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Union Calendar No. 324 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5850 
[Report No. 111–564] 
Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing 
and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2011, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 26, 2010 
Mr. OLVER, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 
bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for the Departments of Transpor-
tation, and Housing and Urban Development, and re-
lated agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2011, 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, and Housing and Urban 
Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year end-
ing September 30, 2011, 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, 
$111,615,000, of which not to exceed $2,667,000 shall be 
available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not 
to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the immediate 
Office of the Deputy Secretary; not to exceed $19,711,000 
shall be available for the Office of the General Counsel; 
not to exceed $12,015,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy; not 
to exceed $11,899,000 shall be available for the Office of 
the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to 
exceed $2,530,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs; not to ex-
ceed $25,695,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Administration; not to exceed 
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vided in this Act shall be available for the position of As-
sistant Secretary for Public Affairs. 
LIVABLE COMMUNITIES 
For necessary expenses for livable communities initia-
tives, including coordinating livability and sustainability 
work within the Department of Transportation and with 
the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development; developing perform-
ance standards and metrics; building analytical capacity; 
and providing grants and direct technical assistance to 
State, local, and non-profit organizations, $20,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2013; Provided, 
That any grants and technical assistance made available 
under this heading shall be for improved performance 
measurement capabilities, enhanced ability to perform al-
ternatives analysis, and training and workshops for per-
sonnel. 
NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT 
For capital investments in transportation infrastruc-
ture, $400,000,000, to remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2013: Provided, That the Secretary of Trans-
portation shall distribute funds provided under this head-
ing as discretionary grants to be awarded to a State, local 
government, transit agency, or a collaboration among such 
entities on a competitive basis for projects that will have 
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a significant impact on the Nation, a metropolitan area, 
or a region: Provided further, That projects eligible for 
funding provided under this heading shall include, but not 
be limited to, highway or bridge projects eligible under 
title 23, United States Code; public transportation 
projects eligible under chapter 53 of title 49, United 
States Code; passenger and freight rail transportation 
projects; and port infrastructure investments: Provided 
further, That in distributing funds provided under this 
heading, the Secretary shall take such measures so as to 
ensure an equitable geographic distribution of funds, an 
appropriate balance in addressing the needs of urban and 
rural areas, and the investment in a variety of transpor-
tation modes: Provided further, That a grant funded under 
this heading shall be not less than $5,000,000 and not 
greater than $75,000,000: Provided further, That not 
more than 12.5 percent of the funds made available under 
this heading may be awarded to projects in a single State: 
Provided further, That the Federal share of the costs for 
which an expenditure is made under this heading shall be, 
at the option of the recipient, up to 80 percent: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall give priority to projects 
that require a contribution of Federal funds in order to 
complete an overall financing package: Provided further, 
That not less than $100,000,000 of the funds provided 
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under this heading shall be for projects located in rural 
areas: Provided further, That for projects located in rural 
areas, the minimum grant size shall be $1,000,000 and 
the Secretary may increase the Federal share of costs 
above 80 percent: Provided further, That of the amount 
made available under this heading, the Secretary may use 
an amount not to exceed $60,000,000 for the purpose of 
paying the subsidy and administrative costs of projects eli-
gible for federal credit assistance under chapter 6 of title 
23, United States Code, if the Secretary finds that such 
use of the funds would advance the purposes of this para-
graph: Provided further, That the Secretary may use up 
to ten percent of the funds provided under this heading 
to fund the costs of equipping aircraft with communica-
tions, surveillance, navigation and other avionics to con-
duct a demonstration of NextGen air traffic control capa-
bilities through grants or other authorities available under 
section 106(l)(6) of title 49, United States Code: Provided 
further, That of the amount made available under this 
heading, the Secretary may use an amount not to exceed 
$20,000,000 for the planning, preparation or design of 
projects eligible for funding under this heading: Provided 
further, That projects conducted using funds provided 
under this heading must comply with the requirements of 
subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States 
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Code: Provided further, That the Secretary shall publish 
criteria on which to base the competition for any grants 
awarded under this heading no sooner than 60 days after 
enactment of this Act, require applications for funding 
provided under this heading to be submitted no sooner 
than 120 days after the publication of such criteria, and 
announce all projects selected to be funded from funds 
provided under this heading no sooner than September 15, 
2011: Provided further, That the Secretary may retain up 
to $16,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading, 
and may transfer portions of those funds to the Adminis-
trators of the Federal Highway Administration, the Fed-
eral Transit Administration, the Federal Railroad Admin-
istration, the Federal Aviation Administration, and the 
Federal Maritime Administration, to fund the award and 
oversight of grants made under this heading. 
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CAPITAL 
For necessary expenses for upgrading and enhancing 
the Department of Transportation’s financial systems and 
re-engineering business processes, $18,500,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVES 
For necessary one-time expenses for cyber security 
initiatives, including improvement of network perimeter 
controls and identity management, testing and assessment 
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of information technology against business, security, and 
other requirements, implementation of federal cyber secu-
rity initiatives and information infrastructure enhance-
ments, implementation of enhanced security controls on 
network devices, and enhancement of cyber security work-
force training tools, $28,188,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$9,767,000. 
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, $9,819,000. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
For necessary expenses for operating costs and cap-
ital outlays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed 
$148,096,000, 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, $329,000, 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, $584,000. 
MINORITY BUSINESS OUTREACH 
For necessary expenses of Minority Business Re-
source Center outreach activities, $3,395,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2012: Provided, That not-
withstanding 49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be used for 
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business opportunities related to any mode of transpor-
tation. 
PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
In addition to funds made available from any other 
source to carry out the essential air service program under 
49 U.S.C. 41731 through 41742, $146,000,000, to be de-
rived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That, in determining 
between or among carriers competing to provide service 
to a community, the Secretary may consider the relative 
subsidy requirements of the carriers: Provided further, 
That, if the funds under this heading are insufficient to 
meet the costs of the essential air service program in the 
current fiscal year, the Secretary shall transfer such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out the essential air service 
program from any available amounts appropriated to or 
directly administered by the Office of the Secretary for 
such fiscal year. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—OFFICE OF THE 
SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 101. None of the funds made available in this 
Act to the Department of Transportation may be obligated 
for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation to ap-
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prove assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining 
to funds appropriated to the modal administrations in this 
Act, except for activities underway on the date of enact-
ment of this Act, unless such assessments or agreements 
have completed the normal reprogramming process for 
Congressional notification. 
SEC. 102. None of the funds made available under 
this Act may be obligated or expended to establish or im-
plement a program under which essential air service com-
munities are required to assume subsidy costs commonly 
referred to as the EAS local participation program. 
SEC. 103. The Secretary or his designee may engage 
in activities with States and State legislators to consider 
proposals related to the reduction of motorcycle fatalities. 
SEC. 104. (a) Prior to awarding any grants under 
the National Infrastructure Investments program, the 
Secretary of Transportation shall post on the Department 
of Transportation website any request or application for 
funding received by the Department for projects from the 
program. Such post shall include a copy of any such re-
quest or application and all project data and supplemental 
materials provided by the entity seeking such grant. 
(b) No later than 5 days after the announcing of 
grant awards, the Secretary shall post on the Department 
of Transportation website a complete description and ac-
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counting of what criteria, both qualitative and quan-
titative, was used in the selection of the grants under the 
program. 
(c) The Office of Inspector General of the Depart-
ment of Transportation shall audit and review 10 percent 
of grant recipients under the National Infrastructure In-
vestments program to ensure that funds issued under such 
program are used appropriately and within the scope of 
the grant awarded. 
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration, not otherwise provided for, including oper-
ations and research activities related to commercial space 
transportation, administrative expenses for research and 
development, establishment of air navigation facilities, the 
operation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, 
subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold 
to the public, lease or purchase of passenger motor vehi-
cles for replacement only, in addition to amounts made 
available by Public Law 108–176, $9,793,000,000, of 
which $3,900,000,000 shall be derived from the Airport 
and Airway Trust Fund, of which not to exceed 
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$7,630,628,000 shall be available for air traffic organiza-
tion activities; not to exceed $1,304,486,000 shall be avail-
able for aviation safety activities; not to exceed 
$16,747,000 shall be available for commercial space trans-
portation activities; not to exceed $114,784,000 shall be 
available for financial services activities; not to exceed 
$103,297,000 shall be available for human resources pro-
gram activities; not to exceed $361,354,000 shall be avail-
able for region and center operations and regional coordi-
nation activities; not to exceed $208,994,000 shall be 
available for staff offices; and not to exceed $53,360,000 
shall be available for information services: Provided, That 
the Secretary utilize not less than $17,000,000 of the 
funds provided for aviation safety activities to pay for staff 
increases in the Office of Aviation Flight Standards and 
the Office of Aircraft Certification: Provided further, That 
none of the funds provided for increases to the staffs of 
the aviation flight standards and aircraft certification of-
fices shall be used for other purposes: Provided further, 
That not to exceed 2 percent of any budget activity, except 
for aviation safety budget activity, may be transferred to 
any budget activity under this heading: Provided further, 
That no transfer may increase or decrease any appropria-
tion by more than 2 percent: Provided further, That any 
transfer in excess of 2 percent shall be treated as a re-
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programming of funds under section 405 of this Act and 
shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 
in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: 
Provided further, That not later than March 31 of each 
fiscal year hereafter, the Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration shall transmit to Congress an an-
nual update to the report submitted to Congress in De-
cember 2004 pursuant to section 221 of Public Law 108– 
176: Provided further, That the amount herein appro-
priated shall be reduced by $100,000 for each day after 
March 31 that such report has not been submitted to the 
Congress: Provided further, That not later than March 31 
of each fiscal year hereafter, the Administrator shall 
transmit to Congress a companion report that describes 
a comprehensive strategy for staffing, hiring, and training 
flight standards and aircraft certification staff in a format 
similar to the one utilized for the controller staffing plan, 
including stated attrition estimates and numerical hiring 
goals by fiscal year: Provided further, That the amount 
herein appropriated shall be reduced by $100,000 per day 
for each day after March 31 that such report has not been 
submitted to Congress: Provided further, That funds may 
be used to enter into a grant agreement with a nonprofit 
standard-setting organization to assist in the development 
of aviation safety standards: Provided further, That none 
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of the funds in this Act shall be available for new appli-
cants for the second career training program: Provided 
further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for the Federal Aviation Administration to finalize 
or implement any regulation that would promulgate new 
aviation user fees not specifically authorized by law after 
the date of the enactment of this Act: Provided further, 
That there may be credited to this appropriation as offset-
ting collections funds received from States, counties, mu-
nicipalities, foreign authorities, other public authorities, 
and private sources, including funds from fees authorized 
under Chapter 453 of title 49, United States Code, other 
than those authorized by section 45301(a)(1) of that title, 
which shall be available for expenses incurred in the provi-
sion of agency services, including receipts for the mainte-
nance and operation of air navigation facilities, and for 
issuance, renewal or modification of certificates, including 
airman, aircraft, and repair station certificates, or for 
tests related thereto, or for processing major repair or al-
teration forms: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated under this heading, not less than $9,500,000 shall 
be for the contract tower cost-sharing program: Provided 
further, That none of the funds in this Act for aeronautical 
charting and cartography are available for activities con-
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ducted by, or coordinated through, the Working Capital 
Fund. 
FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
for acquisition, establishment, technical support services, 
improvement by contract or purchase, and hire of national 
airspace systems and experimental facilities and equip-
ment, as authorized under part A of subtitle VII of title 
49, United States Code, including initial acquisition of 
necessary sites by lease or grant; engineering and service 
testing, including construction of test facilities and acqui-
sition of necessary sites by lease or grant; construction 
and furnishing of quarters and related accommodations 
for officers and employees of the Federal Aviation Admin-
istration stationed at remote localities where such accom-
modations are not available; and the purchase, lease, or 
transfer of aircraft from funds available under this head-
ing, including aircraft for aviation regulation and certifi-
cation; to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust 
Fund, $3,000,000,000, of which $2,508,000,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2013, and of which 
$492,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2011: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro-
priation funds received from States, counties, municipali-
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ties, other public authorities, and private sources, for ex-
penses incurred in the establishment, improvement, and 
modernization of National Airspace Systems: Provided 
further, That upon initial submission to the Congress of 
the fiscal year 2012 President’s budget, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall transmit to the Congress a com-
prehensive capital investment plan for the Federal Avia-
tion Administration which includes funding for each budg-
et line item for fiscal years 2012 through 2016, with total 
funding for each year of the plan constrained to the fund-
ing targets for those years as estimated and approved by 
the Office of Management and Budget. 
RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
for research, engineering, and development, as authorized 
under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States 
Code, including construction of experimental facilities and 
acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant, 
$198,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway 
Trust Fund and to remain available until September 30, 
2013: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro-
priation as offsetting collections, funds received from 
States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, 
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and private sources, which shall be available for expenses 
incurred for research, engineering, and development. 
GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in- 
aid for airport planning and development, and noise com-
patibility planning and programs as authorized under sub-
chapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 
of title 49, United States Code, and under other law au-
thorizing such obligations; for procurement, installation, 
and commissioning of runway incursion prevention devices 
and systems at airports of such title; for grants authorized 
under section 41743 of title 49, United States Code; and 
for inspection activities and administration of airport safe-
ty programs, including those related to airport operating 
certificates under section 44706 of title 49, United States 
Code, $3,550,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and 
Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That none of the funds under this head-
ing shall be available for the planning or execution of pro-
grams the obligations for which are in excess of 
$3,515,000,000 in fiscal year 2011, notwithstanding sec-
tion 47117(g) of title 49, United States Code: Provided 
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further, That none of the funds under this heading shall 
be available for the replacement of baggage conveyor sys-
tems, reconfiguration of terminal baggage areas, or other 
airport improvements that are necessary to install bulk ex-
plosive detection systems: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, of funds limited under 
this heading, not more than $99,622,000 shall be obli-
gated for administration, not less than $15,000,000 shall 
be available for the airport cooperative research program, 
not less than $27,217,000 shall be for Airport Technology 
Research. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 110. None of the funds in this Act may be used 
to compensate in excess of 600 technical staff-years under 
the federally funded research and development center con-
tract between the Federal Aviation Administration and the 
Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development dur-
ing fiscal year 2011. 
SEC. 111. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
to pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring air-
port sponsors to provide to the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration without cost building construction, maintenance, 
utilities and expenses, or space in airport sponsor-owned 
buildings for services relating to air traffic control, air 
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navigation, or weather reporting: Provided, That the pro-
hibition of funds in this section does not apply to negotia-
tions between the agency and airport sponsors to achieve 
agreement on ‘‘below-market’’ rates for these items or to 
grant assurances that require airport sponsors to provide 
land without cost to the FAA for air traffic control facili-
ties. 
SEC. 112. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration may reimburse amounts made available to 
satisfy 49 U.S.C. 41742(a)(1) from fees credited under 
49 U.S.C. 45303: Provided, That during fiscal year 2011, 
49 U.S.C. 41742(b) shall not apply, and any amount re-
maining in such account at the close of that fiscal year 
may be made available to satisfy section 41742(a)(1) for 
the subsequent fiscal year. 
SEC. 113. Amounts collected under section 40113(e) 
of title 49, United States Code, shall be credited to the 
appropriation current at the time of collection, to be 
merged with and available for the same purposes of such 
appropriation. 
SEC. 114. None of the funds appropriated or limited 
by this Act may be used to change weight restrictions or 
prior permission rules at Teterboro airport in Teterboro, 
New Jersey. 
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SEC. 115. None of the funds limited by this Act for 
grants under the Airport Improvement Program shall be 
made available to the sponsor of a commercial service air-
port if such sponsor fails to agree to a request from the 
Secretary of Transportation for cost-free space in a non- 
revenue producing, public use area of the airport terminal 
or other airport facilities for the purpose of carrying out 
a public service air passenger rights and consumer out-
reach campaign. 
SEC. 116. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for paying premium pay under subsection 5546(a) of 
title 5, United States Code, to any Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration employee unless such employee actually per-
formed work during the time corresponding to such pre-
mium pay. 
SEC. 117. None of the funds in this Act may be obli-
gated or expended for an employee of the Federal Aviation 
Administration to purchase a store gift card or gift certifi-
cate through use of a Government-issued credit card. 
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Not to exceed $428,843,000, together with advances 
and reimbursements received by the Federal Highway Ad-
ministration, shall be paid in accordance with law from 
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appropriations made available by this Act to the Federal 
Highway Administration for necessary expenses for ad-
ministration and operation: Provided, That of the funds 
made available under this heading, not less than 
$8,000,000 shall be for renovations and upgrades to the 
fiscal management information system, except that such 
funds may not be obligated for such purpose until the Sec-
retary of Transportation submits to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations a plan that identifies the 
full cost of the upgrades needed and a timeline for comple-
tion. In addition, not to exceed $3,300,000 shall be paid 
from appropriations made available by this Act and trans-
ferred to the Appalachian Regional Commission in accord-
ance with section 104 of title 23, United States Code. 
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
None of the funds in this Act shall be available for 
the implementation or execution of programs, the obliga-
tions for which are in excess of $45,217,700,000 for Fed-
eral-aid highways and highway safety construction pro-
grams for fiscal year 2011: Provided, That within the 
$45,217,700,000 obligation limitation on Federal-aid 
highways and highway safety construction programs, not 
more than $429,800,000 shall be available for the imple-
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mentation or execution of programs for transportation re-
search (chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code; sections 
111, 5505, and 5506 of title 49, United States Code; and 
title 5 of Public Law 109–59) for fiscal year 2011: Pro-
vided further, That this limitation on transportation re-
search programs shall not apply to any authority pre-
viously made available for obligation: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may, as authorized by section 605(b) 
of title 23, United States Code, collect and spend fees to 
cover the costs of services of expert firms, including coun-
sel, in the field of municipal and project finance to assist 
in the underwriting and servicing of Federal credit instru-
ments and all or a portion of the costs to the Federal Gov-
ernment of servicing such credit instruments: Provided 
further, That such fees are available until expended to pay 
for such costs: Provided further, That such amounts are 
in addition to administrative expenses that are also avail-
able for such purpose, and are not subject to any obliga-
tion limitation or the limitation on administrative expenses 
under section 608 of title 23, United States Code. 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For carrying out the provisions of title 23, United 
States Code, that are attributable to Federal-aid high-
ways, not otherwise provided, including reimbursement for 
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sums expended pursuant to the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 
308, $45,956,700,000 or so much thereof as may be avail-
able in and derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other 
than the Mass Transit Account), to remain available until 
expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2011, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall— 
(1) not distribute from the obligation limitation 
for Federal-aid highways amounts authorized for ad-
ministrative expenses and programs by section 
104(a) of title 23, United States Code; programs 
funded from the administrative takedown authorized 
by section 104(a)(1) of title 23, United States Code 
(as in effect on the date before the date of enact-
ment of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users); the 
highway use tax evasion program; and the Bureau of 
Transportation Statistics; 
(2) not distribute an amount from the obliga-
tion limitation for Federal-aid highways that is equal 
to the unobligated balance of amounts made avail-
able from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the 
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Mass Transit Account) for Federal-aid highways and 
highway safety programs for previous fiscal years 
the funds for which are allocated by the Secretary; 
(3) determine the ratio that— 
(A) the obligation limitation for Federal- 
aid highways, less the aggregate of amounts not 
distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), bears 
to 
(B) the total of the sums authorized to be 
appropriated for Federal-aid highways and 
highway safety construction programs (other 
than sums authorized to be appropriated for 
provisions of law described in paragraphs (1) 
through (9) of subsection (b) and sums author-
ized to be appropriated for section 105 of title 
23, United States Code, equal to the amount 
referred to in subsection (b)(10) for such fiscal 
year), less the aggregate of the amounts not 
distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of 
this subsection; 
(4)(A) distribute the obligation limitation for 
Federal-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts 
not distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), for 
sections 1301, 1302, and 1934 of the Safe, Account-
able, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: 
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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 Trans-
portation Assistance Act of 1982; (5) under subsections 
(b) and (c) of section 149 of the Surface Transportation 
and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987; (6) under 
sections 1103 through 1108 of the Intermodal Surface 
Transportation 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 Transpor-
tation 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 those fiscal years; (9) for 
Federal-aid highway programs for which obligation au-
thority was made available under the Transportation Eq-
uity Act for the 21st Century or subsequent public laws 
for multiple years or to remain available until used, but 
only to the extent that the obligation authority has not 
lapsed or been used; (10) under section 105 of title 23, 
United States Code, but only in an amount equal to 
$639,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2011; 
and (11) under section 1603 of the Safe, Accountable, 
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Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy 
for Users, to the extent that funds obligated in accordance 
with that section were not subject to a limitation on obli-
gations at the time at which the funds were initially made 
available for obligation. 
(c) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED OBLIGATION AU-
THORITY.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall, after August 1 of such fiscal year, revise a distribu-
tion of the obligation limitation made available under sub-
section (a) if the amount distributed cannot be obligated 
during that fiscal year and redistribute sufficient amounts 
to those States able to obligate amounts in addition to 
those previously distributed during that fiscal year, giving 
priority to those States having large unobligated balances 
of funds apportioned under sections 104 and 144 of title 
23, United States Code. 
(d) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS TO 
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PROGRAMS.—The obliga-
tion limitation shall apply to transportation research pro-
grams carried out under chapter 5 of title 23, United 
States Code, and title V (research title) of the Safe, Ac-
countable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: 
A Legacy for Users, except that obligation authority made 
available for such programs under such limitation shall re-
main available for a period of 3 fiscal years and shall be 
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in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed on 
obligations for Federal-aid highway and highway safety 
construction programs for future fiscal years. 
(e) REDISTRIBUTION
OF
CERTAIN
AUTHORIZED 
FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of the distribution of obligation limitation 
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall distribute 
to the States any funds that 
(A) are authorized to be appropriated for 
such fiscal year for Federal-aid highways pro-
grams; and 
(B) the Secretary determines will not be 
allocated to the States, and will not be available 
for obligation, in such fiscal year due to the im-
position of any obligation limitation for such 
fiscal year. 
(2) RATIO.—Funds shall be distributed under 
paragraph (1) in the same ratio as the distribution 
of obligation authority under subsection (a)(6). 
(3) AVAILABILITY.—Funds distributed under 
paragraph (1) shall be available for any purposes de-
scribed in section 133(b) of title 23, United States 
Code. 
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(f) SPECIAL LIMITATION CHARACTERISTICS.—Obli-
gation limitation distributed for a fiscal year under sub-
section (a)(4) for the provision specified in subsection 
(a)(4) shall— 
(1) remain available until used for obligation of 
funds for that provision; and 
(2) be in addition to the amount of any limita-
tion imposed on obligations for Federal-aid highway 
and highway safety construction programs for future 
fiscal years. 
(g) HIGH PRIORITY PROJECT FLEXIBILITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
obligation authority distributed for such fiscal year 
under subsection (a)(4) for each project numbered 1 
through 3676 listed in the table contained in section 
1702 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users may 
be obligated for any other project in such section in 
the same State. 
(2) RESTORATION.—Obligation authority used 
as described in paragraph (1) shall be restored to 
the original purpose on the date on which obligation 
authority is distributed under this section for the 
next fiscal year following obligation under paragraph 
(1). 
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(h) LIMITATION ON STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.— 
Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the dis-
tribution of obligation authority under subsection 
(a)(4)(A) for each of the individual projects numbered 
greater than 3676 listed in the table contained in section 
1702 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Trans-
portation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users. 
SEC. 121. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re-
ceived by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the 
sale of data products, for necessary expenses incurred pur-
suant to 49 U.S.C. 111 may be credited to the Federal- 
aid highways account for the purpose of reimbursing the 
Bureau for such expenses: Provided, That such funds shall 
be subject to the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 
highways and highway safety construction. 
SEC. 122. Not less than 15 days prior to waiving, 
under his statutory authority, any Buy America require-
ment for Federal-aid highway projects, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall make an informal public notice and 
comment opportunity on the intent to issue such waiver 
and the reasons therefor: Provided, That the Secretary 
shall provide an annual report to the Appropriations Com-
mittees of the Congress on any waivers granted under the 
Buy America requirements. 
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SEC. 123. (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subsection (b), none of the funds made available, limited, 
or otherwise affected by this Act shall be used to approve 
or otherwise authorize the imposition of any toll on any 
segment of highway located on the Federal-aid system in 
the State of Texas that— 
(1) as of the date of enactment of this Act, is not 
tolled; 
(2) is constructed with Federal assistance provided 
under title 23, United States Code; and 
(3) is in actual operation as of the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.— 
(1) NUMBER OF TOLL LANES.—Subsection (a) shall 
not apply to any segment of highway on the Federal-aid 
system described in that subsection that, as of the date 
on which a toll is imposed on the segment, will have the 
same number of non-toll lanes as were in existence prior 
to that date. 
(2) HIGH-OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANES.—A high-oc-
cupancy vehicle lane that is converted to a toll lane shall 
not be subject to this section, and shall not be considered 
to be a non-toll lane for purposes of determining whether 
a highway will have fewer non-toll lanes than prior to the 
date of imposition of the toll, if— 
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(A) high-occupancy vehicles occupied by the 
number of passengers specified by the entity oper-
ating the toll lane may use the toll lane without pay-
ing a toll, unless otherwise specified by the appro-
priate county, town, municipal or other local govern-
ment entity, or public toll road or transit authority; 
or 
(B) each high-occupancy vehicle lane that was 
converted to a toll lane was constructed as a tem-
porary lane to be replaced by a toll lane under a 
plan approved by the appropriate county, town, mu-
nicipal or other local government entity, or public 
toll road or transit authority. 
SEC. 124. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, whenever an apportionment is made of the sums au-
thorized to be appropriated for the Surface Transportation 
Program, the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Im-
provement Program, the National Highway System Pro-
gram, the Interstate Maintenance Program, and the High-
way Bridge Program, the Secretary of Transportation 
shall deduct a sum in such amount not to exceed a total 
of $200,000,000 of all sums so authorized: Provided, That 
of the amount so deducted in accordance with this section 
shall be made available for the Federal Highway Adminis-
tration Livable Communities Program: Provided further, 
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That the Federal share payable on account of any pro-
gram, project, or activity carried out with funds made 
available under this section shall be determined in accord-
ance with 23 U.S.C. 120: Provided further, That the Ad-
ministrator of the Federal Highway Administration may 
retain up to one percent of the funds provided under this 
section for administrative expenses: Provided further, That 
the sum deducted in accordance with this section shall re-
main available until expended: Provided further, That all 
funds made available under this section shall be subject 
to any limitation on obligations for Federal-aid highways 
programs set forth in this Act or any other Act: Provided 
further, That the obligation limitation made available for 
the programs, projects, and activities for which funds are 
made available under this section shall remain available 
until used and shall be in addition to the amount of any 
limitation imposed on obligations for Federal-aid highway 
and highway safety construction programs for future fiscal 
years: Provided further, That in apportioning funds for fis-
cal year 2011 for the equity bonus program under Section 
105 of title 23, United States Code, the Secretary shall 
make any calculations required to be made under that sec-
tion as if this provision had not been enacted. 
SEC. 125. (a) In the explanatory statement ref-
erenced in section 186 of title I of division A of Public 
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Law 111–117 (123 Stat. 3070), the item relating to 
‘‘Chalk Bluff Road, Clay County, AR’’ in the table of 
projects under the heading ‘‘Delta Region Transportation 
Development Program’’ is deemed to be amended by strik-
ing ‘‘Chalk Bluff Road, Clay County, AR’’ and inserting 
‘‘Cabot North Interchange, AR’’. 
(b) In the explanatory statement referenced in section 
186 of title I of division A of Public Law 111–117 (123 
Stat. 3070), the item relating to ‘‘I-480/Tiedeman Road 
Interchange Modification, OH’’ in the table of projects 
under the heading ‘‘Interstate Maintenance Discre-
tionary’’ is deemed to be amended by striking ‘‘I-480/ 
Tiedeman Road Interchange Modification, OH’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Construction and upgrades at four grade cross-
ings in Olmsted Falls, OH’’. 
(c) Funds made available for ‘‘Construction of the I- 
278 Environmental Shield, Queens, NY’’ under the head-
ing ‘‘Surface transportation priorities’’ in title I of division 
A of Public Law 111–117 (123 Stat. 3044) shall be made 
available for ‘‘Reconstruction and reconfiguration of the 
northbound off-ramp from Interstate 95 to Bartow/ 
Baychester Avenue, Bronx, NY’’. 
(d) In the explanatory statement referenced in section 
186 of title I of division I of Public Law 111–8 (123 Stat. 
947), the item relating to ‘‘Newton County Rails to Trails 
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By-Pass Tunnel, GA’’ in the table of projects under the 
heading ‘‘Transportation, Community, and System Pres-
ervation Program’’ is deemed to be amended by striking 
‘‘Newton County Rails to Trails By-Pass Tunnel, GA’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Newton County Eastside High School to 
County Library Trail, GA’’. 
SEC. 126. The table contained in section 1702 of the 
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Eq-
uity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1256) is amend-
ed— 
(a) in item number 1366, by striking the project de-
scription and inserting ‘‘Road and bridge improvements 
and storm water mitigation in the Town of Southampton’’; 
and 
(b) in item number 2252 by striking the project de-
scription and inserting ‘‘Operational safety studies, final 
design and/or construction of intersection operational and 
safety improvements for USH 53 between Rice Lake and 
Superior, Wisconsin’’. 
SEC. 127. The table contained in section 1602 of the 
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (112 
Stat. 257) is amended— 
(a) in item number 414 by striking the project de-
scription and inserting ‘‘Engineering, design and construc-
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tion of the North Street, Pittsfield, streetscaping project’’; 
and 
(b) in item number 815 by striking the project de-
scription and inserting ‘‘ Highway 10 relocation, City of 
Wadena’’. 
SEC. 128. Of the unobligated balances made available 
under Public Law 101–516, Public Law 102–143, Public 
Law 103–331, and Public Law 106–346, $33,905,809 are 
rescinded: Provided,That in administering the rescission 
required under this section, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall first consider: (1) projects where the des-
ignated purpose has been completed and the remaining 
funds are no longer needed to meet that purpose; and (2) 
projects with more than 90 percent of the appropriated 
amount remaining available for obligation. 
SEC. 129. Of the amounts made available for ‘‘High-
way Related Safety Grants’’ by section 402 of title 23, 
United States Code, and administered by the Federal 
Highway Administration, $3,651 in unobligated balances 
are rescinded. 
SEC. 130. Of the amounts made available under sec-
tion 104(a) of title 23, United States Code, $1,863,000 
are permanently rescinded. 
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FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in the implemen-
tation, execution and administration of motor carrier safe-
ty operations and programs pursuant to section 31104(i) 
of title 49, United States Code, and sections 4127 and 
4134 of Public Law 109–59, $259,878,000, to be derived 
from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Tran-
sit Account), together with advances and reimbursements 
received by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administra-
tion, the sum of which shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That none of the funds derived from 
the Highway Trust Fund in this Act shall be available for 
the implementation, execution or administration of pro-
grams, the obligations for which are in excess of 
$259,878,000, for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Operations and 
Programs’’ of which $8,586,000, to remain available for 
obligation until September 30, 2013, is for the research 
and technology program and $1,000,000 shall be available 
for commercial motor vehicle operator’s grants to carry 
out section 4134 of Public Law 109–59: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of 
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the funds under this heading for outreach and education 
shall be available for transfer. 
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
sections 31102, 31104(a), 31106, 31107, 31109, 31309, 
31313 of title 49, United States Code, and sections 4126 
and 4128 of Public Law 109–59, $310,070,000, to be de-
rived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass 
Transit Account) and to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for the implementation or execution of programs, the 
obligations for which are in excess of $310,070,000, for 
‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Grants’’; of which $215,070,000 
shall be available for the motor carrier safety assistance 
program to carry out sections 31102 and 31104(a) of title 
49, United States Code; $30,000,000 shall be available for 
the commercial driver’s license improvements program to 
carry out section 31313 of title 49, United States Code; 
$32,000,000 shall be available for the border enforcement 
grants program to carry out section 31107 of title 49, 
United States Code; $5,000,000 shall be available for the 
performance and registration information system manage-
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ment program to carry out sections 31106(b) and 31109 
of title 49, United States Code; $25,000,000 shall be 
available for the commercial vehicle information systems 
and networks deployment program to carry out section 
4126 of Public Law 109–59; and $3,000,000 shall be 
available for the safety data improvement program to 
carry out section 4128 of Public Law 109–59: Provided 
further, That of the funds made available for the motor 
carrier safety assistance program, $35,000,000 shall be 
available for audits of new entrant motor carriers. 
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the amounts made available under this heading 
in prior appropriations Acts, $7,330,000 in unobligated 
balances are permanently rescinded. 
NATIONAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY PROGRAM 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the amounts made available under this heading 
in prior appropriations Acts, $15,076,000 in unobligated 
balances are permanently rescinded. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER 
SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 135. Funds appropriated or limited in this Act 
shall be subject to the terms and conditions stipulated in 
section 350 of Public Law 107–87 and section 6901 of 
Public Law 110–28, including that the Secretary submit 
a report to the House and Senate Appropriations Commit-
tees annually on the safety and security of transportation 
into the United States by Mexico-domiciled motor carriers. 
NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of 
the Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety 
under subtitle C of title X of Public Law 109–59 and 
chapter 301 and part C of subtitle VI of title 49, United 
States Code, $148,127,000, of which $10,000,000 shall 
remain available through September 30, 2012: Provided, 
That none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
obligated or expended to plan, finalize, or implement any 
rulemaking to add to section 575.104 of title 49 of the 
Code of Federal Regulations any requirement pertaining 
to a grading standard that is different from the three 
grading standards (treadwear, traction, and temperature 
resistance) already in effect. 
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OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 403, $110,073,000 to be de-
rived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass 
Transit Account) and to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for the planning or execution of programs the total 
obligations for which, in fiscal year 2011, are in excess 
of $110,073,000 for programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 
403: Provided further, That within the $110,073,000 obli-
gation limitation for operations and research, $10,000,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2012 and shall 
be in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed 
on obligations for future years. 
NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code, $4,170,000, 
to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than 
the Mass Transit Account) and to remain available until 
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expended: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act 
shall be available for the implementation or execution of 
programs the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 
2011, are in excess of $4,170,000 for the National Driver 
Register authorized under such chapter. 
NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER MODERNIZATION 
For an additional amount for the ‘‘National Driver 
Register’’as authorized by chapter 303 of title 49, United 
States Code, $2,530,000, to remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2012: Provided, That the funding made avail-
able under this heading shall be used to continue the mod-
ernization of the National Driver Register. 
HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, 406, 408, and 410 
and sections 2001(a)(11), 2009, 2010, and 2011 of Public 
Law 109–59, to remain available until expended, 
$626,328,000 to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund 
(other than the Mass Transit Account): Provided, That 
none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the 
planning or execution of programs the total obligations for 
which, in fiscal year 2011, are in excess of $626,328,000 
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for programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, 406, 
408, and 410 and sections 2001(a)(11), 2009, 2010, and 
2011 of Public Law 109–59, of which $235,000,000 shall 
be for ‘‘Highway Safety Programs’’ under 23 U.S.C. 402; 
$25,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Occupant Protection Incentive 
Grants’’ under 23 U.S.C. 405; $124,500,000 shall be for 
‘‘Safety Belt Performance Grants’’ under 23 U.S.C. 406, 
and such obligation limitation shall remain available until 
September 30, 2012 in accordance with subsection (f) of 
such section 406 and shall be in addition to the amount 
of any limitation imposed on obligations for such grants 
for future fiscal years, of which up to $50,000,000 may 
be made available by the Secretary as grants to States 
that enact and enforce laws to prevent distracted driving; 
$34,500,000 shall be for ‘‘State Traffic Safety Informa-
tion System Improvements’’ under 23 U.S.C. 408; 
$139,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Alcohol-Impaired Driving 
Countermeasures Incentive Grant Program’’ under 23 
U.S.C. 410; $25,328,000 shall be for ‘‘Administrative Ex-
penses’’ under section 2001(a)(11) of Public Law 109– 
59; $29,000,000 shall be for ‘‘High Visibility Enforcement 
Program’’ under section 2009 of Public Law 109–59; 
$7,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Motorcyclist Safety’’ under sec-
tion 2010 of Public Law 109–59; and $7,000,000 shall 
be for ‘‘Child Safety and Child Booster Seat Safety Incen-
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tive Grants’’ under section 2011 of Public Law 109–59: 
Provided further, That of the funds made available for 
grants to States that enact and enforce laws to prevent 
distracted driving, up to $5,000,000 may be available for 
the development, production, and use of broadcast and 
print media advertising for distracted driving prevention: 
Provided further, That none of these funds shall be used 
for construction, rehabilitation, or remodeling costs, or for 
office furnishings and fixtures for State, local or private 
buildings or structures: Provided further, That not to ex-
ceed $500,000 of the funds made available for section 410 
‘‘Alcohol-Impaired Driving Countermeasures Grants’’ 
shall be available for technical assistance to the States: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $750,000 of the 
funds made available for the ‘‘High Visibility Enforcement 
Program’’ shall be available for the evaluation required 
under section 2009(f) of Public Law 109–59. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—NATIONAL HIGHWAY 
TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
SEC. 140. Notwithstanding any other provision of law 
or limitation on the use of funds made available under 
section 403 of title 23, United States Code, an additional 
$130,000 shall be made available to the National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration, out of the amount limited 
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for section 402 of title 23, United States Code, to pay 
for travel and related expenses for State management re-
views and to pay for core competency development train-
ing and related expenses for highway safety staff. 
SEC. 141. The limitations on obligations for the pro-
grams of the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis-
tration set in this Act shall not apply to obligations for 
which obligation authority was made available in previous 
public laws for multiple years but only to the extent that 
the obligation authority has not lapsed or been used. 
SEC. 142. Of the amounts made available under the 
heading ‘‘Highway Traffic Safety Grants (Liquidation of 
Contract Authorization) (Limitation on Obligations) 
(Highway Trust Fund)’’ in prior appropriations Acts, 
$7,907,000 in unobligated balances are permanently re-
scinded. 
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION 
SAFETY AND OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Ad-
ministration, not otherwise provided for, $203,348,000, of 
which $5,492,000 shall remain available until expended. 
RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for railroad research and de-
velopment, $40,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
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RAILROAD SAFETY TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses of carrying out section 20158 
of title 49, United States Code, $75,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That to be eligible for 
assistance under this heading, an entity need not have de-
veloped plans required under subsection 20156(e)(2) of 
title 49, United States Code, and section 20157 of such 
title. 
RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT 
FINANCING PROGRAM 
The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to 
issue to the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obli-
gations pursuant to section 512 of the Railroad Revitaliza-
tion and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94– 
210), as amended, in such amounts and at such times as 
may be necessary to pay any amounts required pursuant 
to the guarantee of the principal amount of obligations 
under sections 511 through 513 of such Act, such author-
ity to exist as long as any such guaranteed obligation is 
outstanding: Provided, That pursuant to section 502 of 
such Act, as amended, no new direct loans or loan guar-
antee commitments shall be made using Federal funds for 
the credit risk premium during fiscal year 2011. 
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CAPITAL ASSISTANCE FOR HIGH SPEED RAIL CORRIDORS 
AND INTERCITY PASSENGER RAIL SERVICE 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 
grants for high-speed rail projects as authorized under 
section 26106 of title 49, United States Code, capital in-
vestment grants to support intercity passenger rail service 
as authorized under section 24406 of title 49, United 
States Code, and congestion grants as authorized under 
section 24105 of title 49, United States Code, and to enter 
into cooperative agreements for these purposes as author-
ized, $1,400,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That up to $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 by the Administrator of grants and cooperative 
agreements for intercity and high-speed rail: Provided fur-
ther, 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 tech-
nologies supporting the development of high-speed rail in 
the United States, including the demonstration of next- 
generation rolling stock fleet technology and the imple-
mentation of the Rail Cooperative Research Program au-
thorized by section 24910 of title 49, United States Code: 
Provided further, That up to $50,000,000 of the funds 
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provided under this paragraph may be used for planning 
activities that lead directly to the development of a pas-
senger rail corridor investment 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 may re-
tain a portion of the funds made available for planning 
activities under the previous proviso to facilitate the prep-
aration of a service development plan and related environ-
mental impact statement for high-speed corridors located 
in multiple States: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall issue interim guidance to applicants covering applica-
tion procedures and administer the grants provided under 
this heading pursuant to that guidance until final regula-
tions are issued: Provided further, That not less than 85 
percent of the funds provided under this heading shall be 
for cooperative agreements that lead to the development 
of entire segments or phases of intercity or high-speed rail 
corridors: Provided further, That at least 30 days prior 
to issuing a letter of intent or cooperative agreement pur-
suant to Section 24402(f) of title 49, United States Code, 
for a major corridor development program, the Secretary 
shall provide to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations written notification consisting of a business 
and public investment case for the proposed corridor pro-
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gram which shall include: a comprehensive analysis of the 
monetary and non-monetary costs and benefits of the cor-
ridor development program; an assessment of ridership, 
passenger travel time reductions, congestion relief bene-
fits, environmental benefits, economic benefits, and other 
public benefits; operating financial forecasts for the pro-
gram; a full capital cost estimation for the entire project, 
including the amount, source and security of non-Federal 
funds to complete the project; a summary of the grants 
management plan and an evaluation of the grantee’s abil-
ity to sustain the project: Provided further, That the Fed-
eral share payable of the costs for which a grant or cooper-
ative agreements is made under this heading shall not ex-
ceed 80 percent: Provided further, That in addition to the 
provisions of title 49, United States Code, that apply to 
each of the individual programs funded under this head-
ing, subsections 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 
heading: Provided 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 
heading: Provided further, That recipients of grants under 
this paragraph shall conduct all procurement transactions 
using such grant funds in a manner that provides full and 
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open competition, as determined by the Secretary, in com-
pliance with existing 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 of the Passenger Rail Invest-
ment and Improvement Act of 2008 (division B of Public 
Law 110–432), $563,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That each grant request shall be ac-
companied by a detailed financial analysis, revenue projec-
tion, and capital expenditure projection justifying the Fed-
eral support to the Secretary’s satisfaction: Provided fur-
ther, That concurrent with the President’s budget request 
for fiscal year 2012, the Corporation shall submit to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a budget 
request for fiscal year 2012 in similar format and sub-
stance to those submitted by executive agencies of the 
Federal Government. 
CAPITAL AND DEBT SERVICE GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL 
RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 
grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for 
capital investments as authorized by section 101(c) and 
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219(b) of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improve-
ment Act of 2008 (division B of Public Law 110–432), 
$1,203,500,000 to remain available until expended, of 
which not to exceed $305,000,000 shall be for debt service 
obligations as authorized by section 102 of such Act: Pro-
vided, That after an initial distribution of up to 
$200,000,000 which shall be used by the Corporation as 
a working capital account, all remaining funds shall be 
provided to the Corporation only on a reimbursable basis: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may retain up to one- 
half of 1 percent of the funds provided under this heading 
to fund the costs of project management oversight of cap-
ital projects funded by grants provided under this heading, 
as authorized by subsection 101(d) of division B of Public 
Law 110–432: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
approve funding for capital expenditures, including ad-
vance purchase orders of materials, for the Corporation 
only after receiving and reviewing a grant request for each 
specific capital project justifying the Federal support to 
the Secretary’s satisfaction: Provided further, That none 
of the funds under this heading may be used to subsidize 
operating losses of the Corporation: Provided further, That 
none of the funds under this heading may be used for cap-
ital projects not approved by the Secretary of Transpor-
tation or on the Corporation’s fiscal year 2010 business 
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plan: Provided further, That in addition to the project 
management oversight funds authorized under section 
101(d) of division B of Public Law 110–432, the Sec-
retary may retain up to an additional one-half of one per-
cent of the funds provided under this heading to fund ex-
penses associated with implementing section 212 of divi-
sion B of Public Law 110–432, including the amendments 
made by section 212 to section 24905 of title 49, United 
States Code, and other mandates of Division B of Public 
Law 110–432. 
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 
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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. 
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, $106,559,000: Pro-
vided,That for an additional amount to carry out public 
transportation fixed guideway safety oversight activities, 
$24,139,000, if legislation authorizing such activities is 
enacted into law prior to September 30, 2011: Provided 
further, That of the funds available under this heading, 
not to exceed $2,200,000 shall be available for travel: Pro-
vided further, 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 2012 
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President’s budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall 
transmit to Congress the annual report on new starts, in-
cluding proposed allocations of funds for fiscal year 2012. 
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, 
$9,200,000,000 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 $8,961,348,000 in fiscal year 2011: Pro-
vided further, That of the amounts made available under 
this heading, $250,000,000 shall be available for the Sec-
retary of Transportation to make grants for the operating 
costs of equipment and facilities for use in public transpor-
tation, if legislation authorizing such activities is enacted 
into law prior to September 30, 2011: Provided further, 
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That eligible recipients under the previous proviso shall 
include States and designated recipients that receive fund-
ing under sections 5307 and 5311 of title 49, United 
States Code. 
RESEARCH AND UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTERS 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5306, 
5312–5315, 5322, and 5506, $65,376,000, 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-
ters program under section 5506 of title 49, United States 
Code: Provided further, That $44,076,000 is available to 
carry out national research programs under sections 5312, 
5313, 5314, and 5322 of title 49, United States Code. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS 
For necessary expenses to carry out section 5309 of 
title 49, United States Code, $2,000,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
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 
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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. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT 
ADMINISTRATION 
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 ‘‘Fed-
eral Transit Administration, Capital Investment Grants’’ 
and for bus and bus facilities under ‘‘Federal Transit Ad-
ministration, Formula and Bus Grants’’ for projects speci-
fied in this Act or identified in reports accompanying this 
Act not obligated by September 30, 2013, and other recov-
eries, shall be directed to projects eligible to use the funds 
for the purposes for which they were originally provided. 
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SEC. 162. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, any funds appropriated before October 1, 2010, 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. 
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 
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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 Saint 
Lawrence Seaway owned, operated, and maintained by the 
Saint 
Lawrence 
Seaway 
Development 
Corporation, 
$33,868,000, 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, $174,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses of operations and training ac-
tivities authorized by law, $169,353,000, of which 
$11,240,000 shall remain available until expended for 
maintenance and repair of training ships at State Mari-
time Academies, and of which $30,900,000 shall remain 
available until expended for capital improvements at the 
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United States Merchant Marine Academy, and of which 
$63,120,000 shall be available for operations at the 
United States Merchant Marine Academy, and of which 
$6,000,000 shall be available until expended for the Sec-
retary’s reimbursement of overcharged midshipmen fees: 
Provided, That the Secretary, through such structure and 
administration as the Secretary establishes, shall reim-
burse current and former midshipmen of United States 
Merchant Marine Academy in such amounts as the Sec-
retary determines, in his sole discretion, to be appropriate 
to address claims regarding the overcharging of mid-
shipman fees, pertaining first to academic years 2003/ 
2004 through 2008/2009, and then pertaining to earlier 
academic years to the extent that the Secretary determines 
to be appropriate and subject to the amounts specifically 
appropriated herein for such reimbursements: Provided 
further, That amounts apportioned for the United States 
Merchant Marine Academy shall be available only upon 
allotments made personally by the Secretary of Transpor-
tation or the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Pro-
grams: Provided further, That the Superintendent, Deputy 
Superintendent and the Director of the Office of Resource 
Management of the United States Merchant Marine Acad-
emy may not be allotment holders for the United States 
Merchant Marine Academy, and the Administrator of 
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Maritime Administration shall hold all allotments made by 
the Secretary 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 Administration, completes a plan detailing by 
program or activity and by object class how such funding 
will be expended at the Academy, and this plan is sub-
mitted to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations. 
SHIP DISPOSAL 
For necessary expenses related to the disposal of ob-
solete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the 
Maritime Administration, $10,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary administrative expenses of the mari-
time guaranteed loan program, $3,688,000 shall be paid 
to the appropriation for ‘‘Operations and Training’’, Mari-
time Administration. 
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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, and payments received therefor shall be cred-
ited to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof: 
Provided, 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. 
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, 
$22,383,000, 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. 
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HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous 
materials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous 
Materials Safety Administration, $40,434,000, of which 
$1,707,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2013: 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 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 responsibil-
ities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $111,111,000, of 
which $18,905,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li-
ability Trust Fund and shall remain available until Sep-
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tember 30, 2013; and of which $92,206,000 shall be de-
rived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which 
$51,206,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2013: Provided, That not less than $1,053,000 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, 2012: Provided, That not more than $28,318,000 shall 
be made available for obligation in fiscal year 2011 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, $18,900,000, of which 
$11,765,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2013: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro-
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priation, to be available until expended, funds received 
from States, counties, municipalities, other public authori-
ties, and private sources for expenses incurred for train-
ing. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General to carry out the provisions of the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978, as amended, $86,406,000, of which 
$285,000 shall be derived from the Highway Trust Fund 
(other than the Mass Transit Account) for costs associ-
ated with the annual audits of the Highway Trust Fund 
financial statements in accordance with section 104(i) of 
title 23, United States Code, and section 3521 of title 31, 
United States Code: Provided, That the Inspector General 
shall have all necessary authority, in carrying out the du-
ties specified in the Inspector General Act, as amended 
(5 U.S.C. App. 3), to investigate allegations of fraud, in-
cluding 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 may be used to investigate, 
pursuant to section 41712 of title 49, United States Code: 
(1) unfair or deceptive practices and unfair methods of 
competition by domestic and foreign air carriers and ticket 
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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 Transpor-
tation Board, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, $31,249,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, not to exceed $1,250,000 from fees 
established by the Chairman of the Surface Transpor-
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 2011, to result in 
a final appropriation from the general fund estimated at 
no more than $29,999,000. 
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 
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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 
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. 
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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 
‘‘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 committee report ac-
companying this Act for ‘‘Ferry Boats and Ferry Ter-
minal Facilities’’, ‘‘Federal Lands’’, ‘‘Interstate Mainte-
nance Discretionary’’, ‘‘Transportation, Community and 
System Preservation Program’’, ‘‘Delta Region Transpor-
tation Development Program’’, ‘‘Rail Line Relocation and 
Improvement Program’’, ‘‘Rail-highway crossing hazard 
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eliminations’’, ‘‘Capital Investment Grants’’, ‘‘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 
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 
$1,000,000 or more is announced by the department or 
its modal administrations from: (1) any discretionary 
grant program of the Federal Highway Administration in-
cluding the emergency relief program; (2) the airport im-
provement program of the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion; (3) any grant from the Federal Railroad Administra-
tion; or (4) any program of the Federal Transit Adminis-
tration 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 release’’ of 
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funds from the emergency relief program: Provided fur-
ther, 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 
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-
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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’’, 
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 
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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 
of the amount authorized for district court civil suit filing 
fees under section 1914 of title 28, United States Code. 
SEC. 193. Notwithstanding section 3324 of Title 31, 
United States Code, in addition to authority provided by 
section 327 of title 49, United States Code, the Depart-
ment’s Working Capital Fund is hereby authorized to pro-
vide payments in advance to vendors that are necessary 
to carry out the Federal transit pass transportation fringe 
benefit program under Executive Order 13150 and section 
3049 of Public Law 109–59: Provided, that the Depart-
ment shall include adequate safeguards in the contract 
with the vendors to ensure timely and high quality per-
formance under the contract. 
SEC. 194. For an additional amount for the ‘‘Salaries 
and Expenses’’account, $7,622,655, to increase the De-
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partment’s acquisition workforce capacity and capabilities: 
Provided, That such funds may be transferred by the Sec-
retary to any other account in the Department to carry 
out the purposes provided herein: Provided further, That 
such transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer 
authority provided in this Act: Provided further, That such 
funds shall be available only to supplement and not to sup-
plant existing acquisition workforce activities: Provided 
further, That such funds shall be available for training, 
recruitment, retention, and hiring additional members of 
the acquisition workforce as defined by the Office of Fed-
eral Procurement Policy Act, as amended (41 U.S.C. 401 
et seq.): Provided further, That such funds shall be avail-
able for information technology in support of acquisition 
workforce effectiveness or for management solutions to 
improve acquisition management. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans-
portation Appropriations Act, 2011’’. 
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
EXECUTIVE DIRECTION 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Executive Di-
rection, $30,265,000, of which not to exceed $7,674,000 
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shall be available for the immediate Office of the Secretary 
and Deputy Secretary; not to exceed $1,706,000 shall be 
available for the Office of Hearings and Appeals; not to 
exceed $719,000 shall be available for the Office of Small 
and Disadvantaged Business Utilization; not to exceed 
$999,000 shall be available for the immediate Office of 
the Chief Financial Officer; not to exceed $1,503,000 shall 
be available for the immediate Office of the General Coun-
sel; not to exceed $2,709,000 shall be available to the Of-
fice of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional and 
Intergovernmental Relations; not to exceed $4,861,000 
shall be available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary 
for Public Affairs; not to exceed $2,163,000 shall be avail-
able to the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public 
and Indian Housing; not to exceed $1,755,000 shall be 
available to the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Com-
munity Planning and Development; not to exceed 
$3,565,000 shall be available to the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Housing, Federal Housing Commissioner; 
not to exceed $1,117,000 shall be available to the Office 
of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Re-
search; not to exceed $945,000 shall be available to the 
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and 
Equal Opportunity; and not to exceed $549,000 shall be 
available to the Office of the Chief Operating Officer: Pro-
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vided, That the Secretary of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development is authorized to transfer funds 
appropriated for any office funded under this heading to 
any other office funded under this heading following the 
written notification to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations: Provided further, That no appropria-
tion for any office shall be increased or decreased by more 
than 5 percent by all such transfers: Provided further, 
That notice of any change in funding greater than 5 per-
cent shall be submitted for prior approval to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall provide the Committees on 
Appropriations quarterly written notification regarding 
the status of pending congressional reports: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall provide all signed reports 
required by Congress electronically: Provided further, That 
not to exceed $25,000 of the amount made available under 
this paragraph for the immediate Office of the Secretary 
shall be available for official reception and representation 
expenses as the Secretary may determine: Provided Fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations one month before any of the funds made 
available under this heading may be used for international 
travel. 
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ADMINISTRATION, OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT 
For necessary salaries and expenses for administra-
tion, operations and management for the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, $538,552,000, of which 
not to exceed $65,049,000 shall be available for the per-
sonnel compensation and benefits of the Office of the 
Chief Human Capital Officer; not to exceed $9,122,000 
shall be available for the personnel compensation and ben-
efits of the Office of Departmental Operations and Coordi-
nation; not to exceed $49,090,000 shall be available for 
the personnel compensation and benefits of the Office of 
Field Policy and Management; not to exceed $13,861,000 
shall be available for the personnel compensation and ben-
efits of the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer; not 
to exceed $33,831,000 shall be available for the personnel 
compensation and benefits of the remaining staff in the 
Office of the Chief Financial Officer; not to exceed 
$86,482,000 shall be available for the personnel com-
pensation and benefits of the remaining staff in the Office 
of the General Counsel; not to exceed $3,115,000 shall 
be available for the personnel compensation and benefits 
of the Office of Departmental Equal Employment Oppor-
tunity; not to exceed $1,316,000 shall be available for the 
personnel compensation and benefits for the Center for 
Faith-Based and Community Initiatives; not to exceed 
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$2,887,000 shall be available for the personnel compensa-
tion and benefits for the Office of Sustainability; not to 
exceed $4,445,000 shall be available for the personnel 
compensation and benefits for the Office of Strategic 
Planning and Management; not to exceed $4,875,000 shall 
be available for the personnel compensation and benefits 
for the Office of the Chief Disaster and Emergency Man-
agement Officer; and not to exceed $264,479,000 shall be 
available for non-personnel expenses of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development: Provided, That, funds 
provided under this heading may be used for necessary 
administrative and non-administrative expenses of the De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development, not other-
wise provided for, including purchase of uniforms, or al-
lowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; services as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, funds appropriated under this 
heading may be used for advertising and promotional ac-
tivities that support the housing mission area: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment is authorized to transfer funds appropriated for 
any office included in Administration, Operations and 
Management to any other office included in Administra-
tion, Operations and Management only after such transfer 
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has been submitted to, and received prior written approval 
by, the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: 
Provided further, That no appropriation for any office 
shall be increased or decreased by more than 10 percent 
by all such transfers. Provided Further,That the Secretary 
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations one month 
before any of the funds made available under this heading 
may be used for international travel. 
PERSONNEL COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
For necessary personnel compensation and benefits 
expenses of the Office of Public and Indian Housing, 
$197,282,000. 
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary personnel compensation and benefits 
expenses of the Office of Community Planning and Devel-
opment mission area, $105,768,000. 
HOUSING 
For necessary personnel compensation and benefits 
expenses of the Office of Housing, $395,917,000. 
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE 
ASSOCIATION 
For necessary personnel compensation and benefits 
expenses of the Office of the Government National Mort-
gage Association, $10,902,000, to be derived from the 
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GNMA guarantees of mortgage backed securities guaran-
teed loan receipt account. 
POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH 
For necessary personnel compensation and benefits 
expenses of the Office of Policy Development and Re-
search, $23,588,000. 
FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 
For necessary personnel compensation and benefits 
expenses of the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Oppor-
tunity, $67,964,000. 
OFFICE OF HEALTHY HOMES AND LEAD HAZARD 
CONTROL 
For necessary personnel compensation and benefits 
expenses of the Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Haz-
ard Control, $6,762,000. 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For activities and assistance for the provision of ten-
ant-based rental assistance authorized under the United 
States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 
et seq.) (‘‘the Act’’ herein), not otherwise provided for, 
$15,395,663,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be available on October 1, 2010 (in addition to the 
$4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this head-
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ing that will become available on October 1, 2010), and 
$4,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be available on October 1, 2011: Provided, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading are provided 
as follows: 
(1) $17,080,000,000 shall be available for re-
newals of expiring section 8 tenant-based annual 
contributions contracts (including renewals of en-
hanced vouchers under any provision of law author-
izing such assistance under section 8(t) of the Act) 
and including renewal of other special purpose 
vouchers initially funded in fiscal years 2009 and 
2010 (such as Family Unification, Veterans Affairs 
Supportive Housing Vouchers and Non-elderly Dis-
abled Vouchers): Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, from amounts provided 
under this paragraph and any carryover, the Sec-
retary for the calendar year 2011 funding cycle shall 
provide renewal funding for each public housing 
agency based on validated voucher management sys-
tem (VMS) leasing and cost data for calendar year 
2010 and by applying the most recent 12 months of 
the Annual Adjustment Factor as established by the 
Secretary, and by making any necessary adjustments 
for the costs associated with the first-time renewal 
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of vouchers under this paragraph including tenant 
protection, and HOPE VI vouchers: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds provided under this 
paragraph may be used to fund a total number of 
unit months under lease which exceeds a public 
housing agency’s authorized level of units under con-
tract, except for public housing agencies partici-
pating in the Moving to Work demonstration, which 
are instead governed by the terms and conditions of 
their MTW agreements: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall, to the extent necessary to stay with-
in the amount specified under this paragraph, pro 
rate each public housing agency’s allocation other-
wise established pursuant to this paragraph: Pro-
vided further, That except as provided in the fol-
lowing provisos, the entire amount specified under 
this paragraph shall be obligated to the public hous-
ing agencies based on the allocation and pro rata 
method described above, and the Secretary shall no-
tify public housing agencies of their annual budget 
not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may extend the 
60-day notification period with prior written ap-
proval of the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations: Provided further, That public housing 
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agencies participating in the Moving to Work dem-
onstration shall be funded pursuant to their Moving 
to Work agreements and shall be subject to the 
same pro rata adjustments under the previous pro-
visos: Provided further, That up to $150,000,000 
shall be available only: (1) to adjust the allocations 
for public housing agencies, after application for an 
adjustment by a public housing agency that experi-
enced a significant increase, as determined by the 
Secretary, in renewal costs of tenant-based rental 
assistance resulting from unforeseen circumstances 
or from portability under section 8(r) of the Act; (2) 
for vouchers that were not in use during the 12- 
month period in order to be available to meet a com-
mitment pursuant to section 8(o)(13) of the Act; (3) 
for any increase in the costs associated with deposits 
to family self-sufficiency program escrow accounts; 
(4) for onetime adjustments of renewal funding for 
Public Housing Agencies in receivership with ap-
proved fungibility plans for calendar year 2009 as 
authorized in Section 11003 of the Consolidated Se-
curity, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appro-
priations Act, 2009 (Public Law 110–329); or (5) to 
adjust allocations for public housing agencies to pre-
vent termination of assistance to families receiving 
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assistance under the disaster voucher program, as 
authorized by Public Law 109–148 under the head-
ing ‘‘Tenant-Based Rental Assistance’’: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall allocate amounts 
under the previous proviso based on need as deter-
mined by the Secretary: Provided further, That of 
the amounts made available under this paragraph, 
up to $100,000,000 may be transferred to and 
merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Transformation 
Initiative’’; 
(2) $125,000,000 shall be for section 8 rental 
assistance for relocation and replacement of housing 
units that are demolished or disposed of pursuant to 
the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appro-
priations Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–134), con-
version of section 23 projects to assistance under 
section 8, the family unification program under sec-
tion 8(x) of the Act, relocation of witnesses in con-
nection with efforts to combat crime in public and 
assisted housing pursuant to a request from a law 
enforcement or prosecution agency, enhanced vouch-
ers under any provision of law authorizing such as-
sistance under section 8(t) of the Act, HOPE VI 
vouchers, mandatory and voluntary conversions, and 
tenant protection assistance including replacement 
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and relocation assistance or for project based assist-
ance to prevent the displacement of unassisted elder-
ly tenants currently residing in section 202 prop-
erties financed between 1959 and 1974 that are refi-
nanced pursuant to Public Law 106–569, as amend-
ed, or under the authority as provided under this 
Act: Provided, That the Secretary shall provide re-
placement vouchers for all units that were occupied 
within the previous 24 months that cease to be avail-
able as assisted housing, subject only to the avail-
ability of funds; 
(3) $1,851,000,000 shall be for administrative 
and other expenses of public housing agencies in ad-
ministering the section 8 tenant-based rental assist-
ance program, of which up to $50,000,000 shall be 
available to the Secretary to allocate to public hous-
ing agencies that need additional funds to admin-
ister their section 8 programs, including fees associ-
ated with section 8 tenant protection rental assist-
ance, the administration of disaster related vouchers, 
Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing vouchers, and 
other incremental vouchers: Provided, That no less 
than $1,741,000,000 of the amount provided in this 
paragraph shall be allocated to public housing agen-
cies for the calendar year 2011 funding cycle based 
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on section 8(q) of the Act (and related Appropria-
tion Act provisions) as in effect immediately before 
the enactment of the Quality Housing and Work Re-
sponsibility Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–276): Pro-
vided further, That if the amounts made available 
under this paragraph are insufficient to pay the 
amounts determined under the previous proviso, the 
Secretary may decrease the amounts allocated to 
agencies by a uniform percentage applicable to all 
agencies receiving funding under this paragraph or 
may, to the extent necessary to provide full payment 
of amounts determined under the previous proviso, 
utilize unobligated balances, including recaptures 
and carryovers, remaining from funds appropriated 
to the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment under this heading, for fiscal year 2010 and 
prior fiscal years, notwithstanding the purposes for 
which such amounts were appropriated: Provided 
further, That amounts provided under this para-
graph shall be only for activities related to the provi-
sion of tenant-based rental assistance authorized 
under section 8, including related development ac-
tivities: Provided further, That $60,000,000 shall be 
available for family self-sufficiency coordinators 
under section 23 of the Act: Provided further, That 
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amounts provided for family self-sufficiency coordi-
nators shall be obligated to the public housing agen-
cies not later than 60 days after enactment of this 
Act; 
(4) $113,663,183 for renewal of tenant-based 
assistance contracts under section 811 of the Cran-
ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 
U.S.C. 8013) entered into prior to fiscal year 2007; 
(5) $75,000,000 for incremental rental voucher 
assistance for use through a supported housing pro-
gram administered in conjunction with the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs as authorized under section 
8(o)(19) of the United States Housing Act of 1937: 
Provided, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development shall make such funding available, not-
withstanding section 204 (competition provision) of 
this title, to public housing agencies that partner 
with eligible VA Medical Centers or other entities as 
designated by the Secretary of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, based on geographical need for 
such assistance as identified by the Secretary of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, public housing 
agency administrative performance, and other fac-
tors as specified by the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development in consultation with the Sec-
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retary of the Department of Veterans Affairs: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development may waive, or specify alter-
native requirements for (in consultation with the 
Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs), 
any provision of any statute or regulation that the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development ad-
ministers in connection with the use of funds made 
available under this paragraph (except for require-
ments related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, 
labor standards, and the environment), upon a find-
ing by the Secretary that any such waivers or alter-
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 
(6) Up to $66,000,000 for incremental tenant- 
based assistance for eligible families assisted under 
the Disaster Housing Assistance Program for Hurri-
canes Ike and Gustav: Provided, That these vouchers 
will not be re-issued when families leave the pro-
gram; 
(7) $85,000,000 for incremental voucher assist-
ance under section 8(o) of the United States Hous-
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ing Act of 1937, including related administrative ex-
penses, for two competitive demonstration programs 
to address the needs of families and individuals who 
are homeless or at risk of homelessness, as defined 
by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment, to be administered by the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development in conjunction 
with the Department of Health and Human Services 
and the Department of Education: Provided, That 
one demonstration program shall make funding 
available to public housing agencies that: (1) partner 
with eligible state or local entities responsible for 
distributing Temporary Assistance for Needy Fami-
lies (TANF) and other health and human services as 
designated by the Secretary of the Department of 
Health and Human Services, and (2) partner with 
school homelessness liaisons funded through the De-
partment of Education’s Education for Homeless 
Children and Youths program: Provided further, 
That the other demonstration program shall make 
funding available to public housing agencies that 
partner with eligible state Medicaid agencies and 
state behavioral health entities as designated by the 
Secretary of the Department of Health and Human 
Services to provide housing in conjunction with Med-
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icaid case management, substance abuse treatment, 
and mental health services: Provided further, That 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
shall make the funding specified in this subsection 
available through such allocation procedures as the 
Secretary determines to be appropriate, notwith-
standing section 213 of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 1439) and sec-
tion 204 (competition provision) of this title, to enti-
ties with demonstrated experience and that meet 
such other requirements as determined by the Sec-
retary: Provided further, That the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development may waive, or 
specify alternative requirements for any provision of 
any statute or regulation that the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development administers in 
connection with the use of funds made available 
under this paragraph (except for requirements re-
lated to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor stand-
ards, and the environment), upon a finding by the 
Secretary that any such waivers or alternative re-
quirements are necessary for the effective delivery 
and administration of such voucher assistance: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall publish in the 
Federal Register any waiver of any statute or regu-
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lation that the Secretary administers pursuant to 
this subsection no later than 10 days before the ef-
fective date of such waiver: Provided further, That 
assistance made available under this subsection shall 
continue to remain available for these purposes upon 
turn-over. 
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 2011 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: Provided further, 
That amounts heretofore recaptured, or recaptured during 
the current fiscal year, from project-based Section 8 con-
tracts from source years fiscal year 1975 through fiscal 
year 1987 are hereby rescinded, and an amount of addi-
tional new budget authority, equivalent to the amount re-
scinded is hereby appropriated, to remain available until 
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expended, for the purposes set forth under this heading, 
in addition to amounts otherwise available. 
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) 
(the ‘‘Act’’) $2,500,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2014: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law or regulation, during fiscal year 
2011 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 
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grants, notwithstanding section 204 of this Act, to public 
housing agencies for emergency capital needs resulting 
from unforeseen or unpreventable emergencies and nat-
ural disasters excluding Presidentially declared emer-
gencies and natural disasters under the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et 
seq.) occurring in fiscal year 2011: Provided further, That 
of the total amount provided under this heading, 
$50,000,000 shall be for supportive services, service coor-
dinators and congregate services as authorized by section 
34 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437z–6) and the Native Amer-
ican Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 
1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.): Provided further, That a 
Notice of Funding Availability for the funds provided in 
the previous proviso shall be issued not later than 60 days 
after enactment of this Act: Provided further, That of the 
total amount provided under this heading up to 
$8,820,000 is to support 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 2011 to public 
housing agencies that are designated high performers. 
PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND 
For 2011 payments to public housing agencies for the 
operation and management of public housing, as author-
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ized by section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), $4,829,000,000. 
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. 
1437v), $200,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2012, of which the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development may use up to $5,000,000 for tech-
nical assistance and contract expertise, to be provided di-
rectly or indirectly by grants, contracts or cooperative 
agreements, including training and cost of necessary travel 
for participants in such training, by or to officials and em-
ployees 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 ad-
vantage in awards to settle litigation or pay judgments, 
unless expressly permitted herein: Provided further, That 
a Notice of Funding Availability for the funds provided 
under this heading shall be issued not later than 60 days 
after enactment of this Act. 
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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.), $700,000,000, 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 
for each Indian tribe shall be the greater of the two result-
ing allocation amounts: Provided further, That the Depart-
ment shall notify grantees of their formula allocation with-
in 60 days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That 
of the amounts made available under this heading, 
$3,500,000 shall be contracted for assistance for a na-
tional organization representing Native American housing 
interests for providing training and technical assistance to 
Indian housing 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 
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the training, 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 provided under this heading, $2,000,000 shall be 
made available for the cost of guaranteed notes and other 
obligations, as authorized by title VI of NAHASDA: Pro-
vided further, That such costs, including the costs of modi-
fying such notes and other obligations, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 
as amended: Provided further, That these funds are avail-
able to subsidize the total principal amount of any notes 
and other obligations, any part of which is to be guaran-
teed, not to exceed $20,000,000. 
NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANT 
For the Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant pro-
gram, as authorized under title VIII of the Native Amer-
ican Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 
1996 (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), $10,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of this amount, 
$300,000 shall be for training and technical assistance ac-
tivities, including up to $100,000 for related travel by Ha-
waii-based HUD employees. 
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INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by 
section 184 of the Housing and Community Development 
Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z), $9,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such costs, in-
cluding the costs 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, up to $994,000,000: Provided further, That 
up to $750,000 shall be for administrative contract ex-
penses including management processes and systems to 
carry out the loan guarantee program. 
NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by 
section 184A of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z), $1,044,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That such costs, 
including the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as 
defined 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 $41,504,255. 
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COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS 
For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Per-
sons with AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS 
Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.), 
$350,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2012, except that amounts allocated pursuant to section 
854(c)(3) of such Act shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2013: Provided, That the Secretary shall renew 
all expiring contracts for permanent supportive housing 
that were funded under section 854(c)(3) of such Act that 
meet all program requirements before awarding funds for 
new contracts and activities authorized under this section: 
Provided further, That the Department shall notify grant-
ees of their formula allocation within 60 days of enactment 
of this Act. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND 
For assistance to units of State and local govern-
ment, and to other entities, for economic and community 
development 
activities, 
and 
for 
other 
purposes, 
$4,352,100,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2013, unless otherwise specified: Provided, That of the 
total amount provided, $3,997,755,000 is for carrying out 
the community development block grant program under 
title I of the Housing and Community Development Act 
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of 1974, as amended (the ‘‘Act’’ herein) (42 U.S.C. 5301 
et seq.): Provided further, That unless explicitly provided 
for under this heading (except for planning grants pro-
vided in the second paragraph and amounts made avail-
able under the third paragraph), not to exceed 20 percent 
of any grant made with funds appropriated under this 
heading shall be expended for planning and management 
development and administration: Provided further, That 
the Department shall notify grantees of their formula allo-
cation within 60 days of enactment of this Act: Provided 
further, That $65,000,000 shall be for grants to Indian 
tribes notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) of such Act, of 
which, notwithstanding any other provision of law (includ-
ing section 204 of this Act), up to $3,960,000 may be 
used for emergencies that constitute imminent threats to 
health and safety. 
Of the amount made available under this heading, 
$77,145,000 shall be available for grants for the Economic 
Development Initiative (EDI) to finance a variety of tar-
geted economic investments in accordance with the terms 
and conditions specified in the explanatory statement ac-
companying this Act: Provided, That none of the funds 
provided under this paragraph may be used for program 
operations: Provided further, That, for fiscal years 2008, 
2009 and 2010, no unobligated funds for EDI grants may 
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be used for any purpose except acquisition, planning, de-
sign, purchase of equipment, revitalization, redevelopment 
or construction. 
Of the amount made available under this heading, 
$12,200,000 shall be available for neighborhood initiatives 
that are utilized to improve the conditions of distressed 
and blighted areas and neighborhoods, to stimulate invest-
ment, economic diversification, and community revitaliza-
tion in areas with population outmigration or a stagnating 
or declining economic base, or to determine whether hous-
ing benefits can be integrated more effectively with welfare 
reform initiatives: Provided, That amounts made available 
under this paragraph shall be provided in accordance with 
the terms and conditions specified in the explanatory 
statement accompanying this Act. 
The referenced statement of managers under the 
heading ‘‘Community Planning and Development’’ in title 
II in division I of Public Law 111–8 is deemed to be 
amended by striking ‘‘City of Wilson, NC, for demolition 
of dilapidated structures from downtown Wilson to further 
downtown redevelopment’’ and inserting ‘‘City of Wilson, 
NC, for the renovation of blighted structures to enhance 
downtown development’’. 
The referenced statement of managers under the 
heading ‘‘Community Planning and Development’’ in title 
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II in division I of Public Law 111–8 is deemed to be 
amended by striking ‘‘Catskill Visitor Interpretative Cen-
ter, Shandaken, NY, for construction of a visitor’s center’’ 
and inserting ‘‘New York State Department of Environ-
mental Conservation, NY, for planning and design of the 
Catskill Visitor Interpretative Center’’. 
The referenced statement of managers under the 
heading ‘‘Community Planning and Development’’ in title 
II in division I of Public Law 111–8 is deemed to be 
amended by striking ‘‘Charles County Department of 
Human Services, Maryland, Port Tobacco, MD, for acqui-
sition and rehabilitation of the former Changing Point 
South facility as a homeless shelter and transitional hous-
ing’’ and inserting ‘‘Charles County Department of 
Human Services, Port Tobacco, MD, for acquisition and 
rehabilitation of a facility’’. 
Of the amounts made available under this heading, 
$150,000,000 shall be made available for a Sustainable 
Communities Initiative to improve regional planning ef-
forts that integrate housing and transportation decisions, 
and increase the capacity to improve land use and zoning: 
Provided, That grants under such Initiative may only be 
made to metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs), 
rural planning organizations, States or other units of gen-
eral local government, and housing- and transportation- 
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related nonprofit organizations: Provided further, That 
$100,000,000 shall be for Regional Integrated Planning 
Grants to support the linking of transportation and land 
use planning: Provided further, That not less than 
$25,000,000 of the funding made available for Regional 
Integrated Planning Grants shall be awarded to metropoli-
tan areas of less than 500,000: Provided further, That 
$40,000,000 shall be for Community Challenge Planning 
Grants to foster reform and reduce barriers to achieve af-
fordable, economically vital, and sustainable communities: 
Provided further, That before funding is made available 
for Regional Integrated Planning Grants or Community 
Challenge Planning Grants, the Secretary, in coordination 
with the Secretary of Transportation, shall submit a plan 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, 
the Senate Committee on Banking and Urban Affairs, and 
the House Committee on Financial Services establishing 
grant criteria as well as performance measures by which 
the success of grantees will be measured: Provided further, 
That the Secretary will consult with the Secretary of 
Transportation in evaluating grant proposals: Provided 
further, That up to $10,000,000 shall be for a joint De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development and De-
partment of Transportation research effort that shall in-
clude a rigorous evaluation of the Regional Integrated 
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Planning Grants and Community Challenge Planning 
Grants programs, as well as to provide funding for a clear-
inghouse and capacity building efforts: Provided further, 
That of the amounts made available under this heading, 
$25,000,000 shall be made available for the Rural Innova-
tion Fund for grants to Indian tribes, State housing fi-
nance agencies, State community and/or economic devel-
opment agencies, local rural nonprofits and community de-
velopment corporations to address the problems of con-
centrated rural housing distress and community poverty: 
Provided further, That of the funding made available 
under the previous proviso, at least $5,000,000 shall be 
made available to promote economic development and en-
trepreneurship for federally recognized Indian Tribes, 
through activities including the capitalization of revolving 
loan programs and business planning and development, 
funding is also made available for technical assistance to 
increase capacity through training and outreach activities: 
Provided further, That of the amounts made available 
under this heading, $25,000,000 is for grants pursuant 
to section 107 of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5307). 
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $10,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2012, as authorized 
by section 108 of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5308): Provided, That such 
costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be 
as defined 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 $427,000,000, notwith-
standing any aggregate limitation on outstanding obliga-
tions guaranteed in section 108(k) of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1974, as amended. 
BROWNFIELDS REDEVELOPMENT 
For competitive economic development grants, as au-
thorized by section 108(q) of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974, as amended, for Brownfields 
redevelopment projects, $17,500,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2012: Provided, That no funds made 
available under this heading may be used to establish loan 
loss reserves for the section 108 Community Development 
Loan Guarantee program: Provided further, That a Notice 
of Funding Availability shall be issued not later than 90 
days after enactment of this Act. 
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HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM 
For the HOME investment partnerships program, as 
authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na-
tional 
Affordable 
Housing 
Act, 
as 
amended, 
$1,825,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2013: Provided, That, funds provided in prior appropria-
tions Acts for technical assistance, that were made avail-
able for Community Housing Development Organizations 
technical assistance, and that still remain available, may 
be used for HOME technical assistance notwithstanding 
the purposes for which such amounts were appropriated: 
Provided further, That the Department shall notify grant-
ees of their formula allocation within 60 days of enactment 
of thi Act. 
SELF-HELP AND ASSISTED HOMEOWNERSHIP 
OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM 
For the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Op-
portunity Program, as authorized under section 11 of the 
Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996, as 
amended, $82,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2012: Provided, That of the total amount pro-
vided under this heading, $27,000,000 shall be made 
available to the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership 
Opportunity Program as authorized under section 11 of 
the Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996, 
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as amended: Provided further, That $50,000,000 shall be 
made available for the second, third and fourth capacity 
building activities authorized under section 4(a) of the 
HUD Demonstration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 9816 note), 
of which not less than $5,000,000 may be made available 
for rural capacity building activities: Provided further, 
That $5,000,000 shall be made available for capacity 
building activities as authorized in sections 6301 through 
6305 of Public Law 110–246: Provided further, That a 
Notice of Funding Availability shall be issued not later 
than 60 days after enactment of this Act. 
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For the emergency solutions grants program as au-
thorized under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney- 
Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amended; the con-
tinuum of care program as authorized under subtitle C 
of title IV of such Act; and the rural housing stability as-
sistance program as authorized under subtitle D of title 
IV of such Act, $2,200,000,000, of which $2,195,000,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2013, and of 
which $5,000,000 shall remain available until expended 
for project-based rental assistance rehabilitation with 10- 
year grant terms and any rental assistance amounts that 
are recaptured under such continuum of care program 
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That up 
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to $200,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this 
heading shall be available for such emergency solutions 
grants program: Provided further, That no less than 
$1,989,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this 
heading shall be available for such continuum of care and 
rural housing stability assistance programs: Provided fur-
ther, That up to $6,000,000 of the funds appropriated 
under this heading shall be available for the national 
homeless data analysis project: Provided further, That for 
all match requirements applicable to funds made available 
under this heading for this fiscal year and prior years, 
a grantee may use (or could have used) as a source of 
match funds other funds administered by the Secretary 
and other Federal agencies unless there is (or was) a spe-
cific statutory prohibition on any such use of any such 
funds: Provided further, That the Secretary shall renew 
on an annual basis expiring contracts or amendments to 
contracts funded under the continuum of care program if 
the program is determined to be needed under the applica-
ble continuum of care and meets appropriate program re-
quirements and financial standards, as determined by the 
Secretary: Provided further, That all awards of assistance 
under this heading shall be required to coordinate and in-
tegrate homeless programs with other mainstream health, 
social services, and employment programs for which home-
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as amended (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)), shall not exceed 
$500,000,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2012. 
POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH 
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY 
For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of pro-
grams of research and studies relating to housing and 
urban problems, not otherwise provided for, as authorized 
by title V of the Housing and Urban Development Act 
of 1970 (12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 et seq.), including carrying 
out the functions of the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development under section 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization 
Plan No. 2 of 1968, $50,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2012. 
FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 
FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES 
For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not oth-
erwise provided for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1968, as amended by the Fair Housing 
Amendments Act of 1988, and section 561 of the Housing 
and Community Development Act of 1987, as amended, 
$72,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2012, of which $42,500,000 shall be to carry out activities 
pursuant to such section 561: Provided, That notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary may assess and 
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