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(III)(aa) in the project descrip-
tion column ‘‘668. The City of Comp-
ton, California, for the replacement of 
buses and paratransit vehicles’’; and 
(bb) in the FY06, FY07, FY08, 
and 
FY09 
columns 
‘‘$128,180’’, 
‘‘$133,760’’, 
‘‘$144,906’’, 
and 
‘‘$150,480’’, respectively; and 
(IV)(aa) in the project description 
column ‘‘669. City of Los Angeles, 
California, for the purchase of transit 
vehicles in Watts and enhancement of 
paratransit and senior transportation 
services’’; and 
(bb) in the FY06, FY07, FY08, 
and 
FY09 
columns 
‘‘$128,200’’, 
‘‘$133,760’’, 
‘‘$144,908’’, 
and 
‘‘$150,480’’, respectively. 
(B) SPECIAL
RULE.—Section 3044(c) of 
such Act (119 Stat. 1705) is amended—
(i) by inserting ‘‘, or other entity,’’ 
after ‘‘State or local governmental author-
ity’’; and
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(ii) by striking ‘‘projects numbered 258 
and 347’’ and inserting ‘‘projects numbered 
258, 347, and 411’’; and 
(iii) by striking the period at the end 
and inserting: ‘‘, and funds made available 
for fiscal year 2006 for the bus and bus-re-
lated facilities projects numbered 176 and 
652 under subsection (a) shall remain 
available until September 30, 2009.’’. 
(6) SECTION 3046.—Section 3046(a)(7) of such 
Act (119 Stat. 1708) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘hydrogen fuel cell vehicles’’ 
and inserting ‘‘hydrogen fueled vehicles’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘hydrogen fuel cell employee 
shuttle vans’’ and inserting ‘‘hydrogen fueled em-
ployee shuttle vans’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘in Allentown, Pennsyl-
vania’’ and inserting ‘‘to the DaVinci Center in 
Allentown, Pennsylvania’’. 
(7) SECTION 3050.—Section 3050(b) of such Act 
(119 Stat. 1713) is amended by inserting ‘‘by negoti-
ating the extension of the existing agreement between 
mile post 191.13 and mile post 185.1 to mile post 
165.9 in Rhode Island’’ before the period at the end.
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(p) TRANSIT TUNNELS.—In carrying out section 
5309(d)(3)(D) of title 49, United States Code, the Secretary 
of Transportation shall specifically analyze, evaluate, and 
consider—
(1) the congestion relief, improved mobility, and 
other benefits of transit tunnels in those projects 
which include a transit tunnel; and 
(2) the associated ancillary and mitigation costs 
necessary to relieve congestion, improve mobility, and 
decrease air and noise pollution in those projects 
which do not include a transit tunnel, but where a 
transit tunnel was one of the alternatives analyzed. 
(q) KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE, PROPERTY ACQUISI-
TION.—The acquisition of property for the city of Knoxville, 
Tennessee, for the Knoxville, Tennessee, Central Station 
project shall be deemed to qualify as an acquisition of land 
for protective purposes pursuant to section 622.101 of title 
49, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on the date 
of enactment of this Act. The Secretary of Transportation 
may allow the costs of such acquisition to be credited to-
ward the non-Federal share for the project. 
(r) CALIFORNIA TRANSIT SERVICES.—The Secretary of 
Transportation shall use not more than $3,000,000 of the 
funds made available for use at the discretion of the Sec-
retary for fiscal year 2007 for Federal Transit Administra-
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tion Discretionary Programs, Bus and Bus Facilities to re-
imburse the California State department of transportation 
for actual and necessary costs of maintenance and oper-
ation, less the amount of fares earned, for additional public 
transportation services that were provided by the depart-
ment of transportation as a temporary substitute for high-
way traffic service following the freeway collapse at the 
interchange connecting Interstate Routes 80, 580, and 880 
near the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, on April 29, 
2007, until the reopening of that facility on June 29, 2007. 
The Federal share of the cost of activities reimbursed under 
this subsection shall be 100 percent. 
TITLE III—OTHER SURFACE 
TRANSPORTATION PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO MOTOR 
CARRIER SAFETY. 
(a) CONFORMING AMENDMENT RELATING TO HIGH-
PRIORITY ACTIVITIES.—Section 31104(f) of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by striking the designation and 
heading for paragraph (1) and by striking paragraph (2). 
(b) NEW ENTRANT AUDITS.—
(1) CORRECTIONS
OF
REFERENCES.—Section 
4107(b) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 
Stat. 1720) is amended—
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(A) by striking ‘‘Section 31104’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Section 31144’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘(c)’’ 
after ‘‘the second subsection’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 7112 of 
such Act (119 Stat. 1899) is amended by striking sub-
section (c). 
(c) 
PROHIBITED
TRANSPORTATION.—Section 
4114(c)(1) of the such Act (119 Stat. 1726) is amended by 
striking ‘‘the second subsection (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘(f)’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE RELATING TO MEDICAL EXAM-
INERS.—Section 4116(f) of such Act (119 Stat. 1728) is 
amended by striking ‘‘amendment made by subsection (a)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘amendments made by subsections (a) and 
(b)’’. 
(e) ROADABILITY TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—Section 
31151(a)(3)(E)(ii) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘Act’’ and inserting ‘‘section’’. 
(f) CORRECTION OF SUBSECTION REFERENCE.—Sec-
tion 4121 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 
1734) is amended by striking ‘‘31139(f)(5)’’ and inserting 
‘‘31139(g)(5)’’. 
(g) CDL LEARNER’S PERMIT PROGRAM TECHNICAL 
CORRECTION.—Section 4122(2)(A) of such Act (119 Stat.
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1734) is amended by striking ‘‘license’’ and inserting ‘‘li-
censes’’. 
(h) CDL INFORMATION
SYSTEM
FUNDING
REF-
ERENCE.—Section 31309(f) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘31318’’ and inserting ‘‘31313’’. 
(i) 
CLARIFICATION
OF
REFERENCE.—Section 
229(a)(1) of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Improvement 
Act of 1999 (49 U.S.C. 31136 note; 119 Stat. 1743) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘of title 49, United States Code,’’ 
after ‘‘31502’’. 
(j) REDESIGNATION OF SECTION.—The second section 
39 of chapter 2 of title 18, United States Code, relating 
to commercial motor vehicles required to stop for inspec-
tions, and the item relating to such section in the analysis 
for such chapter, are redesignated as section 40. 
(k) OFFICE OF INTERMODALISM.—Section 5503 of title 
49, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (f)(2) by striking ‘‘Surface 
Transportation Safety Improvement Act of 2005’’, 
and inserting ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Reauthorization 
Act of 2005’’; and 
(2) by redesignating the first subsection (h), re-
lating to authorization of appropriations, as sub-
section (i) and moving it after the second subsection 
(h).
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(l) USE OF FEES FOR UNIFIED CARRIER REGISTRA-
TION SYSTEM.—Section 13908 of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended by redesignating subsection (e) as sub-
section (f) and inserting after subsection (d) the following: 
‘‘(e) USE OF FEES FOR UNIFIED CARRIER REGISTRA-
TION SYSTEM.—Fees collected under this section may be 
credited to the Department of Transportation appropria-
tions account for purposes for which such fees are collected 
and shall be available for expenditure for such purposes 
until expended.’’. 
(m) COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE DEFINITION.—
Section 14504a(a)(1)(B) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘a motor carrier required to make any 
filing or pay any fee to a State with respect to the motor 
carrier’s authority or insurance related to operation within 
such State, the motor carrier’’ and inserting ‘‘determining 
the size of a motor carrier or motor private carrier’s fleet 
in calculating the fee to be paid by a motor carrier or motor 
private carrier pursuant to subsection (f)(1), the motor car-
rier or motor private carrier’’. 
(n) CLARIFICATION OF UNREASONABLE BURDEN.—
Section 14504a(c)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘interstate’’ the last place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘intrastate’’.
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(o) 
CONTENTS
OF
AGREEMENT
TYPO.—Section 
14504a(f)(1)(A)(ii) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘or’’ the last place it appears. 
(p) OTHER UNIFIED CARRIER REGISTRATION SYSTEM 
TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—Section 14504a of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (c)(1)(B) by striking ‘‘the a’’ 
and inserting ‘‘a’’; 
(2) in subsection (f)(1)(A)(i) by striking ‘‘in con-
nection with the filing of proof of financial responsi-
bility’’; and 
(3) in subsection (f)(1)(A)(ii) by striking ‘‘in 
connection with such a filing’’ and inserting ‘‘under 
the UCR agreement’’. 
(q) 
IDENTIFICATION
OF
VEHICLES.—Section 
14506(b)(2) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘or 
under an applicable State law if, on October 1, 2006, the 
State has a form of highway use taxation not subject to 
collection through the International Fuel Tax Agreement’’. 
(r) DRIVEAWAY SADDLEMOUNT VEHICLE.—
(1) DEFINITION.—Section 31111(a)(4) of title 
49, United States Code, is amended—
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(A) in the paragraph heading by striking 
‘‘DRIVE-AWAY SADDLEMOUNT WITH FULLMOUNT’’ 
and inserting ‘‘DRIVEAWAY SADDLEMOUNT’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘drive-away saddlemount 
with fullmount’’ and inserting ‘‘driveaway 
saddlemount’’; and 
(C) by inserting ‘‘Such combination may 
include one fullmount.’’ after the period at the 
end. 
(2) IN
GENERAL.—Section 31111(b)(1)(D) of 
such title is amended by striking ‘‘a driveaway 
saddlemount with fullmount’’ and inserting ‘‘all 
driveaway saddlemount’’. 
SEC. 302. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO HAZ-
ARDOUS MATERIALS TRANSPORTATION. 
(a) DEFINITION OF HAZMAT EMPLOYEES.—Section 
7102(2) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Trans-
portation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1892) 
is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘(3)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘(3)’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘clause (i)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘clause (i) of subparagraph (A)’’; and 
(3) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘clause 
(ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (A)(ii)’’.
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(b) 
TECHNICAL
CORRECTION.—Section 
5103a(g)(1)(B)(ii) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘Act’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection’’. 
(c) PREEMPTION CORRECTION.—Section 5125 of title 
49, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (d)(1) by striking ‘‘5119(e)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘5119(f)’’; 
(2) in each of subsections (e) and (g) by striking 
‘‘5119(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘5119(f)’’; and 
(3) in subsection (g) by striking ‘‘(b), (c)(1), or 
(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a), (b)(1), or (c)’’. 
(d) 
RELATIONSHIP
TO
OTHER
LAWS.—Section 
7124(3) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Trans-
portation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1908) 
is amended by inserting ‘‘the first place it appears’’ before 
‘‘and inserting’’. 
(e) REPORT.—Section 5121(h) of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘exemptions’’ 
and inserting ‘‘special permits’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘exemption’’ 
and inserting ‘‘special permit’’. 
(f) SECTION HEADING.—Section 5128 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended by striking the section des-
ignation and heading and inserting the following:
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‘‘§ 5128. Authorization of appropriations’’. 
(g) CHAPTER ANALYSIS.—The analysis for chapter 57 
of title 49, United States Code, is amended in the item re-
lating to section 5701 by striking ‘‘Transportation’’ and in-
serting ‘‘transportation’’. 
(h) NORMAN Y. MINETA RESEARCH
AND SPECIAL 
PROGRAMS IMPROVEMENT ACT.—Section 5(b) of the Nor-
man Y. Mineta Research and Special Programs Improve-
ment Act (49 U.S.C. 108 note; 118 Stat. 2427) is amended 
by inserting ‘‘(including delegations by the Secretary of 
Transportation)’’ after ‘‘All orders’’. 
(i) SHIPPING PAPERS.—Section 5110(d)(1) of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended—
(1) in the subsection heading by striking ‘‘SHIP-
PERS’’ and inserting ‘‘OFFERORS’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘shipper’s’’ and inserting 
‘‘offeror’s’’. 
(j) NTSB RECOMMENDATIONS.—Section 19(1) of the 
Pipeline Inspection, Protection, Enforcement, and Safety 
Act of 2006 (49 U.S.C. 60102 note; 120 Stat. 3498) is 
amended by striking ‘‘165’’ and inserting ‘‘1165’’. 
SEC. 303. HIGHWAY SAFETY. 
(a) STATE MINIMUM APPORTIONMENTS FOR HIGHWAY 
SAFETY PROGRAMS.—Effective October 1, 2007, section 
402(c) of the title 23, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ‘‘The annual apportionment to each State shall not
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be less than one-half of 1 per centum’’ and inserting ‘‘The 
annual apportionment to each State shall not be less than 
three-quarters of 1 percent’’. 
(b) CONSOLIDATION OF GRANT APPLICATIONS.—Sec-
tion 402(m) of title 23, United States Code, is amended in 
the first sentence—
(1) by striking ‘‘through’’ and inserting ‘‘for 
which’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘is appropriate’’ before the pe-
riod at the end. 
(c) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—
(1) Section 2002(b) of the Safe, Accountable, 
Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Leg-
acy for Users (119 Stat. 1521) is amended—
(A) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and 
(4) as (2) and (3), respectively. 
(2) Section 2007(b)(1) of such Act (119 Stat. 
1529) is amended—
(A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon 
at the end of subparagraph (A); 
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (B); and 
(C) by striking subparagraph (C).
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(3) 
Effective 
August 
10, 
2005, 
section 
410(c)(7)(B) of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘clause (i)’’ and inserting 
‘‘clauses (i) and (ii)’’. 
(4) Section 411 of title 23, United States Code, 
is amended by redesignating the second subsection (c), 
relating to administration expenses, and subsection 
(d) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively. 
SEC. 304. CORRECTION OF STUDY REQUIREMENT REGARD-
ING ON-SCENE MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION 
CAUSATION. 
Section 2003(c)(1) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, 
Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users 
(Public Law 109–59; 119 Stat. 1522) is amended in the 
second sentence by striking ‘‘shall’’ and inserting ‘‘may’’. 
SEC. 305. MOTOR CARRIER TRANSPORTATION REGISTRA-
TION. 
(a) GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.—Section 31138 of title 
49, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(a) GENERAL REQUIREMENT.—
‘‘(1) TRANSPORTATION
OF
PASSENGERS
FOR 
COMPENSATION.—The Secretary of Transportation 
shall prescribe regulations to require minimum levels