PUBLIC LAW 97-125—DEC. 29, 1981
95 STAT. 1669
"SEC. 113. (a) There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Transportation such sums as may be necessary to meet lease and other obligations, including maintenance requirements, incurred by the Secretary and assigned to the Secretary of Transportation under this subtitle. The Secretary shall transfer to the Secretary of Transportation at the time of such assignment such sums as may have been appropriated to the Secretary to meet such obligations and not yet expended as of the date of such assignment. "(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 102(a)(5) of this title, the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to purchase for the United States any property that was leased by the Secretary under subtitle A of this title and assigned to the Secretary of Transportation under this subtitle. The purchase agreement for such property may provide for payment by the Secretary of Transportation over a term not to exceed six years. There are autnorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Transportation, in addition to the sums authorized by subsection (a) of this section, not to exceed $275,000 per year for not to exceed six years to carry out such purchase. Such purchase shall not be subject to the provisions of title III of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C.4651etseq.). "SEC. 114. (a) The Secretary of Transportation shall, on an emergency basis, carry out an engineering survey of all existing structures at the Union Station complex for the following purposes: "(1) to determine those actions necessary or desirable to preserve the long-term structural integrity of, and provide functional utility systems for, the historic Union Station building; "(2) in cooperation with Amtrak, to determine those actions necessary or desirable to restore rail passenger handling functions to the historic Union Station building and otherwise improve rail passenger service facilities at Union Station, including improved passenger accesstothe trains; and "(3) to prepare detailed estimates of the costs of such rehabilitation and improvement. "(b) Concurrently with the engineering survey required by subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary of Transportation, in cooperation with the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, shall carry out a plsuining and market feasibility study to assess the commercial development potential of the Union Station complex. Such study shall also include, but not be limited to, an assessment of the feasibility and desirability of: "(1) providing passenger transportation services from Union Station to the commercial airports in the area; "(2) constructing a heliport at or near the Union Station complex; and "(3) relocating to office space in Union Station the offices of Federal or other public transportation agencies. "(c) The Secretary of Transportation shall complete the engineering survey required by this section not later than six months after the date of enactment of this section, and shall complete the planning and market feasibility study required by this section not later than twelve months after the date of enactment of this section. "(d) Of amounts appropriated under section 704(a)(1) and (2) of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (45 U.S.C. 854(a)(1) and (2)), $1,000,000 shall be available to and be utilized by the Secretary of Transportation to carry out the purposes of subsections (a) and (b) of this section.
Appropriation authorization. 40 USC 813.
40 USC 802.
Engineering survey. 40 USC 814.
Study.
Survey completion.
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