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ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
The St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (the Corporation) is
a wholly owned Government corporation established by the St. Lawrence
Seaway Act of May 14, 1954. The Corporation is responsible for the
operation, maintenance, and development of the United States portion of
the St. Lawrence Seaway between Montreal and Lake Erie. The
Corporation's major priorities are to control Corporation costs and
encourage increased use of the Seaway system.
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE
(Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund)
Appropriations, 1997\1\ $10,337,00006
Budget estimate, 1998\2\ (mandatory) ...........................
Committee recommendation\2\ (mandatory) ...........................
\1\Does not include reductions for TASC and awards pursuant to
sections 321 and 346 of Public Law 104 205.
\2\Assumes enactment of authorizing legislation to provide
mandatory payment.
Performance-based organization [PBO] initiative
The administration for 1998 has proposed that Government agencies
restructure themselves as performance-based organizations [PBO's]. The
St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation [SLSDC] is one of the nine
candidate agencies. (The others are Department of Commerce seafood
inspection; Patent and Trademark Office; National Technical Information
Service; Defense Commissary Agency; Federal Housing Administration
mortgage insurance services; Government National Mortgage Association;
the U.S. Mint; and Federal retirement benefit service.) Each candidate
agency is coordinating with the ``National Performance Review,'' Office
of Management and Budget, and Office of Personnel Management to develop
authorizing legislation that is customized to meet its unique needs.
It is the Committee's understanding that as a PBO, the Corporation
would remain part of the Department of Transportation, but would be
freed of certain departmental constraints. For instance, as a PBO the
Corporation would be allowed to streamline its organization, personnel,
and procurement rules; would have authority to conduct routine
negotiations directly with the Canadian Seaway Authority regarding
seaway operations; would be free to set its own policies and directives
as they relate to operations; and would no longer be required to
contribute to certain expenses shared by departmental operating
expenses, such as the Transportation Administrative Service Center and
reimbursable agreement costs.
The administration did not request appropriated funds for the
Corporation, as financing is proposed to be derived from an automatic
annual payment from the harbor maintenance trust fund [HMTF], based on
5-year average tonnage through the Seaway. The PBO proposal includes an
automatic annual payment for fiscal year 1998 estimated at $11,200,000
from the HMTF, and $1,220,000 from non-Federal source revenue
collections and the Corporation's financial reserve, for a total budget
program level of $12,420,000 ($11,680,000 to fund operations and
maintenance and $740,000 for capital improvements).
Authorizing legislation is necessary to establish the Corporation as
a PBO and provide the financing mechanism that disburses this annual
automatic payment. The administration has asserted that, while this
funding will be derived from a new mandatory account, it will not
require an amendment to the Budget Enforcement Act. In a May 1997
General Accounting Office report directed in the 1997 appropriations
conference report (H. Rept. 104 785), the GAO found the effects of PBO
status on the Corporation to be mixed. The GAO reported that the
proposal appears to be a workable mechanism for addressing the
administration's desires for more predictable funding, an
incentive-based focus on performance standards and measures, and relief
from DOT reporting requirements. However, other approaches are available
to address some of the Corporation's stated needs (such as DOT granting
waivers from reporting requirements), and the Committee has
determined--using actual historical tonnage figures--that the
Corporation's funding stream expressed in constant dollars has actually
been higher since fiscal year 1993 than it would have been under the PBO
formula.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Committee bears no prejudice against the administration's
performance-based organization concept, and is willing to allow the
authorization process more time before making a final decision regarding
fiscal year 1998 funding for the Corporation. Therefore, no appropriated
funds or bill language are included.
In questions for the record submitted to the St. Lawrence Seaway
Development Corporation, the Committee asked:
If the authorizing committees fail to enact PBO
legislation before the Senate passes its version of the fiscal
year 1998 Transportation appropriations bill, will the
administration submit a budget amendment requesting an
appropriation of $11,200,000 from the harbor maintenance trust
fund? If not, and appropriations legislation goes to
conference and is passed without including appropriated funds
for the Corporation, how will the agency make up the funding
shortfall?
The Corporation's answer was:
If the PBO legislation is not enacted, we believe
the administration will submit a budget amendment; however, we
do not have formal confirmation of such action. If not, the
Corporation would have no choice but to rely on its available
emergency reserves.
The Committee hopes that, failing timely authorization, the
administration will step in with a budget amendment requesting
appropriated funds for the Corporation; and if presented with such a
request, the Committee would give it every due consideration.
RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION
The Research and Special Programs Administration [RSPA] was
established by the Secretary of Transportation's organizational changes
dated July 20, 1977, and serves as a research, analytical, and technical
development arm of the Department for multimodal research and
development, as well as special programs. Particular emphasis is given
to pipeline transportation and the transportation of hazardous cargo by
all modes. In 1998, resources are requested for the management and
execution of the Offices of Hazardous Materials Safety, Emergency
Transportation, Pipeline Safety, program and administrative support.
Funds are also requested for the emergency preparedness grants program.
RSPA's two reimbursable programs--Transportation Safety Institute [TSI]
and the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center [VNTSC]--support
research safety and security programs for all modes of transportation.
RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS
Appropriations, 1997\1\ $29,886,000
Budget estimate, 1998 30,102,000
Committee recommendation 28,450,000
\1\Does not reflect reduction of $183,000 for TASC and awards
pursuant to sections 321 and 346 of Public Law 104 205.
The Committee has provided a total of $28,450,000 for the ``Research
and special programs'' account, which is $1,652,000 below the
administration's request.
The following table summarizes the Committee recommendations:
Fiscal year 1997 enacted\1\ Fiscal year 1998 estimate Committee recommendation
Hazardous materials safety $15,268,000 $15,492,000 $15,492,000
Emergency transportation $993,000 $993,000 $1,443,000
Research and technology $6,580,000 $5,296,000 $3,296,000
Program and administrative support $6,862,000 $8,321,000 $8,219,000
----------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------
Total, research and special programs $29,703,000 $30,102,000 $28,450,000
(Positions) (197) (197) (195)
\1\Includes $183,000 reduction for TASC and awards pursuant to sections 321 and 346 of Public Law 104 205.
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY
The Office of Hazardous Materials Safety [HMS] administers a
nationwide program of safety regulations to fulfill the Secretary's duty
to protect the Nation from the risks to life, health, and property that
are inherent in the transportation of hazardous materials by water, air,
highway, and railroad.
HMS plans, implements, and manages the hazardous materials
transportation program consisting of information systems, research and
analysis, inspection and enforcement, rulemaking support, training and
information dissemination, and emergency procedures.
The Committee recommends $15,492,000 for hazardous materials safety,
which is the amount requested by the administration.
The Committee, for the Office of Hazardous Materials Safety,
recommends $9,025,000, the amount requested in the budget. The Office of
Hazardous Materials Transportation Safety has continued its longstanding
practice of failing to maintain its personnel resources at the enacted
levels. For example, as of June 30, 1997, there were at least 16
positions that were not filled. The Committee directs the RSPA personnel
office and the RSPA Administrator to explore alternative means to comply
fully with the staffing level that was approved by the conferees in the
fiscal year 1997 legislative cycle. The Administrator shall prepare a
letter to be submitted to both the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations before January 1, 1998, on the steps that will be taken
to address this problem.
Emergency transportation
Emergency transportation [ET] programs provide support to the
Secretary of Transportation for his statutory and administrative
responsibilities in the area of transportation civil emergency
preparedness and response. This program develops and coordinates the
Department's policies, plans, and programs, in headquarters and the
field to provide for emergency preparedness.
ET is responsible for implementing the Transportation Department's
National Security Program initiatives, including an assessment of the
transportation implications of the changing global threat. The Office is
also charged with the development of crisis management plans to mitigate
disasters and the implementation of these plans nationally and
regionally in an emergency.
The Committee recommends $1,443,000 for emergency transportation, an
increase of $450,000 above the amount requested by the administration.
Crisis response management. --The Office of Emergency Transportation
coordinates civil emergency preparedness and response for transportation
services during national and regional emergencies, across the entire
continuum of crises, including natural catastrophes such as earthquakes
and hurricanes, and international and domestic terrorism. However, very
little transportation-oriented civil emergency preparedness work has
been done in relation to tornadoes, which are a deadly threat to the
Southern and Midwestern States most prone to these storms. The Committee
has provided $450,000 for a transportation emergency preparedness and
response demonstration project, of which $400,000 shall be used to
assist in the construction and establishment of an underground emergency
transportation management center utilizing satellite communications. The
remaining $50,000 shall be used to evaluate and report on the
demonstration in order to provide other communities with information to
improve and enhance emergency preparedness and response capabilities,
and to cover administrative and other expenses, such as travel, that may
be incurred by the Department of Transportation in carrying out this
demonstration. The center shall be located, in a region that is
susceptible to tornadoes and at an elevation of over 1,300 feet above
sea level for improved radio and microwave signal transmission
capability; and be within reasonably close proximity to military, space
and/or nuclear facilities to provide rapid response time (but far enough
away to be safe from disaster impacts). After an appropriate site is
determined, the Department of Transportation shall coordinate with the
State emergency management agency to construct and establish emergency
management services. The Committee does not intend for the Department of
Transportation to provide ongoing consulting or other services for the
center.
Research and technology
The Committee supports a modest departmental effort to create a
strategic planning process that: (1) provides a framework for Federal
transportation research and development based on national needs; (2)
specifies Federal transportation research and development priorities;
(3) identifies opportunities for collaboration among Federal agencies,
DOT operating administrations, and other research performers in academia
and the private sector; and (4) assesses, over time, the impact of
transportation research and development investments on the Nation's
transportation system. The Committee also supports a limited research
and development program aimed at addressing cross-cutting areas of
concern that pertain to the missions of more than one of the
Department's modal administrations. To further these objectives, the
Committee recommends $1,900,000 for research and technology, a reduction
of $2,000,000 below the requested contract program level. As requested,
$350,000 has been provided for strategic research and development
programs, which will assist the Departmentwide efforts in biomechanics,
human factors, and other cross-cutting research efforts. The Committee
denies funds for university programs because the administrative takedown
provided under the contract authority program is sufficient to meet this
need. The Committee also limits the amount of funds that may be provided
for international technology systems assessment or scanning to $100,000,
because of possible overlap with other scanning activities conducted by
the FHWA.
The Committee directs that the Deputy Secretary and the RSPA
Administrator institute the appropriate mechanisms to ensure that the
Department's research and development management and strategic planning
process is broadened to include more input from the States, the private
sector, and the public in general. Appropriate meetings of the various
research coordinating committees and council should be open to the
public with opportunities for comment. Departmentwide plans and
strategies need to be more closely linked to, and depend more heavily
on, similar plans and strategies of the modal administrations, and there
needs to be evidence of a clear integration of DOT's research and
development program with those of other Departments. The Committee is
also concerned that almost all of the funds provided for research and
technology are being allocated to the Volpe Center or to the
Transportation Research Board. Potential contributions from other
resources should be explored.
In view of the uncertainty this year regarding the possible
authorization of contract funds that could duplicate some of the moneys
recommended herein, the Committee directs the Department to obtain the
approval of both the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations
before obligating any of these appropriated funds.
Simultaneous vehicle and infrastructure design [SVID] .--The
Committee directs the RSPA Administrator to submit a letter to the
Committees on Appropriations by January 30, 1998, on the concept of
simultaneous vehicle and infrastructure design. The Department of Energy
national laboratories have proposed a systems engineering concept in
which various components of transportation infrastructure and users are
viewed as an overall system, and transportation infrastructure,
vehicles, and other systems are designed and developed in this
integrated environment. Automobile manufacturers, State and Federal
highway departments, transportation construction representatives,
universities, and the national labs would create a common test facility
to review new vehicle designs, infrastructure developments, and user
habits. The Committee encourages coordinated research activities, and
looks forward to RSPA's review of the SVID concept.
Program and administrative support
The program support function provides legal, financial, management,
and administrative support to the operating offices within RSPA. These
support activities include executive direction (Office of the
Administrator), program and policy support, civil rights and special
programs, legal services and support, and management and administration.
The Committee has provided $8,219,000, a reduction of $102,000 below
the requested level, and has made a reduction of two associated
positions in the Office of Policy and Program Support. RSPA shall not
transfer on a temporary or permanent detail personnel from other offices
to the Office of Policy and Program Support.
Administration of the university transportation centers programs
.--The Committee encourages RSPA to give favorable consideration to
requests for university transportation centers grants from the National
Center for Advanced Transportation Technology [NCATT], at the University
of Idaho. The NCATT is a multidisciplinary research center that allows
University of Idaho faculty, students, and engineers work together to
identify, develop, and test technologies that will reduce the dependency
on fossil fuels for transportation systems. The NCATT focuses its
research on vehicle technology, including biodiesel fuels, hybrid
electric vehicles and battery technology, turbine motor technology, and
vehicle frame materials and manufacturing. In addition, the center
performs research involving traffic systems technology, including
video-based traffic monitoring, traffic control, and transportation
system design and operation. The Committee encourages the Department to
consider including the University of Alabama among the institutions
participating in this program.
PIPELINE SAFETY
(Pipeline Safety Fund)
Appropriations, 1997\1\ $28,460,000
Budget estimate, 1998 30,660,000
Committee recommendation \2\30,000,000
\1\Does not reflect reduction of $102,042 for TASC and awards
pursuant to sections 321 and 346 of Public Law 104 205.
\2\An additional $2,000,000 from pipeline user fees collected
in previous years is included in this total.
The Research and Special Programs Administration is also responsible
for the Department's Pipeline Safety Program. This activity is entirely
financed by user fees assessed to the pipeline operators and by fees
paid to the oilspill liability trust fund [OSLTF]. The Pipeline Safety
Program promotes the safe, reliable, and environmentally sound
transportation of natural gas and hazardous liquids by pipeline. This
national program regulates the design, construction, operation,
maintenance, and emergency response procedures pertaining to gas and
hazardous liquids pipeline systems and liquefied natural gas facilities.
Also included is research and development to support the Pipeline Safety
Program and grants-in-aid to State agencies that conduct a Pipeline
Safety Program.
The following table summarizes the Committee recommendations:
[In thousands of dollars]
Program Fiscal year-- Committee recommendation
1997 enacted 1998 estimate
Operating expenses 10,300 11,800 11,480
Information systems 1,200 1,200 1,200
Risk assessment/technical studies 1,800 1,200 1,200
Compliance 300 300 300
Training and information dissemination 860 821 820
Emergency notification 100 100 100
Public education 200 200 400
Environmental indexing
Research and development 1,500 1,339 1,300
State grants 12,000 13,500 13,000
Risk management grants 200 200 200
One-call grants \1\(1,000) \1\(1,000) \1\(1,500)
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Totals 28,460 30,660 30,000
\1\Funded from uncommitted balances in the reserve fund. In 1998, the Committee recommendation includes an additional $500,000 in OPS contract program costs also derived from these balances.
Operating expenses .--The Committee recommends $11,480,000 for
Office of Pipeline Safety [OPS] operating expenses, a reduction of
$320,000 below the administration request. The Committee suggests that
this reduction be taken from travel and transportation costs and
permanent change of station costs.
One-call systems public education .--The Committee recommends
$400,000 for public education, technical assistance, and outreach
regarding one-call systems. Third-party damage continues to be the major
single cause of releases from pipelines. The Committee directs the RSPA
Administrator to increase the priority that the OPS assigns to
underground damage prevention and effective one-call public outreach
efforts, and to review carefully each of the NTSB recommendations and
results of the NTSB public meeting on one-call systems. The OPS and its
damage prevention quality team needs to accelerate its efforts to assist
States in advancing one-call systems, and should expand the scope of its
efforts toward a more systematic approach to the one-call challenge.
Working cooperatively with the States, industry, and various public
agencies, OPS is directed to explore ways to increase the participation
of operators of underground facilities as members of notification
systems. OPS should also redouble its efforts to work with excavators
who should call to have lines located before commencing digging. OPS
should implement plans with other appropriate parties to improve
communication technologies and linking for one-call systems, to outreach
to the law enforcement and judicial community, to identify best
practices and highlight and analyze successful State programs, and to
help develop model programs, and to provide other technical assistance
and guidance to the States to improve their underground damage
prevention programs. Before April 1, 1998, the RSPA Administrator shall
submit a detailed report specifying the progress made in response to
these directives and detailing a 5-year strategic plan to help guide
further progress.
Pipeline grant program .--The Committee recommends $13,000,000 for
the natural gas and hazardous liquid pipeline safety grants.
One-call grants to States .--The Committee recommends that
$1,500,000 be made available for grants to States and other entities for
the development and establishment of one-call notification systems. The
Committee notes that each year the States request significantly
increased amounts of funding that exceed the amounts that have
previously been made available. The Committee maintains that these funds
will be of critical importance to helping the States make many
improvements in one-call systems that they have judged to be of critical
importance.
Pipeline safety reserve fund .--The Committee's bill includes
language to draw down $1,500,000 of the reserve in the pipeline trust
fund to support one-call notification systems grants, and an additional
$500,000 from the reserve fund to support general pipeline safety
programs. RSPA has documented that there is currently a balance of over
$19,000,000 in the reserve fund, and has informed the Committee that
they believe a fund balance of $11,000,000 would be sufficient to
maintain the integrity of the pipeline safety program. Utilizing these
excess reserve funds will enable the fiscal year 1998 user fee
collections from the gas and liquid pipeline transmission industry to
remain within the $28,000,000 limit set in the Public Law 104 304, the
Accountable Pipline Safety and Partnership Act of 1996.
Research and development .--The Committee directs the RSPA
Administrator to provide the Committees on Appropriations, by November
30, 1997, a letter detailing the current and potential use of hydraulic
and pneumatic capsule pipeline transportation systems, with a particular
emphasis on coal log pipeline technology. Coal log pipelines use only
one-third of the water used for coal slurry pipelines, and show promise
of cleaner, more efficient transport of coal. RSPA shall confer with the
Capsule Pipeline Research Center, which is jointly sponsored by the
National Science Foundation, Missouri Department of Economic
Development, and 14 private companies, in preparing this status report
for the Committees.
PIPELINE SAFETY
(Oilspill Liability Trust Fund)
Appropriations, 1997 $2,528,000
Budget estimate, 1998 2,328,000
Committee recommendation 3,000,000
The Committee recommends $3,000,000 to be derived from the oilspill
liability trust fund for implementation of the Office of Pipeline Safety
[OPS] responsibilities under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 [OPA]. RSPA
has provided the Committee documentation of increased environmental
program costs, including data analysis, compliance and spill monitoring,
pipeline mapping, environmental indexing, and the State grants for
hazardous liquids program. In fiscal year 1998, the total expenses
associated with these efforts will exceed the level of OPA trust funds
requested by the administration. The Committee finds it reasonable to
increase the level of funding derived from the oilspill liability trust
fund to support these activities.
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS
(Emergency Preparedness Fund)
Appropriations, 1997 $200,000
Budget estimate, 1998 200,000
Committee recommendation 200,000
The Committee recommends $200,000 for the training curriculum
activities authorized under existing law.
The Hazardous Materials Transportation Uniform Safety Act of 1990
[HMTUSA] requires RSPA to: (1) develop and implement a reimbursable
emergency preparedness grants program; (2) monitor public sector
emergency response training and planning and provide technical
assistance to States, political subdivisions, and Indian tribes; and (3)
develop and update periodically a national training curriculum for
emergency responders. These activities are financed by receipts received
from the hazardous materials shipper and carrier registration fees,
which are placed in the emergency preparedness fund. RSPA estimates that
receipts in fiscal year 1998 will be essentially the same as the actual
fiscal year 1996 receipts, which were $6,900,000.
The HMTUSA provides permanent appropriations for the emergency
preparedness fund for planning and training grants, monitoring and
technical assistance, and for administrative expenses. Appropriations,
also from the emergency preparedness fund, provide for the training
curriculum for emergency responders. The following table is for
illustrative purposes only, based on RSPA's estimates for fiscal year
1998 activity.
Fiscal year 1997 enacted Fiscal year 1998 budget estimate\1\ Committee recommendation\1\
Grants $5,810,000 $6,110,000 $6,110,000
Technical assistance 300,000 300,000 300,000
Administrative costs 300,000 300,000 300,000
Emergency response guidebook 300,000
Training curriculum 200,000 200,000 200,000
-------------------------- ------------------------------------- -----------------------------
Total 6,910,000 6,910,000 6,910,000
\1\Estimated levels.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 1997\1\ $37,900,000
Budget estimate, 1998 40,889,000
Committee recommendation 38,900,000
\1\Does not include reductions for TASC and awards pursuant to
sections 321 and 346 of Public Law 104 205.
The Inspector General Act of 1978 established the Office of Inspector
General [OIG] as an independent and objective organization, with a
mission to: (1) conduct and supervise audits and investigations relating
to the programs and operations of the Department; (2) provide leadership
and recommend policies designed to promote economy, efficiency, and
effectiveness in the administration of programs and operations; (3)
prevent and detect fraud, waste, and abuse; and (4) keep the Secretary
and Congress currently informed regarding problems and deficiencies.
OIG is divided into three major functional units: Office of Assistant
Inspector General for Auditing, Office of Assistant Inspector General
for Evaluations, and Office of Assistant Inspector General for
Investigations. The assistant inspectors general for auditing and
investigations are supported by headquarters and regional staff.
The Committee recommends $38,900,000, which is $1,989,000 below the
administration's request. The recommended level includes funding for the
inspector general to conduct two studies. First, the inspector general
is directed to conduct a study of the Transportation Administrative
Service Center [TASC] and report to the Committee by April 1, 1998, on
the cost effectiveness of TASC for the modal agencies and whether the
entrepreneurial, self-sufficient, and competitive business service
approach is meeting its customers' and the Department's needs. Second,
the Committee directs that, not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this act, the inspector general shall conduct an
investigation and submit a report to the Subcommittee on Transportation
and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations on the
procurement of computers and related equipment and materials for the
advanced automation system for air traffic control. The report shall
include the following items: (1) a detailed examination of the contracts
of each contractor and subcontractor relating to the procurement of
computers and related equipment and materials for the advanced
automation system for air traffic control; and (2) a detailed accounting
of the costs (including losses and waste) to the United States as a
result of each contract. This report should be transmitted to the
Secretary and the Secretary is directed to provide the Committee on
Appropriations a written determination of whether or not any such
contractor or subcontractor is potentially liable to the United States
under any theory of liability with respect to such a contract; and, if
the Secretary makes a determination of potential liability, the identity
of the contractor or subcontractor, the basis of liability and the
potential amount of liability.
BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS
Appropriations, 1997 ...........................
($25,000,000)
Budget estimate, 1998 ...........................
(31,000,000)
Committee recommendation ...........................
(By transfer, highway trust fund) (25,000,000)
\1\Does not include reductions for TASC and awards pursuant to
sections 321 and 346 of Public Law 104 205.
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics [BTS] was established in
section 6006 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act
[ISTEA], to compile, analyze, and make accessible information on the
Nation's transportation systems, collect information on intermodal
transportation, and enhance the quality and effectiveness of the
statistical programs of the Department of Transportation. Financing of
BTS operations is authorized as contract authority out of the highway
trust fund, by transfer from the Federal-aid highways program, and is
subject to the obligations limitation on that program. For fiscal year
1998, a funding level of $31,000,000 is proposed for BTS programs in the
administration's NEXTEA reauthorization proposal.
The Committee recommends a transfer of $25,000,000 from Federal
Highway Administration highway trust funds, for continued BTS program
activities at the fiscal year 1997 enacted level. BTS offices include
the Director, Statistical Programs and Services, Transportation Studies,
and the Office of Aviation Information [OAI]. In addition, effective
January 1, 1996, the responsibility to collect motor carrier financial
data was transferred to the BTS after the sunset of the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
The Office of Aviation Information collects and compiles financial
and traffic (passenger and cargo) data. This information provides the
Government with uniform and comprehensive economic and market data on
individual airline operations. This program includes a small field
office located in Anchorage, AK, which provides consumers and the
Government with airline data related to essential air service and the
intra-Alaskan mail rate program. The statistical aviation data compiled
by OAI includes: airline passenger traffic statistics, ontime
performance data by carrier, financial performance and certification
data, fuel purchase and consumption, and other business and consumer
directed statistics. These statistics are vitally important to the
Federal Government and the aviation industry. In some cases, it is
statutorily required that these statistics be used by the Federal
Aviation Administration and the Office of the Secretary of
Transportation in allocation of trust funds, aviation bilateral
negotiations, and other Federal transportation policy decisionmaking.
Earlier in this report, the Office of the Secretary is directed to
tender BTS $300,000 in the first quarter of 1998 in reimbursement for
OAI statistical support.
Reauthorization issues .--The Committee encourages the BTS Director
to identify potential fiscal year 1998 carryover funds, in order to
ensure continued Bureau operations in the event that there is no enacted
ISTEA reauthorization before the new fiscal year begins.
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriation Offsetting collections
Appropriations, 1997 \1\$12,344,000 $3,000,000
Budget estimate, 1998 14,300,000
Committee recommendation 12,300,000 3,100,000
\1\Excludes reduction of $100,000 pursuant to section 346 of Public Law 104 205.
The Surface Transportation Board was created on January 1, 1996, by
Public Law 104 88, the ICC Termination Act of 1995. Consistent with the
continued trend toward less regulation of the surface transportation
industry, the act abolished the ICC, eliminated certain functions that
had previously been implemented by the ICC, transferred core rail and
certain other functions to the Board, and transferred motor licensing
and certain other motor functions to the FHWA. The Board is specifically
responsible for the regulation of the rail and pipeline industries and
certain nonlicensing regulation of motor carriers and water carriers.
Moreover, the Board, through its exemption authority, is able to promote
deregulation administratively on a case-by-case basis. Rail reforms made
by the Staggers Rail Act of 1980 also have been continued.
The administration's fiscal year 1998 program request is $14,300,000
to perform key functions under the ICCTA, including rail rate
reasonableness oversight; the processing of rail consolidations,
abandonments, and other restructuring proposals; and the resolution of
motor carrier undercharge matters. Under the administration's proposal
this amount would be derived solely from user fees collected pursuant to
31 U.S.C. 9701 from the beneficiaries of the Board's activities.
However, the Committee is convinced that fully fee financing the ICC
successor is not a viable option for fiscal year 1998. Such a proposal
would require enactment of legislation and promulgation of new rules
that are unlikely to be in place in time to ensure undisrupted funding
for the Board. A possible legislative vehicle for such a user fee-based
structure would be the reauthorization legislation which the authorizing
committees plan to take up in the second session of the 105th Congress.
The Committee has provided $12,300,000 for activities of the Board,
including statutory liability for severance payments. This amount will
be augmented by the collection of user fees as provided under current
law. The Board has informed the Committee that it anticipates collecting
up to $3,100,000 from these funds. Bill language has been included to
assure that fees received in excess of $3,100,000 shall remain available
to the Board but shall not be available for obligation until October 1,
1998.
TITLE II--RELATED AGENCIES
ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 1997 $3,540,000
Budget estimate, 1998 3,640,000
Committee recommendation 3,640,000
The Committee recommends $3,640,000 for the operations of the
Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, the same
funding level requested by the administration.
The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (the
Access Board) is the lead Federal Agency promoting accessibility for all
handicapped persons. The Access Board was reauthorized in the
Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1992, Public Law 102 569. Under this
authorization, the Access Board's functions are to ensure compliance
with the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968, and to develop guidelines
for and technical assistance to individuals and entities with rights or
duties under titles II and III of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
The Access Board establishes minimum accessibility guidelines and
requirements for public accommodations and commercial facilities,
transit facilities and vehicles, State and local government facilities,
children's environments, and recreational facilities. The Access Board
also provides technical assistance to Government agencies, public and
private organizations, individuals, and businesses on the removal of
accessibility barriers.
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 1997\1\ $42,407,000
Budget estimate, 1998\2\ 40,000,000
Committee recommendation 49,700,000
\1\Excludes $6,000,000 in emergency appropriations.
\2\The President's budget request also included an
appropriation of $6,000,000 in user fees.
The Independent Safety Board Act of 1974 established the National
Transportation Safety Board [NTSB] as an independent Federal agency to
promote transportation safety by conducting independent accident
investigations. In addition, the act authorizes the Board to make safety
recommendations, conduct safety studies, and oversee safety activities
of other Government agencies involved in transportation. The Board also
reviews appeals of adverse actions by the Department of Transportation
with respect to airmen and seamen certificates and licenses.
The Board has no regulatory authority over the transportation
industry. Thus, its effectiveness depends on its reputation for
impartial and accurate accident reports, realistic and feasible safety
recommendations, and on public confidence in its commitment to improving
transportation safety.
The bill includes an appropriation of $49,700,000, which is
$9,700,000 above the administration's budget request. The following
table incorporates the NTSB's internal realignment of administrative
functions and provides for salaries and expenses to be distributed as
follows:
Staff (FTE) Budget authority
Policy and direction 59 $7,762,000
Aviation safety 139 16,957,000
Surface transportation safety 107 13,234,000
Research and engineering 65 7,594,000
Administration 29 2,796,000
Administrative law judges 10 1,357,000
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Staff hiring .--The Committee notes that many of the Board's reports
and safety recommendations have been unnecessarily delayed due to a
shortage of investigative and technical staff and due to an increase in
the number and complexity of major accidents. This delay has serious
implications for the safety of the traveling public. The Committee also
recognizes that the necessary increase in the Board's participation in
foreign accidents, which has safety implications for American citizens,
places additional demands on the technical and investigative staff and
contributes to the delay in issuing safety recommendations. Finally, the
Committee notes that according to projections prepared by Boeing, the
Federal Aviation Administration, and the International Civil Aviation
Organization, international civil aviation will continue to grow at
about 6 percent per year over the next decade. As a result of these
projections, if the current airline accident rates for hull losses and
fatal accidents are maintained, the total numbers of major accidents
will increase, so that by the year 2006, one major aviation accident
will occur each week somewhere in the world. In order to address this
situation and to help expedite the safety recommendations made by the
Board, the Committee has included an additional $3,229,000 and 25
additional FTE positions, over the fiscal 1997 level, for investigative
and technical staff. The Committee urges the Board to hire these
additional staff as quickly as possible. The Committee has also provided
an additional $782,000 (seven FTE's) for the 24-hour communication
center, and an additional $733,000 (seven FTE's) for the family
assistance program.
User fees .--The Committee has denied the request to collect
$6,000,000 in user fees. This request was based on the assumption that
legislation authorizing a commercial aviation accident investigation fee
would be enacted, and upon enactment, the fee would become available for
expenditure. The Committee does not have the jurisdiction to authorize
the collection of this fee and is opposed to such a fee because it makes
certain transportation sectors (that is, the aviation industry)
responsible for paying accident investigation costs while other sectors
(that is, rail, highway, marine, et cetera) would not be responsible for
these costs. In addition, such fees do not appear to meet existing
definitions of user fees, and might upon further analysis, be defined as
new taxes.
EMERGENCY FUND
Appropriations, 1997\1\ $1,000,000
Budget estimate, 1998 1,000,000
Committee recommendation 1,000,000
\1\Contained in the Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act of
1997 as an emergency appropriation.
The bill includes an appropriation of $1,000,000 for the emergency
fund to remain available until expended. Under Public Law 97 257
(Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1982), Congress provided a $1,000,000
emergency fund to be used for accident investigation expenses when
investigations would otherwise have been hampered by lack of funding.
The Committee notes that the Board has had to use the fund three times
in the last 2 years. The Committee's recommendation doubles the size of
the emergency fund to $2,000,000. At this level, sufficient funds should
be available for unanticipated or unusually expensive accident
investigations.
TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS
The Committee concurs with the general provisions that apply to the
Department of Transportation and related agencies as proposed in the
budget, with some changes, deletions, and additions. These are noted
below:
Sec. 305. Includes a provision that prohibits political and
Presidential personnel to be assigned on temporary detail outside the
Department of Transportation.
Sec. 310. This provision is continued with modifications. The
Committee does not delete 310(c)(3) as requested by the administration
regarding administrative takedown nor include the administration's
suggested language; nor does the Committee delete section 310(e)
regarding first quarter obligations.
Sec. 315. Prohibits the use of funds to award multiyear contracts
for production end items that include certain specified provisions.
Sec. 316. Allows funds provided under the Federal Transit
Administration's Formula Grant Program to be used for purposes
consistent with the administration's request for fiscal year 1998.
Sec. 317. Allows funds for discretionary grants of the Federal
Transit Administration for specific projects, except for fixed guideway
modernization projects, not obligated by September 30, 2000, to be used
for other projects under 49 U.S.C. 5309.
Sec. 322. Prohibits the use of funds in this act for activities
designed to influence Congress on legislation or appropriations except
through proper, official channels.
Sec. 323. Limits the amount available for advisory committees to
$1,000,000.
Sec. 325. Provides that no funds other than appropriations or
collected fees shall be available for conducting Surface Transportation
Board activities.
Sec. 326. Includes provision relating to compliance with the Buy
American Act.
Sec. 328. Directs FAA to provide weather observers at Dutch Harbor,
AK.
Sec. 332. Includes language clarifying the definition of ``passenger
capacity of 56 persons or less,'' under section 29(a)(2) of the
International Air Transportation Competition Act of 1979.
Sec. 333. Includes language regarding rebates, refunds, incentive
payments, and minor fees received by the Department from travel
management centers, charge card programs, and other miscellaneous
sources.
Sec. 334. Includes language directing the transfer of an inactive
Navy vessel to the Coast Guard.
Sec. 335. Clarifies treatment of airport revenues in the State of
Hawaii.
Sec. 336. Continues provision in Fiscal Year 1997 Transportation
Appropriations Act relating to the transportation of edible oils.
Sec. 337. Authorizes the Secretary to repurchase preferred stock.
Sec. 338. Authorizes FAA to close airports in Kansas City, MO, and
Atlantic City, NJ.
COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 7, RULE XVI, OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE
SENATE
Paragraph 7 of rule XVI requires that Committee reports on general
appropriations bills identify each Committee amendment to the House bill
``which proposes an item of appropriation which is not made to carry out
the provisions of an existing law, a treaty stipulation, or an act or
resolution previously passed by the Senate during that session.''
United States Coast Guard:
$2,431,700,00006
403,300,00006
21,000,00006
26,000,00006
653,196,00006
65,535,00006
20,000,00006
35,000,00006
Federal Highway Administration:
(21,800,000,000)
84,300,00006
8,000,00006
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration:
146,500,00006
(187,000,000)
Federal Railroad Administration:
273,450,00006
26,000,00006
17,000,00006
10,000,00006
344,000,00006
Federal Transit Administration:
41,497,00006
(2,400,000,000)
6,000,00006
77,250,00006
Research and Special Programs Administration: Research and special programs, hazardous materials safety 15,492,00006
Bureau of Transportation Statistics (drawdown from Federal-aid highways) (25,000,000)
COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 7(C), RULE XXVI OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE
SENATE
Pursuant to paragraph 7(c) of rule XXVI, the Committee ordered
reported en bloc H.R. 2107, the Interior appropriations bill, 1998, and
S. 1048, an original Transportation appropriations bill, 1998, subject
to amendment and subject to appropriate scoring, by a recorded vote of
28 0, a quorum being present. The vote was as follows:
Yeas Nays
Chairman Stevens
Mr. Cochran
Mr. Specter
Mr. Domenici
Mr. Bond
Mr. Gorton
Mr. McConnell
Mr. Burns
Mr. Shelby
Mr. Gregg
Mr. Bennett
Mr. Campbell
Mr. Craig
Mr. Faircloth
Mrs. Hutchison
Mr. Byrd
Mr. Inouye
Mr. Hollings
Mr. Leahy
Mr. Bumpers
Mr. Lautenberg
Mr. Harkin
Ms. Mikulski
Mr. Reid
Mr. Kohl
Mrs. Murray
Mr. Dorgan
Mrs. Boxer
COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 12, RULE XXVI OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE
SENATE
Paragraph 12 of rule XXVI requires that Committee reports on a bill
or joint resolution repealing or amending any statute or part of any
statute include ``(a) the text of the statute or part thereof which is
proposed to be repealed; and (b) a comparative print of that part of the
bill or joint resolution making the amendment and of the statute or part
thereof proposed to be amended, showing by stricken-through type and
italics, parallel columns, or other appropriate typographical devices
the omissions and insertions which would be made by the bill or joint
resolution if enacted in the form recommended by the committee.''
In compliance with this rule, the following changes in existing law
proposed to be made by the bill are shown as follows: existing law to be
omitted is enclosed in black brackets; new matter is printed in italic;
and existing law in which no change is proposed is shown in roman.
The bill does not include any such provisions.
BUDGETARY IMPACT OF BILL
PREPARED IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE PURSUANT TO SEC. 308(a), PUBLIC LAW 93 344, AS AMENDED
[In millions of dollars]
Budget authority Outlays
Committee allocation Amount of bill Committee allocation Amount of bill
Comparison of amounts in the bill with Committee allocations to its subcommittees of amounts in the First Concurrent Resolution for 1998: Subcommittee on Transportation and Related Agencies: 59 \1\59
Projections of outlays associated with the recommendation: \2\13,231
Financial assistance to State and local governments for 1998 in bill NA 379 NA 4,488
\1\Includes outlays from prior-year budget authority.
\2\Excludes outlays from prior-year budget authority.
NA: Not applicable.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 1997 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR FISCAL YEAR 1998
Item 1997 appropriation Budget estimate Committee recommendation Senate Committee recommendation compared with ( + or -)
1997 appropriation Budget estimate
TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
Salaries and expenses $52,966,000 $56,136,000 $66,703,000 +$13,737,000 +$10,567,000
Office of Civil Rights 5,574,000 5,574,000 5,574,000
Transportation planning, research, and development 3,000,000 6,008,000 4,400,000 +1,400,000 -1,608,000
Transportation Administrative Service Center (124,812,000) ( -124,812,000)
Payments to air carriers (Airport and Airway Trust Fund): (25,900,000) ( -25,900,000)
Rental payments 127,447,000 10,567,000 -127,447,000 -10,567,000
Minority business resource center program 1,900,000 1,900,000 1,900,000
Minority business outreach 2,900,000 2,900,000 2,900,000
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Total, Office of the Secretary 193,787,000 83,085,000 81,477,000 -112,310,000 -1,608,000
(Limitations on obligations) (25,900,000) ( -25,900,000)
------------------- ------------------ ------------------------- -------------------- -------------------
Total budgetary resources (219,687,000) (83,085,000) (81,477,000) ( -138,210,000) ( -1,608,000)
Coast Guard
Operating expenses 2,319,725,000 2,440,000,000 2,431,700,000 +111,975,000 -8,300,000
Acquisition, construction, and improvements: -9,000,000 -9,000,000 -9,000,000
------------------- ------------------ ------------------------- -------------------- -------------------
Subtotal, AC&I appropriations 374,840,000 370,000,000 403,300,000 +28,460,000 +33,300,000
Environmental compliance and restoration 22,000,000 21,000,000 21,000,000 -1,000,000
Port Safety Development 5,000,000 -5,000,000
Alteration of bridges 16,000,000 26,000,000 +10,000,000 +26,000,000
Retired pay 608,084,000 645,696,000 653,196,000 +45,112,000 +7,500,000
Reserve training 65,890,000 65,000,000 65,535,000 -355,000 +535,000
Research, development, test, and evaluation 19,200,000 19,000,000 20,000,000 +800,000 +1,000,000
Boat safety (Aquatic Resources Trust Fund) 35,000,000 50,000,000 35,000,000 -15,000,000
------------------- ------------------ ------------------------- -------------------- -------------------
Total, Coast Guard 3,476,539,000 3,910,696,000 3,655,731,000 +179,192,000 -254,965,000
Federal Aviation Administration
Operations 4,957,900,000 5,036,100,000 5,325,900,000 +368,000,000 +289,800,000
Facilities and equipment (Airport and Airway Trust Fund) 1,793,500,000 1,875,000,000 1,889,004,883 +95,504,883 +14,004,883
Research, engineering, and development (Airport and Airway Trust Fund) 187,412,000 200,000,000 214,250,000 +26,838,000 +14,250,000
Grants-in-aid for airports (Airport and Airway Trust Fund): (1,500,000,000) (1,500,000,000) (1,600,000,000) ( +100,000,000) ( +100,000,000)
------------------- ------------------ ------------------------- -------------------- -------------------
Total, Federal Aviation Administration 6,863,812,000 7,411,100,000 7,429,154,883 +565,342,883 +18,054,883
(Limitations on obligations) (1,460,000,000) (1,000,000,000) (1,700,000,000) ( +240,000,000) ( +700,000,000)
------------------- ------------------ ------------------------- -------------------- -------------------
Total budgetary resources (8,323,812,000) (8,411,100,000) (9,129,154,883) ( +805,342,883) ( +718,054,883)
Federal Highway Administration
Limitation on general operating expenses (521,114,000) (494,376,000) (558,440,000) ( +37,326,000) ( +64,064,000)
Highway-related safety grants (Highway Trust Fund): (2,049,000) (4,000,000) (4,000,000) ( +1,951,000)
Appalachian Development Highway system 300,000,000 +300,000,000 +300,000,000
Federal-aid highways (Highway Trust Fund): (18,000,000,000) (20,170,000,000) (21,800,000,000) ( +3,800,000,000) ( +1,630,000,000)
Right-of-way revolving fund 8,000,000 +8,000,000 +8,000,000
Motor carrier safety grants (Highway Trust Fund): (74,000,000) (90,000,000) (85,000,000) ( +11,000,000) ( -5,000,000)
State infrastructure banks 150,000,000 -150,000,000
State infrastructure banks (Highway Trust Fund) 150,000,000 -150,000,000
Transportation infrastructure credit program (Highway Trust Fund) 100,000,000 -100,000,000
------------------- ------------------ ------------------------- -------------------- -------------------
Total, Federal Highway Administration 150,000,000 250,000,000 308,000,000 +158,000,000 +58,000,000
(Limitations on obligations) (18,773,035,534) (20,270,000,000) (21,884,300,000) ( +3,111,264,466) ( +1,614,300,000)
(Exempt obligations) (2,023,000,000) (1,510,331,000) (1,390,600,000) ( -632,400,000) ( -119,731,000)
------------------- ------------------ ------------------------- -------------------- -------------------
Total budgetary resources (20,946,035,534) (22,030,331,000) (23,582,900,000) ( +2,636,864,466) ( +1,552,569,000)
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Operations and research 80,900,000 74,760,000 -6,140,000 +74,760,000
Operations and research (Highway Trust Fund) 51,712,000 147,500,000 71,740,000 +20,028,000 -75,760,000
------------------- ------------------ ------------------------- -------------------- -------------------
Subtotal, Operations and research 132,612,000 147,500,000 146,500,000 +13,888,000 -1,000,000
Highway traffic safety grants (Highway Trust Fund): (168,100,000) (185,000,000) (186,000,000) ( +17,900,000) ( +1,000,000)
Contract authorization (Public Law 105 18) 2,500,000 -2,500,000
Contract authorization (Public Law 105 18) 500,000 -500,000
------------------- ------------------ ------------------------- -------------------- -------------------
Total, National Highway Traffic Safety Admin 135,612,000 147,500,000 146,500,000 +10,888,000 -1,000,000
(Limitations on obligations) (168,100,000) (185,500,000) (187,000,000) ( +18,900,000) ( +1,500,000)
------------------- ------------------ ------------------------- -------------------- -------------------
Total budgetary resources (303,712,000) (333,000,000) (333,500,000) ( +29,788,000) ( +500,000)
Federal Railroad Administration
Office of the Administrator 16,739,000 20,559,000 19,800,000 +3,061,000 -759,000
Railroad safety 51,407,000 57,067,000 57,067,000 +5,660,000
Railroad research and development 20,100,000 21,638,000 24,906,000 +4,806,000 +3,268,000
Northeast corridor improvement program 175,000,000 273,450,000 +98,450,000 +273,450,000
High-speed rail trainsets and facilities 80,000,000 -80,000,000
Next generation high speed rail 24,757,000 19,595,000 26,000,000 +1,243,000 +6,405,000
Trust fund share of next generation high-speed rail (Highway Trust Fund): (Liquidation of contract authorization) (2,855,000) ( -2,855,000)
Alaska Railroad rehabilitation 10,000,000 17,000,000 +7,000,000 +17,000,000
Rhode Island Rail Development 7,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 +3,000,000
Direct loan financing program 58,680,000 -58,680,000
Direct loan financing program limitation (400,000,000) ( -400,000,000)
Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation: 364,500,000 344,000,000 -20,500,000 +344,000,000
Capital grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Highway Trust Fund) 445,450,000 -445,450,000
(Northeast corridor improvements) (200,000,000) ( -200,000,000)
(Pennsylvania Station Redevelopment Project) (23,450,000) ( -23,450,000)
Operating grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Highway Trust Fund) 344,000,000 -344,000,000
Emergency railroad rehabilitation and repair: Emergency funding (Public Law 105 18) (18,900,000) ( -18,900,000)
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Total, Federal Railroad Administration 1,031,633,000 918,309,000 772,223,000 -259,410,000 -146,086,000
Federal Transit Administration
Administrative expenses 41,497,000 41,497,000 +41,497,000
Administrative expenses (Highway Trust Fund, Mass Transit Account) 47,018,000 -47,018,000
Formula grants 490,000,000 90,000,000 -400,000,000 +90,000,000
Formula grants (Highway Trust Fund): (1,659,185,000) (2,310,000,000) ( +650,815,000) ( +2,310,000,000)
------------------- ------------------ ------------------------- -------------------- -------------------
Subtotal, Formula grants (2,149,185,000) (2,400,000,000) ( +250,815,000) ( +2,400,000,000)
Formula programs (Highway Trust Fund, Mass Transit Account): (3,498,500,000) ( -3,498,500,000)
University transportation centers 6,000,000 6,000,000 +6,000,000
Transit planning and research 85,500,000 77,250,000 -8,250,000 +77,250,000
------------------- ------------------ ------------------------- -------------------- -------------------
Subtotal, Transit planning and research (85,500,000) (77,250,000) ( -8,250,000) ( +77,250,000)
Transit planning and research (Highway Trust Fund, Mass Transit Account) 91,800,000 -91,800,000
------------------- ------------------ ------------------------- -------------------- -------------------
Subtotal, Transit planning and research (91,800,000) ( -91,800,000)
Trust fund share of expenses (Highway Trust Fund) (liquidation of contract authorization) (1,920,000,000) (2,310,000,000) ( +390,000,000) ( +2,310,000,000)
Discretionary grants (Highway Trust Fund) (limitation on obligations): (760,000,000) (780,000,000) ( +20,000,000) ( +780,000,000)
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Subtotal, Discretionary grants (1,900,000,000) (2,000,000,000) ( +100,000,000) ( +2,000,000,000)
Major capital investments (Highway Trust Fund, Mass Transit Account) (limitation on obligations) (650,000,000) ( -650,000,000)
Mass capital investments (Highway Trust Fund, Mass Transit Account) (liquidation of contract authority) (2,350,000,000) ( -2,350,000,000)
Mass transit capital fund (Highway Trust Fund) (liquidation of contract authorization) (2,300,000,000) (2,350,000,000) ( +50,000,000) ( +2,350,000,000)
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority 200,000,000 160,000,000 -40,000,000 +160,000,000
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Highway Trust Fund, Mass Transit Account) 200,000,000 -200,000,000
=================== ================== ========================= ==================== ===================
Total, Federal Transit Administration 822,997,000 338,818,000 374,747,000 -448,250,000 +35,929,000
(Limitations on obligations) (3,559,185,000) (4,148,500,000) (4,310,000,000) ( +750,815,000) ( +161,500,000)
------------------- ------------------ ------------------------- -------------------- -------------------
Total budgetary resources (4,382,182,000) (4,487,318,000) (4,684,747,000) ( +302,565,000) ( +197,429,000)
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
Operations and maintenance (Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund) 10,337,000 -10,337,000
Research and Special Programs Administration
Research and special programs 26,886,000 30,102,000 28,450,000 +1,564,000 -1,652,000
------------------- ------------------ ------------------------- -------------------- -------------------
Subtotal, research and special programs (26,886,000) (28,450,000) ( +1,564,000) ( +28,450,000)
Pipeline safety (Pipeline Safety Fund) 28,460,000 30,660,000 28,000,000 -460,000 -2,660,000
Pipeline safety (Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund) 2,528,000 2,328,000 3,000,000 +472,000 +672,000
------------------- ------------------ ------------------------- -------------------- -------------------
Subtotal, Pipeline safety 30,988,000 32,988,000 31,000,000 +12,000 -1,988,000
Emergency preparedness grants: Emergency preparedness fund 200,000 200,000 200,000
------------------- ------------------ ------------------------- -------------------- -------------------
Total, Research and Special Programs Admin 58,074,000 63,290,000 59,650,000 +1,576,000 -3,640,000
Office of Inspector General
Salaries and expenses 37,900,000 40,889,000 38,900,000 +1,000,000 -1,989,000
Surface Transportation Board
Salaries and expenses 12,344,000 14,300,000 12,300,000 -44,000 -2,000,000
General Provisions
Bureau of Transportation Statistics (transfer from Federal-aid High- ways) (25,000,000) (31,000,000) (25,000,000) ( -6,000,000)
Transportation Administrative Service Center reduction -10,000,000 +10,000,000
Railroad safety offsetting collections -60,000,000 +60,000,000
=================== ================== ========================= ==================== ===================
Net total, title I, Dept of Transportation 12,015,502,000 13,065,087,000 12,554,082,883 +538,580,883 -511,004,117
Appropriations (12,783,035,000) (13,103,687,000) (12,878,682,883) ( +95,647,883) ( -225,004,117)
Rescissions ( -1,719,033,000) ( -38,600,000) ( -324,600,000) ( +1,394,433,000) ( -286,000,000)
Emergency appropriations (951,500,000) ( -951,500,000)
(Limitations on obligations) (23,986,220,534) (25,604,000,000) (28,081,300,000) ( +4,095,079,466) ( +2,477,300,000)
(Exempt obligations) (2,023,000,000) (1,510,331,000) (1,390,600,000) ( -632,400,000) ( -119,731,000)
=================== ================== ========================= ==================== ===================
Net total budgetary resources (38,024,722,534) (40,179,418,000) (42,025,982,883) ( +4,001,260,349) ( +1,846,564,883)
TITLE II--RELATED AGENCIES
Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board
Salaries and expenses 3,540,000 3,640,000 3,640,000 +100,000
National Transportation Safety Board
Salaries and expenses 42,407,000 40,000,000 49,700,000 +7,293,000 +9,700,000
Emergency fund 1,000,000 1,000,000 +1,000,000
Emergency fund (emergency appropriations) (1,000,000) ( -1,000,000)
------------------- ------------------ ------------------------- -------------------- -------------------
Total, National Transportation Safety Board 42,407,000 47,000,000 50,700,000 +8,293,000 +3,700,000
=================== ================== ========================= ==================== ===================
Total, title II, Related Agencies 82,806,000 50,640,000 54,340,000 -28,466,000 +3,700,000
Appropriations (45,947,000) (50,640,000) (54,340,000) ( +8,393,000) ( +3,700,000)
Emergency appropriations (36,859,000) ( -36,859,000)
TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS
National Civil Aviation Review Commission 2,400,000 -2,400,000
Amtrak route closure and realignment commission
=================== ================== ========================= ==================== ===================
Net total appropriations 12,100,708,000 13,115,727,000 12,608,422,883 +507,714,883 -507,304,117
