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 Ill STAT. 194 PUBLIC LAW 105-18—JUNE 12, 1997 to bring each such State to the Federal-aid obhgation hmitation distributed under section 310(a) of Public Law 104-50. FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION EMERGENCY RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND REPAIR For necessary expenses to repair and rebuild freight rail lines of regional and short line railroads or a State entity damaged by floods, $18,900,000, to be awarded subject to the discretion of the Secretary on a case-by-case basis: Provided, That up to $900,000 shall be solely for damage incurred in West Virginia in September 1996 and $18,000,000 shall be solely for damage incurred in the Northern Plains States in March and April 1997: Provided further, That funds provided under this head shall be available for rehabilitation of railroad rights-of-way, bridges, and other facilities which are part of the general railroad system of transportation, and primarily used by railroads to move freight traffic: Provided further, That railroad rights-of-way, bridges, and other facilities owned by class I railroads are not eligible for funding under this head unless the rights-of-way, bridges or other facilities are under contract lease to a class II or class III railroad under which the lessee is responsible for all maintenance costs of the line: Provided further. That railroad rights-of-way, bridges and other facilities owned by passenger railroads, or by tourist, scenic, or historic railroads are not eligible for funding under this head: Provided further. That these funds shall be available only to the extent an official budget request, for a specific dollar amount, that includes designation of the entire amount as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided further. That the entire amount is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further. That all funds made available under this head are to remain available until September 30, 1997. RELATED AGENCY NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD SALARIES AND EXPENSES For an additional amount for "Salaries and Expenses", for emergency expenses resulting from the crashes of TWA Flight 800, ValuJet Flight 592, and Comair Flight 3272, and for assistance to families of victims of aviation accidents as authorized by Public Law 104-264, $29,859,000, of which $4,877,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That these funds shall be available only to the extent an official budget request, for a specific dollar amount, that includes designation of the entire amount as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided further. That the entire amount is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and

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