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Union Calendar No. 133
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2989
[Report No. 108–243] 
Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation and Treasury, 
and independent agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 30, 2003
Mr. ISTOOK, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 
bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
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-
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pendent agencies 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, 
$93,577,000, of which not to exceed $2,212,000 shall be 
available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not 
to exceed $841,000 shall be available for the immediate 
Office of the Deputy Secretary; not to exceed $15,560,000 
shall be available for the Office of the General Counsel; 
not to exceed $12,717,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy; not 
to exceed $8,630,000 shall be available for the Office of 
the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to 
exceed $2,518,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs; not to ex-
ceed $28,882,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Administration; not to exceed 
$1,982,000 shall be available for the Office of Public Af-
fairs; not to exceed $1,447,000 shall be available for the 
Office of the Executive Secretariat; not to exceed 
$730,000 shall be available for the Board of Contract Ap-
peals; not to exceed $1,268,000 shall be available for the
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Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization; 
not to exceed $16,565,000 shall be available for the Office 
of the Chief Information Officer; and not to exceed 
$225,000 shall be available for the Office of Intelligence 
and Security: Provided, That the Secretary of Transpor-
tation 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 de-
creased by more than 5 percent by all such transfers: Pro-
vided further, That any change in funding greater than 
5 percent shall be submitted for approval to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur-
ther, That not to exceed $60,000 shall be for allocation 
within the Department for official reception and represen-
tation 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 Public Affairs. 
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$8,569,000.
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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 $6,000,000,000 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. 
PAYMENTS TO AIR CARRIERS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the essential air 
service program pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 41742(a), 
$63,000,000, to be derived from the airport and airway 
trust fund and to be available until expended. 
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-
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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-
rived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, 
$2,900,000,000, of which $2,479,158,800 shall remain 
available 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
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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 
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.
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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-
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 au-
thorizing such obligations; for procurement, installation, 
and commissioning of runway incursion prevention devices 
and systems at airports of such title; for implementation 
of section 203 of Public Law 106–181; and for inspection 
activities and administration of airport safety programs, 
including those related to airport operating certificates 
under 49 U.S.C. 44706, $3,425,000,000, to be derived 
from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds 
under this heading shall be available for the planning or 
execution of programs the obligations for which are in ex-
cess of $3,425,000,000 in fiscal year 2004, notwith-
standing 49 U.S.C. 47117(g): Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, not more than 
$64,904,000 of funds limited under this heading shall be 
obligated 
for 
administration 
and 
not 
less 
than
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$20,000,000 shall be for the Small Community Air Service 
Development Pilot Program. 
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, 
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-
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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 
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. For an airport project that the Adminis-
trator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) de-
termines will add critical airport capacity to the national 
air transportation system, the Administrator is authorized 
to accept funds from an airport sponsor, including entitle-
ment funds provided under the ‘‘Grants-in-Aid for Air-
ports’’ program, for the FAA to hire additional staff or 
obtain the services of consultants: Provided, That the Ad-
ministrator is authorized to accept and utilize such funds 
only for the purpose of facilitating the timely processing,
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review, and completion of environmental activities associ-
ated with such project. 
SEC. 106. 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. 107. 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. 
(RESCISSION) 
Of the unobligated balances of funds apportioned to 
each state under the program authorized under sections 
1101(a)(1), 1101(a)(2), and 1101(a)(3), 1101(a)(4), and 
1101(a)(5) of Public Law 105–178, as amended, 
$137,000,000 are rescinded. 
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.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS—FEDERAL HIGHWAY 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 110. (a) For fiscal year 2004, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall—
(1) not distribute from the obligation limitation 
for Federal-aid Highways amounts authorized for 
administrative expenses and programs funded from 
the administrative takedown authorized by section 
104(a)(1)(A) of title 23, United States Code, for the 
highway use tax evasion program, and for the Bu-
reau of Transportation Statistics; 
(2) not distribute an amount from the obliga-
tion limitation for Federal-aid Highways that is 
equal to the unobligated balance of amounts made 
available from the Highway Trust Fund (other than 
the Mass Transit Account) for Federal-aid highways 
and highway safety programs for the previous fiscal 
year the funds for which are allocated by the Sec-
retary; 
(3) determine the ratio that—
(A) the obligation limitation for Federal-
aid Highways less the aggregate of amounts not 
distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2), bears 
to
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(B) the total of the sums authorized to be 
appropriated for Federal-aid highways and 
highway safety construction programs (other 
than sums authorized to be appropriated for 
sections set forth in paragraphs (1) through (7) 
of subsection (b) and sums authorized to be ap-
propriated for section 105 of title 23, United 
States Code, equal to the amount referred to in 
subsection (b)(8)) for such fiscal year less the 
aggregate of the amounts not distributed under 
paragraph (1) of this subsection; 
(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;
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(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—
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(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). 
(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-
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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
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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. 111. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, whenever an allocation is made of the sums author-
ized to be appropriated for expenditure on the Federal 
lands highway program, and whenever an apportionment 
is made of the sums authorized to be appropriated for ex-
penditure on the surface transportation program, the con-
gestion mitigation and air quality improvement program, 
the National Highway System, the Interstate maintenance 
program, the bridge program, the Appalachian develop-
ment highway system, and the minimum guarantee pro-
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gram, the Secretary of Transportation shall deduct a sum 
in such amount not to exceed 1.35 percent of all sums 
so made available, as the Secretary determines necessary 
to administer the provisions of law to be financed from 
appropriations for the programs authorized under chap-
ters 1 and 2 of title 23, United States Code, and to make 
transfers in accordance with section 104(a)(1)(A)(ii) of 
title 23, United States Code: Provided, That any deduction 
by the Secretary of Transportation in accordance with this 
subsection shall be deemed to be a deduction under section 
104(a)(1)(A) of title 23, United States Code, and the sum 
so deducted shall remain available until expended. 
SEC. 112. 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-
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. 113. 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—
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(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—
(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
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(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. 114. None of the funds limited or made avail-
able in this Act shall be available to carry out 23 U.S.C. 
133(d)(2). 
SEC. 115. 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 
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
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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. 116. 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 
shall not be subject to the limitations of Public Law 105–
178, sec. 5208(d), 23 U.S.C. sec. 502 (Notes). 
SEC. 117. Notwithstanding Public Law 105–178, sec. 
5208(d), Intelligent Transportation Systems appropria-
tions 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,
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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. 118. 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 
of the loan agreement, on marketable Treasury securities 
of similar maturity to the expected remaining average life 
of the loan: Provided, That notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, such modification shall be deemed to be eligi-
ble under section 184 of title 23, United States Code, and 
shall be funded under section 188 of title 23, United 
States Code: Provided further, That the Secretary may re-
vise the interest rate or modify other terms of the existing 
loan agreement to the extent that the marginal budgetary
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costs, if any, of such modifications do not exceed 
$80,000,000 and are funded under section 188 of title 23, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 119. (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) 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for pay-
ment 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 excess of 
$190,000,000 for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Grants’’ and ‘‘In-
formation Systems’’. 
BORDER ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses to continue the Border En-
forcement Program authorized under section 350 of the 
Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Ap-
propriations Act, 2002, $47,000,000, to be derived from 
the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 
Account) and to remain available until expended.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER 
SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 130. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, whenever an allocation is made of the sums author-
ized to be appropriated for expenditure on the Federal
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lands highway program, and whenever an apportionment 
is made of the sums authorized to be appropriated for ex-
penditure on the surface transportation program, the con-
gestion mitigation and air quality improvement program, 
the National Highway System, the Interstate maintenance 
program, the bridge program, the Appalachian develop-
ment highway system, and the minimum guarantee pro-
gram, the Secretary of Transportation shall deduct a sum 
in such amount not to exceed .90 percent of all sums so 
made available, as the Secretary determines necessary, to 
administer the provisions of law to be financed from ap-
propriations for motor carrier safety programs and motor 
carrier safety research: Provided, That any deduction by 
the Secretary of Transportation in accordance with this 
subsection shall be deemed to be a deduction under section 
104(a)(1)(B) of title 23, United States Code, and the sum 
so deducted shall remain available until expended. 
SEC. 131. 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. 132. Funds appropriated or limited in this Act 
shall be subject to the terms and conditions stipulated in
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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 
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.
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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 
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) 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for pay-
ment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions 
of 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, and 410, to remain available until
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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 pro-
grams the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 2004, 
are in excess of $225,000,000 for programs authorized 
under 23 U.S.C. 402, 405, and 410, of which 
$165,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Highway Safety Programs’’ 
under 23 U.S.C. 402, $20,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Occupant 
Protection Incentive Grants’’ under 23 U.S.C. 405, and 
$40,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Alcohol-Impaired Driving Coun-
termeasures Grants’’ under 23 U.S.C. 410: Provided fur-
ther, That none of these funds shall be used for construc-
tion, rehabilitation, or remodeling costs, or for office fur-
nishings and fixtures for State, local, or private buildings 
or structures: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$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
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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 
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: Provided further, That $10,000,000 
of the funds allocated for innovative seat belt projects 
under section 157 of title 23, United States Code, and 
$12,000,000 of funds allocated under section 163 of title 
23, United States Code, shall be used as directed by the 
National Highway Traffic Safety Administrator, to pur-
chase advertising in broadcast media to support the na-
tional mobilizations conducted in all fifty states, aimed at 
increasing seat belt use and reducing impaired driving:
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Provided further, That up to $2,000,000 of the funds allo-
cated under section 163 of title 23, United States Code, 
shall be used by the Administrator to evaluate the effec-
tiveness of alcohol-impaired driving programs that pur-
chase advertising as provided by this section. 
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: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding section 3008 of Public 
Law 105–178, $50,000,000 of the funds to carry out 49 
U.S.C. 5308 shall be transferred to and merged with fund-
ing provided for the replacement, rehabilitation, and pur-
chase of buses and related equipment and the construction 
of bus-related facilities under ‘‘Federal Transit Adminis-
tration, Capital investment grants’’.
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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: 
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) 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for pay-
ment of obligations incurred in carrying out 49 U.S.C.
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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 expended, 
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 Administration’s for-
mula grants account: Provided further, That $97,800,000 
shall be paid to the Federal Transit Administration’s tran-
sit planning and research account: Provided further, That 
$58,000,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Adminis-
tration’s administrative expenses account: Provided fur-
ther, That $4,800,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit 
Administration’s university transportation research ac-
count: Provided further, That $64,000,000 shall be paid 
to the Federal Transit Administration’s job access and re-
verse commute grants program: Provided further, That 
$2,507,220,000 shall be paid to the Federal Transit Ad-
ministration’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-
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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; 
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;
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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; 
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;
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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; 
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,
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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 
‘‘not recommended’’ after evaluation and computation of 
revised transportation system user benefit data.
JOB ACCESS AND REVERSE COMMUTE GRANTS 
Notwithstanding section 3037(l)(3) of Public Law 
105–178, as amended, for necessary expenses to carry out 
section 3037 of the Federal Transit Act of 1998, 
$17,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, 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 Administra-
tion for technical assistance and support and performance 
reviews of the Job Access and Reverse Commute Grants 
program.
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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 
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-
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pating voters in the Houston Metropolitan Transit Au-
thority service area in a referendum.
SEC. 164. Section 5323(j) of title 49, United States 
Code, is amended—
(1) by adding at the end of paragraph (1) the 
following: ‘‘The term ‘manufactured goods’ as used 
in this paragraph means each individual item speci-
fied in each line item of a procurement. If the indi-
vidual items to be procured are listed in the bill of 
materials and specifications rather than a line item, 
the term ‘manufactured goods’ shall apply to each 
such item. The definition of ‘manufactured goods’ 
shall not be applicable to the procurement of rolling 
stock as set forth in paragraph (2)(C).’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through 
(7) as paragraphs (4) through (8), respectively; 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) When issuing a waiver based upon a public in-
terest determination under paragraph (2)(A), the Sec-
retary shall produce a detailed written justification as to 
why the waiver is in the public interest. The Secretary 
shall publish this justification in the Federal Register and 
provide the public a reasonable period for notice and com-
ment.’’; and
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(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(9) APPLICATION
OF
WAIVERS.—The Sec-
retary may grant a waiver under paragraph (2) for 
a microprocessor, but not for microcomputer equip-
ment. For purposes of this paragraph ‘micro-
processor’ means a computer processor on a 
microchip. 
‘‘(10) ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW.—A party ad-
versely affected by an agency action under this sub-
section shall have the right to seek review under sec-
tion 702 of the Administrative Procedure Act, title 
5, United States Code.’’. 
SEC. 165. 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 
such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal 
year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern-
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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 
shall remain available until expended for capital improve-
ments at the United States Merchant Marine Academy;
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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 
other than such utilities, services, or repairs shall be de-
posited into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. No
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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. 
5108(g) shall be deposited in the general fund of the 
Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided further, That
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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 
Preparedness Fund, to remain available until September 
30, 2006: Provided, That not more than $14,300,000 shall
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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-
ance of domestic and foreign air carriers with respect to 
item (1) of this proviso.
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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 
of commercial insurance policies for, real properties leased 
or owned overseas, when necessary for the performance
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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. 
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-
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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. 
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-
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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. 
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-
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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-
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
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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 
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 U.S. Mint in the production of cir-
culating coins. The amounts reimbursed to the Comp-
troller General pursuant to this paragraph shall be depos-
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ited 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-
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
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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 
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
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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. 
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-
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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. 
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
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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-
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-
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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-
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-
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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-
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. 
PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTS WITH CORPORATE 
EXPATRIATES 
SEC. 212. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may not 
enter into any contract with a foreign incorporated entity
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which is treated as an inverted domestic corporation under 
subsection (b), or any subsidiary of such entity. 
(b) INVERTED DOMESTIC CORPORATION.—For pur-
poses of this section, a foreign incorporated entity shall 
be treated as an inverted domestic corporation if, pursuant 
to a plan (or a series of related transactions)—
(1) the entity has completed the direct or indi-
rect acquisition of substantially all of the properties 
held directly or indirectly by a domestic corporation 
or substantially all of the properties constituting a 
trade or business of a domestic partnership, 
(2) after the acquisition at least 80 percent of 
the stock (by vote or value) of the entity is held—
(A) in the case of an acquisition with re-
spect to a domestic corporation, by former 
shareholders of the domestic corporation by rea-
son of holding stock in the domestic corpora-
tion, or 
(B) in the case of an acquisition with re-
spect to a domestic partnership, by former part-
ners of the domestic partnership by reason of 
holding a capital or profits interest in the do-
mestic partnership, and 
(3) the expanded affiliated group which after 
the acquisition includes the entity does not have sub-
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stantial business activities in the foreign country in 
which or under the law of which the entity is created 
or organized when compared to the total business 
activities of such expanded affiliated group. 
(c) DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL RULES.—For pur-
poses of this section—
(1) RULES FOR APPLICATION OF SUBSECTION 
(b).—In applying subsection (b) for purposes of sub-
section (a), the following rules shall apply: 
(A) CERTAIN
STOCK
DISREGARDED.—
There shall not be taken into account in deter-
mining ownership for purposes of subsection 
(b)(2)—
(i) stock held by members of the ex-
panded affiliated group which includes the 
foreign incorporated entity, or 
(ii) stock of such entity which is sold 
in a public offering related to the acquisi-
tion described in subsection (b)(1). 
(B) PLAN DEEMED IN CERTAIN CASES.—If 
a foreign incorporated entity acquires directly 
or indirectly substantially all of the properties 
of a domestic corporation or partnership during 
the 4-year period beginning on the date which 
is 2 years before the ownership requirements of