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GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in-aid for air-
port planning and development, and noise compatibility planning 
and programs as authorized under subchapter I of chapter 471 
and subchapter I of chapter 475 of title 49, United States Code, 
and under other law authorizing such obligations; for procurement, 
installation, and commissioning of runway incursion prevention 
devices and systems at airports of such title; for grants authorized 
under section 41743 of title 49, United States Code; and for inspec-
tion activities and administration of airport safety programs, 
including those related to airport operating certificates under sec-
tion 44706 of title 49, United States Code, $3,200,000,000, to be 
derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds under 
this heading shall be available for the planning or execution of 
programs the obligations for which are in excess of $3,350,000,000 
in fiscal year 2014, notwithstanding section 47117(g) of title 49, 
United States Code: Provided further, That none of the funds under 
this heading shall be available for the replacement of baggage 
conveyor systems, reconfiguration of terminal baggage areas, or 
other airport improvements that are necessary to install bulk explo-
sive detection systems: Provided further, That notwithstanding sec-
tion 47109(a) of title 49, United States Code, the Government’s 
share of allowable project costs under paragraph (2) for subgrants 
or paragraph (3) of that section shall be 95 percent for a project 
at other than a large or medium hub airport that is a successive 
phase of a multi-phased construction project for which the project 
sponsor received a grant in fiscal year 2011 for the construction 
project: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, of funds limited under this heading, not more than 
$106,600,000 shall be obligated for administration, not less than 
$15,000,000 shall be available for the Airport Cooperative Research 
Program, not less than $29,500,000 shall be available for Airport 
Technology Research, and $5,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be available and transferred to ‘‘Office of the Sec-
retary, Salaries and Expenses’’ to carry out the Small Community 
Air Service Development Program. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 110. None of the funds in this Act may be used to com-
pensate in excess of 600 technical staff-years under the federally 
funded research and development center contract between the Fed-
eral Aviation Administration and the Center for Advanced Aviation 
Systems Development during fiscal year 2014. 
SEC. 111. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to 
pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring airport sponsors 
to provide to the Federal Aviation Administration without cost 
building construction, maintenance, utilities and expenses, or space
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in airport sponsor-owned buildings for services relating to air traffic 
control, air navigation, or weather reporting: Provided, That the 
prohibition of funds in this section does not apply to negotiations 
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 facilities. 
SEC. 112. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration may reimburse amounts made available to satisfy 49 U.S.C. 
41742(a)(1) from fees credited under 49 U.S.C. 45303 and any 
amount remaining in such account at the close of that fiscal year 
may be made available to satisfy section 41742(a)(1) for the subse-
quent fiscal year. 
SEC. 113. Amounts collected under section 40113(e) of title 
49, United States Code, shall be credited to the appropriation 
current at the time of collection, to be merged with and available 
for the same purposes of such appropriation. 
SEC. 114. None of the funds in this Act shall be available 
for paying premium pay under subsection 5546(a) of title 5, United 
States Code, to any Federal Aviation Administration employee 
unless such employee actually performed work during the time 
corresponding to such premium pay. 
SEC. 115. 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. 
SEC. 116. The Secretary shall apportion to the sponsor of an 
airport that received scheduled or unscheduled air service from 
a large certified air carrier (as defined in part 241 of title 14 
Code of Federal Regulations, or such other regulations as may 
be issued by the Secretary under the authority of section 41709) 
an amount equal to the minimum apportionment specified in 49 
U.S.C. 47114(c), if the Secretary determines that airport had more 
than 10,000 passenger boardings in the preceding calendar year, 
based on data submitted to the Secretary under part 241 of title 
14, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 117. None of the funds in this Act may be obligated 
or expended for retention bonuses for an employee of the Federal 
Aviation Administration without the prior written approval of the 
Assistant Secretary for Administration of the Department of 
Transportation. 
SEC. 118. Subparagraph (D) of section 47124(b)(3) of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘benefit.’’ and inserting 
‘‘benefit, with the maximum allowable local cost share capped at 
20 percent.’’. 
SEC. 119. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
of the funds made available under this Act or any prior Act may 
be used to implement or to continue to implement any limitation 
on the ability of any owner or operator of a private aircraft to 
obtain, upon a request to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration, a blocking of that owner’s or operator’s aircraft 
registration number from any display of the Federal Aviation 
Administration’s Aircraft Situational Display to Industry data that 
is made available to the public, except data made available to 
a Government agency, for the noncommercial flights of that owner 
or operator.
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SEC. 119A. None of the funds in this Act shall be available 
for salaries and expenses of more than 8 political and Presidential 
appointees in the Federal Aviation Administration. 
SEC. 119B. None of the funds made available under this Act 
may be used to increase fees pursuant to section 44721 of title 
49, United States Code, until the FAA provides to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations the report related to aero-
nautical navigation products described in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act). 
SEC. 119C. 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. 119D. The Secretary shall (1) evaluate and adjust existing 
helicopter routes above Los Angeles, and make adjustments to 
such routes if the adjustments would lessen impacts on residential 
areas and noise-sensitive landmarks; (2) analyze whether heli-
copters could safely fly at higher altitudes in certain areas above 
Los Angeles County; (3) develop and promote best practices for 
helicopter hovering and electronic news gathering; (4) conduct out-
reach to helicopter pilots to inform them of voluntary policies and 
to increase awareness of noise sensitive areas and events; (5) work 
with local stakeholders to develop a more comprehensive noise 
complaint system; and (6) continue to participate in collaborative 
engagement between community representatives and helicopter 
operators: Provided, That not later than one year after enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall begin a regulatory process related 
to the impact of helicopter use on the quality of life and safety 
of the people of Los Angeles County unless the Secretary can 
demonstrate significant progress in undertaking the actions 
required under the previous proviso. 
SEC. 119E. (a) Section 44302 of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended in paragraph (f) by deleting ‘‘the date specified in 
section 106(3) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014’’ and 
inserting ‘‘September 30, 2014’’ in lieu thereof. 
(b) Section 44303 of title 49, United States Code, is amended 
in paragraph (b) by deleting ‘‘the date specified in section 106(3) 
of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2014’’ in lieu thereof. 
(c) Section 44310 of title 49, United States Code, is amended 
in paragraph (a) by deleting ‘‘the date specified in section 106(3) 
of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2014’’ in lieu thereof. 
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Not to exceed $416,100,000, together with advances and 
reimbursements received by the Federal Highway Administration, 
shall be paid in accordance with law from appropriations made 
available by this Act to the Federal Highway Administration for 
necessary expenses for administration and operation. In addition, 
not to exceed $3,248,000 shall be paid from appropriations made
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available by this Act and transferred to the Appalachian Regional 
Commission in accordance with section 104 of title 23, United 
States Code. 
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
Funds available for the implementation or execution of pro-
grams of Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction 
programs authorized under titles 23 and 49, United States Code, 
and the provisions of Public Law 112–141 shall not exceed total 
obligations of $40,256,000,000 for fiscal year 2014: Provided, That 
the Secretary may collect and spend fees, as authorized by title 
23, United States Code, to cover the costs of services of expert 
firms, including counsel, in the field of municipal and project finance 
to assist in the underwriting and servicing of Federal credit 
instruments and all or a portion of the costs to the Federal Govern-
ment of servicing such credit instruments: Provided further, That 
such fees are available until expended to pay for such costs: Pro-
vided further, That such amounts are in addition to administrative 
expenses that are also available for such purpose, and are not 
subject to any obligation limitation or the limitation on administra-
tive expenses under section 608 of title 23, United States Code. 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For the payment of obligations incurred in carrying out Federal- 
aid highways and highway safety construction programs authorized 
under title 23, United States Code, $40,995,000,000 derived from 
the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), 
to remain available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2014, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall— 
(1) not distribute from the obligation limitation for Federal- 
aid highways— 
(A) amounts authorized for administrative expenses 
and programs by section 104(a) of title 23, United States 
Code; and 
(B) amounts authorized for the Bureau of Transpor-
tation Statistics; 
(2) not distribute an amount from the obligation limitation 
for Federal-aid highways that is equal to the unobligated bal-
ance of amounts— 
(A) made available from the Highway Trust Fund 
(other than the Mass Transit Account) for Federal-aid high-
way and highway safety construction programs for previous 
fiscal years the funds for which are allocated by the Sec-
retary (or apportioned by the Secretary under sections 202 
or 204 of title 23, United States Code); and
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(B) for which obligation limitation was provided in 
a previous fiscal year; 
(3) determine the proportion that— 
(A) the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways, 
less the aggregate of amounts not distributed under para-
graphs (1) and (2) of this subsection; bears to 
(B) the total of the sums authorized to be appropriated 
for the Federal-aid highway and highway safety construc-
tion programs (other than sums authorized to be appro-
priated for provisions of law described in paragraphs (1) 
through (11) of subsection (b) and sums authorized to be 
appropriated for section 119 of title 23, United States Code, 
equal to the amount referred to in subsection (b)(12) for 
such fiscal year), less the aggregate of the amounts not 
distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection; 
(4) distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid high-
ways, less the aggregate amounts not distributed under para-
graphs (1) and (2), for each of the programs (other than pro-
grams to which paragraph (1) applies) that are allocated by 
the Secretary under the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 
21st Century Act and title 23, United States Code, or appor-
tioned by the Secretary under sections 202 or 204 of that 
title, by multiplying— 
(A) the proportion determined under paragraph (3); 
by 
(B) the amounts authorized to be appropriated for each 
such program for such fiscal year; and 
(5) distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid high-
ways, less the aggregate amounts not distributed under para-
graphs (1) and (2) and the amounts distributed under para-
graph (4), for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construc-
tion programs that are apportioned by the Secretary under 
title 23, United States Code (other than the amounts appor-
tioned for the national highway performance program in section 
119 of title 23, United States Code, that are exempt from 
the limitation under subsection (b)(12) and the amounts appor-
tioned under sections 202 and 204 of that title) in the proportion 
that— 
(A) amounts authorized to be appropriated for the pro-
grams that are apportioned under title 23, United States 
Code, to each State for such fiscal year; bears to 
(B) the total of the amounts authorized to be appro-
priated for the programs that are apportioned under title 
23, United States Code, to all States for such fiscal year. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS FROM OBLIGATION LIMITATION.—The obligation 
limitation for Federal-aid highways shall not apply to obligations 
under or for— 
(1) section 125 of title 23, United States Code; 
(2) section 147 of the Surface Transportation Assistance 
Act of 1978 (23 U.S.C. 144 note; 92 Stat. 2714); 
(3) section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981 (95 
Stat. 1701); 
(4) subsections (b) and (j) of section 131 of the Surface 
Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (96 Stat. 2119); 
(5) subsections (b) and (c) of section 149 of the Surface 
Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987 
(101 Stat. 198);
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(6) sections 1103 through 1108 of the Intermodal Surface 
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2027); 
(7) section 157 of title 23, United States Code (as in effect 
on June 8, 1998); 
(8) section 105 of title 23, United States Code (as in effect 
for fiscal years 1998 through 2004, but only in an amount 
equal to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years); 
(9) Federal-aid highway programs for which obligation 
authority was made available under the Transportation Equity 
Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 107) or subsequent Acts 
for multiple years or to remain available until expended, but 
only to the extent that the obligation authority has not lapsed 
or been used; 
(10) section 105 of title 23, United States Code (but, for 
each of fiscal years 2005 through 2012, only in an amount 
equal to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years); 
(11) section 1603 of SAFETEA–LU (23 U.S.C. 118 note; 
119 Stat. 1248), to the extent that funds obligated in accordance 
with that section were not subject to a limitation on obligations 
at the time at which the funds were initially made available 
for obligation; and 
(12) section 119 of title 23, United States Code (but, for 
fiscal years 2013 and 2014, only in an amount equal to 
$639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years). 
(c) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED OBLIGATION AUTHORITY.—Not-
withstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall, after August 1 
of such fiscal year— 
(1) revise a distribution of the obligation limitation made 
available under subsection (a) if an amount distributed cannot 
be obligated during that fiscal year; and 
(2) redistribute sufficient amounts to those States able 
to obligate amounts in addition to those previously distributed 
during that fiscal year, giving priority to those States having 
large unobligated balances of funds apportioned under sections 
144 (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment 
of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act) 
and 104 of title 23, United States Code. 
(d) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS TO TRANSPOR-
TATION RESEARCH PROGRAMS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways shall apply to 
contract authority for transportation research programs carried 
out under— 
(A) chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code; and 
(B) division E of the Moving Ahead for Progress in 
the 21st Century Act. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—Obligation authority made available under 
paragraph (1) shall— 
(A) remain available for a period of 4 fiscal years; 
and 
(B) be in addition to the amount of any limitation 
imposed on obligations for Federal-aid highway and high-
way safety construction programs for future fiscal years. 
(e) REDISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN AUTHORIZED FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the date 
of distribution of obligation limitation under subsection (a), 
the Secretary shall distribute to the States any funds (excluding
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funds authorized for the program under section 202 of title 
23, United States Code) that— 
(A) are authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal 
year for Federal-aid highway programs; and 
(B) the Secretary determines will not be allocated to 
the States (or will not be apportioned to the States under 
section 204 of title 23, United States Code), and will not 
be available for obligation, for such fiscal year because 
of the imposition of any obligation limitation for such fiscal 
year. 
(2) RATIO.—Funds shall be distributed under paragraph 
(1) in the same proportion as the distribution of obligation 
authority under subsection (a)(5). 
(3) AVAILABILITY.—Funds distributed to each State under 
paragraph (1) shall be available for any purpose described 
in section 133(b) of title 23, United States Code. 
SEC. 121. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received by 
the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the sale of data prod-
ucts, for necessary expenses incurred pursuant to chapter 63 of 
title 49, United States Code, 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 programs. 
SEC. 122. Not less than 15 days prior to waiving, under his 
statutory authority, any Buy America requirement for Federal- 
aid highway projects, the Secretary of Transportation shall make 
an informal public notice and comment opportunity on the intent 
to issue such waiver and the reasons therefor: Provided, That 
the Secretary shall provide an annual report to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations on any waivers granted under 
the Buy America requirements. 
SEC. 123. (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), none of the funds made available, limited, or otherwise affected 
by this Act shall be used to approve or otherwise authorize the 
imposition of any toll on any segment of highway located on the 
Federal-aid system in the State of Texas that— 
(1) as of the date of enactment of this Act, is not tolled; 
(2) is constructed with Federal assistance provided under 
title 23, United States Code; and 
(3) is in actual operation as of the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.— 
(1) NUMBER OF TOLL LANES.—Subsection (a) shall not apply 
to any segment of highway on the Federal-aid system described 
in that subsection that, as of the date on which a toll is 
imposed on the segment, will have the same number of nontoll 
lanes as were in existence prior to that date. 
(2) HIGH-OCCUPANCY
VEHICLE
LANES.—A high-occupancy 
vehicle lane that is converted to a toll lane shall not be subject 
to this section, and shall not be considered to be a nontoll 
lane for purposes of determining whether a highway will have 
fewer nontoll lanes than prior to the date of imposition of 
the toll, if— 
(A) high-occupancy vehicles occupied by the number 
of passengers specified by the entity operating the toll 
lane may use the toll lane without paying a toll, unless
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otherwise specified by the appropriate county, town, munic-
ipal or other local government entity, or public toll road 
or transit authority; or 
(B) each high-occupancy vehicle lane that was con-
verted to a toll lane was constructed as a temporary lane 
to be replaced by a toll lane under a plan approved by 
the appropriate county, town, municipal or other local 
government entity, or public toll road or transit authority. 
SEC. 124. None of the funds in this Act to the Department 
of Transportation may be used to provide credit assistance unless 
not less than 3 days before any application approval to provide 
credit assistance under sections 603 and 604 of title 23, United 
States Code, the Secretary of Transportation provides notification 
in writing to the following committees: the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations; the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works and the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban 
Affairs of the Senate; and the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives: Provided, That such 
notification shall include, but not be limited to, the name of the 
project sponsor; a description of the project; whether credit assist-
ance will be provided as a direct loan, loan guarantee, or line 
of credit; and the amount of credit assistance. 
SEC. 125. Section 149(m) of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘that was previously eligible under this sec-
tion’’ and replacing with ‘‘for which CMAQ funding was made 
available, obligated or expended in fiscal year 2012, and shall 
have no imposed time limitation’’. 
FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in the implementation, 
execution and administration of motor carrier safety operations 
and programs pursuant to section 31104(i) of title 49, United States 
Code, and sections 4127 and 4134 of Public Law 109–59, as amended 
by Public Law 112–141, $259,000,000, to be derived from the High-
way Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), together 
with advances and reimbursements received by the Federal Motor 
Carrier Safety Administration, the sum of which shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That funds available for implementa-
tion, execution or administration of motor carrier safety operations 
and programs authorized under title 49, United States Code, shall 
not exceed total obligations of $259,000,000 for ‘‘Motor Carrier 
Safety Operations and Programs’’ for fiscal year 2014, of which 
$9,000,000, to remain available for obligation until September 30, 
2016, is for the research and technology program, and of which 
$1,000,000 shall be available for commercial motor vehicle opera-
tor’s grants to carry out section 4134 of Public Law 109–59, and 
of which $34,545,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30, 2016, is for information management: Provided further, 
That the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration shall
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transmit to Congress a report by March 28, 2014, on the agency’s 
ability to meet its requirement to conduct compliance reviews on 
mandatory carriers. 
NATIONAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
Of the unobligated contract authority provided in the Transpor-
tation Equity Act for the 21st Century (Public Law 105–178) or 
other appropriation or authorization acts for the national motor 
carrier safety program, $13,000,000 shall be made available for 
the modernization and maintenance of border facilities and the 
total limitation of these obligations shall not exceed $13,000,000. 
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out sections 
31102, 31104(a), 31106, 31107, 31109, 31309, 31313 of title 49, 
United States Code, and sections 4126 and 4128 of Public Law 
109–59, as amended by Public Law 112–141, $313,000,000, to be 
derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 
Account) and to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
funds available for the implementation or execution of motor carrier 
safety programs shall not exceed total obligations of $313,000,000 
in fiscal year 2014 for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Grants’’; of which 
$218,000,000 shall be available for the motor carrier safety assist-
ance program, $30,000,000 shall be available for the commercial 
driver’s license improvements program, $32,000,000 shall be avail-
able for border enforcement grants, $5,000,000 shall be available 
for the performance and registration information system manage-
ment program, $25,000,000 shall be available for the commercial 
vehicle information systems and networks deployment program, 
and $3,000,000 shall be available for the safety data improvement 
program: Provided further, That, of the funds made available herein 
for the motor carrier safety assistance program, $32,000,000 shall 
be available for audits of new entrant motor carriers. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 130. Funds appropriated or limited in this Act shall be 
subject to the terms and conditions stipulated in section 350 of 
Public Law 107–87 and section 6901 of Public Law 110–28.
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NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the Sec-
retary, with respect to traffic and highway safety authorized under 
chapter 301 and part C of subtitle VI of title 49, United States 
Code, $134,000,000, of which $20,000,000 shall remain available 
through September 30, 2015. 
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provi-
sions of 23 U.S.C. 403, and chapter 303 of title 49, United States 
Code, $123,500,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund 
(other than the Mass Transit Account) and to remain available 
until expended: 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 2014, are in excess of 
$123,500,000, of which $118,500,000 shall be for programs author-
ized under 23 U.S.C. 403 and $5,000,000 shall be for the National 
Driver Register authorized under chapter 303 of title 49, United 
States Code: Provided further, That within the $118,500,000 obliga-
tion limitation for operations and research, $20,000,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2015, and shall be in addition 
to the amount of any limitation imposed on obligations for future 
years: Provided further, That $5,000,000 of the total obligation 
limitation for operations and research in fiscal year 2014 shall 
be applied toward unobligated balances of contract authority pro-
vided in prior Acts for carrying out the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 
403, and chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code. 
HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out provisions 
of 23 U.S.C. 402 and 405, section 2009 of Public Law 109–59, 
as amended by Public Law 112–141, and section 31101(a)(6) of 
Public Law 112–141, to remain available until expended, 
$561,500,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other 
than the Mass Transit Account): 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 2014, are 
in excess of $561,500,000 for programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 
402 and 405, section 2009 of Public Law 109–59, as amended 
by Public Law 112–141, and section 31101(a)(6) of Public Law
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112–141, of which $235,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Highway Safety Pro-
grams’’ under 23 U.S.C. 402; $272,000,000 shall be for ‘‘National 
Priority Safety Programs’’ under 23 U.S.C. 405; $29,000,000 shall 
be for ‘‘High Visibility Enforcement Program’’ under section 2009 
of Public Law 109–59, as amended by Public Law 112–141; 
$25,500,000 shall be for ‘‘Administrative Expenses’’ under section 
31101(a)(6) of Public Law 112–141: 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 exceed $500,000 of the funds made available for ‘‘National 
Priority Safety Programs’’ under 23 U.S.C. 405 for ‘‘Impaired 
Driving Countermeasures’’ (as described in subsection (d) of that 
section) shall be available for technical assistance to the States: 
Provided further, That with respect to the ‘‘Transfers’’ provision 
under 23 U.S.C. 405(a)(1)(G), any amounts transferred to increase 
the amounts made available under section 402 shall include the 
obligation authority for such amounts: Provided further, That the 
Administrator shall notify the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations of any exercise of the authority granted under the 
previous proviso or under 23 U.S.C. 405(a)(1)(G) within 60 days. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 140. An additional $130,000 shall be made available to 
the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, out of the 
amount limited for section 402 of title 23, United States Code, 
to pay for travel and related expenses for State management reviews 
and to pay for core competency development training and related 
expenses for highway safety staff. 
SEC. 141. The limitations on obligations for the programs of 
the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration set in this 
Act shall not apply to obligations for which obligation authority 
was made available in previous public laws but only to the extent 
that the obligation authority has not lapsed or been used. 
SEC. 142. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to 
implement section 404 of title 23, United States Code. 
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION 
SAFETY AND OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Administration, 
not otherwise provided for, $184,500,000, of which $12,400,000 shall 
remain available until expended. 
RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for railroad research and development, 
$35,250,000, to remain available until expended. 
RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT FINANCING PROGRAM 
The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to issue direct 
loans and loan guarantees pursuant to sections 501 through 504 
of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 
(Public Law 94–210), as amended, such authority to exist as long
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as any such direct loan or loan guarantee is outstanding: Provided, 
That, pursuant to section 502 of such Act, as amended, no new 
direct loans or loan guarantee commitments shall be made using 
Federal funds for the credit risk premium during fiscal year 2014. 
OPERATING GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER 
CORPORATION 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make quarterly 
grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, in amounts 
based on the Secretary’s assessment of the Corporation’s seasonal 
cash flow requirements, for the operation of intercity passenger 
rail, as authorized by section 101 of the Passenger Rail Investment 
and Improvement Act of 2008 (division B of Public Law 110– 
432), $340,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That the amounts available under this paragraph shall be available 
for the Secretary to approve funding to cover operating losses for 
the Corporation only after receiving and reviewing a grant request 
for each specific train route: Provided further, That each such 
grant request shall be accompanied by a detailed financial analysis, 
revenue projection, and capital expenditure projection justifying 
the Federal support to the Secretary’s satisfaction: Provided further, 
That not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act, the Corpora-
tion shall transmit, in electronic format, to the Secretary and the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations the annual 
budget, business plan, the 5-Year Financial Plan for fiscal year 
2014 required under section 204 of the Passenger Rail Investment 
and Improvement Act of 2008 and the comprehensive fleet plan 
for all Amtrak rolling stock: Provided further, That the budget, 
business plan and the 5-Year Financial Plan shall include annual 
information on the maintenance, refurbishment, replacement, and 
expansion for all Amtrak rolling stock consistent with the com-
prehensive fleet plan: Provided further, That the Corporation shall 
provide monthly performance reports in an electronic format which 
shall describe the work completed to date, any changes to the 
business plan, and the reasons for such changes as well as progress 
against the milestones and target dates of the 2012 performance 
improvement plan: Provided further, That the Corporation’s budget, 
business plan, 5-Year Financial Plan, semiannual reports, monthly 
reports, comprehensive fleet plan and all supplemental reports or 
plans comply with requirements in Public Law 112–55: Provided 
further, That none of the funds provided in this Act may be used 
to support any route on which Amtrak offers a discounted fare 
of more than 50 percent off the normal peak fare: Provided further, 
That the preceding proviso does not apply to routes where the 
operating loss as a result of the discount is covered by a State 
and the State participates in the setting of fares. 
CAPITAL AND DEBT SERVICE GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD 
PASSENGER CORPORATION 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to 
the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for capital invest-
ments as authorized by section 101(c), 102, and 219(b) of the Pas-
senger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (division 
B of Public Law 110–432), $1,050,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which not to exceed $199,000,000 shall be for 
debt service obligations as authorized by section 102 of such Act:
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Provided, That of the amounts made available under this heading, 
not less than $50,000,000 shall be made available to bring Amtrak- 
served facilities and stations into compliance with the Americans 
with Disabilities Act: Provided further, That after an initial distribu-
tion of up to $200,000,000, which shall be used by the Corporation 
as a working capital account, all remaining funds shall be provided 
to the Corporation only on a reimbursable basis: Provided further, 
That of the amounts made available under this heading, up to 
$40,000,000 may be used by the Secretary to subsidize operating 
losses of the Corporation should the funds provided under the 
heading ‘‘Operating Grants to the National Railroad Passenger 
Corporation’’ be insufficient to meet operational costs for fiscal 
year 2014: Provided further, That the Secretary may retain up 
to one-half of 1 percent of the funds provided under this heading 
to fund the costs of project management and oversight of activities 
authorized by subsections 101(a) and 101(c) of division B of Public 
Law 110–432: Provided further, That the Secretary shall approve 
funding for capital expenditures, including advance purchase orders 
of materials, for the Corporation only after receiving and reviewing 
a grant request for each specific capital project justifying the Fed-
eral support to the Secretary’s satisfaction: Provided further, That 
except as otherwise provided herein, none of the funds under this 
heading may be used to subsidize operating losses of the Corpora-
tion: Provided further, That none of the funds under this heading 
may be used for capital projects not approved by the Secretary 
of Transportation or on the Corporation’s fiscal year 2014 business 
plan: Provided further, That in addition to the project management 
oversight funds authorized under section 101(d) of division B of 
Public Law 110–432, the Secretary may retain up to an additional 
$5,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading to fund 
expenses associated with implementing section 212 of division B 
of Public Law 110–432, including the amendments made by section 
212 to section 24905 of title 49, United States Code. 
NEXT GENERATION HIGH-SPEED RAIL 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the funds made available for Next Generation High Speed 
Rail, as authorized by sections 1103 and 7201 of Public Law 105– 
178, $1,973,000 are hereby permanently rescinded: Provided, That 
no amounts may be cancelled from amounts that were designated 
by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the 
Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 
NORTHEAST CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the funds made available for the Northeast Corridor 
Improvement Program, as authorized by Public Law 94–210, 
$4,419,000 are hereby permanently rescinded: Provided, That no 
amounts may be cancelled from amounts that were designated 
by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the 
Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 150. Hereafter, notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds provided in this Act for the National Railroad Passenger 
Corporation shall immediately cease to be available to said Corpora-
tion in the event that the Corporation contracts to have services 
provided at or from any location outside the United States. For 
purposes of this section, the word ‘‘services’’ shall mean any service 
that was, as of July 1, 2006, performed by a full-time or part- 
time Amtrak employee whose base of employment is located within 
the United States. 
SEC. 151. The Secretary of Transportation may receive 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 Government owned automated track 
inspection cars and equipment as a result of third-party liability 
for such damages, and any amounts collected under this section 
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 auto-
mated track inspection cars and equipment in connection with 
the automated track inspection program. 
SEC. 152. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule 
or regulation, the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to allow 
the issuer of any preferred stock heretofore sold to the Department 
to redeem or repurchase such stock upon the payment to the Depart-
ment of an amount to be determined by the Secretary. 
SEC. 153. None of the funds provided to the National Railroad 
Passenger Corporation may be used to fund any overtime costs 
in excess of $35,000 for any individual employee: Provided, That 
the president of Amtrak may waive the cap set in the previous 
proviso for specific employees when the president of Amtrak deter-
mines such a cap poses a risk to the safety and operational efficiency 
of the system: Provided further, That Amtrak shall notify the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations each quarter of the cal-
endar year on waivers granted to employees and amounts paid 
above the cap for each month within such quarter and delineate 
the reasons each waiver was granted: Provided further, That 
Amtrak shall provide to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations by March 17, 2014, a summary of all overtime 
payments incurred by the Corporation for 2013 and the two prior 
calendar years: Provided further, That such summary shall include 
the total number of employees that received waivers and the total 
overtime payments the Corporation paid to those employees 
receiving waivers for each month for 2013 and for the two prior 
calendar years. 
SEC. 154. Of the funds made available under Public Law 113– 
2 under the heading ‘‘Federal Railroad Administration, Grants to 
the National Railroad Passenger Corporation’’, the second proviso 
is amended by deleting ‘‘or any other Act’’. 
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, $105,933,000, of which not less than $4,000,000
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shall be available to carry out the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5329 
and not less than $1,000,000 shall be available to carry out the 
provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5326: Provided, That none of the funds 
provided or limited in this Act may be used to create a permanent 
office of transit security under this heading: Provided further, That 
upon submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2015 President’s 
budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to Congress 
the annual report on New Starts, including proposed allocations 
for fiscal year 2015. 
TRANSIT FORMULA GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in the Federal Public 
Transportation Assistance Program in this account, and for payment 
of obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 
5305, 5307, 5310, 5311, 5318, 5322(d), 5329(e)(6), 5335, 5337, 5339, 
and 5340, as amended by Public Law 112–141; and section 20005(b) 
of Public Law 112–141, $9,500,000,000, to be derived from the 
Mass Transit Account of the Highway 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, 5310, 5311, 5318, 5322(d), 5329(e)(6), 5335, 
5337, 5339, and 5340, as amended by Public Law 112–141, and 
section 20005(b) of Public Law 112–141, shall not exceed total 
obligations of $8,595,000,000 in fiscal year 2014. 
TRANSIT RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5312 and 5313, 
$43,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
$40,000,000 shall be for activities authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5312 
and $3,000,000 shall be for activities authorized under 49 U.S.C. 
5313. 
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5314 and 5322(a), 
(b) and (e), $5,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That $3,000,000 shall be for activities authorized under 
49 U.S.C. 5314 and $2,000,000 shall be for activities authorized 
under 49 U.S.C. 5322(a), (b) and (e). 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5309, 
$1,942,938,000, to remain available until expended. 
GRANTS TO THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT 
AUTHORITY 
For grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit 
Authority as authorized under section 601 of division B of Public
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Law 110–432, $150,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That the Secretary shall approve grants for capital and 
preventive maintenance expenditures for the Washington Metropoli-
tan Area Transit Authority only after receiving and reviewing a 
request for each specific project: Provided further, That prior to 
approving such grants, the Secretary shall determine that the 
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has placed the 
highest priority on those investments that will improve the safety 
of the system: Provided further, That the Secretary, in order to 
ensure safety throughout the rail system, may waive the require-
ments of section 601(e)(1) of title VI of Public Law 110–432 (112 
Stat. 4968). 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 160. The limitations on obligations for the programs 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, funds 
appropriated or limited by this Act under the Federal Transit 
Administration’s discretionary program appropriations headings for 
projects specified in this Act or identified in reports accompanying 
this Act not obligated by September 30, 2018, and other recoveries, 
shall be directed to projects eligible to use the funds for the purposes 
for which they were originally provided. 
SEC. 162. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
funds appropriated before October 1, 2013, 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. The Secretary may not enforce regulations related 
to charter bus service under part 604 of title 49, Code of Federal 
Regulations, for any transit agency who during fiscal year 2008 
was both initially granted a 60-day period to come into compliance 
with part 604, and then was subsequently granted an exception 
from said part. 
SEC. 164. For purposes of applying the project justification 
and local financial commitment criteria of 49 U.S.C. 5309(d) to 
a New Starts project, the Secretary may consider the costs and 
ridership of any connected project in an instance in which private 
parties are making significant financial contributions to the 
construction of the connected project; additionally, the Secretary 
may consider the significant financial contributions of private par-
ties to the connected project in calculating the non-Federal share 
of net capital project costs for the New Starts project. 
SEC. 165. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
of the funds made available in this Act shall be used to enter 
into a full funding grant agreement for a project with a New 
Starts share greater than 60 percent. 
SEC. 166. None of the funds in this Act may be available 
to advance in any way a new fixed guideway capital project towards 
a full funding grant agreement as defined by 49 U.S.C. 5309 for 
the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas if the
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proposed capital project is constructed on or planned to be con-
structed on Richmond Avenue west of South Shepherd Drive or 
on Post Oak Boulevard north of Richmond Avenue in Houston, 
Texas. 
SEC. 167. Unobligated and recovered fiscal year 2010 through 
2012 funds that were made available to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5339 
shall be available to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5309, as amended by 
Public Law 112–141, subject to the terms and conditions required 
under such section. 
SEC. 168. New bus rapid transit projects recommended in the 
President’s budget submission to the Congress of the United States 
for funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘CAPITAL INVESTMENT 
GRANTS’’ in this Act shall be funded from $93,269,369 in unobligated 
amounts that were made available to carry out the discretionary 
bus and bus facilities program under 49 U.S.C. 5309 in fiscal 
years 1999 through 2010: Provided, That all such projects shall 
remain subject to the Capital Investment Grants Program require-
ments of 49 U.S.C. 5309 for New Starts, Small Starts, or Core 
Capacity projects as applicable. 
SEC. 169. Of the funds made available for the Formula Grants 
program, as authorized by Public Law 97–424, as amended, 
$63,465,775 are hereby permanently rescinded: Provided, That of 
the funds made available for the Formula Grants program, as 
authorized by Public Law 91–453, as amended, $795,307 are hereby 
permanently rescinded: Provided further, That of the funds made 
available for the Formula Grants program as authorized by Public 
Law 95–599, as amended, $928,838 are hereby permanently 
rescinded: Provided further, That of the funds made available for 
the University Transportation Research program, as authorized 
by Public Law 91–453, as amended, and by Public Law 102–240, 
as amended, $595,619 are hereby permanently rescinded: Provided 
further, That of the funds made available for the Job Access and 
Reverse Commute program, as authorized by Public Law 105– 
178, as amended, $15,704,469 are hereby permanently rescinded: 
Provided further, That of the funds made available for the Capital 
Investment Grants program, as authorized by Public Law 105– 
178, as amended, $11,429,055 are hereby permanently rescinded: 
Provided further, That of the funds made available for the Research, 
Training, and Human Resources program, as authorized by Public 
Law 95–599, as amended, $419,474 are hereby permanently 
rescinded: Provided further, That of the funds made available for 
the Interstate Transfer Grants program, as authorized by 23 U.S.C. 
103(e)(4), $2,687,207 are hereby permanently rescinded: Provided 
further, That of the funds made available for the Washington Metro-
politan Area Transit Authority, as authorized by section 14 of 
Public Law 96–184, as amended, and by Public Law 101–551, 
as amended, $523,107 are hereby permanently rescinded: Provided 
further, That of the funds made available for the Urban Discre-
tionary Grants program, as authorized by Public Law 88–365, as 
amended, $679,314 are hereby permanently rescinded: Provided 
further, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that 
were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
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SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation 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 commit-
ments 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 to conduct the operations, maintenance, 
and capital asset renewal activities of those portions of the St. 
Lawrence Seaway owned, operated, and maintained by the Saint 
Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, $31,000,000, to be 
derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to 
Public Law 99–662, and of which $15,150,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2016, for the Asset Renewal Program. 
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, $186,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses of operations and training activities 
authorized by law, $148,003,000, of which $11,300,000 shall remain 
available until expended for maintenance and repair of training 
ships at State Maritime Academies, and of which $2,400,000 shall 
remain available through September 30, 2015, for Student Incentive 
Program payments at State Maritime Academies, and of which 
$16,000,000 shall remain available until expended for facilities 
maintenance and repair, equipment, and capital improvements at 
the United State Merchant Marine Academy: Provided, That 
amounts apportioned for the United States Merchant Marine 
Academy shall be available only upon allotments made personally 
by the Secretary of Transportation or the Assistant Secretary for 
Budget and Programs: Provided further, That the Superintendent, 
Deputy Superintendent and the Director of the Office of Resource 
Management of the United State Merchant Marine Academy may 
not be allotment holders for the United States Merchant Marine 
Academy, and the Administrator of the Maritime Administration 
shall hold all allotments made by the Secretary of Transportation 
or the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs under the 
previous proviso: Provided further, That 50 percent of the funding 
made available for the United States Merchant Marine Academy 
under this heading shall be available only after the Secretary, 
in consultation with the Superintendent and the Maritime Adminis-
trator, completes a plan detailing by program or activity how such 
funding will be expended at the Academy, and this plan is submitted
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to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
further, That the Administrator shall submit a report to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations within 90 days of the 
date of enactment of this Act detailing the current and future 
impacts of reductions in government impelled cargo on the U.S. 
Merchant Marine as a result of changes to cargo preference require-
ments included in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013, the Moving 
Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP–21), the historical 
reductions in the P.L. 480 title II Food for Peace program, and 
the winding down of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Transportation and the Adminis-
trator, in collaboration with the Department of Defense, shall fur-
ther develop a national sealift strategy that ensures the long- 
term viability of the U.S. Merchant Marine. 
SHIP DISPOSAL 
For necessary expenses related to the disposal of obsolete ves-
sels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the Maritime Adminis-
tration, $4,800,000, to remain available until expended. 
MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized, $38,500,000, 
of which $35,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, 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 
$3,500,000 shall be available for administrative expenses to carry 
out the guaranteed loan program, which shall be transferred to 
and merged with the appropriations for ‘‘Operations and Training’’, 
Maritime Administration. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
the Maritime Administration is authorized to furnish utilities and 
services and make necessary repairs in connection with any lease, 
contract, or occupancy involving Government property under control 
of the Maritime Administration, 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. 171. None of the funds available or appropriated in this 
Act shall be used by the United States Department of Transpor-
tation or the United States Maritime Administration to negotiate 
or otherwise execute, enter into, facilitate or perform fee-for-service 
contracts for vessel disposal, scrapping or recycling, unless there 
is no qualified domestic ship recycler that will pay any sum of 
money to purchase and scrap or recycle a vessel owned, operated 
or managed by the Maritime Administration or that is part of 
the National Defense Reserve Fleet. Such sales offers must be 
consistent with the solicitation and provide that the work will 
be performed in a timely manner at a facility qualified within