Page Highway capacity improvement demonstration project......... 77 77 77 77 78 Kentucky bridge demonstration project..... Virginia HOV safety demonstration project.. Urban highway corridor demonstration project Bridge rehabilitation demonstration project. 78 78 78 Road extension demonstration Corridor G Improvement Project....... Corning Bypass Safety Demonstration Project Spring Mountain demonstration project. Urban airport access safety demonstration project.. Highway demonstration project-preliminary engineering Corridor safety improvement project.. Corridor H improvement project Des Moines Inner Loop Demonstration Project. 79 79 79 79 79 80 80 80 80 81 81 81 Manhattan bridge replacement demonstration project. Junction City highway improvement demonstration project. Operations and research..... Highway traffic safety grants.. 81 82 NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFic Safety AdMINISTRATION Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) Interstate Commerce Commission-Continued Payments for directed rail service........ Panama Canal Commission: Operating expenses Capital outlay... Department of the Treasury: Rebate of St. Lawrence Seaway tolls TITLE III: GENERAL PROVISIONS Page 123 124 124 124 125 TOTAL OBLIGATIONAL AUTHORITY PROVIDED-GENERAL FUNDS AND TRUST FUNDS In addition to the appropriation of $11,937,504,569 in new budget authority for fiscal year 1990, large amounts of contract authority are provided by law, the obligation limits for which are contained in the annual appropriations bill. The principal items in this category are the trust funded programs for Federal-aid highways, for the Mass Transit Capital Fund, and for airport development grants. For fiscal year 1990, estimated obligation limitations total $14,885,880,000. PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY During fiscal year 1990, for the purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 99-177), as amended, with respect to appropriations contained in the accompanying bill, the terms "program, project, and activity" shall mean any item for which a dollar amount is contained in appropriations acts (including joint resolutions providing continuing appropriations) or accompanying reports of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, or accompanying conference reports and joint explanatory statements of the committee of conference. This definition shall apply to all programs for which new budget (obligational) authority is provided, as well as to discretionary grants, Urban Mass Transportation Administration, and interstate transfer grants-highways, Federal Highway Administration. In addition, the percentage reductions made pursuant to a sequestration order to funds appropriated for facilities and equipment, Federal Aviation Administration, and for acquisition, construction, and improvements, Coast Guard, shall be applied equally to each budget item that is listed under said accounts in the budget justifications submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations as modified by subsequent appropriations acts and accompanying committee reports, conference reports, or joint explanatory statements of the committee of conference Section 3 of the Department of Transportation Act of October 15, 1966 (Public Law 89-670) provides for establishment of the Office of the Secretary of Transportation [OST]. The Office of the Secretary is composed of the Secretary's immediate office, the Office of the General Counsel, and five assistant secretarial offices for policy and international affairs, budget and programs, governmental affairs, administration, and public affairs respectively. These secretarial offices have policy development and central supervisory and coordinating functions related to the overall planning and direction of the Department of Transportation, including staff assistance and general management supervision of the counterpart offices in the operating administrations of the Department. The Minority Business Resource Center is also housed in OST. Its mission is to assist minority business firms in securing contracts on federally assisted transportation projects. In addition, the salaries, administrative expenses, and associated housekeeping costs of certain former Civil Aeronautics Board functions transferred to the Department of Transportation are funded here and in the "Payments to air carriers" appropriation. The Committee recommends $56,470,000 for the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Secretary of Transportation. This is slightly below the estimate and $1,613,000 above the House allow |