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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).

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raises for programs funded in this Act shall be absorbed within the
levels appropriated in this Act or previous appropriations Acts.

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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.

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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.

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salaries and expenses of more than 107 political and Presidential
appointees in the Department of Transportation: Provided, That none of
the personnel covered by this provision may be assigned on temporary
detail outside the Department of Transportation.

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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.

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available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, nor may any be
transferred to other appropriations, unless expressly so provided
herein.

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cooperative agreements, and other transactions with any person, agency,
or instrumentality of the United States, any unit of State or local
government, any educational institution, and any other entity in
execution of the Technology Reinvestment Project authorized under the
Defense Conversion, Reinvestment and Transition Assistance Act of 1992
and related legislation: Provided, That the authority provided in this
section may be exercised without regard to section 3324 of title 31,
United States Code.

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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.

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shall distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways by
allocation in the ratio which sums authorized to be appropriated for
Federal-aid highways that are apportioned or allocated to each State
for such fiscal year bear to the total of the sums authorized to be
appropriated for Federal-aid highways that are apportioned or allocated
to all the States for such fiscal year.
(b) During the period October 1 through December 31, 1997, no State
shall obligate more than 25 percent of the amount distributed to such
State under subsection (a), and the total of all State obligations
during such period shall not exceed 12 percent of the total amount
distributed to all States under such subsection.
(c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), the Secretary shall--
(1) provide all States with authority sufficient to prevent
lapses of sums authorized to be appropriated for Federal-aid
highways that have been apportioned to a State;
(2) after August 1, 1998, revise a distribution of the funds
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 103(e)(4), 104, 144, and 160 of
title 23, United States Code, and under sections 1013(c) and 1015
of Public Law 102-240; and
(3) not distribute amounts authorized for administrative
expenses and funded from the administrative takedown authorized by
section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code, the Federal lands
highway program, the intelligent transportation systems program,
the Truman-Hobbs bridges funded under the discretionary bridge
program, and amounts made available under sections 1040, 1047,
1064, 6001, 6005, 6006, 6023, and 6024 of Public Law 102-240, and
49 U.S.C. 5316, 5317, and 5338: Provided, That amounts made
available under section 6005 of Public Law 102-240 shall be subject
to the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways and highway
safety construction programs under the heading ``Federal-Aid
Highways'' in this Act.
(d) During the period October 1 through December 31, 1997, the
aggregate amount of obligations under section 157 of title 23, United
States Code, for projects covered under section 147 of the Surface
Transportation Assistance Act of 1978, section 9 of the Federal-Aid
Highway Act of 1981, sections 131(b), 131(j), and 404 of Public Law 97-
424, sections 1061, 1103-1108, 4008, 6023(b)(8), and 6023(b)(10) of
Public Law 102-240, and for projects authorized by Public Law 99-500
and Public Law 100-17, shall not exceed $277,431,840.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds
in this Act shall be available for the distribution of bonus limitation
under the Federal-aid highways program.

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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 under the
discretionary grants program.

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section 404 of title 23, United States Code.

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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.

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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 FAA shall accept such
equipment, which shall thereafter be operated and maintained by the FAA
in accordance with agency criteria.

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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 one year of the contract; or (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.

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heading ``Formula Grants'', the term ``Capital Project'' includes a
project for--
(A)(i) acquisition, construction, supervision, or inspection of
a facility or equipment, including inspection thereof, for use in
mass transportation; and
(ii) expenses incidental to the acquisition or construction
(including designing, engineering, location survey, mapping,
acquiring rights-of-way, associated pre-revenue startup costs, and
environmental mitigation), payments for rail trackage rights,
intelligent transportation systems, relocation assistance,
acquiring replacement housing sites, and acquiring, constructing,
relocating, and rehabilitating replacement housing;
(B) rehabilitating a bus;
(C) remanufacturing a bus;
(D) overhauling rail rolling stock;
(E) preventive maintenance; and
(F) financing the operating costs of equipment and facilities
used in mass transportation in urbanized areas with a population of
less than 200,000.

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for fixed guideway modernization projects, funds made available by this
Act under ``Federal Transit Administration, Discretionary grants'' for
projects specified in this Act or identified in reports accompanying
this Act not obligated by September 30, 2000, shall be made available
for other projects under 49 U.S.C. 5309.

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appropriated before October 1, 1993, 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.

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in excess of 350 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 1998.

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Administrative Service Center (TASC) shall be reduced by $3,000,000,
which limits fiscal year 1998 TASC obligational authority for elements
of the Department of Transportation funded in this Act to no more than
$118,800,000: Provided, That such reductions from the budget request
shall be allocated by the Department of Transportation to each
appropriations account in proportion to the amount included in each
account for the Transportation Administrative Service Center.

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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 ``Limitation on
General Operating Expenses'' account, the Federal Transit
Administration's ``Transit Planning and Research'' account, and to the
Federal Railroad Administration's ``Railroad Safety'' account, except
for State rail safety inspectors participating in training pursuant to
49 U.S.C. 20105.

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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 enactment of
this section.

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engineering, design, or construction of a sixth runway at the Denver
International Airport, Denver, Colorado: Provided, That this provision
shall not apply in any case where the Administrator of the Federal
Aviation Administration determines, in writing, that safety conditions
warrant obligation of such funds: Provided further, That funds may be
used for activities related to planning or analysis of airport noise
issues related to the sixth runway project.

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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 not be
subject to the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways and
highway safety construction.

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expended 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 as defined in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Notice N-
915.022, dated September 2, 1988; (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 the medical ramifications of
HIV/AIDS and the workplace rights of HIV-positive employees.

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express authorization by Congress, be used directly or indirectly to
pay for any personal service, advertisement, telegram, telephone,
letter, printed or written matter, or other device, intended or
designed to influence in any manner a Member of Congress, to favor or
oppose, by vote or otherwise, any legislation or appropriation by
Congress, whether before or after the introduction of any bill or
resolution 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 on the request of any Member or to
Congress, through the proper official channels, requests for
legislation or appropriations which they deem necessary for the
efficient conduct of the public business.

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Federal Transit Administration's field operations and oversight of the
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority in any location other
than from the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.

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Act for the Department of Transportation shall be available for the
necessary expenses of advisory committees.

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may use funds appropriated under this Act, or any subsequent Act, to
administer and implement the exemption provisions of 49 CFR 580.6 and
to adopt or amend exemptions from the disclosure requirements of 49 CFR
part 580 for any class or category of vehicles that the Secretary deems
appropriate.

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Transportation Board or fees collected by the Board shall be used for
conducting the activities of the Board.

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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 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.

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amounts determined by the Secretary, collected from users of fitness
centers operated by or for the Department of Transportation shall be
available to support the operation and maintenance of those facilities.

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for improvements to the Miller Highway in New York City, New York.

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implement or enforce regulations that would result in the withdrawal of
a slot from an air carrier at O'Hare International Airport under
section 93.223 of title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations 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 an air carrier or
foreign air carrier under section 93.217 of title 14 of the Code of
Federal Regulations.

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made available under Federal Aviation Administration ``Operations'',
the FAA shall provide personnel at Dutch Harbor, Alaska to provide
real-time weather and runway observation and other such functions to
help ensure the safety of aviation operations.

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shall be provided to communities in the 48 contiguous States that are
located fewer than 70 highway 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.

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in section 29(a)(2) of the International Air Transportation Competition
Act of 1979 (Public Law 96-192; 94 Stat. 48), the term ``passenger
capacity of 56 passengers or less'' includes any aircraft, except
aircraft exceeding gross aircraft weight of 300,000 pounds,
reconfigured to accommodate 56 or fewer passengers if the total number
of passenger seats installed on the aircraft does not exceed 56.
(b) Inclusion of Certain States in Exemption.--The first sentence
of section 29(c) of the International Air Transportation Competition
Act of 1979 (Public Law 96-192; 94 Stat. 48 et seq.) is amended by
inserting ``Kansas, Alabama, Mississippi,'' before ``and Texas''.
(c) Safety Assurance.--The Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration shall monitor the safety of flight operations in the
Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area and take such actions as may be
necessary to ensure safe aviation operations. If the Administrator must
restrict aviation operations in the Dallas-Fort Worth area to ensure
safety, the Administrator shall notify the House and Senate Committees
on Appropriations as soon as possible that an unsafe airspace
management situation existed requiring the restrictions.

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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,
1998.

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Department of the Navy is directed to transfer the USNS EDENTON (ATS-
1), currently in Inactive Ship status, to the United States Coast
Guard.

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(1) Congress has the authority under article I, section 8 of
the Constitution to regulate the air commerce of the United States;
(2) section 47107 of title 49, United States Code, prohibits
the diversion of certain revenue generated by a public airport as a
condition of receiving a project grant;
(3) a grant recipient that uses airport revenues for purposes
that are not airport-related in a manner inconsistent with chapter
471 of title 49, United States Code, illegally diverts airport
revenues;
(4) illegal diversion of airport revenues undermines the
interest of the United States in promoting a strong national air
transportation system;
(5) the policy of the United States that airports should be as
self-sustaining as possible and that revenues generated at airports
should not be diverted from airport purposes was stated by Congress
in 1982 and reaffirmed and strengthened in 1987, 1994, and 1996;
(6) certain airports are constructed on lands that may have
belonged, at one time, to Native Americans, Native Hawaiians, or
Alaska Natives;
(7) contrary to the prohibition against diverting airport
revenues from airport purposes under section 47107 of title 49,
United States Code, certain payments from airport revenues may have
been made for the betterment of Native Americans, Native Hawaiians,
or Alaska Natives based upon the claims related to lands ceded to
the United States;
(8) Federal law prohibits diversions of airport revenues
obtained from any source whatsoever to occur in the future whether
related to claims for periods of time prior to or after the date of
enactment of this Act; and
(9) because of the special circumstances surrounding such past
diversions of airport revenues for the betterment of Native
Americans, Native Hawaiians, or Alaska Natives, it is in the
national interest that amounts from airport revenues previously
received by any entity for the betterment of Native Americans,
Native Hawaiians, or Alaska Natives, as specified in subsection (b)
of this section, should not be subject to repayment.
(b) Termination of Repayment Responsibility.--Notwithstanding the
provisions of 47107 of title 49, United States Code, or any other
provision of law, monies paid for claims related to ceded lands and
diverted from airport revenues and received prior to April 1, 1996, by
any entity for the betterment of Native Americans, Native Hawaiians, or
Alaska Natives, shall not be subject to repayment.
(c) Prohibition on Further Diversion.--There shall be no further
payment of airport revenues for claims related to ceded lands, whether
characterized as operating expenses, rent, or otherwise, and whether
related to claims for periods of time prior to or after the date of
enactment of this Act.
(d) Clarification.--Nothing in this Act shall be construed to
affect any existing Federal statutes, enactments, or trust obligations
created thereunder, or any statute of the several States that define
the obligations of such States to Native Americans, Native Hawaiians,
or Alaska Natives in connection with ceded lands, except to make clear
that airport revenues may not be used to satisfy such obligations.

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Animal Fats and Vegetable Oils.--None of the funds made available in
this Act may be used by the Coast Guard to issue, implement, or enforce
a regulation or to establish an interpretation or guideline under the
Edible Oil Regulatory Reform Act (Public Law 104-55), or the amendments
made by that Act, that does not recognize and provide for, with respect
to fats, oils, and greases (as described in that Act, or the amendments
made by that Act) differences in--
(1) physical, chemical, biological, and other relevant
properties; and
(2) environmental effects.

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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.

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striking ``September 30, 1997'' and inserting ``February 28, 1998''.

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against air carriers, conducting operations under part 135 of the
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations (14 CFR 135.1 et
seq.) that are not scheduled operations (as defined in 14 CFR 119.3),
the requirement in section 44936(f)(1) of title 49, United States Code
that records be checked before hiring an individual as a pilot, until
the FAA determines, in writing, that it can furnish to such air
carriers the requested records within 30 days, as required by section
44936(f)(5) of title 49, United States Code. If the Administrator
cannot make the determination, in writing, within 150 days after
enactment of this Act, then the Administrator shall report to the
Committees on Appropriations, the Senate Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation, and the House Committee on Transportation
and Infrastructure, the reasons why the determination cannot be made.

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Airports.--Section 41714 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end thereof the following:
``(i) Expeditious Consideration of Certain Exemption Requests.--
Within 120 days after receiving an application for an exemption under
subsection (a)(2) to improve air service between a nonhub airport (as
defined in section 41731(a)(4)) and a high density airport subject to
the exemption authority under subsection (a), the Secretary shall grant
or deny the exemption. The Secretary shall notify the Senate Committee
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the House Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure of the grant or denial within 14
calendar days after the determination and state the reasons for the
determination.''.

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this Act, the Secretary of Transportation, acting for the Department of
Transportation, may take receipt of such equipment and sites of the
Ground Wave Emergency Network (referred to in this section as ``GWEN'')
as the Secretary of Transportation determines to be necessary for the
establishment of a nationwide system to be known as the ``Nationwide
Differential Global Positioning System'' (referred to in this section
as ``NDGPS'').
(b) As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act,
the Secretary of Transportation may establish the NDGPS. In
establishing the NDGPS, the Secretary of Transportation may--
(1) if feasible, reuse GWEN equipment and sites transferred to
the Department of Transportation under subsection (a);
(2) to the maximum extent practicable, use contractor services
to install the NDGPS;
(3) modify the positioning system operated by the Coast Guard
at the time of the establishment of the NDGPS to integrate the
reference stations made available pursuant to subsection (a);
(4) in cooperation with the Secretary of Commerce, ensure that
the reference stations referred to in paragraph (3) are compatible
with, and integrated into, the Continuously Operating Reference
Station (commonly referred to as ``CORS'') system of the National
Geodetic Survey of the Department of Commerce; and
(5) in cooperation with the Secretary of Commerce, investigate
the use of the NDGPS reference stations for the Global Positioning
System Integrated Precipitable Water Vapor System of the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
(c) The Secretary of Transportation may--
(1) manage and operate the NDGPS;
(2) ensure that the service of the NDGPS is provided without
the assessment of any user fee; and
(3) in cooperation with the Secretary of Defense, ensure that
the use of the NDGPS is denied to any enemy of the United States.
(d) In any case in which the Secretary of Transportation determines
that contracting for the maintenance of 1 or more NDGPS reference
stations is cost-effective, the Secretary of Transportation may enter
into a contract to provide for that maintenance.
(e) The Secretary of Transportation may--
(1) in cooperation with appropriate representatives of private
industries and universities and officials of State governments--
(A) investigate improvements (including potential
improvements) to the NDGPS;
(B) develop standards for the NDGPS; and
(C) sponsor the development of new applications for the
NDGPS; and
(2) provide for the continual upgrading of the NDGPS to improve
performance and address the needs of--
(A) the Federal Government;
(B) State and local governments; and
(C) the general public.

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funds appropriated to the Coast Guard in Public Law 102-368 in order to
pay rent assessments by the General Services Administration related to
prior year space needs of the Department: Provided, That prior to any
such transfer, notification shall be provided to the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations.

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General Government Appropriations Act, 1998, is amended by inserting
``other than a Member of Congress,'' after ``Code,''.
(b) Paragraph (1) of section 642(c) of such Act is amended by
striking ``(1)(A) subject to subparagraph (B),'' and inserting ``(1)'',
and by striking ``December 31, 1998'' and all that follows through the
end and inserting ``December 31, 1998;''.
This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Transportation and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998''.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.

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Transportation Department FY98 Appropriations bill — HR. 2169

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