a multiyear contract for production end items that:
(1) includes economic order quantity or long lead time material
procurement in excess of $10,000,000 in any 1 year of the
contract; (2) includes a cancellation charge greater than
$10,000,000 which at the time of obligation has not been
appropriated to the limits of the Government's liability; or
(3) includes a requirement that permits performance under the
contract during the second and subsequent years of the contract
without conditioning such performance upon the appropriation of
funds: Provided, That this limitation does not apply to a
contract in which the Federal Government incurs no financial
liability from not buying additional systems, subsystems, or
components beyond the basic contract requirements.
Sec. 316. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and
except for fixed guideway modernization projects, funds made
available by this Act under ``Federal Transit Administration,
Capital investment grants'' for projects specified in this Act
or identified in reports accompanying this Act not obligated by
September 30, 2003, and other recoveries, shall be made
available for other projects under 49 U.S.C. 5309.
Sec. 317. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any
funds appropriated before October 1, 2000, under any section of
chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, that remain
available for expenditure may be transferred to and
administered under the most recent appropriation heading for
any such section.
Sec. 318. None of the funds in this Act may be used to
compensate in excess of 335 technical staff-years under the
federally funded research and development center contract
between the Federal Aviation Administration and the Center for
Advanced Aviation Systems Development during fiscal year 2001.
Sec. 319. Funds received by the Federal Highway
Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and Federal
Railroad Administration from States, counties, municipalities,
other public authorities, and private sources for expenses
incurred for training may be credited respectively to the
Federal Highway Administration's ``Federal-Aid Highways''
account, the Federal Transit Administration's ``Transit
Planning and Research'' account, and to the Federal Railroad
Administration's ``Safety and Operations'' account, except for
State rail safety inspectors participating in training pursuant
to 49 U.S.C. 20105.
Sec. 320. None of the funds in this Act shall be available
to prepare, propose, or promulgate any regulations pursuant to
title V of the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act
(49 U.S.C. 32901 et seq.) prescribing corporate average fuel
economy standards for automobiles, as defined in such title, in
any model year that differs from standards promulgated for such
automobiles prior to the enactment of this section.
Sec. 321. Funds made available for Alaska or Hawaii ferry
boats or ferry terminal facilities pursuant to 49 U.S.C.
5309(m)(2)(B) may be used to construct new vessels and
facilities, or to improve existing vessels and facilities,
including both the passenger and vehicle-related elements of
such vessels and facilities, and for repair facilities:
Provided, That not more than $3,000,000 of the funds made
available to Hawaii pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 5309(m)(2)(B) may be
used by the State of Hawaii to initiate and operate a passenger
ferryboat services demonstration project to test the viability
of different intra-island and inter-island ferry routes.
Sec. 322. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received by
the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the sale of data
products, for necessary expenses incurred pursuant to 49 U.S.C.
111 may be credited to the Federal-aid highways account for the
purpose of reimbursing the Bureau for such expenses: Provided,
That such funds shall be subject to the obligation limitation
for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction.
Sec. 323. None of the funds in this Act may be obligated or
expended for employee training which: (a) does not meet
identified needs for knowledge, skills and abilities bearing
directly upon the performance of official duties; (b) contains
elements likely to induce high levels of emotional response or
psychological stress in some participants; (c) does not require
prior employee notification of the content and methods to be
used in the training and written end of course evaluations; (d)
contains any methods or content associated with religious or
quasi-religious belief systems or ``new age'' belief systems as
defined in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Notice N-
915.022, dated September 2, 1988; (e) is offensive to, or
designed to change, participants' personal values or lifestyle
outside the workplace; or (f) includes content related to human
immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome
(HIV/AIDS) other than that necessary to make employees more
aware of the medical ramifications of HIV/AIDS and the
workplace rights of HIV-positive employees.
Sec. 324. None of the funds in this Act shall, in the
absence of express authorization by Congress, be used directly
or indirectly to pay for any personal service, advertisement,
telegraph, telephone, letter, printed or written material,
radio, television, video presentation, electronic
communications, or other device, intended or designed to
influence in any manner a Member of Congress or of a State
legislature to favor or oppose by vote or otherwise, any
legislation or appropriation by Congress or a State legislature
after the introduction of any bill or resolution in Congress
proposing such legislation or appropriation, or after the
introduction of any bill or resolution in a State legislature
proposing such legislation or appropriation: Provided, That
this shall not prevent officers or employees of the Department
of Transportation or related agencies funded in this Act from
communicating to Members of Congress or to Congress, on the
request of any Member, or to members of State legislature, or
to a State legislature, through the proper official channels,
requests for legislation or appropriations which they deem
necessary for the efficient conduct of business.
Sec. 325. (a) In General.--None of the funds made available
in this Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity
agrees that in expending the funds the entity will comply with
the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a-10c).
(b) Sense of the Congress; Requirement Regarding Notice.--
(1) Purchase of american-made equipment and
products.--In the case of any equipment or product that
may be authorized to be purchased with financial
assistance provided using funds made available in this
Act, it is the sense of the Congress that entities
receiving the assistance should, in expending the
assistance, purchase only American-made equipment and
products to the greatest extent practicable.
(2) Notice to recipients of assistance.--In
providing financial assistance using funds made
available in this Act, the head of each Federal agency
shall provide to each recipient of the assistance a
notice describing the statement made in paragraph (1)
by the Congress.
(c) Prohibition of Contracts With Persons Falsely Labeling
Products as Made in America.--If it has been finally determined
by a court or Federal agency that any person intentionally
affixed a label bearing a ``Made in America'' inscription, or
any inscription with the same meaning, to any product sold in
or shipped to the United States that is not made in the United
States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any contract
or subcontract made with funds made available in this Act,
pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility
procedures described in sections 9.400 through 9.409 of title
48, Code of Federal Regulations.
Sec. 326. In addition to the funds limited in this Act,
$54,963,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other
than the Mass Transit Account), shall be available for section
1069(y) of Public Law 102-240.
Sec. 327. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, minor fees
and other funds received by the Department from travel
management centers, charge card programs, the subleasing of
building space, and miscellaneous sources are to be credited to
appropriations of the Department and allocated to elements of
the Department using fair and equitable criteria and such funds
shall be available until December 31, 2001.
Sec. 328. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule
or regulation, the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to
allow the issuer of any preferred stock heretofore sold to the
Department to redeem or repurchase such stock upon the payment
to the Department of an amount determined by the Secretary.
Sec. 329. For necessary expenses of the Amtrak Reform
Council authorized under section 203 of Public Law 105-134,
$750,000, to remain available until September 30, 2002:
Provided, That the duties of the Amtrak Reform Council
described in section 203(g)(1) of Public Law 105-134 shall
include the identification of Amtrak routes which are
candidates for closure or realignment, based on performance
rankings developed by Amtrak which incorporate information on
each route's fully allocated costs and ridership on core
intercity passenger service, and which assume, for purposes of
closure or realignment candidate identification, that Federal
subsidies for Amtrak will decline over the 4-year period from
fiscal year 1999 to fiscal year 2002: Provided further, That
these closure or realignment recommendations shall be included
in the Amtrak Reform Council's annual report to the Congress
required by section 203(h) of Public Law 105-134.
Sec. 330. Item number 1473 in the table contained in
section 1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st
Century (112 Stat. 311) is amended by striking ``Stony'' and
inserting ``Commerce''.
Sec. 331. None of the funds in this Act may be used to make
a grant unless the Secretary of Transportation notifies the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations not less than
three full business days before any discretionary grant award,
letter of intent, or full funding grant agreement totaling
$1,000,000 or more is announced by the department or its modal
administrations from: (1) any discretionary grant program of
the Federal Highway Administration other than the emergency
relief program; (2) the airport improvement program of the
Federal Aviation Administration; or (3) any program of the
Federal Transit Administration other than the formula grants
and fixed guideway modernization programs: Provided, That no
notification shall involve funds that are not available for
obligation.
Sec. 332. Of the funds provided for fiscal year 2001 in
section 232 of the Miscellaneous Appropriations Act, 2000, as
enacted by section 1000(a)(5) of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2000, $20,000,000 shall be available only
for fire and life safety improvements to enable the James A.
Farley Post Office in New York City to be used as a train
station and commercial center.
Sec. 333. None of the funds in this Act shall be available
for planning, design, or construction of a light rail system in
Houston, Texas.
Sec. 334. Section 3030(b) of the Transportation Equity Act
for the 21st Century (Public Law 105-178) is amended by adding
at the end the following:
``(72) Wilmington Downtown transit corridor.
``(73) Honolulu Bus Rapid Transit project.''.
Sec. 335. None of the funds appropriated or made available
by this Act or any other Act shall be used (1) to adopt any
proposed rule or proposed amendment to a rule contained in the
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued on April 24, 2000 (Docket
No. FMCSA-97-2350-953), (2) to adopt any rule or amendment to a
rule similar in substance to a proposed rule or proposed
amendment to a rule contained in such Notice, or (3) if any
such proposed rule or proposed amendment to a rule has been
adopted prior to enactment of this section, to enforce such
rule or amendment to a rule: Provided, That nothing in this
section shall apply to issuing and proceeding, through all
stages of rulemaking other than adoption of a final rule, under
subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code on a
supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking to be issued in
Docket No. FMCSA-97-2350-953 that contains proposed rules and
proposed amendments to rules that take appropriate account of
the information received for filing in the docket on the Notice
of Proposed Rulemaking (Docket No. FMCSA-97-2350-953).
Sec. 336. Section 3038(e) of Public Law 105-178 is amended
by striking ``50'' and inserting ``90''.
Sec. 337. Item number 273 in the table contained in section
1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
(Public Law 105-178) is amended by striking ``Reconstruct I-235
and improve the interchange for access to the MLKing Parkway.''
and inserting ``Construction of the north-south segments of the
Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway in Des Moines.''.
Sec. 338. Item number 328 in the table contained in section
1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
(Public Law 105-178) is amended by inserting before ``of'' the
following: ``or construction''.
Sec. 339. Section 1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for
the 21st Century (112 Stat. 256) is amended--
(1) by striking item number 63, relating to Ohio;
and
(2) in item number 186, relating to Ohio, by
striking ``3.75'' and inserting ``7.5''.
Sec. 340. (a) Of the funds apportioned to the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts under each of subsections (b)(1), (b)(2),
(b)(3), and (b)(4) of section 104 and section 105 of title 23,
United States Code, the Secretary shall withhold obligation of
Federal funds and all project approvals for the Central Artery/
Tunnel project in fiscal year 2001 and each fiscal year
thereafter unless the Secretary of the Department of
Transportation determines that the Commonwealth meets each of
the following criteria:
(1) The Commonwealth is in full compliance with the
partnership agreement that was executed on June 22,
2000, between the Federal Highway Administration, the
Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, the Massachusetts
Highway Department, and the Massachusetts Executive
Office of Transportation and Construction.
(2) The Commonwealth is in full compliance with the
balanced statewide program memorandum of understanding
entered into by the Massachusetts Highway Department,
the Executive Office of Transportation and
Construction, and metropolitan planning organizations
in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
(3) The Commonwealth of Massachusetts shall spend
no less than $400,000,000 each year for construction
activities and specific transportation projects as
defined in the Balanced Statewide Program Memorandum of
Understanding on projects other than the Central
Artery/Tunnel project.
(b) After June 22, 2000, the Secretary of Transportation
shall not approve new net advance construction for the Central
Artery/Tunnel project in an amount greater than $222,000,000
and no conversion of advance construction to obligation
authority shall cause the Federal share of funding for the
Central Artery/Tunnel project to exceed $8,549,000,000.
(c) Of the funds apportioned to the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts under each of subsections (b)(1), (b)(2), (b)(3),
and (b)(4) of section 104 and section 105 of title 23, United
States Code, the Secretary shall withhold obligation of Federal
funds and all project approvals for the Central Artery/Tunnel
project in fiscal year 2001 and each fiscal year thereafter
until the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation
finds the annual update of the Central Artery/Tunnel project
finance plan consistent with Federal Highway Administration
financial plan guidance and the Secretary of the Department of
Transportation approves the annual update of the finance plan,
except for fiscal year 2001 when approval of the annual update
of the finance plan will not be required until December 1,
2000.
(d) Total Federal contributions to the Central Artery/
Tunnel project shall not exceed $8,549,000,000.
(e) Should the Secretary withhold Federal funds apportioned
to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts under subsections (b)(1),
(b)(2), (b)(3), and (b)(4) of section 104 and section 105 of
title 23, United States Code, for the Central Artery/Tunnel
project in any fiscal year for noncompliance with this section,
such funds shall be available to the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts for projects other than the Central Artery/Tunnel
project in that fiscal year.
(f) This section shall be in effect for each fiscal year in
which any Federal funds are made available to construct the
Central Artery/Tunnel project in Boston, Massachusetts.
(g) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
section to the contrary, the Secretary is authorized to approve
conversion of advance construction to obligation authority and
otherwise make Federal funds available to the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts without regard to the requirements of this
section, other than subsection (d), if and only if to the
extent necessary, as evidenced by a certificate of the
Secretary of Administration and Finance of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts satisfactory to the Secretary, to enable the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts to pay all or any portion of the
principal amount of notes issued by the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts pursuant to sections 9 through 10D of chapter 11
of the Massachusetts acts of 1997, as amended, to finance costs
of the Central Artery/Tunnel project in anticipation of the
receipts of Federal funds: Provided, That no funds derived from
the sale of grant anticipation notes shall be used to exceed
the caps described in subsections (b) and (d).
Sec. 341. Section 3027(c)(3) of the Transportation Equity
Act for the 21st Century (49 U.S.C. 5307 note; 112 Stat. 2681-
477), relating to services for elderly and persons with
disabilities, is amended by striking ``$1,000,000'' and
inserting ``$1,444,000''.
Sec. 342. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
unobligated balances from section 149(a)(45) and section
149(a)(63) of Public Law 100-17 and the Ebensburg Bypass
Demonstration Project of Public Law 101-164 may be used for
improvements along Route 56 in Cambria County, Pennsylvania,
including the construction of a parking facility in the
vicinity.
Sec. 343. None of the funds in this Act shall be used for
the planning, development, or construction of California State
Route 710 freeway extension project through South Pasadena,
California.
Sec. 344. None of the funds made available in this Act may
be used for engineering work related to an additional runway at
New Orleans International Airport.
Sec. 345. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, up
to $800,000 of unobligated balances from capital investment
grants available for Fayette County, Pennsylvania intermodal
facilities and buses in the Department of Transportation and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277)
and the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106-69) may be made
available for an intermodal parking facility in Cambria County,
Pennsylvania.
Sec. 346. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall
be used to propose or issue rules, regulations, decrees, or
orders for the purpose of implementation, or in preparation for
implementation, of the Kyoto Protocol which was adopted on
December 11, 1997, in Kyoto, Japan at the Third Conference of
the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change, which has not been submitted to the Senate for
advice and consent to ratification pursuant to article II,
section 2, clause 2, of the United States Constitution, and
which has not entered into force pursuant to article 25 of the
Protocol.
Sec. 347. None of the funds appropriated by this Act or any
other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of
personnel who prepare or submit appropriations language as part
of the President's Budget submission to the Congress of the
United States for programs under the jurisdiction of the
Appropriations Subcommittees on Department of Transportation
and Related Agencies that assumes revenues or reflects
reductions from the previous year due to user fee proposals
that have not been enacted into law prior to the submission of
the budget unless such budget submission identifies which
additional spending reductions should occur in the event the
user fee proposals are not enacted prior to the date of the
convening of a committee of conference for the fiscal year 2002
appropriations Act.
Sec. 348. In addition to the authority provided in section
636 of the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government
Appropriations Act, 1997, as included in Public Law 104-208,
title I, section 101(f), as amended, beginning in fiscal year
2001 and thereafter, amounts appropriated for salaries and
expenses for the Department of Transportation may be used to
reimburse an employee whose position is that of safety
inspector for not to exceed one-half the costs incurred by such
employee for professional liability insurance. Any payment
under this section shall be contingent upon the submission of
such information or documentation as the Department may
require.
Sec. 349. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to
pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring airport
sponsors to provide to the Federal Aviation Administration
without cost building construction, maintenance, utilities and
expenses, or space in airport sponsor-owned buildings for
services relating to air traffic control, air navigation or
weather reporting. The prohibition of funds in this section
does not apply to negotiations between the Agency and airport
sponsors to achieve agreement on ``below-market'' rates for
these items or to grant assurances that require airport
sponsors to provide land without cost to the FAA for air
traffic control facilities.
Sec. 350. None of the funds provided in this Act or prior
Appropriations Acts for Coast Guard ``Acquisition,
construction, and improvements'' shall be available after the
fifteenth day of any quarter of any fiscal year beginning after
December 31, 2000, unless the Commandant of the Coast Guard
first submits a quarterly report to the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations on all major Coast Guard
acquisition projects including projects executed for the Coast
Guard by the United States Navy and vessel traffic service
projects: Provided, That such reports shall include an
acquisition schedule, estimated current and year funding
requirements, and a schedule of anticipated obligations and
outlays for each major acquisition project: Provided further,
That such reports shall rate on a relative scale the cost risk,
schedule risk, and technical risk associated with each
acquisition project and include a table detailing unobligated
balances to date and anticipated unobligated balances at the
close of the fiscal year and the close of the following fiscal
year should the Administration's pending budget request for the
acquisition, construction, and improvements account be fully
funded: Provided further, That such reports shall also provide
abbreviated information on the status of shore facility
construction and renovation projects: Provided further, That
all information submitted in such reports shall be current as
of the last day of the preceding quarter.
Sec. 351. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
beginning in fiscal year 2004, the Secretary shall withhold 2
percent of the amount required to be apportioned for Federal-
aid highways to any State under each of paragraphs (1), (3),
and (4) of section 104(b) of title 23, United States Code, if a
State has not enacted and is not enforcing a provision
described in section 163(a) of chapter 1 of title 23, United
States Code; in fiscal year 2005, the Secretary shall withhold
4 percent of the amount required to be apportioned for Federal-
aid highways to any State under each of paragraphs (1), (3),
and (4) of section 104(b) of title 23, United States Code, if a
State has not enacted and is not enforcing a provision
described in section 163(a) of title 23, United States Code; in
fiscal year 2006, the Secretary shall withhold 6 percent of the
amount required to be apportioned for Federal-aid highways to
any State under each of paragraphs (1), (3), and (4) of section
104(b) of title 23, United States Code, if a State has not
enacted and is not enforcing a provision described in section
163(a) of title 23, United States Code; and beginning in fiscal
year 2007 and in each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary
shall withhold 8 percent of the amount required to be
apportioned for Federal-aid highways to any State under each of
paragraphs (1), (3), and (4) of section 104(b) of title 23,
United States Code, if a State has not enacted and is not
enforcing a provision described in section 163(a) of title 23,
United States Code. If within four years from the date that the
apportionment for any State is reduced in accordance with this
section the Secretary determines that such State has enacted
and is enforcing a provision described in section 163(a) of
chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, the apportionment of
such State shall be increased by an amount equal to such
reduction. If at the end of such four-year period, any State
has not enacted and is not enforcing a provision described in
section 163(a) of title 23, United States Code, any amounts so
withheld shall lapse.
Sec. 352. (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, including the Surplus Property Act of 1944
(58 Stat. 765, chapter 479; 50 U.S.C. App. 1622 et seq.), the
Secretary of Transportation (or the appropriate Federal
officer) may waive, without charge, any of the terms contained
in any deed of conveyance described in subsection (b) that
restrict the use of any land described in such a deed that, as
of the date of enactment of this Act, is not being used for the
operation of an airport or for air traffic. A waiver made under
the preceding sentence shall be deemed to be consistent with
the requirements of section 47153 of title 49, United States
Code.
(b) Deed of Conveyance.--A deed of conveyance referred to
in subsection (a) is a deed of conveyance issued by the United
States before the date of enactment of this Act for the
conveyance of lands to a public institution of higher education
in Oklahoma.
(c) Use of Lands Subject to Waiver.--
(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the lands subject to a waiver under
subsection (a) shall not be subject to any term,
condition, reservation, or restriction that would
otherwise apply to that land as a result of the
conveyance of that land by the United States to the
institution of higher education.
(2) Use of lands.--An institution of higher
education that is issued a waiver under subsection (a)
may use revenues derived from the use, operation, or
disposal of that land only for weather-related and
educational purposes that include benefits for
aviation.
(d) Grants.--
(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, if an institution of higher education
that is subject to a waiver under subsection (a)
received financial assistance in the form of a grant
from the Federal Aviation Administration or a
predecessor agency before the date of enactment of this
Act, then the Secretary of Transportation may waive the
repayment of the outstanding amount of any grant that
the institution of higher education would otherwise be
required to pay.
(2) Eligibility to receive subsequent grants.--
Nothing in paragraph (1) shall affect the eligibility
of an institution of higher education that is subject
to that paragraph from receiving grants from the
Secretary of Transportation under chapter 471 of title
49, United States Code, or under any other provision of
law relating to financial assistance provided through
the Federal Aviation Administration.
Sec. 353. The table contained in section 1602 of the
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century is amended in
item 1006 (112 Stat. 294) by striking ``Extend NW 86th Street
from NW 70th Street'' and inserting ``Construct a road from
State Highway 141''.
Sec. 354. For the purpose of constructing an underpass to
improve access and enhance highway/rail safety and economic
development along Star Landing Road in DeSoto County,
Mississippi, the State of Mississippi may use funds previously
allocated to it under the transportation enhancements program,
if available.
Sec. 355. Section 1214 of Public Law 105-178, as amended,
is further amended by adding a new subsection to read as
follows:
``(s) Notwithstanding section 117 (c) of title 23, United
States Code, for project number 1646 in section 1602 of Public
Law 105-178, the non-Federal share of the project may be funded
by Federal funds from an agency or agencies not part of the
United States Department of Transportation.''.
Sec. 356. Hereafter, the New Jersey Transit commuter rail
station to be located at the intersection of the Main/Bergen
line and the Northeast Corridor line in the State of New Jersey
shall be known and designated as the ``Frank R. Lautenberg
Station'': Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation shall
ensure that any and all applicable reference in law, map,
regulation, documentation, and all appropriate signage shall
make reference to the ``Frank R. Lautenberg Station''.
Sec. 357. None of the funds in this Act may be available
for the planning, development or construction of a multi-lane,
limited access expressway at section 800, Pennsylvania Route
202 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
Sec. 358. Item 131 in the table under ``Federal Transit
Administration, Capital investment grants'' in Public Law 106-
69 is amended by adding after ``buses'' the following: ``, bus-
related equipment and bus facilities''.
Sec. 359. Each executive agency shall establish a policy
under which eligible employees of the agency may participate in
telecommuting to the maximum extent possible without diminished
employee performance. Not later than 6 months after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of
Personnel Management shall provide that the requirements of
this section are applied to 25 percent of the Federal
workforce, and to an additional 25 percent of such workforce
each year thereafter.
Sec. 360. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, new
fixed guideway system funds available for the Jackson,
Mississippi, Intermodal Corridor in the Department of
Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998,
Public Law 105-66, may be made available for obligation during
this fiscal year for studies to evaluate and define
transportation alternatives for this project, including an
intermodal facility at Jackson International Airport, and for
related preliminary engineering, final design or construction.
Sec. 361. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, up to
$499,000 of the funds made available in item 760 of section
1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
shall be available for corridor planning studies between
western Baldwin County and Mobile Municipal Airport.
Sec. 362. Item number 78 in section 1107(b) of the
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991
(Public Law 102-240) is amended by inserting ``Akron Innerbelt
(State Route 59) corridor, Broadway viaduct replacement, and
High Street viaduct replacement,'' after ``extension,''.
Sec. 363. Section 117(c) of title 23, United States Code,
is amended by inserting before the period at the end of the
following: ``; except that the Federal share on account of the
project to be carried out under item 1419 of the table
contained in section 1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for
the 21st Century (112 Stat. 309), relating to reconstruction of
a road and causeway in Shiloh Military Park in Hardin County,
Tennessee, shall be 100 percent of the total cost thereof''.
Sec. 364. Section 30118 of title 49, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) in subsections (a), (b)(1), and (c), by
inserting ``, original equipment,'' before ``or
replacement equipment'' each place it appears; and
(2) in subsection (c)--
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2)
as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and
indenting appropriately;
(B) by striking ``A manufacturer'' and
inserting the following: ``(1) In general.--A
manufacturer''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) Duty of manufacturers.--For the purposes of
paragraph (1), a manufacturer of a motor vehicle,
original equipment, or replacement equipment shall have
a duty to review and consider information, including
information received from any foreign source, to learn
whether the vehicle or equipment contains a defect or
does not comply with an applicable motor vehicle safety
standard.''.
Sec. 365. Funds appropriated to the Federal Transit
Administration under the heading ``Transit planning and
research'' for international activities in Public Law 106-69
shall be transferred to and administered by the Agency for
International Development for transportation needs in the
frontline states to the Kosovo conflict, as determined to be
appropriate by the Administrator of the Agency for
International Development.
Sec. 366. Under the heading ``Discretionary Grants'' in
Public Law 105-66, ``$4,000,000 for the Salt Lake City regional
commuter system project;'' is amended to read ``$4,000,000 for
the transit and other transportation-related portions of the
Salt Lake City regional commuter system and Gateway intermodal
terminal;''.
Sec. 367. Of the amounts to be made available in fiscal
year 2001 under section 1404 (safety incentives to prevent
operation of motor vehicles by intoxicated persons) of Public
Law 105-178, $2,492,121 shall be made available to the
Commonwealth of Kentucky for adopting a 0.08 blood alcohol
content standard. Thereafter the remaining funds shall be
distributed by formula to the eligible states, including
Kentucky.
Sec. 368. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary of Transportation shall waive repayment of any
Federal-aid highway funds expended by the City of Spokane,
Washington on the Lincoln Street Bridge Project.
Sec. 369. Items 218 and 219 in the table under ``Federal
Transit Administration, Capital investment grants'' in Division
A, section 101(g) of Public Law 105-277 and items 222 and 223
in the table under ``Federal Transit Administration, Capital
investment grants'' in Public Law 106-69 are amended by
inserting ``and bus and bus facilities'' at the end of each
item.
Sec. 370. Item number 6 in the table contained in section
1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
(Public Law 105-178) is amended by inserting after
``Kaysville'', ``and within the amount provided, $2,000,000 for
repair and reconstruction of the North Ogden Divide Highway''.
Sec. 371. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
States may use funds provided in this Act under section 402 of
title 23, United States Code, to produce and place highway
safety public service messages in television, radio, cinema,
and print media, and on the Internet in accordance with
guidance issued by the Secretary of Transportation. Any State
that uses funds for such public service messages shall submit
to the Secretary a report describing and assessing the
effectiveness of the messages.
Sec. 372. Notwithstanding section 402 of the Department of
Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1982
(49 U.S.C. 10903 nt), Mohall Railroad, Inc. may abandon track
from milepost 5.25 near Granville, North Dakota, to milepost
35.0 at Lansford, North Dakota, and the track so abandoned
shall not be counted against the 350 mile limitation contained
in that section.
Sec. 373. Item number 163 in the table contained in section
1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
(Public Law 105-178) is amended by inserting before the numeral
``which includes the study, design, and construction related to
local street improvements needed to complement the extension of
Kapkowski Road''.
Sec. 374. Item number 331 in the table contained in section
1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112
Stat. 269) is amended by striking ``highway access'' and
inserting ``highway and freight rail access''.
Sec. 375. For capital costs associated with track
relocation, track construction and rehabilitation, highway-rail
separation construction activities including right-of-way
acquisition and utility relocation, and signal improvements in
Muscle Shoals, Tuscumbia, and Sheffield, Alabama, $5,000,000 to
the Alabama Department of Transportation, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That obligation of federal funds is
contingent upon a match of no less than 75 percent from non-
federal sources.
Sec. 376. For capital costs associated with track
acquisition and rehabilitation between Strasburg Junction and
Shenandoah Caverns, Virginia, $1,000,000 to Valley Trains and
Tours, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the
obligation of federal funds is contingent upon an agreement
with Norfolk Southern Corporation on track usage and financial
support by the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Sec. 377. Item 1135 of the table contained in section 1602
of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112
Stat. 298) is amended by striking ``Replace Barton Road/M 14
interchange, Ann Arbor'' and inserting ``Conduct a study of all
possible alternatives to the current M-14/Barton Drive
interchange in Ann Arbor, including relocation of M-14/U.S. 23
from Maple Road to Plymouth Road, mass transit options, and
other means of reducing commuter traffic and improving highway
safety''.
Sec. 378. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in
addition to amounts made available in this Act or any other
Act, the following sums shall be made available from the
Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account):
$50,000,000 for the intelligent transportation infrastructure
program as authorized by section 5117(b)(3) of Public Law 105-
178; $8,500,000 for construction of, and improvements to, 17th
Avenue and 23rd Avenue highway ramps in Denver, Colorado;
$1,000,000 for engineering, construction of, and improvements
to, the Cascade Gateway Border Project in Whatcom County,
Washington; $100,000,000 for construction of, and improvements
to, Corridor D on the Appalachian development highway system in
the State of West Virginia; $1,500,000 for construction of, and
improvements to, the Alameda Corridor-East Gateway to American
Trade corridor project, California; $4,000,000 for construction
of, and improvements to, Avenue G viaduct and connector roads
in Council Bluffs, Iowa; $34,100,000 for design and
construction of the Birmingham, Alabama Northern Beltline;
$13,500,000 for construction of, and improvements to, US 231
from Bowling Green to Scottsville, Kentucky; $150,000 for
improvements to the Broad Street and Wyckoff Road intersection,
including traffic light upgrades, in the Borough of Eatontown,
New Jersey; $12,000,000 for construction of road expansion and
improvements to, the Broad Street Parkway in Nashua, New
Hampshire; $10,000,000 to construct interchanges US 281 at FM
2812, FM 162, FM 490, SP 122, and SH 186 in Texas; $12,500,000
to construct interchanges US 77 at Business 77 North, FM 3186,
FM 490, SP 122, and SP 413 in Texas; $30,000,000 for
construction of, and improvements to, the Cooper River Bridge
in South Carolina; $100,000,000 for construction of, and
improvements to, Corridor X on the Appalachian development
highway system in the State of Alabama; $4,000,000 for
construction, including related activities, of an interchange
at County Highway J and US 10 and to upgrade a segment of US 10
to a four-lane highway in Portage County, Wisconsin; $5,000,000
for construction, including related activities, of the Craig
Road overpass between I-15 and Lossee Road in the City of North
Las Vegas, Nevada; $30,200,000 for construction of, and
improvements to, bridges and other projects on the Dalton
Highway, Alaska; $3,200,000 for improvements to Dayton Road in
Ames, Iowa; $15,000,000 for construction of, and improvements
to, the Detroit, Michigan Ambassador Bridge Gateway project;
$24,000,000 for construction of, and improvements to, FAST
Corridor in Washington; $10,000,000 for construction of, and
improvements to, the Fort Washington Way reconfiguration
project, Cincinnati, Ohio; $35,000,000 for construction of, and
improvements to, the Four Bears Bridge in North Dakota;
$50,000,000 for construction of, and improvements to, the Glenn
Highway/George Parks Highway interchange in Alaska; $8,000,000
for preliminary design of the Interstate Route 69 Great River
Bridge crossing the Mississippi at Bolivar County, Mississippi;
$8,000,000 for reconstruction of, and other improvements to,
Halls Mill Road in Freehold Township and Monmouth County, New
Jersey; $4,500,000 for construction of, and improvements to,
Hamakua-Hilo corridor road and bridge projects, Hawaii;
$35,000,000 for construction, including related activities, of
an extension of Highway 180 from the City of Mendota to I-5 in
Fresno County, California; $10,000,000 to upgrade Highway 36 in
Marion County, Missouri, to four-lane divided highway;
$9,750,000 for widening, relocation of, and other improvements
to South Carolina Highway 5, including the removal and
relocation of municipal utilities, between Interstate 85 in
Cherokee County, South Carolina and Interstate 77 in York
County, South Carolina; $10,000,000 for upgrading Highway 60 in
Shannon and Carter counties, Missouri, to four-lane divided
highway; $6,400,000 for Hoeven Valley corridor, Sioux City,
road, intersection, and rail crossing improvements, in Iowa;
$20,000,000 for environmental work, design, and construction of
the Hoover Dam bypass four-lane bridge; $13,500,000 for
construction of, and improvements to, I-15 between milepost 0
and milepost 16, from the Utah border to Deep Creek, Idaho;
$10,000,000 for construction of, and improvements to, the I-15
Southbound project, Nevada; $10,000,000 for construction of,
and improvements to, I-195 in Rhode Island; $6,400,000 for
municipality relocation costs for I-235 in Polk County, Iowa;
$12,000,000 for environmental work, preliminary survey and
design, and reconstruction of I-35 from Des Moines to Ankeny,
Iowa; $36,000,000 for construction, including related
activities, of the I-39/US 51/SH 29 corridor (Wausau Beltline)
in and around Wausau, Wisconsin; $94,000,000 for construction
of, and improvements to, I-49 in the State of Arkansas;
$18,400,000 for environmental work, preliminary survey and
design of I-69 in Tennessee; $10,000,000 for construction of,
and improvements to, the I-80/US 395 interchange in Reno,
Nevada; $2,800,000 for border crossing improvements on I-87, in
New York; $8,000,000 for construction of, and improvements to,
the I-95 to Transitway access project in Stamford, Connecticut;
$4,000,000 for construction of, and improvements to, U.S.
Department of Transportation structure numbered 289-961-H at
FAS Route 37 in Illinois; $250,000 for improvements at the
Rosedale Road and Provinceline Road intersection in the
Township of Princeton, New Jersey; $1,200,000 for improvements
to County Route 605 in Delaware Township and West Amwell
Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey; $2,500,000 for
improvements to the Route 9 and Route 520 intersection in
Marlboro Township, New Jersey; $5,000,000 for improvements to
US 73 from State Avenue North to Marxen Road in Wyandotte
County, Kansas; $5,000,000 for installation of sound barriers
along the Route 309 Expressway between Limekiln Pike and State
Route 63 in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; $8,700,000 for
construction, including related activities, of a new
interchange on I-435 at Donahoo Road in Wyandotte County,
Kansas; $15,000,000 for construction of, and improvements to,
the intersection at 27th Street and Airport Road in Billings,
Montana; $5,000,000 for construction of, and improvements to,
Kahuku Bridges, Hawaii; $5,500,000 for construction of, and
improvements to, the Kansas Lane Connector Road alignment
project in Monroe, Louisiana; $4,000,000 for construction of,
and improvements to, Kekaha, Kauai access roads, Hawaii;
$10,000,000 for planning, environmental work, and preliminary
engineering of highway, pedestrian vehicular, and bicycle
access to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in
the District of Columbia; $2,500,000 for construction of, and
improvement to, Kihei Road, Hawaii; $10,000,000 for Lafayette
Street access improvements from the US 202 Dannehower Bridge to
the Pennsylvania Turnpike, including extension of Lafayette
Street to the Conshohocken Road, intersection improvements and
bridge reconstruction, in Norristown, Pennsylvania; $12,400,000
for widening and overlay/guard rail work on SR 789 between
Lander and Hudson, Wyoming; $500,000 for reconstruction of
Lewisville Road in Lawrence Township, New Jersey; $3,200,000
for construction of, and improvements to, the Martin Luther
King, Jr. Bridge in Toledo, Ohio; $9,300,000 for construction
of, and improvements to, the Midtown West intermodal ferry
terminal, New York City, New York; $5,000,000 for construction,
including related activities, of an extension of Mississippi
Highway 44, including a bridge over the Pearl River, in
Lawrence County, Mississippi; $13,000,000 for construction of,
and improvements to, the Missouri River pedestrian crossing in
Omaha, Nebraska; $5,000,000 for the NJCDC Training Facility
Project in Paterson, New Jersey; $16,000,000 for construction
of, and improvements to, North Shore Road in Swain County,
North Carolina; $3,500,000 for construction of, and
improvements to, the Norwich, Connecticut intermodal facility
project; $1,500,000 for construction of, and improvements to,
Padanaram and Little River Road bridge projects in Dartmouth,
Massachusetts; $11,000,000 for reconstruction activities on the
Potee Street Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland; $250,000 for
reconstruction of Institute Street, Lockwood Avenue, First
Street, Second Street, Third Street, Ford Avenue, Liberty
Street and Bond Street in the Borough of Freehold, New Jersey;
$4,200,000 for relocation and related construction activities
thereto of MacArthur Boulevard in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma;
$1,200,000 for grade crossing eliminations along Route 17 in
Chemung County, New York; $4,000,000 for construction of, and
improvements to, Route 2 between St. Johnsbury, Vermont and the
New Hampshire State Line; $500,000 for improvements to Route 35
at Clinton Avenue and other intersections in the Borough of
Eatontown, New Jersey; $500,000 for Route 35 corridor
improvements, including signal upgrades, in the Borough of
Eatontown, New Jersey; $2,600,000 for construction of, and
improvements to, the Niangua Bridge on Route 5 in Camden
County, Missouri; $1,000,000 for improvements to Route 641 in
Hunterdon County, New Jersey; $25,000,000 for construction,
including related activities, of the Route 7 North bypass in
Brookfield, Connecticut; $6,000,000 for construction of, and
improvements to, the Route 9 Bennington Bypass, Vermont;
$5,000,000 for construction of, and improvements to, Saddle
Road, Hawaii; $1,200,000 for reconstruction of School Road East
in Marlboro Township, New Jersey; $29,000,000 for construction
of, and improvements to, a Southeast Connector Route between I-
90 and SD 79 in South Dakota; $5,000,000 for improvements,
including traffic signal system upgrades, to State Route 99 in
Shoreline, Washington; $500,000 for the Township of Princeton,
New Jersey municipal complex road improvements, including
improvements to the Valley, Mount Lucas, Terhune and Cherry
Hill roadways in the Township of Princeton, New Jersey;
$23,600,000 for construction of, and improvements to, US 12
between Aberdeen and I-29 in South Dakota; $40,000,000 for
construction of, and improvements to, US 19 in Pinellas County,
Florida; $25,000,000 for construction of, and improvements to,
US 50 Parkersburg bypass in West Virginia; $10,000,000 for
construction of, and improvements to, US 63 in Jonesboro,
Arkansas; $5,000,000 for construction of, and improvements to,
US 101 in Oregon; $4,000,000 for construction of, and
improvements to, US 54 in Kansas; $100,000,000 for construction
of, and improvements to, the US 82 bridge over the Mississippi
River at Greenville, Mississippi; $10,000,000 for construction
of, and improvements to, including widening, of US 95 between
Laughlin Cutoff and Railroad Pass, Nevada; $1,000,000 for
improvements to the Van Wyck Expressway, Queens County, New
York; and $20,000,000 for widening US 53 from two lanes to four
lanes from Minnesota Highway 169 north of Virginia, Minnesota
to Cook, Minnesota: Provided, That the amounts appropriated in
this section shall remain available until expended and shall
not be subject to, or computed against, any obligation
limitation or contract authority set forth in this Act or any
other Act.
Sec. 379. (a) Section 412(a) of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial
Bridge Authority Act of 1995 (109 Stat. 627; 112 Stat. 159) is
amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) by striking ``There is'' and inserting
the following:
``(A) Highway trust fund.--There is''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
``(B) General fund.--
``(i) In general.--In addition to
amounts made available under
subparagraph (A), there is appropriated
to pay the costs described in
subparagraph (A) $600,000,000 for
fiscal year 2001.
``(ii) Condition.--Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, the
additional funds made available by
clause (i) shall be made available only
when 1 or more of the Capital Region
jurisdictions accepts conveyance from
the Secretary of all right, title, and
interest of the United States in and to
the new Bridge.
``(iii) Manner of use.--The use of
the additional funds made available by
clause (i) shall be subject to title
23, United States Code.'';
(2) in paragraph (2)--
(A) by striking ``Funds'' and inserting
``Except as provided in paragraph (3), funds'';
and
(B) by striking ``this section'' and
inserting ``paragraph (1)(A)''; and
(3) by striking ``Code; except that--'' and
inserting the following: ``Code.
``(3) Conditions.--With respect to funds authorized
or appropriated by this section--''.
(b) Section 412 of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge
Authority Act of 1995 (109 Stat. 627; 112 Stat. 159) is amended
by adding at the end the following:
``(d) Limitation on Federal Contribution.--
``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph
(2), the aggregate of the amounts made available from
the Highway Trust Fund and the general fund of the
Treasury under this section shall not exceed
$1,500,000,000.
``(2) Excluded amounts.--Amounts made available for
the Project under section 110 of title 23, United
States Code, shall be excluded from the limitation
established by paragraph (1).''.
Sec. 380. Section 5309(g)(4) of title 49 United States Code
is amended by inserting ``(A)'' after ``(4)'' and by adding at
the end the following:
``(B) For fiscal year 2001 and thereafter, the
amount equivalent to the last 2 fiscal years of funding
authorized under section 5338(b) for new fixed guideway
systems and extensions to existing fixed guideway
systems referred to in subparagraph (A) shall be the
amount equivalent to the last 3 fiscal years of such
authorized funding.
``(C) Any increase in the total estimated amount of
future obligations of the Government and contingent
commitments to incur obligations covered by all
outstanding letters of intent, full funding grant
agreements, and early systems work agreements as a
result of application of subparagraph (B) instead of
subparagraph (A) shall be available as follows:
``(1) $269,100,000 for the Chicago,
Illinois Metra commuter rail project, that
consists of the following elements: the Kane
County extension; the North Central double-
tracking project; and the Southwest corridor
extension.
``(2) $565,600,000 for the Chicago Transit
Authority project that consists of the
following elements: Ravenswood Branch station
and line improvements and the Douglas Branch
reconstruction project.
``(3) For new fixed guideways and
extensions to existing fixed guideway systems
other than for projects referred to in
paragraphs (1) and (2); except that for fiscal
year 2001, such increase under this paragraph
shall not be available for allocation by the
department or for making future obligations of
the Government and contingent commitments until
April 1, 2001.
``(D) Of the amount that would be available under
subparagraph (A) if subparagraph (B) were not in effect
and would have otherwise been allocated by the Federal
Transit Administration to those projects referred to in
subparagraphs (C)(1) and (C)(2) shall be available as
follows:
``(1) $60,000,000 for the Minneapolis
Hiawatha corridor light rail project, which
shall be in addition to amounts otherwise
allocated under subparagraph (A), for a total
of $334,300,000.
``(2) $217,800,000 for the Dulles corridor
bus rapid transit project, that consists of a
light rail extension from the West Falls Church
metrorail station to Tysons Corner, Virginia
and bus rapid transit from Tysons Corner to the
Dulles International Airport.
``(E) Any amount that would be available under
subparagraph (A) if subparagraph (B) were not in effect
and would have otherwise been allocated by the Federal
Transit Administration to those projects referred to in
subparagraphs (C)(1) and (C)(2), shall not be available
for allocation by the department or for making future
obligations of the Government and contingent
commitments until April 1, 2001, except for those
projects referred to in subparagraph (D)(1) and (D)(2).
``(F) Future obligations of the Government and
contingent commitments made against the contingent
commitment authority under section 3032(g)(2) of the
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of
1991 for the San Francisco BART to the Airport project
for fiscal years 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 shall
be charged against section 3032(g)(2) of the Intermodal
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991.
``(G) Any amount that would be available under
subparagraph (A) if subparagraph (F) were not in effect
and would otherwise have been allocated by the Federal
Transit Administration to the project in subparagraph
(F) shall not be available for allocation by the
department or for making future obligations of the
Government and contingent commitments until April 1,
2001.''.
Sec. 381. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
within one week from the date of enactment of this Act, the
Federal Transit Administrator shall sign a Full Funding Grant
Agreement for the MOS-2 segment of the New Jersey Urban Core--
Hudson Bergen project.
Sec. 382. None of the funds appropriated in this or any
other Act may be used to adjust the boundary of the Point
Retreat Light Station or to otherwise limit the property at the
Point Retreat Light Station currently under lease to the Alaska
Lighthouse Association: Provided, That any modifications to the
boundary of the Point Retreat Light Station made after January
1, 1998 is hereby declared null and void.
TITLE IV
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Bureau of the Public Debt
gifts to the united states for reduction of the public debt
For deposit of an additional amount into the account
established under section 3113(d) of title 31, United States
Code, to reduce the public debt, $5,000,000,000.
TITLE V
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Departmental Offices
salaries and expenses
For an additional amount in support of the Nation's
counterterrorism efforts, $6,424,000: Provided, That these
funds shall be for establishing a new interagency National
Terrorist Asset Tracking Center in the Office of Foreign Assets
Control: Provided further, That these funds may be used to
reimburse any Department of the Treasury organization for costs
of providing support for this effort.
Department-Wide Systems and Capital Investments Programs
(including transfer of funds)
For an additional amount for the integrated Treasury
wireless network, $15,000,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That these funds shall be transferred to
accounts and in amounts as necessary to satisfy the
requirements of the Department's offices, bureaus, and other
organizations: Provided further, That this transfer authority
shall be in addition to any other transfer authority provided:
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated shall be
used to support or supplement the Internal Revenue Service
appropriations for Information Systems.
Expanded Access to Financial Services
(including transfer of funds)
For an additional amount to develop and implement programs
to expand access to financial services for low- and moderate-
income individuals, $8,000,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That of these funds, such sums as may be
necessary may be transferred to accounts of the Department's
offices, bureaus, and other organizations: Provided further,
That this transfer authority shall be in addition to any other
transfer authority provided.
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
salaries and expenses
For an additional amount to establish and operate a
metropolitan area law enforcement training center for the
Department of the Treasury, other Federal agencies, the United
States Capitol Police, and the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan
Police Department, $5,000,000: Provided, That the principal
function of the center shall be for firearms and vehicle
operation requalification: Provided further, That use of the
center for training for other state and local law enforcement
agencies may be provided on a space-available basis: Provided
further, That the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is
authorized to obligate funds in anticipation of reimbursement
from agencies receiving training sponsored by the Federal Law
Enforcement Training Center, except that total obligations at
the end of the fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary
resources available at the end of the fiscal year: Provided
further, That the costs of transportation to and from the
center, ammunition, vehicles, and instruction at the center
shall be funded either directly by participating law
enforcement agencies, or through reimbursement of actual costs
to this appropriation: Provided further, That of the funds
provided, no more than $1,500,000 may be obligated until a
funding plan for the center has been submitted to the
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That all
Federal property in the National Capital Region that is in the
surplus property inventory of the General Services
Administration shall be available for selection and use by the
Secretary of the Treasury as the site of such a metropolitan
area law enforcement training center. If the Secretary of the
Treasury identifies a parcel of such property that is
appropriate for use for such a center, the property shall not
be treated as excess property or surplus property (as those
terms are used in the Federal Property and Administrative
Services Act of 1949) and administrative jurisdiction over the
property shall be transferred to the Secretary for use for such
a center.
acquisition, construction, improvements, and related expenses
For an additional amount for design and construction of a
metropolitan area law enforcement training center, including
firearms and vehicle operations requalification facilities,
$25,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That
of the funds provided, no more than $3,000,000 may be obligated
until a design and construction plan has been submitted to the
Committees on Appropriations.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
salaries and expenses
For an additional amount, $4,148,000, for participation in
Joint Terrorism Task Forces.
United States Customs Service
salaries and expenses
For an additional amount, $18,934,000: Provided, That
$10,000,000 shall be for technology and infrastructure along
the northern border: Provided further, That $6,600,000 shall be
for hiring counterterrorism agents for deployment along the
northern border: Provided further, That none of the funds
provided for the northern border shall be obligated until the
Commissioner of the Customs Service submits for approval to the
Committees on Appropriations a plan for the deployment of the
resources and personnel: Provided further, That $2,334,000
shall be for participation in Joint Terrorism Task Forces.
Internal Revenue Service
tax law enforcement
For an additional amount, $7,974,000: Provided, That
$3,135,000 shall be in support of the money laundering
strategy: Provided further, That $4,839,000 shall be for
participation in Joint Terrorism Task Forces.
information technology investments
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service,
$71,751,000, to remain available until September 30, 2003, for
the capital asset acquisition of information technology
systems, including management and related contractual costs of
said acquisitions, including contractual costs associated with
operations authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided, That none of
these funds may be obligated until the Internal Revenue Service
submits to the Committees on Appropriations, and such
Committees approve, a plan for expenditure that (1) meets the
capital planning and investment control review requirements
established by the Office of Management and Budget, including
Circular A-11 part 3; (2) complies with the Internal Revenue
Service's enterprise architecture, including the modernization
blueprint; (3) conforms with the Internal Revenue Service's
enterprise life cycle methodology; (4) is approved by the
Internal Revenue Service, the Department of the Treasury, and
the Office of Management and Budget; (5) has been reviewed by
the General Accounting Office; and (6) complies with the
acquisition rules, requirements, guidelines, and systems
acquisition management practices of the Federal Government.
staffing tax administration for balance and equity
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service
related to the hiring of new staff, $141,000,000: Provided,
That these funds shall be transferred to the appropriations
accounts for ``Processing, Assistance, and Management'', ``Tax
Law Enforcement'', and ``Information Systems'' in accordance
with a staffing plan approved by the Department of the Treasury
and the Office of Management and Budget: Provided further, That
none of these funds may be transferred or obligated until such
staffing plan is submitted to, and approved by, the Committees
on Appropriations: Provided further, That this transfer
authority shall be in addition to any other transfer authority
provided.
United States Secret Service
salaries and expenses
For an additional amount, $2,904,000, for participation in
Joint Terrorism Task Forces.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE
PRESIDENT
Office of National Drug Control Policy
counterdrug technology assessment center
(including transfer of funds)
For an additional amount, $7,000,000: Provided, That
$5,000,000 shall be available for continued operation of the
technology transfer program: Provided further, That $2,000,000,
to remain available until expended, shall be available for
counternarcotics research and development projects, to be used
for the continued development of a wireless interoperability
communication project in Colorado.
Unanticipated Needs
For expenses necessary to enable the President to meet
unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national interest,
security, or defense which may arise at home or abroad during
the current fiscal year, as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 108,
$3,500,000: Provided, That, of such amount, $2,500,000 shall
become available on March 31, 2001, and shall be provided to
the Elections Commission of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico as
a transfer to be used for objective, non-partisan citizens'
education and a choice by voters regarding the islands' future
status: Provided further, That none of the funds described in
the preceding proviso may be obligated until 45 days after the
Elections Commission of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico submits
to the Committees on Appropriations for approval an expenditure
plan developed jointly by the Popular Democratic Party, the New
Progressive Party, and the Puerto Rican Independence Party:
Provided further, That the Elections Commission of the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall include the expenditure plan
additional views from any party that does not agree with the
plan.
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
General Services Administration
real property activities
federal buildings fund
limitations on availability of revenue
(including transfer of funds)
For an additional amount to be deposited in, and to be used
for the purposes of, the Fund established pursuant to section
210(f) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act
of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 490(f)), $11,350,000: Provided,
That $3,000,000 shall be available for non-prospectus
construction: Provided further, That $8,350,000, to remain
available until expended, shall be available for repairs and
alterations.
policy and operations
For an additional amount, $13,789,000 of which $2,060,000
shall be for the electronic government initiative, of which
$2,000,000 shall be for the regulatory information service
center, of which $2,000,000 shall be for facilitating post
conveyance remediation to be performed by the City of Waltham,
Massachusetts, of which $2,000,000 shall be for a grant to the
Institute for Biomedical Science and Biotechnology, of which
$2,000,000 shall be for a grant to the Center for Agricultural
Policy and Trade Studies, of which $1,000,000 shall be for a
grant to the Berwick, Pennsylvania Industrial Development
Authority, of which $1,000,000 shall be a grant to Ewing-
Lawrence Sewerage Authority in Ewing Township, New Jersey, of
which $750,000 shall be for logistical support of the World
Police and Fire Games in Indiana, and of which $979,000 shall
be for base operations.
National Archives and Records Administration
repairs and restoration
For an additional amount for repairs to the John F. Kennedy
Presidential Library, $6,610,000, to remain available until
expended.
GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS TITLE
Sec. 501. (a) Prohibition of Federal Agency Monitoring of
Personal Information on Use of Internet.--None of the funds
made available in the Treasury and General Government
Appropriations Act, 2001 may be used by any Federal agency--
(1) to collect, review, or create any aggregate
list, derived from any means, that includes the
collection of any personally identifiable information
relating to an individual's access to or use of any
Federal government Internet site of the agency; or
(2) to enter into any agreement with a third party
(including another government agency) to collect,
review, or obtain any aggregate list, derived from any
means, that includes the collection of any personally
identifiable information relating to an individual's
access to or use of any nongovernmental Internet site.
(b) Exceptions.--The limitations established in subsection
(a) shall not apply to --
(1) any record of aggregate data that does not
identify particular persons;
(2) any voluntary submission of personally
identifiable information;
(3) any action taken for law enforcement,
regulatory, or supervisory purposes, in accordance with
applicable law; or
(4) any action described in subsection (a)(1) that
is a system security action taken by the operator of an
Internet site and is necessarily incident to the
rendition of the Internet site services or to the
protection of the rights or property of the provider of
the Internet site.
(c) Relation to Other Provision.--Section 644 of the
Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2001
(relating to Federal agency monitoring of personal information
on use of the Internet) shall not have effect.
(d) Definitions.--For the purposes of this section:
(1) The term ``regulatory'' means agency actions to
implement, interpret or enforce authorities provided in
law.
(2) The term ``supervisory'' means examinations of
the agency's supervised institutions, including
assessing safety and soundness, overall financial
condition, management practices and policies and
compliance with applicable standards as provided in
law.
Sec. 502. (a) Clarification of Permissible Use of Facsimile
Machines and Electronic Mail to File Independent Expenditure
Statements.--Section 304 of the Federal Election Campaign Act
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434) is amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:
``(d)(1) Any person who is required to file a statement
under subsection (c) of this section, except statements
required to be filed electronically pursuant to subsection
(a)(11)(A)(i) may file the statement by facsimile device or
electronic mail, in accordance with such regulations as the
Commission may promulgate.
``(2) The Commission shall make a document which is filed
electronically with the Commission pursuant to this paragraph
accessible to the public on the Internet not later than 24
hours after the document is received by the Commission.
``(3) In promulgating a regulation under this paragraph,
the Commission shall provide methods (other than requiring a
signature on the document being filed) for verifying the
documents covered by the regulation. Any document verified
under any of the methods shall be treated for all purposes
(including penalties for perjury) in the same manner as a
document verified by signature.''.
(b) Treatment of Lines of Credit Obtained by Candidates as
Commercially Reasonable Loans.--Section 301(8)(B) of such Act
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(8)(B)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``and'' at the end of clause
(xiii);
(2) by striking the period at the end of clause
(xiv) and inserting ``; and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new clause:
``(xv) any loan of money derived from an advance on
a candidate's brokerage account, credit card, home
equity line of credit, or other line of credit
available to the candidate, if such loan is made in
accordance with applicable law and under commercially
reasonable terms and if the person making such loan
makes loans derived from an advance on the candidate's
brokerage account, credit card, home equity line of
credit, or other line of credit in the normal course of
the person's business.''.
(c) Requiring Actual Receipt of Certain Independent
Expenditure Reports Within 24 Hours.--
(1) In general.--Section 304(c)(2) of such Act (2
U.S.C. 434(c)(2)) is amended in the matter following
subparagraph (C)--
(A) by striking ``shall be reported'' and
inserting ``shall be filed''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
sentence: ``Notwithstanding subsection (a)(5),
the time at which the statement under this
subsection is received by the Secretary, the
Commission, or any other recipient to whom the
notification is required to be sent shall be
considered the time of filing of the statement
with the recipient.''.
(2) Conforming amendment.--Section 304(a)(5) of
such Act (2 U.S.C. 434(a)(5)) is amended by striking
``or (4)(A)(ii)'' and inserting ``or (4)(A)(ii), or the
second sentence of subsection (c)(2)''.
(d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section
shall apply with respect to elections occurring after January
2001.
Sec. 503. Of the amounts provided to the Office of National
Drug Control Policy for fiscal year 2001 for the anti-doping
efforts of the United States Olympic Committee, the Director of
such Office shall make direct payment of $3,300,000 to The U.S.
Anti-Doping Agency, Incorporated, for the conduct of anti-
doping activities: Provided, That these funds shall be provided
not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this
Act: Provided further, That of the funds made available for
this effort, The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency shall have the sole
authority to obligate these funds for the promotion of anti-
doping efforts relating to United States athletes in the
Olympic, Pan American, and Paralympic Games.
Sec. 504. Section 640 of the Treasury and General
Government Appropriations Act, 2001 (relating to Civil Service
Retirement System) shall not have effect.
Sec. 505. (a) Civil Service Retirement System.--The table
under section 8334(c) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) in the matter relating to an employee by
striking:
``7.5........... January 1, 2001, to
December 31, 2002.
7............... After December 31,
2002.''
and inserting the following:
``7.............. After December 31,
2000.'';
(2) in the matter relating to a Member or employee
for Congressional employee service by striking:
``8................... January 1, 2001, to
December 31, 2002.
7.5................... After December 31,
2002.''
and inserting the following:
``7.5.................. After December 31,
2000.'';
(3) in the matter relating to a law enforcement
officer for law enforcement service and firefighter for
firefighter service by striking:
``8................... January 1, 2001, to
December 31, 2002.
7.5................... After December 31,
2002.''
and inserting the following:
``7.5.................. After December 31,
2000.'';
(4) in the matter relating to a bankruptcy judge by
striking:
``8.5................. January 1, 2001, to
December 31, 2002.
8..................... After December 31,
2002.''
and inserting the following:
``8.................... After December 31,
2000.'';
(5) in the matter relating to a judge of the United
States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces for
service as a judge of that court by striking:
``8.5................. January 1, 2001, to
December 31, 2002.
8..................... After December 31,
2002.''
and inserting the following:
``8.................... After December 31,
2000.'';
(6) in the matter relating to a United States
magistrate by striking:
``8.5................. January 1, 2001, to
December 31, 2002.
8..................... After December 31,
2002.''
and inserting the following:
``8.................... After December 31,
2000.'';
(7) in the matter relating to a Court of Federal
Claims judge by striking:
``8.5................. January 1, 2001, to
December 31, 2002.
8..................... After December 31,
2002.''
and inserting the following:
``8.................... After December 31,
2000.'';
(8) in the matter relating to a member of the
Capitol Police by striking:
``8................... January 1, 2001, to
December 31, 2002.
7.5................... After December 31,
2002.''
and inserting the following:
``7.5.................. After December 31,
2000.'';
and
(9) in the matter relating to a nuclear materials
courier by striking:
``8................... January 1, 2001, to
December 31, 2002.
7.5................... After December 31,
2002.''
and inserting the following:
``7.5.................. After December 31,
2000.''.
(b) Federal Employees' Retirement System.--
(1) In general.--Section 8422(a) of title 5, United
States Code, is amended by striking paragraph (3) and
inserting the following:
``(3) The applicable percentage under this paragraph for
civilian service shall be as follows:
``Employee....................... 7............... January 1, 1987, to
December 31, 1998.
7.25............ January 1, 1999, to
December 31, 1999.
7.4............. January 1, 2000, to
December 31, 2000.
7............... After December 31,
2000.
Congressional employee........... 7.5............. January 1, 1987, to
December 31, 1998.
7.75............ January 1, 1999, to
December 31, 1999.
7.9............. January 1, 2000, to
December 31, 2000.
7.5............. After December 31,
2000.
Member........................... 7.5............. January 1, 1987, to
December 31, 1998.
7.75............ January 1, 1999, to
December 31, 1999.
7.9............. January 1, 2000, to
December 31, 2000.
8............... January 1, 2001, to
December 31, 2002.
7.5............. After December 31,
2002.
Law enforcement officer, 7.5............. January 1, 1987, to
firefighter, member of the December 31, 1998.
Capitol Police, or air traffic
controller.
7.75............ January 1, 1999, to
December 31, 1999.
7.9............. January 1, 2000, to
December 31, 2000.
7.5............. After December 31,
2000.
Nuclear materials courier........ 7............... January 1, 1987, to
October 16, 1998.
7.5............. October 17, 1998,
to December 31,
1998.
7.75............ January 1, 1999, to
December 31, 1999.
7.9............. January 1, 2000, to
December 31, 2000.
7.5............. After December 31,
2000.''.
(2) Military service.--Section 8422(e)(6) of title
5, United States Code, is amended--
(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting
``and'' after the semicolon;
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``;
and'' and inserting a period; and
(C) by striking subparagraph (C).
(3) Volunteer service.--Section 8422(f)(4) of title
5, United States Code, is amended--
(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting
``and'' after the semicolon;
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``;
and'' and inserting a period; and
(C) by striking subparagraph (C).
(c) Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability
System.--
(1) In general.--Section 7001(c)(2) of the Balanced
Budget Act of 1997 (50 U.S.C. 2021 note) is amended--
(A) in the matter before the colon, by
striking ``December 31, 2002'' and inserting
``December 31, 2000''; and
(B) in the matter after the colon, by
striking all that follows ``December 31,
2000.''.
(2) Military service.--Section 252(h)(1)(A) of the
Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act (50 U.S.C.
2082(h)(1)(A)), is amended--
(A) in the matter before the colon, by
striking ``December 31, 2002'' and inserting
``December 31, 2000''; and
(B) in the matter after the colon, by
striking all that follows ``December 31,
2000.''.
(d) Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System.--
(1) In general.--Section 7001(d)(2) of the Balanced
Budget Act of 1997 (22 U.S.C. 4045 note) is amended--
(A) in subparagraph (A)--
(i) in the matter before the colon,
by striking ``December 31, 2002'' and
inserting ``December 31, 2000''; and
(ii) in the matter after the colon,
by striking all that follows ``December
31, 2000.''; and
(B) in subparagraph (B)--
(i) in the matter before the colon,
by striking ``December 31, 2002'' and
inserting ``December 31, 2000''; and
(ii) in the matter after the colon,
by striking all that follows ``December
31, 2000.''.
(2) Conforming amendment.--Section 805(d)(1) of the
Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4045(d)(1)) is
amended, in the table in the matter following
subparagraph (B), by striking:
``January 1, 2001, 7.5
After December 31, 2002. 7''
and inserting the following:
``After December 31, 7''.
2000.
(e) Foreign Service Pension System.--
(1) In general.--Section 856(a)(2) of the Foreign
Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4071e(a)(2)) is amended
by striking all that follows ``December 31, 2000.'' and
inserting the following:
``7.5................. After December 31,
2000.''.
(2) Volunteer service.--Section 854(c)(1) of the
Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4071c(c)(1)) is
amended--
(A) in the matter before the colon, by
striking ``December 31, 2002'' and inserting
``December 31, 2000''; and
(B) in the matter after the colon, by
striking all that follows ``December 31,
2000.''.
(f) Civil Service Retirement System.--Notwithstanding
section 8334 (a)(1) or (k)(1) of title 5, United States Code,
during the period beginning on October 1, 2002, through
December 31, 2002, each employing agency (other than the United
States Postal Service or the Metropolitan Washington Airports
Authority) shall contribute--
(1) 7.5 percent of the basic pay of an employee;
(2) 8 percent of the basic pay of a congressional
employee, a law enforcement officer, a member of the
Capitol police, a firefighter, or a nuclear materials
courier; and
(3) 8.5 percent of the basic pay of a Member of
Congress, a Court of Federal Claims judge, a United
States magistrate, a judge of the United States Court
of Appeals for the Armed Forces, or a bankruptcy judge,
in lieu of the agency contributions otherwise required under
section 8334(a)(1) of such title 5.
(g) Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability
System.--Notwithstanding section 211(a)(2) of the Central
Intelligence Agency Retirement Act (50 U.S.C. 2021(a)(2)),
during the period beginning on October 1, 2002, through
December 31, 2002, the Central Intelligence Agency shall
contribute 7.5 percent of the basic pay of an employee
participating in the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and
Disability System in lieu of the agency contribution otherwise
required under section 211(a)(2) of such Act.
(h) Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System.--
Notwithstanding any provision of section 805(a) of the Foreign
Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4045(a)), during the period
beginning on October 1, 2002, through December 31, 2002, each
agency employing a participant in the Foreign Service
Retirement and Disability System shall contribute to the
Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund--
(1) 7.5 percent of the basic pay of each
participant covered under section 805(a)(1) of such Act
participating in the Foreign Service Retirement and
Disability System; and
(2) 8 percent of the basic pay of each participant
covered under paragraph (2) or (3) of section 805(a) of
such Act participating in the Foreign Service
Retirement and Disability System,
in lieu of the agency contribution otherwise required under
section 805(a) of such Act.
(i) The amendments made by this section shall take effect
upon the close of calendar year 2000, and shall apply
thereafter.
Sec. 506. Of the amount provided to the United States
Secret Service for fiscal year 2001 and specified for
activities related to investigations of exploited children,
$2,000,000 shall be available to the United States Secret
Service for forensic and related support of investigations of
missing and exploited children and shall remain available until
September 30, 2001.
Sec. 507. (a) Section 108 of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 2001 is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 108. Chief Administrative Officer.--(a) In
General.--There shall be within the Capitol Police an Office of
Administration to be headed by a Chief Administrative Officer
as follows:
``(1) Not later than 60 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Chief Administrative Officer
shall be appointed by the Chief of the Capitol Police
after consultation with the Capitol Police Board and
the Comptroller General, and shall report to and serve
at the pleasure of the Chief of the Capitol Police.
``(2) The Comptroller General shall evaluate the
performance of the Chief Administrative Officer in
carrying out the duties and responsibilities of the
Office of Administration as outlined in this section.
The Comptroller General shall meet with the Chief of
the Capitol Police and the Capitol Police Board at
least quarterly to provide an analysis of the
performance of the Chief Administrative Officer. The
Comptroller General shall report the results of the
evaluation to the Chief of the Capitol Police, the
Capitol Police Board, the Committees on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives and Senate, the
Committee on House Administration of the House of
Representatives, and the Committee on Rules and
Administration of the Senate.
``(3) The Chief of the Capitol Police shall appoint
as Chief Administrative Officer an individual with the
knowledge and skills necessary to carry out the
responsibilities for budgeting, financial management,
information technology, and human resource management
described in this section.
``(4) The Chief Administrative Officer shall receive
basic pay at a rate determined by the Capitol Police
Board, but not to exceed the annual rate of basic pay
payable for ES-2 of the Senior Executive Service, as
established under subchapter VIII of chapter 53 of
title 5, United States Code (taking into account any
comparability payments made under section 5304(h) of
such title).
``(5) The Capitol Police shall reimburse from
available appropriations any costs incurred by the
Comptroller General under this section, which shall be
deposited to the appropriation of the General
Accounting Office then available and remain available
until expended.
``(b) Responsibilities.--The Chief Administrative Officer
shall have the following areas of responsibility:
``(1) Budgeting.--The Chief Administrative Officer
shall--
``(A) prepare and submit to the Capitol
Police Board an annual budget for the Capitol
Police; and
``(B) execute the budget and monitor
through periodic examinations the execution of
the Capitol Police budget in relation to actual
obligations and expenditures.
``(2) Financial management.--The Chief
Administrative Officer shall--
``(A) oversee all financial management
activities relating to the programs and
operations of the Capitol Police;
``(B) develop and maintain an integrated
accounting and financial system for the Capitol
Police, including financial reporting and
internal controls, which--
``(i) complies with applicable
accounting principles, standards, and
requirements, and internal control
standards;
``(ii) complies with any other
requirements applicable to such
systems; and
``(iii) provides for--
``(I) complete, reliable,
consistent, and timely
information which is prepared
on a uniform basis and which is
responsive to financial
information needs of the
Capitol Police;
``(II) the development and
reporting of cost information;
``(III) the integration of
accounting and budgeting
information; and
``(IV) the systematic
measurement of performance;
``(C) direct, manage, and provide policy
guidance and oversight of Capitol Police
financial management personnel, activities, and
operations, including--
``(i) the recruitment, selection,
and training of personnel to carry out
Capitol Police financial management
functions; and
``(ii) the implementation of
Capitol Police asset management
systems, including systems for cash
management, debt collection, and
property and inventory management and
control; and
``(D) shall require annual financial
statements for the Capitol Police and provide
for an annual audit of the financial statements
by an independent public accountant in
accordance with generally accepted government
auditing standards.
``(3) Information technology.--The Chief
Administrative Officer shall--
``(A) direct, coordinate, and oversee the
acquisition, use, and management of information
technology by the Capitol Police;
``(B) promote and oversee the use of
information technology to improve the
efficiency and effectiveness of programs of the
Capitol Police; and
``(C) establish and enforce information
technology principles, guidelines, and
objectives, including developing and
maintaining an information technology
architecture for the Capitol Police.
``(4) Human resources.--The Chief Administrative
Officer shall--
``(A) direct, coordinate, and oversee human resources
management activities of the Capitol Police;
``(B) develop and monitor payroll and time and attendance
systems and employee services; and
``(C) develop and monitor processes for recruiting,
selecting, appraising, and promoting employees.
``(c) Administrative Provisions.--
``(1) Personnel.--The Chief Administrative Officer is
authorized to select, appoint, employ, and discharge such
officers and employees as may be necessary to carry out the
functions, powers, and duties of the Office of Administration,
but shall not have the authority to hire or discharge uniformed
and operational police force personnel.
``(2) Resources of other agencies.--The Chief
Administrative Officer may utilize resources of another agency
on a reimbursable basis to be paid from available
appropriations of the Capitol Police.
``(d) Plan.--No later than 180 days after appointment,
the Chief Administrative Officer shall prepare and submit to
the Chief of the Capitol Police, the Capitol Police Board, and
the Comptroller General, a plan--
``(1) describing the policies, procedures, and actions
the Chief Administrative Officer will take in carrying out the
responsibilities assigned under this section;
``(2) identifying and defining responsibilities and roles
of all offices, bureaus, and divisions of the Capitol Police
for budgeting, financial management, information technology,
and human resources management; and
``(3) detailing mechanisms for ensuring that the offices,
bureaus, and divisions perform their responsibilities and roles
in a coordinated and integrated manner.
``(e) Report.--No later than September 30, 2001, the
Chief Administrative Officer shall prepare and submit to the
Chief of the Capitol Police, the Capitol Police Board, and the
Comptroller General, a report on the Chief Administrative
Officer's progress in implementing the plan described in
subsection (d) and recommendations to improve the budgeting,
financial, information technology, and human resources
management of the Capitol Police, including organizational,
accounting and administrative control, and personnel changes.
``(f) Submission to Committees.--The Chief of the Capitol
Police shall submit the plan required in subsection (d) and the
report required in subsection (e) to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and of the
Senate, the Committee on House Administration of the House of
Representatives, and the Committee on Rules and Administration
of the Senate.
``(g) Termination of Role.--As of October 1, 2002, the
role of the Comptroller General, as established by this
section, will cease.''.
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take
effect as if included in the enactment of the Legislative
Branch Appropriations Act, 2001.
This Act may be cited as the ``Department of
Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001''.
Following is explanatory language on H.R. 5394, as
introduced on October 5, 2000.
The conferees on H.R. 4475 agree with the matter included
in H.R. 5394 and enacted in this conference report by reference
and the following description of it. This bill was developed
through negotiations by the conferees on the differences in
H.R. 4475. References in the following description to the
``conference agreement'' means the matter included in the
introduced bill enacted by this conference report.
Congressional Directives
The conferees agree that Executive Branch propensities
cannot substitute for Congress' own statements concerning the
best evidence of Congressional intentions; that is, the
official reports of the Congress. The committee of conference
approves report language included by the House (House Report
106-622) or the Senate (Senate Report 106-309 accompanying the
companion measure S. 2720) that is not changed by the
conference. The statement of the managers, while repeating some
report language for emphasis, is not intended to negate the
language referred to above unless expressly provided herein.
Program, Project, and Activity
During fiscal year 2001, for the purposes of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law
99-177), as amended, with respect to funds provided for the
Department of Transportation and related agencies, the terms
``program, project, and activity'' shall mean any item for
which a dollar amount is contained in an appropriations Act
(including joint resolutions providing continuing
appropriations) or accompanying reports of the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations, or accompanying conference
reports and joint explanatory statements of the committee of
conference. In addition, the reductions made pursuant to any
sequestration order to funds appropriated for ``Federal
Aviation Administration, Facilities and equipment'' and for
``Coast Guard, Acquisition, construction, and improvements''
shall be applied equally to each ``budget item'' that is listed
under said accounts in the budget justifications submitted to
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations as modified
by subsequent appropriations Acts and accompanying committee
reports, conference reports, or joint explanatory statements of
the committee of conference. The conferees recognize that
adjustments to the above allocations may be required due to
changing program requirements or priorities. The conferees
expect any such adjustment, if required, to be accomplished
only through the normal reprogramming process.
Staffing Increases Provided by Congress
The conferees direct the Department of Transportation to
fill expeditiously any positions added in the conference
agreement, without regard to agency-specific staffing targets
which may have been previously established to meet the mandated
government-wide staffing reductions.
TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
salaries and expenses
The conference agreement provides a total of $63,245,000
for salaries and expenses of the various offices comprising the
office of the secretary. Though both the House and Senate had
proposed to provide separate appropriations for the individual
offices within the office of the secretary, the conference
agreement provides a single, consolidated appropriation. The
conferees believe that the new administration may wish to
reorganize the offices of the secretary to delete redundant and
duplicative activities that may be performed by other elements
of the department or may be of limited benefit to the office of
the secretary; a consolidated appropriation for the salaries
and expenses for the offices within the office of the secretary
will provide the new secretary greater flexibility to
reorganize the office.
The following table summarizes the fiscal year 2001
appropriation for each OST office:
Conference
agreement
Immediate Office of the Secretary....................... $1,827,000
Immediate Office of the Deputy Secretary................ 587,000
Office of the General Counsel........................... 9,972,000
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy............ 3,011,000
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Aviation and
International Affairs............................... 7,289,000
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Budget and
Programs............................................ 7,362,000
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Governmental
Affairs............................................. 2,150,000
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration.... 19,020,000
Office of Public Affairs................................ 1,674,000
Executive Secretariat................................... 1,181,000
Board of Contract Appeals............................... 496,000
Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization.. 1,192,000
Office of Intelligence and Security..................... 1,262,000
Office of the Chief Information Officer................. 6,222,000
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Total, salaries and expenses, office of the
secretary......................................... 63,245,000
Reprogramming guidelines.--While providing a
consolidation of office-by-office appropriations for OST, the
conferees still want to ensure that adequate Congressional
oversight and control is maintained over these expenses.
Therefore, the Secretary of Transportation is directed to
notify the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in
writing of any change in funding greater than five percent from
the office-by-office levels approved by Congress for this
appropriation. The Secretary is further directed not to make
such a change without the approval of the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations.
The conference agreement includes a provision that limits
the availability of funds appropriated under this heading to no
more than 52 percent and not more than 224 full-time equivalent
staff years funded through the end of the second quarter of
fiscal year 2001.
Reception and representation activities.--The conference
agreement includes a provision that increases to $60,000 the
amount of funds to be available for official reception and
representation activities. The conference agreement includes a
provision, as proposed by the Senate, that limits to $15,000
the amount of funds that may be obligated for official
reception and representation costs prior to January 20, 2001.
Monthly reporting requirement.--The conferees direct the
office of the secretary to report monthly on the status of all
outstanding reports and reporting requirements, including the
status of delinquent Congressional mandated or requested
reports and an estimated completion and delivery date.
Administrative directives.--The conferees direct that the
department submit its fiscal year 2002 congressional
justification materials for the salaries and expenses of the
offices of the secretary at the same level of detail provided
in the Congressional justifications presented in fiscal year
2001.
The conferees direct that assessments charged by the
office of the secretary to the modal administrations shall be
for administrative activities, not policy initiatives.
Immediate office of the secretary.--The conference
agreement provides a total of $1,827,000 for expenses of the
immediate office of the secretary for fiscal year 2001. Funds
to support a second deputy chief of staff or a contractor to
perform similar duties are deleted by this agreement
(-$150,000).
Office of the general counsel.--The conference agreement
provides a total of $9,972,000 for expenses of the office of
the general counsel. Within the funds provided, no more than 5
FTEs and $500,000 shall be available to support the
department's proposed ``Accessibility for All America''
initiative. Further, the conference agreement provides
sufficient resources for advisory or referral activities
related to aviation competition guidelines on the part of the
department.
Office of aviation and international affairs.--The
conference agreement disallows funding as proposed by the House
for a new position of special assistant to the assistant
secretary for aviation and international affairs (-$120,000).
Funding is provided to hire up to two additional transportation
industry analysts in fiscal year 2001.
The conferees are aware of, and applaud, the department's
efforts to promote foreign air carrier service to and through
Alaska. Alaska is uniquely positioned as an international air
cargo hub for efficient sorting and consolidation of cargo
moving between multiple United States and foreign points. The
conferees encourage the department to explore using Alaska as a
testing ground for even greater liberalization of foreign and
domestic air carriers' rights to carry international air cargo
on route legs between Alaska and other United States points.
Such liberalization would optimize the geographic advantage of
Alaska for air cargo transfer. In addition, such steps would
also optimize the flexibility that the department has sought
for Alaska as an international aviation hub. Without vigorous
initiative on the part of the department, the United States
stands to lose to foreign airports the economic activity for
labor, industry, and consumers that increased domestic and
foreign transfer authority could generate for the United
States.
Office of the assistant secretary for budget and
programs.--A total of $7,362,000 is provided for the office of
the assistant secretary for budget and programs. Within the
funds provided, not more than $100,000 is available for
workforce training activities to supplement existing training
expenditures.
Office of the assistant secretary for administration.--
Consistent with the actions of both the House and Senate, the
conference agreement does not provide funding for employee
development training (-$1,160,000); however, limited funds have
been provided to supplement existing training activities, as
discussed in the preceding paragraph.
Office of intelligence and security.--Funding provided
for the office of intelligence and security totals $1,262,000
and excludes resources for infrastructure protection
activities. The conference agreement includes funds for these
activities within amounts appropriated to the Research and
Special Programs Administration.
Office of the chief information officer.--The conference
agreement provides a total of $6,222,000 for salaries and
expenses of the office of the chief information officer (CIO).
Funding is not provided to implement in fiscal year 2002 a
pilot project that has yet to be defined or determined by the
department's architecture working group. Such funding should be
considered in the context of the department's fiscal year 2002
appropriations request.
The conferees concur with the directions of the House
that no major information technology (IT) procurement within
the department occur until after a review by the CIO has been
conducted to determine system deficiencies, vulnerabilities,
compatibility with, and relative need of such systems compared
to other departmental systems requirements. Furthermore, the
conferees direct the CIO to approve all IT and
telecommunications infrastructure items and expenditures for
all systems that are non-mode specific (e.g., common grants
systems).
Office of intermodalism.--Funding for the office of
intermodalism is provided within amounts made available to the
Federal Highway Administration, as proposed by the House.
Fractional ownership demonstration program.--The
conferees encourage the Secretary of Transportation to execute
a demonstration program, to be conducted for a period of not to
exceed eighteen months, of the fractional ownership concept for
performing administrative support flight missions. The purpose
of this demonstration is to determine whether cost savings,
increased operational flexibility, and aircraft availability
can be realized by DOT through fractional ownership compared to
in-house ownership of aircraft. This demonstration shall be
competitive, and encompass a suite of aircraft covering a
majority of the department's support missions, including those
by the Coast Guard, FAA, and NASA (to the extent those aircraft
are currently operated by the FAA). The Secretary is directed
to report the results of this project to the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations within three months of completing
the evaluation. If the Secretary does not conduct such an
evaluation, the Secretary is directed to submit a report to the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations providing a
detailed explanation of that decision.
office of civil rights
The conference agreement provides $8,140,000 for the
office of civil rights as proposed by the House instead of
$8,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
transportation planning, research, and development
The conference agreement provides $11,000,000 for
transportation planning, research, and development instead of
$3,300,000 as proposed by the House and $5,300,000 as proposed
by the Senate. The conferees, however, agree with the
reductions from the budget request proposed by the House.
Funding provided under this heading shall be available for the
following activities:
2001 Special Winter Olympics............................ $1,400,000
Ensuring consumer information and choice in the airline
industry............................................ 1,000,000
Transportation management planning for the Salt Lake
City Winter Olympic Games (section 1223 of TEA21)... 2,000,000
Automotive workforce training........................... 3,000,000
The conferees encourage the secretary and each of the
modal administrations to work with the National Center for
Missing and Exploited Children and the transportation industry
to identify and implement initiatives to maximize the
transportation sector's involvement in the effort to relocate
missing children.
Transportation management planning for the Salt Lake City
2002 Winter Olympic Games.--The conference agreement includes
$2,000,000 for transportation management planning for the Salt
Lake City Winter Olympic Games, as authorized under section
1223(c) of TEA21. These funds shall be available for planning
activities and related temporary and permanent transportation
infrastructure investments based on the transportation
management plan approved by the Secretary.
Radionavigation and positioning initiatives.--No funding
is provided for additional study activities described under
``GPS vulnerability study follow-on requirements'' and
``technical support of GPS spectrum protection and
coordination'' of the congressional justification as additional
funding and guidance is provided for similar initiatives and
activities elsewhere in the department. Reprogramming requests
in this area will be reviewed if submitted and justified
appropriately.
Automotive workforce training.--The conference agreement
includes $3,000,000 for development and implementation of a
workforce training program designed for specific issues related
to the automotive manufacturing industry.
Telework.--The Secretary shall conduct an assessment of
the existing practices and infrastructure involved with
telework efforts in the greater New York metropolitan area and
determine if a telework program, supported by the federal
government, could provide significant incentives for increasing
the use of telework, thereby reducing vehicle miles traveled
and improving air quality. The assessment should identify
representatives from local government, environmental
organizations and transportation agencies who would comprise a
New York City design team for implementing a telework program.
Within six months, the Secretary shall report to Congress on
the findings of this study. To carry out these activities, the
conference agreement includes $300,000.
TRANSPORTATION ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE CENTER
The conference agreement includes a limitation of
$126,887,000 on activities of the transportation administrative
service center (TASC) instead of $119,387,000 as proposed by
the House and $173,278,000 as proposed by the Senate. The
conferees concur in the recommendations of the House to
disallow the proposed transfer of the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration's Office of Aeronautical Charting
and Cartography to the TASC (-$43,963,000) and to disallow
proposed new staffing increases (-$461,000). The increase of
$7,500,000 above the House-passed level has been provided to
accommodate solely the anticipated increased workload stemming
from creation of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration.
MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM
The conference agreement includes a limitation on
guaranteed loans of $13,775,000, as proposed by the House,
instead of a limitation of $13,775,000 on direct loans as
proposed by the Senate. Further, the conference agreement
provides subsidy and administrative costs totaling $1,900,000,
as proposed by both the House and the Senate.
MINORITY BUSINESS OUTREACH
The conference agreement provides $3,000,000 for minority
business outreach activities, as proposed by both the House and
the Senate.
Coast Guard
Operating Expenses
The conference agreement provides $3,192,000,000 for
Coast Guard operating expenses as proposed by the House instead
of $3,039,460,000 as proposed by the Senate. The agreement
specifies that $341,000,000 of the total is available only for
defense-related activities, as proposed by the House, instead
of $641,000,000 proposed by the Senate. The agreement does not
include language proposed by the Senate which would have
allowed a transfer of up to $100,000,000 from the FAA's
operating budget to augment the Coast Guard's drug interdiction
activities or OST's Office of Intelligence and Security. The
bill also does not include language proposed by the Senate
which would have required the Coast Guard to reimburse the
Office of Inspector General for Coast Guard-related audits and
investigations.
Specific adjustments.--The following table summarizes the
House and Senate's proposed adjustments to the Coast Guard's
budget request and the final conference agreement:
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House Senate Conference
Item and recommendation recommended recommended agreement
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Repricing of civilian PC&B................................... +$2,051,000 ............... ...............
Polar icebreaker reimbursement............................... +3,800,000 +$7,734,000 +7,734,000
International Maritime Information Safety System (IMISS)-- -398,000 -398,000 -398,000
defer.......................................................
MTS leadership and coordination--defer....................... -801,000 -801,000 -801,000
CG workstation support--defer................................ -750,000 ............... ...............
NTIA fees--defer increase.................................... -426,000 ............... ...............
``One DOT'' initiatives--defer............................... -304,000 ............... -304,000
Aviation detachment support--defer........................... -3,904,000 ............... -3,904,000
Nonpay COLA--smaller increase................................ -6,268,000 ............... -1,363,000
Military pay and benefits.................................... ............... -1,004,000 ...............
Military health care......................................... ............... -105,000 ...............
Permanent change of station.................................. ............... -8,785,000 -3,000,000
Training and education....................................... ............... -7,484,000 -2,065,000
Atlantic area command........................................ ............... -193,000 -193,000
Headquarters directorates.................................... ............... -125,000 -
Headquarters-managed units................................... ............... -1,760,000 -706,000
Aircraft maintenance......................................... ............... -13,075,000 ...............
Electronic maintenance....................................... ............... -1,500,000 ...............
Shore facility maintenance................................... ............... -5,000,000 -2,000,000
Vessel maintenance........................................... ............... -4,315,000 ...............
Undistributed reduction...................................... ............... -122,729,000 ...............
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Total.................................................. -7,000,000 -159,540,000 -7,000,000
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Pilot project on occupational and health hazards of Coast
Guard personnel.--The conferees agree to provide $1,000,000 for
the pilot project, proposed by the Senate, regarding the unique
occupational and health hazards of Coast Guard personnel. This
project shall be conducted in coordination with Tulane
University and the University of Alabama--Birmingham.
Boatracs systems.--The conferees understand that the
Coast Guard has purchased several ``boatracs'' systems in an
effort to address communications problems within the eighth
district. This text communications system is often the only
form of communication between the district headquarters and
cutters on patrol performing search and rescue missions. This
system could be used as an interim measure, before full
implementation of the National Distress and Response System
Modernization Project, which could save lives by providing
consistent and reliable communications among Coast Guard
assets. The Coast Guard is encouraged to evaluate the boatracs
system on this basis during fiscal year 2001.
Assessment of progress to replace single hull tanker
fleet with double hull ships.--The conferees direct the United
States Coast Guard, in consultation with the Maritime
Administration, to assess the status of replacement of single
hull tank vessels with double hull tank vessels, and report the
findings of this assessment to the House and Senate Committees
on Appropriations. This report should include: (1) a list of
double hull vessels and their carrying capacity in the U.S.-
flag fleet; (2) a list of single hull vessels and their
carrying capacity and the year in which each single hull vessel
is scheduled to be phased out of service under the Oil
Pollution Act; and (3) the amount of oil transported each year
by domestic U.S.-flag tank vessels to meet the energy needs of
the United States. This report shall be submitted by February
1, 2001.
Search and rescue station staffing.--The conferees are
concerned that, in the wake of the National Transportation
Safety Board report on the sinking of the sailboat Morning Dew,
the Coast Guard has still not implemented needed staffing
improvements at the nation's search and rescue (SAR) stations.
Even though a recent Coast Guard analysis concluded that an
additional 109 personnel were needed at these centers, the
Coast Guard advised the House that the service ``does not
believe additional operation center staffing is required in
fiscal year 2001 and has not requested any be provided''. The
conferees reiterate the concerns expressed in the House report
regarding deficiencies in the Coast Guard's search and rescue
posture, and strongly encourage the service to address the
personnel shortfalls at search and rescue stations within the
funding levels provided for fiscal year 2001. In addition, the
conferees direct the Office of Inspector General, in
consultation with the National Transportation Safety Board, to
conduct a thorough review of readiness of the nation's SAR
stations, including personnel shortfalls, equipment adequacy,
training adequacy, and the relative support for SAR programs
and activities in the Coast Guard command structure. The
conferees direct that this report be completed and submitted to
the appropriate committees of the Congress no later than March
1, 2001.
Indonesian Coast Guard.--The conferees do not agree with
direction in the Senate report for the Coast Guard to work with
representatives of the Indonesian government on officer
training and to study turning over surplus vessels to improve
the capability of the Indonesian Coast Guard.
Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements
The conference agreement includes $415,000,000 for
acquisition, construction, and improvement programs of the
Coast Guard instead of $515,000,000 as proposed by the House
and $407,747,660 as proposed by the Senate. Consistent with
past years and the House and Senate bills, the conference
agreement distributes funds in the bill by budget activity.
Great Lakes Icebreaker.--No procurement funding or
direction is provided in this Act for the Great Lakes
Icebreaker (Mackinaw replacement) project, as the full
estimated cost of this vessel has been provided in prior
appropriations Acts.
A table showing the distribution of this appropriation by
project as included in the fiscal year 2001 House bill, Senate
bill, and the conference agreement follows:
Environmental Compliance and Restoration
The conference agreement includes $16,700,000 for
environmental compliance and restoration as proposed by both
the House and Senate.
Alteration of Bridges
The conference agreement includes $15,500,000 for
alteration of bridges deemed hazardous to marine navigation as
proposed by the Senate instead of $14,740,000 proposed by the
House. The conference agreement distributes these funds as
follows:
Conference
Bridge and location agreement
New Orleans, LA, Florida Avenue RR/HW Bridge............ $3,925,000
Brunswick, GA, Sidney Lanier Highway Bridge............. 3,000,000
Charleston, SC, Limehouse Bridge........................ 2,000,000
Mobile, AL, Fourteen Mile Bridge........................ 3,000,000
Morris, IL, EJ&E Railroad Bridge........................ 3,000,000
Oshkosh, WI, Fox River Bridge........................... 575,000
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Total............................................. 15,500,000
Florida Avenue Bridge.--The conferees agree to provide
$3,925,000 for this project, and direct that $500,000 of this
funding shall be made available to the Port of New Orleans to
cover the federal portion of a study of the feasibility of
development of the Millenium Port in south Louisiana.
Fox River Bridge.--Funding of $575,000 is provided for
removal of the bridge across the Fox River at mile point 56.9
in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
Retired Pay
The conference agreement includes $778,000,000 for Coast
Guard retired pay as proposed by both the House and the Senate.
This is scored as a mandatory program for federal budget
purposes. The conference agreement deletes language proposed by
the House authorizing these funds for the payment of fifteen-
year career status bonuses. The conferees do not believe that
retention bonuses paid to active duty personnel are consistent
with the purposes of this program, and have seen no evidence
that these payments constitute mandatory expenditures of the
Coast Guard, as are the other elements of this mandatory
appropriation. Sufficient funding is provided under ``Operating
expenses'' for payment of these bonuses to qualified personnel.
Reserve Training
(Including Transfer of Funds)
The conference agreement provides $80,375,000 for reserve
training as proposed by the House instead of $80,371,000 as
proposed by the Senate. The agreement allows the Reserves to
reimburse the Coast Guard operating account up to $22,000,000
for Coast Guard support of Reserve activities, as proposed by
the Senate, instead of $21,500,000 as proposed by the House.
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation
The conference agreement provides $21,320,000 for Coast
Guard research, development, test, and evaluation as proposed
by the Senate instead of $19,691,000 as proposed by the House.
The conferees agree that within the funding provided, $500,000
is to address ship ballast water exchange issues, instead of
$1,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
Federal Aviation Administration
Operations
The conference agreement provides $6,544,235,000 for
operating expenses of the Federal Aviation Administration as
proposed by the House instead of $6,350,250,000 as proposed by
the Senate. These funds are in addition to amounts made
available as a mandatory appropriation of user fees in the
Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 1996
(Public Law 104-264). Of the total amount provided,
$4,414,869,000 is to be derived from the airport and airway
trust fund, consistent with Public Law 106-181. The total
funding provided is $569,235,000 (9.5 percent) above the fiscal
year 2000 enacted level.
Contract tower program funding.--The conference agreement
provides $55,300,000 for the contract tower program, which is
the amount assumed in the budget estimate. FAA is directed not
to reprogram these funds to any other activity or to reduce
them to satisfy budget shortfalls which may develop throughout
the fiscal year. In addition, the conference agreement includes
$5,000,000 for the contract tower cost-sharing program.
Contract tower program extension.--The conferees agree
with Senate direction to the FAA Administrator to submit the
overdue report on this program, but do not agree with the
Senate direction that this report should include a timeline for
expanding the program. In addition, the report should address
recent findings and recommendations of the DOT Inspector
General regarding expansion of the contract tower program.
Criteria for contract tower program eligibility.--The
conferees believe that FAA's contract tower program has worked
well from both the government's perspective and the users'
perspective. Through this program, many aircraft are able to
operate more efficiently and safely into airports with contract
towers, where FAA-operated towers would otherwise not be
available due to prohibitive costs. The conferees are
concerned, however, that the traffic counts used to establish
eligibility for the contract tower program, and for
establishment of certain navigation aids, are erroneous in that
certain part 121 operations, including regional jets, are not
being classified as air carrier operations. After promulgation
of FAA's ``one level of safety'' rule, the conferees believe
that such a distinction is no longer justified. The FAA is
urged to change promptly its traffic count methodology to
conform to the changes in operator classification brought about
by the one level of safety rulemaking.
Specific designations for the contract tower program.--
The conferees do not agree with Senate direction to include
certain airports in the contract tower program. However, the
conferees understand that the Boca Raton, Olive Branch,
Henderson, and Tupelo Municipal airports are eligible for this
program, and encourage FAA to include those airports in the
program if they meet eligibility criteria.
Implementation of the whistleblower protection program.--
The conferees direct that, not later than eighteen months after
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation, in
conjunction with the Secretary of Labor, report to the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations on measures to assure
effective implementation of section 519 of Public Law 106-181.
This report shall include a description of the initial
implementation of the whistleblower protection program and
recommendations to strengthen the enforcement of such
provisions. The study shall be performed by a firm with recent
experience analyzing employee protection provisions in the
transportation sector.
Civil aviation security activities and operations.--
Continuing reports of the General Accounting Office, the DOT
Office of Inspector General, and the Surveys and Investigations
staff of the House Appropriations Committee highlight a number
of serious problems in FAA's civil aviation security activities
which need to be addressed. A lack of strong management and
planning has led to a haphazard and minimal deployment of
explosive detection systems at our nation's airports, as well
as underutilization of the machines which are deployed;
specifications for bomb detection equipment driven by political
considerations rather than security expertise; unnecessary
tension between FAA and airport security officials in some
locations; and lack of management attention and corrective
action after field tests, including safety issues raised by
FAA's special ``red team'' conducting undercover assessments at
major airports. The conferees cannot provide the entire funding
increase requested by this organization in the face of these
continuing problems, and expects FAA to address these
management issues expeditiously. The conference agreement also
directs FAA to submit a comprehensive strategic plan for the
civil aviation security program, as proposed by the Senate. The
FAA is encouraged to include comprehensive details in this plan
regarding specific goals and objectives for the program for
each of the next five years.
GPS implementation and procedures.--The conferees agree
to transfer to this account $2,200,000 from ``Facilities and
equipment''. This funding was budgeted for the development of
GPS approach procedures as part of the GPS wide area
augmentation system (WAAS) program. However, this activity is
apparently not related to development of WAAS, but is a routine
operating expense of the agency. As such, these expenditures
should be contained in the agency's operating budget. In
addition, the conference agreement includes $3,000,000 only for
implementation of a navigation database with internet access
for users.
Administration of potential shortfall due to EAS
transfer.--The conferees do not agree with House direction
specifying that any shortfall in operations funding due to
transfer of funds to the essential air service (EAS) program
should be borne by the ``Facilities and equipment''
appropriation.
Regulation of flight crew operating environment.--The
conferees are pleased that the FAA and the Occupational Safety
and Health Administration (OSHA) recently initiated a joint
effort to consider whether OSHA workplace safety standards can
be applied to airline crewmembers during flight operations.
Enhancing workplace safety for flight crewmembers is, of
course, desirable. While the conferees recognize the importance
of FAA and OSHA working together to ensure that one agency does
not unnecessarily block application of the other's regulations,
the conferees believe it is imperative that FAA maintain
exclusive responsibility for the regulation and enforcement of
policies which affect the safety of flight operations. If, in
the FAA's view, an OSHA-proposed workplace safety and health
regulation would compromise the safe operation of aircraft, in
the overriding interest of aviation safety, the FAA's view
should predominate.
Airspace redesign.--The conference agreement includes
$8,500,000 for the New York/New Jersey airspace redesign and
concurs in the directive of the Senate regarding the
reprogramming of these funds.
The following table compares the conference agreement to
the levels proposed in the House and Senate bills by budget
activity:
facilities and equipment
(airport and airway trust fund)
The conference agreement provides $2,656,765,000 for
facilities and equipment as proposed by the House and the
Senate. This is the level authorized by Public Law 106-181, and
represents an increase of $581,765,000 (28 percent) above the
fiscal year 2000 enacted level.
The following table provides a breakdown of the House and
Senate bills and the conference agreement by program:
Advanced technology development and prototyping.--The
conference agreement includes $56,480,000 for advanced
technology development and prototyping, to be distributed as
follows:
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House Senate Conference
Item recommended recommended agreement
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Items in budget.............................................. $40,620,000 $28,868,000 $40,000,000
Airport research............................................. 7,380,000 7,380,000 7,380,000
Concrete pavement research................................... 2,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000
UWB/GPS...................................................... 0 2,600,000 2,600,000
GPS anti-jamming............................................. 0 1,000,000 1,000,000
Runway incursion activities.................................. 0 0 3,500,000
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Total.................................................. 50,000,000 45,848,000 56,480,000
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The conference agreement includes $5,000,000 for the
runway incursion reduction program, compared to $1,500,000 in
the budget estimate. The additional funds are needed to address
nationwide technology initiatives recommended by the National
Runway Safety Summit in June 2000, and should not be
reprogrammed to any other project or activity. Of the funds
provided under ``Airport research'', $2,000,000 is for airfield
pavement improvement activities authorized under sections 905
and 743 of Public Law 106-181.
The $2,600,000 for ultra-wide band (UWB)/GPS work is
provided to assess the vulnerability of aviation uses of the
GPS signal to interference from electronic devices. New
initiatives in this area should be coordinated with all
appropriate stakeholders in industry, the National
Telecommunications and Information Agency, the Department of
Defense, the U.S. Congress, and the Federal Communications
Commission. In addition, $1,000,000 is available for anti-
jamming initiatives, to improve the resilience of the GPS
signal to jamming through improved antennae, signal processing
technology, or other means.
Safe flight 21.--The conference agreement provides
$35,000,000 for the safe flight 21 program, as proposed by the
Senate, and agrees to the Senate's allocation of those
additional funds. The conferees direct that, of the funds
provided for the Ohio Valley portion of this program, not less
than $1,000,000 shall be for a safety study assessing the
relative safety benefits of ADS-B technology, including an
assessment of the use of ADS-B for conflict detection and
resolution. In addition, the conferees encourage FAA to
schedule a near-term evaluation of the potential use of ADS-B
technology to address the runway incursion problem.
Aviation weather services improvements.--The additional
$3,000,000 provided for this program is to support the
collaborative effort between FAA and NOAA's National Severe
Storms Laboratory to continue research and testing of phased
array radar technology and to incorporate airport/aircraft
tracking and weather information. Funding of $10,000,000 was
provided for this program in the Department of Defense
Appropriations Act, 2000.
Aeronautical datalink applications.--The conferees do not
agree with Senate direction regarding the qualifications for a
contractor for air-to-ground communications.
Static transfer switches.--The conferees understand that
the FAA administrator has identified funding to complete
procurement under the existing contract to supply en route
centers with static transfer switches. These switches enable
the centers to switch in back-up power quickly enough to
prevent computers from ``crashing,'' and replace equipment
which lacks this important capability. The conferees support
funding for this procurement.
Free flight phase one.--Of the funds provided for this
program, $3,000,000 is to implement the departure spacing
program (DSP) to support Dulles International Airport, as
proposed by the House, and $4,500,000 is for the program
proposed by the Senate to implement DSP for the New York/New
Jersey metropolitan area. The amount provided includes the sums
necessary for the installation of bar-coded strips at the
airports identified in the Senate report. DSP funds should not
be reprogrammed to other regions or activities.
Terminal automation.--The conference agreement provides
$117,000,000 for this program, instead of $114,850,000 proposed
by the House and $116,850,000 proposed by the Senate. Funding
is included to install and commission DBRITE systems at Mid-
Delta Airport in Mississippi, and at Gainesville Regional and
Boca Raton airports in Florida. The conferees understand that
existing DBRITE systems are available for redeployment to new
sites as a result of other modernization activities.
Distance measuring equipment (DME).--The amount provided
above the request for this program shall be for the
installation of DME on runway 11 at Newark International
Airport.
En route communications and control facilities.--Of the
funds provided, $3,200,000 is only for relocation of RTR-A and
RTR-D radar facilities at Lambert-St. Louis International
Airport in Missouri.
Air traffic control tower and Tracon improvements.--Of
the funds provided, $1,500,000 is to continue the cable loop
relocation project at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport
in Missouri.
Instrument landing system establishment/upgrade.--Funding
provided for instrument landing systems (ILS) shall be
distributed as follows:
Location Amount
Activities in President's budget........................ $16,000,000
National replacement program (categories I/II/III)...... 22,325,000
Lonesome Pine Airport, VA............................... 1,000,000
Jimmy Stewart Airport, PA............................... 855,000
Lafayette Regional Airport, LA.......................... 1,000,000
Statesboro-Bulloch County Airport, GA................... 1,797,000
Buffalo Niagara, NY (ILS/MALSR)......................... 3,798,000
Searcy Airport, AR...................................... 2,000,000
Dulles International, VA (DME).......................... 300,000
Wichita MidContinent, KS................................ 1,100,000
Colonel James Jabara Airport, KS........................ 1,100,000
Cleveland Hopkins International, OH..................... 4,000,000
Orlando International, FL (install category III)........ 2,000,000
Meridian/Key Field, MS.................................. 2,000,000
Atlanta Hartsfield International, GA (5th runway)....... 4,000,000
Evanston Airport, WY.................................... 2,500,000
Muscatine Municipal Airport, IA......................... 1,600,000
Kalealoa Airport, HI.................................... 2,300,000
Decatur Airport, AL..................................... 1,000,000
Gulf Shores Municipal, AL............................... 1,300,000
Lehigh Valley International, PA......................... 2,000,000
Klawock Airport, AK..................................... 1,000,000
Mexico Airport, MO...................................... 2,000,000
Harry Browne Airport, MI................................ 1,000,000
Wexford County Airport, MI.............................. 1,500,000
London-Corbin Airport, KY............................... 2,000,000
Somerset Airport, KY (localizer/NDB).................... 500,000
Newport News-Williamsburg Airport, VA................... 2,000,000
Sierra Blanca Regional Airport, NM...................... 350,000
Minneapolis-St. Paul International, MN (localizer/
glideslope)......................................... 675,000
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Total............................................. 85,000,000
The FAA recently signed a multiyear contract for
additional instrument landing systems. The conferees direct FAA
to initiate no less than two ILS demonstration projects which
permit the manufacturer and airports expedited and full
procurement, project management, and installation authority.
This type of ``turnkey'' approach will allow an assessment of
the potential for added cost savings and schedule efficiencies
compared to traditional FAA acquisitions.
Runway visual range.--Of the $8,000,000 provided for this
program, $1,300,000 is for items cited in the Senate report,
$250,000 is for RVR equipment at the Minneapolis-St. Paul
International Airport in Minnesota, and $5,000,000 is for
continued acquisition of next generation RVR systems.
Voice switching and control system (VSCS).--The
conference agreement provides $2,700,000 in this budget line
for activities to address the audio clipping, automatic gain
control, and tone notching problems found in FAA voice
switches. The funding is designed, in part, to address
recommendations of FAA's AOS-510 organization in Oklahoma City
concerning the rapid deployment voice switch (RDVS), as well as
provide solutions for these problems in the ICSS, ETVS, and
VSCS switching systems. The conferees understand that a single,
commercial-off-the-shelf system may be available to address
these problems in all of the systems mentioned.
Precision runway monitors.--The conference agreement does
not include funding to install a precision runway monitor (PRM)
at Newark International Airport as proposed by the Senate. The
conferees recognize that the procurement of this equipment is
premature at this time. The conferees note, however, that one
of the Administrator's new ``choke point'' initiatives includes
measures to increase the efficiency of air traffic flows and
reduce airspace complexity for aircraft destined to New York
and New Jersey. This initiative will facilitate the development
of arrival procedures at Newark International that could reduce
ATC delays once a PRM with accompanying LDA and glideslope is
installed. As such, the conferees direct the Administrator to
continue to work with the relevant aviation authorities in the
region toward the installation of a PRM and LDA with glideslope
at Newark International Airport once the ``choke points''
initiative is fully implemented. Toward that end, the conferees
expect the Administrator to continue to work toward the
completion of all necessary environmental analyses so that this
installation can take place as soon as possible.
Terminal voice switch replacement.--The conferees agree
to provide $14,000,000 for this program, and direct FAA not to
reprogram any of those resources without Congressional
approval.
Houston area air traffic system.--The conference
agreement includes $12,000,000 in initial funding for the
Houston area air traffic system (HAATS). These funds shall be
under administrative control of the FAA Southwest Region, which
is the charter holder for this important capacity enhancement
program. Funds are intended for instrument landing systems and
other facilities and equipment necessary to carry out the
program, and shall not be reprogrammed without Congressional
approval. The conferees are aware that FAA has approved the
record of decision for a major capacity expansion at Houston
area airports. To ensure that the required navigation and
landing aids, radar positions, and related equipment is
provided in a timely manner, FAA established a special charter
for this program, giving overall program responsibility to the
Southwest Region. This is similar to past charter programs in
Dallas, Atlanta, Austin, and Northern Virginia. In the case of
Houston, however, the FAA has neglected to provide funding for
the program. The conference agreement corrects this oversight.
Low-cost airport surface detection equipment.--The
conferees agree to provide $8,400,000 for the low-cost airport
surface detection equipment (ASDE) program as proposed by the
Senate, instead of $15,000,000 as proposed by the House, and do
not agree with House direction regarding contracting strategies
for this program. The conferees agree with the House that
runway incursions are an urgent safety issue which should be
rapidly addressed, in part, through the application of modern
technology. Disappointingly, however, the FAA has not put
forward a viable or affordable program worthy of Congressional
support. In response to Congressional direction to develop a
low-cost alternative to today's ASDE-3 system, the agency
proposes one twice as expensive and designed for lower-activity
airports. In response to direction requiring ten systems in the
field by September 2002, the agency proposes one reaching that
capability three years later. In addition to these programmatic
concerns, the conferees are not convinced of the agency's
commitment to this program. Although the FAA Administrator
announced in June 2000 that 25 low-cost ASDE systems would be
acquired, the agency's five-year capital plan submitted two
months later provides less than half the resources necessary to
accomplish that goal. In addition, the agency has steadfastly
refused to support the additional funding recommended by the
House for the coming fiscal year. The conferees cannot
responsibly provide additional first-year funding for this
program until the agency demonstrates the long-term commitment
of resources and the leadership needed to carry it to fruition.
In lieu of funds for an acquisition which the agency does not
yet support, the conferees have provided an additional
$3,500,000 in advanced development funds for runway incursion
technology initiatives.
Terminal air traffic control facilities replacement.--The
conference agreement includes $145,492,606 for replacement of
air traffic control towers and other terminal facilities. The
agreement distributes these funds as follows:
Location and Amount
Vero Beach, FL.......................................... $5,600,000
Albert Whitted, FL...................................... 75,000
Dayton International, OH................................ 4,000,000
WK Kellogg, MI.......................................... 2,000,000
Sky Harbor, AZ.......................................... 9,000,000
Cleveland, OH........................................... 3,000,000
Richmond, VA............................................ 5,700,000
Martin State, MD........................................ 1,000,000
Medford, OR............................................. 1,000,000
Billings Logan, MT...................................... 2,000,000
Grand Canyon, AZ........................................ 267,000
Missoula, MT............................................ 500,000
Pangborn, WA............................................ 1,000,000
Paine Field, WA......................................... 1,000,000
McArthur Airport, NY.................................... 750,000
Rogue Valley, OR........................................ 1,425,500
Fort Wayne, IN.......................................... 2,000,000
Cheyenne, WY............................................ 1,450,000
Morristown, NJ.......................................... 2,500,000
Oakland, CA............................................. 23,912,347
LaGuardia, NY........................................... 23,440,000
Boston, MA.............................................. 24,936,914
Savannah, GA............................................ 7,741,015
Topeka, KS.............................................. 4,361,840
St. Louis, MO........................................... 3,317,000
Newark, NJ.............................................. 2,407,500
Roanoke, VA............................................. 2,140,000
Birmingham, AL.......................................... 1,359,540
Pt. Columbus, OH........................................ 1,000,000
Wilkes-Barre, PA........................................ 959,200
Houston Hobby, TX....................................... 818,550
Champaign, IL........................................... 749,000
Little Rock, AR......................................... 642,000
Bedford, MA............................................. 535,000
Newburgh, NY............................................ 1,000,000
Merrill Field, AK....................................... 321,000
Wilmington, DE.......................................... 305,000
Salina, KS.............................................. 267,500
N. Las Vegas, NV........................................ 214,000
Orlando, FL............................................. 177,900
Atlanta, GA............................................. 167,900
Chantilly, VA........................................... 75,000
Gulfport, MS............................................ 75,000
Kalamazoo, MI........................................... 75,000
Deer Valley, AZ......................................... 75,000
Broomfield, CO.......................................... 75,000
Miami, FL............................................... 51,900
Seattle, WA............................................. 25,000
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Total............................................... 145,492,606
Richmond airport traffic control tower, VA.--The Richmond
International Airport is in the midst of a terminal expansion
program which requires a new airport control tower to be
operational by 2002. While the FAA supports construction of a
new tower, the agency estimates that, using its normal
procedures, the agency would not complete the tower until the
year 2004, delaying the capacity expansion program by two
years. Since Richmond believes it can meet the schedule if it
manages this project, the conferees direct FAA to explore
construction of the replacement tower under a construction
agreement or other transaction authority with the Richmond
International Airport, pursuant to which the airport would
construct the tower, using predominantly FAA funding, and FAA
would own, operate, and maintain the facility.
Morristown airport traffic control tower, NJ.--The
conference agreement includes $2,500,000 for the construction
of a replacement air traffic control tower at the Morristown,
New Jersey airport. The conferees recognize that the current
tower is deteriorating rapidly and needs to be replaced as soon
as possible. Toward that end, the conferees direct the FAA
Administrator to enter into a reimbursable agreement with the
airport through which the remaining construction costs borne by
the airport will be reimbursed by the FAA over the next few
years.
Airport surveillance radar (ASR-9).--The conferees
provide $11,122,000 for this program as proposed by the House,
of which $4,000,000 is for the radar system specified in the
House report for Palm Springs Airport in California. The
conferees agree not to specify additional systems for
acquisition at this time, but direct the FAA to initiate or
continue preliminary site surveys and other necessary studies
for locations cited in the Senate report as well as Cherry
Capital Airport in Michigan, Gainesville Regional Airport in
Florida, and Jackson Hole Airport in Wyoming. Funds for these
studies may be derived either from this budget line or from
funds provided for terminal digital radar (ASR-11)
implementation. The conferees understand that the FAA has
committed to installing a TARDIS unit at the Gainesville
Regional Airport and direct the FAA to move expeditiously to
install this equipment as an interim solution to the airport's
radar needs. In addition, $2,400,000 of the funding provided is
for removal and relocation of the existing ASR-9 radar system
at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport in Missouri.
Puget Sound radar shortcomings.--The conferees direct the
FAA Administrator to conduct a study assessing the best means
of correcting shortcomings related to deficient radar coverage
in the southern Puget Sound airspace in the State of
Washington.
Voice recorder replacement program.--The conference
agreement provides $3,632,000 for this program as proposed by
the Senate instead of $2,632,000 as proposed by the House. With
these additional funds, the FAA is directed to conduct the
study cited in the Senate report regarding deployable flight
data recorders and support the FAA Technical Center's
``integrated aircraft data collection and reporting'' project
to develop an improved method of collecting, storing, and
analyzing critical aircraft flight data by ground-based means.
Automated surface observing system (ASOS).--The conferees
agree to provide $11,500,000 for this program instead of
$8,213,900 proposed by the House and $13,213,900 proposed by
the Senate. Of the funds provided, $80,000 is for installation
of an automated weather observing system at Monticello Airport
in Wayne County, Kentucky and $100,000 is for installation of
an AWOS III system at Dexter Airport in Arkadelphia, Arkansas.
Funding is also included for installation of an automated
weather sensor system (AWSS) for Owensboro-Daviess County
Airport in Kentucky.
Approach lighting system improvement program (ALSIP).--
The conference agreement provides $30,000,000 for this program,
to be distributed as follows:
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Location House Senate Agreement
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Activities in President's budget............................. $1,040,000 $1,100,000 $1,040,000
ALSF-2 acquisition........................................... 9,575,000 ............... 3,400,000
MALSR acquisition............................................ 3,500,000 ............... 2,025,000
ALSIP Newport & North Bend, OR............................... 4,000,000 3,500,000 3,500,000
ALSF-2 Cleveland Intl, OH.................................... 3,000,000 ............... 3,000,000
ALSF-2 Minneapolis-St. Paul Intl, MN......................... ............... ............... 1,500,000
MALSR Starkville, MS......................................... 560,000 ............... 560,000
MALSR, Millington, TN........................................ 425,000 ............... 425,000
MALSR install runway 34L, Salt Lake City, UT................. 3,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000
MALSR/REIL Monroe Cty, NC.................................... 1,000,000 ............... 1,000,000
Meridian/Key Field MALSR, MS................................. ............... 2,300,000 2,300,000
Atlanta Hartsfield, GA....................................... ............... 2,300,000 1,500,000
Juneau Airport, AK........................................... ............... 2,000,000 1,500,000
Las Cruces International, NM................................. ............... 2,750,000 1,600,000
Bethel Airport, AK........................................... ............... 2,000,000 1,500,000
Saginaw MBS Intl, MI......................................... ............... 500,000 500,000
MALSR, Baton Rouge, LA....................................... ............... 2,000,000 1,500,000
Taxiway lighting system, Gadsden Airport Industrial Park, AL. ............... ............... 150,000
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Total.................................................. 26,100,000 21,450,000 30,000,000
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Aviation access, remote locations in Alaska.--The
conferees note that most remote Alaska villages do not have
access to hospitals or clinics because they are not connected
to the road system. Therefore, they must rely on aircraft
medevacs in the event of a medical emergency. The conferees
have been informed that an air evacuation of a heart attack
victim was delayed for three days because the village of Hoonah
lacked navigational aids, and that medevacs in winter months
are restricted to just a few hours of daylight because
communities lack runway lights. The Administrator is directed
to work with the Indian Health Service and the Coast Guard to
determine the extent of this problem, and similar access
problems in other remote communities, and make recommendations
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations by March
1, 2001 on what steps should be taken.
Explosive detection systems.--The conferees agree to
provide $99,500,000 for the acquisition and deployment of
explosive detection systems at airports as proposed by the
Senate instead of $136,417,606 as proposed by the House. The
conference agreement distributes funds as shown below:
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FY 2001 budget Conference
Activity estimate agreement
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Bulk EDS systems.................... $31,200,000 $40,000,000
Trace detection systems............. 15,200,000 12,000,000
Threat image projection (TIP) 25,320,000 22,000,000
systems............................
Threat containment units............ 750,000 ................
Computer-based training (CBT) ................ 2,000,000
systems............................
System integration.................. 25,030,000 21,500,000
SAFPAS.............................. ................ 2,000,000
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Total......................... 97,500,000 99,500,000
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Bulk explosive detection systems.--The conferees agree
with the concern of the House that FAA has not been successful
at developing a viable second source for the acquisition of
bulk EDS systems, several years after the program was
initiated. Competition among vendors is critical for minimizing
government costs and lowering technical risk, and FAA's lack of
enthusiasm for second source development continues to be
disappointing. A recent investigation of the House
Appropriations Committee's Surveys and Investigations staff
concluded that FAA has failed to use consistent criteria in
evaluating different vendors; has failed to formally document
test criteria and the basis for test decisions; and has applied
different performance standards to different vendors. Some
vendors have been allowed to deploy equipment to airports
without FAA certification; some have been required to receive
certification; and still others have not been approved until
completion of post-certification operational tests. In all, it
is clear that FAA has neither effectively promoted competition
nor evaluated different vendors fairly against a single
performance and testing standard. This has resulted in a single
vendor receiving contracts for an overwhelming majority of
systems, several years after attempts were begun to develop a
second source. The conferees will not continue to provide
funding for these important machines unless a level playing
field is established. Although the conference agreement
includes $40,000,000 for bulk explosive detection systems, an
increase of $8,800,000 above the budget estimate, the conferees
direct that these funds shall be made available in equal
amounts to procure explosive detection systems from both
certified sources. Further, the FAA shall not unduly delay
contract awards to either vendor, by ensuring that the timing
of contract awards to the two vendors are paired to the
greatest extent practicable.
Strategic Alliance for Passenger Airline Safety.--As
proposed by the Senate, the conference agreement includes
$2,000,000 for the Strategic Alliance for Passenger Airline
Safety (SAFPAS) to conduct development, integration,
evaluation, and testing of the concept of remote airline
passenger check-in and baggage drop-off. If successful, this
could enhance airline passenger check-in efficiency as well as
enhance security by distributing the baggage screening load
across time and locations, allow for a more measured flow of
baggage and more time per bag for screening. This could also
reduce the pressure at airport security checkpoints by reducing
the number of bags being presented immediately before flight
departures.
Center for advanced aviation systems development.--Within
the amount made available for this activity, adequate funding
has been provided to continue development of flight management
system procedures for Newark and Teterboro airports, New
Jersey.
Research, Engineering, and Development
(Airport and Airway Trust Fund)
The conference agreement provides $187,000,000 for FAA
research, engineering, and development instead of $184,366,000
as proposed by the House and $183,343,000 as proposed by the
Senate.
The following table shows the distribution of funds in
the House and Senate bills and the conference agreement:
Security research.--The conferees encourage FAA's
research organization to work with the OST Office of
Intelligence and Security to consider FAA financial support of
aviation-related activities conducted through that office. The
Office of Intelligence and Security is tasked with certain
responsibilities regarding critical infrastructure protection
and awareness. Since the large majority of DOT's critical
infrastructure is in the FAA, it may be appropriate for the
agency to support these activities financially.
Strobe light evaluation.--The conferees direct FAA to
provide, out of available funds, up to $500,000 to conduct a
test program comparing how various runway approach lighting
systems affect a pilot's visual effectiveness during the
landing phase. FAA data indicate that ``steady burning''
approach lights can cause temporary changes in pilot visual
acuity, which can affect the ability of the pilot to determine
objects at a distance.
Propulsion and fuel systems.--Of the funds provided,
$1,500,000 is for the minimum octane fuel research cited in the
House report and $1,500,000 is for the Specialty Metals
Processing Consortium cited in the Senate report.
Explosives and weapons detection.--The conference
agreement includes $42,606,000 as proposed by the Senate
instead of $37,460,000 as proposed by the House and included in
the budget estimate. Of this amount, $6,000,000 is to continue
development of the pulsed fast neutron analysis (PFNA) cargo
inspection system, as proposed by the Senate. No funds are
allocated to the Safe Skies initiative. Further, the conference
agreement provides $1,000,000 for the FAA to fund dual use X-
ray technology development at Huntsville International Airport,
Alabama, to facilitate the movement of large amounts of
palletized cargo through scanning systems with very high levels
of contraband and threat detection.
Aging aircraft.--The conference agreement provides
$33,384,000 for this program instead of $29,384,000 as proposed
by the House and $34,684,000 as proposed by the Senate. Of the
funds provided, $5,000,000 is for the National Institute for
Aviation Research. The conferees have included an increase of
$1,000,000 above the budget request for the Center for Aviation
Systems Reliability (CASR); $1,000,000 above the budget request
for activities of the engine titanium consortium effort; and
$10,000,000 for the activities of the Airworthiness Assurance
Center of Excellence, including research at the non-destructive
inspection validation center.
Grants-in-Aid for Airports
(Liquidation of Contract Authorization)
(Limitation on Obligations)
(Airport and Airway Trust Fund)
The conference agreement includes a liquidating cash
appropriation of $3,200,000,000, as proposed by the House and
the Senate.
Obligation limitation.--The conferees agree to an
obligation limitation of $3,200,000,000 for the ``Grants-in-aid
for airports'' program as proposed by the House and the Senate.
This is the amount authorized by Public Law 106-181.
High priority projects.--Of the funds covered by the
obligation limitation in this bill, the conferees direct FAA to
provide not less than the following funding levels, out of
available discretionary resources, for the following projects
in the corresponding amounts:
The conferees further direct that the specific funding
allocated above shall not diminish or prejudice the application
of a specific airport or geographic region to receive other AIP
discretionary grants or multiyear letters of intent.
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, OH.--The
conferees are aware of the need for further noise mitigation at
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport and of the City of
Cleveland's residential sound insulation program to address
this issue. Although the city is currently limited to caps for
residential and institutional noise set-aside funding, it is
expected that these caps will be withdrawn by the FAA because
of the significant increase being made available in noise set-
aside funding. Accordingly, the conferees urge FAA to give
strong consideration to the city's request for multi-year noise
set-aside funding to address sound insulation needs for homes
and facilities around the airport.
Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, MN.--The
conferees provide $10,000,000 for noise mitigation activities
for the westside of the new Minneapolis-St. Paul International
Airport north/south runway, pending FAA's review of the noise
impacts of the project.
Denver noise mitigation study.--In House report 105-648,
the House Committee on Appropriations instructed FAA to work
with the Denver International Airport Study Coordination Group,
the DIA noise abatement office, and other affected Colorado
communities to identify measures, including changes in flight
patterns, which would reduce aircraft noise. In addition to
considering average noise levels (particularly in communities
with average noise levels over 65 LDN), the FAA was instructed
to address the specific altitude of Colorado communities. The
conferees urge FAA to continue to work with these entities to
resolve their concerns. The conferees direct FAA to provide a
letter report detailing its findings and recommended actions to
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations no later than
August 1, 2001.
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport, PA.--The
conference agreement provides discretionary funding of
$3,000,000 only for the Joseph M. McDade terminal facility at
the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport in
Pennsylvania.
Letters of intent.--The conferees urge the FAA to award
letters of intent for multiyear capital projects at the
following airports:
Location:
Memphis International, TN
Lambert-St. Louis International, MO
Clearwater-St. Petersburg International, FL
Piedmont Triad International, NC
Anchorage International, AK
George Bush Intercontinental, TX
Orlando International, FL
Baltimore-Washington International, MD
Hartsfield-Atlanta International, GA
Alliance Airport, TX
Oakland Pontiac International, MI
North Las Vegas, NV
Cherry Capital Airport, MI
Houston area letter of intent.--The conferees urge FAA to
give priority consideration to the letter of intent application
from the City of Houston. The city has proposed a major
expansion of airside capacity, with positive effects on system
delay and a favorable benefit-cost ratio, as part of a larger
airport expansion program largely financed by locally-generated
funds.
Lambert-St. Louis International Airport.--The conferees
encourage the FAA Administrator to award a supplemental letter
of intent for Lambert-St. Louis International Airport in
Missouri and include within the conference agreement
$10,000,000 in discretionary funding for the new W-1W runway
and related improvements at this airport.
Piedmont Triad International Airport runway project.--The
Conferees direct the FAA to give full and immediate
consideration to the Piedmont Triad Airport Authority's
application for a letter of intent for construction of a
parallel runway (5L-23R) and related improvements. These
improvements will provide substantial capacity, safety and
economic benefits and will facilitate committed expansion of
operations at the airport.
Hartsfield-Atlanta International Airport.--The conferees
are aware of the capacity and safety benefits that will accrue
from the addition of a fifth runway at Hartsfield-Atlanta
International Airport. The conferees direct FAA to give full
and immediate consideration to the airport authority's
application for a letter of intent for construction of a fifth
runway.
GPS approach development.--The confererence agreement
does not include the Senate's direction to make available
$4,500,000 of administrative funds only for the development of
GPS approaches. Funding for this activity is provided in other
appropriations.
grants-in-aid for airports
(airport and airway trust fund)
(rescission of contract authorization)
The conference agreement includes a rescission of unused
contract authority totaling $579,000,000, as proposed by both
the House and the Senate. These funds are above the annual
obligation ceiling for fiscal year 2000, and remain unavailable
to the program.
aviation insurance revolving fund
The conference agreement retains language authorizing
expenditures and investments from the Aviation Insurance
Revolving Fund for aviation insurance activities, as proposed
by both the House and the Senate. This provision has been
carried in appropriations Acts for many years.
Federal Highway Administration
limitation on administrative expenses
The conference agreement limits administrative expenses
of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to $295,119,000,
instead of $290,115,000 as proposed by the House and
$386,658,000 as proposed by the Senate.
The conference agreement provides that certain sums be
made available under section 104(a) of title 23, U.S.C. to
carry out specified activities, as follows: $4,000,000 shall be
available for commercial remote sensing products and spatial
information technologies under section 5113 of Public Law 105-
178, as amended; $10,000,000 shall be available for the
national historic covered bridge preservation program under
section 1224 of Public Law 105-178, as amended; $5,000,000
shall be available for the construction and improvement of the
Alabama State Docks; $10,000,000 shall be available to Auburn
University for the Center for Transportation Technology;
$7,500,000 shall be made available for ``Child Passenger
Protection Education Grants'' under section 2003(b) of Public
Law 105-178, as amended; and $25,000,000 shall be available for
the transportation and community and system preservation
program under section 1221 of Public Law 105-178, as amended.
The recommended distribution by program and activity of
the funding provided for FHWA's administrative expenses is as
follows:
FHWA administrative expenses............................ $315,834,000
Undistributed reduction in administrative expenses.. -1,000,000
Defer information technology increases pending CIO
review.............................................. -2,400,000
Defer increases for workplace development............... -4,330,000
Delete funding requested for rural transportation
planning initiatives................................ -1,000,000
Eliminate funding for climate change center............. -1,000,000
Deny funding for national rural development partnership
program............................................. -500,000
Delete funding for the Garret A. Morgan program......... -688,000
Delete funding for 2 new FTE for small and disadvantaged
business activities................................. -230,000
Deny funding for development of regional transportation
plan for the Mississippi River Delta initiative..... -1,000,000
Delete funding for ``working better together''
activities.......................................... -500,000
Provide $1,000,000 for the office of intermodalism...... -317,000
Deny increases for technology transfer and sharing
activities.......................................... -5,000,000
Disallow funds for the national personal transportation
survey.............................................. -4,750,000
Congestion mitigation and suburban mobility initiative.. +2,000,000
National personal transportation survey.--The conference
agreement does not include additional resources for the
national personal transportation survey within FHWA's
limitation on administrative expenses. Funds have been provided
within policy research and the Bureau of Transportation
Statistics to continue the national personal transportation
survey in fiscal year 2001.
International trade data systems.--The conference
agreement includes $1,620,000, as requested, for international
trade data systems. The conferees agree with the direction of
the House to provide the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations by February 1, 2001 a detailed cost estimate for
the development and deployment of the complete system,
including cost sharing by other participating federal, state
and local agencies, and a schedule for full deployment. The
conferees encourage the FHWA within the funds provided for this
activity to conduct a study on transportation issues emerging
from NAFTA with the University of Texas at El Paso and Dowling
College of Long Island, New York, and to work with the Arctic
Council to identify opportunities for international cooperation
and development in the circumpolar region.
Research and development administrative expenses.--The
level provided for administrative expenses of the FHWA shall
include funding, as proposed by the House, to support various
administrative activities that were requested within the
research and technology programs.
Inspector General cost reimbursements.--The conference
agreement provides up to $3,524,000 for Inspector General audit
cost reimbursements. These funds are transferred from FHWA's
administrative takedown as authorized under section 104(a) of
title 23 to the office of the inspector general.
Corporate average fuel economy.--Up to $1,000,000 is
provided under this heading to conduct a study of corporate
average fuel economy standards. This study is more fully
discussed under ``National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, Operations and research.''
Dual logos on interstate signs.--The conferees understand
that in response to the establishment of shared facilities for
restaurants and other services along interstate highways, there
is growing interest in the placement of dual logos on
interstate signs to provide information to the traveling
public. The Commonwealth of Kentucky is considering a
demonstration project that would allow for the use of dual
logos in one slot on interstates marking gas, food and lodging
facilities. The conferees believe this proposal has merit and
direct the FHWA to approve Kentucky's request, should it be
submitted.
New Jersey Turnpike Tremley Point Interchange.--The
conferees are aware of a proposal to construct a new truck-only
interchange at exit 12A of the New Jersey Turnpike to provide
commercial vehicle access and to alleviate congestion in
Linden, New Jersey. The conferees stand in support of this
initiative and encourage the appropriate transportation
officials in the State of New Jersey to expedite construction
of this critically needed congestion mitigation project.
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal.--The conferees direct the
Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers,
to remove lead-based paint from the St. Georges Bridge in
Delaware, to repaint the bridge, and to conduct an assessment
for rehabilitation of the bridge using available ``Operations
and maintenance'' general funds from Energy and Water
Development Appropriations Acts.
limitation on transportation research
The conference agreement deletes the limitation on
transportation research of $437,250,000 proposed by the House.
Funding for transportation research programs and activities is
included within the overall limitation on federal-aid highways,
as proposed by the Senate.
federal-aid highways
The conference agreement limits obligations for the
federal-aid highways program to $29,661,806,000 as proposed by
both the House and the Senate. The conference agreement also
includes the following limitations within the overall
limitation on obligations for the federal-aid highways program
as proposed by the Senate: $437,250,000 for transportation
research; $25,000,000 for the magnetic levitation
transportation technology deployment program; $31,000,000 for
the Bureau of Transportation Statistics; and $218,000,000 for
intelligent transportation systems. Within the funds provided
for magnetic levitation, not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be
available to the Federal Railroad Administration for
administrative expenses associated with the program; not to
exceed $1,500,000 shall be available to the Federal Railroad
Administration for ``Safety and operations''; and not more than
$1,000,000 shall be available for low-speed magnetic levitation
research and development. The House bill contained no similar
sub-limitations.
The conference agreement also includes a provision which,
after deducting $156,486,491 for high priority projects;
$25,000,000 for the Indian reservation roads program;
$18,467,857 for the Woodrow Wilson Bridge; $10,000,000 for
commercial driver's license program under motor carrier safety
grants; and $1,735,039 for the Alaska Highway, distributes
revenue aligned budget authority directly to the states
consistent with each state's individual guaranteed share under
section 1105 of Public Law 105-178. This approach is similar to
the policy enacted for fiscal year 2000 and maximizes the
resources flowing to individual states.
The conference agreement includes several provisions that
stipulate how funds apportioned under section 110 of title 23,
U.S.C. to the states of Oklahoma, Mississippi, New York,
Nebraska, Alabama and California are to be allocated within
those states. The FHWA is directed to ensure that the state
departments of transportation of these states in no way
diminish their annual planned expenditures from their regular
federal-aid apportionment on the projects specified in this
conference agreement.
Commonwealth of Kentucky.--The conferees expect the
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet to pre-finance the right-of-way
phase for the Pennyrile Parkway Extension from Hopkinsville to
I-24 in Christian County, which is to be funded from the
state's annual allotment of federal national highway system
funds.
Environmental streamlining pilot program.--The conferees
direct the Secretary of Transportation to designate the New
Hampshire I-93 corridor project (from Manchester to Salem) as
an environmental streamlining pilot project to demonstrate
timely identification and resolution of issues, flexible
mitigation strategies, and balanced decision-making. The
conferees further expect the FHWA's New Hampshire Division
Administrator, the Federal Transit Administration's Region 1
Administrator, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's
Region 1 Administrator, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Northeast District Engineer, and the Fish and Wildlife Service
Regional Director to serve on this project's board of directors
and as principal partners for the duration of this project.
This pilot may serve as a model for the application of
``project partnering'' to implement section 1309 of the
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 232-
234).
surface transportation research
Within the funds provided for surface transportation
research, the conference agreement includes $66,000,000 for
highway research and development for the following activities:
Safety.................................................. $15,000,000
Pavements............................................... 15,000,000
Structures.............................................. 15,000,000
Environment............................................. 6,200,000
Policy.................................................. 4,600,000
Planning and real estate................................ 4,100,000
Advanced research....................................... 900,000
Highway operations and asset management................. 5,200,000
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Total............................................. 66,000,000
Within the funds provided for highway research and
development, the conferees encourage the FHWA to provide up to
$250,000 for continuation of the PM-10 study.
Safety.--The conference agreement includes $15,000,000
for safety research. FHWA is required to implement a
comprehensive research and technology program that will ensure
safety R&D and deployment activities receive at least the same
amount of funds that were provided in fiscal year 2000. Within
the funds provided for safety research, the conferees encourage
the FHWA to expand its efforts to improve traffic safety at
various types of intersections. In addition, the conferees
encourage the FHWA to provide: up to $500,000 to explore
traffic striping technology improvements which enhance
reflectivity in heavy rain; up to $2,000,000 to determine the
effectiveness of Freezefree anti-icing systems; up to
$2,000,000 for cooperative research at the Western Washington
University Vehicle Research Institute for safety and related
initiatives; and up to $500,000 for rural bridge safety
research in cooperation with the Vermont Agency of
Transportation. Lastly, the conferees encourage the FHWA to
provide up to $1,800,000 to the Transportation Research
Institute at the George Washington University for multi-modal
crash analysis, simulation, and modeling for occupant
protection and human survivability; and for advanced research
into improving performance and safety of transportation
networks, including but not limited to information,
communications, command and control, and logistics at the
physical, operational and information levels.
Pavements.--The conference agreement provides $15,000,000
for pavements research. Within the funds provided for pavements
research, the conferees encourage the FHWA to provide: up to
$750,000 for cement concrete pavement research at Iowa State
University's Transportation Research and Education Center; up
to $2,000,000 for alkali silica reactivity research with
lithium based technologies; up to $2,000,000 for further
research into the GSB-88 emulsified sealer/binder treatment; up
to $2,500,000 for the National Center for Asphalt Technology
Pavement Research at Auburn University; up to $2,000,000 for a
cooperative polymer additive demonstration involving South
Carolina State University and Clemson University; and up to
$1,000,000 for geosynthetic material pavement research at the
Western Transportation Institute.
Structures.--The conference agreement provides
$15,000,000 for structures research. Within the funds provided
for structures research, the conferees encourage the FHWA to
provide: up to $2,000,000 for research at the Center for
Advanced Bridge Engineering at Wayne State University; up to
$2,000,000 for nondestructive testing research at the Utah
Transportation Center; up to $1,500,000 for advanced sensor and
inspection research at the New Mexico State University Bridge
Research Center; up to $2,000,000 for earthquake hazards
mitigation research at the University of Missouri-Rolla; up to
$2,000,000 for related engineering research at West Virginia
University; up to $2,000,000 for polymer matrix composite
research for wood structures at the University of Maine; up to
$2,000,000 for a rustproofing and paint technology transfer
project using the I-110 bridge from I-10 to U.S. 90; and up to
$1,500,000 for cooperative work with the Transportation
Research Center at the Washington State University.
Environment.--The conference agreement provides
$6,200,000 for environmental research. Within the funds
provided for this research activity, the FHWA is encouraged to
provide: up to $1,000,000 for the Sustainable Transportation
Systems Lab and the National Center for Transportation
Technology for mitigation research for heavily-trafficked
national parks; up to $1,500,000 for a dust and persistent
particulate abatement demonstration study in Kotzebue, Alaska;
and up to $1,000,000 to facilitate the air quality work at the
National Environmental Respiratory Center.
Policy.--The conference agreement includes $4,600,000 for
policy research. Sufficient funding provided under this
activity, together with resources provided to the Bureau of
Transportation Statistics, shall allow for continued,
undiminished work on the national personal transportation
survey. The conference agreement deletes funding to continue or
to revise the truck size and weight study, as well as funding
requested for research cooperation with various international
organizations. Both the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations expect to be consulted before future
international agreements are consummated by the department that
are likely to require financial support by the FHWA.
Highway operations and asset management.--The conference
agreement provides $5,200,000 for highway operations and asset
management. Within the funds provided for this activity, the
conferees encourage the FHWA to provide: up to $800,000 for
innovative infrastructure financing best practices research
ongoing at the University of Southern California; up to
$1,000,000 for the road life research program in New Mexico;
and up to $2,000,000 for the Center for Advanced Simulation
Technology in New York and Auburn University for continued work
on a transportation management plan.
intelligent transportation systems
The conference agreement includes a total of $218,000,000
for intelligent transportation systems (ITS), of which
$118,000,000 is available for ITS deployment and $100,000,000
is for ITS research and development. Within the funds available
for intelligent transportation systems deployment, the
conference agreement provides that not less than the following
sums shall be available for intelligent transportation projects
in these specified areas:
Conference
Project agreement
Alameda-Contra Costa, California........................ $500,000
Aquidneck Island, Rhode Island.......................... 500,000
Austin, Texas........................................... 250,000
Automated crash notification system, UAB................ 1,000,000
Baton Rouge, Louisiana.................................. 1,000,000
Bay County, Florida..................................... 1,500,000
Beaumont, Texas......................................... 150,000
Bellingham, Washington.................................. 350,000
Bloomington Township, Illinois.......................... 400,000
Calhoun County, Michigan................................ 750,000
Carbondale, Pennsylvania................................ 2,000,000
Cargo Mate, New Jersey.................................. 750,000
Charlotte, North Carolina............................... 625,000
College Station, Texas.................................. 1,800,000
Commonwealth of Kentucky................................ 1,500,000
Commonwealth of Virginia................................ 5,500,000
Corpus Christi, Texas (vehicle dispatching)............. 1,000,000
Delaware River Port Authority........................... 1,250,000
DuPage County, Illinois................................. 500,000
Fargo, North Dakota..................................... 1,000,000
Fort Collins, Colorado.................................. 1,250,000
Hattiesburg, Mississippi................................ 500,000
Huntington Beach, California............................ 1,250,000
Huntsville, Alabama..................................... 3,000,000
I-70 West project, Colorado............................. 750,000
Inglewood, California................................... 600,000
Jackson, Mississippi.................................... 1,000,000
Jefferson County, Colorado.............................. 4,250,000
Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania............................... 1,500,000
Kansas City, Missouri................................... 1,250,000
Lake County, Illinois................................... 450,000
Lewis & Clark trail, Montana............................ 625,000
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania......................... 2,000,000
Moscow, Idaho........................................... 875,000
Muscle Shoals, Alabama.................................. 1,000,000
Nashville, Tennessee.................................... 500,000
New Jersey regional integration/TRANSCOM................ 3,000,000
North Central Pennsylvania.............................. 750,000
North Las Vegas, Nevada................................. 1,800,000
Norwalk and Sante Fe Springs, California................ 500,000
Oakland and Wayne Counties, Michigan.................... 1,500,000
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission........................ 1,500,000
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.............................. 500,000
Puget Sound regional fare collection, Washington........ 2,500,000
Rensselaer County, New York............................. 500,000
Rochester, New York..................................... 1,500,000
Sacramento County, California........................... 875,000
Sacramento to Reno, I-80 corridor....................... 100,000
Sacramento, California.................................. 500,000
Salt Lake City (Olympic Games), Utah.................... 1,000,000
San Antonio, Texas...................................... 100,000
Santa Teresa, New Mexico................................ 500,000
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania......................... 400,000
Seabrook, Texas......................................... 1,200,000
Shreveport, Louisiana................................... 1,000,000
South Dakota commercial vehicle, ITS.................... 1,250,000
Southeast Michigan...................................... 500,000
Southhaven, Mississippi................................. 150,000
Spokane County, Washington.............................. 1,000,000
Springfield-Branson, Missouri........................... 750,000
St. Louis, Missouri..................................... 500,000
State of Alaska......................................... 2,350,000
State of Arizona........................................ 1,000,000
State of Connecticut.................................... 3,000,000
State of Delaware....................................... 1,000,000
State of Illinois....................................... 1,000,000
State of Indiana (SAFE-T)............................... 1,000,000
State of Iowa (traffic enforcement and transit)......... 2,750,000
State of Maryland....................................... 3,000,000
State of Minnesota...................................... 6,500,000
State of Missouri (rural)............................... 750,000
State of Montana........................................ 750,000
State of Nebraska....................................... 2,600,000
State of New Mexico..................................... 750,000
State of North Carolina................................. 1,500,000
State of North Dakota................................... 500,000
State of Ohio........................................... 2,000,000
State of Oklahoma....................................... 1,000,000
State of Oregon......................................... 750,000
State of South Carolina................................. 2,000,000
State of Tennessee...................................... 1,850,000
State of Utah........................................... 1,500,000
State of Vermont........................................ 500,000
State of Wisconsin...................................... 1,000,000
Texas border phase I, Houston, Texas.................... 500,000
Tucson, Arizona......................................... 1,250,000
Tuscaloosa, Alabama..................................... 2,000,000
Vermont rural ITS....................................... 1,500,000
Washington, DC area..................................... 1,250,000
Washoe County, Nevada................................... 200,000
Wayne County, Michigan.................................. 5,000,000
Williamson County/Round Rock, Texas..................... 250,000
Projects selected for funding shall contribute to the
integration and interoperability of intelligent transportation
systems, consistent with the criteria set forth in TEA21.
District of Columbia.--The conference agreement includes
$1,250,000 for intelligent transportation systems in the
national capital region. Within the amount provided, the
conferees urge funding be made available to develop with George
Mason University a system which coordinates ITS responses to
major capital projects in Northern Virginia.
Commonwealth of Virginia.--Within the $5,500,000 provided
for ITS projects in the Commonwealth of Virginia, $3,000,000
shall be for the I-81 corridor in the Shenandoah Valley and
southwestern Virginia to improve safety. The conferees are
encouraged by the opportunities to improve safety with ITS
programs such as the collection and distribution of real time
information, installation of dynamic message signs and safety
monitors, coordination of emergency response, and other
systems. The conferees expect the Virginia Department of
Transportation, working in partnership with Virginia
Polytechnic Institute, James Madison University, and George
Mason University, to accelerate timely solutions to improve
safety on the I-81 corridor.
The conference agreement provides $100,000,000 for ITS
research and development activities, to be distributed by
activity as follows:
Research and development................................ $48,680,000
Operational tests....................................... 11,820,000
Evaluations............................................. 7,750,000
Architecture and standards.............................. 13,750,000
Integration............................................. 9,000,000
Program support......................................... 9,000,000
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Total............................................. 100,000,000
ITS standards, research, operational tests and
development.--Within the $100,000,000 provided for ITS
standards, research, operational tests and development, the
conference agreement includes, as proposed by the House,
$7,300,000 for commercial vehicle research and $30,000,000 for
intelligent vehicle initiative research, of which $5,000,000
shall be available for the initial phase of an operational test
to advance collision avoidance technologies in the light
vehicle platform. The conference agreement deletes $600,000
identified in the Senate report to initiate the design,
engineering and installation of intelligent transportation
systems at railroad-highway crossings on rail corridors.
FERRY BOATS AND FERRY TERMINAL FACILITIES
Within the funds available for ferry boats and ferry
terminal facilities, funds are to be available for the
following projects and activities:
Project Conference
Baylink ferry service, Vallejo, California.............. $1,000,000
Broward County, Florida................................. 2,300,000
Cherry Grove, Long Island ferry boat dock, New York..... 360,000
Curtis vessel replacement for Rockland and Vinal Haven,
Maine............................................... 250,000
Dorena Ferry Mississippi River Crossing, Mississippi.... 500,000
Gees Bend ferry, Alabama................................ 1,000,000
Greenport and Sag Harbor, New York, ferry service....... 400,000
Jamaica Bay transportation hub, New York................ 680,000
Fishers Island ferry terminal expansion, New London,
Connecticut......................................... 1,250,000
Penns Landing dock improvements, Pennsylvania........... 800,000
Port of Corpus Christi (North Harbor) ferry facility,
Texas............................................... 1,000,000
Potomac river ferry, Virginia........................... 660,000
Providence and Newport ferry, Rhode Island.............. 1,000,000
Provincetown, Massachusetts, terminal improvements...... 300,000
Sandusky, Ohio, river ferry............................. 500,000
Savannah water taxi, Georgia............................ 400,000
St. Johns River water taxi, Jacksonville, Florida....... 500,000
State of Ohio ferries................................... 500,000
Treasure Island ferry service initiation and pier
reconstruction, San Francisco, California........... 1,000,000
magnetic levitation transportation technology deployment program
The conference agreement provides a total of $25,000,000
for the high-speed magnetic levitation (maglev) technology
deployment program. Of this total, $1,000,000 is for the
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to administer the
program; $1,500,000 is transferred to FRA for safety and
operations activities; and $1,000,000 is for low-speed maglev
development.
The conferees direct that $21,500,000 be transferred to
FRA for the deployment of high-speed maglev projects. Of this
total, the conference agreement recommends the following
amounts be made available for pre-construction planning and
environmental impact assessments:
Port Authority of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania:
Pittsburgh International Airport link............... $5,000,000
Maryland Department of Transportation: Baltimore-
Washington International Airport-Washington, D.C.
link................................................ 1,000,000
California-Nevada Super Speed Train Commission: Las
Vegas, NV to Anaheim, CA............................ 1,000,000
Georgia/Atlanta Regional Commission: Atlanta, GA to
Chattanooga, TN..................................... 1,000,000
Southern California Association of Governments: Los
Angeles International Airport to March Air Force
Base................................................ 1,000,000
Florida Department of Transportation.................... 1,000,000
Greater New Orleans Expressway Commission............... 1,000,000
The remaining funding ($10,500,000) shall be reserved for
the projects that the Department of Transportation selects from
among the seven candidates to continue in fiscal year 2001.
Low-speed maglev program.--A total of $6,000,000 has been
allocated for low-speed maglev programs in fiscal year 2001.
This funding is comprised of $1,000,000 transferred from the
high-speed maglev program, instead of $3,000,000 as proposed by
the Senate, and $5,000,000 from section 3015(c) of Public Law
105-178. This funding is to be allocated as follows:
Segmented rail phased induction electric magnetic motor
(SERAPHIM) project.................................. $2,000,000
Colorado Intermountain Fixed Guideway Authority Airport
link project........................................ 2,000,000
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania airborne shuttle system........ 2,000,000
national corridor planning and development program
Within the funds available for the national corridor
planning and development program, funds are to be available for
the following projects and activities:
Project Conference
Anniston Evacuation corridor, Calhoun County, Alabama... $3,000,000
Avalon Boulevard/405 Freeway interchange, Carson,
California.......................................... 875,000
Boca Raton traffic calming, Florida..................... 500,000
City of North Ridgeville, Lorain County, Ohio grade
crossing improvements............................... 600,000
Coalfields expressway Virginia.......................... 4,000,000
Coalfields expressway, West Virginia.................... 10,000,000
Downtown Fitchburg Route 12 extension, Massachusetts.... 2,000,000
Hatcher Pass (phase I), Alaska.......................... 2,000,000
I-25 corridor from Alameda to Logan, Colorado........... 4,000,000
I-29 Port of Entry, Union County, South Dakota.......... 2,000,000
I-35 corridor expansion, Waco, Texas.................... 1,325,000
I-5 South Medford interchange and Delta Park, Oregon.... 1,000,000
I-65 upgrade, Clark County, Indiana..................... 1,350,000
I-66, Somerset to London, Kentucky...................... 5,000,000
I-69 corridor, Louisiana................................ 2,300,000
I-69 corridor, Texas.................................... 3,000,000
I-74 bridge, Moline, Illinois........................... 5,600,000
Madison County, KY 21 and I-75, Kentucky................ 1,000,000
New Boston Road improvements, Mercer County, Illinois... 3,000,000
Radio Road overpass, City of Sulphur Springs, Texas..... 1,350,000
Route 104, Virginia..................................... 1,000,000
South Shore industrial safety overpass, Indiana......... 4,750,000
Stevenson expressway, Illinois.......................... 3,800,000
US 19, Florida.......................................... 10,000,000
US 25 improvements, Kentucky............................ 2,000,000
US 321 and US 74, Gasden and Mecklenburg County, North
Carolina............................................ 500,000
US 395 North Spokane corridor, Washington............... 1,000,000
US 43, Alabama.......................................... 4,000,000
US 51 widening, Decatur, Illinois....................... 1,350,000
US 95 (Milepost 522 to Canadian border), Idaho.......... 1,900,000
US Route 2, New Hampshire............................... 1,500,000
US-61 (Avenue of the Saints), Missouri.................. 4,000,000
WI 29 (Chippewa Falls bypass, Wisconsin)................ 3,000,000
TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNITY AND SYSTEM PRESERVATION PROGRAM
The conference agreement includes a total of $50,000,000
for the transportation and community and system preservation
program, of which $25,000,000 is derived from funds provided
under section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code. Within
the funds made available for the transportation and community
and system preservation program, funds are to be distributed to
the following projects and activities:
Project Conference
20/20 vision project in Concord, New Hampshire.......... $500,000
Arkansas River, Wichita, Kansas, pedestrian
transportation facility............................. 1,000,000
Bangor, Maine, intermodal hub facility planning,
railroad crossing signalization, bike and pedestrian
trails.............................................. 600,000
Bedford, New Hampshire, corridor planning............... 250,000
Billings, Montana, open/green space improvement project. 775,000
Bowling Green, Kentucky, Riverfront Development
transportation enhancements......................... 1,000,000
Buckeye Greenbelt parkway beautification, Toledo, Ohio.. 250,000
Burlington, Vermont, North Street and Church Street
improvements........................................ 1,100,000
Chantry Flats Road, Sierra Madre, California............ 600,000
Charleston, West Virginia, Kanawha Boulevard Walkway
project............................................. 2,000,000
City of Angola and Steuben City, Indiana, bike path..... 325,000
City of Bedminster, New Jersey, bike path............... 500,000
City of Coronado, California, mobility improvements..... 600,000
City of Ferndale, Michigan, traffic signals............. 50,000
Claiborne County, Mississippi, access road from US 61 to
new port facility................................... 400,000
Clay/Leslie County, Kentucky............................ 2,000,000
Clovis, New Mexico, street revitalization............... 750,000
Community and environmental transportation acceptability
process, California................................. 1,000,000
Delong Mountain Alaska, airport access and related
planning............................................ 300,000
Downtown Omaha, Nebraska, access and redevelopment
project............................................. 300,000
East Redoubt Avenue improvements, Soldotna, Alaska...... 725,000
El Segundo, California, intermodal facility improvements 1,000,000
Elwood bicycle/pedestrian bridge, County of Santa
Barbara, California................................. 250,000
Fairbanks, Alaska, downtown transit and cultural
integration planning................................ 450,000
Fairfax cross county trail/Potomac National Heritage
Scenic Trail, Virginia.............................. 500,000
Flint, Michigan, transportation planning and origin &
destination shipping study.......................... 150,000
Fort Worth, Texas, trolley study........................ 750,000
Heritage Corridor Project study, Illinois............... 200,000
High capacity transportation system study, Albuquerque,
New Mexico.......................................... 500,000
Houston, Texas, Main Street Connectivity Project........ 750,000
Hudson River Waterfront Walkway, New Jersey............. 2,000,000
Huffman Prairie Flying Field Pedestrian and Multimodal
Gateway Entrance, Dayton, Ohio...................... 700,000
Humboldt Greenway project, Hennepin County, Minnesota... 1,000,000
Jackson traffic congestion mitigation planning,
Mississippi......................................... 600,000
Johnstown, Pennsylvania, pedestrian and streetscape
improvements........................................ 400,000
Kansas City, Missouri, Illus Davis Mall enhancements.... 350,000
Las Cruces, New Mexico railroad and transportation
museum.............................................. 200,000
Lincoln Parish transportation plan, Louisiana........... 1,500,000
Lodge freeway pedestrian overpass, Detroit, Michigan.... 9,000,000
Manchester, Vermont, pedestrian initiative.............. 375,000
Marked Tree, Arkansas, to I-55 along U.S. Highway 63
improvements and controlled access lanes............ 600,000
Minnesota Trunk Highway 610/10 interchange construction
at I-94............................................. 1,650,000
Mitchell Marina development, Greenport, New York........ 250,000
Mobile, Alabama, GM&O intermodal center/Amtrak station.. 650,000
Montana DOT/Western Montana College statewide geological
sign project........................................ 200,000
Montana statewide rail grade separation study and
environmental review................................ 400,000
New Bedford, Massachusetts, North Terminal.............. 200,000
New Orleans, Louisiana, intermodal transportation
research............................................ 950,000
NW 7th Avenue corridor improvement project, Miami,
Florida............................................. 100,000
Ohio and Erie Canal corrdior trail development, Ohio.... 1,000,000
Olympic Discovery Trail, Washington..................... 580,000
Owensboro riverfront development project................ 300,000
Palmer, Alaska, urban revitalization.................... 200,000
Park Avenue realignment, Borough of Flemington, New
Jersey.............................................. 1,175,000
Pedestrian and bicycle route projects, City of
Henderson, Nevada................................... 375,000
Pedestrian improvements, Lake Cumberland Trail, Kentucky 100,000
Pioneer Courthouse Square lobby renovation project,
Portland Oregon..................................... 400,000
Puget Sound freight mobility systems team project....... 20,000
Quincy, Illinois, 18th Street Bridge project............ 300,000
Raton, New Mexico, rail depot/intermodal center
redevelopment....................................... 750,000
Roberto Clemente Park pedestrian improvements,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania............................ 600,000
Rockville, Maryland, Town Center accessibility
improvement plan.................................... 250,000
Roseville, California, historic district revitalization
project............................................. 500,000
Route 16 improvements, Ellenboro and Harrisville, West
Virginia............................................ 250,000
Route 522 construction, Town of South Brunswick, New
Jersey.............................................. 250,000
Satsop Development Park road improvements, Grays Harbor,
Washington.......................................... 1,700,000
Soundview Greenway in the Bronx, New York, New York..... 1,000,000
South Kingshighway business district pilot program, St.
Louis Missouri...................................... 100,000
Springfield, Missouri, center city plan................. 750,000
SR 99 corridor improvements, Shoreline, Washington...... 1,000,000
Talkeetna, Alaska, parking lot/pedestrian safety access. 400,000
Tulsa/Sapula Union Railraod overpass at Oakridge
Elementary School, Oklahoma......................... 400,000
Uptown transportation management program, New Mexico.... 500,000
Utah-Coloralo ``Isolated Empire'' rail connector study.. 500,000
Van Buren and Russelville, Arkansas, environmental
assessments and improvements........................ 1,000,000
Virginia Beach, Virginia, bike trail.................... 400,000
Virginia weigh stations................................. 1,000,000
Walkable edgewater initiative, Chicago, Illinois........ 100,000
West Baden Springs preservation project, Indiana........ 1,000,000
Wheeling, West Virginia, Victorian Village
Transportation Initiative........................... 500,000
Weigh stations, Virginia.--Funding has been provided in
the conference agreement for two mobile weigh stations for the
Commonwealth of Virginia to curb illegal overweight trucks
using U.S. Route 50 and U.S. 17 (Crooked Run Valley) to bypass
the permanent weigh station on I-81. The conferees expect that
one such portable weigh station will be used in this region,
which includes Fauquier, Clarke and Loudoun counties.
BRIDGE DISCRETIONARY PROGRAM
Within the funds available for the bridge discretionary
program, funds are to be available for the following projects
and activities:
Project Conference
14th Street Bridge, Virginia............................ $5,000,000
Chouteau Bridge, Jackson County, Missouri............... 5,000,000
Clement C. Clay Bridge replacement, Morgan/Madison
counties, Alabama................................... 1,000,000
Fairfield-Benton-Kennecbec River Bridge, Maine.......... 4,000,000
Florida Memorial Bridge, Florida........................ 10,000,000
Historic Woodrow Wilson Bridge, Mississippi............. 3,200,000
Missisquoi Bay Bridge, Vermont.......................... 3,500,000
Oaklawn Bridge, South Pasadena, California.............. 500,000
Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge replacement, Connecticut... 3,200,000
Powell County Bridge, Montana........................... 1,500,000
Santa Clara Bridge, Oxnard, California.................. 6,500,000
Star City Bridge, West Virginia......................... 6,500,000
US 231 bridge over Tennessee River, Alabama............. 8,900,000
US 54/US 69 Bridge, Kansas.............................. 2,000,000
Waimalu Bridge replacement on I-1, Hawaii............... 3,400,000
Washington Bridge, Rhode Island......................... 6,000,000
FEDERAL LANDS
Within the funds available for the federal lands program,
funds are to be available for the following projects and
activities:
Project Conference
14th Street Bridge, Washington DC/Virginia.............. $2,500,000
Acadia National Park trails and road projects........... 500,000
Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge access road............ 950,000
Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refugee paving project.... 2,500,000
Broughton Bridge, Clay County, Kansas................... 100,000
Charles M. Russell/Fort Peck Roads coalition access
project............................................. 500,000
Chincoteague Refuge, Virginia........................... 500,000
Chugach Road, Alaska.................................... 250,000
Clark Fork River bridge replacement, phase 2, Idaho..... 1,500,000
Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge access road,
Nebraska............................................ 500,000
Cumberland Gap, Kentucky................................ 900,000
Daniel Boone Parkway, Kentucky.......................... 1,000,000
Delaware Water Gap Recreational Area.................... 1,000,000
Forest Highway 26....................................... 650,000
Fort Baker, California.................................. 100,000
Giant Springs Road relocation L&C interpretive center,
Great Falls, Montana................................ 800,000
Highway 323 between Elzada and Ekalaka.................. 1,000,000
Highway 419 reconstruction.............................. 2,600,000
Historic Kelso depot, Mojave National Preservation,
California.......................................... 2,500,000
Iditarod (Millenium trail).............................. 1,100,000
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and Hanalei Valley Scenic
Lookout on Kauai.................................... 1,500,000
Lake Cumberland access road and improvements............ 750,000
Lake Tahoe Binwall repair and drainage improvement...... 500,000
Lowell National Historic Park, western canal walkway
improvements........................................ 500,000
Manassas Battlefield access............................. 500,000
Metlakatla/Walden Point Road............................ 1,250,000
Milford Lake replacement bridge (Corps of Engineers
lake)............................................... 250,000
Mongap Visitor Center--Upper Delaware Scenic and
Recreational River.................................. 900,000
Mount Saint Helen's National Park access from
Coldwater's visitor's center to US 12, Randall,
Washington.......................................... 100,000
Natchez Trace Parkway multi-use trail................... 300,000
New Mexico Route 4 Jemez Pueblo Bypass.................. 300,000
New River Gorge National River road and safety
improvements........................................ 3,000,000
Old Lock I park access road............................. 1,000,000
Pasagshak Road realignment and improvement.............. 500,000
Rampart Road Eureka connector........................... 500,000
Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge visitor's center,
Clark County, Washington............................ 200,000
Route 600, Virginia..................................... 1,550,000
Sawtooth National Forest access (phase 2), Idaho........ 500,000
SD 240 loop, Cedar Pass landslide stabilization,
Badlands National Monument.......................... 1,700,000
Second access road for Fort Eustis, Virginia............ 1,750,000
Silvio Conte National Wildlife Refuge public roads...... 500,000
Soldier Hallow, Utah.................................... 1,200,000
Teton Trail Pass (phase 3), Idaho....................... 500,000
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve, Florida...... 450,000
Traffic circle at Mount Vernon, Virginia................ 250,000
US 26 upgrade, Oregon................................... 1,500,000
Utah Trail, Joshua Tree National Park, California....... 1,500,000
The conferees direct that the funds allocated above are
to be derived from the FHWA's public lands discretionary
program, and not from funds allocated to the Fish and Wildlife
Service's and National Park Service's regions.
BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS
The conference agreement provides $31,000,000 for the
Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), as proposed by both
the House and the Senate. Within the funds provided to BTS,
$600,000 shall be available for statistical analysis of the
National Quality Initiative, and up to $4,750,000 may be
allocated for the national personal transportation survey. As
noted earlier in this report, the funding provided herein,
supplemented with funding provided within the policy research
activity, shall be sufficient to continue work on the national
personal transportation survey in fiscal year 2001.
Federal-AID HIGHWAYS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
The conference agreement provides a liquidating cash
appropriation of $28,000,000,000 for the federal-aid highways
program as proposed by both the House and the Senate.
EMERGENCY RELIEF HIGHWAYS
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
The conference agreement includes an appropriation of
$720,000,000 to fund the backlog of requests for damage repairs
necessary due to disasters. Since the beginning of fiscal year
1999, the emergency relief program has been facing heavy demand
for on-going funding needs from events in prior years. This,
coupled with requests for funding to address events which
occurred in fiscal year 1999 such as Hurricanes Floyd and
Dennis, has led to the current backlog of requests. The funding
needs far exceed the annual authorization of $100,000,000 for
the emergency relief program. Consistent with the purpose of
these funds, the entire amount has been designated as an
emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAY SYSTEM
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
The conference agreement under title III provides an
appropriation of $54,963,000 from the highway trust fund for
the Appalachian development highway system. The following table
reflects the estimated distribution of funds by state:
Alabama................................................. $6,051,799
Georgia................................................. 2,418,532
Kentucky................................................ 5,551,582
Maryland................................................ 946,351
Mississippi............................................. 678,682
New York................................................ 1,304,379
North Carolina.......................................... 3,563,079
Ohio.................................................... 2,729,017
Pennsylvania............................................ 14,797,439
South Carolina.......................................... 296,470
Tennessee............................................... 6,784,784
Virginia................................................ 1,426,067
West Virginia........................................... 8,414,819
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Motor Carrier Safety
Limitation on Administrative Expenses
The conference agreement includes $92,194,000 for
administrative expenses of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration as proposed by both the House and the Senate. Of
this total, $82,344,000 is for operating expenses and
$9,850,000 is for research. The following adjustments are made
to the budget request:
High-risk, intrastate carrier information............... -$500,000
Contract for vision exemption program................... -638,000
Personnel adjustments................................... +38,000
Crash collection data (section 225e).................... +225,000
Operation Respond....................................... +375,000
Research and technology................................. +200,000
Motor carrier safety advisory committee................. +100,000
Uniform carrier registration............................ +200,000
High-risk, intrastate carrier information.--The
conference agreement deletes funding for the high-risk
intrastate carrier information program under the operating
expense account and recommends funding for this activity under
the national motor carrier safety grant program because of its
direct relevance to state motor carrier safety.
Personnel adjustments.--A total of 119 new, full-time
employees (FTE) have been approved for fiscal year 2001, one
FTE more than requested. Changes to the personnel budget
request are as follows: vision exemption specialists (+3),
information systems analysts (+1), international specialist
(-1), technology specialist (-1), motor carrier safety grant
personnel (+1), and executive secretariat (-2). Also, the
conference agreement approves the 20 new border inspectors
requested in the budget.
Crash collection data.--The conference agreement provides
$2,975,000 to ensure that FMCSA fully implements section 225(e)
of the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999. These
funds should be used to improve data collection on motor
carrier crashes, strengthen data analysis, link driver citation
information with other information databases, help train state
employees and motor carrier safety enforcement officials, and
ensure an increased focus on problem drivers through the
integration of driver and crash data.
Research and technology.--A total of $9,850,000 has been
provided for research and technology initiatives, an increase
of $200,000 above the budget request. The additional funding
permits an increased effort on the ``share the road'' and ``no-
zone'' initiatives.
School transportation study.--FMCSA shall continue
funding the school transportation study required by section
4030 of TEA21 at the same level provided in fiscal year 2000.
Motorcoach driver fatigue.--The conferees note that the
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has acknowledged in
its notice of proposed rulemaking on trucking hours-of-service
that little is known about the operations of over-the-road
buses and motorcoaches. The conferees believe that there should
be additional study of the operations, driver practices and
driver fatigue issues specific to over-the-road buses before
any revisions to the existing trucking hours-of-service rules
are finalized, and encourage the Secretary to conduct such
studies to inform additional regulatory proposals in this area.
National Motor Carrier Safety Program
(Liquidation of Contract Authorization)
(Highway Trust Fund)
The conference agreement provides a liquidating cash
appropriation of $177,000,000 for the national motor carrier
safety program as proposed by the House and the Senate.
National Motor Carrier Safety Program
(Limitation on Obligations)
(Highway Trust Fund)
The conference agreement includes a limitation on
obligations of $177,000,000 for motor carrier safety grants
proposed by the House and the Senate. This agreement allocates
funding in the following manner:
Basic motor carrier safety grants....................... $130,000,000
Performance-based incentive grants...................... 7,500,000
Border assistance....................................... 8,000,000
Priority initiatives.................................... 8,000,000
State training and administration....................... 1,500,000
Crash causation (section 224f).......................... 5,000,000
Information systems and strategic safety initiatives.... 17,000,000
Information systems..................................... (3,700,000)
Motor carrier analysis.................................. (2,300,000)
Implementation of PRISM................................. (5,000,000)
Driver programs......................................... (1,000,000)
Data collection and analysis............................ (5,000,000)
Total............................................. 177,000,000
Commercial driver's license (CDL) program.--In addition
to the funding provided under this account, a total of
$10,000,000 has been provided from funds authorized under
section 104(a) of title 23, U.S.C. This funding shall only be
available for the commercial driver's license program. Within
the funds provided, FMCSA should work with the American
Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, the Commercial
Vehicle Safety Alliance, lead MCSAP agencies, and licensing
agencies to establish a working group to improve all aspects of
the CDL program. In addition, FMCSA should consider sponsoring
one or two pilot projects involving law enforcement and drivers
licensing agencies to explore new and innovative ways to ensure
that drivers who have been convicted of a disqualifying offense
do not operate during the period of suspension or revocation.
Finally, FMCSA should continue to support the judicial and
prosecutorial outreach effort. FMCSA shall submit a letter to
both the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations by April
1, 2001 summarizing efforts to increase quality control in the
CDL program and efforts taken to provide technical and training
assistance to the states.
Automated brake testing equipment.-- According to 1999
data, the most common out-of-service violations were brake-
related (37 percent). Virginia has been researching and
exploring opportunities to use infrared brake inspection
equipment and has found one new technology that could
significantly help to identify brake deficiencies in a timely
manner. Within the high priority allocation, sufficient funding
should be provided for the Commonwealth of Virginia to install
and test infrared brake inspection equipment (both fixed and
hand held) at a few weigh stations.
Covert operations.--Within funding provided for high
priority activities, $500,000 shall be used to conduct covert
operations and survey the extent of this problem. FMCSA shall
report on the survey results by May 1, 2001, outlining the
extent to which out-of-service notices are being violated. This
survey should be conducted on a sufficiently large sample size
so that the scope and nature of the challenge are fully made
known to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Operations and Research
The conference agreement provides $116,876,000 from the
general fund for highway and traffic safety activities instead
of $107,876,000 as proposed by the House. The Senate did not
provide a general fund appropriation for NHTSA's operations and
research activities. Instead, the Senate provided the same
amount ($107,876,000) from the highway trust fund for these
activities. The additional $9,000,000 provided above the House
and Senate levels shall be available to supplement the Office
of Safety Defects and for other tire-related initiatives in the
wake of the Firestone recall.
A total of $85,321,000 shall remain available until
September 30, 2003 instead of $77,671,000 as proposed by the
House and $77,670,000 as proposed by the Senate.
The agreement includes a provision carried since fiscal
year 1996 that prohibits NHTSA from obligating or expending
funds to plan, finalize, or implement any rulemakings that
would add requirements pertaining to tire grading standards
that are not related to safety performance. This provision was
contained in both the House and Senate bills.
The conference agreement includes a provision that
prohibits NHTSA from purchasing a vehicle to conduct new car
assessment program crash testing at a price that exceeds the
manufacturer's suggested retail price, as proposed by the
Senate. The House bill contained no similar provision. If this
provision unduly limits NHTSA's ability to test a new vehicle
expeditiously, the Secretary may seek a waiver of this language
from the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
The conference agreement modifies a provision proposed by
the Senate that would have prohibited rollover testing using
static stability factors. The agreement allows NHTSA to move
forward with the rollover rating proposal while the National
Academy of Sciences (NAS) studies static versus dynamic
testing. NHTSA shall then be required to review the findings of
the NAS study and propose any appropriate revisions to its
testing procedures within 30 days of receiving the study.
Operations and Research
(Liquidation of Contract Authorization)
(Limitation on Obligations)
(Highway Trust Fund)
The conference agreement provides $72,000,000 from the
highway trust fund to carry out provisions of 23 U.S.C. 403 as
proposed by both the House and the Senate.
The following table summarizes the conference agreement
for operations and research (general fund and highway trust
fund combined) by budget activity:
Salaries and benefits................................... $57,130,000
Travel.................................................. 1,276,000
Operating expenses...................................... 19,810,000
Contract programs:
Safety performance.................................. 7,366,000
Safety assurance.................................... 15,987,000
Highway safety programs............................. 41,776,000
Research and analysis............................... 57,536,000
General administration.............................. 645,000
Grant administration reimbursements..................... -10,650,000
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Total............................................. 190,876,000
Operating expenses.--A total of $19,810,000 has been
provided for operating expenses. Within this total, sufficient
funds should be provided for computer-related expenses for all
administrative functions, including civil rights, public
affairs, counsel, planning and policy, and administration.
However, computer support should be funded at the fiscal year
2000 level. The conferees believe that this level of funding is
adequate, and urge NHTSA to adopt a more cost-effective
approach to managing computer support expenses. A detailed
report on fiscal year 2000 computer support expenditures, as
requested by the House, shall be provided to the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations by December 31, 2000.
New car assessment program (NCAP).--The conference
agreement provides $5,556,000 for the new car assessment
program. This fully funds the budget request for this program,
except for the small dummy component, and provides sufficient
funding to support a National Academy of Sciences study of the
proposed rollover rating based on the static stability factor.
A total of $500,000 has been included in the research and
analysis contract program to crash 14 passenger vehicles with a
small stature dummy to acquire essential test data and to
assure that these dummies are satisfactorily developed for
compliance testing associated with the new air bag rule in
2004. The agency has informed the House and Senate Committees
on Appropriations that it will not release the results of
crashes conducted to test the small stature dummy as part of
NCAP.
Safety defects.--The conference agreement defers $145,000
requested to monitor and investigate recreational, transit, and
emergency vehicles, as proposed by the Senate.
Auto hotline.--A total of $1,232,000 has been provided
for the auto safety hotline, consistent with actions in the
House and Senate reports.
Safe communities.--Funding has been deleted for the safe
communities program, consistent with action taken by both the
House and the Senate.
National occupant protection program.--The conference
agreement provides $11,000,000 for the national occupant
protection program. Within the funds provided, $1,000,000 shall
be used to implement an innovative demonstration program for
locally developed initiatives to increase seat belt usage, as
proposed by the Senate.
The conferees direct the department's Inspector General
to analyze the effectiveness and efficiency of the occupant
protection program managed by the office of traffic safety
programs. This review should consider the scope and direction
of NHTSA's efforts to increase seat belt use rates and whether
the agency is allocating funds to partnerships, demonstration
projects, and other activities that are most likely to achieve
the department's performance goals. The review also should
consider the quality and nature of the technical assistance
provided by NHTSA's regional staff to states and local
governments that benefit from highway traffic safety grants
programs.
Section 157 program.--NHTSA shall conduct a review of the
procedures and processes used to administer the section 157
innovative grant program and submit a report to the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations by December 1, 2000, that
details how grant administration will be improved and grant
awards made more expeditiously within the constraints of
existing law.
Emergency medical services head injury research.--A total
of $2,250,000 has been provided for emergency medical services.
Of this amount, $750,000 shall be provided to the Brain Trauma
Foundation to continue phase three of the guidelines for pre-
hospital management of traumatic brain injury.
Aggressive driving.--A total of $750,000 has been
provided to develop and implement a regional education and
driver modification program to combat aggressive driving in
Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. Funding
should be allocated as specified in the House report.
Rural trauma.--The conference agreement allocates
$250,000 to the University of Vermont's College of Medicine and
Fletcher Allen Health Care to determine if the survival rate of
rural vehicular accidents could be improved through the
application of advanced mobile video telecommunications links
between a level 1 trauma center and ambulance crews, as
proposed by the Senate.
The agreement also includes $500,000 to continue a
project at the University of South Alabama on rural vehicular
trauma victims, as proposed by the Senate.
School bus occupant protection.--Within contract funds,
$250,000 is allocated to Mercer University Research Center to
support a school bus safety initiative, as proposed by the
Senate. The House contained no similar provision.
Biomechanics.--At a minimum, NHTSA should continue to
support the biomechanics program at the fiscal year 2000 level.
The conferees are very supportive of the work being conducted
by the crash injury research and engineering network (CIREN)
and are encouraged that private sector interests have agreed to
fund two additional CIREN centers. Because of this commitment,
no federal funding should be provided to expand the number of
federally funded centers in fiscal year 2001.
In addition, the conferees agree to provide $1,000,000 to
the Injury Control Research Center at the University of Alabama
to conduct research related to cervical spine and paralyzing
neck injuries that result from motor vehicle accidents.
Special crash investigations.--The private sector has
agreed to fund 300 special crash investigations per year to
collect and analyze real world crash data as proposed by
National Transportation Safety Board. This will double the
number of investigations conducted in fiscal year 2000.
However, the conferees agree that, despite where such
contributions are derived (i.e. from the public or private
sector) to conduct these investigations, the results are to be
treated as public data and no conditions shall be attached to
their release.
Side glazing.--In 1991, NHTSA was required to address
deaths and injuries resulting from accidents caused by motor
vehicle rollovers, primarily focusing on the use of advanced
glazing for vehicle windows, to prevent occupant ejection
during rollovers. Since 1991, NHTSA has issued two interim
reports concluding that advanced side glazing in passenger
vehicles could save up to 1,300 lives per year, but NHTSA has
yet to complete a final report. Therefore, the conferees direct
NHTSA to complete and issue a final report on advanced side
glazing by the end of calendar year 2000.
Grant administration.--Under TEA21, NHTSA may withhold up
to five percent of the funding for the grant program for
administrative costs. The conference agreement reflects a five
percent draw down (-$10,650,000).
CAFE language.--A general provision (Sec. 320) is
included that prohibits the use of funds to prepare, prescribe,
or promulgate corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards
for automobiles that differ from those previously enacted. In
addition, the conferees request the National Academy of
Sciences, in consultation with the Department of
Transportation, to conduct a study to evaluate the
effectiveness and impacts of CAFE standards. The study shall
examine, among other factors, those considerations outlined in
49 U.S.C. section 32902(F); the impact of CAFE standards on
motor vehicle safety; disparate impacts on the U.S. automotive
sector; the effect on U.S. employment in the automotive sector;
and the effect of requiring CAFE calculations for domestic and
non-domestic fleets. The National Academy of Sciences shall
complete this study no later than July 1, 2001, and submit it
to the appropriate committees of the Congress and the
Department of Transportation. Section 320 of this Act should
not be interpreted as preventing the Department of
Transportation from providing the National Academy of Sciences
with pertinent data and technical guidance and expertise, as
necessary. As noted previously in the Federal Highway
Administration's ``Limitation on administrative expenses'', up
to $1,000,000 has been allocated for this study.
National Driver Register
(Highway Trust Fund)
The conference agreement provides $2,000,000 for the
National Driver Register as proposed by both the House and the
Senate. Of this funding, up to $250,000 may be used for the
technology assessment authorized under section 2006 of TEA21.
Highway Traffic Safety Grants
(Liquidation of Contract Authorization)
(Highway Trust Fund)
The conference agreement provides $213,000,000 to
liquidate contract authorizations for highway traffic safety
grants, as proposed by both the House and the Senate.
Highway Traffic Safety Grants
(Limitation on Obligations)
(Highway Trust Fund)
The conference agreement limits obligations for highway
traffic safety grants to $213,000,000 as proposed by both the
House and the Senate. A total of $10,650,000 has been provided
for administration of the grant programs as proposed by both
the House and the Senate. Of this total, not more than
$7,750,000 of the funds made available for section 402; not
more than $650,000 of the funds made available for section 405;
not more than $1,800,000 of the funds made available for
section 410; and not more than $450,000 of the funds made
available for section 411 shall be available to NHTSA for
administering highway safety grants under chapter 4 of title
23. This language is necessary to ensure that each grant
program does not contribute more than five percent of the total
administrative costs.
As noted within the Federal Highway Administration, the
conference agreement provides $7,500,000 for child passenger
protection education grants. The amount is the same as proposed
by the House. The Senate proposed no similar appropriation.
The conference agreement retains bill language, proposed
by both the House and Senate, that limits technical assistance
to states from section 410 to $500,000.
The conference agreement prohibits the use of funds for
construction, rehabilitation or remodeling costs, or for office
furnishings and fixtures for state, local, or private buildings
or structures, as proposed by both the House and the Senate.
The bill includes separate obligation limitations with
the following funding allocations:
State and community grants.............................. $155,000,000
Occupant protection incentive grants.................... 13,000,000
Alcohol incentive grants................................ 36,000,000
State highway safety data grants........................ 9,000,000
Federal Railroad Administration
Safety and Operations
The conference agreement appropriates $101,717,000 for
safety and operations instead of $102,487,000 as proposed by
the House and $99,390,000 as proposed by the Senate. None of
this funding is to be offset from user fees. Of the total
amount, $5,899,000 shall remain available until expended
instead of $5,249,000 as proposed by the House and $4,957,000
as proposed by the Senate.
In addition to the funding provided for safety and
operations, $2,500,000 is provided to the Federal Railroad
Administration from funds made available under section 1218 of
Public Law 105-178. These funds shall be used to administer the
magnetic levitation program, for Operation Lifesaver, for
Alaska Railroad liabilities, and for track inspection
activities. Of this total, no more than $1,000,000 shall be for
administration of the maglev program.
The following adjustments were made to the budget
estimate:
Deny new staff positions................................ -$564,000
Reduce funding for travel............................... -250,000
Reduce information technology initiative................ -594,000
Decrease new employee development funding............... -360,000
Deny new outreach initiative............................ -500,000
Decrease funding for program evaluation................. -200,000
Operation Respond....................................... -100,000
Operation Lifesaver..................................... +425,000
Southeast transportation center......................... +350,000
Fatigue countermeasures program......................... +200,000
Blakeley Island connector study......................... +100,000
Operation Lifesaver.--A total of $1,025,000 has been
provided to Operation Lifesaver. Of this total, not less than
$300,000 shall be used to deploy its national public service
campaign.
Southeast transportation center.--The conference
agreement provides $350,000 to establish an intermodal
emergency response training center for the southeast region of
the country, to be located in Meridian, Mississippi. These
funds shall be used for equipment and program costs associated
with establishment of the center, to include rail passenger
equipment and track, a functional rail-highway grade crossing,
rail and motor carrier hazardous material vehicles and
containers, and other passenger rescue and hazardous materials
training facilities. Federal funds provided for the center
shall be matched with funding and in-kind contributions from
industry, local governments, and other organizations.
Fatigue countermeasures.--A total of $500,000 has been
provided for fatigue countermeasures. Of this amount, $250,000
shall be used to develop and implement educational and training
programs designed to increase the awareness of fatigue
throughout the rail industry and $250,000 shall be used to
perform validation testing of controlled light eye reaction
testing devices in order to establish a body of fatigue testing
data and to assist in developing effective fatigue
countermeasures.
Blakeley Island connector study.--The conference
agreement provides $100,000 for a grant to Alabama State Docks,
a state-owned facility, for a study of the cost and economic
benefits of restoring rail service on Blakeley Island in Mobile
Bay.
Illinois rail-grade crossings.--The State of Illinois,
and in particular, northeastern Illinois, has the largest
number of rail-grade crossings and quiet zones in the country.
The conferees recognize Illinois' efforts to reduce accidents
at these grade crossings and encourage FRA to work with
communities in northeastern Illinois to further improve rail-
grade crossing safety. This work should include offering
technical assistance, identifying federal funding sources, and
establishing federal-state-local task forces to improve safety
and reduce accidents in this region. FRA should pay particular
attention to enforcement enhancements and improved educational
outreach in its efforts to help reduce risks to motorists and
pedestrians.
The conference agreement deletes bill language contained
in the Senate bill requiring FRA to reimburse the Department of
Transportation's Inspector General $1,500,000 for the costs
associated with rail audits and investigations. The House bill
contained no similar provision.
The conference agreement includes a provision that
authorizes the Secretary to receive payments from the Union
Station Redevelopment Corporation, credit them to the first
deed of trust, and make payments on the first deed of trust.
These funds may be advanced by the Administrator from
unobligated balances available to the Federal Railroad
Administration and must be reimbursed from payments received by
the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation. Both the House and
Senate bills contained these provisions.
Railroad Research and Development
The conference agreement provides $25,325,000 for
railroad research and development instead of $26,300,000 as
proposed by the House and $24,725,000 as proposed by the
Senate. None of this funding is to be offset from user fees.
The following table summarizes the conference agreement by
budget activity:
Equipment, operations, and hazardous materials.......... $11,450,000
Train occupant protection........................... (5,350,000)
Rolling stock safety assurance...................... (1,287,000)
Human factors....................................... (2,978,000)
Hazardous materials transportation.................. (1,000,000)
Grade crossings--human factors...................... (835,000)
Track and vehicle track interaction..................... 8,300,000
Track and components study.......................... (4,150,000)
Track-train interaction safety...................... (3,050,000)
Grade crossing infrastructure....................... (600,000)
Marshall/Nebraska project........................... (500,000)
Railroad systems safety................................. 4,650,000
Safety of high-speed ground transportation.......... (4,400,000)
Performance-based regulations....................... (250,000)
Research and development facilities and equipment....... 925,000
T-6 vehicle......................................... (500,000)
Transportation Test Center.......................... (425,000)
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Total............................................... 25,325,000
Higher capacity rail cars on light density tracks.--
Within the funds provided, FRA should continue to conduct a
study on track and bridge requirements for the handling of
286,000-pound rail cars as specified in the House report.
Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Program
The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by
both the House and Senate specifying that no new direct loans
or loan guarantee commitments shall be made using federal funds
for the payment of any credit premium amount during fiscal year
2001. No federal appropriation is required since a non-federal
infrastructure partner may contribute the subsidy amount
required by the Credit Reform Act of 1990 in the form of a
credit risk premium. Once received, statutorily established
investigation charges are immediately available for appraisals
and necessary determinations and findings.
Rhode Island Rail Development
Appropriations for the Rhode Island rail development
project in fiscal year 2001 total $17,000,000, as proposed by
the House. The Senate bill allocated, within funds available to
the Department of Transportation, $10,000,000 to the Rhode
Island rail development project. With this appropriation, the
federal commitment to this project is completed.
Next Generation High-Speed Rail
The conference agreement provides $25,100,000 for the
next generation high-speed rail program instead of $22,000,000
as proposed by the House and $24,900,000 as proposed by the
Senate. The following table summarizes the conference agreement
by budget activity:
Train control projects: $11,000,000
Illinois project.................................... (7,000,000)
Michigan project.................................... (3,000,000)
Digital radio network vehicle tracking system....... (500,000)
Transportation safety research alliance............. (500,000)
Non-electric locomotives: 6,800,000
Advanced locomotive propulsion system............... (3,800,000)
Prototype locomotives............................... (3,000,000)
Grade crossings and innovative technologies: 4,300,000
North Carolina sealed corridor...................... (700,000)
Mitigating hazards.................................. (2,500,000)
Low-cost technologies............................... (1,100,000)
Track and structures.................................... 1,300,000
Corridor planning activities............................ 1,700,000
Total............................................. 25,100,000
Transportation safety research alliance.--The conference
agreement provides $500,000 for the Transportation Safety
Research Alliance (TSRA) instead of $2,000,000 as proposed by
the Senate. The conferees direct FRA to ensure that TSRA uses
appropriated funds to deliver a positive train control
component product that is usable as a stand alone system
without the need for proprietary software and that this
software is accompanied by adequate user documentation. Funding
for this project should continue to be matched on a dollar-for-
dollar basis by TSRA.
Sealed corridor initiative.--A total of $700,000 has been
provided for North Carolina's sealed corridor initiative. The
report and associated funding, proposed by the Senate, has been
deleted.
Cant deficiency speed study.--Within funds provided, FRA
shall analyze the safety impact from operations of passenger
trains on freight rail trackage at up to five inches of cant
deficiency for speeds between 80 and 110 miles per hour, as
outlined in the Senate report. FRA should provide a report to
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations by November
30, 2000.
Corridor planning.--A total of $1,700,000 has been
provided for corridor planning activities to be distributed as
follows:
Midwest regional rail initiative, preliminary
engineering and design and eligible right-of-way
improvements........................................ $1,000,000
Boston, MA to Burlington, VT high-speed corridor
feasibility study................................... 200,000
Southeast corridor extension from Charlotte, NC to
Macon, GA........................................... 200,000
Gulf Coast high-speed rail corridor from Mobile, AL to
New Orleans, LA..................................... 300,000
Rail-highway crossing hazard eliminations.--Under section
1103 of TEA21, an automatic set-aside of $5,250,000 is made
available each year for the elimination of rail-highway
crossing hazards. A limited number of rail corridors are
eligible for these funds. Of these set-aside funds, the
following allocations were made:
High-speed rail corridor, Washington, D.C. to Richmond,
VA.................................................. $750,000
High-speed rail corridor, Mobile, AL to New Orleans, LA. 1,500,000
Salem, OR............................................... 1,500,000
Atlanta to Macon, GA.................................... 125,000
Eastern San Fernando Valley, CA......................... 125,000
Keystone high-speed rail corridor, Harrisburg to
Philadelphia, PA.................................... 500,000
High-speed rail corridor, Milwaukee to Madison, WI...... 500,000
Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN to Chicago, IL high-speed rail
corridor (Minneapolis/St. Paul to LaCrescent, MN)... 250,000
Alaska Railroad Rehabilitation
The conference agreement provides $20,000,000 for the
Alaska Railroad as proposed by the Senate. The House bill
contained no similar appropriation. This funding should be used
to continue ongoing track rehabilitation ($10,000,000),
signalized automated siding access between Wasilla and Potter
Marsh, and track relocation/highway crossing eliminations.
West Virginia Rail Development
The conference agreement provides $15,000,000 for capital
costs associated with track, signal, and crossover
rehabilitation and improvements on the MARC Brunswick line in
West Virginia, as proposed by the Senate. The House bill
contained no similar provision.
Capital Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation
The conference agreement provides $521,476,000 for
capital grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation
(Amtrak) as proposed by the House instead of $521,000,000 as
proposed by the Senate. Bill language, as proposed by the
House, is retained that limits the Secretary from obligating
more than $208,590,000 of the funding provided prior to
September 30, 2001. The Senate bill limited the obligation rate
to $208,400,000.
Fencing along the Northeast Corridor.--Amtrak continues
to make progress in enhancing safety along the tracks where
high-speed rail will soon be operating. For example, almost
35,000 linear feet of chain-link fencing has been installed in
Massachusetts to reduce trespassing along the railroad right-
of-way. Earlier this year, the town of Mansfield asked for an
additional 12,710 linear feet of fencing to be installed (phase
III). On March 15, 2000, the President of Amtrak made a
commitment to complete the installation of the fencing that has
been requested before high-speed rail is operational. While the
conferees recognize that Amtrak has limited funds and must
balance many competing capital investment priorities, the
conferees believe Amtrak should install the remaining 12,710
feet of fencing that was requested by Mansfield prior to
Amtrak's March 15, 2000 testimony before the House
Appropriations Committee. The same kind of fencing should be
installed as was installed previously. If Mansfield and Amtrak
agree that there is a need for more secure fencing within phase
III, then they may seek a waiver of this limitation from the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. Should the
community identify additional areas in need of fencing (phases
IV and V), then those costs shall be borne solely by these
communities.
Rail service in western Virginia.--The Commonwealth of
Virginia and Amtrak have been in discussions about the
reestablishment of service between Washington, D.C., Bristol,
Virginia, and Richmond, Virginia. Amtrak is encouraged to
continue working with the Commonwealth of Virginia and the
appropriate freight railroads to identify and address costs,
infrastructure improvements, and operational needs to initiate
such a service.
Alliance, Ohio.--Amtrak shall work with the City of
Alliance, Norfolk Southern Corporation, and the State of Ohio
to devise a plan to improve accessibility, visibility, safety
and information at the Alliance, Ohio station. This report
should be submitted to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations within 180 days of enactment of this Act.
South end infrastructure improvements.--Amtrak is
directed to provide quarterly reports, beginning on December
31, 2000, to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations,
the Senate Committee on Commerce, and the House Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure regarding (1) the cost-
sharing arrangements agreed to among the users of the southern
end of the Northeast Corridor, and (2) ongoing work to
implement recommendations contained in the south end corridor
infrastructure improvement plan.
Federal Transit Administration
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
The conference agreement provides $64,000,000 for
administrative expenses of the Federal Transit Administration
as proposed by both the House and the Senate. Within the total,
the conference agreement appropriates $12,800,000 from the
general fund, as proposed by both the House and the Senate.
The conference agreement includes a provision that
transfers $1,000,000 from project management oversight funds to
the Inspector General for reimbursement of audit and financial
reviews of major transit projects as proposed by the House. The
Senate bill proposed that $3,000,000 from funds under this
heading shall be used to reimburse the Inspector General for
costs associated with audits and investigations of all transit-
related issues and systems. The conference agreement also
includes a provision that not to exceed $2,500,000 for the
National Transit Database shall remain available until
expended.
Full-time equivalent (FTE) staff years.--The conference
agreement provides that the FTE level in fiscal year 2001 shall
not rise in excess of 495 FTE. Additional staffing increases
may be considered by the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations through the regular reprogramming process.
Information technology activities.--The conference
agreement deletes funds requested for several technology
programs pending the office of the secretary's chief
information officer review and full identification of out-year
costs (-$650,000). Sufficient funding has been included under
this heading for infrastructure data protection, continued
operation of the transportation electronic award and management
application program, and annual electronic procurement life
cycle maintenance, licenses and core operations.
Other items.--The conference agreement provides
sufficient funds for workforce planning and training and
equipment and office renovation. In addition, the conferees
have included $250,000 for regional and state-based grantee
workshops.
National Transit Database.--Funding of $2,500,000 for
operation of the National Transit Database has been included
under this heading, rather than in the research and development
account as proposed by the Senate. The conferees further direct
that none of the funds made available in this Act for project
management oversight activities may be used to supplement funds
herein for the National Transit Database.
Project management oversight.--The conferees agree that
funding made available for project management oversight shall
include at least $21,900,000 for project management oversight
reviews and $4,500,000 for financial management reviews.
The conferees direct that the FTA submit to the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations, the Inspector General and
the General Accounting Office the quarterly financial
management oversight and project management oversight reports
for each project with a full funding grant agreement.
With the likelihood of an increasing number of transit
projects requiring project oversight, the conferees are
concerned that the funds available to finance these oversight
activities may soon be insufficient to monitor adequately all
large-dollar projects. In fact, the FTA anticipates that a
funding shortfall of about $5,000,000 will occur in fiscal year
2002, and that it will then have to make difficult choices as
to how it will apply limited oversight funds. FTA has yet to
identify the level of funding shortfalls that may occur beyond
fiscal year 2002 and how it will address any shortfalls. In
order to address FTA's oversight needs and to protect the
federal investment in these transit projects, the conferees
direct the FTA to develop a plan to (1) determine the amount of
funds needed to maintain an adequate level of oversight for all
projects requiring oversight and the level of funding that
likely will be available for this purpose; (2) identify options
to cover any projected funding shortfalls; and (3) identify
steps to respond to any shortfalls that may occur. The FTA
should provide this plan with the 2002 budget submission to the
Congress for consideration.
Full funding grant agreements.--TEA21, as amended,
requires that the FTA notify the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations as well as the House Committee on Transportation
and Infrastructure and the Senate Committee on Banking 60 days
before executing a full funding grant agreement. In its
notification to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations, the conferees direct the FTA to include therein
the following: (a) a copy of the proposed full funding grant
agreement; (b) the total and annual federal appropriations
required for that project; (c) yearly and total federal
appropriations that can be reasonably planned or anticipated
for future FFGAs for each fiscal year through 2003; (d) a
detailed analysis of annual commitments for current and
anticipated FFGAs against the program authorization; and (e) a
financial analysis of the project's cost and sponsor's ability
to finance, which shall be conducted by an independent examiner
and shall include an assessment of the capital cost estimate
and the finance plan, the source and security of all public-
and private-sector financial instruments, the project's
operating plan which enumerates the project's future revenue
and ridership forecasts, and planned contingencies and risks
associated with the project.
The conferees also direct the FTA to inform the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations before approving scope
changes in any full funding grant agreement. Correspondence
relating to scope changes shall include any budget revisions or
program changes that materially alter the project as originally
stipulated in the full funding grant agreement, and shall
include any proposed change in rail car procurements.
FORMULA GRANTS
The conference agreement provides a total program level
of $3,345,000,000 for transit formula grants, as proposed by
both the House and the Senate. Within this total, the
conference agreement appropriates $669,000,000 from the general
fund as proposed by both the House and the Senate. The
conference agreement provides that the general fund
appropriation shall be available until expended.
The conference agreement provides that funding made
available for the clean fuel formula grant program under this
heading shall be transferred to and merged with funding
provided for the replacement, rehabilitation and purchase of
buses and related equipment and the construction of bus-related
facilities under ``Federal Transit Administration, Capital
investment grants''.
The conference agreement includes a provision that sets
aside $60,000,000 from the formula grants program to fund the
Salt Lake City Olympic transit program, instead of $40,000,000
as proposed by the House. The Senate bill contained no similar
provision. Funds shall be available for grants for the costs of
planning, delivery, and temporary use of transit vehicles for
special transportation needs and construction of permanent and
temporary transportation facilities for the XIX Winter Olympiad
and the VII Paralympiad for the Disabled, to be held in Salt
Lake City, Utah. In allocating the funds, the Secretary shall
make grants only to the Utah Department of Transportation, and
such grants shall not be subject to any local share requirement
or limitation on operating assistance under this Act or the
Federal Transit Act, as amended. This appropriation is similar
to one provided in support of the Summer Olympic Games in
Atlanta, Georgia in the fiscal year 1995 Department of
Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act.
The FTA, when evaluating the local financial commitment
of new rail extension or busway projects, shall consider the
extent to which projects' sponsors have used the appreciable
increases in the formula grants apportionment for alternative
analyses and preliminary engineering activities of such
systems.
The conferees expect the Washington Metropolitan Area
Transit Authority to use the appreciable increases in its
section 5307 apportionment and the transportation
infrastructure finance and innovation act (TIFIA) loan provided
to WMATA to ensure that fire communications are in place in
WMATA's tunnels.
UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH
The conference agreement provides a total program level
of $6,000,000 for university transportation research as
proposed by both the House and the Senate. Within the total,
the conference agreement appropriates $1,200,000 from the
general fund as proposed by both the House and the Senate. The
conference agreement provides that the general fund shall be
available until expended.
TRANSIT PLANNING AND RESEARCH
The conference agreement provides a total program level
of $110,000,000 for transit planning and research as proposed
by both the House and the Senate. Within the total, the
conference agreement appropriates $22,200,000 from the general
fund as proposed by both the House and the Senate. The
conference agreement provides that the general fund
appropriation shall be available until expended.
Within the funds appropriated for transit planning and
research, $5,250,000 is provided for rural transportation
assistance; $4,000,000 is provided for the National Transit
Institute; $8,250,000 is provided for the transit cooperative
research program; $52,113,600 is provided for metropolitan
planning; $10,886,400 is provided for state planning; and
$29,500,000 is provided for the national planning and research
program.
The conference agreement deletes a provision proposed by
the Senate that would have set aside $3,000,000 for Great
Cities Universities consortium from funds made available for
transit cooperative research. Funding for this activity is
provided under the national planning and research account.
Transit cooperative research program.--Within the funds
provided for transit cooperative research, $1,500,000 is
allocated for phase 2 redesign activities of the national
transit database.
National planning and research.--Within the funding
provided for national planning and research, the Federal
Transit Administration shall make available the following
amounts for the programs and activities listed below:
Conference
Agreement
Mid-America regional council coordinated transit
planning, Kansas City metro area.................... $750,000
Sacramento area council of governments regional air
quality planning and coordination study............. 250,000
West Virginia University fuel cell technology institute
propulsion and ITS testing.......................... 1,000,000
University of Rhode Island, Kingston traffic congestion
study component..................................... 150,000
Trans-lake Washington land use effectiveness and
enhancement review.................................. 450,000
State of Vermont electric vehicle transit demonstration. 500,000
Acadia Island, Maine explorer transit system
experimental pilot program.......................... 150,000
Center for Composites manufacturing..................... 950,000
Southern Nevada air quality study....................... 800,000
Project ACTION (TEA21).................................. 3,000,000
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority advanced
propulsion control system (TEA21)................... 3,000,000
Fairbanks extreme temperature clean fuels research...... 800,000
Safety and security programs............................ 6,100,000
National rural transit assistance program............... 750,000
Mississippi State University bus service expansion plan. 100,000
CALSTART/WESTART........................................ 3,000,000
Hennepin County community transportation, Minnesota..... 1,000,000
Electric transit vehicle institute, Tennessee........... 500,000
South Amboy, New Jersey transit study................... 200,000
Great Cities Universities consortium.................... 2,000,000
Long Island, New York transportation land use projects.. 250,000
JOBLINKS................................................ 1,050,000
The conference agreement deletes funding requested for
the Garrett A. Morgan program (-$200,000).
Fuel cell bus and bus facilities program.--None of the
funds available under this heading shall supplement funding
provided under section 3015(b) of Public Law 105-178 for the
fuel cell bus and bus facilities program.
Safety and security programs.--The conference agreement
includes $6,100,000 for safety and security programs. The
conferees direct that these funds are to be wholly administered
by the office of safety and security to advance safety programs
and are not to be transferred to other offices to support
lesser priority activities.
TRUST FUND SHARE OF EXPENSES
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
The conference agreement provides $5,016,600,000 in
liquidating cash for the trust fund share of transit expenses
as proposed by both the House and the Senate.
CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The conference agreement provides a total program level
of $2,646,000,000 for capital investment grants, as proposed by
both the House and Senate. Within the total, the conference
agreement appropriates $529,200,000 from the general fund as
proposed by both the House and the Senate.
Within the total program level, $1,058,400,000 is
provided for fixed guideway modernization; $529,200,000 is
provided for the replacement, rehabilitation, and purchase of
buses and related equipment and the construction of bus-related
facilities; and $1,058,400,000 is provided for new fixed
guideway systems, as proposed by both the House and the Senate.
Funds derived from the formula grants program totaling
$50,000,000 are to be transferred and merged with funds
provided for the replacement, rehabilitation and purchase of
buses and related equipment and the construction of bus-related
facilities under this heading. In addition to the
$1,058,400,000 provided in this Act for new starts, the
conference agreement reallocates $26,994,048 to other new start
projects contained in this Act. Reallocated funds are derived
from unobligated balances from the following new start
projects:
Burlington to Gloucester, New Jersey (Public Law 103-
331)................................................ $1,488,750
Orlando, Florida Lynx light rail project................ 20,521,470
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania airport busway project (Public
Law 105-66)......................................... 4,983,828
The conference agreement deletes language proposed by the
Senate that would have required the Administrator of the
Federal Transit Administration, not later than February 1,
2001, to submit individually to the House and Senate Committees
on Appropriations the recommended grant funding levels for the
respective buses and bus-related facilities and new fixed
guideway projects listed in the Senate bill and accompanying
report. The House bill contained no similar provisions.
The conference agreement also deletes language proposed
by the Senate that listed new fixed guideway systems and
extensions to existing systems that are eligible to receive
funding for final design and construction or are eligible to
receive funding for alternatives analysis and preliminary
engineering. The House bill contained no similar provision.
The conference agreement includes a provision that makes
funds appropriated to the Miami-Dade east-west multimodal and
the Miami Metro-Dade North 27th Avenue corridor projects in
previous Department of Transportation and Related Agencies
Appropriations Acts available to the Miami, Florida south
busway project.
The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by
the Senate that makes funds appropriated in Public Law 105-277
for the Colorado-North Front Range corridor feasibility study
available for the Colorado-Eagle Airport to Avon light rail
system feasibility study. The House bill contained a provision
that would have returned these funds to the new starts program
for reallocation to other new start projects in fiscal year
2001.
The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by
the Senate that makes funds appropriated in Public Law 106-69,
the fiscal year 2000 Department of Transportation and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, for certain bus and bus facilities
projects in the state of Alabama available to the state of
Alabama for buses and bus facilities. The House bill contained
no similar provision.
Three-year availability of section 5309 discretionary
funds.--The conference agreement includes a provision that
permits the administrator to reallocate discretionary new start
and bus facilities funds from projects which remain unobligated
after three years. The conferees, however, direct the FTA not
to reallocate funds provided in the 1997 and 1998 Department of
Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Acts for the
following projects:
New starts
Burlington--Essex, Vermont commuter rail
Cleveland Berea Red Line extension
Colorado Roaring Fork Valley rail project
Jackson, Mississippi intermodal corridor
Galveston, Texas rail trolley system project
New York St. George ferry terminal project
New Orleans Canal Street corridor project
New Orleans Desire Streetcar project
North Carolina Triangle Transit project
Salt Lake City, Utah commuter rail project
San Bernardino Metrolink project
San Diego Mid-Coast project
Virginia Railway Express--Woodbridge station improvement
project
Buses and bus facilities
Arlington, Virginia Clarendon canopy project
Buena Park, California bus facilities
Burlington, Vermont multimodal center
Chatham, Georgia bus facility
Columbia, South Carolina buses and bus facilities
Corvalis, Oregon buses and bus facilities
Dulles, Virginia buses
El Paso, Texas demand response facility
Everett, Washington multimodal center
Folsom, California multimodal facility
Galveston, Texas buses and bus facilities
Jackson, Mississippi maintenance facility
King County, Washington park and ride expansion
Lake Tahoe, California intermodal transit center
Milwaukee, Wisconsin intermodal facility
Minnesota Metro Council Transit Operators, buses and bus
facilities
Mobile, Alabama buses and intermodal facilities
Modesto, California bus maintenance facility
Monroe, Louisiana buses
New Castle, Delaware buses and bus facilities
New Haven, Connecticut multimodal center
North Carolina buses and bus facilities
Red Rose Transit Authority, Pennsylvania
Rialto, California Metro Link depot
Sacramento, California bus facility
Saint Tammany Parish, buses and bus facilities
Salt Lake City, Ogden and West Valley, Utah intermodal
facilities
San Joaquin, California buses and bus facilities
Santa Clara, California buses and bus facilities
Seattle, Washington Kingdome intermodal facility
Sonoma County, California park and ride facility
Staten Island, New York mobility project
Tampa, Florida buses and bus facilities
Tucson, Arizona intermodal facility
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania mobility project
The conferees agree that when the Congress extends the
availability of funds that remain unobligated after three years
and would otherwise be available for reallocation at the
discretion of the administrator, such funds are extended only
for one additional year, absent further congressional
direction.
The conferees direct the FTA to reprogram funds from
recoveries and previous appropriations that remain available
after three years and are available for reallocation to only
those section 3 new starts that have full funding grant
agreements in place on the date of enactment of this Act, and
with respect to bus and bus facilities, only to those bus and
bus facilities projects identified in the accompanying reports
of the fiscal year 2001 Department of Transportation and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act. The FTA shall notify the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 15 days prior to
any such proposed reallocation.
Bus and bus facilities.--The conference agreement
provides $529,200,000, together with $50,000,000 transferred
from ``Federal Transit Administration, Formula grants'' and
merged with funding under this heading, for the replacement,
rehabilitation and purchase of buses and related equipment and
the construction of bus-related facilities. Funds provided for
buses and bus facilities are to be distributed as follows:
Conference
State of Alabama:
Alabama State Docks intermodal passenger and freight
facility.......................................... $1,000,000
Birmingham--Jefferson County Transit Authority buses
and bus facilities................................ 1,000,000
Dothan--Wiregrass Transit Authority buses and bus
facilities........................................ 750,000
Huntsville Space and Rocket Center intermodal center 2,000,000
Hunstville, intermodal facility..................... 500,000
Huntsville International Airport intermodal center.. 5,000,000
Lanett, vans........................................ 250,000
Mobile Waterfront Terminal.......................... 5,000,000
Montgomery--Moulton Street Intermodal Facility...... 3,000,000
Montgomery, civil rights trail trolleys............. 250,000
Shelby County, vans................................. 200,000
Staewide, bus and bus facilities.................... 1,500,000
Tuscaloosa interdisciplinary science building
parking and intermodal facility................... 9,500,000
University of Alabama Birmingham fuel cell buses.... 2,000,000
University of North Alabama, bus and bus facilities. 2,000,000
University of South Alabama, buses and bus
facilities........................................ 2,500,000
State of Alaska:
Alaska State Fair park and ride and passenger
shuttle system.................................... 1,000,000
Denali Depot intermodal facility.................... 3,000,000
Fairbanks Bus/Rail Intermodal Facility.............. 3,100,000
Fairbanks parking garage and intermodal center...... 1,100,000
Homer Alaska Maritime Wildlife Refuge intermodal and
welcome center.................................... 850,000
Port McKenzie intermodal facilities................. 7,500,000
Ship Creek pedestrain and bus facilities and
intermodal center/parking garage.................. 5,000,000
State of Arizona:
Mesa bus maintenance facility--Regional Public
Transportation Authority.......................... 2,000,000
Phoenix, bus and bus facilities..................... 4,500,000
South Central Avenue transit center................. 2,000,000
Tucson intermodal transportation center at Union
Pacific Depot..................................... 3,000,000
Tucson, bus and bus facilities...................... 1,000,000
State of Arkansas:
Central Arkansas Transit Authority, bus and bus
facilities........................................ 1,055,000
Hot Springs--national park intermodal parking
facility.......................................... 500,000
Nevada County, vans and mini-vans................... 90,000
Pine Bluff, buses................................... 290,000
River Market and College Station Liviable
Communities Program............................... 1,100,000
State of Arkansas, small rural and elderly and
handicapped transit buses and bus facilities...... 3,000,000
State of California:
AC Transit zero-emissions fuel cell bus deployment
demonstration project............................. 1,000,000
Alameda Contra Costs Transit District, buses and bus
facilities........................................ 500,000
Anaheim, buses and bus facilities................... 250,000
Brea, buses......................................... 150,000
Calabasas, buses.................................... 500,000
Contra Costa Transit Authority (County Connection),
buses............................................. 500,000
City of Livemore, park and ride facility............ 500,000
Commerce, buses..................................... 1,000,000
Compton, buses and bus-related equipment............ 250,000
Culver City, buses.................................. 750,000
Davis, buses........................................ 1,000,000
El Dorado, buses.................................... 500,000
El Segundo, Douglas Street gap closure and
intermodal facility............................... 2,100,000
Folsom, transit stations............................ 1,500,000
Foothill Transit, buses and bus facilities.......... 2,500,000
Fresno, intermodal facilities....................... 500,000
Humboldt County, buses and bus facilities........... 500,000
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation
Authority, buses.................................. 4,500,000
Marin County, bus facilities........................ 910,000
Modesto, bus facility............................... 250,000
Monrovia, electric shuttles......................... 580,000
Monterey Salinas Transit Authority, buses and bus
facilities........................................ 500,000
Municipal Transit Operators Coalition, buses........ 2,000,000
Oceanside, intermodal facility...................... 2,000,000
Placer County, buses and bus facilities............. 500,000
Playa Vista, shuttle buses and bus-related equipment
and facilities.................................... 3,000,000
Redlands, trolley project........................... 800,000
Rialto, intermodal facility......................... 550,000
Riverside County, buses............................. 500,000
Sacramento, buses and bus facilities................ 1,000,000
San Bernardino, intermodal facility................. 1,600,000
San Bernardino, train station....................... 600,000
San Diego, East Village station improvement plan.... 1,000,000
San Francisco, MUNI buses and bus facilities........ 2,000,000
Santa Barbara County, mini-buses.................... 240,000
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, buses.. 500,000
Santa Clarita, maintenance facility................. 2,000,000
Santa Cruz, buses and bus facilities................ 1,550,000
Sonoma County, buses and bus facilities............. 1,000,000
Sunline transit agency, buses....................... 1,000,000
Temecula, bus shelters.............................. 200,000
Vista, bus center................................... 300,000
State of Colorado:
Statewise bus and bus facilities.................... 10,000,000
State of Connecticut:
Bridgeport, intermodal center....................... 5,000,000
Hartford/New Britain busway......................... 750,000
New Haven, trolley cars and related equipment....... 1,000,000
New London, parade project transit improvements..... 2,000,000
Norwich bus terminal and pedestrian access.......... 1,000,000
Waterbury, bus garage............................... 1,000,000
State of Delaware:
Statewide bus and bus facilities.................... 3,500,000
State of Florida:
Statewide bus and bus facilities.................... 15,500,000
State of Georgia:
Atlanta, buses and bus facilities................... 2,000,000
Chatham, buses and bus facilities................... 2,000,000
Cobb County, buses.................................. 1,250,000
Georgia Regional Transit Authority, buses and bus
facilities........................................ 3,000,000
State of Hawaii:
Honolulu bus and bus facility improvements.......... 6,000,000
State of Idaho:
Statewide, bus and bus facilities................... 3,500,000
State of Illinois:
Harvey, intermodal facilities and related equipment. 250,000
Statewide, bus and bus facilities................... 6,000,000
State of Indiana:
Evansville, buses and bus facilities................ 1,500,000
Gary--Adam Benjamin intermodal center............... 800,000
Greater Lafayette Public Corporation--Wabash Landing
buses and bus facilities.......................... 1,500,000
Indianapolis, buses and bus-related equipment....... 2,500,000
South Bend, buses................................... 3,000,000
West Lafayette, buses and bus facilities............ 2,100,000
State of Iowa:
Ames maintenance facility........................... 1,200,000
Cedar Rapids intermodal facility.................... 1,200,000
Clinton facility expansion.......................... 500,000
Des Moines park and ride............................ 700,000
Dubuque, buses and bus facilities................... 560,000
Iowa City intermodal facility....................... 1,200,000
Mason City, bus facility............................ 905,000
Sioux City multimodal ground transportation center.. 2,000,000
Sioux City Trolley system........................... 700,000
Statewide, bus and bus facilities................... 2,500,000
Waterloo, buses and bus facilities.................. 537,000
State of Kansas:
Johnson County, buses............................... 250,000
Kansas City, buses.................................. 2,000,000
Kansas City, JOBLINKS............................... 250,000
Kansas Department of Transportation, rural transit
buses............................................. 3,000,000
Lawrence bus and bus facilities..................... 500,000
Topeka, transit facility............................ 600,000
Wichita, buses and ITS related equipment............ 3,000,000
Wyandotte County, buses............................. 250,000
Commonwealth of Kentucky:
Audubon Area Community Action....................... 190,000
Bluegrass Community Action, buses and bus-related
equipment......................................... 160,000
Central Community Action............................ 100,000
Community Action of Southern Kentucky............... 100,000
Fulton County, vans and buses....................... 140,000
Hardin County, buses................................ 300,000
Kentucky Department of Transportation............... 500,000
Kentucky (southern and eastern) transit vehicles.... 3,000,000
Lexington, LexTran, buses and bus facilities........ 3,500,000
Louisville, bus and bus facilities.................. 3,000,000
Maysville, bus-related equipment.................... 64,000
Morehead, buses and bus-related equipment........... 39,000
Murray/Calloway County, buses and bus related
equipment......................................... 60,000
Northern Kentucky Transit Agency, vans.............. 42,000
Paducah Transit Authority, bus and bus facilities... 2,000,000
Pennyrile, vans and related equipment............... 200,000
Pikeville, transit facility......................... 2,000,000
State of Louisiana:
Lafeyette multi-modal facility...................... 1,250,000
Plaquemines Panish ferry............................ 1,000,000
St. Bernard Parish intermodal facilities............ 1,250,000
Statewide bus and bus facilities.................... 2,500,000
State of Maine:
Bangor intermodal transportation center............. 1,500,000
Statewide, bus, bus facilities and ferries.......... 4,000,000
State of Maryland:
Statewide bus and bus facilities.................... 8,000,000
Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
Attleboro, intermodal facilities.................... 1,000,000
Berkshire, buses and bus facilities................. 1,000,000
Beverly and Salem, intermodal station improvements.. 600,000
Brockton, intermodal center......................... 1,000,000
Lowell, transit hub................................. 1,250,000
Merrimack Valley Regional Transit Authority, bus
facility.......................................... 500,000
Montachusett, bus facilities, Leominister........... 250,000
Montachusett, intermodal facilty, Fitchburg......... 1,375,000
Pioneer Valley, Pratransit vehicles and equipment... 1,000,000
Springfield, intermodal facility.................... 500,000
Woburn, buses and bus facilities.................... 250,000
State of Michigan:
Detroit, buses and bus facilities................... 3,000,000
Flint, buses and bus facilities..................... 500,000
Lapeer, multi-modal transportation facility......... 50,000
SMART community transit, buses and paratransit
vehicles.......................................... 4,125,000
Statewide, buses and bus facilities................. 11,000,000
Traverse City, transfer station..................... 1,000,000
State of Minnesota:
Greater Minnesota buses and bus facilities.......... 1,250,000
Metro Transit, buses and bus facilities............. 13,500,000
St. Cloud, buses and bus facilities................. 2,125,000
State of Mississippi:
Brookhaven multimodal transportation center......... 1,000,000
Coast Transit Authority multimodal facility and
shuttle service................................... 3,000,000
Harrison county, multimodal center.................. 1,500,000
Jackson, buses...................................... 1,000,000
Picayune multimodal center.......................... 650,000
State of Mississippi rural transit vehicles and
regional transit centers.......................... 3,000,000
State of Missouri:
Bi-State Development Agency, buses.................. 3,000,000
Dunklin, Mississippi, Scott, Ripley, Stoddard and
Cape Ciradeau counties, buses and bus facilities.. 1,000,000
Excelsior Springs bus replacement................... 200,000
Jefferson City van and equipment purchase........... 250,000
Kansas City, buses and bus facilities............... 1,300,000
OATS buses and vans................................. 2,000,000
Southeast Missouri Transportation Service bus and
bus facilities.................................... 1,000,000
Southwest Missouri State University, intermodal
facility.......................................... 1,000,000
St. Joseph bus replacement.......................... 1,000,000
State of Missouri bus and bus facilities............ 3,000,000
State of Montana:
Billings buses and intermodal facility.............. 4,000,000
Blackfoot Indian Reservation bus facility........... 500,000
Great Falls Transit district buses and bus
facilities........................................ 1,000,000
Missoula Ravalli Transportation Management
Association buses................................. 750,000
State of Nebraska:
Missouri River pedestrian crossing--Omaha........... 4,000,000
State of Nevada:
Clark County bus passenger intermodal facility--
Henderson......................................... 2,000,000
Clark County, bus rapid transit..................... 3,500,000
Lake Tahoe CNG buses and fleet conversion........... 2,000,000
Reno and Sparks, buses and bus facilities........... 1,000,000
Washoe County buses and bus facilities.............. 3,000,000
State of New Jersey:
Elizabeth Ferry Project............................. 500,000
New Jersey Transit alternative fuel buses........... 4,000,000
Newark Arena bus improvements....................... 4,000,000
Trenton, train/intermodal station................... 5,000,000
State of New Mexico:
Albuquerque automatic vehicle monitoring system
(SOLAR)........................................... 2,000,000
Albuquerque bus replacement......................... 1,250,000
Albuquerque, transit facility....................... 5,000,000
Angel Fire Bus and Bus Facilities................... 750,000
Carlsbad, intermodal facilities..................... 630,000
Clovis, buses and bus facility...................... 1,625,000
Las Cruces, buses................................... 500,000
Santa Fe buses and bus facilities................... 2,000,000
Valencia County, transportation station improvements 1,250,000
State of New York:
Buffalo, buses...................................... 2,000,000
Buffalo, intermodal facility........................ 500,000
Eastchester, Metro North facilities................. 250,000
Greenport and Sag Harbor, ferries and vans.......... 60,000
Highbridge pedestrian walkway....................... 100,000
Jamaica, intermodal facilities...................... 250,000
Larchmont, intermodal facility...................... 1,000,000
Long Beach, bus maintenance facility................ 750,000
Midtown West intermodal ferry terminal.............. 7,000,000
Nassau County, buses................................ 2,300,000
New Rochelle, intermodal transportation center...... 1,000,000
Oneida County, buses................................ 1,000,000
Rensselaer County, intermodal facility.............. 500,000
Rochester, buses and bus facilities................. 2,000,000
Saratoga County, buses.............................. 650,000
Suffolk County, senior and handicapped vans......... 500,000
Sullivan County, buses, bus facilities, and related
equipment......................................... 1,250,000
Syracuse, buses..................................... 3,175,000
Tompkins County, intermodal facility................ 625,000
Weschester County, buses............................ 1,000,000
Weschester and Duchess counties, vans............... 200,000
State of North Carolina:
Statewide bus and bus facilities.................... 8,500,000
State of North Dakota:
Statewide bus and bus facilities.................... 2,500,000
State of Ohio:
Cincinnati--intermodal improvements................. 1,000,000
Cincinnati Riverfront Transit Center................ 3,000,000
Columbus Near East transit center................... 1,000,000
Dayton--Second and Main Multimodal Transportation
Center............................................ 625,000
Statewide bus and bus facilities.................... 14,000,000
State of Oklahoma:
Metropolitan Tulsa Transit Authority pedestrian and
streetscape improvements.......................... 2,500,000
Oklahoma City bus transfer center................... 2,500,000
Statewide bus and bus facilities.................... 4,000,000
State of Oregon:
Albany bus purchase--Linn-Benton transit system..... 200,000
Basin Transit System buses.......................... 160,000
Columbia County ADA buses........................... 110,000
Coos County buses................................... 70,000
Corvallis Transit System operations facility........ 260,000
Hood River County bus and bus facility.............. 240,000
Lakeview buses...................................... 50,000
Lane Transit District buses and bus facility........ 1,000,000
Philomath buses..................................... 40,000
Redmond, buses and vans............................. 50,000
Rogue Valley buses.................................. 960,000
Salem Area Transit District buses................... 1,500,000
Sandy buses......................................... 220,000
South Clackamas Transportation District bus......... 90,000
South Corridor Transit Center and park and ride
facilities in Clackamas County.................... 1,500,000
Sunset Empire Transit District improvements to
Clatsop County Intermodal Facility................ 800,000
Tillamook County District transit facilities........ 160,000
Union County bus.................................... 44,000
Wasco County buses.................................. 96,000
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania:
Allegheny County, buses............................. 250,000
Area Transit Authority, ITS related activities...... 1,800,000
Beaver County, buses................................ 1,000,000
Berks County, buses and bus facilities.............. 1,000,000
Bethlehem intermodal facility....................... 1,500,000
Bradford County, buses and bus facilities........... 1,000,000
Bucks County, intermodal facility improvements...... 1,250,000
Cambria County Transit Authority, maintenance
facilities........................................ 750,000
Centre Area Transportation Authority, buses......... 1,600,000
Fayette County, maintenance facilities.............. 500,000
Indiana, maintenance facilities..................... 350,000
Lancaster, buses.................................... 1,000,000
Lycoming County, buses and bus facilities........... 2,000,000
Mid County Transit Authority, buses................. 135,000
Mid Mon Valley Transit Authority, buses............. 250,000
Monroe County, buses and bus facilities............. 1,000,000
Philadelphia--Frankford Transportation Center....... 3,500,000
Philadelphia, Callowhill bus garage................. 250,000
Phoenixville, transit related improvements.......... 1,250,000
Somerset County, ITS related equipment.............. 100,000
Westmoreland County, buses and related equipment.... 240,000
Wilkes-Barre intermodal transportation center....... 1,000,000
State of Rhode Island:
Statewide, buses and bus facilities................. 4,000,000
State of South Carolina:
Statewide, buses and bus facilities................. 6,675,000
State of Tennessee:
Southern Coalition for Advanced Transportation,
buses............................................. 2,000,000
Statewide, buses and bus facilities................. 4,000,000
State of Texas:
Austin, buses....................................... 500,000
Brazos Transit District, buses...................... 500,000
Corpus Christi, buses and bus facilities............ 1,000,000
Dallas, buses....................................... 2,000,000
El Paso, buses...................................... 1,000,000
Fort Worth, intermodal transportation center........ 3,500,000
Fort Worth, buses and bus facilities................ 3,000,000
Galveston, buses and bus facilities................. 250,000
Harris County, buses and bus facilities............. 2,000,000
Houston Metro, Main Street Transit Corridor
improvements...................................... 1,000,000
Lubbock, buses and bus facilities................... 1,000,000
Texas Rural Transit Vehicle Fleet Replacement
Program........................................... 4,000,000
Waco, maintenance facility.......................... 1,650,000
State of Utah:
Statewide Olympic bus and bus facilities............ 10,000,000
State of Vermont:
Burlington multimodal transportation center......... 1,500,000
Bellows Falls Multimodal............................ 1,500,000
Brattleboro multimodal center....................... 2,500,000
Central Vermont Transit Authority buses and bus
facilities........................................ 1,500,000
Chittenden County transportation authority, buses... 1,000,000
Vermont Statewide paratransit....................... 1,500,000
Commonwealth of Virginia:
Statewide bus and bus facilities.................... 15,464,000
State of Washington:
Clallam County, transportation center............... 500,000
Clark County, intermodal facilities................. 1,000,000
Ephrata, buses...................................... 440,000
Everett, buses...................................... 1,500,000
King County Metro Eastgate Park and Ride............ 3,000,000
King County Metro transit bus and bus facilities.... 2,000,000
Renton/Port Quendall transit project................ 500,000
Richland, bus maintenance facility.................. 1,000,000
Snohomish County, buses and bus facilities.......... 1,000,000
Sound Transit, regional express buses............... 2,000,000
Statewide combined small transit system request--bus
and bus facilities................................ 1,250,000
Thurston County, bus-related equipment.............. 1,250,000
State of West Virginia:
Statewide buses and bus facilities.................. 2,000,000
State of Wisconsin:
Statewide bus and bus facilities.................... 14,000,000
State of Wyoming:
Cheyenne transit and operation facility............. 920,000
State of Alabama.--The conference agreement provides a
total of $1,500,000 for buses and bus facilities within the
State of Alabama. Within the funds provided to the state,
$25,000 shall be available for Lamar County vans.
State of Florida.--The conferees direct that the funds
provided to the State of Florida for buses and bus facilities
are to be allocated to all providers within the state,
including Tallahassee.
Hot Springs, Arkansas.--Up to $560,000 of the funds
allocated for the transportation depot and plaza project in Hot
Springs, Arkansas in the fiscal year 2000 Department of
Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act may be
available for buses and bus facilities.
Commonwealth of Kentucky.--The conference agreement
includes $500,000 for buses and bus facilities for the Kentucky
Department of Transportation, to be allocated as follows:
$88,000 for the city of Frankfort for minibuses; $64,000 for
Community Action of Fayette/Lexington for cutaways and lifts;
and $102,400 for Lexington Red Cross for minibuses.
State of Louisiana.--The conference agreement includes
$2,500,000 for buses and bus facilities in the State of
Louisiana. These funds are to be allocated as follows:
Alexandria buses and vans, $40,000; Baton Rouge buses and bus
equipment, $50,000; Jefferson Parish buses and bus related
facilities, $20,000; Lafayette buses and bus related
facilities, $300,000; Louisiana Department of Transportation
and Development vans, $135,000; Monroe buses and bus related
facilities, $135,000; New Orleans bus lease-maintenance,
$1,510,000; Shreveport buses, $295,000; and St. Tammany Parish
park and ride, $15,000.
State of Michigan.--The conference agreement includes
$11,000,000 for statewide buses and bus facilities. These funds
are to be allocated only for the following transit agencies:
Holland, Cadillac/Wexford, Grand Haven, Ludington, Manistee
County, Yates Township, Muskegon area transit authority, Barry
County, Ionia, Ionia transit authority, Alma, Big Rapids, Clare
County, Crawford County transit commission, Gladwin County,
Greenville, Isabella County transit commission, Midland,
Midland County, Ogemaw County, Roscommon County, Shiawassee,
Twin Cities, Berrien County, Cass County, Dowagiac DAR,
Kalamazoo County, Van Buren County, Battle Creek, Adrian,
Branch area transit authority, Eaton County, Mecosta County,
Lenawee County, Bay Metro and Saginaw.
Nassau County, New York.--The conference agreement
includes $2,300,000 for bus and bus facilities in Nassau
County, New York. Of that amount, not less than $400,000 shall
be made available for service to and from the Nassau County
Medical Center and its community health centers.
State of Utah.--The conference agreement includes
$10,000,000 for Olympic buses and bus facilities in the State
of Utah. These funds are to be available for temporary and
permanent bus and bus facility investments to satisfy the
transportation requirements of the 2002 Winter Olympic Games.
These funds are to be allocated by the Secretary based on the
approved transportation management plan for the Salt Lake City
2002 Winter Olympic Games and the Secretary shall make grants
only to the Utah Department of Transportation.
Commonwealth of Virginia.--The conference agreement
includes $15,464,000 for the Commonwealth of Virginia for buses
and bus facilities which shall be distributed as follows:
Loudoun Transit multi-modal facility, $1,500,000; Hampton Roads
bus and bus facilities, $2,500,000; Prince William County fleet
replacement, $3,000,000; Fair Lakes League, $500,000;
Springfield station improvements, $500,000; Fairfax County
Transportation Association of Greater Springfield, $500,000,
Falls Church Bus Rapid Transit terminus, $1,000,000; Lynchburg
bus and bus facility, $1,500,000; Jamestown/Yorktown and
Williamsburg CNG bus, $1,500,000; Danville bus replacement,
$58,000; Farmville bus and bus facilities, $100,000;
Charlottesville bus and bus facilities, $1,000,000; City of
Richmond bus and bus facilities, $2,000,000.
New fixed guideway systems.--In total, the conference
agreement provides $1,085,394,048 for new fixed guideway
systems, of which $1,058,400,000 is from new appropriations and
$26,994,048 is derived from funds made available in previous
appropriations acts that have been reprogrammed to new starts
funding in fiscal year 2001. The conference agreement provides
for the following distribution of the recommended funding for
new fixed guideway systems as follows:
Project Conference level
Alaska or Hawaii ferry projects......................... $10,400,000
Albuquerque/Greater Albuquerque mass transit project.... 500,000
Atlanta--MARTA north line extension project............. 25,000,000
Austin Capital Metro light rail project................. 1,000,000
Baltimore central LRT double track project.............. 3,000,000
Birmingham, Alabama transit corridor.................... 5,000,000
Boston--South Boston Piers transitway project........... 25,000,000
Boston Urban Ring project............................... 1,000,000
Burlington-Bennington (ABRB), Vermont commuter rail
project............................................. 2,000,000
Calais, Maine branch line regional transit program...... 1,000,000
Canton-Akron-Cleveland commuter rail project............ 2,000,000
Central Florida commuter rail project................... 3,000,000
Charlotte, North Carolina, north corridor and south
corridor transitway projects........................ 5,000,000
Chicago--METRA commuter rail projects................... 35,000,000
Chicago--Ravenswood and Douglas Branch reconstruction
projects............................................ 15,000,000
Clark County, Nevada RTC fixed guideway project......... 1,500,000
Cleveland Euclid corridor improvement project........... 4,000,000
Colorado Roaring Fork Valley project.................... 1,000,000
Dallas north central light rail extension project....... 70,000,000
Denver--Southeast corridor project...................... 3,000,000
Denver--Southwest corridor project...................... 20,200,000
Detroit, Michigan metropolitan airport light rail
project............................................. 500,000
Dulles corridor project................................. 50,000,000
Fort Lauderdale, Florida Tri-County commuter rail
project............................................. 15,000,000
Galveston rail trolley extension project................ 1,000,000
Girdwood to Wasilla, Alaska commuter rail project....... 15,000,000
Harrisburg-Lancaster capital area transit corridor 1
commuter rail project............................... 500,000
Hollister/Gilroy branch line rail extension project..... 1,000,000
Honolulu, Hawaii bus rapid transit project.............. 2,500,000
Houston advanced transit project........................ 2,500,000
Houston regional bus project............................ 10,750,000
Indianapolis, Indiana northeast-downtown corridor
project............................................. 3,000,000
Johnson County, Kansas I-35 commuter rail project....... 1,000,000
Kansas City, Missouri Southtown corridor project........ 3,500,000
Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee rail extension project......... 4,000,000
Little Rock, Arkansas river rail project................ 3,000,000
Long Island Railroad East Side access project........... 8,000,000
Los Angeles Mid-City and East Side corridors projects... 2,000,000
Los Angeles North Hollywood extension project........... 50,000,000
Los Angeles--San Diego LOSSAN corridor project.......... 3,000,000
Lowell, Massachusetts-Nashua, New Hampshire commuter
rail project........................................ 2,000,000
MARC expansion projects--Penn-Camden lines connector and
midday storage facility............................. 10,000,000
Massachusetts North Shore corridor project.............. 1,000,000
Memphis, Tennessee Medical Center rail extension project 6,000,000
Nashville, Tennessee regional commuter rail project..... 6,000,000
New Jersey Hudson Bergen project........................ 121,000,000
Newark-Elizabeth rail link project...................... 7,000,000
Northern Indiana south shore commuter rail project...... 2,000,000
Northwest New Jersey-Northeast Pennsylvania passenger
rail project........................................ 1,000,000
Oceanside-Escondido, California light rail extension
project............................................. 10,000,000
Orange County, California transitway project............ 2,000,000
Philadelphia-Reading SEPTA Schuylkill Valley metro
project............................................. 10,000,000
Philadelphia SEPTA Cross County metro project........... 2,000,000
Phoenix metropolitan area transit project............... 10,000,000
Pittsburgh North Shore--central business district
corridor project.................................... 5,000,000
Pittsburgh stage II light rail project.................. 12,000,000
Portland--Interstate MAX LRT extension project.......... 7,500,000
Portland, Maine marine highway program.................. 2,000,000
Puget Sound RTA Sounder commuter rail project........... 5,000,000
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Triangle Transit project..... 10,000,000
Rhode Island-Pawtucket and T.F. Green commuter rail and
maintenance facility................................ 500,000
Sacramento, California south corridor LRT project....... 35,200,000
Salt Lake City--University light rail line project...... 2,000,000
San Bernardino, California Metrolink project............ 1,000,000
San Diego Mission Valley East light rail project........ 31,500,000
San Francisco BART extension to the airport project..... 80,000,000
San Jose Tasman West light rail project................. 12,250,000
San Juan Tren Urbano project............................ 75,000,000
Santa Fe-Eldorado, New Mexico rail link project......... 1,500,000
Seattle, Washington--Central Link LRT project........... 50,000,000
Spokane, Washington South Valley corridor light rail
project............................................. 4,000,000
St. Louis, Missouri MetroLink Cross County connector
project............................................. 1,000,000
St. Louis-St. Clair MetroLink extenson project.......... 60,000,000
Stamford, Connecticut fixed guideway corridor........... 8,000,000
Stockton, California Altamont commuter rail project..... 6,000,000
Twin Cities Transitways projects........................ 5,000,000
Twin Cities Transitways--Hiawatha corridor project...... 50,000,000
Virginia Railway Express commuter rail project.......... 3,000,000
Washington Metro--Blue Line extension--Addison Road
(Largo) project..................................... 7,500,000
West Trenton, New Jersey rail project................... 2,000,000
Whitehall and St. George ferry terminal projects........ 2,500,000
Wilmington, Delaware downtown transit corridor project.. 5,000,000
Wilsonville to Washington County, Oregon commuter rail
project............................................. 1,000,000
Austin, Texas capital metro light rail project.--The
conference agreement includes $1,000,000 for preliminary
engineering work for the north/south and southeast corridor in
Austin, Texas.
Boston--South Boston Piers transitway project.--The
conference agreement includes $25,000,000 for the South Boston
Piers transitway project. Because of construction delays and
coordination of this project with the Central Artery/Tunnel
project, the conferees direct that none of the funds provided
in this Act for the South Boston Piers transitway project shall
be available until (1) the project sponsor produces a finance
plan that clearly delineates the full cost-to-complete the
project, as well as other planned capital and operational
requirements of the MBTA, and the manner in which the sponsor
expects to pay these costs; (2) the FHWA and the FTA conducts a
final review and accepts the plan and certifies to the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations that the fiscal
management of the project meets or exceeds accepted U.S.
government standards; (3) the General Accounting Office and the
Department of Transportation's Inspector General conduct an
independent analysis of the plans and provide such analysis to
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations within 60
days of FTA accepting the plan; and (4) the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations have concluded their review of the
analysis within 60 days of the transmittal of the analysis to
the Committees. Lastly, the House directs the FTA and the IG to
conduct ongoing, continual financial management reviews of this
project.
Central Florida commuter rail project.--For the central
Florida commuter rail project, the conference agreement
provides $3,000,000. The conferees are aware that local
agencies in Orlando, Florida rescinded their plans to proceed
with a light rail project in the Orlando area, for which nearly
$56,000,000 in previously appropriated funds were made
available, and are now proceeding with commuter rail. While the
conference agreement reallocates these balances from the
Orlando light rail project to other projects in fiscal year
2001, the conferees are mindful of the continuing need to
improve mobility in the greater Orlando area and will consider
future appropriations for the central Florida commuter rail
project as plans are approved by the appropriate local, state
and federal agencies.
Chicago--METRA commuter rail projects.--The conference
agreement includes $35,000,000 for preliminary engineering,
design and construction on the METRA commuter rail projects in
Chicago, Illinois.
Denver--Southeast cooridor project.--The conference
agreement includes $3,000,000 for the Denver southeast corridor
project, as proposed by the House. The conferees have provided
this amount without prejudice to the pending full funding grant
agreement, while recognizing that the federal financial
commitment to the southwest line was first necessary to
complete.
Dulles corridor.--The conference agreement includes
$50,000,000 for preliminary engineering and design on the
Dulles corridor project.
Girdwood to Wasilla, Alaska, commuter rail project.--The
conferees agree that all references in the fiscal year 2000
Department of Transportation and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act and accompanying statement of managers
referring to Girdwood, Alaska, commuter rail project and North
Anchorage to Girdwood are intended to refer to the Girdwood to
Wasilla, Alaska, commuter rail project as contained in the Act.
Kansas City, Missouri southtown corridor.--The conference
agreement includes $3,500,000 for engineering and design work
for the southtown corridor light rail project in Kansas City,
Missouri.
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.--The
conferees expect that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit
Authority will undertake from resources available to the
Authority access improvements at Ballston Metro station.
Whitehall and St. George ferry terminal projects.--The
conference agreement provides $2,500,000 for the Whitehall and
St. George ferry terminal projects in the New York City area.
DISCRETIONARY GRANTS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
The conference agreement includes $350,000,000 in
liquidating cash for discretionary grants as proposed by both
the House and the Senate.
JOB ACCESS AND REVERSE COMMUTE GRANTS
The conference agreement includes a total program level
of $100,000,000 for job access and reverse commute grants as
proposed by the House and the Senate. Within this total, the
conference agreement appropriates $20,000,000 from the general
fund as proposed by the House and the Senate. The conference
agreement includes a provision that waives the cap for small
urban and rural areas and provides that up to $250,000 of the
funds appropriated under this heading may be used for technical
assistance, technical support and performance reviews of the
job access and reverse commute grants program.
Funds appropriated for the job access and reverse commute
grants program are to be distributed as follows:
Project Conference
Alameda and Contra-Costa counties, California........... $500,000
Archuleta County, Colorado.............................. 75,000
Athol/Orange community transportation, Massachusetts.... 400,000
Broome County Transit, New York......................... 250,000
Broward County, Florida................................. 2,000,000
Buffalo, New York....................................... 500,000
Capital District Authority, New York.................... 250,000
Central Kenai Peninsula public transportation........... 500,000
Central Ohio............................................ 750,000
Chatham, Georgia........................................ 500,000
Chicago, Illinois....................................... 1,000,000
Commonwealth of Virginia................................ 4,500,000
Corpus Christi RTA, Texas............................... 550,000
Des Moines, Dubuque, Sioux City, Delaware and Jackson
Counties, Iowa...................................... 1,600,000
District of Columbia.................................... 1,000,000
Dona Ana County, New Mexico............................. 250,000
DuPage County, Illinois................................. 500,000
Easter Seals West Alabama work transition programs...... 850,000
Fresno, Tulare, Kings and Kern Counties, California..... 3,000,000
Greater Erie Community Action Committee, Pennsylvania... 400,000
Hillsborough County, Florida............................ 600,000
Indianapolis, Indiana................................... 1,000,000
Kansas City, Kansas..................................... 1,000,000
Las Cruces, New Mexico.................................. 260,000
Los Angeles, California................................. 3,500,000
Mantanuska-Susitna borough, M.A.S.C.O.T, Alaska......... 60,000
Meramec Community Transit programs, Missouri............ 150,000
Mobile, Alabama......................................... 250,000
Monterey, California.................................... 150,000
Nassau County, New York................................. 500,000
North Oakland County, Michigan.......................... 250,000
OATS job access programs, Missouri...................... 750,000
Pittsburgh Port Authority of Allegheny County,
Pennsylvania........................................ 2,000,000
Portland, Oregon........................................ 1,840,000
Rhode Island community food bank transportation......... 100,000
Rhode Island Public Transit Authority................... 1,000,000
Rochester, New York..................................... 300,000
Sacramento, California.................................. 1,000,000
San Francisco, California............................... 275,000
Santa Clara County, California.......................... 500,000
SEPTA, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....................... 3,000,000
Sitka, Alaska transit expansion program................. 400,000
Southern Illinois RIDES................................. 150,000
State of Alabama........................................ 1,500,000
State of Arkansas....................................... 4,000,000
State of Illinois....................................... 1,000,000
State of Maine.......................................... 500,000
State of Maryland....................................... 2,400,000
State of New Hampshire.................................. 340,000
State of New Mexico..................................... 2,000,000
State of Oklahoma....................................... 4,500,000
State of Tennessee...................................... 2,000,000
State of Vermont........................................ 1,500,000
State of Washington..................................... 2,000,000
State of West Virginia.................................. 1,500,000
State of Wisconsin...................................... 4,700,000
Suffolk County, New York................................ 445,000
Sullivan County, New York............................... 200,000
Tompkins County, New York............................... 300,000
Troy State University, Alabama--Rosa Parks Center....... 2,000,000
Tucson, Arizona......................................... 1,000,000
Tysons Corner/Dulles Corridor, Virginia................. 500,000
Ulster County, New York................................. 200,000
Washoe County, Nevada................................... 1,000,000
Ways to Work family loan program, Southeastern U.S...... 2,000,000
Western Massachusetts................................... 350,000
York County, Maine...................................... 900,000
State of Tennessee.--Of the funds provided to the State
of Tennessee, $500,000 shall be available to Chattanooga Area
Regional Transit Authority in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
operations and maintenance
(Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund)
The conference agreement appropriates $13,004,000 for
operations and maintenance of the Saint Lawrence Seaway
Development Corporation as proposed by the House. The Senate
bill provided $12,400,000.
Research and Special Programs Administration
Research and Special Programs
The conference agreement appropriates $36,373,000 for
research and special programs instead of $36,452,000 as
proposed by the House and $34,370,000 as proposed by the
Senate. Within this total, $4,707,000 is available until
September 30, 2003 as proposed by the House instead $4,201,000
as proposed by the Senate. The following adjustments are made
to the budget estimate:
Slight reduction in hazardous materials international
standards........................................... -$23,000
Fund 2 of 5 new emergency transportation positions...... -244,000
Reduce proposed increases for crisis response........... -300,000
Reduce funding for new transportation infrastructure
program............................................. -2,400,000
Deny funding for university marine grants............... -2,500,000
Human centered fatigue research......................... +300,000
Continue to fund Garrett Morgan program in-house........ -200,000
Reduction in business modernization..................... -564,000
Reduce employee development funding..................... -227,000
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Net adjustment to budget estimate................. -$6,158,000
Bill language is retained that permits up to $1,200,000
in fees to be collected and deposited in the general fund of
the Treasury as offsetting receipts. Also, bill language is
included that permits funds received from states, counties,
municipalities, other public authorities and private sources
for expenses incurred for training, reports publication and
dissemination, and travel expenses incurred in the performance
of hazardous materials exemptions and approval functions. Both
of these provisions were contained in the House and Senate
bills.
pipeline safety
(pipeline safety fund)
(oil spill liability trust fund)
The conference agreement provides a total of $47,044,000
for the pipeline safety program instead of $40,137,000 as
proposed by the House and $43,144,000 as proposed by the
Senate. Within this total, $23,837,000 is available until
September 30, 2003 instead of $20,713,000 as proposed by the
House and $24,432,000 as proposed by the Senate.
Of this total, the conference agreement specifies that
$7,488,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust
Fund; $36,556,000 from the Pipeline Safety Fund; and $3,000,000
from the reserve fund. The House bill allocated $4,263,000 from
the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund and $35,874,000 from the
Pipeline Safety Trust Fund. The Senate bill provided $8,750,000
from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; $31,894,000 from the
Pipeline Safety Fund; and $2,500,000 from the reserve fund.
Bill language specifies that the reserve fund should be
used for damage prevention grants to states as proposed by the
Senate. The House bill contained no similar provision.
The following table reflects the total allocation for
pipeline safety in fiscal year 2001:
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Oil spill
Budget activity Pipeline liability Reserve Total
safety fund trust fund fund \1\
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Personnel, compensation, and benefits....................... $8,963,000 $900,000 ........... $9,863,000
Operating expenses.......................................... 3,614,000 1,345,000 ........... 4,959,000
Information systems......................................... 935,000 400,000 ........... 1,335,000
Risk assessment and technical studies....................... 850,000 400,000 ........... 1,250,000
Compliance.................................................. 200,000 100,000 ........... 300,000
Training and information dissemination...................... 800,000 300,000 ........... 1,100,000
Emergency notification...................................... 100,000 ........... ........... 100,000
Public education and damage control......................... 300,000 200,000 ........... 500,000
Oil Pollution Act........................................... ........... 2,443,000 ........... 2,443,000
Research and development.................................... 2,744,000 ........... ........... 2,744,000
State grants................................................ 15,000,000 1,400,000 ........... 16,400,000
Risk management............................................. 50,000 ........... ........... 50,000
One-call notification....................................... 1,000,000 ........... ........... 1,000,000
Damage prevention grants.................................... 2,000,000 ........... $3,000,000 5,000,000
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Total................................................. 36,556,000 7,488,000 3,000,000 47,044,000
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\1\ Funding derived from the reserve fund is not directly appropriated.
State of Washington.--Within the funds provided for
operating expenses, the conference agreement provides $800,000
to the State of Washington to match the state legislature's
supplemental appropriation for pipeline safety activities as
directed by the Senate. The House contained no similar
appropriation.
Research and development.--The budget request for
research and development has been increased by $600,000 to
support airborne mapping research, technology, and engineering
in support of improved leak detection, analysis, and response
by federal, state, and industry pipeline safety officials.
emergency preparedness grants
(emergency preparedness fund)
The conference agreement provides $200,000 for emergency
preparedness grants as proposed by both the House and the
Senate. The conference agreement includes a limitation on
obligation of $14,300,000 instead of $13,227,000 as proposed by
the Senate. The House bill carried no similar provision.
Bill language, proposed by the Senate, which delayed the
registration and processing fees collected under the emergency
preparedness grant program from July 1 to September 30, 2000,
has been deleted. The House bill contained no similar
provision.
Office of Inspector General
Salaries and Expenses
The conference agreement appropriates $48,450,000 for the
Office of Inspector General instead of $48,050,000 as proposed
by the House and $49,000,000 (including transfers) as proposed
by the Senate. The agreement does not include language proposed
by the Senate deriving $38,500,000 of program funding by
transfer from DOT modal administrations, and does include House
language authorizing the use of funds for investigation of
fraud, deceptive trade practices, and unfair methods of
competition in the airline industry.
DCAA audits.--The conferees reiterate concerns expressed
by the House and Senate over the declining modal requests for
contract audits performed by the Defense Contract Audit Agency
(DCAA). These audits are a primary tool in the prevention of
government waste, fraud, and abuse, and will not be neglected
by the Department of Transportation. The Committees on
Appropriations will continue to monitor this issue, and may
consider mandated set-aside funding from the modal
administrations, or other strong measures, if the lack of
support continues. The Assistant Secretary for Budget and
Programs is directed to ensure that all modal administrations
are reminded, in writing, of the importance of these audits,
and is requested to work with the Office of Inspector General
to track formally and review DCAA audit requests on a monthly
or quarterly basis throughout the coming fiscal year.
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
Salaries and Expenses
The conference agreement appropriates $17,954,000 for
salaries and expenses of the Surface Transportation Board as
proposed by the House instead of $17,000,000 as proposed by the
Senate. In addition, the conference agreement includes
language, proposed by the House, which allows the Board to
offset $900,000 of its appropriation from fees collected during
the fiscal year. The Senate bill allowed the Board to collect
$954,000 in fees to augment its appropriation.
Union Pacific/Southern Pacific (UP/SP) merger.--On
December 12, 1997, the Board granted a joint request of Union
Pacific Railroad Company and the City of Wichita and Sedgwick
County, KS (Wichita/Sedgwick) to toll the 18-month mitigation
study pending in Finance Docket No. 32760. The decision
indicated that, at such time as the parties reach agreement or
discontinue negotiations, the Board would take appropriate
action.
By petition filed June 26, 1998, Wichita/Sedgwick and UP/
SP indicated that they had entered into an agreement, and
jointly petitioned the Board to impose the agreement as a
condition of the Board's approval of the UP/SP merger. By
decision dated July 8, 1998, the Board agreed and imposed the
agreement as a condition to the UP/SP merger. The terms of the
negotiated agreement remain in effect. If UP/SP or any of its
divisions or subsidiaries materially changes or is unable to
achieve the assumptions on which the Board based its final
environmental mitigation measures, then the Board should reopen
Finance Docket 32760 if requested by interested parties, and
prescribe additional mitigation properly reflecting these
changes if shown to be appropriate.
March 2000 hearings.--On March 7-10, 2000, the STB held a
series of public hearings about major rail consolidations and
the future of the rail network. Following the issuance of its
new merger policy, the STB shall submit to the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations, the Senate Commerce Committee,
and the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee a
report which: (1) identifies concerns that were raised at the
March 2000 hearings; (2) details the actions that the STB will
undertake to address these concerns; and (3) indicates where
the STB lacks the authority and/or personnel resources to
effectively address these concerns. This report shall be due
July 1, 2001.
TITLE II--RELATED AGENCIES
Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement provides $4,795,000 for the
Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board as
proposed by both the House and the Senate.
National Transportation Safety Board
Salaries and Expenses
The conference agreement appropriates $62,942,000 for
salaries and expenses of the National Transportation Safety
Board as proposed by the House instead of $59,000,000 as
proposed by the Senate. Within the funds provided, NTSB should
continue participating in the interagency initiative on
aviation safety in Alaska.
Training center and research facility.--NTSB shall enter
into an agreement to locate its training center and research
facility on land provided by George Washington University at
the Loudoun County, Virginia campus. This new facility, sought
by the NTSB, will provide NTSB additional laboratory space,
classrooms, and conference space as well as house the wreckage
of TWA flight 800.
TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS
(including transfers of funds)
Sec. 301 allows funds for aircraft; motor vehicles;
liability insurance; uniforms; or allowances, as authorized by
law as proposed by both the House and Senate.
Sec. 302 requires pay raises to be funded within
appropriated levels in this Act or previous appropriations Acts
as proposed by both the House and Senate.
Sec. 303 modifies and makes permanent the House and
Senate provision that allows funds for expenditures for primary
and secondary schools and transportation for dependents of
Federal Aviation Administration personnel stationed outside the
continental United States.
Sec. 304 limits appropriations for services authorized by
5 U.S.C. 3109 to the rate for an Executive Level IV as proposed
by both the House and Senate.
Sec. 305 prohibits funds in this Act for salaries and
expenses of more than 104 political and Presidential appointees
in the Department of Transportation and includes a provision
that prohibits political and Presidential personnel to be
assigned on temporary detail outside the Department of
Transportation or an independent agency funded in this Act as
proposed by both the Senate and House.
Sec. 306 prohibits pay and other expenses for non-Federal
parties in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in
this Act as proposed by both the House and Senate.
Sec. 307 prohibits obligations beyond the current fiscal
year and prohibits transfers of funds unless expressly so
provided herein as proposed by both the House and Senate.
Sec. 308 limits consulting service expenditures of public
record in procurement contracts as proposed by both the House
and Senate.
Sec. 309 modifies the Senate provision to codify
prohibitions against the release of certain personal
information without express consent of the person to whom such
information pertains; and inserts a new subsection that
prohibits the withholdings of funds provided in this Act for
any grantee if a State is in noncompliance with this provision.
The House proposed no similar provision.
Sec. 310 modifies the distribution of the Federal-aid
highways program proposed by the Senate. The House proposed no
similar provision.
Sec. 311 exempts previously made transit obligations from
limitations on obligations as proposed by both the House and
Senate.
Sec. 312 prohibits funds for the National Highway Safety
Advisory Commission as proposed by both the House and Senate.
Sec. 313 prohibits funds to establish a vessel traffic
safety fairway less than five miles wide between Santa Barbara
and San Francisco traffic separation schemes as proposed by
both the House and Senate.
Sec. 314 allows airports to transfer to the Federal
Aviation Administration instrument landing systems as proposed
by both the House and Senate.
Sec. 315 prohibits funds to award multiyear contracts for
production end items that include certain specified provisions
as proposed by both the House and Senate.
Sec. 316 allows funds for discretionary grants of the
Federal Transit Administration for specific projects, except
for fixed guideway modernization projects, not obligated by
September 30, 2003, and other recoveries to be used for other
projects under 49 U.S.C. 5309 as proposed by both the House and
Senate.
Sec. 317 allows transit funds appropriated before October
1, 2000, and that remain available for expenditure to be
transferred as proposed by both the House and Senate.
Sec. 318 prohibits funds to compensate in excess of 335
technical staff years under the federally funded research and
development center contract between the Federal Aviation
Administration and the Center for Advanced Aviation Systems
Development instead of 320 technical staff years as proposed by
both the House and Senate.
Sec. 319 allows funds received by the Federal Highway
Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and the Federal
Railroad Administration from States, counties, municipalities,
other public authorities, and private sources for expenses
incurred for training to be credited to each agency's
respective accounts as proposed by the House and Senate.
Sec. 320 prohibits funds to be used to prepare, propose,
or promulgate any regulation pursuant to title V of the Motor
Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act prescribing corporate
average fuel economy standards for automobiles as defined in
such title, in any model year that differs from standards
promulgated for such automobiles prior to enactment of this
section as proposed by the House. The Senate proposed no
similar provision.
Sec. 321 allows funds made available for Alaska or Hawaii
ferry boats or ferry terminal facilities to be used to
construct new vessels and facilities or to improve existing
vessels and facilities, and for repair facilities. The
conference agreement includes a new provision allowing the
State of Hawaii to use not more than $3,000,000 of the amounts
it receives from this program to initiate and operate an inter-
island and intra-island demonstration project. The Senate
proposed to allow funds made available for Alaska or Hawaii
ferry boats or ferry terminal facilities to be used to
construct new vessels and facilities, to provide passenger
ferryboat service, or to improve existing vessels and
facilities, and for repair facilities. The House proposed no
similar provision.
Sec. 322 allows funds received by the Bureau of
Transportation Statistics to be subject to the obligation
limitation for Federal-aid highways and highway safety
construction as proposed by both the House and Senate.
Sec. 323 prohibits the use of funds for any type of
training which: (1) does not meet needs for knowledge, skills,
and abilities bearing directly on the performance of official
duties; (2) could be highly stressful or emotional to the
students; (3) does not provide prior notification of content
and methods to be used during the training; (4) contains any
religious concepts or ideas; (5) attempts to modify a person's
values or lifestyle; or (6) is for AIDS awareness training,
except for raising awareness of medical ramifications of AIDS
and workplace rights as proposed by the House. The Senate
proposed no similar provision.
Sec. 324 prohibits the use of funds in this Act for
activities designed to influence Congress or a state
legislature on legislation or appropriations except through
proper, official channels as proposed by both the House and
Senate.
Sec. 325 requires compliance with the Buy American Act as
proposed by both the House and Senate.
Sec. 326 provides an appropriation of $54,963,000 from
the Highway Trust Fund for the Appalachian development highway
system instead of providing $54,963,000 from the general fund
as proposed by the Senate. The House proposed no similar
appropriation.
Sec. 327 credits to appropriations of the Department of
Transportation rebates, refunds, incentive payments, minor fees
and other funds received by the Department from travel
management centers, charge card programs, the subleasing of
building space, and miscellaneous sources as proposed by both
the House and Senate. Such funds received shall be available
until December 31, 2001.
Sec. 328 authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to
allow issuers of any preferred stock to redeem or repurchase
preferred stock sold to the Department of Transportation as
proposed by the House and Senate.
Sec. 329 provides $750,000 for the Amtrak Reform Council
instead of $495,000 proposed by the Senate and $450,000
proposed by the House. Sec. 329 also includes provisions that
amend section 203 of Public Law 105-134 regarding the Amtrak
Reform Council's recommendations on Amtrak routes identified
for closure or realignment as proposed by both the House and
Senate.
Sec. 330 amends item number 1473 in section 1602 of
Public Law 105-178 by striking ``Stony'' and inserting
``Commerce''. The House and Senate proposed no similar
provision.
Sec. 331 prohibits funds in this Act unless the Secretary
of Transportation notifies the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations not less than three full business days before
any discretionary grant award, letter of intent, or full
funding grant agreement totaling $1,000,000 or more is
announced by the department or its modal administrations as
proposed by both the House and Senate.
Sec. 332 specifies that $20,000,000 made available for
the James A. Farley Post Office building in fiscal year 2001
must be spent only on fire and life safety initiatives. The
conferees consider fire and life safety improvements to
include, but not be limited to, matters concerning ventilation,
vertical access, and egress. The Pennsylvania Station
Redevelopment Corporation shall be the grantee for these funds
and shall control expenditures. The House proposed to rescind
$60,000,000 for the James A. Farley Post Office Building. The
Senate bill contained no similar rescission.
Sec. 333 prohibits funds for planning, design, or
construction of a light rail system in Houston, Texas, as
proposed by the House. The Senate proposed no similar
provision.
Sec. 334 amends section 3030(b) of Public Law 105-178 to
authorize the Wilmington downtown transit corridor and the
Honolulu bus rapid transit project as proposed by the Senate.
The House proposed no similar provision.
Sec. 335 prohibits the use of funds in this act to adopt
the rulemaking on Hours of Service of Drivers; Driver Rest and
Sleep for Safe Operations (Docket No. FMCSA 97-2350-953), and
includes a provision that allows the Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration to proceed through all stages of the
rulemaking, including issuing a supplemental notice of proposed
rulemaking, except the adoption of a final rule. The Senate
proposed prohibiting the use of funds in this act to consider,
finalize, or enforce the rulemaking. The House proposed no
similar provision.
Sec. 336 amends section 3038(e) of Public Law 105-178
pertaining to the federal share of the rural transportation
accessibility incentive program as proposed by both the House
and Senate.
Sec. 337 amends item number 273 of section 1602 of Public
Law 105-178 pertaining to the Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway in
Des Moines, Iowa, as proposed by the House. The Senate proposed
no similar provision.
Sec. 338 amends item number 328 of section 1602 of Public
Law 105-178 pertaining to Louisiana Highway 30 as proposed by
the House. The Senate proposed no similar provision.
Sec. 339 amends items numbered 63 and 186 of section 1602
of Public Law 105-178 pertaining to projects in Ohio as
proposed by the House. The Senate proposed no similar
provision.
Sec. 340 pertains to funds apportioned to the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the Central Artery/Tunnel
project. The House proposed prohibiting funds in this Act for
salaries and expenses of any departmental official to authorize
project approvals or advance construction authority for the
Central Artery/Tunnel project in Boston, Massachusetts. The
Senate proposed limiting the total Federal contribution for the
project to not more than $8,549,000,000.
This provision is included in the conference agreement
without prejudice to the current administration of the
Massachusetts Turnpike Authority (MTA). Following years of
obfuscation, the current administration at MTA has been
forthcoming with details of the cost overruns on, and the
costs-to-complete, the Central Artery/Tunnel project, as well
as identifying the means by which the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts plans to finance the project's costs. Moreover,
the MTA recently negotiated with the Federal Highway
Administration, the Massachusetts Highway Department and the
Massachusetts Executive Office of Transportation and
Construction a partnership agreement that limits federal
financial participation in the project and sets forward other
terms and conditions, including the requirement that the
Commonwealth undertake a balanced statewide construction
program of $400,000,000 a year in construction activities and
specific transportation projects in the Commonwealth other than
the Central Artery/Tunnel project. The conferees commend the
MTA for these actions. This provision is not intended to impugn
the administration of, or the recent actions taken by, the MTA,
but rather to codify the partnership agreement to ensure that
federal financial participation in the Central Artery/Tunnel
project has an upper limit, and to ensure that the Federal
Highway Administration and the Secretary of the Department of
Transportation fulfill their fiduciary responsibilities to the
American taxpayer.
Sec. 341 amends section 3027(c)(3) of Public Law 105-178
relating to services for the elderly and persons with
disabilities as proposed by the House. The Senate proposed no
similar provision.
Sec. 342 allows unobligated balances under section 149 of
Public Law 100-17 and the Ebensburg bypass demonstration
project of Public Law 101-164 to be used for improvements along
Route 56 in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, as proposed by the
House. The Senate proposed no similar provision.
Sec. 343 prohibits funds in this Act for the planning,
development, or construction of the California State Route 710
freeway extension project through South Pasadena, California,
as proposed by the House. The Senate proposed no similar
provision.
Sec. 344 prohibits funds in this Act for engineering work
related to an additional runway at New Orleans International
Airport as proposed by the House. The Senate proposed no
similar provision.
Sec. 345 provides that $800,000 from capital investment
grants in Public Law 105-277 may be available for an intermodal
parking facility in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. The House and
Senate proposed no similar provision.
Sec. 346 prohibits funds in this Act to be used for the
implementation of the Kyoto Protocol prior to its ratification
as proposed by the Senate. The House proposed no similar
provision.
Sec. 347 modifies the Senate provision to prohibit the
submission of a budget request that assumes revenues or
reflects a reduction from the previous year due to user fee
proposals that have not been enacted into law prior to the
submission of the President's budget unless the budget
submission identifies which additional spending reductions
should occur in the event the user fee proposals are not
enacted prior to the date of a committee of conference for the
fiscal year 2002 appropriations Act. The House proposed no
similar provision.
Sec. 348 provides that amounts appropriated for salaries
and expenses for the Department of Transportation may be used
to reimburse safety inspectors for not to exceed one-half the
costs incurred by such employees for professional liability
insurance, contingent upon the submission of required
information or documentation by the Department, as proposed by
the Senate. The House proposed no similar provision.
Sec. 349 prohibits funds in this Act to be used to adopt
guidelines or regulations requiring airport sponsors to provide
the Federal Aviation Administration ``without cost'' buildings,
maintenance, or space for FAA services, as proposed by the
Senate. The prohibition does not apply to negotiations between
FAA and airport sponsors concerning ``below market'' rates for
such services or to grant assurances that require airport
sponsors to provide land without cost to the FAA for air
traffic control facilities. The House proposed no similar
provision.
Sec. 350 modifies the Senate provision to require the
Coast Guard to submit quarterly reports beginning after
December 31, 2000, to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations on all major Coast Guard acquisition projects.
The House proposed no similar provision.
Sec. 351 modifies the Senate provision that withholds the
highway funds of States that fail to adopt a blood alcohol
content level intoxication standard of .08 by fiscal year 2004.
Under the conference agreement, States that do not adopt this
standard will lose a portion of their highway funds each year,
beginning in fiscal year 2004 (2 percent in 2004, 4 percent in
2005, 6 percent in 2006, and 8 percent in 2007). If States
enter into compliance by the end of 2007, funds withheld by
sanction are restored in the State's apportionment. The House
proposed no similar provision.
Sec. 352 allows the Federal Aviation Administration to
provide for the conveyance of airport property to an
institution of higher education in Oklahoma as proposed by the
Senate. The House proposed no similar provision.
Sec. 353 amends item 1006 of section 1602 of Public Law
105-178 regarding a highway project in Polk County, Iowa, as
proposed by the Senate. The House proposed no similar
provision.
Sec. 354 allows the State of Mississippi to use funds
previously allocated to it under the transportation enhancement
program, if available, for constructing an underpass along Star
Landing Road in DeSoto County, Mississippi, as proposed by the
Senate. The House proposed no similar provision.
Sec. 355 modifies the Senate provision that amends
section 1214 of Public Law 105-178 to provide that the non-
Federal share of project number 1646 in section 1602 may be
funded by Federal funds from an agency or agencies not part of
the Department of Transportation. The Senate proposed that the
Secretary shall not delegate responsibility for carrying out
the project to a State. The House proposed no similar
provision.
Sec. 356 modifies the Senate provision that designates
the New Jersey transit commuter rail station located at the
intersection of the Main/Bergen line and the Northeast Corridor
line in the State of New Jersey as the ``Frank R. Lautenberg
Station''. The House proposed no similar provision.
Sec. 357 prohibits funds in this Act for the planning,
development, or construction of an expressway at section 800 on
Pennsylvania Route 202 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The House
and Senate proposed no similar provision.
Sec. 358 amends Public Law 106-69 to allow funding for
buses, bus-related equipment and bus facilities in the State of
Michigan. The House and Senate proposed no similar provision.
Sec. 359 establishes a program to reduce traffic
congestion that will allow eligible employees of federal
agencies to participate in telecommuting to the maximum extent
possible without diminished employee performance. Within one
year, the Office of Personnel Management shall evaluate the
effectiveness of the program and report to Congress. Each
agency participating in the program shall develop criteria to
be used in implementing such a policy and ensure that
managerial, logistical, organizational, or other barriers to
full implementation and successful functioning of the policy
are removed. Each agency should also provide for adequate
administrative, human resources, technical, and logistical
support for carrying out the policy. Telecommuting refers to
any arrangement in which an employee regularly performs
officially assigned duties at home or other work sites
geographically convenient to the residence of the employee.
Eligible employees mean any satisfactorily performing employee
of the agency whose job may typically be performed at least one
day per week. The House and Senate proposed no similar
provision.
Sec. 360 provides that new fixed guideway system funds
previously provided in Public Law 105-66 may be used for
projects in Jackson, Mississippi. The House and Senate proposed
no similar provision.
Sec. 361 provides that funds made available in item
number 760 of section 1602 of Public Law 105-178 shall be used
for corridor planning studies between western Baldwin County
and Mobile Municipal Airport in Alabama. The House and Senate
proposed no similar provision.
Sec. 362 amends section 1107(b) of Public Law 102-240 as
it pertains to projects in Akron, Ohio. The House and Senate
proposed no similar provision.
Sec. 363 pertains to the federal share of the total cost
relating to the reconstruction of a road and causeway in the
Shiloh Military Park in Hardin County, Tennessee. The House and
Senate proposed no similar provision.
Sec. 364 amends section 30118 of title 49, United States
Code, to require motor vehicle manufacturers to review and
consider information from any foreign source on defects of
motor vehicles, original equipment, or replacement equipment
that do not comply with applicable motor vehicle safety
standards. The House and Senate proposed no similar provision.
Sec. 365 allows funds appropriated to the Federal Transit
Administration to be transferred to the Agency for
International Development for transportation needs in the
Frontline states to the Kosovo conflict. The House and Senate
proposed no similar provision.
Sec. 366 allows funds provided in Public Law 105-66 for
the Salt Lake City regional commuter system project to be used
for transit and other transportation-related portions of the
Salt Lake City regional commuter system and Gateway intermodal
terminal. The House and Senate proposed no similar provision.
Sec. 367 provides funding from section 1404 of Public Law
105-178 to the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The House and Senate
proposed no similar provision.
Sec. 368 directs the Secretary of Transportation to waive
repayment of any federal-aid highway funds expended on the
Lincoln Street Bridge project by the City of Spokane,
Washington. The House and Senate proposed no similar provision.
Sec. 369 amends previous appropriations Acts to allow
funding for bus and bus facilities. The House and Senate
proposed no similar provision.
Sec. 370 amends item number 6 in section 1602 of Public
Law 105-178 to provide within amounts previously made available
$2,000,000 for repair and reconstruction of the North Ogden
Divide Highway in Utah. The House and Senate proposed no
similar provision.
Sec. 371 allows States to use highway safety program
funds (section 402 of title 23, United States Code) to produce
and place highway safety service messages in television, radio,
cinema, Internet, and print media based on guidance issued by
the Secretary of Transportation; and requires States to report
to the Secretary on the use of such funds for public service
messages. The House and Senate proposed no similar provisions.
Sec. 372 provides that the Mohall Railroad, Inc. may
abandon track from Granville to Lansford, North Dakota, and
that such abandoned track will not count against the limitation
contained in section 402 of Public Law 97-102. The House and
Senate proposed no similar provision.
Sec. 373 amends item number 163 in section 1602 of Public
Law 105-178 related to the extension of Kapkowski Road in New
Jersey to allow for the study, design, and construction of
local street improvements. The House and Senate proposed no
similar provisions.
Sec. 374 amends item number 331 in section 1602 of Public
Law 105-178 to allow funds provided for Humboldt Bay and Harbor
Port in California to be used for highway and freight rail
access. The House and Senate proposed no similar provision.
Sec. 375 appropriates $5,000,000 to the Alabama
Department of Transportation for Muscle Shoals, Tuscumbia, and
Sheffield highway-rail improvements. The House and Senate
proposed no similar appropriation.
Sec. 376 appropriates $1,000,000 to Valley Trains and
Tours for track acquisition and rehabilitation between
Strasburg Junction and Shenandoah Caverns, Virginia. This
funding is contingent upon an agreement with Norfolk Southern
Corporation on track usage. In addition, funding is contingent
on financial support by the Commonwealth of Virginia for this
project. The House and Senate proposed no similar
appropriation.
Sec. 377 amends item number 1135 in section 1602 of
Public Law 105-178 to allow funds to be used to study all
possible alternatives to the current M-14/Barton Drive
interchange in Ann Arbor, Michigan, including relocation of M-
14/U.S.23 from Maple Road to Plymouth Road, mass transit
options, and other means of reducing commuter traffic and
improving highway safety. The House and Senate proposed no
similar provision.
Sec. 378 provides necessary expenses, to be derived from
the Highway Trust Fund, for various projects within the United
States. The House and Senate proposed no similar
appropriations.
Sec. 379 provides additional funding for the Woodrow
Wilson Memorial Bridge. The $1,500,000,000 limitation on
federal contribution prescribed in this section is not intended
to preclude states from using federal-aid apportionments or
other federal-aid funds made available to the states for costs
associated with the Woodrow Wilson Bridge project. The House
and Senate proposed no similar appropriation.
Sec. 380 provides contingent commitment authority to the
Federal Transit Administration for specific capital investment
grants. The House and Senate proposed no similar provision.
Sec. 381 requires the Federal Transit Administrator to
sign a full funding grant agreement for the MOS-2 segment of
the New Jersey Urban Core-Hudson Bergen project.
Sec. 382 prohibits funding in this or any other Act for
adjusting the boundary of the Point Retreat Light Station in
Alaska or otherwise limiting property at that station currently
under lease to the Alaska Lighthouse Association. The provision
also nullifies any modifications to the boundary at that
station made after January 1, 1998.
The conference agreement deletes the House and Senate
provisions that reduce funding and limit obligation authority
for activities of the Transportation administrative service
center. The House proposed reducing funding by $4,000,000 for
activities of the center and limiting obligation authority to
$115,387,000. The Senate proposed reducing funding by
$53,430,000 for activities of the center and limiting
obligation authority to $119,848,000.
The conference agreement deletes the Senate provision
that limits necessary expenses of advisory committees to
$1,500,000 of the funds provided in this Act to the Department
of Transportation and provides that this limitation shall not
apply to negotiated rulemaking advisory committees or the Coast
Guard's advisory council on roles and missions as proposed by
the Senate.
The conference agreement deletes the provision proposed
by both the House and Senate that authorizes the Secretary of
Transportation to transfer appropriations by no more than 12
percent among the offices of the Office of the Secretary.
The conference agreement deletes the House and Senate
provisions that prohibit funds in this Act for activities under
the Aircraft Purchase Loan Guarantee Program. According to the
Federal Aviation Administration, this provision is no longer
necessary.
The conference agreement deletes the Senate provision
that allows the Department of Transportation to enter into a
fractional aircraft ownership demonstration. Report language is
included on this subject under title I, Office of the
Secretary, Salaries and expenses.
The conference agreement deletes the Senate provision
that expands the exemption from Federal axle weight
restrictions presently applicable only to public transit buses
to all over-the-road buses and directs that a study and report
concerning applicability of maximum axle weight limitations to
over-the-road buses and public transit vehicles be submitted to
the Congress.
The conference agreement deletes the Senate provision
that amends section 1105(c) of Public Law 102-240 to clarify
the alignment of the Ports-to-Plains corridor from Laredo,
Texas, to Denver, Colorado.
The conference agreement deletes the Senate provision
that expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress and the
President should immediately take steps to address the growing
safety hazard associated with the lack of adequate parking
space for trucks along interstate highways.
The conference agreement deletes the Senate provision
that provides for the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a
study on noise impacts of railroad operations, including idling
train engines on the quality of life of nearby communities, the
quality of the environment (including consideration of air
pollution), and safety.
The conference agreement deletes the Senate provision
that provides $10,000,000 within the funds made available in
this Act for the costs associated with the construction of a
third track on the Northeast Corridor between Davisville, and
Central Falls, Rhode Island; provides $2,000,000 for a joint
United States-Canada commission to study the feasibility of
connecting the rail system in Alaska to the North American
continental rail system; $400,000 for passenger rail corridor
planning activities for development of the Gulf Coast high
speed rail corridor; and $250,000 to the city of Traverse City,
Michigan, for a comprehensive transportation plan. The House
proposed no similar provision. Funding for these projects was
considered in title I of the conference agreement.
The conference agreement deletes the Senate provision
that expresses the sense of the Senate regarding funding for
Coast Guard operations and acquisitions during fiscal years
2000 and 2001.
The conference agreement deletes the Senate provision
that prohibits non-safety related funds to be used for any
airport-related grant for the Los Angeles International Airport
made to the City of Los Angeles, or any intergovernmental body
of which it is a member, by the Department of Transportation or
the Federal Aviation Administration, until the Administration
concludes the revenue diversion investigation initiated in
Docket 13-95-05 and either takes action or determines that no
action is warranted.
TITLE IV--DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Bureau of the Public Debt
gifts to the united states for reduction of the public debt
The conference agreement includes title IV that
appropriates $5,000,000,000 for the reduction of the public
debt instead of supplemental appropriations of $12,200,000,000
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, for the
reduction of the public debt proposed by the Senate. The House
Bill contained no similar title.
TITLE V--DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Departmental Offices
salaries and expenses
The conferees agree to provide an additional $6,424,000
to establish a new interagency National Terrorist Asset
Tracking Center (NTATC), to reimburse Treasury Department law
enforcement bureaus for detailees to the Center, and for five
new positions to reinforce the analytical component of the
Office of Foreign Assets Control.
vehicle usage and replacement
The conferees agree with the concerns expressed by the
Senate over the lack of progress by the Department of the
Treasury and its bureaus in establishing a centralized vehicle
acquisition program, despite having been provided $1,000,000
for such purposes in fiscal year 1999. The conferees agree with
the Senate that the Department must take action before
additional funding is provided. The conferees therefore direct
that no funds for new vehicle acquisition shall be obligated or
expended until the Department has: (1) developed and
implemented the vehicle data warehouse, and (2) provided the
Committees with a report that confirms that policy directives
and operating procedures with regard to vehicles have been
fully implemented. The conferees expect that the mandate
established in section 116 of Public Law 105-277 shall remain
in force.
department-wide systems and capital investments programs
The conferees agree to provide an additional $15,000,000
for the Integrated Treasury (Wireless) Network.
expanded access to financial services
The conferees agree to provide an additional $8,000,000
for this account.
treasury forfeiture fund
The conferees clarify that they have agreed to fund
$29,107,000 of the $42,500,000 that the Administration proposed
to fund in fiscal year 2001 through the Super Surplus in
regular appropriations. No funds are provided for Customs
Service vehicle replacement ($11,000,000) and Acquisition and
Maintenance for the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
($2,393,000).
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
salaries and expenses
The conferees agree to provide an additional $5,000,000
to the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) to
establish and operate a metropolitan area law enforcement
training center for the Treasury Department, other federal
agencies, the United States Capitol Police, and the Washington,
D.C. Metropolitan Police Department, primarily as a place for
firearms and vehicle operation requalification. The conferees
provide that $3,500,000 of such funding would only be made
available for obligation after FLETC submits a detailed
spending plan to the Committees on Appropriations.
The conferees are aware that as many as 6,000 federal law
enforcement officers in the Washington area require routine
skills training, but existing facilities in the region are not
meeting this need, in particular for the Treasury Department,
the Park Police, the State Department, and the U.S. Capitol
Police, The shortage of facilities applies to local law
enforcement agencies as well, in particular the Washington,
D.C. Metropolitan Police Department.
The conferees are aware of the work by the Interagency
Firearms Range Working Group (IFRWG) and strongly supports its
mandate to identify a site and plan for establishment and
operation of a Washington, D.C. area facility, to meet the need
for regular perishable skills training for federal and other
law enforcement agencies. The conferees understand that such
training would include firearms requalification, driver
training, and possibly other continuous routine training. The
conferees expect this facility to accommodate as well the
unique in-service and agency specific training requirements of
the U.S. Capitol Police.
The conferees have seen the preliminary plan developed by
FLETC for such a local facility, to include semi-enclosed and
enclosed firearms facilities as well as vehicle operation
courses, and agree that such a facility, to generate the
benefits of consolidated law enforcement training, must be
designed, built and operated to meet priority needs for
continuing professional training, and to avoid needless
duplication or inefficiency. The conferees understand that this
facility will be for daytime training operations only, with no
residential or dining facilities. The conferees expect that any
federal agency seeking funding for new or expanded training
facilities in the capital region will participate in and
coordinate such requests through FLETC and the IFRWG, and that
FLETC will strive to accommodate, as space permits, any
requests for training from local law enforcement agencies.
The conferees direct the Federal Law Enforcement Training
Center to work with the General Services Administration (GSA)
to identify a site for this facility within the GSA inventory
of Federal land.
Acquisition, Construction, Improvements, and Related Expenses
The conferees agree to provide an additional $25,000,000
for design and construction of a metropolitan area law
enforcement training center, including firearms and vehicle
operations requalification facilities, to remain available
until expended. Such funding would include the costs of
architecture and engineering plans, design and construction for
firearms ranges, vehicle operation ranges, tactical operations
training facilities and related teaching facilities such as
classrooms and non-lethal shoot houses, as well as
administrative and support facilities. The conferees include
language making $22,000,000 of these funds unavailable for
obligation until a complete design and construction plan with
associated timelines and cost breakouts has been submitted to
the Committees on Appropriations.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
Salaries and Expenses
The conferees agree to provide an additional $4,148,000
for 30 agents to participate in Joint Terrorism Task Forces.
United States Customs Service
Salaries and Expenses
The conferees agree to provide an additional $18,934,000
for counterterrorism activities, including $2,334,000 for 17
agents to participate in Joint Terrorism Task Forces;
$10,000,000 for northern border security infrastructure; and
$6,600,000 for 48 agents to counter-terrorist threats along the
northern border. The conferees have also included language
prohibiting obligation of funds for the northern border until a
plan for the deployment of resources and personnel has been
submitted for approval to the Committees on Appropriations.
Northern Border Security
The conferees have long agreed on the inadequacy of the
federal response to smuggling and other threats facing the
southern border and ports of entry to the U.S. The security
threat to the northern border of the U.S. was made plain last
winter following the arrests of suspected terrorists attempting
to enter the United States from Canada into Washington State
and Vermont. The need for increased vigilance along our long,
undefended border with Canada is beyond dispute while at the
same time commerce with Canada, our major bilateral trading
partner, grows apace.
Aging infrastructure and staffing shortages have created
significant bottlenecks as well as increased vulnerability to
potential security threats at a number of northern ports of
entry. Yet the conferees perceive inadequate planning for and
commitment to provide the necessary personnel, facilities and
related infrastructure to keep our border crossings safe and
yet facilitate the smooth movement of commerce and passengers.
Shortcomings in infrastructure are readily visible to visitors
to the border, but so are the sparse staffing levels. The
northern border extends nearly 4,000 miles, but has only about
300 agents and inspectors, while the 2,000 mile southwest
border has 8,000. In addition to increases in agents and
inspectors needed to meet the threat of terrorism, additional
land border inspectors are called for in the 1996 Illegal
Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act, which has
not been fully implemented.
The conferees therefore direct the U.S. Customs Service,
working with the General Services Administration, the
Immigration and Naturalization Service, and other agencies
responsible for border inspection and facilities, to address
the inadequacies that presently exist in facilities and
personnel and submit to the Congress a plan to address them
with the submission of the fiscal year 2002 budget.
Resource Allocation Model
The Customs Service told the Committees over a year ago
that the Customs staffing resource allocation model was near
completion. However, the model remains under review and not
operational. At the same time, the Committees have not received
any information about the characteristics of the model. Given
the numerous requests to establish, expand, or preserve Customs
presence at various ports, it is essential that Customs have
such a model in place to permit a more transparent and
consistent basis for making such decisions. While the conferees
recognize that the use of such a model would not by itself
mechanically determine all staffing and organizational
decisions, they expect the Committees to be able to understand
and review the methodology and analysis used by Customs as they
review the methodology and analysis used by Customs as they
review future funding requests. The conferees therefore direct
Customs and the Treasury Department to expedite completion of
the model and to report to the Committees not later than
February 1, 2001 on the characteristics and application of the
model and on the status of its implementation. The conferees
request that the General Accounting Office review the resource
allocation model and supporting data used for this analysis,
and report to the Committees on the validity and reliability of
the model and its findings.
Internal Revenue Service
processing, assistance and management
electronic tax administration
In its June 30, 2000, annual report to Congress, the
Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee (ETAAC)
emphasized its position that IRS should stress partnerships;
not competition, with the private sector and state and local
governments in achieving its electronic tax administration
objectives. In this regard, ETAAC believes it is inappropriate
for IRS to offer no-cost electronic filing over the Internet,
either by developing its own software or aligning itself with a
limited number of ``authorized e-file providers.'' IRS is
directed to provide the Committees on Appropriations a report
commenting on this ETAAC position as well as making any
recommendations to address the concerns raised by ETAAC within
120 days of the enactment of this Act. The conferees share
these concerns and further direct the IRS to delay implementing
no-cost Internet tax filing services until such report has been
submitted to and reviewed by the Committees.
tax law enforcement
The conferees agree to provide $7,974,000, including
$3,135,000 for support of the money laundering strategy, and an
additional $4,839,000 for 35 agents to participate in Joint
Terrorism Task Forces.
information technology investments
The conferees agree to provide $71,751,000 for
information technology investments. The release of these funds
is subject to conditions similar to those required for funds
previously appropriated for modernizing the major computer
systems of the Internal Revenue Service.
staffing tax administration for balance and equity
The conferees agree to provide $141,000,000 in a new
account established to fund the hiring of additional staff by
the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Release of these funds is
subject to a staffing plan, to be approved by the Department of
the Treasury, Office of Management and Budget, and the
Committees on Appropriations. The conferees are aware of the
IRS' continuing reassessment of its specific staffing needs in
light of its implementation of the IRS Restructuring and Reform
Act of 1998, as indicated by the recent IRS requests for
substantive transfers of funding and positions among its
appropriations accounts. The current organizational
restructuring within the IRS also has created uncertainty with
respect to its specific staffing needs. The conferees look
forward to working with the Administration to ensure that
balance and equity are achieved with respect to IRS staffing
requirements for tax administration.
United States Secret Service
salaries and expenses
The conferees agree to provide an additional $2,904,000
for 21 agents to participate in Joint Terrorism Task Forces.
Executive Office of the President and Funds Appropriated to the
President
Office of Management and Budget
salaries and expenses
The conferees urge the Office of Management and Budget to
allocate at least two-thirds of the additional staff for use in
supporting the management function of the Office, which is
limited to the Deputy Director for Management and the Statutory
Offices--the Office of Federal Financial Management, the Office
of Federal Procurement Policy, and the Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs.
Office of National Drug Control Policy
counterdrug technology assessment center
The conferees agree to provide an additional $7,000,000
for the Counterdrug Technology Assessment Center, including
$5,000,000 for the continued operation of the technology
transfer program and $2,000,000 for the continued development
of the wireless interoperability communication project
currently underway in Colorado. This much-needed project is in
direct response to the wireless communication difficulties
experienced by State and local law enforcement during the
Columbine High School tragedy.
Unanticipated Needs
The conferees agree to provide $3,500,000 for
Unanticipated Needs of the President, including $2,500,000 as a
transfer to the Elections Commission of the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico for objective, non-partisan citizens' education for
a choice by voters on the islands' future status; the conferees
make the $2,500,000 transfer available on March 21, 2001. The
conferees include a provision prohibiting the use of funds by
the Elections Commission until 45 days after the Commission
submits to the Committees on Appropriations for approval an
expenditure plan developed jointly by the Popular Democratic
Party, the New Progressive Party, and the Puerto Rican
Independence Party. The conferees also include a provision
requiring the Elections Commission to include in the
expenditure plan additional views from any party that does not
agree with the plan.
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
General Services Administration
Federal Buildings Fund
Construction
The conferees agree to provide $3,000,000 for non-
prospectus construction projects.
Salt Lake City Courthouse
The conferees are aware of issues surrounding the site of
the Salt Lake City courthouse. The conferees direct GSA to
examine these issues and report to the Committees on
Appropriations, the House Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure, and the Senate Committee on Environment and
Public Works within 120 days of enactment of this Act on the
status of the site and recommendations on resolving any
outstanding issues. In addition, the conferees direct that GSA
may not take any further condemnation action prior to the
Committees' receipt of the report. The conferees direct GSA to
consult with the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts and
the appropriate authorities in the preparation of this report.
Repairs and Alterations
The conferees agree to provide $8,350,000 for a repair
and alteration project associated with a courthouse annex in
Columbia, South Carolina
Rental of Space
The conferees are concerned with the environmental
conditions of the Customs House at Terminal Island, California.
While many Customs employees have been temporarily moved from
the Customs House to healthier work environments, the conferees
are concerned about the health and safety of the remaining
employees at the facility. The conferees understand that the
General Services Administration (GSA) is working with the
Customs Service to resolve the situation at the Customs House
to identify permanent space and relocate Customs personnel.
The conferees understand that GSA is working jointly with
the Customs Service to relocate the Office of the Customs
Special Agent in Charge by December 31, 2000. Other Customs
employees will be moved to a new leased location by May 31,
2001. The high-tech customs laboratory will remain at Terminal
Island as requested by the Customs Service. The conferees are
concerned that plans for relocation of Customs employees occur
as scheduled and direct the Customs Service and GSA to report
no later than January 15, 2001, on the situation facing the
Customs Service employees remaining at this facility and the
status of the permanent move.
Building Operations
Access to Telecommunications Services
The conferees are aware that significant cost savings to
the government are being achieved by the FTS 2001 and the
Metropolitan Area Acquisition programs administered by GSA as a
result of increased competition among communications services.
The conferees are also aware that such potential cost savings
may be jeopardized by building access limitations for
telecommunication providers. The conferees note that
legislation has been introduced in Congress intended to promote
non-discriminatory or fair and reasonable access to
telecommunications services for Federal agencies. The conferees
direct the executive branch identify building
telecommunications access barriers and take necessary steps to
ensure that telecommunications providers are given fair and
reasonable access to provide service to Federal agencies in
buildings where the Federal government is the owner or tenant.
tucson, arizona
The conferees direct the GSA to reach a mutual agreement
with the City of Tucson, Arizona regarding the use of the
federally owned property at 26-72 East Congress by October 24,
2000.
policy and operations
The conferees agree to provide an additional $13,789,000
for policy and operations, including $2,060,000 for the
electronic government initiative, $2,000,000 for the regulatory
information service center, $2,000,000 for facilitating post
conveyance remediation to be performed by the City of Waltham,
Massachusetts, $2,000,000 for a grant to the Institute for
Biomedical Science and Biotechnology, $2,000,000 for the Center
for Agricultural Policy and Trade Studies, $1,000,000 for a
grant to the Berwick Industrial Development Authority in
Pennsylvania, $1,000,000 for a grant to the Ewing-Lawrence
Sewerage Authority in Ewing Township, New Jersey, $750,000 for
logistical support of the World Police and Fire Games, and
$979,000 for base operations.
National Archives and Records Administration
repairs and restoration
The conferees agree to provide an additional $6,610,000
for repairs to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library.
General Provisions--This Title
federal internet sites
The conferees have included a new provision (Section 501)
prohibiting the use of funds by agencies funded in the Treasury
and General Government Appropriations Act, 2001, to use federal
Internet sites to collect, review, or create any aggregate list
that includes the collection of any personally identifiable
information relating to an individual's access to or use of any
federal government Internet site of the agency. Section 644 of
the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2001,
shall not have effect.
fec reforms
The conferees have included a new provision (Section 502)
regarding certain reforms within the FEC, including a
clarification of the permissible use of fax and electronic
mail, a clarification of the treatment of lines of credit, and
requiring the actual receipt of certain independent expenditure
reports within 24 hours.
U.S. OLYMPIC ANTI-DOPING EFFORTS
The conferees have included a new provision (Section 503)
to clarify that the funds made available to the United States
Olympic Committee for anti-doping efforts in the Treasury and
General Government Appropriations Act, 2001 will be provided to
The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, Incorporated (USADA). USADA, a
private organization, is responsible for the anti-doping
program in the United States relating to participation by U.S.
athletes in the Olympic, Pan American, and Paralympic Games.
The conferees agree to make these funds available to USADA
based on their understanding that the conduct of such anti-
doping programs is the responsibility of USADA and not of any
federal government agency.
federal retirement contributions
The conferees agree to include a new provision (Section
504) that Section 640 of the Treasury and General Government
Appropriations Act, 2001 shall not have effect. The conferees
further agree to include a new provision (Section 505)
regarding Civil Service retirement contributions.
united States secret service assistance for investigations related to
missing and exploited children
The conferees agree to include a new provision (Section
506) providing that $2,000,000 of fiscal year 2001 funding for
the U.S. Secret Service that was specified for activities
related to investigations of missing and exploited children
shall be available for forensic and related support of such
investigations, to remain available until September 30, 2001.
Section 108 of the Legislative Appropriations Act, 2001
The conferees have included a new provision (Section 507)
amending Section 108 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations
Act, 2001 contained in House Report 106-796. The amendment
places the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) under the direct
control of the Chief of the U.S. Capitol Police, in
consultation with the Comptroller General of the United States.
The Comptroller General will monitor the performance of the CAO
and report same to the Chief the U.S. Capitol Police, the
Capitol Police Board, and the appropriations and authorizing
committees of the Senate and House of Representatives. The
Chief will report the CAO's plans and progress made in
resolving the several administrative problems of the Capitol
Police to the appropriations and authorizing committees of the
Senate and House of Representatives.
Review of Proposed Changes to Export Thresholds for Computers
The conferees expect that the assessment provided by the
Comptroller General pursuant to Section 314 of the Legislative
Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 shall include, at a minimum:
(1) An evaluation of the adequacy of the stated
justification for any proposed changes to computer
performance export control thresholds given in the
Presidential report referred to in subsection (d) of
section 1211 of the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 1998 (50 U.S.C. App. 2404 note), as
amended; and
(2) An evaluation of the likely impact of any
proposed changes to computer performance export control
thresholds upon--
(A) the national security and foreign
policy interests of the United States;
(B) the security of countries friendly to,
or allied with, the United States;
(C) multilateral export control regimes of
which the United States is a member; and
(D) United States policies designed to slow
or prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass
destruction or ballistic missile technology.
The following table provides a tabular summary of the
fiscal year 2001 Department of Transportation and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act.
conference total--with comparisons
The total new budget (obligational) authority for the
fiscal year 2001 recommended by the Committee of Conference,
with comparisons to the fiscal year 2000 amount, the 2001
budget estimates, and the House and Senate bills for 2001
follow:
[In thousands of dollars]
New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2000... $15,084,976
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal
year 2001........................................... 16,146,737
House bill, fiscal year 2001............................ 15,773,944
Senate bill, fiscal year 2001........................... 15,295,300
Conference agreement, fiscal year 2001.................. 18,492,649
Conference agreement compared with:
New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year
2000.............................................. +3,407,673
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority,
fiscal year 2001.................................. +2,345,912
House bill, fiscal year 2001........................ +2,718,705
Senate bill, fiscal year 2001....................... +3,197,349
Frank R. Wolf,
Tom DeLay,
Ralph Regula,
Harold Rogers,
Ron Packard,
Sonny Callahan,
Todd Tiahrt,
Robert B. Aderholt,
Kay Granger,
C.W. Bill Young,
Martin Olav Sabo
(except for provisions to
withhold highway funds
from states that do not
adopt 0.08 blood alcohol
concentration laws),
John W. Olver,
Ed Pastor,
Carolyn C. Kilpatrick
(except for provisions to
withhold highway funds
from states that do not
adopt 0.08 blood alcohol
concentration laws),
Jose E. Serrano,
Michael P. Forbes,
David R. Obey
(with exception to denial of
funds to states without
0.08 BAC),
Managers on the Part of the House.
Richard C. Shelby,
Pete Domenici,
Arlen Specter,
Christopher S. Bond,
Slade Gorton,
Robert F. Bennett,
Ben Nighthorse Campbell,
Ted Stevens,
Frank R. Lautenberg,
Robert C. Byrd,
Barbara A. Mikulski,
Harry Reid,
Herb Kohl,
Patty Murray,
Daniel K. Inouye,
Managers on the Part of the Senate.