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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2989
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 23, 2003
Ordered to be printed with the amendment of the Senate 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Departments of Transpor-
tation and Treasury, and independent agencies for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other 
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
Departments of Transportation and Treasury and inde-
pendent agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2004, and for other purposes, namely:
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TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND 
DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for conducting transportation 
planning, research, systems development, activities, and 
making
grants,
to
remain
available
until
expended, 
$8,336,000. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital 
outlays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed 
$116,715,000, shall be paid from appropriations made 
available to the Department of Transportation: Provided, 
That such services shall be provided on a competitive basis 
to entities within the Department of Transportation: Pro-
vided further, That the above limitation on operating ex-
penses shall not apply to non-DOT entities: Provided fur-
ther, That no funds appropriated in this Act to an agency 
of the Department shall be transferred to the Working 
Capital Fund without the approval of the agency modal 
administrator: Provided further, That no assessments may 
be levied against any program, budget activity, subactivity 
or project funded by this Act unless notice of such assess-
ments and the basis therefor are presented to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations and are ap-
proved by such Committees.
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MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $500,000, as au-
thorized by 49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, in-
cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974: Provided further, That these funds are available to 
subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be 
guaranteed, not to exceed $18,367,000. In addition, for 
administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan 
program, $400,000. 
MINORITY BUSINESS OUTREACH 
For necessary expenses of Minority Business Re-
source Center outreach activities, $3,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2005: Provided, That not-
withstanding 49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be used for 
business opportunities related to any mode of transpor-
tation. 
NEW HEADQUARTERS BUILDING 
For necessary expenses of the Department of Trans-
portation’s new headquarters building and related serv-
ices, $45,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration, not otherwise provided for, including oper-
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ations and research activities related to commercial space 
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 104–264, $7,532,000,000, of 
which $4,043,000,000 shall be derived from the Airport 
and
Airway
Trust
Fund,
of
which
not
to
exceed 
$6,076,724,000 shall be available for air traffic services 
program activities; not to exceed $870,505,000 shall be 
available for aviation regulation and certification program 
activities; not to exceed $218,481,000 shall be available 
for research and acquisition program activities; not to ex-
ceed $11,776,000 shall be available for commercial space 
transportation
program
activities;
not
to
exceed 
$49,783,000 shall be available for financial services pro-
gram activities; not to exceed $75,367,000 shall be avail-
able for human resources program activities; not to exceed 
$87,749,000 shall be available for regional coordination 
program activities; not to exceed $140,429,000 shall be 
available for staff offices; and not to exceed $29,681,000 
shall be available for information services: Provided, That 
none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the
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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 funds received from 
States, counties, municipalities, foreign authorities, other 
public authorities, and private sources, for expenses in-
curred in the provision of agency services, including re-
ceipts for the maintenance and operation of air navigation 
facilities, and for issuance, renewal or modification of cer-
tificates, including airman, aircraft, and repair station cer-
tificates, 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 $7,500,000 shall be for the contract tower cost-shar-
ing program: 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 avia-
tion safety standards: Provided further, That none of the 
funds in this Act shall be available for new applicants for 
the second career training program: Provided further, 
That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for 
paying premium pay under 5 U.S.C. 5546(a) to any Fed-
eral Aviation Administration employee unless such em-
ployee actually performed work during the time cor-
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responding to such premium pay: Provided further, That 
none of the funds in this Act may be obligated or expended 
to operate a manned auxiliary flight service station in the 
contiguous United States: Provided further, That none of 
the funds in this Act for aeronautical charting and cartog-
raphy are available for activities conducted by, or coordi-
nated through, the Working Capital Fund: Provided fur-
ther, That of the amount appropriated under this heading, 
not to exceed $50,000 may be transferred to the Aircraft 
Loan Purchase Guarantee Program: Provided further, 
That not later than March 1, 2004, the Secretary of 
Transportation, in consultation with the Administrator of 
the Federal Aviation Administration, shall issue final reg-
ulations, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 8335, establishing an ex-
emption process allowing individual air traffic controllers 
to delay mandatory retirement until the employee reaches 
no later than 61 years of age: Provided further, That of 
the funds provided under this heading, $4,000,000 is 
available only for recruitment, personnel compensation 
and benefits, and related costs to raise the level of oper-
ational air traffic control supervisors to the level of 1,726: 
Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act may 
be obligated or expended to execute or continue to imple-
ment a memorandum of understanding or memorandum 
of agreement (or any revisions thereto) with representa-
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tives of any FAA bargaining unit unless such document 
is filed in a central registry and catalogued in an auto-
mated, searchable database under the executive direction 
of appropriate management representatives at FAA head-
quarters: Provided further, That none of the funds in this 
Act may be obligated or expended for an employee of the 
Federal Aviation Administration to purchase a store gift 
card or gift certificate through use of a Government-issued 
credit card. 
FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
for acquisition, establishment, technical support services, 
improvement by contract or purchase, and hire of air navi-
gation and experimental facilities and equipment, as au-
thorized 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, includ-
ing construction of test facilities and acquisition of nec-
essary sites by lease or grant; construction and furnishing 
of quarters and related accommodations for officers and 
employees of the Federal Aviation Administration sta-
tioned at remote localities where such accommodations are 
not available; and the purchase, lease, or transfer of air-
craft from funds available under this heading; to be de-
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rived
from
the
Airport
and
Airway
Trust
Fund, 
$2,900,000,000 (reduced by $2,000,000) (increased by 
$2,000,000), of which $2,479,158,800 shall remain avail-
able
until
September
30,
2006,
and
of
which 
$420,841,200 shall remain available until September 30, 
2004: 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 and modernization 
of air navigation facilities: Provided further, That upon ini-
tial submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2005 
President’s budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall 
transmit to the Congress a comprehensive capital invest-
ment plan for the Federal Aviation Administration which 
includes funding for each budget line item for fiscal years 
2005 through 2009, with total funding for each year of 
the plan constrained to the funding targets for those years 
as estimated and approved by the Office of Management 
and Budget: Provided further, That of the funds provided 
for ‘‘In-plant NAS contract support services’’, $7,000,000 
is only for contract audit services provided by the Defense 
Contract Audit Agency: Provided further, That of the 
funds provided under this heading, $20,000,000 is avail-
able only for the Houston Area Air Traffic System: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds in this Act may be
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obligated or expended to implement section 106 of H.R. 
2115, as passed the House of Representatives on June 12, 
2003. 
RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 
for research, engineering, and development, as authorized 
under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States 
Code, including construction of experimental facilities and 
acquisition
of
necessary
sites
by
lease
or
grant, 
$108,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway 
Trust Fund and to remain available until September 30, 
2006: 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 for research, engineering, and develop-
ment. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 101. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, airports may transfer, without consideration, to the 
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) instrument land-
ing systems (along with associated approach lighting 
equipment and runway visual range equipment) which 
conform to FAA design and performance specifications,
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the purchase of which was assisted by a Federal airport-
aid program, airport development aid program or airport 
improvement program grant: Provided, That, the Federal 
Aviation Administration shall accept such equipment, 
which shall thereafter be operated and maintained by FAA 
in accordance with agency criteria. 
SEC. 102. None of the funds in this Act may be used 
to compensate in excess of 350 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 2004. 
SEC. 103. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for engineering work related to an addi-
tional runway at Louis Armstrong New Orleans Inter-
national Airport. 
SEC. 104. 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
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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. 105. None of the funds appropriated or limited 
by this Act may be used to change weight restrictions or 
prior permission rules at Teterboro Airport in Teterboro, 
New Jersey. 
SEC. 106. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds appropriated for official travel by Federal de-
partments and agencies may be used by such departments 
and agencies, if consistent with Office of Management and 
Budget circular A–126 regarding official travel for Gov-
ernment personnel, to participate in the fractional aircraft 
ownership pilot program. 
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Necessary expenses for administration and operation 
of the Federal Highway Administration, not to exceed 
$359,458,000, shall be paid in accordance with law from 
appropriations made available by this Act to the Federal 
Highway Administration together with advances and reim-
bursements received by the Federal Highway Administra-
tion.
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FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
None of the funds in this Act shall be available for 
the implementation or execution of programs, the obliga-
tions for which are in excess of $33,385,000,000 for Fed-
eral-aid highways and highway safety construction pro-
grams for fiscal year 2004: Provided, That within the 
$33,385,000,000
obligation
limitation
on
Federal-aid 
highways and highway safety construction programs, not 
more than $462,500,000 shall be available for the imple-
mentation or execution of programs for transportation re-
search (sections 502, 503, 504, 506, 507, and 508 of title 
23, United States Code, as amended; section 5505 of title 
49, United States Code, as amended; and sections 5112 
and 5204–5209 of Public Law 105–178) for fiscal year 
2004: Provided further, That this limitation on transpor-
tation research programs shall not apply to any authority 
previously made available for obligation. 
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For carrying out the provisions of title 23, United 
States Code, that are attributable to Federal-aid high-
ways, including the National Scenic and Recreational 
Highway as authorized by 23 U.S.C. 148, not otherwise
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provided, including reimbursement for sums expended 
pursuant
to
the
provisions
of
U.S.C.
308, 
$34,000,000,000 or so much thereof as may be available 
in and derived from the Highway Trust Fund, to remain 
available until expended. 
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For an additional amount for Federal-aid highways 
and highway safety construction programs pursuant to 
title 23, United States Code, $400,000,000, to be derived 
from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Tran-
sit Account) and to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That amounts under this heading shall be distrib-
uted in the same manner as if made available under 23 
U.S.C. 110: Provided further, That the amounts under this 
heading shall not be subject to, or computed against, any 
obligation limitation or contract authority set forth in this 
Act or any other Act: Provided further, That, before such 
allocation and distribution are made, $133,450,000 shall 
be retained for surface transportation projects. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 110. 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-
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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. 
SEC. 111. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law: 
(1) Section 1105(c) of the Intermodal Surface 
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 
2032; 112 Stat. 191; 115 Stat. 871) is amended—
(A) in paragraph (42), by striking ‘‘Ful-
ton, Mississippi,’’ the first time that it appears 
and all that follows to the end of the paragraph 
and inserting ‘‘Fulton, Mississippi.’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(45) The United States Route 78 Corridor 
from Memphis, Tennessee, to Corridor X of the Ap-
palachian development highway system near Fulton, 
Mississippi, and Corridor X of the Appalachian de-
velopment highway system extending from near Ful-
ton, Mississippi, to near Birmingham, Alabama.’’. 
(2) Section 1105(e)(5) of the Intermodal Sur-
face Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 
Stat. 2032; 115 Stat. 872) is amended—
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(A) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘(A) 
IN GENERAL.—The portions’’ and all that fol-
lows through the end of the first sentence and 
inserting: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The portions of the 
routes referred to in subsection (c)(1), sub-
section (c)(3) (relating solely to the Kentucky 
Corridor), clauses (i), (ii), and (except with re-
spect to Georgetown County) (iii) of subsection 
(c)(5)(B), subsection (c)(9), subsections (c)(18) 
and
(c)(20),
subsection
(c)(36),
subsection 
(c)(37), subsection (c)(40), subsection (c)(42), 
and subsection (c)(45) that are not a part of 
the Interstate System are designated as future 
parts of the Interstate System.’’; and 
(B) by adding the following at the end of 
subparagraph (B)(i): ‘‘The route referred to in 
subsection (c)(45) is designated as Interstate 
Route I–22.’’. 
SEC. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, in section 1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for 
the 21st Century—
(1) item number 230 is amended by striking 
‘‘Monroe County transportation improvements on 
Long Pond Road, Pattonwood Road, and Lyell
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road’’ and inserting ‘‘Route 531/Brockport-Roch-
ester Corridor in Monroe County, New York’’. 
(2) Item number 1149 is amended by striking 
‘‘Traffic Mitigation Project on William Street and 
Losson Road in Cheektowaga’’ and inserting ‘‘Study 
and implement mitigation and diversion options for 
William
Street
and
Broadway
Street
in 
Cheektowaga, I–90 Corridor Study; Interchange 53 
to Interchange 49, PIN 552830 and Cheektowaga 
Rails to Trails, PIN 575508’’. 
(3) Item number 476 is amended by striking 
‘‘Expand Perkins Road in Baton Rouge’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Feasibility study, design, and construction of a 
connector between Louisiana Highway 1026 and I–
12 in Livingston Parish’’. 
(4) Item 4 of the table contained in section 
1602 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st 
Century, relating to construction of a bike path in 
Michigan, is amended by striking ‘‘between Mount 
Clemens and New Baltimore’’ and inserting ‘‘for the 
Macomb Orchard Trail in Macomb County’’. 
SEC. 113. Intelligent Transportation Systems appro-
priations made to the State of Wisconsin in Public Law 
105–277, Public Law 106–69, and Public Law 107–87
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shall not be subject to the limitations of Public Law 105–
178, section 5208(d), 23 U.S.C. 502 note. 
SEC. 114. Notwithstanding Public Law 105–178, sec-
tion 5208(d), Intelligent Transportation Systems appro-
priations for—
(1) Wausau-Stevens Point-Wisconsin Rapids, 
Wisconsin, in Public Law 105–277 and Public Law 
106–69 shall be available for use in the counties of 
Ashland,
Barron,
Bayfield,
Burnett,
Chippewa, 
Douglas, Iron, Lincoln, Marathon, Polk, Portage, 
Price,
Rusk,
Sawyer,
Taylor,
Washburn,
Wood, 
Clark, Langlade, and Oneida; and 
(2) the City of Superior and Douglas County, 
Wisconsin, in Public Law 106–69 shall be available 
for use in the City of Superior and northern Wis-
consin. 
SEC. 115. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, for the purpose of assisting in the development, con-
struction and financing of additional improvements to the 
Alameda Corridor, including construction of a truck ex-
pressway or other enhancements, the Secretary of Trans-
portation shall modify the loan agreement entered into 
with the Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority pur-
suant to Public Law 104–208 to revise the interest rate 
to equal the average yield, as of the date of modification
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of the loan agreement, on marketable Treasury securities 
of similar maturity to the expected remaining average life 
of the loan. 
SEC. 116. (a) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall enter into an agreement with the 
State of Nevada, the State of Arizona, or both, to provide 
a method of funding for construction of a Hoover Dam 
Bypass Bridge from funds allocated for the Federal Lands 
Highway Program under section 202(b) of title 23, United 
States Code. 
(b) METHODS OF FUNDING.—
(1) The agreement entered into under sub-
section (a) shall provide for funding in a manner 
consistent with the advance construction and debt 
instrument
financing
procedures
for
Federal-aid 
highways set forth in section 115 and 122 of title 
23, except that the funding source may include 
funds made available under the Federal Lands 
Highway Program. 
(2) Eligibility for funding under this subsection 
shall not be construed as a commitment, guarantee, 
or obligation on the part of the United States to 
provide for payment of principal or interest of an eli-
gible debt financing instrument as so defined in sec-
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tion 122, nor create a right of a third party against 
the United States for payment under an eligible debt 
financing instrument. The agreement entered into 
pursuant to subsection (a) shall make specific ref-
erence to this provision of law. 
(3) The provisions of this section do not limit 
the use of other available funds for which the project 
referenced in subsection (a) is eligible. 
FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY 
ADMINISTRATION 
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY 
(LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses for administration of motor 
carrier safety programs and motor carrier safety research, 
pursuant to section 104(a)(1)(B) of title 23, United States 
Code, not to exceed $236,753,000 shall be paid in accord-
ance with law from appropriations made available by this 
Act and from any available take-down balances to the Fed-
eral Motor Carrier Safety Administration, together with 
advances and reimbursements received by the Federal 
Motor Carrier Safety Administration: Provided, That such 
amounts shall be available to carry out the functions and 
operations of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Adminis-
tration.
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NATIONAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY PROGRAM 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
49 U.S.C. 31102, 31106 and 31309, $190,000,000, to be 
derived from the Highway Trust Fund and to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds 
in this Act shall be available for the implementation or 
execution of programs the obligations for which are in ex-
cess of $190,000,000 for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Grants’’ 
and ‘‘Information Systems’’. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER 
SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 130. None of the funds appropriated, limited, 
or made available in this Act shall be used to implement 
or enforce any provision of the Final Rule issued on April 
16, 2003 (Docket No. FMCSA–97–2350) as it applies to 
operators of utility service vehicles as defined in 49 CFR 
section 395.2. 
SEC. 131. Funds appropriated or limited in this Act 
shall be subject to the terms and conditions stipulated in 
section 350 of Public Law 107–87, including that the Sec-
retary submit a report to the House and Senate Appro-
priations Committees annually on the safety and security
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of transportation into the United States by Mexico-domi-
ciled motor carriers. 
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 chapter 301 of title 49, United States Code, and 
part C of subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code, 
$206,178,000, of which $171,110,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2006: Provided, That none of the 
funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated or ex-
pended to plan, finalize, or implement any rulemaking to 
add to section 575.104 of title 49 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations any requirement pertaining to a grading 
standard that is different from the three grading stand-
ards (treadwear, traction, and temperature resistance) al-
ready in effect. 
OPERATIONS AND RESEARCH 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 403, to remain available until 
expended, $72,000,000, to be derived from the Highway 
Trust Fund: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act
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shall be available for the planning or execution of pro-
grams the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 2004, 
are in excess of $72,000,000 for programs authorized 
under 23 U.S.C. 403. 
NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of 
the Secretary with respect to the National Driver Register 
under chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code, 
$3,600,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund, 
and to remain available until expended. 
HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, and 410, to remain 
available until expended, $225,000,000, to be derived from 
the Highway Trust Fund: 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 2004, are in excess of $225,000,000 for pro-
grams authorized under 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, and 410, of 
which $165,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Highway Safety Pro-
grams’’ under 23 U.S.C. 402, $20,000,000 shall be for 
‘‘Occupant Protection Incentive Grants’’ under 23 U.S.C.
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405, and $40,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Alcohol-Impaired 
Driving Countermeasures Grants’’ under 23 U.S.C. 410: 
Provided further, That none of these funds shall be used 
for construction, rehabilitation, or remodeling costs, or for 
office furnishings and fixtures for State, local, or private 
buildings or structures: Provided further, That not to ex-
ceed $8,150,000 of the funds made available for section 
402, not to exceed $1,000,000 of the funds made available 
for section 405, and not to exceed $2,000,000 of the funds 
made available for section 410 shall be available to 
NHTSA for administering highway safety grants under 
chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $2,600,000 of the funds made available 
for section 157, and $2,600,000 of the funds made avail-
able for section 163, shall be available to NHTSA for ad-
ministering highway safety grants under chapter 1 of title 
23, United States Code: Provided further, That not to ex-
ceed $500,000 of the funds made available for section 410 
‘‘Alcohol-Impaired
Driving
Countermeasures
Grants’’ 
shall be available for technical assistance to the States. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC 
SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 140. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, States may use funds provided in this Act under sec-
tion 402 of title 23, United States Code, to produce and
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place highway safety public service messages in television, 
radio, cinema, and print media, and on the Internet in 
accordance with guidance issued by the Secretary of 
Transportation: Provided, That any state that uses funds 
for such public service messages shall submit to the Sec-
retary and the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations a report describing and assessing the effective-
ness of the messages. 
SEC. 141. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for the purpose of enforcing compliance 
with 49 CFR section 579.24, promulgated by the National 
Highway Traffic Safety Administration in accordance with 
section 30166(m) of title 49, United States Code, with re-
spect to trailers rated at 26,000 pounds or less gross vehi-
cle weight. 
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION 
SAFETY AND OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Ad-
ministration, not otherwise provided for, $130,922,000, of 
which $11,712,000 shall remain available until expended. 
RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for railroad research and de-
velopment, $28,225,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
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RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT 
PROGRAM 
(LIMITATION ON DIRECT LOANS AND LOAN GUARANTEES) 
The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to 
issue to the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obli-
gations pursuant to section 512 of the Railroad Revitaliza-
tion and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–
210), as amended, in such amounts and at such times as 
may be necessary to pay any amounts required pursuant 
to the guarantee of the principal amount of obligations 
under sections 511 through 513 of such Act, such author-
ity to exist as long as any such guaranteed obligation is 
outstanding: Provided, That pursuant to section 502 of 
such Act, as amended, no new direct loans or loan guar-
antee commitments shall be made using Federal funds for 
the credit risk premium during fiscal year 2004. 
NEXT GENERATION HIGH-SPEED RAIL 
For necessary expenses for the Next Generation 
High-Speed Rail program as authorized under 49 U.S.C. 
26101 and 26102, $28,250,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER 
CORPORATION 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 
grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation,
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$900,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2004, including $400,000,000 for quarterly grants for op-
erating expenses, $373,000,000 for quarterly grants for 
capital expenses along the Northeast Corridor Mainline, 
and $127,000,000 for quarterly grants for general capital 
improvements: Provided, That the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall approve funding to cover operating losses and 
a long-distance train of the National Railroad Passenger 
Corporation only after receiving and reviewing a grant re-
quest for each specific train route: Provided further, That 
each such grant request shall be accompanied by a de-
tailed financial analysis and revenue projection justifying 
the Federal support to the Secretary’s satisfaction: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary of Transportation and 
the Amtrak Board of Directors shall ensure that, of the 
amount made available under this heading, sufficient sums 
are reserved to satisfy the contractual obligations of the 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation for commuter 
and intercity passenger rail service: Provided further, That 
within 60 days of enactment of this Act but not later than 
October 1, 2003, Amtrak shall transmit to the Secretary 
of Transportation and the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations a business plan for operating and cap-
ital improvements to be funded in fiscal year 2004 under 
section 24104(a) of title 49, United States Code: Provided
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further, That the business plan shall include a description 
of the work to be funded, along with cost estimates and 
an estimated timetable for completion of the projects cov-
ered by this business plan: Provided further, That not later 
than October 1, 2003 and each month thereafter, Amtrak 
shall submit to the Secretary of Transportation and the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a sup-
plemental report regarding the business plan, which shall 
describe the work completed to date, any changes to the 
business plan, and the reasons for such changes: Provided 
further, That none of the funds in this Act may be used 
for operating expenses and capital projects not approved 
by the Secretary of Transportation nor on the National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation’s fiscal year 2004 busi-
ness plan: Provided further, That none of the funds under 
this heading may be obligated or expended until the Na-
tional Railroad Passenger Corporation agrees to continue 
abiding by the provisions of paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 5, 9, and 
11 of the summary of conditions for the direct loan agree-
ment of June 28, 2002, in the same manner as in effect 
on the date of enactment of this Act. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 150. To authorize the Surface Transportation 
Board to direct the continued operation of certain com-
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muter rail passenger transportation operations in emer-
gency situations, and for other purposes: 
(a) Section 11123 of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘failure of existing com-
muter rail passenger transportation operations 
caused by a cessation of service by the National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation,’’ after ‘‘ces-
sation of operations,’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of para-
graph (3); 
(C) by striking the period at the end of 
paragraph (4)(C) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(5) in the case of a failure of existing freight 
or commuter rail passenger transportation oper-
ations caused by a cessation of service by the Na-
tional Railroad Passenger Corporation, direct the 
continuation
of
the
operations
and
dispatching, 
maintenance,
and
other
necessary
infrastructure 
functions related to the operations.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(3)—
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(A) by striking ‘‘When’’ and inserting ‘‘(A) 
Except
as
provided
in
subparagraph
(B), 
when’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) In the case of a failure of existing freight or 
commuter rail passenger transportation operations caused 
by a cessation of service by the National Railroad Pas-
senger Corporation, the Board shall provide funding to 
fully reimburse the directed service provider for its costs 
associated with the activities directed under subsection 
(a), including the payment of increased insurance pre-
miums. The Board shall order complete indemnification 
against any and all claims associated with the provision 
of service to which the directed rail carrier may be ex-
posed.’’; 
(3) by adding the following new paragraph at 
the end of subsection (c): 
‘‘(4) In the case of a failure of existing freight or 
commuter rail passenger transportation operations caused 
by cessation of service by the National Railroad Passenger 
Corporation, the Board may not direct a rail carrier to 
undertake activities under subsection (a) to continue such 
operations unless—
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‘‘(A) the Board first affirmatively finds that the 
rail carrier is operationally capable of conducting the 
directed service in a safe and efficient manner; and 
‘‘(B) the funding for such directed service re-
quired by subparagraph (B) of subsection (b)(3) is 
provided in advance in appropriations Acts.’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new sub-
sections: 
‘‘(e) For purposes of this section, the National Rail-
road Passenger Corporation and any entity providing com-
muter rail passenger transportation shall be considered 
rail carriers subject to the Board’s jurisdiction. 
‘‘(f) For purposes of this section, the term ‘commuter 
rail passenger transportation’ has the meaning given that 
term in section 24102(4).’’. 
(b) Section 24301(c) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended by inserting ‘‘11123,’’ after ‘‘except for sec-
tions’’. 
FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal 
Transit Administration’s programs, $14,500,000: Pro-
vided, That no more than $72,500,000 of budget authority 
shall be available for these purposes: Provided further, 
That of the funds available not to exceed $948,000 shall
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be available for the Office of the Administrator; not to 
exceed $6,126,000 shall be available for the Office of Ad-
ministration; not to exceed $3,848,000 shall be available 
for the Office of the Chief Counsel; not to exceed 
$1,067,000 shall be available for the Office of Commu-
nication
and
Congressional
Affairs;
not
to
exceed 
$7,303,000 shall be available for the Office of Program 
Management; not to exceed $6,027,000 shall be available 
for the Office of Budget and Policy; not to exceed 
$4,328,000 shall be available for the Office of Demonstra-
tion and Innovation; not to exceed $2,657,000 shall be 
available for the Office of Civil Rights; not to exceed 
$3,732,000 shall be available for the Office of Planning; 
not to exceed $17,697,000 shall be available for regional 
offices; and not to exceed $16,567,000 shall be available 
for the central account: Provided further, That the Admin-
istrator is authorized to transfer funds appropriated for 
an office of the Federal Transit Administration: Provided 
further, That no appropriation for an office shall be in-
creased or decreased by more than 3 percent by all such 
transfers: Provided further, That any change in funding 
greater than 3 percent shall be submitted for approval to 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be 
available for travel expenses: Provided further, That of the
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funds in this Act available for the execution of contracts 
under section 5327(c) of title 49, United States Code, 
$2,000,000 shall be reimbursed to the Department of 
Transportation’s Office of Inspector General for costs as-
sociated with audits and investigations of transit-related 
issues, including reviews of new fixed guideway systems: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $2,200,000 for the 
National transit database shall remain available until ex-
pended. 
FORMULA GRANTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5307, 
5308, 5310, 5311, 5327, and section 3038 of Public Law 
105–178, $767,800,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That no more than $3,839,000,000 of 
budget authority shall be available for these purposes. 
UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5505, 
$1,200,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That no more than $6,000,000 of budget authority shall 
be available for these purposes. 
TRANSIT PLANNING AND RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5303, 
5304, 5305, 5311(b)(2), 5312, 5313(a), 5314, 5315, and 
5322, $24,200,000, to remain available until expended:
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Provided, That no more than $122,000,000 of budget au-
thority shall be available for these purposes: Provided fur-
ther, That $5,250,000 is available to provide rural trans-
portation assistance (49 U.S.C. 5311(b)(2)), $4,000,000 
is available to carry out programs under the National 
Transit Institute (49 U.S.C. 5315), $8,250,000 is avail-
able to carry out transit cooperative research programs 
(49 U.S.C. 5313(a)), $60,385,600 is available for metro-
politan planning (49 U.S.C. 5303, 5304, and 5305), 
$12,614,400 is available for State planning (49 U.S.C. 
5313(b)); and $31,500,000 is available for the national 
planning and research program (49 U.S.C. 5314). 
TRUST FUND SHARE OF EXPENSES 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
49 U.S.C. 5303–5308, 5310–5315, 5317(b), 5322, 5327, 
5334, 5505, and sections 3037 and 3038 of Public Law 
105–178, $5,807,020,000 to remain available until ex-
pended, and to be derived from the Mass Transit Account 
of
the
Highway
Trust
Fund:
Provided,
That 
$3,071,200,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Ad-
ministration’s formula grants account: Provided further, 
That $97,800,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Ad-
ministration’s transit planning and research account: Pro-
vided further, That $58,000,000 shall be paid to the Fed-
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eral Transit Administration’s administrative expenses ac-
count: Provided further, That $4,800,000 shall be paid to 
the Federal Transit Administration’s university transpor-
tation
research
account:
Provided
further,
That 
$64,000,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Adminis-
tration’s job access and reverse commute grants program: 
Provided further, That $2,507,220,000 shall be paid to the 
Federal
Transit
Administration’s
capital
investment 
grants account. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5308, 
5309, 5318, and 5327, $599,280,000, to remain available 
until
expended:
Provided,
That
no
more
than 
$3,106,500,000 of budget authority shall be available for 
these purposes: Provided further, That there shall be avail-
able for fixed guideway modernization, $1,214,400,000; 
there shall be available for the replacement, rehabilitation, 
and purchase of buses and related equipment and the con-
struction of bus-related facilities, $677,700,000; and there 
shall
be
available
for
new
fixed
guideway
systems 
$1,214,400,000, to be available as follows: 
Baltimore, MD, Central Light Rail Double 
Track Project, $40,000,000;
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BART San Francisco Airport (SFO), CA, Ex-
tension Project, $100,000,000; 
Boston, MA, Silver Line Phase III, $3,000,000; 
Charlotte,
NC,
South
Corridor
Light
Rail 
Project, $4,000,000; 
Chicago Transit Authority, IL, Douglas Branch 
Reconstruction, $85,000,000; 
Chicago, IL, Metra Commuter Rail Expansions 
and Extensions, $52,000,000; 
Chicago,
IL,
Ravenswood
Reconstruction, 
$45,000,000; 
Dallas, TX, North Central Light Rail Exten-
sion, $30,161,283; 
Denver,
CO,
Southeast
Corridor
LRT
(T-
REX), $80,000,000; 
East
Side
Access
Project,
NY,
Phase
I, 
$70,000,000; 
Ft.
Lauderdale,
FL,
Tri-Rail
Commuter 
Project, $18,410,000; 
Las Vegas, NV, Resort Corridor Fixed Guide-
way, $15,000,000; 
Los Angeles, CA, Eastside Light Rail Transit 
System, $10,000,000; 
Memphis, TN, Medical Center Rail Extension, 
$9,247,588;
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Minneapolis,
MN,
Hiawatha
Corridor
Light 
Rail Transit (LRT), $74,980,000; 
New
Orleans,
LA,
Canal
Street
Streetcar 
Project, $23,921,373; 
New York, Second Avenue Subway, $3,000,000; 
Newark,
NJ,
Rail
Link
(NERL)
MOS1, 
$22,566,022; 
Northern,
NJ,
Hudson-Bergen
Light
Rail 
(MOS2), $100,000,000; 
Phoenix,
AZ,
Central
Phoenix/East
Valley 
Light Rail Transit Project, $13,000,000; 
Pittsburgh, PA, Stage II Light Rail Transit 
Reconstruction, $32,243,422; 
Portland, OR, Interstate MAX Light Rail Ex-
tension, $77,500,000; 
Raleigh, NC, Triangle Transit Authority Re-
gional Rail Project, $3,000,000; 
Salt Lake City, UT, Medical Center LRT Ex-
tension, $30,663,361; 
San Diego, CA, Mission Valley East Light Rail 
Transit Extension, $65,000,000; 
San
Diego,
CA,
Oceanside-Escondido
Rail 
Project, $48,000,000; 
San Juan, PR, Tren Urbano Rapid Transit 
System, $43,540,000;
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Seattle, WA, Sound Transit Central Link Ini-
tial Segment, $15,000,000; 
Washington,
DC/MD,
Largo
Extension, 
$65,000,000; 
Washington, DC/VA, Dulles Corridor Rapid 
Transit Project, $25,000,000; 
Hawaii and Alaska Ferry Boats, $10,296,000; 
Oversight set-aside, $12,144,000; and 
San Francisco, CA, Muni Third Street Light 
Rail Project, $10,000,000: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, for the purpose of calculating the non-New 
Starts share of the total project cost of both phases of 
San Francisco Muni’s Third Street Light Rail Transit 
project for fiscal year 2004, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall include all non-New Starts contributions made 
towards Phase 1 of the two-phase project for engineering, 
final design and construction, and also shall allow non-
New Starts funds expended on one element or phase of 
the project to be used to meet the non-New Starts share 
requirement of any element or phase of the project: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds provided in this Act 
for the San Francisco Muni’s Third Street Light Rail 
Transit Project shall be obligated if the Federal Transit 
Administration determines that the project is found to be
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‘‘not recommended’’ after evaluation and computation of 
revised transportation system user benefit data. 
JOB ACCESS AND REVERSE COMMUTE GRANTS 
For necessary expenses to carry out section 3037 of 
the Federal Transit Act of 1998, $17,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That no more than 
$85,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for 
these purposes: Provided further, That up to $200,000 of 
the funds provided under this heading may be used by the 
Federal Transit Administration for technical assistance 
and support and performance reviews of the Job Access 
and Reverse Commute Grants program. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT 
ADMINISTRATION 
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, and except for fixed guideway modernization projects, 
funds made available by this Act under ‘‘Federal Transit 
Administration, Capital investment grants’’ for projects 
specified in this Act or identified in reports accompanying 
this Act not obligated by September 30, 2006, and other
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recoveries, shall be made available for other projects under 
49 U.S.C. 5309. 
SEC. 162. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, any funds appropriated before October 1, 2003, 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. 
SEC. 163. None of the funds in this Act shall be made 
available for the design, construction, or maintenance of 
any segment of a light rail system in Houston that has 
not been specifically approved by a majority of the partici-
pating voters in the Houston Metropolitan Transit Au-
thority service area in a referendum. 
SEC. 164. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds made available for the Roaring Fork Transpor-
tation Authority, Colorado, under Public Laws 106–69 
and 106–346 shall be made available for the Roaring Fork 
Valley Bus Rapid Transit project. 
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
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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 and mainte-
nance of those portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway op-
erated and maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway De-
velopment Corporation, $14,700,000, 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, $98,700,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses of operations and training ac-
tivities
authorized
by
law,
$105,897,000,
of
which 
$22,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2004, for salaries and benefits of employees of the United 
States Merchant Marine Academy; of which $13,000,000
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shall remain available until expended for capital improve-
ments at the United States Merchant Marine Academy; 
of which $9,063,000 shall remain available until expended 
for the State Maritime Schools Schoolship Maintenance 
and Repair; of which $500,000 shall remain available until 
expended for the evaluation and provision of the fourteen 
commercially strategic ports; and of which $1,000,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2005, for Mari-
time Security Professional Training in support of Section 
109 of the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002. 
SHIP DISPOSAL 
For necessary expenses related to the disposal of ob-
solete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the 
Maritime Administration, $14,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this or any other Act, the Maritime Administration is au-
thorized to furnish utilities and services and make nec-
essary repairs in connection with any lease, contract, or 
occupancy involving Government property under control of 
the Maritime Administration, and payments received 
therefore shall be credited to the appropriation charged 
with the cost thereof: Provided, That rental payments 
under any such lease, contract, or occupancy for items
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other than such utilities, services, or repairs shall be de-
posited into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. No 
obligations shall be incurred during the current fiscal year 
from the construction fund established by the Merchant 
Marine Act, 1936, or otherwise, in excess of the appropria-
tions and limitations contained in this Act or in any prior 
Appropriations Act. 
SEC. 171. Chapter 10 of title I of the Emergency 
Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act (Public Law 
108–11) is amended by striking ‘‘For the cost of guaran-
teed loans, as authorized, $25,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2005:’’ and inserting ‘‘For the 
cost of guaranteed loans and associated administrative ex-
penses, as authorized, $25,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2005, of which up to $4,498,000 may 
be used for associated administrative expenses:’’. 
RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS 
ADMINISTRATION 
RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS 
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of 
the
Research
and
Special
Programs
Administration, 
$47,018,000, of which $645,000 shall be derived from the 
Pipeline Safety Fund, and of which $2,437,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2006: Provided, That 
up to $1,200,000 in fees collected under 49 U.S.C.
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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, counties, mu-
nicipalities, other public authorities, and private sources 
for expenses incurred for training, for reports publication 
and dissemination, and for travel expenses incurred in per-
formance of hazardous materials exemptions and approv-
als functions. 
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 responsibil-
ities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $64,054,000, of 
which $9,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li-
ability Trust Fund and shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2006; of which $55,054,000 shall be derived 
from the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which $21,786,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2006. 
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS 
(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND) 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 
5127(c), $200,000, to be derived from the Emergency
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Preparedness Fund, to remain available until September 
30, 2006: Provided, That not more than $14,300,000 shall 
be made available for obligation in fiscal year 2004 from 
amounts made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i), 5127(c), 
and 5127(d): Provided further, That none of the funds 
made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i), 5127(c), and 
5127(d) shall be made available for obligation by individ-
uals other than the Secretary of Transportation, or his 
designee. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General to carry out the provisions of the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978, as amended, $55,000,000: 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 
shall 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-
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ance of domestic and foreign air carriers with respect to 
item (1) of this proviso. 
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Surface Transpor-
tation Board, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, $19,521,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, not to exceed $1,050,000 from fees 
established by the Chairman of the Surface Transpor-
tation Board shall be credited to this appropriation as off-
setting 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 col-
lections are received during fiscal year 2004, to result in 
a final appropriation from the general fund estimated at 
no more than $18,471,000. 
TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices 
including operation and maintenance of the Treasury 
Building and Annex; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
maintenance, repairs, and improvements of, and purchase
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of commercial insurance policies for, real properties leased 
or owned overseas, when necessary for the performance 
of official business; not to exceed $3,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2005 for information tech-
nology
modernization
requirements;
not
to
exceed 
$150,000 for official reception and representation ex-
penses; not to exceed $258,000 for unforeseen emer-
gencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated and ex-
pended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treas-
ury and to be accounted for solely on his certificate, 
$175,809,000: Provided, That no less than $21,855,000 
is for the Office of Foreign Assets Control: Provided fur-
ther, That of these amounts $2,900,000 is available for 
grants to State and local law enforcement groups to help 
fight money laundering: Provided further, That of these 
amounts, $3,393,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2005, shall be for the Treasury-wide Financial State-
ment Audit Program, of which such amounts as may be 
necessary may be transferred to accounts of the Depart-
ment’s offices and bureaus to conduct audits: Provided 
further, That this transfer authority shall be in addition 
to any other provided in this Act.
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DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL 
INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For development and acquisition of automatic data 
processing equipment, software, and services for the De-
partment of the Treasury, $36,653,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2006: Provided, That these funds 
shall be transferred to accounts and in amounts as nec-
essary to satisfy the requirements of the Department’s of-
fices, bureaus, and other organizations: Provided further, 
That this transfer authority shall be in addition to any 
other transfer authority provided in this Act. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General
Act
of
1978,
as
amended,
not
to
exceed 
$2,000,000 for official travel expenses, including hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for official 
reception and representation expenses; and not to exceed 
$100,000 for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential na-
ture, to be allocated and expended under the direction of 
the Inspector General of the Treasury, $12,792,000.
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TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX 
ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector 
General for Tax Administration in carrying out the In-
spector General Act of 1978, as amended, including pur-
chase (not to exceed 150 for replacement only for police-
type use) and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 
1343(b)); services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such 
rates as may be determined by the Inspector General for 
Tax Administration; not to exceed $6,000,000 for official 
travel expenses; and not to exceed $500,000 for unfore-
seen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated 
and expended under the direction of the Inspector General 
for Tax Administration, $128,034,000. 
AIR TRANSPORTATION STABILIZATION PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to administer the Air Trans-
portation Stabilization Board established by section 102 
of the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization 
Act (Public Law 107–42), $2,538,000, to remain available 
until expended.
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TREASURY BUILDING AND ANNEX REPAIR AND 
RESTORATION 
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the 
Treasury Building and Annex, $25,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2006. 
FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En-
forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles; travel expenses of non-Federal law enforcement 
personnel to attend meetings concerned with financial in-
telligence activities, law enforcement, and financial regula-
tion; not to exceed $14,000 for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses; and for assistance to Federal law en-
forcement
agencies,
with
or
without
reimbursement, 
$57,571,000, of which not to exceed $4,500,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2006; and of which 
$8,152,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2005: Provided, That funds appropriated in this account 
may be used to procure personal services contracts. 
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Financial Management 
Service, $228,558,000, of which not to exceed $9,220,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2006, for infor-
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mation systems modernization initiatives; and of which not 
to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE 
BUREAU 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of carrying out section 1111 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, including hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, $80,000,000; of which not to ex-
ceed $6,000 for official reception and representation ex-
penses; not to exceed $50,000 for cooperative research and 
development programs for Laboratory Services; and provi-
sion of laboratory assistance to State and local agencies 
with or without reimbursement. 
UNITED STATES MINT 
UNITED STATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND 
Pursuant to section 5136 of title 31, United States 
Code, the United States Mint is provided funding through 
the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund for costs 
associated with the production of circulating coins, numis-
matic coins, and protective services, including both oper-
ating expenses and capital investments. The aggregate 
amount of new liabilities and obligations incurred during 
fiscal year 2004 under such section 5136 for circulating 
coinage and protective service capital investments of the
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United States Mint shall not exceed $40,652,000. From 
amounts in the United States Mint Public Enterprise 
Fund, the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to the 
Comptroller General an amount not to exceed $375,000 
to reimburse the Comptroller General for the cost of a 
study to be contracted for by the Comptroller General on 
the potential and cost-effectiveness of expanded use of pre-
made ‘‘blanks’’ by the United States Mint in the produc-
tion of circulating coins. The amounts reimbursed to the 
Comptroller General pursuant to this paragraph shall be 
deposited to the appropriation of the General Accounting 
Office then available and remain available until expended. 
BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT 
ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT 
For necessary expenses connected with any public-
debt issues of the United States, $178,052,000, of which 
not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official recep-
tion and representation expenses, and of which not to ex-
ceed $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
systems modernization: Provided, That the sum appro-
priated herein from the General Fund for fiscal year 2004 
shall be reduced by not more than $4,400,000 as definitive 
security issue fees and Treasury Direct Investor Account 
Maintenance fees are collected, so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2004 appropriation from the General Fund es-
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timated at $173,652,000. In addition, $40,000 to be de-
rived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to reimburse 
the Bureau for administrative and personnel expenses for 
financial management of the Fund, as authorized by sec-
tion 1012 of Public Law 101–380. 
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE 
PROCESSING, ASSISTANCE, AND MANAGEMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice for pre-filing taxpayer assistance and education, filing 
and account services, shared services support, general 
management and administration; and services as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined 
by
the
Commissioner,
$4,037,834,000,
of
which 
$4,250,000 shall be for the Tax Counseling for the Elderly 
Program, of which $8,000,000 shall be available for low-
income taxpayer clinic grants, and of which not to exceed 
$25,000 shall be for official reception and representation 
expenses. 
TAX LAW ENFORCEMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice for determining and establishing tax liabilities; pro-
viding litigation support; conducting criminal investigation 
and enforcement activities; securing unfiled tax returns; 
collecting unpaid accounts; conducting a document match-
ing program; resolving taxpayer problems through prompt
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identification, referral and settlement; compiling statistics 
of income and conducting compliance research; funding es-
sential earned income tax credit compliance and error re-
duction initiatives; purchase (for police-type use, not to ex-
ceed 850) and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 
1343(b)); and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
at such rates as may be determined by the Commissioner, 
$4,221,408,000, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2006, for research, 
and of which not to exceed $10,000,000 may be used to 
reimburse the Social Security Administration for the costs 
of implementing section 1090 of the Taxpayer Relief Act 
of 1997 (Public Law 105–33). 
INFORMATION SYSTEMS 
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice for information systems and telecommunications sup-
port, including developmental information systems and 
operational information systems; the hire of passenger 
motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services as au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be deter-
mined by the Commissioner, $1,628,739,000, of which 
$165,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2005.
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BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION 
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice, $429,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2006, for the capital asset acquisition of information tech-
nology systems, including management and related con-
tractual costs of said acquisitions, including contractual 
costs associated with operations authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109: Provided, That none of these funds may be obli-
gated until the Internal Revenue Service submits to the 
Committees on Appropriations, and such Committees ap-
prove, a plan for expenditure that: (1) meets the capital 
planning and investment control review requirements es-
tablished by the Office of Management and Budget, in-
cluding Circular A–11 part 3; (2) complies with the Inter-
nal Revenue Service’s enterprise architecture, including 
the modernization blueprint; (3) conforms with the Inter-
nal Revenue Service’s enterprise life cycle methodology; 
(4) is approved by the Internal Revenue Service, the De-
partment of the Treasury, and the Office of Management 
and Budget; (5) has been reviewed by the General Ac-
counting Office; and (6) complies with the acquisition 
rules, requirements, guidelines, and systems acquisition 
management practices of the Federal Government.
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HEALTH INSURANCE TAX CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses necessary to implement the health in-
surance tax credit included in the Trade Act of 2002 
(Public Law 107–210), $35,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2005. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE 
TREASURY 
SEC. 201. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-
tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue 
Service may be transferred to any other Internal Revenue 
Service appropriation upon the advance approval of the 
Committees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 202. The Internal Revenue Service shall main-
tain a training program to ensure that Internal Revenue 
Service employees are trained in taxpayers’ rights, in deal-
ing courteously with the taxpayers, and in cross-cultural 
relations. 
SEC. 203. The Internal Revenue Service shall insti-
tute and enforce policies and procedures that will safe-
guard the confidentiality of taxpayer information. 
SEC. 204. Funds made available by this or any other 
Act to the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for 
improved facilities and increased manpower to provide suf-
ficient and effective 1–800 help line service for taxpayers. 
The Commissioner shall continue to make the improve-
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ment of the Internal Revenue Service 1–800 help line serv-
ice a priority and allocate resources necessary to increase 
phone lines and staff to improve the Internal Revenue 
Service 1–800 help line service. 
SEC. 205. Appropriations to the Department of the 
Treasury in this Act shall be available for uniforms or al-
lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), 
including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of 
insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign 
countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the 
general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased 
and used overseas for the current fiscal year; entering into 
contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing 
of health and medical services to employees and their de-
pendents serving in foreign countries; and services author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
SEC. 206. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-
tions in this Act made available to the Departmental Of-
fices—Salaries and Expenses, Office of Inspector General, 
Financial Management Service, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax 
and Trade Bureau, Financial Crimes Enforcement Net-
work, and Bureau of the Public Debt, may be transferred 
between such appropriations upon the advance approval 
of the Committees on Appropriations. No transfer may in-
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crease or decrease any such appropriation by more than 
2 percent. 
SEC. 207. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-
tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue 
Service may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector Gen-
eral for Tax Administration’s appropriation upon the ad-
vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations. No 
transfer may increase or decrease any such appropriation 
by more than 2 percent. 
SEC. 208. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
or otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury 
or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used 
to redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note. 
SEC. 209. The Secretary of the Treasury may trans-
fer funds from ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, Financial Man-
agement Service, to the Debt Services Account as nec-
essary to cover the costs of debt collection: Provided, That 
such amounts shall be reimbursed to such Salaries and 
Expenses account from debt collections received in the 
Debt Services Account. 
SEC. 210. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act may be used 
by the United States Mint to construct or operate any mu-
seum without the explicit approval of the House Com-
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mittee on Financial Services and the Senate Committee 
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 
SEC. 211. For fiscal year 2004 and each fiscal year 
thereafter, there are appropriated to the Secretary of the 
Treasury such sums as may be necessary to reimburse fi-
nancial institutions in their capacity as depositaries and 
financial agents of the United States for all services re-
quired or directed by the Secretary of the Treasury, or 
the Secretary’s designee, to be performed by such financial 
institutions on behalf of the Department of the Treasury 
or other Federal agencies, including services rendered 
prior to fiscal year 2004. 
TITLE III—POSTAL SERVICE 
PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND 
For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue 
forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub-
sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United 
States Code, $65,521,000, of which $36,521,000 shall not 
be available for obligation until October 1, 2004: Provided, 
That mail for overseas voting and mail for the blind shall 
continue to be free: Provided further, That 6-day delivery 
and rural delivery of mail shall continue at not less than 
the 1983 level: Provided further, That none of the funds 
made available to the Postal Service by this Act shall be 
used to implement any rule, regulation, or policy of charg-
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ing any officer or employee of any State or local child sup-
port enforcement agency, or any individual participating 
in a State or local program of child support enforcement, 
a fee for information requested or provided concerning an 
address of a postal customer: Provided further, That none 
of the funds provided in this Act shall be used to consoli-
date or close small rural and other small post offices in 
fiscal year 2004. 
TITLE IV—EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESI-
DENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE 
PRESIDENT 
COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT 
For compensation of the President, including an ex-
pense allowance at the rate of $50,000 per annum as au-
thorized by 3 U.S.C. 102, $450,000: Provided, That none 
of the funds made available for official expenses shall be 
expended for any other purpose and any unused amount 
shall revert to the Treasury pursuant to section 1552 of 
title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That none 
of the funds made available for official expenses shall be 
considered as taxable to the President. 
WHITE HOUSE OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the White House as au-
thorized by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for
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services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105; 
subsistence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which 
shall be expended and accounted for as provided in that 
section; hire of passenger motor vehicles, newspapers, 
periodicals, teletype news service, and travel (not to exceed 
$100,000 to be expended and accounted for as provided 
by 3 U.S.C. 103); and not to exceed $19,000 for official 
entertainment expenses, to be available for allocation with-
in the Executive Office of the President, $66,057,000: 
Provided, That $8,650,000 of the funds appropriated shall 
be available for reimbursements to the White House Com-
munications Agency. 
EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For the care, maintenance, repair and alteration, re-
furnishing, improvement, heating, and lighting, including 
electric power and fixtures, of the Executive Residence at 
the White House and official entertainment expenses of 
the President, $12,501,000, to be expended and accounted 
for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 112–114. 
REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES 
For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Resi-
dence at the White House, such sums as may be nec-
essary: Provided, That all reimbursable operating expenses 
of the Executive Residence shall be made in accordance 
with the provisions of this paragraph: Provided further,
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That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, such 
amount for reimbursable operating expenses shall be the 
exclusive authority of the Executive Residence to incur ob-
ligations and to receive offsetting collections, for such ex-
penses: Provided further, That the Executive Residence 
shall require each person sponsoring a reimbursable polit-
ical event to pay in advance an amount equal to the esti-
mated cost of the event, and all such advance payments 
shall be credited to this account and remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That the Executive Residence 
shall require the national committee of the political party 
of the President to maintain on deposit $25,000, to be 
separately accounted for and available for expenses relat-
ing to reimbursable political events sponsored by such 
committee during such fiscal year: Provided further, That 
the Executive Residence shall ensure that a written notice 
of any amount owed for a reimbursable operating expense 
under this paragraph is submitted to the person owing 
such amount within 60 days after such expense is in-
curred, and that such amount is collected within 30 days 
after the submission of such notice: Provided further, That 
the Executive Residence shall charge interest and assess 
penalties and other charges on any such amount that is 
not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with 
the interest and penalty provisions applicable to an out-
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standing debt on a United States Government claim under 
section 3717 of title 31, United States Code: Provided fur-
ther, That each such amount that is reimbursed, and any 
accompanying interest and charges, shall be deposited in 
the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further, 
That the Executive Residence shall prepare and submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations, by not later than 
90 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this 
Act, a report setting forth the reimbursable operating ex-
penses of the Executive Residence during the preceding 
fiscal year, including the total amount of such expenses, 
the amount of such total that consists of reimbursable offi-
cial and ceremonial events, the amount of such total that 
consists of reimbursable political events, and the portion 
of each such amount that has been reimbursed as of the 
date of the report: Provided further, That the Executive 
Residence shall maintain a system for the tracking of ex-
penses related to reimbursable events within the Executive 
Residence that includes a standard for the classification 
of any such expense as political or nonpolitical: Provided 
further, That no provision of this paragraph may be con-
strued to exempt the Executive Residence from any other 
applicable requirement of subchapter I or II of chapter 
37 of title 31, United States Code.
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WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION 
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the 
Executive Residence at the White House, $4,225,000, to 
remain available until expended, for required maintenance, 
safety and health issues, and continued preventative main-
tenance. 
COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic 
Advisors in carrying out its functions under the Employ-
ment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021), $4,000,000. 
OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Policy Devel-
opment, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 
and 3 U.S.C. 107, $4,109,000. 
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Security 
Council, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, $9,000,000. 
OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Administra-
tion, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109
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and 3 U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$82,826,000, of which $17,470,000 shall remain available 
until expended for the Capital Investment Plan for contin-
ued modernization of the information technology infra-
structure within the Executive Office of the President. 
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Management 
and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 
and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and to carry 
out the provisions of chapter 35 of title 44, United States 
Code, $62,772,000 (reduced by $500,000), of which not 
to exceed $1,500 shall be available for official representa-
tion expenses: Provided, That, as provided in 31 U.S.C. 
1301(a), appropriations shall be applied only to the ob-
jects for which appropriations were made except as other-
wise provided by law: Provided further, That none of the 
funds appropriated in this Act for the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget may be used for the purpose of review-
ing any agricultural marketing orders or any activities or 
regulations under the provisions of the Agricultural Mar-
keting Agreement Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.): Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds made available for 
the Office of Management and Budget by this Act may 
be expended for the altering of the transcript of actual
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testimony of witnesses, except for testimony of officials of 
the Office of Management and Budget, before the Com-
mittees on Appropriations or the Committees on Veterans’ 
Affairs or their subcommittees: Provided further, That the 
preceding shall not apply to printed hearings released by 
the Committees on Appropriations or the Committees on 
Veterans’ Affairs: Provided further, That none of the 
funds appropriated in this Act may be available to pay 
the salary or expenses of any employee of the Office of 
Management and Budget who, after February 15, 2003, 
calculates, prepares, or approves any tabular or other ma-
terial that proposes the sub-allocation of budget authority 
or outlays by the Committees on Appropriations among 
their subcommittees. 
OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of National 
Drug Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to 
the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthoriza-
tion Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) as amended; 
not to exceed $10,000 for official reception and represen-
tation expenses; and for participation in joint projects or 
in the provision of services on matters of mutual interest 
with nonprofit, research, or public organizations or agen-
cies, with or without reimbursement, $28,790,000; of
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which $2,850,000 shall remain available until expended, 
consisting of $1,350,000 for policy research and evalua-
tion, and $1,500,000 for the National Alliance for Model 
State Drug Laws: Provided, That the Office is authorized 
to accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts, both real and 
personal, public and private, without fiscal year limitation, 
for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of the 
Office. 
COUNTERDRUG TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT CENTER 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for the Counterdrug Tech-
nology Assessment Center for research activities pursuant 
to the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthor-
ization Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) as amended, 
$40,000,000, which shall remain available until expended, 
consisting of $18,000,000 for counternarcotics research 
and development projects, and $22,000,000 for the contin-
ued operation of the technology transfer program: Pro-
vided, That the $18,000,000 for counternarcotics research 
and development projects shall be available for transfer 
to other Federal departments or agencies. 
FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS 
HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of National 
Drug Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking
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Areas Program, $226,350,000, for drug control activities 
consistent with the approved strategy for each of the des-
ignated High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas, of which 
no less than 51 percent shall be transferred to State and 
local entities for drug control activities, which shall be ob-
ligated within 120 days of the date of the enactment of 
this Act: Provided, That up to 49 percent, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2005, may be transferred to Fed-
eral agencies and departments at a rate to be determined 
by the Director, of which not less than $2,100,000 shall 
be used for auditing services and associated activities, and 
at least $500,000 of the $2,100,000 shall be used to de-
velop and implement a data collection system to measure 
the performance of the High Intensity Drug Trafficking 
Areas Program: Provided further, That High Intensity 
Drug Trafficking Areas Programs designated as of Sep-
tember 30, 2003, shall be funded at no less than the fiscal 
year 2003 initial allocation levels unless the Director sub-
mits to the Committees on Appropriations, and the Com-
mittees approve, justification for changes in those levels 
based on clearly articulated priorities for the High Inten-
sity Drug Trafficking Areas Programs, as well as pub-
lished Office of National Drug Control Policy performance 
measures of effectiveness: Provided further, That no funds 
of an amount in excess of the fiscal year 2004 budget re-
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quest shall be obligated prior to the approval of the Com-
mittee on Appropriations. 
OTHER FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For activities to support a national anti-drug cam-
paign for youth, and for other purposes, authorized by (21 
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) as amended, $230,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, of which the following 
amounts are available as follows: $150,000,000 to support 
a national media campaign; $70,000,000 for a program 
of assistance and matching grants to local coalitions and 
other activities, as authorized in chapter 2 of the National 
Narcotics
Leadership
Act
of
1988,
as
amended; 
$4,500,000 for the Counterdrug Intelligence Executive 
Secretariat; $2,000,000 for evaluations and research re-
lated to National Drug Control Program performance 
measures; $1,000,000 for the National Drug Court Insti-
tute; $1,500,000 for the United States Anti-Doping Agen-
cy for anti-doping activities; and $1,000,000 for the 
United States membership dues to the World Anti-Doping 
Agency: Provided, That such funds may be transferred to 
other Federal departments and agencies to carry out such 
activities: Provided further, That of the amounts appro-
priated for a national media campaign, no less than 77
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percent shall be used for the purchase of advertising time 
and space for the national media campaign. 
UNANTICIPATED NEEDS 
For expenses necessary to enable the President to 
meet unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national 
interest, security, or defense which may arise at home or 
abroad during the current fiscal year, as authorized by 
3 U.S.C. 108, $1,000,000. 
SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PRESIDENT AND THE 
OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President 
to provide assistance to the President in connection with 
specially assigned functions; services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence ex-
penses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be ex-
pended and accounted for as provided in that section; and 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, $4,461,000. 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement, 
and to the extent not otherwise provided for, heating and 
lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the offi-
cial residence of the Vice President; the hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; and not to exceed $90,000 for official en-
tertainment expenses of the Vice President, to be ac-
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counted for solely on his certificate, $331,000: Provided, 
That advances or repayments or transfers from this ap-
propriation may be made to any department or agency for 
expenses of carrying out such activities. 
TITLE V—INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION 
BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Architectural and 
Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, as authorized 
by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as 
amended $5,401,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, there may be credited to this 
appropriation funds received for publications and training 
expenses, to be available for the purpose of this account. 
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Transpor-
tation Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles and aircraft; 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 a GS–15; uniforms, 
or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 
5901–5902) $76,679,000, of which not to exceed $2,000
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may be used for official reception and representation ex-
penses. 
EMERGENCY FUND 
For necessary expenses of the National Transpor-
tation Safety Board for accident investigations, $600,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That these 
funds shall be available only to the extent necessary to 
restore the balance of the emergency fund to $2,000,000 
(29 U.S.C. 1118(b)). 
COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE 
WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Committee for Pur-
chase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled 
established by Public Law 92–28, $4,725,000. 
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amend-
ed, $50,440,000, of which no less than $6,389,900 shall 
be available for internal automated data processing sys-
tems, and of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be available 
for reception and representation expenses.
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ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Help Amer-
ica Vote Act of 2002, $5,000,000. 
ELECTION REFORM PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses to carry out a program of re-
quirements payments to States as authorized by Section 
257 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, $495,000,000: 
Provided, That no more that 1⁄10 of 1 percent of funds 
available for requirements payments under Section 257 of 
the Help America Vote Act of 2002 shall be allocated to 
any territory. 
FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorga-
nization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service 
Reform Act of 1978, including services authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, and including hire of experts and consult-
ants, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and rental of con-
ference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, 
$29,611,000: Provided, That public members of the Fed-
eral Service Impasses Panel may be paid travel expenses 
and per diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized by law 
(5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons employed intermittently in
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the Government service, and compensation as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received from fees charged to non-
Federal participants at labor-management relations con-
ferences shall be credited to and merged with this account, 
to be available without further appropriation for the costs 
of carrying out these conferences. 
FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime 
Commission as authorized by section 201(d) of the Mer-
chant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. App. 
1111), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 
U.S.C. 1343(b); and uniforms or allowances therefore, as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, $18,471,000: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses. 
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES 
(FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND) 
(LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount to be deposited in, and to 
be used for the purposes of, the Fund established pursu-
ant to section 210(f) of the Federal Property and Admin-
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istrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 
592), $247,350,000. The revenues and collections depos-
ited into the Fund shall be available for necessary ex-
penses of real property management and related activities 
not otherwise provided for, including operation, mainte-
nance, and protection of federally owned and leased build-
ings; rental of buildings in the District of Columbia; res-
toration of leased premises; moving governmental agencies 
(including space adjustments and telecommunications re-
location expenses) in connection with the assignment, allo-
cation and transfer of space; contractual services incident 
to cleaning or servicing buildings, and moving; repair and 
alteration of federally owned buildings including grounds, 
approaches and appurtenances; care and safeguarding of 
sites; maintenance, preservation, demolition, and equip-
ment; acquisition of buildings and sites by purchase, con-
demnation, or as otherwise authorized by law; acquisition 
of options to purchase buildings and sites; conversion and 
extension of federally owned buildings; preliminary plan-
ning and design of projects by contract or otherwise; con-
struction of new buildings (including equipment for such 
buildings); and payment of principal, interest, and any 
other obligations for public buildings acquired by install-
ment purchase and purchase contract; in the aggregate 
amount of $6,557,518,000, of which: (1) $406,168,000
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shall remain available until expended for construction (in-
cluding funds for sites and expenses and associated design 
and construction services) of additional projects at the fol-
lowing locations: 
New Construction: 
California: 
San Diego, Border Station, $34,211,000. 
Georgia: 
Atlanta,
Tuttle
Building
Annex, 
$10,600,000. 
Maine: 
Jackman, Border Station, $7,712,000. 
Maryland: 
Suitland, United States Census Bureau, 
$146,451,000. 
Michigan: 
Detroit, Ambassador Bridge Border Sta-
tion, $25,387,000. 
New York: 
Champlain, Border Station, $31,031,000. 
Texas: 
Del Rio, Border Station, $23,966,000. 
Eagle Pass, Border Station, $31,980,000. 
Houston, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
$58,080,000.
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McAllen, Border Station, $17,938,000. 
Washington: 
Blaine, Border Station, $9,812,000. 
Nonprospectus Construction, $9,000,000: 
Provided, That each of the foregoing limits of costs on 
new construction projects may be exceeded to the extent 
that savings are effected in other such projects, but not 
to exceed 10 percent of the amounts included in an ap-
proved prospectus, if required, unless advance approval is 
obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of a 
greater amount: Provided further, That all funds for direct 
construction projects shall expire on September 30, 2005, 
and remain in the Federal Buildings Fund except for 
funds for projects as to which funds for design or other 
funds have been obligated in whole or in part prior to such 
date; (2) $1,010,454,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for repairs and alterations, which includes associ-
ated design and construction services: 
Colorado: 
Denver, Byron G. Rogers Federal Build-
ing—Courthouse, $39,436,000. 
District of Columbia: 
320 First Street, $7,485,000. 
Eisenhower
Executive
Office
Building, 
$65,757,000.
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Federal Office Building 8, $134,872,000. 
Main Interior Building, $15,603,000. 
Fire & Life Safety, $68,188,000. 
Georgia: 
Atlanta, Richard B. Russell Federal Build-
ing, $32,173,000. 
Illinois: 
Chicago, Dirksen Courthouse & Kluczynski 
Federal Building, $24,056,000. 
Springfield,
Paul
H.
Findley
Federal 
Building—Courthouse, $6,183,000. 
Massachusetts: 
Boston, John W. McCormack Post Office 
and Courthouse, $73,037,000. 
New York: 
Brooklyn,
Emanuel
Celler
Courthouse, 
$65,511,000. 
North Dakota: 
Fargo,
Federal
Building—Post
Office, 
$5,801,000. 
Ohio: 
Columbus, John W. Bricker Federal Build-
ing, $10,707,000. 
Washington:
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Auburn,
Building
7,
Auburn
Federal 
Building, $18,315,000. 
Seattle, Henry M. Jackson Federal Build-
ing, $6,868,000. 
Special Emphasis Programs: 
Chlorofluorocarbons Program, $5,000,000. 
Energy Program, $5,000,000. 
Glass
Fragmentation
Program, 
$20,000,000. 
Design Program, $41,462,000. 
Basic Repairs and Alterations, $365,000,000: 
Provided further, That of the funds provided in this Act 
for the repair of the Eisenhower Executive Office Build-
ing, $30,757,000 is not available for obligation until 15 
days after the Executive Office of the President submits 
a report to the Committees on Appropriations regarding 
the use of non-Federal funding in renovation and fur-
nishing efforts for the Eisenhower Executive Office Build-
ing: Provided further, That funds made available in any 
previous Act in the Federal Buildings Fund for Repairs 
and Alterations shall, for prospectus projects, be limited 
to the amount identified for each project, except each 
project in any previous Act may be increased by an 
amount not to exceed 10 percent unless advance approval 
is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of a
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greater amount: Provided further, That additional projects 
for which prospectuses have been fully approved may be 
funded under this category only if advance approval is ob-
tained from the Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
further, That the amounts provided in this or any prior 
Act for ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ may be used to fund 
costs associated with implementing security improvements 
to buildings necessary to meet the minimum standards for 
security in accordance with current law and in compliance 
with the reprogramming guidelines of the appropriate 
Committees of the House and Senate: Provided further, 
That the difference between the funds appropriated and 
expended on any projects in this or any prior Act, under 
the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’, may be trans-
ferred to Basic Repairs and Alterations or used to fund 
authorized increases in prospectus projects: Provided fur-
ther, That all funds for repairs and alterations prospectus 
projects shall expire on September 30, 2005 and remain 
in the Federal Buildings Fund except funds for projects 
as to which funds for design or other funds have been obli-
gated in whole or in part prior to such date: Provided fur-
ther, That the amount provided in this or any prior Act 
for Basic Repairs and Alterations may be used to pay 
claims against the Government arising from any projects 
under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ or used to
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fund authorized increases in prospectus projects; (3) 
$169,745,000 for installment acquisition payments includ-
ing payments on purchase contracts which shall remain 
available until expended; (4) $3,308,187,000 for rental of 
space which shall remain available until expended; and (5) 
$1,608,708,000 for building operations which shall remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That funds 
available to the General Services Administration shall not 
be available for expenses of any construction, repair, alter-
ation and acquisition project for which a prospectus, if re-
quired by the Public Buildings Act of 1959, as amended, 
has not been approved, except that necessary funds may 
be expended for each project for required expenses for the 
development of a proposed prospectus: Provided further, 
That funds available in the Federal Buildings Fund may 
be expended for emergency repairs when advance approval 
is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
vided further, That amounts necessary to provide reim-
bursable special services to other agencies under section 
210(f)(6) of the Federal Property and Administrative 
Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2)) 
and amounts to provide such reimbursable fencing, light-
ing, guard booths, and other facilities on private or other 
property not in Government ownership or control as may 
be appropriate to enable the United States Secret Service
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to perform its protective functions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 
3056, shall be available from such revenues and collec-
tions: Provided further, That revenues and collections and 
any other sums accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 
2004, excluding reimbursements under section 210(f)(6) 
of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act 
of
1949
(40
U.S.C.
592(b)(2))
in
excess
of 
$6,557,518,000 shall remain in the Fund and shall not 
be available for expenditure except as authorized in appro-
priations Acts. 
GENERAL ACTIVITIES 
GOVERNMENT-WIDE POLICY 
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro-
vided for, for Government-wide policy and evaluation ac-
tivities associated with the management of real and per-
sonal property assets and certain administrative services; 
Government-wide policy support responsibilities relating to 
acquisition, telecommunications, information technology 
management, and related technology activities; and serv-
ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $56,383,000. 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro-
vided for, for Government-wide activities associated with 
utilization and donation of surplus personal property; dis-
posal of real property; telecommunications, information 
technology management, and related technology activities;
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providing Internet access to Federal information and serv-
ices; agency-wide policy direction and management, and 
Board of Contract Appeals; accounting, records manage-
ment, and other support services incident to adjudication 
of Indian Tribal Claims by the United States Court of 
Federal Claims; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; 
and not to exceed $7,500 for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses, $79,110,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$39,169,000: Provided, That not to exceed $15,000 shall 
be available for payment for information and detection of 
fraud against the Government, including payment for re-
covery of stolen Government property: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for awards 
to employees of other Federal agencies and private citizens 
in recognition of efforts and initiatives resulting in en-
hanced Office of Inspector General effectiveness. 
ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses in support of interagency 
projects that enable the Federal Government to expand 
its ability to conduct activities electronically, through the 
development and implementation of innovative uses of the 
Internet and other electronic methods, $1,000,000, to re-
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main available until expended: Provided, That these funds 
may be transferred to Federal agencies to carry out the 
purposes of the Fund: Provided further, That this transfer 
authority shall be in addition to any other transfer author-
ity provided in this Act: Provided further, That such trans-
fers may not be made until 10 days after a proposed 
spending plan and justification for each project to be un-
dertaken has been submitted to the Committees on Appro-
priations. 
ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER 
PRESIDENTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 
25, 1958, as amended (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public 
Law 95–138, $3,393,000: Provided, That the Adminis-
trator of General Services shall transfer to the Secretary 
of the Treasury such sums as may be necessary to carry 
out the provisions of such Acts. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—GENERAL SERVICES 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 501. The appropriate appropriation or fund 
available to the General Services Administration shall be 
credited with the cost of operation, protection, mainte-
nance, upkeep, repair, and improvement, included as part
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of rentals received from Government corporations pursu-
ant to law (40 U.S.C. 129). 
SEC. 502. Funds available to the General Services 
Administration shall be available for the hire of passenger 
motor vehicles. 
SEC. 503. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund 
made available for fiscal year 2004 for Federal Buildings 
Fund activities may be transferred between such activities 
only to the extent necessary to meet program require-
ments: Provided, That any proposed transfers shall be ap-
proved in advance by the Committees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 504. No funds made available by this Act shall 
be used to transmit a fiscal year 2005 request for United 
States Courthouse construction that: (1) does not meet 
the design guide standards for construction as established 
and approved by the General Services Administration, the 
Judicial Conference of the United States, and the Office 
of Management and Budget; and (2) does not reflect the 
priorities of the Judicial Conference of the United States 
as set out in its approved 5-year construction plan: Pro-
vided, That the fiscal year 2005 request must be accom-
panied by a standardized courtroom utilization study of 
each facility to be constructed, replaced, or expanded. 
SEC. 505. None of the funds provided in this Act may 
be used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet,
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provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any 
other service usually provided through the Federal Build-
ings Fund, to any agency that does not pay the rate per 
square foot assessment for space and services as deter-
mined by the General Services Administration in compli-
ance with the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 
(Public Law 92–313). 
SEC. 506. Funds provided to other Government agen-
cies by the Information Technology Fund, General Serv-
ices Administration, under section 110 of the Federal 
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 
U.S.C. 757) and sections 5124(b) and 5128 of the 
Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 (40 U.S.C. 1424(b) and 1428), 
for performance of pilot information technology projects 
which have potential for Government-wide benefits and 
savings, may be repaid to this Fund from any savings ac-
tually incurred by these projects or other funding, to the 
extent feasible. 
SEC. 507. From funds made available under the 
heading ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Avail-
ability of Revenue’’, claims against the Government of less 
than $250,000 arising from direct construction projects 
and acquisition of buildings may be liquidated from sav-
ings effected in other construction projects with prior noti-
fication to the Committees on Appropriations.
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SEC. 508. None of the funds in this Act may be used 
by the General Services Administration to develop or im-
plement a mandatory system without exceptions that re-
quires agencies Government-wide to use a specific elec-
tronic travel solution or the eTravel Service: Provided, 
That this section shall also apply to the Department of 
Transportation in any development of electronic travel so-
lutions for its modal administrations. 
SEC. 509. (a) The Administrator of General Services 
shall carry out the authority of the Election Assistance 
Commission to make election assistance payments under 
subtitle D of title II of the Help America Vote Act of 
2002, including the authority under such subtitle to re-
ceive statements and applications from entities seeking 
such payments and reports from entities receiving such 
payments. 
(b) The authority of the Administrator of General 
Services under subsection (a) shall apply with respect to 
amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2004 and amounts 
appropriated for fiscal year 2003 which remain unobli-
gated and unexpended at the end of fiscal year 2003, ex-
cept that this authority shall expire upon the earlier of—
(1) the expiration of the 3-month period which 
begins on the date on which all members of the 
Election Assistance Commission are appointed; or
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(2) June 30, 2004. 
(c) Upon the appointment of all members of the Elec-
tion Assistance Commission, the Administrator of General 
Services shall transmit to the Commission all statements, 
applications, and reports received by the Administrator in 
carrying out this section. 
SEC. 510. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the General Services Administration 
to establish a quick response team processing center on 
East Brainerd Road in Chattanooga, Tennessee. 
MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganiza-
tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Re-
form Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the District 
of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles,
and
direct
procurement
of
survey
printing, 
$32,877,000, together with not to exceed $2,626,000 for 
administrative expenses to adjudicate retirement appeals 
to be transferred from the Civil Service Retirement and 
Disability Fund in amounts determined by the Merit Sys-
tems Protection Board.
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MORRIS K. UDALL SCHOLARSHIP AND EXCEL-
LENCE
IN
NATIONAL
ENVIRONMENTAL 
POLICY FOUNDATION 
MORRIS K. UDALL SCHOLARSHIP AND EXCELLENCE IN 
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY TRUST FUND 
For payment to the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and 
Excellence in National Environmental Policy Trust Fund, 
pursuant to the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excel-
lence in National Environmental and Native American 
Public Policy Act of 1992 (20 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.), 
$1,300,000, to remain available until expended of which 
$100,000 shall be used to conduct financial audits pursu-
ant to the Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002 (Pub-
lic Law 107–289) notwithstanding sections 8 and 9 of 
Public Law 102–259: Provided, That up to 70 percent of 
such funds may be transferred by the Morris K. Udall 
Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental 
Policy Foundation for the necessary expenses of the Na-
tive Nations Institute. 
ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND 
For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolu-
tion Fund to carry out activities authorized in the Envi-
ronmental Policy and Conflict Resolution Act of 1998, 
$1,300,000, to remain available until expended.
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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS 
ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses in connection with the admin-
istration of the National Archives and Records Adminis-
tration (including the Information Security Oversight Of-
fice) and archived Federal records and related activities, 
as provided by law, and for expenses necessary for the re-
view and declassification of documents, and for the hire 
of passenger motor vehicles, $255,191,000: Provided, 
That the Archivist of the United States is authorized to 
use any excess funds available from the amount borrowed 
for construction of the National Archives facility, for ex-
penses necessary to provide adequate storage for holdings: 
Provided further, That, of the funds provided in this para-
graph, $600,000 shall be for the preservation of the 
records of the Freedmen’s Bureau. 
ELECTRONIC RECORDS ARCHIVE 
For necessary expenses in connection with the devel-
opment of an electronic records archive, to include all di-
rect project costs associated with research, analysis, de-
sign,
development,
and
program
management, 
$35,914,000, of which $22,000,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2006.
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REPAIRS AND RESTORATION 
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar-
chives facilities, and to provide adequate storage for hold-
ings, $6,458,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $500,000 is for the Military Personnel Records 
Center requirements study. 
NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS 
COMMISSION 
GRANTS PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for 
historical publications and records as authorized by 44 
U.S.C. 2504, as amended, $10,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Office of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in 
Government Act of 1978, as amended and the Ethics Re-
form Act of 1989, including services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the District 
of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles, and not to exceed $1,500 for official reception and 
representation expenses, $10,738,000.
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Office of Personnel Management pursuant to Reorganiza-
tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Re-
form Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109; medical examinations performed for veterans 
by private physicians on a fee basis; rental of conference 
rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for official 
reception and representation expenses; advances for reim-
bursements to applicable funds of the Office of Personnel 
Management and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for 
expenses incurred under Executive Order No. 10422 of 
January 9, 1953, as amended; and payment of per diem 
and/or subsistence allowances to employees where Voting 
Rights Act activities require an employee to remain over-
night at his or her post of duty, $119,498,000, of which 
$2,000,000 shall remain available until expended for the 
cost of the enterprise human resources integration project, 
$2,500,000 shall remain available until expended for the 
cost of leading the Government-wide initiative to mod-
ernize Federal payroll systems and service delivery, and 
$2,500,000 shall remain available through September 30,
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2005 to coordinate and conduct program evaluation and 
performance measurement; and in addition $126,854,000 
for administrative expenses, to be transferred from the ap-
propriate trust funds of the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment without regard to other statutes, including direct 
procurement of printed materials, for the retirement and 
insurance programs, of which $27,640,000 shall remain 
available until expended for the cost of automating the re-
tirement recordkeeping systems: Provided, That the provi-
sions of this appropriation shall not affect the authority 
to use applicable trust funds as provided by sections 
8348(a)(1)(B), 8909(g), and 9004(f)(1)(A) and (2)(A) of 
title 5, United States Code: Provided further, That no part 
of this appropriation shall be available for salaries and ex-
penses of the Legal Examining Unit of the Office of Per-
sonnel Management established pursuant to Executive 
Order No. 9358 of July 1, 1943, or any successor unit 
of like purpose: Provided further, That the President’s 
Commission on White House Fellows, established by Exec-
utive Order No. 11183 of October 3, 1964, may, during 
fiscal year 2004, accept donations of money, property, and 
personal services in connection with the development of 
a publicity brochure to provide information about the 
White House Fellows, except that no such donations shall
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be accepted for travel or reimbursement of travel expenses, 
or for the salaries of employees of such Commission. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act, as amended, including services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$1,498,000, and in addition, not to exceed $14,427,000 
for administrative expenses to audit, investigate, and pro-
vide other oversight of the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment’s retirement and insurance programs, to be trans-
ferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of 
Personnel Management, as determined by the Inspector 
General: Provided, That the Inspector General is author-
ized to rent conference rooms in the District of Columbia 
and elsewhere. 
GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEES 
HEALTH BENEFITS 
For payment of Government contributions with re-
spect to retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89 
of title 5, United States Code, and the Retired Federal 
Employees Health Benefits Act (74 Stat. 849), as amend-
ed, such sums as may be necessary.
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GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEE 
LIFE INSURANCE 
For payment of Government contributions with re-
spect to employees retiring after December 31, 1989, as 
required by chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code, such 
sums as may be necessary. 
PAYMENT TO CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT AND 
DISABILITY FUND 
For financing the unfunded liability of new and in-
creased annuity benefits becoming effective on or after Oc-
tober 20, 1969, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8348, and an-
nuities under special Acts to be credited to the Civil Serv-
ice Retirement and Disability Fund, such sums as may 
be necessary: Provided, That annuities authorized by the 
Act of May 29, 1944, as amended, and the Act of August 
19, 1950, as amended (33 U.S.C. 771–775), may here-
after be paid out of the Civil Service Retirement and Dis-
ability Fund. 
HUMAN CAPITAL PERFORMANCE FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For a human capital performance fund, $2,500,000: 
Provided, That such amount shall not be available for obli-
gation or transfer until enactment of legislation that es-
tablishes a human capital performance fund within the Of-
fice of Personnel Management: Provided further, That
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such amounts as determined by the Director of the Office 
of Personnel Management may be transferred to Federal 
agencies to carry out the purposes of this fund as author-
ized: Provided further, That no funds shall be available 
for obligation or transfer to any Federal agency until the 
Director has notified the relevant subcommittees of juris-
diction of the Committees on Appropriations of the ap-
proval of a performance pay plan for that agency, and the 
prior approval of such subcommittees has been attained. 
OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Office of Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization Plan 
Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform Act of 
1978 (Public Law 95–454), as amended, the Whistle-
blower Protection Act of 1989 (Public Law 101–12), as 
amended, Public Law 103–424, and the Uniformed Serv-
ices Employment and Reemployment Act of 1994 (Public 
Law 103–353), including services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and expenses for witnesses, 
rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and 
elsewhere,
and
hire
of
passenger
motor
vehicles; 
$13,504,000.
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UNITED STATES TAX COURT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including contract reporting 
and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$40,187,000: Provided, That travel expenses of the judges 
shall be paid upon the written certificate of the judge. 
WHITE HOUSE COMMISSION ON THE NATIONAL 
MOMENT OF REMEMBRANCE 
For necessary expenses of the White House Commis-
sion on the National Moment of Remembrance, $250,000. 
TITLE VI—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
THIS ACT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 601. 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). 
SEC. 602. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
year 2004 pay raises for programs funded in this Act shall 
be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act or 
previous appropriations Acts.
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SEC. 603. 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. 604. 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. 605. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 
expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 
intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings 
funded in this Act. 
SEC. 606. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria-
tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 607. The expenditure of any appropriation 
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United 
States Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such 
expenditures are a matter of public record and available
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for public inspection, except where otherwise provided 
under existing law, or under existing Executive order 
issued pursuant to existing law. 
SEC. 608. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
to implement section 404 of title 23, United States Code. 
SEC. 609. (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), no department or 
agency shall withhold funds provided in this Act for any 
grantee if a State is in noncompliance with this provision. 
SEC. 610. 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 
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 ‘‘Transit Planning and Research’’ account, and to 
the Federal Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Oper-
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ations’’ account, except for State rail safety inspectors 
participating in training pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 20105. 
SEC. 611. Notwithstanding any other provision 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. 612. None of the funds in title I of this Act 
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 discretionary 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 Federal 
Highway Administration other than the emergency relief 
program; (2) the airport improvement program of the 
Federal Aviation Administration; or (3) any program of 
the Federal Transit Administration other than the for-
mula grants and fixed guideway modernization programs: 
Provided, That no notification shall involve funds that are 
not available for obligation. 
SEC. 613. For the purpose of any applicable law, for 
fiscal year 2004, the city of Norman, Oklahoma, shall be
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considered to be part of the Oklahoma City Transpor-
tation Management Area. 
SEC. 614. None of the funds in this Act may be obli-
gated for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation 
to approve assessments or reimbursable agreements per-
taining to funds appropriated to the modal administra-
tions in this Act, except for activities underway on the 
date of enactment of this Act, unless such assessments 
or agreements have completed the normal reprogramming 
process for Congressional notification. 
SEC. 615. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 616. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, 
minor fees and other funds received by the Department 
of
Transportation
from
travel
management
centers, 
charge card programs, the subleasing of building space, 
and miscellaneous sources are to be credited to appropria-
tions of the Department of Transportation and allocated 
to elements of the Department of Transportation using 
fair and equitable criteria and such funds shall be avail-
able until expended.
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SEC. 617. Amounts made available in this or any 
other Act that the Secretary determines represent im-
proper payments by the Department of Transportation to 
a third party contractor under a financial assistance 
award, which are recovered pursuant to law, shall be avail-
able—
(1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred 
by the Department of Transportation in recovering 
improper payments; and 
(2) to pay contractors for services provided in 
recovering
improper
payments:
Provided,
That 
amounts in excess of that required for paragraphs 
(1) and (2)—
(A) shall be credited to and merged with 
the appropriation from which the improper pay-
ments were made, and shall be available for the 
purposes and period for which such appropria-
tions are available; or 
(B) if no such appropriation remains avail-
able, shall be deposited in the Treasury as mis-
cellaneous receipts: Provided further, That prior 
to the transfer of any such recovery to an ap-
propriations account, the Secretary shall notify 
the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations of the amount and reasons for such
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transfer: Provided further, That for purposes of 
this section, the term ‘‘improper payments,’’ 
has the same meaning as that provided in sec-
tion 2(d)(2) of Public Law 107–300. 
SEC. 618. The Secretary of Transportation is author-
ized to transfer the unexpended balances available for the 
bonding assistance program from ‘‘Office of the Secretary, 
Salaries and expenses’’ to ‘‘Minority Business Outreach’’. 
SEC. 619. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be available for any activity or for paying the 
salary of any Government employee where funding an ac-
tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would 
result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or pol-
icy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of 
the Tariff Act of 1930. 
SEC. 620. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall be available to pay the salary for any person 
filling a position, other than a temporary position, for-
merly held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed 
Forces of the United States and has satisfactorily com-
pleted his period of active military or naval service, and 
has within 90 days after his release from such service or 
from hospitalization continuing after discharge for a pe-
riod of not more than 1 year, made application for restora-
tion to his former position and has been certified by the
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Office of Personnel Management as still qualified to per-
form the duties of his former position and has not been 
restored thereto. 
SEC. 621. Except as otherwise specifically provided 
by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 
remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2004 from 
appropriations made available for salaries and expenses 
for fiscal year 2004 in this Act, shall remain available 
through September 30, 2005, for each such account for 
the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall 
be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations for ap-
proval prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided 
further, That these requests shall be made in compliance 
with reprogramming guidelines. 
SEC. 622. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Executive Office of the President 
to request from the Federal Bureau of Investigation any 
official background investigation report on any individual, 
except when—
(1) such individual has given his or her express 
written consent for such request not more than 6 
months prior to the date of such request and during 
the same presidential administration; or 
(2) such request is required due to extraor-
dinary circumstances involving national security.
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SEC. 623. For the purpose of resolving litigation and 
implementing any settlement agreements regarding the 
nonforeign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Of-
fice of Personnel Management may accept and utilize 
(without regard to any restriction on unanticipated travel 
expenses imposed in an Appropriations Act) funds made 
available to the Office pursuant to court approval. 
SEC. 624. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act shall be made available to any 
person or entity that has been convicted of violating the 
Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c). 
SEC. 625. No funds appropriated by this Act shall 
be available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative 
expenses in connection with any health plan under the 
Federal employees health benefits program which provides 
any benefits or coverage for abortions. 
SEC. 626. The provision of section 625 shall not 
apply where the life of the mother would be endangered 
if the fetus were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the 
result of an act of rape or incest. 
SEC. 627. For the purpose of assisting State-sup-
ported intercity rail service, in order to demonstrate 
whether competition will provide higher quality rail pas-
senger service at reasonable prices, the Secretary of 
Transportation, working with affected States, shall de-
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velop and implement a procedure for fair competitive bid-
ding by Amtrak and non-Amtrak operators for State-sup-
ported routes: Provided, That in the event a State desires 
to select or selects a non-Amtrak operator for the route, 
the State may make an agreement with Amtrak to use 
facilities and equipment of, or have services provided by, 
Amtrak under terms agreed to by the State and Amtrak 
to enable the non-Amtrak operator to provide the State-
supported service: Provided further, That if the parties 
cannot agree on terms, the Secretary shall, as a condition 
of receipt of Federal grant funds, order that the facilities 
and equipment be made available and the services be pro-
vided by Amtrak under reasonable terms and compensa-
tion: Provided further, That when prescribing reasonable 
compensation to Amtrak, the Secretary shall consider 
quality of service as a major factor when determining 
whether, and the extent to which, the amount of com-
pensation shall be greater than the incremental costs of 
using the facilities and providing the services: Provided 
further,
That
the
Secretary
may
reprogram
up
to 
$5,000,000 from the Amtrak operating grant funds for 
costs associated with the implementation of the fair bid 
procedure and demonstration of competition under this 
section.
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SEC. 628. None of the funds provided in this Act, 
provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies 
or entities funded in this Act that remain available for 
obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2004, or provided 
from any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collec-
tion of fees and available to the agencies funded by this 
Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds that—
(1) creates a new program; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds for any program, project, or 
activity for which funds have been denied or re-
stricted by the Congress; 
(4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific 
activity by either the House or Senate Committees 
on Appropriations for a different purpose; 
(5) augments existing programs, projects, or ac-
tivities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, which-
ever is less; or 
(6) reduces existing programs, projects, or ac-
tivities by 10 percent, 
unless the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions are notified at least 15 days in advance of such re-
programming.
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SEC. 629. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to require a State or local government 
to post a traffic control device or variable message sign, 
or any other type of traffic warning sign, in a language 
other than English, except with respect to the names of 
cities, streets, places, events, or signs related to an inter-
national border. 
SEC. 630. EXEMPTION FROM LIMITATIONS ON PRO-
CUREMENT
OF FOREIGN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 
THAT IS A COMMERCIAL ITEM.—(a) EXEMPTION.—In 
order to promote Government access to commercial infor-
mation technology, the restriction on purchasing non-
domestic articles, materials, and supplies set forth in the 
Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.), shall not apply 
to the acquisition by the Federal Government of informa-
tion technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 40, 
United States Code, that is a commercial item (as defined 
in section 4(12) of the Office of Federal Procurement Pol-
icy Act (41 U.S.C. 403(12)). 
(b) DEFINITION.—Section 11101(6) of title 40, 
United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting after 
‘‘storage,’’ the following: ‘‘analysis, evaluation,’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘ancillary 
equipment,’’ and inserting ‘‘ancillary equipment (in-
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cluding imaging peripherals, input, output, and stor-
age devices necessary for security and surveillance), 
peripheral equipment designed to be controlled by 
the central processing unit of a computer,’’. 
SEC. 631. It is the sense of the House of Representa-
tives that empowerment zones within cities should have 
the necessary flexibility to expand to include relevant com-
munities so that empowerment zone benefits are equitably 
distributed. 
SEC. 632. It is the sense of the House of Representa-
tives that all census tracts contained in an empowerment 
zone, either fully or partially, should be equitably accorded 
the same benefits. 
SEC. 633. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or en-
force—
(1) the proposed rule relating to the determina-
tion that real estate brokerage is an activity that is 
financial in nature or incidental to a financial activ-
ity published in the Federal Register on January 3, 
2001 (66 Fed. Reg. 307 et seq.); or 
(2) the revision proposed in such rule to section 
1501.2 of title 12 of the Code of Federal Regula-
tions.
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SEC. 634. It is the sense of Congress that, after prop-
er documentation, justification, and review, the Depart-
ment of Transportation should consider programs to reim-
burse general aviation ground support services at Ronald 
Reagan Washington National Airport, and airports lo-
cated within fifteen miles of Ronald Reagan Washington 
National Airport, for their financial losses due to Govern-
ment actions after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 
2001. 
SEC. 635. It is the sense of the House of Representa-
tives that public private partnerships (PPPs) could help 
eliminate some of the cost drivers behind complex, capital-
intensive highway and transit projects. The House of Rep-
resentatives encourages the Secretary of Transportation 
to apply available funds to select projects that are in the 
development phase, eligible under title 23 and title 49, 
United States Code, except 23 U.S.C. 133(b)(8), and that 
employ a PPP strategy. 
TITLE VII—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS 
SEC. 701. Funds appropriated in this or any other 
Act may be used to pay travel to the United States for 
the immediate family of employees serving abroad in cases 
of death or life threatening illness of said employee.
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SEC. 702. No department, agency, or instrumentality 
of the United States receiving appropriated funds under 
this or any other Act for fiscal year 2004 shall obligate 
or expend any such funds, unless such department, agen-
cy, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to 
administer in good faith, a written policy designed to en-
sure that all of its workplaces are free from the illegal 
use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances 
(as defined in the Controlled Substances Act) by the offi-
cers and employees of such department, agency, or instru-
mentality. 
SEC. 703. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the 
maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year 
in accordance with section 16 of the Act of August 2, 1946 
(60 Stat. 810), for the purchase of any passenger motor 
vehicle (exclusive of buses, ambulances, law enforcement, 
and undercover surveillance vehicles), is hereby fixed at 
$8,100 except station wagons for which the maximum 
shall be $9,100: Provided, That these limits may be ex-
ceeded by not to exceed $3,700 for police-type vehicles, 
and by not to exceed $4,000 for special heavy-duty vehi-
cles: Provided further, That the limits set forth in this sec-
tion may not be exceeded by more than 5 percent for elec-
tric or hybrid vehicles purchased for demonstration under 
the provisions of the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Re-
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search, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1976: 
Provided further, That the limits set forth in this section 
may be exceeded by the incremental cost of clean alter-
native fuels vehicles acquired pursuant to Public Law 
101–549 over the cost of comparable conventionally fueled 
vehicles. 
SEC. 704. Appropriations of the executive depart-
ments and independent establishments for the current fis-
cal year available for expenses of travel, or for the ex-
penses of the activity concerned, are hereby made available 
for quarters allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in 
accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922–5924. 
SEC. 705. Unless otherwise specified during the cur-
rent fiscal year, no part of any appropriation contained 
in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the compensa-
tion of any officer or employee of the Government of the 
United States (including any agency the majority of the 
stock of which is owned by the Government of the United 
States) whose post of duty is in the continental United 
States unless such person: (1) is a citizen of the United 
States; (2) is a person in the service of the United States 
on the date of the enactment of this Act who, being eligible 
for citizenship, has filed a declaration of intention to be-
come a citizen of the United States prior to such date and 
is actually residing in the United States; (3) is a person
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who owes allegiance to the United States; (4) is an alien 
from Cuba, Poland, South Vietnam, the countries of the 
former Soviet Union, or the Baltic countries lawfully ad-
mitted to the United States for permanent residence; (5) 
is a South Vietnamese, Cambodian, or Laotian refugee pa-
roled in the United States after January 1, 1975; or (6) 
is a national of the People’s Republic of China who quali-
fies for adjustment of status pursuant to the Chinese Stu-
dent Protection Act of 1992: Provided, That for the pur-
pose of this section, an affidavit signed by any such person 
shall be considered prima facie evidence that the require-
ments of this section with respect to his or her status have 
been complied with: Provided further, That any person 
making a false affidavit shall be guilty of a felony, and, 
upon conviction, shall be fined no more than $4,000 or 
imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both: Provided 
further, That the above penal clause shall be in addition 
to, and not in substitution for, any other provisions of ex-
isting law: Provided further, That any payment made to 
any officer or employee contrary to the provisions of this 
section shall be recoverable in action by the Federal Gov-
ernment. This section shall not apply to citizens of Ire-
land, Israel, or the Republic of the Philippines, or to na-
tionals of those countries allied with the United States in 
a current defense effort, or to international broadcasters
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employed by the United States Information Agency, or to 
temporary employment of translators, or to temporary em-
ployment in the field service (not to exceed 60 days) as 
a result of emergencies. 
SEC. 706. Appropriations available to any depart-
ment or agency during the current fiscal year for nec-
essary expenses, including maintenance or operating ex-
penses, shall also be available for payment to the General 
Services Administration for charges for space and services 
and those expenses of renovation and alteration of build-
ings and facilities which constitute public improvements 
performed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act of 
1959 (73 Stat. 749), the Public Buildings Amendments 
of 1972 (87 Stat. 216), or other applicable law. 
SEC. 707. In addition to funds provided in this or 
any other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to re-
ceive and use funds resulting from the sale of materials, 
including Federal records disposed of pursuant to a 
records schedule recovered through recycling or waste pre-
vention programs. Such funds shall be available until ex-
pended for the following purposes: 
(1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, 
and recycling programs as described in Executive 
Order No. 13101 (September 14, 1998), including
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any such programs adopted prior to the effective 
date of the Executive order. 
(2) Other Federal agency environmental man-
agement programs, including, but not limited to, the 
development and implementation of hazardous waste 
management and pollution prevention programs. 
(3) Other employee programs as authorized by 
law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the 
Federal agency. 
SEC. 708. Funds made available by this or any other 
Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year 
of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of 
title 31, United States Code, shall be available, in addition 
to objects for which such funds are otherwise available, 
for rent in the District of Columbia; services in accordance 
with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this 
head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the 
expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the 
Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in 
the event any functions budgeted as administrative ex-
penses are subsequently transferred to or paid from other 
funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be 
correspondingly reduced. 
SEC. 709. No part of any appropriation for the cur-
rent fiscal year contained in this or any other Act shall
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be paid to any person for the filling of any position for 
which he or she has been nominated after the Senate has 
voted not to approve the nomination of said person. 
SEC. 710. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this or any other Act shall be available for interagency 
financing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards), 
commissions, councils, committees, or similar groups 
(whether or not they are interagency entities) which do 
not have a prior and specific statutory approval to receive 
financial support from more than one agency or instru-
mentality. 
SEC. 711. Funds made available by this or any other 
Act to the Postal Service Fund (39 U.S.C. 2003) shall 
be available for employment of guards for all buildings and 
areas owned or occupied by the Postal Service and under 
the charge and control of the Postal Service, and such 
guards shall have, with respect to such property, the pow-
ers of special policemen provided by the first section of 
the Act of June 1, 1948, as amended (62 Stat. 281; 40 
U.S.C. 318), and, as to property owned or occupied by 
the Postal Service, the Postmaster General may take the 
same actions as the Administrator of General Services 
may take under the provisions of sections 2 and 3 of the 
Act of June 1, 1948, as amended (62 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C. 
318a and 318b), attaching thereto penal consequences
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under the authority and within the limits provided in sec-
tion 4 of the Act of June 1, 1948, as amended (62 Stat. 
281; 40 U.S.C. 318c). 
SEC. 712. None of the funds made available pursuant 
to the provisions of this Act shall be used to implement, 
administer, or enforce any regulation which has been dis-
approved pursuant to a resolution of disapproval duly 
adopted in accordance with the applicable law of the 
United States. 
SEC. 713. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, and except as otherwise provided in this section, 
no part of any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 
2004, by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any 
prevailing
rate
employee
described
in
section 
5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code—
(1) during the period from the date of expira-
tion of the limitation imposed by the comparable sec-
tion for the previous fiscal years until the normal ef-
fective date of the applicable wage survey adjust-
ment that is to take effect in fiscal year 2004, in an 
amount that exceeds the rate payable for the appli-
cable grade and step of the applicable wage schedule 
in accordance with such section; and 
(2) during the period consisting of the remain-
der of fiscal year 2004, in an amount that exceeds,
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as a result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate 
payable under paragraph (1) by more than the sum 
of—
(A) the percentage adjustment taking ef-
fect in fiscal year 2004 under section 5303 of 
title 5, United States Code, in the rates of pay 
under the General Schedule; and 
(B) the difference between the overall aver-
age
percentage
of
the
locality-based
com-
parability payments taking effect in fiscal year 
2004 under section 5304 of such title (whether 
by adjustment or otherwise), and the overall av-
erage percentage of such payments which was 
effective in the previous fiscal year under such 
section. 
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or 
(C) of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, 
and no employee covered by section 5348 of such title, 
may be paid during the periods for which subsection (a) 
is in effect at a rate that exceeds the rates that would 
be payable under subsection (a) were subsection (a) appli-
cable to such employee. 
(c) For the purposes of this section, the rates payable 
to an employee who is covered by this section and who
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is paid from a schedule not in existence on September 30, 
2003, shall be determined under regulations prescribed by 
the Office of Personnel Management. 
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates 
of premium pay for employees subject to this section may 
not be changed from the rates in effect on September 30, 
2003, except to the extent determined by the Office of 
Personnel Management to be consistent with the purpose 
of this section. 
(e) This section shall apply with respect to pay for 
service performed after September 30, 2003. 
(f) For the purpose of administering any provision 
of law (including any rule or regulation that provides pre-
mium pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other em-
ployee benefit) that requires any deduction or contribu-
tion, or that imposes any requirement or limitation on the 
basis of a rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of salary 
or basic pay payable after the application of this section 
shall be treated as the rate of salary or basic pay. 
(g) Nothing in this section shall be considered to per-
mit or require the payment to any employee covered by 
this section at a rate in excess of the rate that would be 
payable were this section not in effect. 
(h) The Office of Personnel Management may provide 
for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this section
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if the Office determines that such exceptions are necessary 
to ensure the recruitment or retention of qualified employ-
ees. 
SEC. 714. During the period in which the head of 
any department or agency, or any other officer or civilian 
employee of the Government appointed by the President 
of the United States, holds office, no funds may be obli-
gated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish or re-
decorate the office of such department head, agency head, 
officer, or employee, or to purchase furniture or make im-
provements for any such office, unless advance notice of 
such furnishing or redecoration is expressly approved by 
the Committees on Appropriations. For the purposes of 
this section, the term ‘‘office’’ shall include the entire suite 
of offices assigned to the individual, as well as any other 
space used primarily by the individual or the use of which 
is directly controlled by the individual. 
SEC. 715. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, 
United States Code, or section 710 of this Act, funds 
made available for the current fiscal year by this or any 
other Act shall be available for the interagency funding 
of national security and emergency preparedness tele-
communications initiatives which benefit multiple Federal 
departments, agencies, or entities, as provided by Execu-
tive Order No. 12472 (April 3, 1984).
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SEC. 716. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 
or any other Act may be obligated or expended by any 
Federal department, agency, or other instrumentality for 
the salaries or expenses of any employee appointed to a 
position of a confidential or policy-determining character 
excepted from the competitive service pursuant to section 
3302 of title 5, United States Code, without a certification 
to the Office of Personnel Management from the head of 
the Federal department, agency, or other instrumentality 
employing the Schedule C appointee that the Schedule C 
position was not created solely or primarily in order to 
detail the employee to the White House. 
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to 
Federal employees or members of the armed services de-
tailed to or from—
(1) the Central Intelligence Agency; 
(2) the National Security Agency; 
(3) the Defense Intelligence Agency; 
(4) the offices within the Department of De-
fense for the collection of specialized national foreign 
intelligence through reconnaissance programs; 
(5) the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of 
the Department of State; 
(6) any agency, office, or unit of the Army, 
Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, the Department
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of Homeland Security, the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration 
of the Department of Justice, the Department of 
Transportation, the Department of the Treasury, 
and the Department of Energy performing intel-
ligence functions; and 
(7) the Director of Central Intelligence. 
SEC. 717. No department, agency, or instrumentality 
of the United States receiving appropriated funds under 
this or any other Act for the current fiscal year shall obli-
gate or expend any such funds, unless such department, 
agency, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue 
to administer in good faith, a written policy designed to 
ensure that all of its workplaces are free from discrimina-
tion and sexual harassment and that all of its workplaces 
are not in violation of title VII of the Civil Rights Act 
of 1964, as amended, the Age Discrimination in Employ-
ment Act of 1967, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. 
SEC. 718. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this or any other Act shall be available for the payment 
of the salary of any officer or employee of the Federal 
Government, who—
(1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threat-
ens to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or em-
ployee of the Federal Government from having any
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direct oral or written communication or contact with 
any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the 
Congress in connection with any matter pertaining 
to the employment of such other officer or employee 
or pertaining to the department or agency of such 
other officer or employee in any way, irrespective of 
whether such communication or contact is at the ini-
tiative of such other officer or employee or in re-
sponse to the request or inquiry of such Member, 
committee, or subcommittee; or 
(2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, 
demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or 
performance of efficiency rating, denies promotion 
to, relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or dis-
criminates in regard to any employment right, enti-
tlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of em-
ployment of, any other officer or employee of the 
Federal Government, or attempts or threatens to 
commit any of the foregoing actions with respect to 
such other officer or employee, by reason of any 
communication or contact of such other officer or 
employee with any Member, committee, or sub-
committee of the Congress as described in paragraph 
(1).
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SEC. 719. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this or any other Act may be obligated or expended for 
any employee training that—
(1) does not meet identified needs for knowl-
edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the 
performance of official duties; 
(2) contains elements likely to induce high lev-
els of emotional response or psychological stress in 
some participants; 
(3) does not require prior employee notification 
of the content and methods to be used in the train-
ing and written end of course evaluation; 
(4) contains any methods or content associated 
with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 
‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Em-
ployment
Opportunity
Commission
Notice
N–
915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or 
(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par-
ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the 
workplace. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 
otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 
bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. 
SEC. 720. No funds appropriated in this or any other 
Act may be used to implement or enforce the agreements
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in Standard Forms 312 and 4414 of the Government or 
any other nondisclosure policy, form, or agreement if such 
policy, form, or agreement does not contain the following 
provisions: ‘‘These restrictions are consistent with and do 
not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter the em-
ployee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by Execu-
tive Order No. 12958; section 7211 of title 5, United 
States Code (governing disclosures to Congress); section 
1034 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by the 
Military Whistleblower Protection Act (governing disclo-
sure to Congress by members of the military); section 
2302(b)(8) of title 5, United States Code, as amended by 
the Whistleblower Protection Act (governing disclosures of 
illegality, waste, fraud, abuse or public health or safety 
threats); the Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982 
(50 U.S.C. 421 et seq.) (governing disclosures that could 
expose confidential Government agents); and the statutes 
which protect against disclosure that may compromise the 
national security, including sections 641, 793, 794, 798, 
and 952 of title 18, United States Code, and section 4(b) 
of the Subversive Activities Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 
783(b)). The definitions, requirements, obligations, rights, 
sanctions, and liabilities created by said Executive order 
and listed statutes are incorporated into this agreement 
and are controlling.’’: Provided, That notwithstanding the
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preceding paragraph, a nondisclosure policy form or agree-
ment that is to be executed by a person connected with 
the conduct of an intelligence or intelligence-related activ-
ity, other than an employee or officer of the United States 
Government, may contain provisions appropriate to the 
particular activity for which such document is to be used. 
Such form or agreement shall, at a minimum, require that 
the person will not disclose any classified information re-
ceived in the course of such activity unless specifically au-
thorized to do so by the United States Government. Such 
nondisclosure forms shall also make it clear that they do 
not bar disclosures to Congress or to an authorized official 
of an executive agency or the Department of Justice that 
are essential to reporting a substantial violation of law. 
SEC. 721. No part of any funds appropriated in this 
or any other Act shall be used by an agency of the execu-
tive branch, other than for normal and recognized execu-
tive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda 
purposes, and for the preparation, distribution or use of 
any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television or 
film presentation designed to support or defeat legislation 
pending before the Congress, except in presentation to the 
Congress itself. 
SEC. 722. None of the funds appropriated by this or 
any other Act may be used by an agency to provide a Fed-
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eral employee’s home address to any labor organization 
except when the employee has authorized such disclosure 
or when such disclosure has been ordered by a court of 
competent jurisdiction. 
SEC. 723. None of the funds made available in this 
Act or any other Act may be used to provide any non-
public information such as mailing or telephone lists to 
any person or any organization outside of the Federal 
Government without the approval of the Committees on 
Appropriations. 
SEC. 724. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this or any other Act shall be used for publicity or propa-
ganda purposes within the United States not heretofore 
authorized by the Congress. 
SEC. 725. Unless authorized in accordance with law 
or regulations to use such time for other purposes, an em-
ployee of an agency shall use official time in an honest 
effort to perform official duties. An employee not under 
a leave system, including a Presidential appointee exempt-
ed under section 6301(2) of title 5, United States Code, 
has an obligation to expend an honest effort and a reason-
able proportion of such employee’s time in the perform-
ance of official duties: Provided, That in this section the 
term ‘‘agency’’—
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(1) means an Executive agency as defined 
under section 105 of title 5, United States Code; 
(2) includes a military department as defined 
under section 102 of such title, the Postal Service, 
and the Postal Rate Commission; and 
(3) shall not include the General Accounting 
Office. 
SEC. 726. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec-
tion 710 of this Act, funds made available for the current 
fiscal year by this or any other Act to any department 
or agency, which is a member of the Joint Financial Man-
agement Improvement Program (JFMIP), shall be avail-
able to finance an appropriate share of JFMIP adminis-
trative costs, as determined by the JFMIP, but not to ex-
ceed a total of $800,000 including the salary of the Execu-
tive Director and staff support. 
SEC. 727. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec-
tion 710 of this Act, the head of each Executive depart-
ment and agency is hereby authorized to transfer to or 
reimburse the ‘‘Governmentwide Policy’’ account, General 
Services Administration, with the approval of the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget, funds made 
available for the current fiscal year by this or any other 
Act, including rebates from charge card and other con-
tracts. These funds shall be administered by the Adminis-
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trator of General Services to support Government-wide fi-
nancial, information technology, procurement, and other 
management innovations, initiatives, and activities, as ap-
proved by the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget, in consultation with the appropriate interagency 
groups designated by the Director (including the Chief Fi-
nancial Officers Council and the Joint Financial Manage-
ment Improvement Program for financial management 
initiatives, the Chief Information Officers Council for in-
formation technology initiatives, and the Procurement Ex-
ecutives Council for procurement initiatives). The total 
funds
transferred
or
reimbursed
shall
not
exceed 
$17,000,000. Such transfers or reimbursements may only 
be made 15 days following notification of the Committees 
on Appropriations by the Director of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget. 
SEC. 728. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, a woman may breastfeed her child at any location 
in a Federal building or on Federal property, if the woman 
and her child are otherwise authorized to be present at 
the location. 
SEC. 729. Nothwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, 
United States Code, or section 710 of this Act, funds 
made available for the current fiscal year by this or any 
other Act shall be available for the interagency funding
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of specific projects, workshops, studies, and similar efforts 
to carry out the purposes of the National Science and 
Technology Council (authorized by Executive Order No. 
12881), which benefit multiple Federal departments, 
agencies, or entities: Provided, That the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget shall provide a report describing the 
budget of and resources connected with the National 
Science and Technology Council to the Committees on Ap-
propriations, the House Committee on Science; and the 
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation 90 days after enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 730. Any request for proposals, solicitation, 
grant application, form, notification, press release, or 
other publications involving the distribution of Federal 
funds shall indicate the agency providing the funds, the 
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number, as appli-
cable, and the amount provided. This provision shall apply 
to direct payments, formula funds, and grants received by 
a State receiving Federal funds. 
SEC. 731. Subsection (f) of section 403 of Public Law 
103–356 (31 U.S.C. 501 note) is amended by striking 
‘‘October 1, 2001’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2004’’. 
SEC. 732. (a) PROHIBITION OF FEDERAL AGENCY 
MONITORING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION ON USE OF
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INTERNET.—None of the funds made available in this or 
any other Act may be used by any Federal agency—
(1) to collect, review, or create any aggregate 
list, derived from any means, that includes the col-
lection of any personally identifiable information re-
lating to an individual’s access to or use of any Fed-
eral Government Internet site of the agency; or 
(2) to enter into any agreement with a third 
party (including another Government agency) to col-
lect, review, or obtain any aggregate list, derived 
from any means, that includes the collection of any 
personally identifiable information relating to an in-
dividual’s access to or use of any nongovernmental 
Internet site. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations established in 
subsection (a) shall not apply to—
(1) any record of aggregate data that does not 
identify particular persons; 
(2) any voluntary submission of personally iden-
tifiable information; 
(3) any action taken for law enforcement, regu-
latory, or supervisory purposes, in accordance with 
applicable law; or 
(4) any action described in subsection (a)(1) 
that is a system security action taken by the oper-
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ator of an Internet site and is necessarily incident 
to the rendition of the Internet site services or to the 
protection of the rights or property of the provider 
of the Internet site. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘regulatory’’ means agency ac-
tions to implement, interpret or enforce authorities 
provided in law. 
(2) The term ‘‘supervisory’’ means examina-
tions of the agency’s supervised institutions, includ-
ing assessing safety and soundness, overall financial 
condition, management practices and policies and 
compliance with applicable standards as provided in 
law. 
SEC. 733. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act may be used to enter into or renew a contract which 
includes a provision providing prescription drug coverage, 
except where the contract also includes a provision for con-
traceptive coverage. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract 
with—
(1) any of the following religious plans: 
(A) Personal Care’s HMO; and 
(B) OSF Health Plans, Inc.; and
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(2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier 
for the plan objects to such coverage on the basis of 
religious beliefs. 
(c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters 
into or renews a contract under this section may not sub-
ject any individual to discrimination on the basis that the 
individual refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for 
contraceptives because such activities would be contrary 
to the individual’s religious beliefs or moral convictions. 
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to re-
quire coverage of abortion or abortion-related services. 
SEC. 734. The Congress of the United States recog-
nizes the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) as 
the official anti-doping agency for Olympic, Pan Amer-
ican, and Paralympic sport in the United States. 
SEC. 735. Not later than 6 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of each appli-
cable department or agency shall submit to the Committee 
on Appropriations a report detailing what policies and pro-
cedures are in place for each department or agency to give 
first priority to the location of new offices and other facili-
ties in rural areas, as directed by the Rural Development 
Act of 1972. 
SEC. 736. Each executive department and agency 
shall evaluate the creditworthiness of an individual before
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issuing the individual a Government travel charge card. 
The department or agency may not issue a Government 
travel charge card to an individual that either lacks a cred-
it history or is found to have an unsatisfactory credit his-
tory as a result of this evaluation: Provided, That this re-
striction shall not preclude issuance of a restricted-use 
charge, debit, or stored value card made in accordance 
with agency procedures to: (1) an individual with an un-
satisfactory credit history where such card is used to pay 
travel expenses and the agency determines there is no suit-
able alternative payment mechanism available before 
issuing the card; or (2) an individual who lacks a credit 
history. Each executive department and agency shall es-
tablish guidelines and procedures for disciplinary actions 
to be taken against agency personnel for improper, fraud-
ulent, or abusive use of Government charge cards, which 
shall include appropriate disciplinary actions for use of 
charge cards for purposes, and at establishments, that are 
inconsistent with the official business of the department 
or agency or with applicable standards of conduct. 
SEC. 737. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, 
United States Code, or section 710 of this Act, funds 
made available for the current fiscal year by this or any 
other Act shall be available for the interagency funding 
of the National Oceanographic Partnership Program Of-
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fice, authorized by 10 U.S.C. 7902, and the Coastal Amer-
ica program, which benefit multiple Federal departments, 
agencies, or entities: Provided, That the Department of 
Commerce shall provide a report describing the budget of 
and resources connected with the National Oceanographic 
Partnership Program Office and the Coastal America pro-
gram to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions, the House Committee on Science, and the Senate 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 90 
days after the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 738. Section 640(c) of the Treasury and Gen-
eral Government Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 
106–58; 2 U.S.C. 437g note 1), as amended by section 
642 of the Treasury and General Government Appropria-
tions Act, 2002 (Public Law 107–67), is amended by 
striking ‘‘December 31, 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘December 
31, 2005’’. 
SEC. 739. Section 304(a) of the Federal Election 
Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434(a)) is amended as 
follows: 
(1) in clauses (a)(2)(A)(i) and (a)(4)(A)(ii) by 
striking the parenthetical ‘‘(or posted by registered 
or certified mail no later than the 15th day before)’’ 
and inserting in its place, ‘‘(or posted by any of the 
following: registered mail, certified mail, priority
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mail having a delivery confirmation, or express mail 
having a delivery confirmation, or delivered to an 
overnight delivery service with an on-line tracking 
system, if posted or delivered no later than the 15th 
day before)’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (a)(5) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(5) If a designation, report, or statement filed 
pursuant to this Act (other than under paragraph 
(2)(A)(i) or (4)(A)(ii) or subsection (g)(1)) is sent 
by registered mail, certified mail, priority mail hav-
ing a delivery confirmation, or express mail having 
a delivery confirmation, the United States postmark 
shall be considered the date of filing the designation, 
report or statement. If a designation, report or 
statement filed pursuant to this Act (other than 
under paragraph (2)(A)(i) or (4)(A)(ii), or sub-
section (g)(1)) is sent by an overnight delivery serv-
ice with an on-line tracking system, the date on the 
proof of delivery to the delivery service shall be con-
sidered the date of filing of the designation, report, 
or statement.’’. 
SEC. 740. (a) The adjustment in rates of basic pay 
for employees under the statutory pay systems that takes 
effect in fiscal year 2004 under sections 5303 and 5304
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of title 5, United States Code, shall be an increase of 4.1 
percent, and this adjustment shall apply to civilian em-
ployees in the Department of Defense and the Department 
of Homeland Security and such adjustments shall be effec-
tive as of the first day of the first applicable pay period 
beginning on or after January 1, 2004. 
(b) Notwithstanding section 713 of this Act, the ad-
justment in rates of basic pay for the statutory pay sys-
tems that take place in fiscal year 2004 under sections 
5344 and 5348 of title 5, United States Code, shall be 
no less than the percentage in paragraph (a) as employees 
in the same location whose rates of basic pay are adjusted 
pursuant to the statutory pay systems under section 5303 
and 5304 of title 5, United States Code. Prevailing rate 
employees at locations where there are no employees whose 
pay is increased pursuant to sections 5303 and 5304 of 
title 5 and prevailing rate employees described in section 
5343(a)(5) of title 5 shall be considered to be located in 
the pay locality designated as ‘‘Rest of US’’ pursuant to 
section 5304 of title 5 for purposes of this paragraph. 
(c) Funds used to carry out this section shall be paid 
from appropriations, which are made to each applicable 
department or agency for salaries and expenses for fiscal 
year 2004.
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SEC. 741. Not later than December 31 of each year, 
the head of each agency shall submit to Congress a report 
on the competitive sourcing activities performed during 
the previous fiscal year by Federal Government sources 
that are on the list required under the Federal Activities 
Inventory Reform Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–270; 31 
U.S.C. 501 note). The report shall include—
(1) the number of full time equivalent Federal 
employees studied for competitive sourcing; 
(2) the total agency cost required to carry out 
its competitive sourcing program; 
(3) the costs attributable to paying outside con-
sultants and contractors to carry out the agency’s 
competitive sourcing program; 
(4) the costs attributable to paying agency per-
sonnel to carry out its competitive sourcing program; 
and 
(5) an estimate of the savings attributed as a 
result of the agency competitive sourcing program. 
SEC. 742. It is the sense of the Congress that none 
of the funds made available in this Act should be used 
to disestablish any pay locality (as defined by section 5302 
of title 5, United States Code). 
SEC. 743. For an additional amount for new fixed 
guideway systems under the heading ‘‘Federal Transit Ad-
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ministration—Capital Investment Grants’’ for the Silicon 
Valley, CA, Rapid Transit Corridor, and the amount oth-
erwise provided under such heading for the San Francisco, 
CA, Muni Third Street Light Rail Project is hereby re-
duced by, $1,000,000. 
SEC. 744. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, for necessary expenses to carry out the essential 
air service program pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 41742(a), there 
is hereby appropriated $63,000,000, to be derived from 
the airport and airway trust fund and to remain available 
until expended. 
SEC. 745. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to administer or enforce part 515 
of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (the Cuban Assets 
Control Regulations) with respect to any travel or travel-
related transaction. 
(b) The limitation established in subsection (a) shall 
not apply to the administration of general or specific li-
censes for travel or travel-related transactions, shall not 
apply to section 515.204, 515.206, 515.332, 515.536, 
515.544, 515.547, 515.560(c)(3), 515.569, 515.571, or 
515.803 of such part 515, and shall not apply to trans-
actions in relation to any business travel covered by sec-
tion 515.560(g) of such part 515.
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SEC. 746. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to enforce any restriction on remittances 
to nationals of Cuba or Cuban households, including re-
mittances for emigration expenses, covered by section 
515.570 or 515.560(c) of title 31, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, other than the restriction that remittances not be 
made from a blocked source and the restriction that no 
member of the payee’s household be a senior-level Govern-
ment official or senior-level communist party official. 
SEC. 747. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used to assist in overturning the judicial ruling 
contained in the Memorandum and Order of the United 
States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois 
entered on July 31, 2003, in the action entitled Kathi Coo-
per, Beth Harrington, and Matthew Hillesheim, Individ-
ually and on Behalf of All Those Similarly Situated vs. 
IBM Personal Pension Plan and IBM Corporation (Civil 
No. 99–829–GPM). 
SEC. 748. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement the revision to Office of 
Management and Budget Circular A–76 made on May 29, 
2003. 
SEC. 749. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce 
the amendments made to section 515.565(b)(2) of title 31,
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Code of Federal Regulations (relating to specific licenses 
for ‘‘people-to-people’’ educational exchanges), as pub-
lished in the Federal Register on March 24, 2003. 
(b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply 
to the implementation, administration, or enforcement of 
515.560(c)(3) of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation, Treas-
ury,
and
Independent
Agencies
Appropriations
Act, 
2004’’.
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
Departments of Transportation and Treasury, the Execu-
tive Office of the President, and certain independent agen-
cies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for 
other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
$91,276,000, of which not to exceed $2,500,000 shall be 
available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not to 
exceed $706,000 shall be available for the immediate Office 
of the Deputy Secretary; not to exceed $15,403,000 shall be 
available for the Office of the General Counsel; not to exceed
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$12,312,000 shall be available for the Office of the Under 
Secretary of Transportation for Policy; not to exceed 
$8,536,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to exceed 
$2,477,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Governmental Affairs; not to exceed 
$28,882,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Administration; not to exceed $1,915,000 shall 
be available for the Office of Public Affairs; not to exceed 
$1,458,000 shall be available for the Office of the Executive 
Secretariat; not to exceed $700,000 shall be available for 
the Board of Contract Appeals; not to exceed $1,268,000 
shall be available for the Office of Small and Disadvantaged 
Business Utilization; not to exceed $1,792,000 for the Office 
of Intelligence and Security; and not to exceed $13,327,000 
shall be available for the Office of the Chief Information 
Officer: Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation is 
authorized to transfer funds appropriated for any office of 
the Office of the Secretary to any other office of the Office 
of the Secretary: Provided further, That no appropriation 
for any office shall be increased or decreased by more than 
5 percent by all such transfers: Provided further, That any 
change in funding greater than 5 percent shall be submitted 
for approval to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations: Provided further, That not to exceed $60,000
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shall be for allocation within the Department for official 
reception and representation expenses as the Secretary may 
determine: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, excluding fees authorized in Public 
Law 107–71, there may be credited to this appropriation 
up to $2,500,000 in funds received in user fees: Provided 
further, That none of the funds provided in this Act shall 
be available for the position of Assistant Secretary for Pub-
lic Affairs. 
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$8,569,000. 
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND 
DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for conducting transportation 
planning, research, systems development, development ac-
tivities, and making grants, to remain available until ex-
pended, $15,836,000. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital out-
lays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed 
$116,715,000, shall be paid from appropriations made 
available to the Department of Transportation: Provided, 
That such services shall be provided on a competitive basis 
to entities within the Department of Transportation: Pro-
vided further, That the above limitation on operating ex-
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penses shall not apply to non-DOT entities: Provided fur-
ther, That no funds appropriated in this Act to an agency 
of the Department shall be transferred to the Working Cap-
ital Fund without the approval of the agency modal admin-
istrator: Provided further, That no assessments may be lev-
ied against any program, budget activity, subactivity or 
project funded by this Act unless notice of such assessments 
and the basis therefor are presented to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations and are approved by such 
Committees. 
MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $500,000, as author-
ized by 49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, including 
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in sec-
tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 
further, That these funds are available to subsidize total 
loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not 
to exceed $18,367,000. In addition, for administrative ex-
penses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, $400,000. 
MINORITY BUSINESS OUTREACH 
For necessary expenses of Minority Business Resource 
Center outreach activities, $3,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2005: Provided, That notwithstanding 
49 U.S.C. 332, these funds may be used for business oppor-
tunities related to any mode of transportation.
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PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
In addition to funds made available from any other 
source to carry out the essential air service program under 
49 U.S.C. 41731 through 41742, $52,000,000, to be derived 
from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Admin-
istration, not otherwise provided for, including operations 
and research activities related to commercial space trans-
portation, administrative expenses for research and develop-
ment, establishment of air navigation facilities, the oper-
ation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, sub-
sidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold to 
the public, lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles for 
replacement only, in addition to amounts made available 
by Public Law 104–264, $7,535,648,000, of which 
$6,000,000,000 shall be derived from the Airport and Air-
way Trust Fund, of which not to exceed $6,047,300,000 
shall be available for air traffic services program activities; 
not to exceed $873,374,000 shall be available for aviation 
regulation and certification program activities; not to ex-
ceed $218,481,000 shall be available for research and acqui-
sition program activities; not to exceed $12,601,000 shall
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be available for commercial space transportation program 
activities; not to exceed $49,783,000 shall be available for 
financial services program activities; not to exceed 
$77,029,000 shall be available for human resources program 
activities; not to exceed $84,749,000 shall be available for 
regional coordination program activities; not to exceed 
$142,650,000 shall be available for staff offices; and not to 
exceed $29,681,000 shall be available for information serv-
ices: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be 
available for the Federal Aviation Administration to final-
ize 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 funds re-
ceived from States, counties, municipalities, foreign au-
thorities, other public authorities, and private sources, for 
expenses incurred in the provision of agency services, in-
cluding receipts for the maintenance and operation of air 
navigation facilities, and for issuance, renewal or modifica-
tion of certificates, including airman, aircraft, and repair 
station certificates, or for tests related thereto, or for proc-
essing major repair or alteration forms: Provided further, 
That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less 
than $6,500,000 shall be for the contract tower cost-sharing 
program: Provided further, That funds may be used to enter
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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 applicants for the second ca-
reer training program: Provided further, That none of the 
funds in this Act shall be available for paying premium 
pay under 5 U.S.C. 5546(a) to any Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration employee unless such employee actually per-
formed work during the time corresponding to such pre-
mium pay: Provided further, That none of the funds in this 
Act may be obligated or expended to operate a manned aux-
iliary flight service station in the contiguous United States: 
Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act for 
aeronautical charting and cartography are available for ac-
tivities conducted by, or coordinated through, the Working 
Capital Fund: Provided further, That of the amount appro-
priated under this heading, not to exceed $50,000 may be 
transferred to the Aircraft Loan Purchase Guarantee Pro-
gram. 
FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
acquisition, establishment, technical support services, im-
provement by contract or purchase, hire of air navigation 
and experimental facilities and equipment and other cap-
ital facilities and equipment in direct support of the Na-
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tional Airspace System, as authorized under part A of sub-
title VII of title 49, United States Code, including initial 
acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; engineering 
and service testing, including construction of test facilities 
and acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; con-
struction and furnishing of quarters and related accom-
modations for officers and employees of the Federal Avia-
tion Administration stationed at remote localities where 
such accommodations are not available; and the purchase, 
lease, or transfer of aircraft from funds available under this 
heading; to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust 
Fund, $2,916,000,000, of which $2,480,520,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2006, and of which 
$435,480,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2004: Provided, That of the total amount made available 
under this heading, $100,000,000 shall be transferred to the 
heading ‘‘Grants-in-Aid for Airports’’ and shall not be sub-
ject to the obligation limitation stated therein and shall re-
main available until expended: Provided further, That there 
may be credited to this appropriation funds received from 
States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, 
and private sources, for expenses incurred in the establish-
ment and modernization of air navigation facilities: Pro-
vided further, That upon initial submission to the Congress 
of the fiscal year 2005 President’s budget, the Secretary of
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Transportation shall transmit to the Congress a comprehen-
sive capital investment plan for the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration which includes funding for each budget line 
item for fiscal years 2005 through 2009, with total funding 
for each year of the plan constrained to the funding targets 
for those years as estimated and approved by the Office of 
Management and Budget. 
RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
research, engineering, and development, as authorized 
under part A of subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, 
including construction of experimental facilities and acqui-
sition of necessary sites by lease or grant, $118,939,000, to 
be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and 
to remain available until September 30, 2006: Provided, 
That there may be credited to this appropriation funds re-
ceived from States, counties, municipalities, other public 
authorities, and private sources, for expenses incurred for 
research, engineering, and development. 
GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in-
aid for airport planning and development, and noise com-
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patibility planning and programs as authorized under sub-
chapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 
of title 49, United States Code, and under other law author-
izing such obligations; for procurement, installation, and 
commissioning of runway incursion prevention devices and 
systems at airports of such title; for grants authorized under 
section 41743 of title 49, United States Code; and for in-
spection activities and administration of airport safety pro-
grams, including those related to airport operating certifi-
cates under section 44706 of title 49, United States Code, 
$3,400,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway 
Trust Fund and to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That none of the funds under this heading shall be 
available for the planning or execution of programs the obli-
gations for which are in excess of $3,400,000,000 in fiscal 
year 2004, notwithstanding section 47117(g) of title 49, 
United States Code: Provided further, That none of the 
funds under this heading shall be available for the replace-
ment of baggage conveyor systems, reconfiguration of ter-
minal baggage areas, or other airport improvements that 
are necessary to install bulk explosive detection systems: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, not more than $66,638,000 of funds limited under 
this heading shall be obligated for administration and not
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less than $20,000,000 shall be for the Small Community 
Air Service Development Pilot Program. 
AVIATION INSURANCE REVOLVING FUND 
The Secretary of Transportation is hereby authorized 
to make such expenditures and investments, within the lim-
its of funds available pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 44307, and 
in accordance with section 104 of the Government Corpora-
tion Control Act, as amended (31 U.S.C. 9104), as may 
be necessary in carrying out the program for aviation in-
surance activities under chapter 443 of title 49, United 
States Code. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—FEDERAL AVIATION 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 101. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
airports may transfer, without consideration, to the Federal 
Aviation Administration (FAA) instrument landing sys-
tems (along with associated approach lighting equipment 
and runway visual range equipment) which conform to 
FAA design and performance specifications, the purchase 
of which was assisted by a Federal airport-aid program, 
airport development aid program or airport improvement 
program grant: Provided, That, the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration shall accept such equipment, which shall there-
after be operated and maintained by FAA in accordance 
with agency criteria.
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SEC. 102. None of the funds in this Act may be used 
to compensate in excess of 350 technical staff-years under 
the federally funded research and development center con-
tract between the Federal Aviation Administration and the 
Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development during 
fiscal year 2004. 
SEC. 103. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
to pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring air-
port sponsors to provide to the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration without cost building construction, maintenance, 
utilities and expenses, or space in airport sponsor-owned 
buildings for services relating to air traffic control, air 
navigation, or weather reporting: Provided, That the prohi-
bition of funds in this section does not apply to negotiations 
between the agency and airport sponsors to achieve agree-
ment on ‘‘below-market’’ rates for these items or to grant 
assurances that require airport sponsors to provide land 
without cost to the FAA for air traffic control. 
SEC. 104. For an airport project that the Adminis-
trator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) deter-
mines will add critical airport capacity to the national air 
transportation system, the Administrator is authorized to 
accept funds from an airport sponsor, including entitlement 
funds provided under the ‘‘Grants-in-Aid for Airports’’ pro-
gram, for the FAA to hire additional staff or obtain the
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services of consultants: Provided, That the Administrator 
is authorized to accept and utilize such funds only for the 
purpose of facilitating the timely processing, review, and 
completion of environmental activities associated with such 
project. 
SEC. 105. The Federal Aviation Administration shall 
give priority consideration to Paulding County, Georgia 
Airport Improvements for the Airport Improvement Pro-
gram. 
SEC. 106. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be obligated or expended 
to establish or implement a pilot program under which not 
more than 10 designated essential air service communities 
located in proximity to hub airports are required to assume 
10 percent of their essential air subsidy costs for a 4-year 
period, commonly referred to as the EAS local participation 
program. 
SEC. 107. The Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration may, for purposes of chapter 471 of title 
49, United States Code, give priority consideration to a let-
ter of intent application for funding submitted by the City 
of Gary, Indiana, or the State of Indiana, for the extension 
of the main runway at the Gary/Chicago Airport. The letter 
of intent application shall be considered upon completion 
of the environmental impact statement and benefit cost
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analysis in accordance with Federal Aviation Administra-
tion requirements. The Administrator shall consider the let-
ter of intent application not later than 90 days after receiv-
ing it from the applicant. 
SEC. 108. None of the funds in this Act may be used 
to adopt rules or regulations concerning travel agent service 
fees unless the Department of Transportation publishes in 
the Federal Register revisions to the proposed rule and pro-
vides a period for additional public comment on such pro-
posed rule for a period not less than 60 days. 
SEC. 109. It is the sense of the Senate that the Sec-
retary of Transportation must, in connection with the 
Philadelphia International Airport Capacity Enhancement 
Program, consider the impact of aircraft noise on northern 
Delaware—
(1) within the scope of the environmental impact 
statement prepared in connection with the Program; 
and 
(2) as part of any study of aircraft noise re-
quired under the National Environmental Protection 
Act of 1969 and conducted pursuant to part 150 of 
title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor 
regulations. 
SEC. 110. Of the total amount appropriated under this 
title for the Federal Aviation Administration under the
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heading ‘‘FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT’’, $2,000,000 shall be 
available for air traffic control facilities, John C. Stennis 
International Airport, Hancock County, Mississippi. 
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Necessary expenses for administration and operation 
of the Federal Highway Administration, not to exceed 
$337,834,000, shall be paid in accordance with law from 
appropriations made available by this Act to the Federal 
Highway Administration together with advances and reim-
bursements received by the Federal Highway Administra-
tion: Provided, That of the funds available under section 
104(a)(1)(A) of title 23, United States Code: $20,000,000 
shall be available to provide grants to States for the develop-
ment or enhancement of notification or communications 
systems along highways for alerts and other information 
for the recovery of abducted children under section 303 of 
Public Law 108–21; $175,000,000 shall be available to en-
able the Secretary of Transportation to make grants for sur-
face transportation projects, and shall remain available 
until expended; $7,000,000 shall be available for environ-
mental streamlining activities, which may include making 
grants to, or entering into contracts, cooperative agree-
ments, and other transactions, with a Federal agency, State
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agency, local agency, authority, association, nonprofit or 
for-profit corporation, or institution of higher education. 
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
None of the funds in this Act shall be available for 
the implementation or execution of programs, the obliga-
tions for which are in excess of $33,843,000,000 for Federal-
aid highways and highway safety construction programs for 
fiscal year 2004: Provided, That within the $33,843,000,000 
obligation limitation on Federal-aid highways and highway 
safety construction programs, not more than $462,500,000 
shall be available for the implementation or execution of 
programs for transportation research (sections 502, 503, 
504, 506, 507, and 508 of title 23, United States Code, as 
amended; section 5505 of title 49, Unites States Code, as 
amended; and sections 5112 and 5204–5209 of Public Law 
105–178) for fiscal year 2003: Provided further, That this 
limitation on transportation research programs shall not 
apply to any authority previously made available for obli-
gation: Provided further, That within the $232,000,000 ob-
ligation limitation on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 
the following sums shall be made available for Intelligent 
Transportation System projects that are designed to achieve 
the goals and purposes set forth in section 5203 of the Intel-
ligent Transportation Systems Act of 1998 (subtitle C of
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title V of Public Law 105–178; 112 Stat. 453; 23 U.S.C. 
502 note) in the following specified areas: 
511 Traveler Information Program, North Caro-
lina, $400,000; 
Advanced Ticket Collection and Passenger Infor-
mation Systems, New Jersey, $1,500,000; 
Advanced Traffic Analysis Center, North Dakota, 
$500,000; 
Advanced Transportation Management Systems 
(AMTS), Montgomery County, Maryland, $1,000,000; 
ATR Transportation Technology/CVISN, New 
Mexico, $1,000,000; 
Auburn, Auburn Way South ITS, Washington, 
$1,600,000; 
Cargo Watch Logistics Information System, New 
York, $4,000,000; 
CCTA 
Intelligent 
Transportation 
Systems, 
Vermont, $1,000,000; 
Central Florida Regional Transportation Au-
thority: North Orange/South Seminole ITS Enhanced 
Circulator, $2,500,000; 
City of Boston Intelligent Transportation Sys-
tems, Massachusetts, $1,750,000; 
City of Huntsville, Alabama ITS, $5,000,000;
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City of Shreveport Intelligent Transportation 
System Deployment, Louisiana, $1,000,000; 
Clark County Transit, VAST ITS, Washington, 
$1,600,000; 
Dynamic Changeable Message Signs—Urban 
Interstate System, Iowa, $1,000,000; 
Fiber Optic Signal Interconnect System, Ari-
zona, $4,000,000; 
Germantown Parkway ITS Project, Tennessee, 
$3,000,000; 
GMU ITS, Virginia, $1,000,000
George Washington University, Virginia Cam-
pus, $1,000,000
Great Lakes ITS, Michigan, $2,000,000; 
Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce ITS 
System, Pennsylvania, $2,000,000; 
Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Bus Track-
ing, 
Communication 
and 
Security, 
Florida, 
$1,000,000; 
Hoosier SAFE–T, Indiana, $3,500,000; 
I–70 Incident Management Plan, Colorado, 
$3,000,000; 
Intelligent Transportation Systems—Phases II 
and III, Ohio, $1,250,000;
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Intelligent Transportation Systems [ITS] State-
wide and Commercial Vehicle Information Systems 
Network [CVISN], Maryland, $1,000,000; 
Intelligent Transportation Systems, Illinois, 
$4,000,000; 
Iowa Transit Communications, $1,500,000; 
ITS Expansion in Davis and Utah Counties, 
Utah, $1,250,000; 
ITS, Cache Valley, Utah, $1,000,000; 
Jacksonville Transportation Authority: Intel-
ligent Transportation Systems Regional Planning, 
Florida, $1,000,000; 
King County, Countywide Signaling Program, 
Washington, $1,500,000; 
Lewis 
& 
Clark 
511 
Coalition, 
Montana, 
$1,000,000; 
Lincoln, Nebraska StarTran Automatic Vehicle 
Location System, $1,000,000; 
Maine Statewide ITS, $1,000,000; 
MARTA Automated Fare Collection/Smart Card 
System, Georgia, $1,500,000; 
Mid-America Surface Transportation Weather 
Research Institute, North Dakota, $1,000,000; 
Missouri Statewide Rural ITS, $5,000,000;