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(37) in item number 4299 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Improve U.S. 40, MD 715 
interchange and other roadways in the vicinity of Ab-
erdeen Proving Ground to support BRAC-related 
growth’’; 
(38) in item number 4313 by striking ‘‘Mary-
land Avenue’’ and all that follows through ‘‘Rd. cor-
ridor’’ and inserting ‘‘intermodal access and pedes-
trian safety improvements’’; 
(39) 
in 
item 
number 
4315 
by 
striking 
‘‘stormwater mitigation project’’ and inserting ‘‘envi-
ronmental preservation project’’; 
(40) in item number 4318 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Planning, design, and con-
struction of improvements to the highway systems 
connecting to Lewiston and Auburn downtowns’’; 
(41) in item number 4323 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘MaineDOT Acadia inter-
modal passenger and maintenance facility’’; 
(42) in item number 4338 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Construct 1 or more grade- 
separated crossings of I–75, and make associated im-
provements to improve local and regional east-west 
mobility between Mileposts 279 and 282’’; 
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(43) in item number 4355 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Design, engineering, ROW 
acquisition, construction, and construction engineer-
ing for the reconstruction of TH 95, from 12th Ave-
nue to CSAH 13, including bridge and approaches, 
ramps, intersecting roadways, signals, turn lanes, 
and multiuse trail, North Branch’’; 
(44) in item number 4357 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Design, construct, ROW, 
and expand TH 241 and CSAH 35 and associated 
streets in the City of St. Michael’’; 
(45) in item number 4360 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Planning, design, and con-
struction for Twin Cities Bioscience Corridor in St. 
Paul’’; 
(46) in item number 4362 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘I–494/U.S. 169 inter-
change reconstruction including U.S. 169/Valley View 
Road interchange, Twin Cities Metropolitan Area’’; 
(47) in item number 4365 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘34th Street realignment 
and 34th Street and I–94 interchange, including re-
tention and reconstruction of the SE Main Avenue/ 
CSAH 52 interchange ramps at I–94, and other 
transportation improvements for the city of Moor-
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head, including the SE Main Avenue GSI and Moor-
head Comprehensive Rail Safety Program’’; 
(48) in item number 4369 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Construction of 8th Street 
North, Stearns C.R. 120 to TH 15 in St. Cloud’’; 
(49) in item number 4371 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Construction and ROW of 
TH 241, CSAH 35 and associated streets in the City 
of St. Michael’’; 
(50) 
in 
item 
number 
4411 
by 
striking 
‘‘Southaven’’ and inserting ‘‘DeSoto County’’; 
(51) in item number 4424 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘U.S. 93 Evaro to Polson 
transportation improvement projects’’; 
(52) in item number 4428 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘US 76 improvements’’; 
(53) in item number 4457 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Construct an interchange 
at an existing grade separation at SR 1602 (Old 
Stantonsburg Rd.) and U.S. 264 Bypass in Wilson 
County’’; 
(54) in item number 4461 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Transportation and re-
lated improvements at Queens University of Char-
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lotte, including the Queens Science Center and the 
Marion Diehl Center, Charlotte’’; 
(55) in item number 4507 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Design, right-of-way and 
construction of Highway 35 between Norfolk and 
South Sioux City, including an interchange at mile-
post 1 on U.S. I–129’’; 
(56) in item number 4555 by inserting ‘‘Canal 
Street and’’ after ‘‘Reconstruction of’’; 
(57) in item number 4565 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Railroad Construction and 
Acquisition, Ely and White Pine County’’; 
(58) in item number 4588 by inserting ‘‘Private 
Parking and’’ before ‘‘Transportation’’; 
(59) in item number 4596 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Transportation center, 
Corning’’; 
(60) in item number 4610, by striking the 
project description and inserting ‘‘Demolition, site 
restoration, and hazardous material abatement of 
Alert Facility at Plattsburgh International Airport’’; 
(61) in item number 4649 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Fairfield County, OH 
U.S. 33 and old U.S. 33 safety improvements and re-
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lated construction, city of Lancaster and surrounding 
areas’’; 
(62) in item number 4651 by striking ‘‘for the 
transfer of rail to truck for the intermodal’’ and in-
serting ‘‘, and construction of an intermodal freight’’; 
(63) in item number 4691 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Transportation improve-
ments to Idabel Industrial Park Rail Spur, Idabel’’; 
(64) in item number 4722 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Highway, traffic, pedes-
trian, and riverfront improvements, Pittsburgh’’; 
(65) in item number 4749 by striking ‘‘study’’ 
and inserting ‘‘improvements’’; 
(66) in item number 4821 by striking ‘‘highway 
grade crossing project, Clearfield and Clinton Coun-
ties’’ and inserting ‘‘Project for highway grade cross-
ings and other purposes relating to the Project in 
Cambria, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Indiana, and 
Jefferson Counties’’; 
(67) in item number 4838 by striking ‘‘study’’ 
and inserting ‘‘improvements’’; 
(68) in item number 4839 by striking ‘‘fuel- 
celled’’ and inserting ‘‘fueled’’; 
(69) 
in 
item 
number 
4866 
by 
striking 
‘‘$11,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$9,400,000’’; 
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(70) by inserting after item number 4866 the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘4866A 
RI 
Repair and restore railroad 
bridge in Westerly 
$1,600,000’’; 
(71) in item number 4892 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Construct a 4-lane high-
way between maverick Junction and the Nebraska 
border’’; 
(72) in item number 4915 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘For projects of highest pri-
ority, as determined by the South Dakota DOT’’; 
(73) 
in 
item 
number 
4916 
by 
striking 
‘‘$1,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$328,000’’; 
(74) 
in 
item 
number 
4924 
by 
striking 
‘‘$3,450,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$4,122,000’’; 
(75) in item number 4927 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Construction and Im-
provements to the College Street Corridor, Great 
Smoky Mountain Heritage Highway Cultural and 
Visitors Center in Maryville’’; 
(76) in item number 4960 by inserting ‘‘of which 
$50,000 shall be used for a street paving project, Cal-
houn’’ after ‘‘County’’; 
(77) in item number 4974 by striking ‘‘, Sevier 
County’’; 
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(78) in item number 5008 by inserting ‘‘/Kane 
Creek Boulevard’’ after ‘‘500 West’’; 
(79) in item numbers 5011 and 5033 by striking 
‘‘200 South Interchange’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘400 South Interchange’’; 
(80) in item number 5021, by striking ‘‘Pine 
View Dam,’’; 
(81) in item number 5026 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Roadway improvements 
on Washington Fields Road/300 East, Washington’’; 
(82) in item number 5027 by inserting ‘‘and 
roadway improvements’’ after ‘‘safety project’’; 
(83) in item number 5028 by inserting ‘‘and 
roadway improvements’’ after ‘‘lighting’’; 
(84) in item number 5029 by inserting ‘‘and 
roadway improvements’’ after ‘‘lights’’; 
(85) in number 5032 by striking the project de-
scription and inserting ‘‘Expand Redhills Parkway, 
St. George’’; 
(86) in item number 5132 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘St. Croix River crossing 
project, Wisconsin State Highway 64, St. Croix 
County, Wisconsin, to Minnesota State Highway 36, 
Washington County’’; and 
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(87) in item number 5161 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Raleigh Street Extension 
Project in Martinsburg’’. 
(b) TRANSFER OF PROJECT FUNDS.—The Secretary of 
Transportation shall transfer to the Commandant of the 
Coast Guard amounts made available to carry out the 
project described in item number 4985 of the table contained 
in section 1702 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 
1447) to carry out that project, in accordance with the Act 
of June 21, 1940 (commonly known as the ‘‘Truman-Hobbs 
Act’’) (33 U.S.C. 511 et seq.). 
(c) UNUSED
OBLIGATION
AUTHORITY.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, unused obligation au-
thority made available for an item in section 1702 of the 
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Eq-
uity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1256) that is re-
pealed, or authorized funding for such an item that is re-
duced, by this section shall be made available— 
(1) for an item in section 1702 of that Act that 
is added or increased by this section and that is in 
the same State as the item for which obligation au-
thority or funding is repealed or reduced; 
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(2) in an amount proportional to the amount of 
obligation authority or funding that is so repealed or 
reduced; and 
(3) individually for projects numbered 1 through 
3676 pursuant to section 1102(c)(4)(A) of that Act 
(119 Stat. 1158). 
(d) ADDITIONAL DISCRETIONARY USE OF SURFACE 
TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM FUNDS.—Of the funds appor-
tioned to each State under section 104(b)(3) of title 23, 
United States Code, a State may expend for each of fiscal 
years 2007 through 2009 not more than $1,000,000 for the 
following activities: 
(1) Participation in the Joint Operation Center 
for Fuel Compliance established under section 
143(b)(4)(H) of title 23, United States Code, within 
the Department of the Treasury, including the fund-
ing of additional positions for motor fuel tax enforce-
ment officers and other staff dedicated on a full-time 
basis to participation in the activities of the Center. 
(2) Development, operation, and maintenance of 
electronic filing systems to coordinate data exchange 
with the Internal Revenue Service by States that im-
pose a tax on the removal of taxable fuel from any 
refinery and on the removal of taxable fuel from any 
terminal. 
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(3) Development, operation, and maintenance of 
electronic single point of filing in conjunction with 
the Internal Revenue Service by States that impose a 
tax on the removal of taxable fuel from any refinery 
and on the removal of taxable fuel from any terminal. 
(4) Development, operation, and maintenance of 
a certification system by a State of any fuel sold to 
a State or local government (as defined in section 
4221(d)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) for 
the exclusive use of the State or local government or 
sold to a qualified volunteer fire department (as de-
fined in section 150(e)(2) of such Code) for its exclu-
sive use. 
(5) Development, operation, and maintenance of 
a certification system by a State of any fuel sold to 
a nonprofit educational organization (as defined in 
section 4221(d)(5) of such Code) that includes 
verification of the good standing of the organization 
in the State in which the organization is providing 
educational services. 
SEC. 7. CORRECTION OF INTERSTATE DESIGNATION. 
(a) TREATMENT.—Section 1908(a) of the Safe, Ac-
countable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A 
Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1469) is amended by striking 
paragraph (3). 
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(b) NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM.—Section 1908(b) of 
the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation 
Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1470) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘from the Arkansas State line’’ and inserting 
‘‘from Interstate Route 540’’. 
SEC. 8. FUTURE OF SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. 
Section 1909(b) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Effi-
cient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 
Stat. 1471) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) of 
paragraph (9) by striking ‘‘July 1, 2007’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘December 31, 2007’’; 
(2) in paragraph (11)(C) by striking ‘‘the Ad-
ministrator of the Federal Highway Administration’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the Secretary’’; 
(3) in paragraph (11)(D)(i) by striking ‘‘, on a 
reimbursable basis,’’; 
(4) in paragraph (15) by striking ‘‘$1,400,000 
for each of fiscal years 2006 and 2007’’ and inserting 
‘‘$1,400,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $3,400,000 for 
fiscal year 2007’’; 
(5) by redesignating paragraphs (14), (15), (16), 
and (17) as paragraphs (15), (16), (17), and (18), re-
spectively; and 
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(6) by inserting after paragraph (13) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(14) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) FUNDS.—Funds made available to 
carry out this section may be expended only to 
support the activities of the Commission. 
‘‘(B) DATA, ANALYSES, AND REPORTS.—No 
data, analysis, report, or other document pre-
pared for the Commission to fulfill the duties of 
the Commission may be provided to, or shared 
with, any other commission or task force until 
the data, analysis, report, or document has been 
made available to the public.’’. 
SEC. 9. BUDGET JUSTIFICATION. 
Section 1926 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Effi-
cient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (49 
U.S.C. 301 note; 119 Stat. 1483) is amended by striking 
‘‘The Department’’ and inserting ‘‘Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the Department’’. 
SEC. 10. BUY AMERICA. 
Section 1928 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Effi-
cient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (119 
Stat. 1484) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (5) 
as paragraphs (3) through (6), respectively; and 
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(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) the current application by the Federal 
Highway Administration of the Buy America test as 
applied only to components or parts of a bridge 
project and not the entire bridge project is incon-
sistent with this sense of Congress;’’. 
SEC. 11. TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS. 
The table contained in section 1934(c) of the Safe, Ac-
countable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A 
Legacy for Users (119 Stat. 1486) is amended— 
(1) in item number 12 by striking ‘‘Yukon 
River’’ and inserting ‘‘Kuskokwim River’’; 
(2) in item number 18 by striking ‘‘Engineering 
and Construction in Merced County’’ and inserting 
‘‘and safety improvements/realignment of SR 165 
project study report and environmental studies in 
Merced and Stanislaus Counties’’; 
(3) in item number 38 by striking the project de-
scription and inserting ‘‘Relocation of the Newark 
Train Station’’; 
(4) in item number 57 by striking the project de-
scription and inserting ‘‘Kingsland bypass from CR 
61 to I–95, Camden County’’; 
(5) in item number 114— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘IA-32’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘SW’’ after ‘‘Construct’’; 
(6) in item number 122 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Design, right-of-way, and 
construction of the SW Arterial and connections to 
U.S. 20, Dubuque County’’; 
(7) in item number 130 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Improvements and reha-
bilitation to rail and bridges on the Appanoose Coun-
ty Community Railroad’’; 
(8) in item number 133 by striking ‘‘IA-32’’; 
(9) in item number 138 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘West Spencer Beltway 
Project’’; 
(10) in item number 142 by striking ‘‘MP 9.3, 
Segment I, II, and III’’ and inserting ‘‘Milepost 
24.3’’; 
(11) in item number 161 by striking ‘‘Bridge re-
placement on Johnson Drive and Nall Ave.’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Construction improvements’’; 
(12) in item number 182 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Improve U.S. 40, M.D. 
715 interchange, and other roadways in the vicinity 
of Aberdeen Proving Ground to support BRAC-related 
growth’’; 
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(13) in item number 198 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Construct 1 or more grade 
separated crossings of I–75 and make associated im-
provements to improve local and regional east-west 
mobility between Mileposts 279 and 282’’; 
(14) in item number 201 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Alger County, paving a 
portion of H–58 from Buck Hill to a point located 
4,000 feet east of the Hurricane River’’; 
(15) in item number 238 by striking the project 
description and inserting ‘‘Develop and construct the 
St. Mary water project road and bridge infrastruc-
ture, including a new bridge and approaches across 
St. Mary River, stabilization and improvements to 
United States Route 89, and road/canal from Siphon 
Bridge to Spider Lake, on the condition that 
$2,500,000 of the amount made available to carry out 
this item may be made available to the Bureau of 
Reclamation for use for the Swift Current Creek and 
Boulder Creek bank and bed stabilization project in 
the Lower St. Mary Lake drainage’’; 
(16) in item number 329 by inserting ‘‘, Tulsa’’ 
after ‘‘technology’’; 
(17) in item number 358 by striking ‘‘fuel- 
celled’’ and inserting ‘‘fueled’’; 
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