The language remained in the budget bill after the conference committee:

Item 531 #49c

CENTRAL APPROPRIATIONS
-Central Appropriations

Language:
-Page 131, after line 9, insert:

"K. The Department of Transportation shall continue, until no later than October 15, 1998, its Major Investment Study (MIS) of the proposed Western Transportation Corridor in cooperation with the National Park Service, the United States Army Corps of Engineers, the United States Marine Corps, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, and such other state, federal, and private entities as may be deemed appropriate by the Department, in accordance with the Code of Federal Regulations (23 CFR Part 450). No funds appropriated by this act, or otherwise available to the Department of Transportation, shall be expended on environmental studies, preliminary engineering, or any other analyses of the Western Transportation Corridor as part of any process required by the National Environmental Protection Act until the MIS of the Western Corridor is completed in cooperation with the National Park Service, the United States Army Corps of Engineers, the United States Marine Corps, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, and such other state, federal, and private entities as were deemed appropriate by the Department. The Department of Transportation shall report the results of the cooperative MIS to the Chairmen of the Senate Finance and Transportation Committees and House Appropriations and Transportation Committees by November 1, 1998."

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