PUBLIC LAW 105-178-JUNE 9, 1998 112 STAT. 197 (D) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. —T here is authorized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) to carry out this subsection $500,000 for each of fiscal years 1998 through 2003. (E) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE 23. —Funds authorized by this subsection shall be available for obligation in the same manner as if such funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, except that the funds shall remain available until expended. (p) HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR TRAINING FACILITY.— (1) ESTABLISHMENT. — The Secretary shall establish a heavy equipment operator training facility in Hibbing, Minnesota. The purpose of the facility shall be to develop an appropriate curriculum for training, and to train operators and future operators of heavy equipment in the safe use of such equipment. (2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— There is authorized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) $500,000 for each of fiscal years 1998 and 1999 to carry out this subsection. (3) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE 23.—Funds made available to carry out this subsection shall be available for obligation in the same manner as if such funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code; except that the Federal share of the cost of establishment of the facility under this subsection shall be 80 percent and such funds shall remain available until expended. (q) MOTOR CARRIER OPERATOR VEHICLE AND TRAINING FACILITY.— (1) ESTABLISHMENT. — The Secretary shall make grants to Pennsylvania, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to establish and operate an advanced tractor trailer safety and operator training facility in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. The purpose of the facility shall be to develop and coordinate an advance curriculum for the training of operators and future operators of tractor trailers. The facility shall conduct training on the test track at Letterkenny Army Depot and the unused segment of the Pennsylvania Turnpike located in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. The facility shall be operated by a not-for-profit entity and, when Federal assistance is no longer being provided with respect to the facility, shall be privately operated. (2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— There is authorized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) $500,000 for each of fiscal years 1998 through 2003 to carry out this subsection. (3) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE 23.— Funds made available to carry out this subsection shall be available for obligation in the same manner as if such funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, except that such funds shall remain available until expended and the Federal share of the cost of establishment and operation of the facility under this subsection shall be 80 percent. (r) HIGH PRIORITY LAS VEGAS INTERMODAL CENTER.— (1) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary shall provide $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 and $2,500,000 for fiscal year 2000 for the High Priority Las Vegas Intermodal Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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