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 PUBLIC LAW 102-388—OCT. 6, 1992 106 STAT. 1553 "(3) REPORT. — Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report on the result of the study conducted under paragraph (2), together with recommendations.". SEC. 342. None of the funds made available in this Act or in any other Act making funds available to the Federal Transit Administration, shall be used to withhold funds for any section 3 or section 9 operating or capital grants for the city of Phoenix, Arizona based on the inclusion of a ''preference in hiring" provision in the employees protective arrangements developed pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 1609(c) and the Federal Transit Administration shall within 30 days of enactment of this provision award any such pending grant application: Provided, That the Secretary of Labor has certified that fair and equitable arrangements have been adopted for the protection of employees. SEC. 343. For fiscal years 1992 and 1993, funds provided under section 18 of the Federal Transit Act shall be exempt from requirements for any non-Federal share, in the same manner as specified in section 1054 of Public Law 102-240. SEC. 344. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or other requirement, the city of Indianapolis, Indiana is authorized to retain any funds not used under the authority of Facility Grant IN- 03-0057 and IN-23-9001 and to use such funds in accordance with the requirements of section 9 of the Federal Transit Act of 1964 as amended. SEC. 345. Notwithstanding any other provision of law limiting appropriations for the Westside Light Rail Project in Portland, Oregon, funds provided for the Westside Light Rail Project, may be expended, pursuant to section 3(a)(1)(C) of the Federal Transit Act of 1964, as amended, for the development and acquisition of low floor light rail vehicles, and the incremental costs associated with the introduction of the vehicles and facilities modifications on the current alignment. SEC. 346. ADVANCE ACQUISITION OF RIGHTS-OF-WAY. —Section 108 of title 23, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a) by striking "of the Federal-aid highway systems, including the Interstate System," and inserting "Federal-aid highway"; (2) in subsection (a) by striking "for expenditure on any of the Federal-aid highway systems, including the Interstate System," and inserting "which may be expended on such highway"; (3) in subsection (c)(2) by inserting "and passenger transit facilities" after "highways"; (4) in subsection (c)(3) by striking "highway" in the first sentence, and the first place it appears in the second sentence and inserting "project"; and (5) in subsection (c)(3) by striking "on the federal-aid system of which such project is to be part," and inserting "of the type funded". SEC. 347. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any unspent balance of funds previously earmarked for the Long Island Expressway Fourth Lane project shall be applied instead to the Robert Moses Causeway rehabilitation project and to the Loop Parkway Bridge rehabilitation project. 59-194 O—93 22:QL 3 (Pt. 2)

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