H. R. 3058
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 
Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, Treasury, and Hous-
ing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
DIVISION A—TRANSPORTATION, TREASURY, HOUSING AND 
URBAN DEVELOPMENT, THE JUDICIARY, AND INDE-
PENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2006
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Departments of 
Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the 
Judiciary, and independent agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 2006, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
$84,900,000, of which not to exceed $2,198,000 shall be available 
for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not to exceed $698,000 
shall be available for the immediate Office of the Deputy Secretary; 
not to exceed $15,183,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
General Counsel; not to exceed $11,650,000 shall be available for 
the Office of the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy; 
not to exceed $8,485,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to exceed 
$2,293,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant Sec-
retary for Governmental Affairs; not to exceed $22,031,000 shall 
be available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administra-
tion; not to exceed $1,910,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Public Affairs; not to exceed $1,442,000 shall be available for 
the Office of the Executive Secretariat; not to exceed $697,000 
shall be available for the Board of Contract Appeals; not to exceed 
$1,265,000 shall be available for the Office of Small and Disadvan-
taged Business Utilization; not to exceed $2,033,000 for the Office 
of Intelligence and Security; not to exceed $11,895,000 shall be 
available for the Office of the Chief Information Officer; and not 
to exceed $3,120,000 shall be available for the Office of Emergency
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Transportation: Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation is 
authorized to transfer funds appropriated for any office of the 
Office of the Secretary to any other office of the Office of the 
Secretary: Provided further, That no appropriation for any office 
shall be increased or decreased by more than 5 percent by all 
such transfers: Provided further, That notice of any change in 
funding greater than 5 percent shall be submitted for approval 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
further, That not to exceed $60,000 shall be for allocation within 
the Department for official reception and representation expenses 
as the Secretary may determine: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, excluding fees authorized in 
Public Law 107–71, there may be credited to this appropriation 
up to $2,500,000 in funds received in user fees: Provided further, 
That none of the funds provided in this Act shall be available 
for the position of Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs. 
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, $8,550,000. 
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for conducting transportation planning, 
research, systems development, development activities, and making 
grants, to remain available until expended, $15,000,000. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital outlays of 
the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed $118,014,000, shall be 
paid from appropriations made available to the Department of 
Transportation: Provided, That such services shall be provided on 
a competitive basis to entities within the Department of Transpor-
tation: Provided further, That the above limitation on operating 
expenses shall not apply to non-DOT entities: Provided further, 
That no funds appropriated in this Act to an agency of the Depart-
ment shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund without 
the approval of the agency modal administrator: Provided further, 
That no assessments may be levied against any program, budget 
activity, subactivity or project funded by this Act unless notice 
of such assessments and the basis therefor are presented to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and are approved 
by such Committees. 
MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $500,000, as authorized by 
49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these 
funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of 
which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $18,367,000. In addition, 
for administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan pro-
gram, $400,000.
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MINORITY BUSINESS OUTREACH 
For necessary expenses of Minority Business Resource Center 
outreach activities, $3,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2007: Provided, That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 332, these 
funds may be used for business opportunities related to any mode 
of transportation. 
PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
In addition to funds made available from any other source 
to carry out the essential air service program under 49 U.S.C. 
41731 through 41742, $60,000,000, to be derived from the Airport 
and Airway Trust Fund, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That, in determining between or among carriers competing 
to provide service to a community, the Secretary may consider 
the relative subsidy requirements of the carriers: Provided further, 
That, if the funds under this heading are insufficient to meet 
the costs of the essential air service program in the current fiscal 
year, the Secretary shall transfer such sums as may be necessary 
to carry out the essential air service program from any available 
amounts appropriated to or directly administered by the Office 
of the Secretary for such fiscal year. 
NEW HEADQUARTERS BUILDING 
For necessary expenses of the Department of Transportation’s 
new headquarters building and related services, $50,000,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Administration, 
not otherwise provided for, including operations and research activi-
ties related to commercial space transportation, administrative 
expenses for research and development, establishment of air naviga-
tion facilities, the operation (including leasing) and maintenance 
of aircraft, subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps 
sold to the public, lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles 
for replacement only, in addition to amounts made available by 
Public Law 108–176, $8,036,000,000, of which $5,541,000,000 shall 
be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, of which 
not to exceed $6,629,000,000 shall be available for air traffic 
organization activities; not to exceed $958,542,000 shall be available 
for aviation regulation and certification activities; not to exceed 
$11,759,000 shall be available for commercial space transportation 
activities; not to exceed $50,983,000 shall be available for financial 
services activities; not to exceed $69,943,000 shall be available 
for human resources program activities; not to exceed $150,744,000 
shall be available for region and center operations and regional 
coordination activities; not to exceed $142,000,000 shall be available 
for staff offices; and not to exceed $36,112,000 shall be available 
for information services: Provided, That not to exceed 2 percent
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of any budget activity, except for aviation regulation and certifi-
cation budget activity, may be transferred to any budget activity 
under this heading: Provided further, That no transfer may increase 
or decrease any appropriation by more than 2 percent: Provided 
further, That any transfer in excess of 2 percent shall be treated 
as a reprogramming of funds under section 710 of this Act and 
shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compli-
ance with the procedures set forth in that section: Provided further, 
That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the 
Federal Aviation Administration to finalize or implement any regu-
lation that would promulgate new aviation user fees not specifically 
authorized by law after the date of the enactment of this Act: 
Provided further, That there may be credited to this appropriation 
funds received from States, counties, municipalities, foreign authori-
ties, other public authorities, and private sources, for expenses 
incurred in the provision of agency services, including receipts 
for the maintenance and operation of air navigation facilities, and 
for issuance, renewal or modification of certificates, including air-
man, aircraft, and repair station certificates, or for tests related 
thereto, or for processing major repair or alteration forms: Provided 
further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not 
less than $7,500,000 shall be for the contract tower cost-sharing 
program: Provided further, That funds may be used to enter into 
a grant agreement with a nonprofit standard-setting organization 
to assist in the development of aviation safety standards: Provided 
further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available 
for new applicants for the second career training program: Provided 
further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available 
for paying premium pay under 5 U.S.C. 5546(a) to any Federal 
Aviation Administration employee unless such employee actually 
performed work during the time corresponding to such premium 
pay: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act may 
be obligated or expended to operate a manned auxiliary flight 
service station in the contiguous United States: Provided further, 
That none of the funds in this Act for aeronautical charting and 
cartography are available for activities conducted by, or coordinated 
through, the Working Capital Fund: Provided further, That none 
of the funds in this Act may be obligated or expended for an 
employee of the Federal Aviation Administration to purchase a 
store gift card or gift certificate through use of a Government-
issued credit card. In addition, $150,000,000 is for costs associated 
with the flight service station transition. 
FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for acquisi-
tion, establishment, technical support services, improvement by 
contract or purchase, and hire of air navigation and experimental 
facilities and equipment, as authorized under part A of subtitle 
VII of title 49, United States Code, including initial acquisition 
of necessary sites by lease or grant; engineering and service testing, 
including construction of test facilities and acquisition of necessary 
sites by lease or grant; construction and furnishing of quarters 
and related accommodations for officers and employees of the Fed-
eral Aviation Administration stationed at remote localities where 
such accommodations are not available; and the purchase, lease,
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or transfer of aircraft from funds available under this heading; 
to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, 
$2,540,000,000, of which $2,110,789,500 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2008, and of which $429,210,500 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2006: Provided, That there may be credited 
to this appropriation funds received from States, counties, munici-
palities, other public authorities, and private sources, for expenses 
incurred in the establishment and modernization of air navigation 
facilities: Provided further, That upon initial submission to the 
Congress of the fiscal year 2007 President’s budget, the Secretary 
of Transportation shall transmit to the Congress a comprehensive 
capital investment plan for the Federal Aviation Administration 
which includes funding for each budget line item for fiscal years 
2007 through 2011, with total funding for each year of the plan 
constrained to the funding targets for those years as estimated 
and approved by the Office of Management and Budget. 
RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
research, engineering, and development, as authorized under part 
A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, including construc-
tion of experimental facilities and acquisition of necessary sites 
by lease or grant, $138,000,000, to be derived from the Airport 
and Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until September 
30, 2008: Provided, That there may be credited to this appropriation 
funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other public 
authorities, and private sources, for expenses incurred for research, 
engineering, and development. 
GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in-aid for air-
port planning and development, and noise compatibility planning 
and programs as authorized under subchapter I of chapter 471 
and subchapter I of chapter 475 of title 49, United States Code, 
and under other law authorizing such obligations; for procurement, 
installation, and commissioning of runway incursion prevention 
devices and systems at airports of such title; for grants authorized 
under section 41743 of title 49, United States Code; and for inspec-
tion activities and administration of airport safety programs, 
including those related to airport operating certificates under sec-
tion 44706 of title 49, United States Code, $3,399,000,000 to be 
derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds under 
this heading shall be available for the planning or execution of 
programs the obligations for which are in excess of $3,550,000,000 
in fiscal year 2006, notwithstanding section 47117(g) of title 49, 
United States Code: Provided further, That none of the funds under 
this heading shall be available for the replacement of baggage 
conveyor systems, reconfiguration of terminal baggage areas, or
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other airport improvements that are necessary to install bulk explo-
sive detection systems: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, of funds limited under this heading, not 
more than $71,096,000 shall be obligated for administration, not 
less than $10,000,000 shall be available for the airport cooperative 
research program, and not less than $10,000,000 shall be available 
to carry out the Small Community Air Service Development Pro-
gram, to remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
not later than December 31, 2015, the owner or operator of an 
airport certificated under 49 U.S.C. 44706 shall improve the air-
port’s runway safety areas to comply with the Federal Aviation 
Administration design standards required by 14 CFR part 139: 
Provided further, That the Federal Aviation Administration shall 
report annually to the Congress on the agency’s progress toward 
improving the runway safety areas at 49 U.S.C. 44706 airports. 
GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
(RESCISSION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
Of the amounts authorized for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2006 and prior years under sections 48103 and 48112 of title 
49, United States Code, $1,032,000,000 are rescinded. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 101. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, airports 
may transfer without consideration to the Federal Aviation 
Administration (FAA) instrument landing systems (along with asso-
ciated approach lighting equipment and runway visual range equip-
ment) which conform to FAA design and performance specifications, 
the purchase of which was assisted by a Federal airport-aid pro-
gram, airport development aid program or airport improvement 
program grant: Provided, That the Federal Aviation Administration 
shall accept such equipment, which shall thereafter be operated 
and maintained by FAA in accordance with agency criteria. 
SEC. 102. None of the funds in this Act may be used to com-
pensate in excess of 375 technical staff-years under the federally 
funded research and development center contract between the Fed-
eral Aviation Administration and the Center for Advanced Aviation 
Systems Development during fiscal year 2006. 
SEC. 103. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to 
pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring airport sponsors 
to provide to the Federal Aviation Administration without cost 
building construction, maintenance, utilities and expenses, or space 
in airport sponsor-owned buildings for services relating to air traffic 
control, air navigation, or weather reporting: Provided, That the 
prohibition of funds in this section does not apply to negotiations 
between the agency and airport sponsors to achieve agreement 
on ‘‘below-market’’ rates for these items or to grant assurances 
that require airport sponsors to provide land without cost to the 
FAA for air traffic control facilities. 
SEC. 104. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration may reimburse amounts made available to satisfy 49 U.S.C. 
41742(a)(1) from fees credited under 49 U.S.C. 45303: Provided, 
That during fiscal year 2006, 49 U.S.C. 41742(b) shall not apply, 
and any amount remaining in such account at the close of that
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fiscal year may be made available to satisfy section 41742(a)(1) 
for the subsequent fiscal year. 
SEC. 105. Amounts collected under section 40113(e) of title 
49, United States Code, shall be credited to the appropriation 
current at the time of collection, to be merged with and available 
for the same purposes of such appropriation. 
SEC. 106. None of the funds appropriated or limited by this 
Act may be used to change weight restrictions or prior permission 
rules at Teterboro Airport in Teterboro, New Jersey. 
SEC. 107. None of the funds made available in this Act shall 
be used for engineering work related to an additional runway at 
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. 
SEC. 108. (a) Section 44302(f)(1) of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘2005,’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘2006,’’. 
(b) Section 44303(b) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘2005,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2006,’’. 
SEC. 109. Section 47114(c)(1) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended by adding the following new paragraph at the end: 
‘‘(G) SPECIAL RULE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006.—Notwith-
standing subparagraph (A) and the absence of scheduled 
passenger aircraft service at an airport, the Secretary may 
apportion in fiscal year 2006 to the sponsor of the airport 
an amount equal to $500,000, if the Secretary finds that—
‘‘(i) the passenger boardings at the airport were 
below 10,000 in calendar year 2004; 
‘‘(ii) the airport had at least 10,000 passenger 
boardings and scheduled passenger aircraft service in 
either calendar year 2000 or 2001; and 
‘‘(iii) the reason that passenger boardings described 
in clause (i) were below 10,000 was the decrease in 
passengers following the terrorist attacks of September 
11, 2001.’’. 
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Necessary expenses for administration and operation of the 
Federal Highway Administration, not to exceed $364,638,000, shall 
be paid in accordance with law from appropriations made available 
by this Act to the Federal Highway Administration together with 
advances and reimbursements received by the Federal Highway 
Administration. 
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
None of the funds in this Act shall be available for the 
implementation or execution of programs, the obligations for which 
are in excess of $36,032,343,903 for Federal-aid highways and high-
way safety construction programs for fiscal year 2006: Provided, 
That within the $36,032,343,903 obligation limitation on Federal-
aid highways and highway safety construction programs, not more 
than $429,800,000 shall be available for the implementation or 
execution of programs for transportation research (chapter 5 of
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title 23, United States Code; sections 111, 5505, and 5506 of title 
49, United States Code; and title 5 of Public Law 109–59) for 
fiscal year 2006: Provided further, That this limitation on transpor-
tation research programs shall not apply to any authority previously 
made available for obligation: Provided further, That the Secretary 
may, as authorized by section 605(b) of title 23, United States 
Code, collect and spend fees to cover the costs of services of expert 
firms, including counsel, in the field of municipal and project finance 
to assist in the underwriting and servicing of Federal credit 
instruments and all or a portion of the costs to the Federal govern-
ment of servicing such credit instruments: Provided further, That 
such fees are available until expended to pay for such costs: Pro-
vided further, That such amounts are in addition to administrative 
expenses that are also available for such purpose, and are not 
subject to any obligation limitation or the limitation on administra-
tive expenses under section 608 of title 23, United States Code. 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for carrying out 
the provisions of title 23, United States Code, that are attributable 
to Federal-aid highways, not otherwise provided, including 
reimbursement for sums expended pursuant to the provisions of 
23 U.S.C. 308, $36,032,343,903 or so much thereof as may be 
available in and derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other 
than the Mass Transit Account), to remain available until expended. 
(RESCISSION) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
Of the unobligated balances of funds apportioned to each State 
under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, $1,999,999,000 
are rescinded: Provided, That such rescission shall not apply to 
the funds distributed in accordance with 23 U.S.C. 130(f), 23 U.S.C. 
133(d)(1) as in effect prior to the date of enactment of Public 
Law 109–59, the first sentence of 23 U.S.C. 133(d)(3)(A), 23 U.S.C. 
104(b)(5), or 23 U.S.C. 163 as in effect prior to the enactment 
of Public Law 109–59. 
APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAY SYSTEM 
For necessary expenses for the Appalachian Development High-
way System as authorized under section 1069(y) of Public Law 
102–240, as amended, $20,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 110. (a) For fiscal year 2006, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall—
(1) not distribute from the obligation limitation for Federal-
aid highways amounts authorized for administrative expenses 
and programs by section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code; 
programs funded from the administrative takedown authorized 
by section 104(a)(1) of title 23, United States Code (as in 
effect on the date before the date of enactment of the Safe,
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Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A 
Legacy for Users); the highway use tax evasion program; the 
Bureau of Transportation Statistics; the programs, projects, 
and activities funded from the takedown authorized by section 
112 of this Act; and the unobligated balances of funds made 
available for programs, projects, and activities funded from 
the takedown authorized by section 117 of title I of division 
H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 
108–447) for which no obligation limitation has previously been 
made available; 
(2) not distribute an amount from the obligation limitation 
for Federal-aid highways that is equal to the unobligated bal-
ance of amounts made available from the Highway Trust Fund 
(other than the Mass Transit Account) for Federal-aid highways 
and highway safety programs for previous fiscal years the funds 
for which are allocated by the Secretary; 
(3) determine the ratio that—
(A) the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways, 
less the aggregate of amounts not distributed under para-
graphs (1) and (2), bears to 
(B) the total of the sums authorized to be appropriated 
for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction 
programs (other than sums authorized to be appropriated 
for provisions of law described in paragraphs (1) through 
(9) of subsection (b) and sums authorized to be appropriated 
for section 105 of title 23, United States Code, equal to 
the amount referred to in subsection (b)(10) for such fiscal 
year), less the aggregate of the amounts not distributed 
under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection; 
(4)(A) distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 
highways, less the aggregate amounts not distributed under 
paragraphs (1) and (2), for sections 1301, 1302, and 1934 of 
the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity 
Act: A Legacy for Users; sections 117 (but individually for 
each project numbered 1 through 3676 listed in the table con-
tained in section 1702 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Effi-
cient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users) and 144(g) 
of title 23, United States Code; and section 14501 of title 
40, United States Code, so that the amount of obligation 
authority available for each of such sections is equal to the 
amount determined by multiplying the ratio determined under 
paragraph (3) by the sums authorized to be appropriated for 
that section for the fiscal year; and 
(B) distribute $2,000,000,000 for section 105 of title 23, 
United States Code; 
(5) distribute the obligation limitation provided for Federal-
aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not distributed under 
paragraphs (1) and (2) and amounts distributed under para-
graph (4), for each of the programs that are allocated by the 
Secretary under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users and title 23, 
United States Code (other than to programs to which para-
graphs (1) and (4) apply), by multiplying the ratio determined 
under paragraph (3) by the amounts authorized to be appro-
priated for each such program for such fiscal year; and 
(6) distribute the obligation limitation provided for Federal-
aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not distributed under
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paragraphs (1) and (2) and amounts distributed under para-
graphs (4) and (5), for Federal-aid highways and highway safety 
construction programs (other than the amounts apportioned 
for the equity bonus program, but only to the extent that 
the amounts apportioned for the equity bonus program for 
the fiscal year are greater than $2,639,000,000, and the Appa-
lachian development highway system program) that are appor-
tioned by the Secretary under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, 
Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users and 
title 23, United States Code, in the ratio that—
(A) amounts authorized to be appropriated for such 
programs that are apportioned to each State for such fiscal 
year, bear to 
(B) the total of the amounts authorized to be appro-
priated for such programs that are apportioned to all States 
for such fiscal year. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS FROM OBLIGATION LIMITATION.—The obligation 
limitation for Federal-aid highways shall not apply to obligations: 
(1) under section 125 of title 23, United States Code; (2) under 
section 147 of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978; 
(3) under section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981; (4) 
under subsections (b) and (j) of section 131 of the Surface Transpor-
tation Assistance Act of 1982; (5) under subsections (b) and (c) 
of section 149 of the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation 
Assistance Act of 1987; (6) under sections 1103 through 1108 of 
the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991; (7) 
under section 157 of title 23, United States Code, as in effect 
on the day before the date of the enactment of the Transportation 
Equity Act for the 21st Century; (8) under section 105 of title 
23, United States Code, as in effect for fiscal years 1998 through 
2004, but only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of 
those fiscal years; (9) for Federal-aid highway programs for which 
obligation authority was made available under the Transportation 
Equity Act for the 21st Century or subsequent public laws for 
multiple years or to remain available until used, but only to the 
extent that the obligation authority has not lapsed or been used; 
(10) under section 105 of title 23, United States Code, but only 
in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 
and 2006; and (11) under section 1603 of the Safe, Accountable, 
Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users, 
to the extent that funds obligated in accordance with that section 
were not subject to a limitation on obligations at the time at 
which the funds were initially made available for obligation. 
(c) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED OBLIGATION AUTHORITY.—Not-
withstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall, after August 1 
of such fiscal year, revise a distribution of the obligation limitation 
made available under subsection (a) if the amount distributed 
cannot be obligated during that fiscal year and redistribute suffi-
cient amounts to those States able to obligate amounts in addition 
to those previously distributed during that fiscal year, giving pri-
ority to those States having large unobligated balances of funds 
apportioned under sections 104 and 144 of title 23, United States 
Code. 
(d) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS TO TRANSPOR-
TATION RESEARCH PROGRAMS.—The obligation limitation shall apply 
to transportation research programs carried out under chapter 5 
of title 23, United States Code, and title V (research title) of
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the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: 
A Legacy for Users, except that obligation authority made available 
for such programs under such limitation shall remain available 
for a period of 3 fiscal years and shall be in addition to the 
amount of any limitation imposed on obligations for Federal-aid 
highway and highway safety construction programs for future fiscal 
years. 
(e) REDISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN AUTHORIZED FUNDS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the date 
of the distribution of obligation limitation under subsection 
(a), the Secretary shall distribute to the States any funds 
that—
(A) are authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal 
year for Federal-aid highways programs; and 
(B) the Secretary determines will not be allocated to 
the States, and will not be available for obligation, in 
such fiscal year due to the imposition of any obligation 
limitation for such fiscal year. 
(2) RATIO.—Funds shall be distributed under paragraph 
(1) in the same ratio as the distribution of obligation authority 
under subsection (a)(6). 
(3) AVAILABILITY.—Funds distributed under paragraph (1) 
shall be available for any purposes described in section 133(b) 
of title 23, United States Code. 
(f) SPECIAL LIMITATION CHARACTERISTICS.—Obligation limita-
tion distributed for a fiscal year under subsection (a)(1) for pro-
grams, projects, and activities funded from the takedown authorized 
by section 117 of title I of division H of Public Law 108–447 
and under subsection (a)(4) for the provision specified in subsection 
(a)(4) shall—
(1) remain available until used for obligation of funds for 
that provision; and 
(2) be in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed 
on obligations for Federal-aid highway and highway safety 
construction programs for future fiscal years. 
(g) HIGH PRIORITY PROJECT FLEXIBILITY.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), obligation 
authority distributed for such fiscal year under subsection (a)(4) 
for each project numbered 1 through 3676 listed in the table 
contained in section 1702 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, 
Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users may 
be obligated for any other project in such section in the same 
State. 
(2) RESTORATION.—Obligation authority used as described 
in paragraph (1) shall be restored to the original purpose on 
the date on which obligation authority is distributed under 
this section for the next fiscal year following obligation under 
paragraph (1). 
(h) LIMITATION ON STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 
section shall be construed to limit the distribution of obligation 
authority under subsection (a)(4)(A) for each of the individual 
projects numbered greater than 3676 listed in the table contained 
in section 1702 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users. 
SEC. 111. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received by 
the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the sale of data prod-
ucts, for necessary expenses incurred pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 111
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may be credited to the Federal-aid highways account for the purpose 
of reimbursing the Bureau for such expenses: Provided, That such 
funds shall be subject to the obligation limitation for Federal-
aid highways and highway safety construction. 
SEC. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever 
an allocation is made of the sums authorized to be appropriated 
for expenditure on the Federal lands highway program, and when-
ever an apportionment is made of the sums authorized to be appro-
priated for the surface transportation program, the congestion miti-
gation and air quality improvement program, the National Highway 
System, the Interstate maintenance program, the bridge program, 
the Appalachian development highway system, and the equity bonus 
program, the Secretary of Transportation shall deduct a sum in 
such amount not to exceed 2.75 percent of all sums so authorized: 
Provided, That of the amount so deducted in accordance with this 
section, $600,000,000 shall be made available for surface transpor-
tation projects and $25,000,000 shall be made available for highway 
priority projects as identified under this section in the statement 
of the managers accompanying this Act: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law and the preceding 
clauses of this provision, the Secretary of Transportation may use 
amounts made available by this section to make grants for any 
surface transportation project otherwise eligible for funding under 
title 23 or title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That 
funds made available under this section, at the request of a State, 
shall be transferred by the Secretary to another Federal agency: 
Provided further, That the Federal share payable on account of 
any program, project, or activity carried out with funds made avail-
able under this section shall be 100 percent: Provided further, 
That the sum deducted in accordance with this section shall remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That all funds made 
available under this section shall be subject to any limitation on 
obligations for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construc-
tion programs set forth in this Act or any other Act: Provided 
further, That the obligation limitation made available for the pro-
grams, projects, and activities for which funds are made available 
under this section shall remain available until used and shall 
be in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed on obliga-
tions for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction pro-
grams for future fiscal years. 
SEC. 113. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, projects 
and activities described in the statement of managers accompanying 
this Act under the headings ‘‘Federal-Aid Highways’’ and ‘‘Federal 
Transit Administration’’ shall be eligible for fiscal year 2006 funds 
made available for the project for which each project or activity 
is so designated: Provided, That the Federal share payable on 
account of any such projects and activities subject to this section 
shall be the same as the share required by the Federal program 
under which each project or activity is designated unless otherwise 
provided in this Act. 
SEC. 114. BYPASS BRIDGE AT HOOVER DAM. (a) IN GENERAL.—
Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary of Transportation may 
expend from any funds appropriated for expenditure in accordance 
with title 23, United States Code, for payment of debt service 
by the States of Arizona and Nevada on notes issued for the bypass 
bridge project at Hoover Dam, pending appropriation or replenish-
ment for that project.
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(b) REIMBURSEMENT.—Funds expended under subsection (a) 
shall be reimbursed from the funds made available to the States 
of Arizona and Nevada for payment of debt service on notes issued 
for the bypass bridge project at Hoover Dam. 
SEC. 115. Section 1023(h) of the Intermodal Surface Transpor-
tation Efficiency Act of 1991 (23 U.S.C. 127 note; 105 Stat. 1951) 
is amended by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(2) STATE ACTION.—
‘‘(A) WEIGHT LIMITATIONS.—For the period beginning 
on the date of enactment of this subparagraph and ending 
on September 30, 2009, a covered State, including any 
political subdivision of such State, may not enforce a single 
axle weight limitation of less than 24,000 pounds, including 
enforcement tolerances, on any vehicle referred to in para-
graph (1) in any case in which the vehicle is using the 
Interstate System. 
‘‘(B) COVERED STATE DEFINED.—In this paragraph, the 
term ‘covered State’ means a State that has enforced, in 
the period beginning on October 6, 1992, and ending on 
the date of enactment of this subparagraph, a single axle 
weight limitation of 20,000 pounds or greater but less 
than 24,000 pounds, including enforcement tolerances, on 
any vehicle referred to in paragraph (1) in any case in 
which the vehicle is using the Interstate System.’’. 
SEC. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, access 
to the I–5 ‘‘Transit Only’’ ramps at NE 163rd in Shoreline, Wash-
ington, shall be expanded to include King County Solid Waste 
Division transfer vehicles upon the determination of the Federal 
Highway Administrator that necessary safety improvements have 
been completed. 
SEC. 117. DESIGNATION OF MAX M. FISHER MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The portion of highway US–24 in the State 
of Michigan, beginning at Interstate 96 and extending north to 
Interstate 75 at exit 93 west of Clarkston, shall be known and 
designated as the ‘‘Max M. Fisher Memorial Highway’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
document, paper, or other record of the United States to the high-
way portion referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to be 
a reference to the ‘‘Max M. Fisher Memorial Highway’’. 
SEC. 118. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
provided in Public Law 108–7 under the heading ‘‘Federal-aid High-
ways’’ for intelligent transportation system projects and designated 
for Gettysburg Borough Signal Coordination and Upgrade-Signaliza-
tion; Adams County, Pennsylvania shall be available for Gettysburg 
Borough and Surrounding Municipalities Signal Coordination and 
Upgrade-Signalization; Adams County, Pennsylvania.
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FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred for administration of motor 
carrier safety operations and programs pursuant to section 31104(i) 
of title 49, United States Code, and sections 4127 and 4134 of 
Public Law 109–59, $213,000,000, to be derived from the Highway 
Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), together with 
advances and reimbursements received by the Federal Motor Car-
rier Safety Administration, the sum of which shall remain available 
until expended: Provided, That none of the funds derived from 
the Highway Trust Fund in this Act shall be available for the 
implementation, execution or administration of programs, the 
obligations for which are in excess of $213,000,000, for ‘‘Motor 
Carrier Safety Operations and Programs’’, of which $10,084,000, 
to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2008, is 
for the research and technology program and $1,000,000 shall be 
available for commercial motor vehicle operator’s grants to carry 
out section 4134 of Public Law 109–59: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds 
under this heading for outreach and education shall be available 
for transfer. 
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out sections 
31102, 31104, 31106, 31107, 31109, 31309, 31313 of title 49, United 
States Code, and sections 4126 and 4128 of Public Law 109–59, 
$282,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other 
than the Mass Transit Account) and to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be 
available for the implementation or execution of programs, the 
obligations for which are in excess of $282,000,000, for ‘‘Motor 
Carrier Safety Grants’’; of which $188,000,000 shall be available 
for the motor carrier safety assistance program to carry out sections 
31102 and 31104 of title 49, United States Code; $25,000,000 shall 
be available for the commercial driver’s license improvements pro-
gram to carry out section 31313 of title 49, United States Code; 
$32,000,000 shall be available for the border enforcement grants 
program to carry out section 31107 of title 49, United States Code; 
$5,000,000 shall be available for the performance and registration 
information system management program to carry out sections 
31106 and 31109 of title 49, United States Code; $25,000,000 shall 
be available for the commercial vehicle information systems and 
networks deployment program to carry out section 4126 of Public 
Law 109–59; $2,000,000 shall be available for the safety data
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improvement program to carry out section 4128 of Public Law 
109–59; and $5,000,000 shall be available for the commercial 
driver’s license information system modernization program to carry 
out section 31309 of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, 
That of the funds made available for the motor carrier safety 
assistance program, $29,000,000 shall be available for audits of 
new entrant motor carriers. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 120. Funds appropriated or limited in this Act shall be 
subject to the terms and conditions stipulated in section 350 of 
Public Law 107–87, including that the Secretary submit a report 
to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees annually on 
the safety and security of transportation into the United States 
by Mexico-domiciled motor carriers. 
NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the Sec-
retary, with respect to traffic and highway safety under chapter 
301 of title 49, United States Code, and part C of subtitle VI 
of title 49, United States Code, $122,457,000, to be derived from 
the sum authorized to be deducted under section 112 of this Act 
and transferred to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administra-
tion upon enactment of this Act, of which $96,301,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2006 and $26,156,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2008: Provided, That such funds 
shall be transferred to and administered by the National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration: Provided further, That none of the 
funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated or expended to 
plan, finalize, or implement any rulemaking to add to section 
575.104 of title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations any require-
ment pertaining to a grading standard that is different from the 
three grading standards (treadwear, traction, and temperature 
resistance) already in effect: Provided further, That all funds made 
available under this heading shall be subject to any limitation 
on obligations for Federal-aid highways and highway safety 
construction programs set forth in this Act or any other Act: Pro-
vided further, That the obligation limitation made available for 
the programs, projects, and activities for which funds are made 
available under this heading shall remain available as specified 
and shall be in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed 
on obligations for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construc-
tion programs for future fiscal years.
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OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provi-
sions of 23 U.S.C. 403, to remain available until expended, 
$110,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, 
That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the 
planning or execution of programs the total obligations for which, 
in fiscal year 2006, are in excess of $110,000,000 for programs 
authorized under 23 U.S.C. 403. 
NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out chapter 
303 of title 49, United States Code, $4,000,000, to be derived from 
the Highway Trust Fund and remain available until September 
30, 2007: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be 
available for the implementation or execution of programs the 
obligations for which are in excess of $4,000,000 for the National 
Driver Register authorized under chapter 303 of title 49, United 
States Code. 
HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provi-
sions of 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, 406, 408, and 410 and sections 
2001(a)(11), 2009, 2010, and 2011 of Public Law 109–59, to remain 
available until expended, $578,176,000 to be derived from the High-
way Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account): Provided, 
That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the 
planning or execution of programs the total obligations for which, 
in fiscal year 2006, are in excess of $578,176,000 for programs 
authorized under 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, 406, 408, and 410 and sections 
2001(a)(11), 2009, 2010, and 2011 of Public Law 109–59, of which 
$217,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Highway Safety Programs’’ under 23 
U.S.C. 402, $25,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Occupant Protection Incentive 
Grants’’ under 23 U.S.C. 405, $124,500,000 shall be for ‘‘Safety 
Belt Performance Grants’’ under 23 U.S.C. 406, $34,500,000 shall 
be for ‘‘State Traffic Safety Information System Improvements’’ 
under 23 U.S.C. 408, $120,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Alcohol-Impaired 
Driving Countermeasures Incentive Grant Program’’ under 23 
U.S.C. 410, $16,176,000 shall be for ‘‘Administrative Expenses’’ 
under section 2001(a)(11) of Public Law 109–59, $29,000,000 shall
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be for ‘‘High Visibility Enforcement Program’’ under section 2009 
of Public Law 109–59, $6,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Motorcyclist Safety’’ 
under section 2010 of Public Law 109–59, and $6,000,000 shall 
be for ‘‘Child Safety and Child Booster Seat Safety Incentive Grants’’ 
under section 2011 of Public Law 109–59: Provided further, That 
none of these funds shall be used for construction, rehabilitation, 
or remodeling costs, or for office furnishings and fixtures for State, 
local or private buildings or structures: Provided further, That 
not to exceed $500,000 of the funds made available for section 
410 ‘‘Alcohol-Impaired Driving Countermeasures Grants’’ shall be 
available for technical assistance to the States: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $750,000 of the funds made available for the 
‘‘High Visibility Enforcement Program’’ shall be available for the 
evaluation required under section 2009(f) of Public Law 109–59. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 125. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or limita-
tion on the use of funds made available under section 403 of 
title 23, United States Code, an additional $130,000 shall be made 
available to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 
out of the amount limited for section 402 of title 23, United States 
Code, to pay for travel and related expenses for State management 
reviews and to pay for core competency development training and 
related expenses for highway safety staff. 
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION 
SAFETY AND OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Administration, 
not otherwise provided for, $145,949,000, of which $13,856,000 shall 
remain available until expended. 
RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for railroad research and development, 
$55,075,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$6,500,000 shall be available for positive train control projects 
and $7,190,000 shall be available for grants for rail corridor plan-
ning, development and improvement and Federal share payable 
under such grants shall be 50 percent. 
RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM 
The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to issue to the 
Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obligations pursuant to 
section 512 of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform 
Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–210), as amended, in such amounts 
and at such times as may be necessary to pay any amounts required 
pursuant to the guarantee of the principal amount of obligations 
under sections 511 through 513 of such Act, such authority to 
exist as long as any such guaranteed obligation is outstanding: 
Provided, That pursuant to section 502 of such Act, as amended, 
no new direct loans or loan guarantee commitments shall be made 
using Federal funds for the credit risk premium during fiscal year 
2006.
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ALASKA RAILROAD REHABILITATION 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to 
the Alaska Railroad, $10,000,000, for capital rehabilitation and 
improvements benefiting its passenger operations, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
OPERATING SUBSIDY GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER 
CORPORATION 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make quarterly 
grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for operation 
of intercity passenger rail, $495,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation shall 
approve funding to cover operating losses for the National Railroad 
Passenger Corporation only after receiving and reviewing a grant 
request for each specific train route: Provided further, That each 
such grant request shall be accompanied by a detailed financial 
analysis, revenue projection, and capital expenditure projection 
justifying the Federal support to the Secretary’s satisfaction: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary of Transportation shall reserve 
$60,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading and is author-
ized to transfer such sums to the Surface Transportation Board, 
upon request from said Board, to carry out directed service orders 
issued pursuant to section 11123 of title 49, United States Code, 
to respond to the cessation of commuter rail operations by the 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation: Provided further, That 
the Secretary of Transportation shall make the reserved funds 
available to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation through 
an appropriate grant instrument not earlier than September 1, 
2006 to the extent that no directed service orders have been issued 
by the Surface Transportation Board as of the date of transfer 
or there is a balance of reserved funds not needed by the Board 
to pay for any directed service order issued through September 
30, 2006: Provided further, That the Corporation is directed to 
achieve savings through operating efficiencies including, but not 
limited to, modifications to food and beverage service and first 
class service: Provided further, That the Inspector General of the 
Department of Transportation shall report to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations beginning on January 3, 2006 and 
quarterly thereafter with estimates of the savings accrued as a 
result of all operational reforms instituted by the National Railroad 
Passenger Corporation: Provided further, That if the Inspector Gen-
eral cannot certify that the Corporation has achieved operational 
savings by July 1, 2006, none of the funds in this Act may be 
used after July 1, 2006, to subsidize the net losses of food and 
beverage service and sleeper car service on any Amtrak route: 
Provided further, That of the funds provided under this section, 
not less than $5,000,000 shall be expended for the development 
and implementation of a managerial cost accounting system, which 
includes average and marginal unit cost capability: Provided fur-
ther, That within 30 days of development of the managerial cost 
accounting system, the Department of Transportation Inspector 
General shall review and comment to the Secretary of Transpor-
tation and the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
upon the strengths and weaknesses of the system and how it 
best can be implemented to improve decision making by the Board 
of Directors and management of the Corporation: Provided further,
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That not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act, Amtrak 
shall transmit, in electronic format, to the Secretary of Transpor-
tation, the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, the 
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the 
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation a 
comprehensive business plan approved by the Board of Directors 
for fiscal year 2006 under section 24104(a) of title 49, United 
States Code: Provided further, That the business plan shall include, 
as applicable, targets for ridership, revenues, and capital and oper-
ating expenses: Provided further, That the plan shall also include 
a separate accounting of such targets for the Northeast Corridor; 
commuter service; long-distance Amtrak service; State-supported 
service; each intercity train route, including Autotrain; and commer-
cial activities including contract operations: Provided further, That 
the business plan shall include a description of the work to be 
funded, along with cost estimates and an estimated timetable for 
completion of the projects covered by this business plan: Provided 
further, That the Corporation shall continue to provide monthly 
reports in electronic format regarding the pending business plan, 
which shall describe the work completed to date, any changes 
to the business plan, and the reasons for such changes, and shall 
identify all sole source contract awards which shall be accompanied 
by a justification as to why said contract was awarded on a sole 
source basis: Provided further, That none of the funds in this 
Act may be used for operating expenses, including advance purchase 
orders, not approved by the Secretary of Transportation or on 
the National Railroad Passenger Corporation’s fiscal year 2006 
business plan: Provided further, That Amtrak shall display the 
business plan and all subsequent supplemental plans on the Cor-
poration’s website within a reasonable timeframe following their 
submission to the appropriate entities: Provided further, That none 
of the funds under this heading may be obligated or expended 
until the National Railroad Passenger Corporation agrees to con-
tinue abiding by the provisions of paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 5, 9, and 
11 of the summary of conditions for the direct loan agreement 
of June 28, 2002, in the same manner as in effect on the date 
of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That none of the funds 
provided in this Act may be used after March 1, 2006, to support 
any route on which Amtrak offers a discounted fare of more than 
50 percent off the normal, peak fare. 
CAPITAL AND DEBT SERVICE GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD 
PASSENGER CORPORATION 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make quarterly 
grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for the 
maintenance and repair of capital infrastructure owned by the 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation, including railroad equip-
ment, 
rolling 
stock, 
legal 
mandates 
and 
other 
services, 
$780,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which not 
to exceed $280,000,000 shall be for debt service obligations: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of Transportation shall approve funding 
for capital expenditures, including advance purchase orders, for 
the National Railroad Passenger Corporation only after receiving 
and reviewing a grant request for each specific capital grant justi-
fying the Federal support to the Secretary’s satisfaction: Provided 
further, That none of the funds under this heading may be used 
to subsidize operating losses of the National Railroad Passenger
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Corporation: Provided further, That none of the funds under this 
heading may be used for capital projects not approved by the 
Secretary of Transportation or on the National Railroad Passenger 
Corporation’s fiscal year 2006 business plan: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall determine the cost to the Corporation for the 
annual Northeast Corridor capital and maintenance costs attrib-
utable to commuter rail operations over said Corridor: Provided 
further, That these costs shall be calculated by the Secretary based 
on the train mile usage of each commuter rail authority as a 
percentage of the total number of annual train miles used by 
all users of the Northeast Corridor or by whatever measure the 
Secretary believes to be most appropriate: Provided further, That, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall 
assess fees to each commuter rail authority for any direct capital 
or maintenance costs associated with that rail authority’s usage 
of the corridor: Provided further, That such assessments shall 
account fully for whatever direct annual contributions are already 
being made by each commuter authority for such Northeast Corridor 
capital and maintenance expenses in that fiscal year: Provided 
further, That the revenues from such fees shall be merged with 
this appropriation and be available for obligation and expenditure 
consistent with the terms and conditions of this paragraph: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall transmit to Congress a monthly 
accounting of charges levied in accordance with the preceding pro-
viso. 
EFFICIENCY INCENTIVE GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD 
PASSENGER CORPORATION 
For an additional amount to be made available to the Secretary 
for efficiency incentive grants to the National Railroad Passenger 
Corporation, $40,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary may make grants to the National Railroad 
Passenger Corporation for an additional sum for operating subsidies 
at any time during the fiscal year for the purpose of maintaining 
the operation of existing Amtrak routes: Provided further, That 
nothing in the previous proviso should be interpreted either to 
encourage or discourage the Corporation with respect to adjusting 
existing routes or frequencies: Provided further, That the Secretary 
may make grants for operating subsidies at any time during the 
fiscal year in order to avert the Corporation’s entry into bankruptcy 
proceedings: Provided further, That prior to awarding additional 
operating grants for the purpose of the preceding proviso, the Sec-
retary and the Inspector General of the Department of Transpor-
tation shall certify to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate that such grants are 
necessary to prevent the Corporation from entering bankruptcy: 
Provided further, That if the Secretary and the Inspector General 
deem that sufficient operating funds are available to continue oper-
ations through the end of fiscal year 2006, then, as of September 
1, 2006, the Secretary may make grants to the National Railroad 
Passenger Corporation at such times and in such amounts for 
capital improvements that have a direct and measurable short-
term impact on reducing operating losses of the National Railroad 
Passenger Corporation.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 130. The Secretary may purchase promotional items of 
nominal value for use in public outreach activities to accomplish 
the purposes of 49 U.S.C. 20134: Provided, That the Secretary 
shall prescribe guidelines for the administration of such purchases 
and use. 
SEC. 131. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, from 
funds made available to the Federal Railroad Administration under 
the heading ‘‘Next Generation High-Speed Rail’’ in the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act of 2005 (Public Law 108–447), the Secretary 
of Transportation shall award a grant in the amount of $500,000 
to the Maine Department of Transportation for Safety and Mitiga-
tion Rail Relocation in Auburn, Maine. 
SEC. 132. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
made available to the Federal Railroad Administration for the 
Illinois statewide highway-rail crossing safety program on page 
1420 of the Joint Explanatory Statement of the Committee of Con-
ference for Public Law 108–447 (House Report 108–792) shall be 
made available to the Illinois Commerce Commission for the Public 
Education and Enforcement Research (PEERS) program to improve 
rail-grade crossing safety through education and enforcement initia-
tives. 
SEC. 133. Notwithstanding any existing Federal legislation, 
from funds available to the Federal Railroad Administration under 
the heading of ‘‘Next Generation High-Speed Rail’’ in the Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act of 2004, Public Law 108–199; the Sec-
retary of Transportation may award a grant of $1,000,000 to the 
New Orleans Regional Planning Commission, New Orleans, Lou-
isiana for site planning and an update of the Master Plan for 
the Union Passenger Terminal, located at New Orleans, Louisiana. 
SEC. 134. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
made available to the Federal Railroad Administration for the Spo-
kane Region High Speed Rail Corridor Study on page 1420 of 
the Joint Explanatory Statement of the Committee of Conference 
for Public Law 108–447 (House Report 108–792) shall be made 
available to the Washington State Department of Transportation 
for grade crossing and related improvements under the Bridging 
the Valley project between Spokane County, Washington and 
Kootenai County, Idaho. 
SEC. 135. Of the $40,000,000 provided under the heading ‘‘Effi-
ciency Incentive Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Cor-
poration’’, and notwithstanding limitation language contained 
therein, $8,300,000 shall be made available immediately upon enact-
ment of this Act only for a revenue service demonstration of not 
less than 5,500 carload shipments of premium temperature-con-
trolled express. 
FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal Transit 
Administration’s programs authorized by chapter 53 of title 49, 
United States Code, $80,000,000: Provided, That of the funds avail-
able under this heading, not to exceed $925,000 shall be available 
for the Office of the Administrator; not to exceed $7,325,000 shall 
be available for the Office of Administration; not to exceed
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$4,058,200 shall be available for the Office of the Chief Counsel; 
not to exceed $1,359,300 shall be available for the Office of Commu-
nication and Congressional Affairs; not to exceed $7,985,900 shall 
be available for the Office of Program Management; not to exceed 
$8,732,500 shall be available for the Office of Budget and Policy; 
not to exceed $4,763,900 shall be available for the Office of Dem-
onstration and Innovation; not to exceed $3,153,100 shall be avail-
able for the Office of Civil Rights; not to exceed $4,127,300 shall 
be available for the Office of Planning; not to exceed $20,754,000 
shall be available for regional offices; and not to exceed $16,815,800 
shall be available for the central account: Provided further, That 
the Administrator is authorized to transfer funds appropriated for 
an office of the Federal Transit Administration: Provided further, 
That no appropriation for an office shall be increased or decreased 
by more than a total of 5 percent during the fiscal year by all 
such transfers: Provided further, That any change in funding greater 
than 5 percent shall be submitted for approval to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That any 
funding transferred from the central account shall be submitted 
for approval to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That none of the funds provided or limited 
in this Act may be used to create a permanent office of transit 
security under this heading: Provided further, That of the funds 
in this Act available for the execution of contracts under section 
5327(c) of title 49, United States Code, $2,000,000 shall be 
reimbursed to the Department of Transportation’s Office of 
Inspector General for costs associated with audits and investigations 
of transit-related issues, including reviews of new fixed guideway 
systems: Provided further, That upon submission to the Congress 
of the fiscal year 2007 President’s budget, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall transmit to Congress the annual report on new starts, 
including proposed allocations of funds for fiscal year 2007. 
FORMULA AND BUS GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORITY) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provi-
sions of 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5308, 5309, 5310, 5311, 5317, 5320, 
5335, 5339, and 5340 and section 3038 of Public Law 105–178, 
as amended, $1,500,000,000, to be derived from the Mass Transit 
Account of the Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That funds available for the implementation 
or execution of programs authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 
5308, 5309, 5310, 5311, 5317, 5320, 5335, 5339, and 5340 and 
section 3038 of Public Law 105–178, as amended, shall not exceed 
total obligations of $6,979,931,000 in fiscal year 2006: Provided 
further, That of the funds made available to carry out capital 
projects to modernize fixed guideway systems authorized under 
49 U.S.C. 5309(b)(2), $47,766,000 shall be transferred to the Capital 
Investment Grants account and made available to carry out new 
fixed guideway capital projects identified in this Act and in accord-
ance with the applicable provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5309: Provided 
further, That except as provided in section 3044(b)(1) of Public
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Law 109–59, funds made available to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5308 
shall instead be available to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5309(b)(3). 
RESEARCH AND UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTERS 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5306, 5312–
5315, 5322, and 5506, $75,200,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That $9,000,000 is available to carry out the 
transit cooperative research program under section 5313 of title 
49, United States Code, $4,300,000 is available for the National 
Transit Institute under section 5315 of title 49, United States 
Code, $7,000,000 is available for university transportation centers 
program under section 5506 of title 49, United States Code: Pro-
vided further, That $54,200,000 is available to carry out national 
research programs under sections 5312, 5313, 5314, and 5322 of 
title 49, United States Code. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS 
For necessary expenses to carry out section 5309 of title 49, 
United States Code, $1,455,234,000, to remain available until 
expended as follows: 
ACE Gap Closure San Joaquin County, California, 
$5,000,000. 
Alaska and Hawaii ferry projects, $15,000,000. 
Ann Arbor/Detroit Commuter Rail, Michigan, $5,000,000. 
Atlanta Beltline/C-Loop, Georgia, $1,000,000. 
Baltimore Central Light Rail Double Track Project, Mary-
land, $12,420,000. 
Baltimore Red Line and Green Line, Maryland, $2,000,000. 
Boston/Fitchburg, Massachusetts Rail Corridor, $2,000,000. 
Central 
Corridor/St. 
Paul—Minneapolis, 
Minnesota, 
$2,000,000. 
Central Florida Commuter Rail, $11,000,000. 
Central Phoenix/East Valley LRT, Arizona, $90,000,000. 
Charlotte South Corridor Light Rail Project, North Caro-
lina, $55,000,000. 
City of Miami Streetcar, Florida, $2,000,000. 
City of Rock Hill Trolley Study, South Carolina, $400,000. 
Commuter Rail, Albuquerque to Santa Fe, New Mexico, 
$500,000. 
Commuter Rail, Utah, $9,000,000. 
CORRIDORone 
Regional 
Rail 
Project, 
Pennsylvania, 
$1,500,000. 
CTA Douglas Blue Line, Illinois, $45,150,000. 
CTA Ravenswood Brown Line, Illinois, $40,000,000. 
CTA Yellow Line, Illinois, $1,000,000. 
Dallas Northwest/Southeast Light Rail MOS, Texas, 
$12,000,000. 
Denali Commission, Alaska, $5,000,000. 
Detroit Center City Loop, Michigan, $4,000,000. 
Dulles 
Corridor 
Rapid 
Transit 
Project, 
Virginia, 
$26,000,000. 
East Corridor Commuter Rail, Nashville, Tennessee, 
$6,000,000. 
East Side Access Project, New York, $340,000,000. 
Euclid Corridor Transportation Project, Ohio, $24,774,513. 
Fort Lauderdale Downtown Rail Link, Florida, $1,000,000.
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Gainesville-Haymarket VRE Service Extension, Virginia, 
$1,450,000. 
Hartford-New Britain Busway, Connecticut, $6,000,000. 
Houston METRO, Texas, $12,000,000. 
Hudson-Bergen 
Light 
Rail 
MOS 
2, 
New 
Jersey, 
$100,000,000. 
Kansas City, Missouri, Southtown BRT, $12,300,000. 
Metra, Illinois, $42,180,000. 
Metro Gold Line Eastside Light Rail Extension, California, 
$80,000,000. 
Miami 
Dade 
County 
Metrorail 
Extension, 
Florida, 
$10,000,000. 
Mid-Coast Light Rail Transit Extension, California, 
$7,160,000. 
Mid-Jordan Light Rail Transit Line, Utah, $500,000. 
Mission Valley East, California, $7,700,000. 
N. Indiana Commuter Transit District Recapitalization, 
$5,000,000. 
New Jersey Trans-Hudson Midtown Corridor, New Jersey, 
$12,315,000.; 
North Corridor Interstate MAX Light Rail Project, Oregon, 
$18,110,000. 
North Shore Connector, Pennsylvania, $55,000,000. 
North Shore Corridor and Blue Line Extension, Massachu-
setts, $2,000,000. 
Northeast Corridor Commuter Rail Project, Delaware, 
$1,425,000. 
Northern Branch Bergen County, New Jersey, $2,500,000. 
Northstar Corridor Commuter Rail Project, Minnesota, 
$2,000,000. 
Northwest New Jersey—Northeast Pennsylvania Passenger 
Rail, $10,000,000. 
Oceanside Escondido Rail Project, California, $12,210,000. 
Odgen Avenue Transit Corridor/Circle Line, Illinois, 
$1,000,000. 
Regional Fixed Guideway Project, Nevada, $3,000,000. 
Rhode Island Integrated Commuter Rail Project, Rhode 
Island, $6,000,000. 
San Francisco BART Extension to San Francisco Inter-
national Airport, California, $81,860,000. 
San Francisco Muni Third Street Light Rail Project, Cali-
fornia, $25,000,000. 
San Juan Tren Urbano, Puerto Rico, $8,045,487. 
Santa Barbara Coast Rail Track Improvement Project, Cali-
fornia, $1,000,000. 
Schuylkill Valley Metro, Pennsylvania, $4,000,000. 
Seattle Sound Transit, Washington, $80,000,000. 
Second Avenue Subway, New York, $25,000,000. 
Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Corridor Project, Santa Clara 
County, California, $6,500,000. 
Silver Line Phase III, Massachusetts, $4,000,000. 
Sounder Commuter Rail, Washington, $5,000,000. 
Southeast Corridor Multi-Modal Project (T-REX), Colorado, 
$80,000,000. 
Stamford Urban Transitway, Connecticut, $10,000,000. 
Triangle Transit Authority Regional Rail System (Raleigh-
Durham), North Carolina, $20,000,000.
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Washington County Commuter Rail Project, Oregon, 
$15,000,000. 
West Corridor Light Rail, Colorado, $5,000,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 140. The limitations on obligations for the programs of 
the Federal Transit Administration shall not apply to any authority 
under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously made available for obligation, 
or to any other authority previously made available for obligation. 
SEC. 141. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and 
except for fixed guideway modernization projects, funds made avail-
able by this Act under ‘‘Federal Transit Administration, Capital 
investment grants’’ for projects specified in this Act or identified 
in reports accompanying this Act not obligated by September 30, 
2008, and other recoveries, shall be made available for other projects 
under 49 U.S.C. 5309. 
SEC. 142. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
funds appropriated before October 1, 2005, under any section of 
chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, that remain available 
for expenditure may be transferred to and administered under 
the most recent appropriation heading for any such section. 
SEC. 143. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, unobli-
gated funds made available for a new fixed guideway systems 
projects under the heading ‘‘Federal Transit Administration, Capital 
Investment Grants’’ in any appropriations Act prior to this Act 
may be used during this fiscal year to satisfy expenses incurred 
for such projects. 
SEC. 144. Funds made available for Alaska or Hawaii ferry 
boats or ferry terminal facilities pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 5309(m)(2)(B) 
may be used to construct new vessels and facilities, or to improve 
existing vessels and facilities, including both the passenger and 
vehicle-related elements of such vessels and facilities, and for repair 
facilities: Provided, That not more than $3,000,000 of the funds 
made available pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 5309(m)(2)(B) may be used 
by the State of Hawaii to initiate and operate a passenger ferryboat 
services demonstration project to test the viability of different intra-
island and inter-island ferry boat routes and technology: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 5302(a)(7), funds made 
available for Alaska or Hawaii ferry boats may be used to acquire 
passenger ferry boats and to provide passenger ferry transportation 
services within areas of the State of Hawaii under the control 
or use of the National Park Service. 
SEC. 145. Amounts made available from the bus category of 
the Capital Investment Grants Account or Discretionary Grants 
Account in this or any other previous Appropriations Act that 
remain unobligated or unexpended in a grant for a multimodal 
transportation facility in Burlington, Vermont, may be used for 
site-preparation and design purposes of a multimodal transportation 
facility in a different location within Burlington, Vermont, than 
originally intended notwithstanding previous expenditures incurred 
such purposes at the original location. 
SEC. 146. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
designated in the conference report accompanying Public Law 108–
447 and Public Law 108–199 for the King County Metro Park 
and Ride on First Hill, Seattle, Washington, shall be available
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to the Swedish Hospital parking garage, Seattle, Washington, sub-
ject to the same conditions and requirements of section 125 of 
division H of Public Law 108–447. 
SEC. 147. Funds in this Act that are apportioned to the 
Charleston Area Regional Transportation Authority to carry out 
section 5307 of title 49, United States Code, may be used to acquire 
land, equipment, or facilities used in public transportation from 
another governmental authority in the same geographic area: Pro-
vided, That the non-Federal share under section 5307 may include 
revenues from the sale of advertising and concessions. 
SEC. 148. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
unobligated funds designated to the Jacksonville Transportation 
Authority, Community Transportation Coordinator Program under 
the heading ‘‘Job Access and Reverse Commute Grants’’ in the 
statement of the managers accompanying Public Law 108–199 may 
be made available to the Jacksonville Transportation Authority 
for any purpose authorized under the Job Access and Reverse 
Commute program. 
SEC. 149. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
funds made available to the South Shore Commuter Rail, Indiana, 
project under the Federal Transit Administration Capital Invest-
ment Grants Account in division H of Public Law 108–447 that 
remain available may be used for remodernization of the South 
Shore Commuter Rail system. 
SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation is 
hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits 
of funds and borrowing authority available to the Corporation, 
and in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commit-
ments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by 
section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, as 
amended, as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set 
forth in the Corporation’s budget for the current fiscal year. 
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 
(HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses for operations and maintenance of those 
portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway operated and maintained 
by 
the 
Saint 
Lawrence 
Seaway 
Development 
Corporation, 
$16,284,000, to be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust 
Fund, pursuant to Public Law 99–662. 
MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a U.S.-flag 
merchant fleet to serve the national security needs of the United 
States, $156,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses of operations and training activities 
authorized by law, $122,249,000 of which $23,750,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2006, for salaries and benefits of
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employees of the United States Merchant Marine Academy; of which 
$15,000,000 shall remain available until expended for capital 
improvements at the United States Merchant Marine Academy; 
and of which $8,211,000 shall remain available until expended 
for the State Maritime Schools Schoolship Maintenance and Repair. 
SHIP DISPOSAL 
For necessary expenses related to the disposal of obsolete ves-
sels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the Maritime Adminis-
tration, $21,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan 
program, not to exceed $4,126,000, which shall be transferred to 
and merged with the appropriation for Operations and Training. 
SHIP CONSTRUCTION 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
$2,071,280 are rescinded. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 150. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
the Maritime Administration is authorized to furnish utilities and 
services and make necessary repairs in connection with any lease, 
contract, or occupancy involving Government property under control 
of the Maritime Administration, and payments received therefore 
shall be credited to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof: 
Provided, That rental payments under any such lease, contract, 
or occupancy for items other than such utilities, services, or repairs 
shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. 
SEC. 151. No obligations shall be incurred during the current 
fiscal year from the construction fund established by the Merchant 
Marine Act, 1936 (46 App. U.S.C. 1101 et seq.), or otherwise, 
in excess of the appropriations and limitations contained in this 
Act or in any prior appropriations Act. 
PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For necessary administrative expenses of the Pipeline and Haz-
ardous Materials Safety Administration, $16,877,000, of which 
$645,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund. 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous materials 
safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 
Administration, $26,138,000, of which $1,847,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2008: Provided, That up to $1,200,000 
in fees collected under 49 U.S.C. 5108(g) shall be deposited in 
the general fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided
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further, That there may be credited to this appropriation, to be 
available until expended, funds received from States, counties, 
municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources for 
expenses incurred for training, for reports publication and dissemi-
nation, and for travel expenses incurred in performance of haz-
ardous materials exemptions and approvals functions. 
PIPELINE SAFETY 
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND) 
(OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND) 
For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of the pipeline 
safety program, for grants-in-aid to carry out a pipeline safety 
program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 60107, and to discharge the 
pipeline program responsibilities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 
$73,010,000, of which $15,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil 
Spill Liability Trust Fund and shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2008; of which $58,010,000 shall be derived from the 
Pipeline Safety Fund, of which $24,000,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2008: Provided, That not less than $1,000,000 
of the funds provided under this heading shall be for the one-
call State grant program. 
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS 
(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND) 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5127(c), $200,000, 
to be derived from the Emergency Preparedness Fund, to remain 
available until September 30, 2007: Provided, That not more than 
$14,300,000 shall be made available for obligation in fiscal year 
2006 from amounts made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i) and 5127(d): 
Provided further, That none of the funds made available by 49 
U.S.C. 5116(i), 5127(c), and 5127(d) shall be made available for 
obligation by individuals other than the Secretary of Transportation, 
or his designee. 
RESEARCH AND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATION 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Research and Innovative Tech-
nology Administration, $5,774,000, of which $1,121,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2008: Provided, That there may be 
credited to this appropriation, to be available until expended, funds 
received from States, counties, municipalities, other public authori-
ties, and private sources for expenses incurred for training. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General to 
carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
as amended, $62,499,000: Provided, That the Inspector General 
shall have all necessary authority, in carrying out the duties speci-
fied in the Inspector General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 
3), to investigate allegations of fraud, including false statements
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to the government (18 U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity that 
is subject to regulation by the Department: Provided further, That 
the funds made available under this heading shall be used to 
investigate, pursuant to section 41712 of title 49, United States 
Code: (1) unfair or deceptive practices and unfair methods of com-
petition by domestic and foreign air carriers and ticket agents; 
and (2) the compliance of domestic and foreign air carriers with 
respect to item (1) of this proviso. 
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation Board, 
including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $26,450,000: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to 
exceed $1,250,000 from fees established by the Chairman of the 
Surface Transportation Board shall be credited to this appropriation 
as offsetting collections and used for necessary and authorized 
expenses under this heading: Provided further, That the sum herein 
appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced on a dollar-
for-dollar basis as such offsetting collections are received during 
fiscal year 2006, to result in a final appropriation from the general 
fund estimated at no more than $25,200,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 160. During the current fiscal year applicable appropria-
tions to the Department of Transportation shall be available for 
maintenance and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles and aircraft; purchase of liability insurance for motor 
vehicles operating in foreign countries on official department busi-
ness; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law 
(5 U.S.C. 5901–5902). 
SEC. 161. Appropriations contained in this Act for the Depart-
ment of Transportation shall be available for services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the 
per diem rate equivalent to the rate for an Executive Level IV. 
SEC. 162. None of the funds in this Act shall be available 
for salaries and expenses of more than 108 political and Presidential 
appointees in the Department of Transportation: Provided, That 
none of the personnel covered by this provision may be assigned 
on temporary detail outside the Department of Transportation. 
SEC. 163. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to 
implement section 404 of title 23, United States Code. 
SEC. 164. (a) No recipient of funds made available in this 
Act shall disseminate personal information (as defined in 18 U.S.C. 
2725(3)) obtained by a State department of motor vehicles in connec-
tion with a motor vehicle record as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1), 
except as provided in 18 U.S.C. 2721 for a use permitted under 
18 U.S.C. 2721. 
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall not with-
hold funds provided in this Act for any grantee if a State is in 
noncompliance with this provision. 
SEC. 165. Funds received by the Federal Highway Administra-
tion, Federal Transit Administration, and Federal Railroad