Salaries and Expenses

Salaries and Expenses For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, $67,778,000, of which not to exceed $1,929,000 shall be available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not to exceed $619,000 shall be available for the immediate Office of the Deputy Secretary; not to exceed $13,355,000 shall be available for the Office of the General Counsel; not to exceed $3,058,000 shall be for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy; not to exceed $7,421,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs; not to exceed $7,728,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to exceed $2,282,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Government Affairs; not to exceed $19,250,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration; not to exceed $1,723,000 shall be available for the Office of Public Affairs; not to exceed $1,204,000 shall be available for the Office of the Executive Secretariat; not to exceed $507,000 shall be available for the Board of Contract Appeals; not to exceed $1,240,000 shall be available for the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization; not to exceed $1,321,000 shall be available for the Office of Intelligence and Security; not to exceed $6,141,000 shall be available for the Office of the Chief Information Officer: Provided, That not to exceed $60,000 shall be for allocation within the Department for official reception and representation expenses as the Secretary may determine: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, excluding fees authorized in Public Law 107–71, there may be credited to this appropriation up to $2,500,000 in funds 115 STAT. 834received in user fees: Provided further, That the Secretary of Transportation is authorized to transfer funds appropriated for any office of the Office of the Secretary to any other office of the Office of the Secretary: Provided further, That no appropriation for any office shall be increased or decreased by more than 7 percent by all such transfers: Provided further, That any such transfer shall be submitted for approval to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.