Sec. 412. FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION

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## SEC. 412 FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION ###

(a)Funding ####

(1)In general #####

(A)Highway trust fund There is authorized to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1998, $75,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, $225,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, and $225,000,000 for fiscal year 2003 to pay the costs of planning, preliminary engineering and design, final engineering, acquisition of rights-of-way, and construction of the Project; except that the costs associated with the Bridge shall be given priority over other eligible costs, other than design costs, of the Project. #####

(B)General fund ######

(i)In general In addition to amounts made available under subparagraph (A), there is appropriated to pay the costs described in subparagraph

(A)$600,000,000 for fiscal year 2001. ######

(ii)Condition Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the additional funds made available by clause

(i)shall be made available only when 1 or more of the Capital Region jurisdictions accepts conveyance from the Secretary of all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the new Bridge. ######

(iii)Manner of use The use of the additional funds made available by clause

(i)shall be subject to title 23, United States Code. ####

(2)Contract authority Except as provided in paragraph (3), funds authorized by paragraph (1)(A) shall be available for obligation in the same manner as if the funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code. ####

(3)Conditions With respect to funds authorized or appropriated by this section— #####

(A)the funds shall remain available until expended; #####

(B)the Federal share of the cost of the Bridge component of the Project shall not exceed 100 percent; and #####

(C)the Federal share of the cost of any other component of the Project shall not exceed 80 percent. ###

(b)Use of Apportioned Funds Nothing in this title limits the authority of any Capital Region jurisdiction to use funds apportioned to the jurisdiction under paragraphs

(1)and

(3)of section 104(b) of title 23, United States Code, in accordance with the requirements for such funds, to pay any costs of the Project. ###

(c)Availability of Apportioned Funds None of the funds made available under this section shall be available for construction before the execution of the agreement described in section 407(c), except that the Secretary may fund the maintenance and rehabilitation of the Bridge, the design of the Project, and right-of-way acquisition, including early acquisition of construction staging areas, and up to $170,000,000 for dredging and foundation activities for construction. ###

(d)Limitation on Federal Contribution ####

(1)In general Except as provided in paragraph (2), the aggregate of the amounts made available from the Highway Trust Fund and the general fund of the Treasury under this section shall not exceed $1,500,000,000. ####

(2)Excluded amounts Amounts made available for the Project under section 110 of title 23, United States Code, shall be excluded from the limitation established by paragraph (1).