IB 
Union Calendar No. 387 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5972 
[Report No. 112–541] 
Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing 
and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2013, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 20, 2012 
Mr. LATHAM, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 
bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for the Departments of Transpor-
tation, and Housing and Urban Development, and re-
lated agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2013, and for other purposes. 
VerDate Mar 15 2010 
23:08 Jun 20, 2012
Jkt 019200
PO 00000
Frm 00001
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6652
E:\BILLS\H5972.RH
H5972
TKELLEY on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
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, and Housing and Urban 
Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year end-
ing September 30, 2013, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
$108,277,000, of which not to exceed $2,635,000 shall be 
available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not 
to exceed $992,000 shall be available for the Immediate 
Office of the Deputy Secretary; not to exceed $19,615,000 
shall be available for the Office of the General Counsel; 
not to exceed $11,248,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy; not 
to exceed $12,825,000 shall be available for the Office of 
the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to 
exceed $2,601,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs; not to ex-
ceed $27,095,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Administration; not to exceed 
VerDate Mar 15 2010 
23:08 Jun 20, 2012
Jkt 019200
PO 00000
Frm 00002
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5972.RH
H5972
TKELLEY on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
$2,034,000 shall be available for the Office of Public Af-
fairs; not to exceed $1,701,000 shall be available for the 
Office of the Executive Secretariat; not to exceed 
$1,539,000 shall be available for the Office of Small and 
Disadvantaged Business Utilization; not to exceed 
$10,875,000 for the Office of Intelligence, Security, and 
Emergency Response; and not to exceed $15,117,000 shall 
be available for the Office of the Chief Information Offi-
cer: Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation is au-
thorized 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: Provided further, That none of the funds pro-
VerDate Mar 15 2010 
23:08 Jun 20, 2012
Jkt 019200
PO 00000
Frm 00003
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5972.RH
H5972
TKELLEY on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
vided in this Act shall be available for the position of As-
sistant Secretary for Public Affairs. 
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CAPITAL 
For necessary expenses for upgrading and enhancing 
the Department of Transportation’s financial systems and 
re-engineering business processes, $10,000,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2014. 
CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVES 
For necessary expenses for cyber security initiatives, 
including necessary upgrades to wide area network and 
information technology infrastructure, improvement of 
network perimeter controls and identity management, 
testing and assessment of information technology against 
business, security, and other requirements, implementa-
tion of Federal cyber security initiatives and information 
infrastructure enhancements, implementation of enhanced 
security controls on network devices, and enhancement of 
cyber security workforce training tools, $6,000,000, to re-
main available through September 30, 2014. 
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$9,773,000. 
VerDate Mar 15 2010 
23:08 Jun 20, 2012
Jkt 019200
PO 00000
Frm 00004
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5972.RH
H5972
TKELLEY on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
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, $8,000,000. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
For necessary expenses for operating costs and cap-
ital outlays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed 
$174,128,000 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 majority approval of the Working 
Capital Fund Steering Committee and approval of the 
Secretary: 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. 
VerDate Mar 15 2010 
23:08 Jun 20, 2012
Jkt 019200
PO 00000
Frm 00005
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5972.RH
H5972
TKELLEY on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $418,000, as au-
thorized by 49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, in-
cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional 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 $21,955,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the guaranteed loan program, $867,388. 
MINORITY BUSINESS OUTREACH 
For necessary expenses of Minority Business Re-
source Center outreach activities, $3,234,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2014: 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, $114,000,000, to be de-
rived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That in determining 
VerDate Mar 15 2010 
23:08 Jun 20, 2012
Jkt 019200
PO 00000
Frm 00006
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5972.RH
H5972
TKELLEY on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
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 no funds made available under section 41742 of title 
49, United States Code, and no funds made available in 
this Act or any other Act in any fiscal year, shall be avail-
able to carry out the essential air service program under 
sections 41731 through 41742 of such title 49 in commu-
nities in the 48 contiguous States unless the community 
received subsidized essential air service or received a 90- 
day notice of intent to terminate service and the Secretary 
required the air carrier to continue to provide service to 
the community at any time between September 30, 2010, 
and September 30, 2011, inclusive: Provided further, That 
basic essential air service minimum requirements shall not 
include the 15-passenger capacity requirement under sub-
section 41732(b)(3) of title 49, United States Code: Pro-
vided 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. 
VerDate Mar 15 2010 
23:08 Jun 20, 2012
Jkt 019200
PO 00000
Frm 00007
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5972.RH
H5972
TKELLEY on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—OFFICE OF THE 
SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 101. None of the funds made available in this 
Act to the Department of Transportation may be obligated 
for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation to ap-
prove assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining 
to funds appropriated to the modal administrations in this 
Act, except for activities underway on the date of enact-
ment of this Act, unless such assessments or agreements 
have completed the normal reprogramming process for 
Congressional notification. 
SEC. 102. The Secretary or his designee may engage 
in activities with States and State legislators to consider 
proposals related to the reduction of motorcycle fatalities. 
SEC. 103. Notwithstanding section 3324 of title 31, 
United States Code, in addition to authority provided by 
section 327 of title 49, United States Code, the Depart-
ment’s Working Capital Fund is hereby authorized to pro-
vide payments in advance to vendors that are necessary 
to carry out the Federal transit pass transportation fringe 
benefit program under Executive Order 13150 and section 
3049 of Public Law 109–59: Provided, That the Depart-
ment shall include adequate safeguards in the contract 
with the vendors to ensure timely and high-quality per-
formance under the contract. 
VerDate Mar 15 2010 
23:08 Jun 20, 2012
Jkt 019200
PO 00000
Frm 00008
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5972.RH
H5972
TKELLEY on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
SEC. 104. The Secretary shall post on the Web site 
of the Department of Transportation a schedule of all 
meetings of the Credit Council, including the agenda for 
each meeting, and require the Credit Council to record the 
decisions and actions of each meeting. 
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration, not otherwise provided for, including oper-
ations and research activities related to commercial space 
transportation, administrative expenses for research and 
development, establishment of air navigation facilities, the 
operation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, 
subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold 
to the public, lease or purchase of passenger motor vehi-
cles for replacement only, in addition to amounts made 
available by Public Law 108–176, $9,718,000,000, of 
which $4,682,500,000 shall be derived from the Airport 
and Airway Trust Fund, of which not to exceed 
$7,513,850,000 shall be available for air traffic organiza-
tion activities; not to exceed $1,255,000,000 shall be avail-
able for aviation safety activities; not to exceed 
$16,700,000 shall be available for commercial space trans-
portation activities; not to exceed $573,591,000 shall be 
VerDate Mar 15 2010 
23:08 Jun 20, 2012
Jkt 019200
PO 00000
Frm 00009
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5972.RH
H5972
TKELLEY on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
available for finance and management activities; not to ex-
ceed $60,064,000 shall be available for NextGen and oper-
ations planning activities; and not to exceed $298,795,000 
shall be available for staff offices: Provided, That not to 
exceed 2 percent of any budget activity, except for aviation 
safety budget activity, may be transferred to any budget 
activity under this heading: Provided further, That no 
transfer may increase or decrease any appropriation by 
more than 2 percent: Provided further, That any transfer 
in excess of 2 percent shall be treated as a reprogramming 
of funds under section 405 of this Act and shall not be 
available for obligation or expenditure except in compli-
ance with the procedures set forth in that section: Pro-
vided further, That not later than March 31 of each fiscal 
year hereafter, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration shall transmit to Congress an annual up-
date to the report submitted to Congress in December 
2004 pursuant to section 221 of Public Law 108–176: 
Provided further, That the amount herein appropriated 
shall be reduced by $100,000 for each day after March 
31 that such report has not been submitted to the Con-
gress: Provided further, That not later than March 31 of 
each fiscal year hereafter, the Administrator shall trans-
mit to Congress a companion report that describes a com-
prehensive strategy for staffing, hiring, and training flight 
VerDate Mar 15 2010 
23:08 Jun 20, 2012
Jkt 019200
PO 00000
Frm 00010
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H5972.RH
H5972
TKELLEY on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with BILLS