RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION Research and Special Programs For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the Research and Special Programs Administration, $23,937,000, of which $574,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, and of which $7,606,000 shall remain available until September 30, 1998: Provided, That up to $1,000,000 in fees collected under 49 U.S.C. 5108(g) shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided further, That there may be credited to this appropriation funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for training, for reports publication and dissemination. Pipeline Safety (pipeline safety fund) For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of the pipeline safety program for grants-in-aid to carry out a pipeline safety program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 60107 and the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979, as amended, and to discharge the pipeline program responsibilities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $31,448,000, of which $2,698,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund and shall remain available until September 30, 1998; and of which $28,750,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which $19,423,000 shall remain 109 STAT. 451 available until September 30, 1998: Provided, That from amounts made available herein from the Pipeline Safety Fund, not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for grants to States for the development and establishment of one-call notification systems. Emergency Preparedness Grants (emergency preparedness fund) For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5127(c), $400,000 to be derived from the Emergency Preparedness Fund, to remain available until September 30, 1998: Provided, That not more than $8,890,000 shall be made available for obligation in fiscal year 1996 from amounts made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i) and 5127(d): Provided further, That no such funds shall be made available for obligation by individuals other than the Secretary of Transportation, or his designees.