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H.R. 4328 (105th)

Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999

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24 July 1998

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Became Public Law No: 105-277.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Department of Transportation Title II: Related Agencies Title III: General Provisions Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 - Title I: Department of Transportation - Makes appropriations for FY 1999 (with specified rescissions, transfers of funds, limitations on obligations and direct loans, and liquidations of contract authorizations) for: (1) the Office of the Secretary of Transportation; (2) the Coast Guard; (3) the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); (4) the Federal Highway Administration (FHA); (5) the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; (6) the Federal Railroad Administration; (7) the Federal Transit Administration; (8) the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation; (9) the Research and Special Programs Administration; (10) the Office of the Inspector General; and (11) the Surface Transportation Board. Title II: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY 1999 for: (1) the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board; and (2) the National Transportation Safety Board. Title III: General Provisions - Sets forth specified prohibitions, limitations, permissions, and mandates with respect to the use of appropriations under this Act identical or very similar to those enacted in the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 (Public Law 105-66). (Sec. 318) Reduces the amount of funds provided in this Act for the Transportation Administrative Service Center (TASC). (Sec. 321) Directs the Secretary of Transportation to convey, without consideration, all right, title, and interest of the United States in: (1) the U.S. Coast Guard Pass Manchac Light in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, to the State of Louisiana; and (2) the Tchefuncte River Range Rear Light in Madisonville, Louisiana, to the Town of Madisonville, Louisiana. (Sec. 323) Prohibits the use of funds (as in Public Law 105-66) for employee training which: (1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the performance of official duties; (2) contains elements likely to induce high levels of emotional response or psychological stress in some participants; (3) does not require prior employee notification of the content and methods to be used in the training and written end of course evaluations; (4) contains any methods or content associated with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or "new age" belief systems; (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, participants' personal values or lifestyle outside the workplace; or (6) includes content related to human immunodeficiency virus-acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV-AIDS) other than that necessary to make employees more aware of its medical ramifications and the workplace rights of HIV-positive employees. (Sec. 327) Prohibits expenditure of funds made available under this Act by any entity that does not agree to comply with the Buy American Act. Expresses the sense of Congress that entities receiving assistance under this Act should purchase only U.S.-made equipment and products to the greatest extent practicable. Prohibits the use of funds for contracts with persons falsely labeling products as made in America. (Sec. 328) Makes receipts collected from users of fitness centers operated by or for the Department of Transportation available to support their operation and maintenance. (Sec. 329) Declares that none of the funds in this Act shall be available to implement or enforce regulations that would result in the withdrawal of a slot from an air carrier at O'Hare International Airport in excess of the total slots withdrawn from that air carrier as of October 31, 1993, if such additional slot is to be allocated to another air carrier or foreign air carrier. (Sec. 330) Prohibits the provision of essential air service to communities in the 48 contiguous States that are fewer than 70 miles from the nearest large and medium hub airport, or that require a rate of subsidy per passenger in excess of $200 unless such point is greater than 210 miles from the nearest large or medium hub airport. (Sec. 333) Rescinds unobligated balances of funds made available in previous appropriations Acts for the National Civil Aviation Review Commission and for Urban Discretionary Grants. (Sec. 334) Directs the Commandant of the Coast Guard to dispose, at fair market, of all right, title, and interest of the United States in the Coast Guard Reserve Training Facility in Jacksonville, Florida. Grants the city of Jacksonville, Florida, the right of first refusal to purchase such property. (Sec. 336) Earmarks a specified amount of FAA funds only for activities and operations of the Centennial of Flight Commission. (Sec. 337) Authorizes the Secretary to waive repayment of any Federal-aid highway funds expended on the construction of high occupancy lanes or auxiliary lanes on I-287 in the State of New Jersey. Grants such waiver provided the State of New Jersey assures the Secretary that removal of the high occupancy vehicle (HOV) restrictions on such highway is in the public interest. (Sec. 338) Makes funds in previous appropriations Acts for a railroad-highway crossing project in Augusta, Georgia, available for other street, rail, and related improvements in the vicinity of the grade crossing of the CSX railroad and 15th Street in Augusta, Georgia. (Sec. 339) Earmarks specified amounts to be available only for fire and life safety improvements to the East River and North Tunnels and the subterranean complex of Pennsylvania Station (New York City). (Sec. 340) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act by the Coast Guard to issue or enforce certain regulations under the Edible Oil Regulatory Reform Act, unless such regulations recognize and provide, with respect to (animal) fats, (vegetable) oils, and greases, for differences in physical, chemical, biological, and other relevant properties, and in environmental effects. (Sec. 341) Makes certain funds for emergency railroad rehabilitation and repair available for repairs resulting from natural disasters occurring from September 1996 through July 10, 1998. (Sec. 343) Directs the U.S. Coast Guard Commandant to convey to the University of South Alabama all right, title, and interest of the U.S. Government in and to a decommissioned Coast Guard vessel if certain conditions are met by the recipient. (Sec. 345) Amends the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century to increase the obligation ceiling for FY 1999 for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs. (Sec. 346) Revises discretionary spending limits for FY 1999 and FY 2000 spending outlays in the nondefense and discretionary spending categories.

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