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105 th Congress
Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session
105 313
MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND
RELATED AGENCIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1998, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES
October 7, 1997.--Ordered to be printed
Mr. Wolf , from the committee on conference, submitted the following
CONFERENCE REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 2169]
The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two
Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2169) ``making
appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related agencies
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes,''
having met, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and
do recommend to their respective Houses as follows:
That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the
Senate, and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows:
In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said amendment, insert:
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Sec. 324. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received by the
Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the sale of data products, for
necessary expenses incurred pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 111 may be credited to
the Federal-aid highways account for the purpose of reimbursing the
Bureau for such expenses: Provided, That such funds shall not be subject
to the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways and highway safety
construction.
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JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE
The managers on the part of the House and the Senate at the
conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendment
of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2169) making appropriations for the
Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes, submit the following
joint statement to the House of Representatives and the Senate in
explanation of the effect of the action agreed upon by the managers and
recommended in the accompanying conference report.
The Senate deleted the entire House bill after the enacting clause
and inserted the Senate bill. The conference agreement includes a
revised bill.
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BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS
Funding for the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) is
provided through the federal-aid highways budget. The Intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA) authorized $25,000,000 for
fiscal year 1997, and the conference agreement defers funding decisions
for fiscal year 1998 to the appropriate authorizing committees which
shall determine BTS' funding levels in fiscal year 1998 in the context
of the reauthorization of ISTEA. The conferees are concerned, however,
that the BTS has sought to reduce activities of the Office of Airline
Information (OAI), whose mission is to provide the US government, the
department and other users with uniform and comprehensive financial,
traffic, and economic data on individual air carrier operations and the
air transportation industry, citing insufficient funding. Last year the
conferees noted that ample funding was provided through BTS' core
program to fund all on-going activities related to OAI, and the
conferees again expect that all OAI activities shall be fully funded in
fiscal year 1998 within the core funding provided to the BTS.
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The conference agreement includes the Senate technical correction to
the House provision that allows for the sale and credit of receipts for
Bureau of Transportation Statistics data products.
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