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section 2 to the extent it plans to conduct a public- 
private competition for the performance of an activ-
ity that is not inherently governmental.’’. 
SEC. 942. (a) No funds shall be available for trans-
fers or reimbursements to the E-Government Initiatives 
sponsored by the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) prior to 15 days following submission of a report 
to the Committees on Appropriations by the Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget or receipt of ap-
proval to transfer funds by the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations. 
(b) The report in (a) shall detail— 
(1) the amount proposed for transfer for any 
department and agency by program office, bureau, 
or activity, as appropriate; 
(2) the specific use of funds; 
(3) the relevance of that use to that department 
or agency and each bureau or office within, which is 
contributing funds; and 
(4) a description on any such activities for 
which funds were appropriated that will not be im-
plemented or partially implemented by the depart-
ment or agency as a result of the transfer. 
SEC. 943. (a) The adjustment in rates of basic pay 
for employees under the statutory pay systems that takes
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effect in fiscal year 2006 under sections 5303 and 5304 
of title 5, United States Code, shall be an increase of 3.1 
percent, and this adjustment shall apply to civilian em-
ployees in the Department of Defense and the Department 
of Homeland Security and such adjustments shall be effec-
tive as of the first day of the first applicable pay period 
beginning on or after January 1, 2006. 
(b) Notwithstanding section 913 of this Act, the ad-
justment in rates of basic pay for the statutory pay sys-
tems that take place in fiscal year 2006 under sections 
5344 and 5348 of title 5, United States Code, shall be 
no less than the percentage in paragraph (a) as employees 
in the same location whose rates of basic pay are adjusted 
pursuant to the statutory pay systems under section 5303 
and 5304 of title 5, United States Code. Prevailing rate 
employees at locations where there are no employees whose 
pay is increased pursuant to sections 5303 and 5304 of 
title 5 and prevailing rate employees described in section 
5343(a)(5) of title 5 shall be considered to be located in 
the pay locality designated as ‘‘Rest of US’’ pursuant to 
section 5304 of title 5 for purposes of this paragraph. 
(c) Funds used to carry out this section shall be paid 
from appropriations, which are made to each applicable 
department or agency for salaries and expenses for fiscal 
year 2006.
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SEC. 944. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 
law, none of the funds provided in this Act or any other 
Act may be used by an executive branch agency to produce 
any prepackaged news story intended for broadcast or dis-
tribution in the United States, unless the story includes 
a clear notification within the text or audio of the pre-
packaged news story that the prepackaged news story was 
prepared or funded by that executive branch agency. 
SEC. 945. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to administer, implement, or enforce the 
amendment made to section 515.533 of title 31, Code of 
Federal Regulations, that was published in the Federal 
Register on February 25, 2005. 
SEC. 946. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 552a of title 
5, United States Code (popularly known as the Privacy 
Act) or of section 552.224 of title 48 of the Code of Fed-
eral Regulations. 
SEC. 947. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to provide for the competitive sourcing 
of flight service stations. 
SEC. 948. None of the funds contained in this Act 
may be used to enforce section 702 of the Firearms Con-
trol Regulations Act of 1975 (sec. 7—2507.02, D.C. Offi-
cial Code).
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SEC. 949. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to enforce the judgment of the United 
States Supreme Court in the case of Kelo v. New London, 
decided June 23, 2005. 
SEC. 950. The amount otherwise provided under the 
heading
‘‘Management
and
Administration—Working 
Capital Fund’’, in title III is hereby increased by 
$22,000,000. 
SEC. 951. None of the funds made available in this 
Act to the Department of the Treasury may be used to 
recommended approval of the sale of Unocal Corporation 
to CNOOC Ltd. of China. 
SEC. 952. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the General Services Administration 
to carry out the eTravel Service program. 
SEC. 953. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement the revision to Office of 
Management and Budget Circular A–76 made on May 29, 
2003. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation, Treas-
ury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the 
District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 2006’’.
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DIVISION A—TRANSPORTATION, TREASURY, THE 
JUDICIARY, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOP-
MENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIA-
TIONS ACT, 2006 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
Departments of Transportation, Treasury, the Judiciary, 
and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 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, 
$86,000,000, 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 
$12,650,000 shall be available for the Office of the Under 
Secretary of Transportation for Policy; not to exceed 
$8,585,000 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 
Secretary for Governmental Affairs; not to exceed
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$22,031,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Administration; 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 Disadvantaged 
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 Transportation: Provided, That the Secretary 
of Transportation is authorized to transfer funds appro-
priated 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: Pro-
vided 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 fur-
ther, That not to exceed $60,000 shall be for allocation with-
in the Department for official reception and representation 
expenses as the Secretary may determine: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, excluding 
fees authorized in Public Law 107–71, there may be cred-
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ited to this appropriation up to $2,500,000 in funds re-
ceived in user fees: Provided further, That none of the funds 
made available in this Act may be used to enforce the re-
striction in section 29(a) of the International Air Transpor-
tation Competition Act of 1979 against the operation of 
flights between Love Field, Texas, and one or more points 
within the State of Missouri: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Transportation shall amend each air carrier’s 
certificate of public convenience and necessity to authorize 
the carrier operations consistent with the limitations of the 
preceding proviso: Provided further, That the Secretary of 
Transportation, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services and the Administrator of the 
Federal Aviation Administration, not later than 60 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, shall establish proce-
dures with airport directors located at United States air-
ports that have incoming flights from any country that has 
had cases of avian flu and with air carriers that provide 
such flights to deal with situations where a passenger on 
one of the flights has symptoms of avian flu. 
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$8,550,000.
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TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND 
DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for conducting transportation 
planning, research, systems development, development ac-
tivities, and making grants, to remain available until ex-
pended, $15,000,000, of which $2,000,000 may be made 
available to provide a grant to the Louisiana Department 
of Transportation and Development to establish a program 
under which the Louisiana Department of Transportation 
and Development shall provide grants to parish and munic-
ipal governments in the State of Louisiana that experience 
a significant spike in population because of an unexpected 
influx of hurricane evacuees, as determined by the Lou-
isiana Department of Transportation and Development, to 
quickly implement smart and innovative plans to alleviate 
traffic congestion and to address increased transportation 
demands in the affected communities. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital out-
lays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed 
$120,014,000, 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 Transportation: Pro-
vided further, That the above limitation on operating ex-
penses shall not apply to non-DOT entities: Provided fur-
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ther, That no funds appropriated in this Act to an agency 
of the Department shall be transferred to the Working Cap-
ital Fund without the approval of the agency modal admin-
istrator: Provided further, That no assessments may be lev-
ied 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 author-
ized by 49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, including 
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in sec-
tion 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 ex-
penses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, $400,000. 
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 oppor-
tunities related to any mode of transportation.
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PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
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 avail-
able until expended. 
NEW HEADQUARTERS BUILDING 
For necessary expenses of the Department of Transpor-
tation’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 Admin-
istration, not otherwise provided for, including operations 
and research activities related to commercial space trans-
portation, administrative expenses for research and develop-
ment, establishment of air navigation facilities, the oper-
ation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, sub-
sidizing 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, $8,026,000,000, of which 
$5,686,500,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Air-
way Trust Fund, of which not to exceed $6,627,010,000 
shall be available for air traffic organization activities; not
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to exceed $956,242,000 shall be available for aviation regu-
lation and certification activities; not to exceed $11,759,000 
shall be available for commercial space transportation ac-
tivities; not to exceed $50,983,000 shall be available for fi-
nancial 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 ex-
ceed $141,909,000 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 of any budg-
et activity, except for aviation regulation and certification 
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 per-
cent: Provided further, That any transfer in excess of 2 per-
cent shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under 
section 710 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga-
tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce-
dures 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 reg-
ulation that would promulgate new aviation user fees not 
specifically authorized by law after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act: Provided further, That there may be cred-
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ited to this appropriation funds received from States, coun-
ties, municipalities, foreign authorities, other public au-
thorities, 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, includ-
ing airman, aircraft, and repair station certificates, or for 
tests related thereto, or for processing major repair or alter-
ation forms: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated 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 agree-
ment with a nonprofit standard-setting organization to as-
sist in the development of aviation safety standards: Pro-
vided 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: Pro-
vided 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
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charting and cartography are available for activities con-
ducted 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 
acquisition, establishment, technical support services, im-
provement by contract or purchase, and hire of air naviga-
tion and experimental facilities and equipment, as author-
ized 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 quar-
ters and related accommodations for officers and employees 
of the Federal Aviation Administration stationed at remote 
localities where such accommodations are not available; and 
the purchase, lease, or transfer of aircraft from funds avail-
able under this heading; to be derived from the Airport and 
Airway 
Trust 
Fund, 
$2,448,000,000, 
of 
which 
$2,024,579,000 shall remain available until September 30,
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2008, and of which $423,421,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2006: Provided, That there may be 
credited to this appropriation funds received from States, 
counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and pri-
vate 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 Transpor-
tation shall transmit to the Congress a comprehensive cap-
ital investment plan for the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion 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 Manage-
ment 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 construction of experimental facilities and acqui-
sition of necessary sites by lease or grant, $134,500,000, 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 re-
ceived from States, counties, municipalities, other public
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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 airport planning and development, and noise com-
patibility planning and programs as authorized under sub-
chapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 
of title 49, United States Code, and under other law author-
izing 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 in-
spection activities and administration of airport safety pro-
grams, including those related to airport operating certifi-
cates under section 44706 of title 49, United States Code, 
$3,390,000,000 to be derived from the Airport and Airway 
Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That none of the funds under this heading shall be 
available for the planning or execution of programs the obli-
gations for which are in excess of $3,500,000,000 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 replace-
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ment of baggage conveyor systems, reconfiguration of ter-
minal baggage areas, or other airport improvements that 
are necessary to install bulk explosive detection systems: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, not more than $71,096,000 of funds limited under 
this heading shall be obligated for administration and not 
less than $20,000,000 shall be available to carry out the 
Small Community Air Service Development Program, 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 im-
prove the airport’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 Con-
gress on the agency’s progress toward improving the run-
way 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, $1,174,000,000 
are rescinded.
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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 sys-
tems (along with associated approach lighting equipment 
and runway visual range equipment) which conform to 
FAA design and performance specifications, the purchase 
of which was assisted by a Federal airport-aid program, 
airport development aid program or airport improvement 
program grant: Provided, That the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration shall accept such equipment, which shall there-
after be operated and maintained by FAA in accordance 
with agency criteria. 
SEC. 102. None of the funds in this Act may be used 
to compensate in excess of 375 technical staff-years under 
the federally funded research and development center con-
tract between the Federal 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 air-
port sponsors to provide to the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration without cost building construction, maintenance, 
utilities and expenses, or space in airport sponsor-owned
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buildings for services relating to air traffic control, air 
navigation, or weather reporting: Provided, That the prohi-
bition of funds in this section does not apply to negotiations 
between the agency and airport sponsors to achieve agree-
ment 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 
Administration 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 remain-
ing in such account at the close of that fiscal year may 
be made available to satisfy section 41742(a)(1) for the sub-
sequent fiscal year. 
SEC. 105. Amounts collected under section 40113(e) of 
title 49, United States Code, shall be credited to the appro-
priation current at the time of collection, to be merged with 
and available for the same purposes of such appropriation. 
SEC. 106. (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 strik-
ing ‘‘2005,’’ and inserting ‘‘2006,’’.
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(c) Section 47114(c)(1)(F) of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘and 2005’’ each place it ap-
pears in the text and in the heading and inserting ‘‘, 2005, 
and 2006’’. 
SEC. 107. Notwithstanding any provision of law, the 
Secretary of Transportation is authorized and directed to 
make project grants under chapter 471 of title 49, United 
States Code, from funds available for fiscal year 2006 and 
thereafter under 49 U.S.C. 48103, for the cost of acquisition 
of land, or reimbursement of the cost of land if purchased 
prior to enactment of this provision and prior to a grant 
agreement, for non-exclusive use aeronautical purposes on 
an airport layout plan that has been approved by the Sec-
retary on January 23, 2004, pursuant to section 49 U.S.C. 
47107(a)(16), for any small hub airport as defined in 49 
U.S.C. 47102, and had scheduled or chartered direct inter-
national flights totaling at least 200 million pounds gross 
aircraft landed weight for calendar year 2002. 
SEC. 108. (a) Section 47108 of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended in subsection (e) by adding the following 
new paragraph at the end: 
‘‘(3) CHANGES TO NONHUB PRIMARY STATUS.— 
If the status of a nonhub primary airport changes to 
a small hub primary airport at a time when the air-
port has received discretionary funds under this chap-
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ter for a terminal development project in accordance 
with section 47110(d)(2), and the project is not yet 
completed, the project shall remain eligible for fund-
ing from the discretionary fund and the small airport 
fund to pay costs allowable under section 47110(d). 
Such project shall remain eligible for such funds for 
three fiscal years after the start of construction of the 
project, or if the Secretary determines that a further 
extension of eligibility is justified, until the project is 
completed.’’. 
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
47110(d)(2)(A) is amended by striking ‘‘(A) the’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(A) except as provided in section 47108(e)(3), the’’. 
SEC. 109. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available in this Act may be used by the Federal 
Aviation Administration for ARAC consolidation of Fort 
Sill, Oklahoma into OKC TRACON: Provided, That 
$3,000,000 of the fund appropriated under the heading ‘‘FA-
CILITIES AND EQUIPMENT’’ shall be available for ARAC op-
eration and maintenance at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. 
SEC. 110. Section 40128(e) of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘For 
purposes of this subsection, an air tour operator flying over 
the Hoover Dam in the Lake Mead National Recreation 
Area en route to the Grand Canyon National Park shall
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be deemed to be flying solely as a transportation route.’’. 
Nothing in this provision shall allow exemption from over-
flight rules for the Grand Canyon. 
SEC. 111. EXTENSION
OF REQUIREMENT
FOR AIR 
CARRIERS TO HONOR TICKETS FOR SUSPENDED AIR PAS-
SENGER SERVICE. 
Section 145(c) of the Aviation and Transportation Se-
curity Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note) is amended by striking 
‘‘November 19, 2005.’’ and inserting ‘‘November 30, 2006.’’. 
SEC. 112. (a)(1) This section shall apply to an em-
ployee of the Federal Aviation Administration, who— 
(A) would be involuntarily separated as a result 
of the reorganization of the Flight Services Unit fol-
lowing the outsourcing of flight service duties to a 
contractor; 
(B) was not eligible by October 3, 2005 for an 
immediate annuity under a Federal retirement sys-
tem; and 
(C) assuming continued Federal employment, 
would attain eligibility for an immediate annuity 
under section 8336(d) or 8414(b) of title 5, United 
States Code, not later than October 4, 2007. 
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, dur-
ing the period beginning on the date of enactment of this 
Act and ending October 4, 2007, an employee described
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under paragraph (1) may, with the approval of the Admin-
istrator of the Federal Aviation Administration or the des-
ignee of the Administrator, accept an assignment to such 
contractor within 14 days after the date of enactment of 
this section. 
(3) Except as provided in subsection (c), an employee 
appointed under paragraph (1)— 
(A) shall be a temporary Federal employee for 
the duration of the assignment; 
(B) notwithstanding such temporary status, shall 
retain previous enrollment or participation in Fed-
eral employee benefits programs under chapters 83, 
84, 87, and 89 of title 5, United States Code; and 
(C) shall be considered to have not had a break 
in service for purposes of chapters 83, 84, and sec-
tions 8706(b) and 8905(b) of title 5, United States 
Code, except no service credit or benefits shall be ex-
tended retroactively. 
(4) An assignment and temporary appointment under 
this section shall terminate on the earlier of— 
(A) October 4, 2007; or 
(B) the date on which the employee first becomes 
eligibility for an immediate annuity under section 
8336(d) or 8414(b) of title 5, United States Code.
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(5) Such funds as may be necessary are authorized for 
the Federal Aviation Administration to pay the salary and 
benefits of an employee assigned under this section, but no 
funds are authorized to reimburse the employing contractor 
for the salary and benefits of an employee so assigned. 
(b) An employee who is being involuntarily separated 
as a result of the reorganization of the Flight Services Unit 
following the outsourcing of flight service duties to a con-
tractor, and is eligible to use annual leave under the condi-
tions of section 6302(g) of title 5, United States Code, may 
use such leave to— 
(1) qualify for an immediate annuity or to meet 
the age or service requirements for an enhanced annu-
ity that the employee could qualify for under sections 
8336, 8412, or 8414; or 
(2) to meet the requirements under section 
8905(b) of title 5, United States Code, to qualify to 
continue health benefits coverage after retirement from 
service. 
(c)(1) Nothing in this section shall— 
(A) affect the validity or legality of the reduc-
tion-in-force actions of the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration effective October 3, 2005; or 
(B) create any individual rights of actions re-
garding such reduction-in-force or any other actions
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related to or arising under the competitive sourcing 
of flight services. 
(2) An employee subject to this section shall not be— 
(A) covered by chapter 71 of title 5, United 
States Code, while on the assignment authorized by 
this section; or 
(B) subject to section 208 of title 18, United 
States Code. 
(3) Temporary employees assigned under this section 
shall not be Federal employees for purposes of chapter 171 
of title 28, United States Code (commonly referred to as 
the Federal Tort Claims Act). Chapter 171 of title 28, 
United States Code (commonly referred to as the Federal 
Tort Claims Act) and any other Federal tort liability stat-
ute shall not apply to an employee who is assigned to a 
contractor under subsection (a). 
SEC. 113. (a) In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘Conservation Area’’ means the 
Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area established 
by section 604(a) of the Clark County Conservation of 
Public Land and Natural Resources Act of 2002 (116 
Stat. 2010). 
(2) The term ‘‘County’’ means Clark County, Ne-
vada.
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(3)(A) The term ‘‘helicopter tour’’ means a com-
mercial helicopter tour operated for profit. 
(B) The term ‘‘helicopter tour’’ does not include 
a helicopter tour that is carried out to assist a Fed-
eral, State, or local agency. 
(4) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of 
the Interior. 
(5) The term ‘‘Wilderness’’ means the North 
McCullough Mountains Wilderness established by sec-
tion 202(a)(13) of the Clark County Conservation of 
Public Land and Natural Resources Act of 2002 (116 
Stat. 2000). 
(b) As soon as practicable after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall convey to the County, subject 
to valid existing rights, for no consideration, all right, title, 
and interest of the United States in and to the parcel of 
land described in subsection (c). 
(c) The parcel of land to be conveyed under subsection 
(b) is the parcel of approximately 229 acres of land depicted 
as tract A on the map entitled ‘‘Clark County Public Heli-
port Facility’’ and dated May 3, 2004. 
(d)(1) The parcel of land conveyed under subsection 
(b)—
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(A) shall be used by the County for the operation 
of a heliport facility under the conditions stated in 
paragraphs (2), (3), and (4); and 
(B) shall not be disposed of by the County. 
(2)(A) Any operator of a helicopter tour originating 
from or concluding at the parcel of land described in sub-
section (c) shall pay to the Clark County Department of 
Aviation a $3 conservation fee for each passenger on the 
helicopter tour if any portion of the helicopter tour occurs 
over the Conservation Area. 
(B)(i) Not earlier than 10 years after the date of enact-
ment of this Act and every 10 years thereafter, the Secretary 
shall conduct a review to determine whether to raise the 
amount of the conservation fee. 
(ii) After conducting a review under clause (i) and 
providing an opportunity for public comment, the Sec-
retary may raise the amount of the conservation fee in an 
amount determined to be appropriate by the Secretary, but 
by not more than 50 percent of the amount of the conserva-
tion fee in effect on the day before the date of the increase. 
(3)(A) The amounts collected under paragraph (2) 
shall be deposited in a special account in the Treasury of 
the United States. 
(B) Of the amounts deposited under subparagraph 
(A)—
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(i) 2⁄3 of the amounts shall be available to the 
Secretary, without further appropriation, for the 
management of cultural, wildlife, and wilderness re-
sources on public land in the State of Nevada; and 
(ii) 1⁄3 of the amounts shall be available to the 
Director of the Bureau of Land Management, without 
further appropriation, for the conduct of Bureau of 
Land Management operations for the Conservation 
Area and the Red Rock Canyon National Conserva-
tion Area. 
(4)(A) Except for safety reasons, any helicopter tour 
originating or concluding at the parcel of land described 
in subsection (c) that flies over the Conservation Area shall 
not fly— 
(i) over any area in the Conservation Area ex-
cept the area that is between 3 and 5 miles north of 
the latitude of the southernmost boundary of the Con-
servation Area; 
(ii) lower than 1,000 feet over the eastern seg-
ments of the boundary of the Conservation Area; or 
(iii) lower than 500 feet over the western seg-
ments of the boundary of the Conservation Area. 
(B) The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Admin-
istration shall establish a special flight rules area and any
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operating procedures that the Administrator determines to 
be necessary to implement subparagraph (A). 
(5) If the County ceases to use any of the land de-
scribed in subsection (c) for the purpose described in para-
graph (1)(A) and under the conditions stated in paragraph 
(2)— 
(A) title to the parcel shall revert to the 
United States, at the option of the United States; 
and 
(B) the County shall be responsible for any 
reclamation necessary to revert the parcel to the 
United States. 
(e) The Secretary shall require, as a condition of the 
conveyance under subsection (b), that the County pay the 
administrative costs of the conveyance, including survey 
costs and any other costs associated with the transfer of 
title. 
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 reim-
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bursements received by the Federal Highway Administra-
tion. 
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 obliga-
tions for which are in excess of $40,194,259,000 for Federal- 
aid highways and highway safety construction programs for 
fiscal year 2006: Provided, That within the $40,194,259,000 
obligation limitation on Federal-aid highways and highway 
safety construction programs, not more than $408,491,420 
shall be available for the implementation or execution of 
programs for transportation research (sections 502, 503, 
504, 506, 507, and 508 of title 23, United States Code, as 
amended; section 5505 of title 49, United States Code, as 
amended; and sections 5112 and 5204–5209 of Public Law 
105–178) for fiscal year 2005: Provided further, That this 
limitation on transportation research programs shall not 
apply to any authority previously made available for obli-
gation. 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for car-
rying out the provisions of title 23, United States Code, 
that are attributable to Federal-aid highways, including the
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National Scenic and Recreational Highway as authorized 
by 23 U.S.C. 148, not otherwise provided, including reim-
bursement for sums expended pursuant to the provisions of 
23 U.S.C. 308, $40,194,259,000 or so much thereof as may 
be available in and derived from the Highway Trust Fund, 
to remain available until expended. 
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS 
HIGHWAY TRUST FUND 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances of funds apportioned to 
each State under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, 
$2,300,000,000 are rescinded: Provided, That such rescis-
sion shall not apply to the funds distributed in accordance 
with 23 U.S.C. 133(d)(1) and the first sentence of 23 U.S.C. 
133(d)(3)(A) or to the funds apportioned to the program 
authorized under section 163 of title 23, United States Code. 
APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAY SYSTEM 
For necessary expenses for the Appalachian Develop-
ment Highway System as authorized under section 1069(y) 
of Public Law 102–240, as amended, $80,000,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2006, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall—
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(1) not distribute from the obligation limitation 
for Federal-aid highways amounts authorized for ad-
ministrative expenses and programs funded from the 
administrative 
takedown 
authorized 
by 
section 
104(a)(1)(A) of title 23, United States Code, for the 
highway use tax evasion program, and for the Bureau 
of Transportation Statistics; 
(2) not distribute an amount from the obligation 
limitation for Federal-aid highways that is equal to 
the unobligated balance of amounts made available 
from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass 
Transit Account) for Federal-aid highways and high-
way safety programs for the prior 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 dis-
tributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), bears to 
(B) the total of the sums authorized to be 
appropriated for Federal-aid highways and high-
way safety construction programs (other than 
sums authorized to be appropriated for sections 
set forth in paragraphs (1) through (7) of sub-
section (b) and sums authorized to be appro-
priated for section 105 of title 23, United States
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Code, equal to the amount referred to in sub-
section (b)(8)) for such fiscal year less the aggre-
gate of the amounts not distributed under para-
graph (1) of this subsection; 
(4) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed-
eral-aid highways less the aggregate amounts not dis-
tributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) for section 201 
of the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 
and $2,000,000,000 for such fiscal year under section 
105 of title 23, United States Code (relating to min-
imum guarantee) so that the amount of obligation au-
thority available for each of such sections is equal to 
the amount determined by multiplying the ratio de-
termined under paragraph (3) by the sums authorized 
to be appropriated for such section (except in the case 
of section 105, $2,000,000,000) for such fiscal year; 
(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 paragraph (4) for each of 
the programs that are allocated by the Secretary 
under title 23, United States Code (other than activi-
ties to which paragraph (1) applies and programs to 
which paragraph (4) applies) by multiplying the 
ratio determined under paragraph (3) by the sums
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authorized to be appropriated for such program for 
such fiscal year; and 
(6) distribute the obligation limitation provided 
for Federal-aid highways less the aggregate amounts 
not distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) and 
amounts distributed under paragraphs (4) and (5) for 
Federal-aid highways and highway safety construc-
tion programs (other than the minimum guarantee 
program, but only to the extent that amounts appor-
tioned for the minimum guarantee program for such 
fiscal year exceed $2,639,000,000, and the Appa-
lachian development highway system program) that 
are apportioned by the Secretary under title 23, 
United States Code, in the ratio that— 
(A) sums authorized to be appropriated for 
such programs that are apportioned to each 
State for such fiscal year, bear to 
(B) the total of the sums authorized to be 
appropriated for such programs that are appor-
tioned 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
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9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981; (4) under sec-
tions 131(b) and 131(j) of the Surface Transportation As-
sistance Act of 1982; (5) under sections 149(b) and 149(c) 
of the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation As-
sistance 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 (but, only 
in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for such fiscal year); 
and (9) for Federal-aid highway programs for which obliga-
tion authority was made available under the Transpor-
tation 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 such obligation authority has 
not lapsed or been used. 
(c) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED OBLIGATION AU-
THORITY.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall after August 1 for such fiscal year revise a distribution 
of the obligation limitation made available under subsection 
(a) if a State will not obligate the amount distributed dur-
ing that fiscal year and redistribute sufficient amounts to 
those States able to obligate amounts in addition to those 
previously distributed during that fiscal year giving pri-
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ority to those States having large unobligated balances of 
funds apportioned under sections 104 and 144 of title 23, 
United States Code, section 160 (as in effect on the day 
before the enactment of the Transportation Equity Act for 
the 21st Century) of title 23, United States Code, and under 
section 1015 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi-
ciency Act of 1991. 
(d) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS TO 
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PROGRAMS.—The obligation 
limitation shall apply to transportation research programs 
carried out under chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code, 
except that obligation authority made available for such 
programs under such limitation shall remain available for 
a period of 3 fiscal years. 
(e) REDISTRIBUTION
OF
CERTAIN
AUTHORIZED 
FUNDS.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the dis-
tribution of obligation limitation under subsection (a), the 
Secretary shall distribute to the States any funds: (1) that 
are authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal year for 
Federal-aid highways programs (other than the program 
under section 160 of title 23, United States Code) and for 
carrying out subchapter I of chapter 311 of title 49, United 
States Code, and highway-related programs under chapter 
4 of title 23, United States Code; and (2) that the Secretary 
determines will not be allocated to the States, and will not
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be available for obligation, in such fiscal year due to the 
imposition of any obligation limitation for such fiscal year. 
Such distribution to the States shall be made in the same 
ratio as the distribution of obligation authority under sub-
section (a)(6). The funds so distributed shall be available 
for any purposes described in section 133(b) of title 23, 
United States Code. 
(f) SPECIAL RULE.—Obligation limitation distributed 
for a fiscal year under subsection (a)(4) of this section for 
a section set forth in subsection (a)(4) shall remain avail-
able until used and shall be in addition to the amount of 
any limitation imposed on obligations for Federal-aid high-
way and highway safety construction programs for future 
fiscal years. 
SEC. 121. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re-
ceived by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the 
sale of data products, for necessary expenses incurred pur-
suant to 49 U.S.C. 111 may be credited to the Federal-aid 
highways account for the purpose of reimbursing the Bu-
reau for such expenses: Provided, That such funds shall be 
subject to the obligation limitation for Federal-aid high-
ways and highway safety construction. 
SEC. 122. BYPASS BRIDGE AT HOOVER DAM. (a) IN 
GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary of 
Transportation may expend from any funds appropriated
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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 replenishment 
for that project. 
(b) REIMBURSEMENT.—Funds expended under sub-
section (a) shall be reimbursed from the funds made avail-
able to the States of Arizona and Nevada for payment of 
debt service on notes issued for the bypass bridge project 
at Hoover Dam. 
SEC. 123. None of the funds made available in this 
Act shall be available for the development or dissemination 
by the Federal Highway Administration of any version of 
a programmatic agreement which regards the Dwight D. 
Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense 
Highways as eligible for inclusion on the National Register 
of Historic Places. 
SEC. 124. BUS AXLE WEIGHT EXEMPTION. Section 
1023 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency 
Act of 1991 (23 U.S.C. 127 note; 105 Stat. 1951) is amend-
ed by striking subsection (h) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(h) OVER-THE-ROAD BUS AND PUBLIC TRANSIT VE-
HICLE EXEMPTION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The second sentence of sec-
tion 127 of title 23, United States Code (relating to
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axle weight limitations for vehicles using the Dwight 
D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense 
Highways), shall not apply to— 
‘‘(A) any over-the-road bus (as defined in 
section 301 of the Americans With Disabilities 
Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12181)); or 
‘‘(B) any vehicle that is regularly and ex-
clusively used as an intrastate public agency 
transit passenger bus. 
‘‘(2) STATE ACTION.—No State or political sub-
division of a State, or any political authority of 2 or 
more States, shall impose any axle weight limitation 
on any vehicle described in paragraph (1) in any case 
in which such a vehicle is using the Dwight D. Eisen-
hower System of Interstate and Defense Highways.’’. 
SEC. 125. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, access to the I–5 ‘‘Transit Only’’ ramps at NE 163rd 
in Shoreline, Washington 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.
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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 in the implemen-
tation, execution and administration of the motor carrier 
safety program, motor carrier safety research, motor carrier 
outreach and education, $211,400,000, to be derived from 
the Highway Trust Fund, together with advances and reim-
bursements received by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration, the sum of which shall remain available 
until expended: Provided, That none of the funds under this 
heading shall be available for the implementation, execution 
or administration of programs the obligations for which are 
in excess of $211,400,000, for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Oper-
ations and Programs’’, of which $9,600,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2009, is for the research and 
technology program; and of which up to $6,800,000 shall 
be available to make grants to, or enter into contracts with, 
States, local government, or other persons for the commer-
cial vehicle analysis reporting system, and the Federal 
share payable under such grants shall be 100 percent.
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MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
sections 31102, 31106, and 31309 of title 23, United States 
Code, $278,620,000 to be derived from the Highway Trust 
Fund 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 $278,620,000 for ‘‘Motor Carrier 
Safety Grants’’, of which $193,620,000 shall be available 
for Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program grants to 
States; of which $33,000,000 shall be available for Border 
Enforcement grants to States; $4,000,000 shall be available 
for Performance and Registration Information System 
Management grants to States; $23,000,000 shall be avail-
able for the Commercial Driver’s License and Driver Im-
provement Program grants to States; and $25,000,000 shall 
be available for Commercial Vehicle Information Systems 
and Networks grants to States: Provided further, That for 
grants made to States for implementation of section 210 
of the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 (113 
Stat. 1764–1765), and for grants to States, local govern-
ments, or other entities for commercial driver’s license pro-
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gram improvements, the Federal share payable under such 
grants shall be 100 percent: Provided further, That from 
amounts provided under this heading for grants to States 
or local governments for audits of new entrant motor car-
riers, the Secretary of Transportation may withhold such 
funds from a State or local government that is unable to 
use government employees to conduct new entrant motor 
carrier audits and may transfer such funds to ‘‘Motor Car-
rier Safety Operations and Programs’’ to conduct audits 
in those jurisdictions. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER 
SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 130. 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 Sec-
retary submit a report to the House and Senate Appropria-
tions Committees annually on the safety and security of 
transportation into the United States by Mexico-domiciled 
motor carriers. 
SEC. 131. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be used to implement or 
enforce any provisions of the Final Rule, issued on April 
16, 2003 (Docket No. FMCSA–97–2350), with respect to ei-
ther of the following:
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(1) The operators of utility service vehicles, as 
that term is defined in section 395.2 of title 49, Code 
of Federal Regulations. 
(2) Maximum daily hours of service for drivers 
engaged in the transportation of property or pas-
sengers to or from a motion picture or television pro-
duction site located within a 100-air mile radius of 
the work reporting location of such drivers. 
NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 403, 49 U.S.C. 301, and part 
C of subtitle VI of 49 U.S.C., $226,688,000, to be derived 
from the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That none of the 
funds in this Act shall be available for the planning or exe-
cution of programs the total obligations for which, in fiscal 
year 2006, are in excess of $226,688,000 for programs au-
thorized under such sections: 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 requirement pertaining to a grading 
standard that is different from the three grading standards
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(treadwear, traction, and temperature resistance) already 
in effect. 
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 expended: Provided, That none of the funds 
in this Act shall be available for the implementation or exe-
cution 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 provisions of 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, 406, 407A, 410, 412, 
section 7212(a)(9) of the Highway Safety Grant Program 
Reauthorization Act of 2005 to pay administrative and re-
lated operating expenses under 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, 406, 
407A, 410, 412, 413 and 414, and section 7223 of the High-
way Safety Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2005, 
to remain available until expended, $548,182,095 to be de-
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rived from the Highway 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 pro-
grams the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 2006, 
are in excess of $548,182,095 for programs authorized under 
23 U.S.C. 402, 405, 406, 407A, 410, 412, 413 and 414, and 
section 7223 of the Highway Safety Grant Program Reau-
thorization Act of 2005, of which $209,217,985 shall be for 
‘‘Highway Safety Programs’’ under 23 U.S.C. 402, 
$149,667,110 shall be for ‘‘Occupant Protection Programs’’ 
under 23 U.S.C. 405, $7,400,000 shall be for ‘‘Demonstra-
tion Programs related to older drivers, law enforcement, 
and motorcycle training’’ under 23 U.S.C. 406, $5,000,000 
shall be for the ‘‘Emergency Medical Services Program’’ 
under 23 U.S.C. 407A, $115,721,000 shall be for the ‘‘Im-
paired 
Driving 
Program’’ 
under 
U.S.C. 
410, 
$45,000,000 shall be for ‘‘State Traffic Safety Information 
System Improvements’’ under 23 U.S.C. 412, $16,176,000 
shall be for ‘‘administrative and related operating expenses’’ 
under section 7212(a)(9) of the Highway Safety Grant Pro-
gram Reauthorization Act of 2005 for 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, 
406, 407A, 410, 412, 413 and 414, and section 7223 of the 
Highway Safety Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 
2005: Provided further, That none of these funds shall be 
used for construction, rehabilitation, or remodeling costs, or
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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 ‘‘Alco-
hol-Impaired Driving Countermeasures Grants’’ shall be 
available for technical assistance to the States. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—NATIONAL HIGHWAY 
TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 140. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
States may use funds provided in this Act under section 
402 of title 23, United States Code, to produce and place 
highway safety public service messages in television, radio, 
cinema, and print media, and on the Internet in accord-
ance with guidance issued by the Secretary of Transpor-
tation: Provided, That any State that uses funds for such 
public service messages shall submit to the Secretary a re-
port describing and assessing the effectiveness of the mes-
sages: Provided further, That $10,000,000 of the funds allo-
cated under section 157 of title 23, United States Code, shall 
be used as directed by the National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administrator to purchase national paid advertising (in-
cluding production and placement) to support national 
safety belt mobilizations: Provided further, That, of the 
funds allocated under section 163 of title 23, United States 
Code, $6,000,000 shall be used as directed by the Adminis-
trator to support national impaired driving mobilizations 
and enforcement efforts, and $14,000,000 shall be used as
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directed by the Administrator to purchase national paid 
advertising (including production and placement) to sup-
port such national impaired driving mobilizations and en-
forcement efforts. 
SEC. 141. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
for fiscal year 2006 the Secretary of Transportation is au-
thorized to use amounts made available to carry out section 
157 of title 23, United States Code, to make innovative 
project allocations, not to exceed the prior year’s amounts 
for such allocations, before making incentive grants for use 
of seat belts. 
SEC. 142. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
not to exceed $130,000 of the funds made available under 
sections 403 of title 23 U.S.C. and 7212(a)(9) of the High-
way Safety Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2005 
to pay administrative and related operating expenses under 
23 U.S.C. 402 shall be available to the National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration for travel and related ex-
penses for State management reviews and highway safety 
staff core competency development training. 
SEC. 143. For an additional amount for the National 
Highway Traffic Safety Administration under the heading 
‘‘OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH’’, $6,000,000, to carry out 
the provisions of section 10307(c) of Public Law 109–59.
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FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION 
SAFETY AND OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Admin-
istration, not otherwise provided for, $146,000,000, of which 
$13,856,000 shall remain available until expended. 
RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for railroad research and devel-
opment, $41,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
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 sec-
tions 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 commit-
ments shall be made using Federal funds for the credit risk 
premium during fiscal year 2006. 
NEXT GENERATION HIGH-SPEED RAIL 
For necessary expenses for the Next Generation High- 
Speed Rail program as authorized under 49 U.S.C. 26101
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and 26102, $11,500,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
ALASKA RAILROAD REHABILITATION 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 
grants to the Alaska Railroad, $20,000,000, for capital re-
habilitation and improvements benefiting its passenger op-
erations, to remain available until expended. 
GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER 
CORPORATION 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make a 
grant to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation 
(‘‘Corporation’’) for the operation and capital expenses of 
intercity passenger rail service, $1,450,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the Corporation 
may impose a passenger service surcharge on each ticket 
issued equivalent to 5 percent of the value of said ticket 
for all tickets issued for travel in the Northeast Corridor, 
or route segment, between Washington, DC and Boston, MA 
and equivalent to 2 percent of the value of said ticket price 
for all tickets issued for travel on a route outside the North-
east Corridor, the proceeds of which shall be used for capital 
investments: Provided further, That the Corporation shall 
not impose said surcharge if it finds that such a surcharge 
shall have a deleterious impact on ridership and revenues: 
Provided further, That of the funds provided under this sec-
tion, not less than $5,000,000 shall be expended for the de-
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velopment and implementation of a managerial cost ac-
counting system, which includes average and marginal unit 
cost capability: Provided further, That within 30 days of 
development of the managerial cost accounting system, the 
Department of Transportation Inspector General shall re-
view and comment to the Secretary of Transportation 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. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 150. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
from funds made available to the Federal Railroad Admin-
istration under the heading ‘‘Next Generation High-Speed 
Rail’’ in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2005 (Pub-
lic 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 Mitigation 
Rail Relocation in Auburn, Maine. 
SEC. 151. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
funds made available to the Federal Railroad Administra-
tion for the Illinois statewide highway-rail crossing safety 
program 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 Illi-
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nois Commerce Commission for the Public Education and 
Enforcement Research (PEERS) program to improve rail- 
grade crossing safety through education and enforcement 
initiatives. 
SEC. 152. Notwithstanding any existing Federal legis-
lation, from funds available to the Federal Railroad Ad-
ministration under the heading of ‘‘Next Generation High- 
Speed Rail’’ in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 
2004, Public Law 108–199; the Secretary of Transportation 
may award a grant of $1,000,000 to the New Orleans Re-
gional Planning Commission, New Orleans, Louisiana for 
site planning and an update of the Master Plan for the 
Union Passenger Terminal, located at New Orleans, Lou-
isiana. 
SEC. 153. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
funds made available to the Federal Railroad Administra-
tion for the Spokane 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 track 
and grade crossing improvements under the Bridging the 
Valley project between Spokane County, Washington and 
Kootenai County, Idaho.
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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, $13,411,000: Provided, 
That no more than $79,544,000 of budget authority shall 
be available for these purposes: Provided further, That of 
the funds available not to exceed $925,000 shall be available 
for the Office of the Administrator; not to exceed $6,800,000 
shall be available for the Office of Administration; not to 
exceed $4,200,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Chief Counsel; not to exceed $1,300,000 shall be available 
for the Office of Communication and Congressional Affairs; 
not to exceed $7,500,000 shall be available for the Office 
of Program Management; not to exceed $7,200,000 shall be 
available for the Office of Budget and Policy; not to exceed 
$4,700,000 shall be available for the Office of Demonstra-
tion and Innovation; not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be 
available for the Office of Civil Rights; not to exceed 
$4,200,000 shall be available for the Office of Planning; not 
to exceed $21,000,000 shall be available for regional offices; 
and not to exceed $16,219,000 shall be available for the cen-
tral account: Provided further, That the Administrator is 
authorized to transfer funds appropriated for an office of 
the Federal Transit Administration: Provided further, That
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no appropriation for an office shall be increased or de-
creased 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 Ap-
propriations: Provided further, That any funding trans-
ferred from the central account shall be submitted for ap-
proval 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 fur-
ther, That of the funds in this Act available for the execu-
tion of contracts under section 5327(c) of title 49, United 
States Code, $2,000,000 shall be reimbursed to the Depart-
ment of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General for 
costs associated with audits and investigations of transit- 
related issues, including reviews of new fixed guideway sys-
tems: Provided further, That up to $2,500,000 for the Na-
tional transit database shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That upon submission to the Con-
gress of the fiscal year 2007 President’s budget, the Sec-
retary of Transportation shall transmit to Congress the an-
nual report on new starts, including proposed allocations 
of funds for fiscal year 2007.
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FORMULA GRANTS 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5307, 
5308, 5310, 5311, 5327, and section 3038 of Public Law 
105–178, $734,117,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That no more than $4,354,191,000 of budget au-
thority shall be available for these purposes. 
UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5505, 
$981,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That no more than $5,818,000 of budget authority shall be 
available for these purposes. 
TRANSIT PLANNING AND RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5303, 
5304, 5305, 5311(b)(2), 5312, 5313(a), 5314, 5315, and 
5322, $26,350,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That no more than $156,287,000 of budget authority 
shall be available for these purposes: Provided further, That 
$5,208,000 is available to provide rural transportation as-
sistance (49 U.S.C. 5311(b)(2)), $3,967,000 is available to 
carry out programs under the National Transit Institute 
(49 U.S.C. 5315), $8,992,000 is available to carry out tran-
sit cooperative research programs (49 U.S.C. 5313(a)), 
$104,004,000 is available for State and metropolitan plan-
ning; and $34,116,000 is available for the national plan-
ning and research program (49 U.S.C. 5314).
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TRUST FUND SHARE OF EXPENSES 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for pay-
ment of obligations incurred in carrying out 49 U.S.C. 
5303–5308, 5310–5315, 5317(b), 5322, 5327, 5334, 5505, 
and sections 3037 and 3038 of Public Law 105–178, 
$6,824,667,000, to remain available until expended, and to 
be derived from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway 
Trust Fund: Provided, That $3,620,074,000 shall be paid 
to the Federal Transit Administration’s formula grants ac-
count: Provided further, That $129,937,000 shall be paid 
to the Federal Transit Administration’s transit planning 
and research account: Provided further, That $66,133,000 
shall be paid to the Federal Transit Administration’s ad-
ministrative expenses account: Provided further, That 
$4,837,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Administra-
tion’s university transportation research account: Provided 
further, That $101,292,000 shall be paid to the Federal 
Transit Administration’s job access and reverse commute 
grants program: Provided further, That $2,902,394,000 
shall be paid to the Federal Transit Administration’s Cap-
ital Investment Grants account. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5308, 
5309, 5318, and 5327, $588,578,000, to remain available
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until 
expended: 
Provided, 
That 
no 
more 
than 
$3,490,972,000 of budget authority shall be available for 
these purposes: Provided further, That there shall be avail-
able for fixed guideway modernization, $1,307,473,000; 
there shall be available for the replacement, rehabilitation, 
and purchase of buses and related equipment and the con-
struction of bus-related facilities, $796,977,000, and there 
shall be available for new fixed guideway systems 
$1,386,522,000, to be available as follows: 
Alaska and Hawaii ferry projects, $10,296,000; 
Baltimore Central Light Rail Double Track 
Project, Maryland, $12,420,000; 
Central Phoenix/East Valley LRT, Arizona, 
$90,000,000; 
Charlotte South Corridor Light Rail Project, 
North Carolina, $55,000,000; 
City of Miami Streetcar, Florida, $2,000,000; 
City of Rock Hill Trolley Study, South Caro-
lina, $400,000; 
Commuter Rail, Albuquerque to Santa Fe, New 
Mexico, $500,000; 
Commuter Rail, Utah, $9,000,000; 
CORRIDORone Regional Rail Project, Pennsyl-
vania, $1,500,000; 
CTA Douglas Blue Line, Illinois, $45,150,000;
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CTA 
Ravenswood 
Brown 
Line, 
Illinois, 
$40,000,000; 
Dallas Northwest/Southeast Light Rail MOS, 
Texas, $12,000,000; 
Dulles Corridor Rapid Transit Project, Virginia, 
$26,000,000; 
East Corridor Commuter Rail, Nashville, Ten-
nessee, $6,000,000; 
East 
Side 
Access 
Project, 
New 
York, 
$340,000,000; 
Euclid Corridor Transportation Project, Ohio, 
$24,774,513; 
Gainesville-Haymarket VRE Service Extension, 
Virginia, $1,450,000; 
Hartford-New Britain Busway, Connecticut, 
$6,000,000; 
Hudson-Bergen Light Rail MOS 2, New Jersey, 
$100,000,000; 
Kansas City, MO, Southtown BRT, $12,300,000; 
Metra, Illinois, $42,180,000; 
Metro Gold Line Eastside Light Rail Extension, 
California, $80,000,000; 
Houston METRO, Texas, $12,000,000; 
Mid-Coast Light Rail Transit Extension, Cali-
fornia, $7,160,000;
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Mid-Jordan Light Rail Transit Line, Utah, 
$500,000; 
Mission Valley East, California, $7,700,000; 
New Jersey Trans-Hudson Midtown Corridor, 
New Jersey, $3,315,000; 
North Corridor Interstate MAX Light Rail 
Project, Oregon, $18,110,000; 
North 
Shore 
Connector, 
Pennsylvania, 
$55,000,000; 
Northeast Corridor Commuter Rail Project, 
Delaware, $1,425,000; 
Northstar Corridor Commuter Rail Project, Min-
nesota, $2,000,000; 
Oceanside Escondido Rail Project, California, 
$12,210,000; 
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 Fran-
cisco International Airport, California, $81,860,000; 
San Francisco Muni Third Street Light Rail 
Project, California, $10,000,000; 
San 
Juan 
Tren 
Urbano, 
Puerto 
Rico, 
$10,200,000;
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Schuylkill 
Valley 
Metro, 
Pennsylvania, 
$2,000,000; 
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, $5,000,000; 
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; 
Triangle Transit Authority Regional Rail Sys-
tem (Raleigh-Durham), North Carolina, $18,000,000; 
Washington County Commuter Rail Project, Or-
egon, $15,000,000; 
West Corridor Light Rail, Colorado, $5,000,000. 
JOB ACCESS AND REVERSE COMMUTE GRANTS 
For necessary expenses to carry out section 3037 of the 
Federal Transit Act of 1998, $20,541,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That no more than 
$121,833,000 of budget authority shall be available for these 
purposes: Provided further, That up to $300,000 of the 
funds provided under this heading may be used by the Fed-
eral Transit Administration for technical assistance and
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support and performance reviews of the Job Access and Re-
verse Commute Grants program. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 160. The limitations on obligations for the pro-
grams 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 pre-
viously made available for obligation. 
SEC. 161. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
and except for fixed guideway modernization projects, funds 
made available by this Act under ‘‘Federal Transit Admin-
istration, 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. 162. 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. 163. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
any Office of Management and Budget Circular or any pol-
icy, directive, or regulation, funds made available from the
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Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund in this 
Act may not be deposited in the General Fund of the United 
States Treasury: Provided, That obligations incurred to 
carry out any Federal Transit program, project or activity 
shall be liquidated first from amounts appropriated for that 
program, project or activity from the General Fund of the 
United States Treasury until the appropriated amount is 
depleted. 
SEC. 164. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
unobligated funds made available for a new fixed guideway 
systems projects under the heading ‘‘Federal Transit Ad-
ministration, Capital Investment Grants’’ in any appro-
priations Act prior to this Act may be used during this 
fiscal year to satisfy expenses incurred for such projects. 
SEC. 165. 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: Pro-
vided, 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 pas-
senger ferryboat services demonstration project to test the 
viability of different intra-island and inter-island ferry
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boat routes and technology: Provided further, That notwith-
standing 49 U.S.C. 5302(a)(7), funds made available for 
Alaska or Hawaii ferry boats may be used to acquire pas-
senger ferry boats and to provide passenger ferry transpor-
tation services within areas of the State of Hawaii under 
the control or use of the National Park Service. 
SEC. 166. Amounts made available from the bus cat-
egory of the Capital Investment Grants Account or Discre-
tionary Grants Account in this or any other previous Ap-
propriations Act that remain unobligated or unexpended in 
a grant for a multimodal transportation facility in Bur-
lington, Vermont, may be used for site-preparation and de-
sign purposes of a multimodal transportation facility in 
a different location within Burlington, Vermont, than origi-
nally intended notwithstanding previous expenditures in-
curred such purposes at the original location. 
SEC. 167. 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, Wash-
ington, shall be available to the Swedish Hospital parking 
garage, Seattle, Washington, subject to the same conditions 
and requirements of section 125 of division H of Public 
Law 108–447.
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SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora-
tion 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 commitments without regard to fiscal year 
limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government 
Corporation Control Act, as amended (31 U.S.C. 9101– 
9110), 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 mainte-
nance of those portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway oper-
ated and maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Devel-
opment 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.
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OPERATIONS AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses of operations and training ac-
tivities authorized by law, $118,649,000 of which 
$23,750,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2006, for salaries and benefits of employees of the United 
States Merchant Marine Academy; of which $13,033,000 
shall remain available until expended for capital improve-
ments 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 obso-
lete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the Mar-
itime Administration, $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 guaran-
teed loan program, not to exceed $4,726,000, which shall 
be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
Operations and Training.
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NATIONAL DEFENSE TANK VESSEL CONSTRUCTION 
PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out the program of fi-
nancial assistance for the construction of new product tank 
vessels as authorized by section 53101 of title 46, United 
States Code, as amended, $25,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
SHIP CONSTRUCTION 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances available under this head-
ing, $2,071,280 are rescinded. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act, the Maritime Administration is authorized to furnish 
utilities and services and make necessary repairs in connec-
tion with any lease, contract, or occupancy involving Gov-
ernment property under control of the Maritime Adminis-
tration, 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. 171. 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
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et seq.), or otherwise, in excess of the appropriations and 
limitations contained in this Act or in any prior appro-
priations Act. 
PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
ADMINISTRATION 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For necessary administrative expenses of the Pipeline 
and 
Hazardous 
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 ma-
terials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous Ma-
terials 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 further, 
That there may be credited to this appropriation, to be 
available until expended, funds received from States, coun-
ties, municipalities, other public authorities, and private 
sources for expenses incurred for training, for reports publi-
cation and dissemination, and for travel expenses incurred 
in performance of hazardous materials exemptions and ap-
provals functions.
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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 (Public Law 101–380), 
$73,165,000, of which $15,000,000 shall be derived from the 
Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund and shall remain available 
until September 30, 2008; of which $58,165,000 shall be de-
rived 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: Pro-
vided, That not more than $14,300,000 shall be made avail-
able for obligation in fiscal year 2006 from amounts made 
available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i) and 5127(d): Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds made available by 49 U.S.C. 
5116(i), 5127(c), and 5127(d) shall be made available for