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gift certificate through use of a Government-issued credit 
card. In addition, $150,000,000 is for costs associated with 
the flight service station transition. 
FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
acquisition, establishment, technical support services, im-
provement by contract or purchase, and hire of air naviga-
tion and experimental facilities and equipment, as author-
ized 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, including 
construction of test facilities and acquisition of necessary 
sites by lease or grant; construction and furnishing of quar-
ters and related accommodations for officers and employees 
of the Federal Aviation Administration stationed at remote 
localities where such accommodations are not available; and 
the purchase, lease, or transfer of aircraft from funds avail-
able under this heading; to be derived from the Airport and 
Airway 
Trust 
Fund, 
$2,448,000,000, 
of 
which 
$2,024,579,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2008, and of which $423,421,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2006: Provided, That there may be 
credited to this appropriation funds received from States, 
counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and pri-
vate sources, for expenses incurred in the establishment and
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modernization of air navigation facilities: Provided further, 
That upon initial submission to the Congress of the fiscal 
year 2007 President’s budget, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall transmit to the Congress a comprehensive cap-
ital investment plan for the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion which includes funding for each budget line item for 
fiscal years 2007 through 2011, 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 Manage-
ment and Budget. 
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 acqui-
sition of necessary sites by lease or grant, $134,500,000, to 
be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and 
to remain available until September 30, 2008: Provided, 
That there may be credited to this appropriation funds re-
ceived from States, counties, municipalities, other public 
authorities, and private sources, for expenses incurred for 
research, engineering, and development.
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GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
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 author-
izing such obligations; for procurement, installation, and 
commissioning of runway incursion prevention devices and 
systems at airports of such title; for grants authorized under 
section 41743 of title 49, United States Code; and for in-
spection activities and administration of airport safety pro-
grams, including those related to airport operating certifi-
cates under section 44706 of title 49, United States Code, 
$3,390,000,000 to be derived from the Airport and Airway 
Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That none of the funds under this heading shall be 
available for the planning or execution of programs the obli-
gations for which are in excess of $3,500,000,000 in fiscal 
year 2006, notwithstanding section 47117(g) of title 49, 
United States Code: Provided further, That none of the 
funds under this heading shall be available for the replace-
ment of baggage conveyor systems, reconfiguration of ter-
minal baggage areas, or other airport improvements that
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are necessary to install bulk explosive detection systems: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, not more than $71,096,000 of funds limited under 
this heading shall be obligated for administration and not 
less than $20,000,000 shall be available to carry out the 
Small Community Air Service Development Program, to 
remain available until expended. 
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, 2006 and prior years under sections 48103 
and 48112 of title 49, United States Code, $1,174,000,000 
are rescinded. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION 
ADMINISTATION 
SEC. 101. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
airports may transfer without consideration to the Federal 
Aviation Administration (FAA) instrument landing sys-
tems (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 Ad-
ministration shall accept such equipment, which shall there-
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after be operated and maintained by FAA in accordance 
with agency criteria. 
SEC. 102. None of the funds in this Act may be used 
to compensate in excess of 375 technical staff-years under 
the federally funded research and development center con-
tract between the Federal Aviation Administration and the 
Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development during 
fiscal year 2006. 
SEC. 103. 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 prohi-
bition of funds in this section does not apply to negotiations 
between the agency and airport sponsors to achieve agree-
ment 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 facilities. 
SEC. 104. 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 2006, 49 
U.S.C. 41742(b) shall not apply, and any amount remain-
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ing in such account at the close of that fiscal year may 
be made available to satisfy section 41742(a)(1) for the sub-
sequent fiscal year. 
SEC. 105. Amounts collected under section 40113(e) of 
title 49, United States Code, shall be credited to the appro-
priation current at the time of collection, to be merged with 
and available for the same purposes of such appropriation. 
SEC. 106. (a) Section 44302(f)(1) of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘2005,’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘2006,’’. 
(b) Section 44303(b) of such title is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘2005,’’ and inserting ‘‘2006,’’. 
SEC. 107. Notwithstanding any provision of law, the 
Secretary of Transportation is authorized and directed to 
make project grants under chapter 471 of title 49, United 
States Code, from funds available for fiscal year 2006 and 
thereafter under 49 U.S.C. 48103, for the cost of acquisition 
of land, or reimbursement of the cost of land if purchased 
prior to enactment of this provision and prior to a grant 
agreement, for non-exclusive use aeronautical purposes on 
an airport layout plan that has been approved by the Sec-
retary on January 23, 2004, pursuant to section 49 U.S.C. 
47107(a)(16), for any small hub airport as defined in 49 
U.S.C. 47102, and had scheduled or chartered direct inter-
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national flights totaling at least 200 million pounds gross 
aircraft landed weight for calendar year 2002. 
SEC. 108. (a) Section 47108 of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended in subsection (e) by adding the following 
new paragraph at the end: 
‘‘(3) CHANGES TO NONHUB PRIMARY STATUS.— 
If the status of a nonhub primary airport changes to 
a small hub primary airport at a time when the air-
port has received discretionary funds under this chap-
ter for a terminal development project in accordance 
with section 47110(d)(2), and the project is not yet 
completed, the project shall remain eligible for fund-
ing from the discretionary fund and the small airport 
fund to pay costs allowable under section 47110(d). 
Such project shall remain eligible for such funds for 
three fiscal years after the start of construction of the 
project, or if the Secretary determines that a further 
extension of eligibility is justified, until the project is 
completed.’’. 
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
47110(d)(2)(A) is amended by striking ‘‘(A) the’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(A) except as provided in section 47108(e)(3), the’’.
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FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Necessary expenses for administration and operation 
of the Federal Highway Administration, not to exceed 
$364,638,000, 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) 
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 $40,194,259,000 for Federal- 
aid highways and highway safety construction programs for 
fiscal year 2006: Provided, That within the $40,194,259,000 
obligation limitation on Federal-aid highways and highway 
safety construction programs, not more than $408,491,420 
shall be available for the implementation or execution of 
programs for transportation research (sections 502, 503, 
504, 506, 507, and 508 of title 23, United States Code, as 
amended; section 5505 of title 49, United States Code, as 
amended; and sections 5112 and 5204–5209 of Public Law 
105–178) for fiscal year 2005: Provided further, That this 
limitation on transportation research programs shall not
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apply to any authority previously made available for obli-
gation. 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for car-
rying out the provisions of title 23, United States Code, 
that are attributable to Federal-aid highways, including the 
National Scenic and Recreational Highway as authorized 
by 23 U.S.C. 148, not otherwise provided, including reim-
bursement for sums expended pursuant to the provisions of 
23 U.S.C. 308, $40,194,259,000 or so much thereof as may 
be available in and derived from the Highway Trust Fund, 
to remain available until expended. 
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS 
HIGHWAY TRUST FUND 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances of funds apportioned to 
each State under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, 
$2,300,000,000 are rescinded: Provided, That such rescis-
sion shall not apply to the funds distributed in accordance 
with 23 U.S.C. 133(d)(1) and the first sentence of 23 U.S.C. 
133(d)(3)(A) or to the funds apportioned to the program 
authorized under section 163 of title 23, United States Code. 
APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAY SYSTEM 
For necessary expenses for the Appalachian Develop-
ment Highway System as authorized under section 1069(y)
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of Public Law 102–240, as amended, $80,000,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 110. (a) For fiscal year 2006, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall— 
(1) not distribute from the obligation limitation 
for Federal-aid highways amounts authorized for ad-
ministrative expenses and programs funded from the 
administrative 
takedown 
authorized 
by 
section 
104(a)(1)(A) of title 23, United States Code, for the 
highway use tax evasion program, and for the Bureau 
of Transportation Statistics; 
(2) not distribute an amount from the obligation 
limitation for Federal-aid highways that is equal to 
the unobligated balance of amounts made available 
from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass 
Transit Account) for Federal-aid highways and high-
way safety programs for the prior 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 dis-
tributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), bears to 
(B) the total of the sums authorized to be 
appropriated for Federal-aid highways and high-
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way safety construction programs (other than 
sums authorized to be appropriated for sections 
set forth in paragraphs (1) through (7) of sub-
section (b) and sums authorized to be appro-
priated for section 105 of title 23, United States 
Code, equal to the amount referred to in sub-
section (b)(8)) for such fiscal year less the aggre-
gate of the amounts not distributed under para-
graph (1) of this subsection; 
(4) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed-
eral-aid highways less the aggregate amounts not dis-
tributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) for section 201 
of the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 
and $2,000,000,000 for such fiscal year under section 
105 of title 23, United States Code (relating to min-
imum guarantee) so that the amount of obligation au-
thority available for each of such sections is equal to 
the amount determined by multiplying the ratio de-
termined under paragraph (3) by the sums authorized 
to be appropriated for such section (except in the case 
of section 105, $2,000,000,000) for such fiscal year; 
(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
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the programs that are allocated by the Secretary 
under title 23, United States Code (other than activi-
ties to which paragraph (1) applies and programs to 
which paragraph (4) applies) by multiplying the 
ratio determined under paragraph (3) by the sums 
authorized to be appropriated for 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 safety construc-
tion programs (other than the minimum guarantee 
program, but only to the extent that amounts appor-
tioned for the minimum guarantee program for such 
fiscal year exceed $2,639,000,000, and the Appa-
lachian development highway system program) that 
are apportioned by the Secretary under title 23, 
United States Code, in the ratio that— 
(A) sums authorized to be appropriated for 
such programs that are apportioned to each 
State for such fiscal year, bear to 
(B) the total of the sums authorized to be 
appropriated for such programs that are appor-
tioned to all States for such fiscal year.
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(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 sec-
tions 131(b) and 131(j) of the Surface Transportation As-
sistance Act of 1982; (5) under sections 149(b) and 149(c) 
of the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation As-
sistance 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 day before the date of the enactment of 
the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century; (8) 
under section 105 of title 23, United States Code (but, only 
in an amount equal to $639,000,000 for such fiscal year); 
and (9) for Federal-aid highway programs for which obliga-
tion authority was made available under the Transpor-
tation Equity Act for the 21st Century or subsequent public 
laws for multiple years or to remain available until used, 
but only to the extent that such obligation authority has 
not lapsed or been used. 
(c) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED OBLIGATION AU-
THORITY.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall after August 1 for such fiscal year revise a distribution
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of the obligation limitation made available under subsection 
(a) if a State will not obligate the amount distributed dur-
ing that fiscal year and redistribute sufficient amounts to 
those States able to obligate amounts in addition to those 
previously distributed during that fiscal year giving pri-
ority to those States having large unobligated balances of 
funds apportioned under sections 104 and 144 of title 23, 
United States Code, section 160 (as in effect on the day 
before the enactment of the Transportation Equity Act for 
the 21st Century) of title 23, United States Code, and under 
section 1015 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Effi-
ciency Act of 1991. 
(d) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS TO 
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PROGRAMS.—The obligation 
limitation shall apply to transportation research programs 
carried out under chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code, 
except that obligation authority made available for such 
programs under such limitation shall remain available for 
a period of 3 fiscal years. 
(e) REDISTRIBUTION
OF
CERTAIN
AUTHORIZED 
FUNDS.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the dis-
tribution of obligation limitation under subsection (a), the 
Secretary shall distribute to the States any funds: (1) that 
are authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal year for 
Federal-aid highways programs (other than the program
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under section 160 of title 23, United States Code) and for 
carrying out subchapter I of chapter 311 of title 49, United 
States Code, and highway-related programs under chapter 
4 of title 23, United States Code; and (2) that the Secretary 
determines will not be allocated to the States, and will not 
be available for obligation, in such fiscal year due to the 
imposition of any obligation limitation for such fiscal year. 
Such distribution to the States shall be made in the same 
ratio as the distribution of obligation authority under sub-
section (a)(6). The funds so distributed shall be available 
for any purposes described in section 133(b) of title 23, 
United States Code. 
(f) SPECIAL RULE.—Obligation limitation distributed 
for a fiscal year under subsection (a)(4) of this section for 
a section set forth in subsection (a)(4) shall remain avail-
able until used and shall be in addition to the amount of 
any limitation imposed on obligations for Federal-aid high-
way and highway safety construction programs for future 
fiscal years. 
SEC. 111. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re-
ceived by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the 
sale of data products, for necessary expenses incurred pur-
suant to 49 U.S.C. 111 may be credited to the Federal-aid 
highways account for the purpose of reimbursing the Bu-
reau for such expenses: Provided, That such funds shall be
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subject to the obligation limitation for Federal-aid high-
ways and highway safety construction. 
SEC. 112. BYPASS BRIDGE AT HOOVER DAM. (a) IN 
GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary of 
Transportation may expend from any funds appropriated 
for expenditure in accordance with title 23, United States 
Code, for payment of debt service by the States of Arizona 
and Nevada on notes issued for the bypass bridge project 
at Hoover Dam, pending appropriation or replenishment 
for that project. 
(b) REIMBURSEMENT.—Funds expended under sub-
section (a) shall be reimbursed from the funds made avail-
able to the States of Arizona and Nevada for payment of 
debt service on notes issued for the bypass bridge project 
at Hoover Dam. 
SEC. 113. None of the funds made available in this 
Act shall be available for the development or dissemination 
by the Federal Highway Administration of any version of 
a programmatic agreement which regards the Dwight D. 
Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense 
Highways as eligible for inclusion on the National Register 
of Historic Places. 
SEC. 114. BUS AXLE WEIGHT EXEMPTION. Section 
1023 of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency
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Act of 1991 (23 U.S.C. 127 note; 105 Stat. 1951) is amend-
ed by striking subsection (h) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(h) OVER-THE-ROAD BUS AND PUBLIC TRANSIT VE-
HICLE EXEMPTION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The second sentence of sec-
tion 127 of title 23, United States Code (relating to 
axle weight limitations for vehicles using the Dwight 
D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense 
Highways), shall not apply to— 
‘‘(A) any over-the-road bus (as defined in 
section 301 of the Americans With Disabilities 
Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12181)); or 
‘‘(B) any vehicle that is regularly and ex-
clusively used as an intrastate public agency 
transit passenger bus. 
‘‘(2) STATE ACTION.—No State or political sub-
division of a State, or any political authority of 2 or 
more States, shall impose any axle weight limitation 
on any vehicle described in paragraph (1) in any case 
in which such a vehicle is using the Dwight D. Eisen-
hower System of Interstate and Defense Highways.’’. 
SEC. 115. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, access to the I–5 ‘‘Transit Only’’ ramps at NE 163rd 
in Shoreline, Washington shall be expanded to include 
King County Solid Waste Division transfer vehicles upon
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the determination of the Federal Highway Administrator 
that necessary safety improvements have been completed. 
FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in the implemen-
tation, execution and administration of the motor carrier 
safety program, motor carrier safety research, motor carrier 
outreach and education, $211,400,000, to be derived from 
the Highway Trust Fund, together with advances and reim-
bursements received by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration, the sum of which shall remain available 
until expended: Provided, That none of the funds under this 
heading shall be available for the implementation, execution 
or administration of programs the obligations for which are 
in excess of $211,400,000, for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Oper-
ations and Programs’’, of which $9,600,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2009, is for the research and 
technology program; and of which up to $6,800,000 shall 
be available to make grants to, or enter into contracts with, 
States, local government, or other persons for the commer-
cial vehicle analysis reporting system, and the Federal 
share payable under such grants shall be 100 percent.