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PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND) 
For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline and Haz-
ardous Materials Safety Administration, $19,130,000, of which 
$639,000 shall be derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund: Provided, 
That $1,000,000 shall be transferred to ‘‘Pipeline Safety’’ in order 
to fund ‘‘Pipeline safety information grants to communities’’ as 
authorized in section 60130 of title 49, United States Code: Provided 
further, That grants described under the previous proviso shall 
be awarded within 120 days of enactment of this Act. 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous materials 
safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 
Administration, $32,000,000, of which $3,302,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2011: 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) 
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, 
$93,291,000, of which $18,810,000 shall be derived from the Oil 
Spill Liability Trust Fund and shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2011; and of which $74,481,000 shall be derived from 
the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which $40,081,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2011: Provided, That not less than 
$1,043,000 of the funds provided under this heading shall be for 
the one-call State grant program. 
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, 2010: Provided, That not 
more than $28,318,000 shall be made available for obligation in 
fiscal year 2009 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
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available for obligation by individuals other than the Secretary 
of Transportation, or his or her designee. 
RESEARCH AND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATION 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Research and Innovative Tech-
nology Administration, $12,900,000, of which $6,936,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2011: Provided, 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. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General to 
carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
as amended, $71,400,000: 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 shall be used to 
investigate, pursuant to section 41712 of title 49, United States 
Code: (1) unfair or deceptive practices and unfair methods of com-
petition 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. 
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation Board, 
including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $26,847,000: 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 2009, to result in a final appropriation from the general 
fund estimated at no more than $25,597,000. 
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).
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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. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to 
implement section 404 of title 23, United States Code. 
SEC. 184. (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. 185. 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 ‘‘Research and University Research Centers’’ 
account, and to the Federal Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and 
Operations’’ account, except for State rail safety inspectors partici-
pating in training pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 20105. 
SEC. 186. Funds provided or limited in this Act under the 
appropriate accounts within the Federal Highway Administration, 
the Federal Railroad Administration and the Federal Transit 
Administration shall be for the eligible programs, projects and 
activities in the corresponding amounts identified in the explanatory 
statement accompanying this Act for ‘‘Ferry Boats and Ferry Ter-
minal Facilities’’, ‘‘Federal Lands’’, ‘‘Interstate Maintenance Discre-
tionary’’, ‘‘Transportation, Community and System Preservation 
Program’’, ‘‘Delta Region Transportation Development Program’’, 
‘‘Rail Line Relocation and Improvement Program’’, ‘‘Rail-highway 
crossing hazard eliminations’’, ‘‘Alternatives analysis’’, and ‘‘Bus 
and bus facilities’’. 
SEC. 187. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, rule 
or regulation, the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to allow 
the issuer of any preferred stock heretofore sold to the Department 
to redeem or repurchase such stock upon the payment to the Depart-
ment of an amount determined by the Secretary. 
SEC. 188. None of the funds in this Act to the Department 
of Transportation may be used to make a grant unless the Secretary 
of Transportation notifies the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations not less than 3 full business days before any discre-
tionary grant award, letter of intent, or full funding grant agree-
ment totaling $500,000 or more is announced by the department 
or its modal administrations from: (1) any discretionary grant pro-
gram of the Federal Highway Administration including the emer-
gency relief program; (2) the airport improvement program of the 
Federal Aviation Administration; (3) any grant from the Federal