intercity passenger rail services: Provided further, That of 
the amount provided under the preceding proviso, 
$80,000,000 may be used to subsidize operating losses of 
the Corporation only after receiving and reviewing a grant 
request justifying the Federal support to the Secretary’s 
satisfaction; Provided further, That such projects shall 
only include capital projects within the meaning of Section 
24401(2)(A) of Title 49, United States Code: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall approve funding for these 
projects only after receiving and reviewing a grant request 
for each project developed by Amtrak in conjunction with 
any state partners: Provided further, That the Federal 
share payable of the costs for such a project shall not ex-
ceed 80 percent: Provided further, That at least 30 days 
prior to the obligation of funds for such a project, the Sec-
retary shall provide to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations written notification of the approval of 
the project: Provided further, That the Secretary may re-
tain up to one-half of 1 percent of the funds provided 
under this heading to fund the costs of project manage-
ment oversight of capital projects funded by grants pro-
vided under this heading, as authorized by subsection 
101(d) of division B of Public Law 110–432: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall approve funding for capital 
expenditures, 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, Except as otherwise provided herein, 
none of the funds under this heading may be used to sub-
sidize operating losses of the Corporation: Provided fur-
ther, That except as otherwise provided herein, 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 2013 business plan: 
Provided further, That in addition to the project manage-
ment oversight funds authorized under section 101(d) of 
division B of Public Law 110–432, the Secretary may re-
tain up to an additional $3,000,000 of the funds provided 
under this heading to fund expenses associated with imple-
menting section 212 of division B of Public Law 110–432, 
including the amendments made by section 212 to section 
24905 of title 49, United States Code. 
NEXT GENERATION HIGH-SPEED RAIL 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the funds made available for Next Generation 
High Speed Rail, as authorized by sections 1103 and 7201 
of Public Law 105–178, $1,973,000 are hereby perma-
nently rescinded: Provided, That no amounts may be can-
celled from amounts that were designated by the Congress
as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent 
Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 
NORTHEAST CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the funds made available for the Northeast Cor-
ridor Improvement Program, as authorized by Public Law 
94–210, $4,419,000 are hereby permanently rescinded: 
Provided, That no amounts may be cancelled from 
amounts that were designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent Reso-
lution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 150. 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. 151. 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. 
SEC. 152. 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. 153. None of the funds provided to the National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation may be used to fund any 
overtime costs in excess of $35,000 for any individual em-
ployee: Provided, That the president of Amtrak may waive 
the cap set in the previous proviso for specific employees 
when the president of Amtrak determines such a cap poses
a risk to the safety and operational efficiency of the sys-
tem: 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. 
SEC. 154. The unobligated balance of funds provided 
under sections 1101(a)(18) and 1307 of Public Law 109– 
59 shall be used for the elimination of hazards at railway- 
highway crossings described in section 104(d)(2) of title 
23, United States Code, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
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, $100,000,000: Pro-
vided, 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 2014 Presi-
dent’s budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall trans-
mit to Congress the annual report on New Starts, includ-
ing proposed allocations of funds for fiscal year 2014.
FORMULA AND BUS GRANTS 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
Contingent upon enactment of surface transportation 
authorization legislation, funds available in fiscal year 
2013 for the implementation or execution of transit for-
mula and bus grant programs authorized under title 49, 
United States Code, as amended by such authorization, 
shall not exceed total obligations of $8,360,565,000 from 
the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund. 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORITY) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
Contingent upon enactment of surface transportation 
authorization legislation, $9,400,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended and to be derived from the Mass Tran-
sit Account of the Highway Trust Fund, for payment of 
obligations incurred in carrying out mass transit programs 
authorized under title 49, United States Code, as amended 
by such authorization. 
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 pro-
gram under section 5313 of title 49, United States Code,
$3,000,000 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 $20,000,000 is avail-
able to carry out innovative research and demonstrations 
of national significance under section 5312 of title 49, 
United States Code. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS 
For necessary expenses to carry out section 5309 of 
title 49, United States Code, $1,816,993,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which $127,566,794 shall be 
available to carry out section 5309(e) of such title. 
GRANTS TO THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA 
TRANSIT AUTHORITY 
For grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area 
Transit Authority as authorized under section 601 of divi-
sion 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 mainte-
nance expenditures for the Washington Metropolitan Area 
Transit Authority only after receiving and reviewing a re-
quest for each specific project: Provided further, That 
prior to approving such grants, the Secretary shall deter-
mine that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Au-
thority has placed the highest priority on those invest-
ments that will improve the safety of the system: Provided 
further, That the Secretary, in order to ensure safety 
throughout the rail system, may waive the requirements 
of section 601(e)(1) of title VI of Public Law 110–432 
(112 Stat. 4968) for fiscal year 2013. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
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 
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 obli-
gated by September 30, 2015, 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, 2012, 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, unobligated funds made available for new fixed guide-
way system projects under the heading ‘‘Federal Transit 
Administration, 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. 164. 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. 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), 1.5 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 over-
see the compliance of a recipient or subrecipient of Fed-
eral transit assistance consistent with activities identified 
under section 5327(c)(2) and for purposes of enforcement.
SEC. 166. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds made available in this Act shall 
be available to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5309(m)(6)(B) and 
(C). 
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. The Secretary shall conduct a formal adju-
dication in accordance with section 554 of title 5, United 
States Code, requiring any transit agency that during fis-
cal year 2008 was both initially granted a 60-day period 
to come into compliance with part 604, and then granted 
an exception from such part in this fiscal year to present 
evidence why it cannot come into compliance with such 
part: Provided, That any determination arising from the 
adjudication shall be sent to the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations for consideration: Provided fur-
ther, That this section shall be obviated if there is an ar-
rangement between such transit agency and charter bus 
providers that the Secretary considers appropriate in ac-
cordance with section 5323(d) of title 49, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 169. For purposes of applying the project jus-
tification 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 con-
sider 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. 169A. Of the funds made available for the For-
mula Grants program, as authorized by Public Law 97– 
424, as amended, $70,867,394 are hereby permanently re-
scinded: Provided, That of the funds made available for 
the Formula Grants program, as authorized by Public 
Law 91–43, as amended, $699,307 are hereby perma-
nently rescinded: Provided further, That of the funds made 
available for the Formula Grants program as authorized 
by Public Law 95–599, as amended, $928,838 are hereby 
permanently rescinded: Provided further, That of the 
funds made available for the University Transportation 
Research program, as authorized by Public Law 91–453, 
as amended, and by Public Law 102–240, as amended, 
$292,554 are hereby permanently rescinded: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds made available for the Job Access 
and Reverse Commute program, as authorized by Public
Law 105–178, as amended, $14,661,719 are hereby per-
manently rescinded: Provided further, That of the funds 
made available for the Capital Investment Grants pro-
gram, as authorized by Public Law 105–178, as amended, 
$11,429,055 are hereby permanently rescinded: Provided 
further, That of the funds made available for the Research, 
Training, and Human Resources program, as authorized 
by Public Law 95–599, as amended, $247,579 are hereby 
permanently rescinded: Provided further, That of the 
funds made available for the Interstate Transfer Grants 
program, as authorized by 23 U.S.C. 103(e)(4), 
$2,661,568 are hereby permanently rescinded: Provided 
further, That of the funds made available for the Wash-
ington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, as authorized 
by section 14 of Public Law 96–184, as amended, and 
by Public Law 101–551, as amended, $523,000 are here-
by permanently rescinded: Provided further, That of the 
funds made available for the Urban Discretionary Grants 
program, as authorized by Public Law 88–365, as amend-
ed, $578,353 are hereby permanently rescinded: Provided 
further, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts 
that were designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the 
budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, as amended.
SEC. 169B. None of the funds in this Act may be 
available to advance a new fixed guideway capital project 
to final design or a full funding grant agreement as de-
fined by 49 U.S.C. 5309 for the Metropolitan Transit Au-
thority of Harris County, Texas if the proposed capital 
project is constructed on or planned to be constructed on 
Richmond Avenue west of Montrose Boulevard or on Post 
Oak Boulevard north of Richmond Avenue in Houston, 
Texas. 
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. 
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 
(HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses for operations, maintenance, 
and capital asset renewal of those portions of the St. Law-
rence Seaway owned, operated, and maintained by the
Saint 
Lawrence 
Seaway 
Development 
Corporation, 
$33,000,000, 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, $184,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses of operations and training ac-
tivities authorized by law, $145,753,000, of which 
$11,500,000 shall remain available until expended for 
maintenance and repair of training ships at State Mari-
time Academies, and of which $2,400,000 shall remain 
available through September 30, 2014 for Student Incen-
tive Program payments at State Maritime Academies, and 
of which not less than $14,000,000 shall remain available 
until expended for capital improvements at the United 
States Merchant Marine Academy: Provided, That 
amounts apportioned for the United States Merchant Ma-
rine Academy shall be available only upon allotments made 
personally by the Secretary of Transportation or the As-
sistant Secretary for Budget and Programs: Provided fur-
ther, 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 Ma-
rine Academy, and the Administrator of the Maritime Ad-
ministration shall hold all allotments made by the Sec-
retary of Transportation or the Assistant Secretary for 
Budget and Programs under the previous proviso: Pro-
vided further, That 50 percent of the funding made avail-
able for the United States Merchant Marine Academy 
under this heading shall be available only after the Sec-
retary, in consultation with the Superintendent and the 
Maritime Administrator, 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. 
SHIP DISPOSAL 
For necessary expenses related to the disposal of ob-
solete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the 
Maritime Administration, $4,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the necessary administrative expenses of the 
maritime guaranteed loan program, $3,750,000 (reduced
by $10,000) shall be paid to the appropriation for ‘‘Oper-
ations and Training’’, Maritime Administration. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, the Maritime Administration is authorized to fur-
nish utilities and services and make necessary repairs in 
connection with any lease, contract, or occupancy involving 
Government property under control of the Maritime Ad-
ministration: Provided, That payments received therefor 
shall be credited to the appropriation charged with the 
cost thereof and shall be available until expended: Pro-
vided further, 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. None of the funds available or appro-
priated in this Act shall be used by the United States De-
partment of Transportation or the United States Maritime 
Administration to negotiate or otherwise execute, enter 
into, facilitate or perform fee-for-service contracts for ves-
sel disposal, scrapping or recycling, unless there is no 
qualified domestic ship recycler that will pay any sum of 
money to purchase and scrap or recycle a vessel owned, 
operated or managed by the Maritime Administration or
that is part of the National Defense Reserve Fleet. Such 
sales offers must be consistent with the solicitation and 
provide that the work will be performed in a timely man-
ner at a facility qualified within the meaning of section 
3502 of Public Law 106–398. Nothing contained herein 
shall affect the Maritime Administration’s authority to 
award contracts at least cost to the Federal Government 
and consistent with the requirements of 16 U.S.C. 
5405(c), section 3502, or otherwise authorized under the 
Federal Acquisition Regulation. 
PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONAL EXPENSES 
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline 
and 
Hazardous 
Materials 
Safety 
Administration, 
$23,030,000, of which $639,000 shall be derived from the 
Pipeline Safety Fund: Provided, That $1,500,000 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, $42,546,000, of which 
$1,725,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2015: Provided, That up to $800,000 in fees collected 
under 49 U.S.C. 5108(g) shall be deposited in the general 
fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided fur-
ther, That there may be credited to this appropriation, to 
be available until expended, funds received from States, 
counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and pri-
vate sources for expenses incurred for training, for reports 
publication and dissemination, and for travel expenses in-
curred in performance of hazardous materials exemptions 
and approval functions. 
PIPELINE SAFETY 
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND) 
(OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND) 
(PIPELINE SAFETY DESIGN REVIEW 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 responsibil-
ities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $111,252,000, of 
which $18,573,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li-
ability Trust Fund and shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2015; and of which $90,679,000 shall be de-
rived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which
$48,191,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2015; and of which $2,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be derived as provided in this Act from 
the Pipeline Safety Design Review Fund, as authorized 
in 49 U.S.C. 60117(n): Provided, That not less than 
$1,058,000 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. 
5128(b), $188,000, to be derived from the Emergency 
Preparedness Fund, to remain available until September 
30, 2014: Provided, That not more than $28,318,000 shall 
be made available for obligation in fiscal year 2013 from 
amounts made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i) and 
5128(b)–(c): Provided further, That none of the funds 
made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i), 5128(b), or 5128(c) 
shall be made available for obligation by individuals other 
than the Secretary of Transportation, or his designee. 
RESEARCH AND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY 
ADMINISTRATION 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Research and Innova-
tive Technology Administration, $13,500,000: Provided, 
That there may be credited to this appropriation, to be
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-
propriations account, the Secretary shall notify 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations of the amount and reasons for such 
transfer: Provided further, That for purposes of 
this section, the term ‘‘improper payments’’,