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SEC. 152. Hereafter, notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, funds provided in this Act for the National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation shall immediately cease 
to be available to said Corporation 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. 153. 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 
Government owned automated track inspection cars and 
equipment as a result of third party liability for such dam-
ages, and any amounts collected under this section shall 
be credited directly to the Safety and Operations account 
of the Federal Railroad Administration, and shall remain 
available until expended for the repair, operation and 
maintenance of automated track inspection cars and 
equipment in connection with the automated track inspec-
tion program. 
SEC. 154. The Federal Railroad Administrator shall 
submit a quarterly report on April 1, 2009, and quarterly 
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reports thereafter, 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 performance 
goals that the Administrator shall set for each rail service, 
identified by route. Such reports shall also include what-
ever other information and data regarding the on-time 
performance of Amtrak trains the Administrator deems to 
be appropriate. The amounts made available in this title 
under the heading ‘‘Office of the Secretary, Salaries and 
Expenses’’ shall be reduced $100,000 for each day after 
the first day of each quarter that the quarterly reports 
required by this section are not submitted to the Congress. 
FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal 
Transit Administration’s programs authorized by chapter 
53 of title 49, United States Code, $94,413,000: Provided, 
That of the funds available under this heading, not to ex-
ceed $1,800,000 shall be available for travel and not to 
exceed $23,322,000 shall be available for the central ac-
count: Provided further, That any funding transferred 
from the central account shall be submitted for approval 
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to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: 
Provided further, That none of the funds provided or lim-
ited in this Act may be used to create a permanent office 
of transit security under this heading: Provided further, 
That of the funds in this Act available for the execution 
of contracts under section 5327(c) of title 49, United 
States Code, $2,000,000 shall be transferred to the De-
partment of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General 
for costs associated with audits and investigations of tran-
sit-related issues, including reviews of new fixed guideway 
systems: Provided further, That upon submission to the 
Congress of the fiscal year 2010 President’s budget, the 
Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to Congress 
the annual report on new starts, including proposed alloca-
tions of funds for fiscal year 2010. 
FORMULA AND BUS GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORITY) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5308, 5309, 
5310, 5311, 5316, 5317, 5320, 5335, 5339, and 5340 and 
section 3038 of Public Law 105–178, as amended, 
$8,670,000,000 to be derived from the Mass Transit Ac-
count of the Highway Trust Fund and to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That funds available for the im-
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plementation or execution of programs authorized under 
49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5308, 5309, 5310, 5311, 5316, 
5317, 5320, 5335, 5339, and 5340 and section 3038 of 
Public Law 105–178, as amended, shall not exceed total 
obligations of $8,260,565,000 in fiscal year 2009. 
RESEARCH AND UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTERS 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5306, 
5312–5315, 5322, and 5506, $67,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That $10,000,000 is 
available to carry out the transit cooperative research pro-
gram under section 5313 of title 49, United States Code, 
$4,300,000 is available for the National Transit Institute 
under section 5315 of title 49, United States Code, and 
$7,000,000 is available for university transportation cen-
ters program under section 5506 of title 49, United States 
Code: Provided further, That $45,700,000 is available to 
carry out national research programs under sections 5312, 
5313, 5314, and 5322 of title 49, United States Code. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS 
For necessary expenses to carry out section 5309 of 
title 49, United States Code, $1,809,250,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which no less than 
$200,000,000 is for section 5309(e) of such title: Pro-
vided, That of the funds available under this heading, 
amounts are to be made available as follows: 
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