H. R. 4818—415
FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal Transit
Administration’s programs authorized by chapter 53 of title 49,
United States Code, $9,750,000: Provided, That no more than
$78,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for these pur-
poses: Provided further, That of the funds available not to exceed
$900,000 shall be available for the Office of the Administrator;
not to exceed $6,520,000 shall be available for the Office of Adminis-
tration; not to exceed $4,100,000 shall be available for the Office
of the Chief Counsel; not to exceed $1,243,000 shall be available
for the Office of Communication and Congressional Affairs; not
to exceed $7,396,000 shall be available for the Office of Program
Management; not to exceed $6,929,000 shall be available for the
Office of Budget and Policy; not to exceed $4,645,000 shall be
available for the Office of Demonstration and Innovation; not to
exceed $3,013,000 shall be available for the Office of Civil Rights;
not to exceed $4,171,000 shall be available for the Office of Planning;
not to exceed $20,150,000 shall be available for regional offices;
and not to exceed $16,433,000 shall be available for the central
account: Provided further, That the Administrator is authorized
to transfer funds appropriated for an office of the Federal Transit
Administration: Provided further, That no appropriation for an office
shall be increased or decreased by more than a total of 5 percent
during the fiscal year 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 Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That any funding transferred from the
central account shall be submitted for approval to the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That none
of the funds provided or limited in this Act may be used to create
a permanent office of transit security under this heading: Provided
further, That of the 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 Transpor-
tation’s Office of Inspector General for costs associated with audits
and investigations of transit-related issues, including reviews of
new fixed guideway systems: Provided further, That up to
$2,500,000 for the National transit database shall remain available
until expended: Provided further, That upon submission to the
Congress of the fiscal year 2006 President’s budget, the Secretary
of Transportation shall transmit to Congress the annual report
on new starts, proposed allocations of funds for fiscal year 2006:
Provided further, That the amount herein appropriated shall be
reduced by $20,000 per day for each day after initial submission
of the President’s budget that the report has not been submitted
to the Congress.
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,
$504,022,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That
no more than $4,032,175,000 of budget authority shall be available
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for these purposes: Provided further, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, $50,000,000 of the funds to carry out 49
U.S.C. 5308 shall be transferred to and merged with funding pro-
vided for the replacement, rehabilitation, and purchase of buses
and related equipment and the construction of bus-related facilities
under ‘‘Federal Transit Administration, Capital investment grants’’.
UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5505, $750,000,
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, $16,000,000,
to remain available until expended: Provided, That no more than
$128,000,000 of budget authority shall be available for these pur-
poses: Provided further, That $5,250,000 is available to provide
rural transportation 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 available to carry out
transit 
cooperative 
research 
programs 
(49 
U.S.C. 
5313(a)),
$60,385,600 is available for metropolitan planning (49 U.S.C. 5303,
5304, and 5305), $12,614,400 is available for State planning (49
U.S.C. 5313(b)); and $37,500,000 is available for the national plan-
ning and research program (49 U.S.C. 5314).
TRUST FUND SHARE OF EXPENSES
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 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, $6,744,500,000, to remain available until
expended, and to be derived from the Mass Transit Account of
the Highway Trust Fund: Provided, That $3,528,153,000 shall be
paid to the Federal Transit Administration’s formula grants
account: Provided further, That $112,000,000 shall be paid to the
Federal Transit Administration’s transit planning and research
account: Provided further, That $68,250,000 shall be paid to the
Federal Transit Administration’s administrative expenses account:
Provided further, That $5,250,000 shall be paid to the Federal
Transit 
Administration’s 
university 
transportation 
research
account: Provided further, That $109,375,000 shall be paid to the
Federal Transit Administration’s job access and reverse commute
grants program: Provided further, That $2,921,472,000 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, $417,353,000, to remain available until expended: