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SEC. 170. None of the funds provided or limited under
this Act may be used to issue a final regulation under sec-
tion 5309 of title 49, United States Code.
SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora-
tion is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within
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 Government
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 and mainte-
nance of those portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway oper-
ated and maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway Devel-
opment Corporation, $17,392,000, 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
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of the United States, $156,000,000, to remain available
until expended.
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING
For necessary expenses of operations and training ac-
tivities authorized by law, $122,890,545, of which
$24,720,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2008, for salaries and benefits of employees of the United
States Merchant Marine Academy; of which $13,850,000
shall remain available until expended for capital improve-
ments at the United States Merchant Marine Academy; and
of which $10,500,000 shall remain available until expended
for maintenance and repair of Schoolships at State Mari-
time Schools.
SHIP DISPOSAL
For necessary expenses related to the disposal of obso-
lete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the Mar-
itime Administration, $18,000,000, to remain available
until expended.
ASSISTANCE TO SMALL SHIPYARDS
To make grants for capital improvements and related
infrastructure improvements at qualified shipyards that
will facilitate the efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and quality
of domestic ship construction for commercial and Federal
Government use as authorized under section 3506 of Public
Law 109–163, $20,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That to be considered for assistance, a
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qualified shipyard shall submit an application for assist-
ance no later than 60 days after enactment of this Act: Pro-
vided further, That from applications submitted under the
previous proviso, the Secretary of Transportation shall
make grants no later than 120 days after enactment of this
Act in such amounts as the Secretary determines: Provided
further, That not to exceed 2 percent of the funds appro-
priated under this heading shall be available for necessary
costs of grant administration.
MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized,
$13,408,000, of which $10,000,000 shall remain available
until expended: Provided, That such costs, including the
cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended:
Provided further, That the Inspector General shall report
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations by
March 30, 2007, on whether the Maritime Administration
is in compliance with the recommendations contained in
the Inspector General’s audit reports on the title XI pro-
gram: Provided further, That not to exceed $3,408,000 shall
be available for administrative expenses to carry out the
guaranteed loan program, which shall be transferred to and
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merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Operations and Train-
ing’’, Maritime Administration.
SHIP CONSTRUCTION
(RESCISSION)
Of the unobligated balances available under this head-
ing, $4,614,545 are rescinded.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION
SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Act, the Maritime Administration is authorized to furnish
utilities and services and make necessary repairs in connec-
tion with any lease, contract, or occupancy involving Gov-
ernment property under control of the Maritime Adminis-
tration, and payments received therefor shall be credited to
the appropriation charged with the cost thereof: Provided,
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. No obligations shall be incurred during the
current fiscal year from the construction fund established
by the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 App. U.S.C. 1101
et seq.), or otherwise, in excess of the appropriations and
limitations contained in this Act or in any prior appro-
priations Act.
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PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY
ADMINISTRATION
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
For necessary administrative expenses of the Pipeline
and 
Hazardous 
Materials 
Safety 
Administration,
$18,130,000, of which $639,000 shall be derived from the
Pipeline Safety Fund.
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY
For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous ma-
terials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous Ma-
terials Safety Administration, $27,003,000, of which
$1,761,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2010: Provided, That up to $1,200,000 in fees collected
under 49 U.S.C. 5108(g) shall be deposited in the general
fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided further,
That there may be credited to this appropriation, to be
available until expended, funds received from States, coun-
ties, municipalities, other public authorities, and private
sources for expenses incurred for training, for reports publi-
cation and dissemination, and for travel expenses incurred
in performance of hazardous materials exemptions and ap-
provals functions.
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PIPELINE SAFETY
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND)
(OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST 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 responsibilities of
the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $82,404,000, of which
$18,810,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability
Trust Fund and shall remain available until September 30,
2010; of which $63,594,000 shall be derived from the Pipe-
line Safety Fund, of which $32,967,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2010: Provided, That not less than
$1,043,000 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, 2009: Pro-
vided, That not more than $28,318,000 shall be made avail-
able for obligation in fiscal year 2008 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 ob-