H. R. 3512

One Hundred Ninth Congress

of the

United States of America 

AT THE FIRST SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 

the fourth day of January, two thousand and five 

An Act 

To provide an extension of administrative expenses for highway, highway safety, 

motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded out of the Highway 

Trust Fund pending enactment of a law reauthorizing the Transportation Equity 

Act for the 21st Century.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Surface Transportation Extension 

Act of 2005, Part VI’’. 

SEC. 2. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES FOR FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY PROGRAM. 

(a) AUTHORIZATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Section 4(a) of 

the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part V (118 

Stat. 1147, 119 Stat. 325) is amended by striking ‘‘$292,179,920’’ 

and inserting ‘‘$309,260,880’’. 

(b) LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS.—Of the obligation limitation 

made available for Federal-aid highways and highway safety 

construction programs for fiscal year 2005 by division H of Public 

Law 108–447 (118 Stat. 3204) not more than $17,080,960 shall 

be available, in addition to any obligation limitation previously 

provided, for administrative expenses of the Federal Highway 

Administration for the period of July 30, 2005, through August 

14, 2005. 

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 2(e)(3) of such Act (118 

Stat. 1146, 119 Stat. 325) is amended by striking ‘‘July 30’’ and 

inserting ‘‘August 14’’. 

SEC. 3. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES FOR NATIONAL HIGHWAY 

TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be available from the Highway 

Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) for the Secretary 

of Transportation to pay the administrative expenses of the National 

Highway Traffic Administration in carrying out the highway safety 

programs authorized by sections 157 and 163 of chapter 1 of title 

23, United States Code, and sections 402, 403, 405, and 410 of 

chapter 4 of such title, the National Driver Register under chapter 

303 of title 49, United States Code, the motor vehicle safety program 

under chapter 301 of such title 49, and the motor vehicle information and cost savings program under part C of subtitle VI of such 

title 49 $4,125,000 for the period of July 30, 2005, through August 

14, 2005. 
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(b) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Funds made available by this section shall be available for obligation in the same manner as if 

such funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United 

States Code; except that such funds shall remain available until 

expended. 

SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES FOR MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY 

ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM. 

Section 7(a)(1) of the Surface Transportation Extension Act 

of 2004, Part V (118 Stat. 1153; 119 Stat. 330) is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘$213,799,290’’ and inserting ‘‘$224,383,414’’; 

and 

(2) by striking ‘‘July 30’’ and inserting ‘‘August 14’’. 

SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES FOR FEDERAL TRANSIT PROGRAMS. 

(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 5338(f)(2) of 

title 49, United States Code, is amended—

(1) in the heading by striking ‘‘JULY 30’’ and inserting 

‘‘AUGUST 14’’; 

(2) in subparagraph (A)(vii)—

(A) by striking ‘‘$54,350,686’’ and inserting 

‘‘$57,650,686’’; and 

(B) by striking ‘‘July 30’’ and inserting ‘‘August 14’’; 

and 

(3) in subparagraph (B)(vii) by striking ‘‘July 30’’ and 

inserting ‘‘August 14’’. 

(b) OBLIGATION CEILING.—Section 3040(7) of the Transportation 

Equity Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 394; 118 Stat. 885; 

118 Stat. 1158; 119 Stat. 333) is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘$6,398,695,996’’ and inserting ‘‘$6,401,995,996’’; and 

(2) by striking ‘‘July 30’’ and inserting ‘‘August 14’’. 

SEC. 6. BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5001(a)(4) of the Transportation 

Equity Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 420; 118 Stat. 1150; 

119 Stat. 327; 119 Stat. 346; 119 Stat. 379; 119 Stat. 394) is 

amended by striking ‘‘$25,730,000 for the period of October 1, 

2004, through July 30, 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘$27,000,000 for the 

period of October 1, 2004, through August 14, 2005’’. 

(b) LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS.—Of the obligation limitation 

made available for Federal-aid highways and highway safety 

construction programs for fiscal year 2005 by division H of Public 

Law 108–447 (118 Stat. 3204) not more than $1,270,000 shall 

be available, in addition to any obligation limitation previously 

provided, for administrative expenses of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics for the period of July 30, 2005, through August 

14, 2005. 

SEC. 7. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF TRUST FUNDS 

FOR OBLIGATIONS UNDER TEA–21. 

(a) HIGHWAY TRUST FUND.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 9503(c) of the 

Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—

(A) in the matter before subparagraph (A), by striking 

‘‘July 31, 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘August 15, 2005’’, 

(B) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph (O), 
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(C) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph 

(P) and inserting ‘‘, or’’, 

(D) by inserting after subparagraph (P) the following 

new subparagraph: 

‘‘(Q) authorized to be paid out of the Highway Trust 

Fund under the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 

2005, Part VI.’’, and 

(E) in the matter after subparagraph (Q), as added 

by this paragraph, by striking ‘‘Surface Transportation 

Extension Act of 2005, Part V’’ and inserting ‘‘Surface 

Transportation Extension Act of 2005, Part VI’’. 

(2) MASS TRANSIT ACCOUNT.—Paragraph (3) of section 

9503(e) of such Code is amended—

(A) in the matter before subparagraph (A), by striking 

‘‘July 31, 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘August 15, 2005’’, 

(B) in subparagraph (M), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end 

of such subparagraph, 

(C) in subparagraph (N), by inserting ‘‘or’’ at the end 

of such subparagraph, 

(D) by inserting after subparagraph (N) the following 

new subparagraph: 

‘‘(O) the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2005, 

Part VI,’’, and 

(E) in the matter after subparagraph (O), as added 

by this paragraph, by striking ‘‘Surface Transportation 

Extension Act of 2005, Part V’’ and inserting ‘‘Surface 

Transportation Extension Act of 2005, Part VI’’. 

(3) EXCEPTION TO LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS.—Subparagraph (B) of section 9503(b)(6) of such Code is amended by 

adding at the end the following: ‘‘The preceding sentence shall 

be applied by substituting ‘August 15, 2005’ for the date 

therein.’’. 

(b) AQUATIC RESOURCES TRUST FUND.— (1) SPORT FISH RESTORATION ACCOUNT.—Paragraph (2) of 

section 9504(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 

amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Subparagraphs 

(A), (B), and (C) shall each be applied by substituting ‘Surface 

Transportation Extension Act of 2005, Part VI’ for ‘Surface 

Transportation Extension Act of 2005, Part V’.’’. 

(2) BOAT SAFETY ACCOUNT.—Subsection (c) of section 9504 

of such Code is amended—

(A) by striking ‘‘July 31, 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘August 

15, 2005’’, and 

(B) by striking ‘‘Surface Transportation Extension Act 

of 2005, Part V’’ and inserting ‘‘Surface Transportation 

Extension Act of 2005, Part VI’’. 

(3) EXCEPTION TO LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS.—Paragraph 

(2) of section 9504(d) of such Code is amended by adding 

at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘The preceding sentence 

shall be applied by substituting ‘August 15, 2005’ for the date 

therein.’’. 

(c) TEMPORARY RULE REGARDING ADJUSTMENTS.—During the 

period beginning on the date of the enactment of the Surface 

Transportation Extension Act of 2003 and ending on August 14, 

2005, for purposes of making any estimate under section 9503(d) 

of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 of receipts of the Highway 

Trust Fund, the Secretary of the Treasury shall treat—
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(1) each expiring provision of paragraphs (1) through (4) 

of section 9503(b) of such Code which is related to appropriations or transfers to such Fund to have been extended through 

the end of the 24-month period referred to in section 

9503(d)(1)(B) of such Code, and 

(2) with respect to each tax imposed under the sections 

referred to in section 9503(b)(1) of such Code, the rate of such 

tax during the 24-month period referred to in section 

9503(d)(1)(B) of such Code to be the same as the rate of such 

tax as in effect on the date of the enactment of the Surface 

Transportation Extension Act of 2003. 

(d) SUBSEQUENT REPEAL OF CERTAIN TEMPORARY PROVISIONS.—

Each of the following provisions of the Internal Revenue Code 

of 1986 are amended by striking the last sentence thereof: 

(1) Section 9503(b)(6)(B). 

(2) Section 9504(b)(2). 

(3) Section 9504(d)(2). 

(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 

amendments made by this section shall take effect on the 

date of the enactment of this Act. 

(2) SUBSEQUENT REPEAL.—The amendments made by subsection (d) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of 

the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity 

Act: A Legacy for Users and shall be executed immediately 

before the amendments made by such Act.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.