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FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION 
SAFETY AND OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Ad-
ministration, not otherwise provided for, $150,083,000, of 
which $13,870,890 shall remain available until expended. 
RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for railroad research and de-
velopment, $34,650,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT 
PROGRAM 
The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to 
issue to the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obli-
gations pursuant to section 512 of the Railroad Revitaliza-
tion and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94– 
210), as amended, in such amounts and at such times as 
may be necessary to pay any amounts required pursuant 
to the guarantee of the principal amount of obligations 
under sections 511 through 513 of such Act, such author-
ity 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 guar-
antee commitments shall be made using Federal funds for 
the credit risk premium during fiscal year 2007.
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CAPITAL AND DEBT SERVICE GRANTS TO THE 
NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 
quarterly grants to the National Railroad Passenger Cor-
poration for the maintenance and repair of capital infra-
structure owned by the National Railroad Passenger Cor-
poration, including railroad equipment, rolling stock, legal 
mandates and other services, $500,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which not to exceed 
$280,000,000 shall be for debt service obligations: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of Transportation shall approve 
funding for capital expenditures, including advance pur-
chase orders, for the National Railroad Passenger Cor-
poration only after receiving and reviewing a grant request 
for each specific capital grant justifying the Federal sup-
port to the Secretary’s satisfaction: Provided further, That 
none of the funds under this heading may be used to sub-
sidize operating losses of the National Railroad Passenger 
Corporation: Provided further, That none of the funds 
under this heading may be used for capital projects not 
approved by the Secretary of Transportation and on the 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation’s fiscal year 
2007 business plan.
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EFFICIENCY INCENTIVE GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL 
RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount to be made available to the 
Secretary for efficiency incentive grants to the National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation, $400,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary 
may make grants to the National Railroad Passenger Cor-
poration for an additional sum for operating subsidies at 
any time during the fiscal year for the purpose of main-
taining the operation of existing or new Amtrak routes: 
Provided further, That nothing in the previous proviso 
should be interpreted either to encourage or discourage 
the Corporation with respect to adjusting existing routes 
or frequencies: Provided further, That the Secretary of 
Transportation shall reserve $60,000,000 of the funds 
provided under this heading and is authorized to transfer 
such sums to the Surface Transportation Board, upon re-
quest from said Board, to carry out directed service orders 
issued pursuant to section 11123 of title 49, United States 
Code, to respond to the cessation of commuter rail oper-
ations by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Transportation 
shall make the reserved funds available to the National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation through an appropriate
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grant instrument not earlier than September 1, 2007 to 
the extent that no directed service orders have been issued 
by the Surface Transportation Board as of the date of 
transfer or there is a balance of reserved funds not needed 
by the Board to pay for any directed service order issued 
through September 30, 2007: Provided further, That upon 
the receipt and approval of Amtrak’s fiscal year 2007 
business plan and if the Secretary deems it in the best 
interests of the transportation system, in his sole discre-
tion, the Secretary may make grants to the Corporation 
at such times and in such amounts for intercity passenger 
rail, including coverage of operating losses of the Corpora-
tion: Provided further, That the Secretary shall approve 
funding to cover operating losses for the Corporation only 
after receiving and reviewing a grant request for each spe-
cific train route: Provided further, That each such grant 
request shall be accompanied by a detailed financial anal-
ysis, revenue projection, and capital expenditure projection 
justifying the Federal support to the Secretary’s satisfac-
tion: Provided further, That the Corporation is directed 
to achieve savings through the operating efficiencies in-
cluding, but not limited to, modifications to food and bev-
erage service and first class service and efficiencies in 
overhead: Provided further, That the Inspector General of 
the Department of Transportation shall report to the
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House and Senate Committees on Appropriations begin-
ning three months after the date of the enactment of this 
Act and quarterly thereafter with estimates of the savings 
accrued as a result of all operational reforms instituted 
by the Corporation: Provided further, That if the Inspector 
General cannot certify that the Corporation has achieved 
operational savings by July 1, 2007, none of the funds 
in this Act may be used after July 1, 2007, to subsidize 
the net losses of food and beverage service and sleeper car 
service on any Amtrak route: Provided further, That not 
later than 120 days after enactment of this Act, Amtrak 
shall transmit to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations a detailed plan to improve the financial 
performance of food and beverage service and a detailed 
plan to improve the financial performance of first class 
service (including sleeping car service) so that these serv-
ices are revenue neutral or better on a fully allocated cost 
basis no later than October 1, 2008: Provided further, 
That these plans shall include milestones and target dates 
for implementation and projected cost savings in fiscal 
years 2007 and 2008 and that Amtrak shall report quar-
terly to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions on its progress in implementing these plans, quantify 
savings realized to date on a monthly basis compared to 
those projected in the plans, identify any changes in the
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plans or delays in implementing these plans, and identify 
the causes of delay and proposed corrective measures: Pro-
vided further, That not later than 120 days after enact-
ment of this Act, Amtrak shall transmit to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations a report on its over-
head expenses as of October 1, 2006, identifying those 
that are directly associated with a specific route or group 
of routes or lines of business and those system overhead 
expenses not directly charged to specific trains, routes or 
other lines of business, and a plan to reduce system over-
head expenses by 10 percent annually through strategic 
investments, transfer of responsibilities to entities that re-
quest Amtrak provide specific services, and other meas-
ures: Provided further, That as part of its report and plan 
to reduce overhead expenses, Amtrak shall include a re-
port on the expenses associated with intercity passenger 
rail reservations and ticketing, including a comparison of 
such expenses to those associated with domestic airlines 
and intercity bus service, and a plan, including milestones 
and target dates, for reducing the expenses associated 
with its reservations and ticketing including technology 
enhancements, the use of electronic ticketing, and such 
other measures that will result in expense savings, en-
hanced revenue, and assure accurate manifests of pas-
sengers on specific trains at all times: Provided further,
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That not later than October 1, 2008, Amtrak shall reduce 
its system overhead expenses by 10 percent from the level 
identified as existing on October 1, 2006, and in each sub-
sequent fiscal year, reduce system overhead expenses by 
10 percent of the level existing on October 1 of the imme-
diate preceding year: Provided further, That if the Inspec-
tor General deems it necessary for the continued develop-
ment and implementation, not less than $5,000,000 of the 
funds provided under this section shall be expended for 
the managerial cost accounting system, which includes av-
erage and marginal unit cost capability: Provided further, 
That within 30 days of the development of the managerial 
cost accounting system, the Department of Transpor-
tation’s Inspector General shall review and comment to 
the Secretary 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 manage-
ment of the Corporation: Provided further, That no later 
than 120 days after enactment of this Act, Amtrak shall 
transmit to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations a detailed plan, including milestones, target 
dates and cost estimates, to improve its management cost 
accounting system and integrate such system with the 
Corporation’s other processes including budgeting, finan-
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cial forecasting and modeling, and accounting, to permit 
more informed decisions by management and the Board 
of Directors as to the financial ramifications of proposed 
changes to routes and services: Provided further, That, as 
part of the plan to improve its management cost account-
ing system, Amtrak shall include a plan to improve or re-
place the Corporation’s Route Profitability System (RPS) 
to provide more current, accurate, and clear information 
on revenues and expenses on all of the Corporation’s 
routes and services, including the allocation of expenses 
not directly charged to specific trains, routes, or other 
business lines: Provided further, That not later than 60 
days after the enactment of this Act, the Corporation shall 
transmit, in electronic format, to the Secretary, the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations, the House 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and 
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation a comprehensive business plan approved by the 
Board of Directors for fiscal year 2007 under 49 U.S.C. 
24104(a): Provided further, That the business plan shall 
include, as applicable, targets for ridership, revenues, and 
capital and operating expenses: Provided further, That the 
plan shall also include a separate accounting of such tar-
gets for the Northeast Corridor; commuter service; long- 
distance Amtrak service; State-supported service; each
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intercity train route, including Autotrain; and commercial 
activities including contract operations: Provided further, 
That the business plan shall include a description of the 
work to be funded, along with cost estimates and an esti-
mated timetable for completion of the projects covered by 
the business plan: Provided further, That the Corporation 
shall continue to provide monthly reports in electronic for-
mat regarding the pending business plan, which shall de-
scribe the work completed to date, any changes to the 
business plan, and the reasons for such changes, and shall 
identify all sole source contract awards which shall be ac-
companied by a justification as to why said contract was 
awarded on a sole source basis: Provided further, That 
none of the funds in this Act may be used for operating 
expenses, including advance purchase orders, not approved 
by the Secretary and in the Corporation’s fiscal year 2007 
business plan: Provided further, That the Corporation 
shall display the business plan and all subsequent supple-
mental plans on the Corporation’s website within a reason-
able timeframe following their submission to the appro-
priate entities: Provided further, That none of the funds 
under this heading may be obligated or expended until the 
Corporation agrees to continue to abide by the provisions 
of paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 5, and 11 of the summary of condi-
tions for the direct loan agreement of June 28, 2002, in
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the same manner as in effect on the date of enactment 
of this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary may, at 
his discretion, condition the award of efficiency incentive 
grant funds on reform requirements for the Corporation 
and his assessment of progress towards such reform re-
quirements: Provided further, That none of the funds pro-
vided in this Act may be used after March 1, 2006, to 
support any route on which Amtrak offers a discounted 
fare of more than 50 percent off the normal, peak fare. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 150. The Secretary may purchase promotional 
items of nominal value for use in public outreach activities 
to accomplish the purposes of 49 U.S.C. 20134: Provided, 
That the Secretary shall prescribe guidelines for the ad-
ministration of such purchases and use. 
FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal 
Transit Administration’s programs authorized by chapter 
53 of title 49, United States Code, $85,000,000: Provided, 
That of the funds available under this heading, not to ex-
ceed $1,063,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Administrator; not to exceed $7,654,000 shall be available
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for the Office of Administration; not to exceed $4,273,000 
shall be available for the Office of the Chief Counsel; not 
to exceed $1,394,000 shall be available for the Office of 
Communication and Congressional Affairs; not to exceed 
$8,403,000 shall be available for the Office of Program 
Management; not to exceed $9,259,000 shall be available 
for the Office of Budget and Policy; not to exceed 
$4,876,000 shall be available for the Office of Demonstra-
tion and Innovation; not to exceed $3,272,000 shall be 
available for the Office of Civil Rights; not to exceed 
$4,718,000 shall be available for the Office of Planning; 
not to exceed $22,420,000 shall be available for regional 
offices; and not to exceed $17,668,000 shall be available 
for the central account: Provided further, That the Admin-
istrator is authorized to transfer funds appropriated for 
an office of the Federal Transit Administration: Provided 
further, That no appropriation for an office shall be in-
creased or decreased by more than a total of 5 percent 
during the fiscal year by all such transfers: Provided fur-
ther, That any change in funding greater than 5 percent 
shall be submitted for approval to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That any 
funding transferred from the central account shall be sub-
mitted for approval to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations: Provided further, That none of the
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funds provided or limited in this Act may be used to create 
a permanent office of transit security under this heading: 
Provided further, That of the funds in this Act available 
for the execution of contracts under section 5327(c) of 
title 49, United States Code, $2,000,000 shall be reim-
bursed to the Department of Transportation’s Office of 
Inspector General for costs associated with audits and in-
vestigations of transit-related issues, including reviews of 
new fixed guideway systems: Provided further, That upon 
submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2008 Presi-
dent’s budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall trans-
mit to Congress the annual report on new starts, including 
proposed allocations of funds for fiscal year 2008. 
FORMULA AND BUS GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORITY) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
the provisions 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, 
$3,925,000,000, to be derived from the Mass Transit Ac-
count of the Highway Trust Fund and to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That funds available for the im-
plementation or execution of programs authorized under 
49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5308, 5309, 5310, 5311, 5316,
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5317, 5320, 5335, 5339, and 5340 and section 3038 of 
Public Law 105–178, as amended, shall not exceed total 
obligations of $7,262,775,000 in fiscal year 2007: Pro-
vided further, That $28,660,920 in unobligated balances 
are cancelled. 
RESEARCH AND UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTERS 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5306, 
5312–5315, 5322, and 5506, $65,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That $9,300,000 is 
available to carry out the transit cooperative research pro-
gram under section 5313 of title 49, United States Code, 
$4,300,000 is available for the National Transit Institute 
under section 5315 of title 49, United States Code, 
$7,000,000 is available for university transportation cen-
ters program under section 5506 of title 49, United States 
Code: Provided further, That $49,400,000 is available to 
carry out national research programs under sections 5312, 
5313, 5314, and 5322 of title 49, United States Code. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
For necessary expenses to carry out section 5309 of 
title 49, United States Code, $1,566,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That $17,760,000 in 
unobligated balances are cancelled.