TITLE: Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2003, Part 4

CIS-NO: 2002-H181-68  
SOURCE: Committee on Appropriations. House  
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve the full text of testimony  
DATE: Feb. 13, 28, Mar. 7, 20, 2002  
LENGTH: ii+1376+xviii p. il. Index.  
CONG-SESS: 107-2  
ITEM-NO: 1011; 1011-A  
SUDOC: Y4.AP6/1:T68/4/2003/PT.4  


SUMMARY:
Continuation of hearings before the Subcom on Transportation Appropriations to consider FY2003 budget requests for DOT and related agencies.
 
Some testimony abstracts include page references to matching submitted justifications in Parts 1 and 2 (see H181-35 and H181-36).
 
Also includes budget summary and written replies to Subcom questions (p. 1368-1376) from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, which did not present oral testimony.
 
Includes a subject index (p. iii-xviii).

CONTENT-NOTATION: DOT and related agencies programs, FY2003 approp

DESCRIPTORS:  
   SUBCOM ON TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS. HOUSE;  FEDERAL AID TO TRANSPORTATION; DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION; BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS; STATISTICS; FEDERAL AID TO STATES-TRANSPORTATION; FEDERAL AID TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS-TRANSPORTATION; TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH

02-H181-68 TESTIMONY NO: 1     Feb. 13, 2002 p. 1-111
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   CLAPP, JOSEPH M. (Administrator, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA))
 
BUDGET EXPLANATION: FMCSA FY2003 request (for submitted justifications, performance rpt and plan, see H181-35, p. 1093-1270) for truck and bus safety programs, including:
   a. Motor carrier safety operations, including motor carrier safety regulation, enforcement and outreach; commercial driver's license improvement program; and research and technology.
   b. Border enforcement program to provide enhanced motor carrier safety enforcement at the U.S.-Mexico border.
   c. Motor carrier safety assistance program for grants to States for compliance and enforcement activities.
   d. Information systems and strategic safety initiatives.
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   Fed Motor Carrier Safety Admin programs, FY2003 approp
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND SAFETY; TRUCKS AND TRUCKING INDUSTRY; MOTOR BUS LINES; TRANSPORTATION REGULATION; OUTREACH PROGRAMS; LICENSES; MEXICO; GOVERNMENT INFORMATION AND INFORMATION SERVICES
 
 
02-H181-68 TESTIMONY NO: 2     Feb. 28, 2002 p. 113-619
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   PETERS, MARY E. (Administrator, FHWA)
 
BUDGET EXPLANATION: FHWA FY2002 request (for submitted justifications, see H181-35, p. 597-1092) for Highway Trust Fund expenditures for the Federal Aid Highway Program, as authorized under the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, including:
   a. Grants to States and localities under the surface transportation, national highway system, interstate maintenance, and highway bridge replacement and rehabilitation programs.
   b. Congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program.
   c. Seatbelt use improvement and drunk driving law revision incentive grants.
   d. Intelligent transportation systems (ITS) R&D and deployment.
   e. Federal lands highways program.
   f. National corridor planning and border infrastructure program.
   g. Highway research and technology programs.
   h. Appalachian Development Highway System (ADHS).
 
DISCUSSION:
   Issues relating to highway program funding and ITS projects.
 
INSERTIONS:
   a. FHWA, transit projects funded under the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, funds obligated as of Sept. 30, 1999, table (p. 180-209).
   b. FHWA, ADHS program funding by State, FY65-FY2001, table (p. 226-238).
   c. FHWA, ITS program planned and actual spending, FY2002-FY2003, tables (p. 404-421).
   d. FHWA, surface transportation project discretionary grants by State, FY2002, tables, May 24, 2002 (p. 569-611).
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   FHWA programs, FY2003 approp
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; HIGHWAYS; BRIDGES; TRAFFIC ENGINEERING; AIR POLLUTION; MOTOR VEHICLE EXHAUST; AUTOMOBILE SAFETY DEVICES; DRUNK DRIVING; STATE LAWS; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS; PUBLIC LANDS; URBAN TRANSPORTATION; INTERMODAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION EFFICIENCY ACT; HIGHWAY TRUST FUND; FEDERAL AID HIGHWAY PROGRAM; TRANSPORTATION EQUITY ACT FOR THE 21ST CENTURY; PLANNING
 
 
02-H181-68 TESTIMONY NO: 3     Mar. 7, 2002 p. 621-890
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   RUNGE, JEFFREY W. (Dr.) (Administrator, NHTSA)
 
BUDGET EXPLANATION: NHTSA FY2003 request (for submitted justifications, see H181-35, p. 1271-1457) for highway safety programs operations, research, and grants, including:
   a. Promulgation of safety standards for motor vehicles and equipment and fuel economy and theft prevention standards, and provision of vehicle safety information to consumers through the new car assessment program (NCAP).
   b. Motor vehicle safety assurance programs, including safety defects investigation and odometer fraud programs.
   c. Highway safety programs involving technical assistance to States, local governments, and the private sector, including alcohol and drug safety programs; pedestrian, bicycle, and motorcycle safety programs; promotion of seat belt and child restraint usage; traffic law enforcement; emergency medical services; traffic records and driver licensing assistance; and operation of the National Driver Register.
   d. Research and analysis programs, including crashworthiness and crash avoidance research, National Center for Statistics and Analysis (NCSA) and NCSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System and National Automotive Sampling System, and pneumatic tire research.
   e. Highway traffic safety grants to States.
 
INSERTIONS:
   a. NHTSA, motor vehicles crash tested under NCAP, FY2000-FY2002, list (p. 689-698).
   b. NHTSA, highway safety and seatbelt use promotion grants by State, FY2001-FY2002, table (p. 820-834).
   c. NHTSA, child passenger protection education grants by State, FY2000-FY2001, table (p. 836-854).
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   NHTSA programs, FY2003 approp
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION; TRANSPORTATION REGULATION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND SAFETY; PETROLEUM CONSERVATION; ROBBERY AND THEFT; PRODUCT SAFETY; INDUSTRIAL STANDARDS; CONSUMER PROTECTION; GOVERNMENT INFORMATION AND INFORMATION SERVICES; DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS; GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATIONS; FRAUD; FEDERAL AID TO STATES-TRANSPORTATION; FEDERAL AID TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS-TRANSPORTATION; DRUNK DRIVING; DRUG ABUSE AND TREATMENT; BICYCLES; MOTORCYCLES; AUTOMOBILE SAFETY DEVICES; CHILDREN; POLICE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; LICENSES; NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER; NATIONAL CENTER FOR STATISTICS AND ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; ACCIDENTAL DEATH; FATALITY ANALYSIS REPORTING SYSTEM; NATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE SAMPLING SYSTEM; TIRE INDUSTRY; EDUCATION
 
 
02-H181-68 TESTIMONY NO: 4     Mar. 20, 2002 p. 891-1367
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   DORN, JENNIFER L. (Administrator, Federal Transit Administration (FTA))
 
BUDGET EXPLANATION: FTA FY2003 request (for submitted justifications, performance plan, see H181-36, p. 727-1007) for mass transit assistance programs, including:
   a. Job access and reverse commute grants for transportation services to assist welfare recipients, low-income persons, and individuals commuting to suburban employment centers.
   b. Formula grant programs for State and local governments for capital assistance, transportation of the elderly and handicapped, clean fuel bus purchases and leasing, over-the-road bus accessibility, and urban and non-urban area mass transit assistance.
   c. Capital investment grants for modernization of fixed guideway systems; construction of new fixed guideway systems and extensions of existing systems; and rehabilitation, replacement and purchase of buses.
   d. University transportation research.
   e. Transit planning and research.
 
DISCUSSION:
   Issues relating to bus rapid transit systems.
 
INSERTIONS:
   a. FTA, status of FY99-FY2002 earmarked transit projects with unobligated balances as of Mar. 31, 2002, table (p. 988-996).
   b. FTA, status of bus projects earmarked funds, FY99-FY2002, list (p. 1017-1061).
   c. FTA, bus and bus facilities projects with unobligated balances, FY99-FY2002, table (p. 1063-1090).
   d. FTA, section 5307 urbanized area formula apportionments, FY2002, table (p. 1098-1111).
   e. FTA, job access and reverse commute program grant awards, FY2001-FY2002, tables (p. 1151-1165).
   f. FTA, job access and reverse commute grant program, projects selected competitively for FY2001 funding, list with summary descriptions (p. 1170-1201).
   g. FTA, agency personnel by title, grade and salary, list (p. 1238-1261).
   h. FTA, over-the-road bus accessibility projects selected for FY2001 funding, table (p. 1288-1294).
   i. FTA, national research and technology projects programmed FY2002-FY2003, table (p. 1316-1322).
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   Fed Transit Admin programs, FY2003 approp
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION; URBAN TRANSPORTATION; PUBLIC WELFARE PROGRAMS; EMPLOYMENT; POVERTY; COMMUTING; FEDERAL AID TO CITIES; TRANSPORTATION OF THE AGED; TRANSPORTATION OF THE HANDICAPPED; FUEL; LEASING AND RENTING; FEDERAL AID TO RURAL AREAS; RURAL TRANSPORTATION; SUBWAYS; LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT; MOTOR BUS LINES; COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS; FEDERAL EMPLOYEES; WAGES AND SALARIES; PLANNING

LOAD-DATE: June 5, 2003