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 PUBLIC LAW 101-516—NOV. 5, 1990 104 STAT. 2189 (e) Paragraph (a)(1) of this section shall not apply to contracts entered into prior to the date of enactment of this Act. (f) The provisions of this section are in addition to, and do not limit or supersede, any other restrictions contained in any other Federal law. SEC. 341. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the 23 USC 104 note. period January 1, 1992, through December 31, 1992, the Secretary of Transportation shall reduce the aggregate amount which a State may obligate for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs by 25 percent if such State has a public authority which provides mass transportation for an urbanized area of such State with a population of 3,000,000 or more as determined under the 1980 decennial census of the United States, and if by October 1, 1991— (1) laws of such State do not authorize a general tax-based source of revenues to take effect on or before January 1, 1992, dedicated to paying the non-Federal share of projects for mass transportation eligible for assistance under the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964; or (2) the laws of such State do not authorize the establishment of regional or local tax-based sources of revenues dedicated to pay such non-Federal share or for paying operating expenses of mass transit service so as to satisfy financial capacity standards as may be required by the Secretary of Transportation. (b) For purposes of this section, the terms "mass transportation", "State", and "urbanized areas" have the meaning such terms have under section 12 of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964. (c) Any withholding defined under this section shall be waived if the Governor of the State— (1) submits to the Secretary by October 1, 1991, a written certification stating that he is opposed to the enactment in his State of a law described in subsections (a)(1) and (2) and that funding as described in subsections (a)(1) and (2) would not improve public transportation safety; and (2) submits to the Secretary a written certification that the legislature (including both Houses where applicable) has adopted a resolution by a simple majority expressing its opposition to a law described in subsections (a)(1) and (2). (d) This section shall remain in effect until December 31, 1992. This Act may be cited as the "Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991". Approved November 5, 1990. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 5229: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 101-584 (Comm. on Appropriations) and No. 101-892 (Coram. of Conference). SENATE REPORTS: No. 101-398 (Comm. on Appropriations). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 136 (1990): July 12, considered and passed House. Aug. 4, considered and passed Senate, amended. Oct. 19, House agreed to conference report; receded and concurred in certain Senate amendments, in others with amendments. Oct. 26, Senate agreed to conference report and concurred in certain House amendments. Oct. 27, Senate concurred in certain House amendment, in another with an amendment. House concurred in Senate amendment.

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