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views and to pay for core competency development train-
ing and related expenses for highway safety staff. 
SEC. 141. The limitations on obligations for the pro-
grams of the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis-
tration set in this Act shall not apply to obligations for 
which obligation authority was made available in previous 
public laws for multiple years but only to the extent that 
the obligation authority has not lapsed or been used. 
SEC. 142. Of the amounts made available under the 
heading ‘‘Highway Traffic Safety Grants (Liquidation of 
Contract Authorization) (Limitation on Obligations) 
(Highway Trust Fund)’’ in prior appropriations Acts, 
$7,907,000 in unobligated balances are permanently re-
scinded. 
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION 
SAFETY AND OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Ad-
ministration, not otherwise provided for, $203,348,000, of 
which $5,492,000 shall remain available until expended. 
RAILROAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses for railroad research and de-
velopment, $40,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
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RAILROAD SAFETY TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses of carrying out section 20158 
of title 49, United States Code, $75,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That to be eligible for 
assistance under this heading, an entity need not have de-
veloped plans required under subsection 20156(e)(2) of 
title 49, United States Code, and section 20157 of such 
title. 
RAILROAD REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT 
FINANCING PROGRAM 
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 2011. 
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CAPITAL ASSISTANCE FOR HIGH SPEED RAIL CORRIDORS 
AND INTERCITY PASSENGER RAIL SERVICE 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 
grants for high-speed rail projects as authorized under 
section 26106 of title 49, United States Code, capital in-
vestment grants to support intercity passenger rail service 
as authorized under section 24406 of title 49, United 
States Code, and congestion grants as authorized under 
section 24105 of title 49, United States Code, and to enter 
into cooperative agreements for these purposes as author-
ized, $1,400,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That up to $50,000,000 of funds provided under 
this paragraph are available to the Administrator of the 
Federal Railroad Administration to fund the award and 
oversight by the Administrator of grants and cooperative 
agreements for intercity and high-speed rail: Provided fur-
ther, That up to $30,000,000 of the funds provided under 
this paragraph are available to the Administrator for the 
purposes of conducting research and demonstrating tech-
nologies supporting the development of high-speed rail in 
the United States, including the demonstration of next- 
generation rolling stock fleet technology and the imple-
mentation of the Rail Cooperative Research Program au-
thorized by section 24910 of title 49, United States Code: 
Provided further, That up to $50,000,000 of the funds 
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provided under this paragraph may be used for planning 
activities that lead directly to the development of a pas-
senger rail corridor investment plan consistent with the 
requirements established by the Administrator or a state 
rail plan consistent with chapter 227 of title 49, United 
States Code: Provided further, That the Secretary may re-
tain a portion of the funds made available for planning 
activities under the previous proviso to facilitate the prep-
aration of a service development plan and related environ-
mental impact statement for high-speed corridors located 
in multiple States: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall issue interim guidance to applicants covering applica-
tion procedures and administer the grants provided under 
this heading pursuant to that guidance until final regula-
tions are issued: Provided further, That not less than 85 
percent of the funds provided under this heading shall be 
for cooperative agreements that lead to the development 
of entire segments or phases of intercity or high-speed rail 
corridors: Provided further, That at least 30 days prior 
to issuing a letter of intent or cooperative agreement pur-
suant to Section 24402(f) of title 49, United States Code, 
for a major corridor development program, the Secretary 
shall provide to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations written notification consisting of a business 
and public investment case for the proposed corridor pro-
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gram which shall include: a comprehensive analysis of the 
monetary and non-monetary costs and benefits of the cor-
ridor development program; an assessment of ridership, 
passenger travel time reductions, congestion relief bene-
fits, environmental benefits, economic benefits, and other 
public benefits; operating financial forecasts for the pro-
gram; a full capital cost estimation for the entire project, 
including the amount, source and security of non-Federal 
funds to complete the project; a summary of the grants 
management plan and an evaluation of the grantee’s abil-
ity to sustain the project: Provided further, That the Fed-
eral share payable of the costs for which a grant or cooper-
ative agreements is made under this heading shall not ex-
ceed 80 percent: Provided further, That in addition to the 
provisions of title 49, United States Code, that apply to 
each of the individual programs funded under this head-
ing, subsections 24402(a)(2), 24402(f), 24402(i), and 
24403(a) and (c) of title 49, United States Code, shall 
also apply to the provision of funds provided under this 
heading: Provided further, That a project need not be in 
a State rail plan developed under Chapter 227 of title 49, 
United States Code, to be eligible for assistance under this 
heading: Provided further, That recipients of grants under 
this paragraph shall conduct all procurement transactions 
using such grant funds in a manner that provides full and 
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open competition, as determined by the Secretary, in com-
pliance with existing labor agreements. 
OPERATING GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD 
PASSENGER CORPORATION 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 
quarterly grants to the National Railroad Passenger Cor-
poration for the operation of intercity passenger rail, as 
authorized by section 101 of the Passenger Rail Invest-
ment and Improvement Act of 2008 (division B of Public 
Law 110–432), $563,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That each grant request shall be ac-
companied by a detailed financial analysis, revenue projec-
tion, and capital expenditure projection justifying the Fed-
eral support to the Secretary’s satisfaction: Provided fur-
ther, That concurrent with the President’s budget request 
for fiscal year 2012, the Corporation shall submit to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a budget 
request for fiscal year 2012 in similar format and sub-
stance to those submitted by executive agencies of the 
Federal Government. 
CAPITAL AND DEBT SERVICE GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL 
RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION 
To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 
grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation for 
capital investments as authorized by section 101(c) and 
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219(b) of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improve-
ment Act of 2008 (division B of Public Law 110–432), 
$1,203,500,000 to remain available until expended, of 
which not to exceed $305,000,000 shall be for debt service 
obligations as authorized by section 102 of such Act: Pro-
vided, That after an initial distribution of up to 
$200,000,000 which shall be used by the Corporation as 
a working capital account, all remaining funds shall be 
provided to the Corporation only on a reimbursable basis: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may retain up to one- 
half of 1 percent of the funds provided under this heading 
to fund the costs of project management oversight of cap-
ital projects funded by grants provided under this heading, 
as authorized by subsection 101(d) of division B of Public 
Law 110–432: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
approve funding for capital expenditures, including ad-
vance purchase orders of materials, for the Corporation 
only after receiving and reviewing a grant request for each 
specific capital project justifying the Federal support to 
the Secretary’s satisfaction: Provided further, That none 
of the funds under this heading may be used to subsidize 
operating losses of the Corporation: Provided further, That 
none of the funds under this heading may be used for cap-
ital projects not approved by the Secretary of Transpor-
tation or on the Corporation’s fiscal year 2010 business 
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plan: Provided further, That in addition to the project 
management oversight funds authorized under section 
101(d) of division B of Public Law 110–432, the Sec-
retary may retain up to an additional one-half of one per-
cent of the funds provided under this heading to fund ex-
penses associated with implementing section 212 of divi-
sion B of Public Law 110–432, including the amendments 
made by section 212 to section 24905 of title 49, United 
States Code, and other mandates of Division B of Public 
Law 110–432. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL RAILROAD 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 150. Hereafter, notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, funds provided in this Act for the National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation shall immediately cease 
to be available to said Corporation in the event that the 
Corporation contracts to have services provided at or from 
any location outside the United States. For purposes of 
this section, the word ‘‘services’’ shall mean any service 
that was, as of July 1, 2006, performed by a full-time 
or part-time Amtrak employee whose base of employment 
is located within the United States. 
SEC. 151. The Secretary of Transportation may re-
ceive and expend cash, or receive and utilize spare parts 
and similar items, from non-United States Government 
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sources to repair damages to or replace United States 
Government owned automated track inspection cars and 
equipment as a result of third party liability for such dam-
ages, and any amounts collected under this section shall 
be credited directly to the Safety and Operations account 
of the Federal Railroad Administration, and shall remain 
available until expended for the repair, operation and 
maintenance of automated track inspection cars and 
equipment in connection with the automated track inspec-
tion program. 
FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For necessary administrative expenses of the Federal 
Transit Administration’s programs authorized by chapter 
53 of title 49, United States Code, $106,559,000: Pro-
vided, That for an additional amount to carry out public 
transportation fixed guideway safety oversight activities, 
$24,139,000, if legislation authorizing such activities is 
enacted into law prior to September 30, 2011: Provided 
further, That of the funds available under this heading, 
not to exceed $2,200,000 shall be available for travel: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds provided or limited 
in this Act may be used to create a permanent office of 
transit security under this heading: Provided further, That 
upon submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2012 
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President’s budget, the Secretary of Transportation shall 
transmit to Congress the annual report on new starts, in-
cluding proposed allocations of funds for fiscal year 2012. 
FORMULA AND BUS GRANTS 
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORITY) 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND) 
For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out 
the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5308, 5309, 
5310, 5311, 5316, 5317, 5320, 5335, 5339, and 5340 and 
section 3038 of Public Law 105–178, as amended, 
$9,200,000,000 to be derived from the Mass Transit Ac-
count of the Highway Trust Fund and to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That funds available for the im-
plementation or execution of programs authorized under 
49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5308, 5309, 5310, 5311, 5316, 
5317, 5320, 5335, 5339, and 5340 and section 3038 of 
Public Law 105–178, as amended, shall not exceed total 
obligations of $8,961,348,000 in fiscal year 2011: Pro-
vided further, That of the amounts made available under 
this heading, $250,000,000 shall be available for the Sec-
retary of Transportation to make grants for the operating 
costs of equipment and facilities for use in public transpor-
tation, if legislation authorizing such activities is enacted 
into law prior to September 30, 2011: Provided further, 
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That eligible recipients under the previous proviso shall 
include States and designated recipients that receive fund-
ing under sections 5307 and 5311 of title 49, United 
States Code. 
RESEARCH AND UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTERS 
For necessary expenses to carry out 49 U.S.C. 5306, 
5312–5315, 5322, and 5506, $65,376,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That $10,000,000 is 
available to carry out the transit cooperative research pro-
gram under section 5313 of title 49, United States Code, 
$4,300,000 is available for the National Transit Institute 
under section 5315 of title 49, United States Code, and 
$7,000,000 is available for university transportation cen-
ters program under section 5506 of title 49, United States 
Code: Provided further, That $44,076,000 is available to 
carry out national research programs under sections 5312, 
5313, 5314, and 5322 of title 49, United States Code. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS 
For necessary expenses to carry out section 5309 of 
title 49, United States Code, $2,000,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY 
For grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area 
Transit Authority as authorized under section 601 of divi-
sion B of Public Law 110–432, $150,000,000, to remain 
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available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary 
shall approve grants for capital and preventive mainte-
nance expenditures for the Washington Metropolitan Area 
Transit Authority only after receiving and reviewing a re-
quest for each specific project: Provided further, That 
prior to approving such grants, the Secretary shall deter-
mine that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Au-
thority has placed the highest priority on those invest-
ments that will improve the safety of the system. 
ADMINISTRATIVE 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, funds appropriated or limited by this Act under ‘‘Fed-
eral Transit Administration, Capital Investment Grants’’ 
and for bus and bus facilities under ‘‘Federal Transit Ad-
ministration, Formula and Bus Grants’’ for projects speci-
fied in this Act or identified in reports accompanying this 
Act not obligated by September 30, 2013, and other recov-
eries, shall be directed to projects eligible to use the funds 
for the purposes for which they were originally provided. 
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SEC. 162. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, any funds appropriated before October 1, 2010, 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. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, unobligated funds made available for new fixed guide-
way system projects under the heading ‘‘Federal Transit 
Administration, Capital investment grants’’ in any appro-
priations Act prior to this Act may be used during this 
fiscal year to satisfy expenses incurred for such projects. 
SEC. 164. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, unobligated funds or recoveries under section 5309 
of title 49, United States Code, that are available to the 
Secretary of Transportation for reallocation shall be di-
rected to projects eligible to use the funds for the purposes 
for which they were originally provided. 
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 
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year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern-
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, maintenance, 
and capital asset renewal of those portions of the Saint 
Lawrence Seaway owned, operated, and maintained by the 
Saint 
Lawrence 
Seaway 
Development 
Corporation, 
$33,868,000, 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, $174,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses of operations and training ac-
tivities authorized by law, $169,353,000, of which 
$11,240,000 shall remain available until expended for 
maintenance and repair of training ships at State Mari-
time Academies, and of which $30,900,000 shall remain 
available until expended for capital improvements at the 
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United States Merchant Marine Academy, and of which 
$63,120,000 shall be available for operations at the 
United States Merchant Marine Academy, and of which 
$6,000,000 shall be available until expended for the Sec-
retary’s reimbursement of overcharged midshipmen fees: 
Provided, That the Secretary, through such structure and 
administration as the Secretary establishes, shall reim-
burse current and former midshipmen of United States 
Merchant Marine Academy in such amounts as the Sec-
retary determines, in his sole discretion, to be appropriate 
to address claims regarding the overcharging of mid-
shipman fees, pertaining first to academic years 2003/ 
2004 through 2008/2009, and then pertaining to earlier 
academic years to the extent that the Secretary determines 
to be appropriate and subject to the amounts specifically 
appropriated herein for such reimbursements: Provided 
further, That amounts apportioned for the United States 
Merchant Marine Academy shall be available only upon 
allotments made personally by the Secretary of Transpor-
tation or the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Pro-
grams: Provided further, That the Superintendent, Deputy 
Superintendent and the Director of the Office of Resource 
Management of the United States Merchant Marine Acad-
emy may not be allotment holders for the United States 
Merchant Marine Academy, and the Administrator of 
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Maritime Administration shall hold all allotments made by 
the Secretary of Transportation or the Assistant Secretary 
for Budget and Programs under the previous proviso: Pro-
vided further, That 50 percent of the funding made avail-
able for the United States Merchant Marine Academy 
under this heading shall be available only after the Sec-
retary, in consultation with the Superintendent and the 
Maritime Administration, completes a plan detailing by 
program or activity and by object class how such funding 
will be expended at the Academy, and this plan is sub-
mitted to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations. 
SHIP DISPOSAL 
For necessary expenses related to the disposal of ob-
solete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the 
Maritime Administration, $10,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary administrative expenses of the mari-
time guaranteed loan program, $3,688,000 shall be paid 
to the appropriation for ‘‘Operations and Training’’, Mari-
time Administration. 
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