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(c) APPLICATION.—This section shall not apply to any covered 
transaction involving a covered air carrier that took place before 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
(d) EFFECTIVENESS OF PROVISION.—This section shall become 
effective on the date of enactment of this Act and shall continue 
in effect in fiscal years after fiscal year 2008. 
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $377,556,000, 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. 
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
None of the funds in this Act shall be available for the 
implementation or execution of programs, the obligations for which 
are in excess of $40,216,051,359 for Federal-aid highways and high-
way safety construction programs for fiscal year 2008: Provided, 
That within the $40,216,051,359 obligation limitation on Federal- 
aid highways and highway safety construction programs, not more 
than $429,800,000 shall be available for the implementation or 
execution of programs for transportation research (chapter 5 of 
title 23, United States Code; sections 111, 5505, and 5506 of title 
49, United States Code; and title 5 of Public Law 109–59) for 
fiscal year 2008: Provided further, That this limitation on transpor-
tation research programs shall not apply to any authority previously 
made available for obligation: Provided further, That the Secretary 
may, as authorized by section 605(b) of title 23, United States 
Code, collect and spend fees 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. 
(ADDITIONAL OBLIGATION LIMITATION) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For an additional amount of obligation limitation to be distrib-
uted for the purpose of section 144(e) of title 23, United States 
Code, $1,000,000,000: Provided, That such obligation limitation 
shall be used only for a purpose eligible for obligation with funds 
apportioned under such section and shall be distributed in accord-
ance with the formula in such section: Provided further, That such
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obligation limitation shall remain available for a period of three 
fiscal years and shall be in addition to the amount of any limitation 
imposed on obligations for Federal-aid highway and highway safety 
construction programs for future fiscal years: Provided further, That 
in distributing obligation authority under this paragraph, the Sec-
retary shall ensure that such obligation limitation shall supplement 
and not supplant each State’s planned obligations for such purposes. 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For carrying out the provisions of title 23, United States Code, 
that are attributable to Federal-aid highways, not otherwise pro-
vided, including reimbursement for sums expended pursuant to 
the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 308, $41,955,051,359 or so much thereof 
as may be available in and derived from the Highway Trust Fund 
(other than the Mass Transit Account), to remain available until 
expended. 
(RESCISSION) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
Of the unobligated balances of funds apportioned to each State 
under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, $3,150,000,000 
are rescinded: Provided, That such rescission shall not apply to 
the funds distributed in accordance with sections 130(f) and 
104(b)(5) of title 23, United States Code; sections 133(d)(1) and 
163 of such title, as in effect on the day before the date of enactment 
of Public Law 109–59; and the first sentence of section 133(d)(3)(A) 
of such title. 
I–35W BRIDGE REPAIR AND RECONSTRUCTION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the project for repair and 
reconstruction of the Interstate 35W bridge located in Minneapolis, 
Minnesota, that collapsed on August 1, 2007, as authorized under 
section 1(c) of Public Law 110–56, up to $195,000,000, as docu-
mented by the Minnesota Department of Transportation to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the amount provided under 
this heading is designated as described in section 5 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided further, 
That the Federal share of the costs of any project funded using 
amounts made available under this section shall be 100 percent 
in accordance with section 1(b) of Public Law 110–56. 
APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAY SYSTEM 
For necessary expenses for West Virginia corridor H of the 
Appalachian Development Highway System as authorized under 
section 1069(y) of Public Law 102–240, as amended, $15,680,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
DELTA REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses for the Delta Regional Transportation 
Development Program as authorized under section 1308 of Public 
Law 109–59, $14,014,000, to remain available until expended.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2008, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall— 
(1) not distribute from the obligation limitation for Federal- 
aid highways amounts authorized for administrative expenses 
and programs by section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code; 
programs funded from the administrative takedown authorized 
by section 104(a)(1) of title 23, United States Code (as in 
effect on the date before the date of enactment of the Safe, 
Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A 
Legacy for Users); the highway use tax evasion program; the 
programs, projects and activities funded by the set aside author-
ized by section 129 of this Act; the Bureau of Transportation 
Statistics; and additional obligation limitation provided in this 
Act for the purpose of section 144(e) of title 23, United States 
Code; 
(2) not distribute an amount from the obligation limitation 
for Federal-aid highways that is equal to the unobligated bal-
ance of amounts made available from the Highway Trust Fund 
(other than the Mass Transit Account) for Federal-aid highways 
and highway safety programs for previous fiscal years the funds 
for which are allocated by the Secretary; 
(3) determine the ratio that— 
(A) the obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways, 
less the aggregate of amounts not distributed under para-
graphs (1) and (2), bears to 
(B) the total of the sums authorized to be appropriated 
for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction 
programs (other than sums authorized to be appropriated 
for provisions of law described in paragraphs (1) through 
(9) of subsection (b) and sums authorized to be appropriated 
for section 105 of title 23, United States Code, equal to 
the amount referred to in subsection (b)(10) for such fiscal 
year), less the aggregate of the amounts not distributed 
under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection; 
(4)(A) distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 
highways, less the aggregate amounts not distributed under 
paragraphs (1) and (2), for sections 1301, 1302, and 1934 of 
the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity 
Act: A Legacy for Users; sections 117 (but individually for 
each project numbered 1 through 3676 listed in the table con-
tained in section 1702 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Effi-
cient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users) and 144(g) 
of title 23, United States Code; and section 14501 of title 
40, United States Code, so that the amount of obligation 
authority available for each of such sections is equal to the 
amount determined by multiplying the ratio determined under 
paragraph (3) by the sums authorized to be appropriated for 
that section for the fiscal year; and 
(B) distribute $2,000,000,000 for section 105 of title 23, 
United States Code; 
(5) distribute the obligation limitation provided for Federal- 
aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not distributed under 
paragraphs (1) and (2) and amounts distributed under para-
graph (4), for each of the programs that are allocated by the
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Secretary under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users and title 23, 
United States Code (other than to programs to which para-
graphs (1) and (4) apply), by multiplying the ratio determined 
under paragraph (3) by the amounts authorized to be appro-
priated for each such program for such fiscal year; and 
(6) distribute the obligation limitation provided for Federal- 
aid highways, less the aggregate amounts not distributed under 
paragraphs (1) and (2) and amounts distributed under para-
graphs (4) and (5), for Federal-aid highways and highway safety 
construction programs (other than the amounts apportioned 
for the equity bonus program, but only to the extent that 
the amounts apportioned for the equity bonus program for 
the fiscal year are greater than $2,639,000,000, and the Appa-
lachian development highway system program) that are appor-
tioned by the Secretary under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, 
Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users and 
title 23, United States Code, in the ratio that— 
(A) amounts authorized to be appropriated for such 
programs that are apportioned to each State for such fiscal 
year, bear to 
(B) the total of the amounts authorized to be appro-
priated for such programs that are apportioned to all States 
for such fiscal year. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS FROM OBLIGATION LIMITATION.—The obligation 
limitation for Federal-aid highways shall not apply to obligations: 
(1) under section 125 of title 23, United States Code; (2) under 
section 147 of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978; 
(3) under section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981; (4) 
under subsections (b) and (j) of section 131 of the Surface Transpor-
tation Assistance Act of 1982; (5) under subsections (b) and (c) 
of section 149 of the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation 
Assistance Act of 1987; (6) under sections 1103 through 1108 of 
the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991; (7) 
under section 157 of title 23, United States Code, as in effect 
on the day before the date of the enactment of the Transportation 
Equity Act for the 21st Century; (8) under 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) for Federal-aid highway programs for which 
obligation authority was made available under the Transportation 
Equity Act for the 21st Century or subsequent public laws for 
multiple years or to remain available until used, but only to the 
extent that the obligation authority has not lapsed or been used; 
(10) under section 105 of title 23, United States Code, but only 
in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 
through 2008; and (11) under section 1603 of the Safe, Accountable, 
Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users, 
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. 
(c) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED OBLIGATION AUTHORITY.—Not-
withstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall, after August 1 
of such fiscal year, revise a distribution of the obligation limitation 
made available under subsection (a) if the amount distributed 
cannot be obligated during that fiscal year and redistribute suffi-
cient amounts to those States able to obligate amounts in addition
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to those previously distributed during that fiscal year, giving pri-
ority to those States having large unobligated balances of funds 
apportioned under sections 104 and 144 of title 23, United States 
Code. 
(d) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS TO TRANSPOR-
TATION RESEARCH PROGRAMS.—The obligation limitation shall apply 
to transportation research programs carried out under chapter 5 
of title 23, United States Code, and title V (research title) of 
the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: 
A Legacy for Users, except that obligation authority made available 
for such programs under such limitation shall remain available 
for a period of 3 fiscal years and shall be in addition to the 
amount of any limitation imposed on obligations for Federal-aid 
highway and highway 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 the distribution of obligation limitation under subsection 
(a), the Secretary shall distribute to the States any funds 
that— 
(A) are authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal 
year for Federal-aid highways programs; and 
(B) the Secretary determines will not be allocated to 
the States, and will not be available for obligation, in 
such fiscal year due to the imposition of any obligation 
limitation for such fiscal year. 
(2) RATIO.—Funds shall be distributed under paragraph 
(1) in the same ratio as the distribution of obligation authority 
under subsection (a)(6). 
(3) AVAILABILITY.—Funds distributed under paragraph (1) 
shall be available for any purposes described in section 133(b) 
of title 23, United States Code. 
(f) SPECIAL LIMITATION CHARACTERISTICS.—Obligation limita-
tion distributed for a fiscal year under subsection (a)(4) for the 
provision specified in subsection (a)(4) shall— 
(1) remain available until used for obligation of funds for 
that provision; and 
(2) be in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed 
on obligations for Federal-aid highway and highway safety 
construction programs for future fiscal years. 
(g) HIGH PRIORITY PROJECT FLEXIBILITY.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), obligation 
authority distributed for such fiscal year under subsection (a)(4) 
for each project numbered 1 through 3676 listed in the table 
contained in section 1702 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, 
Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users may 
be obligated for any other project in such section in the same 
State. 
(2) RESTORATION.—Obligation authority used as described 
in paragraph (1) shall be restored to the original purpose on 
the date on which obligation authority is distributed under 
this section for the next fiscal year following obligation under 
paragraph (1). 
(h) LIMITATION ON STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 
section shall be construed to limit the distribution of obligation 
authority under subsection (a)(4)(A) for each of the individual 
projects numbered greater than 3676 listed in the table contained
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in section 1702 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users. 
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 49 U.S.C. 111 
may be credited to the Federal-aid highways account for the purpose 
of reimbursing the Bureau for such expenses: Provided, That such 
funds shall be subject to the obligation limitation for Federal- 
aid highways and highway safety construction. 
SEC. 122. Of the unobligated balances made available under 
sections 1103, 1104, 1105, 1106(a), 1106(b), 1107, and 1108 of 
Public Law 102–240, $1,292,287.73 are rescinded. 
SEC. 123. Of the unobligated balances made available under 
section 1602 of Public Law 105–178, $5,987,345.70 are rescinded. 
SEC. 124. Of the unobligated balances made available under 
section 188(a)(1) of title 23, United States Code, as in effect on 
the day before the date of enactment of Public Law 109–59, and 
under section 608(a)(1) of such title, $256,806,000 are rescinded. 
SEC. 125. Of the amounts made available under section 104(a) 
of title 23, United States Code, $43,358,601 are rescinded. 
SEC. 126. Of the unobligated balances of funds made available 
in fiscal year 2005 and prior fiscal years for the implementation 
or execution of programs for transportation research, training and 
education, 
and 
technology 
deployment 
including 
intelligent 
transportation systems, $239,801,603 are rescinded. 
SEC. 127. Of the amounts made available for ‘‘Highway Related 
Safety Grants’’ by section 402 of title 23, United States Code, 
and administered by the Federal Highway Administration, $11,314 
in unobligated balances are rescinded. 
SEC. 128. Of the unobligated balances made available under 
Public Law 101–516, Public Law 102–143, Public Law 103–331, 
Public Law 106–346, Public Law 107–87, and Public Law 108– 
7, $4,753,687.26 are rescinded. 
SEC. 129. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Transportation shall set aside from revenue aligned 
budget authority authorized for fiscal year 2008 under section 110 
of title 23, United States Code, such sums as may be necessary 
for the programs, projects and activities at the level of 98 percent 
of the corresponding amounts identified under this section in the 
explanatory statement accompanying this Act: Provided, That funds 
set aside by this section, at the request of a State, shall be trans-
ferred by the Secretary to another Federal agency: Provided further, 
That the Federal share payable on account of any program, project, 
or activity carried out with funds set aside by this section shall 
be 100 percent: Provided further, That the sums set aside by this 
section shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That all funds set aside by this section shall be subject to any 
limitation on obligations for Federal-aid highways and highway 
safety construction programs set forth in this Act or any other 
Act: Provided further, That the obligation limitation made available 
for the programs, projects, and activities for which funds are set 
aside by this section shall remain available until used and shall 
be in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed on obliga-
tions for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction pro-
grams for future fiscal years: Provided further, That amounts 
authorized for fiscal year 2008 for revenue aligned budget authority
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under such section in excess of the amount set aside by the first 
clause of this section are rescinded. 
SEC. 130. Not less than 15 days prior to waiving, under her 
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 Appropriations 
Committees of the Congress on any waivers granted under the 
Buy America requirements. 
SEC. 131. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts 
authorized for fiscal year 2008 for programs under sections 1305 
and 1502 of Public Law 109–59 and section 503(b) of title 23, 
United States Code, are rescinded. 
FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
For payment of obligations incurred for 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, $229,654,000, to be derived from the Highway 
Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), together with 
advances and reimbursements received by the Federal Motor Car-
rier Safety Administration, the sum of which shall remain available 
until expended: Provided, That none of the funds derived from 
the Highway Trust Fund in this Act shall be available for the 
implementation, execution or administration of programs, the 
obligations for which are in excess of $229,654,000, for ‘‘Motor 
Carrier Safety Operations and Programs’’, of which $8,900,000, 
to remain available for obligation until September 30, 2010, is 
for the research and technology program and $1,000,000 shall be 
available for commercial motor vehicle operator’s grants to carry 
out section 4134 of Public Law 109–59: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds 
under this heading for outreach and education shall be available 
for transfer: Provided further, That $1,815,553 in unobligated bal-
ances are rescinded. 
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out sections 
31102, 31104(a), 31106, 31107, 31109, 31309, 31313 of title 49,
H. R. 2764—547 
United States Code, and sections 4126 and 4128 of Public Law 
109–59, $300,000,000, 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 implementation or execution of programs, the 
obligations for which are in excess of $300,000,000, for ‘‘Motor 
Carrier Safety Grants’’; of which $202,000,000 shall be available 
for the motor carrier safety assistance program to carry out sections 
31102 and 31104(a) of title 49, United States Code; $25,000,000 
shall be available for the commercial driver’s license improvements 
program to carry out section 31313 of title 49, United States Code; 
$32,000,000 shall be available for the border enforcement grants 
program to carry out section 31107 of title 49, United States Code; 
$5,000,000 shall be available for the performance and registration 
information system management program to carry out sections 
31106(b) and 31109 of title 49, United States Code; $25,000,000 
shall be available for the commercial vehicle information systems 
and networks deployment program to carry out section 4126 of 
Public Law 109–59; $3,000,000 shall be available for the safety 
data improvement program to carry out section 4128 of Public 
Law 109–59; and $8,000,000 shall be available for the commercial 
driver’s license information system modernization program to carry 
out section 31309(e) of title 49, United States Code: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds made available for the motor carrier safety 
assistance program, $29,000,000 shall be available for audits of 
new entrant motor carriers: Provided further, That $11,260,214 
in unobligated balances are rescinded. 
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the amounts made available under this heading in prior 
appropriations Acts, $32,187,720 in unobligated balances are 
rescinded. 
NATIONAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY PROGRAM 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the amounts made available under this heading in prior 
appropriations Act, $5,212,858 in unobligated balances are 
rescinded. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 135. 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, 
including that the Secretary submit a report to the House and 
Senate Appropriations Committees annually on the safety and secu-
rity of transportation into the United States by Mexico-domiciled 
motor carriers.
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SEC. 136. None of the funds made available under this Act 
may be used to establish a cross-border motor carrier demonstration 
program to allow Mexico-domiciled motor carriers to operate beyond 
the commercial zones along the international border between the 
United States and Mexico. 
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 under subtitle 
C of title X of Public Law 109–59, chapter 301 of title 49, United 
States Code, and part C of subtitle VI of title 49, United States 
Code, $126,572,000, of which $26,156,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2010: Provided, That none of the funds appro-
priated by this Act may be obligated or expended to plan, finalize, 
or implement any rulemaking to add to section 575.104 of title 
49 of the Code of Federal Regulations any requirement pertaining 
to a grading standard that is different from the three grading 
standards (treadwear, traction, and temperature resistance) already 
in effect. 
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, $107,750,000, to be derived from the High-
way 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 2008, are 
in excess of $107,750,000 for programs authorized under 23 U.S.C. 
403. 
NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out chapter 
303 of title 49, United States Code, $4,000,000, 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 implementation 
or execution of programs the total obligations for which, in fiscal 
year 2008, are in excess of $4,000,000 for the National Driver 
Register authorized under such chapter.
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HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS 
(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. 402, 405, 406, 408, and 410 and sections 
2001(a)(11), 2009, 2010, and 2011 of Public Law 109–59, to remain 
available until expended, $599,250,000 to be derived from the High-
way 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 2008, are in excess of $599,250,000 for programs 
authorized under 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, 406, 408, and 410 and sections 
2001(a)(11), 2009, 2010, and 2011 of Public Law 109–59, of which 
$225,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Highway Safety Programs’’ under 23 
U.S.C. 402; $25,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Occupant Protection Incentive 
Grants’’ under 23 U.S.C. 405; $124,500,000 shall be for ‘‘Safety 
Belt Performance Grants’’ under 23 U.S.C. 406; $34,500,000 shall 
be for ‘‘State Traffic Safety Information System Improvements’’ 
under 23 U.S.C. 408; $131,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Alcohol-Impaired 
Driving Countermeasures Incentive Grant Program’’ under 23 
U.S.C. 410; $18,250,000 shall be for ‘‘Administrative Expenses’’ 
under section 2001(a)(11) of Public Law 109–59; $29,000,000 shall 
be for ‘‘High Visibility Enforcement Program’’ under section 2009 
of Public Law 109–59; $6,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Motorcyclist Safety’’ 
under section 2010 of Public Law 109–59; and $6,000,000 shall 
be for ‘‘Child Safety and Child Booster Seat Safety Incentive Grants’’ 
under section 2011 of Public Law 109–59: 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 section 
410 ‘‘Alcohol-Impaired Driving Countermeasures Grants’’ shall be 
available for technical assistance to the States: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $750,000 of the funds made available for the 
‘‘High Visibility Enforcement Program’’ shall be available for the 
evaluation required under section 2009(f) of Public Law 109–59. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—NATIONAL HIGHWAY 
TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 140. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or limita-
tion on the use of funds made available under section 403 of 
title 23, United States Code, 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. Of the amounts made available under the heading 
‘‘Operations and Research (Liquidation of Contract Authorization)
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(Limitation on Obligations) (Highway Trust Fund)’’ in prior appro-
priations 
Acts, 
$12,197,113.60 
in 
unobligated 
balances 
are 
rescinded. 
SEC. 142. Of the amounts made available under the heading 
‘‘National Driver Register (Liquidation of Contract Authorization) 
(Limitation on Obligations) (Highway Trust Fund)’’ in prior appro-
priations Acts, $119,914.61 in unobligated balances are rescinded. 
SEC. 143. Of the amounts made available under the heading 
‘‘Highway Traffic Safety Grants (Liquidation of Contract Authoriza-
tion) (Limitation on Obligations) (Highway Trust Fund)’’ in prior 
appropriations Acts, $10,528,958 in unobligated balances are 
rescinded. 
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION 
SAFETY AND OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Administration, 
not otherwise provided for, $150,193,499, of which $12,268,890 shall 
remain available until expended. 
RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for railroad research and development, 
$35,964,400, to remain available until expended. 
CAPITAL ASSISTANCE TO STATES—INTERCITY 
PASSENGER RAIL SERVICE 
To enable the Federal Railroad Administrator to make grants 
to States for the capital costs of improving existing intercity pas-
senger rail service and providing new intercity passenger rail 
service, $30,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That grants shall be provided to a State only on a reimbursable 
basis: Provided further, That grants cover no more than 50 percent 
of the total capital cost of a project selected for funding: Provided 
further, That no more than 10 percent of funds made available 
under this program may be used for planning activities that lead 
directly to the development of a passenger rail corridor investment 
plan consistent with the requirements established by the Adminis-
trator: Provided further, That no later than eight months following 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish and publish 
criteria for project selection, set a deadline for grant applications, 
and provide a schedule for project selection: Provided further, That 
to be eligible for this assistance, States must include intercity 
passenger rail service as an integral part of statewide transportation 
planning as required under section 135 of title 23, United States 
Code: Provided further, That to be eligible for capital assistance 
the specific project must be on the Statewide Transportation 
Improvement Plan at the time of the application to qualify: Provided 
further, That the Secretary give priority to capital and planning 
applications for projects that improve the safety and reliability 
of intercity passenger trains, involve a commitment by freight rail-
roads to an enforceable on-time performance of passenger trains 
of 80 percent or greater, involve a commitment by freight railroads 
of financial resources commensurate with the benefit expected to 
their operations, improve or extend service on a route that requires 
little or no Federal assistance for its operations, and involve a
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commitment by States or railroads of financial resources to improve 
the safety of highway/rail grade crossings over which the passenger 
service operates. 
RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM 
The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to issue to the 
Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obligations pursuant to 
section 512 of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform 
Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–210), as amended, in such amounts 
and at such times as may be necessary to pay any amounts required 
pursuant to the guarantee of the principal amount of obligations 
under sections 511 through 513 of such Act, such authority to 
exist as long as any such guaranteed obligation is outstanding: 
Provided, That pursuant to section 502 of such Act, as amended, 
no new direct loans or loan guarantee commitments shall be made 
using Federal funds for the credit risk premium during fiscal year 
2008. 
RAIL LINE RELOCATION AND IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses of carrying out section 20154 of title 
49, United States Code, as authorized by section 9002 of Public 
Law 109–59, $20,145,000, to remain available until expended. 
OPERATING GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER 
CORPORATION 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make quarterly 
grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for operation 
of intercity passenger rail, $475,000,000 to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation shall 
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 the Corpora-
tion is directed to achieve savings through operating efficiencies 
including, but not limited to, modifications to food and beverage 
service and first class service: Provided further, That the Inspector 
General of the Department of Transportation shall report to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations beginning 3 
months after the date of the enactment of this Act and quarterly 
thereafter with estimates of the savings accrued as a result of 
all operational reforms instituted by the Corporation: Provided fur-
ther, That not later than 120 days after enactment of this Act, 
the Corporation shall transmit to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations the status of its plan to improve the financial 
performance of food and beverage service and its plan to improve 
the financial performance of first class service (including sleeping 
car service): Provided further, That the Corporation shall report 
quarterly to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
on its progress against the milestones and target dates contained 
in the plan provided in fiscal year 2007 and quantify savings 
realized to date on a monthly basis compared to those projected 
in the plan, identify any changes in the plan or delays in imple-
menting these plans, and identify the causes of delay and proposed
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corrective measures: Provided further, That not later than 90 days 
after enactment of this Act, the Corporation shall transmit, in 
electronic format, to the Secretary, the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations, the House Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure and the Senate Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation a comprehensive business plan 
approved by the Board of Directors for fiscal year 2008 under 
section 24104(a) of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, 
That the business plan shall include, as applicable, targets for 
ridership, revenues, and capital and operating expenses: Provided 
further, That the plan shall also include a separate accounting 
of such targets for the Northeast Corridor; commuter service; long- 
distance Amtrak service; State-supported service; each intercity 
train route, including Autotrain; and commercial activities including 
contract operations: Provided further, That the business plan shall 
include a description of the work to be funded, along with cost 
estimates and an estimated timetable for completion of the projects 
covered by this business plan: Provided further, That the Corpora-
tion shall continue to provide monthly reports in electronic format 
regarding the pending business plan, which shall describe the work 
completed to date, any changes to the business plan, and the 
reasons for such changes, and shall identify all sole source contract 
awards which shall be accompanied by a justification as to why 
said contract was awarded on a sole source basis: Provided further, 
That the Corporation’s business plan and all subsequent supple-
mental plans shall be displayed on the Corporation’s website within 
a reasonable timeframe following their submission to the appro-
priate entities: Provided further, That none of the funds under 
this heading may be obligated or expended until the Corporation 
agrees to continue abiding by the provisions of paragraphs 1, 2, 
5, 9, and 11 of the summary of conditions for the direct loan 
agreement of June 28, 2002, in the same manner as in effect 
on the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That none 
of the funds provided in this Act may be used after March 1, 
2006, 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: Provided 
further, That of the amounts made available under this heading 
not less than $18,500,000 shall be available for the Amtrak Office 
of Inspector General. 
CAPITAL AND DEBT SERVICE GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD 
PASSENGER CORPORATION 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make quarterly 
grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for the 
maintenance and repair of capital infrastructure owned by the 
Corporation, including railroad equipment, rolling stock, legal man-
dates and other services, $850,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which not to exceed $285,000,000 shall be for debt 
service obligations: Provided, That the Secretary may retain up 
to one-quarter of 1 percent of the funds under this heading to 
fund the oversight by the Federal Railroad Administration of the 
design and implementation of capital projects funded by grants 
made under this heading: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall approve funding for capital expenditures, including advance
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purchase orders of materials, for the Corporation only after 
receiving and reviewing a grant request for each specific capital 
grant justifying the Federal support to the Secretary’s satisfaction: 
Provided further, That 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 approved by the Secretary of Transportation 
or on the Corporation’s fiscal year 2008 business plan: Provided 
further, That $35,000,000 of amounts made available under this 
heading shall be available until expended for capital improvements 
if the Corporation demonstrates to the Secretary’s satisfaction that 
the Corporation has achieved operational savings and met ridership 
and revenue targets as defined in the Corporation’s business plan: 
Provided further, That of the funds provided under this section, 
not less than $5,000,000 shall be expended for the development 
and implementation of a managerial cost accounting system, which 
includes average and marginal unit cost capability: Provided fur-
ther, That within 90 days of enactment, the Department of 
Transportation Inspector General shall review and comment to 
the Secretary of Transportation and the House and Senate Commit-
tees on Appropriations upon the strengths and weaknesses of the 
system being developed by the Corporation and how it best can 
be implemented to improve decision making by the Board of Direc-
tors and management of the Corporation: Provided further, That 
not later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary, in consultation with the Corporation and the States on 
the Northeast Corridor, shall establish a common definition of what 
is determined to be a ‘‘state of good repair’’ on the Northeast 
Corridor and report its findings, including definitional areas of 
disagreement, to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions, the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 150. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
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. Not later than January 1, 2008, the Federal Railroad 
Administrator shall submit a report, and quarterly reports there-
after, to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
detailing the Administrator’s efforts at improving the on-time 
performance of Amtrak intercity rail service operating on non- 
Amtrak owned property. Such reports shall compare the most recent 
actual on-time performance data to pre-established on-time perform-
ance goals that the Administrator shall set for each rail service, 
identified by route. Such reports shall also include whatever other 
information and data regarding the on-time performance of Amtrak 
trains the Administrator deems to be appropriate. 
SEC. 152. The Secretary may purchase promotional items of 
nominal value for use in public outreach activities to accomplish