(4) distribute the obligation limitation for Fed-
eral-aid Highways less the aggregate amounts not
distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) for section
201 of the Appalachian Regional Development Act
of 1965, and $2,000,000,000 for such fiscal year
under section 105 of title 23, United States Code
(relating to minimum guarantee) so that the amount
of obligation authority available for each of such sec-
tions is equal to the amount determined by multi-
plying the ratio determined under paragraph (3) by
the sums authorized to be appropriated for such sec-
tion 
(except 
in 
the 
case 
of 
section 
105,
$2,000,000,000) for such fiscal year;
(5) distribute the obligation limitation provided
for 
Federal-aid 
Highways 
less 
the 
aggregate
amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) and
(2) and amounts distributed under paragraph (4)
for each of the programs that are allocated by the
Secretary under title 23, United States Code (other
than activities to which paragraph (1) applies and
programs to which paragraph (4) applies) by multi-
plying the ratio determined under paragraph (3) by
the sums authorized to be appropriated for such pro-
gram for such fiscal year; and
(6) distribute the obligation limitation provided
for 
Federal-aid 
Highways 
less 
the 
aggregate
amounts not distributed under paragraphs (1) and
(2) and amounts distributed under paragraphs (4)
and (5) for Federal-aid highways and highway safety
construction programs (other than the minimum
guarantee program, but only to the extent that
amounts apportioned for the minimum guarantee
program for such fiscal year exceed $2,639,000,000,
and the Appalachian development highway system
program) that are apportioned by the Secretary
under title 23, United States Code, in the ratio
that—
(A) sums authorized to be appropriated for
such programs that are apportioned to each
State for such fiscal year, bear to
(B) the total of the sums authorized to be
appropriated for such programs that are appor-
tioned to all States for such fiscal year.
(b) The obligation limitation for Federal-aid High-
ways shall not apply to obligations: (1) under section 125
of title 23, United States Code; (2) under section 147 of
the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978; (3)
under section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981;
(4) under sections 131(b) and 131(j) of the Surface
Transportation Assistance Act of 1982; (5) under sections
149(b) and 149(c) of the Surface Transportation and Uni-
form Relocation Assistance Act of 1987; (6) under sec-
tions 1103 through 1108 of the Intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991; (7) under section
157 of title 23, United States Code, as in effect on the
day before the date of the enactment of the Transpor-
tation Equity Act for the 21st Century; and (8) under sec-
tion 105 of title 23, United States Code (but, only in an
amount equal to $639,000,000 for such fiscal year); and
for Federal-aid highway programs for which obligation au-
thority was made available under the Transportation Eq-
uity Act for the 21st Century or subsequent public laws
for multiple years or to remain available until used, but
only to the extent that such obligation authority has not
lapsed or been used.
(c) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary
shall after August 1 for such fiscal year revise a distribu-
tion of the obligation limitation made available under sub-
section (a) if a State will not obligate the amount distrib-
uted during that fiscal year and redistribute sufficient
amounts to those States able to obligate amounts in addi-
tion to those previously distributed during that fiscal year
giving priority to those States having large unobligated
balances of funds apportioned under sections 104 and 144
of title 23, United States Code, section 160 (as in effect
on the day before the enactment of the Transportation Eq-
uity Act for the 21st Century) of title 23, United States
Code, and under section 1015 of the Intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 1943–
1945).
(d) The obligation limitation shall apply to transpor-
tation research programs carried out under chapter 5 of
title 23, United States Code, except that obligation au-
thority made available for such programs under such limi-
tation shall remain available for a period of 3 fiscal years.
(e) Not later than 30 days after the date of the dis-
tribution of obligation limitation under subsection (a), the
Secretary shall distribute to the States any funds: (1) that
are authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal year for
Federal-aid highways programs (other than the program
under section 160 of title 23, United States Code) and
for carrying out subchapter I of chapter 311 of title 49,
United States Code, and highway-related programs under
chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code; and (2) that
the Secretary determines will not be allocated to the
States, and will not be available for obligation, in such
fiscal year due to the imposition of any obligation limita-
tion for such fiscal year. Such distribution to the States
shall be made in the same ratio as the distribution of obli-
gation authority under subsection (a)(6). The funds so
distributed shall be available for any purposes described
in section 133(b) of title 23, United States Code.
(f) Obligation limitation distributed for a fiscal year
under subsection (a)(4) of this section for a section set
forth in subsection (a)(4) shall remain available until used
and shall be in addition to the amount of any limitation
imposed on obligations for Federal-aid highway and high-
way safety construction programs for future fiscal years.
SEC. 122. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds
received by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from
the sale of data products, for necessary expenses incurred
pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 111 may be credited to the Fed-
eral-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. 123. Of the $6,000,000 portion of the funds
appropriated under the heading ‘‘Highway Demonstra-
tion Projects’’ in title I of Public Law 102–143 (105
Stat. 929) that was allocated for Routes 70/38 Circle
Elimination, NJ, $4,500,000 shall be transferred to, and
made available for, the following projects in the specified
amounts: Mantua Creek Overpass in Paulsboro, NJ,
$2,000,000; Delsea Drive Route 47 Timber Creek in
Westville, NJ, $787,000; Camden Northern End Parking
Garage in Camden, NJ, $1,213,000; and Route 47 Chap-
el Heights Avenue in Gloucester, NJ, $500,000.
SEC. 124. 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.
FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY
GENERAL PROVISIONS—FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER
SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
SEC. 141. 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
Secretary submit a report to the House and Senate Ap-
propriations Committees annually on the safety and secu-
rity of transportation into the United States by Mexico-
domiciled motor carriers.
SEC. 142. No funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act may be used to implement or en-
force any provisions of the Final Rule, issued on April
16, 2003 (Docket No. FMCSA–97–2350), with respect to
the operators of utility service vehicles, as that term is
defined in section 395.2 of title 49, Code of Federal Reg-
ulations.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC
SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
SEC. 151. Funds appropriated or limited in this Act
to educate the motoring public on how to share the road
safely with commercial motor vehicles shall be jointly ad-
ministered and implemented by the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration and the Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Administration.
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION
PENNSYLVANIA STATION REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Of the unobligated balances of funds made available
in section 232 of appendix E of Public Law 106–113,
$39,827,000 are hereby transferred to and merged with
funds for the Federal Transit Administration, Capital In-
vestment Grants, for the purposes of constructing the New
York Long Island Rail Road East Side Access (Exten-
sion).
GENERAL PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD
ADMINISTRATION
SEC. 161. Notwithstanding any provisions of this or
any other Act, during the fiscal year ending September
30, 2005, and hereafter, the Federal Railroad Administra-
tion may use funds appropriated by this or any other Act
to provide for the installation of a broadband high speed
internet service connection, including necessary equip-
ment, for Federal Railroad Administration employees, and
to either pay directly recurring monthly charges or to re-
imburse a percentage of such monthly charges which are
paid by such inspectors: Provided, That the Federal Rail-
road Administration certifies that adequate safeguards
against private misuse exist, and that the service is nec-
essary for direct support of the agency’s mission.
FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES
FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND
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-
istrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C.
592), $1,775,261,000.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT
ADMINISTRATION
SEC. 171. 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. 172. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, and except for fixed guideway modernization
projects, funds made available by this Act under ‘‘Fed-
eral Transit Administration, Capital investment grants’’
for projects specified in this Act or identified in reports
accompanying this Act not obligated by September 30,
2007, and other recoveries, shall be made available for
other projects under 49 U.S.C. 5309.
SEC. 173. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, any funds appropriated before October 1, 2004,
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. 174. None of the funds in this Act shall be
available to any Federal transit grantee after February
1, 2004, involved directly or indirectly, in any activity
that promotes the legalization or medical use of any sub-
stance listed in schedule I of section 202 of the Con-
trolled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812 et seq.).
SEC. 175. From unobligated balances in the Federal
Transit Administration’s Discretionary Grants account,
not to exceed $72,792,311 shall be transferred as follows:
to the Federal Transit Administration’s Formula Grants
account, not to exceed $42,190,828; and to the Interstate
Transfer 
Grants—Transit 
account, 
not 
to 
exceed
$30,601,483: Provided, That these unobligated balances
are used, together with Formula Grant funds that are
available for reapportionment in such account, to restore
obligation authority reduced due to a prior deficiency.
SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corpora-
tion is hereby authorized to make such expenditures,
within the limits of funds and borrowing authority avail-
able to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and to
make such contracts and commitments without regard to
fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the
Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, as
may be necessary in carrying out the programs set forth
in the Corporation’s budget for the current fiscal year.
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE
(HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)
For necessary expenses for operations and mainte-
nance of those portions of the Saint Lawrence Seaway
operated and maintained by the Saint Lawrence Seaway
Development Corporation, $15,900,000, to be derived
from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to
Public Law 99–662: Provided, That, of this amount,
$1,500,000 shall be for the concrete replacement project
and related expenses at the Eisenhower and Snell Locks.
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
activities authorized by law, $106,400,000, of which
$23,753,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2005, for salaries and benefits of employees of the United
States Merchant Marine Academy; of which $13,138,000
shall remain available until expended for capital improve-
ments at the United States Merchant Marine Academy;
and of which $8,090,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for the State Maritime Schools Schoolship Main-
tenance and Repair.
SHIP DISPOSAL
For necessary expenses related to the disposal of ob-
solete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of
the Maritime Administration, $19,116,000, to remain
available until expended.
MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For administrative expenses to carry out the guaran-
teed loan program, not to exceed $4,764,000, which shall
be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for
Operations and Training.
SHIP CONSTRUCTION
(RESCISSION)
Of the unobligated balances available under this
heading, $1,979,000 are rescinded.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION
SEC. 185. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Act, the Maritime Administration is authorized to
furnish utilities and services and make necessary repairs
in connection with any lease, contract, or occupancy in-
volving Government property under control of the Mari-
time 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 other than
such utilities, services, or repairs shall be covered into the
Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.
SEC. 186. No obligations shall be incurred during
the current fiscal year from the construction fund estab-
lished by the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, or otherwise,
in excess of the appropriations and limitations contained
in this Act or in any prior appropriations Act.
SEC. 187. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to implement
or make an award pursuant to the National Defense Tank
Vessel Construction Assistance Program Request for Pro-
posals issued by the Maritime Administration on February
20, 2004.
RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION
RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS
For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of
the Research and Special Programs Administration,
$46,790,000, of which $645,000 shall be derived from
the Pipeline Safety Fund, and of which $3,025,000 shall
remain available until September 30, 2007: Provided,
That up to $1,200,000 in fees collected under 49 U.S.C.
5108(g) shall be deposited in the general fund of the
Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided further, That
there may be credited to this appropriation, to be avail-
able until expended, funds received from States, counties,
municipalities, other public authorities, and private
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, $68,466,000, of
which $14,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li-
ability Trust Fund and shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2007; of which $54,466,000 shall be derived
from the Pipeline Safety Fund, of which $22,901,000
shall remain available until September 30, 2007: Pro-
vided further, That not less than $1,000,000 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.
5127(c), $200,000, to be derived from the Emergency
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) and
5127(d) 2007: 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, $58,000,000: 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 enti-
ty that is subject to regulation by the Department: Pro-
vided 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 de-
ceptive practices and unfair methods of competition by
domestic and foreign air carriers and ticket agents; and
(2) the compliance of domestic and foreign air carriers
with respect to item (1) of this proviso.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
SEC. 188. 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. 189. 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. 190. None of the funds in this Act shall be
available for salaries and expenses of more than 106 po-
litical and Presidential appointees in the Department of
Transportation: Provided, That none of the personnel
covered by this provision may be assigned on temporary
detail outside the Department of Transportation.
SEC. 191. None of the funds in this Act shall be
used to implement section 404 of title 23, United States
Code.
SEC. 192. (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 pro-
vided 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.
SEC. 193. Funds received by the Federal Highway
Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and
Federal Railroad Administration from States, counties,
municipalities, other public authorities, and private
sources for expenses incurred for training may be cred-
ited respectively to the Federal Highway Administration’s
‘‘Federal-Aid Highways’’ account, the Federal Transit
Administration’s ‘‘Transit Planning and Research’’ 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. 194. 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. 195. 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 Commit-
tees 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 ad-
ministrations 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 formula grants and fixed guideway moderniza-
tion programs: Provided, That no notification shall in-
volve funds that are not available for obligation.
SEC. 196. 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 appro-
priations of the Department of Transportation and allo-
cated to elements of the Department of Transportation
using fair and equitable criteria and such funds shall be
available until expended.
SEC. 197. Amounts made available in this or any
other Act that the Secretary determines represent im-
proper payments by the Department of Transportation to