103 STAT. 1100 PUBLIC LAW 101-164—NOV. 21, 1989 Uniformed services. Environmental protection. Reports. not be considered an abandonment of that property by Union Pacific Railroad Company. SEC. 343. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds avail- able to the Coast Guard under the head "Operating Expenses" in this Act shall be available for expenses incurred in fiscal year 1990 by the Coast Guard in responding to any oilspill. SEC. 344. Before making the allocation of sums authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1990 for public lands highways, the Secretary of Transportation shall set aside $2,000,000 for the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway in the State of Wyoming, to be available until expended. SEC. 345. Of the funds made available to the Federal Railroad Administration under the head "Railroad Research and Develop- ment", $500,000 shall be available to identify suitable toilet and waste retention technologies that do not discharge onto tracks to be included as part of future year passenger car acquisitions. The Federal Railroad Administration shall report its findings to the appropriate committees within nine months after passage of this Act. SEC. 346. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or any other law, funds appropriated or made available by this Act or any other Act, for purposes of section 104(c) of the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979 (49 U.S.C. App. 2104(c)), may also be expended for soundproofing of private schools in a noise impact area surrounding an airport which, on the date of the enactment of this Act, has submitted a noise abatement plan pursuant to Federal Aviation Regulation 150 but such plan has not, as of such date, been acted on by the Secretary of Transportation. The expenditure of such funds pursuant to this section shall be at the discretion of the Secretary of Transportation, and in accordance with regulatory requirements applicable to soundproofing of public schools under section 104(c). SEC. 347. Not more than $14,000,000 of the funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated or expended for the procurement of advisory or assistance services by the Department of Trsmspor- tation. 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ALASKA HIGHWAY SEC. 348. (a)(1) Since 1992 marks the 50th anniversary of the construction of the Alaska Highway, the first and only road link between Alaska and the contiguous United States; (2) Since the construction of the Alaska Highway across Canada was an enormous feat of engineering, accomplished in less than a year; (3) Since the Alaska Highway played a key part in the progression of Alaska from a territory to a State; (4) Since Project 92, the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Alaska Highway in 1992, is to be a major international event involving the United States, Alaska and Canada; and (5) Since Project 92 is designed to recognize the historical signifi- cance and heritage of the Alaska Highway and its contribution to the development of Alaska and Canada: Now, therefore, be it (b) Declared that it is the sense of the Senate that the U.S. Department of Transportation should join with the State of Alaska and the Great Alaska Highways Society in planning the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Alaska Highway as well as appro- priate improvements of the Highway.
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