PUBLIC LAW 96-131—NOV. 30, 1979
93 STAT. 1039
SEC. 313. Appropriations under the heading "Facilities and Equipment (Airport and Airway Trust Fund)" in the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Acts, and supplemental appropriations Acts, 1978 and 1979, shall be available through fiscal years 1982 and 1983 respectively. SEC. 314. None of the funds in this Act shall be available for the administrative expenses of making a new loan guarantee during fiscal year 1980 for any aircraft purchase loan, pursuant to the Act of September 7, 1957 (71 Stat. 629), as amended, which causes the aggregate of all such guarantees made during fiscal year 1980 to exceed $650,000,000 in principal amount: Provided, That the funds in this Act shall be available for the guarantee of loans for the refinancing of aircraft purchased after January 20, 1979, if an application for an aircraft purchase loan guarantee covering such aircraft was filed prior to that date but after October 24, 1978, and if such application meets the requirements of section 42(d) of the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978. SEC. 315. None of the funds provided under this Act shall be available for constructing an extension of the Dulles airport access highway prior to an agreement with the Commonwealth of Virginia under which that Commonwealth assumes responsibility for maintenance and operation of such extension. SEC. 316. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be available for the implementation or execution of programs the obligations for which are in excess of $60,000,000 in fiscal year 1980 for the "Offshore Oil Pollution Compensation Fund." SEC. 317. (a) None of the funds provided in this Act may be used to implement or enforce any standard or regulation which requires any motor vehicle to be equipped with an occupant restraint system (other than a belt system). (b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the use of funds provided in this Act for any research and development activity relating to occupant restraint systems. SEC. 318. None of the funds appropriated in this Act for the Panama Canal (Commission may be expended unless in conformance with the Panama Canal Treaties of 1977 and any law implementing those treaties. SEC. 319. None of the funds provided in this Act may be used for planning or construction of rail-highway crossings under section 322(a) of title 23, United States Code, or under sections 701(a)(5) or section 703(1)(A) of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 at the— (1) School Street crossing in Groton, Connecticut; and (2) Broadway Extension crossing in Stonington, Connecticut. This Act may be cited as the "Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1980." Approved November 30, 1979. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 96-272 (Comm. on Appropriations) and No. 96-610 (Comm. of Conference). SENATE REPORT No. 96-377 (Comm. on Appropriations). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 125 (1979): July 23, Sept. 18, considered and passed House. Nov. 1, considered and passed Senate, amended. Nov. 15, House agreed to conference report; receded from its disagreement and concurred in certain Senate amendments and in others with amendments. Nov. 19, Senate agreed to conference report and concurred in House amendments.
91 Stat. 402. 92 Stat. 435. Funds limitations. Loan guarantee for aircraft purchase loans. 49 USC 1324 note.
92 Stat. 1749. 49 USC 1324 note. Dulles ainwrt access highway extension. Offshore Oil Pollution Compensation Fund.
Occupant restraint systems, research and development. Panama Canal Commission. Rail-highway crossings, planning, or construction. 45 USC 851, 855!.
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