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 123STA T .9 1 6PUBLIC LA W 111 –8—M A R .11, 2 0 09 to t ransfe rf u n d sa p propr i ated for an y offi c eoft h e O ffice of the S ecretary to any other office of the Office of the Secretary
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d fu r th er ,T hat no appropriation for any office sha l l b e increased or decreased by m ore than 5 percent by all such transfers: Provided further, That notice of any chan g e in funding greater than 5 percent shall be submitted for appro v al to the H ouse and Senate C ommit - tees on A ppropriations: Provided further, That not to e x ceed $60 ,000 shall be for allocation w ithin the D epartment for official reception and representation expenses as the Secretary may determine: Pro - vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, excluding fees authori z ed in P ublic L aw 1 0 7– 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: Provided further , That of the funds provided under this heading, $100,000 shall be provided through reimburse- ment to the Department of Transportation ’ s Office of I nspector G eneral to audit the W or k ing Capital F und’s financial statements .FINA N C IA LM ANA GE MEN T CA P ITAL For necessary expenses for upgrading and enhancing the Department of Transportation’s financial systems, and re- engineering business processes, $5,000,000, to remain available until expended. O FFICE OF CI V IL R IG H T S For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil R ights, $ 9, 384 ,000. TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AN D DEVELOPMENT For necessary expenses for conducting transportation planning, research, systems development, development activities, and making grants, to remain available until expended, $18,300,000. W OR K ING CAPITAL F U ND N ecessary expenses for operating costs and capital outlays of the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed $128,094,000, shall be paid from appropriations made available to the Department of Transportation: Provided, That such services shall be provided on a competitive basis to entities within the Department of Transpor- tation: Provided further, That the above limitation on operating expenses shall not apply to non-DOT entities: Provided further, That no funds appropriated in this Act to an agency of the Depart- ment shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund without the approval of the agency modal administrator: Provided further, That no assessments may be levied against any program, budget activity, subactivity or pro j ect funded by this Act unless notice of such assessments and the basis therefor are presented to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and are approved by such Committees. MINORIT YB USINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM For the cost of guaranteed loans, $353,000, as authorized by 49 U .S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Notice.Aud it s . Notice.