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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, the Maritime Administration is authorized to fur-
nish utilities and services and make necessary repairs in 
connection with any lease, contract, or occupancy involving 
Government property under control of the Maritime Ad-
ministration, and payments received therefor shall be cred-
ited to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof: 
Provided, That rental payments under any such lease, con-
tract, or occupancy for items other than such utilities, 
services, or repairs shall be covered into the Treasury as 
miscellaneous receipts. 
PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONAL EXPENSES 
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline 
and 
Hazardous 
Materials 
Safety 
Administration, 
$22,383,000, of which $639,000 shall be derived from the 
Pipeline Safety Fund: Provided, That $1,000,000 shall be 
transferred to ‘‘Pipeline Safety’’ in order to fund ‘‘Pipeline 
Safety Information Grants to Communities’’ as authorized 
under section 60130 of title 49, United States Code. 
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HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous 
materials safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous 
Materials Safety Administration, $40,434,000, of which 
$1,707,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2013: Provided, That up to $800,000 in fees collected 
under 49 U.S.C. 5108(g) shall be deposited in the general 
fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided fur-
ther, That there may be credited to this appropriation, to 
be available until expended, funds received from States, 
counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and pri-
vate sources for expenses incurred for training, for reports 
publication and dissemination, and for travel expenses in-
curred in performance of hazardous materials exemptions 
and approvals 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, $111,111,000, of 
which $18,905,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li-
ability Trust Fund and shall remain available until Sep-
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tember 30, 2013; and of which $92,206,000 shall be de-
rived from the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which 
$51,206,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2013: Provided, That not less than $1,053,000 of the 
funds provided under this heading shall be for the one- 
call State grant program. 
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS 
(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND) 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 
5128(b), $188,000, to be derived from the Emergency 
Preparedness Fund, to remain available until September 
30, 2012: Provided, That not more than $28,318,000 shall 
be made available for obligation in fiscal year 2011 from 
amounts made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i) and 
5128(b)-(c): Provided further, That none of the funds 
made available by 49 U.S.C. 5116(i), 5128(b), or 5128(c) 
shall be made available for obligation by individuals other 
than the Secretary of Transportation, or his designee. 
RESEARCH AND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY 
ADMINISTRATION 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Research and Innova-
tive Technology Administration, $18,900,000, of which 
$11,765,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2013: Provided, That there may be credited to this appro-
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priation, to be available until expended, funds received 
from States, counties, municipalities, other public authori-
ties, and private sources for expenses incurred for train-
ing. 
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, $86,406,000, of which 
$285,000 shall be derived from the Highway Trust Fund 
(other than the Mass Transit Account) for costs associ-
ated with the annual audits of the Highway Trust Fund 
financial statements in accordance with section 104(i) of 
title 23, United States Code, and section 3521 of title 31, 
United States Code: Provided, That the Inspector General 
shall have all necessary authority, in carrying out the du-
ties specified in the Inspector General Act, as amended 
(5 U.S.C. App. 3), to investigate allegations of fraud, in-
cluding false statements to the government (18 U.S.C. 
1001), by any person or entity that is subject to regulation 
by the Department: Provided further, That the funds made 
available under this heading may be used to investigate, 
pursuant to section 41712 of title 49, United States Code: 
(1) unfair or deceptive practices and unfair methods of 
competition by domestic and foreign air carriers and ticket 
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agents; and (2) the compliance 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, $31,249,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, not to exceed $1,250,000 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 2011, to result in 
a final appropriation from the general fund estimated at 
no more than $29,999,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF 
TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 180. During the current fiscal year applicable 
appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall 
be available for maintenance and operation of aircraft; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of 
liability insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign 
countries on official department business; and uniforms or 
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allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901– 
5902). 
SEC. 181. Appropriations contained in this Act for 
the Department of Transportation shall be available for 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for 
individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to 
the rate for an Executive Level IV. 
SEC. 182. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for salaries and expenses of more than 110 political 
and Presidential appointees in the Department of Trans-
portation: Provided, That none of the personnel covered 
by this provision may be assigned on temporary detail out-
side the Department of Transportation. 
SEC. 183. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
to implement section 404 of title 23, United States Code. 
SEC. 184. (a) No recipient of funds made available 
in this Act shall disseminate personal information (as de-
fined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(3)) obtained by a State depart-
ment of motor vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle 
record as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2725(1), except as provided 
in 18 U.S.C. 2721 for a use permitted under 18 U.S.C. 
2721. 
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall not withhold funds provided in this Act for any 
grantee if a State is in noncompliance with this provision. 
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SEC. 185. 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 ‘‘Research and University Research Centers’’ ac-
count, and to the Federal Railroad Administration’s 
‘‘Safety and Operations’’ account, except for State rail 
safety inspectors participating in training pursuant to 49 
U.S.C. 20105. 
SEC. 186. Funds provided or limited in this Act 
under the appropriate accounts within the Federal High-
way Administration, the Federal Railroad Administration 
and the Federal Transit Administration shall be for the 
eligible programs, projects and activities in the cor-
responding amounts identified in the committee report ac-
companying this Act for ‘‘Ferry Boats and Ferry Ter-
minal Facilities’’, ‘‘Federal Lands’’, ‘‘Interstate Mainte-
nance Discretionary’’, ‘‘Transportation, Community and 
System Preservation Program’’, ‘‘Delta Region Transpor-
tation Development Program’’, ‘‘Rail Line Relocation and 
Improvement Program’’, ‘‘Rail-highway crossing hazard 
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eliminations’’, ‘‘Capital Investment Grants’’, ‘‘Alternatives 
analysis’ ’’’, and ‘‘Bus and bus facilities’’. 
SEC. 187. Notwithstanding any other provisions of 
law, rule or regulation, the Secretary of Transportation 
is authorized to allow the issuer of any preferred stock 
heretofore sold to the Department to redeem or repur-
chase such stock upon the payment to the Department of 
an amount determined by the Secretary. 
SEC. 188. None of the funds in this Act to the De-
partment of Transportation may be used to make a grant 
unless the Secretary of Transportation notifies the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations not less than 
3 full business days before any 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 in-
cluding the emergency relief program; (2) the airport im-
provement program of the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion; (3) any grant from the Federal Railroad Administra-
tion; or (4) any program of the Federal Transit Adminis-
tration other than the formula grants and fixed guideway 
modernization programs: Provided, That the Secretary 
gives concurrent notification to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations for any ‘‘quick release’’ of 
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funds from the emergency relief program: Provided fur-
ther, That no notification shall involve funds that are not 
available for obligation. 
SEC. 189. 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. 
SEC. 190. 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 or contractor support 
in the implementation of the Improper Payments In-
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formation Act of 2002: 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 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations of the amount and reasons for such 
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. 191. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, if any funds provided in or limited by this Act are 
subject to a reprogramming action that requires notice to 
be provided to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations, said reprogramming action shall be approved 
or denied solely by the Committees on Appropriations: 
Provided, That the Secretary may provide notice to other 
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congressional committees of the action of the Committees 
on Appropriations on such reprogramming but not sooner 
than 30 days following the date on which the reprogram-
ming action has been approved or denied by the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 192. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available under this Act may be used by the 
Surface Transportation Board of the Department of 
Transportation to charge or collect any filing fee for rate 
complaints filed with the Board in an amount in excess 
of the amount authorized for district court civil suit filing 
fees under section 1914 of title 28, United States Code. 
SEC. 193. Notwithstanding section 3324 of Title 31, 
United States Code, in addition to authority provided by 
section 327 of title 49, United States Code, the Depart-
ment’s Working Capital Fund is hereby authorized to pro-
vide payments in advance to vendors that are necessary 
to carry out the Federal transit pass transportation fringe 
benefit program under Executive Order No. 13150 and 
section 3049 of Public Law 109–59: Provided, that the 
Department shall include adequate safeguards in the con-
tract with the vendors to ensure timely and high quality 
performance under the contract. 
SEC. 194. For an additional amount for the ‘‘Salaries 
and Expenses’’account, $7,622,655, to increase the De-
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partment’s acquisition workforce capacity and capabilities: 
Provided, That such funds may be transferred by the Sec-
retary to any other account in the Department to carry 
out the purposes provided herein: Provided further, That 
such transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer 
authority provided in this Act: Provided further, That such 
funds shall be available only to supplement and not to sup-
plant existing acquisition workforce activities: Provided 
further, That such funds shall be available for training, 
recruitment, retention, and hiring additional members of 
the acquisition workforce as defined by the Office of Fed-
eral Procurement Policy Act, as amended (41 U.S.C. 401 
et seq.): Provided further, That such funds shall be avail-
able for information technology in support of acquisition 
workforce effectiveness or for management solutions to 
improve acquisition management. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Trans-
portation Appropriations Act, 2011’’. 
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
EXECUTIVE DIRECTION 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Executive Di-
rection, $30,265,000, of which not to exceed $7,674,000 
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shall be available for the immediate Office of the Secretary 
and Deputy Secretary; not to exceed $1,706,000 shall be 
available for the Office of Hearings and Appeals; not to 
exceed $719,000 shall be available for the Office of Small 
and Disadvantaged Business Utilization; not to exceed 
$999,000 shall be available for the immediate Office of 
the Chief Financial Officer; not to exceed $1,503,000 shall 
be available for the immediate Office of the General Coun-
sel; not to exceed $2,709,000 shall be available to the Of-
fice of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional and 
Intergovernmental Relations; not to exceed $4,861,000 
shall be available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary 
for Public Affairs; not to exceed $2,163,000 shall be avail-
able to the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public 
and Indian Housing; not to exceed $1,755,000 shall be 
available to the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Com-
munity Planning and Development; not to exceed 
$3,565,000 shall be available to the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Housing, Federal Housing Commissioner; 
not to exceed $1,117,000 shall be available to the Office 
of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Re-
search; not to exceed $945,000 shall be available to the 
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and 
Equal Opportunity; and not to exceed $549,000 shall be 
available to the Office of the Chief Operating Officer: Pro-
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vided, That the Secretary of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development is authorized to transfer funds 
appropriated for any office funded under this heading to 
any other office funded under this heading following the 
written notification to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations: Provided further, That no appropria-
tion for any office shall be increased or decreased by more 
than 5 percent by all such transfers: Provided further, 
That notice of any change in funding greater than 5 per-
cent shall be submitted for prior approval to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall provide the Committees on 
Appropriations quarterly written notification regarding 
the status of pending congressional reports: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall provide all signed reports 
required by Congress electronically: Provided further, That 
not to exceed $25,000 of the amount made available under 
this paragraph for the immediate Office of the Secretary 
shall be available for official reception and representation 
expenses as the Secretary may determine: Provided Fur-
ther, That the Secretary shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations one month before any of the funds made 
available under this heading may be used for international 
travel. 
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ADMINISTRATION, OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT 
For necessary salaries and expenses for administra-
tion, operations and management for the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, $538,552,000 (reduced 
by $21,000,000) (reduced by $20,000,000), of which not 
to exceed $65,049,000 shall be available for the personnel 
compensation and benefits of the Office of the Chief 
Human Capital Officer; not to exceed $9,122,000 shall be 
available for the personnel compensation and benefits of 
the Office of Departmental Operations and Coordination; 
not to exceed $49,090,000 shall be available for the per-
sonnel compensation and benefits of the Office of Field 
Policy and Management; not to exceed $13,861,000 shall 
be available for the personnel compensation and benefits 
of the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer; not to ex-
ceed $33,831,000 shall be available for the personnel com-
pensation and benefits of the remaining staff in the Office 
of the Chief Financial Officer; not to exceed $86,482,000 
shall be available for the personnel compensation and ben-
efits of the remaining staff in the Office of the General 
Counsel; not to exceed $3,115,000 shall be available for 
the personnel compensation and benefits of the Office of 
Departmental Equal Employment Opportunity; not to ex-
ceed $1,316,000 shall be available for the personnel com-
pensation and benefits for the Center for Faith-Based and 
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Community Initiatives; not to exceed $2,887,000 shall be 
available for the personnel compensation and benefits for 
the Office of Sustainability; not to exceed $4,445,000 shall 
be available for the personnel compensation and benefits 
for the Office of Strategic Planning and Management; not 
to exceed $4,875,000 shall be available for the personnel 
compensation and benefits for the Office of the Chief Dis-
aster and Emergency Management Officer; and not to ex-
ceed $264,479,000 (reduced by $21,000,000) (reduced by 
$20,000,000) shall be available for non-personnel expenses 
of the Department of Housing and Urban Development: 
Provided, That, funds provided under this heading may 
be used for necessary administrative and non-administra-
tive expenses of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, not otherwise provided for, including pur-
chase of uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
appropriated under this heading may be used for adver-
tising and promotional activities that support the housing 
mission area: Provided further, That the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development is authorized to transfer 
funds appropriated for any office included in Administra-
tion, Operations and Management to any other office in-
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cluded in Administration, Operations and Management 
only after such transfer has been submitted to, and re-
ceived prior written approval by, the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That no 
appropriation for any office shall be increased or de-
creased by more than 10 percent by all such transfers. 
Provided Further,That the Secretary shall notify the Com-
mittees on Appropriations one month before any of the 
funds made available under this heading may be used for 
international travel. 
PERSONNEL COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
For necessary personnel compensation and benefits 
expenses of the Office of Public and Indian Housing, 
$197,282,000. 
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary personnel compensation and benefits 
expenses of the Office of Community Planning and Devel-
opment mission area, $105,768,000. 
HOUSING 
For necessary personnel compensation and benefits 
expenses of the Office of Housing, $395,917,000. 
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