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SEC. 186. Notwithstanding any other provisions of 
law, rule or regulation, the Secretary of Transportation 
is authorized to allow the issuer of any preferred stock 
heretofore sold to the Department to redeem or repur-
chase such stock upon the payment to the Department of 
an amount determined by the Secretary. 
SEC. 187. None of the funds in this Act to the De-
partment of Transportation may be used to make a grant 
unless the Secretary of Transportation notifies the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations not less than 
3 full business days before any discretionary grant award, 
letter of intent, or full funding grant agreement totaling 
$1,000,000 or more is announced by the department or 
its modal administrations from: (1) any discretionary 
grant program of the Federal Highway Administration 
other than the emergency relief program; (2) the airport 
improvement program of the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion; or (3) any program of the Federal Transit Adminis-
tration other than the formula grants and fixed guideway 
modernization programs: Provided, That no notification 
shall involve funds that are not available for obligation. 
SEC. 188. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, 
minor fees and other funds received by the Department 
of Transportation from travel management centers, 
charge card programs, the subleasing of building space, 
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and miscellaneous sources are to be credited to appropria-
tions of the Department of Transportation and allocated 
to elements of the Department of Transportation using 
fair and equitable criteria and such funds shall be avail-
able until expended. 
SEC. 189. Amounts made available in this or any 
other Act that the Secretary determines represent im-
proper payments by the Department of Transportation to 
a third party contractor under a financial assistance 
award, which are recovered pursuant to law, shall be avail-
able— 
(1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred 
by the Department of Transportation in recovering 
improper payments; and 
(2) to pay contractors for services provided in 
recovering improper payments or contractor support 
in the implementation of the Improper Payments In-
formation Act of 2002: Provided, That amounts in 
excess of that required for paragraphs (1) and (2)— 
(A) shall be credited to and merged with 
the appropriation from which the improper pay-
ments were made, and shall be available for the 
purposes and period for which such appropria-
tions are available; or 
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(B) if no such appropriation remains avail-
able, shall be deposited in the Treasury as mis-
cellaneous receipts: Provided, That prior to the 
transfer of any such recovery to an appropria-
tions account, the Secretary shall notify the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions of the amount and reasons for such trans-
fer: Provided further, That for purposes of this 
section, the term ‘‘improper payments’’, has the 
same meaning as that provided in section 
2(d)(2) of Public Law 107–300. 
SEC. 190. Funds provided in Public Law 102–143 
in the item relating to ‘‘Highway Bypass Demonstration 
Project’’ shall be available for the improvement of Route 
101 in the vicinity of Prunedale, Monterey County, Cali-
fornia. 
SEC. 191. Funds provided under section 378 of the 
Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Ap-
propriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–346, 114 Stat. 
1356, 1356A–41), for the reconstruction of School Road 
East in Marlboro Township, New Jersey, shall be available 
for the Spring Valley Road Project in Marlboro Township, 
New Jersey. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans-
portation Appropriations Act, 2008’’. 
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TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For activities and assistance for the provision of ten-
ant-based rental assistance authorized under the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) 
(‘‘the Act’’), not otherwise provided for, $16,330,000,000, 
to 
remain 
available 
until 
expended, 
of 
which 
$12,137,000,000 shall be available on October 1, 2007, 
and $4,193,000,000 shall be available on October 1, 2008: 
Provided, That the amounts made available under this 
heading are provided as follows: 
(1) $14,744,506,000 for renewals of expiring 
section 8 tenant-based annual contributions con-
tracts (including renewals of enhanced vouchers 
under any provision of law authorizing such assist-
ance under section 8(t) of the Act): Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, from 
amounts provided under this paragraph, the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development for the 
calendar year 2008 funding cycle shall provide re-
newal funding for each public housing agency based 
on the amount public housing agencies received in 
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calendar year 2007, by applying the 2008 Annual 
Adjustment Factor as established by the Secretary, 
and by making any necessary adjustments for the 
costs associated with deposits to Family Self-Suffi-
ciency Program escrow accounts or the first-time re-
newal of tenant protection or HOPE VI vouchers or 
vouchers that were not in use during the 12-month 
period in order to be available to meet a commit-
ment pursuant to section 8(o)(13) of the Act: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall, to the extent 
necessary to stay within the amount provided under 
this paragraph, pro rate each public housing agen-
cy’s allocation otherwise established pursuant to this 
paragraph: Provided further, That except as provided 
in the following proviso, the entire amount provided 
under this paragraph shall be obligated to the public 
housing agencies based on the allocation and pro 
rata method described above and the Secretary shall 
notify public housing agencies of their annual budg-
ets not later than 45 days after enactment of this 
Act: Provided further, That public housing agencies 
participating in the Moving to Work demonstration 
shall be funded pursuant to their Moving to Work 
agreements and shall be subject to the same pro 
rata adjustments under the previous proviso: Pro-
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