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the meaning of section 3502 of Public Law 106–398. Nothing con-
tained herein shall affect the Maritime Administration’s authority 
to award contracts at least cost to the Federal Government and 
consistent with the requirements of 16 U.S.C. 5405(c), section 3502, 
or otherwise authorized under the Federal Acquisition Regulation. 
PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONAL EXPENSES 
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline and Haz-
ardous Materials Safety Administration, $21,654,000, of which 
$639,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund: Provided, 
That $1,500,000 shall be transferred to ‘‘Pipeline Safety’’ in order 
to fund ‘‘Pipeline Safety Information Grants to Communities’’ as 
authorized under section 60130 of title 49, United States Code. 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous materials 
safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 
Administration, $45,000,000, of which $2,300,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2016: Provided, That up to $800,000 
in fees collected under 49 U.S.C. 5108(g) shall be deposited in 
the general fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided 
further, That there may be credited to this appropriation, to be 
available until expended, funds received from States, counties, 
municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources for 
expenses incurred for training, for reports publication and dissemi-
nation, and for travel expenses incurred in performance of haz-
ardous materials exemptions and approvals functions. 
PIPELINE SAFETY 
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND) 
(OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND) 
(PIPELINE SAFETY DESIGN REVIEW FUND) 
For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of the pipeline 
safety program, for grants-in-aid to carry out a pipeline safety 
program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 60107, and to discharge the 
pipeline program responsibilities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 
$119,087,000, of which $18,573,000 shall be derived from the Oil 
Spill Liability Trust Fund and shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2016; and of which $98,514,000 shall be derived from 
the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which $54,436,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2016; and of which $2,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety 
Design Review Fund, as authorized in 49 U.S.C. 60117(n): Provided, 
That not less than $1,058,000 of the funds provided under this 
heading shall be for the One-Call state grant program.
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EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS 
(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND) 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5128(b), 
$188,000, to be derived from the Emergency Preparedness Fund, 
to remain available until September 30, 2015: Provided, That not 
more than $28,318,000 shall be made available for obligation in 
fiscal year 2014 from amounts made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i) 
and 5128(b)–(c): Provided further, That none of the funds made 
available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i), 5128(b), or 5128(c) shall be made 
available for obligation by individuals other than the Secretary 
of Transportation, or his designee. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector General 
to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
as amended, $85,605,000: Provided, That the Inspector General 
shall have all necessary authority, in carrying out the duties speci-
fied in the Inspector General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 
3), to investigate allegations of fraud, including false statements 
to the government (18 U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity that 
is subject to regulation by the Department: Provided further, That 
the funds made available under this heading may be used to inves-
tigate, pursuant to section 41712 of title 49, United States Code: 
(1) unfair or deceptive practices and unfair methods of competition 
by domestic and foreign air carriers and ticket agents; and (2) 
the compliance of domestic and foreign air carriers with respect 
to item (1) of this proviso: Provided further, That: (1) the Inspector 
General shall have the authority to audit and investigate the Metro-
politan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA); (2) in carrying 
out these audits and investigations the Inspector General shall 
have all the authorities described under section 6 of the Inspector 
General Act (5 U.S.C. App.); (3) MWAA Board Members, employees, 
contractors, and subcontractors shall cooperate and comply with 
requests from the Inspector General, including providing testimony 
and other information; (4) The Inspector General shall be permitted 
to observe closed executive sessions of the MWAA Board of Direc-
tors; (5) MWAA shall pay the expenses of the Inspector General, 
including staff salaries and benefits and associated operating costs, 
which shall be credited to this appropriation and remain available 
until expended; and (6) if MWAA fails to make funds available 
to the Inspector General within 30 days after a request for such 
funds is received, then the Inspector General shall notify the Sec-
retary of Transportation, who shall not approve a grant for MWAA 
under section 47107(b) of title 49, United States Code, until such 
funding is made available for the Inspector General: Provided fur-
ther, That hereafter funds transferred to the Office of the Inspector 
General through forfeiture proceedings or from the Department 
of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund or the Department of the Treasury 
Forfeiture Fund, as a participating agency, as an equitable share 
from the forfeiture of property in investigations in which the Office 
of Inspector General participates, or through the granting of a 
Petition for Remission or Mitigation, shall be deposited to the 
credit of this account for law enforcement activities authorized
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under the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, to remain 
available until expended. 
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation Board, 
including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $31,000,000: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to 
exceed $1,250,000 from fees established by the Chairman of the 
Surface Transportation Board shall be credited to this appropriation 
as offsetting collections and used for necessary and authorized 
expenses under this heading: Provided further, That the sum herein 
appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced on a dollar- 
for-dollar basis as such offsetting collections are received during 
fiscal year 2014, to result in a final appropriation from the general 
fund estimated at no more than $29,750,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 180. During the current fiscal year, applicable appropria-
tions to the Department of Transportation shall be available for 
maintenance and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles and aircraft; purchase of liability insurance for motor 
vehicles operating in foreign countries on official department busi-
ness; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law 
(5 U.S.C. 5901–5902). 
SEC. 181. Appropriations contained in this Act for the Depart-
ment of Transportation shall be available for services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the 
per diem rate equivalent to the rate for an Executive Level IV. 
SEC. 182. None of the funds in this Act shall be available 
for salaries and expenses of more than 110 political and Presidential 
appointees in the Department of Transportation: Provided, That 
none of the personnel covered by this provision may be assigned 
on temporary detail outside the Department of Transportation. 
SEC. 183. (a) No recipient of funds made available in this 
Act shall disseminate personal information (as defined in 18 U.S.C. 
2725(3)) obtained by a State department of motor vehicles in connec-
tion with a motor vehicle record as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1), 
except as provided in 18 U.S.C. 2721 for a use permitted under 
18 U.S.C. 2721. 
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall not with-
hold funds provided in this Act for any grantee if a State is in 
noncompliance with this provision. 
SEC. 184. Funds received by the Federal Highway Administra-
tion, Federal Transit Administration, and Federal Railroad 
Administration from States, counties, municipalities, other public 
authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for training 
may be credited respectively to the Federal Highway Administra-
tion’s ‘‘Federal-Aid Highways’’ account, the Federal Transit 
Administration’s ‘‘Technical Assistance and Training’’ account, and 
to the Federal Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Operations’’ 
account, except for State rail safety inspectors participating in 
training pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 20105. 
SEC. 185. None of the funds in this Act to the Department 
of Transportation may be used to make a grant unless the Secretary
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of Transportation notifies the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations not less than 3 full business days before any project 
competitively selected to receive a discretionary grant award, any 
discretionary grant award, letter of intent, or full funding grant 
agreement is announced by the department or its modal administra-
tions from: 
(1) any discretionary grant program of the Federal Highway 
Administration including the emergency relief program; 
(2) the airport improvement program of the Federal Avia-
tion Administration; 
(3) any program of the Federal Railroad Administration; 
(4) any program of the Federal Transit Administration 
other than the formula grants and fixed guideway moderniza-
tion programs; 
(5) any program of the Maritime Administration; or 
(6) any funding provided under the headings ‘‘National 
Infrastructure Investments’’ in this Act: Provided, That the 
Secretary gives concurrent notification to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations for any ‘‘quick release’’ of funds 
from the emergency relief program: Provided further, That no 
notification shall involve funds that are not available for obliga-
tion. 
SEC. 186. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, minor fees 
and other funds received by the Department of Transportation 
from travel management centers, charge card programs, the sub-
leasing of building space, and miscellaneous sources are to be 
credited to appropriations of the Department of Transportation 
and allocated to elements of the Department of Transportation 
using fair and equitable criteria and such funds shall be available 
until expended. 
SEC. 187. Amounts made available in this or any other Act 
that the Secretary determines represent improper payments by 
the Department of Transportation to a third-party contractor under 
a financial assistance award, which are recovered pursuant to law, 
shall be available— 
(1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred by the 
Department of Transportation in recovering improper pay-
ments; and 
(2) to pay contractors for services provided in recovering 
improper payments or contractor support in the implementation 
of the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002: Provided, 
That amounts in excess of that required for paragraphs (1) 
and (2)— 
(A) shall be credited to and merged with the appropria-
tion from which the improper payments were made, and 
shall be available for the purposes and period for which 
such appropriations are available: Provided further, That 
where specific project or accounting information associated 
with the improper payment or payments is not readily 
available, the Secretary may credit an appropriate account, 
which shall be available for the purposes and period associ-
ated with the account so credited; or 
(B) if no such appropriation remains available, shall 
be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: 
Provided further, That prior to the transfer of any such 
recovery to an appropriations account, the Secretary shall 
notify the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations