PUBLIC LAW 106-69—OCT. 9, 1999 113 STAT. 1023 the Federal Highway Administrator shall not carry out the duties and functions vested in the Secretary under 49 U.S.C. 521(b)(5). SEC. 339. Section 3027 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (49 U.S.C. 5307 note; 112 Stat. 336) is amended by adding at the end the following: "(e) GOVERNMENT SHARE FOR OPERATING ASSISTANCE TO CER- TAIN SMALLER URBANIZED AREAS. — Notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 5307(e), a grant of the Government for operating expenses of a project under 49 U.S.C. 5307(b) in fiscal years 1999 and 2000 to any recipient that is providing transit services in an urbanized area with a population between 128,000 and 128,200, as determined in the 1990 census, and that had adopted a 5-year transit plan before September 1, 1998, may not be more than 80 percent of the net project cost.". SEC. 340. Funds provided in Public Law 104-205 for the Griffm light rail project shall be available for alternative analysis and environmental impact studies for other transit alternatives in the Griffin corridor from Hartford to Bradley International Airport. SEC. 341. Section 3030(c)(l)(A)(v) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (Public Law 105-178) is amended by 112 Stat. 373. striking "Light Rail". SEC. 342. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Federal share of projects funded under section 3038(g)(1)(B) of Public Law 105-178 shall not exceed 90 percent of the project cost. SEC. 343. Of the funds made available to the Coast Guard in this Act under "Acquisition, construction, and improvements", $10,000,000 is only for necessary expenses to siipport a portion of the acquisition costs, currently estimated at $128,000,000, of a multi-mission vessel to replace the Mackinaw icebreaker in the Great Lakes, to remain available until September 30, 2005. SEC. 344. None of the funds made available in this Act may be obligated or expended to extend a single hull tank vessel's double hull compliance date under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 due to conversion of the vessel's single hull design by adding a double bottom or double side after August 18, 1990, unless specifically authorized by 46 U.S.C. 3703a(e). SEC. 345. None of the funds in this Act may be used for the plgmning or development of the California State Route 710 Freeway extension project through South Pasadena, California (as approved in the Record of Decision on State Route 710 Freeway, issued by the United States Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, on April 13, 1998). SEC. 346. Hereafter, none of the funds made available under Peanuts, this Act or any other Act, may be used to implement, carry out, 49 USC 41705 or enforce any regulation issued under section 41705 of title 49, United States Code, including any regulation contained in part 382 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, or any other provision of law (including any Act of Congress, regulation, or Executive order or any official guidance or correspondence thereto), that requires or encourages an air carrier (as that term is defined in section 40102 of title 49, United States Code) to, on intrastate or interstate air transportation (as those terms are defined in section 40102 of title 49, United States Code)— (1) provide a peanut-free buffer zone or any other related peanut-restricted area; or (2) restrict the distribution of peanuts, note.
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