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Calendar No. 163 104th Congress Report SENATE 1st Session 104-126 _______________________________________________________________________ DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 1996 _______ August 4 (legislative day, July 10), 1995.--Ordered to be printed _______________________________________________________________________ Mr. Hatfield, from the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following R E P O R T [To accompany H.R. 2002] The Committee on Appropriations, to which was referred the bill (H.R. 2002) making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes, reports the same to the Senate with amendments and recommends that the bill as amended do pass.
* * * * * PERFORMANCE AWARDS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fiscal year Agency Fiscal year 1996 budget Committee 1995 limitation estimate recommendation ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bureau of Transportation Statistics.......... 13,981 22,427 18,000 * * * * *
RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION * * * * * Aviation information management The Aviation Information Management [AIM] Program provides financial and statistical economic data on individual air carrier operations and the air transportation industry. The AIM provides airline data and special project data services to DOT programs and users. It also arranges for access to the data by non-DOT parties through its reports reference room, the RSPA's center for transportation information at the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, and private sector information firms. The AIM Program became part of RSPA in 1985 to provide separation of its administration and direction from its users in the Office of the Secretary [OST] and the Federal Aviation Administration [FAA]. In fiscal year 1991, the airline tariffs function was transferred from OST to RSPA. Beginning in fiscal year 1995, the Department of Transportation transferred the AIM Program to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics consistent with BTS' primary role in statistical oversight. In fiscal year 1996, funding for the AIM Program has been shifted to BTS and OST. * * * * * BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS Appropriations, 1995.................................................... Budget estimate, 1996................................... $2,322,000 (By transfer)....................................... (20,000,000) House allowance......................................................... Committee recommendation................................ 2,200,000 (By transfer) (20,000,000) The Aviation Statistics Program is proposed for transfer from the Research and Special Programs Administration to this new account. The rationale for this transfer is to put the responsibility for the compilation and analysis of airline economic data with the office that has broad authority to collect and analyze transportation statistics across a wide spectrum. Airline data is a significant component in DOT's intermodal data banks because most interstate and international commercial passengers travel by air. This program includes a small field office located in Anchorage, AK, which provides consumers with reliable and timely airline data related to essential air service and intra-Alaskan mail rate programs. Twenty FTE's and $2,322,000 are requested in support of this program. For fiscal year 1995, the program resources will be transferred by a memorandum of agreement [MOU] signed by RSPA and BTS. The Committee has included a general fund appropriation of $2,200,000 for the Aviation Statistics Office transfer.