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Calendar No. 482 Calendar No. 482 111TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! 2d Session SENATE 111–230 TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOP- MENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2011 JULY 23, 2010.—Ordered to be printed Filed under authority of the order of the Senate of January 6, 2009 Mrs. MURRAY, from the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany S. 3644] The Committee on Appropriations reports the bill (S. 3644) mak- ing appropriations for the Departments of Transportation and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fis- cal year ending September 30, 2011, and for other purposes, re- ports favorably thereon and recommends that the bill do pass. Amounts of new budget (obligational) authority for fiscal year 2011 Total of bill as reported to the Senate .................... $67,888,173,000 Amount of 2010 appropriations ............................... 67,898,457,000 Amount of 2011 budget estimate ............................ 68,836,693,000 Bill as recommended to Senate compared to— 2010 appropriations .......................................... ¥10,284,000 2011 budget estimate ........................................ ¥948,520,000 57–576 PDF C O N T E N T S Page Program, Project, and Activity ............................................................................... 3 Reprogramming Guidelines .................................................................................... 3 Congressional Budget Justifications ...................................................................... 3 Title I: Department of Transportation: Office of the Secretary ...................................................................................... 6 Federal Aviation Administration .................................................................... 27 Federal Highway Administration .................................................................... 47 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ............................................... 62 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration .......................................... 73 Federal Railroad Administration .................................................................... 81 Federal Transit Administration ...................................................................... 89 Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation ....................................... 102 Maritime Administration ................................................................................. 104 Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration ........................... 109 Research and Innovative Technology Administration ................................... 113 Bureau of Transportation Statistics ............................................................... 115 Office of Inspector General .............................................................................. 116 Surface Transportation Board ......................................................................... 118 General Provisions—Department of Transportation ..................................... 119 Title II: Department of Housing and Urban Development: Executive Direction .......................................................................................... 122 Administration, Operations, and Management .............................................. 124 Personnel Compensation and Benefits ........................................................... 125 Public and Indian Housing .............................................................................. 132 Community Planning and Development ......................................................... 145 Housing Programs ............................................................................................ 163 Federal Housing Administration ..................................................................... 170 Government National Mortgage Association .................................................. 173 Policy Development and Research .................................................................. 174 Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity ............................................................. 175 Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control ...................................... 177 Management and Administration ................................................................... 178 Administrative Provisions ................................................................................ 182 Title III: Independent Agencies: Access Board ..................................................................................................... 185 Federal Maritime Commission ........................................................................ 186 National Railroad Passenger Corporation: Office of the Inspector General .......................................................................................................... 187 National Transportation Safety Board ........................................................... 189 Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation ....................................................... 190 United States Interagency Council on Homelessness ................................... 192 Title IV: General Provisions—This Act .................................................................. 195 Compliance With Paragraph 7, Rule XVI, of the Standing Rules of the Sen- ate .......................................................................................................................... 197 Compliance With Paragraph 7(c), Rule XXVI, of the Standing Rules of the Senate ................................................................................................................... 198 Compliance With Paragraph 12, Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate ................................................................................................................... 199 Budgetary Impact of Bill ......................................................................................... 207 Disclosure of Congressionally Directed Spending Items ...................................... 207 Comparative Statement of Budget Authority ........................................................ 240 (2) PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY During fiscal year 2011, for the purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 99–177), as amended, with respect to appropriations contained in the accom- panying bill, the terms ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ [PPA] shall mean any item for which a dollar amount is contained in appro- priations acts (including joint resolutions providing continuing ap- propriations) or accompanying reports of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, or accompanying conference reports and joint explanatory statements of the committee of conference. This definition shall apply to all programs for which new budget (obligational) authority is provided, as well as to discretionary grants and discretionary grant allocations made through either bill or report language. In addition, the percentage reductions made pursuant to a sequestration order to funds appropriated for facili- ties and equipment, Federal Aviation Administration, shall be ap- plied equally to each budget item that is listed under said account in the budget justifications submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations as modified by subsequent appro- priations acts and accompanying committee reports, conference re- ports, or joint explanatory statements of the committee of con- ference. REPROGRAMMING GUIDELINES The Committee includes a provision (sec. 405) establishing the authority by which funding available to the agencies funded by this act may be reprogrammed for other purposes. The provision specifi- cally requires the advanced approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations of any proposal to reprogram funds that: (1) creates a new program; (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity [PPA]; (3) increases funds or personnel for any PPA for which funds have been denied or restricted by the Congress; (4) proposes to redirect funds that were directed in such reports for a specific activity to a different purpose; (5) augments an existing PPA in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; (6) re- duces an existing PPA by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or (7) creates, reorganizes, or restructures offices different from the congressional budget justifications or the table at the end of the Committee report, whichever is more detailed. The Committee retains the requirement that each agency submit an operating plan to the House and Senate Committees on Appro- priations not later than 60 days after enactment of this act to es- tablish the baseline for application of reprogramming and transfer authorities provided in this act. Specifically, each agency should provide a table for each appropriation with columns displaying the budget request; adjustments made by Congress; adjustments for re- scissions, if appropriate; and the fiscal year enacted level. The table (3) 4 shall delineate the appropriation both by object class and by PPA. The report must also identify items of special congressional inter- est. The Committee expects the agencies and bureaus to submit re- programming requests in a timely manner and to provide a thor- ough explanation of the proposed reallocations, including a detailed justification of increases and reductions and the specific impact the proposed changes will have on the budget request for
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