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2 CIS H 18168
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