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(3) does not require prior employee notification 
of the content and methods to be used in the train-
ing and written end of course evaluation; 
(4) contains any methods or content associated 
with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 
‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Em-
ployment
Opportunity
Commission
Notice
N– 
915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or 
(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par-
ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the 
workplace. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 
otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 
bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. 
SEC. 920. No funds appropriated in this or any other 
Act may be used to implement or enforce the agreements 
in Standard Forms 312 and 4414 of the Government or 
any other nondisclosure policy, form, or agreement if such 
policy, form, or agreement does not contain the following 
provisions: ‘‘These restrictions are consistent with and do 
not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter the em-
ployee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by Execu-
tive Order No. 12958; section 7211 of title 5, United 
States Code (governing disclosures to Congress); section 
1034 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by the
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Military Whistleblower Protection Act (governing disclo-
sure to Congress by members of the military); section 
2302(b)(8) of title 5, United States Code, as amended by 
the Whistleblower Protection Act (governing disclosures of 
illegality, waste, fraud, abuse or public health or safety 
threats); the Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982 
(50 U.S.C. 421 et seq.) (governing disclosures that could 
expose confidential Government agents); and the statutes 
which protect against disclosure that may compromise the 
national security, including sections 641, 793, 794, 798, 
and 952 of title 18, United States Code, and section 4(b) 
of the Subversive Activities Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 
783(b)). The definitions, requirements, obligations, rights, 
sanctions, and liabilities created by said Executive order 
and listed statutes are incorporated into this agreement 
and are controlling.’’: Provided, That notwithstanding the 
preceding paragraph, a nondisclosure policy form or agree-
ment that is to be executed by a person connected with 
the conduct of an intelligence or intelligence-related activ-
ity, other than an employee or officer of the United States 
Government, may contain provisions appropriate to the 
particular activity for which such document is to be used. 
Such form or agreement shall, at a minimum, require that 
the person will not disclose any classified information re-
ceived in the course of such activity unless specifically au-
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thorized to do so by the United States Government. Such 
nondisclosure forms shall also make it clear that they do 
not bar disclosures to Congress or to an authorized official 
of an executive agency or the Department of Justice that 
are essential to reporting a substantial violation of law. 
SEC. 921. No part of any funds appropriated in this 
or any other Act shall be used by an agency of the execu-
tive branch, other than for normal and recognized execu-
tive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda 
purposes, and for the preparation, distribution or use of 
any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television or 
film presentation designed to support or defeat legislation 
pending before the Congress, except in presentation to the 
Congress itself. 
SEC. 922. None of the funds appropriated by this or 
any other Act may be used by an agency to provide a Fed-
eral employee’s home address to any labor organization 
except when the employee has authorized such disclosure 
or when such disclosure has been ordered by a court of 
competent jurisdiction. 
SEC. 923. None of the funds made available in this 
Act or any other Act may be used to provide any non- 
public information such as mailing or telephone lists to 
any person or any organization outside of the Federal
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Government without the approval of the Committees on 
Appropriations. 
SEC. 924. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this or any other Act shall be used directly or indirectly, 
including by private contractor, for publicity or propa-
ganda purposes within the United States not heretofor au-
thorized by the Congress. 
SEC. 925. (a) In this section the term ‘‘agency’’— 
(1) means an Executive agency as defined 
under section 105 of title 5, United States Code; 
(2) includes a military department as defined 
under section 102 of such title, the Postal Service, 
and the Postal Rate Commission; and 
(3) shall not include the Government Account-
ability Office. 
(b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regu-
lations to use such time for other purposes, an employee 
of an agency shall use official time in an honest effort 
to perform official duties. An employee not under a leave 
system, including a Presidential appointee exempted under 
section 6301(2) of title 5, United States Code, has an obli-
gation to expend an honest effort and a reasonable propor-
tion of such employee’s time in the performance of official 
duties.
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SEC. 926. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec-
tion 910 of this Act, funds made available for the current 
fiscal year by this or any other Act to any department 
or agency, which is a member of the Federal Accounting 
Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), shall be available to 
finance an appropriate share of FASAB administrative 
costs. 
SEC. 927. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec-
tion 910 of this Act, the head of each Executive depart-
ment and agency is hereby authorized to transfer to or 
reimburse ‘‘General Services Administration, Government- 
wide Policy’’ with the approval of the Director of the Of-
fice of Management and Budget, funds made available for 
the current fiscal year by this or any other Act, including 
rebates from charge card and other contracts: Provided, 
That these funds shall be administered by the Adminis-
trator of General Services to support Government-wide fi-
nancial, information technology, procurement, and other 
management innovations, initiatives, and activities, as ap-
proved by the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget, in consultation with the appropriate interagency 
groups designated by the Director (including the Chief Fi-
nancial Officers Council for financial management initia-
tives, the Chief Information Officers Council for informa-
tion technology initiatives, the Chief Human Capital Offi-
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cers Council for human capital initiatives, and the Chief 
Acquisition Officers Council for procurement initiatives): 
Provided further, the total funds transferred or reimbursed 
shall not exceed $10,000,000: Provided further, such 
transfers or reimbursements may only be made 15 days 
following notification of the Committees on Appropriations 
by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. 
SEC. 928. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, a woman may breastfeed her child at any location 
in a Federal building or on Federal property, if the woman 
and her child are otherwise authorized to be present at 
the location. 
SEC. 929. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, 
United States Code, or section 910 of this Act, funds 
made available for the current fiscal year by this or any 
other Act shall be available for the interagency funding 
of specific projects, workshops, studies, and similar efforts 
to carry out the purposes of the National Science and 
Technology Council (authorized by Executive Order No. 
12881), which benefit multiple Federal departments, 
agencies, or entities: Provided, That the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget shall provide a report describing the 
budget of and resources connected with the National 
Science and Technology Council to the Committees on Ap-
propriations, the House Committee on Science, and the
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Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation 90 days after enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 930. Any request for proposals, solicitation, 
grant application, form, notification, press release, or 
other publications involving the distribution of Federal 
funds shall indicate the agency providing the funds, the 
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number, as appli-
cable, and the amount provided: Provided, That this provi-
sion shall apply to direct payments, formula funds, and 
grants received by a State receiving Federal funds. 
SEC. 931. Subsection (f) of section 403 of Public Law 
103–356 (31 U.S.C. 501 note), as amended, is repealed. 
SEC. 932. (a) PROHIBITION OF FEDERAL AGENCY 
MONITORING OF INDIVIDUALS’ INTERNET USE.—None of 
the funds made available in this or any other Act may 
be used by any Federal agency— 
(1) to collect, review, or create any aggregation 
of data, derived from any means, that includes any 
personally identifiable information relating to an in-
dividual’s access to or use of any Federal Govern-
ment Internet site of the agency; or 
(2) to enter into any agreement with a third 
party (including another government agency) to col-
lect, review, or obtain any aggregation of data, de-
rived from any means, that includes any personally
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identifiable information relating to an individual’s 
access to or use of any nongovernmental Internet 
site. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations established in 
subsection (a) shall not apply to— 
(1) any record of aggregate data that does not 
identify particular persons; 
(2) any voluntary submission of personally iden-
tifiable information; 
(3) any action taken for law enforcement, regu-
latory, or supervisory purposes, in accordance with 
applicable law; or 
(4) any action described in subsection (a)(1) 
that is a system security action taken by the oper-
ator of an Internet site and is necessarily incident 
to providing the Internet site services or to pro-
tecting the rights or property of the provider of the 
Internet site. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘regulatory’’ means agency ac-
tions to implement, interpret or enforce authorities 
provided in law. 
(2) The term ‘‘supervisory’’ means examina-
tions of the agency’s supervised institutions, includ-
ing assessing safety and soundness, overall financial
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condition, management practices and policies and 
compliance with applicable standards as provided in 
law. 
SEC. 933. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act may be used to enter into or renew a contract which 
includes a provision providing prescription drug coverage, 
except where the contract also includes a provision for con-
traceptive coverage. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract 
with— 
(1) any of the following religious plans: 
(A) Personal Care’s HMO; and 
(B) OSF HealthPlans, Inc.; and 
(2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier 
for the plan objects to such coverage on the basis of 
religious beliefs. 
(c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters 
into or renews a contract under this section may not sub-
ject any individual to discrimination on the basis that the 
individual refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for 
contraceptives because such activities would be contrary 
to the individual’s religious beliefs or moral convictions. 
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to re-
quire coverage of abortion or abortion-related services.
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SEC. 934. The Congress of the United States recog-
nizes the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) as 
the official anti-doping agency for Olympic, Pan Amer-
ican, and Paralympic sport in the United States. 
SEC. 935. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds appropriated for official travel by Federal de-
partments and agencies may be used by such departments 
and agencies, if consistent with Office of Management and 
Budget Circular A–126 regarding official travel for Gov-
ernment personnel, to participate in the fractional aircraft 
ownership pilot program. 
SEC. 936. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds appropriated or made available 
under this Act or any other appropriations Act may be 
used to implement or enforce restrictions or limitations on 
the Coast Guard Congressional Fellowship Program, or to 
implement the proposed regulations of the Office of Per-
sonnel Management to add sections 300.311 through 
300.316 to part 300 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Reg-
ulations, published in the Federal Register, volume 68, 
number 174, on September 9, 2003 (relating to the detail 
of executive branch employees to the legislative branch). 
SEC. 937. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, no executive branch agency shall purchase, construct, 
and/or lease any additional facilities, except within or con-
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tiguous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose 
of conducting Federal law enforcement training without 
the advance approval of the Committees on Appropria-
tions, except that the Federal Law Enforcement Training 
Center is authorized to obtain the temporary use of addi-
tional facilities by lease, contract, or other agreement for 
training which cannot be accommodated in existing Center 
facilities. 
SEC. 938. (a) No funds shall be available for trans-
fers or reimbursements to the E-Government Initiatives 
sponsored by the Office of Management and Budget prior 
to 15 days following submission of a report to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations by the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget and receipt of approval to trans-
fer funds by the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations. 
(b) The report in (a) shall detail— 
(1) the amount proposed for transfer for any 
department and agency by program office, bureau, 
or activity, as appropriate; 
(2) the specific use of funds; 
(3) the relevance of that use to that department 
or agency and each bureau or office within, which is 
contributing funds; and
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(4) a description on any such activities for 
which funds were appropriated that will not be im-
plemented or partially implemented by the depart-
ment or agency as a result of the transfer. 
SEC. 939. (a) REQUIREMENT FOR PUBLIC-PRIVATE 
COMPETITION.— 
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
none of the funds appropriated by this or any other 
Act shall be available to convert to contractor per-
formance an activity or function of an executive 
agency, that on or after the date of enactment of 
this Act, is performed by more than 10 Federal em-
ployees unless— 
(A) the conversion is based on the result of 
a public-private competition that includes a 
most efficient and cost effective organization 
plan developed by such activity or function; and 
(B) the Competitive Sourcing Official de-
termines that, over all performance periods 
stated in the solicitation of offers for perform-
ance of the activity or function, the cost of per-
formance of the activity or function by a con-
tractor would be less costly to the executive 
agency by an amount that equals or exceeds the 
lesser of—
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(i) 10 percent of the most efficient or-
ganization’s
personnel-related
costs
for 
performance of that activity or function by 
Federal employees; or 
(ii) $10,000,000. 
(2) This paragraph shall not apply to— 
(A) the Department of Defense; 
(B) section 44920 of title 49, United 
States Code; 
(C) a commercial or industrial type func-
tion that— 
(i) is included on the procurement list 
established pursuant to section 2 of the 
Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 47); 
or 
(ii) is planned to be converted to per-
formance by a qualified nonprofit agency 
for the blind or by a qualified nonprofit 
agency for other severely handicapped indi-
viduals in accordance with that Act; 
(D) depot contracts or contracts for depot 
maintenance as provided in sections 2469 and 
2474 of title 10, United States Code; or
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(E) activities that are the subject of an on-
going competition that was publicly announced 
prior to the date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) USE OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE COMPETITION.—Noth-
ing in Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76 
shall prevent the head of an executive agency from con-
ducting a public-private competition to evaluate the bene-
fits of converting work from contract performance to per-
formance by Federal employees in appropriate instances. 
The Circular shall provide procedures and policies for 
these competitions that are similar to those applied to 
competitions that may result in the conversion of work 
from performance by Federal employees to performance 
by a contractor. 
SEC. 940. (a) The adjustment in rates of basic pay 
for employees under the statutory pay systems that takes 
effect in fiscal year 2007 under sections 5303 and 5304 
of title 5, United States Code, shall be an increase of 2.7 
percent, and this adjustment shall apply to civilian em-
ployees in the Department of Defense and the Department 
of Homeland Security and such adjustments shall be effec-
tive as of the first day of the first applicable pay period 
beginning on or after January 1, 2007. 
(b) Notwithstanding section 913 of this Act, the ad-
justment in rates of basic pay for the statutory pay sys-
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tems that take place in fiscal year 2007 under sections 
5344 and 5348 of title 5, United States Code, shall be 
no less than the percentage in paragraph (a) as employees 
in the same location whose rates of basic pay are adjusted 
pursuant to the statutory pay systems under section 5303 
and 5304 of title 5, United States Code. Prevailing rate 
employees at locations where there are no employees whose 
pay is increased pursuant to sections 5303 and 5304 of 
title 5 and prevailing rate employees described in section 
5343(a)(5) of title 5 shall be considered to be located in 
the pay locality designated as ‘‘Rest of US’’ pursuant to 
section 5304 of title 5 for purposes of this paragraph. 
(c) Funds used to carry out this section shall be paid 
from appropriations, which are made to each applicable 
department or agency for salaries and expenses for fiscal 
year 2007. 
SEC. 941. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 
law, none of the funds provided in this Act or any other 
Act may be used by an executive branch agency to produce 
any prepackaged news story intended for broadcast or dis-
tribution in the United States, unless the story includes 
a clear notification within the text or audio of the pre-
packaged news story that the prepackaged news story was 
prepared or funded by that executive branch agency.
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SEC. 942. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 552a of title 
5, United States Code (popularly known as the Privacy 
Act) or of section 552.224 of title 48 of the Code of Fed-
eral Regulations. 
SEC. 943. Each executive department and agency 
shall evaluate the creditworthiness of an individual before 
issuing the individual a government travel charge card. 
The department or agency may not issue a government 
travel charge card to an individual that either lacks a cred-
it history or is found to have an unsatisfactory credit his-
tory as a result of this evaluation: Provided, That this re-
striction shall not preclude issuance of a restricted-use 
charge, debit, or stored value card made in accordance 
with agency procedures to: (1) an individual with an un-
satisfactory credit history where such card is used to pay 
travel expenses and the agency determines there is no suit-
able alternative payment mechanism available before 
issuing the card; or (2) an individual who lacks a credit 
history. Each executive department and agency shall es-
tablish guidelines and procedures for disciplinary actions 
to be taken against agency personnel for improper, fraud-
ulent, or abusive use of government charge cards, which 
shall include appropriate disciplinary actions for use of 
charge cards for purposes, and at establishments, that are
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inconsistent with the official business of the Department 
or agency or with applicable standards of conduct. 
SEC. 944. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 
any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this title shall 
not apply to title V. 
SEC. 945. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to demolish or restrict use of the inter-
change located at Exit 131 of Interstate Route 40 and 
State Route 16 in Catawba County, North Carolina. 
SEC. 946. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 303 of the 
Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13212). 
SEC. 947. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be used in contravention of the Federal buildings 
performance and reporting requirements of Executive 
Order No. 13123, part 3 of title V of the National Energy 
Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8251 et seq.), or sub-
title A of title I of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (includ-
ing the amendments made thereby). 
SEC. 948. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for the construction, expansion, renova-
tion, or building of the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Cen-
ter. 
SEC. 949. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to eliminate, consolidate, co-locate, or
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plan for the consolidation or co-location of a Terminal 
Radar Approach Control (TRACON). 
SEC. 950. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to administer, implement, or enforce the 
amendment made to section 515.533 of title 31, Code of 
Federal Regulations, that was published in the Federal 
Register on February 25, 2005. 
SEC. 951. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend-
ance of more than 50 employees from a Federal depart-
ment or agency at any single conference occurring outside 
the United States. 
SEC. 952. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Department of Transportation 
to finalize or implement the policy proposed in the notice 
of proposed rulemaking published in the Federal Register 
on November 7, 2005 (70 Fed. Reg. 67389), or the sup-
plemental notice of proposed rulemaking published in the 
Federal Register on May 5, 2006 (71 Fed. Reg. 26425), 
in Docket No. OST–2003–15759. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation, Treas-
ury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the 
District of Columbia and Independent Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 2007’’.
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That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
Departments of Transportation, Treasury, Housing and 
Urban Development, the Judiciary, and independent agen-
cies 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 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
$92,742,000, 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 
$11,934,000 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 exceed 
$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 Affairs; not to exceed
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$1,478,000 shall be available for the Office of the Executive 
Secretariat; not to exceed $707,000 shall be available for 
the Board of Contract Appeals; not to exceed $1,286,000 
shall be available for the Office of Small and Disadvantaged 
Business Utilization; not to exceed $7,042,000 for the Office 
of Intelligence, Security, and Emergency Response; not to 
exceed $12,281,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Chief Information Officer: 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 further, 
That no appropriation for any office shall be increased or 
decreased by more than 5 percent by all such transfers: Pro-
vided further, That notice of any change in funding greater 
than 5 percent shall be submitted for approval to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $60,000 shall be for allocation with-
in the Department for official reception and representation 
expenses as the Secretary may determine: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, excluding 
fees authorized in Public Law 107–71, there may be cred-
ited to this appropriation up to $2,500,000 in funds re-
ceived in user fees: Provided further, That none of the funds 
provided in this Act shall be available for the position of 
Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs.
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OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$8,820,900. 
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, $9,334,000. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital out-
lays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed 
$123,418,000, 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 Cap-
ital Fund without the approval of the agency modal admin-
istrator: Provided further, That no assessments may be lev-
ied against any program, budget activity, subactivity or 
project funded by this Act unless notice of such assessments 
and the basis therefor are presented to the House and Senate
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Committees on Appropriations and are approved by such 
Committees. 
MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $891,000, as author-
ized by 49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, including 
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in sec-
tion 502 of the Congressional 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 ex-
penses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, $396,000. 
MINORITY BUSINESS OUTREACH 
For necessary expenses of Minority Business Resource 
Center outreach activities, $2,970,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2008: Provided, That notwithstanding 
49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be used for business oppor-
tunities related to any mode of transportation. 
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 derived 
from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That, in determining be-
tween or among carriers competing to provide service to a
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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 nec-
essary to carry out the essential air service program from 
any available amounts appropriated to or directly adminis-
tered by the Office of the Secretary for such fiscal year. 
NEW HEADQUARTERS BUILDING 
For necessary expenses of the Department of Transpor-
tation’s new headquarters building and related services, 
$59,400,000, to remain available until expended. 
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. 
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’’.
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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 approve 
assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining to funds 
appropriated to the modal administrations in this Act, ex-
cept for activities underway on the date of enactment of 
this Act, unless such assessments or agreements have com-
pleted the normal reprogramming process for congressional 
notification. 
SEC. 104. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Department of Transportation to 
finalize or implement the policy proposed in— 
(1) the notice of proposed rulemaking published 
in the Federal Register on November 7, 2005 (70 Fed. 
Reg. 67389); or 
(2) the supplemental notice of proposed rule-
making published in the Federal Register on May 5, 
2006 (71 Fed. Reg. 26425), in Docket No. OST–2003– 
15759. 
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Admin-
istration, not otherwise provided for, including operations 
and research activities related to commercial space trans-
portation, administrative expenses for research and develop-
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ment, establishment of air navigation facilities, the oper-
ation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, sub-
sidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold to 
the public, lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles for 
replacement only, in addition to amounts made available 
by Public Law 108–176, $8,366,000,000, of which 
$5,445,000,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Air-
way Trust Fund, of which not to exceed $6,690,108,000 
shall be available for air traffic organization activities; not 
to exceed $997,718,000 shall be available for aviation regu-
lation and certification activities; not to exceed $11,722,000 
shall be available for commercial space transportation ac-
tivities; not to exceed $93,620,000 shall be available for fi-
nancial 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 coordination activities; not to ex-
ceed $175,655,000 shall be available for staff offices; and 
not to exceed $36,506,000 shall be available for information 
services: Provided, That not to exceed 2 percent of any budg-
et 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 decrease any appropriation by more than 2 per-
cent: Provided further, That any transfer in excess of 2 per-
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cent shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under 
section 710 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga-
tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce-
dures set forth in that section: Provided further, That the 
Secretary utilize not less than $32,474,408 of the funds pro-
vided for aviation regulation and certification activities to 
pay for staff increases in the Office of Aviation Flight 
Standards: Provided further, That the Secretary utilize not 
less than $16,237,204 of the funds provided for aviation reg-
ulation and certification activities to pay for staff increases 
in the Office of Aircraft Certification: Provided further, 
That none of the funds provided for increases to the staffs 
of the aviation flight standards and aircraft certification 
offices shall be used for other purposes: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of Transportation shall provide quar-
terly reports to the Congress that include the number of cur-
rent employees in the Offices of Flight Standards and Air-
craft Certification, the current number of vacancies in each 
office, the number of people hired in each office during the 
previous 3 months, and hiring goals for each office for the 
next 3 month period: Provided further, That none of the 
funds in this Act shall be available for the Federal Aviation 
Administration to finalize or implement any regulation 
that would promulgate new aviation user fees not specifi-
cally authorized by law after the date of the enactment of
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this Act: Provided further, That there may be credited to 
this appropriation funds received from States, counties, 
municipalities, foreign authorities, other public authorities, 
and private sources, for expenses incurred in the provision 
of agency services, including receipts for the maintenance 
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 alteration forms: 
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 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 non-
profit standard-setting organization to assist in the develop-
ment of aviation safety standards: Provided further, That 
none of the funds in this Act shall be available for new ap-
plicants for the second career training 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 em-
ployee actually performed work during the time cor-
responding to such premium pay: Provided 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
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the funds in this Act for aeronautical charting and cartog-
raphy are available for activities conducted by, or coordi-
nated through, the Working Capital Fund: Provided fur-
ther, That not later than March 1 of each fiscal year here-
after, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration shall transmit to Congress an annual update to the 
report submitted to Congress in December 2004 pursuant 
to section 221 of Public Law 108–176: Provided further, 
That the amount herein appropriated shall be reduced by 
$100,000 per day for each day after March 1 that such re-
port has not been submitted to the Congress: Provided fur-
ther, That not later than March 1 of each fiscal year here-
after, the Administrator shall transmit to Congress a com-
panion report that describes a comprehensive strategy for 
staffing, hiring, and training flight standards and aircraft 
certification staff: Provided further, That the amount herein 
appropriated shall be reduced by $100,000 per day for each 
day after March 1 that such report has not been submitted 
to Congress: 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.
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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, 
$2,549,510,000, 
of 
which 
$2,101,610,000 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 appropriation funds received from States, 
counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and pri-
vate sources, for expenses incurred in the establishment and 
modernization of air navigation facilities: Provided further, 
That upon initial submission to the Congress of the fiscal 
year 2008 President’s budget, the Secretary of Transpor-
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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 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 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, $135,500,000, 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 appropriation funds re-
ceived from States, counties, municipalities, other public 
authorities, and private sources, for expenses incurred for 
research, engineering, and development. 
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-
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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, 
$4,000,000,000 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 $3,520,000,000 in fiscal 
year 2007, 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 
are necessary to install bulk explosive detection systems: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, of funds limited under this heading, not more than 
$74,970,615 shall be obligated for administration, except for 
administration of grants authorized under section 41743 of
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title 49, United States Code; not less than $10,000,000 shall 
be available for the airport cooperative research program, 
and not less than $10,000,000 shall be available and shall 
be transferred to the account available to administer the 
Small Community Air Service Development Program, to 
remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
not later than December 31, 2015, the owner or operator 
of an airport certificated under 49 U.S.C. 44706 shall im-
prove the airport’s runway safety areas to comply with the 
Federal Aviation Administration design standards required 
by 14 CFR part 139: Provided further, That the Federal 
Aviation Administration shall report annually to the Con-
gress on the agency’s progress toward improving the run-
way safety areas at 49 U.S.C. 44706 airports. 
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, $765,490,000 
are rescinded. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 110. None of the funds in this Act may be used 
to compensate in excess of 395 technical staff-years under 
the federally funded research and development center con-
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tract between the Federal Aviation Administration and the 
Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development during 
fiscal year 2007. 
SEC. 111. 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 remain-
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. 112. 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. 113. (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 strik-
ing ‘‘2006,’’ and inserting ‘‘2007,’’. 
SEC. 114. AGE
OF PILOTS. (a) MODIFICATION
OF 
FAA’S AGE-60 RULE.—Within 30 days after the effective 
date of action taken by the International Civil Aviation Or-
ganization to amend Annex 1 to the Convention on Inter-
national Civil Aviation to modify the international stand-
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ard and recommended practice for Member State curtail-
ment of pilot privileges by reason of age, as agreed and rec-
ommended by Air Navigation Commission at the 10th meet-
ing of its 167th session, following its review of the rec-
ommendations of the Flight Crew Licensing and Training 
Panel Working Group A’s report AN–WP/7982, the Sec-
retary of Transportation shall modify section 121.383(c) of 
the Federal Aviation Administration regulations (14 CFR 
121.383(c)) to be consistent with the amended standard or 
recommended practice— 
(1) to provide that a pilot who has attained 60 
years of age may serve as a pilot of an aircraft oper-
ated by an air carrier engaged in operations under 
10 part 121 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, 
until having attained 65 years of age on the condition 
that such pilot may so serve only— 
(A) as a required pilot in multi-crew air-
craft operations; and 
(B) when another pilot serving as a re-
quired pilot in such multi-crew aircraft oper-
ations has not yet attained 60 years of age; and 
(2) to eliminate the prohibition against an air 
carrier engaged in such operations from using the 
services of a pilot who has attained 60 years of age.
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(b) APPLICABILITY.—The modification of the Federal 
Aviation Administration regulations under subsection (a) 
shall not provide the basis for a claim of seniority under 
any labor agreement in effect between a recognized bar-
gaining unit for pilots and an air carrier engaged in oper-
ations under part 121 of title 14, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, made by any pilot seeking reemployment by such air 
carrier following the pilot’s previous termination or ces-
sation of employment as required by section 121.323(c), 
title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, as that section was 
in effect on the date of enactment of this Act. 
(c) GAO REPORT AFTER MODIFICATION OF AGE-60 
RULE.—Within 24 months after the date on which the Sec-
retary of Transportation modifies the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration regulations under subsection (a), the Comp-
troller General shall submit a report to the Senate Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the 
House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure concerning the effect, if any, of the modifica-
tion on aviation safety. 
SEC. 115. 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
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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. 
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Necessary expenses for administration and operation 
of the Federal Highway Administration, not to exceed 
$378,504,000, 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) 
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 Federal- 
aid highways and highway safety construction programs for 
fiscal year 2007: Provided, That within the $39,086,464,683 
obligation limitation on Federal-aid highways and highway 
safety construction programs, not more than $429,800,000
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shall be available for the implementation or execution of 
programs for transportation research (chapter 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 limita-
tion on transportation research programs shall not apply 
to any funds authorized by section 110 of title 23, U.S.C., 
and allocated to these programs, or to any authority pre-
viously 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 Administration: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may, as authorized by section 605(b) of title 23, 
United States Code, collect and spend fees to cover the costs 
of services of expert firms, including counsel, in the field 
of municipal and project finance to assist in the under-
writing and servicing of Federal credit instruments and all 
or a portion of the costs to the Federal Government of serv-
icing such credit instruments: Provided further, That such 
fees are available until expended to pay for such costs: Pro-
vided further, That such amounts are in addition to admin-
istrative expenses that are also available for such purpose, 
and are not subject to any obligation limitation or the limi-
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tation on administrative expenses under section 608 of title 
23, United States Code. 
(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, not otherwise 
provided, including reimbursement for sums expended pur-
suant to the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 308, $39,086,464,683 
or so much thereof as may be available in and derived from 
the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Ac-
count), to remain available until expended. 
(RESCISSION) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
Of the unobligated balances of funds apportioned to 
each State under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, 
$1,500,983,000 are rescinded: Provided, That such rescis-
sion shall not apply to the funds distributed in accordance 
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. 
APPALACHIAN DEVELOPMENT HIGHWAY SYSTEM 
For necessary expenses for West Virginia corridor H 
of the Appalachian Development Highway System as au-
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thorized under section 1069(y) of Public Law 102–240, as 
amended, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
DELTA REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT 
PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses for the Delta Regional Trans-
portation Development Program as authorized under sec-
tion 1308 of Public Law 109–59, $20,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY 
ADMINISTRATION 
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; programs funded from 
the administrative takedown authorized by section 
104(a)(1) of title 23, United States Code (as in effect 
on the date before the date of enactment of the Safe, 
Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Eq-
uity Act: A Legacy for Users); the highway use tax 
evasion program; amounts designated under section 
124; and 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
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from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass 
Transit Account) for Federal-aid highways and high-
way 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 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-
way safety construction programs (other than 
sums authorized to be appropriated for provi-
sions of law described in paragraphs (1) through 
(9) of subsection (b) and sums authorized 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, Accountable, Flexi-
ble, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy 
for Users; sections 117 (but individually for each
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project numbered 1 through 3676 listed in the table 
contained in section 1702 of the Safe, Accountable, 
Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Leg-
acy 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 obligation authority 
available for each of such sections is equal to the 
amount determined by multiplying the ratio deter-
mined under paragraph (3) by the sums 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, Efficient Trans-
portation 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
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(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 con-
struction programs (other than the amounts appor-
tioned 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 than 
$2,639,000,000, and the Appalachian development 
highway system program) that are apportioned by the 
Secretary under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Effi-
cient 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
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9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981; (4) under sub-
sections (b) and (j) of section 131 of the Surface Transpor-
tation Assistance Act of 1982; (5) under subsections (b) and 
(c) of section 149 of the Surface Transportation and Uni-
form Relocation Assistance Act of 1987; (6) under sections 
1103 through 1108 of the Intermodal Surface Transpor-
tation 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, 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 authority was made available under the 
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century or subse-
quent public laws for multiple years or to remain available 
until used, but only to the extent that the obligation author-
ity 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 through 2007; 
and (11) under section 1603 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexi-
ble, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for 
Users, to the extent that funds obligated in accordance with 
that section were not subject to a limitation on obligations
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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 
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. 
(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, 
and title V (research title) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, 
Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users, 
except that obligation authority made available for such 
programs under such limitation shall remain available for 
a period of 3 fiscal years and shall be in addition to the 
amount of any limitation imposed on obligations for Fed-
eral-aid highway and highway safety construction pro-
grams for future fiscal years.
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(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— 
(A) are authorized to be appropriated for 
such fiscal year for Federal-aid highways pro-
grams; and 
(B) the Secretary determines will not be al-
located to the States, and will not be available 
for obligation, in such fiscal year due to the im-
position of any obligation limitation for such fis-
cal year. 
(2) RATIO.—Funds shall be distributed under 
paragraph (1) in the same ratio as the distribution 
of obligation authority under subsection (a)(6). 
(3) AVAILABILITY.—Funds distributed under 
paragraph (1) shall be available for any purposes de-
scribed in section 133(b) of title 23, United States 
Code. 
(f) SPECIAL LIMITATION CHARACTERISTICS.—Obliga-
tion limitation distributed for a fiscal year under sub-
section (a)(4) for the provision specified in subsection (a)(4) 
shall—
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(1) remain available until used for obligation of 
funds for that provision; and 
(2) be in addition to the amount of any limita-
tion imposed on obligations for Federal-aid highway 
and highway safety construction programs for future 
fiscal years. 
(g) HIGH PRIORITY PROJECT FLEXIBILITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), ob-
ligation authority distributed for such fiscal year 
under subsection (a)(4) for each project numbered 1 
through 3676 listed in the table contained in section 
1702 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users may 
be obligated for any other project in such section in 
the same State. 
(2) RESTORATION.—Obligation authority used 
as described in paragraph (1) shall be restored to the 
original purpose on the date on which obligation au-
thority is distributed under this section for the next 
fiscal year following obligation under paragraph (1). 
(h) LIMITATION
ON STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.— 
Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the dis-
tribution of obligation authority under subsection (a)(4)(A) 
for each of the individual projects numbered greater than 
3676 listed in the table contained in section 1702 of the
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Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Eq-
uity Act: A Legacy for Users. 
SEC. 121. 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 
subject to the obligation limitation for Federal-aid high-
ways and highway safety construction. 
SEC. 122. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
projects and activities described in the statement of man-
agers accompanying this Act under the headings ‘‘Federal- 
Aid Highways’’ and ‘‘Federal Transit Administration’’ 
shall be eligible for fiscal year 2007 funds made available 
for the project for which each project or activity is so des-
ignated: Provided, That the Federal share payable on ac-
count of any such projects and activities subject to this sec-
tion shall be the same as the share required by the Federal 
program under which each project or activity is designated 
unless otherwise provided in this Act. 
SEC. 123. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the unobligated balance of funds made available under the 
Bridge Discretionary Program in the Joint Explanatory 
Statement of the Committee of Conference accompanying
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the Transportation, Treasury, and Independent Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2005 (House Report 108–792), for the 
Joachim Avenue Bridge Replacement, Missouri, shall be 
available for the New Herculaneum Bridge, Herculaneum, 
Missouri. 
SEC. 124. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
funds authorized under section 110 of title 23, United 
States Code, for fiscal year 2007 shall be apportioned to 
the States in accordance with section 1105(f) of the Safe, 
Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: 
A Legacy for Users (Public Law 109–59; 119 Stat. 114, 
1166), except that before allocations in accordance with sec-
tion 1105(f)(3) of such Act are made, funds shall be des-
ignated for projects as listed in the report accompanying 
this Act. 
SEC. 125. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the funds made available under the Transportation, Com-
munity, and System Preservation Program for the New 
Haven River Bore project, New Haven, Missouri, in the fis-
cal year 2006 Appropriations Act shall be reprogrammed 
and made available to the Missouri Department of Trans-
portation for roadway improvements at intersection Route 
100 and Highway 19. 
SEC. 126. Not less than 15 days prior to waiving, 
under his statutory authority, any Buy America require-
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ment for Federal-aid highway projects, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall make an informal public notice and 
comment opportunity on the intent to issue such waiver and 
the reasons therefore. The Secretary shall provide an annual 
report to the Appropriations Committees of the Congress on 
any waivers granted under the Buy America requirements. 
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 for administra-
tion of motor carrier safety operations and programs pur-
suant to section 31104(i) of title 49, United States Code, 
and sections 4127 and 4134 of Public Law 109–59, 
$223,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund 
(other than the Mass Transit Account), together with ad-
vances and reimbursements received by the Federal Motor 
Carrier Safety Administration, the sum of which shall re-
main available until expended: Provided, That none of the 
funds derived from the Highway Trust Fund in this Act 
shall be available for the implementation, execution or ad-
ministration of programs, the obligations for which are in 
excess of $223,000,000, for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Oper-
ations and Programs’’, of which $10,296,000, to remain 
available for obligation until September 30, 2009, is for the