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 112 STAT. 446 PUBLIC LAW 105-178-JUNE 9, 1998 (2) SECOND STAGE.—After establishment of the national policy under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall develop new applications of commercial remote sensing products and spatial information technologies for the implementation of the national policy. (c) COOPERATION.— The Secretary shall carry out this section in cooperation with the Commercial Remote Sensing Program of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and a consortium of university research centers. (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1999 through 2004. SEC. 5114. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON THE YEAR 2000 PROBLEM. With the year 2000 fast approaching, it is the sense of the Congress that the Secretary should— (1) give high priority to correcting all 2-digit date-related problems in computer systems of the Department of Transportation to ensure that the systems continue to operate effectively in the year 2000 and thereafter; (2) assess immediately the extent of the risk to the operations of the Department of Transportation posed by the problems referred to in paragraph (1), and plan and budget for achieving year 2000 compliance for all mission-critical systems of the Department; and (3) develop contingency plans for those systems that the Secretary of Transportation is unable to correct in time. 49 USC HI note. SEC. 5115. INTERNATIONAL TRADE TRAFFIC. (a) STUDY.— The Director shall carry out a study— (1) to measure the ton-miles and value-miles of international trade traffic carried by highway for each State; (2) to evaluate the accuracy and reliability of such measures for use in the formula for highway apportionments; (3) to evaluate the accuracy and reliability of the use of diesel fuel data as a measure of international trade traffic by State; and (4) to identify needed improvements in long-term data collection programs to provide accurate and reliable measures of international traffic for use in the formula for highway apportionments. (b) BASIS FOR EVALUATIONS. — The study shall evaluate the accuracy and reliability of measures for use as formula factors based on statistical quality standards developed by the Bureau in consultation with the Committee on National Statistics of the National Academy of Sciences. (c) REPORT. —Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report on the results of the study carried out under paragraph (1), including recommendations for changes in law necessary to implement the identified needs for improvements in long-term data collection programs. SEC. 5116. UNIVERSITY GRANTS. (a) SEISMIC RESEARCH, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SAN DIEGO.—

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