H.R. 4475 (rfs) Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes. [Referred in Senate] ...

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106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4475


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 15, 2000

    Ordered to be printed with the amendments of the Senate numbered

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                                 AN ACT


 
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,
(1)<DELETED>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:

                       <DELETED>TITLE I</DELETED>

            <DELETED>DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION</DELETED>

               <DELETED>OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY</DELETED>

                <DELETED>Salaries and Expenses</DELETED>

          <DELETED>Immediate Office of the Secretary</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For necessary expenses of the Immediate Office of the 
Secretary, $1,756,000.</DELETED>

      <DELETED>Immediate Office of the Deputy Secretary</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For necessary expenses of the Immediate Office of the 
Deputy Secretary, $587,000.</DELETED>

            <DELETED>Office of the General Counsel</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 
Counsel, $9,760,000.</DELETED>

    <DELETED>Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Policy, $3,131,500.</DELETED>

      <DELETED>Office of the Assistant Secretary for Aviation and 
                    International Affairs</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs, $7,182,000: Provided, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, there may be credited 
to this appropriation up to $1,250,000 in funds received in user 
fees.</DELETED>

       <DELETED>Office of the Assistant Secretary for Budget and 
                           Programs</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Budget and Programs, $7,241,000, including not to exceed 
$60,000 for allocation within the Department for official reception and 
representation expenses as the Secretary may determine.</DELETED>

      <DELETED>Office of the Assistant Secretary for Governmental 
                           Affairs</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Governmental Affairs, $2,000,000.</DELETED>

<DELETED>Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Administration, $18,359,000.</DELETED>

              <DELETED>Office of Public Affairs</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For necessary expenses of the Office of Public Affairs, 
$1,454,000.</DELETED>

                <DELETED>Executive Secretariat</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For necessary expenses of the Executive Secretariat, 
$1,181,000.</DELETED>

              <DELETED>Board of Contract Appeals</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For necessary expenses of the Board of Contract Appeals, 
$496,000.</DELETED>

          <DELETED>Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business 
                         Utilization</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For necessary expenses of the Office of Small and 
Disadvantaged Business Utilization, $1,192,000.</DELETED>

         <DELETED>Office of Intelligence and Security</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For necessary expenses of the Office of Intelligence and 
Security, $1,490,000.</DELETED>

       <DELETED>Office of the Chief Information Officer</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief 
Information Officer, $6,279,000.</DELETED>

               <DELETED>Office of Civil Rights</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$8,140,000.</DELETED>

 <DELETED>Transportation Planning, Research, and Development</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For necessary expenses for conducting transportation 
planning, research, systems development, development activities, and 
making grants, to remain available until expended, 
$3,300,000.</DELETED>

    <DELETED>Transportation Administrative Service Center</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital outlays 
of the Transportation Administrative Service Center, not to exceed 
$119,387,000, 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.</DELETED>

      <DELETED>Minority Business Resource Center Program</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>

             <DELETED>Minority Business Outreach</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>

                     <DELETED>COAST GUARD</DELETED>

                 <DELETED>Operating Expenses</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>

     <DELETED>Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction, 
renovation, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore facilities, 
vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related thereto, 
$515,000,000, of which $20,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill 
Liability Trust Fund; of which $252,640,000 shall be available to 
acquire, repair, renovate or improve vessels, small boats and related 
equipment, to remain available until September 30, 2005, $42,300,000 
shall be available for the Integrated Deepwater Systems program, to 
remain available until September 30, 2003, $43,650,000 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, $61,606,000 shall be available for shore facilities and aids to 
navigation facilities, to remain available until September 30, 2003; 
and $54,691,000 shall be available for personnel compensation and 
benefits and related costs, to remain available until September 30, 
2002: 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.</DELETED>

      <DELETED>Environmental Compliance and Restoration</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>

                <DELETED>Alteration of Bridges</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For necessary expenses for alteration or removal of 
obstructive bridges, $14,740,000, to remain available until 
expended.</DELETED>

                     <DELETED>Retired Pay</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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, payments for 15-year career status bonuses 
under the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2000, 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.</DELETED>

                  <DELETED>Reserve Training</DELETED>

            <DELETED>(including transfer of funds)</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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 $21,500,000 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.</DELETED>

     <DELETED>Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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, $19,691,000, 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.</DELETED>

           <DELETED>FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION</DELETED>

                     <DELETED>Operations</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation 
Administration, not otherwise provided for, including operations and 
research activities related to commercial space transportation, 
administrative expenses for research and development, establishment of 
air navigation facilities, the operation (including leasing) and 
maintenance of aircraft, subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts 
and maps sold to the public, and 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, including $4,414,869,000 to be 
derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund: Provided, 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 

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