Sec. 131.
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Section 133 of division L, title I of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, Public Law 114–113 , is amended to read as follows: None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the requirement for two off-duty periods from 1:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. under subsection 395.3(c) or the restriction on use of more than one restart during a 168-hour period under subsection 395.3(d) of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, and such provisions shall have no force or effect as of the date of submission of the final report issued by the Secretary of Transportation, as required by section 133 of division K of Public Law 113–235 , unless the Secretary and the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation each review and determine that the final report— meets the statutory requirements set forth in such section; and establishes that commercial motor vehicle drivers who operated under the restart provisions in operational effect between July 1, 2013, and the day before the date of enactment of such Public Law demonstrated statistically significant improvement in all outcomes related to safety, operator fatigue, driver health and longevity, and work schedules, in comparison to commercial motor vehicle drivers who operated under the restart provisions in operational effect on June 30, 2013.
If the Secretary and Inspector General do not each make the determination required by subsection (a), the 34-hour restart rule in operational effect on June 30, 2013, shall be restored to full force and effect on the date the Secretary submits the final report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, and funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act or any other Act shall be available to implement, administer, or enforce such rule. If the 34-hour restart rule in operational effect on June 30, 2013, is restored to full force and effect pursuant to subsection (b), a driver who uses that restart rule may not drive after being on duty more than 73 hours in any period of 7 consecutive days, where the 7-day measurement period moves forward 1 day at midnight each day. .
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety authorized under chapter 301 and part C of subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code, $160,075,000, of which $20,000,000 shall remain available through September 30, 2018. For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 403 , and chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code, $145,900,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) and to remain available until expended: , That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the planning or execution of programs the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 2017, are in excess of $145,900,000, of which $140,700,000 shall be for programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 403 and $5,200,000 shall be for the National Driver Register authorized under Provided chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code: , That within the $145,900,000 obligation limitation for operations and research, $20,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2018, and shall be in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed on obligations for future years.
Provided further For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out provisions of 23 U.S.C. 402 , 404, and 405, and section 4001(a)(6) of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, to remain available until expended, $585,372,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account): , That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the planning or execution of programs the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 2017, are in excess of $585,372,000 for programs authorized under Provided 23 U.S.C. 402 , 404, and 405, and section 4001(a)(6) of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, of which $252,300,000 shall be for Highway Safety Programs under 23 U.S.C. 402 ; $277,500,000 shall be for National Priority Safety Programs under 23 U.S.C. 405 ; $29,500,000 shall be for High Visibility Enforcement Program under 23 U.S.C. 404 ; $26,072,000 shall be for Administrative Expenses under section 4001(a)(6) of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act: , That none of these funds shall be used for construction, rehabilitation, or remodeling costs, or for office furnishings and fixtures for State, local or private buildings or structures:
Provided further , That not to exceed $500,000 of the funds made available for Provided further National Priority Safety Programs under 23 U.S.C. 405 for Impaired Driving Countermeasures (as described in subsection
(d)of that section) shall be available for technical assistance to the States: , That with respect to the Provided further Transfers provision under 23 U.S.C. 405(a)(1)(8) , any amounts transferred to increase the amounts made available under section 402 shall include the obligation authority for such amounts: , That the Administrator shall notify the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations of any exercise of the authority granted under the previous proviso or under Provided further 23 U.S.C. 405(a)(1)(8) within 5 days.
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