OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY Salaries and Expenses For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of Transportation, including not to exceed $27,000 for allocation within the Department for official reception and representation expenses as the Secretary may determine, $34,900,000. Transportation Planning, Research, and Development For necessary expenses for conducting transportation planning, research, and development activities, including the collection of national transportation statistics, to remain available until expended, $28,000,000. Transportation Research Activities Overseas (Special Foreign Currency Program) For payments in foreign currencies which the Treasury Department determines to be excess to the normal requirements of the United States, for necessary expenses for conducting transportation research activities overseas, as authorized by law, $100,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available, in addition to other appropriations to the Department, for payments in the foregoing currencies. Grants-in-Aid for Natural Gas Pipeline Safety For grants-in-aid to carry out a pipeline safety program, as authorized by section 5 of the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 (49 U.S.C. 1674), $2,250,000, to remain available until expended.