IIB 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3058 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 11, 2005 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Departments of Transpor-
tation, Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development, 
the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, 
and for other purposes.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
Departments of Transportation, Treasury, and Housing 
and Urban Development, the Judiciary, District of Colum-
bia, and independent agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2006, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
$84,913,000 (increased by $250,000) (reduced by 
$17,339,000), of which not to exceed $2,198,000 shall be 
available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not 
to exceed $698,000 shall be available for the immediate 
Office of the Deputy Secretary; not to exceed $15,183,000 
(increased by $250,000) shall be available for the Office 
of the General Counsel; not to exceed $11,680,000 shall 
be available for the Office of the Under Secretary of 
Transportation for Policy; not to exceed $7,593,000 shall 
be available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
Budget and Programs; not to exceed $2,052,000 (reduced 
by $2,052,000) shall be available for the Office of the As-
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sistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs; not to exceed 
$23,139,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assist-
ant 
Secretary 
for 
Administration; 
not 
to 
exceed 
$1,910,000 (reduced by $1,910,000) shall be available for 
the Office of Public Affairs; not to exceed $1,442,000 (re-
duced by $1,422,000) shall be available for the Office of 
the Executive Secretariat; not to exceed $697,000 shall 
be available for the Board of Contract Appeals; not to ex-
ceed $1,265,000 shall be available for the Office of Small 
and Disadvantaged Business Utilization; not to exceed 
$2,033,000 for the Office of Intelligence and Security; not 
to exceed $3,128,000 shall be available for the Office of 
Emergency 
Transportation; 
and 
not 
to 
exceed 
$11,895,000 (reduced by $11,895,000) shall be available 
for the Office of the Chief Information Officer: Provided, 
That the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to 
transfer funds appropriated for any office of the Office 
of the Secretary to any other office of the Office of the 
Secretary: Provided further, That no appropriation for any 
office shall be increased or decreased by more than 5 per-
cent by all such transfers: Provided further, That notice 
of any change in funding greater than 5 percent shall be 
submitted for approval to the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That not to ex-
ceed $60,000 (reduced by $60,000) shall be for allocation
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within the Department for official reception and represen-
tation expenses as the Secretary may determine: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
excluding fees authorized in Public Law 107–71, there 
may be credited to this appropriation up to $2,500,000 
in funds received in user fees: Provided further, That none 
of the funds provided in this Act shall be available for 
the position of Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs. 
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$8,550,000. 
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND 
DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for conducting transportation 
planning, research, systems development, development ac-
tivities, and making grants, to remain available until ex-
pended, $40,613,000 (reduced by $31,583,000). 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital 
outlays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed 
$120,014,000, shall be paid from appropriations made 
available to the Department of Transportation: Provided, 
That such services shall be provided on a competitive basis 
to entities within the Department of Transportation: Pro-
vided further, That the above limitation on operating ex-
penses shall not apply to non-DOT entities: Provided fur-
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ther, That no funds appropriated in this Act to an agency 
of the Department shall be transferred to the Working 
Capital Fund without the approval of the agency modal 
administrator: Provided further, That no assessments may 
be levied against any program, budget activity, subactivity 
or project funded by this Act unless notice of such assess-
ments and the basis therefor are presented to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations and are ap-
proved by such Committees. 
MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $500,000, as au-
thorized by 49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, in-
cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974: Provided further, That these funds are available to 
subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be 
guaranteed, not to exceed $18,367,000. In addition, for 
administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan 
program, $400,000. 
MINORITY BUSINESS OUTREACH 
For necessary expenses of Minority Business Re-
source Center outreach activities, $3,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2007: Provided, That not-
withstanding 49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be used for 
business opportunities related to any mode of transpor-
tation.
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PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
In addition to funds made available from any other 
source to carry out the essential air service program under 
49 U.S.C. 41731–41742, $54,000,000 to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That the Secretary may transfer 
amounts appropriated to the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion under any heading in this Act or otherwise available 
to the Federal Aviation Administration, to make such 
amounts available for obligation and expenditure for the 
essential air service program, in satisfaction of the re-
quirements of section 41742(a)(1) of title 49, United 
States Code, in advance of the collection of fees under sec-
tion 45301 of title 49, United States Code: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall reimburse such amounts to 
the Federal Aviation Administration proportionally by 
transfer, to the extent possible, from amounts credited to 
the account established under section 45303 of title 49, 
United States Code, as such fees are collected during the 
fiscal year: Provided further, That, in determining between 
or among carriers competing to provide service to a com-
munity, the Secretary may consider the relative subsidy 
requirements of the carriers. 
NEW HEADQUARTERS BUILDING 
For necessary expenses of the Department of Trans-
portation’s new headquarters building and related serv-