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MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
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, $307,000,000, 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 $307,000,000, for 
‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Grants’’; of which $209,000,000 
shall be available for the motor carrier safety assistance 
program to carry out sections 31102 and 31104(a) of title 
49, United States Code; $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 
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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 $8,000,000 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: Provided further, 
That of the funds made available for the motor carrier 
safety assistance program, $29,000,000 shall be available 
for audits of new entrant motor carriers: Provided further, 
That $6,502,558 in unobligated balances are permanently 
rescinded. 
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the amounts made available under this heading 
in prior appropriations Acts, $2,231,259 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balances are permanently rescinded.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, $19,571,910 in unobligated 
balances are permanently rescinded. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—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. 
SEC. 136. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available under this Act may be used, directly 
or indirectly, to establish, implement, continue, promote, 
or in any way permit a cross-border motor carrier dem-
onstration program to allow Mexican-domiciled motor car-
riers to operate beyond the commercial zones along the 
international border between the United States and Mex-
ico, including continuing, in whole or in part, any such 
program that was initiated prior to the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
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 
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