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of Amtrak trains the Administrator deems to be appro-
priate. 
SEC. 152. The Secretary may purchase promotional 
items of nominal value for use in public outreach activities 
to accomplish the purposes of 49 U.S.C. 20134: Provided, 
That the Secretary shall prescribe guidelines for the admin-
istration of such purchases and use. 
SEC. 153. The Secretary of Transportation may re-
ceive and expend cash, or receive and utilize spare parts 
and similar items, from non-United States Government 
sources to repair damages to or replace United States Gov-
ernment owned automated track inspection cars and equip-
ment as a result of third party liability for such damages, 
and any amounts collected under this subsection shall be 
credited directly to the Safety and Operations account of 
the Federal Railroad Administration, and shall remain 
available until expended for the repair, operation and 
maintenance of automated track inspection cars and equip-
ment in connection with the automated track inspection 
program. 
FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal 
Transit Administration’s programs authorized by chapter 
53 of title 49, United States Code, $89,300,000: Provided,
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That of the funds available under this heading, not to exceed 
$1,504,000 shall be available for travel and not to exceed 
$20,719,000 shall be available for the central account: Pro-
vided further, That any funding transferred from the cen-
tral account shall be submitted for approval to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds provided or limited in this 
Act may be used to create a permanent office of transit secu-
rity under this heading: Provided further, That of the funds 
in this Act available for the execution of contracts under 
section 5327(c) of title 49, United States Code, $2,000,000 
shall be reimbursed to the Department of Transportation’s 
Office of Inspector General for costs associated with audits 
and investigations of transit-related issues, including re-
views of new fixed guideway systems: Provided further, 
That upon submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 
2009 President’s budget, the Secretary of Transportation 
shall transmit to Congress the annual report on new starts, 
including proposed allocations of funds for fiscal year 2009. 
FORMULA AND BUS GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORITY) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5308, 5309, 5310,
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5311, 5316, 5317, 5320, 5335, 5339, and 5340 and section 
3038 of Public Law 105–178, as amended, $6,855,000,000, 
to be derived from the Mass Transit Account of the High-
way Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That funds available for the implementation or 
execution of programs authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5305, 
5307, 5308, 5309, 5310, 5311, 5316, 5317, 5320, 5335, 
5339, and 5340 and section 3038 of Public Law 105–178, 
as amended, shall not exceed total obligations of 
$7,767,887,062 in fiscal year 2008: Provided further, That 
of the funds available to carry out the bus program under 
section 5309 of title 49, United States Code, which are not 
otherwise allocated under this act or under SAFETEA–LU 
(Public Law 109–59), not more than 10 percent may be 
expended in furtherance of the Department of Transpor-
tation’s ‘‘National Strategy to Reduce Congestion on Amer-
ica’s Transportation Network’’ issued May, 2006 by Sec-
retary of Transportation, the Honorable Norman Mineta; 
also known as the ‘‘Congestion Initiative’’ or any other new 
highway congestion initiative: Provided further, That 
$28,660,920 in unobligated balances are rescinded. 
RESEARCH AND UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTERS 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5306, 
5312–5315, 5322, and 5506, $65,362,900, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That $9,300,000 is available 
to carry out the transit cooperative research program under
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section 5313 of title 49, United States Code, $4,300,000 is 
available for the National Transit Institute under section 
5315 of title 49, United States Code, and $7,000,000 is 
available for university transportation centers program 
under section 5506 of title 49, United States Code: Provided 
further, That $44,762,900 is available to carry out national 
research programs under sections 5312, 5313, 5314, and 
5322 of title 49, United States Code. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS 
For necessary expenses to carry out section 5309 of 
title 49, United States Code, $1,569,091,997, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of the funds avail-
able under this heading, amounts are to be made available 
as follows: 
AC Transit BRT Corridor—Alameda County, 
California, $490,000. 
Alaska and Hawaii ferry projects, $15,000,000. 
Bus Rapid Transit, Cumberland County, Penn-
sylvania, $294,000. 
Central 
Corridor 
Light 
Rail, 
Minnesota, 
$10,192,000. 
Central Link Initial Segment, Washington, 
$68,600,000. 
Central LRT Double-Track—Largo Extension, 
Maryland, $34,300,000.
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Central Phoenix/East Valley Light Rail, Ari-
zona, $88,200,000. 
Charlotte 
Rapid 
Transit, 
North 
Carolina, 
$1,960,000. 
CORRIDORone Regional Rail Project, Pennsyl-
vania, $10,976,000. 
DCTA Fixed Guideway/Engineering, Lewisville, 
Texas, $245,000. 
Denali Commission, Alaska, $5,000,000. 
Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project, Virginia, 
$34,300,000. 
Galveston Rail Trolley, Texas, $1,960,000. 
Honolulu High Capacity Transit Corridor, Ha-
waii, $15,190,000. 
Hudson-Bergen 
MOS–2, 
New 
Jersey, 
$54,089,135. 
I–205/Portland 
Mall 
Light 
Rail, 
Oregon, 
$78,400,000. 
I–69 HOV/BRT, Mississippi, $7,546,000. 
JTA Bus Rapid Transit, Jacksonville, Florida, 
$9,329,600. 
Lane Transit District, Pioneer Parkway EmX 
Corridor, Oregon, $14,504,000. 
Long Island Rail Road East Side Access, New 
York, $210,700,000.
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MARC Commuter Rail Improvements and Roll-
ing Stock, Maryland, $9,800,000. 
MBTA Fitchburg to Boston Rail Corridor 
Project, Massachusetts, $5,880,000. 
METRA Connects Southeast Service, Illinois, 
$7,227,500. 
METRA Star Line, Illinois, $7,227,500. 
METRA Union Pacific Northwest Line, Illinois, 
$7,227,500. 
METRA Union Pacific West Line, Illinois, 
$7,227,500. 
Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension, California, 
$78,400,000. 
Metrorail Orange Line Expansion, Florida, 
$1,960,000. 
Metro Rapid Bus System Gap Closure, Los An-
geles, California, $16,347,380. 
Mid-Jordan 
Light 
Rail 
Extension, 
Utah, 
$19,600,000. 
Monmouth-Ocean-Middlesex County Passenger 
Rail, New Jersey, $980,000. 
New Britain-Hartford Busway, Connecticut, 
$3,271,632. 
Norfolk 
Light 
Rail 
Project, 
Virginia, 
$23,030,000.
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North Corridor, Houston and Southeast Cor-
ridor, Texas, $19,600,000. 
North Shore Corridor & Blue Line, Massachu-
setts, $1,960,000. 
NorthStar Commuter, Minnesota, $53,900,000. 
Northern Indiana Commuter Transit District 
Recapitalization, Indiana, $4,900,000. 
North Shore LRT Connector, Pennsylvania, 
$32,846,115. 
Northwest 
NJ-Northeast 
PA, 
Pennsylvania, 
$2,940,000. 
NW/SE LRT MOS, Texas, $84,525,000. 
Pacific Highway South BRT, King County, 
Washington, $13,794,480. 
Perris Valley Line Metrolink Extension, Cali-
fornia, $1,960,000. 
Pawtucket/Central Falls Commuter Rail Station, 
Rhode Island, $1,960,000. 
Planning and Design, Bus Rapid Transit-State 
Avenue 
Corridor, 
Wyandotte 
County, 
Kansas, 
$1,470,000. 
Provo 
Orem 
Bus 
Rapid 
Transit, 
Utah, 
$4,018,000. 
Rapid Transit (BRT) project, Livermore, Cali-
fornia, $2,940,000.
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Ravenswood 
Line 
Extension, 
Illinois, 
$39,200,000. 
Route 1 Bus Rapid Transit, Potomac Yard- 
Crystal City, Alexandria and Arlington, Virginia, 
$980,000. 
Second Avenue Subway Phase 1, New York, 
$167,810,300. 
SMART EIS and PE, California, $1,960,000. 
South County Commuter Rail Wickford Junc-
tion Station, Rhode Island, $12,269,449. 
Southeast Corridor LRT, Colorado, $50,529,274. 
South Sacramento Corridor Phase 2, California, 
$4,410,000. 
Telegraph Avenue-International Boulevard-East 
14th Street Bus Rapid Transit Corridor Improve-
ments, California, $1,960,000. 
Third Street Light Rail, San Francisco, Cali-
fornia, $11,760,000. 
Trans-Hudson Midtown Corridor, New Jersey, 
$14,700,000. 
Troost Corridor Bus Rapid Transit, Missouri, 
$6,134,800. 
West Corridor Light Rail Project, Colorado, 
$39,200,000. 
University Link LRT, Washington, $19,600,000.
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VIA Bus Rapid Transit Corridor Project, San 
Antonio, Texas, $4,900,000. 
Virginia Railway Express Extension—Gaines-
ville/Haymarket, Virginia, $490,000. 
VRE Rolling Stock, Virginia, $3,920,000. 
Weber County to Salt Lake City, Utah, 
$78,400,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 160. The limitations on obligations for the pro-
grams of the Federal Transit Administration shall not 
apply to any authority under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously 
made available for obligation, or to any other authority pre-
viously made available for obligation. 
SEC. 161. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
funds made available by this Act under ‘‘Federal Transit 
Administration, Capital investment grants’’ and bus and 
bus facilities under ‘‘Federal Transit Administration, For-
mula and bus grants’’ for projects specified in this Act or 
identified in reports accompanying this Act not obligated 
by September 30, 2010, 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, 2007, under any 
section of chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, that 
remain available for expenditure, may be transferred to and
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administered under the most recent appropriation heading 
for any such section. 
SEC. 163. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
unobligated funds made available for a new fixed guideway 
systems projects under the heading ‘‘Federal Transit Ad-
ministration, Capital Investment Grants’’ in any appro-
priations Act prior to this Act may be used during this 
fiscal year to satisfy expenses incurred for such projects. 
SEC. 164. During fiscal year 2008, each Federal Tran-
sit Administration grant for a project that involves the ac-
quisition or rehabilitation of a bus to be used in public 
transportation shall be funded for 90 percent of the net cap-
ital costs of a biodiesel bus or a factory-installed or retro-
fitted hybrid electric propulsion system and any equipment 
related to such a system: Provided, That the Secretary shall 
have the discretion to determine, through practicable ad-
ministrative procedures, the costs attributable to the system 
and related-equipment. 
SEC. 165. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
in regard to the Central Link Initial Segment Project, to 
the extent that Federal funds remain available within the 
current budget for the project, the Secretary shall, imme-
diately upon the date of enactment of this Act, amend the 
Full Funding Grant Agreement for said project to allow
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remaining Federal funds to be used to support completion 
of the Airport Link extension of said project. 
SEC. 166. Amounts provided for a high capacity fixed 
guideway light rail and mass transit project for the City 
of Albuquerque, New Mexico, in Public Laws 106–69, 106– 
346 and 107–87 shall be available for bus and bus facilities. 
SEC. 167. Any unobligated amounts made available 
for the Commuter Rail, Albuquerque to Santa Fe, New Mex-
ico under the heading ‘‘Capital Investment Grants’’ under 
the heading ‘‘Federal Transit Administration’’ in title I of 
division A of the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and 
Urban Development, the Judiciary, the District of Colum-
bia, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 
(Public Law 109–115; 119 Stat. 2418) shall be made avail-
able for public transportation buses, equipment and facili-
ties related to such buses, and intermodal terminal in Albu-
querque and Santa Fe, New Mexico, subject to the require-
ments under section 5309 of title 49, United States Code. 
SEC. 168. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
funds made available for the Las Vegas Resort Corridor 
Fixed Guideway Project under the Federal Transit Admin-
istration Capital Investment Grants Account in any pre-
vious Appropriations Act, including Public Laws 108–7, 
108–199, 108–447, and any unexpended funds in Federal 
Transit Administration grant number NV–03–0019 may
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hereafter be made available until expended to the Regional 
Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada for bus 
rapid transit projects and bus and bus-related projects: Pro-
vided, That funds made available for a project in accord-
ance with this section shall be administered under the terms 
and conditions set forth in 49 U.S.C. 5307, to the extent 
applicable. 
SEC. 169. The second sentence of section 321 of the De-
partment of Transportation and Related Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 1986 (99 Stat. 1287) is repealed. 
SEC. 170. None of the funds provided or limited under 
this Act may be used to issue a final regulation under sec-
tion 5309 of title 49, United States Code, except that the 
Federal Transit Administration may continue to review 
comments received on the proposed rule (Docket No. FTA– 
2006–25737). 
SEC. 171. Funds made available to the Putnam Coun-
ty, Florida for Ride Solutions buses and bus facilities in 
Public Laws 108–199, 108–447 and 109–115 that remain 
unobligated may be available to Putnam County under the 
conditions of 49 U.S.C. 5312 to research, develop, fabricate, 
test, demonstrate, deploy and evaluate a low floor bus to 
meet the needs of Ride Solution in particular, and small 
urban and rural operators in general.
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SEC. 172. Of the balances available for this fiscal year 
to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5309(b) left to the discretion of the 
Secretary of Transportation, $104,697,038 are rescinded. 
SEC. 173. Of the balances available for this fiscal year 
to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5339 left to the discretion of the 
Secretary of Transportation, $308,900 are rescinded. 
SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora-
tion is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within 
the limits of funds and borrowing authority available to 
the Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make such 
contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 
limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government 
Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary 
in carrying out the programs set forth in the Corporation’s 
budget for the current fiscal year. 
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 
(HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses for operations and mainte-
nance of those portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway oper-
ated and maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Devel-
opment Corporation, $17,392,000, to be derived from the 
Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public Law 
99–662.
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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, $156,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses of operations and training ac-
tivities authorized by law, $121,992,000, of which 
$25,720,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2008, for salaries and benefits of employees of the United 
States Merchant Marine Academy; of which $14,139,000 
shall remain available until expended for capital improve-
ments at the United States Merchant Marine Academy; and 
of which $10,500,000 shall remain available until expended 
for maintenance and repair of Schoolships at State Mari-
time Schools. 
SHIP DISPOSAL 
For necessary expenses related to the disposal of obso-
lete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the Mar-
itime Administration, $17,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
ASSISTANCE TO SMALL SHIPYARDS 
To make grants for capital improvements and related 
infrastructure improvements at qualified shipyards that 
will facilitate the efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and quality
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of domestic ship construction for commercial and Federal 
Government use as authorized under section 3506 of Public 
Law 109–163, $10,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That to be considered for assistance, a 
qualified shipyard shall submit an application for assist-
ance no later than 60 days after enactment of this Act: Pro-
vided further, That from applications submitted under the 
previous proviso, the Secretary of Transportation shall 
make grants no later than 120 days after enactment of this 
Act in such amounts as the Secretary determines: Provided 
further, That not to exceed 2 percent of the funds appro-
priated under this heading shall be available for necessary 
costs of grant administration. 
MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized, 
$8,408,000, of which $5,000,000 shall remain available 
until expended: Provided, That such costs, including the 
cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $3,408,000 shall be 
available for administrative expenses to carry out the guar-
anteed loan program, which shall be transferred to and 
merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Operations and Train-
ing’’, Maritime Administration.
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SHIP CONSTRUCTION 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances available under this head-
ing, $6,673,000 are rescinded. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 175. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act, the Maritime Administration is authorized to furnish 
utilities and services and make necessary repairs in connec-
tion with any lease, contract, or occupancy involving Gov-
ernment property under control of the Maritime Adminis-
tration, and payments received therefor shall be credited to 
the appropriation charged with the cost thereof: Provided, 
That rental payments under any such lease, contract, or 
occupancy for items other than such utilities, services, or 
repairs shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous 
receipts. 
SEC. 176. No obligations shall be incurred during the 
current fiscal year from the construction fund established 
by the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. 53101 note 
(cds)), or otherwise, in excess of the appropriations and lim-
itations contained in this Act or in any prior appropria-
tions Act.
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PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
ADMINISTRATION 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For necessary administrative expenses of the Pipeline 
and 
Hazardous 
Materials 
Safety 
Administration, 
$18,130,000, of which $639,000 shall be derived from the 
Pipeline Safety Fund. 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous ma-
terials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous Ma-
terials Safety Administration, $28,000,000, of which 
$1,761,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2010: Provided, That up to $1,200,000 in fees collected 
under 49 U.S.C. 5108(g) shall be deposited in the general 
fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided further, 
That there may be credited to this appropriation, to be 
available until expended, funds received from States, coun-
ties, municipalities, other public authorities, and private 
sources for expenses incurred for training, for reports publi-
cation and dissemination, and for travel expenses incurred 
in performance of hazardous materials exemptions and ap-
provals functions.
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PIPELINE SAFETY 
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND) 
(OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND) 
For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of the 
pipeline safety program, for grants-in-aid to carry out a 
pipeline safety program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 60107, 
and to discharge the pipeline program responsibilities of 
the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $79,828,000, of which 
$18,810,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability 
Trust Fund and shall remain available until September 30, 
2010; of which $61,018,000 shall be derived from the Pipe-
line Safety Fund, of which $32,242,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2010: Provided, That not less than 
$1,043,000 of the funds provided under this heading shall 
be for the one-call State grant program. 
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS 
(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND) 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5128(b), 
$188,000, to be derived from the Emergency Preparedness 
Fund, to remain available until September 30, 2009: Pro-
vided, That not more than $28,318,000 shall be made avail-
able for obligation in fiscal year 2008 from amounts made 
available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i) and 5128(b)–(c): Provided 
further, That none of the funds made available by 49 U.S.C. 
5116(i), 5128(b), or 5128(c) shall be made available for ob-
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ligation by individuals other than the Secretary of Trans-
portation, or her designee. 
RESEARCH AND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY 
ADMINISTRATION 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Research and Innovative 
Technology 
Administration, 
$12,000,000, 
of 
which 
$6,036,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2010: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro-
priation, to be available until expended, funds received from 
States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, 
and private sources for expenses incurred for training. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, as amended, $66,400,000: Provided, That the 
Inspector General shall have all necessary authority, in car-
rying out the duties specified in the Inspector General Act, 
as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to investigate allegations 
of fraud, including false statements to the government (18 
U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity that is subject to 
regulation by the Department: Provided further, That the 
funds made available under this heading shall be used to 
investigate, pursuant to section 41712 of title 49, United