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Calendar No. 535 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION H.R. 5576 
[Report No. 109–293] 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JUNE 15, 2006 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations 
JULY 26, 2006 
Reported by MR. BOND, with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Departments of Transpor-
tation, Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development, 
the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
Departments of Transportation, Treasury, and Housing 
and Urban Development, the Judiciary, District of Colum-
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bia, and independent agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2007, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
$92,558,000 (reduced by $1,000) (reduced by $70,000) 
(reduced by $23,814,000) (reduced by $2,700,000), of 
which not to exceed $2,255,000 (reduced by $79,000) 
shall be available for the immediate Office of the Sec-
retary; not to exceed $717,000 (reduced by $26,000) shall 
be available for the immediate Office of the Deputy Sec-
retary; not to exceed $15,681,000 (reduced by $650,000) 
shall be available for the Office of the General Counsel; 
not to exceed $11,684,000 (reduced by $150,000) shall 
be available for the Office of the Under Secretary of 
Transportation for Policy; not to exceed $10,002,000 (re-
duced by $1,602,000) shall be available for the Office of 
the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to 
exceed $2,319,000 (reduced by $2,319,000) shall be avail-
able for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Govern-
mental Affairs; not to exceed $25,108,000 (reduced by 
$3,297,000) (reduced by $2,700,000) shall be available for 
the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration;
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not to exceed $1,932,000 (reduced by $1,932,000) shall 
be available for the Office of Public Affairs; not to exceed 
$1,478,000 (reduced by $1,478,000) shall be available for 
the Office of the Executive Secretariat; not to exceed 
$707,000 shall be available for the Board of Contract Ap-
peals; not to exceed $1,286,000 shall be available for the 
Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization; 
not to exceed $2,722,000 for the Office of Intelligence and 
Security;
not
to
exceed
$12,281,000
(reduced
by 
$12,281,000) shall be available for the Office of the Chief 
Information Officer; and not to exceed $4,386,000 shall 
be available for the Office of Emergency Transportation: 
Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation is author-
ized to transfer funds appropriated for any office of the 
Office of the Secretary to any other office of the Office 
of the Secretary: Provided further, That no appropriation 
for any office shall be increased or decreased by more than 
5 percent by all such transfers: Provided further, That no-
tice of any change in funding greater than 5 percent shall 
be submitted for approval to the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That not to 
exceed $60,000 shall be for allocation within the Depart-
ment for official reception and representation expenses as 
the Secretary may determine: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, excluding fees au-
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thorized in Public Law 107–71, there may be credited to 
this appropriation up to $2,500,000 in funds received in 
user fees. 
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$8,821,000. 
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, $13,000,000 (reduced by $4,090,000) (reduced by 
$4,000,000). 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital 
outlays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed 
$120,000,000, 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-
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
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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 for short-term work-
ing capital, $495,000, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 332: 
Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional 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, $396,000. 
MINORITY BUSINESS OUTREACH 
For necessary expenses of Minority Business Re-
source Center outreach activities, $2,970,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2008: Provided, That not-
withstanding 49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be used for 
business opportunities related to any mode of transpor-
tation.
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PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
(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, $67,000,000, 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: Provided further, That of the funds made 
available under this heading, $1,000,000 shall be used to 
carry out the three marketing incentive programs author-
ized by section 41748 of title 49, United States Code. 
COMPENSATION FOR AIR CARRIERS 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the funds made available under section 101(a)(2) 
of Public Law 107–42, $50,000,000 are rescinded.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—OFFICE OF THE 
SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 101. 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. 
SEC. 102. The Secretary of Transportation is author-
ized to transfer the unexpended balances available for the 
bonding assistance program from ‘‘Office of the Secretary, 
Salaries and expenses’’ to ‘‘Minority Business Outreach’’. 
SEC. 103. 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-
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. 104. 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.
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FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS 
(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, $8,360,000,000, of 
which $4,843,000,000 shall be derived from the Airport 
and
Airway
Trust
Fund,
of
which
not
to
exceed 
$6,698,728,000 shall be available for air traffic organiza-
tion activities; not to exceed $997,718,000 shall be avail-
able for aviation regulation and certification activities; not 
to exceed $11,985,000 shall be available for commercial 
space transportation activities; not to exceed $92,227,000 
shall be available for financial services activities; not to 
exceed $87,850,000 shall be available for human resources 
program activities; not to exceed $272,821,000 shall be 
available for region and center operations and regional co-
ordination activities; not to exceed $175,392,000 shall be 
available for staff offices; and not to exceed $36,799,000
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shall be available for information services: Provided, That 
not to exceed 2 percent of any budget activity, except for 
aviation regulation and certification budget activity, may 
be transferred to any budget activity under this heading: 
Provided further, That no transfer may increase or de-
crease any appropriation by more than 2 percent: Provided 
further, That any transfer in excess of 2 percent shall be 
treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 810 
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or ex-
penditure except in compliance with the procedures set 
forth in that section: Provided further, That none of the 
funds in this Act shall be available for the Federal Avia-
tion Administration to finalize or implement any regula-
tion that would promulgate new aviation user fees not spe-
cifically authorized by law after the date of the enactment 
of this Act: Provided further, That there may be credited 
to this appropriation funds received from States, counties, 
municipalities, foreign authorities, other public authori-
ties, and private sources, for expenses incurred in the pro-
vision 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-
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priated under this heading, not less than $8,000,000 shall 
be for the contract tower cost-sharing program: 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 of the funds in this Act shall 
be available for new applicants for the second career train-
ing program: Provided further, That none of the funds in 
this Act shall be available for paying premium pay under 
5 U.S.C. 5546(a) to any Federal Aviation Administration 
employee unless such employee actually performed work 
during the time corresponding to such premium pay: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds in this Act may be 
obligated or expended to operate a manned auxiliary flight 
service station in the contiguous United States: Provided 
further, That none of the funds in this Act for aeronautical 
charting and cartography are available for activities con-
ducted by, or coordinated through, the Working Capital 
Fund: Provided further, That none of the funds in this 
Act may be obligated or expended for an employee of the 
Federal Aviation Administration to purchase a store gift 
card or gift certificate through use of a Government-issued 
credit card.
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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 air navi-
gation and experimental facilities and equipment, as au-
thorized 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, includ-
ing construction of test facilities and acquisition of nec-
essary sites by lease or grant; construction and furnishing 
of quarters and related accommodations for officers and 
employees of the Federal Aviation Administration sta-
tioned at remote localities where such accommodations are 
not available; and the purchase, lease, or transfer of air-
craft from funds available under this heading; to be de-
rived
from
the
Airport
and
Airway
Trust
Fund, 
$3,110,000,000, of which $2,662,100,000 shall remain 
available
until
September
30,
2009,
and
of
which 
$447,900,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2007: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro-
priation funds received from States, counties, municipali-
ties, other public authorities, and private sources, for ex-
penses incurred in the establishment and modernization 
of air navigation facilities: Provided further, That upon ini-
tial submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2008
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President’s budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall 
transmit to the Congress a comprehensive capital invest-
ment plan for the Federal Aviation Administration which 
includes funding for each budget line item for fiscal years 
2008 through 2012, with total funding for each year of 
the plan constrained to the funding 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, 
$134,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway 
Trust Fund and to remain available until September 30, 
2009: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro-
priation funds received from States, counties, municipali-
ties, other public authorities, and private sources, for ex-
penses incurred for research, engineering, and develop-
ment.
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GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
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; $4,171,000,000 to 
be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That none 
of the funds under this heading shall be available for the 
planning or execution of programs the obligations for 
which are in excess of $3,700,000,000 in fiscal year 2007, 
notwithstanding section 47117(g) of title 49, United 
States Code: Provided further, That none of the funds 
under this heading shall be available for the replacement 
of baggage conveyor systems, reconfiguration of terminal 
baggage areas, or other airport improvements that are 
necessary to install bulk explosive detection systems.
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GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
(RESCISSION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
Of the amounts authorized for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2007 and prior years under sections 48103 
and 48112 of title 49, United States Code, $25,000,000 
are rescinded. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 110. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, airports may transfer without consideration to the 
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) instrument land-
ing systems (along with associated approach lighting 
equipment and runway visual range equipment) which 
conform to FAA design and performance specifications, 
the purchase of which was assisted by a Federal airport- 
aid program, airport development aid program or airport 
improvement program grant: Provided, That the Federal 
Aviation Administration shall accept such equipment, 
which shall thereafter be operated and maintained by FAA 
in accordance with agency criteria. 
SEC. 111. None of the funds in this Act may be used 
to compensate in excess of 380 technical staff-years under 
the federally funded research and development center con-
tract between the Federal Aviation Administration and the
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Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development dur-
ing fiscal year 2006. 
SEC. 112. 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 
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. 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. (a) Section 44302(f)(1) of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘2006,’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘2007,’’. 
(b) Section 44303(b) of such title is amended by 
striking ‘‘2006,’’ and inserting ‘‘2007,’’. 
SEC. 116. None of the funds made available in this 
Act shall be used for engineering work related to an addi-
tional runway at Louis Armstrong New Orleans Inter-
national Airport. 
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Necessary expenses for administration and operation 
of the Federal Highway Administration, not to exceed 
$372,504,000 shall be paid in accordance with law from 
appropriations made available by this Act to the Federal 
Highway Administration together with advances and reim-
bursements received by the Federal Highway Administra-
tion. 
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
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 $39,086,464,683 for Fed-
eral-aid highways and highway safety construction pro-
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grams for fiscal year 2007: Provided, That within this ob-
ligation limitation on Federal-aid highways and highway 
safety
construction
programs,
not
more
than 
$429,800,000 shall be available for the implementation or 
execution of programs for transportation research (chap-
ter 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 2007: Provided further, 
That this limitation on transportation research programs 
shall not apply to any authority previously made available 
for obligation: Provided further, That the funds authorized 
pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 110 for the motor carrier safety 
grant program, and the obligation limitation associated 
with such funds provided under this heading, shall be 
transferred to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Adminis-
tration: Provided further, That the Secretary may, as au-
thorized by section 605(b) of title 23, United States Code, 
collect and spend fees to cover the costs of services of ex-
pert firms, including counsel, in the field of municipal and 
project finance to assist in the underwriting and servicing 
of Federal credit instruments and all or a portion of the 
costs to the Federal government 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 ex-
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penses that are also available for such purpose, and are 
not subject to any obligation 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 
sums expended pursuant to the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 
308, $39,086,464,683 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. 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances of funds apportioned to 
each State under chapter 1 of title 23, United States 
Code, $2,000,000,000 are rescinded: Provided, That such 
rescission shall not apply to the funds distributed in ac-
cordance with 23 U.S.C. 130(f), 23 U.S.C. 133(d)(1) as 
in effect prior to the date of enactment of Public Law 
109–59, the first sentence of 23 U.S.C. 133(d)(3)(A), 23 
U.S.C. 104(b)(5), or 23 U.S.C. 163 as in effect prior to 
the enactment of Public Law 109–59.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 120. 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. 121. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds authorized under section 110 of title 23, United 
States Code, for fiscal year 2007 shall be apportioned to 
the States in accordance with section 1105(f) of the Safe, 
Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity 
Act: A Legacy for Users (Public Law 109–59; 119 Stat. 
1144, 1166), except that before allocations in accordance 
with
section
1105(f)(3)
of
such
Act
are
made, 
$300,000,000 shall be set aside for the Transportation, 
Community, and System Preservation Program under sec-
tion 1117 of such Act (119 Stat. at 1177–1179) and ad-
ministered in accordance with section 1117(g)(2) of such 
Act. 
SEC. 122. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds provided in Public Law 102–143 in the item
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relating to ‘‘Highway Bypass Demonstration Project’’ 
shall be available for the improvement of Route 101 in 
the vicinity of Prunedale, Monterey County, California. 
SEC. 123. Of the unobligated balances made available 
under Public Law 101–516, Public Law 102–143, Public 
Law 102–240, Public Law 103–331, Public Law 105– 
178, Public Law 106–346, Public Law 107–87, and Pub-
lic Law 108–7, $12,177,193.53 are rescinded. 
SEC. 124. Of the unobligated balances made available 
under section 188(a)(1) of title 23, United States Code, 
as in effect prior to the date of enactment of Public Law 
109–59, and under section 608(a)(1) of such title, 
$100,000,000 are rescinded. 
SEC. 125. Of the amounts made available under sec-
tion 104(a) of title 23, United States Code, $14,460,721 
is rescinded. 
SEC. 126. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds provided under section 378 of the Department 
of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–346, 114 Stat. 1356, 1356A– 
41), for the reconstruction of School Road East in Marl-
boro Township, New Jersey, shall be available for the 
Spring Valley Road Project in Marlboro Township, New 
Jersey.
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SEC. 127. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds made available or limited by this 
Act shall be used for: (1) the development, planning, de-
sign, or construction of a bridge joining the Island of 
Gravina to the Community of Ketchikan, Alaska; (2) the 
development, planning, design, or construction of the Knik 
Arm Bridge, Alaska; or (3) any administrative expense of 
the Federal Highway Administration to provide payment 
or reimbursement for any expense incurred by the State 
of Alaska in carrying out an activity described in para-
graph (1) or (2). 
FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
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, $294,000,000, 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 $294,000,000, for 
‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Grants’’; of which $197,000,000
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shall be available for the motor carrier safety assistance 
program to carry out sections 31102 and 31104(a) of title 
49, United States Code; $25,000,000 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-
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; $3,000,000 shall be available 
for the safety data improvement program to carry out sec-
tion 4128 of Public Law 109–59; and $7,000,000 shall 
be available for the commercial driver’s license information 
system
modernization
program
to
carry
out
section 
31309(e) of title 49, United States Code. 
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 the motor carrier 
safety operations and programs pursuant to section
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31104(i) of title 49, United States Code, and sections 
4127 and 4134 of Public Law 109–59, $223,000,000, to 
be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the 
Mass Transit Account), together with advances and reim-
bursements received by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration, the sum of which shall remain available 
until expended: Provided, That none of the funds derived 
from the Highway Trust Fund in this Act shall be avail-
able for the implementation, execution or administration 
of programs, the obligations for which are in excess of 
$223,000,000, for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Operations and 
Programs’’, of which $10,296,000, to remain available for 
obligation until September 30, 2009, 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 none of the funds under this heading for outreach 
and education shall be available for transfer. 
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the amounts made available under this heading 
in prior appropriations Acts, $27,122,669 in unobligated 
balances are rescinded.
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NATIONAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY PROGRAM 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the amounts made available under this heading 
in prior appropriations Acts, $3,419,816 in unobligated 
balances are rescinded. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL MOTOR 
CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 130. Funds appropriated or limited in this Act 
shall be subject to the terms and conditions stipulated in 
section 350 of Public Law 107–87, including that the Sec-
retary submit a report to the House and Senate Appro-
priations Committees annually on the safety and security 
of transportation into the United States by Mexico-domi-
ciled 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 105–59, chapter 
301 of title 49, United States Code, and part C of subtitle 
VI of title 49, United States Code, $122,000,000 (in-
creased by $6,700,000), of which $48,405,000 (increased 
by $6,700,000) shall remain available until September 30, 
2009: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated by 
this Act may be obligated or expended to plan, finalize,
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or implement any rulemaking to add to section 575.104 
of title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations any require-
ment pertaining to a grading standard that is different 
from the three grading standards (treadwear, traction, 
and temperature resistance) already in effect. 
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, $107,750,000, 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 2007, are in excess 
of $107,750,000 for programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 
403. 
(RESCISSION) 
Of amounts made available under this heading in 
prior appropriations Acts, $6,772,751 in unobligated bal-
ances are rescinded.