Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 114 Part 1.djvu/594

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114 STAT. 558 PUBLIC LAW 106-246^JULY 13, 2000 Secretary of the Treasury shall not credit the appropriation under this heading with a reimbursement in excess of $8,983,000: Provided further. That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. Grants. 43 USC 7403 note. Deadline. Reports. GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER SEC. 2601. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds available under section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code, $1,200,000 shall be available for the Paso Del Norte International Bridge in the State of Texas; $9,000,000 shall be available for the U.S. 82 Mississippi River Bridge in the State of Mississippi; $2,000,000 shall be available for the Union Village/Cambridge Junction bridges in the State of Vermont; $5,000,000 shall be available for the Naheola Bridge in the State of Alabama; $3,000,000 shall be available for the Hoover Dam B3T)ass in the States of Arizona and Nevada; $3,000,000 shall be available for the Witt-Penn Bridge in the State of New Jersey; and $12,000,000 shall be available for the Florida Memiorial Bridge in the State of Florida. SEC. 2602. Of the funds transferred to the Department of Transportation for Year 2000 conversion of Federal information technology systems and related expenses pursuant to Public Law 105-277, $26,600,000 of the unobligated balance are hereby rescinded: Provided, That the Department of Transportation shall allocate this rescission among the appropriate accounts within the Department and report such allocation to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. SEC. 2603. (a) The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall make a grant for the purpose of carrying out the first year of a 2-year program to implement in five metropolitan areas pilot design programs developed under section 365(a)(2) of the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (113 Stat. 1028-1029). (b) The Administrator shall ensure that each pilot design program is implemented in accordance with recommendations developed by the National Telecommuting and Air Quality Steering Committee, in consultation with the local design teams. (c) Grants received under subsection (a) may be used for— (1) protocol development in the five metropolitan areas; (2) marketing of the telecommute, emissions reduction, pollution credits strategy and recruitment of participating employers; and (3) data gathering on emissions reductions. (d) In addition to the grant under subsection (a), for the purpose of carrying out the second year of the 2-year program referred to in subsection (a), the Administrator shall— (1) make a grant of $750,000 to the National Environmental Policy Institute (a nonprofit private entity incorporated under the laws of and located in the District of Columbia); and (2) make grants totaling $1,250,000 to local agencies within the five metropolitan areas referred to in subsection (a). (e) Not later than 360 days from first day of the second year of the 2-year program referred to in subsection (a), the Administrator shall transmit to Congress a report on the results of the program.