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      "title": "Appropriations for FY2000: Department of Transportation and Related Agencies",
      "summary": "On October 9, 1999, the President signed the Department of Transportation and Related\nAgencies\nAct, 2000 ( P.L. 106-69 ). The Act provided $50.2 billion for the Department of Transportation\n(DOT). DOT had requested funding similar to the level enacted in  P.L. 106-69 . However, the\nFY2000 Consolidated appropriations act,  P.L. 106-113 , calls for an across-the-board rescission of\n0.38% from each agency's discretionary budget authority and obligation limits. This will result in\na reduction of approximately $179 million from the level enacted in  P.L. 106-69 . The Federal\nHighway Administration (-$105.3 million), the Airport Improvement Program (-$54.4 million), the\nFederal Transit Administration (-$17.6 million), and the Coast Guard (-$1.6 million) together absorb\nall but about $0.5 million of the DOT reductions. Even with the rescission, the amount provided\nrepresents a nearly 6% increase over the FY1999 enacted level.\n  Reflecting the continuing impact of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century\n(TEA-21), both the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Federal Transit\nAdministration (FTA) received increases of 7% above FY1999 enacted levels. The Federal Aviation\nAdministration (FAA) received a more modest increase of just under 3%. The FY2000 Act funds\nthe entire FAA budget out of the airport and airway trust fund. Historically, a significant portion of\nthe FAA operations budget has been provided from general fund revenues.\n  Much of the debate over the Department's budget focused on allocating resources raised by\nuser fees and deposited in specific transportation trust funds. A debate arose between those in favor\nof a unified budget vs. those seeking to protect individual programs either by taking them off budget\nor using fiscal boundaries or \"firewalls\" to ensure a minimum level of financing. This policy of\ncreating discretionary spending guarantees originated with the provisions of the Transportation\nEquity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21), legislation that placed \"firewalls\" around certain\ncategories of the Federal Highway Administration's programs. The House version of the Federal\nAviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization bill,  H.R. 1000 , proposes also changing\nthe budgetary treatment of the airport and airway trust fund by taking the fund off budget.\n  For the highway trust fund, TEA-21 provided for the disposition of actual receipts above those\nforecast and authorized. The Revenue Aligned Budget Authority (RABA) provisions require\nadditional trust fund receipts to be redistributed to individual states based on the formula used to\napportion highway dollars. The enacted version of  H.R. 2084  narrows the scope of\nRABA distribution to certain core highway programs, thereby reducing the allocations to a number\nof smaller TEA-21 programs and increasing the funds flowing to the states.",
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