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SEC. 102. The Secretary or his designee may engage 
in activities with States and State legislators to consider 
proposals related to the reduction of motorcycle fatalities. 
SEC. 103. Notwithstanding section 3324 of title 31, 
United States Code, in addition to authority provided by 
section 327 of title 49, United States Code, the Depart-
ment’s Working Capital Fund is hereby authorized to pro-
vide payments in advance to vendors that are necessary 
to carry out the Federal transit pass transportation fringe 
benefit program under Executive Order No. 13150 and 
section 3049 of Public Law 109–59: Provided, That the 
Department shall include adequate safeguards in the con-
tract with the vendors to ensure timely and high-quality 
performance under the contract. 
SEC. 104. The Secretary shall post on the Web site 
of the Department of Transportation a schedule of all 
meetings of the Credit Council, including the agenda for 
each meeting, and require the Credit Council to record the 
decisions and actions of each meeting. 
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration, not otherwise provided for, including oper-
ations and research activities related to commercial space 
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transportation, administrative expenses for research and 
development, establishment of air navigation facilities, the 
operation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, 
subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold 
to the public, lease or purchase of passenger motor vehi-
cles for replacement only, in addition to amounts made 
available by Public Law 108–176, $9,718,000,000, of 
which $4,682,500,000 shall be derived from the Airport 
and Airway Trust Fund, of which not to exceed 
$7,513,850,000 shall be available for air traffic organiza-
tion activities; not to exceed $1,255,000,000 shall be avail-
able for aviation safety activities; not to exceed 
$16,700,000 shall be available for commercial space trans-
portation activities; not to exceed $573,591,000 shall be 
available for finance and management activities; not to ex-
ceed $60,064,000 shall be available for NextGen and oper-
ations planning activities; and not to exceed $298,795,000 
shall be available for staff offices: Provided, That not to 
exceed 2 percent of any budget activity, except for aviation 
safety 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 percent: Provided further, That any transfer 
in excess of 2 percent shall be treated as a reprogramming 
of funds under section 405 of this Act and shall not be 
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available for obligation or expenditure except in compli-
ance with the procedures set forth in that section: Pro-
vided further, That not later than March 31 of each fiscal 
year hereafter, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration shall transmit to Congress an annual up-
date 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 for each day after March 
31 that such report has not been submitted to the Con-
gress: Provided further, That not later than March 31 of 
each fiscal year hereafter, the Administrator shall trans-
mit to Congress a companion report that describes a com-
prehensive strategy for staffing, hiring, and training flight 
standards and aircraft certification staff in a format simi-
lar to the one utilized for the controller staffing plan, in-
cluding stated attrition estimates and numerical hiring 
goals by fiscal year: Provided further, That the amount 
herein appropriated shall be reduced by $100,000 per day 
for each day after March 31 that such report has not been 
submitted to Congress: Provided further, That funds may 
be used to enter into a grant agreement with a nonprofit 
standard-setting organization to assist in the development 
of aviation safety standards: Provided further, That none 
of the funds in this Act shall be available for new appli-
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cants for the second career training program: Provided 
further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for the Federal Aviation Administration to finalize 
or implement any regulation that would promulgate new 
aviation user fees not specifically authorized by law after 
the date of the enactment of this Act: Provided further, 
That there may be credited to this appropriation as offset-
ting collections funds received from States, counties, mu-
nicipalities, 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 $10,350,000 shall be for the 
contract tower cost-sharing program: Provided further, 
That none of the funds in this Act for aeronautical chart-
ing and cartography are available for activities conducted 
by, or coordinated through, the Working Capital Fund. 
FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
for acquisition, establishment, technical support services, 
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improvement by contract or purchase, and hire of national 
airspace systems and experimental facilities and equip-
ment, as authorized 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 acqui-
sition of necessary sites by lease or grant; construction 
and furnishing of quarters and related accommodations 
for officers and employees of the Federal Aviation Admin-
istration stationed at remote localities where such accom-
modations are not available; and the purchase, lease, or 
transfer of aircraft from funds available under this head-
ing, including aircraft for aviation regulation and certifi-
cation; to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust 
Fund, $2,749,596,000 of which $480,000,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2013, and of which 
$2,269,596,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2015: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro-
priation funds received from States, counties, municipali-
ties, other public authorities, and private sources, for ex-
penses incurred in the establishment, improvement, and 
modernization of national airspace systems: Provided fur-
ther, That upon initial submission to the Congress of the 
fiscal year 2014 President’s budget, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall transmit to the Congress a com-
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prehensive capital investment plan for the Federal Avia-
tion Administration which includes funding for each budg-
et line item for fiscal years 2014 through 2018, with total 
funding for each year of the plan constrained to the fund-
ing targets for those years as estimated and approved by 
the Office of Management and Budget. 
RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
for research, engineering, and development, as authorized 
under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States 
Code, including construction of experimental facilities and 
acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant, 
$175,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway 
Trust Fund and to remain available until September 30, 
2015: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro-
priation as offsetting collections, funds received from 
States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, 
and private sources, which shall be available for expenses 
incurred for research, engineering, and development: Pro-
vided further, That, of the unobligated balances from prior 
year 
appropriations 
available 
under 
this 
heading, 
$26,183,998 are rescinded. 
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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 au-
thorizing 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 inspection activities and administration of airport safe-
ty programs, including those related to airport operating 
certificates under section 44706 of title 49, United States 
Code, $3,400,000,000 to be derived from the Airport and 
Airway Trust Fund and to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That none of the funds under this head-
ing shall be available for the planning or execution of pro-
grams the obligations for which are in excess of 
$3,350,000,000 in fiscal year 2013, notwithstanding sec-
tion 47117(g) of title 49, United States Code: Provided 
further, That none of the funds under this heading shall 
be available for the replacement of baggage conveyor sys-
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tems, reconfiguration of terminal baggage areas, or other 
airport improvements that are necessary to install bulk ex-
plosive detection systems: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 47109(a) of title 49, United States Code, 
the Government’s share of allowable project costs under 
paragraph (2) for subgrants or paragraph (3) of that sec-
tion shall be 95 percent for a project that the Adminis-
trator determines is a successive phase of a multi-phased 
construction project for which the project sponsor received 
a grant in Fiscal Year 2011 for the construction project: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, of funds limited under this heading, not more 
than $105,000,000 shall be obligated for administration, 
not less than $15,000,000 shall be available for the airport 
cooperative research program, and not less than 
$29,300,000 shall be available for Airport Technology Re-
search. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 110. None of the funds in this Act may be used 
to compensate in excess of 600 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 dur-
ing fiscal year 2013. 
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SEC. 111. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
to pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring air-
port sponsors to provide to the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration without cost building construction, maintenance, 
utilities and expenses, or space in airport sponsor-owned 
buildings for services relating to air traffic control, air 
navigation, or weather reporting: Provided, That the pro-
hibition of funds in this section does not apply to negotia-
tions between the agency and airport sponsors to achieve 
agreement on ‘‘below-market’’ rates for these items or to 
grant assurances that require airport sponsors to provide 
land without cost to the FAA for air traffic control facili-
ties. 
SEC. 112. 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 2013, 
any amount remaining in such account at the close of that 
fiscal year may be made available to satisfy section 
41742(a)(1) for the subsequent fiscal year. 
SEC. 113. Amounts collected under section 40113(e) 
of title 49, United States Code, shall be credited to the 
appropriation current at the time of collection, to be 
merged with and available for the same purposes of such 
appropriation. 
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SEC. 114. None of the funds limited by this Act for 
grants under the Airport Improvement Program shall be 
made available to the sponsor of a commercial service air-
port if such sponsor fails to agree to a request from the 
Secretary of Transportation for cost-free space in a non- 
revenue producing, public use area of the airport terminal 
or other airport facilities for the purpose of carrying out 
a public service air passenger rights and consumer out-
reach campaign. 
SEC. 115. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for paying premium pay under subsection 5546(a) of 
title 5, United States Code, to any Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration employee unless such employee actually per-
formed work during the time corresponding to such pre-
mium pay. 
SEC. 116. None of the funds in this Act may be obli-
gated or expended for an employee of the Federal Aviation 
Administration to purchase a store gift card or gift certifi-
cate through use of a Government-issued credit card. 
SEC. 117. The Secretary shall apportion to the spon-
sor of an airport that received scheduled or unscheduled 
air service from a large certified air carrier (as defined 
in part 241 of title 14 Code of Federal Regulations, or 
such other regulations as may be issued by the Secretary 
under the authority of section 41709) an amount equal 
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to the minimum apportionment specified in 49 U.S.C. 
47114(c), if the Secretary determines that airport had 
more than 10,000 passenger boardings in the preceding 
calendar year, based on data submitted to the Secretary 
under part 241 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 118. None of the funds in this Act may be obli-
gated or expended for retention bonuses for an employee 
of the Federal Aviation Administration without the prior 
written approval of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Administration of the Department of Transportation. 
SEC. 119. Subparagraph (D) of section 47124(b)(3) 
of title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking 
‘‘benefit.’’ and inserting ‘‘benefit, with the maximum al-
lowable local cost share capped at ‘‘20 percent.’’. 
SEC. 119A. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds made available under this Act or 
any prior Act may be used to implement or to continue 
to implement any limitation on the ability of any owner 
or operator of a private aircraft to obtain, upon a request 
to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion, a blocking of that owner’s or operator’s aircraft reg-
istration number from any display of the Federal Aviation 
Administration’s Aircraft Situational Display to Industry 
data that is made available to the public, except data made 
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available to a Government agency, for the noncommercial 
flights of that owner or operator. 
SEC. 119B. None of the funds appropriated or lim-
ited by this Act may be used to change weight restrictions 
or prior permission rules at Teterboro airport in 
Teterboro, New Jersey. 
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Contingent upon reauthorization, not to exceed 
$392,855,251, together with advances and reimburse-
ments received by the Federal Highway Administration, 
shall be paid in accordance with law from appropriations 
made available by this Act to the Federal Highway Admin-
istration for necessary expenses for administration and op-
eration. In addition, not to exceed $3,220,000 shall be 
paid from appropriations made available by this Act and 
transferred to the Appalachian Regional Commission in 
accordance with section 104 of title 23, United States 
Code. 
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
Contingent upon reauthorization, none of the funds 
in this Act shall be available for the implementation or 
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execution of programs, the obligations for which are in ex-
cess of $39,143,582,670 for Federal-aid highways and 
highway safety construction programs for fiscal year 
2013: Provided, That within the $39,143,582,670 obliga-
tion limitation on Federal-aid highways and highway safe-
ty construction programs, not more than $429,800,000 
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 2013: Provided further, That this 
limitation on transportation research programs shall not 
apply to any authority previously made available for obli-
gation: Provided further, That the Secretary may, as au-
thorized by section 605(b) of title 23, United States Code, 
collect and spend fees, to cover the costs of services of 
expert firms, including counsel, in the field of municipal 
and project finance to assist in the underwriting and serv-
icing of Federal credit instruments and all or a portion 
of the costs to the Federal Government of servicing such 
credit instruments: Provided further, That such fees are 
available until expended to pay for such costs: Provided 
further, That such amounts are in addition to administra-
tive expenses that are also available for such purpose, and 
are not subject to any obligation limitation or the limita-
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tion on administrative expenses under section 608 of title 
23, United States Code. 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
Contingent upon reauthorization, for carrying out the 
provisions of title 23, United States Code, that are attrib-
utable to Federal-aid highways, not otherwise provided, in-
cluding reimbursement for sums expended pursuant to the 
provisions of 23 U.S.C. 308, $39,882,583,000 or so much 
thereof as may be available in and derived from the High-
way Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), 
to remain available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 120. Contingent upon reauthorization, the fol-
lowing authorities shall apply for fiscal year 2013: 
(a) 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 enact-
ment of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 
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Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users); the 
highway use tax evasion program; and the Bureau of 
Transportation Statistics; 
(2) not distribute an amount from the obliga-
tion limitation for Federal-aid highways that is equal 
to the unobligated balance of amounts made avail-
able from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the 
Mass Transit Account) for Federal-aid highways and 
highway safety programs for previous fiscal years 
the funds for which are allocated by the Secretary; 
(3) determine the ratio that— 
(A) the obligation limitation for Federal- 
aid highways, less the aggregate of amounts not 
distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), bears 
to 
(B) the total of the sums authorized to be 
appropriated for Federal-aid highways and 
highway safety construction programs (other 
than sums authorized to be appropriated for 
provisions of law described in paragraphs (1) 
through ( 9 ) of subsection (b) and sums au-
thorized 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 
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amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) 
and (2) of this subsection; 
(4)(A) distribute the obligation limitation for 
Federal-aid highways, less the aggregate amounts 
not distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), for 
sections 1301, 1302, and 1934 of the Safe, Account-
able, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: 
A Legacy for Users; section 117 and section 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 sec-
tions is equal to the amount determined by multi-
plying the ratio determined under paragraph (3) by 
the sums authorized to be appropriated for that sec-
tion for the fiscal year; and 
(B) distribute $2,000,000,000 for section 105 
of title 23, United States Code; 
(5) distribute the obligation limitation provided 
for 
Federal-aid 
highways, 
less 
the 
aggregate 
amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) and 
(2) and amounts distributed under paragraph (4), 
for each of the programs that are allocated by the 
Secretary under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Ef-
ficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for 
Users and title 23, United States Code, (other than 
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to programs to which paragraphs (1) and (4) apply), 
by multiplying the ratio determined under paragraph 
(3) by the amounts authorized to be appropriated 
for each such program for such fiscal year; and 
(6) distribute the obligation limitation provided 
for 
Federal-aid 
highways, 
less 
the 
aggregate 
amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) and 
(2) and amounts distributed under paragraphs (4) 
and (5), for Federal-aid highways and highway safe-
ty construction programs (other than the amounts 
apportioned for the equity bonus program, but only 
to the extent that the amounts apportioned for the 
equity bonus program for the fiscal year are greater 
than $2,639,000,000, and the Appalachian develop-
ment highway system program) that are apportioned 
by the Secretary under the Safe, Accountable, Flexi-
ble, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy 
for Users and title 23, United States Code, in the 
ratio that— 
(A) amounts authorized to be appropriated 
for such programs that are apportioned to each 
State for such fiscal year, bear to 
(B) the total of the amounts authorized to 
be appropriated for such programs that are ap-
portioned to all States for such fiscal year. 
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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 Transpor-
tation Assistance Act of 1978; 
(3) under section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway 
Act of 1981; 
(4) under subsections (b) and (j) of section 131 
of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 
1982; 
(5) under subsections (b) and (c) of section 149 
of the Surface Transportation and Uniform Reloca-
tion Assistance Act of 1987; 
(6) under sections 1103 through 1108 of the 
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 
1991; 
(7) under section 157 of title 23, United States 
Code, as in effect on the 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 
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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 
subsequent public laws for multiple years or to re-
main available until used, but only to the extent that 
the obligation authority has not lapsed or been used; 
(10) under section 105 of title 23, United 
States Code, but only in an amount equal to 
$639,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 
2013; and 
(11) under section 1603 of the Safe, Account-
able, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: 
A Legacy for Users, to the extent that funds obli-
gated in accordance with that section were not sub-
ject to a limitation on obligations at the time at 
which the funds were initially made available for ob-
ligation. 
(c) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED OBLIGATION AU-
THORITY.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall, after August 1 of such fiscal year, revise a distribu-
tion of the obligation limitation made available under sub-
section (a) if the amount distributed cannot be obligated 
during that fiscal year, and redistribute sufficient amounts 
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to those States able to obligate amounts in addition to 
those previously distributed during that fiscal year, giving 
priority to those States having large unobligated balances 
of funds apportioned under sections 104 and 144 of title 
23, United States Code. 
(d) APPLICABILITY OF OBLIGATION LIMITATIONS TO 
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PROGRAMS.—The obliga-
tion limitation shall apply to transportation research pro-
grams carried out under chapter 5 of title 23, United 
States Code, and title V (research title) of the Safe, Ac-
countable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: 
A Legacy for Users, except that obligation authority made 
available for such programs under such limitation shall re-
main available for a period of 3 fiscal years and shall be 
in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed on 
obligations for Federal-aid highway and highway safety 
construction programs for future fiscal years. 
(e) REDISTRIBUTION
OF
CERTAIN
AUTHORIZED 
FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of the distribution of obligation limitation 
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall distribute 
to the States any funds that— 
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(A) are authorized to be appropriated for 
such fiscal year for Federal-aid highways pro-
grams; and 
(B) the Secretary determines will not be 
allocated 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 
fiscal 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.—Obli-
gation limitation distributed for a fiscal year under sub-
section (a)(4) for the provision specified in subsection 
(a)(4) shall— 
(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. 
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(g) 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 Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Trans-
portation Equity 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 
Bureau for such expenses: Provided, That such funds shall 
be subject to the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 
Highways and highway safety construction programs. 
SEC. 122. Not less than 15 days prior to waiving, 
under his statutory authority, any Buy America require-
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 therefor: Provided, That the Secretary 
shall provide an annual report to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations on any waivers granted 
under the Buy America requirements. 
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SEC. 123. (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subsection (b), none of the funds made available, limited, 
or otherwise affected by this Act shall be used to approve 
or otherwise authorize the imposition of any toll on any 
segment of highway located on the Federal-aid system in 
the State of Texas that— 
(1) as of the date of enactment of this Act, is 
not tolled; 
(2) is constructed with Federal assistance pro-
vided under title 23, United States Code; and 
(3) is in actual operation as of the date of en-
actment of this Act. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.— 
(1) NUMBER OF TOLL LANES.—Subsection (a) 
shall not apply to any segment of highway on the 
Federal-aid system described in that subsection that, 
as of the date on which a toll is imposed on the seg-
ment, will have the same number of nontoll lanes as 
were in existence prior to that date. 
(2) HIGH-OCCUPANCY
VEHICLE
LANES.—A 
high-occupancy vehicle lane that is converted to a 
toll lane shall not be subject to this section, and 
shall not be considered to be a nontoll lane for pur-
poses of determining whether a highway will have 
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fewer nontoll lanes than prior to the date of imposi-
tion of the toll, if— 
(A) high-occupancy vehicles occupied by 
the number of passengers specified by the enti-
ty operating the toll lane may use the toll lane 
without paying a toll, unless otherwise specified 
by the appropriate county, town, municipal or 
other local government entity, or public toll 
road or transit authority; or 
(B) each high-occupancy vehicle lane that 
was converted to a toll lane was constructed as 
a temporary lane to be replaced by a toll lane 
under a plan approved by the appropriate coun-
ty, town, municipal or other local government 
entity, or public toll road or transit authority. 
FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
Contingent upon reauthorization, for payment of obli-
gations incurred in the implementation, execution and ad-
ministration of motor carrier safety operations and pro-
grams pursuant to section 31104(i) of title 49, United 
States Code, and sections 4127 and 4134 of Public Law 
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109–59, $244,144,000, to be derived from the Highway 
Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), to-
gether with advances and reimbursements received by the 
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration: Provided, 
That none of the funds derived from the Highway Trust 
Fund in this Act shall be available for the implementation, 
execution or administration of programs, the obligations 
for which are in excess of $244,144,000, for ‘‘Motor Car-
rier Safety Operations and Programs’’ of which 
$8,543,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30, 2015, is for the research and technology pro-
gram and $1,000,000 shall be available for commercial 
motor vehicle operator’s grants to carry out section 4134 
of Public Law 109–59: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, none of the funds 
under this heading for outreach and education shall be 
available for transfer: Provided further, That the Federal 
Motor Carrier Safety Administration shall transmit to 
Congress a report on March 29, 2013 on the agency’s abil-
ity to meet its requirement to conduct compliance reviews 
on mandatory carriers. 
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MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
Contingent upon reauthorization, for payment of obli-
gations incurred in carrying out sections 31102, 31104(a), 
31106, 31107, 31109, 31309, 31313 of title 49, United 
States Code, and sections 4126 and 4128 of Public Law 
109–59, $307,000,000, to be derived from the Highway 
Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) and 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That none 
of the funds in this Act shall be available for the imple-
mentation or execution of programs, the obligations for 
which are in excess of $307,000,000, for ‘‘Motor Carrier 
Safety Grants’’; of which $212,000,000 shall be available 
for the motor carrier safety assistance program to carry 
out sections 31102 and 31104(a) of title 49, United States 
Code; $30,000,000 shall be available for the commercial 
driver’s license improvements program to carry out section 
31313 of title 49, United States Code; $32,000,000 shall 
be available for the border enforcement grants program 
to carry out section 31107 of title 49, United States Code; 
$5,000,000 shall be available for the performance and reg-
istration information system management program to 
carry out sections 31106(b) and 31109 of title 49, United 
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States Code; $25,000,000 shall be available for the com-
mercial vehicle information systems and networks deploy-
ment program to carry out section 4126 of Public Law 
109–59; and $3,000,000 shall be available for the safety 
data improvement program to carry out section 4128 of 
Public Law 109–59: Provided further, That of the funds 
made available for the motor carrier safety assistance pro-
gram, $29,000,000 shall be available for audits of new en-
trant motor carriers. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER 
SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 130. Funds appropriated or limited in this Act 
shall be subject to the terms and conditions stipulated in 
section 350 of Public Law 107–87 and section 6901 of 
Public Law 110–28. 
NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of 
the Secretary, with respect to traffic and highway safety 
under subtitle C of title X of Public Law 109–59 and 
chapter 301 and part C of subtitle VI of title 49, United 
States Code, $152,000,000, of which $20,000,000 shall 
remain available through September 30, 2014. 
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OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
Contingent upon reauthorization, for payment of obli-
gations incurred in carrying out the provisions of 23 
U.S.C. 403, and chapter 303 of title 49, United States 
Code, $122,360,000 (reduced by $10,000,000) (increased 
by $10,000,000), to be derived from the Highway Trust 
Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) and to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That none of the 
funds in this Act shall be available for the planning or 
execution of programs the total obligations for which, in 
fiscal year 2013, are in excess of $122,360,000 (reduced 
by $10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000), of which 
$118,244,000 (reduced by $10,000,000) (increased by 
$10,000,000) shall be for programs authorized under 23 
U.S.C. 403, and of which $4,166,000 shall be for the Na-
tional Driver Register authorized under chapter 303 of 
title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That within 
the $122,360,000 obligation limitation for operations and 
research, $20,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2014 and shall be in addition to the amount 
of any limitation imposed on obligations for future years: 
Provided further, That $10,000,000 of the total obligation 
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limitation for operations and research in fiscal year 2013 
shall be applied toward unobligated balances of contract 
authority provided in prior Acts for carrying out the provi-
sions of 23 U.S.C. 403, and chapter 303 of title 49, 
United States Code. 
HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
Contingent upon reauthorization, for payment of obli-
gations incurred in carrying out the provisions of 23 
U.S.C. 402, 405, 406, 408, and 410 and sections 
2001(a)(11), 2009, 2010, and 2011 of Public Law 109– 
59, to remain available until expended, $501,828,000 to 
be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the 
Mass Transit Account): Provided, That none of the funds 
in this Act shall be available for the planning or execution 
of programs the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 
2013, are in excess of $501,828,000 for programs author-
ized under 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, 406, 408, and 410 and 
sections 2001(a)(11), 2009, 2010, and 2011 of Public 
Law 109–59, of which $235,000,000 shall be for ‘‘High-
way Safety Programs’’ under 23 U.S.C. 402; $25,000,000 
shall be for ‘‘Occupant Protection Incentive Grants’’ 
under 23 U.S.C. 405; $34,500,000 shall be for ‘‘State 
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Traffic Safety Information System Improvements’’ under 
23 U.S.C. 408; $139,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Alcohol-Im-
paired Driving Countermeasures Incentive Grant Pro-
gram’’ under 23 U.S.C. 410; $25,328,000 shall be for 
‘‘Administrative Expenses’’ under section 2001(a)(11) of 
Public Law 109–59; $29,000,000 shall be for ‘‘High Visi-
bility Enforcement Program’’ under section 2009 of Pub-
lic Law 109–59; $7,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Motorcyclist 
Safety’’ under section 2010 of Public Law 109–59; and 
$7,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Child Safety and Child Booster 
Seat Safety Incentive Grants’’ under section 2011 of Pub-
lic Law 109–59: Provided further, That none of these 
funds shall be used for construction, rehabilitation, or re-
modeling costs, or for office furnishings and fixtures for 
State, local or private buildings or structures: Provided 
further, That not to exceed $500,000 of the funds made 
available for section 410 ‘‘Alcohol-Impaired Driving Coun-
termeasures Grants’’ shall be available for technical assist-
ance to the States: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$750,000 of the funds made available for the ‘‘High Visi-
bility Enforcement Program’’ shall be available for the 
evaluation required under section 2009(f) of Public Law 
109–59. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—NATIONAL HIGHWAY 
TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 140. Contingent upon reauthorization, notwith-
standing section 402(g) of title 23, United States Code, 
an additional $130,000 shall be made available to the Na-
tional Highway Traffic Safety Administration, out of the 
amount limited for section 402 of title 23, United States 
Code, to pay for travel and related expenses for State 
management reviews and to pay for core competency de-
velopment training and related expenses for highway safe-
ty staff. 
SEC. 141. The limitations on obligations for the pro-
grams of the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis-
tration set in this Act shall not apply to obligations for 
which obligation authority was made available in previous 
public laws for multiple years but only to the extent that 
the obligation authority has not lapsed or been used. 
SEC. 142. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
to implement section 404 of title 23, United States Code. 
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION 
SAFETY AND OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Ad-
ministration, not otherwise provided for, $184,000,000, of 
which $20,360,000 shall remain available until expended. 
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RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for railroad research and de-
velopment, $35,500,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT 
FINANCING PROGRAM 
The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to 
issue direct loans and loan guarantees pursuant to sec-
tions 502 through 504 of the Railroad Revitalization and 
Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–210), as 
amended, such authority to exist as long as any such di-
rect loan or loan guarantee is outstanding: Provided, That, 
pursuant to section 502 of such Act, as amended, no new 
direct loans or loan guarantee commitments shall be made 
using Federal funds for the credit risk premium during 
fiscal year 2013. 
OPERATING SUBSIDY GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL 
RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 
quarterly grants to the National Railroad Passenger Cor-
poration for the operation of intercity passenger rail, as 
authorized by section 101 of the Passenger Rail Invest-
ment and Improvement Act of 2008 (division B of Public 
Law 110–432), $350,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That the amounts available under this 
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paragraph shall be available for the Secretary to approve 
funding to cover operating losses for the Corporation only 
after receiving and reviewing a grant request for each spe-
cific train route: Provided further, That each such grant 
request shall be accompanied by a detailed financial anal-
ysis, revenue projection, and capital expenditure projection 
justifying the Federal support to the Secretary’s satisfac-
tion: Provided further, That not later than 60 days after 
enactment of this Act, the Corporation shall transmit, in 
electronic format, to the Secretary, the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations, the House Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure and the Senate Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation the an-
nual budget and business plan and the 5-Year Financial 
Plan for fiscal year 2013 required under section 204 of 
the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 
2008: Provided further, That the budget, business plan, 
and the 5-Year Financial Plan shall also include a sepa-
rate accounting of ridership, revenues, and capital and op-
erating expenses for the Northeast Corridor; commuter 
service; long-distance Amtrak service; State-supported 
service; each intercity train route, including Autotrain; 
and commercial activities including contract operations: 
Provided further, That the budget, business plan and the 
5-Year Financial Plan shall include a description of work 
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to be funded, along with cost estimates and an estimated 
timetable for completion of the projects covered by these 
plans: Provided further, That the budget, business plan 
and the 5-Year Financial Plan shall include annual infor-
mation on the maintenance, refurbishment, replacement, 
and expansion for all Amtrak rolling stock consistent with 
the comprehensive fleet plan: Provided further, That the 
Corporation shall provide semiannual reports in electronic 
format regarding the pending business plan, which shall 
describe the work completed to date, any changes to the 
business plan, and the reasons for such changes, and shall 
identify all sole-source contract awards which shall be ac-
companied by a justification as to why said contract was 
awarded on a sole-source basis, as well as progress against 
the milestones and target dates of the 2012 performance 
improvement plan: Provided further, That the Corpora-
tion’s budget, business plan, 5-Year Financial Plan, semi-
annual reports, and all subsequent supplemental plans 
shall be displayed on the Corporation’s Web site within 
a reasonable timeframe following their submission to the 
appropriate entities: Provided further, That these plans 
shall be accompanied by a comprehensive fleet plan for 
all Amtrak rolling stock which shall address the Corpora-
tion’s detailed plans and timeframes for the maintenance, 
refurbishment, replacement, and expansion of the Amtrak 
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fleet: Provided further, That said fleet plan shall establish 
year-specific goals and milestones and discuss potential, 
current, and preferred financing options for all such activi-
ties: Provided further, That none of the funds under this 
heading may be obligated or expended until the Corpora-
tion agrees to continue abiding by the provisions of para-
graphs 1, 2, 5, 9, and 11 of the summary of conditions 
for the direct loan agreement of June 28, 2002, in the 
same manner as in effect on the date of enactment of this 
Act: Provided further, That none of the funds provided in 
this Act may be used to support any route on which Am-
trak offers a discounted fare of more than 50 percent off 
the normal peak fare: Provided further, That the preceding 
proviso does not apply to routes where the operating loss 
as a result of the discount is covered by a State and the 
State participates in the setting of fares: Provided further, 
That the Corporation shall submit to the House and Sen-
ate Committees on Appropriations a budget request for 
fiscal year 2014 in similar format and substance to those 
submitted by executive agencies of the Federal Govern-
ment. 
CAPITAL AND DEBT SERVICE GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL 
RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 
grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for 
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capital investments as authorized by section 101(c) and 
219(b) of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improve-
ment Act of 2008 (division B of Public Law 110–432), 
$1,452,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which not to exceed $271,000,000 shall be for debt service 
obligations as authorized by section 102 of such Act: Pro-
vided, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading, not less than $50,000,000 shall be made avail-
able to bring Amtrak served facilities and stations into 
compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act: Pro-
vided further, That after an initial distribution of up to 
$200,000,000, which shall be used by the Corporation as 
a working capital account, all remaining funds shall be 
provided to the Corporation only on a reimbursable basis: 
Provided further, That of the amounts made available 
under this heading, not less than $500,000,000 shall be 
made available to fund high priority state-of-good-repair 
intercity infrastructure projects on infrastructure owned 
by the Corporation or States for the benefit of existing 
intercity passenger rail services: Provided further, That of 
the amount provided under the preceding proviso, 
$80,000,000 may be used to subsidize operating losses of 
the Corporation only after receiving and reviewing a grant 
request justifying the Federal support to the Secretary’s 
satisfaction; Provided further, That such projects shall 
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only include capital projects within the meaning of Section 
24401(2)(A) of Title 49, United States Code: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall approve funding for these 
projects only after receiving and reviewing a grant request 
for each project developed by Amtrak in conjunction with 
any state partners: Provided further, That the Federal 
share payable of the costs for such a project shall not ex-
ceed 80 percent: Provided further, That at least 30 days 
prior to the obligation of funds for such a project, the Sec-
retary shall provide to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations written notification of the approval of 
the project: Provided further, That the Secretary may re-
tain up to one-half of 1 percent of the funds provided 
under this heading to fund the costs of project manage-
ment oversight of capital projects funded by grants pro-
vided under this heading, as authorized by subsection 
101(d) of division B of Public Law 110–432: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall approve funding for capital 
expenditures, including advance purchase orders of mate-
rials, for the Corporation only after receiving and review-
ing a grant request for each specific capital project justi-
fying the Federal support to the Secretary’s satisfaction: 
Provided further, Except as otherwise provided herein, 
none of the funds under this heading may be used to sub-
sidize operating losses of the Corporation: Provided fur-
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ther, That except as otherwise provided herein, none of 
the funds under this heading may be used for capital 
projects not approved by the Secretary of Transportation 
or on the Corporation’s fiscal year 2013 business plan: 
Provided further, That in addition to the project manage-
ment oversight funds authorized under section 101(d) of 
division B of Public Law 110–432, the Secretary may re-
tain up to an additional $3,000,000 of the funds provided 
under this heading to fund expenses associated with imple-
menting section 212 of division B of Public Law 110–432, 
including the amendments made by section 212 to section 
24905 of title 49, United States Code. 
NEXT GENERATION HIGH-SPEED RAIL 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the funds made available for Next Generation 
High Speed Rail, as authorized by sections 1103 and 7201 
of Public Law 105–178, $1,973,000 are hereby perma-
nently rescinded: Provided, That no amounts may be can-
celled from amounts that were designated by the Congress 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent 
Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 
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NORTHEAST CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the funds made available for the Northeast Cor-
ridor Improvement Program, as authorized by Public Law 
94–210, $4,419,000 are hereby permanently rescinded: 
Provided, That no amounts may be cancelled from 
amounts that were designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent Reso-
lution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 150. Hereafter, notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, funds provided in this Act for the National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation shall immediately cease 
to be available to said Corporation in the event that the 
Corporation contracts to have services provided at or from 
any location outside the United States. For purposes of 
this section, the word ‘‘services’’ shall mean any service 
that was, as of July 1, 2006, performed by a full-time 
or part-time Amtrak employee whose base of employment 
is located within the United States. 
SEC. 151. The Secretary of Transportation may re-
ceive and expend cash, or receive and utilize spare parts 
and similar items, from non-United States Government 
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sources to repair damages to or replace United States 
Government owned automated track inspection cars and 
equipment as a result of third-party liability for such dam-
ages, and any amounts collected under this section shall 
be credited directly to the Safety and Operations account 
of the Federal Railroad Administration, and shall remain 
available until expended for the repair, operation and 
maintenance of automated track inspection cars and 
equipment in connection with the automated track inspec-
tion program. 
SEC. 152. Notwithstanding any other provisions of 
law, rule or regulation, the Secretary of Transportation 
is authorized to allow the issuer of any preferred stock 
heretofore sold to the Department to redeem or repur-
chase such stock upon the payment to the Department of 
an amount determined by the Secretary. 
SEC. 153. None of the funds provided to the National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation may be used to fund any 
overtime costs in excess of $35,000 for any individual em-
ployee: Provided, That the president of Amtrak may waive 
the cap set in the previous proviso for specific employees 
when the president of Amtrak determines such a cap poses 
a risk to the safety and operational efficiency of the sys-
tem: Provided further, That Amtrak shall notify House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations within 30 days 
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of waiving such cap and delineate the reasons for such 
waiver. 
SEC. 154. The unobligated balance of funds provided 
under sections 1101(a)(18) and 1307 of Public Law 109– 
59 shall be used for the elimination of hazards at railway- 
highway crossings described in section 104(d)(2) of title 
23, United States Code, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal 
Transit Administration’s programs authorized by chapter 
53 of title 49, United States Code, $100,000,000: Pro-
vided, That none of the funds provided or limited in this 
Act may be used to create a permanent office of transit 
security under this heading: Provided further, That upon 
submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2014 Presi-
dent’s budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall trans-
mit to Congress the annual report on New Starts, includ-
ing proposed allocations of funds for fiscal year 2014. 
FORMULA AND BUS GRANTS 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
Contingent upon enactment of surface transportation 
authorization legislation, funds available in fiscal year 
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2013 for the implementation or execution of transit for-
mula and bus grant programs authorized under title 49, 
United States Code, as amended by such authorization, 
shall not exceed total obligations of $8,360,565,000 from 
the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund. 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORITY) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
Contingent upon enactment of surface transportation 
authorization legislation, $9,400,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended and to be derived from the Mass Tran-
sit Account of the Highway Trust Fund, for payment of 
obligations incurred in carrying out mass transit programs 
authorized under title 49, United States Code, as amended 
by such authorization. 
RESEARCH AND UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTERS 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5306, 
5312–5315, 5322, and 5506, $44,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That $6,500,000 is 
available to carry out the transit cooperative research pro-
gram under section 5313 of title 49, United States Code, 
$3,000,000 is available for the National Transit Institute 
under section 5315 of title 49, United States Code, and 
$4,000,000 is available for the university transportation 
centers program under section 5506 of title 49, United 
States Code: Provided further, That $20,000,000 is avail-
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able to carry out innovative research and demonstrations 
of national significance under section 5312 of title 49, 
United States Code. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS 
For necessary expenses to carry out section 5309 of 
title 49, United States Code, $1,816,993,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which $127,566,794 shall be 
available to carry out section 5309(e) of such title. 
GRANTS TO THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA 
TRANSIT AUTHORITY 
For grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area 
Transit Authority as authorized under section 601 of divi-
sion B of Public Law 110–432, $150,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary 
shall approve grants for capital and preventive mainte-
nance expenditures for the Washington Metropolitan Area 
Transit Authority only after receiving and reviewing a re-
quest for each specific project: Provided further, That 
prior to approving such grants, the Secretary shall deter-
mine that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Au-
thority has placed the highest priority on those invest-
ments that will improve the safety of the system: Provided 
further, That the Secretary, in order to ensure safety 
throughout the rail system, may waive the requirements 
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of section 601(e)(1) of title VI of Public Law 110–432 
(112 Stat. 4968) for fiscal year 2013. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT 
ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 160. The limitations on obligations for the pro-
grams of the Federal Transit Administration shall not 
apply to any authority under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously 
made available for obligation, or to any other authority 
previously made available for obligation. 
SEC. 161. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds appropriated or limited by this Act under the 
Federal Transit Administration’s discretionary program 
appropriations headings for projects specified in this Act 
or identified in reports accompanying this Act not obli-
gated by September 30, 2015, and other recoveries, shall 
be directed to projects eligible to use the funds for the 
purposes for which they were originally provided. 
SEC. 162. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, any funds appropriated before October 1, 2012, under 
any section of chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, 
that remain available for expenditure, may be transferred 
to and administered under the most recent appropriation 
heading for any such section. 
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SEC. 163. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, unobligated funds made available for new fixed guide-
way system projects under the heading ‘‘Federal Transit 
Administration, Capital Investment Grants’’ in any appro-
priations Act prior to this Act may be used during this 
fiscal year to satisfy expenses incurred for such projects. 
SEC. 164. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, unobligated funds or recoveries under section 5309 
of title 49, United States Code, that are available to the 
Secretary of Transportation for reallocation shall be di-
rected to projects eligible to use the funds for the purposes 
for which they were originally provided. 
SEC. 165. In addition to the amounts made available 
under section 5327(c)(1) of title 49, United States Code, 
the Secretary may use, for program management activities 
described in section 5327(c)(2), 1.5 percent of the amount 
made available to carry out section 5316 of title 49, 
United States Code: Provided, That funds made available 
for program management oversight shall be used to over-
see the compliance of a recipient or subrecipient of Fed-
eral transit assistance consistent with activities identified 
under section 5327(c)(2) and for purposes of enforcement. 
SEC. 166. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds made available in this Act shall 
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be available to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5309(m)(6)(B) and 
(C). 
SEC. 167. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds made available in this Act shall 
be used to enter into a full funding grant agreement for 
a project with a New Starts share greater than 60 percent. 
SEC. 168. The Secretary shall conduct a formal adju-
dication in accordance with section 554 of title 5, United 
States Code, requiring any transit agency that during fis-
cal year 2008 was both initially granted a 60-day period 
to come into compliance with part 604, and then granted 
an exception from such part in this fiscal year to present 
evidence why it cannot come into compliance with such 
part: Provided, That any determination arising from the 
adjudication shall be sent to the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations for consideration: Provided fur-
ther, That this section shall be obviated if there is an ar-
rangement between such transit agency and charter bus 
providers that the Secretary considers appropriate in ac-
cordance with section 5323(d) of title 49, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 169. For purposes of applying the project jus-
tification and local financial commitment criteria of 49 
U.S.C. 5309(d) to a New Starts project, the Secretary 
may consider the costs and ridership of any connected 
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project in an instance in which private parties are making 
significant financial contributions to the construction of 
the connected project; additionally, the Secretary may con-
sider the significant financial contributions of private par-
ties to the connected project in calculating the non-Federal 
share of net capital project costs for the New Starts 
project. 
SEC. 169A. Of the funds made available for the For-
mula Grants program, as authorized by Public Law 97– 
424, as amended, $70,867,394 are hereby permanently re-
scinded: Provided, That of the funds made available for 
the Formula Grants program, as authorized by Public 
Law 91–43, as amended, $699,307 are hereby perma-
nently rescinded: Provided further, That of the funds made 
available for the Formula Grants program as authorized 
by Public Law 95–599, as amended, $928,838 are hereby 
permanently rescinded: Provided further, That of the 
funds made available for the University Transportation 
Research program, as authorized by Public Law 91–453, 
as amended, and by Public Law 102–240, as amended, 
$292,554 are hereby permanently rescinded: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds made available for the Job Access 
and Reverse Commute program, as authorized by Public 
Law 105–178, as amended, $14,661,719 are hereby per-
manently rescinded: Provided further, That of the funds 
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made available for the Capital Investment Grants pro-
gram, as authorized by Public Law 105–178, as amended, 
$11,429,055 are hereby permanently rescinded: Provided 
further, That of the funds made available for the Research, 
Training, and Human Resources program, as authorized 
by Public Law 95–599, as amended, $247,579 are hereby 
permanently rescinded: Provided further, That of the 
funds made available for the Interstate Transfer Grants 
program, as authorized by 23 U.S.C. 103(e)(4), 
$2,661,568 are hereby permanently rescinded: Provided 
further, That of the funds made available for the Wash-
ington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, as authorized 
by section 14 of Public Law 96–184, as amended, and 
by Public Law 101–551, as amended, $523,000 are here-
by permanently rescinded: Provided further, That of the 
funds made available for the Urban Discretionary Grants 
program, as authorized by Public Law 88–365, as amend-
ed, $578,353 are hereby permanently rescinded: Provided 
further, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts 
that were designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the 
budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, as amended. 
SEC. 169B. None of the funds in this Act may be 
available to advance a new fixed guideway capital project 
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to final design or a full funding grant agreement as de-
fined by 49 U.S.C. 5309 for the Metropolitan Transit Au-
thority of Harris County, Texas if the proposed capital 
project is constructed on or planned to be constructed on 
Richmond Avenue west of Montrose Boulevard or on Post 
Oak Boulevard north of Richmond Avenue in Houston, 
Texas. 
SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT 
CORPORATION 
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora-
tion is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, with-
in the limits of funds and borrowing authority available 
to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make 
such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal 
year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern-
ment Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be 
necessary in carrying out the programs set forth in the 
Corporation’s budget for the current fiscal year. 
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 
(HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses for operations, maintenance, 
and capital asset renewal of those portions of the St. Law-
rence Seaway owned, operated, and maintained by the 
Saint 
Lawrence 
Seaway 
Development 
Corporation, 
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$33,000,000, to be derived from the Harbor Maintenance 
Trust Fund, pursuant to Public Law 99–662. 
MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a 
U.S.-flag merchant fleet to serve the national security 
needs of the United States, $184,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses of operations and training ac-
tivities authorized by law, $145,753,000, of which 
$11,500,000 shall remain available until expended for 
maintenance and repair of training ships at State Mari-
time Academies, and of which $2,400,000 shall remain 
available through September 30, 2014 for Student Incen-
tive Program payments at State Maritime Academies, and 
of which not less than $14,000,000 shall remain available 
until expended for capital improvements at the United 
States Merchant Marine Academy: Provided, That 
amounts apportioned for the United States Merchant Ma-
rine Academy shall be available only upon allotments made 
personally by the Secretary of Transportation or the As-
sistant Secretary for Budget and Programs: Provided fur-
ther, That the Superintendent, Deputy Superintendent 
and the Director of the Office of Resource Management 
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of the United State Merchant Marine Academy may not 
be allotment holders for the United States Merchant Ma-
rine Academy, and the Administrator of the Maritime Ad-
ministration shall hold all allotments made by the Sec-
retary of Transportation or the Assistant Secretary for 
Budget and Programs under the previous proviso: Pro-
vided further, That 50 percent of the funding made avail-
able for the United States Merchant Marine Academy 
under this heading shall be available only after the Sec-
retary, in consultation with the Superintendent and the 
Maritime Administrator, completes a plan detailing by 
program or activity how such funding will be expended at 
the Academy, and this plan is submitted to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
SHIP DISPOSAL 
For necessary expenses related to the disposal of ob-
solete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the 
Maritime Administration, $4,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the necessary administrative expenses of the 
maritime guaranteed loan program, $3,750,000 (reduced 
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by $10,000) shall be paid to the appropriation for ‘‘Oper-
ations and Training’’, Maritime Administration. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, the Maritime Administration is authorized to fur-
nish utilities and services and make necessary repairs in 
connection with any lease, contract, or occupancy involving 
Government property under control of the Maritime Ad-
ministration: Provided, That payments received therefor 
shall be credited to the appropriation charged with the 
cost thereof and shall be available until expended: Pro-
vided further, That rental payments under any such lease, 
contract, or occupancy for items other than such utilities, 
services, or repairs shall be covered into the Treasury as 
miscellaneous receipts. 
SEC. 171. None of the funds available or appro-
priated in this Act shall be used by the United States De-
partment of Transportation or the United States Maritime 
Administration to negotiate or otherwise execute, enter 
into, facilitate or perform fee-for-service contracts for ves-
sel disposal, scrapping or recycling, unless there is no 
qualified domestic ship recycler that will pay any sum of 
money to purchase and scrap or recycle a vessel owned, 
operated or managed by the Maritime Administration or 
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that is part of the National Defense Reserve Fleet. Such 
sales offers must be consistent with the solicitation and 
provide that the work will be performed in a timely man-
ner at a facility qualified within the meaning of section 
3502 of Public Law 106–398. Nothing contained herein 
shall affect the Maritime Administration’s authority to 
award contracts at least cost to the Federal Government 
and consistent with the requirements of 16 U.S.C. 
5405(c), section 3502, or otherwise authorized under the 
Federal Acquisition Regulation. 
PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONAL EXPENSES 
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline 
and 
Hazardous 
Materials 
Safety 
Administration, 
$23,030,000, of which $639,000 shall be derived from the 
Pipeline Safety Fund: Provided, That $1,500,000 shall be 
transferred to ‘‘Pipeline Safety’’ in order to fund ‘‘Pipeline 
Safety Information Grants to Communities’’ as authorized 
under section 60130 of title 49, United States Code. 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous 
materials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous 
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Materials Safety Administration, $42,546,000, of which 
$1,725,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2015: Provided, That up to $800,000 in fees collected 
under 49 U.S.C. 5108(g) shall be deposited in the general 
fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided fur-
ther, That there may be credited to this appropriation, to 
be available until expended, funds received from States, 
counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and pri-
vate sources for expenses incurred for training, for reports 
publication and dissemination, and for travel expenses in-
curred in performance of hazardous materials exemptions 
and approval functions. 
PIPELINE SAFETY 
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND) 
(OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND) 
(PIPELINE SAFETY DESIGN REVIEW FUND) 
For expenses necessary to conduct the functions of 
the pipeline safety program, for grants-in-aid to carry out 
a pipeline safety program, as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 
60107, and to discharge the pipeline program responsibil-
ities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $111,252,000, of 
which $18,573,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li-
ability Trust Fund and shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2015; and of which $90,679,000 shall be de-
rived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which 
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$48,191,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2015; and of which $2,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be derived as provided in this Act from 
the Pipeline Safety Design Review Fund, as authorized 
in 49 U.S.C. 60117(n): Provided, That not less than 
$1,058,000 of the funds provided under this heading shall 
be for the one-call State grant program. 
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS 
(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND) 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 
5128(b), $188,000, to be derived from the Emergency 
Preparedness Fund, to remain available until September 
30, 2014: Provided, That not more than $28,318,000 shall 
be made available for obligation in fiscal year 2013 from 
amounts made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i) and 
5128(b)–(c): Provided further, That none of the funds 
made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i), 5128(b), or 5128(c) 
shall be made available for obligation by individuals other 
than the Secretary of Transportation, or his designee. 
RESEARCH AND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY 
ADMINISTRATION 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Research and Innova-
tive Technology Administration, $13,500,000: Provided, 
That there may be credited to this appropriation, to be 
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available until expended, funds received from States, coun-
ties, municipalities, other public authorities, and private 
sources for expenses incurred for training. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector 
General to carry out the provisions of the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978, as amended, $84,499,000: Provided, 
That the Inspector General shall have all necessary au-
thority, in carrying out the duties specified in the Inspec-
tor General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to inves-
tigate allegations of fraud, including false statements to 
the government (18 U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity 
that is subject to regulation by the Department: Provided 
further, That the funds made available under this heading 
may be used to investigate, pursuant to section 41712 of 
title 49, United States Code: (1) unfair or deceptive prac-
tices and unfair methods of competition by domestic and 
foreign air carriers and ticket agents; and (2) the compli-
ance of domestic and foreign air carriers with respect to 
item (1) of this proviso: Provided further, That no funding 
through expenditure transfers shall be made between ei-
ther the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal 
Aviation Administration, the Federal Transit Administra-
tion, or the National Transportation Safety Board, and 
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the Office of Inspector General: Provided further, That: 
(1) the Inspector General shall have the authority to audit 
and investigate the Metropolitan Washington Airports Au-
thority (MWAA); (2) in carrying out these audits and in-
vestigations the Inspector General shall have all the au-
thorities described under section 6 of the Inspector Gen-
eral Act (5 U.S.C. App.); (3) MWAA Board Members, em-
ployees, contractors, and subcontractors shall cooperate 
and comply with requests from the Inspector General, in-
cluding providing testimony and other information; (4) 
The Inspector General shall be permitted to observe closed 
executive sessions of the MWAA Board of Directors; (5) 
MWAA shall pay the expenses of the Inspector General, 
including staff salaries and benefits and associated oper-
ating costs, which shall be credited to this appropriation 
and remain available until expended; and (6) if MWAA 
fails to make funds available to the Inspector General 
within 30 days after a request for such funds is received, 
then the Inspector General shall notify the Secretary of 
Transportation who shall not approve a grant for MWAA 
under section 47107(b) of title 49, United States Code, 
until such funding is made available for the Inspector 
General. 
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Surface Transpor-
tation Board, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, $31,250,000 (reduced by $1,940,000): Provided, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to 
exceed $1,250,000 from fees established by the Chairman 
of the Surface Transportation Board shall be credited to 
this appropriation as offsetting collections and used for 
necessary and authorized expenses under this heading: 
Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from 
the general fund shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar 
basis as such offsetting collections are received during fis-
cal year 2013, to result in a final appropriation from the 
general fund estimated at no more than $30,000,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF 
TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 180. During the current fiscal year, applicable 
appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall 
be available for maintenance and operation of aircraft; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of 
liability insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign 
countries on official department business; and uniforms or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901– 
5902). 
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SEC. 181. Appropriations contained in this Act for 
the Department of Transportation shall be available for 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for 
individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to 
the rate for an Executive Level IV. 
SEC. 182. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for salaries and expenses of more than 110 political 
and Presidential appointees in the Department of Trans-
portation: Provided, That none of the personnel covered 
by this provision may be assigned on temporary detail out-
side the Department of Transportation. 
SEC. 183. (a) No recipient of funds made available 
in this Act shall disseminate personal information (as de-
fined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(3)) obtained by a State depart-
ment of motor vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle 
record as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1), except as provided 
in 18 U.S.C. 2721 for a use permitted under 18 U.S.C. 
2721. 
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall not withhold funds provided in this Act for any 
grantee if a State is in noncompliance with this provision. 
SEC. 184. Funds received by the Federal Highway 
Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and Fed-
eral Railroad Administration from States, counties, mu-
nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources 
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for expenses incurred for training may be credited respec-
tively to the Federal Highway Administration’s ‘‘Federal- 
Aid Highways’’ account, the Federal Transit Administra-
tion’s ‘‘Research and University Research Centers’’ ac-
count, and to the Federal Railroad Administration’s 
‘‘Safety and Operations’’ account, except for State rail 
safety inspectors participating in training pursuant to 49 
U.S.C. 20105. 
SEC. 185. None of the funds in this Act to the De-
partment of Transportation may be used to make a grant 
unless the Secretary of Transportation notifies the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations not less than 
3 full business days before any project competitively se-
lected to receive a discretionary grant award, any discre-
tionary grant award, letter of intent, or full funding grant 
agreement totaling $1,000,000 or more is announced by 
the department or its modal administrations from: 
(1) any discretionary grant program of the Fed-
eral Highway Administration including the emer-
gency relief program; 
(2) the airport improvement program of the 
Federal Aviation Administration; 
(3) any program of the Federal Railroad Ad-
ministration; 
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PROGRAM OFFICE SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Public and Indian Housing, $206,500,000. 
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Community Planning and Development, $103,500,000. 
HOUSING 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Housing, $396,500,000, of which at least $8,200,000 shall 
be for the Office of Risk and Regulatory Affairs. 
POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Policy Development and Research, $22,326,000. 
FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, $72,904,000. 
OFFICE OF HEALTHY HOMES AND LEAD HAZARD 
CONTROL 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control, $6,816,000. 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
For activities and assistance for the provision of ten-
ant-based rental assistance authorized under the United 
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