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H.R. 4556 (103rd)

Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995

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9 June 1994

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Became Public Law No: 103-331.

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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, 1995 - Title I: Department of Transportation - Makes appropriations for FY 1995 for: (1) the Office of the Secretary of Transportation; (2) the Coast Guard; (3) the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); (4) the Federal Highway Administration; (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; and (10) the Office of the Inspector General. Title II: Related Agencies - Makes appropriations for FY 1995 for: (1) the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board; (2) the National Transportation Safety Board; (3) the Interstate Commerce Commission; (4) the Panama Canal Commission; (5) the Department of the Treasury; and (6) the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Title III: General Provisions - Sets forth specified prohibitions, limitations, permissions, and mandates with respect to the use of appropriations under this Act. (Sec. 308) Prohibits the use of funds for the planning or implementation of any change in the current Federal status of the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (except for further development planning that does not alter such status) or the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center. (Sec. 310) Requires the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) to distribute, on a ratio-formulated basis, Federal-aid highway State obligation limits for FY 1995 for Federal-aid highways. Prohibits a State from obligating more than 25 percent of its allocation for such projects during the first three months of FY 1995. Sets forth additional specified obligation limits for States during FY 1995. (Sec. 311) Limits funds available for salaries and expenses to no more than 110 political and presidential appointees in the Department of Transportation. Prohibits the assignment of such personnel on temporary detail outside of the Department. (Sec. 316) Prohibits the use of funds to 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. 317) Authorizes airports to transfer, without consideration, to the FAA instrument landing systems which were purchased through a Federal airport aid or development program and which conform to FAA performance specifications. (Sec. 318) Prohibits the use of funds to award multiyear contracts for production end items that include: (1) economic order quantity or long lead time material procurement in excess of $10 million in any one year of the contract; (2) a cancellation charge greater than $10 million which at the time of obligation has not been appropriated to the limits of the Government's liability; or (3) a requirement that permits performance under the contract without conditioning such performance upon the appropriation of funds. (Sec. 324) Makes a specified amount of funds for railroad-highway crossing projects available for projects to reduce rail-highway conflicts on M-59, Pontiac, Michigan, and Bristol Road at Flint, Michigan (including amounts to improve Maple Road at Bishop Airport, Michigan). Provides funds for the rail relocation project in Lafayette, Indiana. (Sec. 327) Prohibits the use of funds to place speed limit or distance signs using the metric system on any State highway. (Sec. 329) Prohibits the use of funds to continue the federally-funded research and development center (FFRDC) relationship between the FAA and the Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development afte March 31, 1995, except the FAA may continue such work after such date only by full and open competition among all interested parties. (Sec. 333) Prohibits the use of funds for the enforcement of regulations safeguarding food from contamination during transportation by motor or rail vehicle. (Sec. 336) Amends the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to revise eligibility requirements for Federal assistance with respect to certain substitute highway and transit projects in Wisconsin. (Sec. 337) Authorizes the Governor of Virginia to carry out a HOV-2 demonstration project on a specified section of Interstate Highway 66 in Virginia.

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