That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
Departments of Transportation and Treasury and inde-
pendent agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2004, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary,
$93,577,000 (increased by $500,000), of which not to ex-
ceed $2,212,000 shall be available for the immediate Of-
fice of the Secretary; not to exceed $841,000 shall be
available for the immediate Office of the Deputy Sec-
retary; not to exceed $15,560,000 shall be available for
the Office of the General Counsel; not to exceed
$12,717,000 shall be available for the Office of the Under
Secretary of Transportation for Policy; not to exceed
$8,630,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assist-
ant Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to exceed
$2,518,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assist-
ant Secretary for Governmental Affairs; not to exceed
$28,882,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assist-
ant 
Secretary 
for 
Administration; 
not 
to 
exceed
$1,982,000 shall be available for the Office of Public Af-
fairs; not to exceed $1,447,000 shall be available for the
Office of the Executive Secretariat; not to exceed
$730,000 shall be available for the Board of Contract Ap-
peals; not to exceed $1,268,000 shall be available for the
Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization;
not to exceed $14,565,000 shall be available for the Office
of the Chief Information Officer; and not to exceed
$2,000,000 shall be available for the Office of Intelligence
and Security: Provided, That the Secretary of Transpor-
tation 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
appropriation for any office shall be increased or de-
creased by more than 5 percent by all such transfers: Pro-
vided further, That any change in funding greater than
5 percent shall be submitted for approval to the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $60,000 shall be for allocation
within the Department for official reception and represen-
tation expenses 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 credited to this appropriation up to $2,500,000
in funds received 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,
$8,569,000.
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND
DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses for conducting transportation
planning, research, systems development, development ac-
tivities, and making grants, to remain available until ex-
pended, $8,336,000.
WORKING CAPITAL FUND
Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital
outlays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed
$116,715,000, 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
Capital Fund without the approval of the agency modal
administrator: Provided further, That no assessments may
be levied against any program, budget activity, subactivity
or project funded by this Act unless notice of such assess-
ments and the basis therefor are presented to the House
and Senate Committees on Appropriations and are ap-
proved by such Committees.
MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $500,000, as au-
thorized by 49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, in-
cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974: Provided further, That these funds are available to
subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be
guaranteed, not to exceed $18,367,000. In addition, for
administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan
program, $400,000.
MINORITY BUSINESS OUTREACH
For necessary expenses of Minority Business Re-
source Center outreach activities, $3,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2005: Provided, That not-
withstanding 49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be used for
business opportunities related to any mode of transpor-
tation.
NEW HEADQUARTERS BUILDING
For necessary expenses of the Department of Trans-
portation’s new headquarters building and related serv-
ices, $45,000,000, to remain available until expended.
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
OPERATIONS
For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration, not otherwise provided for, including oper-
ations and research activities related to commercial space
transportation, administrative expenses for research and
development, establishment of air navigation facilities, the
operation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft,
subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold
to the public, lease or purchase of passenger motor vehi-
cles for replacement only, in addition to amounts made
available by Public Law 104–264, $7,532,000,000, of
which $4,043,000,000 shall be derived from the Airport
and Airway Trust Fund, of which not to exceed
$6,076,724,000 shall be available for air traffic services
program activities; not to exceed $870,505,000 shall be
available for aviation regulation and certification program
activities; not to exceed $218,481,000 shall be available
for research and acquisition program activities; not to ex-
ceed $11,776,000 shall be available for commercial space
transportation 
program 
activities; 
not 
to 
exceed
$49,783,000 shall be available for financial services pro-
gram activities; not to exceed $75,367,000 shall be avail-
able for human resources program activities; not to exceed
$87,749,000 shall be available for regional coordination
program activities; not to exceed $140,429,000 shall be
available for staff offices; and not to exceed $29,681,000
shall be available for information services: Provided, That
none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the
Federal Aviation Administration to finalize or implement
any regulation that would promulgate new aviation user
fees not specifically authorized by law after the date of
the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That there
may be credited to this appropriation funds received from
States, counties, municipalities, foreign authorities, other
public authorities, and private sources, for expenses in-
curred in the provision of agency services, including re-
ceipts for the maintenance and operation of air navigation
facilities, and for issuance, renewal or modification of cer-
tificates, including airman, aircraft, and repair station cer-
tificates, or for tests related thereto, or for processing
major repair or alteration forms: Provided further, That
of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less
than $7,500,000 shall be for the contract tower cost-shar-
ing program: Provided further, That funds may be used
to enter into a grant agreement with a nonprofit standard-
setting organization to assist in the development of avia-
tion safety standards: Provided further, That none of the
funds in this Act shall be available for new applicants for
the second career training program: Provided further,
That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for
paying premium pay under 5 U.S.C. 5546(a) to any Fed-
eral Aviation Administration employee unless such em-
ployee actually performed work during the time cor-
responding to such premium pay: Provided further, That
none of the funds in this Act may be obligated or expended
to operate a manned auxiliary flight service station in the
contiguous United States: Provided further, That none of
the funds in this Act for aeronautical charting and cartog-
raphy are available for activities conducted by, or coordi-
nated through, the Working Capital Fund: Provided fur-
ther, That of the amount appropriated under this heading,
not to exceed $50,000 may be transferred to the Aircraft
Loan Purchase Guarantee Program: Provided further,
That not later than March 1, 2004, the Secretary of
Transportation, in consultation with the Administrator of
the Federal Aviation Administration, shall issue final reg-
ulations, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 8335, establishing an ex-
emption process allowing individual air traffic controllers
to delay mandatory retirement until the employee reaches
no later than 61 years of age: Provided further, That of
the funds provided under this heading, $4,000,000 is
available only for recruitment, personnel compensation
and benefits, and related costs to raise the level of oper-
ational air traffic control supervisors to the level of 1,726:
Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act may
be obligated or expended to execute or continue to imple-
ment a memorandum of understanding or memorandum
of agreement (or any revisions thereto) with representa-
tives of any FAA bargaining unit unless such document
is filed in a central registry and catalogued in an auto-
mated, searchable database under the executive direction
of appropriate management representatives at FAA head-
quarters: Provided further, That none of the funds in this
Act may be obligated or expended for an employee of the
Federal Aviation Administration to purchase a store gift
card or gift certificate through use of a Government-issued
credit card.
FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,
for acquisition, establishment, technical support services,
improvement by contract or purchase, and hire of air navi-
gation and experimental facilities and equipment, as au-
thorized under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United
States Code, including initial acquisition of necessary sites
by lease or grant; engineering and service testing, includ-
ing construction of test facilities and acquisition of nec-
essary sites by lease or grant; construction and furnishing
of quarters and related accommodations for officers and
employees of the Federal Aviation Administration sta-
tioned at remote localities where such accommodations are
not available; and the purchase, lease, or transfer of air-
craft from funds available under this heading; to be de-
rived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund,
$2,900,000,000 (reduced by $2,000,000) (increased by
$2,000,000), of which $2,479,158,800 shall remain avail-
able 
until 
September 
30, 
2006, 
and 
of 
which
$420,841,200 shall remain available until September 30,
2004: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro-
priation funds received from States, counties, municipali-
ties, other public authorities, and private sources, for ex-
penses incurred in the establishment and modernization
of air navigation facilities: Provided further, That upon ini-
tial submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2005
President’s budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall
transmit to the Congress a comprehensive capital invest-
ment plan for the Federal Aviation Administration which
includes funding for each budget line item for fiscal years
2005 through 2009, with total funding for each year of
the plan constrained to the funding targets for those years
as estimated and approved by the Office of Management
and Budget: Provided further, That of the funds provided
for ‘‘In-plant NAS contract support services’’, $7,000,000
is only for contract audit services provided by the Defense
Contract Audit Agency: Provided further, That of the
funds provided under this heading, $20,000,000 is avail-
able only for the Houston Area Air Traffic System: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds in this Act may be
obligated or expended to implement section 106 of H.R.
2115, as passed the House of Representatives on June 12,
2003.
RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,
for research, engineering, and development, as authorized
under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States
Code, including construction of experimental facilities and
acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant,
$108,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway
Trust Fund and to remain available until September 30,
2006: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro-
priation funds received from States, counties, municipali-
ties, other public authorities, and private sources, for ex-
penses incurred for research, engineering, and develop-
ment.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION
ADMINISTRATION
SEC. 101. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, airports may transfer, without consideration, to the
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) instrument land-
ing systems (along with associated approach lighting
equipment and runway visual range equipment) which
conform to FAA design and performance specifications,
the purchase of which was assisted by a Federal airport-
aid program, airport development aid program or airport
improvement program grant: Provided, That, the Federal
Aviation Administration shall accept such equipment,
which shall thereafter be operated and maintained by FAA
in accordance with agency criteria.
SEC. 102. None of the funds in this Act may be used
to compensate in excess of 350 technical staff-years under
the federally funded research and development center con-
tract between the Federal Aviation Administration and the
Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development dur-
ing fiscal year 2004.
SEC. 103. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used for engineering work related to an addi-
tional runway at Louis Armstrong New Orleans Inter-
national Airport.
SEC. 104. None of the funds in this Act shall be used
to pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring air-
port sponsors to provide to the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration without cost building construction, maintenance,
utilities and expenses, or space in airport sponsor-owned
buildings for services relating to air traffic control, air
navigation, or weather reporting: Provided, That the pro-
hibition of funds in this section does not apply to negotia-
tions between the agency and airport sponsors to achieve
agreement on ‘‘below-market’’ rates for these items or to
grant assurances that require airport sponsors to provide
land without cost to the FAA for air traffic control facili-
ties.
SEC. 105. None of the funds appropriated or limited
by this Act may be used to change weight restrictions or
prior permission rules at Teterboro Airport in Teterboro,
New Jersey.
SEC. 106. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, funds appropriated for official travel by Federal de-
partments and agencies may be used by such departments
and agencies, if consistent with Office of Management and
Budget circular A–126 regarding official travel for Gov-
ernment personnel, to participate in the fractional aircraft
ownership pilot program.
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
Necessary expenses for administration and operation
of the Federal Highway Administration, not to exceed
$359,458,000, shall be paid in accordance with law from
appropriations made available by this Act to the Federal
Highway Administration together with advances and reim-
bursements received by the Federal Highway Administra-
tion.
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
None of the funds in this Act shall be available for
the implementation or execution of programs, the obliga-
tions for which are in excess of $33,385,000,000 for Fed-
eral-aid highways and highway safety construction pro-
grams for fiscal year 2004: Provided, That within the
$33,385,000,000 obligation limitation on Federal-aid
highways and highway safety construction programs, not
more than $462,500,000 shall be available for the imple-
mentation or execution of programs for transportation re-
search (sections 502, 503, 504, 506, 507, and 508 of title
23, United States Code, as amended; section 5505 of title
49, United States Code, as amended; and sections 5112
and 5204–5209 of Public Law 105–178) for fiscal year
2004: Provided further, That this limitation on transpor-
tation research programs shall not apply to any authority
previously made available for obligation.
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For carrying out the provisions of title 23, United
States Code, that are attributable to Federal-aid high-
ways, including the National Scenic and Recreational
Highway as authorized by 23 U.S.C. 148, not otherwise
provided, including reimbursement for sums expended
pursuant 
to 
the 
provisions 
of 
U.S.C. 
308,
$34,000,000,000 or so much thereof as may be available
in and derived from the Highway Trust Fund, to remain
available until expended.
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For an additional amount for Federal-aid highways
and highway safety construction programs pursuant to
title 23, United States Code, $400,000,000, to be derived
from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Tran-
sit Account) and to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That amounts under this heading shall be distrib-
uted in the same manner as if made available under 23
U.S.C. 110: Provided further, That the amounts under this
heading shall not be subject to, or computed against, any
obligation limitation or contract authority set forth in this
Act or any other Act: Provided further, That, before such
allocation and distribution are made, $133,450,000 shall
be retained for surface transportation projects.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY
ADMINISTRATION
SEC. 110. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re-
ceived by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the
sale of data products, for necessary expenses incurred pur-
suant to 49 U.S.C. 111 may be credited to the Federal-
aid highways account for the purpose of reimbursing the
Bureau for such expenses: Provided, That such funds shall
be subject to the obligation limitation for Federal-aid
highways and highway safety construction.
SEC. 111. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law:
(1) Section 1105(c) of the Intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat.
2032; 112 Stat. 191; 115 Stat. 871) is amended—
(A) in paragraph (42), by striking ‘‘Ful-
ton, Mississippi,’’ the first time that it appears
and all that follows to the end of the paragraph
and inserting ‘‘Fulton, Mississippi.’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(45) The United States Route 78 Corridor
from Memphis, Tennessee, to Corridor X of the Ap-
palachian development highway system near Fulton,
Mississippi, and Corridor X of the Appalachian de-
velopment highway system extending from near Ful-
ton, Mississippi, to near Birmingham, Alabama.’’.
(2) Section 1105(e)(5) of the Intermodal Sur-
face Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105
Stat. 2032; 115 Stat. 872) is amended—
(A) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘(A)
IN GENERAL.—The portions’’ and all that fol-
lows through the end of the first sentence and
inserting:
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The portions of the
routes referred to in subsection (c)(1), sub-
section (c)(3) (relating solely to the Kentucky
Corridor), clauses (i), (ii), and (except with re-
spect to Georgetown County) (iii) of subsection
(c)(5)(B), subsection (c)(9), subsections (c)(18)
and (c)(20), subsection (c)(36), subsection
(c)(37), subsection (c)(40), subsection (c)(42),
and subsection (c)(45) that are not a part of
the Interstate System are designated as future
parts of the Interstate System.’’; and
(B) by adding the following at the end of
subparagraph (B)(i): ‘‘The route referred to in
subsection (c)(45) is designated as Interstate
Route I–22.’’.
SEC. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, in section 1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for
the 21st Century—
(1) item number 230 is amended by striking
‘‘Monroe County transportation improvements on
Long Pond Road, Pattonwood Road, and Lyell
road’’ and inserting ‘‘Route 531/Brockport-Roch-
ester Corridor in Monroe County, New York’’.
(2) Item number 1149 is amended by striking
‘‘Traffic Mitigation Project on William Street and
Losson Road in Cheektowaga’’ and inserting ‘‘Study
and implement mitigation and diversion options for
William 
Street 
and 
Broadway 
Street 
in
Cheektowaga, I–90 Corridor Study; Interchange 53
to Interchange 49, PIN 552830 and Cheektowaga
Rails to Trails, PIN 575508’’.
(3) Item number 476 is amended by striking
‘‘Expand Perkins Road in Baton Rouge’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Feasibility study, design, and construction of a
connector between Louisiana Highway 1026 and I–
12 in Livingston Parish’’.
(4) Item 4 of the table contained in section
1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st
Century, relating to construction of a bike path in
Michigan, is amended by striking ‘‘between Mount
Clemens and New Baltimore’’ and inserting ‘‘for the
Macomb Orchard Trail in Macomb County’’.
SEC. 113. Intelligent Transportation Systems appro-
priations made to the State of Wisconsin in Public Law
105–277, Public Law 106–69, and Public Law 107–87
shall not be subject to the limitations of Public Law 105–
178, section 5208(d), 23 U.S.C. 502 note.
SEC. 114. Notwithstanding Public Law 105–178, sec-
tion 5208(d), Intelligent Transportation Systems appro-
priations for—
(1) Wausau-Stevens Point-Wisconsin Rapids,
Wisconsin, in Public Law 105–277 and Public Law
106–69 shall be available for use in the counties of
Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Chippewa,
Douglas, Iron, Lincoln, Marathon, Polk, Portage,
Price, Rusk, Sawyer, Taylor, Washburn, Wood,
Clark, Langlade, and Oneida; and
(2) the City of Superior and Douglas County,
Wisconsin, in Public Law 106–69 shall be available
for use in the City of Superior and northern Wis-
consin.
SEC. 115. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, for the purpose of assisting in the development, con-
struction and financing of additional improvements to the
Alameda Corridor, including construction of a truck ex-
pressway or other enhancements, the Secretary of Trans-
portation shall modify the loan agreement entered into
with the Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority pur-
suant to Public Law 104–208 to revise the interest rate
to equal the average yield, as of the date of modification
of the loan agreement, on marketable Treasury securities
of similar maturity to the expected remaining average life
of the loan.
SEC. 116. (a) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Transportation shall enter into an agreement with the
State of Nevada, the State of Arizona, or both, to provide
a method of funding for construction of a Hoover Dam
Bypass Bridge from funds allocated for the Federal Lands
Highway Program under section 202(b) of title 23, United
States Code.
(b) METHODS OF FUNDING.—
(1) The agreement entered into under sub-
section (a) shall provide for funding in a manner
consistent with the advance construction and debt
instrument financing procedures for Federal-aid
highways set forth in section 115 and 122 of title
23, except that the funding source may include
funds made available under the Federal Lands
Highway Program.
(2) Eligibility for funding under this subsection
shall not be construed as a commitment, guarantee,
or obligation on the part of the United States to
provide for payment of principal or interest of an eli-
gible debt financing instrument as so defined in sec-
tion 122, nor create a right of a third party against
the United States for payment under an eligible debt
financing instrument. The agreement entered into
pursuant to subsection (a) shall make specific ref-
erence to this provision of law.
(3) The provisions of this section do not limit
the use of other available funds for which the project
referenced in subsection (a) is eligible.
FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY
ADMINISTRATION
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY
(LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For necessary expenses for administration of motor
carrier safety programs and motor carrier safety research,
pursuant to section 104(a)(1)(B) of title 23, United States
Code, not to exceed $236,753,000 shall be paid in accord-
ance with law from appropriations made available by this
Act and from any available take-down balances to the Fed-
eral Motor Carrier Safety Administration, together with
advances and reimbursements received by the Federal
Motor Carrier Safety Administration: Provided, That such
amounts shall be available to carry out the functions and
operations of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Adminis-
tration.
NATIONAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY PROGRAM
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out
49 U.S.C. 31102, 31106 and 31309, $190,000,000, to be
derived from the Highway Trust Fund and to remain
available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds
in this Act shall be available for the implementation or
execution of programs the obligations for which are in ex-
cess of $190,000,000 for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Grants’’
and ‘‘Information Systems’’.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER
SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
SEC. 130. None of the funds appropriated, limited,
or made available in this Act shall be used to implement
or enforce any provision of the Final Rule issued on April
16, 2003 (Docket No. FMCSA–97–2350) as it applies to
operators of utility service vehicles as defined in 49 CFR
section 395.2.
SEC. 131. Funds appropriated or limited in this Act
shall be subject to the terms and conditions stipulated in
section 350 of Public Law 107–87, including that the Sec-
retary submit a report to the House and Senate Appro-
priations Committees annually on the safety and security
of transportation into the United States by Mexico-domi-
ciled motor carriers.
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 chapter 301 of title 49, United States Code, and
part C of subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code,
$206,178,000, of which $171,110,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2006: Provided, That none of the
funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated or ex-
pended to plan, finalize, or implement any rulemaking to
add to section 575.104 of title 49 of the Code of Federal
Regulations any requirement pertaining to a grading
standard that is different from the three grading stand-
ards (treadwear, traction, and temperature resistance) al-
ready in effect.
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out
the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 403, to remain available until
expended, $72,000,000, to be derived from the Highway
Trust Fund: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act
shall be available for the planning or execution of pro-
grams the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 2004,
are in excess of $72,000,000 for programs authorized
under 23 U.S.C. 403.
NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of
the Secretary with respect to the National Driver Register
under chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code,
$3,600,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund,
and to remain available until expended.
HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out
the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, and 410, to remain
available until expended, $225,000,000, to be derived from
the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That none of the
funds in this Act shall be available for the planning or
execution of programs the total obligations for which, in
fiscal year 2004, are in excess of $225,000,000 for pro-
grams authorized under 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, and 410, of
which $165,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Highway Safety Pro-
grams’’ under 23 U.S.C. 402, $20,000,000 shall be for
‘‘Occupant Protection Incentive Grants’’ under 23 U.S.C.
405, and $40,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Alcohol-Impaired
Driving Countermeasures Grants’’ under 23 U.S.C. 410:
Provided further, That none of these funds shall be used
for construction, rehabilitation, or remodeling costs, or for
office furnishings and fixtures for State, local, or private
buildings or structures: Provided further, That not to ex-
ceed $8,150,000 of the funds made available for section
402, not to exceed $1,000,000 of the funds made available
for section 405, and not to exceed $2,000,000 of the funds
made available for section 410 shall be available to
NHTSA for administering highway safety grants under
chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code: Provided further,
That not to exceed $2,600,000 of the funds made available
for section 157, and $2,600,000 of the funds made avail-
able for section 163, shall be available to NHTSA for ad-
ministering highway safety grants under chapter 1 of title
23, United States Code: Provided further, That not to ex-
ceed $500,000 of the funds made available for section 410
‘‘Alcohol-Impaired Driving Countermeasures Grants’’
shall be available for technical assistance to the States.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC
SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
SEC. 140. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, States may use funds provided in this Act under sec-
tion 402 of title 23, United States Code, to produce and
place highway safety public service messages in television,
radio, cinema, and print media, and on the Internet in
accordance with guidance issued by the Secretary of
Transportation: Provided, That any state that uses funds
for such public service messages shall submit to the Sec-
retary and the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations a report describing and assessing the effective-
ness of the messages.
SEC. 141. None of the funds made available by this
Act may be used for the purpose of enforcing compliance
with 49 CFR section 579.24, promulgated by the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration in accordance with
section 30166(m) of title 49, United States Code, with re-
spect to trailers rated at 26,000 pounds or less gross vehi-
cle weight.
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION
SAFETY AND OPERATIONS
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Ad-
ministration, not otherwise provided for, $130,922,000, of
which $11,712,000 shall remain available until expended.
RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses for railroad research and de-
velopment, $28,225,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAM
(LIMITATION ON DIRECT LOANS AND LOAN GUARANTEES)
The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to
issue to the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obli-
gations pursuant to section 512 of the Railroad Revitaliza-
tion and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–
210), as amended, in such amounts and at such times as
may be necessary to pay any amounts required pursuant
to the guarantee of the principal amount of obligations
under sections 511 through 513 of such Act, such author-
ity to exist as long as any such guaranteed obligation is
outstanding: Provided, That pursuant to section 502 of
such Act, as amended, no new direct loans or loan guar-
antee commitments shall be made using Federal funds for
the credit risk premium during fiscal year 2004.
NEXT GENERATION HIGH-SPEED RAIL
For necessary expenses for the Next Generation
High-Speed Rail program as authorized under 49 U.S.C.
26101 and 26102, $28,250,000, to remain available until
expended.
GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER
CORPORATION
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make
grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation,
$900,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2004, including $400,000,000 for quarterly grants for op-
erating expenses, $373,000,000 for quarterly grants for
capital expenses along the Northeast Corridor Mainline,
and $127,000,000 for quarterly grants for general capital
improvements: Provided, That the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall approve funding to cover operating losses and
a long-distance train of the National Railroad Passenger
Corporation only after receiving and reviewing a grant re-
quest for each specific train route: Provided further, That
each such grant request shall be accompanied by a de-
tailed financial analysis and revenue projection justifying
the Federal support to the Secretary’s satisfaction: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary of Transportation and
the Amtrak Board of Directors shall ensure that, of the
amount made available under this heading, sufficient sums
are reserved to satisfy the contractual obligations of the
National Railroad Passenger Corporation for commuter
and intercity passenger rail service: Provided further, That
within 60 days of enactment of this Act but not later than
October 1, 2003, Amtrak shall transmit to the Secretary
of Transportation and the House and Senate Committees
on Appropriations a business plan for operating and cap-
ital improvements to be funded in fiscal year 2004 under
section 24104(a) of title 49, United States Code: Provided
further, That the business plan shall include a description
of the work to be funded, along with cost estimates and
an estimated timetable for completion of the projects cov-
ered by this business plan: Provided further, That not later
than October 1, 2003 and each month thereafter, Amtrak
shall submit to the Secretary of Transportation and the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a sup-
plemental report regarding the business plan, which shall
describe the work completed to date, any changes to the
business plan, and the reasons for such changes: Provided
further, That none of the funds in this Act may be used
for operating expenses and capital projects not approved
by the Secretary of Transportation nor on the National
Railroad Passenger Corporation’s fiscal year 2004 busi-
ness plan: Provided further, That none of the funds under
this heading may be obligated or expended until the Na-
tional Railroad Passenger Corporation agrees to continue
abiding by the provisions of paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 5, 9, and
11 of the summary of conditions for the direct loan agree-
ment of June 28, 2002, in the same manner as in effect
on the date of enactment of this Act.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD
ADMINISTRATION
SEC. 150. To authorize the Surface Transportation
Board to direct the continued operation of certain com-
muter rail passenger transportation operations in emer-
gency situations, and for other purposes:
(a) Section 11123 of title 49, United States Code,
is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘failure of existing com-
muter rail passenger transportation operations
caused by a cessation of service by the National
Railroad Passenger Corporation,’’ after ‘‘ces-
sation of operations,’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of para-
graph (3);
(C) by striking the period at the end of
paragraph (4)(C) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
(D) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(5) in the case of a failure of existing freight
or commuter rail passenger transportation oper-
ations caused by a cessation of service by the Na-
tional Railroad Passenger Corporation, direct the
continuation of the operations and dispatching,
maintenance, and other necessary infrastructure
functions related to the operations.’’;
(2) in subsection (b)(3)—
(A) by striking ‘‘When’’ and inserting ‘‘(A)
Except as provided in subparagraph (B),
when’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
‘‘(B) In the case of a failure of existing freight or
commuter rail passenger transportation operations caused
by a cessation of service by the National Railroad Pas-
senger Corporation, the Board shall provide funding to
fully reimburse the directed service provider for its costs
associated with the activities directed under subsection
(a), including the payment of increased insurance pre-
miums. The Board shall order complete indemnification
against any and all claims associated with the provision
of service to which the directed rail carrier may be ex-
posed.’’;
(3) by adding the following new paragraph at
the end of subsection (c):
‘‘(4) In the case of a failure of existing freight or
commuter rail passenger transportation operations caused
by cessation of service by the National Railroad Passenger
Corporation, the Board may not direct a rail carrier to
undertake activities under subsection (a) to continue such
operations unless—
‘‘(A) the Board first affirmatively finds that the
rail carrier is operationally capable of conducting the
directed service in a safe and efficient manner; and
‘‘(B) the funding for such directed service re-
quired by subparagraph (B) of subsection (b)(3) is
provided in advance in appropriations Acts.’’; and
(4) by adding at the end the following new sub-
sections:
‘‘(e) For purposes of this section, the National Rail-
road Passenger Corporation and any entity providing com-
muter rail passenger transportation shall be considered
rail carriers subject to the Board’s jurisdiction.
‘‘(f) For purposes of this section, the term ‘commuter
rail passenger transportation’ has the meaning given that
term in section 24102(4).’’.
for the central account: Provided further, That the Admin-
istrator is authorized to transfer funds appropriated for
an office of the Federal Transit Administration: Provided
further, That no appropriation for an office shall be in-
creased or decreased by more than 3 percent by all such
transfers: Provided further, That any change in funding
greater than 3 percent shall be submitted for approval to
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations:
Provided further, That not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be
available for travel expenses: 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 as-
sociated with audits and investigations of transit-related
issues, including reviews of new fixed guideway systems:
Provided further, That not to exceed $2,200,000 for the
National transit database shall remain available until ex-
pended.
FORMULA GRANTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5307,
5308, 5310, 5311, 5327, and section 3038 of Public Law
105–178, $767,800,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That no more than $3,839,000,000 of
budget authority shall be available for these purposes.
UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5505,
$1,200,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That no more than $6,000,000 of budget authority shall
be available for these purposes.
TRANSIT PLANNING AND RESEARCH
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5303,
5304, 5305, 5311(b)(2), 5312, 5313(a), 5314, 5315, and
5322, $24,200,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That no more than $122,000,000 of budget au-
thority shall be available for these purposes: Provided fur-
ther, That $5,250,000 is available to provide rural trans-
portation assistance (49 U.S.C. 5311(b)(2)), $4,000,000
is available to carry out programs under the National
Transit Institute (49 U.S.C. 5315), $8,250,000 is avail-
able to carry out transit cooperative research programs
(49 U.S.C. 5313(a)), $60,385,600 is available for metro-
politan planning (49 U.S.C. 5303, 5304, and 5305),
$12,614,400 is available for State planning (49 U.S.C.
5313(b)); and $31,500,000 is available for the national
planning and research program (49 U.S.C. 5314).
CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5308,
5309, 5318, and 5327, $599,280,000, to remain available
until 
expended: 
Provided, 
That 
no 
more 
than
$3,106,500,000 of budget authority shall be available for
these purposes: Provided further, That there shall be avail-
able for fixed guideway modernization, $1,214,400,000;
there shall be available for the replacement, rehabilitation,
and purchase of buses and related equipment and the con-
struction of bus-related facilities, $677,700,000; and there
shall be available for new fixed guideway systems
$1,214,400,000, to be available as follows:
Baltimore, MD, Central Light Rail Double
Track Project, $40,000,000;
BART San Francisco Airport (SFO), CA, Ex-
tension Project, $100,000,000;
Boston, MA, Silver Line Phase III, $3,000,000;
Charlotte, NC, South Corridor Light Rail
Project, $4,000,000;
Chicago Transit Authority, IL, Douglas Branch
Reconstruction, $85,000,000;
Chicago, IL, Metra Commuter Rail Expansions
and Extensions, $52,000,000;
Chicago, 
IL, 
Ravenswood 
Reconstruction,
$45,000,000;
Dallas, TX, North Central Light Rail Exten-
sion, $30,161,283;
Denver, CO, Southeast Corridor LRT (T-
REX), $80,000,000;
East Side Access Project, NY, Phase I,
$70,000,000;
Ft. 
Lauderdale, 
FL, 
Tri-Rail 
Commuter
Project, $18,410,000;
Las Vegas, NV, Resort Corridor Fixed Guide-
way, $15,000,000;
Los Angeles, CA, Eastside Light Rail Transit
System, $10,000,000;
Memphis, TN, Medical Center Rail Extension,
$9,247,588;
Minneapolis, MN, Hiawatha Corridor Light
Rail Transit (LRT), $74,980,000;
New Orleans, LA, Canal Street Streetcar
Project, $23,921,373;
New York, Second Avenue Subway, $3,000,000;
Newark, NJ, Rail Link (NERL) MOS1,
$22,566,022;
Northern, NJ, Hudson-Bergen Light Rail
(MOS2), $100,000,000;
Phoenix, AZ, Central Phoenix/East Valley
Light Rail Transit Project, $13,000,000;
Pittsburgh, PA, Stage II Light Rail Transit
Reconstruction, $32,243,422;
Portland, OR, Interstate MAX Light Rail Ex-
tension, $77,500,000;
Raleigh, NC, Triangle Transit Authority Re-
gional Rail Project, $3,000,000;
Salt Lake City, UT, Medical Center LRT Ex-
tension, $30,663,361;
San Diego, CA, Mission Valley East Light Rail
Transit Extension, $65,000,000;
San Diego, CA, Oceanside-Escondido Rail
Project, $48,000,000;
San Juan, PR, Tren Urbano Rapid Transit
System, $43,540,000;
Seattle, WA, Sound Transit Central Link Ini-
tial Segment, $15,000,000;
Washington, 
DC/MD, 
Largo 
Extension,
$65,000,000;
Washington, DC/VA, Dulles Corridor Rapid
Transit Project, $25,000,000;
Hawaii and Alaska Ferry Boats, $10,296,000;
Oversight set-aside, $12,144,000; and
San Francisco, CA, Muni Third Street Light
Rail Project, $10,000,000:
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, for the purpose of calculating the non-New
Starts share of the total project cost of both phases of
San Francisco Muni’s Third Street Light Rail Transit
project for fiscal year 2004, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall include all non-New Starts contributions made
towards Phase 1 of the two-phase project for engineering,
final design and construction, and also shall allow non-
New Starts funds expended on one element or phase of
the project to be used to meet the non-New Starts share
requirement of any element or phase of the project: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds provided in this Act
for the San Francisco Muni’s Third Street Light Rail
Transit Project shall be obligated if the Federal Transit
Administration determines that the project is found to be
‘‘not recommended’’ after evaluation and computation of
revised transportation system user benefit data.
JOB ACCESS AND REVERSE COMMUTE GRANTS
For necessary expenses to carry out section 3037 of
the Federal Transit Act of 1998, $17,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That no more than
$85,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for
these purposes: Provided further, That up to $200,000 of
the funds provided under this heading may be used by the
Federal Transit Administration for technical assistance
and support and performance reviews of the Job Access
and Reverse Commute Grants program.
GENERAL 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
previously made available for obligation.
SEC. 161. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, and except for fixed guideway modernization projects,
funds made available by this Act under ‘‘Federal Transit
Administration, Capital investment grants’’ for projects
specified in this Act or identified in reports accompanying
this Act not obligated by September 30, 2006, 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, 2003, 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. None of the funds in this Act shall be made
available for the design, construction, or maintenance of
any segment of a light rail system in Houston that has
not been specifically approved by a majority of the partici-
pating voters in the Houston Metropolitan Transit Au-
thority service area in a referendum.
SEC. 164. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, funds made available for the Roaring Fork Transpor-
tation Authority, Colorado, under Public Laws 106–69
and 106–346 shall be made available for the Roaring Fork
Valley Bus Rapid Transit project.
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 and mainte-
nance of those portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway op-
erated and maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway De-
velopment Corporation, $14,700,000, 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, $98,700,000, to remain avail-
able until expended.
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING
For necessary expenses of operations and training ac-
tivities authorized by law, $105,897,000, of which
$22,000,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2004, for salaries and benefits of employees of the United
States Merchant Marine Academy; of which $13,000,000
shall remain available until expended for capital improve-
ments at the United States Merchant Marine Academy;
of which $9,063,000 shall remain available until expended
for the State Maritime Schools Schoolship Maintenance
and Repair; of which $500,000 shall remain available until
expended for the evaluation and provision of the fourteen
commercially strategic ports; and of which $1,000,000
shall remain available until September 30, 2005, for Mari-
time Security Professional Training in support of Section
109 of the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002.
SHIP DISPOSAL
For necessary expenses related to the disposal of ob-
solete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the
Maritime Administration, $14,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION
SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this or any other Act, the Maritime Administration is au-
thorized to furnish utilities and services and make nec-
essary repairs in connection with any lease, contract, or
occupancy involving Government property under control of
the Maritime Administration, 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 de-
posited into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. No
obligations shall be incurred during the current fiscal year
from the construction fund established by the Merchant
Marine Act, 1936, or otherwise, in excess of the appropria-
tions and limitations contained in this Act or in any prior
Appropriations Act.
SEC. 171. Chapter 10 of title I of the Emergency
Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act (Public Law
108–11) is amended by striking ‘‘For the cost of guaran-
teed loans, as authorized, $25,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2005:’’ and inserting ‘‘For the
cost of guaranteed loans and associated administrative ex-
penses, as authorized, $25,000,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2005, of which up to $4,498,000 may
be used for associated administrative expenses:’’.
RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS
ADMINISTRATION
RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of
the Research and Special Programs Administration,
$47,018,000, of which $645,000 shall be derived from the
Pipeline Safety Fund, and of which $2,437,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2006: 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, mu-
nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources
for expenses incurred for training, for reports publication
and dissemination, and for travel expenses incurred in per-
formance of hazardous materials exemptions and approv-
als 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 responsibil-
ities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $64,054,000, of
which $9,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li-
ability Trust Fund and shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2006; of which $55,054,000 shall be derived
from the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which $21,786,000
shall remain available until September 30, 2006.
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS
(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND)
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C.
5127(c), $200,000, to be derived from the Emergency
Preparedness Fund, to remain available until September
30, 2006: Provided, That not more than $14,300,000 shall
be made available for obligation in fiscal year 2004 from
amounts made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i), 5127(c),
and 5127(d): Provided further, That none of the funds
made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i), 5127(c), and
5127(d) shall be made available for obligation by individ-
uals other than the Secretary of Transportation, or his
designee.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General to carry out the provisions of the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978, as amended, $55,000,000: Provided,
That the Inspector General shall have all necessary au-
thority, in carrying out the duties specified in the Inspec-
tor General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3) to inves-
tigate 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 prac-
tices and unfair methods of competition by domestic and
foreign air carriers and ticket agents; and (2) the compli-
ance 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 Transpor-
tation Board, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, $19,521,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, not to exceed $1,050,000 from fees
established by the Chairman of the Surface Transpor-
tation Board shall be credited to this appropriation as off-
setting 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 col-
lections are received during fiscal year 2004, to result in
a final appropriation from the general fund estimated at
no more than $18,471,000.
TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices
including operation and maintenance of the Treasury
Building and Annex; hire of passenger motor vehicles;
maintenance, repairs, and improvements of, and purchase
of commercial insurance policies for, real properties leased
or owned overseas, when necessary for the performance
of official business; not to exceed $3,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2005 for information tech-
nology modernization requirements; not to exceed
$150,000 for official reception and representation ex-
penses; not to exceed $258,000 for unforeseen emer-
gencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated and ex-
pended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treas-
ury and to be accounted for solely on his certificate,
$175,809,000: Provided, That no less than $21,855,000
is for the Office of Foreign Assets Control: Provided fur-
ther, That of these amounts $2,900,000 is available for
grants to State and local law enforcement groups to help
fight money laundering: Provided further, That of these
amounts, $3,393,000, to remain available until September
30, 2005, shall be for the Treasury-wide Financial State-
ment Audit Program, of which such amounts as may be
necessary may be transferred to accounts of the Depart-
ment’s offices and bureaus to conduct audits: Provided
further, That this transfer authority 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 De-
partment of the Treasury, $36,653,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2006: Provided, That these funds
shall be transferred to accounts and in amounts as nec-
essary to satisfy the requirements of the Department’s of-
fices, bureaus, and other organizations: Provided further,
That this transfer authority shall be in addition to any
other transfer authority provided in this Act.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
General Act of 1978, as amended, not to exceed
$2,000,000 for official travel expenses, including hire of
passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for official
reception and representation expenses; and not to exceed
$100,000 for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential na-
ture, to be allocated and expended under the direction of
the Inspector General of the Treasury, $12,792,000.
TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX
ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector
General for Tax Administration in carrying out the In-
spector General Act of 1978, as amended, including pur-
chase (not to exceed 150 for replacement only for police-
type use) and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C.
1343(b)); services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such
rates as may be determined by the Inspector General for
Tax Administration; not to exceed $6,000,000 for official
travel expenses; and not to exceed $500,000 for unfore-
seen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated
and expended under the direction of the Inspector General
for Tax Administration, $128,034,000.
AIR TRANSPORTATION STABILIZATION PROGRAM
For necessary expenses to administer the Air Trans-
portation Stabilization Board established by section 102
of the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization
Act (Public Law 107–42), $2,538,000, to remain available
until expended.
TREASURY BUILDING AND ANNEX REPAIR AND
RESTORATION
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the
Treasury Building and Annex, $25,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2006.
FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En-
forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles; travel expenses of non-Federal law enforcement
personnel to attend meetings concerned with financial in-
telligence activities, law enforcement, and financial regula-
tion; not to exceed $14,000 for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses; and for assistance to Federal law en-
forcement agencies, with or without reimbursement,
$57,571,000, of which not to exceed $4,500,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2006; and of which
$8,152,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2005: Provided, That funds appropriated in this account
may be used to procure personal services contracts.
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Financial Management
Service, $228,558,000, of which not to exceed $9,220,000
shall remain available until September 30, 2006, 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, $80,000,000; 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.
UNITED STATES MINT
UNITED STATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND
Pursuant to section 5136 of title 31, United States
Code, the United States Mint is provided funding through
the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund for costs
associated with the production of circulating coins, numis-
matic coins, and protective services, including both oper-
ating expenses and capital investments. The aggregate
amount of new liabilities and obligations incurred during
fiscal year 2004 under such section 5136 for circulating
coinage and protective service capital investments of the
United States Mint shall not exceed $40,652,000. From
amounts in the United States Mint Public Enterprise
Fund, the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to the
Comptroller General an amount not to exceed $375,000
to reimburse the Comptroller General for the cost of a
study to be contracted for by the Comptroller General on
the potential and cost-effectiveness of expanded use of pre-
made ‘‘blanks’’ by the United States Mint in the produc-
tion of circulating coins. The amounts reimbursed to the
Comptroller General pursuant to this paragraph shall be
deposited to the appropriation of the General Accounting
Office then available and remain available until expended.
BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT
ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT
For necessary expenses connected with any public-
debt issues of the United States, $178,052,000, of which
not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official recep-
tion and representation expenses, and of which not to ex-
ceed $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended for
systems modernization: Provided, That the sum appro-
priated herein from the General Fund for fiscal year 2004
shall be reduced by not more than $4,400,000 as definitive
security issue fees and Treasury Direct Investor Account
Maintenance fees are collected, so as to result in a final
fiscal year 2004 appropriation from the General Fund es-
timated at $173,652,000. In addition, $40,000 to be de-
rived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to reimburse
the Bureau for administrative and personnel expenses for
financial management of the Fund, as authorized by sec-
tion 1012 of Public Law 101–380.
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
PROCESSING, ASSISTANCE, AND MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice for pre-filing taxpayer assistance and education, filing
and account services, shared services support, general
management and administration; and services as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined
by 
the 
Commissioner, 
$4,037,834,000, 
of 
which
$4,250,000 shall be for the Tax Counseling for the Elderly
Program, of which $8,000,000 shall be available for low-
income taxpayer clinic grants, and of which not to exceed
$25,000 shall be for official reception and representation
expenses.
TAX LAW ENFORCEMENT
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice for determining and establishing tax liabilities; pro-
viding litigation support; conducting criminal investigation
and enforcement activities; securing unfiled tax returns;
collecting unpaid accounts; conducting a document match-
ing program; resolving taxpayer problems through prompt
identification, referral and settlement; compiling statistics
of income and conducting compliance research; funding es-
sential earned income tax credit compliance and error re-
duction initiatives; purchase (for police-type use, not to ex-
ceed 850) and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C.
1343(b)); and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
at such rates as may be determined by the Commissioner,
$4,221,408,000, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall
remain available until September 30, 2006, for research,
and of which not to exceed $10,000,000 may be used to
reimburse the Social Security Administration for the costs
of implementing section 1090 of the Taxpayer Relief Act
of 1997 (Public Law 105–33).
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice for information systems and telecommunications sup-
port, including developmental information systems and
operational information systems; the hire of passenger
motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services as au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be deter-
mined by the Commissioner, $1,628,739,000, of which
$165,000,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2005.
BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice, $429,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2006, for the capital asset acquisition of information tech-
nology systems, including management and related con-
tractual costs of said acquisitions, including contractual
costs associated with operations authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109: Provided, That none of these funds may be obli-
gated until the Internal Revenue Service submits to the
Committees on Appropriations, and such Committees ap-
prove, a plan for expenditure that: (1) meets the capital
planning and investment control review requirements es-
tablished by the Office of Management and Budget, in-
cluding Circular A–11 part 3; (2) complies with the Inter-
nal Revenue Service’s enterprise architecture, including
the modernization blueprint; (3) conforms with the Inter-
nal Revenue Service’s enterprise life cycle methodology;
(4) is approved by the Internal Revenue Service, the De-
partment of the Treasury, and the Office of Management
and Budget; (5) has been reviewed by the General Ac-
counting Office; and (6) complies with the acquisition
rules, requirements, guidelines, and systems acquisition
management practices of the Federal Government.
HEALTH INSURANCE TAX CREDIT ADMINISTRATION
For expenses necessary to implement the health in-
surance tax credit included in the Trade Act of 2002
(Public Law 107–210), $35,000,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2005.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE
TREASURY
SEC. 201. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue
Service may be transferred to any other Internal Revenue
Service appropriation upon the advance approval of the
Committees on Appropriations.
SEC. 202. The Internal Revenue Service shall main-
tain a training program to ensure that Internal Revenue
Service employees are trained in taxpayers’ rights, in deal-
ing courteously with the taxpayers, and in cross-cultural
relations.
SEC. 203. The Internal Revenue Service shall insti-
tute and enforce policies and procedures that will safe-
guard the confidentiality of taxpayer information.
SEC. 204. Funds made available by this or any other
Act to the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for
improved facilities and increased manpower to provide suf-
ficient and effective 1–800 help line service for taxpayers.
The Commissioner shall continue to make the improve-
ment of the Internal Revenue Service 1–800 help line serv-
ice a priority and allocate resources necessary to increase
phone lines and staff to improve the Internal Revenue
Service 1–800 help line service.
SEC. 205. Appropriations to the Department of the
Treasury in this Act shall be available for uniforms or al-
lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901),
including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of
insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign
countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the
general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased
and used overseas for the current fiscal year; entering into
contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing
of health and medical services to employees and their de-
pendents serving in foreign countries; and services author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
SEC. 206. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-
tions in this Act made available to the Departmental Of-
fices—Salaries and Expenses, Office of Inspector General,
Financial Management Service, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax
and Trade Bureau, Financial Crimes Enforcement Net-
work, and Bureau of the Public Debt, may be transferred
between such appropriations upon the advance approval
of the Committees on Appropriations. No transfer may in-
crease or decrease any such appropriation by more than
2 percent.
SEC. 207. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-
tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue
Service may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector Gen-
eral for Tax Administration’s appropriation upon the ad-
vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations. No
transfer may increase or decrease any such appropriation
by more than 2 percent.
SEC. 208. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
or otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury
or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used
to redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note.
SEC. 209. The Secretary of the Treasury may trans-
fer funds from ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, Financial Man-
agement Service, to the Debt Services Account as nec-
essary to cover the costs of debt collection: Provided, That
such amounts shall be reimbursed to such Salaries and
Expenses account from debt collections received in the
Debt Services Account.
SEC. 210. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act may be used
by the United States Mint to construct or operate any mu-
seum without the explicit approval of the House Com-
mittee on Financial Services and the Senate Committee
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
SEC. 211. For fiscal year 2004 and each fiscal year
thereafter, there are appropriated to the Secretary of the
Treasury such sums as may be necessary to reimburse fi-
nancial institutions in their capacity as depositaries and
financial agents of the United States for all services re-
quired or directed by the Secretary of the Treasury, or
the Secretary’s designee, to be performed by such financial
institutions on behalf of the Department of the Treasury
or other Federal agencies, including services rendered
prior to fiscal year 2004.
TITLE III—POSTAL SERVICE
PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND
For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue
forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub-
sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United
States Code, $65,521,000, of which $36,521,000 shall not
be available for obligation until October 1, 2004: Provided,
That mail for overseas voting and mail for the blind shall
continue to be free: Provided further, That 6-day delivery
and rural delivery of mail shall continue at not less than
the 1983 level: Provided further, That none of the funds
made available to the Postal Service by this Act shall be
used to implement any rule, regulation, or policy of charg-
ing any officer or employee of any State or local child sup-
port enforcement agency, or any individual participating
in a State or local program of child support enforcement,
a fee for information requested or provided concerning an
address of a postal customer: Provided further, That none
of the funds provided in this Act shall be used to consoli-
date or close small rural and other small post offices in
fiscal year 2004.
TITLE IV—EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESI-
DENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE
PRESIDENT
COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT
For compensation of the President, including an ex-
pense allowance at the rate of $50,000 per annum as au-
thorized by 3 U.S.C. 102, $450,000: Provided, That none
of the funds made available for official expenses shall be
expended for any other purpose and any unused amount
shall revert to the Treasury pursuant to section 1552 of
title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That none
of the funds made available for official expenses shall be
considered as taxable to the President.
WHITE HOUSE OFFICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for the White House as au-
thorized by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105;
subsistence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which
shall be expended and accounted for as provided in that
section; hire of passenger motor vehicles, newspapers,
periodicals, teletype news service, and travel (not to exceed
$100,000 to be expended and accounted for as provided
by 3 U.S.C. 103); and not to exceed $19,000 for official
entertainment expenses, to be available for allocation with-
in the Executive Office of the President, $66,057,000:
Provided, That $8,650,000 of the funds appropriated shall
be available for reimbursements to the White House Com-
munications Agency.
EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE
OPERATING EXPENSES
For the care, maintenance, repair and alteration, re-
furnishing, improvement, heating, and lighting, including
electric power and fixtures, of the Executive Residence at
the White House and official entertainment expenses of
the President, $12,501,000, to be expended and accounted
for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 112–114.
REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES
For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Resi-
dence at the White House, such sums as may be nec-
essary: Provided, That all reimbursable operating expenses
of the Executive Residence shall be made in accordance
with the provisions of this paragraph: Provided further,
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, such
amount for reimbursable operating expenses shall be the
exclusive authority of the Executive Residence to incur ob-
ligations and to receive offsetting collections, for such ex-
penses: Provided further, That the Executive Residence
shall require each person sponsoring a reimbursable polit-
ical event to pay in advance an amount equal to the esti-
mated cost of the event, and all such advance payments
shall be credited to this account and remain available until
expended: Provided further, That the Executive Residence
shall require the national committee of the political party
of the President to maintain on deposit $25,000, to be
separately accounted for and available for expenses relat-
ing to reimbursable political events sponsored by such
committee during such fiscal year: Provided further, That
the Executive Residence shall ensure that a written notice
of any amount owed for a reimbursable operating expense
under this paragraph is submitted to the person owing
such amount within 60 days after such expense is in-
curred, and that such amount is collected within 30 days
after the submission of such notice: Provided further, That
the Executive Residence shall charge interest and assess
penalties and other charges on any such amount that is
not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with
the interest and penalty provisions applicable to an out-
standing debt on a United States Government claim under
section 3717 of title 31, United States Code: Provided fur-
ther, That each such amount that is reimbursed, and any
accompanying interest and charges, shall be deposited in
the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further,
That the Executive Residence shall prepare and submit
to the Committees on Appropriations, by not later than
90 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this
Act, a report setting forth the reimbursable operating ex-
penses of the Executive Residence during the preceding
fiscal year, including the total amount of such expenses,
the amount of such total that consists of reimbursable offi-
cial and ceremonial events, the amount of such total that
consists of reimbursable political events, and the portion
of each such amount that has been reimbursed as of the
date of the report: Provided further, That the Executive
Residence shall maintain a system for the tracking of ex-
penses related to reimbursable events within the Executive
Residence that includes a standard for the classification
of any such expense as political or nonpolitical: Provided
further, That no provision of this paragraph may be con-
strued to exempt the Executive Residence from any other
applicable requirement of subchapter I or II of chapter
37 of title 31, United States Code.
WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the
Executive Residence at the White House, $4,225,000, to
remain available until expended, for required maintenance,
safety and health issues, and continued preventative main-
tenance.
COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic
Advisors in carrying out its functions under the Employ-
ment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021), $4,000,000.
OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Policy Devel-
opment, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109
and 3 U.S.C. 107, $4,109,000.
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the National Security
Council, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, $9,000,000.
OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Administra-
tion, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109
and 3 U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles,
$82,826,000, of which $17,470,000 shall remain available
until expended for the Capital Investment Plan for contin-
ued modernization of the information technology infra-
structure within the Executive Office of the President.
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Management
and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles
and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and to carry
out the provisions of chapter 35 of title 44, United States
Code, $62,772,000 (reduced by $500,000), of which not
to exceed $1,500 shall be available for official representa-
tion expenses: Provided, That, as provided in 31 U.S.C.
1301(a), appropriations shall be applied only to the ob-
jects for which appropriations were made except as other-
wise provided by law: Provided further, That none of the
funds appropriated in this Act for the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget may be used for the purpose of review-
ing any agricultural marketing orders or any activities or
regulations under the provisions of the Agricultural Mar-
keting Agreement Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.): Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds made available for
the Office of Management and Budget by this Act may
be expended for the altering of the transcript of actual
testimony of witnesses, except for testimony of officials of
the Office of Management and Budget, before the Com-
mittees on Appropriations or the Committees on Veterans’
Affairs or their subcommittees: Provided further, That the
preceding shall not apply to printed hearings released by
the Committees on Appropriations or the Committees on
Veterans’ Affairs: Provided further, That none of the
funds appropriated in this Act may be available to pay
the salary or expenses of any employee of the Office of
Management and Budget who, after February 15, 2003,
calculates, prepares, or approves any tabular or other ma-
terial that proposes the sub-allocation of budget authority
or outlays by the Committees on Appropriations among
their subcommittees.
OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Office of National
Drug Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to
the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthoriza-
tion Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) as amended;
not to exceed $10,000 for official reception and represen-
tation expenses; and for participation in joint projects or
in the provision of services on matters of mutual interest
with nonprofit, research, or public organizations or agen-
cies, with or without reimbursement, $28,790,000; of
which $2,850,000 shall remain available until expended,
consisting of $1,350,000 for policy research and evalua-
tion, and $1,500,000 for the National Alliance for Model
State Drug Laws: Provided, That the Office is authorized
to accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts, both real and
personal, public and private, without fiscal year limitation,
for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of the
Office.
COUNTERDRUG TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT CENTER
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses for the Counterdrug Tech-
nology Assessment Center for research activities pursuant
to the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthor-
ization Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) as amended,
$40,000,000, which shall remain available until expended,
consisting of $18,000,000 for counternarcotics research
and development projects, and $22,000,000 for the contin-
ued operation of the technology transfer program: Pro-
vided, That the $18,000,000 for counternarcotics research
and development projects shall be available for transfer
to other Federal departments or agencies.
FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS
HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Office of National
Drug Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking
Areas Program, $226,350,000, for drug control activities
consistent with the approved strategy for each of the des-
ignated High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas, of which
no less than 51 percent shall be transferred to State and
local entities for drug control activities, which shall be ob-
ligated within 120 days of the date of the enactment of
this Act: Provided, That up to 49 percent, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2005, may be transferred to Fed-
eral agencies and departments at a rate to be determined
by the Director, of which not less than $2,100,000 shall
be used for auditing services and associated activities, and
at least $500,000 of the $2,100,000 shall be used to de-
velop and implement a data collection system to measure
the performance of the High Intensity Drug Trafficking
Areas Program: Provided further, That High Intensity
Drug Trafficking Areas Programs designated as of Sep-
tember 30, 2003, shall be funded at no less than the fiscal
year 2003 initial allocation levels unless the Director sub-
mits to the Committees on Appropriations, and the Com-
mittees approve, justification for changes in those levels
based on clearly articulated priorities for the High Inten-
sity Drug Trafficking Areas Programs, as well as pub-
lished Office of National Drug Control Policy performance
measures of effectiveness: Provided further, That no funds
of an amount in excess of the fiscal year 2004 budget re-
quest shall be obligated prior to the approval of the Com-
mittee on Appropriations.
OTHER FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For activities to support a national anti-drug cam-
paign for youth, and for other purposes, authorized by (21
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) as amended, $230,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, of which the following
amounts are available as follows: $150,000,000 to support
a national media campaign; $70,000,000 for a program
of assistance and matching grants to local coalitions and
other activities, as authorized in chapter 2 of the National
Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988, as amended;
$4,500,000 for the Counterdrug Intelligence Executive
Secretariat; $2,000,000 for evaluations and research re-
lated to National Drug Control Program performance
measures; $1,000,000 for the National Drug Court Insti-
tute; $1,500,000 for the United States Anti-Doping Agen-
cy for anti-doping activities; and $1,000,000 for the
United States membership dues to the World Anti-Doping
Agency: Provided, That such funds may be transferred to
other Federal departments and agencies to carry out such
activities: Provided further, That of the amounts appro-
priated for a national media campaign, no less than 77
percent shall be used for the purchase of advertising time
and space for the national media campaign.
UNANTICIPATED NEEDS
For expenses necessary to enable the President to
meet unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national
interest, security, or defense which may arise at home or
abroad during the current fiscal year, as authorized by
3 U.S.C. 108, $1,000,000.
SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT AND THE
OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President
to provide assistance to the President in connection with
specially assigned functions; services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence ex-
penses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be ex-
pended and accounted for as provided in that section; and
hire of passenger motor vehicles, $4,461,000.
OPERATING EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement,
and to the extent not otherwise provided for, heating and
lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the offi-
cial residence of the Vice President; the hire of passenger
motor vehicles; and not to exceed $90,000 for official en-
tertainment expenses of the Vice President, to be ac-
counted for solely on his certificate, $331,000: Provided,
That advances or repayments or transfers from this ap-
propriation may be made to any department or agency for
expenses of carrying out such activities.
TITLE V—INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION
BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the Architectural and
Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, as authorized
by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as
amended $5,401,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding
any other provision of law, there may be credited to this
appropriation funds received for publications and training
expenses, to be available for the purpose of this account.
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the National Transpor-
tation Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles and aircraft; 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 a GS–15; uniforms,
or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C.
5901–5902) $76,679,000, of which not to exceed $2,000
may be used for official reception and representation ex-
penses.
EMERGENCY FUND
For necessary expenses of the National Transpor-
tation Safety Board for accident investigations, $600,000,
to remain available until expended: Provided, That these
funds shall be available only to the extent necessary to
restore the balance of the emergency fund to $2,000,000
(29 U.S.C. 1118(b)).
COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE
WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Committee for Pur-
chase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
established by Public Law 92–28, $4,725,000.
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amend-
ed, $50,440,000, of which no less than $6,389,900 shall
be available for internal automated data processing sys-
tems, and of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be available
for reception and representation expenses.
ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to carry out the Help Amer-
ica Vote Act of 2002, $5,000,000.
ELECTION REFORM PROGRAMS
For necessary expenses to carry out a program of re-
quirements payments to States as authorized by Section
257 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, $495,000,000:
Provided, That no more that 1⁄10 of 1 percent of funds
available for requirements payments under Section 257 of
the Help America Vote Act of 2002 shall be allocated to
any territory.
FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the
Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorga-
nization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service
Reform Act of 1978, including services authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109, and including hire of experts and consult-
ants, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and rental of con-
ference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere,
$29,611,000: Provided, That public members of the Fed-
eral Service Impasses Panel may be paid travel expenses
and per diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized by law
(5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons employed intermittently in
the Government service, and compensation as authorized
by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That notwithstanding
31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received from fees charged to non-
Federal participants at labor-management relations con-
ferences shall be credited to and merged with this account,
to be available without further appropriation for the costs
of carrying out these conferences.
FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime
Commission as authorized by section 201(d) of the Mer-
chant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. App.
1111), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109;
hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31
U.S.C. 1343(b); and uniforms or allowances therefore, as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, $18,471,000: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses.
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES
(FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND)
(LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE)
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For an additional amount to be deposited in, and to
be used for the purposes of, the Fund established pursu-
ant to section 210(f) of the Federal Property and Admin-
istrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C.
592), $247,350,000. The revenues and collections depos-
ited into the Fund shall be available for necessary ex-
penses of real property management and related activities
not otherwise provided for, including operation, mainte-
nance, and protection of federally owned and leased build-
ings; rental of buildings in the District of Columbia; res-
toration of leased premises; moving governmental agencies
(including space adjustments and telecommunications re-
location expenses) in connection with the assignment, allo-
cation and transfer of space; contractual services incident
to cleaning or servicing buildings, and moving; repair and
alteration of federally owned buildings including grounds,
approaches and appurtenances; care and safeguarding of
sites; maintenance, preservation, demolition, and equip-
ment; acquisition of buildings and sites by purchase, con-
demnation, or as otherwise authorized by law; acquisition
of options to purchase buildings and sites; conversion and
extension of federally owned buildings; preliminary plan-
ning and design of projects by contract or otherwise; con-
struction of new buildings (including equipment for such
buildings); and payment of principal, interest, and any
other obligations for public buildings acquired by install-
ment purchase and purchase contract; in the aggregate
amount of $6,557,518,000, of which: (1) $406,168,000
shall remain available until expended for construction (in-
cluding funds for sites and expenses and associated design
and construction services) of additional projects at the fol-
lowing locations:
New Construction:
California:
San Diego, Border Station, $34,211,000.
Georgia:
Atlanta, 
Tuttle 
Building 
Annex,
$10,600,000.
Maine:
Jackman, Border Station, $7,712,000.
Maryland:
Suitland, United States Census Bureau,
$146,451,000.
Michigan:
Detroit, Ambassador Bridge Border Sta-
tion, $25,387,000.
New York:
Champlain, Border Station, $31,031,000.
Texas:
Del Rio, Border Station, $23,966,000.
Eagle Pass, Border Station, $31,980,000.
Houston, Federal Bureau of Investigation,
$58,080,000.
McAllen, Border Station, $17,938,000.
Washington:
Blaine, Border Station, $9,812,000.
Nonprospectus Construction, $9,000,000:
Provided, That each of the foregoing limits of costs on
new construction projects may be exceeded to the extent
that savings are effected in other such projects, but not
to exceed 10 percent of the amounts included in an ap-
proved prospectus, if required, unless advance approval is
obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of a
greater amount: Provided further, That all funds for direct
construction projects shall expire on September 30, 2005,
and remain in the Federal Buildings Fund except for
funds for projects as to which funds for design or other
funds have been obligated in whole or in part prior to such
date; (2) $1,010,454,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for repairs and alterations, which includes associ-
ated design and construction services:
Colorado:
Denver, Byron G. Rogers Federal Build-
ing—Courthouse, $39,436,000.
District of Columbia:
320 First Street, $7,485,000.
Eisenhower Executive Office Building,
$65,757,000.
Federal Office Building 8, $134,872,000.
Main Interior Building, $15,603,000.
Fire & Life Safety, $68,188,000.
Georgia:
Atlanta, Richard B. Russell Federal Build-
ing, $32,173,000.
Illinois:
Chicago, Dirksen Courthouse & Kluczynski
Federal Building, $24,056,000.
Springfield, Paul H. Findley Federal
Building—Courthouse, $6,183,000.
Massachusetts:
Boston, John W. McCormack Post Office
and Courthouse, $73,037,000.
New York:
Brooklyn, Emanuel Celler Courthouse,
$65,511,000.
North Dakota:
Fargo, Federal Building—Post Office,
$5,801,000.
Ohio:
Columbus, John W. Bricker Federal Build-
ing, $10,707,000.
Washington:
Auburn, Building 7, Auburn Federal
Building, $18,315,000.
Seattle, Henry M. Jackson Federal Build-
ing, $6,868,000.
Special Emphasis Programs:
Chlorofluorocarbons Program, $5,000,000.
Energy Program, $5,000,000.
Glass 
Fragmentation 
Program,
$20,000,000.
Design Program, $41,462,000.
Basic Repairs and Alterations, $365,000,000:
Provided further, That of the funds provided in this Act
for the repair of the Eisenhower Executive Office Build-
ing, $30,757,000 is not available for obligation until 15
days after the Executive Office of the President submits
a report to the Committees on Appropriations regarding