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108 STAT. 2492 PUBLIC LAW 103-331—SEPT. 30, 1994 (b) The Secretary of Transportation shall allocate the amount of budgetary resources canceled among the Department's accounts (excluding the Maritime Administration) available for procurement and procurement-related expenses. Amounts available for procurement and procurement-related expenses in each such account shall be reduced by the amount allocated to such account. (c) For the purposes of this section, the definition of "procurement" includes all stages of the process of acquiring property or services, beginning with the process of determining a need for a product or services and ending with contract completion and closeout, as specified in 41 U.S.C. 403(2). SEC. 324. Of the funds appropriated in Public Law 103-122 for railroad-highway crossings projects, $20,000,000 shall be available for costs, not to exceed 80 percent, of a project to reduce rail-highway conflicts on M-59 near Pontiac, Michigan, and a project on Bristol Road near Flint, Michigan, including $500,000 which shall be made available to improve and upgrade Maple Road at Bishop Airport, Michigan: Provided, That of the funds appropriated in Public Law 94-387 for railroad-highway demonstration projects, $486,000 in unobligated balances shall be made available for the rail relocation project in Lafayette, Indiana. SEC, 324A. For necessary expenses to carry out a pilot project to provide direct financial assistance by contract, to a community group incorporated for the purpose of protecting the scenic qualities of a designated scenic byway, to demonstrate the effect of alternative highway designs on the scenic and historic qualities of a scenic byway, a sum of $100,000: Provided, That such amount be derived from moneys available for contract programs for a national scenic byways study made available by Public Law 101- 164 (Federal Highway Administration Limitation on General Operating Expenses) as further referenced by Conference Report 101-315 and not expended as of the date of this Act. SEC. 325. None of the funds provided by this Act shall be made available to any State, municipality or subdivision thereof that diverts revenue generated by a public airport in violation of the provisions of the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982, as amended. SEC. 326. None of the funds in this Act shall be available to implement or enforce regulations that would result in the withdrawal of a slot from an air carrier at O'Hare International Airport under section 93.223 of title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations in excess of the total slots withdrawn from that air carrier as of October 31, 1993 if such additional slot is to be allocated to an air carrier or foreign air carrier under section 93.217 of title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations. SEC. 327. None of the funds made available by this Act may be obligated or expended to design, construct, erect, modify or otherwise place any sign in any State relating to any speed limit, distance, or other measurement on any highway if such sign establishes such speed limit, distance, or other measurement using the metric system. SEC. 327A. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, tolls collected for motor vehicles on any bridge connecting the boroughs of Brookl5ai, New York, and Staten Island, New York, shall continue to be collected for only those vehicles exiting from such bridge in Staten Island.