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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, and chapter 303 of title 
49, United States Code, $138,500,000, to be derived from 
the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Ac-
count) 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 2015, are in excess of $138,500,000, 
of which $133,500,000 shall be for programs authorized 
under 23 U.S.C. 403 and $5,000,000 shall be for the Na-
tional Driver Register authorized under chapter 303 of title 
49, United States Code: Provided further, That within the 
$133,500,000 obligation limitation for operations and re-
search, $20,000,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2016, and shall be in addition to the amount of any 
limitation imposed on obligations for future years: Pro-
vided further, That $20,000,000 of the total obligation limi-
tation for operations and research in fiscal year 2015 shall 
be applied toward unobligated balances of contract author-
ity provided in prior Acts for carrying out the provisions
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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 sec-
tion 31101(a)(6) of Public Law 112–141, to remain avail-
able until expended, $561,500,000, to be derived from the 
Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Ac-
count): 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 2015, 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 112–141, of which $235,000,000 shall be for 
‘‘Highway Safety Programs’’ under 23 U.S.C. 402; 
$272,000,000 shall be for ‘‘National Priority Safety Pro-
grams’’ 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’’
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under section 31101(a)(6) of Public Law 112–141: Provided 
further, That none of these funds shall be used for construc-
tion, rehabilitation, or remodeling costs, or for office fur-
nishings 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 ‘‘Trans-
fers’’ 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 avail-
able to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administra-
tion, 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 com-
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petency development training and related expenses for high-
way safety staff. 
SEC. 141. The limitations on obligations for the pro-
grams of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administra-
tion 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 Admin-
istration, not otherwise provided for, $186,870,000, of which 
$15,400,000 shall remain available until expended. 
RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for railroad research and devel-
opment, $39,100,000, 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 as any such direct loan or loan
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guarantee is outstanding: Provided, That pursuant to sec-
tion 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 2015: 
Provided further, That no new direct loans or loan guar-
antee commitments made under the Railroad Rehabilita-
tion and Improvement Financing Program in fiscal year 
2015 shall cause the total principal amount of direct loans 
and loan guarantees committed under the Railroad Reha-
bilitation and Improvement Financing Program to projects 
in a single state to exceed $5,600,000,000. 
OPERATING GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD 
PASSENGER CORPORATION 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 
quarterly grants to the National Railroad Passenger Cor-
poration, 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 sec-
tion 101 of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improve-
ment Act of 2008 (division B of Public Law 110–432), 
$250,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, 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 receiv-
ing and reviewing a grant request for each specific train
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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 Corporation 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 2015 required under 
section 204 of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improve-
ment 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, re-
placement, and expansion for all Amtrak rolling stock con-
sistent with the comprehensive 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 im-
provement 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
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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 investments as authorized by sections 101(c), 102, 
and 219(b) of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improve-
ment Act of 2008 (division B of Public Law 110–432), 
$1,140,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which not to exceed $175,000,000 shall be for debt service 
obligations as authorized by section 102 of such Act: Pro-
vided, That of the amounts made available under this head-
ing, 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 distribution 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 Cor-
poration only on a reimbursable basis: Provided further,
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That of the amounts made available under this heading, 
up to $50,000,000 may be used by the Secretary to subsidize 
operating losses of the Corporation should the funds pro-
vided under the heading ‘‘Operating Grants to the National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ be insufficient to meet 
operational costs for fiscal year 2015: 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 author-
ized by subsections 101(a) and 101(c) of division B of Pub-
lic Law 110–432: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
approve funding for capital expenditures, including ad-
vance purchase orders of materials, for the Corporation only 
after receiving and reviewing a grant request for each spe-
cific capital project justifying the Federal 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 
Corporation: Provided further, That none of the funds 
under this heading may be used for capital projects not ap-
proved by the Secretary of Transportation or on the Cor-
poration’s fiscal year 2015 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
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$5,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading to fund 
expenses associated with implementing section 212 of divi-
sion B of Public Law 110–432, including the amendments 
made by section 212 to section 24905 of title 49, United 
States Code. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 150. 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 section shall be cred-
ited directly to the Safety and Operations account of the 
Federal Railroad Administration, and shall remain avail-
able until expended for the repair, operation and mainte-
nance of automated track inspection cars and equipment 
in connection with the automated track inspection program. 
SEC. 151. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
rule or regulation, the Secretary of Transportation is au-
thorized to allow the issuer of any preferred stock heretofore 
sold to the Department to redeem or repurchase such stock 
upon the payment to the Department of an amount to be 
determined by the Secretary.
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SEC. 152. 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 em-
ployee: Provided, That the President of Amtrak may waive 
the cap set in the previous proviso for specific employees 
when the President of Amtrak determines such a cap poses 
a risk to the safety and operational efficiency of the system: 
Provided further, That the President of Amtrak shall report 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
each quarter of the calendar year on waivers granted to em-
ployees and amounts paid above the cap for each month 
within such quarter and delineate the reasons each waiver 
was granted: Provided further, That the President of Am-
trak shall report to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations by March 1, 2015, a summary of all over-
time payments incurred by the Corporation for 2014 and 
the three prior calendar years: Provided further, That such 
summary shall include the total number of employees that 
received waivers and the total overtime payments the Cor-
poration paid to those employees receiving waivers for each 
month for 2014 and for the three prior calendar years. 
SEC. 153. For an additional amount, $10,000,000 
shall be made available until expended for the Secretary 
to make grants for grade crossing and track improvements 
on rail routes that transport energy products.
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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 $4,500,000 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 2016 
President’s budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall 
transmit to Congress the annual report on New Starts, in-
cluding proposed allocations for fiscal year 2016. 
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 amend-
ed by Public Law 112–141, and section 20005(b) of Public
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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 2015. 
TRANSIT RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5312 
and 5313, $33,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That $30,000,000 shall be for activities author-
ized under 49 U.S.C. 5312 and $3,000,000 shall be for ac-
tivities 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), $4,500,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That $4,000,000 shall be for ac-
tivities authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5314 and $500,000 
shall be for activities authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5322(a), 
(b) and (e).
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CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5309, 
$2,120,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That when distributing funds among Recommended 
New Starts Projects, the Administrator shall first fully fund 
those projects covered by a full funding grant agreement, 
then fully fund those projects whose section 5309 share is 
less than 40 percent, and then distribute the remaining 
funds so as to protect as much as possible the projects’ budg-
ets and schedules: Provided further, That of the unobligated 
amounts available for the Capital Investment Grants pro-
gram, $121,546,138 is hereby rescinded. 
GRANTS TO THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA 
TRANSIT AUTHORITY 
For grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area Tran-
sit Authority as authorized under section 601 of division 
B of Public Law 110–432, $150,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That the Secretary shall ap-
prove grants for capital and preventive maintenance ex-
penditures for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit 
Authority only after receiving and reviewing a request for 
each specific project: Provided further, That prior to ap-
proving such grants, the Secretary shall certify that the 
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority is mak-
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ing significant progress in eliminating the material weak-
nesses, significant deficiencies, and minor control defi-
ciencies identified in the most recent Financial Manage-
ment Oversight Review: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary 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 
before approving such grants: Provided further, That the 
Secretary, in order to ensure safety throughout the rail sys-
tem, may waive the requirements of section 601(e)(1) of title 
VI of Public Law 110–432 (112 Stat. 4968). 
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 appropriated or limited by this Act under the heading 
‘‘Fixed Guideway Capital Investment’’ of the Federal Tran-
sit Administration for projects specified in this Act or iden-
tified in reports accompanying this Act not obligated by 
September 30, 2019, and other recoveries, shall be directed
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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, 2014, 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 that 
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 jus-
tification 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 signifi-
cant financial contributions to the construction of the con-
nected project; additionally, the Secretary may consider the 
significant financial contributions of private parties to the 
connected project in calculating the non-Federal share of 
net capital project costs for the New Starts project.
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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 or any other Act 
may be available to advance in any way a new light or 
heavy rail 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 proposed capital 
project is constructed on or planned to be constructed on 
Richmond Avenue west of South Shepherd Drive or on Post 
Oak Boulevard north of Richmond Avenue in Houston, 
Texas. 
SEC. 167. In developing guidance implementing 49 
U.S.C. 5309(i) Program of Interrelated Projects, the Sec-
retary shall consider projects eligible under section 5309(h) 
Small Starts Projects, including streetcars. 
SEC. 168. Of the unobligated balance of amounts made 
available for fiscal year 2011 or prior fiscal years to carry 
out the discretionary bus and bus facilities program under 
49 U.S.C. 5309, $27,989,839 shall be used for new bus rapid 
transit projects recommended, in the President’s fiscal year 
2015 budget request, to be funded under the heading ‘‘De-
partment of Transportation-Federal Transit Administra-
tion-Capital Investment Grants’’: Provided, That all such
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projects shall remain subject to the requirements of 49 
U.S.C. 5309 for New Starts, Small Starts, or Core Capacity 
projects, as applicable, under the Capital Investment 
Grants Program: Provided further, That such funds shall 
be in addition to the amounts otherwise made available by 
this Act for ‘‘Department of Transportation-Federal Tran-
sit Administration-Capital Investment Grants’’. 
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 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, $32,042,000, to be derived from the Harbor 
Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public Law 99–662.
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Management of the United States Merchant Marine Acad-
emy 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: Pro-
vided further, That 50 percent of the funding made avail-
able 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 Ad-
ministrator, completes a plan detailing by program or ac-
tivity how such funding will be expended at the Academy, 
and this plan is submitted to the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That not later 
than January 12, 2015, the Administrator of the Maritime 
Administration shall transmit to Congress the biennial sur-
vey and report on sexual assault and sexual harassment at 
the United States Merchant Marine Academy as required 
pursuant to section 3507 of Public Law 110–417. 
SHIP DISPOSAL 
For necessary expenses related to the disposal of obso-
lete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the Mar-
itime Administration, $4,000,000, to remain available 
until expended.