114 STAT. 2763A-210 PUBLIC LAW 106-554—APPENDIX D facilities operated by the St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation on the St. Lawrence River portion of the Seaway. (b) DEFINITIONS. —Unless otherwise defined by a provision of law or regulation requiring that towing assistance or escort be rendered to vessels transiting United States waters or navigation facilities, for purposes of this section— (1) the term "towing assistance" means operations by an assisting vessel in direct contact with an assisted vessel (including hull-to-hull, by towline, including if only pre-tethered, or made fast to that vessel by one or more lines) for purposes of exerting force on the assisted vessel to control or to assist in controlling the movement of the assisted vessel; and (2) the term "escort operations" means accompanying a vessel for the purpose of providing towing or towing assistance to the vessel. SEC. 1120. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Commandant of the United States Coast Guard is hereby authorized to utilize $100,000 of the amounts made available for fiscal year 2001 for environmental compliance and restoration of Coast Guard facilities to reimburse the owner of the former Coast Guard lighthouse facility at Cape May, New Jersey, for costs incurred for clean-up of lead contaminated soil at that facility. SEC. 1121. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, $2,400,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund, shall be available for planning, development and construction of rural farm-to-market roads in Tulare County, California: Provided, That the non-Federal share of such improvements shall be 20 percent. SEC. 1122. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and subject to the availability of funds appropriated specifically for the project, the Coast Guard is authorized to transfer funds in an amount not to exceed $200,000 and project management authority to the Traverse City Area Public School District for the purposes of demolition and removal of the structure commonly known as "Building 402" at former Coast Guard property located in Traverse City, Michigan, and associated site work. No such funds shall be transferred until the Coast Guard receives a detailed, fixed price estimate from the School District describing the nature and cost of the work to be performed, and the Coast Guard shall transfer only that amount of funds it and the School District consider necessary to complete the project. SEC. 1123. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for necessary expenses for Alabama A&M University buses and bus facilities, $500,000, to be derived from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until expended. SEC. 1124. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, prior to the fiscal year 2002 apportionment of "Fixed Guideway Modernization" funds authorized under section 5309(a)(1)(E) of title 49, United States Code, $7,047,502 of funds made available in fiscal year 2002 by section 5338(b) of title 49, United States Code, for the "Fixed Guideway Modernization" program shall be distributed by the Federal Transit Administration to an urbanized area over 200,000 that did not receive amounts of fixed guideway modernization formula grants to which such area was lawfully entitled for fiscal years 1999-2001 in view of eligibility determinations made under chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, during the 6 months prior to the effective date of this Act: Provided,
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