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[Omissions are indicated by ellipses: "* * * * *"]
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105 th Congress
Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session
105 188
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES
APPROPRIATIONS BILL,
1998
July 16, 1997.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. Wolf , from the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the
following
REPORT
together with
ADDITIONAL VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 2169]
The Committee on Appropriations submits the following report in
explanation of the accompanying bill making appropriations for the
Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 1998.
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Bureau of Transportation Statistics. --The Committee recognizes the
importance of timely and credible transportation data collection and
analysis in making sound federal investments. Therefore, the Committee
encourages the Bureau of Transportation Statistics to work with
qualified universities, including the University of Minnesota's Humphrey
Institute, to develop a model program for policy analysis of
transportation statistical information. The collaboration should provide
recommendations for an on-going program of regional transportation data
collection, management, integration, dissemination, interpretation and
analysis. The Bureau is directed to report to the Committee by May 1,
1998 on its progress.
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Section 323 allows funds received by the Bureau of Transportation
Statistics from the sale of data products to be used for necessary
expenses incurred pursuant to the provisions of section 6006 of the
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991.
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APPROPRIATIONS NOT AUTHORIZED BY LAW
Pursuant to clause 3 of rule XXI of the House of Representatives, the
following lists the appropriations in the accompanying bill which are
not authorized by law:
United States Coast Guard
Federal Aviation Administration
Federal Highway Administration
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Federal Railroad Administration
Federal Transit Administration
Research and Special Programs Administration
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Amtrak Route Closure and Realignment Commission
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