TITLE I—INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS 
CHAPTER 1—TRANSPORTATION 
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 
GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS 
(AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Grants-in-Aid for Air-
ports’’, to enable the Secretary of Transportation to make 
discretionary grants as authorized by subchapter I of 
chapter 471 and subchapter I of chapter 475 of title 49, 
United States Code, $600,000,000, to be derived from the 
Airport and Airway Trust Fund and to remain available 
until September 30, 2009: Provided, That in selecting 
projects to be funded, priority shall be given to airport 
projects that can award contracts based on bids within 
120 days of enactment of this Act. 
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT 
For projects and activities eligible under section 133 
of title 23, United States Code (without regard to sub-
section (d)), section 144 of such title (without regard to 
subsection (g)), and sections 103, 119, 148, and 149 of 
such title, $12,800,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2009: Provided, That funds made available 
under this heading shall be distributed among the States, 
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including Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Vir-
gin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mar-
iana Islands, in the same ratio as the obligation limitation 
for fiscal year 2008 was distributed among the States in 
accordance with the formula specified in section 120(a)(6) 
of division K of Public Law 110–161, but, in the case of 
the Puerto Rico Highway Program and the Territorial 
Highway Program, under section 120(a)(5) of such divi-
sion: Provided further, That in selecting projects to be 
funded, priority shall be given to ready-to-go projects that 
can award bids within 120 days of enactment of this Act: 
Provided further, That funds made available under this 
heading shall be administered as if apportioned under 
chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code: Provided further, 
That the Federal share payable on account of any project 
or activity carried out with funds made available under 
this heading shall be 100 percent of the total cost thereof: 
Provided further, That amounts made available under this 
heading that are not obligated within 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act shall be redistributed, in 
the manner described in section 120(c) of division K of 
Public Law 110–161, to those States able to obligate 
amounts in addition to those previously distributed: Pro-
vided further, That the amount made available under this 
heading shall not be subject to any limitation on obliga-
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tions for Federal-aid highways or highway safety construc-
tion programs set forth in any Act. 
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION 
CAPITAL AND DEBT SERVICE GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL 
RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Capital and Debt 
Service Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Cor-
poration’’, $500,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2009: Provided, That the Secretary of Trans-
portation may retain up to one-quarter of 1 percent of 
the funds made available under this heading to fund the 
oversight by the Federal Railroad Administration of the 
design and implementation of capital projects funded by 
grants made under this heading: Provided further, That 
none of the funds made available under this heading may 
be used to subsidize operating losses of Amtrak: Provided 
further, That none of the funds made available under this 
heading shall be for debt service obligations: Provided fur-
ther, That in selecting projects to be funded, priority shall 
be given to Amtrak capital projects that can award con-
tracts based on bids within 120 days of enactment of this 
Act. 
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FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION 
TRANSIT CAPITAL ASSISTANCE 
For 
transit 
capital 
assistance 
grants, 
$3,600,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2009, of which $3,240,000,000 shall be for grants under 
section 5307 of title 49, United States Code and shall be 
apportioned in accordance with section 5336 of such title 
(other than subsections (i)(1) and (j)) but may not be 
combined or commingled with any other funds apportioned 
under such section 5336, and of which $360,000,000 shall 
be for grants under section 5311 of such title and shall 
be apportioned in accordance with such section 5311 but 
may not be combined or commingled with any other funds 
apportioned under that section: Provided, That in select-
ing projects to be funded, priority shall be given to 
projects that can award contracts based on bids within 
120 days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That 
the Federal share of the costs for which a grant is made 
under this heading shall be 100 percent. 
TRANSIT ENERGY ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For 
transit 
energy 
assistance 
grants, 
$1,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2009, of which $800,000,000 shall be for grants under 
section 5307 of title 49, United States Code and shall be 
apportioned in accordance with section 5336 of such title 
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(other than subsections (i)(1) and (j)) but may not be 
combined or commingled with any other funds apportioned 
under such section 5336, and of which $200,000,000 shall 
be for grants under section 5311 of such title and shall 
be apportioned in accordance with such section 5311 but 
may not be combined or commingled with any other funds 
apportioned under that section: Provided, That the Fed-
eral share of the costs for which a grant is made under 
this heading shall be 100 percent: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding such sections 5307 and 5311, funds ap-
propriated under this heading are available for only one 
or more of the following purposes: 
(1) If the recipient of the grant is reducing, or 
certifies to the Secretary of Transportation within 
the time the Secretary prescribes that, during the 
term of the grant, the recipient will reduce, one or 
more fares the recipient charges for public transpor-
tation, or in the case of subsection (f) of such sec-
tion 5311, intercity bus service, those operating 
costs of equipment and facilities being used to pro-
vide the public transportation, or in the case of sub-
section (f) of such section 5311, intercity bus serv-
ice, that the recipient is no longer able to pay from 
the revenues derived from such fare or fares as a re-
sult of such reduction. 
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(2) If the recipient of the grant is expanding, 
or certifies to the Secretary within the time the Sec-
retary prescribes that, during the term of the grant, 
the recipient will expand, public transportation serv-
ice, or in the case of subsection (f) of such section 
5311, intercity bus service, those operating and cap-
ital costs of equipment and facilities being used to 
provide the public transportation service, or in the 
case of subsection (f) of such section 5311, intercity 
bus service, that the recipient incurs as a result of 
the expansion of such service. 
(3) To avoid increases in fares for public trans-
portation, or in the case of subsection (f) of such 
section 5311, intercity bus service, or decreases in 
current public transportation service, or in the case 
of subsection (f) of such section 5311, intercity bus 
service, that would otherwise result from an increase 
in costs to the public transportation or intercity bus 
agency for transportation-related fuel or meeting ad-
ditional transportation-related equipment or facility 
maintenance needs, if the recipient of the grant cer-
tifies to the Secretary within the time the Secretary 
prescribes that, during the term of the grant, the re-
cipient will not increase the fares that the recipient 
charges for public transportation, or in the case of 
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