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CAPITAL ASSISTANCE FOR HIGH SPEED RAIL CORRIDORS 
AND INTERCITY PASSENGER RAIL SERVICE 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 
passenger rail grants for capital projects as authorized 
under sections 26106 and 24406 of title 49, United States 
Code; the acquisition of new rolling stock; and to enter 
into
cooperative
agreements
for
these
purposes, 
$4,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2015: Provided, That $50,000,000 of funds provided 
under this paragraph are available to the Administrator 
of the Federal Railroad Administration to fund the award 
and oversight of financial assistance made under this 
paragraph: Provided further, That up to $30,000,000 of 
the funds provided under this paragraph are available to 
the Administrator for the purposes of conducting research 
and demonstrating technologies supporting the develop-
ment of passenger rail service that is expected to maintain 
an average speed of 110 miles per hour or is reasonably 
expected to reach speeds of at least 150 miles per hour, 
including the implementation of the Rail Cooperative Re-
search Program authorized by section 24910 of title 49, 
United
States
Code:
Provided
further,
That
up
to 
$50,000,000 of the funds provided under this paragraph 
may be used for planning activities that lead directly to 
the development of a passenger rail corridor investment 
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plan consistent with the requirements established by the 
Administrator or a state rail plan consistent with chapter 
227 of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall issue regulations covering application 
procedures and grant criteria for the passenger rail grants 
provided under this paragraph: Provided further, That the 
Federal share payable of the costs for which financial as-
sistance is made under this paragraph shall not exceed 
80 percent: Provided further, That in addition to the provi-
sions of title 49, United States Code, that apply to the 
passenger rail programs funded under this paragraph, sec-
tions 24402(a)(2), 24402(f), 24402(i), and 24403(a) and 
(c) of title 49, United States Code, shall also apply to the 
provision of funds provided under this paragraph: Pro-
vided further, That a project need not be in a state rail 
plan developed under chapter 227 of title 49, United 
States Code, to be eligible for assistance under this head-
ing: Provided further, That up to $5,000,000 of the funds 
provided under this paragraph are available to the Admin-
istrator for the purposes of implementing section 24316 
of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That if 
legislation authorizing a national infrastructure bank is 
enacted prior to September 30, 2010, beginning on Octo-
ber 1, 2010, the Secretary of Transportation may use up 
to $2,000,000,000, of the amount appropriated in this 
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paragraph to carry out such legislation including by trans-
ferring funds to the appropriate Federal agency to carry 
out the national infrastructure bank: Provided further, 
That if legislation enacting a national infrastructure bank 
is not enacted by September 30, 2010, the Secretary may 
use an additional $20,000,000 of the funds available 
under this paragraph for the award and oversight of finan-
cial assistance made under this paragraph; Provided fur-
ther, That recipients of grants under this paragraph shall 
conduct all procurement transactions using such grant 
funds in a manner that provides full and open competition, 
as determined by the Secretary, in compliance with exist-
ing labor agreements. 
OPERATING 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 operation of intercity passenger rail, as 
authorized by section 101(a) of the Passenger Rail Invest-
ment and Improvement Act of 2008 (division B of Public 
Law 110–432), $553,348,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2010: Provided, That the amounts avail-
able under this heading shall be available for the Secretary 
to approve funding to cover operating losses for the Cor-
poration only after receiving and reviewing a grant request 
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for each specific train route: Provided further, That each 
such grant request shall be accompanied by a detailed fi-
nancial analysis, revenue projection, and capital expendi-
ture projection justifying the Federal support to the Sec-
retary’s satisfaction: Provided further, That the Secretary 
may retain up to one-half of one percent of the funds pro-
vided under this heading to implement the Operating 
Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation 
in fiscal year 2010: Provided further, That the Corporation 
is directed to achieve savings through operating effi-
ciencies including, but not limited to, modifications to food 
and beverage service and first class service: Provided fur-
ther, That the Inspector General of the Department of 
Transportation shall report to the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations beginning 3 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: Pro-
vided further, That the Inspector General of the Depart-
ment of Transportation shall provide a report recom-
mending to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act on possible operational reforms that could be insti-
tuted by the Corporation: Provided further, That not later 
than 120 days after enactment of this Act, the Corpora-
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tion shall transmit to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations its Fiscal Year 2011 plan to improve 
the financial performance of food and beverage service and 
its plan to improve the financial performance of first class 
service (including sleeping car service): Provided further, 
That the Corporation shall report quarterly to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations on its progress 
against the milestones and target dates contained in its 
financial performance improvement plan provided in fiscal 
year 2009 and quantify savings realized to date on a 
monthly basis compared to those projected in the plan, 
identify any changes in the plan or delays in implementing 
these plans, and identify the causes of delay and proposed 
corrective measures: Provided further, That the National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation shall submit, in electronic 
format, to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations, a budget, business plan and a 5-Year Financial 
Plan beginning with fiscal year 2010, consistent with the 
provisions of section 204 of the Passenger Rail Investment 
and Improvement Act of 2008 (division B of Public Law 
110–432): Provided further, That the budget, business 
plan and the 5-Year Financial Plan shall also include a 
separate accounting of targets for the Northeast Corridor; 
commuter service; long distance Amtrak service; state-sup-
ported service; each intercity train route, including Auto-
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thorized by section 102 of that Act: Provided, That in ad-
dition to the project management oversight funds author-
ized under section 101(d) of that Act, the Secretary may 
retain up to an additional one-half of one percent of the 
funds provided under this heading to fund expenses associ-
ated with implementing sections 208 and 212 of that Act, 
including the amendments made by section 212 to section 
24905 of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall approve funding for capital ex-
penditures, including advance purchase orders of mate-
rials, for the Corporation only after receiving and review-
ing a grant request for each specific capital project justi-
fying the Federal support to the Secretary’s satisfaction: 
Provided further, That none of the funds under this head-
ing may be used to subsidize operating losses of the Cor-
poration: Provided further, That none of the funds under 
this heading may be used for capital projects not approved 
by the Secretary of Transportation or on the Corporation’s 
fiscal year 2010 business plan. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 151. 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, 
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That the Secretary shall prescribe guidelines for the ad-
ministration of such purchases and use. 
SEC. 152. Hereafter, notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, funds provided in this Act for the National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation shall immediately cease 
to be available to said Corporation in the event that the 
Corporation contracts to have services provided at or from 
any location outside the United States. For purposes of 
this section, the word ‘‘services’’ shall mean any service 
that was, as of July 1, 2006, performed by a full-time 
or part-time Amtrak employee whose base of employment 
is located within the United States. 
SEC. 153. The Secretary of Transportation may re-
ceive and expend cash, or receive and utilize spare parts 
and similar items, from non-United States Government 
sources to repair damages to or replace United States 
Government owned automated track inspection cars and 
equipment as a result of third party liability for such dam-
ages, and any amounts collected under this section shall 
be credited directly to the Safety and Operations account 
of the Federal Railroad Administration, and shall remain 
available until expended for the repair, operation and 
maintenance of automated track inspection cars and 
equipment in connection with the automated track inspec-
tion program. 
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SEC. 154. The Administrator of the Federal Railroad 
Administration shall submit a report on April 1, 2010, and 
quarterly reports thereafter, to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations detailing the Administra-
tor’s efforts at improving the on-time performance of Am-
trak intercity rail service operating on non-Amtrak owned 
property. Such reports shall compare the most recent ac-
tual on-time performance data to pre-established on-time 
performance goals that the Administrator shall set for 
each rail service, identified by route. Such reports shall 
also include whatever other information and data regard-
ing the on-time performance of Amtrak trains the Admin-
istrator deems to be appropriate. 
SEC. 155. In the Explanatory Statement referenced 
in division I of Public Law 111–8 under the heading Rail-
road Research and Development the item relating to ‘‘San 
Gabriel trench grade separation project, Alameda Cor-
ridor, CA’’ is deemed to be amended by inserting ‘‘Ala-
meda Corridor East Construction Authority Grade Sepa-
rations, CA.’’. 
SEC. 156. In the Explanatory Statement referenced 
in division K of Public Law 110–161 under the heading 
Rail Line Relocation and Improvement Program the item 
relating to ‘‘Mt. Vernon railroad cut, NY’’ is deemed to 
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be amended by inserting ‘‘Rail Line and Station Improve-
ment and Rehabilitation, Mount Vernon, NY.’’. 
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, $97,478,000: Provided, 
That of the funds available under this heading, not to ex-
ceed $1,809,000 shall be available for travel: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds provided or limited in this 
Act may be used to create a permanent office of transit 
security under this heading: Provided further, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading not to exceed 
$75,000 shall be paid from appropriations made available 
by this Act and provided to the Department of Transpor-
tation Office of Inspector General through reimbursement 
to conduct the annual audits of financial statements in 
accordance with section 3521 of title 31, United States 
Code: Provided further, That upon submission to the Con-
gress of the fiscal year 2011 President’s budget, the Sec-
retary of Transportation shall transmit to Congress the 
annual report on new starts, including proposed alloca-
tions of funds for fiscal year 2011. 
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FORMULA AND BUS GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORITY) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
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, 
$8,852,000,000 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, 
5317, 5320, 5335, 5339, and 5340 and section 3038 of 
Public Law 105–178, as amended, shall not exceed total 
obligations of $8,343,171,000 in fiscal year 2010. 
RESEARCH AND UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTERS 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5306, 
5312–5315, 5322, and 5506, $65,670,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That $10,000,000 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, and 
$7,000,000 is available for university transportation cen-
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SEC. 164. During fiscal year 2010, each Federal 
Transit Administration grant for a project that involves 
the acquisition or rehabilitation of a bus to be used in pub-
lic transportation shall be funded for 90 percent of the 
net capital costs of a biodiesel bus or a factory-installed 
or retrofitted hybrid electric propulsion system and any 
equipment related to such a system: Provided, That the 
Secretary shall have the discretion to determine, through 
practicable administrative procedures, the costs attrib-
utable to the system and related-equipment. 
SEC. 165. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, unobligated funds or recoveries under section 5309 
of title 49, United States Code, that are available to the 
Secretary of Transportation for reallocation shall be di-
rected to projects eligible to use the funds for the purposes 
for which they were originally provided. 
SEC. 166. (a) In the explanatory statement ref-
erenced in section 186 of title I of division K of Public 
Law 110–161 (121 Stat. 2406), the item relating to 
‘‘Broward County Southwest Transit Facility’’ in the table 
of projects under the heading ‘‘Bus and Bus Facilities’’ 
is deemed to be amended by striking ‘‘Southwest’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Ravenswood’’. 
(b) The explanatory statement referenced in section 
186 of title I of division I of Public Law 111–8 for ‘‘Alter-
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natives analysis’’ under ‘‘Federal Transit Administration– 
Formula and Bus Grants’’ is deemed to be amended by 
striking ‘‘Hudson–Bergen Light Rail Extension Route 
440, North Bergen, NJ’’ and inserting ‘‘Hudson–Bergen 
Light Rail Extension Route 440, Jersey City, NJ’’. 
(c) Funds made available for the Phoenix Heavy 
Maintenance Facility, Phoenix Dial-a-Ride facility, and 
the Phoenix Regional Heavy Bus Maintenance Facility in 
Arizona through the Department of Transportation Ap-
propriations Acts for Fiscal Years 2005 and 2008 that 
remain unobligated or unexpended shall be made available 
to the East Baseline Park-and-Ride Facility in Phoenix, 
Arizona. 
SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT 
CORPORATION 
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora-
tion is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, with-
in 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 Govern-
ment 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 Saint 
Lawrence Seaway owned, operated, and maintained by the 
Saint
Lawrence
Seaway
Development
Corporation, 
$32,324,000, 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 
United States flag merchant fleet to serve the national se-
curity needs of the United States, $174,000,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses of operations and training ac-
tivities
authorized
by
law,
$140,900,000,
of
which 
$31,677,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2010, for salaries and benefits of employees of the United 
States Merchant Marine Academy; of which $15,391,000 
shall remain available until expended for capital improve-
ments at the United States Merchant Marine Academy; 
and of which $11,240,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for maintenance and repair of training ships at 
State maritime academies. 
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SHIP DISPOSAL 
For necessary expenses related to the disposal of ob-
solete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the 
Maritime Administration, $15,000,000, to remain avail-
able 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 $3,630,000, which shall 
be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
‘‘Operations and Training’’, Maritime Administration. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 175. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, the Maritime Administration may furnish utili-
ties and services and make necessary repairs in connection 
with any lease, contract, or occupancy involving Govern-
ment property under the control of the Maritime Adminis-
tration, and payments received therefor shall be credited 
to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof: Pro-
vided, That rental payments under any such lease, con-
tract, or occupancy for items other than such utilities, 
services, or repairs shall be covered into the Treasury as 
miscellaneous receipts. 
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SEC. 176. Section 51314 of title 46, United States 
Code, is amended in subsection (b) by inserting at the end 
‘‘Such fees shall be credited to the Maritime Administra-
tion’s Operations and Training appropriation, to remain 
available until expended, for those expenses directly re-
lated to the purposes of the fees. Fees collected in excess 
of actual expenses may be refunded to the Midshipmen 
through a mechanism approved by the Secretary. The 
Academy shall maintain a separate and detailed account-
ing of fee revenue and all associated expenses.’’. 
PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONAL EXPENSES 
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND) 
For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline 
and
Hazardous
Materials
Safety
Administration, 
$19,968,000, of which $639,000 shall be derived from the 
Pipeline Safety Fund: Provided, That $1,000,000 shall be 
transferred to ‘‘Pipeline Safety’’ in order to fund ‘‘Pipeline 
Safety Information Grants to Communities’’ as authorized 
under section 60130 of title 49, United States Code. 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous 
materials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous 
Materials Safety Administration, $36,500,000, of which 
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tation Board shall be credited to this appropriation as off-
setting collections and used for necessary and authorized 
expenses under this heading: Provided further, That the 
sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be 
reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting col-
lections are received during fiscal year 2010, to result in 
a final appropriation from the general fund estimated at 
no more than $28,550,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF 
TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 180. During the current fiscal year applicable 
appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall 
be available for maintenance and operation of aircraft; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of 
liability insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign 
countries on official department business; and uniforms or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901– 
5902). 
SEC. 181. Appropriations contained in this Act for 
the Department of Transportation shall be available for 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for 
individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to 
the rate for an Executive Level IV. 
SEC. 182. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for salaries and expenses of more than 110 political 
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and Presidential appointees in the Department of Trans-
portation: Provided, That none of the personnel covered 
by this provision may be assigned on temporary detail out-
side the Department of Transportation. 
SEC. 183. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
to implement section 404 of title 23, United States Code. 
SEC. 184. (a) No recipient of funds made available 
in this Act shall disseminate personal information (as de-
fined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(3)) obtained by a State depart-
ment of motor vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle 
record as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1), except as provided 
in 18 U.S.C. 2721 for a use permitted under 18 U.S.C. 
2721. 
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall not withhold funds provided in this Act for any 
grantee if a State is in noncompliance with this provision. 
SEC. 185. Funds received by the Federal Highway 
Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and Fed-
eral Railroad Administration from States, counties, mu-
nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources 
for expenses incurred for training may be credited respec-
tively to the Federal Highway Administration’s ‘‘Federal- 
Aid Highways’’ account, the Federal Transit Administra-
tion’s ‘‘Research and University Research Centers’’ ac-
count, and to the Federal Railroad Administration’s 
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‘‘Safety and Operations’’ account, except for State rail 
safety inspectors participating in training pursuant to 49 
U.S.C. 20105. 
SEC. 186. Funds provided or limited in this Act 
under the appropriate accounts within the Federal High-
way Administration, the Federal Railroad Administration 
and the Federal Transit Administration shall be for the 
eligible programs, projects and activities in the cor-
responding amounts identified in the explanatory state-
ment accompanying this Act for ‘‘Ferry Boats and Ferry 
Terminal Facilities’’, ‘‘Federal Lands’’, ‘‘Interstate Main-
tenance Discretionary’’, ‘‘Transportation, Community and 
System Preservation Program’’, ‘‘Delta Region Transpor-
tation Development Program’’, ‘‘Rail Line Relocation and 
Improvement Program’’, ‘‘Rail-highway crossing hazard 
eliminations’’, ‘‘Alternatives analysis’’, and ‘‘Bus and bus 
facilities’’. 
SEC. 187. Notwithstanding any other provisions of 
law, rule or regulation, the Secretary of Transportation 
is authorized to allow the issuer of any preferred stock 
heretofore sold to the Department to redeem or repur-
chase such stock upon the payment to the Department of 
an amount determined by the Secretary. 
SEC. 188. None of the funds in this Act to the De-
partment of Transportation may be used to make a grant 
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unless the Secretary of Transportation notifies the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations not less than 
3 full business days before any discretionary grant award, 
letter of intent, or full funding grant agreement totaling 
$500,000 or more is announced by the department or its 
modal administrations from: (1) any discretionary grant 
program of the Federal Highway Administration including 
the emergency relief program; (2) the airport improvement 
program of the Federal Aviation Administration; (3) any 
grant or cooperative agreement from the Federal Railroad 
Administration; or (4) any program of the Federal Transit 
Administration other than the formula grants and fixed 
guideway modernization programs: Provided, That the 
Secretary gives concurrent notification to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations for any ‘‘quick re-
lease’’ of funds from the emergency relief program: Pro-
vided further, That no notification shall involve funds that 
are not available for obligation. 
SEC. 189. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, 
minor fees and other funds received by the Department 
of
Transportation
from
travel
management
centers, 
charge card programs, the subleasing of building space, 
and miscellaneous sources are to be credited to appropria-
tions of the Department of Transportation and allocated 
to elements of the Department of Transportation using 
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fair and equitable criteria and such funds shall be avail-
able until expended. 
SEC. 190. Amounts made available in this or any 
other Act that the Secretary determines represent im-
proper payments by the Department of Transportation to 
a third party contractor under a financial assistance 
award, which are recovered pursuant to law, shall be avail-
able— 
(1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred 
by the Department of Transportation in recovering 
improper payments; and 
(2) to pay contractors for services provided in 
recovering improper payments or contractor support 
in the implementation of the Improper Payments In-
formation Act of 2002: Provided, That amounts in 
excess of that required for paragraphs (1) and (2)— 
(A) shall be credited to and merged with 
the appropriation from which the improper pay-
ments were made, and shall be available for the 
purposes and period for which such appropria-
tions are available; or 
(B) if no such appropriation remains avail-
able, shall be deposited in the Treasury as mis-
cellaneous receipts: Provided further, That prior 
to the transfer of any such recovery to an ap-
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propriations account, the Secretary shall notify 
the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations the amount and reasons for such 
transfer: Provided further, That for purposes of 
this section, the term ‘‘improper payments’’, 
has the same meaning as that provided in sec-
tion 2(d)(2) of Public Law 107–300. 
SEC. 191. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, if any funds provided in or limited by this Act are 
subject to a reprogramming action that requires notice to 
be provided to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations, said reprogramming action shall be approved 
or denied solely by the Committees on Appropriations: 
Provided, That the Secretary may provide notice to other 
congressional committees of the action of the Committees 
on Appropriations on such reprogramming but not sooner 
than 30 days following the date on which the reprogram-
ming action has been approved or denied by the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 192. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available under this Act may be used by the 
Surface Transportation Board of the Department of 
Transportation to charge or collect any filing fee for rate 
complaints filed with the Board in an amount in excess 
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native requirements are necessary for the effective 
delivery and administration of such voucher assist-
ance: Provided further, That assistance made avail-
able under this paragraph shall continue to remain 
available for homeless veterans upon turn-over. 
(5) $60,000,000 shall be for family self-suffi-
ciency coordinators under section 23 of the Act. 
HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND 
Unobligated balances, including recaptures and car-
ryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development under this 
heading, the heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted 
Housing’’ and the heading ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assist-
ance’’, for fiscal year 2010 and prior years may be used 
for renewal of or amendments to section 8 project-based 
contracts and for performance-based contract administra-
tors, notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds 
were appropriated: Provided, That any obligated balances 
of contract authority from fiscal year 1974 and prior that 
have been terminated shall be cancelled. 
PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND 
For the Public Housing Capital Fund Program to 
carry out capital and management activities for public 
housing agencies, as authorized under section 9 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g) 
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(the ‘‘Act’’) $2,500,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2013: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law or regulation, during fiscal year 
2010 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
may not delegate to any Department official other than 
the Deputy Secretary and the Assistant Secretary for 
Public and Indian Housing any authority under paragraph 
(2) of section 9(j) regarding the extension of the time peri-
ods under such section: Provided further, That for pur-
poses of such section 9(j), the term ‘‘obligate’’ means, with 
respect to amounts, that the amounts are subject to a 
binding agreement that will result in outlays, immediately 
or in the future: Provided further, That up to $15,345,000 
shall be to support the ongoing Public Housing Financial 
and Physical Assessment activities of the Real Estate As-
sessment Center (REAC): Provided further, That of the 
total amount provided under this heading, not to exceed 
$20,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary to make 
grants, notwithstanding section 204 of this Act, to public 
housing agencies for emergency capital needs including 
safety and security measures necessary to address crime 
and drug-related activity as well as needs resulting from 
unforeseen or unpreventable emergencies and natural dis-
asters, excluding Presidentially declared emergencies and 
natural disasters under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
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Relief and Emergency Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), oc-
curring in fiscal year 2010: Provided further, That of the 
total amount provided under this heading, $50,000,000 
shall be for supportive services, service coordinators and 
congregate services as authorized by section 34 of the Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1437z–6) and the Native American Housing 
Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 
4101 et seq.): Provided further, That of the total amount 
provided under this heading, up to $8,820,000 is to sup-
port the costs of administrative and judicial receiverships: 
Provided further, That from the funds made available 
under this heading, the Secretary shall provide bonus 
awards in fiscal year 2010 to public housing agencies that 
are designated high performers. 
PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND 
For 2010 payments to public housing agencies for the 
operation and management of public housing, as author-
ized by section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), $4,800,000,000. 
REVITALIZATION OF SEVERELY DISTRESSED PUBLIC 
HOUSING (HOPE VI) 
For grants to public housing agencies for demolition, 
site revitalization, replacement housing, and tenant-based 
assistance grants to projects as authorized by section 24 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
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1437v), $250,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2011, of which the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development shall use $10,000,000 for technical 
assistance and contract expertise, to be provided directly 
or indirectly by grants, contracts or cooperative agree-
ments, including training and cost of necessary travel for 
participants in such training, by or to officials and employ-
ees of the department and of public housing agencies and 
to residents: Provided, That none of such funds shall be 
used directly or indirectly by granting competitive advan-
tage in awards to settle litigation or pay judgments, unless 
expressly permitted herein. 
NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS 
For the Native American Housing Block Grants pro-
gram, as authorized under title I of the Native American 
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 
(NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $750,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That, notwith-
standing the Native American Housing Assistance and 
Self-Determination Act of 1996, to determine the amount 
of the allocation under title I of such Act for each Indian 
tribe, the Secretary shall apply the formula under section 
302 of such Act with the need component based on single- 
race Census data and with the need component based on 
multi-race Census data, and the amount of the allocation 
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for each Indian tribe shall be the greater of the two result-
ing allocation amounts: Provided further, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading, $3,500,000 
shall be contracted for assistance for a national organiza-
tion representing Native American housing interests for 
providing training and technical assistance to Indian hous-
ing authorities and tribally designated housing entities as 
authorized under NAHASDA; and $4,250,000 shall be to 
support the inspection of Indian housing units, contract 
expertise, training, and technical assistance in the train-
ing, oversight, and management of such Indian housing 
and tenant-based assistance, including up to $300,000 for 
related travel: Provided further, That of the amount pro-
vided under this heading, $2,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for the cost of guaranteed notes and other obligations, 
as authorized by title VI of NAHASDA: Provided further, 
That such costs, including the costs of modifying such 
notes and other obligations, shall be as defined in section 
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amend-
ed: Provided further, That these funds are available to sub-
sidize the total principal amount of any notes and other 
obligations, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to 
exceed $18,000,000. 
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cient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users 
and title 23, United States Code, in the ratio that— 
(A) amounts authorized to be appropriated 
for such programs that are apportioned to each 
State for such fiscal year, bear to 
(B) the total of the amounts authorized to 
be appropriated for such programs that are ap-
portioned to all States for such fiscal year. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS FROM OBLIGATION LIMITATION.— 
The obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways shall 
not apply to obligations: (1) under section 125 of title 23, 
United States Code; (2) under section 147 of the Surface 
Transportation Assistance Act of 1978; (3) under section 
9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981; (4) under sub-
sections (b) and (j) of section 131 of the Surface Transpor-
tation Assistance Act of 1982; (5) under subsections (b) and 
(c) of section 149 of the Surface Transportation and Uni-
form Relocation Assistance Act of 1987; (6) under sections 
1103 through 1108 of the Intermodal Surface Transpor-
tation Efficiency Act of 1991; (7) under section 157 of title 
23, United States Code, as in effect on the day before the 
date of the enactment of the Transportation Equity Act for 
the 21st Century; (8) under section 105 of title 23, United 
States Code, as in effect for fiscal years 1998 through 2004, 
but only in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of 
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