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tember 30, 2012, and $24,913,000 shall remain available 
through September 30, 2015. 
RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for railroad research and de-
velopment, $40,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
RAILROAD SAFETY TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses of carrying out section 20158 
of title 49, United States Code, $75,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That to be eligible for 
assistance under this heading, an entity need not have de-
veloped plans required under subsection 20156(e)(2) of 
title 49, United States Code, and section 20157 of such 
title. 
RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT 
FINANCING PROGRAM 
The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to 
issue to the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obli-
gations pursuant to section 512 of the Railroad Revitaliza-
tion and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94– 
210), as amended, in such amounts and at such times as 
may be necessary to pay any amounts required pursuant 
to the guarantee of the principal amount of obligations 
under sections 511 through 513 of such Act, such author-
ity to exist as long as any such guaranteed obligation is 
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outstanding: Provided, That pursuant to section 502 of 
such Act, as amended, no new direct loans or loan guar-
antee commitments shall be made using Federal funds for 
the credit risk premium during fiscal year 2011. 
CAPITAL ASSISTANCE FOR HIGH SPEED RAIL CORRIDORS 
AND INTERCITY PASSENGER RAIL SERVICE 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 
grants for high-speed rail projects as authorized under 
section 26106 of title 49, United States Code, capital in-
vestment grants to support intercity passenger rail service 
as authorized under section 24406 of title 49, United 
States Code, and congestion grants as authorized under 
section 24105 of title 49, United States Code, and to enter 
into cooperative agreements for these purposes as author-
ized, $1,000,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That up to $50,000,000 of funds provided under 
this paragraph are available to the Administrator of the 
Federal Railroad Administration to fund the award and 
oversight by the Administrator of grants and cooperative 
agreements for intercity and high-speed rail: Provided fur-
ther, That up to $30,000,000 of the funds provided under 
this paragraph are available to the Administrator for the 
purposes of conducting research and demonstrating tech-
nologies supporting the development of high-speed rail in 
the United States, including the demonstration of next- 
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generation rolling stock fleet technology and the imple-
mentation of the Rail Cooperative Research Program au-
thorized by section 24910 of title 49, United States Code: 
Provided further, That the national rail plan shall include 
a map depicting all high-speed rail service envisioned in 
the plan and the estimated cost to complete that service: 
Provided further, That up to $50,000,000 of the funds 
provided under this paragraph may be used for planning 
activities that lead directly to the development of a pas-
senger rail corridor investment plan consistent with the 
requirements established by the Administrator or a State 
rail plan consistent with chapter 227 of title 49, United 
States Code: Provided further, That the Secretary may re-
tain a portion of the funds made available for planning 
activities under the previous proviso to facilitate the prep-
aration of a service development plan and related environ-
mental impact statement for high-speed corridors located 
in multiple States: Provided further, That not less than 
85 percent of the funds provided under this heading shall 
be for cooperative agreements that lead to the development 
of entire segments or phases of intercity or high-speed rail 
corridors: Provided further, That at least 30 days prior 
to issuing a letter of intent or cooperative agreement pur-
suant to section 24402(f) of title 49, United States Code, 
for a major corridor development program, the Secretary 
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shall provide to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations written notification consisting of a business 
and public investment case for the proposed corridor pro-
gram which shall include: a comprehensive analysis of the 
monetary and nonmonetary costs and benefits of the cor-
ridor development program; an assessment of ridership, 
passenger travel time reductions, congestion relief bene-
fits, environmental benefits, economic benefits, and other 
public benefits; operating financial forecasts for the pro-
gram; a full capital cost estimation for the entire project, 
including the amount, source and security of non-Federal 
funds to complete the project; a summary of the grants 
management plan and an evaluation of the grantee’s abil-
ity to sustain the project: Provided further, That the Fed-
eral share payable of the costs for which a grant or cooper-
ative agreements is made under this heading shall be de-
termined in accordance with the provisions of Public Law 
110–432, except that the local share of expenditures shall 
be no less than 10 percent: Provided further, That in addi-
tion to the provisions of title 49, United States Code, that 
apply to each of the individual programs funded under this 
heading, subsections 24402(a)(2), 24402(f), 24402(i), and 
24403(a) and (c) of title 49, United States Code, shall 
also apply to the provision of funds provided under this 
heading: Provided further, That a project need not be in 
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a State rail plan developed under chapter 227 of title 49, 
United States Code, to be eligible for assistance under this 
heading: Provided further, That recipients of grants under 
this paragraph shall conduct all procurement transactions 
using such grant funds in a manner that provides full and 
open competition, as determined by the Secretary, in com-
pliance with existing labor agreements. 
OPERATING GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD 
PASSENGER CORPORATION 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 
quarterly grants to the National Railroad Passenger Cor-
poration for the operation of intercity passenger rail, as 
authorized by section 101 of the Passenger Rail Invest-
ment and Improvement Act of 2008 (division B of Public 
Law 110–432), $563,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That each grant request shall be ac-
companied by a detailed financial analysis, revenue projec-
tion, and capital expenditure projection justifying the Fed-
eral support to the Secretary’s satisfaction: Provided fur-
ther, That concurrent with the President’s budget request 
for fiscal year 2012, the Corporation shall submit to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a budget 
request for fiscal year 2012 in similar format and sub-
stance to those submitted by executive agencies of the 
Federal Government: Provided further, That the Amtrak 
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Inspector General shall provide semiannual reports to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on the 
estimated savings accrued as a result of all operational 
reforms instituted by the Corporation and estimations of 
possible future savings: Provided further, That the budget, 
business plan and the 5-Year Financial Plan shall include 
annual information on the maintenance, refurbishment, 
replacement, and expansion for all Amtrak rolling stock 
consistent with the comprehensive fleet plan: Provided fur-
ther, That the Corporation shall notify the House and Sen-
ate Committees on Appropriations 5 days before making 
public any changes to the Corporation’s budget, business 
plan, 5-Year Financial Plan, semiannual reports, or grant 
and legislative request, or any debt application. 
CAPITAL AND DEBT SERVICE GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL 
RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 
grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for 
capital investments as authorized by section 101(c) and 
219(b) of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improve-
ment Act of 2008 (division B of Public Law 110–432), 
$1,338,484,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which not to exceed $277,000,000 shall be for debt service 
obligations as authorized by section 102 of such Act: Pro-
vided, That after an initial distribution of up to 
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$200,000,000, which shall be used by the Corporation as 
a working capital account, all remaining funds shall be 
provided to the Corporation only on a reimbursable basis: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may retain up to one- 
half of 1 percent of the funds provided under this heading 
to fund the costs of project management oversight of cap-
ital projects funded by grants provided under this heading, 
as authorized by subsection 101(d) of division B of Public 
Law 110–432: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
approve funding for capital expenditures, including ad-
vance purchase orders of materials, for the Corporation 
only after receiving and reviewing a grant request for each 
specific capital project justifying the Federal support to 
the Secretary’s satisfaction: Provided further, That none 
of the funds under this heading may be used to subsidize 
operating losses of the Corporation: Provided further, That 
none of the funds under this heading may be used for cap-
ital projects not approved by the Secretary of Transpor-
tation or on the Corporation’s fiscal year 2011 business 
plan: Provided further, That of the funds provided under 
this heading, the Secretary may retain $2,000,000 to fund 
expenses associated with implementing section 212 of divi-
sion B of Public Law 110–432, including the amendments 
made by section 212 to section 24905 of title 49, United 
States Code. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 150. 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. 151. 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. 
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FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal 
Transit Administration’s programs authorized by chapter 
53 of title 49, United States Code, $106,700,000: Pro-
vided, That for an additional amount to carry out public 
transportation fixed guideway safety oversight activities, 
$5,000,000, if legislation authorizing such activities is en-
acted into law prior to September 30, 2011: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds available under this heading, not 
to exceed $2,050,000 shall be available for travel: Provided 
further, That none of the funds provided or limited in this 
Act may be used to create a permanent office of transit 
security under this heading: Provided further, That upon 
submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2012 Presi-
dent’s budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall trans-
mit to Congress the annual report on new starts, including 
proposed allocations of funds for fiscal year 2012. 
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 
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section 3038 of Public Law 105–178, as amended, 
$9,200,000,000 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-
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 $8,360,565,000 in fiscal year 2011. 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the amounts authorized for fiscal year 2010 by 
section 5338(b)(1) of title 49, United States Code, to 
carry out sections 5305, 5307, 5308, 5309, 5310, 5311, 
5316, 5317, 5320, 5335, 5339, and 5340 of title 49, 
United States Code, and section 3038 of the Federal 
Transit Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 392), $17,394,000 are 
permanently rescinded. 
RESEARCH AND UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTERS 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5306, 
5312–5315, 5322, and 5506, $65,376,000, 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 
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