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 PUBLIC LAW 98-78—AUG. 15, 1983 97 STAT. 471 the eligibility of "handicapped persons" for the purposes of preferen- tial fares in conformity with other Federal laws and regulations governing eligibility for benefits for disabled persons. SEC. 306. None of the funds appropriated in this Act for the Panama Canal Commission may be expended unless in conformance with the Panama Canal Treaties of 1977 and any law implementing those treaties. SEC. 307, None of the funds provided in this Act may be used for planning or construction of rail-highway crossings under section 322(a) of title 23, United States Code, or under section 701(a)(5) or section 703(1)(A) of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 at the— (1) School street crossing in Groton, Connecticut; and (2) Broadway Extension crossing in Stonington, Connecticut. SEC. 308. None of the funds in this Act shall be used for the planning or execution of any program to pay the expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties intervening in regula- tory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act. SEC. 309. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to assist, directly or indirectly, any State in imposing mandatory State inspec- tion fees or sticker requirements on vehicles which are lawfully registered in another State, including vehicles engaged in interstate commercial transportation which are in compliance with Part 396— Inspection and Maintenance of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations of the U.S. Department of Transportation. SEC. 310. None of the funds contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless ex- pressly so provided herein. SEC. 311. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to implement, administer, or enforce any regulation which has been disapproved pursuant to a resolution of disapproval duly adopted in accordance with the applicable law of the United States. SEC. 312. (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 Colum- bia 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. 313. (a) The City of Gadsden, Alabama, and its successors and assigns are hereby released from all the terms, conditions, reserva- tions, and restrictions contained in the deed dated May 25, 1962, by which the United States conveyed certain real property to the city of Gadsden, Alabama, for airport purposes, insofar as such terms, conditions, reservations, and restrictions relate to the real property described in subsection (b) of this section. (b) The real property to which the first subsection of this section applies is the real property located in Gadsden, Alabama, which was conveyed to the city of Gadsden, Alabama, by the United States by the deed dated May 25, 1962, and which is described as follows: Commence at the northeast corner of section 19, township 12 south. Panama Cansil Commission funds, treaty compliance. Rail-highway crossings. 45 USC 851, 853. Regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings. Motor vehicles, State inspecti(3n fees or sticker requirements. 49 CFR Part 396. Fiscal year limitation. Columbia Slough, Oreg., bridge construction. Gadsden, Ala., real property conveyance.

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