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SEC. 418. The amount otherwise provided in this Act 
for ‘‘Grants-in-Aid for Airports’’ administered by the Fed-
eral Aviation Administration of the Department of Trans-
portation is hereby reduced by $10,000,000 and increased 
by $10,000,000. 
SEC. 419. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in violation of section 8 of the National 
Labor Relations Act of 1935, with respect to workers on 
federally-funded transportation projects. 
SEC. 420. None of the funds made available under 
this Act may be used to participate in a working group 
pursuant to the Security and Prosperity Partnership. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation, Hous-
ing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 2008’’. 
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, 2008, and for other purposes, namely: 
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TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
$95,197,000, of which not to exceed $2,314,274 shall be 
available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not to 
exceed $736,833 shall be available for the immediate Office 
of the Deputy Secretary; not to exceed $18,719,099 shall be 
available for the Office of the General Counsel; not to exceed 
$11,874,050 shall be available for the Office of the Under 
Secretary of Transportation for Policy; not to exceed 
$10,416,963 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to exceed 
$2,384,312 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Governmental Affairs; not to exceed 
$24,007,990 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Administration; not to exceed $1,987,803 shall 
be available for the Office of Public Affairs; not to exceed 
$1,534,557 shall be available for the Office of the Executive 
Secretariat; not to exceed $1,334,596 shall be available for 
the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utiliza-
tion; not to exceed $8,299,072 for the Office of Intelligence, 
Security, and Emergency Response; and not to exceed 
$11,587,000 shall be available for the Office of the Chief 
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Information Officer: Provided, That the Secretary of Trans-
portation is authorized 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 ap-
propriation for any office shall be increased or decreased 
by more than 5 percent by all such transfers: Provided fur-
ther, That notice of any change in funding greater than 
5 percent shall be submitted for approval to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $60,000 shall be for allocation within 
the Department for official reception and representation ex-
penses as the Secretary may determine: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, excluding 
fees authorized in Public Law 107–71, there may be cred-
ited to this appropriation up to $2,500,000 in funds re-
ceived in user fees: Provided further, That none of the funds 
provided in this Act shall be available for the position of 
Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs. 
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$9,140,900. 
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND 
DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for conducting transportation 
planning, research, systems development, development ac-
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tivities, and making grants, to remain available until ex-
pended, $14,115,000. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital out-
lays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed 
$128,094,000, 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 Cap-
ital Fund without the approval of the agency modal admin-
istrator: Provided further, That no assessments may be lev-
ied against any program, budget activity, subactivity or 
project funded by this Act unless notice of such assessments 
and the basis therefor are presented to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations and are approved by such 
Committees. 
MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $370,000, as author-
ized by 49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, including 
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in sec-
tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 
further, That these funds are available to subsidize total 
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loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not 
to exceed $18,367,000. In addition, for administrative ex-
penses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, $521,000. 
MINORITY BUSINESS OUTREACH 
For necessary expenses of Minority Business Resource 
Center outreach activities, $2,970,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2009: Provided, That notwithstanding 
49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be used for business oppor-
tunities related to any mode of transportation. 
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, $60,000,000, to be derived 
from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That, in determining be-
tween 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 nec-
essary to carry out the essential air service program from 
any available amounts appropriated to or directly adminis-
tered by the Office of the Secretary for such fiscal year. 
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