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tion and Maintenance of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regula- from the estimate in the President's Budget transmitted on January 5, tions of the United States Department of Transportation.] 1987, to that estimated by the Secretary of the Treasury in the most recent midsession review.

SEC. [309] 306. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year [or may be transferred to other appropriations] unless expressly so provided herein.

SEC. [310] 307. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, total amounts of contract authority authorized in section 21(a)(2)(B) of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as amended, shall be available for obligation until expended.

[SEC. 311. None of the funds in this or any previous or subsequent Act shall be available for the planning or implementation of any change in the current Federal status of the Transportation Systems Center; and none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the implementation of any change in the current Federal status of the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center.]

SEC. [312] 308. The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for 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.

SEC. [313] 309. (a) For fiscal year [1987] 1988 the Secretary of Transportation shall distribute the obligation limitation for Federalaid highways by allocation in the ratio which sums authorized to be appropriated for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction which 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 and highway safety construction which are apportioned or allocated to all the States for such fiscal year.

(b) During the period October 1 through December 31, [1986] 1987, no State shall obligate more than 35 per centum of the amount distributed to such State under subsection (a), and the total of all State obligations during such period shall not exceed 25 per centum 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 and highway safety construction which have been apportioned to a State, except in those instances in which a State indicates its intention to lapse sums apportioned under section 104(b)(5)(A) of title 23, United States Code:

(2) after August 1, [1987] 1988; 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 section 104 of title 23, United States Code, and giving priority to those States which, because of statutory changes made by the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 and the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981, have experienced substantial proportional reductions in their apportionments and allocations; and

(3) not distribute amounts authorized for administrative expenses, [and] the Federal lands highway program, the block grant program, and the Strategic Highway Research program. (d) The limitation on obligations for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs for fiscal year [1987] 1988 shall not apply to obligations for emergency relief under section 125 of title 23, United States Code, and obligations under section 157 of title 23, United States Code [, projects covered under section 147 of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978, section 9 of the FederalAid Highway Act of 1981, subsections 131 (b) and (j) of Public Law 97424, section 118 of the National Visitors Center Facilities Act of 1968, or section 320 of title 23, United States Code].

[(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds previously made available and unobligated for the "Auto Pedestrian Separation Demonstration Project" shall be available to the State of North Dakota for use on the 45th Street interchange in Fargo, North Dakota, and such funds tranferred shall remain available until expended.]

(e) On or after October 1, 1987 and prior to distribution, the Secretary shall adjust the obligation limitation by the amount of change in the average annual net highway tax receipts into the Highway Acunt of the Highway Trust Fund for the 1987 through 1990 period,

[SEC. 314. None of the funds in this Act shall be available for salaries and expenses of more than one hundred thirty-eight political and Presidential appointees in the Department of Transporation.]

[SEC. 315. Not to exceed $750,000 of the funds provided in this Act for the Department of Transportation shall be available for the necessary expenses of advisory committees.]

SEC. [316] 310. None of the funds in this or any other Act shall be made available for the proposed Woodward light rail line in the Detroit, Michigan, area until a source of operating funds has been approved in accordance with Michigan law: Provided, That this limitation shall not apply to alternatives analysis studies under section 21(a)(2)(B) of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as amended. SEC. 311. On or after October 1, 1987 and prior to distribution, the Secretary shall adjust the obligation limitation by the amount of change in the average annual net highway tax receipts into the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund for the 1987 through 1990 period, from the estimate in the President's Budget transmitted on January 5, 1987, to that estimated by the Secretary of the Treasury in the most recent midsession review.

[SEC. 317. The limitation on obligations for the Discretionary Grants program of the Urban Mass Transportation Administration shall not apply to any authority under section 21(a)(2)(B) of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as amended, previously made available for obligation.]

SEC. [318] 312. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the construction of, or any other costs related to, the Central Automated Transit System (Downtown People Mover) in Detroit, Michigan: Provided, That the immediately preceding provision shall not apply to $5,000,000 apportioned to the Detroit Department of Transportation.

[SEC. 319. The City of Linden, New Jersey, and its successors and assigns are hereby released from all the terms, conditions, reservations, and restrictions contained in the deed dated February 27, 1947, by which the United States conveyed certain real property to the City of Linden, New Jersey, for airport purposes.]

SEC. [320] 313. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to implement section 404 of title 23, United States Code.

[SEC. 321. (a) Safety EnforcEMENT PROGRAM Performance.-The Secretary of Transportation shall on or before February 1, 1987, transmit to the Congress a comprehensive report on the fiscal year 1986 activities of the Federal Aviation Administration's operation and maintenance inspection and certification programs. The report shall

include:

(1) a comparison of end-of-year staffing levels by inspector cate gory to staffing goals and a statement as to the currency and validity of the staffing standards on which the goals are based; (2) schedules showing the experience, in years, of the various inspector workforces and the extent to which inspectors have received all the mandatory or recommended training;

(3) a description of the criteria used to set annual work programs and an explanation of how these programs ensure compli ance with appropriate Federal regulations and safe operating practices;

(4) a comparison of actual inspections performed during the fiscal year to the annual work programs disaggregated to the field locations;

(5) a statement of the adequacy of the internal management controls available to ensure that field managers are complying with inspection priorities and minimum inspection standards. and to collect and analyze inspection data;

(6) the status of the Department's efforts to update inspector guidance documents and Federal regulations to include technolo gy, management, and structural changes taking place within the various transportation modes, including a listing of the backlog of proposed regulatory changes identified as being critical to safety, (7) a list of the operational measures of effectiveness-"best proxies" standing between the ultimate goal of accident preven tion and ongoing program activities-that are being used to evaluate progress in meeting program objectives, the quality of program delivery, and the nature of emerging safety problems (8) a listing of all enforcement actions taken, including all civil penalties, during the fiscal year by program, including the name and address of each organization against which an enforcement

action was taken, the reason for the action, and the type of action taken;

(9) a listing of the total amount of civil penalties assessed and closed by fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 1977; and

(10) a set of safety statistics covering each of the last ten years that best depict the safety record of each transportation sector regulated by departmental inspectors.

(b) LONG-RANGE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION STRATEGIC PLANNING STUDY.-The Department of Transportation shall undertake a longrange, multi-modal national transportation strategic planning study. This study shall forecast long-term needs and costs for developing and maintaining facilities and services to achieve a desired national transportation program for moving people and goods in the year 2015. The modes to be included are interstate and other priority highways and roads, mass transportation, rail, pipelines, and aviation. The study shall include detailed analyses of transportation needs within six to nine metropolitan areas that have diverse population, development, and demographic patterns, including at least one interstate metropolitan area. The strategic transportation planning study shall address such issues as:

(1) the need to continue a national transportation policy and program to further social, environmental, and mobility goals and objectives of the Nation;

(2) public and private fiscal support, growth patterns, the demographic character of population, geographic differences, and projected development or decline in specific regions;

(3) the current and future material and human resource needs that include facilities and equipment, employee requirements, and training and educational needs for the necessary manpower; (4) the market potential-including future travel demandsand future community developments and configurations that may affect transportation needs;

(5) the degree to which existing transportation networks can be further developed to meet future travel and goods movement demands in view of cost, land use, environmental, social, economic, and technological considerations; and

(6) the Federal program strategies and costs by mode of transportation necessary to achieve and maintain a desired transportation system in the year 2015.

This study shall be submitted to Congress on or before December 31, 1987.

(c) ESSENTIAL AIR SERVICE OPTIONS STUDY.-The Secretary of Transportation shall conduct a study of the impact to small and remote communities of the discontinuation of essential air service subsidies. The study shall, first, identify those communities which are likely to realize a transportation dislocation without some level of air service support. Having identified such communities, the Secretary shall identify various methods of continued air transportation support. In presenting these methods, the Secretary shall identify various financial support options for each. The study shall be conducted with appropriate consultation with affected communities. The Secretary shall transmit the study to the Congress by February 1, 1987.]

[SEC. 322. Within seven calendar days of the obligation date, the Urban Mass Transportation Administration shall publish in the Federal Register an announcement of each grant obligated pursuant to sections 3 and 9 of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as amended, including the grant number, the grant amount, and the transit property receiving each grant.]

[SEC. 323. The Secretary of Transportation shall enter into negotiations with the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for an amendment to the full funding contract in effect with regard to the Center City Commuter Connection (UMTA Project No. PA-03-0013): Provided, That the Secretary shall commence negotiations with the appropriate local authorities to enter into such agreement no later than 30 days after enactment of this section and shall conclude an agreement no later than 90 days after enactment of this section: Provided further, That the agreement shall provide for the reimbursement of the Federal share of extraordinary costs incurred by the City on the project, including, but not limited to, existing eminent domain damages, a reasonable estimate of anticipated eminent domain damages, and costs that the City incurred pursuant to the Northeast Corridor Improvement Project and the Northeast Rail Service Act of 1981.] [SEC. 324. (a) Section 411(f) of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 is amended by inserting "(1)" before "For the purposes" and by adding at the end of such action the following:

"(2) Maxi-Cube vehicle defineD-For purposes of this section, 'maxi-cube vehicle' means a truck tractor combined with a semitrailer and a separable cargo-carrying unit which is designed to

be loaded and unloaded through the semi-trailer, except that the entire combination shall not exceed 65 feet in length and the separable cargo-carrying unit shall not exceed 34 feet in length.". (b) Section 411(c) of such Act is amended by inserting after "prohibit" the following: "maxi-cube vehicles or".]

[SEC. 325. None of the funds in this Act shall be used for any study project involving access by a causeway or bridge across wetlands of the San Francisco Bay to U.S. Highway 880 in Alameda County, California.]

[SEC. 326. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used to prescribe, implement, or enforce a national policy specifying that only a single type of visual glideslope indicator can be funded under the facilities and equipment account or through the airport improvement program: Provided, however, That this prohibition shall not apply in the case of airports that are certified under Part 139 of the Federal Aviation Regulations.]

[SEC. 327. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to enforce any rules, policies, or guidelines which in any way condition, establish preference for, or otherwise base the granting or withholding of Federal assistance under this Act on the nature of the local transit planning or decision making process, or the decisions made as to the choice of public or private providers for the provision of mass transit services or functions: Provided, That it is not the intent of this section to supercede the existing statutory requirements of sections 3(e), 8(e), and 9(f) of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as amended.] [SEC. 329. The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to transfer appropriated funds under "Office of the Secretary, Salaries and expenses': Provided, That no appropriation shall be increased or decreased by more than 3 per centum by all such transfers: Provided further, That any such transfer shall be reported to the Committees on Appropriations.]

[SEC. 330. PROHIBITION ON LANDING RIGHTS OF SOUTH AFRICAN AIRCRAFT.

(a) PROHIBITION.-The Secretary of Transportation shall prohibit the takeoff and landing of any aircraft by a foreign air carrier owned, directly or indirectly, by the Government of South Africa or by South African nationals.

(b) EXCEPTIONS FOR EMERGENCIES.-The Secretary of Transportation may provide for such exceptions from the prohibition set forth in subsection (a) as the Secretary considers necessary to provide for emergencies in which the safety of an aircraft or its crew or passengers are threatened.

(c) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.-The Secretary of Transportation shall issue such regulations, licenses, and orders as are necessary to carry out this section.

(d) PENALTIES.

(1) FOR PERSONS OTHER THAN INDIVIDUALS.-Any person, other than an individual, that knowingly violates the provisions of this section or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry out this section shall be fined not more than $500,000.

(2) FOR INDIVIDuals.—Any individual who knowingly violates the provisions of this section or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry out this section shall be fined not more than $250,000, or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.

(3) ADDITIONAL PENALTIES FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS.—

(A) IN GENERAL.-Whenever a person commits a violation under paragraph (1) or (2)—

(i) any officer, director, or employee of such person, or any natural person in control of such person, who willfully ordered, authorized, acquiesced in, or carried out the act or practice constituting the violation, and

(ii) any agent of such person who willfully carried out such act or practice,

shall be fined not more than $250,000, or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.

(B) RESTRICTION ON PAYMENT OF FINES-A fine imposed under subparagraph (A) on an individual for an act or practice constituting a violation may not be paid, directly or indirectly, by the person committing the violation itself. (4) Seizure and forfeiture of AIRCRAFT-Any aircraft used in connection with a violation of this section or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry out this section shall be subject to seizure by and forfeiture to the United States. All provisions of law relating to the seizure, forfeiture, and condemnation of articles for violations of the customs laws, the disposition of such articles or the proceeds from the sale thereof, and the remission or mitigation of such forfeitures shall apply to the seizures and

forfeitures incurred, or alleged to have been incurred, under this paragraph, insofar as such provisions of law are applicable and not inconsistent with the provisions of this section; except that all powers, rights, and duties conferred or imposed by the customs laws upon any officer or employee of the Department of the Treasury shall, for purposes of this paragraph, be exercised or performed by the Secretary of Transportation or by such persons as the Secretary may designate.

(e) DEFINITIONS.

(1) AIRCRAFT AND FOREIGN AIR CARRIER.-The terms "aircraft" and "foreign air carrier" have the meanings given those terms in section 101 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. App. 1301).

(2) SOUTH AFRICA.-The term "South Africa" includes

(A) the Republic of South Africa;

(B) any territory under the administration, legal or illegal, of South Africa; and

(C) the "bantustans" or "homelands", to which South African blacks are assigned on the basis of ethnic origin, including the Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Ciskei, and Venda.

(3) SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL.-The term "South African national" means—

(A) a citizen of South Africa; and

(B) any partnership, corporation, or other entity organized under the laws of South Africa.

(f) APPLICABILITY TO EVASIONS.-This section and the regulations issued to carry out this section shall apply to any person who undertakes or causes to be undertaken any transaction or activity with the intent to evade this section or such regulations.]

[SEC. 332. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated under any heading in this Act or in Appropriations Acts for prior years and intended for studies, reports, or research, and related costs thereof including necessary capital expenses, are available for such purposes to be conducted through contracts or financial assistance agreements with the educational institutions which are specified in such Acts or in any report accompanying such Acts.] SEC. [333] 314. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Transportation may use [not to exceed one-half of 1 percent of

(1) the funds made available for fiscal year 1987 by section 21(a)2XB) of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as amended, to carry out section 3 of such Act to contract with any person to oversee the construction of any major project under such section;

(2)] any of:

(1) the funds appropriated for fiscal year [1987] 1988 pursuant to [section 21(a)(1) of] the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as amended, to carry out [section 9] sections 9 and 18 of such Act to contract with any person to oversee the construction of any major project under [such section;] the Act; and

[(3) the funds appropriated for fiscal year 1987 pursuant to section 21(a)(1) of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as amended, to carry out section 18 of such Act to contract with any person to oversee the construction of any major project under such section;]

[(4) the funds appropriated for fiscal year 1987 pursuant to section 4(g) of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as amended, to contract with any person to oversee the construction of any major public transportation project substituted for an Interstate segment withdrawn under section 103(eX4) of title 23, United States Code; and]

[(5)] (2) the funds appropriated for fiscal year [1987] 1988 pursuant to the National Capital Transportation Act of 1969 to contract with any person to oversee the construction of any major project under such Act.

(b) Any contract entered into under subsection (a) shall provide for the payment by the Secretary of Transportation of 100 percent of the cost of carrying out the contract.

[(c) This section shall take effect on October 1, 1986, and shall cease to be in effect at the close of September 30, 1987.]

[SEC. 334. The Secretary of Transportation shall permit the obligation of not to exceed $4,000,000, apportioned under title 23, United States Code, section 104(b)(5)(B) for the State of Florida for operating expenses of the Tri-County Commuter Rail Project in the area of Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties, Florida during the period Interstate 95 is under reconstruction in such area.]

Note.-Public Laws 99-500 and 99-591, section 101(1), provide funds to the extent and in the manner provided for in the conference version of H.R. 5205, Department of Transporta tion and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1987.

[SEC. 331. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER WORK FORCE REQUIREMENTS.— The Federal Aviation Administration shall satisfy the following crite ria by September 30, 1987:

"(a) total air traffic controller work force level of 15,000; "(b) with respect to the air traffic controller work force, of those individuals eligible to be Full Performance Level controllers, 70 percent shall have achieved Full Performance Level

status;

"(c) with respect to staffing at particular air traffic control facilities, of those individuals eligible to be Full Performance Level controllers, at least 60 percent at all centers and level 3 and above terminals shall have achieved Full Performance Level status.] (Public Laws 99-500 and 99-591, providing continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1987, section 101(1).) [SEC. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds in this or any other Act shall be used by the Coast Guard to participate in any demonstration project or to implement in any way the extension of the navigation season on the Great Lakes or the St. Lawrence River without written notification to and prior approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That nothing in this section shall preclude the Coast Guard from perform ing routine search and rescue operations.] (Public Laws 99-500 and 99-591, providing continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1987, section 112.)

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For necessary expenses of the [Office of the Secretary] Departmental Offices including operation and maintenance of the Treasury Building and Annex; hire of passenger motor vehicles; maintenance, repairs and improvements of, and purchase of commercial insurance policies for real properties leased or owned overseas, when necessary for the performance of official business; not to exceed [$22,000] $95,000 for official reception and representation expenses; not to exceed $200,000 for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury and to be accounted for solely on his certificate; not to exceed [$650,000] $573,000, to remain available until expended, for repairs and improvements to the Main Treasury Building and Annex, [$52,642,000] $81,041,000.

[INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS]

[For necessary expenses of the international affairs function of the Office of the Secretary, hire of passenger motor vehicles; maintenance, repairs, and improvements of, and purchase of commercial insurance policies for, real properties leased or owned overseas, when necessary for the performance of official business; not to exceed $2,000,000 for official travel expenses; and not to exceed $73,000 for official reception and representation expenses; $22,442,000.] (Treasury Department Appropriations Act, 1987, as included in Public Laws 99500 and 99-591, section 101(m).)

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Distribution of budget authority by account:

Departmental Offices-Salaries and expenses.. International affairs...

Distribution of outlays by account:

Departmental Offices-Salaries and expenses. International affairs...

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The Departmental Offices function serves as the principal policy formulation and management arm of the Secretary of the Treasury.

Secretarial policy and program development.-The Secretary has primary responsibility for formulating and recommending domestic and international financial policy, economic policy, and tax policy; managing the public debt; and participating in the formulation of broad fiscal policies that have general significance for the economy.

Inspector General.-This activity is responsible for maintaining a comprehensive audit and internal investigation program. It is organizationally independent and reports directly to the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary.

International affairs.-The programs conducted within this activity are designed to analyze and implement international monetary and development financing policy. Additional staff support is provided in areas concerned with international investment, trade, and balance of payments issues.

Departmental management and administration.-This activity provides central administrative policies and guidance to the entire Department; the direct administrative support required for the Departmental Offices operations; oversight and management of departmental information technology development; and computer support and services.

Buildings maintenance and operations.-This activity provides for maintenance and operation of the main Treasury Building and the Annex, including utilities, and custodial and craftsmen services. In addition, this activity provides for all telecommunications facilities

General and special funds-Continued

SALARIES AND EXPENSES-Continued

and services and the Federal buildings fund payment Identification code 20-5081-0-2-806
for all space occupied by the Departmental Offices out-
side of the Treasury Building and the Annex.

Repairs and improvements.-This activity provides the funding for major repairs and improvements to the Treasury Building and Annex.

Object Classification (in thousands of dollars)

Program by activities:

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN FUND
Program and Financing (in thousands of dollars)

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00.01 Matching funds in primaries....
00.02 Nominating conventions of parties.
00.03 Candidates for general elections.

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Matching funds in primaries.-Upon certification by the Federal Election Commission, every candidate enti tled to receive payments is entitled to an amount equal to the contributions each has received on or after the 7,472 beginning of the calendar year immediately preceding the election year.

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Program and Financing (in thousands of dollars)

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Nominating conventions of parties.-Upon certification by the Commission, payments may be made to the national committee of a major party or a minor party which elects to receive its entitlement. The total of such payments will be limited to the amount in the account at the time of payment. The national committee of each party may receive payments beginning on July 1 of the year immediately preceding the calendar year in which a presidential nominating convention of the political party is held. The two major parties will receive $3 million each, plus a cost-of-living increase.

Candidates for general elections.-The eligible candidates of each major party in a presidential election will be entitled to equal payments in an amount which, in the aggregate, shall not exceed $20 million each, plus a cost-of-living increase.

Also, provision is made for new parties, minor parties and candidates, who may receive in excess of 5 percent of the popular vote and, therefore, be entitled to reimbursement of qualified campaign expenditures.

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