PUBLIC LAW 105-18^JUNE 12, 1997 111 STAT. 193 CHAPTERS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION COAST GUARD OPERATING EXPENSES For an additional amount for "Operating Expenses", $1,600,000, for necessary expenses directly related to support activities in the TWA Flight 800 crash investigation, to remain available until expended. RETIRED PAY For an additional amount for "Retired Pay", $9,200,000. FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS EMERGENCY RELIEF PROGRAM (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) For an additional amount for the Emergency Relief Program for emergency expenses resulting from flooding and other natural disasters, as authorized by 23 U.S.C. 125, $650,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That 23 U.S.C. 125(b)(1) shall not apply to projects resulting from the December 1996 and January 1997 flooding in the western States. FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS (LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) (HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) The limitation under this heading in Public Law 104-205 is increased by $694,810,534: Provided, That such additional authority shall remain available during fiscal year 1997: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the authority provided herein above shall be distributed to ensure that States receive an amount they would have received had the Highway Trust Fund fiscal year 1994 income statement not been understated prior to the revision on December 24, 1996: Provided further. That notwithstanding any other provision of law, $318,077,043 of the amount provided herein above shall be distributed to assure that States receive obligation authority that they would have received had the Highway Trust Fund fiscal year 1995 income statement not been revised on December 24, 1996: Provided further. That the remaining authority provided herein above shall be distributed to those States whose share of Federal-aid obligation limitation under section 310 of Public Law 104-205 is less than the amount such States received under section 310(a) of Public Law 104-50 in fiscal year 1996 in a ratio equal to the amounts necessary
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