FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION

FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION Office of the Administrator For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Administration, not otherwise provided for, $13,090,000, of which $1,508,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the planning or execution of a program making commitments to guarantee new loans under the Emergency Rail Services Act of 1970, as amended, and that no new commitments to guarantee loans under section 211(a) or 211(h) of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, as amended, shall be made: Provided further, That, as part of the Washington Union Station transaction in which the Secretary assumed the first deed of trust on the property and, where the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation or any successor is obligated to make payments on such deed of trust on the Secretary’s behalf, including payments on and after September 30, 1988, the Secretary is authorized to receive such payments directly from the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation, credit them to the appropriation charged for the first deed of trust, and make payments on the first deed of trust with those funds: Provided further, That such additional sums as may be necessary for payment on the first deed of trust may be advanced by the Administrator from unobligated balances available to the Federal Railroad Administration, to be reimbursed from payments received from the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation. 108 STAT. 2480 Local Rail Freight Assistance For necessary expenses for rail assistance under section 5(q) of the Department of Transportation Act, as amended, $17,000,000, to remain available until expended. Railroad Safety For necessary expenses in connection with railroad safety, not otherwise provided for, $47,729,000, of which $2,600,000 shall remain available until expended. Railroad Research and Development For necessary expenses including grants for railroad research and development, $20,500,000, to remain available until expended. Northeast Corridor Improvement Program For necessary expenses related to Northeast Corridor improvements authorized by title VII of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976, as amended (45 U.S.C. 851 et seq.) and the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 1988, $200,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 1997. Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Program The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to issue to the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obligations pursuant to section 512 of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–210), as amended, in such amounts and at such times as may be necessary to pay any amounts required pursuant to the guarantee of the principal amount of obligations under sections 511 through 513 of such Act, such authority to exist as long as any such guaranteed obligation is outstanding: Provided, That no new loan guarantee commitments shall be made during fiscal year 1995: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for fiscal year 1989 and each fiscal year thereafter all amounts realized from the sale of notes or securities sold under authority of title V of such Act shall be considered as current year domestic discretionary outlay offsets and not as “asset sales” or “loan prepayments” as defined by section 257(12) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That any underwriting fees and related expenses shall be derived solely from the proceeds of the sales. National Magnetic Levitation Prototype Development (limitation on obligations) (highway trust fund) None of the funds in this Act shall be available for the planning or execution of the National Magnetic Levitation Prototype Development program as defined in subsections 1036(b) and 1036(d)(1)(A) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991. 108 STAT. 2481 Next Generation High Speed Rail For necessary expenses for Next Generation High Speed Rail studies, corridor planning, development, demonstration, and implementation, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds under this head may be made available for grants to states for high speed rail corridor design, feasibility studies, environmental analyses and track and signal improvements. Trust Fund Share of Next Generation High Speed Rail (liquidation of contract authorization) (highway trust fund) For grants and payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions of the High-Speed Ground Transportation program as defined in subsections 1036(c) and 1036(d)(1)(B) of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, including planning and environmental analyses, $3,400,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the implementation or execution of programs the obligations for which are in excess of $5,000,000. Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation authorized by 45 U.S.C. 601, to remain available until expended, $772,000,000, of which $542,000,000 shall be available for operating losses incurred by the Corporation, for mandatory passenger rail service payments, and for labor protection costs, and of which $230,000,000, not to become available until July 1, 1995, shall be available for capital improvements: Provided, That none of the funds herein appropriated shall be used for lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles or for the hire of vehicle operators for any officer or employee, other than the president of the Corporation, excluding the lease of passenger motor vehicles for those officers or employees while in official travel status: Provided further, That of the funds provided under this head for operating losses, $8,000,000 is available only for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation’s share of short-term avoidable losses for state-supported rail services authorized under section 403(b) of the Rail Passenger Service Act, as amended. Rhode Island Rail Development For the costs associated with construction of a third track on the Northeast Corridor between Davisville and Central Falls, Rhode Island, with sufficient clearance to accommodate double stack freight cars, $5,000,000, to be matched by the State of Rhode Island or its designee on a dollar for dollar basis and to remain available until expended: Provided, That as a condition of accepting such funds, the Providence and Worcester (P&W) Railroad shall enter into an agreement with the Secretary to reimburse Amtrak and/or the Federal Railroad Administration, on a dollar for dollar basis, up to the first $5,000,000 in damages resulting from any108 STAT. 2482 legal action initiated by the P&W Railroad under its existing contracts with Amtrak relating to the provision of vertical clearances between Davisville and Central Falls in excess of those required for present freight operations. Pennsylvania Station Redevelopment Project For grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, $40,000,000, to remain available until expended, for engineering, design and construction activities to enable the James A. Farley Post Office in New York City to be used as a train station and commercial center: Provided, That the Secretary may retain from these funds such amounts as the Secretary shall deem appropriate to undertake the environmental and historic preservation analyses associated with this project: Provided further, That none of these funds may be expended for construction activities (except for emergency and short-term and related repairs and environmental restoration) until the participants have entered into a binding agreement satisfactory to the Secretary that contains financial and related commitments from the participants sufficient to ensure the completion of the project: Provided further, That no funds provided under this head shall be available until authorized by law.