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of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of liabil-
ity insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign coun-
tries on official department business; and uniforms or al-
lowances 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 outside 
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 defined 
in 18 U.S.C. 2725(3)) obtained by a State department 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. 
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(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall 
not withhold funds provided in this Act for any grantee 
if a State is in noncompliance with this provision. 
SEC. 185. Funds received by the Federal Highway Ad-
ministration, Federal Transit Administration, and Federal 
Railroad Administration from States, counties, municipali-
ties, other public authorities, and private sources for ex-
penses incurred for training may be credited respectively 
to the Federal Highway Administration’s ‘‘Federal-Aid 
Highways’’ account, the Federal Transit Administration’s 
‘‘Research and University Research Centers’’ account, and 
to the Federal Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Op-
erations’’ account, except for State rail safety inspectors 
participating in training pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 20105. 
SEC. 186. Notwithstanding any other provisions of 
law, rule or regulation, the Secretary of Transportation is 
authorized to allow the issuer of any preferred stock here-
tofore sold to the Department to redeem or repurchase such 
stock upon the payment to the Department of an amount 
determined by the Secretary. 
SEC. 187. None of the funds in this Act to the Depart-
ment of Transportation may be used to make a grant unless 
the Secretary of Transportation notifies the House and Sen-
ate Committees on Appropriations not less than 3 full busi-
ness days before any discretionary grant award, letter of 
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intent, or full funding grant agreement totaling $1,000,000 
or more is announced by the department or its modal ad-
ministrations from: (1) any discretionary grant program 
of the Federal Highway Administration including the emer-
gency relief program; (2) the airport improvement program 
of the Federal Aviation Administration; or (3) any pro-
gram of the Federal Transit Administration other than the 
formula grants and fixed guideway modernization pro-
grams: Provided, That no notification shall involve funds 
that are not available for obligation. 
SEC. 188. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, minor 
fees and other funds received by the Department of Trans-
portation from travel management centers, charge card pro-
grams, the subleasing of building space, and miscellaneous 
sources are to be credited to appropriations of the Depart-
ment of Transportation and allocated to elements of the De-
partment of Transportation using fair and equitable cri-
teria and such funds shall be available until expended. 
SEC. 189. Amounts made available in this or any other 
Act that the Secretary determines represent improper pay-
ments by the Department of Transportation to a third 
party contractor under a financial assistance award, which 
are recovered pursuant to law, shall be available— 
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(1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred by 
the Department of Transportation in recovering im-
proper payments; and 
(2) to pay contractors for services provided in re-
covering improper payments or contractor support in 
the implementation of the Improper Payments Infor-
mation 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, That prior to the 
transfer of any such recovery to an appropria-
tions account, the Secretary shall notify the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions of the amount and reasons for such trans-
fer: Provided further, That for purposes of this 
section, the term ‘‘improper payments’’, has the 
same meaning as that provided in section 
2(d)(2) of Public Law 107–300. 
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SEC. 190. 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 pro-
vided to the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions, said reprogramming action shall be approved or de-
nied solely by the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, 
That the Secretary may provide notice to other congres-
sional committees of the action of the Committees on Appro-
priations on such reprogramming but not sooner than 30 
days following the date on which the reprogramming action 
has been approved or denied by the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 191. Out of funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available under this Act to the Surface Transpor-
tation Board of the Department of Transportation, when 
considering cases, matters, or declaratory orders before the 
Board involving a railroad, or an entity claiming or seek-
ing authority to operate as a railroad, and the transpor-
tation of solid waste (as defined in section 1004 of 42 
U.S.C. 6903), the Board shall consider any activity involv-
ing the receipt, delivery, sorting, handling or transfer in- 
transit outside of a sealed container, storage other than in-
side a sealed container, or other processing of solid waste 
to be an activity over which the Board does not have juris-
diction. 
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