Sec. 15. Department of Transportation

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Notwithstanding Executive Order 13043 (April 16, 1997) or House Report 105–188 (July 16, 1997), the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shall not be required to submit an annual report on the Presidential Initiative for Increasing Seat Belt Use Nationwide. Notwithstanding Senate Report 109–293 (July 26, 2006), the Federal Railroad Administration shall not be required to provide regular reports to the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives on the state of Amtrak’s capital program.

Section 123 of title I of division A of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 ( 23 U.S.C. 313 note; Public Law 111–117 ) is repealed. Notwithstanding Senate Report 111–230 (July 23, 2010), the Office of Hazardous Materials Safety shall not be required to submit quarterly staffing reports to the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate . Notwithstanding House Report 111–564 (July 26, 2010), the Federal Railroad Administration shall not be required to provide monthly status updates on selected high speed rail projects to the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives .

Notwithstanding the explanatory statement to accompany division I of the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 ( Public Law 111–8 ; 123 Stat. 524), the Secretary of Transportation shall not be required to conduct a study or issue a report on neighborhood electric vehicles, as described in the explanatory statement. Section 6 of the Norman Y. Mineta Research and Special Programs Improvement Act ( Public Law 108–426 ; 49 U.S.C. 108 note) is amended— by striking

(a); and Reports by the Inspector General .— by striking subsection (b). Section 106 of the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 ( 49 U.S.C. 20101 note) is repealed. Section 130 of title 23, United States Code, is amended— by striking subsection (g); by striking subsection (k); and by redesignating subsections

(h)through

(j)and

(l)as subsections

(g)through

(i)and (j), respectively. Section 5121 of title 49 is amended by striking subsection (h). Notwithstanding House Report 106–622 (May 17, 2000), the Secretary of Transportation shall not be required to prepare or submit to Congress a report on certain major projects issued by the major projects team of the Federal Highway Administration, as described in that report. Notwithstanding the Explanatory Statement submitted by Chairman Obey on February 23, 2009, with respect to the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 ( Public Law 111–8 ), the Federal Aviation Administration shall not be required to provide semiannual updates to the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives regarding the Administration’s technical staffing levels. Section 343 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 ( Public Law 112–95 ; 49 U.S.C. 44701 note) is amended by striking subsection (c). Section 45303(d) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection (d). Section 44506 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection (e). Section 606 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 ( Public Law 112–95 ; 49 U.S.C. 44701 note) is amended— in subsection (a), by striking

(a); and In general .— by striking subsection (b). Section 1135 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— by striking subsection (d); and by redesignating subsection

(e)as subsection (d). Section 726 of the Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century ( Public Law 106–181 ; 49 U.S.C. 47508 note) is amended by striking subsection (c). Section 909 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 ( Public Law 112–95 ; 49 U.S.C. 40101 note) is amended— by striking

(a); and In general .— by striking subsection (b). Section 806 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 ( Public Law 112–95 ; 49 U.S.C. 40114 note) is amended— in the section heading, by striking ; consolidation or elimination of obsolete, redundant, or otherwise unnecessary reports; by striking subsection (a); in subsection (b)— by striking the subsection heading; and by redesignating paragraphs

(1)and

(2)as subsections

(a)and (b), respectively; in subsection (a), as redesignated, by redesignating subparagraphs

(A)and

(B)as paragraphs

(1)and (2), respectively; and in subsection (b), as redesignated— by redesignating subparagraphs

(A)and

(B)as paragraphs

(1)and (2), respectively; in the matter preceding paragraph (1), as redesignated, by striking Paragraph

(1)and inserting Subsection

(a); and in paragraph (2), as redesignated— by redesignating clauses

(i)and

(ii)as subparagraphs

(A)and (B), respectively; and in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), as redesignated, by striking paragraph

(1)and inserting subsection

(a). Section 139(h)(8) of title 23, United States Code, is amended— in subparagraph (A), by striking ; and at the end and inserting a period; in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking expeditiously made and all that follows through adequate resources in subparagraph

(A)and inserting expeditiously made, adequate resources ; and by striking subparagraph (B). 21 Section 1207 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century ( 23 U.S.C. 129 note; Public Law 105–178 ) is amended by striking subsection (c). Section 1801(e) of SAFETEA–LU ( 23 U.S.C. 129 note; Public Law 109–59 ) is amended— by striking paragraph (3); and by redesignating paragraph

(4)as paragraph (3).

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