112 STAT. 490 PUBLIC LAW 105-178—JUNE 9, 1998 "(iii) 69-8048-0 -7 -401 (National Motor Carrier Safety Program). "(iv) 69-8016-0-7 -401 (Operations and Research NHTSA). "(C) The term 'mass transit category* refers to the following budget accounts or portions thereof that are subject to the obligation limitations on contract authority provided in the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century and for which appropriations are provided pursuant to authorizations contained in that Act (except that appropriations provided pursuant to section 5338(h) of title 49, United States Code, as amended by this section, shall not be included in this category): "(i) 69-8191-0 -7 -401 (Mass Transit Capital Fund), "(ii) 69-8350 -0-7 -401 (Trust Fund Share of Expenses), " (iii) 69-1129-0 -1 -401 (Formula Grants), "(iv) 69-1120-0 -1-401 (Administrative Expenses), "(v) 69-1136-0 -1 -401 (University Transportation Centers). "(vi) 69-1137-0 -1 -401 (Transit Planning and Research). "(D) SPECIAL RULE.— (i) Any outlays in excess of the discretionary spending limit set forth in section 251(c) for the highway or mass transit category, as adjusted, for the budget year shall be considered nondefense category outlays or discretionary category outlays. "(ii) If the obligation limitations for accounts in the highway or mass transit category provided in an appropriation Act for a fiscal year exceed the obligation limitations set forth in section 8103 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century for that year, as adjusted, the estimated outlays flowing for each outyear from such excess obligations calculated pursuant to clause (iii) shall be attributed to the discretionary category in that outyear. "(iii) For purposes of clause (ii), outlays from excess obligations shall be determined using the average of the spendout rates for that category in the baseline.", (d) ADJUSTMENT TO HIGHWAY AND MASS TRANSIT CAT- EGORIES. —Section 251(b)(1) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 2 USC 901. Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by— (1) striking "When" and inserting: "(A) CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS. —When"; and ' (2) adding at the end the following: "(B) ADJUSTMENT TO ALIGN HIGHWAY SPENDING WITH REVENUES. —(i) When the President submits the budget under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, OMB shall calculate and the budget shall include adjustments to the highway category for the budget year and each outyear as provided in clause (iiXIXcc). "(iiXIXaa) OMB shall take the actual level of highway receipts for the year before the current year and subtract the sum of the estimated level of highway receipts in subclause (II) plus any amount previously calculated under item (bb) for that year. "(bb) OMB shall take the current estimate of highway receipts for the budget year and subtract the estimated level of receipts for that year.
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