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 PUBLIC LAW 106-246^JULY 13, 2000 114 STAT. 559 (f) The Administrator shall carry out this section in collaboration with the Secretary of Transportation. (g) There is appropriated to the Department of Transportation, "Office of the Assistant Secretary for PoHcy", $2,000,000 to carry out this section. Such amounts shall be transferred to and administered by the Environmental Protection Agency and shall remain available until expended: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def- icit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further. That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent an official budget request for a specific dollar amount, that includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined by such Act, is transmitted by the President to the Congress. SEC. 2604. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, here- 23 USC 130 note, after, funds apportioned under section 104(b)(3) of title 23 which are applied to projects involving the elimination of hazards of railway-highway crossings, including the separation or protection of grades at crossings, the reconstruction of existing railroad grade crossing structures, and the relocation of highways to eliminate grade crossings, may have a Federal share up to 100 percent of the cost of construction. SEC. 2605. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for necessary expenses for planning, preliminary engineering and design of the Metro-North Danbury to Norwalk commuter rail line re-electrification project, $2,000,000, to be derived from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent an official budget request for a specific dollar amount, that includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined by such Act, is transmitted by the President to the Congress. SEC. 2606. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for necessary expenses for the Second Avenue Subway in New York City, New York, $3,000,000, to be derived from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further. That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent an official budget request for a specific dollar amount, that includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined by such Act, is transmitted by the President to the Congress. SEC. 2607. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for necessary expenses relating to a study of improvements to Highway 8, from the Minnesota border to Highway 51 in the State of Wisconsin, $500,000, to be derived from the Highway Account of the Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as

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