112 STAT. 204 PUBLIC LAW 105-178-JUNE 9, 1998 SEC. 1214. FEDERAL ACTIVITIES. District of (a) ACCESS TO JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING Columbia. ARTS.— 20 USC 76j note. (i) STUDY. — The Secretary, in cooperation with the District of Columbia, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and the Department of the Interior and in consultation with other interested persons, shall conduct a study of methods to improve pedestrian and vehicular access to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. (2) REPORT. — Not later than September 30, 1999, the Secretary shall transmit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate a report containing the results of the study with an assessment of the impacts (including environmental, aesthetic, economic, and historical impacts) associated with the implementation of each of the methods examined under the study. (3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. — There 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 fiscal year 1998. (4) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE 23, UNITED STATES CODE.— 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 Federal share of the cost of activities conducted using such funds shall be 100 percent and such funds shall remain available until expended. 20 USC 50 note. (b) SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM. — (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall allocate amounts made available by this subsection for obligation at the discretion of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, in consultation with the Secretary, to carry out projects and activities described in paragraph (2). (2) ELIGIBLE USES.—Amounts allocated under paragraph (1) may be obligated only— (A) for transportation-related exhibitions, exhibits, and educational outreach programs; (B) to enhance the care and protection of the Nation's collection of transportation-related artifacts; (C) to acquire historically significant transportationrelated artifacts; and (D) to support research programs within the Smithsonian Institution that document the history and evolution of transportation, in cooperation with other museums in the United States. (3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. — There is authorized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1998 through 2003 to carry out this subsection. (4) 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 Federal share of the cost of any project or activity under this subsection shall be 100 percent and such funds shall remain available until expended.
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