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the purposes of 49 U.S.C. 20134: Provided, That the Secretary 
shall prescribe guidelines for the administration of such purchases 
and use. 
SEC. 153. The Secretary of Transportation may receive and 
expend cash, or receive and utilize spare parts and similar items, 
from non-United States Government sources to repair damages 
to or replace United States Government owned automated track 
inspection cars and equipment as a result of third party liability 
for such damages, and any amounts collected under this subsection 
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 auto-
mated track inspection cars and equipment in connection with 
the automated track inspection 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, $89,300,000: Provided, That of the funds avail-
able under this heading, not to exceed $1,504,000 shall be available 
for travel and not to exceed $20,719,000 shall be available for 
the central account: Provided further, That any funding transferred 
from the central account shall be submitted for approval to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided 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 of the funds in this Act available 
for the execution of contracts under section 5327(c) of title 49, 
United States Code, $2,000,000 shall be reimbursed to the Depart-
ment of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General for costs associ-
ated with audits and investigations of transit-related issues, 
including reviews of new fixed guideway systems: Provided further, 
That upon submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2009 
President’s budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall transmit 
to Congress the annual report on new starts, including proposed 
allocations of funds for fiscal year 2009. 
FORMULA AND BUS GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORITY) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provi-
sions 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, $6,855,000,000, to be derived from the Mass 
Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund and to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That funds available for the implementa-
tion 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
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not exceed total obligations of $7,767,887,062 in fiscal year 2008: 
Provided further, That of the funds available to carry out the 
bus program under section 5309 of title 49, United States Code, 
which are not otherwise allocated under this act or under 
SAFETEA–LU (Public Law 109–59), not more than 10 percent 
may be expended in furtherance of the Department of Transpor-
tation’s ‘‘National Strategy to Reduce Congestion on America’s 
Transportation Network’’ issued May, 2006 by Secretary of 
Transportation, the Honorable Norman Mineta; also known as the 
‘‘Congestion Initiative’’ or any other new highway congestion initia-
tive: Provided further, That $28,660,920 in unobligated balances 
are rescinded. 
RESEARCH AND UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTERS 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5306, 5312– 
5315, 5322, and 5506, $65,362,900, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That $9,300,000 is available to carry out the 
transit cooperative research program 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 $44,762,900 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, $1,569,091,997, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That of the funds available under this heading, 
amounts are to be made available as follows: 
AC Transit BRT Corridor—Alameda County, California, 
$490,000. 
Alaska and Hawaii ferry projects, $15,000,000. 
Bus Rapid Transit, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, 
$294,000. 
Central Corridor Light Rail, Minnesota, $10,192,000. 
Central Link Initial Segment, Washington, $68,600,000. 
Central LRT Double-Track—Largo Extension, Maryland, 
$34,300,000. 
Central 
Phoenix/East 
Valley 
Light 
Rail, 
Arizona, 
$88,200,000. 
Charlotte Rapid Transit, North Carolina, $1,960,000. 
CORRIDORone 
Regional 
Rail 
Project, 
Pennsylvania, 
$10,976,000. 
DCTA Fixed Guideway/Engineering, Lewisville, Texas, 
$245,000. 
Denali Commission, Alaska, $5,000,000. 
Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project, Virginia, $34,300,000. 
Galveston Rail Trolley, Texas, $1,960,000. 
Honolulu 
High 
Capacity 
Transit 
Corridor, 
Hawaii, 
$15,190,000. 
Hudson-Bergen MOS–2, New Jersey, $54,089,135. 
I–205/Portland Mall Light Rail, Oregon, $78,400,000. 
I–69 HOV/BRT, Mississippi, $7,546,000. 
JTA Bus Rapid Transit, Jacksonville, Florida, $9,329,600.
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Lane Transit District, Pioneer Parkway EmX Corridor, 
Oregon, $14,504,000. 
Long Island Rail Road East Side Access, New York, 
$210,700,000. 
MARC Commuter Rail Improvements and Rolling Stock, 
Maryland, $9,800,000. 
MBTA 
Fitchburg 
to 
Boston 
Rail 
Corridor 
Project, 
Massachusetts, $5,880,000. 
METRA Connects Southeast Service, Illinois, $7,227,500. 
METRA Star Line, Illinois, $7,227,500. 
METRA Union Pacific Northwest Line, Illinois, $7,227,500. 
METRA Union Pacific West Line, Illinois, $7,227,500. 
Metro 
Gold 
Line 
Eastside 
Extension, 
California, 
$78,400,000. 
Metrorail Orange Line Expansion, Florida, $1,960,000. 
Metro Rapid Bus System Gap Closure, Los Angeles, Cali-
fornia, $16,347,380. 
Mid-Jordan Light Rail Extension, Utah, $19,600,000. 
Monmouth-Ocean-Middlesex County Passenger Rail, New 
Jersey, $980,000. 
New Britain-Hartford Busway, Connecticut, $3,271,632. 
Norfolk Light Rail Project, Virginia, $23,030,000. 
North Corridor, Houston and Southeast Corridor, Texas, 
$19,600,000. 
North Shore Corridor & Blue Line, Massachusetts, 
$1,960,000. 
NorthStar Commuter, Minnesota, $53,900,000. 
Northern Indiana Commuter Transit District Recapitaliza-
tion, Indiana, $4,900,000. 
North Shore LRT Connector, Pennsylvania, $32,846,115. 
Northwest NJ-Northeast PA, Pennsylvania, $2,940,000. 
NW/SE LRT MOS, Texas, $84,525,000. 
Pacific Highway South BRT, King County, Washington, 
$13,794,480. 
Perris 
Valley 
Line 
Metrolink 
Extension, 
California, 
$1,960,000. 
Pawtucket/Central Falls Commuter Rail Station, Rhode 
Island, $1,960,000. 
Planning and Design, Bus Rapid Transit-State Avenue Cor-
ridor, Wyandotte County, Kansas, $1,470,000. 
Provo Orem Bus Rapid Transit, Utah, $4,018,000. 
Rapid 
Transit 
(BRT) 
project, 
Livermore, 
California, 
$2,940,000. 
Ravenswood Line Extension, Illinois, $39,200,000. 
Route 1 Bus Rapid Transit, Potomac Yard-Crystal City, 
Alexandria and Arlington, Virginia, $980,000. 
Second Avenue Subway Phase 1, New York, $167,810,300. 
SMART EIS and PE, California, $1,960,000. 
South County Commuter Rail Wickford Junction Station, 
Rhode Island, $12,269,449. 
Southeast Corridor LRT, Colorado, $50,529,274. 
South Sacramento Corridor Phase 2, California, $4,410,000. 
Telegraph 
Avenue-International 
Boulevard-East 
14th 
Street Bus Rapid Transit Corridor Improvements, California, 
$1,960,000. 
Third Street Light Rail, San Francisco, California, 
$11,760,000.
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Trans-Hudson Midtown Corridor, New Jersey, $14,700,000. 
Troost Corridor Bus Rapid Transit, Missouri, $6,134,800. 
West Corridor Light Rail Project, Colorado, $39,200,000. 
University Link LRT, Washington, $19,600,000. 
VIA Bus Rapid Transit Corridor Project, San Antonio, 
Texas, $4,900,000. 
Virginia 
Railway 
Express 
Extension—Gainesville/ 
Haymarket, Virginia, $490,000. 
VRE Rolling Stock, Virginia, $3,920,000. 
Weber County to Salt Lake City, Utah, $78,400,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 160. The limitations on obligations for the programs of 
the Federal Transit Administration shall not apply to any authority 
under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously made available for obligation, 
or to any other authority previously made available for obligation. 
SEC. 161. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
made available by this Act under ‘‘Federal Transit Administration, 
Capital investment grants’’ and bus and bus facilities under ‘‘Fed-
eral Transit Administration, Formula and bus grants’’ for projects 
specified in this Act or identified in reports accompanying this 
Act not obligated by September 30, 2010, and other recoveries, 
shall be made available for other projects under 49 U.S.C. 5309. 
SEC. 162. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
funds appropriated before October 1, 2007, 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, unobli-
gated funds made available for a new fixed guideway systems 
projects under the heading ‘‘Federal Transit Administration, Capital 
Investment Grants’’ in any appropriations Act prior to this Act 
may be used during this fiscal year to satisfy expenses incurred 
for such projects. 
SEC. 164. During fiscal year 2008, each Federal Transit 
Administration grant for a project that involves the acquisition 
or rehabilitation of a bus to be used in public transportation shall 
be funded for 90 percent of the net capital costs of a biodiesel 
bus or a factory-installed or retrofitted hybrid electric propulsion 
system and any equipment related to such a system: Provided, 
That the Secretary shall have the discretion to determine, through 
practicable administrative procedures, the costs attributable to the 
system and related-equipment. 
SEC. 165. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in regard 
to the Central Link Initial Segment Project, to the extent that 
Federal funds remain available within the current budget for the 
project, the Secretary shall, immediately upon the date of enactment 
of this Act, amend the Full Funding Grant Agreement for said 
project to allow remaining Federal funds to be used to support 
completion of the Airport Link extension of said project. 
SEC. 166. Amounts provided for a high capacity fixed guideway 
light rail and mass transit project for the City of Albuquerque, 
New Mexico, in Public Laws 106–69, 106–346 and 107–87 shall 
be available for bus and bus facilities. 
SEC. 167. Any unobligated amounts made available for the 
Commuter Rail, Albuquerque to Santa Fe, New Mexico under the 
heading ‘‘Capital Investment Grants’’ under the heading ‘‘Federal
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Transit Administration’’ in title I of division A of the Transportation, 
Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the Dis-
trict of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2006 (Public Law 109–115; 119 Stat. 2418) shall be made available 
for public transportation buses, equipment and facilities related 
to such buses, and intermodal terminal in Albuquerque and Santa 
Fe, New Mexico, subject to the requirements under section 5309 
of title 49, United States Code. 
SEC. 168. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
made available for the Las Vegas Resort Corridor Fixed Guideway 
Project under the Federal Transit Administration Capital Invest-
ment Grants Account in any previous Appropriations Act, including 
Public Laws 108–7, 108–199, 108–447, and any unexpended funds 
in Federal Transit Administration grant number NV–03–0019 may 
hereafter be made available until expended to the Regional 
Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada for bus rapid 
transit projects and bus and bus-related projects: Provided, That 
funds made available for a project in accordance with this section 
shall be administered under the terms and conditions set forth 
in 49 U.S.C. 5307, to the extent applicable. 
SEC. 169. The second sentence of section 321 of the Department 
of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1986 
(99 Stat. 1287) is repealed. 
SEC. 170. None of the funds provided or limited under this 
Act may be used to issue a final regulation under section 5309 
of title 49, United States Code, except that the Federal Transit 
Administration may continue to review comments received on the 
proposed rule (Docket No. FTA–2006–25737). 
SEC. 171. Funds made available to the Putnam County, Florida, 
for Ride Solutions buses and bus facilities in Public Laws 108– 
199, 108–447 and 109–115 that remain unobligated may be avail-
able to Putnam County under the conditions of 49 U.S.C. 5312 
to research, develop, fabricate, test, demonstrate, deploy and 
evaluate a low floor bus to meet the needs of Ride Solution in 
particular, and small urban and rural operators in general. 
SEC. 172. Of the balances available for this fiscal year to 
carry out 49 U.S.C. 5309(b) left to the discretion of the Secretary 
of Transportation, $104,697,038 are rescinded. 
SEC. 173. Of the balances available for this fiscal year to 
carry out 49 U.S.C. 5339 left to the discretion of the Secretary 
of Transportation, $308,900 are rescinded. 
SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation is 
hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits 
of funds and borrowing authority available to the Corporation, 
and in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commit-
ments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by 
section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, as 
amended, as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set 
forth in the Corporation’s budget for the current fiscal year.
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OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 
(HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses for operations and maintenance of those 
portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway operated and maintained 
by 
the 
Saint 
Lawrence 
Seaway 
Development 
Corporation, 
$17,392,000, 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, $156,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses of operations and training activities 
authorized by law, $121,992,000, of which $25,720,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2008, for salaries and benefits of 
employees of the United States Merchant Marine Academy; of which 
$14,139,000 shall remain available until expended for capital 
improvements at the United States Merchant Marine Academy; 
and of which $10,500,000 shall remain available until expended 
for maintenance and repair of Schoolships at State Maritime 
Schools. 
SHIP DISPOSAL 
For necessary expenses related to the disposal of obsolete ves-
sels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the Maritime Adminis-
tration, $17,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
ASSISTANCE TO SMALL SHIPYARDS 
To make grants for capital improvements and related infra-
structure improvements at qualified shipyards that will facilitate 
the efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and quality of domestic ship 
construction for commercial and Federal Government use as author-
ized under section 3506 of Public Law 109–163, $10,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That to be considered 
for assistance, a qualified shipyard shall submit an application 
for assistance no later than 60 days after enactment of this Act: 
Provided further, That from applications submitted under the pre-
vious proviso, the Secretary of Transportation shall make grants 
no later than 120 days after enactment of this Act in such amounts 
as the Secretary determines: Provided further, That not to exceed 
2 percent of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be 
available for necessary costs of grant administration. 
MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized, $8,408,000, 
of which $5,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans,
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shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$3,408,000 shall be available for administrative expenses to carry 
out the guaranteed loan program, which shall be transferred to 
and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Operations and Training’’, 
Maritime Administration. 
SHIP CONSTRUCTION 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
$6,673,000 are rescinded. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 175. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
the Maritime Administration is authorized to furnish utilities and 
services and make necessary repairs in connection with any lease, 
contract, or occupancy involving Government property under control 
of the Maritime Administration, and payments received therefor 
shall be credited to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof: 
Provided, That rental payments under any such lease, contract, 
or occupancy for items other than such utilities, services, or repairs 
shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. 
SEC. 176. No obligations shall be incurred during the current 
fiscal year from the construction fund established by the Merchant 
Marine Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. 53101 note (cds)), or otherwise, in 
excess of the appropriations and limitations contained in this Act 
or in any prior appropriations Act. 
PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For necessary administrative expenses of the Pipeline and Haz-
ardous Materials Safety Administration, $18,130,000, of which 
$639,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund. 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous materials 
safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 
Administration, $28,000,000, of which $1,761,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2010: Provided, That up to $1,200,000 
in fees collected under 49 U.S.C. 5108(g) shall be deposited in 
the general fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided 
further, That there may be credited to this appropriation, to be 
available until expended, funds received from States, counties, 
municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources for 
expenses incurred for training, for reports publication and dissemi-
nation, and for travel expenses incurred in performance of haz-
ardous materials exemptions and approvals functions.
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PIPELINE SAFETY 
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND) 
(OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND) 
For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of the pipeline 
safety program, for grants-in-aid to carry out a pipeline safety 
program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 60107, and to discharge the 
pipeline program responsibilities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 
$79,828,000, of which $18,810,000 shall be derived from the Oil 
Spill Liability Trust Fund and shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2010; of which $61,018,000 shall be derived from the 
Pipeline Safety Fund, of which $32,242,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2010: Provided, That not less than $1,043,000 
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, 2009: Provided, That not 
more than $28,318,000 shall be made available for obligation in 
fiscal year 2008 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 her designee. 
RESEARCH AND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATION 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Research and Innovative Tech-
nology Administration, $12,000,000, of which $6,036,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2010: Provided, That there 
may be credited to this appropriation, to be available until 
expended, funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other 
public authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for 
training. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General to 
carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
as amended, $66,400,000: Provided, That the Inspector General 
shall have all necessary authority, in carrying out the duties speci-
fied in the Inspector General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 
3), to investigate allegations of fraud, including false statements 
to the government (18 U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity that 
is subject to regulation by the Department: Provided further, That 
the funds made available under this heading shall be used to 
investigate, pursuant to section 41712 of title 49, United States 
Code: (1) unfair or deceptive practices and unfair methods of com-
petition by domestic and foreign air carriers and ticket agents;
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and (2) the compliance of domestic and foreign air carriers with 
respect to item (1) of this proviso. 
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation Board, 
including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $26,324,500: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to 
exceed $1,250,000 from fees established by the Chairman of the 
Surface Transportation Board shall be credited to this appropriation 
as offsetting collections and used for necessary and authorized 
expenses under this heading: Provided further, That the sum herein 
appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced on a dollar- 
for-dollar basis as such offsetting collections are received during 
fiscal year 2008, to result in a final appropriation from the general 
fund estimated at no more than $25,074,500. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 180. During the current fiscal year applicable appropria-
tions 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 busi-
ness; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law 
(5 U.S.C. 5901–5902). 
SEC. 181. Appropriations contained in this Act for the Depart-
ment 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 available 
for salaries and expenses of more than 110 political and Presidential 
appointees in the Department of Transportation: Provided, That 
none of the personnel covered by this provision may be assigned 
on temporary detail outside 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 defined in 18 U.S.C. 
2725(3)) obtained by a State department of motor vehicles in connec-
tion 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 with-
hold funds provided in this Act for any grantee if a State is in 
noncompliance with this provision. 
SEC. 185. Funds received by the Federal Highway Administra-
tion, Federal Transit Administration, and Federal Railroad 
Administration from States, counties, municipalities, other public 
authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for training 
may be credited respectively to the Federal Highway Administra-
tion’s ‘‘Federal-Aid Highways’’ account, the Federal Transit