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(i) by striking ‘‘When’’ and inserting ‘‘(A) Except
as provided in subparagraph (B), when’’; and
(ii) by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
‘‘(B) In the case of a failure of existing freight or commuter
rail passenger transportation operations caused by a cessation of
service by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, the Board
shall provide funding to fully reimburse the directed service pro-
vider for its costs associated with the activities directed under
subsection (a), including the payment of increased insurance pre-
miums. The Board shall order complete indemnification against
any and all claims associated with the provision of service to which
the directed rail carrier may be exposed.’’;
(C) by adding the following new paragraph at the
end of subsection (c):
‘‘(4) In the case of a failure of existing freight or commuter
rail passenger transportation operations caused by cessation
of service by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation,
the Board may not direct a rail carrier to undertake activities
under subsection (a) to continue such operations unless—
‘‘(A) the Board first affirmatively finds that the rail carrier
is operationally capable of conducting the directed service in
a safe and efficient manner; and
‘‘(B) the funding for such directed service required by
subparagraph (B) of subsection (b)(3) is provided in advance
in appropriations Acts.’’; and
(D) by adding at the end the following new subsections:
‘‘(e) For purposes of this section, the National Railroad Pas-
senger Corporation and any entity providing commuter rail pas-
senger transportation shall be considered rail carriers subject to
the Board’s jurisdiction.
‘‘(f) For purposes of this section, the term ‘commuter rail pas-
senger transportation’ has the meaning given that term in section
24102(4).’’.
(2) Section 24301(c) of title 49, United States Code, is
amended by inserting ‘‘11123,’’ after ‘‘except for sections’’.
SEC. 151. For the purpose of assisting State-supported intercity
rail service, in order to demonstrate whether competition will pro-
vide higher quality rail passenger service at reasonable prices,
the Secretary of Transportation, working with affected States, shall
develop and implement a procedure for fair competitive bidding
by Amtrak and non-Amtrak operators for State-supported routes:
Provided, That in the event a State desires to select or selects
a non-Amtrak operator for the route, the State may make an
agreement with Amtrak to use facilities and equipment of, or have
services provided by, Amtrak under terms agreed to by the State
and Amtrak to enable the non-Amtrak operator to provide the
State-supported service: Provided further, That if the parties cannot
agree on terms, the Secretary shall, as a condition of receipt of
Federal grant funds, order that the facilities and equipment be
made available and the services be provided by Amtrak under
reasonable terms and compensation: Provided further, That when
prescribing reasonable compensation to Amtrak, the Secretary shall
consider quality of service as a major factor when determining
whether, and the extent to which, the amount of compensation
shall be greater than the incremental costs of using the facilities
and providing the services: Provided further, That the Secretary
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may reprogram up to $2,500,000 from the Amtrak operating grant
funds for costs associated with the implementation of the fair bid
procedure and demonstration of competition under this section.
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, $15,100,000: Provided, That no more than
$75,500,000 of budget authority shall be available for these pur-
poses: Provided further, That of the funds available not to exceed
$970,938 shall be available for the Office of the Administrator;
not to exceed $6,755,434 shall be available for the Office of Adminis-
tration; not to exceed $3,892,622 shall be available for the Office
of the Chief Counsel; not to exceed $1,168,780 shall be available
for the Office of Communication and Congressional Affairs; not
to exceed $7,157,766 shall be available for the Office of Program
Management; not to exceed $6,231,332 shall be available for the
Office of Budget and Policy; not to exceed $4,854,892 shall be
available for the Office of Demonstration and Innovation; not to
exceed $2,717,034 shall be available for the Office of Civil Rights;
not to exceed $3,667,320 shall be available for the Office of Planning;
not to exceed $19,050,044 shall be available for regional offices;
and not to exceed $16,838,838 shall be available for the central
account: Provided further, That the Administrator is authorized
to transfer funds appropriated for an office of the Federal Transit
Administration: Provided further, That no appropriation for an office
shall be increased or decreased by more than 3 percent by all
such transfers: Provided further, That any change in funding greater
than 3 percent shall be submitted for approval to the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations: 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 reimbursed to the Department of Transportation’s Office of
Inspector General for costs associated with audits and investigations
of transit-related issues, including reviews of new fixed guideway
systems: Provided further, That not less than $2,200,000 for the
National transit database shall remain available until expended:
Provided further, That upon submission to the Congress of the
fiscal year 2005 President’s budget, the Secretary of Transportation
shall transmit to Congress the annual report on new starts, pro-
posed allocations of funds for fiscal year 2005: Provided further,
That the amount herein appropriated shall be reduced by $100,000
per day for each day after initial submission of the President’s
budget that the report has not been submitted to the Congress.
FORMULA GRANTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5307, 5308,
5310, 5311, 5327, and section 3038 of Public Law 105–178,
$767,800,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That
no more than $3,839,000,000 of budget authority shall be available
for these purposes: Provided further, That notwithstanding section
3008 of Public Law 105–178, $50,000,000 of the funds to carry
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out 49 U.S.C. 5308 shall be transferred to and merged with funding
provided for the replacement, rehabilitation, and purchase of buses
and related equipment and the construction of bus-related facilities
under ‘‘Federal Transit Administration, Capital investment grants’’.
UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5505, $1,200,000,
to remain available until expended: Provided, That no more than
$6,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for these purposes.
TRANSIT PLANNING AND RESEARCH
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5303, 5304,
5305, 5311(b)(2), 5312, 5313(a), 5314, 5315, and 5322, $25,200,000,
to remain available until expended: Provided, That no more than
$126,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for these pur-
poses: Provided further, That $5,250,000 is available to provide
rural transportation assistance (49 U.S.C. 5311(b)(2)), $4,000,000
is available to carry out programs under the National Transit
Institute (49 U.S.C. 5315), $8,250,000 is available to carry out
transit 
cooperative 
research 
programs 
(49 
U.S.C. 
5313(a)),
$60,385,600 is available for metropolitan planning (49 U.S.C. 5303,
5304, and 5305), $12,614,400 is available for State planning (49
U.S.C. 5313(b)); and $35,500,000 is available for the national plan-
ning and research program (49 U.S.C. 5314).
TRUST FUND SHARE OF EXPENSES
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for payment of
obligations incurred in carrying out 49 U.S.C. 5303–5308, 5310–
5315, 5317(b), 5322, 5327, 5334, 5505, and sections 3037 and 3038
of Public Law 105–178, $5,847,200,000, to remain available until
expended, and to be derived from the Mass Transit Account of
the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That $3,071,200,000 shall be
paid to the Federal Transit Administration’s formula grants
account: Provided further, That $100,800,000 shall be paid to the
Federal Transit Administration’s transit planning and research
account: Provided further, That $60,400,000 shall be paid to the
Federal Transit Administration’s administrative expenses account:
Provided further, That $4,800,000 shall be paid to the Federal
Transit 
Administration’s 
university 
transportation 
research
account: Provided further, That $100,000,000 shall be paid to the
Federal Transit Administration’s job access and reverse commute
grants program: Provided further, That $2,510,000,000 shall be
paid to the Federal Transit Administration’s capital investment
grants account.
CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5308, 5309,
5318, and 5327, $627,500,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That no more than $3,137,500,000 of budget authority
shall be available for these purposes: Provided further, That there
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shall be available for fixed guideway modernization, $1,206,506,000;
there shall be available for the replacement, rehabilitation, and
purchase of buses and related equipment and the construction
of 
bus-related 
facilities, 
$607,200,000, 
which 
shall 
include
$50,000,000 made available under 5309(m)(3)(C) of this title, plus
$50,000,000 transferred from ‘‘Federal Transit Administration, For-
mula Grants’’ and $20,000,000 transferred from ‘‘Federal Transit
Administration, Job Access and Reverse Commute Grants’’; and
there shall be available for new fixed guideway systems
$1,323,794,000, together with $2,331,545 in unobligated balances
made available in Public Law 106–69 and $2,182,937 in unobligated
balances made available in Public Law 106–346 to carry out section
3037 of Public Law 105–178, as amended, to be available as follows:
Atlanta, Georgia, Northwest Corridor BRT, $2,149,413;
Baltimore, Maryland, Central Light Rail Double Track
Project, $40,000,000;
BART San Francisco Airport (SFO), California, Extension
Project, $100,000,000;
Birmingham—Transit Corridor, Alabama, $3,500,000;
Boston, Massachusetts, Silver Line Phase III, $2,000,000;
Charlotte, North Carolina, South Corridor Light Rail
Project, $12,000,000;
Chicago, Illinois, Metra Commuter Rail Expansions and
Extensions, $52,000,000;
Chicago, Illinois, Ravenswood Reconstruction, $10,000,000;
Chicago, Illinois, Transit Authority, Douglas Branch
Reconstruction, $85,000,000;
Dallas, Texas, North Central Light Rail Extension,
$30,161,283;
Denver, Colorado, Southeast Corridor LRT (T-REX),
$80,000,000;
East Side Access Project, New York, Phase I, $75,000,000;
Euclid Corridor Transportation Project, Ohio, $11,000,000;
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Tri-Rail Commuter Project,
$18,410,000;
Hawaii and Alaska Ferry Boats, $10,296,000;
Houston Advanced Metro Transit Plan, Texas, $8,000,000;
Integrated Intermodal project, Rhode Island, $3,000,000;
Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee Commuter Rail Extension,
Wisconsin, $3,250,000;
Las Vegas, Nevada, Resort Corridor Fixed Guideway, MOS,
$20,000,000;
Little Rock, Arkansas, River Rail Streetcar Project,
$3,000,000;
Maine Marine Highway, $1,550,000;
Memphis, Tennessee, Medical Center Rail Extension,
$9,247,588;
Minneapolis, Minnesota, Hiawatha Corridor Light Rail
Transit (LRT), $74,980,000;
Minneapolis, Minnesota, Northstar Corridor Rail Project,
$5,750,000;
New Orleans, Louisiana, Canal Street Streetcar Project,
$23,291,373;
New York, Second Avenue Subway, $2,000,000;
Newark, 
New 
Jersey, 
Rail 
Link 
(NERL) 
MOS1,
$22,566,022;
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Northern Oklahoma Regional Multimodal Transportation
System, $3,000,000;
Northern, New Jersey, Hudson-Bergen Light Rail (MOS2),
$100,000,000;
Phase II, LA to Pasadena Metro Gold Line Light Rail
Project, $4,000,000;
Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania, 
Schuylkill 
Valley 
Metro,
$14,000,000;
Phoenix, Arizona, Central Phoenix/East Valley Light Rail
Transit Project, $13,000,000;
Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania, 
North 
Shore 
Connector,
$10,000,000;
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Stage II Light Rail Transit
Reconstruction, $32,243,442;
Portland, Oregon, Interstate MAX Light Rail Extension,
$77,500,000;
Raleigh, North Carolina, Triangle Transit Authority
Regional Rail Project, $5,500,000;
Regional Commuter Rail (Weber County to Salt Lake City),
Utah, $9,000,000;
Salt Lake City, Utah, Medical Center LRT Extension,
$30,663,361;
San Diego, California, Mission Valley East Light Rail
Transit Extension, $65,000,000;
San Diego, California, Oceanside-Escondido Rail Project,
$48,000,000;
San Francisco, California Muni Third Street Light Rail
Project, $9,000,000;
San Jose, California, Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Corridor,
$2,000,000;
Scranton, Pennsylvania, NY City Rail Service, $2,500,000;
Seattle, Washington, Sound Transit Central Link Initial
Segment, $75,000,000;
South Shore Commuter Rail Service capacity enhancement,
$1,000,000;
Stamford, Connecticut, Urban Transitway & Intermodal
Transportation Center Improvements, $4,000,000;
Tren Urbano Rapid Transit System, San Juan, PR,
$20,000,000;
VRE Parking Improvements, Virginia, $3,000,000;
Washington, DC/VA Dulles Corridor Rapid Transit Project,
$20,000,000;
Washington, DC/MD, Largo Extension, $65,000,000;
Western 
North 
Carolina 
Rail 
Passenger 
Service,
$1,000,000;
Wilmington, 
Delaware, 
Train 
Station 
Improvements,
$1,500,000;
Wilsonville 
to 
Beaverton, 
Oregon, 
Commuter 
Rail,
$3,250,000; and
Yarmouth to Auburn Line, Maine, $1,000,000.
JOB ACCESS AND REVERSE COMMUTE GRANTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out section 3037 of the Federal
Transit Act of 1998, $25,000,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That no more than $125,000,000 of budget
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authority shall be available for these purposes: Provided further,
That up to $300,000 of the funds provided under this heading
may be used by the Federal Transit Administration for technical
assistance and support and performance reviews of the Job Access
and Reverse Commute Grants program: Provided further, That
$20,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading shall be
transferred to and merged with funds for the replacement,
rehabilitation, and purchase of buses and related equipment and
the construction of bus-related facilities under ‘‘Federal Transit
Administration, Capital Investment Grants’’: Provided further, That
$2,331,545 in unobligated balances made available in Public Law
106–69 and $2,182,937 in unobligated balances made available
in Public Law 106–346 to carry out section 3037 of Public Law
105–178, as amended, shall be transferred to and merged with
funds for new fixed guideway systems under ‘‘Federal Transit
Administration, Capital Investment Grants’’.
GENERAL 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, and
except for fixed guideway modernization projects, funds made avail-
able by this Act under ‘‘Federal Transit Administration, Capital
investment grants’’ for projects specified in this Act or identified
in reports accompanying this Act not obligated by September 30,
2006, and other recoveries, shall be made available for other projects
under 49 U.S.C. 5309.
SEC. 162. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any
funds appropriated before October 1, 2003, 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. Funds made available for Alaska or Hawaii ferry
boats or ferry terminal facilities pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 5309(m)(2)(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: Provided, That not more than $3,000,000 of the funds
made available pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 5309(m)(2)(B) may be used
by the State of Hawaii to initiate and operate a passenger ferryboat
services demonstration project to test the viability of different intra-
island and inter-island ferry boat routes and technology: Provided
further, That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 5302(a)(7), funds made
available for Alaska or Hawaii ferry boats may be used to acquire
passenger ferry boats and to provide passenger ferry transportation
services within areas of the State of Hawaii under the control
or use of the National Park Service.
SEC. 164. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds
made available to the Colorado Roaring Fork Transportation
Authority under ‘‘Federal Transit Administration, Capital invest-
ment grants’’ in Public Laws 106–69 and 106–346 shall be available
for expenditure on park and ride lots in Carbondale and Glenwood
Springs, Colorado as part of the Roaring Fork Valley Bus Rapid
Transit project.
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SEC. 165. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, unobli-
gated funds made available for a new fixed guideway systems
projects under the heading ‘‘Federal Transit Administration, Capital
Investment Grants’’ in any appropriations Act prior to this Act
may be used during this fiscal year to satisfy expenses incurred
for such projects.
SEC. 166. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a
pilot program to determine the benefits of encouraging cooperative
procurement of major capital equipment under sections 5307, 5309,
and 5311. The program shall consist of three pilot projects. Coopera-
tive procurements in these projects may be carried out by grantees,
consortiums of grantees, or members of the private sector acting
as agents of grantees.
(b) FEDERAL SHARE.—Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Federal share for a grant under this pilot program shall
be 90 percent of the net project cost.
(c) PERMISSIBLE ACTIVITIES.—
(1) DEVELOPING
SPECIFICATIONS.—Cooperative specifica-
tions may be developed either by the grantees or their agents.
(2) REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS.—To the extent permissible
under State and local law, cooperative procurements under
this section may be carried out, either by the grantees or
their agents, by issuing one request for proposal for each
cooperative procurement, covering all agencies that are partici-
pating in the procurement.
(3) BEST AND FINAL OFFERS.—The cost of evaluating best
and final offers either by the grantees or their agents, is an
eligible expense under this program.
(d) TECHNOLOGY.—To the extent feasible, cooperative procure-
ments under this section shall maximize use of Internet-based
software technology designed specifically for transit buses and other
major capital equipment to develop specifications; aggregate equip-
ment requirements with other transit agencies; generate cooperative
request for proposal packages; create cooperative specifications; and
automate the request for approved equals process.
(e) ELIGIBLE EXPENSES.—The cost of the permissible activities
under (c) and procurement under (d) are eligible expenses under
the pilot program.
(f) PROPORTIONATE CONTRIBUTIONS.—Cooperating agencies may
contribute proportionately to the non-Federal share of any of the
eligible expenses under (e).
(g) OUTREACH.—The Secretary shall conduct outreach on
cooperative procurement. Under this program the Secretary shall:
(1) offer technical assistance to transit agencies to facilitate the
use of cooperative procurement of major capital equipment; and
(2) conduct seminars and conferences for grantees, nationwide, on
the concept of cooperative procurement of major capital equipment.
(h) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after delivery of the base
order under each of the pilot projects, the Secretary shall submit
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a report
on the results of that pilot project. Each report shall evaluate
any savings realized through the cooperative procurement and the
benefits of incorporating cooperative procurement, as shown by
that project, into the mass transit program as a whole.
SEC. 167. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, new
fixed guideway system funds available for the Yosemite, California,
area regional transportation system project, in the Department
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of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002,
Public Law 107–87, under ‘‘Capital Investment Grants’’, in the
amount of $400,000 shall be available for obligation for the replace-
ment, rehabilitation, or purchase of buses or related equipment,
or the construction of bus related facilities: Provided, That this
amount shall be in addition to the amount available in fiscal year
2002 for these purposes.
SEC. 168. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the
purpose of calculating the non-New Starts share of the total project
cost of both phases of San Francisco Muni’s Third Street Light
Rail Transit project for fiscal year 2004, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall include all non-New Starts contributions made towards
Phase 1 of the two-phase project for engineering, final design and
construction, and also shall allow non-New Starts funds expended
on one element or phase of the project to be used to meet the
non-New Starts share requirement of any element or phase of
the project: Provided further, That none of the funds provided
in this Act for the San Francisco Muni Third Street Light Rail
Transit Project shall be obligated if the Federal Transit Administra-
tion determines that the project is found to be ‘‘not recommended’’
after evaluation and computation of revised transportation system
user benefit data.
SEC. 169. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds
made available under ‘‘Federal Transit Administration, Capital
Investment Grants’’ in Public Law 105–277 for the Cleveland Berea
Red Line Extension to the Hopkins International Airport project
may be used for the Euclid Corridor Transportation Project.
SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds
designated to the Community Transportation Association of America
(CTAA) on pages 1305 through 1307 of the Joint Explanatory State-
ment of the Committee of Conference for Public Law 108–7 may
be available to CTAA for any project or activity authorized under
section 3037 of Public Law 105–178 upon receipt of an application.
SEC. 171. After the last section of the Federal Transit Act,
49 U.S.C. chapter 53, add the following section:
‘‘SEC. 3042. UTAH TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.
‘‘(a) COORDINATION.—FTA and FHWA are directed to work
with the Utah Transit Authority and the Utah Department of
Transportation to coordinate the development regional commuter
rail and the northern segment of I–15 reconstruction located in
the Wasatch Front corridor extending from Brigham City to Payson,
Utah. Coordination includes integration of preliminary engineering
and design, a simplified method for allocating project costs among
eligible FTA and FHWA funding sources, and a unified accounting
and audit process.
‘‘(b) GOVERNMENTAL FUNDING.—For purposes of determining
and allocating the nongovernmental and governmental share of
costs, the following projects comprise a related program of projects:
regional commuter rail, the TRAX light rail system, TRAX exten-
sions to the Medical Center and to the Gateway Intermodal Center,
and the northern segment of I–15 reconstruction. The governmental
share of project costs appropriated from the section 5309 New
Start program shall conform to the share specified in the extension
or reauthorization of TEA21.’’.
SEC. 172. Funds apportioned to the Charleston Area Regional
Transportation Authority to carry out section 5307 of title 49,
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United States Code, may be used to lease land, equipment, or
facilities used in public transportation from another governmental
authority in the same geographic area: Provided, That the non-
Federal share under section 5307 may include revenues from the
sale of advertising and concessions: Provided further, That this
provision shall remain in effect until September 30, 2004, or until
the Federal interest in the land, equipment or facilities leased
reaches 80 percent of its fair market value at disposition, whichever
occurs first.
SEC. 173. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds
designated to the Pennsylvania Cumberland/Dauphin County Cor-
ridor I project in committee reports accompanying this Act may
be available to the recipient for any project activities authorized
under sections 5307 and 5309 of title 49, United States Code.
SEC. 174. To the extent that funds provided by the Congress
for the Memphis Medical Center light rail extension project through
the section 5309 ‘‘new fixed guideway systems’’ program remain
available upon the closeout of the project, Federal Transit Adminis-
tration is directed to permit the Memphis Area Transit Authority
to use all of those funds for planning, engineering, design, construc-
tion or acquisition projects pertaining to the Memphis Regional
Rail Plan. Such funds shall remain available until expended.
SEC. 175. Section 30303(d)(3) of the Transportation Equity Act
for the 21st Century (Public Law 105–178) is amended by inserting
at the end:
‘‘(D) Memphis-Shelby International Airport intermodal
facility.’’.
SEC. 176. For fiscal year 2004, section 3027 of the Transpor-
tation Equity Act for the 21st Century (49 U.S.C. 5307 note; 112
Stat. 366), as amended, is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(3) SERVICES FOR ELDERLY AND PERSONS WITH DISABIL-
ITIES.—In addition to assistance made available under para-
graph (1), the Secretary may provide assistance under section
5307 of title 49, United States Code, to a transit provider
that operates 25 or fewer vehicles in an urbanized area with
a population of at least 200,000 to finance the operating costs
of equipment and facilities used by the transit provider in
providing mass transportation services to elderly and persons
with disabilities, provided that such assistance to all entities
shall not exceed $10,000,000 annually.’’.
SEC. 177. None of the funds in this Act shall be available
to any Federal transit grantee after February 1, 2004, involved
directly or indirectly, in any activity that promotes the legalization
or medical use of any substance listed in schedule I of section
202 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812 et seq.).
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 and maintenance of those
portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway operated and maintained
by 
the 
Saint 
Lawrence 
Seaway 
Development 
Corporation,
$14,400,000, 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, $98,700,000, to remain available until expended.
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING
For necessary expenses of operations and training activities
authorized by law, $106,997,000, of which $23,600,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 2004, for salaries and benefits of
employees of the United States Merchant Marine Academy; of which
$13,500,000 shall remain available until expended for capital
improvements at the United States Merchant Marine Academy;
of which $8,063,000 shall remain available until expended for the
State Maritime Schools Schoolship Maintenance and Repair; of
which $500,000 shall remain available until expended for the
evaluation and provision of the fourteen commercially strategic
ports; and of which $1,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2005, for Maritime Security Professional Training in
support of section 109 of the Maritime Transportation Security
Act of 2002.
SHIP DISPOSAL
For necessary expenses related to the disposal of obsolete ves-
sels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the Maritime Adminis-
tration, $16,211,000, to remain available until expended.
MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan
program, not to exceed $4,498,000, which shall be transferred to
and merged with the appropriation for Operations and Training.
SHIP CONSTRUCTION
(RESCISSION)
Of the unobligated balances available under this heading,
$4,107,056 are rescinded.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION
SEC. 180. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
the Maritime Administration is authorized to furnish utilities and
services and make necessary repairs in connection with any lease,
contract, or occupancy involving Government property under control
H. R. 2673—311
of the Maritime Administration, and payments received therefore
shall be credited to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof:
Provided, 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. 181. No obligations shall be incurred during the current
fiscal year from the construction fund established by the Merchant
Marine Act, 1936, or otherwise, in excess of the appropriations
and limitations contained in this Act or in any prior appropriation
Act.
RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION
RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the
Research and Special Programs Administration, $46,441,000, of
which $645,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund,
and of which $2,510,000 shall remain available until September
30, 2006: Provided, That up to $1,200,000 in fees collected under
49 U.S.C. 5108(g) shall be deposited in the general fund of the
Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided further, That there may
be credited to this appropriation, to be available until expended,
funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other public
authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for training,
for reports publication and dissemination, and for travel expenses
incurred in performance of hazardous materials exemptions and
approvals functions.
PIPELINE SAFETY
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND)
(OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST 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 responsibilities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990,
$66,305,000, of which $13,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil
Spill Liability Trust Fund and shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2006; of which $53,305,000 shall be derived from the
Pipeline Safety Fund, of which $21,828,000 shall remain available
until September 30, 2006.
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS
(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND)
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5127(c), $200,000,
to be derived from the Emergency Preparedness Fund, to remain
available until September 30, 2006: Provided, That not more than
$14,300,000 shall be made available for obligation in fiscal year
2004 from amounts made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i) and 5127(d):
Provided further, That none of the funds made available by 49
U.S.C. 5116(i) and 5127(d) shall be made available for obligation
by individuals other than the Secretary of Transportation, or his
designee.
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General to
carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978,
as amended, $56,000,000: Provided, That the Inspector General
shall have all necessary authority, in carrying out the duties speci-
fied in the Inspector General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.
3) to investigate allegations of fraud, including false statements
to the government (18 U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity that
is subject to regulation by the Department: Provided further, That
the funds made available under this heading shall be used to
investigate, pursuant to section 41712 of title 49, United States
Code: (1) unfair or deceptive practices and unfair methods of com-
petition by domestic and foreign air carriers and ticket agents;
and (2) the compliance of domestic and foreign air carriers with
respect to item (1) of this proviso.
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation Board,
including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $19,521,000: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to
exceed $1,050,000 from fees established by the Chairman of the
Surface Transportation Board shall be credited to this appropriation
as offsetting 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 collections are received during
fiscal year 2004, to result in a final appropriation from the general
fund estimated at no more than $18,471,000.
TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices including
operation and maintenance of the Treasury Building and Annex;
hire of passenger motor vehicles; maintenance, repairs, and
improvements of, and purchase of commercial insurance policies
for, real properties leased or owned overseas, when necessary for
the performance of official business; not to exceed $3,000,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2005, for information tech-
nology modernization requirements; not to exceed $150,000 for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses; not to exceed $258,000
for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated
and expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury
and to be accounted for solely on his certificate, $176,109,000:
Provided, That the Office of Foreign Assets Control shall be funded
at no less than $21,855,000 and 120 full time equivalent positions:
Provided further, That of these amounts, $2,900,000 is available
for grants to State and local law enforcement groups to help fight
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money laundering: Provided further, That of these amounts,
$3,393,000, to remain available until September 30, 2005, shall
be for the Treasury-wide Financial Statement Audit Program, of
which such amounts as may be necessary may be transferred to
accounts of the Department’s offices and bureaus to conduct audits:
Provided further, That this transfer authority shall be in addition
to any other provided in this Act.
DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For development and acquisition of automatic data processing
equipment, software, and services for the Department of the
Treasury, $36,400,000, to remain available until September 30,
2006: Provided, That these funds shall be transferred to accounts
and in amounts as necessary to satisfy the requirements of the
Department’s offices, bureaus, and other organizations: Provided
further, That this transfer authority shall be in addition to any
other transfer authority provided in this Act: Provided further,
That none of the funds appropriated shall be used to support
or supplement the Internal Revenue Service appropriations for
Information Systems or Business Systems Modernization.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978,
as amended, not to exceed $2,000,000 for official travel expenses,
including hire of passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed
$100,000 for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to
be allocated and expended under the direction of the Inspector
General of the Treasury, $13,000,000, of which not to exceed $2,500
shall be available for official reception and representation expenses.
TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector General for
Tax Administration in carrying out the Inspector General Act of
1978, as amended, including purchase (not to exceed 150 for replace-
ment only for police-type use) and hire of passenger motor vehicles
(31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such
rates as may be determined by the Inspector General for Tax
Administration; not to exceed $6,000,000 for official travel expenses;
and not to exceed $500,000 for unforeseen emergencies of a confiden-
tial nature, to be allocated and expended under the direction of
the Inspector General for Tax Administration, $128,034,000.
AIR TRANSPORTATION STABILIZATION PROGRAM
For necessary expenses to administer the Air Transportation
Stabilization Board established by section 102 of the Air Transpor-
tation Safety and System Stabilization Act (Public Law 107–42),
$2,538,000, to remain available until expended.
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TREASURY BUILDING AND ANNEX REPAIR AND RESTORATION
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the Treasury
Building and Annex, $25,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2006, of which not less than $7,000,000 shall not be
available for obligation until completion of the audit by the Treasury
Inspector General or upon the advance approval of the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations.
FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes Enforcement
Network, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel expenses
of non-Federal law enforcement personnel to attend meetings con-
cerned with financial intelligence activities, law enforcement, and
financial regulation; not to exceed $14,000 for official reception
and representation expenses; and for assistance to Federal law
enforcement agencies, with or without reimbursement, $57,571,000,
of which not to exceed $4,500,000 shall remain available until
September 30, 2006; and of which $8,152,000 shall remain available
until September 30, 2005: Provided, That funds appropriated in
this account may be used to procure personal services contracts.
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Financial Management Service,
$228,558,000, of which not to exceed $9,220,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2006, for information systems moderniza-
tion initiatives; and of which not to exceed $2,500 shall be available
for official reception and representation expenses.
ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of carrying out section 1111 of the
Homeland Security Act of 2002, including hire of passenger motor
vehicles, $80,000,000; of which not to exceed $6,000 for official
reception and representation expenses; not to exceed $50,000 for
cooperative research and development programs for Laboratory
Services; and provision of laboratory assistance to State and local
agencies with or without reimbursement.
UNITED STATES MINT
UNITED STATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND
Pursuant to section 5136 of title 31, United States Code, the
United States Mint is provided funding through the United States
Mint Public Enterprise Fund for costs associated with the produc-
tion of circulating coins, numismatic coins, and protective services,
including both operating expenses and capital investments. The
aggregate amount of new liabilities and obligations incurred during
fiscal year 2004 under such section 5136 for circulating coinage