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 PUBLIC LAW 97-369—DEC. 18, 1982 (c) If an administrative law judge has issued an initial decision after a hearing on the record in the case before the Board, the court may, in its discretion, rely upon the evidence adduced at such hearing and may give such initial decision such weight as it deems appropriate. SEC. 323. None of the funds provided by this Act shall be used by the Civil Aeronautics Board to substitute aircraft of lesser seating capacity or lesser than necessary pressurized altitude capability, for the type of aircraft now prescribed for essential air transportation to any point in Alaska as set forth in Civil Aeronautics Board Order 80-1-167 without the prior concurrence of the applicable State agency of the State of Alaska. SEC. 324. No funds appropriated under this Act shall be expended to pay for any travel initiated after January 1, 1983, by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration as passenger or crew member aboard any Department of Transportation aircraft to any destination served by a regularly scheduled air carrier: Provided, That this limitation shall not apply if no regularly scheduled carriers' flight arrives at the destination of the Administrator within 6 hours local time of the desired time of arrival: Provided further, That this limitation shall not apply to costs incurred by any flight which is essentially for the purpose of inspecting, investigating, or testing the operations of any aspect of the Federal Aviation Administration system designed to aid and control air traffic, or to maintain or improve aviation safety: Provided further. That this limitation shall not apply to costs incurred by any flight in Department of Transportation aircraft which is necessary in times of emergency or disaster, or for security reasons, or to fulfill official diplomatic representation responsibilities in foreign countries: Provided further, That written certifications shall be issued quarterly on all flights initiated in the previous quarter subject to this limitation and shall be made readily available to Congress and the general public. SEC. 325. (a) Neither the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating nor any other officer or employee of the United States shall approve any project or take any action which would interfere with the reasonable needs of navigation on the Columbia Slough, Oregon. (b) For purposes of subsection (a) of this section, any bridge which is to be constructed across the Columbia Slough, Oregon, after the date of enactment of this section shall be deemed to provide for the reasonable needs of navigation on the Columbia Slough, Oregon, if such bridge provides at least thirty feet of vertical clearance Columbia River datum and at least eighty feet of horizontal clearance, as determined by the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating. SEC. 326. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall approve, upon request of the State of Indiana, $300,000 to be made available from funds available for redistribution under 23 U.S.C. 118(b) for a project to relocate and encase certain water line facilities crossing under 1-80 and 1-94 in Hammond, Indiana. Such sums shall remain available until expended and shall be subject to any obligation limitations for Federal-aid highway programs. SEC. 327. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Transportation shall approve, upon request of the State of Indiana, not to exceed $4,000,000, to be made available from funds

96 STAT. 1785

Air travel, limitation.

Columbia Slough, Oreg., bridge construction.

Hammond, Ind.

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