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Transit Administration: Provided further, That no appro-
priation for an office shall be increased or decreased by 
more than a total of 5 percent during the fiscal year by 
all such transfers: Provided further, That any change in 
funding greater than 5 percent shall be submitted for ap-
proval to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions: 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 secu-
rity 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 Department of Transportation’s 
Office of Inspector General for costs associated with audits 
and investigations of transit-related issues, including re-
views of new fixed guideway systems: Provided further, 
That upon submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 
2008 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 2008.
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FORMULA AND BUS GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORITY) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5308, 5309, 5310, 
5311, 5317, 5320, 5335, 5339, and 5340 and section 3038 
of Public Law 105–178, as amended, $3,925,000,000, to be 
derived from the Mass Transit Account of the Highway 
Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That funds available for the implementation or exe-
cution of programs authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 
5308, 5309, 5310, 5311, 5317, 5320, 5335, 5339, and 5340 
and section 3038 of Public Law 105–178, as amended, shall 
not exceed total obligations of $7,262,775,000 in fiscal year 
2007: Provided further, That except as provided in section 
3044(b)(1) of Public Law 109–59, funds made available to 
carry out 49 U.S.C. 5308 shall instead be available to carry 
out 49 U.S.C. 5309(b)(3): 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$28,660,920 in unobligated balances are rescinded.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, $61,000,000, to remain avail-
able 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
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available for the National Transit Institute under section 
5315 of title 49, United States Code, $7,000,000 is available 
for university transportation centers program under section 
5506 of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That 
$40,400,000 is available to carry out national research pro-
grams 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, $1,466,000,000, to remain 
available until expended as follows: 
Alaska and Hawaii ferry projects, Alaska, 
$15,000,000. 
Central Link Initial Segment, Washington, 
$80,000,000. 
Central LRT Double-Track, Maryland, $482,822. 
Central Phoenix/East Valley Light Rail, Ari-
zona, $90,000,000. 
Charlotte (NC) Charlotte Rapid Transit Expan-
sion Project, North Carolina, $6,000,000. 
Charlotte (NC) South Corridor Light Rail 
Project, North Carolina, $70,744,065. 
Commuter Rail, Salt Lake County to Weber 
County, Utah, $80,000,000. 
CORRIDORone 
Regional 
Commuter 
Rail, 
$2,500,000.
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CTA Douglas Blue Line, Chicago, Illinois, 
$1,573,675. 
CTA Ravenswood Brown Line, Chicago, Illinois, 
$40,000,000. 
Dallas Area Rapid Transit Northwest/Southeast 
Light Rail MOS, Texas, $80,000,000. 
Denali Commission, Alaska, $5,000,000. 
Dulles 
Corridor 
Rail 
Project, 
Virginia, 
$25,000,000. 
Euclid Corridor Transportation Project, Ohio, 
$693,013. 
Galveston Rail Trolley Extension to Boulevard, 
Texas, $2,000,000. 
Honolulu 
High-Capacity 
Transit 
Corridor 
Project, Hawaii, $4,000,000. 
Houston METRO—Advanced Transit Program/ 
METRO Solutions Phase 2, Texas, $15,000,000. 
Hudson-Bergen Light Rail MOS2, New Jersey, 
$100,000,000. 
Interstate 
MAX 
LRT 
Extension, 
Oregon, 
$542,940. 
Long Island Rail Road East Side Access, New 
York, $300,000,000. 
Los Angeles Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension, 
California, $100,000,000.
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MARC Commuter Rail Improvements, Mary-
land, $4,000,000. 
Miami-Dade County Metrorail Orange Line Ex-
pansion, Florida, $2,000,000. 
Mid-Jordan Light Rail Transit Line, Utah, 
$4,500,000. 
Mission Valley East LRT Extension, California, 
$806,654. 
NJ Trans-Hudson Midtown Corridor, New Jer-
sey, $4,400,000. 
Norfolk Light Rail Project Final Design and 
Construction, Virginia, $1,500,000. 
North Shore LRT Connector, Pennsylvania, 
$55,000,000. 
Northeast Corridor Commuter Rail Project be-
tween 
Wilmington 
and 
Newark, 
Delaware, 
$1,000,000. 
Northstar Corridor Rail Project, Minnesota, 
$1,000,000. 
Oceanside-Escondido Rail Corridor, California, 
$684,040. 
Perris Valley Line Metrolink Extension, Cali-
fornia, $3,000,000. 
Post Road Commuter Rail Facility, Connecticut, 
$2,000,000.
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San Francisco BART Extension to San Fran-
cisco International Airport, California, $2,424,694. 
Schuylkill 
Valley 
MetroRail, 
Pennsylvania, 
$1,000,000. 
South Corridor I–205/Portland Mall Light Rail, 
Oregon, $80,000,000. 
South County Commuter Rail Project—Wickford 
Junction Station, Rhode Island, $7,000,000. 
Southeast Corridor Multi-Modal Project (T- 
REX) Colorado, $80,000,000. 
Tren Urbano, Puerto Rico, $2,670,518. 
Union-Pacific West Line Extension, Illinois, 
$1,255,978. 
University Link LRT Extension, Seattle, Wash-
ington, $15,000,000. 
West Corridor LRT, Colorado, $35,000,000. 
Wilsonville to Beaverton Commuter Rail Project, 
Oregon, $27,600,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 160. The limitations on obligations for the pro-
grams 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 pre-
viously made available for obligation.
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SEC. 161. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
and except for fixed guideway modernization projects, funds 
made available by this Act under ‘‘Federal Transit Admin-
istration, Capital investment grants’’ for projects specified 
in this Act or identified in reports accompanying this Act 
not obligated by September 30, 2009, 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, 2005, 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, 
unobligated funds made available for a new fixed guideway 
systems projects under the heading ‘‘Federal Transit Ad-
ministration, Capital Investment Grants’’ in any appro-
priations Act prior to this Act may be used during this 
fiscal year to satisfy expenses incurred for such projects. 
SEC. 164. Amounts provided for a high capacity fixed 
guideway light rail and mass transit project for the City 
of Albuquerque, New Mexico in Public Laws 106–49, 106– 
346 and 107–87 shall be available for bus and bus facilities.
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SEC. 165. In regard to the Central Link Initial Seg-
ment Project, to the extent that funds remain available 
within the current budget for the project, the Secretary shall 
amend the Full Funding Grant Agreement for said project 
to allow remaining funds to be used to support completion 
of the Airport Link extension of said project. 
SEC. 166. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
funds made available for the Las Vegas Resort Corridor 
Fixed Guideway Project under the category of Federal 
Transit Administration Capital Investment Grants in Pub-
lic Law 107–87, Public Law 108–7, and Public Law 108– 
199, shall be available to the Regional Transportation Com-
mission of Southern Nevada for any bus or bus facilities 
project eligible under section 5307 or 5309 of title 49, 
United States Code, and shall remain available to the Re-
gional Transportation Commission until expended. 
SEC. 167. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
funds appropriated in Public Law 109–115 for the City 
of Miami Streetcar shall be available to perform Alter-
natives Analysis for the project. 
SEC. 168. INTERMODAL CENTERS. (a) IN GENERAL.— 
Notwithstanding section 5309(m)(6)(B) of title 49, United 
States Code, half of the amounts appropriated or made 
available under subsections (b) and (c) of section 5338 of 
title 49, United States Code, for capital projects under sec-
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tion 5309(m)(6)(B) of that title for fiscal years 2006 
through 2009 shall be made available and used, in accord-
ance with section 9008(a) of SAFETEA–LU, for an inter-
modal or marine facility comprising a component of the 
Hawaii Port Infrastructure Expansion Program. 
(b) SUPPLEMENTARY FUNDING.—Any amount made 
available pursuant to subsection (a) shall be in addition 
to any amounts authorized or appropriated pursuant to 
subsections (b) and (c) of section 9008 of SAFETEA–LU. 
SEC. 169. In addition to amounts made available for 
the alternative analysis program under 49 U.S.C. 5339, 
funds appropriated to new fixed guideway projects identi-
fied under the Capital Investment Grants Account in this 
Act may also be used for alternative analysis activities. 
SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora-
tion 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 commitments 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 mainte-
nance of those portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway oper-
ated and maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Devel-
opment Corporation, $17,425,000, 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, $154,440,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses of operations and training ac-
tivities authorized by law, $115,830,000, of which 
$24,024,330 shall remain available until September 30, 
2007, for salaries and benefits of employees of the United 
States Merchant Marine Academy; of which $14,850,000 
shall remain available until expended for capital improve-
ments at the United States Merchant Marine Academy; and 
of which $7,920,000 shall remain available until expended 
for the State Maritime Schools Schoolship Maintenance and 
Repair.
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SHIP DISPOSAL 
For necessary expenses related to the disposal of obso-
lete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the Mar-
itime Administration, $25,740,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the guaran-
teed loan program, not to exceed $3,317,000, which shall 
be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
Operations and Training. 
NATIONAL DEFENSE TANK VESSEL CONSTRUCTION 
PROGRAM 
(RESCISSION) 
All unobligated balances under this heading are re-
scinded. 
ASSISTANCE TO SMALL SHIPYARDS 
To make grants for capital improvements and related 
infrastructure improvements at qualified shipyards that 
will facilitate the efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and quality 
of domestic ship construction for commercial and Federal 
Government use, $15,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the term ‘‘qualified shipyard’’ means ‘‘a ship-
yard located in the United States that has not to exceed
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1,000 employees at any ship construction and repair facil-
ity and not to exceed 5,000 employees in the aggregate’’: 
Provided further, That to be considered for assistance, a 
qualified shipyard shall submit an application for assist-
ance no later than 60 days after enactment of this Act: Pro-
vided further, That from applications submitted under the 
previous 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 appro-
priated in this section shall be available for necessary costs 
of grant administration. 
MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized, 
$30,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, 
shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budg-
et Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That the In-
spector General shall report to the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations by March 30, 2007, on whether 
the Maritime Administration is in compliance with the rec-
ommendations contained in the Inspector General’s audit 
reports on the title XI program: Provided further, That of 
the funds provided under this heading, $10,000,000 may 
not be obligated or expended until the Department of Trans-
portation’s Inspector General has issued said report to the
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House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and sub-
sequently found that the Maritime Administration is in 
compliance. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act, the Maritime Administration is authorized to furnish 
utilities and services and make necessary repairs in connec-
tion with any lease, contract, or occupancy involving Gov-
ernment property under control of the Maritime Adminis-
tration, and payments received therefore 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. 171. No obligations shall be incurred during the 
current fiscal year from the construction fund established 
by the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 App. U.S.C. 1101 
et seq.), or otherwise, in excess of the appropriations and 
limitations contained in this Act or in any prior appro-
priations Act. 
PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
ADMINISTRATION 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For necessary administrative expenses of the Pipeline 
and 
Hazardous 
Materials 
Safety 
Administration,
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$17,721,000, of which $639,000 shall be derived from the 
Pipeline Safety Fund. 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous ma-
terials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous Ma-
terials Safety Administration, $27,225,000, of which 
$2,111,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2009: 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, coun-
ties, municipalities, other public authorities, and private 
sources for expenses incurred for training, for reports publi-
cation and dissemination, and for travel expenses incurred 
in performance of hazardous materials exemptions and ap-
provals functions. 
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, $75,735,000, of which 
$18,810,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability
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Trust Fund and shall remain available until September 30, 
2009; of which $56,925,000 shall be derived from the Pipe-
line Safety Fund, of which $24,000,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2009: Provided, That not less than 
$1,000,000 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), 
$198,000, to be derived from the Emergency Preparedness 
Fund, to remain available until September 30, 2008: Pro-
vided, That not more than $28,328,000 shall be made avail-
able for obligation in fiscal year 2007 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 ob-
ligation by individuals other than the Secretary of Trans-
portation, or his designee. 
RESEARCH AND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY 
ADMINISTRATION 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Research and Innovative 
Technology 
Administration, 
$8,217,000, 
of 
which 
$3,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2009: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro-
priation, to be available until expended, funds received from
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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 Gen-
eral to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, as amended, $64,143,000: Provided, That the 
Inspector General shall have all necessary authority, in car-
rying out the duties specified 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 competition by domestic and foreign air carriers 
and ticket agents; 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, 
$26,500,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, not to exceed $1,250,000 from fees estab-
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lished 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 re-
ceived during fiscal year 2007, to result in a final appro-
priation from the general fund estimated at no more than 
$25,250,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF 
TRANSPORTATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 180. During the current fiscal year applicable 
appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall 
be available for maintenance and operation of aircraft; hire 
of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of liabil-
ity insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign coun-
tries on official department business; and uniforms or al-
lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901– 
5902). 
SEC. 181. Appropriations contained in this Act for the 
Department 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.
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SEC. 182. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for salaries and expenses of more than 113 political 
and Presidential appointees in the Department of Trans-
portation: 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 connection 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 withhold 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 Ad-
ministration, Federal Transit Administration, and Federal 
Railroad Administration from States, counties, municipali-
ties, other public authorities, and private sources for ex-
penses incurred for training may be credited respectively 
to the Federal Highway Administration’s ‘‘Federal-Aid 
Highways’’ account, the Federal Transit Administration’s 
‘‘Transit Planning and Research’’ account, and to the Fed-
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eral Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Operations’’ 
account, except for State rail safety inspectors participating 
in training pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 20105. 
SEC. 186. Notwithstanding any other provisions of 
law, rule or regulation, the Secretary of Transportation is 
authorized to allow the issuer of any preferred stock here-
tofore sold to the Department to redeem or repurchase such 
stock upon the payment to the Department of an amount 
determined by the Secretary. 
SEC. 187. None of the funds in this Act to the Depart-
ment of Transportation may be used to make a grant unless 
the Secretary of Transportation notifies the House and Sen-
ate Committees on Appropriations not less than 3 full busi-
ness days before any discretionary grant award, letter of 
intent, or full funding grant agreement totaling $1,000,000 
or more is announced by the department or its modal ad-
ministrations from: (1) any discretionary grant program 
of the Federal Highway Administration other than the 
emergency relief program; (2) the airport improvement pro-
gram of the Federal Aviation Administration; or (3) any 
program of the Federal Transit Administration other than 
the formula grants and fixed guideway modernization pro-
grams: Provided, That no notification shall involve funds 
that are not available for obligation.
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SEC. 188. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, minor 
fees and other funds received by the Department of Trans-
portation from travel management centers, charge card pro-
grams, the subleasing of building space, and miscellaneous 
sources are to be credited to appropriations of the Depart-
ment of Transportation and allocated to elements of the De-
partment of Transportation using fair and equitable cri-
teria and such funds shall be available until expended. 
SEC. 189. Amounts made available in this or any other 
Act that the Secretary determines represent improper pay-
ments by the Department of Transportation to a third 
party contractor under a financial assistance award, which 
are recovered pursuant to law, shall be available— 
(1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred by 
the Department of Transportation in recovering im-
proper payments; and 
(2) to pay contractors for services provided in re-
covering improper payments: Provided, That amounts 
in excess of that required for paragraphs (1) and 
(2)— 
(A) shall be credited to and merged with the 
appropriation from which the improper pay-
ments were made, and shall be available for the 
purposes and period for which such appropria-
tions are available; or
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(B) if no such appropriation remains avail-
able, shall be deposited in the Treasury as mis-
cellaneous receipts: Provided, That prior to the 
transfer of any such recovery to an appropria-
tions account, the Secretary shall notify the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions of the amount and reasons for such trans-
fer: Provided further, That for purposes of this 
section, the term ‘‘improper payments’’, has the 
same meaning as that provided in section 
2(d)(2) of Public Law 107–300. 
SEC. 190. 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. 191. 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 approve 
assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining to funds 
appropriated to the modal administrations in this Act, ex-
cept for activities underway on the date of enactment of 
this Act, unless such assessments or agreements have com-
pleted the normal reprogramming process for congressional 
notification: Provided, That the Department’s Office of In-
telligence, Security, and Emergency Response may assess
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and enter into reimbursable agreements with the modal ad-
ministrations for services necessary to carry out emergency 
preparedness or emergency response activities, as deter-
mined by the Secretary of Transportation: Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary is authorized to detail modal administration em-
ployees to the Office of Intelligence, Security, and Emer-
gency Response without reimbursement and for fixed peri-
ods of time, as determined by the Secretary, only insofar 
as necessary to carry out emergency preparedness or emer-
gency response activities: Provided further, That the De-
partment shall transmit to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and of the House of Representatives a 
quarterly report that provides information describing any 
reimbursable agreements or personnel details carried out in 
accordance with this section. 
SEC. 192. None of the funds made available under this 
Act may be obligated or expended to establish or implement 
a pilot program under which not more than 10 designated 
essential air service communities located in proximity to 
hub airports are required to assume 10 percent of their es-
sential air subsidy costs for a 4-year period commonly re-
ferred to as the EAS local participation program. 
SEC. 193. (a) Section 14710(a) of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended—
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(1) by striking ‘‘a State authority may’’ and in-
serting ‘‘a State authority other than the attorney 
general of the state may, as parens patriae,’’; and 
(2) by inserting the following after the first sen-
tence: 
‘‘Any civil action for injunctive relief to enjoin such deliv-
ery or transportation or to compel a person to pay a fine 
or penalty assessed under chapter 149 shall be brought in 
an appropriate district court of the United States.’’. 
(b) Section 14710(b) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) EXERCISE OF ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY.—The 
authority of this section shall be exercised subject to the re-
quirements of sections 14711(b)–(f) of this title.’’. 
(c) Section 14711(b)(1) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended by inserting the following at the end: 
‘‘The State may initiate a civil action under subsection (a) 
if it is reviewable under subsection (b)(2).’’. 
(d) Section 14711(b)(4) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended by inserting ‘‘that is subject to review under 
subsection (b)(2)’’ before ‘‘if the Secretary’’. 
(e) The amendments made by this section shall cease 
to be in effect after September 30, 2007. 
SEC. 194. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
none of the funds provided in or limited by this Act may
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be obligated or expended to provide a budget justification 
for fiscal year 2008 concurrently with the President’s an-
nual budget submission to Congress under section 1105(a) 
of title 31, United States Code, to any congressional com-
mittee other than the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations prior to May 31, 2006. 
SEC. 195. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
if any funds provided in or limited by this Act are subject 
to a reprogramming action that requires notice to be pro-
vided to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions, said reprogramming action shall be approved or de-
nied solely by the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, 
That the Secretary may provide notice to other congres-
sional committees of the action of the Committees on Appro-
priations on such reprogramming but not sooner than 30 
days following the date on which the reprogramming action 
has been approved or denied by the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 196. Notwithstanding any provision of law, the 
Secretary of Transportation is authorized and directed to 
make project grants under chapter 471 of title 49, United 
States Code, from funds available for fiscal year 2007 and 
thereafter under 49 U.S.C. 48103, for the cost of acquisition 
of land, or reimbursement of the cost of land if purchased 
prior to enactment of this provision and prior to a grant
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agreement, for non-exclusive use aeronautical purposes on 
an airport layout plan that has been approved by the Sec-
retary on January 23, 2004, pursuant to section 49 U.S.C. 
47107(a)(16), for any small hub airport as defined in 49 
U.S.C. 47102, and had scheduled or chartered direct inter-
national flights totaling at least 200 million pounds gross 
aircraft landed weight for calendar year 2002. 
SEC. 197. 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: Provided, That during fiscal year 2007, 49 
U.S.C. 41472(b) shall not apply, and any amount remain-
ing in such account at the close of that fiscal year may 
be made available to satisfy section 41742(a)(1) for the sub-
sequent fiscal year. 
SEC. 198. No assessments may be levied against any 
program, budget activity, subactivity or project funded by 
this Act for the Working Capital Fund unless notice of such 
assessments is transmitted to the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations not less than 5 full business days 
prior to such assessments. 
SEC. 199. (a) Not later than 30 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Surface Transportation 
Board shall conduct a public hearing on the decisions of 
the Surface Transportation Board in Central Power &
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Light Company v. Southern Pacific Transportation Com-
pany, STB Docket No. 41242. 
(b) Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Surface Transportation Board shall 
issue proposed regulations to provide shippers with a clear 
and expedited procedure for bringing small rate cases before 
the Surface Transportation Board. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans-
portation Appropriations Act, 2007’’. 
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices in-
cluding operation and maintenance of the Treasury Build-
ing and Annex; hire of passenger motor vehicles; mainte-
nance, repairs, and improvements of, and purchase of com-
mercial insurance policies for, real properties leased or 
owned overseas, when necessary for the performance of offi-
cial business, $223,874,000, of which not to exceed 
$8,760,000 is for executive direction program activities; not 
to exceed $8,741,000 is for general counsel program activi-
ties; not to exceed $41,947,000 is for economic policies and 
programs activities; not to exceed $25,336,000 is for finan-
cial policies and programs activities; not to exceed
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$45,701,000 is for terrorism and financial intelligence ac-
tivities; not to exceed $20,072,000 is for Treasury-wide 
management policies and programs activities; and not to 
exceed $73,317,000 is for administration programs activi-
ties: Provided, That of the amount appropriated for ter-
rorism and financial intelligence activities, $24,263,000 is 
for the Office of Foreign Assets Control and shall support 
no less than 139 full time equivalent positions: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized 
to transfer funds appropriated for any program activity of 
the Departmental Offices to any other program activity of 
the Departmental Offices upon notification to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur-
ther, That no appropriation for any program activity shall 
be increased or decreased by more than two percent by all 
such transfers: Provided further, That any change in fund-
ing greater than two percent shall be submitted for approval 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: 
Provided further, That of the amount appropriated under 
this heading, not to exceed $3,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2008, for information technology mod-
ernization requirements; not to exceed $100,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses; and not to exceed 
$258,000 for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential na-
ture, to be allocated and expended under the direction of
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the Secretary of the Treasury and to be accounted for solely 
on his certificate: Provided further, That of the amount ap-
propriated under this heading, $5,114,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2008, is for the Treasury-wide Fi-
nancial Statement Audit and Internal Control Program, of 
which such amounts as may be necessary may be trans-
ferred to accounts of the Department’s offices and bureaus 
to conduct audits: Provided further, That this transfer au-
thority shall be in addition to any other provided in this 
Act. 
DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL INVESTMENTS 
PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For development and acquisition of automatic data 
processing equipment, software, and services for the Depart-
ment of the Treasury, $34,032,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2009: Provided, That these funds shall 
be transferred to accounts and in amounts as necessary to 
satisfy the requirements of the Department’s offices, bu-
reaus, and other organizations: Provided further, That this 
transfer authority shall be in addition to any other transfer 
authority provided in this Act: Provided further, That none 
of the funds appropriated shall be used to support or supple-
ment ‘‘Internal Revenue Service, Operations Support’’ or 
‘‘Internal Revenue Service, Business Systems Moderniza-
tion’’.
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, as amended, not to exceed $2,000,000 for offi-
cial travel expenses, including hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles; and not to exceed $100,000 for unforeseen emergencies 
of a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under 
the direction of the Inspector General of the Treasury, 
$18,352,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 shall be available 
for official reception and representation expenses. 
TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector Gen-
eral for Tax Administration in carrying out the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, as amended, including purchase (not 
to exceed 150 for replacement only for police-type use) and 
hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); serv-
ices authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be 
determined by the Inspector General for Tax Administra-
tion; not to exceed $6,000,000 for official travel expenses; 
and not to exceed $500,000 for unforeseen emergencies of 
a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under 
the direction of the Inspector General for Tax Administra-
tion, $136,469,000; and of which not to exceed $1,500 shall
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be available for official reception and representation ex-
penses. 
AIR TRANSPORTATION STABILIZATION PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
In fiscal year 2007, the Air Transportation Stabiliza-
tion Board may charge fees to a borrower for the costs to 
the Air Transportation Stabilization Board associated with 
bankruptcy proceedings of the borrower. Such fees shall be 
collected and deposited in the Air Transportation Stabiliza-
tion Program Account, to be available for such costs. 
FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En-
forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles; travel expenses of non-Federal and foreign government 
personnel to attend meetings and training concerned with 
domestic and foreign financial intelligence activities, law 
enforcement, and financial regulation; not to exceed $14,000 
for official reception and representation expenses; and for 
assistance to Federal law enforcement agencies, with or 
without reimbursement, $77,321,000, of which not to exceed 
$7,400,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2009; and of which $8,651,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2008: Provided, That funds appropriated in 
this account may be used to procure personal services con-
tracts.
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FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Financial Management 
Service, $233,654,000, of which not to exceed $9,220,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2009, for infor-
mation systems modernization initiatives; and of which not 
to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception and 
representation expenses. 
ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of carrying out section 1111 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, including hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, $92,604,000; of which not to ex-
ceed $6,000 for official reception and representation ex-
penses; not to exceed $50,000 for cooperative research and 
development programs for laboratory services; and provi-
sion of laboratory assistance to State and local agencies 
with or without reimbursement. 
BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT 
ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT 
For necessary expenses connected with any public-debt 
issues of the United States, $180,789,000, of which not to 
exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception and 
representation expenses, and of which not to exceed 
$2,000,000 shall remain available until expended for sys-