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Union Calendar No. 276 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5576 
[Report No. 109–495] 
Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, 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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 9, 2006 
Mr. KNOLLENBERG, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the fol-
lowing 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, 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
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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, of which not to exceed $2,255,000 shall be 
available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not 
to exceed $717,000 shall be available for the immediate 
Office of the Deputy Secretary; not to exceed $15,681,000 
shall be available for the Office of the General Counsel; 
not to exceed $11,684,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy; not 
to exceed $10,002,000 shall be available for the Office of 
the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to 
exceed $2,319,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs; not to ex-
ceed $25,108,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Administration; not to exceed 
$1,932,000 shall be available for the Office of Public Af-
fairs; not to exceed $1,478,000 shall be available for the 
Office of the Executive Secretariat; not to exceed
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$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 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 authorized to transfer funds appro-
priated for any office of the Office of the Secretary to any 
other office of the Office of the Secretary: Provided fur-
ther, That no appropriation for any office shall be in-
creased or decreased by more than 5 percent by all such 
transfers: Provided further, That notice of any change in 
funding greater than 5 percent shall be submitted for ap-
proval to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That not to exceed $60,000 shall 
be for allocation within the Department for official recep-
tion and representation expenses as the Secretary may de-
termine: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, excluding fees authorized 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.
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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. 
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.
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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 be de-
rived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That, in determining 
between or among carriers competing to provide service
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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. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—OFFICE OF THE 
SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 101. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration may reimburse amounts made available to 
satisfy 49 U.S.C. 41742(a)(1) from fees credited under 
49 U.S.C. 45303: Provided, That during fiscal year 2007, 
49 U.S.C. 41742(b) shall not apply, and any amount re-
maining in such account at the close of that fiscal year 
may be made available to satisfy section 41742(a)(1) for 
the subsequent fiscal year.
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SEC. 102. The Secretary of Transportation is author-
ized to transfer the unexpended balances available for the 
bonding assistance program from ‘‘Office of the Secretary, 
Salaries and expenses’’ to ‘‘Minority Business Outreach’’. 
SEC. 103. 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. 104. None of the funds made available under 
this Act may be obligated or expended to establish or im-
plement a program under which essential air service com-
munities are required to assume subsidy costs commonly 
referred to as the EAS local participation program. 
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
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
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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, $8,360,000,000, of 
which $4,843,000,000 shall be derived from the Airport 
and Airway Trust Fund, of which not to exceed 
$6,698,728,000 shall be available for air traffic organiza-
tion activities; not to exceed $997,718,000 shall be avail-
able for aviation regulation and certification activities; not 
to exceed $11,985,000 shall be available for commercial 
space transportation activities; not to exceed $92,227,000 
shall be available for financial services activities; not to 
exceed $87,850,000 shall be available for human resources 
program activities; not to exceed $272,821,000 shall be 
available for region and center operations and regional co-
ordination activities; not to exceed $175,392,000 shall be 
available for staff offices; and not to exceed $36,799,000 
shall be available for information services: Provided, That 
not to exceed 2 percent of any budget activity, except for 
aviation regulation and certification budget activity, may 
be transferred to any budget activity under this heading: 
Provided further, That no transfer may increase or de-
crease any appropriation by more than 2 percent: Provided 
further, That any transfer in excess of 2 percent shall be
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treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 810 
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or ex-
penditure except in compliance with the procedures set 
forth in that section: Provided further, That none of the 
funds in this Act shall be available for the Federal Avia-
tion Administration to finalize or implement any regula-
tion that would promulgate new aviation user fees not spe-
cifically authorized by law after the date of the enactment 
of this Act: Provided further, That there may be credited 
to this appropriation funds received from States, counties, 
municipalities, foreign authorities, other public authori-
ties, and private sources, for expenses incurred in the pro-
vision of agency services, including receipts for the mainte-
nance and operation of air navigation facilities, and for 
issuance, renewal or modification of certificates, including 
airman, aircraft, and repair station certificates, or for 
tests related thereto, or for processing major repair or al-
teration forms: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated under this heading, not less than $8,000,000 shall 
be for the contract tower cost-sharing program: Provided 
further, That funds may be used to enter into a grant 
agreement with a nonprofit standard-setting organization 
to assist in the development of aviation safety standards: 
Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall 
be available for new applicants for the second career train-
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ing program: Provided further, That none of the funds in 
this Act shall be available for paying premium pay under 
5 U.S.C. 5546(a) to any Federal Aviation Administration 
employee unless such employee actually performed work 
during the time corresponding to such premium pay: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds in this Act may be 
obligated or expended to operate a manned auxiliary flight 
service station in the contiguous United States: Provided 
further, That none of the funds in this Act for aeronautical 
charting and cartography are available for activities con-
ducted by, or coordinated through, the Working Capital 
Fund: Provided further, That none of the funds in this 
Act may be obligated or expended for an employee of the 
Federal Aviation Administration to purchase a store gift 
card or gift certificate through use of a Government-issued 
credit card. 
FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
for acquisition, establishment, technical support services, 
improvement by contract or purchase, and hire of air navi-
gation and experimental facilities and equipment, as au-
thorized under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United 
States Code, including initial acquisition of necessary sites 
by lease or grant; engineering and service testing, includ-
ing construction of test facilities and acquisition of nec-
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essary sites by lease or grant; construction and furnishing 
of quarters and related accommodations for officers and 
employees of the Federal Aviation Administration sta-
tioned at remote localities where such accommodations are 
not available; and the purchase, lease, or transfer of air-
craft from funds available under this heading; to be de-
rived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, 
$3,110,000,000, of which $2,662,100,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2009, and of which 
$447,900,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2007: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro-
priation funds received from States, counties, municipali-
ties, other public authorities, and private sources, for ex-
penses incurred in the establishment and modernization 
of air navigation facilities: Provided further, That upon ini-
tial submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2008 
President’s budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall 
transmit to the Congress a comprehensive capital invest-
ment plan for the Federal Aviation Administration which 
includes funding for each budget line item for fiscal years 
2008 through 2012, with total funding for each year of 
the plan constrained to the funding targets for those years 
as estimated and approved by the Office of Management 
and Budget.
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RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
for research, engineering, and development, as authorized 
under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States 
Code, including construction of experimental facilities and 
acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant, 
$134,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway 
Trust Fund and to remain available until September 30, 
2009: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro-
priation funds received from States, counties, municipali-
ties, other public authorities, and private sources, for ex-
penses incurred for research, engineering, and develop-
ment. 
GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in- 
aid for airport planning and development, and noise com-
patibility planning and programs as authorized under sub-
chapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 
of title 49, United States Code, and under other law au-
thorizing such obligations; for procurement, installation, 
and commissioning of runway incursion prevention devices
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and systems at airports of such title; for grants authorized 
under section 41743 of title 49, United States Code; and 
for inspection activities and administration of airport safe-
ty programs, including those related to airport operating 
certificates under section 44706 of title 49, United States 
Code, $4,171,000,000 to be derived from the Airport and 
Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That none of the funds under this head-
ing shall be available for the planning or execution of pro-
grams the obligations for which are in excess of 
$3,700,000,000 in fiscal year 2007, notwithstanding sec-
tion 47117(g) of title 49, United States Code: Provided 
further, That none of the funds under this heading shall 
be available for the replacement of baggage conveyor sys-
tems, reconfiguration of terminal baggage areas, or other 
airport improvements that are necessary to install bulk ex-
plosive detection systems: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, of funds limited under 
this heading, up to $74,971,000 shall be obligated for ad-
ministration, up to $10,000,000 shall be available for the 
airport cooperative research program, up to $12,000,000 
shall be available to carry out the Small Community Air 
Service Development Program, and up to $17,870,000 
shall be for airport technology research, to remain avail-
able until expended.
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GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
(RESCISSION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
Of the amounts authorized for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2007 and prior years under sections 48103 
and 48112 of title 49, United States Code, $25,000,000 
are rescinded. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 110. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, airports may transfer without consideration to the 
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) instrument land-
ing systems (along with associated approach lighting 
equipment and runway visual range equipment) which 
conform to FAA design and performance specifications, 
the purchase of which was assisted by a Federal airport- 
aid program, airport development aid program or airport 
improvement program grant: Provided, That the Federal 
Aviation Administration shall accept such equipment, 
which shall thereafter be operated and maintained by FAA 
in accordance with agency criteria. 
SEC. 111. None of the funds in this Act may be used 
to compensate in excess of 380 technical staff-years under 
the federally funded research and development center con-
tract between the Federal Aviation Administration and the
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Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development dur-
ing fiscal year 2006. 
SEC. 112. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
to pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring air-
port sponsors to provide to the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration without cost building construction, maintenance, 
utilities and expenses, or space in airport sponsor-owned 
buildings for services relating to air traffic control, air 
navigation, or weather reporting: Provided, That the pro-
hibition of funds in this section does not apply to negotia-
tions between the agency and airport sponsors to achieve 
agreement on ‘‘below-market’’ rates for these items or to 
grant assurances that require airport sponsors to provide 
land without cost to the FAA for air traffic control facili-
ties. 
SEC. 113. Amounts collected under section 40113(e) 
of title 49, United States Code, shall be credited to the 
appropriation current at the time of collection, to be 
merged with and available for the same purposes of such 
appropriation. 
SEC. 114. None of the funds appropriated or limited 
by this Act may be used to change weight restrictions or 
prior permission rules at Teterboro Airport in Teterboro, 
New Jersey.
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SEC. 115. (a) Section 44302(f)(1) of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘2006,’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘2007,’’. 
(b) Section 44303(b) of such title is amended by 
striking ‘‘2006,’’ and inserting ‘‘2007,’’. 
SEC. 116. None of the funds made available in this 
Act shall be used for engineering work related to an addi-
tional runway at Louis Armstrong New Orleans Inter-
national Airport. 
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Necessary expenses for administration and operation 
of the Federal Highway Administration, not to exceed 
$372,504,000 shall be paid in accordance with law from 
appropriations made available by this Act to the Federal 
Highway Administration together with advances and reim-
bursements received by the Federal Highway Administra-
tion. 
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
None of the funds in this Act shall be available for 
the implementation or execution of programs, the obliga-
tions for which are in excess of $39,086,464,683 for Fed-
eral-aid highways and highway safety construction pro-
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grams for fiscal year 2007: Provided, That within this ob-
ligation limitation on Federal-aid highways and highway 
safety 
construction 
programs, 
not 
more 
than 
$429,800,000 shall be available for the implementation or 
execution of programs for transportation research (chap-
ter 5 of title 23, United States Code; sections 111, 5505, 
and 5506 of title 49, United States Code; and title 5 of 
Public Law 109–59) for fiscal year 2007: Provided further, 
That this limitation on transportation research programs 
shall not apply to any authority previously made available 
for obligation: Provided further, That the funds authorized 
pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 110 for the motor carrier safety 
grant program, and the obligation limitation associated 
with such funds provided under this heading, shall be 
transferred to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Adminis-
tration: Provided further, That the Secretary may, as au-
thorized by section 605(b) of title 23, United States Code, 
collect and spend fees to cover the costs of services of ex-
pert firms, including counsel, in the field of municipal and 
project finance to assist in the underwriting and servicing 
of Federal credit instruments and all or a portion of the 
costs to the Federal government of servicing such credit 
instruments: Provided further, That such fees are available 
until expended to pay for such costs: Provided further, 
That such amounts are in addition to administrative ex-
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penses that are also available for such purpose, and are 
not subject to any obligation limitation or the limitation 
on administrative expenses under section 608 of title 23, 
United States Code. 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For carrying out the provisions of title 23, United 
States Code, that are attributable to Federal-aid high-
ways, not otherwise provided, including reimbursement for 
sums expended pursuant to the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 
308, $39,086,464,683 or so much thereof as may be avail-
able in and derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other 
than the Mass Transit Account), to remain available until 
expended. 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances of funds apportioned to 
each State under chapter 1 of title 23, United States 
Code, $2,000,000,000 are rescinded: Provided, That such 
rescission shall not apply to the funds distributed in ac-
cordance with 23 U.S.C. 130(f), 23 U.S.C. 133(d)(1) as 
in effect prior to the date of enactment of Public Law 
109–59, the first sentence of 23 U.S.C. 133(d)(3)(A), 23 
U.S.C. 104(b)(5), or 23 U.S.C. 163 as in effect prior to 
the enactment of Public Law 109–59.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2007, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall— 
(1) not distribute from the obligation limitation 
for Federal-aid highways amounts authorized for ad-
ministrative expenses and programs by section 
104(a) of title 23, United States Code; the highway 
use tax evasion program; and the Bureau of Trans-
portation Statistics; 
(2) not distribute an amount from the obliga-
tion limitation for Federal-aid highways that is equal 
to the unobligated balance of amounts made avail-
able from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the 
Mass Transit Account) for Federal-aid highways and 
highway safety programs for previous fiscal years 
the funds for which are allocated by the Secretary; 
(3) determine the ratio that— 
(A) the obligation limitation for Federal- 
aid highways, less the aggregate of amounts not 
distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), bears 
to 
(B) the total of the sums authorized to be 
appropriated for Federal-aid highways and 
highway safety construction programs (other
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than sums authorized to be appropriated for 
provisions of law described in paragraphs (1) 
through (9) of subsection (b) and sums author-
ized to be appropriated for section 105 of title 
23, United States Code, equal to the amount 
referred to in subsection (b)(10) for such fiscal 
year), less the aggregate of the amounts not 
distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of 
this subsection; 
(4)(A) distribute the obligation limitation for 
Federal-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts 
not distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), for 
sections 1301, 1302, and 1934 of the Safe, Account-
able, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: 
A Legacy for Users; sections 117 (but individually 
for each project numbered 1 through 3676 listed in 
the table contained in section 1702 of the Safe, Ac-
countable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity 
Act: A Legacy for Users) and 144(g) of title 23, 
United States Code; and section 14501 of title 40, 
United States Code, so that the amount of obliga-
tion authority available for each of such sections is 
equal to the amount determined by multiplying the 
ratio determined under paragraph (3) by the sums
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authorized to be appropriated for that section for 
the fiscal year; and 
(B) distribute $2,000,000,000 for section 105 
of title 23, United States Code; 
(5) distribute the obligation limitation provided 
for 
Federal-aid 
highways, 
less 
the 
aggregate 
amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) and 
(2) and amounts distributed under paragraph (4), 
for each of the programs that are allocated by the 
Secretary under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Ef-
ficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for 
Users and title 23, United States Code (other than 
to programs to which paragraphs (1) and (4) apply), 
by multiplying the ratio determined under paragraph 
(3) by the amounts authorized to be appropriated 
for each such program for such fiscal year; and 
(6) distribute the obligation limitation provided 
for 
Federal-aid 
highways, 
less 
the 
aggregate 
amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) and 
(2) and amounts distributed under paragraphs (4) 
and (5), for Federal-aid highways and highway safe-
ty construction programs (other than the amounts 
apportioned for the equity bonus program, but only 
to the extent that the amounts apportioned for the 
equity bonus program for the fiscal year are greater
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than $2,639,000,000, and the Appalachian develop-
ment highway system program) that are apportioned 
by the Secretary under the Safe, Accountable, Flexi-
ble, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy 
for Users and title 23, United States Code, in the 
ratio that— 
(A) amounts authorized to be appropriated 
for such programs that are apportioned to each 
State for such fiscal year, bear to 
(B) the total of the amounts authorized to 
be appropriated for such programs that are ap-
portioned to all States for such fiscal year. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS FROM OBLIGATION LIMITATION.— 
The obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways shall 
not apply to obligations: (1) under section 125 of title 23, 
United States Code; (2) under section 147 of the Surface 
Transportation Assistance Act of 1978; (3) under section 
9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981; (4) under sub-
sections (b) and (j) of section 131 of the Surface Trans-
portation Assistance Act of 1982; (5) under subsections 
(b) and (c) of section 149 of the Surface Transportation 
and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987; (6) under 
sections 1103 through 1108 of the Intermodal Surface 
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991; (7) under section 
157 of title 23, United States Code, as in effect on the
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day before the date of the enactment of the Transpor-
tation Equity Act for the 21st Century; (8) under section 
105 of title 23, United States Code, as in effect for fiscal 
years 1998 through 2004, but only in an amount equal 
to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years; (9) for 
Federal-aid highway programs for which obligation au-
thority was made available under the Transportation Eq-
uity Act for the 21st Century or subsequent public laws 
for multiple years or to remain available until used, but 
only to the extent that the obligation authority has not 
lapsed or been used; (10) under section 105 of title 23, 
United States Code, but only in an amount equal to 
$639,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005, 2006 and 
2007; and (11) under section 1603 of the Safe, Account-
able, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A 
Legacy for Users, to the extent that funds obligated in 
accordance with that section were not subject to a limita-
tion on obligations at the time at which the funds were 
initially made available for obligation. 
(c) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED OBLIGATION AU-
THORITY.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall, after August 1 of such fiscal year, revise a distribu-
tion of the obligation limitation made available under sub-
section (a) if the amount distributed cannot be obligated 
during that fiscal year and redistribute sufficient amounts
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to those States able to obligate amounts in addition to 
those previously distributed during that fiscal year, giving 
priority to those States having large unobligated balances 
of funds apportioned under sections 104 and 144 of title 
23, United States Code. 
(d) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS TO 
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PROGRAMS.—The obliga-
tion limitation shall apply to transportation research pro-
grams carried out under chapter 5 of title 23, United 
States Code, and title V (research title) of the Safe, Ac-
countable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: 
A Legacy for Users, except that obligation authority made 
available for such programs under such limitation shall re-
main available for a period of 3 fiscal years and shall be 
in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed on 
obligations for Federal-aid highway and highway safety 
construction programs for future fiscal years. 
(e) REDISTRIBUTION
OF
CERTAIN
AUTHORIZED 
FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of the distribution of obligation limitation 
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall distribute 
to the States any funds that—