Pub. L. 104-50, tit. III, sec. 335

Sec. 335. Of the budgetary resources provided to the Department of Transportation (excluding the Maritime Administration) during fiscal year 1996, $25,000,000 are permanently canceled: Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation shall reduce the existing field office structure, and to the extent practicable collocate and consolidate the Department’s surface transportation field offices and administrative activities: Provided further, That the Secretary may for the purpose of consolidation of offices and facilities other than those at Headquarters, after notification to and approval of 109 STAT. 458 the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, transfer the funds made available by this Act for civilian and military personnel compensation and benefits and other administrative expenses to other appropriations made available to the Department of Transportation as the Secretary may designate, to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes and for the same time period as the appropriations of funds to which transferred: Provided further, That no appropriation shall be increased or decreased by more than ten per centum by all such transfers: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 5 U.S.C. 905(b), the President may prepare and transmit to Congress not later than the date for transmittal to Congress of the Budget Request for Fiscal Year 1997, a reorganization plan pursuant to chapter 9 of title 5, United States Code, for the reorganization of the surface transportation activities of the Department of Transportation and the relationship of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation to the Department.