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of the system: Provided further, That Amtrak shall notify House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations within 30 days of waiving 
such cap and delineate the reasons for such waiver. 
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, $98,713,000: Provided, 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 
upon submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2013 President’s 
budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to Congress 
the annual report on New Starts, including proposed allocations 
of funds for fiscal year 2013. 
FORMULA AND BUS GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORITY) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provi-
sions of 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5308, 5309, 5310, 5311, 5316, 5317, 
5320, 5335, 5339, and 5340 and section 3038 of Public Law 105– 
178, as amended, $9,400,000,000 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 implementa-
tion or execution of programs authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5305, 
5307, 5308, 5309, 5310, 5311, 5316, 5317, 5320, 5335, 5339, and 
5340 and section 3038 of Public Law 105–178, as amended, shall 
not exceed total obligations of $8,360,565,000 in fiscal year 2012. 
RESEARCH AND UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTERS 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5306, 5312– 
5315, 5322, and 5506, $44,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That $6,500,000 is available to carry out the 
transit cooperative research program under section 5313 of title 
49, United States Code, $3,500,000 is available for the National 
Transit Institute under section 5315 of title 49, United States 
Code, and $4,000,000 is available for the university transportation 
centers program under section 5506 of title 49, United States Code: 
Provided further, That $25,000,000 is available to carry out innova-
tive research and demonstrations of national significance under 
section 5312 of title 49, United States Code. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
For necessary expenses to carry out section 5309 of title 49, 
United States Code, $1,955,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which $35,481,000 shall be available to carry out
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section 5309(e) of such title: Provided, That not less than 
$510,000,000 shall be available for preliminary engineering, final 
design, and construction of projects that receive a Full Funding 
Grant Agreement during calendar year 2012: Provided further, That 
of the funds appropriated under this heading in Public Law 111– 
8, $58,500,000 are hereby rescinded. 
GRANTS TO THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT 
AUTHORITY 
For grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit 
Authority as authorized under section 601 of division B of Public 
Law 110–432, $150,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That the Secretary shall approve grants for capital and 
preventive maintenance expenditures for the Washington Metropoli-
tan Area Transit Authority only after receiving and reviewing a 
request for each specific project: Provided further, That prior to 
approving such grants, the Secretary shall determine that the 
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has placed the 
highest priority on those investments that will improve the safety 
of the system. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 160. 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. 161. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
appropriated or limited by this Act under the Federal Transit 
Administration’s discretionary program appropriations headings for 
projects specified in this Act or identified in reports accompanying 
this Act not obligated by September 30, 2014, and other recoveries, 
shall be directed to projects eligible to use the funds for the purposes 
for which they were originally provided. 
SEC. 162. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
funds appropriated before October 1, 2011, 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, unobli-
gated funds made available for new fixed guideway system projects 
under the heading ‘‘Federal Transit Administration, Capital Invest-
ment Grants’’ in any appropriations Act prior to this Act may 
be used during this fiscal year to satisfy expenses incurred for 
such projects. 
SEC. 164. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, unobli-
gated funds or recoveries under section 5309 of title 49, United 
States Code, that are available to the Secretary of Transportation 
for reallocation shall be directed to projects eligible to use the 
funds for the purposes for which they were originally provided. 
SEC. 165. In addition to the amounts made available under 
section 5327(c)(1) of title 49, United States Code, the Secretary 
may use, for program management activities described in section 
5327(c)(2), 1 percent of the amount made available to carry out 
section 5316 of title 49, United States Code: Provided, That funds 
made available for program management oversight shall be used 
to oversee the compliance of a recipient or subrecipient of Federal
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transit assistance consistent with activities identified under section 
5327(c)(2) and for purposes of enforcement. 
SEC. 166. Funds made available for Alaska or Hawaii ferry 
boats or ferry terminal facilities pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 5309(m)(6)(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. 
SEC. 167. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
of the funds made available in this Act shall be used to enter 
into a full funding grant agreement for a project with a New 
Starts share greater than 60 percent. 
SEC. 168. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, fuel 
for vehicle operations, including the cost of utilities used for the 
propulsion of electrically driven vehicles, shall be treated as an 
associated capital maintenance item for purposes of grants made 
under section 5307 of title 49, United States Code, in fiscal year 
2012. Amounts made available under this heading shall be limited 
to $100,000,000. 
SEC. 169. The Secretary may not enforce regulations related 
to charter bus service under part 604 of title 49, Code of Federal 
Regulations, for any transit agency who during fiscal year 2008 
was both initially granted a 60-day period to come into compliance 
with part 604, and then was subsequently granted an exception 
from said part. 
SEC. 169A. For purposes of applying the project justification 
and local financial commitment criteria of 49 U.S.C. 5309(d) to 
a New Starts project, the Secretary may consider the costs and 
ridership of any connected project in an instance in which private 
parties are making significant financial contributions to the 
construction of the connected project; additionally, the Secretary 
may consider the significant financial contributions of private par-
ties to the connected project in calculating the non-Federal share 
of net capital project costs for the New Starts project. 
SEC. 169B. All bus new fixed guideway capital projects rec-
ommended in the President’s fiscal year 2012 budget request for 
funds appropriated under the Capital Investment Grants heading 
in this Act or any other Act shall be funded instead from amounts 
allocated under 49 U.S.C. 5309(m)(2)(C): Provided, That all such 
projects shall remain subject to the appropriate requirements of 
49 U.S.C. 5309(d) and (e). 
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.
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OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 
(HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses for operations, maintenance, and capital 
asset renewal of those portions of the St. Lawrence Seaway owned, 
operated, and maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Develop-
ment Corporation, $32,259,000, 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, $174,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
For necessary expenses of operations and training activities 
authorized by law, $156,258,000, of which $11,100,000 shall remain 
available until expended for maintenance and repair of training 
ships at State Maritime Academies, and of which $2,400,000 shall 
remain available through September 30, 2013 for Student Incentive 
Program payments at State Maritime Academies, and of which 
$22,900,000 shall remain available until expended for facilities 
maintenance and repair, equipment, and capital improvements at 
the United State Merchant Marine Academy: Provided, That 
amounts apportioned for the United States Merchant Marine 
Academy shall be available only upon allotments made personally 
by the Secretary of Transportation or the Assistant Secretary for 
Budget and Programs: Provided further, That the Superintendent, 
Deputy Superintendent and the Director of the Office of Resource 
Management of the United State Merchant Marine Academy may 
not be allotment holders for the United States Merchant Marine 
Academy, and the Administrator of the Maritime Administration 
shall hold all allotments made by the Secretary of Transportation 
or the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs under the 
previous proviso: Provided further, That 50 percent of the funding 
made available for the United States Merchant Marine Academy 
under this heading shall be available only after the Secretary, 
in consultation with the Superintendent and the Maritime Adminis-
trator, completes a plan detailing by program or activity how such 
funding will be expended at the Academy, and this plan is submitted 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
further, That of the prior year unobligated balances under this 
heading for information technology requirements of Public Law 
111–207, $980,000 are permanently rescinded. 
SHIP DISPOSAL 
For necessary expenses related to the disposal of obsolete ves-
sels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the Maritime Adminis-
tration, $5,500,000, to remain available until expended.