109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5576
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Departments of Transpor-
tation, Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development, 
the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, 
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
Departments of Transportation, Treasury, and Housing 
and Urban Development, the Judiciary, District of Colum-
bia, and independent agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2007, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
$92,558,000 (reduced by $1,000) (reduced by $70,000) 
(reduced by $23,814,000) (reduced by $2,700,000), of 
which not to exceed $2,255,000 (reduced by $79,000) 
shall be available for the immediate Office of the Sec-
retary; not to exceed $717,000 (reduced by $26,000) shall 
be available for the immediate Office of the Deputy Sec-
retary; not to exceed $15,681,000 (reduced by $650,000) 
shall be available for the Office of the General Counsel; 
not to exceed $11,684,000 (reduced by $150,000) shall 
be available for the Office of the Under Secretary of 
Transportation for Policy; not to exceed $10,002,000 (re-
duced by $1,602,000) shall be available for the Office of
the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to 
exceed $2,319,000 (reduced by $2,319,000) shall be avail-
able for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Govern-
mental Affairs; not to exceed $25,108,000 (reduced by 
$3,297,000) (reduced by $2,700,000) shall be available for 
the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration; 
not to exceed $1,932,000 (reduced by $1,932,000) shall 
be available for the Office of Public Affairs; not to exceed 
$1,478,000 (reduced by $1,478,000) shall be available for 
the Office of the Executive Secretariat; not to exceed 
$707,000 shall be available for the Board of Contract Ap-
peals; not to exceed $1,286,000 shall be available for the 
Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization; 
not to exceed $2,722,000 for the Office of Intelligence and 
Security; not to exceed $12,281,000 (reduced by 
$12,281,000) shall be available for the Office of the Chief 
Information Officer; and not to exceed $4,386,000 shall 
be available for the Office of Emergency Transportation: 
Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation is author-
ized to transfer funds appropriated for any office of the 
Office of the Secretary to any other office of the Office 
of the Secretary: Provided further, That no appropriation 
for any office shall be increased or decreased by more than 
5 percent by all such transfers: Provided further, That no-
tice of any change in funding greater than 5 percent shall
be submitted for approval to the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That not to 
exceed $60,000 shall be for allocation within the Depart-
ment for official reception and representation expenses as 
the Secretary may determine: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, excluding fees au-
thorized in Public Law 107–71, there may be credited to 
this appropriation up to $2,500,000 in funds received in 
user fees. 
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$8,821,000. 
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND 
DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for conducting transportation 
planning, research, systems development, development ac-
tivities, and making grants, to remain available until ex-
pended, $13,000,000 (reduced by $4,090,000) (reduced by 
$4,000,000). 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital 
outlays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed 
$120,000,000, shall be paid from appropriations made 
available to the Department of Transportation: Provided, 
That such services shall be provided on a competitive basis 
to entities within the Department of Transportation: Pro-
vided further, That the above limitation on operating ex-
penses shall not apply to non-DOT entities: Provided fur-
ther, That no funds appropriated in this Act to an agency 
of the Department shall be transferred to the Working 
Capital Fund without the approval of the agency modal 
administrator: Provided further, That no assessments may 
be levied against any program, budget activity, subactivity 
or project funded by this Act unless notice of such assess-
ments and the basis therefor are presented to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations and are ap-
proved by such Committees. 
MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM 
For the cost of guaranteed loans for short-term work-
ing capital, $495,000, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 332: 
Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 
these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, 
any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 
$18,367,000. In addition, for administrative expenses to 
carry out the guaranteed loan program, $396,000. 
MINORITY BUSINESS OUTREACH 
For necessary expenses of Minority Business Re-
source Center outreach activities, $2,970,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2008: Provided, That not-
withstanding 49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be used for
business opportunities related to any mode of transpor-
tation. 
PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
In addition to funds made available from any other 
source to carry out the essential air service program under 
49 U.S.C. 41731 through 41742, $67,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That, in determining 
between or among carriers competing to provide service 
to a community, the Secretary may consider the relative 
subsidy requirements of the carriers: Provided further, 
That, if the funds under this heading are insufficient to 
meet the costs of the essential air service program in the 
current fiscal year, the Secretary shall transfer such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out the essential air service 
program from any available amounts appropriated to or 
directly administered by the Office of the Secretary for 
such fiscal year: Provided further, That of the funds made 
available under this heading, $1,000,000 shall be used to 
carry out the three marketing incentive programs author-
ized by section 41748 of title 49, United States Code. 
COMPENSATION FOR AIR CARRIERS 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the funds made available under section 101(a)(2) 
of Public Law 107–42, $50,000,000 are rescinded.