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Secretary shall have the discretion to determine, through 
practicable administrative procedures, the costs attrib-
utable 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, im-
mediately 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 com-
pletion of the Airport Link extension of said project. 
SEC. 166. Any unexpended funds in Federal Transit 
Administration grant numbers KS–03–0018 and KS–03– 
0032 shall be made available, at the request of the State, 
for a bus rapid transit project and related capital pur-
chases and facility improvements, in Johnson County, 
Kansas City, KS under the terms and conditions required 
to carry out section 5309(b)(3) of title 49, United States 
Code to the extent applicable. 
SEC. 167. 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, $100,000,000 are per-
manently rescinded. 
SEC. 168. None of the funds provided or limited 
under this Act may be used to issue a final regulation 
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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. 169. Funds made available for Alaska or Hawaii 
ferry boats or ferry terminal facilities pursuant to 49 
U.S.C. 5309(m)(2)(B) may be used to construct new ves-
sels and facilities, or to improve existing vessels and facili-
ties, including both the passenger and vehicle-related ele-
ments of such vessels and facilities, and for repair facili-
ties: Provided, That not more than $4,000,000 of the 
funds 
made 
available 
pursuant 
to 
U.S.C. 
5309(m)(2)(B) may be used by the City and County of 
Honolulu to operate a passenger ferry boat service dem-
onstration project to test the viability of different intra- 
island ferry boat routes and technologies. 
SEC. 170. 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. 
SEC. 171. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the $2,695,000 appropriated for the Charlotte Rapid 
Transit 
Extension—Northeast 
Corridor 
Light 
Rail 
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Project, North Carolina under the Alternatives Analysis 
Account in division K of the Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–161) shall be used for the 
Charlotte Rapid Transit Extension—Northeast Corridor 
to carry out new fixed guideway or extension to existing 
fixed guideway activities described in section 5309 of title 
49, United States Code. 
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 
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, 
$31,842,000, to be derived from the Harbor Maintenance 
Trust Fund, pursuant to Public Law 99–662. 
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